The production dev-store split-brain (two live writers alternating a store's
id-mapper between two internally-consistent truths), cured at all three of
its roots. (1) STALENESS REQUIRES PID-DEATH: the old rule evicted on
heartbeat age alone, so a >60s event-loop stall (debugger pause, GC, heavy
sync work) handed the lock to a second opener while the first kept writing;
a live process is now never auto-evicted — a wedged-but-alive holder is the
operator's call via {force:true}, and the heartbeat stays for observability.
(2) THE CLAIM IS ATOMIC: writeFile(wx)'s open→write→close left an empty-file
window a concurrent opener could read as torn, unlink a LIVE claim, and take
the lock; the claim is now tmp-write + hard-link — the lock appears with its
full contents in one step. (3) THE FENCE: every flush commit and transact
barrier verifies lock ownership first (one small read per window) — a
forced-out or lock-deleted writer fails typed (BRAINY_WRITER_FENCED) before
a single staged byte or manifest advance, instead of writing on unaware.
Pinned: live-with-ancient-heartbeat refuses typed; dead-PID self-clears
narrated; a forced-out writer's flush and transact both fence, advancing
nothing. Requested by a downstream team as single-writer guard or loud
lockout — this is both.
131 lines
5.2 KiB
TypeScript
131 lines
5.2 KiB
TypeScript
/**
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* @module tests/integration/writer-lock-fencing
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* @description The writer-lock fencing cures, from a production dev-store
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* split-brain (two live writers alternating a store's id-mapper between two
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* internally-consistent truths). Three laws, each pinned:
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*
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* 1. A LIVE writer is never auto-evicted — staleness requires PID-death.
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* (The old rule evicted on heartbeat age alone, so a >60s event-loop
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* stall — debugger, GC — handed the lock to a second opener while the
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* first kept writing.)
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* 2. A DEAD writer's lock still self-clears with narration (venue's ask).
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* 3. THE FENCE: an evicted writer (force-takeover or removed lock) fails
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* LOUDLY at its next commit barrier — typed BRAINY_WRITER_FENCED — and
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* never advances the store.
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*/
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import { describe, it, expect, afterEach } from 'vitest'
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import * as fs from 'node:fs'
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import * as os from 'node:os'
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import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs'
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import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
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import { join } from 'node:path'
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import { Brainy } from '../../src/index.js'
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import { NounType } from '../../src/types/graphTypes.js'
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const dirs: string[] = []
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const brains: Brainy[] = []
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afterEach(async () => {
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for (const b of brains.splice(0)) await b.close().catch(() => {})
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for (const d of dirs.splice(0)) rmSync(d, { recursive: true, force: true })
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})
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function lockPath(dir: string): string {
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return join(dir, 'locks', '_writer.lock')
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}
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async function fsBrain(dir: string): Promise<Brainy> {
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const brain = new Brainy({
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storage: { type: 'filesystem', path: dir },
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requireSubtype: false
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})
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await brain.init()
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brains.push(brain)
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return brain
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}
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describe('writer-lock fencing', () => {
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it('a LIVE writer with an ancient heartbeat is NOT evicted — the second opener refuses typed', async () => {
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const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'brainy-fence-live-'))
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dirs.push(dir)
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await fsBrain(dir)
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// Manufacture the trigger shape: a DIFFERENT process's lock (pid 1 —
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// always alive, never ours, EPERM proves liveness) with a >60s-old
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// heartbeat — the blocked-event-loop costume that used to get evicted.
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const lp = lockPath(dir)
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const lock = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(lp, 'utf-8'))
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lock.pid = 1
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lock.lastHeartbeat = new Date(Date.now() - 10 * 60_000).toISOString()
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fs.writeFileSync(lp, JSON.stringify(lock))
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// Old rule: heartbeat-age eviction → silent takeover → split brain.
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// New rule: live PID = live writer; the second opener throws typed.
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const second = new Brainy({ storage: { type: 'filesystem', path: dir }, requireSubtype: false })
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await expect(second.init()).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'BRAINY_WRITER_LOCKED' })
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}, 120000)
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it("a DEAD writer's lock self-clears and the new opener proceeds", async () => {
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const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'brainy-fence-dead-'))
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dirs.push(dir)
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const first = await fsBrain(dir)
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await first.close()
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brains.pop()
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// Manufacture a crashed holder: a lock naming a PID that cannot exist.
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fs.mkdirSync(join(dir, 'locks'), { recursive: true })
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fs.writeFileSync(
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lockPath(dir),
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JSON.stringify({
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pid: 2 ** 22 + 12345, // beyond pid_max on any default Linux
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hostname: os.hostname(),
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startedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
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lastHeartbeat: new Date().toISOString(),
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version: 'test',
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rootDir: dir
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})
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)
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const brain = await fsBrain(dir) // must not throw
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const id = await brain.add({ data: 'post-takeover write', type: NounType.Document, metadata: {} })
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expect(await brain.get(id)).not.toBeNull()
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}, 120000)
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it('THE FENCE: a forced-out writer fails its next flush typed and advances nothing', async () => {
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const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'brainy-fence-evict-'))
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dirs.push(dir)
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const victim = await fsBrain(dir)
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await victim.add({ data: 'pre-eviction write', type: NounType.Document, metadata: { n: 1 } })
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await victim.flush()
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const genBefore = victim.generation()
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// A successor takes the lock behind the victim's back (the force-takeover
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// shape: different pid + startedAt).
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fs.writeFileSync(
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lockPath(dir),
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JSON.stringify({
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pid: process.pid + 1,
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hostname: os.hostname(),
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startedAt: new Date(Date.now() + 1).toISOString(),
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lastHeartbeat: new Date().toISOString(),
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version: 'test-successor',
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rootDir: dir
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})
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)
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// The victim's next commit barrier must refuse, typed — never write on.
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await victim.add({ data: 'post-eviction write', type: NounType.Document, metadata: { n: 2 } })
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await expect(victim.flush()).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'BRAINY_WRITER_FENCED' })
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expect(victim.generation(), 'committed watermark never advanced past the fence')
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.toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(genBefore)
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// Transact leg: the barrier fences there too, and rolls back cleanly.
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await expect(
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victim.transact([
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{ op: 'add', id: '00000000-0000-7000-8000-0000000fence', type: NounType.Document, data: 'fenced', metadata: {} }
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])
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).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'BRAINY_WRITER_FENCED' })
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// Silence the fenced instance's close-time release (it no longer owns the lock).
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brains.pop()
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await victim.close().catch(() => {})
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}, 120000)
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})
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