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Cold recovery mechanism for DAG workflows, plugin skill validation, build artifact consistency.

Technical Positioning
Robustness and auditability of DAG workflows, consistent runtime behavior across distributed components, clear error reporting for recovery processes.
SaaS Insight & Market Implications
This issue highlights critical operational fragility within the `homerail` runtime, specifically concerning DAG workflow recovery and plugin integration. The `cold recovery` mechanism, while designed for resilience, lacks granular logging, obscuring root causes for failed runs. This forces operators into manual log correlation, increasing MTTR. More critically, the `sporadic DAG activity rejections` stem from a subtle but fundamental build artifact mismatch between `homerail-plugin-sdk/dist` and the Manager's expectations. This indicates a weak dependency management and build pipeline, where versioning (`0.1.0`) fails to reflect breaking API changes. The intermittent nature suggests inconsistent deployment or caching, a common pitfall in distributed systems. For a "voice-first local agent orchestration runtime," such inconsistencies undermine reliability and developer trust, directly impacting adoption and operational overhead for self-hosted users. Robust versioning, strict build artifact validation, and comprehensive runtime diagnostics are non-negotiable for enterprise-grade orchestration platforms.
Proprietary Technical Taxonomy
cold recovery DAG activity rejections commit 97497bc homerail_manager homerail_plugin_sdk validatePluginSkill() metadata.description TypeScript compilation

Raw Developer Origin & Technical Request

Source Icon GitHub Issue Jul 21, 2026
Repo: xiaotianfotos/homerail
cold recovery: recovered=0 failed=1 skipped=11 on boot, plus sporadic DAG activity rejections after (commit 97497bc)

# Issue Draft v2 — homerail 7-20 升级后 cold recovery failed=1 + DAG activity rejected

> 状态: **v2 草稿** (v1 推测根因不准确,改成只描述现象)
> 仓库: xiaotianfotos/homerail
> 日期: 2026-07-21
> 提交者: scott (self-hosted homerail on Synology DSM)

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## Title

`cold recovery: recovered=0 failed=1 skipped=11` on boot, plus sporadic DAG activity rejections after #80 (commit 97497bc)

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## Body

### Environment

- homerail @ commit `97497bc` (PR #80 simplify local runtime setup)
- Worker image rebuilt via `node homerail_cli/dist/cli.js start --rebuild-worker-image`
- All local dists rebuilt in order: `homerail_plugin_sdk`, `homerail_protocol`, `homerail_manager`, `homerail_cli`, `homerail_node`
- Self-hosted on Synology DSM 7.2 (x86_64)

### Symptom 1 — Cold recovery reports `failed=1`

Boot banner:

```
homerail_manager listening on 0.0.0.0:19191
cold recovery: recovered=0 failed=1 skipped=11
live surface recovery: projected=1113 failed=0
actor surface recovery: applied=0 stale=0 failed=0
```

`failed=1` is consistent across cold restarts. `manager.log` does not surface which entity failed or why — only the aggregate count.

### Symptom 2 — Sporadic DAG activity rejections

Mid-DAG-run, a handful of draft + review activities get rejected with:

```
Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'description')
```

DAG runs **still complete** (`status=completed`), so the impact is degraded — not a hard crash — but the rejection rate is non-zero and not predictable.

### What I tried

I tried to instrum...

Developer Debate & Comments

xiaotianfotos • Jul 21, 2026
Cold recovery restores persisted active DAG runs after a Manager restart. Nodes that were RUNNING are marked FAILED to avoid unsafe duplicate execution. Therefore, failed=1 means one run was restored but ended in a failed state—not that the recovery process itself crashed. See [recoverAllActiveRuns()](https://github.com/xiaotianfotos/homerail/blob/97497bc/homerail_manager/src/runtime/active-runs.ts#L1187-L1214). The main improvement needed is logging the affected run IDs and reasons.
xiaotianfotos • Jul 21, 2026
I’ll investigate symptom 2 separately. Thanks for reporting it.
xiaotianfotos • Jul 21, 2026
I found a concrete and plausible cause for symptom 2. Before [`71015a8`](https://github.com/xiaotianfotos/homerail/commit/71015a8676438a685c9cd3bb9a4e3a1f6aec446a), `validatePluginSkill()` only performed validation and returned `void`. Starting with that commit, the Manager stores its return value and reads `metadata.description`. Therefore, a new Manager loading an older `homerail-plugin-sdk/dist` would produce exactly: ``` Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'description') ``` This mismatch can pass TypeScript compilation because the SDK exposes types from `src`, while Node loads runtime code from `dist`; the package version also remained `0.1.0`. The intermittent behavior may indicate that different processes, containers, or images are loading different build artifacts, or that only plugin-backed activities hit this path. Please try the following: 1. Stop all Manager, Node, Worker, and old container processes. 2. Clean and rebuild in dependency order: `homerail_protoco...

Adjacent Repository Pain Points

Other highly discussed features and pain points extracted from xiaotianfotos/homerail.

Extracted Positioning
Automated project setup and build process for `homerail`, agent-driven installation.
Developer onboarding, ease of use, automated environment setup, reducing friction for new users, self-service installation.
Top Replies
xiaotianfotos • Jul 9, 2026
感谢这条提示词，对新手朋友挺重要的，另外我刚刚开了讨论区，以后有什么想法也可以发在那里
anthonyli • Jul 11, 2026
> 感谢这条提示词，对新手朋友挺重要的，另外我刚刚开了讨论区，以后有什么想法也可以发在那里 讨论区在哪里，今天跑起来配置完模型发消息 就报错
SeewoLT • Jul 11, 2026
> > 感谢这条提示词，对新手朋友挺重要的，另外我刚刚开了讨论区，以后有什么想法也可以发在那里 > > 讨论区在哪里，今天跑起来配置完模型发消息 就报错 是用语音发消息报错吗？
Extracted Positioning
Persistent DAG Actors, real-time A2UI task canvas, Manager Supervisor, multi-round interaction, cold recovery, structured activity events.
Scalable, resilient, interactive agent orchestration; auditable and observable AI workflows; vendor-agnostic persistence; robust state management.
Extracted Positioning
Real-time Actor steering, rich A2UI incremental updates, Worker Skill Context, continuous interactive loops for DAG Actors.
Advanced agent orchestration, dynamic user interaction, rich visual feedback, vendor-agnostic protocol, auditable workflows.
Extracted Positioning
Docker daemon readiness detection, actionable error messaging for DAG resource preparation.
User experience, robust error handling, clear operational guidance for self-hosted environments, graceful degradation of functionality.

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What is the technical positioning of Cold recovery mechanism for DAG workflows, plugin skill validation, build artifact consistency.?
Based on our AI analysis of the original developer request, its primary technical positioning is: Robustness and auditability of DAG workflows, consistent runtime behavior across distributed components, clear error reporting for recovery processes.
What is the general sentiment around Cold recovery mechanism for DAG workflows, plugin skill validation, build artifact consistency.?
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