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SDK apps can branch on startup_failure_reason (worktree_unverified / worktree_resume_refused).\n\nOption: Launch from main checkout / recreate [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: Worktree refusals\nSteps:\n1. Read the message ending\n2. Launch from parent checkout or recreate worktree at a local path\nExpected: Isolation restored\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.","data":{"problem_id":"d29c7a34-9e4b-4690-8c3b-03be7d6e9cbc","proposed_action":"Recommended action: Match the message ending: launch from the main checkout; recreate the worktree; make hooks create dirs outside any repo; fix main checkout .git permissions/dubious ownership; use local paths. SDK apps can branch on startup_failure_reason (worktree_unverified / worktree_resume_refused).\n\nOption: Launch from main checkout / recreate [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: Worktree refusals\nSteps:\n1. Read the message ending\n2. 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