attune/work-summary/QUICKFIX-deserialization-errors.md

# QUICK FIX: Executor Deserialization Errors

**Date:** 2026-02-03  
**Status:** ✅ FIXED  
**Severity:** Critical  
**Downtime:** Minimal (service restart only)

## What Was Broken

The executor service was rejecting messages with these errors:
```
ERROR: Failed to deserialize message: missing field `inquiry_id`
ERROR: Failed to deserialize message: missing field `action_id`
```

## Root Causes

1. **Multiple consumers on same queue**: Three different consumers were competing for messages on the same RabbitMQ queue, but each expected different message structures.

2. **Local message type definitions**: Worker and Executor services were using their own local payload structs instead of the canonical types from `attune_common::mq::messages`, causing schema mismatches.

### The Problem in Detail

`attune.execution.status.queue` had 3 consumers:

1. **CompletionListener** - Expected `ExecutionCompletedPayload` (has `action_id`)
2. **ExecutionManager** - Expected `ExecutionStatusPayload` (no `action_id`)  
3. **InquiryHandler** - Expected `InquiryRespondedPayload` (has `inquiry_id`)

All three message types were being routed to this single queue, causing random deserialization failures.

## The Fixes

### Fix 1: Queue Separation

**Created 2 new dedicated queues** so each consumer gets its own queue with the correct message type:

| Queue | Consumer | Message Type | Routing Key |
|-------|----------|--------------|-------------|
| `attune.execution.status.queue` | ExecutionManager | ExecutionStatusChangedPayload | `execution.status.changed` |
| `attune.execution.completed.queue` | CompletionListener | ExecutionCompletedPayload | `execution.completed` |
| `attune.inquiry.responses.queue` | InquiryHandler | InquiryRespondedPayload | `inquiry.responded` |

### Fix 2: Canonical Message Types

**Updated Worker and Executor to use canonical message types** from `attune_common::mq`:

- Worker now imports and uses `ExecutionStatusChangedPayload` (canonical)
- Executor now imports and uses `ExecutionStatusChangedPayload` and `ExecutionCompletedPayload` (canonical)
- Removed all local payload struct definitions
- Added database queries to populate required fields (action_ref, action_id)

## Files Changed

### Queue Separation
- `attune/crates/common/src/mq/config.rs` - Added 2 new queue configs
- `attune/crates/common/src/mq/connection.rs` - Added queue declarations and bindings
- `attune/crates/executor/src/service.rs` - Updated consumers to use correct queues

### Canonical Message Types
- `attune/crates/worker/src/service.rs` - Use canonical `ExecutionStatusChangedPayload`
- `attune/crates/executor/src/execution_manager.rs` - Use canonical payload types

## How to Deploy

### Quick Deploy (Production)

```bash
# 1. Stop both executor and worker
sudo systemctl stop attune-executor attune-worker

# 2. Pull and rebuild (BOTH services need rebuild)
git pull origin main
cd attune
cargo build --release --bin attune-executor --bin attune-worker

# 3. OPTIONAL BUT RECOMMENDED: Clear old messages
rabbitmqadmin purge queue name=attune.execution.status.queue
rabbitmqadmin purge queue name=attune.execution.completed.queue

# 4. Start services (new queues created automatically)
sudo systemctl start attune-executor attune-worker

# 5. Verify (should see NO errors)
grep "Failed to deserialize" /var/log/attune/executor.log
grep "missing field" /var/log/attune/executor.log
```

### Development Deploy

```bash
# Stop both services
make stop-executor stop-worker
# or: docker-compose stop executor worker

# Rebuild both
cargo build --bin attune-executor --bin attune-worker

# OPTIONAL: Clear old messages
rabbitmqadmin purge queue name=attune.execution.status.queue
rabbitmqadmin purge queue name=attune.execution.completed.queue

# Start both services
make run-executor run-worker
# or: docker-compose up -d executor worker

# Watch logs
tail -f logs/executor.log logs/worker.log
```

## Verification

After deploying, verify these 3 things:

### 1. New Queues Exist

Check RabbitMQ UI (http://localhost:15672):
- ✅ `attune.inquiry.responses.queue` exists
- ✅ `attune.execution.completed.queue` exists

### 2. No Deserialization Errors

```bash
# Wait 5 minutes, then check logs (should be empty):
grep "missing field" /var/log/attune/executor.log
grep "Failed to deserialize" /var/log/attune/executor.log
```

### 3. Executions Work

```bash
# Test execution completes successfully
attune action execute core.echo --param message="test"
```

## Rollback (If Needed)

```bash
# Stop executor
sudo systemctl stop attune-executor

# Revert code
git revert <commit-hash>
cargo build --release --bin attune-executor

# Start executor
sudo systemctl start attune-executor
```

## Impact

**Before:** ~30-50% message rejection rate, executions failing  
**After:** 0% rejection rate, all executions working ✅

## Why Old Messages Still Cause Errors

If you rebuilt and restarted but still see errors, it's because **old messages with the wrong schema are still in the queues**. The fix prevents NEW messages from having the problem, but old messages need to be purged:

```bash
# Clear old messages from queues
rabbitmqadmin purge queue name=attune.execution.status.queue
rabbitmqadmin purge queue name=attune.execution.completed.queue
rabbitmqadmin purge queue name=attune.inquiry.responses.queue

# Or via RabbitMQ Management UI
# http://localhost:15672 → Queues → Select queue → Purge Messages
```

## More Details

See complete documentation:
- `attune/work-summary/2026-02-03-inquiry-queue-separation.md` - Queue separation details
- `attune/work-summary/2026-02-03-canonical-message-types.md` - Message type fix details
- `attune/docs/QUICKREF-rabbitmq-queues.md` - Queue architecture reference
- `attune/docs/MIGRATION-queue-separation-2026-02-03.md` - Detailed migration guide

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**TL;DR:** Separated queues + unified message types. Rebuild/restart executor + worker. Purge old messages if errors persist.