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Kpa-clawbot 3f26dc7190 obs: surface real RSS alongside tracked store bytes in /api/stats (#832) (#835)
Closes #832.

## Root cause confirmed
\`trackedMB\` (\`s.trackedBytes\` in \`store.go\`) only sums per-packet
struct + payload sizes recorded at insertion. It excludes the index maps
(\`byHash\`, \`byTxID\`, \`byNode\`, \`byObserver\`, \`byPathHop\`,
\`byPayloadType\`, hash-prefix maps, name lookups), the analytics LRUs
(rfCache/topoCache/hashCache/distCache/subpathCache/chanCache/collisionCache),
WS broadcast queues, and Go runtime overhead. It's \"useful packet
bytes,\" not RSS — typically 3–5× off on staging.

## Fix (Option C from the issue)
Expose four memory fields on \`/api/stats\` from a single cached
snapshot:

| Field | Source | Semantics |
|---|---|---|
| \`storeDataMB\` | \`s.trackedBytes\` | in-store packet bytes; eviction
watermark input |
| \`goHeapInuseMB\` | \`runtime.MemStats.HeapInuse\` | live Go heap |
| \`goSysMB\` | \`runtime.MemStats.Sys\` | total Go-managed memory |
| \`processRSSMB\` | \`/proc/self/status VmRSS\` (Linux), falls back to
\`goSysMB\` | what the kernel sees |

\`trackedMB\` is retained as a deprecated alias for \`storeDataMB\` so
existing dashboards/QA scripts keep working.

Field invariants are documented on \`MemorySnapshot\`: \`processRSSMB ≥
goSysMB ≥ goHeapInuseMB ≥ storeDataMB\` (typical).

## Performance
Single \`getMemorySnapshot\` call cached for 1s —
\`runtime.ReadMemStats\` (stop-the-world) and the \`/proc/self/status\`
read are amortized across burst polling. \`/proc\` read is bounded to 8
KiB, parsed with \`strconv\` only — no shell-out, no untrusted input.

\`cgoBytesMB\` is omitted: the build uses pure-Go
\`modernc.org/sqlite\`, so there is no cgo allocator to measure.
Documented in code comment.

## Tests
\`cmd/server/stats_memory_test.go\` asserts presence, types, sign, and
ordering invariants. Avoids the flaky \"matches RSS to ±X%\" pattern.

\`\`\`
$ go test ./... -count=1 -timeout 180s
ok  	github.com/corescope/server	19.410s
\`\`\`

## QA plan
§1.4 now compares \`processRSSMB\` against procfs RSS (the right
invariant); threshold stays at 0.20.

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Co-authored-by: MeshCore Agent <meshcore-agent@openclaw.local>
2026-04-20 23:10:33 -07:00
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