Current state: All 9 CHORUS containers show "📊 Status: 0 connected peers"
and "❌ No winner found in election". P2P connectivity completely broken.
Issues:
- libp2p AutoRelay was attempted to be fixed but connectivity still failing
- Elections cannot receive candidacy or votes due to isolation
- Task Execution Engine (v0.5.0) implementation completed but P2P regressed
Status: Need to compare with pre-Task-Engine baseline to identify root cause
Next: Checkout working version before d1252ad to find what broke connectivity
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## Problem Analysis
- WHOOSH service was failing to start due to BACKBEAT NATS connectivity issues
- Containers were unable to resolve "backbeat-nats" hostname from DNS
- Service was stuck in deployment loops with all replicas failing
- Root cause: Missing WHOOSH_BACKBEAT_NATS_URL environment variable configuration
## Solution Implementation
### 1. BACKBEAT Configuration Fix
- **Added explicit WHOOSH BACKBEAT environment variables** to docker-compose.yml:
- `WHOOSH_BACKBEAT_ENABLED: "false"` (temporarily disabled for stability)
- `WHOOSH_BACKBEAT_CLUSTER_ID: "chorus-production"`
- `WHOOSH_BACKBEAT_AGENT_ID: "whoosh"`
- `WHOOSH_BACKBEAT_NATS_URL: "nats://backbeat-nats:4222"`
### 2. Service Deployment Improvements
- **Removed rosewood node constraints** across all services (gaming PC intermittency)
- **Simplified network configuration** by removing unused `whoosh-backend` network
- **Improved health check configuration** for postgres service
- **Streamlined service placement** for better distribution
### 3. Code Quality Improvements
- **Fixed code formatting** inconsistencies in HTTP server
- **Updated service comments** from "Bzzz" to "CHORUS" for clarity
- **Standardized import grouping** and spacing
## Results Achieved
### ✅ WHOOSH Service Operational
- **Service successfully running** on walnut node (1/2 replicas healthy)
- **Health checks passing** - API accessible on port 8800
- **Database connectivity restored** - migrations completed successfully
- **Council formation working** - teams being created and tasks assigned
### ✅ Core Functionality Verified
- **Agent discovery active** - CHORUS agents being detected and registered
- **Task processing operational** - autonomous team formation working
- **API endpoints responsive** - `/health` returning proper status
- **Service integration** - discovery of multiple CHORUS agent endpoints
## Technical Details
### Service Configuration
- **Environment**: Production Docker Swarm deployment
- **Database**: PostgreSQL with automatic migrations
- **Networking**: Internal chorus_net overlay network
- **Load Balancing**: Traefik routing with SSL certificates
- **Monitoring**: Prometheus metrics collection enabled
### Deployment Status
```
CHORUS_whoosh.2.nej8z6nbae1a@walnut Running 31 seconds ago
- Health checks: ✅ Passing (200 OK responses)
- Database: ✅ Connected and migrated
- Agent Discovery: ✅ Active (multiple agents detected)
- Council Formation: ✅ Functional (teams being created)
```
### Key Log Evidence
```
{"service":"whoosh","status":"ok","version":"0.1.0-mvp"}
🚀 Task successfully assigned to team
🤖 Discovered CHORUS agent with metadata
✅ Database migrations completed
🌐 Starting HTTP server on :8080
```
## Next Steps
- **BACKBEAT Integration**: Re-enable once NATS connectivity fully stabilized
- **Multi-Node Deployment**: Investigate ironwood node DNS resolution issues
- **Performance Monitoring**: Verify scaling behavior under load
- **Integration Testing**: Full project ingestion and council formation workflows
🎯 **Mission Accomplished**: WHOOSH is now operational and ready for autonomous development team orchestration testing.
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This commit preserves substantial development work including:
## Core Infrastructure:
- **Bootstrap Pool Manager** (pkg/bootstrap/pool_manager.go): Advanced peer
discovery and connection management for distributed CHORUS clusters
- **Runtime Configuration System** (pkg/config/runtime_config.go): Dynamic
configuration updates and assignment-based role management
- **Cryptographic Key Derivation** (pkg/crypto/key_derivation.go): Secure
key management for P2P networking and DHT operations
## Enhanced Monitoring & Operations:
- **Comprehensive Monitoring Stack**: Added Prometheus and Grafana services
with full metrics collection, alerting, and dashboard visualization
- **License Gate System** (internal/licensing/license_gate.go): Advanced
license validation with circuit breaker patterns
- **Enhanced P2P Configuration**: Improved networking configuration for
better peer discovery and connection reliability
## Health & Reliability:
- **DHT Health Check Fix**: Temporarily disabled problematic DHT health
checks to prevent container shutdown issues
- **Enhanced License Validation**: Improved error handling and retry logic
for license server communication
## Docker & Deployment:
- **Optimized Container Configuration**: Updated Dockerfile and compose
configurations for better resource management and networking
- **Static Binary Support**: Proper compilation flags for Alpine containers
This work addresses the P2P networking issues that were preventing proper
leader election in CHORUS clusters and establishes the foundation for
reliable distributed operation.
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🎭 CHORUS now contains full BZZZ functionality adapted for containers
Core systems ported:
- P2P networking (libp2p with DHT and PubSub)
- Task coordination (COOEE protocol)
- HMMM collaborative reasoning
- SHHH encryption and security
- SLURP admin election system
- UCXL content addressing
- UCXI server integration
- Hypercore logging system
- Health monitoring and graceful shutdown
- License validation with KACHING
Container adaptations:
- Environment variable configuration (no YAML files)
- Container-optimized logging to stdout/stderr
- Auto-generated agent IDs for container deployments
- Docker-first architecture
All proven BZZZ P2P protocols, AI integration, and collaboration
features are now available in containerized form.
Next: Build and test container deployment.
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