Live-verified on docker-dev: AbCip picker renders Browse button (full CanBrowse chain), clicking
it runs the universal-browser capture in production (central-2 logs) with PatchForBrowse
demonstrably applied (@tags walk ran without the authored config setting EnableControllerBrowse);
error surfaces gracefully. Modbus picker shows NO Browse button (negative). Populated tree-render
is fixture-blocked — ab_server returns ErrorUnsupported for the controller @tags walk (test sim
limitation, not a code defect). Two follow-ups recorded: (1) full tree-render needs a symbol-browse
capable AB backend; (2) driver-page pickers don't pass live config to the picker body.
Task 14/15/16: each picker body keeps its manual builder and appends a DriverOperator-gated
browse affordance (mirrors OpcUaClientAddressPickerBody) — Browse/Refresh/Close, DriverBrowseTree
over the universal DiscoveryDriverBrowser session, leaf-only commit (OnNodeSelected fires for
folders too), snapshot-at-open label, fire-and-forget close on dispose. _canBrowse evaluated once
in OnInitializedAsync (CanBrowse constructs a throwaway driver). FOCAS commits the leaf FullName
directly (the group/id builder can't reconstruct it). Editors pass DriverType + GetConfigJson
through. Razor-live-verified at Task 18.
Task 9: DiscoverTreeAsync UntilStable settle loop (FOCAS) — re-capture on a 1s interval until
the node set is non-empty and stable across two passes, bounded by open-timeout; on
timeout with a prior non-empty capture, return it (best-effort) instead of failing.
Task 11: BrowserSessionService resolves bespoke-first, falls back to IUniversalDriverBrowser
when no bespoke browser matches and CanBrowse is true; new CanBrowse on the service.
16 unit tests green (4 settle + 12 service).
Task 3/4/5: SupportsOnlineDiscovery => true on AbCipDriver, TwinCATDriver, FocasDriver
(their device enumeration is real, config-gated on EnableControllerBrowse / FixedTree.Enabled
which PatchForBrowse guarantees at open). One gate fact per driver test project.
Every concern the 7-agent review parked is now decided and integrated:
- universal browser: in-flight capture coalescing keyed (driverType,
config-hash) + global cap of 4 concurrent captures; CanBrowse catches a
throwing TryCreate and defensively shuts down the throwaway instance;
cleanup ShutdownAsync bounded at 10s (R2-01); picker Refresh = close +
re-capture. Coalesced sessions share an immutable tree, so DisposeAsync
drops the session's reference, not the tree.
- mtconnect: UNAVAILABLE pinned to BadNoCommunication (fleet's
BadCommunicationError stays reserved for the driver's own transport
failures); TIME_SERIES sampleCount flows into ArrayDim; Subscribe timeout
bounds only the stream-start handshake; library version/TFM folded into
the license checklist.
- mqtt: browse rebirth is an explicit DriverOperator-gated "Request rebirth"
button (RequestRebirthAsync(scope)) - never fired by open/root/expand;
hand-rolled reconnect loop committed for P1 (MQTTnet v5 dropped
ManagedMqttClient); Wave-2-start library re-verification checkbox;
implement from the Sparkplug v3.0 spec text.
- bacnet: P1 opens with a first-spike checklist (package TFM, BBMD/
segmented-RPM/COV API smoke, unicast-I-Am fixture behavior); AdminUI-node
browse registers a second foreign device - BBMD FD-table sizing note.
- sql-poll: split-node browse needs env parity for Sql__ConnectionStrings__
refs on admin nodes (actionable error + session-only pasted literal);
one-row-per-key query contract (last-wins + rate-limited warning);
absent key -> BadNoData; operationTimeout > commandTimeout authoring rule;
Browser->Driver.Sql SqlClient transitive on AdminUI accepted on record.
- omron: FINS framer gated on W227 + live golden vectors; CIP string layout
is the first P1 live-gate item; AbCip harness static-init anti-pattern
note; writable-defaults-true operator warning.
- modbus-rtu: first P1 step confirms pymodbus exposes framer=rtu on a TCP
server (custom-script fallback otherwise).
- program doc: new cross-cutting rule - driver ctors must be connection-free
(the universal browser's CanBrowse throwaway instances depend on it).
Per user decision 2026-07-15: the direct-serial transport (ModbusRtuTransport,
System.IO.Ports, serial config fields, socat live rig) is not being built.
Serial RS-485 buses are reached exclusively via serial->Ethernet gateways
(Moxa NPort etc.) using the new ModbusRtuOverTcpTransport — zero new package
deps, no container device mapping, reuses the hardened socket lifecycle.
ModbusTransportMode shrinks to Tcp|RtuOverTcp (Rtu member reserved). The
direct-serial design is kept in the RTU doc's §2b as a marked record,
including the R2-01 SerialPort-BaseStream-ignores-ReadTimeout trap.
Adds the driver-expansion program design (umbrella: universal Discover-backed
browser + MTConnect, MQTT/Sparkplug B, BACnet/IP, SQL poll, Omron, Modbus RTU;
MELSEC deferred) plus the per-driver research reports.
All docs went through a 7-agent parallel review against the codebase before
this commit. Highlights fixed in review:
- universal browser: FOCAS FixedTree fills post-connect -> UntilStable settle
+ FixedTree.Enabled patch; MQTT reconciled to bespoke (was contradicting the
program doc's SupportsOnlineDiscovery=false verdict)
- modbus-rtu: SerialPort.ReadTimeout doesn't bound async BaseStream reads ->
linked-CTS per-op deadline (R2-01 class); BCL enum reuse would leak
System.IO.Ports into Contracts
- bacnet: DiscoveryRediscoverPolicy enum name; UDP 47808 contention; live
suite rewritten around unicast Who-Is + BBMD (broadcast doesn't cross VMs)
- sql-poll: real tier registration via DriverFactoryRegistry.Register;
blackhole gate must not docker-pause the shared central SQL Server
- mqtt: Sparkplug v3.0 STATE topic form; first-in-repo proto codegen noted
- omron: host hardcodes isIdempotent:false today (retry seam unshipped);
v1 scopes UDTs to dotted-leaf access
- mtconnect: SecurityClassification.ViewOnly; factory ParseEnum<T> pattern
- program doc: both valid enum-serialization patterns; IRediscoverable is
change-signal-gated; RTU P2 adds System.IO.Ports; label is host-side
#420 (filed 2026-05-01 as '4 inert scaffolds + D.1 smoke') is stale. Current
master + the mxaccessgw sibling repo show the feature landed on both sides:
- mxaccessgw A.2/A.4: native alarms served via the wnwrap consumer
(WnWrapAlarmConsumer over WNWRAPCONSUMERLib.wwAlarmConsumerClass) +
FailoverAlarmConsumer + AlarmDispatcher; StreamAlarms active-alarm snapshot
(20 alarms verified live). The WM_APP-pump premise this issue was written
against was ruled out by the 2026-05-01 probes; the design pivoted to wnwrap.
- mxaccessgw A.3: NotWiredAlarmRpcDispatcher gone (only in generated proto);
ack routes MxGatewayClient.AcknowledgeAlarmAsync -> AlarmClient.AlarmAckByGUID.
- lmxopcua: GalaxyDriver : IAlarmSource wires GatewayGalaxyAlarmFeed
(-> OnAlarmEvent, native metadata incl. operator-comment) + inbound ack via
GatewayGalaxyAlarmAcknowledger; native feed live-proven by
GatewayGalaxyAlarmFeedLiveTests.
- C.1 (SdkAlarmHistorianWriteBackend / aahClientManaged): SUPERSEDED. The whole
Wonderware sidecar was retired; alarm-history writes cut over to the
HistorianGateway (GatewayAlarmHistorianWriter, SendEvent path), live-verified
2026-07-15 (R2-06/R2-08, 6/6). The target no longer exists in the tree.
Updated the alarms-over-gateway.md banner (final reconciliation) + the
alarms-d1-smoke-artifact.md status note. Sole residual = a Windows-parity-rig
running-server OPC UA A&C round-trip (needs live Galaxy + human IDE).
Corrects the #459 finding. 2-node keep-oldest recovery works fine (the ScadaBridge
sister project proves it); OtOpcUa was missing the supervision pieces that make it
automatic, and docs/Redundancy.md wrongly claimed in-place oldest-crash failover.
Mechanism (confirmed on a 2-container rig + by decompiling Akka KeepOldest.OldestDecision):
on an OLDEST-node crash keep-oldest downs the LONE survivor (DownReachable including
myself) — down-if-alone can't rescue a lone survivor (its branch needs >=2 survivors).
Recovery is exit-and-rejoin: run-coordinated-shutdown-when-down terminates the node and
the service supervisor restarts it. My earlier 'total outage' was a docker-dev artifact
(no restart policy); production Install-Services.ps1 already has sc.exe failure restart.
Changes (ScadaBridge parity):
- ActorSystemTerminationWatchdog (Host, registered after AddAkka): watches
ActorSystem.WhenTerminated and on an unexpected self-down calls StopApplication so the
process exits (supervisor restarts it) instead of idling with a dead actor system.
Distinguishes graceful shutdown via _stopRequested + ApplicationStopping. 3 unit tests.
- docker-dev: restart: unless-stopped on the host anchor (models production supervision) +
both redundancy peers in SeedNodes so a restarted node re-forms via either peer.
- docs/Redundancy.md: rewrote the split-brain recovery section — younger-loss = in-place
fast failover; oldest-loss = exit-and-rejoin under supervision (not in-place); the three
requirements (supervisor + watchdog + both-node seeds); flagged HardKillFailoverTests as
non-representative (Transport.Shutdown, not a real crash). Instant in-place takeover on
ANY single loss needs 3+ members.
Cluster.Tests 29/29 (SBR guards), watchdog tests 3/3, full solution builds.
Live re-verify of the watchdog image pending (host docker disk full).
The historian's Int1 analog-tag creation path is server-degenerate:
EnsureTags(Int1) stores an unusable stub (live-probed on the deployed
2023 R2 historian; root-caused + documented gateway-side in
HistorianGateway #11 / PR #16). HistorianTypeMapper mapped
DriverDataType.Boolean -> HistorianDataType.Int1, so Boolean historized
tags failed auto-provisioning.
Map Boolean -> Int2 instead (store 0/1). Int2 is a proven-creatable
analog type, and the value-write path already sends every value as a
double on WriteLiveValues regardless of tag type, so Boolean 0.0/1.0
round-trips cleanly. Both Float and Int2 are supported, so a
pre-existing Float Boolean tag retypes cleanly on its next deploy.
- HistorianTypeMapper: Boolean => Int2 (+ remarks)
- Unit pins: HistorianTypeMapperTests, GatewayTagProvisionerTests
(Boolean_definition_carries_explicit_Int2_presence)
- Live gate: EnsureTags_boolean_sandbox_provisions_as_Int2 (was _Int1);
retype probe reframed Float->Int2 (drops the dead Int1 leg)
- Docs: docs/Historian.md 'Boolean historization maps to Int2', CLAUDE.md,
archreview STATUS.md (R2-06 live gate -> 6/6)
Resolves#441.
- StorageRateMs bug found+fixed (PR #439); live suite 3/6 -> 5/6
- U-7: EnsureTags is a real upsert; supported-type retype ACCEPTED (Float->Double);
Int1 not creatable on this histsdk (ProtocolEvidenceMissingException, Int1-only)
- record the observed retype policy in docs/Historian.md (fills the placeholder)
- docs/Client.CLI.md: added ### ack / confirm / shelve / enable / disable sections
(synopsis + options + example + expected output), each noting the AlarmAck LDAP-role
gate and that --event-id comes from a prior `alarms` notification. Doc now covers all
13 CLI commands (was 8). Overview operations list updated.
- StyleGuide.md: 'ScadaBridge' -> 'OtOpcUa' (header line 3) + the ScadaBridge:Timeout
config-key example -> OpcUa:Timeout.
- .editorconfig (new, root): minimal code-style anchor; all C# analyzer rules at
suggestion severity so nothing fails a TreatWarningsAsErrors build (verified: 808
warnings unchanged from baseline, 0 errors).
- pending.md, current.md: git rm --cached (untrack, keep on disk) + root-anchored
.gitignore entries — making the files' own declared 'never stage' rule true.
- looseends.md: deleted (2026-05-18 snapshot; sole open item + all follow-ups
target the retired Wonderware historian sidecar rig, moot since the gateway
cutover; recoverable from history).
- stillpending.md -> docs/plans/2026-06-18-stillpending-backlog-audit.md (git mv;
referenced by docs/Historian.md + memory index, preserved under dated-plan convention).
- HISTORIAN-GATEWAY-INTEGRATION-ISSUES.md -> docs/plans/2026-06-27-historian-gateway-integration-issues.md (git mv).
- docs/Historian.md §'Closed backlog §2 items' repointed at the archived path.
Historical docs/plans/* references to the bare stillpending.md filename are frozen
point-in-time records, left untouched per the documentation-audit convention.
Akka.Cluster.Hosting's WithClustering enables an SBR downing provider by default
(applies SplitBrainResolverOption.Default when ClusterOptions.SplitBrainResolver is
null), which reads the pre-existing akka.conf keep-oldest block. So the cluster was
NOT running NoDowning before Critical 1 and hard-crash failover already worked — the
typed KeepOldestOption is reinforcing/explicit-in-code, not the sole activator.
Corrects the inaccurate 'HOCON inert / NoDowning / never fails over' framing in:
- ServiceCollectionExtensions.BuildClusterOptions XML comment
- akka.conf split-brain-resolver comment
- docs/Redundancy.md Split-brain section
- SplitBrainResolverActivationTests summary + assertion message (+ method rename)
No code revert (the typed option is correct belt-and-suspenders). Cluster.Tests 29/29.
Surfaced by the #9 hard-kill failover negative control.
The split-brain-resolver HOCON block in akka.conf was inert — nothing
registered a downing provider, so the cluster ran Akka's default NoDowning:
a hard-crashed node was never downed, cluster singletons + the driver
role-leader never failed over, and a partition left both redundancy sides
at ServiceLevel 240 indefinitely.
Activate the resolver via the typed ClusterOptions.SplitBrainResolver
(KeepOldestOption { DownIfAlone = true }) in a new testable
BuildClusterOptions helper. keep-oldest + down-if-alone is correct for a
2-node warm-redundancy pair. HOCON keeps stable-after (typed option can't
express it) + a cross-reference comment. Deterministic unit guard added;
end-to-end verified the resolved ActorSystem config carries the provider
and stable-after survives the HOCON/Hosting merge. Redundancy.md corrected.
Hard-kill failover integration test tracked as a follow-up (effort-M harness).
CLAUDE.md: add scadaproj sister-project index, fix mxaccessgw path to
~/Desktop/MxAccessGateway, note the temporary CVE-2025-6965 NuGetAuditSuppress,
and correct the driver-typed tag-editor list (OpcUaClient is now mapped; only
Galaxy falls back). Also captures docker-dev data-plane GroupToRole + ServerHistorian
live-verify config and the HistorianGateway integration/backlog notes.
PR #423 shipped GatewayTagProvisioner + unit tests but never registered it in
DI nor passed it into the AddressSpaceApplier, so deploying historized tags used
the no-op NullHistorianProvisioning and never called the gateway's EnsureTags
(confirmed live on wonder-app-vd03: zero EnsureTags calls on a historized deploy).
Addresses HISTORIAN-GATEWAY-INTEGRATION-ISSUES.md.
Issue 1 (wire provisioner):
- Runtime: AddHistorianProvisioning extension (gated on ServerHistorian:Enabled,
mirrors AddServerHistorian) + NullHistorianProvisioning TryAdd default in
AddOtOpcUaRuntime; WithOtOpcUaRuntimeActors resolves IHistorianProvisioning and
passes it into the applier.
- Gateway driver: GatewayHistorian.CreateProvisioner factory (mirrors CreateDataSource).
- Host: Program.cs calls AddHistorianProvisioning after AddServerHistorian.
- Tests: AddHistorianProvisioningTests (config-gated registration + the
register->resolve->applier->EnsureTags chain).
Issue 2 (observability): AddressSpaceApplier logs the provisioning tally on every
successful dispatch (was gated behind Failed/Skipped > 0), including dispatched=N
so a dispatched=N/requested=0 line flags the dormant no-op. +2 tests.
Issue 3 (30s HistoryRead on unprovisioned tags): root coupling fixed by Issue 1;
documented the CallTimeout knob + coupling. Default left at 30s pending the
multi-data-point investigation the issue requests (lowering risks truncating
legitimate large reads).
Issue 4 (docs): docs/Historian.md gains a "Tag auto-provisioning (EnsureTags)"
section and CLAUDE.md a wiring/gating note (both stress ServerHistorian:Enabled).
Sibling scadaproj/CLAUDE.md carries no false claim -> unchanged.
Pre-existing Serilog observation: anchor CWD to AppContext.BaseDirectory before
AddZbSerilog so the relative file sink stops landing in C:\Windows\System32 under
the Windows-service CWD.
Builds 0-error; Runtime.Tests 355, OpcUaServer.Tests 329, Gateway.Tests 99 (+4
live-skipped) all green.
Record the execution outcomes in the follow-up plan: FU-1 resolved as a documented
protocol limitation (gateway pending.md C4; not fixable without histsdk wire-capture
evidence), FU-2 done + live-validated (exact round-trip), FU-3 done (mux-ref vs
historian-name decoupled via HistorizedTagRef), FU-4 done. FU-5 (pre-existing Modbus
failure) and FU-6 (post-merge propagation) remain tracked.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_012SDSQ3AcaXqPcBtDESBRii
HistorianGateway is now the sole historian backend (read + alarm SendEvent +
continuous WriteLiveValues). Document the final state and retire the Wonderware
sidecar from the docs/config/labels:
- CLAUDE.md: rewrite the Historian section — ServerHistorian /
ContinuousHistorization / AlarmHistorian config keys, the IHistorianProvisioning
EnsureTags hook, the GatewayAlarmHistorianWriter SendEvent path + ReadEvents
dependency on gateway RuntimeDb:EventReadsEnabled=true, gateway-side
prerequisites (RuntimeDb flags + historian:read/write/tags:write scopes),
migration note, and two KNOWN-LIMITATION callouts (live-validation gate +
empty historized-ref-set recorder follow-on).
- appsettings.json: fix the stale ServerHistorian block (Host/Port/SharedSecret/
ServerCertThumbprint -> Endpoint/ApiKey/UseTls/AllowUntrustedServerCertificate/
CaCertificatePath/CallTimeout, keep MaxTieClusterOverfetch); add a disabled
ContinuousHistorization block; prune the orphaned Wonderware keys from
AlarmHistorian (keep the SQLite knobs). ApiKey env-supplied via
ServerHistorian__ApiKey (commented; valid strict JSON via _comment keys).
- README.md + docs (Historian.md, AlarmHistorian.md, Configuration.md,
ServiceHosting.md, DriverLifecycle.md, drivers/README.md, Uns.md, VirtualTags.md,
AlarmTracking.md, Client.UI.md, README.md, TestConnectProbes.md): retire the
Wonderware historian backend from current-backend descriptions; fix the stale
ServerHistorian/AlarmHistorian config tables (now gateway shape); convert
drivers/Historian.Wonderware.md to a retired stub pointing at the gateway.
- Source/UI labels (descriptive text only, no behavior change):
OtOpcUaServerHostedService.cs, HistoryPaging.cs, OtOpcUaSdkServer.cs,
HistorianAdapterActor.cs, VirtualTagModal.razor, ScriptedAlarmModal.razor,
AlarmsHistorian.razor now name the HistorianGateway backend.
Build clean (0 errors); AdminUI.Tests green (514 passed).
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_012SDSQ3AcaXqPcBtDESBRii
Joseph Doherty