verification date: 2026-10-30
main: 6575ce32508bd7908444241f3719aa33aaf77f90
pr: 45cdc9d26387483a9ea15588c58174b8ba30c3c7
browser: repository Playwright + /usr/bin/google-chrome
main ports: web 8693, server 16733
pr ports: web 5733, server 13773
main stopped before pr started

real UI probe recovery on both main and pr:
configured /tmp/pr24794-codex symlink through Providers > Binary path
removed only agent-owned symlink; toggled Check provider versions
client reported Could not start Codex CLI
restored symlink; toggled Check provider versions again
client reported Codex v0.164.0 Available without server restart or config edit

pr neighboring checks: disabled -> Disabled and 0 models; reenabled -> Available and 8 models; explicit refresh -> Available

real provider transcripts (selected protocol fields only):
main turn/start model=gpt-6.1-sol
main answer="i'll check the repository path and working tree without editing anything."
main command=/bin/bash -lc 'git rev-parse --show-toplevel' exit=0 output="/home/user/main\n"
main command=/bin/bash -lc 'git status --short' exit=0 output=null
main answer="/home/user/main\n\nPROVIDER_RECOVERY_OK"
main turn/completed status=completed
pr turn/start model=gpt-6.1-sol
pr answer="i'll run those two commands without changing anything."
pr command=/bin/bash -lc 'git rev-parse --show-toplevel' exit=0 output="/home/user/main\n"
pr command=/bin/bash -lc 'git status --short' exit=0 output=null
pr answer="/home/user/main\n\nPROVIDER_RECOVERY_OK"
pr turn/completed status=completed

testbox: vp test run packages/provider-core/src/server/managedProvider.test.ts -> 10 passed

limit: normal Codex spawn/protocol/timeout failures return error snapshots via Effect.result, so both branches recover. The subscription-ending effect failure in the PR test was not reproduced in production. No mocks, fixtures, demo data, or source edits were used for runtime checks.