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Summary
DESCRIBE MICROFLOW outputs the WHILE loop condition but completely omits all activities inside the loop body. This makes DESCRIBE output non-roundtrippable for any microflow containing a WHILE loop.
Repro
CREATE MICROFLOW MathTest.Fibonacci (
$N: Integer
) RETURNS Long AS $Result (
DECLARE $Result Long = 0
DECLARE $Previous1 Long = 0
DECLARE $Previous2 Long = 1
DECLARE $Counter Integer = 2
WHILE $Counter <= $N (
DECLARE $Current Long = $Previous1 + $Previous2
SET $Previous2 = $Previous1
SET $Previous1 = $Current
SET $Counter = $Counter + 1
)
RETURN $Result
);Expected DESCRIBE output: includes $Current, SET, counter increment inside the WHILE block.
Actual DESCRIBE output:
WHILE $Counter <= $N (
-- (empty — body activities missing)
)Also: DESCRIBE outputs END LOOP; instead of END WHILE; for WHILE loops.
Impact
- All microflows with WHILE loops have incomplete DESCRIBE output
- Cannot reconstruct original microflow from DESCRIBE
- Affects:
02-microflow-examples.mdl,04-math-examples.mdl
Severity
HIGH — data loss in DESCRIBE roundtrip; affects every WHILE loop.
Discovered via
Automated roundtrip test — mdl-examples/doctype-tests/ (2026-03-25)
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