Merge pull request 'Release 2026.9.25.1' (#55) from bump/2026.9.25.1 into main

Every node renews its lease once a minute instead of every 30 minutes,
so the lease works as a heartbeat. x:ClusterNode reports a node Stale
once it has gone three minutes without renewing (it used to take an
hour), and Inactive after a day, as before.

Taking over a lease still needs a full hour of silence. A node that is
slow rather than gone never loses its id to another host, so snowflake
ids stay unique.

The admin dashboard's Cluster Health card counts these statuses.

.gitea/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -31,8 +31,11 @@
 #     crates/types/src/branding.rs, not Cargo.toml, and the image is tagged
 #     with it, so a tag beside an unbumped macro would publish an image that
 #     reports a different version from its tag.
-#   * the tag must be on main, so an image never describes code that was never
+#   * the tag must be on main or on a release/* branch, so an image never
-#     reviewed onto the default branch.
+#     describes code that was never reviewed onto one of them. A release/*
+#     branch carries a hotfix: it starts at an earlier release tag, takes
+#     fixes through pull requests into it, and is tagged there, so production
+#     can get a fix without everything that has landed on main since.
 #
 # :latest moves with every published tag: tags are cut by the weekly release
 # (or by hand for a real release); there are no prerelease tags here.
@@ -74,8 +77,13 @@ jobs:
             echo "Refusing to publish an image that would report the wrong version." >&2
             exit 1
           fi
-          git merge-base --is-ancestor "$(git rev-parse "${TAG}^{commit}")" origin/main \
+          commit="$(git rev-parse "${TAG}^{commit}")"
-            || { echo "$TAG is not on main" >&2; exit 1; }
+          on=""
+          for ref in origin/main $(git for-each-ref --format='%(refname:short)' 'refs/remotes/origin/release/*'); do
+            if git merge-base --is-ancestor "$commit" "$ref"; then on="$ref"; break; fi
+          done
+          [ -n "$on" ] || { echo "$TAG is not on main or a release/* branch" >&2; exit 1; }
+          echo "$TAG is on $on"
           echo "version=$V" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "version $V"
 

crates/common/src/auth/rate_limit.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use crate::auth::AccessToken;
@@ -18,6 +20,16 @@ impl Server {
         access_token: &AccessToken,
         addr: IpAddr,
     ) -> trc::Result<Option<InFlight>> {
+        // inbuxa: an account with unlimited requests passes both limits
+        // below anyway, so don't count its requests. The count is a write to
+        // one counter per account in the in-memory store, and concurrent
+        // requests from one account queue on that key (a row lock on SQL,
+        // conflict retries on RocksDB): in a cluster rehearsal ten parallel
+        // admin writes were accepted one after another, about 33 ms apart.
+        if access_token.has_permission(Permission::UnlimitedRequests) {
+            return Ok(None);
+        }
+
         let rate_reset = if let Some(rate) = &self.core.network.http.rate_authenticated {
             if self.is_ip_allowed(addr) {
                 None

crates/common/src/cache/reload.rs

@@ -7,26 +7,33 @@
  */
 
 use crate::{
-    Core, Server,
+    BuildServer, Core, Server,
     config::{
         server::{Listeners, tls::parse_certificates},
         storage::Storage,
         telemetry::Telemetry,
     },
-    ipc::{QueueEvent, RegistryChange},
+    ipc::{BroadcastEvent, QueueEvent, RegistryChange},
     network::security::{BlockedIps, IpWithTtl},
 };
 use ahash::AHashMap;
 use directory::Directories;
 use registry::{
     schema::{prelude::ObjectType, structs::BlockedIp},
-    types::error::{Error, Warning},
+    types::{
+        error::{Error, Warning},
+        id::ObjectId,
+    },
 };
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use store::{LookupStores, registry::bootstrap::Bootstrap, write::now};
 
 pub struct ReloadResult {
+    /// Errors that kept the reload from being applied.
     pub errors: Vec<Error>,
+    /// inbuxa: errors in objects that already failed when the running
+    /// settings were built; logged, but they don't refuse a reload.
+    pub known_errors: Vec<Error>,
     pub warnings: Vec<Warning>,
     pub replaced_core: bool,
 }
@@ -114,24 +121,30 @@ impl Server {
                     directories: directory.directories,
                 };
 
-                // Parse tracers
+                // inbuxa: upstream swapped the core only when the whole build
+                // was free of errors, while boot runs with whatever built. So one
+                // object that failed (a DNS lookup that timed out, say) refused
+                // every later reload, cluster-wide when the reload came from
+                // ReloadSettings, and the running settings went stale. Now a
+                // reload is refused only for errors in objects that built when
+                // the running settings were built: those would be lost by
+                // applying it. Objects that already failed then are missing
+                // from the running settings anyway, as at boot, so their
+                // errors are reported but don't hold the reload back.
                 let tracers = Telemetry::parse(&mut bootstrap, &storage).await;
-
-                if bootstrap.errors.is_empty() {
                 let core = Box::pin(Core::parse(&mut bootstrap, storage)).await;
-
-                    if bootstrap.errors.is_empty() {
                 let mut servers = Listeners::parse(&mut bootstrap).await;
+
+                if !self.has_new_build_errors(&bootstrap.errors) {
                     servers
                         .parse_tcp_acceptors(&mut bootstrap, self.inner.clone())
                         .await;
 
-                        if bootstrap.errors.is_empty() {
+                    if !self.has_new_build_errors(&bootstrap.errors) {
                         // Update core
                         self.inner.shared_core.store(core.into());
 
                         // Update tracers
-
                         tracers.update();
 
                         // Reload queue settings
@@ -142,14 +155,32 @@ impl Server {
                             .await
                             .ok();
 
+                        // inbuxa: the task manager reads the node's role on
+                        // every scan; scan now, so a role that gained task
+                        // types starts claiming them without waiting out the
+                        // refresh interval
+                        self.inner.ipc.task_tx.notify_one();
+
+                        self.record_build_errors(&bootstrap.errors);
+
                         return Ok(ReloadResult {
-                                errors: bootstrap.errors,
+                            errors: Vec::new(),
+                            known_errors: bootstrap.errors,
                             warnings: bootstrap.warnings,
                             replaced_core: true,
                         });
                     }
                 }
-                }
+
+                let (known_errors, errors) = std::mem::take(&mut bootstrap.errors)
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .partition(|error| self.is_known_build_error(error));
+                return Ok(ReloadResult {
+                    errors,
+                    known_errors,
+                    warnings: bootstrap.warnings,
+                    replaced_core: false,
+                });
             }
         }
 
@@ -163,7 +194,7 @@ impl ReloadResult {
     }
 
     pub fn log(&self) {
-        for error in &self.errors {
+        for error in self.errors.iter().chain(&self.known_errors) {
             error.log();
         }
         for warning in &self.warnings {
@@ -176,8 +207,353 @@ impl From<Bootstrap> for ReloadResult {
     fn from(bootstrap: Bootstrap) -> Self {
         Self {
             errors: bootstrap.errors,
+            known_errors: Vec::new(),
             warnings: bootstrap.warnings,
             replaced_core: false,
         }
     }
 }
+
+// inbuxa: which objects failed to build for the running settings
+impl Server {
+    /// Records the objects that failed to build for the settings now running.
+    pub fn record_build_errors(&self, errors: &[Error]) {
+        *self.inner.data.build_errors.lock() = errors.iter().filter_map(error_object).collect();
+    }
+
+    fn is_known_build_error(&self, error: &Error) -> bool {
+        error_object(error).is_some_and(|id| self.inner.data.build_errors.lock().contains(&id))
+    }
+
+    fn has_new_build_errors(&self, errors: &[Error]) -> bool {
+        errors.iter().any(|error| !self.is_known_build_error(error))
+    }
+}
+
+fn error_object(error: &Error) -> Option<ObjectId> {
+    match error {
+        Error::Validation { object_id, .. }
+        | Error::Build { object_id, .. }
+        | Error::NotFound { object_id } => Some(*object_id),
+        Error::Internal { object_id, .. } => *object_id,
+    }
+}
+
+// inbuxa: upstream applied a registry write to the running settings only on
+// an explicit x:Action ReloadSettings (Directory and Authentication aside), so
+// a new MtaDeliverySchedule, say, stayed unknown ("Queue strategy not found")
+// until someone reloaded. Writes to objects the settings are built from now
+// reload them, here and across the cluster, as ReloadSettings does.
+
+/// Coalesces the full reloads that registry writes trigger. A write waits
+/// for more writes before a reload starts (see [`WRITE_QUIET`]), then
+/// takes the result of the first reload that started after it was stored,
+/// so a burst of writes, or a request with many objects, costs one reload
+/// or two rather than one each.
+pub struct SettingsReloadGate {
+    requested: std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64,
+    reloads: std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64,
+    state: parking_lot::Mutex<SettingsReloadState>,
+    completed: tokio::sync::watch::Sender<u64>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct SettingsReloadState {
+    /// A reload is waiting for writes to settle, or running.
+    scheduled: bool,
+    /// When the oldest write not yet covered by a reload was stored, and
+    /// the newest.
+    first_write: Option<std::time::Instant>,
+    last_write: Option<std::time::Instant>,
+    /// Recent reloads, oldest first: the last write each covered, and why
+    /// it was refused, if it was.
+    results: std::collections::VecDeque<(u64, Option<String>)>,
+}
+
+impl Default for SettingsReloadGate {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            requested: Default::default(),
+            reloads: Default::default(),
+            state: Default::default(),
+            completed: tokio::sync::watch::Sender::new(0),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl SettingsReloadGate {
+    /// How many full reloads registry writes have run.
+    pub fn reloads(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.reloads.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed)
+    }
+}
+
+impl SettingsReloadState {
+    /// The result of the reload that covered write `ticket`, once it ran.
+    fn result_for(&self, ticket: u64) -> Option<Result<(), String>> {
+        self.results
+            .iter()
+            .find(|(covers, _)| *covers >= ticket)
+            .map(|(_, refused)| refused.clone().map_or(Ok(()), Err))
+    }
+}
+
+/// How long a full reload waits after the last registry write for another.
+/// Parallel requests reach the server tens of milliseconds apart (in a
+/// cluster rehearsal, ten x:<Object>/set requests sent at once arrived about
+/// 33 ms apart and each got a reload of its own), so the window is a little
+/// over twice that. A single write pays it once, on top of the reload.
+pub const WRITE_QUIET: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from_millis(75);
+
+/// The longest a full reload waits after the first write it covers, so a
+/// steady stream of writes still reloads at least this often.
+pub const WRITE_MAX_WAIT: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from_millis(250);
+
+/// How many past reload results a waiting write can look up.
+const RELOAD_RESULTS: usize = 64;
+
+/// The reload a write to `object` calls for: the object to reload, or None
+/// when the running settings don't hold that object (accounts, domains and
+/// other data read as needed, stores, which take a restart, and objects with
+/// reload actions of their own, such as applications). Blocked IPs have a
+/// reload of their own; allowed IPs take the full one.
+pub fn write_reload_target(object: ObjectType) -> Option<ObjectType> {
+    match object {
+        ObjectType::Certificate => Some(ObjectType::Certificate),
+        ObjectType::MemoryLookupKey
+        | ObjectType::MemoryLookupKeyValue
+        | ObjectType::HttpLookup
+        | ObjectType::StoreLookup => Some(ObjectType::StoreLookup),
+        ObjectType::BlockedIp => Some(ObjectType::BlockedIp),
+        // Allowed IPs are part of the core's security settings
+        // (Security::parse), which only a full reload rebuilds; the blocked-IP
+        // reload doesn't touch them
+        ObjectType::AllowedIp
+        | ObjectType::AcmeProvider
+        | ObjectType::AddressBook
+        | ObjectType::AiModel
+        | ObjectType::Asn
+        | ObjectType::Authentication
+        | ObjectType::Cache
+        | ObjectType::Calendar
+        | ObjectType::CalendarAlarm
+        | ObjectType::CalendarScheduling
+        | ObjectType::ClusterRole
+        | ObjectType::DataRetention
+        | ObjectType::Directory
+        | ObjectType::DkimReportSettings
+        | ObjectType::DmarcReportSettings
+        | ObjectType::DnsResolver
+        | ObjectType::DsnReportSettings
+        | ObjectType::Email
+        | ObjectType::EventTracingLevel
+        | ObjectType::FileStorage
+        | ObjectType::Http
+        | ObjectType::HttpForm
+        | ObjectType::Imap
+        | ObjectType::Jmap
+        | ObjectType::Metrics
+        | ObjectType::MtaConnectionStrategy
+        | ObjectType::MtaDeliverySchedule
+        | ObjectType::MtaExtensions
+        | ObjectType::MtaHook
+        | ObjectType::MtaInboundSession
+        | ObjectType::MtaInboundThrottle
+        | ObjectType::MtaMilter
+        | ObjectType::MtaOutboundStrategy
+        | ObjectType::MtaOutboundThrottle
+        | ObjectType::MtaQueueQuota
+        | ObjectType::MtaRoute
+        | ObjectType::MtaStageAuth
+        | ObjectType::MtaStageConnect
+        | ObjectType::MtaStageData
+        | ObjectType::MtaStageEhlo
+        | ObjectType::MtaStageMail
+        | ObjectType::MtaStageRcpt
+        | ObjectType::MtaSts
+        | ObjectType::MtaTlsStrategy
+        | ObjectType::MtaVirtualQueue
+        | ObjectType::NetworkListener
+        | ObjectType::OidcProvider
+        | ObjectType::ReportSettings
+        | ObjectType::Search
+        | ObjectType::Security
+        | ObjectType::SenderAuth
+        | ObjectType::Sharing
+        | ObjectType::SieveSystemInterpreter
+        | ObjectType::SieveSystemScript
+        | ObjectType::SieveUserInterpreter
+        | ObjectType::SieveUserScript
+        | ObjectType::SpamClassifier
+        | ObjectType::SpamDnsblServer
+        | ObjectType::SpamDnsblSettings
+        | ObjectType::SpamFileExtension
+        | ObjectType::SpamPyzor
+        | ObjectType::SpamRule
+        | ObjectType::SpamSettings
+        | ObjectType::SpamTag
+        | ObjectType::SpfReportSettings
+        | ObjectType::SystemSettings
+        | ObjectType::TaskManager
+        | ObjectType::TlsReportSettings
+        | ObjectType::Tracer
+        | ObjectType::WebDav
+        | ObjectType::WebHook => Some(object),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
+impl Server {
+    /// Applies a stored registry write to `object` to the running settings,
+    /// and on success tells the other nodes to do the same. Returns None when
+    /// the write needs no reload, Some(Ok(())) when it was applied, and
+    /// Some(Err(reason)) when the reload was refused (the write stays stored;
+    /// ReloadSettings reports the same errors).
+    pub async fn reload_after_write(&self, object: ObjectType) -> Option<Result<(), String>> {
+        let target = write_reload_target(object)?;
+        let change = RegistryChange::Reload(target);
+
+        if matches!(
+            target,
+            ObjectType::Certificate | ObjectType::StoreLookup | ObjectType::BlockedIp
+        ) {
+            // Cheap, and limited to their own objects
+            let result = self.reload_and_broadcast(change).await;
+            return Some(result);
+        }
+
+        // inbuxa: #39 joined only writes that queued behind a running
+        // reload; requests that arrive tens of milliseconds apart never
+        // overlapped one, so each got a reload of its own. The reload now
+        // waits until writes settle (WRITE_QUIET after the last one, at
+        // most WRITE_MAX_WAIT after the first) and covers them all. It runs
+        // in a task of its own, so a request that goes away doesn't take
+        // it with it; each write then takes the result of the reload that
+        // started after it was stored.
+        let gate = &self.inner.data.settings_reload;
+        let ticket = gate
+            .requested
+            .fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst)
+            + 1;
+        let now = std::time::Instant::now();
+        {
+            let mut state = gate.state.lock();
+            state.first_write.get_or_insert(now);
+            state.last_write = Some(now);
+        }
+
+        loop {
+            let mut completed = {
+                let mut state = gate.state.lock();
+                if let Some(result) = state.result_for(ticket) {
+                    return Some(result);
+                }
+                if !state.scheduled {
+                    state.scheduled = true;
+                    let server = self.clone();
+                    tokio::spawn(async move {
+                        server.run_write_reload(change).await;
+                    });
+                }
+                gate.completed.subscribe()
+            };
+            if completed.changed().await.is_err() {
+                return Some(Err("The settings reload was interrupted".to_string()));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Waits for registry writes to settle, then reloads the settings once
+    /// for all the writes stored so far.
+    async fn run_write_reload(&self, change: RegistryChange) {
+        let gate = &self.inner.data.settings_reload;
+        loop {
+            let deadline = {
+                let state = gate.state.lock();
+                let now = std::time::Instant::now();
+                let first = state.first_write.unwrap_or(now);
+                let last = state.last_write.unwrap_or(now);
+                (last + WRITE_QUIET).min(first + WRITE_MAX_WAIT)
+            };
+            if deadline <= std::time::Instant::now() {
+                break;
+            }
+            tokio::time::sleep_until(deadline.into()).await;
+        }
+
+        // Writes stored from here on wait for the next reload
+        let covers = {
+            let mut state = gate.state.lock();
+            state.first_write = None;
+            state.last_write = None;
+            gate.requested.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst)
+        };
+        gate.reloads
+            .fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+        let result = self.inner.build_server().reload_and_broadcast(change).await;
+
+        {
+            let mut state = gate.state.lock();
+            if state.results.len() == RELOAD_RESULTS {
+                state.results.pop_front();
+            }
+            state.results.push_back((covers, result.err()));
+            state.scheduled = false;
+        }
+        gate.completed.send_replace(covers);
+    }
+
+    async fn reload_and_broadcast(&self, change: RegistryChange) -> Result<(), String> {
+        match Box::pin(self.reload_registry(change)).await {
+            Ok(reload) if !reload.has_errors() => {
+                reload.log();
+                self.cluster_broadcast(BroadcastEvent::RegistryChange(change))
+                    .await;
+                Ok(())
+            }
+            Ok(reload) => {
+                reload.log();
+                let reason = describe_reload_errors(&reload.errors);
+                trc::event!(
+                    Registry(trc::RegistryEvent::BuildWarning),
+                    Details = "Settings didn't reload after a registry write",
+                    Reason = reason.clone(),
+                );
+                Err(reason)
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                let reason = err.to_string();
+                trc::error!(err.details("Failed to reload settings after a registry write"));
+                Err(reason)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// inbuxa: a refused reload's errors in a sentence: the first one, naming its
+/// object, and how many more there are.
+pub fn describe_reload_errors(errors: &[Error]) -> String {
+    let mut description = match errors.first() {
+        Some(Error::Build { object_id, message }) => format!("{object_id}: {message}"),
+        Some(Error::Validation { object_id, errors }) => format!(
+            "{object_id}: {}",
+            errors
+                .iter()
+                .map(|err| err.to_string())
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .join("; ")
+        ),
+        Some(Error::Internal {
+            object_id: Some(object_id),
+            error,
+        }) => format!("{object_id}: {error}"),
+        Some(Error::Internal { error, .. }) => error.to_string(),
+        Some(Error::NotFound { object_id }) => format!("{object_id} was not found"),
+        None => String::new(),
+    };
+    let more = errors.len().saturating_sub(1);
+    if more > 0 {
+        description.push_str(&format!(" ({more} more in the server log.)"));
+    }
+    description
+}

crates/common/src/config/inner.rs

@@ -93,9 +93,12 @@ impl Data {
             registry_id_gen: id_generator.clone(),
             span_id_gen: id_generator,
             queue_status: true.into(),
+            settings_reload: Default::default(),
+            store_health: Default::default(),
             applications,
             logos: Default::default(),
             smtp_connectors: TlsConnectors::try_new().failed("Failed to build TLS connectors"),
+            build_errors: Default::default(),
             asn_geo_data: Default::default(),
         }
     }
@@ -234,9 +237,12 @@ impl Default for Data {
             span_id_gen: Default::default(),
             registry_id_gen: Default::default(),
             queue_status: true.into(),
+            settings_reload: Default::default(),
+            store_health: Default::default(),
             applications: WebApplications::new(),
             logos: Default::default(),
             smtp_connectors: TlsConnectors::try_new().unwrap(),
+            build_errors: Default::default(),
             asn_geo_data: Default::default(),
             lookup_stores: Default::default(),
         }

crates/common/src/config/mailstore/spamfilter.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ use mail_auth::common::resolver::ToReverseName;
 use nlp::classifier::model::{CcfhClassifier, FhClassifier};
 use registry::schema::{
     enums::{ExpressionVariable, ModelSize},
-    prelude::ObjectType,
     structs::{
         self, SpamDnsblServer, SpamDnsblSettings, SpamFileExtension, SpamPyzor, SpamRule,
         SpamSettings, SpamTag,
@@ -25,10 +24,10 @@ use registry::schema::{
 use sieve::SpamStatus;
 use std::{
     net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr},
-    time::Duration,
+    sync::Arc,
+    time::{Duration, Instant},
 };
 use store::registry::{RegistryObject, bootstrap::Bootstrap};
-use tokio::net::lookup_host;
 use utils::{cache::CacheItemWeight, glob::GlobMap};
 
 #[derive(rkyv::Archive, rkyv::Deserialize, rkyv::Serialize, Debug, Default)]
@@ -157,7 +156,11 @@ pub struct FtrlParameters {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct PyzorConfig {
-    pub address: SocketAddr,
+    // inbuxa: the server is resolved when a message is checked, not while the
+    // settings are built (see PyzorConfig::address)
+    pub host: String,
+    pub port: u16,
+    pub resolved: Arc<parking_lot::Mutex<Option<(SocketAddr, Instant)>>>,
     pub timeout: Duration,
     pub min_count: u64,
     pub min_wl_count: u64,
@@ -474,31 +477,15 @@ impl PyzorConfig {
             return None;
         }
 
-        let port = pyzor.port;
+        // inbuxa: upstream resolved the host here and reported a failed lookup
-        let host = pyzor.host;
+        // as a build error, so a DNS hiccup on one node refused every settings
-        let address = match lookup_host(format!("{host}:{port}"))
+        // reload on it (and, from the node that ran ReloadSettings, across the
-            .await
+        // cluster). The lookup now happens when a message is checked; a
-            .map(|mut a| a.next())
+        // failure there is logged as a Pyzor error for that message.
-        {
-            Ok(Some(address)) => address,
-            Ok(None) => {
-                bp.build_error(
-                    ObjectType::SpamPyzor.singleton(),
-                    "Invalid address: No addresses found.",
-                );
-                return None;
-            }
-            Err(err) => {
-                bp.build_error(
-                    ObjectType::SpamPyzor.singleton(),
-                    format!("Invalid address: {}", err),
-                );
-                return None;
-            }
-        };
-
         PyzorConfig {
-            address,
+            host: pyzor.host,
+            port: pyzor.port as u16,
+            resolved: Default::default(),
             timeout: pyzor.timeout.into_inner(),
             min_count: pyzor.block_count,
             min_wl_count: pyzor.allow_count,
@@ -508,6 +495,35 @@ impl PyzorConfig {
     }
 }
 
+// inbuxa: how long a resolved Pyzor address is reused
+const PYZOR_RESOLVE_TTL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(300);
+
+impl PyzorConfig {
+    /// The server's address: the host itself when it is an IP address,
+    /// otherwise the first address it resolves to, reused for five minutes.
+    pub async fn address(&self) -> std::io::Result<SocketAddr> {
+        if let Ok(ip) = self.host.parse::<IpAddr>() {
+            return Ok(SocketAddr::new(ip, self.port));
+        }
+        if let Some((address, resolved_at)) = *self.resolved.lock()
+            && resolved_at.elapsed() < PYZOR_RESOLVE_TTL
+        {
+            return Ok(address);
+        }
+        let address = tokio::net::lookup_host((self.host.as_str(), self.port))
+            .await?
+            .next()
+            .ok_or_else(|| {
+                std::io::Error::new(
+                    std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound,
+                    format!("{} has no addresses", self.host),
+                )
+            })?;
+        *self.resolved.lock() = Some((address, Instant::now()));
+        Ok(address)
+    }
+}
+
 impl ClassifierConfig {
     pub async fn parse(bp: &mut Bootstrap) -> Option<Self> {
         let classifier = bp.setting_infallible::<structs::SpamClassifier>().await;

crates/common/src/config/smtp/session.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use self::resolver::Policy;
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ use registry::schema::{
 };
 use smtp_proto::*;
 use std::{
-    net::{SocketAddr, ToSocketAddrs},
+    net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr},
     str::FromStr,
     time::Duration,
 };
@@ -384,19 +386,16 @@ impl SessionConfig {
                     Some(Milter {
                         enable: bp.compile_expr(id, &milter.ctx_enable()),
                         id,
-                        addrs: format!("{}:{}", milter.hostname, milter.port)
+                        // inbuxa: upstream resolved the hostname here (a
-                            .to_socket_addrs()
+                        // blocking lookup) and made a failure a build error,
-                            .map_err(|err| {
+                        // which refused the whole settings reload. An IP
-                                bp.build_error(
+                        // address is kept as is; a name is resolved on each
-                                    id,
+                        // connection (MilterClient::connect).
-                                    format!(
+                        addrs: milter
-                                        "Unable to resolve milter hostname {}: {}",
+                            .hostname
-                                        milter.hostname, err
+                            .parse::<IpAddr>()
-                                    ),
+                            .map(|ip| vec![SocketAddr::new(ip, milter.port as u16)])
-                                )
+                            .unwrap_or_default(),
-                            })
-                            .ok()?
-                            .collect(),
                         hostname: milter.hostname,
                         port: milter.port as u16,
                         timeout_connect: milter.timeout_connect.into_inner(),

crates/common/src/config/telemetry.rs

@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ pub struct TelemetrySubscriber {
     pub interests: Interests,
     pub typ: TelemetrySubscriberType,
     pub lossy: bool,
+    /// inbuxa: a hash of the settings the running tracer is built from
+    /// (everything but its events, level and lossiness, which change in
+    /// place), so a reload can tell which tracers to start over.
+    pub settings: u64,
 }
 
 #[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
@@ -167,6 +171,7 @@ impl Tracers {
             for tracer in bp.list_infallible::<Tracer>().await {
                 let id = tracer.id;
                 let tracer = tracer.object;
+                let settings = tracer_settings(&tracer);
                 let level;
                 let lossy;
                 let events;
@@ -379,6 +384,7 @@ impl Tracers {
                     interests: Default::default(),
                     lossy,
                     typ,
+                    settings,
                 };
 
                 // Parse disabled events
@@ -426,6 +432,7 @@ impl Tracers {
             for hook in bp.list_infallible::<WebHook>().await {
                 let id = hook.id;
                 let hook = hook.object;
+                let settings = webhook_settings(&hook);
 
                 if !hook.enable {
                     continue;
@@ -448,6 +455,7 @@ impl Tracers {
                     id: format!("w_{}", id.id()),
                     interests: Default::default(),
                     lossy: hook.lossy,
+                    settings,
                     typ: TelemetrySubscriberType::Webhook(WebhookTracer {
                         url: hook.url,
                         timeout: hook.timeout.into_inner(),
@@ -516,6 +524,8 @@ impl Tracers {
                         data: storage.data.clone(),
                     }),
                     lossy: true,
+                    // Stores take a restart
+                    settings: 0,
                 });
             }
 
@@ -541,6 +551,7 @@ impl Tracers {
                         buffered: true,
                     }),
                     lossy: false,
+                    settings: 0,
                 });
             }
         } else {
@@ -568,6 +579,7 @@ impl Tracers {
                     buffered: true,
                 }),
                 lossy: false,
+                settings: 0,
             });
         }
 
@@ -701,6 +713,42 @@ impl Metrics {
     }
 }
 
+// inbuxa: what a tracer is built from, less what changes in place
+macro_rules! in_place_reset {
+    ($tracer:expr) => {{
+        $tracer.enable = true;
+        $tracer.level = Default::default();
+        $tracer.lossy = false;
+        $tracer.events = Default::default();
+        $tracer.events_policy = Default::default();
+    }};
+}
+
+fn settings_hash(settings: &impl std::fmt::Debug) -> u64 {
+    use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
+    let mut hasher = std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher::new();
+    format!("{settings:?}").hash(&mut hasher);
+    hasher.finish()
+}
+
+fn tracer_settings(tracer: &Tracer) -> u64 {
+    let mut tracer = tracer.clone();
+    match &mut tracer {
+        Tracer::Log(tracer) => in_place_reset!(tracer),
+        Tracer::Stdout(tracer) => in_place_reset!(tracer),
+        Tracer::Journal(tracer) => in_place_reset!(tracer),
+        Tracer::OtelHttp(tracer) => in_place_reset!(tracer),
+        Tracer::OtelGrpc(tracer) => in_place_reset!(tracer),
+    }
+    settings_hash(&tracer)
+}
+
+fn webhook_settings(hook: &WebHook) -> u64 {
+    let mut hook = hook.clone();
+    in_place_reset!(hook);
+    settings_hash(&hook)
+}
+
 fn apply_events(
     event_types: impl IntoIterator<Item = EventType>,
     policy: EventPolicy,

crates/common/src/ipc.rs

@@ -335,3 +335,72 @@ impl EmailPush {
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// inbuxa: the task locks this node holds, so a graceful stop can hand them
+/// back instead of leaving the tasks blocked until the locks expire.
+pub struct TaskLocks {
+    held: parking_lot::Mutex<ahash::AHashSet<u64>>,
+    stopping: AtomicBool,
+    expiry: std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64,
+}
+
+impl TaskLocks {
+    /// How long a task lock lasts, in seconds, unless it is released first
+    /// or renewed. inbuxa: upstream held a lock for an hour, so a killed
+    /// node's tasks waited that long; the lock is now a five-minute lease
+    /// that the task manager renews every third of it while the task runs
+    /// (renew_task_locks), so a dead node's tasks run elsewhere within
+    /// minutes.
+    pub const DEFAULT_EXPIRY: u64 = 5 * 60;
+
+    pub fn is_stopping(&self) -> bool {
+        self.stopping.load(Ordering::Acquire)
+    }
+
+    /// Stops new claims and returns the ids of every lock still held.
+    pub fn stop(&self) -> Vec<u64> {
+        self.stopping.store(true, Ordering::Release);
+        self.held.lock().drain().collect()
+    }
+
+    pub fn insert(&self, id: u64) {
+        self.held.lock().insert(id);
+    }
+
+    pub fn remove(&self, id: u64) {
+        self.held.lock().remove(&id);
+    }
+
+    pub fn held(&self) -> usize {
+        self.held.lock().len()
+    }
+
+    /// inbuxa: the tasks this node holds, to renew their locks.
+    pub fn held_ids(&self) -> Vec<u64> {
+        self.held.lock().iter().copied().collect()
+    }
+
+    /// inbuxa: whether this node holds (and is running) the task.
+    pub fn is_held(&self, id: u64) -> bool {
+        self.held.lock().contains(&id)
+    }
+
+    pub fn expiry(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.expiry.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+    }
+
+    /// Changes the lock lifetime; the tests shorten it.
+    pub fn set_expiry(&self, seconds: u64) {
+        self.expiry.store(seconds.max(1), Ordering::Relaxed);
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for TaskLocks {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            held: Default::default(),
+            stopping: AtomicBool::new(false),
+            expiry: std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64::new(Self::DEFAULT_EXPIRY),
+        }
+    }
+}

crates/common/src/lib.rs

@@ -161,11 +161,19 @@ pub struct Data {
     pub span_id_gen: SnowflakeIdGenerator,
     pub registry_id_gen: SnowflakeIdGenerator,
     pub queue_status: AtomicBool,
+    // inbuxa: coalesces the settings reloads registry writes trigger
+    pub settings_reload: cache::reload::SettingsReloadGate,
+    // inbuxa: the readiness probe's cached answer
+    pub store_health: storage::ready::StoreHealth,
 
     pub applications: WebApplications,
     pub logos: Mutex<AHashMap<Box<str>, LogoCache>>,
 
     pub smtp_connectors: TlsConnectors,
+
+    // inbuxa: the objects that failed to build when the running settings
+    // were built, at boot or by the last applied reload (see reload_registry)
+    pub build_errors: Mutex<AHashSet<registry::types::id::ObjectId>>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -279,6 +287,8 @@ pub struct HttpAuthCache {
 pub struct Ipc {
     pub push_tx: mpsc::Sender<PushEvent>,
     pub task_tx: Arc<Notify>,
+    // inbuxa: task locks held by this node, released on a graceful stop
+    pub task_locks: Arc<crate::ipc::TaskLocks>,
     pub queue_tx: mpsc::Sender<QueueEvent>,
     pub report_tx: mpsc::Sender<ReportingEvent>,
     pub broadcast_tx: Option<mpsc::Sender<BroadcastEvent>>,

crates/common/src/manager/boot.rs

@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@ impl BootManager {
                     .parse_tcp_acceptors(&mut bootstrap, inner.clone())
                     .await;
 
+                // inbuxa: a reload isn't refused over objects that failed here
+                inner.build_server().record_build_errors(&bootstrap.errors);
+
                 BootManager {
                     inner,
                     bootstrap,
@@ -297,6 +300,7 @@ pub fn build_ipc(has_pubsub: bool) -> (Ipc, IpcReceivers) {
             report_tx,
             broadcast_tx: has_pubsub.then_some(broadcast_tx),
             task_tx: Arc::new(Notify::new()),
+            task_locks: Arc::new(crate::ipc::TaskLocks::default()),
             train_task_controller: Arc::new(TrainTaskController::default()),
         },
         IpcReceivers {

crates/common/src/storage/mod.rs

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pub mod document;
 pub mod encryption;
 pub mod index;
 pub mod quota;
+pub mod ready; // inbuxa: readiness follows the data store
 pub mod state;
 pub mod transaction;
 

crates/common/src/storage/ready.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! Readiness that reflects the data store.
+//!
+//! /healthz/ready used to answer 200 whenever a data store was configured,
+//! so a load balancer kept sending traffic to a node through a database
+//! outage. It now reads one key from the data store, with a short time
+//! limit, and caches the answer for a couple of seconds so probes can't load
+//! the database. Liveness stays 200: restarting a node doesn't bring its
+//! database back, and an orchestrator that restarts on failed liveness would
+//! otherwise restart every node at once.
+
+use crate::Server;
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
+use std::{
+    sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
+    time::{Duration, Instant},
+};
+use store::{ValueKey, write::ValueClass};
+
+/// How long a probe's answer is reused.
+pub const READY_CACHE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);
+/// How long a probe waits for the data store.
+pub const READY_PROBE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct StoreHealth {
+    last: Mutex<Option<(Instant, bool)>>,
+    probing: AtomicBool,
+}
+
+/// Clears the probing flag even when the request is dropped mid-probe.
+struct ProbeGuard<'x>(&'x AtomicBool);
+
+impl Drop for ProbeGuard<'_> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.0.store(false, Ordering::Release);
+    }
+}
+
+impl Server {
+    /// Whether the data store answers: a cached result younger than
+    /// READY_CACHE, or a fresh read bounded by READY_PROBE_TIMEOUT. While
+    /// one probe is running, other callers get the last answer.
+    pub async fn is_data_store_ready(&self) -> bool {
+        let store = &self.core.storage.data;
+        if store.is_none() {
+            return false;
+        }
+        let health = &self.inner.data.store_health;
+        let last = *health.last.lock();
+        if let Some((at, ready)) = last
+            && at.elapsed() < READY_CACHE
+        {
+            return ready;
+        }
+        if health.probing.swap(true, Ordering::AcqRel) {
+            return last.is_none_or(|(_, ready)| ready);
+        }
+        let _guard = ProbeGuard(&health.probing);
+
+        let ready = tokio::time::timeout(
+            READY_PROBE_TIMEOUT,
+            store.get_value::<u64>(ValueKey::from(ValueClass::Property(0))),
+        )
+        .await
+        .is_ok_and(|result| result.is_ok());
+        // Say so once per outage, not on every probe
+        if !ready && last.is_none_or(|(_, ready)| ready) {
+            trc::event!(
+                Store(trc::StoreEvent::UnexpectedError),
+                Details = "Readiness probe: the data store didn't answer",
+                Limit = READY_PROBE_TIMEOUT,
+            );
+        }
+        *health.last.lock() = Some((Instant::now(), ready));
+        ready
+    }
+}

crates/common/src/telemetry/mod.rs

@@ -14,15 +14,26 @@ pub mod webhooks;
 use tracers::log::spawn_log_tracer;
 use tracers::otel::spawn_otel_tracer;
 use tracers::stdout::spawn_console_tracer;
+use ahash::AHashMap;
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use trc::{Collector, ipc::subscriber::SubscriberBuilder};
 use webhooks::spawn_webhook_tracer;
 
 use crate::config::telemetry::{Telemetry, TelemetrySubscriberType};
 
+/// inbuxa: the tracers this server started, by subscriber id, with the
+/// settings each was built from. Live-tracing streams and other subscribers
+/// registered elsewhere aren't listed, so a reload leaves them running.
+static RUNNING_TRACERS: Mutex<Option<AHashMap<String, u64>>> = Mutex::new(None);
+
 impl Telemetry {
     pub fn enable(self) {
+        let mut running = RUNNING_TRACERS.lock();
+        let running = running.get_or_insert_with(AHashMap::new);
+
         // Spawn tracers
         for tracer in self.tracers.subscribers {
+            running.insert(tracer.id.clone(), tracer.settings);
             tracer.typ.spawn(
                 SubscriberBuilder::new(tracer.id)
                     .with_interests(tracer.interests)
@@ -37,25 +48,39 @@ impl Telemetry {
         Collector::reload();
     }
 
+    // inbuxa: upstream only refreshed the events, level and lossiness of a
+    // tracer that was already running, so a Log tracer moved to another
+    // path (or any tracer whose own settings changed) kept going as it was
+    // built until a restart, while the reload reported the change applied.
+    // A tracer whose settings changed is now started over: the new one is
+    // registered under the same id and the collector swaps it in at an
+    // event boundary, so no event is lost or written twice (see
+    // Update::RegisterSubscriber); the old one writes what it has queued
+    // and stops.
     pub fn update(self) {
+        let mut running = RUNNING_TRACERS.lock();
+        let running = running.get_or_insert_with(AHashMap::new);
+
         // Remove tracers that are no longer active
-        let active_subscribers = Collector::get_subscribers();
+        running.retain(|id, _| {
-        for subscribed_id in &active_subscribers {
+            let keep = self
-            if !self
                 .tracers
                 .subscribers
                 .iter()
-                .any(|tracer| tracer.id == *subscribed_id)
+                .any(|tracer| tracer.id == *id);
-            {
+            if !keep {
-                Collector::remove_subscriber(subscribed_id.clone());
+                Collector::remove_subscriber(id.clone());
-            }
             }
+            keep
+        });
 
-        // Activate new tracers or update existing ones
+        // Start new tracers, start over those whose settings changed and
+        // update the rest in place
         for tracer in self.tracers.subscribers {
-            if active_subscribers.contains(&tracer.id) {
+            if running.get(&tracer.id) == Some(&tracer.settings) {
                 Collector::update_subscriber(tracer.id, tracer.interests, tracer.lossy);
             } else {
+                running.insert(tracer.id.clone(), tracer.settings);
                 tracer.typ.spawn(
                     SubscriberBuilder::new(tracer.id)
                         .with_interests(tracer.interests)

crates/common/src/telemetry/tracers/log.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use std::{path::PathBuf, time::SystemTime};
@@ -15,9 +17,27 @@ use tokio::{
 };
 use trc::{TelemetryEvent, ipc::subscriber::SubscriberBuilder, serializers::text::FmtWriter};
 
+// inbuxa: when a Log tracer is started over on the same files (its rotation
+// or format changed), the new one waits for the old one to write what it
+// has queued, so their lines don't interleave. Keyed by path and prefix;
+// each entry is the last tracer's "done" signal, sent when it ends.
+type LogFileOwners = ahash::AHashMap<(String, String), tokio::sync::oneshot::Receiver<()>>;
+static LOG_FILE_OWNERS: parking_lot::Mutex<Option<LogFileOwners>> = parking_lot::Mutex::new(None);
+
 pub(crate) fn spawn_log_tracer(builder: SubscriberBuilder, settings: LogTracer) {
+    let (done_tx, done_rx) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel::<()>();
+    let previous = LOG_FILE_OWNERS
+        .lock()
+        .get_or_insert_with(Default::default)
+        .insert((settings.path.clone(), settings.prefix.clone()), done_rx);
     let (_, mut rx) = builder.register();
     tokio::spawn(async move {
+        // Dropped when this tracer ends, however it ends
+        let _done = done_tx;
+        if let Some(previous) = previous {
+            let _ = previous.await;
+        }
+
         if let Some(writer) = settings.build_writer().await {
             let mut buf = FmtWriter::new(writer)
                 .with_ansi(settings.ansi)

crates/common/src/telemetry/tracers/otel.rs

@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ pub(crate) fn spawn_otel_tracer(builder: SubscriberBuilder, mut otel: OtelTracer
         let mut pending_spans = Vec::new();
 
         let mut active_spans = AHashMap::new();
+        let mut closing = false;
+        let started = std::time::SystemTime::now()
+            .duration_since(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH)
+            .map_or(0, |d| d.as_secs());
 
         loop {
             // Wait for the next event or timeout
@@ -75,12 +79,26 @@ pub(crate) fn spawn_otel_tracer(builder: SubscriberBuilder, mut otel: OtelTracer
                                     events.iter().chain(std::iter::once(&event)),
                                     &instrumentation,
                                 ));
+                            } else if span.inner.timestamp < started {
+                                // inbuxa: a span that was open when this
+                                // tracer replaced another one (its settings
+                                // changed) is exported with its end event
+                                // rather than dropped
+                                pending_spans.push(build_span_data(
+                                    span,
+                                    &event,
+                                    std::iter::once(&event),
+                                    &instrumentation,
+                                ));
                             }
                         }
                     }
                 }
                 Ok(None) => {
-                    break;
+                    // inbuxa: the tracer was removed or replaced; export
+                    // what is pending now rather than drop it
+                    closing = true;
+                    next_delivery = Instant::now();
                 }
                 Err(_) => (),
             }
@@ -131,6 +149,9 @@ pub(crate) fn spawn_otel_tracer(builder: SubscriberBuilder, mut otel: OtelTracer
                     }
                 }
             }
+            if closing {
+                break;
+            }
             wakeup_time = next_retry.unwrap_or(LONG_1Y_SLUMBER);
         }
     });

crates/common/src/telemetry/webhooks/mod.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use crate::{LONG_1Y_SLUMBER, config::telemetry::WebhookTracer};
@@ -25,6 +27,11 @@ use trc::{
 
 pub(crate) fn spawn_webhook_tracer(builder: SubscriberBuilder, settings: WebhookTracer) {
     let (tx, mut rx) = builder.register();
+    // inbuxa: failed deliveries come back through a weak sender, so the
+    // channel closes when the collector drops this webhook (removed, or
+    // replaced after a settings change) and the task ends; upstream held a
+    // sender here and the task outlived its subscription
+    let tx = tx.downgrade();
     tokio::spawn(async move {
         let settings = Arc::new(settings);
         let mut wakeup_time = LONG_1Y_SLUMBER;
@@ -58,6 +65,15 @@ pub(crate) fn spawn_webhook_tracer(builder: SubscriberBuilder, settings: Webhook
                     }
                 }
                 Ok(None) => {
+                    // inbuxa: deliver what is pending rather than drop it
+                    if !pending_events.is_empty() {
+                        spawn_webhook_handler(
+                            settings.clone(),
+                            in_flight.clone(),
+                            std::mem::take(&mut pending_events),
+                            tx.clone(),
+                        );
+                    }
                     break;
                 }
                 Err(_) => (),
@@ -102,7 +118,7 @@ fn spawn_webhook_handler(
     settings: Arc<WebhookTracer>,
     in_flight: Arc<AtomicBool>,
     events: EventBatch,
-    webhook_tx: mpsc::Sender<EventBatch>,
+    webhook_tx: mpsc::WeakSender<EventBatch>,
 ) {
     tokio::spawn(async move {
         in_flight.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
@@ -113,7 +129,11 @@ fn spawn_webhook_handler(
         if let Err(err) = post_webhook_events(&settings, &wrapper).await {
             trc::event!(Telemetry(TelemetryEvent::WebhookError), Details = err);
 
-            if webhook_tx.send(wrapper.events.into_inner()).await.is_err() {
+            let sent = match webhook_tx.upgrade() {
+                Some(webhook_tx) => webhook_tx.send(wrapper.events.into_inner()).await.is_ok(),
+                None => false,
+            };
+            if !sent {
                 trc::event!(
                     Server(ServerEvent::ThreadError),
                     Details = "Failed to send failed webhook events back to main thread",

crates/coordinator/Cargo.toml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ store = { path =  "../store" }
 registry = { path =  "../registry" }
 trc = { path = "../trc" }
 futures = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
-tokio = { version = "1.53", features = ["sync", "fs", "io-util"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.53", features = ["sync", "fs", "io-util", "rt", "time"] }
 async-nats = { version = "0.50", default-features = false, features = ["server_2_10", "server_2_11", "aws-lc-rs"], optional = true }
 zenoh = { version = "1.10.0", default-features = false, features = ["auth_pubkey", "transport_multilink", "transport_compression", "transport_quic", "transport_tcp", "transport_tls", "transport_udp"], optional = true }
 rdkafka = { version = "0.39", features = ["cmake-build"], optional = true }

crates/coordinator/src/backend/nats/mod.rs

@@ -2,13 +2,22 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::{
+    sync::{
+        Arc,
+        atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
+    },
+    time::Duration,
+};
 
 use crate::Coordinator;
 use async_nats::Client;
 use registry::schema::structs::NatsCoordinator;
+use trc::ClusterEvent;
 
 pub mod pubsub;
 
@@ -47,9 +56,116 @@ impl NatsPubSub {
             opts = opts.token(credentials);
         }
 
+        // inbuxa: connect in the background and keep trying, so a node that
+        // starts while NATS is down still joins the cluster once NATS is
+        // back, instead of running without a coordinator until restarted;
+        // and report the connection going and coming back
+        let reporter = Arc::new(Reporter::default());
+        opts = opts.retry_on_initial_connect().event_callback({
+            let reporter = reporter.clone();
+            move |event| {
+                let reporter = reporter.clone();
+                async move { reporter.report(event) }
+            }
+        });
+        let connection_timeout = config.timeout_connection.into_inner();
+
         async_nats::connect_with_options(config.addresses.into_inner(), opts)
             .await
-            .map(|client| Coordinator::Nats(Arc::new(NatsPubSub { client })))
+            .map(|client| {
+                reporter.watch_first_connection(client.clone(), connection_timeout);
+                Coordinator::Nats(Arc::new(NatsPubSub { client }))
+            })
             .map_err(|err| format!("Failed to connect to Nats: {}", err))
     }
+
+    /// inbuxa: whether the client is connected to a NATS server right now.
+    pub fn is_connected(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(
+            self.client.connection_state(),
+            async_nats::connection::State::Connected
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+/// inbuxa: reports the client's connection events as the server's own.
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct Reporter {
+    connected_once: AtomicBool,
+    // A failed attempt raises an error each time the client retries, every
+    // few seconds while NATS is down: report the first after each change
+    error_reported: AtomicBool,
+}
+
+impl Reporter {
+    fn report(&self, event: async_nats::Event) {
+        match event {
+            async_nats::Event::Connected => {
+                self.connected_once.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                self.error_reported.store(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                trc::event!(Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorConnected), Type = "nats");
+            }
+            async_nats::Event::Disconnected => {
+                self.error_reported.store(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                trc::event!(
+                    Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorDisconnected),
+                    Type = "nats",
+                    Details = "Connection lost; reconnecting in the background",
+                );
+            }
+            async_nats::Event::Closed => {
+                trc::event!(
+                    Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorDisconnected),
+                    Type = "nats",
+                    Details = "Connection closed; no further attempts will be made",
+                );
+            }
+            async_nats::Event::ClientError(async_nats::ClientError::MaxReconnects) => {
+                trc::event!(
+                    Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorDisconnected),
+                    Type = "nats",
+                    Details = "Gave up reconnecting (maxReconnects reached)",
+                );
+            }
+            async_nats::Event::ClientError(err) => {
+                if !self.error_reported.swap(true, Ordering::Relaxed) {
+                    trc::event!(
+                        Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorError),
+                        Type = "nats",
+                        Details = "Connection attempt failed; retrying",
+                        Reason = err.to_string(),
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+            event => {
+                trc::event!(
+                    Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorError),
+                    Type = "nats",
+                    Details = event.to_string(),
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The first connection is made in the background, so say so when it
+    /// hasn't been made within the connection timeout. The client keeps
+    /// trying, and reports the connection when it comes.
+    fn watch_first_connection(self: &Arc<Self>, client: Client, timeout: Duration) {
+        let reporter = self.clone();
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            tokio::time::sleep(timeout).await;
+            if !reporter.connected_once.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+                && !matches!(
+                    client.connection_state(),
+                    async_nats::connection::State::Connected
+                )
+            {
+                trc::event!(
+                    Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorDisconnected),
+                    Type = "nats",
+                    Details = "Not connected at startup; retrying in the background",
+                );
+            }
+        });
+    }
 }

crates/coordinator/src/dispatch.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use crate::{Coordinator, Msg, PubSubStream};
@@ -43,6 +45,17 @@ impl Coordinator {
     pub fn is_none(&self) -> bool {
         matches!(self, Coordinator::None)
     }
+
+    /// inbuxa: whether the coordinator is connected right now, for the
+    /// backends that track it (NATS); `None` for the others and when no
+    /// coordinator is configured.
+    pub fn is_connected(&self) -> Option<bool> {
+        match self {
+            #[cfg(feature = "nats")]
+            Coordinator::Nats(store) => Some(store.is_connected()),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl PubSubStream {

crates/http/src/request.rs

@@ -553,8 +553,10 @@ impl ParseHttp for Server {
                         return Ok(JsonProblemResponse(StatusCode::OK).into_http_response());
                     }
                     "ready" => {
+                        // inbuxa: ready only while the data store answers
+                        // (a cached, time-limited read); liveness stays 200
                         return Ok(JsonProblemResponse({
-                            if !self.core.storage.data.is_none() {
+                            if self.is_data_store_ready().await {
                                 StatusCode::OK
                             } else {
                                 StatusCode::SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE
@@ -562,6 +564,27 @@ impl ParseHttp for Server {
                         })
                         .into_http_response());
                     }
+                    // inbuxa: the cluster coordinator's connection, for
+                    // monitoring. It stays out of live and ready on purpose:
+                    // a node without its coordinator still serves mail, and
+                    // failing those would have an orchestrator restart, or
+                    // take out of service, every node at once when the
+                    // coordinator goes down
+                    "cluster" => {
+                        let coordinator = &self.core.storage.coordinator;
+                        let (status, state) = match coordinator.is_connected() {
+                            Some(true) => (StatusCode::OK, "connected"),
+                            Some(false) => (StatusCode::SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, "disconnected"),
+                            None if coordinator.is_none() => (StatusCode::OK, "none"),
+                            None => (StatusCode::OK, "unknown"),
+                        };
+                        return Ok(http_proto::JsonResponse::with_status(
+                            status,
+                            serde_json::json!({ "coordinator": state }),
+                        )
+                        .no_cache()
+                        .into_http_response());
+                    }
                     _ => (),
                 }
             }

crates/jmap-proto/src/method/set.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use super::ahash_is_empty;
@@ -71,6 +73,23 @@ pub struct SetResponse<T: JmapObject> {
     #[serde(rename = "notDestroyed")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "VecMap::is_empty")]
     pub not_destroyed: VecMap<MaybeInvalid<Id>, SetError<T::Property>>,
+
+    // inbuxa: on a registry write that changes the running settings, whether
+    // the server applied it
+    #[serde(rename = "x:settingsReload")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub settings_reload: Option<SettingsReload>,
+}
+
+/// inbuxa: the settings reload that followed a registry write.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, serde::Serialize)]
+pub struct SettingsReload {
+    /// The running settings (here and, through the cluster, on every node)
+    /// include the write.
+    pub applied: bool,
+    /// Why they don't, when they don't.
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub description: Option<String>,
 }
 
 impl<'de, T: JmapObject> DeserializeArguments<'de> for SetRequest<'de, T> {
@@ -199,6 +218,7 @@ impl<T: JmapObject> SetResponse<T> {
                 not_created: VecMap::new(),
                 not_updated: VecMap::new(),
                 not_destroyed: VecMap::new(),
+                settings_reload: None,
             })
         } else {
             Err(trc::JmapEvent::RequestTooLarge.into_err())

crates/jmap/src/registry/mapping/action.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use crate::registry::mapping::{RegistrySetResponse, map_bootstrap_error};
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn action_set(
                 } else {
                     set.response
                         .not_created
-                        .append(id, map_bootstrap_error(result.errors));
+                        .append(id, reload_refused(result.errors));
                 }
             }
             Action::InvalidateCaches => {
@@ -573,3 +575,14 @@ async fn dmarc_troubleshoot(
 
     Some(request)
 }
+
+/// inbuxa: a refused reload names the object that stopped it and says the
+/// settings weren't applied; upstream passed on the first error's bare message
+/// ("Invalid address: ..."), which read like a problem with the request.
+fn reload_refused(errors: Vec<registry::types::error::Error>) -> SetError<Property> {
+    let description = format!(
+        "Settings were not reloaded. {}",
+        common::cache::reload::describe_reload_errors(&errors)
+    );
+    map_bootstrap_error(errors).with_description(description)
+}

crates/jmap/src/registry/mapping/report.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use crate::{
@@ -15,22 +17,42 @@ use jmap_proto::{error::set::SetError, types::state::State};
 use jmap_tools::{Key, Value};
 use registry::{
     jmap::IntoValue,
-    schema::prelude::{Object, ObjectInner, ObjectType, Property},
+    schema::{
+        prelude::{Object, ObjectInner, ObjectType, Property},
+        structs::Task,
+    },
     types::{EnumImpl, datetime::UTCDateTime},
 };
+use services::task_manager::lock::TaskLockManager;
 use smtp::reporting::index::{ExternalReportIndex, InternalReportIndex};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use store::{
     U64_LEN, ValueKey,
     registry::{RegistryFilter, RegistryFilterValue, RegistryQuery},
-    write::{BatchBuilder, RegistryClass, ValueClass, key::KeySerializer},
+    write::{BatchBuilder, RegistryClass, TaskQueueClass, ValueClass, key::KeySerializer},
 };
 use trc::AddContext;
 use types::id::Id;
 
 pub(crate) async fn report_set(
-    mut set: RegistrySetResponse<'_>,
+    set: RegistrySetResponse<'_>,
 ) -> trc::Result<RegistrySetResponse<'_>> {
+    // inbuxa: task locks taken to reschedule reports are released however
+    // the request ends; a held lock is renewed, so a leaked one would keep
+    // the report's task from ever running
+    let server = set.server;
+    let mut locked_tasks = Vec::new();
+    let result = report_set_locked(set, &mut locked_tasks).await;
+    for task_id in locked_tasks {
+        server.remove_index_lock(task_id).await;
+    }
+    result
+}
+
+async fn report_set_locked<'x>(
+    mut set: RegistrySetResponse<'x>,
+    locked_tasks: &mut Vec<u64>,
+) -> trc::Result<RegistrySetResponse<'x>> {
     let object_id = set.object_type.to_id();
 
     // Reports cannot be created
@@ -89,12 +111,45 @@ pub(crate) async fn report_set(
                 .get_value::<Object>(ValueKey::from(key.clone()))
                 .await?
             {
+                // inbuxa: the report's task shares its id. Hold the task
+                // while its queue rows move, as x:Task/set does, and move the
+                // row the task is actually queued under
+                if !set.server.try_lock_task(item_id).await {
+                    set.response.not_updated.append(
+                        id,
+                        SetError::forbidden().with_description(
+                            "The report is being sent and cannot be rescheduled".to_string(),
+                        ),
+                    );
+                    continue;
+                }
+                locked_tasks.push(item_id);
+                let queued = set
+                    .server
+                    .store()
+                    .get_value::<Task>(ValueKey::from(ValueClass::TaskQueue(
+                        TaskQueueClass::Task { id: item_id },
+                    )))
+                    .await?;
+
                 match &mut report_obj.inner {
                     ObjectInner::DmarcInternalReport(report) => {
-                        report.reschedule_ops(&mut batch, item_id, report_obj.revision, deliver_at);
+                        report.reschedule_ops(
+                            &mut batch,
+                            item_id,
+                            report_obj.revision,
+                            deliver_at,
+                            queued.as_ref(),
+                        );
                     }
                     ObjectInner::TlsInternalReport(report) => {
-                        report.reschedule_ops(&mut batch, item_id, report_obj.revision, deliver_at);
+                        report.reschedule_ops(
+                            &mut batch,
+                            item_id,
+                            report_obj.revision,
+                            deliver_at,
+                            queued.as_ref(),
+                        );
                     }
                     _ => {}
                 }
@@ -156,6 +211,9 @@ pub(crate) async fn report_set(
             .write(batch.build_all())
             .await
             .caused_by(trc::location!())?;
+        // inbuxa: a rescheduled report may now be due sooner than the task
+        // manager's next scan
+        set.server.notify_task_queue();
     }
 
     Ok(set)

crates/jmap/src/registry/mapping/task.rs

@@ -463,15 +463,10 @@ pub(crate) async fn task_query(
                 .set_values(typ.is_some()),
             |key, value| {
                 if let Some(typ) = typ {
-                    let task_type =
+                    // inbuxa: a row whose type can't be read matches no type
-                        TaskType::from_id(value.deserialize_be_u16(0)?).ok_or_else(|| {
+                    // filter; the task manager logs and repairs it
-                            trc::StoreEvent::DataCorruption
+                    let task_type = value.deserialize_be_u16(0).ok().and_then(TaskType::from_id);
-                                .into_err()
+                    if task_type != Some(typ) {
-                                .ctx(trc::Key::Key, key.to_vec())
-                                .ctx(trc::Key::Value, value.to_vec())
-                                .caused_by(trc::location!())
-                        })?;
-                    if task_type != typ {
                         return Ok(true);
                     }
                 }

crates/jmap/src/registry/set.rs

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ use directory::core::secret::{hash_secret, is_password_hash};
 use http_proto::HttpSessionData;
 use jmap_proto::{
     error::set::{SetError, SetErrorType},
-    method::set::{SetRequest, SetResponse},
+    method::set::{SetRequest, SetResponse, SettingsReload},
     object::registry::Registry,
     references::resolve::ResolveCreatedReference,
     request::{IntoValid, MaybeInvalid},
@@ -931,30 +931,28 @@ impl RegistrySet for Server {
             }
         };
 
-        // inbuxa: DIR-17: a directory or the server default applies on the
+        // inbuxa: a write to an object the running settings are built from
-        // next request, here and on every node
+        // applies at once, here and on every node (DIR-17 did this for
-        if matches!(
+        // directories and the server default; now it covers every such object)
-            object_type,
+        let mut result = result;
-            ObjectType::Directory | ObjectType::Authentication
+        if let Ok(response) = &mut result
-        ) && let Ok(response) = &result
             && (!response.created.is_empty()
                 || !response.updated.is_empty()
                 || !response.destroyed.is_empty())
+            && let Some(reload) = self.reload_after_write(object_type).await
         {
-            let change = common::ipc::RegistryChange::Reload(ObjectType::Directory);
+            response.settings_reload = Some(match reload {
-            match Box::pin(self.reload_registry(change)).await {
+                Ok(()) => SettingsReload {
-                Ok(reload) if !reload.has_errors() => {
+                    applied: true,
-                    self.cluster_broadcast(common::ipc::BroadcastEvent::RegistryChange(change))
+                    description: None,
-                        .await;
+                },
-                }
+                Err(reason) => SettingsReload {
-                Ok(_) => trc::event!(
+                    applied: false,
-                    Registry(trc::RegistryEvent::BuildWarning),
+                    description: Some(format!(
-                    Details = "Settings didn't reload after a directory change",
+                        "Saved, but the running settings were not reloaded. {reason}"
-                ),
+                    )),
-                Err(err) => {
+                },
-                    trc::error!(err.details("Failed to reload directories"));
+            });
-                }
-            }
         }
         result
     }

crates/main/src/main.rs

@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     // Wait for shutdown signal
     wait_for_shutdown().await;
 
+    // inbuxa: hand back the task locks this node holds, so other nodes can
+    // run those tasks now rather than when the locks expire
+    services::task_manager::lock::release_task_locks(&inner.build_server()).await;
+
     // Shutdown collector
     Collector::shutdown();
 

crates/services/src/task_manager/index.rs

@@ -91,7 +91,15 @@ impl SearchIndexTask for Server {
                             build_contact_document(self, account_id, document_id).await
                         }
                         IndexDocumentType::File => {
-                            // File indexing not implemented yet
+                            // File indexing not implemented yet. inbuxa: still
+                            // one result per task: update_tasks pairs them by
+                            // position, and a missing one shifts every result
+                            // after it onto the wrong task
+                            results.push(IndexTaskResult {
+                                task_type: TaskType::Insert,
+                                index: task.document_type,
+                                result: TaskResult::Ignored,
+                            });
                             continue;
                         }
                     };

crates/services/src/task_manager/lock.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use crate::task_manager::*;
@@ -13,13 +15,21 @@ pub trait TaskLockManager: Sync + Send {
 
 impl TaskLockManager for Server {
     async fn try_lock_task(&self, id: u64) -> bool {
+        // inbuxa: a node that is stopping claims nothing new
+        let locks = &self.inner.ipc.task_locks;
+        if locks.is_stopping() {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         match self
             .in_memory_store()
-            .try_lock(KV_LOCK_TASK, &id.to_be_bytes(), DEFAULT_LOCK_EXPIRY)
+            .try_lock(KV_LOCK_TASK, &id.to_be_bytes(), locks.expiry())
             .await
         {
             Ok(result) => {
-                if !result {
+                if result {
+                    locks.insert(id);
+                } else {
                     trc::event!(
                         TaskManager(TaskManagerEvent::TaskLocked),
                         Id = id,
@@ -48,5 +58,66 @@ impl TaskLockManager for Server {
                     .caused_by(trc::location!())
             );
         }
+        self.inner.ipc.task_locks.remove(id);
     }
 }
+
+/// inbuxa: on a graceful stop, stops claiming tasks and releases every task
+/// lock this node holds, so the rest of the cluster can pick the tasks up at
+/// once instead of after the lock expires. Returns how many were released.
+pub async fn release_task_locks(server: &Server) -> usize {
+    let ids = server.inner.ipc.task_locks.stop();
+    for id in &ids {
+        if let Err(err) = server
+            .in_memory_store()
+            .remove_lock(KV_LOCK_TASK, &id.to_be_bytes())
+            .await
+        {
+            trc::error!(
+                err.details("Failed to release task lock on shutdown")
+                    .ctx(trc::Key::Id, *id)
+                    .caused_by(trc::location!())
+            );
+        }
+    }
+    ids.len()
+}
+
+/// inbuxa: renews the lease on every task this node is running, so it stays
+/// claimed for as long as it runs while a node that dies loses its claims
+/// within one lock lifetime. Returns how many leases were renewed and how
+/// many were found lost (expired, perhaps taken by another node).
+pub async fn renew_task_locks(server: &Server) -> (usize, usize) {
+    let locks = &server.inner.ipc.task_locks;
+    let expiry = locks.expiry();
+    let (mut renewed, mut lost) = (0, 0);
+    for id in locks.held_ids() {
+        match server
+            .in_memory_store()
+            .renew_lock(KV_LOCK_TASK, &id.to_be_bytes(), expiry)
+            .await
+        {
+            Ok(true) => renewed += 1,
+            Ok(false) => {
+                // Still held here as far as this node knows; the task
+                // finishes and its lock is removed as usual
+                if locks.is_held(id) {
+                    lost += 1;
+                    trc::event!(
+                        TaskManager(TaskManagerEvent::TaskLocked),
+                        Id = id,
+                        Details = "Task lock expired while the task was running",
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                trc::error!(
+                    err.details("Failed to renew task lock")
+                        .ctx(trc::Key::Id, id)
+                        .caused_by(trc::location!())
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    (renewed, lost)
+}

crates/services/src/task_manager/manager.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use crate::task_manager::acme::AcmeTask;
@@ -11,22 +13,24 @@ use crate::task_manager::dkim::DkimManagementTask;
 use crate::task_manager::dns::DnsManagementTask;
 use crate::task_manager::imip::SendImipTask;
 use crate::task_manager::index::SearchIndexTask;
-use crate::task_manager::lock::TaskLockManager;
+use crate::task_manager::lock::{TaskLockManager, renew_task_locks};
 use crate::task_manager::maintenance::MaintenanceTask;
 use crate::task_manager::merge_threads::MergeThreadsTask;
 use crate::task_manager::report::{self, SubmitReportTask};
 use crate::task_manager::restore_item::RestoreItemTask;
 use crate::task_manager::spam_classifier::SpamFilterMaintenanceTask;
 use crate::task_manager::{
-    DEFAULT_LOCK_EXPIRY, Locked, QUEUE_REFRESH_INTERVAL, TaskDetails, TaskFailureType, TaskInfo,
+    CLAIM_RECHECK_INTERVAL, Locked, QUEUE_REFRESH_INTERVAL, TaskDetails, TaskFailureType, TaskInfo,
     TaskJob, TaskManagerIpc, TaskResult,
 };
 use common::BuildServer;
+use common::config::network::ClusterRoles;
 use common::config::server::{DEFAULT_TLS_TIMEOUT, ServerProtocol};
 use common::network::limiter::ConcurrencyLimiter;
 use common::network::{ServerInstance, TcpAcceptor};
 use common::{Inner, Server};
 use registry::schema::enums::TaskType;
+use registry::schema::prelude::ObjectType;
 use registry::schema::structs::{
     Task, TaskManager, TaskRetryStrategy, TaskStatus, TaskStatusFailed, TaskStatusRetry,
 };
@@ -52,24 +56,37 @@ const PERPETUAL_RETRY_MIN_DELAY: u64 = 3600;
 const PERPETUAL_RETRY_MAX_DELAY: u64 = 21600;
 
 pub fn spawn_task_manager(inner: Arc<Inner>) {
-    let is_clustered = {
+    // inbuxa: upstream didn't start the task manager on a node whose role
-        let server = inner.build_server();
+    // had no task types at boot, so adding one later did nothing until a
-        let roles = &server.core.network.roles;
+    // restart. It now always runs and reads the role on every scan and
-
+    // before every job (task_enabled), so a role change applies at the next
-        if !roles.account_maintenance
+    // settings reload.
-            && !roles.store_maintenance
+    let is_clustered = inner.build_server().core.storage.coordinator.is_enabled();
-            && !roles.search_indexing
-            && !roles.spam_training
-            && !roles.task_manager
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        server.core.storage.coordinator.is_enabled()
-    };
 
     trc::event!(TaskManager(TaskManagerEvent::ManagerStarted));
 
+    // inbuxa: keep the leases of running tasks alive, every third of a lock
+    // lifetime, until the node stops
+    {
+        let inner = inner.clone();
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let mut renewed_at = Instant::now();
+            loop {
+                tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+                let locks = &inner.ipc.task_locks;
+                if locks.is_stopping() {
+                    break;
+                }
+                if renewed_at.elapsed() >= Duration::from_secs((locks.expiry() / 3).max(1)) {
+                    renewed_at = Instant::now();
+                    if locks.held() > 0 {
+                        renew_task_locks(&inner.build_server()).await;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     // Create dummy server instance for alarms
     let server_instance = Arc::new(ServerInstance {
         id: "_local".to_string(),
@@ -124,72 +141,50 @@ pub fn spawn_task_manager(inner: Arc<Inner>) {
                     let server = inner.build_server();
                     let batch_size = server.core.email.index_batch_size;
                     let mut batch = Vec::with_capacity(batch_size);
-                    match server
+                    if let Some(task) = fetch_enabled_task(&server, job).await {
-                        .store()
+                        batch.push(task);
-                        .get_value::<Task>(ValueKey::from(ValueClass::TaskQueue(
-                            TaskQueueClass::Task { id: job.id },
-                        )))
-                        .await
-                    {
-                        Ok(Some(task)) => {
-                            batch.push(TaskDetails { task, info: job });
-                        }
-                        Ok(None) => {
-                            trc::event!(
-                                TaskManager(TaskManagerEvent::TaskIgnored),
-                                Id = job.id,
-                                Reason = "Task not found in store, likely already processed.",
-                            );
-                        }
-                        Err(err) => {
-                            trc::error!(
-                                err.id(job.id)
-                                    .details("Failed to retrieve task details.")
-                                    .caused_by(trc::location!())
-                            );
-                        }
                     }
 
                     while batch.len() < batch_size {
                         match rx.try_recv() {
                             Ok(job) => {
-                                match server
+                                if let Some(task) = fetch_enabled_task(&server, job).await {
-                                    .store()
+                                    batch.push(task);
-                                    .get_value::<Task>(ValueKey::from(ValueClass::TaskQueue(
-                                        TaskQueueClass::Task { id: job.id },
-                                    )))
-                                    .await
-                                {
-                                    Ok(Some(task)) => {
-                                        batch.push(TaskDetails { task, info: job });
-                                    }
-                                    Ok(None) => {
-                                        trc::event!(
-                                            TaskManager(TaskManagerEvent::TaskIgnored),
-                                            Id = job.id,
-                                            Reason = "Task not found in store, likely already processed.",
-                                        );
-                                    }
-                                    Err(err) => {
-                                        trc::error!(
-                                            err.id(job.id)
-                                                .details("Failed to retrieve task details.")
-                                                .caused_by(trc::location!())
-                                        );
-                                    }
                                 }
                             }
                             Err(_) => break,
                         }
                     }
+                    if batch.is_empty() {
+                        continue;
+                    }
 
-                    // Dispatch
+                    // Dispatch. inbuxa: on a task of its own, so a panic
+                    // releases the batch's locks and leaves this worker
+                    // running; a dead worker would keep claiming tasks it
+                    // can never run
                     let mut refresh_queue = false;
-                    let results = server.index(&batch).await.into_iter().map(|r| {
+                    let ids = batch.iter().map(|task| task.info.id).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                    let run = {
+                        let server = server.clone();
+                        tokio::spawn(async move {
+                            let results = server.index(&batch).await;
+                            (batch, results)
+                        })
+                    };
+                    match run.await {
+                        Ok((mut batch, results)) => {
+                            let results = results.into_iter().map(|r| {
                                 refresh_queue |= r.result.is_retry();
                                 r.result
                             });
                             update_tasks(&server, &mut batch, results).await;
+                        }
+                        Err(err) => {
+                            worker_failed(&server, &ids, err).await;
+                            refresh_queue = true;
+                        }
+                    }
 
                     if refresh_queue || rx.is_empty() {
                         server.notify_task_queue();
@@ -203,15 +198,324 @@ pub fn spawn_task_manager(inner: Arc<Inner>) {
                     let server = inner.build_server();
                     let mut refresh_queue = false;
 
-                    match server
+                    if let Some(TaskDetails { task, info }) = fetch_enabled_task(&server, job).await
-                        .store()
-                        .get_value::<Task>(ValueKey::from(ValueClass::TaskQueue(
-                            TaskQueueClass::Task { id: job.id },
-                        )))
-                        .await
                     {
-                        Ok(Some(task)) => {
+                        // inbuxa: on a task of its own, as above
-                            let result = match &task {
+                        let run = {
+                            let server = server.clone();
+                            let server_instance = server_instance.clone();
+                            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                                let result = run_task(&server, &task, server_instance).await;
+                                (task, result)
+                            })
+                        };
+                        match run.await {
+                            Ok((task, result)) => {
+                                refresh_queue = result.is_retry();
+
+                                update_tasks(
+                                    &server,
+                                    &mut [TaskDetails { task, info }],
+                                    vec![result],
+                                )
+                                .await;
+                            }
+                            Err(err) => {
+                                worker_failed(&server, &[info.id], err).await;
+                                refresh_queue = true;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    if refresh_queue || rx.is_empty() {
+                        server.notify_task_queue();
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    const REFRESH_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let mut ipc = TaskManagerIpc {
+            txs: txs.try_into().expect("Incorrect number of task channels"),
+            locked: Default::default(),
+            revision: 0,
+        };
+        let rx = inner.ipc.task_tx.clone();
+        loop {
+            // Index any queued tasks
+            let mut sleep_for = inner.build_server().process_tasks(&mut ipc).await;
+            if is_clustered && sleep_for > REFRESH_INTERVAL {
+                sleep_for = REFRESH_INTERVAL;
+            }
+
+            // Wait for a signal or sleep until the next task is due
+            let _ = tokio::time::timeout(sleep_for, rx.notified()).await;
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+pub(crate) trait TaskQueueManager: Sync + Send {
+    fn process_tasks(&self, ipc: &mut TaskManagerIpc) -> impl Future<Output = Duration> + Send;
+}
+
+impl TaskQueueManager for Server {
+    async fn process_tasks(&self, ipc: &mut TaskManagerIpc) -> Duration {
+        // inbuxa: a node that is stopping has released its locks and claims
+        // nothing new
+        let task_locks = &self.inner.ipc.task_locks;
+        if task_locks.is_stopping() {
+            return Duration::from_secs(QUEUE_REFRESH_INTERVAL);
+        }
+        // inbuxa: with no task type enabled by this node's role there is
+        // nothing to claim; a settings reload wakes the manager when that
+        // changes
+        let roles = &self.core.network.roles;
+        if !(0..TaskType::COUNT as u16)
+            .filter_map(TaskType::from_id)
+            .any(|task_type| task_enabled(roles, task_type))
+        {
+            ipc.locked.clear();
+            return Duration::from_secs(QUEUE_REFRESH_INTERVAL);
+        }
+        let lock_expiry = task_locks.expiry();
+        let now_timestamp = now();
+        let from_key = ValueKey::<ValueClass> {
+            account_id: 0,
+            collection: 0,
+            document_id: 0,
+            class: ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Due { id: 0, due: 1 }),
+        };
+        let to_key = ValueKey::<ValueClass> {
+            account_id: u32::MAX,
+            collection: u8::MAX,
+            document_id: u32::MAX,
+            class: ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Due {
+                id: u64::MAX,
+                due: now_timestamp + QUEUE_REFRESH_INTERVAL,
+            }),
+        };
+
+        // Retrieve tasks pending to be processed
+        let mut tasks = Vec::new();
+        let mut unreadable = Vec::new();
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        let mut next_event = None;
+        ipc.revision += 1;
+        let _ = self
+            .store()
+            .iterate(
+                IterateParams::new(from_key, to_key).ascending(),
+                |key, value| {
+                    if key.len() == U64_LEN * 2 {
+                        let task_due = key.deserialize_be_u64(0)?;
+                        let task_id = key.deserialize_be_u64(U64_LEN)?;
+
+                        if task_due <= now_timestamp {
+                            // inbuxa: a row whose task type can't be read is
+                            // set aside, not allowed to end the scan: every
+                            // task due after it would wait behind it
+                            let Some((task_type_idx, task_type)) = value
+                                .deserialize_be_u16(0)
+                                .ok()
+                                .and_then(|idx| TaskType::from_id(idx).map(|typ| (idx, typ)))
+                            else {
+                                unreadable.push(UnreadableDueRow {
+                                    due: task_due,
+                                    id: task_id,
+                                    value: value.to_vec(),
+                                });
+                                return Ok(true);
+                            };
+                            // inbuxa: running here under a lease this node
+                            // renews; don't hand it to a worker again
+                            if task_locks.is_held(task_id) {
+                                return Ok(true);
+                            }
+
+                            let enabled = task_enabled(roles, task_type);
+
+                            if !enabled {
+                                trc::event!(
+                                    TaskManager(TaskManagerEvent::TaskIgnored),
+                                    Id = task_id,
+                                    Details = task_type.as_str(),
+                                    Reason = "Task type is disabled by cluster roles.",
+                                );
+                                return Ok(true);
+                            }
+
+                            match ipc.locked.entry(task_id) {
+                                Entry::Occupied(mut entry) => {
+                                    let locked = entry.get_mut();
+                                    if locked.expires <= now || locked.due < task_due {
+                                        locked.expires = Instant::now()
+                                            + std::time::Duration::from_secs(lock_expiry + 1);
+                                        locked.due = task_due;
+                                        tasks.push((
+                                            TaskJob {
+                                                id: task_id,
+                                                due: task_due,
+                                                typ: task_type,
+                                            },
+                                            task_type_idx,
+                                        ));
+                                    }
+                                    locked.revision = ipc.revision;
+                                }
+                                Entry::Vacant(entry) => {
+                                    entry.insert(Locked {
+                                        expires: Instant::now()
+                                            + std::time::Duration::from_secs(lock_expiry + 1),
+                                        due: task_due,
+                                        revision: ipc.revision,
+                                    });
+                                    tasks.push((
+                                        TaskJob {
+                                            id: task_id,
+                                            due: task_due,
+                                            typ: task_type,
+                                        },
+                                        task_type_idx,
+                                    ));
+                                }
+                            }
+
+                            Ok(true)
+                        } else {
+                            next_event = Some(task_due);
+                            Ok(false)
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        Ok(true)
+                    }
+                },
+            )
+            .await
+            .map_err(|err| {
+                trc::error!(
+                    err.caused_by(trc::location!())
+                        .details("Failed to iterate over task queue.")
+                );
+            });
+
+        if !unreadable.is_empty() && repair_due_rows(self, unreadable).await {
+            // Look again at once for the rows that were rewritten
+            self.notify_task_queue();
+        }
+
+        if !tasks.is_empty() {
+            trc::event!(
+                TaskManager(TaskManagerEvent::TaskAcquired),
+                Total = tasks.len(),
+                Details = ipc.locked.len(),
+            );
+        }
+
+        // Shuffle tasks
+        if tasks.len() > 1 {
+            tasks.shuffle(&mut rand::rng());
+        }
+
+        // Dispatch tasks
+        for (task_job, task_type_idx) in tasks {
+            let tx = &ipc.txs[task_type_idx as usize];
+
+            if tx.capacity() > 0 {
+                let id = task_job.id;
+                if !self.try_lock_task(id).await {
+                    // inbuxa: another node holds the task. Look again after a
+                    // short while rather than a full lock lifetime from now:
+                    // the holder may have claimed it after this scan began,
+                    // or run on a clock ahead of this one, and waiting the
+                    // whole lifetime again would leave the task stuck for
+                    // another hour past its lock if that holder died
+                    if let Some(locked) = ipc.locked.get_mut(&id) {
+                        locked.expires =
+                            Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(claim_recheck_interval(lock_expiry));
+                    }
+                } else if tx.send(task_job).await.is_err() {
+                    trc::event!(
+                        Server(trc::ServerEvent::ThreadError),
+                        Details = "Error sending task.",
+                        CausedBy = trc::location!()
+                    );
+                    // inbuxa: nothing will run it here, so don't hold it
+                    self.remove_index_lock(id).await;
+                }
+            } else {
+                // If the channel is full, release the lock so it can be picked up in the next iteration
+                ipc.locked.remove(&task_job.id);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Delete expired locks
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        ipc.locked
+            .retain(|_, locked| locked.expires > now && locked.revision == ipc.revision);
+        let sleep_for = Duration::from_secs(next_event.map_or(QUEUE_REFRESH_INTERVAL, |timestamp| {
+            timestamp.saturating_sub(store::write::now())
+        }));
+
+        // inbuxa: wake up when a claim held elsewhere is due to be tried
+        // again, rather than only on the next task or refresh
+        ipc.locked
+            .values()
+            .map(|locked| locked.expires.saturating_duration_since(now))
+            .min()
+            .map_or(sleep_for, |recheck| sleep_for.min(recheck.max(Duration::from_secs(1))))
+    }
+}
+
+/// inbuxa: whether this node's cluster role lets it run a task type. Upstream
+/// checked the dedicated roles (search indexing, account and store
+/// maintenance, spam training) and let every node with a task manager run
+/// the rest, whatever its taskQueueProcessing setting. Every task type now
+/// answers to one ClusterTaskType:
+///
+/// - IndexDocument, UnindexDocument, IndexTrace: searchIndexing
+/// - AccountMaintenance, TenantMaintenance, DestroyAccount: accountMaintenance
+/// - StoreMaintenance: storeMaintenance
+/// - SpamFilterMaintenance: spamClassifierTraining
+/// - DmarcReport, TlsReport: outboundMta. They build and send reports to
+///   other domains (TLS reports can go straight to an HTTPS endpoint), which
+///   is the outbound MTA's business.
+/// - CalendarAlarmEmail, CalendarAlarmNotification, CalendarItipMessage,
+///   MergeThreads, RestoreArchivedItem, AcmeRenewal, DkimManagement,
+///   DnsManagement: taskQueueProcessing, the role for queue tasks with no
+///   role of their own.
+///
+/// A node that may not run a task leaves it unclaimed, so a node that may
+/// picks it up.
+pub fn task_enabled(roles: &ClusterRoles, task_type: TaskType) -> bool {
+    match task_type {
+        TaskType::IndexDocument | TaskType::UnindexDocument | TaskType::IndexTrace => {
+            roles.search_indexing
+        }
+        TaskType::AccountMaintenance | TaskType::TenantMaintenance | TaskType::DestroyAccount => {
+            roles.account_maintenance
+        }
+        TaskType::StoreMaintenance => roles.store_maintenance,
+        TaskType::SpamFilterMaintenance => roles.spam_training,
+        TaskType::DmarcReport | TaskType::TlsReport => roles.outbound_mta,
+        TaskType::CalendarAlarmEmail
+        | TaskType::CalendarAlarmNotification
+        | TaskType::CalendarItipMessage
+        | TaskType::MergeThreads
+        | TaskType::RestoreArchivedItem
+        | TaskType::AcmeRenewal
+        | TaskType::DkimManagement
+        | TaskType::DnsManagement => roles.task_manager,
+    }
+}
+
+async fn run_task(
+    server: &Server,
+    task: &Task,
+    server_instance: Arc<ServerInstance>,
+) -> TaskResult {
+    match task {
         Task::CalendarAlarmEmail(task) => {
             server.send_email_alarm(task, server_instance.clone()).await
         }
@@ -256,23 +560,48 @@ pub fn spawn_task_manager(inner: Arc<Inner>) {
         Task::IndexDocument(_)
         | Task::UnindexDocument(_)
         | Task::IndexTrace(_) => unreachable!(),
-                            };
-
-                            refresh_queue = result.is_retry();
-
-                            update_tasks(
-                                &server,
-                                &mut [TaskDetails { task, info: job }],
-                                vec![result],
-                            )
-                            .await;
     }
+}
+
+/// inbuxa: reads a claimed task when this node's role still allows its type.
+/// The role may have changed since the task was claimed (a settings reload in
+/// between); the claim is then handed back at once for a node that may run
+/// it, rather than held until the lease runs out.
+async fn fetch_enabled_task(server: &Server, job: TaskJob) -> Option<TaskDetails> {
+    if task_enabled(&server.core.network.roles, job.typ) {
+        fetch_task(server, job).await
+    } else {
+        trc::event!(
+            TaskManager(TaskManagerEvent::TaskIgnored),
+            Id = job.id,
+            Details = job.typ.as_str(),
+            Reason = "Task type was disabled by cluster roles after it was claimed.",
+        );
+        server.remove_index_lock(job.id).await;
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+/// Reads a claimed task. When it is gone or can't be read, the claim is
+/// released: inbuxa: holding it would block the task, everywhere, until
+/// the lock expired.
+async fn fetch_task(server: &Server, job: TaskJob) -> Option<TaskDetails> {
+    match server
+        .store()
+        .get_value::<Task>(ValueKey::from(ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Task {
+            id: job.id,
+        })))
+        .await
+    {
+        Ok(Some(task)) => Some(TaskDetails { task, info: job }),
         Ok(None) => {
             trc::event!(
                 TaskManager(TaskManagerEvent::TaskIgnored),
                 Id = job.id,
                 Reason = "Task not found in store, likely already processed.",
             );
+            server.remove_index_lock(job.id).await;
+            None
         }
         Err(err) => {
             trc::error!(
@@ -280,210 +609,23 @@ pub fn spawn_task_manager(inner: Arc<Inner>) {
                     .details("Failed to retrieve task details.")
                     .caused_by(trc::location!())
             );
+            server.remove_index_lock(job.id).await;
+            None
+        }
     }
 }
 
-                    if refresh_queue || rx.is_empty() {
+/// inbuxa: a task panicked: its locks are released so it runs again, here or
-                        server.notify_task_queue();
+/// on another node, and the worker carries on.
-                    }
+async fn worker_failed(server: &Server, ids: &[u64], err: tokio::task::JoinError) {
-                }
-            });
-        }
-    }
-
-    const REFRESH_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);
-    tokio::spawn(async move {
-        let mut ipc = TaskManagerIpc {
-            txs: txs.try_into().expect("Incorrect number of task channels"),
-            locked: Default::default(),
-            revision: 0,
-        };
-        let rx = inner.ipc.task_tx.clone();
-        loop {
-            // Index any queued tasks
-            let mut sleep_for = inner.build_server().process_tasks(&mut ipc).await;
-            if is_clustered && sleep_for > REFRESH_INTERVAL {
-                sleep_for = REFRESH_INTERVAL;
-            }
-
-            // Wait for a signal or sleep until the next task is due
-            let _ = tokio::time::timeout(sleep_for, rx.notified()).await;
-        }
-    });
-}
-
-pub(crate) trait TaskQueueManager: Sync + Send {
-    fn process_tasks(&self, ipc: &mut TaskManagerIpc) -> impl Future<Output = Duration> + Send;
-}
-
-impl TaskQueueManager for Server {
-    async fn process_tasks(&self, ipc: &mut TaskManagerIpc) -> Duration {
-        let now_timestamp = now();
-        let from_key = ValueKey::<ValueClass> {
-            account_id: 0,
-            collection: 0,
-            document_id: 0,
-            class: ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Due { id: 0, due: 1 }),
-        };
-        let to_key = ValueKey::<ValueClass> {
-            account_id: u32::MAX,
-            collection: u8::MAX,
-            document_id: u32::MAX,
-            class: ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Due {
-                id: u64::MAX,
-                due: now_timestamp + QUEUE_REFRESH_INTERVAL,
-            }),
-        };
-
-        // Retrieve tasks pending to be processed
-        let mut tasks = Vec::new();
-        let now = Instant::now();
-        let mut next_event = None;
-        let roles = &self.core.network.roles;
-        ipc.revision += 1;
-        let _ = self
-            .store()
-            .iterate(
-                IterateParams::new(from_key, to_key).ascending(),
-                |key, value| {
-                    if key.len() == U64_LEN * 2 {
-                        let task_due = key.deserialize_be_u64(0)?;
-                        let task_id = key.deserialize_be_u64(U64_LEN)?;
-
-                        if task_due <= now_timestamp {
-                            let task_type_idx = value.deserialize_be_u16(0)?;
-                            let task_type = TaskType::from_id(task_type_idx).ok_or_else(|| {
-                                trc::StoreEvent::DataCorruption
-                                    .caused_by(trc::location!())
-                                    .ctx(trc::Key::Value, value)
-                            })?;
-                            let enabled = match task_type {
-                                TaskType::IndexDocument
-                                | TaskType::UnindexDocument
-                                | TaskType::IndexTrace => roles.search_indexing,
-                                TaskType::AccountMaintenance
-                                | TaskType::TenantMaintenance
-                                | TaskType::DestroyAccount => roles.account_maintenance,
-                                TaskType::StoreMaintenance => roles.store_maintenance,
-                                TaskType::SpamFilterMaintenance => roles.spam_training,
-                                TaskType::CalendarAlarmEmail
-                                | TaskType::CalendarAlarmNotification
-                                | TaskType::CalendarItipMessage
-                                | TaskType::MergeThreads
-                                | TaskType::DmarcReport
-                                | TaskType::TlsReport
-                                | TaskType::RestoreArchivedItem
-                                | TaskType::AcmeRenewal
-                                | TaskType::DkimManagement
-                                | TaskType::DnsManagement => true,
-                            };
-
-                            if !enabled {
-                                trc::event!(
-                                    TaskManager(TaskManagerEvent::TaskIgnored),
-                                    Id = task_id,
-                                    Details = task_type.as_str(),
-                                    Reason = "Task type is disabled by cluster roles.",
-                                );
-                                return Ok(true);
-                            }
-
-                            match ipc.locked.entry(task_id) {
-                                Entry::Occupied(mut entry) => {
-                                    let locked = entry.get_mut();
-                                    if locked.expires <= now || locked.due < task_due {
-                                        locked.expires = Instant::now()
-                                            + std::time::Duration::from_secs(
-                                                DEFAULT_LOCK_EXPIRY + 1,
-                                            );
-                                        locked.due = task_due;
-                                        tasks.push((
-                                            TaskJob {
-                                                id: task_id,
-                                                due: task_due,
-                                                typ: task_type,
-                                            },
-                                            task_type_idx,
-                                        ));
-                                    }
-                                    locked.revision = ipc.revision;
-                                }
-                                Entry::Vacant(entry) => {
-                                    entry.insert(Locked {
-                                        expires: Instant::now()
-                                            + std::time::Duration::from_secs(
-                                                DEFAULT_LOCK_EXPIRY + 1,
-                                            ),
-                                        due: task_due,
-                                        revision: ipc.revision,
-                                    });
-                                    tasks.push((
-                                        TaskJob {
-                                            id: task_id,
-                                            due: task_due,
-                                            typ: task_type,
-                                        },
-                                        task_type_idx,
-                                    ));
-                                }
-                            }
-
-                            Ok(true)
-                        } else {
-                            next_event = Some(task_due);
-                            Ok(false)
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        Ok(true)
-                    }
-                },
-            )
-            .await
-            .map_err(|err| {
-                trc::error!(
-                    err.caused_by(trc::location!())
-                        .details("Failed to iterate over task queue.")
-                );
-            });
-
-        if !tasks.is_empty() {
-            trc::event!(
-                TaskManager(TaskManagerEvent::TaskAcquired),
-                Total = tasks.len(),
-                Details = ipc.locked.len(),
-            );
-        }
-
-        // Shuffle tasks
-        if tasks.len() > 1 {
-            tasks.shuffle(&mut rand::rng());
-        }
-
-        // Dispatch tasks
-        for (task_job, task_type_idx) in tasks {
-            let tx = &ipc.txs[task_type_idx as usize];
-
-            if tx.capacity() > 0 {
-                if self.try_lock_task(task_job.id).await && tx.send(task_job).await.is_err() {
     trc::event!(
         Server(trc::ServerEvent::ThreadError),
-                        Details = "Error sending task.",
+        Details = "Task worker failed",
+        Reason = err.to_string(),
         CausedBy = trc::location!()
     );
-                }
+    for id in ids {
-            } else {
+        server.remove_index_lock(*id).await;
-                // If the channel is full, release the lock so it can be picked up in the next iteration
-                ipc.locked.remove(&task_job.id);
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Delete expired locks
-        let now = Instant::now();
-        ipc.locked
-            .retain(|_, locked| locked.expires > now && locked.revision == ipc.revision);
-        Duration::from_secs(next_event.map_or(QUEUE_REFRESH_INTERVAL, |timestamp| {
-            timestamp.saturating_sub(store::write::now())
-        }))
     }
 }
 
@@ -614,6 +756,13 @@ async fn update_tasks(
     }
 }
 
+/// inbuxa: how long to wait before trying again to claim a task another node
+/// holds: a twelfth of the lock lifetime, so five minutes for the one-hour
+/// lock, never more than that and never under a second.
+pub(crate) fn claim_recheck_interval(lock_expiry: u64) -> u64 {
+    (lock_expiry / 12).clamp(1, CLAIM_RECHECK_INTERVAL)
+}
+
 pub fn perpetual_retry_time(typ: TaskType, attempt: u64) -> Option<u64> {
     matches!(
         typ,
@@ -686,3 +835,114 @@ impl TaskResult {
         )
     }
 }
+
+/// inbuxa: a task queue row whose task type could not be read.
+struct UnreadableDueRow {
+    due: u64,
+    id: u64,
+    value: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+/// inbuxa: logs each unreadable queue row and repairs it from the task it
+/// schedules. The task row says what the task is, so the queue row is
+/// rewritten with that task's type; a row with no task behind it is removed.
+///
+/// Rescheduling an internal DMARC or TLS report wrote the report's object
+/// type into the queue row instead of the task type. Such a row is the time
+/// an administrator chose, so the task is moved to it as the reschedule
+/// meant to do: the task row takes that due, and a queue row left at the
+/// task's previous due is removed. Returns whether any row was repaired.
+async fn repair_due_rows(server: &Server, rows: Vec<UnreadableDueRow>) -> bool {
+    let mut repaired = false;
+    for row in rows {
+        let UnreadableDueRow { due, id, value } = row;
+        trc::error!(
+            trc::StoreEvent::DataCorruption
+                .into_err()
+                .id(id)
+                .ctx(trc::Key::Due, trc::Value::Timestamp(due))
+                .ctx(
+                    trc::Key::Key,
+                    [due.to_be_bytes(), id.to_be_bytes()].concat()
+                )
+                .ctx(trc::Key::Value, value.clone())
+                .details("Unreadable task queue row skipped")
+                .caused_by(trc::location!())
+        );
+
+        let task_key = ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Task { id });
+        let due_key = ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Due { id, due });
+        let task = match server
+            .store()
+            .get_value::<Task>(ValueKey::from(task_key.clone()))
+            .await
+        {
+            Ok(task) => task,
+            Err(err) => {
+                trc::error!(
+                    err.id(id)
+                        .details("Failed to read the task of an unreadable queue row.")
+                        .caused_by(trc::location!())
+                );
+                continue;
+            }
+        };
+
+        let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+        let action = if let Some(mut task) = task {
+            let task_type = task.object_type();
+            batch.assert_value(task_key.clone(), AssertValue::Some);
+            if rescheduled_report_type(&value) == Some(task_type) {
+                let old_due = task.due_timestamp();
+                if old_due != due {
+                    batch.clear(ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Due {
+                        id,
+                        due: old_due,
+                    }));
+                }
+                task.set_status(TaskStatus::at(due as i64));
+            }
+            batch
+                .set(due_key, task_type.to_id().serialize())
+                .set(task_key, task.to_pickled_vec());
+            "Rewrote the queue row from its task."
+        } else {
+            batch.clear(due_key);
+            "Removed a queue row with no task."
+        };
+
+        match server.store().write(batch.build_all()).await {
+            Ok(_) => {
+                repaired = true;
+                trc::event!(
+                    TaskManager(TaskManagerEvent::TaskIgnored),
+                    Id = id,
+                    Due = trc::Value::Timestamp(due),
+                    Reason = action,
+                );
+            }
+            Err(err) if err.matches(trc::EventType::Store(trc::StoreEvent::AssertValueFailed)) => {
+                // The task went away meanwhile; the next scan looks again
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                trc::error!(
+                    err.id(id)
+                        .details("Failed to repair an unreadable queue row.")
+                        .caused_by(trc::location!())
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    repaired
+}
+
+/// inbuxa: the task type a report reschedule meant, when a queue row holds
+/// an internal report's object type (the value that reschedule wrote).
+fn rescheduled_report_type(value: &[u8]) -> Option<TaskType> {
+    let id = u16::from_be_bytes(value.get(..2)?.try_into().ok()?);
+    match ObjectType::from_id(id)? {
+        ObjectType::DmarcInternalReport => Some(TaskType::DmarcReport),
+        ObjectType::TlsInternalReport => Some(TaskType::TlsReport),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}

crates/services/src/task_manager/mod.rs

@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ pub mod scheduler;
 pub mod spam_classifier;
 
 const QUEUE_REFRESH_INTERVAL: u64 = 60 * 5; // 5 minutes
-const DEFAULT_LOCK_EXPIRY: u64 = 60 * 60; // 1 hour
+// inbuxa: the lock lifetime (one hour) lives in common::ipc::TaskLocks, per
+// server, so a graceful stop can release the locks and the tests can shorten it
+const CLAIM_RECHECK_INTERVAL: u64 = 60 * 5; // 5 minutes
 
 pub(crate) struct TaskManagerIpc {
     txs: [mpsc::Sender<TaskJob>; TaskType::COUNT],

crates/smtp/src/inbound/milter/client.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use common::config::smtp::session::Milter;
@@ -25,7 +27,19 @@ impl MilterClient<TcpStream> {
     pub async fn connect(config: &Milter, session_id: u64) -> Result<Self> {
         tokio::time::timeout(config.timeout_command, async {
             let mut last_err = Error::Disconnected;
-            for addr in &config.addrs {
+            // inbuxa: a hostname is resolved here, per connection, rather
+            // than while the settings are built
+            let resolved;
+            let addrs = if config.addrs.is_empty() {
+                resolved = tokio::net::lookup_host((config.hostname.as_str(), config.port))
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(Error::Io)?
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                &resolved
+            } else {
+                &config.addrs
+            };
+            for addr in addrs {
                 match TcpStream::connect(addr).await {
                     Ok(stream) => {
                         return Ok(MilterClient {

crates/smtp/src/lib.rs

@@ -44,7 +44,16 @@ impl StartQueueManager for BootManager {
 impl SpawnQueueManager for IpcReceivers {
     fn spawn_queue_manager(&mut self, inner: Arc<Inner>) {
         let core = inner.shared_core.load();
-        if !core.storage.registry.is_recovery_mode() && core.network.roles.outbound_mta {
+        // inbuxa: upstream started these only when the node's role included
+        // outboundMta at boot, so turning the role on later did nothing and
+        // turning it off left them delivering until a restart. They now run
+        // on every node: the queue follows the role live (see Queue::start),
+        // and the report scheduler records DMARC and TLS results on every
+        // node, whatever its role (see reporting/scheduler.rs). This also
+        // drains the queue channel on nodes
+        // without the role, where every queued message's refresh used to sit
+        // in a channel nobody read until it filled and queueing blocked.
+        if !core.storage.registry.is_recovery_mode() {
             // Spawn queue manager
             self.queue_rx.take().unwrap().spawn(inner.clone());
 

crates/smtp/src/queue/manager.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use super::{Message, QueueId, Status, spool::SmtpSpool};
@@ -39,6 +41,9 @@ pub struct Queue {
     pub urgent_refresh: bool,
     pub last_scan: Instant,
     pub last_full_scan: Instant,
+    /// inbuxa: whether this node's role included outboundMta when last
+    /// checked (None before the first check)
+    pub role_enabled: Option<bool>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -67,6 +72,9 @@ impl SpawnQueue for mpsc::Receiver<QueueEvent> {
 const BACK_PRESSURE_WARN_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);
 const MIN_SCAN_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_millis(100);
 const FULL_SCAN_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(QUEUE_REFRESH / 2);
+/// inbuxa: how often a node without the outbound MTA role looks at its role
+/// again when nothing else wakes it (a settings reload does)
+const ROLE_RECHECK_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
 
 impl Queue {
     pub fn new(core: Arc<Inner>, rx: mpsc::Receiver<QueueEvent>) -> Self {
@@ -87,6 +95,7 @@ impl Queue {
             urgent_refresh: false,
             last_scan: now.checked_sub(MIN_SCAN_INTERVAL).unwrap_or(now),
             last_full_scan: now,
+            role_enabled: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -123,6 +132,27 @@ impl Queue {
                 continue;
             }
 
+            // inbuxa: follow the node's role live. Without outboundMta the
+            // queue claims nothing new; deliveries already running finish
+            // and report back as usual, releasing their locks. When the role
+            // comes back, the whole queue is scanned at once.
+            let role_enabled = self.core.shared_core.load().network.roles.outbound_mta;
+            if self.role_enabled.replace(role_enabled) == Some(false) && role_enabled {
+                trc::event!(
+                    Queue(trc::QueueEvent::Started),
+                    Details = "This node's cluster role now includes outboundMta",
+                );
+                self.scan_from = 0;
+                self.pending_refresh = true;
+                self.urgent_refresh = true;
+            }
+            if !role_enabled {
+                self.pending_refresh = false;
+                self.urgent_refresh = false;
+                self.next_refresh = Instant::now() + ROLE_RECHECK_INTERVAL;
+                continue;
+            }
+
             self.pending_refresh |= refresh_queue;
             if !self.pending_refresh && self.next_refresh > Instant::now() {
                 continue;

crates/smtp/src/reporting/dmarc.rs

@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use super::AggregateTimestamp;
+use super::shared::{MAX_WRITE_RETRIES, Revisioned, write_retry_pause};
 use crate::{
     core::Session,
     queue::RecipientDomain,
@@ -349,18 +352,27 @@ impl DmarcReporting for Server {
         let object_id = ObjectType::DmarcInternalReport.to_id();
         let key = ValueClass::Registry(RegistryClass::Item { object_id, item_id });
 
-        let Some(report) = self
+        // Delete report. inbuxa: only the version read here, so a record
+        // another node appends meanwhile is sent with it rather than lost
+        let mut attempt = 0;
+        let report = loop {
+            let Some(Revisioned {
+                revision,
+                value: report,
+            }) = self
                 .store()
-            .get_value::<DmarcInternalReport>(ValueKey::from(key.clone()))
+                .get_value::<Revisioned<DmarcInternalReport>>(ValueKey::from(key.clone()))
                 .await
                 .caused_by(trc::location!())?
             else {
                 return Ok(());
             };
 
-        // Delete report
             let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
-        batch.clear(key).clear(RegistryClass::PrimaryKey {
+            batch
+                .assert_value(key.clone(), AssertValue::Hash(revision))
+                .clear(key.clone())
+                .clear(RegistryClass::PrimaryKey {
                     object_id: object_id.into(),
                     index_id: Property::Domain.to_id(),
                     key: KeySerializer::new(report.domain.len() + U64_LEN)
@@ -368,10 +380,15 @@ impl DmarcReporting for Server {
                         .write(report.policy_identifier)
                         .finalize(),
                 });
-        self.store()
+            match self.store().write(batch.build_all()).await {
-            .write(batch.build_all())
+                Ok(_) => break report,
-            .await
+                Err(err) if err.is_assertion_failure() && attempt < MAX_WRITE_RETRIES => {
-            .caused_by(trc::location!())?;
+                    attempt += 1;
+                    write_retry_pause(attempt).await;
+                }
+                Err(err) => return Err(err.caused_by(trc::location!())),
+            }
+        };
 
         let span_id = self.inner.data.span_id_gen.generate();
         let event_from = report.report.date_range_begin.timestamp() as u64;
@@ -676,8 +693,11 @@ impl DmarcReporting for Server {
                     break;
                 }
                 Err(err) => {
-                    if err.is_assertion_failure() && rety_count < 3 {
+                    // inbuxa: another node appended first; try again
+                    // after a short pause
+                    if err.is_assertion_failure() && rety_count < MAX_WRITE_RETRIES {
                         rety_count += 1;
+                        write_retry_pause(rety_count).await;
                         continue;
                     }
                     trc::error!(

crates/smtp/src/reporting/index.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use registry::{
@@ -40,35 +42,49 @@ pub trait InternalReportIndex: ObjectImpl {
 
     fn primary_key(&self) -> ValueClass;
 
+    /// Moves the report's delivery, and its queued task, to `at`.
+    ///
+    /// inbuxa: the new queue row carries the task's type, as
+    /// `schedule_task_with_id` writes it, and the task row gets the new due
+    /// too. `queued` is the task as stored: its due, not the report's
+    /// `deliverAt`, is the queue row that exists (they differ once the task
+    /// has been retried).
     fn reschedule_ops(
         &mut self,
         batch: &mut BatchBuilder,
         item_id: u64,
         revision: u64,
         at: UTCDateTime,
+        queued: Option<&Task>,
     ) {
         let current_deliver_at = self.deliver_at();
+        let current_due = current_deliver_at.timestamp() as u64;
+        let queued_due = queued.map_or(current_due, |task| task.due_timestamp());
+        let new_due = at.timestamp() as u64;
 
-        if current_deliver_at != at {
+        if current_deliver_at != at || queued_due != new_due {
             let object = Self::OBJECT;
             let object_id = object.to_id();
             let key = ValueClass::Registry(RegistryClass::Item { object_id, item_id });
 
             self.set_deliver_at(at);
 
+            batch.assert_value(key.clone(), AssertValue::Hash(revision));
+            if queued_due != new_due {
+                batch.clear(ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Due {
+                    id: item_id,
+                    due: queued_due,
+                }));
+            }
+            // A row an earlier reschedule left at the report's deliverAt
+            if current_due != new_due && current_due != queued_due {
+                batch.clear(ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Due {
+                    id: item_id,
+                    due: current_due,
+                }));
+            }
             batch
-                .assert_value(key.clone(), AssertValue::Hash(revision))
+                .schedule_task_with_id(item_id, self.task(item_id))
-                .clear(ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Due {
-                    id: item_id,
-                    due: current_deliver_at.timestamp() as u64,
-                }))
-                .set(
-                    ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Due {
-                        id: item_id,
-                        due: at.timestamp() as u64,
-                    }),
-                    object_id.serialize(),
-                )
                 .set(key, self.to_pickled_vec());
         }
     }

crates/smtp/src/reporting/mod.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use common::config::smtp::report::AggregateFrequency;
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ pub mod inbound;
 pub mod index;
 pub mod scheduler;
 pub mod send;
+pub mod shared; // inbuxa: reports written by every node
 pub mod spf;
 pub mod tls;
 

crates/smtp/src/reporting/scheduler.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use super::{dmarc::DmarcReporting, tls::TlsReporting};
@@ -18,6 +20,17 @@ impl SpawnReport for mpsc::Receiver<ReportingEvent> {
         tokio::spawn(async move {
             while let Some(event) = self.recv().await {
                 let server = inner.build_server();
+                // inbuxa: every node records what it received, whatever its
+                // role. An aggregate report covers all of a domain's mail,
+                // whichever node took it, and recording is a store write
+                // that nodes already share: the report's primary key is
+                // versioned, so concurrent appends from several nodes retry
+                // rather than overwrite. Only building and sending the
+                // report (the DmarcReport and TlsReport tasks) belongs to
+                // the outbound MTA; the task manager keeps those to nodes
+                // with that role. Upstream ran this only on outbound MTA
+                // nodes, so mail received anywhere else never reached a
+                // report.
                 match event {
                     ReportingEvent::Dmarc(event) => server.schedule_dmarc(event).await,
                     ReportingEvent::Tls(event) => server.schedule_tls(event).await,

crates/smtp/src/reporting/shared.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! inbuxa: internal DMARC and TLS reports are shared by every node. Any node
+//! that receives mail appends to them, so several nodes can write one report
+//! at once, and the node that sends it may do so while another is appending.
+//! Appends already guard the report's versioned primary key and retry when
+//! another writer got there first; these helpers give those retries room and
+//! let the sender delete exactly the report it read.
+
+use rand::RngExt;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use store::{Deserialize, xxhash_rust::xxh3::xxh3_64};
+
+/// How many times a report write that lost to another writer is retried.
+/// Upstream retried three times, when only outbound MTA nodes wrote.
+pub(crate) const MAX_WRITE_RETRIES: u32 = 10;
+
+/// A short random pause, longer on each attempt, before retrying a report
+/// write that lost to another node, so the writers spread out instead of
+/// colliding again.
+pub(crate) async fn write_retry_pause(attempt: u32) {
+    let ms = rand::rng().random_range(5..=25u64) * u64::from(attempt.max(1));
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(ms)).await;
+}
+
+/// A stored value with the hash of the bytes it was read from, for
+/// `AssertValue::Hash`: a write asserting it fails if anyone changed the
+/// value since.
+pub(crate) struct Revisioned<T> {
+    pub revision: u64,
+    pub value: T,
+}
+
+impl<T: Deserialize> Deserialize for Revisioned<T> {
+    fn deserialize(bytes: &[u8]) -> trc::Result<Self> {
+        Ok(Revisioned {
+            revision: xxh3_64(bytes),
+            value: T::deserialize(bytes)?,
+        })
+    }
+}

crates/smtp/src/reporting/tls.rs

@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use super::AggregateTimestamp;
+use super::shared::{MAX_WRITE_RETRIES, Revisioned, write_retry_pause};
 use crate::{
     queue::RecipientDomain,
     reporting::{index::InternalReportIndex, send::MtaReportSend},
@@ -70,28 +73,40 @@ impl TlsReporting for Server {
         let object_id = ObjectType::TlsInternalReport.to_id();
         let key = ValueClass::Registry(RegistryClass::Item { object_id, item_id });
 
-        let Some(report) = self
+        // Delete report. inbuxa: only the version read here, so a result
+        // another node appends meanwhile is sent with it rather than lost
+        let mut attempt = 0;
+        let report = loop {
+            let Some(Revisioned {
+                revision,
+                value: report,
+            }) = self
                 .store()
-            .get_value::<TlsInternalReport>(ValueKey::from(key.clone()))
+                .get_value::<Revisioned<TlsInternalReport>>(ValueKey::from(key.clone()))
                 .await
                 .caused_by(trc::location!())?
             else {
                 return Ok(());
             };
 
-        // Delete report
             let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
-        batch.clear(key).clear(RegistryClass::PrimaryKey {
+            batch
+                .assert_value(key.clone(), AssertValue::Hash(revision))
+                .clear(key.clone())
+                .clear(RegistryClass::PrimaryKey {
                     object_id: object_id.into(),
                     index_id: Property::Domain.to_id(),
                     key: report.domain.as_bytes().to_vec(),
                 });
-        self.core
+            match self.core.storage.data.write(batch.build_all()).await {
-            .storage
+                Ok(_) => break report,
-            .data
+                Err(err) if err.is_assertion_failure() && attempt < MAX_WRITE_RETRIES => {
-            .write(batch.build_all())
+                    attempt += 1;
-            .await
+                    write_retry_pause(attempt).await;
-            .caused_by(trc::location!())?;
+                }
+                Err(err) => return Err(err.caused_by(trc::location!())),
+            }
+        };
 
         let domain_name = report.domain.as_str();
         let event_from = report.report.date_range_start.timestamp() as u64;
@@ -477,8 +492,11 @@ impl TlsReporting for Server {
                     break;
                 }
                 Err(err) => {
-                    if err.is_assertion_failure() && rety_count < 3 {
+                    // inbuxa: another node appended first; try again
+                    // after a short pause
+                    if err.is_assertion_failure() && rety_count < MAX_WRITE_RETRIES {
                         rety_count += 1;
+                        write_retry_pause(rety_count).await;
                         continue;
                     }
                     trc::error!(

crates/spam-filter/src/modules/pyzor.rs

@@ -48,16 +48,21 @@ pub(crate) async fn pyzor_check(
     // Send message to address. inbuxa: in tests, a fixed table answers
     // instead of a public server (test_response).
     #[cfg(not(feature = "test_mode"))]
-    let response = pyzor_send_message(config.address, config.timeout, &request).await;
+    let response = match tokio::time::timeout(config.timeout, config.address()).await {
+        Ok(Ok(address)) => pyzor_send_message(address, config.timeout, &request).await,
+        Ok(Err(err)) => Err(err),
+        Err(_) => Err(std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut,
+            "Timed out resolving the Pyzor server",
+        )),
+    };
     #[cfg(feature = "test_mode")]
     let response = std::io::Result::Ok(test_response(&request));
 
-    response
+    response.map(Into::into).map_err(|err| {
-        .map(Into::into)
-        .map_err(|err| {
         trc::SpamEvent::PyzorError
             .into_err()
-                .ctx(trc::Key::Url, config.address.to_string())
+            .ctx(trc::Key::Url, format!("{}:{}", config.host, config.port))
             .reason(err)
             .details("Pyzor failed")
     })

crates/store/src/backend/mod.rs

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ pub mod s3;
 pub mod sqlite;
 // inbuxa: scale-out storage (sharded stores)
 pub mod scaleout;
+// inbuxa: client-side SQL query limits
+#[cfg(any(feature = "postgres", feature = "mysql"))]
+pub mod query_timeout;
 
 
 pub const MAX_TOKEN_LENGTH: usize = (u8::MAX >> 1) as usize;

crates/store/src/backend/mysql/blob.rs

@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use std::ops::Range;
 
 use mysql_async::prelude::Queryable;
 
-use super::{MysqlStore, into_error};
+use super::{MysqlStore, bounded, into_error};
 
 impl MysqlStore {
     pub(crate) async fn get_blob(
@@ -16,7 +18,9 @@ impl MysqlStore {
         key: &[u8],
         range: Range<usize>,
     ) -> trc::Result<Option<Vec<u8>>> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let s = conn
                 .prep("SELECT v FROM t WHERE k = ?")
                 .await
@@ -36,10 +40,15 @@ impl MysqlStore {
                     }
                 })
                 .map_err(into_error)
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn put_blob(&self, key: &[u8], data: &[u8]) -> trc::Result<()> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let s = conn
                 .prep("INSERT INTO t (k, v) VALUES (?, ?) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE v = VALUES(v)")
                 .await
@@ -48,10 +57,15 @@ impl MysqlStore {
                 .await
                 .map_err(into_error)
                 .map(|_| ())
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn delete_blob(&self, key: &[u8]) -> trc::Result<bool> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let s = conn
                 .prep("DELETE FROM t WHERE k = ?")
                 .await
@@ -60,5 +74,8 @@ impl MysqlStore {
                 .await
                 .map_err(into_error)
                 .map(|hits| hits.affected_rows() > 0)
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 }

crates/store/src/backend/mysql/lookup.rs

@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use mysql_async::{Params, Row, prelude::Queryable};
 
 use crate::{IntoRows, QueryResult, QueryType, Value};
 
-use super::{MysqlStore, into_error};
+use super::{MysqlStore, bounded, into_error};
 
 impl MysqlStore {
     pub(crate) async fn sql_query<T: QueryResult>(
@@ -16,7 +18,9 @@ impl MysqlStore {
         query: &str,
         params: &[Value<'_>],
     ) -> trc::Result<T> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let s = conn.prep(query).await.map_err(into_error)?;
             let params = Params::Positional(params.iter().map(Into::into).collect());
 
@@ -38,6 +42,9 @@ impl MysqlStore {
                     .await
                     .map_or_else(|e| Err(into_error(e)), |r| Ok(T::from_query_all(r))),
             }
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 }
 

crates/store/src/backend/mysql/main.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
-use super::{MysqlStore, into_error};
+use super::{MysqlStore, bounded, into_error};
 use crate::{
     backend::mysql::MysqlSearchField,
     search::{
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ impl MysqlStore {
             .max_allowed_packet(config.max_allowed_packet.map(|v| v as usize))
             .wait_timeout(config.timeout.map(|t| t.as_secs() as usize))
             .client_found_rows(true)
+            // inbuxa: notice a server that went away without closing the
+            // connection in minutes, not the system default of two hours
+            .tcp_keepalive(Some(super::POOL_KEEPALIVE_IDLE))
             .tcp_port(config.port as u16);
 
         if config.use_tls {
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ impl MysqlStore {
                             .db_name(Some(replica.database.clone()))
                             .tcp_port(replica.port as u16),
                     ),
+                    timeouts: Default::default(),
                 })),
                 replica.host,
                 replica.port as u16,
@@ -78,6 +82,7 @@ impl MysqlStore {
 
         let primary = Store::MySQL(Arc::new(MysqlStore {
             conn_pool: Pool::new(opts),
+            timeouts: Default::default(),
         }));
 
         // ST-1: no replicas, no change
@@ -95,8 +100,9 @@ impl MysqlStore {
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn create_storage_tables(&self) -> trc::Result<()> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
-
+        let limit = self.timeouts.maintenance;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             for table in [
                 SUBSPACE_ACL,
                 SUBSPACE_TASK_QUEUE,
@@ -166,11 +172,15 @@ impl MysqlStore {
             }
 
             Ok(())
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn create_search_tables(&self) -> trc::Result<()> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
-
+        let limit = self.timeouts.maintenance;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             create_search_tables::<EmailSearchField>(&mut conn).await?;
             create_search_tables::<CalendarSearchField>(&mut conn).await?;
             create_search_tables::<ContactSearchField>(&mut conn).await?;
@@ -178,6 +188,9 @@ impl MysqlStore {
             create_search_tables::<TracingSearchField>(&mut conn).await?;
 
             Ok(())
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 }
 

crates/store/src/backend/mysql/mod.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
+use crate::backend::query_timeout::QueryTimeouts;
 use crate::{
     search::{
         CalendarSearchField, ContactSearchField, EmailSearchField, FileSearchField, SearchField,
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ use crate::{
     write::SearchIndex,
 };
 use mysql_async::Pool;
-use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::{fmt::Display, time::Duration};
 
 pub mod blob;
 pub mod lookup;
@@ -25,6 +26,72 @@ pub mod write;
 
 pub struct MysqlStore {
     pub(crate) conn_pool: Pool,
+    /// inbuxa: client-side query limits (see backend::query_timeout)
+    pub(crate) timeouts: QueryTimeouts,
+}
+
+/// inbuxa: how long a request waits for a pooled connection (including
+/// opening one). mysql_async's pool has no wait timeout, so upstream waited
+/// forever when the server stopped answering.
+pub(crate) const POOL_WAIT_TIMEOUT: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from_secs(30);
+/// inbuxa: idle time before TCP keepalive probes start.
+pub(crate) const POOL_KEEPALIVE_IDLE: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from_secs(60);
+
+impl MysqlStore {
+    /// inbuxa: a pooled connection, or an error once POOL_WAIT_TIMEOUT has
+    /// passed without one.
+    pub(crate) async fn conn(&self) -> trc::Result<mysql_async::Conn> {
+        pool_conn(&self.conn_pool, POOL_WAIT_TIMEOUT).await
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn pool_conn(
+    pool: &Pool,
+    wait: std::time::Duration,
+) -> trc::Result<mysql_async::Conn> {
+    match tokio::time::timeout(wait, pool.get_conn()).await {
+        Ok(result) => result.map_err(into_error),
+        Err(_) => Err(trc::StoreEvent::MysqlError
+            .reason("Timed out waiting for a database connection")
+            .details(format!("No connection within {} s", wait.as_secs()))),
+    }
+}
+
+/// inbuxa: the error for an operation that ran past its time limit.
+pub(crate) fn query_timeout_error(limit: Duration) -> trc::Error {
+    trc::StoreEvent::MysqlError
+        .reason("Query timed out")
+        .details(format!(
+            "No answer from the database within {} s",
+            limit.as_secs()
+        ))
+}
+
+/// inbuxa: ends an operation run on `conn` under `limit`. When it ran out,
+/// the connection is closed rather than returned to the pool: a query may
+/// still be in flight on it, or a transaction open. Conn::disconnect marks
+/// the connection closed before it sends anything, so even when the server
+/// doesn't answer and the attempt is dropped, the pool discards it instead
+/// of waiting to clean it up.
+pub(crate) fn bounded<T>(
+    conn: mysql_async::Conn,
+    result: Result<trc::Result<T>, tokio::time::error::Elapsed>,
+    limit: Duration,
+) -> trc::Result<T> {
+    match result {
+        Ok(result) => result,
+        Err(_) => {
+            discard(conn);
+            Err(query_timeout_error(limit))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// inbuxa: closes a connection whose state is unknown (see bounded).
+pub(crate) fn discard(conn: mysql_async::Conn) {
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let _ = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(1), conn.disconnect()).await;
+    });
 }
 
 #[inline(always)]

crates/store/src/backend/mysql/read.rs

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
-use super::{MysqlStore, into_error, is_timeout_error};
+use super::{MysqlStore, bounded, discard, into_error, is_timeout_error, query_timeout_error};
 use crate::{Deserialize, IterateParams, Key, ValueKey, write::ValueClass};
 use futures::TryStreamExt;
 use mysql_async::{Row, prelude::Queryable};
@@ -14,7 +16,9 @@ impl MysqlStore {
     where
         U: Deserialize + 'static,
     {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let s = conn
                 .prep(format!(
                     "SELECT v FROM {} WHERE k = ?",
@@ -33,10 +37,15 @@ impl MysqlStore {
                         Ok(None)
                     }
                 })
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn key_exists(&self, key: impl Key) -> trc::Result<bool> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let s = conn
                 .prep(format!(
                     "SELECT 1 FROM {} WHERE k = ?",
@@ -49,6 +58,9 @@ impl MysqlStore {
                 .await
                 .map_err(into_error)
                 .map(|r| r.is_some())
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn iterate<T: Key>(
@@ -56,18 +68,20 @@ impl MysqlStore {
         params: IterateParams<T>,
         mut cb: impl for<'x> FnMut(&'x [u8], &'x [u8]) -> trc::Result<bool> + Sync + Send,
     ) -> trc::Result<()> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
         let table = char::from(params.begin.subspace());
         let begin = params.begin.serialize(0);
         let end = params.end.serialize(0);
         let keys = if params.values { "k, v" } else { "k" };
 
-        let s = conn
+        // inbuxa: a scan may run for hours, so the query limit bounds each
-            .prep(&match (params.first, params.ascending) {
+        // wait for the database (preparing, the query starting, the next
+        // row) rather than the scan. A wait that runs out closes the
+        // connection.
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let query = match (params.first, params.ascending) {
             (true, true) => {
-                    format!(
+                format!("SELECT {keys} FROM {table} WHERE k >= ? AND k <= ? ORDER BY k ASC LIMIT 1")
-                        "SELECT {keys} FROM {table} WHERE k >= ? AND k <= ? ORDER BY k ASC LIMIT 1"
-                    )
             }
             (true, false) => {
                 format!(
@@ -80,10 +94,16 @@ impl MysqlStore {
             (false, false) => {
                 format!("SELECT {keys} FROM {table} WHERE k >= ? AND k <= ? ORDER BY k DESC")
             }
-            })
+        };
-            .await
+        let s = match tokio::time::timeout(limit, conn.prep(&query)).await {
-            .map_err(into_error)?;
+            Ok(s) => s.map_err(into_error)?,
+            Err(_) => {
+                discard(conn);
+                return Err(query_timeout_error(limit));
+            }
+        };
         let mut from = begin;
+        let mut stalled = false;
         let mut to = end;
         let mut resume_key = None;
 
@@ -92,13 +112,26 @@ impl MysqlStore {
             let mut timed_out = false;
 
             {
-                let mut rows = conn
+                let mut rows = match tokio::time::timeout(
-                    .exec_stream::<Row, _, _>(&s, (from.clone(), to.clone()))
+                    limit,
+                    conn.exec_stream::<Row, _, _>(&s, (from.clone(), to.clone())),
+                )
                 .await
-                    .map_err(into_error)?;
+                {
+                    Ok(rows) => rows.map_err(into_error)?,
+                    // Leaves the scan loop for the timeout below
+                    Err(_) => break,
+                };
 
                 loop {
-                    match rows.try_next().await {
+                    let next = match tokio::time::timeout(limit, rows.try_next()).await {
+                        Ok(next) => next,
+                        Err(_) => {
+                            stalled = true;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    };
+                    match next {
                         Ok(Some(mut row)) => {
                             let value = if params.values {
                                 row.take_opt::<Vec<u8>, _>(1)
@@ -134,6 +167,10 @@ impl MysqlStore {
                 }
             }
 
+            if stalled {
+                break;
+            }
+
             match last_key {
                 Some(last_key) if timed_out => {
                     if params.ascending {
@@ -146,6 +183,9 @@ impl MysqlStore {
                 _ => return Ok(()),
             }
         }
+
+        discard(conn);
+        Err(query_timeout_error(limit))
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn get_counter(
@@ -155,7 +195,9 @@ impl MysqlStore {
         let key = key.into();
         let table = char::from(key.subspace());
         let key = key.serialize(0);
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let s = conn
                 .prep(format!("SELECT v FROM {table} WHERE k = ?"))
                 .await
@@ -165,5 +207,8 @@ impl MysqlStore {
                 Ok(None) => Ok(0),
                 Err(e) => Err(into_error(e)),
             }
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 }

crates/store/src/backend/mysql/search.rs

@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use crate::{
     backend::{
         MAX_TOKEN_LENGTH,
         mysql::{
-            DELETE_CHUNK_SIZE, MIN_DELETE_CHUNK_SIZE, MysqlSearchField, MysqlStore, into_error,
+            DELETE_CHUNK_SIZE, MIN_DELETE_CHUNK_SIZE, MysqlSearchField, MysqlStore, bounded,
-            is_timeout_error,
+            into_error, is_timeout_error,
         },
     },
     search::{
@@ -19,12 +21,14 @@ use crate::{
     write::SearchIndex,
 };
 use mysql_async::{IsolationLevel, TxOpts, Value, prelude::Queryable};
-use nlp::tokenizers::word::WordTokenizer;
+use nlp::{language::Language, tokenizers::word::WordTokenizer};
 use std::fmt::Write;
 
 impl MysqlStore {
     pub async fn index(&self, documents: Vec<IndexDocument>) -> trc::Result<()> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let mut tx_opts = TxOpts::default();
             tx_opts
                 .with_consistent_snapshot(false)
@@ -76,6 +80,9 @@ impl MysqlStore {
             }
 
             trx.commit().await.map_err(into_error)
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     pub async fn query<R: SearchDocumentId>(
@@ -94,13 +101,18 @@ impl MysqlStore {
             build_sort(&mut query, sort);
         }
 
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let s = conn.prep(query).await.map_err(into_error)?;
 
             conn.exec::<i64, _, _>(s, params)
                 .await
                 .map(|r| r.into_iter().map(|r| R::from_u64(r as u64)).collect())
                 .map_err(into_error)
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     pub async fn unindex(&self, filter: SearchQuery) -> trc::Result<u64> {
@@ -108,7 +120,9 @@ impl MysqlStore {
         let mut query = format!("DELETE FROM {table} ");
         let params = build_filter(&mut query, &filter.filters);
 
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.maintenance;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let s = conn.prep(&query).await.map_err(into_error)?;
 
             match conn.exec_drop(s, params.clone()).await {
@@ -135,7 +149,9 @@ impl MysqlStore {
                             }
                             deleted += affected;
                         }
-                    Err(err) if is_timeout_error(&err) && chunk_size > MIN_DELETE_CHUNK_SIZE => {
+                        Err(err)
+                            if is_timeout_error(&err) && chunk_size > MIN_DELETE_CHUNK_SIZE =>
+                        {
                             chunk_size = (chunk_size / 2).max(MIN_DELETE_CHUNK_SIZE);
                             break;
                         }
@@ -143,9 +159,26 @@ impl MysqlStore {
                     }
                 }
             }
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 }
 
+// inbuxa: InnoDB's default full-text stopword list
+// (INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_FT_DEFAULT_STOPWORD) and innodb_ft_min_token_size
+// default; words outside these are not in a FULLTEXT index.
+const FT_STOPWORDS: &[&str] = &[
+    "a", "about", "an", "are", "as", "at", "be", "by", "com", "de", "en", "for", "from", "how",
+    "i", "in", "is", "it", "la", "of", "on", "or", "that", "the", "this", "to", "was", "what",
+    "when", "where", "who", "will", "with", "und", "www",
+];
+const FT_MIN_TOKEN_SIZE: usize = 3;
+
+fn is_ft_indexed(word: &str) -> bool {
+    word.chars().count() >= FT_MIN_TOKEN_SIZE && !FT_STOPWORDS.contains(&word)
+}
+
 fn build_filter(query: &mut String, filters: &[SearchFilter]) -> Vec<Value> {
     if filters.is_empty() {
         return Vec::new();
@@ -171,30 +204,77 @@ fn build_filter(query: &mut String, filters: &[SearchFilter]) -> Vec<Value> {
 
                 if field.is_text() && matches!(op, SearchOperator::Equal | SearchOperator::Contains)
                 {
-                    let (value, mode) = match (value, op) {
+                    let (value, mode, unindexed) = match (value, op) {
-                        (SearchValue::Text { value, .. }, SearchOperator::Equal) => {
+                        (SearchValue::Text { value, .. }, SearchOperator::Equal) => (
-                            (Value::Bytes(format!("{value:?}").into_bytes()), "BOOLEAN")
+                            Value::Bytes(format!("{value:?}").into_bytes()),
-                        }
+                            "BOOLEAN",
-                        (SearchValue::Text { value, .. }, ..) => {
+                            Vec::new(),
+                        ),
+                        (SearchValue::Text { value, language }, ..) => {
                             let mut text_query = String::with_capacity(value.len() + 1);
+                            let mut unindexed = Vec::new();
 
                             for item in WordTokenizer::new(value, MAX_TOKEN_LENGTH) {
+                                // inbuxa: InnoDB never indexes stopwords ("com",
+                                // "de", "www", ...) or words under
+                                // innodb_ft_min_token_size, and a required
+                                // (+word) term it has not indexed matches no row,
+                                // so "example.com" or "[email protected]" found
+                                // nothing. Such words are matched with a
+                                // word-boundary REGEXP instead.
+                                if is_ft_indexed(&item.word) {
                                     if !text_query.is_empty() {
                                         text_query.push(' ');
                                     }
                                     text_query.push('+');
                                     text_query.push_str(&item.word);
+                                } else {
+                                    unindexed.push(item.word);
+                                }
                             }
 
-                            (Value::Bytes(text_query.into_bytes()), "BOOLEAN")
+                            // For language text (bodies, subjects) the unindexed
+                            // words are noise words and only checked when nothing
+                            // else is left to match; keyword text (addresses,
+                            // contact fields) checks every word, as the other
+                            // backends do.
+                            if !text_query.is_empty() && !matches!(language, Language::None) {
+                                unindexed.clear();
+                            }
+
+                            (Value::Bytes(text_query.into_bytes()), "BOOLEAN", unindexed)
                         }
                         _ => {
                             debug_assert!(false, "Invalid search value for text field");
                             continue;
                         }
                     };
-                    let _ = write!(query, "MATCH({}) AGAINST(? IN {mode} MODE)", field.column());
+                    if unindexed.is_empty() {
+                        let _ =
+                            write!(query, "MATCH({}) AGAINST(? IN {mode} MODE)", field.column());
                         values.push(value);
+                    } else {
+                        query.push('(');
+                        let is_empty = matches!(&value, Value::Bytes(v) if v.is_empty());
+                        if !is_empty {
+                            let _ = write!(
+                                query,
+                                "MATCH({}) AGAINST(? IN {mode} MODE) AND ",
+                                field.column()
+                            );
+                            values.push(value);
+                        }
+                        for (i, word) in unindexed.iter().enumerate() {
+                            if i > 0 {
+                                query.push_str(" AND ");
+                            }
+                            let _ = write!(query, "{} REGEXP ?", field.column());
+                            values.push(Value::Bytes(
+                                format!("(^|[^[:alnum:]]){word}([^[:alnum:]]|$)").into_bytes(),
+                            ));
+                        }
+                        query.push(')');
+                    }
                 } else if let SearchValue::KeyValues(kv) = value {
                     let (key, value) = kv.iter().next().unwrap();
 

crates/store/src/backend/mysql/write.rs

@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
-use super::{DELETE_CHUNK_SIZE, MIN_DELETE_CHUNK_SIZE, MysqlStore, into_error, is_timeout_error};
+use super::{
+    DELETE_CHUNK_SIZE, MIN_DELETE_CHUNK_SIZE, MysqlStore, bounded, into_error, is_timeout_error,
+};
 use crate::{
     IndexKey, Key, LogKey, SUBSPACE_COUNTER, SUBSPACE_IN_MEMORY_COUNTER, SUBSPACE_QUOTA,
     SUBSPACE_REGISTRY_IDX,
@@ -29,8 +33,9 @@ impl MysqlStore {
     pub(crate) async fn write(&self, mut batch: Batch<'_>) -> trc::Result<AssignedIds> {
         let start = Instant::now();
         let mut retry_count = 0;
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
-
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             loop {
                 let err = match self.write_trx(&mut conn, &mut batch).await {
                     Ok(result) => {
@@ -65,6 +70,9 @@ impl MysqlStore {
                 tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(backoff)).await;
                 retry_count += 1;
             }
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     async fn write_trx(
@@ -382,16 +390,23 @@ impl MysqlStore {
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn purge_store(&self) -> trc::Result<()> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.maintenance;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             for subspace in [SUBSPACE_QUOTA, SUBSPACE_COUNTER, SUBSPACE_IN_MEMORY_COUNTER] {
                 purge_table(&mut conn, char::from(subspace)).await?;
             }
 
             Ok(())
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn delete_range(&self, from: impl Key, to: impl Key) -> trc::Result<()> {
-        let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get_conn().await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let mut conn = self.conn().await?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.maintenance;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let table = char::from(from.subspace());
             let mut from = from.serialize(0);
             let to = to.serialize(0);
@@ -448,6 +463,9 @@ impl MysqlStore {
                     }
                 }
             }
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 }
 

crates/store/src/backend/postgres/blob.rs

@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use std::ops::Range;
 
 use crate::backend::postgres::into_pool_error;
 
-use super::{PostgresStore, into_error};
+use super::{PostgresStore, bounded, into_error};
 
 impl PostgresStore {
     pub(crate) async fn get_blob(
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ impl PostgresStore {
         range: Range<usize>,
     ) -> trc::Result<Option<Vec<u8>>> {
         let conn = self.conn_pool.get().await.map_err(into_pool_error)?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let s = conn
                 .prepare_cached("SELECT v FROM t WHERE k = $1")
                 .await
@@ -39,10 +43,15 @@ impl PostgresStore {
                     }
                 })
                 .map_err(into_error)
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn put_blob(&self, key: &[u8], data: &[u8]) -> trc::Result<()> {
         let conn = self.conn_pool.get().await.map_err(into_pool_error)?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let s = conn
                 .prepare_cached(
                     "INSERT INTO t (k, v) VALUES ($1, $2) ON CONFLICT (k) DO UPDATE SET v = EXCLUDED.v",
@@ -53,10 +62,15 @@ impl PostgresStore {
                 .await
                 .map_err(into_error)
                 .map(|_| ())
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn delete_blob(&self, key: &[u8]) -> trc::Result<bool> {
         let conn = self.conn_pool.get().await.map_err(into_pool_error)?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let s = conn
                 .prepare_cached("DELETE FROM t WHERE k = $1")
                 .await
@@ -65,5 +79,8 @@ impl PostgresStore {
                 .await
                 .map_err(into_error)
                 .map(|hits| hits > 0)
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 }

crates/store/src/backend/postgres/lookup.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use crate::{QueryResult, QueryType, backend::postgres::into_pool_error};
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ use tokio_postgres::types::{FromSql, ToSql, Type};
 
 use crate::IntoRows;
 
-use super::{PostgresStore, into_error};
+use super::{PostgresStore, bounded, into_error};
 
 impl PostgresStore {
     pub(crate) async fn sql_query<T: QueryResult>(
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@ impl PostgresStore {
         params_: &[crate::Value<'_>],
     ) -> trc::Result<T> {
         let conn = self.conn_pool.get().await.map_err(into_pool_error)?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let s = conn.prepare_cached(query).await.map_err(into_error)?;
             let params = params_
                 .iter()
@@ -48,6 +52,9 @@ impl PostgresStore {
                     .await
                     .map_or_else(|e| Err(into_error(e)), |r| Ok(T::from_query_all(r))),
             }
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 }
 

crates/store/src/backend/postgres/main.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
-use super::{PostgresStore, into_error};
+use super::{PostgresStore, bounded, into_error};
 use crate::{
     backend::postgres::{
         PsqlSearchField, into_pool_error,
@@ -22,11 +22,34 @@ use crate::{
 use ::registry::schema::{enums::PostgreSqlRecyclingMethod, structs};
 use ahash::AHashSet;
 use deadpool_postgres::{
-    Config, ManagerConfig, Object, Pool, PoolConfig, RecyclingMethod, Runtime,
+    Config, ManagerConfig, Object, Pool, PoolConfig, RecyclingMethod, Runtime, Timeouts,
 };
+use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio_postgres::NoTls;
 use utils::tls::rustls_client_config;
 
+/// inbuxa: how long a request waits for a pooled connection.
+pub(crate) const POOL_WAIT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
+/// inbuxa: how long opening a connection may take when the store sets no
+/// timeout of its own.
+pub(crate) const POOL_CREATE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(15);
+/// inbuxa: how long checking a pooled connection before reuse may take.
+pub(crate) const POOL_RECYCLE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
+/// inbuxa: idle time before TCP keepalive probes start.
+pub(crate) const POOL_KEEPALIVE_IDLE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);
+
+/// inbuxa: the pool's timeouts. Opening a connection is bounded by the
+/// store's own timeout when it has one; waiting for one covers at least that
+/// long, so a slow connect isn't cut short by the wait.
+pub(crate) fn pool_timeouts(connect_timeout: Option<Duration>) -> Timeouts {
+    let create = connect_timeout.unwrap_or(POOL_CREATE_TIMEOUT);
+    Timeouts {
+        wait: POOL_WAIT_TIMEOUT.max(create).into(),
+        create: create.into(),
+        recycle: POOL_RECYCLE_TIMEOUT.into(),
+    }
+}
+
 impl PostgresStore {
     pub async fn open(config: structs::PostgreSqlStore) -> Result<Store, String> {
         // inbuxa: ST-15: where the primary is, to tell a replica from it
@@ -46,9 +69,20 @@ impl PostgresStore {
                 PostgreSqlRecyclingMethod::Clean => RecyclingMethod::Clean,
             },
         });
-        if let Some(max_conn) = config.pool_max_connections {
+        // inbuxa: upstream set no pool timeouts, so a request waited for a
-            cfg.pool = PoolConfig::new(max_conn as usize).into();
+        // free connection, or for one to be made or recycled, for as long as
-        }
+        // it took: forever when the server stopped answering. A worker now
+        // gets an error instead and the task or request is retried.
+        let mut pool = config
+            .pool_max_connections
+            .map(|max_conn| PoolConfig::new(max_conn as usize))
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+        pool.timeouts = pool_timeouts(cfg.connect_timeout);
+        cfg.pool = pool.into();
+        // Notice a server that went away without closing the connection in
+        // minutes rather than the system default of two hours
+        cfg.keepalives = true.into();
+        cfg.keepalives_idle = POOL_KEEPALIVE_IDLE.into();
 
         let primary_pool = if config.use_tls {
             cfg.create_pool(
@@ -85,6 +119,7 @@ impl PostgresStore {
                 Store::PostgreSQL(Arc::new(PostgresStore {
                     conn_pool: pool,
                     ts_configs: ts_configs.clone(),
+                    timeouts: Default::default(),
                 })),
                 replica.host,
                 replica.port as u16,
@@ -95,6 +130,7 @@ impl PostgresStore {
         let primary = Store::PostgreSQL(Arc::new(PostgresStore {
             conn_pool: primary_pool,
             ts_configs,
+            timeouts: Default::default(),
         }));
 
         // ST-1: no replicas, no change
@@ -113,7 +149,8 @@ impl PostgresStore {
 
     pub(crate) async fn create_storage_tables(&self) -> trc::Result<()> {
         let conn = self.conn_pool.get().await.map_err(into_pool_error)?;
-
+        let limit = self.timeouts.maintenance;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             for table in [
                 SUBSPACE_ACL,
                 SUBSPACE_TASK_QUEUE,
@@ -179,11 +216,15 @@ impl PostgresStore {
             }
 
             Ok(())
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn create_search_tables(&self) -> trc::Result<()> {
         let conn = self.conn_pool.get().await.map_err(into_pool_error)?;
-
+        let limit = self.timeouts.maintenance;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             create_search_tables::<EmailSearchField>(&conn).await?;
             create_search_tables::<CalendarSearchField>(&conn).await?;
             create_search_tables::<ContactSearchField>(&conn).await?;
@@ -191,6 +232,9 @@ impl PostgresStore {
             create_search_tables::<TracingSearchField>(&conn).await?;
 
             Ok(())
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 }
 
@@ -231,12 +275,21 @@ async fn create_search_tables<T: SearchableField + PsqlSearchField + 'static>(
     for field in T::all_fields() {
         if field.is_text() || field.is_json() {
             let column_name = field.column();
+            // inbuxa: with GIN's default fastupdate=on, new entries wait in
+            // an unindexed pending list that every search scans in full
+            // until a VACUUM (or 4 MB of backlog) merges it. On a mailbox
+            // taking steady mail that list never drains and searches slow
+            // from milliseconds to hundreds of them. Pay the index update
+            // at insert time instead.
+            let index_name = format!("gin_{table_name}_{column_name}");
             let create_index_query = format!(
-                "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS gin_{table_name}_{column_name} ON {table_name} USING GIN({column_name})",
+                "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS {index_name} ON {table_name} USING GIN({column_name}) WITH (fastupdate = off)",
             );
             conn.execute(&create_index_query, &[])
                 .await
                 .map_err(into_error)?;
+            // Indexes made before this change keep fastupdate=on
+            disable_gin_fastupdate(conn, &index_name).await;
         }
 
         if field.is_indexed() {
@@ -253,6 +306,69 @@ async fn create_search_tables<T: SearchableField + PsqlSearchField + 'static>(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// inbuxa: turns fastupdate off on a GIN index made with the default and
+/// merges the pending list it has built up. Idempotent: an index that already
+/// has the option is left alone, so this costs one catalog read per index at
+/// startup. A failure is logged and startup goes on, since search still works,
+/// only slower.
+async fn disable_gin_fastupdate(conn: &Object, index_name: &str) {
+    if let Err(err) = try_disable_gin_fastupdate(conn, index_name).await {
+        trc::event!(
+            Store(trc::StoreEvent::PostgresqlError),
+            Details = format!("Failed to turn off fastupdate on search index {index_name}"),
+            Reason = err.to_string(),
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+async fn try_disable_gin_fastupdate(conn: &Object, index_name: &str) -> trc::Result<()> {
+    let options = conn
+        .query_opt(
+            "SELECT COALESCE(reloptions, '{}')::text[] FROM pg_class WHERE oid = to_regclass($1)",
+            &[&index_name],
+        )
+        .await
+        .map_err(into_error)?
+        .map(|row| row.try_get::<_, Vec<String>>(0))
+        .transpose()
+        .map_err(into_error)?;
+    let Some(options) = options else {
+        return Ok(());
+    };
+    if gin_fastupdate_is_off(&options) {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    // SET (fastupdate) takes a SHARE UPDATE EXCLUSIVE lock, which doesn't
+    // block reads or writes. Turning it off stops new entries going to the
+    // pending list but doesn't flush the entries already there.
+    conn.execute(
+        &format!("ALTER INDEX {index_name} SET (fastupdate = off)"),
+        &[],
+    )
+    .await
+    .map_err(into_error)?;
+    conn.query_one(
+        "SELECT gin_clean_pending_list($1::text::regclass)",
+        &[&index_name],
+    )
+    .await
+    .map_err(into_error)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Whether a relation's reloptions turn GIN's fastupdate off.
+fn gin_fastupdate_is_off(options: &[String]) -> bool {
+    options.iter().any(|option| {
+        option.split_once('=').is_some_and(|(name, value)| {
+            name.trim().eq_ignore_ascii_case("fastupdate")
+                && matches!(
+                    value.trim().to_ascii_lowercase().as_str(),
+                    "off" | "false" | "no" | "0" | "f" | "n"
+                )
+        })
+    })
+}
+
 async fn discover_ts_configs(pool: &Pool) -> AHashSet<&'static str> {
     let mut ts_configs = AHashSet::from_iter([PG_FALLBACK_LANG, PG_UNSTEMMED_LANG]);
 

crates/store/src/backend/postgres/mod.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
+use crate::backend::query_timeout::QueryTimeouts;
 use crate::{
     search::{
         CalendarSearchField, ContactSearchField, EmailSearchField, FileSearchField, SearchField,
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ use crate::{
     write::SearchIndex,
 };
 use ahash::AHashSet;
-use deadpool_postgres::Pool;
+use deadpool_postgres::{Object, Pool};
+use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio_postgres::error::SqlState;
 
 pub mod blob;
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ pub mod write;
 pub struct PostgresStore {
     pub(crate) conn_pool: Pool,
     pub(crate) ts_configs: AHashSet<&'static str>,
+    /// inbuxa: client-side query limits (see backend::query_timeout)
+    pub(crate) timeouts: QueryTimeouts,
 }
 
 #[inline(always)]
@@ -72,6 +76,34 @@ pub(crate) fn is_timeout_error(err: &tokio_postgres::Error) -> bool {
     })
 }
 
+/// inbuxa: the error for an operation that ran past its time limit.
+pub(crate) fn query_timeout_error(limit: Duration) -> trc::Error {
+    trc::StoreEvent::PostgresqlError
+        .reason("Query timed out")
+        .details(format!(
+            "No answer from the database within {} s",
+            limit.as_secs()
+        ))
+}
+
+/// inbuxa: ends an operation run on `conn` under `limit`. When it ran out,
+/// the connection is taken out of the pool and closed: a query may still be
+/// in flight on it, or a transaction open, so it can't be handed to the
+/// next caller.
+pub(crate) fn bounded<T>(
+    conn: Object,
+    result: Result<trc::Result<T>, tokio::time::error::Elapsed>,
+    limit: Duration,
+) -> trc::Result<T> {
+    match result {
+        Ok(result) => result,
+        Err(_) => {
+            drop(Object::take(conn));
+            Err(query_timeout_error(limit))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[inline(always)]
 pub(crate) fn into_pool_error(err: deadpool_postgres::PoolError) -> trc::Error {
     match err {

crates/store/src/backend/postgres/read.rs

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
-use super::{PostgresStore, into_error, is_timeout_error};
+use super::{PostgresStore, bounded, into_error, is_timeout_error, query_timeout_error};
 use crate::{
     Deserialize, IterateParams, Key, ValueKey, backend::postgres::into_pool_error,
     write::ValueClass,
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ impl PostgresStore {
         U: Deserialize + 'static,
     {
         let conn = self.conn_pool.get().await.map_err(into_pool_error)?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let s = conn
                 .prepare_cached(&format!(
                     "SELECT v FROM {} WHERE k = $1",
@@ -35,10 +39,15 @@ impl PostgresStore {
                         Ok(None)
                     }
                 })
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn key_exists(&self, key: impl Key) -> trc::Result<bool> {
         let conn = self.conn_pool.get().await.map_err(into_pool_error)?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let s = conn
                 .prepare_cached(&format!(
                     "SELECT 1 FROM {} WHERE k = $1",
@@ -51,6 +60,9 @@ impl PostgresStore {
                 .await
                 .map_err(into_error)
                 .map(|r| r.is_some())
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn iterate<T: Key>(
@@ -64,8 +76,12 @@ impl PostgresStore {
         let end = params.end.serialize(0);
         let keys = if params.values { "k, v" } else { "k" };
 
-        let s = conn
+        // inbuxa: a scan may run for hours, so the query limit bounds each
-            .prepare_cached(&match (params.first, params.ascending) {
+        // wait for the database (preparing, the query starting, the next
+        // row) rather than the scan. A wait that runs out closes the
+        // connection.
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let query = match (params.first, params.ascending) {
             (true, true) => {
                 format!(
                     "SELECT {keys} FROM {table} WHERE k >= $1 AND k <= $2 ORDER BY k ASC LIMIT 1"
@@ -82,26 +98,43 @@ impl PostgresStore {
             (false, false) => {
                 format!("SELECT {keys} FROM {table} WHERE k >= $1 AND k <= $2 ORDER BY k DESC")
             }
-            })
+        };
-            .await.map_err(into_error)?;
+        let s = match tokio::time::timeout(limit, conn.prepare_cached(&query)).await {
+            Ok(s) => s.map_err(into_error)?,
+            Err(_) => {
+                drop(deadpool_postgres::Object::take(conn));
+                return Err(query_timeout_error(limit));
+            }
+        };
         let mut from = begin;
         let mut to = end;
         let mut resume_key: Option<Vec<u8>> = None;
 
+        let mut stalled = false;
+
         loop {
             let mut last_key = None;
             let mut timed_out = false;
 
             {
-                let rows = conn
+                let rows =
-                    .query_raw(&s, &[&from, &to])
+                    match tokio::time::timeout(limit, conn.query_raw(&s, &[&from, &to])).await {
-                    .await
+                        Ok(rows) => rows.map_err(into_error)?,
-                    .map_err(into_error)?;
+                        // Leaves the scan loop for the timeout below
+                        Err(_) => break,
+                    };
 
                 pin_mut!(rows);
 
                 loop {
-                    match rows.try_next().await {
+                    let next = match tokio::time::timeout(limit, rows.try_next()).await {
+                        Ok(next) => next,
+                        Err(_) => {
+                            stalled = true;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    };
+                    match next {
                         Ok(Some(row)) => {
                             let key = row.try_get::<_, &[u8]>(0).map_err(into_error)?;
                             let value = if params.values {
@@ -132,6 +165,10 @@ impl PostgresStore {
                 }
             }
 
+            if stalled {
+                break;
+            }
+
             match last_key {
                 Some(last_key) if timed_out => {
                     if params.ascending {
@@ -144,6 +181,9 @@ impl PostgresStore {
                 _ => return Ok(()),
             }
         }
+
+        drop(deadpool_postgres::Object::take(conn));
+        Err(query_timeout_error(limit))
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn get_counter(
@@ -155,6 +195,8 @@ impl PostgresStore {
         let key = key.serialize(0);
 
         let conn = self.conn_pool.get().await.map_err(into_pool_error)?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let s = conn
                 .prepare_cached(&format!("SELECT v FROM {table} WHERE k = $1"))
                 .await
@@ -164,5 +206,8 @@ impl PostgresStore {
                 Ok(None) => Ok(0),
                 Err(e) => Err(into_error(e)),
             }
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 }

crates/store/src/backend/postgres/search.rs

@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use crate::{
-    backend::postgres::{
+    backend::{
-        DELETE_CHUNK_SIZE, MIN_DELETE_CHUNK_SIZE, PostgresStore, PsqlSearchField, into_error,
+        MAX_TOKEN_LENGTH,
-        into_pool_error, is_timeout_error,
+        postgres::{
+            DELETE_CHUNK_SIZE, MIN_DELETE_CHUNK_SIZE, PostgresStore, PsqlSearchField, bounded,
+            into_error, into_pool_error, is_timeout_error,
+        },
     },
     search::{
         IndexDocument, SearchComparator, SearchDocumentId, SearchFilter, SearchOperator,
@@ -15,7 +20,7 @@ use crate::{
     },
     write::SearchIndex,
 };
-use nlp::language::Language;
+use nlp::{language::Language, tokenizers::space::SpaceTokenizer};
 use std::fmt::Write;
 use tokio_postgres::{
     IsolationLevel,
@@ -31,6 +36,8 @@ impl PostgresStore {
 
     pub async fn index(&self, documents: Vec<IndexDocument>) -> trc::Result<()> {
         let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get().await.map_err(into_pool_error)?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let trx = conn
                 .build_transaction()
                 .isolation_level(IsolationLevel::ReadCommitted)
@@ -43,6 +50,24 @@ impl PostgresStore {
                 let primary_keys = index.primary_keys();
                 let all_fields = index.all_fields();
                 let fields = document.fields;
+                // inbuxa: keyword text (addresses, contact fields, ...) is split into
+                // words before it reaches the text parser, see keyword_terms();
+                // language text gets the words inside its URLs, host names and
+                // file names added, see url_terms().
+                let keywords = primary_keys
+                    .iter()
+                    .chain(all_fields)
+                    .map(|field| match fields.get(field) {
+                        Some(SearchValue::Text {
+                            value,
+                            language: Language::None,
+                        }) if field.is_text() => Some(keyword_terms(value)),
+                        Some(SearchValue::Text { value, .. }) if field.is_text() => {
+                            url_terms(value)
+                        }
+                        _ => None,
+                    })
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>();
                 let mut values = Vec::with_capacity(fields.len() + 2);
                 let mut query = format!("INSERT INTO {} (", index.psql_table());
 
@@ -67,14 +92,27 @@ impl PostgresStore {
 
                     if let Some(value) = fields.get(field) {
                         let value_ref = format!("${}", values.len() + 1);
-                    let (text_len, language) = if let SearchValue::Text { value, language } = value
+                        let (text_len, language) =
-                    {
+                            if let SearchValue::Text { value, language } = value {
                                 (value.len(), self.ts_config(language))
                             } else {
                                 (0, PG_UNSTEMMED_LANG)
                             };
 
-                    if field.is_text() {
+                        if let Some(keywords) = &keywords[i] {
+                            let _ = write!(&mut query, "to_tsvector('{language}',{value_ref})");
+                            values.push(keywords as &(dyn ToSql + Sync));
+                            if field.sort_column().is_some() {
+                                let value_ref = format!("${}", values.len() + 1);
+                                if text_len > 255 {
+                                    let _ = write!(&mut query, ",left({value_ref},255)");
+                                } else {
+                                    let _ = write!(&mut query, ",{value_ref}");
+                                }
+                                values.push(value as &(dyn ToSql + Sync));
+                            }
+                            continue;
+                        } else if field.is_text() {
                             let _ = write!(&mut query, "to_tsvector('{language}',{value_ref})");
                         } else if text_len > 512 {
                             query.push_str("left(");
@@ -124,6 +162,9 @@ impl PostgresStore {
             }
 
             trx.commit().await.map_err(into_error)
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     pub async fn query<R: SearchDocumentId>(
@@ -134,10 +175,13 @@ impl PostgresStore {
     ) -> trc::Result<Vec<R>> {
         let mut query = format!("SELECT {} FROM {}", R::field().column(), index.psql_table());
         let params = self.build_filter(&mut query, filters);
+        let params = params.iter().map(SqlParam::as_sql).collect::<Vec<_>>();
         if !sort.is_empty() {
             build_sort(&mut query, sort);
         }
         let conn = self.conn_pool.get().await.map_err(into_pool_error)?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let s = conn.prepare_cached(&query).await.map_err(into_error)?;
 
             conn.query(&s, params.as_slice())
@@ -148,6 +192,9 @@ impl PostgresStore {
                         .collect::<Result<Vec<R>, _>>()
                 })
                 .map_err(into_error)
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     pub async fn unindex(&self, filter: SearchQuery) -> trc::Result<u64> {
@@ -155,7 +202,10 @@ impl PostgresStore {
         let table = filter.index.psql_table();
         let mut where_clause = String::new();
         let params = self.build_filter(&mut where_clause, &filter.filters);
+        let params = params.iter().map(SqlParam::as_sql).collect::<Vec<_>>();
         let conn = self.conn_pool.get().await.map_err(into_pool_error)?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.maintenance;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let s = conn
                 .prepare_cached(&format!("DELETE FROM {table}{where_clause}"))
                 .await
@@ -190,13 +240,16 @@ impl PostgresStore {
                     }
                 }
             }
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     fn build_filter<'x>(
         &self,
         query: &mut String,
         filters: &'x [SearchFilter],
-    ) -> Vec<&'x (dyn ToSql + Sync)> {
+    ) -> Vec<SqlParam<'x>> {
         if filters.is_empty() {
             return Vec::new();
         }
@@ -237,28 +290,54 @@ impl PostgresStore {
 
                         if matches!(language, Language::None) {
                             let _ = write!(query, "@@ {method}('{config}', ${value_pos})");
+                            if let SearchValue::Text { value, .. } = value {
+                                values.push(SqlParam::Owned(keyword_terms(value)));
+                                continue;
+                            }
                         } else {
+                            // inbuxa: a query word written as a URL, host,
+                            // file or hyphenated word also matches as its word
+                            // parts, which url_terms() indexes
+                            let parts = match value {
+                                SearchValue::Text { value, .. } => query_url_terms(value),
+                                _ => None,
+                            };
+                            let parts_pos = value_pos + 1;
                             let _ = write!(query, "@@ ({method}('{config}', ${value_pos})");
+                            if parts.is_some() {
+                                let _ = write!(query, " || {method}('{config}', ${parts_pos})");
+                            }
                             for fallback in [PG_FALLBACK_LANG, PG_UNSTEMMED_LANG] {
                                 if fallback != config && self.ts_configs.contains(fallback) {
                                     let _ =
                                         write!(query, " || {method}('{fallback}', ${value_pos})");
+                                    if parts.is_some() {
+                                        let _ = write!(
+                                            query,
+                                            " || {method}('{fallback}', ${parts_pos})"
+                                        );
+                                    }
                                 }
                             }
                             query.push(')');
+                            values.push(SqlParam::Ref(value));
+                            if let Some(parts) = parts {
+                                values.push(SqlParam::Owned(parts));
                             }
-                        values.push(value as &(dyn ToSql + Sync));
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        values.push(SqlParam::Ref(value));
                     } else if let SearchValue::KeyValues(kv) = value {
                         query.push_str(field.column());
                         query.push(' ');
 
                         let (key, value) = kv.iter().next().unwrap();
-                        values.push(key as &(dyn ToSql + Sync));
+                        values.push(SqlParam::Ref(key));
 
                         if !value.is_empty() {
                             let _ = write!(query, "->> ${value_pos} ");
                             op.write_pqsql(query, values.len() + 1);
-                            values.push(value as &(dyn ToSql + Sync));
+                            values.push(SqlParam::Ref(value));
                         } else {
                             let _ = write!(query, " ? ${value_pos}");
                         }
@@ -267,7 +346,7 @@ impl PostgresStore {
                         query.push(' ');
 
                         op.write_pqsql(query, value_pos);
-                        values.push(value as &(dyn ToSql + Sync));
+                        values.push(SqlParam::Ref(value));
                     }
                 }
                 SearchFilter::And | SearchFilter::Or => {
@@ -321,6 +400,107 @@ impl PostgresStore {
     }
 }
 
+// inbuxa: PostgreSQL's text parser keeps "[email protected]" (and host names,
+// URLs, file paths, ...) as a single token, so a search for "user" or
+// "example.com" never matched an address. Keyword text is split into words the
+// same way the built-in index splits it (SpaceTokenizer: lowercase runs of
+// alphanumerics) on both the indexing and the query side, so a full address,
+// its local part, its domain and the display-name words all match, as they do
+// on the other backends.
+pub(crate) fn keyword_terms(value: &str) -> String {
+    let mut terms = String::with_capacity(value.len());
+    for token in SpaceTokenizer::new(value, MAX_TOKEN_LENGTH) {
+        if !terms.is_empty() {
+            terms.push(' ');
+        }
+        terms.push_str(&token);
+    }
+    terms
+}
+
+// inbuxa: in language text (subject, body, attachments) PostgreSQL's parser
+// keeps a URL, a host name, a path or a file name as tokens of its own:
+// "https://x.example/shipping-support/" gives a url, a host and a url_path,
+// "invoice-2024.pdf" a file, so a body search for "shipping" or "invoice"
+// missed messages where the word appears only there, while the built-in index
+// splits them into words. The text is indexed as it was, followed by the word
+// parts of each such token (SpaceTokenizer, as keyword_terms() splits), so
+// they go through the same configuration and stemming as the words around
+// them. On sample mail the text vector grows by about 15% for a newsletter
+// full of tracking links and 30% for a short order notice with three links.
+// Plain words, and words that only carry punctuation ("end.", "(see"),
+// add nothing; hyphenated words are already split by the parser. Returns None
+// when there is nothing to add, so most text is indexed exactly as before.
+/// Characters that join the parts of a URL, host, path, address or file name.
+const URL_SEPARATORS: [char; 13] = [
+    '/', '.', '@', ':', '?', '=', '&', '#', '_', '%', '+', '~', '\\',
+];
+
+pub(crate) fn url_terms(value: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let mut terms = String::new();
+    // Each word is added once: a phrase search still finds the first URL it
+    // is in, and a newsletter's hundred tracking links don't add a hundred
+    // positions for "utm" and "campaign"
+    let mut seen = std::collections::HashSet::new();
+    for token in value.split(|c: char| {
+        c.is_whitespace() || matches!(c, '<' | '>' | '"' | '(' | ')' | '[' | ']' | '{' | '}')
+    }) {
+        let token = token.trim_matches(|c: char| !c.is_alphanumeric());
+        if token.contains(URL_SEPARATORS) {
+            for word in SpaceTokenizer::new(token, MAX_TOKEN_LENGTH) {
+                if !seen.insert(word.clone()) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if terms.is_empty() {
+                    terms.reserve(value.len() + 64);
+                    terms.push_str(value);
+                    terms.push('\n');
+                } else {
+                    terms.push(' ');
+                }
+                terms.push_str(&word);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    (!terms.is_empty()).then_some(terms)
+}
+
+/// The query side of url_terms(): each query word that is a URL, host, file
+/// name or hyphenated word replaced by its word parts, or None when there is
+/// none. It is searched in addition to the query as written, so documents
+/// indexed before url_terms() still match as they did.
+pub(crate) fn query_url_terms(value: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let mut terms = String::with_capacity(value.len());
+    let mut changed = false;
+    for token in value.split_whitespace() {
+        let word = token.trim_matches(|c: char| !c.is_alphanumeric());
+        if !terms.is_empty() {
+            terms.push(' ');
+        }
+        if word.contains(URL_SEPARATORS) || word.contains('-') {
+            changed = true;
+            terms.push_str(&keyword_terms(word));
+        } else {
+            terms.push_str(token);
+        }
+    }
+    changed.then_some(terms)
+}
+
+pub(super) enum SqlParam<'x> {
+    Ref(&'x (dyn ToSql + Sync)),
+    Owned(String),
+}
+
+impl SqlParam<'_> {
+    fn as_sql(&self) -> &(dyn ToSql + Sync) {
+        match self {
+            SqlParam::Ref(value) => *value,
+            SqlParam::Owned(value) => value,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn build_sort(query: &mut String, sort: &[SearchComparator]) {
     query.push_str(" ORDER BY ");
     for (i, comparator) in sort.iter().enumerate() {

crates/store/src/backend/postgres/write.rs

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <[email protected]>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
-use super::{PostgresStore, into_error, is_timeout_error};
+use super::{PostgresStore, bounded, into_error, is_timeout_error};
 use crate::{
     IndexKey, Key, LogKey, SUBSPACE_COUNTER, SUBSPACE_IN_MEMORY_COUNTER, SUBSPACE_QUOTA,
     SUBSPACE_REGISTRY_IDX,
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@ enum CommitError {
 impl PostgresStore {
     pub(crate) async fn write(&self, mut batch: Batch<'_>) -> trc::Result<AssignedIds> {
         let mut conn = self.conn_pool.get().await.map_err(into_pool_error)?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.query;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let start = Instant::now();
             let mut retry_count = 0;
 
@@ -72,6 +76,9 @@ impl PostgresStore {
                     }
                 }
             }
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     async fn write_trx(
@@ -393,16 +400,22 @@ impl PostgresStore {
 
     pub(crate) async fn purge_store(&self) -> trc::Result<()> {
         let conn = self.conn_pool.get().await.map_err(into_pool_error)?;
-
+        let limit = self.timeouts.maintenance;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             for subspace in [SUBSPACE_QUOTA, SUBSPACE_COUNTER, SUBSPACE_IN_MEMORY_COUNTER] {
                 purge_table(&conn, char::from(subspace)).await?;
             }
 
             Ok(())
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn delete_range(&self, from: impl Key, to: impl Key) -> trc::Result<()> {
         let conn = self.conn_pool.get().await.map_err(into_pool_error)?;
+        let limit = self.timeouts.maintenance;
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
             let table = char::from(from.subspace());
             let mut from = from.serialize(0);
             let to = to.serialize(0);
@@ -459,6 +472,9 @@ impl PostgresStore {
                     }
                 }
             }
+        })
+        .await;
+        bounded(conn, result, limit)
     }
 }
 

crates/store/src/backend/query_timeout.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! Client-side limits on SQL queries.
+//!
+//! The pool timeouts bound getting a connection, not using one. A database
+//! that stops answering while the TCP connection stays up (a paused
+//! container, a hung server whose kernel still acknowledges keepalives)
+//! left a query on a checked-out connection waiting for as long as it took.
+//! A server-side statement_timeout can't help there: the server that would
+//! enforce it is the one not answering. So each operation on a PostgreSQL
+//! or MySQL connection runs under a time limit here, and a connection whose
+//! operation ran out is closed rather than put back in the pool, since its
+//! protocol state is unknown.
+//!
+//! Two limits:
+//! - `query`, two minutes, for request-path work: reads, writes, blob
+//!   transfers, search queries and document indexing. Those take
+//!   milliseconds; two minutes leaves room for a large blob over a slow
+//!   link and still ends a hang.
+//! - `maintenance`, thirty minutes, for work that legitimately runs long in
+//!   one statement: range deletes (account removal, purges), unindexing,
+//!   and creating tables and indexes at startup.
+//!
+//! Iterating over a range (exports, reindexing, maintenance scans) can run
+//! for hours, so there the `query` limit applies to each wait for the next
+//! row instead of the whole scan.
+
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct QueryTimeouts {
+    pub query: Duration,
+    pub maintenance: Duration,
+}
+
+impl QueryTimeouts {
+    pub const QUERY: Duration = Duration::from_secs(120);
+    pub const MAINTENANCE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30 * 60);
+}
+
+impl Default for QueryTimeouts {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            query: Self::QUERY,
+            maintenance: Self::MAINTENANCE,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "test_mode")]
+impl crate::Store {
+    /// Sets the query limits of a SQL store that was just built (tests only:
+    /// the limits aren't configurable).
+    pub fn with_query_timeouts(self, timeouts: QueryTimeouts) -> Self {
+        match self {
+            #[cfg(feature = "postgres")]
+            crate::Store::PostgreSQL(mut store) => {
+                std::sync::Arc::get_mut(&mut store)
+                    .expect("store already shared")
+                    .timeouts = timeouts;
+                crate::Store::PostgreSQL(store)
+            }
+            #[cfg(feature = "mysql")]
+            crate::Store::MySQL(mut store) => {
+                std::sync::Arc::get_mut(&mut store)
+                    .expect("store already shared")
+                    .timeouts = timeouts;
+                crate::Store::MySQL(store)
+            }
+            store => store,
+        }
+    }
+}

crates/store/src/backend/redis/lookup.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <hello@stalw.art>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use super::{RedisPool, RedisStore, into_error};
@@ -79,6 +81,30 @@ impl RedisStore {
         }
     }
 
+    // inbuxa: see InMemoryStore::renew_lock
+    pub async fn renew_lock(&self, key: &[u8], expires: u64) -> trc::Result<bool> {
+        match &self.pool {
+            RedisPool::Single(pool) => {
+                with_conn(pool, async |conn| {
+                    Self::renew_lock_(conn, key, expires).await
+                })
+                .await
+            }
+            RedisPool::Cluster(pool) => {
+                with_conn(pool, async |conn| {
+                    Self::renew_lock_(conn, key, expires).await
+                })
+                .await
+            }
+            RedisPool::Sentinel(pool) => {
+                with_conn(pool, async |conn| {
+                    Self::renew_lock_(conn, key, expires).await
+                })
+                .await
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     pub async fn key_delete(&self, key: &[u8]) -> trc::Result<()> {
         match &self.pool {
             RedisPool::Single(pool) => {
@@ -226,6 +252,22 @@ impl RedisStore {
             .map(|reply| reply.is_some())
     }
 
+    async fn renew_lock_(
+        conn: &mut impl AsyncCommands,
+        key: &[u8],
+        expires: u64,
+    ) -> RedisResult<bool> {
+        redis::cmd("SET")
+            .arg(key)
+            .arg(now() + expires)
+            .arg("XX")
+            .arg("EX")
+            .arg(expires as i64)
+            .query_async::<Option<String>>(conn)
+            .await
+            .map(|reply| reply.is_some())
+    }
+
     async fn key_delete_(conn: &mut impl AsyncCommands, key: &[u8]) -> RedisResult<()> {
         conn.del(key).await
     }

crates/store/src/build/cluster.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <hello@stalw.art>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use crate::{
@@ -23,6 +25,14 @@ use utils::snowflake::MAX_NODE_ID;
 
 const STALE_NODE_TIMEOUT: u64 = 60 * 60; // 1 hour
 const DEAD_NODE_TIMEOUT: u64 = 60 * 60 * 24; // 24 hours
+
+// INBUXA: every node renews its lease once a minute, so the lease doubles as
+// a heartbeat. A node not heard from in three minutes is reported Stale, which
+// is what Cluster Health on the dashboard counts. Taking over a lease still
+// needs the full hour of silence, so a node that is slow rather than gone
+// never loses its id to another host.
+const HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL: u64 = 60; // 1 minute
+const UNRESPONSIVE_NODE_TIMEOUT: u64 = 3 * HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL;
 const MAX_LEASE_RETRIES: u32 = 5;
 
 struct NodeSlot {
@@ -96,7 +106,7 @@ impl RegistryStore {
     }
 
     pub fn refresh_node_id_interval(&self) -> Duration {
-        Duration::from_secs(STALE_NODE_TIMEOUT / 2)
+        Duration::from_secs(HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL)
     }
 
     pub async fn cluster_node_list(&self) -> trc::Result<Vec<ClusterNode>> {
@@ -289,6 +299,10 @@ impl NodeSlot {
         self.elapsed > DEAD_NODE_TIMEOUT
     }
 
+    fn is_responsive(&self) -> bool {
+        self.elapsed <= UNRESPONSIVE_NODE_TIMEOUT
+    }
+
     fn is_assignable(&self) -> bool {
         self.node_id <= MAX_NODE_ID
     }
@@ -296,10 +310,10 @@ impl NodeSlot {
     fn status(&self) -> ClusterNodeStatus {
         if self.is_dead() {
             ClusterNodeStatus::Inactive
-        } else if self.is_stale() {
+        } else if self.is_responsive() {
-            ClusterNodeStatus::Stale
-        } else {
             ClusterNodeStatus::Active
+        } else {
+            ClusterNodeStatus::Stale
         }
     }
 }
@@ -314,3 +328,42 @@ impl From<NodeSlot> for ClusterNode {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn slot(elapsed: u64) -> NodeSlot {
+        NodeSlot {
+            node_id: 1,
+            hostname: "mx2.example.org".into(),
+            last_renewal: 0,
+            elapsed,
+            hash: 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn status_follows_the_heartbeat() {
+        assert_eq!(slot(0).status(), ClusterNodeStatus::Active);
+        assert_eq!(slot(UNRESPONSIVE_NODE_TIMEOUT).status(), ClusterNodeStatus::Active);
+        assert_eq!(slot(UNRESPONSIVE_NODE_TIMEOUT + 1).status(), ClusterNodeStatus::Stale);
+        assert_eq!(slot(DEAD_NODE_TIMEOUT).status(), ClusterNodeStatus::Stale);
+        assert_eq!(slot(DEAD_NODE_TIMEOUT + 1).status(), ClusterNodeStatus::Inactive);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_silent_node_keeps_its_id_for_an_hour() {
+        // Reported Stale after three minutes, but not free to take over.
+        let quiet = slot(UNRESPONSIVE_NODE_TIMEOUT + 1);
+        assert_eq!(quiet.status(), ClusterNodeStatus::Stale);
+        assert!(!quiet.is_stale());
+        assert!(slot(STALE_NODE_TIMEOUT + 1).is_stale());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn several_renewals_fit_before_a_node_looks_unresponsive() {
+        assert!(UNRESPONSIVE_NODE_TIMEOUT >= 3 * HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL);
+        assert!(HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL * 2 < STALE_NODE_TIMEOUT);
+    }
+}

crates/store/src/dispatch/lookup.rs

@@ -401,6 +401,57 @@ impl InMemoryStore {
         }
     }
 
+    /// inbuxa: extends a lock this node holds to `duration` seconds from now.
+    /// Returns false when the lock is gone or has expired: it may have been
+    /// taken by someone else since, so it is left alone.
+    pub async fn renew_lock(&self, prefix: u8, key: &[u8], duration: u64) -> trc::Result<bool> {
+        match self {
+            InMemoryStore::Store(store) => {
+                let key = KeyValue::<()>::build_key(prefix, key);
+                let key = ValueClass::InMemory(InMemoryClass::Key(key));
+                let Some(lock_expiry) = store
+                    .get_value::<u64>(ValueKey::from(key.clone()))
+                    .await
+                    .caused_by(trc::location!())?
+                else {
+                    return Ok(false);
+                };
+                let now = now();
+                if lock_expiry <= now {
+                    return Ok(false);
+                }
+
+                let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+                batch.assert_value(key.clone(), AssertValue::U64(lock_expiry));
+                batch.set(key, (now + duration).serialize());
+                match store.write(batch.build_all()).await {
+                    Ok(_) => Ok(true),
+                    Err(err) if err.is_assertion_failure() => Ok(false),
+                    Err(err) => Err(err
+                        .details("Failed to renew lock.")
+                        .caused_by(trc::location!())),
+                }
+            }
+            InMemoryStore::Sharded(store) => {
+                Box::pin(
+                    store
+                        .member(&KeyValue::<()>::build_key(prefix, key))
+                        .renew_lock(prefix, key, duration),
+                )
+                .await
+            }
+            #[cfg(feature = "redis")]
+            InMemoryStore::Redis(store) => {
+                store
+                    .renew_lock(&KeyValue::<()>::build_key(prefix, key), duration)
+                    .await
+            }
+            InMemoryStore::Static(_) | InMemoryStore::Http(_) => {
+                Err(trc::StoreEvent::NotSupported.into_err())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     pub async fn remove_lock(&self, prefix: u8, key: &[u8]) -> trc::Result<()> {
         self.key_delete(KeyValue::<()>::build_key(prefix, key))
             .await

crates/trc/src/event/enums.rs

@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 
 // inbuxa: 637 to 641 are the fork's SCIM events (SCIM-54); 642 is
 // auth.legacy-protocol-refused (legacy-protocols LP-6); 643 is
-// security.legacy-protocols-changed (LP-8)
+// security.legacy-protocols-changed (LP-8); 644 to 646 are the cluster
-pub const TOTAL_EVENT_COUNT: usize = 644;
+// coordinator's connection events
+pub const TOTAL_EVENT_COUNT: usize = 647;
 pub const TOTAL_METRIC_COUNT: usize = 369;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
@@ -150,6 +151,10 @@ pub enum ClusterEvent {
     MessageSkipped = 47,
     MessageInvalid = 49,
     NodeIdRenewed = 275,
+    // inbuxa: the coordinator's connection
+    CoordinatorConnected = 644,
+    CoordinatorDisconnected = 645,
+    CoordinatorError = 646,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]

crates/trc/src/event/enums_impl.rs

@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ impl EventType {
             b"cluster.message-skipped" => EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::MessageSkipped),
             b"cluster.message-invalid" => EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::MessageInvalid),
             b"cluster.node-id-renewed" => EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::NodeIdRenewed),
+            // inbuxa: coordinator connection
+            b"cluster.coordinator-connected" => EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorConnected),
+            b"cluster.coordinator-disconnected" => EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorDisconnected),
+            b"cluster.coordinator-error" => EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorError),
             b"dane.authentication-success" => EventType::Dane(DaneEvent::AuthenticationSuccess),
             b"dane.authentication-failure" => EventType::Dane(DaneEvent::AuthenticationFailure),
             b"dane.no-certificates-found" => EventType::Dane(DaneEvent::NoCertificatesFound),
@@ -742,6 +746,14 @@ impl EventType {
             EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::MessageSkipped) => "cluster.message-skipped",
             EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::MessageInvalid) => "cluster.message-invalid",
             EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::NodeIdRenewed) => "cluster.node-id-renewed",
+            // inbuxa: coordinator connection
+            EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorConnected) => {
+                "cluster.coordinator-connected"
+            }
+            EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorDisconnected) => {
+                "cluster.coordinator-disconnected"
+            }
+            EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorError) => "cluster.coordinator-error",
             EventType::Dane(DaneEvent::AuthenticationSuccess) => "dane.authentication-success",
             EventType::Dane(DaneEvent::AuthenticationFailure) => "dane.authentication-failure",
             EventType::Dane(DaneEvent::NoCertificatesFound) => "dane.no-certificates-found",
@@ -1524,6 +1536,10 @@ impl EventType {
             EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::MessageSkipped) => 47,
             EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::MessageInvalid) => 49,
             EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::NodeIdRenewed) => 275,
+            // inbuxa: coordinator connection
+            EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorConnected) => 644,
+            EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorDisconnected) => 645,
+            EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorError) => 646,
             EventType::Dane(DaneEvent::AuthenticationSuccess) => 67,
             EventType::Dane(DaneEvent::AuthenticationFailure) => 66,
             EventType::Dane(DaneEvent::NoCertificatesFound) => 69,
@@ -2176,6 +2192,10 @@ impl EventType {
             47 => Some(EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::MessageSkipped)),
             49 => Some(EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::MessageInvalid)),
             275 => Some(EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::NodeIdRenewed)),
+            // inbuxa: coordinator connection
+            644 => Some(EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorConnected)),
+            645 => Some(EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorDisconnected)),
+            646 => Some(EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorError)),
             67 => Some(EventType::Dane(DaneEvent::AuthenticationSuccess)),
             66 => Some(EventType::Dane(DaneEvent::AuthenticationFailure)),
             69 => Some(EventType::Dane(DaneEvent::NoCertificatesFound)),
@@ -3114,6 +3134,10 @@ impl EventType {
             EventType::Auth(AuthEvent::TooManyAttempts) => Level::Warn,
             EventType::Calendar(CalendarEvent::AlarmFailed) => Level::Warn,
             EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::SubscriberDisconnected) => Level::Warn,
+            // inbuxa: coordinator connection
+            EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorConnected) => Level::Info,
+            EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorDisconnected) => Level::Warn,
+            EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorError) => Level::Warn,
             EventType::Delivery(DeliveryEvent::MissingOutboundHostname) => Level::Warn,
             EventType::Delivery(DeliveryEvent::ConcurrencyLimitExceeded) => Level::Warn,
             EventType::Delivery(DeliveryEvent::RateLimitExceeded) => Level::Warn,
@@ -3244,6 +3268,10 @@ impl EventType {
             EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::MessageSkipped) => "PubSub message skipped",
             EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::MessageInvalid) => "Invalid PubSub message",
             EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::NodeIdRenewed) => "Node ID renewed",
+            // inbuxa: coordinator connection
+            EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorConnected) => "Coordinator connected",
+            EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorDisconnected) => "Coordinator unavailable",
+            EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorError) => "Coordinator error",
             EventType::Dane(DaneEvent::AuthenticationSuccess) => "DANE authentication successful",
             EventType::Dane(DaneEvent::AuthenticationFailure) => "DANE authentication failed",
             EventType::Dane(DaneEvent::NoCertificatesFound) => "No certificates found for DANE",
@@ -4322,6 +4350,10 @@ impl EventType {
             EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::MessageSkipped),
             EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::MessageInvalid),
             EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::NodeIdRenewed),
+            // inbuxa: coordinator connection
+            EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorConnected),
+            EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorDisconnected),
+            EventType::Cluster(ClusterEvent::CoordinatorError),
             EventType::Dane(DaneEvent::AuthenticationSuccess),
             EventType::Dane(DaneEvent::AuthenticationFailure),
             EventType::Dane(DaneEvent::NoCertificatesFound),

crates/trc/src/ipc/collector.rs

@@ -245,10 +245,28 @@ impl Collector {
                 Update::RegisterReceiver { receiver } => {
                     self.receivers.push(receiver);
                 }
-                Update::RegisterSubscriber { subscriber } => {
+                Update::RegisterSubscriber { mut subscriber } => {
+                    // inbuxa: a subscriber registered under the id of a
+                    // running one replaces it (a tracer whose settings
+                    // changed). Every event collected so far went to the old
+                    // one, every later event goes to the new one: the old
+                    // one's batch is sent first (anything its full channel
+                    // can't take moves over, rather than being dropped), and
+                    // dropping it closes its channel, so its task writes
+                    // what is queued and ends.
+                    if let Some(old) = self.subscribers.iter_mut().find(|s| s.id == subscriber.id) {
+                        let _ = old.send_batch();
+                        if !old.batch.is_empty() {
+                            let mut batch = std::mem::take(&mut old.batch);
+                            batch.append(&mut subscriber.batch);
+                            subscriber.batch = batch;
+                        }
+                        *old = subscriber;
+                    } else {
                         ACTIVE_SUBSCRIBERS.lock().push(subscriber.id.clone());
                         self.subscribers.push(subscriber);
                     }
+                }
                 Update::UnregisterSubscriber { id } => {
                     ACTIVE_SUBSCRIBERS.lock().retain(|s| s != &id);
                     self.subscribers.retain(|s| s.id != id);

crates/trc/src/ipc/subscriber.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <hello@stalw.art>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -105,6 +107,9 @@ impl SubscriberBuilder {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Registers the subscriber with the collector. inbuxa: one registered
+    /// under the id of a running subscriber replaces it, handing over at an
+    /// event boundary; the old one's channel then closes.
     pub fn register(self) -> (mpsc::Sender<EventBatch>, mpsc::Receiver<EventBatch>) {
         let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(8192);
 

crates/types/src/branding.rs

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ fn legacy_setting(name: &str, is_set: impl Fn(&str) -> bool) -> Option<String> {
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! brand_version {
     () => {
-        "2026.9.24.3"
+        "2026.9.25.1"
     };
 }
 

resources/schema/schema.json.sha256

@@ -1 +1 @@
-VbnFuwCOTBh0s2T-NuRhb2JaJr8Jl5s3LgXv4Pv2sTg
+XFI3xuKC_rH1KZyaVBF0uTIiRDXRqyYboijquiGz2eg

tests/src/cluster/broadcast.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <hello@stalw.art>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use crate::{
@@ -11,6 +13,7 @@ use crate::{
         server::TestServerBuilder,
     },
 };
+use common::BuildServer;
 use imap_proto::ResponseType;
 use registry::{
     schema::{
@@ -18,7 +21,8 @@ use registry::{
         prelude::{ObjectType, Property, SocketAddr},
         structs::{
             ClusterListenerGroup, ClusterListenerGroupProperties, ClusterRole, ClusterTaskGroup,
-            Coordinator, Imap, NatsCoordinator, NetworkListener, RedisStore,
+            Coordinator, Imap, MtaDeliverySchedule, MtaVirtualQueue, NatsCoordinator,
+            NetworkListener, RedisStore,
         },
     },
     types::map::Map,
@@ -209,6 +213,45 @@ pub async fn cluster_tests() {
         Some("John Doe")
     );
 
+    // inbuxa: a settings write applies on every node, no ReloadSettings
+    let queue_id = admin
+        .registry_create_object(MtaVirtualQueue {
+            name: "clusterq".into(),
+            threads_per_node: 1,
+            description: None,
+        })
+        .await;
+    admin
+        .registry_create_object(MtaDeliverySchedule {
+            name: "cluster-autoreload".into(),
+            queue_id,
+            ..Default::default()
+        })
+        .await;
+    for (node_id, test) in servers.iter().enumerate() {
+        let started = std::time::Instant::now();
+        while !test
+            .server
+            .inner
+            .build_server()
+            .core
+            .smtp
+            .queue
+            .queue_strategy
+            .contains_key("cluster-autoreload")
+        {
+            assert!(
+                started.elapsed() < std::time::Duration::from_secs(5),
+                "node {node_id} didn't pick up the new delivery schedule"
+            );
+            tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(50)).await;
+        }
+        println!(
+            "Node {node_id} has the new delivery schedule after {} ms",
+            started.elapsed().as_millis()
+        );
+    }
+
     // Run IMAP idle tests across nodes
     let mut node1_client = imap_client("[email protected]", "this is john's secret", 1).await;
     let mut node2_client = imap_client("[email protected]", "this is john's secret", 2).await;

tests/src/cluster/coordinator.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! A node that starts while its NATS coordinator is down joins the cluster
+//! once NATS comes up, without a restart, and reports the coordinator's
+//! connection on `/healthz/cluster` as it goes and comes back.
+
+use crate::utils::server::TestServerBuilder;
+use coordinator::Coordinator;
+use registry::{
+    schema::{
+        enums::NetworkListenerProtocol,
+        structs::{Coordinator as CoordinatorSetting, NatsCoordinator},
+    },
+    types::map::Map,
+};
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use testcontainers::{
+    GenericImage, ImageExt, core::IntoContainerPort, core::WaitFor, runners::AsyncRunner,
+};
+
+const HTTP_PORT: u16 = 11_310;
+const TOPIC: &str = "inbuxa-coordinator-test";
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+pub async fn coordinator_reconnect_tests() {
+    println!("Running coordinator reconnect tests...");
+
+    // A port with no NATS server behind it, yet
+    let nats_port = std::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0")
+        .unwrap()
+        .local_addr()
+        .unwrap()
+        .port();
+    let config = NatsCoordinator {
+        addresses: Map::new(vec![format!("127.0.0.1:{nats_port}")]),
+        use_tls: false,
+        timeout_connection: 1_000u64.into(),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+
+    // 1. The node starts, without a build error, while NATS is down, and
+    // says so
+    let test = TestServerBuilder::new("coordinator_reconnect_tests")
+        .await
+        .with_object(CoordinatorSetting::Nats(config.clone()))
+        .await
+        .with_listener(NetworkListenerProtocol::Http, "http", HTTP_PORT, true)
+        .await
+        .build()
+        .await;
+    let coordinator = test.server.core.storage.coordinator.clone();
+    assert!(
+        coordinator.is_enabled(),
+        "a coordinator, though not connected"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(coordinator.is_connected(), Some(false));
+    assert_eq!(
+        cluster_health().await,
+        (503, json!({"coordinator": "disconnected"}))
+    );
+
+    // A subscription made now, as the broadcast subscriber makes it at
+    // startup, has to work once NATS is up
+    let mut stream = coordinator.subscribe(TOPIC).await.unwrap();
+
+    // 2. NATS comes up: the node connects on its own
+    let nats = GenericImage::new("nats", "latest")
+        .with_wait_for(WaitFor::message_on_stderr("Server is ready"))
+        .with_mapped_port(nats_port, 4222.tcp())
+        .start()
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to start NATS container");
+    wait_for_health(200, "connected").await;
+    let other_node = coordinator::backend::nats::NatsPubSub::open(config.clone())
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    wait_until_connected(&other_node).await;
+    round_trip(&other_node, &mut stream, b"after startup").await;
+
+    // 3. NATS goes away: the node reports it; and it comes back: the node
+    // reconnects and the same subscription carries on
+    nats.stop().await.unwrap();
+    wait_for_health(503, "disconnected").await;
+    nats.start().await.unwrap();
+    wait_for_health(200, "connected").await;
+    wait_until_connected(&other_node).await;
+    round_trip(&other_node, &mut stream, b"after reconnect").await;
+
+    drop(nats);
+    if test.is_reset() {
+        test.temp_dir.delete();
+    }
+}
+
+async fn cluster_health() -> (u16, Value) {
+    let response = reqwest::Client::builder()
+        .danger_accept_invalid_certs(true)
+        .timeout(Duration::from_secs(5))
+        .build()
+        .unwrap()
+        .get(format!("https://127.0.0.1:{HTTP_PORT}/healthz/cluster"))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let status = response.status().as_u16();
+    (status, response.json().await.unwrap())
+}
+
+async fn wait_for_health(status: u16, state: &str) {
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    loop {
+        let health = cluster_health().await;
+        if health == (status, json!({"coordinator": state})) {
+            return;
+        }
+        assert!(
+            started.elapsed() < Duration::from_secs(30),
+            "expected {status} {state}, still {health:?}"
+        );
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(250)).await;
+    }
+}
+
+async fn wait_until_connected(coordinator: &Coordinator) {
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    while coordinator.is_connected() != Some(true) {
+        assert!(started.elapsed() < Duration::from_secs(30), "not connected");
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+    }
+}
+
+/// Another node publishes; this one's subscription receives it.
+async fn round_trip(from: &Coordinator, stream: &mut coordinator::PubSubStream, payload: &[u8]) {
+    from.publish(TOPIC, payload.to_vec()).await.unwrap();
+    let message = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(10), stream.next())
+        .await
+        .expect("no message within 10 seconds")
+        .expect("subscription ended");
+    assert_eq!(message.payload(), payload);
+}

tests/src/cluster/front_reports.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,317 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! DMARC results recorded on a node without outboundMta reach the aggregate
+//! report, which a node with outboundMta builds and sends. Before, a front
+//! node's results were dropped (or, before live roles, left in a channel
+//! nobody read), so the report covered only the mail the outbound nodes
+//! received. Also checks that nodes appending to one report at once lose
+//! nothing. Needs a store the nodes can share (STORE=PostgreSql or MySql).
+
+use crate::{smtp::inbound::TestMessage, utils::server::TestServerBuilder};
+use common::{Server, config::smtp::report::AggregateFrequency, ipc::DmarcEvent};
+use mail_auth::{
+    common::parse::TxtRecordParser,
+    dmarc::Dmarc,
+    report::{ActionDisposition, DmarcResult, Record, Report},
+};
+use registry::{
+    schema::{
+        enums::ClusterTaskType,
+        prelude::{ObjectType, Property},
+        structs::{
+            ClusterListenerGroup, ClusterRole, ClusterTaskGroup, ClusterTaskGroupProperties,
+            DmarcInternalReport, DmarcReportSettings, Expression, Task, TaskDmarcReport,
+            TaskStatus,
+        },
+    },
+    types::{EnumImpl, map::Map},
+};
+use smtp::reporting::{dmarc::DmarcReporting, send::MtaReportSend};
+use std::{
+    collections::BTreeSet,
+    net::IpAddr,
+    sync::Arc,
+    time::{Duration, Instant},
+};
+use store::{
+    ValueKey,
+    registry::{RegistryFilter, RegistryFilterValue, RegistryQuery},
+    write::{BatchBuilder, RegistryClass, TaskQueueClass, ValueClass, now},
+};
+use types::id::Id;
+
+const FRONT_ROLE: &str = "front_reports_front";
+const MTA_ROLE: &str = "front_reports_mta";
+const DOMAIN: &str = "front-reports.example";
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+pub async fn front_node_report_tests() {
+    if matches!(
+        std::env::var("STORE").as_deref(),
+        Ok("RocksDb" | "Sqlite") | Err(_)
+    ) {
+        println!("Skipping front node report tests: they need a store the nodes can share.");
+        return;
+    }
+    println!(
+        "Running front node report tests on {}...",
+        std::env::var("STORE").unwrap_or_default()
+    );
+
+    // A front role without outboundMta, an MTA role with it
+    let seed = TestServerBuilder::new("front_reports_seed").await;
+    seed.insert_object(role(FRONT_ROLE, &[ClusterTaskType::PushNotifications]))
+        .await;
+    seed.insert_object(role(MTA_ROLE, &[ClusterTaskType::OutboundMta]))
+        .await;
+    seed.insert_object(DmarcReportSettings {
+        aggregate_max_report_size: Expression {
+            else_: "1048576".into(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+        ..Default::default()
+    })
+    .await;
+    let seed = seed.disable_services().build().await;
+
+    // The front node receives mail from two sources: the events its SMTP
+    // sessions hand the report scheduler
+    let front = TestServerBuilder::new_with_role(
+        "front_reports_front",
+        "front.front-reports.example".into(),
+        Some(FRONT_ROLE.into()),
+        false,
+    )
+    .await
+    .build_with_opts(false)
+    .await;
+    let front_server = front.server.clone();
+    assert!(!front_server.core.network.roles.outbound_mta);
+    for ip in ["192.0.2.1", "192.0.2.2"] {
+        front_server.schedule_report(event(ip)).await;
+    }
+
+    // Both are recorded in the shared report. Upstream, and main after live
+    // roles, left the front node's results out
+    let report_id = wait_for_report(&front_server, 2).await;
+
+    // Make the report due now. The front node leaves it alone: building and
+    // sending it is the outbound MTA's
+    move_task(&front_server, report_id, TaskStatus::now()).await;
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(3)).await;
+    front_server.notify_task_queue();
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2)).await;
+    assert!(
+        task_exists(&front_server, report_id).await,
+        "the front node ran the report task"
+    );
+
+    // Several writers append to the report at once, from both nodes: none
+    // of their records is lost. The report waits in the future meanwhile, or
+    // the MTA node would send it as soon as it starts
+    move_task(
+        &front_server,
+        report_id,
+        TaskStatus::at(now() as i64 + 3600),
+    )
+    .await;
+    let mut mta = TestServerBuilder::new_with_role(
+        "front_reports_mta",
+        "mta.front-reports.example".into(),
+        Some(MTA_ROLE.into()),
+        false,
+    )
+    .await
+    .capture_queue()
+    .build_with_opts(false)
+    .await;
+    let mta_server = mta.server.clone();
+    assert!(mta_server.core.network.roles.outbound_mta);
+
+    let concurrent: Vec<String> = (10..18).map(|n| format!("192.0.2.{n}")).collect();
+    let mut handles = Vec::new();
+    for (n, ip) in concurrent.iter().enumerate() {
+        let server = if n % 2 == 0 {
+            front_server.clone()
+        } else {
+            mta_server.clone()
+        };
+        let ip = ip.clone();
+        handles.push(tokio::spawn(async move {
+            server.schedule_dmarc(Box::new(event(&ip))).await;
+        }));
+    }
+    for handle in handles {
+        handle.await.unwrap();
+    }
+
+    // Due again, the MTA node sends the report with every record in it
+    move_task(&mta_server, report_id, TaskStatus::now()).await;
+    let message = mta.expect_message().await;
+    let report =
+        Report::parse_rfc5322(message.read_message(&mta).await.as_bytes(), usize::MAX).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(report.domain(), DOMAIN);
+    let sent: BTreeSet<IpAddr> = report
+        .records()
+        .iter()
+        .map(|r| r.source_ip().unwrap())
+        .collect();
+    let expected: BTreeSet<IpAddr> = ["192.0.2.1", "192.0.2.2"]
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(String::from)
+        .chain(concurrent)
+        .map(|ip| ip.parse().unwrap())
+        .collect();
+    assert_eq!(sent, expected);
+    wait_for(Duration::from_secs(20), "report task to finish", || async {
+        !task_exists(&mta_server, report_id).await
+    })
+    .await;
+    assert!(reports(&mta_server).await.is_empty());
+
+    if seed.is_reset() {
+        seed.temp_dir.delete();
+        front.temp_dir.delete();
+        mta.temp_dir.delete();
+    }
+}
+
+fn role(name: &str, tasks: &[ClusterTaskType]) -> ClusterRole {
+    ClusterRole {
+        name: name.into(),
+        description: None,
+        listeners: ClusterListenerGroup::EnableAll,
+        tasks: ClusterTaskGroup::EnableSome(ClusterTaskGroupProperties {
+            task_types: Map::new(tasks.to_vec()),
+        }),
+    }
+}
+
+fn event(ip: &str) -> DmarcEvent {
+    DmarcEvent {
+        domain: DOMAIN.to_string(),
+        report_record: Record::new()
+            .with_source_ip(ip.parse().unwrap())
+            .with_action_disposition(ActionDisposition::Pass)
+            .with_dmarc_dkim_result(DmarcResult::Pass)
+            .with_dmarc_spf_result(DmarcResult::Pass)
+            .with_envelope_from("sender.example")
+            .with_header_from("sender.example"),
+        dmarc_record: Arc::new(
+            Dmarc::parse(format!("v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:reports@{DOMAIN}").as_bytes())
+                .unwrap(),
+        ),
+        interval: AggregateFrequency::Daily,
+        span_id: 0,
+    }
+}
+
+async fn reports(server: &Server) -> Vec<(u64, DmarcInternalReport)> {
+    let ids = server
+        .registry()
+        .query::<Vec<Id>>(RegistryQuery::new(ObjectType::DmarcInternalReport).filter(
+            RegistryFilter::greater_than(
+                Property::Domain,
+                RegistryFilterValue::Bytes(vec![]),
+                true,
+            ),
+        ))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let mut reports = Vec::new();
+    for id in ids {
+        if let Some(report) = server
+            .store()
+            .get_value::<DmarcInternalReport>(ValueKey::from(ValueClass::Registry(
+                RegistryClass::Item {
+                    object_id: ObjectType::DmarcInternalReport.to_id(),
+                    item_id: id.id(),
+                },
+            )))
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+        {
+            reports.push((id.id(), report));
+        }
+    }
+    reports
+}
+
+/// Waits for the report for `DOMAIN` to hold `records` records; returns its id.
+async fn wait_for_report(server: &Server, records: usize) -> u64 {
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    loop {
+        let found = reports(server)
+            .await
+            .into_iter()
+            .find(|(_, report)| report.domain == DOMAIN);
+        if let Some((id, report)) = &found
+            && report.report.records.len() == records
+        {
+            return *id;
+        }
+        assert!(
+            started.elapsed() < Duration::from_secs(10),
+            "no report with {records} records for {DOMAIN}: {found:?}"
+        );
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200)).await;
+    }
+}
+
+/// Reschedules the report's task.
+async fn move_task(server: &Server, id: u64, status: TaskStatus) {
+    let task = server
+        .store()
+        .get_value::<Task>(ValueKey::from(ValueClass::TaskQueue(
+            TaskQueueClass::Task { id },
+        )))
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .expect("report task missing");
+    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+    batch
+        .clear(ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Due {
+            id,
+            due: task.due_timestamp(),
+        }))
+        .schedule_task_with_id(
+            id,
+            Task::DmarcReport(TaskDmarcReport {
+                report_id: id.into(),
+                status,
+            }),
+        );
+    server.store().write(batch.build_all()).await.unwrap();
+    server.notify_task_queue();
+}
+
+async fn task_exists(server: &Server, id: u64) -> bool {
+    server
+        .store()
+        .get_value::<Task>(ValueKey::from(ValueClass::TaskQueue(
+            TaskQueueClass::Task { id },
+        )))
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .is_some()
+}
+
+async fn wait_for<F, Fut>(within: Duration, what: &str, mut check: F)
+where
+    F: FnMut() -> Fut,
+    Fut: Future<Output = bool>,
+{
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    while !check().await {
+        assert!(
+            started.elapsed() < within,
+            "still waiting for the {what} after {:?}",
+            started.elapsed()
+        );
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(250)).await;
+    }
+}

tests/src/cluster/live_roles.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! A node follows edits to its cluster role without a restart: outbound
+//! delivery and report tasks start when the role gains outboundMta and stop
+//! when it loses it. Upstream decided at boot whether the queue, report and
+//! task managers ran at all. Needs a store the seed and the node can share
+//! (STORE=PostgreSql or MySql).
+
+use crate::utils::server::{TestServer, TestServerBuilder};
+use common::Server;
+use registry::{
+    schema::{
+        enums::ClusterTaskType,
+        prelude::{Object, ObjectType},
+        structs::{
+            ClusterListenerGroup, ClusterRole, ClusterTaskGroup, ClusterTaskGroupProperties, Task,
+            TaskStatus, TaskTlsReport,
+        },
+    },
+    types::{id::ObjectId, map::Map},
+};
+use smtp::{
+    queue::{Message, Status},
+    reporting::send::MtaReportSend,
+};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use store::{
+    Deserialize, IterateParams, ValueKey,
+    registry::write::{RegistryWrite, RegistryWriteResult},
+    write::{AlignedBytes, Archive, BatchBuilder, QueueClass, TaskQueueClass, ValueClass},
+};
+use types::id::Id;
+use utils::snowflake::SnowflakeIdGenerator;
+
+const BUSY_ROLE: &str = "live_role_busy";
+const IDLE_ROLE: &str = "live_role_idle";
+const WITH: &[ClusterTaskType] = &[
+    ClusterTaskType::PushNotifications,
+    ClusterTaskType::OutboundMta,
+];
+const WITHOUT: &[ClusterTaskType] = &[ClusterTaskType::PushNotifications];
+const RCPT_DOMAIN: &str = "live-role.invalid";
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+pub async fn live_role_tests() {
+    if matches!(
+        std::env::var("STORE").as_deref(),
+        Ok("RocksDb" | "Sqlite") | Err(_)
+    ) {
+        println!("Skipping live role tests: they need a store the nodes can share.");
+        return;
+    }
+    println!(
+        "Running live role tests on {}...",
+        std::env::var("STORE").unwrap_or_default()
+    );
+
+    // Two roles: one with outboundMta, one with no task type at all
+    let seed = TestServerBuilder::new("live_roles_seed").await;
+    let busy_id = seed.insert_object(role(BUSY_ROLE, WITH)).await;
+    let idle_id = seed.insert_object(role(IDLE_ROLE, WITHOUT)).await;
+    let seed = seed.disable_services().build().await;
+    let registry = seed.server.clone();
+
+    // 1. The rehearsal case: a node started with outboundMta has it taken
+    // away. Upstream kept delivering, report messages included, until a
+    // restart.
+    let node = start_node("live_roles_busy", BUSY_ROLE).await;
+    let server = node.server.clone();
+    assert!(server.core.network.roles.outbound_mta);
+    let (msg, task) = queue_work(&server, "busy-before").await;
+    assert_runs(&server, &msg, task).await;
+
+    set_role(&registry, &server, busy_id, role(BUSY_ROLE, WITHOUT)).await;
+    let (msg, task) = queue_work(&server, "busy-off").await;
+    assert_idle(&server, &msg, task).await;
+
+    // Given back, it takes up the work left waiting
+    set_role(&registry, &server, busy_id, role(BUSY_ROLE, WITH)).await;
+    assert_runs(&server, &msg, task).await;
+
+    // Off again, so it leaves the next node's work alone
+    set_role(&registry, &server, busy_id, role(BUSY_ROLE, WITHOUT)).await;
+
+    // 2. A node started with no task type at all gains outboundMta.
+    // Upstream never started its queue, report or task manager, so the
+    // role did nothing until a restart.
+    let node2 = start_node("live_roles_idle", IDLE_ROLE).await;
+    let server2 = node2.server.clone();
+    assert!(!server2.core.network.roles.outbound_mta);
+    let (msg, task) = queue_work(&server2, "idle-off").await;
+    assert_idle(&server2, &msg, task).await;
+    set_role(&registry, &server2, idle_id, role(IDLE_ROLE, WITH)).await;
+    assert_runs(&server2, &msg, task).await;
+    set_role(&registry, &server2, idle_id, role(IDLE_ROLE, WITHOUT)).await;
+
+    if seed.is_reset() {
+        seed.temp_dir.delete();
+        node.temp_dir.delete();
+        node2.temp_dir.delete();
+    }
+}
+
+async fn start_node(name: &str, role: &str) -> TestServer {
+    TestServerBuilder::new_with_role(
+        name,
+        format!("{name}.example.com").replace('_', "-"),
+        Some(role.into()),
+        false,
+    )
+    .await
+    .build_with_opts(false)
+    .await
+}
+
+/// Neither the message nor the report task is touched.
+async fn assert_idle(server: &Server, msg: &str, task: u64) {
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(4)).await;
+    server.notify_task_queue();
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+    assert!(
+        !attempted(server, msg).await,
+        "delivery attempted without outboundMta"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        is_pending(server, task).await,
+        "report task claimed without outboundMta"
+    );
+}
+
+/// Delivery of the message is attempted and the report task runs.
+async fn assert_runs(server: &Server, msg: &str, task: u64) {
+    wait_for(Duration::from_secs(20), "message delivery attempt", || {
+        attempted(server, msg)
+    })
+    .await;
+    wait_for(Duration::from_secs(20), "report task to run", || async {
+        !is_pending(server, task).await
+    })
+    .await;
+}
+
+fn role(name: &str, tasks: &[ClusterTaskType]) -> ClusterRole {
+    ClusterRole {
+        name: name.into(),
+        description: None,
+        listeners: ClusterListenerGroup::EnableAll,
+        tasks: ClusterTaskGroup::EnableSome(ClusterTaskGroupProperties {
+            task_types: Map::new(tasks.to_vec()),
+        }),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Stores a new version of a role and reloads the node's settings, as a
+/// JMAP write to the role does.
+async fn set_role(registry: &Server, node: &Server, id: Id, new: ClusterRole) {
+    let enabled = matches!(&new.tasks, ClusterTaskGroup::EnableSome(group)
+        if group.task_types.iter().any(|t| *t == ClusterTaskType::OutboundMta));
+    let old = registry
+        .registry()
+        .get(ObjectId::new(ObjectType::ClusterRole, id))
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .expect("role not found");
+    let new = Object::from(new);
+    let result = registry
+        .registry()
+        .write(RegistryWrite::update(id, &new, &old))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        matches!(result, RegistryWriteResult::Success(_)),
+        "role update refused"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        node.reload_after_write(ObjectType::ClusterRole).await,
+        Some(Ok(()))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        node.inner.shared_core.load().network.roles.outbound_mta,
+        enabled
+    );
+}
+
+/// Queues a message to an unreachable domain and schedules a TLS report
+/// task, both due now. Returns the recipient's local part and the task id.
+async fn queue_work(server: &Server, name: &str) -> (String, u64) {
+    let local = format!("{name}-{}", SnowflakeIdGenerator::global_id().unwrap());
+    let rcpt = format!("{local}@{RCPT_DOMAIN}");
+    server
+        .send_autogenerated(
+            "[email protected]",
+            [rcpt.as_str()].into_iter(),
+            format!(
+                "From: [email protected]\r\nTo: {rcpt}\r\n\
+                 Subject: live role test\r\n\r\nTest\r\n"
+            )
+            .into_bytes(),
+            None,
+            0,
+        )
+        .await;
+    assert!(
+        queued_recipient(server, &rcpt).await.is_some(),
+        "message to {rcpt} was not queued"
+    );
+
+    let task = SnowflakeIdGenerator::global_id().unwrap();
+    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+    batch.schedule_task_with_id(
+        task,
+        Task::TlsReport(TaskTlsReport {
+            report_id: u64::MAX.into(),
+            status: TaskStatus::now(),
+        }),
+    );
+    server.store().write(batch.build_all()).await.unwrap();
+    server.notify_task_queue();
+
+    (rcpt, task)
+}
+
+/// Whether delivery to `rcpt` was tried: the message is gone, or its
+/// recipient is no longer scheduled or has a retry count.
+async fn attempted(server: &Server, rcpt: &str) -> bool {
+    match queued_recipient(server, rcpt).await {
+        None => true,
+        Some((status_scheduled, retries)) => !status_scheduled || retries > 0,
+    }
+}
+
+/// The queued recipient `rcpt`: whether it is still scheduled, and how many
+/// times delivery was retried.
+async fn queued_recipient(server: &Server, rcpt: &str) -> Option<(bool, u32)> {
+    let mut found = None;
+    server
+        .store()
+        .iterate(
+            IterateParams::new(
+                ValueKey::from(ValueClass::Queue(QueueClass::Message(0))),
+                ValueKey::from(ValueClass::Queue(QueueClass::Message(u64::MAX))),
+            ),
+            |_, value| {
+                let message = <Archive<AlignedBytes> as Deserialize>::deserialize(value)?
+                    .deserialize::<Message>()?;
+                if let Some(recipient) = message
+                    .recipients
+                    .iter()
+                    .find(|recipient| recipient.address.as_ref() == rcpt)
+                {
+                    found = Some((
+                        matches!(recipient.status, Status::Scheduled),
+                        recipient.retry.inner,
+                    ));
+                    return Ok(false);
+                }
+                Ok(true)
+            },
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    found
+}
+
+async fn is_pending(server: &Server, id: u64) -> bool {
+    matches!(
+        server
+            .store()
+            .get_value::<Task>(ValueKey::from(ValueClass::TaskQueue(
+                TaskQueueClass::Task { id },
+            )))
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+            .map(|task| task.status().clone()),
+        Some(TaskStatus::Pending(_))
+    )
+}
+
+async fn wait_for<F, Fut>(within: Duration, what: &str, mut check: F)
+where
+    F: FnMut() -> Fut,
+    Fut: Future<Output = bool>,
+{
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    while !check().await {
+        assert!(
+            started.elapsed() < within,
+            "still waiting for the {what} after {:?}",
+            started.elapsed()
+        );
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(250)).await;
+    }
+}

tests/src/cluster/mod.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,14 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <hello@stalw.art>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 pub mod broadcast;
+pub mod front_reports; // inbuxa: every node records DMARC and TLS results
+pub mod live_roles; // inbuxa: role edits apply without a restart
+#[cfg(feature = "nats")]
+pub mod coordinator; // inbuxa: coordinator reconnects
 pub mod stress;
+pub mod task_roles; // inbuxa: task types follow cluster roles

tests/src/cluster/task_roles.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! Two task managers with different cluster roles over one shared store:
+//! each runs only the task types its role allows, and a task one node may
+//! not run is left for the node that may. Needs a store both nodes can open
+//! (STORE=PostgreSql or MySql).
+
+use crate::utils::server::TestServerBuilder;
+use common::Server;
+use registry::{
+    schema::{
+        enums::{ClusterTaskType, IndexDocumentType},
+        structs::{
+            ClusterListenerGroup, ClusterRole, ClusterTaskGroup, ClusterTaskGroupProperties, Task,
+            TaskDnsManagement, TaskIndexDocument, TaskStatus, TaskTlsReport,
+        },
+    },
+    types::map::Map,
+};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use store::{
+    ValueKey,
+    write::{BatchBuilder, TaskQueueClass, ValueClass},
+};
+use utils::snowflake::SnowflakeIdGenerator;
+
+const QUEUE_ROLE: &str = "tasks_queue";
+const INDEX_MTA_ROLE: &str = "tasks_index_mta";
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+pub async fn task_role_tests() {
+    if matches!(
+        std::env::var("STORE").as_deref(),
+        Ok("RocksDb" | "Sqlite") | Err(_)
+    ) {
+        println!("Skipping task role tests: they need a store both nodes can open.");
+        return;
+    }
+    println!(
+        "Running task role tests on {}...",
+        std::env::var("STORE").unwrap_or_default()
+    );
+
+    // The roles, stored by a node that runs no services of its own (a node
+    // looks its role up when it starts)
+    let seed = TestServerBuilder::new("task_roles_seed")
+        .await
+        .with_object(role(QUEUE_ROLE, &[ClusterTaskType::TaskQueueProcessing]))
+        .await
+        .with_object(role(
+            INDEX_MTA_ROLE,
+            &[
+                ClusterTaskType::SearchIndexing,
+                ClusterTaskType::OutboundMta,
+            ],
+        ))
+        .await
+        .disable_services()
+        .build()
+        .await;
+
+    // Node A runs queue tasks (taskQueueProcessing) only
+    let node_a = TestServerBuilder::new_with_role(
+        "task_roles_a",
+        "node-a.example.com".into(),
+        Some(QUEUE_ROLE.into()),
+        false,
+    )
+    .await
+    .build_with_opts(false)
+    .await;
+    let server_a = node_a.server.clone();
+    let roles = &server_a.core.network.roles;
+    assert!(roles.task_manager && !roles.search_indexing && !roles.outbound_mta);
+
+    // A DNS task (taskQueueProcessing), an unindex task (searchIndexing) and
+    // a TLS report (outboundMta), all due now
+    let [dns, unindex, report] = new_task_ids();
+    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+    batch
+        .schedule_task_with_id(
+            dns,
+            Task::DnsManagement(TaskDnsManagement {
+                status: TaskStatus::now(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            }),
+        )
+        .schedule_task_with_id(
+            unindex,
+            Task::UnindexDocument(TaskIndexDocument {
+                account_id: 0u32.into(),
+                document_id: u32::MAX.into(),
+                document_type: IndexDocumentType::File,
+                status: TaskStatus::now(),
+            }),
+        )
+        .schedule_task_with_id(
+            report,
+            Task::TlsReport(TaskTlsReport {
+                report_id: u64::MAX.into(),
+                status: TaskStatus::now(),
+            }),
+        );
+    server_a.store().write(batch.build_all()).await.unwrap();
+    server_a.notify_task_queue();
+
+    // Node A runs the DNS task and leaves the other two alone. Upstream ran
+    // the TLS report here too: report tasks ran on any node with a task
+    // manager.
+    wait_until_run(&server_a, &[dns], Duration::from_secs(20)).await;
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(3)).await;
+    server_a.notify_task_queue();
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2)).await;
+    assert!(
+        is_pending(&server_a, unindex).await,
+        "unindex ran on node A"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        is_pending(&server_a, report).await,
+        "TLS report ran on node A"
+    );
+
+    // Node B (search indexing and outbound MTA) comes up and picks up what
+    // node A left
+    let node_b = TestServerBuilder::new_with_role(
+        "task_roles_b",
+        "node-b.example.com".into(),
+        Some(INDEX_MTA_ROLE.into()),
+        false,
+    )
+    .await
+    .build_with_opts(false)
+    .await;
+    let server_b = node_b.server.clone();
+    let roles = &server_b.core.network.roles;
+    assert!(!roles.task_manager && roles.search_indexing && roles.outbound_mta);
+    server_b.notify_task_queue();
+    wait_until_run(&server_b, &[unindex, report], Duration::from_secs(20)).await;
+
+    // A queue task scheduled now still runs, on node A: node B may not
+    // claim it
+    let [dns] = new_task_ids();
+    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+    batch.schedule_task_with_id(
+        dns,
+        Task::DnsManagement(TaskDnsManagement {
+            status: TaskStatus::now(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        }),
+    );
+    server_b.store().write(batch.build_all()).await.unwrap();
+    server_b.notify_task_queue();
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(3)).await;
+    assert!(is_pending(&server_b, dns).await, "DNS task ran on node B");
+    server_a.notify_task_queue();
+    wait_until_run(&server_a, &[dns], Duration::from_secs(20)).await;
+
+    if seed.is_reset() {
+        seed.temp_dir.delete();
+        node_a.temp_dir.delete();
+        node_b.temp_dir.delete();
+    }
+}
+
+fn role(name: &str, tasks: &[ClusterTaskType]) -> ClusterRole {
+    ClusterRole {
+        name: name.into(),
+        description: None,
+        listeners: ClusterListenerGroup::EnableAll,
+        tasks: ClusterTaskGroup::EnableSome(ClusterTaskGroupProperties {
+            task_types: Map::new(tasks.to_vec()),
+        }),
+    }
+}
+
+fn new_task_ids<const N: usize>() -> [u64; N] {
+    std::array::from_fn(|_| SnowflakeIdGenerator::global_id().unwrap())
+}
+
+/// Still due and never run: present, and pending.
+async fn is_pending(server: &Server, id: u64) -> bool {
+    matches!(
+        server
+            .store()
+            .get_value::<Task>(ValueKey::from(ValueClass::TaskQueue(
+                TaskQueueClass::Task { id },
+            )))
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+            .map(|task| task.status().clone()),
+        Some(TaskStatus::Pending(_))
+    )
+}
+
+async fn wait_until_run(server: &Server, ids: &[u64], within: Duration) {
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    loop {
+        let mut left = 0;
+        for id in ids {
+            if is_pending(server, *id).await {
+                left += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        if left == 0 {
+            return;
+        }
+        assert!(
+            started.elapsed() < within,
+            "{left} task(s) still pending after {:?}",
+            started.elapsed()
+        );
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(250)).await;
+    }
+}

tests/src/smtp/inbound/milter.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <hello@stalw.art>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use crate::{
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ async fn milter_session() {
                 else_: "true".into(),
                 ..Default::default()
             },
-            hostname: "127.0.0.1".into(),
+            hostname: "localhost".into(), // inbuxa: resolved when the session connects
             port: 9332,
             use_tls: false,
             stages: Map::new(vec![MtaStage::Data]),

tests/src/smtp/inbound/mod.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <hello@stalw.art>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 use crate::utils::server::TestServer;
@@ -40,17 +42,25 @@ pub mod vrfy;
 const EVENT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
 
 impl TestServer {
+    // inbuxa: registry writes reload the settings, and each reload sends the
+    // queue a ReloadSettings; read_event, try_read_event and assert_no_events
+    // pass over those (expect_reload_settings still waits for one)
     pub async fn read_event(&mut self) -> QueueEvent {
-        if let Some(event) = self.queue_events.pop_front() {
+        while let Some(event) = self.queue_events.pop_front() {
+            if !event.is_reload_settings() {
                 return event;
             }
+        }
 
+        loop {
             match tokio::time::timeout(EVENT_TIMEOUT, self.queue_rx.recv()).await {
-            Ok(Some(event)) => event,
+                Ok(Some(event)) if event.is_reload_settings() => (),
+                Ok(Some(event)) => return event,
                 Ok(None) => panic!("Channel closed."),
                 Err(_) => panic!("No queue event received."),
             }
         }
+    }
 
     pub async fn read_event_matching(
         &mut self,
@@ -78,28 +88,41 @@ impl TestServer {
     }
 
     pub async fn try_read_event(&mut self) -> Option<QueueEvent> {
-        if let Some(event) = self.queue_events.pop_front() {
+        while let Some(event) = self.queue_events.pop_front() {
+            if !event.is_reload_settings() {
                 return Some(event);
             }
+        }
 
+        loop {
             match tokio::time::timeout(EVENT_TIMEOUT, self.queue_rx.recv()).await {
-            Ok(Some(event)) => Some(event),
+                Ok(Some(event)) if event.is_reload_settings() => (),
+                Ok(Some(event)) => return Some(event),
                 Ok(None) => panic!("Channel closed."),
-            Err(_) => None,
+                Err(_) => return None,
+            }
         }
     }
 
     pub fn assert_no_events(&mut self) {
-        if let Some(event) = self.queue_events.pop_front() {
+        if let Some(event) = self
+            .queue_events
+            .iter()
+            .find(|event| !event.is_reload_settings())
+        {
             panic!("Expected empty queue but got {event:?}");
         }
+        self.queue_events.clear();
 
+        loop {
             match self.queue_rx.try_recv() {
-            Err(TryRecvError::Empty) => (),
+                Ok(event) if event.is_reload_settings() => (),
+                Err(TryRecvError::Empty) => break,
                 Ok(event) => panic!("Expected empty queue but got {event:?}"),
                 Err(err) => panic!("Queue error: {err:?}"),
             }
         }
+    }
 
     pub async fn assert_queue_is_empty(&self) {
         assert_eq!(self.read_queued_messages().await, vec![]);

tests/src/smtp/reporting/mod.rs

@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Stalwart Labs LLC <hello@stalw.art>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-SEL
+ *
+ * Modified by Coffey Labs in 2026 for INBUXA.
  */
 
 pub mod analyze;
 pub mod dmarc;
+pub mod reschedule; // inbuxa: report reschedules and unreadable queue rows
 pub mod scheduler;
 pub mod tls;

tests/src/smtp/reporting/reschedule.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,370 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! Rescheduling an internal DMARC or TLS report over JMAP moves its task: the
+//! task runs at the new time, x:Task/get shows the new due, and tasks due
+//! after it still run. A task queue row whose type can't be read is logged
+//! and repaired rather than stopping every task due after it, including the
+//! rows an earlier reschedule wrote with the report's object type.
+
+use crate::utils::server::{TestServer, TestServerBuilder};
+use common::{
+    Server,
+    config::smtp::report::AggregateFrequency,
+    ipc::{DmarcEvent, PolicyType, TlsEvent},
+};
+use mail_auth::{
+    common::parse::TxtRecordParser,
+    dmarc::Dmarc,
+    mta_sts::TlsRpt,
+    report::{ActionDisposition, DmarcResult, Record},
+};
+use registry::{
+    schema::{
+        enums::{TaskStoreMaintenanceType, TaskType},
+        prelude::{ObjectType, Property},
+        structs::{
+            DmarcInternalReport, DmarcReportSettings, Expression, Task, TaskStatus,
+            TaskStoreMaintenance, TlsInternalReport, TlsReportSettings,
+        },
+    },
+    types::{EnumImpl, ObjectImpl, datetime::UTCDateTime},
+};
+use serde_json::json;
+use smtp::reporting::{index::InternalReportIndex, send::MtaReportSend};
+use std::{
+    sync::Arc,
+    time::{Duration, Instant},
+};
+use store::{
+    SerializeInfallible, ValueKey,
+    write::{BatchBuilder, RegistryClass, TaskQueueClass, ValueClass, now},
+};
+use types::id::Id;
+use utils::snowflake::SnowflakeIdGenerator;
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+#[serial_test::serial]
+async fn report_reschedule() {
+    let mut test = TestServerBuilder::new("smtp_report_reschedule")
+        .await
+        .with_http_listener(19057)
+        .await
+        .capture_queue()
+        .build()
+        .await;
+
+    let admin = test.account("admin");
+    admin
+        .registry_create_object(TlsReportSettings {
+            max_report_size: Expression {
+                else_: "1024".into(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            ..Default::default()
+        })
+        .await;
+    admin
+        .registry_create_object(DmarcReportSettings {
+            aggregate_max_report_size: Expression {
+                else_: "1024".into(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            ..Default::default()
+        })
+        .await;
+    admin.reload_settings().await;
+    test.reload_core();
+    test.expect_reload_settings().await;
+    let admin = test.account("admin");
+
+    // A daily DMARC and TLS report, due a day from now
+    schedule_dmarc(&test, "foobar.org").await;
+    schedule_tls(&test, "foobar.org").await;
+    let dmarc_id = wait_for_report::<DmarcInternalReport>(&test, "foobar.org").await;
+    let tls_id = wait_for_report::<TlsInternalReport>(&test, "foobar.org").await;
+
+    // Reschedule both to a few seconds from now, with a task due after them
+    let at = now() + 3;
+    let later = marker_task(&test.server, at + 3).await;
+    for (object, id, task_type) in [
+        (
+            ObjectType::DmarcInternalReport,
+            dmarc_id,
+            TaskType::DmarcReport,
+        ),
+        (ObjectType::TlsInternalReport, tls_id, TaskType::TlsReport),
+    ] {
+        admin
+            .registry_update_object(
+                object,
+                id,
+                json!({
+                    Property::DeliverAt: UTCDateTime::from_timestamp(at as i64),
+                }),
+            )
+            .await;
+
+        // x:Task/get shows the new due, and the queue row carries the task's
+        // type. Upstream wrote the report's object type there and left the
+        // task at its old due
+        let task = admin.registry_get::<Task>(id).await;
+        assert_eq!(task.object_type(), task_type);
+        assert_eq!(
+            task.due_timestamp(),
+            at,
+            "{object:?} task due not moved: {task:?}"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            queue_row(&test.server, id.id(), at).await,
+            Some(task_type.to_id().serialize()),
+            "{object:?} queue row"
+        );
+    }
+
+    // Both reports go out at the new time, and the later task still runs
+    wait_until_run(&test.server, &[dmarc_id.id(), tls_id.id(), later]).await;
+    assert!(now() >= at, "the reports went out before their new time");
+    assert!(
+        admin
+            .registry_get_all::<DmarcInternalReport>()
+            .await
+            .is_empty()
+    );
+    assert!(
+        admin
+            .registry_get_all::<TlsInternalReport>()
+            .await
+            .is_empty()
+    );
+
+    // Rows an earlier reschedule may have left in a store: one with the
+    // report's object type and the task left at its old due, and one that
+    // is unreadable and has no task behind it. Neither may hold back a task
+    // due after them.
+    schedule_dmarc(&test, "foobar.net").await;
+    let dmarc_id = wait_for_report::<DmarcInternalReport>(&test, "foobar.net").await;
+    let at = now() + 2;
+    let old_due = old_style_reschedule(&test.server, dmarc_id.id(), at).await;
+    let orphan = SnowflakeIdGenerator::global_id().unwrap();
+    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+    batch.set(
+        ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Due {
+            id: orphan,
+            due: at,
+        }),
+        vec![0xff, 0xff],
+    );
+    test.server.store().write(batch.build_all()).await.unwrap();
+    let later = marker_task(&test.server, at + 2).await;
+
+    wait_until_run(&test.server, &[dmarc_id.id(), later]).await;
+    assert!(
+        admin
+            .registry_get_all::<DmarcInternalReport>()
+            .await
+            .is_empty()
+    );
+    assert_eq!(queue_row(&test.server, orphan, at).await, None);
+    assert_eq!(queue_row(&test.server, dmarc_id.id(), at).await, None);
+    assert_eq!(queue_row(&test.server, dmarc_id.id(), old_due).await, None);
+
+    // x:Task/query by type skips an unreadable row rather than failing
+    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+    let due = now() + 3600;
+    batch.set(
+        ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Due { id: orphan, due }),
+        vec![0xff, 0xff],
+    );
+    test.server.store().write(batch.build_all()).await.unwrap();
+    admin
+        .registry_query_ids(
+            ObjectType::Task,
+            vec![(Property::Type, TaskType::DmarcReport.as_str())],
+            Vec::<&str>::new(),
+        )
+        .await;
+    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+    batch.clear(ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Due {
+        id: orphan,
+        due,
+    }));
+    test.server.store().write(batch.build_all()).await.unwrap();
+
+    if test.is_reset() {
+        test.temp_dir.delete();
+    }
+}
+
+async fn schedule_dmarc(test: &TestServer, domain: &str) {
+    test.server
+        .schedule_report(DmarcEvent {
+            domain: domain.to_string(),
+            report_record: Record::new()
+                .with_source_ip("192.168.1.2".parse().unwrap())
+                .with_action_disposition(ActionDisposition::Pass)
+                .with_dmarc_dkim_result(DmarcResult::Pass)
+                .with_dmarc_spf_result(DmarcResult::Fail)
+                .with_envelope_from("[email protected]")
+                .with_envelope_to("[email protected]")
+                .with_header_from("[email protected]"),
+            dmarc_record: Arc::new(
+                Dmarc::parse(format!("v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:reports@{domain}").as_bytes())
+                    .unwrap(),
+            ),
+            interval: AggregateFrequency::Daily,
+            span_id: 0,
+        })
+        .await;
+}
+
+async fn schedule_tls(test: &TestServer, domain: &str) {
+    test.server
+        .schedule_report(TlsEvent {
+            domain: domain.to_string(),
+            policy: PolicyType::None,
+            failure: None,
+            tls_record: Arc::new(
+                TlsRpt::parse(format!("v=TLSRPTv1;rua=mailto:reports@{domain}").as_bytes())
+                    .unwrap(),
+            ),
+            interval: AggregateFrequency::Daily,
+            span_id: 0,
+        })
+        .await;
+}
+
+trait ReportDomain: ObjectImpl {
+    fn report_domain(&self) -> &str;
+}
+
+impl ReportDomain for DmarcInternalReport {
+    fn report_domain(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.domain
+    }
+}
+
+impl ReportDomain for TlsInternalReport {
+    fn report_domain(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.domain
+    }
+}
+
+async fn wait_for_report<T: ReportDomain>(test: &TestServer, domain: &str) -> Id {
+    let admin = test.account("admin");
+    for _ in 0..100 {
+        if let Some((id, _)) = admin
+            .registry_get_all::<T>()
+            .await
+            .into_iter()
+            .find(|(_, report)| report.report_domain() == domain)
+        {
+            return id;
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+    }
+    panic!("No {} for {domain}", T::OBJECT.as_str());
+}
+
+/// A task that succeeds when it runs, due at `due`.
+async fn marker_task(server: &Server, due: u64) -> u64 {
+    let id = SnowflakeIdGenerator::global_id().unwrap();
+    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+    batch.schedule_task_with_id(
+        id,
+        Task::StoreMaintenance(TaskStoreMaintenance {
+            maintenance_type: TaskStoreMaintenanceType::RemoveLockDav,
+            shard_index: Some(0),
+            status: TaskStatus::at(due as i64),
+        }),
+    );
+    server.store().write(batch.build_all()).await.unwrap();
+    server.notify_task_queue();
+    id
+}
+
+/// What the reschedule before this fix wrote: the report's object type in
+/// the new queue row, and the task row left at its old due. Returns that
+/// old due.
+async fn old_style_reschedule(server: &Server, item_id: u64, at: u64) -> u64 {
+    let object_id = ObjectType::DmarcInternalReport.to_id();
+    let key = ValueClass::Registry(RegistryClass::Item { object_id, item_id });
+    let mut report = server
+        .store()
+        .get_value::<DmarcInternalReport>(ValueKey::from(key.clone()))
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .unwrap();
+    let old_due = report.deliver_at().timestamp() as u64;
+    report.set_deliver_at(UTCDateTime::from_timestamp(at as i64));
+    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+    batch
+        .clear(ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Due {
+            id: item_id,
+            due: old_due,
+        }))
+        .set(
+            ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Due {
+                id: item_id,
+                due: at,
+            }),
+            object_id.serialize(),
+        )
+        .set(key, report.to_pickled_vec());
+    server.store().write(batch.build_all()).await.unwrap();
+    server.notify_task_queue();
+    old_due
+}
+
+struct RawValue(Vec<u8>);
+
+impl store::Deserialize for RawValue {
+    fn deserialize(bytes: &[u8]) -> trc::Result<Self> {
+        Ok(RawValue(bytes.to_vec()))
+    }
+}
+
+async fn queue_row(server: &Server, id: u64, due: u64) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+    server
+        .store()
+        .get_value::<RawValue>(ValueKey::from(ValueClass::TaskQueue(TaskQueueClass::Due {
+            id,
+            due,
+        })))
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .map(|raw| raw.0)
+}
+
+async fn task_exists(server: &Server, id: u64) -> bool {
+    server
+        .store()
+        .get_value::<Task>(ValueKey::from(ValueClass::TaskQueue(
+            TaskQueueClass::Task { id },
+        )))
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .is_some()
+}
+
+async fn wait_until_run(server: &Server, ids: &[u64]) {
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    loop {
+        let mut pending = Vec::new();
+        for id in ids {
+            if task_exists(server, *id).await {
+                pending.push(*id);
+            }
+        }
+        if pending.is_empty() {
+            return;
+        }
+        if started.elapsed() > Duration::from_secs(30) {
+            panic!("tasks {pending:?} never ran");
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200)).await;
+    }
+}

tests/src/store/mod.rs

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ pub mod blob;
 pub mod import_export;
 pub mod lookup;
 pub mod ops;
+#[cfg(any(feature = "postgres", feature = "mysql"))]
+pub mod pool_timeout; // inbuxa: SQL pools give up instead of hanging
 pub mod query;
 pub mod registry;
 #[cfg(feature = "postgres")]
@@ -19,8 +21,11 @@ pub mod replica_mysql; // inbuxa: read replicas on MySQL
 #[cfg(all(feature = "postgres", feature = "redis"))]
 pub mod replica_cluster; // inbuxa: read replicas across nodes
 pub mod scaleout; // inbuxa: scale-out storage
+#[cfg(feature = "postgres")]
+pub mod search_gin; // inbuxa: GIN indexes without a pending list
 #[cfg(any(feature = "postgres", feature = "mysql"))]
 pub mod sql_timeout;
+pub mod task_locks; // inbuxa: task locks across nodes
 
 use crate::utils::server::TestServerBuilder;
 use std::io::Read;

tests/src/store/pool_timeout.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,376 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! A database that accepts connections and then says nothing (a hung or
+//! half-dead server, a black-holed failover) gives a worker an error within
+//! the pool's timeouts. Upstream's pools had none, so the worker waited for
+//! good. No database is needed: a local listener that never answers plays
+//! the server.
+//!
+//! inbuxa: the same for a database that stops answering while connections
+//! are already open (a paused container): a query on a checked-out
+//! connection ends within the query limit, the store works again once the
+//! database is back, and /healthz/ready says 503 in between while
+//! /healthz/live stays 200. These need the local test databases; a proxy
+//! that can stop forwarding plays the pause.
+
+use registry::schema::structs::DataStore;
+use std::{
+    sync::{
+        Arc,
+        atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
+    },
+    time::{Duration, Instant},
+};
+use store::{
+    IterateParams, Store, ValueKey,
+    backend::query_timeout::QueryTimeouts,
+    write::{BatchBuilder, ValueClass},
+};
+use tokio::{
+    io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt},
+    net::{TcpListener, TcpStream},
+};
+
+/// Accepts connections on a local port and never sends a byte.
+async fn silent_server() -> u16 {
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+    let port = listener.local_addr().unwrap().port();
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let mut held = Vec::new();
+        while let Ok((socket, _)) = listener.accept().await {
+            held.push(socket);
+        }
+    });
+    port
+}
+
+/// Builds the store and reads a key; both must end, with an error for the
+/// read, well within `limit`.
+async fn assert_times_out(data_store: DataStore, limit: Duration) {
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    let result = tokio::time::timeout(limit, async {
+        match Store::build(data_store).await {
+            Ok(store) => store
+                .get_value::<u64>(ValueKey::from(ValueClass::Property(0)))
+                .await
+                .map(|_| ())
+                .map_err(|err| err.to_string()),
+            Err(err) => Err(err.to_string()),
+        }
+    })
+    .await;
+    let elapsed = started.elapsed();
+    match result {
+        Ok(Err(err)) => println!("Got {err} after {elapsed:?}"),
+        Ok(Ok(())) => panic!("a silent server answered?"),
+        Err(_) => panic!("still waiting for a connection after {elapsed:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "postgres")]
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+pub async fn postgres_pool_timeout() {
+    use registry::schema::structs::PostgreSqlStore;
+
+    let port = silent_server().await;
+    println!("Running PostgreSQL pool timeout test...");
+    // The store's own timeout bounds opening a connection, handshake
+    // included (tokio-postgres's connect_timeout covers only the TCP connect)
+    assert_times_out(
+        DataStore::PostgreSql(PostgreSqlStore {
+            host: "127.0.0.1".into(),
+            port: port as u64,
+            database: "none".into(),
+            timeout: Some(Duration::from_secs(2).into()),
+            use_tls: false,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }),
+        Duration::from_secs(20),
+    )
+    .await;
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "mysql")]
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+pub async fn mysql_pool_timeout() {
+    use registry::schema::structs::MySqlStore;
+
+    let port = silent_server().await;
+    println!("Running MySQL pool timeout test...");
+    // mysql_async has no pool timeout; the store waits 30 s for a connection
+    assert_times_out(
+        DataStore::MySql(MySqlStore {
+            host: "127.0.0.1".into(),
+            port: port as u64,
+            database: "none".into(),
+            use_tls: false,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }),
+        Duration::from_secs(60),
+    )
+    .await;
+}
+
+/// A TCP proxy to a local port that can stop forwarding, in both
+/// directions, while keeping every connection open: a paused server whose
+/// kernel still keeps the connections up.
+struct PausableProxy {
+    port: u16,
+    paused: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+}
+
+impl PausableProxy {
+    async fn start(upstream: u16) -> Self {
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+        let port = listener.local_addr().unwrap().port();
+        let paused = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+        let paused_ = paused.clone();
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            while let Ok((client, _)) = listener.accept().await {
+                let Ok(server) = TcpStream::connect(("127.0.0.1", upstream)).await else {
+                    continue;
+                };
+                let (client_rx, client_tx) = client.into_split();
+                let (server_rx, server_tx) = server.into_split();
+                tokio::spawn(forward(client_rx, server_tx, paused_.clone()));
+                tokio::spawn(forward(server_rx, client_tx, paused_.clone()));
+            }
+        });
+        PausableProxy { port, paused }
+    }
+
+    fn pause(&self, paused: bool) {
+        self.paused.store(paused, Ordering::SeqCst);
+    }
+}
+
+async fn forward(
+    mut from: tokio::net::tcp::OwnedReadHalf,
+    mut to: tokio::net::tcp::OwnedWriteHalf,
+    paused: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+) {
+    let mut buf = vec![0u8; 16384];
+    loop {
+        while paused.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
+        }
+        let n = match from.read(&mut buf).await {
+            Ok(0) | Err(_) => return,
+            Ok(n) => n,
+        };
+        // Hold what arrived while paused until the pause ends
+        while paused.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
+        }
+        if to.write_all(&buf[..n]).await.is_err() {
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+const TEST_LIMITS: QueryTimeouts = QueryTimeouts {
+    query: Duration::from_secs(2),
+    maintenance: Duration::from_secs(3),
+};
+
+/// Opens `connections` pooled connections at once, so the operations that
+/// follow find one idle and check it out.
+async fn warm(store: &Store, connections: usize) {
+    let reads = (0..connections).map(|_| async {
+        store
+            .get_value::<u64>(ValueKey::from(ValueClass::Property(0)))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+    });
+    futures::future::join_all(reads).await;
+}
+
+/// With the database paused, reads, scans and writes on connections the
+/// pool already holds end in an error within the query limit; once it is
+/// back, the store works again.
+async fn assert_queries_time_out(store: Store, proxy: &PausableProxy) {
+    store.create_tables().await.unwrap();
+    warm(&store, 4).await;
+    // mysql_async resets a connection on its way back to the pool; let
+    // those finish, or the connections are stuck in the reset when the
+    // pause starts and the pool's own wait timeout answers instead
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+    proxy.pause(true);
+
+    let key = || ValueKey::from(ValueClass::Property(0));
+    let limit = TEST_LIMITS.query;
+    for (what, op) in [("read", 0), ("scan", 1), ("write", 2)] {
+        let started = Instant::now();
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(20), async {
+            match op {
+                0 => store.get_value::<u64>(key()).await.map(|_| ()),
+                1 => {
+                    store
+                        .iterate(
+                            IterateParams::new(
+                                ValueKey::from(ValueClass::Property(0)),
+                                ValueKey::from(ValueClass::Property(u8::MAX)),
+                            ),
+                            |_, _| Ok(true),
+                        )
+                        .await
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+                    batch
+                        .with_account_id(u32::MAX - 7)
+                        .with_collection(types::collection::Collection::Email)
+                        .with_document(0)
+                        .set(ValueClass::Property(0), 1u64.to_be_bytes().to_vec());
+                    store.write(batch.build_all()).await.map(|_| ())
+                }
+            }
+        })
+        .await;
+        let elapsed = started.elapsed();
+        match result {
+            Ok(Err(err)) => {
+                let err = format!("{err:?}");
+                println!("Paused database, {what}: {err} after {elapsed:?}");
+                assert!(err.contains("Query timed out"), "{what}: {err}");
+                assert!(
+                    elapsed >= limit && elapsed < limit * 3,
+                    "{what} ended after {elapsed:?}"
+                );
+            }
+            Ok(Ok(())) => panic!("{what} succeeded against a paused database"),
+            Err(_) => panic!("{what} still waiting after {elapsed:?}"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    proxy.pause(false);
+    tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(20), store.get_value::<u64>(key()))
+        .await
+        .expect("still waiting after the database came back")
+        .expect("the store didn't recover");
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "postgres")]
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+pub async fn postgres_query_timeout() {
+    println!("Running PostgreSQL query timeout test...");
+    let DataStore::PostgreSql(mut config) =
+        crate::utils::storage::build_data_store("PostgreSql", "").await
+    else {
+        unreachable!()
+    };
+    let proxy = PausableProxy::start(config.port as u16).await;
+    config.host = "127.0.0.1".into();
+    config.port = proxy.port as u64;
+    // New connections through the paused proxy give up as quickly
+    config.timeout = Some(TEST_LIMITS.query.into());
+    let store = Store::build(DataStore::PostgreSql(config))
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .with_query_timeouts(TEST_LIMITS);
+    assert_queries_time_out(store, &proxy).await;
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "mysql")]
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+pub async fn mysql_query_timeout() {
+    println!("Running MySQL query timeout test...");
+    let DataStore::MySql(mut config) = crate::utils::storage::build_data_store("MySql", "").await
+    else {
+        unreachable!()
+    };
+    let proxy = PausableProxy::start(config.port as u16).await;
+    config.host = "127.0.0.1".into();
+    config.port = proxy.port as u64;
+    let store = Store::build(DataStore::MySql(config))
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .with_query_timeouts(TEST_LIMITS);
+    assert_queries_time_out(store, &proxy).await;
+}
+
+/// /healthz/ready follows the data store; /healthz/live doesn't.
+#[cfg(feature = "postgres")]
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+pub async fn postgres_readiness() {
+    use crate::utils::server::TestServerBuilder;
+    use registry::schema::enums::NetworkListenerProtocol;
+
+    const HTTP_PORT: u16 = 11_320;
+    if std::env::var("STORE").as_deref() != Ok("PostgreSql") {
+        println!("Skipping the readiness test: it runs with STORE=PostgreSql.");
+        return;
+    }
+    println!("Running readiness test...");
+
+    let test = TestServerBuilder::new("postgres_readiness")
+        .await
+        .with_listener(NetworkListenerProtocol::Http, "http", HTTP_PORT, true)
+        .await
+        .build()
+        .await;
+
+    // Point the running node's data store at the database through the proxy
+    let DataStore::PostgreSql(mut config) =
+        crate::utils::storage::build_data_store("PostgreSql", "").await
+    else {
+        unreachable!()
+    };
+    let proxy = PausableProxy::start(config.port as u16).await;
+    config.host = "127.0.0.1".into();
+    config.port = proxy.port as u64;
+    config.timeout = Some(TEST_LIMITS.query.into());
+    let store = Store::build(DataStore::PostgreSql(config))
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .with_query_timeouts(TEST_LIMITS);
+    let inner = &test.server.inner;
+    let mut core = inner.shared_core.load_full().as_ref().clone();
+    core.storage.data = store;
+    inner.shared_core.store(Arc::new(core));
+
+    let health = |path: &'static str| async move {
+        reqwest::Client::builder()
+            .danger_accept_invalid_certs(true)
+            .timeout(Duration::from_secs(10))
+            .build()
+            .unwrap()
+            .get(format!("https://127.0.0.1:{HTTP_PORT}/healthz/{path}"))
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+            .status()
+            .as_u16()
+    };
+    let wait_for = |path: &'static str, status: u16| async move {
+        let started = Instant::now();
+        loop {
+            let got = health(path).await;
+            if got == status {
+                println!("/healthz/{path}: {got} after {:?}", started.elapsed());
+                return;
+            }
+            assert!(
+                started.elapsed() < Duration::from_secs(20),
+                "/healthz/{path} still {got}, expected {status}"
+            );
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(250)).await;
+        }
+    };
+
+    wait_for("ready", 200).await;
+    proxy.pause(true);
+    wait_for("ready", 503).await;
+    assert_eq!(health("live").await, 200);
+    proxy.pause(false);
+    wait_for("ready", 200).await;
+    assert_eq!(health("live").await, 200);
+
+    if test.is_reset() {
+        test.temp_dir.delete();
+    }
+}

tests/src/store/query.rs

@@ -128,6 +128,16 @@ pub async fn test(test: &TestServer) {
     println!("Running trace document tests...");
     test_trace_documents(store.clone()).await;
 
+    // inbuxa: address fields match by full address, local part, domain and
+    // display name on every backend
+    println!("Running address search tests...");
+    test_address_search(store.clone()).await;
+
+    // inbuxa: words inside URLs, host names and file names in body text
+    // are found on every backend
+    println!("Running URL word search tests...");
+    test_url_word_search(store.clone()).await;
+
     // Large document insert test
     println!("Running large document insert tests...");
     let mut large_text = String::with_capacity(20 * 1024 * 1024);
@@ -972,3 +982,231 @@ async fn test_trace_documents(store: SearchStore) {
             .unwrap();
     }
 }
+
+// inbuxa: the message indexer passes each display name and each address of
+// From/To/Cc/Bcc as keyword text (Language::None). The built-in index splits
+// that text into words, so an address is found by its full form, its local
+// part, its domain or a display-name word; PostgreSQL kept the whole address
+// as one token and MySQL dropped stopwords such as "com" and words under three
+// characters. The expected results below are the built-in (RocksDB/SQLite)
+// results and must be the same on every backend.
+async fn test_address_search(store: SearchStore) {
+    const ACCOUNT_ID: u32 = 7;
+    let messages: [[&[(&str, &str)]; 4]; 5] = [
+        // From, To, Cc, Bcc
+        [
+            &[("Amazon.com", "[email protected]")],
+            &[("Jane Doe", "[email protected]")],
+            &[],
+            &[],
+        ],
+        [
+            &[("", "[email protected]")],
+            &[("", "[email protected]")],
+            &[("Jane Doe", "[email protected]")],
+            &[],
+        ],
+        [
+            &[("GitHub", "[email protected]")],
+            &[("Jo Li", "[email protected]")],
+            &[],
+            &[("Audit", "[email protected]")],
+        ],
+        [
+            &[("Jane Doe", "[email protected]")],
+            &[("Amazon Web Services", "[email protected]")],
+            &[("Bob", "[email protected]")],
+            &[("", "[email protected]")],
+        ],
+        [
+            &[("Newsletter", "[email protected]")],
+            &[("", "[email protected]")],
+            &[],
+            &[],
+        ],
+    ];
+    let fields = [
+        EmailSearchField::From,
+        EmailSearchField::To,
+        EmailSearchField::Cc,
+        EmailSearchField::Bcc,
+    ];
+
+    let mut documents = Vec::new();
+    let mut mask = RoaringBitmap::new();
+    for (document_id, message) in messages.iter().enumerate() {
+        let mut document = IndexDocument::new(SearchIndex::Email)
+            .with_account_id(ACCOUNT_ID)
+            .with_document_id(document_id as u32);
+        for (field, addresses) in fields.iter().zip(message.iter()) {
+            for (name, address) in addresses.iter() {
+                if !name.is_empty() {
+                    document.index_text(field.clone(), name, Language::None);
+                }
+                document.index_text(field.clone(), address, Language::None);
+            }
+        }
+        document.index_unsigned(EmailSearchField::ReceivedAt, document_id as u64);
+        documents.push(document);
+        mask.insert(document_id as u32);
+    }
+    store.index(documents).await.unwrap();
+    if let SearchStore::ElasticSearch(store) = &store {
+        store.refresh_index(SearchIndex::Email).await.unwrap();
+    }
+
+    for (field, text, expected) in [
+        // full address
+        (EmailSearchField::From, "[email protected]", vec![0u32]),
+        (EmailSearchField::To, "[email protected]", vec![0]),
+        (EmailSearchField::Cc, "[email protected]", vec![1]),
+        (EmailSearchField::Bcc, "[email protected]", vec![3]),
+        (EmailSearchField::To, "[email protected]", vec![1, 2]),
+        // local part
+        (EmailSearchField::From, "noreply", vec![0, 2]),
+        (EmailSearchField::To, "jo", vec![1, 2]),
+        (EmailSearchField::Cc, "bob", vec![3]),
+        (EmailSearchField::Bcc, "audit", vec![2]),
+        // domain
+        (EmailSearchField::From, "amazon.com", vec![0, 1]),
+        (EmailSearchField::From, "amazon", vec![0, 1]),
+        (EmailSearchField::To, "example.org", vec![0, 4]),
+        (EmailSearchField::To, "io.de", vec![1, 2]),
+        (EmailSearchField::Cc, "example.net", vec![3]),
+        (EmailSearchField::Bcc, "example.org", vec![2]),
+        (EmailSearchField::From, "www.example.com", vec![4]),
+        (EmailSearchField::From, "com", vec![0, 1, 2, 4]),
+        // display name
+        (EmailSearchField::From, "Jane", vec![3]),
+        (EmailSearchField::From, "jane doe", vec![3]),
+        (EmailSearchField::To, "Web Services", vec![3]),
+        (EmailSearchField::To, "Li", vec![2]),
+        (EmailSearchField::Cc, "Doe", vec![1]),
+        (EmailSearchField::Bcc, "Audit", vec![2]),
+        // hyphenated local part
+        (EmailSearchField::From, "shipment-tracking", vec![1]),
+        (EmailSearchField::From, "tracking", vec![1]),
+        // no match
+        (EmailSearchField::From, "amazon.org", vec![]),
+        (EmailSearchField::To, "noreply", vec![]),
+        (EmailSearchField::Bcc, "jane", vec![]),
+    ] {
+        let ids = store
+            .query_account(
+                SearchQuery::new(SearchIndex::Email)
+                    .with_filters(vec![
+                        SearchFilter::eq(SearchField::AccountId, ACCOUNT_ID),
+                        SearchFilter::has_keyword(field.clone(), text),
+                    ])
+                    .with_comparator(SearchComparator::ascending(EmailSearchField::ReceivedAt))
+                    .with_mask(mask.clone()),
+            )
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(ids, expected, "{field:?} {text:?}");
+    }
+
+    // TEXT-style search across all address fields
+    let ids = store
+        .query_account(
+            SearchQuery::new(SearchIndex::Email)
+                .with_filters(vec![
+                    SearchFilter::eq(SearchField::AccountId, ACCOUNT_ID),
+                    SearchFilter::Or,
+                    SearchFilter::has_keyword(EmailSearchField::From, "example.org"),
+                    SearchFilter::has_keyword(EmailSearchField::To, "example.org"),
+                    SearchFilter::has_keyword(EmailSearchField::Cc, "example.org"),
+                    SearchFilter::has_keyword(EmailSearchField::Bcc, "example.org"),
+                    SearchFilter::End,
+                ])
+                .with_comparator(SearchComparator::ascending(EmailSearchField::ReceivedAt))
+                .with_mask(mask.clone()),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(ids, vec![0, 1, 2, 3, 4]);
+
+    store
+        .unindex(
+            SearchQuery::new(SearchIndex::Email)
+                .with_filter(SearchFilter::eq(SearchField::AccountId, ACCOUNT_ID)),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+}
+
+async fn test_url_word_search(store: SearchStore) {
+    const ACCOUNT_ID: u32 = 8;
+    let bodies = [
+        "Track your parcel here: https://x.example/shipping-support/ and reply.",
+        "Reset it at https://mail.example.com/login/?password=reset&user=jane now.",
+        "Attached is invoice-2024.pdf for your records.",
+        "Shipping was fast, thanks again.",
+        "Nothing to see at www.example.org/about-us, really.",
+    ];
+
+    let mut documents = Vec::new();
+    let mut mask = RoaringBitmap::new();
+    for (document_id, body) in bodies.iter().enumerate() {
+        let mut document = IndexDocument::new(SearchIndex::Email)
+            .with_account_id(ACCOUNT_ID)
+            .with_document_id(document_id as u32);
+        document.index_text(EmailSearchField::Body, body, Language::English);
+        document.index_unsigned(EmailSearchField::ReceivedAt, document_id as u64);
+        documents.push(document);
+        mask.insert(document_id as u32);
+    }
+    store.index(documents).await.unwrap();
+    if let SearchStore::ElasticSearch(store) = &store {
+        store.refresh_index(SearchIndex::Email).await.unwrap();
+    }
+
+    for (text, expected) in [
+        // only inside a URL path, a query string or a file name
+        ("shipping", vec![0u32, 3]),
+        ("support", vec![0]),
+        ("password", vec![1]),
+        ("login", vec![1]),
+        ("jane", vec![1]),
+        ("invoice", vec![2]),
+        ("pdf", vec![2]),
+        ("2024", vec![2]),
+        // host names
+        ("example", vec![0, 1, 4]),
+        ("mail", vec![1]),
+        // written as they appear
+        ("https://x.example/shipping-support/", vec![0]),
+        ("shipping-support", vec![0]),
+        ("invoice-2024.pdf", vec![2]),
+        ("mail.example.com", vec![1]),
+        // plain words are unaffected
+        ("parcel", vec![0]),
+        ("records", vec![2]),
+        ("thanks", vec![3]),
+        // no match
+        ("billing", vec![]),
+        ("example.net", vec![]),
+    ] {
+        let ids = store
+            .query_account(
+                SearchQuery::new(SearchIndex::Email)
+                    .with_filters(vec![
+                        SearchFilter::eq(SearchField::AccountId, ACCOUNT_ID),
+                        SearchFilter::has_english_text(EmailSearchField::Body, text),
+                    ])
+                    .with_comparator(SearchComparator::ascending(EmailSearchField::ReceivedAt))
+                    .with_mask(mask.clone()),
+            )
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(ids, expected, "Body {text:?}");
+    }
+
+    store
+        .unindex(
+            SearchQuery::new(SearchIndex::Email)
+                .with_filter(SearchFilter::eq(SearchField::AccountId, ACCOUNT_ID)),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+}

tests/src/store/search_gin.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! PostgreSQL full-text GIN indexes are built with fastupdate off, and an
+//! index made earlier with the default is switched over at startup. With
+//! fastupdate on, new entries wait in a pending list that every search scans
+//! in full until VACUUM merges it.
+
+use crate::utils::storage::build_data_store;
+use registry::schema::structs::DataStore;
+use store::{Rows, SearchStore, Store};
+
+const SCHEMA: &str = "gin_fastupdate_test";
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+pub async fn postgres_gin_fastupdate() {
+    println!("Running PostgreSQL GIN fastupdate test...");
+
+    // Work in a schema of our own so the shared search tables are untouched
+    let admin = Store::build(build_data_store("PostgreSql", "").await)
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to connect to PostgreSQL");
+    for query in [
+        format!("DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS {SCHEMA} CASCADE"),
+        format!("CREATE SCHEMA {SCHEMA}"),
+    ] {
+        admin.sql_query::<usize>(&query, vec![]).await.unwrap();
+    }
+    let DataStore::PostgreSql(mut config) = build_data_store("PostgreSql", "").await else {
+        unreachable!()
+    };
+    config.options = Some(format!("-c search_path={SCHEMA}"));
+    let store = Store::build(DataStore::PostgreSql(config))
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to connect to PostgreSQL");
+    let search = SearchStore::Store(store.clone());
+
+    // A fresh schema
+    search.create_indexes().await.unwrap();
+    let indexes = gin_indexes(&admin).await;
+    assert!(
+        indexes.len() >= 4,
+        "expected the search GIN indexes, found {indexes:?}"
+    );
+    for (name, options) in &indexes {
+        assert!(
+            options.contains("fastupdate=off"),
+            "fresh index {name} has options {options:?}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    // A schema from before the change: the same indexes, made with the
+    // default fastupdate=on, and a pending list with something in it
+    for (name, _) in &indexes {
+        admin
+            .sql_query::<usize>(
+                &format!("ALTER INDEX {SCHEMA}.{name} RESET (fastupdate)"),
+                vec![],
+            )
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+    }
+    for (name, options) in gin_indexes(&admin).await {
+        assert!(
+            !options.contains("fastupdate"),
+            "index {name} still has options {options:?}"
+        );
+    }
+    admin
+        .sql_query::<usize>(
+            &format!(
+                "INSERT INTO {SCHEMA}.s_email (accid, docid, subj, body) \
+                 SELECT 1, n, to_tsvector('simple', 'pending subject ' || n), \
+                 to_tsvector('simple', 'pending body text ' || n) \
+                 FROM generate_series(1, 500) n"
+            ),
+            vec![],
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        pending_tuples(&admin, "gin_s_email_body").await > 0,
+        "no pending list to merge"
+    );
+
+    // Startup on the existing schema switches every index over and merges
+    // what was pending
+    search.create_indexes().await.unwrap();
+    for (name, options) in gin_indexes(&admin).await {
+        assert!(
+            options.contains("fastupdate=off"),
+            "existing index {name} has options {options:?} after startup"
+        );
+    }
+    assert_eq!(pending_tuples(&admin, "gin_s_email_body").await, 0);
+
+    // And a second startup changes nothing
+    search.create_indexes().await.unwrap();
+    for (name, options) in gin_indexes(&admin).await {
+        assert!(options.contains("fastupdate=off"), "{name}: {options:?}");
+    }
+
+    admin
+        .sql_query::<usize>(&format!("DROP SCHEMA {SCHEMA} CASCADE"), vec![])
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+}
+
+/// The GIN indexes in the test schema with their reloptions.
+async fn gin_indexes(admin: &Store) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
+    admin
+        .sql_query::<Rows>(
+            &format!(
+                "SELECT c.relname::text, COALESCE(array_to_string(c.reloptions, ','), '') \
+                 FROM pg_class c JOIN pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace \
+                 JOIN pg_am a ON a.oid = c.relam \
+                 WHERE n.nspname = '{SCHEMA}' AND c.relkind = 'i' AND a.amname = 'gin' \
+                 ORDER BY 1"
+            ),
+            vec![],
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .rows
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|row| {
+            let mut values = row.values.into_iter();
+            (
+                values.next().unwrap().to_str().into_owned(),
+                values.next().unwrap().to_str().into_owned(),
+            )
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
+/// Tuples waiting in a GIN index's pending list (pgstattuple is a contrib
+/// extension the test database has).
+async fn pending_tuples(admin: &Store, index: &str) -> i64 {
+    admin
+        .sql_query::<usize>("CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pgstattuple", vec![])
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    admin
+        .sql_query::<Rows>(
+            &format!("SELECT pending_tuples FROM pgstatginindex('{SCHEMA}.{index}'::regclass)"),
+            vec![],
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .rows
+        .into_iter()
+        .next()
+        .and_then(|row| row.values.into_iter().next())
+        .map(|value| value.to_str().parse::<i64>().unwrap())
+        .unwrap()
+}

tests/src/store/task_locks.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+//! Task locks across nodes: tasks claimed by a node that then disappears
+//! run elsewhere once its locks expire, and a node that stops gracefully
+//! hands its locks back at once. The other node is played by writing its
+//! locks straight into the shared in-memory store, as a node that claimed
+//! the tasks and died leaves them.
+
+use crate::utils::server::TestServerBuilder;
+use common::{KV_LOCK_TASK, Server};
+use registry::schema::{
+    enums::IndexDocumentType,
+    structs::{Task, TaskIndexDocument, TaskStatus},
+};
+use services::task_manager::lock::{TaskLockManager, release_task_locks};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use store::{
+    ValueKey,
+    write::{BatchBuilder, TaskQueueClass, ValueClass},
+};
+use utils::snowflake::SnowflakeIdGenerator;
+
+// Short enough for a test, long enough that the recheck interval (a twelfth
+// of it) is well below it
+const LOCK_EXPIRY: u64 = 12;
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+pub async fn task_lock_tests() {
+    let test = TestServerBuilder::new("task_lock_tests")
+        .await
+        .build()
+        .await;
+    let server = test.server.clone();
+    println!(
+        "Running task lock tests on {}...",
+        std::env::var("STORE").unwrap_or_default()
+    );
+    server.inner.ipc.task_locks.set_expiry(LOCK_EXPIRY);
+
+    // 1. Another node claimed the tasks and died. Its locks block them until
+    // they expire; then this node runs them, without waiting for anything
+    // else to wake it
+    let ids = new_task_ids(4);
+    for id in &ids {
+        assert!(foreign_lock(&server, *id, LOCK_EXPIRY).await);
+    }
+    schedule(&server, &ids).await;
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    server.notify_task_queue();
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(3)).await;
+    assert_eq!(pending(&server, &ids).await, ids.len(), "held by the other node");
+    wait_until_done(&server, &ids, Duration::from_secs(LOCK_EXPIRY + 10)).await;
+    let elapsed = started.elapsed();
+    assert!(
+        elapsed >= Duration::from_secs(LOCK_EXPIRY - 2),
+        "ran before the other node's locks expired: {elapsed:?}"
+    );
+
+    // 2. The other node's locks outlive what this node expects: claimed just
+    // after this node looked, or by a node whose clock runs ahead. This node
+    // keeps checking at the recheck interval, so the tasks run soon after
+    // those locks expire, not a whole lock lifetime later
+    let held_for = LOCK_EXPIRY + LOCK_EXPIRY / 2;
+    let ids = new_task_ids(4);
+    for id in &ids {
+        assert!(foreign_lock(&server, *id, held_for).await);
+    }
+    schedule(&server, &ids).await;
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    server.notify_task_queue();
+    wait_until_done(&server, &ids, Duration::from_secs(held_for + 8)).await;
+    let elapsed = started.elapsed();
+    assert!(
+        elapsed >= Duration::from_secs(held_for - 2),
+        "ran before the other node's locks expired: {elapsed:?}"
+    );
+
+    // 3. A task that runs longer than a lock lifetime keeps its claim: the
+    // task manager renews the lease while this node holds it, and the claim
+    // ends when the task does. (Before, a lock simply lasted an hour.)
+    let [id] = new_task_ids(1)[..] else {
+        unreachable!()
+    };
+    assert!(server.try_lock_task(id).await, "claim {id}");
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(LOCK_EXPIRY + LOCK_EXPIRY / 2)).await;
+    assert!(
+        !foreign_lock(&server, id, LOCK_EXPIRY).await,
+        "lease lapsed while the task ran"
+    );
+    server.remove_index_lock(id).await;
+    assert!(
+        foreign_lock(&server, id, LOCK_EXPIRY).await,
+        "released when the task ended"
+    );
+    let _ = server
+        .in_memory_store()
+        .remove_lock(KV_LOCK_TASK, &id.to_be_bytes())
+        .await;
+    assert!(
+        common::ipc::TaskLocks::DEFAULT_EXPIRY <= 5 * 60,
+        "a dead node's tasks wait no more than a few minutes"
+    );
+
+    // 4. A graceful stop releases the locks this node holds: another node
+    // can claim those tasks at once, and this one claims nothing more
+    let ids = new_task_ids(3);
+    for id in &ids {
+        assert!(server.try_lock_task(*id).await, "claim {id}");
+    }
+    assert_eq!(server.inner.ipc.task_locks.held(), ids.len());
+    for id in &ids {
+        assert!(
+            !foreign_lock(&server, *id, LOCK_EXPIRY).await,
+            "held while this node runs"
+        );
+    }
+    assert_eq!(release_task_locks(&server).await, ids.len());
+    assert_eq!(server.inner.ipc.task_locks.held(), 0);
+    for id in &ids {
+        assert!(
+            foreign_lock(&server, *id, LOCK_EXPIRY).await,
+            "released on stop: {id}"
+        );
+    }
+    let [id] = new_task_ids(1)[..] else {
+        unreachable!()
+    };
+    assert!(!server.try_lock_task(id).await, "a stopping node claims nothing");
+
+    for id in ids {
+        let _ = server
+            .in_memory_store()
+            .remove_lock(KV_LOCK_TASK, &id.to_be_bytes())
+            .await;
+    }
+    if test.is_reset() {
+        test.temp_dir.delete();
+    }
+}
+
+fn new_task_ids(count: usize) -> Vec<u64> {
+    (0..count)
+        .map(|_| SnowflakeIdGenerator::global_id().unwrap())
+        .collect()
+}
+
+/// The other node's claim on a task, as its task manager takes it.
+async fn foreign_lock(server: &Server, id: u64, seconds: u64) -> bool {
+    server
+        .in_memory_store()
+        .try_lock(KV_LOCK_TASK, &id.to_be_bytes(), seconds)
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+}
+
+/// Unindex tasks for files that don't exist: files aren't search-indexed and
+/// there is no undelete note, so running one only drops it from the queue.
+async fn schedule(server: &Server, ids: &[u64]) {
+    let mut batch = BatchBuilder::new();
+    for (n, id) in ids.iter().enumerate() {
+        batch.schedule_task_with_id(
+            *id,
+            Task::UnindexDocument(TaskIndexDocument {
+                account_id: 0u32.into(),
+                document_id: (u32::MAX - n as u32).into(),
+                document_type: IndexDocumentType::File,
+                status: TaskStatus::now(),
+            }),
+        );
+    }
+    server.store().write(batch.build_all()).await.unwrap();
+}
+
+async fn pending(server: &Server, ids: &[u64]) -> usize {
+    let mut count = 0;
+    for id in ids {
+        if server
+            .store()
+            .get_value::<Task>(ValueKey::from(ValueClass::TaskQueue(
+                TaskQueueClass::Task { id: *id },
+            )))
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+            .is_some()
+        {
+            count += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    count
+}
+
+async fn wait_until_done(server: &Server, ids: &[u64], within: Duration) {
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    loop {
+        let left = pending(server, ids).await;
+        if left == 0 {
+            return;
+        }
+        assert!(
+            started.elapsed() < within,
+            "{left} task(s) still pending after {:?}",
+            started.elapsed()
+        );
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(250)).await;
+    }
+}

tests/src/system/auto_reload.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+// inbuxa: a registry write to an object the running settings are built from
+// applies without an x:Action ReloadSettings, and the set response says so.
+
+use crate::utils::{
+    jmap::JmapResponse,
+    server::{TestServer, TestServerBuilder},
+};
+use common::BuildServer;
+use registry::{
+    schema::{
+        enums::TracingLevel,
+        prelude::ObjectType,
+        structs::{
+            AllowedIp, CertificateManagement, DkimManagement, DnsManagement, Domain, Expression,
+            MtaDeliverySchedule, MtaStageAuth, MtaVirtualQueue, Tracer, TracerStdout,
+        },
+    },
+    types::ipmask::IpAddrOrMask,
+};
+use serde_json::Value;
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+pub async fn settings_reload_tests() {
+    let mut test = TestServerBuilder::new("settings_reload_tests")
+        .await
+        .with_default_listeners()
+        .await
+        .with_object(MtaStageAuth {
+            require: Expression {
+                else_: "false".to_string(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            ..Default::default()
+        })
+        .await
+        .build()
+        .await;
+
+    let admin = test
+        .create_user_account(
+            "admin",
+            "[email protected]",
+            "these_pretzels_are_making_me_thirsty",
+            &[],
+            "Admin",
+        )
+        .await;
+    test.account("admin")
+        .assign_roles_to_account(admin.id(), &["user", "system"])
+        .await;
+    test.insert_account(admin);
+
+    test_write_applies(&test).await;
+
+    if test.is_reset() {
+        test.temp_dir.delete();
+    }
+}
+
+async fn test_write_applies(test: &TestServer) {
+    println!("Running settings reload after registry writes...");
+    let admin = test.account("[email protected]");
+
+    // A delivery schedule is in use as soon as it is saved
+    let response = admin
+        .registry_create([MtaVirtualQueue {
+            name: "autorld".into(),
+            threads_per_node: 2,
+            description: None,
+        }])
+        .await;
+    assert_applied(&response);
+    let queue_id = response.created_id(0);
+    assert!(!has_schedule(test, "autoreload-schedule"));
+    let response = admin
+        .registry_create([MtaDeliverySchedule {
+            name: "autoreload-schedule".into(),
+            queue_id,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }])
+        .await;
+    assert_applied(&response);
+    assert!(has_schedule(test, "autoreload-schedule"));
+
+    // Destroyed, it's gone at once too
+    let schedule_id = response.created_id(0);
+    let response = admin
+        .registry_destroy(ObjectType::MtaDeliverySchedule, [schedule_id])
+        .await;
+    assert_applied(&response);
+    assert!(!has_schedule(test, "autoreload-schedule"));
+
+    // Concurrent writes all end up in the running settings
+    let names = (0..8)
+        .map(|i| format!("autoreload-{i}"))
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let mut writes = Vec::new();
+    for name in &names {
+        writes.push(admin.registry_create([MtaDeliverySchedule {
+            name: name.clone(),
+            queue_id,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }]));
+    }
+    let mut schedule_ids = Vec::new();
+    for response in futures::future::join_all(writes).await {
+        assert_applied(&response);
+        schedule_ids.push(response.created_id(0));
+    }
+    for name in &names {
+        assert!(has_schedule(test, name), "{name} missing");
+    }
+    // A burst of separate requests shares a reload or two: each arrives
+    // tens of milliseconds after the last, so none overlaps a running
+    // reload, and the reload waits for writes to settle instead
+    let reloads = test.server.inner.data.settings_reload.reloads();
+    let started = std::time::Instant::now();
+    let burst = (0..10)
+        .map(|i| format!("autoreload-burst-{i}"))
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let mut writes = Vec::new();
+    for name in &burst {
+        writes.push(admin.registry_create([MtaDeliverySchedule {
+            name: name.clone(),
+            queue_id,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }]));
+    }
+    for response in futures::future::join_all(writes).await {
+        assert_applied(&response);
+        schedule_ids.push(response.created_id(0));
+    }
+    let burst_reloads = test.server.inner.data.settings_reload.reloads() - reloads;
+    println!(
+        "10 concurrent writes: {burst_reloads} reload(s), {} ms",
+        started.elapsed().as_millis()
+    );
+    assert!(
+        (1..=2).contains(&burst_reloads),
+        "{burst_reloads} reloads for 10 concurrent writes"
+    );
+    for name in &burst {
+        assert!(has_schedule(test, name), "{name} missing");
+    }
+
+    // A single write still reloads promptly
+    let reloads = test.server.inner.data.settings_reload.reloads();
+    let started = std::time::Instant::now();
+    let response = admin
+        .registry_create([MtaDeliverySchedule {
+            name: "autoreload-single".into(),
+            queue_id,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }])
+        .await;
+    assert_applied(&response);
+    schedule_ids.push(response.created_id(0));
+    println!("1 write: {} ms", started.elapsed().as_millis());
+    assert_eq!(
+        test.server.inner.data.settings_reload.reloads() - reloads,
+        1
+    );
+    assert!(has_schedule(test, "autoreload-single"));
+
+    // Several objects in one request: one reload
+    let response = admin
+        .registry_destroy(ObjectType::MtaDeliverySchedule, schedule_ids.iter())
+        .await;
+    assert_applied(&response);
+    for name in names.iter().chain(&burst) {
+        assert!(!has_schedule(test, name), "{name} still present");
+    }
+
+    // A write whose reload fails is stored, and the response says the
+    // settings weren't reloaded: only one console tracer is allowed.
+    let response = admin
+        .registry_create([
+            Tracer::Stdout(TracerStdout {
+                enable: true,
+                level: TracingLevel::Error,
+                ..Default::default()
+            }),
+            Tracer::Stdout(TracerStdout {
+                enable: true,
+                level: TracingLevel::Error,
+                ..Default::default()
+            }),
+        ])
+        .await;
+    let reload = settings_reload(&response).expect("x:settingsReload missing");
+    assert_eq!(reload["applied"], Value::Bool(false), "{response:?}");
+    let description = reload["description"].as_str().unwrap_or_default();
+    assert!(
+        description.starts_with("Saved, but the running settings were not reloaded. ")
+            && description.contains("Only one console tracer is allowed"),
+        "{description}"
+    );
+    let tracer_ids = [response.created_id(0), response.created_id(1)];
+    let response = admin
+        .registry_destroy(ObjectType::Tracer, tracer_ids.iter())
+        .await;
+    assert_applied(&response);
+
+    // An allowed IP is live as soon as it is saved, and gone once
+    // destroyed. It lives in the core's security settings, which the
+    // blocked-IP reload it used to get doesn't rebuild.
+    let ip: std::net::IpAddr = "198.51.100.7".parse().unwrap();
+    assert!(!is_allowed(test, ip));
+    let response = admin
+        .registry_create([AllowedIp {
+            address: IpAddrOrMask::from_ip(ip),
+            reason: Some("autoreload".into()),
+            ..Default::default()
+        }])
+        .await;
+    assert_applied(&response);
+    assert!(
+        is_allowed(test, ip),
+        "allowed IP not in the running settings"
+    );
+    let allowed_id = response.created_id(0);
+    let response = admin
+        .registry_destroy(ObjectType::AllowedIp, [allowed_id])
+        .await;
+    assert_applied(&response);
+    assert!(!is_allowed(test, ip), "destroyed allowed IP still live");
+
+    // Data that isn't part of the running settings doesn't reload them
+    let response = admin
+        .registry_create([Domain {
+            name: "autoreload.example.org".into(),
+            certificate_management: CertificateManagement::Manual,
+            dns_management: DnsManagement::Manual,
+            dkim_management: DkimManagement::Manual,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }])
+        .await;
+    assert!(settings_reload(&response).is_none(), "{response:?}");
+}
+
+fn settings_reload(response: &JmapResponse) -> Option<&Value> {
+    response.pointer("/methodResponses/0/1/x:settingsReload")
+}
+
+fn assert_applied(response: &JmapResponse) {
+    assert_eq!(
+        settings_reload(response),
+        Some(&serde_json::json!({"applied": true})),
+        "{response:?}"
+    );
+}
+
+fn has_schedule(test: &TestServer, name: &str) -> bool {
+    test.server
+        .inner
+        .build_server()
+        .core
+        .smtp
+        .queue
+        .queue_strategy
+        .contains_key(name)
+}
+
+fn is_allowed(test: &TestServer, ip: std::net::IpAddr) -> bool {
+    test.server.inner.build_server().is_ip_allowed(ip)
+}

tests/src/system/mod.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub mod authentication;
 pub mod ai;
 pub mod ai_calibration;
 pub mod authorization;
+pub mod auto_reload; // inbuxa: registry writes apply at once
 pub mod branding;
 pub mod crypto;
 pub mod delivery;
@@ -20,8 +21,10 @@ pub mod monitoring;
 pub mod oidc;
 pub mod purge;
 pub mod quota;
+pub mod reload; // inbuxa: reloads and build errors
 pub mod security;
 pub mod task;
+pub mod tracer_reload; // inbuxa: tracers start over when their settings change
 pub mod tenant;
 pub mod undelete;
 

tests/src/system/reload.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+// inbuxa: a settings reload isn't held back by a DNS lookup, or by objects
+// that already failed when the running settings were built; an error in an
+// object that built then still refuses it, and says which object.
+
+use crate::utils::server::{TestServer, TestServerBuilder};
+use common::{BuildServer, config::mailstore::spamfilter::PyzorConfig, ipc::RegistryChange};
+use registry::schema::{
+    enums::TracingLevel,
+    prelude::{ObjectType, Property},
+    structs::{Action, Expression, MtaStageAuth, SpamPyzor, Tracer, TracerStdout},
+};
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+pub async fn reload_tests() {
+    let mut test = TestServerBuilder::new("reload_tests")
+        .await
+        .with_default_listeners()
+        .await
+        .with_object(MtaStageAuth {
+            require: Expression {
+                else_: "false".to_string(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            ..Default::default()
+        })
+        .await
+        .build()
+        .await;
+
+    let admin = test
+        .create_user_account(
+            "admin",
+            "[email protected]",
+            "these_pretzels_are_making_me_thirsty",
+            &[],
+            "Admin",
+        )
+        .await;
+    test.account("admin")
+        .assign_roles_to_account(admin.id(), &["user", "system"])
+        .await;
+    test.insert_account(admin);
+
+    test_unresolvable_pyzor(&test).await;
+    test_build_errors(&test).await;
+
+    if test.is_reset() {
+        test.temp_dir.delete();
+    }
+}
+
+async fn test_unresolvable_pyzor(test: &TestServer) {
+    println!("Running reload with an unresolvable Pyzor host...");
+    let admin = test.account("[email protected]");
+
+    // Upstream resolved the host while building the settings and refused the
+    // reload when that failed.
+    admin
+        .registry_update_setting(
+            SpamPyzor {
+                enable: true,
+                host: "pyzor.invalid".into(),
+                port: 24441,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            &[Property::Enable, Property::Host, Property::Port],
+        )
+        .await;
+    admin.reload_settings().await;
+
+    let pyzor = running_pyzor(test);
+    assert_eq!(pyzor.host, "pyzor.invalid");
+    assert_eq!(pyzor.port, 24441);
+    assert!(pyzor.address().await.is_err());
+
+    // An IP address needs no lookup
+    admin
+        .registry_update_setting(
+            SpamPyzor {
+                host: "192.0.2.1".into(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            &[Property::Host],
+        )
+        .await;
+    admin.reload_settings().await;
+    assert_eq!(
+        running_pyzor(test).address().await.unwrap().to_string(),
+        "192.0.2.1:24441"
+    );
+}
+
+async fn test_build_errors(test: &TestServer) {
+    println!("Running reload with build errors...");
+    let admin = test.account("[email protected]");
+    let pyzor_ratio = running_pyzor(test).ratio;
+    assert_ne!(pyzor_ratio, 0.25);
+
+    // Two console tracers: only one is allowed, so the build of one of them
+    // fails. Neither existed when the running settings were built.
+    let mut tracer_ids = Vec::new();
+    for _ in 0..2 {
+        tracer_ids.push(
+            admin
+                .registry_create_object(Tracer::Stdout(TracerStdout {
+                    enable: true,
+                    level: TracingLevel::Error,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                }))
+                .await,
+        );
+    }
+    admin
+        .registry_update_setting(
+            SpamPyzor {
+                ratio: 0.25.into(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            &[Property::Ratio],
+        )
+        .await;
+
+    // A new error refuses the reload and names the object
+    let err = admin
+        .registry_create_object_expect_err(Action::ReloadSettings)
+        .await;
+    let description = err.description.clone().unwrap_or_default();
+    assert!(
+        description.starts_with("Settings were not reloaded. ")
+            && description.contains("Tracer")
+            && description.contains("Only one console tracer is allowed"),
+        "{err:?}"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(running_pyzor(test).ratio, pyzor_ratio);
+
+    // Had the running settings been built with that tracer failing, as a
+    // restart now would, the same error doesn't hold the reload back.
+    let result = Box::pin(
+        test.server
+            .reload_registry(RegistryChange::Reload(ObjectType::DataStore)),
+    )
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+    assert!(!result.replaced_core);
+    assert_eq!(result.errors.len(), 1, "{:?}", result.errors);
+    test.server.record_build_errors(&result.errors);
+
+    admin.reload_settings().await;
+    assert_eq!(running_pyzor(test).ratio, 0.25);
+    let result = Box::pin(
+        test.server
+            .reload_registry(RegistryChange::Reload(ObjectType::DataStore)),
+    )
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+    assert!(result.replaced_core);
+    assert!(result.errors.is_empty());
+    assert_eq!(result.known_errors.len(), 1);
+
+    // Once fixed, the object is no longer known to fail, so a new error
+    // there refuses the reload again.
+    admin
+        .registry_destroy(ObjectType::Tracer, tracer_ids.iter())
+        .await
+        .assert_destroyed(&tracer_ids);
+    admin.reload_settings().await;
+    let result = Box::pin(
+        test.server
+            .reload_registry(RegistryChange::Reload(ObjectType::DataStore)),
+    )
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+    assert!(result.replaced_core);
+    assert!(result.errors.is_empty() && result.known_errors.is_empty());
+
+    for _ in 0..2 {
+        tracer_ids.push(
+            admin
+                .registry_create_object(Tracer::Stdout(TracerStdout {
+                    enable: true,
+                    level: TracingLevel::Error,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                }))
+                .await,
+        );
+    }
+    admin
+        .registry_create_object_expect_err(Action::ReloadSettings)
+        .await;
+    let tracer_ids = tracer_ids.split_off(2);
+    admin
+        .registry_destroy(ObjectType::Tracer, tracer_ids.iter())
+        .await
+        .assert_destroyed(&tracer_ids);
+    admin.reload_settings().await;
+}
+
+fn running_pyzor(test: &TestServer) -> PyzorConfig {
+    test.server
+        .inner
+        .build_server()
+        .core
+        .spam
+        .pyzor
+        .clone()
+        .expect("Pyzor enabled")
+}

tests/src/system/tracer_reload.rs

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+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+// inbuxa: a tracer whose own settings change is started over by the reload
+// that follows the write: a Log tracer moved to another directory writes
+// there from then on, and no event is lost or written twice on the way.
+
+use crate::utils::{
+    jmap::JmapResponse,
+    server::{TestServer, TestServerBuilder},
+};
+use registry::{
+    schema::{
+        enums::{EventPolicy, LogRotateFrequency, TracingLevel},
+        prelude::ObjectType,
+        structs::{Expression, MtaStageAuth, Tracer, TracerLog},
+    },
+    types::map::Map,
+};
+use serde_json::json;
+use std::{
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
+    time::{Duration, Instant},
+};
+use trc::{EventType, ServerEvent};
+
+const PREFIX: &str = "tracer-reload";
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+pub async fn tracer_reload_tests() {
+    let mut test = TestServerBuilder::new("tracer_reload_tests")
+        .await
+        .with_default_listeners()
+        .await
+        .with_object(MtaStageAuth {
+            require: Expression {
+                else_: "false".to_string(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            ..Default::default()
+        })
+        .await
+        .build()
+        .await;
+
+    let admin = test
+        .create_user_account(
+            "admin",
+            "[email protected]",
+            "these_pretzels_are_making_me_thirsty",
+            &[],
+            "Admin",
+        )
+        .await;
+    test.account("admin")
+        .assign_roles_to_account(admin.id(), &["user", "system"])
+        .await;
+    test.insert_account(admin);
+
+    test_log_tracer_moves(&test).await;
+
+    if test.is_reset() {
+        test.temp_dir.delete();
+    }
+}
+
+async fn test_log_tracer_moves(test: &TestServer) {
+    println!("Running Log tracer path change...");
+    let admin = test.account("[email protected]");
+    let old_dir = test.temp_dir.path.join("tracer-old");
+    let new_dir = test.temp_dir.path.join("tracer-new");
+    for dir in [&old_dir, &new_dir] {
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(dir);
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(dir).unwrap();
+    }
+    let old_file = old_dir.join(PREFIX);
+    let new_file = new_dir.join(PREFIX);
+
+    // A Log tracer for one event type, written to the old directory
+    let response = admin
+        .registry_create([Tracer::Log(TracerLog {
+            path: old_dir.to_string_lossy().into_owned(),
+            prefix: PREFIX.into(),
+            rotate: LogRotateFrequency::Never,
+            ansi: false,
+            multiline: false,
+            enable: true,
+            level: TracingLevel::Trace,
+            lossy: false,
+            events: Map::new(vec![EventType::Server(ServerEvent::Licensing)]),
+            events_policy: EventPolicy::Include,
+        })])
+        .await;
+    assert_applied(&response);
+    let tracer_id = response.created_id(0);
+    emit("marker-before");
+    wait_for(&old_file, "marker-before").await;
+
+    // Events keep coming while the path changes
+    let stream = tokio::spawn(async {
+        for i in 0..2000u32 {
+            emit(&format!("seq-{i:05}-end"));
+            if i % 50 == 0 {
+                tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1)).await;
+            }
+        }
+    });
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(5)).await;
+    let response = admin
+        .registry_update(
+            ObjectType::Tracer,
+            [(tracer_id, json!({"path": new_dir.to_string_lossy()}))],
+        )
+        .await;
+    assert_applied(&response);
+    stream.await.unwrap();
+
+    // Once the reload has run, events go to the new file only
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200)).await;
+    emit("marker-after");
+    wait_for(&new_file, "marker-after").await;
+    wait_for(&new_file, "seq-01999-end").await;
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200)).await;
+    let old = read(&old_file);
+    let new = read(&new_file);
+    assert!(!old.contains("marker-after"), "old file still written to");
+    assert!(!new.contains("marker-before"));
+
+    // Every event written once, in one file or the other
+    let old_seq = count_seq(&old);
+    let new_seq = count_seq(&new);
+    println!(
+        "{} events in the old file, {} in the new one",
+        old_seq.iter().filter(|c| **c > 0).count(),
+        new_seq.iter().filter(|c| **c > 0).count()
+    );
+    for i in 0..2000 {
+        assert_eq!(
+            old_seq[i] + new_seq[i],
+            1,
+            "seq-{i:05} written {} + {} times",
+            old_seq[i],
+            new_seq[i]
+        );
+    }
+    assert!(
+        new_seq.iter().any(|c| *c > 0),
+        "no event of the stream reached the new file"
+    );
+
+    // Removing the tracer stops it
+    let response = admin
+        .registry_destroy(ObjectType::Tracer, [tracer_id])
+        .await;
+    assert_applied(&response);
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200)).await;
+    emit("marker-removed");
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(300)).await;
+    assert!(!read(&new_file).contains("marker-removed"));
+    assert!(!read(&old_file).contains("marker-removed"));
+}
+
+fn emit(marker: &str) {
+    trc::event!(Server(ServerEvent::Licensing), Details = marker.to_string());
+}
+
+fn read(path: &Path) -> String {
+    std::fs::read_to_string(path).unwrap_or_default()
+}
+
+fn count_seq(text: &str) -> Vec<u32> {
+    let mut counts = vec![0u32; 2000];
+    for part in text.split("seq-").skip(1) {
+        if let Some(n) = part.get(..5).and_then(|n| n.parse::<usize>().ok())
+            && part[5..].starts_with("-end")
+        {
+            counts[n] += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    counts
+}
+
+async fn wait_for(path: &PathBuf, marker: &str) {
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    while !read(path).contains(marker) {
+        assert!(
+            started.elapsed() < Duration::from_secs(10),
+            "{marker} not in {}",
+            path.display()
+        );
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
+    }
+}
+
+fn assert_applied(response: &JmapResponse) {
+    assert_eq!(
+        response.pointer("/methodResponses/0/1/x:settingsReload"),
+        Some(&json!({"applied": true})),
+        "{response:?}"
+    );
+}