lmxopcua/docs/plans/2026-07-22-mesh-phase2-clusterclient-transport.md.tasks.json

{
  "planPath": "docs/plans/2026-07-22-mesh-phase2-clusterclient-transport.md",
  "note": "Per-cluster mesh Phase 2. Decisions pre-made: config-flagged dark switch (MeshTransport:Mode), buffer-size=0, alarm-commands central leg in scope. Three design-doc corrections and the single-mesh duplicate-delivery trap are documented in the plan header \u2014 read them before Task 3.",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "subject": "Task 0: MeshTransportOptions + validator + registration",
      "status": "completed",
      "classification": "small",
      "parallelizableWith": [
        1
      ],
      "commit": "5439f148"
    },
    {
      "id": 1,
      "subject": "Task 1: receptionist extension, buffer-size=0, frame-size logging (effective-config test)",
      "status": "completed",
      "classification": "small",
      "parallelizableWith": [
        0
      ],
      "commit": "7b71a6a3",
      "note": "First draft of the buffering test was VACUOUS -- Config.GetInt returns 0 for a missing key, so it passed before the feature existed. Rewritten to assert through ClusterClientSettings/ClusterReceptionistSettings."
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "subject": "Task 2: MeshCommand envelope + generation-suffixed ClusterClient factory",
      "status": "completed",
      "classification": "small",
      "blockedBy": [
        0
      ],
      "commit": "0d6669d5",
      "note": "Dropped a third test that asserted ClusterClientSettings directly and never touched the factory."
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "subject": "Task 3: CentralCommunicationActor \u2014 dark-switched SendToAll fan-out, DB-sourced contacts, ApplyAck forward",
      "status": "completed",
      "classification": "high-risk",
      "blockedBy": [
        1,
        2
      ],
      "parallelizableWith": [
        4
      ],
      "commit": "d5b5cb6e",
      "note": "SendToAll sabotage-verified. Two test-harness bugs found: SubscribeAck goes to the SENDER, and EventFilter matches case-INSENSITIVELY (a 'was NOT' filter also caught 'was not created')."
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "subject": "Task 4: NodeCommunicationActor \u2014 inbound to node-local EventStream, outbound ApplyAck",
      "status": "completed",
      "classification": "standard",
      "blockedBy": [
        1,
        2
      ],
      "parallelizableWith": [
        3
      ],
      "commit": "915beec1",
      "note": "No Ask crosses the boundary in Phase 2, so this actor is far smaller than the sister project's."
    },
    {
      "id": 5,
      "subject": "Task 5: node subscribers accept EventStream too; rename _coordinatorOverride -> _ackRouter",
      "status": "completed",
      "classification": "standard",
      "blockedBy": [
        4
      ],
      "commit": "5cb0e721",
      "note": "Two wiring tests added -- unit tests either side of the seam both pass with the subscription deleted. First draft raced (ActorOf returns before PreStart; EventStream publish to nobody is dropped silently); alarm version was vacuous until the warm-up moved outside the assertion window."
    },
    {
      "id": 6,
      "subject": "Task 6: wire both sides, receptionist registration, pin the wire-contract actor paths",
      "status": "completed",
      "classification": "standard",
      "blockedBy": [
        3,
        5
      ],
      "commit": "16d59856",
      "note": "Dropped a planned 'not a singleton' assertion: two candidate discriminators were both invalid (a SingletonManager also sits at /user/<name>; /singleton is null even for the known singleton config-publish). A sabotage re-registering via WithSingleton left both green, which exposed them. Property deferred to Task 8."
    },
    {
      "id": 7,
      "subject": "Task 7: route the five publish sites through the mesh router (nullable, mediator fallback)",
      "status": "completed",
      "classification": "standard",
      "blockedBy": [
        6
      ],
      "note": "Sabotage-verified by inverting the branch: all 6 tests red. Comm actor registration moved above the singletons so registry.Get works; an earlier ResolveOne().GetAwaiter().GetResult() blocked inside a props factory."
    },
    {
      "id": 8,
      "subject": "Task 8: real two-ActorSystem ClusterClient boundary test + falsifiability control",
      "status": "completed",
      "classification": "high-risk",
      "blockedBy": [
        7
      ],
      "parallelizableWith": [
        9
      ],
      "commit": "5468b79d",
      "note": "Not flaky (3/3 clean repeats; 4 tests, ~16s). Both legs sabotage-verified against production code, and the control was itself falsified by restoring the receptionist. The control necessarily removes RegisterService too -- registering would materialise the extension it is removing. Task 6's dropped per-node/singleton property does NOT land here (one node per side cannot discriminate); it is live-gate step 8, and the MeshCommActorPathTests comment was corrected to say so."
    },
    {
      "id": 9,
      "subject": "Task 9: docker-dev rig config + docs + design-doc correction",
      "status": "pending",
      "classification": "small",
      "blockedBy": [
        7
      ],
      "parallelizableWith": [
        8
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 10,
      "subject": "Task 10: live gate on docker-dev (11 steps; step 4 = deploy-seal semantics, step 8 = per-node/contact-rotation discriminator [replaces the dropped Task 6 assertion \u2014 do not skip], step 9 = both-centrals drop behavior)",
      "status": "pending",
      "classification": "high-risk",
      "blockedBy": [
        8,
        9
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-22T00:00:00Z"
}