fix: multi-worktree sync race condition (#28)

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Summary

• Replace push_notes_to_remote() with sync_notes_with_remote(push=True) in Stop hook
• Prevents race conditions when concurrent Claude sessions operate on the same repository
• Implements fetch→merge→push workflow with cat_sort_uniq merge strategy

Related Issue

Fixes #28

Changes

Core Fix (stop_handler.py:473-490)

The Stop hook now uses sync_notes_with_remote(push=True) which:

1. Fetches remote notes to tracking refs
2. Merges with local notes using deduplication
3. Pushes only after successful merge

This prevents non-fast-forward push failures in multi-worktree environments.

Supporting Changes (separate commit)

• Real-time metrics flushing to OTLP (observability enhancement)
• Metrics export after each capture operation
• All hook handlers flush metrics before exit

Test Plan

• All 2860 tests pass
• 85% code coverage maintained
• 45 stop handler tests pass
• 21 sync tests pass
• Quality checks pass (ruff, mypy, bandit)
• Manual verification in multi-worktree environment (requires setup)

Spec Documents

See docs/spec/active/2025-12-26-multi-worktree-sync-fix/ for:

• REQUIREMENTS.md - Problem statement and acceptance criteria
• ARCHITECTURE.md - Technical design
• IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md - Task breakdown
• DECISIONS.md - ADRs
• PROGRESS.md - Implementation tracking

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Pull request overview

This PR implements a critical fix for race conditions in multi-worktree environments (#28) along with several architectural improvements and new features. The main changes include:

• Core Fix: Replaced simple push_notes_to_remote() with sync_notes_with_remote(push=True) in the Stop hook, implementing a fetch→merge→push workflow using the cat_sort_uniq merge strategy to prevent non-fast-forward push failures when multiple Claude sessions operate concurrently
• Architecture Refactoring: Decomposed God Objects (IndexService, observability module) into smaller, focused components following Single Responsibility Principle
• New Features: Added user-domain (global) memories, PII scrubbing, SSRF protection for OTLP endpoints, and real-time metrics flushing

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 97 out of 147 changed files in this pull request and generated 7 comments.

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File	Description
stop_handler.py	Replaced push-only with sync workflow to fix race conditions
index/service.py	Refactored into composed components (SchemaManager, SearchEngine)
observability/__init__.py	Dictionary-based lazy imports for better maintainability
config.py	Added Domain enum and user-memories configuration
git_ops.py	Added GitOpsFactory and user repo initialization
capture.py	Added domain parameter and stale lock detection
Multiple test files	Type annotation modernization (Optional → Union syntax)
Documentation files	New subconsciousness specification documents

[Copilot]

The SSRF protection correctly blocks internal IPs by default, but the allow list check should use a more restrictive set of truthy values. Including "yes" could lead to confusion since "yes1" or "yesplease" would be rejected. Consider using only ("true", "1") for the truthy check.

Suggested change

	).lower() in ("true", "1", "yes")
	).lower() in ("true", "1")

[Copilot]

The docstring states "Phone numbers (US format)" but this function is used in an international codebase. Consider documenting that only US phone formats are covered, or noting this as a limitation that may need extension for international deployments.

[Copilot]

The stale lock detection logs a warning but continues retrying until timeout. Consider adding a metric to track stale lock occurrences for monitoring purposes, as frequent stale locks could indicate improper process termination or system issues.

Suggested change

	)
	)
	try:
	metrics = get_metrics()
	metrics.increment("git_notes.capture.lock.stale")
	except Exception:
	logger.debug(
	"Failed to record stale lock metric", exc_info=True
	)

[Copilot]

The FTS5 virtual table uses external content mode (content='memories') which is efficient but requires manual trigger maintenance. The triggers are correctly defined (lines 103-124), but consider documenting this coupling in a comment within the migration to help future maintainers understand that deleting these triggers would break FTS5 sync.

[Copilot]

The error message "Restart and retry" is vague - restart what? The process, the GPU, the system? Consider being more specific, such as "Restart the embedding service or reduce concurrent embedding requests."

Suggested change

	"The model may be overloaded or GPU memory exhausted. Restart and retry.",
	(
	"The model may be overloaded or GPU memory exhausted. "
	"Restart the embedding service and/or reduce concurrent "
	"embedding requests, then retry the operation."
	),

[Copilot]

The symlink check at SEC-HIGH-001 correctly prevents symlink attacks on the target path. However, consider also checking if any intermediate directories in the path are symlinks (similar to the parent check on line 1420), as an attacker could create a symlink in the middle of the path hierarchy.

Suggested change

	# Also verify parent directory is not a symlink
	if user_path.parent.is_symlink():
	raise StorageError(
	"User memories parent directory is a symlink",
	f"Remove symlink at {user_path.parent} and retry",
	)
	# Also verify that no intermediate directory in the hierarchy is a symlink
	for ancestor in user_path.parents:
	if ancestor.is_symlink():
	raise StorageError(
	"User memories path contains a symlinked directory",
	f"Remove symlink at {ancestor} and retry",
	)

[Copilot]

The deduplication logic uses exact summary matching after lowercasing. This could miss near-duplicates like "Fix bug in parser" vs "Fixed bug in parser." Consider using a similarity threshold or normalization (removing punctuation, stemming) for more robust deduplication.