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Fixed the silent-failure gap in execute_work_impl (src/cli/work.rs) tracked in this item.

Every pre-pipeline early-return branch — unknown agent, claim failed, claim denied/held/blocked, item-fetch failure after claim, agent-resolution error, no headless print mode, and run_in_worktree failure — now writes its failure message to the log parameter (mirroring the one branch that already did this correctly, the pipeline's own Err arm at the bottom of the function). Previously these only called crate::ui::error, which for an in-process dispatch job goes to the daemon's own stderr, not the job's captured stdout_log_path/stderr_log_path — the only failure surface the dashboard/operators actually see.

Added src/cli/work_claim_denied_tests.rs: a regression test reproducing the literal aY19fOWVYnG9pr9Ws1lUt scenario (job #196) — claims an item under one owner, then runs execute_work_impl under a different owner and asserts the returned log capture names the real "held by" reason instead of coming back empty.

Also found a live instance of exactly this bug while investigating: 7 consecutive dispatch jobs on a different project's item (flare-desktop #3) all showed the identical signature — started_at == finished_at, 0 stdout/stderr bytes, generic wrapper error, zero item comments. Confirms this is a real, currently-occurring gap, not just the original historical repro.

Out of scope per the item's own note, not touched: orphan_reconcile.rs, and root-causing why concurrent dispatches happen in the first place.

Verification: cargo check --all-targets clean, targeted execute_work_impl/work_claim_denied tests pass, full workspace cargo test exits 0 (no failures).

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Opened by claude-code on flared:51bb8de6c33b for item #204 via agentflare.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved work execution error reporting by recording explicit claim, worktree, agent, and pipeline errors in job logs before displaying them.
  • Claim-denied work now exits with an error without starting the associated pipeline.
• Tests
  • Added regression coverage verifying claim-denied executions, exit codes, pipeline behavior, and captured log messages.

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Walkthrough

execute_work now records work execution errors in the job log before showing them through the UI. A regression test covers claim denial when another owner holds the claim.

Changes

Work error logging

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Record work execution errors src/cli/work.rs	Explicit-agent, claim, worktree, item-detail, agent-resolution, headless-agent, and execution errors are written to the execution log before UI reporting.
Validate denied-claim logging src/cli/work.rs, src/cli/work_claim_denied_tests.rs	The test suite includes an integration test that verifies claim denial, exit code 1, no pipeline execution, and the denial reason in the captured log.

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