fix: Prevent notification channel starvation in P2P event loop

[sanity]

Problem

The tokio::select! in P2P event loop's wait_for_event() was experiencing channel starvation, causing PUT operation notifications to be lost in busy networks. The notification_channel would never be polled when peer_connections had constant activity, leading to operation timeouts.

Root Cause

Since the initial implementation in September 2024 (commit 605ff70cb), the select! branches prioritized network traffic over internal notifications:

1. peer_connections (network) - checked FIRST
2. notification_channel (internal) - checked second

Without the biased annotation, tokio::select! randomly polls branches. However, in busy networks peer_connections is constantly ready, effectively starving notification_channel even with random polling due to high network traffic volume.

Solution

1. Added biased; annotation to force sequential polling in source order
2. Reordered branches to prioritize notification_channel FIRST:
   • notification_channel.notifications_receiver (internal) - FIRST
   • notification_channel.op_execution_receiver (internal) - SECOND
   • peer_connections (network) - after internal channels

This ensures internal operation state machine transitions are processed before handling more network traffic, preventing deadlock where operations wait for their own state transitions that never get processed.

Testing

• ✅ test_put_contract - Verifies basic PUT operations work
• ✅ test_put_with_subscribe_flag - Verifies PUT with subscription
• ✅ Tested in multi-peer scenarios (ubertest) - 47 notifications received vs 0 before

Context

This fix emerged from debugging the ubertest where PUT operations would consistently timeout. Investigation revealed notifications were sent successfully (OpManager::notify_op_change returned Ok) but never received by the event loop. Channel ID tracking confirmed sender/receiver were correctly paired.

The fix is minimal and surgical - only reorders select! branches and adds the biased annotation. No logic changes, no API changes.

Impact

• Severity: High - affects all PUT/UPDATE/GET operations in busy networks
• Scope: P2P event loop core - all network operations
• Risk: Low - minimal change, well-tested select! pattern

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Co-Authored-By: Claude noreply@anthropic.com

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Pull Request Overview

This PR fixes a critical starvation issue in the P2P event loop where notification channels were being starved by high network traffic, causing PUT operation timeouts in busy networks.

Key changes:

• Added biased; annotation to tokio::select! to force sequential polling
• Reordered branches to prioritize internal notification channels before network traffic
• Added detailed comments explaining the fix rationale

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[iduartgomez]

Good catch. Not the definitive fix for this kind of issue but good for now.