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Summary

  • Adds a stdlib-only Python DAG runner (ci/hetzner/dsl.py) with Job, Cache, and Pipeline primitives that replace the shell-based orchestration in run-ci.sh
  • Extracts 13 job bodies into standalone shell scripts under ci/hetzner/jobs/
  • Adds pipeline.py entry point with full CLI arg parsing (--fast-fail, --only-jobs, --skip-jobs, --first-jobs, --first-testcases, etc.)
  • Includes utility libraries for GitHub status reporting, lockfile checking, and process cleanup
  • 10 unit tests covering DAG execution, dependency ordering, fast-fail, timeouts, filtering, and edge cases

Design

Job bodies stay as bash scripts — Python only handles scheduling, parallelism, filtering, and state. No external dependencies (stdlib only). The DAG executor uses polling-based Popen.poll() with process groups for clean cleanup.

Test plan

  • All 10 unit tests pass locally (python3 test_dsl.py)
  • Ruff lint passes
  • Deploy to CI server and run alongside existing run-ci.sh to validate parity

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paddymul and others added 30 commits March 1, 2026 14:17
…it branch fix

- Add build-essential + libffi-dev + libssl-dev so cffi can compile
- cloud-init: clone --branch main (not default), add safe.directory

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…e unused import

- Dockerfile: git config --system safe.directory /repo so git checkout works
  inside the container (bind-mount owned by ci on host, root in container)
- test_playwright_jupyter.sh: add --allow-root so JupyterLab starts as root
- webhook.py: remove unused import signal

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… SHA

Dockerfile COPYs ci/hetzner/run-ci.sh and lib/ into /opt/ci-runner/.
run-ci.sh sources lib from CI_RUNNER_DIR (/opt/ci-runner/) instead of
/repo/ci/hetzner/lib/, so they survive `git checkout <sha>` even when
the SHA has no ci/hetzner/ directory (e.g. commits on main branch).

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job_lint_python was running uv sync --dev --no-install-project on the 3.13
venv, which strips --all-extras packages (e.g. pl-series-hash) because
optional extras require the project to be installed. This ran in parallel
with job_test_python_3.13, causing a race condition that randomly removed
pl-series-hash from the venv before tests ran.

ruff is already installed in the venv from the image build — no sync needed.

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JupyterLab refuses to start as root without --allow-root. Rather than
patching every test script, bake c.ServerApp.allow_root = True into
/root/.jupyter/jupyter_lab_config.py in the image.

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- mp_timeout tests: forkserver subprocess spawn takes >1s in Docker (timeout)
- test_server_killed_on_parent_death: SIGKILL propagation differs in containers
- Python 3.14.0a5: segfaults on pytest startup (CPython pre-release bug)

All three disabled with a note to revisit once timing/stability is known.

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Documents all 9 bugs fixed during bringup, known Docker-incompatible
tests (disabled), and final timing: 8m59s wall time, all jobs passing.

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Each version has its own venv at /opt/venvs/3.11-3.14 — no shared
state, safe to run concurrently. Saves ~70-80s wall time on CCX33.

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Run 7 (warm, sequential Phase 3): 8m23s
Run 8 (warm, parallel Phase 3): 7m21s — saves 1m07s

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All 5 jobs bind to distinct ports (6006/8701/2718/8765/8889) — no
port conflicts. Redirect PLAYWRIGHT_HTML_OUTPUT_DIR per job to avoid
playwright-report/ write collisions. Expected saving: ~3m.

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- marimo/wasm-marimo: set UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=/opt/venvs/3.13 so
  `uv run marimo` uses the pre-synced venv instead of racing to create
  /repo/.venv from scratch concurrently
- playwright-jupyter: use isolated /tmp/ci-jupyter-$$ venv so it
  doesn't pip-reinstall into the shared 3.13 venv while marimo reads it

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- ci/hetzner/run-ci-dag.sh: full DAG execution where all independent
  jobs start immediately; build-wheel waits only for test-js; wheel-
  dependent jobs (mcp, smoke, pw-server, pw-jupyter) start as soon as
  wheel is ready. Critical path ~2m10s vs ~5m phase-based.
- ci/hetzner/test-dag-local.sh: local test harness for the DAG script
- docs/llm/research/hetzner-dag-ci-plan.md: DAG design plan
- docs/llm/research/hetzner-plan-review.md: plan review notes
- docs/llm/research/doit-task-runner.md: research on doit task runner

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Same fixes as run-ci.sh parallel Phase 5:
- PLAYWRIGHT_HTML_OUTPUT_DIR per job (avoids playwright-report/ collisions)
- UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=/opt/venvs/3.13 for marimo/wasm-marimo (avoids
  concurrent /repo/.venv creation race)
- playwright-jupyter already uses isolated /tmp/ci-jupyter-$$ venv

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Runs up to 4 notebooks simultaneously against one JupyterLab server,
each in its own npx playwright process. Projected 93s → ~30s.

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Switch job_playwright_jupyter to test_playwright_jupyter_parallel.sh
with PARALLEL=9 to run all 9 notebooks concurrently against a single
JupyterLab server, replacing the sequential runner.

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The script lives in scripts/ which is wiped by git checkout of old SHAs.
- Dockerfile: COPY scripts/test_playwright_jupyter_parallel.sh to /opt/ci-runner/
- run-ci.sh: call via $CI_RUNNER_DIR instead of scripts/

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rm -rf was masking the playwright runner exit code, causing false PASS
when the runner script couldn't be found.

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When called from /opt/ci-runner/ the dirname-based navigation lands in
/opt instead of /repo. Allow caller to set ROOT_DIR=/repo explicitly.
Also pass ROOT_DIR=/repo from job_playwright_jupyter in run-ci.sh.

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build-js (pnpm install + tsc+vite) now starts immediately. Once done,
test-js (jest) and build-wheel (esbuild + uv build) run in parallel.
build-wheel skips redundant pnpm install+build since build-js already
produced the artifacts.

Critical path: 12s + 10s + pw-jupyter vs old 20s + 21s + pw-jupyter.

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Both need the built wheel. Moved from independent wave to after
build-wheel completes.

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Linux mktemp -d -t requires explicit X's in the template; macOS does not.

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run-ci.sh reads /opt/ci-runner/VERSION and logs it before checkout.
Dockerfile accepts GIT_SHA build arg and writes it to VERSION.
For hotfix deploys, docker cp the VERSION file alongside run-ci.sh.

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Covers architecture decisions, parallelisation wins, bugs-that-bite,
deploy checklist, resource usage, and remaining work.

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((NEXT++)) when NEXT=0 evaluates to 0 (exit code 1) and triggers set -e,
killing the script after launching only the first notebook. Same for
((RUNNING++)), ((RUNNING--)), and ((PASSED++)).

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With 9 simultaneous kernels+browsers the fixed 800ms widget-render wait
is insufficient — cells are CPU-starved and comms don't establish in time.
PARALLEL=3 gives ~3x speedup over sequential with manageable load.

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With all 5 playwright jobs running simultaneously, JupyterLab WebSocket
connections get StreamClosedError under CPU contention, causing widget
comms to fail. Run storybook/server/marimo/wasm-marimo in parallel (5a,
~60s), then jupyter with PARALLEL=3 in 5b when CPU is idle. Expected
Phase 5 total: ~60s + ~75s = ~135s vs old 4m04s sequential.

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Add notes on: JupyterLab WebSocket contention under CPU load, bash
((x++)) with set -e, Linux mktemp X's requirement.

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Stale kernels from completed notebooks accumulate across rounds and
cause WebSocket comm failures (Comm not found / StreamClosedError) for
the next batch. Call shutdown_kernels() before starting the next notebook
to keep the kernel count at PARALLEL or fewer.

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…llel

The sliding window called shutdown_kernels() while other notebooks in
the same batch were still running, killing their kernels mid-test.
Switch to explicit batches: start PARALLEL notebooks, wait for all,
shutdown kernels, then start the next batch.

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- grep returning no matches (exit 1) with pipefail was killing the script
  after the first batch — add || true after both pipeline chains
- Move declare -A BATCH_PIDS outside loop; use unset+redeclare each batch

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paddymul and others added 27 commits March 5, 2026 09:15
Exp 57: P<9 always times out (120s). Stagger has zero effect on pass
rate. P=9 failures are all test-python-3.13 timing flake under B2B load.
STAGGER=0 is safe to use.

Exp 62: pytest workers=8 saves 3s but triggers timing flake. Not worth it.

Exp 64: tsgo/vitest — test-js drops from ~4s to 2s, no regressions.
Branch ready to merge on clean run.

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Fetches ci.log from server, animates job bars building up over time.
Uses uv inline deps (matplotlib, pillow) — no install needed.

Usage: uv run ci/hetzner/ci-gantt.py [SHA] [SHA2] [--run N]

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- Brighter colors: #00e676 green, #ff5252 red, #ffd740 amber
- Full job names (no abbreviation), wider left margin (2.2in)
- Vertical gate lines: sky blue = JS built, purple = Wheel built
- Full redraw per frame to avoid stale line positions

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- Comparisons now stack vertically (old on top, new on bottom)
- SHA:label syntax for descriptive titles instead of git hashes
- Explicit identical xticks on all panels so grid columns align
- Fixed output path (ci-gantt-latest.gif) overwrites previous output
- x labels only on bottom panel when stacking

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Converts from animated GIF to static JPEG. Wide bar area (13in),
compact rows (0.26in), gate lines for JS/Wheel built, SHA:label CLI
syntax for human-readable titles.

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Jobs now ordered by average start time across all displayed runs,
with JOB_ORDER as a stable tiebreaker within each wave. This groups
wave-0 (lint/build-js/warmup/pytest), wave-1 (test-js/build-wheel),
and wave-2 (playwright/smoke/mcp) naturally without hardcoding.

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run-ci.sh: use >> with # RUN marker so multiple runs preserve all data;
add iowait as 4th column (ts busy total iowait).

ci-gantt.py: parse per-run segments, pick segment closest to t0,
extract iowait as orange overlay line alongside cpu% (blue).

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tests/conftest.py: autouse fixture gives each test its own in-memory
SQLiteExecutorLog and SQLiteFileCache, preventing xdist workers from
contending on ~/.buckaroo/*.sqlite.

sqlite_log.py / sqlite_file_cache.py: enable WAL journal mode +
NORMAL synchronous + 30s timeout on file-based connections, so any
remaining cross-process access (e.g. MultiprocessingExecutor
subprocesses) waits rather than immediately failing.

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Mark tests with hard wall-clock assertions as timing_dependent.
job_test_python now runs two parallel pytest invocations:
  - timing_dependent: nice -15, --dist no (single process, high priority)
  - regular: nice +19, -n 4 (parallel workers, low priority)

This gives timing-sensitive tests CPU priority over the bulk suite,
reducing flakes from scheduler contention during parallel CI.

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playwright-server starts 'python -m buckaroo.server --port 8701' via
Playwright's webServer config. That process was never in the ci_pkill
list, so it survived between CI runs. Next run found 8701 occupied and
failed immediately (reuseExistingServer=false in CI mode).

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…gger between them)

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Venv was rebuilt from scratch every run (rm -rf + uv venv + uv pip install).
Now cached at /opt/venvs/mcp-test keyed by wheel SHA256 — warm runs skip
the ~6s install step entirely.

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12 tests with 1 worker ran serially at ~3s each = 37s.
Both spec files (marimo.spec.ts + theme-screenshots-marimo.spec.ts)
only read from the shared marimo server — safe to parallelize.
Expected: ~21s (7-test file dominates over 5-test file).

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…warmup

Only playwright-jupyter needs jupyter-warmup. All other wheel-dependent
jobs (test-mcp-wheel, playwright-marimo, playwright-server, smoke-test,
playwright-wasm-marimo, test-python-3.11/12/14) were blocked waiting
~7s for warmup to finish. Now they launch as soon as the wheel is built.

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…ter wheel

test-js doesn't need the built wheel — move it to wave 0 alongside lint.
test-python-3.11 moved to t0 to fill idle CPU during build-js/wheel phases.
test-python-3.12 and 3.14 deferred 10s after wheel to reduce peak contention
during the playwright/marimo/server burst.

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Previously: wait for warmup (~10s) → then install wheel (~2s) → start pw-jupyter.
Now: start wheel install in background as soon as wheel is built and venv path
is written (~t=4s). By the time warmup finishes, install is already done.
Saves ~2s off playwright-jupyter start time.

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When --local is set, all commands run directly (no SSH wrapper).
Allows running the stress test inside tmux on the server itself
so it survives network disconnects.

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… killer

- pytest -m timing_dependent exits 5 (no tests collected) on old commits
  that predate the mark — treat exit code 5 as success
- fuser is not installed in the container, so fuser -k silently did nothing.
  Replace with kill_port() using /proc/net/tcp inode lookup. Fixes lingering
  marimo (2718), buckaroo-server (8701), storybook (6006) between runs.

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…mmits

- Add port 8765 (wasm-marimo HTTP server) to kill_port loop
- Add npx serve to ci_pkill list
- Replace fuser in Jupyter port cleanup (not in container)
- Add playwright.config.*.ts and test_playwright_server.sh to
  create-merge-commits.sh OVERLAY_PATHS so synth commits get
  current reuseExistingServer logic

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New TEST_SHA=031c787e includes playwright.config.*.ts and
test_playwright_server.sh in the overlay. Updated SAFE_COMMITS SHAs
and fixed comment reference.

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Research document analyzes 7 techniques for reducing CI latency (49s baseline).
Implementation plan provides concrete file changes, code sketches, and validation
steps for each viable technique, ordered by priority:

- Tech 1+5a: Speculative pre-start servers + warm kernels (8-11s savings)
- Tech 2: Pre-start Chromium (2-3s)
- Tech 7: Transcript oracle cache (skip pw-jupyter on cache hit)
- Tech 5c: cpuset isolation (unmeasured)
- Tech 6: Webhook pre-build (2-3s)

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- impl-tech1-5a-server-pool.md (server pool + warm kernels)
- impl-tech2-chromium-prestart.md (Chromium pre-start)
- impl-tech5a-keep-kernels-alive.md (cold-start kernel reuse)
- impl-tech5c-cpuset-isolation.md (CPU pinning)
- impl-tech6-webhook-prebuild.md (speculative pre-build)
- impl-tech7-transcript-oracle.md (transcript cache + Layer B)
- ci-prewarm-implementation.md becomes an index with links

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Plan to replace the 917-line run-ci.sh with a Python DAG runner.
Job bodies stay as shell scripts; orchestration (DAG scheduling,
filtering, fast-fail, caching, state passing) becomes ~350 lines
of Python with explicit dependency declarations.

4-phase migration: extract job bodies → shadow mode → cutover → cleanup.

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Job bodies remain as shell scripts in ci/hetzner/jobs/. The new Python
module (dsl.py) handles DAG scheduling, parallelism, filtering,
fast-fail, caching, and state passing with stdlib-only dependencies.

- Job, Cache, Pipeline primitives in dsl.py
- pipeline.py entry point with CLI arg parsing
- lib/ utilities: status reporting, lockfile checking, process cleanup
- 13 job scripts extracted from run-ci.sh
- 10 unit tests covering DAG execution, dependencies, timeouts, etc.

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return self._run_dag(
fast_fail=fast_fail, only_jobs=remaining, skip_jobs=skip_jobs,

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P1 Badge Combine Phase A status into --first-jobs final result

Pipeline.run returns only the Phase B _run_dag exit code in --first-jobs mode, so a failing Phase A can be masked when Phase B passes. This produces false-green CI results (e.g., first job fails, remaining jobs pass, overall return code becomes 0) whenever --fast-fail is not set.

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self.log("FAST-FAIL: first-jobs failed — skipping Phase B")
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# Phase B: remaining jobs
remaining = [n for n in self.jobs if n not in first_jobs]

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P1 Badge Include first-phase jobs when running --first-jobs Phase B

Phase B is built from remaining = [n for n in self.jobs if n not in first_jobs], but _run_dag starts from a fresh completion state, so dependencies on Phase A jobs are never considered satisfied. Any remaining job that depends on a first-phase job is marked as an unresolvable dependency and skipped/fails even when Phase A succeeded.

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return self._run_dag(
fast_fail=fast_fail, only_jobs=only_jobs, skip_jobs=skip_jobs,
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P2 Badge Preserve Phase 1 failures in --first-testcases mode

In --first-testcases flow, the return value from Phase 1 (rc1) is discarded unless --fast-fail is enabled, because the method immediately returns Phase 2's result. This can report success even after filtered tests fail in Phase 1, which hides real failures in non-fast-fail runs.

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