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The queue reclaimer now waits a random 0–30s between cycles (full jitter, re-drawn every cycle) instead of a fixed 30s ticker, and a new
ac_reclaimer_claims_total{stream, result} counter records each claimed message as recovered or poison.

Motivation

runReclaimer used time.NewTicker(30 * time.Second). A ticker keeps a fixed phase, so nodes that restart together (rollout, Redis/network recovery)
run XAUTOCLAIM + XPENDING against Redis in the same instant on every cycle, forever. Operators also had no metric for how many stuck messages the
reclaimer recovers vs. dead-letters.

Closes #122

Implementation notes

  • Added fullJitter(base, r), which returns r() * base, i.e. a wait in [0, base). The random source is a jitter func() float64 field on
    DualConsumer (default math/rand/v2.Float64) so tests can inject a fixed sequence.
  • Replaced the ticker with a time.Timer that is Reset with a fresh draw after each cycle. Drawing once at startup would only offset the nodes while
    keeping a shared fixed period; re-drawing every cycle keeps them from re-aligning.
  • Trade-off: full jitter halves the mean interval (15s instead of 30s), so each node scans about twice as often, but the scans no longer arrive as
    synchronized bursts.
  • ac_reclaimer_claims_total increments only after the Redis side succeeds: recovered after the handler succeeds and the message is ACKed; poison
    after the DLQ XADD and the ACK. A handler error or failed DLQ write leaves the message pending and is not counted. Label cardinality is bounded (3
    streams × 2 results).
  • math/rand use carries //nolint:gosec (G404): timer spreading does not need cryptographic randomness.
  • Updated docs/ARCHITECTURE.md (reclaimer description and metrics table) and CHANGELOG.md.

Questions for the reviewer

Q1 — What existing tests cover the code you changed?
A: TestDualConsumer_Reclaimer_ReprocessesIdleMessages (calls reclaimStream directly) and TestDualConsumer_PoisonMessage_DeadLettered in
internal/queue/stream_test.go. Note: the latter never makes the message pending and stops after 200ms, before the first reclaim cycle, so it does not
exercise dead-lettering. The new poison test below covers that path.

Q2 — What new tests did you add, and what cases do they cover?
A: In internal/queue/reclaimer_test.go, all hermetic (miniredis plus seeded PRNGs):

  • TestFullJitter_StaysBelowBase: exact values for fixed inputs; 10k draws all within [0, 30s).
  • TestFullJitter_IsUniform: 10k draws spread across 10 buckets (each within ±20% of expected).
  • TestFullJitter_SpreadsSimultaneousStarts: 20 nodes starting together; at most 4 fire their first cycle in any one second.
  • TestReclaimer_RedrawsJitterEveryCycle: drives StartReclaimer and asserts a new wait is drawn after each cycle (fails against the old ticker).
  • TestReclaimer_CountsRecoveredClaims / TestReclaimer_FailedHandlerIsNotCounted: recovered +1 on success, +0 on handler error.
  • TestReclaimer_CountsPoisonClaims: message delivered 5 times is dead-lettered, handler not called, poison +1, ac:dlq:poison length 1.

Q3 — Does this change affect any authenticated or unauthenticated API paths? If yes, how?
A: No. The change is limited to the background reclaimer goroutine and a new Prometheus counter on the existing metrics endpoint.

Q4 — Did you run golangci-lint run locally and get 0 issues?
A: Yes. golangci-lint v2.15.0 on ./internal/queue/... and ./internal/metrics/... reports no issues in the changed code. The only reports were gofmt
line-ending warnings caused by my Windows CRLF checkout; changed files pass gofmt -s when normalized to LF.

Q5 — Is this the only open PR you have against development?
A: Yes.

Checklist

  • go test -race -count=1 -timeout=120s passes for internal/queue, internal/metrics, internal/worker and cmd/... (run in a golang:1.27.2
    Linux container; internal/db testcontainers tests run in CI)
  • golangci-lint run --timeout=5m reports 0 issues in changed code
  • gofmt -s -l reports no unformatted files among the changed files
  • All five questions above are answered (not left as …)
  • No secrets or credentials in code / config
  • New dependencies reviewed and justified (none added; math/rand/v2 is stdlib)
  • Related issue linked in "Closes #" above

A: Yes. golangci-lint v2.15.0 on ./internal/queue/... and ./internal/metrics/... reports no issues in the changed code. The only reports were gofmt
line-ending warnings caused by my Windows CRLF checkout; changed files pass gofmt -s when normalized to LF.

Q5 — Is this the only open PR you have against development?
A: Yes.

Checklist

  • go test -race -count=1 -timeout=120s passes for internal/queue, internal/metrics, internal/worker and cmd/... (run in a golang:1.27.2
    Linux container; internal/db testcontainers tests run in CI)
  • golangci-lint run --timeout=5m reports 0 issues in changed code
  • gofmt -s -l reports no unformatted files among the changed files
  • All five questions above are answered (not left as …)
  • No secrets or credentials in code / config
  • New dependencies reviewed and justified (none added; math/rand/v2 is stdlib)
  • Related issue linked in "Closes #" above

Summary by cubic

Adds full jitter to the reclaimer loop and a new metric for claimed messages.

The reclaimer used a fixed 30s ticker, so nodes that restarted together stayed phase-locked and hit Redis with XAUTOCLAIM and XPENDING in the same instant every cycle. It now re-arms a timer with a fresh wait drawn from [0, 30s) after each cycle, breaking the lock. A new ac_reclaimer_claims_total{stream, result} counter records each claim as recovered or poison.

Notes

  • Full jitter halves the mean interval (15s instead of 30s): each node scans about twice as often, but scans no longer arrive in synchronized bursts.
  • The counter increments only after Redis succeeds: recovered when the handler returns and the message is ACKed, poison after the DLQ XADD and ACK. Handler errors or failed DLQ writes leave the message pending and uncounted.
  • Closes feat: Implement automatic reclaimer backoff jitter to prevent thundering herd #122.

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  • New Features
    • Reclaimer claim outcomes are now tracked with a metric that distinguishes recovered messages from poison messages, broken down by stream.
  • Improvements
    • Reclaimer cycles now begin after a newly randomized delay of up to 30 seconds, instead of using a fixed 30-second interval.
  • Documentation
    • Updated architecture and changelog documentation to reflect the reclaimer timing and claim metrics.

The reclaimer used a fixed 30s ticker, so nodes that restarted together
ran XAUTOCLAIM and XPENDING against Redis in the same instant on every
cycle. It now re-arms a timer with a fresh random wait in [0, 30s)
after each cycle, which breaks the phase lock.

Adds ac_reclaimer_claims_total{stream, result} counting each claimed
message as recovered (handler succeeded and acked) or poison
(dead-lettered).

Closes stjosephsplacements#122

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The reclaimer now waits for a newly sampled full-jitter delay before each cycle. It also records successful recovered and poison claims in a Prometheus counter labeled by stream and result.

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Reclaimer changes

Layer / File(s) Summary
Full-jitter reclaimer scheduling
internal/queue/stream.go, internal/queue/reclaimer_test.go
The reclaimer uses a configurable maximum interval, defaulting to 30 seconds, and samples a fresh full-jitter delay before each cycle. Tests check delay bounds, distribution, resampling, and spread across concurrent starts.
Reclaimer claim metrics
internal/metrics/metrics.go, internal/queue/stream.go, internal/queue/reclaimer_test.go, docs/ARCHITECTURE.md, CHANGELOG.md
The reclaimer increments ac_reclaimer_claims_total after successful recovery or poison dead-lettering. Tests check both outcomes and verify that handler failures do not increment the recovered count. Documentation describes the delay and counter.

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Change: Feature

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Suggested labels: queue, metrics

Merge Risk: Low · up to a6c60

The new reclaimer claim counter can overcount when an ACK fails, which makes the metric less reliable. Message handling is unaffected, so this is safe to merge with a small follow-up.

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Title check Passed The title names the main change: adding full jitter to the reclaimer interval. It is short and specific. It omits the new claims metric, which is acceptable because the title need not cover every deta…
Description check Passed The description follows the template. It has a Summary, a Motivation with 'Closes #122', and Implementation notes. It answers all five reviewer questions and has the checklist. Defects: the Q4 and Che…
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #122 has three coding requirements. (1) Full jitter on the reclaimer loop: fullJitter(dc.reclaimInterval, dc.jitter) in internal/queue/stream.go returns r() * base, and runReclaimer re-a…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed All changed areas map to #122. stream.go holds the jitter, timer, and counter logic. metrics.go adds the counter vector. reclaimer_test.go adds the required tests. docs/ARCHITECTURE.md and `CH…
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The title names the main change: adding full jitter to the reclaimer interval. It is short and specific. It omits the new claims metric, which is acceptable because the title need not cover every detail.

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The description follows the template. It has a Summary, a Motivation with 'Closes #122', and Implementation notes. It answers all five reviewer questions and has the checklist. Defects: the Q4 and Checklist sections appear twice, with the Q4 answer and the checklist duplicated after the cubic auto-generated block. The Motivation says the issue is closed, but the issue number is given without a link. Q1 and Q2 are detailed and specific.

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Remove the duplicated Q5, Q4 answer, and Checklist block that follows the first checklist. Keep one copy of each section.

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Issue #122 has three coding requirements. (1) Full jitter on the reclaimer loop: fullJitter(dc.reclaimInterval, dc.jitter) in internal/queue/stream.go returns r() * base, and runReclaimer re-arms a time.Timer with a fresh draw after each cycle. This replaces the fixed time.NewTicker, so the lock-step behavior is removed. (2) Counter ac_reclaimer_claims_total{stream, result}: metrics.ReclaimerClaimsTotal is incremented with recovered after the handler succeeds and the message is ACKed, and with poison after the DLQ path and ACK. Handler errors and failed DLQ writes continue before the increment. (3) Tests: internal/queue/reclaimer_test.go adds distribution, spread, per-cycle redraw, and metric tests, as described in the PR. The diff for stream.go confirms the implementation. Test contents were checked only through the PR description and the file summary, not by reading the test file.

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All changed areas map to #122. stream.go holds the jitter, timer, and counter logic. metrics.go adds the counter vector. reclaimer_test.go adds the required tests. docs/ARCHITECTURE.md and CHANGELOG.md document the new behavior. The math/rand/v2 import and the //nolint:gosec annotation support the jitter source. No unrelated behavior change was found in the reviewed stream.go diff. Minor note: dc.ack is called as a statement, so the poison and recovered counters increment even if ACK fails. The code does not show whether ack returns an error, so this is not a scope issue.

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4 issues found across 5 files

Confidence score: 3/5

  • In internal/queue/stream.go, the counters can report a message as processed even when XACK fails and it remains pending. Return and check the ACK error before incrementing either counter.
  • CHANGELOG.md and docs/ARCHITECTURE.md say every claimed message is counted, which overstates the counter and could mislead dashboards. Clarify that only successful recoveries and acknowledged dead-letters are counted.
  • internal/queue/reclaimer_test.go does not cover failed DLQ writes, so the claim that those messages stay pending and uncounted is not protected against regressions. Add a test that makes ac:dlq:poison a non-stream key and checks that the poison counter stays unchanged.
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<file name="docs/ARCHITECTURE.md">

<violation number="1" location="docs/ARCHITECTURE.md:52">
P3: "Each claim is counted" overstates what the counter does. Only successful recoveries and acknowledged dead-letters are counted; failed handlers and failed DLQ writes are not. Say that explicitly so dashboards built on this metric are read correctly.</violation>
</file>

<file name="internal/queue/reclaimer_test.go">

<violation number="1" location="internal/queue/reclaimer_test.go:178">
P3: The PR says failed DLQ writes stay pending and are not counted, but no test checks that path. Add a test that makes `ac:dlq:poison` a non-stream key so the XADD fails, then assert the `poison` counter does not change and the message remains pending.</violation>
</file>

<file name="CHANGELOG.md">

<violation number="1" location="CHANGELOG.md:15">
P2: This wording says every claimed message is counted, but the counter only increments for messages that are successfully recovered or dead-lettered and acknowledged. Failed handlers and failed DLQ writes stay pending and are not counted. Say that explicitly, e.g. 'records each message the reclaimer recovers or dead-letters and acknowledges'.</violation>
</file>

<file name="internal/queue/stream.go">

<violation number="1" location="internal/queue/stream.go:480">
P2: Both outcome counters increment even when `XACK` fails: `dc.ack` discards that error, and its comment confirms the message stays pending. Return and check the ACK result before counting, so retries are not reported as recovered or poison.</violation>
</file>

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Comment thread CHANGELOG.md
- **Reclaimer jitter** — the queue reclaimer now waits a random 0–30s between
cycles instead of a fixed 30s, so nodes that restart together no longer scan
Redis in lock-step. A new `ac_reclaimer_claims_total{stream, result}` counter
records each claimed message as `recovered` or `poison`.

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P2: This wording says every claimed message is counted, but the counter only increments for messages that are successfully recovered or dead-lettered and acknowledged. Failed handlers and failed DLQ writes stay pending and are not counted. Say that explicitly, e.g. 'records each message the reclaimer recovers or dead-letters and acknowledges'.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. When an issue isn't valid or won't be fixed in this PR, reply in its thread with the reason and then resolve the thread. At CHANGELOG.md, line 15:

<comment>This wording says every claimed message is counted, but the counter only increments for messages that are successfully recovered or dead-lettered and acknowledged. Failed handlers and failed DLQ writes stay pending and are not counted. Say that explicitly, e.g. 'records each message the reclaimer recovers or dead-letters and acknowledges'.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ and uses [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/).
+- **Reclaimer jitter** — the queue reclaimer now waits a random 0–30s between
+  cycles instead of a fixed 30s, so nodes that restart together no longer scan
+  Redis in lock-step. A new `ac_reclaimer_claims_total{stream, result}` counter
+  records each claimed message as `recovered` or `poison`.
 - **Richer results** — each test in the `VERDICT` event, the webhook and the
   stored results now carries `exit_status`, `sandbox_status` and `message`
</file context>
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records each claimed message as `recovered` or `poison`.
records each message it recovers or dead-letters and acknowledges as `recovered` or `poison`.

Comment thread internal/queue/stream.go
}

dc.ack(ctx, stream, msg.ID)
metrics.ReclaimerClaimsTotal.WithLabelValues(stream, "recovered").Inc()

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P2: Both outcome counters increment even when XACK fails: dc.ack discards that error, and its comment confirms the message stays pending. Return and check the ACK result before counting, so retries are not reported as recovered or poison.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. When an issue isn't valid or won't be fixed in this PR, reply in its thread with the reason and then resolve the thread. At internal/queue/stream.go, line 480:

<comment>Both outcome counters increment even when `XACK` fails: `dc.ack` discards that error, and its comment confirms the message stays pending. Return and check the ACK result before counting, so retries are not reported as recovered or poison.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -459,6 +477,7 @@ func (dc *DualConsumer) reclaimStream(ctx context.Context, stream string, handle
 			}
 
 			dc.ack(ctx, stream, msg.ID)
+			metrics.ReclaimerClaimsTotal.WithLabelValues(stream, "recovered").Inc()
 		}
 
</file context>

Comment thread docs/ARCHITECTURE.md

- **`DualConsumer`**: weighted fair queuing over two Redis Streams. Each worker goroutine tries `submitWeight` (default 3) messages from the submit stream before one from the run stream. When both are empty, it blocks for `AC_BLOCK_READ_TIMEOUT` (default 500 ms).
- **Reclaimer**: every 30 seconds, `XAUTOCLAIM` re-claims messages idle for >30 seconds and reprocesses them. Messages exceeding `maxDeliveryCount=5` deliveries are dead-lettered (ACKed without processing) and counted in `ac_poison_messages_total`.
- **Reclaimer**: after a random wait between 0 and 30 seconds (full jitter, re-drawn every cycle so nodes that restart together drift apart), `XAUTOCLAIM` re-claims messages idle for >30 seconds and reprocesses them. Messages exceeding `maxDeliveryCount=5` deliveries are dead-lettered (ACKed without processing) and counted in `ac_poison_messages_total`. Each claim is counted in `ac_reclaimer_claims_total` as `recovered` or `poison`.

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P3: "Each claim is counted" overstates what the counter does. Only successful recoveries and acknowledged dead-letters are counted; failed handlers and failed DLQ writes are not. Say that explicitly so dashboards built on this metric are read correctly.

Prompt for AI agents
Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. When an issue isn't valid or won't be fixed in this PR, reply in its thread with the reason and then resolve the thread. At docs/ARCHITECTURE.md, line 52:

<comment>"Each claim is counted" overstates what the counter does. Only successful recoveries and acknowledged dead-letters are counted; failed handlers and failed DLQ writes are not. Say that explicitly so dashboards built on this metric are read correctly.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ go-judge sandbox (separate process / container)
 
 - **`DualConsumer`**: weighted fair queuing over two Redis Streams. Each worker goroutine tries `submitWeight` (default 3) messages from the submit stream before one from the run stream. When both are empty, it blocks for `AC_BLOCK_READ_TIMEOUT` (default 500 ms).
-- **Reclaimer**: every 30 seconds, `XAUTOCLAIM` re-claims messages idle for >30 seconds and reprocesses them. Messages exceeding `maxDeliveryCount=5` deliveries are dead-lettered (ACKed without processing) and counted in `ac_poison_messages_total`.
+- **Reclaimer**: after a random wait between 0 and 30 seconds (full jitter, re-drawn every cycle so nodes that restart together drift apart), `XAUTOCLAIM` re-claims messages idle for >30 seconds and reprocesses them. Messages exceeding `maxDeliveryCount=5` deliveries are dead-lettered (ACKed without processing) and counted in `ac_poison_messages_total`. Each claim is counted in `ac_reclaimer_claims_total` as `recovered` or `poison`.
 - **Legacy drain**: on startup, any messages remaining in the old single stream (`AC_STREAM_NAME`) are drained once and then the goroutine exits.
 - **PubSub**: Redis Pub/Sub + list-backed event log for SSE delivery. `PrepareAndEnqueue` pipelines test storage + QUEUED event + stream enqueue in one round trip.
</file context>
Suggested change
- **Reclaimer**: after a random wait between 0 and 30 seconds (full jitter, re-drawn every cycle so nodes that restart together drift apart), `XAUTOCLAIM` re-claims messages idle for >30 seconds and reprocesses them. Messages exceeding `maxDeliveryCount=5` deliveries are dead-lettered (ACKed without processing) and counted in `ac_poison_messages_total`. Each claim is counted in `ac_reclaimer_claims_total` as `recovered` or `poison`.
- **Reclaimer**: after a random wait between 0 and 30 seconds (full jitter, re-drawn every cycle so nodes that restart together drift apart), `XAUTOCLAIM` re-claims messages idle for >30 seconds and reprocesses them. Messages exceeding `maxDeliveryCount=5` deliveries are dead-lettered (ACKed without processing) and counted in `ac_poison_messages_total`. Successful recoveries and acknowledged dead-letters are counted in `ac_reclaimer_claims_total` as `recovered` or `poison`; failed handlers and failed DLQ writes are not counted.

}
}

func TestReclaimer_CountsPoisonClaims(t *testing.T) {

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P3: The PR says failed DLQ writes stay pending and are not counted, but no test checks that path. Add a test that makes ac:dlq:poison a non-stream key so the XADD fails, then assert the poison counter does not change and the message remains pending.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. When an issue isn't valid or won't be fixed in this PR, reply in its thread with the reason and then resolve the thread. At internal/queue/reclaimer_test.go, line 178:

<comment>The PR says failed DLQ writes stay pending and are not counted, but no test checks that path. Add a test that makes `ac:dlq:poison` a non-stream key so the XADD fails, then assert the `poison` counter does not change and the message remains pending.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+	}
+}
+
+func TestReclaimer_CountsPoisonClaims(t *testing.T) {
+	_, rdb := newTestRedis(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
</file context>

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Review comments at @docs/ARCHITECTURE.md:
- Line 52: Update the Reclaimer description so `ac_reclaimer_claims_total`
counts only claims that reach a successful recovered or poison outcome after
ACK, excluding handler errors and failed DLQ writes. Apply the same
clarification to the corresponding changelog description while preserving the
existing outcome labels.

Review comments at @internal/queue/reclaimer_test.go:
- Around line 173-175: Strengthen the handler-failure test around the
recovered-claims assertion to verify the handler ran and the message remains in
the group’s pending list. In the successful recovery and poison tests, also
verify the pending entry was removed.

Review comments at @internal/queue/stream.go:
- Line 467: Update dc.ack to return whether XAck succeeded, and increment the
reclaimed and poison claim counters only when the ACK succeeds. Add a regression
test verifying that a failed ACK increments neither counter for either label.

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Comment thread docs/ARCHITECTURE.md

- **`DualConsumer`**: weighted fair queuing over two Redis Streams. Each worker goroutine tries `submitWeight` (default 3) messages from the submit stream before one from the run stream. When both are empty, it blocks for `AC_BLOCK_READ_TIMEOUT` (default 500 ms).
- **Reclaimer**: every 30 seconds, `XAUTOCLAIM` re-claims messages idle for >30 seconds and reprocesses them. Messages exceeding `maxDeliveryCount=5` deliveries are dead-lettered (ACKed without processing) and counted in `ac_poison_messages_total`.
- **Reclaimer**: after a random wait between 0 and 30 seconds (full jitter, re-drawn every cycle so nodes that restart together drift apart), `XAUTOCLAIM` re-claims messages idle for >30 seconds and reprocesses them. Messages exceeding `maxDeliveryCount=5` deliveries are dead-lettered (ACKed without processing) and counted in `ac_poison_messages_total`. Each claim is counted in `ac_reclaimer_claims_total` as `recovered` or `poison`.

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Describe which claims the counter records.

Claims with handler errors or failed DLQ writes are not counted. The statement that each claim is counted can mislead operators. Document that the counter records successful recovered or poison outcomes after ACK. The same correction applies to CHANGELOG.md, Line 15.

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Review comment at @docs/ARCHITECTURE.md at line 52:
Update the Reclaimer description so `ac_reclaimer_claims_total` counts only claims that reach a successful recovered or poison outcome after ACK, excluding handler errors and failed DLQ writes. Apply the same clarification to the corresponding changelog description while preserving the existing outcome labels.

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if got := testutil.ToFloat64(recovered) - before; got != 0 {
t.Errorf("recovered claims grew by %v after a handler error, want 0", got)
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Assert that handler failure leaves the message pending.

This test passes if the reclaimer incorrectly ACKs the message after the handler fails, provided the counter stays unchanged. Assert that the handler ran and that the message remains in the group's pending list. In the successful recovery and poison tests, assert that the pending entry was removed.

As per path instructions, review tests for “tests that pass even when the logic is wrong (asserting too little).”

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Review comment at @internal/queue/reclaimer_test.go around lines 173 - 175:
Strengthen the handler-failure test around the recovered-claims assertion to verify the handler ran and the message remains in the group’s pending list. In the successful recovery and poison tests, also verify the pending entry was removed.

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continue
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dc.ack(ctx, stream, msg.ID)
metrics.ReclaimerClaimsTotal.WithLabelValues(stream, "poison").Inc()

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Count claims only after a successful ACK.

If XAck fails, dc.ack discards the error at Line 173. Both counters then increment even though the message remains pending. A later retry can count the same message again.

Return the ACK outcome from dc.ack and increment these counters only after ACK succeeds. Add a failed-ACK regression test for both labels.

Also applies to: 480-480

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Review comment at @internal/queue/stream.go at line 467:
Update dc.ack to return whether XAck succeeded, and increment the reclaimed and poison claim counters only when the ACK succeeds. Add a regression test verifying that a failed ACK increments neither counter for either label.

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feat: Implement automatic reclaimer backoff jitter to prevent thundering herd

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