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fix(bootstrap): first-boot FK race + single-flight hardening - #1130

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Cherry-picked and integrated from #1019 by @mmcintosh onto current main.

The original PR couldn't rebase cleanly — bootstrap.ts was heavily refactored on main since the PR was opened (path-based short-circuits, host-keyed KV markers, BOOTSTRAP_SYNC_KV_KEY throttle, verifySecurityConfigMemoized). This PR manually integrates the PR's value-add features into main's existing architecture.

Core fix (issue #1017)

On a fresh DB's first boot, bootstrapMiddleware ran all five seed steps in one Promise.all. Two steps create document_types rows while two others insert documents that FK-reference them. When a consumer INSERT won the race, D1 threw FOREIGN KEY constraint failed — caught and swallowed — leaving RBAC roles and core plugins unseeded. The KV skip-marker was written anyway (24h TTL), locking the broken state in.

Changes

  • Two-phase seed: Phase A (document type producers) awaits before Phase B (consumers) runs in parallel
  • runStep/bootstrapOk tracking: partial bootstrap never writes the KV marker or in-memory flag
  • isSystemSeedPresent: KV fast-path verifies specific seed rows (role-admin + core-auth) instead of a generic COUNT(*) on document_types
  • Backoff after failure: 30s cooldown prevents re-running the full bootstrap on every request
  • bootstrapCorePlugins returns failed IDs: a failed core plugin blocks the KV marker
  • Telemetry gated: snapshot only fires on successful bootstrap runs

What was NOT ported

The original PR's waitUntil-based bootstrap architecture (where bootstrap runs in background and requests only wait on a bounded signal) was not integrated — main's inline bootstrap + settlesWithin single-flight mechanism serves the same purpose and is already battle-tested.

Tests

  • bootstrap-fk-ordering.test.ts (4 tests): real SQLite with foreign_keys = ON
  • bootstrap-resilience.test.ts (6 tests): backoff, KV seed verification, plugin failure, telemetry gating
  • Updated bootstrap-fast-path-latency, bootstrap-single-flight, bootstrap-skip-order for the new isSystemSeedPresent query shape

Unit tests: 1980 passing, 0 new failures (4 pre-existing two-factor failures)

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Fixes #1017. Closes #1019.

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lane711 and others added 2 commits October 23, 2026 10:56
… harden KV verification

Cherry-picked and integrated from PR #1019 by @mmcintosh (Mark McIntosh).

Core fix: the bootstrap ran all five seed steps in one Promise.all, so on a
fresh DB a consumer INSERT (RBAC seed, plugin install) could win the race
against its producer (document type registration) and hit FOREIGN KEY
constraint failed. The per-step .catch() swallowed it, leaving roles/plugins
unseeded, then the KV marker latched the broken state for 24h.

Changes:
- Two-phase seed: Phase A (document type producers) awaits before Phase B
  (document consumers) runs in parallel
- runStep/bootstrapOk tracking: partial bootstrap never writes the KV marker
- isSystemSeedPresent: KV fast-path now verifies specific seed rows
  (role-admin + core-auth) instead of a generic document_types COUNT(*)
- Backoff after failure: 30s cooldown prevents re-running on every request
- bootstrapCorePlugins returns failed plugin IDs so failures block the marker
- Telemetry only fires on successful bootstrap runs

Tests:
- bootstrap-fk-ordering.test.ts: real SQLite with FK enforcement ON
- bootstrap-resilience.test.ts: backoff, KV verification, plugin failure
- Updated existing fast-path/single-flight/skip-order tests for new query

Fixes #1017. Closes #1019.

Co-Authored-By: Mark McIntosh <mmcintosh@infowall.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…fast-path gaps

1. Phase A failure now aborts Phase B: if document type registration fails,
   consumers are skipped — they'd hit the same FK constraint this fix prevents.

2. _setBootstrapTimingForTests: removed staleMs parameter that silently
   overwrote waitMs (both targeted BOOTSTRAP_DEADLINE_MS).

3. Removed tautological !bootstrapInFlight guard from backoff check —
   bootstrapInFlight is always null at that point in the control flow.

4. KV fast-path now logs bootstrapCorePlugins() failures instead of
   discarding the return value silently.

5. KV fast-path clears lastBootstrapFailureAt on success, preventing
   stale failure timestamps from causing spurious backoffs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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  • Bug Fixes
    • Required document types are registered before dependent records are created, preventing foreign-key errors during setup.
    • Failed setup attempts can retry after a brief backoff rather than leaving setup incomplete.
    • Startup checks verify essential system records before trusting a saved setup marker.
    • Core plugin setup continues after individual failures, logs unsuccessful installations, and can retry plugin installation during later checks.
    • Starter-content failures no longer prevent core setup from being marked complete.

Bootstrap registers document types before dependent seed consumers and tracks failures from core-plugin installation. The middleware validates seed records before trusting the KV marker and applies retry backoff after failed runs. Tests cover foreign-key ordering, fast-path checks, and retry behavior.

Changes: Bootstrap seeding and recovery

Layer / File(s) Summary
Ordered seeding and plugin failure reporting
packages/core/src/middleware/bootstrap.ts, packages/core/src/services/plugin-bootstrap.ts, packages/core/src/__tests__/middleware/bootstrap-fk-ordering.test.ts
Document-type registration and collection auto-registration run before dependent consumers. Failed core-plugin installs are reported to the bootstrap caller. Tests check foreign-key ordering and seeded data.
Completion tracking and retry backoff
packages/core/src/middleware/bootstrap.ts, packages/core/src/__tests__/middleware/bootstrap-resilience.test.ts
Tracked failures prevent the in-memory completion flag and KV marker from being set. Failed runs record a timestamp, and later requests apply the retry backoff. Snapshot telemetry is sent only after a successful run.
KV fast-path seed validation
packages/core/src/middleware/bootstrap.ts, packages/core/src/__tests__/middleware/bootstrap-resilience.test.ts, packages/core/src/__tests__/middleware/bootstrap-fast-path-latency.test.ts, packages/core/src/__tests__/middleware/bootstrap-single-flight.test.ts, packages/core/src/__tests__/middleware/bootstrap-skip-order.test.ts
The KV marker is trusted only when required system seed records exist. Fast-path plugin repair records failed installs. Tests cover seeded and unseeded databases and update database-query expectations.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Suggested labels: javascript

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to b4e89

The selected test change addresses the identified fast-path coverage gap. No remaining issue in this review prevents merging after normal checks.

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to cf162

The changes strengthen startup ordering and recovery without an observed expansion of plugin authority. Existing fast-path recovery limitations remain, and behavior across shared deployments was not verified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • observed — The workflow operates on the request's bound D1 database. Its security-relevant state includes default-tenant RBAC and plugin documents and legacy credential-account repairs for users in that database. Credential repair copies existing stored password hashes into missing credential accounts using deterministic IDs and INSERT OR IGNORE.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Ordinary requests already triggered bootstrap in the base. Plugin selection remains controlled by the compiled registry and restricted to configured core entries, rather than request-supplied plugin IDs. The changed failure-result contract does not add installation or activation authority.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — The existing KV fast path still marks the isolate complete without awaiting background plugin repair. Returned repair failures are now logged, but do not clear completion or guarantee another repair on that isolate. This is an unchanged recovery limitation, not an introduced PR concern.
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Linked Issues check Warning The PR satisfies the main #1017 requirements. Phase A registers document types before Phase B consumers. bootstrapInFlight provides single-flight behavior during the deadline. bootstrapOk prevents… Implement the #1019 cancellation-safe waitUntil bootstrap flow. Make followers stop waiting after 20 seconds without starting a duplicate bootstrap, and recover a stale latch. Add tests for a cancelled or never-settling holder and bounded…
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Explanation

The PR satisfies the main #1017 requirements. Phase A registers document types before Phase B consumers. bootstrapInFlight provides single-flight behavior during the deadline. bootstrapOk prevents the completion flag and KV marker after tracked failures. The PR also implements the #1019 backoff, seed-row verification, telemetry gating, and failed core-plugin detection for a full bootstrap. However, #1019 requires executionCtx.waitUntil, a 20-second follower wait that does not start another bootstrap, and stale-latch recovery. bootstrapMiddleware still runs bootstrap inline. After settlesWithin expires, a follower clears bootstrapInFlight and starts a second bootstrap. The resilience test also states that never-settling waitUntil behavior is not covered. In addition, isBootstrapNeeded() checks all bootstrapped plugins for installation, not only core-* plugins, so a missing non-core default plugin can be reinstalled after a user removes it. This conflicts with #1019's stated plugin-scope requirement.

Resolution

Implement the #1019 cancellation-safe waitUntil bootstrap flow. Make followers stop waiting after 20 seconds without starting a duplicate bootstrap, and recover a stale latch. Add tests for a cancelled or never-settling holder and bounded follower behavior. Limit bootstrap-needed and marker-blocking detection to the required core-* plugin scope so user-uninstalled non-core plugins are not reinstalled.

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Comment thread packages/core/src/__tests__/middleware/bootstrap-skip-order.test.ts
The `first()` mock returned `{ n: docTypeCount }` but
`isSystemSeedPresent` reads `row.roles` and `row.auth`. This made the
fast-path seed check always return false regardless of docTypeCount,
masking regressions in the skip-vs-fast-path decision.

Return `{ n, roles, auth }` so docTypeCount controls the seed-present
outcome correctly, and assert that KV deletion only happens when seeds
are absent.

Co-Authored-By: mmcintosh <mmcintosh@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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First-boot FK race + no single-flight leaves RBAC/plugins unseeded and latches the broken state (beta.25)

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