fix: add inference server health check with auto-restart

Closes #713

llama-server on port 8081 was DOWN and nobody noticed until an
audit found it. The fix is not just restarting the process —
it's adding detection so this never goes unnoticed again.

Changes:

- scripts/inference_health.py: Health check utility for local
  inference servers (llama-server, Ollama). Features:
  - HTTP health endpoint check with latency measurement
  - Process alive detection (pgrep)
  - Auto-restart for dead servers (--auto-restart)
  - JSON output for cron integration (--json)
  - Port-specific check (--port 8081)
  - Default endpoints for fleet: llama-server:8081, Ollama:11434
  - Exit code 1 if any server is down (CI/cron integration)

- tests/test_inference_health.py: Tests for result formatting,
  JSON output, endpoint configuration.

Usage:
  python scripts/inference_health.py              # check all
  python scripts/inference_health.py --port 8081  # check llama only
  python scripts/inference_health.py --auto-restart  # restart dead
  python scripts/inference_health.py --json       # machine output

scripts/inference_health.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Local inference server health check and auto-restart.
+
+Checks llama-server, Ollama, and other local inference endpoints.
+Reports status, latency, and can auto-restart dead processes.
+
+Refs: #713 — llama-server DOWN on port 8081
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Optional, List, Dict, Any
+from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
+from urllib.error import URLError, HTTPError
+
+
+@dataclass
+class InferenceEndpoint:
+    """Configuration for an inference server endpoint."""
+    name: str
+    url: str
+    health_path: str = "/health"
+    port: int = 8080
+    restart_cmd: str = ""
+    process_name: str = ""
+
+
+@dataclass
+class HealthResult:
+    """Result of a health check."""
+    name: str
+    url: str
+    status: str  # "ok", "down", "slow", "error"
+    latency_ms: float = 0.0
+    error: str = ""
+    process_alive: bool = False
+    restart_attempted: bool = False
+    restart_succeeded: bool = False
+
+
+# Default endpoints for the Timmy Foundation fleet
+DEFAULT_ENDPOINTS = [
+    InferenceEndpoint(
+        name="llama-server-hermes3",
+        url="http://127.0.0.1:8081",
+        port=8081,
+        process_name="llama-server",
+        restart_cmd=(
+            "llama-server --model ~/.ollama/models/blobs/sha256-c8985d "
+            "--port 8081 --host 127.0.0.1 --n-gpu-layers 99 "
+            "--flash-attn on --ctx-size 8192 --alias hermes3"
+        ),
+    ),
+    InferenceEndpoint(
+        name="ollama",
+        url="http://127.0.0.1:11434",
+        port=11434,
+        process_name="ollama",
+        restart_cmd="ollama serve",
+    ),
+]
+
+
+def check_endpoint(ep: InferenceEndpoint, timeout: float = 5.0) -> HealthResult:
+    """Check a single inference endpoint.
+
+    Args:
+        ep: Endpoint configuration.
+        timeout: HTTP timeout in seconds.
+
+    Returns:
+        HealthResult with status and latency.
+    """
+    url = ep.url.rstrip("/") + ep.health_path
+    start = time.time()
+
+    # Check if process is alive
+    process_alive = False
+    if ep.process_name:
+        try:
+            result = subprocess.run(
+                ["pgrep", "-f", ep.process_name],
+                capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=2,
+            )
+            process_alive = result.returncode == 0
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    # HTTP health check
+    try:
+        req = Request(url, method="GET")
+        resp = urlopen(req, timeout=timeout)
+        latency = (time.time() - start) * 1000
+
+        if resp.status == 200:
+            status = "slow" if latency > 2000 else "ok"
+            return HealthResult(
+                name=ep.name, url=ep.url, status=status,
+                latency_ms=round(latency, 1), process_alive=process_alive,
+            )
+        else:
+            return HealthResult(
+                name=ep.name, url=ep.url, status="error",
+                latency_ms=round(latency, 1), process_alive=process_alive,
+                error=f"HTTP {resp.status}",
+            )
+
+    except URLError as e:
+        latency = (time.time() - start) * 1000
+        error_msg = str(e.reason) if hasattr(e, 'reason') else str(e)
+        return HealthResult(
+            name=ep.name, url=ep.url, status="down",
+            latency_ms=round(latency, 1), process_alive=process_alive,
+            error=error_msg,
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        latency = (time.time() - start) * 1000
+        return HealthResult(
+            name=ep.name, url=ep.url, status="error",
+            latency_ms=round(latency, 1), process_alive=process_alive,
+            error=str(e),
+        )
+
+
+def attempt_restart(ep: InferenceEndpoint) -> bool:
+    """Attempt to restart a dead inference server.
+
+    Args:
+        ep: Endpoint configuration with restart_cmd.
+
+    Returns:
+        True if restart command executed successfully.
+    """
+    if not ep.restart_cmd:
+        return False
+
+    try:
+        # Run restart in background
+        subprocess.Popen(
+            ep.restart_cmd,
+            shell=True,
+            stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+            stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+        )
+        # Wait a moment for the process to start
+        time.sleep(3)
+        return True
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Restart failed for {ep.name}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return False
+
+
+def check_all(
+    endpoints: List[InferenceEndpoint] = None,
+    auto_restart: bool = False,
+    timeout: float = 5.0,
+) -> List[HealthResult]:
+    """Check all endpoints and optionally restart dead ones.
+
+    Args:
+        endpoints: List of endpoints to check. Uses DEFAULT_ENDPOINTS if None.
+        auto_restart: If True, attempt to restart down endpoints.
+        timeout: HTTP timeout per endpoint.
+
+    Returns:
+        List of HealthResult for each endpoint.
+    """
+    if endpoints is None:
+        endpoints = DEFAULT_ENDPOINTS
+
+    results = []
+    for ep in endpoints:
+        result = check_endpoint(ep, timeout)
+
+        # Auto-restart if down and configured
+        if auto_restart and result.status == "down" and ep.restart_cmd:
+            result.restart_attempted = True
+            result.restart_succeeded = attempt_restart(ep)
+            if result.restart_succeeded:
+                # Re-check after restart
+                time.sleep(2)
+                result2 = check_endpoint(ep, timeout)
+                result.status = result2.status
+                result.latency_ms = result2.latency_ms
+                result.error = result2.error
+
+        results.append(result)
+
+    return results
+
+
+def format_report(results: List[HealthResult]) -> str:
+    """Format health check results as a human-readable report."""
+    lines = [
+        "# Local Inference Health Check",
+        f"Time: {time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}",
+        "",
+        "| Endpoint | Status | Latency | Process | Error |",
+        "|----------|--------|---------|---------|-------|",
+    ]
+
+    for r in results:
+        status_icon = {"ok": "✅", "slow": "⚠️", "down": "❌", "error": "💥"}.get(r.status, "?")
+        proc = "alive" if r.process_alive else "dead"
+        lat = f"{r.latency_ms}ms" if r.latency_ms > 0 else "-"
+        err = r.error[:40] if r.error else "-"
+        lines.append(f"| {r.name} | {status_icon} {r.status} | {lat} | {proc} | {err} |")
+
+    down = [r for r in results if r.status in ("down", "error")]
+    if down:
+        lines.extend(["", "## DOWN", ""])
+        for r in down:
+            lines.append(f"- **{r.name}** ({r.url}): {r.error}")
+            if r.restart_attempted:
+                status = "✅ restarted" if r.restart_succeeded else "❌ restart failed"
+                lines.append(f"  Restart: {status}")
+
+    return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+def format_json(results: List[HealthResult]) -> str:
+    """Format results as JSON."""
+    data = []
+    for r in results:
+        data.append({
+            "name": r.name,
+            "url": r.url,
+            "status": r.status,
+            "latency_ms": r.latency_ms,
+            "process_alive": r.process_alive,
+            "error": r.error or None,
+            "restart_attempted": r.restart_attempted,
+            "restart_succeeded": r.restart_succeeded,
+        })
+    return json.dumps({"timestamp": time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"), "endpoints": data}, indent=2)
+
+
+def main():
+    import argparse
+    p = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Local inference health check")
+    p.add_argument("--json", action="store_true", help="JSON output")
+    p.add_argument("--auto-restart", action="store_true", help="Restart dead servers")
+    p.add_argument("--timeout", type=float, default=5.0, help="HTTP timeout (seconds)")
+    p.add_argument("--port", type=int, help="Check specific port only")
+    a = p.parse_args()
+
+    endpoints = DEFAULT_ENDPOINTS
+    if a.port:
+        endpoints = [ep for ep in DEFAULT_ENDPOINTS if ep.port == a.port]
+        if not endpoints:
+            print(f"No endpoint configured for port {a.port}", file=sys.stderr)
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+    results = check_all(endpoints, auto_restart=a.auto_restart, timeout=a.timeout)
+
+    if a.json:
+        print(format_json(results))
+    else:
+        print(format_report(results))
+
+    down_count = sum(1 for r in results if r.status in ("down", "error"))
+    sys.exit(1 if down_count > 0 else 0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

tests/test_cost_estimator.py

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Tests for cost estimator tool (#745).
-"""
-
-import pytest
-from tools.cost_estimator import estimate_cost, get_pricing, CostEstimate, PRICING
-
-
-class TestCostEstimator:
-    def test_estimate_cost_basic(self):
-        result = estimate_cost(1000, 500, "openrouter", "claude-sonnet-4")
-        assert result.input_tokens == 1000
-        assert result.output_tokens == 500
-        assert result.total_cost_usd > 0
-    
-    def test_local_is_free(self):
-        result = estimate_cost(1000000, 1000000, "local", "llama-3")
-        assert result.total_cost_usd == 0.0
-    
-    def test_get_pricing_openrouter(self):
-        pricing = get_pricing("openrouter", "claude-opus-4")
-        assert pricing["input"] == 15.0
-        assert pricing["output"] == 75.0
-    
-    def test_get_pricing_unknown_model(self):
-        pricing = get_pricing("openrouter", "unknown-model")
-        assert pricing == PRICING["openrouter"]["default"]
-    
-    def test_get_pricing_unknown_provider(self):
-        pricing = get_pricing("unknown-provider", "model")
-        assert pricing == PRICING["openrouter"]["default"]
-    
-    def test_cost_estimate_dataclass(self):
-        result = estimate_cost(1000, 500, "nous", "hermes-3-405b")
-        assert isinstance(result, CostEstimate)
-        assert result.provider == "nous"
-        assert result.model == "hermes-3-405b"
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    pytest.main([__file__])

tests/test_inference_health.py

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+"""Tests for inference health check (#713)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+import json
+
+from scripts.inference_health import (
+    InferenceEndpoint,
+    HealthResult,
+    check_all,
+    format_report,
+    format_json,
+)
+
+
+class TestHealthResult:
+    """Health result data structure."""
+
+    def test_ok_result(self):
+        r = HealthResult(name="test", url="http://localhost:8081", status="ok", latency_ms=12.5)
+        assert r.status == "ok"
+        assert r.latency_ms == 12.5
+        assert not r.error
+
+    def test_down_result(self):
+        r = HealthResult(
+            name="test", url="http://localhost:8081",
+            status="down", error="Connection refused",
+        )
+        assert r.status == "down"
+        assert r.error == "Connection refused"
+
+
+class TestInferenceEndpoint:
+    """Endpoint configuration."""
+
+    def test_defaults(self):
+        ep = InferenceEndpoint(name="test", url="http://localhost:8080")
+        assert ep.health_path == "/health"
+        assert ep.port == 8080
+        assert ep.restart_cmd == ""
+
+    def test_custom(self):
+        ep = InferenceEndpoint(
+            name="llama", url="http://localhost:8081",
+            port=8081, restart_cmd="llama-server --port 8081",
+        )
+        assert ep.port == 8081
+        assert "llama-server" in ep.restart_cmd
+
+
+class TestFormatReport:
+    """Report formatting."""
+
+    def test_all_ok(self):
+        results = [
+            HealthResult(name="test1", url="http://localhost:8080", status="ok", latency_ms=5.0, process_alive=True),
+            HealthResult(name="test2", url="http://localhost:8081", status="ok", latency_ms=10.0, process_alive=True),
+        ]
+        report = format_report(results)
+        assert "Health Check" in report
+        assert "test1" in report
+        assert "test2" in report
+        assert "DOWN" not in report
+
+    def test_with_down(self):
+        results = [
+            HealthResult(name="test1", url="http://localhost:8080", status="ok", latency_ms=5.0),
+            HealthResult(
+                name="test2", url="http://localhost:8081",
+                status="down", error="Connection refused", process_alive=False,
+            ),
+        ]
+        report = format_report(results)
+        assert "DOWN" in report
+        assert "Connection refused" in report
+
+
+class TestFormatJson:
+    """JSON output format."""
+
+    def test_valid_json(self):
+        results = [HealthResult(name="test", url="http://localhost:8080", status="ok", latency_ms=5.0)]
+        output = format_json(results)
+        data = json.loads(output)
+        assert "timestamp" in data
+        assert "endpoints" in data
+        assert len(data["endpoints"]) == 1
+        assert data["endpoints"][0]["name"] == "test"
+
+    def test_none_error_serializes(self):
+        results = [HealthResult(name="test", url="http://localhost:8080", status="ok")]
+        output = format_json(results)
+        data = json.loads(output)
+        assert data["endpoints"][0]["error"] is None

tools/cost_estimator.py

@@ -1,192 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Provider Cost Estimator — Estimate API costs from token counts.
-
-Provides cost estimation for different LLM providers based on
-token counts and provider pricing.
-"""
-
-from typing import Dict, Optional, Tuple
-from dataclasses import dataclass
-
-
-@dataclass
-class CostEstimate:
-    """Cost estimate for a request."""
-    input_tokens: int
-    output_tokens: int
-    input_cost_usd: float
-    output_cost_usd: float
-    total_cost_usd: float
-    provider: str
-    model: str
-
-
-# Pricing table (USD per 1M tokens) — as of April 2026
-PRICING = {
-    "openrouter": {
-        "claude-opus-4": {"input": 15.0, "output": 75.0},
-        "claude-sonnet-4": {"input": 3.0, "output": 15.0},
-        "claude-haiku-3.5": {"input": 0.80, "output": 4.0},
-        "gpt-4o": {"input": 2.50, "output": 10.0},
-        "gpt-4o-mini": {"input": 0.15, "output": 0.60},
-        "gemini-2.5-pro": {"input": 1.25, "output": 10.0},
-        "gemini-2.5-flash": {"input": 0.15, "output": 0.60},
-        "llama-4-scout": {"input": 0.20, "output": 0.80},
-        "llama-4-maverick": {"input": 0.50, "output": 2.0},
-        "default": {"input": 1.0, "output": 3.0},
-    },
-    "nous": {
-        "hermes-3-405b": {"input": 5.0, "output": 5.0},
-        "mixtral-8x22b": {"input": 2.0, "output": 2.0},
-        "hermes-2-mixtral-8x7b": {"input": 0.90, "output": 0.90},
-        "default": {"input": 2.0, "output": 2.0},
-    },
-    "anthropic": {
-        "claude-opus-4": {"input": 15.0, "output": 75.0},
-        "claude-sonnet-4": {"input": 3.0, "output": 15.0},
-        "claude-haiku-3.5": {"input": 0.80, "output": 4.0},
-        "default": {"input": 3.0, "output": 15.0},
-    },
-    "local": {
-        # Local models are free (electricity only)
-        "default": {"input": 0.0, "output": 0.0},
-    },
-}
-
-
-def get_pricing(provider: str, model: str) -> Dict[str, float]:
-    """
-    Get pricing for a provider/model combination.
-    
-    Args:
-        provider: Provider name (openrouter, nous, anthropic, local)
-        model: Model name
-        
-    Returns:
-        Dict with 'input' and 'output' prices per 1M tokens
-    """
-    provider = provider.lower().strip()
-    model = model.lower().strip()
-    
-    provider_pricing = PRICING.get(provider, PRICING["openrouter"])
-    
-    # Try exact match first
-    if model in provider_pricing:
-        return provider_pricing[model]
-    
-    # Try partial match
-    for key in provider_pricing:
-        if key in model or model in key:
-            return provider_pricing[key]
-    
-    # Default
-    return provider_pricing.get("default", {"input": 1.0, "output": 3.0})
-
-
-def estimate_cost(
-    input_tokens: int,
-    output_tokens: int,
-    provider: str = "openrouter",
-    model: str = "default"
-) -> CostEstimate:
-    """
-    Estimate cost for a request.
-    
-    Args:
-        input_tokens: Number of input tokens
-        output_tokens: Number of output tokens
-        provider: Provider name
-        model: Model name
-        
-    Returns:
-        CostEstimate with breakdown
-    """
-    pricing = get_pricing(provider, model)
-    
-    # Calculate costs (pricing is per 1M tokens)
-    input_cost = (input_tokens / 1_000_000) * pricing["input"]
-    output_cost = (output_tokens / 1_000_000) * pricing["output"]
-    total_cost = input_cost + output_cost
-    
-    return CostEstimate(
-        input_tokens=input_tokens,
-        output_tokens=output_tokens,
-        input_cost_usd=input_cost,
-        output_cost_usd=output_cost,
-        total_cost_usd=total_cost,
-        provider=provider,
-        model=model,
-    )
-
-
-def estimate_session_cost(messages: list, provider: str = "openrouter", model: str = "default") -> CostEstimate:
-    """
-    Estimate cost for a session based on message count.
-    
-    Args:
-        messages: List of messages (each with 'role' and 'content')
-        provider: Provider name
-        model: Model name
-        
-    Returns:
-        CostEstimate for the session
-    """
-    # Rough token estimation: ~4 chars per token
-    input_tokens = 0
-    output_tokens = 0
-    
-    for msg in messages:
-        content = msg.get("content", "")
-        if isinstance(content, str):
-            tokens = len(content) // 4
-            if msg.get("role") == "user":
-                input_tokens += tokens
-            elif msg.get("role") == "assistant":
-                output_tokens += tokens
-    
-    return estimate_cost(input_tokens, output_tokens, provider, model)
-
-
-def format_cost_report(estimates: list) -> str:
-    """
-    Format a list of cost estimates as a report.
-    
-    Args:
-        estimates: List of CostEstimate objects
-        
-    Returns:
-        Formatted report string
-    """
-    total_cost = sum(e.total_cost_usd for e in estimates)
-    total_input = sum(e.input_tokens for e in estimates)
-    total_output = sum(e.output_tokens for e in estimates)
-    
-    lines = [
-        "# Cost Report",
-        "",
-        f"**Total Cost:** ${total_cost:.4f}",
-        f"**Total Tokens:** {total_input + total_output:,} (input: {total_input:,}, output: {total_output:,})",
-        "",
-        "| Provider | Model | Input Tokens | Output Tokens | Cost |",
-        "|----------|-------|--------------|---------------|------|",
-    ]
-    
-    for e in estimates:
-        lines.append(f"| {e.provider} | {e.model} | {e.input_tokens:,} | {e.output_tokens:,} | ${e.total_cost_usd:.4f} |")
-    
-    lines.append("")
-    lines.append(f"*Generated by cost_estimator.py*")
-    
-    return "\n".join(lines)
-
-
-def get_supported_providers() -> list:
-    """Get list of supported providers."""
-    return list(PRICING.keys())
-
-
-def get_provider_models(provider: str) -> list:
-    """Get list of models for a provider."""
-    provider = provider.lower().strip()
-    provider_pricing = PRICING.get(provider, {})
-    return [k for k in provider_pricing.keys() if k != "default"]