Say a timeout is not a failure, and where the controller keeps the answer (hq issue 265) #15

2026-10-05T23:15:18Z

mesh-admin commented

2026-10-05 23:15:18 +00:00

novox/hq issue 265.

The console's timeout read "did not answer in time … the tool being slow", and operators took it as failed and pushed again. The push had happened. Now a timeout says it is not a failure: the call may still be running and may already have done what was asked, so check before repeating a call that changes the mesh. For mesh-controller.* it adds that the controller answers within seconds, so the answer was lost on the way, and mesh-controller.calls has it. That verb comes with the companion mesh-controller PR, which also makes the controller answer within 10 s, well inside the console's 30 s RequestTimeout. A comment on RequestTimeout records that relationship.

Test: TestATimeoutIsNotAFailure. gofmt, go vet ./..., go test ./... in node-tools are clean.

novox/hq issue 265. The console's timeout read "did not answer in time … the tool being slow", and operators took it as failed and pushed again. The push had happened. Now a timeout says it is not a failure: the call may still be running and may already have done what was asked, so check before repeating a call that changes the mesh. For `mesh-controller.*` it adds that the controller answers within seconds, so the answer was lost on the way, and `mesh-controller.calls` has it. That verb comes with the companion mesh-controller PR, which also makes the controller answer within 10 s, well inside the console's 30 s `RequestTimeout`. A comment on `RequestTimeout` records that relationship. Test: `TestATimeoutIsNotAFailure`. gofmt, go vet ./..., go test ./... in node-tools are clean.

mesh-admin added 1 commit 2026-10-05 23:15:18 +00:00

Say a timeout is not a failure, and where the controller keeps the answer (hq issue 265) fce3dcb98d

mesh-admin merged commit 730b4047f0 into main

2026-10-05 23:33:12 +00:00

mesh-admin deleted branch fix/a-timeout-is-not-a-failure

2026-10-05 23:33:12 +00:00

mesh-admin commented

2026-10-06 23:11:25 +00:00

Delivery novox/mesh-tools@730b4047f0f2 — held since 2026-10-06T23:05:28Z

Held for a person: merged without a passing check: only a person decides that it goes on — mesh-delivery.release with why lets it go on.

Delivery plan — builds mesh-tools, node-tools → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step

tier 0: mesh-tools, node-tools
ace: receives node-tools
g14: receives node-tools
novox: receives node-tools
shanks: receives node-tools
node-tools provides mcp-endpoint: its consumers are sent again after it

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2026-10-06 23:05 (new) → proposed (announced): novox/mesh-tools#15 merged; its head was not heard by this owner, so it is made from the forge's word
2026-10-06 23:05 proposed → held (merged-unchecked): merged without a passing check — a verdict known with it is taken first: only a person decides that it goes on

The commit's note under refs/notes/mesh-plan keeps every transition: git log --notes=mesh-plan.

**Delivery** `novox/mesh-tools@730b4047f0f2` — **held** since 2026-10-06T23:05:28Z Held for a person: merged without a passing check: only a person decides that it goes on — `mesh-delivery.release` with why lets it go on. **Delivery plan** — builds mesh-tools, node-tools → ace, g14, novox, shanks; no bus step - tier 0: mesh-tools, node-tools - ace: receives node-tools - g14: receives node-tools - novox: receives node-tools - shanks: receives node-tools - node-tools provides mcp-endpoint: its consumers are sent again after it **Transitions** - 2026-10-06 23:05 (new) → proposed (announced): novox/mesh-tools#15 merged; its head was not heard by this owner, so it is made from the forge's word - 2026-10-06 23:05 proposed → held (merged-unchecked): merged without a passing check — a verdict known with it is taken first: only a person decides that it goes on The commit's note under `refs/notes/mesh-plan` keeps every transition: `git log --notes=mesh-plan`.

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Reference: novox/mesh-tools#15