fix(CLI-47,CLI-48,CLI-49,CLI-50): align alarm feed clients

clients/dotnet/README.md

@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ when the gateway's alarm monitor restarts and drops a truncated verdict. Track
 it if you need set completeness on a live feed without polling
 `QueryActiveAlarmsAsync`.
 
+The CLI's text rows always spell out `degraded=false` and `truncated=false` so
+healthy and clearing frames remain visible. Its protobuf-JSON modes retain the
+standard proto3 omission rule, so those same false-valued payloads appear as
+`{"providerStatus": {}}` and `{"snapshotStatus": {}}`; absent means false.
+
 `MxGatewaySession.CloseAsync` is explicit and idempotent. Repeated calls return
 the first `CloseSessionReply` instead of sending another close request.
 
@@ -285,7 +290,7 @@ dotnet run --project clients/dotnet/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Client.Cli -- advise --s
 dotnet run --project clients/dotnet/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Client.Cli -- write --session-id <id> --server-handle 1 --item-handle 1 --type int32 --value 123 --json
 dotnet run --project clients/dotnet/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Client.Cli -- write2 --session-id <id> --server-handle 1 --item-handle 1 --type int32 --value 123 --timestamp 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z --json
 dotnet run --project clients/dotnet/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Client.Cli -- stream-events --session-id <id> --max-events 1 --json
-dotnet run --project clients/dotnet/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Client.Cli -- stream-alarms --filter-prefix Area001 --max-events 1 --json
+dotnet run --project clients/dotnet/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Client.Cli -- stream-alarms --filter-prefix Area001 --max-events 4 --json
 dotnet run --project clients/dotnet/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Client.Cli -- acknowledge-alarm --reference "\\Galaxy\Area001.Pump001.PumpFault" --comment "ack from cli" --operator operator1 --json
 dotnet run --project clients/dotnet/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Client.Cli -- smoke --endpoint http://localhost:5000 --api-key-env MXGATEWAY_API_KEY --item Area001.Pump001.Speed --json
 ```

clients/dotnet/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Client.Cli/MxGatewayClientCli.cs

@@ -1561,9 +1561,9 @@ public static class MxGatewayClientCli
             AlarmFeedMessage.PayloadOneofCase.Transition =>
                 $"transition {ProtobufJsonFormatter.Format(feedMessage.Transition)}",
             AlarmFeedMessage.PayloadOneofCase.ProviderStatus =>
-                $"provider-status {ProtobufJsonFormatter.Format(feedMessage.ProviderStatus)}",
+                $"provider-status mode={feedMessage.ProviderStatus.Mode} degraded={feedMessage.ProviderStatus.Degraded.ToString().ToLowerInvariant()} reason=\"{feedMessage.ProviderStatus.Reason}\"",
             AlarmFeedMessage.PayloadOneofCase.SnapshotStatus =>
-                $"snapshot-status {ProtobufJsonFormatter.Format(feedMessage.SnapshotStatus)}",
+                $"snapshot-status truncated={feedMessage.SnapshotStatus.Truncated.ToString().ToLowerInvariant()}",
             _ => $"unknown-payload {feedMessage.PayloadCase}",
         };
     }

clients/dotnet/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Client.Tests/MxGatewayClientCliTests.cs

@@ -705,6 +705,50 @@ public sealed class MxGatewayClientCliTests
         Assert.Equal(string.Empty, error.ToString());
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Verifies that false alarm-feed status flags remain explicit in text while protobuf JSON omits defaults.</summary>
+    /// <returns>A task that represents the asynchronous operation.</returns>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RunAsync_StreamAlarms_StatusFramesDistinguishTextFromProtobufJson()
+    {
+        FakeCliClient fakeClient = new();
+        fakeClient.AlarmFeedMessages.Add(new AlarmFeedMessage
+        {
+            ProviderStatus = new AlarmProviderStatus { Degraded = false },
+        });
+        fakeClient.AlarmFeedMessages.Add(new AlarmFeedMessage
+        {
+            SnapshotStatus = new AlarmSnapshotStatus { Truncated = false },
+        });
+
+        using var textOutput = new StringWriter();
+        using var textError = new StringWriter();
+        int textExit = await MxGatewayClientCli.RunAsync(
+            ["stream-alarms", "--endpoint", "http://localhost:5000", "--api-key", "test-api-key", "--max-events", "2"],
+            textOutput,
+            textError,
+            _ => fakeClient);
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, textExit);
+        Assert.Equal(
+            ["provider-status mode=Unspecified degraded=false reason=\"\"", "snapshot-status truncated=false"],
+            textOutput.ToString().Split(Environment.NewLine, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries));
+        Assert.Equal(string.Empty, textError.ToString());
+
+        using var jsonOutput = new StringWriter();
+        using var jsonError = new StringWriter();
+        int jsonExit = await MxGatewayClientCli.RunAsync(
+            ["stream-alarms", "--endpoint", "http://localhost:5000", "--api-key", "test-api-key", "--max-events", "2", "--jsonl"],
+            jsonOutput,
+            jsonError,
+            _ => fakeClient);
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, jsonExit);
+        Assert.Equal(
+            ["{ \"providerStatus\": { } }", "{ \"snapshotStatus\": { } }"],
+            jsonOutput.ToString().Split(Environment.NewLine, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries));
+        Assert.Equal(string.Empty, jsonError.ToString());
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Verifies that acknowledge-alarm builds a request and prints the JSON reply.</summary>
     /// <returns>A task that represents the asynchronous operation.</returns>
     [Fact]

clients/go/README.md

@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ on every verdict change — including the clearing frame sent when the gateway's
 alarm monitor restarts and drops a truncated verdict. Track it if you need set
 completeness on a live feed without polling `QueryActiveAlarms`.
 
+The CLI's text rows always spell out `degraded=false` and `truncated=false`.
+Its protobuf-JSON mode retains the standard proto3 omission rule, so those
+false-valued payloads appear as `{"providerStatus":{}}` and
+`{"snapshotStatus":{}}`; absent means false.
+
 ## Write Semantics And Common Pitfalls
 
 These are MXAccess parity behaviors that surprise new callers. The gateway
@@ -439,7 +444,7 @@ go run ./cmd/mxgw-go write -session-id <id> -server-handle 1 -item-handle 1 -typ
 go run ./cmd/mxgw-go write-bulk -session-id <id> -server-handle 1 -item-handles 1,2 -values 10,20 -type int32 -plaintext -json
 go run ./cmd/mxgw-go read-bulk -session-id <id> -item-handles 1,2 -plaintext -json
 go run ./cmd/mxgw-go stream-events -session-id <id> -plaintext -json
-go run ./cmd/mxgw-go stream-alarms -plaintext -json
+go run ./cmd/mxgw-go stream-alarms -plaintext -limit 4 -json
 go run ./cmd/mxgw-go smoke -item Area001.Tag.Value -plaintext -json
 go run ./cmd/mxgw-go galaxy-test-connection -plaintext -json
 go run ./cmd/mxgw-go galaxy-last-deploy -plaintext -json

clients/go/cmd/mxgw-go/main_test.go

@@ -283,6 +283,68 @@ type pingFakeGateway struct {
 	pb.UnimplementedMxAccessGatewayServer
 }
 
+// alarmStatusFakeGateway emits both status arms with their proto3 boolean
+// defaults so the CLI contract covers values that protobuf JSON omits.
+type alarmStatusFakeGateway struct {
+	pb.UnimplementedMxAccessGatewayServer
+}
+
+func (g *alarmStatusFakeGateway) StreamAlarms(
+	_ *pb.StreamAlarmsRequest,
+	stream grpc.ServerStreamingServer[pb.AlarmFeedMessage],
+) error {
+	if err := stream.Send(&pb.AlarmFeedMessage{
+		Payload: &pb.AlarmFeedMessage_ProviderStatus{
+			ProviderStatus: &pb.AlarmProviderStatus{Degraded: false},
+		},
+	}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return stream.Send(&pb.AlarmFeedMessage{
+		Payload: &pb.AlarmFeedMessage_SnapshotStatus{
+			SnapshotStatus: &pb.AlarmSnapshotStatus{Truncated: false},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func startAlarmStatusGateway(t *testing.T) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("listen: %v", err)
+	}
+	server := grpc.NewServer()
+	pb.RegisterMxAccessGatewayServer(server, &alarmStatusFakeGateway{})
+	go func() { _ = server.Serve(listener) }()
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		server.Stop()
+		_ = listener.Close()
+	})
+	return listener.Addr().String()
+}
+
+func TestRunStreamAlarmsPrintsStatusArmsInTextAndProtobufJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	endpoint := startAlarmStatusGateway(t)
+	baseArgs := []string{"stream-alarms", "-endpoint", endpoint, "-plaintext", "-api-key", "test", "-limit", "2"}
+
+	var textOut, textErr bytes.Buffer
+	if err := runWithIO(t.Context(), baseArgs, &textOut, &textErr); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("text stream-alarms error = %v; stderr = %s", err, textErr.String())
+	}
+	if got, want := strings.TrimSpace(textOut.String()), "provider-status mode=ALARM_PROVIDER_MODE_UNSPECIFIED degraded=false reason=\"\"\nsnapshot-status truncated=false"; got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("text stream-alarms output = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+
+	var jsonOut, jsonErr bytes.Buffer
+	jsonArgs := append(append([]string{}, baseArgs...), "-json")
+	if err := runWithIO(t.Context(), jsonArgs, &jsonOut, &jsonErr); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("JSON stream-alarms error = %v; stderr = %s", err, jsonErr.String())
+	}
+	if got, want := strings.TrimSpace(jsonOut.String()), "{\"providerStatus\":{}}\n{\"snapshotStatus\":{}}"; got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("JSON stream-alarms output = %q, want protobuf JSON %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 func (g *pingFakeGateway) Invoke(_ context.Context, req *pb.MxCommandRequest) (*pb.MxCommandReply, error) {
 	echo := "pong:" + req.GetCommand().GetPing().GetMessage()
 	return &pb.MxCommandReply{

clients/go/mxgateway/types.go

@@ -127,9 +127,14 @@ type (
 	QueryActiveAlarmsRequest = pb.QueryActiveAlarmsRequest
 	// StreamAlarmsRequest is the gateway StreamAlarms request message.
 	StreamAlarmsRequest = pb.StreamAlarmsRequest
-	// AlarmFeedMessage is one message on the StreamAlarms feed — an
-	// active-alarm snapshot row, a snapshot-complete sentinel, or a transition.
+	// AlarmFeedMessage is one message on the StreamAlarms feed — an active-alarm
+	// snapshot row, snapshot-complete sentinel, transition, provider status, or
+	// snapshot-completeness status.
 	AlarmFeedMessage = pb.AlarmFeedMessage
+	// AlarmProviderStatus reports the alarm provider mode and degradation state.
+	AlarmProviderStatus = pb.AlarmProviderStatus
+	// AlarmSnapshotStatus reports whether the cached alarm snapshot is truncated.
+	AlarmSnapshotStatus = pb.AlarmSnapshotStatus
 	// ActiveAlarmSnapshot is one row in a ConditionRefresh stream.
 	ActiveAlarmSnapshot = pb.ActiveAlarmSnapshot
 	// OnAlarmTransitionEvent is the body carried by alarm-transition MxEvents.

clients/go/mxgateway/types_alias_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package mxgateway_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"gitea.dohertylan.com/dohertj2/mxaccessgw/clients/go/mxgateway"
+)
+
+// TestAlarmFeedStatusAliasesArePublic is a compile-time consumer contract for
+// the two status payloads carried by AlarmFeedMessage.
+func TestAlarmFeedStatusAliasesArePublic(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Helper()
+	var provider mxgateway.AlarmProviderStatus
+	var snapshot mxgateway.AlarmSnapshotStatus
+	_ = provider
+	_ = snapshot
+}

clients/java/README.md

@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ the clearing frame sent when the gateway's alarm monitor restarts and drops a
 truncated verdict. Track it if you need set completeness on a live feed without
 polling `queryActiveAlarms`.
 
+The CLI's text rows always spell out `degraded=false` and `truncated=false`.
+Its protobuf-JSON mode retains the standard proto3 omission rule, so those
+false-valued payloads appear as `{"providerStatus":{}}` and
+`{"snapshotStatus":{}}`; absent means false.
+
 ## Write Semantics And Common Pitfalls
 
 These are MXAccess parity behaviors that surprise new callers. The gateway
@@ -411,7 +416,7 @@ gradle :zb-mom-ww-mxgateway-cli:run --args="advise-supervisory --endpoint localh
 gradle :zb-mom-ww-mxgateway-cli:run --args="authenticate-user --endpoint localhost:5000 --api-key-env MXGATEWAY_API_KEY --plaintext --session-id <id> --server-handle 1 --verify-user operator --password-env MXGATEWAY_VERIFY_PASSWORD --json"
 gradle :zb-mom-ww-mxgateway-cli:run --args="write-secured --endpoint localhost:5000 --api-key-env MXGATEWAY_API_KEY --plaintext --session-id <id> --server-handle 1 --item-handle 1 --type int32 --value 123 --current-user-id 100 --verifier-user-id 100 --json"
 gradle :zb-mom-ww-mxgateway-cli:run --args="stream-events --endpoint localhost:5000 --api-key-env MXGATEWAY_API_KEY --plaintext --session-id <id> --limit 1 --json"
-gradle :zb-mom-ww-mxgateway-cli:run --args="stream-alarms --endpoint localhost:5000 --api-key-env MXGATEWAY_API_KEY --plaintext --filter-prefix Galaxy --limit 1 --json"
+gradle :zb-mom-ww-mxgateway-cli:run --args="stream-alarms --endpoint localhost:5000 --api-key-env MXGATEWAY_API_KEY --plaintext --filter-prefix Galaxy --limit 4 --json"
 gradle :zb-mom-ww-mxgateway-cli:run --args="acknowledge-alarm --endpoint localhost:5000 --api-key-env MXGATEWAY_API_KEY --plaintext --reference \"\\Galaxy\Area001.Pump001.PumpFault\" --json"
 gradle :zb-mom-ww-mxgateway-cli:run --args="smoke --endpoint localhost:5000 --api-key-env MXGATEWAY_API_KEY --plaintext --item TestObject.TestInt --json"
 ```

clients/java/zb-mom-ww-mxgateway-cli/src/test/java/com/zb/mom/ww/mxgateway/cli/MxGatewayCliTests.java

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import mxaccess_gateway.v1.MxaccessGateway.ActiveAlarmSnapshot;
 import mxaccess_gateway.v1.MxaccessGateway.AddItemReply;
 import mxaccess_gateway.v1.MxaccessGateway.AlarmConditionState;
 import mxaccess_gateway.v1.MxaccessGateway.AlarmFeedMessage;
+import mxaccess_gateway.v1.MxaccessGateway.AlarmProviderStatus;
+import mxaccess_gateway.v1.MxaccessGateway.AlarmSnapshotStatus;
 import mxaccess_gateway.v1.MxaccessGateway.AlarmTransitionKind;
 import mxaccess_gateway.v1.MxaccessGateway.BulkReadResult;
 import mxaccess_gateway.v1.MxaccessGateway.BulkWriteResult;
@@ -685,6 +687,21 @@ final class MxGatewayCliTests {
         assertTrue(run.output().contains("\"snapshotComplete\""), run.output());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void streamAlarmsCommandPrintsStatusArmsInTextAndProtobufJson() {
+        FakeClientFactory factory = new FakeClientFactory();
+
+        CliRun text = execute(factory, "stream-alarms");
+        List<String> textRows = text.output().lines().filter(line -> !line.isBlank()).toList();
+        assertEquals("provider-status mode=ALARM_PROVIDER_MODE_UNSPECIFIED degraded=false reason=", textRows.get(3));
+        assertEquals("snapshot-status truncated=false", textRows.get(4));
+
+        CliRun json = execute(factory, "stream-alarms", "--json");
+        List<String> jsonRows = json.output().lines().filter(line -> !line.isBlank()).toList();
+        assertEquals("{\"providerStatus\":{}}", jsonRows.get(3));
+        assertEquals("{\"snapshotStatus\":{}}", jsonRows.get(4));
+    }
+
     @Test
     void acknowledgeAlarmCommandForwardsOptionsAndPrintsReply() {
         FakeClientFactory factory = new FakeClientFactory();
@@ -1409,6 +1426,12 @@ final class MxGatewayCliTests {
                             .setTransitionKind(AlarmTransitionKind.ALARM_TRANSITION_KIND_ACKNOWLEDGE)
                             .setSeverity(700))
                     .build());
+            observer.onNext(AlarmFeedMessage.newBuilder()
+                    .setProviderStatus(AlarmProviderStatus.newBuilder().setDegraded(false))
+                    .build());
+            observer.onNext(AlarmFeedMessage.newBuilder()
+                    .setSnapshotStatus(AlarmSnapshotStatus.newBuilder().setTruncated(false))
+                    .build());
             observer.onCompleted();
             return new MxGatewayAlarmFeedSubscription();
         }

clients/python/README.md

@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ sent when the gateway's alarm monitor restarts and drops a truncated verdict.
 Track it if you need set completeness on a live feed without polling
 `query_active_alarms`.
 
+`mxgw-py stream-alarms` writes one JSON row as each feed message arrives. The
+default `--max-messages 0` is unbounded; use a positive value for a finite
+sample, remembering that the provider-status and snapshot-status preamble both
+count toward it. `--timeout` ends the command after an idle wait and the stream
+is closed in every exit path. Protobuf JSON omits false-valued scalar defaults,
+so healthy/clearing frames appear as `{"providerStatus": {}}` and
+`{"snapshotStatus": {}}`; absent means false.
+
 Canceling a Python task cancels the client-side gRPC call or stream wait. It
 does not abort an in-flight MXAccess COM call inside the worker process.
 
@@ -448,7 +456,7 @@ mxgw-py register --session-id <id> --client-name python-client --json
 mxgw-py add-item --session-id <id> --server-handle 1 --item Object.Attribute --json
 mxgw-py advise --session-id <id> --server-handle 1 --item-handle 2 --json
 mxgw-py stream-events --session-id <id> --max-events 1 --json
-mxgw-py stream-alarms --max-messages 1 --json
+mxgw-py stream-alarms --max-messages 4 --json
 mxgw-py acknowledge-alarm --reference "\\Galaxy\Area001.Pump001.PumpFault" --json
 mxgw-py write --session-id <id> --server-handle 1 --item-handle 2 --type int32 --value 123 --json
 ```

clients/python/src/zb_mom_ww_mxgateway_cli/commands.py

@@ -511,16 +511,15 @@ def stream_events(**kwargs: Any) -> None:
 @main.command("stream-alarms")
 @gateway_options
 @click.option("--filter-prefix", default="", help="Alarm-reference prefix filter.")
-@click.option("--max-messages", default=1, type=int, show_default=True)
+@click.option("--max-messages", default=0, type=int, show_default=True, help="Maximum rows to emit; 0 means unbounded.")
 @click.option("--timeout", default=5.0, type=float, show_default=True)
 @click.option("--correlation-id", default="", help="Client correlation id.")
 @click.option("--json", "output_json", is_flag=True, help="Emit JSON output.")
 def stream_alarms(**kwargs: Any) -> None:
-    """Stream a bounded number of messages from the gateway's central alarm feed."""
+    """Stream messages from the gateway's central alarm feed as they arrive."""
 
-    _run(
+    _run_streaming(
         _stream_alarms(**kwargs),
-        output_json=kwargs["output_json"],
         secrets=_secrets(kwargs),
     )
 
@@ -1119,19 +1118,39 @@ async def _stream_events(**kwargs: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
         return {"events": [_event_row(event) for event in events]}
 
 
-async def _stream_alarms(**kwargs: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
+async def _stream_alarms(**kwargs: Any) -> None:
+    max_messages = int(kwargs["max_messages"])
+    if max_messages > MAX_AGGREGATE_EVENTS:
+        raise click.BadParameter(
+            f"must be less than or equal to {MAX_AGGREGATE_EVENTS}",
+            param_hint="--max-messages",
+        )
+
     async with await _connect(kwargs) as client:
-        messages = await _collect_alarm_messages(
-            client.stream_alarms(
+        messages = client.stream_alarms(
             pb.StreamAlarmsRequest(
                 client_correlation_id=kwargs["correlation_id"],
                 alarm_filter_prefix=kwargs["filter_prefix"],
             ),
-            ),
-            max_messages=kwargs["max_messages"],
+        )
+        iterator = messages.__aiter__()
+        emitted = 0
+        try:
+            while max_messages == 0 or emitted < max_messages:
+                try:
+                    message = await asyncio.wait_for(
+                        iterator.__anext__(),
                         timeout=kwargs["timeout"],
                     )
-        return {"messages": [_message_dict(message) for message in messages]}
+                except (StopAsyncIteration, asyncio.TimeoutError):
+                    break
+                _emit(_message_dict(message), output_json=kwargs["output_json"])
+                sys.stdout.flush()
+                emitted += 1
+        finally:
+            close = getattr(iterator, "aclose", None)
+            if close is not None:
+                await close()
 
 
 async def _acknowledge_alarm(**kwargs: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
@@ -1489,6 +1508,17 @@ def _run(
     _emit(payload, output_json=output_json)
 
 
+def _run_streaming(
+    awaitable: Awaitable[None],
+    *,
+    secrets: list[str | None],
+) -> None:
+    try:
+        asyncio.run(awaitable)
+    except MxGatewayError as error:
+        raise click.ClickException(redact_secret(str(error), secrets)) from error
+
+
 def _emit(
     payload: dict[str, Any],
     *,
@@ -1536,34 +1566,6 @@ async def _collect_events(
     return collected
 
 
-async def _collect_alarm_messages(
-    messages: Any,
-    *,
-    max_messages: int,
-    timeout: float,
-) -> list[pb.AlarmFeedMessage]:
-    if max_messages > MAX_AGGREGATE_EVENTS:
-        raise click.BadParameter(
-            f"must be less than or equal to {MAX_AGGREGATE_EVENTS}",
-            param_hint="--max-messages",
-        )
-
-    collected: list[pb.AlarmFeedMessage] = []
-    iterator = messages.__aiter__()
-    try:
-        while len(collected) < max_messages:
-            collected.append(await asyncio.wait_for(iterator.__anext__(), timeout=timeout))
-    except StopAsyncIteration:
-        pass
-    except asyncio.TimeoutError:
-        pass
-    finally:
-        close = getattr(iterator, "aclose", None)
-        if close is not None:
-            await close()
-    return collected
-
-
 async def _collect_deploy_events(
     events: Any,
     *,

clients/python/tests/test_review_findings_022_to_026.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ fixed source.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import asyncio
 import json
 import re
 import time as _time_module_ref
@@ -296,6 +297,22 @@ class _AlarmFakeStream:
         self.cancelled = True
 
 
+class _IncrementalAlarmFakeStream(_AlarmFakeStream):
+    def __init__(self, messages: list[pb.AlarmFeedMessage], emitted: list[str]) -> None:
+        super().__init__(messages)
+        self._emitted = emitted
+        self._yielded = 0
+
+    async def __anext__(self) -> pb.AlarmFeedMessage:
+        if self._yielded > 0:
+            assert len(self._emitted) >= self._yielded, "previous alarm row was buffered"
+        if not self._messages:
+            await asyncio.Event().wait()
+            raise AssertionError("unreachable")
+        self._yielded += 1
+        return self._messages.pop(0)
+
+
 class _BulkFakeUnary:
     def __init__(self, replies: list[Any]) -> None:
         self.replies = replies
@@ -667,8 +684,15 @@ def test_cli_write_bulk_happy_path(monkeypatch) -> None:
     assert cmd.kind == pb.MX_COMMAND_KIND_WRITE_BULK
 
 
-def test_cli_stream_alarms_happy_path(monkeypatch) -> None:
-    transitions = [
+def test_cli_stream_alarms_default_streams_status_cached_and_live_rows_incrementally(
+    monkeypatch,
+) -> None:
+    messages = [
+        pb.AlarmFeedMessage(provider_status=pb.AlarmProviderStatus(degraded=False)),
+        pb.AlarmFeedMessage(snapshot_status=pb.AlarmSnapshotStatus(truncated=False)),
+        pb.AlarmFeedMessage(
+            active_alarm=pb.ActiveAlarmSnapshot(alarm_full_reference="Tank01.Level.HiHi"),
+        ),
         pb.AlarmFeedMessage(
             transition=pb.OnAlarmTransitionEvent(
                 alarm_full_reference="Tank01.Level.HiHi",
@@ -676,7 +700,15 @@ def test_cli_stream_alarms_happy_path(monkeypatch) -> None:
             ),
         ),
     ]
-    stream = _AlarmFakeStream(transitions)
+    emitted: list[str] = []
+    real_echo = cli_commands.click.echo
+
+    def recording_echo(message=None, **kwargs) -> None:
+        emitted.append(str(message))
+        real_echo(message, **kwargs)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(cli_commands.click, "echo", recording_echo)
+    stream = _IncrementalAlarmFakeStream(messages, emitted)
     stub = _BulkFakeStub()
     stub.set_alarm_stream(stream)
     _install_fake_connect(monkeypatch, stub)
@@ -689,10 +721,8 @@ def test_cli_stream_alarms_happy_path(monkeypatch) -> None:
             "--endpoint",
             "localhost:5000",
             "--plaintext",
-            "--max-messages",
-            "1",
             "--timeout",
-            "5.0",
+            "0.01",
             "--filter-prefix",
             "Tank01.",
             "--json",
@@ -700,8 +730,44 @@ def test_cli_stream_alarms_happy_path(monkeypatch) -> None:
     )
 
     assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
-    payload = json.loads(result.output)
-    assert payload["messages"][0]["transition"]["alarmFullReference"] == "Tank01.Level.HiHi"
+    rows = [json.loads(line) for line in result.output.splitlines()]
+    assert [next(iter(row)) for row in rows] == [
+        "providerStatus",
+        "snapshotStatus",
+        "activeAlarm",
+        "transition",
+    ]
+    assert stream.cancelled
+
+
+def test_cli_stream_alarms_positive_max_messages_remains_finite(monkeypatch) -> None:
+    messages = [
+        pb.AlarmFeedMessage(provider_status=pb.AlarmProviderStatus()),
+        pb.AlarmFeedMessage(snapshot_status=pb.AlarmSnapshotStatus()),
+        pb.AlarmFeedMessage(active_alarm=pb.ActiveAlarmSnapshot()),
+    ]
+    stream = _AlarmFakeStream(messages)
+    stub = _BulkFakeStub()
+    stub.set_alarm_stream(stream)
+    _install_fake_connect(monkeypatch, stub)
+
+    result = CliRunner().invoke(
+        main,
+        [
+            "stream-alarms",
+            "--endpoint",
+            "localhost:5000",
+            "--plaintext",
+            "--max-messages",
+            "2",
+            "--json",
+        ],
+    )
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
+    rows = [json.loads(line) for line in result.output.splitlines()]
+    assert [next(iter(row)) for row in rows] == ["providerStatus", "snapshotStatus"]
+    assert stream.cancelled
 
 
 def test_cli_acknowledge_alarm_happy_path(monkeypatch) -> None:

clients/rust/README.md

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ cargo run -p mxgw-cli -- register --session-id <session-id> --client-name mxgw-r
 cargo run -p mxgw-cli -- add-item --session-id <session-id> --server-handle 1 --item TestChildObject.TestInt --json
 cargo run -p mxgw-cli -- advise --session-id <session-id> --server-handle 1 --item-handle 1 --json
 cargo run -p mxgw-cli -- stream-events --session-id <session-id> --max-events 1 --json
-cargo run -p mxgw-cli -- stream-alarms --session-id <session-id> --max-messages 1 --json
+cargo run -p mxgw-cli -- stream-alarms --session-id <session-id> --max-messages 4 --json
 cargo run -p mxgw-cli -- acknowledge-alarm --session-id <session-id> --alarm-reference "\\Galaxy\Area001.Pump001.PumpFault" --json
 cargo run -p mxgw-cli -- write --session-id <session-id> --server-handle 1 --item-handle 1 --value-type int32 --value 123 --json
 ```
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ every verdict change — including the clearing frame sent when the gateway's
 alarm monitor restarts and drops a truncated verdict. Track it if you need set
 completeness on a live feed without polling `query_active_alarms`.
 
+Unlike the protobuf-JSON formatters used by the other CLIs, the Rust CLI's
+hand-built JSON status rows always include `"degraded": false` and
+`"truncated": false`. This deliberate representational difference is
+documented in the cross-language smoke matrix; both shapes mean the same thing.
+
 The session helpers keep MXAccess handles visible:
 
 ```rust

docs/CrossLanguageSmokeMatrix.md

@@ -66,6 +66,23 @@ declaration-ordered JSON; and the row sits alone on its own line for Go and for
 Rust's `--jsonl`, but inside an `events` array for Python and for Rust's
 aggregate `--json`.
 
+Alarm-feed status rows deliberately preserve each CLI's established JSON
+mapping while making false values explicit in every text formatter:
+
+| CLI | Healthy provider text | Clearing snapshot text | JSON false-value shape |
+|-----|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
+| `mxgw-dotnet` | `provider-status mode=Unspecified degraded=false reason=""` | `snapshot-status truncated=false` | `{"providerStatus": {}}` / `{"snapshotStatus": {}}` |
+| `mxgw-go` | `provider-status mode=ALARM_PROVIDER_MODE_UNSPECIFIED degraded=false reason=""` | `snapshot-status truncated=false` | `{"providerStatus":{}}` / `{"snapshotStatus":{}}` |
+| `mxgw-py` | same JSON row as `--json` | same JSON row as `--json` | `{"providerStatus": {}}` / `{"snapshotStatus": {}}`, emitted one row at a time |
+| `mxgw-java` | `provider-status mode=ALARM_PROVIDER_MODE_UNSPECIFIED degraded=false reason=` | `snapshot-status truncated=false` | `{"providerStatus":{}}` / `{"snapshotStatus":{}}` |
+| `mxgw-rs` | explicit `degraded=false` summary | explicit `truncated=false` summary | always includes `"degraded":false` / `"truncated":false` |
+
+For the protobuf-JSON rows, an absent proto3 boolean means `false`; Rust's
+always-explicit booleans are semantically equivalent. Python `stream-alarms`
+defaults to an unbounded feed and emits each row immediately; a positive
+`--max-messages` value provides a bounded sample and includes both status
+preamble rows in the count.
+
 ## Integration Gate
 
 Cross-language smoke execution is opt-in. Runners should skip the matrix unless