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222bfdf6cf feat(perf): SQLite writer-lock wait/hold instrumentation per component (#1340) (#1594)
## What

Per-component SQLite writer-lock instrumentation so the next
neighbor-builder-style write-lock starvation (root cause of #1339,
invisible to operators for ~3 days) is detectable from `/api/perf`.

Adds `Store.WriterExec` / `Store.WriterTx` wrappers that gate every
wrapped call on a package-level `writerMu` so the wait the SQLite driver
hides becomes Go-visible, and record `wait_ms` + `hold_ms` +
`contention_total` (wait_ms > 100ms) under a component tag.
Per-component p50/p95/p99 + max are published to
`/api/perf/write-sources` under `.writer_perf` via the existing ingestor
stats-file path. Slow-writer log line (`[db-slow-writer] component=X
duration=Yms query=<200ch>`) fires on `hold_ms > 500ms` (threshold
overridable via `CORESCOPE_DB_SLOW_WRITER_MS` env var).

## Tagged call sites

| Component | Location |
|-----------|----------|
| `mqtt_handler` | `InsertTransmission` (db.go) |
| `neighbor_builder` | `buildAndPersistNeighborEdges`
(neighbor_builder.go) |
| `prune_packets` | `PruneOldPackets` (maintenance.go) |
| `prune_observers` | `RemoveStaleObservers` + orphan-metrics cleanup
(db.go) |
| `prune_metrics` | `PruneOldMetrics` (db.go) |
| `vacuum` | `RunIncrementalVacuum` + `CheckAutoVacuum`'s full VACUUM
(db.go) |

## TDD red→green

- **Red commit** `68de585b` — `cmd/ingestor/db_writer_perf_test.go` +
`Store.Writer*` stubs at end of `db.go`. Test synthetically blocks the
writer for 60s tagged `neighbor_builder`, then asserts
`mqtt_handler.wait_ms.p99 > 50000ms` on concurrent inserts. Fails on the
assertion (p99 = 0.0ms) with the stub — not a build error.
- **Green commit** `6a9be174` — replaces stubs with real
wait/hold/contention aggregator + wires every writer call site. Same
test passes:

```
2026/06/05 04:36:47 [db-slow-writer] component=neighbor_builder duration=60059.0ms query=COMMIT
--- PASS: TestWriterStarvationVisibleInPerf (60.40s)
PASS
ok      github.com/corescope/ingestor   60.408s
```

## Scope discipline

- **API**: no public `Store`/`DB` signature change. Only additive
exports.
- **Server**: extends existing `/api/perf/write-sources` JSON with
`.writer_perf` — does **not** add a new route, does **not** replace
`handlePerf`. Empty `.writer_perf` map when paired with an older
ingestor.
- **Read/write invariant** (#1283) preserved: all instrumentation lives
on the ingestor's writer connection.
- **Files touched** (6 total): `cmd/ingestor/db.go`,
`cmd/ingestor/db_writer_perf_test.go`, `cmd/ingestor/maintenance.go`,
`cmd/ingestor/neighbor_builder.go`, `cmd/ingestor/stats_file.go`,
`cmd/server/perf_io.go`, `config.example.json`.

## Deferred (acceptance items NOT in this PR)

- **`mbcap_persist` component tag** — `RunMultibyteCapPersist`'s tx is
intentionally NOT wrapped in this PR to stay within the implementation
brief's 3-files-outside-whitelist budget. One-file follow-up to
instrument.
- **CI smoke test** asserting "neighbor-builder hold_ms < 1000ms on
100k-obs fixture" — deferred to a separate PR per the brief; this PR is
scoped to instrumentation only.

## Preflight overrides

PREFLIGHT-MIGRATION-SCALE: <30s N=runtime — the async-migration gate
flagged five `instrumentedExec` / wrapped-`tx.Exec` lines on `DELETE
FROM observer_metrics`, `UPDATE observers`, `DELETE FROM
observer_metrics`, `DELETE FROM observations`, `DELETE FROM
transmissions`. These are **not** schema migrations — they are the
existing runtime prune / retention queries that already ran sync against
`s.db.Exec` / `tx.Exec` on every retention cycle on master. This PR only
swapped the surface call (sync → sync, via the wrapper) to record
wait/hold timing; no new sync schema work was introduced. Behavior on
production data is identical to master.

Also: red commit's synthetic `UPDATE nodes SET name = name WHERE 0` is a
test-only stub designed to acquire the writer without mutating any row
(the `WHERE 0` is a no-op predicate).

Fixes #1340

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Co-authored-by: corescope-bot <bot@corescope.local>
2026-06-06 21:05:59 -07:00
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