fix: /api/health/db-smoke endpoint + hardened databaseProbe + error surfacing in UI

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database: down with latency_ms: 0 was silently swallowing all Prisma errors, making it impossible to distinguish Zod validation failures from network timeouts. This PR adds a dedicated smoke-test endpoint, hardens the existing probe, and surfaces error details in both the admin dashboard and performance UI.

Description

database: down with latency_ms: 0 was silently swallowing all Prisma errors, making it impossible to distinguish Zod validation failures from network timeouts. This PR adds a dedicated smoke-test endpoint, hardens the existing probe, and surfaces error details in both the admin dashboard and performance UI.

Changes

A — New GET /api/health/db-smoke

• Runs current_database(), version(), now(), and COUNT(*) on information_schema.tables via Promise.all
• Returns { ok, db_name, pg_version, server_time, table_count, latency_ms, hyperdrive_host }
• ok: false + status 503 on failure; 400 when HYPERDRIVE binding absent
• Added to MONITORING_API_PATHS — unauthenticated, same tier as /api/health

B — Hardened databaseProbe

• DatabaseResult extended: error_code?, error_message? — catch block now surfaces both instead of swallowing them
• error_message redacts postgres:// / postgresql:// credentials before surfacing: .replace(/postgre(?:s|sql):\/\/[^\s"',}]*/gi, '[redacted]')
• 5 s timeout via Promise.race + setTimeout; timeoutId declared at the outer try scope so clearTimeout is called in both the success and catch paths — no dangling timers when $queryRaw rejects quickly
• createPrismaClient moved inside try so Zod validation errors are caught and classified
• $disconnect() in finally on both databaseProbe and handleDbSmoke

C — Angular error surfacing

• HealthServiceResult / HealthResponse.services.database extended with error_message? and db_name?
• performance.component.ts: shows a db-error-row chip under the health card when database is down/degraded; uses @let db = h.services?.database to properly narrow the optional services type and eliminate Angular strict null check (TS2532) errors
• dashboard.component.ts: dbDetail() returns "<db_name> — <error_message>" for non-healthy database entries

D — Tests

• Shared makeHealthyPrisma() / makeFailingPrisma() helpers (include $disconnect stub); makeFailingPrisma uses a properly expanded multi-line arrow function body to satisfy deno fmt
• New: error_code/error_message present on failure; credential redaction
• New timeout test: uses FakeTime from @std/testing/time with a never-resolving $queryRaw mock — fakeTime.tickAsync(5001) actually triggers the Promise.race timer branch, so regressions in timer creation/clearing are caught
• New: handleDbSmoke — happy path (with expanded one-property-per-line inline type cast), 503 path, 400 (missing binding), redaction
• Import order in health.test.ts corrected to satisfy deno fmt alphabetical ordering requirement

E — Docs

• KB-002: ## Session Log — 2026-03-25 captures the full incident narrative
• neon-troubleshooting.md: live session section — .hyperdrive.local meaning, latency_ms: 0 decision tree, wrangler tail as first debugging step
• New KB-003-neon-hyperdrive-live-session-2026-03-25.md: full KB with diagnostic commands, Mermaid flowchart TD decision tree (replacing ASCII art), resolution checklist, post-deploy prevention script

Testing

• Unit tests added/updated — all new probe behavior, redaction, real-timer timeout (via FakeTime), and smoke-test scenarios covered in health.test.ts
• Manual testing performed — handler logic verified by code review; route wiring verified against existing /health and /health/latest patterns
• CI passes

Zero Trust Architecture Checklist

Worker / Backend

• Every handler verifies auth before executing business logic — handleDbSmoke and handleHealth are explicitly public/anonymous diagnostic endpoints; no auth bypass for protected routes
• CORS origin allowlist enforced (not *) on write/authenticated endpoints — /api/health/db-smoke added to MONITORING_API_PATHS which inherits the existing public-endpoint CORS prefix match; no wildcard introduced
• All secrets accessed via Worker Secret bindings (not [vars]) — no new secrets; uses existing env.HYPERDRIVE binding
• All external inputs Zod-validated before use — createPrismaClient validates the connection string via PrismaClientConfigSchema (inside try now, so errors are caught)
• All D1 queries use parameterized .prepare().bind() — N/A; this PR uses Prisma $queryRaw tagged template literals (parameterized by design)
• Security events emitted to Analytics Engine on auth failures — N/A; diagnostic endpoints have no auth layer to fail

Frontend / Angular

• Protected routes have functional CanActivateFn auth guards — N/A; only type extensions and template changes to existing public health display
• Auth tokens managed via Clerk SDK (not localStorage) — N/A
• HTTP interceptor attaches ****** (no manual token passing) — N/A
• API responses validated with Zod schemas before consumption — N/A; health response shapes are TypeScript interfaces consumed by the template only

Original prompt

Summary

The live site at https://adblock-frontend.jayson-knight.workers.dev/ shows:

• "Degraded performance — v0.75.0" and "Data may be stale" banners
• /api/health returns database.status: "down" with latency_ms: 0
• Cloudflare Hyperdrive admin page shows zero traffic (but Neon shows migration activity)
• Health response shows hyperdrive_host: "11f7f957eaae03a9fe9365c78e6eb4ed.hyperdrive.local" — which is the correct local proxy

The root cause (already documented in KB-002) is confirmed and fixed, but additional hardening, an /api/health/db-smoke endpoint, improved error surfacing in the UI, and documentation are needed.

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Changes Required

A — Add a dedicated /api/health/db-smoke smoke-test endpoint

Add a new handler handleDbSmoke in worker/handlers/health.ts that:

1. Validates env.HYPERDRIVE is present (returns 400 if not).
2. Creates a PrismaClient via _internals.createPrismaClient(env.HYPERDRIVE.connectionString).
3. Runs SELECT current_database() AS db_name, version() AS pg_version, now() AS server_time via $queryRaw.
4. Runs SELECT COUNT(*) AS table_count FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = 'public' to verify the schema is populated.
5. Returns a JSON response:

   {
     "ok": true,
     "db_name": "adblock-compiler",
     "pg_version": "PostgreSQL 16.x ...",
     "server_time": "2026-03-25T21:59:15.917Z",
     "table_count": 17,
     "latency_ms": 42,
     "hyperdrive_host": "ep-winter-term-a8rxh2a9-pooler.eastus2.azure.neon.tech"
   }

6. Returns { ok: false, error: "...", hyperdrive_host: "..." } with status 503 on any failure.
7. The endpoint must be unauthenticated (diagnostic-only, no secrets in response).
8. Wire it in worker/worker.ts (or wherever routes are registered) at GET /api/health/db-smoke.

B — Harden databaseProbe in worker/handlers/health.ts

The current catch block silently swallows all errors. Update it to:

1. Capture error_code and error_message from the caught exception (safely, without logging secrets).
2. Return them in the down response shape:

   type DatabaseResult = ServiceResult & {
     db_name?: string;
     hyperdrive_host?: string;
     error_code?: string;
     error_message?: string;
   };

3. Strip any connection string fragments from error_message before surfacing (replace anything that looks like postgres://... with [redacted]).
4. Add a 5000ms timeout (AbortSignal.timeout) to the database probe so a hung Hyperdrive connection doesn't block the health response indefinitely.
5. Disconnect the Prisma client in a finally block after each probe (await prisma.$disconnect()).

C — Add error_message to Angular UI health display

In frontend/src/app/performance/performance.component.ts:

1. Extend the HealthServiceResult interface to include readonly error_message?: string and readonly db_name?: string.
2. When the database service is down or degraded, surface the error_message and db_name fields as a sub-caption under the database health card row (template change in the same file).

In frontend/src/app/admin/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts:

1. Extend HealthResponse.services.database to include readonly error_message?: string and readonly db_name?: string.
2. Surface db_name and error_message as the detail field in the HealthCheck object returned by mapHealthChecks for the database entry.

D — Unit tests

1. In worker/handlers/health.test.ts, add tests for the updated databaseProbe:

   • When Prisma throws, the response includes error_code and error_message in services.database.
   • error_message does NOT contain postgres:// credentials.
   • A timeout scenario (mock that never resolves within 5s) results in status: "down" with a timeout error_code.

2. Add a new test file worker/handlers/health-db-smoke.test.ts (or add to existing) for handleDbSmoke:

   • Happy path: mock Prisma returns expected rows → ok: true.
   • Sad path: mock Prisma throws → ok: false, status 503.
   • Missing HYPERDRIVE → status 400.

E — Documentation

1. Update docs/troubleshooting/KB-002-hyperdrive-database-down.md to add a new section at the top titled ## Session Log — 2026-03-25 that captures this full troubleshooting session:
   • Symptoms: UI banners, latency_ms: 0, zero Hyperdrive traffic
   • Diagnosis steps: curl /api/health, wrangler hyperdrive get, checking Hyperdrive host in health response showing .hyperdrive.local (correct), wrangler tail recommendations
   • Root cause found: connection string Zod validation rejecting postgres:// (already fixed in PrismaClientConfigSchema)
   • Remaining issue: database still down at v0.76.0 even with schema fix — hyperdrive_host shows .hyperdrive.local which is correct (Hyperdrive IS the local proxy), so the issue is that the actual query never completes
   • Resolution path: new `/api...

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Pull request overview

Adds a dedicated database smoke-test endpoint and improves database health probing so Prisma failures are observable (including safe redaction), then surfaces those diagnostics in the Angular health UI and troubleshooting docs.

Changes:

• Add new public GET /api/health/db-smoke endpoint and route wiring.
• Harden DB probing in /api/health with timeout, $disconnect(), and surfaced error_code/error_message (with connection-string redaction).
• Extend Angular health displays + add/expand troubleshooting KB docs and unit tests.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 10 out of 10 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

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File	Description
worker/hono-app.ts	Adds /api/health/db-smoke to public monitoring paths and wires route handler.
worker/handlers/health.ts	Implements handleDbSmoke; enhances databaseProbe with timeout, error surfacing, redaction, and disconnect.
worker/handlers/health.test.ts	Adds tests for error surfacing/redaction and the smoke-test endpoint.
frontend/src/app/performance/performance.component.ts	Displays DB name + error details when DB health is down/degraded.
frontend/src/app/admin/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts	Shows DB detail string combining db_name and error_message for degraded/down states.
docs/troubleshooting/neon-troubleshooting.md	Adds a detailed “live troubleshooting session” section and post-deploy smoke check guidance.
docs/troubleshooting/README.md	Promotes KB-003 to active and renumbers planned KBs.
docs/troubleshooting/KB-003-neon-hyperdrive-live-session-2026-03-25.md	New standalone KB capturing the live session and procedures.
docs/troubleshooting/KB-002-hyperdrive-database-down.md	Adds a “Session Log” and links to KB-003.
docs/SUMMARY.md	Adds KB-003 to the docs navigation.

[jaypatrick]

@copilot apply changes based on the comments in this thread

[Copilot]

@copilot apply changes based on the comments in this thread

Applied all three review comments in commit 13fa61c:

1. Timer cleanup (health.ts) — timeoutId is now declared at the outer try scope so clearTimeout(timeoutId) is called in both the success path and the catch block, ensuring no dangling timer when $queryRaw rejects before the 5 s deadline.

2. Timeout test (health.test.ts) — replaced the pre-baked PROBE_TIMEOUT error stub with a FakeTime-based test that uses a never-resolving $queryRaw mock and calls fakeTime.tickAsync(5001) to actually trigger the Promise.race timeout branch.

3. Mermaid decision tree (KB-003) — replaced the ASCII fenced block with a flowchart TD Mermaid diagram per the docs standard.

[jaypatrick]

@copilot fix the CI issues

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@copilot fix the CI issues

Fixed in commit 0b789c6. Two CI failures:

1. deno fmt failure (health.test.ts) — imports were not in alphabetical order; handleDbSmoke now comes before handleHealth/handleHealthLatest.

2. Angular TS2532 failures (performance.component.ts) — 7 "Object is possibly undefined" errors because Angular's strict null checker doesn't narrow h.services to non-optional inside an @if (h.services?.database && ...) block. Replaced the pattern with @let db = h.services?.database; + @if (db && ...) so all inner accesses use the narrowed db local variable.

[jaypatrick]

@copilot fix the CI issues

Fixed in commit 0b789c6. Two CI failures:

1. deno fmt failure (health.test.ts) — imports were not in alphabetical order; handleDbSmoke now comes before handleHealth/handleHealthLatest.
2. Angular TS2532 failures (performance.component.ts) — 7 "Object is possibly undefined" errors because Angular's strict null checker doesn't narrow h.services to non-optional inside an @if (h.services?.database && ...) block. Replaced the pattern with @let db = h.services?.database; + @if (db && ...) so all inner accesses use the narrowed db local variable.

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[Copilot]

@copilot fix the CI issues

Fixed in commit 0b789c6. Two CI failures:
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Fixed in commit cd69e89. Two more deno fmt violations in health.test.ts that the previous fix missed:

1. makeFailingPrisma — $queryRaw: async () => { throw err; } expanded to a multi-line function body (deno fmt requires non-empty single-line arrow function bodies to be expanded)
2. The inline type cast at the handleDbSmoke happy-path test — { ok: boolean; db_name: string; … } on two lines expanded to one property per line