fix(engine): add cross-process merge guard to prevent concurrent merges

Multiple engine processes (dashboard + serve) share the same SQLite database
but each has its own in-memory merge queue. Without a cross-process check,
two processes can start merging different tasks simultaneously.

Added store.getActiveMergingTask() as a DB-level check before any merge
starts. The drainMergeQueue defers with pollIntervalMs delay, and both
aiMergeTask and processPullRequestMergeTask have safety-net checks.
Also moved stale merge status cleanup to run regardless of autoMerge setting.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

packages/cli/src/commands/__tests__/serve.test.ts

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => {
         emitter.off(event, handler);
       }),
       emit: emitter.emit.bind(emitter),
+      getActiveMergingTask: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(undefined),
     };
   }
 

packages/cli/src/commands/dashboard.test.ts

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ function makeMockStore() {
     logEntry: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
     updateTask: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
     getFusionDir: vi.fn().mockReturnValue("/tmp/test/.fusion"),
+    getActiveMergingTask: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(undefined),
     getMissionStore: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(mockMissionStore),
     close: vi.fn(),
     on: vi.fn((event: string, handler: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => {

packages/cli/src/commands/task-lifecycle.ts

@@ -213,6 +213,12 @@ export async function processPullRequestMergeTask(
     return "waiting";
   }
 
+  // Cross-process safety net: abort if another task is already mid-merge.
+  const activeMerge = store.getActiveMergingTask(task.id);
+  if (activeMerge) {
+    await store.updateTask(task.id, { status: "awaiting-pr-checks" });
+    return "waiting";
+  }
   await store.updateTask(task.id, { status: "merging-pr" });
   const mergedPr = await github.mergePr({ number: prInfo.number, method: "squash" });
   await store.updatePrInfo(task.id, { ...mergedPr, lastCheckedAt: new Date().toISOString() });