- IHistorianDataSource.SupportsReverseEvents (default false; SqlServer/QuestDB true; Gateway/Null declare false).
The node manager checks it BEFORE calling the source: an end-only capped events read becomes reverse only on
a supporting backend (Gateway, the default, keeps the pre-#675 forward [MinValue, EndTime) paging), and an
explicit reverse read on a non-supporting backend is BadHistoryOperationUnsupported without a call.
- Removed the broad catch (NotSupportedException) in the events path: a NotSupportedException from inside a
backend is now logged as a backend fault (Error), not an 'unsupported' Warning.
- Null declares the reverse overload itself; guard test: every production IHistorianDataSource declares both
the reverse overload and the capability (positive-control scan of all four backends).
- Conformance: capability reported + oversized reverse tie cluster (forward over-fetch reversed == reverse
read order; capped reverse read stopping inside the cluster flags truncation) on SqlServer + QuestDB.
- docs/Historian.md: end-only capped events read is backward on SqlServer/QuestDB, forward on Gateway.
Joseph Doherty
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