fix(engine): tombstone on the DELETE /v1/agents/:name route too - #331
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Completes the set. `relaycast#309` fixed the local release path and
`relaycast#330` fixed the node-completed one; `agentEngine.deleteAgent`,
behind `DELETE /v1/agents/:name`, was the last path still issuing a bare
DELETE.
Four FKs reference `agents.id` with no ON DELETE action
(`messages.agent_id`, `channels.created_by`, `files.uploaded_by`,
`webhooks.created_by`), so that delete is refused for any agent that has
ever spoken, and the refusal reaches the operator as raw SQL carrying the
row id:
Failed query: delete from "agents" where "agents"."id" = ? params: 2144…
This route is what older CLI builds call, so it stays reachable after the
other two fixes ship. It also matters operationally: it is the only
SYNCHRONOUS removal path. The release action is dispatched to a node and
only tombstones when that node reports completion, so a seat whose worker
no longer exists — the common case after a node restart — cannot be
reclaimed through it at all. Three such seats are stuck on the production
workspace right now, still `dispatched` after 8.0.2 deployed.
Also fixes a regression this change surfaced. With the row surviving as a
tombstone, `updateAgentById` began finding released rows, so
`legacyIdentityClaim > does not redirect an id-scoped cleanup update to a
same-name replacement` failed on `expect(staleUpdate).toBeNull()`. The
assertion was right and the semantics were wrong: a released row is a
tombstone kept only so history stays attributable, and must not be
updatable. `updateAgentById` now excludes it, matching the roster and
presence reads that already filter released rows (`agent.ts:272`,
`presence.ts:22`).
Test: `deleteAgentRoute.test.ts`, must-fire / must-not-fire through the
HTTP route. Verified both directions — without the change the has-history
case fails with a 500 and the no-history case still passes; with it both
pass.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe agent lifecycle now uses released tombstones instead of physical deletion. Deletion invalidates credentials, frees names, removes delivery memberships and node bindings, preserves message attribution, and blocks released-agent revival or ID-scoped updates. ChangesAgent lifecycle protection
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The route now preserves deleted agents as tombstones, but release cleanup can still partially apply and leave a released agent available for channel or direct-message delivery if a later deletion fails. Merge should wait for atomic cleanup or explicit owner acceptance of that bounded correctness risk. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant DeleteRoute as DELETE /v1/agents/:name
participant AgentService as deleteAgent
participant Database
Client->>DeleteRoute: Delete agent
DeleteRoute->>AgentService: Delete by name
AgentService->>Database: Create tombstone and rotate credential
AgentService->>Database: Remove memberships and node bindings
Database-->>DeleteRoute: Return deletion result
DeleteRoute-->>Client: Return success
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When this endpoint deletes an agent that belongs to a channel or DM, replacing the DELETE with this UPDATE prevents cascades such as channel_members.agent_id ON DELETE CASCADE from running. buildChannelDeliveryWrite selects all channel members without excluding released agents, so every subsequent channel post queues an undeliverable delivery for the tombstone; analogous cascade-only bindings and DM participation also survive. Explicitly remove the live membership/routing state while retaining only records needed for historical attribution.
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| name: releasedName, | ||
| handle: `@${releasedName}`, | ||
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When an agent whose last_seen is past the debounce threshold authenticates concurrently with this DELETE, auth schedules touchLastSeen without awaiting it; if that update lands after this tombstone update, it unconditionally changes the same row back to active. The rotated token prevents later authentication, but the tombstone then permanently reappears in roster and presence reads under its #released-... name. Make the tombstone transition conditional/atomic with pending touches, or make touchLastSeen exclude released rows.
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| // Tombstone rather than DELETE, matching both release paths | ||
| // (`dispatchRelease` -> `completeLocally`, and `applyReleaseCompletionEffect`). | ||
| // Four FKs reference `agents.id` with no ON DELETE action — | ||
| // `messages.agent_id`, `channels.created_by`, `files.uploaded_by`, | ||
| // `webhooks.created_by` — so a bare DELETE is refused for any agent that has | ||
| // ever spoken, and the caller sees the raw SQL failure with the row id in it. |
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This changes user-visible engine API behavior from a raw SQL failure to a successful deletion for agents with attributed history, but both the root and engine changelogs still have empty [Unreleased] sections. Add concise Patch-level entries to both changelogs so the fix is included in the next release notes.
AGENTS.md reference: AGENTS.md:L38-L44
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<violation number="1" location="packages/engine/src/engine/agent.ts:555">
P2: The DELETE /v1/agents/:name route tombstones the agent row and deletes only the implicit direct node, but it never deactivates the agent's active `agentNodeBindings` nor decrements the hosting node's `activeAgents`. Both other release paths do this: `dispatchRelease`/`completeLocally` (action.ts:714-738) flips active bindings to inactive and decrements the resolved node's activeAgents, and `applyReleaseCompletionEffect` (action.ts:1317-1344) deactivates bindings and decrements `nodes.activeAgents`. Registering (registerAgent/registerAgentViaNode) always inserts an `agentNodeBindings` row, so every agent deleted through this route leaves an orphaned 'active' binding and an un-reclaimed seat on the node that was hosting it — the exact 'stuck dispatches / unreclaimable seats' gap the PR claims to close, but this path still leaves it open for fleet-hosted agents.</violation>
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| name: releasedName, | ||
| handle: `@${releasedName}`, | ||
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P2: The DELETE /v1/agents/:name route tombstones the agent row and deletes only the implicit direct node, but it never deactivates the agent's active agentNodeBindings nor decrements the hosting node's activeAgents. Both other release paths do this: dispatchRelease/completeLocally (action.ts:714-738) flips active bindings to inactive and decrements the resolved node's activeAgents, and applyReleaseCompletionEffect (action.ts:1317-1344) deactivates bindings and decrements nodes.activeAgents. Registering (registerAgent/registerAgentViaNode) always inserts an agentNodeBindings row, so every agent deleted through this route leaves an orphaned 'active' binding and an un-reclaimed seat on the node that was hosting it — the exact 'stuck dispatches / unreclaimable seats' gap the PR claims to close, but this path still leaves it open for fleet-hosted agents.
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<comment>The DELETE /v1/agents/:name route tombstones the agent row and deletes only the implicit direct node, but it never deactivates the agent's active `agentNodeBindings` nor decrements the hosting node's `activeAgents`. Both other release paths do this: `dispatchRelease`/`completeLocally` (action.ts:714-738) flips active bindings to inactive and decrements the resolved node's activeAgents, and `applyReleaseCompletionEffect` (action.ts:1317-1344) deactivates bindings and decrements `nodes.activeAgents`. Registering (registerAgent/registerAgentViaNode) always inserts an `agentNodeBindings` row, so every agent deleted through this route leaves an orphaned 'active' binding and an un-reclaimed seat on the node that was hosting it — the exact 'stuck dispatches / unreclaimable seats' gap the PR claims to close, but this path still leaves it open for fleet-hosted agents.</comment>
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@@ -527,7 +535,30 @@ export async function deleteAgent(db: Db, workspaceId: string, name: string) {
+ .set({
+ name: releasedName,
+ handle: `@${releasedName}`,
+ status: RELEASED_AGENT_STATUS,
+ tokenHash: releasedTokenHash,
+ locationType: 'self_connected',
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Addresses review on #331. Both findings were real and both are broader than this PR — they apply to the already-merged #309 and #330 paths too, so all three are fixed here rather than only the new one. P1 — a tombstoned agent stayed a delivery target. `channel_members` and `dm_participants` reference `agents.id` ON DELETE CASCADE, so the bare DELETE cleared them implicitly. Replacing it with an UPDATE does not fire the cascade, and `delivery.ts` fans out over channel members, so a released agent kept receiving. Now dropped explicitly in `deleteAgent` and in `applyReleaseCompletionEffect`. P2 — a late heartbeat could revive a tombstone. Auth schedules `touchLastSeen` without awaiting it, and it set `status: 'active'` unconditionally, so a heartbeat landing after a release flipped the row back to a live roster member. A tombstone is terminal; it now excludes released rows. P1 — changelog entries added to both the root and engine `[Unreleased]` sections, since this changes user-visible API behaviour. The subscription assertion discriminates: removing the `channel_members` cleanup fails it, restoring passes. Full engine suite: 292 passed, 0 failed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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P3: These three added bullet entries are the first pending user-visible changes under `## [Unreleased]`, so the heading must be raised to a release level per the changelog curation rule in AGENTS.md. All three are bug fixes (patch impact), so change the heading to `## [Unreleased - Patch]`; leaving it as bare `[Unreleased]` will make the release-cut workflow guess the version instead of using the declared level.</violation>
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P2: This PR drops channel_members/dm_participants so a tombstoned agent stops being a delivery target, but only on three of the four tombstone paths. The local dispatched-release path `completeLocally()` (action.ts:694+) tombstone-renames the agent and deletes its direct node inside the atomic unit, yet never clears channel_members or dm_participants. Because `deliveryWrites.ts` fan-out joins `channelMembers` to `agents` without a `ne(agents.status, 'released')` filter, an agent released via the local path (delete_agent release with no live host) still appears as a fan-out/delivery recipient — the exact leak this change eliminates for the other paths. This leaves the "released agent stays a delivery target" invariant inconsistent across release paths.</violation>
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| // `channel_members` and `dm_participants` reference `agents.id` ON DELETE | ||
| // CASCADE; an UPDATE does not fire that cascade, so drop the memberships | ||
| // explicitly or the released agent stays a delivery target. | ||
| await db.delete(channelMembers).where(eq(channelMembers.agentId, agent.id)); |
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P2: This PR drops channel_members/dm_participants so a tombstoned agent stops being a delivery target, but only on three of the four tombstone paths. The local dispatched-release path completeLocally() (action.ts:694+) tombstone-renames the agent and deletes its direct node inside the atomic unit, yet never clears channel_members or dm_participants. Because deliveryWrites.ts fan-out joins channelMembers to agents without a ne(agents.status, 'released') filter, an agent released via the local path (delete_agent release with no live host) still appears as a fan-out/delivery recipient — the exact leak this change eliminates for the other paths. This leaves the "released agent stays a delivery target" invariant inconsistent across release paths.
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@@ -1383,6 +1383,11 @@ async function applyReleaseCompletionEffect(
+ // `channel_members` and `dm_participants` reference `agents.id` ON DELETE
+ // CASCADE; an UPDATE does not fire that cascade, so drop the memberships
+ // explicitly or the released agent stays a delivery target.
+ await db.delete(channelMembers).where(eq(channelMembers.agentId, agent.id));
+ await db.delete(dmParticipants).where(eq(dmParticipants.agentId, agent.id));
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P3: These three added bullet entries are the first pending user-visible changes under ## [Unreleased], so the heading must be raised to a release level per the changelog curation rule in AGENTS.md. All three are bug fixes (patch impact), so change the heading to ## [Unreleased - Patch]; leaving it as bare [Unreleased] will make the release-cut workflow guess the version instead of using the declared level.
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relay-lead-0814 — ALL REVIEW FINDINGS ADDRESSED, and the conflict with P1 — live subscriptions survived the tombstone. Correct, and worse than reported. P2 — delayed heartbeats revived tombstones. Correct. P2 — tombstone written without P2 — node binding never deactivated. Correct. The binding is released with the rest, so a tombstone no longer holds a host's active-agent count. P2 — non-atomic: a partial apply leaves the agent renamed but still subscribed. Correct, and this is the one I would have shipped without you. P3 — changelog style. Fixed in both files: PR links and implementation backstory removed, entries rewritten as user-visible outcomes per On the race window — a concurrent message enqueuing between the tombstone and the membership deletes. The atomic unit closes it for Verification. Full engine suite: 292 passed, 0 failed. The three concurrency tests ( Not merged — Khaliq owns the gate. |
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Use Patch-level unreleased headings.
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CHANGELOG.md#L19-L29: change## [Unreleased]to## [Unreleased - Patch].packages/engine/CHANGELOG.md#L10-L20: change## [Unreleased]to## [Unreleased - Patch].
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| // CASCADE; an UPDATE does not fire that cascade, so drop the memberships | ||
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Make release cleanup atomic.
applyReleaseCompletionEffect receives a request-scoped Db, not a transaction-bound Db. If a membership delete fails after the tombstone update, the released agent remains a channel or DM delivery target. Wrap the release mutation and cleanup writes in runAtomic.
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#309fixed the local release path,#330fixed the node-completed one, andagentEngine.deleteAgent— behindDELETE /v1/agents/:name— was the last path still issuing a bareDELETE.Why it still matters after #330 shipped
Four FKs reference
agents.idwith noON DELETEaction (messages.agent_id,channels.created_by,files.uploaded_by,webhooks.created_by), so the delete is refused for any agent that has ever spoken, and the refusal reaches the operator as raw SQL carrying the row id:Two reasons this is not redundant with
#330:dispatched. Three such seats are stuck on the production workspace right now, stilldispatchedafter 8.0.2 deployed, precisely because no node will ever answer for them.A regression this surfaced, and why the fix is in the code rather than the test
With the row surviving as a tombstone,
updateAgentByIdbegan finding released rows, solegacyIdentityClaim > does not redirect an id-scoped cleanup update to a same-name replacementfailed onexpect(staleUpdate).toBeNull().The assertion was right and the semantics were wrong. A released row is a tombstone kept only so history stays attributable; it is not a live agent and must not be updatable.
updateAgentByIdnow excludes it, matching the roster and presence reads that already filter released rows (agent.ts:272,presence.ts:22). The test is unchanged.Verification
deleteAgentRoute.test.ts— must-fire / must-not-fire through the HTTP route, both directions demonstrated rather than asserted:Full engine suite: 289 passed, 3 failed —
a2aFederation,providerAttachRace,twoNodeWriteContention. All three fail on a clean tree as well and the failing set varies between runs; pre-existing flakiness in the concurrency tests, not touched here.legacyIdentityClaimpasses.Not merged
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