Reference validation reports stale references inside excluded microflows

[hjotha]

Problem:

mxcli check --references reports missing references inside excluded microflows, even though Studio Pro allows excluded documents to keep stale references because they are not part of the runnable application.

Expected:

Reference validation should skip the body of excluded microflows while still validating included microflows.

Impact:

Large project audits can fail on intentionally excluded legacy scaffolding instead of actionable model errors.

Proposed fix:

Short-circuit microflow reference collection when a CreateMicroflowStmt is marked excluded.

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Issue Triage

Summary:
The issue describes that mxcli check --references incorrectly flags stale references inside excluded microflows, and requests that reference validation skip those excluded microflows.

Checklist for bug report completeness

Required information	Present?	Notes
mxcli version (output of mxcli --version or commit/build)	❌	Not provided
Mendix version of the project (e.g., 10.x, 9.x)	❌	Not provided
Scenario – what the user was trying to do (CLI command, MDL script, etc.)	✅	mxcli check --references is mentioned
Expected output – what should have happened	✅	Reference validation should skip excluded microflows
Experienced output – what actually happened (error, wrong result, crash)	✅	Reports missing references inside excluded microflows
AI bug report – output of mxcli diag --bundle or at least the session log	❌	Not provided

Missing information:
Please add the mxcli version, the Mendix version of the project you’re analyzing, and the diagnostic bundle (mxcli diag --bundle) or session log so we can reproduce and investigate the issue.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention! Once those details are added, we’ll be able to move forward.

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