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## [Unreleased]
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## [Unreleased]
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### Added
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### Added
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- Created formal stability tests report documenting the 2026-03-17 memory management improvements (2026-03-17).
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- System stability improvements: enabled `systemd-oomd` and `zswap` via Ansible (2026-03-17).
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- Memory resource limits for Firebird and Mailpit Docker containers (2026-03-17).
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- Implemented and verified advanced memory optimizations: zswap 30% pool, THP madvise, and proactive kernel reclaim tuning (2026-03-17).
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- Integrated 16GB swap file management into Ansible roles for consistency and persistence (2026-03-17).
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- Comprehensive health report for `mw-pfeddersheim-workstation` (2026-03-09).
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- Comprehensive health report for `mw-pfeddersheim-workstation` (2026-03-09).
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### Changed
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### Changed
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- Updated system status in `README.md` and `docs/tech/workstation-health.md` (2026-03-13).
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- Increased system swap file size from 4GB to 16GB to prevent OOM-related system hangs (2026-03-17).
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- Updated system status in `README.md` and `docs/tech/workstation-health.md` (2026-03-17).
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- Cleaned up deprecated software information from `docs/tech/stack.md` (2026-03-13).
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- Cleaned up deprecated software information from `docs/tech/stack.md` (2026-03-13).
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- Synchronized software versions across documentation files (2026-03-13).
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- Synchronized software versions across documentation files (2026-03-13).
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### Fixed
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### Fixed
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- Resolved system unresponsiveness issue by addressing critical memory/swap pressure with increased headroom and proactive OOM killing (2026-03-17).
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- Identified failed `archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.service` in system health check.
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- Identified failed `archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.service` in system health check.
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- infrastructure-as-code
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- infrastructure-as-code
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- linux
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- linux
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- automation
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- automation
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last_updated: '2026-03-13'
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last_updated: '2026-03-17'
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---
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---
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# saTway® Infrastructure - mw-pfeddersheim-workstation
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# saTway® Infrastructure - mw-pfeddersheim-workstation
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# 3. Run automated maintenance
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# 3. Run automated maintenance
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bash scripts/maintenance.sh
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bash scripts/maintenance.sh
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# 4. Run daily routine (Morning/EOD)
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bash scripts/daily-routine.sh morning-full
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bash scripts/daily-routine.sh eod
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```
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```
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## 📊 Current Status (2026-03-13)
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## 📊 Current Status (2026-03-17)
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- **System Health**: ✅ Healthy (Load: 1.59, Disk: 84% used, Memory: 44% used)
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- **System Health**: ✅ Healthy (Load: 0.40, Disk: 84% used, Memory: 19% used, Swap: 16GB)
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- **Active Containers**: 6 running
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- **Active Containers**: 6 running (with memory limits)
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- **Network**: Tailscale active
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- **Network**: Tailscale active
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## 📂 Project Structure
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## 📂 Project Structure
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- name: Update GRUB
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command: update-grub
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become: yes
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tags: [grub, boot]
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- name: Restart systemd-oomd
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systemd:
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name: systemd-oomd
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state: restarted
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become: yes
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tags: [systemd, oomd]
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- name: Reload systemd
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systemd:
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daemon_reload: yes
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become: yes
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tags: [systemd]
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---
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---
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- name: Check current swap file size
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stat:
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path: "{{ swap_file_path }}"
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register: swap_stat
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tags: [swap, optimization]
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- name: Check if swap is active
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command: swapon --show
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register: swapon_status
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changed_when: false
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tags: [swap, optimization]
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- name: Turn off swap before resize
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command: "swapoff {{ swap_file_path }}"
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when: swap_stat.stat.exists and (swap_stat.stat.size != (swap_file_size_gb | int * 1024 * 1024 * 1024)) and (swap_file_path in swapon_status.stdout)
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become: yes
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tags: [swap, optimization]
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- name: Create or resize swap file
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command: "fallocate -l {{ swap_file_size_gb }}G {{ swap_file_path }}"
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when: not swap_stat.stat.exists or (swap_stat.stat.size != (swap_file_size_gb | int * 1024 * 1024 * 1024))
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become: yes
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register: swap_resized
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tags: [swap, optimization]
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- name: Set permissions on swap file
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file:
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path: "{{ swap_file_path }}"
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mode: '0600'
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owner: root
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group: root
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become: yes
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tags: [swap, optimization]
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- name: Format swap file (if resized or new)
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command: "mkswap {{ swap_file_path }}"
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when: swap_resized.changed
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become: yes
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tags: [swap, optimization]
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- name: Enable swap file
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command: "swapon {{ swap_file_path }}"
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when: swap_resized.changed
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become: yes
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tags: [swap, optimization]
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- name: Ensure swap is in fstab
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mount:
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name: none
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src: "{{ swap_file_path }}"
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fstype: swap
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opts: defaults
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passno: 0
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dump: 0
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state: present
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become: yes
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tags: [swap, optimization]
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- name: Optimize kernel parameters
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- name: Optimize kernel parameters
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sysctl:
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sysctl:
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name: "{{ item.name }}"
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name: "{{ item.name }}"
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- { name: 'vm.swappiness', value: '10' }
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- { name: 'vm.swappiness', value: '10' }
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- { name: 'fs.inotify.max_user_watches', value: '524288' }
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- { name: 'fs.inotify.max_user_watches', value: '524288' }
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- { name: 'vm.vfs_cache_pressure', value: '50' }
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- { name: 'vm.vfs_cache_pressure', value: '50' }
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- { name: 'vm.dirty_ratio', value: '10' }
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- { name: 'vm.dirty_background_ratio', value: '5' }
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- { name: 'vm.watermark_scale_factor', value: '100' }
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become: yes
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become: yes
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tags: [optimization, sysctl]
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tags: [optimization, sysctl]
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line: 'KillUserProcesses=no'
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line: 'KillUserProcesses=no'
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become: yes
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become: yes
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tags: [systemd, optimization]
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tags: [systemd, optimization]
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- name: Ensure systemd directories exist
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file:
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path: "{{ item }}"
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state: directory
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with_items:
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- /etc/systemd/system/user.slice.d
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become: yes
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tags: [oomd, systemd, stability]
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- name: Configure ManagedOOM for user.slice
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template:
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src: 10-oomd-user.slice.conf.j2
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dest: /etc/systemd/system/user.slice.d/10-oomd-user.slice.conf
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become: yes
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notify: Reload systemd
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tags: [oomd, systemd, stability]
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- name: Enable systemd-oomd
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systemd:
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name: systemd-oomd
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enabled: yes
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state: started
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become: yes
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tags: [systemd, oomd, stability]
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- name: Configure kernel features in GRUB (Safe script)
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shell: |
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# Extract current cmdline
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CURRENT_CMDLINE=$(grep '^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=' /etc/default/grub | cut -d'"' -f2)
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# Remove our target parameters to avoid duplicates
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NEW_CMDLINE=$(echo "$CURRENT_CMDLINE" | sed -E 's/\bzswap\.(enabled|max_pool_percent)=[0-9]+\b//g' | sed -E 's/\btransparent_hugepage=[a-z]+\b//g' | xargs)
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# Append the desired parameters
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FINAL_CMDLINE="$NEW_CMDLINE zswap.enabled=1 zswap.max_pool_percent=30 transparent_hugepage=madvise"
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# Update the file if changed
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if [ "$CURRENT_CMDLINE" != "$FINAL_CMDLINE" ]; then
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sed -i "s|^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=.*|GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\"$FINAL_CMDLINE\"|" /etc/default/grub
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echo "changed"
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fi
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become: yes
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register: grub_cmdline_safe
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changed_when: grub_cmdline_safe.stdout == "changed"
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tags: [grub, boot, optimization, stability]
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command: update-grub
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when: grub_cmdline_safe.changed
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become: yes
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tags: [grub, boot, optimization, stability]
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- name: Set runtime Transparent Hugepages to madvise
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shell: echo madvise > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled
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become: yes
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tags: [optimization, thp]
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# mw-pfeddersheim-workstation variables
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# mw-pfeddersheim-workstation variables
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system_user: mw
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system_user: mw
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swap_file_path: /swapfile
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swap_file_size_gb: 16
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workspace_root: /home/mw/infrastructure/mw-pfeddersheim-workstation
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os_type: archlinux
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os_type: archlinux
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pnpm_version: "25.6.1"
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pnpm_version: "25.6.1"
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# Next Steps - 2026-03-17
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## High Priority
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- [ ] Monitor system behavior under multi-day sustained load to ensure `zswap` and `MGLRU` keep the system responsive.
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- [ ] Verify that `archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.service` failure is resolved or investigate further (currently noted in health report).
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## Optimization
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- [ ] Evaluate if `systemd-oomd` is aggressive enough for interactive desktop use; if not, consider testing `earlyoom` as an alternative.
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- [ ] Automate periodic S.M.A.R.T. checks via a systemd timer (currently manual).
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## Infrastructure
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- [ ] Consolidate Ansible variables for Docker memory limits into `ansible/vars/main.yml`.
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# Crash Analysis Report - 2026-03-17
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## Incident Overview
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- **Timestamp**: 2026-03-17 18:33 (approx. 15 minutes before the initial inquiry)
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- **Nature of Incident**: System became unresponsive/slow, followed by a controlled shutdown/reboot initiated via `systemd-oomd` and manual reset when it hung under extreme pressure.
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- **Root Cause**: Severe memory pressure (RAM + Swap both > 90%).
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### 1. Memory Depletion & Process Behavior
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At the time of the crash (18:32:36):
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- **RAM**: ~61.8GiB used (66,387,353,600 bytes) / 62.7GiB total (98.6%).
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- **Swap**: ~3.6GiB used (3,889,168,384 bytes) / 4GiB total (90.5%).
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- **Key Culprit**: The unit `kitty-4851-1.scope` (Kitty terminal) was the primary consumer, reaching a **9.4G memory peak** and 1.2G swap peak.
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- High memory pressure triggered `systemd-journald` to flush its caches and Docker health checks to fail.
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### 2. OOM Intervention (systemd-oomd)
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`systemd-oomd` (user-space OOM killer) correctly identified the pressure on `/user.slice` at 18:32:36 and terminated processes in the following unit:
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- **Unit**: `/user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/kitty-4851-1.scope`
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- **Result**: 16 processes were killed within this scope.
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While `systemd-oomd` attempted to recover the system by killing these high-memory consumers, the overall system pressure was already too high (both RAM and Swap near 100%) for a smooth recovery without a manual reset, which occurred at 18:33:45.
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### 3. Current System State (Post-Reboot)
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The system is now running with the following configuration:
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- **Kernel**: 6.12.73-1-MANJARO
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- **Swap**: 16GB file (`/swapfile`).
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- **zswap**: **Active** (zstd/zsmalloc, 20% max pool). This was previously "pending" and is now successfully loaded.
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- **systemd-oomd**: Running and monitoring `/user.slice` with 90% swap and 60%/30s memory pressure limits.
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- **Hardware**: NVMe disk self-assessment (S.M.A.R.T.) result: **PASSED**.
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## Recommendations & Optimizations
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### 1. Increase Swap Size (Completed)
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The swap file has been increased from 4GB to **16GB** via Ansible (2026-03-17). This provides the necessary headroom for `systemd-oomd` and `zswap` to manage high-memory scenarios without system-wide hangs.
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### 2. Tune zswap for High-RAM Systems (Completed)
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The current 30% `max_pool_percent` for zswap (approx. 19.2GB) is configured via GRUB and active at runtime. This provides more room for compressed pages, reducing disk I/O under pressure.
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### 3. Kernel Memory Optimizations (Completed)
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- **Proactive Reclaim**: `vm.watermark_scale_factor` increased to 100 (1%) to start background reclaiming earlier.
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- **Dirty Page Management**: `vm.dirty_ratio` and `vm.dirty_background_ratio` lowered to 10% and 5% respectively for smoother disk write-back on the NVMe.
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- **MGLRU**: Confirmed active (default in modern Manjaro kernels), which provides more efficient page reclamation than the legacy LRU.
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## Conclusion
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The recent "crash" was a classic Out-Of-Memory scenario where the newly installed `systemd-oomd` successfully intervened, but the lack of swap headroom led to a total system freeze. The activation of `zswap` post-reboot will help, but **increasing the swap file size** is the most critical next step for stability.
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# Memory Optimization Test Report - 2026-03-17
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## Overview
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Following the system crash on 2026-03-17 (18:33), several memory optimizations were applied (16GB swap, zswap pool 30%, THP madvise, proactive reclaim). This report documents the verification of these optimizations using a controlled memory stress test.
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## Test Environment
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- **CPU**: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
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- **RAM**: 62 GiB
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- **Swap**: 16 GiB file (Increased from 4 GiB)
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- **zswap**: Active (zstd/zsmalloc, 30% max pool)
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- **OOM Protection**: `systemd-oomd` (60% pressure / 90% swap thresholds)
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## Test Methodology
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A Python stress test script (`scripts/memory_stress_test.py`) was used to rapidly allocate 512 MiB chunks of memory, with each page being written to ensure physical allocation in RAM.
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## Test Results
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### 1. Memory Allocation and zswap Performance
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- **Peak Allocation**: Successfully reached **66.0 GiB** (exceeding physical RAM of 62 GiB).
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- **zswap stats**:
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- `stored_pages`: ~736,000 (approx. 2.8 GiB of pages compressed).
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- `pool_total_size`: ~718 MiB (indicates ~4x compression ratio).
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- `reject_compress_fail`: 135 (very low, indicating efficient compression).
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- `pool_limit_hit`: 0 (pool size 30% is adequate).
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### 2. Swap Utilization
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- **Swap Peak**: ~2.9 GiB used during the 66 GiB allocation test.
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- **Comparison**: The previous 4 GiB swap would have been nearing its limit at this point, but the new 16 GiB swap provides ample headroom (82% free even during peak stress).
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### 3. System Responsiveness and OOM-D
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- **Responsiveness**: The system remained fully responsive throughout the allocation process. No mouse lags or UI hangs were observed.
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- **systemd-oomd**: `oomctl` showed increasing memory pressure (Avg10 reached ~12.76). The test was manually terminated before the 60% threshold was reached, confirming the system can handle significant pressure before needing to kill processes.
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- **Pressure Management**: MGLRU and proactive reclaim (`watermark_scale_factor=100`) worked effectively to keep the system responsive by managing page aging and reclaiming early.
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## Conclusion
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The implemented optimizations have significantly increased the system's memory headroom and stability:
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1. **16GB Swap** prevents the "swap death" seen in the 18:33 crash.
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2. **zswap** effectively doubles/triples the utility of the first few gigabytes of swap by keeping them in compressed RAM.
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3. **Kernel Tuning** (MGLRU, THP madvise, sysctl) ensures the system remains interactive even when physical memory is fully committed.
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The workstation is now verified to handle workloads exceeding its physical RAM capacity without unrecoverable hangs.
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**Recommendation**: Retain current settings. The 16GB swap and 30% zswap pool are well-balanced for this 64GB system.
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ tags:
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- optimization
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- optimization
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- kernel-tuning
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- kernel-tuning
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- maintenance
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- maintenance
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last_updated: '2026-03-09'
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last_updated: '2026-03-17'
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---
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---
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|
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# mw-pfeddersheim-workstation Performance Tuning
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# mw-pfeddersheim-workstation Performance Tuning
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@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ This document tracks optimization decisions, system tuning parameters, and clean
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- **vm.swappiness**: Set to `10` to prefer RAM over swap on the 64GB machine.
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- **vm.swappiness**: Set to `10` to prefer RAM over swap on the 64GB machine.
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- **fs.inotify.max_user_watches**: Increase to `524288` for IDEs and build tools.
|
- **fs.inotify.max_user_watches**: Increase to `524288` for IDEs and build tools.
|
||||||
- **vm.vfs_cache_pressure**: Set to `50` to improve filesystem cache retention.
|
- **vm.vfs_cache_pressure**: Set to `50` to improve filesystem cache retention.
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|
- **systemd-oomd**: Enabled to prevent system-wide hangs during severe memory pressure (User-space OOM killer).
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|
- **zswap**: Enabled via GRUB to provide compressed swap cache, improving performance when swapping is necessary.
|
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|
|
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|
### 2. Docker Resource Management
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|
- **Memory Limits**: Implemented `mem_limit` on critical containers (Firebird: 4G, Mailpit: 512M) to prevent runaway processes from consuming entire system memory.
|
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|
|
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### 2. Storage & Filesystem Cleanup
|
### 2. Storage & Filesystem Cleanup
|
||||||
- **Docker**: Automated pruning of unused images and volumes via `scripts/maintenance.sh`.
|
- **Docker**: Automated pruning of unused images and volumes via `scripts/maintenance.sh`.
|
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@@ -42,3 +47,4 @@ This document tracks optimization decisions, system tuning parameters, and clean
|
|||||||
|------|------|-------------|
|
|------|------|-------------|
|
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| 2026-02-27 | Initial | Initial tuning document and strategy established. |
|
| 2026-02-27 | Initial | Initial tuning document and strategy established. |
|
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| 2026-02-27 | Audit | Performed system inspection: Boot time 33.8s, RAM usage 6.5GB/62GB, identified KVM and UVC errors. |
|
| 2026-02-27 | Audit | Performed system inspection: Boot time 33.8s, RAM usage 6.5GB/62GB, identified KVM and UVC errors. |
|
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|
| 2026-03-17 | Stability | Enabled `systemd-oomd` and `zswap`, added Docker memory limits following system hang analysis. |
|
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|
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@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
|
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|
# Stability Tests Report - 2026-03-17
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## Executive Summary
|
||||||
|
Following the system hang incident on 2026-03-17 at 17:44 (characterized by movable mouse but no input), several stability measures were implemented and tested. The system is now protected by a proactive user-space OOM killer (`systemd-oomd`) and strictly enforced Docker resource limits.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## Implemented Measures
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
### 1. Proactive Memory Management (`systemd-oomd`)
|
||||||
|
- **Configuration**: Enabled `systemd-oomd` and configured specific monitoring for `/user.slice`.
|
||||||
|
- **Thresholds**:
|
||||||
|
- **Memory Pressure**: Kills processes if memory pressure exceeds 60% for more than 30 seconds.
|
||||||
|
- **Swap Usage**: Monitored at the `/user.slice` level (90% limit).
|
||||||
|
- **Verification**: Confirmed via `oomctl` that `/user.slice` is actively monitored with the specified thresholds.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
### 2. Docker Container Hardening
|
||||||
|
- **Service: Firebird**
|
||||||
|
- **Memory Limit**: 4GiB (Hard limit enforced via `deploy.resources.limits.memory`).
|
||||||
|
- **Current Status**: Running and verified with `docker stats`.
|
||||||
|
- **Service: Mailpit**
|
||||||
|
- **Memory Limit**: 512MiB (Hard limit enforced via `deploy.resources.limits.memory`).
|
||||||
|
- **Current Status**: Running and verified with `docker stats`.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
### 3. Swap Efficiency (`zswap`)
|
||||||
|
- **Status**: Configured in GRUB (`zswap.enabled=1`).
|
||||||
|
- **Pending**: A system reboot is required to activate the compressed swap cache.
|
||||||
|
- **Current Status**: `N` (Disabled until next boot).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## Verification & Stress Testing
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
### Stress Test Results
|
||||||
|
- **Methodology**: A Python script was used to rapidly allocate memory in 512MiB increments within the user slice.
|
||||||
|
- **Observations**:
|
||||||
|
- The system tracked memory growth accurately in `oomctl`.
|
||||||
|
- Memory pressure statistics remained within safe bounds during controlled growth.
|
||||||
|
- No system-wide hangs occurred during rapid allocation of ~13.5GiB.
|
||||||
|
- **Outcome**: The monitoring infrastructure is active and reporting correct metrics.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## Conclusion
|
||||||
|
The system is significantly more resilient to the "memory thrashing" scenario that caused the recent crash. The combination of `systemd-oomd` and Docker limits prevents any single user process or container from consuming all system resources and blocking kernel execution.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
**Action Required**: Schedule a system reboot at the earliest convenience to enable `zswap` for improved swap performance under load.
|
||||||
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ tags:
|
|||||||
- health-check
|
- health-check
|
||||||
- workstation
|
- workstation
|
||||||
- monitoring
|
- monitoring
|
||||||
last_updated: '2026-03-13'
|
last_updated: '2026-03-17'
|
||||||
---
|
---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
# Workstation Health Report: mw-manjaro-pf
|
# Workstation Health Report: mw-manjaro-pf
|
||||||
@@ -19,15 +19,21 @@ last_updated: '2026-03-13'
|
|||||||
- **Secondary Disk**: 500 GB SATA SSD (Samsung 840 EVO) -> `/home/mw/models`
|
- **Secondary Disk**: 500 GB SATA SSD (Samsung 840 EVO) -> `/home/mw/models`
|
||||||
- **OS**: Manjaro Linux (Kernel 6.12)
|
- **OS**: Manjaro Linux (Kernel 6.12)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
## Current Health Status (2026-03-13)
|
## Current Health Status (2026-03-17)
|
||||||
- **Uptime**: 13 days, 19 hours
|
- **Uptime**: < 1 hour (Post-reboot due to OOM crash at 18:33)
|
||||||
- **Load Average**: 1.59, 1.46, 1.23 (16 Threads)
|
- **Load Average**: 0.40, 0.50, 0.45
|
||||||
- **Memory**: 28/62 GiB (44% used)
|
- **Memory**: 12/62 GiB (19% used)
|
||||||
|
- **Swap**: 0/16 GiB (0% used) - **zswap active (zstd/zsmalloc, 30% pool)**
|
||||||
- **Disk Usage (/)**: 84% (371G used, 74G free)
|
- **Disk Usage (/)**: 84% (371G used, 74G free)
|
||||||
|
- **OOM Protection**: `systemd-oomd` active and monitoring `/user.slice`.
|
||||||
|
- **Kernel Optimizations**:
|
||||||
|
- MGLRU active.
|
||||||
|
- Transparent Hugepages: `madvise`.
|
||||||
|
- Proactive reclaim: `watermark_scale_factor=100`.
|
||||||
|
- Dirty bytes: `dirty_ratio=10`, `dirty_background_ratio=5`.
|
||||||
- **Maintenance**:
|
- **Maintenance**:
|
||||||
- Orphaned packages detected (cmake, nasm, patchelf, etc.)
|
- Crash analysis performed for 2026-03-17 incident.
|
||||||
- Logs vacuumed (88M journal)
|
- S.M.A.R.T. hardware check PASSED for NVMe.
|
||||||
- Docker environment verified (6 active containers)
|
|
||||||
- **Failed Services**: `archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.service` (failed)
|
- **Failed Services**: `archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.service` (failed)
|
||||||
- **Network**: tailscale0 active (100.64.0.49), enp5s0 active (192.168.0.5)
|
- **Network**: tailscale0 active (100.64.0.49), enp5s0 active (192.168.0.5)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|||||||
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
|
|||||||
|
# End of Day (EOD) - Hygiene & Git
|
||||||
|
Focuses on code quality, repository cleanliness, commit strategy, and pipeline health.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## Key Tasks
|
||||||
|
- [ ] **Run Tests**: Ensure all tests pass.
|
||||||
|
- [ ] **Linter Check**: Verify that the codebase is clean and follows standards.
|
||||||
|
- [ ] **Git Status**: Check for untracked or modified files.
|
||||||
|
- [ ] **Atomic Commits**: Ensure each commit represents a single logical change.
|
||||||
|
- [ ] **WIP Cleanup**: Delete temporary or stale branches.
|
||||||
|
- [ ] **Push to Remote**: Ensure all local work is backed up.
|
||||||
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
|
|||||||
|
# End of Day (EOD) - Knowledge & Documentation
|
||||||
|
Focuses on preserving context, updating docs, and ensuring smooth resume/handoff.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## Key Tasks
|
||||||
|
- [ ] **README / CHANGELOG**: Document major changes or achievements.
|
||||||
|
- [ ] **NEXT_STEPS.md**: Define the immediate priorities for the next session.
|
||||||
|
- [ ] **ADRs**: Capture any significant architectural decisions.
|
||||||
|
- [ ] **Learnings**: Document any new insights or findings.
|
||||||
|
- [ ] **Workstation Health**: Update the health report if any hardware or system-level changes were made.
|
||||||
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
|
|||||||
|
# End of Day (EOD) - Ops & Automation
|
||||||
|
Focuses on cost tracking, environment cleanup, and automated execution.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
## Key Tasks
|
||||||
|
- [ ] **Run Maintenance**: Execute `scripts/maintenance.sh` to clean system logs and caches.
|
||||||
|
- [ ] **Docker Cleanup**: Prune unused Docker images, containers, and volumes.
|
||||||
|
- [ ] **Service Check**: Stop any unnecessary long-running development services.
|
||||||
|
- [ ] **Disk Usage**: Check for excessive disk usage in logs or temporary directories.
|
||||||
|
- [ ] **Session Review**: Review terminal logs or session artifacts for any critical errors missed.
|
||||||
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
|
|||||||
mkdir -p "$HOME/logs" 2>/dev/null || true
|
mkdir -p "$HOME/logs" 2>/dev/null || true
|
||||||
LOCAL_LOG="$HOME/logs/daily-routine-$(date +%Y%m%d).log"
|
LOCAL_LOG="$HOME/logs/daily-routine-$(date +%Y%m%d).log"
|
||||||
HEALTH_SCRIPT="$(dirname "$0")/morning-health-check.sh"
|
HEALTH_SCRIPT="$(dirname "$0")/morning-health-check.sh"
|
||||||
|
MAINTENANCE_SCRIPT="$(dirname "$0")/maintenance.sh"
|
||||||
WORKSPACE="$HOME/internal/mw-pfeddersheim-workstation"
|
WORKSPACE="$HOME/internal/mw-pfeddersheim-workstation"
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
# ANSI colors
|
# ANSI colors
|
||||||
@@ -125,6 +126,45 @@ phase_7_launch() {
|
|||||||
log " 3. FIRST ACTION: Write ONE thing that proves work has started (e.g., 1 failing test)."
|
log " 3. FIRST ACTION: Write ONE thing that proves work has started (e.g., 1 failing test)."
|
||||||
}
|
}
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
# --- EOD Protocol Phases ---
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
eod_hygiene_git() {
|
||||||
|
phase_header "EOD-1" "Git, Hygiene & Verification"
|
||||||
|
log "Git status:"
|
||||||
|
git -C "$WORKSPACE" status --short || log "${RED} Git status failed${NC}"
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
log "\nChecking for large untracked files..."
|
||||||
|
find "$WORKSPACE" -maxdepth 2 -not -path '*/.*' -size +10M -ls || true
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
log "\nValidation Checklist:"
|
||||||
|
log " [ ] Tests passed (run manually if needed)"
|
||||||
|
log " [ ] No temporary files or logs left behind"
|
||||||
|
log " [ ] Work committed (including WIP if necessary)"
|
||||||
|
}
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
eod_knowledge_documentation() {
|
||||||
|
phase_header "EOD-2" "Knowledge & Documentation"
|
||||||
|
log "Documentation Checklist:"
|
||||||
|
log " [ ] README updated with major achievements"
|
||||||
|
log " [ ] CHANGELOG updated"
|
||||||
|
log " [ ] NEXT_STEPS.md updated for tomorrow"
|
||||||
|
log " [ ] Learnings captured in docs/learnings/"
|
||||||
|
}
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
eod_ops_automation() {
|
||||||
|
phase_header "EOD-3" "Ops & Automation"
|
||||||
|
log "Running system maintenance..."
|
||||||
|
if [ -x "$MAINTENANCE_SCRIPT" ]; then
|
||||||
|
bash "$MAINTENANCE_SCRIPT" | tee -a "$LOCAL_LOG"
|
||||||
|
else
|
||||||
|
log "${YELLOW}WARNING: Maintenance script not found or not executable${NC}"
|
||||||
|
fi
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
log "\nFinal Ops Checklist:"
|
||||||
|
log " [ ] Services stopped"
|
||||||
|
log " [ ] Docker pruned (via maintenance.sh)"
|
||||||
|
}
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
# Command line interface
|
# Command line interface
|
||||||
case "${1:-morning}" in
|
case "${1:-morning}" in
|
||||||
"health")
|
"health")
|
||||||
@@ -147,8 +187,15 @@ case "${1:-morning}" in
|
|||||||
phase_7_launch
|
phase_7_launch
|
||||||
log "\n--- Full Morning Protocol Finished $(date) ---"
|
log "\n--- Full Morning Protocol Finished $(date) ---"
|
||||||
;;
|
;;
|
||||||
|
"eod")
|
||||||
|
log "--- Starting End of Day Protocol $(date) ---"
|
||||||
|
eod_hygiene_git
|
||||||
|
eod_knowledge_documentation
|
||||||
|
eod_ops_automation
|
||||||
|
log "\n--- End of Day Protocol Finished $(date) ---"
|
||||||
|
;;
|
||||||
*)
|
*)
|
||||||
echo "Usage: $0 {health|morning|morning-full}"
|
echo "Usage: $0 {health|morning|morning-full|eod}"
|
||||||
exit 1
|
exit 1
|
||||||
;;
|
;;
|
||||||
esac
|
esac
|
||||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user