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Problem

Issue #532: on the fetch transport, the reachability vote fires only inside the transport retry plugin when an RPC is attempted and refused. An idle widget makes no calls — the engine can start refusing all new connections and the panel keeps looking healthy indefinitely. Websocket transport is unaffected (partysocket close events vote passively).

Fix

No new endpoint, no new machinery: the existing meta.engine query in EngineStaleNotice now doubles as a heartbeat. engineProbeRefetchInterval takes a heartbeat condition alongside reachable:

  • unreachable: 2s recovery probe, unchanged
  • reachable + heartbeat: 30s interval
  • reachable, no heartbeat: no polling, unchanged

Heartbeat condition, computed at the query site: transport === 'fetch' (via browserRpcTransport) and panel open (useSearch({strict: false}), per shared-component router rule). A refused heartbeat call flows through the existing retry-vote path and surfaces the standing unreachable notice. TanStack query's default refetchIntervalInBackground: false pauses the heartbeat in hidden tabs.

Tests

  • Unit: engineProbeRefetchInterval matrix (16 tests), RED/GREEN + revert-checked.
  • New IT idle-fetch-heartbeat.it.test.ts: forced fetch transport (blocked upgrades), panel open, engine refuses new RPC calls with zero user interaction — notice appears within one heartbeat tick, with an rpcCallCursor assertion pinning it to a post-fault meta.engine call (guards against a straggler boot RPC false pass); notice clears on release. Second test: panel closed, zero meta.engine calls across a full heartbeat window. Fails on HEAD (45s+ timeout, notice never appears), verified by revert-check.

Gates

embed build, embed 121/121 + client 35/35, typecheck, lint, format, fallow pass, changeset (@conciv/client + @conciv/embed patch), check-changesets exit 0.

Closes #532

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  • New Features

    • Fetch-based widgets now automatically check engine availability every 30 seconds while an active view remains open.
    • Connection-loss notices can appear without requiring user interaction and clear automatically after recovery.
    • Engine polling stops when the relevant view is closed.
    • Reachability checks continue at an appropriate interval when connections are unavailable.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for idle connection detection, recovery notices, and polling behavior.

…connections

Under fetch transport the reachability vote only fires when an RPC is
attempted and refused; an idle widget makes no calls, so an outage went
unnoticed until the user acted. The existing engine-meta query now runs
as a 30s heartbeat while online, gated to fetch transport with the panel
open. Websocket transport keeps its passive close-vote detection, and
the 2s offline recovery probe is unchanged.

Closes #532

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Fetch-transport widgets now poll engine metadata every 30 seconds while an active panel is open. The scheduler separates offline probing from online heartbeat polling. Tests cover outage detection, recovery, and polling shutdown.

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Fetch engine heartbeat

Layer / File(s) Summary
Reachability scheduler and interval contracts
packages/client/src/reachability.ts, packages/client/test/reachability.test.ts
The scheduler exports fixed probe and heartbeat intervals. It selects polling from reachability and heartbeat state. Tests cover each state.
Open panel heartbeat integration
apps/conciv/src/shell/engine-notice.tsx, packages/embed/tests/e2e/idle-fetch-heartbeat.it.test.ts, .changeset/idle-fetch-engine-heartbeat.md
The engine notice enables heartbeat polling for open fetch-transport views. End-to-end tests cover outage detection, recovery, and polling shutdown. The changeset records client and embed patch releases.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 54e81

The change adds periodic heartbeat checks for idle fetch-transport widgets, but the current implementation may still leave the widget looking healthy after the engine begins refusing connections, and the regression test lifecycle needs follow-up. Merge should wait for these issues to be fixed or explicitly accepted.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant OpenChatPanel
  participant EngineStaleNotice
  participant FetchTransport
  participant Engine
  OpenChatPanel->>EngineStaleNotice: remain open
  EngineStaleNotice->>FetchTransport: poll engine metadata every 30 seconds
  FetchTransport->>Engine: attempt metadata request
  Engine-->>FetchTransport: accept or refuse connection
  FetchTransport-->>EngineStaleNotice: update engine reachability
  EngineStaleNotice-->>OpenChatPanel: show or clear offline notice
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Handle failed heartbeat refetches.

If a heartbeat refetch fails after a successful query, dataUpdatedAt does not change. Track errorUpdatedAt separately in apps/conciv/src/shell/engine-notice.tsx so the failure calls voteEngineProbeSettled(false, engine.error) and updates reachability.

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In `@packages/client/src/reachability.ts` around lines 24 - 28, Update the
heartbeat refetch handling in engine-notice.tsx to track errorUpdatedAt
separately from dataUpdatedAt; when a failed refetch produces a newer
errorUpdatedAt, call voteEngineProbeSettled(false, engine.error) and update
reachability, while preserving the existing successful-query handling.
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Inline comments:
In `@packages/embed/tests/e2e/idle-fetch-heartbeat.it.test.ts`:
- Around line 16-18: Update the widget integration tests, including the test
using the “open panel heartbeat” description, to create isolated pages through
browser.newPage() instead of the Playwright page fixture; ensure each created
page is explicitly closed after the test completes.

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In `@packages/client/src/reachability.ts`:
- Around line 24-28: Update the heartbeat refetch handling in engine-notice.tsx
to track errorUpdatedAt separately from dataUpdatedAt; when a failed refetch
produces a newer errorUpdatedAt, call voteEngineProbeSettled(false,
engine.error) and update reachability, while preserving the existing
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Pull request overview

Adds fetch-transport heartbeats to detect engine outages while the chat panel is open.

Changes:

  • Adds 30-second heartbeat and 2-second recovery intervals.
  • Enables polling for open panels using fetch transport.
  • Adds unit and browser integration coverage.

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.changeset/idle-fetch-engine-heartbeat.md Records patch releases.
apps/conciv/src/shell/engine-notice.tsx Enables conditional heartbeat polling.
packages/client/src/reachability.ts Defines polling interval logic.
packages/client/test/reachability.test.ts Tests interval selection.
packages/embed/tests/e2e/idle-fetch-heartbeat.it.test.ts Tests outage detection and panel-close behavior.

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Comment thread apps/conciv/src/shell/engine-notice.tsx Outdated
Comment on lines +23 to +28
const heartbeat = (): boolean => browserRpcTransport(apiBase()) === 'fetch' && search().open === true
const engine = useQuery(() => ({
...appData.utils.meta.engine.queryOptions(),
enabled: connected(),
networkMode: 'always',
refetchInterval: engineProbeRefetchInterval(reachability.online()),
refetchInterval: engineProbeRefetchInterval(reachability.online(), heartbeat()),

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Applied in 54e81f8: refetchInterval is now the callback form — Solid-reactive inputs (online, panel-open, apiBase) stay tracked in the options accessor and are snapshotted into the closure; only the browserRpcTransport registry read happens inside the callback, so the transport is re-checked on every interval decision instead of frozen at options-evaluation time.

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Under fetch transport, an idle widget never notices an engine that refuses new connections

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