TemplateService.ReconcileDescendantsAsync - run after every base member
add/update/delete, template and native-alarm-source alike - loaded the whole
tracked template graph (every template, member and script body) on each call,
which after #66 was the dominant cost of those paths. It now calls the new
ITemplateEngineRepository.GetTemplateReconcileClosureAsync: the same tracked,
fully-included shape as GetAllTemplatesAsync, restricted to the edited
template's derived subtree plus its own inheritance chain. The reconcile is
inheritance-only (TemplateInheritanceResolver never follows compositions) and
every descendant's chain runs through the edited template, so that set is
everything it reads.
The walk (Commons TemplateReconcileClosure, the descendant-direction twin of
#66's TemplateAnalysisClosure) loads one children batch per subtree depth and
one batch per ancestor level, terminates on parent cycles and stops at
dangling parents. A template with no children - the common case - costs one
empty probe and loads nothing.
Evidence:
- TemplateReconcileClosureTests: for every template of a graph with a deep
subtree, an ancestor above the edited template, a composed module,
look-alike unrelated trees, a parent cycle and a dangling parent, the
closure-backed reconcile issues exactly the writes (add/update/delete,
audit, save) of the old whole-graph reconcile, and the resolver answers
identically for every descendant. Fails with the old service (whole-graph
load wired to throw) and with the ancestor walk removed (mutation-checked).
- TemplateReconcileClosureRepositoryTests (SQLite, recorded SQL): 5 templates
/ 10 attributes instead of 47 / 94, tracked with script bodies; a leaf costs
one probe query and tracks nothing.
- TemplateServiceTests: attribute add + update propagate two levels down with
GetAllTemplatesAsync wired to throw; existing propagation tests now run
against the closure via ServeReconcileClosureFromFullGraph.
ResyncInheritedMembersAsync (operator action) still reads the whole graph.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GT67AEHd2Acv1YPwGfXEoV
Attribute/alarm/script add (collision check) and update (parent-lock lookup)
used GetAllTemplatesForAnalysisAsync, materialising every template, attribute,
alarm and script in the library per edit. They now call the new
ITemplateEngineRepository.GetTemplateAnalysisClosureAsync: the same untracked,
body-free analysis projection, restricted to the template's inheritance chain
plus the composition closure of every chain member - exactly what
TemplateResolver and CollisionDetector walk (a composed module's own parent
chain is never climbed, so it is not loaded). Adds use the edited template's
closure, updates the parent's.
The walk (Commons TemplateAnalysisClosure) loads one batch per closure depth,
requests each id once, terminates on cycles and skips dangling edges.
Evidence:
- TemplateAnalysisClosureTests: for every template of a graph with chains,
nested + diamond compositions, a derived module, cycles, dangling edges and
colliding unrelated templates, ResolveAllMembers / DetectCollisions /
FindMemberByCanonicalName answer identically from the closure and the whole
graph (mutation-checked).
- TemplateAnalysisClosureRepositoryTests (SQLite, recorded SQL): 6 templates /
12 attributes loaded instead of 47 / 94, in 4 queries (one per depth),
untracked, script bodies never selected.
- TemplateServiceTests: two new tests with the whole-graph load wired to throw
(fail on the old service); every existing add/update test now runs against
the closure via AnalysisClosureMock.
ReconcileDescendantsAsync still loads the tracked full graph; not in scope.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GT67AEHd2Acv1YPwGfXEoV
Comment/XML-doc changes only:
- add summaries to ~10k test methods, fixtures, fakes and helpers
(+ <param> on theories, <returns> on async Task methods,
<inheritdoc/> on interface implementations the checker can resolve)
- strip ~2.6k project-tracking references (WP*, P*-*, row-NN, Task N,
#NN, Component-0NN) from comments, keeping the explanatory text;
reword false positives in comments only
- real docs on fakes implementing BCL/library interfaces
(IDisposable, ILogger, IOptionsMonitor, IAsyncLifetime)
- reword the last 5 src/ false positives (CWE-1236, failures-1,
year-0001, M365)
Only non-comment edits: four one-line nested classes split across lines
so members can carry docs. Build 0 errors / 0 warnings.
Closes the four remaining items in the 2026-06-24 template-inheritance/CLI
follow-up tracker.
#4 — CLI `instance set-bindings` can now set DataSourceReferenceOverride.
`--bindings` accepts an optional 3rd element per entry:
[attributeName, dataConnectionId, dataSourceReferenceOverride]. A string
sets the override; a JSON null or an omitted 3rd element leaves it unset
(template default). TryParseBindings accepts 2- or 3-element entries and
rejects a non-string/non-null 3rd element or 4+ elements with a clean
error. Previously the CLI sent the override as null and silently wiped any
existing one (only a raw POST /management could set it).
#5 — `template update` is partial, not full-replace (fixed server-side so all
clients benefit). UpdateTemplateAsync now uses leave-unchanged semantics:
a null description keeps the stored value (pass "" to clear); a null
parentTemplateId keeps the existing parent. Parent stays immutable — a
non-null differing value is still rejected — but omitting --parent-id is
now a no-op instead of failing every derived-template update.
#6 — compact `template list`/`get` table output + `--detail`. Table output is
now id/name/description/parent/derived + member counts (#attrs/#alarms/
#scripts/#comps/#nativeAlarms) via TemplateTableProjection, fed through a
new optional tableProjector seam on CommandHelpers. `--detail` restores the
full dump. JSON output is left untouched (always full) so machine consumers
are unaffected — the projector only runs on the table path.
#8 — structured deploy-time validation error. New ValidationResult.SummarizeErrors()
(Commons) returns a grouped, capped summary: leading total count, one line
per ValidationCategory, and a per-module rollup (canonical name up to its
last dot) with counts + "... and N more module(s)" caps. DeploymentService
uses it for the "Pre-deployment validation failed" message and logs the full
per-entry list via LogWarning. Replaces the flat semicolon-joined dump that
became a wall of text for instances with 50-194 unbound attributes.
Tests: +8 Commons (SummarizeErrors), +8 CLI (4 binding 3-element / 4 table
projection), +2 net TemplateEngine (partial-update). Affected suites green:
Commons 587, CLI 341, TemplateEngine 447, DeploymentManager 101,
ManagementService 230, CentralUI 866; full solution builds 0/0.
Docs: Component-DeploymentManager.md "Validation Error Reporting"; CLI README
(set-bindings 3-element form, template update leave-unchanged, list/get
--detail); UpdateTemplateCommand doc; known-issues tracker #4/#5/#6/#8 resolved
(all 8 items now closed).
Derived templates store IsInherited placeholder rows mirroring inherited
members, but a base member added/changed/removed AFTER a child was derived
never reached the child — leaving the editor's editable tabs incomplete (#1)
and stored rows drifted from the resolved set (#2).
Fix (one order-independent reconcile, two entry points):
- Auto-propagation: every attribute/alarm/script add/update/delete now
reconciles the template's derived subtree (TemplateService.ReconcileDescendantsAsync),
hooked into all member-mutating paths incl. native-alarm-source CRUD in the
ManagementActor.
- Resync: ResyncInheritedMembersAsync repairs a template + its subtree on
demand — materialize missing placeholders, re-sync drifted ones, remove
orphans, across attributes/alarms/scripts/native sources. Exposed as
management ResyncInheritedMembersCommand (Designer-gated, audited) → CLI
`template resync-members` → a Resync button on the editor's staleness banner.
Reconcile drives off TemplateInheritanceResolver (same precedence + HiLo merge
as deploy), only ever touches IsInherited placeholders (never an authored
override), and matches the staleness comparison keys so the banner clears.
BuildDerivedTemplate now also materializes native-source placeholders at
compose time (previously omitted → any inherited native source was perpetually
stale).
Tests: +8 TemplateServiceTests (materialize / drift-update / orphan-remove /
override-untouched / base-cascade / multi-type / direct-propagate / end-to-end
add) + 1 ManagementService test fix (native-source add resolves TemplateService).
Affected suites green: TemplateEngine 446, ManagementService 230, CentralUI 866,
CLI 333, Transport 127, ConfigurationDatabase 307; full solution builds 0/0.
Docs: Component-TemplateEngine.md "Inherited-Member Propagation & Resync";
CLI README `template resync-members`; known-issues tracker #1/#2 resolved.
#3 — CollisionDetector counted a derived template's IsInherited placeholder
rows as a distinct origin from the parent members the inheritance walk
re-adds, reporting a spurious "Naming collision" for every inherited row and
blocking any attribute/composition add to a derived template. CollectDirectMembers
now skips IsInherited rows on the direct-template and inherited-parent walks;
it keeps them for the composed-module walk, where placeholders are the sole
representation of a derived module's inherited members (that walk does not
climb the composed template's parent chain).
#7 — SandboxAttributeAccessor (Central UI Test-Run host) omitted
WriteBatchAndWaitAsync / WaitAsync / WaitForAsync, so the editor false-flagged
valid instance scripts with CS1061 even though `template validate` and the
deploy gate accept them. Added the five overloads mirroring the runtime
AttributeAccessor; they throw a labelled ScriptSandboxException if run in
Test Run (the central sandbox has no device-batch / event-waiter transport).
Tests: +3 CollisionDetector unit + 1 end-to-end TemplateService (derived add
now succeeds); +2 ScriptAnalysisService diagnose-clean. Each new test verified
to fail without its fix with the exact user-facing symptom. Full suites green
(TemplateEngine.Tests 438, CentralUI.Tests 866).
Docs: Component-TemplateEngine.md (inherited-placeholder collision rule),
Component-ScriptAnalysis.md (third sandbox surface + its compile-clean guard),
known-issues tracker #3/#7 marked resolved and the minor note promoted to #8.
Expose TemplateScript.ExecutionTimeoutSeconds and MinTimeBetweenRuns (previously
settable only via Transport bundle import) on the CLI and Central UI authoring surfaces.
- Commons: add additive trailing optionals MinTimeBetweenRuns (TimeSpan?) and
ExecutionTimeoutSeconds (int?) to Add/UpdateTemplateScriptCommand.
- ManagementActor: thread both new fields into the built TemplateScript on add/update.
- CLI template script add/update: new --min-time-between-runs (duration: ms/s/min,
bare number = seconds, 0 = unset, mirroring DurationInput) and
--execution-timeout-seconds (int) flags, with client-side duration validation.
- Central UI TemplateEdit: add an Execution timeout input (seconds) on the script
trigger tab, mirroring the existing Min-time-between-runs control; null/0 = site default.
- Tests: TemplateScriptTimingTests pins the option surface + duration parsing; updated
the stale 'no UI control' comment on the TemplateService round-trip test.
The UI script editor has no ExecutionTimeoutSeconds control (authoring deferred),
so a body edit silently cleared a timeout set via Transport import. Round-trip the
loaded value so UI edits preserve it. Add the missing AlarmExecutionActor null/<=0
fallback tests for symmetry with ScriptExecutionActor.
Joseph Doherty