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index_coverage tells the caller to restart the daemon while the index is only starting up #576

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opened 2026-11-12 13:40:43 +01:00 by buildagent · 1 comment

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2026-11-12 13:40:43 +01:00

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Found by two workers in the v0.41.51 train (dogfood batch 18) and reproduced on the installed release, 0.41.50 (3d0a584c).

Reproduction: start code-index-mcp --root <a fresh repository with 300 small Rust files> --no-daemon and call, among the first requests:

{"name":"index_coverage","arguments":{"path":"m0.rs","envelope":"minimal"}}

Actual: verdict: "pending", reason: "eligibility_unavailable", coverage_reasons: ["index_reconciling"], index_state.projects.primary: "reconciling", and the hint ends "Restart the daemon for a complete answer; use shell meanwhile." The same session reaches ready a moment later without any restart, and in this reproduction there is no daemon to restart.

Cause (read in the source): the pending answer of index_coverage chooses its hint from unknown alone (crates/mcp-server/src/server.rs, the hint: if unknown { … } arm). The lifecycle that the same reply reports in coverage_reasons is not consulted. A second sentence of the same kind is in crates/mcp-server/src/eligibility.rs ("restart the daemon for a complete answer").

Expected: the verdict and the floor stay as they are. While the reported lifecycle is ordinary startup or reconciliation, the hint says to retry, and that path-based read_code works meanwhile. A restart is advised only for a state that does not converge on its own.

Impact: the first call of a session sends an agent to an unnecessary restart and to the shell, and names a process that may not exist. The refusal itself is correct; the remedy is wrong.

Found by two workers in the v0.41.51 train (dogfood batch 18) and reproduced on the installed release, 0.41.50 (3d0a584c). **Reproduction:** start `code-index-mcp --root <a fresh repository with 300 small Rust files> --no-daemon` and call, among the first requests: ```json {"name":"index_coverage","arguments":{"path":"m0.rs","envelope":"minimal"}} ``` **Actual:** `verdict: "pending"`, `reason: "eligibility_unavailable"`, `coverage_reasons: ["index_reconciling"]`, `index_state.projects.primary: "reconciling"`, and the hint ends "Restart the daemon for a complete answer; use shell meanwhile." The same session reaches `ready` a moment later without any restart, and in this reproduction there is no daemon to restart. **Cause (read in the source):** the `pending` answer of `index_coverage` chooses its hint from `unknown` alone (`crates/mcp-server/src/server.rs`, the `hint: if unknown { … }` arm). The lifecycle that the same reply reports in `coverage_reasons` is not consulted. A second sentence of the same kind is in `crates/mcp-server/src/eligibility.rs` ("restart the daemon for a complete answer"). **Expected:** the verdict and the floor stay as they are. While the reported lifecycle is ordinary startup or reconciliation, the hint says to retry, and that path-based `read_code` works meanwhile. A restart is advised only for a state that does not converge on its own. **Impact:** the first call of a session sends an agent to an unnecessary restart and to the shell, and names a process that may not exist. The refusal itself is correct; the remedy is wrong.

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2026-11-12 13:41:32 +01:00

Tool discovery and replies cost extra calls, while review and navigation still have gaps #521

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2026-11-12 18:41:23 +01:00

Merge codex-r27: coverage remedies follow the reported lifecycle (#576)

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2026-11-12 18:41:44 +01:00

v0.41.51: bounded text arguments, truthful path and startup answers, review grading by effective visibility #580

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2026-11-12 20:47:09 +01:00

Merge PR #580: v0.41.51 — bounded text arguments, truthful path and startup answers, review grading by effective visibility

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2026-11-12 22:02:47 +01:00

Startup with language packages is about six times slower since v0.41.49; the v0.41.51 release run failed on it #581

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2026-11-13 13:06:46 +01:00

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Released in v0.41.52 (7fc7fb20, release run 8656, 15 assets). Verified on the installed Linux x86_64 binaries (code-index 0.41.52 (7fc7fb20)):

index_coverage on a path directly after start: no restart advice in any reply while the index was starting; the first settled answer was verdict: indexed, hint "Indexed and current.".

Released in [v0.41.52](https://git.h-dv.de/h-dv/code-index/releases/tag/v0.41.52) (`7fc7fb20`, release run 8656, 15 assets). Verified on the installed Linux x86_64 binaries (`code-index 0.41.52 (7fc7fb20)`): `index_coverage` on a path directly after start: no restart advice in any reply while the index was starting; the first settled answer was `verdict: indexed`, hint "Indexed and current.".

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