@ryanfw/prompt-orchestration-pipeline 0.11.0 → 0.13.0

package/src/ui/endpoints/job-control-endpoints.js

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+import fs from "fs";
+import path from "path";
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+import {
+  resetJobToCleanSlate,
+  resetJobFromTask,
+  resetSingleTask,
+  initializeJobArtifacts,
+  writeJobStatus,
+  readJobStatus,
+} from "../../core/status-writer.js";
+import { getPipelineConfig } from "../../core/config.js";
+import {
+  getPendingSeedPath,
+  resolvePipelinePaths,
+  getJobDirectoryPath,
+  getJobMetadataPath,
+  getJobPipelinePath,
+} from "../../config/paths.js";
+import { readRawBody } from "../utils/http-utils.js";
+
+// Get __dirname equivalent in ES modules
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
+
+// In-memory restart guard to prevent duplicate concurrent restarts per job
+const restartingJobs = new Set();
+
+// In-memory start guard to prevent duplicate concurrent starts per job
+const startingJobs = new Set();
+
+// In-memory stop guard to prevent duplicate concurrent stops per job
+const stoppingJobs = new Set();
+
+// Helper functions for restart guard
+function isRestartInProgress(jobId) {
+  return restartingJobs.has(jobId);
+}
+
+function beginRestart(jobId) {
+  restartingJobs.add(jobId);
+}
+
+function endRestart(jobId) {
+  restartingJobs.delete(jobId);
+}
+
+// Helper functions for start guard
+function isStartInProgress(jobId) {
+  return startingJobs.has(jobId);
+}
+
+function beginStart(jobId) {
+  startingJobs.add(jobId);
+}
+
+function endStart(jobId) {
+  startingJobs.delete(jobId);
+}
+
+// Helper functions for stop guard
+function isStopInProgress(jobId) {
+  return stoppingJobs.has(jobId);
+}
+
+function beginStop(jobId) {
+  stoppingJobs.add(jobId);
+}
+
+function endStop(jobId) {
+  stoppingJobs.delete(jobId);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Validate that all upstream tasks are DONE
+ * @param {Object} params - Parameters object
+ * @param {Array} params.jobPipelineTasks - Pipeline tasks array from pipeline.json
+ * @param {string} params.targetTaskId - Target task ID to validate
+ * @param {Object} params.snapshotTasks - Tasks from tasks-status.json snapshot
+ * @returns {Object} Validation result { ok: true } or { ok: false, code: "dependencies_not_satisfied", missing: [names] }
+ */
+function validateUpstreamDone({
+  jobPipelineTasks,
+  targetTaskId,
+  snapshotTasks,
+}) {
+  // Helper function to extract task name from string or object
+  const getTaskName = (t) => (typeof t === "string" ? t : t.name);
+
+  // Derive ordered task names from pipeline config
+  const orderedTaskNames = (jobPipelineTasks || []).map(getTaskName);
+
+  // Find target task index
+  const targetIndex = orderedTaskNames.indexOf(targetTaskId);
+  if (targetIndex === -1) {
+    return { ok: false, code: "task_not_found" };
+  }
+
+  // Get upstream tasks (all tasks before target)
+  const upstreamTasks = orderedTaskNames.slice(0, targetIndex);
+
+  // Check if all upstream tasks are DONE
+  const missing = [];
+  for (const taskName of upstreamTasks) {
+    const taskState = snapshotTasks[taskName]?.state;
+    if (taskState !== "done") {
+      missing.push(taskName);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (missing.length > 0) {
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      code: "dependencies_not_satisfied",
+      missing,
+    };
+  }
+
+  return { ok: true };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve job lifecycle directory deterministically
+ * @param {string} dataDir - Base data directory
+ * @param {string} jobId - Job identifier
+ * @returns {Promise<string|null>} One of "current", "complete", "rejected", or null if job not found
+ */
+async function resolveJobLifecycle(dataDir, jobId) {
+  const currentJobDir = getJobDirectoryPath(dataDir, jobId, "current");
+  const completeJobDir = getJobDirectoryPath(dataDir, jobId, "complete");
+  const rejectedJobDir = getJobDirectoryPath(dataDir, jobId, "rejected");
+
+  // Check in order of preference: current > complete > rejected
+  const currentExists = await exists(currentJobDir);
+  const completeExists = await exists(completeJobDir);
+  const rejectedExists = await exists(rejectedJobDir);
+
+  if (currentExists) {
+    return "current";
+  }
+
+  if (completeExists) {
+    return "complete";
+  }
+
+  if (rejectedExists) {
+    return "rejected";
+  }
+
+  // Job not found in any lifecycle
+  return null;
+}
+
+const exists = async (p) =>
+  fs.promises
+    .access(p)
+    .then(() => true)
+    .catch(() => false);
+
+/**
+ * Handle POST /api/jobs/:jobId/rescan
+ */
+export async function handleJobRescan(req, res, jobId, dataDir, sendJson) {
+  try {
+    // Validate jobId
+    if (!jobId || typeof jobId !== "string" || jobId.trim() === "") {
+      sendJson(res, 400, {
+        ok: false,
+        error: "bad_request",
+        message: "jobId is required",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Resolve job lifecycle
+    const lifecycle = await resolveJobLifecycle(dataDir, jobId);
+    if (!lifecycle) {
+      sendJson(res, 404, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "job_not_found",
+        message: "Job not found",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Determine job directory
+    const jobDir = getJobDirectoryPath(dataDir, jobId, lifecycle);
+
+    // Read job metadata to get pipeline slug
+    const jobMetaPath = path.join(jobDir, "job.json");
+    let jobMeta;
+    try {
+      const content = await fs.promises.readFile(jobMetaPath, "utf8");
+      jobMeta = JSON.parse(content);
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(`Error reading job metadata for ${jobId}:`, error);
+      sendJson(res, 500, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "internal_error",
+        message: "Failed to read job metadata",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const pipelineSlug = jobMeta.pipeline;
+    if (!pipelineSlug) {
+      sendJson(res, 500, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "invalid_job_metadata",
+        message: "Job metadata missing pipeline slug",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Get authoritative source pipeline config
+    let sourcePipelinePath;
+    try {
+      const config = await getPipelineConfig(pipelineSlug);
+      sourcePipelinePath = config.pipelineJsonPath;
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(
+        `Error getting pipeline config for ${pipelineSlug}:`,
+        error
+      );
+      sendJson(res, 404, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "pipeline_not_found",
+        message: `Pipeline configuration not found for slug: ${pipelineSlug}`,
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    let sourcePipeline;
+    try {
+      const content = await fs.promises.readFile(sourcePipelinePath, "utf8");
+      sourcePipeline = JSON.parse(content);
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(
+        `Error reading source pipeline config for ${pipelineSlug}:`,
+        error
+      );
+      sendJson(res, 404, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "pipeline_config_not_found",
+        message: `Pipeline configuration not found for slug: ${pipelineSlug}`,
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Read job's local pipeline config
+    const jobPipelinePath = path.join(jobDir, "pipeline.json");
+    let jobPipeline;
+    try {
+      const content = await fs.promises.readFile(jobPipelinePath, "utf8");
+      jobPipeline = JSON.parse(content);
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(`Error reading job pipeline config for ${jobId}:`, error);
+      sendJson(res, 500, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "internal_error",
+        message: "Failed to read job pipeline configuration",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Helper function to extract task name from string or object
+    const getTaskName = (t) => (typeof t === "string" ? t : t.name);
+
+    // Calculate added and removed tasks
+    const existingTaskNames = new Set(
+      (jobPipeline.tasks || []).map(getTaskName)
+    );
+    const sourceTaskNames = new Set(
+      (sourcePipeline.tasks || []).map(getTaskName)
+    );
+
+    const added = (sourcePipeline.tasks || []).filter(
+      (t) => !existingTaskNames.has(getTaskName(t))
+    );
+    const removed = (jobPipeline.tasks || []).filter(
+      (t) => !sourceTaskNames.has(getTaskName(t))
+    );
+
+    if (added.length === 0 && removed.length === 0) {
+      sendJson(res, 200, {
+        ok: true,
+        added: [],
+        removed: [],
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Update job's pipeline.json with full synchronization
+    jobPipeline.tasks = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(sourcePipeline.tasks || []));
+    await fs.promises.writeFile(
+      jobPipelinePath,
+      JSON.stringify(jobPipeline, null, 2)
+    );
+
+    // Create directories for all tasks in synchronized pipeline
+    const addedTaskNames = [];
+    for (const task of jobPipeline.tasks || []) {
+      const taskName = getTaskName(task);
+      const taskDir = path.join(jobDir, "tasks", taskName);
+      await fs.promises.mkdir(taskDir, { recursive: true });
+
+      // Track which tasks were newly added for response
+      if (added.some((t) => getTaskName(t) === taskName)) {
+        addedTaskNames.push(taskName);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Update tasks-status.json with reconstruction logic
+    await writeJobStatus(jobDir, (snapshot) => {
+      const oldTasks = snapshot.tasks || {};
+      const newTasksStatus = {};
+
+      // Iterate through source pipeline tasks in order
+      for (const task of sourcePipeline.tasks || []) {
+        const taskName = getTaskName(task);
+
+        if (oldTasks[taskName]) {
+          // Preserve existing state for tasks that remain
+          newTasksStatus[taskName] = oldTasks[taskName];
+        } else {
+          // Initialize new state for added tasks
+          newTasksStatus[taskName] = {
+            state: "pending",
+            currentStage: null,
+            attempts: 0,
+            refinementAttempts: 0,
+            files: {
+              artifacts: [],
+              logs: [],
+              tmp: [],
+            },
+          };
+        }
+      }
+
+      snapshot.tasks = newTasksStatus;
+      return snapshot;
+    });
+
+    sendJson(res, 200, {
+      ok: true,
+      added: addedTaskNames,
+      removed: removed.map(getTaskName),
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`Error handling POST /api/jobs/${jobId}/rescan:`, error);
+    sendJson(res, 500, {
+      ok: false,
+      code: "internal_error",
+      message: "Internal server error",
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Handle POST /api/jobs/:jobId/restart
+ */
+export async function handleJobRestart(req, res, jobId, dataDir, sendJson) {
+  try {
+    // Validate jobId
+    if (!jobId || typeof jobId !== "string" || jobId.trim() === "") {
+      sendJson(res, 400, {
+        ok: false,
+        error: "bad_request",
+        message: "jobId is required",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Resolve job lifecycle
+    const lifecycle = await resolveJobLifecycle(dataDir, jobId);
+    if (!lifecycle) {
+      sendJson(res, 404, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "job_not_found",
+        message: "Job not found",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Move job to current directory if it's not already there
+    let jobDir = getJobDirectoryPath(dataDir, jobId, lifecycle);
+
+    if (lifecycle !== "current") {
+      const sourcePath = getJobDirectoryPath(dataDir, jobId, lifecycle);
+      const targetPath = getJobDirectoryPath(dataDir, jobId, "current");
+
+      // Atomically move job to current directory
+      await fs.promises.rename(sourcePath, targetPath);
+      jobDir = targetPath;
+    }
+
+    // Check if job is already running
+    const statusPath = path.join(jobDir, "tasks-status.json");
+
+    let snapshot;
+    try {
+      const content = await fs.promises.readFile(statusPath, "utf8");
+      snapshot = JSON.parse(content);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error.code === "ENOENT") {
+        sendJson(res, 404, {
+          ok: false,
+          code: "job_not_found",
+          message: "Job status file not found",
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+      throw error;
+    }
+
+    // Guard against running jobs
+    if (snapshot.state === "running") {
+      sendJson(res, 409, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "job_running",
+        message: "Job is currently running",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Guard against concurrent restarts
+    if (isRestartInProgress(jobId)) {
+      sendJson(res, 409, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "job_running",
+        message: "Job restart is already in progress",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Parse optional fromTask from request body for targeted restart
+    let body = {};
+    try {
+      const rawBody = await readRawBody(req);
+      if (rawBody && rawBody.length > 0) {
+        const bodyString = rawBody.toString("utf8");
+        body = JSON.parse(bodyString);
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      sendJson(res, 400, {
+        ok: false,
+        error: "bad_request",
+        message: "Invalid JSON in request body",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const { fromTask, singleTask } = body;
+
+    // Begin restart guard
+    beginRestart(jobId);
+
+    try {
+      // Reset job: clean-slate, partial from a specific task, or single task
+      if (fromTask && singleTask === true) {
+        await resetSingleTask(jobDir, fromTask, { clearTokenUsage: true });
+      } else if (fromTask) {
+        await resetJobFromTask(jobDir, fromTask, { clearTokenUsage: true });
+      } else {
+        await resetJobToCleanSlate(jobDir, { clearTokenUsage: true });
+      }
+    } finally {
+      // Always end restart guard
+      endRestart(jobId);
+    }
+
+    // Spawn detached pipeline-runner process
+    const runnerPath = path.join(__dirname, "../../core/pipeline-runner.js");
+    const base = process.env.PO_ROOT || dataDir;
+    const env = {
+      ...process.env,
+      PO_ROOT: base,
+      PO_DATA_DIR: path.join(base, "pipeline-data"),
+      PO_PENDING_DIR: path.join(base, "pipeline-data", "pending"),
+      PO_CURRENT_DIR: path.join(base, "pipeline-data", "current"),
+      PO_COMPLETE_DIR: path.join(base, "pipeline-data", "complete"),
+      ...(fromTask && { PO_START_FROM_TASK: fromTask }),
+      ...(singleTask && { PO_RUN_SINGLE_TASK: "true" }),
+    };
+
+    const child = spawn(process.execPath, [runnerPath, jobId], {
+      env,
+      stdio: "ignore",
+      detached: true,
+    });
+
+    // Unref() child process so it runs in the background
+    child.unref();
+
+    // Send success response
+    const mode =
+      fromTask && singleTask === true
+        ? "single-task"
+        : fromTask
+          ? "partial"
+          : "clean-slate";
+    sendJson(res, 202, {
+      ok: true,
+      jobId,
+      mode,
+      spawned: true,
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`Error handling POST /api/jobs/${jobId}/restart:`, error);
+
+    // Clean up restart guard on error
+    if (isRestartInProgress(jobId)) {
+      endRestart(jobId);
+    }
+
+    if (error.code === "ENOENT") {
+      sendJson(res, 404, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "job_not_found",
+        message: "Job directory not found",
+      });
+    } else if (error.code === "spawn failed") {
+      sendJson(res, 500, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "spawn_failed",
+        message: error.message || "Failed to spawn pipeline runner",
+      });
+    } else if (error.httpStatus === 409) {
+      // Handle lifecycle policy errors from pipeline-runner
+      sendJson(res, 409, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: error.error || "unsupported_lifecycle",
+        message: error.message || "Operation not allowed by lifecycle policy",
+        ...(error.reason && { reason: error.reason }),
+      });
+    } else {
+      sendJson(res, 500, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "internal_error",
+        message: "Internal server error",
+      });
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Handle POST /api/jobs/:jobId/stop
+ */
+export async function handleJobStop(req, res, jobId, dataDir, sendJson) {
+  try {
+    // Validate jobId
+    if (!jobId || typeof jobId !== "string" || jobId.trim() === "") {
+      sendJson(res, 400, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "bad_request",
+        message: "jobId is required",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Resolve job lifecycle
+    const lifecycle = await resolveJobLifecycle(dataDir, jobId);
+    if (!lifecycle) {
+      sendJson(res, 404, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "job_not_found",
+        message: "Job not found",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Concurrency: if isStopInProgress(jobId) return 409
+    if (isStopInProgress(jobId)) {
+      sendJson(res, 409, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "job_running",
+        message: "Job stop is already in progress",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // beginStop(jobId) before doing work; ensure endStop(jobId) in finally
+    beginStop(jobId);
+
+    try {
+      // Determine job directory; if not in current, rename into current (mirror restart)
+      let jobDir = getJobDirectoryPath(dataDir, jobId, lifecycle);
+
+      if (lifecycle !== "current") {
+        const sourcePath = getJobDirectoryPath(dataDir, jobId, lifecycle);
+        const targetPath = getJobDirectoryPath(dataDir, jobId, "current");
+
+        // Atomically move job to current directory
+        await fs.promises.rename(sourcePath, targetPath);
+        jobDir = targetPath;
+      }
+
+      let pidFound = false;
+      let usedSignal = null;
+      let resetTask = null;
+
+      // Read PID from path.join(jobDir, "runner.pid")
+      const pidPath = path.join(jobDir, "runner.pid");
+      const pidExists = await exists(pidPath);
+
+      if (pidExists) {
+        try {
+          const pidContent = await fs.promises.readFile(pidPath, "utf8");
+          const pid = parseInt(pidContent.trim(), 10);
+
+          if (isNaN(pid)) {
+            // Treat as no runner (remove file)
+            await fs.promises.unlink(pidPath).catch(() => {}); // Ignore ENOENT
+          } else {
+            pidFound = true;
+
+            try {
+              // Try process.kill(pid, "SIGTERM")
+              process.kill(pid, "SIGTERM");
+              usedSignal = "SIGTERM";
+
+              // Wait 1500ms
+              await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1500));
+
+              // If process still exists: try process.kill(pid, 0) to check
+              try {
+                process.kill(pid, 0); // Check if process exists
+                // If we get here, process still exists, try SIGKILL
+                process.kill(pid, "SIGKILL");
+                usedSignal = "SIGKILL";
+              } catch (checkError) {
+                // ESRCH means process is gone (SIGTERM worked or process ended naturally)
+                if (checkError.code !== "ESRCH") {
+                  throw checkError;
+                }
+                // Keep usedSignal as "SIGTERM"
+              }
+            } catch (killError) {
+              if (killError.code === "ESRCH") {
+                // Process was already dead, no signal was sent
+                usedSignal = null;
+              } else {
+                // Non-ESRCH errors → 500 spawn_failed/internal with message
+                throw killError;
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        } catch (error) {
+          // Remove runner.pid regardless after attempts (unlink ignoring ENOENT)
+          await fs.promises.unlink(pidPath).catch(() => {});
+          throw error;
+        }
+
+        // Remove runner.pid regardless after attempts (unlink ignoring ENOENT)
+        await fs.promises.unlink(pidPath).catch(() => {});
+      }
+
+      // Status reset:
+      // Read tasks-status.json via readJobStatus
+      const snapshot = await readJobStatus(jobDir);
+      if (!snapshot) {
+        sendJson(res, 500, {
+          ok: false,
+          code: "internal_error",
+          message: "Failed to read job status",
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // Determine running taskId:
+      let runningTaskId = null;
+      if (
+        snapshot.current &&
+        typeof snapshot.current === "string" &&
+        snapshot.tasks[snapshot.current]?.state === "running"
+      ) {
+        runningTaskId = snapshot.current;
+      } else {
+        // Else find first key in snapshot.tasks with state === "running"
+        for (const taskId of Object.keys(snapshot.tasks || {})) {
+          if (snapshot.tasks[taskId].state === "running") {
+            runningTaskId = taskId;
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      // If running taskId found: await resetSingleTask(jobDir, taskId, { clearTokenUsage: true })
+      if (runningTaskId) {
+        resetTask = runningTaskId;
+        await resetSingleTask(jobDir, runningTaskId, { clearTokenUsage: true });
+      }
+
+      // Always normalize root fields afterward:
+      await writeJobStatus(jobDir, (s) => {
+        s.current = null;
+        s.currentStage = null;
+        return s;
+      });
+
+      // Response: sendJson 200 with { ok: true, jobId, stopped: Boolean(pidFound), resetTask: taskId || null, signal: usedSignal || null }
+      sendJson(res, 200, {
+        ok: true,
+        jobId,
+        stopped: pidFound,
+        resetTask: resetTask,
+        signal: usedSignal,
+      });
+    } finally {
+      // Always endStop(jobId)
+      endStop(jobId);
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`Error handling POST /api/jobs/${jobId}/stop:`, error);
+
+    // Clean up stop guard on error
+    endStop(jobId);
+
+    if (error.code === "ENOENT") {
+      sendJson(res, 404, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "job_not_found",
+        message: "Job directory not found",
+      });
+    } else if (error.code === "spawn_failed") {
+      sendJson(res, 500, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "spawn_failed",
+        message: error.message || "Failed to stop pipeline runner",
+      });
+    } else {
+      sendJson(res, 500, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "internal_error",
+        message: "Internal server error",
+      });
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Handle POST /api/jobs/:jobId/tasks/:taskId/start
+ */
+export async function handleTaskStart(
+  req,
+  res,
+  jobId,
+  taskId,
+  dataDir,
+  sendJson
+) {
+  try {
+    // Validate jobId and taskId
+    if (!jobId || typeof jobId !== "string" || jobId.trim() === "") {
+      sendJson(res, 400, {
+        ok: false,
+        error: "bad_request",
+        message: "jobId is required",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (!taskId || typeof taskId !== "string" || taskId.trim() === "") {
+      sendJson(res, 400, {
+        ok: false,
+        error: "bad_request",
+        message: "taskId is required",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Resolve job lifecycle
+    const lifecycle = await resolveJobLifecycle(dataDir, jobId);
+    if (!lifecycle) {
+      sendJson(res, 404, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "job_not_found",
+        message: "Job not found",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Move job to current directory if it's not already there (same logic as restart)
+    let jobDir = getJobDirectoryPath(dataDir, jobId, lifecycle);
+
+    if (lifecycle !== "current") {
+      const sourcePath = getJobDirectoryPath(dataDir, jobId, lifecycle);
+      const targetPath = getJobDirectoryPath(dataDir, jobId, "current");
+
+      // Atomically move job to current directory
+      await fs.promises.rename(sourcePath, targetPath);
+      jobDir = targetPath;
+    }
+
+    // Read snapshot from tasks-status.json
+    const statusPath = path.join(jobDir, "tasks-status.json");
+    let snapshot;
+    try {
+      const content = await fs.promises.readFile(statusPath, "utf8");
+      snapshot = JSON.parse(content);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error.code === "ENOENT") {
+        sendJson(res, 404, {
+          ok: false,
+          code: "job_not_found",
+          message: "Job status file not found",
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+      if (error instanceof SyntaxError) {
+        sendJson(res, 500, {
+          ok: false,
+          code: "internal_error",
+          message: "Invalid job status JSON",
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+      throw error;
+    }
+
+    // Guard job not running
+    if (snapshot.state === "running") {
+      sendJson(res, 409, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "job_running",
+        message: "Job is currently running; start is unavailable",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Check if any task is currently running
+    const hasRunningTask = Object.values(snapshot.tasks || {}).some(
+      (task) => task.state === "running"
+    );
+    if (hasRunningTask) {
+      sendJson(res, 409, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "job_running",
+        message: "Job is currently running; start is unavailable",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Validate task existence
+    if (!snapshot.tasks || !snapshot.tasks[taskId]) {
+      sendJson(res, 400, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "task_not_found",
+        message: "Task not found in job",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Validate task state is Pending
+    if (snapshot.tasks[taskId].state !== "pending") {
+      sendJson(res, 400, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "task_not_pending",
+        message: "Task is not in pending state",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Read job pipeline config
+    const jobPipelinePath = getJobPipelinePath(dataDir, jobId, "current");
+    let jobPipeline;
+    try {
+      const content = await fs.promises.readFile(jobPipelinePath, "utf8");
+      jobPipeline = JSON.parse(content);
+    } catch (error) {
+      sendJson(res, 500, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "pipeline_config_not_found",
+        message: "Pipeline configuration not found",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Validate dependencies via validateUpstreamDone
+    const depCheck = validateUpstreamDone({
+      jobPipelineTasks: jobPipeline.tasks,
+      targetTaskId: taskId,
+      snapshotTasks: snapshot.tasks,
+    });
+
+    if (!depCheck.ok) {
+      if (depCheck.code === "dependencies_not_satisfied") {
+        sendJson(res, 409, {
+          ok: false,
+          code: "dependencies_not_satisfied",
+          message: `Dependencies not satisfied for task: ${depCheck.missing.join(", ")}`,
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+      // Handle other validation errors
+      sendJson(res, 400, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: depCheck.code,
+        message: "Task validation failed",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Start guard: prevent duplicate starts
+    if (isStartInProgress(jobId)) {
+      sendJson(res, 409, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "job_running",
+        message: "Task start is already in progress",
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    beginStart(jobId);
+
+    try {
+      // Spawn detached runner (mirror restart code)
+      const runnerPath = path.join(__dirname, "../../core/pipeline-runner.js");
+      const base = process.env.PO_ROOT || dataDir;
+      const env = {
+        ...process.env,
+        PO_ROOT: base,
+        PO_DATA_DIR: path.join(base, "pipeline-data"),
+        PO_PENDING_DIR: path.join(base, "pipeline-data", "pending"),
+        PO_CURRENT_DIR: path.join(base, "pipeline-data", "current"),
+        PO_COMPLETE_DIR: path.join(base, "pipeline-data", "complete"),
+        PO_START_FROM_TASK: taskId,
+        PO_RUN_SINGLE_TASK: "true",
+      };
+
+      const child = spawn(process.execPath, [runnerPath, jobId], {
+        env,
+        stdio: "ignore",
+        detached: true,
+      });
+
+      child.unref();
+    } finally {
+      // Always end start guard
+      endStart(jobId);
+    }
+
+    // Send success response
+    sendJson(res, 202, {
+      ok: true,
+      jobId,
+      taskId,
+      mode: "single-task-start",
+      spawned: true,
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(
+      `Error handling POST /api/jobs/${jobId}/tasks/${taskId}/start:`,
+      error
+    );
+
+    // Clean up start guard on error
+    if (isStartInProgress(jobId)) {
+      endStart(jobId);
+    }
+
+    if (error.code === "ENOENT") {
+      sendJson(res, 404, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "job_not_found",
+        message: "Job directory not found",
+      });
+    } else if (error.code === "spawn failed") {
+      sendJson(res, 500, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "spawn_failed",
+        message: error.message || "Failed to spawn pipeline runner",
+      });
+    } else if (error.httpStatus === 409) {
+      // Handle lifecycle policy errors from pipeline-runner
+      sendJson(res, 409, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: error.error || "unsupported_lifecycle",
+        message: error.message || "Operation not allowed by lifecycle policy",
+        ...(error.reason && { reason: error.reason }),
+      });
+    } else {
+      sendJson(res, 500, {
+        ok: false,
+        code: "internal_error",
+        message: "Internal server error",
+      });
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// Export restart guard functions for testing
+export { isRestartInProgress, beginRestart, endRestart, resolveJobLifecycle };
+
+// Export start guard functions for testing
+export { isStartInProgress, beginStart, endStart };
+
+// Export stop guard functions for testing
+export { isStopInProgress, beginStop, endStop };