looper ps default output is noisy after upgrade due to stale manual_intervention fixer loops

[nettee]

Summary

After upgrading to a newer version of looper, the default looper ps output became noisy because old manual_intervention fixer loops are shown alongside currently running work. These entries are mostly historical PR tasks whose PRs are already closed or merged, but they still dominate the process list.

Example

Sanitized example output:

$ looper ps
#    type      target                 step    agent  pid  status               age
---  --------  ---------------------  ------  -----  ---  -------------------  ------
375  reviewer  org-a/repo-a#3151      review  -      -    running              3m
376  fixer     org-b/repo-b#137       repair  -      -    running              3m
234  fixer     org-a/repo-a#2573      -       -      -    manual_intervention  1d23h
262  fixer     org-a/repo-a#2716      -       -      -    manual_intervention  3d16h
39   fixer     org-c/repo-c#5         -       -      -    manual_intervention  16d21h
38   fixer     org-c/repo-d#41        -       -      -    manual_intervention  16d22h
36   fixer     org-c/repo-e#86        -       -      -    manual_intervention  17d15h
35   fixer     org-c/repo-c#1         -       -      -    manual_intervention  17d19h
1    fixer     org-a/repo-f#10        -       -      -    manual_intervention  30d17h

Several of the stale fixer targets in this list correspond to PRs that are already closed or merged.

Actual behavior

looper ps shows old manual_intervention fixer loops by default, even when they are not active and have no agent/pid. This makes it hard to see the two currently running tasks.

looper run reconcile-stale followed by looper queue cleanup --stale does not remove these entries from looper ps.

Expected behavior

The default looper ps view should stay focused on active/actionable work. Historical manual_intervention loops should either:

• be hidden from the default view and remain visible via looper ps --status manual_intervention or looper ps --all, or
• have a supported cleanup/acknowledge command that removes closed/merged PR tasks from the default process list.

Why this matters

After upgrade, the process list appears dirty and makes it harder to notice real running work. The user has to mentally filter out stale manual-intervention items every time.

Notes

There does not appear to be a dedicated CLI command to clear a single manual_intervention loop/queue item. queue cleanup --stale only handles stale queued items, not these paused/failed manual-intervention records.

[nettee]

Additional version info:

CLI version: 0.9.2
looperd server version: 0.9.2

This behavior was observed after upgrading to this version.