Return a reset contract when incident replay history expired
Old clients request a cursor outside retention and appear current with missing changes. Make replay expiry explicit.
- Focused work estimate
- 2h 15m + prerequisites
- Priority in the scenario
- High
- Engineering practice
- Protocol design · Retention
Estimated field mix
- API design50%
- Real-time systems30%
- Storage systems20%
Field percentages are editorial estimates of the ticket's engineering focus. They total 100%; they are not measured time, proficiency scores, or ownership evidence.
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Project context
Fictional internal status team Harbor updates operational incident cards. Build a local event log and SSE adapter; incidents and service names are invented.
Setup prerequisites
- Create synthetic incident revisions and a local append-only event stub.
- Provide controllable disconnect, replay and retention fixtures.
Preceding work
Complete these dependencies, or supply their agreed outputs before taking this ticket.
Acceptance criteria
- Expired cursor requests fresh snapshot
- Client clears old cursor
- Reset has an observable reason
Implementation constraints
- Do not silently start at the newest event.
Verification to include
- Resume retained cursor
- Resume expired cursor
Deliverables
- Replay reset contract
Rollout and recovery
Require full reload if reset handling fails.
Value of the work
For the engineer: Practice event projection, replay and freshness communication.
For the team: Inspect whether dashboards remain trustworthy through network interruptions.
Evidence boundaries
Outcome Evidence: Tests, patches, and runbooks are requested deliverables. They become Outcome Evidence only through a qualified Mission and immutable Evidence IDs.
Ownership Evidence: Independent adaptation must be observed under a declared verification policy and cite immutable Evidence IDs. Completing a planning ticket establishes no Ownership Evidence.