Reconcile pet schema authority and bind saved objects to their pet row

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Closes #120

Summary

• run_pet_persistence_migrations() is now the single schema authority for pet_data / pet_save_objs. Migrations 2026091001-2026091007 move existing databases onto the contract that init_core_player_tables() and sql/master_schema.sql now describe identically: NOT NULL descriptions stored as TEXT, defaulted mental attributes, unsigned pet and object identifiers, LONGTEXT payloads, and a cascading pet_save_objs.pet_idnum -> pet_data.pet_data_id foreign key. Orphaned object rows are purged before the constraint is added. The duplicate ad-hoc runtime_state ALTER in runtime init is gone.
• verify_pet_persistence_schema() asserts the unsigned identifiers, column types, and the CASCADE delete rule through information_schema.
• Saved objects are addressed by pet row alone. The loader no longer keys on the mutable owner name, so a renamed owner keeps every pet's inventory. Both save paths delete replaced object rows by pet identity ahead of the pet row; the foreign key is the enforced backstop.
• Pet object failures log operation, owner ID, pet row ID, object vnum, and mysql_errno, never the serialized payload or SQL text. Previously silent goto cleanup paths now record a reason.
• The load-failure audit and the owner-rewrite churn measurement are written up in docs/systems/SAVE_SYSTEMS_BREAKDOWN.md. No pet restore path reaches an exit(); whole-owner replacement stays because the fingerprint shortcut already skips unchanged owners and the measured row counts are small.

Notes for review

• MariaDB rejects ADD CONSTRAINT IF NOT EXISTS name FOREIGN KEY; the migration uses ADD CONSTRAINT name FOREIGN KEY IF NOT EXISTS name (...), verified on MariaDB 10.11, so it is a no-op on a fresh install whose CREATE TABLE already carries the key.
• InnoDB refuses foreign keys on temporary tables, which every existing database test fixture uses. The legacy migration test therefore records 2026091007 as applied on its temporary fixture, and a new Test_pet_live_schema_cascades_objects_and_rejects_orphans exercises the migration runner, validator, cascade, and orphan rejection (error 1452) against the live tables inside a rolled-back transaction. CI already loads sql/master_schema.sql into its isolated database.
• owner_id / owner_created are deliberately not backfilled: owner_created cannot be derived in SQL and a partial binding would break prepare_saved_pet_row(). Legacy rows keep owner_id = 0 and are adopted on the owner's next save.

Testing

• make test: 1364 tests pass.
• Same suite with LUMINARI_TEST_MYSQL_ENABLE=1 against the local development database: 1364 pass, row counts unchanged afterward.
• make install run; no root-level binary left behind.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved pet data persistence across schema upgrades and installations.
  • Pet inventories now restore correctly when an owner’s name changes.
  • Added safeguards against orphaned or invalid saved pet objects.
  • Improved validation, cascading cleanup, and error reporting for pet data and saved objects.

• Documentation

  • Expanded testing and save-system documentation for migrations and database safeguards.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for pet identity, object restoration, schema migrations, cascading cleanup, and invalid object graphs.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change reconciles pet persistence schemas, adds seven migrations and schema validation, identifies saved objects by pet row, logs restore failures, adds pet persistence tests, and documents migration and live-schema behavior.

Changes

Pet persistence repairs

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Schema contract, migrations, and validation sql/master_schema.sql, src/db_init.c, src/db_init.h, src/db_init_data.c, unittests/CuTest/test_database_persistence.c	Pet tables now use reconciled types, defaults, indexes, and a cascading foreign key. Migrations 2026091001–2026091007 update existing installations and remove orphaned rows. Schema and migration tests cover validation, backfilling, idempotence, cascading deletes, and orphan rejection.
Pet identity and object persistence src/db.h, src/obj/objsave.c, src/players.c, unittests/CuTest/test_pet_persistence.c	Object lookup and deletion use pet_idnum. Save and load failures produce sanitized diagnostic logs. Tests cover stable owner identity and malformed object graphs.
Test integration and documentation CMakeLists.txt, Makefile.am, docs/guides/TESTING_GUIDE.md, docs/ongoing-projects/PET_SCHEMA_IDENTITY_ISSUE_120_PROGRESS.md, docs/systems/SAVE_SYSTEMS_BREAKDOWN.md	The new test source is included in both build systems. Documentation describes live-schema testing, migration authority, object identity, failure handling, and completed persistence repairs.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Startup
  participant MigrationRunner
  participant Database
  participant SchemaVerifier
  Startup->>MigrationRunner: Run pet persistence migrations
  MigrationRunner->>Database: Apply schema updates through 2026091007
  Startup->>SchemaVerifier: Validate pet persistence schema
  SchemaVerifier->>Database: Check columns and cascading foreign key
  SchemaVerifier-->>Startup: Return validation result

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Suggested reviewers: jamclaug

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to b03b0

Legacy pet databases with NULL mental attributes can fail schema upgrade at startup. The final foreign-key migration also lacks legacy-row coverage, and the live-schema test documentation incorrectly implies its schema changes are rolled back.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 36.36% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 22 functions across 8 files. (4 skipped: …	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes address the coding objectives in [#120]. They reconcile schema authority, add migrations and validation, bind saved objects to pet rows, enforce cascade and orphan handling, audit recovera…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The code, tests, schema updates, and documentation are related to the pet persistence objectives in [#120]. No unrelated changes are evident.
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely summarizes the two main changes: reconciling pet schema authority and binding saved objects to pet rows.

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Inline comments:
In `@src/db_init_data.c`:
- Around line 1112-1119: Update pet_schema_has_foreign_key to select UPDATE_RULE
alongside DELETE_RULE and require both rules to equal CASCADE, matching the
schema requirement; leave the existing database and table filtering unchanged
and do not add REFERENCED_TABLE_SCHEMA.

In `@src/db_init.c`:
- Line 1784: Update migration 2026091007 to query information_schema for the
existing fk_pet_save_objs_pet constraint before altering the table, and execute
a plain ADD CONSTRAINT ... FOREIGN KEY only when it is absent. Remove IF NOT
EXISTS while preserving successful behavior on both MariaDB and MySQL.

In `@unittests/CuTest/test_database_persistence.c`:
- Around line 295-300: Replace the schema_migrations pre-seeding for migration
2026091007 in the temporary-fixture setup with a dedicated non-temporary test
schema. Create the legacy tables in that schema, run the migration runner, and
assert that orphan rows are removed and the foreign key is created; keep the
existing live-schema test separate for cascade behavior.

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• CMakeLists.txt
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• src/db_init.h
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Review and CI follow-up, squashed into b03b020.

Root cause of the CI failures. A fresh database loaded from sql/master_schema.sql already carried fk_pet_save_objs_pet, so the boot-time replay of migration 2026080503 (which modifies pet_idnum) failed with "Cannot change column 'pet_idnum': used in a foreign key constraint", and every job that boots the world refused to start. Reproduced on a throwaway MariaDB 10.11 loaded exactly as CI does.

Fix. The constraint is now created only by migration 2026091007 (plain ADD CONSTRAINT ... FOREIGN KEY). The runtime CREATE TABLE and the master schema omit it and say why. The validator additionally requires UPDATE_RULE = CASCADE. Docs and the legacy migration fixture comment were updated to match.

CodeRabbit comments. All three answered inline. The UPDATE_RULE check was applied as suggested. The IF NOT EXISTS concern is moot now that the migration is the sole creator. A dedicated non-temporary test schema is not available to the suite (the migration SQL names the tables literally and the CI user cannot create databases), so the fresh CI boot exercises the migration for real and the live-schema test asserts its outcome.

Pre-merge checks. The linked-issue note about backfilling owner_id/owner_created is intentional and documented: owner_created cannot be derived in SQL and a partial binding would break prepare_saved_pet_row(); legacy rows keep owner_id = 0 and are adopted on the owner's next save, as migration 2026080505 already established.

Run locally against a fresh master-schema database (throwaway MariaDB 10.11, CI variables):

• scripts/ci/prepare_test_runtime.sh + make test + make install: 1364 tests pass, migrations 2026091001-2026091007 applied at boot, no root binary left.
• make test-all: pass.
• Server startup smoke test: listens on 4100, zero SYSERR lines, clean shutdown.
• Database migration dry-run: master schema and all manifest apply components load.
• Valgrind (LUMINARI_TEST_SKIP_SYNTAX_BOOT=1): 1364 pass, 0 errors, 0 definite leaks.
• ASan/UBSan build: 1364 pass, no sanitizer reports; protocol fuzz 15s pass.
• World-data tools, constants sync, docs check, and clang-format pre-commit: pass.
• Against the local development database as well: 1364 pass, row counts unchanged.

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In `@docs/guides/TESTING_GUIDE.md`:
- Around line 442-443: Update the documentation around
Test_pet_live_schema_cascades_objects_and_rejects_orphans to clarify that the
final ROLLBACK reverts only fixture data, while the live schema remains migrated
because the migration runner executes before START TRANSACTION.

In `@src/db_init.c`:
- Around line 1755-1760: Before the apply_migration call for migration
2026091003, backfill existing NULL values in pet_data.intel, wis, and cha with
10. Keep the subsequent ALTER TABLE enforcement unchanged so existing rows are
valid before the columns become NOT NULL.

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Second review round addressed in 41df2de (branch squashed to one commit on current master):

• Added migration 2026091000 to backfill null intel/wis/cha before 2026091003 tightens them; the legacy migration fixture now seeds a NULL and asserts the fill.
• Testing guide and progress doc now state that the live-schema test's rollback covers only fixture rows while the schema stays migrated.
• Session links removed from the commit message, PR body, and earlier comment per the updated repository rules.

Re-verified locally: fresh master-schema database boot applies 2026091000-2026091007 and passes all 1364 tests; the development database run and make test + make install pass; Valgrind reports 0 errors and 0 definite leaks; clang-format pre-commit passes.

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Merged as ced0bac (squash) on master.

What was merged

• One schema authority for pet_data / pet_save_objs: migrations 2026091000-2026091007 reconcile description, attribute, and identifier columns, backfill nulls, purge orphaned object rows, and create the cascading pet_save_objs.pet_idnum -> pet_data.pet_data_id foreign key. The base CREATE TABLE statements and sql/master_schema.sql describe the same base shape and deliberately leave the constraint to the migration.
• The startup validator now checks unsigned identifiers, the reconciled column types, and a foreign key whose delete and update rules both cascade.
• Saved objects are addressed by pet row rather than the mutable owner name; both save paths delete replaced object rows by pet identity with the constraint as backstop.
• Pet object failures log query identity and mysql_errno without serialized payloads.
• New and extended CuTest coverage: owner binding, malformed restore graphs, the legacy migration path, and live cascade / orphan rejection on the booted schema.
• Docs: load-failure audit and rewrite churn measurement recorded in docs/systems/SAVE_SYSTEMS_BREAKDOWN.md; testing guide updated.

Follow-up

• None required for Pets: reconcile schema definitions and strengthen owner/object persistence identities #120. Two deliberate non-changes are documented for future reference: owner_id / owner_created are not backfilled (legacy rows adopt on the owner's next save), and whole-owner replacement was kept after measurement rather than adding dirty-record saves or batching.
• Operational note: the first boot after deploying applies the eight new migrations, including a one-way orphan purge in pet_save_objs; take the usual pre-deploy database backup.