The controller kept one report per machine, replaced, so a resource nothing can
ever apply looked like a failure that had just happened, every few minutes, for
ever. It now counts identical reports and status says stuck after three.
Surfaced while reviewing the host apply loop for the controller/host
split discussion. 065: a permanently-failing resource retries for ever
with no escalation — reported, but never raises its hand as stuck.
066: a partly-applied declaration leaves a mixed state with no rollback,
which is harmless for independent resources and unexamined for pairs
that are only correct together. Both are questions HQ must answer, not
incidents — status open, no fix proposed.
jschoubben