fix(ops): validate log levels and rate-limit tick warnings

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Motivation

• Prevent accidental loss of logs by validating TOML log_level (accept only error|warn|info|debug|trace) and avoid treating mistyped levels as EnvFilter target syntax.
• Honor RUST_LOG (EnvFilter) when set while providing a clear and visible fallback to TOML for invalid environment filters.
• Reduce noisy repeated tick diagnostics (receive, emit, out-of-range spikes) by rate-limiting repeated warnings while preserving accurate counters and immediate fatal behavior.
• Surface bounded runtime health/telemetry via a periodic heartbeat summary without changing backend feature defaults or network requirements.

Description

• Added a new src/logging.rs module with validate_log_level and resolve_filter that validate TOML levels and resolve RUST_LOG into a tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter, returning a single fallback diagnostic on invalid env filters.
• Wired filter resolution into the binary init in src/bin/brainstem_daemon.rs so RUST_LOG takes precedence and invalid filters print exactly one stderr diagnostic before falling back to the validated TOML level.
• Enforced TOML log_level validation during config load (DaemonConfig::load) and on daemon construction (try_with_backend) in src/daemon.rs.
• Implemented tick diagnostic rate limiting: added RuntimeStats fields for receive_errors, emit_errors, dropped_spikes, diagnostic_emissions, and suppressed_diagnostics, plus TickDiagnostics and OccurrenceLimiter to emit the first occurrence and periodic summaries while counting suppressed occurrences.
• Updated tick logic in run_tick to increment totals and use the limiter for receive, emit, and dropped-spike diagnostics, and added a 60-second informational heartbeat summary in the tick loop.
• Added unit tests for logging helpers and for bounded diagnostic emission using a synthetic failing StimulusSource, and updated README.md to document log_level validation, RUST_LOG precedence, and systemd notes.
• Exported the new logging module from src/lib.rs and kept default stub backend behavior unchanged (no new mandatory network dependencies).

Testing

• Ran formatting and linting: cargo fmt --check and cargo clippy --locked --all-targets -- -D warnings — success.
• Built and ran tests: cargo build --locked and cargo test --locked — unit/integration suites passed (tests completed successfully; crate tests run with one intentionally ignored test).
• Built release binary: cargo build --release --bin brainstem-daemon — success.
• Optional feature matrix with ZeroMQ: CC=gcc CXX=g++ cargo clippy --locked --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings and CC=gcc CXX=g++ cargo test --locked --all-features — ran and passed in this environment.
• Summary of executed test runs: all automated tests passed in this checkout (final runs reported the crate test suites passing and smoke harness tests passing; one test marked #[ignore] for signal semantics).

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Summary by cubic

Validates TOML log_level values, honors RUST_LOG with a visible fallback for invalid filters, and rate-limits recurring tick diagnostics without losing error counters or fatal health transitions. This implements the requirements in Linear issue LIM-1319.

• Throttles diagnostics by error identity plus a one-second floor so high tick rates cannot flood logs; any change in error identity re-emits immediately.
• Adds a 60-second heartbeat with runtime, suppressed-diagnostic, and emission totals; skipped heartbeats are not batched.
• Documents filter precedence, fallback behavior, and systemd configuration.
• Adds tests for logging resolution, invalid configuration, and repeated receive failures.
• Default backend behavior and network requirements remain unchanged.

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Validate log settings and keep runtime diagnostics actionable without flooding logs

What Changed

• Configuration now rejects unknown log_level values instead of silently accepting them.
• A valid RUST_LOG setting overrides the TOML level; invalid values produce one startup warning and safely use the validated TOML setting.
• Repeated receive failures, spike emission failures, and dropped spikes are rate-limited in logs while full totals and suppressed diagnostic counts remain available.
• The daemon reports runtime and suppressed-diagnostic totals in a periodic heartbeat summary.
• Documentation explains the supported log levels and RUST_LOG behavior.

Impact

✅ Fewer repeated runtime warnings
✅ Clearer invalid logging configuration errors
✅ Visible runtime error and suppression totals

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• New Features

  • Added configurable logging through RUST_LOG, with valid environment settings taking precedence over the configured log level.
  • Added runtime statistics for receive and emission failures, dropped events, and diagnostic activity.
  • Added periodic heartbeat summaries for runtime diagnostics.

• Bug Fixes

  • Invalid log levels are now rejected clearly.
  • Repeated runtime diagnostics are rate-limited while failures continue to be counted.
  • Invalid RUST_LOG values now produce a single diagnostic and fall back to the configured level.

• Documentation

  • Documented logging precedence and added a systemd configuration example.

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The daemon now validates TOML log levels, resolves valid RUST_LOG overrides, reports invalid overrides, and records rate-limited runtime diagnostics. Runtime statistics and heartbeat summaries include receive failures, emission failures, dropped spikes, and diagnostic suppression.

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Logging configuration and resolution

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Logging contract and filter resolution src/logging.rs, src/lib.rs, src/daemon.rs, src/bin/brainstem_daemon.rs, README.md	The public logging module validates five TOML levels and resolves valid RUST_LOG filters. Invalid environment filters fall back to TOML with one diagnostic. Daemon configuration rejects invalid levels. The README documents the precedence and fallback behavior.
Runtime diagnostic state and heartbeat src/daemon.rs	Runtime loops create diagnostic limiters, pass them through tick reports, and log 60-second counter summaries.
Failure accounting and rate-limited diagnostics src/daemon.rs	Receive failures, emission failures, and dropped spikes update runtime counters. Their diagnostics are rate-limited. Tests verify invalid configuration rejection and repeated receive failures remain counted while diagnostics are suppressed.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Environment
  participant Daemon
  participant LoggingResolver
  participant TickDiagnostics
  participant RuntimeStats
  Environment->>Daemon: provide RUST_LOG
  Daemon->>LoggingResolver: resolve_filter(log_level, RUST_LOG)
  LoggingResolver-->>Daemon: resolved filter and optional diagnostic
  Daemon->>TickDiagnostics: run tick with limiter state
  TickDiagnostics->>RuntimeStats: record emitted or suppressed diagnostics
  Daemon->>RuntimeStats: log heartbeat counters

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Variable receive or emission errors can produce a log entry on every tick despite rate limiting. Preserve the minimum gap across key changes before merging.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes two primary changes: log-level validation and rate-limiting of tick warnings.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description is detailed and directly explains the logging changes, diagnostic rate limiting, heartbeat reporting, tests, and documentation updates.
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The changes add robust log level validation and rate-limiting for tick diagnostics, which addresses the stated goals effectively. The implementation correctly validates TOML log_level values, honors RUST_LOG with proper fallback, and implements bounded diagnostic emission using OccurrenceLimiter. All tests pass and the code follows project conventions. No defects found that block merge.

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1. diagnostic_emissions increases when a macro is called, even if EnvFilter disables that event, so reported emissions exceed diagnostics delivered.

Logic error · src/daemon.rs:818

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Empty call to `new()`

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Dismissed: TickDiagnostics::new is #[cfg(test)] only and intentionally differs from Default (count-based interval, min_gap = 0 for deterministic tests). Production uses Default with DIAGNOSTIC_INTERVAL + DIAGNOSTIC_MIN_GAP. Replacing test construction with Default would change test semantics.

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Dismissed: this is std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher::new(), the idiomatic constructor for hashing diagnostic keys. Not an empty domain new() that should be Default::default().

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Dismissed: DefaultHasher::new() is the idiomatic constructor for std::hash::Hasher (same as Default). Not an empty/no-arg domain new(); leaving as-is.

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Dismissed — false positive. DefaultHasher::new() is the standard zero-arg hasher constructor (not an empty domain new() that should be Default). No change needed.

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Dismissed (false positive): this is std::hash::DefaultHasher::new(), the idiomatic zero-arg hasher constructor — not an empty domain new() that should be Default. No change.

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Dismissed: idiomatic DefaultHasher::new() (std); equivalent to Default and not an empty constructor antipattern here.

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Fixed in 93c5215. The empty DefaultHasher::new() at diagnostic_key is now DefaultHasher::default(). This was not the cfg(test) TickDiagnostics::new leftover.

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Fixed in aaaa239 (also in 93c5215). diagnostic_key now uses DefaultHasher::default() instead of an empty new(). This was the hasher, not the cfg(test) TickDiagnostics::new helper.

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Fixed on branch HEAD: diagnostic_key no longer uses DefaultHasher (RS-W1079 “empty call to new()”). It folds message bytes into a u64 for limiter identity; grouping semantics for receive/emit/dropped diagnostics are unchanged.

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Follow-up on bot review + CI for head 89a73a10d5ad2552b5d6088b53c2d390a3324bf2.

CI: clippy -D warnings failed because production builds never called TickDiagnostics::new after Default started applying the 1s floor. That constructor is now #[cfg(test)]; production Default passes min_gap through OccurrenceLimiter::new. Local cargo clippy --locked --all-targets -- -D warnings and cargo test --locked are green (134 passed, 1 ignored).

Review threads (verified against current code):

1. CodeAnt RuntimeStats — still #[non_exhaustive]; constructor docs now mention ..Default::default().
2. CodeRabbit / Codex README log_level — already correct; no further change.
3. CodeRabbit heartbeat diagnostic_emissions — already reported next to suppressed_diagnostics.
4. Codex P2 throttle — production still uses DIAGNOSTIC_MIN_GAP (1s) plus the occurrence interval.
5. Codex P2 error identity — limiter still rekeys on hashed error text; added receive_limiter_emits_immediately_when_error_identity_changes.
6. DeepSource RUST_LOG — still read via RUST_LOG_ENV.
7. DeepSource Default calling Self — leftover unused new was the clippy failure; Default now constructs fields directly.

Ignored as requested: Codacy ACTION_REQUIRED / cubic NEUTRAL. Amazon Q found no blocking defects. Left the CodeAnt nit that diagnostic_emissions counts limiter-approved warn!/error! calls even if EnvFilter later drops the event — that is intended (rate-limit accounting, not delivered-log accounting).

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Merge-lane follow-up (PR already merged at 89a73a10; not opening a new PR).

• DeepSource empty new(): Fixed — DefaultHasher::default() on the branch (aaaa239).
• CodeRabbit Major (min_gap across key changes): Dismissed — Codex P2 stands. New error identities re-emit immediately; min_gap applies within a key only.

Prior Fixed items still match merge SHA 89a73a10: README log_level wording, heartbeat diagnostic_emissions + suppressed_diagnostics, MissedTickBehavior::Skip, RuntimeStats #[non_exhaustive].

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