test(server): drain heartbeat runs to quiescence in sibling suite teardown (#10464)

## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip uses heartbeats to run work.
> - Test suites share heartbeat run state during teardown.
> - Late heartbeat work can race shared table deletes.
> - That race can deadlock or fail foreign key checks.
> - The primary suite already uses a drain helper to wait for
quiescence.
> - This pull request reuses that helper in the sibling suites that
share the race.
> - The benefit is stable teardown and fewer flake failures.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

No public GitHub issue exists for this change.
Refs: #10450
This pull request reuses the quiescence drain from the primary suite.

## What Changed

- Added `server/src/__tests__/helpers/drain-heartbeat-runs.ts`.
- Reused the shared helper in `low-trust-red-team-routes.test.ts`.
- Applied the drain to the eight sibling suites that share the race.
- Kept the existing test intent unchanged.

## Verification

- `git log --oneline
origin/master..origin/test/heartbeat-teardown-quiescence-drain-sweep`
- `git diff --stat
origin/master...origin/test/heartbeat-teardown-quiescence-drain-sweep`
- Existing local test evidence in the handoff shows the primary suite
and the guarded suites pass.
- The handoff also records a stress loop with no `40P01` or `23503`
errors.

## Risks

- Low risk. The change touches test teardown only.
- The helper waits for active runs to drain. A new real background
execution path may need the same guard.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-5, tool-use and code execution enabled.

## Checklist

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to this change
- [x] I have specified the model used with version and capability
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planned core work
- [x] I have searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and linked
them above
- [x] I have either linked existing issues with `Fixes: #` / `Closes #`
/ `Refs #` or described the issue in-PR following the relevant issue
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- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
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requesting merge

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>

server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-accepted-plan-workspace-refresh.test.ts

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
   getEmbeddedPostgresTestSupport,
   startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase,
 } from "./helpers/embedded-postgres.js";
+import { drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence } from "./helpers/drain-heartbeat-runs.js";
 import { heartbeatService } from "../services/heartbeat.ts";
 import { instanceSettingsService } from "../services/instance-settings.ts";
 import { issueService } from "../services/issues.ts";
@@ -113,20 +114,14 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("accepted plan workspace refresh", () => {
 
   afterEach(async () => {
     adapterExecute.mockClear();
-    let idlePolls = 0;
-    for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 100; attempt += 1) {
-      const runs = await db
-        .select({ status: heartbeatRuns.status })
-        .from(heartbeatRuns);
-      const hasActiveRun = runs.some((run) => run.status === "queued" || run.status === "running");
-      if (!hasActiveRun) {
-        idlePolls += 1;
-        if (idlePolls >= 5) break;
-      } else {
-        idlePolls = 0;
-      }
-      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
-    }
+    // Await every in-flight background heartbeat run to quiescence before the
+    // deletes below. A wakeup claims a run and dispatches its execution
+    // fire-and-forget, and that run can dispatch a follow-up wakeup, so a run or
+    // wakeup can still write heartbeat_runs and issues rows when teardown starts
+    // and would race the deletes. The shared drain also awaits an in-flight
+    // wakeup that is still before run registration, which a plain run table
+    // status poll cannot see.
+    await drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence(db, heartbeatService(db));
     while (tempRoots.length > 0) {
       const root = tempRoots.pop();
       if (root) await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(() => undefined);

server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-issue-rewake-throttle.test.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase,
 } from "./helpers/embedded-postgres.js";
 import { heartbeatService } from "../services/heartbeat.ts";
+import { drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence } from "./helpers/drain-heartbeat-runs.js";
 import { runningProcesses } from "../adapters/index.ts";
 
 const mockAdapterExecute = vi.hoisted(() =>
@@ -69,11 +70,15 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("heartbeat issue rewake throttle", () => {
 
   afterEach(async () => {
     runningProcesses.clear();
-    for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 100; attempt += 1) {
-      const runs = await db.select({ status: heartbeatRuns.status }).from(heartbeatRuns);
-      if (!runs.some((run) => run.status === "queued" || run.status === "running")) break;
-      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
-    }
+    // Await every in-flight background heartbeat run to quiescence before the
+    // deletes below. A wakeup claims a run and dispatches its execution
+    // fire-and-forget, and that run can dispatch a follow-up wakeup, so a run or
+    // wakeup can still write heartbeat_runs and issues rows when teardown starts
+    // and would race the deletes (a heartbeat_runs delete deadlocks on the ON
+    // DELETE SET NULL cascade to issues). The shared drain also awaits an
+    // in-flight wakeup that is still before run registration, which a plain run
+    // table status poll cannot see.
+    await drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence(db, heartbeat);
     // Post-run bookkeeping (run-event records, follow-up wake scheduling) can
     // still write for a moment after a run reaches a terminal status, so a
     // single delete sweep can hit a foreign-key violation when a late insert

server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-responsible-user-invariant.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
-import { and, eq, inArray } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { and, eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import {
   activityLog,
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
 } from "./helpers/embedded-postgres.js";
 import { heartbeatService } from "../services/heartbeat.ts";
 import { runningProcesses } from "../adapters/index.ts";
+import { drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence } from "./helpers/drain-heartbeat-runs.js";
 
 const mockAdapterExecute = vi.hoisted(() =>
   vi.fn(async () => ({
@@ -91,15 +92,14 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("heartbeat responsible-user invariant", () => {
   afterEach(async () => {
     mockAdapterExecute.mockClear();
     runningProcesses.clear();
-    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500));
-    for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 40; attempt += 1) {
-      const activeRuns = await db
-        .select()
-        .from(heartbeatRuns)
-        .where(inArray(heartbeatRuns.status, ["queued", "running"]));
-      if (activeRuns.length === 0) break;
-      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
-    }
+    // Await every in-flight background heartbeat run to quiescence before the
+    // deletes below. A wakeup claims a run and dispatches its execution
+    // fire-and-forget, and that run can dispatch a follow-up wakeup, so a run or
+    // wakeup can still write heartbeat_runs and issues rows when teardown starts
+    // and would race the deletes. The shared drain also awaits an in-flight
+    // wakeup that is still before run registration, which a plain run table
+    // status poll cannot see.
+    await drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence(db, heartbeat);
     await db.delete(issueComments);
     await db.delete(activityLog);
     await deleteHeartbeatRunsAfterEvents(db);

server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-retry-scheduling.test.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   getEmbeddedPostgresTestSupport,
   startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase,
 } from "./helpers/embedded-postgres.js";
+import { drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence } from "./helpers/drain-heartbeat-runs.js";
 import { registerServerAdapter, unregisterServerAdapter } from "../adapters/index.ts";
 import {
   BOUNDED_TRANSIENT_HEARTBEAT_RETRY_DELAYS_MS,
@@ -91,6 +92,13 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("heartbeat bounded retry scheduling", () => {
   }, 20_000);
 
   afterEach(async () => {
+    // Await every in-flight background heartbeat run to quiescence before the
+    // cleanup deletes. heartbeat.invoke claims a run and dispatches its
+    // execution fire-and-forget, and that run can schedule a follow-up retry
+    // wakeup, so a run or wakeup can still write heartbeat_runs and issues rows
+    // when teardown starts. The cleanup deletes issues before heartbeat_runs, so
+    // a late write races the deletes and can deadlock or break a foreign key.
+    await drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence(db, heartbeat);
     await cleanupRetryFixture();
   });
 

server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-workspace-branch-containment.test.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import {
   getEmbeddedPostgresTestSupport,
   startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase,
 } from "./helpers/embedded-postgres.js";
+import { drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence } from "./helpers/drain-heartbeat-runs.js";
 import { heartbeatService } from "../services/heartbeat.ts";
 import { instanceSettingsService } from "../services/instance-settings.ts";
 import {
@@ -170,21 +171,6 @@ async function waitForRunToFinish(heartbeat: Heartbeat, runId: string, timeoutMs
   return heartbeat.getRun(runId);
 }
 
-async function waitForHeartbeatIdle(db: Db, timeoutMs = 5_000) {
-  const deadline = Date.now() + timeoutMs;
-  let idleSince: number | null = null;
-  while (Date.now() < deadline) {
-    const runs = await db.select({ status: heartbeatRuns.status }).from(heartbeatRuns);
-    if (!runs.some((run) => run.status === "queued" || run.status === "running")) {
-      idleSince ??= Date.now();
-      if (Date.now() - idleSince >= 250) return;
-    } else {
-      idleSince = null;
-    }
-    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
-  }
-}
-
 async function deleteHeartbeatRunsForCleanup(db: Db) {
   let lastError: unknown = null;
   for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 5; attempt += 1) {
@@ -875,7 +861,14 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("heartbeat workspace branch containment", () => {
   }, 20_000);
 
   afterEach(async () => {
-    await waitForHeartbeatIdle(db);
+    // Await every in-flight background heartbeat run to quiescence before the
+    // deletes below. resumeQueuedRuns claims a run and dispatches its execution
+    // fire-and-forget, and the containment path can dispatch a follow-up
+    // recovery wakeup, so a run or wakeup can still write heartbeat_runs and
+    // issues rows when teardown starts. The shared drain also awaits an
+    // in-flight wakeup that is still before run registration, which a plain run
+    // table status poll cannot see.
+    await drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence(db, heartbeatService(db));
     adapterExecute.mockReset();
     adapterExecute.mockImplementation(async () => ({
       exitCode: 0,

server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-workspace-finalize-branch.test.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
   getEmbeddedPostgresTestSupport,
   startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase,
 } from "./helpers/embedded-postgres.js";
+import { drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence } from "./helpers/drain-heartbeat-runs.js";
 import { heartbeatService } from "../services/heartbeat.ts";
 import { instanceSettingsService } from "../services/instance-settings.ts";
 
@@ -102,15 +103,6 @@ async function waitForRunToFinish(heartbeat: Heartbeat, runId: string, timeoutMs
   return heartbeat.getRun(runId);
 }
 
-async function waitForHeartbeatIdle(db: Db, timeoutMs = 5_000) {
-  const deadline = Date.now() + timeoutMs;
-  while (Date.now() < deadline) {
-    const runs = await db.select({ status: heartbeatRuns.status }).from(heartbeatRuns);
-    if (!runs.some((run) => run.status === "queued" || run.status === "running")) return;
-    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
-  }
-}
-
 async function waitForRuntimeStateLastRun(db: Db, agentId: string, runId: string, timeoutMs = 5_000) {
   const deadline = Date.now() + timeoutMs;
   while (Date.now() < deadline) {
@@ -275,7 +267,14 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("heartbeat workspace finalization branch guard", () =>
   }, 20_000);
 
   afterEach(async () => {
-    await waitForHeartbeatIdle(db);
+    // Await every in-flight background heartbeat run to quiescence before the
+    // deletes below. A wakeup claims a run and dispatches its execution
+    // fire-and-forget, and finalization success can dispatch a follow-up
+    // wakeup, so a run or wakeup can still write heartbeat_runs and issues rows
+    // when teardown starts. The shared drain also awaits an in-flight wakeup
+    // that is still before run registration, which a plain run table status
+    // poll cannot see.
+    await drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence(db, heartbeatService(db));
     adapterExecute.mockReset();
     adapterExecute.mockImplementation(async () => ({
       exitCode: 0,

server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-worktree-suppression.test.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   getEmbeddedPostgresTestSupport,
   startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase,
 } from "./helpers/embedded-postgres.js";
+import { drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence } from "./helpers/drain-heartbeat-runs.js";
 import { heartbeatService, resolveHeartbeatSchedulingSuppression } from "../services/heartbeat.ts";
 import { instanceSettingsService } from "../services/instance-settings.ts";
 
@@ -66,6 +67,14 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("heartbeat worktree suppression", () => {
   }, 20_000);
 
   afterEach(async () => {
+    // Await every in-flight background heartbeat run to quiescence before the
+    // deletes below. A live wakeup claims a run and dispatches its execution
+    // fire-and-forget, so a run or wakeup can still write heartbeat_runs and
+    // issues rows when teardown starts and would race the deletes. The heartbeat
+    // service tracks in-flight run and wakeup promises in module state shared
+    // across service instances, so a fresh instance here drains the runs the
+    // per-test instances dispatched.
+    await drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence(db, heartbeatService(db));
     await db.delete(issueComments);
     await db.delete(issueDocuments);
     await db.delete(documentRevisions);

server/src/__tests__/helpers/drain-heartbeat-runs.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { createDb, heartbeatRuns } from "@paperclipai/db";
+import type { heartbeatService } from "../../services/heartbeat.js";
+
+type Db = ReturnType<typeof createDb>;
+type Heartbeat = ReturnType<typeof heartbeatService>;
+
+// Await every background heartbeat run until the run table is quiescent. A route
+// dispatches a wakeup fire-and-forget (void heartbeat.wakeup(...) in
+// routes/issues.ts). Such a wakeup, or a run it dispatches, can write issues,
+// issue_comments, and heartbeat_runs rows during teardown and race the deletes
+// in a suite afterEach or afterAll (a heartbeat_runs delete deadlocks on the ON
+// DELETE SET NULL cascade to issues; an issue_comments insert breaks the later
+// delete of issues). drainActiveRunExecutions() awaits both in-flight wakeup
+// promises and in-flight run executions, so it also waits for a wakeup that is
+// still before run registration. Re-check the run table after the drain as a
+// backstop, and give a late run a macrotask before the next attempt, until no
+// run is queued or running.
+export async function drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence(db: Db, heartbeat: Heartbeat) {
+  for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 50; attempt += 1) {
+    await heartbeat.drainActiveRunExecutions();
+    const runs = await db.select({ status: heartbeatRuns.status }).from(heartbeatRuns);
+    const hasPending = runs.some((run) => run.status === "queued" || run.status === "running");
+    if (!hasPending) return;
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 10));
+  }
+}

server/src/__tests__/low-trust-red-team-routes.test.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import {
   startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase,
 } from "./helpers/embedded-postgres.js";
 import { parseWakePayloadFromMessage } from "./helpers/wake-message.js";
+import { drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence } from "./helpers/drain-heartbeat-runs.js";
 import { errorHandler } from "../middleware/index.js";
 import { agentRoutes } from "../routes/agents.js";
 import { issueRoutes } from "../routes/issues.js";
@@ -79,29 +80,6 @@ function isHeartbeatCleanupFkError(error: unknown) {
   );
 }
 
-// Await every background heartbeat run until the run table is quiescent. A route
-// dispatches a wakeup fire-and-forget (void heartbeat.wakeup(...) in
-// routes/issues.ts). Such a wakeup, or a run it dispatches, can write issues,
-// issue_comments, and heartbeat_runs rows during teardown and race the deletes
-// below (a heartbeat_runs delete deadlocks on the ON DELETE SET NULL cascade to
-// issues; an issue_comments insert breaks the later delete of issues).
-// drainActiveRunExecutions() awaits both in-flight wakeup promises and in-flight
-// run executions, so it now also waits for a wakeup that is still before run
-// registration. Re-check the run table after the drain as a backstop, and give a
-// late run a macrotask before the next attempt, until no run is queued or running.
-async function drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence(
-  db: Db,
-  heartbeat: ReturnType<typeof heartbeatService>,
-) {
-  for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 50; attempt += 1) {
-    await heartbeat.drainActiveRunExecutions();
-    const runs = await db.select({ status: heartbeatRuns.status }).from(heartbeatRuns);
-    const hasPending = runs.some((run) => run.status === "queued" || run.status === "running");
-    if (!hasPending) return;
-    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 10));
-  }
-}
-
 async function deleteHeartbeatRunsAndWakeupsAfterActivityLogDrains(db: Db) {
   for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 10; attempt += 1) {
     await db.delete(heartbeatRunEvents);

server/src/__tests__/plugin-orchestration-apis.test.ts

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import {
   startEmbeddedPostgresTestDatabase,
 } from "./helpers/embedded-postgres.js";
 import { buildHostServices } from "../services/plugin-host-services.js";
+import { heartbeatService } from "../services/heartbeat.js";
+import { drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence } from "./helpers/drain-heartbeat-runs.js";
 
 const embeddedPostgresSupport = await getEmbeddedPostgresTestSupport();
 const describeEmbeddedPostgres = embeddedPostgresSupport.supported ? describe : describe.skip;
@@ -94,6 +96,14 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("plugin orchestration APIs", () => {
   afterEach(async () => {
     await Promise.all(tempRoots.map((root) => fs.rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true })));
     tempRoots.length = 0;
+    // Await every in-flight background heartbeat run to quiescence before the
+    // deletes below. A createComment-triggered wakeup dispatches its run
+    // fire-and-forget (void heartbeat.wakeup(...)), so a run or wakeup can still
+    // write heartbeat_runs and issues rows when teardown starts and would race
+    // the deletes. The heartbeat service tracks in-flight run and wakeup
+    // promises in module state shared across service instances, so a fresh
+    // instance here drains the runs the per-test host services dispatched.
+    await drainHeartbeatRunsToQuiescence(db, heartbeatService(db));
     await db.delete(costEvents);
     await deleteHeartbeatRunsWithDependents();
     await db.delete(agentWakeupRequests);