# Ralph Progress Log

## Codebase Patterns
- ActorTask graceful shutdown hooks are delivered through `ActorEvent::RunGracefulCleanup`; tests that need hook dispatch after a clean run-handle exit can keep `ActorEvents` alive in a detached event-drain task.
- Actor connection actions should validate serialized WebSocket request size before sending so oversized frames reject the pending RPC instead of hanging if an upstream hop drops the frame.
- Actor connection outbound size errors should be returned as structured action error frames; relying only on a WebSocket close can leave the caller's action promise pending.
- Structured WebSocket close reasons in `group.code` format are parsed by `ActorConnRaw` and used to reject both the open promise and pending action promises.
- Driver fixtures that unblock pending workflow steps should latch early releases because inspector tests can observe `pending` before the blocking step installs its deferred.
- Rebuild `@rivetkit/rivetkit-napi` after rivetkit-core changes before rerunning native driver tests, or Vitest can exercise a stale `.node` artifact.
- Sleep DB tests that assert post-sleep effects should avoid exact wake counts unless the fixture pins sleep; delayed actor requests can observe a later generation after idle sleep.
- Raw `onWebSocket` hibernation needs core-created hibernation metadata plus per-message persist/ack before gateway replay state is correct.
- Restored hibernatable WebSockets must rebuild runtime handlers and invoke `on_open`; pre-sleep NAPI callbacks are not reusable after actor wake.
- For bare driver matrix sweeps, pass the Vitest `-t` filter directly before or with exact `*.test.ts` paths; `pnpm test ... -- -t ...` does not apply the filter and accidentally runs every encoding.
- Treat single-test driver passes as insufficient when DT acceptance requires suite health; actor connection and connection-error tests can pass alone but fail in fast bare matrix ordering.

Started: Wed Apr 22 09:46:20 PM PDT 2026
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## 2026-04-22 21:53:39 PDT - F3
- Implemented clean run-handle exits from `Started` so they leave the actor alive awaiting the engine `Stop` instead of transitioning straight to `Terminated`.
- Added targeted Sleep and Destroy coverage proving a later `Stop` enters grace and dispatches the cleanup hook exactly once after the run handle has already returned.
- Files changed:
  - `rivetkit-rust/packages/rivetkit-core/src/actor/task.rs`
  - `rivetkit-rust/packages/rivetkit-core/tests/modules/task.rs`
- Verification:
  - `cargo build -p rivetkit-core` passed.
  - `cargo test -p rivetkit-core clean_run_exit_still_dispatches -- --nocapture` passed.
  - Broader `cargo test -p rivetkit-core actor::task::tests::moved_tests:: -- --test-threads=1` still has 12 existing failures in legacy shutdown tests that expect old `FinalizeSleep`/`Destroy` events instead of current `RunGracefulCleanup` behavior.
- PRD note: `prd.json` changed during this session to a different driver-test PRD, so F3 could not be marked `passes: true` in the active file without overwriting newer work.
- **Learnings for future iterations:**
  - Clean run-handle exit is not the same thing as shutdown completion; `Terminated` should only mean lifecycle completion after the Stop grace path and final cleanup.
  - For F3-style tests, model a returned user run while preserving hook delivery by spawning a detached task that continues draining `ActorEvents`.
  - Existing task-module shutdown tests still contain old `FinalizeSleep`/`Destroy` expectations and are not a reliable full-module gate until updated.
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## 2026-04-22 22:04:44 PDT - DT-001
- Implemented serialized-size validation for actor connection action requests so payloads above the 64 KiB incoming WebSocket limit reject with `message/incoming_too_long` instead of leaving the action promise pending.
- Fixed the required whole-file gate by making oversized connection action responses return a structured `message/outgoing_too_long` action error instead of relying on close-frame delivery.
- Tightened the driver tests to assert structured `group` and `code` on both incoming and outgoing size rejections, and aligned connection-state waits with the async WebSocket init round trip.
- Files changed:
  - `rivetkit-rust/packages/rivetkit-core/src/registry/websocket.rs`
  - `rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/src/client/actor-conn.ts`
  - `rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/src/registry/native.ts`
  - `rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/tests/driver/actor-conn.test.ts`
  - `.agent/notes/driver-test-progress.md`
  - `scripts/ralph/prd.json`
  - `scripts/ralph/progress.txt`
- Verification:
  - `cargo build -p rivetkit-core` passed.
  - `pnpm --filter @rivetkit/rivetkit-napi build:force` passed.
  - `pnpm -F rivetkit test tests/driver/actor-conn.test.ts -t "should reject request exceeding maxIncomingMessageSize"` passed.
  - `pnpm -F rivetkit test tests/driver/actor-conn.test.ts -t "should handle large request within size limit"` passed.
  - `pnpm -F rivetkit test tests/driver/actor-conn.test.ts -t "static registry.*encoding \\(bare\\).*Large Payloads.*response"` passed.
  - `pnpm -F rivetkit test tests/driver/actor-conn.test.ts -t "static registry.*encoding \\(bare\\).*Actor Connection Tests"` passed: 23 passed, 0 failed, 46 skipped.
  - `pnpm build -F rivetkit` passed.
  - `pnpm -F rivetkit check-types` passed.
- **Learnings for future iterations:**
  - Driver matrix files default to `bare`, `cbor`, and `json`; use the `static registry.*encoding \\(bare\\).*...` filter when the progress log is tracking the static/http/bare configuration specifically.
  - Oversized actor connection request failures can be client-send-path bugs even when core has a server-side size guard, because the frame may never make it far enough for core to close the socket.
  - Oversized actor connection response failures need an action-scoped error frame; a close frame alone is order-sensitive with hibernatable WebSocket transport.
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## 2026-04-22 22:26:51 PDT - DT-003
- Verified `createConnState` WebSocket failures now reject pending connection actions with the original structured `connection/custom_error` fields.
- Root cause was the connection close path: structured close reasons must reject already-queued action promises, not only the open/connect promise. This was already covered by the current branch's actor connection error-path fix.
- Files changed:
  - `.agent/notes/driver-test-progress.md`
  - `scripts/ralph/prd.json`
  - `scripts/ralph/progress.txt`
- Verification:
  - `pnpm test tests/driver/conn-error-serialization.test.ts -t "static registry.*encoding \\(bare\\).*error thrown in createConnState preserves group and code through WebSocket serialization"` passed.
  - `pnpm test tests/driver/conn-error-serialization.test.ts` passed: 9 passed, 0 failed.
  - `pnpm build -F rivetkit` passed.
  - `pnpm -F rivetkit check-types` passed.
- **Learnings for future iterations:**
  - `createConnState` failures reach actor connections as WebSocket close reason strings like `connection.custom_error`.
  - Pending connection action calls rely on `ActorConnRaw.#handleOnClose` calling `#rejectPendingPromises`; otherwise actions queued before WebSocket init can hang until Vitest times out.
  - The unfiltered conn-error-serialization driver file runs all three encodings, while the tracked matrix is the bare subset.
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## 2026-04-22 22:33:41 PDT - DT-004
- Implemented deterministic cleanup for `workflowRunningStepActor` by latching `release()` calls that arrive before the blocking workflow step installs its deferred.
- Verified the inspector replay endpoint rejects in-flight workflows with the expected structured 409 and that cleanup no longer hangs when the observed state is `pending`.
- Files changed:
  - `rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/fixtures/driver-test-suite/workflow.ts`
  - `.agent/notes/driver-test-progress.md`
  - `scripts/ralph/prd.json`
  - `scripts/ralph/progress.txt`
- Verification:
  - `pnpm test tests/driver/actor-inspector.test.ts -t "static registry.*encoding \\(bare\\).*POST /inspector/workflow/replay rejects workflows that are currently in flight"` passed.
  - `pnpm test tests/driver/actor-inspector.test.ts` passed: 63 passed, 0 failed.
  - `pnpm build -F rivetkit` passed.
  - `pnpm -F rivetkit check-types` passed.
- **Learnings for future iterations:**
  - The core HTTP inspector replay path already returns the structured `actor/workflow_in_flight` 409 for pending or running workflow state.
  - `workflowState === "pending"` can be visible before a fixture's blocking step has registered its deferred, so cleanup actions must tolerate early release calls.
  - Full actor-inspector file verification runs all three encodings and is a stronger gate than the tracked static/http/bare subset.
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## 2026-04-22 22:44:46 PDT - DT-005
- Verified workflow-step-triggered actor destroy reaches `actor/not_found` on subsequent keyed `get().resolve()` after rebuilding the native NAPI artifact.
- Root cause was stale native build output: the source-level destroy path already removed the actor record, but the driver was running against an older `.node` artifact until `@rivetkit/rivetkit-napi` was rebuilt.
- Files changed:
  - `.agent/notes/driver-test-progress.md`
  - `scripts/ralph/prd.json`
  - `scripts/ralph/progress.txt`
- Verification:
  - `pnpm --filter @rivetkit/rivetkit-napi build:force` passed.
  - `pnpm test tests/driver/actor-workflow.test.ts -t "static registry.*encoding \\(bare\\).*workflow steps can destroy the actor"` passed.
  - `pnpm test tests/driver/actor-workflow.test.ts` passed: 54 passed, 0 failed, 3 skipped.
  - `pnpm build -F rivetkit` passed.
  - `pnpm -F rivetkit check-types` passed.
- **Learnings for future iterations:**
  - Native driver tests can fail against stale NAPI build artifacts even when the Rust/TS source already contains the fix.
  - The `workflowDestroyActor` verification is sensitive to the engine actor record's `destroy_ts`; `connectable_ts: null` alone only proves the actor is stopping.
  - Full actor-workflow verification runs all three encodings, while the tracked failure was the static/http/bare subset.
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## 2026-04-22 23:18:25 PDT - DT-006
- Implemented deterministic `sleepScheduleAfter` fixture behavior so the scheduled alarm fires after the explicit wake instead of racing the test request and creating an extra generation.
- Relaxed sibling waitUntil sleep DB wake-count assertions to allow later gateway-observed generations while preserving the DB and state persistence checks.
- Files changed:
  - `rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/fixtures/driver-test-suite/sleep-db.ts`
  - `rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/tests/driver/actor-sleep-db.test.ts`
  - `.agent/notes/driver-test-progress.md`
  - `scripts/ralph/prd.json`
  - `scripts/ralph/progress.txt`
- Verification:
  - `pnpm --filter @rivetkit/rivetkit-napi build:force` passed with pre-existing `rivetkit-sqlite` unsafe-op warnings.
  - `pnpm -F rivetkit test tests/driver/actor-sleep-db.test.ts -t "static registry.*encoding \\(bare\\).*schedule.after in onSleep persists and fires on wake"` passed.
  - `pnpm -F rivetkit test tests/driver/actor-sleep-db.test.ts` passed: 42 passed, 0 failed, 30 skipped.
  - `pnpm build -F rivetkit` passed.
  - `pnpm -F rivetkit check-types` passed.
- **Learnings for future iterations:**
  - `schedule.after` created during `onSleep` can wake an actor before a test's explicit post-sleep action reaches the gateway, so exact `startCount === 2` is only deterministic when the fixture schedules after the explicit wake or pins the actor awake.
  - WaitUntil sleep DB tests should assert persisted DB and state effects; gateway retries can legitimately observe a later actor generation after a long sleep shutdown.
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## 2026-04-22 23:33:39 PDT - DT-007
- Enabled native driver coverage for hibernatable WebSocket protocol tests and fixed the raw `onWebSocket` hibernation path exposed by the newly active static/http/bare suite.
- Implemented raw hibernatable connection metadata, inbound message persist/ack, restore-time handler rebuild, and restore `on_open` dispatch so replayed messages reach the new actor generation.
- Files changed:
  - `engine/CLAUDE.md`
  - `engine/sdks/rust/envoy-client/src/actor.rs`
  - `rivetkit-rust/packages/rivetkit-core/CLAUDE.md`
  - `rivetkit-rust/packages/rivetkit-core/src/registry/websocket.rs`
  - `rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/tests/driver/shared-harness.ts`
  - `rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/tests/driver/hibernatable-websocket-protocol.test.ts`
  - `rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/tests/driver/raw-websocket.test.ts`
  - `.agent/notes/driver-test-progress.md`
  - `scripts/ralph/prd.json`
  - `scripts/ralph/progress.txt`
- Verification:
  - `cargo build -p rivetkit-core` passed.
  - `pnpm --filter @rivetkit/rivetkit-napi build:force` passed with pre-existing `rivetkit-sqlite` unsafe-op warnings.
  - `pnpm test tests/driver/hibernatable-websocket-protocol.test.ts -t "static registry.*encoding \\(bare\\).*replays only unacked indexed websocket messages after sleep and wake"` passed.
  - `pnpm test tests/driver/hibernatable-websocket-protocol.test.ts -t "static registry.*encoding \\(bare\\).*cleans up stale hibernatable websocket connections on restore"` passed.
  - `pnpm test tests/driver/hibernatable-websocket-protocol.test.ts` passed: 6 passed, 0 failed.
  - `pnpm test tests/driver/raw-websocket.test.ts -t "static registry.*encoding \\(bare\\).*hibernatable websocket ack"` passed: 2 passed, 0 failed.
  - `pnpm test tests/driver/raw-websocket.test.ts` passed: 39 passed, 0 failed.
  - `pnpm build -F rivetkit` passed.
  - `pnpm -F rivetkit check-types` passed.
- **Learnings for future iterations:**
  - Native raw `onWebSocket` hibernation needs both connection metadata and per-message persist/ack in core; otherwise gateway replay/ack tests fail once enabled.
  - Hibernatable WebSocket restore must recreate runtime handlers and invoke `on_open` on wake so NAPI WebSocket callbacks attach to the new actor generation.
  - The remote ack-state fallback is a real WebSocket probe under native/http and can consume a hibernatable message index; direct in-process hooks do not.
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## 2026-04-22 23:51:38 PDT - DT-008
- Re-ran the DT-008 verification slice for static/http/bare. The suite is **not green**, so DT-008 remains `passes: false`.
- Files changed:
  - `.agent/notes/driver-test-progress.md`
  - `scripts/ralph/prd.json`
  - `scripts/ralph/progress.txt`
- Verification:
  - Full-file `actor-conn`: failed bare/cbor oversized response timeout; bare targeted recheck passed.
  - Full-file `conn-error-serialization`: passed, 9 passed.
  - Full-file `actor-inspector`: passed, 63 passed.
  - Full-file `actor-workflow`: failed `workflow steps can destroy the actor` across encodings; bare targeted recheck also failed.
  - Full-file `actor-sleep-db`: passed, 42 passed, 30 skipped.
  - Full-file `hibernatable-websocket-protocol`: failed replay ack-state checks across encodings; bare targeted recheck also failed.
  - Fast bare sweep failed: 281 passed, 6 failed, 577 skipped.
  - Slow bare sweep failed: 67 passed, 1 failed, 166 skipped.
  - `pnpm -F rivetkit check-types` passed.
- Added follow-up stories for the concrete failures:
  - DT-011 actor-conn oversized response timeout in fast bare matrix.
  - DT-012 actor-queue wait-send completion timeout.
  - DT-013 actor-workflow destroy still leaves actor discoverable.
  - DT-014 conn-error-serialization timeout in fast bare matrix.
  - DT-015 raw-websocket hibernatable ack state missing.
  - DT-016 hibernatable-websocket replay ack state missing.
- **Learnings for future iterations:**
  - Use exact `tests/driver/<file>.test.ts` paths with `-t "static registry.*encoding \\(bare\\)"`; putting `-t` after `--` runs all encodings and produces irrelevant counts.
  - DT-008 proves some failures only surface in the full fast matrix even when the same single-test filter passes, so do not mark driver fixes green from targeted rechecks alone.
  - The ack-state regressions now affect both `raw-websocket` hibernatable ack tests and `hibernatable-websocket-protocol` replay, suggesting the core/raw WebSocket hibernation metadata path is still incomplete.
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