StoreAndForwardStorage.InitializeAsync opened a SqliteConnection against the
configured SqliteDbPath (default ./data/store-and-forward.db) without ensuring
the parent directory exists. SQLite creates the database file but not its
directory, so when data/ was absent the connection failed with
"SQLite Error 14: unable to open database file" — aborting the site host's
RegisterSiteActors at StoreAndForwardService.StartAsync.
This was the root cause of the six failing SiteActorPathTests. Production
masked it because the Docker image / deployment creates data/.
InitializeAsync now calls EnsureDatabaseDirectoryExists, which parses the
connection string and creates the parent directory of a file-backed database
(in-memory databases and bare filenames are skipped).
Regression test InitializeAsync_FileInMissingDirectory_CreatesDirectory fails
against the pre-fix code. Host suite now 155/155 green (was 149/155).
Resolves StoreAndForward-001, ExternalSystemGateway-001, NotificationService-001
— one systemic gap where buffered messages were persisted but never delivered,
and the active node never replicated its buffer to the standby.
Delivery handlers (ExternalSystemGateway-001 / NotificationService-001):
- AkkaHostedService registers delivery handlers for the ExternalSystem,
CachedDbWrite and Notification categories after StoreAndForwardService starts;
each resolves its scoped consumer in a fresh DI scope.
- ExternalSystemClient, DatabaseGateway and NotificationDeliveryService each
gain a DeliverBufferedAsync method: re-resolve the target and re-attempt
delivery, returning true/false/throwing per the transient-vs-permanent contract.
- EnqueueAsync gains an attemptImmediateDelivery flag; CachedCallAsync and
NotificationDeliveryService.SendAsync pass false (they already attempted
delivery themselves) so registering a handler does not dispatch twice.
Replication (StoreAndForward-001):
- ReplicationService is injected into StoreAndForwardService; a new BufferAsync
helper replicates every enqueue, and successful-retry removes and parks are
replicated too. Fire-and-forget, no-op when replication is disabled.
Tests: StoreAndForwardReplicationTests (Add/Remove/Park observed),
attemptImmediateDelivery behaviour, and DeliverBufferedAsync paths for each
consumer. Full solution builds; StoreAndForward/ExternalSystemGateway/
NotificationService suites green.
Establishes a per-module code review workflow under code-reviews/ and
records the 2026-05-16 baseline review (commit 9c60592): 241 findings
across all src/ modules (6 Critical, 46 High, 100 Medium, 89 Low).
This is the clean starting point for remediation work.
