[AZ-585] [AZ-586] ResLim+Perf NFT tests; close test cycle 1

Batch 4 of test implementation cycle 1 (existing-code Step 6, final batch).

- AZ-585 SteadyStateLoadTests + ColdStartRssTests: NFT-RES-LIM-01..04.
  SteadyStateLoadFixture runs one 5-min sustained-load window and samples
  RSS (docker stats), Npgsql conns (pg_stat_activity), and FDs
  (/proc/1/fd) every 5s; three test methods assert independently. All
  SkippableFact-gated on docker primitives.
- AZ-586 PerformanceTests: NFT-PERF-01..04. Sequential single-client,
  5 warm-ups + N measured calls, P50+P95 via LatencyPercentiles, recorded
  to PERF_RESULTS_FILE. Tagged Category=Perf so default gate excludes them.

Infrastructure:
- entrypoint.sh now applies --filter "${TEST_FILTER:-Category!=Perf}"
  per AZ-586 (default CI gate excludes performance).
- MetricCsvRecorder: idempotent CSV appender keyed on env var, used by
  both Perf and ResLim categories.

Step 6 (Implement Tests) is complete. Final report at
_docs/03_implementation/implementation_report_tests.md handoffs the
full-suite gate to test-run/SKILL.md (Step 7).

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

tests/Azaion.Missions.E2E.Tests/Fixtures/SteadyStateLoadFixture.cs

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+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
+using Azaion.Missions.E2E.Helpers;
+using Npgsql;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Azaion.Missions.E2E.Fixtures;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Shared 5-minute steady-state load fixture for NFT-RES-LIM-01 / -02 / -03.
+/// Runs the load generator once, samples RSS / connection count / FD count
+/// every 5s, and exposes the time series + sentinel "did the SUT exit" flag.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// <para>The fixture is class-scoped (xUnit <see cref="IClassFixture{TFixture}"/>)
+/// and shared across all three NFT-RES-LIM-01/02/03 tests so the 5-minute
+/// window runs once per CI invocation.</para>
+/// <para>Disabled when <c>COMPOSE_RESTART_ENABLED != 1</c> or docker CLI
+/// is missing. Disabled state is observable via <see cref="Enabled"/>; tests
+/// must call <see cref="Xunit.Skip.IfNot(bool, string)"/> at the top of the
+/// method body — initialising the fixture without docker would throw inside
+/// <see cref="InitializeAsync"/> and surface as a hard failure instead of
+/// the explicit skip the spec requires.</para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class SteadyStateLoadFixture : IAsyncLifetime
+{
+    public const int SampleIntervalSeconds = 5;
+    public const int LoadDurationSeconds = 300;
+    public const int TargetRps = 50;
+    public const string ContainerName = "missions-sut";
+
+    public bool Enabled =>
+        Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("COMPOSE_RESTART_ENABLED") == "1";
+
+    public bool LoadGeneratorMetTargetRps { get; private set; }
+    public bool SutExitedDuringWindow { get; private set; }
+    public string? SkipReason { get; private set; }
+
+    public List<long> RssBytesSamples { get; } = new();
+    public List<int> NpgsqlConnectionSamples { get; } = new();
+    public List<int> FileDescriptorSamples { get; } = new();
+    public List<DateTime> SampleTimestamps { get; } = new();
+
+    public async Task InitializeAsync()
+    {
+        if (!Enabled)
+        {
+            SkipReason = "COMPOSE_RESTART_ENABLED!=1 — docker CLI primitives unavailable";
+            return;
+        }
+        if (!CommandAvailable("docker"))
+        {
+            SkipReason = "docker CLI not on PATH in this consumer image";
+            return;
+        }
+
+        using var http = new HttpClient { BaseAddress = new Uri(TestEnvironment.MissionsBaseUrl) };
+        var token = await new TokenMinter(TestEnvironment.JwksMockBaseUrl + "/sign").MintDefaultAsync();
+        http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", token.Jwt);
+
+        var cancel = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        var endpoints = new[] { "/vehicles", "/missions", "/missions?page=1&pageSize=20" };
+        long requestsSent = 0;
+
+        var loadTask = Task.Run(async () =>
+        {
+            var ix = 0;
+            while (!cancel.IsCancellationRequested)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    var url = endpoints[ix++ % endpoints.Length];
+                    using var resp = await http.GetAsync(url, cancel.Token);
+                    Interlocked.Increment(ref requestsSent);
+                }
+                catch (HttpRequestException) { /* surfaces via SutExitedDuringWindow below */ }
+                catch (OperationCanceledException) { return; }
+            }
+        }, cancel.Token);
+
+        var samplingDeadline = DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(LoadDurationSeconds);
+        while (DateTime.UtcNow < samplingDeadline)
+        {
+            await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(SampleIntervalSeconds), cancel.Token);
+            if (!ContainerIsRunning(ContainerName))
+            {
+                SutExitedDuringWindow = true;
+                break;
+            }
+            SampleTimestamps.Add(DateTime.UtcNow);
+            RssBytesSamples.Add(ReadRssBytes(ContainerName));
+            NpgsqlConnectionSamples.Add(ReadNpgsqlConnectionCount());
+            FileDescriptorSamples.Add(ReadFileDescriptorCount(ContainerName));
+        }
+
+        cancel.Cancel();
+        try { await loadTask; } catch (OperationCanceledException) { }
+
+        // Sustained 50 RPS over 300s = 15000 requests; allow 10% slack for
+        // CI variance / connection-refused retries.
+        LoadGeneratorMetTargetRps =
+            requestsSent >= (long)(TargetRps * LoadDurationSeconds * 0.9);
+    }
+
+    public Task DisposeAsync() => Task.CompletedTask;
+
+    private static long ReadRssBytes(string containerName)
+    {
+        // `docker stats --no-stream --format '{{.MemUsage}}'` prints e.g.
+        // "187.4MiB / 7.7GiB". We need the LHS in bytes.
+        var raw = Run("docker",
+            $"stats --no-stream --format '{{{{.MemUsage}}}}' {containerName}");
+        var lhs = raw.Split('/')[0].Trim().Trim('\'');
+        return ParseHumanBytes(lhs);
+    }
+
+    private static int ReadNpgsqlConnectionCount()
+    {
+        using var conn = new NpgsqlConnection(TestEnvironment.DbSideChannel);
+        conn.Open();
+        using var cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
+        cmd.CommandText = """
+            SELECT count(*)::INTEGER FROM pg_stat_activity
+            WHERE application_name LIKE 'Npgsql%'
+               OR (usename = 'postgres' AND backend_type = 'client backend');
+            """;
+        return Convert.ToInt32(cmd.ExecuteScalar());
+    }
+
+    private static int ReadFileDescriptorCount(string containerName)
+    {
+        // `pgrep` is not guaranteed in the runtime image; we walk /proc
+        // directly. `/proc/1/comm` is the entrypoint process name; for the
+        // ASP.NET Core SDK image this is `dotnet`.
+        var stdout = Run("docker",
+            $"exec {containerName} sh -c 'ls /proc/1/fd | wc -l'");
+        return int.Parse(stdout.Trim(), CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+    }
+
+    private static long ParseHumanBytes(string text)
+    {
+        // "187.4MiB" / "1.2GiB" / "234KiB" / "987B"
+        var unitIx = text.IndexOfAny(new[] { 'K', 'M', 'G', 'T', 'B' });
+        if (unitIx < 0) return long.Parse(text, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+        var num = double.Parse(text.Substring(0, unitIx), CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+        var unit = text.Substring(unitIx);
+        return unit switch
+        {
+            "B"   => (long)num,
+            "KiB" or "KB" or "K" => (long)(num * 1024),
+            "MiB" or "MB" or "M" => (long)(num * 1024 * 1024),
+            "GiB" or "GB" or "G" => (long)(num * 1024 * 1024 * 1024),
+            "TiB" or "TB" or "T" => (long)(num * 1024L * 1024 * 1024 * 1024),
+            _ => throw new FormatException($"unknown human-bytes unit in '{text}'")
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static bool ContainerIsRunning(string containerName)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            var stdout = Run("docker",
+                $"inspect --format '{{{{.State.Running}}}}' {containerName}");
+            return stdout.Trim().Trim('\'').Equals("true", StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        }
+        catch (InvalidOperationException) { return false; }
+    }
+
+    private static bool CommandAvailable(string command)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            var psi = new ProcessStartInfo(command, "--version")
+            {
+                RedirectStandardOutput = true,
+                RedirectStandardError = true,
+                UseShellExecute = false
+            };
+            using var p = Process.Start(psi);
+            if (p is null) return false;
+            p.WaitForExit();
+            return p.ExitCode == 0;
+        }
+        catch (System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception) { return false; }
+    }
+
+    private static string Run(string file, string args)
+    {
+        var psi = new ProcessStartInfo(file, args)
+        {
+            RedirectStandardOutput = true,
+            RedirectStandardError = true,
+            UseShellExecute = false
+        };
+        using var p = Process.Start(psi)
+            ?? throw new InvalidOperationException($"failed to launch `{file} {args}`");
+        var stdout = p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
+        var stderr = p.StandardError.ReadToEnd();
+        p.WaitForExit();
+        if (p.ExitCode != 0)
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                $"`{file} {args}` exited {p.ExitCode}: {stderr}");
+        return stdout;
+    }
+}

tests/Azaion.Missions.E2E.Tests/Helpers/LatencyPercentiles.cs

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+namespace Azaion.Missions.E2E.Helpers;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Median + percentile helper for the NFT-PERF-* and NFT-RES-LIM-01
+/// scenarios. Inputs are wall-clock latency samples (or RSS samples)
+/// in any orderable numeric type; the helper sorts a defensive copy
+/// and uses the "nearest-rank" definition of percentile (matching the
+/// percentile defaults used in `docker stats` and most CI dashboards).
+/// </summary>
+public static class LatencyPercentiles
+{
+    public static double P50(IReadOnlyList<double> samples) => Percentile(samples, 50);
+    public static double P95(IReadOnlyList<double> samples) => Percentile(samples, 95);
+
+    public static double Percentile(IReadOnlyList<double> samples, int percentile)
+    {
+        if (samples.Count == 0)
+            throw new ArgumentException("samples must contain at least one value", nameof(samples));
+        if (percentile < 0 || percentile > 100)
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(percentile), "percentile must be in [0, 100]");
+
+        var sorted = samples.ToArray();
+        Array.Sort(sorted);
+
+        // Nearest-rank: rank = ceil(p/100 * N); index = rank - 1.
+        var rank = (int)Math.Ceiling(percentile / 100.0 * sorted.Length);
+        if (rank < 1) rank = 1;
+        if (rank > sorted.Length) rank = sorted.Length;
+        return sorted[rank - 1];
+    }
+
+    public static double Mean(IReadOnlyList<double> samples)
+    {
+        if (samples.Count == 0)
+            throw new ArgumentException("samples must contain at least one value", nameof(samples));
+        return samples.Average();
+    }
+}

tests/Azaion.Missions.E2E.Tests/Helpers/MetricCsvRecorder.cs

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+using System.Globalization;
+
+namespace Azaion.Missions.E2E.Helpers;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Appends one row per NFT-PERF / NFT-RES-LIM scenario to a side-channel
+/// CSV referenced by an environment variable. The Reporting.Cli converter
+/// only knows about compile-time <c>[Trait]</c> data — runtime measurements
+/// (P50/P95, MAX_FD, P95_RSS_MiB, etc.) need this separate file so
+/// deployment planning + trend dashboards can read them.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// File schema (idempotent header written on first append):
+/// <code>Timestamp,Category,Scenario,Result,Traces,ErrorMessage</code>
+/// The Traces column carries the dynamic key=value pairs the spec requires
+/// (e.g., <c>"AC-3.6; P50_MS=23.4; P95_MS=41.8"</c>); the recorder just
+/// joins them with semicolons — callers compose the right shape.
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class MetricCsvRecorder
+{
+    private readonly string? _path;
+    private static readonly object Lock = new();
+
+    /// <param name="envVar">name of the env var that carries the target CSV path
+    /// (e.g., <c>PERF_RESULTS_FILE</c> for NFT-PERF, <c>RESLIM_RESULTS_FILE</c>
+    /// for NFT-RES-LIM). When the env var is missing or whitespace, every
+    /// <see cref="Record"/> call is a no-op — the recorder is intentionally
+    /// silent inside the standard CI run.</param>
+    public MetricCsvRecorder(string envVar)
+    {
+        var v = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(envVar);
+        _path = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(v) ? null : v;
+    }
+
+    public bool IsEnabled => _path is not null;
+
+    public void Record(string category, string scenario, string result, string traces, string? errorMessage = null)
+    {
+        if (_path is null) return;
+        lock (Lock)
+        {
+            var dir = Path.GetDirectoryName(_path);
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(dir)) Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);
+            var newFile = !File.Exists(_path);
+            using var sw = new StreamWriter(_path, append: true);
+            if (newFile)
+                sw.WriteLine("Timestamp,Category,Scenario,Result,Traces,ErrorMessage");
+            sw.WriteLine(
+                $"{DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("O", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)},"
+                + $"{Csv(category)},{Csv(scenario)},{Csv(result)},{Csv(traces)},{Csv(errorMessage ?? "")}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static string Csv(string value) =>
+        value.Contains(',') || value.Contains('"') || value.Contains('\n')
+            ? "\"" + value.Replace("\"", "\"\"", StringComparison.Ordinal) + "\""
+            : value;
+}

tests/Azaion.Missions.E2E.Tests/Tests/Performance/PerformanceTests.cs

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+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
+using Azaion.Missions.E2E.Fixtures;
+using Azaion.Missions.E2E.Helpers;
+using Npgsql;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Azaion.Missions.E2E.Tests.Performance;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// NFT-PERF-01..04 — wall-clock latency observations against the dockerised
+/// <c>missions</c> service. Excluded from the default CI gate via
+/// <c>--filter "Category!=Perf"</c> in <c>entrypoint.sh</c>; run via
+/// <c>scripts/run-performance-tests.sh</c>.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// Each scenario follows the same shape: seed deterministic data, warm-up
+/// 5 calls (excluded from the percentile), run N measured sequential calls
+/// recording <see cref="Stopwatch"/> wall-clock, compute P50 + P95, record
+/// them to the runtime CSV referenced by <c>PERF_RESULTS_FILE</c>, then
+/// assert against the documented gate. Sequential single-client execution
+/// keeps HTTP/1.1 connection-reuse and JIT warm-up deterministic.
+/// </remarks>
+[Collection("Perf")]
+[Trait("Category", "Perf")]
+public sealed class PerformanceTests : TestBase, IClassFixture<DbResetFixture>
+{
+    private static readonly MetricCsvRecorder Csv = new("PERF_RESULTS_FILE");
+    private const int WarmupCalls = 5;
+
+    [Fact(Timeout = 60_000)]
+    [Trait("Traces", "AC-3.6")]
+    [Trait("max_ms", "30000")]
+    public async Task NFT_PERF_01_minimal_cascade_delete_p50_within_50ms()
+    {
+        // Arrange — 105 missions (100 measured + 5 warmup), each with one waypoint.
+        DbResetFixture.ResetDatabase(TestEnvironment.DbSideChannel);
+        Seeds.Apply(Seeds.OneDefaultVehicle.Sql);
+        var (measured, warmup) = SeedSequentialMissions(105, waypointsPerMission: 1);
+        await AttachAuthAsync();
+
+        await WarmupDeletesAsync(warmup);
+
+        // Act
+        var latenciesMs = await MeasureSequentialDeletesAsync(measured);
+        var p50 = LatencyPercentiles.P50(latenciesMs);
+        var p95 = LatencyPercentiles.P95(latenciesMs);
+
+        Csv.Record(
+            category: "Perf",
+            scenario: "NFT-PERF-01",
+            result: p50 <= 50.0 ? "pass" : "fail",
+            traces: $"AC-3.6; P50_MS={p50.ToString("F2", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}; "
+                    + $"P95_MS={p95.ToString("F2", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}");
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.True(p50 <= 50.0,
+            $"NFT-PERF-01 P50 budget exceeded: P50={p50:F2}ms (gate=50ms), P95={p95:F2}ms");
+    }
+
+    [Fact(Timeout = 120_000)]
+    [Trait("Traces", "AC-3.1,AC-3.6")]
+    [Trait("max_ms", "60000")]
+    [Trait("provisional", "yes")]
+    public async Task NFT_PERF_02_full_chain_cascade_delete_p50_within_200ms_provisional()
+    {
+        // PROVISIONAL — lock at measured + 50% on first green run.
+        // Arrange — 55 F3-shaped missions (50 measured + 5 warmup).
+        DbResetFixture.ResetDatabase(TestEnvironment.DbSideChannel);
+        Seeds.Apply(Seeds.OneDefaultVehicle.Sql);
+        StubSchema.EnsureCreated();
+        var (measured, warmup) = SeedF3MissionsCascadeChains(55);
+        await AttachAuthAsync();
+
+        await WarmupDeletesAsync(warmup);
+
+        // Act
+        var latenciesMs = await MeasureSequentialDeletesAsync(measured);
+        var p50 = LatencyPercentiles.P50(latenciesMs);
+        var p95 = LatencyPercentiles.P95(latenciesMs);
+
+        Csv.Record(
+            category: "Perf",
+            scenario: "NFT-PERF-02",
+            result: p50 <= 200.0 ? "pass" : "fail",
+            traces: $"AC-3.1; P50_MS={p50.ToString("F2", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}; "
+                    + $"P95_MS={p95.ToString("F2", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}");
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.True(p50 <= 200.0,
+            $"NFT-PERF-02 P50 (provisional 200ms) exceeded: P50={p50:F2}ms, P95={p95:F2}ms");
+    }
+
+    [Fact(Timeout = 30_000)]
+    [Trait("Traces", "AC-7.3")]
+    [Trait("max_ms", "5000")]
+    public async Task NFT_PERF_03_health_p50_within_10ms()
+    {
+        // Arrange — no seed needed; /health is anonymous.
+        for (int i = 0; i < WarmupCalls; i++)
+        {
+            using var resp = await Missions.GetAsync("/health");
+            resp.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+        }
+
+        // Act
+        var latenciesMs = new List<double>(100);
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
+        {
+            var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+            using var resp = await Missions.GetAsync("/health");
+            sw.Stop();
+            resp.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+            latenciesMs.Add(sw.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds);
+        }
+        var p50 = LatencyPercentiles.P50(latenciesMs);
+        var p95 = LatencyPercentiles.P95(latenciesMs);
+
+        Csv.Record(
+            category: "Perf",
+            scenario: "NFT-PERF-03",
+            result: p50 <= 10.0 ? "pass" : "fail",
+            traces: $"AC-7.3; P50_MS={p50.ToString("F2", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}; "
+                    + $"P95_MS={p95.ToString("F2", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}");
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.True(p50 <= 10.0,
+            $"NFT-PERF-03 P50 budget exceeded: P50={p50:F2}ms (gate=10ms), P95={p95:F2}ms");
+    }
+
+    [Fact(Timeout = 90_000)]
+    [Trait("Traces", "AC-2.3")]
+    [Trait("max_ms", "30000")]
+    [Trait("provisional", "yes")]
+    public async Task NFT_PERF_04_missions_list_pagination_p95_within_100ms_provisional()
+    {
+        // PROVISIONAL — lock at measured + 50% on first green run.
+        // Arrange — 1000 missions referencing seed_one_default_vehicle.
+        DbResetFixture.ResetDatabase(TestEnvironment.DbSideChannel);
+        Seeds.Apply(Seeds.OneDefaultVehicle.Sql);
+        SeedSequentialMissionsNoWaypoints(1000);
+        await AttachAuthAsync();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < WarmupCalls; i++)
+        {
+            using var resp = await Missions.GetAsync("/missions?page=1&pageSize=20");
+            resp.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+        }
+
+        // Act
+        var latenciesMs = new List<double>(100);
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
+        {
+            var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+            using var resp = await Missions.GetAsync("/missions?page=1&pageSize=20");
+            sw.Stop();
+            resp.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+            latenciesMs.Add(sw.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds);
+        }
+        var p50 = LatencyPercentiles.P50(latenciesMs);
+        var p95 = LatencyPercentiles.P95(latenciesMs);
+
+        Csv.Record(
+            category: "Perf",
+            scenario: "NFT-PERF-04",
+            result: p95 <= 100.0 ? "pass" : "fail",
+            traces: $"AC-2.3; P50_MS={p50.ToString("F2", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}; "
+                    + $"P95_MS={p95.ToString("F2", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}");
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.True(p95 <= 100.0,
+            $"NFT-PERF-04 P95 (provisional 100ms) exceeded: P50={p50:F2}ms, P95={p95:F2}ms");
+    }
+
+    private async Task AttachAuthAsync()
+    {
+        var t = await Tokens.MintDefaultAsync();
+        Missions.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization =
+            new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", t.Jwt);
+    }
+
+    private async Task WarmupDeletesAsync(IReadOnlyList<Guid> warmupMissionIds)
+    {
+        foreach (var id in warmupMissionIds)
+        {
+            using var resp = await Missions.DeleteAsync($"/missions/{id}");
+            // 200 or 204 are both acceptable; the cascade walks regardless.
+            // 4xx would indicate a seed problem — fail loudly.
+            if (!resp.IsSuccessStatusCode && (int)resp.StatusCode != 404)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                    $"warmup DELETE /missions/{id} returned {(int)resp.StatusCode}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async Task<List<double>> MeasureSequentialDeletesAsync(IReadOnlyList<Guid> missionIds)
+    {
+        var latencies = new List<double>(missionIds.Count);
+        foreach (var id in missionIds)
+        {
+            var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+            using var resp = await Missions.DeleteAsync($"/missions/{id}");
+            sw.Stop();
+            if (!resp.IsSuccessStatusCode && (int)resp.StatusCode != 404)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                    $"measured DELETE /missions/{id} returned {(int)resp.StatusCode}");
+            latencies.Add(sw.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds);
+        }
+        return latencies;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns (measured, warmup) where the FIRST 5 IDs are the warmup set
+    /// and the remaining (count-5) IDs are the measured set. Each mission
+    /// gets the requested number of waypoints with deterministic IDs.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static (List<Guid> Measured, List<Guid> Warmup) SeedSequentialMissions(
+        int count, int waypointsPerMission)
+    {
+        using var conn = new NpgsqlConnection(TestEnvironment.DbSideChannel);
+        conn.Open();
+        using var tx = conn.BeginTransaction();
+
+        var ids = new List<Guid>(count);
+        var seed = new Random(98765);
+
+        using (var insertMission = conn.CreateCommand())
+        {
+            insertMission.Transaction = tx;
+            insertMission.CommandText = """
+                INSERT INTO missions (id, name, vehicle_id)
+                VALUES (@id, @name, @vehicle_id);
+                """;
+            insertMission.Parameters.Add(new NpgsqlParameter("id", NpgsqlTypes.NpgsqlDbType.Uuid));
+            insertMission.Parameters.Add(new NpgsqlParameter("name", NpgsqlTypes.NpgsqlDbType.Text));
+            insertMission.Parameters.Add(new NpgsqlParameter("vehicle_id", NpgsqlTypes.NpgsqlDbType.Uuid));
+
+            using var insertWaypoint = conn.CreateCommand();
+            insertWaypoint.Transaction = tx;
+            insertWaypoint.CommandText = """
+                INSERT INTO waypoints (id, mission_id, lat, lon, mgrs, order_num)
+                VALUES (@id, @mission_id, 50.45, 30.52, '36UYA1234567', @order_num);
+                """;
+            insertWaypoint.Parameters.Add(new NpgsqlParameter("id", NpgsqlTypes.NpgsqlDbType.Uuid));
+            insertWaypoint.Parameters.Add(new NpgsqlParameter("mission_id", NpgsqlTypes.NpgsqlDbType.Uuid));
+            insertWaypoint.Parameters.Add(new NpgsqlParameter("order_num", NpgsqlTypes.NpgsqlDbType.Integer));
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+            {
+                var id = NewDeterministicGuid(seed);
+                ids.Add(id);
+                insertMission.Parameters["id"].Value = id;
+                insertMission.Parameters["name"].Value = $"perf-mission-{i:D4}";
+                insertMission.Parameters["vehicle_id"].Value = Seeds.OneDefaultVehicle.Id;
+                insertMission.ExecuteNonQuery();
+
+                for (int w = 0; w < waypointsPerMission; w++)
+                {
+                    insertWaypoint.Parameters["id"].Value = NewDeterministicGuid(seed);
+                    insertWaypoint.Parameters["mission_id"].Value = id;
+                    insertWaypoint.Parameters["order_num"].Value = w;
+                    insertWaypoint.ExecuteNonQuery();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        tx.Commit();
+        var warmup = ids.Take(WarmupCalls).ToList();
+        var measured = ids.Skip(WarmupCalls).ToList();
+        return (measured, warmup);
+    }
+
+    private static void SeedSequentialMissionsNoWaypoints(int count)
+    {
+        using var conn = new NpgsqlConnection(TestEnvironment.DbSideChannel);
+        conn.Open();
+        using var tx = conn.BeginTransaction();
+        using var cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
+        cmd.Transaction = tx;
+        cmd.CommandText = """
+            INSERT INTO missions (id, name, vehicle_id)
+            VALUES (@id, @name, @vehicle_id);
+            """;
+        cmd.Parameters.Add(new NpgsqlParameter("id", NpgsqlTypes.NpgsqlDbType.Uuid));
+        cmd.Parameters.Add(new NpgsqlParameter("name", NpgsqlTypes.NpgsqlDbType.Text));
+        cmd.Parameters.Add(new NpgsqlParameter("vehicle_id", NpgsqlTypes.NpgsqlDbType.Uuid));
+
+        var seed = new Random(13579);
+        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+        {
+            cmd.Parameters["id"].Value = NewDeterministicGuid(seed);
+            cmd.Parameters["name"].Value = $"list-perf-{i:D4}";
+            cmd.Parameters["vehicle_id"].Value = Seeds.OneDefaultVehicle.Id;
+            cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
+        }
+        tx.Commit();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Seeds <paramref name="count"/> missions, each with the F3 cascade shape:
+    /// 3 map_objects + 2 waypoints + (per waypoint: 2 media → 2 annotations → 2 detection).
+    /// </summary>
+    private static (List<Guid> Measured, List<Guid> Warmup) SeedF3MissionsCascadeChains(int count)
+    {
+        using var conn = new NpgsqlConnection(TestEnvironment.DbSideChannel);
+        conn.Open();
+        var ids = new List<Guid>(count);
+        var seed = new Random(24680);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+        {
+            using var tx = conn.BeginTransaction();
+            var missionId = NewDeterministicGuid(seed);
+            ids.Add(missionId);
+
+            ExecScalar(conn, tx, """
+                INSERT INTO missions (id, name, vehicle_id) VALUES (@id, @name, @vid);
+                """, ("id", missionId), ("name", $"f3-perf-{i:D4}"),
+                    ("vid", Seeds.OneDefaultVehicle.Id));
+
+            for (int m = 0; m < 3; m++)
+                ExecScalar(conn, tx, """
+                    INSERT INTO map_objects (id, mission_id, h3_index, mgrs)
+                    VALUES (@id, @mid, '8a2a1072b59ffff', '36UYA1234567');
+                    """, ("id", NewDeterministicGuid(seed)), ("mid", missionId));
+
+            for (int w = 0; w < 2; w++)
+            {
+                var wpId = NewDeterministicGuid(seed);
+                ExecScalar(conn, tx, """
+                    INSERT INTO waypoints (id, mission_id, lat, lon, mgrs, order_num)
+                    VALUES (@id, @mid, 50.45, 30.52, '36UYA1234567', @ord);
+                    """, ("id", wpId), ("mid", missionId), ("ord", w));
+
+                for (int md = 0; md < 2; md++)
+                {
+                    var mediaId = $"media-{Guid.NewGuid():N}";
+                    ExecScalar(conn, tx, """
+                        INSERT INTO media (id, waypoint_id) VALUES (@id, @wid);
+                        """, ("id", mediaId), ("wid", wpId));
+
+                    var annId = $"ann-{Guid.NewGuid():N}";
+                    ExecScalar(conn, tx, """
+                        INSERT INTO annotations (id, media_id) VALUES (@id, @mid);
+                        """, ("id", annId), ("mid", mediaId));
+
+                    ExecScalar(conn, tx, """
+                        INSERT INTO detection (id, annotation_id) VALUES (@id, @aid);
+                        """, ("id", NewDeterministicGuid(seed)), ("aid", annId));
+                }
+            }
+            tx.Commit();
+        }
+
+        var warmup = ids.Take(WarmupCalls).ToList();
+        var measured = ids.Skip(WarmupCalls).ToList();
+        return (measured, warmup);
+    }
+
+    private static void ExecScalar(NpgsqlConnection conn, NpgsqlTransaction tx, string sql,
+        params (string Name, object Value)[] args)
+    {
+        using var cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
+        cmd.Transaction = tx;
+        cmd.CommandText = sql;
+        foreach (var (name, value) in args)
+            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue(name, value);
+        cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
+    }
+
+    private static Guid NewDeterministicGuid(Random rng)
+    {
+        var bytes = new byte[16];
+        rng.NextBytes(bytes);
+        // Force version 4 + variant 1 so the value is a valid UUID Postgres accepts.
+        bytes[7] = (byte)((bytes[7] & 0x0F) | 0x40);
+        bytes[8] = (byte)((bytes[8] & 0x3F) | 0x80);
+        return new Guid(bytes);
+    }
+}

tests/Azaion.Missions.E2E.Tests/Tests/Performance/Sanity.cs

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-using Xunit;
-
-namespace Azaion.Missions.E2E.Tests.Performance;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Discovery-only smoke test for the Performance category. Real Performance
-/// scenarios (NFT-PERF-01..04) land in AZ-586.
-/// </summary>
-public sealed class Sanity
-{
-    [Fact]
-    [Trait("Category", "Perf")]
-    [Trait("Traces", "AC-3")]
-    public void Discovery_smoke_test_runs()
-    {
-        // Arrange
-        const int sentinel = 1;
-        // Act
-        var result = sentinel + 0;
-        // Assert
-        Assert.Equal(1, result);
-    }
-}

tests/Azaion.Missions.E2E.Tests/Tests/ResourceLimits/ColdStartRssTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Net;
+using Azaion.Missions.E2E.Helpers;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Azaion.Missions.E2E.Tests.ResourceLimits;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// NFT-RES-LIM-04 — cold-start RSS. Driven independently from the
+/// steady-state window because it requires a fresh container start; lives
+/// in the <c>MigratorRestart</c> collection so it serialises with the
+/// other docker-compose-restarting tests rather than racing them.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// The 30-second wait between health-OK and the measurement is the spec's
+/// way of letting the JIT and the JWKS prefetch settle without doing any
+/// real work — measuring at health-OK alone would conflate the genuine cold
+/// baseline with bootstrap noise.
+/// </remarks>
+[Collection("MigratorRestart")]
+[Trait("Category", "ResLim")]
+public sealed class ColdStartRssTests
+{
+    private static readonly MetricCsvRecorder Csv = new("RESLIM_RESULTS_FILE");
+    private const long ProvisionalColdRssCapMiB = 200;
+    private const string ComposeFile = "/workspace/docker-compose.test.yml";
+
+    [SkippableFact]
+    [Trait("Traces", "H1|H3")]
+    [Trait("max_ms", "120000")]
+    public async Task NFT_RES_LIM_04_cold_start_rss_within_provisional_200_MiB()
+    {
+        Skip.IfNot(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("COMPOSE_RESTART_ENABLED") == "1",
+            "COMPOSE_RESTART_ENABLED!=1 — docker compose restart unavailable in this consumer image");
+        Skip.IfNot(MissionsContainerHelper.Enabled,
+            "MissionsContainerHelper disabled — docker CLI unavailable");
+
+        // Arrange — bring missions down hard and start it fresh. The
+        // surrounding "MigratorRestart" collection serialises us against
+        // any other test that touches the SUT.
+        DockerCompose("stop missions");
+        DockerCompose("rm -f missions");
+        DockerCompose("up -d missions");
+
+        await WaitForHealthOkAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60));
+
+        // Act — wait 30s after health-OK so JIT/JWKS settle, then measure.
+        await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
+        var rssBytes = ReadRssBytes("missions-sut");
+        var rssMiB = rssBytes / (double)(1024 * 1024);
+
+        var pass = rssMiB <= ProvisionalColdRssCapMiB;
+        Csv.Record(
+            category: "ResLim",
+            scenario: "NFT-RES-LIM-04",
+            result: pass ? "pass" : "fail",
+            traces: $"H1|H3; COLD_RSS_MiB={rssMiB.ToString("F1", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}");
+
+        // Assert — provisional gate.
+        Assert.True(pass,
+            $"cold-start RSS {rssMiB:F1} MiB exceeds provisional {ProvisionalColdRssCapMiB} MiB gate");
+    }
+
+    private static async Task WaitForHealthOkAsync(TimeSpan timeout)
+    {
+        using var http = new HttpClient { Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2) };
+        var deadline = DateTime.UtcNow + timeout;
+        var healthUrl = new Uri(TestEnvironment.MissionsBaseUrl + "/health");
+        while (DateTime.UtcNow < deadline)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                using var resp = await http.GetAsync(healthUrl);
+                if (resp.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK) return;
+            }
+            catch (HttpRequestException) { /* not yet listening */ }
+            catch (TaskCanceledException) { /* slow first response */ }
+            await Task.Delay(500);
+        }
+        throw new TimeoutException(
+            $"missions did not become healthy within {timeout.TotalSeconds:F0}s of cold start");
+    }
+
+    private static long ReadRssBytes(string containerName)
+    {
+        var raw = Run("docker",
+            $"stats --no-stream --format '{{{{.MemUsage}}}}' {containerName}");
+        var lhs = raw.Split('/')[0].Trim().Trim('\'');
+        return ParseHumanBytes(lhs);
+    }
+
+    private static long ParseHumanBytes(string text)
+    {
+        var unitIx = text.IndexOfAny(new[] { 'K', 'M', 'G', 'T', 'B' });
+        if (unitIx < 0) return long.Parse(text, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+        var num = double.Parse(text.Substring(0, unitIx), CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+        var unit = text.Substring(unitIx);
+        return unit switch
+        {
+            "B"   => (long)num,
+            "KiB" or "KB" or "K" => (long)(num * 1024),
+            "MiB" or "MB" or "M" => (long)(num * 1024 * 1024),
+            "GiB" or "GB" or "G" => (long)(num * 1024 * 1024 * 1024),
+            "TiB" or "TB" or "T" => (long)(num * 1024L * 1024 * 1024 * 1024),
+            _ => throw new FormatException($"unknown human-bytes unit in '{text}'")
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static void DockerCompose(string subcommand) =>
+        Run("docker", $"compose -f {ComposeFile} {subcommand}");
+
+    private static string Run(string file, string args)
+    {
+        var psi = new ProcessStartInfo(file, args)
+        {
+            RedirectStandardOutput = true,
+            RedirectStandardError = true,
+            UseShellExecute = false
+        };
+        using var p = Process.Start(psi)
+            ?? throw new InvalidOperationException($"failed to launch `{file} {args}`");
+        var stdout = p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
+        var stderr = p.StandardError.ReadToEnd();
+        p.WaitForExit();
+        if (p.ExitCode != 0)
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                $"`{file} {args}` exited {p.ExitCode}: {stderr}");
+        return stdout;
+    }
+}

tests/Azaion.Missions.E2E.Tests/Tests/ResourceLimits/Sanity.cs

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-using Xunit;
-
-namespace Azaion.Missions.E2E.Tests.ResourceLimits;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Discovery-only smoke test for the ResourceLimits category. Real
-/// ResourceLimits scenarios (NFT-RES-LIM-01..04) land in AZ-585.
-/// </summary>
-public sealed class Sanity
-{
-    [Fact]
-    [Trait("Category", "ResLim")]
-    [Trait("Traces", "AC-3")]
-    public void Discovery_smoke_test_runs()
-    {
-        // Arrange
-        const int sentinel = 1;
-        // Act
-        var result = sentinel + 0;
-        // Assert
-        Assert.Equal(1, result);
-    }
-}

tests/Azaion.Missions.E2E.Tests/Tests/ResourceLimits/SteadyStateLoadTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+using System.Globalization;
+using Azaion.Missions.E2E.Fixtures;
+using Azaion.Missions.E2E.Helpers;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Azaion.Missions.E2E.Tests.ResourceLimits;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// NFT-RES-LIM-01..03 — three observations on a SINGLE 5-minute sustained
+/// load window. The window itself lives in
+/// <see cref="SteadyStateLoadFixture"/> (class-scoped, runs once); each
+/// test asserts one metric against its provisional gate.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// The fixture skips itself when docker primitives are unavailable; the
+/// tests detect that via <see cref="SteadyStateLoadFixture.SkipReason"/>
+/// and surface the same reason through <c>Skip.IfNot</c>. The fixture
+/// also flips <see cref="SteadyStateLoadFixture.SutExitedDuringWindow"/>
+/// if the SUT crashes mid-window — every test fails fast with a clear
+/// message rather than reporting a misleading metric.
+/// </remarks>
+[Collection("ResLimSteadyState")]
+[Trait("Category", "ResLim")]
+public sealed class SteadyStateLoadTests : TestBase, IClassFixture<SteadyStateLoadFixture>
+{
+    private static readonly MetricCsvRecorder Csv = new("RESLIM_RESULTS_FILE");
+    private const long ProvisionalRssCapMiB = 250;
+    private const int ProvisionalConnectionCap = 100;
+    private const int ProvisionalFdCap = 1024;
+
+    private readonly SteadyStateLoadFixture _load;
+
+    public SteadyStateLoadTests(SteadyStateLoadFixture load) => _load = load;
+
+    [SkippableFact]
+    [Trait("Traces", "H1|H6|O10")]
+    [Trait("max_ms", "360000")]
+    public void NFT_RES_LIM_01_steady_state_rss_within_provisional_gate_and_no_leak()
+    {
+        Skip.If(_load.SkipReason is not null, _load.SkipReason);
+        Skip.IfNot(_load.LoadGeneratorMetTargetRps,
+            "runner cannot sustain target load (NFR Reliability — not a SUT defect)");
+        Assert.False(_load.SutExitedDuringWindow, "SUT exited during measurement window");
+
+        // Arrange
+        var samplesMiB = _load.RssBytesSamples.Select(b => b / (double)(1024 * 1024)).ToList();
+        Assert.True(samplesMiB.Count >= 30,
+            $"expected ≥ 30 RSS samples over 5-min window, got {samplesMiB.Count}");
+
+        // Act
+        var p95 = LatencyPercentiles.P95(samplesMiB);
+        var finalMiB = samplesMiB[^1];
+
+        var leakRatio = Math.Abs(finalMiB - p95) / Math.Max(p95, 1.0);
+        var withinCap = p95 <= ProvisionalRssCapMiB;
+        var noLeak = leakRatio <= 0.20;
+        var pass = withinCap && noLeak;
+
+        Csv.Record(
+            category: "ResLim",
+            scenario: "NFT-RES-LIM-01",
+            result: pass ? "pass" : "fail",
+            traces: $"H1|H6|O10; "
+                  + $"P95_RSS_MiB={p95.ToString("F1", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}; "
+                  + $"FINAL_RSS_MiB={finalMiB.ToString("F1", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}; "
+                  + $"LEAK_RATIO={leakRatio.ToString("F2", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}");
+
+        // Assert — provisional gate; lock at measured + 50% after first green run.
+        Assert.True(withinCap,
+            $"P95 RSS {p95:F1} MiB exceeds provisional {ProvisionalRssCapMiB} MiB gate");
+        Assert.True(noLeak,
+            $"final RSS {finalMiB:F1} MiB diverges {leakRatio:P0} from P95 {p95:F1} MiB (gate 20%)");
+    }
+
+    [SkippableFact]
+    [Trait("Traces", "O10")]
+    [Trait("max_ms", "360000")]
+    public void NFT_RES_LIM_02_npgsql_connection_pool_within_100_no_unbounded_growth()
+    {
+        Skip.If(_load.SkipReason is not null, _load.SkipReason);
+        Skip.IfNot(_load.LoadGeneratorMetTargetRps,
+            "runner cannot sustain target load (NFR Reliability — not a SUT defect)");
+        Assert.False(_load.SutExitedDuringWindow, "SUT exited during measurement window");
+
+        var samples = _load.NpgsqlConnectionSamples;
+        Assert.True(samples.Count >= 30,
+            $"expected ≥ 30 connection samples over 5-min window, got {samples.Count}");
+
+        // Act
+        var max = samples.Max();
+        var firstMinuteSampleCount = 60 / SteadyStateLoadFixture.SampleIntervalSeconds;
+        var firstMinute = samples.Take(firstMinuteSampleCount).ToList();
+        var firstMinuteMean = firstMinute.Average();
+        var finalCount = samples[^1];
+
+        var withinCap = max <= ProvisionalConnectionCap;
+        var noUnboundedGrowth = finalCount <= 1.3 * Math.Max(firstMinuteMean, 1.0);
+        var pass = withinCap && noUnboundedGrowth;
+
+        Csv.Record(
+            category: "ResLim",
+            scenario: "NFT-RES-LIM-02",
+            result: pass ? "pass" : "fail",
+            traces: $"O10; MAX_NPGSQL_CONNS={max}; "
+                  + $"FINAL_CONNS={finalCount}; "
+                  + $"MINUTE1_MEAN={firstMinuteMean.ToString("F1", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}");
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.True(withinCap,
+            $"max Npgsql connections {max} exceeds provisional cap {ProvisionalConnectionCap}");
+        Assert.True(noUnboundedGrowth,
+            $"final connection count {finalCount} > 1.3 × first-minute mean {firstMinuteMean:F1}");
+    }
+
+    [SkippableFact]
+    [Trait("Traces", "H6|O10")]
+    [Trait("max_ms", "360000")]
+    public void NFT_RES_LIM_03_file_descriptors_within_1024_no_leak()
+    {
+        Skip.If(_load.SkipReason is not null, _load.SkipReason);
+        Skip.IfNot(_load.LoadGeneratorMetTargetRps,
+            "runner cannot sustain target load (NFR Reliability — not a SUT defect)");
+        Assert.False(_load.SutExitedDuringWindow, "SUT exited during measurement window");
+
+        var samples = _load.FileDescriptorSamples;
+        Assert.True(samples.Count >= 30,
+            $"expected ≥ 30 FD samples over 5-min window, got {samples.Count}");
+
+        // Act
+        var max = samples.Max();
+        var minuteOneSampleCount = 60 / SteadyStateLoadFixture.SampleIntervalSeconds;
+        // The spec calls out "count at t=1min" — anchor on the sample whose
+        // timestamp is closest to (start + 60s).
+        var minuteOneIx = Math.Min(minuteOneSampleCount - 1, samples.Count - 1);
+        var minuteOneCount = samples[minuteOneIx];
+        var finalCount = samples[^1];
+
+        var withinCap = max <= ProvisionalFdCap;
+        var noLeak = finalCount <= 1.3 * Math.Max(minuteOneCount, 1);
+        var pass = withinCap && noLeak;
+
+        Csv.Record(
+            category: "ResLim",
+            scenario: "NFT-RES-LIM-03",
+            result: pass ? "pass" : "fail",
+            traces: $"H6|O10; MAX_FD={max}; "
+                  + $"FINAL_FD={finalCount}; MINUTE1_FD={minuteOneCount}");
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.True(withinCap,
+            $"max FD count {max} exceeds provisional cap {ProvisionalFdCap}");
+        Assert.True(noLeak,
+            $"final FD count {finalCount} > 1.3 × minute-1 count {minuteOneCount}");
+    }
+
+}

tests/Azaion.Missions.E2E.Tests/entrypoint.sh

@@ -14,9 +14,16 @@ set -eu
 mkdir -p "$RESULTS_DIR"
 
 set +e
+## Performance scenarios (Category=Perf) are excluded from the default gate
+## per AZ-586. They are invoked from scripts/run-performance-tests.sh which
+## passes its own --filter Category=Perf. ResLim tests (Category=ResLim) stay
+## in the default gate because their docker-CLI gate causes them to skip
+## with an explicit reason when COMPOSE_RESTART_ENABLED is not set.
+TEST_FILTER="${TEST_FILTER:-Category!=Perf}"
 dotnet test /src/Azaion.Missions.E2E.Tests.csproj \
     --no-build \
     --configuration Release \
+    --filter "$TEST_FILTER" \
     --logger "trx;LogFileName=results.trx" \
     --logger "console;verbosity=normal" \
     --results-directory "$RESULTS_DIR"