ops: consistent rotated db backups + cron, consecutive-api-error staff alert

Makefile

@@ -83,3 +83,6 @@ ci: install-dev all-checks ## Full CI pipeline (install deps and run all checks)
 # Deploy targets (SPEC-007)
 deploy: ## Deploy a tag to a host: make deploy HOST=ggg TAG=v3.0.0
 	bash deploy/deploy.sh $(HOST) $(TAG)
+
+backup: ## Back up a local bot.db: make backup DB=history/bot.db DIR=backups
+	uv run python deploy/backup_db.py $(DB) $(DIR) $(or $(KEEP),14)

config.toml

@@ -73,3 +73,6 @@ enable-game-info = true
 # url-max-chars = 6000          # text handed to the model
 # url-max-images = 2            # page images into the vision cache
 # url-daily-per-user = 20
+# Ops (SPEC-012): consecutive OpenAI failures before a staff alert
+# api-error-alert-threshold = 5
+# Backups: cron runs deploy/backup_db.py daily -> ~/backups/<bot>/ (keep 14)

deploy/backup_db.py

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Consistent, rotated bot.db backups (SPEC-012 OPS-13).
+
+Run from cron on each host. Uses the sqlite3 online-backup API so the
+snapshot is consistent even while the bot writes (WAL-safe), gzips it,
+and keeps the newest N. Stdlib only.
+
+Usage: python3 backup_db.py <bot.db> <backup-dir> [keep]
+"""
+
+import gzip
+import os
+import shutil
+import sqlite3
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+
+DEFAULT_KEEP = 14
+BACKUP_GLOB = "bot-*.db.gz"
+
+
+def snapshot(src: Path, dest_gz: Path) -> None:
+    """Write a consistent gzipped snapshot of src to dest_gz (OPS-13)."""
+    fd, tmp_path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=".db", dir=str(dest_gz.parent))
+    os.close(fd)
+    tmp = Path(tmp_path)
+    try:
+        source = sqlite3.connect(str(src))
+        try:
+            target = sqlite3.connect(str(tmp))
+            try:
+                source.backup(target)  # atomic, WAL-safe online backup
+            finally:
+                target.close()
+        finally:
+            source.close()
+        with open(tmp, "rb") as raw, gzip.open(str(dest_gz), "wb") as gz:
+            shutil.copyfileobj(raw, gz)
+        os.chmod(dest_gz, 0o600)  # conversation data
+    finally:
+        tmp.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+
+
+def victims(existing: list, keep: int) -> list:
+    """Given backup paths (any order), return the ones to delete, oldest first (OPS-14)."""
+    ordered = sorted(existing)  # timestamped names sort chronologically
+    return ordered[: max(0, len(ordered) - keep)]
+
+
+def rotate(backup_dir: Path, keep: int) -> int:
+    removed = 0
+    for path in victims(list(backup_dir.glob(BACKUP_GLOB)), keep):
+        Path(path).unlink(missing_ok=True)
+        removed += 1
+    return removed
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    if len(sys.argv) < 3:
+        print("usage: backup_db.py <bot.db> <backup-dir> [keep]", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+    src = Path(sys.argv[1]).expanduser()
+    backup_dir = Path(sys.argv[2]).expanduser()
+    keep = int(sys.argv[3]) if len(sys.argv) > 3 else DEFAULT_KEEP
+    if not src.exists():
+        print(f"backup: source {src} missing", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+    backup_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    stamp = time.strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S", time.gmtime())
+    dest = backup_dir / f"bot-{stamp}.db.gz"
+    snapshot(src, dest)
+    removed = rotate(backup_dir, keep)
+    print(f"backup: wrote {dest.name} ({dest.stat().st_size} bytes), rotated {removed} old")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())

fjerkroa_bot/discord_bot.py

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class FjerkroaBot(commands.Bot):
         self.tasks_enabled = True
         self.quiet_until = 0.0
         self._staff_alert_times: deque = deque()
+        self._consecutive_api_errors = 0  # OPS-16
 
         self.init_observer()
         self.init_aichannels()
@@ -498,6 +499,14 @@ class FjerkroaBot(commands.Bot):
             return True, False
         return False, bool(verdict.get("factual", False))
 
+    async def _note_api_error(self, err: Exception) -> None:
+        """Count consecutive failures; alert staff once at threshold (OPS-16)."""
+        self._consecutive_api_errors += 1
+        logging.warning(f"responder call failed ({self._consecutive_api_errors} in a row): {repr(err)}")
+        threshold = int(self.config.get("api-error-alert-threshold", 5))
+        if self._consecutive_api_errors == threshold:
+            await self.send_staff_alert(f"⚠️ {threshold} consecutive API errors — the bot may be down. Last: {str(err)[:200]}")
+
     async def send_message_with_typing(self, airesponder, channel, message):
         """Send the user message to the AI responder with typing animation in discord"""
         async with channel.typing():
@@ -603,8 +612,15 @@ class FjerkroaBot(commands.Bot):
         # Get the AI responder based on the channel name
         airesponder = self.get_ai_responder(channel_name)
 
-        # Send the user message to the AI responder, with typing indicators
+        # Send the user message to the AI responder, with typing indicators.
-        response = await self.send_message_with_typing(airesponder, channel, message)
+        # A raised call = a broken API path (cf. the gpt-5.6 tools incident):
+        # count it, alert staff at threshold, never crash the handler (OPS-16).
+        try:
+            response = await self.send_message_with_typing(airesponder, channel, message)
+        except Exception as err:
+            await self._note_api_error(err)
+            return
+        self._consecutive_api_errors = 0
 
         # SAF/OPS gates between model proposal and delivery
         await self._apply_response_gates(message, response)

manual-verification.md

@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ with date + result.
 | DEP-04 | 2026-07-13 | Smoke gate exercised on ggg: RUNNING + fresh login line. |
 | DEP-05 | 2026-07-13 | Live-verified: kroa deploy attempt ~15h Oslo refused without DEPLOY_FORCE=1. |
 | DEP-06 | 2026-07-13 | Rollback documented (older tag + db backup restore); live drill pending — next release. |
+| OPS-15 | 2026-07-13 | Backup cron installed on both hosts (daily 03:17 UTC → ~/backups/<bot>/, keep 14); first snapshots written + verified 0600 (kroa 10965 B, luma 25871 B). |

specs/SPEC-012-ops.md

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# SPEC-012 — Operations hardening
+
+Runtime + host operability (FDB-012). Backups and host wiring are
+`manual` coverage; the in-process alerting is `test`.
+
+### OPS-13 — Consistent DB backups (coverage: test)
+
+`deploy/backup_db.py` writes a gzipped snapshot of `bot.db` using the
+sqlite3 online-backup API — consistent even while the bot writes
+(WAL-safe) — with 0600 permissions. Restoring a snapshot yields a
+readable database with the same rows.
+
+### OPS-14 — Backups are rotated (coverage: test)
+
+The newest `backup-keep` (default 14) snapshots are kept; older ones
+are deleted. Timestamped names sort chronologically so rotation is a
+pure list operation.
+
+### OPS-15 — Backup cron on each host (coverage: manual)
+
+Each host runs `backup_db.py` daily via cron, writing to
+`~/backups/<bot>/` (outside `~/fjerkroa_bot`, so deploys and service
+restarts never touch it). Verified by presence of the cron line and a
+fresh snapshot.
+
+### OPS-16 — Repeated API errors alert staff (coverage: test)
+
+The responder counts consecutive OpenAI request failures; at
+`api-error-alert-threshold` (default 5) in a row it fires one staff
+alert (rate-limited like all staff alerts) so a silently-broken bot
+(cf. the gpt-5.6 tools/reasoning incident) surfaces within minutes
+instead of hours. A success resets the counter.

tests/test_spec_ops_backup.py

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+"""Unit coverage for SPEC-012 ops hardening (OPS-13/14/16)."""
+
+import gzip
+import sqlite3
+import stat
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
+
+from fjerkroa_bot.persistence import PersistentStore
+
+from .test_spec_ops import OpsBase
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "deploy"))
+import backup_db  # noqa: E402
+
+
+class TestSnapshotConsistency(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_snapshot_roundtrips(self):
+        """OPS-13: a gzipped snapshot restores to a readable DB with the same rows, 0600."""
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            db = Path(tmp) / "bot.db"
+            store = PersistentStore(db)
+            store.save_history("chat", [{"role": "user", "content": "hei"}])
+            store.add_user_fact("alice", "likes espresso", "self")
+
+            dest = Path(tmp) / "snap.db.gz"
+            backup_db.snapshot(db, dest)
+            self.assertEqual(stat.S_IMODE(dest.stat().st_mode), 0o600)
+
+            restored = Path(tmp) / "restored.db"
+            with gzip.open(dest, "rb") as gz, open(restored, "wb") as out:
+                out.write(gz.read())
+            conn = sqlite3.connect(restored)
+            try:
+                rows = conn.execute("SELECT content FROM history WHERE channel='chat'").fetchall()
+                facts = conn.execute("SELECT fact FROM user_facts").fetchall()
+            finally:
+                conn.close()
+            self.assertEqual(rows, [("hei",)])
+            self.assertEqual(facts, [("likes espresso",)])
+
+    def test_snapshot_during_writes(self):
+        """OPS-13: snapshot succeeds while another connection holds the DB open (WAL)."""
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            db = Path(tmp) / "bot.db"
+            store = PersistentStore(db)
+            store.save_history("chat", [{"role": "user", "content": "x"}])
+            live = sqlite3.connect(db)  # simulate the running bot's open handle
+            live.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
+            try:
+                dest = Path(tmp) / "snap.db.gz"
+                backup_db.snapshot(db, dest)  # must not raise
+                self.assertTrue(dest.exists())
+            finally:
+                live.close()
+
+
+class TestRotation(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_victims_keeps_newest(self):
+        """OPS-14: only the oldest beyond `keep` are selected for deletion."""
+        names = [f"bot-2026070{d}-000000.db.gz" for d in range(1, 8)]  # 7 chronological
+        victims = backup_db.victims(list(reversed(names)), keep=3)
+        self.assertEqual(victims, names[:4])  # oldest 4 removed, newest 3 kept
+
+    def test_victims_under_keep_deletes_nothing(self):
+        """OPS-14: fewer than `keep` backups -> nothing deleted."""
+        self.assertEqual(backup_db.victims(["bot-20260701-000000.db.gz"], keep=14), [])
+
+    def test_rotate_on_disk(self):
+        """OPS-14: rotate removes the right files from a real dir."""
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            for d in range(1, 6):
+                (Path(tmp) / f"bot-2026070{d}-000000.db.gz").write_bytes(b"x")
+            removed = backup_db.rotate(Path(tmp), keep=2)
+            self.assertEqual(removed, 3)
+            self.assertEqual(len(list(Path(tmp).glob("bot-*.db.gz"))), 2)
+
+
+class TestApiErrorAlert(OpsBase):
+    async def test_threshold_alert_and_reset(self):
+        """OPS-16: N consecutive failures fire one staff alert; success resets."""
+        self.bot.config["api-error-alert-threshold"] = 3
+        self.bot.send_message_with_typing = AsyncMock(side_effect=RuntimeError("boom"))
+        origin = MagicMock()
+        from fjerkroa_bot.ai_responder import AIMessage
+
+        for _ in range(3):
+            await self.bot.respond(AIMessage("alice", "hei", "chat"), origin)
+        self.assertEqual(self.bot.staff_channel.send.await_count, 1)  # exactly one alert at threshold
+        self.assertEqual(self.bot._consecutive_api_errors, 3)
+
+        # a success resets the counter
+        from fjerkroa_bot.ai_responder import AIResponse
+
+        self.bot.send_message_with_typing = AsyncMock(return_value=AIResponse(None, False, "chat", None, None, False, False))
+        await self.bot.respond(AIMessage("alice", "hei", "chat"), origin)
+        self.assertEqual(self.bot._consecutive_api_errors, 0)