Skip SQLite page reclamation on Linux NFS mounts (#54417)

## Why

SQLite page reclamation on NFS creates I/O load and contention.

## What changed

Detect whether `sqlite_home` is on NFS on Linux and skip reclamation before opening a maintenance connection. Cache successful filesystem probes across `SqliteConfig` clones while allowing failed probes to retry.

## Testing

Add tests for shared probe caching and recovery after a missing directory is created. Update reclamation coverage to expect no reclaimed pages or file shrinkage on NFS.

GitOrigin-RevId: 4f627cabc6ad712171654c3f8b8659d2f632bbba

codex-rs/Cargo.lock

@@ -3485,6 +3485,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "codex-utils-absolute-path",
  "codex-utils-path-uri",
  "futures",
+ "rustix 1.1.4",
  "serde",
 ]
 
@@ -4658,6 +4659,7 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
+ "codex-file-system",
  "codex-git-utils",
  "codex-history",
  "codex-protocol",

codex-rs/file-system/Cargo.toml

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ codex-utils-path-uri = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
+rustix = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
+
 [lib]
 test = false
 doctest = false

codex-rs/file-system/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 mod environment_accessor;
 mod exec_permission_profile_serde;
 mod find_up;
+mod nfs;
 
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use codex_protocol::config_types::WindowsSandboxLevel;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ pub use find_up::FindUpErrorPolicy;
 pub use find_up::find_nearest_ancestor_with_markers;
 pub use find_up::find_nearest_native_ancestor_with_markers;
 use futures::Stream;
+pub use nfs::is_nfs;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::future::Future;

codex-rs/file-system/src/nfs.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+//! Detects NFS on Linux; other platforms retain their existing filesystem behavior.
+//! Closing an extra file descriptor could release process-wide POSIX locks on its inode.
+
+use std::io;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+/// On linux we sometimes do a special treatment for NFS related path. We don't support windows NFS
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+pub fn is_nfs(path: &Path) -> io::Result<bool> {
+    Ok(rustix::fs::statfs(path)?.f_type == rustix::fs::NFS_SUPER_MAGIC)
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+pub fn is_nfs(_path: &Path) -> io::Result<bool> {
+    Ok(false)
+}

codex-rs/state/Cargo.toml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 chrono = { workspace = true }
+codex-file-system = { workspace = true }
 codex-history = { workspace = true }
 codex-protocol = { workspace = true }
 codex-utils-absolute-path = { workspace = true }

codex-rs/state/src/runtime/reclamation.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 //! Reclaims unused SQLite pages in opted-in databases, reducing batches after stalled passes.
+//! NFS on Linux skips opening a maintenance connection.
 use crate::RuntimeDbPath;
 use crate::SqliteConfig;
 use log::LevelFilter;
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ impl SqliteReclamationWorker {
                 if owner.is_none() {
                     continue;
                 }
-                delay = visit(&mut scheduled, &receiver).await;
+                delay = visit(&sqlite, &mut scheduled, &receiver).await;
             }
         });
 
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ impl SqliteReclamationWorker {
 }
 
 async fn visit(
+    sqlite: &SqliteConfig,
     scheduled: &mut [(RuntimeDbPath, Instant, ReclamationState)],
     shutdown: &watch::Receiver<()>,
 ) -> Duration {
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ async fn visit(
             continue;
         }
         let result = reclaim(
+            sqlite,
             &db.path,
             ReclamationOptions {
                 budget: Budget {
@@ -206,10 +209,18 @@ impl From<Budget> for ReclamationOptions {
 }
 
 async fn reclaim(
+    sqlite: &SqliteConfig,
     path: &Path,
     options: impl Into<ReclamationOptions>,
     shutdown: &watch::Receiver<()>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<ReclamationPass> {
+    // do not perform autovacuum and cleanup on NFS as it creates a lot of load and contention on IO
+    if sqlite.is_nfs().await? {
+        return Ok(ReclamationPass {
+            pages: 0,
+            outcome: PassOutcome::Idle,
+        });
+    }
     if !tokio::fs::try_exists(path).await? {
         return Ok(ReclamationPass {
             pages: 0,

codex-rs/state/src/runtime/reclamation_tests.rs

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ async fn interrupted_reclamation_releases_writer_and_resumes_without_data_loss()
         .await?;
     let (_shutdown, receiver) = watch::channel(());
     let resumed = reclaim(
+        &sqlite,
         &sqlite.logs_db_path(),
         Budget {
             deadline: Some(Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(30)),
@@ -104,16 +105,21 @@ async fn interrupted_reclamation_releases_writer_and_resumes_without_data_loss()
     let free_after_retry: i64 = sqlx::query_scalar("PRAGMA freelist_count")
         .fetch_one(&pool)
         .await?;
-    assert!(resumed.pages > 0);
     assert_eq!(
         free_before_retry - free_after_retry,
         i64::from(resumed.pages)
     );
     let bytes_after_retry = tokio::fs::metadata(sqlite.logs_db_path()).await?.len();
-    assert!(
+    if sqlite.is_nfs().await? {
-        bytes_after_retry < bytes_before_retry,
+        assert_eq!(resumed.pages, 0);
-        "reclamation must shrink the SQLite file: {bytes_before_retry} -> {bytes_after_retry} bytes"
+        assert_eq!(bytes_after_retry, bytes_before_retry);
-    );
+    } else {
+        assert!(resumed.pages > 0);
+        assert!(
+            bytes_after_retry < bytes_before_retry,
+            "reclamation must shrink the SQLite file: {bytes_before_retry} -> {bytes_after_retry} bytes"
+        );
+    }
     assert_eq!(
         sqlx::query_as::<_, (i64, String)>(rows)
             .fetch_all(&pool)

codex-rs/state/src/sqlite.rs

@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ use sqlx::sqlite::SqlitePoolOptions;
 use sqlx::sqlite::SqliteSynchronous;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use std::time::Instant;
+use tokio::sync::OnceCell;
 
 mod busy_retry;
 mod validation;
@@ -154,14 +156,16 @@ pub struct RuntimeDbPath {
 }
 
 /// Resolved configuration shared by all Codex SQLite connections.
-/// Clones share quick-check attempts; a newly constructed config checks independently.
+/// Clones share filesystem probes and quick-check attempts; a new config checks independently.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct SqliteConfig {
     sqlite_home: AbsolutePathBuf,
+    is_nfs: Arc<OnceCell<bool>>,
     quick_check_manager: SqliteQuickCheckManager,
 }
 
-// Validation history is operational state, not part of configuration equality.
+// Cached filesystem information and validation history are operational state,
+// not part of configuration equality.
 impl PartialEq for SqliteConfig {
     fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
         self.sqlite_home == other.sqlite_home
@@ -174,6 +178,7 @@ impl SqliteConfig {
     pub fn from_sqlite_home(sqlite_home: AbsolutePathBuf) -> Self {
         Self {
             sqlite_home,
+            is_nfs: Arc::new(OnceCell::new()),
             quick_check_manager: SqliteQuickCheckManager::new(),
         }
     }
@@ -186,6 +191,20 @@ impl SqliteConfig {
         self.sqlite_home.as_path()
     }
 
+    /// Detects if the sqlite_home directory is under the NFS mount (once per the lifetime)
+    pub async fn is_nfs(&self) -> anyhow::Result<bool> {
+        self.is_nfs
+            .get_or_try_init(|| async {
+                let sqlite_home = self.home().to_path_buf();
+                Ok(
+                    tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || codex_file_system::is_nfs(&sqlite_home))
+                        .await??,
+                )
+            })
+            .await
+            .copied()
+    }
+
     /// Return the path to the primary state database.
     pub fn state_db_path(&self) -> PathBuf {
         STATE_DB.path(self.home())

codex-rs/state/src/sqlite_tests.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! Regression coverage for SQLite initialization under competing database locks.
+//! Regression coverage for SQLite initialization, cached filesystem detection, and competing locks.
 
 use super::SqliteConfig;
 use codex_utils_absolute_path::test_support::PathExt;
@@ -8,6 +8,60 @@ use sqlx::sqlite::SqliteConnectOptions;
 use sqlx::sqlite::SqliteJournalMode;
 use sqlx::sqlite::SqlitePoolOptions;
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn sqlite_home_filesystem_probe_is_shared_by_clones_until_config_replacement()
+-> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let sqlite_home = crate::runtime::test_support::unique_temp_dir();
+    tokio::fs::create_dir_all(&sqlite_home).await?;
+    let _cleanup = scopeguard::guard(sqlite_home.clone(), |sqlite_home| {
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(sqlite_home);
+    });
+    let sqlite = SqliteConfig::new_for_testing(sqlite_home.as_path().abs());
+    let clone = sqlite.clone();
+    let is_nfs = sqlite.is_nfs().await?;
+    tokio::fs::remove_dir(&sqlite_home).await?;
+    // This clone has never queried the home. It must reuse the original's probe,
+    // because a fresh filesystem lookup would fail now that the home is absent.
+    assert_eq!(clone.is_nfs().await?, is_nfs);
+
+    let fresh = SqliteConfig::new_for_testing(sqlite_home.as_path().abs());
+    assert_eq!(
+        fresh
+            .is_nfs()
+            .await
+            .unwrap_err()
+            .downcast_ref::<std::io::Error>()
+            .unwrap()
+            .kind(),
+        std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn failed_sqlite_home_filesystem_probe_recovers_after_home_creation() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let sqlite_home = crate::runtime::test_support::unique_temp_dir();
+    let _cleanup = scopeguard::guard(sqlite_home.clone(), |sqlite_home| {
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(sqlite_home);
+    });
+    let sqlite = SqliteConfig::new_for_testing(sqlite_home.as_path().abs());
+    assert_eq!(
+        sqlite
+            .is_nfs()
+            .await
+            .unwrap_err()
+            .downcast_ref::<std::io::Error>()
+            .unwrap()
+            .kind(),
+        std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound
+    );
+    tokio::fs::create_dir_all(&sqlite_home).await?;
+    sqlite.is_nfs().await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn open_read_write_pool_initializes_fresh_database_settings() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     for interrupted in [false, true] {