pcbjam/docs/features/ysync-review/11-miss-no-v2-e2e-coverage.md
Viktor Vaczi 80135a99ac
docs(ysync-review): repro suite results + empirical findings (doc 16); plan 15 executed
New doc 16: the full repro-suite map (per-bug unit/e2e paths with verified
failure sites), the phase-C probe outcome, and four findings only the RUNNING
system revealed:
- F1: bug 03's sending half emits NOTHING — a child-only delete commit never
  triggers a flush at all (worse than the doc's predicted bare removed-wire);
  the GetWidth-assert tracer evidence and the fix implication.
- F2: Firefox cannot host two kicad_editor tabs in one context (per-process
  wasm budget) — bug-01 two-tab repros are Chromium-only.
- F3: headless emit WORKS on both pcbnew and eeschema — the legacy two-tab
  skip rationale and items-bridge localEdit omissions are stale.
- F4: drift-detect is strictly ITEM-silent on the green path (no writer-
  formatting false positives).

Cross-updates: 00 index + verdict note; 01/04/05/06/07 Verification sections
gain their repro paths; 02 upgraded to runtime-CONFIRMED; 03 gains the F1
empirical correction; 11 (no v2 e2e coverage) CLOSED with a point-by-point
status update — only the legacy retirement remains.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01DPfrVhfYgPPgtawjSssZfn
2026-07-06 08:56:11 +02:00

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Design miss 11 — The production v2 stack has no end-to-end test; the two-tab e2e exercises the legacy wire

Severity: process gap (root cause of why bug 01 shipped) Status: CLOSED 2026-07-03 — the v2 port landed (see the status update at the bottom and 16); only the legacy retirement remains open

Where

  • tests/collab/browser-entry.ts:8 — the collab e2e bundle exports the legacy startCollab (scalar reconciler, kicadCollabSnapshot/Apply/onDelta, Y key "items")
  • tests/kicad/{eeschema,pcbnew,pl_editor}-collab.spec.ts — the two-tab convergence specs all drive that bundle
  • Production runs the v2 items path: bindKicadCollab + SheetCollabManager (web/standalone/src/wasm/collab/), Y keys kdoc_*, C++ kicadCollabSnapshotItems/ApplyItems/onItems
  • v2 coverage today: vitest unit tests only (kicad-binding.test.ts, sheet-manager.test.ts) against a fake JS bridge

Why this matters

The fake-bridge unit tests validate the TS state machine but structurally cannot see C++-side integration behavior:

  • listener registration living inside snapshotItems() (01-bug-first-tab-listener-never-registered.md — invisible to a fake by construction);
  • blob content fidelity (pad net zeroing, 02);
  • which edits the C++ differ actually detects (04);
  • CallAfter/coroutine ordering races (05, 07).

Meanwhile the legacy path the e2e does cover is dead in production (nothing registers onDelta; WasmTool binds onItems only).

What to build

Port the two-tab convergence e2e to the v2 stack (the harness pattern already exists; swap the bundle to export startKicadCollab / attachKicadCollab):

  1. Fresh-room seed test (would have caught bug 01): tab A opens with a room id that has never existed, edits, tab B joins and must converge — in that order (A seeds via the file-seed branch, then sends).
  2. Adopt test: tab B opens with a cold never-saved copy, must adopt A's identity (already covered in units; cheap to assert e2e).
  3. Edit matrix per tool (grows with bug 04's fix): move, rotate symbol, edit value text, footprint move with netted pads (assert nets survive — bug 02), delete a footprint user field (bug 03), draw + delete items.
  4. eeschema sheet navigation: two sheets, edits on both, navigate while the peer edits; assert per-room scoping and catch-up on revisit (sheet-manager + bug 07 regression).
  5. Assert drift-detect silence at the end of every scenario — it's a free, high-signal convergence oracle (computeDrift() === null means editor ≡ doc).

Once these exist, retire the legacy bundle and specs together with the legacy wire (they currently provide a false sense of coverage), or keep exactly one legacy spec until the C++ emit()/scalar path is deleted.

Note on cadence

Per project practice, run the new specs in all three engines (Firefox + Chromium + WebKit) like the rest of the kicad e2e suite.

Status update (2026-07-03)

Landed as tests/kicad/ysync-two-tab.spec.ts + tests/kicad/ysync-repros-{pcbnew,eeschema}.spec.ts over the new apps/kicad/collab-bundle-v2.js (tests/collab/browser-entry-v2.ts). Against the build list above:

  1. Fresh-room seed test — done (pcbnew + eeschema, test.fail on bug 01; Chromium-only per finding F2 in 16).
  2. Adopt test — done, green (pl_editor divergent-uuid cold copy adopts the doc's identity through the real C++ apply).
  3. Edit matrix — landed as the bug-02/03/04 expected-fail repros; turns green case-by-case as bug 04's fix lands. Zone-net still needs a hook.
  4. eeschema sheet navigation — NOT ported (navigation isn't driven headless yet); the mechanism is covered by the bug-07b unit repro instead.
  5. Drift-detect silence — done on the green pl scenarios, ITEM-level (strictly silent — finding F4); layout/meta flags stay informational until miss 08.

Still open from this doc: retiring the legacy bundle + specs. Finding F3 (headless emit works on BOTH tools) removes the last excuse for the legacy two-tab skips.