Found while auditing the registry for SSH ports (2026-09-17); nothing in the codebase records it.
CrawlCycle.RefuseAsync writes a refused dial as succeeded: true with now + ProbeSchedule.LongestInterval. A target we never dial therefore reads as flawless: consecutive_failures = 0, a recent last_probed_at, no availability row, and nothing durable anywhere. The only evidence is a log line with roughly thirty minutes of retention.
The only way to find one today is the arithmetic the refusal happens to leave behind:
SELECT host, port, game_id IS NOT NULL AS listed, last_probed_at
FROM crawl_target
WHERE consecutive_failures = 0
AND next_probe_at = last_probed_at + interval '7 days';
On 2026-09-17 that returned exactly two rows out of 1,677 targets — one scope refusal (#tracked separately) and one standing opt-out. Both correct; neither discoverable.
What to build. A durable, operator-facing record that we declined to dial, and when. The precedent is icon_attempt (see CLAUDE.md): our own note about our own attempt, which rule 5 does not reach because none of it enters a game's public record. A refusal must stay out of availability_interval for exactly the reason FailureCause.Refused already means something else — a real RST from a real host.
What not to build. Anything that renders on a game page. "We chose not to dial this" is a fact about us.
Found while auditing the registry for SSH ports (2026-09-17); nothing in the codebase records it.
CrawlCycle.RefuseAsyncwrites a refused dial assucceeded: truewithnow + ProbeSchedule.LongestInterval. A target we never dial therefore reads as flawless:consecutive_failures = 0, a recentlast_probed_at, no availability row, and nothing durable anywhere. The only evidence is a log line with roughly thirty minutes of retention.The only way to find one today is the arithmetic the refusal happens to leave behind:
On 2026-09-17 that returned exactly two rows out of 1,677 targets — one scope refusal (#tracked separately) and one standing opt-out. Both correct; neither discoverable.
What to build. A durable, operator-facing record that we declined to dial, and when. The precedent is
icon_attempt(see CLAUDE.md): our own note about our own attempt, which rule 5 does not reach because none of it enters a game's public record. A refusal must stay out ofavailability_intervalfor exactly the reasonFailureCause.Refusedalready means something else — a real RST from a real host.What not to build. Anything that renders on a game page. "We chose not to dial this" is a fact about us.