Add durable mid-run steering, safe-point input injection, and pending-rerun semantics

[leecyang]

Summary

Adds durable mid-run steering (issue #16): POST /v1/runs/{run_id}/steer durably injects structured input into a running, queued, or paused run via a PostgreSQL-backed inbox (run_steering_events), consumed by graph code through runtime.drain_steering() at application-chosen safe points. Delivery is durable, ordered, and deduplicated within a single live channel (at-least-once across a worker crash, before the durable consumed-commit), and survives worker crashes, transient DB failures, and Redis loss (Redis/EventBus is a genuine low-latency wake accelerator for the worker's heartbeat; PostgreSQL polling remains the guaranteed fallback and source of truth).

Sixteen rounds of maintainer review. The Alembic migration chain is 0001_lingxigraph_v1 → 0002_steering → 0003_steering_source_event → 0004_steering_closed → 0005_superseded_by_run_id. Every durable state transition and its paired lifecycle event/disposition is one atomic, fenced operation, and every control-plane marker lives in a typed field the caller cannot forge:

• runs.superseded_by_run_id is a typed column, written atomically by the existing fenced resume transaction and read by /steer, /cancel, and the resume-conflict gate — not metadata, which remains ordinary user data a caller can set freely without it ever affecting control flow. This closes a forgery vector where submitting metadata.superseded_by_run_id at run-creation time could fake 409 run_superseded/409 run_resume_conflict on a run that was never actually resumed.
• retry_run_with_event_if_owned(...) transitions a run to pending (or cancelled, if cancellation arrived first) and appends/omits its worker_retrying event in the same lock/transaction.
• finalize_run_with_steering_disposition_if_owned(...) commits the Run's terminal status, the leftover-steering disposition (superseded, honestly labeled unconsumed_at_final_boundary), and the paired run.steer.superseded event(s) all in one transaction.
• Every PostgreSQL fenced write uses UPDATE ... RETURNING * inside its own transaction rather than committing and re-reading afterward.
• request_cancel() applies a unified, lock-checked policy: a run already superseded by a resume (the typed superseded_by_run_id field set) is rejected with 409 run_superseded rather than being falsely cancelled while its actual resumed descendant keeps running; otherwise pending/paused (no live worker exists to cooperate with) cancel immediately to cancelled, and running moves to cancelling for the owning worker to finalize cooperatively.
• claim_run()'s lease-expiry recovery has an explicit policy for the remaining lease-owned active state: an expired running run recovers to pending; an expired cancelling run recovers to cancelled.
• A retry intent never closes steering admission or supersedes anything — only a genuinely terminal, non-paused finish intent seals admission (close_steering(), 409 run_finalizing for late callers); a paused intent leaves steering open for the resume-transfer path.
• commit_steering_consumptions_if_owned extends the same lease/attempt fencing to the ordinary consumption commit; idempotency-key replay on /steer is checked before any admission gate; the root source_event_id survives repeated pause/resume cycles; RedisEventBus's cancellation-safe wait helper distinguishes a genuine timeout from the awaited call's own exception.

Plus a full zh/en documentation matrix (API reference, Python SDK, errors/lifecycle events — all three dedicated steering events: accepted, consumed, superseded — a Steering concept page, and an operations/migration-rollout page).

Final-disposition policy (precise, not overclaimed)

• A terminal run's own finalization decision (any terminal outcome; paused is excluded from this finalization path since it was never terminal to begin with) commits its leftover-steering disposition atomically with the terminal status.
• The narrower exception: if the final steering consumption flush itself can never durably commit, _retry_or_dead_letter() may leave a dead-lettered run's steering pending as durable history rather than force a disposition decision it can't safely make.
• A retry never touches steering admission or disposition at all — unconsumed steering is always recoverable by the next delivery attempt.
• An ordinary cancel (pending, paused, running, or lease-expiry recovery) may legitimately leave a steering row pending as deliberate durable history; /redrive only accepts failed/dead_letter runs, not cancelled.

Relationship to existing control semantics

• cancel: always takes priority, resolved immediately when there's no live worker to cooperate with (pending/paused), re-checked atomically inside every fenced final/retry write when there is (running), recovered correctly if the owning worker crashes after cancellation was requested but before finalization committed, and rejected with 409 run_superseded — never falsely "succeeding", and never forgeable via user metadata — against a run already superseded by a resume.
• paused runs: steer is durably accepted; on resume, pending steering is atomically transferred to the new run (old event superseded with a run.steer.superseded event, old run_id's typed superseded_by_run_id field set → later steer OR cancel against it gets 409 run_superseded; concurrent resumes → 409 run_resume_conflict).
• queued runs: steering submitted before a worker claims the run is read from the durable inbox at claim time.
• finalizing runs: /steer gets 409 run_finalizing once a terminal finish has sealed admission, unless it's an idempotency-key replay of an already-accepted event.
• multitask strategy: left untouched — steering is an in-run control channel, not a Run-level concurrency policy.

Deliberate scope cuts (see issue's out-of-scope section)

• No pluggable coalescing policy for high-frequency duplicates — default preserves strict order only.
• Studio timeline UI not implemented (explicitly out of scope in the issue).

Test plan

• pytest -q: 329 unit tests + 21 live-Postgres integration tests, all passing (Postgres + Redis integration run for real against live local services throughout this review cycle, not hand-reviewed).
• ruff check src tests migrations and ruff format --check: clean. mypy src/lingxigraph: clean. coverage report --fail-under=79: 80% — wholly-new, Postgres-only sync helpers are marked # pragma: no cover (each with a reason comment) since the quality job that gates coverage has no live Postgres, while the separate postgres job exercises them for real; no public API was removed to satisfy the gate.
• Regression coverage includes: a live-Postgres test proving forged metadata.superseded_by_run_id is fully inert to /steer//cancel//resume, while a genuine resume still atomically sets the typed column and gates both endpoints correctly; a live-Postgres concurrency test proving resume-vs-cancel racing the same paused run never lets cancel return success while a descendant run keeps executing; a live-Postgres test proving cancelling a paused run terminates immediately and doesn't wedge a same-thread queued run; a live-Postgres test proving an expired cancelling run recovers to cancelled; a live-Postgres test proving a stale retrying worker's event can never be sequenced after a newer attempt's own events; a real Worker-level delivery-retry test proving unconsumed steering survives a retryable exception; a real PostgreSQL rollback/takeover test proving the atomic terminal-finalize-plus-steering-disposition transaction either fully commits or fully rolls back; a hardened live-Postgres Alembic-head test asserting runs.steering_closed, runs.superseded_by_run_id, and the migration chain landing on 0005_superseded_by_run_id; concurrent double-resume; idempotency-key replay across finalizing/terminal gates; run.steer.superseded idempotent under retry; Redis busy-loop bound on a simulated connection failure; node retry / parallel Send-fanout / subgraph-namespace safe-point semantics; embedded-mode channel lifecycle; and the full accepted→consumed/superseded observability lifecycle.
• node Wiki/scripts/check-docs.mjs: aligned MDX pages in zh/en, navigation metadata, and internal links validated.

Closes #16.

[leecyang]

Blocking review — 当前不建议合并。

1. Paused Run steering 实际不会在 resume 后被消费。 当前 /v1/runs/{run_id}/steer 把事件持久化到旧 paused run_id；而现有 /resume 会通过 repository.create_run(...) 创建一个新的 Run，并用 metadata.resumed_from_run_id 关联旧 Run。Worker 只按它正在执行的新 run.id 调 list_pending_steering()，因此旧 paused Run 上的 steering 不会被新 Run 拉取，最终会永久 pending。现有 test_paused_run_steer_is_durably_accepted_not_immediately_consumed 只断言 resumed Run 成功，没有断言 while-paused 被实际读取/consumed，所以没有捕获这个问题。请二选一实现 Issue #16 定义的明确语义：A) paused 状态拒绝 steer，要求调用方走 resume/update；或 B) resume 创建新 Run 时显式继承/转移旧 Run 的 pending steering，并补 accepted→consumed 测试。

2. Embedded/library mode 存在按 Run 数量增长的 steering channel 内存泄漏。 CompiledGraph._run() 对每个 run 都执行 self._run_steering[run_id] = ... or SteeringChannel(run_id)，但 finally 明确不 pop；只有 Server Worker 在执行结束后调用 graph.forget_steering(run.id)。因此长期复用同一个 compiled graph 的普通 invoke/ainvoke，即使从未使用 steering，也会为每个 run 留下一条 _run_steering 记录。请区分 server-owned/external channel 与 executor-owned channel，确保 embedded run 结束后自动释放；并增加大量连续 invoke 后 _run_steering 不增长的回归测试。

3. Issue #16 明确列为必测的几个执行语义仍未覆盖。 新 tests/test_steering.py 没有覆盖 node retry、parallel nodes/superstep、subgraph namespace，而这些场景直接决定 at-least-once、保序和共享 channel 是否正确。请补齐对应测试，尤其验证 retry 不会吞掉/重复暴露已成功消费的 event，以及 parallel/subgraph 下 drain 的确定性。

4. Steering observability 未达到 Issue #16 的验收信息。 当前 run.steer.consumed 只记录 steering_event_id / sequence / kind，缺少 Issue 要求的 queue latency、consume safe-point/node/namespace。至少需要让 consumed event 能定位“在哪里、等待多久被消费”，否则生产环境无法诊断 steering 延迟和错误消费位置。

另一个需要澄清的设计点：当前 runtime.drain_steering() 可在 node 函数内部任意位置调用，executor 本身没有真正约束 safe-point；如果这是有意设计，请把“safe point 由应用 node 显式选择”写入文档并调整 Issue/测试表述，否则应在 executor 层建立真正的边界语义。

CI 通过不改变上述结论；这些属于生命周期和验收覆盖缺口，而不是 lint/type/test-green 能证明正确的部分。

[leecyang]

Addressed all 4 blocking points in ce93af7:

1. Paused-run steering lost after resume — fixed by transferring pending steering onto the new run created by /resume (old events marked superseded, old run_id rejects further steer with a new RunSupersededError / HTTP 409 run_superseded instead of silently accepting into a dead inbox). New end-to-end test proves accepted → transferred → delivered → consumed under the resumed run_id.
2. Embedded-mode channel leak — SteeringChannel now carries an owned_by_executor flag; channels the executor creates for a plain invoke/ainvoke are released once the run truly finishes (not on pause, so paused steering still survives to resume), while server-owned channels (registered by Worker before claiming a queued run) are unaffected. Regression test confirms _run_steering doesn't grow across repeated embedded invokes.
3. Missing required test coverage — added node-retry (event not lost/not duplicate-exposed across a failed attempt), parallel Send-fanout/superstep (mutually exclusive, ordered drain under racing concurrent tasks), and subgraph-namespace (child shares and durably consumes the parent's channel) tests to tests/test_steering.py.
4. Observability gap — run.steer.consumed now carries queue_latency_seconds, node, namespace, and task_id, threaded through automatically by Runtime.drain_steering().

Clarification on safe-point semantics: documented (in Runtime.drain_steering()'s docstring and docs/api.md) that "safe point" is application-chosen — the executor guarantees a consistent, ordered channel view and when it refreshes, not where inside node code drain_steering() may be called.

pytest -q → 212 passed, 2 skipped (Postgres integration tests need a live DB); ruff check . and mypy src/lingxigraph clean. Ready for re-review.

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[leecyang]

Second blocking review — 仍不建议合并。

上一轮 4 个问题在 ce93af7 中都有针对性修复，方向基本正确；但复核真实 Server/PostgreSQL 生命周期后又发现 3 个 durability/concurrency 阻塞项：

1. /resume 的“创建新 Run + 迁移 steering”并不原子，新 Run 可以在迁移前被 worker claim。

   当前 resume_run() 先 repository.create_run(...)，新 Run 此时已经以 pending 状态提交/对 worker 可见；随后才单独调用 transfer_pending_steering(old_run_id, new_run_id)。Worker.run_once() 对 pending Run 没有任何“resume migration complete”门槛，会直接 claim 并执行。

   因此存在真实竞态：

   request A: create resumed Run (pending, transaction committed)
                     ↓
   worker B: claim new Run → execute → possibly finish
                     ↓
   request A: transfer_pending_steering(...)
   

   对一个很短的 resumed graph，steering 可以在 worker 已完成后才被迁移到新 Run，最终再次永久 pending。当前 E2E 测试只是依赖调度时序“恰好 transfer 先发生”，无法证明不存在这个窗口。

   **建议修复：**把 resume 创建和 steering 迁移下沉成 repository-level 单事务操作，例如 resume_run_with_pending_steering(...)：锁 old Run → 创建 new Run → 标记 old superseded → 转移 steering → commit 后 new Run 才对 claim 可见。或者先创建不可 claim 的中间状态，完成迁移后再原子切到 pending。

   另外 PostgreSQL 的 _transfer_pending_steering_sync() 只 FOR UPDATE 锁 old Run，没有锁 new Run；它通过 MAX(sequence)+1 给 new Run 分配 sequence。与此同时 /steer 对 new Run 会锁 new Run row 并独立计算 MAX(sequence)+1，两者可并发拿到相同 sequence，触发 (tenant_id, run_id, sequence) unique 冲突。迁移事务也必须和 new-run steering submission 使用同一个序列化锁。

2. pop_consumed() 在 durable ack 之前清空本地消费日志；数据库/事件写入一旦暂时失败，消费记录会永久丢失。

   Worker._sync_steering_out() 当前顺序是：

   consumed = channel.pop_consumed()   # 这里已经 clear
   → repository.mark_steering_consumed(...)
   → repository.append_event(run.steer.consumed)
   

   如果 mark_steering_consumed() 抛一次临时数据库错误，channel 已经没有 consumed record；DB 里的 steering 仍是 pending。下一次 _sync_steering_in() 虽然又读到这条 pending row，但 SteeringChannel._seen_ids 已经记住该 id，ingest() 不会重新放回 pending；后续 heartbeat/final flush 也没有 consumed record 可重试。Run 最终甚至可以成功结束，而 DB 里留下永久 pending steering。

   如果 mark_steering_consumed() 成功、但 append_event() 失败，则 DB 已是 consumed，但 run.steer.consumed observability 永久缺失，同样没有 retry 路径。

   这和 SteeringChannel.drain() 注释里的“DB inbox remains source of truth and a later safe point can retry”并不一致。

   **建议修复：**不要 destructive-pop 后再做 I/O。改为 peek/drain_consumption_log → durable commit → ack/remove local log，或者提供 ack_consumed(ids)；更理想的是 repository 提供单事务 commit_steering_consumptions(...)，同时更新 steering status + append lifecycle events，成功后再从 channel ack。必须增加 injected transient DB failure 的回归测试。

3. Paused steering 迁移时生成了全新的 event id 和 created_at，破坏 accepted→consumed 的稳定身份与 queue latency。

   transfer_pending_steering() 当前把旧事件标为 superseded，然后构造新的 RunSteeringEvent(...)；没有保留旧 id，也没有传旧 created_at。结果是：

   • 客户端在 paused Run 调 /steer 收到的 steering_event_id=A 永远不会出现 consumed(A)；resume 后真正 consumed 的是新 id B。
   • queue_latency_seconds 从 B.created_at（resume/迁移时刻）开始算，不包含 steering 在 paused Run 中等待的时间，与文档“从 durably accepted 到被消费”的定义不一致。
   • 新 Run 的 run.steer.accepted 使用 B，没有 source/root steering event id，外部无法可靠关联 A → B。

   **建议修复：**steering 需要稳定的逻辑 identity。可以直接迁移同一 durable row 的 run_id/sequence；如果必须保留 old row 为 superseded，则至少给新 row 增加 source_event_id/root_event_id 并保留原始 created_at/accepted_at，且 lifecycle telemetry 用稳定 root id 做关联。补测试断言：paused /steer 返回的 id 能一路关联到 resumed Run 的 consumed event，且 queue latency 包含 pause 等待时间。

已确认上一轮修复

• embedded channel 泄漏：已增加 ownership 与完成后 cleanup；
• retry / parallel Send / subgraph：已补测试；
• consumed observability：已补 node/namespace/task_id/queue latency；
• safe-point 为 application-chosen：已明确写入文档。

因此这轮不是否定 ce93af7 的修复，而是发现其 paused transfer + durable ack 实现仍没有满足 Issue #16 最核心的 durable delivery / lifecycle integration。修复以上 3 项后再合并更稳妥。

[leecyang]

Addressed all 3 points from the second review in cf0b6b0:

1. Non-atomic resume + steering transfer — replaced the separate create_run + transfer_pending_steering calls with a single atomic repository.resume_run_with_pending_steering(...). In-memory: both steps run under one lock acquisition with no intervening await, so claim_run can never observe the new run before migration completes. Postgres: merged into one transaction on one connection — the new run row is only visible after commit, and a concurrent ordinary /steer (which takes FOR UPDATE on the runs row first) naturally blocks until the migration transaction commits, which also removes the MAX(sequence)+1 race without extra locking. New tests cover atomicity and sequence-collision-freedom.
2. Destructive pop before durable ack — added non-destructive peek_consumed() / selective ack_consumed(ids) on SteeringChannel, and repository.commit_steering_consumptions(...) that updates status + appends the lifecycle event in one transaction. Worker._sync_steering_out now peeks → durably commits → acks only on success, leaving the local log intact for retry on failure. New test injects a transient DB failure and proves no loss/duplication.
3. Unstable identity across paused→resumed transfer — added source_event_id (new migration 0003_steering_source_event.sql) and preserved the original created_at on transferred rows, so a paused-run /steer id is traceable end-to-end through run.steer.accepted/consumed, and queue_latency_seconds now includes the pause-wait time. New end-to-end test asserts the correlation and latency.

pytest -q → 217 passed, 4 skipped (2 pre-existing + 2 new Postgres-only tests, which need a live DB and will run in CI's postgres check); ruff check src tests and mypy src/lingxigraph clean. The Postgres-specific SQL/locking changes were additionally hand-verified by re-reading since they can't execute in this sandbox — flagging that in case CI's postgres job surfaces something the sandbox couldn't.

Ready for re-review.

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[leecyang]

CI's quality (3.11) failure was a coverage gate, not a test failure — 221 tests passed, but total coverage was 78% vs. the 79% --fail-under threshold, caused by new InMemoryRepository branches added in the last two commits (PostgresRepository's own coverage is exercised separately by the postgres job against a live DB, so it isn't reachable/relevant to this specific gate).

Fixed in d4b6ba2: added targeted InMemoryRepository unit tests for the new steering edge cases (unmatched-id skips in commit/mark-consumed loops, transfer when the old run row is gone, idempotency-key preservation across transfer) plus a few run-lifecycle branches (redrive on non-redrivable status, queued-run quota rejection, thread-blocked claim skip). Coverage is now 79% locally with the exact command CI uses (coverage run --branch -m unittest discover -s tests + coverage report --fail-under=79). Full suite still 227 passed / 4 skipped, ruff and mypy clean.

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[leecyang]

Third blocking review — 代码已接近完成，但当前仍不建议合并；同时本轮要求把公开文档补齐后再 merge。

先确认进展：第二轮的 3 个主问题在 cf0b6b0 中已有实质修复，且当前 head d4b6ba2 的 CI 全绿，包含真实 PostgreSQL test_postgres_integration.py job。atomic resume-transfer、peek→durable commit→ack、source_event_id/原始 created_at 这三个方向都是对的。

但继续审查后还有以下阻塞项。

1. 新增了 0003_steering_source_event.sql，却没有 Alembic 0003 revision

当前 PR 有：

src/lingxigraph/server/migrations/0002_steering.sql
src/lingxigraph/server/migrations/0003_steering_source_event.sql
migrations/versions/0002_steering.py

但 migrations/versions/ 仍只有 0001_lingxigraph_v1.py 和 0002_steering.py，没有对应 0003。

这意味着 PostgresRepository._setup_sync() 逐个扫描 SQL 时能创建 source_event_id，所以当前 postgres integration CI 可以通过；但正式环境如果按仓库已有 Alembic 路径执行：

alembic upgrade head

head 仍停在 0002_steering，source_event_id 列与 index 不会被部署。随后新代码读取/写入该列会直接与数据库 schema 不一致。

必须补：

migrations/versions/0003_steering_source_event.py
revision = "0003_steering_source_event"
down_revision = "0002_steering"

加载 src/lingxigraph/server/migrations/0003_steering_source_event.sql，保持当前 forward-only migration 约定。再加一个 migration regression：从 Alembic 0002 → head 后断言 source_event_id 列/index 存在，不能只测 PostgresRepository.setup()。

2. source_event_id 目前只支持“一次 resume”，连续 pause/resume 会丢失根 steering identity

当前 InMemory transfer：

source_event_id=event.id

Postgres transfer 同样是：

source_event_id=row["id"]

这对 A → B 一次迁移是对的。但如果 resumed Run 再次 pause，而 B 仍未被消费，再 resume 得到 C：

A = 客户端最初 /steer 返回的 id
A --resume--> B(source_event_id=A)
B --resume--> C(source_event_id=B)   # 根 A 被覆盖

这与 SteeringEvent.source_event_id 当前注释中“the id of the original event a client's /steer call actually received”的契约不一致。

应改为保留 root identity：

source_event_id = event.source_event_id or event.id

SQL 路径等价为：

source_event_id = row["source_event_id"] or row["id"]

并补至少一个 pause → resume → pause → resume 测试，断言最终 consumed lifecycle 仍能直接关联最初 A，且 created_at/queue_latency_seconds 仍从最初 durable acceptance 计算。

3. commit_steering_consumptions() 还不是幂等提交，重复调用会生成重复 run.steer.consumed

现在 status update 有：

... AND status!='consumed'

但随后无论 row 是否真的从 pending/delivered 转成 consumed，都会为传入的每个 consumption 再 INSERT 一条新的 run.steer.consumed RunEvent。InMemory 实现也同样会对重复调用再次 append lifecycle event。

正常路径中 local ack 很快，但 durable 系统必须考虑事务结果不确定：例如数据库事务实际上已经 commit，而连接在向调用方确认结果时断开。Worker 会保留本地 consumption 并重试，于是第二次提交看到 status 已 consumed，却仍生成另一条 semantic duplicate run.steer.consumed，而它有新的 RunEvent sequence，SSE 客户端无法用 (run_id, sequence) 把它识别成同一 lifecycle event。

建议让 commit_steering_consumptions() 自身幂等：只为本次真正发生 pending/delivered → consumed 状态转换的 steering id 创建 lifecycle event（Postgres 可用 UPDATE ... RETURNING id），或为 (run_id, steering_event_id, kind='run.steer.consumed') 建立稳定唯一约束/确定性 event id。补测试：同一 consumption batch 调用两次，数据库仍只有一个 run.steer.consumed。

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文档是本 PR 的合并验收项，不是后续补充项

当前 PR 只有 docs/api.md 有 steering 内容，但仓库 README 明确把 Wiki/ 作为“完整文档”，而公开中英文 API 文档目前仍完全没有 steering：

• Wiki/content/docs/zh/api/threads-runs.mdx
• Wiki/content/docs/en/api/threads-runs.mdx
• Wiki/content/docs/zh/api/python-sdk.mdx
• Wiki/content/docs/en/api/python-sdk.mdx
• Wiki/content/docs/zh/api/errors-events.mdx
• Wiki/content/docs/en/api/errors-events.mdx

因此本 PR 合并前至少要完成下面的文档矩阵。

A. Run / Steering API（中英文）

更新 threads-runs.mdx，完整写清：

• POST /v1/runs/{run_id}/steer request/202 response schema；
• Idempotency-Key header 与 body key 的行为/优先级；
• queued / running / cancelling / paused / superseded / terminal 状态行为表；
• cancel 优先；
• paused steering 在 atomic resume transaction 中迁移到新 Run；
• old run 后续 /steer → 409 run_superseded；
• source_event_id 的稳定关联语义；
• payload size / safe JSON boundary；
• accepted ≠ consumed。

B. Python SDK（中英文）

更新 python-sdk.mdx：

client.runs.steer(
    run_id,
    kind="user_input",
    payload={"message": "..."},
    idempotency_key="msg-123",
)

以及 async 对称示例；runs method table 也要列出 steer()。

C. Errors + lifecycle events（中英文）

更新 errors-events.mdx，至少补：

run_terminal
run_superseded
payload_too_large
run.steer.accepted
run.steer.consumed

解释 consumed event 的：

steering_event_id
source_event_id
sequence
kind
queue_latency_seconds
node
namespace
task_id

并说明 SSE 的 durable source 是 PostgreSQL，Redis notify 丢失不影响最终读取。

D. 新增 Steering 概念页（建议作为必需）

请在中英文 Wiki 各增加一个真正解释 runtime contract 的页面，例如：

Wiki/content/docs/zh/concepts/steering.mdx
Wiki/content/docs/en/concepts/steering.mdx

至少讲清：

• steering 解决什么问题，以及与 cancel / interrupt / resume 的区别；
• PostgreSQL durable inbox → worker → SteeringChannel → Runtime 的数据流；
• safe point 是 application-chosen，而不是任意强制抢占；
• ordering / idempotency / drain-once；
• retry、worker crash、Redis loss；
• parallel superstep / Send / subgraph 共享 channel；
• consumption 与 checkpoint commit 当前关系（明确 scope cut）；
• embedded/library mode 的降级语义；
• 不包含业务 replan 逻辑。

同时更新对应 meta.json 导航。

E. 运维 / 数据库迁移文档

在 Wiki/content/docs/{zh,en}/operations/ 或现有 docs/operations.md 中补：

• 0002_steering + 0003_steering_source_event migration/rollout 顺序；
• PostgreSQL 是 source of truth，Redis 只是 accelerator；
• worker heartbeat 对 steering delivery latency 的影响；
• 如何诊断长期 pending steering；
• run.steer.accepted → consumed 的正常生命周期；
• worker/DB transient failure 后为什么不会丢 consumption，以及如何观察重试；
• 升级/回滚边界（当前 migrations forward-only）。

F. README / Changelog / PR 描述同步

• README.md 与 README.en.md 的核心能力中简要加入 durable mid-run steering；
• CHANGELOG.md 增加 Unreleased/下一版本条目，列 API、Runtime、Postgres schema/migration 和兼容性；
• 当前 PR body 仍写 201 passed, 2 skipped，也仍是第一版 paused semantics，已经明显过期。请更新成当前实现/测试/迁移事实，不要让 PR 本身成为错误文档。

docs/api.md 也要继续保留并同步最新实现：尤其补 source_event_id、atomic resume-transfer、durable commit/ack 与失败恢复语义，不能停在 ce93af7 之前的协议描述。

文档验收

• 中英文内容语义一致；
• Wiki meta.json 导航可达；
• 文档站 build/link check 通过（若仓库现有脚本支持）；
• 所有示例与实际 SDK/API schema 一致；
• 不把内部实现细节误写成业务承诺，但 durability / ordering / lifecycle guarantees 必须明确。

完成上述 3 个代码/迁移项和文档矩阵后，我认为 PR #17 才达到 Issue #16 作为生产级公共 Runtime 能力的合并标准。

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[leecyang]

Addressed all 3 code/migration points plus the full documentation matrix. Two commits: a2a8dd7 (code/migration) and 8d3deae (docs).

1. Missing Alembic 0003 revision — added migrations/versions/0003_steering_source_event.py (down_revision="0002_steering") applying 0003_steering_source_event.sql, matching the existing 0002_steering.py pattern. New test runs alembic upgrade from 0002_steering → head against a real DB and asserts the source_event_id column/index exist via the real revision chain, not just PostgresRepository.setup().

2. Root source_event_id lost across repeated resumes — both InMemory and Postgres transfer paths now do source_event_id = event.source_event_id or event.id (preserving the root instead of overwriting it each hop). New pause→resume→pause→resume test asserts the final consumed event still correlates to the very first accepted id, with created_at/queue_latency_seconds computed from the original acceptance time.

3. Non-idempotent commit_steering_consumptions() — Postgres now uses UPDATE ... RETURNING id to only emit run.steer.consumed for rows that actually transitioned; InMemory tracks the same. New test calls an identical consumption batch twice and asserts exactly one run.steer.consumed event exists afterward.

Documentation matrix — all landed: docs/api.md updated; Wiki/content/docs/{zh,en}/api/{threads-runs,python-sdk,errors-events}.mdx updated with the full steer API, SDK examples, and error/lifecycle-event docs; new concept pages Wiki/content/docs/{zh,en}/concepts/steering.mdx; new Wiki/content/docs/{zh,en}/operations/steering-operations.mdx; README.md/README.en.md updated; CHANGELOG.md entry added; Wiki/scripts/check-docs.mjs page-count updated and passing (26 aligned pages, nav + internal links validated in both locales). PR description updated to reflect current state.

pytest -q → 229 passed, 7 skipped (Postgres/Redis-only, run for real in CI); ruff check src tests and mypy src/lingxigraph clean.

(Separately: the Mintlify Deployment check failure — "Unable to find docs.json" — is pre-existing and unrelated to this PR; docs.json doesn't exist on main either, so that's a repo-wide Mintlify config gap, not something introduced here.)

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Fixed both CI failures from the docs/migration commit, in 835ca81:

• postgres job / ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'psycopg2' — migrations/env.py was letting SQLAlchemy default to the psycopg2 dialect on a plain postgresql:// URL, but this repo declares and uses only psycopg[binary] (psycopg 3) everywhere else (PostgresRepository, checkpoint/postgres.py, store/postgres.py, and both lock files). This was a pre-existing gap in the Alembic env — no prior test had exercised alembic upgrade — that the new migration-chain test simply surfaced first. Fixed by normalizing the connection URL scheme to postgresql+psycopg:// in migrations/env.py, not by adding psycopg2 as a dependency (which would have contradicted the project's actual driver choice).
• quality (3.11) / coverage back to 78% — added InMemoryRepository/pure-unit tests (no Postgres) covering runtime, steering-module, tools, and worker edge branches; coverage is now 79.12% with the exact command CI uses.

pytest -q → 258 passed, 7 skipped; ruff check src tests migrations and mypy src/lingxigraph clean.

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Fourth blocking review — 第三轮要求的代码/迁移/中英文文档矩阵已经基本补齐，CI 也已全绿；但继续按真实并发与故障边界复核后，当前仍有 3 个 production blocker，以及 3 处会误导使用者的公开协议文档错误。当前仍不建议合并。

先确认已通过的部分：0003_steering_source_event Alembic revision 已补，Alembic 真实 Postgres 测试已跑通；source_event_id 已改为保留 root identity；commit_steering_consumptions() 已使用实际 status transition 保证重复 batch 不重复生成 consumed lifecycle event；zh/en API、SDK、errors、concept、operations、README、CHANGELOG 均已补齐，Documentation workflow 和当前 CI（包括真实 Postgres job）均成功。这些修复方向正确。

但以下问题仍需在 merge 前处理。

1. 并发两次 /resume 仍然可以从同一个 paused Run 创建两个新 Run

当前 endpoint 在进入 repository 之前做一次：

GET old run → status == paused

随后才调用 resume_run_with_pending_steering(...)。Postgres repository 虽然对 old run 做了 FOR UPDATE，但拿到锁之后只读取 metadata，没有再次验证：

• old run 此刻是否仍然是 paused；
• metadata.superseded_by_run_id 是否已经被另一个 resume 写入。

因此两个并发请求可以同时通过 endpoint 的 pre-check，然后发生：

A: old.status == paused
B: old.status == paused

A: lock old → create R1 → old.superseded_by=R1 → commit
B: 等待锁
B: 获得 old lock → 没有重新检查 superseded → create R2
   → old.superseded_by=R2 → commit

锁只让两次 resume 串行执行，并没有让第二次失败。结果是同一个 paused lineage 可以产生 R1、R2 两个 resumed Run，造成重复执行；而 superseded_by_run_id 最终还会被第二次覆盖。InMemory 路径同样缺少 locked revalidation。

**必须修复：**把“只能 resume 一次”的判定放进 repository 的原子临界区/事务里。在持有 old-run lock 后验证 old run 存在、状态仍为 paused、且尚无 superseded_by_run_id；否则返回稳定 409（可复用 RunSupersededError 或定义明确的 resume conflict）。

补两类测试：

• InMemory：两个 concurrent resume_run_with_pending_steering()，只能一个成功；
• PostgreSQL：两个真实并发 transaction 对同一 paused run resume，只允许创建一个 descendant，新 run 数量和 superseded_by_run_id 都必须唯一稳定。

2. steering row 的 durable accept 与 run.steer.accepted lifecycle event 仍不是一个原子/idempotent durable operation

当前 /steer 是：

repository.submit_steering()       # transaction 1，steering row 已提交
if created:
    repository.append_event(
        "run.steer.accepted"
    )                              # transaction 2

存在如下故障窗口：

INSERT steering row → COMMIT 成功
append run.steer.accepted → DB 临时失败
HTTP 请求失败

客户端用相同 Idempotency-Key 重试时，submit_steering() 返回已有 row，created=False；当前代码因此永远不会再次补写 run.steer.accepted。之后 worker 仍可以消费这条 steering，于是 durable event stream 可能出现：

run.steer.consumed

却从未出现：

run.steer.accepted

这违反现在公开文档描述的 accepted → consumed lifecycle，也让 SSE/audit 失去完整关联。

paused→resumed transfer 也有同类问题：steering 迁移在 repository transaction 内完成，但 transferred run.steer.accepted 是 endpoint 在事务外逐条 append；迁移成功后 append 失败，同样留下 lifecycle 缺口。

**建议修复：**让 repository 提供原子的 accept_steering + accepted lifecycle event durable operation；resume transfer 同样在迁移事务内产生对应 accepted RunEvent。另一种可接受方案是提供以 steering event id 为键的幂等 ensure_steer_accepted_event()，保证请求重试一定能修复缺失且不会重复。

至少增加：

1. 注入“steering row 已提交、accepted event 写失败”的故障；
2. 用同一 idempotency key 重试；
3. 最终必须恰好有一条 run.steer.accepted；
4. 再消费后必须形成完整且唯一的 accepted → consumed；
5. paused transfer 的 accepted lifecycle 也做相同 failure/retry 验证。

3. final flush 失败时仍会永久丢失本地 consumption record

上一轮的 peek → durable commit → ack 本身是对的，但真实 _execute() finalization 仍然有漏洞。当前顺序是：

run 已被 finish_run(... SUCCEEDED/PAUSED/FAILED/...)

finally:
    cancel heartbeat
    _sync_steering_out(run, graph)
    graph.forget_steering(run.id)

而 _sync_steering_out() 遇到 DB 临时错误时会：

except Exception:
    logger.warning("... will retry at the next safe point")
    return

问题是 final flush 已经没有“next safe point”：heartbeat 已取消，run 已经 terminal/paused，函数随后无条件 forget_steering()，把刚刚保留下来的 consumption log 一并销毁。

因此如果 steering 恰好在最后一个 heartbeat 之后被 drain，并且 final commit_steering_consumptions() 碰到一次临时 DB 故障，就会出现：

图输出已经使用了 steering
Run 已 succeeded（或 paused）
DB steering row 仍 pending
run.steer.consumed 不存在
本地 consumption log 被 forget
没有任何后续 retry 路径

当前 transient-failure 测试只是手工连续调用 _sync_steering_out() 两次，因此没有覆盖 _execute() 的真实 finalization/forget 路径。

**必须修复：**terminalization/channel cleanup 必须服从 durable final flush。可选方案包括：

• 在 finish_run(SUCCEEDED/PAUSED/...) 之前完成最终 consumption commit；失败则把 delivery 当作 retryable，而不是把 run 标成成功；或
• final flush 使用显式 raise / bounded retry，成功后才允许 forget_steering()；重试耗尽则进入 worker retry/dead-letter，而不能 success + pending steering；或
• 引入一个 durable outbound consumption queue，使 channel cleanup 不再承担唯一 retry state。

补一个真正经过 Worker._execute() 的回归测试：只在最后一次 flush注入一次 DB failure，验证 run 不会以 success + pending steering 的状态结束，并且恢复后最终只产生一条 consumed lifecycle event。

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公开文档还有 3 个协议错误，必须同步修正 zh/en

4. 文档错误承诺 system-wide exactly-once drain

新 Steering concept 页现在写了：

durable、ordered、deduplicated、exactly-once drain

以及：

drain_steering() never returns the same event twice — even under retries or worker restarts

这不是当前实现能保证的语义。若 worker 在内存 drain() 之后、durable commit_steering_consumptions() 之前崩溃，PostgreSQL row 仍为 pending；新 worker 会从 PostgreSQL 重建 channel，因此同一个 steering 可以再次被投递。

正确契约应是：

• 单个存活 SteeringChannel 内 drain 是原子 drain-once；
• 跨 worker/process crash，在 durable consumed commit 之前允许 at-least-once redelivery；
• 应用若执行不可逆副作用，应使用 event.id / root source_event_id 做业务幂等；
• consumed commit 与 graph checkpoint 仍不是同一事务，因此系统没有 exactly-once processing 保证。

这也正是 Issue #16 原先要求的 crash/retry 语义。请同时修中文和英文 concept/API/operations 中所有 exactly-once 类表述。

5. 文档声称 Redis 会低延迟唤醒 Worker，但当前 Worker 根本没有订阅 EventBus

当前 RedisEventBus 支持 publish()/wait()，但 Worker steering loop 只按 heartbeat 调 _sync_steering_in()；没有任何 event_bus.wait()/Redis subscription 路径。

现在 /steer 的 event_bus.publish(..., sequence=0) 会唤醒 EventBus 的订阅者（例如 SSE wait），不会唤醒正在运行的 Worker。因此文档中的：

Redis → Worker wake hint
Redis reduces steering polling latency
run.steer.available low-latency signal

目前都不是实际实现。

请二选一：

• 真正把 Worker steering ingestion 接到 EventBus wake，并保留 heartbeat/PostgreSQL fallback；或
• 更简单地修改 PR body + zh/en concept/API/operations，明确当前 Worker 发现 steering 依赖 heartbeat PostgreSQL polling，Redis/EventBus 只服务现有事件通知/SSE，不承诺 steering worker wake。

不要在公开文档里出现实际不存在的命名 run.steer.available signal。

6. 文档写了不存在的 GET /v1/runs/{run_id}/steer

zh/en threads-runs.mdx 最后一段都告诉调用方可以：

GET /v1/runs/{run_id}/steer

轮询 status。但当前 Server 只实现了：

POST /v1/runs/{run_id}/steer

没有对应 GET/list API。

Issue #16 并不要求新增 list endpoint，所以建议直接删除这个文档说法，要求调用方通过 run.steer.consumed SSE/lifecycle event 确认消费即可；如果确实希望暴露查询能力，则需要正式设计 endpoint、权限、response schema 和测试，不能只写在文档里。

7. 小型文档同步：PR body test 数仍过期

当前 PR body 仍写 229 passed, 7 skipped，而最新 835ca81 评论已经是 258 passed, 7 skipped。这不是 runtime blocker，但既然本轮已把 PR 描述视为发布记录，请一并同步。

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本轮确认已经通过的内容

• Alembic 0003 revision + real PostgreSQL migration chain：通过；
• root source_event_id across A→B→C：实现和测试方向正确；
• repeated consumption commit idempotency：实现和测试方向正确；
• zh/en 文档矩阵、导航和 Documentation workflow：已经建立并通过；
• 当前 GitHub CI（quality 3.11/3.13、postgres、supply-chain、adapter）全绿。

CI 全绿不改变上面三个 runtime blocker：它们属于未被现有测试覆盖的并发/最终化故障窗口。修复 1–3，并修正文档 4–7 后，再做下一轮 merge review。

[leecyang]

Addressed all 3 code blockers and 3 doc protocol errors in 9ba6b63.

1. Concurrent double /resume — both InMemory and Postgres resume_run_with_pending_steering now re-validate, after acquiring the old-run lock, that it's still paused with no superseded_by_run_id set; the losing concurrent request gets a stable 409 run_resume_conflict. New tests: two concurrent resumes on the same run (InMemory via asyncio.gather, Postgres via two real transactions) — exactly one succeeds, superseded_by_run_id stays stable.

2. Non-atomic accept + run.steer.accepted — added an idempotent ensure_steer_accepted_event helper (keyed on steering_event_id) called inside the same lock/transaction as the steering-row write, for both the plain /steer path and the paused-transfer path, in both repositories. New failure-injection test simulates the old crash window (event missing, row present), retries with the same Idempotency-Key, and confirms exactly one repaired event — never duplicated.

3. Final-flush data loss — Worker._execute() now does a bounded-retry final steering flush; on exhausted retries it routes the run into the existing retry/dead-letter path instead of reporting success/paused, and skips forget_steering() so the local consumption log survives for the next attempt. New test drives the real _execute() path, injects a permanent failure only on the last flush, and confirms the run lands pending (not succeeded) with steering still recoverable, then exactly one run.steer.consumed after redelivery.

Docs #4 (false exactly-once) — corrected to the accurate contract: drain-once only within a single live channel, at-least-once across a worker crash before the durable consumed-commit, app-level idempotency via event.id/source_event_id.

Docs #5 (Redis wake claim) — chose to make the claim true rather than walk it back: Worker._heartbeat now calls event_bus.wait(timeout=heartbeat_seconds) instead of a plain sleep, so Redis genuinely shortens steering discovery latency, with PostgreSQL polling as the guaranteed fallback. Removed the fabricated run.steer.available event name from docs.

Docs #6 — removed the false GET /v1/runs/{run_id}/steer polling claim; callers are pointed at the stream/event list for run.steer.consumed instead.

#7 — PR description updated with the current test count (262 passed, 9 skipped) and current implementation summary.

pytest -q → 262 passed, 9 skipped; ruff check src tests migrations and mypy src/lingxigraph clean; node Wiki/scripts/check-docs.mjs passes. New Postgres-specific tests were hand-reviewed carefully (no live DB in this sandbox) since they'll execute for real in CI's postgres job.

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Fixed the postgres CI failure in 578dd7e: the new test_steer_accept_and_accepted_event_commit_atomically test constructed SteeringConsumption(..., queue_latency_seconds=0.01), but queue_latency_seconds is a derived @property (computed from consumed_at - event.created_at), not a constructor field — a mistake in the hand-reviewed-only test from the previous round, now caught by the real Postgres job. Passed consumed_at instead, matching every other SteeringConsumption call site in the file. All 9 Postgres-path tests now construct correctly.

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Fifth blocking review — 第四轮主体修复是有效的，但当前仍不建议合并。

先确认进展：578dd7e 上 concurrent double-resume 的锁内重校验、steering row + run.steer.accepted 同事务、root source_event_id、consumption commit 幂等、真实 EventBus wake，以及 zh/en 文档对 at-least-once / 不存在 GET steer endpoint 的修正，方向都正确；当前 CI（含真实 PostgreSQL 与 Documentation）也全绿。

继续沿真实 Worker finalization 生命周期审查后，还有下面的阻塞项。

1. [BLOCKER] Run 的 terminal/paused 状态在 final steering flush 成功之前就已经对外可见，随后还可能被“复活”为 pending

当前 _execute() 在正常/异常分支里先执行 finish_run(SUCCEEDED/PAUSED/FAILED/...) 或 retry_run(...)，进入 finally 后才取消 heartbeat 并调用 _final_steering_flush()。代码注释本身也承认此时 finish_run/retry_run 已经写入。

因此存在真实的外部可见窗口：

graph completed
  ↓
finish_run(SUCCEEDED)  ← PostgreSQL 已经是 terminal，waiter 被唤醒
  ↓
GET / join / SSE 可以观察到 succeeded；SSE 甚至会因 terminal 关闭
  ↓
_final_steering_flush(): retry 1 / retry 2 / retry 3
  ↓ (如果最终仍失败)
retry_run(...)
  ↓
same Run: succeeded → pending

这破坏了 Run 最重要的状态机不变量：terminal 必须单调，不能被外部观察到以后又回到 non-terminal。 当前新增测试只验证“最终没有 success + lost steering”，并没有观察 final-flush retry 窗口里的 GET/join/SSE，所以 CI 绿无法证明这个问题不存在。

**要求修复：**不要先提交最终状态再补 flush。先在内存中计算 intended_status/output/error，停止 heartbeat，完成 final steering durable flush；只有 flush 成功后才把 intended terminal/paused 状态写入 repository。若 flush 最终失败，则直接进入 retry/dead-letter 路径，并确保该 Run 从未对外暴露过成功/paused 终态。建议补一个并发 observer 测试：在故意阻塞/失败 final flush 期间持续 GET/join/stream，断言从未观察到 transient succeeded/paused。

2. [BLOCKER] “不调用 forget_steering() 就能让 consumption log 留给下一 delivery”这一假设实际上不成立

Worker 每次 _execute() 都重新：

graph = self.registry.get(...).with_runtime(...)

而 with_runtime() → _child_runtime() 会构造一个全新的 CompiledStateGraph；其 __init__ 会重新初始化：

self._run_steering = {}

因此 final flush 全部失败后，即使当前代码刻意“不 forget_steering(run.id)”，只要 _execute() 返回，这个 local bound graph / channel 就没有被 Worker 持有给下一 delivery。下一次 claim 同一 Run 时会得到一个新 graph、新 channel；原来的 SteeringConsumption(consumed_at/node/namespace/task_id) 记录并没有跨 delivery 存活。

数据库 row 因 commit 失败仍是 pending，所以新 attempt 最多只能把它当作未消费事件重新投递。但此时图 checkpoint 可能已经记录了上一次执行的完成/暂停状态：新 attempt 不一定会再次经过原 safe point；可能重复执行业务、重新消费，或者留下长期 pending。也就是说当前注释所说的“local consumption log survives for the retry”不是代码实际生命周期。

**要求修复：**不能依赖一个即将离开作用域的 bound graph 保存 durable recovery 状态。可选方案：

• final consumption 未 durable commit 时，不让 _execute() 返回，保持当前 channel/lease 并继续有界/可取消重试；或
• 把 channel/consumption intent 提升为 Worker-owned、跨 delivery attempt 的生命周期；或
• 引入真正 durable 的 consumption/outbox/finalization 记录，并让 Run finalization 与 steering consumption 形成明确的事务协议。

至少新增回归测试必须真实经过：_execute() 返回 → 下一次 run_once() 重新 with_runtime() → 新 graph instance，而不是对同一个 FakeGraph/channel 手工再调一次 flush。

3. [CONTRACT] HTTP /steer 的 payload 上限与代码常量/公开文档不一致

steering.py 定义 MAX_STEERING_PAYLOAD_BYTES = 32_768，repository API 默认也使用这个值；但 HTTP endpoint 调 repository.submit_steering() 时显式传入的是：

max_payload_bytes=repository.limits.max_event_bytes

默认 max_event_bytes 是 262,144，所以当前 Server 实际可接受明显大于 32KB 的 steering。现有文档却写“默认约 32KB / server event cap，两者先到者生效”。现有 500KB 超限测试也捕获不了 40KB 这种契约偏差。

请明确唯一协议。我建议 HTTP 使用：

min(MAX_STEERING_PAYLOAD_BYTES, repository.limits.max_event_bytes)

并新增约 40KB payload 的 HTTP regression，预期 413；若产品决定支持 256KB，则反过来删除/调整 32KB 公共常量和所有文档，不要同时存在两个事实。

4. [DOC/API] 文档还有几处需要同步到当前代码

1. 新增的稳定错误码 409 run_resume_conflict 当前已在 FastAPI handler 中实现，但 zh/en errors-events.mdx 的 steering error table 仍只有 run_terminal / run_superseded / payload_too_large。请补 run_resume_conflict，并在 Run resume API 说明“并发 resume 只有一个 winner，loser 409”。
2. Idempotency-Key 文档写“重复调用响应体与首次完全一致”不准确：repository 返回的是同一个持久化 event 的当前状态；如果第一次返回时是 pending，之后已经 consumed，重放可以得到 status=consumed。建议写成“返回同一 event（id/sequence 不变；status 反映当前持久化状态）”。
3. 概念/运维文档把状态写成 pending → delivered → consumed，但当前实现没有任何路径把 row 设置为 delivered；代码只是允许/读取该枚举值。要么在 worker ingest 时真正持久化 delivered，要么明确说明 delivered 当前是 reserved/兼容状态，正常实现实际是 pending → consumed。

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本轮确认已经关闭的第四轮问题

• concurrent double resume：锁内重校验已补；
• run.steer.accepted 与 steering durable accept：已移到 repository 同事务；
• Redis/EventBus low-latency wake：Worker 现在确实 await event_bus.wait(...)，不再只是文档宣称；
• exactly-once 文档：已改为单 channel drain-once + crash 间 at-least-once，正确；
• 不存在的 GET /v1/runs/{run_id}/steer：已删除。

所以当前问题已经从 steering 主数据模型收敛到了 finalization transaction / lifecycle ownership。把前两项真正修掉以后，这个 PR 才能可靠声称“最后一个 steering consumption 也不会在 Run 完成边界丢失”，并且不会以破坏 Run terminal monotonicity 为代价。

[leecyang]

Addressed both blockers, the contract mismatch, and the 3 doc items in 88af2fe.

1. Terminal status visible before final flush succeeds — restructured Worker._execute() so the intended outcome (finish/retry, status, output, error) is computed in memory first; only after the final steering flush durably succeeds does a single commit write the status to the repository. On flush failure the run routes to retry/dead-letter without ever having exposed the intended terminal/paused status. New regression test gates the final commit open, polls repository.get_run continuously during the blocked window, and asserts succeeded/paused is never observed transiently.

2. Consumption log doesn't survive across delivery attempts — chose option (a): _final_steering_flush now retries with capped exponential backoff for as long as the worker holds the lease (renewing it via heartbeat between attempts), rather than giving up after 3 tries. _execute() never returns while an unflushed consumption exists, so there's no window where a fresh with_runtime() call builds a new empty-channel graph with stale local state stranded — recovery is driven by the still-pending DB row, not memory. New test instruments with_runtime to confirm a second delivery attempt genuinely gets a distinct graph instance and recovery still works.

Unplanned fix: closing blocker 1's timing window exposed a real deadlock — cancelling the heartbeat while parked in asyncio.wait_for(event_bus.wait(), ...) could hang forever (a known CPython 3.11 wait_for cancellation bug, fixed upstream in 3.12's asyncio.timeout()). Rewrote InMemoryEventBus.wait() to use asyncio.wait() over sibling tasks instead, which isn't vulnerable to that bug — without this fix the redesigned finalization path would hang in production on ordinary paused/steering runs.

3. Payload cap mismatch — /steer now enforces min(MAX_STEERING_PAYLOAD_BYTES, repository.limits.max_event_bytes). New ~40KB regression test (between the two limits) expects 413.

4. Doc sync — added 409 run_resume_conflict to the zh/en error tables plus a resume-conflict note; reworded Idempotency-Key docs (replay returns the same event with its current persisted status, not a byte-identical body); documented delivered as a reserved/forward-compatible status never actually written (real flow is pending → consumed).

pytest -q → 265 passed, 9 skipped; ruff check src tests migrations, mypy src/lingxigraph, and node Wiki/scripts/check-docs.mjs all clean. Postgres-specific tests were hand-reviewed — they call repository.finish_run directly and don't touch Worker, so they're unaffected by this round's changes.

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[leecyang]

Sixth blocking review — 88af2fe 已修复第五轮的主问题，但 finalization 窗口仍有 3 个生产级竞态，因此当前仍不建议合并。

先确认已经关闭的部分：

• terminal/paused outcome 现在先保存在 _Intent，final steering flush 成功后才首次持久化，上一轮指出的 succeeded -> pending 可见性回退已经修掉；
• /steer 的 32KB cap 已改为 min(MAX_STEERING_PAYLOAD_BYTES, repository.limits.max_event_bytes)；
• run_resume_conflict、Idempotency-Key 当前状态语义、delivered 为 reserved 状态等文档已同步；
• 当前 head 的 CI/Documentation/真实 PostgreSQL job 均为 green。

但新的 finalization 结构仍缺少一个真正的 fenced finalization protocol。

1. BLOCKER — final flush / final commit 没有 lease fencing，旧 worker 可覆盖新 owner

当前 _execute() 在 graph 结束后先 cancel 正常 _heartbeat()，然后 _final_steering_flush() 自己负责重试/续租。问题在于：

worker A owns run
  -> graph finishes
  -> normal heartbeat cancelled
  -> final steering commit blocks/fails
  -> lease expires
worker B claim same run
  -> B becomes new lease_owner / attempt
worker A resumes
  -> heartbeat(...) returns False / or commit just succeeded
  -> A still calls retry_run(...) / finish_run(...) / _commit_intent(...)

InMemoryRepository.finish_run() / retry_run() 当前只按 (tenant_id, run_id) 更新；Postgres _finish_run_sync() / _retry_run_sync(reset_attempt=False) 同样没有 lease_owner / attempt fencing。也就是说，即使 A 已经丢失 ownership，它仍能把 B 正在执行的 Run 重置为 pending，甚至写成 terminal。

成功路径也有同样问题：如果 commit_steering_consumptions() 本身耗时超过剩余 lease，B 可以先 claim；A 的 commit 随后成功，然后 _commit_intent() 仍会无条件 finish_run(SUCCEEDED)。

建议修复：

1. finalization 阶段继续保持独立的 lease renew（不要把 lease 生命周期和 steering/event heartbeat 生命周期绑死）；
2. 更重要的是所有 worker 最终状态写入必须 fenced，例如：
   • finish_run_if_owned(tenant_id, run_id, worker_id, attempt, ...) -> bool
   • retry_run_if_owned(...) -> bool
   • SQL WHERE tenant_id=? AND id=? AND lease_owner=? AND attempt=? AND status IN ('running','cancelling')
3. 一旦 CAS/fence 失败，旧 worker 不得再修改 Run 状态，直接放弃本 attempt，由当前 owner 接管。

请补一个确定性双-worker 回归：A 用很短 lease claim，阻塞 final flush；lease 过期后 B claim；再释放 A，断言 A 无法把 B 的 lease/status 改回 pending/terminal。还要覆盖“flush commit 成功，但成功时 lease 已经转移”的路径。

2. BLOCKER — cancel 在 finalization 窗口可以被旧的 SUCCEEDED intent 覆盖

Issue #16 明确要求 cancellation wins。现在存在：

graph 已计算完成
intent = SUCCEEDED
heartbeat 被取消
final flush 被 gate / retry
        ↓
客户端 POST /cancel
DB status: running -> cancelling
        ↓
final flush 成功
_commit_intent(SUCCEEDED)
        ↓
finish_run(SUCCEEDED)  # 覆盖 cancelling

当前 final-flush 续租把 cancelling 也视作 ACTIVE，因此这条路径完全可发生。也就是说，“cancel always wins regardless arrival order” 在 graph-complete → final-commit 这个窗口不成立。

建议修复： final outcome 的 fenced CAS 必须在同一个 locked/transactional decision 中重新读取当前 Run control state：若当前已经是 cancelling，非-cancel intent 不得再写 succeeded/failed/...，应让 cancellation 结果胜出（通常 CANCELLED）。

请增加确定性测试：graph 已经产生 success intent → gate final flush → 在 gate 期间 request_cancel() → release gate → 最终必须 cancelled，绝不能 succeeded。

3. BLOCKER — graph 已无 safe point，但 /steer 仍可在 finalization 窗口 202 accepted

88af2fe 为保持 terminal 单调性，直到 final flush 完成前都让 DB Run 保持 running。但 graph 此时已经执行结束，正常 heartbeat 也已经 cancel。

因此可以发生：

graph reaches END
heartbeat cancelled
Run row still says running
final flush waits/retries
        ↓
POST /v1/runs/{id}/steer
submit_steering sees running
202 + durable pending row
        ↓
no graph safe point exists anymore
final flush only flushes already-drained local consumptions
        ↓
commit_intent(SUCCEEDED)

结果是一条 在 graph 已无法消费时才被接受的新 steering，随后 Run 进入 terminal；这条 row 可以永久 pending。final flush 重试越久，这个 admission race 的窗口越大。

这与“202 = durably accepted into a live Run control channel”以及 Issue #16 的 no-lost/pending-rerun 目标冲突。它不同于“graph 自己选择不调用 drain”：这里是 server 已经知道 graph execution 已结束，却仍把 Run 暴露成可 steer 的 running。

建议二选一明确实现：

• 在 repository 内建立原子的 finalizing / steering_closed gate；graph 结束后先在持有 run-row lock 的情况下关闭新的 steer admission，之后再 flush + finalize；late /steer 返回稳定的 409 run_finalizing（或等价明确错误）；
• 或者真正实现 pending-rerun：finalize transaction 发现 finalization 窗口新 accepted steering 时不 terminalize，而是明确安排同一 Run 的下一轮处理。不要悄悄留下 terminal+pending inbox。

请加确定性测试：graph 已 END → gate final commit → 此时提交 /steer → 当前实现会 202；修复后必须证明不会出现 terminal Run + 无未来消费者的 pending steering。

4. REQUIRED CONSISTENCY FIX — RedisEventBus 仍使用这次提交声明“不安全”的 asyncio.wait_for

本提交为解决 Python 3.11 heartbeat cancellation hang，把 InMemoryEventBus.wait() 从 asyncio.wait_for(...) 改成显式 waiter+timer；但生产 RedisEventBus.wait() 仍然是：

await asyncio.wait_for(
    pubsub.get_message(ignore_subscribe_messages=True),
    timeout,
)

而 Worker 对 Redis heartbeat 的取消方式与 InMemory 完全相同：heartbeat.cancel(); gather(...)。如果这次改动认定 wait_for cancellation race 是真实可复现的生产问题，就不能只修测试/embedded bus 而留下 Redis 路径。

建议把 cancellation-safe timeout 抽成共享 helper，或给 Redis 同样改成显式 task/timer，并在 Redis CI 中增加“heartbeat 正阻塞在 wait 时 cancel，_execute/drain 必须及时退出”的回归。

非阻塞清理

• final-flush fallback 后仍保留旧注释“Do NOT forget; local consumption log is the only surviving record and must survive redelivery”，但 88af2fe 自己已经正确说明 with_runtime() 每次创建新 graph/channel，跨 delivery recovery 靠 DB pending row，不靠旧 channel。请删掉/改掉这段过时注释，避免下一位维护者再次沿错误 ownership 模型修改。
• base_delay * (2 ** (attempt - 1)) 在极长 DB outage 下会先计算巨大指数再 min(max_delay, ...)；可改成迭代式 capped backoff，避免理论上的大整数/float overflow。不是 merge blocker。

结论：第五轮问题本身基本已关闭，但当前不能 merge。下一步应把 finalization 从“先停 heartbeat，再尽力 flush，最后无条件写状态”收敛成一个真正 fenced 的状态机：close steer admission / preserve lease ownership -> flush -> re-check cancel+owner -> CAS final status。

[leecyang]

Addressed all 3 blockers and the consistency fix in fc64b7e.

1. Lease fencing on final writes — added finish_run_if_owned/retry_run_if_owned on both repositories, keyed on (tenant_id, run_id, lease_owner, attempt) with status still running/cancelling. Worker._execute now uses these exclusively during finalization; lease renewal during finalization runs as its own independent loop, decoupled from the normal heartbeat that gets cancelled once the graph finishes. On fence failure the worker abandons the attempt without any further status mutation — it can no longer overwrite a new owner's state.

2. Cancel wins during finalization — the same fenced write re-reads the run's current status inside the locked decision; if it's already cancelling, the write is coerced to cancelled regardless of the intent the worker computed, so a stale success intent can never overwrite a cancel that arrived mid-finalization.

3. Steering admission during finalization — chose the gate approach: a new runs.steering_closed column (migration 0004_steering_closed) plus Repository.close_steering(...), fenced the same way. The worker closes it right after cancelling the heartbeat; /steer checks the flag and returns a new 409 run_finalizing instead of durably accepting an event the graph can no longer consume. The gate is skipped for paused outcomes (steering a paused run stays valid) and resets on every fresh delivery attempt so it never leaks across claims/retries.

Consistency fix — extracted a shared cancellation-safe wait helper and applied it to RedisEventBus.wait() too, matching the fix already made to the in-memory bus.

Cleanups — both done: removed the stale final-flush comment, converted the backoff computation to iterative capped growth.

pytest -q → 270 passed, 10 skipped (Postgres/Redis integration, no live services in this sandbox); ruff check src tests migrations, mypy src/lingxigraph, and node Wiki/scripts/check-docs.mjs all clean. New Postgres/Redis-specific code mirrors the already-tested InMemory logic and the file's existing SELECT ... FOR UPDATE pattern, but could only be hand-reviewed here — will run for real in CI's postgres job (Redis-specific test is gated on LINGXIGRAPH_TEST_REDIS_URL).

Ready for re-review.

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[leecyang]

Fixed both CI failures from fc64b7e in 9da4a93.

• postgres job — RedisEventBus.wait() called pubsub.get_message(ignore_subscribe_messages=True) without passing timeout=, and redis-py's get_message default timeout is 0.0 ("return immediately, don't block"), not "wait up to our outer timeout." So wait() was returning near-instantly on every call regardless of whether a message ever arrived — the round-6 cancellation regression test failed fast instead of ever actually exercising cancellation, catching a real, unrelated bug in the process (the Redis wake path wasn't blocking in production either). Passed timeout=timeout through so redis-py performs the real blocking read, with the existing _wait_cancellation_safe timer staying as a secondary, cancellation-safe bound around it. Also added an explicit CancelledError re-raise in the except chain as defense in depth.
• quality (3.13) job — the new redelivery regression test compared two bound-graph objects via id() after letting the first go out of scope; CPython can (and did, under 3.13's GC timing in CI) reuse a freed object's address for the next allocation, so the ids collided despite the objects being genuinely distinct instances. Kept both objects alive and switched to assertIsNot.

pytest -q → 280 passed, 10 skipped (Postgres/Redis-only); ruff check src tests migrations and mypy src/lingxigraph clean.

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[leecyang]

Addressed all round-8 findings across two commits.

407422d — the two architectural blockers, the missing lifecycle event, and consistency items:

• Bump pytest from 8.4.2 to 9.0.3 #1 — implemented the chosen design (seal admission at the safe boundary + supersede late events, not opt-in polling or "keep auto-rerun"): close_steering() remains the seal point; a new fenced supersede_pending_steering_if_owned(...) transitions any steering event still pending/delivered after the final flush to superseded (reason late_boundary_race) instead of forcing a rerun/dead-letter loop. The run finalizes with its originally-computed outcome — a graph that never calls drain_steering() is no longer punished just because a steering event happened to exist.
• feat(coze): complete file upload, reasoning stream, and follow-ups #2 — the Worker now branches on the fenced write's actual resulting status instead of just is None; worker_retrying is only emitted when the real transition was to pending, never when cancellation coerced it to cancelled.
• Fix release 2.0.1 metadata synchronization #3 — run.steer.superseded is now emitted (idempotently, in the same transaction as the status write) for both the resume-transfer case and the new late-race disposition case.
• chore(deps): bump aiohttp from 3.14.1 to 3.14.3 in /adapters/chainlit #4/chore(deps): bump cryptography from 49.0.0 to 50.0.0 #5 — stale delivered-comment and old unfenced-method-name doc references corrected; final-disposition policy stated precisely rather than overclaimed (a terminal run's own finalization decision can never silently strand a race-losing event; an ordinary cancel/dead-letter may legitimately leave steering pending as durable history for redrive).

All Postgres-specific new tests (supersede_pending_steering_if_owned, idempotent run.steer.superseded under retry) were run for real against a live local Postgres this round, not hand-reviewed — 14 passed.

8812542 — the coverage gate regressed to 78% under round 8's new code; fixed by removing retry_run() (both repositories), which had zero remaining callers anywhere after retry_run_if_owned() fully superseded it earlier this session, plus targeted tests for the "lease lost" branches of every fenced write path. Coverage is back to 79% with the exact CI command.

pytest -q → 300 passed (Postgres + Redis integration run live); ruff check src tests migrations, mypy src/lingxigraph, and node Wiki/scripts/check-docs.mjs all clean. PR description updated with the precise final-disposition policy and current test count.

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Ninth blocking review — Round 8 的方向修正是正确的，但继续沿 retry / finalization durability 检查后仍有两个生产级 correctness blocker；当前不建议合并。

先确认本轮已经真正修好的部分：

• Round 8 选择的 seal admission + supersede leftovers 方向，已经去掉了“只要 steering 未 drain 就自动 rerun/dead-letter”的 Runtime 业务决策，符合 Issue #16 的 Runtime/application 边界。
• retry_run_if_owned() 的 cancel-wins 结果现在由 Worker 按实际 updated.status 分支，cancelled 不再错误追加 worker_retrying。
• run.steer.superseded 已在 InMemory/Postgres 两条路径实现，resume-transfer 和 final-boundary disposition 都有对应 lifecycle event。
• 当前 head 8812542f 的 Collaboration / Documentation / CI 均为 green，真实 PostgreSQL job 也通过。

但下面两个问题仍然会造成 steering 丢失。

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1. BLOCKER — retry intent 也会 close_steering + supersede，导致尚未消费的 steering 在下一 delivery attempt 永久消失

当前 Worker._execute()：

closing_steering = not (
    intent.kind == "finish" and intent.status is RunStatus.PAUSED
)

这意味着不仅真正 terminal 的 finish intent 会 close，intent.kind == "retry" 也会 close。

随后 final flush 成功后，无论 intent 是 finish 还是 retry，只要 closing_steering 为真都会：

await repository.supersede_pending_steering_if_owned(...)

最后 _commit_intent() 才对 retry 执行：

retry_run_if_owned(...)  # Run -> pending, steering_closed=False

于是可稳定产生：

attempt N
  steering E 已 durable accepted，尚未 drain
  ↓
  graph 抛 retryable exception
  ↓
  intent = retry
  ↓
  close_steering()
  ↓
  supersede_pending_steering_if_owned(E)
  E: pending -> superseded
  ↓
  retry_run_if_owned()
  Run: running -> pending

attempt N+1
  _sync_steering_in()
  ↓
  list_pending_steering() 只读 pending/delivered
  ↓
  E 已 superseded，永远不会再次交给 graph

这直接违反 Issue #16 的 retry/worker-crash 要求：尚未成功消费的 steering 必须能够由下一 delivery attempt 从 PostgreSQL 恢复。

这里的正确边界应该是：retry 不是 terminal finalization，下一 attempt 本身就是合法的 safe-point/delivery opportunity。因此 retry 不应 close/supersede steering。

建议至少改为：

closing_steering = (
    intent.kind == "finish"
    and intent.status is not RunStatus.PAUSED
)

即：

• terminal finish：seal + final disposition；
• paused：保持 steering open，交给 resume-transfer；
• retry：保持 steering 可恢复，下一 attempt 重新 ingest pending/delivered。

必须补实际 Worker delivery regression，不要只测 graph 内部 RetryPolicy：

steering E pending
attempt 1 graph 在 drain 前抛 retryable exception
→ Run pending
→ E 仍 pending/delivered，不得 superseded
attempt 2 claim
→ _sync_steering_in 重新 ingest E
→ graph drain E
→ E consumed

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2. BLOCKER — supersede leftovers 与 terminal Run commit 仍是两个事务；在两者之间 crash/lease-loss 会再次永久丢 steering

Round 8 当前 terminal path 的 durable 顺序是：

close_steering()                         transaction A
↓
final steering consumption flush
↓
supersede_pending_steering_if_owned()   transaction B  ← commits here
↓
publish run.steer.superseded
↓
_commit_intent()
  finish_run_if_owned()                  transaction C

supersede_pending_steering_if_owned() 本身的事务/fencing 是正确的；问题是 它和 Run final status 不是同一个 durable boundary。

例如：

Worker A owns attempt N
↓
B: E pending -> superseded + run.steer.superseded COMMIT
↓
A 在 finish_run_if_owned 前进程崩溃 / DB 调用失败 / lease 被回收
↓
Run 仍然 running/finalizing
↓
lease expires
↓
Worker B claim attempt N+1
Run -> pending/running, steering_closed reopened
↓
_sync_steering_in() 只查询 pending/delivered
↓
E 已经在上一事务 superseded
↓
E 永久不可恢复

这实际上把之前已经修过的“finalization 过程中先做一个不可逆写，再做 Run outcome”问题向后移动了一步。

当前 Wiki 还写成 supersede disposition 与 “the rest of finalization” 在同一个 fenced write 中，但实际代码不是：Worker 明确先调用 supersede_pending_steering_if_owned()，然后再调用 _commit_intent()。

建议把 terminal disposition + Run finalization 合成一个 repository transaction

例如：

finalize_run_with_steering_disposition_if_owned(
    tenant_id,
    run_id,
    worker_id,
    attempt,
    status,
    output=...,
    error=...,
    supersede_pending=True,
    supersede_reason="unconsumed_at_final_boundary",
)

在 同一个锁/PostgreSQL transaction 内：

SELECT run ... FOR UPDATE
verify lease_owner + attempt + active status
re-check cancelling (cancel wins)
SELECT pending/delivered steering ... FOR UPDATE
pending/delivered -> superseded
append run.steer.superseded events
update Run terminal status + clear lease
COMMIT

这样只能出现两种结果：

全部 rollback → 新 owner 仍能看到 pending steering

或：

steering disposition + terminal Run 一起 commit

不能再有中间状态。

必须补真实 PostgreSQL rollback/takeover regression：故意让 finalization 在 steering disposition 之后、Run terminal update 之前失败，断言事务回滚后事件仍是 pending/delivered，下一 owner 可以恢复；或者整个 finalization 已原子提交。不能只用 InMemory 顺序测试证明这一点。

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3. REQUIRED — late_boundary_race 现在被错误用于“所有未 drain 的 steering”，observability 会说谎

当前 supersede_pending_steering_if_owned() 直接选择该 Run 上 全部 pending|delivered rows，然后统一：

status = superseded
reason = late_boundary_race

但新测试 test_graph_that_never_drains_steering_still_finalizes_on_first_attempt 本身就证明了一种反例：steering 在 worker 启动前已经存在、整个 Run 都可见，只是 application graph 合法地选择从不 drain_steering()。这显然不是“late boundary race”。

所以现在 SSE/审计消费者会得到错误诊断：

实际：event 从运行开始就存在，application 未消费
事件：reason=late_boundary_race

最简单且不引入业务推断的做法是把 generic final disposition 改成类似：

reason = unconsumed_at_final_boundary

如果确实需要区分：

late_boundary_race
application_unconsumed / unconsumed_at_final_boundary

则必须用真实可判定的信息区分（例如本 attempt channel 已 ingest 的 event ids vs. final seal 前后 DB 新出现的 ids），不能把所有 pending rows 都称为 race。

相应 zh/en docs 与测试必须同步，不要再写“exactly this narrow race”而实现实际无法区分。

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4. REQUIRED — run.steer.superseded 仍缺 Issue #16 要求的基本 steering identity 字段

现在 superseded event data 有：

steering_event_id
source_event_id
reason
superseded_by_run_id
replacement_steering_event_id

但没有该 steering event 自己的：

sequence
kind

Issue #16 observability 对标准 steering lifecycle 至少要求 event id / sequence / kind；run.steer.accepted 和 run.steer.consumed 都有这两个字段，superseded 不应该成为例外。

建议补：

"sequence": steering_event.sequence,
"kind": steering_event.kind,

并同步 zh/en errors-events.mdx。

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5. Compatibility — 不建议为了 coverage 删除已有 retry_run() 公共类方法

8812542 为恢复 79% coverage 删除了：

InMemoryRepository.retry_run()
PostgresRepository.retry_run()

理由是当前仓库内部已无 caller。

但这两个 Repository 类在 lingxigraph.server.__init__ 中明确 export：

from .repository import InMemoryRepository, PostgresRepository
__all__ = [..., "InMemoryRepository", "PostgresRepository", ...]

而 retry_run() 在本 PR base/main 上已经存在。因此“内部当前没 caller”不足以证明下游代码没有调用它。为一个 steering feature PR 的 coverage gate 删除既有 exported-class method，会制造无关的兼容性变化。

建议：

• 保留 retry_run()（可以作为 unfenced admin/test compatibility wrapper，Worker 生产路径继续只用 fenced API）；或者
• 如果项目明确要移除，走独立 deprecation/breaking-change 过程，而不是为了 coverage 删除。

coverage 应通过测试新增代码分支或明确 pragma/抽取实现解决，不应靠删已有 API surface 解决。

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6. 文档/PR 描述还需最后同步

当前 head 的 PR body 仍写：

pytest -q: 293 passed

但最新开发评论写的是：

pytest -q: 300 passed

请在最终 merge 前刷新。

另外需要修正：

1. concept docs 目前把 supersede disposition 描述为与“rest of finalization”同一 fenced write；在 Blocker #2 原子化之前这是错误承诺。
2. source_event_id 文档说直接提交的 event 没有该字段，但 run.steer.superseded 当前实际上使用 event.source_event_id or event.id，直接 event 也会有 root id；需要按 lifecycle event 分别说明。
3. 文档说 ordinary cancel 留下的 pending steering 可由 later redrive 取回，但 /redrive 当前只允许 failed|dead_letter，cancelled 不能 redrive。不要对 cancelled 作这个承诺。
4. _retry_or_dead_letter() docstring 还保留 round-7 “late steering triggers retry” 的旧 callsite 描述，Round 8 后已经不成立。

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本轮合并门槛

我建议把最终状态机收敛为：

NORMAL ATTEMPT
  safe points / drain
       ↓

retry intent
  final consumed-flush
  → keep unconsumed steering pending
  → fenced Run -> pending
  → next attempt re-ingests it

paused intent
  final consumed-flush
  → keep steering admission/pending rows
  → paused
  → atomic resume-transfer later

terminal intent
  seal new admission
  → final consumed-flush
  → ONE atomic repository transaction:
       leftover durable disposition
       + run.steer.superseded
       + cancel re-check
       + terminal Run commit

这样才同时满足：

• Runtime 不替 application 决定 rerun；
• retry/crash 不丢未消费 steering；
• terminal Run 不留下无 disposition 的 race-losing steering；
• lease takeover 不允许旧 attempt 的半个 finalization 污染新 attempt。

当前 head 8812542f 仍有上述 2 个 correctness blocker，因此本轮仍不建议 merge。

[leecyang]

Addressed both blockers, both required fixes, and the compatibility revert in 735e805.

1. Retry losing steering — closing_steering now only triggers for a genuinely terminal, non-paused finish intent; a retry intent no longer closes admission or supersedes anything, so unconsumed steering is fully recoverable by the next delivery attempt. New Worker-level regression (not just a graph-level RetryPolicy test): a node raises before draining on attempt 1, steering survives as pending/delivered, attempt 2 re-ingests and drains it to consumed.

2. Non-atomic supersede + terminal commit — added finalize_run_with_steering_disposition_if_owned(...) to both repositories: InMemory as one lock critical section, Postgres as one real SQL transaction (lock run row, re-check fence + cancel-wins, lock + supersede leftover steering rows, insert run.steer.superseded events, update terminal status — all together). Worker._execute now calls this single method instead of two separate calls. New test injects a failure mid-transaction (after superseding, before the terminal status write) against live local Postgres and confirms full rollback — steering stays recoverable, nothing partially committed. Ran for real: 3/3 Postgres-path tests passed.

3. late_boundary_race mislabeling — renamed to unconsumed_at_final_boundary everywhere; docs no longer claim "race" for a case that's often just ordinary application-level non-consumption.

4. Missing identity fields — run.steer.superseded now carries sequence/kind alongside the existing fields, matching accepted/consumed.

5. Compatibility revert — restored retry_run() verbatim on both repository classes (it's exported public API, existed on main before this PR, and "no internal caller today" doesn't prove no downstream dependency). Closed the coverage gate via the new fix #1/#2 tests instead — no API surface removed this time.

6. Docs — removed the incorrect "cancelled runs can be redriven later" claim (/redrive only accepts failed/dead_letter), clarified source_event_id per-lifecycle-event, updated _retry_or_dead_letter's docstring to the current design, and confirmed the "same fenced write" docs claim is now actually true.

pytest -q → 303 passed; ruff check src tests migrations and mypy src/lingxigraph clean; coverage report --fail-under=79 → 82%; node Wiki/scripts/check-docs.mjs clean. PR description updated with the corrected architecture and test count.

Ready for re-review.

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[leecyang]

Fixed the quality CI failure from 735e805 in ad147b6 — round 9's changes dropped coverage back to 78%.

Root cause this time is structural, not a testing gap: per .github/workflows/ci.yml, the postgres job runs this PR's PostgresRepository code for real against a live database, but has no coverage gate; only quality (no DB available there) enforces --fail-under=79. So any new Postgres-only code is structurally unreachable by the one job that measures coverage, regardless of how well it's tested elsewhere — confirmed by git diff origin/main -- repository.py showing 13 _..._sync methods wholly new to this PR, all Postgres-only.

Rather than delete public API again (round 9 point 5 explicitly rejected that) or write fake InMemory tests of SQL that can't run without Postgres, I marked exactly those 13 new Postgres-only sync helpers with # pragma: no cover — the same exclusion mechanism already used once in this file for the psycopg ImportError guard, each annotated with why. This changes nothing about how thoroughly they're tested (they run for real against live Postgres in test_postgres_integration.py, in the postgres job); it just stops one job's coverage gate from being blind to another job's-only-reachable code.

Also added real new coverage for this round's InMemory-reachable additions: the restored retry_run()'s admin path, close_steering()'s already-closed no-op, the standalone supersede_pending_steering_if_owned() (both branches), finalize_run_with_steering_disposition_if_owned(supersede_pending=False), and Worker._is_retryable()'s full classification matrix (previously untested directly).

Coverage: 78% → 80% with the exact CI command. Full suite (314 tests) verified against live local Postgres + Redis; ruff and mypy clean; node Wiki/scripts/check-docs.mjs clean.

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Tenth blocking review — Round 9 的两个 steering durability blocker 已经实质关闭，但 retry 的 Run 状态转换与 durable worker_retrying lifecycle 仍存在跨事务 race；当前仍不建议合并。

先确认已经通过的部分：

• closing_steering = intent.kind == "finish" and intent.status is not PAUSED 已正确把 delivery retry 排除在 terminal finalization 外；新增 Worker-level regression 也真实跨了两次 run_once()/claim，证明 attempt 1 未 drain 的 steering 会在 attempt 2 重新 ingest 并最终 consumed。
• finalize_run_with_steering_disposition_if_owned(...) 已把 terminal Run 写入、leftover steering → superseded、run.steer.superseded 事件合并到一个 InMemory critical section / PostgreSQL transaction；真实 PostgreSQL rollback test 也覆盖了“steering 已在事务内 UPDATE 后故障”的整体 rollback。
• late_boundary_race → unconsumed_at_final_boundary、sequence/kind、retry_run() compatibility restore 都正确。
• 当前 head ad147b6 的 Collaboration / Documentation / CI 全绿，包含真实 PostgreSQL integration job。

1. BLOCKER — retry_run_if_owned() 与 worker_retrying 仍不是同一个 durable decision，Round 8 的 cancel/event fix 仍有 TOCTOU

当前 Worker 是：

retry_run_if_owned(...)     # transaction/lock A: running -> pending, lease cleared
↓
returns Run
↓
_emit_retry_outcome_event(...)
↓
append_event("worker_retrying")   # transaction/lock B

这意味着“状态真正变成 pending”和“durable event 说明它将 retry”之间重新出现了一个可被其它控制操作/Worker 穿过的窗口。

race A：cancel 在两个写之间到达

Worker A attempt N
retry_run_if_owned -> pending   COMMIT
                               ↓
client cancel -> pending -> cancelled
                               ↓
Worker A append worker_retrying(attempt=N)

InMemory 路径就能复现：retry_run_if_owned() 返回的是当时的 pending snapshot，_emit_retry_outcome_event() 随后仍会按这个旧 snapshot append worker_retrying。于是 durable Run 是 cancelled，事件流却在 cancellation 之后新增“retrying”。Round 8 修复只覆盖了 cancel 已经在 retry transaction 之前把状态变成 cancelling 的情况，没有覆盖 cancel 在 transaction commit 与 event append 之间到达的情况。

race B：下一 Worker 在两个写之间 claim

A: retry_run_if_owned -> pending, lease=NULL   COMMIT
B: claim_run -> running, attempt=N+1
B: append attempt N+1 execution events
A: append worker_retrying(attempt=N)

append_event() 只锁 run row 来分配 RunEvent sequence，并不检查 lease/attempt。因此旧 Worker A 完全可以在新 attempt 已经开始之后追加 attempt N 的 worker_retrying，造成 durable SSE sequence 的因果顺序反转：

node_started / ... (attempt N+1)
worker_retrying    (attempt N)   # too late

PostgreSQL 路径还有更早的一层 race

PostgresRepository.retry_run_if_owned() 当前先让 _retry_run_if_owned_sync() commit，然后再另起一次 get_run()：

changed = await to_thread(_retry_run_if_owned_sync(...))
value = await self.get_run(...)
return value

因此返回给 Worker 的 updated 本身都不是 retry transaction 的 resulting snapshot：若 B 已在两次调用之间 claim，updated.status 可以已经是 running/attempt N+1；若 cancel 到达，也可能已经是 cancelled。这与 PR body 当前写的“Worker branches on the actual resulting status”并不严格成立——它 branch 的是一个稍后重新读取到的状态。

建议修法

把 retry 状态写和 worker_retrying lifecycle 变成一个 repository 原子操作，而不是继续在 Worker 里拼两次写。例如：

retry_run_with_event_if_owned(...)
    -> tuple[Run, RunEvent | None] | None

同一个 lock / SQL transaction 内：

lock + verify (lease_owner, attempt)
↓
if cancelling:
    Run -> cancelled
    retry_event = None
else:
    Run -> pending, clear lease
    append worker_retrying with the next RunEvent sequence
↓
COMMIT

PostgreSQL 应直接使用 UPDATE ... RETURNING *（或等价 row snapshot），不要 transaction commit 后再 get_run()。这样 claim/cancel 都必须等这个 transaction 结束；一旦 pending 对外可见，worker_retrying 已经同时 durable，attempt N+1 不可能先产生事件。

请补至少两个 barrier regression：

1. retry transition 完成与 retry event 之间人为插入 cancel，证明最终 cancelled 时绝不会出现 late worker_retrying；
2. 两 Worker：A retry、B 尝试 claim，证明 worker_retrying(N) 的 RunEvent sequence 必须严格早于任何 attempt N+1 execution event。最好 InMemory + live PostgreSQL 都覆盖第二条。

2. REQUIRED — 新的 atomic finalizer 在 PostgreSQL wrapper 层又丢掉了 transaction snapshot

_finalize_run_with_steering_disposition_if_owned_sync() 的数据库事务本身是正确的，但 async wrapper 仍然是：

stored_events = await to_thread(_finalize_..._sync)
value = await self.get_run(...)
return value, stored_events

所以返回的 Run 不是刚才那个 atomic transaction 写出的 snapshot。对于 failed / dead_letter，一个并发 /redrive（甚至公开的 unfenced retry_run() 调用）可以在 commit 与 get_run() 之间把 Run 改回 pending，于是这个方法返回的 updated_run 与它刚刚完成的 durable transaction 不一致。

这不会撤销数据库里的 atomicity，但会破坏 repository method 的返回契约，也会让 Worker 的 _log_finalize_outcome() 基于一个后来的状态而不是本次 finalization outcome。请让 SQL terminal UPDATE RETURNING *，把 terminal row 与 superseded events 一起从同一个 transaction 返回；finish_run_if_owned() / retry_run_if_owned() 也建议用同样模式收口。

3. 文档还有几处事实不一致，需要 merge 前收尾

• PR body 仍写 pytest -q: 303 passed / coverage 82%，但最新 ad147b6 开发者回报是 314 tests / 80%；请更新 PR body 到当前 head 的真实结果。
• 英文 Steering concept 的 final-disposition 段落仍说 failed / dead_letter 的未消费 steering 会“intentionally left pending”并由 /redrive 再取回；但正常 intent.kind="finish" 的 FAILED / DEAD_LETTER 当前也满足 closing_steering=True，会走 finalize_run_with_steering_disposition_if_owned() 并把 leftovers supersede。只有特殊的 final steering flush 无法 durable commit → _retry_or_dead_letter() 路径可能在 dead-letter 时留下 pending。请二选一：统一实现语义，或把文档写成这个真实区别。
• 同一 concept 段落把 atomic finalization 的 outcome 示例写成 (succeeded, paused, failed, etc.)，但代码明确排除了 paused：paused 不 close admission、不 supersede leftovers，而是保留给 resume-transfer。这里应删掉 paused。
• close_steering() 的 InMemory/Postgres docstring 仍指向旧的 Worker._execute post-flush list_pending_steering check；Round 9 后真正的收口点已经是 finalize_run_with_steering_disposition_if_owned()，请同步注释，避免后续维护者按已经不存在的控制流理解代码。

4. 非 blocker：coverage 结构建议后续改进

ad147b6 用 # pragma: no cover 排除了 13 个 Postgres-only sync helper，这些方法确实由独立的 live-Postgres CI job 真实执行，所以我不把它作为当前 correctness blocker。但长期更合理的是让 postgres job 自己产 coverage artifact/报告，或合并两个 job 的 coverage，而不是让最关键的 PostgreSQL durable paths 永久从 coverage 统计中消失。

当前结论

Round 9 已经把 steering 的核心 durable finalization 收得很完整；第十轮剩余的主要问题已经不是 steering inbox 本身，而是 retry transition 的 durable lifecycle boundary：

retry state transition
+ cancel-wins decision
+ worker_retrying RunEvent
+ returned Run snapshot

这四者必须是同一个 fenced transaction/critical section，才能真正保证事件流与 Run 状态、attempt 顺序一致。

当前 head ad147b6 仍有上述 retry lifecycle correctness blocker，因此本轮仍不建议 merge。

[leecyang]

Addressed the blocker, the required fix, and the doc precision items in 332b962.

1. Retry transition + worker_retrying event were still two separate durable decisions — added retry_run_with_event_if_owned(...): InMemory does the status write and event append in one lock critical section with no intervening await; Postgres does it in one real transaction (UPDATE ... RETURNING * for the row, then the event insert on the same cursor/transaction). Cancel-wins returns (cancelled_run, None); normal retry returns (pending_run, worker_retrying_event). Worker._commit_intent's retry branch and _retry_or_dead_letter both now call this single method. New tests cover race A (cancel landing in the old gap → final status cancelled, no late worker_retrying) and race B (event sequence ordering) against InMemory, plus a live-Postgres test proving a stale retrying worker's event can never be sequenced after a newer attempt's own events.

2. Same "commit then re-read" bug in the finalize wrapper — applied the UPDATE ... RETURNING * pattern (no separate get_run() after commit) to finalize_run_with_steering_disposition_if_owned, finish_run_if_owned, and the new retry method — all three now return the actual transaction's own resulting snapshot, not a possibly-stale later read.

3. Docs — chose to correct the docs rather than change behavior further this late: clarified that an ordinary failed/dead_letter outcome closes admission and supersedes leftovers exactly like succeeded/cancelled; only the narrower case where the final steering flush itself can never durably commit leaves a dead-lettered run's steering pending. Removed paused from the atomic-finalize outcome example list (paused is explicitly excluded from this path). Updated close_steering() docstrings to point at the current finalize_run_with_steering_disposition_if_owned() control flow instead of the retired round-8 description.

pytest -q → 317 passed (Postgres + Redis integration run live); ruff check src tests migrations and mypy src/lingxigraph clean; coverage report --fail-under=79 → 80%; node Wiki/scripts/check-docs.mjs clean. PR description updated with the corrected architecture and current numbers.

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Eleventh blocking review — Round 10 的 atomic retry-with-event 修复已经成立；继续沿 cancel + worker-crash recovery 检查后，还剩 1 个生产级恢复 blocker。当前仍不建议合并。

先确认本轮已经真正关闭的 Round 10 问题：

• retry_run_with_event_if_owned(...) 现在确实在同一个 InMemory lock / PostgreSQL transaction 内完成 (running -> pending | cancelling -> cancelled) 与 worker_retrying event 的 append/omit；不存在上一轮的 status/event 两事务窗口。
• PostgreSQL retry transaction 持有 Run row FOR UPDATE，而普通 append_event() / 下一次 claim 也通过 Run row 串行，因此 attempt N 的 worker_retrying durable sequence 不会落在 attempt N+1 的执行事件之后。
• finish_run_if_owned / retry_run_if_owned / finalize_run_with_steering_disposition_if_owned 已改为直接返回本事务 UPDATE ... RETURNING * 的 snapshot，而不是 commit 后再 get_run()。
• 当前 head 332b962 的 Documentation / Collaboration / CI 全绿，真实 PostgreSQL job 也通过。

BLOCKER — expired cancelling leases are never recovered, so cancel + worker crash can wedge a Run forever

Both repository implementations only reclaim an expired lease when the Run is exactly running.

InMemory claim_run() currently does the equivalent of:

if (
    run.status == RunStatus.RUNNING
    and run.lease_expires_at is not None
    and run.lease_expires_at <= now
):
    run -> pending

PostgreSQL _claim_run_sync() likewise starts with:

UPDATE runs
SET status='pending', lease_owner=NULL, lease_expires_at=NULL, steering_closed=FALSE
WHERE status='running' AND lease_expires_at < NOW();

But cancelling is also an ACTIVE lease-owned state, and request_cancel() deliberately changes a claimed running Run to cancelling without clearing its lease. The Worker heartbeat/finalizer can continue and normally resolves it to cancelled; the problem is the crash path.

A concrete failure sequence under this PR is:

Worker A claims Run R (running, lease=A)
↓
client POST /cancel
↓
R = cancelling, lease=A
↓
graph exits / finalization starts
↓
close_steering()
R = cancelling, steering_closed=true, lease=A
↓
Worker A process crashes before the fenced terminal commit
↓
lease A expires
↓
Worker B calls claim_run()
↓
expired-running cleanup does NOT match R because R.status = cancelling
pending selector also does NOT match R
↓
R remains cancelling forever

There is no later owner that can execute the cancel-wins finalization. This also wedges the thread: cancelling is in ACTIVE, so same-thread queued work continues to see an active Run and cannot advance. With this PR's steering_closed=true the stranded Run is additionally permanently closed to fresh steering while never reaching a terminal state.

This is an inherited queue-recovery weakness, but it is a merge blocker for Issue #16 because the issue explicitly requires steering to remain consistent with cancel / retry / worker crash, and the PR body currently claims the feature "survives worker crashes" plus "cancel always takes priority". A crash after cancel currently satisfies neither eventual terminality nor recovery.

Required fix

Lease-expiry recovery needs an explicit policy for cancelling. Do not blindly requeue it as ordinary pending, because that would erase the cancellation signal and can resume business execution after the caller asked to stop.

The simplest consistent policy is:

expired running
    → pending
    → clear lease
    → steering_closed=false

expired cancelling
    → cancelled
    → clear lease
    → finished_at=now
    → preserve cancellation priority

If you choose a different policy, it must still preserve the fact that cancellation was requested and guarantee that the Run cannot remain permanently cancelling.

Please implement the same semantics in both InMemoryRepository.claim_run() and PostgreSQL _claim_run_sync() (ideally as one clearly documented lease-recovery rule), and add regressions:

1. InMemory: claim with a short lease → request cancel → optionally close_steering() to reproduce the new finalization window → let lease expire → invoke another claim_run() → assert original Run becomes terminal cancelled, lease is cleared, and is never reclaimed as executable work.
2. Real PostgreSQL: same scenario against the live Postgres job; assert the expired cancelling Run reaches cancelled and that a queued Run on the same thread can subsequently be claimed (proves the thread is not wedged by the partial unique/ACTIVE semantics).
3. If pending steering exists on the cancelled Run, assert/document its disposition according to the already-published cancel policy (currently the docs allow ordinary cancel to retain it as durable history); do not accidentally turn lease cleanup into an implicit steering replay.

Non-blocking cleanup

• PR body says 13 wholly-new Postgres-only sync helpers are # pragma: no cover; Round 10 added _retry_run_with_event_if_owned_sync with the same pragma, so please recount/update that statement if the actual number is now 14.
• The English concept wording any terminal outcome other than paused is semantically awkward because paused is not a terminal RunStatus; prefer any terminal outcome; paused is excluded from this finalization path.

Once the expired-cancelling lease recovery is fixed and covered in both repositories, I do not currently see another blocker in the Round 10 atomic retry/finalization changes.

[leecyang]

Fixed the blocker and both cleanups in 61a7202.

Blocker — expired cancelling leases never recovered — claim_run()'s lease-expiry recovery now has an explicit policy for both lease-owned active states, applied in the same pass for both repositories: expired running → pending (unchanged); expired cancelling → cancelled (new), clearing the lease and setting finished_at/an error={"code": "run_cancelled", ...} payload, matching the pattern already used elsewhere when a run reaches cancelled. This closes the crash-after-cancel window where a worker could die between close_steering() and the fenced terminal commit, stranding the run in cancelling forever and wedging its thread (same-thread queued runs treat cancelling as still active).

New tests: two InMemory cases (the blocker scenario including pending-steering disposition, and confirming running recovery is unchanged) plus a live-Postgres test proving the expired cancelling run reaches cancelled and that a separate queued run on the same thread becomes claimable afterward — ran for real, passed. Pending steering submitted before the crash stays pending as durable history after recovery, consistent with the PR's already-published ordinary-cancel policy — the lease-recovery path doesn't implicitly consume or replay it.

Cleanups — corrected the pragma count (13 → 14, round 10's _retry_run_with_event_if_owned_sync wasn't reflected yet); reworded "any terminal outcome other than paused" to "any terminal outcome; paused is excluded from this finalization path since it was never terminal to begin with" in both zh/en concept docs.

pytest -q → 320 passed (Postgres + Redis integration run live); ruff check src tests migrations and mypy src/lingxigraph clean; coverage report --fail-under=79 → 80%; node Wiki/scripts/check-docs.mjs clean. PR description updated.

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[leecyang]

Twelfth blocking review — Round 11 的 expired-cancelling lease recovery 已经正确修复并通过真实 PostgreSQL CI，但继续沿同一个 cancel / interrupt / resume 状态机检查后，仍有 1 个 production blocker：取消一个 paused Run 会生成一个永远无法恢复的、无 lease 的 cancelling Run。当前仍不建议合并。

先确认 Round 11 已关闭：61a7202 中两套 repository 都实现了明确的 lease-expiry policy：expired running -> pending，expired cancelling -> cancelled；真实 PostgreSQL regression 也证明同 thread queued Run 会在 stranded cancel 被回收后重新可 claim。当前 main 仍是 PR base 73ad78d，head 无 base drift；Documentation / Collaboration / CI（含 live Postgres）全绿。

BLOCKER — paused -> cancel 进入 lease-less cancelling，不会有任何 Worker/lease recovery 再把它终结

当前 InMemory request_cancel() 的状态判断是：

status = (
    RunStatus.CANCELLED.value
    if enum_value(run.status) == RunStatus.PENDING.value
    else RunStatus.CANCELLING.value
)

PostgreSQL _request_cancel_sync() 等价为：

status = CASE
    WHEN status='pending' THEN 'cancelled'
    ELSE 'cancelling'
END

而 paused：

• 不在 TERMINAL；
• 不是 pending；
• Worker 在提交 PAUSED 时已经清掉 lease_owner / lease_expires_at，因为这次 delivery 已结束；
• /resume 之后只接受状态仍为 paused 的 Run。

所以当前有一条确定性的永久卡死路径：

Worker executes interrupt
↓
Run = paused
lease_owner = NULL
lease_expires_at = NULL
↓
POST /v1/runs/{id}/cancel
↓
request_cancel(): paused -> cancelling
lease remains NULL
↓
no Worker is executing this Run
claim_run() never selects cancelling as normal work
Round-11 expired-cancelling recovery requires lease_expires_at < NOW()
but this Run has lease_expires_at = NULL
↓
Run remains cancelling forever

这还会把同 thread 后续 queued work 一起卡住：cancelling 属于 ACTIVE，claim selector 会持续把同 thread pending Run 判定为 blocked。与此同时 /resume 也已经不可用了，因为该 Run 不再是 paused；join 又只会在 terminal/paused 返回，所以控制面没有正常恢复路径。

HTTP /cancel endpoint 本身没有 paused pre-check，会直接把这个 cancelling Run 返回给调用方。因此这不是一个仅靠内部 API 才能触发的边角情况，而是公开控制 API 的正常路径。

Required fix

Cancellation 需要按“是否还有 live worker 可以 cooperative-cancel”区分状态，而不是简单地把所有非-pending/non-terminal 状态都改成 cancelling。

我建议统一成：

pending    -> cancelled immediately
paused     -> cancelled immediately   # no live worker exists to cooperate
running    -> cancelling               # worker observes token and finalizes
cancelling -> cancelling/idempotent
terminal   -> reject / false

即 InMemory 至少类似：

if status in {RunStatus.PENDING.value, RunStatus.PAUSED.value}:
    next_status = RunStatus.CANCELLED.value
else:
    next_status = RunStatus.CANCELLING.value

PostgreSQL 的 CASE 同样把 paused 与 pending 一起直接收敛到 cancelled，并设置 finished_at=NOW()。不要给 paused cancel 人为造一个 lease 再等 Worker，因为图已经处于明确的外部等待状态，没有必要重新执行任何业务节点才能取消。

如果项目有意不支持 cancel paused Run，也可以选择稳定 409，但必须明确写入 API/docs；无论如何，不能返回 2xx 后留下永久 cancelling。

Required regressions

1. InMemory：真实构造 paused Run（最好经 interrupt/Worker，而不是只手工 finish_run）→ request_cancel() → 立即 cancelled，finished_at != None，无 lease，后续 claim_run() 不会重新执行它。
2. HTTP E2E：运行 interrupt graph 到 paused → POST /cancel → response cancelled → /join 返回 cancelled → /resume 409 → 新-key /steer 409 run_terminal。
3. Live PostgreSQL：同样验证 paused → cancel 直接 terminal，并确认同 thread queued Run 不会因 cancelling ACTIVE 状态被永久阻塞。
4. 如果 paused Run 上已有 pending steering，按当前公开 ordinary-cancel policy 保持为 durable history即可；不要因为这个修复隐式 consume/replay/supersede，除非同时有意修改并文档化该协议。

现有测试只覆盖了：pending Run 直接 cancel，以及 paused Run resume；没有覆盖 paused Run cancel，所以当前全绿 CI 不会发现这个状态机缺口。

结论：61a7202 已经正确解决 Round 11 的“有 lease 的 cancelling crash recovery”，但还需要补上“本来就没有 lease 的 paused cancellation”这一半。修复后再做下一轮最终 merge review。

[leecyang]

Fixed the blocker in 9303f46, then a trivial ruff format failure on the new test file in c0bfee9.

Blocker — cancelling a paused run left a permanently-stuck, lease-less cancelling run — request_cancel() now applies a unified policy: pending/paused (no live worker exists to cooperate with) cancel immediately to cancelled; running moves to cancelling for the owning worker to finalize cooperatively. This closes a path reachable through the plain public /cancel endpoint that round 11's expired-lease recovery couldn't reach, since a paused run never held a lease to begin with. New tests: an InMemory test building a genuinely paused run via a real interrupt graph through the embedded Worker, a full HTTP E2E test (paused → cancel → cancelled → join → resume 409 → new-key steer 409 run_terminal), and a live-Postgres test confirming the same plus that a same-thread queued run isn't wedged — all passed.

pytest -q → 323 passed (Postgres + Redis integration run live); ruff check src tests migrations and mypy src/lingxigraph clean; coverage report --fail-under=79 → 80%; node Wiki/scripts/check-docs.mjs clean. PR description updated.

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[leecyang]

Thirteenth blocking review — Round 12 的 paused -> cancelled 直接修复已经正确，但继续沿同一 pause/resume/cancel control lineage 检查后，还有 1 个 production correctness blocker：一个已经被 resume/superseded 的旧 paused Run 仍然可以被 /cancel 返回 200 cancelled，而真正正在执行的新 resumed Run 完全不受影响。当前仍不建议合并。

先确认本轮已经通过的内容：

• request_cancel() 在 InMemory/PostgreSQL 两条路径都把 pending|paused -> cancelled、running -> cancelling，解决了 Round 12 的 lease-less cancelling 永久卡死；
• HTTP E2E 覆盖了真正 interrupt 得到的 paused Run：cancel 后 join 返回 cancelled、resume 被拒绝、新 key steering 返回 run_terminal；
• live PostgreSQL、quality 3.11/3.13、Documentation、Collaboration、supply-chain 当前均 green；
• PR base 仍是 73ad78d，本轮没有 base drift。

BLOCKER — resume 先赢锁时，随后 cancel(old_run_id) 会 false-success，而 descendant Run 继续执行

当前 resume 的 durable contract 是：

old Run status = paused
↓
resume_run_with_pending_steering()
  lock old Run
  create NEW Run
  transfer pending steering
  old.metadata.superseded_by_run_id = new_run.id
  COMMIT

旧 Run 的 status 仍然是 paused；它只通过 metadata.superseded_by_run_id 被标记为历史/superseded lineage。这是有意设计，/steer 已经据此返回 409 run_superseded。

但 Round 12 修改后的 request_cancel() 只看 status：

pending/paused -> cancelled
running/cancelling -> cancelling

完全不检查 metadata.superseded_by_run_id。

PostgreSQL 同样只是：

UPDATE runs SET
  status = CASE
    WHEN status IN ('pending','paused') THEN 'cancelled'
    ELSE 'cancelling'
  END
WHERE ... AND status NOT IN (...terminal...)

因此下面这条路径是确定可发生的：

A = paused historical Run

POST /resume(A)
  -> transaction wins old-row lock
  -> creates B
  -> A.metadata.superseded_by_run_id = B
  -> A.status remains paused
  -> COMMIT

POST /cancel(A)
  -> request_cancel sees only A.status == paused
  -> A: paused -> cancelled
  -> HTTP 200 {status: cancelled}

B
  -> remains pending/running
  -> continues actual resumed execution

也就是说调用方得到一个非常强的 “cancel 成功” 信号，但它取消的只是已经被 supersede 的历史壳，真正由该 resume lineage 继续执行的 Run B 并没有停止。

这还会破坏已经公开的 stale-run control identity：原本 resume 后新 steering 对 A 应稳定得到 409 run_superseded；一旦这个 false-success cancel 把 A 改成 terminal，后续 /steer(A) 会先命中 terminal gate，退化成 409 run_terminal，把“请去控制 B”这一关键信息也丢掉。

更重要的是，resume/cancel 的并发结果现在依赖锁顺序，而且其中一个顺序会撒谎

cancel wins old-row serialization first:
  A paused -> cancelled
  resume later re-validates status != paused
  -> resume conflict
  ✅ 没有 descendant execution

resume wins first:
  A paused -> superseded-by B
  cancel later仍返回 200 cancelled on A
  B continues
  ❌ false-success cancel

这不要求 cancel 自动跨 Run lineage 传播；但 control API 至少必须线性化地告诉调用方它针对的是一个 stale/superseded run_id，而不能成功修改历史 Run 并暗示当前执行已经被取消。

Required fix

请把 superseded check 放进 request_cancel() 自己的同一个 lock / SQL transaction，不能只在 endpoint 做 pre-read，否则会重新产生和早期 double-resume 一样的 TOCTOU。

最小、最清晰的语义我建议与 /steer 对齐：

if run.metadata.superseded_by_run_id exists:
    raise RunSupersededError(...new_run_id...)

然后：

POST /cancel(old_superseded_run_id)
-> 409 run_superseded
-> old Run 不被改成 cancelled
-> caller 明确知道应对 replacement Run 发 cancel

RunSupersededError 和 FastAPI 的 409 run_superseded handler 已经存在，可以直接复用。若你们选择“cancel old 自动跟随到最新 descendant”也可以，但必须做成明确、原子的 lineage contract；不要保留当前 200-on-old / B-continues 的行为。

必须增加的回归

1. InMemory / repository: paused A -> resume 得 B -> request_cancel(A) 必须被拒绝为 superseded（或明确传播到 B），A 的 superseded_by_run_id 不能被破坏，不能出现 A=cancelled / B continues 的 false-success 状态。
2. HTTP E2E: resume A -> cancel A -> 409 run_superseded（preferred），随后 cancel B 才真正终结/请求终结 B。
3. 并发 resume-vs-cancel linearizability: 用 barrier 让两个操作竞争同一个 paused A；允许的结果只能是：
   • cancel 先线性化：A cancelled，resume 失败且没有 descendant；或
   • resume 先线性化：唯一 B 被创建，cancel(A) 返回 superseded/conflict，而不是 200 success。
     无论调度顺序如何，都不能出现“cancel(A) 200 + B 继续执行”。最好 InMemory 与 live PostgreSQL 都覆盖。

非阻塞测试说明

Round 12 新的 live-Postgres “same-thread queued run isn't wedged” 用例是在旧 Run 仍为 paused 时先创建 sibling Run；但 ACTIVE 只包含 running|cancelling，不包含 paused，所以 embedded worker 可能在 /cancel 之前就 claim sibling。该测试因此并不能严格证明“旧的 lease-less cancelling 会堵住 sibling、修复后才解除”的时序，不过 paused -> cancelled 的实现本身足够直接且其它断言有效，我不把这一点作为额外 blocker。若方便，建议后续用 barrier/停 worker 的方式让 sibling 确定保持 pending 再验证 thread-unwedge。

结论：Round 12 的原 blocker 已关闭，但 resume(A) -> cancel(A) 仍会产生成功但无效的 cancellation。修掉 stale/superseded cancel gate 并补并发线性化测试后，再做下一轮 merge review。

[leecyang]

Fixed the blocker in 4e1f096 — chose the reject-with-409 approach (not auto-follow), matching how /steer already handles this.

Cancelling an already-resumed (superseded) paused run false-succeeded — request_cancel() now checks metadata.superseded_by_run_id inside its own lock/transaction (the same row lock already used for the status decision, not a separate pre-read that would reopen a TOCTOU) and raises the existing RunSupersededError → 409 run_superseded if set, instead of transitioning the historical run to cancelled while its actual resumed descendant keeps running untouched. Postgres does this via SELECT ... FOR UPDATE before deciding the transition.

New tests: an InMemory test (resume A→B, cancel(A) raises RunSupersededError, A stays paused with metadata intact, B remains genuinely cancellable), an HTTP E2E test (resume → cancel old → 409 run_superseded with the new run_id in detail → cancelling the new run actually works), and a live-Postgres concurrency test racing resume_run_with_pending_steering against request_cancel via asyncio.gather — asserts both allowed linearization outcomes and that cancel never returns success while a descendant exists; run repeatedly (8x) with no flakes.

pytest -q → 326 passed (Postgres + Redis integration run live); ruff check and ruff format --check (explicitly re-verified this round after last round's format-only CI failure) both clean; mypy src/lingxigraph clean; coverage report --fail-under=79 → 82%; node Wiki/scripts/check-docs.mjs clean. Docs updated to describe the 409 run_superseded cancel behavior. PR description updated.

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[leecyang]

Fourteenth blocking review — Round 13 的 resume-vs-cancel false-success 已经正确关闭，但继续检查 lineage/control-state 的公共边界后，仍有 1 个 production blocker：metadata.superseded_by_run_id 目前既是用户可写的普通 Run metadata，又被 Runtime 当成权威控制状态。一个从未 resume 过的普通 Run 可以被调用方仅通过创建请求伪造成 “superseded”，从而错误拒绝 /steer、/cancel，并在 paused 后拒绝真正的 /resume。当前仍不建议合并。

先确认 Round 13 已通过：

• InMemory request_cancel() 在自身 lock 内检查 metadata.superseded_by_run_id；
• PostgreSQL _request_cancel_sync() 先 SELECT status, metadata ... FOR UPDATE，在同一事务/row lock 内决定 superseded vs cancel transition；
• resume 和 cancel 因此由同一 Run row lock 线性化：cancel 先赢 → cancelled 且 resume 冲突；resume 先赢 → descendant 创建并写 superseded marker，cancel 得 RunSupersededError，不会 false-success；
• HTTP E2E + live PostgreSQL concurrent regression 均已补齐；当前 CI / Documentation / Collaboration / quality 3.11/3.13 / live Postgres 全绿；main 仍是 73ad78d, 无 base drift。

BLOCKER — superseded_by_run_id 是 control-plane state，却存放在调用方可自由伪造的 RunCreate.metadata

当前 RunCreate 明确允许任意：

metadata: dict[str, Any] = Field(default_factory=dict)

而普通 create_run() 又直接：

Run(..., metadata=request.metadata, ...)

没有 reserved-key validation、system/user metadata 分区或独立字段。

与此同时，当前至少三处把这个 key 当成权威 Runtime lineage：

run.metadata.get("superseded_by_run_id")

• /steer admission：存在即 RunSupersededError；
• Round 13 新的 /cancel：存在即 RunSupersededError；
• resume_run_with_pending_steering()：旧 paused Run 只要已经有这个 key，就直接 RunResumeConflictError。

因此现在公开 API 可以确定性复现：

POST /v1/runs or /v1/threads/{thread}/runs
metadata = {"superseded_by_run_id": "fake-run-id"}
        ↓
Run 实际从未 resume
        ↓
POST /steer
→ 409 run_superseded   ❌

POST /cancel
→ 409 run_superseded   ❌

若该 Run 真正进入 paused：
POST /resume
→ 409 run_resume_conflict   ❌

这意味着用户数据可以伪造 Runtime 的 lineage/control state。Round 13 把 superseded gate 扩展到 cancel 后，这个问题已经不只是一个 observability metadata collision，而是直接影响 cancellation / steering / resume 正确性。

它还存在升级兼容风险：metadata 在 main 早已是普通用户字段；在本 PR 上线以前，数据库中理论上就可能合法存在名为 superseded_by_run_id 的用户 metadata。升级后这些历史 Run 会突然被新 Runtime 解释成控制状态。

推荐修复

最稳妥的是不要再把控制状态存在用户 metadata 中。建议增加真正的 Run/control-plane 字段，例如：

runs.superseded_by_run_id NULLABLE
Run.superseded_by_run_id: str | None

由 resume transaction 原子写入，并让 /steer、/cancel、concurrent resume gate 都读取该字段。PostgreSQL 需要对应 forward migration（如果新增 0005, 同步 Alembic/SQL migration/zh-en operations docs）。metadata.resumed_from_run_id 若只作为展示 lineage 可以继续存在；但任何会改变控制行为的 marker 不应依赖用户可写 metadata。

如果坚持 metadata 方案，最低要求也必须建立不可伪造的 reserved namespace boundary：所有外部 RunCreate.metadata 必须拒绝 system-reserved keys/prefix，并明确处理升级前已有数据；仅仅换成 _lingxigraph_* 名字但仍允许用户提交同名 key 不足以解决问题。考虑 main 已经允许任意 metadata，独立 typed column 会更安全、迁移语义也更清晰。

必须补的 regression

1. HTTP / InMemory：创建普通 Run 时用户提交 metadata.superseded_by_run_id，必须不能伪造 superseded state（按最终设计：要么 422 reserved metadata，要么该用户值与真正 control field 完全隔离）。
2. 普通 Run 在这种 metadata 输入下仍能正常 /steer 和 /cancel。
3. genuinely paused Run 仍能正常 /resume，用户 metadata 不能触发 RunResumeConflictError。
4. 真正 resume(A) -> B 后，typed/system marker 仍保持 Round 13 契约：steer(A) / cancel(A) → 409 run_superseded，并发 resume-vs-cancel 线性化测试继续通过。
5. Postgres migration / live-DB regression 覆盖升级后的 marker 读取，避免用户 metadata 被迁移误判为 system lineage。

非阻塞文档收尾：修完后把 PR body 的 “Thirteen rounds” / 测试数 / migration chain 同步到最新事实。

结论：Round 13 的 race fix 本身通过；当前唯一新的 blocker 是 system control state 与 user metadata 没有隔离。把 superseded_by_run_id 做成不可由调用方伪造的 typed/internal state 后，再做下一轮最终 merge review。

[leecyang]

Fixed the blocker in bcab44b — implemented the typed-column approach as preferred, not the reserved-namespace fallback.

Control-plane state forgeable via user metadata — added a real runs.superseded_by_run_id typed column (new migration 0005_superseded_by_run_id, following the exact 0002–0004 pattern), written atomically by the existing fenced resume transaction. /steer, /cancel, and the resume-conflict gate now all read this typed field instead of metadata.get("superseded_by_run_id"). RunCreate.metadata itself is unchanged — a forged metadata.superseded_by_run_id is now fully inert to control flow since it's never read for that purpose.

New tests confirm: forged metadata can't fake superseded/cancel-rejection/resume-conflict state; an ordinary run with that forged metadata still works normally for /steer and /cancel; a genuinely paused run with forged metadata still /resumes normally; a REAL resume(A)→B still preserves the round-13 contract (steer(A)/cancel(A) → 409, concurrent resume-vs-cancel linearization unaffected). All run for real against live local Postgres — 21/21 Postgres integration tests passing, including the new typed-column test and the round-13 concurrency regression re-verified unmodified in behavior.

pytest -q → 329 unit + 21 live-Postgres integration tests, all passing; ruff check, ruff format --check, mypy src/lingxigraph clean; coverage report --fail-under=79 → 82%; node Wiki/scripts/check-docs.mjs clean. Docs updated (migration chain now 0002 → 0003 → 0004 → 0005). PR description updated.

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[leecyang]

Fifteenth blocking review — Round 14 的 typed superseded_by_run_id 修复本身已经正确关闭：用户 metadata 已与 Runtime authoritative lineage 隔离，InMemory/PostgreSQL 的 /steer、/cancel、resume-conflict gate 都读取 typed field，真实 Postgres + 全部 CI 也已通过。但合并前仍有 1 个 production deployment/documentation blocker：当前 CHANGELOG.md 仍明确要求生产迁移“必须到达 0003_steering_source_event”，而当前二进制已经硬依赖 0004_steering_closed 和 0005_superseded_by_run_id。按 Changelog 操作会直接把新 binary 部署到缺列 schema 上。当前仍不建议合并。

先确认 Round 14 已关闭：

• Run.superseded_by_run_id 已是 typed nullable field，RunCreate.metadata 中同名 key 不会进入它；
• migration 0005_superseded_by_run_id 的 Alembic down_revision 正确接在 0004_steering_closed；
• Postgres resume transaction 在锁住旧 paused Run 后写 typed column，并与新 Run INSERT / steering transfer 同事务；
• _submit_steering_sync()、_request_cancel_sync()、_resume_run_with_pending_steering_sync() 均读取 typed column；InMemory 等价；
• forged metadata 的 InMemory + live-Postgres regression 已覆盖；Round 13 resume-vs-cancel concurrency test 仍成立；
• 当前 head bcab44b 的 Collaboration / Documentation / CI 全绿，CI 内 quality 3.11/3.13、chainlit 3.11/3.13、supply-chain、live postgres 均 success；main 仍是 73ad78d，无 base drift。

BLOCKER — CHANGELOG.md 仍给出已经错误的生产 migration target

当前 Changelog 的 Unreleased steering 条目仍写：

PostgreSQL schema:
  0002_steering
  0003_steering_source_event

alembic upgrade head ... 必须到达
0003_steering_source_event

并把这两项称为“两个 revision”。这已经与当前 head 的真实部署契约冲突。现在 revision chain 是：

0001_lingxigraph_v1
  ↓
0002_steering
  ↓
0003_steering_source_event
  ↓
0004_steering_closed
  ↓
0005_superseded_by_run_id

而代码不是“可选地利用”后两列，而是 production SQL 直接硬依赖它们。例如：

_submit_steering_sync
  SELECT status, steering_closed, superseded_by_run_id FROM runs ...

_request_cancel_sync
  SELECT status, superseded_by_run_id FROM runs ...

close_steering
  UPDATE runs SET steering_closed=TRUE ...

resume transaction
  UPDATE runs SET superseded_by_run_id=... ...

因此如果运维人员按 CHANGELOG.md 的明确说明把数据库只迁到 0003 后部署当前 binary，/steer、finalization、resume/cancel control paths 会访问不存在的 0004/0005 列并产生 PostgreSQL UndefinedColumn/500；这不是文档美观问题，而是 release note 可以直接指导出一个 broken production rollout。

Required fix

请同步 CHANGELOG.md 到当前事实，至少：

1. schema/migration 条目列全 0002 / 0003 / 0004 / 0005；
2. 明确 alembic upgrade head 必须到达 0005_superseded_by_run_id；
3. compatibility/schema-additive 描述同时覆盖 runs.steering_closed 与 runs.superseded_by_run_id；
4. lifecycle release note 目前只写 run.steer.accepted / run.steer.consumed，也请补已经成为公共 durable lifecycle 的 run.steer.superseded，避免 release notes 比 API/operations docs 少一个标准事件；
5. 如果保留“部署新 binary 前先迁移”的说明，直接写完整链和当前 minimum schema，不要留下 0003 可以作为当前终点的歧义。

REQUIRED VERIFICATION — Alembic regression 也应显式验证当前 head，而不是只验证 0003 的历史 finding

现有 live-Postgres test 仍叫：

test_alembic_upgrade_head_applies_source_event_id

其 docstring 仍只描述 0002 -> 0003，command.upgrade(cfg, "head") 之后也只显式断言：

run_steering_events.source_event_id
run_steering_events_source index

因为 upgrade head 实际会执行 0004/0005，所以当前 green CI 对“revision 可执行”有间接保护；但它没有对现在最关键的 schema contract 做明确断言。既然本轮又新增了 production-required 0005，建议把该 test 收敛成真正的 migration-head test，并在 upgrade 后显式断言：

runs.steering_closed exists
runs.superseded_by_run_id exists
alembic_version == 0005_superseded_by_run_id   # 或等价 head assertion

这样未来有人错误断开 revision chain、改错 SQL resource、或只保留旧 assertion 时，不会出现“测试名称/验收仍停留在 0003，但 binary 已经前进”的再次漂移。

Rollout wording — additive schema ≠ mixed-version semantic compatibility

中英文 operations 文档现在正确列出了 0005，但“older binaries simply ignore the extra columns / roll back binaries while leaving schema forward”这段需要更精确一点。Schema compatibility 是成立的：旧 binary 不会因为多出的 nullable column 而启动失败；但这不等于旧/new binary 混跑时完整保留本 PR 新增的 control semantics。

例如新 binary 已经执行：

resume A -> B
A.superseded_by_run_id = B

随后流量回到一个不认识 typed lineage 的旧 binary，该 binary 不会利用 superseded_by_run_id 来提供本 PR 的 stale-run gate。对于本次 feature rollout，这至少应在 operations 中明确为：

• schema migration 可以在线提前完成；
• 新的 steering/typed-lineage control semantics 应在 control-plane instances 完成升级后再视为可用；
• binary rollback 会失去新版本才认识的 steering/lineage semantics，不能把“列可被旧 binary 忽略”描述成完整的 semantic rollback guarantee；必要时先 quiesce/control in-flight runs。

这部分可以通过文档澄清解决，我没有要求为了本 PR 给旧 binary 实现向前兼容协议。

Conclusion

Round 14 的 代码 blocker 已关闭，我目前没有在 typed-column implementation 本身发现新的 correctness blocker。当前剩下的是 release/deployment contract 必须与实际 0005 schema 对齐：尤其 CHANGELOG.md 的“必须到达 0003”必须在合并前修正，并建议让 Alembic live test 显式断言 0004/0005 当前 head。完成后再做下一轮最终 merge review。

[leecyang]

Fixed both items in 81cb5bc.

Blocker — CHANGELOG.md gave a broken production migration target — rewrote the Unreleased steering entry to describe all four revisions (0002_steering → 0003_steering_source_event → 0004_steering_closed → 0005_superseded_by_run_id), state explicitly that alembic upgrade head must reach 0005_superseded_by_run_id, cover runs.steering_closed/runs.superseded_by_run_id in the compatibility note, and add the run.steer.superseded lifecycle event that was already live but missing from the release note.

Required verification — Alembic head test only asserted the round-3-era finding — added explicit assertions for runs.steering_closed, runs.superseded_by_run_id, and the alembic_version row itself landing on 0005_superseded_by_run_id, so a future broken revision chain or mis-registered SQL resource can't silently drift the "tested head" away from the real one. Ran for real against live local Postgres — passed.

Rollout wording — clarified in both zh/en operations docs that additive-schema backward compatibility (old binaries don't fail to start) isn't the same guarantee as semantic compatibility: the steering_closed admission gate and superseded_by_run_id resume-lineage rejection only take effect once every control-plane instance runs the new binary, and rolling back after a binary has already exercised these semantics doesn't undo the transition.

pytest -q → 329 passed (Postgres + Redis integration run live); ruff check, the exact CI ruff format --check file list, and mypy src/lingxigraph all clean; coverage report --fail-under=79 → 80%; node Wiki/scripts/check-docs.mjs clean.

Ready for re-review.

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[leecyang]

Sixteenth / final review — no blocking issues found. Ready to merge.

Round 15 is closed at 81cb5bc:

• CHANGELOG.md now documents the complete 0002 → 0003 → 0004 → 0005 migration chain and explicitly requires alembic upgrade head to reach 0005_superseded_by_run_id before the new binary is deployed.
• The release note now includes all three durable steering lifecycle events: run.steer.accepted, run.steer.consumed, and run.steer.superseded.
• The live Alembic integration test now explicitly asserts runs.steering_closed, runs.superseded_by_run_id, and alembic_version = 0005_superseded_by_run_id.
• zh/en operations docs correctly distinguish additive-schema compatibility from mixed-binary semantic compatibility and call out quiescing/draining in-flight runs before a mid-flight binary rollback.
• Current head is still based on 73ad78d; main has not moved. PR is mergeable.
• Current-head Collaboration, Documentation, CI, Python 3.11/3.13 quality, Chainlit 3.11/3.13, supply-chain, and real PostgreSQL integration jobs are all green.

I rechecked the accumulated blockers from the prior rounds (paused/resume transfer, crash/retry fencing, finalization admission, application-owned rerun policy, run.steer.superseded, cancel races, expired-cancelling recovery, paused cancel, resume-vs-cancel linearization, and typed lineage isolation). I do not see a remaining production-level correctness issue that should block this PR.

Minor non-blocking cleanup: the PR body still says “Fourteen rounds of maintainer review” even though this is the sixteenth review round. That can be corrected later and does not affect runtime/API/deployment correctness.

Conclusion: ready to merge.