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Summary

  • replace demand-driven ip subprocess reads with one process-lifetime route-netlink monitor
  • publish validated immutable topology snapshots with independent event, retry, reconciliation, and continuity-loss handling
  • replace refresh with reconcile and remove obsolete runtime dependencies, fixtures, policies, and service PATH configuration
  • extend actual-binary, controlled-scheduler, raw-adapter, and bounded-resource coverage

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Validation

  • cargo test --locked
  • cargo clippy --locked --all-targets -- -D warnings
  • cargo fmt --check
  • cargo deny check
  • uv run --native-tls --no-project --with PyYAML==6.0.3 --with pre-commit==4.5.1 python3 packaging/test_policy.py
  • scripts/opengrep-test.sh
  • scripts/opengrep-scan.sh
  • uvx --native-tls zizmor .
  • cargo build --locked --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl

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  • New Features

    • Network topology is monitored continuously through netlink for faster interface-change updates.
    • Background reconciliation refreshes topology and recovers from missed notifications.
    • AgentX requests use the latest available topology without launching external network utilities.
    • Requests return a processing error until a valid topology inventory is available.
  • Breaking Changes

    • Replaced refresh with reconcile, defaulting to 3600 seconds.
    • Runtime packages no longer require iproute2 or ip.
  • Documentation

    • Updated README, man page, and architecture guidance for netlink monitoring.

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The pull request replaces ip subprocess topology reads with a process-lifetime netlink monitor. It adds typed topology validation, background publication, reconcile configuration, AgentX snapshot reads, netlink tests, package cleanup, and updated documentation.

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Netlink topology monitor

Layer / File(s) Summary
Topology and configuration contracts
src/config.rs, src/link.rs, src/mib.rs
refresh becomes reconcile with a 3600-second default. Typed link and topology models replace JSON parsing. MIB rows derive from validated relationships.
Netlink acquisition adapter
src/netlink.rs
Adds notification subscription, complete inventory dumps, packet decoding, timeout handling, continuity-loss classification, and resource-cleanup tests.
Monitor publication and AgentX reads
src/monitor.rs, src/main.rs, src/session.rs, tests/real_namespace.rs
Adds background scheduling, retries, reconciliation, continuity recovery, shared snapshots, and processing errors before a valid inventory.
Runtime cleanup, validation, and documentation
Cargo.toml, README.md, CLAUDE.md, docs/adr/*, packaging/*, .opengrep/*, tests/fixtures/*, tests/session.rs
Removes iproute runtime requirements, obsolete subprocess fixtures and tests, the obsolete static-analysis rule, and the service PATH setting. Documentation and policy checks describe the netlink design.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~90 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant NetlinkSource
  participant Monitor
  participant PublishedMib
  participant AgentX
  NetlinkSource->>Monitor: emit link events and inventories
  Monitor->>PublishedMib: publish complete topology table
  AgentX->>PublishedMib: read current snapshot
  PublishedMib-->>AgentX: return table or ProcessingError
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: replacing subprocess-based topology acquisition with netlink monitoring.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The whole-PR evidence supports the coding requirements in #8. The change adds a process-lifetime route-netlink monitor, complete immutable topology publication, validation for supported relationships,…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changed source, tests, documentation, packaging, service unit, policy rules, configuration, and ADR files support the netlink monitor replacement in #8. Removal of subprocess fixtures, subprocess …
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