narratio/docs/operations.md

Operations

This guide describes the implemented operator lifecycle for Narratio.

For field-level configuration, see docs/config.md. For full command/flag reference, see docs/cli.md.

Normal workflow (S3-first path)

1. Upload session .flac files to object storage under the session audio prefix.
2. Run Narratio:

narratio run --session-id 2026-04-04

3. Read success output:

• narratio run: session <session_id>; executed=<n> skipped=<n>; manifest=<path>
• use manifest=<path> with status for inspection.

Notes:

• default config/session discovery applies unless --config and --session are passed.
• S3 audio mode requires session.inputs.audio_s3.prefix and valid object-store access.

Local filesystem layout and state artifacts

Session root:

• {workspace.root}/work/{campaign}/{session_id}/

Primary state:

• manifest.json: session-level stage state.
• runs/{run_id}/manifest.json: invocation-level state.
• .lock: session lock while a run is active.

Canonical session directories:

• inputs/
• audio/
• transcripts/
• artifacts/
• reports/
• logs/
• config/
• current/
• runs/

Run-local stage directories:

• runs/{run_id}/{stage}/ with stage-local outputs/, logs/, reports/, config/, scratch/.

Behavior:

• directory creation is idempotent.
• stage outputs are generally generated run-local first, then promoted to canonical paths on success.

Analyze artifact execution lifecycle

Analyze executes configured artifacts from pipeline.scriptorium.artifacts.

Execution model:

• executable set = enabled artifacts, filtered by --artifacts when provided.
• artifact-to-artifact dependencies are declared via depends_on.
• selected artifacts run in deterministic dependency order.
• after each successful artifact run, output is promoted to configured canonical output_path.

Configured artifact source reuse:

• a non-executable configured artifact can satisfy inputs if its configured output file already exists and is valid.
• reused configured artifact provenance is filesystem.disabled_artifact_output.

--artifacts behavior:

• accepted on run, resume, and run-stage analyze.
• filters analyze execution only; does not force stage rerun.

Remote archive layout and publish contract

When archive is enabled and run upload is enabled, archive publishes under:

• session prefix: {root_prefix}/campaigns/{campaign}/sessions/{session_id}/
• run prefix: {session_prefix}/runs/{run_id}/

Archive uploads:

• run record files from run root (excluding audio/).
• promoted files from explicit archive.promote_artifacts rules.

Publish order:

1. upload current/manifest.json
2. upload current/run_id.txt last

current/run_id.txt is the remote commit marker.

Archive promotion is explicit and path-based:

• Narratio does not auto-promote all generated analyze artifacts.
• missing required promotion sources fail archive stage.
• missing optional promotion sources are skipped.

Resume, retry, and safe rerun behavior

Default skip:

• run and run-stage skip already-succeeded stages unless --force is set.

Resume:

• resume starts at first non-succeeded stage.
• resume --force runs full stage order.

Forced reruns:

• force-rerunning an upstream succeeded stage marks downstream succeeded stages as stale.

Safe rerun pattern:

1. rerun the changed stage with --force.
2. run resume to rebuild downstream stages.

Cleanup behavior

Cleanup is considered only when archive stage executed and succeeded.

Cleanup toggles:

• pipeline.spool.delete_audio_after_archive=true deletes run-scoped spool audio.
• pipeline.workspace.cleanup_after_archive=true deletes run-scoped local run directory.

Cleanup eligibility gates:

• archive enabled
• archive run upload enabled
• run record upload completed
• current pointer write completed (current/run_id.txt written)

No cleanup for failed/incomplete/unarchived/archive-skipped runs.

Failure and recovery playbooks

After failure, Narratio keeps:

• session manifest
• run manifest
• run-local artifacts/logs/config/reports

Failed or incomplete runs remain local-only.

Recommended recovery:

1. inspect state:

narratio status --manifest <manifest-path>

2. fix root cause (config/input/credentials/service availability).
3. continue with resume, or targeted run-stage --force followed by resume.

Operational caveats

• status requires explicit --manifest; there is no session-id lookup command.
• local and S3 audio input modes are mutually exclusive.
• archive publish requires upstream stages through analyze to be succeeded.
• required promotion rules can fail when selected analyze artifacts did not generate a required file path.