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sysadmin 2429d9d2e8 fix: fail closed on conflicting incident_links observation metadata
Legacy NULL-scope dedupe only compared Gitea targets, so duplicate rows
with the same provider key and issue but different fingerprint/status/
event_count/etc. collapsed to the lowest link_id and silently dropped
observation data. Migration now compares all meaningful observation
fields and refuses to discard conflicts (#619 RC3 / #613).
2026-07-09 23:04:17 -04:00

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Control-plane DB substrate (#613)

Status: Implemented (SQLite single-writer MVP)

ADR: mcp-allocator-control-plane-observability-adr.md

Module: control_plane_db.py

Architecture statement

DB coordinates, Gitea records, Sentry/GlitchTip observe; the bridge is the only path that turns observations into Gitea work.

What this ships

Capability Notes
Schema sessions, work_items, leases, assignments, terminal_locks, events, incident_links
Atomic assign+lease ControlPlaneDB.assign_and_lease — one BEGIN IMMEDIATE transaction
Mutation gate require_valid_assignment — live lease + allowed action + non-terminal work + non-stale head
Heartbeat / release / expire Lease lifecycle helpers
Terminal-lock index Routing signal for #600 (terminal path first)
incident_links Provider-neutral link model for #612 — not assignable work; scope keys NULL-safe

Hard rules (enforced in code)

  1. Assignable work_items.kind ∈ {issue, pr} only — never raw Sentry/GlitchTip incidents.
  2. Two concurrent sessions cannot both receive an active assignment on the same open work item (second gets wait).
  3. Merged/closed work items return no_safe_work at assign time, and require_valid_assignment fails closed if the work item becomes terminal later.
  4. Assignments pin expected_head_sha; mutations fail closed if the work item head drifts.
  5. SQLite path is the single-writer MVP (GITEA_CONTROL_PLANE_DB, default under ~/.cache/gitea-tools/control-plane/). Multi-session multi-host production requires Postgres or a single allocator daemon (ADR §6).
  6. incident_links optional scope fields are stored as empty strings (never NULL) so UNIQUE is canonical across minimal upserts.
  7. Legacy incident_links migration collapses NULL-scope duplicates only when Gitea targets and all meaningful observation metadata agree (fingerprint, status, event_count, permalink, timestamps, linked PRs, etc.). Conflicting metadata fails closed — no silent discard.

Dependency chain

#613 control-plane DB (this)  →  #600 allocator API  →  #612 incident bridge
  • #600 must call this substrate (not file locks / comment-only leases alone) for completion.
  • #612 must write incident_links here and create Gitea issues; the allocator assigns those issues, not raw incidents.

Non-goals (intentionally deferred)

  • Full gitea_allocate_next_work routing policy (REQUEST_CHANGES → author, etc.) — #600
  • Sentry/GlitchTip provider adapters and auto-watchdog — #612
  • Gitea comment/label mirror writers (may be added by allocator tooling later)

Tests

python3 -m pytest tests/test_control_plane_db.py -q