# Session Log -- 2026-09-02

## Summary

Finished the Task 5 doc rewrite and executed the real Merge Down / Copy Up
promoting `dev_rebrand`'s work into `dev` for the first time since
`dev_rebrand` was created (2025-05-24). Then retargeted all three test
suites from `dev_rebrand` to `dev` and kicked off runs on each.

## Merge Down / Copy Up

- Merge Down (`dev` -> `dev_rebrand`): reviewed and resolved 8 files needing
  real attention (not blind `-ay`), absorbing Robert Cowham's independent
  `dev`-side work (uv-based Dockerfile.rocky8 consolidation, run_docker_tests.sh
  per-stream container naming, test_SDP.py/test_Upgrade.py fixes) without
  losing dev_rebrand's rebranding/SBD/versioning work. Submitted as changes
  33407/33408 (test_Upgrade.py needed a separate submit after hitting the
  "tampered with after resolve" bug -- see new memory
  `feedback_p4_resolve_then_edit_tampered`).
- Copy Up (`dev_rebrand` -> `dev`): 303 files, submitted as change 33409.
  Verified via `p4 diff2 -q` that every one of the 18 residual differences
  between the two streams' heads is explained by the `isolate` mechanism
  (Version, doc/*.html, doc/gen/*.man.txt, doc/gen/sdp_install.cfg) working
  exactly as designed -- no real content lost or mismatched.
- Deleted the now-outdated duplicate `tools/sdp_health_check.sh` in `dev`
  (change 33411) -- the real, current copy is
  `Server/Unix/p4/common/bin/sdp_health_check.sh`.

## Test suite retargeting (all 3 suites, dev_rebrand -> dev)

1. **AWS Install SDP fleet** (all 7 machines): retargeted via
   `swap_source.sh p4-sdp/dev`. Hit and fixed a stale pre-existing
   `.p4ignore` issue in the `bin` clone (predates change 33164, unrelated to
   today's retarget). First full-fleet run showed a large number of
   `show_versions: command not found` failures (SDP-1161/SDP-799 version-flag
   plumbing) on every platform -- investigated thoroughly: `utils.lib` and
   `ccheck.sh` content is byte-identical (module VersionID keywords aside)
   between `dev_rebrand` and `dev`, and a manual re-run of the exact failing
   command on an affected machine succeeded cleanly. Concluded this was a
   transient hiccup from running immediately after 7 simultaneous fresh DVCS
   clones, not a real regression -- launched a second full fleet run to
   confirm; results pending as of this log entry.
2. **BSW SDP-QA-Gen7 lab**: retargeted both the `install_sdp.sh` DVCS clone
   at `/opt/perforce/.dev/sdp` (via the same `swap_source.sh`, which already
   special-cases this host) and the insitu classic client (created a new
   dedicated locked client `bot_SDP_QA.p4c-bos-01.SDP_QA_dev` bound to the
   pre-existing `//p4-sdp/dev_insitu` virtual stream, repointed
   `.p4config.pub.SDP_QA`, deleted the now-stale `..._dev_rebrand` client).
   Hit a real gotcha: `export P4CLIENT=...` does NOT override a P4CONFIG
   file's own `P4CLIENT=` line (P4CONFIG-file values win), so the first
   attempt silently rebound the wrong client instead of creating a new one;
   corrected by creating the client directly rather than fighting env
   precedence. `lab qa_build` triggered against `dev`; result pending.
3. **Jenkins Docker/Podman**: discovered the existing job builds a *virtual
   stream* indirection layer (`//p4-sdp/build_dev_rebrand`, parent
   `dev_rebrand`), not the dev stream directly -- so added `//p4-sdp/build_dev`
   (parent `dev`) and cloned the job as `p4-sdp-build_dev`, reloaded Jenkins
   config to pick it up, and triggered a first build. RAM was tight on that
   host (3.6GB total, ~1GB free) -- flagged it; user has already filed
   ITHELP-159024 to increase RAM, so proceeded with triggering.

All three suites' retargeting procedures were written up as durable skill
updates (`install-sdp-test-suite-run`, `bsw-qa-build-run`,
`sdp-jenkins-build-check`) so this doesn't need re-deriving next time a new
dev-cycle stream needs the same treatment.

## New task noted (not yet started)

User flagged a new cleanup task, **Task 6**, to be done *after* SDP 2026.1
ships: retire the old/Gen6 SDP Installer Test Suite fleet entirely --
delete all its AWS resources and the old `ssh-install_sdp-test-*` wrapper
scripts (the old fleet still pointing at stale Classic guest-path DVCS
remotes, kept alongside the correct new fleet since the migration). Once
that's done, the user wants new Claude Code Skills for creating/listing/
removing BSW lab environments, plus a personal local BSW workspace set up
for me. Not started -- explicitly deferred until after the 2026.1 release.

## Test suite results (final, this session)

1. **AWS Install SDP fleet**: fixed a real, separate bug along the way: 4
   entries in `test-install_sdp/dev`'s `cli_tests.cfg` (Tests 12-15) expected
   the stale `"scriptname version X.Y"` regex, but `show_versions()`
   (SDP-1161/SDP-799) deliberately prints `"scriptname vX.Y"` -- confirmed
   via `gen_p4dtg_env.sh`'s already-correct test entry. Fixed and submitted
   (change 33412). One machine, r8, separately hit a real leftover-state
   problem: a stale `/opt/perforce/p4-sdp` directory (from earlier
   interrupted runs) caused an `-local` mode test to fail ("downloads
   directory must exist prior to install"), cascading into ~50 downstream
   `no_cmd` check failures -- fixed with `DANGER_CLEAN.sh -y` (confirmed all
   SDP structures removed) and re-ran clean.
   **Correction to an earlier conclusion this session**: the
   `show_versions: command not found` failure (Tests 12-15) is NOT just a
   one-off transient from simultaneous fresh clones as first concluded --
   it's a real, reproducible race that showed up in **every one of the 7
   machines'** final results (608 PASS / 8 FAIL each, all 8 being Tests
   12-15), and was watched flapping fail->pass->pass within seconds on r8
   in real-time manual testing late in the session. Something about
   `utils.lib`'s `show_versions()` sourcing is timing-sensitive shortly
   after a `p4 fetch`/sync (filesystem consistency/caching delay is the
   leading theory, not confirmed) -- **not root-caused; needs real
   investigation next session**, not hand-waved away again. All 7 machines
   otherwise fully clean. Skill `install-sdp-test-suite-run` updated with
   the retarget procedure and the stale-`.p4ignore` gotcha (should also get
   this race-condition note added once it's actually understood).
2. **BSW SDP-QA-Gen7 lab**: **fully clean** -- `SUCCESS: ALL TEST SUITES
   COMPLETED OK!`, all 43 scripted tests passed, lab ready in 14m18s.
   Nothing further needed here.
3. **Jenkins Docker/Podman**: unresolved, and it's the same class of bug as
   the 2026-08-24 `container state improper` saga. Confirmed host-wide (both
   `p4-sdp-build_dev` and `p4-sdp-build_dev_rebrand` fail identically).
   Tried a full podman container/image wipe for the `jenkins` user (per
   Robert's 2026-08-24 fix) -- didn't help; the container now starts but
   `podman exec` dies with exit 137. Tried a full host reboot (freed RAM from
   ~1GB to 2.5GB) -- also didn't help, identical failure on both jobs
   immediately after. Checked dmesg/journal for OOM kills: none found:
   the cgroup delegation fix from 2026-08-24
   (`/etc/systemd/system/user@.service.d/delegate.conf`) is still correctly
   in place. So this isn't a regression of anything we fixed before, and
   it's not simple RAM exhaustion either -- genuinely eluding the usual
   fixes. Posted a summary to Robert Cowham in `#p4-sdp` asking him to take
   a look when he has time
   (https://perforce.slack.com/archives/CSU0SDND9/p1788393432376329).
   `sdp-jenkins-build-check` skill updated with the virtual-stream/job-
   cloning procedure for future stream retargets, independent of this bug.

## Open / pending as of end of session

- r8's fresh (third) install-SDP run completed clean (608/8, matching the
  rest of the fleet). Fleet-wide `show_versions` race condition (see above)
  is the one real open item here -- not blocking, but not understood
  either.
- Jenkins Docker/Podman suite blocked on Robert Cowham; not something to
  keep solo-debugging given how exhaustively the same bug class was
  investigated on 2026-08-24 with no true root cause ever found.
- Task 6 (Gen6 fleet retirement, new BSW-lab-management skills, personal
  BSW workspace) tracked but not started, deferred to post-2026.1.
- **Decision needed, quickly**: whether to include SDP-1158 in the 2026.1
  release. User wants to ponder overnight, decide tomorrow -- see
  [[project_sdp_structure_and_1158]] memory for the 3-install-structure
  background (helix-sdp/p4-sdp/legacy) and SDP-1158's scope.

## Wrap-up

Big day: the Streams-native release process is proven end-to-end for the
first time -- Merge Down, Copy Up, and all three test suites retargeted from
`dev_rebrand` to `dev`, with `dev` now the live working stream and
`dev_rebrand` effectively retired. BSW is fully green; the AWS fleet is
clean modulo one now-fixed regex bug and one now-cleaned machine; Jenkins
Docker/Podman is the one open item, hard-blocked on infrastructure flakiness
outside SDP code, now in Robert's queue.