fix(extension-redis): retry reply-channel subscribe after startup failure

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Summary

Since 4.7.0 the Redis extension subscribes the instance reply channel once in the constructor and stores the promise in replySubscription. afterLoadDocument awaits that promise before announcing the document.

If Redis is unreachable at construct time, ioredis rejects the queued SUBSCRIBE after maxRetriesPerRequest. The promise stays rejected forever, so every later document load on that instance fails even after Redis is healthy again. ioredis auto-resubscribe does not help because the channel was never subscribed.

When the stored promise has rejected, replace it with a fresh sub.subscribe(...) before awaiting so loads can recover without restarting the process. Concurrent afterLoadDocument callers share one in-flight retry.

Closes #1170

Test plan

• Start extension with Redis down; wait past maxRetriesPerRequest (~11s); bring Redis up; openDirectConnection succeeds (previously rejected forever)
• Healthy Redis at construct: first load still waits for reply subscribe as before
• Concurrent loads after a rejected startup subscribe share one retry (no duplicate poison)

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📝 Summary

Retry the Redis reply-channel subscription when the startup attempt fails. Later document loads can recover after Redis becomes available, and concurrent loads share the same retry.

Walkthrough

The Redis extension now retries a rejected reply-channel subscription when a document load awaits it. Concurrent loads that encounter the same rejected subscription share the replacement attempt.

Changes

Reply-channel subscription

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Start and retry the reply-channel subscription packages/extension-redis/src/Redis.ts	The constructor starts the reply-channel subscription through a helper. If the subscription rejects, afterLoadDocument uses retry-aware logic to start a replacement. Concurrent callers share that retry, and the replacement’s rejection propagates to callers.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested labels: complexity: easy, impact: low

Suggested reviewers: janthurau

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 6cb35

The retry change is mergeable after normal checks; the remaining request is to shorten a code comment.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes retrying the Redis reply-channel subscription after startup failure.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the startup failure, the retry behavior, and the planned tests. It is directly related to the changeset.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	[ #1170 ] The change retries the reply-channel subscription after its stored promise rejects. Later document loads can await the fresh subscription. Concurrent loads share the in-flight retry. This ad…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The reported change is limited to packages/extension-redis/src/Redis.ts and supports the recovery requirement in #1170. No unrelated change is reported.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 1…

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

packages/extension-redis/src/Redis.ts (1)

244-248: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Shorten the repeated retry explanation.

This comment repeats the retry behavior described above replySubscription, subscribeToReplyChannel, and awaitReplySubscription. Keep the reason for retrying in one place. Shorten the other comments so the subscription path is easier to read. As per path instructions, “Keep ordinary code comments concise.”

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Review comment at @packages/extension-redis/src/Redis.ts around lines 244 - 248:
Shorten the retry explanation around replySubscription and
awaitReplySubscription so the subscription path’s reason for retrying is
documented in only one place. Keep the comments near replySubscription,
subscribeToReplyChannel, and awaitReplySubscription concise without changing the
subscription behavior.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @packages/extension-redis/src/Redis.ts:
- Around line 244-248: Shorten the retry explanation around replySubscription
and awaitReplySubscription so the subscription path’s reason for retrying is
documented in only one place. Keep the comments near replySubscription,
subscribeToReplyChannel, and awaitReplySubscription concise without changing the
subscription behavior.

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