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fix(usage): restore the short filter-index busy back-off - #8580

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Fixes the macOS dev batch failure in run 43063783324: filtered usage index availability > index write contention degrades to the streaming read timed out at 20 s.

#8479 lengthened the active filter-index read's SQLITE_BUSY back-off from [10, 25, 50] ms to nine delays totaling about 6.4 s, each attempt also paying SQLite's synchronous 250 ms busy timeout. A filtered usage request that meets another writer's index lock therefore waited 9–13 s before falling back to the streaming read; the same test took 2.7 s locally before #8479 and 12.8 s after, so a slower macOS runner crossed 20 s. The streaming read answers the request from the ledger either way, so the long wait only held dashboard requests (and, through the synchronous busy timeout, the event loop).

This restores the original short schedule, makes the contention test assert the scheduled busy delays stay bounded (recorded through the existing retry-delay hook, so the check is deterministic rather than timing-based), and returns that test to the default timeout instead of raising it.

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  • Contention test: fails on current dev (5.36 s, over the default timeout; scheduled busy delays sum to 6,385 ms) and passes here in 2.64 s.
  • bun scripts/test.ts tests/usage/ tests/server/api-usage.test.ts plus layout and file-size tests: 1697 pass, 0 fail.
  • The two-process rebuild test (both processes must report index candidates) and the still-creating projection test, three consecutive runs each: pass. Both passed on the short schedule before fix(usage): page filtered index reads in offset order #8479 as well.
  • bun run typecheck, bun run structure:check: pass.
  • NOT RUN: macOS/Windows full CI (the coordinator re-runs the dev batch).

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  • Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
  • Docs or release notes were updated when needed.
  • Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults. (No credential path.)

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Shortened retries during usage-filter index contention, reducing the time spent waiting before existing fallback behavior applies.
  • Tests

    • Updated contention coverage to verify retries occur within the shorter delay limit.

#8479 lengthened the active index read's SQLITE_BUSY schedule from
[10, 25, 50] ms to nine delays totaling about 6.4 s, plus a synchronous
250 ms busy timeout per attempt. A filtered request that meets a held
index write lock therefore waited 9-13 s before degrading to the
streaming read (2.7 s before #8479), and the macOS dev batch timed out
the contention test at 20 s. The streaming read answers the same request,
so the long wait only held dashboard requests and the event loop.

Restore the original schedule, assert the scheduled busy delays stay
bounded (deterministic, through the retry-delay hook), and return the
contention test to the default timeout. The two-process rebuild test,
which passed on the short schedule before #8479, still passes.
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The usage-filter contention retry schedule now uses three delays instead of nine. The SQLite busy timeout remains 250 ms per attempt. The test and documentation reflect the shorter schedule.

Changes: Usage-filter contention retries

Layer / File(s) Summary
Retry schedule and validation
src/usage/filter-index.ts, tests/usage/usage-filter-index.test.ts, structure/usage-client-attribution.md
The retry delays change to 10, 25, and 50 ms. The contention test records the scheduled delays and checks their total. The documentation describes the shorter schedule; the 250 ms SQLite busy timeout per attempt remains.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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Suggested labels: bug

Merge Risk: Low · up to e99eb

The filter-index contention fallback is much faster than before. The documented worst-case wait omits checkpoint waits and should be corrected, but this does not block merging.

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The title names the change: it restores the shorter filter-index SQLITE_BUSY back-off in usage code. The raw summary confirms the retry delays were cut from nine to three in src/usage/filter-index.ts and the design doc, and the test was updated. The title is specific and matches the main change, so it passes.

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Review comments at @src/usage/filter-index.ts:
- Around line 1577-1578: Update the contention bound comment and usage-client
attribution documentation to include the possible busy-timeout wait from each
failed refresh checkpoint in refreshUsageFilterIndex, in addition to retry
delays and BEGIN IMMEDIATE waits. If the documented bound is intended to remain
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// than read as a foreign file. The bound is the BUSY_RETRY_DELAYS_MS sum (85 ms) plus up to
// four busy timeouts before the request falls back to the streaming read.

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Minor · Performance & Scalability · Quick win

The contention bound omits checkpoint waits on the active read path.

Each failed refresh on the read path runs PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(TRUNCATE) in the finally block of refreshUsageFilterIndex (src/usage/filter-index.ts:1181-1186) before the busy error reaches the retry loop. That checkpoint runs on the connection with busy_timeout set at line 607, so it can wait up to that timeout. Each of up to four attempts can therefore add one more timeout beyond the BUSY_RETRY_DELAYS_MS sum and the BEGIN IMMEDIATE wait.

Update the bound comment at lines 1577-1578 to include the checkpoint waits. Update structure/usage-client-attribution.md in the same change. If the intended bound is four busy timeouts, make the failed-refresh checkpoint nonblocking.

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Review comment at @src/usage/filter-index.ts around lines 1577 - 1578:
Update the contention bound comment and usage-client attribution documentation to include the possible busy-timeout wait from each failed refresh checkpoint in refreshUsageFilterIndex, in addition to retry delays and BEGIN IMMEDIATE waits. If the documented bound is intended to remain four busy timeouts, make the failed-refresh checkpoint nonblocking; otherwise, document the bound that includes those checkpoint waits.

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Value: fixes the macOS dev-batch failure (run 43063783324) introduced by #8479. That PR lengthened the filter-index SQLITE_BUSY back-off to about 6.4 s plus a synchronous 250 ms busy timeout per attempt, so a filtered usage request behind another writer's lock waited 9–13 s before streaming (2.7 s before #8479). The streaming read answers the same request, so the short schedule is restored.

UX change: filtered dashboard/API usage requests under index write contention answer in about the pre-#8479 time instead of stalling for ~10 s.

Existing users: no data or format change; the index is unchanged and contention still degrades to the authoritative ledger read.

Windows: same SQLite locking semantics; shorter waits only.

Review: independent review (combo/deepseek-flash-pool) NEAR-PASS with info/minor notes only: root cause timed on dev (12.9 s), this head (2.8 s) and 206b7c7 (2.8 s); the new bounded-delay assertion fails on dev's schedule (6,385 ms); the two-process rebuild and still-creating tests pass 10/10 and 5/5 consecutively and under parallel load.

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