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[db] add the node_environment_certifications table - #1274
Adds one Postgres migration that creates the node_environment_certifications table. Nothing reads or writes it yet. PR #1204 adds its writer and stacks on this PR. The migration ships alone because the migration isolation guard (scripts/check-postgres-migrations-isolated.sh) fails any PR that changes Postgres migrations together with runtime application code.
Terms
Execution environment: one exact way of running a sandbox. It covers a runtime binary (for example Firecracker 1.15.1), a guest kernel, a guest platform, and the snapshot state format the runtime reads and writes. Its reference is the SHA-256 of that whole definition, written sha256:<64 hex>. docs/execution-environments.md defines it.
Node build: the version of the SPACE node software running on a worker node. Each build compiles in a catalog of the environments it knows how to run.
Upgrade edge: a statement that a stopped sandbox may move from environment A to environment B by cold-booting its disk on B. Its memory is discarded. A build certifies an edge by listing the pair in CERTIFIED_UPGRADE_EDGES (crates/l40_api/execution/catalog/src/catalog/environment.rs). Today that's Firecracker 1.15.1 → Firecracker 1.17.0, both on Linux 6.1.155, and the reverse.
Memory edge: a stronger statement that a suspended sandbox's memory snapshot from A can be restored on B. No build certifies one yet. Every memory edge must also be an upgrade edge.
runtime_environments: the cluster-wide catalog table, with one row per environment, including its upgrade_edges and memory_edges arrays. When a sandbox starts on an environment the operator has deprecated or blocked, the runtime upgrade decision (crates/l40_api/api/src/controllers/substrate/runtime_upgrade.rs) reads those arrays. If the edge to the cluster default exists, the sandbox moves there. If it doesn't, the sandbox stays where it is, or can't start at all when its environment is blocked.
The problem
The catalog has to say which edges the fleet as a whole agrees on, but each node only reports what its own build certifies. So nodes running different builds can disagree.
The safe rule is that an edge counts only while every node whose build knows both ends certifies it. With only the aggregated arrays in runtime_environments, a writer can narrow the stored set but can never widen it again. Take a hypothetical fleet:
Environments A and B. Node 1 runs build v1, which knows both but doesn't certify A → B. Node 2 runs build v2, which certifies A → B.
The rule withholds the edge, because node 1 vetoes it. That's correct.
Node 1 upgrades to v2 and now certifies A → B as well. With no per-node record, the writer can't tell whether node 1's veto was the only one, or whether some other node still holds the same objection. The only safe move is to keep the stored empty set, so A → B never appears, even though every node now agrees. Sandboxes on A that should upgrade stay stuck.
The same thing happens when a node withdraws its report.
A node whose build doesn't know B at all can't judge A → B. If it counted as a veto, a single node on an old build would block every edge to an environment it predates.
How this fixes it
Store each node's certification.node_environment_certifications has one row per (node_id, environment_ref): the runtime version's sort key (version_sort_key) and the edges that node's build certifies (upgrade_edges, memory_edges). PR [internal-api] record node-published environments and aggregate their certified edges #1204's writer recomputes runtime_environments edges from these rows whenever a node's certifications change, so in the example above A → B appears once node 1 upgrades. Further details:
A node only votes on an edge when its build knows both ends; otherwise it abstains.
Rows cascade when the node is deleted.
The CHECKs use the same digest patterns as runtime_environments, reject an edge from an environment to itself, and require memory_edges to be a subset of upgrade_edges.
An index on environment_ref serves the per-environment aggregate.
version_sort_key is INT[], under a squawk-ignore prefer-bigint-over-int, because VersionSortKey (crates/l20_domain/execution/spec/src/execution/sort_key.rs) caps every component at i32::MAX. So every valid key fits INT[] with its order intact. The column also matches runtime_environments.version_sort_key and the runtime installations column, which are both INT[].
No existing table, column or function changes. The rule for when a node's published environment arrays count as evidence isn't part of this migration. It becomes a Rust-owned store predicate, added with its first production caller in placement or the upgrade reconciler.
Validation
Migration round trip on a fresh postgres:16-alpine (the test fixtures' image) and on postgres:17:
A space-db-migrator built from main migrated each database to main's newest migration, 20261106034255_drop_sandboxes_name_lower_index.
This branch's migrator then ran up, down, up.
After down, the pg_dump --schema-only output was identical to the main-migrated dump.
Both up runs produced identical dumps with the table present, and no function was created.
scripts/check-migration-versions.sh, scripts/check-postgres-migrations-isolated.sh and scripts/check-postgres-migrations-squawk.sh against origin/main: all pass. Squawk reports 0 issues.
cargo arch: no required findings. The table's owning store, pplx-space-runtime-environment-catalog-store, declares it on main.
A full workspace run through CI's entry points passed on an earlier revision of this migration, apart from failures caused by the devbox itself. CI's Rust tests job runs on this head.
Not validated: a Kind or deployed run. PR #1204 adds the writer for the table.
Dependencies
None. #1438, which declares the table's owning store, has merged.
Severity and risk
Severity: does not apply. This is schema groundwork for PR #1204.
Risk: low.
The migration only adds a table and an index, under lock_timeout = 1s and statement_timeout = 5s.
Its foreign key to nodes briefly blocks writes to nodes while the transaction commits.
Each node's rows are rebuilt from its next complete inventory. Until every node has re-recorded, the edges are aggregated from the nodes that have. An edge that a node not yet back would veto can reappear for that time, but each node's own upgrade check still refuses an edge its build doesn't certify.
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The problem. Nodes on different builds can disagree about which upgrade edges between execution environments are safe. runtime_environments keeps only the aggregate, so a writer can narrow an edge set but can never widen it again once the node that vetoed an edge upgrades or leaves. Placement and the upgrade reconciler also need one shared rule for when a node's published environment arrays can be trusted. This PR adds the per-node table and the SQL predicate. #1204 writes and reads them.
Example.
node 1 (build v1): knows A, B; certifies nothing from A
node 2 (build v2): knows A, B; certifies A -> B
aggregate for A: {} (node 1 vetoes)
node 1 upgrades to v2
aggregate only: {} forever (can't tell node 1's veto was the only one)
per-node rows: {B} (recompute from node_environment_certifications)
Verdict. The schema, the CHECKs and node_environment_evidence look right to me. The CHECKs are never stricter than the Rust decoder, and the evidence test separates the receipt clock from observed_at. Main has moved since CI ran, though, and as written this PR can't land on today's main. Two threads to resolve before merge.
Before merge (inline threads)
The migration version is older than main's newest
The new table has no owning store under main's required ownership rule
Nits
"Rollback loses nothing": each node re-records on its next complete inventory. Until all of them have, though, the aggregate is computed from only the nodes that have re-recorded. So an edge that a node not yet back would veto can reappear for a while. The node's own upgrade check still refuses an edge its build doesn't certify, so the cost is a refused upgrade, not an unsafe one. Suggested wording: "Each node's rows are rebuilt from its next complete inventory. Until every node has re-recorded, the edges are aggregated from the nodes that have."
The body says #1204 adds the placement and upgrade-reconciler callers. #1204 says neither reads the arrays or calls the predicate yet; the placement work adds them. Please align the two descriptions.
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The migration creates a per-node, per-environment certification table with key and edge constraints, an index on environment_ref, and a table comment. It sets local lock and statement timeouts. The rollback sets the same timeouts and drops the table.
Possibly related PRs
perplexityai/SPACE#1438: Declares store ownership of the certification table created by this migration.
perplexityai/SPACE#1204: Records node certifications and recomputes catalog edges from them.
The change adds certification storage without current readers or writers. Existing migration coverage supports merging with routine deployment awareness.
Security architecture risk: Low · up to abf4b
This adds constrained database storage without enabling its runtime writer. The immediate scope is small, but authoritative reporting, aggregate updates and writer rollback ordering remain outside this change.
Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.
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Security Blast Radius
inferred — The immediate change is confined to cluster-level certification storage and its node dependency. Influence on sandbox upgrade or snapshot-restore decisions requires a writer and aggregate consumer that this PR does not add.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
observed — The existing control-plane migration path assumes the migrator role for Up and Down so newly created objects receive migrator ownership and its default privileges. The new migration adds no explicit grant or report-authentication mechanism.
Resilience and Maintainability Implications
observed — The existing Up runner retries qualifying transactional lock-timeout failures within a bounded policy and flushes rollback before retry or terminal failure. Down uses migration history to undo the latest migration and is deliberately operator-supervised rather than automatically retried. Neither new SQL file opts out of transactions.
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Round 2. Both earlier threads are fixed: the migration version is newer than main's, and #1438 declares the table's owning store. Both nits are fixed too. One new ask, about the function, so I'm requesting changes.
The problem.runtime_environments keeps only the aggregate edge set, so a writer can narrow it but never widen it again once the node that vetoed an edge upgrades or leaves. This PR adds the per-node certifications, so #1204 can recompute the aggregate. It also adds the rule for when a node's published environment arrays count as evidence.
Example.
node 1 (build v1) vetoes A -> B, node 2 (build v2) certifies it => aggregate for A: {}
node 1 upgrades to v2
aggregate only: {} forever
per-node rows: {B} (recomputed from node_environment_certifications)
Verdict. The table looks right to me. The shape and checks mirror runtime_environments, and the key, the cascade from nodes and the per-environment index all fit the recompute. I'd move the evidence rule out of the database, though: one thread on node_environment_evidence.
Before merge
Keep the evidence rule in Rust, not in a SQL function (inline thread).
Question
Why is version_sort_key stored per node? environment_ref hashes the environment's definition, so I'd expect every node to report the same key for it. If builds can disagree or omit it, which value does #1204's recompute keep? If they can't, it belongs only on runtime_environments.
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[db] add the node_environment_certifications table
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Round 3. Approved. The function is gone from both migrations, the description says the evidence rule becomes a Rust-owned store predicate with its first caller, and nothing else in the table changed. #1204 is rebased onto this head and no longer calls the function.
Previous items
Keep the evidence rule out of SQL: fixed.
Migration version: still fine. 20261106063716 is newer than main's newest, 20261106034255. Re-check it if another migration lands first.
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The description now explains why version_sort_key is INT[]. My earlier question was why it's stored per node at all. environment_ref hashes the environment's definition, so I'd expect every node to report the same key. If nodes can disagree or leave it out, which value does #1204's recompute keep? If they can't, the key belongs only on runtime_environments. That can be a later change.
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Summary
Adds one Postgres migration that creates the
node_environment_certificationstable. Nothing reads or writes it yet. PR #1204 adds its writer and stacks on this PR. The migration ships alone because the migration isolation guard (scripts/check-postgres-migrations-isolated.sh) fails any PR that changes Postgres migrations together with runtime application code.Terms
sha256:<64 hex>.docs/execution-environments.mddefines it.CERTIFIED_UPGRADE_EDGES(crates/l40_api/execution/catalog/src/catalog/environment.rs). Today that's Firecracker 1.15.1 → Firecracker 1.17.0, both on Linux 6.1.155, and the reverse.runtime_environments: the cluster-wide catalog table, with one row per environment, including itsupgrade_edgesandmemory_edgesarrays. When a sandbox starts on an environment the operator has deprecated or blocked, the runtime upgrade decision (crates/l40_api/api/src/controllers/substrate/runtime_upgrade.rs) reads those arrays. If the edge to the cluster default exists, the sandbox moves there. If it doesn't, the sandbox stays where it is, or can't start at all when its environment is blocked.The problem
The catalog has to say which edges the fleet as a whole agrees on, but each node only reports what its own build certifies. So nodes running different builds can disagree.
The safe rule is that an edge counts only while every node whose build knows both ends certifies it. With only the aggregated arrays in
runtime_environments, a writer can narrow the stored set but can never widen it again. Take a hypothetical fleet:A node whose build doesn't know B at all can't judge A → B. If it counted as a veto, a single node on an old build would block every edge to an environment it predates.
How this fixes it
node_environment_certificationshas one row per(node_id, environment_ref): the runtime version's sort key (version_sort_key) and the edges that node's build certifies (upgrade_edges,memory_edges). PR [internal-api] record node-published environments and aggregate their certified edges #1204's writer recomputesruntime_environmentsedges from these rows whenever a node's certifications change, so in the example above A → B appears once node 1 upgrades. Further details:CHECKs use the same digest patterns asruntime_environments, reject an edge from an environment to itself, and requirememory_edgesto be a subset ofupgrade_edges.environment_refserves the per-environment aggregate.version_sort_keyisINT[], under asquawk-ignore prefer-bigint-over-int, becauseVersionSortKey(crates/l20_domain/execution/spec/src/execution/sort_key.rs) caps every component ati32::MAX. So every valid key fitsINT[]with its order intact. The column also matchesruntime_environments.version_sort_keyand the runtime installations column, which are bothINT[].No existing table, column or function changes. The rule for when a node's published environment arrays count as evidence isn't part of this migration. It becomes a Rust-owned store predicate, added with its first production caller in placement or the upgrade reconciler.
Validation
postgres:16-alpine(the test fixtures' image) and onpostgres:17:space-db-migratorbuilt frommainmigrated each database tomain's newest migration,20261106034255_drop_sandboxes_name_lower_index.up,down,up.down, thepg_dump --schema-onlyoutput was identical to themain-migrated dump.upruns produced identical dumps with the table present, and no function was created.scripts/check-migration-versions.sh,scripts/check-postgres-migrations-isolated.shandscripts/check-postgres-migrations-squawk.shagainstorigin/main: all pass. Squawk reports 0 issues.cargo arch: no required findings. The table's owning store,pplx-space-runtime-environment-catalog-store, declares it on main.Not validated: a Kind or deployed run. PR #1204 adds the writer for the table.
Dependencies
None. #1438, which declares the table's owning store, has merged.
Severity and risk
Severity: does not apply. This is schema groundwork for PR #1204.
Risk: low.
lock_timeout = 1sandstatement_timeout = 5s.nodesbriefly blocks writes tonodeswhile the transaction commits.AI assistance: Claude Code copied the migration from PR #1204's branch, ran the validation, and drafted this description.