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Summary

  • cron::store's with_connection re-ran the full schema DDL + all 11 column migrations on every single query. This closes that drift with flows::store, which was derived from this exact with_connection idiom and later got the fix (R-m8) that cron never received.
  • The DDL batch (8 statements) and the 11 add_column_if_missing probes now run once per process per database file, gated behind a per-path "already initialized" set — every call still gets its own fresh connection.
  • Behaviour-preserving: PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON (a per-connection setting) still runs on every open; the self-healing on a deleted/replaced DB is preserved by a verify-on-hit and pinned by a new regression test.

Review updates (post-open)

CodeRabbit (2× Major) and Codex (P2) reviewed the first commit; both are addressed in cc7f7626a, and the design now supersedes the flows::store precedent rather than merely mirroring it:

  • Complete-schema validation. The cache-hit verify no longer trusts the presence of one table. init_schema stamps PRAGMA user_version = CRON_SCHEMA_VERSION after a full migration, and a hit is honoured only when the on-disk version matches — so a runtime-replaced older/partial DB (missing a migrated column such as agent_id/profile_id, or the cron_runs table) is re-migrated, not trusted then failed with no such column. This is exactly CodeRabbit's suggestion ("record and validate a schema version").
  • Atomic per-path init. The INITIALIZED_SCHEMAS guard is now held across the verify + init_schema + insert, so two first callers for the same path can't both run the DDL.
  • New older_on_disk_schema_under_a_cached_path_is_remigrated test pins the column-drift case (drops profile_id, resets user_version, asserts re-migration).

On the flows::store precedent: flows::store still uses the single-table sqlite_master probe and releases its lock before init_schema — i.e. both gaps flagged here are latent there too. Applying the same two fixes to flows::store is a sensible follow-up, not bundled here to keep this PR single-concern.

Known tradeoff: CRON_SCHEMA_VERSION must be bumped whenever a table/migration is added to init_schema (documented on the const). A future migration added without bumping it would silently skip drift-detection for older DBs. The alternative — enumerating expected columns on each hit — carries the same discipline with more surface, so user_version is the right call.

Problem

Every one of the 16 store ops funnels through with_connection, and before this change each call paid, as pure fixed overhead before its one real query:

  • Connection::open (kept — unavoidable, Connection is !Sync),
  • an execute_batch of 8 DDL statements (2 CREATE TABLE, 5 CREATE INDEX/partial-unique-index, and — pulled out here — 1 PRAGMA),
  • 11 add_column_if_missing calls, each of which prepares and runs PRAGMA table_info(cron_jobs) and linearly scans all ~17 columns (~187 discarded column comparisons per op).

None of it was gated. The call sites are a steady, process-lifetime load, not one-off startup:

  • due_jobs — every scheduler tick (scheduler::tick_once, reliability.scheduler_poll_secs),
  • record_run + reschedule_after_run + record_last_run — per executed job,
  • list_jobs / get_job / add_* — every RPC-driven cron interaction.

Solution

Mirror the accepted flows::store gating exactly (it documents itself as mirroring cron::store's idiom, so this is bringing the fix home):

  • INITIALIZED_SCHEMAS: OnceLock<Mutex<HashSet<PathBuf>>> — keyed by db path (not a bare flag) so each test's per-TempDir workspace still initializes.
  • init_schema(conn) — the DDL batch + the 11 migrations, split out of with_connection.
  • ensure_schema_initialized(conn, db_path) — runs init_schema on a miss and marks the path only after success; on a hit it does one indexed sqlite_master lookup to confirm the table is really on disk before trusting the cache (trust, but verify), so a DB deleted/replaced at runtime still self-heals instead of wedging at no such table.

Correctness — the one behaviour that must not move: PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON is per-connection (it is not persisted in the db file), so it was moved out of the gated DDL batch and into with_connection, where it still runs on every open — the cron_runs ON DELETE CASCADE FK stays enforced on every connection exactly as before. I deliberately did not add journal_mode = WAL or busy_timeout (which flows carries) — cron never had them, and this PR keeps behaviour otherwise byte-identical, gating only what already ran.

Not extracting a shared helper is intentional and matches the existing convention: flows::store's add_column_if_missing doc already states it is "kept per-domain rather than shared — each store owns its own connection helper and this is a handful of lines." The same reasoning applies to the ~35-line init gate.

Impact

  • Runtime: core / CLI (cron is always-compiled, no feature gate). No wire, schema, or config change; no migration.
  • Performance: removes a fixed 8-statement DDL batch + 11 metadata scans from every cron store op after the first per process, replaced by a single indexed sqlite_master probe. This is a "remove redundant repeated work on a recurring path" change, not a hot-loop micro-opt.
  • Security/compat: none.

Submission Checklist

  • Tests added or updated (happy path + at least one failure / edge case) — new schema_reinitializes_when_the_database_file_is_deleted_at_runtime regression pins the verify-on-hit self-heal branch (the one path the gate could regress); the existing 20+ cron::store tests all still exercise the cache miss+hit legs through with_connection.
  • Diff coverage ≥ 80% — the new gating functions are covered by the new self-heal test plus the whole existing cron::store suite routing through with_connection. See "Validation Blocked" for why the focused run used --no-default-features (a pre-existing flows test-code break on main, unrelated to this PR).
  • N/A: behaviour-only / perf change — no feature rows added, removed, or renamed in docs/TEST-COVERAGE-MATRIX.md.
  • N/A: no matrix feature IDs are affected by this change.
  • No new external network dependencies introduced.
  • N/A: does not touch a release-cut surface in docs/RELEASE-MANUAL-SMOKE.md.
  • N/A: no linked tracking issue — found via a code audit of the cron store's per-call overhead; the flows::store R-m8 precedent is the reference.

Impact

(see Impact section above)

Related

  • Closes: N/A (no tracking issue — see checklist)
  • Follow-up PR(s)/TODOs: integrations::task_sources::store's with_connection has the identical un-gated DDL-per-call pattern (hit 3× per task inside the fetch loop). It is intentionally not bundled here to keep this single-concern and because those files overlap my open fix(task-sources): don't prune board cards on a truncated (full-page) fetch #5521 — separate follow-up.

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  • Branch: perf/cron-store-schema-init-gate
  • Commit SHA: 93d5e5ad9

Validation Run

  • N/A: no app/ frontend changes — pnpm --filter openhuman-app format:check not applicable.
  • N/A: no TypeScript changes — pnpm typecheck not applicable.
  • Focused tests: cargo test --lib --no-default-features cron::store (see below for why --no-default-features).
  • Rust fmt/check: cargo fmt (clean); core lib + cron::store tests compiled and passed under --no-default-features (23/23); core lib under product features compiled via the shell's cargo check in the pre-push hook (exit 0). The core crate's own literal default-feature cargo check was not run locally — the change is feature-agnostic (std + rusqlite), so that is left to the Quality lane.
  • N/A: no app/src-tauri shell changes — Tauri fmt/check not applicable.

Validation Blocked

  • command: cargo test --lib cron::store (default features)
  • error: pre-existing compile break in flows test code on main — tinyflows::observability::ExecutionStep gained a transcript field that src/openhuman/flows/{ops_tests.rs, tinyflows/observability.rs}'s #[cfg(test)] constructors don't set (E0063 ×4). Unrelated to this PR (I touch only src/openhuman/cron/).
  • impact: I ran the focused suite with --no-default-features, which excludes the gated flows test code entirely while still compiling the always-on cron domain; the cron::store tests pass there (23/23). The break is #[cfg(test)]-only, so the core library itself still compiles — verified via the shell's pre-push cargo check (product features, non-test), which builds openhuman_core as a path dep and passed (exit 0).

Behavior Changes

  • Intended behavior change: none — this is a performance change; observable store behaviour (including deleted-DB self-heal and FK enforcement) is preserved.
  • User-visible effect: none.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved cron database recovery when cached storage is deleted, replaced, or contains an incomplete older schema.
    • Existing scheduled jobs are now preserved during schema upgrades.
    • Missing database fields are automatically restored, helping scheduled jobs continue to be saved and processed reliably.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for database recreation, schema recovery, column restoration, and continued job persistence.

`cron::store::with_connection` re-ran the full schema DDL (8 statements)
plus all 11 `add_column_if_missing` migration probes on *every* call —
i.e. before every one of the 16 store ops: `due_jobs` on each scheduler
tick, `record_run`/`reschedule_after_run`/`record_last_run` per executed
job, and every RPC-driven `list_jobs`/`get_job`/`add_*`. Each
`add_column_if_missing` prepares and runs `PRAGMA table_info(cron_jobs)`
and scans ~17 columns, so this was ~187 discarded column comparisons on
top of the DDL batch, as pure fixed overhead ahead of the real query.

Gate the DDL + migrations behind a per-path "already initialized" set so
they run once per process per database file, mirroring the accepted
`flows::store` R-m8 gating — which was itself derived from this very
`with_connection` idiom, so this brings the fix back to the store it was
copied from. Every call still opens its own fresh `Connection`
(`Connection` is `!Sync`); only the redundant schema work is elided.

- `INITIALIZED_SCHEMAS: OnceLock<Mutex<HashSet<PathBuf>>>` keyed by db
  path (not a bare flag) so each test's per-`TempDir` workspace still
  initializes.
- `ensure_schema_initialized` does a "trust, but verify" indexed
  `sqlite_master` lookup on a cache hit, so a database deleted or
  replaced at runtime self-heals instead of wedging at `no such table`.
- `PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON` is per-connection (not persisted in the db
  file), so it moves *out* of the gated DDL into `with_connection` and
  still runs on every open — the `cron_runs ON DELETE CASCADE` FK stays
  enforced. No `journal_mode = WAL` / `busy_timeout` added: behaviour is
  otherwise byte-identical, gating only what already ran.

New `schema_reinitializes_when_the_database_file_is_deleted_at_runtime`
test pins the verify-on-hit self-heal branch (the one path the gate
could regress).

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01ACB4Ugi5pJMQqoCbZnVo6f
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The cron store now caches schema initialization per database path, validates SQLite user_version, reruns initialization for missing or stale schemas, stamps the version after successful migrations, and tests recovery after database deletion or partial-schema replacement.

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Cron schema lifecycle

Layer / File(s) Summary
Schema caching and versioned recovery
src/openhuman/cron/store.rs
The store synchronizes cached initialization per database path, validates user_version, reruns DDL and migrations for stale schemas, and stamps CRON_SCHEMA_VERSION after successful initialization.
Schema recovery validation
src/openhuman/cron/store_tests.rs
Integration tests verify recreation after database deletion, preservation of existing jobs during re-migration, restoration of profile_id, and continued job creation.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d9d59

The change removes repeated schema work from cron store operations but holds a process-wide lock while verifying and initializing schemas, so first access to different database files can briefly serialize. The PR is mergeable with explicit owner awareness or a follow-up if broader initialization parallelism is needed.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant with_connection
  participant schema_cache_mutex
  participant SQLite_database
  with_connection->>schema_cache_mutex: verify cached database path
  schema_cache_mutex->>SQLite_database: read user_version
  SQLite_database-->>schema_cache_mutex: return schema version
  schema_cache_mutex->>SQLite_database: run DDL and migrations when stale
  SQLite_database-->>schema_cache_mutex: complete initialization
  schema_cache_mutex->>SQLite_database: stamp CRON_SCHEMA_VERSION
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In `@src/openhuman/cron/store.rs`:
- Around line 816-845: Update the schema initialization flow around
INITIALIZED_SCHEMAS and init_schema so cache verification and initialization are
atomic per database path. Hold a path-specific guard across the cache check and
init_schema, or recheck the cache after acquiring that guard, ensuring
concurrent callers cannot both run initialization for the same path while
preserving the existing schema-presence recovery behavior.
- Around line 821-831: Update the schema-present cache-hit logic in the cron
database initialization flow to verify that cron_jobs includes the required
agent_id and profile_id columns before returning Ok(()); otherwise continue
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file with an older cron_jobs schema and confirms initialization migrates it
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1 changed behaviour across 9 relationships. 6 surrounding behaviours are shown (60 graph nodes walked). 51 further behaviours left out to keep the diagram readable.

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Addresses the CodeRabbit (2× Major) and Codex (P2) review on tinyhumansai#5708.

1. Complete-schema validation. The cache-hit verify probed only for the
   `cron_jobs` table via `sqlite_master`, so a database replaced at
   runtime with an older/partial schema (that table present but missing a
   migrated column such as `agent_id`/`profile_id`, or the `cron_runs`
   table) was trusted and later failed with `no such column`. Replace the
   single-table probe with a `PRAGMA user_version` check: `init_schema`
   now stamps `CRON_SCHEMA_VERSION` after a full, successful migration, and
   a cache hit is honoured only when the on-disk version matches. Any
   deleted (fresh file => version 0) or drifted database re-runs the
   idempotent `init_schema`, restoring the pre-gating self-heal for column
   drift as well as a missing table.

2. Atomic per-path init. The `INITIALIZED_SCHEMAS` guard was released
   before `init_schema`, so two first callers for the same path could both
   run the DDL. Hold the guard across the verify + `init_schema` + insert
   so initialization happens exactly once per process per database file.
   On a cache hit the critical section is a single `PRAGMA user_version`
   read.

New `older_on_disk_schema_under_a_cached_path_is_remigrated` test drops a
migrated column and clears the version stamp under a cached path, then
asserts the next store op re-migrates rather than failing `no such
column`.

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In `@src/openhuman/cron/store.rs`:
- Around line 826-852: Replace the single global initialization lock around the
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retrieves or creates an Arc<Mutex<()>> for the current db_path, then hold only
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@coderabbitai review — both Major findings (complete-schema validation via PRAGMA user_version, and atomic per-path init) are addressed in cc7f762, with a new older_on_disk_schema_under_a_cached_path_is_remigrated regression test. Replies posted in-thread on each. Please re-review.

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Maintainer triage pass — review only, no changes pushed, not an approval.

Good news first: your red CI is not your fault and is already fixed on main.

Rust Core Coverage (cargo-llvm-cov) failed with:

error[E0063]: missing field `transcript` in initializer of `tinyflows::observability::ExecutionStep`
  (×4)
error: could not compile `openhuman` (lib test) due to 4 previous errors

That is a vendored-tinyflows drift break in flows/tinyflows/observability_tests.rs, nothing to do with cron/store.rs. main now carries transcript: Vec::new() at observability_tests.rs:17, so a rebase clears this lane without a code change from you. Worth knowing why only that job caught it: it is the one lane that compiles test targets, so cargo check --lib and the clippy lanes were all blind to it.

The conflict is the file split

src/openhuman/cron/store.rs is now a 5-line file with two include!()s — #5856/#5857 split it into store_part_01.rs / store_part_02.rs. Your diff should relocate into the fragment rather than merge; the code itself has not moved out from under you.

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codex's "verify the complete schema before skipping migrations" (marked outdated) — you already fixed this. The current diff stamps and validates PRAGMA user_version rather than probing for the cron_jobs sentinel, and you added the comment explaining that user_version is only stamped after a full init_schema succeeds. Worth a one-line reply so it can be resolved rather than sitting open.

CodeRabbit's "use a path-specific initialization guard" — technically correct, and I would push back on the priority. It is true that the single global Mutex<HashSet<PathBuf>> is held across PRAGMA user_version and, on a miss, init_schema, so path A's DDL blocks path B. But the cold path runs once per database path per process and a cron store is effectively one per workspace, so the contention window is a handful of milliseconds at startup and never again. Swapping to a per-path Arc<Mutex<()>> registry is a real complexity increase for that. Your call, but "won't fix, here's why" is a defensible answer — just don't leave it silent, since it is the only blocking thread left.

The optimisation itself is worth having: 16 store operations each paying a PRAGMA table_info(cron_jobs) scan is exactly the kind of per-query cost that does not show up until it does.

Round-2 review follow-up (CodeRabbit): the process-global INITIALIZED_SCHEMAS
mutex was held across the PRAGMA user_version read and init_schema, so every
with_connection call took the lock on the hot path and independent db paths
serialized during init.

The on-disk user_version is already authoritative (init_schema stamps it only
after a full migration), so read it lock-free first and return on a match — the
common already-initialized case never touches the mutex. Only a version
mismatch takes the lock, re-reads under it (double-check), and runs the DDL, so
initialization stays atomic per path (the earlier round-1 fix) and migrated
columns are still validated via the version gate (also round-1).

INITIALIZED_SCHEMAS no longer gates the DDL; it is kept purely as a diagnostic
marker so the "deleted/replaced at runtime" warning fires only for a path this
process already initialized, not on every fresh-boot init (version 0).

Both round-1 regression tests still pass (deletion self-heal + older-on-disk
schema re-migration); 24/24 cron::store green.

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@coderabbitai review — the round-2 finding on ensure_schema_initialized (global lock held across the schema check + init_schema) is addressed in d9d59992f: the PRAGMA user_version fast path is now lock-free and the mutex is taken only on a version mismatch (init/re-init), with a double-check under the lock. Both round-1 fixes (atomic init, migrated-column validation) are preserved and 24/24 cron::store tests pass. Details in the in-thread reply.

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🟢 Approval recommended

The change is behavior-preserving with targeted regression tests for the key failure modes, and the remaining feedback is a minor diagnostics improvement.

Pull request overview

This PR removes redundant per-query SQLite schema initialization work in the Rust core’s cron::store by gating the DDL+migrations behind a per-database-path, per-process initialization check using PRAGMA user_version, while preserving per-connection pragmas and the store’s self-healing behavior if the DB file is deleted/replaced at runtime.

Changes:

  • Add a per-process, per-DB-path schema init gate (ensure_schema_initialized) and move DDL+migrations into init_schema, stamping PRAGMA user_version on successful migration.
  • Keep PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON as a per-connection setup in with_connection (behavior-preserving for FK enforcement).
  • Add regression tests covering runtime DB deletion self-heal and “older/partial schema swapped under cached path” re-migration.
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src/openhuman/cron/store.rs Introduces schema init gating via user_version, moves schema work into init_schema, and keeps per-connection pragmas in with_connection.
src/openhuman/cron/store_tests.rs Adds regression tests ensuring schema reinitialization after DB deletion and re-migration when an older/partial schema is swapped in under a cached path.
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let is_current = || -> bool {
conn.query_row("PRAGMA user_version", [], |row| row.get::<_, i64>(0))
.unwrap_or(0)
== CRON_SCHEMA_VERSION
};
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@mysma-9403 I will review the follow-up changes in d9d59992f. I will verify the lock-free fast path, the locked double-check on version mismatch, and preservation of schema initialization safety.

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mysma-9403 added a commit to mysma-9403/openhuman that referenced this pull request Sep 2, 2026
Mirrors the verified sibling change on tinyhumansai#5708. The process-global
INITIALIZED_SCHEMAS mutex was held across the PRAGMA user_version read and
init_schema, so every with_connection call took the lock on the hot path and
independent db paths serialized during init.

The on-disk user_version is already authoritative (init_schema stamps it only
after a full migration), so read it lock-free first and return on a match — the
common already-initialized case never touches the mutex. Only a version
mismatch takes the lock, re-reads under it (double-check), and runs the DDL, so
initialization stays atomic per path and migrated columns are still validated
via the version gate (both earlier fixes preserved).

INITIALIZED_SCHEMAS no longer gates the DDL; it is kept purely as a diagnostic
marker so the "deleted/replaced at runtime" warning fires only for a path this
process already initialized, not on every fresh-boot init (version 0).

Both regression tests still pass (deletion self-heal + older-on-disk schema
re-migration); 13/13 integrations::task_sources::store green.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01ACB4Ugi5pJMQqoCbZnVo6f
mysma-9403 added a commit to mysma-9403/openhuman that referenced this pull request Sep 2, 2026
Mirrors the verified sibling change on tinyhumansai#5708 (and tinyhumansai#5709). The process-global
INITIALIZED_SCHEMAS mutex was held across the PRAGMA user_version read and
init_schema, so every with_connection call took the lock — and in flows that
runs once per node per live run via upsert_flow_run_step, not just at open, so
the hot-path serialization is the most reachable of the three stores.

The on-disk user_version is already authoritative (init_schema stamps it only
after a full migration), so read it lock-free first and return on a match — the
common already-initialized case never touches the mutex. Only a version
mismatch takes the lock, re-reads under it (double-check), and runs the DDL, so
initialization stays atomic per path and migrated columns are still validated
via the version gate (both preserved).

INITIALIZED_SCHEMAS no longer gates the DDL; it is kept purely as a diagnostic
marker so the "deleted/replaced at runtime" warning fires only for a path this
process already initialized, not on every fresh-boot init (version 0).

All flows::store regression tests still pass (deletion self-heal, older-on-disk
re-migration, per-path independence, fresh-init idempotence); 47/47 green.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01ACB4Ugi5pJMQqoCbZnVo6f
@senamakel senamakel closed this Sep 11, 2026
senamakel pushed a commit to tinyhumansai/tinyflows that referenced this pull request Sep 11, 2026
`ensure_schema_initialized` confirmed a cached "already initialized" path with
a single-table `sqlite_master` presence probe for `flow_definitions`. That
honours the cache whenever the table merely exists, so a `flows.db` replaced at
runtime with an older/partial schema — the table present but missing a migrated
column (`require_approval` / `graph_hash`) or one of the other tables — passed
the probe, and the next query then failed with `no such column` / `no such
table` until the process restarted. The probe only restored self-healing for a
deleted (empty) database, not a drifted one. The gate also dropped the
`INITIALIZED_SCHEMAS` guard before `init_schema`, so two first callers for the
same path could both run the DDL.

Replace the presence probe with a `PRAGMA user_version` gate and make the fast
path lock-free:

- `init_schema` stamps `FLOWS_DB_SCHEMA_VERSION` into `user_version` only after
  a full, successful migration.
- `ensure_schema_initialized` reads `user_version` lock-free first and returns
  on a match, so the common already-initialized case — which runs once per node
  per live run via `upsert_flow_run_step`, not just at store open — never
  acquires the process mutex.
- Only a version mismatch takes the `INITIALIZED_SCHEMAS` lock, re-reads
  `user_version` under it (double-check), then runs the idempotent
  `init_schema`, so init is atomic per path and a stale/partial on-disk schema
  (including a drifted column) is re-migrated instead of trusted.
- `INITIALIZED_SCHEMAS` no longer gates the DDL; it is kept as a diagnostic
  marker so the "deleted/replaced at runtime" warning fires only for a path this
  process already initialized, not on every fresh-boot init (version 0).

Add `flows::older_on_disk_schema_under_a_cached_path_is_remigrated`, which drops
the `require_approval` migrated column and resets `user_version` under a cached
path, then asserts the next op re-migrates rather than failing `no such column`.

These two findings were raised (CodeRabbit/Codex) on the equivalent in-repo fix
in the host before this store was extracted here; the lock-free variant was
verified on tinyhumansai/openhuman#5708.
senamakel pushed a commit to mysma-9403/openhuman that referenced this pull request Sep 11, 2026
Mirrors the verified sibling change on tinyhumansai#5708. The process-global
INITIALIZED_SCHEMAS mutex was held across the PRAGMA user_version read and
init_schema, so every with_connection call took the lock on the hot path and
independent db paths serialized during init.

The on-disk user_version is already authoritative (init_schema stamps it only
after a full migration), so read it lock-free first and return on a match — the
common already-initialized case never touches the mutex. Only a version
mismatch takes the lock, re-reads under it (double-check), and runs the DDL, so
initialization stays atomic per path and migrated columns are still validated
via the version gate (both earlier fixes preserved).

INITIALIZED_SCHEMAS no longer gates the DDL; it is kept purely as a diagnostic
marker so the "deleted/replaced at runtime" warning fires only for a path this
process already initialized, not on every fresh-boot init (version 0).

Both regression tests still pass (deletion self-heal + older-on-disk schema
re-migration); 13/13 integrations::task_sources::store green.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01ACB4Ugi5pJMQqoCbZnVo6f
Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
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