diff --git a/docs/plans/2026-08-15-value-pipeline-batching.md b/docs/plans/2026-08-15-value-pipeline-batching.md
index 198e380d..8dd51a71 100644
--- a/docs/plans/2026-08-15-value-pipeline-batching.md
+++ b/docs/plans/2026-08-15-value-pipeline-batching.md
@@ -217,6 +217,20 @@ Per-tag raising is already wired via the engine's `onChange` — leave it.
**Step 5:** `git add -A && git commit -m "feat(drivers): Modbus + S7 implement IBatchSubscribable via PollGroupEngine batch callback"`
+**Deviation (landed):** Modbus does **not** forward the engine's `items` argument — it ignores it and
+raises the batch from its own per-cycle buffer of the items that passed `ShouldPublish`. The engine
+collects its batch list unconditionally and has no knowledge of the driver's deadband filter, so a
+straight pass-through would carry changes the per-tag event suppressed, and a consumer that preferred
+the batch event would see deadband silently stop working (review finding). `onBatch` is therefore used
+only as the end-of-cycle signal, draining the buffer; a cycle whose every change was suppressed raises
+nothing. Because that buffer is the only piece of cross-cycle state any of the four poll drivers holds,
+the driver's `onChange` bridge also wraps `OnDataChange?.Invoke(...)` in a swallowing try/catch
+(mirroring `PollGroupEngine.ReportError`): the engine invokes the bridge unguarded, so a throwing
+external subscriber would unwind the cycle before `onBatch` ran and the undrained items would merge
+into a later cycle's batch. The buffer append stays outside the catch — the item was published as far
+as the batch contract is concerned; only the per-tag subscriber faulted. S7/AbCip/FOCAS forward the
+engine's list as this task describes and hold no such state.
+
---
### Task 3b: AbCip + FOCAS raise the batch event
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip/AbCipDriver.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip/AbCipDriver.cs
index 78108f1d..25e2625e 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip/AbCipDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip/AbCipDriver.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip;
/// (called in ); the library's own finalizer
/// handles GC-collected tags.
///
-public sealed class AbCipDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery, ISubscribable, IBatchSubscribable,
+public sealed class AbCipDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery, IBatchSubscribable,
IHostConnectivityProbe, IPerCallHostResolver, IAlarmSource, ISkippedTagReporter, IDisposable, IAsyncDisposable
{
/// Authored tags this driver could not build into its poll table (Gitea #541).
@@ -114,9 +114,12 @@ public sealed class AbCipDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery,
/// Occurs when a subscribed tag's value changes.
public event EventHandler? OnDataChange;
- /// Occurs once per poll cycle carrying every tag that changed in that cycle. The driver raises
- /// BOTH events for every burst — this one once, and once per changed tag — so
- /// a consumer must subscribe to EXACTLY ONE of the two or it double-delivers.
+ ///
+ /// Occurs once per poll cycle that produced at least one change, carrying that cycle's
+ /// changed tags. Both data-change events fire by design — this one once per cycle,
+ /// once per changed tag — so a consumer subscribes to EXACTLY
+ /// ONE of the two; subscribing both double-delivers.
+ ///
public event EventHandler? OnDataChangeBatch;
/// Occurs when a device's host connectivity status changes.
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/FocasDriver.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/FocasDriver.cs
index 8ec0a047..67aef9eb 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/FocasDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/FocasDriver.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS;
/// + the default makes misconfigured servers
/// fail fast.
///
-public sealed class FocasDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery, ISubscribable, IBatchSubscribable,
+public sealed class FocasDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery, IBatchSubscribable,
IHostConnectivityProbe, IPerCallHostResolver, IAlarmSource, ISkippedTagReporter, IDisposable, IAsyncDisposable
{
/// Authored tags this driver could not build into its poll table (Gitea #541). FOCAS has three
@@ -80,9 +80,12 @@ public sealed class FocasDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery,
/// Occurs when data changes on a subscribed tag.
public event EventHandler? OnDataChange;
- /// Occurs once per poll cycle carrying every tag that changed in that cycle. The driver raises
- /// BOTH events for every burst — this one once, and once per changed tag — so
- /// a consumer must subscribe to EXACTLY ONE of the two or it double-delivers.
+ ///
+ /// Occurs once per poll cycle that produced at least one change, carrying that cycle's
+ /// changed tags. Both data-change events fire by design — this one once per cycle,
+ /// once per changed tag — so a consumer subscribes to EXACTLY
+ /// ONE of the two; subscribing both double-delivers.
+ ///
public event EventHandler? OnDataChangeBatch;
/// Occurs when a device host connection status changes.
public event EventHandler? OnHostStatusChanged;
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus/ModbusDriver.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus/ModbusDriver.cs
index 9279673a..c937c893 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus/ModbusDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus/ModbusDriver.cs
@@ -141,9 +141,19 @@ public sealed class ModbusDriver
{
if (!ShouldPublish(tagRef, snapshot)) return;
// Buffer what we publish so the cycle-end batch carries exactly the same items.
+ // The append stays OUTSIDE the catch below on purpose: as far as the batch contract
+ // is concerned the item WAS published — only the per-tag subscriber faulted — so it
+ // must still appear in this cycle's batch, keeping the two events content-identical.
_cycleBatchItems.GetOrAdd(handle, _ => new List())
.Add(new DataChangeItem(tagRef, snapshot));
- OnDataChange?.Invoke(this, new DataChangeEventArgs(handle, tagRef, snapshot));
+ // Defensive, mirroring PollGroupEngine.ReportError: the engine invokes this bridge
+ // UNGUARDED, so a throwing external subscriber would unwind PollOnceAsync mid-loop
+ // and the cycle would never reach onBatch. Because the buffer above persists across
+ // cycles (it is drained only by onBatch), those items would then silently MERGE into
+ // a later cycle's batch — cross-cycle contamination unique to this driver. Swallowing
+ // is what keeps the cycle running so onBatch drains the buffer on schedule.
+ try { OnDataChange?.Invoke(this, new DataChangeEventArgs(handle, tagRef, snapshot)); }
+ catch { /* a buggy subscriber must not corrupt the poll cycle */ }
},
onError: HandlePollError,
backoffCap: PollBackoffCap,
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.Tests/AbCipSubscriptionTests.cs b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.Tests/AbCipSubscriptionTests.cs
index 901589a1..c4625681 100644
--- a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.Tests/AbCipSubscriptionTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.Tests/AbCipSubscriptionTests.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ public sealed class AbCipSubscriptionTests
return (drv, factory);
}
+ /// The driver advertises the batched-subscription capability (which implies ISubscribable).
+ [Fact]
+ public void Driver_is_batch_subscribable()
+ {
+ var (drv, _) = NewDriver(new AbCipTagDefinition("Speed", "ab://10.0.0.5/1,0", "Speed", AbCipDataType.DInt));
+ (drv is IBatchSubscribable).ShouldBeTrue();
+ }
+
/// Verifies that the initial poll raises OnDataChange events for every subscribed tag.
[Fact]
public async Task Initial_poll_raises_OnDataChange_for_every_tag()
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Tests/FocasCapabilityTests.cs b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Tests/FocasCapabilityTests.cs
index 3bbad4e8..a6cc2623 100644
--- a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Tests/FocasCapabilityTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Tests/FocasCapabilityTests.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ public sealed class FocasCapabilityTests
// ---- ISubscribable ----
+ /// The driver advertises the batched-subscription capability (which implies ISubscribable).
+ [Fact]
+ public void Driver_is_batch_subscribable()
+ {
+ var drv = new FocasDriver(new FocasDriverOptions
+ {
+ Devices = [new FocasDeviceOptions("focas://10.0.0.5:8193")],
+ RawTags = [FocasRawTags.Entry(new FocasTagDefinition("X", "focas://10.0.0.5:8193", "R100", FocasDataType.Byte))],
+ Probe = new FocasProbeOptions { Enabled = false },
+ }, "drv-1", new FakeFocasClientFactory());
+
+ (drv is IBatchSubscribable).ShouldBeTrue();
+ }
+
/// Verifies that the initial subscription poll raises an OnDataChange event.
[Fact]
public async Task Subscribe_initial_poll_raises_OnDataChange()
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.Tests/ModbusBatchSubscriptionTests.cs b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.Tests/ModbusBatchSubscriptionTests.cs
index 6d559082..9f40e07d 100644
--- a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.Tests/ModbusBatchSubscriptionTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.Tests/ModbusBatchSubscriptionTests.cs
@@ -197,6 +197,74 @@ public sealed class ModbusBatchSubscriptionTests
flattened.ShouldNotContain(item => Equals(item.Snapshot.Value, (short)102));
}
+ ///
+ /// A per-tag subscriber that throws must not corrupt
+ /// the poll cycle. PollGroupEngine.PollOnceAsync invokes the driver's onChange bridge
+ /// UNGUARDED, so without the driver-side try/catch the throw unwinds the whole cycle before
+ /// onBatch runs — and because Modbus buffers its published items across the cycle
+ /// (the deadband-honouring buffer the tests above pin), the undrained items would silently
+ /// MERGE into a later cycle's batch. This failure mode is unique to Modbus: the other poll
+ /// drivers forward the engine's own per-cycle list and hold no state between cycles.
+ /// Asserted on both the shape (one batch per cycle, three items each) and the VALUES, so a
+ /// merged or dropped batch fails rather than coincidentally matching on count.
+ ///
+ [Fact]
+ public async Task A_throwing_per_tag_subscriber_does_not_break_or_contaminate_the_cycle_batch()
+ {
+ var (drv, fake) = NewDriver(
+ new ModbusTagDefinition("Level", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.Int16),
+ new ModbusTagDefinition("Temp", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 1, ModbusDataType.Int16),
+ new ModbusTagDefinition("Flow", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 2, ModbusDataType.Int16));
+ await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", CancellationToken.None);
+ fake.HoldingRegisters[0] = 100;
+ fake.HoldingRegisters[1] = 200;
+ fake.HoldingRegisters[2] = 300;
+
+ var thrown = 0;
+ var batches = new ConcurrentQueue();
+ // The buggy external subscriber: every per-tag delivery faults.
+ drv.OnDataChange += (_, _) =>
+ {
+ Interlocked.Increment(ref thrown);
+ throw new InvalidOperationException("buggy per-tag subscriber");
+ };
+ ((IBatchSubscribable)drv).OnDataChangeBatch += (_, e) => batches.Enqueue(e);
+
+ var handle = await drv.SubscribeAsync(["Level", "Temp", "Flow"], TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100), CancellationToken.None);
+ try
+ {
+ // Cycle 1 — the initial-data push. All three tags publish despite every per-tag
+ // delivery faulting, and the cycle still reaches its batch.
+ await WaitForCountAsync(batches, 1, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
+ batches.Count.ShouldBe(1, "the cycle must still reach onBatch after a subscriber throws");
+
+ // Cycle 2 — every tag changes again.
+ fake.HoldingRegisters[0] = 101;
+ fake.HoldingRegisters[1] = 201;
+ fake.HoldingRegisters[2] = 301;
+ await WaitForCountAsync(batches, 2, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
+ }
+ finally
+ {
+ // Unsubscribe drains the in-flight poll loop, so the queues are stable from here.
+ await drv.UnsubscribeAsync(handle, CancellationToken.None);
+ }
+
+ var allBatches = batches.ToArray();
+ allBatches.Length.ShouldBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo(2);
+
+ allBatches[0].Items.Count.ShouldBe(3);
+ allBatches[0].Items.Select(i => i.Snapshot.Value).ShouldBe(new object[] { (short)100, (short)200, (short)300 });
+
+ // The load-bearing assertion: cycle 2's batch carries EXACTLY cycle 2's items. A cycle
+ // aborted mid-loop would have left its items in the buffer to merge in here.
+ allBatches[1].Items.Count.ShouldBe(3, "a cycle aborted before onBatch would merge its buffered items into the next batch");
+ allBatches[1].Items.Select(i => i.Snapshot.Value).ShouldBe(new object[] { (short)101, (short)201, (short)301 });
+
+ // Sanity: the throwing subscriber really was invoked for every published item.
+ thrown.ShouldBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo(6);
+ }
+
private static async Task WaitForCountAsync(ConcurrentQueue q, int target, TimeSpan timeout)
{
var deadline = DateTime.UtcNow + timeout;