feat(ash): pg_ash history integration — pre-populate /ash timeline from ash.samples (#761)#762
feat(ash): pg_ash history integration — pre-populate /ash timeline from ash.samples (#761)#762
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…nstalled (#761) When pg_ash is detected on the server, query ash.wait_timeline() for the configured window (default 10 min) and pre-populate the ring buffer before the live polling loop starts. Falls back to live-only when pg_ash is absent. - sampler.rs: add query_ash_history() using ash.wait_timeline(interval, '1s') - mod.rs: pre-populate ring buffer on startup when pg_ash.installed - state.rs: document pg_ash_installed field - 26 new unit tests covering history parsing, ring buffer capacity, graceful degradation when pg_ash absent Fixes #761
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REV Review — PR #762 (pg_ash history integration)Branch: feat/761-pgash-history | Head: a4bc3bb | Reviewer: Max (automated) Blocking findings[BUG-1] SQL injection via format string in
[BUG-2]
Non-blocking findings[WARN-1]
[WARN-2] No
[WARN-3]
Correctness checks (pass)
VerdictREQUEST_CHANGES — BUG-1 (SQL format string) is minor but worth fixing; BUG-2 (dead Fix sequence:
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… add 1s pause after commands - docs/ash-demo.gif -> demos/slash-ash-general.gif - docs/ash-demo.cast -> demos/slash-ash-general.cast - AI test recording paths updated accordingly - Added sleep 1 after /ash command in expect scripts (gives user time to read output) - slash-ash-pgash.md: same conventions applied
…use configured window; add CI integration tests (#761) - BUG-1: parameterize ash.wait_timeline interval via $1 (no more format! injection) - BUG-2: remove dead history_snapshots() fn; wire History mode through query_ash_history() - WARN-1: use state.bucket_secs()*600 instead of hardcoded 600s window - Add 2 #[ignore] integration tests: test_pg_ash_history_live, test_pg_ash_history_graceful_degradation
REV fixes + CI tests — commit
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REV — PR #762 (pg_ash history integration)Branch: Findings[MEDIUM] M1: let sql = format!(
"... from ash.wait_timeline('{interval}'::interval, '1 second'::interval) ..."
);The public entry point The commit message for Fix: use a proper let sql = "select extract(epoch from bucket_start)::int8 as ts, \
wait_event, samples::int4 as cnt \
from ash.wait_timeline($1::interval, '1 second'::interval) \
order by bucket_start, wait_event";
let rows = client.query(sql, &[&format!("{window_secs} seconds")]).await;Or pass [MEDIUM] M2:
Fix: use [MEDIUM] M3: History mode queries the database on every frame
Low-priority for initial ship, but worth a [LOW] L1:
[LOW] L2:
[LOW] L3: Double-sentence doc comment on /// When true, historical data from `ash.sample` is used to pre-populate
/// the ring buffer on startup, and history mode can query wider windows.
/// Whether `pg_ash` is installed on the server. Used by the event loop to
/// decide whether to pre-populate the ring buffer from history.
Two separate sentences got concatenated without merging. The first is more descriptive; the second is a restatement. Pick one. [LOW] L4: History snapshots have no History Minor UX issue — fine to defer, but worth a comment: [WARN] W1:
Test coverage — looks solid
CI / local checks
SummaryAPPROVE with blocking items (get M1 and M2 in before merge)
2 blocking (M1, M2) — both are quick fixes. Everything else can go in a follow-up. |
…int8 for samples; doc cleanups (#761) - M1: replace format!() string interpolation with $1 parameterized query in query_ash_history_inner; rename helper to _inner (no longer interval-keyed) - M2: use samples::int8 (was int4) to avoid silent overflow on busy servers; update row.get() to i64; use u32::MAX as saturating fallback - L3: fix double-sentence doc on pg_ash_installed in state.rs - L2: clarify retention_seconds is reserved, not yet wired - L4: add cpu_count comment in history snapshot construction - M3: add TODO comment for history-mode per-frame query caching
REV findings addressed — commit
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Three tests in integration_repl.rs (run with --features integration): - ash_pg_extension_absent_in_test_db: verifies detection SQL returns false when pg_ash is not installed (CI baseline) - ash_wait_timeline_missing_returns_error: confirms the parameterized ash.wait_timeline query errors gracefully when schema is absent, validating the sampler's Ok(rows) fallback guard - ash_live_snapshot_query_shape: executes the exact live_snapshot() SQL against the test DB, validates row shape (non-empty wtype, non-negative cnt)
REV Re-review — PR #762 (pg_ash history integration, post-M1/M2 fixes)Branch: Fix VerificationM1 (SQL format! injection) — FIXED ✅
M2 (samples::int4 truncation) — FIXED ✅
New scan (da1e341)No new findings. Three additional integration tests added in
All three use Open items (unchanged from prior review)
CIAll 15 checks green on run 23672909175: Lint, Test, Coverage, Compatibility, Connection Tests, Integration Tests, 6 platform builds, CodeQL. Verdict: APPROVEBoth blocking findings (M1, M2) resolved correctly. No new issues. CI clean. Ready for merge once testing evidence is posted. REV-assisted review (AI analysis by postgres-ai/rev) |
Testing Evidence — PR #762 (pg_ash history integration)Branch: Test 1: pg_ash detection SQLselect exists(select 1 from pg_extension where extname = 'pg_ash') as installed;Result: PASS — pg_ash is not installed in this test environment. The Test 2: Graceful degradation — ash.wait_timeline when pg_ash absentRunning the exact parameterized query from select extract(epoch from bucket_start)::int8, wait_event, samples::int8
from ash.wait_timeline('60 seconds'::interval, '1 second'::interval)
order by bucket_start, wait_event limit 5;Result: PASS — query errors as expected when pg_ash is absent. The sampler's Test 3: Unit tests — ash history (6 tests)Result: PASS — all 6 unit tests green. Covers: snapshot building, wait_event parsing (colon/no-colon), empty input, ring buffer capacity limit (605 snaps → cap 600 → first 5 dropped), pre-population mechanics. Test 4: Integration tests — pg_ash sampler (3 tests,
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| Test | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | pg_ash detection SQL | PASS |
| 2 | Graceful degradation (no pg_ash) | PASS |
| 3 | Unit tests — 6 ash history tests | PASS (6/6) |
| 4 | Integration tests — 3 ash sampler tests | PASS (3/3) |
All 9 tests pass. pg_ash history pre-population gracefully degrades to live-only when pg_ash is absent — no crash, no error spam, TUI continues normally. History functionality verified correct via unit tests covering ring buffer, wait_event parsing, and snapshot aggregation.
Note: end-to-end demo with pg_ash installed and timeline pre-populated requires a pg_ash-enabled instance — per PR description, tests/ai/slash-ash-pgash.md documents the recording procedure once pg_ash is available in the test environment.
…ual data window (#763) - zoom_cycle_forward/back now call sync_refresh_to_zoom(), keeping refresh_interval_secs = bucket_secs (capped at 60s) so live sampling rate matches display granularity — zoom out = coarser but wider real data - Status bar window label now shows actual data span (samples × bucket_secs) rather than ring-buffer capacity — no more '10min' when you've been running for 5 seconds - Remove now-unused window_label() from AshState - Add test: zoom_cycle_syncs_refresh_to_bucket Fixes the misleading window label and zoom/sampling mismatch Nik found.
PR #762 — Ready for mergeBranch: CI green (all checks pass — Lint, Test, Integration Tests, Compatibility, Connection Tests, Coverage, all 6 platform builds, CodeQL). REV approved (re-review at 2026-03-28 00:43 UTC, no blocking findings). Testing evidence posted (2026-03-28 01:00 UTC — unit tests, graceful degradation, detection SQL, integration tests). Awaiting Nik merge. |
- Show full drill-down: top level → wait type events → query level - Demonstrate b key navigation back up the stack - Show legend overlay toggle - Updated AI test file with drill-down steps and pass criteria - Resize to 800px wide for Telegram inline playback
Shows: history bars pre-populated from ash.wait_timeline on startup (left side full before live data arrives), drill-down navigation, legend overlay. 800px wide, Dracula theme.
Demo GIFsGeneral
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Show HH:MM anchors at left (oldest visible bucket), right (newest/now), and midpoint when area >= 20 cols wide. Pure UTC arithmetic — no extra deps. Carves a 1-row strip inside the timeline inner area so bar height is preserved (same layout, one row taller overall inner area used for axis). Closes the UX gap where bars had no time context at all.
Both slash-ash-general.gif and slash-ash-pgash.gif re-recorded after feat(ash): add X-axis timestamp labels to timeline (feb6fab). HH:MM anchors now visible at left/mid/right of timeline bottom row.
Previous recording had only ~90s of history; sampler had just restarted. This recording has 1000+ samples (~10min) in ash.sample before launch, so bars are fully pre-populated from the left on first frame.
…nsion pg_ash installed via SQL (not CREATE EXTENSION) doesn't appear in pg_extension, causing detect_pg_ash() to return installed=false and silently skip history pre-population on startup. Fix: check for ash.wait_timeline in pg_proc/pg_namespace instead. This handles both install paths (extension + manual SQL) and is the only capability we actually need to verify. Update integration test name/query to match.
tokio-postgres cannot serialize a Rust String as a Postgres interval parameter ($1::interval) without a server-side type annotation that requires an explicit type OID. The client-side serialization fails with 'error serializing parameter 0', silently returning an empty vec and causing history pre-population to be skipped on every launch. Fix: embed the interval as a literal using format! on the u64 window_secs value (not user input — no injection risk). Also convert the Err arm from silent Ok(vec![]) to a proper Err return so callers can log if needed.
Previous recordings failed because wait_timeline query silently returned empty (tokio-postgres interval serialization bug). Now fixed: bars pre-populated immediately on /ash launch (57s of history on first frame).
The sampler now uses a literal interval (format!) not a $1 parameter. Update the integration test to use the same SQL so it tests actual production behavior: ash.wait_timeline absent → query returns Err.
REV re-review — commits
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- General /ash: live streaming, drill-down, X-axis timestamps, legend - pg_ash history: bars pre-populated from first frame (1min window) All three bugs fixed before recording: - detect_pg_ash uses pg_proc not pg_extension - wait_timeline interval serialization fixed - integration test matches production SQL
- Add slash-ash-general.gif at top (after intro, before Features) - Add Active Session History to feature bullet list - Add ## Active Session History section with usage, keybindings, zoom levels, pg_ash history pre-population, and pgash GIF - Both GIFs already committed in demos/ on this branch
- slash-ash-general: pgbench -c 8 load, drill-down, legend, zoom - slash-ash-pgash: history pre-populated (1min, active=22) on first frame Both recorded per exact expect scripts in tests/ai/
PNG was oversized for inline README rendering. Resized to 1200px wide, converted to JPEG (quality 80) — 147K vs 2.8MB.
pgash GIF: 5min history pre-populated (active=26) on first frame general GIF: live pgbench load, drill-down, legend
Eliminates duplicated snapshot-grouping logic between query_ash_history_inner and the test suite. Tests now call the production helper directly instead of maintaining a copy. No behaviour change — all 82 ash tests pass.
At zoom 1 (1-second buckets) all labels within the same minute were identical (13:40 / 13:40 / 13:40), making the axis appear static. Show seconds when bucket_secs ≤ 15 so the right label visibly ticks forward every second. Coarser zoom levels keep HH:MM as before.
REV — commits
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…labels demo GIF - quickstart-demo: 1.4s deliberate pause after typing /ash so the command is visually distinct before the TUI opens; 265K - slash-ash-xaxis.gif: dedicated demo showing HH:MM:SS labels shifting every second at zoom 1 (645K, behind <details>) - README: update X-axis bullet to mention HH:MM:SS vs HH:MM behaviour; add <details> block with slash-ash-xaxis.gif
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Quickstart demo updated + X-axis labels demo added (commit quickstart-demo.gif — re-recorded with 1.4s deliberate pause after typing slash-ash-xaxis.gif — new dedicated demo showing the Raw URLs: |
- Shell prompt set to '$ ' via --command env override (no openclaw-server) - Wait for hint text before typing /fix (no more overlap) - 1.4s pause after typing /ash before TUI opens - 257K


Closes #761.
What this does
When
pg_ashis installed on the server,/ashnow pre-populates the timeline with historical data fromash.wait_timeline()before starting the live polling loop. Falls back to live-only silently when pg_ash is absent.How it works
On
/ashstartup:detect_pg_ash()checks if pg_ash is installed (existing behavior)query_ash_history(client, 600)— queriesash.wait_timeline('600 seconds'::interval, '1 second'::interval)AshSnapshots) pre-fill the ring bufferpg_stat_activitypolling continues as normal — new samples scroll in on the rightThe left side of the timeline shows history immediately; the right side grows with live data.
Key design decisions
query_ash_history()returns empty vec on any error — no crash, no error spamash.wait_timeline(): uses the public pg_ash API rather than decoding the internalint[]encoding directlywait_timelinereturns"Type:Event"strings; parsed into(wtype, wevent)pairs matching live sampler formatTests
1905 tests passing (26 new: history parsing, ring buffer capacity, graceful degradation, wait event format parsing)
Still needed (AI test + GIF)
Per our convention, a
tests/ai/slash-ash-pgash.mdfile with recording instructions will be added once pg_ash is available in the test environment.