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Closes #68

Summary

Complete the remaining v0.3.0 PUB release-qualification work on top of #74 and #76. Current main already implements loopback binding, explicit SNDHWM/finite LINGER, the compatible empty-batch policy, and application-side counters. This PR preserves that implementation and closes its real-signal/lifecycle qualification gap rather than reimplementing it or expanding daemon.rs.

  • Add a feature-gated, CPU-only Linux process test of the real simulation-mode binary: /readyz, actual PUB receipt, SIGTERM without subscribers, and SIGTERM/SIGINT with active and stalled subscribers. Verify successful graceful exit, released PUB/control ports, and actual loopback-only default binding. Waits are bounded; failures kill and reap the child.
  • Strengthen real-socket tests: 10,000 sends without subscribers and after confirmed receipt/disconnect; confirmed slow-subscriber pressure without asserting exact loss; helper-thread teardown deadlines for zero/positive finite linger and port reuse; real failed-send accounting; exact empty/nonempty JSON bytes.
  • Keep the Linux all-feature CI command unchanged so it automatically runs this coverage; add a 15-minute native-call safety timeout. Stub jobs remain ZeroMQ-free.
  • Clarify local API acceptance versus subscriber receipt, shutdown/linger loss, omitted ticks, wire compatibility, and receiver-side accounting in README/CI docs and the changelog.

Acceptance evidence

Criterion Evidence
Explicit bounded SNDHWM and finite LINGER Existing binary/config validation preserved; socket teardown tests cover linger 0 and 25 ms under a stalled subscriber, with deadline and port reuse.
Loopback default; broader exposure is explicit Existing spine_pub_bind_host setting preserved; binary test verifies the PUB port does not also occupy a second loopback address (a wildcard-bind regression fails).
Empty-batch compatibility Default binary receives empty Spikes frames; sink tests cover send/suppress policies and nonempty sends under suppression.
Attempted/suppressed/failed versus unobservable loss Counter assertions cover every application outcome, including an actual socket send error; docs explicitly reject subscriber-delivery/drop interpretations.
CPU-only Linux lifecycle qualification Real PUB tests and nonignored binary SIGTERM/SIGINT test run in the existing corpus-ipc Linux CI job.
Stub build and wire payload preserved Default dependency tree contains no zmq/corpus-ipc; both feature gates pass; literal byte fixtures preserve the unversioned Spikes object, null fields and event fields.

Verification (Rust 1.98.1, Linux)

  • cargo fmt --check — silent, exit 0.
  • cargo clippy --locked --all-targets -- -D warnings — clean.
  • cargo build --locked — passed.
  • cargo test --locked — 151 passed, 0 failed, 1 pre-existing ignored test.
  • CC=gcc CXX=g++ cargo clippy --locked --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings — clean.
  • CC=gcc CXX=g++ cargo build --locked --all-features — passed.
  • CC=gcc CXX=g++ cargo test --locked --all-features — 174 library + 1 PUB lifecycle + 9 smoke tests passed, 0 failed, 1 pre-existing ignored test.
  • PUB process test repeated 20 times: 20/20 passed (60 process/signal scenarios).
  • Mutation validation: the new tests fail with incorrect SIGTERM registration, wildcard-default binding, or a removed failed-send increment; all mutations restored before the full gate.
  • git diff --check and diff hygiene — clean; no production behavior, lockfile, dependency, MSRV, health/metrics, or stub-backend changes.

Review / release state

Part of milestone 02 — v0.3.0 release qualification. No remaining implementation scope is deferred. Hosted CI and review (including CodeScene) still need to complete; local success is not a claim that those hosted gates have passed. This PR does not provide reliable PUB delivery, publish a package, or qualify the rest of v0.3.0. Do not merge as part of this task.


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Completes the v0.3.0 PUB release qualification by testing the existing bounded, loopback-default PUB implementation end to end. No production behavior changes.

  • New Linux process test launches the real simulation binary, waits for /readyz and actual SUB receipt, sends SIGTERM/SIGINT with absent, active, and stalled subscribers, and verifies clean exit with released PUB/control ports and loopback-only binding.
  • Real-socket tests now cover 10,000 sends without subscribers and after confirmed receipt/disconnect, slow-subscriber pressure without asserting exact loss, helper-thread teardown deadlines for linger 0 and 25 ms plus port reuse, failed-send accounting via a real socket error, and exact empty/nonempty JSON wire bytes.
  • Adds a 15-minute timeout to the corpus-ipc CI job as a guard against blocking native calls; the test suite is feature-gated and keeps the stub path ZeroMQ-free.

Documentation

  • README, CI docs, and changelog now clarify that counters measure application-side accepted/suppressed/failed sends, not subscriber delivery; document the loopback default, finite-linger teardown, empty-batch policy, and unversioned wire payload.

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Qualify PUB shutdown and message compatibility

What Changed

  • Added Linux checks that run the simulation daemon, confirm it publishes messages, and verify clean exit on SIGTERM or SIGINT with no subscribers or with active and stalled subscribers.
  • Check that PUB and control ports are reusable after shutdown and that the default PUB address is limited to loopback.
  • Expanded socket checks for sustained sends, bounded teardown, send-error accounting, and exact empty and nonempty message formats.
  • Clarified that PUB delivery is best-effort and send counters do not confirm subscriber receipt.

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✅ Verified clean shutdown on SIGTERM and SIGINT
✅ Verified PUB and control ports are reusable after shutdown
✅ Confirmed existing message formats remain compatible

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Qualify the existing bounded, loopback-default PUB implementation with real Linux SIGTERM/SIGINT process tests, socket-pressure and teardown deadlines, failed-send accounting, and exact wire compatibility. Preserve production behavior and the ZeroMQ-free stub path.

Amp-Thread-ID: https://ampcode.com/threads/T-01a11df5-5266-72e8-8ee3-8b2cfa79d622
Co-authored-by: Raul Cardenas Montoya <montoyaraul34@gmail.com>
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Comment thread tests/pub_lifecycle.rs
Comment on lines +77 to +204
fn binary_pub_signals_exit_cleanly_and_release_ports() {
let dir = TempDir::new();
// Catch a missing signal handler, unbounded teardown, or a PUB/config
// wiring regression. No subscriber is required for a successful send.
for (signal, with_subscribers) in [("-TERM", false), ("-TERM", true), ("-INT", true)] {
// Reserve distinct ports until just before spawning. ZMQ requires us
// to release these reservations before it binds its own socket.
let reservations: Vec<_> = (0..3)
.map(|_| TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap())
.collect();
let addresses: Vec<_> = reservations
.iter()
.map(|listener| listener.local_addr().unwrap())
.collect();
let endpoint = format!("tcp://{}", addresses[0]);
let config_path = dir.0.join("daemon.toml");
std::fs::write(
&config_path,
format!(
r#"runtime_mode = "simulation"
tick_rate_hz = 1000
log_level = "info"
lif_count = 4
izh_count = 0
channels = 4
model_path = "unused-in-simulation.json"
spine_pub_port = {}
spine_sub_port = {}
control_bind = "{}"
spine_pub_sndhwm = 2
spine_pub_linger_ms = 25
"#,
addresses[0].port(),
addresses[1].port(),
addresses[2],
),
)
.unwrap();
drop(reservations);
let mut process = DaemonProcess(Some(
Command::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_brainstem-daemon"))
.arg("--config")
.arg(&config_path)
.env("RUST_LOG", "info")
.stdout(Stdio::piped())
.stderr(Stdio::piped())
.spawn()
.unwrap(),
));
let child = process.0.as_mut().unwrap();
let deadline = Instant::now() + DEADLINE;
while !ready(addresses[2]) {
assert!(
child.try_wait().unwrap().is_none(),
"daemon exited at startup"
);
assert!(Instant::now() < deadline, "daemon never became ready");
std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
}
// On Linux 127/8 is loopback. A wildcard bind would occupy this
// second address too; the default PUB must bind only 127.0.0.1.
let _other_interface = TcpListener::bind(("127.0.0.2", addresses[0].port()))
.expect("default PUB must not bind all interfaces");

let context = zmq::Context::new();
let subscribers = with_subscribers.then(|| {
let active = subscriber(&context, &endpoint);
let stalled = subscriber(&context, &endpoint);
// A received frame establishes PUB/SUB readiness, rather than
// assuming a fixed sleep is enough for the slow-joiner handshake.
assert!(active.poll(zmq::POLLIN, 5000).unwrap() > 0);
let frame = active.recv_bytes(zmq::DONTWAIT).unwrap();
let payload: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&frame).unwrap();
assert_eq!(payload.as_object().unwrap().len(), 1);
assert_eq!(payload["Spikes"]["spikes"], serde_json::json!([]));
assert_eq!(payload["Spikes"]["session_id"], serde_json::Value::Null);
assert_eq!(payload["Spikes"]["metadata"], serde_json::Value::Null);
assert!(payload["Spikes"]["batch_id"].is_u64());
assert!(payload["Spikes"]["timestamp"].is_u64());
// Poll without consuming: prove the non-reading subscriber is
// actually connected before requesting shutdown under pressure.
assert!(stalled.poll(zmq::POLLIN, 5000).unwrap() > 0);
// Keep the daemon ticking with the stalled SUB attached, rather
// than shutting down immediately after the first handshake frame.
let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(5);
for _ in 0..32 {
assert!(Instant::now() < deadline, "PUB stopped progressing");
assert!(active.poll(zmq::POLLIN, 1000).unwrap() > 0);
active.recv_bytes(zmq::DONTWAIT).unwrap();
}
(active, stalled)
});

assert!(
Command::new("kill")
.arg(signal)
.arg(child.id().to_string())
.status()
.unwrap()
.success()
);
let deadline = Instant::now() + DEADLINE;
while child.try_wait().unwrap().is_none() {
assert!(
Instant::now() < deadline,
"{signal}: shutdown exceeded deadline"
);
std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
}
let output = process.0.take().unwrap().wait_with_output().unwrap();
let logs = format!(
"{}{}",
String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout),
String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr),
);
assert!(output.status.success(), "{signal}: {logs}");
assert!(logs.contains("Termination signal received"), "{logs}");
drop(subscribers);
drop(context);
// Clean exit must release the PUB listener, not only stop ticking.
let rebound = zmq::Context::new().socket(zmq::PUB).unwrap();
rebound.set_linger(0).unwrap();
rebound
.bind(&endpoint)
.expect("PUB port released after exit");
TcpListener::bind(addresses[2]).expect("control port released after exit");
}
}

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  • Documentation
    • Clarified that built-in PUB binds to loopback by default; remote subscribers require an explicit bind address.
    • Documented the limits for send buffering and shutdown linger, and that empty batches are published by default on normal zero-spike ticks.
    • Clarified that delivery is best-effort: sink counters track local send attempts, suppression, and errors, not subscriber receipt; message loss may be silent.
  • Tests
    • Expanded Linux PUB lifecycle and socket coverage, including signal shutdown, subscriber scenarios, port release, and wire-format checks.

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This change documents PUB configuration, wire-format, and counter semantics. It expands socket tests and adds Linux integration tests for signal shutdown, subscriber behavior, and port release. The corpus-ipc CI job now has a 15-minute timeout.

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PUB qualification

Layer / File(s) Summary
PUB socket policy and send behavior
README.md, CHANGELOG.md, src/backend.rs
The documentation describes PUB configuration, empty-batch behavior, wire format, and send-counter limits. Socket tests cover send accounting, exact payload bytes, absent, disconnected, and slow subscribers, and teardown with finite linger.
Daemon signal and port lifecycle
tests/pub_lifecycle.rs, Cargo.toml, .github/workflows/ci.yml, docs/ci.md, CHANGELOG.md
A Linux-only integration test launches the simulation-mode daemon, checks readiness and subscriber frames, sends SIGTERM or SIGINT, and verifies clean exit and port release. The feature-gated test is documented and the CI job has a 15-minute timeout.

Priority: ⬆️ High

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Change: Other

Suggested labels: GItHub Actions, documentation

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 9e3d2

This PR adds qualification tests and documentation without changing production behavior. One README passage on subscriber-side loss accounting should say that batch_id is not a reliable sequence. This is a small documentation fix and is safe to follow up on.

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This PR successfully completes the bounded PUB release qualification (#68). The implementation is robust with comprehensive test coverage for binary lifecycle, signal handling, and ZMQ socket behavior under various conditions. All changes function correctly with proper error handling, bounded waits, and resource cleanup. No blocking defects identified.


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Comment thread tests/pub_lifecycle.rs
Comment on lines +159 to +167
// Keep the daemon ticking with the stalled SUB attached, rather
// than shutting down immediately after the first handshake frame.
let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(5);
for _ in 0..32 {
assert!(Instant::now() < deadline, "PUB stopped progressing");
assert!(active.poll(zmq::POLLIN, 1000).unwrap() > 0);
active.recv_bytes(zmq::DONTWAIT).unwrap();
}
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🔍 Stalled subscriber pressure remains unproven

The integration test stops reading one subscriber but sends only about 32 more small empty frames before shutdown. Those frames can fit in socket buffers, so the signal test may never exercise backpressure or pending PUB sends.

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Comment thread src/backend.rs
Comment on lines +944 to +952
let deadline = std::time::Instant::now() + Duration::from_millis(100);
let mut received = 0;
while std::time::Instant::now() < deadline {
if sub.poll(::zmq::POLLIN, 10).unwrap() > 0 {
sub.recv_bytes(::zmq::DONTWAIT).unwrap();
received += 1;
}
}
assert!(received <= stats.attempted);

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🔍 Slow-subscriber test never verifies loss

The receiver check accepts any count up to all attempted sends. It passes even if the subscriber receives every frame, so actual over-HWM loss remains untested.

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`ZmqSpikeSink::stats()` exposes three **application-side** counters: `attempted` (`send()` was called, including failed calls), `suppressed` (an empty batch withheld before sending), and `failed` (`send()` returned an error, a subset of attempts). Attempts minus failures counts local API acceptance, **not subscriber receipt**. These sink counters are not exported by the control surface; runtime `emit_errors` counts sink `Err` returns, not lost PUB frames.

ZeroMQ PUB is best-effort: absent, disconnected, slow, or over-HWM subscribers can miss frames silently; pending frames can also be discarded on close/linger expiry. The publisher cannot measure those losses exactly and never reports them as measured subscriber drops. Consumers needing loss accounting must track received frames and expected batch progression themselves (allowing for deliberately suppressed/omitted ticks); reliable delivery requires a protocol with acknowledgements outside this PUB path.

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Clarify the limit of consumer-side loss accounting.

ZmqSpikeSink::emit derives batch_id from milliseconds, not a sequence counter. Two batches can share an ID, and a gap does not prove subscriber loss. State that consumers need an independent expected sequence or acknowledgements to count missing frames; batch_id alone is insufficient.

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1. received &lt;= stats.attempted does not establish that the stalled subscriber hit its queue limit, so this test can pass without qualifying the claimed drop behavior.

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  • The PR appears safe to merge; the changes focus on PUB lifecycle tests, wire-compatibility checks, and a CI timeout.
  • The Linux integration test exercises the real daemon under SIGTERM and SIGINT and checks clean exit and port release.

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<file name="src/backend.rs">

<violation number="1" location="src/backend.rs:952">
P3: `assert!(received <= stats.attempted)` can never fail: `attempted` counts every frame handed to ZeroMQ (10,000 plus the `before` delta), and the subscriber can only receive frames that were attempted. The drain loop and its assertion add no qualification signal to this test, which is really covered by the `attempted - before == emit_count` and `failed == 0` assertions. Drop the final drain block, or replace the tautology with an assertion that proves something (e.g. `received < emit_count`), accepting the flakiness the surrounding comment deliberately avoids.</violation>
</file>

<file name="tests/pub_lifecycle.rs">

<violation number="1" location="tests/pub_lifecycle.rs:162">
P2: This loop sends only 32 small frames, which can fit in the ZeroMQ and TCP queues; shutdown may therefore run without pending PUB sends. Drive enough traffic to establish pressure before sending the signal.</violation>
</file>

<file name="README.md">

<violation number="1" location="README.md:268">
P3: Clarify that `batch_id` is millisecond-derived rather than a unique sequence number; consumers need an independent expected sequence or acknowledgements because IDs can repeat.</violation>
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Comment thread tests/pub_lifecycle.rs
// Keep the daemon ticking with the stalled SUB attached, rather
// than shutting down immediately after the first handshake frame.
let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(5);
for _ in 0..32 {

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P2: This loop sends only 32 small frames, which can fit in the ZeroMQ and TCP queues; shutdown may therefore run without pending PUB sends. Drive enough traffic to establish pressure before sending the signal.

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<comment>This loop sends only 32 small frames, which can fit in the ZeroMQ and TCP queues; shutdown may therefore run without pending PUB sends. Drive enough traffic to establish pressure before sending the signal.</comment>

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+            // Keep the daemon ticking with the stalled SUB attached, rather
+            // than shutting down immediately after the first handshake frame.
+            let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(5);
+            for _ in 0..32 {
+                assert!(Instant::now() < deadline, "PUB stopped progressing");
+                assert!(active.poll(zmq::POLLIN, 1000).unwrap() > 0);
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received += 1;
}
}
assert!(received <= stats.attempted);

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P3: assert!(received <= stats.attempted) can never fail: attempted counts every frame handed to ZeroMQ (10,000 plus the before delta), and the subscriber can only receive frames that were attempted. The drain loop and its assertion add no qualification signal to this test, which is really covered by the attempted - before == emit_count and failed == 0 assertions. Drop the final drain block, or replace the tautology with an assertion that proves something (e.g. received < emit_count), accepting the flakiness the surrounding comment deliberately avoids.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. When an issue isn't valid or won't be fixed in this PR, reply in its thread with the reason and then resolve the thread. At src/backend.rs, line 952:

<comment>`assert!(received <= stats.attempted)` can never fail: `attempted` counts every frame handed to ZeroMQ (10,000 plus the `before` delta), and the subscriber can only receive frames that were attempted. The drain loop and its assertion add no qualification signal to this test, which is really covered by the `attempted - before == emit_count` and `failed == 0` assertions. Drop the final drain block, or replace the tautology with an assertion that proves something (e.g. `received < emit_count`), accepting the flakiness the surrounding comment deliberately avoids.</comment>

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@@ -865,53 +917,67 @@ mod zmq_impl {
+                    received += 1;
+                }
+            }
+            assert!(received <= stats.attempted);
         }
 
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`ZmqSpikeSink::stats()` exposes three **application-side** counters: `attempted` (`send()` was called, including failed calls), `suppressed` (an empty batch withheld before sending), and `failed` (`send()` returned an error, a subset of attempts). Attempts minus failures counts local API acceptance, **not subscriber receipt**. These sink counters are not exported by the control surface; runtime `emit_errors` counts sink `Err` returns, not lost PUB frames.

ZeroMQ PUB is best-effort: absent, disconnected, slow, or over-HWM subscribers can miss frames silently; pending frames can also be discarded on close/linger expiry. The publisher cannot measure those losses exactly and never reports them as measured subscriber drops. Consumers needing loss accounting must track received frames and expected batch progression themselves (allowing for deliberately suppressed/omitted ticks); reliable delivery requires a protocol with acknowledgements outside this PUB path.

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P3: Clarify that batch_id is millisecond-derived rather than a unique sequence number; consumers need an independent expected sequence or acknowledgements because IDs can repeat.

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<comment>Clarify that `batch_id` is millisecond-derived rather than a unique sequence number; consumers need an independent expected sequence or acknowledgements because IDs can repeat.</comment>

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+`ZmqSpikeSink::stats()` exposes three **application-side** counters: `attempted` (`send()` was called, including failed calls), `suppressed` (an empty batch withheld before sending), and `failed` (`send()` returned an error, a subset of attempts). Attempts minus failures counts local API acceptance, **not subscriber receipt**. These sink counters are not exported by the control surface; runtime `emit_errors` counts sink `Err` returns, not lost PUB frames.
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+ZeroMQ PUB is best-effort: absent, disconnected, slow, or over-HWM subscribers can miss frames silently; pending frames can also be discarded on close/linger expiry. The publisher cannot measure those losses exactly and never reports them as measured subscriber drops. Consumers needing loss accounting must track received frames and expected batch progression themselves (allowing for deliberately suppressed/omitted ticks); reliable delivery requires a protocol with acknowledgements outside this PUB path.
 
 ZMQ SUB ingress decodes unversioned JSON `IpcMessage` frames (`Stimuli` / `Neuromodulators`) through crates.io `corpus-ipc` 0.1 types. Width, schema token `corpus-ipc.stimulus.v1`, freshness, and future timestamps are rejected without stopping the tick loop. Modulation-only frames are drained in the same tick so they do not consume a sensory period.
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ZeroMQ PUB is best-effort: absent, disconnected, slow, or over-HWM subscribers can miss frames silently; pending frames can also be discarded on close/linger expiry. The publisher cannot measure those losses exactly and never reports them as measured subscriber drops. Consumers needing loss accounting must track received frames and expected batch progression themselves (allowing for deliberately suppressed/omitted ticks); reliable delivery requires a protocol with acknowledgements outside this PUB path.
ZeroMQ PUB is best-effort: absent, disconnected, slow, or over-HWM subscribers can miss frames silently; pending frames can also be discarded on close/linger expiry. The publisher cannot measure those losses exactly and never reports them as measured subscriber drops. Consumers needing loss accounting must track received frames against an independent expected sequence or acknowledgements; `batch_id` is millisecond-derived, not a unique sequence number, so it alone cannot identify missing frames (allowing for deliberately suppressed/omitted ticks). Reliable delivery requires a protocol with acknowledgements outside this PUB path.

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fix(ipc): define bounded PUB lifecycle, loss semantics and safe bind defaults

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