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feat(speculate): naive happy-path speculation in speculate controller
Replaces the unconditional fan-out with a state-machine driver that advances a batch one step per invocation along a single happy-path speculation chain (batch.Dependencies + [batch.ID]): - Created/Scored → publish to build, Speculating - Speculating + deps OK → publish to merge, Merging - Speculating + dep failed → fail batch, log per request, publish to conclude - Speculating, waiting → no-op (re-evaluated when deps advance) - Merging/terminal → no-op - Unrecognized state → error (nack so the event is retried) When a dependency reaches Failed/Cancelled the batch cannot land on top of it; rather than livelock in Speculating forever the controller now emits a RequestStatusError log per contained request, transitions the batch to Failed, and publishes to conclude so the request store and log get reconciled. Assumes every in-flight build will pass and ignores score; failure replanning, score-driven prioritization, and the full Java-style SpeculationTree (2^N orderings + scoring) are explicit TODOs. Publishes before CAS-updating state so a publish failure leaves state unchanged for retry. Also renames BatchStateFinalizing → BatchStateMerging across the entity, batch controller, and tests.
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entity/batch.go

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@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ const (
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BatchStateCreated BatchState = "created"
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// BatchStateSpeculating is the state of a batch that is undergoing speculative execution.
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BatchStateSpeculating BatchState = "speculating"
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// BatchStateFinalizing is the state of a batch that is being finalized after speculative execution.
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BatchStateFinalizing BatchState = "finalizing"
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// BatchStateMerging is the state of a batch that is being merged after speculative execution.
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BatchStateMerging BatchState = "merging"
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// BatchStateSucceeded is the terminal state of a batch that has been successfully landed.
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BatchStateSucceeded BatchState = "succeeded"
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// BatchStateFailed is the terminal state of a batch that has failed.

entity/batch_test.go

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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestBatchState_IsTerminal(t *testing.T) {
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{name: "unknown", state: BatchStateUnknown, terminal: false},
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{name: "created", state: BatchStateCreated, terminal: false},
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{name: "speculating", state: BatchStateSpeculating, terminal: false},
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{name: "finalizing", state: BatchStateFinalizing, terminal: false},
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{name: "merging", state: BatchStateMerging, terminal: false},
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{name: "succeeded", state: BatchStateSucceeded, terminal: true},
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{name: "failed", state: BatchStateFailed, terminal: true},
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{name: "cancelled", state: BatchStateCancelled, terminal: true},

orchestrator/controller/batch/batch.go

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@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (c *Controller) Process(ctx context.Context, delivery consumer.Delivery) er
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activeBatches, err := c.store.GetBatchStore().GetByQueueAndStates(ctx, request.Queue, []entity.BatchState{
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entity.BatchStateCreated,
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entity.BatchStateSpeculating,
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entity.BatchStateFinalizing,
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entity.BatchStateMerging,
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})
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if err != nil {
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c.metricsScope.Counter("batch_store_errors").Inc(1)

orchestrator/controller/merge/merge_test.go

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@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func TestController_Process_SuccessfulMerge(t *testing.T) {
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ID: batchID,
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Queue: "test-queue",
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Contains: []string{reqID},
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State: entity.BatchStateFinalizing,
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State: entity.BatchStateMerging,
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Version: 4,
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}
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change := entity.Change{URIs: []string{"github://o/r/1/sha"}}
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func TestController_Process_PassesAllChangesInBatchOrder(t *testing.T) {
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ID: batchID,
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Queue: "test-queue",
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Contains: requestIDs,
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State: entity.BatchStateFinalizing,
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State: entity.BatchStateMerging,
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Version: 1,
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}
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@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func TestController_Process_PushConflictMarksBatchFailed(t *testing.T) {
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ID: batchID,
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Queue: "test-queue",
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Contains: []string{reqID},
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State: entity.BatchStateFinalizing,
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State: entity.BatchStateMerging,
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Version: 3,
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}
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@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func TestController_Process_PushInfraFailureReturnsError(t *testing.T) {
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ID: batchID,
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Queue: "test-queue",
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Contains: []string{reqID},
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State: entity.BatchStateFinalizing,
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State: entity.BatchStateMerging,
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Version: 1,
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}
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@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ func TestController_Process_RequestStoreFailurePropagates(t *testing.T) {
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ID: batchID,
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Queue: "test-queue",
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Contains: []string{reqID},
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State: entity.BatchStateFinalizing,
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State: entity.BatchStateMerging,
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Version: 1,
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}
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@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ func TestController_Process_PublishFailureSurfaces(t *testing.T) {
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ID: batchID,
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Queue: "test-queue",
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Contains: []string{reqID},
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State: entity.BatchStateFinalizing,
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State: entity.BatchStateMerging,
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Version: 2,
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}
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orchestrator/controller/speculate/speculate.go

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@@ -27,8 +27,23 @@ import (
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)
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// Controller handles speculate queue messages.
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// It consumes batches, performs speculation, and publishes to both build and merge stages.
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// Implements consumer.Controller interface for integration with the consumer.
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//
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// Naive happy-path algorithm: assume every in-flight build will pass and
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// treat batch.Dependencies + [batch.ID] as the single speculation chain.
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// Per invocation, the controller advances the batch one step in the
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// state machine:
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//
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// - Created or Scored → publish to build, transition to Speculating.
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// - Speculating → if all deps are Succeeded, publish to merge and
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// transition to Merging; otherwise no-op (or fail-fast if a dep is
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// in a non-succeeding terminal state).
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// - Merging → no-op (owned by the merge controller).
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// - Terminal → re-fan-out to conclude for self-healing in case a
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// prior publish was lost.
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//
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// The controller is re-triggered on every relevant downstream event
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// (buildsignal, merge), so each call simply re-evaluates the current
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// state and either advances or waits.
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type Controller struct {
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logger *zap.SugaredLogger
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metricsScope tally.Scope
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}
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}
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// Process processes a speculate delivery from the queue.
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// Deserializes the batch, performs speculation, and publishes to both build and merge topics.
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// Process advances a batch one step along the naive happy-path.
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// Returns nil to ack (success), or error to nack (retry).
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func (c *Controller) Process(ctx context.Context, delivery consumer.Delivery) error {
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c.metricsScope.Counter("received").Inc(1)
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msg := delivery.Message()
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// Deserialize batch ID from payload
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bid, err := entity.BatchIDFromBytes(msg.Payload)
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if err != nil {
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c.metricsScope.Counter("deserialize_errors").Inc(1)
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return fmt.Errorf("failed to deserialize batch ID: %w", err)
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}
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// Fetch batch from storage
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batch, err := c.store.GetBatchStore().Get(ctx, bid.ID)
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if err != nil {
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c.metricsScope.Counter("storage_errors").Inc(1)
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return fmt.Errorf("failed to get batch %s: %w", bid.ID, err)
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}
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c.logger.Infow("received speculate event",
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// Terminal state: re-fan-out to conclude for self-healing. The batch is
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// already done; if a previous publish was lost, downstream stages will
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// otherwise never reconcile. Re-publishing is safe because conclude is
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// idempotent on the batch ID.
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if batch.State.IsTerminal() {
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c.metricsScope.Counter("self_heal_terminal").Inc(1)
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return c.fanout(ctx, batch.ID, batch.Queue)
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}
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// Merging is owned by the merge controller, which has its own self-heal.
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if batch.State == entity.BatchStateMerging {
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c.metricsScope.Counter("noop_merging").Inc(1)
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return nil
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}
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switch batch.State {
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case entity.BatchStateCreated, entity.BatchStateScored:
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return c.startSpeculation(ctx, batch)
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case entity.BatchStateSpeculating:
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return c.tryFinalize(ctx, batch)
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default:
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c.metricsScope.Counter("unexpected_state").Inc(1)
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return fmt.Errorf("unexpected batch state %q for batch %s", batch.State, batch.ID)
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}
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}
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// startSpeculation kicks off CI for this batch on top of the speculative head
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// (batch.Dependencies assumed to all pass), then transitions to Speculating.
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func (c *Controller) startSpeculation(ctx context.Context, batch entity.Batch) error {
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c.logger.Infow("starting speculation",
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"batch_id", batch.ID,
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"queue", batch.Queue,
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"state", string(batch.State),
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"version", batch.Version,
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"attempt", delivery.Attempt(),
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"partition_key", msg.PartitionKey,
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"speculation_chain", append(append([]string{}, batch.Dependencies...), batch.ID),
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)
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// TODO: Add speculation logic
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// - Speculative merge/rebase
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// - Conflict detection
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// - Publish to build only if speculation is in progress (needs CI verification)
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// - Publish to merge only if speculation is complete and successful (ready to land)
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// Publish to build topic
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if err := c.publish(ctx, consumer.TopicKeyBuild, batch.ID, batch.Queue); err != nil {
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return fmt.Errorf("failed to publish to build: %w", err)
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c.logger.Infow("published batch to build",
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"batch_id", batch.ID,
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"topic_key", consumer.TopicKeyBuild,
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)
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// Optimistic CAS: if the version has already advanced (concurrent speculate),
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// the next event will see the new state and behave correctly.
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newVersion := batch.Version + 1
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if err := c.store.GetBatchStore().UpdateState(ctx, batch.ID, batch.Version, newVersion, entity.BatchStateSpeculating); err != nil {
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c.metricsScope.Counter("storage_errors").Inc(1)
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return fmt.Errorf("failed to update batch %s state to speculating: %w", batch.ID, err)
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}
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c.metricsScope.Counter("started_speculation").Inc(1)
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return nil
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}
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// tryFinalize publishes to merge and transitions to Merging iff every
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// dependency batch has reached Succeeded. If any dep is Failed/Cancelled,
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// the batch cannot land on top of it; we mark it Failed and hand off to
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// conclude so the request state and log are reconciled. Otherwise (some
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// deps still in flight) it no-ops and waits for the next event.
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//
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// TODO: when a dependency fails we currently fail this batch outright.
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// We will need to respeculate the failed paths — drop the failed dep
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// from the chain and re-issue speculation for the surviving ordering(s)
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// — instead of cascading the failure into requests that could still land.
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func (c *Controller) tryFinalize(ctx context.Context, batch entity.Batch) error {
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deps, err := c.fetchDependencies(ctx, batch)
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if err != nil {
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return err
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}
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pending := make([]string, 0, len(deps))
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for _, d := range deps {
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switch d.State {
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case entity.BatchStateSucceeded:
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case entity.BatchStateFailed, entity.BatchStateCancelled:
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return c.failOnDependency(ctx, batch, d)
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default:
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pending = append(pending, d.ID)
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}
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}
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if len(pending) > 0 {
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c.metricsScope.Counter("waiting_on_deps").Inc(1)
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c.logger.Debugw("dependencies still in flight; waiting",
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"batch_id", batch.ID,
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"pending_dependency_ids", pending,
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)
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if err := c.store.GetBatchStore().UpdateState(ctx, batch.ID, batch.Version, newVersion, entity.BatchStateMerging); err != nil {
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return fmt.Errorf("failed to update batch %s state to merging: %w", batch.ID, err)
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// Without this transition the batch would sit in Speculating forever — no
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func (c *Controller) failOnDependency(ctx context.Context, batch entity.Batch, dep entity.Batch) error {
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func (c *Controller) fetchDependencies(ctx context.Context, batch entity.Batch) ([]entity.Batch, error) {
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for _, depID := range batch.Dependencies {
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func (c *Controller) fanout(ctx context.Context, batchID, partitionKey string) error {
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if err := c.publish(ctx, consumer.TopicKeyConclude, batchID, partitionKey); err != nil {
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