Audit the Eco.ReferenceAssemblies pin (0.13.0-beta-release-998) against the live kai-server Eco build #66

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opened 2026-07-05 05:17:20 +00:00 by coilysiren · 2 comments

coilysiren commented

2026-07-05 05:17:20 +00:00

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Every Eco mod compiles against Eco.ReferenceAssemblies NuGet 0.13.0-beta-release-998 (all four .csproj: jobs, replay, telemetry, stores). Reference assemblies are API-only, so a green build guarantees the code type-checks against that pinned version's public API - and nothing else. If the pin has drifted from the live kai-server Eco build, a mod can compile clean and still load-fail on deploy (a wrong/renamed/missing runtime member), and a bad plugin does not fail quietly - it crash-loops the server (coilyco-gaming/eco-ops#7).

This has never been checked. eco-ops signals the server is ~0.13 (eco-ops#38: "0.13 boots ready despite UserCode compile errors"), but whether it is exactly 0.13.0-beta-release-998 is unconfirmed.

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Confirm the pin matches the live server build, cheaply and non-destructively:

Read the live server's exact Eco version - /info (public) and/or the on-disk EcoServer/ version string on kai-server.
Compare against the Eco.ReferenceAssemblies pin (0.13.0-beta-release-998) in all four mod .csproj.
If drifted, bump the pin to the matching reference-assembly version and rebuild (CI mod-compile gate, eco-app#60, then re-validates). If they match, record the confirmation so future runs trust the pin.

Why now

The whole point of the no-restart discipline is to spend restart windows on things that work. A pin mismatch turns a deploy window into a crash-loop and a rollback. This is a read-plus-compare, minutes of work, high payoff.

Acceptance

The live Eco build version is read and recorded.
The Eco.ReferenceAssemblies pin is confirmed to match, or bumped to match and the mods rebuild green under eco-app#60's CI gate.

Refs

eco-app director session, 2026-07-05 (mod-testing audit). Live-version signal: coilyco-gaming/eco-ops#38. Crash-loop risk: coilyco-gaming/eco-ops#7. Sibling: the Eco-source hydration gap (ward). CI gate: eco-app#60.

## Problem Every Eco mod compiles against `Eco.ReferenceAssemblies` NuGet **`0.13.0-beta-release-998`** (all four `.csproj`: `jobs`, `replay`, `telemetry`, `stores`). Reference assemblies are API-only, so a green build guarantees the code type-checks against **that pinned version's** public API - and **nothing else**. If the pin has drifted from the **live kai-server Eco build**, a mod can compile clean and still **load-fail on deploy** (a wrong/renamed/missing runtime member), and a bad plugin does not fail quietly - it crash-loops the server (coilyco-gaming/eco-ops#7). This has never been checked. eco-ops signals the server is ~0.13 (eco-ops#38: "0.13 boots ready despite UserCode compile errors"), but whether it is exactly `0.13.0-beta-release-998` is unconfirmed. ## Ask Confirm the pin matches the live server build, cheaply and non-destructively: 1. Read the live server's exact Eco version - `/info` (public) and/or the on-disk `EcoServer/` version string on kai-server. 2. Compare against the `Eco.ReferenceAssemblies` pin (`0.13.0-beta-release-998`) in all four mod `.csproj`. 3. If drifted, **bump the pin** to the matching reference-assembly version and rebuild (CI mod-compile gate, eco-app#60, then re-validates). If they match, record the confirmation so future runs trust the pin. ## Why now The whole point of the no-restart discipline is to spend restart windows on things that work. A pin mismatch turns a deploy window into a crash-loop and a rollback. This is a read-plus-compare, minutes of work, high payoff. ## Acceptance * The live Eco build version is read and recorded. * The `Eco.ReferenceAssemblies` pin is confirmed to match, or bumped to match and the mods rebuild green under eco-app#60's CI gate. ## Refs eco-app director session, 2026-07-05 (mod-testing audit). Live-version signal: coilyco-gaming/eco-ops#38. Crash-loop risk: coilyco-gaming/eco-ops#7. Sibling: the Eco-source hydration gap (ward). CI gate: eco-app#60.

coilyco-ops commented

2026-07-05 05:33:56 +00:00

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🔒 Reserved by ward agent --driver claude — container engineer-claude-eco-app-66 on host KAI-DESKTOP-TOWER is carrying this issue (reserved 2026-07-05T05:33:47Z). Concurrent ward agent runs are blocked until it finishes or the reservation goes stale (2h0m0s TTL); --force overrides.

Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved. The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a new issue, dispatched fresh — that is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494).

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🔒 Reserved by `ward agent --driver claude` — container `engineer-claude-eco-app-66` on host `KAI-DESKTOP-TOWER` is carrying this issue (reserved 2026-07-05T05:33:47Z). Concurrent `ward agent` runs are blocked until it finishes or the reservation goes stale (2h0m0s TTL); `--force` overrides. **Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved.** The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a **new issue, dispatched fresh** — that is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494).  — Claude (she/her), via `ward agent`

coilysiren referenced this issue from a commit

2026-07-05 05:41:55 +00:00

chore(mods): bump Eco.ReferenceAssemblies pin 998 -> 1024 to match live server

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2026-07-05 05:41:55 +00:00

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2026-07-05 05:42:49 +00:00

Two EcoReplay BodySerializer tests fail on clean checkout (ArgumentException: Can not convert Object to String) #67

coilysiren commented

2026-07-05 05:43:05 +00:00

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WARD-OUTCOME: done - pin drifted 998 -> 1024; bumped all four mods to 0.13.0.4-beta-release-1024 (exact NuGet match for live 0.13.0.4 beta release-1024), rebuilt green, pushed to main.

This one was as clean as the issue predicted: a read-plus-compare that turned into a one-line-per-file bump. The nice surprise was that NuGet ships an exact match for the live build string (0.13.0.4-beta-release-1024), so there was no judgment call about "closest" reference-assembly version - the pin now tracks the server byte-for-byte, and docs/datasets/currency.md already independently recorded the same live string, which corroborated the /info read.

What fought back a little: after merging main, ward exec build-mods started refusing with a repo-verb 'no upstream' guard, so I validated via make build-mods directly (exit 0, all four green). Confidence is high on the API-only guarantee here - reference assemblies are compile-only, so a green build against 1024 is exactly what de-risks the deploy window. The one caveat is that this proves the pin matches, not that every reflected member the mods actually call still exists at runtime; that's a runtime-load check, not a compile check, and stays out of scope.

Rough edge worth flagging: test-mod-replay has 2 pre-existing BodySerializer failures on a clean checkout (Newtonsoft-only, nothing to do with the Eco pin). Filed as #67 - includes a suggestion to wire that test into the CI mods gate so it stops failing silently.

WARD-OUTCOME: done - pin drifted 998 -> 1024; bumped all four mods to `0.13.0.4-beta-release-1024` (exact NuGet match for live `0.13.0.4 beta release-1024`), rebuilt green, pushed to main. This one was as clean as the issue predicted: a read-plus-compare that turned into a one-line-per-file bump. The nice surprise was that NuGet ships an *exact* match for the live build string (`0.13.0.4-beta-release-1024`), so there was no judgment call about "closest" reference-assembly version - the pin now tracks the server byte-for-byte, and `docs/datasets/currency.md` already independently recorded the same live string, which corroborated the `/info` read. What fought back a little: after merging main, `ward exec build-mods` started refusing with a repo-verb 'no upstream' guard, so I validated via `make build-mods` directly (exit 0, all four green). Confidence is high on the API-only guarantee here - reference assemblies are compile-only, so a green build against 1024 is exactly what de-risks the deploy window. The one caveat is that this proves the *pin* matches, not that every reflected member the mods actually call still exists at runtime; that's a runtime-load check, not a compile check, and stays out of scope. Rough edge worth flagging: `test-mod-replay` has 2 pre-existing BodySerializer failures on a clean checkout (Newtonsoft-only, nothing to do with the Eco pin). Filed as #67 - includes a suggestion to wire that test into the CI mods gate so it stops failing silently.

coilysiren referenced this issue

2026-07-05 06:47:05 +00:00

P1: prod deploy frozen since #60 — publish gates on the always-failing mods job (app image has no mods). Decouple + fix the mods gate #68

coilysiren referenced this issue

2026-07-05 07:13:36 +00:00

Fix the red mods CI compile gate (part 2 of #68: decoupled but never repaired) #69