WFGY/ProblemMap/bootstrap-ordering.md

📒 Problem #14 ·Bootstrap‑Ordering Problem Map

AI pipelines can self‑sabotage when components fire before their upstream resources are actually ready.
Typical symptoms:

• empty‑index ingestion (vectors written to /dev/null)
• schema‑mismatch writes that silently overwrite data
• “works on my laptop” cold‑start hangs that never crash — they just do nothing

WFGY inserts Boot Checkpoints and semantic readiness probes so modules only start when the stack is genuinely alive.

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🚨 Common Ordering Mistakes

Premature Action	Real‑World Impact
Vector ingestion before index deploy	Junk vectors, re‑ingest required
Memory write before schema load	Silent overwrite / mangled JSON
Retriever call before datastore online	Null results, downstream hallucination
Tool invocation before agent bootstrap	Infinite retry loops, dead micro‑tasks

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🛡️ WFGY Startup Guards

Trigger	Guard Module	Remedy	Status
Empty‑index ingestion	Boot Checkpoint	Delay until vector_index.ping == OK	✅ Stable
Schema‑mismatch writes	BBMC Structural Lock	Hash‑check schema; abort on diff	⚠️ Beta
Early retrieval	ΔS Cold‑Start Gate	Blocks retrieval if ΔS > 0.85	✅ Stable
Premature tool execution	Task Pre‑Fence	Queues task until agent hash valid	🛠 Planned

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📝 How It Works

1. Boot Checkpoints
   Each critical service exposes a /ping or health topic.
   Until every ping returns 200 OK, write paths stay closed.

2. ΔS Cold‑Start Gate
   During the first ±30 s, WFGY samples ΔS.
   A spike > 0.85 implies semantic drift — pipeline stays in warm‑up.

3. Structural Lock (BBMC)
   Every write op is hashed against the current schema signature.
   Mismatch → immediate reject with diff trace.

4. Task Pre‑Fence (roadmap)
   Agents receive a temp token; real work is deferred until the token’s ready_at timestamp matures.

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✍️ Demo — Empty Index Blocked

$ make data‑ingestion
INFO  BootCheck │ vector_index             │ WAITING
WARN  BootCheck │ ingestion_request        │ BLOCKED (index not ready)

WFGY:
• Boot checkpoint unsatisfied  
• ΔS = 0.91 (semantic instability)  
• Ingestion paused — retry in 5 s

CLI output: "Vector target not initialized. Retry after index creation."

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🗺️ Module Cheat‑Sheet

Module	Role
Boot Checkpoint	Health‑probe orchestration
ΔS Cold‑Start Gate	Semantic stability test
BBMC Structural Lock	Schema hash + write blocker
Task Pre‑Fence	Agent‑task deferral (planned)

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📊 Implementation Status

Feature	State
Boot checkpoint health probes	✅ Stable
ΔS spike gate	✅ Stable
BBMC schema lock	⚠️ Beta
Task pre‑fence queue	🛠 Planned

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📝 Tips & Limits

• Place long‑running index builds before WFGY boot where possible.
• Configure boot_timeout (default = 30 s) for slower cloud resources.
• For async frameworks, await wgfy.ready() before firing workers.

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🔗 Quick-Start Downloads (60 sec)

Tool	Link	3-Step Setup
WFGY 1.0 PDF	Engine Paper	1️⃣ Download · 2️⃣ Upload to your LLM · 3️⃣ Ask “Answer using WFGY + <your question>”
TXT OS (plain-text OS)	TXTOS.txt	1️⃣ Download · 2️⃣ Paste into any LLM chat · 3️⃣ Type “hello world” — OS boots instantly

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Explore More

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WFGY Core	Canonical framework entry point	View
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