fix(db): make filesystem lock intent explicit

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## Summary
A run's workspace lock policy is inferred per task. `lockMode='none'`
is the default (pure cognitive work runs in parallel with no lock);
`lockMode='exclusive'` is the opt-in for runs that mutate the
filesystem. There is no shared lock mode and no silent fallback to
someone else's workspace.
is the default for pure cognitive work. `lockMode='exclusive'` is
selected by an explicit `task.workspaceId` or by
`task.requires_filesystem=1`.
All decisions live in one function: `resolveWorkspaceWithLockMode` in
`src/main/orchestration/resolve-workspace.ts`.
@@ -22,13 +21,11 @@ exclusive lock and only one ever executed. The user experience
degraded from "parallel C-suite" to "one agent at a time" with no
error and no log line naming the cause.
The fix is not to pick a different fallback. It is to stop inferring
filesystem use from the shape of the graph and ask the task row:
The fix asks the task row for filesystem intent:
**does this task actually touch the filesystem?** Strategy writing,
financial planning, document drafting, PM decisions — none of them
open a file or shell out — so by default they run fully in parallel
with `lockMode='none'`. Coding tasks opt in, and that opt-in is the
only path that takes a lock.
financial planning, document drafting, and PM decisions run fully in
parallel with `lockMode='none'`. Filesystem tasks opt in through
`requires_filesystem=1`.
## The per-task signal: `tasks.requires_filesystem`
@@ -36,57 +33,40 @@ v52 added `tasks.requires_filesystem INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0`.
The column answers one question: "does this particular task mutate
the working tree?"
- `0` (default) → the task is cognitive. `lockMode='none'`.
- `1` → the task mutates files. `lockMode='exclusive'` on an
- `0` (default) -> the task is cognitive. `lockMode='none'`.
- `1` -> the task mutates files. `lockMode='exclusive'` on an
explicit workspace.
Backfill at migration time is conservative — `1` is only set when we
have positive evidence: in-flight tasks already holding a lease, and
todo/backlog tasks whose assignee is in an engineering-flavoured
role. Everything else is `0`. New tasks default to `0` and the
creator explicitly flips to `1` when the task mutates files (a
follow-up CTO seed commit wires this into the default template).
role. Everything else is `0`. New tasks default to `0`; creators set
`1` when the task mutates files.
## Coding-role inference (safety net)
## Legacy role backfill
A second signal fires when the resolving agent matches the coding
pattern:
Role and department matching now live only in the v52 data backfill:
```
role matches /cto|engineer|developer|devops|sre/i
role matched /cto|engineer|developer|devops|sre/i
OR department === "engineering"
```
This is a transition-window safety net: in existing companies whose
task rows predate v52 (the backfill may not have caught every case),
a CTO heartbeat with no `requires_filesystem=1` task still correctly
takes an exclusive lock on its agent workspace. Once every task
creation path sets `requires_filesystem` explicitly the role inference
becomes a no-op.
### Sunset coding-role inference
The coding-role regex in `resolve-workspace.ts` exists only for the
v52 transition window. Before the next major, audit every
`db.tasks.saveTask` caller, every migration seed, and any workflow
that writes the `tasks` row; each must set `requires_filesystem`
explicitly based on the task's real filesystem intent. When the audit
is complete, delete the regex and the `agentSignalsFilesystem` branch
from `inferLockMode` and remove this section. Target window: post
v52 stabilisation, 2026-05-20.
The runtime resolver reads task state only: `task.workspaceId`,
`task.requiresFilesystem`, `task.projectId`, and `agent.workspaceId`.
Every production task creation path writes `requiresFilesystem`
explicitly.
## Decision table
| Signal on the (task, agent) pair | Lock mode | Workspace used |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `task.workspaceId` set (explicit opt-in, e.g. PR-review task) | `exclusive` | The task's workspace |
| `task.requiresFilesystem = 1` **OR** agent role matches coding pattern **OR** `agent.department = "engineering"` | `exclusive` | `agent.workspaceId` → project primary → throws `WorkspaceConfigurationError` |
| Everything else (strategy, ops, finance, PM, drafting) | `none` | `null` — no lock claimed |
| `task.requiresFilesystem = 1` | `exclusive` | `agent.workspaceId` -> project primary -> throws `WorkspaceConfigurationError` |
| Everything else (strategy, ops, finance, PM, drafting) | `none` | `null` |
Explicit `task.workspaceId` always wins. This is the escape hatch for
"run this PR-review task on *that specific* branch workspace", and
it bypasses both the filesystem signal and the coding-role
inference.
"run this PR-review task on *that specific* branch workspace".
## Why `company_fallback` was removed