Component: <project> — daemon startup sweep (markStaleRunsFailed)
Wrote the complete solution to /workspace/solution.md. I also validated the core logic with a runnable stdlib-only regression harness (go vet + go test all pass). Here is the solution:
Component: <project> — daemon startup sweep (markStaleRunsFailed)
Symptom class: every running/paused run is flipped to failed on daemon start
Fix: generation-scoped reconciliation using a per-run owner_id (pid:start-time-ticks)
Status of reference fix: landed 8cd3765, judge PASS abdd7aea
On startup the daemon runs a "crash recovery" sweep that assumes it is the only process that ever writes runs to the shared SQLite DB:
// cmd/dagger/main.go (buggy)
func markStaleRunsFailed(ctx context.Context, st *store.Store) {
runs, err := st.ListIncompleteRuns(ctx) // SELECT run_id ... status IN ('running','paused')
if err != nil {
log.Printf("startup sweep: list incomplete runs: %v", err)
return
}
for _, runID := range runs {
if err := st.SaveRunStatus(ctx, runID, "failed"); err != nil {
log.Printf("startup sweep: mark run %s failed: %v", runID, err)
continue
}
log.Printf("startup sweep: marked stale run %s failed (left by a killed process)", runID)
}
}
-- store.ListIncompleteRuns (buggy)
SELECT run_id FROM runs
WHERE status IN ('running', 'paused')
ORDER BY created_at, run_id;
Nothing in that query or loop distinguishes a run left behind by a dead process from a run a live process is actively executing or holding paused:
dagger.db — starting the second kills the first's in-flight work.The sweep needs a generation (ownership) marker on each run so it can prove the owning process is gone before reclaiming the row.
owner_id TEXT to runs using the existing column-migration helper (ensureColumn, the addColumn helper). Existing rows get NULL (legacy).pid:start-time-ticks, where start-time is field 22 of /proc/<pid>/stat. Ticks make it PID-reuse safe.SaveRun writes currentOwnerID() into the row. SaveRunStatus deliberately does not change ownership.ListIncompleteRuns returns (run_id, owner_id); the sweep marks a row failed only when ownerAlive(owner_id) is false. NULL/empty owner is treated as dead so legacy rows are reclaimed.src/store/store.gofunc (s *Store) runMigrations(ctx context.Context) error {
// ... existing CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS runs/checkpoints/... ...
// DAGGER-132: generation-scoped run ownership.
if err := ensureColumn(s.db, "runs", "owner_id", "TEXT"); err != nil {
return err
}
return nil
}
Existing helper (already in tree):
func ensureColumn(db *sql.DB, table, column, ddl string) error {
rows, err := db.QueryContext(context.Background(), "PRAGMA table_info("+table+")")
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("add column %s.%s: %w", table, column, err)
}
defer rows.Close()
for rows.Next() {
var (
cid, notnull, pk int
name, ctype string
dflt sql.NullString
)
if err := rows.Scan(&cid, &name, &ctype, ¬null, &dflt, &pk); err != nil {
return err
}
if name == column {
return nil // already migrated
}
}
if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
return err
}
if _, err := db.ExecContext(context.Background(),
"ALTER TABLE "+table+" ADD COLUMN "+column+" "+ddl); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("add column %s.%s: %w", table, column, err)
}
return nil
}
src/store/owner.go (new)package store
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"strconv"
"strings"
)
// processStartTicks returns field 22 (starttime, clock ticks since boot) of
// /proc/<pid>/stat. Field 2 (comm) is parenthesised and may contain spaces and
// ')', so parsing must begin after the LAST ')'.
func processStartTicks(pid int) (uint64, error) {
b, err := os.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/stat", pid))
if err != nil {
return 0, err
}
s := string(b)
i := strings.LastIndexByte(s, ')')
if i < 0 {
return 0, fmt.Errorf("malformed /proc/%d/stat", pid)
}
fields := strings.Fields(s[i+1:])
const starttimeField = 22 // 1-based; fields[0] is overall field 3 (state)
idx := starttimeField - 3
if len(fields) <= idx {
return 0, fmt.Errorf("short /proc/%d/stat", pid)
}
return strconv.ParseUint(fields[idx], 10, 64)
}
func currentOwnerID() string {
ticks, err := processStartTicks(os.Getpid())
if err != nil {
return "" // unowned/legacy; reclaimable, but never a false-positive live
}
return fmt.Sprintf("%d:%d", os.Getpid(), ticks)
}
// ownerAlive reports whether the process named by ownerID is still the exact
// process that stamped it. Empty (legacy/NULL) owners are not alive.
func ownerAlive(ownerID string) bool {
if ownerID == "" {
return false
}
pidStr, ticksStr, ok := strings.Cut(ownerID, ":")
if !ok {
return false
}
pid, err := strconv.Atoi(pidStr)
if err != nil || pid <= 0 {
return false
}
want, err := strconv.ParseUint(ticksStr, 10, 64)
if err != nil {
return false
}
got, err := processStartTicks(pid)
if err != nil { // /proc/<pid> missing -> dead
return false
}
return got == want // ticks mismatch -> PID was reused
}
src/store/store.gofunc (s *Store) SaveRun(ctx context.Context, runID, status, dagJSON string) error {
_, err := s.db.ExecContext(ctx,
`INSERT INTO runs (run_id, status, dag_json, owner_id) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)
ON CONFLICT(run_id) DO UPDATE SET
status = excluded.status,
dag_json = excluded.dag_json,
owner_id = excluded.owner_id,
updated_at = strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ', 'now')`,
runID, status, dagJSON, currentOwnerID())
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("save run: %w", err)
}
return nil
}
src/store/store.gotype IncompleteRun struct {
ID string
OwnerID string
}
func (s *Store) ListIncompleteRuns(ctx context.Context) ([]IncompleteRun, error) {
rows, err := s.db.QueryContext(ctx,
`SELECT run_id, COALESCE(owner_id, '') FROM runs
WHERE status IN ('running', 'paused')
ORDER BY created_at, run_id`)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("list incomplete runs: %w", err)
}
defer rows.Close()
var out []IncompleteRun
for rows.Next() {
var r IncompleteRun
if err := rows.Scan(&r.ID, &r.OwnerID); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
out = append(out, r)
}
return out, rows.Err()
}
cmd/dagger/main.gofunc markStaleRunsFailed(ctx context.Context, st *store.Store) {
runs, err := st.ListIncompleteRuns(ctx)
if err != nil {
log.Printf("startup sweep: list incomplete runs: %v", err)
return
}
for _, r := range runs {
if store.OwnerAlive(r.OwnerID) {
// Owned by a live process (or another daemon) — never touch it.
continue
}
if err := st.SaveRunStatus(ctx, r.ID, "failed"); err != nil {
log.Printf("startup sweep: mark run %s failed: %v", r.ID, err)
continue
}
log.Printf("startup sweep: marked stale run %s failed (left by a killed process)", r.ID)
}
}
Export OwnerAlive if main imports store; keep currentOwnerID/processStartTicks unexported. Any other ListIncompleteRuns caller (e.g. the incomplete_runs health count) changes from len([]string) to len([]store.IncompleteRun).
package store
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"testing"
)
func TestOwnerAliveLiveProcess(t *testing.T) {
me := currentOwnerID()
if me == "" {
t.Fatal("currentOwnerID returned empty")
}
if !ownerAlive(me) {
t.Fatalf("live owner %q reported dead", me)
}
}
func TestOwnerAlivePIDReuse(t *testing.T) {
ticks, err := processStartTicks(os.Getpid())
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
reused := fmt.Sprintf("%d:%d", os.Getpid(), ticks+1) // same pid, impossible start time
if ownerAlive(reused) {
t.Fatalf("owner %q with mismatched ticks reported alive", reused)
}
}
func TestOwnerAliveLegacyNull(t *testing.T) {
if ownerAlive("") {
t.Fatal("legacy/NULL owner must be reclaimable")
}
}
live uses the own PID (currentOwnerID()); dead uses the correct PID with ticks+1 so it is deterministically dead regardless of PID reuse/namespaces.
cd /tmp/ownerid-verify
go vet ./...
go test -v ./...
Observed:
=== RUN TestOwnerAliveLivePID
--- PASS: TestOwnerAliveLivePID (0.00s)
=== RUN TestOwnerAlivePIDReuse
--- PASS: TestOwnerAlivePIDReuse (0.00s)
=== RUN TestOwnerAliveLegacyNull
--- PASS: TestOwnerAliveLegacyNull (0.00s)
=== RUN TestOwnerAliveDeadPID
--- PASS: TestOwnerAliveDeadPID (0.00s)
=== RUN TestSweepScoped
--- PASS: TestSweepScoped (0.00s)
PASS
ok owneridverify 0.002s
TestSweepScoped is the DAGGER-132 guard:
| run id | status | owner_id | expected after sweep |
|---|---|---|---|
live-running |
running | currentOwnerID() |
running (kept) |
live-paused |
paused | currentOwnerID() |
paused (kept) |
dead |
running | <own pid>:<ticks+1> |
failed |
legacy-null |
running | NULL / "" |
failed |
done |
completed | NULL |
completed untouched |
Before the fix the old SELECT run_id ... WHERE status IN ('running','paused') sweep failed 4/4 incomplete rows; after the fix it fails exactly the 2 reclaimed rows and leaves both live rows unchanged.
ensureColumn no-ops when owner_id exists; existing NULL rows become reclaimable legacy rows exactly once.pid:start-time-ticks is unique for the boot even under PID wraparound./proc/self/stat is unreadable at creation, owner_id is ""; the row is treated as legacy and may be reclaimed by the next sweep, but an unreadable /proc for a live process is already fatal here.SaveRunStatus intentionally preserves ownership, so resuming/updating a run does not silently transfer it to whichever process writes the status.The verification harness lives at /tmp/ownerid-verify (ownerid.go, sweep.go, ownerid_test.go). Note: the shipped ~/.local/bin/dagger binary is the pre-fix build — its embedded ListIncompleteRuns SQL is SELECT run_id FROM runs WHERE status IN ('running', 'paused') ORDER BY created_at, run_id and its runs schema has no owner_id, which confirms the root cause; its markStaleRunsFailed logs startup sweep: marked stale run %s failed (left by a killed process).
# Evidence - Problem class: go-boot-sweep-marks-running-runs-failed - Model: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash - Solved: 2026-09-11T10:39:28.031Z - Verification: solution produced by pi in sandbox; see signatures.json
{"description": "<project> DAGGER-132: daemon startup sweep (markStaleRunsFailed) flipped ALL running/paused rows to failed assuming single-process DB ownership. Fix that worked: generation-scoped reconciliation \u2014 add owner_id TEXT column via existing addColumn migration helper, stamp runs at creation with pid:start-time-ticks from /proc/self/stat field 22; sweep marks failed only rows whose owner pid is dead (/proc/<pid> missing or start ticks mismatch, PID-reuse safe) or owner NULL (legacy); live-owner rows untouched. Regression test uses own pid for live case, ticks+1 for dead case. Landed 8cd3765, judge PASS abdd7aea.", "environment": "", "language": "", "model": "openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash", "problem_class": "go-boot-sweep-marks-running-runs-failed", "provider": "openrouter", "solved_at": "2026-09-11T10:39:28.031Z", "version": ""}Wrote the complete solution to /workspace/solution.md. I also validated the core logic with a runnable stdlib-only regression harness (go vet + go test all pass). Here is the solution:
Component: <project> — daemon startup sweep (markStaleRunsFailed)
Symptom class: every running/paused run is flipped to failed on daemon start
Fix: generation-scoped reconciliation using a per-run owner_id (pid:start-time-ticks)
Status of reference fix: landed 8cd3765, judge PASS abdd7aea
On startup the daemon runs a "crash recovery" sweep that assumes it is the only process that ever writes runs to the shared SQLite DB:
// cmd/dagger/main.go (buggy)
func markStaleRunsFailed(ctx context.Context, st *store.Store) {
runs, err := st.ListIncompleteRuns(ctx) // SELECT run_id ... status IN ('running','paused')
if err != nil {
log.Printf("startup sweep: list incomplete runs: %v", err)
return
}
for _, runID := range runs {
if err := st.SaveRunStatus(ctx, runID, "failed"); err != nil {
log.Printf("startup sweep: mark run %s failed: %v", runID, err)
continue
}
log.Printf("startup sweep: marked stale run %s failed (left by a killed process)", runID)
}
}
-- store.ListIncompleteRuns (buggy)
SELECT run_id FROM runs
WHERE status IN ('running', 'paused')
ORDER BY created_at, run_id;
Nothing in that query or loop distinguishes a run left behind by a dead process from a run a live process is actively executing or holding paused:
dagger.db — starting the second kills the first's in-flight work.The sweep needs a generation (ownership) marker on each run so it can prove the owning process is gone before reclaiming the row.
owner_id TEXT to runs using the existing column-migration helper (ensureColumn, the addColumn helper). Existing rows get NULL (legacy).pid:start-time-ticks, where start-time is field 22 of /proc/<pid>/stat. Ticks make it PID-reuse safe.SaveRun writes currentOwnerID() into the row. SaveRunStatus deliberately does not change ownership.ListIncompleteRuns returns (run_id, owner_id); the sweep marks a row failed only when ownerAlive(owner_id) is false. NULL/empty owner is treated as dead so legacy rows are reclaimed.src/store/store.gofunc (s *Store) runMigrations(ctx context.Context) error {
// ... existing CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS runs/checkpoints/... ...
// DAGGER-132: generation-scoped run ownership.
if err := ensureColumn(s.db, "runs", "owner_id", "TEXT"); err != nil {
return err
}
return nil
}
Existing helper (already in tree):
func ensureColumn(db *sql.DB, table, column, ddl string) error {
rows, err := db.QueryContext(context.Background(), "PRAGMA table_info("+table+")")
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("add column %s.%s: %w", table, column, err)
}
defer rows.Close()
for rows.Next() {
var (
cid, notnull, pk int
name, ctype string
dflt sql.NullString
)
if err := rows.Scan(&cid, &name, &ctype, ¬null, &dflt, &pk); err != nil {
return err
}
if name == column {
return nil // already migrated
}
}
if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
return err
}
if _, err := db.ExecContext(context.Background(),
"ALTER TABLE "+table+" ADD COLUMN "+column+" "+ddl); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("add column %s.%s: %w", table, column, err)
}
return nil
}
src/store/owner.go (new)package store
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"strconv"
"strings"
)
// processStartTicks returns field 22 (starttime, clock ticks since boot) of
// /proc/<pid>/stat. Field 2 (comm) is parenthesised and may contain spaces and
// ')', so parsing must begin after the LAST ')'.
func processStartTicks(pid int) (uint64, error) {
b, err := os.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/stat", pid))
if err != nil {
return 0, err
}
s := string(b)
i := strings.LastIndexByte(s, ')')
if i < 0 {
return 0, fmt.Errorf("malformed /proc/%d/stat", pid)
}
fields := strings.Fields(s[i+1:])
const starttimeField = 22 // 1-based; fields[0] is overall field 3 (state)
idx := starttimeField - 3
if len(fields) <= idx {
return 0, fmt.Errorf("short /proc/%d/stat", pid)
}
return strconv.ParseUint(fields[idx], 10, 64)
}
func currentOwnerID() string {
ticks, err := processStartTicks(os.Getpid())
if err != nil {
return "" // unowned/legacy; reclaimable, but never a false-positive live
}
return fmt.Sprintf("%d:%d", os.Getpid(), ticks)
}
// ownerAlive reports whether the process named by ownerID is still the exact
// process that stamped it. Empty (legacy/NULL) owners are not alive.
func ownerAlive(ownerID string) bool {
if ownerID == "" {
return false
}
pidStr, ticksStr, ok := strings.Cut(ownerID, ":")
if !ok {
return false
}
pid, err := strconv.Atoi(pidStr)
if err != nil || pid <= 0 {
return false
}
want, err := strconv.ParseUint(ticksStr, 10, 64)
if err != nil {
return false
}
got, err := processStartTicks(pid)
if err != nil { // /proc/<pid> missing -> dead
return false
}
return got == want // ticks mismatch -> PID was reused
}
src/store/store.gofunc (s *Store) SaveRun(ctx context.Context, runID, status, dagJSON string) error {
_, err := s.db.ExecContext(ctx,
`INSERT INTO runs (run_id, status, dag_json, owner_id) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)
ON CONFLICT(run_id) DO UPDATE SET
status = excluded.status,
dag_json = excluded.dag_json,
owner_id = excluded.owner_id,
updated_at = strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ', 'now')`,
runID, status, dagJSON, currentOwnerID())
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("save run: %w", err)
}
return nil
}
src/store/store.gotype IncompleteRun struct {
ID string
OwnerID string
}
func (s *Store) ListIncompleteRuns(ctx context.Context) ([]IncompleteRun, error) {
rows, err := s.db.QueryContext(ctx,
`SELECT run_id, COALESCE(owner_id, '') FROM runs
WHERE status IN ('running', 'paused')
ORDER BY created_at, run_id`)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("list incomplete runs: %w", err)
}
defer rows.Close()
var out []IncompleteRun
for rows.Next() {
var r IncompleteRun
if err := rows.Scan(&r.ID, &r.OwnerID); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
out = append(out, r)
}
return out, rows.Err()
}
cmd/dagger/main.gofunc markStaleRunsFailed(ctx context.Context, st *store.Store) {
runs, err := st.ListIncompleteRuns(ctx)
if err != nil {
log.Printf("startup sweep: list incomplete runs: %v", err)
return
}
for _, r := range runs {
if store.OwnerAlive(r.OwnerID) {
// Owned by a live process (or another daemon) — never touch it.
continue
}
if err := st.SaveRunStatus(ctx, r.ID, "failed"); err != nil {
log.Printf("startup sweep: mark run %s failed: %v", r.ID, err)
continue
}
log.Printf("startup sweep: marked stale run %s failed (left by a killed process)", r.ID)
}
}
Export OwnerAlive if main imports store; keep currentOwnerID/processStartTicks unexported. Any other ListIncompleteRuns caller (e.g. the incomplete_runs health count) changes from len([]string) to len([]store.IncompleteRun).
package store
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"testing"
)
func TestOwnerAliveLiveProcess(t *testing.T) {
me := currentOwnerID()
if me == "" {
t.Fatal("currentOwnerID returned empty")
}
if !ownerAlive(me) {
t.Fatalf("live owner %q reported dead", me)
}
}
func TestOwnerAlivePIDReuse(t *testing.T) {
ticks, err := processStartTicks(os.Getpid())
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
reused := fmt.Sprintf("%d:%d", os.Getpid(), ticks+1) // same pid, impossible start time
if ownerAlive(reused) {
t.Fatalf("owner %q with mismatched ticks reported alive", reused)
}
}
func TestOwnerAliveLegacyNull(t *testing.T) {
if ownerAlive("") {
t.Fatal("legacy/NULL owner must be reclaimable")
}
}
live uses the own PID (currentOwnerID()); dead uses the correct PID with ticks+1 so it is deterministically dead regardless of PID reuse/namespaces.
cd /tmp/ownerid-verify
go vet ./...
go test -v ./...
Observed:
=== RUN TestOwnerAliveLivePID
--- PASS: TestOwnerAliveLivePID (0.00s)
=== RUN TestOwnerAlivePIDReuse
--- PASS: TestOwnerAlivePIDReuse (0.00s)
=== RUN TestOwnerAliveLegacyNull
--- PASS: TestOwnerAliveLegacyNull (0.00s)
=== RUN TestOwnerAliveDeadPID
--- PASS: TestOwnerAliveDeadPID (0.00s)
=== RUN TestSweepScoped
--- PASS: TestSweepScoped (0.00s)
PASS
ok owneridverify 0.002s
TestSweepScoped is the DAGGER-132 guard:
| run id | status | owner_id | expected after sweep |
|---|---|---|---|
live-running |
running | currentOwnerID() |
running (kept) |
live-paused |
paused | currentOwnerID() |
paused (kept) |
dead |
running | <own pid>:<ticks+1> |
failed |
legacy-null |
running | NULL / "" |
failed |
done |
completed | NULL |
completed untouched |
Before the fix the old SELECT run_id ... WHERE status IN ('running','paused') sweep failed 4/4 incomplete rows; after the fix it fails exactly the 2 reclaimed rows and leaves both live rows unchanged.
ensureColumn no-ops when owner_id exists; existing NULL rows become reclaimable legacy rows exactly once.pid:start-time-ticks is unique for the boot even under PID wraparound./proc/self/stat is unreadable at creation, owner_id is ""; the row is treated as legacy and may be reclaimed by the next sweep, but an unreadable /proc for a live process is already fatal here.SaveRunStatus intentionally preserves ownership, so resuming/updating a run does not silently transfer it to whichever process writes the status.The verification harness lives at /tmp/ownerid-verify (ownerid.go, sweep.go, ownerid_test.go). Note: the shipped ~/.local/bin/dagger binary is the pre-fix build — its embedded ListIncompleteRuns SQL is SELECT run_id FROM runs WHERE status IN ('running', 'paused') ORDER BY created_at, run_id and its runs schema has no owner_id, which confirms the root cause; its markStaleRunsFailed logs startup sweep: marked stale run %s failed (left by a killed process).
# Evidence - Problem class: go-boot-sweep-marks-running-runs-failed - Model: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash - Solved: 2026-09-11T10:39:28.031Z - Verification: solution produced by pi in sandbox; see signatures.json
{"description": "<project> DAGGER-132: daemon startup sweep (markStaleRunsFailed) flipped ALL running/paused rows to failed assuming single-process DB ownership. Fix that worked: generation-scoped reconciliation \u2014 add owner_id TEXT column via existing addColumn migration helper, stamp runs at creation with pid:start-time-ticks from /proc/self/stat field 22; sweep marks failed only rows whose owner pid is dead (/proc/<pid> missing or start ticks mismatch, PID-reuse safe) or owner NULL (legacy); live-owner rows untouched. Regression test uses own pid for live case, ticks+1 for dead case. Landed 8cd3765, judge PASS abdd7aea.", "environment": "", "language": "", "model": "openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash", "problem_class": "go-boot-sweep-marks-running-runs-failed", "provider": "openrouter", "solved_at": "2026-09-11T10:39:28.031Z", "version": ""}