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docs(grpc): transport matrix + correct the obsolete v12 version-gate note

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Document the WCF-vs-gRPC surface and fix a stale claim.

- README: add a "Transport matrix (WCF vs gRPC)" section with a per-operation
  table. Mark the config ops the gRPC server exposes-but-untooled with a distinct
  legend state (recovered RPC + bytes buffer named) vs genuinely unavailable, so
  "not tooled" is not conflated with "not possible".
- README: document the gRPC live-test env vars (HISTORIAN_GRPC_HOST/_PORT/_TLS/
  _DNSID/_TIMEOUT/_WRITE_SANDBOX_TAG) and refresh the Status section (test count
  + the live-verified gRPC surface).
- The "gRPC requires VerifyServerInterfaceVersion=false against a v12 server" note
  was obsolete: the gate already accepts History 11 AND 12 (AcceptedVersions), and
  the live gRPC suite runs with the default verification on. Corrected in the
  README, CLAUDE.md, and the HistorianServerVersionGate docstring.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01B6mcaT2PjRFKcogzp9UkfC
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@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Three layered subsystems, intentionally decoupled so protocol parsing can be uni
- **`Wcf/`** — managed WCF/MDAS layer. The Historian uses Net.TCP on port `32568` with a custom `application/x-mdas` content type wrapping a binary SOAP 1.2 / WS-Addressing 1.0 envelope. `MdasMessageEncoder` + `MdasMessageEncodingBindingElement` implement that wrapper. `HistorianWcfBindingFactory` produces three flavors: plain MDAS, MDAS+Windows transport (used for `/Hist-Integrated`), and MDAS+certificate (used for `/HistCert`). Service paths live in `HistorianWcfServiceNames`. WCF data contracts (`Wcf/Contracts/`) are reproduced from server-side static analysis and are versioned per native interface (e.g., `IRetrievalServiceContract2..4`).
- **`Protocol/`** — binary frame layer (`HistorianFrameReader`/`Writer`, `HistorianBinaryPrimitives`, `HistorianMessageType`). `Historian2020ProtocolDialect` is the version-anchored bridge between `HistorianClient` and the frame layer; methods without sufficient evidence throw `ProtocolEvidenceMissingException` rather than guessing wire bytes.
- **`Transport/`** — pluggable `IHistorianTransport` (default: TCP). Tests inject a fake transport.
- **`Grpc/`** — 2023 R2 gRPC transport (`HistorianTransport.RemoteGrpc`). The recovered protobuf contract lives in `Grpc/Protos/*.proto` and is compiled to client stubs at build time by `Grpc.Tools`. `HistorianGrpcChannelFactory` builds a gRPC-Web/HTTP-1.1 channel (default port `32565`, optional TLS, gzip) matching the stock 2023 R2 client. `HistorianGrpcReadOrchestrator` mirrors `HistorianWcfReadOrchestrator` but over gRPC: it reuses the exact native serializers/parsers — the same Open2 buffer, SSPI/NTLM tokens, and `DataQueryRequest`/result buffers travel inside protobuf `bytes` fields. The 2020→gRPC op map: `Hist.ValCl`→`StorageService.ValidateClientCredential` (the SSPI/Negotiate token loop), `Hist.Open2`→`HistoryService.OpenConnection`, `Retr.StartQuery2`→`RetrievalService.StartQuery`, `Retr.GetNextQueryResultBuffer2`→`RetrievalService.GetNextQueryResultBuffer`. The transport-agnostic handshake (Open2 request builder + SSPI token loop + response decode) is shared via `Wcf/HistorianNativeHandshake`. **Live-verified 2026-06-21 against a real 2023 R2 server** (interface versions History=12, Retrieval=4, Storage=4): the full read chain returns rows. NOTE: `HistoryService.ExchangeKey` is a SEPARATE key-exchange/cert-path op, NOT the Negotiate loop — an earlier revision wrongly routed the token loop there and it was rejected at round 0 regardless of credentials; the loop belongs on `StorageService.ValidateClientCredential` (which kept the 2020 inBuff/outBuff token framing). The byte payloads are the proven 2020 protocol and transfer unchanged; only the History interface integer differs (12 vs 11) and is buffer-compatible, so `VerifyServerInterfaceVersion=false` is currently required against a v12 server (the gate still pins History=11). Gated live test: set `HISTORIAN_GRPC_HOST` (+ `HISTORIAN_TEST_TAG`, optional `HISTORIAN_GRPC_PORT`/`HISTORIAN_GRPC_TLS`/`HISTORIAN_GRPC_DNSID`); reach the live 2023 R2 box via [[reference_2023r2_live_server_access]].
- **`Grpc/`** — 2023 R2 gRPC transport (`HistorianTransport.RemoteGrpc`). The recovered protobuf contract lives in `Grpc/Protos/*.proto` and is compiled to client stubs at build time by `Grpc.Tools`. `HistorianGrpcChannelFactory` builds a gRPC-Web/HTTP-1.1 channel (default port `32565`, optional TLS, gzip) matching the stock 2023 R2 client. `HistorianGrpcReadOrchestrator` mirrors `HistorianWcfReadOrchestrator` but over gRPC: it reuses the exact native serializers/parsers — the same Open2 buffer, SSPI/NTLM tokens, and `DataQueryRequest`/result buffers travel inside protobuf `bytes` fields. The 2020→gRPC op map: `Hist.ValCl`→`StorageService.ValidateClientCredential` (the SSPI/Negotiate token loop), `Hist.Open2`→`HistoryService.OpenConnection`, `Retr.StartQuery2`→`RetrievalService.StartQuery`, `Retr.GetNextQueryResultBuffer2`→`RetrievalService.GetNextQueryResultBuffer`. The transport-agnostic handshake (Open2 request builder + SSPI token loop + response decode) is shared via `Wcf/HistorianNativeHandshake`. **Live-verified 2026-06-21 against a real 2023 R2 server** (interface versions History=12, Retrieval=4, Storage=4): the full read chain returns rows. NOTE: `HistoryService.ExchangeKey` is a SEPARATE key-exchange/cert-path op, NOT the Negotiate loop — an earlier revision wrongly routed the token loop there and it was rejected at round 0 regardless of credentials; the loop belongs on `StorageService.ValidateClientCredential` (which kept the 2020 inBuff/outBuff token framing). The byte payloads are the proven 2020 protocol and transfer unchanged; only the History interface integer differs (12 vs 11) and is buffer-compatible. The version gate now accepts BOTH 11 and 12 for History (`HistorianServerVersionGate.AcceptedVersions`), so a v12 server passes with the default `VerifyServerInterfaceVersion=true` — no opt-out needed (the earlier requirement to set it false is obsolete). Gated live test: set `HISTORIAN_GRPC_HOST` (+ `HISTORIAN_TEST_TAG`, optional `HISTORIAN_GRPC_PORT`/`HISTORIAN_GRPC_TLS`/`HISTORIAN_GRPC_DNSID`); reach the live 2023 R2 box via [[reference_2023r2_live_server_access]].
- **`Models/`** — public DTOs and enums (`HistorianSample`, `RetrievalMode`, etc.). `HistorianDataValue` represents the discriminated value type.
`InternalsVisibleTo` exposes internals to the test assembly and the reverse-engineering tool.