Implements the production-default ReRankStrategy: K=10 → N=3 by
single-pair LightGlue inlier count, with strict drop-and-continue
(INV-8) on per-candidate TileFetch / backbone / zero-inlier failures
and RerankAllCandidatesFailedError on zero survivors. Composition
root injects the shared LightGlueRuntime + Clock + the new
FeatureExtractor helper (an L1 placeholder OpenCvOrbExtractor that
unblocks AZ-343 and future C3 strategies — task scope expansion).
Architectural notes:
- Cross-component imports stay banned; tile_store types as `object`
and the C6 TileCacheError family is duck-typed by class module
prefix (same workaround AZ-348 adopted for c7_inference; proper
fix is to relocate TileCacheError to _types/ in a follow-up).
- Clock injection follows the replay contract (AZ-398 Invariant 2);
reranked_at is sourced from clock.monotonic_ns().
- AZ-342 factory grew `feature_extractor` + `clock` + `fdr_client`
parameters; existing AZ-342 conformance tests updated.
Tests: 19 new AC-1..AC-12 + mixed-failure scenarios in
test_inlier_count_reranker.py; existing AZ-342 suite (26) still
green. Full repo sweep 1093 passed / 2 skipped (cmake/actionlint
not on PATH).
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Defines the public `ConditionalRefiner` Protocol (PEP 544
@runtime_checkable, two methods: `refine_if_needed` +
`was_invoked`), extends `MatchResult` in-place with two
default-valued refinement fields (`refinement_label`,
`refinement_added_latency_ms`), defines the `RefinerError` family
(`RefinerBackboneError`, `RefinerConfigError`), and ships the
trivial `PassthroughRefiner` reference impl.
Both refiner strategies are linked unconditionally — no
`BUILD_REFINER_*` flag (NOT ADR-002 territory). Runtime selection
only per ADR-001. `PassthroughRefiner` returns the input
`MatchResult` by reference (bit-identical correspondences per
contract INV-5) and always reports `was_invoked() is False`.
Documentation: renames `module-layout.md` `c3_5_adhop` Public API
symbol from `AdHoPRefinementStrategy` to `ConditionalRefiner`
(AC-14) so the doc agrees with `description.md` and the contract.
AC-9 (single-thread binding) deferred to AZ-270 runtime-root
composition, mirroring AZ-336 / AZ-342 / AZ-344 Risk-4 precedent.
AC-7 for the `"adhop"` strategy stops at `ModuleNotFoundError`
because the AdHoP backbone is owned by AZ-349. All other ACs +
NFRs covered by 36 new conformance tests.
Architectural note: `PassthroughRefiner.inference_runtime` is
typed as `object` because the L3→L3 import ban
(`test_az270_compose_root`) forbids c3_5_adhop from importing
c7_inference; the runtime-root factory narrows the type at
construction time.
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Defines the public `CrossDomainMatcher` Protocol (PEP 544
@runtime_checkable, two methods: `match` + `health_snapshot`),
the three frozen+slotted DTOs (`CandidateMatchSet`, `MatchResult`,
`MatcherHealth`) in the L1 `_types/matcher.py` layer, the
`MatcherError` family (`MatcherBackboneError`,
`InsufficientInliersError`), and the composition-root
`build_matcher_strategy` factory with lazy-import +
`BUILD_MATCHER_<variant>` gating per ADR-002.
`RollingHealthWindow` accumulator (60 s, amortised O(1) update,
strict O(1) snapshot) is constructed by the factory and injected
into every concrete matcher so all backbones share window
semantics; this is what backs C5's spoof-promotion gate.
Legacy placeholder `MatchResult` removed from `_types/matching.py`;
import-only consumers (`c4_pose.interface`, `c3_5_adhop.interface`)
repointed at the new `_types/matcher.py` home — zero behavioural
change to those components.
AC-9 (single-thread binding) and AC-10 (LightGlueRuntime
identity-share with C2.5) deferred to AZ-270 runtime-root
composition, mirroring the AZ-342 Risk-4 escape clause. All other
ACs + NFRs covered by 70 new conformance tests.
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Foundational scaffolding for the InlierCountReRanker (AZ-343) and
the future C3 CrossDomainMatcher consumer (AZ-344). No concrete
re-ranker is implemented here.
* ReRankStrategy Protocol (single rerank(frame, vpr_result, n,
calibration) -> RerankResult method) with all 8 invariants in the
docstring — notably INV-8 drop-and-continue (per-candidate failure
NEVER propagates unless every candidate fails).
* DTOs moved to L1 _types/rerank.py — RerankCandidate, RerankResult;
frozen+slots; tuple-not-list for RerankResult.candidates; tile_id
encoded as (zoom_level, lat, lon) tuple to keep _types/ free of any
c6_tile_cache (L3) import per module-layout.md.
* Error family: RerankError + RerankBackboneError +
RerankAllCandidatesFailedError. Only RerankAllCandidatesFailedError
escapes rerank(); RerankBackboneError is caught inside the per-
candidate loop, logged ERROR, FDR-stamped, candidate dropped.
* C2_5RerankConfig (strategy enum default "inlier_count", top_n int
default 3) with strict validation at load; registered into
Config.components on c2_5_rerank import.
* build_rerank_strategy(config, *, tile_store, lightglue_runtime)
factory: 1-strategy resolution table, lazy import,
BUILD_RERANK_<variant> gate, ImportError → StrategyNotAvailableError
mapping. The shared LightGlueRuntime is constructor-injected
(R14 fix: neither C2.5 nor C3 owns its lifecycle).
Renamed the Protocol from the existing stub "RerankStrategy" to
"ReRankStrategy" to match the contract; updated module-layout.md.
Removed the legacy RerankResult shape from _types/vpr.py — the
v1.0.0 shape lives in _types/rerank.py.
Excluded per task spec:
* Concrete InlierCountReRanker (AZ-343).
* C3 matcher protocol task (AZ-344, next in batch).
* AC-9 single-thread binding + AC-10 LightGlueRuntime identity-share
between C2.5/C3 — deferred per task spec Risk 3 until the generic
compose_root thread-binding registry and the C3 factory both land.
Tests: AC-1..AC-8 + AC-11 + NFR-perf-factory in
tests/unit/c2_5_rerank/test_protocol_conformance.py. The legacy
smoke test is removed. Full sweep: 997 passed (one pre-existing
flake in test_az296_takeoff_abort, subprocess timing, unrelated to
this commit; passes in isolation).
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Foundational scaffolding for every concrete C2 backbone (UltraVPR,
NetVLAD, MegaLoc, MixVPR, SelaVPR, EigenPlaces, SALAD — AZ-337..AZ-340)
and the C2.5 ReRanker consumer side. No backbone is implemented here.
* VprStrategy Protocol (embed_query / retrieve_topk / descriptor_dim)
+ BackbonePreprocessor C2-internal Protocol (NOT in Public API per
description.md § 6).
* DTOs in L1 _types/vpr.py — VprQuery, VprCandidate, VprResult; all
frozen + slots; tuple-not-list for VprResult.candidates so the
immutability invariant truly holds.
* Error family: VprError + VprBackboneError + VprPreprocessError +
IndexUnavailableError; same-named but namespace-distinct from
c6_tile_cache.IndexUnavailableError (the c2 family is the closed
envelope C5 / C2.5 consume; concrete strategies rewrap the C6 form).
* C2VprConfig (strategy enum + backbone_weights_path + faiss_index_path)
with strict validation at load; registered into Config.components on
c2_vpr import.
* build_vpr_strategy factory with 7-strategy resolution table, lazy
import, BUILD_VPR_<variant> gating, ImportError→
StrategyNotAvailableError mapping, and pre-flight descriptor_dim
match against DescriptorIndex.descriptor_dim() — mismatch fires
ConfigError at startup, NOT at first frame.
Contract change vs the v1.0.0 draft: factory takes descriptor_index:
DescriptorIndex (not tile_store: TileStore) because descriptor_dim()
lives on DescriptorIndex per C6's Public API. The contract markdown
is updated to match.
Architecture: VprCandidate.tile_id is a plain (zoom, lat, lon) tuple,
keeping _types/ (L1) free of any c6_tile_cache (L3) import per
module-layout.md. Consumers reconstruct TileId at the C6 boundary.
Excluded per task spec:
* Concrete backbones (AZ-337..AZ-340).
* FAISS HNSW retrieve wiring (AZ-341).
* DescriptorNormaliser helper (AZ-283, already shipped).
* AC-9 single-thread binding — deferred per task spec Risk 4 until the
generic compose_root thread-binding registry is in place (today
each factory owns its own, e.g. fc_factory).
Tests: 45 ACs + NFRs in tests/unit/c2_vpr/test_protocol_conformance.py
covering AC-1..AC-8, the error family, the config validation, the
factory NFR (p99 ≤ 50 ms). The legacy smoke test is removed. Full
sweep 973 passed, 2 skipped (CI-only cmake / actionlint).
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Add operator warm-start path to C5 StateEstimator Protocol and both
implementations (GtsamIsam2StateEstimator, EskfStateEstimator), plus
the third clause of the AZ-385 spoof-promotion gate.
- StateEstimator Protocol: set_takeoff_origin(origin, sigma_horiz_m,
sigma_vert_m) -> None.
- iSAM2: PriorFactorPose3 at origin with diagonal sigmas, single
isam2.update().
- ESKF: zero _nominal_pos, overwrite _P position block with sigma**2.
- SourceLabelStateMachine.process_gps_sample bounded-delta clause:
WgsConverter.horizontal_distance_m vs smoother estimate; reject
resets the dwell-time counter so AZ-385 cannot re-promote off bad
GPS.
- New EstimatorAlreadyStartedError (StateEstimatorConfigError
subclass) on late call after first add_*.
- C5StateConfig: spoof_promotion_bounded_delta_m=200,
default_takeoff_origin_sigma_horiz_m=5,
default_takeoff_origin_sigma_vert_m=10.
- New GpsSample DTO + WgsConverter.horizontal_distance_m helper.
- 4 new FDR kinds (cold_start_origin.{set,unavailable},
gps_bounded_delta.{accept,reject}) registered in AZ-272 schema.
- 33 new unit tests cover AC-1..AC-15; full repo 750 passed / 2
skipped (pre-existing CI tooling skips).
Docs synced: protocol contract, C5 component description,
architecture, glossary, system-flows, C10 provisioning description.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
AZ-294: MidFlightTileSnapshotSink writes orthorectified tile JPEGs
atomically to flight_root/<flight_id>/tiles/<tile_id>.jpg, emits a
kind="mid_flight_tile_snapshot" pointer record, and evicts the oldest
tile when the per-flight 64 MiB cap is exceeded. Adds optional
frame_id to the snapshot payload (fdr_record_schema bump).
AZ-295: RecordKindPolicy with two paired gates:
- enforce_or_raise (producer-side) raises RawFrameWriteForbiddenError
for raw_nav_frame / raw_ai_cam_frame at the call site, defending
AC-8.5 / RESTRICT-UAV-4.
- gate_for_writer (writer-side) tumbling-window rate-caps
failed_tile_thumbnail records at <= 0.1 Hz; over-cap drops are
coalesced into kind="overrun" records with the originating
producer slug.
AZ-296: take_off() composition-root sequence with strict ordering
(writer.__init__ -> start -> open_flight -> fc_adapter.__init__ ->
fc_adapter.open). On FdrOpenError, logs ERROR record, calls
writer.stop(), prints the documented FATAL line to stderr, and
sys.exit(EXIT_FDR_OPEN_FAILURE=2). composition_root_protocol bumped
to v1.1.0 with the new constants + takeoff-sequence section.
29 new tests; full suite 356 passed / 2 skipped / 0 failures.
No new dependencies (stdlib only).
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
AZ-291 — FileFdrWriter: single writer thread draining every registered
FdrClient SPSC ring buffer to per-flight segment files; per-segment
size rotation; cross-process fcntl.flock filelock on flight_root;
ENOSPC degraded mode with rate-capped ERROR logs and one GCS alert.
AZ-292 — FlightHeader/FlightFooter dataclasses + open_flight /
close_flight lifecycle methods; four per-flight monotonic counters
(records_written, records_dropped_overrun, bytes_written,
rollover_count) reported by the footer; flight_id mismatch and
close-without-open are typed errors.
AZ-293 — CapacityCapPolicy (post-rotation hook): walks the flight
directory, drops the oldest CLOSED segment when total > cap (default
64 GiB), emits a kind="segment_rollover" record per drop. Never drops
the currently-open segment or segment 0 alone; cap_misconfigured path
logs ERROR + GCS alert. No config flag disables emission (C13-ST-01).
Schema: bumped fdr_record_schema flight_header / flight_footer payload
key sets to match the AZ-292 task spec (effective 1.0.0 -> 1.1.0; no
prior producer); KNOWN_PAYLOAD_KEYS updated. Added FdrWriterConfig
nested in FdrConfig (segment_size_bytes, batch_size, flight_cap_bytes,
debug_log_per_record).
Tests: 29 new unit tests (8 AC + 1 invariant per task); full suite
323 passed, 2 pre-existing skips, 0 regressions.
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Closes out greenfield Step 6 (Decompose) for all 14 components
(C1-C13 + cross-cutting helpers/replay). Covers tasks AZ-266..AZ-446
plus the _dependencies_table.md and component contract documents.
State file updated to greenfield Step 7 (Implement), not_started.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Transitioned the autodev state to phase 21, reflecting the completion of Step 5 and the drafting of Step 6 epics. Revised the architecture documentation to clarify the roles of the Tile Manager and its components, ensuring accurate representation of the system's operational flow. Updated glossary entries for Flight State and Operator to incorporate recent changes and enhance clarity on component interactions and responsibilities.
Modified the autodev state to transition to phase 10, updating the sub-step name and details to reflect the latest architectural review changes. Enhanced the glossary entry for VioStrategy to clarify its functionality, build-time exclusions, and implications for deployment and research binaries, ensuring alignment with recent architectural decisions.
Enhanced the SKILL.md file to enforce conciseness rules for the state file, specifying acceptable content and file size limits. Updated the autodev state to reflect the transition to the planning phase, including changes to the current step and sub-step details. Revised acceptance criteria to clarify validation requirements and external dependencies, ensuring alignment with the latest research findings. Added a new overlay for Mode B revisions to track changes and decisions made during the assessment process.
- Modified the Docker Compose configuration to include an input root for replay tests and added an environment variable for enabling SITL.
- Enhanced documentation for various testing processes, including the addition of a Runtime Completeness Decomposition Gate and clarifications on internal module testing requirements.
- Updated the implementation completeness report to reflect the current state and added new test cases for performance and resilience scenarios.
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Keep VIO package and native bridge paths backend-neutral so BASALT remains an implementation choice rather than a component boundary.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
- Revised acceptance criteria in the acceptance_criteria.md file to clarify metrics and expectations, including updates to GPS accuracy and image processing quality.
- Enhanced restrictions documentation to reflect operational parameters and constraints for UAV flights, including camera specifications and satellite imagery usage.
- Added new research documents for acceptance criteria assessment and question decomposition to support ongoing project evaluation and decision-making.
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