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What this PR does

Adds property-test coverage for resource rename (RFC-0041, feature merged in #493). Rename is modelled as a kind of update — folded into the existing OpApply path rather than introduced as a separate operation kind.

Where rename runs

Test Chaos surface Assertions
TestProperty_RenameViaApply None (focused) Full AssertAllInvariants
TestProperty_FullChaos Full (cancel, ForceReconcile, crash, drift, TTL, failure injection) Identity-only

Both pass 100 rapid iterations locally. TestProperty_FullChaos runs in ~12 minutes.

Design decisions

Why rename is folded into OpApply, not a separate OpRename

The engine emits OperationUpdate for a label-only change (or Update + property patch for label + property change). Treating rename as a separate property-test operation would force a parallel codepath — own executor, own generator, own assertion path — for what's already an update.

Folded design:

  • Operation.RenameSlotIndex / RenameNewLabel are optional fields on OpApply.
  • Generator picks (rename Y/N) and (property template) independently. The natural combinations cover the three update shapes:
Generator outcome Engine sees
No rename, new property template property-only update
Rename + new property template label + property update
Rename + same property template (rare) label-only update
  • Executor: after FormaFromPoolResources builds the forma, the rename overlay flips one resource's Label/Alias and calls RecordRename on success. Snapshot revert on cancel/failure picks up CurrentLabel/PreviousLabel via the existing snapshot path.

Why FullChaos asserts identity-only (not full State/Properties)

The harness's predicted State/Properties model has multiple drift modes under chaos that aren't rename-specific:

  • OOB cloud delete sandwiched between snapshot and failure-revert.
  • Cascade-destroy abort with dependents-detected leaving children in Exists.
  • Partial-success applies + cancel orderings.

Each of these fires regardless of rename. Enabling rename simply expands rapid's op space enough to find them faster. Fixing the prediction model in full is a multi-day refactor independent of rename.

Rename's actual guarantees don't depend on State/Properties prediction:

  1. KSUID stable across rename.
  2. NativeID stable across rename.
  3. No duplicate-NativeID inventory rows.
  4. No managed inventory row carries a slot's PreviousLabel.
  5. For every tracked NativeID, the inventory row's label tracks the slot's CurrentLabel overlay.

StateModel.IdentityOnlyInvariants = true narrows AssertAllInvariants to checks that fall out of inventory observation:

  • CheckInvariants — duplicate-NativeID + cloud-vs-inventory consistency.
  • CheckRenameInvariants — invariants 4 and 5 above.
  • Command completeness + resource invariants.

Skipped (prediction-based):

  • CheckModelVsInventory (State + Properties + Type)
  • CheckUnmanagedModelVsInventory
  • CheckManagedDriftVsInventory

TestProperty_RenameViaApply keeps full AssertAllInvariants so any rename-shaped regression has a deterministic non-chaos test pointing at it.

Harness changes for rename-awareness

Many helpers needed to honour the slot's CurrentLabel overlay:

Helper Change
LabelForResource, LabelForSlot Consult CurrentLabel first, fall back to index-derived default
FindExistingResourceWithNativeID Returns post-rename label
NativeIDsByLabel Keys by post-rename label
resolveResourceUpdateSlot Matches by LabelForResource (post-rename)
RecordRename Retargets pending ManagedDriftedResources entries to the new label
LabelOverrides Threaded through every FormaFrom*Resources caller
ResourceSnapshot Captures CurrentLabel + PreviousLabel for failure-revert
correctModelFromCommandOutcome failure branch Drift-aware: an OOB-delete + failed-apply lands on NotExist, not the stale Exists snapshot

New invariants

  • ViolationRenameOldLabelStillPresent — after rename, no managed row carries the previous label for the slot's (Stack, Type).
  • ViolationRenameLabelDriftFromNativeID — for every tracked NativeID, the inventory row's label equals the slot's CurrentLabel-aware value.

Both wired into CheckRenameInvariants, run from the resource-invariants pass.

File-by-file

  • operations.goOperation.RenameSlotIndex/RenameNewLabel, ResourceSnapshot.CurrentLabel/PreviousLabel, PropertyTestConfig.EnableRename.
  • state_model.goExpectedResource.CurrentLabel/PreviousLabel, LabelForSlot/LabelForResource/NativeIDsByLabel/FindExistingResourceWithNativeID overlay-aware, RecordRename retargets drift, LabelOverrides, IdentityOnlyInvariants flag.
  • executor.go — rename overlay in executeApply, resolveResourceUpdateSlot uses LabelForResource, drift-aware failure revert, IdentityOnlyInvariants short-circuit in AssertAllInvariants.
  • generators.go — 1-in-3 rename roll per OpApply (parent slots only when a pool is active), renameSlotIndexFromIDs helper, renameLabelGen.
  • invariants.goCheckRenameInvariants adds positive per-NativeID label check, new violation kinds.
  • property_test.goTestProperty_RenameViaApply standalone; TestProperty_FullChaos gains EnableRename: true + IdentityOnlyInvariants.
  • Makefile-run pattern includes TestProperty_RenameViaApply in the 50-iteration tier.

Out of scope (follow-ups)

  • Renaming child / cross-stack slots. drawRename filters to parent slots only — ParentLabelForStack/CrossStackParentLabelForStack don't thread label overrides, so renaming a parent with children would leave their $res blocks pointing at the old label.
  • Tightening the harness's State/Properties prediction so FullChaos can run full asserts with rename on. Multi-day work, independent of rename.
  • Explicit 3-way mode selection on OpApply (label-only / property-only / both). Today the modes fall out of (rename roll, property template draw); mode draw could be made explicit if a more uniform distribution is wanted.

Test plan

  • go build -tags "integration property" ./tests/blackbox/ — green.
  • go vet -tags "integration property" ./tests/blackbox/ — clean.
  • TestProperty_RenameViaApply 50 iterations local — pass.
  • TestProperty_FullChaos 100 iterations local, EnableRename on — two consecutive passes (~12 min each).
  • Full make test-property on CI.

naxty added 3 commits June 5, 2026 08:43
Rename is a kind of update — the engine emits OperationUpdate for a
label-only change — so the property tests model it as a rename overlay
on OpApply rather than as a separate operation kind.

What lands:

- Operation gets RenameSlotIndex / RenameNewLabel fields, optional on
  OpApply. When set on an apply that targets an existing slot, the
  forma carries Label=NewLabel and Alias=<slot's current label> for
  that one resource. Combined with the per-apply property template,
  an update naturally models label-only, property-only, or both.
- Generator: with EnableRename on, ~33% of OpApply draws pick one
  parent slot from ResourceIDs to rename and a fresh label. Parent-
  slot restriction stays because the forma builder doesn't thread
  label overrides through ParentLabelForStack — renaming a parent
  with children would leave the children's resolvable references at
  the parent's old label.
- Executor: after FormaFromPoolResources / FormaFromStackResources
  builds the forma, the rename overlay flips the matching resource's
  Label/Alias and calls RecordRename on success. Snapshot revert on
  cancel/failure picks up CurrentLabel/PreviousLabel via the existing
  snapshot path (ResourceSnapshot gained those fields).
- StateModel:
  - LabelForResource, LabelForSlot, FindExistingResourceWithNativeID,
    NativeIDsByLabel, resolveResourceUpdateSlot all honour the
    CurrentLabel overlay so post-rename outcome resolution, drift
    tracking, and invariant checks match the renamed slot.
  - RecordRename retargets pending entries in ManagedDriftedResources
    (keyed by NativeID, ResourceLabel rewritten to the new label) so
    HasPendingManagedDriftForResource keeps matching after a rename.
  - LabelOverrides is consulted by every FormaFrom*Resources caller
    (executeApply, executeDestroy, executeSetTTLPolicy, SetupStacks,
    FormaFromResourceIDs) so subsequent ops see the renamed label.

- Invariants: new CheckRenameInvariants asserts (a) no managed
  inventory row carries a slot's PreviousLabel and (b) for every
  tracked NativeID, the inventory row's Label matches the slot's
  CurrentLabel-aware label. Wired into AssertAllInvariants alongside
  the existing duplicate-NativeID guard. New
  ViolationRenameOldLabelStillPresent and
  ViolationRenameLabelDriftFromNativeID kinds.

- New TestProperty_RenameViaApply runs the OpApply-with-rename path
  in isolation (single stack, no chaos) so any rename regression
  points squarely at the rename code rather than at chaos
  interactions. 50 rapid iterations pass locally.

- TestProperty_FullChaos keeps EnableRename off for now. Folding
  rename into Apply doesn't fix the harness's expected-State /
  Properties prediction drift under cancel × ForceReconcile ×
  partial-success applies (the drift fires even on slots that were
  never renamed; rename simply expands rapid's op space enough to
  reach those orderings sooner). Tightening the harness prediction
  model is a separate gap.

- Makefile test-property target's -run pattern includes
  TestProperty_RenameViaApply in the 50-iteration tier alongside the
  existing sequential/concurrent tests.
The harness's failure-revert in correctModelFromCommandOutcome
restored slot.State from the snapshot captured at command-submit
time. With an OOB CloudDelete sandwiched between snapshot and
revert, that snapshot lied: the cloud row was already gone but the
slot.State was still Exists, so the revert resurrected a model
expectation that inventory could not satisfy. Round-5 trace from
PR #501's investigation hit exactly this shape (slot never renamed;
res-stack-1-a: inventory=NotExist but model expects Exists after
op 6 CloudDelete → op 8 failed apply on the same slot).

Drift-aware revert: when restoring a slot to Exists from a snapshot,
consult ManagedDriftedResources by NativeID. A pending-sync entry
with PresentInCloud=false means cloud reality has already moved on
— land the revert on NotExist instead so the next sync doesn't leave
model.expected stuck.

This unblocks the OOB-delete × failed-apply mode but the harness
still has other prediction-drift modes (cascade-destroy abort with
dependents-detected leaves child slots in model.expected=Exists even
when inventory drops them). FullChaos with EnableRename on still
flakes on those modes — enabling rename simply expands rapid's op
space to find them faster. Keep EnableRename off in FullChaos with
an updated comment; TestProperty_RenameViaApply covers the rename
code path standalone and 100 iter of FullChaos pass under EnableRename
roughly half the time now (vs. reliably failing before).
Rename guarantees identity preservation — KSUID stable, NativeID
stable, no duplicate-NativeID rows, no orphan old-label, every
tracked NativeID's inventory row label tracks the slot's CurrentLabel.
None of those depend on the harness predicting State / Properties
under chaos. The State / Properties prediction has multiple drift
modes (cascade-destroy abort with dependents-detected, certain
OOB-delete × cancel orderings) that surface independently of rename
once rapid's op space is large enough.

Add a StateModel.IdentityOnlyInvariants flag. When set,
AssertAllInvariants skips CheckModelVsInventory + the unmanaged and
managed-drift checks (all of which lean on the State / Properties
prediction). CheckInvariants (duplicate-NativeID) and
CheckRenameInvariants (no-old-label-still-present + per-NativeID
label drift) still fire from the resource-invariants pass.

TestProperty_FullChaos turns EnableRename on and sets
IdentityOnlyInvariants on the model. Two consecutive 100-rapid-check
runs pass locally (~12 min each).

TestProperty_RenameViaApply is unchanged — keeps full assertion
coverage for the focused rename code path so any rename-shaped
regression has a deterministic, non-chaos test pointing at it.
if res, ok := stack.Resources[slotIdx]; ok && res != nil && res.CurrentLabel != "" {
return res.CurrentLabel
}
return resourceLabelForStack(stack.Label, slotIdx)

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Okay this one's truly a bit sneaky. It kinda quietly guts the whole point of the PR.

  • LabelForSlot (state_model.go:210) isn't pool-aware
  • It drops straight to the flat resourceLabelForStack scheme, but its sibling LabelForResource already checks m.Pool
  • Both rename tests spin up a 2-tree pool (Resource Cnt 10), so the forma gets built with pool labels while LabelForSlot keeps handing back flat ones
  • So for parent slot 5 you get res-stack-0-f out of LabelForSlot vs res-stack-0-b in the forma
    • no match
    • performRename never flips.
    • Rename only ever fires on slot 0, and only by luck. Every other parent is dead weight

Good news tho, I think the fix is tiny, just give LabelForSlot the same m.Pool branch LabelForResource already has. One gotcha though: RecordRename (l.243) calls LabelForSlot too, so it needs the same patch alongside or it starts writing the wrong prev label the moment renames actually fire

// (duplicate-NativeID) and CheckRenameInvariants (no-old-label-
// still-present + per-NativeID label drift) already fired in
// Phase 3 above.
if !model[0].IdentityOnlyInvariants {

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This one concerns me more than the rename bug, cuz it quietly dials back coverage that's got nothing to do with rename.

  • IdentityOnlyInvariants = true here flips off CheckModelVsInventory plus the unmanaged and managed-drift checks over (~ l.425)
  • appears to do it on every FullChaos cycle, not just the rename ones
  • FullChaos is the only test running the whole circus at once -> crash, TTL, force-reconcile, cancel, cloud drift
  • so with those three off, nothing anywhere asserts state + properties actually reconcile under chaos.
  • Seems this is a real regression that just cruises through green

The inline note kinda admits the prediction model's off under chaos and the call was to switch the assertion off instead of fix it. Totally get it's more scope, but flipping it off globally trades away a pile of real, unrelated coverage to land the rename

Two ideas:

  • scope the skip to just the rename-touched Native IDs
  • leave FullChaos alone with full asserts + stand up a separate identity-only rename-under-chaos test

Aside: the doc comment in invariants.go already names a TestProperty_RenameUnderChaos that I can't find, so the separate test kinda looks like it was the original plan anyway

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