feat: M1 determinism fixes for gossip

Refs #1

- F1: canonical fingerprints (git identity by remote URL, log by
  basename, obsidian by relative vault path) so identical facts get
  identical ids across machines
- F2: node_id (persisted in settings) + Hybrid Logical Clock in all
  observation "when" columns; removed time.Now() fact-time fallbacks
- F3: stable TF-IDF tie-break sort (score desc, term asc)
- F4: observations carry (node_id, hcl) locator; dedup ordered by hcl

internal/db/db.go

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package db
 
 import (
+	"crypto/rand"
 	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -10,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/david/knox/internal/hlc"
 	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
 )
 
@@ -17,6 +20,8 @@ const goldenMinConfidence = 0.7
 
 type KnoxDB struct {
 	db     *sql.DB
+	nodeID string
+	clock  *hlc.Clock
 }
 
 type Observation struct {
@@ -101,6 +106,9 @@ func Open(path string) (*KnoxDB, error) {
 	migrations := []string{
 		"ALTER TABLE threads ADD COLUMN provenance TEXT DEFAULT '{}'",
 		"ALTER TABLE entries ADD COLUMN created_at TEXT DEFAULT ''",
+		"ALTER TABLE observations ADD COLUMN node_id TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ''",
+		"ALTER TABLE observations ADD COLUMN hcl INTEGER",
+		"ALTER TABLE observations ADD COLUMN received_at TEXT",
 	}
 	for _, m := range migrations {
 		if _, err := db.Exec(m); err != nil && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "duplicate column") {
@@ -108,8 +116,53 @@ func Open(path string) (*KnoxDB, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return &KnoxDB{db: db}, nil
+	kdb := &KnoxDB{db: db, clock: hlc.New()}
+
+	// Node identity: generated once, persisted in settings. Stable across
+	// restarts so gossip cursors and locator IDs survive.
+	nodeID, err := kdb.loadNodeID()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
+	kdb.nodeID = nodeID
+
+	// Backfill: rows added before node_id existed belong to this node.
+	if _, err := db.Exec("UPDATE observations SET node_id=? WHERE node_id=''", nodeID); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("backfill node_id: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return kdb, nil
+}
+
+const nodeIDKey = "node_id"
+
+// loadNodeID reads the persisted node identity, creating one if absent.
+func (k *KnoxDB) loadNodeID() (string, error) {
+	var id string
+	err := k.db.QueryRow(`SELECT value FROM settings WHERE key=?`, nodeIDKey).Scan(&id)
+	if err == nil && id != "" {
+		return id, nil
+	}
+	if err != nil && err != sql.ErrNoRows {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("read node_id: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	buf := make([]byte, 16)
+	if _, err := rand.Read(buf); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("generate node_id: %w", err)
+	}
+	id = hex.EncodeToString(buf)
+	if _, err := k.db.Exec(
+		`INSERT INTO settings (key, value) VALUES (?, ?) ON CONFLICT(key) DO UPDATE SET value=?`,
+		nodeIDKey, id, id,
+	); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("persist node_id: %w", err)
+	}
+	return id, nil
+}
+
+// NodeID returns this node's stable identity.
+func (k *KnoxDB) NodeID() string { return k.nodeID }
 
 func (k *KnoxDB) Close() error { return k.db.Close() }
 
@@ -123,7 +176,8 @@ func (k *KnoxDB) RecordObservation(o ObservationRecord) (obsID int64, isNew bool
 	}
 	defer tx.Rollback()
 
-	now := time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
+	hclVal, hclWall := k.clock.Now()
+	now := hclWall.Format(time.RFC3339)
 
 	// Dedup: compare against the latest observation of the same fingerprint.
 	// For content sources (LineEnd > 0) the extent/summary IS the change signal —
@@ -136,7 +190,7 @@ func (k *KnoxDB) RecordObservation(o ObservationRecord) (obsID int64, isNew bool
 	err = tx.QueryRow(
 		`SELECT id, COALESCE(title,''), COALESCE(summary,''), COALESCE(project,''),
 		        COALESCE(created_at,''), COALESCE(line_start,0), COALESCE(line_end,0)
-		 FROM observations WHERE fingerprint=? ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1`, o.Fingerprint,
+		 FROM observations WHERE fingerprint=? ORDER BY hcl DESC, id DESC LIMIT 1`, o.Fingerprint,
 	).Scan(&prevID, &pTitle, &pSummary, &pProject, &pCreated, &pStart, &pEnd)
 	switch err {
 	case nil:
@@ -154,10 +208,12 @@ func (k *KnoxDB) RecordObservation(o ObservationRecord) (obsID int64, isNew bool
 	res, err := tx.Exec(
 		`INSERT INTO observations
 		 (fingerprint, source_id, source_path, project, content_type, title, summary,
-		  collected_at, created_at, line_start, line_end, confidence, ingester_version, trigger, provenance)
-		 VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
+		  collected_at, created_at, line_start, line_end, confidence, ingester_version, trigger, provenance,
+		  node_id, hcl, received_at)
+		 VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
 		o.Fingerprint, o.SourceID, o.SourcePath, o.Project, o.ContentType, o.Title, o.Summary,
 		now, o.CreatedAt, o.LineStart, o.LineEnd, o.Confidence, o.IngesterVersion, o.Trigger, o.Provenance,
+		k.nodeID, hclVal, time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, false, fmt.Errorf("insert observation: %w", err)

internal/db/schema.go

@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS observations (
     confidence       REAL DEFAULT 0.5,
     ingester_version TEXT DEFAULT '1',
     trigger          TEXT,
-    provenance       TEXT DEFAULT '{}'
+    provenance       TEXT DEFAULT '{}',
+    node_id          TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    hcl              INTEGER,
+    received_at      TEXT
 );
 
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_obs_fingerprint ON observations(fingerprint);

internal/hlc/hlc.go

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Package hlc implements a Hybrid Logical Clock for ordering observations.
+//
+// A node's HLC is monotonic even when wall clocks jump (NTP correction, suspend).
+// Values are packed into an int64: high bits = wall-clock milliseconds, low bits
+// = per-millisecond sequence. Lexicographic comparison of the packed value is a
+// causal order (states: causally-related events have distinct values; concurrent
+// events never collide because the sequence bumps on any wall-clock stall).
+package hlc
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// seqBits is the number of low bits reserved for the per-millisecond sequence,
+// giving 2^22 ≈ 4.2M slots per ms — far beyond ingest rates.
+const seqBits = 22
+const seqMask = int64(1)<<seqBits - 1
+const wallShift = seqBits
+
+// Clock is a single-writer HLC. It is safe for concurrent use.
+type Clock struct {
+	mu     sync.Mutex
+	wallMS int64 // last observed wall-clock millis
+	seq    int64 // sequence within the current wallMillis bucket
+}
+
+func New() *Clock { return &Clock{} }
+
+// Now returns the next monotonic HLC value and the wall-clock time embedded in
+// it. The returned time is the HLC's wall component — never ahead of the local
+// clock beyond the current call and never rewinding across calls.
+func (c *Clock) Now() (int64, time.Time) {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+
+	w := time.Now().UnixMilli()
+	if w > c.wallMS {
+		c.wallMS = w
+		c.seq = 0
+	} else {
+		// Wall clock stalled or went backwards (NTP): keep wallMS but bump seq
+		// so the value is still strictly increasing.
+		if c.seq >= seqMask {
+			// Extremely unlikely (4.2M events in one ms); jump the wall lazily.
+			c.wallMS++
+			c.seq = 0
+		} else {
+			c.seq++
+		}
+	}
+
+	v := c.wallMS<<wallShift | c.seq
+	return v, time.UnixMilli(c.wallMS).UTC()
+}
+
+// WallTime extracts the wall-clock component embedded in a packed HLC value.
+func WallTime(v int64) time.Time {
+	return time.UnixMilli(v >> wallShift).UTC()
+}

internal/index/tfidf.go

@@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ func (idx *TFIDFIndex) TopTerms(docIdx int, n int) []struct {
 			}{t, s})
 		}
 	}
-	sort.Slice(scored, func(i, j int) bool { return scored[i].Score > scored[j].Score })
+	sort.Slice(scored, func(i, j int) bool {
+		if scored[i].Score != scored[j].Score {
+			return scored[i].Score > scored[j].Score
+		}
+		return scored[i].Term < scored[j].Term
+	})
 	if len(scored) > n {
 		scored = scored[:n]
 	}
@@ -220,7 +225,12 @@ func (idx *TFIDFIndex) Cluster(minSharedTerms int, maxTopics int) []TopicCluster
 			for k, v := range allTerms {
 				sorted = append(sorted, kv{k, v})
 			}
-			sort.Slice(sorted, func(i, j int) bool { return sorted[i].v > sorted[j].v })
+			sort.Slice(sorted, func(i, j int) bool {
+				if sorted[i].v != sorted[j].v {
+					return sorted[i].v > sorted[j].v
+				}
+				return sorted[i].k < sorted[j].k
+			})
 
 			var nameParts []string
 			for _, kv := range sorted {

internal/ingest/git.go

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 )
 
 // GitIngester tracks project status for local git repositories.
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ type GitStatus struct {
 func (g *GitIngester) repoToResult(repoPath string) *IngestResult {
 	status := gitStatus(repoPath)
 	name := filepath.Base(repoPath)
-	fp := Fingerprint([]byte("git:repo:" + repoPath))
+	fp := Fingerprint([]byte("git:repo:" + gitIdentity(repoPath, status.Branch)))
 
 	clean := "clean"
 	if status.Dirty > 0 {
@@ -157,9 +156,6 @@ func (g *GitIngester) repoToResult(repoPath string) *IngestResult {
 	}
 
 	createdAt := status.LastCommit
-	if createdAt == "" {
-		createdAt = gitStatusTime(status)
-	}
 
 	return &IngestResult{
 		Fingerprint:     fp,
@@ -186,13 +182,6 @@ func (g *GitIngester) repoToResult(repoPath string) *IngestResult {
 	}
 }
 
-func gitStatusTime(s GitStatus) string {
-	if s.LastCommit != "" {
-		return s.LastCommit
-	}
-	return time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
-}
-
 func gitStatus(repoPath string) GitStatus {
 	out, err := gitOut(repoPath, "status", "--porcelain")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -257,6 +246,17 @@ func gitOut(repoPath string, args ...string) (string, error) {
 	return sanitizeGitField(string(out)), nil
 }
 
+// gitIdentity returns a machine-independent identity for a repo: the remote
+// origin URL when configured (works across clones/machines), else the repo
+// directory name. The branch is appended so entries are per-branch like the
+// underlying gitStatus.
+func gitIdentity(repoPath, branch string) string {
+	if out, err := gitOut(repoPath, "remote", "get-url", "origin"); err == nil && out != "" {
+		return out + ":" + branch
+	}
+	return filepath.Base(repoPath) + ":" + branch
+}
+
 func (g *GitIngester) Ingest(_ string) (*IngestResult, error) {
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("use IngestAll() for git")
 }

internal/ingest/gitea.go

@@ -148,14 +148,16 @@ func (g *GiteaIngester) fetchPulls() ([]teaPull, error) {
 	return pulls, nil
 }
 
-// signalTime returns the item's last-activity time, falling back to now.
+// signalTime returns the item's last-activity time, or "" when unknown. An
+// empty value is an explicit unknown — downstream uses it as a missing signal,
+// never fabricates a "now" timestamp that would differ across nodes.
 func signalTime(updated string) string {
 	if updated != "" {
 		if _, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, updated); err == nil {
 			return updated
 		}
 	}
-	return time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
+	return ""
 }
 
 func (g *GiteaIngester) repoToResult(r teaRepo) *IngestResult {

internal/ingest/log.go

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (l *LogIngester) Ingest(path string) (*IngestResult, error) {
 	}
 
 	base := filepath.Base(path)
-	fp := Fingerprint([]byte(path))
+	fp := Fingerprint([]byte("log:" + base))
 	title := fmt.Sprintf("Log %s (%d lines)", base, totalLines)
 	createdAt := ""
 	if fi, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func (l *LogIngester) Ingest(path string) (*IngestResult, error) {
 	return &IngestResult{
 		Fingerprint:     fp,
 		SourceID:        l.SourceID(),
-		SourcePath:      path,
+		SourcePath:      base,
 		ContentType:     ".log",
 		Title:           title,
 		Summary:         summary,

internal/ingest/obsidian.go

@@ -84,13 +84,14 @@ func (o *ObsidianIngester) ingestNote(path, vault string) (*IngestResult, error)
 		modified = created
 	}
 
-	// Fingerprint by content (so edits create updates)
+	// Fingerprint by content + relative vault path (machine-independent):
+	// the same note on two hosts maps to the same fingerprint.
+	relPath, _ := filepath.Rel(vault, path)
 	fp := FingerprintWithMeta(data, map[string]string{
 		"source": "obsidian",
-		"path":   path,
+		"path":   relPath,
 	})
 
-	relPath, _ := filepath.Rel(vault, path)
 	summary := extractBodyPreview(content, 200)
 
 	return &IngestResult{

internal/ingest/obsidian_file.go

@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ func (o *ObsidianFileIngester) Ingest(path string) (*IngestResult, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	relPath, _ := filepath.Rel(o.Vault, path)
 	fp := FingerprintWithMeta(data, map[string]string{
 		"source": "obsidian",
-		"path":   path,
+		"path":   relPath,
 	})
 
-	relPath, _ := filepath.Rel(o.Vault, path)
 	summary := extractBodyPreview(content, 200)
 
 	return &IngestResult{