# Changelog All notable changes to tidalDB will be documented in this file. ## [Unreleased] ### Added **M9 — Community Sync & Revocation** - Local embeddable profiles can opt into community personalization and safely leave/purge their contributions. New types: `SignalScope`, `CommunityId`, `Membership`, `MembershipEpoch`, `PolicyMetadata`. Community signal reconciliation via `CrdtSignalState` with commutative/associative/idempotent merge laws; membership-epoch revocation purges a departed member's contributed signals. **M10 — Governance & Agent Rights** - Community rules and agent-scoped permissions control what signals influence ranking: policy-metadata enforcement and agent-rights scoping wired into the signal-write and ranking paths. **Cluster mode (m8p10): true multi-process region nodes + full tier-3 UAT — M8 COMPLETE** - Multi-process cluster mode: `tidal-server cluster --region [--data-dir

]` (env `TIDAL_REGION`) runs **one process per region** (`RegionClusterState`), each owning one `TidalDb` and one `GrpcTransport` that binds this region's `grpc_addr` and dials every sibling's real `grpc_addr` — real process/host isolation. The topology requires per-region `grpc_addr` AND `http_addr` in this mode; single-process mode (no `--region`) is unchanged as the dev/demo default. Both modes stay behind the experimental gate (`--experimental-cluster` / `TIDAL_ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_CLUSTER=1`) with mode-specific WARN text. - New routes / behaviors on the multi-process surface: `GET /cluster/status/local` (per-node status), `GET /cluster/status` aggregates ALL regions with a `reachable` field (unreachable ⇒ `reachable:false` + worst-case lag), `POST /cluster/reconcile {region}` (cross-process CRDT snapshot exchange; idempotent — a repeat is an exact no-op on scores), `POST /hardnegs {user_id,item_id}` (user-scoped hide; converges via reconcile, filtered from `/feed?user_id`). Writes on a non-leader **forward to the leader**; `?region=` reads forward to the owning region; default reads are **LOCAL** in multi-process mode. Items/embeddings are leader-applied + HTTP-broadcast to peers with a per-peer report: `POST /items` → 201 `{replicated_to, failed}`, `POST /embeddings` → **200** with the same report on the leader path (NOT 204 — a 204 cannot carry the report; the forwarded/internal path stays 204). `/sharded/*` fans out across processes (degraded semantics preserved). `promote` fans out to all peers (`{ok, leader, acked, failed}`). - `/cluster/heal` is the single recovery verb: redelivers missed signal segments (gap-aware) AND re-broadcasts item metadata + embeddings to the healed region (idempotent upserts). After a partition the per-peer gRPC circuit breaker (threshold 5, reset 30s) is open, so re-issue `/cluster/heal` until `/cluster/status` shows lag 0. - `TIDAL_HLC_SKEW_MS` (multi-process): signed ms offset applied to the process's HLC (reconcile LWW stamping only — not signal-decay timestamps); a test/ops escape hatch. - Tier-3 UAT over real OS processes (feature `cluster-e2e`): `cluster_multiproc` (5), `cluster_chaos` (3, REAL network-partition injection via a root-free in-harness TCP relay proxy — the toxiproxy-style alternative the ROADMAP sanctions; iptables/pfctl remain an operator option), `cluster_lifecycle` (2, ±500ms clock skew + rolling upgrade with zero acknowledged-write loss), `cluster_runbook` (9, every `docs/runbooks/cluster.md` §5–§11 operation), plus `cluster_e2e` (2, single-process smoke). Measured (localhost): replication p99 ~110–133ms (< 2s SLA), failover ~31–34ms (< 10s SLA), reconcile 0–1ms/side (< 100ms SLA). ### Fixed **Four production bugs surfaced and fixed by the m8p10 tier-3 UAT** - **Silent data loss on out-of-order ships.** The replication applied high-water-mark swallowed sequence gaps when eager ships arrived out of order. The applied frontier is now contiguous with a bounded ahead-buffer, so a gap can never be skipped. - **Non-idempotent reconcile (score creep).** `take_crdt_snapshot` attributed replicated signal streams per-node, so reconciling already-converged nodes crept the decayed scores (0.5 → 0.375 → …). Contributions are now attributed to one canonical replication shard (`ShardId::SINGLE`), making `merge` idempotent — reconcile of converged nodes is an exact fixpoint. - **Lag gauge conflated leader streams across a promotion.** A converged node reported a permanent phantom lag after a `/cluster/promote` moved leadership to a different shard. The lag gauge now tracks the leader high-water-mark per source shard (`ReplicationLagGauge::leader_seqno_for`), computing lag against the current leader. - **Items missed during a broadcast were never backfilled.** A node down/partitioned during an item/embedding broadcast was permanently missing that data even at signal lag 0. `/cluster/heal` now re-broadcasts item metadata + embeddings to the healed region (idempotent upserts), making heal the single recovery verb. ### Changed **Cluster mode (m8p8): real gRPC replication** - `tidal-server`'s `ClusterState` now wires each follower region to a real `tidal-net` `GrpcTransport` (self-loop over loopback gRPC) instead of in-process crossbeam channels — replication between regions traverses real gRPC/TCP (serialization, circuit breaker, HTTP/2). Closes M8 gap G1. - Follower gRPC ports are auto-allocated from the topology (`grpc_addr` optional per region) and self-heal a transient bind race by retrying on a fresh port. - Blocking gRPC ships triggered by `POST /signals` and `POST /cluster/heal` are offloaded to a dedicated thread so they never block the axum reactor. - `ClusterState` is constructed off the async reactor (`GrpcTransport::new` blocks on its own runtime). - The experimental opt-in gate and `docker/cluster/Dockerfile` are updated: single-process cluster mode is honest that it replicates over real gRPC but runs all regions in one process (no host/process isolation). (True multi-process region nodes shipped subsequently in m8p10 — see the m8p10 entry above.) **Docker build fixes** (all three images now that `tidal-server` pulls `tidal-net`) - Install `protobuf-compiler` in the builder stage — `tidal-net`'s build script runs `tonic-build`, which needs `protoc` to compile the WAL-shipping `.proto`. - Pin the builder base to `bookworm` (`rust:1.91-bookworm` / `rust:1.91-slim-bookworm`) so its glibc matches the `debian:bookworm-slim` runtime; the default trixie base emitted a `libmvec.so.1` dependency absent on bookworm, aborting the binary at startup. Verified: `docker run` of the cluster image serves a functional 3-region cluster (write replicates to both followers over gRPC; region-pinned reads serve replicated data; SIGTERM exits 0). - New tests: `tidal-server/tests/cluster_grpc.rs` (in-process gRPC replication + HTTP offload path) and a hardened tier-3 `cluster_e2e.rs` (multi-process smoke + promote over real OS processes, feature-gated). ## [0.1.0] - 2026-02-23 ### Added **Core Database Engine** - `TidalDb` embeddable database with `ephemeral()` and `with_data_dir()` open modes - `SchemaBuilder` for defining signal types, decay parameters, and ranking profiles - `TidalDbBuilder` fluent builder with schema, data directory, metrics, and rate limiter configuration **Signal System** - Typed signal recording with exponential decay scoring - Hot-tier (DashMap) and warm-tier (BucketedCounter) signal storage - Windowed aggregation: `OneHour`, `TwentyFourHours`, `SevenDays`, `AllTime` - Signal velocity tracking - WAL-backed signal durability with crash recovery - Periodic signal checkpointing to fjall (every 30s) - WAL compaction after each checkpoint **Retrieval (RETRIEVE query)** - 5-stage pipeline: universe, filter, score, diversify, return - Filter expressions: `Eq`, `In`, `Gt`, `Lt`, `And`, `Or`, `Not`, `InCollection`, `InProgress`, `MinSignal`, `MaxSignal`, `NearLocation` - Built-in ranking profiles: `trending`, `for_you`, `new`, `popular`, `recent`, and 20+ more - Custom ranking profiles via `SchemaBuilder` - Diversity enforcement (max N per category/creator) - Sort modes: `Relevance`, `Trending`, `Newest`, `MostLiked`, `MostViewed`, `MostFollowed`, `AlphabeticalAsc/Desc`, `Shortest/Longest`, `LiveViewerCount`, `DateSaved`, and more **Search (SEARCH query)** - BM25 full-text search via Tantivy - Approximate nearest-neighbor (ANN) semantic search via USearch HNSW - Reciprocal Rank Fusion (RRF) combining BM25 + ANN scores - Creator search with `entity_kind(EntityKind::Creator)` - `similar_to(EntityId)` for content-based recommendations - Scope pre-filters: `Trending`, `CohortTrending`, `Following`, `Category`, `Collection` - Autocomplete suggestions via `db.suggest()` **Entity Model** - Three built-in entity types: `Item`, `User`, `Creator` - Metadata storage as `HashMap` - Embedding slots (up to 4 per entity type) via USearch - Relationships: `Follows`, `Blocks`, `Hide`, `Mute`, `InteractionWeight` **Sessions** - Session lifecycle: `open_session`, `close_session` - Cross-session preference vector updates (EMA blend) - Session snapshots with signal state and preference vectors - Session serialization format v0x03 with backward compatibility **Social Graph** - Creator follower/following indexes - Cohort membership (user segments) - CoEngagementIndex for co-viewing patterns with LRU eviction - Social graph filter for "followed creator" content scoping **Collections** - Named collections with `Private`, `Shared`, `Public` visibility - `create_collection`, `add_to_collection`, `remove_from_collection`, `list_collections` - `FilterExpr::InCollection` for collection-scoped retrieval - Saved searches with `save_search`, `list_saved_searches`, `retrieve_saved_search` **Observability** - `enable_metrics(addr)` -- Prometheus-format `/metrics` endpoint + `/healthz` JSON - 15+ metrics: signal writes, WAL lag, checkpoint age, degradation level, index health - `tidaldb_checkpoint_failures_total` counter for checkpoint monitoring - `TidalDb::diagnostics()` -- structured health snapshot - WAL diagnostics and recovery tools **Safety** - Signal weight NaN/Inf validation (returns `TidalError::InvalidInput`) - Metadata size bounds: 64 keys max, 8KB value max, 64KB total max - Export request limit: 500K signals max per request - `FilterExpr` complexity limit: 256 nodes max - Data directory lock (`tidaldb.lock`) prevents dual-process corruption - Schema fingerprint persistence detects decay parameter changes on reopen - Bounded `closed_sessions` cache (10K max, LRU eviction) - Metrics server non-loopback bind warning **CLI (`tidalctl`)** - `tidalctl` binary for database inspection and diagnostics **RLHF / ML Export** - `db.export_signals(ExportRequest)` -- WAL-based signal export for training data - `db.user_session_summary(user_id, since_ns)` -- aggregated session statistics ### Stability tidalDB `0.1.0` is pre-1.0. **No API or data format stability guarantees** are made for `0.x` releases. Upgrade guides will be provided for each minor version bump. Do not upgrade `0.x` to `0.y` on a live data directory without reading the release notes. --- *Format based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)*