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borg_trace/
scars.rs

1//! Execution memory (layer 1): scars and protocols, learned deterministically from what a
2//! session did, at zero tokens.
3//!
4//! - **Scar:** an error fingerprint and what fixed it: a later passing run of the same command
5//!   shape, with the different command that worked and/or the files edited in between.
6//! - **Protocol:** a command shape that failed and then passed: the command that works here.
7//!
8//! Recall is a single line at the moment a drone hits a known error (or reruns a shape whose
9//! protocol differs from what it just tried); otherwise nothing is injected.
10
11use std::collections::HashMap;
12use std::io::Write;
13use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
14
15use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
16
17use crate::fingerprint::{command_shape, error_fingerprint, invocation, is_test_failure, is_tool_shape};
18use crate::{Kind, Session};
19
20#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
21#[serde(tag = "kind", rename_all = "lowercase")]
22pub enum Memory {
23    Scar {
24        repo: String,
25        /// Error fingerprint as hex (u64 does not survive JSON number precision).
26        fp: String,
27        error_line: String,
28        shape: String,
29        failed_cmd: String,
30        /// The different command that passed, if the fix was a command change.
31        fix_cmd: Option<String>,
32        /// Files edited between the failure and the passing run.
33        fix_edits: Vec<String>,
34        ms: i64,
35        session: String,
36    },
37    Protocol {
38        repo: String,
39        shape: String,
40        cmd: String,
41        failed_cmd: String,
42        ms: i64,
43        session: String,
44    },
45}
46
47impl Memory {
48    fn key(&self) -> String {
49        match self {
50            Memory::Scar { fp, .. } => format!("scar:{fp}"),
51            Memory::Protocol { shape, .. } => format!("protocol:{shape}"),
52        }
53    }
54    fn ms(&self) -> i64 {
55        match self {
56            Memory::Scar { ms, .. } | Memory::Protocol { ms, .. } => *ms,
57        }
58    }
59}
60
61fn clip(s: &str, n: usize) -> String {
62    s.chars().take(n).collect()
63}
64
65/// What one session teaches: every failure whose command shape later passed in the same session.
66pub fn learn(session: &Session, repo: &str) -> Vec<Memory> {
67    let ev = &session.events;
68    let mut out: HashMap<String, Memory> = HashMap::new();
69    for (i, e) in ev.iter().enumerate() {
70        let Kind::Bash { cmd, failed: true, error, error_line } = &e.kind else { continue };
71        let shape = command_shape(cmd);
72        if shape.is_empty() {
73            continue;
74        }
75        let pass = ev[i + 1..].iter().position(|x| matches!(&x.kind, Kind::Bash { cmd: c, failed: false, .. } if command_shape(c) == shape));
76        let Some(off) = pass else { continue };
77        let j = i + 1 + off;
78        let Kind::Bash { cmd: ok_cmd, .. } = &ev[j].kind else { continue };
79        let mut edits: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
80        for x in &ev[i + 1..j] {
81            if let Kind::Edit { path } = &x.kind
82                && !edits.contains(path)
83            {
84                edits.push(path.clone());
85            }
86        }
87        let fix_cmd = (ok_cmd.trim() != cmd.trim()).then(|| clip(ok_cmd, 300));
88        if let (Some(fp), Some(line)) = (error, error_line)
89            && !is_test_failure(line)
90            && (fix_cmd.is_some() || !edits.is_empty())
91        {
92            let m = Memory::Scar {
93                repo: repo.into(),
94                fp: format!("{fp:016x}"),
95                error_line: line.clone(),
96                shape: shape.clone(),
97                failed_cmd: clip(cmd, 300),
98                fix_cmd: fix_cmd.clone(),
99                fix_edits: edits.into_iter().take(5).collect(),
100                ms: ev[j].ts,
101                session: session.id.clone(),
102            };
103            out.entry(m.key()).or_insert(m);
104        }
105        if let Some(fix) = fix_cmd.filter(|f| is_tool_shape(&shape) && invocation(f) != invocation(cmd)) {
106            let m = Memory::Protocol { repo: repo.into(), shape, cmd: fix, failed_cmd: clip(cmd, 300), ms: ev[j].ts, session: session.id.clone() };
107            out.insert(m.key(), m); // the latest working command wins
108        }
109    }
110    let mut v: Vec<Memory> = out.into_values().collect();
111    v.sort_by_key(Memory::ms);
112    v
113}
114
115/// Latest memory per key: a later scar or protocol supersedes an earlier one.
116pub fn latest(mems: impl IntoIterator<Item = Memory>) -> Vec<Memory> {
117    let mut by: HashMap<String, Memory> = HashMap::new();
118    for m in mems {
119        let k = m.key();
120        if by.get(&k).is_none_or(|old| old.ms() <= m.ms()) {
121            by.insert(k, m);
122        }
123    }
124    by.into_values().collect()
125}
126
127/// One line for a failure the collective has seen before, or None (0 tokens).
128pub fn recall(mems: &[Memory], cmd: &str, error_text: &str) -> Option<String> {
129    let shape = command_shape(cmd);
130    if let Some(fp) = error_fingerprint(error_text).map(|f| format!("{f:016x}")) {
131        for m in mems {
132            if let Memory::Scar { fp: f, error_line, fix_cmd, fix_edits, .. } = m
133                && *f == fp
134            {
135                let fix = match (fix_cmd, fix_edits.is_empty()) {
136                    (Some(c), true) => format!("`{c}` passed"),
137                    (Some(c), false) => format!("`{c}` passed after editing {}", fix_edits.join(", ")),
138                    (None, _) => format!("it passed after editing {}", fix_edits.join(", ")),
139                };
140                return Some(format!("↳ borg scar: \"{}\" was hit before; {fix}.", clip(error_line, 160)));
141            }
142        }
143    }
144    mems.iter().find_map(|m| match m {
145        Memory::Protocol { shape: s, cmd: ok, .. } if *s == shape && is_tool_shape(&shape) && invocation(ok) != invocation(cmd) => {
146            Some(format!("↳ borg protocol: `{ok}` worked here before."))
147        }
148        _ => None,
149    })
150}
151
152/// Append-only local store, one JSONL file per repo (`$BORG_HOME/memory/<repo>.jsonl`).
153pub struct Store {
154    dir: PathBuf,
155}
156
157impl Store {
158    pub fn new(home: &Path) -> Self {
159        Store { dir: home.join("memory") }
160    }
161    fn file(&self, repo: &str) -> PathBuf {
162        let safe: String = repo.chars().map(|c| if c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || c == '-' || c == '_' { c } else { '_' }).collect();
163        self.dir.join(format!("{safe}.jsonl"))
164    }
165    pub fn load(&self, repo: &str) -> Vec<Memory> {
166        let text = std::fs::read_to_string(self.file(repo)).unwrap_or_default();
167        latest(text.lines().filter_map(|l| serde_json::from_str(l).ok()))
168    }
169    /// Append what is new (unknown key, or a different command/fix than known).
170    pub fn add(&self, repo: &str, mems: &[Memory]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
171        let known = self.load(repo);
172        let fresh: Vec<&Memory> = mems.iter().filter(|m| !known.iter().any(|k| k.key() == m.key() && same_content(k, m))).collect();
173        if fresh.is_empty() {
174            return Ok(0);
175        }
176        std::fs::create_dir_all(&self.dir)?;
177        let mut f = std::fs::OpenOptions::new().create(true).append(true).open(self.file(repo))?;
178        for m in &fresh {
179            writeln!(f, "{}", serde_json::to_string(m).unwrap())?;
180        }
181        Ok(fresh.len())
182    }
183}
184
185fn same_content(a: &Memory, b: &Memory) -> bool {
186    match (a, b) {
187        (Memory::Scar { fix_cmd: x, fix_edits: e, .. }, Memory::Scar { fix_cmd: y, fix_edits: f, .. }) => x == y && e == f,
188        (Memory::Protocol { cmd: x, .. }, Memory::Protocol { cmd: y, .. }) => x == y,
189        _ => false,
190    }
191}
192
193#[cfg(test)]
194mod tests {
195    use super::*;
196    use crate::{Event, Harness, Reasoning};
197
198    fn bash(ts: i64, cmd: &str, out: Option<&str>) -> Event {
199        let (failed, error, error_line) = match out {
200            Some(o) => (true, error_fingerprint(o), crate::fingerprint::error_line(o)),
201            None => (false, None, None),
202        };
203        Event { ts, kind: Kind::Bash { cmd: cmd.into(), failed, error, error_line }, result_tokens: 0 }
204    }
205
206    fn session(events: Vec<Event>) -> Session {
207        Session {
208            id: "s1".into(),
209            harness: Harness::Claude,
210            cwd: "/r".into(),
211            sidechain: false,
212            start: 0,
213            end: 9,
214            events,
215            input_tokens: 0,
216            output_tokens: 0,
217            reasoning: Reasoning::default(),
218        }
219    }
220
221    #[test]
222    fn learns_scar_and_protocol_and_recalls_them() {
223        let err = "ERROR: test_balance failed\nValueError: naive datetime";
224        let s = session(vec![
225            bash(1, "python3 -m pytest tests", Some(err)),
226            Event { ts: 2, kind: Kind::Edit { path: "/r/ledger/clock.py".into() }, result_tokens: 0 },
227            bash(3, "LEDGER_TZ=UTC python3 -m pytest tests", None),
228        ]);
229        let mems = learn(&s, "r");
230        assert_eq!(mems.len(), 2, "{mems:?}");
231        let line = recall(&mems, "python3 -m pytest tests -k balance", err).unwrap();
232        assert!(line.contains("LEDGER_TZ=UTC") && line.contains("clock.py"), "{line}");
233        // An unseen error and an unrelated command stay silent.
234        assert!(recall(&mems, "cargo build", "error[E0425]: cannot find value").is_none());
235    }
236
237    #[test]
238    fn flaky_rerun_is_not_a_scar() {
239        let s = session(vec![bash(1, "npm test", Some("FAIL: timeout\nError: timed out")), bash(2, "npm test", None)]);
240        assert!(learn(&s, "r").is_empty());
241    }
242}