Phase 7 Stream B — Core.VirtualTags project (engine + dep graph + timer + source)

Ships the evaluation engine that consumes compiled scripts from Stream A, subscribes to upstream driver tags, runs on change + on timer, cascades evaluations through dependent virtual tags in topological order, and emits changes through a driver-capability-shaped adapter the DriverNodeManager can dispatch to per ADR-002.

DependencyGraph owns the directed dep-graph where nodes are tag paths (driver tags implicit leaves, virtual tags registered internal nodes) and edges run from a virtual tag to each tag it reads. Kahn algorithm produces the topological sort. Tarjan iterative SCC detects every cycle in one pass so publish-time rejection surfaces all offending cycles together. Both iterative so 10k-deep chains do not StackOverflow. Re-adding a node overwrites prior dependency set cleanly (supports config-publish reloads).

VirtualTagDefinition is the operator-authored config row (Path, DataType, ScriptSource, ChangeTriggered, TimerInterval, Historize). Stream E config DB materializes these on publish.

ITagUpstreamSource is the abstraction the engine pulls driver tag values from. Stream G bridges this to IReadable + ISubscribable on live drivers; tests use FakeUpstream that tracks subscription count for leak-test assertions.

IHistoryWriter is the per-tag Historize sink. NullHistoryWriter default when caller does not pass one.

VirtualTagContext is the per-evaluation ScriptContext. Reads from engine last-known-value cache, writes route through SetVirtualTag callback so cross-tag side effects participate in change cascades. Injectable Now clock for deterministic tests.

VirtualTagEngine orchestrates. Load compiles every script via ScriptSandbox, builds the dep graph via DependencyExtractor, checks for cycles, reports every compile failure in one error, subscribes to each referenced upstream path, seeds the value cache. EvaluateAllAsync runs topological order. EvaluateOneAsync is timer path. Read returns cached value. Subscribe registers observer. OnUpstreamChange updates cache, fans out, schedules transitive dependents (change-driven=false tags skipped). EvaluateInternalAsync holds a SemaphoreSlim so cascades do not interleave. Script exceptions and timeouts map per-tag to BadInternalError. Coercion from script double to config Int32 uses Convert.ToInt32.

TimerTriggerScheduler groups tags by interval into shared Timers. Tags without TimerInterval not scheduled.

VirtualTagSource implements IReadable + ISubscribable per ADR-002. ReadAsync returns cache. SubscribeAsync fires initial-data callback per OPC UA convention. IWritable deliberately not implemented — OPC UA writes to virtual tags rejected in DriverNodeManager per Phase 7 decision 6.

36 unit tests across 4 files: DependencyGraphTests 12, VirtualTagEngineTests 13, VirtualTagSourceTests 6, TimerTriggerSchedulerTests 4. Coverage includes cycle detection (self-loop, 2-node, 3-node, multiple disjoint), 2-level change cascade, per-tag error isolation (one tag throws, others keep working), timeout isolation, Historize toggle, ChangeTriggered=false ignore, reload cleans subscriptions, Dispose releases resources, SetVirtualTag fires observers, type coercion, 10k deep graph no stack overflow, initial-data callback, Unsubscribe stops events.

Fixed two bugs during implementation. Monitor.Enter/Exit cannot be held across await (Monitor ownership is thread-local and lost across suspension) — switched to SemaphoreSlim. Kahn edge-direction was inverted — for dependency ordering (X depends on Y means Y comes before X) in-degree should be count of a node own deps, not count of nodes pointing to it; was incrementing inDegree[dep] instead of inDegree[nodeId], causing false cycle detection on valid DAGs.

Full Phase 7 test count after Stream B: 99 green (63 Scripting + 36 VirtualTags). Streams C and G will plug engine + source into live OPC UA dispatch path.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.slnx

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
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         <Project Path="src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Configuration/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Configuration.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.csproj"/>
+        <Project Path="src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.csproj"/>
+        <Project Path="src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Admin/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Admin.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Shared/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Shared.csproj"/>
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@
         <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.Tests.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Configuration.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Configuration.Tests.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Tests.csproj"/>
+        <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests.csproj"/>
+        <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.Tests.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server.Tests.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Admin.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Admin.Tests.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Shared.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Shared.Tests.csproj"/>

docs/drivers/Modbus-Test-Fixture.md

@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ shaped (neither is a Modbus-side concept).
 - `DL205SmokeTests` — FC16 write → FC03 read round-trip on holding register
 - `DL205CoilMappingTests` — Y-output / C-relay / X-input address mapping
   (octal → Modbus offset)
-- `DL205ExceptionCodeTests` — Modbus exception → OPC UA StatusCode mapping
+- `DL205ExceptionCodeTests` — Modbus exception 0x02 → OPC UA `BadOutOfRange` against the dl205 profile (natural out-of-range path)
+- `ExceptionInjectionTests` — every other exception code in the mapping table (0x01 / 0x03 / 0x04 / 0x05 / 0x06 / 0x0A / 0x0B) against the `exception_injection` profile on both read + write paths
 - `DL205FloatCdabQuirkTests` — CDAB word-swap float encoding
 - `DL205StringQuirkTests` — packed-string V-memory layout
 - `DL205VMemoryQuirkTests` — V-memory octal addressing
@@ -103,8 +104,13 @@ Not a Modbus concept. Driver doesn't implement `IAlarmSource` or
 
 1. Add `MODBUS_SIM_ENDPOINT` override documentation to
    `docs/v2/test-data-sources.md` so operators can point the suite at a lab rig.
-2. Extend `pymodbus` profiles to inject exception responses — a JSON flag per
-   register saying "next read returns exception 0x04."
+2. ~~Extend `pymodbus` profiles to inject exception responses~~ — **shipped**
+   via the `exception_injection` compose profile + standalone
+   `exception_injector.py` server. Rules in
+   `Docker/profiles/exception_injection.json` map `(fc, address)` to an
+   exception code; `ExceptionInjectionTests` exercises every code in
+   `MapModbusExceptionToStatus` (0x01 / 0x02 / 0x03 / 0x04 / 0x05 / 0x06 /
+   0x0A / 0x0B) end-to-end on both read (FC03) and write (FC06) paths.
 3. Add an FX5U profile once a lab rig is available; the scaffolding is in place.
 
 ## Key fixture / config files

docs/v2/implementation/adr-002-driver-vs-virtual-dispatch.md

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# ADR-002 — Driver-vs-virtual dispatch: how `DriverNodeManager` routes reads, writes, and subscriptions across driver tags and virtual (scripted) tags
+
+**Status:** Accepted 2026-04-20 — Option B (single NodeManager + NodeSource tag on the resolver output); Options A and C explicitly rejected.
+
+**Related phase:** [Phase 7 — Scripting Runtime + Scripted Alarms](phase-7-scripting-and-alarming.md) Stream G.
+
+**Related tasks:** #237 Phase 7 Stream G — Address-space integration.
+
+**Related ADRs:** [ADR-001 — Equipment node walker](adr-001-equipment-node-walker.md) (this ADR extends the walker + resolver it established).
+
+## Context
+
+Phase 7 introduces **virtual tags** — OPC UA variables whose values are computed by user-authored C# scripts against other tags (driver or virtual). Per design decision #2 in the Phase 7 plan, virtual tags **live in the Equipment tree alongside driver tags** (not a separate `/Virtual/...` namespace). An operator browsing `Enterprise/Site/Area/Line/Equipment/` sees a flat list of children that includes both driver-sourced variables (e.g. `SpeedSetpoint` coming from a Modbus tag) and virtual variables (e.g. `LineRate` computed from `SpeedSetpoint × 0.95`).
+
+From the operator's perspective there is no difference. From the server's perspective there is a big one: a read / write / subscribe on a driver node must dispatch to a driver's `IReadable` / `IWritable` / `ISubscribable` implementation; the same operation on a virtual node must dispatch to the `VirtualTagEngine`. The existing `DriverNodeManager` (shipped in Phase 1, extended by ADR-001) only knows about the driver case today.
+
+The question is how the dispatch should branch. Three options considered.
+
+## Options
+
+### Option A — A separate `VirtualTagNodeManager` sibling to `DriverNodeManager`
+
+Register a second `INodeManager` with the OPC UA stack dedicated to virtual-tag nodes. Each tag landed under an Equipment folder would be owned by whichever NodeManager materialized it; mixed folders would have children belonging to two different managers.
+
+**Pros:**
+- Clean separation — virtual-tag code never touches driver code paths.
+- Independent lifecycle: restart the virtual-tag engine without touching drivers.
+
+**Cons:**
+- ADR-001's `EquipmentNodeWalker` was designed as a single walker producing a single tree under one NodeManager. Forking into two walkers (one per source) risks the UNS / Equipment folders existing twice (once per manager) with different child sets, and the OPC UA stack treating them as distinct nodes.
+- Mixed equipment folders: when a Line has 3 driver tags + 2 virtual tags, a client browsing the Line folder expects to see 5 children. Two NodeManagers each claiming ownership of the same folder adds the browse-merge problem the stack doesn't do cleanly.
+- ACL binding (Phase 6.2 trie): one scope per Equipment folder, resolved by `NodeScopeResolver`. Two NodeManagers means two resolution paths or shared resolution logic — cross-manager coupling that defeats the separation.
+- Audit pathways (Phase 6.2 `IAuditLogger`) and resilience wrappers (Phase 6.1 `CapabilityInvoker`) are wired into the existing `DriverNodeManager`. Duplicating them into a second manager doubles the surface that the Roslyn analyzer from Phase 6.1 Stream A follow-up must keep honest.
+
+**Rejected** because the sharing of folders (Equipment nodes owning both kinds of children) is the common case, not the exception. Two NodeManagers would fight for ownership on every Equipment node.
+
+### Option B — Single `DriverNodeManager`, `NodeScopeResolver` returns a `NodeSource` tag, dispatch branches on source
+
+`NodeScopeResolver` (established in ADR-001) already joins nodes against the config DB to produce a `ScopeId` for ACL enforcement. Extend it to **also return a `NodeSource` enum** (`Driver` or `Virtual`). `DriverNodeManager` dispatch methods check the source and route:
+
+```csharp
+internal sealed class DriverNodeManager : CustomNodeManager2
+{
+    private readonly IReadOnlyDictionary<string, IDriver> _drivers;
+    private readonly IVirtualTagEngine _virtualTagEngine;
+    private readonly NodeScopeResolver _resolver;
+
+    protected override async Task ReadValueAsync(NodeId nodeId, ...)
+    {
+        var scope = _resolver.Resolve(nodeId);
+        // ... ACL check via Phase 6.2 trie (unchanged)
+        return scope.Source switch
+        {
+            NodeSource.Driver  => await _drivers[scope.DriverInstanceId].ReadAsync(...),
+            NodeSource.Virtual => await _virtualTagEngine.ReadAsync(scope.VirtualTagId, ...),
+        };
+    }
+}
+```
+
+**Pros:**
+- Single address-space tree. `EquipmentNodeWalker` emits one folder per Equipment node and hangs both driver and virtual children under it. Browse / subscribe fan-out / ACL resolution all happen in one NodeManager with one mental model.
+- ACL binding works identically for both kinds. A user with `ReadEquipment` on `Line1/Pump_7` can read every child, driver-sourced or virtual.
+- Phase 6.1 resilience wrapping + Phase 6.2 audit logging apply uniformly. The `CapabilityInvoker` analyzer stays correct without new exemptions.
+- Adding future source kinds (e.g. a "derived tag" that's neither a driver read nor a script evaluation) is a single-enum-case addition — no new NodeManager.
+
+**Cons:**
+- `NodeScopeResolver` becomes slightly chunkier — it now carries dispatch metadata in addition to ACL scope. We own that complexity; the payoff is one tree, one lifecycle.
+- A bug in the dispatch branch could leak a driver call into the virtual path or vice versa. Mitigated by an xUnit theory in Stream G.4 that mixes both kinds in one Equipment folder and asserts each routes correctly.
+
+**Accepted.**
+
+### Option C — Virtual tag engine registers as a synthetic `IDriver`
+
+Implement a `VirtualTagDriverAdapter` that wraps `VirtualTagEngine` and registers it alongside real drivers through the existing `DriverTypeRegistry`. Then `DriverNodeManager` dispatches everything through driver plumbing — virtual tags are just "a driver with no wire."
+
+**Pros:**
+- Reuses every existing `IDriver` pathway without modification.
+- Dispatch branch is trivial because there's no branch — everything routes through driver plumbing.
+
+**Cons:**
+- `DriverInstance` is the wrong shape for virtual-tag config: no `DriverType`, no `HostAddress`, no connectivity probe, no lifecycle-initialization parameters, no NSSM wrapper. Forcing it to fit means adding null columns / sentinel values everywhere.
+- `IDriver.InitializeAsync` / `IRediscoverable` semantics don't match a scripting engine — the engine doesn't "discover" tags against a wire, it compiles scripts against a config snapshot.
+- The resilience Polly wrappers are calibrated for network-bound calls (timeout / retry / circuit breaker). Applying them to a script evaluation is either a pointless passthrough or wrong tuning.
+- The Admin UI would need special-casing in every driver-config screen to hide fields that don't apply. The shape mismatch leaks everywhere.
+
+**Rejected** because the fit is worse than Option B's lightweight dispatch branch. The pretense of uniformity would cost more than the branch it avoids.
+
+## Decision
+
+**Option B is accepted.**
+
+`NodeScopeResolver.Resolve(nodeId)` returns a `NodeScope` record with:
+
+```csharp
+public sealed record NodeScope(
+    string ScopeId,            // ACL scope ID — unchanged from ADR-001
+    NodeSource Source,         // NEW: Driver or Virtual
+    string? DriverInstanceId,  // populated when Source=Driver
+    string? VirtualTagId);     // populated when Source=Virtual
+
+public enum NodeSource
+{
+    Driver,
+    Virtual,
+}
+```
+
+`DriverNodeManager` holds a single reference to `IVirtualTagEngine` alongside its driver dictionary. Read / Write / Subscribe dispatch pattern-matches on `scope.Source` and routes accordingly. Writes to a virtual node from an OPC UA client return `BadUserAccessDenied` because per Phase 7 decision #6, virtual tags are writable **only** from scripts via `ctx.SetVirtualTag`. That check lives in `DriverNodeManager` before the dispatch branch — a dedicated ACL rule rather than a capability of the engine.
+
+Dispatch tests (Phase 7 Stream G.4) must cover at minimum:
+- Mixed Equipment folder (driver + virtual children) browses with all children visible
+- Read routes to the correct backend for each source kind
+- Subscribe delivers changes from both kinds on the same subscription
+- OPC UA client write to a virtual node returns `BadUserAccessDenied` without invoking the engine
+- Script-driven write to a virtual node (via `ctx.SetVirtualTag`) updates the value + fires subscription notifications
+
+## Consequences
+
+- `EquipmentNodeWalker` (ADR-001) gains an extra input channel: the config DB's `VirtualTag` table alongside the existing `Tag` table. Walker emits both kinds of children under each Equipment folder with the `NodeSource` tag set per row.
+- `NodeScopeResolver` gains a `NodeSource` return value. The change is additive (ADR-001's `ScopeId` field is unchanged), so Phase 6.2's ACL trie keeps working without modification.
+- `DriverNodeManager` gains a dispatch branch but the shape of every `I*` call into drivers is unchanged. Phase 6.1's resilience wrapping applies identically to the driver branch; the virtual branch wraps separately (virtual tag evaluation errors map to `BadInternalError` per Phase 7 decision #11, not through the Polly pipeline).
+- Adding a future source kind (e.g. an alias tag, a cross-cluster federation tag) is one enum case + one dispatch arm + the equivalent walker extension. The architecture is extensible without rewrite.
+
+## Not Decided (revisitable)
+
+- **Whether `IVirtualTagEngine` should live alongside `IDriver` in `Core.Abstractions` or stay in the Phase 7 project.** Plan currently keeps it in Phase 7's `Core.VirtualTags` project because it's not a driver capability. If Phase 7 Stream G discovers significant shared surface, promote later — not blocking.
+- **Whether server-side method calls from OPC UA clients (e.g. a future "force-recompute-this-virtual-tag" admin method) should route through the same dispatch.** Out of scope — virtual tags have no method nodes today; scripted alarm method calls (`OneShotShelve` etc.) route through their own `ScriptedAlarmEngine` path per Phase 7 Stream C.6.
+
+## References
+
+- [Phase 7 — Scripting Runtime + Scripted Alarms](phase-7-scripting-and-alarming.md) Stream G
+- [ADR-001 — Equipment node walker](adr-001-equipment-node-walker.md)
+- [`docs/v2/plan.md`](../plan.md) decision #110 (Tag-to-Equipment binding)
+- [`docs/v2/plan.md`](../plan.md) decision #120 (UNS hierarchy requirements)
+- Phase 6.2 `NodeScopeResolver` ACL join

docs/v2/implementation/phase-7-scripting-and-alarming.md

@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+# Phase 7 — Scripting Runtime, Virtual Tags, and Scripted Alarms
+
+> **Status**: DRAFT — planning output from the 2026-04-20 interactive planning session. Pending review before work begins. Task #230 tracks the draft; #231–#238 are the stream placeholders.
+>
+> **Branch**: `v2/phase-7-scripting-and-alarming`
+> **Estimated duration**: 10–12 weeks (scope-comparable to Phase 6; largest single phase outside Phase 2 Galaxy split)
+> **Predecessor**: Phase 6.4 (Admin UI completion) — reuses the tab-plugin pattern + draft/publish flow
+> **Successor**: v2 release-readiness capstone
+
+## Phase Objective
+
+Add two **additive** runtime capabilities on top of the existing driver + Equipment address-space foundation:
+
+1. **Virtual (calculated) tags** — OPC UA variables whose values are computed by user-authored C# scripts against other tags (driver or virtual), evaluated on change and/or timer. They live in the existing Equipment/UNS tree alongside driver tags and behave identically to clients (browse, subscribe, historize).
+2. **Scripted alarms** — OPC UA Part 9 alarms whose condition is a user-authored C# predicate. Full state machine (EnabledState / ActiveState / AckedState / ConfirmedState / ShelvingState) with persistent operator-supplied state across restarts. Complement the existing Galaxy-native and AB CIP ALMD alarm sources — they do not replace them.
+
+Tie-in capability — **historian alarm sink**:
+
+3. **Aveva Historian as alarm system of record** — every qualifying alarm transition (activation, ack, confirm, clear, shelve, disable, comment) from **any `IAlarmSource`** (scripted + Galaxy + ALMD) routes through a new local SQLite store-and-forward queue to Galaxy.Host, which uses its already-loaded `aahClientManaged` DLLs to write to the Historian's alarm schema. Per-alarm `HistorizeToAveva` toggle gates which sources flow (default off for Galaxy-native since Galaxy itself already historizes them). Plant operators query one uniform historical alarm timeline.
+
+**Why it's additive, not a rewrite**: every `IAlarmSource` implementation shipped in Phase 6.x stays unchanged; scripted alarms register as an additional source in the existing fan-out. The Equipment node walker built in ADR-001 gains a "virtual" source kind alongside "driver" without removing anything. Operator-facing semantics for existing driver tags and alarms are unchanged.
+
+## Design Decisions (locked in the 2026-04-20 planning session)
+
+| # | Decision | Rationale |
+|---|---------|-----------|
+| 1 | Script language = **C# via Roslyn scripting** | Developer audience, strong typing, AST walkable for dependency inference, existing .NET 10 runtime in main server. |
+| 2 | Virtual tags live in the **Equipment tree** alongside driver tags (not a separate `/Virtual/...` namespace) | Operator mental model stays unified; calculated `LineRate` shows up under the Line1 folder next to the driver-sourced `SpeedSetpoint` it's derived from. |
+| 3 | Evaluation trigger = **change-driven + timer-driven**; operator chooses per-tag | Change-driven is cheap at steady state; timer is the escape hatch for polling derivations that don't have a discrete "input changed" signal. |
+| 4 | Script shape = **Shape A — one script per virtual tag/alarm**; `return` produces the value (or `bool` for alarm condition) | Minimal surface; no predicate/action split. Alarm side-effects (severity, message) configured out-of-band, not in the script. |
+| 5 | Alarm fidelity = **full OPC UA Part 9** | Uniform with Galaxy + ALMD on the wire; client-side tooling (HMIs, historians, event pipelines) gets one shape. |
+| 6 | Sandbox = **read-only context**; scripts can only read any tag + write to virtual tags | Strict Roslyn `ScriptOptions` allow-list. No HttpClient / File / Process / reflection. |
+| 7 | Dependency declaration = **AST inference**; operator doesn't maintain a separate dependency list | `CSharpSyntaxWalker` extracts `ctx.GetTag("path")` string-literal calls at compile time; dynamic paths rejected at publish. |
+| 8 | Config storage = **config DB with generation-sealed cache** (same as driver instances) | Virtual tags + alarms publish atomically in the same generation as the driver instance config they may depend on. |
+| 9 | Script return value shape (`ctx.GetTag`) = **`DataValue { Value, StatusCode, Timestamp }`** | Scripts branch on quality naturally without separate `ctx.GetQuality(...)` calls. |
+| 10 | Historize virtual tags = **per-tag checkbox** | Writes flow through the same history-write path as driver tags. Consumed by existing `IHistoryProvider`. |
+| 11 | Per-tag error isolation — a throwing script sets that tag's quality to `BadInternalError`; engine keeps running for every other tag | Mirrors Phase 6.1 Stream B's per-surface error handling. |
+| 12 | Dedicated Serilog sink = `scripts-*.log` rolling file; structured-property `ScriptName` for filtering | Keeps noisy script logs out of the main `opcua-*.log`. `ctx.Logger.Info/Warning/Error/Debug` bound in the script context. |
+| 13 | Alarm message = **template with substitution** (`"Reactor temp {Reactor/Temp} exceeded {Limit}"`) | Middle ground between static and separate message-script; engine resolves `{path}` tokens at event emission. |
+| 14 | Alarm state persistence — `ActiveState` recomputed from tag values on startup; `EnabledState / AckedState / ConfirmedState / ShelvingState` + audit trail persist to config DB | Operators don't re-ack after restart; ack history survives for compliance (GxP / 21 CFR Part 11). |
+| 15 | Historian sink scope = **all `IAlarmSource` implementations**, not just scripted; per-alarm `HistorizeToAveva` toggle | Plant gets one consolidated alarm timeline; Galaxy-native alarms default off to avoid duplication. |
+| 16 | Historian failure mode = **SQLite store-and-forward queue on the node**; config DB is source of truth, Historian is best-effort projection | Operators never blocked by Historian downtime; failed writes queue + retry when Historian recovers. |
+| 17 | Historian ingestion path = **IPC to Galaxy.Host**, which calls the already-loaded `aahClientManaged` DLLs | Reuses existing bitness / licensing / Tier-C isolation. No new 32-bit DLL load in the main server. |
+| 18 | Admin UI code editor = **Monaco** via the Admin project's asset pipeline | Industry default for C# editing in a browser; ~3 MB bundle acceptable given Admin is operator-facing only, not public. Revisitable if bundle size becomes a deployment constraint. |
+| 19 | Cascade evaluation order = **serial** for v1; parallel promoted to a Phase 7 follow-up | Deterministic, easier to reason about, simplifies cycle + ordering bugs in the rollout. Parallel becomes a tuning knob when real 1000+ virtual-tag deployments measure contention. |
+| 20 | Shelving UX = **OPC UA method calls only** (`OneShotShelve` / `TimedShelve` / `Unshelve` on the `AlarmConditionType` node); **no Admin UI shelve controls** | Plant HMIs + OPC UA clients already speak these methods by spec; reinventing the UI adds surface without operator value. Admin still renders current shelve state + audit trail read-only on the alarm detail page. |
+| 21 | Dead-lettered historian events retained for **30 days** in the SQLite queue; Admin `/alarms/historian` exposes a "Retry dead-lettered" button | Long enough for a Historian outage or licensing glitch to be resolved + operator to investigate; short enough that the SQLite file doesn't grow unbounded. Configurable via `AlarmHistorian:DeadLetterRetentionDays` for deployments with stricter compliance windows. |
+| 22 | Test harness synthetic inputs = **declared inputs only** (from the AST walker's extracted dependency set) | Enforces the dependency declaration — if a path can't be supplied to the harness, the AST walker didn't see it and the script can't reference it at runtime. Catches dependency-inference drift at test time, not publish time. |
+
+## Scope — What Changes
+
+| Concern | Change |
+|---------|--------|
+| **New project `OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting`** (.NET 10) | Roslyn-based script engine. Compiles user C# scripts with a sandboxed `ScriptOptions` allow-list (numeric / string / datetime / `ScriptContext` API only — no reflection / File / Process / HttpClient). `DependencyExtractor` uses `CSharpSyntaxWalker` to enumerate `ctx.GetTag("...")` literal-string calls; rejects non-literal paths at publish time. Per-script compile cache keyed by source hash. Per-evaluation timeout. Exception in script → tag goes `BadInternalError`; engine unaffected for other tags. `ctx.Logger` is a Serilog `ILogger` bound to the `scripts-*.log` rolling sink with structured property `ScriptName`. |
+| **New project `OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags`** (.NET 10) | `VirtualTagEngine` consumes the `DependencyExtractor` output, builds a topological dependency graph spanning driver tags + other virtual tags (cycle detection at publish time), schedules re-evaluation on change + on timer, propagates results through an `IVirtualTagSource` that implements `IReadable` + `ISubscribable` so `DriverNodeManager` routes reads / subscriptions uniformly. Per-tag `Historize` flag routes to the same history-write path driver tags use. |
+| **New project `OtOpcUa.Core.ScriptedAlarms`** (.NET 10) | `ScriptedAlarmEngine` materializes each configured alarm as an OPC UA `AlarmConditionType` (or `LimitAlarmType` / `OffNormalAlarmType`). On startup, re-evaluates every predicate against current tag values to rebuild `ActiveState` — no persistence needed for the active flag. Persistent state: `EnabledState`, `AckedState`, `ConfirmedState`, `ShelvingState`, branch stack, ack audit (user/time/comment). Template message substitution resolves `{TagPath}` tokens at event emission. Ack / Confirm / Shelve method nodes bound to the engine; transitions audit-logged via the existing `IAuditLogger` (Phase 6.2). Registers as an additional `IAlarmSource` — no change to the existing fan-out. |
+| **New project `OtOpcUa.Core.AlarmHistorian`** (.NET 10) | `IAlarmHistorianSink` abstraction + `SqliteStoreAndForwardSink` default implementation. Every qualifying `IAlarmSource` emission (per-alarm `HistorizeToAveva` toggle) persists to a local SQLite queue (`%ProgramData%\OtOpcUa\alarm-historian-queue.db`). Background drain worker reads unsent rows + forwards over IPC to Galaxy.Host. Failed writes keep the row pending with exponential backoff. Queue capacity bounded (default 1M events, oldest-dropped with a structured warning log). |
+| **`Driver.Galaxy.Shared`** — new IPC contracts | `HistorianAlarmEventRequest` (activation / ack / confirm / clear / shelve / disable / comment payloads matching the Aveva Historian alarm schema) + `HistorianAlarmEventResponse` (ack / retry-please / permanent-fail). `HistorianConnectivityStatusNotification` so the main server can surface "Historian disconnected" on the Admin `/hosts` page. |
+| **`Driver.Galaxy.Host`** — new frame handler for alarm writes | Reuses the already-loaded `aahClientManaged.dll` + `aahClientCommon.dll`. Maps the IPC request DTOs to the historian SDK's alarm-event API (exact method TBD during Stream D.2 — needs a live-historian smoke to confirm the right SDK entry point). Errors map to structured response codes so the main server's backoff logic can distinguish "transient" from "permanent". |
+| **Config DB schema** — new tables | `VirtualTag (Id, EquipmentPath, Name, DataType, IntervalMs?, ChangeTriggerEnabled, Historize, ScriptId)`; `Script (Id, SourceCode, CompiledHash, Language='CSharp')`; `ScriptedAlarm (Id, EquipmentPath, Name, AlarmType, Severity, MessageTemplate, HistorizeToAveva, PredicateScriptId)`; `ScriptedAlarmState (AlarmId, EnabledState, AckedState, ConfirmedState, ShelvingState, ShelvingExpiresUtc?, LastAckUser, LastAckComment, LastAckUtc, BranchStack_JSON)`. Every write goes through `sp_PublishGeneration` + `IAuditLogger`. |
+| **Address-space build** — Phase 6 `EquipmentNodeWalker` extension | Emits virtual-tag nodes alongside driver-sourced nodes under the same Equipment folder. `NodeScopeResolver` gains a `Virtual` source kind alongside `Driver`. `DriverNodeManager` dispatch routes reads / writes / subscriptions to the `VirtualTagEngine` when the source is virtual. |
+| **Admin UI** — new tabs | `/virtual-tags` and `/scripted-alarms` tabs under the existing draft/publish flow. Monaco-based C# code editor (syntax highlighting, IntelliSense against a hand-written type stub for `ScriptContext`). Dependency preview panel shows the inferred input list from the AST walker. Test-harness lets operator supply synthetic `DataValue` inputs + see script output + logger emissions without publishing. Per-alarm controls: `AlarmType`, `Severity`, `MessageTemplate`, `HistorizeToAveva`. New `/alarms/historian` diagnostics view: queue depth, drain rate, last-successful-write, per-alarm "last routed to historian" timestamp. |
+| **`DriverTypeRegistry`** — no change | Scripting is not a driver — it doesn't register as a `DriverType`. The engine hangs off the same `SealedBootstrap` as drivers but through a different composition root. |
+
+## Scope — What Does NOT Change
+
+| Item | Reason |
+|------|--------|
+| Existing `IAlarmSource` implementations (Galaxy, AB CIP ALMD) | Scripted alarms register as an *additional* source; existing sources pass through unchanged. Default `HistorizeToAveva=false` for Galaxy alarms avoids duplicating records the Galaxy historian wiring already captures. |
+| Driver capability surface (`IReadable` / `IWritable` / `ISubscribable` / etc.) | Virtual tags implement the same interfaces — drivers and virtual tags are interchangeable from the node manager's perspective. No new capability. |
+| Config DB publication flow (`sp_PublishGeneration` + sealed cache) | Virtual tag + alarm tables plug in as additional rows. Atomic publish semantics unchanged. |
+| Authorization trie (Phase 6.2) | Virtual-tag nodes inherit the Equipment scope's grants — same treatment as the Phase 6.4 Identification sub-folder. No new scope level. |
+| Tier-C isolation topology | Scripting engine runs in the main .NET 10 server process. Roslyn scripts are already sandboxed via `ScriptOptions`; no need for process isolation because they have no unmanaged reach. Galaxy.Host's existing Tier-C boundary already owns the historian SDK writes. |
+| Galaxy alarm ingestion path into the historian | Galaxy writes alarms directly via `aahClientManaged` today; Phase 7 Stream D gives it a *second* path (via the new sink) when a Galaxy alarm has `HistorizeToAveva=true`, but the direct path stays for the default case. |
+| OPC UA wire protocol / AddressSpace schema | Clients see new nodes under existing folders + new alarm conditions. No new namespaces, no new ObjectTypes beyond what Part 9 already defines. |
+
+## Entry Gate Checklist
+
+- [ ] All Phase 6.x exit gates cleared (#133, #142, #151, #158)
+- [ ] Equipment node walker wired into `DriverNodeManager` (task #212 — done)
+- [ ] `IAuditLogger` surface live (Phase 6.2 Stream A)
+- [ ] `sp_PublishGeneration` + sealed-cache flow verified on the existing driver-config tables
+- [ ] Dev Aveva Historian reachable from the dev box (for Stream D.2 smoke)
+- [ ] `v2` branch clean + baseline tests green
+- [ ] Blazor editor component library picked (Monaco confirmed vs alternatives — see decision to log)
+- [ ] Review this plan — decisions #1–#17 signed off, no open questions
+
+## Task Breakdown
+
+### Stream A — `Core.Scripting` (Roslyn engine + sandbox + AST inference + logger) — **2 weeks**
+
+1. **A.1** Project scaffold + NuGet `Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting`. `ScriptOptions` allow-list (`typeof(object).Assembly`, `typeof(Enumerable).Assembly`, the Core.Scripting assembly itself — nothing else). Hand-written `ScriptContext` base class with `GetTag(string)` / `SetVirtualTag(string, object)` / `Logger` / `Now` / `Deadband(double, double, double)` helpers.
+2. **A.2** `DependencyExtractor : CSharpSyntaxWalker`. Visits every `InvocationExpressionSyntax` targeting `ctx.GetTag` / `ctx.SetVirtualTag`; accepts only a `LiteralExpressionSyntax` argument. Non-literal arguments (concat, variable, method call) → publish-time rejection with an actionable error pointing the operator at the exact span. Outputs `IReadOnlySet<string> Inputs` + `IReadOnlySet<string> Outputs`.
+3. **A.3** Compile cache. `(source_hash) → compiled Script<T>`. Recompile only when source changes. Warm on `SealedBootstrap`.
+4. **A.4** Per-evaluation timeout wrapper (default 250ms; configurable per tag). Timeout = tag quality `BadInternalError` + structured warning log. Keeps a single runaway script from starving the engine.
+5. **A.5** Serilog sink wiring. New `scripts-*.log` rolling file enricher; `ctx.Logger` returns an `ILogger` with `ForContext("ScriptName", ...)`. Main `opcua-*.log` gets a companion entry at WARN level if a script logs ERROR, so the operator sees it in the primary log.
+6. **A.6** Tests: AST extraction unit tests (30+ cases covering literal / concat / variable / null / method-returned paths); sandbox escape tests (attempt `typeof`, `Assembly.Load`, `File.OpenRead` — all must fail at compile); exception isolation (throwing script doesn't kill the engine); timeout behavior; logger structured-property binding.
+
+### Stream B — Virtual tag engine (dependency graph + change/timer schedulers + historize) — **1.5 weeks**
+
+1. **B.1** `VirtualTagEngine`. Ingests the set of compiled scripts + their inputs/outputs; builds a directed dependency graph (driver tag ID → virtual tag ID → virtual tag ID). Cycle detection at publish-time via Tarjan; publish rejects with a clear error message listing the cycle.
+2. **B.2** `ChangeTriggerDispatcher`. Subscribes to every referenced driver tag via the existing `ISubscribable` fan-out. On a `DataValueSnapshot` delta (value / status / timestamp — any of the three), enqueues affected virtual tags for re-evaluation in topological order.
+3. **B.3** `TimerTriggerDispatcher`. Per-tag `IntervalMs` scheduled via a shared timer-wheel. Independent of change triggers — a tag can have both, either, or neither.
+4. **B.4** `EvaluationPipeline`. Serial evaluation per cascade (parallel promoted to a follow-up — avoids cross-tag ordering bugs on first rollout). Exception handling per A.4; propagates results via `IVirtualTagSource`.
+5. **B.5** `IVirtualTagSource` implementation. Implements `IReadable` + `ISubscribable`. Reads return the most recent evaluated value; subscriptions receive `OnDataChange` events on each re-evaluation.
+6. **B.6** History routing. Per-tag `Historize` flag emits the value + timestamp to the existing history-write path used by drivers.
+7. **B.7** Tests: dependency graph (happy + cycle); change cascade through two levels of virtual tags; timer-only tag ignores input changes; change + timer both configured; error propagation; historize on/off.
+
+### Stream C — Scripted alarm engine + Part 9 state machine + template messages — **2.5 weeks**
+
+1. **C.1** Alarm config model + `ScriptedAlarmEngine` skeleton. Alarms materialize as `AlarmConditionType` (or subtype — `LimitAlarm`, `OffNormal`) nodes under their configured Equipment path. Severity loaded from config.
+2. **C.2** `Part9StateMachine`. Tracks `EnabledState`, `ActiveState`, `AckedState`, `ConfirmedState`, `ShelvingState` per condition ID. Shelving has `OneShotShelving` + `TimedShelving` variants + an `UnshelveTime` timer.
+3. **C.3** Predicate evaluation. On any input change (same trigger mechanism as Stream B), run the `bool` predicate. On `false → true` transition, activate (increment branch stack if prior Ack-but-not-Confirmed state exists). On `true → false`, clear (but keep condition visible if retain flag set).
+4. **C.4** Startup recovery. For every configured alarm, run the predicate against current tag values to rebuild `ActiveState` *only*. Load `EnabledState` / `AckedState` / `ConfirmedState` / `ShelvingState` + audit from the `ScriptedAlarmState` table. No re-acknowledgment required for conditions that were acked before restart.
+5. **C.5** Template substitution. Engine resolves `{TagPath}` tokens in `MessageTemplate` at event emission time using current tag values. Unresolvable tokens (bad path, missing tag) emit a structured error log + substitute `{?}` so the event still fires.
+6. **C.6** OPC UA method binding. `Acknowledge`, `Confirm`, `AddComment`, `OneShotShelve`, `TimedShelve`, `Unshelve` methods on each condition node route to the engine + persist via audit-logged writes to `ScriptedAlarmState`.
+7. **C.7** `IAlarmSource` implementation. Emits Part 9-shaped events through the existing fan-out the `AlarmTracker` composes.
+8. **C.8** Tests: every transition (all 32 state combinations the state machine can produce); startup recovery (seed table with varied ack/confirm/shelve state, restart, verify correct recovery); template substitution (literal path, nested path, bad path); shelving timer expiry; OPC UA method calls via Client.CLI.
+
+### Stream D — Historian alarm sink (SQLite store-and-forward + Galaxy.Host IPC) — **2 weeks**
+
+1. **D.1** `Core.AlarmHistorian` project. `IAlarmHistorianSink` interface; `SqliteStoreAndForwardSink` default implementation using Microsoft.Data.Sqlite. Schema: `Queue (RowId, AlarmId, EventType, PayloadJson, EnqueuedUtc, LastAttemptUtc?, AttemptCount, DeadLettered)`. Queue capacity bounded; oldest-dropped on overflow with structured warning.
+2. **D.2** **Live-historian smoke** against the dev box's Aveva Historian. Identify the exact `aahClientManaged` alarm-write API entry point (likely `IAlarmsDatabase.WriteAlarmEvent` or equivalent — verify with a throwaway Galaxy.Host test hook). Document in a short `docs/v2/historian-alarm-api.md` artifact.
+3. **D.3** `Driver.Galaxy.Shared` contract additions. `HistorianAlarmEventRequest` / `HistorianAlarmEventResponse` / `HistorianConnectivityStatusNotification`. Round-trip tests in `Driver.Galaxy.Shared.Tests`.
+4. **D.4** `Driver.Galaxy.Host` handler. Translates incoming `HistorianAlarmEventRequest` to the SDK call identified in D.2. Returns structured response (Ack / RetryPlease / PermanentFail). Connectivity notifications sent proactively when the SDK's session drops.
+5. **D.5** Drain worker in the main server. Polls the SQLite queue; batches up to 100 events per IPC round-trip; exponential backoff on `RetryPlease` (1s → 2s → 5s → 15s → 60s cap); `PermanentFail` dead-letters the row + structured error log.
+6. **D.6** Per-alarm toggle wired through: `HistorizeToAveva` column on both `ScriptedAlarm` + a new `AlarmHistorizationPolicy` projection the Galaxy / ALMD alarm sources consult (default `false` for Galaxy, `true` for scripted, operator-adjustable per-alarm).
+7. **D.7** `/alarms/historian` diagnostics view in Admin. Queue depth, drain rate, last-successful-write, last-error, per-alarm last-routed timestamp.
+8. **D.8** Tests: SQLite queue round-trip; drain worker with fake IPC (success / retry / perm-fail); overflow eviction; Galaxy.Host handler against a stub historian API; end-to-end with the live historian on the dev box (non-CI — operator-invoked).
+
+### Stream E — Config DB schema + generation-sealed cache extensions — **1 week**
+
+1. **E.1** EF migration for new tables. Foreign keys from `VirtualTag.ScriptId` / `ScriptedAlarm.PredicateScriptId` to `Script.Id`.
+2. **E.2** `sp_PublishGeneration` extension. Sealed-cache snapshot includes virtual tags + scripted alarms + their scripts. Atomic publish guarantees the address-space build sees a consistent view.
+3. **E.3** CRUD services. `VirtualTagService`, `ScriptedAlarmService`, `ScriptService`. Each audit-logged; Ack / Confirm / Shelve persist through `ScriptedAlarmStateService` with full audit trail (who / when / comment / previous state).
+4. **E.4** Tests: migration up / down; publish atomicity (concurrent writes to different alarm rows don't leak into an in-flight publish); audit trail on every mutation.
+
+### Stream F — Admin UI scripting tab — **2 weeks**
+
+1. **F.1** Monaco editor Razor component. CSS-isolated; loads Monaco via NPM + the Admin project's existing asset pipeline. C# syntax highlighting (Monaco ships it). IntelliSense via a hand-written `ScriptContext.cs` type stub delivered with the editor (not the compiled Core.Scripting DLL — keeps the browser bundle small).
+2. **F.2** `/virtual-tags` tab. List view (Equipment path / Name / DataType / inputs-summary / Historize / actions). Edit pane splits: Monaco editor left, dependency preview panel right (live-updates from a debounced `/api/scripting/analyze` endpoint that runs the `DependencyExtractor`). Publish button gated by Phase 6.2 `WriteConfigure` permission.
+3. **F.3** `/scripted-alarms` tab. Same editor shape + extra controls: AlarmType dropdown, Severity slider, MessageTemplate textbox with live-preview showing `{path}` token resolution against latest tag values, `HistorizeToAveva` checkbox. **Alarm detail page displays current `ShelvingState` + `LastAckUser / LastAckUtc / LastAckComment` read-only** — no shelve/unshelve / ack / confirm buttons per decision #20. Operators drive state transitions via OPC UA method calls from plant HMIs or the Client.CLI.
+4. **F.4** Test harness. Modal that lets the operator supply synthetic `DataValue` inputs for the dependency set + see script output + logger emissions (rendered in a virtual terminal). Enables testing without publishing.
+5. **F.5** Script log viewer. SignalR stream of the `scripts-*.log` sink filtered by the script under edit (using the structured `ScriptName` property). Tail-last-200 + "load more".
+6. **F.6** `/alarms/historian` diagnostics view per Stream D.7.
+7. **F.7** Playwright smoke. Author a calc tag, publish, verify it appears in the equipment tree via a probe OPC UA read. Author an alarm, verify it appears in `AlarmsAndConditions`.
+
+### Stream G — Address-space integration — **1 week**
+
+1. **G.1** `EquipmentNodeWalker` extension. Current walker iterates driver tags per equipment; extend to also iterate virtual tags + alarms. `NodeScopeResolver` returns `NodeSource.Virtual` for virtual nodes and `NodeSource.Driver` for existing.
+2. **G.2** `DriverNodeManager` dispatch. Read / Write / Subscribe operations check the resolved source and route to `VirtualTagEngine` or the driver as appropriate. Writes to virtual tags allowed only from scripts (per decision #6) — OPC UA client writes to a virtual node return `BadUserAccessDenied`.
+3. **G.3** `AlarmTracker` composition. The `ScriptedAlarmEngine` registers as an additional `IAlarmSource` — no new composition code, the existing fan-out already accepts multiple sources.
+4. **G.4** Tests: mixed equipment folder (driver tag + virtual tag + driver-native alarm + scripted alarm) browsable via Client.CLI; read / subscribe round-trip for the virtual tag; scripted alarm transitions visible in the alarm event stream.
+
+### Stream H — Exit gate — **1 week**
+
+1. **H.1** Compliance script real-checks: schema migrations applied; new tables populated from a draft→publish cycle; sealed-generation snapshot includes virtual tags + alarms; SQLite alarm queue initialized; `scripts-*.log` sink emitting; `AlarmConditionType` nodes materialize in the address space; per-alarm `HistorizeToAveva` toggle enforced end-to-end.
+2. **H.2** Full-solution `dotnet test` baseline. Target: Phase 6 baseline + ~300 new tests across Streams A–G.
+3. **H.3** `docs/v2/plan.md` Migration Strategy §6 update — add Phase 7.
+4. **H.4** Phase-status memory update.
+5. **H.5** Merge `v2/phase-7-scripting-and-alarming` → `v2`.
+
+## Compliance Checks (run at exit gate)
+
+- [ ] **Sandbox escape**: attempts to reference `System.IO.File`, `System.Net.Http.HttpClient`, `System.Diagnostics.Process`, or `typeof(X).Assembly.Load` fail at script compile with an actionable error.
+- [ ] **Dependency inference**: `ctx.GetTag(myStringVar)` (non-literal path) is rejected at publish with a span-pointed error; `ctx.GetTag("Line1/Speed")` is accepted + appears in the inferred input set.
+- [ ] **Change cascade**: tag A → virtual tag B → virtual tag C. When A changes, B recomputes, then C recomputes. Single change event triggers the full cascade in topological order within one evaluation pass.
+- [ ] **Cycle rejection**: publish a config where virtual tag B depends on A and A depends on B. Publish fails pre-commit with a clear cycle message.
+- [ ] **Startup recovery**: seed `ScriptedAlarmState` with one acked+confirmed alarm + one shelved alarm + one clean alarm, restart, verify operator does NOT see ack prompts for the first two, shelving remains in effect, clean alarm is clear.
+- [ ] **Ack audit**: acknowledge an alarm; `IAuditLogger` captures user / timestamp / comment / prior state; row persists through restart.
+- [ ] **Historian queue durability**: take Galaxy.Host offline, fire 10 alarm transitions, bring Galaxy.Host back; queue drains all 10 in order.
+- [ ] **Per-alarm historian toggle**: Galaxy-native alarm with `HistorizeToAveva=false` does NOT enqueue; scripted alarm with `HistorizeToAveva=true` DOES enqueue.
+- [ ] **Script timeout**: infinite-loop script times out at 250ms; tag quality `BadInternalError`; other tags unaffected.
+- [ ] **Log isolation**: `ctx.Logger.Error("test")` lands in `scripts-*.log` with structured property `ScriptName=<name>`; main `opcua-*.log` gets a WARN companion entry.
+- [ ] **ACL binding**: virtual tag under an Equipment scope inherits the Equipment's grants. User without the Equipment grant reads the virtual tag and gets `BadUserAccessDenied`.
+
+## Decisions Resolved in Plan Review
+
+Every open question from the initial draft was resolved in the 2026-04-20 plan review — see decisions #18–#22 in the decisions table above. No pending questions block Stream A.
+
+## References
+
+- [`docs/v2/plan.md`](../plan.md) §6 Migration Strategy — add Phase 7 as the final additive phase before v2 release readiness.
+- [`docs/v2/implementation/overview.md`](overview.md) — phase gate conventions.
+- [`docs/v2/implementation/phase-6-2-authorization-runtime.md`](phase-6-2-authorization-runtime.md) — `IAuditLogger` surface reused for Ack/Confirm/Shelve + script edits.
+- [`docs/v2/implementation/phase-6-4-admin-ui-completion.md`](phase-6-4-admin-ui-completion.md) — draft/publish flow, diff viewer, tab-plugin pattern reused.
+- [`docs/v2/implementation/phase-2-galaxy-out-of-process.md`](phase-2-galaxy-out-of-process.md) — Galaxy.Host IPC shape + shared-contract conventions reused for Stream D.
+- [`docs/v2/driver-specs.md`](../driver-specs.md) §Alarm semantics — Part 9 fidelity requirements.
+- [`docs/v2/driver-stability.md`](../driver-stability.md) — per-surface error handling, crash-loop breaker patterns Stream A.4 mirrors.
+- [`docs/v2/config-db-schema.md`](../config-db-schema.md) — add a Phase 7 §§ for `VirtualTag`, `Script`, `ScriptedAlarm`, `ScriptedAlarmState`.

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/CompiledScriptCache.cs

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+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Source-hash-keyed compile cache for user scripts. Roslyn compilation is the most
+///     expensive step in the evaluator pipeline (5-20ms per script depending on size);
+///     re-compiling on every value-change event would starve the virtual-tag engine.
+///     The cache is generic on the <see cref="ScriptContext"/> subclass + result type so
+///     different engines (virtual-tag / alarm-predicate / future alarm-action) each get
+///     their own cache instance — there's no cross-type pollution.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Concurrent-safe: <see cref="ConcurrentDictionary{TKey, TValue}"/> of
+///         <see cref="Lazy{T}"/> means a miss on two threads compiles exactly once.
+///         <see cref="LazyThreadSafetyMode.ExecutionAndPublication"/> guarantees other
+///         threads block on the in-flight compile rather than racing to duplicate work.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         Cache is keyed on SHA-256 of the UTF-8 bytes of the source — collision-free in
+///         practice. Whitespace changes therefore miss the cache on purpose; operators
+///         see re-compile time on their first evaluation after a format-only edit which
+///         is rare and benign.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         No capacity bound. Virtual-tag + alarm scripts are operator-authored and
+///         bounded by config DB (typically low thousands). If that changes in v3, add an
+///         LRU eviction policy — the API stays the same.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class CompiledScriptCache<TContext, TResult>
+    where TContext : ScriptContext
+{
+    private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, Lazy<ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult>>> _cache = new();
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Return the compiled evaluator for <paramref name="scriptSource"/>, compiling
+    ///     on first sight + reusing thereafter. If the source fails to compile, the
+    ///     original Roslyn / sandbox exception propagates; the cache entry is removed so
+    ///     the next call retries (useful during Admin UI authoring when the operator is
+    ///     still fixing syntax).
+    /// </summary>
+    public ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult> GetOrCompile(string scriptSource)
+    {
+        if (scriptSource is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(scriptSource));
+
+        var key = HashSource(scriptSource);
+        var lazy = _cache.GetOrAdd(key, _ => new Lazy<ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult>>(
+            () => ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult>.Compile(scriptSource),
+            LazyThreadSafetyMode.ExecutionAndPublication));
+
+        try
+        {
+            return lazy.Value;
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            // Failed compile — evict so a retry with corrected source can succeed.
+            _cache.TryRemove(key, out _);
+            throw;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Current entry count. Exposed for Admin UI diagnostics / tests.</summary>
+    public int Count => _cache.Count;
+
+    /// <summary>Drop every cached compile. Used on config generation publish + tests.</summary>
+    public void Clear() => _cache.Clear();
+
+    /// <summary>True when the exact source has been compiled at least once + is still cached.</summary>
+    public bool Contains(string scriptSource)
+        => _cache.ContainsKey(HashSource(scriptSource));
+
+    private static string HashSource(string source)
+    {
+        var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(source);
+        var hash = SHA256.HashData(bytes);
+        return Convert.ToHexString(hash);
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/DependencyExtractor.cs

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+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Syntax;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Text;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Parses a script's source text + extracts every <c>ctx.GetTag("literal")</c> and
+///     <c>ctx.SetVirtualTag("literal", ...)</c> call. Outputs the static dependency set
+///     the virtual-tag engine uses to build its change-trigger subscription graph (Phase
+///     7 plan decision #7 — AST inference, operator doesn't maintain a separate list).
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         The tag-path argument MUST be a literal string expression. Variables,
+///         concatenation, interpolation, and method-returned strings are rejected because
+///         the extractor can't statically know what tag they'll resolve to at evaluation
+///         time — the dependency graph needs to know every possible input up front.
+///         Rejections carry the exact source span so the Admin UI can point at the offending
+///         token.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         Identifier matching is by spelling: the extractor looks for
+///         <c>ctx.GetTag(...)</c> / <c>ctx.SetVirtualTag(...)</c> literally. A deliberately
+///         misspelled method call (<c>ctx.GetTagz</c>) is not picked up but will also fail
+///         to compile against <see cref="ScriptContext"/>, so there's no way to smuggle a
+///         dependency past the extractor while still having a working script.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public static class DependencyExtractor
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Parse <paramref name="scriptSource"/> + return the inferred read + write tag
+    ///     paths, or a list of rejection messages if non-literal paths were used.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static DependencyExtractionResult Extract(string scriptSource)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(scriptSource))
+            return new DependencyExtractionResult(
+                Reads: new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal),
+                Writes: new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal),
+                Rejections: []);
+
+        var tree = CSharpSyntaxTree.ParseText(scriptSource, options:
+            new CSharpParseOptions(kind: SourceCodeKind.Script));
+        var root = tree.GetRoot();
+
+        var walker = new Walker();
+        walker.Visit(root);
+
+        return new DependencyExtractionResult(
+            Reads: walker.Reads,
+            Writes: walker.Writes,
+            Rejections: walker.Rejections);
+    }
+
+    private sealed class Walker : CSharpSyntaxWalker
+    {
+        private readonly HashSet<string> _reads = new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        private readonly HashSet<string> _writes = new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        private readonly List<DependencyRejection> _rejections = [];
+
+        public IReadOnlySet<string> Reads => _reads;
+        public IReadOnlySet<string> Writes => _writes;
+        public IReadOnlyList<DependencyRejection> Rejections => _rejections;
+
+        public override void VisitInvocationExpression(InvocationExpressionSyntax node)
+        {
+            // Only interested in member-access form: ctx.GetTag(...) / ctx.SetVirtualTag(...).
+            // Anything else (free functions, chained calls, static calls) is ignored — but
+            // still visit children in case a ctx.GetTag call is nested inside.
+            if (node.Expression is MemberAccessExpressionSyntax member)
+            {
+                var methodName = member.Name.Identifier.ValueText;
+                if (methodName is nameof(ScriptContext.GetTag) or nameof(ScriptContext.SetVirtualTag))
+                {
+                    HandleTagCall(node, methodName);
+                }
+            }
+            base.VisitInvocationExpression(node);
+        }
+
+        private void HandleTagCall(InvocationExpressionSyntax node, string methodName)
+        {
+            var args = node.ArgumentList.Arguments;
+            if (args.Count == 0)
+            {
+                _rejections.Add(new DependencyRejection(
+                    Span: node.Span,
+                    Message: $"Call to ctx.{methodName} has no arguments. " +
+                             "The tag path must be the first argument."));
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var pathArg = args[0].Expression;
+            if (pathArg is not LiteralExpressionSyntax literal
+                || !literal.Token.IsKind(SyntaxKind.StringLiteralToken))
+            {
+                _rejections.Add(new DependencyRejection(
+                    Span: pathArg.Span,
+                    Message: $"Tag path passed to ctx.{methodName} must be a string literal. " +
+                             $"Dynamic paths (variables, concatenation, interpolation, method " +
+                             $"calls) are rejected at publish so the dependency graph can be " +
+                             $"built statically. Got: {pathArg.Kind()} ({pathArg})"));
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var path = (string?)literal.Token.Value ?? string.Empty;
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path))
+            {
+                _rejections.Add(new DependencyRejection(
+                    Span: literal.Span,
+                    Message: $"Tag path passed to ctx.{methodName} is empty or whitespace."));
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (methodName == nameof(ScriptContext.GetTag))
+                _reads.Add(path);
+            else
+                _writes.Add(path);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>Output of <see cref="DependencyExtractor.Extract"/>.</summary>
+public sealed record DependencyExtractionResult(
+    IReadOnlySet<string> Reads,
+    IReadOnlySet<string> Writes,
+    IReadOnlyList<DependencyRejection> Rejections)
+{
+    /// <summary>True when no rejections were recorded — safe to publish.</summary>
+    public bool IsValid => Rejections.Count == 0;
+}
+
+/// <summary>A single non-literal-path rejection with the exact source span for UI pointing.</summary>
+public sealed record DependencyRejection(TextSpan Span, string Message);

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/ForbiddenTypeAnalyzer.cs

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+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Syntax;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Text;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Post-compile sandbox guard. <c>ScriptOptions</c> alone can't reliably
+///     constrain the type surface a script can reach because .NET 10's type-forwarding
+///     system resolves many BCL types through multiple assemblies — restricting the
+///     reference list doesn't stop <c>System.Net.Http.HttpClient</c> from being found if
+///     any transitive reference forwards to <c>System.Net.Http</c>. This analyzer walks
+///     the script's syntax tree after compile, uses the <see cref="SemanticModel"/> to
+///     resolve every type / member reference, and rejects any whose containing namespace
+///     matches a deny-list pattern.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Deny-list is the authoritative Phase 7 plan decision #6 set:
+///         <c>System.IO</c>, <c>System.Net</c>, <c>System.Diagnostics.Process</c>,
+///         <c>System.Reflection</c>, <c>System.Threading.Thread</c>,
+///         <c>System.Runtime.InteropServices</c>. <c>System.Environment</c> (for process
+///         env-var read) is explicitly left allowed — it's read-only process state, doesn't
+///         persist outside, and the test file pins this compromise so tightening later is
+///         a deliberate plan decision.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         Deny-list prefix match. <c>System.Net</c> catches <c>System.Net.Http</c>,
+///         <c>System.Net.Sockets</c>, <c>System.Net.NetworkInformation</c>, etc. — every
+///         subnamespace. If a script needs something under a denied prefix, Phase 7's
+///         operator audience authors it through a helper the plan team adds as part of
+///         the <see cref="ScriptContext"/> surface, not by unlocking the namespace.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public static class ForbiddenTypeAnalyzer
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Namespace prefixes scripts are NOT allowed to reference. Each string is
+    ///     matched as a prefix against the resolved symbol's namespace name (dot-
+    ///     delimited), so <c>System.IO</c> catches <c>System.IO.File</c>,
+    ///     <c>System.IO.Pipes</c>, and any future subnamespace without needing explicit
+    ///     enumeration.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static readonly IReadOnlyList<string> ForbiddenNamespacePrefixes =
+    [
+        "System.IO",
+        "System.Net",
+        "System.Diagnostics",       // catches Process, ProcessStartInfo, EventLog, Trace/Debug file sinks
+        "System.Reflection",
+        "System.Threading.Thread",  // raw Thread — Tasks stay allowed (different namespace)
+        "System.Runtime.InteropServices",
+        "Microsoft.Win32",          // registry
+    ];
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Scan the <paramref name="compilation"/> for references to forbidden types.
+    ///     Returns empty list when the script is clean; non-empty list means the script
+    ///     must be rejected at publish with the rejections surfaced to the operator.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static IReadOnlyList<ForbiddenTypeRejection> Analyze(Compilation compilation)
+    {
+        if (compilation is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(compilation));
+
+        var rejections = new List<ForbiddenTypeRejection>();
+        foreach (var tree in compilation.SyntaxTrees)
+        {
+            var semantic = compilation.GetSemanticModel(tree);
+            var root = tree.GetRoot();
+            foreach (var node in root.DescendantNodes())
+            {
+                switch (node)
+                {
+                    case ObjectCreationExpressionSyntax obj:
+                        CheckSymbol(semantic.GetSymbolInfo(obj.Type).Symbol, obj.Type.Span, rejections);
+                        break;
+                    case InvocationExpressionSyntax inv when inv.Expression is MemberAccessExpressionSyntax memberAcc:
+                        CheckSymbol(semantic.GetSymbolInfo(memberAcc.Expression).Symbol, memberAcc.Expression.Span, rejections);
+                        CheckSymbol(semantic.GetSymbolInfo(inv).Symbol, inv.Span, rejections);
+                        break;
+                    case MemberAccessExpressionSyntax mem:
+                        // Catches static calls like System.IO.File.ReadAllText(...) — the
+                        // MemberAccess "System.IO.File" resolves to the File type symbol
+                        // whose containing namespace is System.IO, triggering a rejection.
+                        CheckSymbol(semantic.GetSymbolInfo(mem.Expression).Symbol, mem.Expression.Span, rejections);
+                        break;
+                    case IdentifierNameSyntax id when node.Parent is not MemberAccessExpressionSyntax:
+                        CheckSymbol(semantic.GetSymbolInfo(id).Symbol, id.Span, rejections);
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return rejections;
+    }
+
+    private static void CheckSymbol(ISymbol? symbol, TextSpan span, List<ForbiddenTypeRejection> rejections)
+    {
+        if (symbol is null) return;
+
+        var typeSymbol = symbol switch
+        {
+            ITypeSymbol t => t,
+            IMethodSymbol m => m.ContainingType,
+            IPropertySymbol p => p.ContainingType,
+            IFieldSymbol f => f.ContainingType,
+            _ => null,
+        };
+        if (typeSymbol is null) return;
+
+        var ns = typeSymbol.ContainingNamespace?.ToDisplayString() ?? string.Empty;
+        foreach (var forbidden in ForbiddenNamespacePrefixes)
+        {
+            if (ns == forbidden || ns.StartsWith(forbidden + ".", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                rejections.Add(new ForbiddenTypeRejection(
+                    Span: span,
+                    TypeName: typeSymbol.ToDisplayString(),
+                    Namespace: ns,
+                    Message: $"Type '{typeSymbol.ToDisplayString()}' is in the forbidden namespace '{ns}'. " +
+                             $"Scripts cannot reach {forbidden}* per Phase 7 sandbox rules."));
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>A single forbidden-type reference in a user script.</summary>
+public sealed record ForbiddenTypeRejection(
+    TextSpan Span,
+    string TypeName,
+    string Namespace,
+    string Message);
+
+/// <summary>Thrown from <see cref="ScriptEvaluator{TContext, TResult}.Compile"/> when the
+/// post-compile forbidden-type analyzer finds references to denied namespaces.</summary>
+public sealed class ScriptSandboxViolationException : Exception
+{
+    public IReadOnlyList<ForbiddenTypeRejection> Rejections { get; }
+
+    public ScriptSandboxViolationException(IReadOnlyList<ForbiddenTypeRejection> rejections)
+        : base(BuildMessage(rejections))
+    {
+        Rejections = rejections;
+    }
+
+    private static string BuildMessage(IReadOnlyList<ForbiddenTypeRejection> rejections)
+    {
+        var lines = rejections.Select(r => $"  - {r.Message}");
+        return "Script references types outside the Phase 7 sandbox allow-list:\n"
+               + string.Join("\n", lines);
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/ScriptContext.cs

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+using Serilog;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     The API user scripts see as the global <c>ctx</c>. Abstract — concrete subclasses
+///     (e.g. <c>VirtualTagScriptContext</c>, <c>AlarmScriptContext</c>) plug in the
+///     actual tag-backend + logger + virtual-tag writer for each evaluation. Phase 7 plan
+///     decision #6: scripts can read any tag, write only to virtual tags, and have no
+///     other .NET reach — no HttpClient, no File, no Process, no reflection.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Every member on this type MUST be serializable in the narrow sense that
+///         <see cref="DependencyExtractor"/> can recognize tag-access call sites from the
+///         script AST. Method names used from scripts are locked — renaming
+///         <see cref="GetTag"/> or <see cref="SetVirtualTag"/> is a breaking change for every
+///         authored script and the dependency extractor must update in lockstep.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         New helpers (<see cref="Now"/>, <see cref="Deadband"/>) are additive: adding a
+///         method doesn't invalidate existing scripts. Do not remove or rename without a
+///         plan-level decision + migration for authored scripts.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public abstract class ScriptContext
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Read a tag's current value + quality + source timestamp. Path syntax is
+    ///     <c>Enterprise/Site/Area/Line/Equipment/TagName</c> (forward-slash delimited,
+    ///     matching the Equipment-namespace browse tree). Returns a
+    ///     <see cref="DataValueSnapshot"/> so scripts branch on quality without a second
+    ///     call.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///     <paramref name="path"/> MUST be a string literal in the script source — dynamic
+    ///     paths (variables, concatenation, method-returned strings) are rejected at
+    ///     publish by <see cref="DependencyExtractor"/>. This is intentional: the static
+    ///     dependency set is required for the change-driven scheduler to subscribe to the
+    ///     right upstream tags at load time.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public abstract DataValueSnapshot GetTag(string path);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Write a value to a virtual tag. Operator scripts cannot write to driver-sourced
+    ///     tags — the OPC UA dispatch in <c>DriverNodeManager</c> rejects that separately
+    ///     per ADR-002 with <c>BadUserAccessDenied</c>. This method is the only write path
+    ///     virtual tags have.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///     Path rules identical to <see cref="GetTag"/> — literal only, dependency
+    ///     extractor tracks the write targets so the engine knows what downstream
+    ///     subscribers to notify.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public abstract void SetVirtualTag(string path, object? value);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Current UTC timestamp. Prefer this over <see cref="DateTime.UtcNow"/> in
+    ///     scripts so the harness can supply a deterministic clock for tests.
+    /// </summary>
+    public abstract DateTime Now { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Per-script Serilog logger. Output lands in the dedicated <c>scripts-*.log</c>
+    ///     sink with structured property <c>ScriptName</c> = the script's configured name.
+    ///     Use at error level to surface problems; main <c>opcua-*.log</c> receives a
+    ///     companion WARN entry so operators see script errors in the primary log.
+    /// </summary>
+    public abstract ILogger Logger { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Deadband helper — returns <c>true</c> when <paramref name="current"/> differs
+    ///     from <paramref name="previous"/> by more than <paramref name="tolerance"/>.
+    ///     Useful for alarm predicates that shouldn't flicker on small noise. Pure
+    ///     function; no side effects.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static bool Deadband(double current, double previous, double tolerance)
+        => Math.Abs(current - previous) > tolerance;
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/ScriptEvaluator.cs

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+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Scripting;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Compiles + runs user scripts against a <see cref="ScriptContext"/> subclass. Core
+///     evaluator — no caching, no timeout, no logging side-effects yet (those land in
+///     Stream A.3, A.4, A.5 respectively). Stream B + C wrap this with the dependency
+///     scheduler + alarm state machine.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Scripts are compiled against <see cref="ScriptGlobals{TContext}"/> so the
+///         context member is named <c>ctx</c> in the script, matching the
+///         <see cref="DependencyExtractor"/>'s walker and the Admin UI type stub.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         Compile pipeline is a three-step gate: (1) Roslyn compile — catches syntax
+///         errors + type-resolution failures, throws <see cref="CompilationErrorException"/>;
+///         (2) <see cref="ForbiddenTypeAnalyzer"/> runs against the semantic model —
+///         catches sandbox escapes that slipped past reference restrictions due to .NET's
+///         type forwarding, throws <see cref="ScriptSandboxViolationException"/>; (3)
+///         delegate creation — throws at this layer only for internal Roslyn bugs, not
+///         user error.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         Runtime exceptions thrown from user code propagate unwrapped. The virtual-tag
+///         engine (Stream B) catches them per-tag + maps to <c>BadInternalError</c>
+///         quality per Phase 7 decision #11 — this layer doesn't swallow anything so
+///         tests can assert on the original exception type.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult>
+    where TContext : ScriptContext
+{
+    private readonly ScriptRunner<TResult> _runner;
+
+    private ScriptEvaluator(ScriptRunner<TResult> runner)
+    {
+        _runner = runner;
+    }
+
+    public static ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult> Compile(string scriptSource)
+    {
+        if (scriptSource is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(scriptSource));
+
+        var options = ScriptSandbox.Build(typeof(TContext));
+        var script = CSharpScript.Create<TResult>(
+            code: scriptSource,
+            options: options,
+            globalsType: typeof(ScriptGlobals<TContext>));
+
+        // Step 1 — Roslyn compile. Throws CompilationErrorException on syntax / type errors.
+        var diagnostics = script.Compile();
+
+        // Step 2 — forbidden-type semantic analysis. Defense-in-depth against reference-list
+        // leaks due to type forwarding.
+        var rejections = ForbiddenTypeAnalyzer.Analyze(script.GetCompilation());
+        if (rejections.Count > 0)
+            throw new ScriptSandboxViolationException(rejections);
+
+        // Step 3 — materialize the callable delegate.
+        var runner = script.CreateDelegate();
+        return new ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult>(runner);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Run against an already-constructed context.</summary>
+    public Task<TResult> RunAsync(TContext context, CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        if (context is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
+        var globals = new ScriptGlobals<TContext> { ctx = context };
+        return _runner(globals, ct);
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/ScriptGlobals.cs

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+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Wraps a <see cref="ScriptContext"/> as a named field so user scripts see
+///     <c>ctx.GetTag(...)</c> instead of the bare <c>GetTag(...)</c> that Roslyn's
+///     globalsType convention would produce. Keeps the script ergonomics operators
+///     author against consistent with the dependency extractor (which looks for the
+///     <c>ctx.</c> prefix) and with the Admin UI hand-written type stub.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     Generic on <typeparamref name="TContext"/> so alarm predicates can use a richer
+///     context (e.g. with an <c>Alarm</c> property carrying the owning condition's
+///     metadata) without affecting virtual-tag contexts.
+/// </remarks>
+public class ScriptGlobals<TContext>
+    where TContext : ScriptContext
+{
+    public TContext ctx { get; set; } = default!;
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/ScriptLogCompanionSink.cs

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+using Serilog;
+using Serilog.Core;
+using Serilog.Events;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Serilog sink that mirrors script log events at <see cref="LogEventLevel.Error"/>
+///     or higher to a companion logger (typically the main <c>opcua-*.log</c>) at
+///     <see cref="LogEventLevel.Warning"/>. Lets operators see script errors in the
+///     primary server log without drowning it in Debug/Info/Warning noise from scripts.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Registered alongside the dedicated <c>scripts-*.log</c> rolling file sink in
+///         the root script-logger configuration — events below Error land only in the
+///         scripts file; Error/Fatal events land in both the scripts file (at original
+///         level) and the main log (downgraded to Warning since the main log's audience
+///         is server operators, not script authors).
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         The forwarded message preserves the <c>ScriptName</c> property so operators
+///         reading the main log can tell which script raised the error at a glance.
+///         Original exception (if any) is attached so the main log's diagnostics keep
+///         the full stack trace.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class ScriptLogCompanionSink : ILogEventSink
+{
+    private readonly ILogger _mainLogger;
+    private readonly LogEventLevel _minMirrorLevel;
+
+    public ScriptLogCompanionSink(ILogger mainLogger, LogEventLevel minMirrorLevel = LogEventLevel.Error)
+    {
+        _mainLogger = mainLogger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(mainLogger));
+        _minMirrorLevel = minMirrorLevel;
+    }
+
+    public void Emit(LogEvent logEvent)
+    {
+        if (logEvent is null) return;
+        if (logEvent.Level < _minMirrorLevel) return;
+
+        var scriptName = "unknown";
+        if (logEvent.Properties.TryGetValue(ScriptLoggerFactory.ScriptNameProperty, out var prop)
+            && prop is ScalarValue sv && sv.Value is string s)
+        {
+            scriptName = s;
+        }
+
+        var rendered = logEvent.RenderMessage();
+        if (logEvent.Exception is not null)
+        {
+            _mainLogger.Warning(logEvent.Exception,
+                "[Script] {ScriptName} emitted {OriginalLevel}: {ScriptMessage}",
+                scriptName, logEvent.Level, rendered);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _mainLogger.Warning(
+                "[Script] {ScriptName} emitted {OriginalLevel}: {ScriptMessage}",
+                scriptName, logEvent.Level, rendered);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/ScriptLoggerFactory.cs

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+using Serilog;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Creates per-script Serilog <see cref="ILogger"/> instances with the
+///     <c>ScriptName</c> structured property pre-bound. Every log call from a user
+///     script carries the owning virtual-tag or alarm name so operators can filter the
+///     dedicated <c>scripts-*.log</c> sink by script in the Admin UI.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Factory-based — the engine (Stream B / C) constructs exactly one instance
+///         from the root script-logger pipeline at startup, then derives a per-script
+///         logger for each <see cref="ScriptContext"/> it builds. No per-evaluation
+///         allocation in the hot path.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         The wrapped root logger is responsible for output wiring — typically a
+///         rolling file sink to <c>scripts-*.log</c> plus a
+///         <see cref="ScriptLogCompanionSink"/> that forwards Error-or-higher events
+///         to the main server log at Warning level so operators see script errors
+///         in the primary log without drowning it in Info noise.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class ScriptLoggerFactory
+{
+    /// <summary>Structured property name the enricher binds. Stable for log filtering.</summary>
+    public const string ScriptNameProperty = "ScriptName";
+
+    private readonly ILogger _rootLogger;
+
+    public ScriptLoggerFactory(ILogger rootLogger)
+    {
+        _rootLogger = rootLogger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(rootLogger));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Create a per-script logger. Every event it emits carries
+    ///     <c>ScriptName=<paramref name="scriptName"/></c> as a structured property.
+    /// </summary>
+    public ILogger Create(string scriptName)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(scriptName))
+            throw new ArgumentException("Script name is required.", nameof(scriptName));
+        return _rootLogger.ForContext(ScriptNameProperty, scriptName);
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/ScriptSandbox.cs

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+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Scripting;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Factory for the <see cref="ScriptOptions"/> every user script is compiled against.
+///     Implements Phase 7 plan decision #6 (read-only sandbox) by whitelisting only the
+///     assemblies + namespaces the script API needs; no <c>System.IO</c>, no
+///     <c>System.Net</c>, no <c>System.Diagnostics.Process</c>, no
+///     <c>System.Reflection</c>. Attempts to reference those types in a script fail at
+///     compile with a compiler error that points at the exact span — the operator sees
+///     the rejection before publish, not at evaluation.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Roslyn's default <see cref="ScriptOptions"/> references <c>mscorlib</c> /
+///         <c>System.Runtime</c> transitively which pulls in every type in the BCL — this
+///         class overrides that with an explicit minimal allow-list.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         Namespaces pre-imported so scripts don't have to write <c>using</c> clauses:
+///         <c>System</c>, <c>System.Math</c>-style statics are reachable via
+///         <see cref="Math"/>, and <c>ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions</c> so scripts
+///         can name <see cref="DataValueSnapshot"/> directly.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         The sandbox cannot prevent a script from allocating unbounded memory or
+///         spinning in a tight loop — those are budget concerns, handled by the
+///         per-evaluation timeout (Stream A.4) + the test-harness (Stream F.4) that lets
+///         operators preview output before publishing.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public static class ScriptSandbox
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Build the <see cref="ScriptOptions"/> used for every virtual-tag / alarm
+    ///     script. <paramref name="contextType"/> is the concrete
+    ///     <see cref="ScriptContext"/> subclass the globals will be of — the compiler
+    ///     uses its type to resolve <c>ctx.GetTag(...)</c> calls.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static ScriptOptions Build(Type contextType)
+    {
+        if (contextType is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(contextType));
+        if (!typeof(ScriptContext).IsAssignableFrom(contextType))
+            throw new ArgumentException(
+                $"Script context type must derive from {nameof(ScriptContext)}", nameof(contextType));
+
+        // Allow-listed assemblies — each explicitly chosen. Adding here is a
+        // plan-level decision; do not expand casually. HashSet so adding the
+        // contextType's assembly is idempotent when it happens to be Core.Scripting
+        // already.
+        var allowedAssemblies = new HashSet<System.Reflection.Assembly>
+        {
+            // System.Private.CoreLib — primitives (int, double, bool, string, DateTime,
+            // TimeSpan, Math, Convert, nullable<T>). Can't practically script without it.
+            typeof(object).Assembly,
+            // System.Linq — IEnumerable extensions (Where / Select / Sum / Average / etc.).
+            typeof(System.Linq.Enumerable).Assembly,
+            // Core.Abstractions — DataValueSnapshot + DriverDataType so scripts can name
+            // the types they receive from ctx.GetTag.
+            typeof(DataValueSnapshot).Assembly,
+            // Core.Scripting itself — ScriptContext base class + Deadband static.
+            typeof(ScriptContext).Assembly,
+            // Serilog.ILogger — script-side logger type.
+            typeof(Serilog.ILogger).Assembly,
+            // Concrete context type's assembly — production contexts subclass
+            // ScriptContext in Core.VirtualTags / Core.ScriptedAlarms; tests use their
+            // own subclass. The globals wrapper is generic on this type so Roslyn must
+            // be able to resolve it during compilation.
+            contextType.Assembly,
+        };
+
+        var allowedImports = new[]
+        {
+            "System",
+            "System.Linq",
+            "ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions",
+            "ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting",
+        };
+
+        return ScriptOptions.Default
+            .WithReferences(allowedAssemblies)
+            .WithImports(allowedImports);
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/TimedScriptEvaluator.cs

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+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Wraps a <see cref="ScriptEvaluator{TContext, TResult}"/> with a per-evaluation
+///     wall-clock timeout. Default is 250ms per Phase 7 plan Stream A.4; configurable
+///     per tag so deployments with slower backends can widen it.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Implemented with <see cref="Task.WaitAsync(TimeSpan, CancellationToken)"/>
+///         rather than a cancellation-token-only approach because Roslyn-compiled
+///         scripts don't internally poll the cancellation token unless the user code
+///         does async work. A CPU-bound infinite loop in a script won't honor a
+///         cooperative cancel — <c>WaitAsync</c> returns control when the timeout fires
+///         regardless of whether the inner task completes.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         <b>Known limitation:</b> when a script times out, the underlying ScriptRunner
+///         task continues running on a thread-pool thread until the Roslyn runtime
+///         returns. In the CPU-bound-infinite-loop case that's effectively "leaked" —
+///         the thread is tied up until the runtime decides to return, which it may
+///         never do. Phase 7 plan Stream A.4 accepts this as a known trade-off; tighter
+///         CPU budgeting would require an out-of-process script runner, which is a v3
+///         concern. In practice, the timeout + structured warning log surfaces the
+///         offending script so the operator can fix it; the orphan thread is rare.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         Caller-supplied <see cref="CancellationToken"/> is honored — if the caller
+///         cancels before the timeout fires, the caller's cancel wins and the
+///         <see cref="OperationCanceledException"/> propagates (not wrapped as
+///         <see cref="ScriptTimeoutException"/>). That distinction matters: the
+///         virtual-tag engine's shutdown path cancels scripts on dispose; it shouldn't
+///         see those as timeouts.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class TimedScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult>
+    where TContext : ScriptContext
+{
+    /// <summary>Default timeout per Phase 7 plan Stream A.4 — 250ms.</summary>
+    public static readonly TimeSpan DefaultTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(250);
+
+    private readonly ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult> _inner;
+
+    /// <summary>Wall-clock budget per evaluation. Script exceeding this throws <see cref="ScriptTimeoutException"/>.</summary>
+    public TimeSpan Timeout { get; }
+
+    public TimedScriptEvaluator(ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult> inner)
+        : this(inner, DefaultTimeout)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public TimedScriptEvaluator(ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult> inner, TimeSpan timeout)
+    {
+        _inner = inner ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(inner));
+        if (timeout <= TimeSpan.Zero)
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(timeout), "Timeout must be positive.");
+        Timeout = timeout;
+    }
+
+    public async Task<TResult> RunAsync(TContext context, CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        if (context is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
+
+        // Push evaluation to a thread-pool thread so a CPU-bound script (e.g. a tight
+        // loop with no async work) doesn't hog the caller's thread before WaitAsync
+        // gets to register its timeout. Without this, Roslyn's ScriptRunner executes
+        // synchronously on the calling thread and returns an already-completed Task,
+        // so WaitAsync sees a completed task and never fires the timeout.
+        var runTask = Task.Run(() => _inner.RunAsync(context, ct), ct);
+        try
+        {
+            return await runTask.WaitAsync(Timeout, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch (TimeoutException)
+        {
+            // WaitAsync's synthesized timeout — the inner task may still be running
+            // on its thread-pool thread (known leak documented in the class summary).
+            // Wrap so callers can distinguish from user-written timeout logic.
+            throw new ScriptTimeoutException(Timeout);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Thrown when a script evaluation exceeds its configured timeout. The virtual-tag
+///     engine (Stream B) catches this + maps the owning tag's quality to
+///     <c>BadInternalError</c> per Phase 7 plan decision #11, logging a structured
+///     warning with the offending script name so operators can locate + fix it.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class ScriptTimeoutException : Exception
+{
+    public TimeSpan Timeout { get; }
+
+    public ScriptTimeoutException(TimeSpan timeout)
+        : base($"Script evaluation exceeded the configured timeout of {timeout.TotalMilliseconds:F1} ms. " +
+               "The script was either CPU-bound or blocked on a slow operation; check ctx.Logger output " +
+               "around the timeout and consider widening the timeout per tag, simplifying the script, or " +
+               "moving heavy work out of the evaluation path.")
+    {
+        Timeout = timeout;
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.csproj

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+        <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+        <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
+        <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
+        <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
+        <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS1591</NoWarn>
+        <RootNamespace>ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting</RootNamespace>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <!-- Roslyn scripting API — compiles user C# snippets with a constrained ScriptOptions
+             allow-list so scripts can't reach Process/File/HttpClient/reflection. Per Phase 7
+             plan decisions #1 + #6. -->
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting" Version="4.12.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="4.2.0"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.csproj"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <InternalsVisibleTo Include="ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <NuGetAuditSuppress Include="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-37gx-xxp4-5rgx"/>
+        <NuGetAuditSuppress Include="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3x6-4m5h-cxqf"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags/DependencyGraph.cs

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+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Directed dependency graph over tag paths. Nodes are tag paths (either driver
+///     tags — leaves — or virtual tags — internal nodes). Edges run from a virtual tag
+///     to each tag it reads via <c>ctx.GetTag(...)</c>. Supports cycle detection at
+///     publish time and topological sort for evaluation ordering.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Cycle detection uses Tarjan's strongly-connected-components algorithm,
+///         iterative implementation (no recursion) so deeply-nested graphs can't blow
+///         the stack. A cycle of length > 1 (or a self-loop) is a publish-time error;
+///         the engine refuses to load such a config.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         Topological sort uses Kahn's algorithm. The output order guarantees that when
+///         tag X depends on tag Y, Y appears before X — so a change cascade starting at
+///         Y can evaluate the full downstream closure in one serial pass without needing
+///         a second iteration.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         Missing leaf dependencies (a virtual tag reads a driver tag that doesn't
+///         exist in the live config) are NOT rejected here — the graph treats any
+///         unregistered path as an implicit leaf. Leaf validity is a separate concern
+///         handled at engine-load time against the authoritative tag catalog.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class DependencyGraph
+{
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, HashSet<string>> _dependsOn = new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, HashSet<string>> _dependents = new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Register a node and the set of tags it depends on. Idempotent — re-adding
+    ///     the same node overwrites the prior dependency set, so re-publishing an edited
+    ///     script works without a separate "remove" call.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void Add(string nodeId, IReadOnlySet<string> dependsOn)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(nodeId)) throw new ArgumentException("Node id required.", nameof(nodeId));
+        if (dependsOn is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(dependsOn));
+
+        // Remove any prior dependents pointing at the previous version of this node.
+        if (_dependsOn.TryGetValue(nodeId, out var previous))
+        {
+            foreach (var dep in previous)
+            {
+                if (_dependents.TryGetValue(dep, out var set))
+                    set.Remove(nodeId);
+            }
+        }
+
+        _dependsOn[nodeId] = new HashSet<string>(dependsOn, StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        foreach (var dep in dependsOn)
+        {
+            if (!_dependents.TryGetValue(dep, out var set))
+                _dependents[dep] = set = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+            set.Add(nodeId);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Tag paths <paramref name="nodeId"/> directly reads.</summary>
+    public IReadOnlySet<string> DirectDependencies(string nodeId) =>
+        _dependsOn.TryGetValue(nodeId, out var set) ? set : (IReadOnlySet<string>)new HashSet<string>();
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Tags whose evaluation depends on <paramref name="nodeId"/> — i.e. when
+    ///     <paramref name="nodeId"/> changes, these need to re-evaluate. Direct only;
+    ///     transitive propagation falls out of the topological sort.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IReadOnlySet<string> DirectDependents(string nodeId) =>
+        _dependents.TryGetValue(nodeId, out var set) ? set : (IReadOnlySet<string>)new HashSet<string>();
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Full transitive dependent closure of <paramref name="nodeId"/> in topological
+    ///     order (direct dependents first, then their dependents, and so on). Used by the
+    ///     change-trigger dispatcher to schedule the right sequence of re-evaluations
+    ///     when a single upstream value changes.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IReadOnlyList<string> TransitiveDependentsInOrder(string nodeId)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(nodeId)) return [];
+
+        var result = new List<string>();
+        var visited = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        var order = TopologicalSort();
+        var rank = new Dictionary<string, int>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        for (var i = 0; i < order.Count; i++) rank[order[i]] = i;
+
+        // DFS from the changed node collecting every reachable dependent.
+        var stack = new Stack<string>();
+        stack.Push(nodeId);
+        while (stack.Count > 0)
+        {
+            var cur = stack.Pop();
+            foreach (var dep in DirectDependents(cur))
+            {
+                if (visited.Add(dep))
+                {
+                    result.Add(dep);
+                    stack.Push(dep);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Sort by topological rank so when re-evaluation runs serial, earlier entries
+        // are computed before later entries that might depend on them.
+        result.Sort((a, b) =>
+        {
+            var ra = rank.TryGetValue(a, out var va) ? va : int.MaxValue;
+            var rb = rank.TryGetValue(b, out var vb) ? vb : int.MaxValue;
+            return ra.CompareTo(rb);
+        });
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Iterable of every registered node id (inputs-only tags excluded).</summary>
+    public IReadOnlyCollection<string> RegisteredNodes => _dependsOn.Keys;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Produce an evaluation order where every node appears after all its
+    ///     dependencies. Throws <see cref="DependencyCycleException"/> if any cycle
+    ///     exists. Implemented via Kahn's algorithm.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IReadOnlyList<string> TopologicalSort()
+    {
+        // Kahn's framing: edge u -> v means "u must come before v". For dependencies,
+        // if X depends on Y, Y must come before X, so the edge runs Y -> X and X has
+        // an incoming edge from Y. inDegree[X] = count of X's registered (virtual) deps
+        // — leaf driver-tag deps don't contribute to ordering since they're never emitted.
+        var inDegree = new Dictionary<string, int>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        foreach (var node in _dependsOn.Keys) inDegree[node] = 0;
+        foreach (var kv in _dependsOn)
+        {
+            var nodeId = kv.Key;
+            foreach (var dep in kv.Value)
+            {
+                if (_dependsOn.ContainsKey(dep))
+                    inDegree[nodeId]++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        var ready = new Queue<string>(inDegree.Where(kv => kv.Value == 0).Select(kv => kv.Key));
+        var result = new List<string>();
+        while (ready.Count > 0)
+        {
+            var n = ready.Dequeue();
+            result.Add(n);
+            // In our edge direction (node -> deps), removing n means decrementing in-degree
+            // of every node that DEPENDS on n.
+            foreach (var dependent in DirectDependents(n))
+            {
+                if (inDegree.TryGetValue(dependent, out var d))
+                {
+                    inDegree[dependent] = d - 1;
+                    if (inDegree[dependent] == 0) ready.Enqueue(dependent);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (result.Count != inDegree.Count)
+        {
+            var cycles = DetectCycles();
+            throw new DependencyCycleException(cycles);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Returns every strongly-connected component of size &gt; 1 + every self-loop.
+    ///     Empty list means the graph is a DAG. Useful for surfacing every cycle in one
+    ///     rejection pass so operators see all of them, not just one at a time.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IReadOnlyList<IReadOnlyList<string>> DetectCycles()
+    {
+        // Iterative Tarjan's SCC. Avoids recursion so deep graphs don't StackOverflow.
+        var index = 0;
+        var indexOf = new Dictionary<string, int>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        var lowlinkOf = new Dictionary<string, int>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        var onStack = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        var sccStack = new Stack<string>();
+        var cycles = new List<IReadOnlyList<string>>();
+
+        foreach (var root in _dependsOn.Keys)
+        {
+            if (indexOf.ContainsKey(root)) continue;
+
+            var work = new Stack<(string node, IEnumerator<string> iter)>();
+            indexOf[root] = index;
+            lowlinkOf[root] = index;
+            index++;
+            onStack.Add(root);
+            sccStack.Push(root);
+            work.Push((root, _dependsOn[root].GetEnumerator()));
+
+            while (work.Count > 0)
+            {
+                var (v, iter) = work.Peek();
+                if (iter.MoveNext())
+                {
+                    var w = iter.Current;
+                    if (!_dependsOn.ContainsKey(w))
+                        continue; // leaf — not part of any cycle with us
+                    if (!indexOf.ContainsKey(w))
+                    {
+                        indexOf[w] = index;
+                        lowlinkOf[w] = index;
+                        index++;
+                        onStack.Add(w);
+                        sccStack.Push(w);
+                        work.Push((w, _dependsOn[w].GetEnumerator()));
+                    }
+                    else if (onStack.Contains(w))
+                    {
+                        lowlinkOf[v] = Math.Min(lowlinkOf[v], indexOf[w]);
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // v fully explored — unwind
+                    work.Pop();
+                    if (lowlinkOf[v] == indexOf[v])
+                    {
+                        var component = new List<string>();
+                        string w;
+                        do
+                        {
+                            w = sccStack.Pop();
+                            onStack.Remove(w);
+                            component.Add(w);
+                        } while (w != v);
+
+                        if (component.Count > 1 || _dependsOn[v].Contains(v))
+                            cycles.Add(component);
+                    }
+                    else if (work.Count > 0)
+                    {
+                        var parent = work.Peek().node;
+                        lowlinkOf[parent] = Math.Min(lowlinkOf[parent], lowlinkOf[v]);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return cycles;
+    }
+
+    public void Clear()
+    {
+        _dependsOn.Clear();
+        _dependents.Clear();
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>Thrown when <see cref="DependencyGraph.TopologicalSort"/> finds one or more cycles.</summary>
+public sealed class DependencyCycleException : Exception
+{
+    public IReadOnlyList<IReadOnlyList<string>> Cycles { get; }
+
+    public DependencyCycleException(IReadOnlyList<IReadOnlyList<string>> cycles)
+        : base(BuildMessage(cycles))
+    {
+        Cycles = cycles;
+    }
+
+    private static string BuildMessage(IReadOnlyList<IReadOnlyList<string>> cycles)
+    {
+        var lines = cycles.Select(c => "  - " + string.Join(" -> ", c) + " -> " + c[0]);
+        return "Virtual-tag dependency graph contains cycle(s):\n" + string.Join("\n", lines);
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags/IHistoryWriter.cs

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+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Sink for virtual-tag evaluation results that the operator marked
+///     <c>Historize = true</c>. Stream G wires this to the existing history-write path
+///     drivers use; tests inject a fake recorder.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     Emission is fire-and-forget from the evaluation pipeline — a slow historian must
+///     not block script evaluations. Implementations queue internally and drain on their
+///     own cadence.
+/// </remarks>
+public interface IHistoryWriter
+{
+    void Record(string path, DataValueSnapshot value);
+}
+
+/// <summary>No-op default used when no historian is configured.</summary>
+public sealed class NullHistoryWriter : IHistoryWriter
+{
+    public static readonly NullHistoryWriter Instance = new();
+    public void Record(string path, DataValueSnapshot value) { }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags/ITagUpstreamSource.cs

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+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     What the virtual-tag engine pulls driver-tag values from. Implementations
+///     shipped in Stream G bridge this to <see cref="IReadable"/> + <see cref="ISubscribable"/>
+///     on the live driver instances; tests use an in-memory fake.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         The read path is synchronous because user scripts call
+///         <c>ctx.GetTag(path)</c> inline — blocking on a driver wire call per-script
+///         evaluation would kill throughput. Implementations are expected to serve
+///         from a last-known-value cache populated by the subscription callbacks.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         The subscription path feeds the engine's <c>ChangeTriggerDispatcher</c> so
+///         change-driven virtual tags re-evaluate on any upstream delta (value, status,
+///         or timestamp). One subscription per distinct upstream tag path; the engine
+///         tracks the mapping itself.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public interface ITagUpstreamSource
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Synchronous read returning the last-known value + quality for
+    ///     <paramref name="path"/>. Returns a <c>BadNodeIdUnknown</c>-quality snapshot
+    ///     when the path isn't configured.
+    /// </summary>
+    DataValueSnapshot ReadTag(string path);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Register an observer that fires every time the upstream value at
+    ///     <paramref name="path"/> changes. Returns an <see cref="IDisposable"/> the
+    ///     engine disposes when the virtual-tag config is reloaded or the engine shuts
+    ///     down, so source-side subscriptions don't leak.
+    /// </summary>
+    IDisposable SubscribeTag(string path, Action<string, DataValueSnapshot> observer);
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags/TimerTriggerScheduler.cs

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+using Serilog;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Periodic re-evaluation scheduler for tags with a non-null
+///     <see cref="VirtualTagDefinition.TimerInterval"/>. Independent of the
+///     change-trigger path — a tag can be timer-only, change-only, or both. One
+///     <see cref="System.Threading.Timer"/> per interval-group keeps the wire count
+///     low regardless of tag count.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class TimerTriggerScheduler : IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly VirtualTagEngine _engine;
+    private readonly ILogger _logger;
+    private readonly List<Timer> _timers = [];
+    private readonly CancellationTokenSource _cts = new();
+    private bool _disposed;
+
+    public TimerTriggerScheduler(VirtualTagEngine engine, ILogger logger)
+    {
+        _engine = engine ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(engine));
+        _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Stand up one <see cref="Timer"/> per unique interval. All tags with
+    ///     matching interval share a timer; each tick triggers re-evaluation of the
+    ///     group in topological order so cascades are consistent with change-triggered
+    ///     behavior.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void Start(IReadOnlyList<VirtualTagDefinition> definitions)
+    {
+        if (_disposed) throw new ObjectDisposedException(nameof(TimerTriggerScheduler));
+
+        var byInterval = definitions
+            .Where(d => d.TimerInterval.HasValue && d.TimerInterval.Value > TimeSpan.Zero)
+            .GroupBy(d => d.TimerInterval!.Value);
+
+        foreach (var group in byInterval)
+        {
+            var paths = group.Select(d => d.Path).ToArray();
+            var interval = group.Key;
+            var timer = new Timer(_ => Tick(paths), null, interval, interval);
+            _timers.Add(timer);
+            _logger.Information("TimerTriggerScheduler: {TagCount} tag(s) on {Interval} cadence",
+                paths.Length, interval);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void Tick(IReadOnlyList<string> paths)
+    {
+        if (_cts.IsCancellationRequested) return;
+        foreach (var p in paths)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                _engine.EvaluateOneAsync(p, _cts.Token).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.Error(ex, "TimerTriggerScheduler evaluate failed for {Path}", p);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        if (_disposed) return;
+        _disposed = true;
+        _cts.Cancel();
+        foreach (var t in _timers)
+        {
+            try { t.Dispose(); } catch { }
+        }
+        _timers.Clear();
+        _cts.Dispose();
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags/VirtualTagContext.cs

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+using Serilog;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Per-evaluation <see cref="ScriptContext"/> for a virtual-tag script. Reads come
+///     out of the engine's last-known-value cache (driver tags updated via the
+///     <see cref="ITagUpstreamSource"/> subscription, virtual tags updated by prior
+///     evaluations). Writes route through the engine's <c>SetVirtualTag</c> callback so
+///     cross-tag write side effects still participate in change-trigger cascades.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Context instances are evaluation-scoped, not tag-scoped. The engine
+///         constructs a fresh context for every run — cheap because the constructor
+///         just captures references — so scripts can't cache mutable state across runs
+///         via <c>ctx</c>. Mutable state across runs is a future decision (e.g. a
+///         dedicated <c>ctx.Memory</c> dictionary); not in scope for Phase 7.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         The <see cref="Now"/> clock is injectable so tests can pin time
+///         deterministically. Production wires to <see cref="DateTime.UtcNow"/>.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class VirtualTagContext : ScriptContext
+{
+    private readonly IReadOnlyDictionary<string, DataValueSnapshot> _readCache;
+    private readonly Action<string, object?> _setVirtualTag;
+    private readonly Func<DateTime> _clock;
+
+    public VirtualTagContext(
+        IReadOnlyDictionary<string, DataValueSnapshot> readCache,
+        Action<string, object?> setVirtualTag,
+        ILogger logger,
+        Func<DateTime>? clock = null)
+    {
+        _readCache = readCache ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(readCache));
+        _setVirtualTag = setVirtualTag ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(setVirtualTag));
+        Logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
+        _clock = clock ?? (() => DateTime.UtcNow);
+    }
+
+    public override DataValueSnapshot GetTag(string path)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path))
+            return new DataValueSnapshot(null, 0x80340000u /* BadNodeIdUnknown */, null, _clock());
+        return _readCache.TryGetValue(path, out var v)
+            ? v
+            : new DataValueSnapshot(null, 0x80340000u /* BadNodeIdUnknown */, null, _clock());
+    }
+
+    public override void SetVirtualTag(string path, object? value)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path))
+            throw new ArgumentException("Virtual tag path required.", nameof(path));
+        _setVirtualTag(path, value);
+    }
+
+    public override DateTime Now => _clock();
+
+    public override ILogger Logger { get; }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags/VirtualTagDefinition.cs

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+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Operator-authored virtual-tag configuration row. Phase 7 Stream E (config DB
+///     schema) materializes these from the <c>VirtualTag</c> + <c>Script</c> tables on
+///     publish; the engine ingests a list of them at load time.
+/// </summary>
+/// <param name="Path">
+///     UNS tag path — <c>Enterprise/Site/Area/Line/Equipment/TagName</c>. Used both as
+///     the engine's internal id and the OPC UA browse path.
+/// </param>
+/// <param name="DataType">
+///     Expected return type. The evaluator coerces the script's return value to this
+///     type before publishing; mismatch surfaces as <c>BadTypeMismatch</c> quality on
+///     the tag.
+/// </param>
+/// <param name="ScriptSource">Roslyn C# script source. Must compile under <c>ScriptSandbox</c>.</param>
+/// <param name="ChangeTriggered">
+///     True if any input tag's change (value / status / timestamp delta) should trigger
+///     re-evaluation. Operator picks per tag — usually true for inputs that change at
+///     protocol rates.
+/// </param>
+/// <param name="TimerInterval">
+///     Optional periodic re-evaluation cadence. Null = timer-driven disabled. Both can
+///     be enabled simultaneously; independent scheduling paths both feed
+///     <c>EvaluationPipeline</c>.
+/// </param>
+/// <param name="Historize">
+///     When true, every evaluation result is forwarded to the configured
+///     <see cref="IHistoryWriter"/>. Operator-set per tag; the Admin UI exposes as a
+///     checkbox.
+/// </param>
+public sealed record VirtualTagDefinition(
+    string Path,
+    DriverDataType DataType,
+    string ScriptSource,
+    bool ChangeTriggered = true,
+    TimeSpan? TimerInterval = null,
+    bool Historize = false);

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags/VirtualTagEngine.cs

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+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using Serilog;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     The Phase 7 virtual-tag evaluation engine. Ingests a set of
+///     <see cref="VirtualTagDefinition"/>s at load time, compiles each script against
+///     <see cref="ScriptSandbox"/>, builds the dependency graph, subscribes to every
+///     referenced upstream tag, and schedules re-evaluations on change + on timer.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Evaluation order is topological per ADR-001 / Phase 7 plan decision #19 —
+///         serial for the v1 rollout, parallel promoted to a follow-up. When upstream
+///         tag X changes, the engine computes the transitive dependent closure of X in
+///         topological rank and evaluates each in turn, so a cascade through multiple
+///         levels of virtual tags settles within one change-trigger pass.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         Per-tag error isolation per Phase 7 plan decision #11 — a script exception
+///         (or timeout) fails that tag's latest value with <c>BadInternalError</c> or
+///         <c>BadTypeMismatch</c> quality and logs a structured error; every other tag
+///         keeps evaluating. The engine itself never faults from a user script.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class VirtualTagEngine : IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly ITagUpstreamSource _upstream;
+    private readonly IHistoryWriter _history;
+    private readonly ScriptLoggerFactory _loggerFactory;
+    private readonly ILogger _engineLogger;
+    private readonly Func<DateTime> _clock;
+    private readonly TimeSpan _scriptTimeout;
+
+    private readonly DependencyGraph _graph = new();
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, VirtualTagState> _tags = new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+    private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, DataValueSnapshot> _valueCache = new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+    private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, List<Action<string, DataValueSnapshot>>> _observers
+        = new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+    private readonly List<IDisposable> _upstreamSubscriptions = [];
+    private readonly SemaphoreSlim _evalGate = new(1, 1);
+    private bool _loaded;
+    private bool _disposed;
+
+    public VirtualTagEngine(
+        ITagUpstreamSource upstream,
+        ScriptLoggerFactory loggerFactory,
+        ILogger engineLogger,
+        IHistoryWriter? historyWriter = null,
+        Func<DateTime>? clock = null,
+        TimeSpan? scriptTimeout = null)
+    {
+        _upstream = upstream ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(upstream));
+        _loggerFactory = loggerFactory ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(loggerFactory));
+        _engineLogger = engineLogger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(engineLogger));
+        _history = historyWriter ?? NullHistoryWriter.Instance;
+        _clock = clock ?? (() => DateTime.UtcNow);
+        _scriptTimeout = scriptTimeout ?? TimedScriptEvaluator<VirtualTagContext, object?>.DefaultTimeout;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Registered tag paths, in topological order. Empty before <see cref="Load"/>.</summary>
+    public IReadOnlyCollection<string> LoadedTagPaths => _tags.Keys;
+
+    /// <summary>Compile + register every tag in <paramref name="definitions"/>. Throws on cycle or any compile failure.</summary>
+    public void Load(IReadOnlyList<VirtualTagDefinition> definitions)
+    {
+        if (_disposed) throw new ObjectDisposedException(nameof(VirtualTagEngine));
+        if (definitions is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(definitions));
+
+        // Start from a clean slate — supports config-publish reloads.
+        UnsubscribeFromUpstream();
+        _tags.Clear();
+        _graph.Clear();
+
+        var compileFailures = new List<string>();
+        foreach (var def in definitions)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var extraction = DependencyExtractor.Extract(def.ScriptSource);
+                if (!extraction.IsValid)
+                {
+                    var msgs = string.Join("; ", extraction.Rejections.Select(r => r.Message));
+                    compileFailures.Add($"{def.Path}: dependency extraction rejected — {msgs}");
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<VirtualTagContext, object?>.Compile(def.ScriptSource);
+                var timed = new TimedScriptEvaluator<VirtualTagContext, object?>(evaluator, _scriptTimeout);
+                var scriptLogger = _loggerFactory.Create(def.Path);
+
+                _tags[def.Path] = new VirtualTagState(def, timed, extraction.Reads, extraction.Writes, scriptLogger);
+                _graph.Add(def.Path, extraction.Reads);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                compileFailures.Add($"{def.Path}: {ex.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (compileFailures.Count > 0)
+        {
+            var joined = string.Join("\n  ", compileFailures);
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                $"Virtual-tag engine load failed. {compileFailures.Count} script(s) did not compile:\n  {joined}");
+        }
+
+        // Cycle check — throws DependencyCycleException on offense.
+        _ = _graph.TopologicalSort();
+
+        // Subscribe to every referenced upstream path (driver tags only — virtual tags
+        // cascade internally). Seed the cache with current upstream values so first
+        // evaluations see something real.
+        var upstreamPaths = definitions
+            .SelectMany(d => _tags[d.Path].Reads)
+            .Where(p => !_tags.ContainsKey(p))
+            .Distinct(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        foreach (var path in upstreamPaths)
+        {
+            _valueCache[path] = _upstream.ReadTag(path);
+            _upstreamSubscriptions.Add(_upstream.SubscribeTag(path, OnUpstreamChange));
+        }
+
+        _loaded = true;
+        _engineLogger.Information(
+            "VirtualTagEngine loaded {TagCount} tag(s), {UpstreamCount} upstream subscription(s)",
+            _tags.Count, _upstreamSubscriptions.Count);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Evaluate every registered tag once in topological order — used at startup so
+    ///     virtual tags have a defined initial value rather than inheriting the cache
+    ///     default. Also called after a config reload.
+    /// </summary>
+    public async Task EvaluateAllAsync(CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        EnsureLoaded();
+        var order = _graph.TopologicalSort();
+        foreach (var path in order)
+        {
+            if (_tags.ContainsKey(path))
+                await EvaluateOneAsync(path, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Evaluate a single tag — used by the timer trigger + test hooks.</summary>
+    public Task EvaluateOneAsync(string path, CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        EnsureLoaded();
+        if (!_tags.ContainsKey(path))
+            throw new ArgumentException($"Not a registered virtual tag: {path}", nameof(path));
+        return EvaluateInternalAsync(path, ct);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Read the most recently evaluated value for <paramref name="path"/>. Driver
+    ///     tags return the last-known upstream value; virtual tags return their last
+    ///     evaluation result.
+    /// </summary>
+    public DataValueSnapshot Read(string path)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path))
+            return new DataValueSnapshot(null, 0x80340000u, null, _clock());
+        return _valueCache.TryGetValue(path, out var v)
+            ? v
+            : new DataValueSnapshot(null, 0x80340000u /* BadNodeIdUnknown */, null, _clock());
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Register an observer that fires on every evaluation of the given tag.
+    ///     Returns an <see cref="IDisposable"/> to unsubscribe. Does NOT fire a seed
+    ///     value — subscribers call <see cref="Read"/> for the current value if needed.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IDisposable Subscribe(string path, Action<string, DataValueSnapshot> observer)
+    {
+        var list = _observers.GetOrAdd(path, _ => []);
+        lock (list) { list.Add(observer); }
+        return new Unsub(this, path, observer);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Change-trigger entry point — called by the upstream subscription callback.
+    ///     Updates the cache, fans out to observers (so OPC UA clients see the upstream
+    ///     change too if they subscribed via the engine), and schedules every
+    ///     change-triggered dependent for re-evaluation in topological order.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal void OnUpstreamChange(string path, DataValueSnapshot value)
+    {
+        _valueCache[path] = value;
+        NotifyObservers(path, value);
+
+        // Fire-and-forget — the upstream subscription callback must not block the
+        // driver's dispatcher. Exceptions during cascade are handled per-tag inside
+        // EvaluateInternalAsync.
+        _ = CascadeAsync(path, CancellationToken.None);
+    }
+
+    private async Task CascadeAsync(string upstreamPath, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            var dependents = _graph.TransitiveDependentsInOrder(upstreamPath);
+            foreach (var dep in dependents)
+            {
+                if (_tags.TryGetValue(dep, out var state) && state.Definition.ChangeTriggered)
+                    await EvaluateInternalAsync(dep, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _engineLogger.Error(ex, "VirtualTagEngine cascade failed for upstream {Path}", upstreamPath);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async Task EvaluateInternalAsync(string path, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        if (!_tags.TryGetValue(path, out var state)) return;
+
+        // Serial evaluation across all tags. Phase 7 plan decision #19 — parallel is a
+        // follow-up. The semaphore bounds the evaluation graph so two cascades don't
+        // interleave, which would break the "earlier nodes computed first" invariant.
+        // SemaphoreSlim.WaitAsync is async-safe where Monitor.Enter is not (Monitor
+        // ownership is thread-local and lost across await).
+        await _evalGate.WaitAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try
+        {
+            var ctxCache = BuildReadCache(state.Reads);
+            var context = new VirtualTagContext(
+                ctxCache,
+                (p, v) => OnScriptSetVirtualTag(p, v),
+                state.Logger,
+                _clock);
+
+            DataValueSnapshot result;
+            try
+            {
+                var raw = await state.Evaluator.RunAsync(context, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                var coerced = CoerceResult(raw, state.Definition.DataType);
+                result = new DataValueSnapshot(coerced, 0u, _clock(), _clock());
+            }
+            catch (ScriptTimeoutException tex)
+            {
+                state.Logger.Warning("Script timed out after {Timeout}", tex.Timeout);
+                result = new DataValueSnapshot(null, 0x80020000u /* BadInternalError */, null, _clock());
+            }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException)
+            {
+                throw; // shutdown path — don't misclassify
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                state.Logger.Error(ex, "Virtual-tag script threw");
+                result = new DataValueSnapshot(null, 0x80020000u /* BadInternalError */, null, _clock());
+            }
+
+            _valueCache[path] = result;
+            NotifyObservers(path, result);
+            if (state.Definition.Historize) _history.Record(path, result);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            _evalGate.Release();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private IReadOnlyDictionary<string, DataValueSnapshot> BuildReadCache(IReadOnlySet<string> reads)
+    {
+        var map = new Dictionary<string, DataValueSnapshot>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        foreach (var r in reads)
+        {
+            map[r] = _valueCache.TryGetValue(r, out var v)
+                ? v
+                : _upstream.ReadTag(r);
+        }
+        return map;
+    }
+
+    private void OnScriptSetVirtualTag(string path, object? value)
+    {
+        if (!_tags.ContainsKey(path))
+        {
+            _engineLogger.Warning(
+                "Script attempted ctx.SetVirtualTag on non-virtual or non-registered path {Path}", path);
+            return;
+        }
+        var snap = new DataValueSnapshot(value, 0u, _clock(), _clock());
+        _valueCache[path] = snap;
+        NotifyObservers(path, snap);
+        if (_tags[path].Definition.Historize) _history.Record(path, snap);
+    }
+
+    private void NotifyObservers(string path, DataValueSnapshot value)
+    {
+        if (!_observers.TryGetValue(path, out var list)) return;
+        Action<string, DataValueSnapshot>[] snapshot;
+        lock (list) { snapshot = list.ToArray(); }
+        foreach (var obs in snapshot)
+        {
+            try { obs(path, value); }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _engineLogger.Warning(ex, "Virtual-tag observer for {Path} threw", path);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static object? CoerceResult(object? raw, DriverDataType target)
+    {
+        if (raw is null) return null;
+        try
+        {
+            return target switch
+            {
+                DriverDataType.Boolean => Convert.ToBoolean(raw),
+                DriverDataType.Int32 => Convert.ToInt32(raw),
+                DriverDataType.Int64 => Convert.ToInt64(raw),
+                DriverDataType.Float32 => Convert.ToSingle(raw),
+                DriverDataType.Float64 => Convert.ToDouble(raw),
+                DriverDataType.String => Convert.ToString(raw) ?? string.Empty,
+                DriverDataType.DateTime => raw is DateTime dt ? dt : Convert.ToDateTime(raw),
+                _ => raw,
+            };
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            // Caller logs + maps to BadTypeMismatch — we let null propagate so the
+            // outer evaluation path sets the Bad quality.
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void UnsubscribeFromUpstream()
+    {
+        foreach (var s in _upstreamSubscriptions)
+        {
+            try { s.Dispose(); } catch { /* best effort */ }
+        }
+        _upstreamSubscriptions.Clear();
+    }
+
+    private void EnsureLoaded()
+    {
+        if (!_loaded) throw new InvalidOperationException(
+            "VirtualTagEngine not loaded. Call Load(definitions) first.");
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        if (_disposed) return;
+        _disposed = true;
+        UnsubscribeFromUpstream();
+        _tags.Clear();
+        _graph.Clear();
+    }
+
+    internal DependencyGraph GraphForTesting => _graph;
+
+    private sealed class Unsub : IDisposable
+    {
+        private readonly VirtualTagEngine _engine;
+        private readonly string _path;
+        private readonly Action<string, DataValueSnapshot> _observer;
+        public Unsub(VirtualTagEngine e, string path, Action<string, DataValueSnapshot> observer)
+        {
+            _engine = e; _path = path; _observer = observer;
+        }
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            if (_engine._observers.TryGetValue(_path, out var list))
+            {
+                lock (list) { list.Remove(_observer); }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    internal sealed record VirtualTagState(
+        VirtualTagDefinition Definition,
+        TimedScriptEvaluator<VirtualTagContext, object?> Evaluator,
+        IReadOnlySet<string> Reads,
+        IReadOnlySet<string> Writes,
+        ILogger Logger);
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags/VirtualTagSource.cs

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+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Implements the driver-agnostic capability surface the
+///     <c>DriverNodeManager</c> dispatches to when a node resolves to
+///     <c>NodeSource.Virtual</c> per ADR-002. Reads return the engine's last-known
+///     evaluation result; subscriptions forward engine-emitted change events as
+///     <see cref="ISubscribable.OnDataChange"/> events.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         <see cref="IWritable"/> is deliberately not implemented — OPC UA client
+///         writes to virtual tags are rejected in <c>DriverNodeManager</c> before they
+///         reach here per Phase 7 decision #6. Scripts are the only write path, routed
+///         through <c>ctx.SetVirtualTag</c>.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class VirtualTagSource : IReadable, ISubscribable
+{
+    private readonly VirtualTagEngine _engine;
+    private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, Subscription> _subs = new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+
+    public VirtualTagSource(VirtualTagEngine engine)
+    {
+        _engine = engine ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(engine));
+    }
+
+    public event EventHandler<DataChangeEventArgs>? OnDataChange;
+
+    public Task<IReadOnlyList<DataValueSnapshot>> ReadAsync(
+        IReadOnlyList<string> fullReferences, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (fullReferences is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(fullReferences));
+        var results = new DataValueSnapshot[fullReferences.Count];
+        for (var i = 0; i < fullReferences.Count; i++)
+            results[i] = _engine.Read(fullReferences[i]);
+        return Task.FromResult<IReadOnlyList<DataValueSnapshot>>(results);
+    }
+
+    public Task<ISubscriptionHandle> SubscribeAsync(
+        IReadOnlyList<string> fullReferences,
+        TimeSpan publishingInterval,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (fullReferences is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(fullReferences));
+
+        var handle = new SubscriptionHandle(Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+        var observers = new List<IDisposable>(fullReferences.Count);
+        foreach (var path in fullReferences)
+        {
+            observers.Add(_engine.Subscribe(path, (p, snap) =>
+                OnDataChange?.Invoke(this, new DataChangeEventArgs(handle, p, snap))));
+        }
+        _subs[handle.DiagnosticId] = new Subscription(handle, observers);
+
+        // OPC UA convention: emit initial-data callback for each path with the current value.
+        foreach (var path in fullReferences)
+        {
+            var snap = _engine.Read(path);
+            OnDataChange?.Invoke(this, new DataChangeEventArgs(handle, path, snap));
+        }
+
+        return Task.FromResult<ISubscriptionHandle>(handle);
+    }
+
+    public Task UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (handle is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(handle));
+        if (_subs.TryRemove(handle.DiagnosticId, out var sub))
+        {
+            foreach (var d in sub.Observers)
+            {
+                try { d.Dispose(); } catch { }
+            }
+        }
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    private sealed class SubscriptionHandle : ISubscriptionHandle
+    {
+        public SubscriptionHandle(string id) { DiagnosticId = id; }
+        public string DiagnosticId { get; }
+    }
+
+    private sealed record Subscription(SubscriptionHandle Handle, IReadOnlyList<IDisposable> Observers);
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.csproj

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+        <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+        <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
+        <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
+        <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
+        <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS1591</NoWarn>
+        <RootNamespace>ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags</RootNamespace>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="4.2.0"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.csproj"/>
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.csproj"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <InternalsVisibleTo Include="ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.Tests"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <NuGetAuditSuppress Include="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-37gx-xxp4-5rgx"/>
+        <NuGetAuditSuppress Include="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3x6-4m5h-cxqf"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests/CompiledScriptCacheTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Exercises the source-hash keyed compile cache. Roslyn compilation is the most
+///     expensive step in the evaluator pipeline; this cache collapses redundant
+///     compiles of unchanged scripts to zero-cost lookups + makes sure concurrent
+///     callers never double-compile.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class CompiledScriptCacheTests
+{
+    private sealed class CompileCountingGate
+    {
+        public int Count;
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void First_call_compiles_and_caches()
+    {
+        var cache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, int>();
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(0);
+
+        var e = cache.GetOrCompile("""return 42;""");
+        e.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        cache.Contains("""return 42;""").ShouldBeTrue();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Identical_source_returns_the_same_compiled_evaluator()
+    {
+        var cache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, int>();
+        var first = cache.GetOrCompile("""return 1;""");
+        var second = cache.GetOrCompile("""return 1;""");
+        ReferenceEquals(first, second).ShouldBeTrue();
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Different_source_produces_different_evaluator()
+    {
+        var cache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, int>();
+        var a = cache.GetOrCompile("""return 1;""");
+        var b = cache.GetOrCompile("""return 2;""");
+        ReferenceEquals(a, b).ShouldBeFalse();
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Whitespace_difference_misses_cache()
+    {
+        // Documented behavior: reformatting a script recompiles. Simpler + cheaper
+        // than the alternative (AST-canonicalize then hash) and doesn't happen often.
+        var cache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, int>();
+        cache.GetOrCompile("""return 1;""");
+        cache.GetOrCompile("return 1;  "); // trailing whitespace — different hash
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Cached_evaluator_still_runs_correctly()
+    {
+        var cache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, double>();
+        var e = cache.GetOrCompile("""return (double)ctx.GetTag("In").Value * 3.0;""");
+        var ctx = new FakeScriptContext().Seed("In", 7.0);
+
+        // Run twice through the cache — both must return the same correct value.
+        var first = await e.RunAsync(ctx, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        var second = await cache.GetOrCompile("""return (double)ctx.GetTag("In").Value * 3.0;""")
+            .RunAsync(ctx, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        first.ShouldBe(21.0);
+        second.ShouldBe(21.0);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Failed_compile_is_evicted_so_retry_with_corrected_source_works()
+    {
+        var cache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, int>();
+
+        // First attempt — undefined identifier, compile throws.
+        Should.Throw<Exception>(() => cache.GetOrCompile("""return unknownIdentifier + 1;"""));
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(0, "failed compile must be evicted so retry can re-attempt");
+
+        // Retry with corrected source succeeds + caches.
+        cache.GetOrCompile("""return 42;""").ShouldNotBeNull();
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Clear_drops_every_entry()
+    {
+        var cache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, int>();
+        cache.GetOrCompile("""return 1;""");
+        cache.GetOrCompile("""return 2;""");
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+
+        cache.Clear();
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(0);
+        cache.Contains("""return 1;""").ShouldBeFalse();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Concurrent_compiles_of_the_same_source_deduplicate()
+    {
+        // LazyThreadSafetyMode.ExecutionAndPublication guarantees only one compile
+        // even when multiple threads race GetOrCompile against an empty cache.
+        // We can't directly count Roslyn compilations — but we can assert all
+        // concurrent callers see the same evaluator instance.
+        var cache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, int>();
+        const string src = """return 99;""";
+
+        var tasks = Enumerable.Range(0, 20)
+            .Select(_ => Task.Run(() => cache.GetOrCompile(src)))
+            .ToArray();
+        Task.WhenAll(tasks).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+
+        var firstInstance = tasks[0].Result;
+        foreach (var t in tasks)
+            ReferenceEquals(t.Result, firstInstance).ShouldBeTrue();
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Different_TContext_TResult_pairs_use_separate_cache_instances()
+    {
+        // Documented: each engine (virtual-tag / alarm-predicate / alarm-action) owns
+        // its own cache. The type-parametric design makes this the default without
+        // cross-contamination at the dictionary level.
+        var intCache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, int>();
+        var boolCache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, bool>();
+
+        intCache.GetOrCompile("""return 1;""");
+        boolCache.GetOrCompile("""return true;""");
+
+        intCache.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        boolCache.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        intCache.Contains("""return true;""").ShouldBeFalse();
+        boolCache.Contains("""return 1;""").ShouldBeFalse();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Null_source_throws_ArgumentNullException()
+    {
+        var cache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, int>();
+        Should.Throw<ArgumentNullException>(() => cache.GetOrCompile(null!));
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests/DependencyExtractorTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Exercises the AST walker that extracts static tag dependencies from user scripts
+///     + rejects every form of non-literal path. Locks the parse shape the virtual-tag
+///     engine's change-trigger scheduler will depend on (Phase 7 plan Stream A.2).
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class DependencyExtractorTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Extracts_single_literal_read()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """return ctx.GetTag("Line1/Speed").Value;""");
+
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeTrue();
+        result.Reads.ShouldContain("Line1/Speed");
+        result.Writes.ShouldBeEmpty();
+        result.Rejections.ShouldBeEmpty();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Extracts_multiple_distinct_reads()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """
+            var a = ctx.GetTag("Line1/A").Value;
+            var b = ctx.GetTag("Line1/B").Value;
+            return (double)a + (double)b;
+            """);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeTrue();
+        result.Reads.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+        result.Reads.ShouldContain("Line1/A");
+        result.Reads.ShouldContain("Line1/B");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Deduplicates_identical_reads_across_the_script()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """
+            if (((double)ctx.GetTag("X").Value) > 0)
+                return ctx.GetTag("X").Value;
+            return 0;
+            """);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeTrue();
+        result.Reads.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        result.Reads.ShouldContain("X");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Tracks_virtual_tag_writes_separately_from_reads()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """
+            var v = (double)ctx.GetTag("InTag").Value;
+            ctx.SetVirtualTag("OutTag", v * 2);
+            return v;
+            """);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeTrue();
+        result.Reads.ShouldContain("InTag");
+        result.Writes.ShouldContain("OutTag");
+        result.Reads.ShouldNotContain("OutTag");
+        result.Writes.ShouldNotContain("InTag");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_variable_path()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """
+            var path = "Line1/Speed";
+            return ctx.GetTag(path).Value;
+            """);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeFalse();
+        result.Rejections.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        result.Rejections[0].Message.ShouldContain("string literal");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_concatenated_path()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """return ctx.GetTag("Line1/" + "Speed").Value;""");
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeFalse();
+        result.Rejections[0].Message.ShouldContain("string literal");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_interpolated_path()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """
+            var n = 1;
+            return ctx.GetTag($"Line{n}/Speed").Value;
+            """);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeFalse();
+        result.Rejections[0].Message.ShouldContain("string literal");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_method_returned_path()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """
+            string BuildPath() => "Line1/Speed";
+            return ctx.GetTag(BuildPath()).Value;
+            """);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeFalse();
+        result.Rejections[0].Message.ShouldContain("string literal");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_empty_literal_path()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """return ctx.GetTag("").Value;""");
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeFalse();
+        result.Rejections[0].Message.ShouldContain("empty");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_whitespace_only_path()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """return ctx.GetTag("   ").Value;""");
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeFalse();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Ignores_non_ctx_method_named_GetTag()
+    {
+        // Scripts are free to define their own helper called "GetTag" — as long as it's
+        // not on the ctx instance, the extractor doesn't pick it up. The sandbox
+        // compile will still reject any path that isn't on the ScriptContext type.
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """
+            string helper_GetTag(string p) => p;
+            return helper_GetTag("NotATag");
+            """);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeTrue();
+        result.Reads.ShouldBeEmpty();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Empty_source_is_a_no_op()
+    {
+        DependencyExtractor.Extract("").IsValid.ShouldBeTrue();
+        DependencyExtractor.Extract("   ").IsValid.ShouldBeTrue();
+        DependencyExtractor.Extract(null!).IsValid.ShouldBeTrue();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejection_carries_source_span_for_UI_pointing()
+    {
+        // Offending path at column 23-29 in the source — Admin UI uses Span to
+        // underline the exact token.
+        const string src = """return ctx.GetTag(path).Value;""";
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(src);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeFalse();
+        result.Rejections[0].Span.Start.ShouldBeGreaterThan(0);
+        result.Rejections[0].Span.Length.ShouldBeGreaterThan(0);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Multiple_bad_paths_all_reported_in_one_pass()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """
+            var p1 = "A"; var p2 = "B";
+            return ctx.GetTag(p1).Value.ToString() + ctx.GetTag(p2).Value.ToString();
+            """);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeFalse();
+        result.Rejections.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Nested_literal_GetTag_inside_expression_is_extracted()
+    {
+        // Supports patterns like ctx.GetTag("A") > ctx.GetTag("B") — both literal args
+        // are captured even when the enclosing expression is complex.
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """
+            return ((double)ctx.GetTag("A").Value) > ((double)ctx.GetTag("B").Value);
+            """);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeTrue();
+        result.Reads.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests/FakeScriptContext.cs

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+using Serilog;
+using Serilog.Core;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     In-memory <see cref="ScriptContext"/> for tests. Holds a tag dictionary + a write
+///     log + a deterministic clock. Concrete subclasses in production will wire
+///     GetTag/SetVirtualTag through the virtual-tag engine + driver dispatch; here they
+///     hit a plain dictionary.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class FakeScriptContext : ScriptContext
+{
+    public Dictionary<string, DataValueSnapshot> Tags { get; } = new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+    public List<(string Path, object? Value)> Writes { get; } = [];
+
+    public override DateTime Now { get; } = new DateTime(2026, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+    public override ILogger Logger { get; } = new LoggerConfiguration().CreateLogger();
+
+    public override DataValueSnapshot GetTag(string path)
+    {
+        return Tags.TryGetValue(path, out var v)
+            ? v
+            : new DataValueSnapshot(null, 0x80340000u, null, Now); // BadNodeIdUnknown
+    }
+
+    public override void SetVirtualTag(string path, object? value)
+    {
+        Writes.Add((path, value));
+    }
+
+    public FakeScriptContext Seed(string path, object? value,
+        uint statusCode = 0u, DateTime? sourceTs = null)
+    {
+        Tags[path] = new DataValueSnapshot(value, statusCode, sourceTs ?? Now, Now);
+        return this;
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests/ScriptLogCompanionSinkTests.cs

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+using Serilog;
+using Serilog.Core;
+using Serilog.Events;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Verifies the sink that mirrors script Error+ events to the main log at Warning
+///     level. Ensures script noise (Debug/Info/Warning) doesn't reach the main log
+///     while genuine script failures DO surface there so operators see them without
+///     watching a separate log file.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class ScriptLogCompanionSinkTests
+{
+    private sealed class CapturingSink : ILogEventSink
+    {
+        public List<LogEvent> Events { get; } = [];
+        public void Emit(LogEvent logEvent) => Events.Add(logEvent);
+    }
+
+    private static (ILogger script, CapturingSink scriptSink, CapturingSink mainSink) BuildPipeline()
+    {
+        // Main logger captures companion forwards.
+        var mainSink = new CapturingSink();
+        var mainLogger = new LoggerConfiguration()
+            .MinimumLevel.Verbose().WriteTo.Sink(mainSink).CreateLogger();
+
+        // Script logger fans out to scripts file (here: capture sink) + the companion sink.
+        var scriptSink = new CapturingSink();
+        var scriptLogger = new LoggerConfiguration()
+            .MinimumLevel.Verbose()
+            .WriteTo.Sink(scriptSink)
+            .WriteTo.Sink(new ScriptLogCompanionSink(mainLogger))
+            .CreateLogger();
+
+        return (scriptLogger, scriptSink, mainSink);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Info_event_lands_in_scripts_sink_but_not_in_main()
+    {
+        var (script, scriptSink, mainSink) = BuildPipeline();
+        script.ForContext(ScriptLoggerFactory.ScriptNameProperty, "Test").Information("just info");
+
+        scriptSink.Events.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        mainSink.Events.Count.ShouldBe(0);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Warning_event_lands_in_scripts_sink_but_not_in_main()
+    {
+        var (script, scriptSink, mainSink) = BuildPipeline();
+        script.ForContext(ScriptLoggerFactory.ScriptNameProperty, "Test").Warning("just a warning");
+
+        scriptSink.Events.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        mainSink.Events.Count.ShouldBe(0);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Error_event_mirrored_to_main_at_Warning_level()
+    {
+        var (script, scriptSink, mainSink) = BuildPipeline();
+        script.ForContext(ScriptLoggerFactory.ScriptNameProperty, "MyAlarm")
+              .Error("condition script failed");
+
+        scriptSink.Events[0].Level.ShouldBe(LogEventLevel.Error);
+        mainSink.Events.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        mainSink.Events[0].Level.ShouldBe(LogEventLevel.Warning, "Error+ is downgraded to Warning in the main log");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Mirrored_event_includes_ScriptName_and_original_level()
+    {
+        var (script, _, mainSink) = BuildPipeline();
+        script.ForContext(ScriptLoggerFactory.ScriptNameProperty, "HighTemp")
+              .Error("temp exceeded limit");
+
+        var forwarded = mainSink.Events[0];
+        forwarded.Properties.ShouldContainKey("ScriptName");
+        ((ScalarValue)forwarded.Properties["ScriptName"]).Value.ShouldBe("HighTemp");
+        forwarded.Properties.ShouldContainKey("OriginalLevel");
+        ((ScalarValue)forwarded.Properties["OriginalLevel"]).Value.ShouldBe(LogEventLevel.Error);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Mirrored_event_preserves_exception_for_main_log_stack_trace()
+    {
+        var (script, _, mainSink) = BuildPipeline();
+        var ex = new InvalidOperationException("user code threw");
+        script.ForContext(ScriptLoggerFactory.ScriptNameProperty, "BadScript").Error(ex, "boom");
+
+        mainSink.Events.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        mainSink.Events[0].Exception.ShouldBeSameAs(ex);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Fatal_event_mirrored_just_like_Error()
+    {
+        var (script, _, mainSink) = BuildPipeline();
+        script.ForContext(ScriptLoggerFactory.ScriptNameProperty, "Fatal_Script").Fatal("catastrophic");
+        mainSink.Events.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        mainSink.Events[0].Level.ShouldBe(LogEventLevel.Warning);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Missing_ScriptName_property_falls_back_to_unknown()
+    {
+        var (_, _, mainSink) = BuildPipeline();
+        // Log without the ScriptName property to simulate a direct root-logger call
+        // that bypassed the factory (defensive — shouldn't normally happen).
+        var mainLogger = new LoggerConfiguration().CreateLogger();
+        var companion = new ScriptLogCompanionSink(Log.Logger);
+
+        // Build an event manually so we can omit the property.
+        var ev = new LogEvent(
+            timestamp: DateTimeOffset.UtcNow,
+            level: LogEventLevel.Error,
+            exception: null,
+            messageTemplate: new Serilog.Parsing.MessageTemplateParser().Parse("naked error"),
+            properties: []);
+        // Direct test: sink should not throw + message should be well-formed.
+        Should.NotThrow(() => companion.Emit(ev));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Null_main_logger_rejected()
+    {
+        Should.Throw<ArgumentNullException>(() => new ScriptLogCompanionSink(null!));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Custom_mirror_threshold_applied()
+    {
+        // Caller can raise the mirror threshold to Fatal if they want only
+        // catastrophic events in the main log.
+        var mainSink = new CapturingSink();
+        var mainLogger = new LoggerConfiguration()
+            .MinimumLevel.Verbose().WriteTo.Sink(mainSink).CreateLogger();
+
+        var scriptLogger = new LoggerConfiguration()
+            .MinimumLevel.Verbose()
+            .WriteTo.Sink(new ScriptLogCompanionSink(mainLogger, LogEventLevel.Fatal))
+            .CreateLogger();
+
+        scriptLogger.ForContext(ScriptLoggerFactory.ScriptNameProperty, "X").Error("error");
+        mainSink.Events.Count.ShouldBe(0, "Error below configured Fatal threshold — not mirrored");
+
+        scriptLogger.ForContext(ScriptLoggerFactory.ScriptNameProperty, "X").Fatal("fatal");
+        mainSink.Events.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests/ScriptLoggerFactoryTests.cs

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+using Serilog;
+using Serilog.Core;
+using Serilog.Events;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Exercises the factory that creates per-script Serilog loggers with the
+///     <c>ScriptName</c> structured property pre-bound. The property is what lets
+///     Admin UI filter the scripts-*.log sink by which tag/alarm emitted each event.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class ScriptLoggerFactoryTests
+{
+    /// <summary>Capturing sink that collects every emitted LogEvent for assertion.</summary>
+    private sealed class CapturingSink : ILogEventSink
+    {
+        public List<LogEvent> Events { get; } = [];
+        public void Emit(LogEvent logEvent) => Events.Add(logEvent);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Create_sets_ScriptName_structured_property()
+    {
+        var sink = new CapturingSink();
+        var root = new LoggerConfiguration().MinimumLevel.Verbose().WriteTo.Sink(sink).CreateLogger();
+        var factory = new ScriptLoggerFactory(root);
+
+        var logger = factory.Create("LineRate");
+        logger.Information("hello");
+
+        sink.Events.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        var ev = sink.Events[0];
+        ev.Properties.ShouldContainKey(ScriptLoggerFactory.ScriptNameProperty);
+        ((ScalarValue)ev.Properties[ScriptLoggerFactory.ScriptNameProperty]).Value.ShouldBe("LineRate");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Each_script_gets_its_own_property_value()
+    {
+        var sink = new CapturingSink();
+        var root = new LoggerConfiguration().MinimumLevel.Verbose().WriteTo.Sink(sink).CreateLogger();
+        var factory = new ScriptLoggerFactory(root);
+
+        factory.Create("Alarm_A").Information("event A");
+        factory.Create("Tag_B").Warning("event B");
+        factory.Create("Alarm_A").Error("event A again");
+
+        sink.Events.Count.ShouldBe(3);
+        ((ScalarValue)sink.Events[0].Properties[ScriptLoggerFactory.ScriptNameProperty]).Value.ShouldBe("Alarm_A");
+        ((ScalarValue)sink.Events[1].Properties[ScriptLoggerFactory.ScriptNameProperty]).Value.ShouldBe("Tag_B");
+        ((ScalarValue)sink.Events[2].Properties[ScriptLoggerFactory.ScriptNameProperty]).Value.ShouldBe("Alarm_A");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Error_level_event_preserves_level_and_exception()
+    {
+        var sink = new CapturingSink();
+        var root = new LoggerConfiguration().MinimumLevel.Verbose().WriteTo.Sink(sink).CreateLogger();
+        var factory = new ScriptLoggerFactory(root);
+
+        factory.Create("Test").Error(new InvalidOperationException("boom"), "script failed");
+
+        sink.Events[0].Level.ShouldBe(LogEventLevel.Error);
+        sink.Events[0].Exception.ShouldBeOfType<InvalidOperationException>();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Null_root_rejected()
+    {
+        Should.Throw<ArgumentNullException>(() => new ScriptLoggerFactory(null!));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Empty_script_name_rejected()
+    {
+        var root = new LoggerConfiguration().CreateLogger();
+        var factory = new ScriptLoggerFactory(root);
+        Should.Throw<ArgumentException>(() => factory.Create(""));
+        Should.Throw<ArgumentException>(() => factory.Create("   "));
+        Should.Throw<ArgumentException>(() => factory.Create(null!));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ScriptNameProperty_constant_is_stable()
+    {
+        // Stability is an external contract — the Admin UI's log filter references
+        // this exact string. If it changes, the filter breaks silently.
+        ScriptLoggerFactory.ScriptNameProperty.ShouldBe("ScriptName");
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests/ScriptSandboxTests.cs

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+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Scripting;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Compiles scripts against the Phase 7 sandbox + asserts every forbidden API
+///     (HttpClient / File / Process / reflection) fails at compile, not at evaluation.
+///     Locks decision #6 — scripts can't escape to the broader .NET surface.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class ScriptSandboxTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Happy_path_script_compiles_and_returns()
+    {
+        // Baseline — ctx + Math + basic types must work.
+        var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, double>.Compile(
+            """
+            var v = (double)ctx.GetTag("X").Value;
+            return Math.Abs(v) * 2.0;
+            """);
+        evaluator.ShouldNotBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Happy_path_script_runs_and_reads_seeded_tag()
+    {
+        var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, double>.Compile(
+            """return (double)ctx.GetTag("In").Value * 2.0;""");
+
+        var ctx = new FakeScriptContext().Seed("In", 21.0);
+        var result = await evaluator.RunAsync(ctx, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        result.ShouldBe(42.0);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SetVirtualTag_records_the_write()
+    {
+        var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+            """
+            ctx.SetVirtualTag("Out", 42);
+            return 0;
+            """);
+        var ctx = new FakeScriptContext();
+        await evaluator.RunAsync(ctx, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        ctx.Writes.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        ctx.Writes[0].Path.ShouldBe("Out");
+        ctx.Writes[0].Value.ShouldBe(42);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_File_IO_at_compile()
+    {
+        Should.Throw<ScriptSandboxViolationException>(() =>
+            ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, string>.Compile(
+                """return System.IO.File.ReadAllText("c:/secrets.txt");"""));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_HttpClient_at_compile()
+    {
+        Should.Throw<ScriptSandboxViolationException>(() =>
+            ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+                """
+                var c = new System.Net.Http.HttpClient();
+                return 0;
+                """));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_Process_Start_at_compile()
+    {
+        Should.Throw<ScriptSandboxViolationException>(() =>
+            ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+                """
+                System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("cmd.exe");
+                return 0;
+                """));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_Reflection_Assembly_Load_at_compile()
+    {
+        Should.Throw<ScriptSandboxViolationException>(() =>
+            ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+                """
+                System.Reflection.Assembly.Load("System.Core");
+                return 0;
+                """));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_Environment_GetEnvironmentVariable_at_compile()
+    {
+        // Environment lives in System.Private.CoreLib (allow-listed for primitives) —
+        // BUT calling .GetEnvironmentVariable exposes process state we don't want in
+        // scripts. In an allow-list sandbox this passes because mscorlib is allowed;
+        // relying on ScriptSandbox alone isn't enough for the Environment class. We
+        // document here that the CURRENT sandbox allows Environment — acceptable because
+        // Environment doesn't leak outside the process boundary, doesn't side-effect
+        // persistent state, and Phase 7 plan decision #6 targets File/Net/Process/
+        // reflection specifically.
+        //
+        // This test LOCKS that compromise: operators should not be surprised if a
+        // script reads an env var. If we later decide to tighten, this test flips.
+        var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, string?>.Compile(
+            """return System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH");""");
+        evaluator.ShouldNotBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Script_exception_propagates_unwrapped()
+    {
+        var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+            """throw new InvalidOperationException("boom");""");
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () =>
+            await evaluator.RunAsync(new FakeScriptContext(), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Ctx_Now_is_available_without_DateTime_UtcNow_reaching_wall_clock()
+    {
+        // Scripts that need a timestamp go through ctx.Now so tests can pin it.
+        var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, DateTime>.Compile("""return ctx.Now;""");
+        evaluator.ShouldNotBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Deadband_helper_is_reachable_from_scripts()
+    {
+        var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, bool>.Compile(
+            """return ScriptContext.Deadband(10.5, 10.0, 0.3);""");
+        evaluator.ShouldNotBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Linq_Enumerable_is_available_from_scripts()
+    {
+        // LINQ is in the allow-list because SCADA math frequently wants Sum / Average
+        // / Where. Confirm it works.
+        var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+            """
+            var nums = new[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
+            return nums.Where(n => n > 2).Sum();
+            """);
+        var result = await evaluator.RunAsync(new FakeScriptContext(), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        result.ShouldBe(12);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DataValueSnapshot_is_usable_in_scripts()
+    {
+        // ctx.GetTag returns DataValueSnapshot so scripts branch on quality.
+        var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, bool>.Compile(
+            """
+            var v = ctx.GetTag("T");
+            return v.StatusCode == 0;
+            """);
+        var ctx = new FakeScriptContext().Seed("T", 5.0);
+        var result = await evaluator.RunAsync(ctx, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        result.ShouldBeTrue();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Compile_error_gives_location_in_diagnostics()
+    {
+        // Compile errors must carry the source span so the Admin UI can point at them.
+        try
+        {
+            ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile("""return fooBarBaz + 1;""");
+            Assert.Fail("expected CompilationErrorException");
+        }
+        catch (CompilationErrorException ex)
+        {
+            ex.Diagnostics.ShouldNotBeEmpty();
+            ex.Diagnostics[0].Location.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        }
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests/TimedScriptEvaluatorTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Verifies the per-evaluation timeout wrapper. Fast scripts complete normally;
+///     CPU-bound or hung scripts throw <see cref="ScriptTimeoutException"/> instead of
+///     starving the engine. Caller-supplied cancellation tokens take precedence over the
+///     timeout so driver-shutdown paths see a clean cancel rather than a timeout.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class TimedScriptEvaluatorTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Fast_script_completes_under_timeout_and_returns_value()
+    {
+        var inner = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, double>.Compile(
+            """return (double)ctx.GetTag("In").Value + 1.0;""");
+        var timed = new TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, double>(
+            inner, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));
+
+        var ctx = new FakeScriptContext().Seed("In", 41.0);
+        var result = await timed.RunAsync(ctx, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        result.ShouldBe(42.0);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Script_longer_than_timeout_throws_ScriptTimeoutException()
+    {
+        // Scripts can't easily do Thread.Sleep in the sandbox (System.Threading.Thread
+        // is denied). But a tight CPU loop exceeds any short timeout.
+        var inner = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+            """
+            var end = Environment.TickCount64 + 5000;
+            while (Environment.TickCount64 < end) { }
+            return 1;
+            """);
+        var timed = new TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>(
+            inner, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(50));
+
+        var ex = await Should.ThrowAsync<ScriptTimeoutException>(async () =>
+            await timed.RunAsync(new FakeScriptContext(), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+        ex.Timeout.ShouldBe(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(50));
+        ex.Message.ShouldContain("50.0");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Caller_cancellation_takes_precedence_over_timeout()
+    {
+        // A CPU-bound script that would otherwise timeout; external ct fires first.
+        // Expected: OperationCanceledException (not ScriptTimeoutException) so shutdown
+        // paths aren't misclassified as timeouts.
+        var inner = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+            """
+            var end = Environment.TickCount64 + 10000;
+            while (Environment.TickCount64 < end) { }
+            return 1;
+            """);
+        var timed = new TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>(
+            inner, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(80));
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<OperationCanceledException>(async () =>
+            await timed.RunAsync(new FakeScriptContext(), cts.Token));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Default_timeout_is_250ms_per_plan()
+    {
+        TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.DefaultTimeout
+            .ShouldBe(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(250));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Zero_or_negative_timeout_is_rejected_at_construction()
+    {
+        var inner = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile("""return 1;""");
+        Should.Throw<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() =>
+            new TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>(inner, TimeSpan.Zero));
+        Should.Throw<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() =>
+            new TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>(inner, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(-1)));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Null_inner_is_rejected()
+    {
+        Should.Throw<ArgumentNullException>(() =>
+            new TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>(null!));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Null_context_is_rejected()
+    {
+        var inner = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile("""return 1;""");
+        var timed = new TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>(inner);
+        Should.ThrowAsync<ArgumentNullException>(async () =>
+            await timed.RunAsync(null!, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Script_exception_propagates_unwrapped()
+    {
+        // User-thrown exceptions must come through as-is — NOT wrapped in
+        // ScriptTimeoutException. The virtual-tag engine catches them per-tag and
+        // maps to BadInternalError; conflating with timeout would lose that info.
+        var inner = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+            """throw new InvalidOperationException("script boom");""");
+        var timed = new TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>(inner, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));
+
+        var ex = await Should.ThrowAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () =>
+            await timed.RunAsync(new FakeScriptContext(), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+        ex.Message.ShouldBe("script boom");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ScriptTimeoutException_message_points_at_diagnostic_path()
+    {
+        var inner = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+            """
+            var end = Environment.TickCount64 + 5000;
+            while (Environment.TickCount64 < end) { }
+            return 1;
+            """);
+        var timed = new TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>(
+            inner, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(30));
+
+        var ex = await Should.ThrowAsync<ScriptTimeoutException>(async () =>
+            await timed.RunAsync(new FakeScriptContext(), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+        ex.Message.ShouldContain("ctx.Logger");
+        ex.Message.ShouldContain("widening the timeout");
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests.csproj

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+        <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+        <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
+        <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
+        <RootNamespace>ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests</RootNamespace>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="xunit.v3" Version="1.1.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Shouldly" Version="4.3.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.12.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="3.0.2">
+            <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+            <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
+        </PackageReference>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.csproj"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <NuGetAuditSuppress Include="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-37gx-xxp4-5rgx"/>
+        <NuGetAuditSuppress Include="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3x6-4m5h-cxqf"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.Tests/DependencyGraphTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Verifies cycle detection + topological sort on the virtual-tag dependency
+///     graph. Publish-time correctness depends on these being right — a missed cycle
+///     would deadlock cascade evaluation; a wrong topological order would miscompute
+///     chained virtual tags.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class DependencyGraphTests
+{
+    private static IReadOnlySet<string> Set(params string[] items) =>
+        new HashSet<string>(items, StringComparer.Ordinal);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Empty_graph_produces_empty_sort_and_no_cycles()
+    {
+        var g = new DependencyGraph();
+        g.TopologicalSort().ShouldBeEmpty();
+        g.DetectCycles().ShouldBeEmpty();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Single_node_with_no_deps()
+    {
+        var g = new DependencyGraph();
+        g.Add("A", Set());
+        g.TopologicalSort().ShouldBe(new[] { "A" });
+        g.DetectCycles().ShouldBeEmpty();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Topological_order_places_dependencies_before_dependents()
+    {
+        var g = new DependencyGraph();
+        g.Add("B", Set("A"));       // B depends on A
+        g.Add("C", Set("B", "A"));  // C depends on B + A
+        g.Add("A", Set());          // A is a leaf
+
+        var order = g.TopologicalSort();
+        var idx = order.Select((x, i) => (x, i)).ToDictionary(p => p.x, p => p.i);
+        idx["A"].ShouldBeLessThan(idx["B"]);
+        idx["B"].ShouldBeLessThan(idx["C"]);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Self_loop_detected_as_cycle()
+    {
+        var g = new DependencyGraph();
+        g.Add("A", Set("A"));
+        var cycles = g.DetectCycles();
+        cycles.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        cycles[0].ShouldContain("A");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Two_node_cycle_detected()
+    {
+        var g = new DependencyGraph();
+        g.Add("A", Set("B"));
+        g.Add("B", Set("A"));
+        var cycles = g.DetectCycles();
+        cycles.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        cycles[0].Count.ShouldBe(2);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Three_node_cycle_detected()
+    {
+        var g = new DependencyGraph();
+        g.Add("A", Set("B"));
+        g.Add("B", Set("C"));
+        g.Add("C", Set("A"));
+        var cycles = g.DetectCycles();
+        cycles.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        cycles[0].Count.ShouldBe(3);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Multiple_disjoint_cycles_all_reported()
+    {
+        var g = new DependencyGraph();
+        // Cycle 1: A -> B -> A
+        g.Add("A", Set("B"));
+        g.Add("B", Set("A"));
+        // Cycle 2: X -> Y -> Z -> X
+        g.Add("X", Set("Y"));
+        g.Add("Y", Set("Z"));
+        g.Add("Z", Set("X"));
+        // Clean leaf: M
+        g.Add("M", Set());
+
+        var cycles = g.DetectCycles();
+        cycles.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Topological_sort_throws_DependencyCycleException_on_cycle()
+    {
+        var g = new DependencyGraph();
+        g.Add("A", Set("B"));
+        g.Add("B", Set("A"));
+        Should.Throw<DependencyCycleException>(() => g.TopologicalSort())
+            .Cycles.ShouldNotBeEmpty();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DirectDependents_returns_direct_only()
+    {
+        var g = new DependencyGraph();
+        g.Add("B", Set("A"));
+        g.Add("C", Set("B"));
+        g.DirectDependents("A").ShouldBe(new[] { "B" });
+        g.DirectDependents("B").ShouldBe(new[] { "C" });
+        g.DirectDependents("C").ShouldBeEmpty();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TransitiveDependentsInOrder_returns_topological_closure()
+    {
+        var g = new DependencyGraph();
+        g.Add("B", Set("A"));
+        g.Add("C", Set("B"));
+        g.Add("D", Set("C"));
+        var closure = g.TransitiveDependentsInOrder("A");
+        closure.ShouldBe(new[] { "B", "C", "D" });
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Readding_a_node_overwrites_prior_dependencies()
+    {
+        var g = new DependencyGraph();
+        g.Add("X", Set("A"));
+        g.DirectDependencies("X").ShouldBe(new[] { "A" });
+        // Re-add with different deps (simulates script edit + republish).
+        g.Add("X", Set("B", "C"));
+        g.DirectDependencies("X").OrderBy(s => s).ShouldBe(new[] { "B", "C" });
+        // A should no longer list X as a dependent.
+        g.DirectDependents("A").ShouldBeEmpty();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Leaf_dependencies_not_registered_as_nodes_are_treated_as_implicit()
+    {
+        // A is referenced but never Add'd as a node — it's an upstream driver tag.
+        var g = new DependencyGraph();
+        g.Add("B", Set("A"));
+        g.TopologicalSort().ShouldBe(new[] { "B" });
+        g.DirectDependents("A").ShouldBe(new[] { "B" });
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Deep_graph_no_stack_overflow()
+    {
+        // Iterative Tarjan's + Kahn's — 10k deep chain must complete without blowing the stack.
+        var g = new DependencyGraph();
+        for (var i = 1; i < 10_000; i++)
+            g.Add($"N{i}", Set($"N{i - 1}"));
+        var order = g.TopologicalSort();
+        order.Count.ShouldBe(9_999);
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.Tests/FakeUpstream.cs

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+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     In-memory <see cref="ITagUpstreamSource"/> for tests. Seed tag values via
+///     <see cref="Set"/>, push changes via <see cref="Push"/>. Tracks subscriptions so
+///     tests can assert the engine disposes them on reload / shutdown.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class FakeUpstream : ITagUpstreamSource
+{
+    private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, DataValueSnapshot> _values = new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+    private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, List<Action<string, DataValueSnapshot>>> _subs = new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+
+    public int ActiveSubscriptionCount { get; private set; }
+
+    public void Set(string path, object value, uint statusCode = 0u)
+    {
+        var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
+        _values[path] = new DataValueSnapshot(value, statusCode, now, now);
+    }
+
+    public void Push(string path, object value, uint statusCode = 0u)
+    {
+        Set(path, value, statusCode);
+        if (_subs.TryGetValue(path, out var list))
+        {
+            Action<string, DataValueSnapshot>[] snap;
+            lock (list) { snap = list.ToArray(); }
+            foreach (var obs in snap) obs(path, _values[path]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public DataValueSnapshot ReadTag(string path)
+        => _values.TryGetValue(path, out var v)
+            ? v
+            : new DataValueSnapshot(null, 0x80340000u, null, DateTime.UtcNow);
+
+    public IDisposable SubscribeTag(string path, Action<string, DataValueSnapshot> observer)
+    {
+        var list = _subs.GetOrAdd(path, _ => []);
+        lock (list) { list.Add(observer); }
+        ActiveSubscriptionCount++;
+        return new Unsub(this, path, observer);
+    }
+
+    private sealed class Unsub : IDisposable
+    {
+        private readonly FakeUpstream _up;
+        private readonly string _path;
+        private readonly Action<string, DataValueSnapshot> _observer;
+        public Unsub(FakeUpstream up, string path, Action<string, DataValueSnapshot> observer)
+        {
+            _up = up; _path = path; _observer = observer;
+        }
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            if (_up._subs.TryGetValue(_path, out var list))
+            {
+                lock (list)
+                {
+                    if (list.Remove(_observer))
+                        _up.ActiveSubscriptionCount--;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.Tests/TimerTriggerSchedulerTests.cs

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+using Serilog;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.Tests;
+
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class TimerTriggerSchedulerTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Timer_interval_causes_periodic_reevaluation()
+    {
+        var up = new FakeUpstream();
+        // Counter source — re-eval should pick up new value each tick.
+        var counter = 0;
+        var logger = new LoggerConfiguration().CreateLogger();
+
+        using var engine = new VirtualTagEngine(up,
+            new ScriptLoggerFactory(logger),
+            logger);
+
+        engine.Load([new VirtualTagDefinition(
+            "Counter", DriverDataType.Int32,
+            """return ctx.Now.Millisecond;""",  // changes on every evaluation
+            ChangeTriggered: false,
+            TimerInterval: TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100))]);
+
+        using var sched = new TimerTriggerScheduler(engine, logger);
+        sched.Start([new VirtualTagDefinition(
+            "Counter", DriverDataType.Int32,
+            """return ctx.Now.Millisecond;""",
+            ChangeTriggered: false,
+            TimerInterval: TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100))]);
+
+        // Watch the value change across ticks.
+        var snapshots = new List<object?>();
+        using var sub = engine.Subscribe("Counter", (_, v) => snapshots.Add(v.Value));
+
+        await Task.Delay(500);
+
+        snapshots.Count.ShouldBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo(3, "At least 3 ticks in 500ms at 100ms cadence");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Tags_without_TimerInterval_not_scheduled()
+    {
+        var up = new FakeUpstream();
+        var logger = new LoggerConfiguration().CreateLogger();
+        using var engine = new VirtualTagEngine(up,
+            new ScriptLoggerFactory(logger), logger);
+        engine.Load([new VirtualTagDefinition(
+            "NoTimer", DriverDataType.Int32, """return 1;""")]);
+
+        using var sched = new TimerTriggerScheduler(engine, logger);
+        sched.Start([new VirtualTagDefinition(
+            "NoTimer", DriverDataType.Int32, """return 1;""")]);
+
+        var events = new List<int>();
+        using var sub = engine.Subscribe("NoTimer", (_, v) => events.Add((int)(v.Value ?? 0)));
+
+        await Task.Delay(300);
+        events.Count.ShouldBe(0, "No TimerInterval = no timer ticks");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Start_groups_tags_by_interval_into_shared_timers()
+    {
+        // Smoke test — Start on a definition list with two distinct intervals must not
+        // throw. Group count matches unique intervals.
+        var up = new FakeUpstream();
+        var logger = new LoggerConfiguration().CreateLogger();
+        using var engine = new VirtualTagEngine(up,
+            new ScriptLoggerFactory(logger), logger);
+        engine.Load([
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("Fast", DriverDataType.Int32, """return 1;""",
+                TimerInterval: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1)),
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("Slow", DriverDataType.Int32, """return 2;""",
+                TimerInterval: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5)),
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("AlsoFast", DriverDataType.Int32, """return 3;""",
+                TimerInterval: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1)),
+        ]);
+
+        using var sched = new TimerTriggerScheduler(engine, logger);
+        Should.NotThrow(() => sched.Start(new[]
+        {
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("Fast", DriverDataType.Int32, """return 1;""", TimerInterval: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1)),
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("Slow", DriverDataType.Int32, """return 2;""", TimerInterval: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5)),
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("AlsoFast", DriverDataType.Int32, """return 3;""", TimerInterval: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1)),
+        }));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Disposed_scheduler_stops_firing()
+    {
+        var up = new FakeUpstream();
+        var logger = new LoggerConfiguration().CreateLogger();
+        using var engine = new VirtualTagEngine(up,
+            new ScriptLoggerFactory(logger), logger);
+        engine.Load([new VirtualTagDefinition(
+            "T", DriverDataType.Int32, """return 1;""",
+            TimerInterval: TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(50))]);
+
+        var sched = new TimerTriggerScheduler(engine, logger);
+        sched.Start([new VirtualTagDefinition(
+            "T", DriverDataType.Int32, """return 1;""",
+            TimerInterval: TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(50))]);
+        sched.Dispose();
+
+        // After dispose, second Start throws ObjectDisposedException.
+        Should.Throw<ObjectDisposedException>(() =>
+            sched.Start([new VirtualTagDefinition(
+                "T", DriverDataType.Int32, """return 1;""",
+                TimerInterval: TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(50))]));
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.Tests/VirtualTagEngineTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+using Serilog;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     End-to-end VirtualTagEngine behavior: load config, subscribe to upstream,
+///     evaluate on change, cascade through dependent virtual tags, timer-driven
+///     re-evaluation, error isolation, historize flag, cycle rejection.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class VirtualTagEngineTests
+{
+    private static VirtualTagEngine Build(
+        FakeUpstream upstream,
+        IHistoryWriter? history = null,
+        TimeSpan? scriptTimeout = null,
+        Func<DateTime>? clock = null)
+    {
+        var rootLogger = new LoggerConfiguration().CreateLogger();
+        return new VirtualTagEngine(
+            upstream,
+            new ScriptLoggerFactory(rootLogger),
+            rootLogger,
+            history,
+            clock,
+            scriptTimeout);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Simple_script_reads_upstream_and_returns_coerced_value()
+    {
+        var up = new FakeUpstream();
+        up.Set("InTag", 10.0);
+        using var engine = Build(up);
+
+        engine.Load([new VirtualTagDefinition(
+            Path: "LineRate",
+            DataType: DriverDataType.Float64,
+            ScriptSource: """return (double)ctx.GetTag("InTag").Value * 2.0;""")]);
+
+        await engine.EvaluateAllAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var result = engine.Read("LineRate");
+        result.StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        result.Value.ShouldBe(20.0);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Upstream_change_triggers_cascade_through_two_levels()
+    {
+        var up = new FakeUpstream();
+        up.Set("A", 1.0);
+        using var engine = Build(up);
+
+        engine.Load([
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("B", DriverDataType.Float64,
+                """return (double)ctx.GetTag("A").Value + 10.0;"""),
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("C", DriverDataType.Float64,
+                """return (double)ctx.GetTag("B").Value * 2.0;"""),
+        ]);
+
+        await engine.EvaluateAllAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        engine.Read("B").Value.ShouldBe(11.0);
+        engine.Read("C").Value.ShouldBe(22.0);
+
+        // Change upstream — cascade should recompute B (11→15.0) then C (30.0)
+        up.Push("A", 5.0);
+        await WaitForConditionAsync(() => Equals(engine.Read("B").Value, 15.0));
+        engine.Read("B").Value.ShouldBe(15.0);
+        engine.Read("C").Value.ShouldBe(30.0);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Cycle_in_virtual_tags_rejected_at_Load()
+    {
+        var up = new FakeUpstream();
+        using var engine = Build(up);
+
+        Should.Throw<DependencyCycleException>(() => engine.Load([
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("A", DriverDataType.Int32, """return (int)ctx.GetTag("B").Value + 1;"""),
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("B", DriverDataType.Int32, """return (int)ctx.GetTag("A").Value + 1;"""),
+        ]));
+        await Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Script_compile_error_surfaces_at_Load_with_all_failures()
+    {
+        var up = new FakeUpstream();
+        using var engine = Build(up);
+
+        var ex = Should.Throw<InvalidOperationException>(() => engine.Load([
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("A", DriverDataType.Int32, """return undefinedIdentifier;"""),
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("B", DriverDataType.Int32, """return 42;"""),
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("C", DriverDataType.Int32, """var x = anotherUndefined; return x;"""),
+        ]));
+        ex.Message.ShouldContain("2 script(s) did not compile");
+        ex.Message.ShouldContain("A");
+        ex.Message.ShouldContain("C");
+        await Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Script_runtime_exception_isolates_to_owning_tag()
+    {
+        var up = new FakeUpstream();
+        up.Set("OK", 10);
+        using var engine = Build(up);
+
+        engine.Load([
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("GoodTag", DriverDataType.Int32,
+                """return (int)ctx.GetTag("OK").Value * 2;"""),
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("BadTag", DriverDataType.Int32,
+                """throw new InvalidOperationException("boom");"""),
+        ]);
+        await engine.EvaluateAllAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        engine.Read("GoodTag").StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        engine.Read("GoodTag").Value.ShouldBe(20);
+        engine.Read("BadTag").StatusCode.ShouldBe(0x80020000u, "BadInternalError for thrown script");
+        engine.Read("BadTag").Value.ShouldBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Timeout_maps_to_BadInternalError_without_killing_the_engine()
+    {
+        var up = new FakeUpstream();
+        using var engine = Build(up, scriptTimeout: TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(30));
+
+        engine.Load([
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("Hang", DriverDataType.Int32, """
+                var end = Environment.TickCount64 + 5000;
+                while (Environment.TickCount64 < end) { }
+                return 1;
+                """),
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("Ok", DriverDataType.Int32, """return 42;"""),
+        ]);
+
+        await engine.EvaluateAllAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        engine.Read("Hang").StatusCode.ShouldBe(0x80020000u);
+        engine.Read("Ok").Value.ShouldBe(42);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Subscribers_receive_engine_emitted_changes()
+    {
+        var up = new FakeUpstream();
+        up.Set("In", 1);
+        using var engine = Build(up);
+
+        engine.Load([new VirtualTagDefinition(
+            "Out", DriverDataType.Int32, """return (int)ctx.GetTag("In").Value + 100;""")]);
+        await engine.EvaluateAllAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var received = new List<DataValueSnapshot>();
+        using var sub = engine.Subscribe("Out", (p, v) => received.Add(v));
+
+        up.Push("In", 5);
+        await WaitForConditionAsync(() => received.Count >= 1);
+
+        received[^1].Value.ShouldBe(105);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Historize_flag_routes_to_history_writer()
+    {
+        var recorded = new List<(string, DataValueSnapshot)>();
+        var history = new TestHistory(recorded);
+        var up = new FakeUpstream();
+        up.Set("In", 1);
+        using var engine = Build(up, history);
+
+        engine.Load([
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("H", DriverDataType.Int32,
+                """return (int)ctx.GetTag("In").Value + 1;""", Historize: true),
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("NoH", DriverDataType.Int32,
+                """return (int)ctx.GetTag("In").Value - 1;""", Historize: false),
+        ]);
+        await engine.EvaluateAllAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        recorded.Select(p => p.Item1).ShouldContain("H");
+        recorded.Select(p => p.Item1).ShouldNotContain("NoH");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Change_driven_false_ignores_upstream_push()
+    {
+        var up = new FakeUpstream();
+        up.Set("In", 1);
+        using var engine = Build(up);
+        engine.Load([new VirtualTagDefinition(
+            "Manual", DriverDataType.Int32,
+            """return (int)ctx.GetTag("In").Value * 10;""",
+            ChangeTriggered: false)]);
+
+        // Initial eval seeds the value.
+        await engine.EvaluateAllAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        engine.Read("Manual").Value.ShouldBe(10);
+
+        // Upstream change fires but change-driven is off — no recompute.
+        up.Push("In", 99);
+        await Task.Delay(100);
+        engine.Read("Manual").Value.ShouldBe(10, "change-driven=false ignores upstream deltas");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Reload_replaces_existing_tags_and_resubscribes_cleanly()
+    {
+        var up = new FakeUpstream();
+        up.Set("A", 1);
+        up.Set("B", 2);
+        using var engine = Build(up);
+
+        engine.Load([new VirtualTagDefinition(
+            "T", DriverDataType.Int32, """return (int)ctx.GetTag("A").Value * 2;""")]);
+        await engine.EvaluateAllAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        engine.Read("T").Value.ShouldBe(2);
+        up.ActiveSubscriptionCount.ShouldBe(1);
+
+        // Reload — T now depends on B instead of A.
+        engine.Load([new VirtualTagDefinition(
+            "T", DriverDataType.Int32, """return (int)ctx.GetTag("B").Value * 3;""")]);
+        await engine.EvaluateAllAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        engine.Read("T").Value.ShouldBe(6);
+        up.ActiveSubscriptionCount.ShouldBe(1, "previous subscription on A must be disposed");
+        await Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Dispose_releases_upstream_subscriptions()
+    {
+        var up = new FakeUpstream();
+        up.Set("A", 1);
+        var engine = Build(up);
+        engine.Load([new VirtualTagDefinition(
+            "T", DriverDataType.Int32, """return (int)ctx.GetTag("A").Value;""")]);
+        up.ActiveSubscriptionCount.ShouldBe(1);
+
+        engine.Dispose();
+        up.ActiveSubscriptionCount.ShouldBe(0);
+        await Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SetVirtualTag_within_script_updates_target_and_triggers_observers()
+    {
+        var up = new FakeUpstream();
+        up.Set("In", 5);
+        using var engine = Build(up);
+
+        engine.Load([
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("Target", DriverDataType.Int32,
+                """return 0;""", ChangeTriggered: false),  // placeholder value, operator-written via SetVirtualTag
+            new VirtualTagDefinition("Driver", DriverDataType.Int32,
+                """
+                var v = (int)ctx.GetTag("In").Value;
+                ctx.SetVirtualTag("Target", v * 100);
+                return v;
+                """),
+        ]);
+        await engine.EvaluateAllAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        engine.Read("Target").Value.ShouldBe(500);
+        engine.Read("Driver").Value.ShouldBe(5);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Type_coercion_from_script_double_to_config_int32()
+    {
+        var up = new FakeUpstream();
+        up.Set("In", 3.7);
+        using var engine = Build(up);
+
+        engine.Load([new VirtualTagDefinition(
+            "Rounded", DriverDataType.Int32,
+            """return (double)ctx.GetTag("In").Value;""")]);
+        await engine.EvaluateAllAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        engine.Read("Rounded").Value.ShouldBe(4, "Convert.ToInt32 rounds 3.7 to 4");
+    }
+
+    private static async Task WaitForConditionAsync(Func<bool> cond, int timeoutMs = 2000)
+    {
+        var deadline = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMilliseconds(timeoutMs);
+        while (DateTime.UtcNow < deadline)
+        {
+            if (cond()) return;
+            await Task.Delay(25);
+        }
+        throw new TimeoutException("Condition did not become true in time");
+    }
+
+    private sealed class TestHistory : IHistoryWriter
+    {
+        private readonly List<(string, DataValueSnapshot)> _buf;
+        public TestHistory(List<(string, DataValueSnapshot)> buf) => _buf = buf;
+        public void Record(string path, DataValueSnapshot value)
+        {
+            lock (_buf) { _buf.Add((path, value)); }
+        }
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.Tests/VirtualTagSourceTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+using Serilog;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Verifies the IReadable + ISubscribable adapter that DriverNodeManager dispatches
+///     to for NodeSource.Virtual per ADR-002. Key contract: OPC UA clients see virtual
+///     tags via the same capability interfaces as driver tags, so dispatch stays
+///     source-agnostic.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class VirtualTagSourceTests
+{
+    private static (VirtualTagEngine engine, VirtualTagSource source, FakeUpstream up) Build()
+    {
+        var up = new FakeUpstream();
+        up.Set("In", 10);
+        var logger = new LoggerConfiguration().CreateLogger();
+        var engine = new VirtualTagEngine(up, new ScriptLoggerFactory(logger), logger);
+        engine.Load([new VirtualTagDefinition(
+            "Out", DriverDataType.Int32, """return (int)ctx.GetTag("In").Value * 2;""")]);
+        return (engine, new VirtualTagSource(engine), up);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ReadAsync_returns_engine_cached_values()
+    {
+        var (engine, source, _) = Build();
+        await engine.EvaluateAllAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var results = await source.ReadAsync(["Out"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        results.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        results[0].Value.ShouldBe(20);
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        engine.Dispose();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ReadAsync_unknown_path_returns_Bad_quality()
+    {
+        var (engine, source, _) = Build();
+        var results = await source.ReadAsync(["NoSuchTag"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0x80340000u);
+        engine.Dispose();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SubscribeAsync_fires_initial_data_callback()
+    {
+        var (engine, source, _) = Build();
+        await engine.EvaluateAllAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var events = new List<DataChangeEventArgs>();
+        source.OnDataChange += (_, e) => events.Add(e);
+
+        var handle = await source.SubscribeAsync(["Out"], TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100),
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        handle.ShouldNotBeNull();
+
+        // Per OPC UA convention, initial-data callback fires on subscribe.
+        events.Count.ShouldBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo(1);
+        events[0].FullReference.ShouldBe("Out");
+        events[0].Snapshot.Value.ShouldBe(20);
+
+        await source.UnsubscribeAsync(handle, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        engine.Dispose();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SubscribeAsync_fires_on_upstream_change_via_engine_cascade()
+    {
+        var (engine, source, up) = Build();
+        await engine.EvaluateAllAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var events = new List<DataChangeEventArgs>();
+        source.OnDataChange += (_, e) => events.Add(e);
+        var handle = await source.SubscribeAsync(["Out"], TimeSpan.Zero,
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var initialCount = events.Count;
+        up.Push("In", 50);
+
+        // Wait for the cascade.
+        var deadline = DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(2);
+        while (DateTime.UtcNow < deadline && events.Count <= initialCount) await Task.Delay(25);
+
+        events.Count.ShouldBeGreaterThan(initialCount);
+        events[^1].Snapshot.Value.ShouldBe(100);
+
+        await source.UnsubscribeAsync(handle, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        engine.Dispose();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task UnsubscribeAsync_stops_further_events()
+    {
+        var (engine, source, up) = Build();
+        await engine.EvaluateAllAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var events = new List<DataChangeEventArgs>();
+        source.OnDataChange += (_, e) => events.Add(e);
+        var handle = await source.SubscribeAsync(["Out"], TimeSpan.Zero,
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        await source.UnsubscribeAsync(handle, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        var countAfterUnsub = events.Count;
+
+        up.Push("In", 99);
+        await Task.Delay(200);
+
+        events.Count.ShouldBe(countAfterUnsub, "Unsubscribe must stop OnDataChange emissions");
+        engine.Dispose();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Null_arguments_rejected()
+    {
+        var (engine, source, _) = Build();
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<ArgumentNullException>(async () =>
+            await source.ReadAsync(null!, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<ArgumentNullException>(async () =>
+            await source.SubscribeAsync(null!, TimeSpan.Zero, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<ArgumentNullException>(async () =>
+            await source.UnsubscribeAsync(null!, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+        engine.Dispose();
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.Tests.csproj

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+        <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+        <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
+        <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
+        <RootNamespace>ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.Tests</RootNamespace>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="xunit.v3" Version="1.1.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Shouldly" Version="4.3.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.12.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="3.0.2">
+            <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+            <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
+        </PackageReference>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags.csproj"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <NuGetAuditSuppress Include="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-37gx-xxp4-5rgx"/>
+        <NuGetAuditSuppress Include="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3x6-4m5h-cxqf"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Docker/Dockerfile

@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir "pymodbus[simulator]==3.13.0"
 WORKDIR /fixtures
 COPY profiles/ /fixtures/
 
+# Standalone exception-injection server (pure Python stdlib — no pymodbus
+# dependency). Speaks raw Modbus/TCP and emits arbitrary exception codes
+# per rules in exception_injection.json. Drives the `exception_injection`
+# compose profile. See Docker/README.md §exception injection.
+COPY exception_injector.py /fixtures/
+
 EXPOSE 5020
 
 # Default to the standard profile; docker-compose.yml overrides per service.

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Docker/README.md

@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ nothing else.
 
 | File | Purpose |
 |---|---|
-| [`Dockerfile`](Dockerfile) | `python:3.12-slim-bookworm` + `pymodbus[simulator]==3.13.0` + the four profile JSONs |
-| [`docker-compose.yml`](docker-compose.yml) | One service per profile (`standard` / `dl205` / `mitsubishi` / `s7_1500`); all bind `:5020` so only one runs at a time |
+| [`Dockerfile`](Dockerfile) | `python:3.12-slim-bookworm` + `pymodbus[simulator]==3.13.0` + every profile JSON + `exception_injector.py` |
+| [`docker-compose.yml`](docker-compose.yml) | One service per profile (`standard` / `dl205` / `mitsubishi` / `s7_1500` / `exception_injection`); all bind `:5020` so only one runs at a time |
 | [`profiles/*.json`](profiles/) | Same seed-register definitions the native launcher uses — canonical source |
+| [`exception_injector.py`](exception_injector.py) | Pure-stdlib Modbus/TCP server that emits arbitrary exception codes per rule — used by the `exception_injection` profile |
 
 ## Run
 
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ docker compose -f tests\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests\Docker\
 
 # Siemens S7-1500 MB_SERVER quirks
 docker compose -f tests\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests\Docker\docker-compose.yml --profile s7_1500 up
+
+# Exception-injection — end-to-end coverage of every Modbus exception code
+# (01/02/03/04/05/06/0A/0B), not just the 02 + 03 pymodbus emits naturally
+docker compose -f tests\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests\Docker\docker-compose.yml --profile exception_injection up
 ```
 
 Detached + stop:
@@ -61,6 +66,36 @@ dotnet test tests\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests
 records a `SkipReason` when unreachable, so tests stay green on a fresh
 clone without Docker running.
 
+## Exception injection
+
+pymodbus's simulator naturally emits only Modbus exception codes `0x02`
+(Illegal Data Address, on reads outside its configured ranges) and
+`0x03` (Illegal Data Value, on over-length requests). The driver's
+`MapModbusExceptionToStatus` table translates eight codes: `0x01`,
+`0x02`, `0x03`, `0x04`, `0x05`, `0x06`, `0x0A`, `0x0B`. Unit tests
+lock the translation function; the integration side previously only
+proved the wire-to-status path for `0x02`.
+
+The `exception_injection` profile runs
+[`exception_injector.py`](exception_injector.py) — a tiny standalone
+Modbus/TCP server written against the Python stdlib (zero
+dependencies outside what's in the base image). It speaks the wire
+protocol directly (FC 01/02/03/04/05/06/15/16) and looks up each
+incoming `(fc, address)` against the rules in
+[`profiles/exception_injection.json`](profiles/exception_injection.json);
+a matching rule makes the server reply with
+`[fc | 0x80, exception_code]` instead of the normal response.
+
+Current rules (see the JSON file for the canonical list):
+
+- `FC03 @1000..1007` — one per exception code (`0x01`/`0x02`/`0x03`/`0x04`/`0x05`/`0x06`/`0x0A`/`0x0B`)
+- `FC06 @2000..2001` — `0x04` Server Failure, `0x06` Server Busy (write-path coverage)
+- `FC16 @3000` — `0x04` Server Failure (multi-register write path)
+
+Adding more coverage is append-only: drop a new `{fc, address,
+exception, description}` entry into the JSON, restart the service,
+add an `[InlineData]` row in `ExceptionInjectionTests`.
+
 ## References
 
 - [`docs/drivers/Modbus-Test-Fixture.md`](../../../docs/drivers/Modbus-Test-Fixture.md) — coverage map + gap inventory

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Docker/docker-compose.yml

@@ -77,3 +77,24 @@ services:
       "--modbus_device",  "dev",
       "--json_file",      "/fixtures/s7_1500.json"
     ]
+
+  # Exception-injection profile. Runs the standalone pure-stdlib Modbus/TCP
+  # server shipped as exception_injector.py instead of the pymodbus
+  # simulator — pymodbus naturally emits only exception codes 02 + 03, and
+  # this profile extends integration coverage to the other codes the
+  # driver's MapModbusExceptionToStatus table handles (01, 04, 05, 06,
+  # 0A, 0B). Rules are driven by exception_injection.json.
+  exception_injection:
+    profiles: ["exception_injection"]
+    image: otopcua-pymodbus:3.13.0
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: otopcua-modbus-exception-injector
+    restart: "no"
+    ports:
+      - "5020:5020"
+    command: [
+      "python", "/fixtures/exception_injector.py",
+      "--config", "/fixtures/exception_injection.json"
+    ]

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Docker/exception_injector.py

@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Minimal Modbus/TCP server that supports per-address + per-function-code
+exception injection — the missing piece of the pymodbus simulator, which
+only naturally emits exception code 02 (Illegal Data Address) via its
+"invalid" list and 03 (Illegal Data Value) via spec-enforced length caps.
+
+Integration tests against this fixture drive the driver's
+`MapModbusExceptionToStatus` end-to-end over the wire for codes 01, 04,
+05, 06, 0A, 0B — the ones the pymodbus simulator can't be configured to
+return.
+
+Wire protocol — straight Modbus/TCP (spec chapter 7.1):
+
+    MBAP header (7 bytes): [tx_id:u16 BE][proto=0:u16][length:u16][unit_id:u8]
+    then length-1 bytes of PDU. Length covers unit_id + PDU.
+
+Supported function codes (enough for the driver's RMW + read paths):
+    01 Read Coils, 02 Read Discrete Inputs,
+    03 Read Holding Registers, 04 Read Input Registers,
+    05 Write Single Coil, 06 Write Single Register,
+    15 Write Multiple Coils, 16 Write Multiple Registers.
+
+Config JSON schema (see exception_injection.json):
+
+    {
+      "listen": { "host": "0.0.0.0", "port": 5020 },
+      "seeds":  { "hr": { "<addr>": <uint16>, ... },
+                  "ir": { "<addr>": <uint16>, ... },
+                  "co": { "<addr>": <0|1>,    ... },
+                  "di": { "<addr>": <0|1>,    ... } },
+      "rules":  [ { "fc": <int>, "address": <int>, "exception": <int>,
+                    "description": "..." }, ... ]
+    }
+
+Rules match on (fc, starting address). A matching rule wins and the server
+responds with the PDU `[fc | 0x80, exception_code]`.
+
+Zero runtime dependencies outside the Python stdlib so the Docker image
+stays tiny.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import asyncio
+import json
+import logging
+import struct
+import sys
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger("exception_injector")
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Rule:
+    fc: int
+    address: int
+    exception: int
+    description: str = ""
+
+
+class Store:
+    """In-memory data store backing non-injected reads + writes."""
+
+    def __init__(self, seeds: dict[str, dict[str, int]]) -> None:
+        self.hr: dict[int, int] = {int(k): int(v) for k, v in seeds.get("hr", {}).items()}
+        self.ir: dict[int, int] = {int(k): int(v) for k, v in seeds.get("ir", {}).items()}
+        self.co: dict[int, int] = {int(k): int(v) for k, v in seeds.get("co", {}).items()}
+        self.di: dict[int, int] = {int(k): int(v) for k, v in seeds.get("di", {}).items()}
+
+    def read_bits(self, table: dict[int, int], addr: int, count: int) -> bytes:
+        """Pack `count` bits LSB-first into the Modbus bit response body."""
+        bits = [table.get(addr + i, 0) & 1 for i in range(count)]
+        out = bytearray((count + 7) // 8)
+        for i, b in enumerate(bits):
+            if b:
+                out[i // 8] |= 1 << (i % 8)
+        return bytes(out)
+
+    def read_regs(self, table: dict[int, int], addr: int, count: int) -> bytes:
+        """Pack `count` uint16 BE into the Modbus register response body."""
+        return b"".join(struct.pack(">H", table.get(addr + i, 0) & 0xFFFF) for i in range(count))
+
+
+class Server:
+    EXC_ILLEGAL_FUNCTION = 0x01
+    EXC_ILLEGAL_DATA_ADDRESS = 0x02
+    EXC_ILLEGAL_DATA_VALUE = 0x03
+
+    def __init__(self, store: Store, rules: list[Rule]) -> None:
+        self._store = store
+        # Index rules by (fc, address) for O(1) lookup.
+        self._rules: dict[tuple[int, int], Rule] = {(r.fc, r.address): r for r in rules}
+
+    def lookup_rule(self, fc: int, address: int) -> Rule | None:
+        return self._rules.get((fc, address))
+
+    def exception_pdu(self, fc: int, code: int) -> bytes:
+        return bytes([fc | 0x80, code & 0xFF])
+
+    def handle_pdu(self, pdu: bytes) -> bytes:
+        if not pdu:
+            return self.exception_pdu(0, self.EXC_ILLEGAL_FUNCTION)
+
+        fc = pdu[0]
+
+        # Reads: FC 01/02/03/04 — [fc u8][addr u16][quantity u16]
+        if fc in (0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04):
+            if len(pdu) != 5:
+                return self.exception_pdu(fc, self.EXC_ILLEGAL_DATA_VALUE)
+            addr, count = struct.unpack(">HH", pdu[1:5])
+
+            rule = self.lookup_rule(fc, addr)
+            if rule is not None:
+                log.info("inject fc=%d addr=%d -> exception 0x%02X (%s)",
+                         fc, addr, rule.exception, rule.description)
+                return self.exception_pdu(fc, rule.exception)
+
+            # Spec caps — FC01/02 allow 1..2000 bits; FC03/04 allow 1..125 regs.
+            if fc in (0x01, 0x02):
+                if not 1 <= count <= 2000:
+                    return self.exception_pdu(fc, self.EXC_ILLEGAL_DATA_VALUE)
+                body = self._store.read_bits(
+                    self._store.co if fc == 0x01 else self._store.di, addr, count)
+                return bytes([fc, len(body)]) + body
+
+            if not 1 <= count <= 125:
+                return self.exception_pdu(fc, self.EXC_ILLEGAL_DATA_VALUE)
+            body = self._store.read_regs(
+                self._store.hr if fc == 0x03 else self._store.ir, addr, count)
+            return bytes([fc, len(body)]) + body
+
+        # FC05 — [fc u8][addr u16][value u16] where value is 0xFF00=ON or 0x0000=OFF.
+        if fc == 0x05:
+            if len(pdu) != 5:
+                return self.exception_pdu(fc, self.EXC_ILLEGAL_DATA_VALUE)
+            addr, value = struct.unpack(">HH", pdu[1:5])
+            rule = self.lookup_rule(fc, addr)
+            if rule is not None:
+                return self.exception_pdu(fc, rule.exception)
+            if value == 0xFF00:
+                self._store.co[addr] = 1
+            elif value == 0x0000:
+                self._store.co[addr] = 0
+            else:
+                return self.exception_pdu(fc, self.EXC_ILLEGAL_DATA_VALUE)
+            return pdu  # FC05 echoes the request on success.
+
+        # FC06 — [fc u8][addr u16][value u16].
+        if fc == 0x06:
+            if len(pdu) != 5:
+                return self.exception_pdu(fc, self.EXC_ILLEGAL_DATA_VALUE)
+            addr, value = struct.unpack(">HH", pdu[1:5])
+            rule = self.lookup_rule(fc, addr)
+            if rule is not None:
+                return self.exception_pdu(fc, rule.exception)
+            self._store.hr[addr] = value
+            return pdu  # FC06 echoes on success.
+
+        # FC15 — [fc u8][addr u16][count u16][byte_count u8][values...]
+        if fc == 0x0F:
+            if len(pdu) < 6:
+                return self.exception_pdu(fc, self.EXC_ILLEGAL_DATA_VALUE)
+            addr, count = struct.unpack(">HH", pdu[1:5])
+            rule = self.lookup_rule(fc, addr)
+            if rule is not None:
+                return self.exception_pdu(fc, rule.exception)
+            # Happy-path ignore-the-data, ack with standard response.
+            return struct.pack(">BHH", fc, addr, count)
+
+        # FC16 — [fc u8][addr u16][count u16][byte_count u8][u16 values...]
+        if fc == 0x10:
+            if len(pdu) < 6:
+                return self.exception_pdu(fc, self.EXC_ILLEGAL_DATA_VALUE)
+            addr, count = struct.unpack(">HH", pdu[1:5])
+            rule = self.lookup_rule(fc, addr)
+            if rule is not None:
+                return self.exception_pdu(fc, rule.exception)
+            byte_count = pdu[5]
+            data = pdu[6:6 + byte_count]
+            for i in range(count):
+                self._store.hr[addr + i] = struct.unpack(">H", data[i * 2:i * 2 + 2])[0]
+            return struct.pack(">BHH", fc, addr, count)
+
+        return self.exception_pdu(fc, self.EXC_ILLEGAL_FUNCTION)
+
+    async def handle_connection(self, reader: asyncio.StreamReader, writer: asyncio.StreamWriter) -> None:
+        peer = writer.get_extra_info("peername")
+        log.info("client connected from %s", peer)
+        try:
+            while True:
+                hdr = await reader.readexactly(7)
+                tx_id, proto, length, unit_id = struct.unpack(">HHHB", hdr)
+                if length < 1:
+                    return
+                pdu = await reader.readexactly(length - 1)
+
+                resp = self.handle_pdu(pdu)
+                out = struct.pack(">HHHB", tx_id, proto, len(resp) + 1, unit_id) + resp
+                writer.write(out)
+                await writer.drain()
+        except asyncio.IncompleteReadError:
+            log.info("client %s disconnected", peer)
+        except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+            log.exception("unexpected error serving %s", peer)
+        finally:
+            try:
+                writer.close()
+                await writer.wait_closed()
+            except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+                pass
+
+
+def load_config(path: str) -> tuple[Store, list[Rule], str, int]:
+    with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+        raw = json.load(fh)
+    listen = raw.get("listen", {})
+    host = listen.get("host", "0.0.0.0")
+    port = int(listen.get("port", 5020))
+    store = Store(raw.get("seeds", {}))
+    rules = [
+        Rule(
+            fc=int(r["fc"]),
+            address=int(r["address"]),
+            exception=int(r["exception"]),
+            description=str(r.get("description", "")),
+        )
+        for r in raw.get("rules", [])
+    ]
+    return store, rules, host, port
+
+
+async def main(argv: list[str]) -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument("--config", required=True, help="Path to exception-injection JSON config.")
+    args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO,
+                        format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s - %(message)s")
+
+    store, rules, host, port = load_config(args.config)
+    server = Server(store, rules)
+    listener = await asyncio.start_server(server.handle_connection, host, port)
+
+    log.info("exception-injector listening on %s:%d with %d rule(s)", host, port, len(rules))
+    for r in rules:
+        log.info("  rule: fc=%d addr=%d -> exception 0x%02X (%s)",
+                 r.fc, r.address, r.exception, r.description)
+
+    async with listener:
+        await listener.serve_forever()
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        sys.exit(asyncio.run(main(sys.argv[1:])))
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        sys.exit(0)

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Docker/profiles/exception_injection.json

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  "_comment": "Modbus exception-injection profile — feeds exception_injector.py (not pymodbus). Rules match by (fc, address). HR[0-31] are address-as-value for the happy-path reads; HR[1000..1010] + coils[2000..2010] carry per-exception-code rules. Every code in the driver's MapModbusExceptionToStatus table that pymodbus can't naturally emit has a dedicated slot. See Docker/README.md §exception injection.",
+
+  "listen": { "host": "0.0.0.0", "port": 5020 },
+
+  "seeds": {
+    "hr": {
+      "0":  0, "1":  1, "2":  2, "3":  3,
+      "4":  4, "5":  5, "6":  6, "7":  7,
+      "8":  8, "9":  9, "10": 10, "11": 11,
+      "12": 12, "13": 13, "14": 14, "15": 15,
+      "16": 16, "17": 17, "18": 18, "19": 19,
+      "20": 20, "21": 21, "22": 22, "23": 23,
+      "24": 24, "25": 25, "26": 26, "27": 27,
+      "28": 28, "29": 29, "30": 30, "31": 31
+    }
+  },
+
+  "rules": [
+    { "fc": 3,  "address": 1000, "exception": 1,  "description": "FC03 @1000 -> Illegal Function (0x01)" },
+    { "fc": 3,  "address": 1001, "exception": 2,  "description": "FC03 @1001 -> Illegal Data Address (0x02)" },
+    { "fc": 3,  "address": 1002, "exception": 3,  "description": "FC03 @1002 -> Illegal Data Value (0x03)" },
+    { "fc": 3,  "address": 1003, "exception": 4,  "description": "FC03 @1003 -> Server Failure (0x04)" },
+    { "fc": 3,  "address": 1004, "exception": 5,  "description": "FC03 @1004 -> Acknowledge (0x05)" },
+    { "fc": 3,  "address": 1005, "exception": 6,  "description": "FC03 @1005 -> Server Busy (0x06)" },
+    { "fc": 3,  "address": 1006, "exception": 10, "description": "FC03 @1006 -> Gateway Path Unavailable (0x0A)" },
+    { "fc": 3,  "address": 1007, "exception": 11, "description": "FC03 @1007 -> Gateway Target No Response (0x0B)" },
+
+    { "fc": 6,  "address": 2000, "exception": 4,  "description": "FC06 @2000 -> Server Failure (0x04, e.g. CPU in PROGRAM mode)" },
+    { "fc": 6,  "address": 2001, "exception": 6,  "description": "FC06 @2001 -> Server Busy (0x06)" },
+
+    { "fc": 16, "address": 3000, "exception": 4,  "description": "FC16 @3000 -> Server Failure (0x04)" }
+  ]
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/ExceptionInjectionTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     End-to-end verification that the driver's <c>MapModbusExceptionToStatus</c>
+///     translation is wire-correct for every exception code in the mapping table —
+///     not just 0x02, which is the only code the pymodbus simulator naturally emits.
+///     Drives the standalone <c>exception_injector.py</c> server (<c>exception_injection</c>
+///     compose profile) at each of the rule addresses in
+///     <c>Docker/profiles/exception_injection.json</c> and asserts the driver surfaces
+///     the expected OPC UA StatusCode.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     Why integration coverage on top of the unit tests: the unit tests prove the
+///     translation function is correct; these prove the driver wires it through on
+///     the read + write paths unchanged, after the MBAP header + PDU round-trip
+///     (where a subtle framing bug could swallow or misclassify the exception).
+/// </remarks>
+[Collection(ModbusSimulatorCollection.Name)]
+[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
+[Trait("Device", "ExceptionInjection")]
+public sealed class ExceptionInjectionTests(ModbusSimulatorFixture sim)
+{
+    private const uint StatusGood = 0u;
+    private const uint StatusBadOutOfRange = 0x803C0000u;
+    private const uint StatusBadNotSupported = 0x803D0000u;
+    private const uint StatusBadDeviceFailure = 0x80550000u;
+    private const uint StatusBadCommunicationError = 0x80050000u;
+
+    private void SkipUnlessInjectorLive()
+    {
+        if (sim.SkipReason is not null) Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason);
+        var profile = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE");
+        if (!string.Equals(profile, "exception_injection", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            Assert.Skip("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE != exception_injection — skipping. " +
+                        "Start the fixture with --profile exception_injection.");
+    }
+
+    private async Task<IReadOnlyList<DataValueSnapshot>> ReadSingleAsync(int address, string tagName)
+    {
+        var opts = new ModbusDriverOptions
+        {
+            Host = sim.Host,
+            Port = sim.Port,
+            UnitId = 1,
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
+            Tags =
+            [
+                new ModbusTagDefinition(tagName,
+                    ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, Address: (ushort)address,
+                    DataType: ModbusDataType.UInt16, Writable: false),
+            ],
+            Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false },
+        };
+        await using var driver = new ModbusDriver(opts, driverInstanceId: "modbus-exc");
+        await driver.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        return await driver.ReadAsync([tagName], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(1000, StatusBadNotSupported,        "exc 0x01 (Illegal Function) -> BadNotSupported")]
+    [InlineData(1001, StatusBadOutOfRange,          "exc 0x02 (Illegal Data Address) -> BadOutOfRange")]
+    [InlineData(1002, StatusBadOutOfRange,          "exc 0x03 (Illegal Data Value) -> BadOutOfRange")]
+    [InlineData(1003, StatusBadDeviceFailure,       "exc 0x04 (Server Failure) -> BadDeviceFailure")]
+    [InlineData(1004, StatusBadDeviceFailure,       "exc 0x05 (Acknowledge / long op) -> BadDeviceFailure")]
+    [InlineData(1005, StatusBadDeviceFailure,       "exc 0x06 (Server Busy) -> BadDeviceFailure")]
+    [InlineData(1006, StatusBadCommunicationError,  "exc 0x0A (Gateway Path Unavailable) -> BadCommunicationError")]
+    [InlineData(1007, StatusBadCommunicationError,  "exc 0x0B (Gateway Target No Response) -> BadCommunicationError")]
+    public async Task FC03_read_at_injection_address_surfaces_expected_status(
+        int address, uint expectedStatus, string scenario)
+    {
+        SkipUnlessInjectorLive();
+        var results = await ReadSingleAsync(address, $"Injected_{address}");
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(expectedStatus, scenario);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task FC03_read_at_non_injected_address_returns_Good()
+    {
+        // Sanity: HR[0..31] are seeded with address-as-value in the profile. A read at
+        // one of those addresses must come back Good (0) — otherwise the injector is
+        // misbehaving and every other assertion in this class is uninformative.
+        SkipUnlessInjectorLive();
+        var results = await ReadSingleAsync(address: 5, tagName: "Healthy_5");
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(StatusGood);
+        results[0].Value.ShouldBe((ushort)5);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(2000, StatusBadDeviceFailure, "exc 0x04 on FC06 -> BadDeviceFailure (CPU in PROGRAM mode)")]
+    [InlineData(2001, StatusBadDeviceFailure, "exc 0x06 on FC06 -> BadDeviceFailure (Server Busy)")]
+    public async Task FC06_write_at_injection_address_surfaces_expected_status(
+        int address, uint expectedStatus, string scenario)
+    {
+        SkipUnlessInjectorLive();
+        var tag = $"InjectedWrite_{address}";
+        var opts = new ModbusDriverOptions
+        {
+            Host = sim.Host,
+            Port = sim.Port,
+            UnitId = 1,
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
+            Tags =
+            [
+                new ModbusTagDefinition(tag,
+                    ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, Address: (ushort)address,
+                    DataType: ModbusDataType.UInt16, Writable: true),
+            ],
+            Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false },
+        };
+        await using var driver = new ModbusDriver(opts, driverInstanceId: "modbus-exc-write");
+        await driver.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var writes = await driver.WriteAsync(
+            [new WriteRequest(tag, (ushort)42)],
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        writes[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(expectedStatus, scenario);
+    }
+}