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fix(settings): preserve concurrent updates
chioarub Aug 16, 2026
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65 changes: 46 additions & 19 deletions src/services/settingsSync/index.ts
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Expand Up @@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ import {
getAPIProvider,
isFirstPartyAnthropicBaseUrl,
} from '../../utils/model/providers.js'
import { markInternalWrite } from '../../utils/settings/internalWrites.js'
import { getSettingsFilePathForSource } from '../../utils/settings/settings.js'
import { resetSettingsCache } from '../../utils/settings/settingsCache.js'
import { replaceSettingsFileSync } from '../../utils/settings/settingsFileTransaction.js'
import { sleep } from '../../utils/sleep.js'
import { getClaudeCodeUserAgent } from '../../utils/userAgent.js'
import { getFeatureValue_CACHED_MAY_BE_STALE } from '../analytics/growthbook.js'
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -477,6 +476,20 @@ async function writeFileForSync(
}
}

function writeSettingsFileForSync(
filePath: string,
content: string,
): boolean {
try {
replaceSettingsFileSync(filePath, content)
logForDiagnosticsNoPII('info', 'settings_sync_file_written')
return true
} catch {
logForDiagnosticsNoPII('warn', 'settings_sync_file_write_failed')
return false
}
}
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Blocking lock waits now run on the background sync path. Bound them separately.

replaceSettingsFileSync blocks the thread with Atomics.wait for up to SETTINGS_LOCK_WAIT_MS (2000 ms) per call. applyRemoteEntriesToLocal calls writeSettingsFileForSync twice, for user settings and for project settings. Under contention the background sync therefore freezes the event loop for up to 4 s. src/utils/settings/settings.transaction.test.ts lines 242-293 model a 4.5 s holder, so contention is a real scenario, not a theoretical one.

updateSettingsForSource blocks in response to a user action, which is defensible. Remote sync runs opportunistically without user intent, so the same ceiling is harder to justify.

Two options, in order of cost:

  1. Give the transaction helper an optional wait budget and pass a smaller value from the sync path. A timed-out entry is already handled correctly: it is not counted as applied, and the next sync retries it.
  2. Yield to the event loop between the two settings writes so a single stalled write does not compound.

Not a merge blocker if the maintainers accept the current ceiling, but please record the decision.

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In `@src/services/settingsSync/index.ts` around lines 479 - 491, Bound lock waits
separately for background sync by extending the transaction helper used by
replaceSettingsFileSync with an optional wait budget, then pass a smaller budget
from writeSettingsFileForSync while preserving the existing user-action timeout.
Ensure timed-out writes remain unsuccessful so the next sync retries them, and
record the chosen decision if retaining the current ceiling.

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Update

Retained the shared bounded contention policy.

Not changed

  • Background settings-sync wait budget — Direct settings-sync writes intentionally retain the same two-second deadline because ordinary short contention must serialize successfully on this path too. A timeout remains bounded and the failed file is not counted as applied.


/**
* Apply remote entries to local files (CCR pull pattern).
* Only writes files that match expected keys.
Expand All @@ -488,10 +501,14 @@ async function writeFileForSync(
async function applyRemoteEntriesToLocal(
entries: Record<string, string>,
projectId: string | null,
): Promise<void> {
): Promise<{
appliedCount: number
settingsFilesWritten: number
memoryFilesWritten: number
}> {
let appliedCount = 0
let settingsWritten = false
let memoryWritten = false
let settingsFilesWritten = 0
let memoryFilesWritten = 0

// Helper to check size limit (defense-in-depth, matches backend limit)
const exceedsSizeLimit = (content: string, _path: string): boolean => {
Expand All @@ -514,11 +531,9 @@ async function applyRemoteEntriesToLocal(
userSettingsPath &&
!exceedsSizeLimit(userSettingsContent, userSettingsPath)
) {
// Mark as internal write to prevent spurious change detection
markInternalWrite(userSettingsPath)
if (await writeFileForSync(userSettingsPath, userSettingsContent)) {
if (writeSettingsFileForSync(userSettingsPath, userSettingsContent)) {
appliedCount++
settingsWritten = true
settingsFilesWritten++
}
}
}
Expand All @@ -530,7 +545,7 @@ async function applyRemoteEntriesToLocal(
if (!exceedsSizeLimit(userMemoryContent, userMemoryPath)) {
if (await writeFileForSync(userMemoryPath, userMemoryContent)) {
appliedCount++
memoryWritten = true
memoryFilesWritten++
}
}
}
Expand All @@ -545,11 +560,11 @@ async function applyRemoteEntriesToLocal(
localSettingsPath &&
!exceedsSizeLimit(projectSettingsContent, localSettingsPath)
) {
// Mark as internal write to prevent spurious change detection
markInternalWrite(localSettingsPath)
if (await writeFileForSync(localSettingsPath, projectSettingsContent)) {
if (
writeSettingsFileForSync(localSettingsPath, projectSettingsContent)
) {
appliedCount++
settingsWritten = true
settingsFilesWritten++
}
}
}
Expand All @@ -561,21 +576,33 @@ async function applyRemoteEntriesToLocal(
if (!exceedsSizeLimit(projectMemoryContent, localMemoryPath)) {
if (await writeFileForSync(localMemoryPath, projectMemoryContent)) {
appliedCount++
memoryWritten = true
memoryFilesWritten++
}
}
}
}

// Invalidate caches so subsequent reads pick up new content
if (settingsWritten) {
resetSettingsCache()
}
if (memoryWritten) {
if (memoryFilesWritten > 0) {
clearMemoryFileCaches()
}

logForDiagnosticsNoPII('info', 'settings_sync_applied', {
appliedCount,
settingsFilesWritten,
memoryFilesWritten,
})
return { appliedCount, settingsFilesWritten, memoryFilesWritten }
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/** @internal Direct apply seam for focused settings-file transaction tests. */
export function _applyRemoteEntriesToLocalForTesting(
entries: Record<string, string>,
projectId: string | null,
): Promise<{
appliedCount: number
settingsFilesWritten: number
memoryFilesWritten: number
}> {
return applyRemoteEntriesToLocal(entries, projectId)
}
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