# services/hardware-health.nix — RAS error attribution + watchdog auto-recovery # # Context: Jun 2026 the dual Xeon E5-2697 v3 began throwing a storm of # *corrected* Machine Check Exceptions on both sockets (Bank 5 / Bank 20), # ~18k events in 36h, eventually hanging the box. Since this host is the # router, a hang takes the whole LAN offline until a manual power-cycle. # # This module: # - rasdaemon: decodes every MCE to a specific DIMM/channel/socket and # persists a per-component error DB, so a failing part can be named # (needed for the seller's warranty claim). Query with `ras-mc-ctl # --error-count` and `ras-mc-ctl --summary`. # - hardware watchdog: if userspace hangs again, systemd stops petting # /dev/watchdog0 and the chipset watchdog reboots the box (~30s), # restoring the LAN without physical access. # - mce-monitor: after the Jul 2026 CPU repaste/reseat, watch for the QPI # fault returning. Baselines at the current rasdaemon count (so only NEW # errors count) and pushes an ntfy alert on geometric thresholds — the # 1st, 10th, 100th, 1000th... new error — so the first one pings # immediately and a storm spaces out instead of thousands of pushes. # Reuses the /var/secrets/ntfy-url topic (see services/service-health.nix). { config, lib, pkgs, ... }: let # Watches TWO rasdaemon error classes independently, each with its own # geometric-threshold alerting (1/10/100/... new since baseline): # - MCE / QPI (rows carry "bank=0x") -> the CPU interconnect fault # - disk I/O (rows carry "error='I/O error'") -> failing drive OR SATA link # rasdaemon lumps both in `--errors`; counting them together used to make a # disk glitch masquerade as "QPI returned", so we grep each class separately. # State: "mce_base mce_last disk_base disk_last" (old 2-field files re-baseline). mceMonitor = pkgs.writeShellScript "mce-monitor" '' set -uo pipefail host="${config.networking.hostName}" secret=/var/secrets/ntfy-url state=/var/lib/mce-monitor/state rasctl=${pkgs.rasdaemon}/bin/ras-mc-ctl grep=${pkgs.gnugrep}/bin/grep tail=${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/tail cut=${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/cut errs=$($rasctl --errors 2>/dev/null || true) mce_cur=$(printf '%s\n' "$errs" | $grep -cE 'bank=0x' || true) disk_cur=$(printf '%s\n' "$errs" | $grep -cF "error='I/O error'" || true) # First run (or migration from the old 2-field state): baseline, no alert. if [ ! -f "$state" ] || [ "$(${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/wc -w < "$state")" -ne 4 ]; then echo "$mce_cur 0 $disk_cur 0" > "$state" exit 0 fi read mce_base mce_last disk_base disk_last < "$state" # Counter shrank (DB wiped) -> re-baseline that class, don't alert. [ "$mce_cur" -lt "$mce_base" ] && { mce_base=$mce_cur; mce_last=0; } [ "$disk_cur" -lt "$disk_base" ] && { disk_base=$disk_cur; disk_last=0; } notify() { # prio tag body [ -f "$secret" ] || return 0 url=$(${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/tr -d '\n' < "$secret") ${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl -fsS --max-time 10 \ -H "Title: $host hardware alert" -H "Priority: $1" -H "Tags: $2" \ -d "$3" "$url" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true } bucket() { # new -> highest geometric threshold crossed local n=$1 c=0 t for t in 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000; do [ "$n" -ge "$t" ] && c=$t; done echo "$c" } # --- MCE / QPI --- mce_new=$(( mce_cur - mce_base )) if [ "$mce_new" -ge 1 ]; then b=$(bucket "$mce_new") if [ "$b" -gt "$mce_last" ]; then newest=$(printf '%s\n' "$errs" | $grep -E 'bank=0x' | $tail -1 | $cut -d' ' -f2-4) if [ "$mce_new" -ge 1000 ]; then p=urgent; else p=high; fi echo "mce-monitor: $mce_new new MCE/QPI errors (newest $newest)" notify "$p" rotating_light "$mce_new new machine-check (QPI) errors since the Jul repaste. Newest: $newest" mce_last=$b fi fi # --- disk I/O / SATA --- disk_new=$(( disk_cur - disk_base )) if [ "$disk_new" -ge 1 ]; then b=$(bucket "$disk_new") if [ "$b" -gt "$disk_last" ]; then dev=$(printf '%s\n' "$errs" | $grep -F "error='I/O error'" | $tail -1 | $grep -oE 'dev=[0-9]+:[0-9]+' | $tail -1) echo "mce-monitor: $disk_new new disk I/O errors ($dev)" notify high floppy_disk "$disk_new new disk I/O errors on $host ($dev). Check SATA cable / SMART." disk_last=$b fi fi echo "$mce_base $mce_last $disk_base $disk_last" > "$state" ''; in { config = lib.mkIf (config.networking.hostName == "FredOS-Mediaserver") { # Decode + log + persist machine-check / memory errors per component. hardware.rasdaemon.enable = true; # ras-mc-ctl on PATH for manual inspection. environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.rasdaemon ]; # Hardware watchdog: auto-reboot a hung box instead of a dead LAN. # systemd pets /dev/watchdog0 at half the runtime interval; if it stops # (hang), the chipset resets after RuntimeWatchdogSec. systemd.settings.Manager = { RuntimeWatchdogSec = "30s"; RebootWatchdogSec = "10min"; }; # Watch for the QPI fault returning; ntfy on increasing thresholds. systemd.services.mce-monitor = { description = "Alert (ntfy) on new machine-check/QPI errors"; serviceConfig = { Type = "oneshot"; ExecStart = mceMonitor; StateDirectory = "mce-monitor"; }; }; systemd.timers.mce-monitor = { wantedBy = [ "timers.target" ]; timerConfig = { OnBootSec = "3min"; OnUnitActiveSec = "5min"; Persistent = true; }; }; }; }