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Kyle Carberry 19e44f4136 fix: target specific chat in MarkStale instead of broadcasting to all workspace chats (#23883)
## Problem

Subagent chats were receiving git context (branch, remote origin, PR
status) from their parent or sibling chats' git operations. When a git
operation triggers external auth, the workspace agent sends `chat_id`
identifying which chat initiated it — but this was broken at two levels:

1. **Agent side:** `CODER_CHAT_ID` was never injected into process
   environments. `chatd` sets `Coder-Chat-Id` HTTP headers and the
   agent extracts them for process isolation, but never propagated
   `CODER_CHAT_ID` to `cmd.Env`. So `gitaskpass` always sent an empty
   `chat_id`.

2. **Server side:** `workspaceAgentsExternalAuth` ignored the `chat_id`
   query param. `MarkStale` broadcast git context to **all** chats on
   the workspace via `filterChatsByWorkspaceID`.

## Fix

- Inject `CODER_CHAT_ID` into `cmd.Env` in `agentproc` when the chat
  ID is known, so `gitaskpass` can read and forward it.
- Read `chat_id` from query params in `workspaceAgentsExternalAuth`
  and thread it through `chatGitRef`.
- Refactor `MarkStale` to accept a `MarkStaleParams` struct. When
  `ChatID` is provided, target only that specific chat. When empty
  (legacy agents, non-chat git operations), fall back to the existing
  workspace-wide broadcast.
- Extract `markStaleSingle` helper to deduplicate the upsert+publish
  logic.

<details><summary>Investigation notes</summary>

### Data flow before fix

```
chatd → sets Coder-Chat-Id header on agent conn
agent → extracts chatID, stores on process struct
agent → does NOT set CODER_CHAT_ID in cmd.Env  ← gap 1
gitaskpass → reads CODER_CHAT_ID (always empty), sends chat_id=""
server handler → ignores chat_id query param     ← gap 2
MarkStale → broadcasts to ALL workspace chats
```

### Data flow after fix

```
chatd → sets Coder-Chat-Id header on agent conn
agent → extracts chatID, stores on process struct
agent → sets CODER_CHAT_ID in cmd.Env
gitaskpass → reads CODER_CHAT_ID, sends chat_id=<uuid>
server handler → reads chat_id, passes to MarkStale
MarkStale → targets only that specific chat
```

</details>
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