fix: refuse lossy Infrahub upserts

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Why

A schema mapping declares how Sync identifies an object. If it declares
identifiers: [name, site], two racks with the same name in different sites
are distinct objects.

Infrahub previously allowed that mapping to write into a destination keyed only
by name. Both racks matched the same destination object, and the second write
silently replaced the first.

This change enforces the configured identity: a mapping keyed by (name, site)
requires Infrahub's upsert key to distinguish both name and site. Otherwise,
sync refuses the affected kind before an ambiguous create and identifies the
unsupported field.

Closes #166

What changed

• Validate the generated model identity before the affected kind's first
  destination create.
• Validate only kinds with create actions in the current diff; updates target
  existing nodes by ID.
• Match it against Infrahub's human-friendly ID, or its default filter when no
  human-friendly ID exists.
• Require relationship key paths to cover the peer's complete generated
  identity.
• Do not accept uniqueness constraints as upsert keys because Infrahub does not
  use them to select an existing object.
• Keep diff available for reviewing unsafe mappings.
• Report refusals consistently in serial and parallel sync modes.

Serial sync validates its whole-run diff before writing. Tiered sync validates
each tier at its write boundary, so safe earlier tiers may complete before a
later unsafe tier is refused; the affected kind is still stopped before any
lossy create.

Example:

Refusing to sync destination kind LocationRack:
generated model identity (name, site) is finer than its
destination upsert key (name);
uncovered mapping identifier(s): site.

Documentation

Updated the schema-mapping reference with the destination identity requirement
and added a bug-fix changelog fragment.

Test plan

uv sync --extra dev
uv run pytest -q
uv run ty check .
uv run invoke docs.generate
uv run invoke docs.docusaurus
uv run infrahub-sync --help
uv run infrahub-sync list --directory examples/

Results:

• 123 passed, 3 skipped.
• Focused identity and serial/parallel CLI tests passed.
• Ruff passed on changed files.
• ty check . passed with three existing warnings in untouched tests.
• Documentation generation and production build passed.
• Repository-wide Pylint retains the existing main branch diagnostics.

The generate sanity check was not run because no local Infrahub server was
available.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added validation to prevent creates when destination upsert identifiers do not fully cover generated model identities.
  • Applies to serial and parallel sync modes, including nested relationship identifiers.
  • Updates and read-only comparisons remain available when creates are refused.

• Bug Fixes

  • Sync failures now use the standard CLI error path and are recorded as failed runs.

• Documentation

  • Expanded composite identifier guidance and documented identifier coverage requirements.

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Walkthrough

The Infrahub adapter now validates that generated model identities are covered by destination HFIDs, default filters, or upsert keys before create writes. It checks nested relationship identities and raises ConvergenceIdentityError for unsafe mappings. Update-only diffs and read-only comparisons remain available. Serial CLI sync records failed runs and presents convergence errors through the standard abort path. Documentation and changelog entries describe the new behavior.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: preventing lossy Infrahub upserts.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy issue #166 by detecting finer source identities and refusing ambiguous writes before destination creation with operator feedback.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The implementation, CLI handling, documentation, changelog, and regression tests directly support the linked issue and stated objectives.
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tests/adapters/test_infrahub_convergence_identity.py (4)

51-51: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Remove the inert client stub.

Line 51 sets create=pytest.fail, but the write path is monkeypatched at Adapter.sync_from, so client.create is never reached. The line suggests a guarantee the test does not provide.

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In `@tests/adapters/test_infrahub_convergence_identity.py` at line 51, Remove the
inert destination.client SimpleNamespace stub from the test, since
Adapter.sync_from is monkeypatched and client.create is never exercised.

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386-414: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

This test cannot fail.

InfrahubAdapter does not override diff_from, and the test replaces Adapter.diff_from with _enter_diff_path. The assertion then only proves that the patched function ran. It would still pass if the guard were added to diff_from in the future.

Call the real diff_from against a minimal source adapter instead, and assert that no ConvergenceIdentityError is raised.

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In `@tests/adapters/test_infrahub_convergence_identity.py` around lines 386 - 414,
Update test_read_only_diff_remains_available_for_an_unsafe_identity to stop
monkeypatching Adapter.diff_from; invoke the real diff_from with a minimal
source adapter and assert it completes without raising ConvergenceIdentityError.

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29-51: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Extract the adapter setup into a helper.

Ten tests repeat the same InfrahubAdapter.__new__ construction, the same SyncConfig, and the same _enter_write_path closure. A small factory that takes identifiers, schema, and optional model namespaces would remove the duplication and make each test show only what it varies.

Also applies to: 74-91, 109-121, 149-162, 182-195, 214-227, 247-260, 282-297, 318-331, 354-363

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In `@tests/adapters/test_infrahub_convergence_identity.py` around lines 29 - 51,
Extract the repeated InfrahubAdapter test construction and _enter_write_path
setup into a shared factory helper accepting identifiers, schema, and optional
model namespaces. Replace the duplicated setup in the listed tests with helper
calls while preserving each test’s varying configuration and behavior.

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101-102: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the specific exception type.

These tests expect ValueError. ConvergenceIdentityError is the contract the CLI depends on. A bare ValueError also matches unrelated failures, for example a config or attribute error raised earlier in the guard. Use the specific type so the tests keep proving the refusal path.

♻️ Proposed change (apply at each site)

-    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+    with pytest.raises(ConvergenceIdentityError):
         destination.sync_from(Adapter())

Also applies to: 172-173, 237-238, 270-271, 307-308

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In `@tests/adapters/test_infrahub_convergence_identity.py` around lines 101 - 102,
Update each pytest.raises assertion around destination.sync_from(Adapter()) to
expect the specific ConvergenceIdentityError rather than the broader ValueError,
including all listed sites, while preserving the existing refusal-path test
behavior.

docs/docs/reference/schema-mapping.mdx (1)

135-135: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Check for consecutive blank lines.

Line 135 adds a blank line after the new paragraph. If the following line is also blank, markdownlint-cli2 reports MD012. Run the lint task on this file.

As per coding guidelines: "Lint Markdown/MDX content with markdownlint-cli2."

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Inline comments:
In `@tests/test_cli_parallel.py`:
- Around line 117-141: Update
test_serial_sync_does_not_present_unrelated_value_error_as_refusal to enable
diffs and assign unrelated_error as fake_ptd.sync.side_effect instead of
fake_ptd.diff.side_effect, ensuring the ValueError is raised inside the guarded
serial sync handler while preserving the existing assertions.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@docs/docs/reference/schema-mapping.mdx`:
- Line 135: Inspect the documentation paragraph near the added blank line and
remove any consecutive blank lines so the section contains only the spacing
required by Markdown. Verify the resulting file passes the configured
markdownlint checks.

In `@tests/adapters/test_infrahub_convergence_identity.py`:
- Line 51: Remove the inert destination.client SimpleNamespace stub from the
test, since Adapter.sync_from is monkeypatched and client.create is never
exercised.
- Around line 386-414: Update
test_read_only_diff_remains_available_for_an_unsafe_identity to stop
monkeypatching Adapter.diff_from; invoke the real diff_from with a minimal
source adapter and assert it completes without raising ConvergenceIdentityError.
- Around line 29-51: Extract the repeated InfrahubAdapter test construction and
_enter_write_path setup into a shared factory helper accepting identifiers,
schema, and optional model namespaces. Replace the duplicated setup in the
listed tests with helper calls while preserving each test’s varying
configuration and behavior.
- Around line 101-102: Update each pytest.raises assertion around
destination.sync_from(Adapter()) to expect the specific ConvergenceIdentityError
rather than the broader ValueError, including all listed sites, while preserving
the existing refusal-path test behavior.

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Verified this fixes #166 correctly and minimally: the destination upsert key (HFID, or default_filter if no HFID) is checked for coverage of the generated model's full identity — including recursively through relationship peers — and correctly refuses to treat a uniqueness constraint as sufficient, which is the exact subtlety that caused the original silent collapse. Guard is hooked once via InfrahubAdapter.sync_from, so serial and tiered/parallel paths share it; diff/read-only stays untouched as intended.

I traced through the tier-diff reordering in the last commit (computing all tier diffs before any tier writes, vs. the previous interleaved diff→sync→diff→sync) since that's a real behavior change beyond validation. It's safe: relationship peer IDs resolve live against client.store at create()/update() time, not at diff() time, and write order across tiers is unchanged — so precomputing diffs only affects when validation runs, not correctness of the writes.

Two things worth fixing before merge:

1. tests/test_cli_parallel.py::test_serial_sync_does_not_present_unrelated_value_error_as_refusal sets fake_ptd.diff.side_effect, but cli.py's new except ConvergenceIdentityError only wraps ptd.sync(...), not ptd.diff(). The test passes but doesn't exercise the branch it's testing — should be fake_ptd.sync.side_effect (with has_diffs() returning True) instead.
2. The PR description says tiered sync "validates each tier at its write boundary, so safe earlier tiers may complete before a later unsafe tier is refused" — the final commit changed this so all tier diffs are validated before any tier writes. Worth updating the description so it matches the (better) actual behavior.

Optional, non-blocking polish from CodeRabbit's pass: extract the repeated InfrahubAdapter test setup into a helper, assert ConvergenceIdentityError instead of bare ValueError in a few tests, and drop an inert client stub that's never exercised.

CI is green across lint/type-check/docs/tests. Solid fix — approve pending #1.

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Verdict: approve the approach, but don't merge yet. One small test fix (flagged earlier, still unfixed at head), a description update, and a deliberate decision about the fallout on the shipped NetBox example.

Does it fix the bug the smartest way?

Yes — the mechanism is the right one, and it's placed well. The issue (#166) is that Infrahub upsert matches on the human-friendly ID, so a mapping keyed (name, site) writing into a destination keyed (name) silently merges two racks. You can't make those writes "correct" — with an HFID of name alone the destination genuinely cannot hold both objects — so pre-write refusal is the only honest fix, and it's exactly what the issue asked for. Verified against the code:

• Single choke point. The guard hooks InfrahubAdapter.sync_from (signature matches installed diffsync exactly), so serial and tiered/parallel modes share it. diff stays read-only and available for inspecting the unsafe plan — the right operator escape route.
• The subtle part is right. It refuses to accept a uniqueness constraint as a substitute upsert key, which is precisely the trap in the original repro (constraint covers (name, site), HFID doesn't, upsert still matches by HFID). The adapter's create() really does go through node.save(allow_upsert=True), so HFID/default-filter is genuinely the match key.
• Smart scoping. Only kinds with create actions in the actual diff are validated (updates address nodes by ID), so steady-state syncs of already-converged data aren't retroactively broken.
• Tiered preflight is stronger than advertised. The code validates all tier diffs before any tier writes — all-or-nothing, which the new cache-flow test asserts (ptd.sync.assert_not_called()). The reordering of diff computation ahead of writes is safe: tier diffs are pure in-memory comparisons over the already-loaded stores, no checked-in example uses diffsync _children, and peer IDs resolve from client.store at write time.
• CI is fully green (lint on 3.10–3.13, unit tests, docs build), docs and changelog fragment are included, and the guard's test suite is thorough (HFID, default-filter, no-key, stale-config, relationship-peer, update-only, and read-only cases).

What still needs work

1. Broken negative test (blocking, already flagged). test_serial_sync_does_not_present_unrelated_value_error_as_refusal sets fake_ptd.diff.side_effect, but cli.py's new try/except ConvergenceIdentityError wraps only ptd.sync(...) — ptd.diff() is called outside it. The test passes without ever touching the branch it claims to test. Fix: fake_ptd.sync.side_effect with has_diffs() returning True.
2. Stale PR description. The body says tiered sync "validates each tier at its write boundary, so safe earlier tiers may complete before a later unsafe tier is refused" — the final commit made it validate everything before the first write. Worth updating; the actual behavior is better than described.
3. Shipped-example blast radius (the real merge decision). examples/netbox_to_infrahub/config.yml is full of composite identifiers — LocationRack (name, site), DcimDevice (location, name), interfaces (device, name), VLANs (name, vlan_id, vlan_group). Against the current schema-library (rack HFID = name only, per sync: same-named objects silently merge when source identity is finer than the destination key #166), a fresh sync of the flagship example will now hard-refuse instead of silently merging. That's the intended trade, but nothing in this PR updates the example or coordinates a schema-library HFID change. Before merging, decide: does the NetBox demo/tutorial breaking-by-refusal land together with an example or schema-library fix, or is the refusal message acceptable as the out-of-box experience in the interim? At minimum, a linked follow-up issue.

Two non-blocking observations: the recursive peer-identity check is strict but correct in principle (an interface HFID of device__name can't distinguish same-named devices in different locations); and a relationship whose peer kind isn't a mapped model always counts as uncovered, which is conservative and could false-refuse configs referencing pre-existing peers — worth watching once this hits real configs.

Bottom line: the fix itself is the simplest correct design for the invariant, well-tested and well-placed. Fix item 1, update the description, and settle item 3 (even just with a linked follow-up issue), and this is mergeable.

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Converted to draft — parked on a scope decision, not on further cleanup. CI is green and
the mechanism is sound; the open question is blast radius.

The recursive rule (relationship key paths must cover the peer's full generated
identity) refuses a large share of the shipped examples on a first sync, where every
operation is a create. examples/netbox_to_infrahub/config.yml declares
DcimDevice identifiers: ["location", "name"] while the schema-library device HFID is
name alone; interfaces keyed ["device", "name"] would need an HFID spelling out
device__location__…. 40+ mappings across 8 example configs have relationship-valued
identity components. This PR changes no example and no schema-library HFID, and the live
generate check wasn't run for want of a server.

Decisions needed before this leaves draft:

1. Split the direct-identity rule (fixes sync: same-named objects silently merge when source identity is finer than the destination key #166 as filed, low fallout) from the recursive
   peer-identity rule (where nearly all the fallout comes from)?
2. Hard refusal, or warn by default with an opt-in strict mode?
3. If refusal: does it land together with example / schema-library HFID fixes, so the
   NetBox tutorial still completes on a clean day?

Two items worth fixing regardless of the above:

• False refusal. In _identifier_is_covered, a relationship whose peer kind is not a
  mapped model yields empty _identifiers and returns uncovered — so a config that
  references pre-existing peers is refused even when the HFID plainly covers it.
• Stale description. The body says tiered sync "validates each tier at its write
  boundary, so safe earlier tiers may complete"; the final commit validates all tier
  diffs before any writes. The actual behavior is better than advertised.