feat(agent_session): batch streamed log frames instead of one pg transaction per frame - #6009
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Every ACP frame used to cost its own Postgres transaction (BEGIN + INSERT + optional status UPDATE + COMMIT). For a token-streaming session that is several round trips per frame, many frames per second. LiveSessionLogWriter now buffers streamed output chunks and writes them in one multi-row INSERT, flushed every second, at 32 frames, or when a frame the rest of the system reacts to arrives: anything headed to the runtime and system events flush the buffer through with themselves, keeping the durable-before-acted-on contract for the frames where it matters. Streaming to viewers stays per-frame. Frames are stamped when appended, not when the flush lands, so read-back order still reflects append order. Only the last event in a batch projects onto the session status, and the model projection now writes only on change instead of once per frame.
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WalkthroughThe session log repository now supports batch writes with stamped timestamps and last-event status projection. Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Batching reduces database overhead but currently permits cross-session status inconsistencies and an unbounded scheduled flush that can stall session processing. Interrupted flushes may also leave projected state ahead of durable logs or duplicate entries on retry, so the PR is not merge-ready until these bounded correctness and availability risks are addressed or explicitly accepted. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@crates/agent_session/src/domain/ports.rs`:
- Around line 261-272: Enforce the single-session batch invariant across
create_batch and its implementations: in
crates/agent_session/src/domain/ports.rs:261-272, define or document validation
for rejecting entries with mismatched session IDs; apply that validation in
crates/agent_session/src/outbound/postgres.rs:754-763 and
crates/agent_session/src/testing.rs:345-353, or alternatively update both
adapters to project the final event separately for each session while preserving
ordered insertion.
In `@crates/agent_session/src/domain/session/actors.rs`:
- Around line 169-179: Update the scheduled flush branch in the session actor to
wrap self.logs.flush() with the existing bounded log-write timeout used by
dispatch paths, mapping timeout and flush errors to
Input::Closed(CloseReason::LogFailed) while preserving successful continuation.
Add a regression test using a create_batch future that remains pending and
verifies the session closes with CloseReason::LogFailed.
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| /// Append a run of already-stamped entries in order, as one write. | ||
| /// | ||
| /// Entries arrive stamped because the writer holding them back is what | ||
| /// knows when each frame was appended; stamping at flush time would give | ||
| /// a whole batch the flush's timestamp and lose the order `created_at` | ||
| /// exists to preserve. Only the last system event in the batch needs | ||
| /// projecting onto the session status - statuses overwrite, so the | ||
| /// intermediates were never observable. | ||
| fn create_batch( | ||
| &self, | ||
| entries: Vec<StoredAgentSessionLog>, | ||
| ) -> impl Future<Output = Result<()>> + Send; |
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Enforce the single-session batch invariant.
LiveSessionLogWriter does not bind a session ID, so append can buffer entries for different sessions before flush calls create_batch. Both adapters insert all entries but update only the last event found across the batch. A mixed batch can therefore leave an earlier session with a stale status. Reject mismatched session IDs or project the last event per session in both adapters.
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crates/agent_session/src/domain/ports.rs#L261-L272(this comment)crates/agent_session/src/outbound/postgres.rs#L754-L763crates/agent_session/src/testing.rs#L345-L353
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In `@crates/agent_session/src/domain/ports.rs` around lines 261 - 272, Enforce the
single-session batch invariant across create_batch and its implementations: in
crates/agent_session/src/domain/ports.rs:261-272, define or document validation
for rejecting entries with mismatched session IDs; apply that validation in
crates/agent_session/src/outbound/postgres.rs:754-763 and
crates/agent_session/src/testing.rs:345-353, or alternatively update both
adapters to project the final event separately for each session while preserving
ordered insertion.
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| () = log_flush_due => match self.logs.flush().await { | ||
| Ok(()) => continue, | ||
| Err(error) => { | ||
| tracing::error!( | ||
| error = ?error, | ||
| id = %self.machine.id(), | ||
| "agent session failed to flush buffered log frames" | ||
| ); | ||
| Input::Closed(CloseReason::LogFailed) | ||
| } | ||
| }, |
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Bound the scheduled flush.
Line 169 awaits self.logs.flush() without a timeout. If the repository future stalls, next_input cannot receive commands or inbound frames. The session then never reaches CloseReason::LogFailed.
Use the same bounded log-write timeout as the dispatch paths. Convert a timeout into Input::Closed(CloseReason::LogFailed). Add a regression test with a create_batch future that remains pending.
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In `@crates/agent_session/src/domain/session/actors.rs` around lines 169 - 179,
Update the scheduled flush branch in the session actor to wrap self.logs.flush()
with the existing bounded log-write timeout used by dispatch paths, mapping
timeout and flush errors to Input::Closed(CloseReason::LogFailed) while
preserving successful continuation. Add a regression test using a create_batch
future that remains pending and verifies the session closes with
CloseReason::LogFailed.
…rites LiveSessionLogWriter now always lands through create_batch. The in-memory repo's create projected a set-model request onto the session row, but create_batch only projected status events, so agent_harness's changing_the_model_persists_it_and_tells_the_running_agent failed. Share one persist path so the two cannot drift. Co-authored-by: Wolf Mermelstein <wolf@404wolf.com>
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| // for the batch. The port drops frames by contract, and a reader who | ||
| // reloads folds the stored log - so the worst a dropped publish costs | ||
| // is a viewer who has to reload, and the worst a crash costs is a | ||
| // viewer who briefly saw frames the log lost with the buffer. |
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Late joiners miss buffered frames
High Severity
Streamed frames are published immediately but stay out of the durable log until flush, and the in-memory buffer is not readable. A viewer who loads history and then subscribes skips frames that were already published but not yet flushed, so the live transcript gets a gap in the middle rather than a missing tail.
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| ); | ||
| Input::Closed(CloseReason::LogFailed) | ||
| } | ||
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Periodic flush can hang the actor
Medium Severity
The new log_flush_due arm awaits flush with no timeout. append is bounded by COMMAND_DELIVERY_TIMEOUT and maps expiry to LogFailed. A stuck create_batch freezes the actor so it cannot take commands, inbound frames, or the handshake deadline.
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Why
Every ACP frame crossing
LiveSessionLogWriter::appendcost its own Postgres transaction (BEGIN+INSERT+ optional statusUPDATE+COMMIT) — several round trips per frame, many frames per second per token-streaming session. The code even had a comment anticipating this: "Batch if the write rate ever matters."What
Buffered writes for streamed chunks.
LiveSessionLogWriternow buffers streamed output frames and lands them in one multi-rowINSERT ... UNNESTvia a newAgentSessionLogRepo::create_batch. Flush triggers:LOG_FLUSH_INTERVAL, driven by a new arm in the session actor'snext_inputselect loop),MAX_BUFFERED_LOG_FRAMES),Durability contract kept where it matters. Frames the rest of the system reacts to flush the buffer through with themselves before the append returns: anything headed to the runtime (history must never lack a message the agent received) and system events (they project onto session status). Only streamed
ToServeroutput — the volume — waits for the batch, so a crash loses at most ~1s of the tail of streamed output, never a hole in the middle (flushes are in append order).Streaming stays live. Viewers get every frame published immediately; for buffered frames durability is deferred behind the publish, which is the point.
Timestamps stay truthful. Frames are stamped by the writer when appended, not when the flush lands, and the batch insert writes those stamps — so
ORDER BY created_at, idread-back still reflects append order, and streamed timestamps match stored ones exactly.Write coalescing on projections. Only the last system event in a batch projects onto
agent_session.status(statuses overwrite; intermediates were never observable), and the model projection now writes only when the model changes rather than anUPDATEper frame.Notes
appendreturningOknow means durable or buffered; a failed flush drops its batch (same loss semantics as the old failed per-frame write, never a duplicate) and tears the session down through the existingLogFailedpath.seed_jsonlflushes after its replay loop.create_batchtest (stamps survive, last event projects, empty batch is a no-op).Testing
cargo test -p agent_session— 115 passed (live local Postgres).cargo checkof dependent crates (agent_harness,agent_trigger,agent_inmem,coding_agent_worker,webhook) against the live DB.just prepare_db— one new cached query, checked in.Note
Medium Risk
Changes agent session log persistence semantics (brief tail loss on crash for buffered stream chunks) and adds timed flush in the actor loop, though runtime-bound and status frames keep the prior durable-before-act contract.
Overview
Live session log writes are batched so high-volume streamed ACP output no longer triggers a Postgres transaction per frame.
LiveSessionLogWriterbuffers frames and persists them via newAgentSessionLogRepo::create_batch(multi-rowINSERT … UNNEST), flushing on a 1s timer, when 32 frames accumulate, or when a flush-through frame arrives.Durability rules are split by frame kind.
ToRuntimemessages and system events still force a flush beforeappendreturns; streamedToServerchunks can stay buffered. Viewers still get realtime publishes immediately; only durability is deferred for those chunks. Frames arecreated_at-stamped at append, and batch inserts preserve those stamps for ordering.The session actor now wakes on
flush_deadlineto flush buffered logs (failures close viaLogFailed). Postgres batch writes project only the last system event in a batch onto session status; the writer also coalesces modelUPDATEs when the model unchanged.seed_jsonland tests callflushwhere a complete durable log is required.Reviewed by Cursor Bugbot for commit 200e623. Bugbot is set up for automated code reviews on this repo. Configure here.