swarm: durable, inspectable work-tracking journal (worktrack.el)

Single-writer append-only JSONL journal keyed by correlation ID: swarm +
worker + convergence records, reconstructable into a status report. Optional
engram mirror via POST /api/node when ENGRAM_URL is set. Coordinator is the
only writer (workers return structured results), which is race-free and
enforces Swarm containment rule 3 by construction.

Also prototype now_millis/now_ns in el_runtime.h (defined in el_runtime.c but
unprototyped — blocked any El program needing a real ms clock under clang 21).

Test proves durability + inspectability end-to-end.
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el_val_t el_now_instant(void);
el_val_t now(void);
el_val_t now_millis(void); /* wall-clock milliseconds (defined in el_runtime.c) */
el_val_t now_ns(void); /* wall-clock nanoseconds (defined in el_runtime.c) */
el_val_t unix_seconds(el_val_t n);
el_val_t unix_millis(el_val_t n);
el_val_t instant_from_iso8601(el_val_t s);
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# build.sh — compile an El program that uses the swarm capability.
#
# Concatenates the El native-concurrency stdlib (thread.el, channel.el) and the
# swarm capability modules in dependency order, then the user program, compiles
# with the canonical elc, and links against the shared C runtime.
#
# Usage:
# swarm/build.sh <program.el> <out-binary>
#
# The swarm modules use only el_runtime.c builtins plus thread.el/channel.el,
# so nothing else needs concatenating (engram_*, json_*, str_*, fs_*, http_*,
# uuid_v4, now_millis are all C builtins in el_runtime.c).
set -uo pipefail
cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." # -> lang/
LANG_DIR="$(pwd)"
ELC="${ELC:-${LANG_DIR}/dist/platform/elc}"
RT="${LANG_DIR}/el-compiler/runtime"
PROG="${1:?usage: build.sh <program.el> <out-binary>}"
OUT="${2:?usage: build.sh <program.el> <out-binary>}"
# swarm module load order (each may depend on those before it):
# worktrack — durable work-tracking journal (no swarm deps)
# containment — the three containment rules (no swarm deps)
# primitives — think/act/attend/intend/learn seam (no swarm deps)
# ccr — per-worker compiled bounded context (depends: primitives)
# swarm — orchestrator: fan-out/converge (depends: all above + thread)
SWARM_MODULES="
swarm/worktrack.el
swarm/containment.el
swarm/primitives.el
swarm/ccr.el
swarm/swarm.el
"
TMP_C="$(mktemp -t swarm_build.XXXXXX).c"
COMBINED="$(mktemp -t swarm_combined.XXXXXX).el"
cat runtime/thread.el runtime/channel.el $SWARM_MODULES "$PROG" > "$COMBINED"
if ! "$ELC" "$COMBINED" > "$TMP_C" 2>/tmp/swarm.elc.err; then
echo "elc FAILED:" >&2
sed 's/^/ /' /tmp/swarm.elc.err >&2
rm -f "$TMP_C" "$COMBINED"
exit 1
fi
if ! cc -O2 -I "$RT" "$TMP_C" "$RT/el_runtime.c" -lcurl -lpthread -lm -o "$OUT" 2>/tmp/swarm.cc.err; then
echo "cc FAILED:" >&2
sed 's/^/ /' /tmp/swarm.cc.err >&2
rm -f "$TMP_C" "$COMBINED"
exit 1
fi
rm -f "$TMP_C" "$COMBINED"
echo "built: $OUT"
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// test_worktrack.el durability + inspectability of the work-tracking journal.
fn main() -> Int {
let corr: String = "test-" + uuid_v4()
// record a swarm lifecycle
let p1: String = json_set("{}", "input_count", "3")
worktrack_append("swarm.created", corr, "swarm-1", p1)
worktrack_append("worker.started", corr, "worker-001", "{}")
worktrack_append("worker.started", corr, "worker-002", "{}")
worktrack_append("worker.completed", corr, "worker-001", "{}")
worktrack_append("worker.failed", corr, "worker-002", "{}")
worktrack_append("swarm.completed", corr, "swarm-1", "{}")
// inspect: reconstruct the report from the durable journal
let report: String = worktrack_swarm_report(corr)
print("report=" + report)
let recs_n: Int = el_list_len(worktrack_records(corr))
print("records=" + int_to_str(recs_n))
let state: String = json_get_string(report, "state")
let completed: Int = str_to_int(json_get_string(report, "workers_completed"))
let failed: Int = str_to_int(json_get_string(report, "workers_failed"))
if str_eq(state, "completed") {
if completed == 1 {
if failed == 1 {
if recs_n == 6 {
print("PASS worktrack")
return 0
}
}
}
}
print("FAIL worktrack")
return 1
}
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// worktrack.el full work-tracking for the swarm.
//
// "Intent all the way up, orchestrator at the top." Every unit of parallel
// work a swarm fans out is recorded here: the swarm itself, each worker, its
// status, its result summary, the convergence, and the final merged output
// all threaded by a single correlation ID so the entire execution graph can be
// reconstructed and audited (Swarm Architecture §6.1).
//
// DURABILITY. Records are appended to a JSON-lines journal on disk. The journal
// is append-only and single-writer: only the coordinator (the main thread, before
// and after each fan-out and during convergence) writes to it. Workers never
// touch it they return structured results and the coordinator records them.
// This is deliberate: it makes the tracking store race-free and, not
// coincidentally, enforces Swarm containment rule 3 (no lateral worker state).
//
// INSPECTABILITY. The journal is plain JSONL greppable, tailable, replayable.
// worktrack_read() loads it back; worktrack_swarm_report() reconstructs a
// swarm's full record from its correlation ID.
//
// ENGRAM MIRROR (optional). When ENGRAM_URL is set, each record is also mirrored
// into the engram as a node (POST /api/node) tagged with the correlation ID, so
// the swarm's execution becomes part of the durable mind, queryable by memory.
//
// Depends on: el_runtime.c builtins (fs_*, http_post, env, json_*, uuid_v4,
// now_millis, str_*). No El-module concat dependencies of its own.
// Journal location
// worktrack_dir directory holding the swarm journals.
// Override with SWARM_TRACK_DIR; defaults to ./.swarm-track (relative to CWD).
fn worktrack_dir() -> String {
let d: String = env("SWARM_TRACK_DIR")
if str_eq(d, "") {
return ".swarm-track"
}
return d
}
// worktrack_journal_path the JSONL journal file for one correlation ID.
fn worktrack_journal_path(corr_id: String) -> String {
return worktrack_dir() + "/" + corr_id + ".jsonl"
}
// worktrack_init ensure the journal directory exists. Idempotent.
fn worktrack_init() -> Bool {
let d: String = worktrack_dir()
if fs_exists(d) {
return true
}
return fs_mkdir(d)
}
// Record construction
// worktrack_record build one journal record as a JSON object string.
// kind: the record kind (swarm.created, worker.started, ...)
// corr_id: the swarm correlation ID (links every record)
// subject: the entity the record is about (swarm id, worker id, "")
// payload: a JSON object string with kind-specific fields
fn worktrack_record(kind: String, corr_id: String, subject: String, payload: String) -> String {
let kv: [String] = el_list_empty()
let kv = el_list_append(kv, "kind")
let kv = el_list_append(kv, kind)
let kv = el_list_append(kv, "corr_id")
let kv = el_list_append(kv, corr_id)
let kv = el_list_append(kv, "subject")
let kv = el_list_append(kv, subject)
let kv = el_list_append(kv, "ts_ms")
let kv = el_list_append(kv, int_to_str(now_millis()))
let rec: String = json_build_object(kv)
// Attach the payload as a nested raw JSON field.
let rec2: String = json_set(rec, "data", payload)
return rec2
}
// Journal append (single-writer, durable)
// worktrack_append append one record to the correlation journal (durable),
// and mirror it to the engram if ENGRAM_URL is configured. Returns the record.
//
// fs_write here is used in append semantics: we read-modify-write the file. The
// coordinator is the only writer, so this is safe and race-free.
fn worktrack_append(kind: String, corr_id: String, subject: String, payload: String) -> String {
worktrack_init()
let rec: String = worktrack_record(kind, corr_id, subject, payload)
let path: String = worktrack_journal_path(corr_id)
let prior: String = ""
if fs_exists(path) {
let prior = fs_read(path)
}
let next: String = prior + rec + "\n"
fs_write(path, next)
worktrack_mirror_engram(rec, corr_id, kind, subject)
return rec
}
// worktrack_mirror_engram best-effort mirror of a record into the engram.
// No-op unless ENGRAM_URL is set. Failures are swallowed (tracking must not
// depend on the mind being reachable).
fn worktrack_mirror_engram(rec: String, corr_id: String, kind: String, subject: String) -> Bool {
let url: String = env("ENGRAM_URL")
if str_eq(url, "") {
return false
}
let content: String = "swarm-track " + kind + " " + subject + " :: " + rec
let body_kv: [String] = el_list_empty()
let body_kv = el_list_append(body_kv, "content")
let body_kv = el_list_append(body_kv, content)
let body_kv = el_list_append(body_kv, "node_type")
let body_kv = el_list_append(body_kv, "SwarmTrack")
let body_kv = el_list_append(body_kv, "salience")
let body_kv = el_list_append(body_kv, "0.5")
let body: String = json_build_object(body_kv)
let key: String = env("ENGRAM_API_KEY")
let body2: String = json_set(body, "_auth", key)
let resp: String = http_post(url + "/api/node", body2)
return true
}
// Read / inspect
// worktrack_read read the raw JSONL journal for a correlation ID.
fn worktrack_read(corr_id: String) -> String {
let path: String = worktrack_journal_path(corr_id)
if fs_exists(path) {
return fs_read(path)
}
return ""
}
// worktrack_records the journal as a [String] of record JSON objects, in order.
fn worktrack_records(corr_id: String) -> [String] {
let raw: String = worktrack_read(corr_id)
let out: [String] = el_list_empty()
if str_eq(raw, "") {
return out
}
let lines: [String] = str_split_lines(raw)
let n: Int = el_list_len(lines)
let i = 0
while i < n {
let ln: String = el_list_get(lines, i)
if str_eq(ln, "") {
let i = i + 1
} else {
let out = el_list_append(out, ln)
let i = i + 1
}
}
return out
}
// worktrack_count_kind how many records of a given kind exist for a swarm.
// Powers assertions and live status ("how many workers completed").
fn worktrack_count_kind(corr_id: String, kind: String) -> Int {
let recs: [String] = worktrack_records(corr_id)
let n: Int = el_list_len(recs)
let c = 0
let i = 0
while i < n {
let r: String = el_list_get(recs, i)
let k: String = json_get_string(r, "kind")
if str_eq(k, kind) {
let c = c + 1
}
let i = i + 1
}
return c
}
// worktrack_swarm_report reconstruct a compact status report for a swarm from
// its journal: counts of started/completed/failed workers and terminal state.
// Inspectable, durable, derived purely from the append-only record.
fn worktrack_swarm_report(corr_id: String) -> String {
let started: Int = worktrack_count_kind(corr_id, "worker.started")
let completed: Int = worktrack_count_kind(corr_id, "worker.completed")
let failed: Int = worktrack_count_kind(corr_id, "worker.failed")
let done: Int = worktrack_count_kind(corr_id, "swarm.completed")
let aborted: Int = worktrack_count_kind(corr_id, "swarm.aborted")
let state: String = "running"
if aborted > 0 {
let state = "aborted"
} else {
if done > 0 {
let state = "completed"
}
}
let kv: [String] = el_list_empty()
let kv = el_list_append(kv, "corr_id")
let kv = el_list_append(kv, corr_id)
let kv = el_list_append(kv, "state")
let kv = el_list_append(kv, state)
let kv = el_list_append(kv, "workers_started")
let kv = el_list_append(kv, int_to_str(started))
let kv = el_list_append(kv, "workers_completed")
let kv = el_list_append(kv, int_to_str(completed))
let kv = el_list_append(kv, "workers_failed")
let kv = el_list_append(kv, int_to_str(failed))
return json_build_object(kv)
}