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Queue-storage prune uses a 10 ms lock timeout that operators could only change through a hidden store method. Expose it through ClientBuilder::prune_lock_timeout(Duration) and Python’s queue_storage_prune_lock_timeout_ms, and count the previously invisible backed_off and error prune outcomes.

The default remains 10 ms. Rust builder overrides survive either ordering with queue_storage; zero and values above PostgreSQL’s i32::MAX milliseconds are rejected. Positive submillisecond durations use the existing 1 ms SQL minimum, including in startup diagnostics. Startup warns when the effective timeout reaches the session’s deadlock_timeout or enabled statement_timeout.

The timeout applies separately to each acquisition, rather than bounding an entire prune. Queue prune’s initial locks other than ready_segments use NOWAIT; later reads and writes also run under the timeout. Configuration, deployment guidance and the operations skill describe those limits and the claim-latency cost of a waiting exclusive lock. No schema change or default change.

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  • Independent standards and specification reviews completed after integrating main 27a59231; existing hydration, admin-read and worker-finalization fixes are preserved.
  • Root and Python Rust workspaces pass formatting, all-target/all-feature Clippy with warnings denied, and workspace builds. Operations skill validation passes.
  • Full CI 42371454754 passes all 33 jobs on this head, including the PG17/PG18 suites, Python 3.13/3.14, and the prune engine job.
  • Exact-head logs confirm seven focused prune runtime regressions and five builder, bounds, warning and metrics cases pass on each PostgreSQL major. The prune engine job also passes all six selected configured-wait, rollback and carry controls. Python configuration validation passes in both full Python suites.

The current diff includes meaningful regressions for builder ordering and bounds, effective timeout warnings, all prune outcomes, configured lock waits, and rollback after locks acquired earlier in a prune.

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  • New Features
    • Rust and Python clients can configure the queue-storage prune lock timeout. It defaults to 10 ms; valid values are 1–2,147,483,647 ms.
    • Prune metrics now report backed_off and error outcomes for queue, lease, and claim pruning.
    • Startup warns when the configured timeout meets or exceeds PostgreSQL’s deadlock_timeout or statement_timeout.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Point reads no longer return tombstoned source rows after a job is moved between queues or priorities.
  • Documentation
    • Added guidance on tuning the timeout, interpreting prune metrics, and monitoring blocked or failed pruning. Timeout applies to each lock acquisition; a timeout rolls back the prune and records it as blocked.

Ring prune and terminal-delta rollup take their exclusive locks under a
10 ms lock_timeout that could only be changed through a hidden
QueueStorage method. When short readers of the ring partitions hold a
conflicting lock at that instant, prune reports blocked every tick and
the rings stop recycling.

Add ClientBuilder::prune_lock_timeout and the Python
queue_storage_prune_lock_timeout_ms start() argument. The default stays
10 ms and zero is rejected, as with_prune_lock_timeout does. Make
QueueStorage::with_prune_lock_timeout public and add
set_prune_lock_timeout / prune_lock_timeout.

awa.maintenance.prune.attempts already counts pruned, noop, blocked,
skipped_active and already_pruned per ring; add backed_off (prune skipped
by the post-skipped_active backoff) and error (prune failed with a
database error) so a ring that has stopped recycling is visible for every
cause.
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Rust and Python clients can configure the queue-storage prune lock timeout. Worker startup checks it against PostgreSQL timeout settings. Maintenance records additional prune-attempt outcomes, and tests cover configuration, timeout behavior, and metrics.

Changes: Prune Lock Configuration and Reporting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Timeout configuration and validation
awa-model/src/queue_storage.rs, awa-worker/src/client.rs, awa-worker/src/storage.rs, awa-python/python/awa/_awa.pyi, awa-python/python/awa/client.py, awa-python/src/client.rs, awa-python/tests/test_start_config.py
The Rust API and worker builder configure and validate the timeout. The Python client accepts the optional value, rejects zero, and forwards it to the worker builder.
PostgreSQL timeout checks
awa-worker/src/client.rs, awa-worker/src/storage.rs
At startup, queue-storage runtime checks the configured timeout against PostgreSQL deadlock_timeout and statement_timeout. It warns for reported risks and logs at debug level if the settings cannot be read.
Prune outcome metrics
awa-metrics/src/lib.rs, awa-worker/src/maintenance.rs, awa/tests/queue_storage_runtime_test.rs
Queue, lease, and claim maintenance records backoff and database-error outcomes. Exporter and runtime tests cover prune outcomes and configured lock-timeout behavior.
Configuration and operations guidance
docs/configuration.md, docs/deployment.md, skills/awa-operations/SKILL.md, CHANGELOG.md
Examples and guidance describe timeout scope, limits, behavior, monitoring, and configuration APIs. The changelog records the timeout setting and added metric outcomes.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant AsyncClient
  participant PyClient
  participant ClientBuilder
  participant QueueStorageRuntime
  participant PostgreSQL
  AsyncClient->>PyClient: forward queue_storage_prune_lock_timeout_ms
  PyClient->>ClientBuilder: set prune_lock_timeout
  ClientBuilder->>QueueStorageRuntime: apply timeout during build
  QueueStorageRuntime->>PostgreSQL: read deadlock_timeout and statement_timeout
  PostgreSQL-->>QueueStorageRuntime: return session timeout settings
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  • hardbyte/awa#383: This PR adds blocked and error prune outcome monitoring guidance. The issue requests an alert for blocked outcomes, which remains separate work.

Possibly related PRs

  • hardbyte/awa#642: Both changes cover prune behavior when later statements encounter a lock timeout.
  • hardbyte/awa#600: Both changes cover reporting Blocked after later lock timeouts in prune transactions.

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The timeout setting and metrics work as described, but the operator guidance in places overstates what the timeout and startup warning cover and can mislead monitoring. A test assertion also accepts outcomes other than a successful prune. Fix these before or soon after merge; the risk is low.

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A rabbit sets the timeout small,
Then checks the locks before they stall.
If pruning waits, the metrics tell,
Which ring was blocked, and when, as well.
With careful ticks, the queues move on.

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Comment on lines 3613 to 3618
if timeout.is_zero() {
return Err(AwaError::Validation(
"queue storage prune lock timeout must be greater than zero".into(),
));
}
self.prune_lock_timeout = timeout;

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P2 Badge Reject timeouts PostgreSQL cannot represent

When an operator supplies a timeout above PostgreSQL's maximum lock_timeout (2,147,483,647 ms, such as Duration::from_secs(30 * 24 * 60 * 60)), this validation accepts it, while set_prune_lock_timeout_tx formats the much larger value and set_config fails at runtime. Consequently every ring prune and terminal-delta rollup returns an error instead of recycling storage; reject values above PostgreSQL's supported range during configuration rather than allowing the client to build.

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awa/tests/queue_storage_runtime_test.rs: 1

15773-15779: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Assert that the long-timeout prune reclaims the slot.

The helper accepts Noop and SkippedActive after the reader releases. A regression that stops reclaiming the slot would still pass all three configurable-timeout tests. In the lease fixture, the claimed rows are completed and deleted from leases_0 before the long-timeout prune. With no concurrent writer, the prune should therefore return Pruned.

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-    assert!(
-        !matches!(outcome, PruneOutcome::Blocked { .. }),
-        "{ring:?} prune with a long lock timeout must outwait the reader, got {outcome:?}"
-    );
+    assert!(
+        matches!(outcome, PruneOutcome::Pruned { .. }),
+        "{ring:?} prune with a long lock timeout must reclaim the slot after the reader releases, got {outcome:?}"
+    );
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Add a Python test that proves a positive queue_storage_prune_lock_timeout_ms reaches the builder.

The only Python test for this option passes 0. That value fails the guard at awa-python/src/client.rs:1992-1995, which returns before the forwarding at lines 2019-2020. Removing or redirecting that forwarding leaves the Python suite passing.

A test that only calls start() with a positive value does not catch this, because start() succeeds with or without the forwarding. The test must assert an observable effect of the timeout. The Python API exposes no getter for the value, and the Python tests have no lock-wait or prune-metric helper. Building this test requires new lock-contention setup against the queue-storage rings. The Rust test at awa-worker/src/client.rs:3001-3018 covers builder order and stored state, but it does not cover this Python mapping.

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`client.start` that proves the value is forwarded to the builder through an
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Review comments at @awa-model/src/queue_storage.rs:
- Around line 3613-3618: Update set_prune_lock_timeout to reject durations whose
millisecond value exceeds PostgreSQL’s lock_timeout maximum of i32::MAX,
returning AwaError::Validation before assigning prune_lock_timeout. Preserve the
existing zero-timeout validation and accept values at or below the maximum.

Review comments at @awa-worker/src/client.rs:
- Around line 983-992: Update the builder documentation for the PostgreSQL
lock_timeout setting to retain its existing scope across queue, lease-ring,
claim-ring, and terminal-delta operations, while clarifying that queue-ring
prune waits only on the ready_segments lock and uses NOWAIT for its other
partition locks. Keep this as a documentation change; do not alter the locking
behavior.

Review comments at @awa/tests/queue_storage_runtime_test.rs:
- Around line 15594-15595: Serialize the global meter-provider installations in
test_runtime_counts_blocked_then_pruned_lease_prune_attempts and
test_queue_storage_capacity_wake_drains_after_partial_drain. Use one shared test
lock acquired before each call to install_in_memory_metrics and hold its guard
until that test ends, ensuring neither test can replace the provider while the
other is using it.

Review comments at @docs/deployment.md:
- Line 85: Update the alert guidance in the deployment documentation to use a
windowed increase of the cumulative prune-attempt counter for blocked and error
outcomes, and state that the alert should remain above zero for its `for:`
duration. Preserve the existing guidance about `prune_lock_timeout`.

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Review comments at @awa-python/tests/test_start_config.py:
- Around line 750-755: Add a Python test for the positive
`queue_storage_prune_lock_timeout_ms` path in `client.start` that proves the
value is forwarded to the builder through an observable timeout effect.
Establish queue-storage ring lock contention and assert the behavior changes
according to the configured timeout; merely asserting that `start()` succeeds
does not verify forwarding.

Review comments at @awa/tests/queue_storage_runtime_test.rs:
- Around line 15773-15779: The configurable-timeout test only rejects a Blocked
result and can pass without reclaiming the slot. Update its assertion on outcome
to require PruneOutcome::Pruned after the reader releases, preserving the
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- Line 599: Revise the `prune_lock_timeout` guidance to remove the claim that
the prune is always the transaction that gives way. State that keeping the
timeout short reduces the risk of PostgreSQL canceling claims or enqueues during
deadlock detection, but does not guarantee which transaction is canceled.
- Line 599: Update the startup-warning description in the configuration guidance
to clarify that the timeout check is best-effort: it reads one pooled
connection, may be skipped if the query fails, and does not verify session
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- Line 599: Update the prune metric guidance around `prune_lock_timeout` to
describe every reported cause of `blocked`, including lock-timeout expiry,
failed `NOWAIT` locks, and an unavailable ring serializer. Clarify that
increasing the timeout only addresses lock-timeout expiry, and revise the
recommendation so it does not imply that all blocked outcomes are fixed by
raising the timeout.

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- Line 298: Update the `blocked` or `error` increase guidance so it does not
treat failed attempts alone as proof that rings are not recycling; assess the
same ring’s `pruned` outcome and backlog before concluding recycling has
stalled.
- Line 302: Update the startup-warning description in the queue-ring prune
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exceeds an enabled limit; a timeout just below the limit, such as 999 ms versus
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- Increase `lease_slot_count` if lease churn is high enough that dead tuples in the lease ring stop collapsing promptly.
- Increase `claim_slot_count` if the rotation cadence (`claim_rotate_interval`) plus the slot count combine to a partition retention window shorter than your longest in-flight zero-deadline short job; running out of empty slots forces `rotate_claims` to return `SkippedBusy` and the receipt-plane churn falls back onto a smaller working set of partitions.
- Increase `queue_stripe_count` only for measured workloads where many small replicas contend on the same logical queue. This is queue-storage configuration, not a per-queue `QueueConfig` field: it gives each logical queue the same number of physical stripes. Striping spreads a hot logical queue over `queue#N` physical coordination paths, but it weakens perfect global ordering and can regress calmer shapes if overused. For single hot-queue workloads, benchmark `2` stripes first; higher values should be treated as workload-specific tuning rather than a general default.
- Increase `prune_lock_timeout` when `increase(awa_maintenance_prune_attempts_total{awa_ring_outcome="blocked"}[15m])` stays above zero and the rings stop recycling, typically because frequent short reads of the ring partitions (admin or dashboard queries over the queue-storage tables) hold a conflicting lock at the instant prune tries. A stalled ring grows its current slot, which makes those queries slower and the contention worse. Queue ring prune waits under the timeout only on the `ready_segments` partition and takes its other partitions with `NOWAIT`, so a longer timeout does not help when readers hold those. Raise it in small steps (for example `50ms`, then `100ms`, then `250ms`) and keep it well below PostgreSQL's `deadlock_timeout` (default `1s`) and below any `statement_timeout` on the pool's connections. A prune that waits as long as `deadlock_timeout` makes PostgreSQL run its deadlock detector, and if claims or enqueues are part of a lock cycle with it, the detector can cancel them rather than the prune; a short `lock_timeout` abandons the prune first, so the prune is always the one that gives way. A `statement_timeout` at or below the lock timeout cancels the prune statement before the lock timeout fires, so it fails with an error instead of reporting `blocked`. Startup logs a warning when the configured timeout is at or above either setting. While prune waits, new accesses to the same partition also queue behind its lock request, so a longer timeout trades claim latency for reclamation. Shortening the readers is the more durable fix when they run longer than a few hundred milliseconds. Watch `awa_maintenance_prune_attempts_total` by `awa_ring` and `awa_ring_outcome`: `pruned` should advance steadily, `blocked` means the lock timeout expired, `skipped_active` (with `awa_ring_reason`) means live rows kept the slot, `backed_off` means prune was skipped for a few ticks after repeated `skipped_active`, and `error` is a database failure.

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Remove the guarantee that prune always gives way.

Another transaction can start waiting before prune requests its partition lock. PostgreSQL can then run that transaction’s deadlock check before prune’s shorter timeout expires and cancel the other transaction. State that a short timeout reduces the risk; it does not guarantee the victim. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @docs/configuration.md at line 599:
Revise the `prune_lock_timeout` guidance to remove the claim that the prune is
always the transaction that gives way. State that keeping the timeout short
reduces the risk of PostgreSQL canceling claims or enqueues during deadlock
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Qualify the startup warning.

The check reads one pooled connection and skips the warning if the query fails. Other connections can have different session timeouts. Explain that the warning is best-effort and that its absence does not confirm every connection is safe. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Update the startup-warning description in the configuration guidance to clarify
that the timeout check is best-effort: it reads one pooled connection, may be
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Describe all causes of blocked.

blocked does not always mean the lock timeout expired. Queue prune also reports it when a NOWAIT lock fails or the ring serializer is unavailable. Raising the timeout cannot fix those cases. Update the metric guidance before recommending a timeout increase. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Update the prune metric guidance around `prune_lock_timeout` to describe every
reported cause of `blocked`, including lock-timeout expiry, failed `NOWAIT`
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Ring prune takes exclusive locks under a `lock_timeout` of 10 ms by default;
when it cannot, it rolls back and counts `blocked` in
`awa_maintenance_prune_attempts_total{awa_ring,awa_ring_outcome}`. A sustained
`increase()` of `blocked` (or `error`) means the rings are not recycling. Raise

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Do not infer stalled recycling from failed attempts alone.

Blocked and successful prune attempts can alternate indefinitely. A sustained increase in blocked or error therefore does not prove that recycling has stopped. Check the same ring’s pruned outcome and backlog as well. See awa-worker/src/maintenance.rs, Lines 2746–2754. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Update the `blocked` or `error` increase guidance so it does not treat failed
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`ClientBuilder::prune_lock_timeout` (Python
`queue_storage_prune_lock_timeout_ms`) in small steps (`50ms`, `100ms`, `250ms`) when short readers of the ring
partitions are the cause, and keep it well below `deadlock_timeout` (default 1 s)
and any `statement_timeout`; start logs a warning otherwise. Queue-ring prune waits under the timeout only on the

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Describe the warning threshold precisely.

Startup warns only when the timeout reaches or exceeds an enabled limit. For example, 999 ms against a 1 s deadlock_timeout produces no warning, although it is not well below the limit. The check can also fail without a warning. Do not imply that the warning enforces the recommended margin. See awa-worker/src/storage.rs, Lines 73–89, and awa-worker/src/client.rs, Lines 1626–1636. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Update the startup-warning description in the queue-ring prune timeout guidance
to state that a warning occurs only when the timeout reaches or exceeds an
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Apply the reviewed standalone read fix to the prune-timeout branch.
Match the full physical tombstone identity and cover priority and queue
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## Prune Lock Timeout

Ring prune gives each lock acquisition its own `lock_timeout` of 10 ms by default; this does not bound the whole prune. A lock timeout rolls it back and counts `blocked` in

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Limit the timeout claim to the later lock steps.

prune_oldest_leases acquires the slot row lock before it sets the prune timeout. If another transaction holds that row, the wait is not bounded by this setting and does not immediately count as blocked. Clarify that the setting applies to the later lock steps. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Clarify the timeout description for prune_oldest_leases: state that the
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row lock, which may wait without that timeout and does not immediately count as
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- Around line 973-974: Update the prune timeout documentation to clarify that
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Comment on lines +973 to +974
lease and claim rings (default 10 ms). Each lock acquisition gets its
own timeout; this does not bound the whole prune. Among queue prune's

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Clarify which locks use the configured timeout.

The prune functions acquire slot-row locks before setting this timeout. A blocked slot-row lock can therefore wait indefinitely under PostgreSQL’s default timeout settings. Qualify the scope so operators do not assume every prune lock is bounded. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Update the prune timeout documentation to clarify that the configured timeout
bounds lease- and claim-ring lock acquisitions only; slot-row locks acquired
before that timeout is set are not bounded by it. Retain the note that the
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- Increase `lease_slot_count` if lease churn is high enough that dead tuples in the lease ring stop collapsing promptly.
- Increase `claim_slot_count` if the rotation cadence (`claim_rotate_interval`) plus the slot count combine to a partition retention window shorter than your longest in-flight zero-deadline short job; running out of empty slots forces `rotate_claims` to return `SkippedBusy` and the receipt-plane churn falls back onto a smaller working set of partitions.
- Increase `queue_stripe_count` only for measured workloads where many small replicas contend on the same logical queue. This is queue-storage configuration, not a per-queue `QueueConfig` field: it gives each logical queue the same number of physical stripes. Striping spreads a hot logical queue over `queue#N` physical coordination paths, but it weakens perfect global ordering and can regress calmer shapes if overused. For single hot-queue workloads, benchmark `2` stripes first; higher values should be treated as workload-specific tuning rather than a general default.
- Increase `prune_lock_timeout` when `increase(awa_maintenance_prune_attempts_total{awa_ring_outcome="blocked"}[15m])` stays above zero and the rings stop recycling, typically because frequent short reads of the ring partitions (admin or dashboard queries over the queue-storage tables) hold a conflicting lock at the instant prune tries. A stalled ring grows its current slot, which makes those queries slower and the contention worse. Among its initial partition locks, queue ring prune waits under the timeout only on `ready_segments` and takes the others with `NOWAIT`, so a longer timeout does not help when readers hold those. Later reads and writes also run under the timeout. Raise it in small steps (for example `50ms`, then `100ms`, then `250ms`) and keep it well below PostgreSQL's `deadlock_timeout` (default `1s`) and below any `statement_timeout` on the pool's connections. A single lock wait that reaches `deadlock_timeout` makes PostgreSQL run its deadlock detector, and if claims or enqueues are part of a lock cycle with it, the detector can cancel them rather than the prune; a short `lock_timeout` abandons the prune first, so the prune is always the one that gives way. A `statement_timeout` at or below the lock timeout cancels the prune statement before the lock timeout fires, so it fails with an error instead of reporting `blocked`. Startup logs a warning when the configured timeout is at or above either setting. While prune waits, new accesses to the same partition also queue behind its lock request, so a longer timeout trades claim latency for reclamation. Shortening the readers is the more durable fix when they run longer than a few hundred milliseconds. Watch `awa_maintenance_prune_attempts_total` by `awa_ring` and `awa_ring_outcome`: `pruned` should advance steadily, `blocked` means the lock timeout expired, `skipped_active` (with `awa_ring_reason`) means live rows kept the slot, `backed_off` means prune was skipped for a few ticks after repeated `skipped_active`, and `error` is a database failure.

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Qualify the expected pruned rate.

When a ring is idle, maintenance can emit already_pruned instead of advancing pruned. A flat pruned counter is therefore not always a fault. Qualify the expectation for rings with work to reclaim, and describe already_pruned as a healthy idle outcome. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Update the monitoring guidance around `awa_maintenance_prune_attempts_total` to
say that `pruned` should advance when rings have work to reclaim, and that a
flat counter can be healthy for idle rings. Include `already_pruned` as a
healthy idle outcome in the outcome descriptions, preserving the existing
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`backed_off` means prune was skipped for a few ticks
after repeated `skipped_active`.

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Correct the backoff description.

A single skipped_active result triggers two skipped ticks. Repeated results increase the backoff to 32 ticks. The current wording can make operators infer repeated failures from one backed_off event. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Update the `backed_off` description to clarify that one `skipped_active` result
causes two skipped ticks and repeated `skipped_active` results increase the
backoff, up to 32 ticks; do not imply that a `backed_off` event alone indicates
repeated results.

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The 0.6 line now ships what prepare-create-revoke did. On a v40 database,
the prepared_lane_sequences schema patch (0.6.10) makes the lane helpers
skip CREATE SEQUENCE when a lane's sequence exists, and the
definer_lane_provisioning patch (0.6.14) creates a missing lane's
sequences through the schema owner's SECURITY DEFINER functions. Running
`awa migrate` with a 0.6.14 or later CLI therefore lets runtime roles lose
schema CREATE while 0.6 binaries keep running, without a 0.7 command.

The merged command would also have installed main's lane helpers, whose
provision_lane_sequences calls awa.lane_sequence_problems, on 0.6
databases that lack it.

The point-read tombstone fix, its two ring-wrap regressions and the
carry-forward prune retry reached main through #629 and e2fbfa6.
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