apt-ostree/docs/.old/apt-ostree-daemon-plan/architecture/transaction-management-detailed.md

# Transaction Management - Detailed Architecture

## Overview

This document provides a comprehensive overview of the transaction management system in `apt-ostree`. The transaction system ensures atomic operations, provides rollback capabilities, and maintains system consistency during package operations and system updates.

## Transaction System Architecture

### Core Components

The transaction management system consists of several key components:

1. **Transaction Manager** - Coordinates all transaction operations
2. **Transaction Store** - Persistent storage for transaction metadata
3. **Transaction Executor** - Executes transaction steps
4. **Rollback Engine** - Handles transaction rollbacks
5. **Progress Tracker** - Monitors transaction progress

### Transaction Lifecycle

```
Transaction Lifecycle:
1. Creation → 2. Preparation → 3. Execution → 4. Completion/Rollback
    ↓              ↓              ↓              ↓
  Created      Prepared      Executing      Completed/Failed
```

## Transaction Types

### Package Management Transactions

#### Package Installation
- **Purpose**: Install new packages
- **Components**: Package download, dependency resolution, OSTree commit creation
- **Rollback**: Remove packages, restore previous OSTree commit

#### Package Removal
- **Purpose**: Remove installed packages
- **Components**: Package removal, dependency cleanup, OSTree commit creation
- **Rollback**: Reinstall packages, restore previous state

#### Package Update
- **Purpose**: Update existing packages
- **Components**: Package download, replacement, OSTree commit creation
- **Rollback**: Restore previous package versions

### System Management Transactions

#### System Upgrade
- **Purpose**: Update entire system
- **Components**: Package updates, system updates, OSTree deployment
- **Rollback**: Restore previous system state

#### System Rollback
- **Purpose**: Rollback to previous system state
- **Components**: OSTree deployment switch, configuration restoration
- **Rollback**: Return to current state

#### Configuration Changes
- **Purpose**: Modify system configuration
- **Components**: File modifications, service restarts
- **Rollback**: Restore previous configuration

## Transaction States

### State Machine

```
Transaction States:
┌─────────────┐    ┌─────────────┐    ┌─────────────┐    ┌─────────────┐
│  CREATED   │───▶│  PREPARED  │───▶│ EXECUTING  │───▶│ COMPLETED  │
└─────────────┘    └─────────────┘    └─────────────┘    └─────────────┘
       │                   │                   │                   │
       ▼                   ▼                   ▼                   ▼
┌─────────────┐    ┌─────────────┐    ┌─────────────┐    ┌─────────────┐
│   FAILED    │    │   FAILED    │    │   FAILED    │    │   FAILED    │
└─────────────┘    └─────────────┘    └─────────────┘    └─────────────┘
```

### State Descriptions

#### CREATED
- **Description**: Transaction has been created but not yet prepared
- **Actions Allowed**: Cancel, modify
- **Next States**: PREPARED, FAILED

#### PREPARED
- **Description**: Transaction has been validated and prepared for execution
- **Actions Allowed**: Execute, cancel
- **Next States**: EXECUTING, FAILED

#### EXECUTING
- **Description**: Transaction is currently being executed
- **Actions Allowed**: Monitor, cancel (with limitations)
- **Next States**: COMPLETED, FAILED

#### COMPLETED
- **Description**: Transaction has completed successfully
- **Actions Allowed**: Cleanup, archive
- **Next States**: None (terminal state)

#### FAILED
- **Description**: Transaction has failed and may be rolled back
- **Actions Allowed**: Rollback, cleanup, retry
- **Next States**: CREATED (if retried)

## Transaction Operations

### Core Operations

#### Create Transaction
```rust
pub async fn create_transaction(
    &self,
    transaction_type: TransactionType,
    description: String,
    metadata: HashMap<String, String>,
) -> AptOstreeResult<String>
```

**Parameters:**
- `transaction_type`: Type of transaction to create
- `description`: Human-readable description
- `metadata`: Additional transaction metadata

**Returns:**
- Transaction ID (UUID string)

**Example:**
```rust
let transaction_id = transaction_manager
    .create_transaction(
        TransactionType::PkgChange,
        "Install vim and git".to_string(),
        HashMap::new(),
    )
    .await?;
```

#### Execute Transaction
```rust
pub async fn execute_transaction(
    &self,
    transaction_id: &str,
) -> AptOstreeResult<TransactionResult>
```

**Parameters:**
- `transaction_id`: ID of transaction to execute

**Returns:**
- `TransactionResult` with execution status and metadata

**Example:**
```rust
let result = transaction_manager
    .execute_transaction(&transaction_id)
    .await?;
```

#### Rollback Transaction
```rust
pub async fn rollback_transaction(
    &self,
    transaction_id: &str,
) -> AptOstreeResult<TransactionResult>
```

**Parameters:**
- `transaction_id`: ID of transaction to rollback

**Returns:**
- `TransactionResult` with rollback status

**Example:**
```rust
let result = transaction_manager
    .rollback_transaction(&transaction_id)
    .await?;
```

### Query Operations

#### Get Transaction Status
```rust
pub async fn get_transaction(
    &self,
    transaction_id: &str,
) -> AptOstreeResult<Option<Transaction>>
```

**Parameters:**
- `transaction_id`: ID of transaction to retrieve

**Returns:**
- `Option<Transaction>` - Transaction if found, None otherwise

#### List Transactions
```rust
pub async fn list_transactions(
    &self,
    filter: Option<TransactionState>,
) -> AptOstreeResult<Vec<Transaction>>
```

**Parameters:**
- `filter`: Optional state filter

**Returns:**
- Vector of matching transactions

#### List Active Transactions
```rust
pub async fn list_active_transactions(&self) -> AptOstreeResult<Vec<Transaction>>
```

**Returns:**
- Vector of active (non-completed, non-failed) transactions

### Management Operations

#### Cancel Transaction
```rust
pub async fn cancel_transaction(
    &self,
    transaction_id: &str,
) -> AptOstreeResult<TransactionResult>
```

**Parameters:**
- `transaction_id`: ID of transaction to cancel

**Returns:**
- `TransactionResult` with cancellation status

#### Update Transaction
```rust
pub async fn update_transaction(
    &self,
    transaction_id: &str,
    metadata: HashMap<String, String>,
) -> AptOstreeResult<TransactionResult>
```

**Parameters:**
- `transaction_id`: ID of transaction to update
- `metadata`: New metadata to set

**Returns:**
- `TransactionResult` with update status

#### Cleanup Completed Transactions
```rust
pub async fn cleanup_completed_transactions(
    &self,
    max_age: Duration,
) -> AptOstreeResult<usize>
```

**Parameters:**
- `max_age`: Maximum age of transactions to keep

**Returns:**
- Number of transactions cleaned up

## Transaction Metadata

### Standard Metadata Fields

#### Required Fields
- `transaction_id`: Unique transaction identifier
- `transaction_type`: Type of transaction
- `state`: Current transaction state
- `created_at`: Transaction creation timestamp
- `description`: Human-readable description

#### Optional Fields
- `user_id`: User who created the transaction
- `priority`: Transaction priority level
- `timeout`: Transaction timeout duration
- `tags`: User-defined tags for categorization

### Custom Metadata

Transactions can store custom metadata as key-value pairs:

```rust
let mut metadata = HashMap::new();
metadata.insert("packages".to_string(), "vim,git".to_string());
metadata.insert("source".to_string(), "cli".to_string());
metadata.insert("environment".to_string(), "production".to_string());
```

## Transaction Persistence

### Storage Backend

Transactions are persisted using:

- **File-based storage**: JSON files in `/var/lib/apt-ostree/transactions/`
- **Database storage**: SQLite database for complex queries
- **Memory cache**: In-memory cache for active transactions

### Data Structure

```json
{
  "transaction_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "transaction_type": "pkg_change",
  "state": "executing",
  "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2024-01-15T10:35:00Z",
  "description": "Install vim and git",
  "metadata": {
    "packages": "vim,git",
    "user_id": "1000",
    "priority": "normal"
  },
  "steps": [
    {
      "step_id": "1",
      "description": "Download packages",
      "status": "completed",
      "started_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "completed_at": "2024-01-15T10:32:00Z"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Transaction Steps

### Step Structure

Each transaction consists of multiple steps:

```rust
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct TransactionStep {
    pub step_id: String,
    pub description: String,
    pub status: StepStatus,
    pub started_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
    pub completed_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
    pub error_message: Option<String>,
    pub metadata: HashMap<String, String>,
}
```

### Step States

- **PENDING**: Step has not yet started
- **RUNNING**: Step is currently executing
- **COMPLETED**: Step has completed successfully
- **FAILED**: Step has failed
- **SKIPPED**: Step was skipped (e.g., already completed)

### Step Execution

Steps are executed sequentially by default:

1. **Validation**: Verify step prerequisites
2. **Execution**: Run step logic
3. **Verification**: Confirm step completion
4. **Progress Update**: Update transaction progress

## Rollback Mechanism

### Automatic Rollback

Failed transactions automatically trigger rollback:

1. **Failure Detection**: Identify failed step
2. **State Assessment**: Determine rollback scope
3. **Rollback Execution**: Execute rollback steps
4. **State Restoration**: Restore previous system state

### Manual Rollback

Users can manually trigger rollback:

```bash
# Rollback specific transaction
apt-ostree transaction rollback <transaction-id>

# Rollback last failed transaction
apt-ostree transaction rollback --last-failed
```

### Rollback Steps

Rollback operations execute in reverse order:

1. **Undo Changes**: Reverse completed steps
2. **State Restoration**: Restore previous state
3. **Cleanup**: Remove temporary files
4. **Verification**: Confirm rollback success

## Progress Tracking

### Progress Reporting

Transactions report progress through:

- **DBus signals**: Real-time progress updates
- **Log files**: Detailed execution logs
- **Status files**: Human-readable status files
- **CLI output**: Command-line progress display

### Progress Metrics

Tracked metrics include:

- **Completion percentage**: Overall progress
- **Step progress**: Individual step progress
- **Time estimates**: Remaining time estimates
- **Resource usage**: CPU, memory, disk usage

## Error Handling

### Error Classification

Errors are classified by severity:

- **WARNING**: Non-critical issues
- **ERROR**: Critical issues requiring attention
- **FATAL**: Unrecoverable errors

### Error Recovery

Error recovery strategies:

1. **Retry**: Automatic retry with backoff
2. **Skip**: Skip problematic steps
3. **Rollback**: Automatic rollback on failure
4. **Manual Intervention**: Require user action

### Error Reporting

Errors are reported through:

- **Log files**: Detailed error logs
- **DBus signals**: Error notifications
- **Exit codes**: Process exit codes
- **User messages**: Human-readable error messages

## Security Considerations

### Access Control

Transaction operations require appropriate permissions:

- **Create**: User can create transactions
- **Execute**: User can execute transactions
- **Cancel**: User can cancel their own transactions
- **Rollback**: Admin privileges required

### Audit Logging

All transaction operations are audited:

- **Operation logging**: Log all operations
- **User tracking**: Track user actions
- **Change logging**: Log all state changes
- **Security events**: Log security-related events

## Performance Optimization

### Caching Strategy

Implement intelligent caching:

- **Transaction cache**: Cache active transactions
- **Metadata cache**: Cache transaction metadata
- **Result cache**: Cache operation results
- **Progress cache**: Cache progress information

### Parallel Processing

Enable parallel operations where possible:

- **Independent steps**: Execute independent steps in parallel
- **Resource operations**: Parallel resource operations
- **Validation**: Parallel validation checks
- **Cleanup**: Parallel cleanup operations

## Integration Points

### DBus Integration

Transactions integrate with DBus:

- **Progress signals**: Real-time progress updates
- **State changes**: State change notifications
- **Error signals**: Error notifications
- **Completion signals**: Completion notifications

### CLI Integration

CLI commands integrate with transactions:

- **Transaction creation**: Create transactions for operations
- **Progress display**: Show transaction progress
- **Status queries**: Query transaction status
- **Rollback operations**: Execute rollbacks

### System Integration

System-level integration:

- **Service management**: Manage system services
- **File operations**: Handle file operations
- **Package management**: Manage package operations
- **Configuration management**: Handle configuration changes

## Future Enhancements

### Planned Features

1. **Transaction Scheduling**
   - Schedule transactions for later execution
   - Batch multiple transactions
   - Priority-based scheduling

2. **Advanced Rollback**
   - Partial rollback support
   - Rollback to arbitrary points
   - Rollback history tracking

3. **Transaction Templates**
   - Predefined transaction templates
   - Template customization
   - Template sharing

4. **Performance Monitoring**
   - Transaction performance metrics
   - Bottleneck identification
   - Optimization recommendations

## Implementation Notes

### Current Status

- Basic transaction system implemented
- Core operations functional
- State management working
- Rollback support operational

### Next Steps

1. **Advanced Features**
   - Transaction scheduling
   - Advanced rollback
   - Performance monitoring

2. **Integration**
   - Enhanced DBus integration
   - CLI improvements
   - System integration

3. **Testing and Validation**
   - Comprehensive testing
   - Performance testing
   - Security testing