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.
InjectAnalysisKind returns null on a null/empty trigger-config, so passing
--trigger-kind strict WITHOUT --trigger-config silently dropped the kind on
template script add/update and template alarm update. The CLI now detects that
combination (TriggerKindWillBeIgnored) and prints a clear warning to stderr,
then continues (warn-and-continue: the kind is advisory metadata, not a required
field, so the entity is still created — just without the requested analysis kind).
The --trigger-kind help text on all three commands now documents that it requires
--trigger-config, as does the CLI README.
This commit also carries the shared CLI command-builder file (Commands/TemplateCommands.cs)
and README, which the same builders edit for both #257 and the #54 flag additions —
the #54 message contracts/handler/UI/tests landed in the preceding commit.
- TriggerKindWillBeIgnored predicate + WarnIfTriggerKindIgnored stderr warning,
wired into script add/update and alarm update SetActions.
- Shared option descriptions document the --trigger-config requirement.
- Adds the #54 CLI flags (--min-time-between-runs, --execution-timeout-seconds) and
TryParseMinTimeBetweenRuns to the same builder file.
- Tests: TemplateTriggerKindIgnoredTests pins the warn predicate.
Three dead-code bugs: --trigger-kind was registered but never read or forwarded on the
alarm-update, script-add, and script-update paths. Introduced TriggerConfigJson.InjectAnalysisKind
helper that rewrites any raw --trigger-config JSON blob, writing "analysisKind":"Strict" when
the flag is strict (case-insensitive) and stripping the key for any other value. Wired the
helper into all three handlers alongside the existing alarm-add path (which already used
AlarmTriggerConfigJson.Build). Added 6 unit tests for the new helper in TemplateTriggerKindTests.
Also fixed a false-positive bUnit test (AlarmTriggerEditor_Expression_NoAnalysisKindInConfig_
SelectorDefaultsAdvisory) that passed because "Advisory" appeared anywhere in the HTML; now
asserts select.GetAttribute("value") == "Advisory". Added the missing equivalent test for
ScriptTriggerEditor (ScriptTriggerEditor_Expression_NoAnalysisKindInConfig_SelectorDefaultsAdvisory).
Surfaces the T28a backend "analysisKind" discriminator in both authoring
surfaces: an Advisory|Strict <select> (id="alarm-trigger-kind" /
"script-trigger-kind") added to the Expression fragment of
AlarmTriggerEditor and ScriptTriggerEditor, and a --trigger-kind option
on template alarm/script add+update in the CLI.
Key/value contract: "analysisKind":"Strict" when strict; key omitted for
Advisory — exactly as ValidationService.IsStrictAnalysis reads it.
Selector only shown for Expression triggers; non-Expression triggers do
not emit the key even if IsStrictAnalysisKind is set on the model.
Both projects build 0 warnings; 101 CentralUI Trigger tests + 33 CLI
Template tests pass.
Resolve all 622 issues flagged by the enhanced CommentChecker: add missing
<returns> tags (incl. the standard phrasing on non-generic Task methods),
add missing <summary> tags, and replace misused/redundant <inheritdoc/> on
members that override or implement nothing with real documentation.
Documentation-only — no behavior change; solution builds clean.
Joseph Doherty