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Summary

  • add bounded pending-execution observation and predicate-driven FakeTimeProvider advancement helpers
  • keep the testing-only time-provider dependency inside Kevlar.Testing while retaining netstandard2.0 descriptor assets
  • cover retry, timeout, circuit breaker, rate limit, concurrency limit, hedging, cancellation, diagnostics, and invalid bounds
  • document TUnit usage and validate net8.0/net10.0 package assets

Closes #99

Validation

  • dotnet build Kevlar.slnx -c Release
  • all six test projects: 791 tests passed
  • dotnet pack Kevlar.slnx -c Release --no-build -p:Version=0.0.0-issue99.2
  • pwsh scripts/Verify-Packages.ps1 -PackagesPath artifacts/package/issue99-2 -Version 0.0.0-issue99.2
  • pwsh scripts/Verify-DocSnippets.ps1 -PackagesPath artifacts/package/issue99-2 -Version 0.0.0-issue99.2
  • npm run build (docs)

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  • New Features

    • Added bounded helpers for waiting on pending executions and advancing fake time until conditions are met.
    • Added cancellation support, configurable limits, and detailed diagnostics for failed waits or time advances.
    • Added .NET 8 support for the testing package.
  • Documentation

    • Documented deterministic fake-time helpers, retry examples, supported conditions, bounds, and failure diagnostics.
    • Updated package descriptions to highlight deterministic testing utilities.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for retries, timeouts, circuit breakers, rate limits, concurrency, hedging, cancellation, validation, and diagnostic reporting.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The Kevlar.Testing package adds bounded helpers for observing pending shield executions and advancing FakeTimeProvider instances. The package now targets .NET 8 and includes tests for retries, timeouts, breakers, limits, hedging, cancellation, validation, and diagnostics.

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Deterministic time testing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Package targets and public API
src/Kevlar.Testing/..., scripts/Verify-Packages.ps1
The package now targets net8.0 and declares the testing time-provider dependency for non-netstandard2.0 targets. Public API baselines include AdvanceUntilAsync and WaitForPendingAsync.
Bounded pending-execution observation
src/Kevlar.Testing/SchedulerDrain.cs, src/Kevlar.Testing/ShieldExecutionExtensions.cs, tests/Kevlar.Testing.Tests/TimeControlTests.cs
WaitForPendingAsync validates inputs, observes scheduler progress, supports cancellation, and reports execution or yield-limit failures with diagnostics.
Bounded fake-time advancement and coverage
src/Kevlar.Testing/FakeTimeProviderExtensions.cs, tests/Kevlar.Testing.Tests/TimeControlTests.cs, docs/docs/testing.md, README.md
AdvanceUntilAsync advances fake time in bounded steps and drains continuations. Tests cover execution controls, cancellation, validation, and failure diagnostics. Documentation and package metadata describe the helpers.

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

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e387a

The new bounded scheduler-drain helper can miss cancellation requested during its final asynchronous yield, causing callers to observe completion instead of cancellation in that edge case. This is localized to deterministic testing behavior but is a concrete correctness issue that should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Test
  participant AdvanceUntilAsync
  participant FakeTimeProvider
  participant SchedulerDrain
  participant RetryExecution

  Test->>AdvanceUntilAsync: Start with step and completion condition
  AdvanceUntilAsync->>FakeTimeProvider: Advance fake time
  FakeTimeProvider->>RetryExecution: Release scheduled retry
  AdvanceUntilAsync->>SchedulerDrain: Drain scheduler continuations
  SchedulerDrain->>RetryExecution: Observe progress
  RetryExecution-->>AdvanceUntilAsync: Complete condition
  AdvanceUntilAsync-->>Test: Return or report bounded failure
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I’m a rabbit with clocks in my paws,
Advancing retries without timing flaws.
Bounds mark the path, diagnostics shine,
Each queued task finishes on time.
Hop, test, and verify the flow!

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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 10.53% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 19 functions across 4 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the addition of deterministic testing helpers, which is the primary change.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address issue [#99] with bounded fake-time and pending-execution helpers, required coverage, package isolation, API updates, and documentation.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The implementation, tests, documentation, package updates, and verification changes directly support the objectives in issue [#99].
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/docs/testing.md`:
- Line 194: Update the diagnostic description for WaitForPendingAsync and
AdvanceUntilAsync separately: state only the diagnostic fields each helper
actually reports, omitting fake UTC time from WaitForPendingAsync and execution
status from AdvanceUntilAsync, while preserving the guidance about caller-owned
progress conditions and normal awaiting.

In `@src/Kevlar.Testing/SchedulerDrain.cs`:
- Around line 8-26: Update the scheduler polling method containing the StartNew
loop to use an async loop, await Task.Yield() after each unsuccessful
condition() check, and preserve cancellation checks and maxYields behavior.
Remove the LongRunning Task.Factory.StartNew usage so queued continuations can
run between polls.

In `@tests/Kevlar.Testing.Tests/TimeControlTests.cs`:
- Around line 114-121: Update the rate-limit and concurrency tests around the
queued executions to expose an admission signal emitted only after each queued
work item reaches its relevant limiter; use that signal as workStarted before
advancing fake time or releasing the permit. Replace the existing
queued.IsCompleted and started.Task waits, ensuring the signal specifically
represents queued admission rather than task creation or completion of the first
execution.
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tests/Kevlar.Testing.Tests/TimeControlTests.cs (1)

93-105: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use camelCase for local constants.

  • tests/Kevlar.Testing.Tests/TimeControlTests.cs#L93-L105: Rename ShieldName to shieldName and update its uses.
  • tests/Kevlar.Testing.Tests/TimeControlTests.cs#L133-L137: Rename ShieldName to shieldName and update its uses.

As per coding guidelines, **/*.cs: “locals and parameters use camelCase.”

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In `@tests/Kevlar.Testing.Tests/TimeControlTests.cs` around lines 93 - 105, Rename
the local constant ShieldName to shieldName and update all references in
tests/Kevlar.Testing.Tests/TimeControlTests.cs at lines 93-105 and 133-137,
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Inline comments:
In `@src/Kevlar.Testing/SchedulerDrain.cs`:
- Line 21: Update the terminal condition check in SchedulerDrain so it performs
a cancellation check after the final Task.Yield() and before invoking
condition(), preserving OperationCanceledException when cancellation occurred
during the yield.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@tests/Kevlar.Testing.Tests/TimeControlTests.cs`:
- Around line 93-105: Rename the local constant ShieldName to shieldName and
update all references in tests/Kevlar.Testing.Tests/TimeControlTests.cs at lines
93-105 and 133-137, preserving the existing behavior.
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Comment thread src/Kevlar.Testing/SchedulerDrain.cs
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thomhurst merged commit 6c17e14 into main Aug 21, 2026
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