Fix/backend/flow verb timeout row lock (#326)

* feat(sandbox): pluggable per-engine registry (postgres/redis/mongo)

Replaces the hardcoded postgres+redis branches in the provisioner and the
env emitter with a registry of SandboxEngine specs (image, run args,
readiness probe, connection, ROBOCO_TEST_* env) in a pure low module
(roboco/models/sandbox.py). VALID_SANDBOX_SERVICES is derived from the
registry — single source of truth — and the provisioner + orchestrator
iterate it, so adding an engine is one class + one registry line, not
another branch. Adds a mongo:8-alpine engine (ROBOCO_TEST_MONGO_*) as the
third service alongside postgres/redis.

Also fixes the cold-pull loop that stranded v0.19.0 board agents with
empty error strings: docker run pulled inline under a 20s deadline, so a
NAS cold pull was killed, cancelled, and re-pulled from scratch forever.
_ensure_image now inspects + pulls (300s) before run; provisioning errors
log type+message so a bare TimeoutError no longer shows as "".

Panel edit-project dialog: postgres/redis toggles -> a Set<string>
multi-select driven by a SANDBOX_SERVICES catalog, so new engines appear
in the UI by adding to the catalog.

Tests: engine parity (allowlist==registry, unique slugs/images, no None
leak in env, SandboxInfo aggregates every engine), mongo provision + env
injection, plus the existing postgres/redis provision/env/spawn/janitor
suite updated to the registry shape. 821 unit / 5 skip green; ruff + mypy
(360 files) clean.

* docs(sandbox): reflect pluggable engine registry + mongo across docs

CHANGELOG (0.19.0): Added entry for the pluggable sandbox engine registry
(postgres/redis/mongo) + Fixed entry for the cold-pull loop/empty-error
strand that boarded v0.19.0 board agents.

docs/map (9 files): sandbox subsystem blurbs, SandboxProvisioner rows,
_maybe_provision_sandbox/_append_sandbox_env rows, feature-flag rows, the
migration-057 row + v0.17.0 delta, and the models.md VALID_SANDBOX_SERVICES
note — all retitled to DB/Redis/Mongo via the engine registry
(roboco/models/sandbox.py), with the one-class-one-line extension story and
the _ensure_image cold-pull fix. Production-network (roboco_data) lines left
as postgres+redis — mongo is sandbox-only, not a prod service.

docs/rag (3 files): sandbox-db.md rewritten around the registry (engine list,
generic _provision_engine, image pre-pull, ROBOCO_TEST_DB_*/REDIS_*/MONGO_*
incl. MONGO_AUTH_DB=admin, single emit_env); config-reference sandbox flag
row + subsection retitled; db-network-isolation framing broadened to
postgres/redis/mongo. preconditions-and-rejections left untouched (its hit
was an unrelated gateway see-also link).

* test(e2e): harden umbrella close terminal reads with bounded wait-for-state

The MegaTask umbrella close test flaked once on CI (ceo-approve returned
200 but the re-fetch saw awaiting_pm_review) then passed on re-run. The
production path is deterministic: complete -> main_pm_complete ->
submit_pm_review -> escalate_to_ceo -> ceo_approve -> commit, all on one
session, all awaited; the fire-and-forget completion hooks are isolated
(own session, best-effort, never touch task.status or the request session).
20 local runs could not reproduce it.

The one real surface is the read pattern: the e2e stack commits on the
uvicorn thread's loop and reads via a separate loop (run_db -> asyncio.run
with a fresh engine), so a terminal single point-read can race a
still-draining completion hook on a contended runner. Replace the two
terminal point-reads with a bounded wait_for_status poll. Strictly better
than a one-shot read: absorbs the transient, and a genuine state bug still
surfaces via the timeout branch asserting against the last-read state.

* fix(gateway): bound hung flow-verbs with a server-side timeout

A gateway intent-verb whose request transaction held the SELECT ... FOR
UPDATE lock on the task row never committed: uvicorn does not cancel the
endpoint coroutine on client disconnect and get_db only rolled back on
Exception (not a hang/cancellation), so the row lock was held indefinitely
and every later task-row write on that task wedged (2026-07-07
kimi-k2.7-code:cloud agent on task 79d686f0). Reads (evidence) and journal
writes (note) stayed fast — the symptom that pointed at a task-row lock.

Fix: pure-ASGI FlowVerbTimeoutMiddleware wraps each /api/v1/flow/* request
in asyncio.timeout(flow_verb_timeout_seconds, default 120s). On expiry the
inner app is cancelled; CancelledError now propagates through get_db (which
catches it alongside Exception and rolls back), releasing the FOR UPDATE
lock, and a retryable 504 gateway_timeout envelope is returned. Pure ASGI
(not BaseHTTPMiddleware) so cancellation reaches the route coroutine +
get_db dependency directly, with no spawned-task gap. Registered innermost
so correlation + logging still wrap the 504.

E2E: two fault-injection scenarios in tests/e2e_smoke/test_flow_verb_timeout.py.
A hang is injected inside the verb's own transaction (claim acquires the
FOR UPDATE lock, then set_plan sleeps past the timeout; only the first
set_plan call runs — a retry short-circuits as idempotent re-entry).
- ARMED (server timeout 1s): verb-1 returns a bounded 504 gateway_timeout,
  verb-2 re-acquires the row and reaches the post-claim gate (tracing_gap)
  — proving the lock was released by verb-1's cancellation.
- DISARMED (server timeout 1000s, MCP client timeout 3s): verb-1 holds the
  lock past the client's HTTP timeout — the empirical reproduction of the
  wedge on the same branch, by turning the fix off.

Full e2e suite green (32 passed).

* feat(sandbox): pluggable per-engine registry (postgres/redis/mongo) (#324) (#325)

* feat(sandbox): pluggable per-engine registry (postgres/redis/mongo)

Replaces the hardcoded postgres+redis branches in the provisioner and the
env emitter with a registry of SandboxEngine specs (image, run args,
readiness probe, connection, ROBOCO_TEST_* env) in a pure low module
(roboco/models/sandbox.py). VALID_SANDBOX_SERVICES is derived from the
registry — single source of truth — and the provisioner + orchestrator
iterate it, so adding an engine is one class + one registry line, not
another branch. Adds a mongo:8-alpine engine (ROBOCO_TEST_MONGO_*) as the
third service alongside postgres/redis.

Also fixes the cold-pull loop that stranded v0.19.0 board agents with
empty error strings: docker run pulled inline under a 20s deadline, so a
NAS cold pull was killed, cancelled, and re-pulled from scratch forever.
_ensure_image now inspects + pulls (300s) before run; provisioning errors
log type+message so a bare TimeoutError no longer shows as "".

Panel edit-project dialog: postgres/redis toggles -> a Set<string>
multi-select driven by a SANDBOX_SERVICES catalog, so new engines appear
in the UI by adding to the catalog.

Tests: engine parity (allowlist==registry, unique slugs/images, no None
leak in env, SandboxInfo aggregates every engine), mongo provision + env
injection, plus the existing postgres/redis provision/env/spawn/janitor
suite updated to the registry shape. 821 unit / 5 skip green; ruff + mypy
(360 files) clean.

* docs(sandbox): reflect pluggable engine registry + mongo across docs

CHANGELOG (0.19.0): Added entry for the pluggable sandbox engine registry
(postgres/redis/mongo) + Fixed entry for the cold-pull loop/empty-error
strand that boarded v0.19.0 board agents.

docs/map (9 files): sandbox subsystem blurbs, SandboxProvisioner rows,
_maybe_provision_sandbox/_append_sandbox_env rows, feature-flag rows, the
migration-057 row + v0.17.0 delta, and the models.md VALID_SANDBOX_SERVICES
note — all retitled to DB/Redis/Mongo via the engine registry
(roboco/models/sandbox.py), with the one-class-one-line extension story and
the _ensure_image cold-pull fix. Production-network (roboco_data) lines left
as postgres+redis — mongo is sandbox-only, not a prod service.

docs/rag (3 files): sandbox-db.md rewritten around the registry (engine list,
generic _provision_engine, image pre-pull, ROBOCO_TEST_DB_*/REDIS_*/MONGO_*
incl. MONGO_AUTH_DB=admin, single emit_env); config-reference sandbox flag
row + subsection retitled; db-network-isolation framing broadened to
postgres/redis/mongo. preconditions-and-rejections left untouched (its hit
was an unrelated gateway see-also link).

* test(e2e): harden umbrella close terminal reads with bounded wait-for-state

The MegaTask umbrella close test flaked once on CI (ceo-approve returned
200 but the re-fetch saw awaiting_pm_review) then passed on re-run. The
production path is deterministic: complete -> main_pm_complete ->
submit_pm_review -> escalate_to_ceo -> ceo_approve -> commit, all on one
session, all awaited; the fire-and-forget completion hooks are isolated
(own session, best-effort, never touch task.status or the request session).
20 local runs could not reproduce it.

The one real surface is the read pattern: the e2e stack commits on the
uvicorn thread's loop and reads via a separate loop (run_db -> asyncio.run
with a fresh engine), so a terminal single point-read can race a
still-draining completion hook on a contended runner. Replace the two
terminal point-reads with a bounded wait_for_status poll. Strictly better
than a one-shot read: absorbs the transient, and a genuine state bug still
surfaces via the timeout branch asserting against the last-read state.

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Co-authored-by: Renn F <rennf93@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: Renn F <rennf93@users.noreply.github.com>
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"""Scenario: a hung gateway flow-verb must release its task-row FOR UPDATE
lock within a bounded server-side timeout — not hold it forever.
Reproduces the 2026-07-07 wedge (a ``kimi-k2.7-code:cloud`` agent on task
79d686f0): a verb whose request transaction held the ``SELECT ... FOR
UPDATE`` lock on the task row never committed. uvicorn does not cancel the
endpoint coroutine on client disconnect, and ``get_db`` only rolled back on
``Exception`` (not a hang), so the row lock was held indefinitely — every
later task-row write on that task blocked on the lock and timed out, while
plain reads (``evidence``) and journal writes (``note``, a different row)
stayed fast. The fix is a server-side ``asyncio.timeout`` on flow verbs
(``FlowVerbTimeoutMiddleware``): on expiry the inner app is cancelled,
``get_db`` rolls back (releasing the lock), and a clean retryable 504
``gateway_timeout`` envelope is returned.
The hang is injected INSIDE the verb's own transaction: ``claim`` acquires
the FOR UPDATE lock, then ``set_plan`` sleeps past the server timeout. The
sleep fires on the FIRST ``set_plan`` call only — a retry ``i_will_plan``
short-circuits as idempotent re-entry (the umbrella scenario's claim-time
gate dance relies on the same behavior: the composed sequence runs once,
retries skip it), so the hang has to be on the one call that actually runs.
Two tests give the empirical proof:
- ``test_flow_verb_timeout_releases_row_lock`` (fix ARMED, server timeout
1s): verb-1's hang is cancelled at 1s, ``get_db`` rolls back (lock
released), a 504 ``gateway_timeout`` comes back, and verb-2 re-acquires
the row and reaches the post-claim gate (``tracing_gap``). Reaching the
gate is the success marker — the verb completed its composed transaction.
- ``test_flow_verb_holds_lock_when_timeout_disarmed`` (fix DISARMED, server
timeout 1000s + MCP client timeout 3s): verb-1's hang is NOT cancelled,
so it holds the FOR UPDATE lock past the client's HTTP timeout — the
empirical reproduction of the wedge on the same branch, by turning the
fix off.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import asyncio
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
import httpx
from tests.e2e_smoke.arcs import (
origin_branch,
seed_company,
seed_project,
seed_task,
set_branch_name,
)
from tests.e2e_smoke.harness import ScriptedAgent, expect_error
if TYPE_CHECKING:
from uuid import UUID
import pytest
from tests.e2e_smoke.arcs import Company
from tests.e2e_smoke.harness import E2EStack
# Pydantic's IWillPlanRequest.approach enforces >= 150 chars at the HTTP
# boundary, so every i_will_plan call needs a compliant approach.
_APPROACH = (
"Plan and delegate the page-scoped refresh button work to the frontend "
"cell: land the provider/hook, add the navbar button, remove the inline "
"buttons, and route one planning subtask to fe-pm for delivery."
)
_SUB_TASKS = [
{
"title": "Frontend cell: refresh button",
"description": (
"Delegate the navbar refresh button to fe-pm: land the "
"provider/hook and wire the click handler into the page."
),
}
]
_PLAN = "Land the refresh button via the frontend cell."
# set_plan sleeps this long inside the verb's own transaction. On the fix
# (1s server timeout) the sleep is cancelled well before this; disarmed
# (1000s server timeout, 3s client timeout) the client trips first.
_HANG_SECONDS = 8.0
_SERVER_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 1.0
_DISARMED_SERVER_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 1000.0
# The MCP client's HTTP timeout for the disarmed reproduction — must be less
# than _HANG_SECONDS so the client trips before the sleep ends. Applied
# AFTER priming the per-agent flow_server reload (a pre-call patch is
# clobbered by the reload on the first flow() call).
_MCP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 3.0
def _seed_planning_root(
stack: E2EStack, company: Company
) -> tuple[ScriptedAgent, UUID]:
"""Seed a PENDING MAIN_PM planning root + its origin branch for the test."""
from roboco.models import Team
from roboco.models.base import TaskStatus, TaskType
project_id, _project_slug = seed_project(stack, company)
main_pm = ScriptedAgent(stack, company.main_pm_id, "main-pm", "main_pm")
task_id = seed_task(
stack,
title="Root: page-scoped refresh button",
description="Frontend-only root: provider/hook + navbar button.",
acceptance_criteria=["the refresh button lands on master"],
task_type=TaskType.PLANNING,
team=Team.MAIN_PM,
project_id=project_id,
created_by=company.main_pm_id,
assigned_to=company.main_pm_id,
status=TaskStatus.PENDING,
)
branch = f"feature/main_pm/{str(task_id)[:8]}"
origin_branch(stack, branch, start="master")
set_branch_name(stack, task_id, branch)
return main_pm, task_id
def _patch_hang_in_set_plan(
monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
) -> None:
"""Make the first ``TaskService.set_plan`` call sleep past the timeout.
The hang is inside the verb's own transaction: claim has already
acquired the FOR UPDATE row lock when set_plan runs, so the sleep holds
the lock until the transaction commits or rolls back. Only the FIRST
call sleeps — a retry i_will_plan short-circuits as re-entry and never
re-runs set_plan, so a per-call counter would never reach a second hang.
"""
from roboco.services.task import TaskService
real_set_plan = TaskService.set_plan
hung = {"done": False}
async def hung_set_plan(
self: TaskService, task_id: UUID, plan: str | dict[str, Any]
) -> Any:
if not hung["done"]:
hung["done"] = True
await asyncio.sleep(_HANG_SECONDS)
return await real_set_plan(self, task_id, plan)
monkeypatch.setattr(TaskService, "set_plan", hung_set_plan)
def test_flow_verb_timeout_releases_row_lock(
e2e_stack: E2EStack, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
) -> None:
"""Fix ARMED: a hung verb is cancelled, its lock released, retry proceeds."""
from roboco.config import settings
stack = e2e_stack
company = seed_company(stack)
main_pm, task_id = _seed_planning_root(stack, company)
# Server-side verb timeout: 1s. A hung verb is cancelled and its
# transaction rolled back at this boundary instead of holding the FOR
# UPDATE lock forever.
monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "flow_verb_timeout_seconds", _SERVER_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
_patch_hang_in_set_plan(monkeypatch)
# 1. verb-1: claim -> FOR UPDATE lock -> set_plan HANGS. The server
# cancels at 1s, get_db rolls back (releasing the lock), and a 504
# gateway_timeout envelope comes back within the default client
# window (the fix makes the hang bounded; no client-side race).
env1 = main_pm.flow(
"i_will_plan",
task_id=str(task_id),
plan=_PLAN,
approach=_APPROACH,
sub_tasks=_SUB_TASKS,
)
expect_error(env1, "gateway_timeout", "verb-1 must return a bounded 504, not hang")
# 2. verb-2: the task was rolled back to PENDING by verb-1's
# cancellation, so claim re-enters and acquires the row (only
# possible because verb-1 released the lock). set_plan runs for
# real, start commits, and the post-claim tracing gate fires (no
# decision note) -> tracing_gap. Reaching the gate is the success
# marker: on master the row would still be locked by verb-1's stuck
# coroutine and this claim would hang on the FOR UPDATE.
env2 = main_pm.flow(
"i_will_plan",
task_id=str(task_id),
plan=_PLAN,
approach=_APPROACH,
sub_tasks=_SUB_TASKS,
)
expect_error(
env2,
"tracing_gap",
"verb-2 reaches the post-claim gate — the row lock was released",
)
def test_flow_verb_holds_lock_when_timeout_disarmed(
e2e_stack: E2EStack, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
) -> None:
"""Fix DISARMED: with no bounded server timeout, the hung verb holds the
lock past the client's HTTP timeout — the empirical reproduction of the
2026-07-07 wedge on the same branch, by turning the fix off.
"""
from roboco.config import settings
from roboco.mcp import flow_server
stack = e2e_stack
company = seed_company(stack)
main_pm, task_id = _seed_planning_root(stack, company)
# Disarm the server-side timeout: 1000s. The hung verb is NOT cancelled
# by the server, so it holds the FOR UPDATE lock for the full sleep.
monkeypatch.setattr(
settings, "flow_verb_timeout_seconds", _DISARMED_SERVER_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
)
_patch_hang_in_set_plan(monkeypatch)
# Prime the per-agent flow_server reload with a no-op verb (i_am_idle
# touches no task). The reload resets module globals (_TIMEOUT=30), so a
# pre-call patch would be clobbered; after this call the module is
# pinned to this agent and the patch below survives.
main_pm.flow("i_am_idle")
monkeypatch.setattr(flow_server, "_TIMEOUT", _MCP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
# verb-1: claim -> FOR UPDATE lock -> set_plan HANGS. The server does
# not cancel (1000s timeout), so the verb holds the lock past the
# client's 3s HTTP timeout — the wedge. httpx raises, never returning
# an envelope.
verb1_hung = False
try:
main_pm.flow(
"i_will_plan",
task_id=str(task_id),
plan=_PLAN,
approach=_APPROACH,
sub_tasks=_SUB_TASKS,
)
except httpx.TimeoutException:
verb1_hung = True
assert verb1_hung, (
"verb-1 did NOT hang with the server timeout disarmed — the wedge is "
"not reproduced; either the hang injection broke or the server is "
"cancelling despite the disarmed timeout"
)