docs(delmia): document at-least-once failover semantics + DelmiaRecipeDownload idempotency requirement
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@@ -105,6 +105,30 @@ response came back). A node that responds at all is authoritative — its answer
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> to the next node — failover is strictly for unreachable nodes. (Revisit only if operations want
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> `5xx`/`503` to also fail over.)
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## Delivery semantics: at-least-once
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The connect-failure-only failover loop above is by design (no code change here) — but its
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consequence is at-least-once delivery of the `DelmiaRecipeDownload` POST, not exactly-once. Two
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cases both count as "no response" from the client's point of view, trigger failover to the next
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URL, and produce a duplicate POST even though the first node may have already processed the
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request:
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1. **Connection reset after the server processed the POST** — the request reaches the site and is
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applied, but the response never makes it back to the client (dropped connection, reset). The
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client sees a connect failure (row 1 of the table above), rolls over, and re-POSTs to the next
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`BaseUrls` entry.
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2. **Slow response exceeding `TimeoutSeconds`** — the server is still processing (or has already
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finished) when the client's `HttpClient.Timeout` fires. The client treats the timeout the same
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as an unreachable node, rolls over, and re-POSTs.
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**Requirement:** the deployed `DelmiaRecipeDownload` inbound method **MUST be idempotent** on the
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natural key `(MachineCode, DownloadPath, WorkOrderNumber)`. A duplicate POST for the same key must
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return the same `Result`/`ResultText` as the original call, not double-apply side effects (e.g. not
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queue the recipe download twice). This is a contract on the inbound method's script, not on the
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DelmiaNotifier client — the client cannot distinguish a "duplicate delivered" retry from a
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"first delivery" attempt, so idempotency must live on the receiving side. See the timeout row in
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the failover table above for the triggering condition.
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## Error handling & logging
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- **stdout is reserved** for the `YES`/`NO` contract. All diagnostics — per-URL attempt, status code,
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@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ Each API method definition includes:
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- **Implementation Script**: C# script that executes when the method is called. Stored **inline** in the method definition. Follows standard C# authoring patterns but has no template inheritance — it is a standalone script tied to this method.
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- **Timeout**: Configurable per method. Defines the maximum time the method is allowed to execute (including any routed calls to sites) before returning a timeout error to the caller.
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> **Authoring note — idempotent methods for at-least-once callers**: some external callers retry
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> on their own connect-failure/timeout failover loop and cannot tell "the first attempt actually
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> succeeded" from "the first attempt was lost" — e.g. the `DelmiaRecipeDownload` method backing
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> `DelmiaNotifier` (see `docs/plans/2026-06-26-delmia-recipe-notifier-design.md`, "Delivery
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> semantics: at-least-once"). Implementation scripts for such methods must be idempotent on their
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> natural key so a duplicate delivery returns the same result without double-applying side effects.
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### Management
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- Managed by users with the **Designer** role via the Central UI.
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- All method definition changes are audit logged.
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@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ WWNotifier.exe -m Z28061 -d "C:\recipes\job.nc" -w WO12345 -p PN-7788 -s 0100 -u
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- All diagnostics (per-URL attempt, status code, which URL answered, exceptions) go to **stderr** and,
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if `LogPath` is set, an appended log file — never to stdout.
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## Delivery semantics
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The `BaseUrls` failover loop is at-least-once, not exactly-once: a connection reset *after* the
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target already processed the POST, or a slow response that exceeds `TimeoutSeconds`, both look like
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an unreachable node to this client and cause a re-POST to the next URL — even though the first
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attempt may already have succeeded. The deployed `DelmiaRecipeDownload` inbound method must be
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idempotent on `(MachineCode, DownloadPath, WorkOrderNumber)` so a duplicate delivery is harmless;
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see the design doc's "Delivery semantics: at-least-once" section for details.
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## Configuration — `appsettings.json`
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Placed next to the exe (copied to the output on build/publish):
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