[hyperactor-book]: mailboxes: update for headers

books/hyperactor-book/src/mailboxes/delivery.md

@@ -26,13 +26,16 @@ pub struct MessageEnvelope {
 
     /// Error contains a delivery error when message delivery failed.
     error: Option<DeliveryError>,
+
+    /// Additional context for this message.
+    headers: Attrs,
 }
 ```
 
 `MessageEnvelope::new` creates a message envelope:
 ```rust
 impl MessageEnvelope {
-  fn new(sender: ActorId, dest: PortId, data: Serialized) -> Self { ... }
+  fn new(sender: ActorId, dest: PortId, data: Serialized, headers: Attrs) -> Self { ... }
 }
 ```
 `MessageEnvelope::new_unknown` creates a new envelope when we don't know who the sender is:
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ If a type `T` implements `Serialize` and `Named`, an envelope can be constructed
 ```rust
 impl MessageEnvelope {
   fn serialize<T: Serialize + Named>(
-      source: ActorId, dest: PortId, value: &T) -> Result<Self, bincode::Error> {
+      source: ActorId, dest: PortId, value: &T, headers: Attrs) -> Result<Self, bincode::Error> {
     Ok(Self {
          data: Serialized::serialize(value)?,
          sender: source,

books/hyperactor-book/src/mailboxes/mailbox.md

@@ -180,13 +180,19 @@ impl MailboxSender for Mailbox {
             ),
             Entry::Occupied(entry) => {
                 let (metadata, data) = envelope.open();
-                match entry.get().send_serialized(data) {
+                let MessageMetadata {headers, sender, dest, error: metadata_error } = metadata;
+                match entry.get().send_serialized(headers, data) {
                     Ok(false) => {
                         entry.remove();
                     }
                     Ok(true) => (),
-                    Err(SerializedSenderError { data, error }) => MessageEnvelope::seal(
-                        metadata, data,
+                    Err(SerializedSenderError {
+                        data,
+                        error,
+                        headers,
+                    }) => MessageEnvelope::seal(
+                        MessageMetadata { headers, sender, dest, error: metadata_error },
+                        data,
                     )
                     .undeliverable(DeliveryError::Mailbox(format!("{}", error)), return_handle),
                 }
@@ -213,7 +219,7 @@ The mailbox uses the destination `PortId` to locate the bound port in its intern
 
 3. Deserialization and Delivery Attempt
 ```rust
-match entry.get().send_serialized(data)
+match entry.get().send_serialized(headers, data)
 ```
 If the port is found, the message is unsealed and passed to the corresponding `SerializedSender` (e.g., the `UnboundedSender` inserted during binding). This may succeed or fail:
   - `Ok(true)`: Message was delivered.
@@ -276,7 +282,7 @@ There are two distinct pathways by which a message can arrive at a `PortReceiver
 When you call `.send(msg)` on a `PortHandle<M>`, the message bypasses the `Mailbox` entirely and goes directly into the associated channel:
 ```text
 PortHandle<M>::send(msg)
-→ UnboundedPortSender<M>::send(msg)
+→ UnboundedPortSender<M>::send(Attrs::new(), msg)
 → underlying channel (mpsc::UnboundedSender<M>)
 → PortReceiver<M>::recv().await
 ```
@@ -287,8 +293,8 @@ When a message is wrapped in a `MessageEnvelope` and posted via `Mailbox::post`,
 ```text
 Mailbox::post(envelope, return_handle)
 → lookup State::ports[port_index]
-→ SerializedSender::send_serialized(bytes)
-→ UnboundedSender::send(M) // after deserialization
+→ SerializedSender::send_serialized(headers, bytes)
+→ UnboundedSender::send(headers, M) // after deserialization
 → mpsc channel
 → PortReceiver<M>::recv().await
 ```
@@ -320,28 +326,33 @@ impl<T: sealed::CanSend> CanSend for T {}
 The sealed version defines the core method:
 ```rust
 pub trait sealed::CanSend: Send + Sync {
-    fn post(&self, dest: PortId, data: Serialized);
+  fn post(&self, dest: PortId, headers: Attrs, data: Serialized);
 }
 ```
 Only internal types (e.g., `Mailbox`) implement this sealed trait, meaning only trusted components can obtain `CanSend`:
 ```rust
 impl cap::sealed::CanSend for Mailbox {
-    fn post(&self, dest: PortId, data: Serialized) {
+    fn post(&self, dest: PortId, headers: Attrs, data: Serialized) {
         let return_handle = self
             .lookup_sender::<Undeliverable<MessageEnvelope>>()
             .map_or_else(
                 || {
-                    let bt = std::backtrace::Backtrace::capture();
-                    tracing::warn!(
-                        actor_id = ?self.actor_id(),
-                        backtrace = ?bt,
-                        "Mailbox attempted to post a message without binding Undeliverable<MessageEnvelope>"
-                    );
+                    let actor_id = self.actor_id();
+                    if CAN_SEND_WARNED_MAILBOXES
+                        .get_or_init(DashSet::new)
+                        .insert(actor_id.clone()) {
+                        let bt = std::backtrace::Backtrace::capture();
+                        tracing::warn!(
+                            actor_id = ?actor_id,
+                            backtrace = ?bt,
+                            "mailbox attempted to post a message without binding Undeliverable<MessageEnvelope>"
+                        );
+                    }
                     monitored_return_handle()
                 },
-                |sender| PortHandle::new(self.clone(), u64::MAX, sender),
+                |sender| PortHandle::new(self.clone(), self.state.allocate_port(), sender),
             );
-        let envelope = MessageEnvelope::new(self.actor_id().clone(), dest, data);
+        let envelope = MessageEnvelope::new(self.actor_id().clone(), dest, data, headers);
         MailboxSender::post(self, envelope, return_handle);
     }
 }

books/hyperactor-book/src/mailboxes/ports.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ enum UnboundedPortSender<M: Message> {
 - **`Mpsc`**: Sends messages into a tokio unbounded channel
 - **`Func`**: Custom logic, often used to enqueue messages onto actor work queues.
 
-Messages are sent via the `.send(message)` method, which forwards to either the internal channel or the configured function.
+Messages are sent via the `.send(headers, message)` method, which forwards to either the internal channel or the configured function.
 
 ## `PortHandle<M>`
 
@@ -385,8 +385,13 @@ Calling `.send_once(message)` on an `OnceSender` consumes the channel, and fails
 To enable uniform message routing, both `UnboundedSender` and `OnceSender` implement the `SerializedSender` trait:
 ```rust
 trait SerializedSender: Send + Sync {
-    fn send_serialized(&self, serialized: Serialized) -> Result<bool, SerializedSenderError>;
-}
+    fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn Any;
+    fn send_serialized(
+        &self,
+        headers: Attrs,
+        serialized: Serialized,
+    ) -> Result<bool, SerializedSenderError>;
+
 ```
 This trait lets the mailbox deliver a `Serialized` message (a type-erased, encoded payload) by:
 1. Deserializing the payload into a concrete `M` using `RemoteMessage` trait,
@@ -407,18 +412,24 @@ See the (Mailbox) [`State`](./mailbox.md#state) section for details on how the m
 Below is the canonical implementation of `SerializedSender` for `UnboundedSender<M>`:
 ```rust
 impl<M: RemoteMessage> SerializedSender for UnboundedSender<M> {
-    fn send_serialized(&self, serialized: Serialized) -> Result<bool, SerializedSenderError> {
+    fn send_serialized(
+        &self,
+        headers: Attrs,
+        serialized: Serialized,
+    ) -> Result<bool, SerializedSenderError> {
         match serialized.deserialized() {
             Ok(message) => {
-                self.sender
-                    .send(message)
-                    .map_err(|err| SerializedSenderError {
+                self.sender.send(headers.clone(), message).map_err(|err| {
+                    SerializedSenderError {
                         data: serialized,
                         error: MailboxSenderError::new_bound(
                             self.port_id.clone(),
                             MailboxSenderErrorKind::Other(err),
                         ),
-                    })?;
+                        headers,
+                    }
+                })?;
+
                 Ok(true)
             }
             Err(err) => Err(SerializedSenderError {
@@ -427,6 +438,7 @@ impl<M: RemoteMessage> SerializedSender for UnboundedSender<M> {
                     self.port_id.clone(),
                     MailboxSenderErrorKind::Deserialize(M::typename(), err),
                 ),
+                headers,
             }),
         }
     }