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Native lifecycle hooks inherited by an uninitialized Git worktree previously failed on its missing .tree-ring/activation.json; the Codex plugin could also invoke a duplicate hook because it checked a file the host does not load. Hooks now skip only a genuinely absent local memory root, while existing broken installations retain their diagnostics. Codex duplicate detection follows the validated primary-checkout source for Tree Ring's root project layer and never redirects the worktree's memory store.

The CLI also handles absence for older hook commands already loaded by a host. Generated capture commands and explicit preflight remain strict. Exact prior Claude handlers remain recognizable for reviewed reconciliation; custom settings and create-only publication are preserved. Packages advance to runtime 0.15.13, Codex 0.3.9, and Claude 0.3.7.

Validation: 597 workspace tests passed, including real linked-worktree/native-command regressions; formatting, package/public-ZIP validation, shell syntax and diff checks passed. Independent review covered host source selection, invalid Git metadata, no-follow paths, and handler ownership. The installed Codex desktop hook inventory independently confirmed the reported primary-checkout inheritance. Agent Zero's separate Python lifecycle and Mae's budget-blocked CI are unchanged.

High-level PR Summary

This PR fixes native lifecycle hooks to gracefully skip uninitialized Git worktrees instead of failing on missing .tree-ring/activation.json files. Hooks now distinguish between genuinely absent memory roots (which are quietly skipped) and existing broken installations (which still report errors). The Codex plugin adds worktree-aware hook source detection to prevent duplicate invocations by validating the primary-checkout inheritance. Generated hook commands include absence guards, while explicit preflight and capture commands remain strict. The CLI, plugins, and validation tests are updated to handle worktree boundaries correctly, with packages advancing to runtime 0.15.13, Codex 0.3.9, and Claude 0.3.7.

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1 README.md
2 crates/tree-ring-memory-cli/src/activation/AGENTS.md
3 plugins/AGENTS.md
4 plugins/tree-ring-memory/README.md
5 crates/tree-ring-memory-cli/src/activation/lifecycle.rs
6 crates/tree-ring-memory-cli/src/main.rs
7 crates/tree-ring-memory-cli/src/activation/bridge.rs
8 plugins/tree-ring-memory/hooks/claude-hook.sh
9 plugins/tree-ring-memory/hooks/codex-hook.sh
10 crates/tree-ring-memory-cli/tests/harness_activation_acceptance.rs
11 scripts/validate-plugin-packages.py
12 Cargo.toml
13 Cargo.lock
14 .claude-plugin/marketplace.json
15 plugins/tree-ring-memory/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
16 plugins/tree-ring-memory/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
17 plugins/tree-ring-memory/packaging/codex-skills-only/.codex-plugin/plugin.json

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Lifecycle hooks now skip uninitialized projects and linked worktrees without creating or reusing memory stores.
    • Each checkout retains its own memory root; existing, invalid, or broken roots continue to report diagnostics.
    • Hook handling now recognizes compatible legacy configurations while preserving custom settings.
  • Documentation

    • Updated guidance for lifecycle behavior, worktree isolation, and hook resolution.
  • Chores

    • Updated CLI and plugin versions: CLI 0.15.13, Codex 0.3.9, and Claude 0.3.7.

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Lifecycle hooks now skip genuinely absent project-local .tree-ring roots, preserve errors for existing invalid roots, resolve Codex linked-worktree hook ownership, recognize prior Claude handlers, and add acceptance and package validation coverage.

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Lifecycle Hook Boundary

Layer / File(s) Summary
CLI absent-root handling
crates/tree-ring-memory-cli/src/activation/*, crates/tree-ring-memory-cli/src/main.rs
The CLI identifies genuinely absent roots without following symlinks. Lifecycle hooks exit successfully for absent roots and retain strict handling for existing roots.
Plugin hook guards and worktree resolution
plugins/tree-ring-memory/hooks/*, plugins/AGENTS.md
Claude and Codex hooks skip absent roots. The Codex hook validates linked-worktree metadata before selecting the primary checkout’s managed hook.
Claude handler compatibility
crates/tree-ring-memory-cli/src/activation/bridge.rs, crates/tree-ring-memory-cli/src/activation/AGENTS.md
Activation recognizes the exact previous v4 Claude bundle and rejects modified, duplicate, partial, or custom claimed handlers.
Validation, documentation, and release metadata
crates/tree-ring-memory-cli/tests/*, scripts/validate-plugin-packages.py, docs/protocol/*, README.md, plugins/tree-ring-memory/README.md, *.json, Cargo.toml
Tests and package validation cover root boundaries and linked worktrees. Documentation and manifest versions reflect the new behavior and releases.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Hook
  participant LifecycleCLI
  participant ProjectRoot
  participant MemoryStore
  Hook->>LifecycleCLI: submit lifecycle event
  LifecycleCLI->>ProjectRoot: inspect .tree-ring
  ProjectRoot-->>LifecycleCLI: absent or existing root
  alt root is absent
    LifecycleCLI-->>Hook: exit successfully without store access
  else root exists
    LifecycleCLI->>MemoryStore: validate activation and process event
    MemoryStore-->>LifecycleCLI: diagnostics or lifecycle result
    LifecycleCLI-->>Hook: return result
  end
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A customized Claude hook entry can be silently rewritten during legacy-handler migration. Reject mixed handler arrays before adopting the legacy settings.

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Fix lifecycle hooks for uninitialized Git worktrees

🐞 Bug fix 🧪 Tests 📝 Documentation ⚙️ Configuration changes 🕐 40+ Minutes

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• Skip inherited lifecycle hooks only when the current checkout lacks a local memory root.
• Resolve Codex duplicate detection against the validated primary-checkout hook source.
• Preserve broken-install diagnostics, strict commands, legacy Claude reconciliation, and regression
 coverage.
Diagram

graph TD
    A["Host Hook"] --> B{"Local Root?"}
    B -- "Absent" --> C["Quiet Exit"]
    B -- "Present" --> D["Hook Source"] --> E{"Managed Hook?"}
    E -- "Yes" --> C
    E -- "No" --> F["CLI Hook"] --> G["Activation Checks"] --> H["Worktree Store"]
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The following are alternative approaches to this PR:

1. Resolve hook ownership in the CLI
  • ➕ Centralizes Git metadata and path validation in Rust.
  • ➕ Improves reuse and unit-testability of worktree source selection.
  • ➖ Requires invoking an installed CLI before duplicate suppression.
  • ➖ Weakens the plugin wrapper's ability to stand down independently.
  • ➖ Cannot quietly handle uninitialized projects when no runtime is available.

Recommendation: Keep source selection and early absence handling in the thin plugin wrappers, while retaining defensive validation in the CLI for older generated commands. This best supports runtime-independent deduplication, backward compatibility, and fail-open behavior when Git metadata cannot prove Codex's effective hook source.

Files changed (18) +825 / -37

Bug fix (5) +351 / -14
bridge.rsAdd safe root inspection and exact Claude v4 reconciliation +221/-5

Add safe root inspection and exact Claude v4 reconciliation

• Adds descriptor-relative, no-follow inspection that treats only a missing '.tree-ring' directory as inactive. It also recognizes the exact previous Claude v4 bundle while rejecting partial, duplicated, modified, or custom handlers and preserving create-only publication.

crates/tree-ring-memory-cli/src/activation/bridge.rs

lifecycle.rsGuard generated lifecycle commands against absent stores +9/-3

Guard generated lifecycle commands against absent stores

• Adds a shell guard that quietly exits when '.tree-ring' is genuinely absent. Capture instructions continue using the strict runtime command without the guard.

crates/tree-ring-memory-cli/src/activation/lifecycle.rs

main.rsSkip legacy lifecycle invocations for absent local roots +5/-0

Skip legacy lifecycle invocations for absent local roots

• After validating lifecycle input and project paths, the CLI now returns successfully when the checkout-local memory root is absent. Existing roots still proceed to manifest and preflight validation.

crates/tree-ring-memory-cli/src/main.rs

claude-hook.shSkip Claude hooks when local memory is absent +6/-0

Skip Claude hooks when local memory is absent

• Adds an early successful exit only when '.tree-ring' is neither an existing entry nor a symlink, preserving diagnostics for broken installations.

plugins/tree-ring-memory/hooks/claude-hook.sh

codex-hook.shValidate Codex worktree hook ownership before deduplication +110/-6

Validate Codex worktree hook ownership before deduplication

• Adds absent-root handling and bounded, no-follow Git metadata parsing to prove linked-worktree and primary-checkout ownership. Duplicate suppression now checks only the hook source Codex effectively loads and dispatches normally for uncertain metadata.

plugins/tree-ring-memory/hooks/codex-hook.sh

Tests (2) +426 / -2
harness_activation_acceptance.rsCover inherited hooks and worktree store isolation +229/-0

Cover inherited hooks and worktree store isolation

• Adds real linked-worktree regressions for old and new Codex and Claude commands. Tests verify quiet absence handling, strict malformed-root diagnostics, input validation, path boundaries, preflight strictness, and primary-store immutability.

crates/tree-ring-memory-cli/tests/harness_activation_acceptance.rs

validate-plugin-packages.pyValidate lifecycle store boundaries and Codex hook sources +197/-2

Validate lifecycle store boundaries and Codex hook sources

• Updates expected package versions and requires wrappers to guard only genuinely absent stores. Adds linked-worktree validation for quiet skips, retained diagnostics, store isolation, effective Codex source replacement, malformed metadata, symlink aliases, relative pointers, and separate Git directories.

scripts/validate-plugin-packages.py

Documentation (5) +40 / -13
README.mdDocument lifecycle behavior in uninitialized worktrees +5/-0

Document lifecycle behavior in uninitialized worktrees

• Explains that inherited hooks skip absent checkout-local stores without initialization or cross-checkout reuse, while broken existing roots remain errors.

README.md

AGENTS.mdDefine lifecycle absence and reconciliation contracts +3/-1

Define lifecycle absence and reconciliation contracts

• Documents the narrow absent-root skip, strict preflight and capture behavior, no-follow access, and exact ownership requirements for reconciling earlier Claude handlers.

crates/tree-ring-memory-cli/src/activation/AGENTS.md

harness-activation.mdSpecify checkout-local lifecycle root semantics +8/-0

Specify checkout-local lifecycle root semantics

• Defines successful no-op behavior for genuinely absent roots and continued errors for files, symlinks, missing activation, and malformed activation. Clarifies that explicit capture and preflight remain strict.

docs/protocol/harness-activation.md

AGENTS.mdDefine effective hook ownership for linked worktrees +1/-1

Define effective hook ownership for linked worktrees

• Documents Codex primary-checkout source selection, Claude local ownership checks, absent-root behavior, retained diagnostics, and the prohibition on redirecting worktree memory.

plugins/AGENTS.md

README.mdDocument plugin worktree and deduplication behavior +23/-11

Document plugin worktree and deduplication behavior

• Updates plugin versions and explains absent-store handling, local store isolation, effective hook ownership, validated Codex primary-source selection, and Claude's local ownership behavior.

plugins/tree-ring-memory/README.md

Other (6) +8 / -8
marketplace.jsonBump Claude marketplace version to 0.3.7 +1/-1

Bump Claude marketplace version to 0.3.7

• Advances the published Claude marketplace metadata for the lifecycle worktree fix.

.claude-plugin/marketplace.json

Cargo.lockLock workspace crates at runtime 0.15.13 +3/-3

Lock workspace crates at runtime 0.15.13

• Updates the locked versions of the CLI, core, and SQLite workspace packages to 0.15.13.

Cargo.lock

Cargo.tomlAdvance the workspace runtime to 0.15.13 +1/-1

Advance the workspace runtime to 0.15.13

• Bumps the shared workspace package version for the runtime release.

Cargo.toml

plugin.jsonBump Claude plugin version to 0.3.7 +1/-1

Bump Claude plugin version to 0.3.7

• Advances the Claude plugin manifest for the corrected lifecycle wrapper.

plugins/tree-ring-memory/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

plugin.jsonBump Codex plugin version to 0.3.9 +1/-1

Bump Codex plugin version to 0.3.9

• Advances the Codex plugin manifest for worktree-aware hook deduplication.

plugins/tree-ring-memory/.codex-plugin/plugin.json

plugin.jsonBump packaged Codex plugin version to 0.3.9 +1/-1

Bump packaged Codex plugin version to 0.3.9

• Keeps the skills-only Codex package manifest aligned with the primary plugin release.

plugins/tree-ring-memory/packaging/codex-skills-only/.codex-plugin/plugin.json

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In `@crates/tree-ring-memory-cli/src/activation/bridge.rs`:
- Around line 2588-2594: Update replace_exact_claude_handlers so it only treats
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let contains_expected = entry
.get("hooks")
.and_then(Value::as_array)
.is_some_and(|handlers| handlers.contains(expected_handler));
if contains_expected
&& (entry.get("matcher").and_then(Value::as_str) != Some("")
|| entry.as_object().is_none_or(|object| object.len() != 2))

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Require exactly one handler in the legacy entry.

When an entry contains [expected_handler, custom_handler], replace_exact_claude_handlers removes expected_handler and leaves custom_handler. If custom_handler does not match the ownership markers checked by inspect_claude_handler, the post-removal state is Absent, so the function inserts the current handlers and adopts the entry.

The existing duplicate test covers two identical handlers, not a mixed handler array. Add a mixed-handler case.

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             if contains_expected
-                && (entry.get("matcher").and_then(Value::as_str) != Some("")
+                && (entry
+                    .get("hooks")
+                    .and_then(Value::as_array)
+                    .is_none_or(|handlers| handlers.len() != 1)
+                    || entry.get("matcher").and_then(Value::as_str) != Some("")
                     || entry.as_object().is_none_or(|object| object.len() != 2))
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let contains_expected = entry
.get("hooks")
.and_then(Value::as_array)
.is_some_and(|handlers| handlers.contains(expected_handler));
if contains_expected
&& (entry.get("matcher").and_then(Value::as_str) != Some("")
|| entry.as_object().is_none_or(|object| object.len() != 2))
let contains_expected = entry
.get("hooks")
.and_then(Value::as_array)
.is_some_and(|handlers| handlers.contains(expected_handler));
if contains_expected
&& (entry
.get("hooks")
.and_then(Value::as_array)
.is_none_or(|handlers| handlers.len() != 1)
|| entry.get("matcher").and_then(Value::as_str) != Some("")
|| entry.as_object().is_none_or(|object| object.len() != 2))
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In `@crates/tree-ring-memory-cli/src/activation/bridge.rs` around lines 2588 -
2594, Update replace_exact_claude_handlers so it only treats a legacy entry as
matching when its hooks array contains exactly one handler, namely
expected_handler; reject mixed arrays such as [expected_handler, custom_handler]
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Remediation recommended

1. Newline-named worktrees duplicate hooks 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness
Description
read_git_metadata rejects any embedded newline in Git metadata, including the reciprocal gitdir
path written for a linked worktree. When a valid worktree path contains a newline,
primary_hook_checkout treats it as uncertain and clears managed_hook, so a managed
primary-checkout hook is not detected and the plugin invokes the lifecycle CLI too.
Code

plugins/tree-ring-memory/hooks/codex-hook.sh[R27-29]

+        *'
+'*) return 1 ;;
+    esac
Relevance

●●● Strong

Valid newline-containing worktree paths are rejected, bypassing deduplication; accepted precedents
favor fixing path and metadata edge cases.

PR-#17
PR-#35

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Evidence
The added validation rejects embedded newlines before primary_hook_checkout can compare the
reciprocal gitdir path to the current checkout. A validation failure selects no managed hook; the
subsequent ownership check is then bypassed and the wrapper executes the CLI. The documented
behavior requires a validated linked worktree to use the primary checkout hook source exclusively.

plugins/tree-ring-memory/hooks/codex-hook.sh[19-31]
plugins/tree-ring-memory/hooks/codex-hook.sh[69-77]
plugins/tree-ring-memory/hooks/codex-hook.sh[101-130]
plugins/tree-ring-memory/README.md[59-67]

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The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
The Codex hook classifies valid linked worktrees whose checkout path contains a newline as uncertain because `read_git_metadata` rejects all embedded newlines. Git's reciprocal `<admin>/gitdir` record necessarily contains that path, which disables primary-checkout hook detection and allows duplicate lifecycle dispatch.

## Fix Focus Areas
- plugins/tree-ring-memory/hooks/codex-hook.sh[19-30]
- plugins/tree-ring-memory/hooks/codex-hook.sh[69-77]
- scripts/validate-plugin-packages.py[400-455]

## Recommended Fix
Keep rejecting unsafe metadata such as NUL bytes, symlinks, and oversized files, but parse Git path records without treating newline characters inside a valid path as malformed. Preserve path values losslessly through the reciprocal-path comparison, and add a linked-worktree validation fixture whose worktree path contains a newline and verifies that a managed primary hook suppresses plugin dispatch.

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Remediation recommended

1. Newline-named worktrees duplicate hooks 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness

read_git_metadata rejects any embedded newline in Git metadata, including the reciprocal gitdir
path written for a linked worktree. When a valid worktree path contains a newline,
primary_hook_checkout treats it as uncertain and clears managed_hook, so a managed
primary-checkout hook is not detected and the plugin invokes the lifecycle CLI too.
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## Issue description
The Codex hook classifies valid linked worktrees whose checkout path contains a newline as uncertain because `read_git_metadata` rejects all embedded newlines. Git's reciprocal `<admin>/gitdir` record necessarily contains that path, which disables primary-checkout hook detection and allows duplicate lifecycle dispatch.

## Fix Focus Areas
- plugins/tree-ring-memory/hooks/codex-hook.sh[19-30]
- plugins/tree-ring-memory/hooks/codex-hook.sh[69-77]
- scripts/validate-plugin-packages.py[400-455]

## Recommended Fix
Keep rejecting unsafe metadata such as NUL bytes, symlinks, and oversized files, but parse Git path records without treating newline characters inside a valid path as malformed. Preserve path values losslessly through the reciprocal-path comparison, and add a linked-worktree validation fixture whose worktree path contains a newline and verifies that a managed primary hook suppresses plugin dispatch.

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