Indexes on master aren't being saved

[christianbundy]

I'm not sure what's going on, but it basically goes like this:

1. Open Patchwork and see that it's "indexing database..."
2. Run ssb-server status and see that Patchwork-specific views are behind
3. Wait
4. Run ssb-server status and see that views are almost up-to-date
5. Wait a bit more
6. Run ssb-server status and see that it can't connect to ssb-server
7. Look at Patchwork and see that it still says "indexing database..."
8. Close out of Patchwork
9. GOTO 1 (indexes are somehow back to where they started)

$ ssb-server status
{
  "progress": {
    "indexes": {
      "start": 371470125,
      "current": 495540217,
      "target": 533459552
    },
    "ebt": {
      "start": 0,
      "current": 52,
      "target": 52
    }
  },
  "sync": {
    "since": 533459552,
    "plugins": {
      "last": 533459552,
      "keys": 533459552,
      "clock": 533459552,
      "time": 533459552,
      "feed": 533459552,
      "backlinks--oaWWDs8g": 533459552,
      "private--oaWWDs8g": 533459552,
      "query": 533459552,
      "search": 533459552,
      "tags": 410253896,
      "patchwork-subscriptions": 410253896,
      "patchwork-channels": 410253896,
      "patchwork-contacts": 410253896
    },
    "sync": false
  },
  "rest of the output": "removed :)"
}

$ ssb-server status
Error: Could not connect to ssb-server :::8008
Use the "start" command to start it.
Use --verbose option to see full error

[christianbundy]

The workaround seems to be "open and close Patchwork about 10 times, very quickly, and eventually when you open it'll have all of the indexes done". WTF. I'm suspicious that a view is returning a bad since somewhere.

[christianbundy]

🤷‍♂️

[christianbundy]

I found it!

👨‍🔬

flumedb/flumeview-reduce#11

[stale]

Is this still relevant? If so, what is blocking it? Is there anything you can do to help move it forward?

[black-puppydog]

hasn't been fixed upstream and still annoying. yeah, relevant to me.

[stale]

Is this still relevant? If so, what is blocking it? Is there anything you can do to help move it forward?

[christianbundy]

My stab at the solution is here: flumedb/flumeview-reduce#12

Unfortunately I don't have energy to continue on it. :/

[stale]

Is this still relevant? If so, what is blocking it? Is there anything you can do to help move it forward?

[black-puppydog]

By now flumedb/flumeview-reduce#16 is merged, allowing any flumeview-reduce index to make periodic writes. Now "all" that is left for patchwork is to find all the relevant views, and initialize them with periodic writes! Easy as pie! :)