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+Patchbot: AI bot making use of Natural Language Processing to suggest backports
+=============================================================== 2023-12-18 ====
+
+
+Background
+----------
+
+Selecting patches to backport from the development branch is a tedious task, in
+part due to the abundance of patches and the fact that many bug fixes are for
+that same version and not for backporting. The more it gets delayed, the harder
+it becomes, and the harder it is to start, the less likely it gets started. The
+urban legend along which one "just" has to do that periodically doesn't work
+because certain patches need to be left hanging for a while under observation,
+others need to be merged urgently, and for some, the person in charge of the
+backport might simply need an opinion from the patch's author or the affected
+subsystem maintainer, and this cannot make the whole backport process stall.
+
+The information needed to figure if a patch needs to be backported is present
+in the commit message, with varying nuances such as "may", "may not", "should",
+"probably", "shouldn't unless", "keep under observation" etc. One particularly
+that is specific to backports is that the opinion on a patch may change over
+time, either because it was later found to be wrong or insufficient, or because
+the former analysis mistakenly suggested to backport or not to.
+
+This means that the person in charge of the backports has to read the whole
+commit message for each patch, to figure the backporting instructions, and this
+takes a while.
+
+Several attempts were made over the years to try to partially automate this
+task, including the cherry-pick mode of the "git-show-backports" utility that
+eases navigation back-and-forth between commits.
+
+Lately, a lot of progress was made in the domain of Natural Language
+Understanding (NLU) and more generally Natural Language Processing (NLP). Since
+the first attempts in early 2023 involving successive layers of the Roberta
+model, called from totally unreliable Python code, and December 2023, the
+situation evolved from promising but unusable to mostly autonomous.
+
+For those interested in history, the first attempts in early 2023 involved
+successive layers of the Roberta model, but these were relying on totally
+unreliable Python code that broke all the time and could barely be transferred
+to another machine without upgrading or downgrading the installed modules, and
+it used to use huge amounts of resources for a somewhat disappointing result:
+the verdicts were correct roughly 60-70% of the time, it was not possible to
+get hints such as "wait" nor even "uncertain".  It could just be qualified as
+promising. Another big limitation was the limit to 256 tokens, forcing the
+script to select only the last few lines of the commit message to take the
+decision. Roughly at the same time, in March 2023 Meta issued their much larger
+LLaMa model, and Georgi Gerganov released "llama.cpp", an open-source C++
+engine that loads and runs such large models without all the usual problems
+inherent to the Python ecosystem. New attempts were made with LLaMa and it was
+already much better than Roberta, but the output was difficult to parse, and it
+required to be combined with the final decision layer of Roberta. Then new
+variants of LLaMa appeared such as Alpaca, which follows instructions, but
+tends to forget them if given before the patch, then Vicuna which was pretty
+reliable but very slow at 33B size and difficult to tune, then Airoboros,
+which was the first one to give very satisfying results in a reasonable time,
+following instructions reasonably closely with a stable output, but with
+sometimes surprising analysis and contradictions. It was already about 90%
+reliable and considered as a time saver in 13B size. Other models were later
+tried as they appeared such as OpenChat-3.5, Juna, OpenInstruct, Orca-2,
+Mistral-0.1 and it variants Neural and OpenHermes-2.5. Mistral showed an
+unrivaled understanding despite being smaller and much faster than other ones,
+but was a bit freewheeling regarding instructions. Dolphin-2.1 rebased on top
+of it gave extremely satisfying results, with less variations in the output
+format, but still the script had difficulties trying to catch its conclusion
+from time to time, though it was pretty much readable for the human in charge
+of the task. And finally just before releasing, Mistral-0.2 was released and
+addressed all issues, with a human-like understanding and perfectly obeying
+instructions, providing an extremely stable output format that is easy to parse
+from simple scripts. The decisions now match the human's ones in close to 100%
+of the patches, unless the human is aware of extra context, of course.
+
+
+Architecture
+------------
+
+The current solution relies on the llama.cpp engine, which is a simple, fast,
+reliable and portable engine to load models and run inference, and the
+Mistral-0.2 LLM.
+
+A collection of patches is built from the development branch since the -dev0
+tag, and for each of them, the engine is called to evaluate the developer's
+intent based on the commit message. A detailed context explaining the haproxy
+maintenance model and what the user wants is passed, then the LLM is invited to
+provide its opinion on the need for a backport and an explanation of the reason
+for its choice. This often helps the user to find a quick summary about the
+patch. All these outputs are then converted to a long HTML page with colors and
+radio buttons, where patches are pre-selected based on this classification,
+that the user can consult and adjust, read the commits if needed, and the
+selected patches finally provide some copy-pastable commands in a text-area to
+select commit IDs to work on, typically in a form that's suitable for a simple
+"git cherry-pick -sx".
+
+The scripts are designed to be able to run on a headless machine, called from a
+crontab and with the output served from a static HTTP server.
+
+The code is currently found from Georgi Gerganov's repository:
+
+   https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp
+
+Tag b1505 is known to work fine, and uses the GGUF file format.
+
+The model(s) can be found on Hugging Face user "TheBloke"'s collection of
+models:
+
+   https://huggingface.co/TheBloke
+
+Model Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.2-GGUF quantized at Q5K_M is known to work well
+with the llama.cpp version above.
+
+
+Deployment
+----------
+
+Note: it is a good idea to start to download the model(s) in the background as
+      such files are typically 5 GB or more and can take some time to download
+      depending on the internet bandwidth.
+
+It seems reasonable to create a dedicated user to periodically run this task.
+Let's call it "patchbot". Developers should be able to easily run a shell from
+this user to perform some maintenance or testing (e.g. "sudo").
+
+All paths are specified in the example "update-3.0.sh" script, and assume a
+deployment in the user's home, so this is what is being described here. The
+proposed deployment layout is the following:
+
+  $HOME (e.g. /home/patchbot)
+    |
+    +- data
+    |  |
+    |  +-- models   # GGUF files from TheBloke's collection
+    |  |
+    |  +-- prompts  # prompt*-pfx*, prompt*-sfx*, cache
+    |  |
+    |  +-- in
+    |  |   |
+    |  |   +-- haproxy      # haproxy Git repo
+    |  |   |
+    |  |   +-- patches-3.0  # patches from development branch 3.0
+    |  |
+    |  +-- out              # report directory (HTML)
+    |
+    +- prog
+    |  |
+    |  +-- bin              # program(s)
+    |  |
+    |  +-- scripts          # processing scripts
+    |  |
+    |  +-- llama.cpp        # llama Git repository
+
+
+- Let's first create the structure:
+
+    mkdir -p ~/data/{in,models,prompts} ~/prog/{bin,scripts}
+
+- data/in/haproxy must contain a clone of the haproxy development tree that
+  will periodically be pulled from:
+
+    cd ~/data/in
+    git clone https://github.com/haproxy/haproxy
+    cd ~
+
+- The prompt files are a copy of haproxy's "dev/patchbot/prompt/" subdirectory.
+  The prompt files are per-version because they contain references to the
+  haproxy development version number. For each prompt, there is a prefix
+  ("-pfx"), that is loaded before the patch, and a suffix ("-sfx") that
+  precises the user's expectations after reading the patch. For best efficiency
+  it's useful to place most of the explanation in the prefix and the least
+  possible in the suffix, because the prefix is cacheable. Different models
+  will use different instructions formats and different explanations, so it's
+  fine to keep a collection of prompts and use only one. Different instruction
+  formats are commonly used, "llama-2", "alpaca", "vicuna", "chatml" being
+  common. When experimenting with a new model, just copy-paste the closest one
+  and tune it for best results. Since we already cloned haproxy above, we'll
+  take the files from there:
+
+    cp ~/data/in/haproxy/dev/patchbot/prompt/*txt ~/data/prompts/
+
+  Upon first run, a cache file will be produced in this directory by parsing
+  an empty file and saving the current model's context. The cache file will
+  automatically be deleted and rebuilt if it is absent or older than the prefix
+  or suffix file. The cache files are specific to a model so when experimenting
+  with other models, be sure not to reuse the same cache file, or in doubt,
+  just delete them. Rebuilding the cache file typically takes around 2 minutes
+  of processing on a 8-core machine.
+
+- The model(s) from TheBloke's Hugging Face account have to be downloaded in
+  GGUF file format, quantized at Q5K_M, and stored as-is into data/models/.
+
+- data/in/patches-3.0/ is where the "mk-patch-list.sh" script will emit the
+  patches corresponding to new commits in the development branch. Its suffix
+  must match the name of the current development branch for patches to be found
+  there. In addition, the classification of the patches will be emitted there
+  next to the input patches, with the same name as the original file with a
+  suffix indicating what model/prompt combination was used.
+
+    mkdir -p ~/data/in/patches-3.0
+
+- data/out is where the final report will be emitted. If running on a headless
+  machine, it is worth making sure that this directory is accessible from a
+  static web server. Thus either create a directory and place a symlink or
+  configuration somewhere in the web server's settings to reference this
+  location, or make it a symlink to another place already exported by the web
+  server and make sure the user has the permissions to write there.
+
+    mkdir -p ~/data/out
+
+  On Ubuntu-20.04 it was found that the package "micro-httpd" works out of the
+  box serving /var/www/html and follows symlinks. As such this is sufficient to
+  expose the reports:
+
+    sudo ln -s ~patchbot/data/out /var/www/html/patchbot
+
+- prog/bin will contain the executable(s) needed to operate, namely "main" from
+  llama.cpp:
+
+    mkdir -p ~/prog/bin
+
+- prog/llama.cpp is a clone of the "llama.cpp" GitHub repository. As of
+  december 2023, the project has improved its forward compatibility and it's
+  generally both safe and recommended to stay on the last version, hence to
+  just clone the master branch. In case of difficulties, tag b1505 was proven
+  to work well with the aforementioned model. Building is done by default for
+  the local platform, optimised for speed with native CPU.
+
+    mkdir -p ~/prog
+    cd ~/prog
+    git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp
+    [ only in case of problems:  cd llama.cpp && git checkout b1505 ]
+
+    make -j$(nproc) main LLAMA_FAST=1
+    cp main ~/prog/bin/
+    cd ~
+
+- prog/scripts needs the following scripts:
+  - mk-patch-list.sh from haproxy's scripts/ subdirectory
+  - submit-ai.sh, process-*.sh, post-ai.sh, update-*.sh
+
+    cp ~/data/in/haproxy/scripts/mk-patch-list.sh  ~/prog/scripts/
+    cp ~/data/in/haproxy/dev/patchbot/scripts/*.sh ~/prog/scripts/
+
+  - verify that the various paths in update-3.0.sh match your choices, or
+    adjust them:
+
+    vi ~/prog/scripts/update-3.0.sh
+
+  - the tool is memory-bound, so a machine with more memory channels and/or
+    very fast memory will usually be faster than a higher CPU count with a
+    lower memory bandwidth. In addition, the performance is not linear with
+    the number of cores and experimentation shows that efficiency drops above
+    8 threads. For this reason the script integrates a "PARALLEL_RUNS" variable
+    indicating how many instances to run in parallel, each on its own patch.
+    This allows to make better use of the CPUs and memory bandwidth. Setting
+    2 instances for 8 cores / 16 threads gives optimal results on dual memory
+    channel systems.
+
+From this point, executing this update script manually should work and produce
+the result. Count around 0.5-2 mn per patch on a 8-core machine, so it can be
+reasonably fast during the early development stages (before -dev1) but
+unbearably long later, where it can make more sense to run it at night. It
+should not report any error and should only report the total execution time.
+
+If interrupted (Ctrl-C, logout, out of memory etc), check for incomplete .txt
+files in ~/data/in/patches*/ that can result from this interruption, and delete
+them because they will not be reproduced:
+
+    ls -lart ~/data/in/patches-3.0/*.txt
+    ls -lS ~/data/in/patches-3.0/*.txt
+
+Once the output is produced, visit ~/data/out/ using a web browser and check
+that the table loads correctly. Note that after a new release or a series of
+backports, the table may appear empty, it's just because all known patches are
+already backported and collapsed by default. Clicking on "All" at the top left
+will unhide them.
+
+Finally when satisfied, place it in a crontab, for example, run every hour:
+
+    crontab -e
+
+    # m h  dom mon dow   command
+    # run every hour at minute 02
+    2 * * * * /home/patchbot/update-3.0.sh
+
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+Using the HTML output is a bit rustic but efficient. The interface is split in
+5 columns from left to right:
+
+  - first column: patch number from 1 to N, just to ease navigation. Below the
+    number appears a radio button which allows to mark this patch as the start
+    of the review. When clicked, all prior patches disappear and are not listed
+    anymore. This can be undone by clicking on the radio button under the "All"
+    word in this column's header.
+
+
+  - second column: commit ID (abbreviated "CID" in the header). It's a 8-digit
+    shortened representation of the commit ID. It's presented as a link, which,
+    if clicked, will directly show that commit from the haproxy public
+    repository. Below the commit ID is the patch's author date in condensed
+    format "DD-MmmYY", e.g. "18-Dec23" for "18th December 2023". It was found
+    that having a date indication sometimes helps differentiate certain related
+    patches.
+
+  - third column: "Subject", this is the subject of the patch, prefixed with
+    the 4-digit number matching the file name in the directory (e.g. helps to
+    remove or reprocess one if needed). This is also a link to the same commit
+    in the haproxy's public repository. At the lower right under the subject
+    is the shortened e-mail address (only user@domain keeping only the first
+    part of the domain, e.g. "foo@haproxy"). Just like with the date, it helps
+    figuring what to expect after a recent discussion with a developer.
+
+  - fourth column: "Verdict". This column contains 4 radio buttons prefiguring
+    the choice for this patch between "N" for "No", represented in gray (this
+    patch should not be backported, let's drop it), "U" for "Uncertain" in
+    green (still unsure about it, most likely the author should be contacted),
+    "W" for "Wait" in blue (this patch should be backported but not
+    immediately, only after it has spent some time in the development branch),
+    and "Y" for "Yes" in red (this patch must be backported, let's pick it).
+    The choice is preselected by the scripts above, and since these are radio
+    buttons, the user is free to change this selection. Reloading will lose the
+    user's choices. When changing a selection, the line's background changes to
+    match a similar color tone, allowing to visually spot preselected patches.
+
+  - fifth column: reason for the choice. The scripts try to provide an
+    explanation for the choice of the preselection, and try to always end with
+    a conclusion among "yes", "no", "wait", "uncertain". The explanation
+    usually fits in 2-4 lines and is faster to read than a whole commit message
+    and very often pretty accurate. It's also been noticed that Mistral-v0.2
+    shows much less hallucinations than others (it doesn't seem to invent
+    information that was not part of its input), so seeing certain topics being
+    discussed there generally indicate that they were in the original commit
+    message. The scripts try to emphasize the sensitive parts of the commit
+    message such as risks, dependencies, referenced issues, oldest version to
+    backport to, etc. Elements that look like issues numbers and commit IDs are
+    turned to links to ease navigation.
+
+In addition, in order to improve readability, the top of the table shows 4
+buttons allowing to show/hide each category. For example, when trying to focus
+only on "uncertain" and "wait", it can make sense to hide "N" and "Y" and click
+"Y" or "N" on the displayed ones until there is none anymore.
+
+In order to reduce the risk of missing a misqualified patch, those marked "BUG"
+or "DOC" are displayed in bold even if tagged "No". It has been shown to be
+sufficient to catch the eye when scrolling and encouraging to re-visit them.
+
+More importantly, the script will try to also check which patches were already
+backported to the previous stable version. Those that were backported will have
+the first two columns colored gray, and by default, the review will start from
+the first patch after the last backported one. This explains why just after a
+backport, the table may appear empty with only the footer "New" checked.
+
+Finally, at the bottom of the table is an editable, copy-pastable text area
+that is redrawn at each click. It contains a series of 4 shell commands that
+can be copy-pasted at once and assign commit IDs to 4 variables, one per
+category. Most often only "y" will be of interest, so for example if the
+review process ends with:
+
+    cid_y=( 7dab3e82 456ba6e9 75f5977f 917f7c74 )
+
+Then copy-pasting it in a terminal already in the haproxy-2.9 directory and
+issuing:
+
+    git cherry-pick -sx ${cid_y[@]}
+
+Will result in all these patches to be backported to that version.
+
+
+Criticisms
+----------
+
+The interface is absolutely ugly but gets the job done. Proposals to revamp it
+are welcome, provided that they do not alter usability and portability (e.g.
+the ability to open the locally produced file without requiring access to an
+external server).
+
+
+Thanks
+------
+
+This utility is the proof that boringly repetitive tasks that can be offloaded
+from humans can save their time to do more productive things. This work which
+started with extremely limited tools was made possible thanks to Meta, for
+opening their models after leaking it, Georgi Gerganov and the community that
+developed around llama.cpp, for creating the first really open engine that
+builds out of the box and just works, contrary to the previous crippled Python-
+only ecosystem, Tom Jobbins (aka TheBloke) for making it so easy to discover
+new models every day by simply quantizing all of them and making them available
+from a single location, MistralAI for producing an exceptionally good model
+that surpasses all others, is the first one to feel as smart and accurate as a
+real human on such tasks, is fast, and totally free, and of course, HAProxy
+Technologies for investing some time on this and for the available hardware
+that permits a lot of experimentation.
diff --git a/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt14-2.9-airo14-pfx.txt b/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt14-2.9-airo14-pfx.txt
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+BEGININPUT
+BEGINCONTEXT
+
+HAProxy's development cycle consists in one development branch, and multiple
+maintenance branches.
+
+All the development is made into the development branch exclusively. This
+includes mostly new features, doc updates, cleanups and or course, fixes.
+
+The maintenance branches, also called stable branches, never see any
+development, and only receive ultra-safe fixes for bugs that affect them,
+that are picked from the development branch.
+
+Branches are numbered in 0.1 increments. Every 6 months, upon a new major
+release, the development branch enters maintenance and a new development branch
+is created with a new, higher version. The current development branch is
+2.9-dev, and maintenance branches are 2.8 and below.
+
+Fixes created in the development branch for issues that were introduced in an
+earlier branch are applied in descending order to each and every version till
+that branch that introduced the issue: 2.8 first, then 2.7, then 2.6 and so
+on. This operation is called "backporting". A fix for an issue is never
+backported beyond the branch that introduced the issue. An important point is
+that the project maintainers really aim at zero regression in maintenance
+branches, so they're never willing to take any risk backporting patches that
+are not deemed strictly necessary.
+
+Fixes consist of patches managed using the Git version control tool and are
+identified by a Git commit ID and a commit message. For this reason we
+indistinctly talk about backporting fixes, commits, or patches; all mean the
+same thing. When mentioning commit IDs, developers always use a short form
+made of the first 8 characters only, and expect the AI assistant to do the
+same.
+
+It seldom happens that some fixes depend on changes that were brought by other
+patches that were not in some branches and that will need to be backported as
+well for the fix to work. In this case, such information is explicitly provided
+in the commit message by the patch's author in natural language.
+
+Developers are serious and always indicate if a patch needs to be backported.
+Sometimes they omit the exact target branch, or they will say that the patch is
+"needed" in some older branch, but it means the same. If a commit message
+doesn't mention any backport instructions, it means that the commit does not
+have to be backported. And patches that are not strictly bug fixes nor doc
+improvements are normally not backported. For example, fixes for design
+limitations, architectural improvements and performance optimizations are
+considered too risky for a backport. Finally, all bug fixes are tagged as
+"BUG" at the beginning of their subject line. Patches that are not tagged as
+such are not bugs, and must never be backported unless their commit message
+explicitly requests so.
+
+ENDCONTEXT
+
+A developer is reviewing the development branch, trying to spot which commits
+need to be backported to maintenance branches. This person is already expert
+on HAProxy and everything related to Git, patch management, and the risks
+associated with backports, so he doesn't want to be told how to proceed nor to
+review the contents of the patch.
+
+The goal for this developer is to get some help from the AI assistant to save
+some precious time on this tedious review work. In order to do a better job, he
+needs an accurate summary of the information and instructions found in each
+commit message. Specifically he needs to figure if the patch fixes a problem
+affecting an older branch or not, if it needs to be backported, if so to which
+branches, and if other patches need to be backported along with it.
+
+The indented text block below after an "id" line and starting with a Subject line
+is a commit message from the HAProxy development branch that describes a patch
+applied to that branch, starting with its subject line, please read it carefully.
+
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+### Instruction:
+
+HAProxy's development cycle consists in one development branch, and multiple
+maintenance branches.
+
+All the development is made into the development branch exclusively. This
+includes mostly new features, doc updates, cleanups and or course, fixes.
+
+The maintenance branches, also called stable branches, never see any
+development, and only receive ultra-safe fixes for bugs that affect them,
+that are picked from the development branch.
+
+Branches are numbered in 0.1 increments. Every 6 months, upon a new major
+release, the development branch enters maintenance and a new development branch
+is created with a new, higher version. The current development branch is
+2.9-dev, and maintenance branches are 2.8 and below.
+
+Fixes created in the development branch for issues that were introduced in an
+earlier branch are applied in descending order to each and every version till
+that branch that introduced the issue: 2.8 first, then 2.7, then 2.6 and so
+on. This operation is called "backporting". A fix for an issue is never
+backported beyond the branch that introduced the issue. An important point is
+that the project maintainers really aim at zero regression in maintenance
+branches, so they're never willing to take any risk backporting patches that
+are not deemed strictly necessary.
+
+Fixes consist of patches managed using the Git version control tool and are
+identified by a Git commit ID and a commit message. For this reason we
+indistinctly talk about backporting fixes, commits, or patches; all mean the
+same thing. When mentioning commit IDs, developers always use a short form
+made of the first 8 characters only, and expect the AI assistant to do the
+same.
+
+It seldom happens that some fixes depend on changes that were brought by other
+patches that were not in some branches and that will need to be backported as
+well for the fix to work. In this case, such information is explicitly provided
+in the commit message by the patch's author in natural language.
+
+Developers are serious and always indicate if a patch needs to be backported.
+Sometimes they omit the exact target branch, or they will say that the patch is
+"needed" in some older branch, but it means the same. If a commit message
+doesn't mention any backport instructions, it means that the commit does not
+have to be backported. And patches that are not strictly bug fixes nor doc
+improvements are normally not backported. For example, fixes for design
+limitations, architectural improvements and performance optimizations are
+considered too risky for a backport. Finally, all bug fixes are tagged as
+"BUG" at the beginning of their subject line. Patches that are not tagged as
+such are not bugs, and must never be backported unless their commit message
+explicitly requests so.
+
+A developer is reviewing the development branch, trying to spot which commits
+need to be backported to maintenance branches. This person is already expert
+on HAProxy and everything related to Git, patch management, and the risks
+associated with backports, so he doesn't want to be told how to proceed nor to
+review the contents of the patch.
+
+The goal for this developer is to get some help from the AI assistant to save
+some precious time on this tedious review work. In order to do a better job, he
+needs an accurate summary of the information and instructions found in each
+commit message. Specifically he needs to figure if the patch fixes a problem
+affecting an older branch or not, if it needs to be backported, if so to which
+branches, and if other patches need to be backported along with it.
+
+The indented text block below after an "id" line and starting with a Subject line
+is a commit message from the HAProxy development branch that describes a patch
+applied to that branch, starting with its subject line, please read it carefully.
+
+### Input:
diff --git a/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt14-2.9-alpaca-sfx.txt b/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt14-2.9-alpaca-sfx.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9906132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt14-2.9-alpaca-sfx.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+### Instruction:
+
+You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much
+as you can, responding to a single question using a single response.
+
+The developer wants to know if he needs to backport the patch above to fix
+maintenance branches, for which branches, and what possible dependencies might
+be mentioned in the commit message. Carefully study the commit message and its
+backporting instructions if any (otherwise it should probably not be backported),
+then provide a very concise and short summary that will help the developer decide
+to backport it, or simply to skip it.
+
+Start by explaining in one or two sentences what you recommend for this one and why.
+Finally, based on your analysis, give your general conclusion as "Conclusion: X"
+where X is a single word among:
+  - "yes", if you recommend to backport the patch right now either because
+    it explicitly states this or because it's a fix for a bug that affects
+    a maintenance branch (2.8 or lower);
+  - "wait", if this patch explicitly mentions that it must be backported, but
+    only after waiting some time.
+  - "no", if nothing clearly indicates a necessity to backport this patch (e.g.
+     lack of explicit backport instructions, or it's just an improvement);
+  - "uncertain" otherwise for cases not covered above
+
+### Response:
+
+Explanation:
diff --git a/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt14-2.9-chatml-pfx.txt b/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt14-2.9-chatml-pfx.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c35138e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt14-2.9-chatml-pfx.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<|im_start|>system
+HAProxy's development cycle consists in one development branch, and multiple
+maintenance branches.
+
+All the development is made into the development branch exclusively. This
+includes mostly new features, doc updates, cleanups and or course, fixes.
+
+The maintenance branches, also called stable branches, never see any
+development, and only receive ultra-safe fixes for bugs that affect them,
+that are picked from the development branch.
+
+Branches are numbered in 0.1 increments. Every 6 months, upon a new major
+release, the development branch enters maintenance and a new development branch
+is created with a new, higher version. The current development branch is
+2.9-dev, and maintenance branches are 2.8 and below.
+
+Fixes created in the development branch for issues that were introduced in an
+earlier branch are applied in descending order to each and every version till
+that branch that introduced the issue: 2.8 first, then 2.7, then 2.6 and so
+on. This operation is called "backporting". A fix for an issue is never
+backported beyond the branch that introduced the issue. An important point is
+that the project maintainers really aim at zero regression in maintenance
+branches, so they're never willing to take any risk backporting patches that
+are not deemed strictly necessary.
+
+Fixes consist of patches managed using the Git version control tool and are
+identified by a Git commit ID and a commit message. For this reason we
+indistinctly talk about backporting fixes, commits, or patches; all mean the
+same thing. When mentioning commit IDs, developers always use a short form
+made of the first 8 characters only, and expect the AI assistant to do the
+same.
+
+It seldom happens that some fixes depend on changes that were brought by other
+patches that were not in some branches and that will need to be backported as
+well for the fix to work. In this case, such information is explicitly provided
+in the commit message by the patch's author in natural language.
+
+Developers are serious and always indicate if a patch needs to be backported.
+Sometimes they omit the exact target branch, or they will say that the patch is
+"needed" in some older branch, but it means the same. If a commit message
+doesn't mention any backport instructions, it means that the commit does not
+have to be backported. And patches that are not strictly bug fixes nor doc
+improvements are normally not backported. For example, fixes for design
+limitations, architectural improvements and performance optimizations are
+considered too risky for a backport. Finally, all bug fixes are tagged as
+"BUG" at the beginning of their subject line. Patches that are not tagged as
+such are not bugs, and must never be backported unless their commit message
+explicitly requests so.
+
+A developer is reviewing the development branch, trying to spot which commits
+need to be backported to maintenance branches. This person is already expert
+on HAProxy and everything related to Git, patch management, and the risks
+associated with backports, so he doesn't want to be told how to proceed nor to
+review the contents of the patch.
+
+The goal for this developer is to get some help from the AI assistant to save
+some precious time on this tedious review work. In order to do a better job, he
+needs an accurate summary of the information and instructions found in each
+commit message. Specifically he needs to figure if the patch fixes a problem
+affecting an older branch or not, if it needs to be backported, if so to which
+branches, and if other patches need to be backported along with it.
+
+The indented text block below after an "id" line and starting with a Subject line
+is a commit message from the HAProxy development branch that describes a patch
+applied to that branch, starting with its subject line, please read it carefully.
+<|im_end|>
+<|im_start|>user
diff --git a/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt14-2.9-chatml-sfx.txt b/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt14-2.9-chatml-sfx.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31e26d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt14-2.9-chatml-sfx.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<|im_end|>
+<|im_start|>system
+
+You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much
+as you can, responding to a single question using a single response.
+
+The developer wants to know if he needs to backport the patch above to fix
+maintenance branches, for which branches, and what possible dependencies might
+be mentioned in the commit message. Carefully study the commit message and its
+backporting instructions if any (otherwise it should probably not be backported),
+then provide a very concise and short summary that will help the developer decide
+to backport it, or simply to skip it.
+
+Start by explaining in one or two sentences what you recommend for this one and why.
+Finally, based on your analysis, give your general conclusion as "Conclusion: X"
+where X is a single word among:
+  - "yes", if you recommend to backport the patch right now either because
+    it explicitly states this or because it's a fix for a bug that affects
+    a maintenance branch (2.8 or lower);
+  - "wait", if this patch explicitly mentions that it must be backported, but
+    only after waiting some time.
+  - "no", if nothing clearly indicates a necessity to backport this patch (e.g.
+     lack of explicit backport instructions, or it's just an improvement);
+  - "uncertain" otherwise for cases not covered above
+<|im_end|>
+<|im_start|>assistant
+
+Explanation:
diff --git a/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt14-2.9-mist7b-sfx.txt b/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt14-2.9-mist7b-sfx.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d1b03b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt14-2.9-mist7b-sfx.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+ENDINPUT
+BEGININSTRUCTION
+
+You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much
+as you can, responding to a single question using a single response.
+
+The developer wants to know if he needs to backport the patch above to fix
+maintenance branches, for which branches, and what possible dependencies might
+be mentioned in the commit message. Carefully study the commit message and its
+backporting instructions if any (otherwise it should probably not be backported),
+then provide a very concise and short summary that will help the developer decide
+to backport it, or simply to skip it.
+
+Start by explaining in one or two sentences what you recommend for this one and why.
+Finally, based on your analysis, give your general conclusion as "Conclusion: X"
+where X is a single word among:
+  - "yes", if you recommend to backport the patch right now either because
+    it explicitly states this or because it's a fix for a bug that affects
+    a maintenance branch (2.8 or lower);
+  - "wait", if this patch explicitly mentions that it must be backported, but
+    only after waiting some time.
+  - "no", if nothing clearly indicates a necessity to backport this patch (e.g.
+     lack of explicit backport instructions, or it's just an improvement);
+  - "uncertain" otherwise for cases not covered above
+
+ENDINSTRUCTION
+
+Explanation:
diff --git a/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt15-3.1-mist7bv2-pfx.txt b/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt15-3.1-mist7bv2-pfx.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3120167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt15-3.1-mist7bv2-pfx.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+BEGININPUT
+BEGINCONTEXT
+
+HAProxy's development cycle consists in one development branch, and multiple
+maintenance branches.
+
+All the development is made into the development branch exclusively. This
+includes mostly new features, doc updates, cleanups and or course, fixes.
+
+The maintenance branches, also called stable branches, never see any
+development, and only receive ultra-safe fixes for bugs that affect them,
+that are picked from the development branch.
+
+Branches are numbered in 0.1 increments. Every 6 months, upon a new major
+release, the development branch enters maintenance and a new development branch
+is created with a new, higher version. The current development branch is
+3.1-dev, and maintenance branches are 3.0 and below.
+
+Fixes created in the development branch for issues that were introduced in an
+earlier branch are applied in descending order to each and every version till
+that branch that introduced the issue: 3.0 first, then 2.9, then 2.8 and so
+on. This operation is called "backporting". A fix for an issue is never
+backported beyond the branch that introduced the issue. An important point is
+that the project maintainers really aim at zero regression in maintenance
+branches, so they're never willing to take any risk backporting patches that
+are not deemed strictly necessary.
+
+Fixes consist of patches managed using the Git version control tool and are
+identified by a Git commit ID and a commit message. For this reason we
+indistinctly talk about backporting fixes, commits, or patches; all mean the
+same thing. When mentioning commit IDs, developers always use a short form
+made of the first 8 characters only, and expect the AI assistant to do the
+same.
+
+It seldom happens that some fixes depend on changes that were brought by other
+patches that were not in some branches and that will need to be backported as
+well for the fix to work. In this case, such information is explicitly provided
+in the commit message by the patch's author in natural language.
+
+Developers are serious and always indicate if a patch needs to be backported.
+Sometimes they omit the exact target branch, or they will say that the patch is
+"needed" in some older branch, but it means the same. If a commit message
+doesn't mention any backport instructions, it means that the commit does not
+have to be backported. And patches that are not strictly bug fixes nor doc
+improvements are normally not backported. For example, fixes for design
+limitations, architectural improvements and performance optimizations are
+considered too risky for a backport. Finally, all bug fixes are tagged as
+"BUG" at the beginning of their subject line. Patches that are not tagged as
+such are not bugs, and must never be backported unless their commit message
+explicitly requests so.
+
+ENDCONTEXT
+
+A developer is reviewing the development branch, trying to spot which commits
+need to be backported to maintenance branches. This person is already expert
+on HAProxy and everything related to Git, patch management, and the risks
+associated with backports, so he doesn't want to be told how to proceed nor to
+review the contents of the patch.
+
+The goal for this developer is to get some help from the AI assistant to save
+some precious time on this tedious review work. In order to do a better job, he
+needs an accurate summary of the information and instructions found in each
+commit message. Specifically he needs to figure if the patch fixes a problem
+affecting an older branch or not, if it needs to be backported, if so to which
+branches, and if other patches need to be backported along with it.
+
+The indented text block below after an "id" line and starting with a Subject line
+is a commit message from the HAProxy development branch that describes a patch
+applied to that branch, starting with its subject line, please read it carefully.
+
diff --git a/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt15-3.1-mist7bv2-sfx.txt b/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt15-3.1-mist7bv2-sfx.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd4280b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/patchbot/prompts/prompt15-3.1-mist7bv2-sfx.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+ENDINPUT
+BEGININSTRUCTION
+
+You are an AI assistant that follows instruction extremely well. Help as much
+as you can, responding to a single question using a single response.
+
+The developer wants to know if he needs to backport the patch above to fix
+maintenance branches, for which branches, and what possible dependencies might
+be mentioned in the commit message. Carefully study the commit message and its
+backporting instructions if any (otherwise it should probably not be backported),
+then provide a very concise and short summary that will help the developer decide
+to backport it, or simply to skip it.
+
+Start by explaining in one or two sentences what you recommend for this one and why.
+Finally, based on your analysis, give your general conclusion as "Conclusion: X"
+where X is a single word among:
+  - "yes", if you recommend to backport the patch right now either because
+    it explicitly states this or because it's a fix for a bug that affects
+    a maintenance branch (3.0 or lower);
+  - "wait", if this patch explicitly mentions that it must be backported, but
+    only after waiting some time.
+  - "no", if nothing clearly indicates a necessity to backport this patch (e.g.
+     lack of explicit backport instructions, or it's just an improvement);
+  - "uncertain" otherwise for cases not covered above
+
+ENDINSTRUCTION
+
+Explanation:
diff --git a/dev/patchbot/scripts/post-ai.sh b/dev/patchbot/scripts/post-ai.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7dba63a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/patchbot/scripts/post-ai.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,372 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+####
+#### Todo:
+####   - change line color based on the selected radio button
+####   - support collapsing lines per color/category (show/hide for each)
+####   - add category "next" and see if the prompt can handle that (eg: d3e379b3)
+####   - produce multiple lists on output (per category) allowing to save batches
+####
+
+die() {
+	[ "$#" -eq 0 ] || echo "$*" >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
+err() {
+	echo "$*" >&2
+}
+
+quit() {
+	[ "$#" -eq 0 ] || echo "$*"
+	exit 0
+}
+
+#### Main
+
+USAGE="Usage: ${0##*/} [ -h ] [ -b 'bkp_list' ] patch..."
+MYSELF="$0"
+GITURL="http://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy.git;a=commitdiff;h="
+ISSUES="https://github.com/haproxy/haproxy/issues/"
+BKP=""
+
+while [ -n "$1" -a -z "${1##-*}" ]; do
+	case "$1" in
+		-h|--help) quit "$USAGE" ;;
+		-b)        BKP="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+		*)         die  "$USAGE" ;;
+	esac
+done
+
+PATCHES=( "$@" )
+
+if [ ${#PATCHES[@]} = 0 ]; then
+        die "$USAGE"
+fi
+
+# BKP is a space-delimited list of 8-char commit IDs, we'll
+# assign them to the local bkp[] associative array.
+
+declare -A bkp
+
+for cid in $BKP; do
+    bkp[$cid]=1
+done
+
+# some colors
+BG_B="#e0e0e0"
+BT_N="gray";     BG_N="white"
+BT_U="#00e000";  BG_U="#e0ffe0"
+BT_W="#0060ff";  BG_W="#e0e0ff"
+BT_Y="red";      BG_Y="#ffe0e0"
+
+echo "<HTML>"
+
+cat <<- EOF
+<HEAD><style>
+input.n[type="radio"] {
+  appearance: none;
+  width: 1.25em;
+  height: 1.25em;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  border: 3px solid $BT_N;
+  background-color: transparent;
+}
+input.n[type="radio"]:checked {
+  appearance: none;
+  width: 1.25em;
+  height: 1.25em;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  border: 2px solid black;
+  background-color: $BT_N;
+}
+
+input.u[type="radio"] {
+  appearance: none;
+  width: 1.25em;
+  height: 1.25em;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  border: 3px solid $BT_U;
+  background-color: transparent;
+}
+input.u[type="radio"]:checked {
+  appearance: none;
+  width: 1.25em;
+  height: 1.25em;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  border: 2px solid black;
+  background-color: $BT_U;
+}
+
+input.w[type="radio"] {
+  appearance: none;
+  width: 1.25em;
+  height: 1.25em;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  border: 3px solid $BT_W;
+  background-color: transparent;
+}
+input.w[type="radio"]:checked {
+  appearance: none;
+  width: 1.25em;
+  height: 1.25em;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  border: 2px solid black;
+  background-color: $BT_W;
+}
+
+input.y[type="radio"] {
+  appearance: none;
+  width: 1.25em;
+  height: 1.25em;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  border: 3px solid $BT_Y;
+  background-color: transparent;
+}
+input.y[type="radio"]:checked {
+  appearance: none;
+  width: 1.25em;
+  height: 1.25em;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  border: 2px solid black;
+  background-color: $BT_Y;
+}
+</style>
+
+<script type="text/javascript"><!--
+
+var nb_patches = 0;
+var cid = [];
+var bkp = [];
+
+// first line to review
+var review = 0;
+
+// show/hide table lines and update their color
+function updt_table(line) {
+  var b = document.getElementById("sh_b").checked;
+  var n = document.getElementById("sh_n").checked;
+  var u = document.getElementById("sh_u").checked;
+  var w = document.getElementById("sh_w").checked;
+  var y = document.getElementById("sh_y").checked;
+  var tn = 0, tu = 0, tw = 0, ty = 0;
+  var i, el;
+
+  for (i = 1; i < nb_patches; i++) {
+    if (document.getElementById("bt_" + i + "_n").checked) {
+      tn++;
+      if (line && i != line)
+        continue;
+      el = document.getElementById("tr_" + i);
+      el.style.backgroundColor = "$BG_N";
+      el.style.display = n && (b || !bkp[i]) && i >= review ? "" : "none";
+    }
+    else if (document.getElementById("bt_" + i + "_u").checked) {
+      tu++;
+      if (line && i != line)
+        continue;
+      el = document.getElementById("tr_" + i);
+      el.style.backgroundColor = "$BG_U";
+      el.style.display = u && (b || !bkp[i]) && i >= review ? "" : "none";
+    }
+    else if (document.getElementById("bt_" + i + "_w").checked) {
+      tw++;
+      if (line && i != line)
+        continue;
+      el = document.getElementById("tr_" + i);
+      el.style.backgroundColor = "$BG_W";
+      el.style.display = w && (b || !bkp[i]) && i >= review ? "" : "none";
+    }
+    else if (document.getElementById("bt_" + i + "_y").checked) {
+      ty++;
+      if (line && i != line)
+        continue;
+      el = document.getElementById("tr_" + i);
+      el.style.backgroundColor = "$BG_Y";
+      el.style.display = y && (b || !bkp[i]) && i >= review ? "" : "none";
+    }
+    else {
+      // bug
+      if (line && i != line)
+        continue;
+      el = document.getElementById("tr_" + i);
+      el.style.backgroundColor = "red";
+      el.style.display = "";
+    }
+  }
+  document.getElementById("cnt_n").innerText = tn;
+  document.getElementById("cnt_u").innerText = tu;
+  document.getElementById("cnt_w").innerText = tw;
+  document.getElementById("cnt_y").innerText = ty;
+}
+
+function updt_output() {
+  var b = document.getElementById("sh_b").checked;
+  var i, y = "", w = "", u = "", n = "";
+
+  for (i = 1; i < nb_patches; i++) {
+    if (i < review)
+       continue;
+    if (bkp[i])
+       continue;
+    if (document.getElementById("bt_" + i + "_y").checked)
+       y = y + " " + cid[i];
+    else if (document.getElementById("bt_" + i + "_w").checked)
+       w = w + " " + cid[i];
+    else if (document.getElementById("bt_" + i + "_u").checked)
+       u = u + " " + cid[i];
+    else if (document.getElementById("bt_" + i + "_n").checked)
+       n = n + " " + cid[i];
+  }
+
+  // update the textarea
+  document.getElementById("output").value =
+    "cid_y=(" + y + " )\n" +
+    "cid_w=(" + w + " )\n" +
+    "cid_u=(" + u + " )\n" +
+    "cid_n=(" + n + " )\n";
+}
+
+function updt(line,value) {
+  if (value == "r") {
+    review = line;
+    line = 0; // redraw everything
+  }
+  updt_table(line);
+  updt_output();
+}
+
+// -->
+</script>
+</HEAD>
+EOF
+
+echo "<BODY>"
+echo -n "<big><big>Show:"
+echo -n " <span style='background-color:$BG_B'><input type='checkbox' onclick='updt_table(0);' id='sh_b' checked />B (${#bkp[*]})</span> "
+echo -n " <span style='background-color:$BG_N'><input type='checkbox' onclick='updt_table(0);' id='sh_n' checked />N (<span id='cnt_n'>0</span>)</span> "
+echo -n " <span style='background-color:$BG_U'><input type='checkbox' onclick='updt_table(0);' id='sh_u' checked />U (<span id='cnt_u'>0</span>)</span> "
+echo -n " <span style='background-color:$BG_W'><input type='checkbox' onclick='updt_table(0);' id='sh_w' checked />W (<span id='cnt_w'>0</span>)</span> "
+echo -n " <span style='background-color:$BG_Y'><input type='checkbox' onclick='updt_table(0);' id='sh_y' checked />Y (<span id='cnt_y'>0</span>)</span> "
+echo -n "</big/></big> (B=show backported, N=no/drop, U=uncertain, W=wait/next, Y=yes/pick"
+echo ")<P/>"
+
+echo "<TABLE COLS=5 BORDER=1 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=3>"
+echo "<TR><TH>All<br/><input type='radio' name='review' onclick='updt(0,\"r\");' checked title='Start review here'/></TH><TH>CID</TH><TH>Subject</TH><TH>Verdict<BR>N U W Y</BR></TH><TH>Reason</TH></TR>"
+seq_num=1; do_check=1; review=0;
+for patch in "${PATCHES[@]}"; do
+        # try to retrieve the patch's numbering (0001-9999)
+        pnum="${patch##*/}"
+        pnum="${pnum%%[^0-9]*}"
+
+        id=$(sed -ne 's/^#id: \(.*\)/\1/p' "$patch")
+        resp=$(grep -v ^llama "$patch" | sed -ne '/^Explanation:/,$p' | sed -z 's/\n[\n]*/\n/g' | sed -z 's/\([^. ]\)\n\([A-Z]\)/\1.\n\2/' | tr '\012' ' ')
+        resp="${resp#Explanation:}";
+        while [ -n "$resp" -a -z "${resp##[ .]*}" ]; do
+                resp="${resp#[ .]}"
+        done
+
+        respl=$(echo -- "$resp" | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')
+
+        if [[ "${respl}" =~ (conclusion|verdict)[:\ ][^.]*yes ]]; then
+                verdict=yes
+        elif [[ "${respl}" =~ (conclusion|verdict)[:\ ][^.]*wait ]]; then
+                verdict=wait
+        elif [[ "${respl}" =~ (conclusion|verdict)[:\ ][^.]*no ]]; then
+                verdict=no
+        elif [[ "${respl}" =~ (conclusion|verdict)[:\ ][^.]*uncertain ]]; then
+                verdict=uncertain
+        elif [[ "${respl}" =~ (\"wait\"|\"yes\"|\"no\"|\"uncertain\")[^\"]*$ ]]; then
+                # last word under quotes in the response, sometimes happens as
+                # in 'thus I would conclude "no"'.
+                verdict=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+        else
+                verdict=uncertain
+        fi
+
+        verdict="${verdict//[\"\',;:. ]}"
+        verdict=$(echo -n "$verdict" | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]')
+
+        # There are two formats for the ID line:
+        #   - old: #id: cid subject
+        #   - new: #id: cid author date subject
+        # We can detect the 2nd one as the date starts with a series of digits
+        # followed by "-" then an upper case letter (eg: "18-Dec23").
+        set -- $id
+        cid="$1"
+        author=""
+        date=""
+        if [ -n "$3" ] && [ -z "${3##[1-9]-[A-Z]*}" -o -z "${3##[0-3][0-9]-[A-Z]*}" ]; then
+            author="$2"
+            date="$3"
+            subj="${id#$cid $author $date }"
+        else
+            subj="${id#$cid }"
+        fi
+
+        if [ -z "$cid" ]; then
+            echo "ERROR: commit ID not found in patch $pnum: $patch" >&2
+            continue
+        fi
+
+        echo "<script type='text/javascript'>cid[$seq_num]='$cid'; bkp[$seq_num]=${bkp[$cid]:+1}+0;</script>"
+
+        echo -n "<TR id='tr_$seq_num' name='$cid'"
+
+        # highlight unqualified docs and bugs
+        if [ "$verdict" != "no" ]; then
+                : # no special treatment for accepted/uncertain elements
+        elif [ -z "${subj##BUG*}" ] && ! [[ "${respl}" =~ (explicitly|specifically|clearly|also|commit\ message|does)[\ ]*(state|mention|say|request) ]]; then
+                # bold for BUG marked "no" with no "explicitly states that ..."
+                echo -n " style='font-weight:bold'"
+        elif [ -z "${subj##DOC*}" ]; then # && ! [[ "${respl}" =~ (explicitly|specifically|clearly|also|commit\ message|does)[\ ]*(state|mention|say|request) ]]; then
+                # gray for DOC marked "no"
+                echo -n " style='font-weight:bold'"
+                #echo -n " bgcolor=#E0E0E0" #"$BG_U"
+        fi
+
+        echo -n ">"
+
+        # HTMLify subject and summary
+        subj="${subj//&/&amp;}"; subj="${subj//</&lt;}"; subj="${subj//>/&gt;}";
+        resp="${resp//&/&amp;}"; resp="${resp//</&lt;}"; resp="${resp//>/&gt;}";
+
+        # turn "#XXXX" to a link to an issue
+        resp=$(echo "$resp" | sed -e "s|#\([0-9]\{1,5\}\)|<a href='${ISSUES}\1'>#\1</a>|g")
+
+        # put links to commit IDs
+        resp=$(echo "$resp" | sed -e "s|\([0-9a-f]\{8,40\}\)|<a href='${GITURL}\1'>\1</a>|g")
+
+        echo -n "<TD nowrap align=center ${bkp[$cid]:+style='background-color:${BG_B}'}>$seq_num<BR/>"
+        echo -n "<input type='radio' name='review' onclick='updt($seq_num,\"r\");' ${do_check:+checked} title='Start review here'/></TD>"
+        echo -n "<TD nowrap ${bkp[$cid]:+style='background-color:${BG_B}'}><tt><a href='${GITURL}${cid}'>$cid</a></tt>${date:+<br/><small style='font-weight:normal'>$date</small>}</TD>"
+        echo -n "<TD nowrap><a href='${GITURL}${cid}'>${pnum:+$pnum }$subj</a>${author:+<br/><div align=right><small style='font-weight:normal'>$author</small></div>}</TD>"
+        echo -n "<TD nowrap align=center>"
+        echo -n "<input type='radio' onclick='updt($seq_num,\"n\");' id='bt_${seq_num}_n' class='n' name='$cid' value='n' title='Drop' $(         [ "$verdict" != no ]     || echo -n checked) />"
+        echo -n "<input type='radio' onclick='updt($seq_num,\"u\");' id='bt_${seq_num}_u' class='u' name='$cid' value='u' title='Uncertain' $(    [ "$verdict" != uncertain ] || echo -n checked) />"
+        echo -n "<input type='radio' onclick='updt($seq_num,\"w\");' id='bt_${seq_num}_w' class='w' name='$cid' value='w' title='wait in -next' $([ "$verdict" != wait ]   || echo -n checked) />"
+        echo -n "<input type='radio' onclick='updt($seq_num,\"y\");' id='bt_${seq_num}_y' class='y' name='$cid' value='y' title='Pick' $(         [ "$verdict" != yes ]    || echo -n checked) />"
+        echo -n "</TD>"
+        echo -n "<TD>$resp</TD>"
+        echo "</TR>"
+        echo
+        ((seq_num++))
+
+        # if this patch was already backported, make the review start on the next
+        if [ -n "${bkp[$cid]}" ]; then
+            review=$seq_num
+            do_check=1
+        else
+            do_check=
+        fi
+done
+
+echo "<TR><TH>New<br/><input type='radio' name='review' onclick='updt($seq_num,\"r\");' ${do_check:+checked} title='Nothing to backport'/></TH><TH>CID</TH><TH>Subject</TH><TH>Verdict<BR>N U W Y</BR></TH><TH>Reason</TH></TR>"
+
+echo "</TABLE>"
+echo "<P/>"
+echo "<H3>Output:</H3>"
+echo "<textarea cols=120 rows=10 id='output'></textarea>"
+echo "<P/>"
+echo "<script type='text/javascript'>nb_patches=$seq_num; review=$review; updt_table(0); updt_output();</script>"
+echo "</BODY></HTML>"
diff --git a/dev/patchbot/scripts/process-patch-v15.sh b/dev/patchbot/scripts/process-patch-v15.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e9f718a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/patchbot/scripts/process-patch-v15.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# the patch itself
+F="$1"
+shift
+
+# if non-empty, force to redo the patch
+FORCE="${FORCE:-}"
+
+CPU="${CPU:-$(nproc)}"
+MODEL="${MODEL:-../models/airoboros-l2-13b-gpt4-1.4.1.Q5_K_M.gguf}"
+PROMPT_PFX="${PROMPT_PFX:-prompt14-airo14-pfx.txt}"
+PROMPT_SFX="${PROMPT_SFX:-prompt14-airo14-sfx.txt}"
+CACHE="${CACHE:-prompt-airo14.cache}"
+CACHE_RO="${CACHE_RO- --prompt-cache-ro}"
+EXT="${EXT:-airo14.txt}"
+OUTPUT="${OUTPUT:-$(set -- "$F"."$EXT"; echo $1)}"
+MAINPROG="${MAINPROG:-./main}"
+
+# switch to interactive mode with this reverse-prompt at the end if set.
+# Typically: INTERACTIVE="Developer".
+INTERACTIVE=${INTERACTIVE:-""}
+
+# Compute the full prompt
+#
+# Input format for "$F": git-format-patch with lines in this order:
+#   1: From cid ...
+#   2: From: author user@...
+#   3: Date:
+#   4: Subject:
+#   ...
+#   n: ^---$
+# It will emit a preliminary line with the commit ID, the author, the date,
+# the subject, then the whole commit message indented. The output can be
+# searched using grep '^\(Bot:\|#id:\)'
+
+PROMPT="$(cat "$PROMPT_PFX"; cat "$F" | sed -e '/^---/,$d'  -e '/^Signed-off-by:/d' -e '/^Cc:/d' -e '/^Reported-by:/d' -e '/^Acked-by:/d' -e '1s/From \([0-9a-f]\{8\}\)\([0-9a-f]\{32\}\).*/\1/'  -e '2s/^From: .*<\([^<@>]*\)@\([^<.>]*\).*/\1@\2/' -e '3s/^Date:[^,]*, \([^ ]*\) \([^ ]*\) 20\([^ ]*\).*/\1-\2\3/' | sed -ne '1h;1d;2x;2G;2h;2d;3x;3G;3h;3d;4x;4G;4s/^\([^\n]*\)\n\([^\n]*\)\n\([^\n]*\)\nSubject: \(.*\)/#id: \1 \2 \3 \4\n\nSubject: \4/;p' | sed -e '3,$s/^/    \0/'; echo; cat "$PROMPT_SFX")"
+
+# already done: don't do it again. Note that /dev/null is OK
+if [ -z "$FORCE" -a -s "$OUTPUT" ]; then
+        exit 0
+fi
+
+# In order to rebuild the prompt cache:
+#   OUTPUT=blah CACHE_RO= ./$0 /dev/null
+#
+# Note: airoboros is able to carefully isolate an entire context, tests show
+# that it's possible to ask it to repeat the entire commit message and it does
+# so correctly. However its logic is sometimes bizarre
+
+
+if [ -z "$INTERACTIVE" ]; then
+        LANG=C "$MAINPROG" --log-disable --model "$MODEL" --threads "$CPU" --ctx_size 4096 --temp 0.36 --top_k 12 --top_p 1 --repeat_last_n 256 --batch_size 16384 --repeat_penalty 1.1 --n_predict 200 --multiline-input --prompt "$PROMPT" --prompt-cache "$CACHE" $CACHE_RO "$@" 2>&1 | grep -v ^llama_model_loader | grep -v ^llm_load_ > "${OUTPUT}"
+	if [ "$?" != 0 ]; then
+		# failed: this is likely because the text is too long
+		(echo "$PROMPT"; echo
+		 echo "Explanation: the commit message was way too long, couldn't analyse it."
+		 echo "Conclusion: uncertain"
+		 echo) > "${OUTPUT}"
+	fi
+else
+        LANG=C "$MAINPROG" --log-disable --model "$MODEL" --threads "$CPU" --ctx_size 4096 --temp 0.36 --repeat_penalty 1.1 --n_predict 200 --multiline-input --prompt "$PROMPT" --prompt-cache "$CACHE" $CACHE_RO -n -1 -i --color --in-prefix ' ' --reverse-prompt "$INTERACTIVE:" "$@"
+fi
diff --git a/dev/patchbot/scripts/submit-ai.sh b/dev/patchbot/scripts/submit-ai.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d6c6710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/patchbot/scripts/submit-ai.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# note: the program may re-execute itself: when it has more than one patch to
+# process, it will call itself with one patch only in argument. When called
+# with a single patch in argument, it will always start the analysis directly.
+
+# The program uses several environment variables:
+# - EXT         file name extension for the response
+# - MODEL       path to the model file (GGUF format)
+# - FORCE       force to re-process existing patches
+# - PROGRAM     path to the script to be called
+# - CACHE       path to the prompt cache (optional)
+# - CACHE_RO    force cache to remain read-only
+# - PROMPT_PFX  path to the prompt prefix (before the patch)
+# - PROMPT_SFX  path to the prompt suffix (after the patch)
+# - TOT_CPUS    total number of usable CPUs (def: nproc or 1)
+# - SLOT_CPUS   if defined, it's an array of CPU sets for each running slot
+# - CPU_SLOT    passed by the first level to the second one to allow binding
+#               to a specific CPU set based on the slot number from 0 to N-1.
+
+die() {
+	[ "$#" -eq 0 ] || echo "$*" >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
+err() {
+	echo "$*" >&2
+}
+
+quit() {
+	[ "$#" -eq 0 ] || echo "$*"
+	exit 0
+}
+
+#### Main
+
+# detect if running under -x, pass it down to sub-processes
+#opt=; set -o | grep xtrace | grep -q on && opt=-x
+
+USAGE="Usage: ${0##*/} [ -s slots ] patch..."
+MYSELF="$0"
+TOT_CPUS=${TOT_CPUS:-$(nproc)}
+TOT_CPUS=${TOT_CPUS:-1}
+SLOTS=1
+
+
+while [ -n "$1" -a -z "${1##-*}" ]; do
+	case "$1" in
+		-s)        SLOTS="$2"    ; shift 2 ;;
+		-h|--help) quit "$USAGE" ;;
+		*)         die  "$USAGE" ;;
+	esac
+done
+
+[ -n "$EXT" ]        || die "Missing extension name (EXT)"
+[ -n "$MODEL" ]      || die "Missing model name (MODEL)"
+[ -n "$PROGRAM" ]    || die "Missing program name (PROGRAM)"
+[ -n "$PROMPT_PFX" ] || die "Missing prompt prefix (PROMPT_PFX)"
+[ -n "$PROMPT_SFX" ] || die "Missing prompt suffix (PROMPT_SFX)"
+
+PATCHES=( "$@" )
+
+if [ ${#PATCHES[@]} = 0 ]; then
+        die "$USAGE"
+elif [ ${#PATCHES[@]} = 1 ]; then
+        # really execute
+        taskset_cmd=""
+        if [ -n "$CPU_SLOT" ] && [ -n "${SLOT_CPUS[$CPU_SLOT]}" ]; then
+                taskset_cmd="taskset -c ${SLOT_CPUS[$CPU_SLOT]}"
+        fi
+        export CPU=$TOT_CPUS
+        ${taskset_cmd} ${PROGRAM} "${PATCHES[0]}"
+else
+        # divide CPUs by number of slots
+        export TOT_CPUS=$(( (TOT_CPUS + SLOTS - 1) / SLOTS ))
+        # reexecute ourselves in parallel with a single patch each
+        xargs -n 1 -P "${SLOTS}" --process-slot-var=CPU_SLOT "${MYSELF}" -s 1 <<< "${PATCHES[@]}"
+fi
+
diff --git a/dev/patchbot/scripts/update-3.0.sh b/dev/patchbot/scripts/update-3.0.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5f8ac87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/patchbot/scripts/update-3.0.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SCRIPTS_DIR="$HOME/prog/scripts"
+HAPROXY_DIR="$HOME/data/in/haproxy"
+PATCHES_PFX="$HOME/data/in/patches"
+VERDICT_DIR="$HOME/data/out"
+PROMPTS_DIR="$HOME/data/prompts"
+MODELS_DIR="$HOME/data/models"
+MAINPROG="$HOME/prog/bin/main"
+
+PARALLEL_RUNS=2
+
+BRANCH=$(cd "$HAPROXY_DIR" && git describe --tags HEAD|cut -f1 -d-|cut -f2- -dv)
+if [ -z "$BRANCH" ]; then
+	echo "Couldn't guess current branch, aborting."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# eg: for v3.0-dev0^ we should get v2.9.0 hence "2.9"
+STABLE=$(cd "$HAPROXY_DIR" && git describe --tags "v${BRANCH}-dev0^" |cut -f1,2 -d.|cut -f2- -dv)
+
+PATCHES_DIR="$PATCHES_PFX"-"$BRANCH"
+
+(cd "$HAPROXY_DIR"
+ git pull
+ last_file=$(ls -1 "$PATCHES_DIR"/*.patch 2>/dev/null | tail -n1)
+ if [ -n "$last_file" ]; then
+	restart=$(head -n1 "$last_file" | cut -f2 -d' ')
+ else
+	restart="v${BRANCH}-dev0"
+ fi
+ "$SCRIPTS_DIR"/mk-patch-list.sh -o "$PATCHES_DIR" -b v${BRANCH}-dev0 $(git log $restart.. --oneline | cut -f1 -d' ')
+)
+
+# List backported fixes (possibly none)
+BKP=(
+    $(
+        cd "$HAPROXY_DIR"
+        if ! git remote update "$STABLE"; then
+            git remote add "$STABLE" "http://git.haproxy.org/git/haproxy-${STABLE}.git/"
+            git remote update "$STABLE"
+        fi >&2
+
+        git log --no-decorate --reverse "v${STABLE}.0..${STABLE}/master" |
+            sed -ne 's,(cherry picked from commit \(.\{8\}\).*,\1,p'
+    )
+)
+
+# by far the best model for now with little uncertain and few wait
+echo "${BRANCH}: mistral-7b-v0.2"
+
+if [ ! -e "${PROMPTS_DIR}/prompt-${BRANCH}-m7bv02.cache" -o "${PROMPTS_DIR}/prompt15-${BRANCH}-mist7bv2-pfx.txt" -nt "${PROMPTS_DIR}/prompt-${BRANCH}-m7bv02.cache" ]; then
+    echo "Regenerating the prompt cache, may take 1-2 min"
+    rm -f "${PROMPTS_DIR}/prompt-${BRANCH}-m7bv02.cache"
+    rm -f empty
+    touch empty
+    time EXT=m7bv02.txt MODEL=${MODELS_DIR}/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.2.Q5_K_M.gguf CACHE=${PROMPTS_DIR}/prompt-${BRANCH}-m7bv02.cache CACHE_RO= PROMPT_PFX=${PROMPTS_DIR}/prompt15-${BRANCH}-mist7bv2-pfx.txt PROMPT_SFX=${PROMPTS_DIR}/prompt15-${BRANCH}-mist7bv2-sfx.txt MAINPROG=$MAINPROG PROGRAM="$SCRIPTS_DIR"/process-patch-v15.sh "$SCRIPTS_DIR"/submit-ai.sh empty
+    rm -f empty empty.m7bv02.txt
+    echo "Done!"
+fi
+
+# Now process the patches, may take 1-2 hours
+time EXT=m7bv02.txt MODEL=${MODELS_DIR}/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.2.Q5_K_M.gguf CACHE=${PROMPTS_DIR}/prompt-${BRANCH}-m7bv02.cache PROMPT_PFX=${PROMPTS_DIR}/prompt15-${BRANCH}-mist7bv2-pfx.txt PROMPT_SFX=${PROMPTS_DIR}/prompt15-${BRANCH}-mist7bv2-sfx.txt MAINPROG=$MAINPROG PROGRAM="$SCRIPTS_DIR"/process-patch-v15.sh "$SCRIPTS_DIR"/submit-ai.sh -s ${PARALLEL_RUNS} ${PATCHES_DIR}/*.patch
+
+# generate the output, takes 3-5 seconds
+"$SCRIPTS_DIR"/post-ai.sh -b "${BKP[*]}" ${PATCHES_DIR}/*.m7bv02.txt > ${VERDICT_DIR}/verdict-${BRANCH}-m7bv02.html