Ask the operator for a condition's answers and act on the warrant, so release, stop, start and restart can be answered from any channel that proves who answered (hq ADR 0259)

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package main
// The controller asks, and acts on the operator's warrant (novox/hq ADR 0259 §6). It holds no channel, no
// identity and no factor: it asks the router like any other module, and performs the answer chosen with its
// own grant.
//
// - **For every open, unsilenced condition that needs the operator and names its answers**, one ask is
// published on the `operator-channel` seat under the controller's own name: the condition's words, its
// actions as options at their levels (Silence acknowledges; Release, Stop, Start and Restart approve),
// answered by the operator, expiring after a day (a week when every option only acknowledges). A
// condition that clears, is silenced, or changes its answers has its ask cancelled; an ask that expired
// unanswered is asked again while the condition lasts. Each ask is kept in the controller's bucket
// `asked`, so a restart neither asks twice nor forgets.
// - **On a warrant**, heard on the seat's event under the controller's own name (which only the router may
// say), the controller acts once per ask: only for an ask it holds, only for the option it offered at
// that option's level, and only while the condition is still open. It performs the action as itself —
// a silence through its own conditions, any other through the verb the action names — with the warrant's
// words as its why, and records it in the hand-act log as the operator's decision, naming the channel,
// the ask and the proofs. An ask that ended without a choice is recorded and nothing is done.
// - **A warrant it missed** while away is read from the router's record of its asks, under its own name.
import (
"context"
"crypto/rand"
"encoding/hex"
"encoding/json"
"errors"
"fmt"
"sort"
"strings"
"sync"
"time"
"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/asks"
"github.com/novox/mesh-controller/internal/broker"
"github.com/novox/mesh-controller/internal/conditions"
"github.com/novox/mesh-controller/internal/link"
)
// The asker's name on the seat: the controller's module.
const askerName = broker.ControllerSeat
// How long an ask lasts: a day when an answer approves, a week when every answer only acknowledges.
const (
askApproveFor = 24 * time.Hour
askAcknowledgeFor = 7 * 24 * time.Hour
// askEvery is how often what is open is asked about again, beside every change.
askEvery = time.Minute
// askCatchUpAfter is how old an open ask is before the router's record of it is read: a warrant heard
// on the event needs no reading.
askCatchUpAfter = 2 * time.Minute
// askAgainAfterAnswer is how long a condition the operator answered is not asked about again with the
// same answers: what was chosen takes a while to clear it, and asking again at once would ask twice.
askAgainAfterAnswer = time.Hour
)
// What became of an ask, as the controller keeps it.
const (
askOpen = "open"
askCancelled = "cancelled"
)
// asked is one ask the controller made, as it keeps it.
type asked struct {
ID string `json:"id"`
Condition string `json:"condition"`
Ask asks.Ask `json:"ask"`
Actions []conditions.Action `json:"actions"`
// Options are the actions by option id.
Options map[string]int `json:"options"`
State string `json:"state"`
Opened time.Time `json:"opened"`
Ended time.Time `json:"ended,omitempty"`
Warrant *asks.Warrant `json:"warrant,omitempty"`
// Acted is what the controller did on the warrant: empty before it did anything, "acting" while it acts,
// then "done", "failed: …" or "nothing: …". Anything but empty is never acted on again.
Acted string `json:"acted,omitempty"`
}
// askedStore keeps the asks (broker.AskedBucket).
type askedStore interface {
Get(ctx context.Context, id string) (*asked, error)
Put(ctx context.Context, a asked) error
All(ctx context.Context) ([]asked, error)
}
// asker is the controller asking the operator and acting on the answer.
type asker struct {
open func(ctx context.Context) ([]conditions.Condition, error)
silence func(ctx context.Context, key string, d time.Duration, by, why string) error
store askedStore
// publish puts a message on a subject's stream, de-duplicated by id.
publish func(ctx context.Context, subject string, body []byte, id string) error
// call performs an action's verb with its arguments, as the controller.
call func(ctx context.Context, a conditions.Action, args map[string]string) error
// record writes the hand-act log.
record func(ctx context.Context, act link.HandAct) error
// routerRecord reads the router's record of an ask for a warrant missed; nil reads nothing.
routerRecord func(ctx context.Context, id string) (*asks.Warrant, error)
now func() time.Time
logf func(string, ...any)
mu sync.Mutex
nudged chan struct{}
}
func (a *asker) nudge() {
if a == nil {
return
}
a.mu.Lock()
if a.nudged == nil {
a.nudged = make(chan struct{}, 1)
}
ch := a.nudged
a.mu.Unlock()
select {
case ch <- struct{}{}:
default:
}
}
// keep asks until ctx ends: now, on every change of a condition, and every askEvery.
func (a *asker) keep(ctx context.Context) {
a.nudge()
tick := time.NewTicker(askEvery)
defer tick.Stop()
a.mu.Lock()
nudged := a.nudged
a.mu.Unlock()
for {
select {
case <-ctx.Done():
return
case <-tick.C:
case <-nudged:
}
if err := a.reconcile(ctx); err != nil {
a.logf("what the operator is asked could not be brought up to date: %v", err)
}
}
}
// wants says whether a condition is one to ask about now.
func wants(c conditions.Condition, now time.Time) bool {
return len(c.Actions) > 0 && c.Needs != "" && !c.SilencedAt(now)
}
func sameAsked(a []conditions.Action, b []conditions.Action) bool {
x, _ := json.Marshal(a)
y, _ := json.Marshal(b)
return string(x) == string(y)
}
// reconcile brings what is asked in line with what is open.
func (a *asker) reconcile(ctx context.Context) error {
now := a.now()
open, err := a.open(ctx)
if err != nil {
return err
}
all, err := a.store.All(ctx)
if err != nil {
return err
}
byCondition := map[string]asked{}
for _, r := range all {
if r.State == askOpen {
if prior, held := byCondition[r.Condition]; !held || r.Opened.After(prior.Opened) {
byCondition[r.Condition] = r
}
}
}
// A warrant missed while away, read from the router's record.
if a.routerRecord != nil {
for _, r := range byCondition {
if now.Sub(r.Opened) < askCatchUpAfter {
continue
}
if w, err := a.routerRecord(ctx, r.ID); err == nil && w != nil {
body, _ := json.Marshal(w)
if err := a.Decided(ctx, body); err != nil {
return err
}
}
}
if all, err = a.store.All(ctx); err != nil {
return err
}
byCondition = map[string]asked{}
for _, r := range all {
if r.State == askOpen {
byCondition[r.Condition] = r
}
}
}
// What the operator answered lately, by condition: not asked again at once.
answered := map[string]asked{}
for _, r := range all {
if r.State == string(asks.OutcomeChosen) && now.Sub(r.Ended) < askAgainAfterAnswer {
answered[r.Condition] = r
}
}
wanted := map[string]bool{}
sort.Slice(open, func(i, j int) bool { return open[i].Key < open[j].Key })
for _, c := range open {
if !wants(c, now) {
continue
}
wanted[c.Key] = true
if r, done := answered[c.Key]; done && sameAsked(r.Actions, c.Actions) {
if _, held := byCondition[c.Key]; !held {
continue
}
}
if r, held := byCondition[c.Key]; held {
switch {
case !sameAsked(r.Actions, c.Actions):
if err := a.cancel(ctx, r, "its answers changed"); err != nil {
return err
}
case !now.Before(r.Ask.Expires):
// Expired unanswered: the router says so too; asked again below while it lasts.
r.State, r.Ended = string(asks.OutcomeExpired), now
if err := a.store.Put(ctx, r); err != nil {
return err
}
default:
continue
}
}
if err := a.ask(ctx, c); err != nil {
a.logf("the operator could not be asked about %s: %v", c.Key, err)
}
}
for key, r := range byCondition {
if !wanted[key] {
if err := a.cancel(ctx, r, "the condition ended, was silenced or needs nothing now"); err != nil {
return err
}
}
}
return nil
}
// optionID is an action's label as an option's id: "Silence for a week" is silence-for-a-week.
func optionID(label string) string {
var b strings.Builder
dash := false
for _, r := range strings.ToLower(label) {
switch {
case r >= 'a' && r <= 'z', r >= '0' && r <= '9':
b.WriteRune(r)
dash = false
case !dash && b.Len() > 0:
b.WriteByte('-')
dash = true
}
}
return strings.TrimSuffix(b.String(), "-")
}
// doesWords is what an action does, in the words an option says it with.
func doesWords(act conditions.Action) string {
switch {
case act.Arguments["silence"] != "":
return "nothing more is said of it for a week"
case act.Verb == "mesh-delivery.release":
return "the delivery goes on"
case act.Verb == "mesh-delivery.stop":
return "the delivery ends"
case act.Verb == broker.ControllerSeat+".plans" && act.Arguments["go"] != "":
return "the delivery starts"
case act.Verb == broker.ControllerSeat+".plans" && act.Arguments["stop"] != "":
return "the delivery is stopped"
case strings.HasSuffix(act.Verb, ".restart"):
return "its service is restarted on " + act.Machine
}
return strings.ToLower(act.Label)
}
// askOf is the ask a condition is asked with.
func askOf(id string, c conditions.Condition, now time.Time) (asks.Ask, map[string]int) {
q := asks.Ask{ID: id, Headline: c.Headline, Explanation: c.Explanation, Who: asks.Operator,
OnExpiry: "nothing is done, and you are asked again while it lasts", About: c.Key,
Urgent: c.Severity == conditions.Urgent}
options := map[string]int{}
approves := false
for i, act := range c.Actions {
level := asks.Level(act.Level)
if level == "" {
level = asks.Approve // an action that says nothing of its level is never taken for less
}
approves = approves || level != asks.Acknowledge
oid := optionID(act.Label)
options[oid] = i
q.Options = append(q.Options, asks.Option{ID: oid, Label: act.Label, Does: doesWords(act), Level: level})
}
q.Expires = now.Add(askAcknowledgeFor)
if approves {
q.Expires = now.Add(askApproveFor)
}
return q, options
}
func newAskID() string {
var b [8]byte
_, _ = rand.Read(b[:])
return "c" + hex.EncodeToString(b[:])
}
// ask publishes one ask about a condition, and keeps it.
func (a *asker) ask(ctx context.Context, c conditions.Condition) error {
now := a.now()
id := newAskID()
q, options := askOf(id, c, now)
if err := q.Check(now); err != nil {
return err
}
body, err := json.Marshal(q)
if err != nil {
return err
}
if err := a.publish(ctx, asks.AskSubject(askerName), body, "ask."+id); err != nil {
return err
}
a.logf("asked the operator about %s (%s): %d answer(s)", c.Key, id, len(q.Options))
return a.store.Put(ctx, asked{ID: id, Condition: c.Key, Ask: q, Actions: c.Actions, Options: options,
State: askOpen, Opened: now})
}
// cancel takes an ask back.
func (a *asker) cancel(ctx context.Context, r asked, why string) error {
body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]string{"id": r.ID})
if err := a.publish(ctx, asks.CancelSubject(askerName), body, "cancel."+r.ID); err != nil {
a.logf("the ask %s about %s could not be taken back (%v); taken back at the next look", r.ID, r.Condition, err)
return nil
}
a.logf("took back the ask %s about %s: %s", r.ID, r.Condition, why)
r.State, r.Ended = askCancelled, a.now()
return a.store.Put(ctx, r)
}
// Decided takes the router's word on one of the controller's asks (link.Decider). An error is returned only
// when what was decided could not be kept, so the word is held and heard again.
func (a *asker) Decided(ctx context.Context, body []byte) error {
var w asks.Warrant
if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &w); err != nil {
a.logf("the router's word on an ask could not be read; ignored: %v", err)
return nil
}
if w.Asker != askerName {
a.logf("REFUSED a warrant for %s's ask %s: the controller acts only on its own", w.Asker, w.Ask)
return nil
}
r, err := a.store.Get(ctx, w.Ask)
if err != nil {
return err
}
if r == nil {
a.logf("REFUSED a warrant for the ask %s, which the controller does not hold", w.Ask)
return nil
}
if r.Acted != "" {
return nil // heard again: acted on once
}
now := a.now()
if w.Outcome != asks.OutcomeChosen {
r.State, r.Ended, r.Warrant = string(w.Outcome), now, &w
r.Acted = "nothing: the ask " + string(w.Outcome)
if w.Words != "" {
r.Acted += ": " + w.Words
}
a.logf("the ask %s about %s ended %s; nothing is done", r.ID, r.Condition, w.Outcome)
return a.store.Put(ctx, *r)
}
option, err := w.For(askerName, r.Ask)
if err != nil {
a.logf("REFUSED a warrant for the ask %s: %v", r.ID, err)
return nil
}
index, offered := r.Options[option.ID]
if !offered || index >= len(r.Actions) {
a.logf("REFUSED a warrant for the ask %s: it chose %s, which no action stands for", r.ID, option.ID)
return nil
}
act := r.Actions[index]
r.State, r.Warrant = string(asks.OutcomeChosen), &w
open, err := a.open(ctx)
if err != nil {
return err
}
stillOpen := false
for _, c := range open {
stillOpen = stillOpen || c.Key == r.Condition
}
if !stillOpen {
// The asker checks the state is still what it asked about before it acts (to-be 46 §10, step 7).
r.Ended, r.Acted = now, "nothing: the condition ended before the answer"
a.logf("%s, for %s, which ended meanwhile: nothing is done", w.Says(), r.Condition)
return a.store.Put(ctx, *r)
}
r.Acted = "acting"
if err := a.store.Put(ctx, *r); err != nil {
return err
}
why := fmt.Sprintf("%s (ask %s)", w.Says(), r.ID)
args := map[string]string{}
for k, v := range act.Arguments {
args[k] = v
}
if v, takes := args["why"]; takes && v == "" {
args["why"] = why
}
var acted error
if act.Arguments["silence"] != "" {
acted = a.silence(ctx, act.Arguments["silence"], conditions.MaxSilence, byWords(w), why)
} else {
acted = a.call(ctx, act, args)
}
r.Ended = a.now()
r.Acted = "done"
if acted != nil {
r.Acted = "failed: " + acted.Error()
}
if err := a.store.Put(ctx, *r); err != nil {
return err
}
verbArgs := []string{act.Verb}
if act.Machine != "" {
verbArgs = append(verbArgs, "on "+act.Machine)
}
keys := make([]string, 0, len(args))
for k := range args {
keys = append(keys, k)
}
sort.Strings(keys)
for _, k := range keys {
if k != "why" {
verbArgs = append(verbArgs, k+"="+args[k])
}
}
if err := a.record(ctx, link.HandAct{Verb: handActWarrant, Args: verbArgs, Why: why, By: byWords(w),
Cause: conditions.CauseOperatorAnswer, Condition: r.Condition, Via: viaWords(w), Ask: r.ID,
Proofs: w.Proofs, RequestedBy: r.Condition, Outcome: r.Acted}); err != nil {
a.logf("%s was done, and could NOT be recorded in the hand-act log: %v", why, err)
}
a.logf("%s: %s", why, r.Acted)
return nil
}
// handActWarrant is the verb an act the operator chose on a warrant is recorded under: a person's decision,
// never a repair (handActVerbs).
const handActWarrant = "warrant"
// byWords is who chose, as the hand-act log says it: "the operator, as telegram identity 42".
func byWords(w asks.Warrant) string {
if w.By == nil {
return "the operator"
}
return fmt.Sprintf("the %s, as %s identity %s", w.By.Who, w.By.Kind, w.By.Identity)
}
// viaWords is the channel an answer came through: its module and kind, and how the sender was known.
func viaWords(w asks.Warrant) string {
if w.By == nil {
return w.Channel
}
via := w.Channel + " (" + w.By.Kind + ")"
if w.By.Verified != "" {
via += ", " + w.By.Verified
}
return via
}
// errNotGranted is an action whose verb the controller's grant does not name.
var errNotGranted = errors.New("the controller's grant does not name this verb")