R06:M-5 made Sparkplug *Array leaves unbindable because the ingestor refused
them. The ingestor now decodes the packed bytes_value of all 13 array types
(new SparkplugArrayCodec: LE fixed widths, int64-ms DateTime, uint32-count +
MSB-first BooleanArray, NUL-terminated UTF-8 StringArray; golden vectors are
the spec's examples, reproduced byte-for-byte by SparkplugNet 1.3.10) and
publishes a typed 1-D array through the scalar coercion, all-or-nothing.
Shape uses the fleet's one array model: the tag's platform isArray/arrayLength
keys (ValueRank=1, ArrayDimensions=[arrayLength] or [0] = variable length).
The driver reads them with TagConfigIntent's exact semantics and never rejects
on them, so composer, driver, authoring model and deploy inspector agree
(MqttArrayShapeParityTests). Shape mismatch (array metric on a scalar tag, or
the reverse) is BadTypeMismatch - a String tag no longer gets the packed
buffer as base64; a malformed body or a length differing from a declared
arrayLength is BadDecodingError (MTConnect #627 verdict). Template/DataSet
members of an array type take the same path. Arrays stay read-only (encoder
refuses them; MQTT is not in DriverArrayWriteSupport).
Browser: array leaves are bindable again and state isArray in AddressFields;
the commit mapper writes "isArray": true (no arrayLength). Discovery reports
IsArray/ArrayDim. Docs: Mqtt.md "Array metrics", design table, drivers rule.
Tests: codec (golden + malformed), ingest through the real codec + Dispatch
(the project's MiniBroker never forwards a PUBLISH, so there is no in-process
broker harness), browse, discovery, commit mapper, parity corpus. Mutating the
fix back out fails 18 MQTT + 9 AdminUI tests.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GT67AEHd2Acv1YPwGfXEoV
Since R06:M-5 the Sparkplug browser states no address for a metric the
ingestor will not read and labels its descriptor 'not bindable', but the commit
refusal still said the attribute lookup returned nothing. RawBrowseModal keeps
the attribute's descriptor on the selection, and DescribeUncommittableLeaf
reports a 'cannot be bound in this version' message echoing it. A lookup that
really returned nothing keeps the old text. A test pins the marker to the
browser's own string.
Refs #745
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ub9hGmYLQvn9XETzw7CMsT
Joseph Doherty