Merge periodic stepper alias cleanup into final stage candidate

A set_jet_amplitude failure while creating the internal stream marked the
Simulation failed, but the public stream property still retried
cuda.Stream(). Guard it like the other device-touching methods and add a
regression test (no retry, close still retryable). Lifecycle wording now
names the guarded device-touching methods; cached readers and host staging
stay callable. compatibility.md records the caller-visible fail-closed change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

docs/compatibility.md

@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 Changes that can make a previously accepted setup or call behave differently.
 Each entry names the commit, the affected entry points and the observable result.
 
+## Redundant periodic stepper alias removed
+
+`PeriodicPatchStepper` is no longer exported from `lbm.refinement_stepper`.
+Use `FixedPatchStepper` with the same arguments, including explicit
+`level_blocks`. The old name was an alias for that exact class; periodic
+boundaries remain the default. Existing imports of the old name must be updated.
+
 ## 87c3a31: cut-link ownership is validated for every body
 
 `validate_cut_link_ownership` (`body/preprocess/flag_overlay.py`) now runs for
@@ -33,3 +40,18 @@ or negative amplitude (the aperture test is geometric). Bodies with neither
 `SurfaceActuation` nor aperture links still raise
 `ValueError("Body has no surface actuation")`. The value is unchanged: the latest
 step's wall/aperture exchange, not total nozzle force.
+
+## 7afb5ad: `Simulation` fails closed after a Jet amplitude device-write failure
+
+`Simulation.set_jet_amplitude` previously only documented that a device error
+leaves the per-link velocity column undefined; the instance stayed usable.
+Now any error after input validation (internal stream creation or the upload)
+marks the Simulation failed. Every later device-touching public method,
+including the `stream` property (guard added in the follow-up repair commit on
+`claude/jet-update-consistency`), raises
+`RuntimeError("Simulation failed (...); close() and recreate it")`. The host
+amplitude keeps its previous value. `close()` still works and stays retryable;
+cached host readers and host staging calls are not blocked. Invalid input
+(`ValueError`/`IndexError`) is unchanged: it raises before any change and the
+instance stays usable. `FixedPatchStepper.set_jet_amplitude` already failed the
+instance (status `failed`) and is unchanged.

docs/lifecycle.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ it is; it adds no framework. Line references are to candidate 0f8fdbc3.
 |---|---|---|---|
 | 1. Module and its globals | Compile-time (visible to the compiler, fixed per module): `config.h` macros incl. `NX`/`NY`, `COLLISION_MODEL`, `BLOCK_ROOT_BC`, `WALL_*`. Runtime per-module globals (not visible to the compiler; written by host code): `__constant__` `d_params`, `d_w`, `d_cx`, `d_cy`, `d_block_channel`, `d_block_wall`; plus bound kernel handles | Globals are written once by the owner right after `load_module`. Uniform grid: `Simulation._recompile` (construction, body-topology sync) loads a new module and re-uploads; `update_runtime_params` rewrites `d_params` (omega, force, n_objects) between runs. Steppers: never rewritten after construction, so they are immutable for the instance's lifetime although they are runtime values. The blocked slot/reservoir root reads its slot from the `d_block_wall` constant (the former dense route used `WALL_*` macros; both were bit-identical in the parity gates). | Every owner loads its own module (`compiler.load_module` = `module_from_file`, no cache). A loaded module is never shared between live owners: globals are per module, so sharing would share mutable `d_params`. |
 | 2. Geometry, layout, tables | flags, curved-link tables, block layouts and halo pairs, transfer (explode/coalesce) tables, block kinds | Immutable for the life of an instance. Uniform grid: rebuilt by body sync. `FixedPatchStepper`: a geometry change is a new instance (`remap_child`), committed only after a successful transfer. | No in-place table edits. |
-| 3. Controls and dependent boundary columns | Jet amplitude -> per-link `surface_velocity`; body actions (uniform grid) | Between steps, without a table or module rebuild (`set_jet_amplitude`). | Input (index, level, amplitude) is validated before any device write; invalid input changes nothing and the instance stays usable. The host copy commits only after the upload returned. Any error after validation leaves the device column undefined and fails the instance: `FixedPatchStepper` status `failed`, `Simulation._failed`; every later call except `close()` raises, `close()` still releases resources and stays retryable. |
+| 3. Controls and dependent boundary columns | Jet amplitude -> per-link `surface_velocity`; body actions (uniform grid) | Between steps, without a table or module rebuild (`set_jet_amplitude`). | Input (index, level, amplitude) is validated before any device write; invalid input changes nothing and the instance stays usable. The host copy commits only after the upload returned. Any error after validation leaves the device column undefined and fails the instance: `FixedPatchStepper` status `failed`, `Simulation._failed`; every later device-touching public method (`Simulation`: `stream`, `set_jet_amplitude`, `initialize`, `sync_bodies`, `run`/`step`, `read_surface_exchange`, `read_body(s)`, `get_macroscopic`, `get_ddf`, `update_runtime_params`, `snapshot`, `restore`, save/load checkpoint) raises; cached host readers and host-side staging (e.g. `get_flags`, `add_body`/`remove_body` before a sync) do not touch the device and stay callable. `close()` still releases resources and stays retryable. |
 | 4. Per-step state | population double buffers and their parity, raw-exchange ledgers, observations | Device-only during `step(n)` / `run(n)`; buffer swaps are host-handle swaps. | Valid on the host only after the single wait at the end of the call. |
 
 Storage routes are separate concerns:

examples/fixed_periodic_patch.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from CelerisLab.config import load_lbm_config
 from CelerisLab.cuda.context import CudaContext
 from CelerisLab.lbm.equilibrium import compute_feq_d2q9, compute_macro_from_ddf
 from CelerisLab.lbm.refinement import ACTIVE
-from CelerisLab.lbm.refinement_stepper import PeriodicPatchStepper
+from CelerisLab.lbm.refinement_stepper import FixedPatchStepper
 
 
 def shear_equilibrium(shape, origin, dx, period):
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def main():
                   nx=16, ny=16, viscosity=.1, velocity=1e-3, rho=1.0,
                   lattice_model="D2Q9", collision="SRT", streaming="double_buffer",
                   store_precision="FP32", ddf_shifting=False, les_enabled=False)
-    with CudaContext(0) as context, PeriodicPatchStepper(cfg, context=context, refinements=[(4, 4, 12, 12)],
+    with CudaContext(0) as context, FixedPatchStepper(cfg, context=context, refinements=[(4, 4, 12, 12)],
                                                            level_blocks=[(16, 16), (24, 24)]) as run:
         p = run.patch
         coarse = shear_equilibrium(p.coarse_shape, (0, 0), 1.0, cfg.ny)

src/CelerisLab/lbm/refinement_stepper.py

@@ -910,7 +910,3 @@ class FixedPatchStepper:
     _fine_leaf = property(lambda self: self._leaf[1])
     _child_leaf = property(lambda self: self._leaf[2] if len(self._leaf) > 2 else None)
     _middle_kind = property(lambda self: self.hierarchy.kinds[1] if self.hierarchy.depth > 2 else None)
-
-
-# Preserve the original entry point and its periodic default.
-PeriodicPatchStepper = FixedPatchStepper

src/CelerisLab/simulation.py

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ class Simulation:
     @context_bound
     def stream(self) -> cuda.Stream:
         """Internal CUDA stream for async DTOH coordination."""
+        self._require_usable()
         if self._stream is None:
             self._stream = cuda.Stream()
         return self._stream
@@ -174,9 +175,10 @@ class Simulation:
         """Change one jet's signed amplitude; re-uploads per-link velocity only.
 
         Invalid input raises before any change. Any error after validation
-        leaves the host amplitude unchanged but the device column undefined,
-        so the Simulation is marked failed: every later call except close()
-        raises; close and recreate it.
+        (stream creation or upload) leaves the host amplitude unchanged but the
+        device column undefined, so the Simulation is marked failed: every later
+        device-touching public method (incl. ``stream``) raises; close() still
+        works. Close and recreate it.
         """
         self._require_usable()
         jet = self.bodies.jets[index].with_amplitude(amplitude)

tests/unit/test_jet_update_failure.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
 pytest.importorskip("pycuda.driver")
+from CelerisLab import simulation as module
 from CelerisLab.body.jets import Jet, Radial, Sector
 from tests.unit.test_pinned_body_remap import ready
 from tests.unit.test_simulation_lifecycle import make_simulation
@@ -68,6 +69,30 @@ def test_simulation_upload_failure_keeps_host_and_blocks_reuse(monkeypatch):
     assert sim._closed and sim.ctx.is_closed
 
 
+def test_simulation_stream_creation_failure_fails_closed(monkeypatch):
+    sim, jet = simulation(monkeypatch)
+    created = []
+    def stream():
+        created.append(1)
+        raise RuntimeError("stream creation failed")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(module.cuda, "Stream", stream, raising=False)
+    sim._stream = None
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="stream creation failed"):
+        sim.set_jet_amplitude(0, 2e-3)
+    assert sim.bodies.jets[0] is jet and sim._failed is not None
+    assert sim.field.curved.writes == [] and created == [1]
+    for call in (lambda: sim.stream, lambda: sim.set_jet_amplitude(0, 2e-3)):
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="Simulation failed"):
+            call()
+    assert created == [1]  # the public stream property does not retry creation
+    sim.ctx.detach_failure = True
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="detach failed"):
+        sim.close()
+    assert not sim._closed
+    sim.close()  # close stays retryable after the failure
+    assert sim._closed and sim.ctx.is_closed
+
+
 def test_simulation_before_initialize_commits_host_only(monkeypatch):
     sim, _ = simulation(monkeypatch)
     sim._initialized = False

tests/validation/multigrid/test_refinement_followup.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from CelerisLab.lbm import refinement_stepper as implementation
 from CelerisLab.lbm.blocks import BlockLayout2D
 from test_refinement_gpu import (ROOT, POP_ATOL, MOMENT_ATOL, ref, postcollision,
                                  totals, LBMConfig, CudaContext, compiler,
-                                 PeriodicPatchStepper)
+                                 FixedPatchStepper)
 
 
 def scalar_interval(coarse, fine, bounds, slot=None):
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class FaultGuardsCPU(unittest.TestCase):
                                                      refinements=[bounds], level_blocks=[(1, 1)] * 2)
 
     def fake_backend(self):
-        backend = PeriodicPatchStepper.__new__(PeriodicPatchStepper)
+        backend = FixedPatchStepper.__new__(FixedPatchStepper)
         layout = BlockLayout2D.build(1, 1, 1, 1, periodic=(False, False))
         backend._layouts = [layout, layout]  # blocked storage on both levels
         backend._ddf_shifting = False  # unshifted on every level, as _check_storage expects
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class FaultGuardsCPU(unittest.TestCase):
         context = Mock(activate=nullcontext, sm_arch="sm_70")
         with patch.object(implementation, "HALO", 2):
             with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "four-cell"):
-                PeriodicPatchStepper(cfg, context=context, refinements=[(4, 4, 12, 12)],
+                FixedPatchStepper(cfg, context=context, refinements=[(4, 4, 12, 12)],
                                      level_blocks=[(16, 16), (24, 24)])
         p = implementation.FixedPatch2D.from_config(cfg, (4, 4, 12, 12))
         from CelerisLab.lbm import hierarchy
@@ -187,11 +187,11 @@ class FaultGuardsCPU(unittest.TestCase):
         with patch.object(cuda, "Stream"), patch.object(cuda, "mem_get_info", return_value=(1 << 40, 1 << 40)), bad, patch.object(cuda, "mem_alloc") as alloc, \
                 patch.object(cuda, "memcpy_htod") as upload:
             with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "config chain is inconsistent"):
-                PeriodicPatchStepper(cfg, context=context, refinements=[p.bounds],
+                FixedPatchStepper(cfg, context=context, refinements=[p.bounds],
                                      level_blocks=[(16, 16), (24, 24)])
             with patch.object(hierarchy, "_check_chain"), \
                     self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "omega/tau"):
-                PeriodicPatchStepper(cfg, context=context, refinements=[p.bounds],
+                FixedPatchStepper(cfg, context=context, refinements=[p.bounds],
                                      level_blocks=[(16, 16), (24, 24)])
             alloc.assert_not_called()
             upload.assert_not_called()
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class FaultGuardsCPU(unittest.TestCase):
                 patch.object(compiler, "load_module", return_value=module), \
                 patch.object(cuda, "memcpy_htod") as upload:
             with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "layout mismatch"):
-                PeriodicPatchStepper(cfg, context=context, refinements=[p.bounds],
+                FixedPatchStepper(cfg, context=context, refinements=[p.bounds],
                                      level_blocks=[(16, 16), (24, 24)])
             upload.assert_not_called()
 
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ class NormalBuildGPU(unittest.TestCase):
         state = ref.State(*(a * (1 + 1e-3*rng.standard_normal(a.shape))
                             for a in (initial.coarse_f, initial.fine_f)))
         max_pop = max_drift = max_moment = 0.0
-        with CudaContext(0) as context, PeriodicPatchStepper(
+        with CudaContext(0) as context, FixedPatchStepper(
                 LBMConfig(nx=16, ny=16, viscosity=.1), context=context,
                 refinements=[(4, 4, 12, 12)], level_blocks=[(16, 16), (24, 24)]) as backend:
             backend.initialize(*postcollision(state, spec, maps))
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ class NormalBuildGPU(unittest.TestCase):
         fine_mask[4:-4, 4:-4] = True
         initial[1][:, ~fine_mask] = np.nan
         expected = scalar_interval(*[a.astype(np.float64) for a in initial], bounds)
-        with CudaContext(0) as context, PeriodicPatchStepper(cfg, context=context, refinements=[bounds],
+        with CudaContext(0) as context, FixedPatchStepper(cfg, context=context, refinements=[bounds],
                                                              level_blocks=[(13, 17), (14, 16)]) as backend:
             self.assertEqual(backend.patch.fine_shape, (14, 16))
             p = backend.patch

tests/validation/multigrid/test_refinement_gpu.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import CelerisLab
 from CelerisLab.config import LBMConfig
 from CelerisLab.cuda import compiler
 from CelerisLab.cuda.context import CudaContext
-from CelerisLab.lbm.refinement_stepper import FixedPatchStepper, PeriodicPatchStepper
+from CelerisLab.lbm.refinement_stepper import FixedPatchStepper
 
 ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3]
 POP_ATOL = 3e-6
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class CoupledGPU(unittest.TestCase):
                               "wrong-phase controls PASS", flush=True)
 
     def test_cleanup_attempts_every_allocation(self):
-        backend = PeriodicPatchStepper.__new__(PeriodicPatchStepper)
+        backend = FixedPatchStepper.__new__(FixedPatchStepper)
         backend.ctx = Mock(activate=nullcontext)
         backend._lock = RLock()
         backend._status = "failed"
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class CoupledGPU(unittest.TestCase):
         spec = ref.make_spec(collision="srt")
         maps = ref.build_maps(spec)
         with CudaContext(0) as context:
-            with PeriodicPatchStepper(LBMConfig(nx=16, ny=16, viscosity=.1),
+            with FixedPatchStepper(LBMConfig(nx=16, ny=16, viscosity=.1),
                                       context=context, refinements=[(4, 4, 12, 12)],
                                       level_blocks=[(16, 16), (24, 24)]) as backend:
                 backend.initialize(*postcollision(ref.make_state(spec), spec, maps))
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class CoupledGPU(unittest.TestCase):
         maps = ref.build_maps(spec)
         cfg = LBMConfig(nx=16, ny=16, viscosity=.1)
         with CudaContext(0) as context:
-            with PeriodicPatchStepper(cfg, context=context, refinements=[(4, 4, 12, 12)],
+            with FixedPatchStepper(cfg, context=context, refinements=[(4, 4, 12, 12)],
                                       level_blocks=[(16, 16), (24, 24)]) as backend:
                 self.eight_steps(backend, spec, maps)
                 with patch.object(backend._pairs[0], "explode", side_effect=RuntimeError("injected launch failure")):