@yemi33/minions 0.1.2077 → 0.1.2078

package/dashboard/js/refresh.js

@@ -511,8 +511,17 @@ let _lastStatusOkAt = Date.now();
 let _consecutiveStatusFails = 0;
 let _unreachableSince = 0; // 0 = currently reachable
 let _unreachableAgeTimer = null;
-const _UNREACHABLE_FAIL_THRESHOLD = 2;
-const _UNREACHABLE_AGE_MS = 12000;
+// 3 + 20s (was 2 + 12s) — the prior thresholds tripped a banner on a single
+// safeFetch abort (timeout 15s in state.js) because the OR'd age side was
+// already satisfied. With safeFetch=15s, the age budget needs >15s to avoid
+// the trip-on-first-slow-response footgun. 3 consecutive fails ≈ 12s of real
+// outage at the 4s poll cadence, which still surfaces the banner promptly
+// during a real dashboard crash but tolerates one slow rebuild + retry.
+const _UNREACHABLE_FAIL_THRESHOLD = 3;
+const _UNREACHABLE_AGE_MS = 20000;
+// Once the banner is up we throttle polls (exponential, capped at 30s) to
+// avoid hammering a struggling dashboard / network. Reset on recovery.
+let _nextPollAllowedAt = 0;
 
 function _formatAge(ms) {
   if (ms < 1000) return 'just now';
@@ -595,10 +604,26 @@ window._resetDashboardUnreachableForTest = function() {
   _lastStatusOkAt = Date.now();
   _consecutiveStatusFails = 0;
   _unreachableSince = 0;
+  _nextPollAllowedAt = 0;
   if (_unreachableAgeTimer) { clearInterval(_unreachableAgeTimer); _unreachableAgeTimer = null; }
   delete window._dashboardUnreachable;
 };
 
+// Visibility wake-up: Chromium throttles setInterval on hidden tabs to ~1/min,
+// so _lastStatusOkAt can drift far past the age threshold while the tab is
+// backgrounded. When the user refocuses, state.js fires refresh() (line 206)
+// — without this reset the age side of the OR is already satisfied and a
+// single transient post-wake failure (DNS not yet up after suspend, mid-
+// restart server) trips the banner before any real evidence of trouble.
+// Reset BEFORE state.js calls refresh() — listener order is fine because
+// both fire on the same event; this listener registered first runs first.
+document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', function() {
+  if (document.visibilityState === 'visible' && !_unreachableSince) {
+    _lastStatusOkAt = Date.now();
+    _consecutiveStatusFails = 0;
+  }
+});
+
 // ── Refresh diagnostics (W-mphejzx100081972) ─────────────────────────────
 // Ring buffer capturing the last 50 /api/status poll cycles so a user
 // reporting "the dashboard didn't auto-update when X changed" can paste
@@ -649,6 +674,11 @@ document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', function() {
 
 async function refresh() {
   if (_refreshInFlight) return;
+  // Backoff gate — only active while the unreachable banner is up. Skips
+  // setInterval ticks until _nextPollAllowedAt is reached so a downed
+  // dashboard isn't hammered at the steady 4s cadence (which produces
+  // console-spam and adds load to whatever's wedged).
+  if (_nextPollAllowedAt && Date.now() < _nextPollAllowedAt) return;
   _refreshInFlight = true;
   const _diagOn = _isRefreshDiagOn();
   const _t0 = _diagOn ? Date.now() : 0;
@@ -730,6 +760,7 @@ async function refresh() {
     // instead of just dismissing the banner.
     _lastStatusOkAt = Date.now();
     _consecutiveStatusFails = 0;
+    _nextPollAllowedAt = 0;
     if (_unreachableSince) _markDashboardReachable();
     const _renderStart = _diagOn ? Date.now() : 0;
     let _diagChanges = null;
@@ -762,6 +793,14 @@ async function refresh() {
     if (_consecutiveStatusFails >= _UNREACHABLE_FAIL_THRESHOLD || ageMs > _UNREACHABLE_AGE_MS) {
       _markDashboardUnreachable(e);
     }
+    // Backoff: once we've tripped the banner, throttle subsequent polls
+    // (4s → 8s → 16s → 30s cap). Reset to 0 in the success path below so
+    // recovery snaps back to the steady 4s cadence on the next tick.
+    if (_unreachableSince) {
+      const failsSinceTrip = Math.max(1, _consecutiveStatusFails - _UNREACHABLE_FAIL_THRESHOLD + 1);
+      const backoffMs = Math.min(30000, 4000 * Math.pow(2, failsSinceTrip - 1));
+      _nextPollAllowedAt = Date.now() + backoffMs;
+    }
   }
   finally {
     _refreshInFlight = false;

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yemi33/minions",
-  "version": "0.1.2077",
+  "version": "0.1.2078",
   "description": "Multi-agent AI dev team that runs from ~/.minions/ — five autonomous agents share a single engine, dashboard, and knowledge base",
   "bin": {
     "minions": "bin/minions.js"