[the-gigi-pplx]

Summary

The wire change alone for the per-attempt runtime upgrade work, with the regenerated shim Go. Nothing sets the new fields yet, and sandbox-manager answers the new RPC UNIMPLEMENTED, so merging changes no behavior.

Terms

• Attempt: one try at an UpgradeRuntime operation, named by an opaque attempt_id the caller picks. Sandbox-manager records and reports outcomes per (operation_id, attempt_id) and knows nothing of what made the attempt: a Kubernetes substrate derives the ID from the pod UID, and a CLI or SDK generates one. A request that names no ID starts a fresh attempt, whose ID the node generates and returns.
• Final for an attempt: a recorded outcome that every retry under the same attempt ID gets back unchanged, without fencing or booting again. Only a new attempt tries again.
• Abandon: the control plane giving up one UpgradeRuntime operation on a node, so no later call for it fences or boots, under any attempt ID.

The problem

The pull requests after this one record and report runtime upgrade outcomes per attempt, and add AbandonRuntimeUpgrade. Their wire fields and the regenerated shim/proto/sandbox/manager/v1/manager.pb.go come to about 1,900 lines on their own, almost all generated. Carrying them inside the pull requests that change behavior would bury that behavior under generated code. They're here instead, so those pull requests stay reviewable.

How this fixes it

• UpgradeRuntimeRequest gains an optional attempt_id (9), and UpgradeRuntimeResponse returns it (3). The same ID continues an attempt or replays its final outcome, and reusing it with a different sandbox, target or authorization is refused with INVALID_ARGUMENT. A new ID tries again while the operation hasn't started the sandbox; once its boot or an activation ran an execution, a later call gets it only by target_state's route-identity rule, and trying again takes a new operation_id. An omitted ID starts a fresh attempt, and the node generates, records and returns its ID.
• GetRuntimeUpgradeResponse gains the per-attempt fields. attempt_id is the attempt the reported outcome ran for. refused_attempt_id and refused_attempt_failure name the latest attempt whose activation an upgraded or already-on-target operation refused. abandoned says the control plane abandoned the operation on this node. All are new field numbers (5 to 8); an older reader ignores them.
• GetRuntimeUpgradeRequest gains an optional attempt_id (3), the attempt a caller waits on. When it's set, the node answers with that attempt's own rollback or refusal, and ABSENT in place of another attempt's, so a later attempt never changes what this one is told. An older node ignores the field and answers the latest outcome.
• RuntimeUpgradeStatus gains REFUSED (6), for an attempt refused before it fenced anything for a reason no retry changes.
• SandboxManager gains AbandonRuntimeUpgrade, documented with the answers a caller must handle: which unsettled operations it settles first, which ones answer ABORTED, INVALID_ARGUMENT or UNAVAILABLE, and that only OK proves the operation abandoned, so a caller retries on any error rather than capture the disk. Abandonment covers the whole operation, not one attempt. The sandbox-manager adapter answers it UNIMPLEMENTED until the pull request that implements it, and restart admission classifies it as a state writer, so a draining sandbox-manager refuses it with its usual retry-on-successor answer.
• The UpgradeRuntime, GetRuntimeUpgrade and ABSENT comments describe the per-attempt contract the following pull requests implement.
• The regenerated manager.pb.go and manager_grpc.pb.go.

Validation

• The shim's Go regenerates byte-for-byte from manager.proto with the pinned protoc 35.0, protoc-gen-go v1.36.11 and protoc-gen-go-grpc 1.6.1, and go build ./... builds the shim.
• cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --locked -D warnings is clean.
• The full workspace run through CI's entry points (run-rust-checks.sh tests-unprivileged, then tests-privileged under with-nocow-test-filesystem.sh) on a Linux build box:
  • Unprivileged: 12,797 of 12,798 passed. The one failure, node-mgr execution_fence::tests::stopped_unbound_snapshot_reaches_filesystem_without_allocating, is intermittent on this build box: it passed there on an earlier head, it passes in CI, and this change doesn't touch node-mgr.
  • Privileged: 72 of 78 passed. The six failures need host features the build box lacks: fs-verity (three node-runtime-core tests), root-owned ancestors of the temporary directory (two contained_launcher tests) and a private cgroup namespace (spaced-guest-worker embedding). CI's privileged lane runs them.
• every_served_rpc_has_explicit_restart_admission checks that restart admission's RPC table covers every rpc in manager.proto. With the new AbandonRuntimeUpgrade entry removed, it fails; with it, it passes.

Not validated: a Kind smoke on this change alone. It ran on the eight changes together.

Dependencies

• PR [sbx-mgr] publish the execution a rollback restores while a runtime upgrade fences a sandbox #1752 (stacked base). This merges after it.

Not covered

• Setting the new fields, generating and answering attempt IDs, recording REFUSED, and implementing AbandonRuntimeUpgrade. The Kubernetes shim sending its pod UID as attempt_id comes with them. PR [sbx-mgr] record runtime upgrade outcomes and refused attempts per attempt id in the store #1754, PR [sbx-mgr] make a runtime upgrade rollback or refusal final for its attempt #1755 and PR [sbx-mgr] add AbandonRuntimeUpgrade, so no late call for an abandoned operation fences or boots #1756 do that. Until they merge, the proto comments describe a contract the node doesn't keep yet, and no caller reads the new fields.
• docs/execution-environments.md changes with the pull requests that change the behavior it describes, so it still describes the current node here.
• Forwarding AbandonRuntimeUpgrade through node-api comes with its implementation.

Severity and risk

Severity: does not apply; nothing reads or sets the new fields yet.

Risk: low. An older client ignores the new fields, and the new RPC answers UNIMPLEMENTED. Roll back by reverting.

AI assistance: Claude Code drafted the code and this description; protoc generated the Go.

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Walkthrough

The API adds attempt-scoped runtime-upgrade outcomes, including attempt identifiers, refusal details, and the REFUSED status. It documents retry and replay rules for upgrade attempts and adds the AbandonRuntimeUpgrade RPC contract. The server classifies the RPC as a state writer. Its handler records the sandbox ID on the tracing span and returns UNIMPLEMENTED.

Possibly related PRs

• perplexityai/SPACE#1756: Implements the AbandonRuntimeUpgrade behavior using the contract added here.
• perplexityai/SPACE#1380: Defines the GetRuntimeUpgrade contract and pod upgrade flow extended by this change.
• perplexityai/SPACE#1754: Stores runtime-upgrade outcomes per operation and attempt using fields and status added here.

Merge Risk: Low · up to b0d6c

This change adds API fields and a new abandonment call that is not implemented yet. Existing upgrade behavior does not change. Callers should treat UNIMPLEMENTED from the abandon call as not abandoned until the follow-up changes land.

Architecture risk: Low · up to b0d6c

The change affects 2 systems.

Changed systems: crates, proto

Architecture concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Systems and components

• observed — crates (service) was modified; 6 changed files map to changed impact.
• observed — proto (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in crates/l40_api/sbx/mgr/server/src/service/adapter.rs: Added the abandon_runtime_upgrade RPC handler. It records the request’s sandbox ID, then always returns an unimplemented status with a fixed message.
• observed — Modified behavior in crates/l40_api/sbx/mgr/server/src/service/restart_admission.rs: Adds the SandboxAbandonRuntimeUpgrade RPC path to the classification table with StateWriter admission.
• observed — Modified behavior in crates/l40_api/node/api/server/src/worker/tests.rs: The runtime-upgrade report test request now sets attempt_id to None.
• observed — Modified behavior in crates/l40_api/sbx/mgr/server/src/service/runtime_upgrade/rpc.rs: The UpgradeRuntimeResponse now explicitly leaves attempt_id unset.

Pre-merge checks: 6

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title uses the bracketed area prefix "[sbx-mgr]" followed by a lowercase summary starting with "add", which matches the required format. It describes the main change: adding the per-attempt runtim…
Description Follows The Pr Template		The PR description contains all four required items, each with real content. No repository inspection was needed, because this check evaluates only the description text. 1. ## Summary: present. …
Bug Fixes Name A Regression Test		This check applies only when the PR fixes a defect in application behavior under crates/, shim/, or ui/. The PR does not fix a defect. - The PR description states that it is a wire-only change. It add…
Weakened Safeguards Are Justified		The check fails only when the diff removes, disables, narrows, or weakens a test, assertion, lint, CI check, or repository guard, or edits review guidance files. The reviewed range changes 9 files. I …
Agent Tooling Runs No New Commands		The check covers agent plugin manifests, SKILL.md files, command files, and guideline files. The PR diff touches nine files, and none of them is an agent artifact. The changed paths are Rust sources (…
Public-Safe Content		The Public-safe content check passes. I scanned the full PR patch (9 changed files, about 5,170 diff lines, including the generated Go shim) and the PR description. - Credentials, tokens, and private …

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The title uses the bracketed area prefix "[sbx-mgr]" followed by a lowercase summary starting with "add", which matches the required format. It describes the main change: adding the per-attempt runtime upgrade fields and the AbandonRuntimeUpgrade RPC to the wire protocol, as the objectives and raw summary confirm. It has no trailing period and no ticket ID. The title is 90 characters, which the requirements do not limit.

Full details: Description Follows The Pr Template

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The PR description contains all four required items, each with real content. No repository inspection was needed, because this check evaluates only the description text. 1. ## Summary: present. It states what merging does: "The wire change alone… Nothing sets the new fields yet, and sandbox-manager answers the new RPC UNIMPLEMENTED, so merging changes no behavior." 2. ## Validation: present. It names the runs and their results: the cargo clippy run, the shim regeneration and go build, the unprivileged run (12,797 of 12,798), the privileged run (72 of 78), and the restart-admission test. It also states what was not validated. 3. ## Severity and risk: present. It gives "Severity: does not apply; nothing reads or sets the new fields yet." It gives "Risk: low", with the reason and rollback path. 4. AI assistance: line: present. It reads "AI assistance: Claude Code drafted the code and this description; protoc generated the Go." This names the tool and the parts it drafted. The check requires presence only. All four items are present and non-empty, so the description passes.

Full details: Bug Fixes Name A Regression Test

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This check applies only when the PR fixes a defect in application behavior under crates/, shim/, or ui/. The PR does not fix a defect. - The PR description states that it is a wire-only change. It adds attempt_id fields, refused_attempt_id, refused_attempt_failure, abandoned, the REFUSED enum value, and the AbandonRuntimeUpgrade RPC. - Nothing sets the new fields yet. The sandbox-manager adapter returns UNIMPLEMENTED for the new RPC. - The raw summary lists only additive changes. The Rust edits set attempt_id: None in tests and in one response, which matches the new request shape. Restart admission gains one RPC classification entry. - The PR description says the change "changes no behavior." No defect fix is named or described. Because the PR is a feature and wire addition, not an application bug fix, the check passes. No regression test is required.

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The check fails only when the diff removes, disables, narrows, or weakens a test, assertion, lint, CI check, or repository guard, or edits review guidance files. The reviewed range changes 9 files. I checked the non-generated diff for removed lines and for newly added allow/expect/skip/xfail/ignore/continue-on-error/lint/allowlist entries. - Removed lines: the only removed lines are doc comments in proto/sandbox/manager/v1/manager.proto that describe the runtime-upgrade contract. No test, assertion, or guard line is removed. The Rust test files (worker/tests.rs, runtime_upgrade/rpc/tests.rs, runtime_upgrade/tests.rs) only add attempt_id: None to request fixtures. - Added lines matching the guard patterns: only two proto comment lines that mention "ignores it" for older readers. No #[allow], #[expect], skip, xfail, or lint or CI change is added. - Touched files: none is a CI workflow, ci/ file, nextest config, deny.toml, clippy config, Cargo.toml lint table, AGENTS/CLAUDE/CONTRIBUTING, .agents/, docs/rust/, or architecture baseline. - restart_admission.rs adds one AbandonRuntimeUpgrade entry as StateWriter. This adds coverage and does not loosen a rule. The PR description's "Severity and risk" section is in the PR body, not in a guard or review-guidance file, so the review-guidance clause does not apply. The check passes.

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The check covers agent plugin manifests, SKILL.md files, command files, and guideline files. The PR diff touches nine files, and none of them is an agent artifact. The changed paths are Rust sources (worker/tests.rs, sbx/mgr adapter, restart_admission.rs, runtime_upgrade rpc.rs and tests), proto/sandbox/manager/v1/manager.proto, and the generated Go shims (manager.pb.go, manager_grpc.pb.go). A path search for plugin.json/plugin.yaml, SKILL.md, skills/ or commands/ directories, CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, .claude/, .cursor/, MCP, hooks, and guideline files returned no matches. A search of added diff lines for inline !-backtick shell substitutions and for new hooks, mcpServers, allowed-tools, or lspServers keys also returned nothing. The check does not apply to this diff, so it passes.

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The Public-safe content check passes. I scanned the full PR patch (9 changed files, about 5,170 diff lines, including the generated Go shim) and the PR description. - Credentials, tokens, and private keys: no matches for password, secret, token, API-key patterns, PEM private-key headers, AWS key prefixes, or GitHub/Slack token prefixes in added lines. The only "token" hit in the summary is a generic word, not a value. - Internal hostnames and URLs: no URLs, internal domains, IP addresses, or private tracker, chat, or document links in added lines. The description refers only to PR numbers (#1752, #1754–#1756) in the same public repository. - Cloud account IDs and ARNs: no 12-digit account numbers or arn: strings in added lines. - Real cluster or environment names: none. "Kind smoke" names a tool, and "build box" is generic. - Absolute personal paths: none in added lines. - Production logs, measurements, or incident details: none. The validation section reports test counts and tool versions only. - Unfixed security vulnerabilities: none described. The PR description and objectives mention no sensitive values, so no file or line needs to be cited.

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[zibi-pplx]

Could we keep pod terminology out of sandbox-manager's upgrade contract and use an opaque attempt_id instead (attempt_id, refused_attempt_id, and refused_attempt_failure in these messages)?

The ID should stay stable across retries and change for each replacement attempt. The Kubernetes substrate can derive it from the pod UID, with the cluster/shim owning that mapping. Sandbox-manager would only record and report outcomes by (operation_id, attempt_id), without needing to understand pods or their lifecycle. Other substrates could supply their own IDs under the same contract; abandonment would remain scoped to the whole operation.

[zibi-pplx]

Building on my attempt-ID comment, could we define this contract for standalone nodes too? A local caller should be able to use sbxmgr without manually managing attempt IDs or needing a cluster.

For upgrades, could attempt_id be optional, with explicit semantics?

• Omitted: start a fresh attempt; sbxmgr generates, persists, and returns its ID.
• Same ID: continue/query the existing attempt or replay its terminal outcome, without executing it again. Reusing the ID with different request parameters is rejected.
• New ID: intentionally try again, subject to the normal lifecycle and concurrency checks.

operation_id would still identify the logical upgrade; attempt_id distinguishes attempts within it. This is useful even on one node, because RPC retries and lost responses happen without placement changes.

The caveat is losing the first response containing a node-generated ID: another anonymous request cannot reliably be recognized as the same attempt. I'd therefore have the CLI/SDK generate IDs automatically before sending and reuse them on transport retries, while allowing advanced callers to supply their own. That keeps the simple standalone interface and gives retrying clients a stable identity.

Kubernetes can derive its attempt ID from the pod UID at the cluster/shim boundary. Sbxmgr should only understand attempts and their outcomes, regardless of substrate.

[the-gigi-pplx]

@zibi-pplx Thanks, both taken. Pods are gone from the contract, which now speaks only of attempts.

Attempt IDs instead of pod UIDs (first comment)

• GetRuntimeUpgradeResponse reports attempt_id (5), refused_attempt_id (6) and refused_attempt_failure (7). These replace pod_uid, refused_pod_uid and refused_pod_failure, on the same field numbers, none of them merged yet.
• GetRuntimeUpgradeRequest filters on attempt_id (3) instead of pod_uid.
• Sandbox-manager records and reports outcomes per (operation_id, attempt_id). The ID is opaque to it. The UpgradeRuntime, ROLLED_BACK, REFUSED and ABSENT comments say "final for that attempt" and "a new attempt starts over", and finality no longer keys on start.route_identity.pod_uid.
• Kubernetes appears only as an example: its substrate derives the ID from the pod UID at the cluster and shim boundary.
• Abandonment stays scoped to the whole operation: under any attempt ID, no later call fences, boots or activates the sandbox in place.

Optional attempt_id on UpgradeRuntime, for standalone nodes (second comment)

UpgradeRuntimeRequest.attempt_id (9) is optional, with the semantics you proposed:

• Omitted: a fresh attempt. The node generates its ID, records it and returns it in the new UpgradeRuntimeResponse.attempt_id (3). A retry that omits it again is another fresh attempt, so a caller that may retry supplies one.
• Same ID: continues that attempt, or answers with its final outcome without running it again. Reusing it with different request parameters (defined below) is refused with INVALID_ARGUMENT.
• New ID: tries again, subject to the usual lifecycle and concurrency checks. Once the operation's boot or an activation has run an execution, a later call gets that execution only through the existing route-identity rule in target_state; otherwise it's refused, and trying again takes a new operation_id. That keeps "one operation starts the sandbox at most once" intact.

Two more points the comments now pin down. "Different request parameters" means a different sandbox_id, target_environment, target_state or authorization; start's per-launch fields aren't compared. And a refused request carries no response, so it can't return a node-generated ID.

The field comment says a CLI or SDK should generate the ID before sending and reuse it on transport retries, which covers the lost-first-response caveat you raised.

What this PR does and doesn't do

This PR is still wire-only. Sandbox-manager doesn't generate, record or answer attempt IDs yet. The pull requests stacked on it do that and adapt to the new names: PR #1754, PR #1755 and PR #1756, and on top PR #1707. The Kubernetes shim's change to send its pod UID as attempt_id comes with them.

The change is in the force-pushed single commit, [sbx-mgr] add the per-attempt runtime upgrade fields and AbandonRuntimeUpgrade to the wire.