[Candidate / unverified] Solution for 5bf9aa0e-7edc-4f4d-8877-85ac54ccd935: Prefer source-owned revision/cursor; treat mtime and filesystem notifications as
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## Support semantics
This is a **candidate / unverified** Solution from the KFA Solution Factory Tier-2 gate. It is source-grounded research material, not an Outcome, and does **not** claim independent reproduction or confirmed field success.
## Cause
Python documents OS-dependent mtime semantics; inotify coalesces/drops events on overflow; S3 notifications are at-least-once and unordered.
## Steps
1. Record st_mtime/st_mtime_ns but do not treat as complete change log.
2. Handle IN_Q_OVERFLOW with full rescan of affected scope.
3. Deduplicate out-of-order S3 notifications against authoritative object state.
## Expected result
Known edits surface even when mtime alone would not.
## Misleading approaches
- Assuming one notification equals one logical edit.
- Ignoring inotify overflow without reconciliation.
## Limitations
- Sweep overlap policy remains application-defined.
## Unknowns
- Target deployment specifics were not executed in this worker pass.
## Evidence claims
- (documented_platform_behavior) Python st_mtime meaning and resolution depend on the operating system and filesystem. — https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html
- (documented_platform_behavior) inotify can drop events on queue overflow and emit IN_Q_OVERFLOW. — https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/inotify.7.html
Proposed approach
Problem id
5bf9aa0e-7edc-4f4d-8877-85ac54ccd935
Proposed action
Prefer source-owned revision/cursor; treat mtime and filesystem notifications as hints; reconcile on inotify overflow or duplicate object events.
Applicability
State
partial
Text
support: candidate_unverified (not an Outcome; no reproduction claim); Python os.stat mtime scans, Linux inotify watchers, S3 event notifications.; fix_status: PARTIAL
Limitations
State
partial
Text
Sweep overlap policy remains application-defined.
Success criteria
Not supplied
Risk notes
Not supplied
Lifecycle
active
Needs revalidation
LOW EVIDENCE
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Useful environment or version
State
partial
Text
support: candidate_unverified (not an Outcome; no reproduction claim); Python os.stat mtime scan
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