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//! P2 (Prolonged-Session Stack): free-window rebasing + adaptive cache TTL.
//!
//! When the client's prompt cache is *already* broken (compaction, TTL expiry,
//! or session start -- detected via the S1 cache-safety memo), the whole
//! prefix is re-written at the premium rate regardless. In exactly that window
//! we restructure the transcript deeply at zero *marginal* cache cost:
//! digest every heavy `tool_result` block OLDER than the newest turn into a
//! stub + L2 page (S3 only ever touched the newest turn). This shrinks the
//! transcript re-read on every FUTURE turn. It is never proxy-initiated -- it
//! only ever piggybacks on a break the client already caused, so it respects
//! the CVM anti-pattern catalog (no scheduled eviction / deliberate breaks).
//!
//! Adaptive TTL: sessions with long thinking gaps repeatedly lose the 5-minute
//! cache. Anthropic offers a 1-hour TTL at a 2x write premium (vs 1.25x). Once
//! a session's long-gap count crosses a threshold, [`choose_ttl`] elects the
//! 1-hour TTL -- a one-time premium beats repeated full re-writes.
//!
//! See docs/superpowers/plans/2026-07-11-prolonged-session-stack.md, step P2.
use serde_json::Value;
use crate::cvm_store::{build_stub, CvmStore};
use crate::digest::{Digestor, SkeletonDigestor, DEFAULT_DIGEST_THRESHOLD_TOKENS};
/// Elect Anthropic's 1-hour cache TTL for a session once its observed
/// long-inter-turn-gap count reaches `threshold`; otherwise the default
/// 5-minute TTL (returned as `None`, i.e. no explicit `ttl` annotation).
pub fn choose_ttl(long_gap_count: u32, threshold: u32) -> Option<&'static str> {
(long_gap_count >= threshold).then_some("1h")
}
/// Given the previous turn's unix timestamp and running long-gap count, return
/// the updated count after a turn at `now_unix`: a gap longer than
/// `gap_threshold_secs` (the 5-minute cache window) increments it. A `last_ts`
/// of `0` (an unseeded session) never counts as a gap.
pub fn next_long_gap_count(
last_ts: u64,
now_unix: u64,
count: u32,
gap_threshold_secs: u64,
) -> u32 {
if last_ts > 0 && now_unix.saturating_sub(last_ts) > gap_threshold_secs {
count + 1
} else {
count
}
}
/// Fingerprint a frozen prefix: `(message count, SHA-256 hex of the serialized
/// slice)`. Stored per session so the next turn can tell append-only growth
/// from a genuine break.
pub fn frozen_fingerprint(frozen: &[Value]) -> (usize, String) {
use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
let bytes = serde_json::to_vec(frozen).unwrap_or_default();
(frozen.len(), format!("{:x}", Sha256::digest(&bytes)))
}
/// Is this turn's frozen prefix a GENUINE cache break relative to the previous
/// turn's fingerprint? Anthropic's automatic breakpoint moves forward as a
/// session grows, so the frozen prefix EXTENDING turn-over-turn is normal
/// cached operation -- calling that a break (as a whole-prefix hash compare
/// does) fires the rebase every turn and destroys the model's working history
/// (the 2026-07-12 live-eval FAIL). A genuine break is a NON-APPEND change:
/// the prefix shrank (compaction / session restructure) or its leading
/// `prev_len` messages are no longer byte-identical.
pub fn is_genuine_break(prev_len: usize, prev_hash: &str, frozen: &[Value]) -> bool {
if frozen.len() < prev_len {
return true; // prefix shrank: the old cached prefix cannot survive
}
let (_, head_hash) = frozen_fingerprint(&frozen[..prev_len]);
head_hash != prev_hash
}
/// Annotate the newest cache breakpoint with an explicit `ttl`. Walks
/// `messages` from the end and, in the first message whose content array holds
/// a block carrying a `cache_control` object, sets `cache_control.ttl = ttl` on
/// the last such block. Returns `true` if a breakpoint was found and updated.
/// Only ever ADDS a field -- content, order, and count are untouched -- so the
/// cached prefix stays byte-stable.
pub fn set_newest_cache_ttl(messages: &mut [Value], ttl: &str) -> bool {
for msg in messages.iter_mut().rev() {
let Some(content) = msg.get_mut("content").and_then(Value::as_array_mut) else {
continue;
};
for block in content.iter_mut().rev() {
if let Some(cc) = block.get_mut("cache_control").and_then(Value::as_object_mut) {
cc.insert("ttl".to_string(), Value::String(ttl.to_string()));
return true;
}
}
}
false
}
/// Flatten a `tool_result` block's own `content` (which is independently a
/// string or an array of text blocks) to plain text.
fn tool_result_text(block: &Value) -> Option<String> {
if block.get("type").and_then(Value::as_str) != Some("tool_result") {
return None;
}
match block.get("content") {
Some(Value::String(s)) if !s.is_empty() => Some(s.clone()),
Some(Value::Array(parts)) => {
let text: String = parts
.iter()
.filter_map(|p| p.get("text").and_then(Value::as_str))
// Newline-separate parts so a multi-block content array (stdout
// + stderr, several file excerpts) keeps its boundaries: a bare
// join would run words together, corrupting both the token
// estimate and the "original" text persisted to the L2 store.
.collect::<Vec<_>>()
.join("\n");
(!text.is_empty()).then_some(text)
}
_ => None,
}
}
fn token_estimate(text: &str) -> usize {
text.split_whitespace().count()
}
/// Rebase the transcript: digest every heavy `tool_result` block in every
/// message EXCEPT the newest turn (the last message), storing the full
/// original in `store` and replacing the block's content with a
/// `[AXIOM-PAGE ...]` stub + a code-aware digest. The newest turn is returned
/// untouched. Cache-safety is the caller's responsibility -- this is only
/// invoked at a break window (see the module docs).
pub fn rebase_transcript(messages: &[Value], store: &CvmStore, session_id: &str) -> Vec<Value> {
if messages.len() <= 1 {
return messages.to_vec();
}
let newest_idx = messages.len() - 1;
let digestor = SkeletonDigestor;
messages
.iter()
.enumerate()
.map(|(i, msg)| {
if i == newest_idx {
return msg.clone(); // never touch the newest turn
}
let Some(content) = msg.get("content").and_then(Value::as_array) else {
return msg.clone();
};
let mut changed = false;
let new_content: Vec<Value> = content
.iter()
.map(|block| {
match tool_result_text(block) {
Some(text) if token_estimate(&text) >= DEFAULT_DIGEST_THRESHOLD_TOKENS => {
let orig_tokens = token_estimate(&text);
match store.put(session_id, "tool_result", &text) {
Ok(page_id) => {
let budget = ((orig_tokens as f64) * 0.15).round() as usize;
let stub =
build_stub(&page_id, orig_tokens, "tool_result", &text);
let digest = digestor.digest(&text, budget);
let replacement = format!(
"{stub}\n{digest}\n[AXIOM-PAGE-END expand with axiom_expand(\"{page_id}\")]"
);
let mut b = block.clone();
if let Some(obj) = b.as_object_mut() {
obj.insert(
"content".to_string(),
Value::String(replacement),
);
}
changed = true;
b
}
Err(e) => {
eprintln!("[axiom-pss] rebase store.put failed: {e}");
block.clone()
}
}
}
_ => block.clone(),
}
})
.collect();
if changed {
let mut m = msg.clone();
if let Some(obj) = m.as_object_mut() {
obj.insert("content".to_string(), Value::Array(new_content));
}
m
} else {
msg.clone()
}
})
.collect()
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
use serde_json::json;
fn tempdir(tag: &str) -> std::path::PathBuf {
let p = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!(
"pss-rebase-{tag}-{}-{}",
std::process::id(),
std::time::SystemTime::now()
.duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
.unwrap()
.as_nanos()
));
std::fs::create_dir_all(&p).unwrap();
p
}
#[test]
fn choose_ttl_picks_1h_only_after_repeated_long_gaps() {
assert_eq!(choose_ttl(0, 3), None);
assert_eq!(choose_ttl(2, 3), None);
assert_eq!(choose_ttl(3, 3), Some("1h"));
assert_eq!(choose_ttl(9, 3), Some("1h"));
}
#[test]
fn set_newest_cache_ttl_annotates_only_the_last_breakpoint() {
let mut messages = vec![
json!({"role":"user","content":[
{"type":"text","text":"old","cache_control":{"type":"ephemeral"}}]}),
json!({"role":"user","content":[
{"type":"text","text":"a"},
{"type":"text","text":"newest","cache_control":{"type":"ephemeral"}}]}),
];
assert!(set_newest_cache_ttl(&mut messages, "1h"));
// newest breakpoint gets the ttl...
assert_eq!(messages[1]["content"][1]["cache_control"]["ttl"], json!("1h"));
// ...and the older breakpoint is left untouched.
assert!(messages[0]["content"][0]["cache_control"].get("ttl").is_none());
}
#[test]
fn appending_to_the_frozen_prefix_is_not_a_break() {
// The 2026-07-12 live-eval failure mode: Anthropic's automatic
// breakpoint moves forward every turn, so the frozen prefix GROWS
// turn-over-turn. That is normal cached operation, never a break.
let turn1 = vec![json!({"role":"user","content":"a"})];
let (len1, hash1) = frozen_fingerprint(&turn1);
let turn2 = vec![
json!({"role":"user","content":"a"}),
json!({"role":"assistant","content":"b"}),
];
assert!(!is_genuine_break(len1, &hash1, &turn2), "append-only growth is not a break");
// And an identical prefix is not a break either.
assert!(!is_genuine_break(len1, &hash1, &turn1), "unchanged prefix is not a break");
}
#[test]
fn shrinking_or_mutating_the_frozen_prefix_is_a_break() {
let prev = vec![
json!({"role":"user","content":"a"}),
json!({"role":"assistant","content":"b"}),
];
let (len, hash) = frozen_fingerprint(&prev);
// Compaction: the prefix shrank.
let shrunk = vec![json!({"role":"user","content":"summary of a+b"})];
assert!(is_genuine_break(len, &hash, &shrunk), "a shrunken prefix is a break");
// Restructure: same length, different leading content.
let mutated = vec![
json!({"role":"user","content":"a CHANGED"}),
json!({"role":"assistant","content":"b"}),
];
assert!(is_genuine_break(len, &hash, &mutated), "a mutated prefix is a break");
}
#[test]
fn multipart_tool_result_is_joined_with_a_separator() {
// Two text parts whose words would run together under a bare join.
let block = json!({
"type":"tool_result","tool_use_id":"a",
"content":[{"type":"text","text":"alpha"},{"type":"text","text":"beta"}]
});
let text = tool_result_text(&block).unwrap();
assert_eq!(text, "alpha\nbeta", "parts keep a boundary");
// ...so the whitespace token estimate counts two tokens, not one.
assert_eq!(token_estimate(&text), 2);
}
#[test]
fn next_long_gap_count_increments_only_past_the_window() {
// Unseeded session never counts, even with a huge apparent gap.
assert_eq!(next_long_gap_count(0, 10_000, 0, 240), 0);
// A short gap (< 240s) does not increment.
assert_eq!(next_long_gap_count(1_000, 1_100, 2, 240), 2);
// A gap over the window increments once.
assert_eq!(next_long_gap_count(1_000, 1_500, 2, 240), 3);
// Exactly at the boundary does not increment (strictly greater).
assert_eq!(next_long_gap_count(1_000, 1_240, 0, 240), 0);
}
#[test]
fn set_newest_cache_ttl_is_false_without_a_breakpoint() {
let mut messages = vec![json!({"role":"user","content":[{"type":"text","text":"no cc"}]})];
assert!(!set_newest_cache_ttl(&mut messages, "1h"));
}
#[test]
fn rebase_digests_all_old_heavy_but_never_the_newest_turn() {
let dir = tempdir("basic");
let store = CvmStore::open(&dir).unwrap();
let big = "x ".repeat(9000); // 9000 tokens, well over the 4000 threshold
let messages = vec![
json!({"role":"user","content":[
{"type":"tool_result","tool_use_id":"a","content": big}]}),
json!({"role":"user","content":"newest turn stays whole"}),
];
let out = rebase_transcript(&messages, &store, "s1");
assert!(out[0].to_string().contains("AXIOM-PAGE"), "old heavy digested");
assert!(!out[0].to_string().contains(&"x ".repeat(9000)), "raw text removed");
assert_eq!(out[1]["content"], json!("newest turn stays whole"), "newest untouched");
let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
}
#[test]
fn rebase_leaves_light_tool_results_alone() {
let dir = tempdir("light");
let store = CvmStore::open(&dir).unwrap();
let messages = vec![
json!({"role":"user","content":[
{"type":"tool_result","tool_use_id":"a","content":"exit 0"}]}),
json!({"role":"user","content":"newest"}),
];
let out = rebase_transcript(&messages, &store, "s1");
assert_eq!(out[0], messages[0], "sub-threshold tool_result untouched");
let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
}
#[test]
fn rebase_original_is_recoverable_from_the_store() {
let dir = tempdir("recover");
let store = CvmStore::open(&dir).unwrap();
let big = "y ".repeat(9000);
let messages = vec![
json!({"role":"user","content":[
{"type":"tool_result","tool_use_id":"a","content": big.clone()}]}),
json!({"role":"user","content":"newest"}),
];
let _ = rebase_transcript(&messages, &store, "s1");
let page_id = CvmStore::page_id_for(&big);
assert_eq!(store.get("s1", &page_id), Some(big));
let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
}
#[test]
fn rebase_single_message_is_a_noop() {
let dir = tempdir("single");
let store = CvmStore::open(&dir).unwrap();
let big = "z ".repeat(9000);
let messages = vec![json!({"role":"user","content":[
{"type":"tool_result","tool_use_id":"a","content": big}]})];
let out = rebase_transcript(&messages, &store, "s1");
assert_eq!(out, messages, "a lone newest turn is never rebased");
let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
}
}