feat(#2476): grow the meta-update cascade in-DAG instead of child DAGs

MetaLock's non-sweep completion now grows one rebuild subgraph per
affected agent into the same DAG (append_subgraph), replacing the
fan-out-child-DAGs + cancel_children dance. Drops NodeOutput.fanout and
scheduler's fanout_specs. meta_update DAG carries Rebuilding transient so
each cascade agent gets crash-watch suppression at Swap (the property the
old child Rebuild DAGs held via their own transient); MetaLock head needs
no lease so the pseudo-agent gets no pill.

append_children/parent_id and child-DAG tests are intentionally left for
the #2453 capstone.

docs/coordinator.md

@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ restart(a..):  online a: SetWanted(a,Up) → [Signal→Drain→ if graceful] Sto
 start(a..):    a: SetWanted(a,Up) → Reconcile(a)   (down+stale ⇒ SetWanted(a,Up) → «rebuild subgraph»)
 spawn(a):          [wanted=Up at approve]  Create(a) → WriteDropin(a) → Reconcile(a)
 perm-change(a):    WritePermFile(a) → «rebuild subgraph»
-meta-update(inp):  MetaLock(inp) → «fan-out rebuild(a) per affected agent»
-boot:              (if any rev marker stale) MetaLock(hyperhive) → «fan-out rebuild»;
-                   plus Reconcile(a) for every drifted agent
+meta-update(inp):  MetaLock(inp) →(in-DAG) «rebuild subgraph» per affected agent
+boot:              (if any rev marker stale) MetaLock(hyperhive) →(in-DAG) «rebuild subgraph» per stale agent;
+                   plus Reconcile(a) for every drifted agent  (all ONE DAG)
 ```
 
 Notable collapses:
@@ -123,10 +123,14 @@ Notable collapses:
 - **Graceful stop needs no watcher thread**: `Signal`/`Drain` are cheap, so a
   whole-hive graceful stop fires every agent's signal immediately and all
   drains overlap; each DAG's tail `Reconcile` does the actual stop.
-- **The meta-update cascade fans out on completion**: `MetaLock`'s executor
-  computes the affected agent set after the bump lands and appends child
-  `rebuild` DAGs (`parent_id` set, `relock = false` so the children don't
-  revert the bump). A failed bump fans out nothing — no cancel-children dance.
+- **The meta-update cascade grows in the same DAG on completion**:
+  `MetaLock`'s executor computes the affected agent set after the bump lands
+  and grows one `rebuild` subgraph per agent into its *own* DAG via
+  `append_subgraph` (rooted on the `MetaLock`, `relock = false` so the cascade
+  doesn't revert the bump). Not child DAGs — one DAG, no `parent_id`. A failed
+  bump appends nothing (no cancel-children dance). Same shape as the startup
+  sweep; the meta-update DAG carries the `Rebuilding` transient so each cascade
+  agent keeps crash-watch suppression during its `Swap`.
 
 ### Desired-state (spec vs status)
 

hive-c0re/src/job_queue/exec.rs

@@ -27,26 +27,24 @@ pub const GRACEFUL_STOP_TIMEOUT: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from
 /// success.
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
 pub struct NodeOutput {
-    /// Agents to fan child `Rebuild` DAGs out for (`MetaLock` only).
-    pub fanout: Vec<String>,
     /// Mechanical sub-step nodes to append into *this same* DAG at
     /// runtime, each depending `AfterOk` on the emitting node — e.g. a
-    /// `Reconcile` planner emitting a `Start` / `Stop`. A separate
-    /// channel from `fanout` (which appends whole *child* DAGs) so the
-    /// sub-step stays a first-class node in the same DAG and the
-    /// lease-window transient is held across it. The scheduler applies
-    /// these *before* the emitting node's completion so the DAG never
-    /// rolls terminal with the appended work still pending.
+    /// `Reconcile` planner emitting a `Start` / `Stop`. Keeps the sub-step a
+    /// first-class node in the same DAG so the lease-window transient is held
+    /// across it. The scheduler applies these *before* the emitting node's
+    /// completion so the DAG never rolls terminal with the appended work
+    /// still pending.
     pub append_nodes: Vec<NodeKind>,
     /// Whole per-agent *subgraphs* to append into *this same* DAG at
     /// runtime — the multi-node generalisation of `append_nodes`. Each
     /// inner `Vec<NodeSpec>` is one independent subgraph whose `deps` are
     /// local (0-based within that subgraph); the scheduler appends each via
     /// [`JobQueue::append_subgraph`], which rebases the deps onto the DAG's
-    /// node-id space and roots the subgraph on the emitting node. The
-    /// startup sweep's `MetaLock` uses this to grow one stale-agent rebuild
-    /// subgraph per agent into the same boot DAG instead of fanning out
-    /// child DAGs. Same before-completion ordering as `append_nodes`.
+    /// node-id space and roots the subgraph on the emitting node. Both
+    /// `MetaLock` flavours use this to grow one rebuild subgraph per agent
+    /// into their own DAG (the startup sweep's stale agents; the meta-update
+    /// cascade's affected agents) instead of fanning out child DAGs. Same
+    /// before-completion ordering as `append_nodes`.
     pub append_subgraph: Vec<Vec<NodeSpec>>,
 }
 
@@ -312,8 +310,18 @@ async fn run_meta_lock(
         Some(list) => list,
         None => meta_update_cascade_agents(&claim.inputs).await,
     };
+    // Grow one rebuild subgraph per affected agent into *this* meta-update
+    // DAG (rooted on this `MetaLock`, so they build against the post-bump
+    // lock), rather than fanning out child DAGs. `relock = false` — the
+    // cascade children must NOT re-lock, which would revert the bump this
+    // node just committed (the property the old `fanout_specs` meta-update
+    // branch encoded).
+    let append_subgraph = cascade
+        .iter()
+        .map(|agent| super::templates::rebuild_nodes(agent, false, 0))
+        .collect();
     Ok(NodeOutput {
-        fanout: cascade,
+        append_subgraph,
         ..Default::default()
     })
 }

hive-c0re/src/job_queue/scheduler.rs

@@ -3,21 +3,20 @@
 //! executor task per claim, and on any completion re-evaluate.
 //! Concurrency comes from the build-slot count, not multiple workers.
 //!
-//! Also owns the two DAG-lifetime side channels the sync queue core
-//! can't hold itself:
-//! - the per-DAG transient guard (dashboard pill + crash-watch
-//!   suppression), created when a DAG acquires its agent lease and
-//!   dropped when the DAG settles terminal;
-//! - the `MetaLock` fan-out: appending child `Rebuild` DAGs once the
-//!   lock bump lands, so children build against the post-bump lock
-//!   (and a failed bump fans out nothing — replacing the old
-//!   pre-enqueue + cancel-children dance).
+//! Also owns the per-DAG transient guard (dashboard pill + crash-watch
+//! suppression) that the sync queue core can't hold itself — created when a
+//! DAG acquires its agent lease, dropped when the DAG settles terminal.
+//!
+//! In-DAG growth (a `MetaLock` growing rebuild subgraphs after the lock
+//! bump, a `Reconcile` fanning its `Start`/`Stop`) flows through
+//! `NodeOutput.append_subgraph` / `append_nodes`, applied before the
+//! emitting node completes — see `handle_completion`.
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use super::Claim;
 use super::exec::{self, NodeOutput};
-use super::{Claim, Source, templates};
 use crate::coordinator::Coordinator;
 
 struct NodeDone {
@@ -128,10 +127,6 @@ async fn handle_completion(
             coord
                 .job_queue
                 .complete_node(claim.dag_id, claim.node_id, Ok(()));
-            if !output.fanout.is_empty() {
-                let specs = fanout_specs(&claim, output.fanout);
-                coord.job_queue.append_children(specs);
-            }
         }
         Err(e) => {
             let msg = format!("{e:#}");
@@ -165,30 +160,3 @@ async fn process_terminals(
         exec::on_dag_terminal(coord, &terminal).await;
     }
 }
-
-/// Child `Rebuild` specs for a completed meta-update `MetaLock` fan-out,
-/// grouped under the parent via `parent_id`. Meta-update children skip the
-/// per-agent relock (`relock = false`) — it would revert the bump the parent
-/// just committed. This is now the meta-update cascade path only: the startup
-/// sweep no longer fans out child DAGs — it grows one rebuild subgraph per
-/// stale agent into its own DAG via `append_subgraph` (see
-/// `exec::run_meta_lock`).
-fn fanout_specs(claim: &Claim, agents: Vec<String>) -> Vec<super::DagSpec> {
-    let reason = if let Some(approval_id) = claim.approval_id {
-        format!("approval #{approval_id} meta input cascade")
-    } else {
-        "meta-update cascade".to_owned()
-    };
-    agents
-        .into_iter()
-        .map(|agent| {
-            templates::rebuild(
-                &agent,
-                Source::MetaUpdate,
-                reason.clone(),
-                Some(claim.dag_id),
-                false,
-            )
-        })
-        .collect()
-}

hive-c0re/src/job_queue/templates.rs

@@ -186,10 +186,16 @@ pub fn perm_change(agent: &str, source: Source, reason: String, payload: PermPay
     }
 }
 
-/// Meta-input lock bump. Child `Rebuild` DAGs fan out on completion —
-/// appended *after* the bump lands so their prebuilds run against the
-/// post-bump lock (and so a failed bump simply fans out nothing,
-/// replacing the old pre-enqueue + `cancel_children` dance).
+/// Meta-input lock bump. The `MetaLock` executor grows one rebuild subgraph
+/// per affected agent into *this same* DAG on completion (via
+/// `append_subgraph`) — appended *after* the bump lands so their prebuilds
+/// run against the post-bump lock, and a failed bump appends nothing
+/// (replacing the old fan-out-child-DAGs + `cancel_children` dance).
+/// `transient = Rebuilding` because those appended subgraphs are rebuilds:
+/// it's applied per-agent at claim time (the `MetaLock` head needs no lease,
+/// so the "hyperhive" pseudo-agent gets no pill), giving each cascade agent
+/// crash-watch suppression during its `Swap` — the property the old child
+/// `Rebuild` DAGs carried via their own transient.
 pub fn meta_update(
     inputs: Vec<String>,
     source: Source,
@@ -204,7 +210,7 @@ pub fn meta_update(
         approval_id,
         inputs,
         perm_payload: None,
-        transient: None,
+        transient: Some(TransientKind::Rebuilding),
         nodes: vec![node(
             "hyperhive",
             NodeKind::MetaLock {

hive-c0re/src/job_queue/tests.rs

@@ -502,6 +502,56 @@ fn append_subgraph_roots_on_emitter_and_rebases_local_deps() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn meta_update_carries_rebuilding_transient_and_grows_cascade_in_dag() {
+    // The meta-update `MetaLock` grows one rebuild subgraph per affected
+    // agent into its OWN DAG (via append_subgraph), not child DAGs.
+    // The DAG carries `Rebuilding` so the folded rebuilds keep crash-watch
+    // suppression (the property the old child Rebuild DAGs had via their own
+    // transient).
+    let spec = templates::meta_update(
+        vec!["nixpkgs".to_owned()],
+        Source::Manual,
+        "bump".to_owned(),
+        None,
+    );
+    assert!(
+        matches!(
+            spec.transient,
+            Some(crate::coordinator::TransientKind::Rebuilding)
+        ),
+        "meta-update DAG must carry Rebuilding so cascade rebuilds get suppression"
+    );
+    let q = JobQueue::new(4);
+    let id = submit(&q, spec);
+    let meta_lock = claim_one(&q);
+    assert_eq!(meta_lock.kind.as_str(), "meta_lock");
+    // Simulate the executor growing the cascade in-DAG (`relock = false` — a
+    // cascade child must not re-lock and revert the parent's bump).
+    for agent in ["alice", "bob"] {
+        q.append_subgraph(
+            id,
+            templates::rebuild_nodes(agent, false, 0),
+            meta_lock.node_id,
+        );
+    }
+    q.complete_node(id, meta_lock.node_id, Ok(()));
+    // Still ONE DAG — no child DAGs — and both cascade rebuild subgraphs root
+    // on the MetaLock, each on its own agent lease.
+    assert_eq!(q.snapshot().len(), 1);
+    let next = q.claim_ready();
+    let mut kinds: Vec<(&str, &str)> = next
+        .iter()
+        .map(|c| (c.agent.as_str(), c.kind.as_str()))
+        .collect();
+    kinds.sort_unstable();
+    assert_eq!(
+        kinds,
+        vec![("alice", "prebuild"), ("bob", "prebuild")],
+        "cascade rebuilds grow in the meta-update DAG, concurrent per agent"
+    );
+}
+
 // ---- failure: cancel-downstream + AfterAny ----
 
 #[test]