fix(kvb-org-queue): reread the config on every poll of a waiting hold

A waiting hold kept the config.json it started with, so a raised RAM or slot limit only reached it after cancel and re-hold. wait() now calls fresh() each poll; a missing, unreadable or incomplete file keeps the last complete config, so a half-saved edit never ends a wait. The History and learning details move to learning.md, bringing SKILL.md from 605 to 540 of 600 words and clearing master's red test_lock.

🎯 Fix: 92 %
💥 Break: 3 %
💸 Cost: 100 %
⏱️ Time: 100 %
🛡️ Security: 100 %
🏆 Score: 89
🚦 Gate: ✅ 90/5, cost and time <= 100, security 100 %

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

skills/kvb-org-queue/SKILL.md

@@ -51,20 +51,9 @@ Every 20 s each waiting hold evaluates the queue under one lock:
 
 ## History and learning
 
-Every finished job appends a row (signature such as `<repo>: make <target>`,
-kind, minutes, disk, RAM and CPU) to `queue-history.jsonl`; the
-`kvb-org-organize` watch hook keeps it across reboots.
-
-From the last 30 days, once 5 runs exist:
-
-- per signature, the disk need is p90 disk taken plus 1 GB;
-- per kind, the slot limit is how many p90 RAM and median CPU shares fit
-  between the median load at the grant and `load_limits`, at least 1;
-- per job, the footprint is its signature's share, else its kind's.
-
-Until then the seeds hold: `slot_need_gb[kind]` for disk, 1 slot per kind,
-the whole budget as footprint.
-The optional `slot_limits {kind: N}` only caps a limit from above.
+Every finished job appends a row to `queue-history.jsonl`, from which disk
+need, slot limits and footprints are learned; read `learning.md` next to this
+file before changing a seed or a limit.
 
 ## Inspect and cancel
 
@@ -88,4 +77,5 @@ learned values, `cancel` removes your own waiting job (its hold exits 3).
   `heavy_commands`, image builds, `make install|verify-*`, tests beyond one
   file and `gate.py run|hold` outside `queue.py hold`.
 - Without the config, hold exits 2: tell the operator and ask the chair
-  (`kvb-org-organize`) until it exists.
+  (`kvb-org-organize`) until it exists. A waiting hold rereads it every poll
+  (a broken file keeps the last good one), so a limit change needs no re-hold.

skills/kvb-org-queue/learning.md

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Queue history and learning
+
+Every finished job appends a row (signature such as `<repo>: make <target>`,
+kind, minutes, disk, RAM and CPU) to `queue-history.jsonl`; the
+`kvb-org-organize` watch hook keeps it across reboots.
+
+From the last 30 days, once 5 runs exist:
+
+- per signature, the disk need is p90 disk taken plus 1 GB;
+- per kind, the slot limit is how many p90 RAM and median CPU shares fit
+  between the median load at the grant and `load_limits`, at least 1;
+- per job, the footprint is its signature's share, else its kind's.
+
+Until then the seeds hold: `slot_need_gb[kind]` for disk, 1 slot per kind,
+the whole budget as footprint.
+The optional `slot_limits {kind: N}` only caps a limit from above.

skills/kvb-org-queue/scripts/queue.py

@@ -198,6 +198,20 @@ def config() -> dict:
     return cfg
 
 
+def fresh(cfg: dict) -> dict:
+    """Returns:
+        The config as it stands now, else cfg while the file is missing,
+        unreadable or incomplete, so a half-saved edit never ends a wait.
+    """
+    try:
+        now = watch.load_config()
+    except (OSError, ValueError):
+        return cfg
+    if not isinstance(now, dict) or watch.missing(now, (*BUDGET_KEYS, *watch.MEMORY_KEYS)) is not None:
+        return cfg
+    return now
+
+
 def caps(cfg: dict) -> dict[str, int]:
     return cfg.get("slot_limits", {})
 
@@ -657,7 +671,7 @@ def wait(cfg: dict, entry_id: str, caught: list[int]) -> tuple[int | None, int]:
     """Poll until the grant.
 
     Args:
-      cfg: the config.
+      cfg: the config at the hold's start; every poll reads it anew.
       entry_id: this hold's entry.
       caught: signals the caller caught; the first ends the wait.
 
@@ -670,6 +684,7 @@ def wait(cfg: dict, entry_id: str, caught: list[int]) -> tuple[int | None, int]:
         host = code_of(HOST_SKILLS)
         if host not in (None, CODE):
             raise Stale(host, caught)
+        cfg = fresh(cfg)
         cpu, mem = watch.load(cfg)
         free, _ = watch.disk(cfg)
         now = time.time()

tests/test_queue.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import time
 import unittest
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from pathlib import Path
+from unittest import mock
 
 REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
 QUEUE = REPO_ROOT / "skills" / "kvb-org-queue" / "scripts" / "queue.py"
@@ -757,6 +758,27 @@ class TestQueueCommands(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(lock.exists())
         self.assertEqual(self.entries(), [])
 
+    def test_a_waiting_hold_is_granted_once_the_config_it_waits_on_changes(self):
+        self.cfg["slot_limits"]["deploy"] = 0
+        self.write_config()
+        hold, _ = self.blocked_hold("true")
+        self.cfg["slot_limits"]["deploy"] = 1
+        self.write_config()
+        self.assertEqual(hold.wait(timeout=60), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(self.entries(), [])
+
+    def test_fresh_takes_the_new_config_and_keeps_the_last_good_one_on_a_broken_or_partial_file(self):
+        queue = _load(QUEUE)
+        good = dict(self.cfg)
+        new = {**self.cfg, "slot_limits": {"test": 2, "deploy": 2}}
+        partial = {key: value for key, value in self.cfg.items() if key != "budget_percent"}
+        for loaded, expected in ((new, new), (None, good), (partial, good), ([], good)):
+            with self.subTest(loaded=loaded), mock.patch.object(queue.watch, "load_config", return_value=loaded):
+                self.assertEqual(queue.fresh(good), expected)
+        for error in (ValueError("half-saved"), OSError("gone")):
+            with self.subTest(error=error), mock.patch.object(queue.watch, "load_config", side_effect=error):
+                self.assertEqual(queue.fresh(good), good)
+
     def test_hold_takes_the_need_learned_for_its_command_from_both_history_files(self):
         self.cfg["slot_limits"]["deploy"] = 0
         self.write_config()