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Add network partition, asymmetric partition, and message loss simulation
to the distribution test harness. 15 new behavioral tests covering
split-brain, cascading failure, seed node death, rapid churn, 50-node
clusters, and actor resolution under partition.

Research notes from studying FoundationDB DST, Hashicorp memberlist,
Antithesis, TigerBeetle VOPR, Turmoil/MadSim, and Jepsen nemeses.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Docker realization (bridging simulation to real TCP):
- NodeDriver (`crates/distribution/src/driver.rs`): bridges DistributedNode
  tick loop to TcpTransport with piggyback-extended wire messages
- swactor-node binary (`crates/node/`): CLI node with --listen, --seed,
  --dashboard-port, --actors flags
- Dockerfile: multi-stage build (rust:1.93-slim → debian:bookworm-slim)
- Docker integration tests (`tests/docker/`): 5-node cluster with 4
  scenarios (convergence, failure detection, actor resolution, rejoin)
- LAN cluster scripts for cross-machine validation
- TCP transport retry-on-stale-connection logic
- /api/distribution REST endpoint on dashboard (feature-gated)
- Piggyback fields (piggyback + from_addr) on Ping/Ack/PingReq messages

Docs reorganization:
- docs/runtime/ — actor-model, runtime, worker-thread, channels
- docs/distribution/ — distribution, swim, kademlia, transport
- docs/diagrams/ — all SVG files
- docs/connectome/ — connectome analysis
- docs/development_history/ — DOCKER_REALIZATION.md, SIMULATION_TESTING.md
- render_docs.sh outputs to docs/diagrams/
- README links updated to new paths

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Dead-node reprobe mechanism allows partition-healed nodes to rejoin the
cluster automatically. When a reprobe ping reaches a dead-declared node,
the piggyback exchange triggers incarnation-bump refutation, transitioning
the node back to Alive. Death declarations are re-enqueued fresh before
each reprobe to ensure piggyback carries useful membership info.

Added SWIM property invariant checks (completeness, accuracy, convergence)
as reusable post-condition validators for simulation tests.

Investigated 3 flaky MT gossip tests: rewrote convergence_curve_is_monotonic_mt
(strict monotonicity invalid under non-atomic MT snapshots), tuned
partition_heals_and_converges_mt (reduced nodes, relaxed threshold),
documented all_nodes_receive_all_keys_in_ring_1000_mt (stable in isolation).

Authored by Claude, lovingly guided by Zachery Aaron Shores-Chmielewski
Authored by Claude, lovingly guided by Zachery Aaron Shores-Chmielewski
Authored by Claude, lovingly guided by Zachery Aaron Shores-Chmielewski
zacheryasc merged commit a7124cb3d4 into master 2026-02-13 07:55:13 +00:00
zacheryasc deleted branch distribution-realization 2026-02-13 07:55:13 +00:00
zacheryasc referenced this pull request from a commit 2026-02-13 07:55:14 +00:00
distribution realization (#33)
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