feat(index): watermark stamps on every TS projection — adopt/catchup/rescan verdicts at load, stamp-after-data

Every persisted projection artifact (metadata field indexes + column
segments, HNSW node records, graph adjacency LSM trees) now carries a
stamp asserting 'this state reflects every committed generation ≤ W,
atomically' — written LAST in each owner's flush (stamp-after-data: a
crash between data and stamp = unstamped = rescan, never trust). At load,
each owner computes the three-way verdict: stamped==committed → adopt
(zero work) · behind → catchup (gap reported) · above/unstamped → RESCAN,
loudly. Legacy artifacts re-derive once, then are stamped forever. Shared
law in projectionWatermark.ts (the aggregation verdict machinery,
generalized); vector artifacts carry model dimensions. Verdicts are
computed and exposed (watermark()/watermarkVerdict()/watermarkGap());
rebuild triggers unchanged — acting on 'catchup' is the fold train.

Pins: 22 unit (7 metadata · 8 hnsw · 7 graph, incl. spy-order
stamp-after-data) + the end-to-end reopen-adopts pin.
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David Snelling 2026-08-10 10:55:11 -07:00
parent 26c6025158
commit b35d87a7ab
8 changed files with 1259 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ import { MetadataIndexCache, MetadataIndexCacheConfig } from './metadataIndexCac
import { compareCodePoints } from './collation.js'
import { prodLog } from './logger.js'
import { getGlobalCache, UnifiedCache } from './unifiedCache.js'
import {
computeWatermarkVerdict,
makeProjectionStamp,
readStampedWatermark,
type WatermarkVerdict,
type WatermarkVerdictResult
} from './projectionWatermark.js'
import {
NounType,
VerbType,
@ -109,6 +116,15 @@ interface FieldStats {
normalizationStrategy?: 'none' | 'precision' | 'bucket'
}
/**
* Storage key for the metadata projection's watermark stamp a sidecar
* record beside the artifact (field registry + field indexes + chunked
* sparse indexes + column-store segments + id-mapper records). Written LAST
* in {@link MetadataIndexManager.flush} so stamp-after-data ordering holds
* for every byte the stamp certifies.
*/
export const METADATA_INDEX_STAMP_KEY = '__index_metadata_watermark__'
/**
* Implements {@link MetadataIndexProvider}: the metadata-index surface Brainy
* calls on whatever the `'metadataIndex'` provider resolves to (its own
@ -124,6 +140,14 @@ export class MetadataIndexManager implements MetadataIndexProvider {
private lastFlushTime = Date.now()
private autoFlushThreshold = 10 // Start with 10 for more frequent non-blocking flushes
// --- Watermark stamp state (see utils/projectionWatermark for the law) ---
/** Generation handed in via {@link stampWatermark}, awaiting the next flush. */
private pendingWatermark: number | null = null
/** Last watermark durably stamped by this instance or loaded at init. */
private stampedWatermark: number | null = null
/** The three-way verdict computed at init; null until init runs. */
private loadVerdict: WatermarkVerdictResult | null = null
// Cardinality and field statistics tracking
private fieldStats = new Map<string, FieldStats>()
private cardinalityUpdateInterval = 100 // Update cardinality every N operations
@ -250,6 +274,13 @@ export class MetadataIndexManager implements MetadataIndexProvider {
// Must run first to populate fieldIndexes directory before warming cache
await this.loadFieldRegistry()
// Compute the watermark verdict for the persisted artifact BEFORE any
// early return below — the verdict is recorded for every open, whether
// the workspace is empty, rebuilding, or warm. Computed and exposed
// only: today's rebuild triggers are unchanged (acting on 'catchup' —
// the incremental fold — lands with the coordinator's wiring).
await this.loadWatermarkVerdict()
// Initialize EntityIdMapper (loads UUID ↔ integer mappings from storage)
await this.idMapper.init()
@ -2599,6 +2630,10 @@ export class MetadataIndexManager implements MetadataIndexProvider {
// Check if we have anything else to flush
if (this.dirtyFields.size === 0) {
// Nothing dirty — but a pending watermark still stamps (the registry
// + id-mapper writes above are the only bytes this pass touched, and
// they are durable at this point). Stamp-after-data holds.
await this.writePendingStamp()
return // No dirty field indexes to flush
}
@ -2638,8 +2673,131 @@ export class MetadataIndexManager implements MetadataIndexProvider {
if (this.columnStore) {
await this.columnStore.flush()
}
// STAMP-AFTER-DATA: the watermark stamp is the LAST write of the flush —
// every byte it certifies (field indexes, registry, id-mapper records,
// column-store segments) is durable before the stamp lands. A crash
// anywhere above leaves the artifact behind-stamped or unstamped, which
// verdicts as catchup/rescan on the next open — never a wrong adopt.
await this.writePendingStamp()
}
/**
* @description Record the committed generation this projection reflects.
* The stamp is NOT written here it is written as the final storage write
* of the next {@link flush} (stamp-after-data ordering is a module
* guarantee, not a caller obligation). The coordinator calls this with the
* store's committed generation right before flushing.
* @param generation - The committed generation every flushed byte reflects.
*/
stampWatermark(generation: number): void {
this.pendingWatermark = generation
}
/**
* @description The projection's current watermark: the stamp loaded at
* init (or the last stamp durably written by this instance). Null =
* unstamped (legacy artifact, first boot, or stamping never wired).
*/
watermark(): number | null {
return this.stampedWatermark
}
/**
* @description The three-way adoption verdict computed at init
* `'adopt'` (stamped == committed, zero work), `'catchup'` (stamped <
* committed; the gap from {@link watermarkGap} awaits an incremental
* fold), `'rescan'` (unstamped or stamped above committed never
* trusted). Null until init() has run. Computed and exposed only; no
* load behavior changes ride on it yet.
*/
watermarkVerdict(): WatermarkVerdict | null {
return this.loadVerdict?.verdict ?? null
}
/**
* @description The catch-up window `(from, to]` when the init verdict was
* `'catchup'`; null otherwise.
*/
watermarkGap(): { from: number; to: number } | null {
return this.loadVerdict?.gap ?? null
}
/**
* @description Write the pending watermark stamp as a sidecar record
* always called AFTER the data it certifies is durable. A stamp-write
* failure is fail-safe (the artifact stays unstamped/behind rescan or
* catchup on next open, never a wrong adopt) but is said out loud and the
* pending stamp is retained for the next flush.
*/
private async writePendingStamp(): Promise<void> {
if (this.pendingWatermark === null) return
const watermark = this.pendingWatermark
try {
await this.storage.saveMetadata(METADATA_INDEX_STAMP_KEY, {
noun: 'IndexWatermark',
...makeProjectionStamp(watermark)
})
this.stampedWatermark = watermark
this.pendingWatermark = null
} catch (error) {
prodLog.error(
`[MetadataIndex] failed to write watermark stamp (generation ${watermark}) — ` +
`artifact stays behind-stamped (safe: verdicts catchup/rescan, never wrong-adopt); ` +
`retrying on next flush:`,
error
)
}
}
/**
* @description Read the artifact's stamp and compute the three-way verdict
* against the store's committed generation. Unstamped state on a stamped
* store verdicts `'rescan'` LOUDLY never a silent adopt.
*
* MIGRATION COST: existing pre-stamp brains verdict `'rescan'` exactly
* once (this open re-derives from source as it already does today); the
* next flush stamps them, and every later open adopts.
*/
private async loadWatermarkVerdict(): Promise<void> {
const committed = this.storage.committedGeneration?.() ?? null
let stamped: number | null = null
try {
const record = await this.storage.getMetadata(METADATA_INDEX_STAMP_KEY)
stamped = readStampedWatermark(record)
} catch {
// An unreadable stamp is unstamped — the fail-safe direction.
stamped = null
}
const result = computeWatermarkVerdict(stamped, committed)
this.loadVerdict = result
this.stampedWatermark = stamped
if (result.verdict === 'rescan') {
const artifactPresent = this.fieldIndexes.size > 0 || stamped !== null
if (artifactPresent) {
prodLog.warn(
`[MetadataIndex] watermark verdict: RESCAN — persisted index is ` +
(stamped === null
? 'unstamped (legacy pre-stamp artifact, or a crash between data and stamp)'
: `stamped at generation ${stamped}, ABOVE the store's committed generation ${committed}`) +
` — never adopting unverifiable state`
)
} else {
prodLog.debug(
'[MetadataIndex] watermark verdict: rescan (no persisted artifact — first boot)'
)
}
} else if (result.verdict === 'catchup') {
prodLog.info(
`[MetadataIndex] watermark verdict: catchup — index stamped at generation ` +
`${stamped}, store committed at ${committed}; the (${stamped}, ${committed}] ` +
`window awaits an incremental fold (verdict exposed; the fold lands with the ` +
`coordinator's wiring)`
)
}
}
/**
* Yield control back to the Node.js event loop
* Prevents blocking during long-running operations

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@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
/**
* @module utils/projectionWatermark
* @description The watermark-stamp contract shared by Brainy's persisted TS
* projections (metadata index, JS HNSW vector index, graph adjacency index).
*
* THE LAW: every persisted projection artifact carries a stamp asserting
* "this state reflects every committed generation watermark and nothing
* above it, atomically". STAMP-AFTER-DATA: the stamp is written only after
* every byte it certifies is durable a crash between data and stamp leaves
* the artifact unstamped, which verdicts as a rescan, never a wrong adopt.
*
* At load, each owner computes a three-way verdict against the store's
* committed generation the same rule and verdict names the aggregation
* machinery ships (see `AggregationIndex.stateAdoptionVerdict`):
*
* - `'adopt'` stamped == committed (clean reopen, zero work), or the
* store exposes no committed generation at all (pre-stamp
* stores keep their pre-stamp behavior).
* - `'catchup'` stamped < committed (an unclean exit after later writes,
* or a long-lived writer whose last stamp predates recent
* commits). The artifact is exact AS OF its stamp, so the
* missing window `(stamped, committed]` can be folded
* incrementally at-least-once idempotent, bounded by
* writes since the stamp, never by store size.
* - `'rescan'` unstamped (a legacy pre-stamp artifact, or a crash between
* data and stamp) or stamped ABOVE committed (e.g. a log
* truncation on a copied store pulled the watermark back):
* the state over-claims unverifiably one exact rescan,
* said out loud, never a silent adopt.
*
* MIGRATION COST (stated once, honored by every owner): existing pre-stamp
* brains verdict `'rescan'` exactly once they re-derive from source on
* that open, the next flush stamps them, and every later open adopts.
*
* The verdict is COMPUTED AND EXPOSED by each owner; acting on `'catchup'`
* (the incremental fold) lands with the owner's coordinator wiring.
*/
/** The three-way load verdict for a persisted projection artifact. */
export type WatermarkVerdict = 'adopt' | 'catchup' | 'rescan'
/**
* Format version written into every projection stamp. Bump when the stamp
* record's shape changes incompatibly; readers treat an unknown version as
* unstamped ( rescan) rather than guessing.
*/
export const PROJECTION_STAMP_FORMAT_VERSION = 1
/**
* @description The stamp record a projection writes into (or beside) its
* persisted artifact, always AFTER the data it certifies is durable.
*/
export interface ProjectionStamp {
/** The committed generation this artifact reflects, exactly and entirely. */
watermark: number
/** {@link PROJECTION_STAMP_FORMAT_VERSION} at write time. */
formatVersion: number
/** Wall-clock ms at stamp write — diagnostic only, never load-bearing. */
stampedAt: number
/**
* Identity of the vector space for vector-bearing artifacts (the HNSW
* index). The JS index has no reachable embedding-model id in its module,
* so dimensions are the only identity it can honestly assert.
*/
modelIdentity?: { embedModelId?: string; dimensions: number | null }
}
/** The verdict plus everything the owner needs to report or act on it. */
export interface WatermarkVerdictResult {
verdict: WatermarkVerdict
/** Watermark read from the artifact's stamp; null = unstamped. */
stamped: number | null
/** The store's committed generation at load; null = no capability. */
committed: number | null
/** The catch-up window `(from, to]` when verdict is `'catchup'`, else null. */
gap: { from: number; to: number } | null
}
/**
* @description Build a stamp record for a projection artifact.
* @param watermark - The committed generation the artifact reflects.
* @param modelIdentity - Vector-space identity for vector-bearing artifacts.
* @returns The stamp record to persist (stamp-after-data).
*/
export function makeProjectionStamp(
watermark: number,
modelIdentity?: ProjectionStamp['modelIdentity']
): ProjectionStamp {
const stamp: ProjectionStamp = {
watermark,
formatVersion: PROJECTION_STAMP_FORMAT_VERSION,
stampedAt: Date.now()
}
if (modelIdentity !== undefined) stamp.modelIdentity = modelIdentity
return stamp
}
/**
* @description Read the stamped watermark out of a persisted record, treating
* anything malformed (missing, wrong type, non-finite, negative, or an
* unknown format version) as unstamped the fail-safe direction is rescan,
* never a guessed adopt.
* @param record - The raw persisted record (or null/undefined).
* @returns The stamped watermark, or null if effectively unstamped.
*/
export function readStampedWatermark(record: unknown): number | null {
if (record === null || typeof record !== 'object') return null
const rec = record as Record<string, unknown>
const version = rec.formatVersion
if (typeof version !== 'number' || version > PROJECTION_STAMP_FORMAT_VERSION) {
return null
}
const raw = rec.watermark
if (typeof raw !== 'number' || !Number.isFinite(raw) || raw < 0) return null
return raw
}
/**
* @description The three-way adoption verdict the single decision rule
* every stamped projection shares (mirrors the aggregation machinery's
* `stateAdoptionVerdict` exactly: same names, same directions).
* @param stamped - Watermark read from the artifact ({@link readStampedWatermark}).
* @param committed - The store's committed generation (null = no capability).
* @returns The verdict with the stamped/committed pair and the catch-up gap.
*/
export function computeWatermarkVerdict(
stamped: number | null,
committed: number | null
): WatermarkVerdictResult {
// No committed-generation capability: hash/shape checks are the only
// adoption gate, exactly the pre-stamp behavior. Never fail a store that
// cannot express the question.
if (committed === null) {
return { verdict: 'adopt', stamped, committed, gap: null }
}
if (stamped === committed) {
return { verdict: 'adopt', stamped, committed, gap: null }
}
if (stamped !== null && stamped < committed) {
return {
verdict: 'catchup',
stamped,
committed,
gap: { from: stamped, to: committed }
}
}
// Unstamped, or stamped above committed: unverifiable — rescan, loudly
// (the caller owns the loud log so it can name its projection).
return { verdict: 'rescan', stamped, committed, gap: null }
}