fix: keep remote workspace backend after preload

Author: chubes4

inc/Workspace/RemoteWorkspaceBackend.php

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ class RemoteWorkspaceBackend {
 	 * Whether the remote backend should handle workspace operations.
 	 */
 	public static function should_handle(): bool {
+		if ( self::has_registered_state() ) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
 		$diagnostic = \DataMachineCode\Support\GitRunner::diagnose();
 		$default    = self::should_handle_for_local_capabilities(
 			! empty($diagnostic['git_available']),
@@ -41,6 +45,18 @@ public static function should_handle_for_local_capabilities( bool $git_available
 		return ! ( $git_available && $streaming_available );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Whether remote workspace state already exists for this runtime.
+	 */
+	public static function has_registered_state(): bool {
+		$state = function_exists('get_option') ? get_option(self::OPTION, array()) : array();
+		if ( ! is_array($state) ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return ! empty($state['repos']) || ! empty($state['worktrees']);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Clone/register a GitHub repository as a remote workspace primary.
 	 *

tests/smoke-workspace-preload-artifact.php

@@ -201,6 +201,12 @@ static function (): WP_Error {
         )
     );
     $assert('falls back to remote backend when local git clone is unavailable', ! is_wp_error($remote_fallback) && 'github_api' === ( $remote_fallback['repositories'][0]['result']['backend'] ?? '' ));
+    $assert(
+        'remote preload state keeps remote backend active for later tools',
+        \DataMachineCode\Workspace\RemoteWorkspaceBackend::has_registered_state()
+        && false === \DataMachineCode\Workspace\RemoteWorkspaceBackend::should_handle_for_local_capabilities(true, true)
+        && \DataMachineCode\Workspace\RemoteWorkspaceBackend::should_handle()
+    );
 
     if (array() !== $failures ) {
         echo "\nFailures:\n";