- IHistorianDataSource.SupportsReverseEvents (default false; SqlServer/QuestDB true; Gateway/Null declare false).
The node manager checks it BEFORE calling the source: an end-only capped events read becomes reverse only on
a supporting backend (Gateway, the default, keeps the pre-#675 forward [MinValue, EndTime) paging), and an
explicit reverse read on a non-supporting backend is BadHistoryOperationUnsupported without a call.
- Removed the broad catch (NotSupportedException) in the events path: a NotSupportedException from inside a
backend is now logged as a backend fault (Error), not an 'unsupported' Warning.
- Null declares the reverse overload itself; guard test: every production IHistorianDataSource declares both
the reverse overload and the capability (positive-control scan of all four backends).
- Conformance: capability reported + oversized reverse tie cluster (forward over-fetch reversed == reverse
read order; capped reverse read stopping inside the cluster flags truncation) on SqlServer + QuestDB.
- docs/Historian.md: end-only capped events read is backward on SqlServer/QuestDB, forward on Gateway.
- IHistorianDataSource.ReadEventsAsync(..., bool reverse, ...) overload: reverse = Part 11 window (lo, hi]
newest-first by (time, id) DESC. Default forwards forward reads and throws NotSupportedException for
reverse (Null); Gateway refuses explicitly (ascending-only stream). Server answers
BadHistoryOperationUnsupported instead of silently returning the earliest N ascending.
- SqlServer / QuestDB serve reverse natively (ORDER BY time DESC, id DESC + TOP/LIMIT).
- Node manager: reverse event reads page with continuation points; direction stored in the cursor
(HistoryContinuationState.Reverse) so a resume continues in the cursor's direction; reverse tie clusters
over-fetched forward and sliced from the newest end (SliceTieCluster(reverse:)); end-only reads with a
cap page backward from EndTime (mirrors raw).
- Resumed event pages over-fetch by the boundary skip, so every non-final page is a full cap page.
- Tests: node-manager reverse paging (ties, clusters, coarse resolution, overfetch bound, resume
direction both ways, end-only, unsupported backend); shared EventReadConformance on SqlServer +
QuestDB; over-the-wire reverse paging; offline Gateway pin of the UTC DateTime.MaxValue bound through
the published client's proto conversion (in-process gRPC capture) and FILETIME.
- docs/Historian.md event paging section.
Joseph Doherty