From 051d47eb5f9250ca3a2377e411db88cea406a1fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Affaan Mustafa <affaan@dcube.ai>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 03:40:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat: relax ecc2 stabilized cycles

---
 ecc2/src/session/daemon.rs | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ecc2/src/session/daemon.rs b/ecc2/src/session/daemon.rs
index 5ddded80..c63195e3 100644
--- a/ecc2/src/session/daemon.rs
+++ b/ecc2/src/session/daemon.rs
@@ -177,6 +177,12 @@ where
     }
 
     let first_dispatch = dispatch().await?;
+    if prior_activity.stabilized_after_recovery_at().is_some() && first_dispatch.deferred == 0 {
+        tracing::info!(
+            "Skipping rebalance because stabilized dispatch cycle has no deferred handoffs"
+        );
+        return Ok((first_dispatch, 0, DispatchPassSummary::default()));
+    }
     let rebalanced = rebalance().await?;
     let recovery_dispatch = if first_dispatch.deferred > 0 && rebalanced > 0 {
         let recovery = dispatch().await?;
@@ -796,6 +802,56 @@ mod tests {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn coordinate_backlog_cycle_skips_rebalance_when_stabilized_and_dispatch_is_healthy() -> Result<()> {
+        let cfg = Config {
+            auto_dispatch_unread_handoffs: true,
+            ..Config::default()
+        };
+        let now = chrono::Utc::now();
+        let activity = DaemonActivity {
+            last_dispatch_at: Some(now + chrono::Duration::seconds(2)),
+            last_dispatch_routed: 2,
+            last_dispatch_deferred: 0,
+            last_dispatch_leads: 1,
+            last_recovery_dispatch_at: Some(now + chrono::Duration::seconds(1)),
+            last_recovery_dispatch_routed: 1,
+            last_recovery_dispatch_leads: 1,
+            last_rebalance_at: Some(now),
+            last_rebalance_rerouted: 1,
+            last_rebalance_leads: 1,
+        };
+        let rebalance_calls = std::sync::Arc::new(std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize::new(0));
+        let rebalance_calls_clone = rebalance_calls.clone();
+
+        let (first, rebalanced, recovery) = coordinate_backlog_cycle_with(
+            &cfg,
+            &activity,
+            || async move {
+                Ok(DispatchPassSummary {
+                    routed: 1,
+                    deferred: 0,
+                    leads: 1,
+                })
+            },
+            move || {
+                let rebalance_calls_clone = rebalance_calls_clone.clone();
+                async move {
+                    rebalance_calls_clone.fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst);
+                    Ok(1)
+                }
+            },
+            |_, _| Ok(()),
+        )
+        .await?;
+
+        assert_eq!(first.routed, 1);
+        assert_eq!(rebalanced, 0);
+        assert_eq!(recovery, DispatchPassSummary::default());
+        assert_eq!(rebalance_calls.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst), 0);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn maybe_auto_rebalance_noops_when_disabled() -> Result<()> {
         let path = temp_db_path();