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fix(index): a draining backlog no longer fails the nightly index (M1 card) - #1662

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Fix false index stall alarms when incoming transcripts keep the historical backlog minimum out of reach. Fully measured passes compare their own before/after inventory; deferred and unknown inventories preserve the count. Legacy sidecars and callers retain compatibility.

Validation: 63 focused pytest tests passed (index convergence, calendar deferrals, calendar custody); ruff and diff checks passed. Two new tests failed before the fix, including the four-pass M1 reproduction ending at stalled_passes=3. The genuinely non-draining test alarms on pass 3. Updated the existing growing-input CLI test to require successful progress without an alarm.

Implementer: Codex. No reviewer requested. Local commit only; no push or live deployment.

Round 2: held-minimum growing backlog emits INDEX_BACKLOG_GROWING and persists growing_passes without failing the job. 63 focused tests passed; ruff and diff checks passed. Local head df9e69f; not pushed.

Implementer: Codex (gpt-6.1-sol). Reviewer: Claude lead, 2 rounds (r1 defect: the old non-convergence signal was dropped; r2 keeps it as a non-failing INDEX_BACKLOG_GROWING warning). Etan saw 'BrainLayer index exited 1' on the M1 (2026-11-05): four draining passes were counted as stalled against the all-time minimum.

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Fix nightly index failure when backlog is draining slowly

  • Changes _CalendarIndexCheckpoint.finish to detect per-pass stalls by comparing each pass's backlog to that pass's own starting backlog_before, instead of the best backlog seen so far. The best-backlog comparison remains a fallback when no starting measurement exists.
  • Adds a persisted growing_passes counter tracked against the best measured backlog, reset when the backlog reaches zero or improves. Prints INDEX_BACKLOG_GROWING when the threshold is reached, but this warning does not trigger an alarm.
  • Behavioral Change: passes whose backlog shrinks but stays above zero no longer count as stalled in init.py

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assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
assert "INDEX_BACKLOG_GROWING" in result.output
assert "INDEX_BACKLOG_STALLED" not in result.output
state = json.loads(next(db.parent.glob("index-backlog-*.json")).read_text())

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Call to `next()` should be wrapped in `try-except`


Calls to next() should be inside try-except block.

db = tmp_path / "probe.db"
db.touch()
cp = cli._CalendarIndexCheckpoint(db, tmp_path, None, False)
cp.backlog = lambda: dict(files_remaining=2, chunks_remaining=after, uncounted_files=0)

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Cell variable after defined in loop


A variable used in a closure is defined in a loop.
This will result in all closures using the same value for the closed-over variable, which can pave way for a hideous bug.

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Every Value below was measured by this run. A row this machine cannot measure says n/a — <reason> instead of a number; baselines in Notes name their own machine, method and date and were not measured here.

Hosted success gives no verdict on mapped bytes, search p50/p95, idle CPU, hotlane backlog CPU, or fallback replay debt.

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baseline attestation 🟢 GREEN baseline f421d1a7c5e6 matches the main attestation (run 42134449957 · main ebd98da4243a · 2026-11-06T00:07:31Z) main attestation artifact via Actions API · in-process · runner What every comparison is measured AGAINST, and who says so. The baseline fields of tests/fixtures/sprint_gate/corpus.json (queries, latency_baseline_ms, thresholds) are compared to the ratchet-attestation artifact of the latest successful push or (no-input) workflow_dispatch run of ratchet-attest.yml on main, fetched through the Actions API — a PR run cannot write to another run's artifacts. A field that differs is RED unless that main run measured the new value. The calibrated socket collector can license p50/p95; every absent measured path stays locked, so missing collection never passes as permission for a hand edit. Boundary: the comparator is this PR's checkout of ci_ratchet_table.py, diff-reviewable, not tamper-proof.
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mapped bytes ⚪ n/a n/a — no BrainBar daemon at /tmp/brainbar.sock: this row needs the daemon, its hybrid helper and the indexed corpus running together, and no GitHub-hosted runner has them (macOS included) — only a self-hosted Darwin/arm64 runner on an installed Mac would socket · installed Mac local-only; not enforced by hosted CI. Baseline 26.2 GB — installed Mac, socket, 2026-09-03, after R2 drained 15,070 → 0. Up from 16.8 GB because the drain left more vectors mapped under the same cap: the change is the drain, not a leak. Not measured by this run.
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idle CPU ⚪ n/a n/a — no BrainBar daemon at /tmp/brainbar.sock: this row needs the daemon, its hybrid helper and the indexed corpus running together, and no GitHub-hosted runner has them (macOS included) — only a self-hosted Darwin/arm64 runner on an installed Mac would ps sampling · installed Mac local-only; not enforced by hosted CI. Ceiling: average CPU < 30% over a 60 s window (resource_budget in scripts/sprint_gate.py), ratified and kept as a hard budget. Margin daemon: margin unmeasured — 0 of the 5 attested green main runs it needs; no verdict is rendered from fewer. Margin helper: margin unmeasured — 0 of the 5 attested green main runs it needs; no verdict is rendered from fewer. Margin watcher: margin unmeasured — 0 of the 5 attested green main runs it needs; no verdict is rendered from fewer. Needs the BrainBar daemon, helper and watcher actually running. Not measured by this run.
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no cloud model call reachable anywhere 🟢 GREEN 523 source files; 466 installed imports; 3 native tests; wheel 5b89e31dc487; 0 candidate attempts immutable installed wheel (default + dev) + AST source + actual native BrainBar Synthetic private fixtures; SDK absence gated on merged R10b. Exact-head candidate proof, not deployment.

🟢 GREEN measured, within budget · 🔴 RED measured, out of budget — a finding to clear before merge · ⚪ n/a not measurable on this machine, never guessed.

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EtanHey force-pushed the fix/index-stall-progress branch from df9e69f to 609f197 Compare November 5, 2026 14:44
assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
assert "INDEX_BACKLOG_GROWING" in result.output
assert "INDEX_BACKLOG_STALLED" not in result.output
state = json.loads(next(db.parent.glob("index-backlog-*.json")).read_text())

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Call to `next()` should be wrapped in `try-except`


Calls to next() should be inside try-except block.

db = tmp_path / "probe.db"
db.touch()
cp = cli._CalendarIndexCheckpoint(db, tmp_path, None, False)
cp.backlog = lambda: dict(files_remaining=2, chunks_remaining=after, uncounted_files=0)

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Cell variable after defined in loop


A variable used in a closure is defined in a loop.
This will result in all closures using the same value for the closed-over variable, which can pave way for a hideous bug.

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EtanHey force-pushed the fix/index-stall-progress branch from 0412a16 to 8fffe93 Compare November 6, 2026 00:07
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EtanHey merged commit 2044994 into main Nov 6, 2026
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