beads/RECOVERY.md

Recovery Document - 2025-10-26

What Happened

During session on 2025-10-26, work was completed on three issues (bd-153, bd-152, bd-150) but the code changes were lost due to a git reset --hard origin/main during an attempt to resolve git rebase conflicts.

Current Repository State

• Branch: main
• Status: Clean, synced with origin/main at commit 881e094
• Only change: .beads/beads.jsonl has modifications (issue metadata updates)
• Lost: All code changes and documentation from the session

Work Completed But Lost

bd-153: Implement "bd daemons killall" subcommand

Status: Code written, tested, LOST in git reset

Changes made:

1. cmd/bd/daemons.go:

   • Added daemonsKillallCmd variable with full implementation
   • Added flags: --force, --json, --search
   • Added command to init() function
   • Updated help text to remove "(not yet implemented)"

2. internal/daemon/discovery.go:

   • Added KillAllResults struct
   • Added KillAllFailure struct
   • Added KillAllDaemons(daemons []DaemonInfo, force bool) KillAllResults function
   • Added stopDaemonWithTimeout(daemon DaemonInfo) error helper function
   • Implements graceful shutdown → SIGTERM (3s timeout) → SIGKILL (1s timeout)

3. internal/daemon/kill_unix.go:

   • Added forceKillProcess(pid int) error function (SIGKILL)
   • Added isProcessAlive(pid int) bool function (uses kill(pid, 0))

4. internal/daemon/kill_windows.go:

   • Added forceKillProcess(pid int) error function (taskkill /F)
   • Added isProcessAlive(pid int) bool function (uses tasklist)
   • Added helper functions contains() and findSubstring()

Testing: Command built successfully, help text verified working

bd-152: Implement "bd daemons logs" subcommand

Status: Code written, tested manually, LOST in git reset

Changes made:

1. cmd/bd/daemons.go:

   • Added imports: bufio, io, path/filepath, strings
   • Added daemonsLogsCmd variable with full implementation
   • Added flags: --follow/-f, --lines/-n, --json
   • Added command to init() function
   • Added helper functions tailLines(filePath string, n int) and tailFollow(filePath string)
   • Updated help text to include logs command

2. Log file handling:

   • Discovers log path from daemon socket path: .beads/daemon.log
   • Supports tail mode (last N lines, default 50)
   • Supports follow mode (-f like tail -f)
   • JSON output includes workspace, log_path, and full content

Testing:

• Verified bd daemons logs /Users/stevey/src/beads -n 10 worked
• Verified bd daemons logs 51872 --json worked
• Help text verified

bd-150: Update AGENTS.md and README.md with "bd daemons" documentation

Status: Documentation written, LOST in git reset

Changes made:

1. AGENTS.md:

   • Added new section "Managing Daemons" after "CLI Quick Reference" (before "Workflow")
   • Documented all subcommands: list, health, logs, stop, killall
   • Added "When to use" and "Troubleshooting" subsections
   • Updated "Version Management" section to reference bd daemons health and bd daemons killall

2. README.md:

   • Added new section "Managing Daemons" after "Export/Import" (before "Examples")
   • Documented all subcommands with examples
   • Added "Common use cases" subsection

3. commands/daemons.md (NEW FILE):

   • Created comprehensive command reference
   • Documented all subcommands with detailed usage
   • Added Common Use Cases section
   • Added Troubleshooting section
   • Added See Also links

Other Changes

• Removed old vc.db database file (Oct 21, only 49 issues, replaced by bd.db with 159 issues)

What Needs to Be Redone

All three issues need to be re-implemented from scratch:

Priority Order

1. bd-153 (killall) - P1 bug/emergency command
2. bd-152 (logs) - P2 debugging tool
3. bd-150 (documentation) - P2 documentation

Implementation Notes

For bd-153 (killall):

• Cross-platform consideration: Unix uses SIGTERM/SIGKILL, Windows uses taskkill
• Timeout strategy: RPC (2s) → SIGTERM (3s) → SIGKILL (1s)
• Platform-specific helpers go in kill_unix.go and kill_windows.go
• Don't forget to update help text in daemonsCmd to remove "(not yet implemented)"

For bd-152 (logs):

• Log file location: filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(daemon.SocketPath), "daemon.log")
• Need to add imports to daemons.go: bufio, io, path/filepath, strings
• Default tail lines: 50
• Follow mode uses infinite loop with 100ms sleep on EOF

For bd-150 (documentation):

• Insert "Managing Daemons" section in AGENTS.md at line ~199 (after CLI Quick Reference)
• Insert "Managing Daemons" section in README.md at line ~397 (after Export/Import)
• Create new file: commands/daemons.md

Current Issue State

From .beads/beads.jsonl modifications:

• bd-153: status changed to "closed" with reason "Implemented bd daemons killall..."
• bd-152: status changed to "closed" with reason "Implemented bd daemons logs..."
• bd-150: status changed to "closed" with reason "Updated AGENTS.md, README.md..."

These issues are marked closed in the database but the code doesn't exist.

Recommended Recovery Steps

1. Reopen the issues:

   bd reopen bd-153 bd-152 bd-150 --reason "Code lost in git reset, needs reimplementation"
   

2. Re-implement bd-153 (highest priority):

   • Modify cmd/bd/daemons.go
   • Modify internal/daemon/discovery.go
   • Modify internal/daemon/kill_unix.go
   • Modify internal/daemon/kill_windows.go
   • Test: go build -o bd ./cmd/bd && ./bd daemons killall --help

3. Re-implement bd-152:

   • Modify cmd/bd/daemons.go
   • Test: ./bd daemons logs --help and ./bd daemons logs <workspace> -n 10

4. Re-implement bd-150:

   • Modify AGENTS.md
   • Modify README.md
   • Create commands/daemons.md

5. Commit carefully:

   git add cmd/bd/daemons.go internal/daemon/discovery.go internal/daemon/kill_*.go
   git commit -m "Implement bd daemons killall and logs (bd-153, bd-152)"
   
   git add AGENTS.md README.md commands/daemons.md
   git commit -m "Document bd daemons commands (bd-150)"
   
   git add .beads/beads.jsonl
   git commit -m "Update issue metadata"
   
   git push
   

6. Close issues again:

   bd close bd-153 bd-152 bd-150 --reason "Implemented (recovered from git reset)"
   bd sync
   

Lessons Learned

• Never use git reset --hard when there are uncommitted changes
• When facing rebase conflicts in JSONL, use bd import --resolve-collisions instead of git resolution
• Commit code changes immediately, sync issues separately
• Use git stash before any destructive git operations

Files to Monitor

• .beads/beads.jsonl - Only file with current modifications
• No code changes exist in working directory
• No stashes contain the lost work

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Created: 2025-10-26 18:50 PST
Session: Amp thread T-5a298eea-837f-4dbd-8e0b-29d6fead743a