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fix(stage0): let stage-1 roll back a hung image instead of recovering - #162
stage0/recovery_entry.c: drop the watchdog / boot-attempts clause. Running out of boot attempts is a rollback condition, and the stage-1 policy owns it.
Stage-1 still enters recovery itself when there is no valid slot to roll back to.
The recovery pin, FORCE_RECOVERY and FACTORY_RESET triggers are unchanged.
New suite tests/unit/test_watchdog_rollback.c. It runs the real stage-0 trigger check and then the real boot policy, with only slot validity mocked. It checks:
a hung test boot of Slot B after a watchdog reset rolls back to Slot A;
with no valid alternate slot, the policy still refuses to boot;
the explicit recovery triggers still fire.
Testing
Environment: macOS 14 / Apple clang 15, host build, clean build from the branch tip.
### Issue 1
stage0/recovery_entry.c:27-32
If both slots contain signed images that hang-for example, because both hit the same hardware fault-removing this check prevents automatic recovery. After Slot B exhausts its attempts, `eos_boot_policy_select()` switches to Slot A and resets `boot_attempts`. When Slot A also exhausts its attempts, the policy switches back to the already-failed Slot B. Neither stage checks `EOS_FLAG_ROLLBACK` to stop the cycle.
Previously, the watchdog check entered recovery after the first exhausted attempt budget. Keep a bounded recovery path after rollback fails, and add a test covering repeated watchdog resets across both slots.
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Summary
Stage-0 now leaves exhausted boot attempts to stage-1.
Hung test images roll back after watchdog resets exhaust their attempts.
Diagram
%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
W[Watchdog reset with attempts exhausted] --> S[Stage-0 continues to stage-1]
S --> V{Other slot passes verification?}
V -- No --> R[Enter recovery]
V -- Yes --> B[Switch slots and reset attempts]
B --> H{Application hangs?}
H -- No --> C[Application runs]
H -- Yes --> E[Watchdog retries until attempts exhausted]
E --> W
Watchdog resets during a test boot now allow the boot process to roll back to the confirmed slot, rather than triggering recovery based on the reset reason or attempt limit.
Recovery-pin, forced-recovery, and factory-reset triggers remain available. If the confirmed slot is invalid, booting reports that no valid image is available.
Tests
Added coverage for watchdog rollback and existing recovery triggers.
A test-boot image that hangs is reset by the watchdog, and stage-1
increments boot_attempts before every jump. When boot_attempts reaches
max_attempts, stage-1's eos_boot_policy_select() rolls back to the other
slot (docs/architecture.md, docs/secure_boot_chain.md). But stage-0's
ebldr_recovery_triggered() tested the same condition first -- watchdog
reset with boot_attempts >= max_attempts -- and entered recovery, so the
rollback never ran and the device sat in recovery with a good image in
the other slot.
Drop that clause from the stage-0 trigger. Exhausted attempts are a
rollback condition, owned by the stage-1 policy, which still falls
through to recovery itself when there is no valid slot to roll back to.
The recovery pin, FORCE_RECOVERY and FACTORY_RESET triggers are
unchanged.
test_watchdog_rollback: new suite running the real stage-0 trigger check
(stage0/recovery_entry.c compiled for the host) and then the real boot
policy, with slot validity mocked at the slot-manager boundary: a hung
test boot of B after a watchdog reset rolls back to A; with no valid
alternate the policy still refuses (stage-1 enters recovery); the
explicit recovery triggers still fire.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The PR fixes hung-image handling by removing stage-0’s premature watchdog recovery diversion, so stage-1 can apply its normal rollback policy; it adds a host-level test that exercises the real trigger check and boot policy across rollback, no-fallback, and explicit-recovery scenarios.
Sequence diagram for watchdog rollback boot policy
sequenceDiagram
participant Stage0
participant Stage1
participant BootPolicy
participant SlotA
participant SlotB
Stage0->>Stage0: ebldr_recovery_triggered(bctl)
Stage0-->>Stage1: Continue boot flow
Stage1->>BootPolicy: eos_boot_policy_select()
BootPolicy->>SlotB: Check boot attempts and validity
BootPolicy->>SlotA: Select valid alternate slot
BootPolicy-->>Stage1: Roll back to Slot A
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Flow diagram for watchdog and recovery trigger handling
flowchart TD
A[Stage-0 checks recovery triggers] --> B{Explicit recovery trigger?}
B -- Yes --> R[Enter recovery]
B -- No --> C[Continue to stage-1]
C --> D{Boot attempts exhausted?}
D -- No --> E[Boot selected slot]
D -- Yes --> F[stage-1 eos_boot_policy_select]
F --> G{Valid alternate slot?}
G -- Yes --> H[Roll back to alternate slot]
G -- No --> R
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Move exhausted watchdog boot-attempt handling from stage-0 recovery selection into stage-1 boot policy, allowing rollback before recovery.
Remove the watchdog-reset and max-attempts recovery condition while preserving recovery-pin, force-recovery, and factory-reset checks.
Document that stage-1 owns rollback decisions and enters recovery only when no valid fallback slot exists.
stage0/recovery_entry.c
Add an integration-style host test covering stage-0 trigger evaluation followed by the real stage-1 boot policy.
Simulate a hung Slot B test boot and verify rollback to confirmed Slot A, including boot-control state updates.
Verify no valid alternate slot produces a policy failure suitable for recovery.
Verify explicit recovery triggers remain active.
Mock only slot validity while providing simulated flash and board operations.
tests/unit/test_watchdog_rollback.c
Register the watchdog rollback suite in the CMake/CTest unit-test configuration.
Compile the stage-0 recovery implementation with the new host test.
Link and register the executable with the existing unit-test list.
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Review comments at @stage0/recovery_entry.c:
- Around line 24-35: Initialize the stage-1 HAL after clearing `.bss` and before
calling `eboot_main`, so boot-control loading and boot-policy processing have
valid HAL operations.
- Around line 24-35: Update the exhausted-attempt rollback branch in
eos_boot_policy_select to use confirmed_slot instead of selecting the other
slot; require it to be non-none, different from active_slot, and valid. Return
EOS_ERR_NO_IMAGE when no confirmed valid alternate exists.
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Walkthrough
Stage-0 no longer triggers recovery when a watchdog reset occurs after boot attempts are exhausted. A new host-side test checks that stage-1 selects the confirmed slot when available, returns EOS_ERR_NO_IMAGE when no fallback slot is valid, and preserves the other recovery triggers.
Changes: Watchdog rollback behavior
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Summary
Stage-0 recovery gate stage0/recovery_entry.c
The watchdog-reset and exhausted-attempt condition no longer triggers stage-0 recovery.
Rollback and recovery tests tests/unit/test_watchdog_rollback.c, tests/CMakeLists.txt
A host-side test simulates flash and board state. It checks stage-1 rollback to the confirmed slot, the no-valid-slot result, and the recovery-pin, force-recovery, and factory-reset triggers. CMake registers the test with CTest and the existing Valgrind test generation.
This change is meant to roll back a hung new image to the known-good slot. As written, stage 1 may be unable to read or persist boot state on that path. The rollback can also pick an unconfirmed image and keep cycling between two bad images instead of reaching recovery. Resolve both before merging.
Security architecture risk: High · up to 43279
The new handoff relies on a boot stage that does not initialize its hardware interface before loading boot state. Devices reaching this condition can lose automatic rollback and usable recovery. Separately, the fallback policy does not guarantee a confirmed image or bounded recovery after repeated failures.
Retained concerns
High · reliability · inferred: Exhausted watchdog boots now leave stage-0’s initialized recovery environment for a separately linked stage-1 that clears its static state but never registers board operations. Boot-control loading returns an error without initializing the local structure, and stage-1 ignores that error. Flash access, watchdog feeding and UART recovery also lack operations. This initialization defect predates the PR, but removing the gate newly exposes exhausted-watchdog boots to it instead of stage-0 recovery.
Medium · reliability · inferred: The newly delegated policy selects the other valid slot rather than the persisted confirmed slot and resets the attempt budget without retaining terminal failure history. With an initialized HAL, two images that pass boot checks but repeatedly hang can alternate indefinitely instead of reaching recovery. This policy behavior already existed, but the removed watchdog gate previously terminated that sequence at exhaustion. The concern is bounded failure containment, not bypass of image authentication.
Security review details
Security Blast Radius
inferred — The demonstrated exposure is device-local boot availability and recovery of its firmware slots and boot-control storage. Devices running the affected bootloader can encounter it through a hanging image; the inspected change does not establish a new remote entrypoint, cross-device authority or data-exfiltration path.
Security Findings and Attack Paths
inferred — A firmware hang followed by exhausted watchdog resets now reaches the uninitialized stage-1 path instead of initialized stage-0 recovery. An attacker would need an independently available way to induce that hang or affect firmware state; this review does not establish such remote capability. The supported adverse outcome is loss of automatic recovery, not execution of unauthenticated firmware.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
observed — The change removes a recovery decision, not the subsequent image-verification controls. Stage-0 retains its configured stage-1 hash-verification path, and application handoff retains integrity, signature and security-floor checks. These controls limit claims about malicious fallback images but do not repair initialization or bounded-recovery failures.
Resilience and Maintainability Implications
observed — Explicit stage-0 recovery triggers remain an independent escape path when asserted. Their preservation does not establish automatic recovery after an exhausted watchdog boot, because that boot now depends on stage-1 initialization and policy termination.
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Issue #161 is the only directly linked issue. Its requirement: a hung new image, after watchdog resets exhaust boot_attempts, must roll back to the good slot. Recovery must occur only when no valid sl…
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Issue #161 is the only directly linked issue. Its requirement: a hung new image, after watchdog resets exhaust boot_attempts, must roll back to the good slot. Recovery must occur only when no valid slot remains.
Evidence at head:
stage0/recovery_entry.c: the watchdog and boot_attempts clause is removed from ebldr_recovery_triggered(). Only the recovery pin, EOS_FLAG_FORCE_RECOVERY, and EOS_FLAG_FACTORY_RESET checks remain. Stage-0 no longer diverts this case to recovery.
core/boot_policy.c: eos_boot_policy_select() handles boot_attempts >= max_attempts. It selects the other slot when it is valid, sets EOS_FLAG_ROLLBACK, clears EOS_FLAG_TEST_BOOT, and resets boot_attempts. It returns EOS_ERR_NO_IMAGE when no valid alternate slot exists.
stage1/main.c: when eboot_select_slot() does not return a target, the code calls eos_recovery_enter(). Recovery therefore occurs only when no bootable slot is selected.
tests/unit/test_watchdog_rollback.c: test_hung_image_after_watchdog_rolls_back_to_good_slot checks that stage-0 does not trigger recovery and that the policy rolls back from B to A. test_hung_image_with_no_good_slot_still_fails_to_recovery checks the NO_IMAGE result. test_explicit_recovery_triggers_are_unchanged checks the retained triggers.
Residual risk, not a stated requirement of #161: if both slots pass verification but both hang, the policy alternates between A and B. Each switch resets boot_attempts, so no recovery entry occurs. Master would have entered recovery in this path. The issue does not require a bounded loop guard, and the signature-valid slots still exist, so the stated expectation is met. Track this separately if bounded recovery is wanted.
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stage0/recovery_entry.c: removes the watchdog and boot_attempts recovery clause, which is the requested change. The replacement comment documents the intended handoff to stage-1. No other stage-0 trigger changes.
tests/unit/test_watchdog_rollback.c: regression tests for the rollback path, the no-valid-slot path, and the unchanged explicit triggers. The slot_is_valid and slot_scan_all definitions are test doubles at the slot-manager boundary, which the tests need in order to control slot validity.
tests/CMakeLists.txt: registers the new test executable with CTest and the existing Valgrind test list. This supports the new test.
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Let stage-1 roll back after exhausted watchdog boot attempts
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AI Description
• Remove stage-0’s watchdog boot-attempt recovery trigger so stage-1 can roll back a hung image.
• Preserve explicit recovery triggers and stage-1 refusal when no valid alternate slot exists.
• Add host tests covering rollback, missing alternates, and explicit recovery triggers.
Keep the targeted responsibility split: stage-0 handles explicit recovery requests, while stage-1 owns exhausted-attempt rollback and the no-valid-slot outcome. Retaining the watchdog condition in stage-0 would continue to bypass the existing rollback policy.
Files changed (3) +216 / -5
Bug fix (1) +6 / -5
recovery_entry.cStop treating exhausted watchdog boots as immediate recovery+6/-5
Stop treating exhausted watchdog boots as immediate recovery
• Removes the watchdog-reset and exhausted-attempts trigger, allowing stage-1 to evaluate rollback. Recovery pin, forced recovery, and factory reset checks remain unchanged.
CMakeLists.txtRegister the host watchdog rollback suite+10/-0
Register the host watchdog rollback suite
• Builds the new test with the real stage-0 recovery trigger and links it to the core boot policy. Registers it with CTest and the unit-test list used for optional Valgrind runs.
test_watchdog_rollback.cTest the stage-0 handoff and stage-1 rollback decision+200/-0
Test the stage-0 handoff and stage-1 rollback decision
• Uses a simulated board and mocked slot validity to test rollback from a hung Slot B to Slot A. Also checks refusal when no alternate is valid and preservation of explicit recovery triggers.
ebldr_recovery_triggered() now falls through on every exhausted-attempt watchdog reset, leaving
recovery dependent on stage-1 being able to run. In supported builds with EBLDR_VERIFY_STAGE1=OFF,
an unusable stage-1 image can repeatedly receive the stage-0 jump without reaching stage-1's boot
policy or recovery path, even when the persisted attempt count is already exhausted.
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## Issue description
Removing the exhausted-attempt trigger also removes stage-0's recovery escape when stage-1 cannot run in builds without stage-1 verification.
## Fix Focus Areas
- stage0/recovery_entry.c[27-34]
- stage0/jump_stage1.c[53-65]
## Recommended Fix
Keep application attempt exhaustion under stage-1's rollback policy, but add an independent stage-0 fallback for a stage-1 image that fails to execute, such as stage-1 liveness tracking across watchdog resets. Ensure that fallback cannot intercept an application watchdog reset before stage-1 can select the alternate slot.
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Failed images reboot forever
If both slots contain signed images that hang—for example, because both hit the same hardware fault—removing this check prevents automatic recovery. After Slot B exhausts its attempts, eos_boot_policy_select() switches to Slot A and resets boot_attempts. When Slot A also exhausts its attempts, the policy switches back to the already-failed Slot B. Neither stage checks EOS_FLAG_ROLLBACK to stop the cycle.
Previously, the watchdog check entered recovery after the first exhausted attempt budget. Keep a bounded recovery path after rollback fails, and add a test covering repeated watchdog resets across both slots.
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**Failed images reboot forever**
If both slots contain signed images that hang—for example, because both hit the same hardware fault—removing this check prevents automatic recovery. After Slot B exhausts its attempts, `eos_boot_policy_select()` switches to Slot A and resets `boot_attempts`. When Slot A also exhausts its attempts, the policy switches back to the already-failed Slot B. Neither stage checks `EOS_FLAG_ROLLBACK` to stop the cycle.
Previously, the watchdog check entered recovery after the first exhausted attempt budget. Keep a bounded recovery path after rollback fails, and add a test covering repeated watchdog resets across both slots.
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Hey - I've reviewed your changes and they look great!
Linked issues
#161 A hung new image goes to recovery after a watchdog reset instead of rolling back to the good slot · 2 of 2 met
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Requirement
Status
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1
Roll back a hung new image to the good slot after boot attempts are exhausted.
✅ Met
Stage-0 no longer diverts exhausted attempts to recovery, and the stage-1 policy selects the valid alternate slot and clears the test-boot state.
2
Enter recovery when there is no valid slot to roll back to.
✅ Met
The stage-1 policy returns EOS_ERR_NO_IMAGE when the alternate slot is invalid, and stage-1 enters recovery on that result.
Sourcery assessment
Needs a human reviewer. When watchdog attempts are exhausted, stage-0 now lets stage-1 choose a slot instead of entering recovery immediately. If that handoff or rollback choice is wrong, affected devices could fail to boot; reverting restores the old trigger but cannot undo a boot failure that has already occurred.
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Review comments at @stage0/recovery_entry.c:
- Around line 24-35: Initialize the stage-1 HAL after clearing `.bss` and before
calling `eboot_main`, so boot-control loading and boot-policy processing have
valid HAL operations.
- Around line 24-35: Update the exhausted-attempt rollback branch in
eos_boot_policy_select to use confirmed_slot instead of selecting the other
slot; require it to be non-none, different from active_slot, and valid. Return
EOS_ERR_NO_IMAGE when no confirmed valid alternate exists.
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Register the HAL in stage 1 before loading boot control.
Stage 1 has a separate HAL state from stage 0. Clearing stage-1 .bss sets g_ops to NULL. eos_bootctl_load() then returns without initializing bctl, while eboot_main() continues to image scanning and boot policy. The exhausted-attempt rollback cannot read slot metadata or persist eos_bootctl_clear_pending(). This change makes that failure reachable for exhausted watchdog boots.
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Review comment at @stage0/recovery_entry.c around lines 24 - 35:
Initialize the stage-1 HAL after clearing `.bss` and before calling
`eboot_main`, so boot-control loading and boot-policy processing have valid HAL
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sed -n '1,90p' core/boot_policy.c
rg -n 'confirmed|rollback|boot_attempts|test_boot' core/bootctl.c core/boot_policy.c include 2>/dev/null | head -60
rg -n -i 'rollback|confirmed|watchdog' docs/architecture.md docs/secure_boot_chain.md | head -40
set -u
printf'%s\n''--- slot manager validity and state ---'
nl -ba core/slot_manager.c | sed -n '1,210p'printf'%s\n''--- stage0 recovery entry and jump ---'
nl -ba stage0/recovery_entry.c | sed -n '1,80p'
nl -ba stage0/jump_stage1.c | sed -n '1,95p'printf'%s\n''--- stage1 selection and main flow ---'
nl -ba stage1/boot_select.c | sed -n '1,80p'
rg -n -F -e 'eboot_select_slot' -e 'eboot_should_recover' -e 'eos_bootctl_increment_attempts' -e 'eos_boot_policy_select' stage1 core include
nl -ba stage1/main.c 2>/dev/null | sed -n '1,180p'||trueprintf'%s\n''--- watchdog rollback test complete ---'
nl -ba tests/unit/test_watchdog_rollback.c | sed -n '1,230p'printf'%s\n''--- slot manager API contract ---'
nl -ba include/eos_slot_manager.h | sed -n '1,115p'printf'%s\n''--- relevant branch history against PR base ---'
git diff --unified=30 41dd5ee22cc2dfb9ba475e4b0ec0613ec1b0a6 43279bfe144e3831d4b2b098b4e7b15167a74d5b -- stage0/recovery_entry.c core/boot_policy.c core/slot_manager.c
Repository: embeddedos-org/eBoot
Length of output: 28962
Use confirmed_slot for exhausted-attempt rollback.
eos_slot_is_valid() accepts every image in EOS_SLOT_STATE_VALID, not only confirmed images. Since stage-0 now defers exhausted attempts to stage-1, this branch can select an unconfirmed alternate, reset boot_attempts, and repeat indefinitely when both slots fail. Select confirmed_slot and return EOS_ERR_NO_IMAGE when no confirmed valid slot exists.
Suggested fix
- eos_slot_t alt = eos_bootctl_other_slot((eos_slot_t)bctl->active_slot);- if (eos_slot_is_valid(alt)) {+ eos_slot_t alt = (eos_slot_t)bctl->confirmed_slot;+ if (alt != EOS_SLOT_NONE &&+ alt != (eos_slot_t)bctl->active_slot &&+ eos_slot_is_valid(alt)) {
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Review comment at @stage0/recovery_entry.c around lines 24 - 35:
Update the exhausted-attempt rollback branch in eos_boot_policy_select to use
confirmed_slot instead of selecting the other slot; require it to be non-none,
different from active_slot, and valid. Return EOS_ERR_NO_IMAGE when no confirmed
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Stewardship review (2026-11-01): approved on substance, held only for a merge conflict.
Premise verified against #161: removing stage-0's watchdog-reset + boot_attempts >= max_attempts trigger in stage0/recovery_entry.c is the right fix — stage-1's eos_boot_policy_select() can now roll back to the confirmed slot, and your test shows it still fails to recovery when no valid slot remains. Explicit triggers (pin, FORCE_RECOVERY, FACTORY_RESET) are unchanged. CI was green on the head sha (all check-runs success/skipped).
Blocker: the PR now conflicts with master. Verified locally: the only conflicting file is tests/CMakeLists.txt — PR #158 (merged today) registered its test_stage0_boot_log suite at the same anchor after test_keystore_production where this PR registers test_watchdog_rollback.
To unblock: rebase onto current master, resolve tests/CMakeLists.txt by keeping BOTH suite registrations (yours and test_stage0_boot_log), push, and let CI go green on the new head. No code changes needed. It will be merged on the next stewardship pass once rebased and green.
Superseded by #167, which has now merged — closing this PR.
Your commits landed unchanged: #167's merge commit has this PR's head (43279bf) as its first parent, so your work is in master exactly as you authored it. The only added content was the tests/CMakeLists.txt conflict resolution (your test_watchdog_rollback registration and master's test_stage0_boot_log registration, both kept). The rebase could not be pushed into this fork branch — the GitHub API returns 404 on git-data writes to fork branches even with maintainer edits enabled (verified 2026-11-02) — which is why the landing went through a same-repo PR instead. Issue #161 was closed by #167's Fixes line. Thank you — the hung-image rollback is in.
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Summary
Remove the "watchdog reset with too many boot attempts" recovery trigger from stage-0, so stage-1's boot policy can roll back as designed.
Fixes #161
Type of Change
Changes
stage0/recovery_entry.c: drop the watchdog / boot-attempts clause. Running out of boot attempts is a rollback condition, and the stage-1 policy owns it.FORCE_RECOVERYandFACTORY_RESETtriggers are unchanged.tests/unit/test_watchdog_rollback.c. It runs the real stage-0 trigger check and then the real boot policy, with only slot validity mocked. It checks:Testing
Environment: macOS 14 / Apple clang 15, host build, clean build from the branch tip.
cmake -S . -B build -DEBLDR_BUILD_TESTS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug cmake --build build -j8 ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure python3 -m pytest tests/unit -qNew tests fail on
masterand pass with the fix: 3/3.ctest: 34/34 passed.
pytest tests/unit: 193 passed, 1 xfailed.Unit tests pass
New tests added — verified to fail without the fix and pass with it
All existing tests pass
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Summary by Sourcery
Let stage-1 own exhausted boot-attempt handling so hung images can roll back to a valid slot.
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Tests:
Add a bounded recovery path for a failed rollback before merging.
Findings
Fix with agent prompt
Summary
Stage-0 now leaves exhausted boot attempts to stage-1.
Diagram
%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%% flowchart TD W[Watchdog reset with attempts exhausted] --> S[Stage-0 continues to stage-1] S --> V{Other slot passes verification?} V -- No --> R[Enter recovery] V -- Yes --> B[Switch slots and reset attempts] B --> H{Application hangs?} H -- No --> C[Application runs] H -- Yes --> E[Watchdog retries until attempts exhausted] E --> WReviews (1) · Last reviewed commit: "fix(stage0): let stage-1 roll back a hun..." · Reviewed by Greptile
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Tests