connection_serving.rs:746 and :1468 await bind_authenticated_profile_identity inside a tokio::select! whose only other arm is peer_fully_closed_after_eof(), so the stage is unbounded. It reaches registered_profile_database() → session_runtime_registry() → a cold DaemonSessionRuntimeRegistryV1::open; the 500 ms PROJECT_OPEN_REQUEST_DEADLINE applies only later in portable_project_server_for_request. Under load a contended cold registry open pins the connection instead of yielding the warming refusal.
Symptoms on Test Linux (Elapsed at the 2 s bound): daemon::tests::bootstrap::direct_tool_cache_miss_returns_warming_while_project_opens_in_background, handshake::{daemon_refreshes_once_only_after_generation_change, initialized_ack_preserves_pending_catalog_refresh_notification}, socket::{portable_broker_routes_multiple_closed_invocations…, socket_client_requires_user_storage_scope_without_project, socket_client_routes_multiple_closed_invocations…, user_session_read_bypasses_unregistered_project_route}, all through the same half-close round-trip helper. Isolated, direct_tool_cache_miss… fails differently (bootstrap.rs:3308, no error message) because it blocks WriterScope::Daemon while a project open takes a project-scoped writer, so its blocking lever is stale.
Fix: apply the same deadline to the binding stage (or move it inside the deadline), then re-point the test at a lever that gates a cold open. Diagnosed 2026-09-05 (hauler cc-5830).
connection_serving.rs:746and:1468awaitbind_authenticated_profile_identityinside atokio::select!whose only other arm ispeer_fully_closed_after_eof(), so the stage is unbounded. It reachesregistered_profile_database()→session_runtime_registry()→ a coldDaemonSessionRuntimeRegistryV1::open; the 500 msPROJECT_OPEN_REQUEST_DEADLINEapplies only later inportable_project_server_for_request. Under load a contended cold registry open pins the connection instead of yielding the warming refusal.Symptoms on Test Linux (
Elapsedat the 2 s bound):daemon::tests::bootstrap::direct_tool_cache_miss_returns_warming_while_project_opens_in_background,handshake::{daemon_refreshes_once_only_after_generation_change, initialized_ack_preserves_pending_catalog_refresh_notification},socket::{portable_broker_routes_multiple_closed_invocations…, socket_client_requires_user_storage_scope_without_project, socket_client_routes_multiple_closed_invocations…, user_session_read_bypasses_unregistered_project_route}, all through the same half-close round-trip helper. Isolated,direct_tool_cache_miss…fails differently (bootstrap.rs:3308, no error message) because it blocksWriterScope::Daemonwhile a project open takes a project-scoped writer, so its blocking lever is stale.Fix: apply the same deadline to the binding stage (or move it inside the deadline), then re-point the test at a lever that gates a cold open. Diagnosed 2026-09-05 (hauler cc-5830).