The replication actor was created only when something resolved ISecretStore
(store -> replicator -> SecretReplicationActorProvider.ActorRef). A node that
expanded its ${secret:} references pre-host and never touched the store at
runtime had no actor: no topic subscription, no announces, no pull replies.
AddZbSecretsAkkaReplication now registers SecretReplicationActorStarter, which
creates the actor on IHostApplicationLifetime.ApplicationStarted (after every
hosted service, incl. an Akka.Hosting AkkaHostedService registered later), or
in StartAsync when no lifetime is registered.
- tests: EagerActorStartTests (generic host in both registration orders with a
no-actor-before-start control; bare container) - all fail without the fix
- docs: README, CHANGELOG
- code-reviews: Secrets-010 Resolved; README regenerated
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GT67AEHd2Acv1YPwGfXEoV
ExpandConfigurationAsync wrote through config[key] = ..., which only sets the
providers' in-memory Data; a file provider's reload replaces it, so editing
appsettings.json on a running service reverted every expanded key to its
${secret:...} placeholder.
- ConfigurationManager: expanded values are pinned in an internal overlay
source appended last; its provider's Load() is a no-op and Build always
returns the same provider, so reloads (and source rebuilds) keep the pins
- any other IConfigurationRoot: in-place write as before, re-applied from the
root's reload token
- all references resolve before anything is written (a fail-closed miss no
longer leaves the config half expanded)
- tests: SecretExpansionReloadTests (real JSON file + Reload(), options
monitor, plain root); three fail without the fix
- docs: README reload note, CHANGELOG
- code-reviews: Secrets-003 Resolved; README regenerated
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GT67AEHd2Acv1YPwGfXEoV
The SQL-Server extensions called the 3-arg AddZbSecrets, and the store-path
validator captured the content root of whichever call registered it first.
In hub mode no registration order applied the pre-host under-content-root
guard: extension-first dropped the app's 4-arg root, core-first lost the
replicator (#30). That is the 0.6.0 store-path hole, reopened.
- AddZbSecretsSqlServerStore / AddZbSecretsSqlServerReplication /
AddZbSecretsAkkaReplication gain a trailing optional contentRootPath,
forwarded to the 4-arg AddZbSecrets
- the root now lives in one SecretsContentRoot instance holder per service
collection; the last explicit root wins, null never erases one; the
IHostEnvironment fallback is unchanged
- tests: ContentRootTests (hub mode, three compositions, artifact asserted
before the throw, positive control), last-explicit-wins theory in
SecretsStorePathRulesTests, Akka forwarding test
- code-reviews: Secrets-002 Resolved; README regenerated
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GT67AEHd2Acv1YPwGfXEoV
AddZbSecretsSqlServerStore / AddZbSecretsSqlServerReplication (and the Akka
extension, same defect class) TryAdd-ed their ISecretStore, ISecretsStoreMigrator
and ISecretReplicator ahead of their internal AddZbSecrets call. An application
that had already called AddZbSecrets therefore silently kept the SQLite store
(shared-store mode) or NoOpSecretReplicator (hub/Akka modes).
They now call AddZbSecrets first and RemoveAll + AddSingleton their own
registrations; a later AddZbSecrets only TryAdds, so either order yields the
same graph with exactly one ISecretStore registration.
- tests: RegistrationOrderTests (SqlServer + Akka) build and resolve the real
container in both orders; core-first fails without the fix
- Directory.Build.props 0.6.5 -> 0.6.6 (NOT packed or published)
- code-reviews: Secrets-001 Resolved; README regenerated
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GT67AEHd2Acv1YPwGfXEoV
First reviews of Secrets, LocalDb, GalaxyRepository and Overview, and
2026-11-09 re-reviews of Auth, Health, Theme, Telemetry, Audit and
Configuration, all at 91fb2b4. 49 new open findings, each with a P1/P2/P3
priority and a failure scenario: 1 P1, 13 P2, 35 P3. README regenerated;
REVIEW-PROCESS, template and regen script now cover all ten libraries and
the Priority field.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GT67AEHd2Acv1YPwGfXEoV
Joseph Doherty