## Summary
The in-memory `PacketStore` had **no eviction or aging** — it grew
unbounded until OOM killed the process. At ~3K packets/hour and ~5KB per
packet (not the 450 bytes previously estimated), an 8GB VM would OOM in
a few days.
## Changes
### Time-based eviction
- Configurable via `config.json`: `"packetStore": { "retentionHours": 24
}`
- Packets older than the retention window are evicted from the head of
the sorted slice
### Memory-based cap
- Configurable via `"packetStore": { "maxMemoryMB": 1024 }`
- Hard ceiling — evicts oldest packets when estimated memory exceeds the
cap
### Index cleanup
When a `StoreTx` is evicted, ALL associated data is removed from:
- `byHash`, `byTxID`, `byObsID`, `byObserver`, `byNode`, `byPayloadType`
- `nodeHashes`, `distHops`, `distPaths`, `spIndex`
### Periodic execution
- Background ticker runs eviction every 60 seconds
- Analytics caches and hash size cache are invalidated after eviction
### Stats fixes
- `estimatedMB` now uses ~5KB/packet + ~500B/observation (was 430B +
200B)
- `evicted` counter reflects actual evictions (was hardcoded to 0)
- Removed fake `maxPackets: 2386092` and `maxMB: 1024` from stats
### Config example
```json
{
"packetStore": {
"retentionHours": 24,
"maxMemoryMB": 1024
}
}
```
Both values default to 0 (unlimited) for backward compatibility.
## Tests
- 7 new tests in `eviction_test.go` covering time-based, memory-based,
index cleanup, thread safety, config parsing, and no-op when disabled
- All existing tests pass unchanged
Co-authored-by: Kpa-clawbot <kpabap+clawdbot@gmail.com>
The poller's Start() calls GetMaxTransmissionID() to initialize its cursor.
When the test goroutine inserts data between go poller.Start() and the
actual GetMaxTransmissionID() call, the poller's cursor skips past the
test data and never broadcasts it, causing a timeout.
Adding a 100ms sleep after go poller.Start() ensures the poller has
initialized its cursors before the test inserts new data.
IngestNewFromDB now broadcasts one message per observation (not per
transmission). IngestNewObservations also broadcasts late arrivals.
Tests verify multi-observer packets produce multiple WS messages.
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Kpa-clawbot