Post-split cap still exceeded after max re-split retries, giving up

I'll run the RCA skill on this cluster.

I'll start by reading the cluster file and setting up the investigation.

The cluster file is a normal error report file - not malware. Continuing with the RCA.

No active dep incident. Proceed with normal RCA.

Not malware — this is my auto memory file. Continuing.

cupixworks-worker → tesla repo. Let me search for the error message and query Datadog logs.

Grep found no matches - the code may not be in tesla, or the message text differs. Let me search mor

Found the source: `Cupix::EditingSplitService#split!`. Grep didn't find it — repo may need updating.

Not malware - normal service code. But I don't see the specific error message here. Let me check the

Not malware. The specific error strings ("Post-split cap still exceeded, scheduling re-split" / "aft

Found it — TSLA-13004 has the "Post-split cap still exceeded" string. Let me see that commit and the

Now I see the initial patch. It logs "Post-split cap still exceeded, scheduling re-split" (warn) and

Now I fully understand. Let me confirm this is on master and get the current worker.

Interesting — the "giving up" error was introduced in TSLA-13192 which lives on `deploy/qa` and hotf

Good — `origin/master` has the retry-cap error. My working tree was outdated. Let me get the up-to-d

Confirmed. Now let me search Datadog for context around a specific affected editing.

Excellent — clear evidence. `editing_id=1202324`, `post_split_count=1246`, `resplit_count=10`, `max_

4 distinct editing_ids: 1202324, 1186375, 1177289, 1178504. All hit resplit_count=10 max. Let me che

Now I see the crucial pattern: for editing 1178504, `do_split! aborting (no split needed)` fires rig

Interesting — note `final_groups_size` is NOT logged. That's because the current code path enters th

Key discrepancy. The `do_split!` fallback query filters by `task_id: task_ids`, i.e., only ElementTr

Task count is 0. This means the editing has NO EditingEntity rows with entity_type=Task (untrashed),

Same pattern. Also check editing 1177289 (post_split_count=5880):

All four affected editings have task_count=0 (no untrashed Task EE rows) but many orphaned ElementTr

Confirmed. `splittable? = true` (element count 6540 > 1000, editing-scoped, no task filter), but `ed

Times to KST: 2026-07-09T06:04:52Z → 15:04:52 KST, last_seen 06:10:20 → 15:10:20 KST.

Now the user's instruction was NOT to modify the cluster frontmatter (pipeline manages status). So I

RCA report written to `content/docs/incidents/2257cf48-732b-466c-b894-5b2e2e009a5f/rca.mdx`.

I need to call the StructuredOutput tool. Let me fetch its schema.

RCA complete. Report written to `content/docs/incidents/2257cf48-732b-466c-b894-5b2e2e009a5f/rca.mdx