#!/usr/bin/env bash # # Measure platform-side bounds (or absence thereof) on a coordinator's # task execution. Reproduction harness for Issue 4 of the 2026-04-28 # CP review, surfaced in the RFC at molecule-core#2251. # # What Issue 4 hypothesized # ------------------------- # A coordinator workspace receives an A2A kickoff, delegates to children, # then enters a synthesis phase whose duration the platform does not # bound. `DELEGATION_TIMEOUT` (300s, in workspace/builtin_tools/ # delegation.py) governs the parent→child HTTP request, NOT the # coordinator's own task-execution budget. So a coordinator that's # spent 10min synthesizing past delegation will keep going until the # LLM returns or its host runtime crashes — never bounded by a platform # ceiling. # # Issue 4 explicitly hedged ("This isn't necessarily a platform bug — # could be that the Design Director's system prompt told it to do # complex synthesis work that exceeded the A2A response window"). This # script is the empirical test of which side that ambiguity lands on. # # What this script does NOT do # ---------------------------- # - It does NOT assert pass/fail. The "bug" is absence-of-bound, which # is hard to assert in a single run. The script outputs measurement # data; the team interprets. # - It does NOT simulate a coordinator hang via runtime modification. # Instead, it drives a real coordinator with a synthesis-heavy task # and observes the duration the platform tolerates. # - It does NOT clean up on failure. Use scripts/cleanup-rogue-workspaces.sh. # # What "bug confirmed" looks like (per Issue 4) # --------------------------------------------- # coordinator_response_secs > 300 AND no platform_intervention=true # in the heartbeat trace → coordinator ran past DELEGATION_TIMEOUT # (HTTP-level) without any platform ceiling kicking in. The RFC's # V1.0 operator ceiling would convert this into an explicit # `terminated` response at MAX_TASK_EXECUTION_SECS. # # What "bug refuted" looks like # ----------------------------- # coordinator_response_secs cleanly bounded by either the LLM API # timeout or some other platform mechanism → Issue 4's premise that # "no platform-enforced timeout" is wrong, V1.0 of the RFC needs # re-justification. # # Usage # ----- # PLATFORM=http://localhost:8080 OPENROUTER_API_KEY=... \ # bash scripts/measure-coordinator-task-bounds.sh # # Or against staging-api (requires a tenant admin token): # # PLATFORM=https://your-staging-tenant.example \ # OPENROUTER_API_KEY=... \ # bash scripts/measure-coordinator-task-bounds.sh # set -euo pipefail PLATFORM="${PLATFORM:-http://localhost:8080}" OR_KEY="${OPENROUTER_API_KEY:-${OPENAI_API_KEY:?Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY (or OPENAI_API_KEY)}}" # Synthesis prompt knob — choose the size of the post-delegation work # the coordinator is asked to do. Default exercises 3 delegation rounds # with non-trivial aggregation. SYNTHESIS_DEPTH="${SYNTHESIS_DEPTH:-3}" # Max time we'll wait on the coordinator's A2A response before giving # up on this measurement. Set generously (10min) so we don't truncate # a slow-but-eventually-completing case. A2A_TIMEOUT="${A2A_TIMEOUT:-600}" ts() { date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%3NZ 2>/dev/null || date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ; } emit() { # One JSON line per event so the output is machine-readable. printf '{"ts":"%s","event":"%s","data":%s}\n' "$(ts)" "$1" "${2:-null}" } emit "run_started" "{\"platform\":\"$PLATFORM\",\"synthesis_depth\":$SYNTHESIS_DEPTH,\"a2a_timeout_secs\":$A2A_TIMEOUT}" # ---- Setup: coordinator + 1 child ---- emit "provisioning_pm" null R=$(curl -s -X POST "$PLATFORM/workspaces" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"name":"PM","role":"Coordinator — delegates and synthesizes","tier":2,"template":"claude-code-default"}') PM_ID=$(echo "$R" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('id',''))") [ -n "$PM_ID" ] || { echo "ERROR: PM create failed: $R" >&2; exit 1; } emit "pm_provisioned" "{\"workspace_id\":\"$PM_ID\"}" emit "provisioning_child" null R=$(curl -s -X POST "$PLATFORM/workspaces" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"name":"Researcher","role":"Returns short research findings","tier":2,"template":"langgraph"}') CHILD_ID=$(echo "$R" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('id',''))") [ -n "$CHILD_ID" ] || { echo "ERROR: child create failed: $R" >&2; exit 1; } emit "child_provisioned" "{\"workspace_id\":\"$CHILD_ID\"}" curl -s -X PATCH "$PLATFORM/workspaces/$CHILD_ID" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d "{\"parent_id\":\"$PM_ID\"}" > /dev/null curl -s -X POST "$PLATFORM/workspaces/$CHILD_ID/secrets" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d "{\"key\":\"OPENROUTER_API_KEY\",\"value\":\"$OR_KEY\"}" > /dev/null # ---- Wait for both online ---- wait_online() { local id="$1"; local label="$2" for i in $(seq 1 30); do s=$(curl -s "$PLATFORM/workspaces/$id" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('status',''))" 2>/dev/null) [ "$s" = "online" ] && { emit "online" "{\"workspace\":\"$label\",\"after_polls\":$i}"; return 0; } sleep 3 done emit "online_timeout" "{\"workspace\":\"$label\"}" return 1 } wait_online "$PM_ID" "PM" || exit 2 wait_online "$CHILD_ID" "child" || exit 2 # ---- Build a synthesis-heavy kickoff task ---- # The task asks the coordinator to delegate N times, each time with a # different sub-question, then aggregate findings into a single report. # The synthesis phase happens entirely inside the coordinator's A2A # handler post-delegation, which is the exact code path Issue 4 named. TASK="You are coordinating a research analysis. Delegate $SYNTHESIS_DEPTH separate sub-questions to the Researcher (one at a time, sequentially — wait for each response before sending the next), then synthesize all findings into a single coherent report. Sub-questions: (a) historical context of distributed consensus, (b) modern Byzantine-fault-tolerant protocols, (c) practical trade-offs between Raft and Paxos. After all delegations complete, write a 600-word synthesis comparing the three responses and drawing one cross-cutting insight. Do not respond until the synthesis is complete." # ---- Time the A2A kickoff round-trip ---- emit "a2a_kickoff_sent" "{\"to\":\"$PM_ID\",\"task_chars\":${#TASK}}" START_NS=$(python3 -c 'import time; print(int(time.time_ns()))') # Use --max-time to bound this measurement (else the script could itself # hang past sensible limits). The bound is a measurement-side timeout, # NOT a platform-side timeout — the latter is what we're trying to # detect. RESP=$(curl -s --max-time "$A2A_TIMEOUT" -X POST "$PLATFORM/workspaces/$PM_ID/a2a" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d "$(python3 -c " import json,sys print(json.dumps({ 'method':'message/send', 'params':{ 'message':{ 'role':'user', 'parts':[{'type':'text','text':sys.argv[1]}] } } })) " "$TASK")" || RESP="") END_NS=$(python3 -c 'import time; print(int(time.time_ns()))') ELAPSED_SECS=$(python3 -c "print(round(($END_NS - $START_NS) / 1e9, 2))") emit "a2a_response_observed" "{\"elapsed_secs\":$ELAPSED_SECS,\"response_chars\":${#RESP},\"response_head\":$(python3 -c "import json,sys; print(json.dumps(sys.argv[1][:200]))" "$RESP")}" # ---- Pull heartbeat trace from the platform ---- # The heartbeat endpoint records workspace liveness pings. If the # platform implements per-task bounds, the trace will show a status # transition (e.g. terminated) within the run window. Absence of any # such transition over a 10min synthesis is the empirical evidence # that no platform ceiling fired. emit "fetching_heartbeat_trace" null HB=$(curl -s "$PLATFORM/workspaces/$PM_ID/heartbeat-history?since_secs=$A2A_TIMEOUT" 2>&1 || echo "") emit "heartbeat_trace" "{\"raw\":$(python3 -c "import json,sys; print(json.dumps(sys.argv[1]))" "$HB")}" # ---- Summary ---- emit "run_completed" "{\"elapsed_secs\":$ELAPSED_SECS,\"pm_id\":\"$PM_ID\",\"child_id\":\"$CHILD_ID\"}" cat <&2 ========================================= Measurement complete. Coordinator response time: ${ELAPSED_SECS}s PM workspace: $PM_ID Child workspace: $CHILD_ID ========================================= Interpretation guide: ELAPSED_SECS < 60 → Synthesis completed quickly; not informative about platform bounds (LLM was just fast). Re-run with SYNTHESIS_DEPTH=8 to force longer synthesis. 60 <= ELAPSED < 300 → Within DELEGATION_TIMEOUT. Doesn't prove or refute Issue 4 — the HTTP-level timeout would be sufficient if synthesis happened to fall under it. ELAPSED >= 300 → BUG CONFIRMED IF heartbeat_trace shows no platform-side transition. Coordinator ran past DELEGATION_TIMEOUT without any platform ceiling kicking in — exactly the gap the RFC V1.0 plans to close with MAX_TASK_EXECUTION_SECS. curl_failed_or_timed_out → \$A2A_TIMEOUT exceeded. Either the coordinator is genuinely hung (likely) or synthesis is just very slow. Pull workspace status separately to disambiguate. Cleanup: curl -X DELETE $PLATFORM/workspaces/$PM_ID curl -X DELETE $PLATFORM/workspaces/$CHILD_ID EOF