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Summary

template-manager's node_dirty_refs outbox worker (crates/l40_api/template/mgr/server/src/node_state_sync.rs) lists a batch, sends MarkFacetDirty to node-ctl without holding the database lock, then deletes the listed refs by key. A re-enqueue of the same ref in between updates that row in place, so the delete dropped it until the ref was marked again or reconciliation caught up. Now it stays pending for the next pass.

• Migration db/template-manager/20261031050126_node_dirty_ref_revisions (additive, sandbox-manager's outbox shape): node_dirty_refs.revision INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, a singleton counter node_dirty_ref_revision, and insert and update triggers that stamp each enqueue with the next value. The update trigger fires on UPDATE OF requested_at, updated_at, which every upsert sets, so a same-second re-enqueue gets a new revision.
• pplx-space-template-mgr-store (template-mgr-store: add a store that owns template-manager's node_dirty_ref_revision #1429): node_dirty_refs::list_node_dirty_refs reads revision. node_dirty_refs::delete_node_dirty_refs_at_revision deletes only rows still at the listed revision; template-manager's delete_node_dirty_refs runs it in its IMMEDIATE transaction. Enqueues and MarkFacetDirty are unchanged.
• sqlite/src/template_manager.rs: the module doc now says a migration ships only in a release after one that lists it, so the image a rollback returns to can reverse it; 20261031050126's check never refuses, so that rollback is image-only. template-manager: reverse the next release's node_dirty_ref_revisions migration so its rollback stays image-only #1277's DIRTY_REF_REVISIONS entry stays, documented as bundled from here on; the bundled up SQL is byte-identical to its history copy, which template-manager: reverse the next release's node_dirty_ref_revisions migration so its rollback stays image-only #1277's checksum tests pin.
• Tests, template-manager: the regression test; a stale ack against a recreated key; a same-timestamp write (recursive_triggers off and on); revision exhaustion.
• Tests, pplx-space-sqlite:
  • template-manager: reverse the next release's node_dirty_ref_revisions migration so its rollback stays image-only #1277's reversal tests roll back to UNREVISIONED (this catalog without 20261031050126: the previous release).
  • The round trip starts from that release's database: this catalog applies the migration and keeps it on restart, then it is reversed, re-applied and reversed again.
  • a_bundled_schema_is_left_untouched checks recorded revisions survive a restart.
  • Retired-migration tests derive history from the bundled catalog; HISTORICAL covers upgrading from the release that recorded it.

Store

pplx-space-template-mgr-store (#1429) declares the migration's node_dirty_ref_revision counter. This PR moves the outbox's list and revision-guarded delete from template-manager's db module into that store, as node_dirty_refs::list_node_dirty_refs and node_dirty_refs::delete_node_dirty_refs_at_revision, with sql! locators. template-manager's delete_node_dirty_refs keeps its IMMEDIATE transaction and runs the store's delete inside it. template-manager now depends on the store, and [rules.layers.store_users] lists it. archcheck reports that entry as the advisory layers.policy_changed, for review.

Stack

1. template-manager: reverse the next release's node_dirty_ref_revisions migration so its rollback stays image-only #1277
2. template-mgr-store: add a store that owns template-manager's node_dirty_ref_revision #1429 (ac/template-mgr-store-crate), on template-manager: reverse the next release's node_dirty_ref_revisions migration so its rollback stays image-only #1277
3. This PR, on template-mgr-store: add a store that owns template-manager's node_dirty_ref_revision #1429

Ship in a release after one that contains #1277. That release reverses 20261031050126 when a database records it without the catalog bundling it.

Validation

At this head: ci/scripts/run-archcheck.sh origin/main "" reports 0 required findings and 1 advisory layers.policy_changed, for the store_users entry; fmt, workspace check and clippy -D warnings are clean; SPACE_CI_REQUIRE_TEST_DEPS=1 cargo nextest run --all-features for pplx-space-template-mgr-store, pplx-space-template-mgr and pplx-space-sqlite passes 329 of 331. The two failures are template-mgr's NoCoW tests, which need CI's btrfs fixture; the validation host had no btrfs. Pull CI at this head runs the whole workspace suite, the privileged group included, and passes, both NoCoW tests and the four new template-manager tests among them.

Kind at this head: a fresh cluster (SPACE_KIND_TELEMETRY_MODE=otel, bring-up 12 min, every image at this commit).

• All four template-manager databases recorded [20260930000000, 20261031050126], with the revision column, the counter table and both triggers. A template-manager restart left the history unchanged.
• These scenarios passed with CI's cold-receipts setting: local.template_startup_recovery_decision_table, local.template_cache_lru_eviction_reclaims, local.unanswered_template_deleted_after_wait, local.ecw_template_build_from_oci_boots, local.private_template_build_isolation, local.node_ctl_fence_refuses_and_reconciles, local.btrfs_send_restore_pulls_parent_template and ecw.background_process_control.
• During the run, each node's revision counter advanced with template-inventory changes, and node_dirty_refs was empty in every 2 s sample. Dirty marks reported only result="ok", and template-manager logged no acknowledgement errors. The network-policy facet wasn't exercised, and a re-enqueue during a send wasn't reproduced on Kind; the regression test below covers that case.

The runs below were on a Linux KVM host, on an earlier revision of this change. That revision kept the list and the acknowledging delete in template-manager's db module and predates the repository's move of crates into layer directories. Its statements had the same SQL text and binds as the store's, without the sql! locator comment. Its tests were the same, apart from the use that now imports list_node_dirty_refs from the store.

• Regression: acking_a_sent_dirty_ref_keeps_a_re_enqueue_made_during_the_send fails on template-manager: reverse the next release's node_dirty_ref_revisions migration so its rollback stays image-only #1277's code (left: 1, right: 0: the stale ack deleted the re-enqueue) and passes here; the other three new template-manager tests also fail there.
• Mutations (local only, then restored):
  • no insert trigger: the stale-ack test fails;
  • WHEN OLD.updated_at IS NOT NEW.updated_at on the update trigger: the same-timestamp, regression and exhaustion tests fail;
  • reversing listed migrations even when bundled fails a_bundled_schema_is_left_untouched: revisions (3, [3, 2]) become (0, [0, 0]).
• cargo nextest run -p pplx-space-sqlite -p pplx-space-template-mgr -p pplx-space-db-migrate: 383 passed, 0 skipped (privileged group included); with -p pplx-space-archcheck: 113 passed.
• clippy -D warnings, cargo fmt --check, scripts/check-migration-versions.sh and cargo arch (0 required findings) pass.
• Real binaries, one database file (space-db-migrator from this branch and template-manager: reverse the next release's node_dirty_ref_revisions migration so its rollback stays image-only #1277, separate target dirs):
  1. this branch's up: history [20260930000000, 20261031050126], column, counter and triggers; seeded revisions [3, 2];
  2. template-manager: reverse the next release's node_dirty_ref_revisions migration so its rollback stays image-only #1277's up: logged the reversal, history [20260930000000], revision schema gone, both rows kept;
  3. this branch's up: re-applied, revisions restart at 0; a re-enqueue's revision 1 survives another up.
• Kind, fresh clusters from this branch; all four template-manager databases recorded [20260930000000, 20261031050126].
  • Datadog telemetry (bring-up 4 min 47 s) passed: local.template_startup_recovery_decision_table, local.template_cache_lru_eviction_reclaims, local.unanswered_template_deleted_after_wait, local.ecw_template_build_from_oci_boots, local.private_template_build_isolation, local.node_ctl_fence_refuses_and_reconciles, ecw.background_process_control. local.btrfs_send_restore_pulls_parent_template: infra_error (needs Prometheus).
  • otel telemetry, as in CI (bring-up 3 min 15 s): local.btrfs_send_restore_pulls_parent_template passed.
  • scripts/tests/smoke-kind-typed.sh all there (62 min 27 s): ECW 87 passed, 2 inconclusive (ecw.cold_create_environment, ecw.warm_pool_environment: the script doesn't set SPACE_SMOKE_KIND_COLD_RECEIPTS; both passed with it set as in kind-ci.yml); native 35 passed; 0 failed.

Not validated: a multi-node fleet rollout, or a Kind rollback to #1277's image (covered by the binary round trip).

Severity and risk

Severity: medium. A lost ack delays a node's copy of a template-manager change until the reference is marked again or reconciliation catches up.

Risk: two small trigger updates per enqueue, in its existing transaction. A stale ack leaves the row to be resent, at-least-once delivery node-ctl already handles.

Rollout

Node-local SQLite; template-manager migrates at startup. The previous release works on the migrated schema (explicit columns; the triggers stamp its writes). Existing rows keep revision 0.

Rollback to a release containing #1277 is image-only. Its startup (or migrator up) reverses 20261031050126 in one transaction and keeps every outbox row. That release acks by key again, as before this change. A release without #1277 refuses the database (unbundled migration), so roll back from this release only to one that contains #1277.

Overlaps: #1075 deletes sqlite/src/template_manager.rs and its tests.rs (changed here and in #1277) and re-lands the older 20261026220935; whichever lands second resolves that. Its db.rs and db/tests.rs hunks don't touch this PR's code. #1164 edits another section of db/README.md, untouched here.

AI assistance: Claude Code (an AI agent) wrote the code, the migration, the tests and this description, and ran the validation above.

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Walkthrough

The migration adds a node-wide revision counter and a revision column for dirty references. The storage crate provides shared listing and revision-guarded deletion operations. The template manager uses these operations, and its tests cover migration behavior and stale acknowledgements.

Possibly related PRs

• perplexityai/SPACE#1235: Adds the same revision migration, store operations, guarded deletion, and worker integration for node_dirty_refs.
• perplexityai/SPACE#1429: Creates the store crate used by this pull request and declares ownership of node_dirty_ref_revision.
• perplexityai/SPACE#1277: Adds rollback support and migration history for 20261031050126_node_dirty_ref_revisions.

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 832bd

Dirty-reference acknowledgement now ignores rows re-enqueued during a send. Across a rollback followed by a re-upgrade, a send that started before the rollback could still acknowledge and delete a newly queued entry that was never sent. This is a narrow window, but the repository documents it as accepted. Decide whether to accept it or retain revision identity across reversal before merging.

Security architecture risk: Low · up to 832bd

Revision-checked acknowledgements preserve work that is queued again during delivery. No introduced security vulnerability was established. The inspected startup sequence serializes migration and worker ownership, but equivalent protection could not be confirmed for deployment paths outside the repository.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The changed persistence semantics affect a node-local template-manager outbox and downstream dirty marking for template network policy and inventory. The revision is a delivery witness, not an authorization credential; the inspected change does not establish new cross-tenant or cross-environment authority.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The worker continues to send through the existing node-ctl client. The receiving MarkFacetDirty handler performs peer authorization, parses and validates references, and persists dirty state transactionally before reporting success. The new storage operations use bound SQL parameters.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• inferred — A successful remote mark followed by an interrupted local acknowledgement can be retried: node-ctl upserts dirty state rather than clearing it. Revision guarding improves preservation of newer policy-convergence work without requiring exactly-once transport.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — If an external deployment path runs SQLite migration separately from service startup, require it to honor the same ownership fence or terminate outstanding workers before reversal. This would extend the inspected startup guarantee to that unverified path; it is not evidence of an existing deployment defect.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Title check		The title starts with the area prefix "template-manager:" and a lowercase summary, which matches the required format. It describes the main change: acknowledging node dirty refs by revision so a re-en…	Remove the "[cr-test] " prefix so the title begins with "template-manager: ". The rest of the title already meets the requirement, so the result is: "template-manager: ack node dirty refs by revision so a re-enqueue during a send survives".

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Follows The Pr Template		The description contains all required sections and content: ## Summary explains the merge effect; ## Validation names commands, tests, and results; ## Severity and risk states medium severity an…
Bug Fixes Name A Regression Test		The PR fixes an application defect under crates/. Its Validation section names acking_a_sent_dirty_ref_keeps_a_re_enqueue_made_during_the_send and states that it fails without the fix and passes w…
Weakened Safeguards Are Justified		The diff does not remove or weaken a test, lint, CI check, or repository guard. It adds four regression tests and strengthens migration coverage. The migration-history expectations now derive from eac…
Public-Safe Content		The title, description, and reviewed diff contain no credentials, tokens, private keys, private URLs, resource identifiers, workstation paths, or private tracker links. The validation details refer to…

Full details: Description Follows The Pr Template

Explanation

The description contains all required sections and content: ## Summary explains the merge effect; ## Validation names commands, tests, and results; ## Severity and risk states medium severity and the operational risk; and AI assistance: identifies Claude Code and the drafted work.

Full details: Bug Fixes Name A Regression Test

Explanation

The PR fixes an application defect under crates/. Its Validation section names acking_a_sent_dirty_ref_keeps_a_re_enqueue_made_during_the_send and states that it fails without the fix and passes with it. The diff adds that regression test and changes acknowledgement from key-only deletion to revision-guarded deletion.

Full details: Weakened Safeguards Are Justified

Explanation

The diff does not remove or weaken a test, lint, CI check, or repository guard. It adds four regression tests and strengthens migration coverage. The migration-history expectations now derive from each catalog’s up migrations, which the description explicitly justifies for the revised release catalogs. The ARCHITECTURE.toml change declares the new store user; it does not add an allowlist or exception.

Full details: Public-Safe Content

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The title, description, and reviewed diff contain no credentials, tokens, private keys, private URLs, resource identifiers, workstation paths, or private tracker links. The validation details refer to CI and Kind test environments, not production logs or measurements.

Full details: Title check

Explanation

The title starts with the area prefix "template-manager:" and a lowercase summary, which matches the required format. It describes the main change: acknowledging node dirty refs by revision so a re-enqueue during a send is not lost. The "[cr-test]" tag is an extra bracketed prefix that is not a ticket ID, but it is not part of the required format and does not describe the change.

Resolution

Remove the "[cr-test] " prefix so the title begins with "template-manager: ". The rest of the title already meets the requirement, so the result is: "template-manager: ack node dirty refs by revision so a re-enqueue during a send survives".

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Preserve acknowledgement identity across reversal and reapplication.

If a worker lists revision 1 before reversal, reapplication resets this counter. The first subsequent enqueue can receive revision 1. If the earlier send then completes, its acknowledgement can delete that new obligation without sending it. Prevent an in-flight revision-aware worker from spanning reversal and reapplication, or retain a revision identity that cannot repeat across them. The PR description mentions this risk. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Update the rollback/reapplication behavior for node_dirty_ref_revision so a
revision identity cannot be reused while an earlier acknowledgement may still
arrive; either retain non-repeating revision identity across reversal or prevent
revision-aware workers from spanning reversal and reapplication. Establish which
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