fix: Resolve Windows Automations not mapping to workspace in UI

[Pallavikumarimdb]

Summary

• Normalizes directory paths inside resolveConnectWorkspace to match workspaces correctly on Windows.
• Adds teardown capability in workspace-kv-store.ts to release SQLite database file handles on Windows during test teardown.

Why

• Background scheduled automation runs and CLI executions on Windows use standard Windows directory formats (backslashes, casing).
• The Electron UI registers workspaces with forward slashes, extended-length path prefixes (\\?\), or different casing.
• This format discrepancy fails the server's path-matching logic, meaning background automation runs execute but are never linked to their workspace in the UI.

Issue

• Closes [Bug]: Windows Automations do NOT work #1533

Scope

• Directory path normalization in apps/server/src/connect-state.ts's normalizeDirectory.
• Database hook/teardown adjustments in workspace-kv-store.ts.
• Additional unit tests inside connect-state.test.ts.

Out of scope

• Modifying how the desktop UI registers workspaces or how the Task Scheduler invokes execution commands directly.

Testing

Ran

• bun test src/connect-state.test.ts (run in apps/server)

Result

• pass/fail: pass

CI status

• pass: N/A (local runner only)
• code-related failures: None
• external/env/auth blockers: None

Manual verification

1. Start the server locally on Windows.
2. Query /experimental/connect/state?directory=<path> with varied casing, backslashes, trailing slashes, and \\?\ prefixes matching a workspace root.
3. Verify that the response returns the matching workspace metadata rather than resolution: "unknown".

Evidence

• Unit test passing output:
  src\connect-state.test.ts: Reload watcher enabled (2) (pass) connect state Cloud health scoping > uses verified health for the exact requested directory without borrowing another workspace [250.00ms]

Risk

• Low. Path normalization changes are scoped entirely to workspace retrieval matching logic.

Rollback

• Revert changes to apps/server/src/connect-state.ts, workspace-kv-store.ts, and connect-state.test.ts.

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