A nested structural swamp still waits on its run's lock when the lock holder is not a same-host ancestor (cross-host worker, --server into a non-ancestor serve)

h12h ago

#3111

A nested structural swamp that outlives the run that started it keeps skipping that run's lock while the holder writes

13h ago

#3110

Deliver workflow signals through a write-once outcome record instead of writing the run record

h13h ago

#2982

Forward held-lock identity over --server so a loopback nested swamp does not wait on its caller's lock

h14h ago

#2983

A nested structural swamp on a same-host remote worker waits on its own step's lock held by swamp serve

h15h ago

#2981

Fail fast when nested structural commands under parallel runs wait on each other's locks

h15h ago

#3079

Docs: remove followUpActions from the MethodResult reference in the extension model manual

h15h ago

#3092

signal_test: already-settled test fails by chance when a random UUID spells the sender name

16h ago

#3068

Add a wait_for_signal workflow step that pauses a run for a JSON message

h16h ago

#3094

Deliver workflow signals through swamp serve

h10h ago

#3059

run doctor through serve interrupts a live run of another serve instance when no heartbeats are recorded

h17h ago

#3081

Flaky test: WalSink replayed segments are delivered before events written after replay leaves one WAL segment

h17h ago

#3078

Remove followUpActions: no model or extension can produce them

h18h ago

#2946

Workflow schedule watcher and workflow edit symlink lookup ignore the managed config workflows dir

h18h ago

#3084

main is red: repository_dirty_coverage_test fails for UnifiedData.collectGarbage(orphaned deferred write)

18h ago

#3082

isProcessGone always reports alive on Linux under the test task permissions, failing 9 tests on main

h18h ago

#3083

Flaky test: WalSink replayed segments are delivered before events written after replay

15h ago

#2893

serve: relative tls cert-file/key-file and --config resolve against the working directory, not the repository

h18h ago

#2975

findBySpec/findByTag lose a workflow step's output after a version is deleted, pruned or rolled back

s18h ago

#3074

serve HA: worker enrollment on a replica that lacks the enrollment token's definition may create a second definition (unverified)

19h ago

#3073

serve HA: pull a token's definition on an auth miss so a peer accepts a new token at once

19h ago

#2917

Run tracker keeps some interrupted workflow rows forever: retention waits for markSettled, which several paths never call

20h ago

#3051

run doctor reads every run record on each run to rebuild the run indexes

hs20h ago

#3037

Serve audit: two sinks with the same name share one emitter cursor, so the second never receives events

1d ago

#3039

Serve audit: a durable sink write that times out is retried while the first call is still pending, so the store can hold duplicate sequences

s1d ago

#3043

Flaky test: ModelResolver data accessors for a renamed model return the earlier id's record from findBySpec

s1d ago

#2985

data query --limit returns fewer live records than exist and reports limited: false when stale catalog rows fall inside the limit

s1d ago

#2987

data get: help example passes --run latest, which is not a recognised run id

s1d ago

#2905

workflow reject leaves sibling gates waiting_approval and dependents pending in a failed, retryable run

h1d ago

#3045

Show expired approval gates as expired, with a Cancel action in the dashboard

1d ago

#3041

digitalocean codegen leaves an orphaned security_secret.ts model file after its endpoint left the spec

1d ago

#2920

workflow cancel cannot cancel a suspended run whose workflow file was deleted, and cancel --all silently skips it

h1d ago

#2898

A job alone in its level starts after the abort, and its unstarted step is recorded as a real failure instead of settledByAbort

h1d ago

#2919

workflow approve racing workflow cancel loses the cancel: the run returns to suspended after cancel reported cancelled

h1d ago

#2972

data query: does not follow data rename forwarding that data get follows

h1d ago

#2994

Unit tests share fixed /tmp catalog paths, so concurrent runs corrupt them and fail every later run

h1d ago

#2968

data query: renamed data items are not found by their old name

h4d ago

#2960

data query: model lookup by id and orphan recovery parity with data get

h4d ago

#2899

workflow approve on a run that is not suspended prints a fatal error with a stack trace

h4d ago

#2957

data query: no way to target a workflow's latest run

h4d ago

#2959

data query: binary content lacks contentEncoding/base64 parity with data get

h4d ago

#2958

data query: no fallback from spec name to data instance name

h4d ago

#2967

data query: no definitionHash or garbageCollection fields in query results

h4d ago

#2955

A nested structural swamp spawned by swamp serve skips every lock serve holds, including other runs' locks

h4d ago

#2962

data query: confirm catalog parity with data get for custom datastores

h4d ago

#2961

data query: single-result --json mode for scripts migrating from data get

h4d ago

#2973

Docs: document data query --single and fix the stale --limit default in reference/data.md

1d ago

#2948

data get --workflow silently returns an arbitrary step's data when several steps share a data name

h4d ago

#2942

swamp doctor workflows misses nested and .yml extension workflows that the loader reads

h4d ago

#2928

auth whoami says the stored API key is no longer valid when auth.json only holds an env-key identity cache

s4d ago

#2921

Docs: swamp skill says cancelling a parent run cancels its nested child runs; the child is left suspended

s4d ago

#2941

Namespace advice in the slow-lock warning is wrong for a single repo on a local datastore

h4d ago

#2930

Method-run records left running by a dead owner are never reaped

s5d ago

#2909

Flaky: usecase_sync_characterization_data_test 'data gc (serve)' asserts markDirty order that varies under parallel load

s5d ago

#2926

Worker dispatch rebuilds the definition with Definition.create, so a legacy-named model cannot run on a worker

h5d ago

#2918

A cancelled workflow exits before its steps stop, leaving their method-run records at running

h5d ago

#2927

Nested swamp structural command in a shell step times out on its parent's per-model lock (SWAMP_LOCK_HOLDER_PID is stripped)

5d ago

#2924

Auth gate blocks nested swamp in workflow shell steps when the credential is in SWAMP_API_KEY

h5d ago

#2925

swamp workflow create crashes with an [FTL] ZodError stack trace on an invalid (uppercase) workflow name

5d ago

#2923

swamp model create crashes with an [FTL] ZodError stack trace on an invalid (uppercase) model name

h5d ago

#2914

model cancel SIGTERMs a running swamp serve process when the method run belongs to a serve-run workflow

h5d ago

#2929

Follow-up action retries ignore the run's abort signal and can outlast a cancel

h19h ago

#2915

model cancel --all on a running workflow leaves its method-run records at running, or records them failed instead of cancelled

5d ago

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#2899 workflow approve on a run that is not suspended prints a fatal error with a stack trace

Opened by hammz · 10/1/2026· Shipped 10/2/2026

PR #2816: https://github.com/swamp-club/swamp/pull/2816

Description

swamp workflow approve on a run that is not suspended (for example a run that failed because a parallel gate was rejected) exits 1 with an [FTL] log line and a full JavaScript stack trace, rather than the short user-facing error other workflow commands give in the same situation (resume prints Error: Run <id> is not suspended or failed (status: …)).

Steps to reproduce

Repro workflow (workflows/workflow-e2e-wf.yaml; each step appends to a log so real executions can be counted):

id: <uuid>
name: e2e-wf
version: 1
concurrency: 1
jobs:
  - name: a-side
    steps:
      - name: gate2
        task: { type: manual_approval, prompt: "gate2?" }
      - name: s
        dependsOn: [{ step: gate2, condition: { type: succeeded } }]
        task: { type: model_method, modelType: command/shell, modelName: m-s, methodName: execute,
                inputs: { run: "echo s >> /tmp/exec.log; sleep 3" } }
  - name: main
    steps:
      - name: gate
        task: { type: manual_approval, prompt: "gate?" }
      - name: post
        dependsOn: [{ step: gate, condition: { type: succeeded } }]
        task: { type: model_method, modelType: command/shell, modelName: m-post, methodName: execute,
                inputs: { run: "echo post >> /tmp/exec.log" } }
  - name: teardown
    dependsOn: [{ job: main, condition: { type: always } }]
    steps:
      - name: t
        task: { type: model_method, modelType: command/shell, modelName: m-t, methodName: execute,
                inputs: { run: "echo t >> /tmp/exec.log" } }

swamp workflow run e2e-wf (suspends at gate2 and gate).
swamp workflow reject e2e-wf gate2 --run <id>. The run becomes failed, and main stays running with gate waiting_approval.
swamp workflow approve e2e-wf gate --run <id>.

Actual

[FTL] error: Error: Run <id> is not suspended (status: failed)
    at error (file:///…/src/cli/commands/workflow_approve.ts:165:17)
    at consumeStream (file:///…/src/libswamp/stream.ts:57:11)
    at async Command.<anonymous> (file:///…/src/cli/commands/workflow_approve.ts:145:5)
    at async Command.execute (https://jsr.io/@cliffy/command/1.0.1/command.ts:2307:7)
    …

Expected

A one-line user error with no stack trace, ideally with the next step, e.g. Error: Run <id> is not suspended (status: failed). Use 'swamp workflow resume e2e-wf --run <id> --from <step>' to re-enter it. --json mode returns a structured error.

Environment: Linux x86_64. Reproduced with release 20260930.225800.0-sha.1a9b497f and with the swamp-club#2597 branch (e337ad45), so it is not a regression from that fix. Found while end-to-end validating swamp-club#2597.

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hammz assigned hammz10/2/2026, 9:05:37 PM

hammz commented 10/1/2026, 7:55:34 PM

More evidence from end-to-end validation of swamp-club#2895:

workflow reject has the same problem. It throws a plain Error at src/cli/commands/workflow_reject.ts:158. Approve does the same at src/cli/commands/workflow_approve.ts:131 and :173 (throw new Error(e.error.message)).
A cancelled run hits it too, not only a failed one. Approving or rejecting a gate on a run that workflow cancel already cancelled triggers it.

--json mode leaks the stack into the structured error on stderr. Compare workflow resume, which returns only {"error": "..."}:

{
  "error": "Run <id> is not suspended (status: cancelled)",
  "stack": "    at error (file:///…/src/cli/commands/workflow_approve.ts:173:17)\n    at consumeStream (…/src/libswamp/stream.ts:57:11)\n …"
}

Reproduced with release 20261001.190402.0-sha.543aad7e and with branch 8ae02e19.

A nested structural swamp still waits on its run's lock when the lock holder is not a same-host ancestor (cross-host worker, --server into a non-ancestor serve)

A nested structural swamp that outlives the run that started it keeps skipping that run's lock while the holder writes

Show signal waits to remote clients and the dashboard

Settle expired signal waits from swamp serve

Resume signalled workflow runs automatically under swamp serve

Deliver workflow signals through a write-once outcome record instead of writing the run record

Forward held-lock identity over --server so a loopback nested swamp does not wait on its caller's lock

A nested structural swamp on a same-host remote worker waits on its own step's lock held by swamp serve

Fail fast when nested structural commands under parallel runs wait on each other's locks

Docs: remove followUpActions from the MethodResult reference in the extension model manual

signal_test: already-settled test fails by chance when a random UUID spells the sender name

Add a wait_for_signal workflow step that pauses a run for a JSON message

Deliver workflow signals through swamp serve

run doctor through serve interrupts a live run of another serve instance when no heartbeats are recorded

Flaky test: WalSink replayed segments are delivered before events written after replay leaves one WAL segment

Remove followUpActions: no model or extension can produce them

Workflow schedule watcher and workflow edit symlink lookup ignore the managed config workflows dir

main is red: repository_dirty_coverage_test fails for UnifiedData.collectGarbage(orphaned deferred write)

isProcessGone always reports alive on Linux under the test task permissions, failing 9 tests on main

Flaky test: WalSink replayed segments are delivered before events written after replay

serve: relative tls cert-file/key-file and --config resolve against the working directory, not the repository

findBySpec/findByTag lose a workflow step's output after a version is deleted, pruned or rolled back

serve HA: worker enrollment on a replica that lacks the enrollment token's definition may create a second definition (unverified)

serve HA: pull a token's definition on an auth miss so a peer accepts a new token at once

Run tracker keeps some interrupted workflow rows forever: retention waits for markSettled, which several paths never call

run doctor reads every run record on each run to rebuild the run indexes

Serve audit: two sinks with the same name share one emitter cursor, so the second never receives events

Serve audit: a durable sink write that times out is retried while the first call is still pending, so the store can hold duplicate sequences

Flaky test: ModelResolver data accessors for a renamed model return the earlier id's record from findBySpec

data query --limit returns fewer live records than exist and reports limited: false when stale catalog rows fall inside the limit

data get: help example passes --run latest, which is not a recognised run id

workflow reject leaves sibling gates waiting_approval and dependents pending in a failed, retryable run

Show expired approval gates as expired, with a Cancel action in the dashboard

digitalocean codegen leaves an orphaned security_secret.ts model file after its endpoint left the spec

workflow cancel cannot cancel a suspended run whose workflow file was deleted, and cancel --all silently skips it

A job alone in its level starts after the abort, and its unstarted step is recorded as a real failure instead of settledByAbort

workflow approve racing workflow cancel loses the cancel: the run returns to suspended after cancel reported cancelled

data query: does not follow data rename forwarding that data get follows

Unit tests share fixed /tmp catalog paths, so concurrent runs corrupt them and fail every later run

data query: renamed data items are not found by their old name

data query: model lookup by id and orphan recovery parity with data get

workflow approve on a run that is not suspended prints a fatal error with a stack trace

data query: no way to target a workflow's latest run

data query: binary content lacks contentEncoding/base64 parity with data get

data query: no fallback from spec name to data instance name

data query: no definitionHash or garbageCollection fields in query results

A nested structural swamp spawned by swamp serve skips every lock serve holds, including other runs' locks

data query: confirm catalog parity with data get for custom datastores

data query: single-result --json mode for scripts migrating from data get

Docs: document data query --single and fix the stale --limit default in reference/data.md

data get --workflow silently returns an arbitrary step's data when several steps share a data name

swamp doctor workflows misses nested and .yml extension workflows that the loader reads

auth whoami says the stored API key is no longer valid when auth.json only holds an env-key identity cache

Docs: swamp skill says cancelling a parent run cancels its nested child runs; the child is left suspended

Namespace advice in the slow-lock warning is wrong for a single repo on a local datastore

Method-run records left running by a dead owner are never reaped

Flaky: usecase_sync_characterization_data_test 'data gc (serve)' asserts markDirty order that varies under parallel load

Worker dispatch rebuilds the definition with Definition.create, so a legacy-named model cannot run on a worker

A cancelled workflow exits before its steps stop, leaving their method-run records at running

Nested swamp structural command in a shell step times out on its parent's per-model lock (SWAMP_LOCK_HOLDER_PID is stripped)

Auth gate blocks nested swamp in workflow shell steps when the credential is in SWAMP_API_KEY

swamp workflow create crashes with an [FTL] ZodError stack trace on an invalid (uppercase) workflow name

swamp model create crashes with an [FTL] ZodError stack trace on an invalid (uppercase) model name

model cancel SIGTERMs a running swamp serve process when the method run belongs to a serve-run workflow

Follow-up action retries ignore the run's abort signal and can outlast a cancel

model cancel --all on a running workflow leaves its method-run records at running, or records them failed instead of cancelled

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#2899 workflow approve on a run that is not suspended prints a fatal error with a stack trace

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