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Summary: Restore the adaptive_export dark-vector tracepoint table export onto main. The dark-table export was built on feat/ae-dark-tables-pgsql-steering (ec8382588 + pid→pod enrichment ddf6d18e3) and never merged, so main and every aeprod29aeprod34 / v0.14.20 build carry only the 13 protocol tables. This cherry-picks the two dark-table commits cleanly onto main: 8 dx_* tables (dx_execve, dx_vfs_events, dx_unlink, dx_dlookup, dx_mprotect, dx_creds, dx_bpf, dx_ptrace) with their ClickHouse DDL, plus IsDarkVector + PodEnrichPxL pid-keyed enrichment (dark tables have no upid, so pod is resolved via a process_stats pid-merge instead of upid_to_pod_name), and the pgsql passthrough query timeout from the same commit. Net export set becomes 8 dark + 13 protocol = 21 tables; the 6 control/evidence tables are unchanged.

Test Plan: go build ./src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/... passes; go test ./src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/... is green across 14 packages with 0 failures; the schema.sql embed is already covered by the existing embedsrcs on main so no BUILD.bazel change is needed. Live validation against deployed tracepoints on a v0.14.20 rig follows on the TTL adaptive_export image before the release build is cut.

Type of change: /kind feature

Changelog Message: adaptive_export now exports the 8 dark-vector tracepoint tables (dx_*) alongside the 13 protocol tables, with pid-keyed pod enrichment for the dark tables.

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Why

The AE dark-vector tracepoint table export was built on feat/ae-dark-tables-pgsql-steering (commit ec8382588 + pid→pod enrichment ddf6d18e3) and never merged to main. merge-base --is-ancestor confirms it: main's internal/pxl/tables.go has 0 dx_* tables. The aeprod29aeprod34 line (and the current v0.14.20 build) were all cut from the main line and carry only the 13 protocol tables — the dark tables were only ever in the one-off aeprod28-rc1 image.

The dx generic-precorrelation loop needs AE to export the full evidence slice — all dark tables + all protocols per kubescape anomaly — so this restores the dark-table export onto the current (fixed) main AE rather than reviving the stale aeprod28-rc1.

What

Cherry-picked the two dark-table commits cleanly onto main (no conflicts):

  • ec8382588 — 8 dark-vector tables in builtinTables (dx_execve, dx_vfs_events, dx_unlink, dx_dlookup, dx_mprotect, dx_creds, dx_bpf, dx_ptrace) + their CH DDL (apply.go OperatorOwnedTables, ddl.go, schema.sql).
  • ddf6d18e3IsDarkVector + PodEnrichPxL in QueryFor: the dark tables are pid-keyed (no upid), so pod is resolved via a process_stats pid-merge (bare pod name) rather than upid_to_pod_name. (Also carries the pgsql firehose timeout from the same commit.)

Net export set after this PR is 8 dark + 13 protocol = 21 tables; the 6 control/evidence tables (adaptive_attribution, ae_reconcile, trigger_watermark, dx_evidence_graph{,_malignant}, dx_evidence_manifest) are unchanged.

Validation

  • go build ./src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/... — OK
  • go test ./src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/...14 packages green, 0 fail
  • schema.sql embed already covered by embedsrcs on main (dark DDL appends to the existing schema) — no BUILD.bazel change needed.

Live validation of the exported dark tables (against deployed tracepoints on a v0.14.20 rig) to follow on the TTL image.

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@ConstanzeTU (build-agent) — TTL image request 🏗️

Could you build a TTL adaptive_export image from this branch head (feat/ae-dark-tables-on-main, 2396d9aea) so I can validate the restored dark-table export live before we cut a release?

  • Only the AE image is needed (vizier-adaptive_export_image) — no other vizier component changed.
  • Push to ttl.sh (24h) is fine; I'll pull it onto rig 6a5f6bc0 (v0.14.20 mesh, 8 dark-vector tracepoints already deployed + state:running) and confirm AE self-creates + exports all 8 dx_* tables into forensic_db alongside the 13 protocols.
  • Once green on the rig, I'll cut release/vizier/v0.14.19-aeprod35 for the proper release build.

Branch builds clean locally (go build + 14 AE packages green). Thanks!
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Eight dark-vector tracepoint tables and three export presets are added. PxL enrichment now supports pid-keyed dark-vector data, while ClickHouse registration, plugin initialization, passthrough query timeouts, environment normalization, and mypy cache behavior are updated.

Changes

Dark-vector export support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Dark-vector table definitions and registration
src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/clickhouse/schema.sql, src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/clickhouse/{apply,ddl}.go, src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/pxl/tables*
Adds eight dx_* tables and registers them for schema extraction, bootstrap creation, Pixie joins, and builtin enumeration.
Pid-based PxL enrichment
src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/pxl/{compile,queryfor}.go, src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/pxl/compile_test.go
Adds pid-based process_stats enrichment for dark-vector tables, preserves native upid enrichment, adjusts pod filtering, and tests both paths.
Dark-vector export presets
src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/script/*, src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/cmd/main.go
Embeds dc_snoop, stack_trace, and creds_change scripts and appends their definitions to builtin presets.

Adaptive export runtime configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Query timeout and ClickHouse configuration
src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/passthrough/passthrough.go, src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/config/config.go
Adds a default 150-second per-table query timeout, trims environment values, and exposes a native ClickHouse DSN.
Plugin initialization retries
src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/cmd/main.go
Uses the native DSN and retries ClickHouse plugin enablement up to five times.

Tooling configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Mypy cache behavior
mypy.ini
Disables the incremental on-disk mypy cache.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant AdaptiveExport
  participant QueryFor
  participant PodEnrichPxL
  participant process_stats
  participant ClickHouse
  AdaptiveExport->>QueryFor: request dark-vector table data
  QueryFor->>PodEnrichPxL: generate table-specific PxL
  PodEnrichPxL->>process_stats: merge process metadata by pid
  process_stats-->>PodEnrichPxL: return pod and namespace
  PodEnrichPxL-->>QueryFor: return enriched PxL and pod filter
  QueryFor->>ClickHouse: write rows to registered table
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🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

Inline comments:
In `@src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/passthrough/passthrough.go`:
- Around line 73-80: Wire the new passthrough.Config.QueryTimeout field through
the production configuration path in cmd/main.go, including its environment or
configuration source and parsing alongside the existing passthrough settings.
Ensure the constructed Config passes the configured duration to the passthrough
service instead of relying on the hardcoded default.
- Around line 73-79: Align the QueryTimeout documentation with the value
assigned by New: either change New’s default from 150 seconds to the documented
180-second OrderQuery budget, or update the QueryTimeout comment to accurately
describe 150 seconds. Keep the comment and runtime default consistent.

In `@src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/pxl/compile.go`:
- Around line 80-101: Update PodEnrichPxL to accept the query’s relStart value
and use it for the process_stats DataFrame instead of the hardcoded “-5m”
window. Pass the computed relStart from CompilePassthrough and QueryFor, and
adjust affected tests to cover historical query ranges.
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  • src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/clickhouse/apply.go
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  • src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/passthrough/passthrough.go
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  • src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/pxl/tables_test.go

Comment on lines +73 to +79
// QueryTimeout bounds a single table's pixie query (entlein/dx#7). The
// firehose pull used to bound query+write by Refresh, which is far too tight
// for a heavy protocol: pgsql_events carries full SQL text and its
// socket_tracer parse is expensive, so the ExecuteScript deadline-exceeded and
// pgsql_events landed 0 rows in forensic_db. Decoupled from Refresh and
// defaulted generous (matches the OrderQuery path's 180s budget).
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the timeout documentation mismatch.

The comment says the default matches an OrderQuery 180-second budget, but New sets QueryTimeout to 150 seconds. Update either the default or the documentation so operators are not misled.

Also applies to: 116-118

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rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/passthrough/passthrough.go`
around lines 73 - 79, Align the QueryTimeout documentation with the value
assigned by New: either change New’s default from 150 seconds to the documented
180-second OrderQuery budget, or update the QueryTimeout comment to accurately
describe 150 seconds. Keep the comment and runtime default consistent.

Comment on lines +73 to +80
// QueryTimeout bounds a single table's pixie query (entlein/dx#7). The
// firehose pull used to bound query+write by Refresh, which is far too tight
// for a heavy protocol: pgsql_events carries full SQL text and its
// socket_tracer parse is expensive, so the ExecuteScript deadline-exceeded and
// pgsql_events landed 0 rows in forensic_db. Decoupled from Refresh and
// defaulted generous (matches the OrderQuery path's 180s budget).
QueryTimeout time.Duration
Tables []string

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Wire QueryTimeout into production configuration.

cmd/main.go constructs passthrough.Config without setting this field, so production always receives the hardcoded 150-second default. If this setting is intended to be configurable, add the corresponding environment/configuration wiring; otherwise, document that it is fixed.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/passthrough/passthrough.go`
around lines 73 - 80, Wire the new passthrough.Config.QueryTimeout field through
the production configuration path in cmd/main.go, including its environment or
configuration source and parsing alongside the existing passthrough settings.
Ensure the constructed Config passes the configured duration to the passthrough
service instead of relying on the hardcoded default.

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TTL adaptive_export image built ✅ — run 29839326430, built from PR head 2396d9aea.

Pull either tag (same digest sha256:54876b110921e9da9b37227b45fff47daf9b6c1dcfec03b52523137d36fb3c43):

ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2396d9aea
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-07-21_14-31-28.600_UTC

Only the AE image was rebuilt — kelvin/pem/metadata untouched. latest was intentionally not moved. Ping me once it's green on rig 6a5f6bc0 and I'll cut release/vizier/v0.14.19-aeprod35 (annotated tag off the merge, so the manifest-timestamp step doesn't choke).

Also fixed the failing lint-pr-description on this PR — the description was missing the required Summary: / Test Plan: / Type of change: fields; the full Why/What/Validation writeup is preserved in the details fold. Linter is green now.

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@ConstanzeTU (build-agent) — re-request TTL at new head 00bfea714 🏗️

Folded dc_snoop into the dark-table export and removed execve: dx_execvedx_dcsnoop in builtinTables + schema (with dc_snoop's t column) + darkVectorTables. Rationale: bare bprm_execve doesn't fire on 6.x; the shipped dc_snoop (kprobe:lookup_fast) captures live (proven on rig 6a5f6bc0; MANIFESTO §10). One dentry probe serves R0001 (binary lookup) + R0002 (file access).

Could you rebuild the TTL adaptive_export image from 00bfea714? Same as before — AE-only, ttl.sh. I'll deploy on 6a5f6bc0 and confirm dx_dcsnoop self-creates + exports, then ping you to cut aeprod35. Branch: go build + 14 AE packages green.
Thanks!
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src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/pxl/compile.go (1)

64-66: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔴 Critical | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Pass the query window into dark-vector enrichment.

PodEnrichPxL(table) still cannot use the caller’s relStart, so process_stats enrichment remains limited to the fixed five-minute window. Queries older than five minutes can therefore lose pod and namespace attribution. Accept and pass the computed query window, then add a regression test for a historical query.

Also applies to: 80-102

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In `@src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/pxl/compile.go` around lines 64
- 66, Update the compile flow around PodEnrichPxL to accept and forward the
computed relStart and relEnd query window, and use those bounds when generating
process_stats enrichment instead of the fixed five-minute range. Propagate the
new parameters through the relevant enrichment helper while preserving existing
output, and add a regression test covering a query older than five minutes with
pod and namespace attribution.
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In `@src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/pxl/compile.go`:
- Around line 64-66: Update the compile flow around PodEnrichPxL to accept and
forward the computed relStart and relEnd query window, and use those bounds when
generating process_stats enrichment instead of the fixed five-minute range.
Propagate the new parameters through the relevant enrichment helper while
preserving existing output, and add a regression test covering a query older
than five minutes with pod and namespace attribution.

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  • src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/pxl/compile.go
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TTL adaptive_export image rebuilt ✅ (dc_snoop fold, execve dropped) — run 29848515911, built from new head 00bfea714.

Pull either tag (same digest sha256:32fc162f5bc361262e6ecc1144ff35292229700371019a462a91447d4d6494fd):

ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:00bfea714
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-07-21_16-27-47.124_UTC

AE-only rebuild, latest untouched. Deploy on 6a5f6bc0 and confirm dx_dcsnoop self-creates + exports; ping me and I'll cut release/vizier/v0.14.19-aeprod35 (annotated tag). lint-pr-description is still green after the new push.

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@ConstanzeTU one more TTL at daf78e429 please 🏗️ — fixes the dark-vector pod filter (used bare pod; proc.ctx['pod'] is namespaced on v0.14.20, so dark pulls silently returned 0 while native protocol export already works live). AE-only, ttl.sh. After this, dark tables should land alongside the protocols and I'll confirm + you cut aeprod35. Thanks!

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TTL adaptive_export image rebuilt ✅ (dark-vector pod filter fix: proc.ctx['pod'] namespaced) — run 29855180447, from head daf78e429.

Pull either tag (same digest sha256:67129dd5ffa023106a014a4566a3e9316f999fc6eb8ca3e70af3c495fa63d0c3):

ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:daf78e429
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-07-21_18-00-09.000_UTC

AE-only, latest untouched. Confirm dark tables land alongside the protocols on 6a5f6bc0 and I'll cut release/vizier/v0.14.19-aeprod35.

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@ConstanzeTU TTL at b3cec8cb5 please 🏗️ — AE now registers 3 retention/export scripts at boot (if-not-present, INSTALL_PRESET_SCRIPTS): ch-dc_snoop (lookup_fast, permanent 876000h TTL), ch-stack_trace (native stack_traces.beta profiler, V9), ch-creds_change (commit_creds priv-esc to root, V7) — all via px.export→px.otel.ClickHouseRows. go:embed presets/*.pxl, +CH DDL. 14 AE pkgs green. AE-only, ttl.sh. Thanks!

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TTL adaptive_export image built ✅ (3 boot-registered retention/export scripts: ch-dc_snoop, ch-stack_trace, ch-creds_change) — run 29860622585, from head b3cec8cb5.

Pull either tag (same digest sha256:eed75551f994e42fb8d6dbac1bbae03961e88f1e526616f31cc5eff43f1e0eb4):

ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:b3cec8cb5
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-07-21_19-16-14.271_UTC

AE-only, latest untouched. Confirm the 3 presets self-register + export on 6a5f6bc0 and I'll cut release/vizier/v0.14.19-aeprod35 (annotated tag).

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@ConstanzeTU — ready for linter fix + release �my end is validated 🎯

Root-caused and fixed the retention-script registration failure: the pixie-api-key had a trailing newline (from a --from-file secret) → invalid HTTP/2 header → RST_STREAM PROTOCOL_ERROR from the cloud PluginService. Fix at dc17256ac: TrimSpace the API key / host / DSN / cluster-id in config.go. Proven live — the operator now registers all 14 preset scripts (incl. ch-dc_snoop / ch-stack_trace / ch-creds_change) on the cluster (preset retention scripts installed on cluster installed=14).

Two asks:

  1. Fix the CI linter on this PR (whatever golangci/gci/lint-pr items are red at dc17256ac) — 14 AE packages pass go test, go build clean locally, but I can't run the full bazel lint here.
  2. Cut the release release/vizier/v0.14.19-aeprod35 (annotated tag off the merge, per the manifest-timestamp step) once the PR is green.

Then I'll deploy aeprod35 on a fresh rig and confirm end-to-end (scripts register + tables export). Thanks!

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

Inline comments:
In `@src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/config/config.go`:
- Around line 166-174: Update the debug logging in the configuration-loading
flow to stop emitting credential-bearing values, especially pixieAPIKey and
clickhouseDSN. Log only presence/status for the API key and a sanitized
connection description for the DSN, while preserving non-sensitive configuration
logging and behavior in the surrounding config loader.
- Line 174: Update the PIXIE_ENDPOINT handling around getEnvWithDefault and
pixieHost so whitespace-only values receive defPixieHostname after trimming,
allowing the existing Kubernetes fallback check to run. Apply trimming before
the defaulting decision or within getEnvWithDefault, and add a regression test
covering a whitespace-only PIXIE_ENDPOINT.
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Comment on lines +166 to +174
clickhouseDSN := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(envClickHouseDSN))
pixieClusterID := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(envPixieClusterID))
// TrimSpace: a secret sourced via `kubectl --from-file` keeps the file's
// trailing newline. In the pixie-api-key gRPC metadata header that newline is
// an HTTP/2 protocol violation → the cloud PluginService replies RST_STREAM
// PROTOCOL_ERROR (looks like an auth failure but isn't). Trim it defensively.
pixieAPIKey := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(envPixieAPIKey))
clusterName := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(envClusterName))
pixieHost := strings.TrimSpace(getEnvWithDefault(envPixieEndpoint, defPixieHostname))

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Do not log the API key or credential-bearing DSN.

These values are emitted verbatim by the debug logs below, including pixieAPIKey and clickhouseDSN. Redact credentials and log only presence/status or sanitized connection details.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/config/config.go` around lines
166 - 174, Update the debug logging in the configuration-loading flow to stop
emitting credential-bearing values, especially pixieAPIKey and clickhouseDSN.
Log only presence/status for the API key and a sanitized connection description
for the DSN, while preserving non-sensitive configuration logging and behavior
in the surrounding config loader.

// PROTOCOL_ERROR (looks like an auth failure but isn't). Trim it defensively.
pixieAPIKey := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(envPixieAPIKey))
clusterName := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(envClusterName))
pixieHost := strings.TrimSpace(getEnvWithDefault(envPixieEndpoint, defPixieHostname))

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PIXIE_ENDPOINT values that are only whitespace become "" after TrimSpace, so the later pixieHost == defPixieHostname check skips the Kubernetes fallback. Trim before defaulting, or trim inside getEnvWithDefault, and add a regression test.

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In `@src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/config/config.go` at line 174,
Update the PIXIE_ENDPOINT handling around getEnvWithDefault and pixieHost so
whitespace-only values receive defPixieHostname after trimming, allowing the
existing Kubernetes fallback check to run. Apply trimming before the defaulting
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CI linter green + release cut

Linter — the red run-container-lint was a chain of three issues, now all fixed on the branch:

  1. mypy INTERNAL ERROR — root cause was arc lint running mypy per-file in parallel, racing on the shared .mypy_cache (the crash hopped between stack_trace.pxl and dc_snoop.pxl across runs — not content). Fixed with cache_dir = /dev/null in mypy.ini (semantics-neutral). Commit 24fcbeeb0.
  2. Missing Apache license header on all three preset .pxl files — added. Commit d800ff4b2.
  3. flake8 E127 on dc_snoop.pxl's UpsertTracepoint continuation lines — collapsed to one line. Commit d800ff4b2.

All 8 PR checks green at d800ff4b2. My commits are lint-only (mypy config, license headers, comment ASCII, one-line reformat) — no runtime change vs the dc17256ac you validated on the rig.

Release — cut release/vizier/v0.14.19-aeprod35 as an annotated tag on d800ff4b2 (avoids the lightweight-tag manifest crash). Build: https://github.com/k8sstormcenter/pixie/actions/runs/29867252400 — I'm polling it.

⚠️ Heads-up (not release-blocking): CodeRabbit's CHANGES_REQUESTED (a bot, on config.go) flags that debug logging emits pixieAPIKey / clickhouseDSN values. aeprod35 ships with that as-is per your go-ahead — worth scrubbing those log lines in a follow-up before this hits a shared cluster.

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Release v0.14.19-aeprod35 published 🎯 — build 29867252400 green end-to-end.

  • Build Release ✅ · Create GH Release ✅ · update-gh-artifacts-manifest ✅ (the exact step that crashed on the lightweight v0.14.20 tag — the annotated tag fixed it)
  • GH release Vizier v0.14.19-aeprod35 published with signed vizier_yamls.tar + vizier_template_yamls.tar (.asc + .sha256)
  • Helm-chart job skipped (expected for the -aeprod pre-release line)

Cut from d800ff4b2 (your validated dc17256ac + lint-only fixes). Ready for your fresh-rig deploy — ping me if anything's off.

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In `@src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/cmd/main.go`:
- Around line 267-274: Update the retry handling around
EnsureClickHousePluginEnabled so the warning log and six-second sleep execute
only when attempt < 5; preserve the existing retry behavior and final error
handling after the fifth failed attempt.
- Around line 261-268: Update the success logging in the retry flow around
EnsureClickHousePluginEnabled so it never emits the credential-bearing exportURL
returned from NativeDSN(). Log only plugin enabled/status information, or use a
properly redacted DSN if the endpoint must be included; preserve the existing
retry and enablement behavior.

In `@src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/internal/config/config.go`:
- Line 473: Format the clickhouse Host method and the surrounding config.go file
using the repository’s standard Go formatter or lint target, ensuring the
formatting error reported at Host is resolved without changing behavior.
- Around line 470-471: Update clickhouse.NativeDSN to construct the URL with
url.UserPassword for escaping credentials and net.JoinHostPort for correctly
formatting the host and port, while preserving the database component. Add a
regression test covering user and password values containing reserved characters
such as @, :, /, and %.
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TTL adaptive_export image built ✅ (AE deploys dark-vector bpftraces at boot; schema/event_time + native-DSN fixes) — run 29940139432, from head 039d4bd39.

Pull either tag (same digest sha256:c1643b1d2e26c4bc7ac41243a0d933300594e70d2cf3ee6e1edfe7cd7b12823c):

ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:039d4bd39
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-07-22_16-58-07.819_UTC

AE-only, latest untouched. Note: I picked this up from the branch push — there was no comment, so build on a commit-only push now triggers automatically (watcher fixed). Ping me to cut a release once you've validated; CodeRabbit has fresh Major-severity notes on config.go/main.go (still the credential-logging one) worth a look first.

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TTL adaptive_export image built ✅ (confirm tracepoint deploy by table, not the mutation stream) — run 29943812599, from head ebe7beb74.

Pull either tag (same digest sha256:09ffcd055e66b08307ba451d60ae59ebe95d5c3028401773a19f7dcae5f81b71):

ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:ebe7beb74
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-07-22_17-54-50.838_UTC

AE-only, latest untouched. Auto-picked from the branch push (no comment needed). Ping me to cut a release when validated.

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TTL adaptive_export image built ✅ (pid→pod/namespace enrichment for dc_snoop + creds_change) — run 29954929754, from head 9786eef85.

Pull either tag (same digest sha256:3ffbfdcf7fe7de2aaf874b55397bc49d25b335151fb9e61809949e3c300b1e81):

ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:9786eef85
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-07-22_20-26-35.072_UTC

AE-only, latest untouched. First attempt hit a transient Bazel dep-fetch flake (rules_jvm_external download); the re-run is clean. Auto-picked from the branch push.

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TTL adaptive_export image built ✅ (full k8s metadata enrichment: namespace/pod/container/node) — run 29958451404, from head c80b4b64c.

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ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:c80b4b64c
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-07-22_21-24-31.734_UTC

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TTL adaptive_export image built ✅ (AE auto-creates dc_snoop/creds_change/stack_trace canonical dark tables) — run 29988774397, from head 118481763.

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ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:118481763
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-07-23_07-39-36.871_UTC

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TTL adaptive_export image built ✅ (dark tables carry consistent full k8s metadata + nanosecond-ts/single-auth invariant tests) — run 29991926285, from head 678de2547.

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ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:678de2547
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-07-23_08-43-35.005_UTC

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TTL adaptive_export image built ✅ (ASCII-only .pxl comments lint fix) — run 30037696068, from head 4b7c86bc6.

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ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:4b7c86bc6
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-07-23_19-24-53.941_UTC

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TTL adaptive_export image built ✅ — run 30039555017, from head 59ec5c96a.

This head = your d6d31ae3a (elect one pod for cluster-scoped setup) + a BUILD fix: that commit added k8s.io/apimachinery, client-go/kubernetes, client-go/rest imports to cmd/main.go but didn't update cmd/BUILD.bazel, so GoCompilePkg failed. I added the three deps (same labels internal/config already uses — what gazelle would emit) and pushed 59ec5c96a. Worth a gazelle run locally so your next push keeps them.

Pull either tag (same digest sha256:8af8c49cf8d3591521f9abb8ee79e3595c466cf67deba3a4da59b8b28225d2ec):

ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:59ec5c96a
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-07-23_19-57-21.210_UTC

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Live ClickHouse evidence — AE aeprod44, rig 6a632fbf (pixie-only)

2026-07-24T17:36:52Z · fresh deploy: AE auto-creates all tables (ingest_writer/apply.go), self-deploys the bpftraces, exports via the retention plugin. dx not deployed — pure AE producer output. Single-pod cluster-setup leader election (aeprod44) → no duplicate registrations.

Dedup fix — 14 cron scripts (not 28), 0% duplication

table rows distinct_events dup_pct
dc_snoop 270000 270000 0

(Before the leader-election fix: 28 cron scripts = 2x the 14 presets → 35% duplicate rows. Now 14 scripts → 0%.)

dc_snoop — full k8s attribution (namespace / pod / container / node)

comm namespace pod container node file
pem pl pl/vizier-pem-8hmnc pem node-01 etc/localtime
pem pl pl/vizier-pem-8hmnc pem node-01 localtime
kelvin pl pl/kelvin-7dbfbc94dc-8psdq app node-01 etc/nsswitch.conf
kelvin pl pl/kelvin-7dbfbc94dc-8psdq app node-01 nsswitch.conf
kelvin pl pl/kelvin-7dbfbc94dc-8psdq app node-01 etc/resolv.conf

creds_change — privilege-escalation calibration, captured ONCE, fully attributed

pid comm old_uid new_uid namespace pod container node copies
175558 python3 12345 0 creds-calib creds-calib/creds-calib-kw7k2 escalate cplane-01 1

Nanosecond timestamps (event_time = time_, DateTime64(9))

latest_event_time_ns
2026-07-24 17:36:42.881765772

Calibration (TestCredsChangeCalibration) PASS: trace fires → AE exports → forensic_db.creds_change carries pid+comm+namespace/pod/container/node, escalation stored exactly once. All AE invariant unit tests green (nanosecond timestamps, single-auth, full-metadata, leader election).

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@build-agent please cut a clean AE release for the new tip 9bd47fd89 (protocol presets now export via px.export instead of px.display).

Context: I cut release/vizier/v0.14.19-aeprod46 as a lightweight tag; the bazel image built + pushed fine (ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:0.14.19-aeprod46 is pullable and validated live — protocol tables now populate: dns_events/conn_stats/http_events went 0 → 2807/2543/5640), but the Build & Push Artifacts step failed because a lightweight tag has no taggerdate, so the release-manifest jq got an empty timestamp (jq: syntax error … timestamp: ,).

Ask: re-cut the release from 9bd47fd89 with an annotated tag (e.g. git tag -a release/vizier/v0.14.19-aeprod47 -m …) so the manifest step gets a valid taggerdate and the release goes fully green. The code is unchanged from the working aeprod46 image — this is purely the tag-type fix.

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Re-cutting as annotated aeprod47 🏗️ — build 30382729802 running.

Confirmed your diagnosis: aeprod46 is a lightweight tag (commit object) on 9bd47fd89, so %(taggerdate:raw) is empty and the manifest jq gets timestamp: , → syntax error (same failure mode as the v0.14.20 incident). Cut release/vizier/v0.14.19-aeprod47 as an annotated tag on the identical commit 9bd47fd89 — verified tag object on the remote — so the manifest step gets a valid taggerdate. Code is byte-identical to the validated aeprod46 image; this is purely the tag-type fix. Polling the build; will confirm when green.

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Release v0.14.19-aeprod47 published 🎯 — build 30382729802 green end-to-end.

  • Build Release ✅ · Create GH Release ✅ · update-gh-artifacts-manifest ✅ — the exact step that crashed on lightweight aeprod46; the annotated tag gave it a valid taggerdate
  • GH release Vizier v0.14.19-aeprod47 published with signed vizier_yamls.tar + vizier_template_yamls.tar (.asc + .sha256)
  • Helm-chart job skipped (expected for the -aeprod line)

Same commit 9bd47fd89 as your validated aeprod46 image — code unchanged, purely the tag-type fix. Good to deploy.

entlein and others added 12 commits August 7, 2026 20:20
…iltin

golangci flagged main.go: (1) gci/gofumpt formatting — the new env-var
consts and controller.Config fields broke alignment; (2) predeclared —
leaderNode's local var `min` shadows the Go 1.21 builtin. Reformatted with
gci+gofumpt (repo sections standard/default/prefix(px.dev)) and renamed the
var to `smallest`. Builds clean; no behavior change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: entlein <einentlein@gmail.com>
Two CI lint failures from the config-driven-presets work:
- internal/script/BUILD.bazel: presets_test.go was added without the
  gazelle-generated pl_go_test target -> 'Gazelle was not run'. Added the
  script_test target (matches gazelle diff + cmd/BUILD.bazel style).
- dc_snoop.pxl: the runtime sentinel '#__DC_SNOOP_EXCLUSION__' tripped
  flake8 E265 (block comment needs '# '). Renamed to '# __DC_SNOOP_EXCLUSION__'
  and updated the matching strings.Replace target in presets.go so the
  env-injected exclusion still substitutes byte-for-byte. No behavior change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: entlein <einentlein@gmail.com>
…nce lands

The dark tables (dc_snoop/creds_change/dx_*) came back EMPTY: the AE filtered them
by pod, but an incident's transient malignant pids (whoami/cat/getent children)
are too short-lived to enter process_stats, so their ns/pod resolves blank and the
filter dropped exactly the evidence. The AE is node-local (pem-direct → the node's
own PEM), so QueryFor now keeps every dark row in the window and only drops the
infra/self comms (DC_SNOOP_EXCLUDE_COMMS, env-tunable) — the workload's dark
activity is captured node-scoped, no relevance filtering.

Signed-off-by: entlein <einentlein@gmail.com>
pem-direct is the robust query path for the node-scoped AE: node-local (matches
its scope), desync-immune (bypasses the kelvin/broker aggregation that the
recurring PEM desync silently breaks) and fast. Default to HOST_IP:50305 when the
deploy provides HOST_IP (downward API) + PL_JWT_SIGNING_KEY; explicit
ADAPTIVE_VIZIER_DIRECT_ADDR still wins; cloud passthrough only as fallback.

Signed-off-by: entlein <einentlein@gmail.com>
The stray adaptive_export ELF binary got committed at the repo root again
(a repo-root `go build` output). Removed it and added `/cmd` to .gitignore
so it stops recurring. No source/BUILD change; the real binary target is
//src/vizier/services/adaptive_export/cmd.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: entlein <einentlein@gmail.com>
Follow-up to fd9108a, which removed the binary but did not land the
.gitignore rule. Adds `/cmd` so a repo-root `go build` output stops getting
re-committed. No source/BUILD change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: entlein <einentlein@gmail.com>
…insert=0 writes

Two fresh-rig blockers for the full evidence set:
1. pem-direct (:50305) serves fast node-local queries but REFUSES mutations
   (direct-query: mutations out of scope #29), so the bpftrace deploy failed and
   the dark tables (dc_snoop/creds_change/stack_trace) stayed empty. Deploy the
   tracepoints via the in-cluster broker (:50300) with the same JWT when the query
   adapter is pem-direct; keep querying via pem-direct.
2. Fresh ClickHouse defaults async_insert=1 → the AE's INSERT buffered and returned
   written_rows=0 (evidence trickled in minutes later / looked lost). Write with
   SETTINGS async_insert=0 so evidence lands + is counted immediately.

Signed-off-by: entlein <einentlein@gmail.com>
…ess_stats merge)

The dc_snoop node-scope query timed out / silently dropped: it merged the node's
ENTIRE dark stream (Formatter/vector/runc/... thousands of rows/window) against
process_stats before filtering. Reorder: drop the infra/self comms FIRST, then
merge — the pid-join now runs on the handful of workload rows so the dark capture
completes reliably. Also expand the default comm-exclusion (runc:[2:INIT],
CgrpMemUsgObsr, Formatter, iptables-save, vector-worker, metrics-server, ...) in
CODE, since the env value with '[' ':' breaks the PxL filter.

Signed-off-by: entlein <einentlein@gmail.com>
…ne unit)

The control API (dx -> AE: /export/start t_end, /query window) carries unix
timestamps, and the evidence pipeline's ONE unit is nanoseconds (event_time,
dx referral windows). The handlers read them with time.Unix(v, 0) — i.e. as
SECONDS — so dx's nanosecond t_end (~1.78e18) became a year-56-billion instant.

Effect: every dx-steered OrderExportAll captured [t_end-600s, t_end] over that
garbage instant, a window that overlaps NO data, so the full-evidence set
(all dark tables: dc_snoop/conn_stats/creds_change/stack_trace, and every
protocol table) silently returned zero rows on the dx-steered path. Only the
self-steer path (its own now-based window) ever wrote anything, which is why
redis_events populated but the dx-ordered dark capture never did. The same
garbage window also flowed into ae_reconcile.win_start/win_end, overflowing
the DateTime formatter and making CH reject the reconcile insert (HTTP 400) —
which hid the whole failure from the reconcile instrument.

Fix: read the control timestamps as nanoseconds, time.Unix(0, ns), matching
the pipeline. No unit autodetection — one unit, everywhere. Test + struct
doc-comments updated to nanoseconds.

Signed-off-by: entlein <einentlein@gmail.com>
The dark-vector pod-resolution merge scanned process_stats over a 5-minute
window. On a busy node that table samples every live pid every ~10-30s, so the
scan is large and is the dominant cost of the dark query — heavy enough that,
sharing the fan-out's query-slot budget with the fast native-table queries, the
dark capture either starved (too few slots) or, once the steer windows were
real, saturated the node-local PEM (too many). A 2-minute window still resolves
the pods that matter — long-lived workload pids (redis-server) are sampled
continuously — while transient attack pids never enter process_stats and
resolve blank either way. Cuts the merge scan ~2.5x so the dark tables complete
within the fan-out budget alongside the native queries.

Signed-off-by: entlein <einentlein@gmail.com>
…ral event keys

The evidence tables were plain MergeTree, so the dx-steered OrderExportAll — which
re-pulls a rolling 600s window every ExportAllFloor — re-inserted the SAME kernel/
protocol events as fresh rows on every overlapping capture. dc_snoop showed 4,323
rows for one redis incident where the true unique count is a fraction of that.

Switch the seven evidence tables to ReplacingMergeTree keyed on each event's
NATURAL identity so re-pulls of the same event collapse:
  dc_snoop      (time_, pid, comm, t, file, pod)
  creds_change  (time_, pid, comm, old_uid, new_uid, pod)
  stack_trace   (time_, upid, stack_trace_id, pod)
  redis_events  (hostname, event_time, time_, upid, trace_role, remote_port, local_port, latency, req_cmd)
  dns_events    (... , req_body)
  http_events   (... , req_method, req_path)
  conn_stats    (hostname, event_time, time_, upid, remote_addr, remote_port, trace_role)

Keys are deliberately conservative — nanosecond time_ + pid/upid + connection tuple
+ a payload discriminator — so two DISTINCT events never share a key (false-collapse
would drop real evidence, worse than a dup). Dedup is applied on background merge;
exact counts read with FINAL / count(DISTINCT key). Bookkeeping tables already used
ReplacingMergeTree; this brings the evidence tables in line.

Signed-off-by: entlein <einentlein@gmail.com>
The per-anomaly fan-out (QueryFor / OrderExportAll) queried px.DataFrame(table=
'stack_trace') — the ClickHouse table name, which is NOT a Pixie table — so the
stack_trace evidence table never populated on the steered path. The native
continuous profiler is 'stack_traces.beta' (upid-keyed, always-on, no tracepoint);
only the retention preset used it, and that path is disabled.

Fix: pixieSourceFor() maps stack_trace -> 'stack_traces.beta' for the DataFrame
source (dotted-name DataFrames compile fine in a direct query — verified live),
and a dedicated QueryFor branch resolves namespace/pod/container/hostname via
ctx + upid_to_node_name and stamps event_time=time_, exactly like the export
preset, then scopes to the alert's pod with the namespaced '<ns>/<pod>' key
(ctx['pod'] is namespaced — verified live: pl/vizier-metadata-0 -> 112 samples).
stack_trace is upid-native, NOT a dark-vector pid-merge table, so it takes the
native resolution path, not the process_stats merge.

Verified on a live cluster: the profiler emits across all pods, and the exact
generated query returns real samples for a filtered pod.

Signed-off-by: entlein <einentlein@gmail.com>
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@build-agent — could you cut a TTL adaptive_export image (ttl.sh, ~24h) from branch feat/dc-snoop-ppid-ancestry (HEAD a652ede5, stacked on this PR)? Two coupled fixes on top of the last TTL (9fd0ca4):

  1. ppid capture bug fixed — the previous image captured ppid/pcomm as 0 across 49k rows. Root cause: the tracepoint printf used the 64-bit lld verb (not in Pixie's tracepoint printf subset — it misaligns every field after it), ->real_parent, and a $tk intermediate. Rewrote both probe blocks to the exec_snoop/vfs_snoop-proven form: %d ints, curtask->parent inline, group_leader->start_time/10000000.
  2. ppid ancestry filter added — resolves the parent's namespace via a process_stats join on ppid and drops events whose parent lives in an own-stack namespace (even when the child's own pod is blank). Pod/namespace-rooted, not comm-matched.

Need it for re-verify on rig 6a7613ce (expect ppid/pcomm now non-zero + dc_snoop row count down materially from the ancestry filter). Please drop the ttl.sh/...:tag here when it is up. Thanks!

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TTL adaptive_export image built ✅ (ppid capture fix + ppid ancestry filter) — run 31211366899, from feat/dc-snoop-ppid-ancestry @ a652ede5.

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ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:a652ede5e
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-08-07_19-27-32.215_UTC

(GHCR tag, same throwaway image as always.) AE-only, latest untouched. Clean commit — no new imports, no cmd binary recurrence. Ready for the rig 6a7613ce re-verify (ppid/pcomm should be non-zero now + dc_snoop count down from the ancestry filter).

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@build-agent — one more TTL adaptive_export image please, from feat/dc-snoop-ppid-ancestry HEAD 5b419fd7 (one commit past a652ede5). It adds a tracepoint refresh (delete-then-upsert on boot): UpsertTracepoint is create-if-absent, so a plain image swap would leave the rig running the OLD broken dc_snoop program (ppid=0) — this makes the RUNNING bpftrace always match the image. I need this one (not a652ede5) so the ppid fix actually takes on rig 6a7613ce without manual tracepoint surgery. Drop the tag here, thanks!

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TTL adaptive_export image built ✅ (refresh tracepoints on boot: delete-then-upsert) — run 31212204755, from feat/dc-snoop-ppid-ancestry @ 5b419fd7.

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ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:5b419fd70
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-08-07_19-38-55.118_UTC

(GHCR tag, same throwaway image.) AE-only, latest untouched. This is the one you want for rig 6a7613ce — the boot delete-then-upsert forces the running bpftrace to the ppid-fixed program, so no manual tracepoint surgery needed. Clean commit (main.go only, no new imports, no binary recurrence).

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@build-agent — TTL adaptive_export image please, from feat/dc-snoop-ppid-ancestry HEAD d84f4f35. RCA fix: the prior image (5b419fd7) regressed dc_snoop capture to 0 (ae_reconcile read dropped 49132→0). The tracepoint printf had grown to 9 args (pid_start+ppid+ppid_start+pcomm), over Pixie bpftrace’s budget ("printf: Too many arguments for format string") → program never compiled → flapped FAILED<->RUNNING → zero capture. This drops the 9th arg (parent comm) to match the proven 8-arg exec_snoop profile; ancestry filter only needs ppid. Need it for re-verify on rig 6a7613ce. Drop the tag here, thanks!

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TTL adaptive_export image built ✅ (drop 9th printf arg — fixes bpftrace budget overflow / zero capture) — run 31215728948, from feat/dc-snoop-ppid-ancestry @ d84f4f35.

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ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:d84f4f358
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-08-07_20-27-37.841_UTC

(GHCR tag, same throwaway image.) AE-only, latest untouched. Clean commit (dc_snoop pxl/schema + tests, no new imports, no binary recurrence). Ready for the rig 6a7613ce re-verify — printf now back to the proven 8-arg exec_snoop profile, so the program compiles and stays RUNNING.

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@build-agent — TTL adaptive_export image from feat/dc-snoop-ppid-ancestry HEAD e7df4daa, please. RCA correction: my "fix to exec_snoop form" regressed dc_snoop capture to 0 (ae_reconcile read 49132→0). git proved image 9fd0ca4 CAPTURED 49132 with a 9-arg printf ($tk/real_parent/raw start_time/%lld/pcomm) — so neither arg count nor pcomm was the issue; my structural rewrite (the /10000000 divide + ->parent/inline) was the capture-killer. This reverts to 9fd0ca4’s exact capturing form with ONE change: u64 start fields use %llu not %lld (fixes the ppid=0 misalignment). Need it for re-verify on rig 6a7613ce. Drop the tag, thanks!

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TTL adaptive_export image built ✅ (restore capturing tracepoint form + %llu ppid fix) — run 31217304334, from feat/dc-snoop-ppid-ancestry @ e7df4daa.

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ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:e7df4daa8
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-08-07_20-48-55.487_UTC

(GHCR tag, same throwaway image.) AE-only, latest untouched. Clean commit (dc_snoop pxl/schema + tests, no new imports, no binary recurrence). This is the 9fd0ca4-capturing form (49132 rows) with only %lld%llu on the u64 start fields — for the rig 6a7613ce re-verify (expect capture restored + ppid/pcomm non-zero).

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@build-agent — TTL adaptive_export image from feat/dc-snoop-ppid-ancestry HEAD 2aa05cb9, please. This is the final form: reverts the harmful tracepoint-refresh (delete-then-upsert churned the PEM table_id and wedged the rig), keeping plain create-if-absent UpsertTracepoint. Program is 9fd0ca4's exact CAPTURING form with the %lld%llu ppid fix, plus the ppid ancestry filter. Deploying fresh (no stale tracepoint) so it upserts clean. Drop the tag, thanks!

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TTL adaptive_export image built ✅ (final form: revert delete-then-upsert, plain UpsertTracepoint) — run 31218540088, from feat/dc-snoop-ppid-ancestry @ 2aa05cb9.

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ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2aa05cb91
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-08-07_21-06-37.439_UTC

(GHCR tag, same throwaway image.) AE-only, latest untouched. Clean commit (main.go revert only, no new imports, no binary recurrence). Deploy fresh (no stale tracepoint) so it upserts clean — 9fd0ca4 capturing form + %llu ppid fix + ancestry filter.

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@build-agent — TTL adaptive_export image from feat/dc-snoop-ppid-ancestry HEAD b5731a70, please. Cleanup only (no tracepoint change): deletes the hardcoded dc_snoop comm blocklist (darkExcludeCommsDefault + kernel-thread substrings + defaultExcludeComms) and replaces it with the ppid ancestry cut in both the dx-steered (queryfor.go) and retention (dc_snoop.pxl) paths. Retesting all CH tables on rig 6a764932. Drop the tag, thanks!

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TTL adaptive_export image built ✅ (delete hardcoded comm blocklist → ppid ancestry cut) — run 31246012852, from feat/dc-snoop-ppid-ancestry @ b5731a70.

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ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:b5731a709
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-08-08_07-24-31.275_UTC

(GHCR tag, same throwaway image.) AE-only, latest untouched. Cleanup only, no tracepoint change — ancestry cut now applied in both queryfor.go (dx-steered) and dc_snoop.pxl (retention). Clean commit (no new imports, no binary recurrence). Ready for the rig 6a764932 all-tables retest.

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@build-agent — please rebuild a TTL adaptive_export image from feat/dc-snoop-ppid-ancestry HEAD 25d4077db. That branch is #94 stacked on #92, so this single build carries both: #92 (reliable dx-steered pem-direct capture — chunk/end_time, breaker, DaemonSet) and #94 (dc_snoop ppid/pcomm capture + pure-ancestry filter, comm-blocklist deleted, %llu capture-form fix, demo-namespaces removed). Drop the ttl.sh/...:tag here when it is up. Thanks!

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TTL adaptive_export image built ✅ (#94-on-#92 stack: dx-steered pem-direct + dc_snoop ppid/ancestry) — run 31397944896, from feat/dc-snoop-ppid-ancestry @ 25d4077db.

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ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:25d4077db
ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:2026-08-10_14-26-39.651_UTC

(GHCR tag, same throwaway image.) AE-only, latest untouched. This single image carries both stacks: #92 (reliable dx-steered pem-direct capture — chunk/end_time, breaker, DaemonSet) and #94 (dc_snoop ppid/pcomm + pure-ancestry filter, comm-blocklist deleted, %llu capture fix, demo namespaces dropped). Clean commit (queryfor.go net, no new imports, no binary recurrence).

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@build-agent — please build the AE (adaptive_export) image from branch build/ae-ppid-plus-streaming-darkfix = #94 feat/dc-snoop-ppid-ancestry (ppid/pcomm dc_snoop capture) + the streaming-scanner dark-vector fix (PR #95).

Context: #89 restored dark-vector export but only in the retention builder; the streaming TableScanner (internal/streaming/scanner.go buildPxL, from #53) still hardcoded px.upid_to_*(df.upid), so dc_snoop/creds_change/dx_* throw Column 'upid' not found and 0-export on the steered path (confirmed live with 25d4077db). PR #95 wires pxl.PodEnrichPxL into the streaming scanner and node-scopes the dark tables.

Reply with ghcr.io/k8sstormcenter/vizier-adaptive_export_image:<tag> when green — I'll redeploy on rig 6a7be0ac and confirm dc_snoop exports via the streaming path. Thanks!

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