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fa15ab0a30 fix(#1809): gate background loader on LoadChunked completion (#1811)
Partial fix for #1809.

Red commit: c9c782b5 (CI runs on PR open; standalone red-branch CI not
configured — local repro proves the gate, see below).

## Problem
Issue #1809: at startup the background fill loader logged `background
load FAILED` within seconds and `backgroundLoadFailed=true` was set,
leaving the coverage gate tripped even though LoadChunked itself
completed normally.

## Root cause
`main.go:225-245` spawned `go store.loadBackgroundChunks()` as soon as
`FirstChunkReady` fired (chunk #1 = 10000 tx). But `s.oldestLoaded` is
only assigned at the end of `LoadChunked` (`chunked_load.go:329-333`),
~tens of seconds later. The bg loader read `oldestLoaded==""` at
`store.go:1462-1466`, broke out immediately, walked zero chunks, and the
coverage gate at `store.go:1543-1554` flipped
`backgroundLoadFailed=true`.

## Fix (initial)
Introduce `PacketStore.RunStartupLoad(chunkSize)` (`chunked_load.go`).
It runs `LoadChunked` first; only on success and only when
`hotStartupHours > 0` does it call `loadBackgroundChunks`. `main.go`
invokes `RunStartupLoad` in the same goroutine pattern as before, so
`FirstChunkReady` still unblocks the HTTP listener bind at chunk #1 —
only the bg loader is gated.

## Round-1 followups (this push)
Reviewer-driven hardening on top of the initial fix:

### Production behavior (commit db5592f6)
- **Steady-state semantics tightened.** `RunStartupLoad` now picks a
terminal state on every branch:
- LoadChunked error → `backgroundLoadFailed=true` with captured error
(was: `done=false, failed=false` indefinite).
- `hotStartupHours == 0` → `backgroundLoadDone=true` immediately,
`progress=100` (was: `done=false` forever → healthz stuck on
`backgroundLoadComplete=false`).
- Successful hot-window path → terminal state is whatever
`loadBackgroundChunks` sets (#1690 semantics, unchanged).
- **Runtime invariant assertion (A7).** `loadBackgroundChunks` panics
when `oldestLoaded==""` and packets exist — a future refactor that
re-introduces the parallel-spawn race fails loudly instead of silently
shipping the same coverage regression.
- **`RunStartupLoad` cleanup.** Inlined the superfluous goroutine +
channel that wrapped `LoadChunked` (direct call is equivalent).
- **Logging.** Added an INFO line between `LoadChunked` completion and
bg-loader start (the #1809 post-mortem needed exactly this signal).
Fixed the lying `"background load will start"` log that fired even on
the `hotStartupHours==0` branch.
- **Immutability documented.** `hotStartupHours` is now explicitly
documented as immutable post-construction, so the lock-free reads in
`LoadChunked` / `RunStartupLoad` / `loadBackgroundChunks` are sound.

### Test coverage (commits db5592f6 + e9e12acf)
- **Tautology fix (B1, commit e9e12acf).** The original
`Test1809_StartupLoad_BgLoaderSeesOldestLoaded` fixture seeded all 100
rows inside the 1h hot window, so `LoadChunked` alone produced
coverage=1.0 — the test passed even if `loadBackgroundChunks` was a
no-op. Rewrote the fixture to spread 100 rows over 14 days with
`hotStartupHours=24`, so only ~7 rows are hot and the remaining ~93 MUST
be loaded by the bg loader for the assertions to hold. Original
red-commit assertions kept intact; added `len(packets) > hot-only cap`
and `oldestLoaded < hot-cutoff - 12h` assertions on top.
- **New tests (commit db5592f6, `runstartup_load_test.go`)** codify the
new contracts:
  - `TestRunStartupLoad_HotStartupHoursZero_SetsDoneImmediately`
  - `TestRunStartupLoad_LoadChunkedError_SetsFailedTerminal`
  - `TestRunStartupLoad_EmptyDB_SetsDoneTerminal`
  - `TestRunStartupLoad_BgLoaderRunsAfterLoadChunkedSets_OldestLoaded`
  - `TestLoadBackgroundChunks_PanicsOnOldestLoadedEmpty_Invariant`

### Docs (commit 70fa16f7)
- Package-level doc in `chunked_load.go` now documents `RunStartupLoad`
as the orchestrator entry point alongside `LoadChunked` /
`loadStatusMiddleware` / `OnChunkLoaded`.

### Preflight (commit eec1b48c)
- Test-fixture DDL annotated with `// PREFLIGHT: async=true
reason="unit-test fixture"` so the async-migration gate distinguishes
ephemeral test schema from prod migration paths.

## What's still NOT fixed (left intentionally open)
This PR addresses the startup race specifically. Issue #1809 will be
closed by the operator after observing healthy startup logs (`background
load complete: ... coverage=100.0%`) in prod for a full restart cycle.
Do not auto-close — leave open until the operator verifies.

## Test
Local repro (red branch state, before green commit): `go test
./cmd/server/ -run Test1809_StartupLoad_BgLoaderSeesOldestLoaded` → FAIL
on assertion `backgroundLoadFailed=true ...
oldest="2026-06-30T18:56:09Z"`. After green commit + round-1 followups:
PASS. Full `cmd/server/...` suite: ok in ~70s.

## Risk
Low — startup path only. New behavior gates surfaced by the new tests;
coverage-gate semantics unchanged. Runtime panic is a new failure mode
but only fires on a state (`oldestLoaded=="" && len(packets)>0`) that is
unreachable on the current code path — it exists solely as a refactor
tripwire.

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048143f54f fix(#1690): cold-load uses last_seen (effective recency) instead of first_seen (#1691)
## #1690 — cold-load uses wrong time axis (RED → GREEN)

The on-disk DB has thousands of long-lived hashes with recent traffic.
Prod's
cold-load filter (`transmissions.first_seen >= cutoff`) is bound to a
column
that is set once at insert time and never updated — so re-observation of
an
old hash does not move it into the hot window. Result: prod cold-loaded
~0.3%
of the on-disk rows and flipped `backgroundLoadComplete=true` without
ever
walking the retention window (the `retentionHours - hotStartupHours <=
0`
short-circuit at line 1353 of `cmd/server/store.go`).

### Three sub-fixes

**A) Denormalize `transmissions.last_seen`** so cold-load can window on
effective recency.

- `internal/dbschema/dbschema.go::ensureTransmissionsLastSeenColumn`
adds the
  column + `idx_tx_last_seen` (single-column INTEGER ALTER + index; both
  PREFLIGHT-annotated as cheap metadata-only ops).
- `cmd/ingestor/db.go::OpenStoreWithInterval` schedules
  `tx_last_seen_backfill_v1` via `Store.RunAsyncMigration` —
`UPDATE transmissions SET last_seen = MAX(observations.timestamp) WHERE
  last_seen = 0` — non-blocking on boot (1.9M+ obs row scan in prod).
- Writer-side: `InsertTransmission` seeds `last_seen` on initial insert,
and every observation insert bumps `last_seen = ?` via prepared
statement
`stmtBumpTxLastSeen` (conditional `last_seen < ?` so out-of-order ingest
  never goes backwards).
- Reader-side: `cmd/server/store.go::Load`, `loadChunk`, and
  `cmd/server/chunked_load.go::LoadChunked` switch the WHERE/ORDER-BY
clauses to `t.last_seen` when the column is present (PRAGMA-detected via
  `DB.hasLastSeen`). Test/legacy DBs without the column fall back to
  `first_seen` so existing fixtures stay green.

**B) Honest `backgroundLoadComplete` gating.**

- Drop the `retentionHours - hotStartupHours <= 0` short-circuit. Prod
runs
  with both at 12h, which flipped Done=true immediately.
- After the chunk loop, query
`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM transmissions WHERE last_seen >= retentionFloor`
and
  compute `loadCoverageRatio = inMem / inDB`. Done=true only when
  `ratio >= 0.90` AND no chunk errors. `backgroundLoadFailed=true` +
  `backgroundLoadError` populated otherwise (e.g. `"loaded 20.0% of 5000
  rows (1000 in memory)"`).
- `bgErrMu`-guarded `loadCoverageRatio` + `backgroundLoadErr` so the
perf
  endpoint can read them without blocking the writer.

**C) Perf exposure.**

`PerfPacketStoreStats` gains `RetentionHours`, `OldestLoaded`,
`LoadCoverageRatio`, `BackgroundLoadError` — surfaces what fraction of
the
on-disk DB the in-memory store currently reflects, so operators can see
the
0.3% case in `/api/perf` without reading the logs.

### TDD trail

- **RED**: `05f0c6dd2bea6dc37324c548a49564d739aca920` — failing tests +
21-line
store.go scaffolding. CI on this commit failed on assertions (intended).
- **GREEN**: this PR's HEAD commit (8 files, +271/-24). Targeted suite:
  `Test1690_ColdLoad_TimeAxis`, `Test1690_BackgroundLoadHonesty`,
  `Test1690_PerfStats_NewFields`, `TestHotStartup_*`,
  `TestIssue1690_LastSeenUpdatedOnObservation` — all pass.

Anti-tautology: locally reverted the `if !s.backgroundLoadFailed.Load()`
guard around `backgroundLoadDone.Store(true)` —
`Test1690_BackgroundLoadHonesty`
fails on the assertion `"backgroundLoadDone=true with only 1000/5000
packets
loaded; must be false until coverage ≥ 90%"`. Restored.

### Async-migration preflight

- `ensureTransmissionsLastSeenColumn` — ALTER + CREATE INDEX both
  `// PREFLIGHT: async=true reason="..."` annotated.
- `tx_last_seen_backfill_v1` — wrapped in `Store.RunAsyncMigration`.
- `stmtBumpTxLastSeen` prepared statement — annotated; it is a row-level
  UPDATE BY PRIMARY KEY, not a migration.

### Preflight overrides

PREFLIGHT-MIGRATION-SCALE: <30s N=5K
- check-async-migration: justified for
`cmd/server/issue1690_cold_load_test.go`
CREATE TABLE/INDEX statements — these build an in-memory test fixture DB
  (≤5000 rows, runs in <1s in CI), not a prod migration.

Fixes #1690.

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