Storage doctor, ingress payload elimination, and Storage tab health surface

apps/ade-cli/README.md

@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ ade usage budget cumulative --scope global --text
 ade storage snapshot --text                          # categorized ADE disk usage + free space (mirrors the desktop storage dashboard)
 ade storage snapshot --refresh --text                # force a fresh scan instead of the cached snapshot
 ade storage compress --text                          # losslessly compress old chat/terminal history
+ade --role cto storage maintenance --text            # run the policy-driven ledger maintenance sweep now (CTO)
 ade storage actions --text                           # raw storage service actions (cleanupPreview/cleanup live here)
 ade actions list --domain chat --text
 ade actions run git.stageFile --arg laneId=lane-id --arg path=src/index.ts

apps/ade-cli/src/bootstrap.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import * as nodePty from "node-pty";
 import { isSourceCheckoutRuntimeModule } from "./runtimePackaging";
 import { createFileLogger, type Logger } from "../../desktop/src/main/services/logging/logger";
 import { classifySqliteOpenError, openKvDb, type AdeDb } from "../../desktop/src/main/services/state/kvDb";
+import { createRegisteredSyncPeerGate } from "../../desktop/src/main/services/state/syncPeerCompactionGate";
 import {
   clearLastFailure,
   recordLastFailure,
@@ -504,9 +505,16 @@ export async function createAdeRuntime(args: {
   const diskPressureMonitor = createDiskPressureMonitor({
     roots: [projectRoot, resolveMachineAdeLayout().adeDir],
   });
+  let syncService: ReturnType<typeof createSyncService> | null = null;
+  const hasSyncPeers = createRegisteredSyncPeerGate({
+    syncEnabled: resolvedArgs.syncRuntime?.enabled === true,
+    getSyncService: () => syncService,
+  });
   let db: AdeDb;
   try {
-    db = await openKvDb(paths.dbPath, logger);
+    db = await openKvDb(paths.dbPath, logger, {
+      hasSyncPeers,
+    });
   } catch (error) {
     const code = mapKvDbOpenErrorCode(classifySqliteOpenError(error));
     const detail = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
@@ -1503,7 +1511,14 @@ export async function createAdeRuntime(args: {
     diskPressure: diskPressureMonitor,
     isPathActive: (filePath) =>
       Boolean(agentChatService?.isTranscriptPathActive(filePath))
-      || ptyService.isTranscriptPathActive(filePath),
+      || ptyService.isTranscriptPathActive(filePath)
+      || Boolean(iosSimulatorService?.isBuildPathActive(filePath)),
+    projectId,
+    // One bounded `ade_feature_used` per completed maintenance run at the daemon
+    // boundary (deduped to 20 h by the service).
+    captureAnalytics: (input) => {
+      productAnalyticsService.capture(input);
+    },
   });
   const budgetCapService = createBudgetCapService({
     db,
@@ -1573,7 +1588,6 @@ export async function createAdeRuntime(args: {
   }
 
   let externalSessionsService: ReturnType<typeof createExternalSessionsService> | null = null;
-  let syncService: ReturnType<typeof createSyncService> | null = null;
   if (resolvedArgs.syncRuntime?.enabled && agentChatService) {
     const { createSyncService } = await import("./services/sync/syncService");
     syncService = createSyncService({
@@ -1632,15 +1646,18 @@ export async function createAdeRuntime(args: {
       getModelPickerStore: () => getSharedModelPickerStore(db),
       cloudRelayStore,
       syncTunnelClientService,
-      onStatusChanged: (snapshot) => pushEvent("runtime", { type: "sync-status", snapshot }),
+      onStatusChanged: (snapshot) => {
+        pushEvent("runtime", { type: "sync-status", snapshot });
+      },
     });
     syncServiceForPtyEvents = syncService;
   }
 
   if (syncService) {
+    const currentSyncService = syncService;
     const initializeSyncService = async () => {
       try {
-        await syncService.initialize();
+        await currentSyncService.initialize();
       } catch (error) {
         logger.warn("sync.runtime_initialize_failed", {
           error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),

apps/ade-cli/src/cli.test.ts

@@ -1590,6 +1590,15 @@ describe("ADE CLI", () => {
       arguments: { domain: "storage", action: "compressNow", args: {} },
     });
 
+    const maintenancePlan = expectExecutePlan(
+      buildCliPlan(["storage", "maintenance"]),
+    );
+    expect(inferFormatter(maintenancePlan)).toBe("storage-maintenance");
+    expect(maintenancePlan.steps[0]?.params).toEqual({
+      name: "run_ade_action",
+      arguments: { domain: "storage", action: "runMaintenanceNow", args: {} },
+    });
+
     expect(
       expectExecutePlan(buildCliPlan(["storage", "actions"])).steps[0]?.params,
     ).toEqual({ name: "list_ade_actions", arguments: { domain: "storage" } });
@@ -1639,6 +1648,37 @@ describe("ADE CLI", () => {
     expect(snapshotText).toContain("ADE storage");
     expect(snapshotText).toContain("GB free of");
     expect(snapshotText).toContain("chats_history");
+
+    const maintenanceText = formatOutput(
+      {
+        startedAt: "2026-07-12T00:00:00.000Z",
+        finishedAt: "2026-07-12T00:00:01.000Z",
+        trigger: "manual",
+        reclaimedBytes: 3 * 1024 ** 2,
+        dbSizeBytes: 45 * 1024 ** 2,
+        actions: [
+          {
+            ledgerId: "automation_ingress_events",
+            kind: "prune",
+            itemsAffected: 120,
+            bytesReclaimed: 2 * 1024 ** 2,
+          },
+          {
+            ledgerId: "pull_request_snapshots",
+            kind: "vacuum",
+            itemsAffected: 0,
+            bytesReclaimed: 0,
+            skippedReason: "not due",
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      { text: true } as never,
+      inferFormatter(maintenancePlan),
+    );
+    expect(maintenanceText).toContain("ADE storage maintenance");
+    expect(maintenanceText).toContain("manual");
+    expect(maintenanceText).toContain("automation_ingress_events");
+    expect(maintenanceText).toContain("skipped: not due");
   });
 
   it("formats external session action results as text", () => {

apps/ade-cli/src/cli.ts

@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ type FormatterId =
   | "external-sessions"
   | "storage-snapshot"
   | "storage-compress"
+  | "storage-maintenance"
   | "sync-status"
   | "sync-web";
 
@@ -2087,12 +2088,14 @@ const HELP_BY_COMMAND: Record<string, string> = {
   Reports what ADE is holding on disk (chats/terminal history, lane worktrees,
   build output, caches, proof attachments, recovery backups, database) and the
   volume's free space, mirroring the desktop Settings storage dashboard. The
-  snapshot is read-only; compression is lossless and safe. Target-scoped cleanup
+  snapshot is read-only; compression is lossless and safe. Maintenance runs the
+  policy-driven ledger sweep (prune/compress/vacuum). Target-scoped cleanup
   (which deletes files) is intentionally left to the action bridge.
 
     $ ade storage snapshot --text                   Categorized ADE disk usage + free-space summary
     $ ade storage snapshot --refresh --text         Force a fresh scan (skip the cached snapshot)
     $ ade storage compress --text                   Losslessly compress old chat/terminal history
+    $ ade --role cto storage maintenance --text     Run the policy-driven maintenance sweep now (CTO)
     $ ade storage actions --text                    List raw storage service actions
     $ ade storage action cleanupPreview --input-json '{"targets":[...]}'   Preview a target-scoped cleanup
     $ ade --role cto storage action cleanup --input-json '{"targets":[...],"preview":{...}}'   Delete previewed targets (CTO)
@@ -10221,8 +10224,19 @@ function buildStoragePlan(args: string[]): CliPlan {
       steps: [actionStep("result", "storage", "compressNow", {})],
     };
   }
+  if (sub === "maintenance" || sub === "maintain" || sub === "run-maintenance") {
+    // Runs the same policy-driven maintenance sweep as the desktop Settings
+    // "Run maintenance now" button (prune/compress/vacuum per the storage
+    // ledger). CTO-only at the action bridge, so agents must pass --role cto.
+    return {
+      kind: "execute",
+      label: "storage maintenance",
+      formatter: "storage-maintenance",
+      steps: [actionStep("result", "storage", "runMaintenanceNow", {})],
+    };
+  }
   throw new CliUsageError(
-    "storage supports snapshot, compress, actions, or action <name>. Use 'ade actions run storage.cleanupPreview' / 'storage.cleanup' for target-scoped cleanup.",
+    "storage supports snapshot, compress, maintenance, actions, or action <name>. Use 'ade actions run storage.cleanupPreview' / 'storage.cleanup' for target-scoped cleanup.",
   );
 }
 
@@ -16327,6 +16341,38 @@ function formatStorageCompression(value: unknown): string {
   ]);
 }
 
+function formatStorageMaintenance(value: unknown): string {
+  if (!isRecord(value)) return JSON.stringify(value, null, 2);
+  const header = renderKeyValues("ADE storage maintenance", [
+    ["trigger", value.trigger],
+    ["reclaimed", formatBytes(value.reclaimedBytes)],
+    ["db size", typeof value.dbSizeBytes === "number" ? formatBytes(value.dbSizeBytes) : undefined],
+    ["started", value.startedAt],
+    ["finished", value.finishedAt],
+  ]);
+  const actions = Array.isArray(value.actions) ? value.actions.filter(isRecord) : [];
+  const rows = actions.map((action) => {
+    const note = typeof action.error === "string" && action.error
+      ? `error: ${action.error}`
+      : typeof action.skippedReason === "string" && action.skippedReason
+        ? `skipped: ${action.skippedReason}`
+        : "";
+    return [
+      cell(action.ledgerId, 32),
+      cell(action.kind, 12),
+      typeof action.itemsAffected === "number" ? String(action.itemsAffected) : "-",
+      formatBytes(action.bytesReclaimed),
+      note,
+    ];
+  });
+  const table = renderTable(
+    ["LEDGER", "KIND", "ITEMS", "RECLAIMED", "NOTE"],
+    rows,
+    "No maintenance actions were applied.",
+  );
+  return `${header}\n\n${table}`;
+}
+
 function formatLastFailureLine(report: AdeLastFailureReport): string {
   const repeat = report.count > 1 ? ` x${report.count}` : "";
   const scope = report.projectRoot ? ` [${report.projectRoot}]` : "";
@@ -17884,6 +17930,8 @@ function formatTextOutput(
       return formatStorageSnapshot(value);
     case "storage-compress":
       return formatStorageCompression(value);
+    case "storage-maintenance":
+      return formatStorageMaintenance(value);
     case "action-result":
     default:
       if (isRecord(value))

apps/ade-cli/src/services/sync/syncPairingStore.test.ts

@@ -64,6 +64,30 @@ describe("sync SSH pairing trust", () => {
     expect(fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8")).not.toContain(paired.secret);
   });
 
+  it("counts durable pairings independently of live connections", () => {
+    const { store } = createStore();
+    const peer = {
+      deviceId: "offline-phone-1",
+      deviceName: "Offline iPhone",
+      platform: "iOS",
+      deviceType: "phone",
+      siteId: "offline-ios-site-1",
+      dbVersion: 0,
+    } satisfies SyncPeerMetadata;
+
+    expect(store.countPairingRecords()).toBe(0);
+    store.pairPeerViaLocalTrust(peer);
+    expect(store.countPairingRecords()).toBe(1);
+    store.revoke(peer.deviceId);
+    expect(store.countPairingRecords()).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("does not treat an unreadable pairing registry as empty", () => {
+    const { filePath, store } = createStore();
+    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, "not json");
+    expect(store.countPairingRecords()).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it("grants desktop runtime access only after the SSH trust gate", () => {
     const { store } = createStore();
     const peer = {

apps/ade-cli/src/services/sync/syncPairingStore.ts

@@ -311,6 +311,18 @@ export function createSyncPairingStore(args: SyncPairingStoreArgs) {
       return readRecords()[normalized] != null;
     },
 
+    countPairingRecords(): number | null {
+      if (!fs.existsSync(args.filePath)) return 0;
+      try {
+        const parsed: unknown = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(args.filePath, "utf8"));
+        if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== "object" || Array.isArray(parsed)) return null;
+        return Object.keys(parsed).length;
+      } catch {
+        // A damaged registry is not evidence that there are no paired peers.
+        return null;
+      }
+    },
+
     revoke(deviceId: string): void {
       const normalized = deviceId.trim();
       if (!normalized) return;

apps/ade-cli/src/services/sync/syncService.ts

@@ -1734,6 +1734,10 @@ export function createSyncService(args: SyncServiceArgs) {
       return deviceRegistryService;
     },
 
+    getRegisteredPeerCount(): number | null {
+      return pairingStore.countPairingRecords();
+    },
+
     async dispose(): Promise<void> {
       disposed = true;
       syncPeerService.disconnect();

apps/desktop/src/main/main.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 import { app, BrowserWindow, dialog, ipcMain, Menu, nativeImage, Notification, protocol, safeStorage, shell } from "electron";
 
 if (app.isPackaged && process.env.ADE_RUNTIME_PACKAGED === undefined) {
   process.env.ADE_RUNTIME_PACKAGED = "1";
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import { startMetricsSampler } from "./services/perf/metricsSampler";
 import { registerPerfIpcHandlers } from "./services/perf/perfIpc";
 import { openKvDb } from "./services/state/kvDb";
+import { createRegisteredSyncPeerGate } from "./services/state/syncPeerCompactionGate";
 import { ensureAdeDirs } from "./services/state/projectState";
 import {
   persistableRemoteProjectIconDataUrl,
@@ -2171,8 +2172,15 @@
       }
     };
 
+    let syncServiceRef: ReturnType<typeof createSyncService> | null = null;
+    const hasSyncPeers = createRegisteredSyncPeerGate({
+      syncEnabled: true,
+      getSyncService: () => syncServiceRef,
+    });
     const db = await measureProjectInitStep("db_open", () =>
-      openKvDb(adePaths.dbPath, logger),
+      openKvDb(adePaths.dbPath, logger, {
+        hasSyncPeers,
+      }),
     );
     const keybindingsService = createKeybindingsService({ db });
     const agentToolsService = createAgentToolsService({ logger });
@@ -2906,7 +2914,6 @@
       });
     };
 
-    let syncServiceRef: ReturnType<typeof createSyncService> | null = null;
     const ptyBackend = process.env.ADE_DISABLE_SUPERVISED_PTY_HOST === "1"
       ? null
       : createSupervisedPtyLoader({ logger });
@@ -3129,7 +3136,7 @@
         }
       },
     });
     agentChatServiceRef = agentChatService;
     laneTeardownDeps.agentChatService = {
       countActiveForLane: (laneId) => agentChatService.countActiveForLane(laneId),
       disposeForLane: (laneId) => agentChatService.disposeForLane(laneId),
@@ -3586,7 +3593,12 @@
       diskPressure: diskPressureMonitor,
       isPathActive: (filePath) =>
         agentChatService.isTranscriptPathActive(filePath)
-        || ptyService.isTranscriptPathActive(filePath),
+        || ptyService.isTranscriptPathActive(filePath)
+        || iosSimulatorService.isBuildPathActive(filePath),
+      projectId,
+      captureAnalytics: (input) => {
+        productAnalyticsService.capture(input);
+      },
     });
 
     // Phone sync is owned by the per-machine ADE service. The desktop
@@ -4314,7 +4326,11 @@
     const logger = createFileLogger(path.join(adePaths.logsDir, "main.jsonl"));
     const project = toProjectInfo(projectRoot, baseRef);
     const runtimeProject = await localRuntimePool.ensureProject(projectRoot);
-    const db = await openKvDb(adePaths.dbPath, logger);
+    const db = await openKvDb(adePaths.dbPath, logger, {
+      // The machine runtime owns sync and the real storage doctor in this mode;
+      // this dormant fallback has no authoritative local peer signal.
+      hasSyncPeers: () => true,
+    });
     const shellContext = createDormantProjectContext(projectRoot, { enableUsageTracking: false });
     const storageInsightsService = createStorageInsightsService({
       projectRoot,
@@ -4323,8 +4339,13 @@
       logger,
       // Daemon-backed mode: the brain owns activity tracking and runs the real compression sweep
       // (see apps/ade-cli/src/bootstrap.ts); this fallback instance deliberately refuses to compress
-      // because activity cannot be known here.
+      // because activity cannot be known here. It also never arms the maintenance timers (no
+      // diskPressure supplied), so it only runs maintenance if runMaintenanceNow is called directly.
       isPathActive: () => true,
+      projectId: runtimeProject.projectId,
+      captureAnalytics: (input) => {
+        productAnalyticsService.capture(input);
+      },
     });
     const diskPressureMonitor = createDiskPressureMonitor({
       roots: [projectRoot, machineAdeLayout.adeDir],

apps/desktop/src/main/services/adeActions/registry.ts

@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export const ADE_ACTION_CTO_ONLY: Partial<Record<AdeActionDomain, readonly strin
   feedback: ["submitPreparedDraft"],
   usage: ["forceRefresh", "refreshHistory", "poll", "start", "stop"],
   analytics: ["setEnabled", "flush"],
-  storage: ["cleanup"],
+  storage: ["cleanup", "runMaintenanceNow"],
   search: ["rebuildIndex"],
   project_secret: ["exportEnv"],
 };
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ export const ADE_ACTION_ALLOWLIST: Partial<Record<AdeActionDomain, readonly stri
     "stop",
   ],
   analytics: ["capture", "getStatus", "setEnabled", "flush"],
-  storage: ["cleanup", "cleanupPreview", "compressNow", "getSnapshot"],
+  storage: ["cleanup", "cleanupPreview", "compressNow", "getSnapshot", "runMaintenanceNow"],
   budget: ["checkBudget", "getConfig", "getCumulativeUsage", "recordUsage", "updateConfig"],
   update: ["checkForUpdates", "dismissInstalledNotice", "getSnapshot", "quitAndInstall"],
   file: [
@@ -3203,6 +3203,7 @@ function buildStorageDomainService(runtime: AdeRuntime): OpaqueService | null {
   return {
     getSnapshot: (args?: { forceRefresh?: boolean }) => storageInsightsService.getSnapshot(args),
     compressNow: () => storageInsightsService.compressNow(),
+    runMaintenanceNow: () => storageInsightsService.runMaintenanceNow(),
     cleanupPreview: (args?: { targets?: Parameters<typeof storageInsightsService.cleanupPreview>[0] }) =>
       storageInsightsService.cleanupPreview(args?.targets ?? []),
     cleanup: (args?: {