# 10 — Architectural Decision Log (ADL)

> **Rule:** Every significant architectural decision **must be recorded here** before or alongside
> the code change. This applies to humans and AI assistants alike.
>
> Format: date · title · context · decision · consequences

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## ADL-001 — In-memory only state (no database)

**Date:** project start
**Context:** LOGPile is designed as a standalone diagnostic tool, not a persistent service.
**Decision:** All parsed/collected data lives in `Server.result` (in-memory). No database, no files written.
**Consequences:**
- Data is lost on process restart — intentional.
- Simple deployment: single binary, no setup required.
- JSON export is the persistence mechanism for users who want to save results.

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## ADL-002 — Vendor parser auto-registration via init()

**Date:** project start
**Context:** Need an extensible parser registry without a central factory function.
**Decision:** Each vendor parser registers itself in its package's `init()` function.
`vendors/vendors.go` holds blank imports to trigger registration.
**Consequences:**
- Adding a new parser requires only: implement interface + add one blank import.
- No central list to maintain (other than the import file).
- `go test ./...` will include new parsers automatically.

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## ADL-003 — Highest-confidence parser wins

**Date:** project start
**Context:** Multiple parsers may partially match an archive (e.g. generic + specific vendor).
**Decision:** Run all parsers' `Detect()`, select the one returning the highest score (0–100).
**Consequences:**
- Generic fallback (score 15) only activates when no vendor parser scores higher.
- Parsers must be conservative with high scores (70+) to avoid false positives.

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## ADL-004 — Canonical hardware.devices as single source of truth

**Date:** v1.5.0
**Context:** UI tabs and Reanimator exporter were reading from different sub-fields of
`AnalysisResult`, causing potential drift.
**Decision:** Introduce `hardware.devices` as the canonical inventory repository.
All UI tabs and all exporters must read exclusively from this repository.
**Consequences:**
- Any UI vs Reanimator discrepancy is classified as a bug, not a "known difference".
- Deduplication logic runs once in the repository builder (serial → bdf → distinct).
- New hardware attributes must be added to canonical schema first, then mapped to consumers.

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## ADL-005 — No hardcoded PCI model strings; use pci.ids

**Date:** v1.5.0
**Context:** NVIDIA and other vendors release new GPU models frequently; hardcoded maps
required code changes for each new model ID.
**Decision:** Use the `pciutils/pciids` database (git submodule, embedded at build time).
PCI vendor/device ID → human-readable model name via lookup.
**Consequences:**
- New GPU models can be supported by updating `pci.ids` without code changes.
- `make build` auto-syncs `pci.ids` from submodule before compilation.
- External override via `LOGPILE_PCI_IDS_PATH` env var.

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## ADL-006 — Reanimator export uses canonical hardware.devices (not raw sub-fields)

**Date:** v1.5.0
**Context:** Early Reanimator exporter read from `Hardware.GPUs`, `Hardware.NICs`, etc.
directly, diverging from UI data.
**Decision:** Reanimator exporter must use `hardware.devices` — the same source as the UI.
Exporter groups/filters canonical records by section; does not rebuild from sub-fields.
**Consequences:**
- Guarantees UI and export consistency.
- Exporter code is simpler — mainly a filter+map, not a data reconstruction.

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## ADL-007 — Documentation language is English

**Date:** 2026-02-20
**Context:** Codebase documentation was mixed Russian/English, reducing clarity for
international contributors and AI assistants.
**Decision:** All maintained project documentation (`docs/bible/`, `README.md`,
`CLAUDE.md`, and new technical docs) must be written in English.
**Consequences:**
- Bible is authoritative in English.
- AI assistants get consistent, unambiguous context.

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## ADL-008 — Bible is the single source of truth for architecture docs

**Date:** 2026-02-23
**Context:** Architecture information was duplicated across `README.md`, `CLAUDE.md`,
and the Bible, creating drift risk and stale guidance for humans and AI agents.
**Decision:** Keep architecture and technical design documentation only in `docs/bible/`.
Top-level `README.md` and `CLAUDE.md` must remain minimal pointers/instructions.
**Consequences:**
- Reduces documentation drift and duplicate updates.
- AI assistants are directed to one authoritative source before making changes.
- Documentation updates that affect architecture must include Bible changes (and ADL entries when significant).

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## ADL-009 — Redfish analysis is performed from raw snapshot replay (unified tunnel)

**Date:** 2026-02-24
**Context:** Live Redfish collection and raw export re-analysis used different parsing paths,
which caused drift and made bug fixes difficult to validate consistently.
**Decision:** Redfish live collection must produce a `raw_payloads.redfish_tree` snapshot first,
then run the same replay analyzer used for imported raw exports.
**Consequences:**
- Same `redfish_tree` input produces the same parsed result in live and offline modes.
- Debugging parser issues can be done against exported raw bundles without live BMC access.
- Snapshot completeness becomes critical; collector seeds/limits are part of analyzer correctness.

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## ADL-010 — Raw export is a self-contained re-analysis package (not a final result dump)

**Date:** 2026-02-24
**Context:** Exporting only normalized `AnalysisResult` loses raw source fidelity and prevents
future parser improvements from being applied to already collected data.
**Decision:** `Export Raw Data` produces a self-contained raw package (JSON or ZIP bundle)
that the application can reopen and re-analyze. Parsed data in the package is optional and not
the source of truth on import.
**Consequences:**
- Re-opening an export always re-runs analysis from raw source (`redfish_tree` or uploaded file bytes).
- Raw bundles include collection context and diagnostics for debugging (`collect.log`, `parser_fields.json`).
- Endpoint compatibility is preserved (`/api/export/json`) while actual payload format may be a bundle.

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## ADL-011 — Redfish snapshot crawler is bounded, prioritized, and failure-tolerant

**Date:** 2026-02-24
**Context:** Full Redfish trees on modern GPU systems are large, noisy, and contain many
vendor-specific or non-fetchable links. Unbounded crawling and naive queue design caused hangs
and incomplete snapshots.
**Decision:** Use a bounded snapshot crawler with:
- explicit document cap (`LOGPILE_REDFISH_SNAPSHOT_MAX_DOCS`)
- priority seed paths (PCIe/Fabrics/Firmware/Storage/PowerSubsystem/ThermalSubsystem)
- normalized `@odata.id` paths (strip `#fragment`)
- noisy expected error filtering (404/405/410/501 hidden from UI)
- queue capacity sized to crawl cap to avoid producer/consumer deadlock
**Consequences:**
- Snapshot collection remains stable on large BMC trees.
- Most high-value inventory paths are reached before the cap.
- UI progress remains useful while debug logs retain low-level fetch failures.

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## ADL-012 — Vendor-specific storage inventory probing is allowed as fallback

**Date:** 2026-02-24
**Context:** Some Supermicro BMCs expose empty standard `Storage/.../Drives` collections while
real disk inventory exists under vendor-specific `Disk.Bay` endpoints and enclosure links.
**Decision:** When standard drive collections are empty, collector/replay may probe vendor-style
`.../Drives/Disk.Bay.*` endpoints and follow `Storage.Links.Enclosures[*]` to recover physical drives.
**Consequences:**
- Higher storage inventory coverage on Supermicro HBA/HA-RAID/MRVL/NVMe backplane implementations.
- Replay must mirror the same probing behavior to preserve deterministic results.
- Probing remains bounded (finite candidate set) to avoid runaway requests.

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## ADL-013 — PowerSubsystem is preferred over legacy Power on newer Redfish implementations

**Date:** 2026-02-24
**Context:** X14+/newer Redfish implementations increasingly expose authoritative PSU data in
`PowerSubsystem/PowerSupplies`, while legacy `/Power` may be incomplete or schema-shifted.
**Decision:** Prefer `Chassis/*/PowerSubsystem/PowerSupplies` as the primary PSU source and use
legacy `Chassis/*/Power` as fallback.
**Consequences:**
- Better compatibility with newer BMC firmware generations.
- Legacy systems remain supported without special-case collector selection.
- Snapshot priority seeds must include `PowerSubsystem` resources.

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## ADL-014 — Threshold logic lives on the server; UI reflects status only

**Date:** 2026-02-24
**Context:** Duplicating threshold math in frontend and backend creates drift and inconsistent
highlighting (e.g. PSU mains voltage range checks).
**Decision:** Business threshold evaluation (e.g. PSU voltage nominal range) must be computed on
the server; frontend only renders status/flags returned by the API.
**Consequences:**
- Single source of truth for threshold policies.
- UI can evolve visually without re-implementing domain logic.
- API payloads may carry richer status semantics over time.

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## ADL-015 — Supermicro crashdump archive parser removed from active registry

**Date:** 2026-03-01
**Context:** The Supermicro crashdump parser (`SMC Crash Dump Parser`) produced low-value
results for current workflows and was explicitly rejected as a supported archive path.
**Decision:** Remove `supermicro` vendor parser from active registration and project source.
Do not include it in `/api/parsers` output or parser documentation matrix.
**Consequences:**
- Supermicro crashdump archives (`CDump.txt` format) are no longer parsed by a dedicated vendor parser.
- Such archives fall back to other matching parsers (typically `generic`) unless a new replacement parser is added.
- Reintroduction requires a new parser package and an explicit registry import in `vendors/vendors.go`.

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## ADL-016 — Device-bound firmware must not appear in hardware.firmware

**Date:** 2026-03-01
**Context:** Dell TSR `DCIM_SoftwareIdentity` lists firmware for every component (NICs,
PSUs, disks, backplanes) in addition to system-level firmware. Naively importing all entries
into `Hardware.Firmware` caused device firmware to appear twice in Reanimator: once in the
device's own record and again in the top-level firmware list.
**Decision:**
- `Hardware.Firmware` contains only system-level firmware (BIOS, BMC/iDRAC, CPLD,
  Lifecycle Controller, storage controllers, BOSS).
- Device-bound entries (NIC, PSU, Disk, Backplane, GPU) must not be added to
  `Hardware.Firmware`.
- Parsers must store the FQDD (or equivalent slot identifier) in `FirmwareInfo.Description`
  so the Reanimator exporter can filter by FQDD prefix.
- The exporter's `isDeviceBoundFirmwareFQDD()` function performs this filter.
**Consequences:**
- Any new parser that ingests a per-device firmware inventory must follow the same rule.
- Device firmware is accessible only via the device's own record, not the firmware list.

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## ADL-017 — Vendor-embedded MAC addresses must be stripped from model name fields

**Date:** 2026-03-01
**Context:** Dell TSR embeds MAC addresses directly in `ProductName` and `ElementName`
fields (e.g. `"NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Lx 2x 25G SFP28 OCP3.0 SFF - C4:70:BD:DB:56:08"`).
This caused model names to contain MAC addresses in NIC model, NIC firmware device name,
and potentially other fields.
**Decision:** Strip any ` - XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX` suffix from all model/name string fields
at parse time before storing in any model struct. Use the regex
`\s+-\s+([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}:){5}[0-9A-Fa-f]{2}$`.
**Consequences:**
- Model names are clean and consistent across all devices.
- All parsers must apply this stripping to any field used as a device name or model.
- Confirmed affected fields in Dell: `DCIM_NICView.ProductName`, `DCIM_SoftwareIdentity.ElementName`.

---

## ADL-018 — NVMe bay probe must be restricted to storage-capable chassis types

**Date:** 2026-03-12
**Context:** `shouldAdaptiveNVMeProbe` was introduced in `2fa4a12` to recover NVMe drives on
Supermicro BMCs that expose empty `Drives` collections but serve disks at direct `Disk.Bay.N`
paths. The function returns `true` for any chassis with an empty `Members` array. On
Supermicro HGX systems (SYS-A21GE-NBRT and similar) ~35 sub-chassis (GPU, NVSwitch,
PCIeRetimer, ERoT, IRoT, BMC, FPGA) all carry `ChassisType=Module/Component/Zone` and
expose empty `/Drives` collections. Without filtering, each triggered 384 HTTP requests →
13 440 requests ≈ 22 minutes of pure I/O waste per collection.
**Decision:** Before probing `Disk.Bay.N` candidates for a chassis, check its `ChassisType`
via `chassisTypeCanHaveNVMe`. Skip if type is `Module`, `Component`, or `Zone`. Keep probing
for `Enclosure`, `RackMount`, and any unrecognised type (fail-safe).
**Consequences:**
- On HGX systems post-probe NVMe goes from ~22 min to effectively zero.
- NVMe backplane recovery (`Enclosure` type) is unaffected.
- Any new chassis type that hosts NVMe storage is covered by the default `true` path.
- `chassisTypeCanHaveNVMe` and the candidate-selection loop must have unit tests covering
  both the excluded types and the storage-capable types (see `TestChassisTypeCanHaveNVMe`
  and `TestNVMePostProbeSkipsNonStorageChassis`).

## ADL-019 — isDeviceBoundFirmwareName must cover vendor-specific naming patterns per vendor

**Date:** 2026-03-12
**Context:** `isDeviceBoundFirmwareName` was written to filter Dell-style device firmware names
(`"GPU SomeDevice"`, `"NIC OnboardLAN"`). When Supermicro Redfish FirmwareInventory was added
(`6c19a58`), no Supermicro-specific patterns were added. Supermicro names a NIC entry
`"NIC1 System Slot0 AOM-DP805-IO"` — a digit follows the type prefix directly, bypassing the
`"nic "` (space-terminated) check. 29 device-bound entries leaked into `hardware.firmware` on
SYS-A21GE-NBRT (HGX B200). Commit `9c5512d` attempted a fix by adding `_fw_gpu_` patterns,
but checked `DeviceName` which contains `"Software Inventory"` (from the Redfish `Name` field),
not the firmware inventory ID. The patterns were dead code from the moment they were committed.
**Decision:**
- `isDeviceBoundFirmwareName` must be extended for each new vendor whose FirmwareInventory
  naming convention differs from the existing patterns.
- When adding HGX/Supermicro patterns, check that the pattern matches the field value that
  `collectFirmwareInventory` actually stores — trace the data path from Redfish doc to
  `FirmwareInfo.DeviceName` before writing the condition.
- `TestIsDeviceBoundFirmwareName` must contain at least one case per vendor format.
**Consequences:**
- New vendors with FirmwareInventory support require a test covering both device-bound names
  (must return true) and system-level names (must return false) before the code ships.
- The dead `_fw_gpu_` / `_fw_nvswitch_` / `_inforom_gpu_` patterns were replaced with
  correct prefix+digit checks (`"gpu" + digit`, `"nic" + digit`) and explicit string checks
  (`"nvmecontroller"`, `"power supply"`, `"software inventory"`).

## ADL-020 — Dell TSR device-bound firmware filtered via FQDD; InfiniBand routed to NetworkAdapters

**Date:** 2026-03-15
**Context:** Dell TSR `sysinfo_DCIM_SoftwareIdentity.xml` lists firmware for every installed
component. `parseSoftwareIdentityXML` dumped all of these into `hardware.firmware` without
filtering, so device-bound entries such as `"Mellanox Network Adapter"` (FQDD `InfiniBand.Slot.1-1`)
and `"PERC H755 Front"` (FQDD `RAID.SL.3-1`) appeared in the reanimator export alongside system
firmware like BIOS and iDRAC. Confirmed on PowerEdge R6625 (8VS2LG4).

Additionally, `DCIM_InfiniBandView` was not handled in the parser switch, so Mellanox ConnectX-6
appeared only as a PCIe device with `model: "16x or x16"` (from `DataBusWidth` fallback).
`parseControllerView` called `addFirmware` with description `"storage controller"` instead of the
FQDD, so the FQDD-based filter in the exporter could not remove it.

**Decision:**
1. `isDeviceBoundFirmwareFQDD` extended with `"infiniband."` and `"fc."` prefixes; `"raid.backplane."`
   broadened to `"raid."` to cover `RAID.SL.*`, `RAID.Integrated.*`, etc.
2. `DCIM_InfiniBandView` routed to `parseNICView` → device appears as `NetworkAdapter` with correct
   firmware, MAC address, and VendorID/DeviceID.
3. `"InfiniBand."` added to `pcieFQDDNoisePrefix` to suppress the duplicate `DCIM_PCIDeviceView`
   entry (DataBusWidth-only, no useful data).
4. `parseControllerView` now passes `fqdd` as the `addFirmware` description so the FQDD filter
   removes the entry in the exporter.
5. `parsePCIeDeviceView` now prioritises `props["description"]` (chip model, e.g. `"MT28908 Family
   [ConnectX-6]"`) over `props["devicedescription"]` (location string) for `pcie.Description`.
6. `convertPCIeDevices` model fallback order: `PartNumber → Description → DeviceClass`.

**Consequences:**
- `hardware.firmware` contains only system-level entries; NIC/RAID/storage-controller firmware
  lives on the respective device record.
- `TestParseDellInfiniBandView` and `TestIsDeviceBoundFirmwareFQDD` guard the regression.
- Any future Dell TSR device class whose FQDD prefix is not yet in the prefix list may still leak;
  extend `isDeviceBoundFirmwareFQDD` and add a test case when encountered.

---

## ADL-021 — pci.ids enrichment: chip model and vendor resolved from PCI IDs when source data is generic or missing

**Date:** 2026-03-15
**Context:**
Dell TSR `DCIM_InfiniBandView.ProductName` reports a generic marketing name ("Mellanox Network
Adapter") instead of the precise chip identifier ("MT28908 Family [ConnectX-6]"). The actual
chip model is available in `pci.ids` by VendorID:DeviceID (15B3:101B). Vendor name may also be
absent when no `VendorName` / `Manufacturer` property is present.

The general rule was established: *if model is not found in source data but PCI IDs are known,
resolve model from `pci.ids`*. This rule applies broadly across all export paths.

**Decision (two-layer enrichment):**
1. **Parser layer (Dell, `parseNICView`):** When `VendorID != 0 && DeviceID != 0`, prefer
   `pciids.DeviceName(vendorID, deviceID)` over the product name from logs. This makes the chip
   identifier the primary model for NIC/InfiniBand adapters (more specific than marketing name).
   Fill `Vendor` from `pciids.VendorName(vendorID)` when the vendor field is otherwise empty.
   Same fallback applied in `parsePCIeDeviceView` for empty `Description`.
2. **Exporter layer (`convertPCIeFromDevices`):** General rule — when `d.Model == ""` after all
   legacy fallbacks and `VendorID != 0 && DeviceID != 0`, set `model = pciids.DeviceName(...)`.
   Also fill empty `manufacturer` from `pciids.VendorName(...)`. This covers all parsers/sources.

**Consequences:**
- Mellanox InfiniBand slot now reports `model: "MT28908 Family [ConnectX-6]"` and
  `manufacturer: "Mellanox Technologies"` in the reanimator export.
- For NICs where pci.ids has no entry, the original product name is kept (pci.ids returns "").
- `TestParseDellInfiniBandView` asserts the model and vendor from pci.ids.

---

## ADL-022 — CPUAffinity parsed into NUMANode for PCIe, NIC, and controller devices

**Date:** 2026-03-15
**Context:**
Dell TSR DCIM view classes report `CPUAffinity` for NIC, InfiniBand, PCIe, and controller
devices. Values are "1", "2" (NUMA node index), or "Not Applicable" (for devices that bridge
both CPUs or have no CPU affinity). This data is needed for topology-aware diagnostics.

**Decision:**
- Add `NUMANode int` (JSON: `"numa_node,omitempty"`) to `models.PCIeDevice`,
  `models.NetworkAdapter`, `models.HardwareDevice`, and `ReanimatorPCIe`.
- Parse from `props["cpuaffinity"]` using `parseIntLoose`: numeric values ("1", "2") map
  directly; "Not Applicable" returns 0 (omitted via `omitempty`).
- Thread through `buildDevicesFromLegacy` (PCIe and NIC sections) and `convertPCIeFromDevices`.
- `parseControllerView` also parses CPUAffinity since RAID controllers have NUMA affinity.

**Consequences:**
- `numa_node: 1` or `2` appears in reanimator export for devices with known affinity.
- Value 0 / absent means "not reported" — covers both "Not Applicable" and sources that don't
  provide CPUAffinity at all.
- `TestParseDellCPUAffinity` verifies numeric values parsed correctly and "Not Applicable"→0.

---

## ADL-023 — Reanimator export must match ingest contract exactly

**Date:** 2026-03-15
**Context:**
LOGPile's Reanimator export had drifted from the strict ingest contract. It emitted fields that
Reanimator does not currently accept (`status_at_collection`, `numa_node`),
while missing fields and sections now present in the contract (`hardware.sensors`,
`pcie_devices[].mac_addresses`). Memory export rules also diverged from the ingest side: empty or
serial-less DIMMs were still exported.

**Decision:**
- Treat the Reanimator ingest contract as the authoritative schema for `GET /api/export/reanimator`.
- Emit only fields present in the current upstream contract revision.
- Add `hardware.sensors`, `pcie_devices[].mac_addresses`, `pcie_devices[].numa_node`, and
  upstream-approved component telemetry/health fields.
- Leave out fields that are still not part of the upstream contract.
- Map internal `source_type=archive` to external `source_type=logfile`.
- Skip memory entries that are empty, not present, or missing serial numbers.
- Generate CPU and PCIe serials only in the forms allowed by the contract.
- Mirror the applied contract in `bible-local/docs/hardware-ingest-contract.md`.

**Consequences:**
- Some previously exported diagnostic fields are intentionally dropped from the Reanimator payload
  until the upstream contract adds them.
- Internal models may retain richer fields than the current export schema.
- `hardware.devices` is canonical only after merge with legacy hardware slices; partial parser-owned
  canonical records must not hide CPUs, memory, storage, NICs, or PSUs still stored in legacy
  fields.
- CSV and Reanimator exports must use the same merged canonical inventory to avoid divergent export
  contents across surfaces.
- Future exporter changes must update both the code and the mirrored contract document together.

---

## ADL-024 — Component presence is implicit; Redfish linked metrics are part of replay correctness

**Date:** 2026-03-15
**Context:**
The upstream ingest contract allows `present`, but current export semantics do not need to send
`present=true` for populated components. At the same time, several important Redfish component
telemetry fields were only available through linked metric resources such as `ProcessorMetrics`,
`MemoryMetrics`, and `DriveMetrics`. Without collecting and replaying these linked documents,
live collection and raw snapshot replay still underreported component health fields.

**Decision:**
- Do not serialize `present=true` in Reanimator export. Presence is represented by the presence of
  the component record itself.
- Do not export component records marked `present=false`.
- Interpret CPU `firmware` in Reanimator payload as CPU microcode.
- Treat Redfish linked metric resources `ProcessorMetrics`, `MemoryMetrics`, `DriveMetrics`,
  `EnvironmentMetrics`, and generic `Metrics` as part of analyzer correctness when they are linked
  from component resources.
- Replay logic must merge these linked metric resources back into CPU, memory, storage, PCIe, GPU,
  NIC, and PSU component `Details` the same way live collection expects them to be used.

**Consequences:**
- Reanimator payloads are smaller and avoid redundant `present=true` noise while still excluding
  empty slots and absent components.
- Any future exporter change that reintroduces serialized component presence needs an explicit
  contract review.
- Raw Redfish snapshot completeness now includes linked per-component metric resources, not only
  top-level inventory members.
- CPU microcode is no longer expected in top-level `hardware.firmware`; it belongs on the CPU
  component record.

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## ADL-025 — Missing serial numbers must remain absent in Reanimator export

**Date:** 2026-03-15
**Context:**
LOGPile previously generated synthetic serial numbers for components that had no real serial in
source data, especially CPUs and PCIe-class devices. This made the payload look richer, but the
serials were not authoritative and could mislead downstream consumers. Reanimator can already
accept missing serials and generate its own internal fallback identifiers when needed.

**Decision:**
- Do not synthesize fake serial numbers in LOGPile's Reanimator export.
- If a component has no real serial in parsed source data, export the serial field as absent.
- This applies to CPUs, PCIe devices, GPUs, NICs, and any other component class unless an
  upstream contract explicitly requires a deterministic exporter-generated identifier.
- Any fallback serial generation defined by the upstream contract is ingest-side Reanimator behavior,
  not LOGPile exporter behavior.

**Consequences:**
- Exported payloads carry only source-backed serial numbers.
- Fake identifiers such as `BOARD-...-CPU-...` or synthetic PCIe serials are no longer considered
  acceptable exporter behavior.
- Any future attempt to reintroduce generated serials requires an explicit contract review and a
  new ADL entry.

---

## ADL-026 — Live Redfish collection uses explicit preflight host-power confirmation

**Date:** 2026-03-15
**Context:**
Live Redfish inventory can be incomplete when the managed host is powered off. At the same time,
LOGPile must not silently power on a host without explicit user choice. The collection workflow
therefore needs a preflight step that verifies connectivity, shows current host power state to the
user, and only powers on the host when the user explicitly chose that path.

**Decision:**
- Add a dedicated live preflight API step before collection starts.
- UI first runs connectivity and power-state check, then offers:
  - collect as-is
  - power on and collect
- if the host is off and the user does not answer within 5 seconds, default to collecting without
  powering the host on
- Redfish collection may power on the host only when the request explicitly sets
  `power_on_if_host_off=true`
- when LOGPile powers on the host for collection, it must try to power the host back off after
  collection completes
- if LOGPile did not power the host on itself, it must never power the host off
- all preflight and power-control steps must be logged into the collection log and therefore into
  the raw-export bundle

**Consequences:**
- Live collection becomes a two-step UX: probe first, collect second.
- Raw bundles preserve operator-visible evidence of power-state decisions and power-control attempts.
- Power-on failures do not block collection entirely; they only downgrade completeness expectations.

---

## ADL-027 — Sensors without numeric readings are not exported

**Date:** 2026-03-15
**Context:**
Some parsed sensor records carry only a name, unit, or status, but no actual numeric reading. Such
records are not useful as telemetry in Reanimator export and create noisy, low-value sensor lists.

**Decision:**
- Do not export temperature, power, fan, or other sensor records unless they carry a real numeric
  measurement value.
- Presence of a sensor name or health/status alone is not sufficient for export.

**Consequences:**
- Exported sensor groups contain only actionable telemetry.
- Parsers and collectors may still keep non-numeric sensor artifacts internally for diagnostics, but
  Reanimator export must filter them out.

---

## ADL-028 — Reanimator PCIe export excludes storage endpoints and synthetic serials

**Date:** 2026-03-15
**Context:**
Some Redfish and archive sources expose NVMe drives both as storage inventory and as PCIe-visible
endpoints. Exporting such drives in both `hardware.storage` and `hardware.pcie_devices` creates
duplicates without adding useful topology value. At the same time, PCIe-class export still had old
fallback behavior that generated synthetic serial numbers when source serials were absent.

**Decision:**
- Export disks and NVMe drives only through `hardware.storage`.
- Do not export storage endpoints as `hardware.pcie_devices`, even if the source inventory exposes
  them as PCIe/NVMe devices.
- Keep real PCIe storage controllers such as RAID and HBA adapters in `hardware.pcie_devices`.
- Do not synthesize PCIe/GPU/NIC serial numbers in LOGPile; missing serials stay absent.
- Treat placeholder names such as `Network Device View` as non-authoritative and prefer resolved
  device names when stronger data exists.

**Consequences:**
- Reanimator payloads no longer duplicate NVMe drives between storage and PCIe sections.
- PCIe export remains topology-focused while storage export remains component-focused.
- Missing PCIe-class serials no longer produce fake `BOARD-...-PCIE-...` identifiers.

---

## ADL-029 — Local exporter guidance tracks upstream contract v2.7 terminology

**Date:** 2026-03-15
**Context:**
The upstream Reanimator hardware ingest contract moved to `v2.7` and clarified several points that
matter for LOGPile documentation: ingest-side serial fallback rules, canonical PCIe addressing via
`slot`, the optional `event_logs` section, and the shared `manufactured_year_week` field.

**Decision:**
- Keep the local mirrored contract file as an exact copy of the upstream `v2.7` document.
- Describe CPU/PCIe serial fallback as Reanimator ingest behavior, not LOGPile exporter behavior.
- Treat `pcie_devices.slot` as the canonical address on the LOGPile side as well; `bdf` may remain
  an internal fallback/dedupe key but is not serialized in the payload.
- Export `event_logs` only from normalized parser/collector events that can be mapped to contract
  sources `host` / `bmc` / `redfish` without synthesizing message content.
- Export `manufactured_year_week` only as a reliable passthrough when a parser/collector already
  extracted a valid `YYYY-Www` value.

**Consequences:**
- Local bible wording no longer conflicts with upstream contract terminology.
- Reanimator payloads use contract-native PCIe addressing and no longer expose `bdf` as a parallel
  coordinate.
- LOGPile event export remains strictly source-derived; internal warnings such as LOGPile analysis
  notes do not leak into Reanimator `event_logs`.

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## ADL-030 — Audit result rendering is delegated to embedded reanimator/chart

**Date:** 2026-03-16
**Context:**
LOGPile already owns file upload, Redfish collection, archive parsing, normalization, and
Reanimator export. Maintaining a second host-side audit renderer for the same data created
presentation drift and duplicated UI logic.

**Decision:**
- Use vendored `reanimator/chart` as the only audit result viewer.
- Keep LOGPile responsible for service flows: upload, live collection, batch convert, raw export,
  Reanimator export, and parse-error reporting.
- Render the current dataset by converting it to Reanimator JSON and passing that snapshot to
  embedded `chart` under `/chart/current`.

**Consequences:**
- Reanimator JSON becomes the single presentation contract for the audit surface.
- The host UI becomes a service shell around the viewer instead of maintaining its own
  field-by-field tabs.
- `internal/chart` must be updated explicitly as a git submodule when the viewer changes.
