This fixes archive cleanup for agent threads so Zed only removes worktrees it explicitly created, rather than treating every linked worktree under the configured managed directory as safe to delete. When Zed creates a worktree, it now records it in the local database along with the creation time of the worktree's git metadata directory (`.git/worktrees/<name>/`). Archive planning requires that record, and right before deleting anything, Zed re-stats the directory and compares creation times: if the worktree was removed and recreated outside Zed (or the time can't be read at all), deletion is skipped and the stale record is dropped. Every failure mode fails safe by leaving the directory untouched. For remote (SSH) projects, the stat runs on the remote host via a new `GitWorktreeCreatedAt` request. Worktrees created by a different Zed install (another release channel, or another machine connecting to the same host) have no record in the local database and are therefore never auto-archived, which is the intended conservative behavior. Closes https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/57155 Closes AI-352 Release Notes: - Fixed archiving an agent thread incorrectly deleting manually-created git worktrees.
Zed
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