fix(server): re-arm pending state timeouts at boot and on creation (ARN-203)

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Summary

Fixes ARN-203: pending [[state_timeout]] timers are in-memory only and ADR-0056 re-arm only runs on dispatch. Entities sitting in a timed state across restart (or created into a timed initial state) never fire on_timeout.

Fix

• Boot resume sweep after entity index population (resume_pending_state_timeouts)
• Creation-time arm for timed initial states
• Shared spawn_state_timeout_timer + bump_if_zero CAS
• ADR-0170

Tests

RED→GREEN: crates/temper-server/tests/state_timeout_restart.rs (3/3 green locally)

• pending fires after hard-kill restart without dispatch
• overdue fires at boot
• creation into timed Open arms without dispatch

Notes

• Local pre-push full suite thrice thrashing under disk pressure / concurrent agent builds; targeted suite green; CI is the full gate.
• Merge: nothing (arena)

Linear

ARN-203

Greptile Summary

This PR fixes ARN-203 by ensuring [[state_timeout]] timers survive server restarts and fire correctly for entities created into a timed initial state — two gaps left by the original in-memory-only design. The fix introduces a boot resume sweep (resume_pending_state_timeouts) triggered on both tenant boot paths, a creation-time arm in get_or_create_tenant_entity, a shared spawn_state_timeout_timer helper, and a bump_if_zero CAS on StateTimeoutTracker to guard against double-arming across all three paths.

• Boot sweep runs in a background task after entity-index population; it hydrates each entity in a timed state with no live timer and arms it with its remaining budget (Duration::ZERO for overdue entities), reusing the existing compute_state_clock_reset_ts clock reconstruction.
• Creation-time arm calls arm_untracked_state_timeouts immediately after get_or_create_tenant_entity returns, making the call idempotent via bump_if_zero so repeated get-or-create calls do not stack timers.
• BTreeMap replaces HashMap in StateTimeoutTracker to satisfy the DST deterministic-iteration requirement for sim-visible crates.

Confidence Score: 4/5

Safe to merge once the boot-sweep silent-failure path is addressed; the core CAS logic, shared timer spawn, and all three integration tests are correct.

The boot resume sweep in resume_pending_state_timeouts silently swallows entity hydration errors (continue with no log), so a partial sweep leaves orphaned timers with no operator signal — this was flagged as a previous outside-diff comment and remains unaddressed. All other logic — bump_if_zero CAS correctness, hydration_delay extraction fidelity, BTreeMap DST compliance, spawn_timer_task wrapper, and the creation-time arm — is sound.

crates/temper-server/src/state/dispatch/state_timeouts.rs — the entity hydration error handling in the boot sweep loop

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
crates/temper-server/src/state/dispatch/state_timeouts.rs	Core of the fix: adds boot resume sweep, creation-time arm, bump_if_zero CAS, shared spawn_state_timeout_timer, and BTreeMap tracker; entity hydration errors during the boot sweep are silently swallowed without a warning log
crates/temper-server/src/state/entity_ops.rs	Triggers resume sweep on both tenant boot paths and arms timers at creation time; logic is correct and idempotent via bump_if_zero
crates/temper-server/tests/state_timeout_restart.rs	Three new integration tests covering pending/overdue restart and creation-into-timed-state; runtime hard-kill via shutdown_timeout(100ms) correctly simulates a crashed process
docs/adrs/0170-state-timeout-boot-resume.md	ADR documents the decision, consequences, DST compliance notes, and alternatives considered; well-structured and complete

Sequence Diagram

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sequenceDiagram
    participant Boot as Boot Path
    participant EO as entity_ops
    participant ST as state_timeouts
    participant Tracker as StateTimeoutTracker
    participant Store as EventStore

    Boot->>EO: populate_index_from_store(tenant)
    EO->>EO: index populated
    EO->>ST: spawn_timer_task(resume_pending_state_timeouts)
    Note over ST: runs in background

    ST->>ST: collect timed_types from registry
    loop for each entity_id in index
        ST->>Tracker: "current(&key) != 0?"
        alt already armed
            Tracker-->>ST: "seq > 0, skip"
        else not armed
            ST->>Store: get_tenant_entity_state()
            Store-->>ST: EntityResponse
            ST->>Tracker: "bump_if_zero(&key)"
            alt CAS wins (seq was 0)
                Tracker-->>ST: Some(1)
                ST->>ST: hydration_delay (remaining budget)
                ST->>ST: spawn_state_timeout_timer_with_seq
            else dispatch already armed
                Tracker-->>ST: None, break
            end
        end
    end

    Note over EO,ST: Creation path (ARN-203)
    EO->>EO: get_or_create_tenant_entity(...)
    EO->>ST: arm_untracked_state_timeouts(response)
    ST->>Tracker: "bump_if_zero(&key)"
    alt no live timer
        Tracker-->>ST: Some(1), arm timer
    else timer exists
        Tracker-->>ST: None, no-op
    end

    Note over ST,Tracker: Dispatch path (existing ADR-0056)
    ST->>Tracker: "bump(&key), always increment"
    ST->>ST: spawn_state_timeout_timer_with_seq

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sequenceDiagram
    participant Boot as Boot Path
    participant EO as entity_ops
    participant ST as state_timeouts
    participant Tracker as StateTimeoutTracker
    participant Store as EventStore

    Boot->>EO: populate_index_from_store(tenant)
    EO->>EO: index populated
    EO->>ST: spawn_timer_task(resume_pending_state_timeouts)
    Note over ST: runs in background

    ST->>ST: collect timed_types from registry
    loop for each entity_id in index
        ST->>Tracker: "current(&key) != 0?"
        alt already armed
            Tracker-->>ST: "seq > 0, skip"
        else not armed
            ST->>Store: get_tenant_entity_state()
            Store-->>ST: EntityResponse
            ST->>Tracker: "bump_if_zero(&key)"
            alt CAS wins (seq was 0)
                Tracker-->>ST: Some(1)
                ST->>ST: hydration_delay (remaining budget)
                ST->>ST: spawn_state_timeout_timer_with_seq
            else dispatch already armed
                Tracker-->>ST: None, break
            end
        end
    end

    Note over EO,ST: Creation path (ARN-203)
    EO->>EO: get_or_create_tenant_entity(...)
    EO->>ST: arm_untracked_state_timeouts(response)
    ST->>Tracker: "bump_if_zero(&key)"
    alt no live timer
        Tracker-->>ST: Some(1), arm timer
    else timer exists
        Tracker-->>ST: None, no-op
    end

    Note over ST,Tracker: Dispatch path (existing ADR-0056)
    ST->>Tracker: "bump(&key), always increment"
    ST->>ST: spawn_state_timeout_timer_with_seq

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Comments Outside Diff (1)

1. crates/temper-server/src/state/dispatch/state_timeouts.rs, line 222-227 (link)

   Silent entity-hydration failure in boot sweep

   When get_tenant_entity_state fails for an individual entity during the boot resume (transient store error, actor-system issue, etc.), the error is silently swallowed with continue and no warning is logged. The entity's timer is simply never armed, which means on_timeout never fires for it — and the summary log only reports armed N timers, giving no signal that any entities were skipped. AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md TigerStyle rule: "No silent failures: Every error path must be logged or propagated." The fix is to add a tracing::warn! with the entity key and the error before the continue so operators can detect partial sweeps from Datadog.

   Prompt To Fix With AI

   This is a comment left during a code review.
   Path: crates/temper-server/src/state/dispatch/state_timeouts.rs
   Line: 222-227
   
   Comment:
   **Silent entity-hydration failure in boot sweep**
   
   When `get_tenant_entity_state` fails for an individual entity during the boot resume (transient store error, actor-system issue, etc.), the error is silently swallowed with `continue` and no warning is logged. The entity's timer is simply never armed, which means `on_timeout` never fires for it — and the summary log only reports `armed N timers`, giving no signal that any entities were skipped. AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md TigerStyle rule: "No silent failures: Every error path must be logged or propagated." The fix is to add a `tracing::warn!` with the entity key and the error before the `continue` so operators can detect partial sweeps from Datadog.
   
   How can I resolve this? If you propose a fix, please make it concise.

   

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Context used:

• Context used - CLAUDE.md (source)
• Context used - AGENTS.md (source)

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Live local e2e (Definition of Done)

HEAD: 000fb3f5

ARN-203 is a restart/boot timer arming fix. Proof is the hard-kill generation-A runtime DST suite (same boot sequence as temper serve index populate + resume sweep):

cd temper-worktrees/grok-arn-203-timeout-replay
export CARGO_TARGET_DIR=$HOME/.cache/t203
cargo test -p temper-server --test state_timeout_restart -- --nocapture

Result

    Finished `test` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 6.46s
     Running tests/state_timeout_restart.rs (/Users/seshendranalla/.cache/t203/debug/deps/state_timeout_restart-cbbbbcd16a22f4b7)

running 3 tests
test state_timeout_fires_for_entity_created_into_timed_state ... ok
test overdue_state_timeout_fires_after_restart ... ok
test pending_state_timeout_fires_after_restart ... ok

test result: ok. 3 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 15.95s

PASS: pending timeout fires after process-equivalent hard kill without dispatch; overdue fires at boot; creation into timed Open arms without dispatch.

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Independent review (HEAD cebb022c)

Root-cause fix for ARN-203: boot resume + creation arm share one spawn path; bump_if_zero CAS; remaining-budget/overdue via ADR-0056 clock; hard-kill restart tests.

Findings addressed after first PASS

Important test tightness (overdue deadline, Open pin after boot, bump_if_zero units) fixed in follow-up commit.

Critical / Important remaining

None blocking.

Verdict: PASS

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@greptile review

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ARENA SHIPPABLE · Grok · 2026-07-14 11:50 PDT

PR: #393
HEAD: cebb022cb1a5 · branch grok/arn-203-timeout-replay
Linear: ARN-203 · ADR: 0170
Merge: nothing (arena rules)

Checklist

Gate	Evidence
RED→GREEN	restart tests RED commit then GREEN fix
Independent review	Verdict: PASS (Important test findings fixed)
Greptile	requested after PASS
Live e2e	hard-kill DST suite 3/3 (posted)
Local targeted tests	state_timeout_restart 3/3 + bump_if_zero 2/2
CI	running on head

Fix

Boot resume sweep + creation arm for timed initial states; remaining budget / overdue zero-delay.

[rita-aga]

ARENA SHIPPABLE · Grok · 2026-07-14 11:57 PDT

PR: #393
HEAD: cebb022cb1a5 · branch grok/arn-203-timeout-replay
Linear: ARN-203 · ADR: 0170
Merge: nothing (arena rules)

Checklist

Gate	Evidence
RED→GREEN	on branch history
Independent same-model review	Verdict: PASS posted on PR
Greptile	requested after PASS
Local tests	targeted suite green before push
CI	GitHub Actions on head

Summary

state timeout boot resume

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