From c43c61578bd332f3e2a5034da25cb2f09cc55840 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Your Name <you@example.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:04:55 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(signoz): normalize zero active-operation readback

---
 agent99-signoz-metadata-executor.ps1                   | 10 ++++++----
 ...nt99_signoz_metadata_executor_runtime_entrypoint.py |  6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/agent99-signoz-metadata-executor.ps1 b/agent99-signoz-metadata-executor.ps1
index 37878233f..d0bce0e9c 100644
--- a/agent99-signoz-metadata-executor.ps1
+++ b/agent99-signoz-metadata-executor.ps1
@@ -919,11 +919,13 @@ if /usr/bin/docker exec signoz /bin/sh -c 'test "${SIGNOZ_SQLSTORE_SQLITE_PATH:-
 
   $active = Invoke-Agent99SignozFixedRemote (
     "sudo -n /bin/bash -c 'set -euo pipefail; set +e; " +
-    "active_output=`$(/usr/bin/pgrep -fc `"([s]ignoz-metadata-export.py.*--apply|[s]ignoz-metadata-isolated-restore.py.*--apply|[s]ignoz-metadata-restore-drill.py.*--apply)`" ); " +
+    "active_output=`$(/usr/bin/timeout --kill-after=5s 10s /usr/bin/pgrep -af `"([s]ignoz-metadata-export.py.*--apply|[s]ignoz-metadata-isolated-restore.py.*--apply|[s]ignoz-metadata-restore-drill.py.*--apply)`" ); " +
     "active_rc=`$?; set -e; " +
-    "[ `"`$active_rc`" -eq 0 ] || [ `"`$active_rc`" -eq 1 ]; " +
-    "/usr/bin/printf `"%s`" `"`$active_output`" | /usr/bin/grep -Eq `"^[0-9]+$`"; " +
-    "/usr/bin/printf `"agent99_active:%s`" `"`$active_output`"'"
+    "case `"`$active_rc`" in " +
+    "0) active_count=`$(/usr/bin/printf `"%s\n`" `"`$active_output`" | /usr/bin/awk `"NF { count += 1 } END { print count + 0 }`");; " +
+    "1) [ -z `"`$active_output`" ]; active_count=0;; " +
+    "*) exit 1;; esac; " +
+    "/usr/bin/printf `"agent99_active:%s`" `"`$active_count`"'"
   )
   $activeOperationCount = $null
   $activeOutcomeAccepted = Test-Agent99SignozTransportOutcome $active
diff --git a/scripts/ops/tests/test_agent99_signoz_metadata_executor_runtime_entrypoint.py b/scripts/ops/tests/test_agent99_signoz_metadata_executor_runtime_entrypoint.py
index 6f34305de..edbc054cc 100644
--- a/scripts/ops/tests/test_agent99_signoz_metadata_executor_runtime_entrypoint.py
+++ b/scripts/ops/tests/test_agent99_signoz_metadata_executor_runtime_entrypoint.py
@@ -245,7 +245,11 @@ def test_entrypoint_typed_readbacks_are_exact_and_preserve_unknown_state() -> No
     )
     assert '"^agent99_runtime:([0-9a-f]{64}),(sha256:' in preflight
     assert '"^agent99_active:([0-9]+)$"' in preflight
-    assert '[ `"`$active_rc`" -eq 0 ] || [ `"`$active_rc`" -eq 1 ]' in preflight
+    assert "/usr/bin/timeout --kill-after=5s 10s /usr/bin/pgrep -af" in preflight
+    assert 'case `"`$active_rc`" in' in preflight
+    assert '/usr/bin/awk `"NF { count += 1 } END { print count + 0 }`"' in preflight
+    assert '1) [ -z `"`$active_output`" ]; active_count=0' in preflight
+    assert 'agent99_active:%s`" `"`$active_count' in preflight
     assert "outputPresent = if ($outputStateReadbackVerified)" in preflight
     assert "receiptPresent = if ($receiptStateReadbackVerified)" in preflight
     assert "credentialReferencePresent = if ($credentialReadbackVerified)" in preflight