# LocalDb Phase 2 — resume state (written 2026-07-20, pre-compaction) Scratch handoff for picking the plan back up. Delete once Phase 2 lands. **Plan:** [`2026-07-19-localdb-adoption-phase2.md`](2026-07-19-localdb-adoption-phase2.md) (execute with `superpowers-extended-cc:executing-plans`; task state in `…-phase2.md.tasks.json`) **Branch:** `feat/localdb-phase2` (from `feat/localdb-phase1`, which is **not** merged/pushed) **Tree:** clean @ `8652eab9`. Build 0 warnings. --- ## Where we are **Task 1 (the gate) is DONE. Its STOP verdict has been superseded — Phase 2 is unblocked.** Task 1 appeared to fail on a Phase 1 blocker (LocalDb throwing `disk I/O error` under load). That was **root-caused the same day as observer-induced and not a product defect**: host-side `sqlite3` reads of the live bind-mounted WAL files reset the WAL under the container. The unmodified library sustains the full soak load indefinitely. Full write-up in [`docs/known-issues/2026-07-20-localdb-disk-io-error-under-load.md`](../known-issues/2026-07-20-localdb-disk-io-error-under-load.md) §0 (cause) and §11a (fixes shipped). **Tasks 2–21 are untouched. No plan code has been written.** ### Before starting Task 3 1. **Task 2** (trivial, ~3 min) — the decision record. Blocked on Task 1's numbers, which are partly missing (below). 2. **Re-run the cut-short sampling.** The soak died before producing sustained `sf_messages` / `native_alarm_state` write rates. Use the **`snap` helper now in the plan** (Task 1 step 2, ~line 217) — copies the `.db`/`-wal`/`-shm` triplet and queries the copy. **Never** run host-side `sqlite3` against a live file. Both site-a nodes must have been restarted since any host-side read (they have been — see rig state). 3. Then Wave 1 (Tasks 3 + 4) can be dispatched in parallel. --- ## Findings that change the plan (carry these forward) From [`2026-07-19-localdb-phase2-soak.md`](2026-07-19-localdb-phase2-soak.md): - **D6's premise is wrong, its risk is real.** The plan says `config_json` is "documented to exceed 128 KB per row." The source actually says the *escaped Akka envelope* blew the 128 KB frame and the raw JSON "only needs to be ~60-70 KB". So the largest known production row is ~60–70 KB → **no stop condition**. But `MaxBatchSize=500` is unsafe (500 × 70 KB ≈ 35 MB vs a 4 MB gRPC cap) → **Task 19 must set `LocalDb:Replication:MaxBatchSize = 16`.** This is the one firmly evidence-backed number. - **D4 is wrong.** `native_alarm_state` is not "unbounded by design" — `NativeAlarmActor` coalesces per `SourceReference` on a 100 ms flush (`NativeAlarmActor.cs:473-502`), so worst case is `distinct_source_refs × 10/sec`. - **`sf_messages` has a hard 50 rows/sec ceiling** — `SweepBatchLimit` (500) ÷ `RetryTimerInterval` (10 s). A ceiling, not an estimate. - **Task 1 step 7's stop condition is much weaker than written.** Exceeding the oplog caps prunes and flags `needs_snapshot` → graceful snapshot resync (`OplogStore.cs:109-138`, `MaintenanceBackgroundService.cs:57`). Not data loss, not a wedge. The plan's own Task-1 method also needed four corrections (metrics sidecar, safe sampling, no alarm generator on this rig, template 4 undeployable) — all recorded in the soak doc §1. --- ## Rig operational gotchas (hard-won; not obvious from the repo) - **`ExternalSystem.Call` does NOT buffer to store-and-forward — only `ExternalSystem.CachedCall` does.** Using `Call` gives HTTP traffic and zero `sf_messages` rows. This is the single most important detail for generating S&F load. - **Never** query the bind-mounted SQLite files from the macOS host while containers run. Use the plan's `snap` helper, or `docker run --rm -v :/d alpine/sqlite3 …`. - **No `curl` in the `aspnet:10.0` image**, and metrics port 8084 is not published. Use a sidecar: `docker run --rm --network container:scadabridge-site-a-a curlimages/curl:latest -s localhost:8084/metrics` - **Seeded template 4 (`Motor Controller`) is not deployable** — 34 pre-deployment validation errors. The soak used a purpose-built `SoakGenerator` template instead. - CLI: `template script update` requires `--name` and `--trigger-type` even to change only `--code`. In zsh, don't put auth flags in an unquoted variable (no word-splitting). - Rig auth: `--url http://localhost:9000 --username multi-role --password password`. `LdapGroupMappings` role strings must be canonical `Designer`/`Deployer`; central caches them at startup, so restart central after seeding them. --- ## Rig state as left Reseeded and healthy; both site-a nodes restarted after the poisoning incident. **Needs cleanup before the Task 20 live gate:** - `ExternalSystemDefinitions` id 1 is still repointed to `http://127.0.0.1:9` — restore to `http://scadabridge-restapi:5200`. - Template `SoakGenerator` (id 2021) and instances `soakgen-1..4` (ids 5–8) are still deployed on site-a and **still generating load**. --- ## Commits this session | Commit | What | |---|---| | `25463d52` | plan review pass — corrections from code verification (D1/D3/D6, Task 1 method, Task 14) | | `cf46e596` | fix(rig): `seed-sites.sh` canonical `Designer`/`Deployer` role names | | `fc553bd9` | soak findings (gate verdict, since superseded) | | `82c869a1` | task record: gate verdict | | `e9e11d63` | root-cause brief for the disk-I/O issue | | `8652eab9` | root cause + hardening: extended SQLite error codes, `SiteAuditTelemetryActor` async-context fix, `reseed.sh` init-script fix | Two known flakes, do not chase: `InstanceActorChildAttributeRaceTests` (intermittent under full-suite load) and `ParentExecutionIdCorrelationTests` (~91 s / times out on a cold MSSQL fixture, ~1 s warm).