The gateway emits a ReplayGap sentinel MxEvent at the head of a StreamEvents stream resumed via after_worker_sequence when the requested cursor predates the oldest retained event. Clients previously ignored it, silently mis-treating a lossy resume as continuous. Each client now surfaces the sentinel as a distinct, typed, non-terminal signal (never synthesized, never swallowed) so a consumer can detect the gap and re-snapshot; resume contract is after_worker_sequence = oldest_available_sequence - 1. - .NET: MxEventStreamItem (IsReplayGap/ReplayGap/Event) via new StreamEventItemsAsync + AsStreamItemsAsync extension. Build clean, 87 passed. - Go: EventResult.ReplayGap field + IsReplayGap(); ReplayGap type alias. build/vet/test clean. - Rust: EventItem enum (Event/ReplayGap); EventStream now yields Result<EventItem, Error>; CLI renders REPLAY_GAP line / replayGap JSON. fmt/check/test/clippy clean. - Python: ReplayGap dataclass; stream_events yields pb.MxEvent | ReplayGap. 131 passed. - Shared docs: ClientLibrariesDesign non-goals reframed (reconnect-replay protocol is consumable; auto-reconnect stays a non-goal); CrossLanguageSmokeMatrix resume-gap note. Java client is deferred to the windev batch (no local JRE); CLI-15 stays open until it lands. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01DMXXvNuPekkkrTEyPNxEkW
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Cross-Language Smoke Matrix
The cross-language smoke matrix defines the documented commands used to compare official clients against the same live gateway flow. It is a repository validation fixture and command reference; normal unit tests validate the matrix shape without connecting to a gateway.
The matrix lives in
clients/proto/fixtures/smoke/cross-language-smoke-matrix.json.
Scope
The matrix covers the supported client languages:
- .NET
- Go
- Rust
- Python
- Java
Each client entry defines commands for the same required operation sequence:
open-sessionregisteradd-itemadvisestream-eventsclose-session
The optional write command is documented separately because writing changes
provider state and should only run when the operator supplies a safe test value.
When stream-events is resumed with an after_worker_sequence cursor that
predates the oldest event still in the gateway's replay ring, the gateway emits a
single ReplayGap sentinel at the head of the stream. Every client surfaces this
as a distinct, typed, non-terminal signal (see each client README); the resume
contract is after_worker_sequence = oldest_available_sequence - 1. The default
smoke sequence opens a fresh stream (no cursor) and does not exercise the gap
path; a resume-with-gap fixture case is tracked separately (TST-24).
Integration Gate
Cross-language smoke execution is opt-in. Runners should skip the matrix unless this variable is set:
$env:MXGATEWAY_INTEGRATION = "1"
The shared inputs are:
| Variable | Default | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
MXGATEWAY_ENDPOINT |
localhost:5000 |
Gateway endpoint used by client CLIs. |
MXGATEWAY_API_KEY |
Empty | API key source for authenticated gateway deployments. |
MXGATEWAY_TEST_ITEM |
TestChildObject.TestInt |
MXAccess item used by add-item. |
MXGATEWAY_TEST_WRITE_VALUE |
Empty | Enables the optional write step when set by a runner. |
The commands in the matrix use MXGATEWAY_API_KEY through each CLI's
api-key-env flag. They must not embed bearer tokens or raw API keys.
TLS variant
The matrix runs over plaintext (h2c) by default. A TLS variant exists but stays
a manual/opt-in run, consistent with the gate above, because it needs the gateway
started with an HTTPS endpoint (an https:// MXGATEWAY_ENDPOINT) and each CLI
switched to its TLS flag (--tls / -tls / --plaintext=false /
plaintext=False). The clients are lenient by default and accept the gateway's
auto-generated self-signed certificate without extra trust setup, except the Rust
CLI, which is pin-only and needs --ca-file or --require-certificate-validation
(and Python uses trust-on-first-use). See
Gateway Configuration — Automatic self-signed certificate
and each client README for the per-client TLS flags.
JSON Comparison
Every command in the matrix requests JSON output. A runner can compare the normalized smoke record across languages with these fields:
- language,
- operation,
- session id,
- server handle,
- item handle,
- event count,
- event family,
- worker sequence,
- protocol status,
- HRESULT,
- status arrays,
- close status.
Failure output must include the client language, endpoint, and redacted auth
context. Auth context identifies the source, such as MXGATEWAY_API_KEY, but
does not include the secret value.
Bundled Smoke Commands
Each client also exposes a bundled smoke command. Those commands are useful
for quick local checks, but the full cross-language matrix uses explicit
operation commands because not every bundled smoke command streams events yet.
The explicit sequence remains the parity baseline for issue-level validation.
Validation
Run the matrix shape tests after changing the smoke matrix:
dotnet test src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Tests.csproj --filter FullyQualifiedName~CrossLanguageSmokeMatrixTests
Live execution remains a separate opt-in step because it depends on a running gateway, the installed MXAccess worker path, and provider state.