| name | async-state-safety |
| description | This skill should be used when the user asks to change "worker lifecycle", "cancellation", "retrigger behavior", "state machine", "delivery receipts", "timeouts", or "race conditions". Enforces explicit async/state invariants and targeted race-safe verification. |
Async State Safety
Goal
Prevent race regressions in async and stateful paths.
Required Invariants
- Define valid terminal states before coding.
- Define allowed state transitions before coding.
- Keep terminal transitions idempotent.
- Ensure duplicate events cannot double-apply terminal effects.
- Ensure retries do not corrupt state.
Race Checklist
- Cancellation racing completion
- Timeout racing completion
- Retry racing ack/receipt update
- Concurrent updates to the same worker/channel record
- Missing-handle and stale-handle behavior
Implementation Checklist
- Add or update transition guards.
- Keep error handling explicit and structured.
- Preserve status/event emission on all terminal branches.
- Document why each race path converges safely.
Verification Checklist
- Run targeted tests for each touched race path.
- Add at least one negative-path test for terminal convergence.
- Add at least one idempotency test where applicable.
- Run broad gate checks after targeted checks pass.
Handoff Requirements
- Terminal states and transition matrix
- Race windows analyzed
- Targeted commands and outcomes
- Residual risks and follow-up tests
