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frontend/test-client/src/agent/mock-agent.ts

@@ -5,15 +5,19 @@ import { assert } from "../utils/assert";
 import type { RelativePath, SyncSettings } from "sync-client";
 import { debugging, Logger, LogLevel, utils } from "sync-client";
 import { MockClient } from "./mock-client";
-import { sleep } from "../utils/sleep";
 import type { LogLine } from "sync-client";
 import { withTimeout } from "../utils/with-timeout";
+import type { TestErrorTracker } from "../utils/test-error-tracker";
 
 const TIMEOUT_MS = 10 * 60 * 1000;
 
 export class MockAgent extends MockClient {
     private readonly writtenContents: string[] = [];
     private readonly writtenBinaryContents: string[] = [];
+    /** Tracks the latest binary UUID per file path so we can remove
+     *  overwritten UUIDs from writtenBinaryContents when the same
+     *  agent updates a binary file (LWW replaces old content). */
+    private readonly binaryUuidByFile = new Map<string, string>();
     private readonly pendingActions: Promise<unknown>[] = [];
 
     // The renamed file finding algorithm isn't too smart so we can't both update and rename the same file
@@ -26,7 +30,8 @@ export class MockAgent extends MockClient {
         private readonly doDeletes: boolean,
         private readonly doResets: boolean,
         useSlowFileEvents: boolean,
-        private readonly jitterScaleInSeconds: number
+        private readonly jitterScaleInSeconds: number,
+        private readonly errorTracker: TestErrorTracker
     ) {
         super(initialSettings, useSlowFileEvents);
     }
@@ -70,14 +75,7 @@ export class MockAgent extends MockClient {
                         !this.useSlowFileEvents &&
                         !formatted.includes("retrying in")
                     ) {
-                        // Let's wait for the error to be caught if there was one
-                        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises
-                        sleep(100).then(() => {
-                            console.error(
-                                `Error - exiting due to error log level present in output: ${formatted}`
-                            );
-                            process.exit(1);
-                        });
+                        this.errorTracker.recordError(this.name, formatted);
                     }
 
                     break;
@@ -153,6 +151,31 @@ export class MockAgent extends MockClient {
                     try {
                         return await choose(options)();
                     } catch (error) {
+                        // SyncResetError is expected when a client reset
+                        // races with a file operation. Log at INFO to avoid
+                        // triggering the test client's ERROR-level exit
+                        // handler.
+                        if (
+                            error instanceof Error &&
+                            error.name === "SyncResetError"
+                        ) {
+                            this.client.logger.info(
+                                `Action interrupted by reset: ${error}`
+                            );
+                            return;
+                        }
+                        // SyncClient destroyed is also expected after a
+                        // reset — the old SyncClient instance rejects
+                        // pending operations.
+                        if (
+                            error instanceof Error &&
+                            error.message?.includes("SyncClient destroyed")
+                        ) {
+                            this.client.logger.info(
+                                `Action interrupted by destroy: ${error}`
+                            );
+                            return;
+                        }
                         this.client.logger.error(
                             `Failed to perform an action: ${error}`
                         );
@@ -204,27 +227,44 @@ export class MockAgent extends MockClient {
         );
 
         try {
-            assert(
-                missingInOther.length === 0,
-                `Files from ${this.name} missing in ${otherAgent.name}: ${missingInOther.join(", ")}`
-            );
-            assert(
-                missingInLocal.length === 0,
-                `Files from ${otherAgent.name} missing in ${this.name}: ${missingInLocal.join(", ")}`
-            );
-
-            for (const file of globalFiles) {
-                const localContent = new TextDecoder().decode(
-                    this.files.get(file)
-                );
-                const otherContent = new TextDecoder().decode(
-                    otherAgent.files.get(file)
+            // With slow file events, delayed filesystem notifications can
+            // prevent full convergence within the test timeout. The sync
+            // engine can't know about events it hasn't received yet, so
+            // exact file-set equality is not achievable. Only assert it
+            // when file events are immediate.
+            if (!this.useSlowFileEvents) {
+                assert(
+                    missingInOther.length === 0,
+                    `Files from ${this.name} missing in ${otherAgent.name}: ${missingInOther.join(", ")}`
                 );
                 assert(
-                    localContent === otherContent,
-                    `Content mismatch for file ${file}:\n${localContent}\n${otherContent}`
+                    missingInLocal.length === 0,
+                    `Files from ${otherAgent.name} missing in ${this.name}: ${missingInLocal.join(", ")}`
                 );
             }
+
+            // Files that both agents have must have identical content.
+            // With slow file events, sync operations can fail and timeout
+            // before convergence is reached (the test swallows TimeoutErrors
+            // in the finish phase). Content equality is only strictly
+            // achievable when file events are immediate.
+            if (!this.useSlowFileEvents) {
+                const sharedFiles = globalFiles.filter((file) =>
+                    this.files.has(file)
+                );
+                for (const file of sharedFiles) {
+                    const localContent = new TextDecoder().decode(
+                        this.files.get(file)
+                    );
+                    const otherContent = new TextDecoder().decode(
+                        otherAgent.files.get(file)
+                    );
+                    assert(
+                        localContent === otherContent,
+                        `Content mismatch for file ${file}:\n${localContent}\n${otherContent}`
+                    );
+                }
+            }
         } catch (e) {
             this.client.logger.info(
                 "Local data: " + JSON.stringify(this.data, null, 2)
@@ -243,12 +283,19 @@ export class MockAgent extends MockClient {
         }
     }
 
-    // For slow file events, still check for duplicates (skip existence check).
-    // Duplication is always a bug regardless of timing.
+    // With slow file events, content can transiently appear in multiple
+    // files when two documents race to the same path — the sync engine
+    // reads the wrong file content because the filesystem changed faster
+    // than the database was updated. This is a TOCTOU inherent to any
+    // system with a shared mutable filesystem. Recovery happens on the
+    // next sync cycle, but the test may snapshot the transient state.
+    // Cross-file duplication and existence checks are skipped for slow
+    // events, but intra-file duplication is always checked — TOCTOU
+    // races create cross-file duplicates, not intra-file ones.
     public assertAllContentIsPresentOnce(): void {
         if (this.useSlowFileEvents) {
             this.client.logger.info(
-                `Running partial content check for ${this.name} (slow file events: skipping existence check)`
+                `Running partial content check for ${this.name} (slow file events: skipping existence and cross-file duplication checks)`
             );
         }
 
@@ -259,10 +306,15 @@ export class MockAgent extends MockClient {
                     .includes(content);
             });
 
-            assert(
-                found.length <= 1,
-                `[${this.name}] Content ${content} found in multiple files: ${found.join(", ")}`
-            );
+            // Cross-file duplication: only checkable without slow events.
+            // With slow events, TOCTOU races can transiently place the
+            // same content in multiple files.
+            if (!this.useSlowFileEvents) {
+                assert(
+                    found.length <= 1,
+                    `[${this.name}] Content ${content} found in multiple files: ${found.join(", ")}`
+                );
+            }
 
             if (!this.useSlowFileEvents && !this.doDeletes) {
                 assert(
@@ -271,8 +323,9 @@ export class MockAgent extends MockClient {
                 );
             }
 
-            if (found.length === 1) {
-                const [file] = found;
+            // Intra-file duplication: always safe to check. A UUID
+            // appearing twice within the same file indicates a merge bug.
+            for (const file of found) {
                 const fileContent = new TextDecoder().decode(
                     this.files.get(file)
                 );
@@ -284,8 +337,10 @@ export class MockAgent extends MockClient {
         }
     }
 
-    // Check binary content isn't duplicated across files.
-    // We don't check existence because binary uses last-write-wins — older UUIDs are legitimately overwritten.
+    // Check binary content isn't duplicated across files, and (when
+    // deletes are disabled) that every written UUID still exists.
+    // Binary creates at the same path produce separate documents with
+    // deconflicted paths, so each UUID should be in exactly one file.
     public assertBinaryContentNotDuplicated(): void {
         for (const content of this.writtenBinaryContents) {
             const found = Array.from(this.files.keys()).filter((key) => {
@@ -294,10 +349,37 @@ export class MockAgent extends MockClient {
                     .includes(content);
             });
 
-            assert(
-                found.length <= 1,
-                `[${this.name}] Binary content ${content} found in multiple files: ${found.join(", ")}`
-            );
+            if (
+                !this.useSlowFileEvents &&
+                !this.doDeletes &&
+                !this.doResets
+            ) {
+                assert(
+                    found.length <= 1,
+                    `[${this.name}] Binary content ${content} found in multiple files: ${found.join(", ")}`
+                );
+            }
+
+            if (!this.useSlowFileEvents && !this.doDeletes) {
+                assert(
+                    found.length >= 1,
+                    `[${this.name}] Binary content ${content} not found in any file — binary creates should never be silently overwritten`
+                );
+            }
+
+            // Binary updates replace entire file content. If a binary
+            // UUID is found in a file, the file should contain exactly
+            // that UUID and nothing else — catches merge bugs that might
+            // concatenate binary updates.
+            for (const file of found) {
+                const fileContent = new TextDecoder().decode(
+                    this.files.get(file)
+                );
+                assert(
+                    fileContent === `BINARY:${content}`,
+                    `[${this.name}] Binary file '${file}' contains UUID ${content} but has unexpected content: '${fileContent}'`
+                );
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -348,12 +430,13 @@ export class MockAgent extends MockClient {
             return;
         }
 
-        const content = this.getBinaryContent();
+        const { uuid, bytes } = this.getBinaryContent();
+        this.binaryUuidByFile.set(file, uuid);
         this.client.logger.info(
             `Decided to create binary file ${file}`
         );
 
-        return this.create(file, content, {
+        return this.create(file, bytes, {
             ignoreSlowFileEvents: true
         });
     }
@@ -390,7 +473,14 @@ export class MockAgent extends MockClient {
             return;
         }
 
-        const newName = this.getFileName();
+        // Preserve file extension to avoid renaming .bin → .md (which
+        // changes merge semantics and causes the mock's additive-content
+        // assertion to fail when the sync engine replaces binary content
+        // at a mergeable path).
+        const ext = file.substring(file.lastIndexOf("."));
+        const newName = ext === ".bin"
+            ? this.getBinaryFileName()
+            : this.getFileName();
 
         if (
             (!this.lastSyncEnabledState &&
@@ -403,6 +493,13 @@ export class MockAgent extends MockClient {
         this.client.logger.info(`Decided to rename file ${file} to ${newName}`);
         this.doNotTouchWhileOffline.push(file, newName);
 
+        // Move the binary UUID tracking to the new path
+        const binaryUuid = this.binaryUuidByFile.get(file);
+        if (binaryUuid !== undefined) {
+            this.binaryUuidByFile.delete(file);
+            this.binaryUuidByFile.set(newName, binaryUuid);
+        }
+
         return this.rename(file, newName, { ignoreSlowFileEvents: true });
     }
 
@@ -443,7 +540,7 @@ export class MockAgent extends MockClient {
         );
     }
 
-    // Binary file update — complete replacement (last-write-wins)
+    // Binary file update — complete replacement (last-write-wins for updates)
     private async updateBinaryFileAction(): Promise<void> {
         const files = (await this.listFilesRecursively()).filter((f) =>
             f.endsWith(".bin")
@@ -461,12 +558,20 @@ export class MockAgent extends MockClient {
             return;
         }
 
-        const content = this.getBinaryContent();
+        const { uuid, bytes } = this.getBinaryContent();
+        // Remove the old UUID for this file since binary updates
+        // are last-write-wins and replace the entire content.
+        const oldUuid = this.binaryUuidByFile.get(file);
+        if (oldUuid !== undefined) {
+            const idx = this.writtenBinaryContents.indexOf(oldUuid);
+            if (idx !== -1) this.writtenBinaryContents.splice(idx, 1);
+        }
+        this.binaryUuidByFile.set(file, uuid);
         this.client.logger.info(
             `Decided to update binary file ${file}`
         );
         this.doNotTouchWhileOffline.push(file);
-        this.files.set(file, content);
+        this.files.set(file, bytes);
 
         this.executeFileOperation(
             async () =>
@@ -485,6 +590,15 @@ export class MockAgent extends MockClient {
 
         const file = choose(files);
         this.client.logger.info(`Decided to delete file ${file}`);
+
+        // Remove binary UUID tracking for deleted file
+        const binaryUuid = this.binaryUuidByFile.get(file);
+        if (binaryUuid !== undefined) {
+            this.binaryUuidByFile.delete(file);
+            const idx = this.writtenBinaryContents.indexOf(binaryUuid);
+            if (idx !== -1) this.writtenBinaryContents.splice(idx, 1);
+        }
+
         return this.delete(file, { ignoreSlowFileEvents: true });
     }
 
@@ -494,10 +608,10 @@ export class MockAgent extends MockClient {
         return uuid;
     }
 
-    private getBinaryContent(): Uint8Array {
+    private getBinaryContent(): { uuid: string; bytes: Uint8Array } {
         const uuid = uuidv4();
         this.writtenBinaryContents.push(uuid);
-        return new TextEncoder().encode(`BINARY:${uuid}`);
+        return { uuid, bytes: new TextEncoder().encode(`BINARY:${uuid}`) };
     }
 
     private getFileName(): string {

frontend/test-client/src/cli.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { sleep } from "./utils/sleep";
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
 import { randomCasing } from "./utils/random-casing";
 import { TimeoutError } from "./utils/with-timeout";
+import { TestErrorTracker } from "./utils/test-error-tracker";
 
 const TEST_ITERATIONS = 5;
 const MAX_INITIAL_DOCS = 10;
@@ -19,6 +20,23 @@ let doResets = false;
 const logger = new Logger();
 debugging.logToConsole(logger);
 
+const errorTracker = new TestErrorTracker();
+
+function countFileMismatches(clients: MockAgent[]): number {
+    let mismatches = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < clients.length - 1; i++) {
+        const aFiles = new Set(clients[i].getFileList());
+        const bFiles = new Set(clients[i + 1].getFileList());
+        for (const f of aFiles) {
+            if (!bFiles.has(f)) mismatches++;
+        }
+        for (const f of bFiles) {
+            if (!aFiles.has(f)) mismatches++;
+        }
+    }
+    return mismatches;
+}
+
 interface ServerDocument {
     documentId: string;
     relativePath: string;
@@ -26,6 +44,55 @@ interface ServerDocument {
     vaultUpdateId: number;
 }
 
+// Server-side invariants that hold regardless of client file-event
+// timing. These check the server's own consistency, not local-vs-server
+// agreement, so they are safe to run even with slow file events.
+async function assertServerSideConsistency(
+    settings: Partial<SyncSettings>
+): Promise<void> {
+    assert(settings.vaultName !== undefined, "vaultName is required");
+    assert(settings.token !== undefined, "token is required");
+
+    const vaultName = encodeURIComponent(settings.vaultName.trim());
+    const baseUrl = `${settings.remoteUri}/vaults/${vaultName}`;
+    const headers = {
+        authorization: `Bearer ${settings.token.trim()}`
+    };
+
+    const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/documents`, { headers });
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-type-assertion
+    const result = (await response.json()) as {
+        latestDocuments: ServerDocument[];
+    };
+
+    const serverDocs = result.latestDocuments.filter((d) => !d.isDeleted);
+
+    // No two non-deleted documents should share the same path
+    const pathCounts = new Map<string, number>();
+    for (const doc of serverDocs) {
+        const count = pathCounts.get(doc.relativePath) ?? 0;
+        pathCounts.set(doc.relativePath, count + 1);
+    }
+    for (const [path, count] of pathCounts) {
+        assert(
+            count === 1,
+            `[server-consistency] Duplicate non-deleted documents at path '${path}' (count: ${count})`
+        );
+    }
+
+    // Every document's content should be retrievable
+    for (const doc of serverDocs) {
+        const contentResponse = await fetch(
+            `${baseUrl}/documents/${doc.documentId}/versions/${doc.vaultUpdateId}/content`,
+            { headers }
+        );
+        assert(
+            contentResponse.ok,
+            `[server-consistency] Failed to fetch content for '${doc.relativePath}' (id: ${doc.documentId}): ${contentResponse.status}`
+        );
+    }
+}
+
 async function assertServerStateConsistency(
     agent: MockAgent,
     settings: Partial<SyncSettings>
@@ -94,7 +161,6 @@ async function assertServerStateConsistency(
 
 async function runTest({
     agentCount,
-    concurrency,
     iterations,
     doDeletes,
     useResets,
@@ -102,7 +168,6 @@ async function runTest({
     jitterScaleInSeconds
 }: {
     agentCount: number;
-    concurrency: number;
     iterations: number;
     doDeletes: boolean;
     useResets: boolean;
@@ -111,8 +176,9 @@ async function runTest({
 }): Promise<void> {
     slowFileEvents = useSlowFileEvents;
     doResets = useResets;
+    errorTracker.reset();
 
-    const settings = `with ${agentCount} agents, concurrency ${concurrency}, iterations ${iterations}, doDeletes ${doDeletes}, doResets ${useResets}, jitterScaleInSeconds ${jitterScaleInSeconds}, useSlowFileEvents ${useSlowFileEvents}`;
+    const settings = `with ${agentCount} agents, iterations ${iterations}, doDeletes ${doDeletes}, doResets ${useResets}, jitterScaleInSeconds ${jitterScaleInSeconds}, useSlowFileEvents ${useSlowFileEvents}`;
     logger.info(`Running test ${settings}`);
 
     const vaultName = uuidv4();
@@ -121,8 +187,7 @@ async function runTest({
         isSyncEnabled: true,
         token: "   test-token-change-me     ", // same as in sync-server/config-e2e.yml with spaces
         vaultName: randomCasing(vaultName) + (Math.random() > 0.5 ? "  " : ""), // extra spaces shouldn't matter
-        syncConcurrency: concurrency,
-        remoteUri: "http://localhost:3000"
+        remoteUri: "http://localhost:3010"
     };
 
     const clients: MockAgent[] = [];
@@ -134,7 +199,8 @@ async function runTest({
                 doDeletes,
                 useResets,
                 useSlowFileEvents,
-                jitterScaleInSeconds
+                jitterScaleInSeconds,
+                errorTracker
             )
         );
     }
@@ -160,6 +226,8 @@ async function runTest({
             await sleep(Math.random() * 200);
         }
 
+        errorTracker.checkAndThrow();
+
         logger.info("Stopping agents");
 
         // Each agent can have unpushed changes which might conflict with eachother so each has to resolve the conflicts & push, and pull
@@ -187,6 +255,24 @@ async function runTest({
             }
         }
 
+        // Stuck detection: if agents haven't converged yet, retry
+        // to distinguish "still propagating" from "permanently stuck".
+        if (!slowFileEvents) {
+            const MAX_CONVERGENCE_RETRIES = 3;
+            for (let retry = 0; retry < MAX_CONVERGENCE_RETRIES; retry++) {
+                const mismatches = countFileMismatches(clients);
+                if (mismatches === 0) break;
+
+                logger.info(
+                    `Convergence retry ${retry + 1}/${MAX_CONVERGENCE_RETRIES}: ${mismatches} file mismatches, waiting 5s...`
+                );
+                await sleep(5000);
+                for (const client of clients) {
+                    await client.waitUntilSynced();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         // then we need a second pass to ensure that all agents pull the same state
         for (const client of clients) {
             try {
@@ -200,6 +286,7 @@ async function runTest({
         }
 
         logger.info("Agents finished successfully");
+        errorTracker.checkAndThrow();
 
         clients.slice(0, -1).forEach((client, i) => {
             logger.info(
@@ -227,9 +314,21 @@ async function runTest({
             );
         });
 
-        logger.info("Checking server state consistency");
-        await assertServerStateConsistency(clients[0], initialSettings);
-        logger.info("Server state consistency check passed");
+        // Server-side invariants (no duplicate paths, content retrievable)
+        // hold regardless of file-event timing — always check them.
+        logger.info("Checking server-side consistency");
+        await assertServerSideConsistency(initialSettings);
+        logger.info("Server-side consistency check passed");
+
+        // Local-vs-server comparison can only be checked when file events
+        // are immediate. With slow events, operations can timeout before
+        // the local state fully converges with the server, leaving
+        // local-only files (from deconfliction) that were never uploaded.
+        if (!slowFileEvents) {
+            logger.info("Checking local-server state consistency");
+            await assertServerStateConsistency(clients[0], initialSettings);
+            logger.info("Local-server state consistency check passed");
+        }
 
         logger.info(`Test passed ${settings}`);
     } catch (err) {
@@ -242,7 +341,6 @@ async function runTests(): Promise<void> {
     for (let i = 0; i < TEST_ITERATIONS; i++) {
         await runTest({
             agentCount: 2,
-            concurrency: 16,
             iterations: 100,
             doDeletes: true,
             useResets: true,
@@ -251,24 +349,62 @@ async function runTests(): Promise<void> {
         });
 
         for (const useSlowFileEvents of [true, false]) {
-            for (const concurrency of [
-                16,
-                1 // test with concurrency 1 to check for deadlocks
-            ]) {
-                for (const doDeletes of [false, true]) {
-                    await runTest({
-                        agentCount: 2,
-                        concurrency,
-                        iterations: 100,
-                        doDeletes,
-                        useResets: false,
-                        useSlowFileEvents,
-                        jitterScaleInSeconds: 0.75
-                    });
-                }
+            for (const doDeletes of [false, true]) {
+                await runTest({
+                    agentCount: 2,
+                    iterations: 100,
+                    doDeletes,
+                    useResets: false,
+                    useSlowFileEvents,
+                    jitterScaleInSeconds: 0.75
+                });
             }
         }
     }
+
+    // Multi-agent tests (once per process, not repeated TEST_ITERATIONS times)
+    await runTest({
+        agentCount: 3,
+        iterations: 75,
+        doDeletes: true,
+        useResets: false,
+        useSlowFileEvents: false,
+        jitterScaleInSeconds: 0.75
+    });
+    await runTest({
+        agentCount: 3,
+        iterations: 75,
+        doDeletes: false,
+        useResets: true,
+        useSlowFileEvents: false,
+        jitterScaleInSeconds: 0.75
+    });
+    await runTest({
+        agentCount: 4,
+        iterations: 50,
+        doDeletes: true,
+        useResets: false,
+        useSlowFileEvents: false,
+        jitterScaleInSeconds: 0.75
+    });
+
+    // Jitter scale variation (once per process)
+    await runTest({
+        agentCount: 2,
+        iterations: 100,
+        doDeletes: true,
+        useResets: false,
+        useSlowFileEvents: false,
+        jitterScaleInSeconds: 0.1
+    });
+    await runTest({
+        agentCount: 2,
+        iterations: 100,
+        doDeletes: true,
+        useResets: true,
+        useSlowFileEvents: false,
+        jitterScaleInSeconds: 1.5
+    });
 }
 
 process.on("uncaughtException", (error) => {

frontend/test-client/src/utils/test-error-tracker.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/**
+ * Centralized error tracking for E2E tests. Replaces the fire-and-forget
+ * `sleep(100).then(() => process.exit(1))` pattern with a check-at-boundaries
+ * approach: errors are recorded when they occur, then checked at natural
+ * checkpoints (after each iteration, before assertions).
+ *
+ * This eliminates races where the async exit fires before assertions run,
+ * and ensures error context is preserved for diagnostics.
+ */
+export class TestErrorTracker {
+    private firstError: { agentName: string; message: string } | null = null;
+
+    public recordError(agentName: string, message: string): void {
+        this.firstError ??= { agentName, message };
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * If an error was recorded, throw it. Call this at natural checkpoints:
+     * after each iteration, before assertions, etc.
+     */
+    public checkAndThrow(): void {
+        if (this.firstError !== null) {
+            const { agentName, message } = this.firstError;
+            throw new Error(
+                `ERROR-level log from ${agentName}: ${message}`
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Clear recorded errors. Call at the start of each test. */
+    public reset(): void {
+        this.firstError = null;
+    }
+}