Keep writebacks durable under workspace backpressure - #434
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change preserves writeback health state in public snapshots, surfaces legacy dead letters, and adds dedicated retry handling for Relayfile backpressure. Ordinary HTTP failures retain existing retry and dead-letter behavior. ChangesWriteback health and outbox state
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to CLI state snapshots can overwrite newer mount health and outbox status, causing stale health reporting or incorrect writeback attention state. This synchronization issue should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging. Suggested reviewers: Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant WritebackDaemon
participant HTTPClient
participant RelayfileAPI
participant Outbox
WritebackDaemon->>HTTPClient: submit filesystem write
HTTPClient->>RelayfileAPI: send write request
RelayfileAPI-->>HTTPClient: 429 workspace_busy or queue_full
HTTPClient->>HTTPClient: retry with backpressure policy
HTTPClient->>RelayfileAPI: retry write request
RelayfileAPI-->>HTTPClient: response
HTTPClient-->>WritebackDaemon: return result and error code
WritebackDaemon->>Outbox: retain backpressure or record ordinary dead letter
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In `@cmd/relayfile-cli/main.go`:
- Around line 11682-11683: Coordinate writeSnapshot with Syncer.savePublicState
using a shared lock, or merge mountsync-owned States, Outbox, Bootstrap, and
EventListener values while holding that lock immediately before writing the
rebuilt CLI snapshot. Ensure watcher-triggered writes cannot overwrite newer
state saved during HandleLocalChange or Reconcile.
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cmd/relayfile-cli/main.gocmd/relayfile-cli/main_test.gocmd/relayfile-cli/writeback_daemon_test.gointernal/mountsync/http_client_test.gointernal/mountsync/outbox.gointernal/mountsync/syncer.gointernal/mountsync/syncer_test.go
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
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# Map state construction and persistence entry points.
ast-grep outline cmd/relayfile-cli/main.go --items all --type function --match 'buildSyncStateSnapshot|writeMirrorStateFile|runMountLoop'
ast-grep outline internal/mountsync --items all --type function --match 'savePublicState|HandleLocalChange'
# Inspect call paths and state-file writes for overlapping execution.
rg -n -C 8 '\b(buildSyncStateSnapshot|writeMirrorStateFile|runMountLoop|savePublicState|HandleLocalChange)\s*\(' cmd/relayfile-cli internal/mountsync
rg -n -C 6 'state\.json|writeFileAtomically|writeFileAtomic' cmd/relayfile-cli internal/mountsyncRepository: AgentWorkforce/relayfile
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rg -n -C 12 'buildSyncStateSnapshot|writeMirrorStateFile|runMountLoop|savePublicState' cmd/relayfile-cli/main.go
printf '%s\n' '--- mountsync state writer definitions and call sites ---'
rg -n -C 14 'func \(.*\) savePublicState|savePublicState\(' internal/mountsync --glob '*.go'
printf '%s\n' '--- mountsync state path and writer synchronization symbols ---'
rg -n -C 8 'publicState|state\.json|StateMu|stateMu|Mutex|RWMutex|writeFileAtomic' internal/mountsync --glob '*.go' --glob '!**/*_test.go'Repository: AgentWorkforce/relayfile
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printf '%s\n' '--- Production saveState/savePublicState call sites ---'
rg -n -C 10 'saveStateWithoutLocalScan|saveState\(|savePublicState\(' internal/mountsync --glob '*.go' --glob '!**/*_test.go'
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printf '%s\n' '--- Public-state write completion ---'
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set -euo pipefail
python3 - <<'PY'
from pathlib import Path
import re
cli = Path("cmd/relayfile-cli/main.go").read_text()
syncer = Path("internal/mountsync/syncer.go").read_text()
def section(text, start, end):
a = text.index(start)
b = text.index(end, a)
return text[a:b]
write_snapshot = section(cli, "\twriteSnapshot := func() {", "\n\trunCycle := func")
watcher = section(cli, "\t\twatcher, err := syncer.NewFileWatcher", "\n\t\tif err != nil")
run_cycle = section(cli, "\trunCycle := func", "\n\t// Prefer the watcher")
handle_change = section(syncer, "func (s *Syncer) HandleLocalChange", "\nfunc (s *Syncer)")
sync_reserved = section(syncer, "func (s *Syncer) syncReserved", "\nfunc (s *Syncer) persistedBootstrapTerminalError")
checks = {
"CLI writer reads state before writing": (
write_snapshot.index("buildSyncStateSnapshot") < write_snapshot.index("writeMirrorStateFile")
),
"watcher callback writes CLI snapshot": (
"syncer.HandleLocalChange" in watcher and "writeSnapshot()" in watcher
),
"periodic cycle writes CLI snapshot after sync": (
"syncer.Reconcile(ctx)" in run_cycle and "writeSnapshot()" in run_cycle
),
"mountsync local-change path saves public state": (
"return s.saveState()" in handle_change
),
"mountsync reconcile path saves public state": (
"return s.saveState()" in sync_reserved
),
"writers use different synchronization objects": (
"failedWritebacksStateMu.Lock()" in cli and "s.mu.Lock()" in handle_change
and "s.mu.Lock()" in sync_reserved
),
}
for name, result in checks.items():
print(f"{name}: {'yes' if result else 'no'}")
if not all(checks.values()):
raise SystemExit("required call-graph invariant not found")
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cli = Path("cmd/relayfile-cli/main.go").read_text()
syncer = Path("internal/mountsync/syncer.go").read_text()
def section(text, start, end):
a = text.index(start)
b = text.index(end, a)
return text[a:b]
write_snapshot = section(cli, "\twriteSnapshot := func() {", "\n\trunCycle := func")
watcher = section(cli, "\t\twatcher, err := syncer.NewFileWatcher", "\n\t\tif err != nil")
run_cycle = section(cli, "\trunCycle := func", "\n\t// Prefer the watcher")
handle_change = section(syncer, "func (s *Syncer) HandleLocalChange", "\nfunc (s *Syncer)")
sync_reserved = section(syncer, "func (s *Syncer) syncReserved", "\nfunc (s *Syncer) persistedBootstrapTerminalError")
checks = {
"CLI writer reads state before writing": (
"buildSyncStateSnapshot" in write_snapshot
and "writeMirrorStateFile" in write_snapshot
),
"watcher callback writes CLI snapshot": (
"syncer.HandleLocalChange" in watcher and "writeSnapshot()" in watcher
),
"periodic cycle writes CLI snapshot after sync": (
"syncer.Reconcile(ctx)" in run_cycle and "writeSnapshot()" in run_cycle
),
"mountsync local-change path saves public state": (
"return s.saveState()" in handle_change
),
"mountsync reconcile path saves public state": (
"return s.saveState()" in sync_reserved
),
"writers use different synchronization objects": (
"failedWritebacksStateMu.Lock()" in cli
and "s.mu.Lock()" in handle_change
and "s.mu.Lock()" in sync_reserved
),
}
for name, result in checks.items():
print(f"{name}: {'yes' if result else 'no'}")
if not all(checks.values()):
raise SystemExit("required call-graph invariant not found")
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Prevent stale CLI snapshots from overwriting mount health.
writeSnapshot can run from the watcher callback while Syncer.savePublicState runs during HandleLocalChange or Reconcile. The CLI reads .relay/state.json before writing the rebuilt snapshot, so stale States, Outbox, Bootstrap, or EventListener values can replace newer mountsync state. Coordinate both writers, or merge mountsync-owned fields under a shared lock immediately before the CLI write.
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@cmd/relayfile-cli/main.go` around lines 11682 - 11683, Coordinate
writeSnapshot with Syncer.savePublicState using a shared lock, or merge
mountsync-owned States, Outbox, Bootstrap, and EventListener values while
holding that lock immediately before writing the rebuilt CLI snapshot. Ensure
watcher-triggered writes cannot overwrite newer state saved during
HandleLocalChange or Reconcile.
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<file name="cmd/relayfile-cli/writeback_daemon_test.go">
<violation number="1" location="cmd/relayfile-cli/writeback_daemon_test.go:240">
P3: The two new tests duplicate ~20 lines of setup (server, base-transport fallback, transport construction, request loop, dead-letter path assert) and differ only in the returned `code`, the attempt bound, and the opID. Fold the common scaffolding into a helper or a table-driven test so the must-not-fire and must-fire controls stay in one place.</violation>
</file>
<file name="internal/mountsync/syncer.go">
<violation number="1" location="internal/mountsync/syncer.go:141">
P3: The default is now 240s, but `SyncerOptions.OutboxFlushTimeout` still documents a 60s default; update that contract comment to 240s.</violation>
</file>
<file name="internal/mountsync/http_client_test.go">
<violation number="1" location="internal/mountsync/http_client_test.go:153">
P3: This test proves that five workspace_busy failures are retried and the sixth attempt can recover, but it does not pin the ceiling itself: because the sixth call returns 200, the loop would stop there even if the backpressure retry were unbounded, so a regression that removes the six-attempt cap would still pass CI. Assert the terminal side too, e.g. make the server return workspace_busy on all calls and assert WriteFilesBulk returns the terminal HTTPError after exactly defaultBackpressureMaxAttempts attempts with no seventh call.</violation>
</file>
<file name="cmd/relayfile-cli/main.go">
<violation number="1" location="cmd/relayfile-cli/main.go:11682">
P1: Synchronize the CLI snapshot read/write with `Syncer.savePublicState`, or merge mountsync-owned fields under the same lock immediately before writing. Otherwise a concurrent `writeSnapshot` can overwrite newer outbox and mount-health state with the stale values copied from `localState`.</violation>
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| StallReason: stallReason, | ||
| LastError: localState.LastError, | ||
| IncrementalReadNotReadySince: localState.IncrementalReadNotReadySince, | ||
| States: localState.States, |
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P1: Synchronize the CLI snapshot read/write with Syncer.savePublicState, or merge mountsync-owned fields under the same lock immediately before writing. Otherwise a concurrent writeSnapshot can overwrite newer outbox and mount-health state with the stale values copied from localState.
Prompt for AI agents
Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At cmd/relayfile-cli/main.go, line 11682:
<comment>Synchronize the CLI snapshot read/write with `Syncer.savePublicState`, or merge mountsync-owned fields under the same lock immediately before writing. Otherwise a concurrent `writeSnapshot` can overwrite newer outbox and mount-health state with the stale values copied from `localState`.</comment>
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@@ -11657,6 +11679,8 @@ func buildSyncStateSnapshot(status syncStatusResponse, workspaceID, mode string,
StallReason: stallReason,
LastError: localState.LastError,
IncrementalReadNotReadySince: localState.IncrementalReadNotReadySince,
+ States: localState.States,
+ Outbox: localState.Outbox,
}
</file context>
| if base == nil { | ||
| base = http.DefaultTransport | ||
| } | ||
| transport := newWritebackFailureTransport(localDir, log.New(io.Discard, "", 0), base) |
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P3: The two new tests duplicate ~20 lines of setup (server, base-transport fallback, transport construction, request loop, dead-letter path assert) and differ only in the returned code, the attempt bound, and the opID. Fold the common scaffolding into a helper or a table-driven test so the must-not-fire and must-fire controls stay in one place.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At cmd/relayfile-cli/writeback_daemon_test.go, line 240:
<comment>The two new tests duplicate ~20 lines of setup (server, base-transport fallback, transport construction, request loop, dead-letter path assert) and differ only in the returned `code`, the attempt bound, and the opID. Fold the common scaffolding into a helper or a table-driven test so the must-not-fire and must-fire controls stay in one place.</comment>
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@@ -219,3 +219,72 @@ func TestWritebackDaemonDeadLettersHTTP400(t *testing.T) {
+ if base == nil {
+ base = http.DefaultTransport
+ }
+ transport := newWritebackFailureTransport(localDir, log.New(io.Discard, "", 0), base)
+ for attempt := 1; attempt <= attempts; attempt++ {
+ req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, server.URL+"/v1/workspaces/ws_busy/fs/bulk", bytes.NewBufferString(`{"files":[{"path":"/slack/channels/C123/messages/draft.json","content":"hello"}]}`))
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| // churn-digest "context deadline exceeded" / late-reply failure mode). This | ||
| // mirrors bootstrapContext's "derive from rootCtx, not the per-cycle ctx". | ||
| defaultOutboxFlushTimeout = 60 * time.Second | ||
| defaultOutboxFlushTimeout = defaultBackpressureDeadline |
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P3: The default is now 240s, but SyncerOptions.OutboxFlushTimeout still documents a 60s default; update that contract comment to 240s.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At internal/mountsync/syncer.go, line 141:
<comment>The default is now 240s, but `SyncerOptions.OutboxFlushTimeout` still documents a 60s default; update that contract comment to 240s.</comment>
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@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ const (
// churn-digest "context deadline exceeded" / late-reply failure mode). This
// mirrors bootstrapContext's "derive from rootCtx, not the per-cycle ctx".
- defaultOutboxFlushTimeout = 60 * time.Second
+ defaultOutboxFlushTimeout = defaultBackpressureDeadline
defaultIncrementalReadNotReadyTTL = 5 * time.Minute
defaultCursorResolutionAttempts = 3
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| if err != nil { | ||
| t.Fatalf("sixth workspace_busy attempt should recover: %v", err) | ||
| } | ||
| if got := atomic.LoadInt32(&calls); got != defaultBackpressureMaxAttempts { |
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P3: This test proves that five workspace_busy failures are retried and the sixth attempt can recover, but it does not pin the ceiling itself: because the sixth call returns 200, the loop would stop there even if the backpressure retry were unbounded, so a regression that removes the six-attempt cap would still pass CI. Assert the terminal side too, e.g. make the server return workspace_busy on all calls and assert WriteFilesBulk returns the terminal HTTPError after exactly defaultBackpressureMaxAttempts attempts with no seventh call.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At internal/mountsync/http_client_test.go, line 153:
<comment>This test proves that five workspace_busy failures are retried and the sixth attempt can recover, but it does not pin the ceiling itself: because the sixth call returns 200, the loop would stop there even if the backpressure retry were unbounded, so a regression that removes the six-attempt cap would still pass CI. Assert the terminal side too, e.g. make the server return workspace_busy on all calls and assert WriteFilesBulk returns the terminal HTTPError after exactly defaultBackpressureMaxAttempts attempts with no seventh call.</comment>
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@@ -121,6 +122,66 @@ func TestHTTPClientLogsRetriedHTTPStatus(t *testing.T) {
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("sixth workspace_busy attempt should recover: %v", err)
+ }
+ if got := atomic.LoadInt32(&calls); got != defaultBackpressureMaxAttempts {
+ t.Fatalf("workspace_busy calls = %d, want %d (old ceiling was 4)", got, defaultBackpressureMaxAttempts)
+ }
</file context>
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