From 2979580171e6b90fff397bf63dc7baab54910f7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:15:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?fix:=20bug:=20dev-poll.sh=20post-crash=20deadlo?=
 =?UTF-8?q?ck=20=E2=80=94=20self-assigned=20in-progress=20issue=20never=20?=
 =?UTF-8?q?recovered=20when=20no=20lock/branch/PR=20(#749)?=
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 dev/dev-poll.sh | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dev/dev-poll.sh b/dev/dev-poll.sh
index dc387f8..e9d085d 100755
--- a/dev/dev-poll.sh
+++ b/dev/dev-poll.sh
@@ -476,8 +476,19 @@ if [ "$ORPHAN_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then
           BLOCKED_BY_INPROGRESS=true
         fi
       else
-        log "issue #${ISSUE_NUM} assigned to me — my thread is busy"
-        BLOCKED_BY_INPROGRESS=true
+        # No open PR — check if a thread is actually alive (lock file or remote branch)
+        LOCK_FILE="/tmp/dev-impl-summary-${PROJECT_NAME}-${ISSUE_NUM}.txt"
+        REMOTE_BRANCH_EXISTS=$(git ls-remote --exit-code origin "fix/issue-${ISSUE_NUM}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo yes || echo no)
+
+        if [ -f "$LOCK_FILE" ] || [ "$REMOTE_BRANCH_EXISTS" = "yes" ]; then
+          log "issue #${ISSUE_NUM} assigned to me — my thread is busy (lock=$([ -f "$LOCK_FILE" ] && echo y || echo n) remote_branch=$REMOTE_BRANCH_EXISTS)"
+          BLOCKED_BY_INPROGRESS=true
+        else
+          log "issue #${ISSUE_NUM} self-assigned but orphaned (no lock, no branch, no PR) — recovering"
+          nohup "${SCRIPT_DIR}/dev-agent.sh" "$ISSUE_NUM" >> "$LOGFILE" 2>&1 &
+          log "started dev-agent PID $! for issue #${ISSUE_NUM} (post-crash recovery)"
+          BLOCKED_BY_INPROGRESS=true
+        fi
       fi
     else
       log "issue #${ISSUE_NUM} assigned to ${assignee} — their thread, not blocking"