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cache.rs

1//! Trace cache — content-addressed per-case results + 0-LLM re-scoring.
2//!
3//! Every replayed golden case emits a **trace**: the agent's captured `{columns, rows}` result plus
4//! the run's cost/latency/turns and the inputs that determined it — `(case, agent_sha, model,
5//! context_sha, sample)`. The trace is written under a content-addressed key so a later run can
6//! reuse it:
7//!
8//! - **Re-score without re-run** (the killer): a golden's `expected`/`tolerance`/`match` can change
9//!   while the agent, model, MDL, and sample index do not. The key deliberately excludes the
10//!   expectation, so such a change still *hits* — and [`rescore`] re-compares the cached result
11//!   against the **current** expectation with **zero LLM calls**. The v1→v2 golden-calibration
12//!   rerun goes from ~90 min to sub-second.
13//! - **Content-addressed skip**: identical `(case, agent_sha, model, context_sha, sample)` → reuse
14//!   the cached result on a plain re-run too (no re-sampling). `--no-cache` is the escape hatch that
15//!   forces every case to re-run and refreshes the cache.
16//!
17//! The key material reuses the same `git hash-object` content addressing as `eval verify-context`
18//! (the MDL SHA): `agent_sha` = SHA of the dispatched agent dir, `context_sha` = MDL SHA of the
19//! bound project, and the cache filename is the SHA of the canonical key string. No new deps, no
20//! network, single machine — the OSS boundary is preserved.
21//!
22//! No silent caps: the caller surfaces hit/miss counts in the report and per-case `[cache]` markers,
23//! and a re-scored run is never mistaken for a fresh one.
24
25use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
26
27use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
28use warble_eval_compare::CompareResult;
29
30use crate::context::hash_str;
31use crate::{score_value, GoldenCase};
32
33/// Sentinel `model` component for the ablation / frontmatter path, where there is no whole-run
34/// `--model` override (the per-step tier binding is baked into the agent, so `agent_sha` already
35/// distinguishes the points). Keeps the key total for every run.
36pub(crate) const FRONTMATTER_MODEL: &str = "frontmatter";
37
38/// One captured case result. The `result` is stored as the raw `{columns, rows}` JSON value (the
39/// same object `capture` embeds) so no `Serialize` is needed on the compare crate's `Table`; it is
40/// deserialized back into a `Table` at re-score time.
41///
42/// `sql_executed` and `tool_calls` are schema slots the P4 trace shape reserves, but the single-shot
43/// `claude -p --output-format json` envelope does not expose either (only `num_turns`), so they are
44/// captured as `None` today. `turns` (from `num_turns`) is the delivered per-case diagnostic; full
45/// SQL / tool-call granularity would need `--output-format stream-json` (a later change).
46#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
47pub struct Trace {
48    pub case_id: String,
49    pub agent_sha: String,
50    pub model: String,
51    /// The golden's symbolic `context_version` pin (informational), e.g. `driftwood@a1b2c3d`.
52    pub context_version: Option<String>,
53    /// The computed MDL SHA of the bound project — the `context_sha` key component.
54    pub context_sha: String,
55    /// The question the result answers. Part of the key: if a case's question changes under the
56    /// same id, the cached result is for a different prompt and must be re-run (a miss).
57    pub question: String,
58    /// The SQL the agent executed. Not exposed by the `--output-format json` result envelope; `None`.
59    pub sql_executed: Option<String>,
60    /// The captured `{columns, rows}` result object.
61    pub result: serde_json::Value,
62    pub cost: f64,
63    pub latency_ms: u64,
64    /// Conversation turns (`num_turns`) — the round-trip count ("4–8 round-trips" per case, typically).
65    pub turns: u64,
66    /// Tool-call count. Not exposed by the JSON result envelope; `None` (see struct docs).
67    pub tool_calls: Option<u64>,
68}
69
70/// The inputs that determine a case's result. Everything here is in the cache key; the golden's
71/// expectation (expected/tolerance/match) deliberately is **not**, which is what makes re-scoring a
72/// changed expectation a cache hit.
73pub struct CaseKey<'a> {
74    pub case_id: &'a str,
75    pub question: &'a str,
76    pub agent_sha: &'a str,
77    /// The whole-run `--model` binding, or `FRONTMATTER_MODEL` on the ablation path.
78    pub model: &'a str,
79    pub context_sha: &'a str,
80    /// Which repeated-sample run this is (0-indexed). Distinct samples of the same case are
81    /// distinct cache entries — the pass-rate methodology depends on each sample actually invoking
82    /// the agent (or replaying its OWN prior trace), not silently collapsing onto sample 0.
83    pub sample: u32,
84}
85
86impl CaseKey<'_> {
87    /// The canonical, order-fixed key string that gets hashed. Encoded as a fixed-order JSON array
88    /// so a field value can never spoof the delimiter structure — a `question` may legitimately
89    /// contain newlines or `=`, which a plain `k=v\n` join could use to collide with a different
90    /// logical key (relevant once goldens are machine-generated, not just hand-authored). `sample`
91    /// is stringified and placed last so the first five elements stay stable for anyone comparing
92    /// keys across a `samples`-unaware era.
93    fn canonical(&self) -> String {
94        serde_json::to_string(&[
95            self.case_id,
96            self.question,
97            self.agent_sha,
98            self.model,
99            self.context_sha,
100            &self.sample.to_string(),
101        ])
102        .expect("array of strings serializes")
103    }
104
105    /// Content-addressed hash of the key → the cache entry's filename stem.
106    pub fn hash(&self) -> Result<String, String> {
107        hash_str(&self.canonical())
108    }
109}
110
111/// A content-addressed store of [`Trace`]s under one directory (`<dir>/<key-hash>.json`).
112///
113/// When `enabled` is false (the `--no-cache` escape hatch) [`load`](Self::load) always misses and
114/// [`store`](Self::store) is a no-op, so a run behaves exactly as it did before P4.
115pub struct TraceStore {
116    dir: PathBuf,
117    enabled: bool,
118}
119
120impl TraceStore {
121    /// A store rooted at `dir`. `enabled = false` disables both read and write (`--no-cache`).
122    pub fn new(dir: PathBuf, enabled: bool) -> Self {
123        TraceStore { dir, enabled }
124    }
125
126    /// An always-missing store (used when the cache key material can't be computed, so the run
127    /// still proceeds — every case just re-runs and nothing is cached).
128    pub fn disabled() -> Self {
129        TraceStore {
130            dir: PathBuf::new(),
131            enabled: false,
132        }
133    }
134
135    pub fn is_enabled(&self) -> bool {
136        self.enabled
137    }
138
139    pub fn dir(&self) -> &Path {
140        &self.dir
141    }
142
143    fn entry_path(&self, key_hash: &str) -> PathBuf {
144        self.dir.join(format!("{key_hash}.json"))
145    }
146
147    /// Load a cached trace for `key`, or `None` on a disabled store, a missing entry, or an
148    /// unreadable/corrupt one (a corrupt entry is treated as a miss — the case just re-runs).
149    pub fn load(&self, key: &CaseKey) -> Option<Trace> {
150        if !self.enabled {
151            return None;
152        }
153        let hash = key.hash().ok()?;
154        let raw = std::fs::read_to_string(self.entry_path(&hash)).ok()?;
155        serde_json::from_str(&raw).ok()
156    }
157
158    /// Write `trace` under `key`. A no-op on a disabled store. Creates the cache dir on first write.
159    pub fn store(&self, key: &CaseKey, trace: &Trace) -> Result<(), String> {
160        if !self.enabled {
161            return Ok(());
162        }
163        let hash = key.hash()?;
164        std::fs::create_dir_all(&self.dir)
165            .map_err(|e| format!("create cache dir {}: {e}", self.dir.display()))?;
166        let json = serde_json::to_string_pretty(trace).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
167        std::fs::write(self.entry_path(&hash), json)
168            .map_err(|e| format!("write trace {}: {e}", self.entry_path(&hash).display()))
169    }
170}
171
172/// Re-score a cached `trace` against a golden case's **current** expectation — the 0-LLM path.
173/// Dispatches on the case's [`crate::ResultKind`] via [`score_value`] just like a fresh run does, so
174/// a Table case's cached `{columns,rows}` and a Verdict case's cached envelope both re-project the
175/// same way. Returns `None` if the cached result doesn't have the shape the case's kind expects (a
176/// corrupt entry, or a case whose `result_kind` changed since the trace was captured; the caller then
177/// re-runs the case). This is what makes "only the golden's expected changed" cost zero LLM calls:
178/// the result is reused, only the comparison is redone.
179pub fn rescore(trace: &Trace, case: &GoldenCase) -> Option<CompareResult> {
180    score_value(&trace.result, case)
181}
182
183#[cfg(test)]
184mod tests {
185    use super::*;
186    use warble_eval_compare::{MatchMode, Tolerance};
187
188    fn trace_with(result: serde_json::Value) -> Trace {
189        Trace {
190            case_id: "q1".into(),
191            agent_sha: "AAAA".into(),
192            model: "opus".into(),
193            context_version: Some("driftwood@c0ffee".into()),
194            context_sha: "CCCC".into(),
195            question: "how many orders?".into(),
196            sql_executed: None,
197            result,
198            cost: 0.12,
199            latency_ms: 20_000,
200            turns: 5,
201            tool_calls: None,
202        }
203    }
204
205    fn case_expecting(rows: serde_json::Value) -> GoldenCase {
206        // Build a GoldenCase via YAML so we don't depend on field visibility.
207        let yaml = format!(
208            "id: q1\nquestion: \"how many orders?\"\nmatch: scalar\nexpected: {{ columns: [n], rows: {rows} }}\n"
209        );
210        serde_yaml::from_str(&yaml).expect("golden case parses")
211    }
212
213    #[test]
214    fn key_hash_is_stable_and_expectation_independent() {
215        let k1 = CaseKey {
216            case_id: "q1",
217            question: "how many orders?",
218            agent_sha: "AAAA",
219            model: "opus",
220            context_sha: "CCCC",
221            sample: 0,
222        };
223        // Same inputs → same hash (content-addressed, deterministic).
224        assert_eq!(k1.hash().unwrap(), k1.hash().unwrap());
225        assert_eq!(k1.hash().unwrap().len(), 40, "git blob sha is 40 hex");
226    }
227
228    #[test]
229    fn changing_a_key_component_changes_the_hash() {
230        let base = CaseKey {
231            case_id: "q1",
232            question: "how many orders?",
233            agent_sha: "AAAA",
234            model: "opus",
235            context_sha: "CCCC",
236            sample: 0,
237        };
238        let base_hash = base.hash().unwrap();
239        // Each of the five key components moves the hash (→ a miss → a re-run).
240        for changed in [
241            CaseKey {
242                question: "how many customers?",
243                ..key_copy(&base)
244            },
245            CaseKey {
246                agent_sha: "BBBB",
247                ..key_copy(&base)
248            },
249            CaseKey {
250                model: "haiku",
251                ..key_copy(&base)
252            },
253            CaseKey {
254                context_sha: "DDDD",
255                ..key_copy(&base)
256            },
257            CaseKey {
258                sample: 1,
259                ..key_copy(&base)
260            },
261        ] {
262            assert_ne!(base_hash, changed.hash().unwrap());
263        }
264    }
265
266    // Helper to copy a CaseKey's fields (CaseKey holds &str, so this is cheap).
267    fn key_copy<'a>(k: &CaseKey<'a>) -> CaseKey<'a> {
268        CaseKey {
269            case_id: k.case_id,
270            question: k.question,
271            agent_sha: k.agent_sha,
272            model: k.model,
273            context_sha: k.context_sha,
274            sample: k.sample,
275        }
276    }
277
278    #[test]
279    fn store_round_trips_and_no_cache_never_hits() {
280        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
281        let key = CaseKey {
282            case_id: "q1",
283            question: "how many orders?",
284            agent_sha: "AAAA",
285            model: "opus",
286            context_sha: "CCCC",
287            sample: 0,
288        };
289        let trace = trace_with(serde_json::json!({"columns":["n"],"rows":[[42]]}));
290
291        let enabled = TraceStore::new(dir.path().to_path_buf(), true);
292        enabled.store(&key, &trace).unwrap();
293        let loaded = enabled.load(&key).expect("hit");
294        assert_eq!(loaded.result, trace.result);
295        assert_eq!(loaded.turns, 5);
296
297        // A disabled store (the --no-cache path) never hits, even with the entry on disk.
298        let disabled = TraceStore::new(dir.path().to_path_buf(), false);
299        assert!(disabled.load(&key).is_none());
300        // …and writing is a silent no-op.
301        disabled.store(&key, &trace).unwrap();
302    }
303
304    #[test]
305    fn rescore_reuses_result_against_the_current_expectation() {
306        let trace = trace_with(serde_json::json!({"columns":["n"],"rows":[[42]]}));
307
308        // Golden still expects 42 → pass, using only the cached result (no LLM).
309        let pass = rescore(&trace, &case_expecting(serde_json::json!([[42]]))).unwrap();
310        assert!(pass.pass, "cached 42 matches expected 42");
311
312        // The golden's expected changes to 99 → the SAME cached result now fails the re-score.
313        // This is the "only the expectation changed" path: 0 LLM, correct new verdict.
314        let fail = rescore(&trace, &case_expecting(serde_json::json!([[99]]))).unwrap();
315        assert!(!fail.pass, "cached 42 no longer matches expected 99");
316
317        let _ = Tolerance::default();
318        let _ = MatchMode::Scalar;
319    }
320
321    #[test]
322    fn canonical_key_is_a_six_element_array() {
323        let key = CaseKey {
324            case_id: "q1",
325            question: "how many orders?",
326            agent_sha: "AAAA",
327            model: "opus",
328            context_sha: "CCCC",
329            sample: 2,
330        };
331        let parsed: Vec<String> = serde_json::from_str(&key.canonical()).unwrap();
332        assert_eq!(
333            parsed,
334            vec!["q1", "how many orders?", "AAAA", "opus", "CCCC", "2"]
335        );
336    }
337}