---
phase: 04-ws-resilience-enhancements
verified: 2026-03-22T20:25:00Z
status: passed
score: 6/6 must-haves verified
re_verification: false
---

# Phase 04: WS Resilience Enhancements Verification Report

**Phase Goal:** Harden the sidecar's Binance WebSocket layer by adopting battle-tested patterns from unicorn-binance-websocket-api
**Verified:** 2026-03-22T20:25:00Z
**Status:** passed
**Re-verification:** No — initial verification

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## Goal Achievement

### Observable Truths

| #   | Truth                                                                                                  | Status     | Evidence                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1   | Ping/pong keepalive configured at 5s interval / 10s timeout across all combined WS streams             | ✓ VERIFIED | `ping_interval_secs: 5`, `pong_timeout_secs: 10` in `ReconnectionPolicy::default()`; `ping_ticker` + `last_ping_sent` + deadline check in `combined_ws.rs`                                                 |
| 2   | Subscribe/unsubscribe operations enforce max 5 msg/sec (3 effective after 2-msg reserve for pings)     | ✓ VERIFIED | `WsControlRateLimiter::new(5, 2)` produces `min_interval = 333ms` (1000/3); test `test_ws_control_rate_limiter_spacing` asserts this                                                                       |
| 3   | Heartbeat classifies 429 (fatal rate limit) vs 500 (transient) WS errors distinctly in Telegram alerts | ✓ VERIFIED | `_classify_ws_log_line()` returns `"fatal_429"` for 429/RateLimited, `"transient"` for DISCONNECT; formatter shows `FATAL WS: ...` bold for fatal, info line for transient                                 |
| 4   | IP ban duration extracted from Binance error responses; sidecar sleeps until ban expires               | ✓ VERIFIED | `parse_ban_duration()` extracts timestamp from "banned until <ts>" text; `run_with_reconnect` catches `BanDetected` before `is_terminal()` check and sleeps until expiry with shutdown cancellation        |
| 5   | Stream state signals (CONNECT, FIRST_DATA, DISCONNECT) emitted for consumer API SSE observability      | ✓ VERIFIED | `signal = "CONNECT"`, `signal = "FIRST_DATA"`, `signal = "DISCONNECT"` tracing events in `combined_ws.rs`; `_update_stream_signal()` in `sidecar.py` surfaces these in `/health` and `/status`             |
| 6   | Ring buffer with configurable maxlen prevents OOM on slow consumers                                    | ✓ VERIFIED | Plan confirmed this was already covered: `mpsc::channel::<AggTrade>(50_000)` in `live_engine.rs:324`, `ConcurrentRingBuffer` with `OPENDEVIATIONBAR_MAX_PENDING_BARS` (default 10K). No new work required. |

**Score:** 6/6 truths verified

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### Required Artifacts

#### Plan 01 Artifacts

| Artifact                                                       | Expected                                                                         | Status     | Details                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| -------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `crates/opendeviationbar-providers/src/binance/websocket.rs`   | New error variants, keepalive config, stream signal enum                         | ✓ VERIFIED | `RateLimited`, `BanDetected`, `PongTimeout` variants; `ping_interval_secs=5`, `pong_timeout_secs=10`, `max_subscribe_msgs_per_sec=5`, `ping_reserve_msgs_per_sec=2`; `StreamSignal` enum |
| `crates/opendeviationbar-providers/src/binance/combined_ws.rs` | Client-side ping sender with pong deadline, subscribe rate limiter, ban handling | ✓ VERIFIED | `ping_ticker`, `last_ping_sent`, pong deadline check at loop top, `parse_ban_duration()`, `WsControlRateLimiter`, stream signal tracing events                                           |

#### Plan 02 Artifacts

| Artifact                               | Expected                                | Status     | Details                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| -------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `python/opendeviationbar/sidecar.py`   | Stream signal tracking in health state  | ✓ VERIFIED | `_health_state["stream_signals"]` with `last_connect`, `last_first_data`, `last_disconnect`, `ban_until`, `connection_count`, `disconnect_count`; `_update_stream_signal()` function; included in `/health` and `/status` responses |
| `scripts/heartbeat/checks/sidecar.py`  | WS error classification check           | ✓ VERIFIED | `check_ws_errors()` with journalctl scanning; `_classify_ws_log_line()` testable helper; `ws_errors_healthy`, `ws_fatal_count`, `ws_transient_count` result keys                                                                    |
| `scripts/heartbeat/checks/__init__.py` | check_ws_errors wired into run_checks() | ✓ VERIFIED | `from heartbeat.checks.sidecar import check_ws_errors` + `check_ws_errors(results)` call at line 249                                                                                                                                |
| `scripts/heartbeat/formatter.py`       | FATAL WS alert + transient info line    | ✓ VERIFIED | Bold `FATAL WS: {ws_error_summary}` when `ws_errors_healthy is False`; info line for transient reconnects; remediation hint for `ws_errors_healthy`                                                                                 |

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### Key Link Verification

#### Plan 01 Key Links

| From             | To             | Via                                                                        | Status  | Details                                                                                                      |
| ---------------- | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `combined_ws.rs` | `websocket.rs` | `use super::websocket::{WebSocketError, ReconnectionPolicy, StreamSignal}` | ✓ WIRED | `BanDetected`, `RateLimited`, `PongTimeout` variants used in combined_ws.rs match handling and error returns |

#### Plan 02 Key Links

| From                                  | To              | Via                                               | Status  | Details                                                                                                                                           |
| ------------------------------------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `scripts/heartbeat/checks/sidecar.py` | journalctl      | `subprocess` call for sidecar journal logs        | ✓ WIRED | `journalctl --user-unit=opendeviationbar-sidecar.service` subprocess in `check_ws_errors()`                                                       |
| `python/opendeviationbar/sidecar.py`  | `_health_state` | `stream_signals` dict + `_update_stream_signal()` | ✓ WIRED | `_health_state["stream_signals"]` initialized at module level; `_update_stream_signal()` called on engine start and in reconnection tracking loop |

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### Data-Flow Trace (Level 4)

Not applicable to this phase — the artifacts are infrastructure (WS hardening, error classification) rather than data-rendering components. The ping/pong keepalive and ban handling are behavioral, not data-flow artifacts. Stream signals flow from Rust tracing events → journalctl → heartbeat journal scan, which is an operational channel, not a database query path.

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### Behavioral Spot-Checks

| Behavior                                                           | Command                                                                                      | Result                                                                                                           | Status |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ |
| All 113 provider tests pass (including new WS error variant tests) | `cargo nextest run -p opendeviationbar-providers --no-fail-fast`                             | `113 tests run: 113 passed, 0 skipped`                                                                           | ✓ PASS |
| `_classify_ws_log_line` correctly classifies all 4 cases           | `python -c "from heartbeat.checks.sidecar import _classify_ws_log_line; ..."` (4 assertions) | All 4 assertions pass: BAN_DETECTED→fatal_ban, RateLimited terminal→fatal_429, DISCONNECT→transient, normal→None | ✓ PASS |
| Sidecar stream_signals state updates correctly                     | `python -c "from opendeviationbar.sidecar import _health_state, _update_stream_signal; ..."` | `connection_count=1`, `disconnect_count=1`, all timestamps non-None                                              | ✓ PASS |
| WsControlRateLimiter enforces 3 effective msg/sec                  | Test `test_ws_control_rate_limiter_spacing` (in provider test suite)                         | `assert_eq!(limiter.min_interval(), Duration::from_millis(333))` — PASS (part of 113 tests)                      | ✓ PASS |

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### Requirements Coverage

No formal requirement IDs were mapped to this phase (both plans declare `requirements: []`). All 6 success criteria from the ROADMAP were verified directly via code inspection and behavioral spot-checks.

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### Anti-Patterns Found

| File                                                           | Line     | Pattern                                         | Severity | Impact                                                                                                                                                                            |
| -------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `crates/opendeviationbar-providers/src/binance/combined_ws.rs` | ~88, ~96 | `#[allow(dead_code)]` on `WsControlRateLimiter` | ℹ Info   | Intentional: rate limiter preserved for future dynamic subscribe/unsubscribe support. Not a stub — implementation is complete and tested; just not yet called in production flow. |

No blockers or warnings found.

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### Human Verification Required

None — all 6 success criteria were verifiable programmatically.

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### Gaps Summary

None. All 6 must-have truths are verified. Both plan 01 and plan 02 artifacts exist, are substantive, and are wired. The 113 provider tests pass, the behavioral spot-checks confirm correct classification logic, and the sidecar health state updates as expected.

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_Verified: 2026-03-22T20:25:00Z_
_Verifier: Claude (gsd-verifier)_
