feat(ops): add setup operator pack, heartbeat alert cooldown, and doctor strict mode

README.md

@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ flynn send "What's the weather in London?"
 # Check system health
 flynn doctor --config ~/.config/flynn/config.yaml
 
+# Treat warnings as failures (useful in CI)
+flynn doctor --strict
+
 # Show current config (secrets masked)
 flynn config
 
@@ -705,6 +708,7 @@ automation:
   heartbeat:
     enabled: true
     interval: "5m"                         # Check every 5 minutes
+    notify_cooldown: "30m"                 # Suppress repeated alerts inside cooldown window
     checks: [gateway, model, channels, memory, disk, process_memory, backup, provider_errors]
     notify:
       channel: telegram
@@ -731,6 +735,7 @@ automation:
 | `provider_errors` | Model provider error rates stay below threshold |
 
 The monitor sends a notification when failures reach the configured threshold and a recovery notification when all checks pass again.
+Repeated failure/recovery notifications are throttled by `notify_cooldown`.
 
 ### Heartbeat Config Fields
 
@@ -738,7 +743,8 @@ The monitor sends a notification when failures reach the configured threshold an
 |-------|----------|-------------|
 | `enabled` | no | Enable the heartbeat monitor (default: `false`) |
 | `interval` | no | Check interval: `60s`, `5m`, `1h` (default: `5m`) |
-| `checks` | no | Which checks to run (default: all five) |
+| `notify_cooldown` | no | Minimum time between repeated heartbeat notifications of the same type (default: `30m`) |
+| `checks` | no | Which checks to run (default: `gateway, model, channels, memory, disk, process_memory, backup, provider_errors`) |
 | `notify.channel` | no | Channel to send failure/recovery notifications |
 | `notify.peer` | no | Peer/chat ID for notifications |
 | `failure_threshold` | no | Consecutive failures before notifying (default: `2`) |
@@ -748,6 +754,23 @@ The monitor sends a notification when failures reach the configured threshold an
 | `provider_error_rate_threshold` | no | Error-rate threshold (0..1) for `provider_errors` check (default: `0.5`) |
 | `provider_error_min_calls` | no | Minimum provider calls before applying error-rate threshold (default: `5`) |
 
+### Common Schedules and Routing
+
+- Nightly backups to Telegram alerts:
+  - `backup.schedule: "0 2 * * *"`
+  - `backup.notify.channel: telegram`
+- Weekday daily briefing to Discord:
+  - `automation.daily_briefing.schedule: "0 8 * * 1-5"`
+  - `automation.daily_briefing.output.channel: discord`
+- High-frequency heartbeat to Slack:
+  - `automation.heartbeat.interval: "2m"`
+  - `automation.heartbeat.notify.channel: slack`
+- MinIO sync every 6h to WebChat:
+  - `automation.minio_sync.interval: "6h"`
+  - `automation.minio_sync.notify.channel: webchat`
+
+`flynn setup` now includes an Operator Pack option in Automation that preconfigures scheduled backups, heartbeat alerts, a daily briefing, and a default MinIO sync task.
+
 ## Gmail Pub/Sub Watcher
 
 Monitor a Gmail inbox and forward new messages into the agent pipeline.

config/default.yaml

@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ hooks:
 #   heartbeat:
 #     enabled: false
 #     interval: "5m"
+#     notify_cooldown: "30m"
 #     checks: [gateway, model, channels, memory, disk, process_memory, backup, provider_errors]
 #     notify:
 #       channel: telegram

docs/plans/state.json

@@ -189,6 +189,27 @@
       ],
       "test_status": "pnpm test:run src/cli/minioExtractors.test.ts src/cli/doctor.test.ts + pnpm typecheck passing"
     },
+    "operator-pack-heartbeat-throttle-and-doctor-strict": {
+      "status": "completed",
+      "date": "2026-02-16",
+      "updated": "2026-02-16",
+      "summary": "Implemented operator-focused hardening and onboarding polish: added a setup Automation operator-pack path that preconfigures scheduled backups, heartbeat alerts, daily briefing, and default MinIO sync; added heartbeat notification throttling via `automation.heartbeat.notify_cooldown`; and added `flynn doctor --strict` to treat warnings as failures. Updated docs/default config examples accordingly.",
+      "files_modified": [
+        "src/cli/setup/config.ts",
+        "src/cli/setup/config.test.ts",
+        "src/cli/setup/automation.ts",
+        "src/automation/heartbeat.ts",
+        "src/automation/heartbeat.test.ts",
+        "src/config/schema.ts",
+        "src/config/schema.test.ts",
+        "src/cli/doctor.ts",
+        "src/cli/doctor.test.ts",
+        "config/default.yaml",
+        "README.md",
+        "docs/plans/state.json"
+      ],
+      "test_status": "pnpm test:run src/cli/setup/config.test.ts src/automation/heartbeat.test.ts src/config/schema.test.ts src/cli/doctor.test.ts + pnpm typecheck passing"
+    },
     "backup-session-summary-audit-trail": {
       "status": "completed",
       "date": "2026-02-16",
@@ -3473,7 +3494,7 @@
     }
   },
   "overall_progress": {
-    "total_test_count": 1859,
+    "total_test_count": 1863,
     "all_tests_passing": true,
     "p0_completion": "3/3 (100%)",
     "p1_completion": "4/4 (100%)",

src/automation/heartbeat.test.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ function makeConfig(overrides?: Partial<HeartbeatConfig>): HeartbeatConfig {
   return {
     enabled: true,
     interval: '5m',
+    notify_cooldown: '30m',
     checks: ['gateway', 'model', 'channels', 'memory', 'disk', 'process_memory', 'backup'],
     failure_threshold: 2,
     disk_threshold_mb: 100,
@@ -227,6 +228,34 @@ describe('HeartbeatMonitor', () => {
     expect(mockSend).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
+  it('suppresses repeat failure notifications inside notify cooldown after recovery', async () => {
+    const mockSend = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const mockGet = vi.fn().mockReturnValue({ send: mockSend });
+
+    const deps = makeDeps({
+      config: makeConfig({
+        checks: ['model'],
+        failure_threshold: 1,
+        notify_cooldown: '1h',
+        notify: { channel: 'telegram', peer: '123' },
+      }),
+      modelRouter: undefined,
+      channelLookup: { get: mockGet },
+    });
+    monitor = new HeartbeatMonitor(deps);
+
+    await monitor.runChecks();
+    expect(mockSend).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    Object.assign(deps, { modelRouter: { getTier: () => 'default' } });
+    await monitor.runChecks();
+    expect(mockSend).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+
+    Object.assign(deps, { modelRouter: undefined });
+    await monitor.runChecks();
+    expect(mockSend).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
   it('recovery notification sent when checks pass after failures', async () => {
     const mockSend = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
     const mockGet = vi.fn().mockReturnValue({ send: mockSend });

src/automation/heartbeat.ts

@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ export class HeartbeatMonitor {
   private timer: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | undefined;
   private lastResult: HeartbeatResult | undefined;
   private consecutiveFailures = 0;
-  private notifiedFailure = false;
+  private failureAlertSentForCurrentIncident = false;
+  private failureAlertProcessedForCurrentIncident = false;
+  private lastFailureNotificationAt = 0;
+  private lastFailureSignature = '';
+  private lastRecoveryNotificationAt = 0;
   private readonly deps: HeartbeatDeps;
 
   constructor(deps: HeartbeatDeps) {
@@ -172,28 +176,38 @@ export class HeartbeatMonitor {
     // Failure tracking and notification
     if (!healthy) {
       this.consecutiveFailures++;
-      if (this.consecutiveFailures >= this.deps.config.failure_threshold && !this.notifiedFailure) {
+      if (this.consecutiveFailures >= this.deps.config.failure_threshold && !this.failureAlertProcessedForCurrentIncident) {
-        this.notifiedFailure = true;
+        this.failureAlertProcessedForCurrentIncident = true;
         const failedChecks = checks.filter((c) => !c.healthy).map((c) => `${c.name}: ${c.message}`);
-        await this.notify(`Heartbeat FAILING (${this.consecutiveFailures} consecutive failures):\n${failedChecks.join('\n')}`);
+        const signature = failedChecks.join('|');
+        const sent = await this.notifyFailureWithCooldown(
+          `Heartbeat FAILING (${this.consecutiveFailures} consecutive failures):\n${failedChecks.join('\n')}`,
+          signature,
+        );
+        this.failureAlertSentForCurrentIncident = sent;
 
-        auditLogger?.heartbeatFail({
+        if (sent) {
-          checks_failed: failedChecks,
+          auditLogger?.heartbeatFail({
-          consecutive_failures: this.consecutiveFailures,
+            checks_failed: failedChecks,
-          threshold: this.deps.config.failure_threshold,
+            consecutive_failures: this.consecutiveFailures,
-        });
+            threshold: this.deps.config.failure_threshold,
+          });
+        }
       }
     } else {
-      if (this.notifiedFailure) {
+      if (this.failureAlertSentForCurrentIncident) {
         // Recovery notification
-        await this.notify(`Heartbeat RECOVERED after ${this.consecutiveFailures} consecutive failure(s). All checks passing.`);
+        await this.notifyRecoveryWithCooldown(
+          `Heartbeat RECOVERED after ${this.consecutiveFailures} consecutive failure(s). All checks passing.`,
+        );
 
         auditLogger?.heartbeatRecover({
           consecutive_failures_before: this.consecutiveFailures,
         });
       }
       this.consecutiveFailures = 0;
-      this.notifiedFailure = false;
+      this.failureAlertSentForCurrentIncident = false;
+      this.failureAlertProcessedForCurrentIncident = false;
     }
 
     auditLogger?.heartbeatCycle({
@@ -466,4 +480,34 @@ export class HeartbeatMonitor {
       console.error('HeartbeatMonitor: failed to send notification:', err);
     }
   }
+
+  private shouldNotifyByCooldown(lastAt: number, cooldownMs: number): boolean {
+    return Date.now() - lastAt >= cooldownMs;
+  }
+
+  private async notifyFailureWithCooldown(text: string, signature: string): Promise<boolean> {
+    const cooldownMs = parseInterval(this.deps.config.notify_cooldown ?? '30m');
+    const signatureChanged = signature !== this.lastFailureSignature;
+    const cooldownPassed = this.shouldNotifyByCooldown(this.lastFailureNotificationAt, cooldownMs);
+    if (!signatureChanged && !cooldownPassed) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    await this.notify(text);
+    this.lastFailureNotificationAt = Date.now();
+    this.lastFailureSignature = signature;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  private async notifyRecoveryWithCooldown(text: string): Promise<boolean> {
+    const cooldownMs = parseInterval(this.deps.config.notify_cooldown ?? '30m');
+    const cooldownPassed = this.shouldNotifyByCooldown(this.lastRecoveryNotificationAt, cooldownMs);
+    if (!cooldownPassed) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    await this.notify(text);
+    this.lastRecoveryNotificationAt = Date.now();
+    return true;
+  }
 }

src/cli/doctor.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, afterEach } from 'vitest';
-import { runChecks, type CheckResult, type DoctorContext } from './doctor.js';
+import { computeDoctorExitCode, runChecks, type CheckResult, type DoctorContext } from './doctor.js';
 import { writeFileSync, mkdirSync, rmSync } from 'fs';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { tmpdir } from 'os';
@@ -11,6 +11,22 @@ describe('doctor checks', () => {
     try { rmSync(testDir, { recursive: true }); } catch {}
   });
 
+  it('computeDoctorExitCode returns 0 with warnings in non-strict mode', () => {
+    const results: CheckResult[] = [
+      { status: 'pass', label: 'a' },
+      { status: 'warn', label: 'b' },
+    ];
+    expect(computeDoctorExitCode(results, false)).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('computeDoctorExitCode returns 1 with warnings in strict mode', () => {
+    const results: CheckResult[] = [
+      { status: 'pass', label: 'a' },
+      { status: 'warn', label: 'b' },
+    ];
+    expect(computeDoctorExitCode(results, true)).toBe(1);
+  });
+
   it('reports PASS when config file exists and is valid', async () => {
     mkdirSync(testDir, { recursive: true });
     const configPath = join(testDir, 'config.yaml');

src/cli/doctor.ts

@@ -632,12 +632,25 @@ export async function runChecks(ctx: DoctorContext): Promise<CheckResult[]> {
   return results;
 }
 
+export function computeDoctorExitCode(results: CheckResult[], strict: boolean): number {
+  const failCount = results.filter((r) => r.status === 'fail').length;
+  const warnCount = results.filter((r) => r.status === 'warn').length;
+  if (failCount > 0) {
+    return 1;
+  }
+  if (strict && warnCount > 0) {
+    return 1;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
 export function registerDoctorCommand(program: Command): void {
   program
     .command('doctor')
     .description('Validate configuration and check system health')
     .option('-c, --config <path>', 'Config file path')
-    .action(async (opts: { config?: string }) => {
+    .option('--strict', 'Treat warnings as failures')
+    .action(async (opts: { config?: string; strict?: boolean }) => {
       const configPath = opts.config ?? getConfigPath();
       const dataDir = getDataDir();
 
@@ -662,7 +675,10 @@ export function registerDoctorCommand(program: Command): void {
       };
 
       console.log(`Results: ${counts.pass} passed, ${counts.fail} failed, ${counts.warn} warnings, ${counts.skip} skipped`);
+      if (opts.strict && counts.warn > 0) {
+        console.log('Strict mode enabled: warnings are treated as failures.');
+      }
 
-      process.exit(counts.fail > 0 ? 1 : 0);
+      process.exit(computeDoctorExitCode(results, Boolean(opts.strict)));
     });
 }

src/cli/setup/automation.ts

@@ -57,6 +57,30 @@ const GOOGLE_SERVICES: GoogleService[] = [
 ];
 
 export async function setupAutomation(p: Prompter, builder: ConfigBuilder): Promise<void> {
+  const enableOperatorPack = await p.confirm(
+    'Enable operator automation pack (scheduled backups + heartbeat alerts + daily briefing + MinIO sync)?',
+    false,
+  );
+  if (enableOperatorPack) {
+    const config = builder.build();
+    const telegramPeer = config.telegram?.allowed_chat_ids?.[0];
+    const defaultOutputChannel = telegramPeer ? 'telegram' : 'webchat';
+    const defaultOutputPeer = telegramPeer ? String(telegramPeer) : 'operator';
+
+    const backupSchedule = await p.ask('Backup cron schedule', '0 2 * * *');
+    const dailyBriefingSchedule = await p.ask('Daily briefing cron schedule', '0 8 * * *');
+    const enableMinioSync = await p.confirm('Include default MinIO sync task?', true);
+
+    builder.applyOperatorPack({
+      outputChannel: defaultOutputChannel,
+      outputPeer: defaultOutputPeer,
+      backupSchedule,
+      dailyBriefingSchedule,
+      enableMinioSync,
+    });
+    p.println(`✓ Operator pack enabled (alerts routed to ${defaultOutputChannel}/${defaultOutputPeer})`);
+  }
+
   const cron = await p.confirm('Enable cron scheduler?', false);
   if (cron) {
     builder.setCronEnabled();

src/cli/setup/config.test.ts

@@ -84,4 +84,23 @@ describe('ConfigBuilder', () => {
     const obj = builder.build();
     expect(obj.server.token).toBe('my-secret-token');
   });
+
+  it('applies operator automation pack defaults', () => {
+    const builder = new ConfigBuilder();
+    builder.applyOperatorPack({
+      outputChannel: 'telegram',
+      outputPeer: '123',
+      backupSchedule: '0 2 * * *',
+      dailyBriefingSchedule: '0 8 * * *',
+      enableMinioSync: true,
+    });
+
+    const obj = builder.build();
+    expect(obj.backup?.enabled).toBe(true);
+    expect(obj.backup?.schedule).toBe('0 2 * * *');
+    expect(obj.backup?.run_on_start).toBe(true);
+    expect((obj.automation as Record<string, unknown>)?.heartbeat).toBeDefined();
+    expect((obj.automation as Record<string, unknown>)?.daily_briefing).toBeDefined();
+    expect((obj.automation as Record<string, unknown>)?.minio_sync).toBeDefined();
+  });
 });

src/cli/setup/config.ts

@@ -43,9 +43,23 @@ export interface SetupConfig {
     gtasks?: { enabled?: boolean };
     heartbeat?: { enabled?: boolean };
   } & Record<string, unknown>;
+  backup?: {
+    enabled?: boolean;
+    schedule?: string;
+    run_on_start?: boolean;
+    notify?: { channel: string; peer: string };
+  } & Record<string, unknown>;
   [key: string]: unknown;
 }
 
+interface OperatorPackOptions {
+  outputChannel: string;
+  outputPeer: string;
+  backupSchedule: string;
+  dailyBriefingSchedule: string;
+  enableMinioSync?: boolean;
+}
+
 export class ConfigBuilder {
   private config: SetupConfig;
 
@@ -187,6 +201,54 @@ export class ConfigBuilder {
     this.config.automation = automation;
   }
 
+  applyOperatorPack(options: OperatorPackOptions): void {
+    const automation = (this.config.automation ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+    const backup = (this.config.backup ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+
+    backup.enabled = true;
+    backup.schedule = options.backupSchedule;
+    backup.run_on_start = true;
+    backup.notify = { channel: options.outputChannel, peer: options.outputPeer };
+
+    automation.heartbeat = {
+      enabled: true,
+      notify: { channel: options.outputChannel, peer: options.outputPeer },
+      interval: '5m',
+      failure_threshold: 2,
+      notify_cooldown: '30m',
+    };
+
+    automation.daily_briefing = {
+      enabled: true,
+      schedule: options.dailyBriefingSchedule,
+      output: { channel: options.outputChannel, peer: options.outputPeer },
+      dedupe_per_local_day: true,
+      model_tier: 'fast',
+    };
+
+    if (options.enableMinioSync ?? true) {
+      automation.minio_sync = {
+        enabled: true,
+        interval: '6h',
+        run_on_start: true,
+        notify: { channel: options.outputChannel, peer: options.outputPeer },
+        tasks: [
+          {
+            prefix: 'knowledge/',
+            namespace_base: 'global/knowledge/minio',
+            mode: 'append',
+            max_objects: 20,
+            max_chars_per_object: 8000,
+            force: false,
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+    }
+
+    this.config.automation = automation;
+    this.config.backup = backup;
+  }
+
   build(): SetupConfig {
     return structuredClone(this.config) as SetupConfig;
   }

src/config/schema.test.ts

@@ -1002,6 +1002,7 @@ describe('configSchema automation', () => {
 
   it('defaults heartbeat extended thresholds and checks', () => {
     const result = configSchema.parse(baseConfig);
+    expect(result.automation.heartbeat.notify_cooldown).toBe('30m');
     expect(result.automation.heartbeat.process_memory_threshold_mb).toBe(1500);
     expect(result.automation.heartbeat.backup_failure_threshold).toBe(1);
     expect(result.automation.heartbeat.provider_error_rate_threshold).toBe(0.5);

src/config/schema.ts

@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ const heartbeatCheckSchema = z.enum(['gateway', 'model', 'channels', 'memory', '
 const heartbeatSchema = z.object({
   enabled: z.boolean().default(false),
   interval: z.string().default('5m'),
+  notify_cooldown: z.string().default('30m'),
   checks: z.array(heartbeatCheckSchema).default(['gateway', 'model', 'channels', 'memory', 'disk', 'process_memory', 'backup', 'provider_errors']),
   notify: z.object({
     channel: z.string().min(1),