From d6709cc2cbc99f88f8d88b252a884b81edeabacc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Agent <agent@example.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 05:31:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: dev-agent failure cleanup should preserve remote branch
 and PR for debugging

---
 dev/dev-agent.sh | 17 +++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dev/dev-agent.sh b/dev/dev-agent.sh
index 984707d..c401efd 100755
--- a/dev/dev-agent.sh
+++ b/dev/dev-agent.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ REPO_ROOT="${PROJECT_REPO_ROOT}"
 
 LOCKFILE="/tmp/dev-agent-${PROJECT_NAME:-default}.lock"
 STATUSFILE="/tmp/dev-agent-status-${PROJECT_NAME:-default}"
-BRANCH="fix/issue-${ISSUE}"
+BRANCH="fix/issue-${ISSUE}"  # Default; will be updated after FORGE_REMOTE is known
 WORKTREE="/tmp/${PROJECT_NAME}-worktree-${ISSUE}"
 SID_FILE="/tmp/dev-session-${PROJECT_NAME}-${ISSUE}.sid"
 PREFLIGHT_RESULT="/tmp/dev-agent-preflight.json"
@@ -263,6 +263,14 @@ FORGE_REMOTE="${FORGE_REMOTE:-origin}"
 export FORGE_REMOTE
 log "forge remote: ${FORGE_REMOTE}"
 
+# Generate unique branch name per attempt to avoid collision with failed attempts
+# First attempt: fix/issue-N, subsequent: fix/issue-N-1, fix/issue-N-2, etc.
+ATTEMPT=$(git ls-remote --heads "$FORGE_REMOTE" "fix/issue-${ISSUE}*" 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+if [ "$ATTEMPT" -gt 0 ]; then
+  BRANCH="fix/issue-${ISSUE}-${ATTEMPT}"
+fi
+log "using branch: ${BRANCH}"
+
 if [ "$RECOVERY_MODE" = true ]; then
   if ! worktree_recover "$WORKTREE" "$BRANCH" "$FORGE_REMOTE"; then
     log "ERROR: worktree recovery failed"
@@ -575,11 +583,8 @@ else
   outcome="blocked_${_PR_WALK_EXIT_REASON:-agent_failed}"
   profile_write_journal "$ISSUE" "$ISSUE_TITLE" "$outcome" "$FILES_CHANGED" || true
 
-  # Cleanup on failure: close PR, delete remote branch, clean up worktree
-  if [ -n "$PR_NUMBER" ]; then
-    pr_close "$PR_NUMBER"
-  fi
-  git push "$FORGE_REMOTE" --delete "$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null || true
+  # Cleanup on failure: preserve remote branch and PR for debugging, clean up local worktree
+  # Remote state (PR and branch) stays open for inspection of CI logs and review comments
   worktree_cleanup "$WORKTREE"
   rm -f "$SID_FILE" "$IMPL_SUMMARY_FILE"
   CLAIMED=false