Run 0086802a

kind=experiment

I'll diagnose this auto-recovery. The transcript shows the pod was dispatched and is RUNNING, but the watcher throws `isSuccessTerminal is not defined` — that's a JavaScript ReferenceError in the runner code, not an experiment-script failure. Let me locate it.

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services/runner/src/watcher.ts:145:  if (isSuccessTerminal(row.metadata)) {
services/runner/src/watcher.ts:299:function isSuccessTerminal(metadata: unknown): boolean {

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120	      status,
121	      sshHost: pod.sshHost,
122	      sshPort: pod.sshPort,
123	      costPerHr: pod.costPerHr,
124	      adjustedCostPerHr: pod.adjustedCostPerHr,
125	      uptimeSeconds: pod.uptimeSeconds,
126	    });
127	    if (status === 'running') {
128	      await markAgentRunRunning(row.agentRunId);
129	    }
130	  }
131	
132	  if (row.experimentId && status === 'running') {
133	    await setExperimentWorkflowStatus(row.experimentId, 'running', 'RunPod pod is running.');
134	  }
135	  await notifyPipelineChanged(row.agentRunId ?? row.experimentId ?? row.runpodPodId);
136	
137	  // Post-refresh: the pod is still alive on RunPod, but its bootstrap may have
138	  // POSTed a terminal "experiment completed" signal to /api/runpods/progress.
139	  // The progress route stores that in pod_lifecycle.metadata.saganProgress
140	  // without ever transitioning the experiment — RunPod will happily restart
141	  // the container's entrypoint after each exit because desiredStatus=RUNNING,
142	  // so without this finalizer a successfully-completing experiment loops
143	  // forever (#192-class bug). When we see the success marker, stop the pod
144	  // and check whether all siblings are done.
145	  if (isSuccessTerminal(row.metadata)) {
146	    await finalizePodTerminalSuccess(row).catch((err) =>
147	      log.error('finalizePodTerminalSuccess failed', {
148	        podId: row.runpodPodId,
149	        err: String(err),
150	      }),
151	    );
152	  }
153	}
154	
155	async function updatePodFromInfo(row: PodLifecycleRow, pod: PodInfo, status: string) {
156	  const now = new Date();
157	  await db()
158	    .update(schema.podLifecycle)
159	    .set({
160	      name: pod.name || row.name,
161	      gpuTypeId: pod.gpuTypeId ?? row.gpuTypeId,
162	      gpuCount: pod.gpuCount ?? row.gpuCount,
163	      costPerHr: pod.costPerHr ?? row.costPerHr,
164	      adjustedCostPerHr: pod.adjustedCostPerHr ?? row.adjustedCostPerHr,
165	      uptimeSeconds: pod.uptimeSeconds ?? row.uptimeSeconds,
166	      lastStartedAt: parseRunpodDate(pod.lastStartedAt) ?? row.lastStartedAt,
167	      status,
168	      desiredStatus: pod.desiredStatus,
169	      sshHost: pod.sshHost,
170	      sshPort: pod.sshPort,
171	      lastCheckedAt: now,
172	      lastHeartbeatAt: status === 'running' ? now : row.lastHeartbeatAt,
173	      stoppedAt: status === 'stopped' ? now : row.stoppedAt,
174	      terminatedAt: status === 'terminated' ? now : row.terminatedAt,
175	      lastError: null,
176	      updatedAt: now,
177	    })
178	    .where(eq(schema.podLifecycle.id, row.id));
179	}
180	
181	function parseRunpodDate(value: string | null): Date | undefined {
182	  if (!value) return undefined;
183	  const date = new Date(value);
184	  return Number.isNaN(date.getTime()) ? undefined : date;
185	}
186	
187	async function handlePodRefreshError(row: PodLifecycleRow, message: string) {
188	  const retryCount = row.retryCount + 1;
189	  const blocked = retryCount >= row.maxRetries;
190	  await db()
191	    .update(schema.podLifecycle)
192	    .set({
193	      status: blocked ? 'blocked' : 'retrying',
194	      retryCount,
195	      blockedReason: blocked ? message.slice(0, 4000) : row.blockedReason,
196	      lastError: message.slice(0, 4000),
197	      lastCheckedAt: new Date(),
198	      updatedAt: new Date(),
199	    })
200	    .where(eq(schema.podLifecycle.id, row.id));
201	
202	  let recovered = false;
203	  if (blocked && row.agentRunId) {
204	    recovered = await queueAutomaticRecoveryRun(row.agentRunId, message).catch((err) => {
205	      log.warn('failed to queue RunPod recovery run', { runId: row.agentRunId, err: String(err) });
206	      return false;
207	    });
208	  }
209	
210	  if (row.agentRunId) {
211	    await emitEvent(row.agentRunId, blocked ? 'runpod_blocked' : 'runpod_retry', message.slice(0, 1000), {
212	      podId: row.runpodPodId,
213	      retryCount,
214	      maxRetries: row.maxRetries,
215	    });
216	    if (blocked && !recovered) {
217	     …

The function IS defined at line 299, called at line 145. The runtime says it's not defined — meaning the running runner has a stale build. Let me check.

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{
  "name": "@sagan/runner",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "private": true,
  "type": "module",
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "tsx watch src/index.ts",
    "start": "tsx src/index.ts",
    "smoke": "tsx scripts/smoke.ts",
    "smoke-apply": "tsx scripts/smoke-apply.ts",
    "apply-narrative-edit": "tsx scripts/apply-narrative-edit.ts",
    "import-github-project": "tsx scripts/import-github-project.ts",
    "runpod": "tsx scripts/runpod-cli.ts",
    "pod-tool": "tsx scripts/pod-tool.ts",
    "snapshot-mentor": "tsx scripts/snapshot-mentor.ts",
    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "^0.81.0",
    "@sagan/agent-protocol": "workspace:*",
    "@sagan/api": "workspace:*",
    "@sagan/db": "workspace:*",
    "dotenv": "^16.4.7",
    "drizzle-orm": "^0.36.4",
    "fast-xml-parser": "^4.5.1",
    "node-cron": "^3.0.3",
    "postgres": "^3.4.5",
    "zod": "^4.1.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/node": "^22.10.2",
    "@types/node-cron": "^3.0.11",
    "tsx": "^4.19.2",
    "typescript": "^5.7.2"
  }
}

Runner uses `tsx` directly — so the live process runs the source on disk. The error means the systemd service hasn't been restarted since `isSuccessTerminal` was added. Let me check.

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2026-05-14 08:33:28.200121495 +0000 services/runner/src/watcher.ts
---
● sagan-runner.service - Sagan runner (headless Claude Code)
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/sagan-runner.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2026-05-14 08:32:01 UTC; 24min ago
   Main PID: 3945698 (node)
      Tasks: 257 (limit: 154557)
     Memory: 1.7G (max: 50.0G available: 48.2G)
        CPU: 3min 14.868s
     CGroup: /system.slice/sagan-runner.service
             ├─3945698 node /home/thomasjiralerspong/.local/bin/pnpm start
             ├─3945764 sh -c "tsx src/index.ts"
             ├─3945765 node /home/thomasjiralerspong/sagan/node_modules/.bin/tsx src/index.ts
             ├─3945777 /usr/bin/node --require /home/thomasjiralerspong/sagan/node_modules/tsx/dist/preflight.cjs --import file:///home/thomasjiralerspong/sagan/node_modules/tsx/dist/loader.mjs src/index.ts
             ├─3945791 /home/thomasjiralerspong/sagan/node_modules/tsx/node_modules/@esbuild/linux-x64/bin/esbuild --service=0.27.7 --ping
             ├─3950243 node /home/thomasjiralerspong/.local/node_modules/mcp-ssh-manager/src/index.js
             ├─3950384 node /home/thomasjiralerspong/.local/node_modules/mcp-ssh-manager/src/index.js
             ├─3980648 node /home/thomasjiralerspong/.local/node_modules/mcp-ssh-manager/src/index.js
             ├─3984911 /home/thomasjiralerspong/.local/bin/claude --print --input-format stream-json --output-format stream-json --verbose --dangerously-skip-permissions
             ├─3984942 node /usr/bin/mcp-todoist
             ├─3985106 node /usr/bin/google-workspace-mcp start
             ├─3985237 node /home/thomasjiralerspong/.local/node_modules/mcp-ssh-manager/src/index.js

Root cause found: the runner started at **08:32:01 UTC**, then `watcher.ts` was modified at **08:33:28 UTC** to add `isSuccessTerminal`. The live process loaded the pre-fix version and is now hitting `ReferenceError` on every watch tick. The pod itself is actually RUNNING fine — the watcher just can't process its status.

Let me check the pod state and active runs before recommending a restart.

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Safe wrapper around `sudo systemctl restart sagan-runner`.
#
# Skips the restart entirely when nothing under services/runner/** has changed
# since the last runner restart, and refuses the restart when agent runs are
# active so we don't SIGTERM Claude subprocesses mid-flight.
#
# Use this — not raw `systemctl restart sagan-runner` — from agents, hooks,
# and deploy scripts. CLAUDE.md documents the contract.
#
# Flags:
#   --force      bypass the active-run check (still records the new SHA)
#   --dry-run    print what would happen without restarting
set -euo pipefail

REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
SHA_FILE="${SAGAN_RUNNER_SHA_FILE:-$HOME/.sagan-runner-sha}"
RUNNER_PATH="services/runner"

FORCE=0
DRY_RUN=0
for arg in "$@"; do
  case "$arg" in
    --force) FORCE=1 ;;
    --dry-run) DRY_RUN=1 ;;
    *) echo "unknown flag: $arg" >&2; exit 2 ;;
  esac
done

cd "$REPO_ROOT"

current_sha="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
recorded_sha=""
if [[ -f "$SHA_FILE" ]]; then
  recorded_sha="$(<"$SHA_FILE")"
fi

if [[ -z "$recorded_sha" ]]; then
  echo "no recorded runner SHA at $SHA_FILE — treating as first restart"
  needs_restart=1
elif [[ "$recorded_sha" == "$current_sha" ]]; then
  echo "runner already at $current_sha; skipping restart"
  exit 0
else
  # Look for changes under services/runner/ between recorded and current SHA.
  if changed="$(git diff --name-only "$recorded_sha" "$current_sha" -- "$RUNNER_PATH" 2>/dev/null)"; then
    if [[ -z "$changed" ]]; then
      echo "no changes under $RUNNER_PATH between $recorded_sha and $current_sha; skipping restart"
      # Update the recorded SHA so we don't keep re-diffing the same range.
      printf '%s\n' "$current_sha" > "$SHA_FILE"
      exit 0
    fi
    needs_restart=1
    echo "$RUNNER_PATH changed since last restart:"
    echo "$changed" | sed 's/^/  /'
  else
    echo "could not diff $recorded_sha..$current_sha (commit missing?); treating as needs-restart"
    needs_restart=1
  fi
fi

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      exit 0
    fi
    needs_restart=1
    echo "$RUNNER_PATH changed since last restart:"
    echo "$changed" | sed 's/^/  /'
  else
    echo "could not diff $recorded_sha..$current_sha (commit missing?); treating as needs-restart"
    needs_restart=1
  fi
fi

if [[ "$needs_restart" -eq 1 && "$FORCE" -ne 1 ]]; then
  if ! command -v psql >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    echo "psql not available; cannot check active runs. Use --force to override." >&2
    exit 3
  fi
  if [[ -f "$REPO_ROOT/.env" ]]; then
    # shellcheck disable=SC1091
    set -a; . "$REPO_ROOT/.env"; set +a
  fi
  conn="${DATABASE_URL_DIRECT:-${DATABASE_URL:-}}"
  if [[ -z "$conn" ]]; then
    echo "DATABASE_URL[_DIRECT] not set; cannot check active runs. Use --force to override." >&2
    exit 3
  fi
  # Only `running` (a live Claude SDK session) and `deploying` (mid-pod
  # dispatch) are real SIGTERM-mid-flight risks. `queued` / `approved` get
  # picked back up after restart; `awaiting_approval` is just waiting on
  # human input. Don't treat those as blockers.
  active_count="$(psql "$conn" -At -c "SELECT count(*) FROM agent_runs WHERE status IN ('running','deploying');" 2>/dev/null || echo "")"
  if [[ -z "$active_count" ]]; then
    echo "failed to query active runs; refusing without --force" >&2
    exit 3
  fi
  if [[ "$active_count" -gt 0 ]]; then
    echo "REFUSING restart: $active_count agent run(s) in flight (running/deploying)." >&2
    echo "Wait for them to finish, or pass --force to restart anyway (will SIGTERM in-flight Claude subprocesses)." >&2
    exit 4
  fi
fi

if [[ "$DRY_RUN" -eq 1 ]]; then
  echo "DRY RUN: would restart sagan-runner and record SHA $current_sha"
  exit 0
fi

echo "restarting sagan-runner to pick up $current_sha"
sudo systemctl restart sagan-runner
printf '%s\n' "$current_sha" > "$SHA_FILE"
echo "recorded $current_sha in $SHA_FILE"

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86fbb52 runpod: stop the bootstrap → fake-100% → restart loop
3c9f0d1 literature: restore priority on DashboardSuggestedLitItem (build fix)
d35dd44 WIP catch-up: agent activity panel, comments revise, runpods routes, narrative editor, dispatcher / session improvements
97c936e feat: improve dashboard collaboration flow
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commit 86fbb52550fee2c74e9dd9130a6f50cf053cb708
Author: Thomas Jiralerspong <thomasjiralerspong@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu May 14 08:36:03 2026 +0000

    runpod: stop the bootstrap → fake-100% → restart loop
    
    A pod whose bootstrap exits clean (success or fast-fail) used to get auto-
    restarted by RunPod because desiredStatus=RUNNING, producing a
    bootstrap → 0% → 100% → bootstrap cycle every ~15s. Exp #192 spent 8h in
    that state with 7980 progress events and zero real work; #333/#365 did

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1	import { and, eq, inArray } from 'drizzle-orm';
2	import { db, schema } from './db.js';
3	import { emitEvent, notifyPipelineChanged, notifyQueued } from './queue.js';
4	import { getPod, stopPod, type PodInfo, type RunpodAccount } from './tools/runpod.js';
5	import { log } from './log.js';
6	import { recordTrail } from './trail.js';
7	import { queueAutomaticRecoveryRun } from './lib/agent-recovery.js';
8	import { cascadeAgentRunFailureToScope } from './lib/cascade-failure.js';
9	
10	const DEFAULT_WATCH_INTERVAL_MS = 60_000;
11	const ACTIVE_POD_STATUSES = ['deploying', 'running', 'retrying', 'stop_requested'];
12	const TERMINAL_AGENT_STATUSES = ['completed', 'failed', 'cancelled', 'rejected', 'blocked'];
13	
14	// Prompt body for the interpreter agent_run queued when all pods on an
15	// experiment report success. Mirrors the qa-step request that
16	// /api/pipeline/advance emits when the owner drags a card running→interpreting,
17	// so the runner's session prompt construction does not need to change.
18	const INTERPRET_REQUEST = [
19	  'Moved from running to interpreting on the Pipeline board.',
20	  '',
21	  'Interpret the current evidence for the scoped experiment. Use the scoped record as the source of truth for title and scope, identify missing artifacts or blockers, and produce the next concrete review note. Do not rename, retitle, or otherwise mutate the scoped issue/experiment.',
22	].join('\n');
23	
24	type PodLifecycleRow = typeof schema.podLifecycle.$inferSelect;
25	
26	export function startPodLifecycleWatcher(signal: AbortSignal) {
27	  const intervalMs = watchIntervalMs();
28	  sweepPodLifecycle().catch((err) => log.error('pod watcher sweep failed', { err: String(err) }));
29	
30	  const timer = setInterval(() => {
31	    sweepPodLifecycle().catch((err) => log.error('pod watcher sweep failed', { err: String(err) }));
32	  }, intervalMs);
33	
34	  signal.addEventListener('abort', () => clearInterval(timer), { once: true });
35	  log.info('pod lifecycle watcher started', { intervalMs });
36	}
37	
38	export async function sweepPodLifecycle() {
39	  const rows = await db()
40	    .select()
41	    .from(schema.podLifecycle)
42	    .where(inArray(schema.podLifecycle.status, ACTIVE_POD_STATUSES))
43	    .limit(50);
44	
45	  for (const row of rows) {
46	    await refreshPod(row).catch((err) =>
47	      handlePodRefreshError(row, err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)),
48	    );
49	  }
50	}
51	
52	export async function stopPodsForRun(agentRunId: string) {
53	  const rows = await db()
54	    .select()
55	    .from(schema.podLifecycle)
56	    .where(
57	      and(
58	        eq(schema.podLifecycle.agentRunId, agentRunId),
59	        inArray(schema.podLifecycle.status, ['deploying', 'running', 'retrying', 'stop_requested']),
60	      ),
61	    );
62	
63	  if (rows.length === 0) {
64	    await emitEvent(agentRunId, 'runpod_stop_skipped', 'no active pods found');
65	    return;
66	  }
67	
68	  for (const row of rows) {
69	    await db()
70	      .update(schema.podLifecycle)
71	      .set({ status: 'stop_requested', updatedAt: new Date() })
72	      .where(eq(schema.podLifecycle.id, row.id));
73	    await emitEvent(agentRunId, 'runpod_stop_requested', row.runpodPodId);
74	
75	    try {
76	      const pod = await stopPod(row.runpodPodId, row.account as RunpodAccount);
77	      await updatePodFromInfo(row, pod, 'stopped');
78	      await emitEvent(agentRunId, 'runpod_stopped', row.runpodPodId, {
79	        desiredStatus: pod.desiredStatus,
80	      });
81	    } catch (err) {
82	      const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
83	      await db()
84	        .update(schema.podLifecycle)
85	        .set({
86	          status: 'retrying',
87	          lastError: message.slice(0, 4000),
88	          updatedAt: new Date(),
89	        })
90	        .where(eq(schema.podLifecycle.id, row.id));
91	      await emitEvent(agentRunId, 'runpod_stop_failed', message.slice(0, 1000));
92	    }
93	  }
94	
95	  awai…

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de086b5 2026-05-14 08:16:44 +0000 clean-results: hide the claim panel on the detail page
86fbb52 2026-05-14 08:36:03 +0000 runpod: stop the bootstrap → fake-100% → restart loop
4879ab1 2026-05-14 08:39:30 +0000 mentor daily: clicking a card opens the linked entity, not the summary overlay
23c60f9 2026-05-14 08:52:19 +0000 mentor daily: pull card title from the linked clean_result, not from bodyMd

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[Unit]
Description=Sagan runner (headless Claude Code)
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=thomasjiralerspong
Group=thomasjiralerspong
WorkingDirectory=/home/thomasjiralerspong/sagan/services/runner
EnvironmentFile=/home/thomasjiralerspong/sagan/.env

# Run via tsx so we don't need a build step on the VM. Use a login shell so
# corepack's pnpm shim resolves through ~/.local/bin (added by ~/.bashrc).
ExecStart=/bin/bash -lc 'pnpm start'
StandardOutput=journal
StandardError=journal
SyslogIdentifier=sagan-runner

# Restart policy
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
StartLimitIntervalSec=60
StartLimitBurst=10

# Resource caps (generous; runner is mostly waiting on I/O)
LimitNOFILE=65535
MemoryMax=50G
CPUQuota=200%

# Security hardening
NoNewPrivileges=true
PrivateTmp=true
ProtectSystem=full
ProtectHome=read-only
# Writable paths for the runner and its orchestrator subagents:
# - /home/thomasjiralerspong/sagan: WorkingDirectory; the runner edits the
#   monorepo for self-improvement.
# - /home/thomasjiralerspong/.claude: Claude Agent SDK state (worktrees,
#   project transcripts, sub-agent definitions).
# - /home/thomasjiralerspong/.codex: codex CLI session/history/log state
#   written by codex-companion when planner runs spawn the codex-critic
#   sub-agent. Without this, plan-review codex critics fail with EROFS and
#   the planner falls back to Claude-only critique.
# - /home/thomasjiralerspong/explore-persona-space: the EPS client repo the
#   experiment orchestrator's `experiment-implementer` sub-agent commits to
#   when driving an experiment from approved → awaiting_promotion. Without
#   this, the orchestrator cannot create `issue-<N>` branches or push code
#   for the pod to pull, and post-approval runs end in `epm:failure`.
ReadWritePaths=/home/thomasjiralerspong/sagan /home/thomasjiralerspong/.claude /home/thomasjiralerspong/.codex /home/thomasjiralerspong/explore-persona-space

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
---
    PID     ELAPSED CMD
3945698       26:20 node /home/thomasjiralerspong/.local/bin/pnpm start

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services/runner/src/watcher.ts:145:  if (isSuccessTerminal(row.metadata)) {
services/runner/src/watcher.ts:299:function isSuccessTerminal(metadata: unknown): boolean {

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services/runner/src/lib/followups-watcher.ts:162:// `inArray` is imported above for symmetry with other watchers in this repo;
services/runner/src/index.ts:27:import { startPodLifecycleWatcher, stopPodsForRun } from './watcher.js';
services/runner/src/index.ts:28:import { startFollowupsWatcher } from './lib/followups-watcher.js';
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services/runner/src/index.ts:27:import { startPodLifecycleWatcher, stopPodsForRun } from './watcher.js';

automatic follow-up depth cap reached