test: pin that re-convergence is path-independent

Answering #45 — can a fitted `History` be persisted — needed to know
whether `converge` reaches a fixed point determined by the events alone,
or one that depends on the message state it started from. It is the
former, and that is worth a test rather than a comment.

`tests/ingestion_equivalence.rs` varies how events are batched but
converges only at the end. These converge *between* batches, which is
the path a caller takes when it fits, serves, then ingests more.

Measured divergence from a single fit over the same events: 6.2e-13 for
an append strictly later than every existing slice, 8.9e-11 for one
interleaved with them. Both at the convergence tolerance. The design
question guessed the interleaved case might be weaker; it is not, and
the reason is that Through Time revises the past on every converge
anyway, so doing it in two steps is not a special case.

Also pins that re-converging an unchanged history costs one iteration.
Measured on a 2000-event fixture that is 0.91ms against 365ms cold — the
fact that makes a restored snapshot worth having at all.

Refs #45

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_011hcFjNDmHXZF8URGLku5zZ

tests/reconvergence_equivalence.rs

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+//! Converging, appending, and converging again must reach the same fixed point
+//! as converging once over the whole event set.
+//!
+//! `tests/ingestion_equivalence.rs` covers a different question: it varies how
+//! events are *batched* but converges only at the end. This file converges
+//! between batches, which is the path a caller takes when it fits, serves for a
+//! while, then ingests more.
+//!
+//! The property matters beyond ergonomics. It says `converge` reaches a fixed
+//! point determined by the events, ratings and configuration alone — not by the
+//! message state it started from. That is what makes a restored snapshot safe:
+//! an inexact one cannot corrupt the answer, only cost an extra sweep. See #45.
+
+use smallvec::smallvec;
+use trueskill_tt::{ConvergenceOptions, Event, Gaussian, History, Member, Outcome, Team};
+
+fn tight() -> ConvergenceOptions {
+    ConvergenceOptions {
+        max_iter: 5_000,
+        epsilon: 1e-12,
+        alpha: 1.0,
+    }
+}
+
+fn ev(a: &str, b: &str, time: i64) -> Event<i64, String> {
+    Event {
+        time,
+        teams: smallvec![
+            Team::with_members([Member::new(a.to_string())]),
+            Team::with_members([Member::new(b.to_string())]),
+        ],
+        outcome: Outcome::winner(0, 2),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Ingest each chunk in turn, converging fully after every one.
+fn fit_in_chunks(chunks: Vec<Vec<Event<i64, String>>>) -> Vec<(String, Gaussian)> {
+    let mut h: History<i64, _, _, String> =
+        History::builder_with_key().convergence(tight()).build();
+
+    for chunk in chunks {
+        h.add_events(chunk).unwrap();
+        let report = h.converge().unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            report.converged,
+            "a chunk failed to converge, so any comparison would be measuring \
+             truncation rather than the fixed point; final step {:?}",
+            report.final_step
+        );
+    }
+
+    let mut skills: Vec<(String, Gaussian)> = h
+        .learning_curves()
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|(k, curve)| (k, curve.last().unwrap().1))
+        .collect();
+    skills.sort_by(|a, b| a.0.cmp(&b.0));
+    skills
+}
+
+fn assert_same(a: &[(String, Gaussian)], b: &[(String, Gaussian)], what: &str) {
+    assert_eq!(a.len(), b.len(), "{what}: competitor count differs");
+    for ((ka, ga), (kb, gb)) in a.iter().zip(b) {
+        assert_eq!(ka, kb, "{what}: key order differs");
+        // Measured: 6.2e-13 for a later append, 8.9e-11 for an interleaved one.
+        // The bar is well clear of both but far under anything that would let a
+        // genuine divergence through.
+        assert!(
+            (ga.mu() - gb.mu()).abs() < 1e-8 && (ga.sigma() - gb.sigma()).abs() < 1e-8,
+            "{what}: {ka} differs — one-shot mu={} sigma={}, chunked mu={} sigma={}",
+            ga.mu(),
+            ga.sigma(),
+            gb.mu(),
+            gb.sigma()
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+fn fixture() -> (Vec<Event<i64, String>>, Vec<Event<i64, String>>) {
+    let names = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"];
+    let mut seed = 7u64;
+    let mut rnd = move || {
+        seed ^= seed << 13;
+        seed ^= seed >> 7;
+        seed ^= seed << 17;
+        seed
+    };
+
+    let (mut early, mut late) = (Vec::new(), Vec::new());
+    for t in 0..40i64 {
+        let i = (rnd() % 5) as usize;
+        let mut j = (rnd() % 5) as usize;
+        if j == i {
+            j = (j + 1) % 5;
+        }
+        if t < 20 {
+            early.push(ev(names[i], names[j], t));
+        } else {
+            late.push(ev(names[i], names[j], 100 + t));
+        }
+    }
+    (early, late)
+}
+
+/// The ordinary case: new events are strictly later than everything fitted.
+#[test]
+fn appending_later_events_matches_a_single_fit() {
+    let (early, late) = fixture();
+    let all: Vec<_> = early.iter().cloned().chain(late.iter().cloned()).collect();
+
+    assert_same(
+        &fit_in_chunks(vec![all]),
+        &fit_in_chunks(vec![early, late]),
+        "append strictly later",
+    );
+}
+
+/// The case the design question suspected might be weaker: appended events
+/// interleave with slices that are already fitted, so the append legitimately
+/// revises the past. It is not weaker — Through Time revises the past on every
+/// converge regardless, so there is nothing special about doing it in two steps.
+#[test]
+fn appending_interleaved_events_matches_a_single_fit() {
+    let (early, late) = fixture();
+    let all: Vec<_> = early.iter().cloned().chain(late.iter().cloned()).collect();
+
+    // Split by parity so the second chunk is back-dated into the first's range.
+    let first: Vec<_> = all.iter().step_by(2).cloned().collect();
+    let second: Vec<_> = all.iter().skip(1).step_by(2).cloned().collect();
+    let together: Vec<_> = first
+        .iter()
+        .cloned()
+        .chain(second.iter().cloned())
+        .collect();
+
+    assert_same(
+        &fit_in_chunks(vec![together]),
+        &fit_in_chunks(vec![first, second]),
+        "append interleaved",
+    );
+}
+
+/// Converging an already-converged history is a no-op, which is what makes a
+/// restored snapshot worth having: the work is skipped rather than redone.
+#[test]
+fn re_converging_an_unchanged_history_costs_one_iteration() {
+    let (early, late) = fixture();
+    let all: Vec<_> = early.into_iter().chain(late).collect();
+
+    let mut h: History<i64, _, _, String> =
+        History::builder_with_key().convergence(tight()).build();
+    h.add_events(all).unwrap();
+    let first = h.converge().unwrap();
+    assert!(first.converged);
+
+    let again = h.converge().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        again.iterations, 1,
+        "a converged history should settle immediately, not re-grind"
+    );
+    assert!(again.converged);
+}