db: DependencySQLRepository.Insert: mark is_blocked (affecte

Error message

db: DependencySQLRepository.Insert: mark is_blocked (affected): %w

What it means

This error wraps a failure from MarkIsBlockedInTx, the final propagation pass that marks all issues in the affected set as blocked after adding a scheduling (blocks/conditional/waits-for) edge. The edge exists but blocked-state propagation failed, leaving downstream issues potentially stale.

Source

Thrown at internal/storage/domain/db/dependency.go:222

	}
	if aerr != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("db: DependencySQLRepository.Insert: affected set: %w", aerr)
	}
	if dep.Type == types.DepBlocks || dep.Type == types.DepConditionalBlocks {
		if err := r.markDirectBlockedSource(ctx, dep.IssueID, srcIsWisp, dep.DependsOnID, targetCol); err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("db: DependencySQLRepository.Insert: mark is_blocked: %w", err)
		}
		affectedIssues, affectedWisps = issueops.RemoveSourceFromAffected(dep.IssueID, srcIsWisp, affectedIssues, affectedWisps)
	}
	if dep.Type == types.DepParentChild {
		if err := issueops.RecomputeIsBlockedInTx(ctx, r.runner, affectedIssues, affectedWisps); err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("db: DependencySQLRepository.Insert: recompute is_blocked: %w", err)
		}
		// Snapshot only after all derived blocked-state maintenance has completed.
		return issueops.RecordDepEventInTx(ctx, r.runner, issueops.EventDepAdd, dep.IssueID, string(dep.Type), dep.DependsOnID, metadata, actor)
	}
	if err := issueops.MarkIsBlockedInTx(ctx, r.runner, affectedIssues, affectedWisps); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("db: DependencySQLRepository.Insert: mark is_blocked (affected): %w", err)
	}
	// Snapshot only after all derived blocked-state maintenance has completed.
	// Never gated on opts.EmitEvent: a structurally-wired edge is as real to a
	// replaying consumer as one added by an explicit dep verb.
	return issueops.RecordDepEventInTx(ctx, r.runner, issueops.EventDepAdd, dep.IssueID, string(dep.Type), dep.DependsOnID, metadata, actor)
}

// classifyMissingEndpoint names the endpoint behind a foreign-key refusal,
// re-read on the same runner that refused the insert. The driver's message
// names its constraint, but taking identity out of driver prose is the thing a
// typed refusal exists to avoid, so the two endpoints are read back instead —
// only on the refusal path, so a bulk add still pays no probe per edge.
//
// The refusal is never downgraded to a probe's failure: anything the reads
// cannot settle returns nil and the caller keeps the original error.
func (r *dependencySQLRepositoryImpl) classifyMissingEndpoint(ctx context.Context, dep *types.Dependency, sourceIsWisp bool, targetCol string, insertErr error) error {
	if !dberrors.IsMissingForeignKeyTarget(insertErr) {
		return nil

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Solutions

Retry the operation; same-type inserts are idempotent.
Run a blocked-state recompute/repair to clear stale flags.
Verify schema version with bd doctor / migrate.
Inspect the wrapped driver error for the failing statement.

Defensive patterns

Strategy: retry

Try / catch

if err := repo.Insert(ctx, dep, actor, opts); err != nil {
    if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "mark is_blocked (affected)") {
        // propagation failed; re-run Insert (idempotent) or run blocked-state repair
    }
}

Prevention

Retry inserts on transient failure — same-type inserts are idempotent.
Run scheduled is_blocked recomputes.
Migrate schema before upgrading bd.

When it happens

Trigger: Calling Insert for a non-parent-child scheduling edge where issueops.MarkIsBlockedInTx fails on the affected set — driver error, connection loss, or schema mismatch during the bulk UPDATE.

Common situations: Connection dropped mid bulk-update; schema drift; very large affected sets timing out.

Related errors

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