feat(core-engine): add version transition modeling (#18) by Subodh-17 · Pull Request #27 · WhatBreaks/WhatBreaks

Subodh (Subodh-17) · 2026-11-05T18:23:21Z

Summary

Closes #18

This PR introduces provider-agnostic Version Transition Modeling to wb-core-engine, establishing the core version domain types, deterministic numeric comparison, and seamless integration into the change impact analysis pipeline.

It fulfills the requirements of Issue #18 and provides the exact upstream version contract anticipated by downstream roadmap work in #17 and PR #26 (compat_evidence.rs).

Changes Introduced

1. Version Domain Model (`core-engine/src/version.rs`)

VersionKnowledge: Represents epistemic certainty regarding component versioning:
- Exact(String): Known, explicit version identifier.
- Inferred(String): Discovered from ambient environment, manifests, or heuristics.
- Unknown: Explicit representation of missing or unobservable version states.
VersionRef: Encapsulates a version reference string and its scheme (e.g., "dotted-numeric", "semver").
VersionOrdering: Deterministic 4-state comparison result:
- Greater, Less, Equal, and Indeterminate (for mismatched schemes, unparseable components, or missing/unknown versions).
DottedNumericOrdering: Scheme-aware comparator for dotted-numeric strings (e.g. 1.29.1 vs 1.30.0):
- Normalizes leading zeros (e.g. 01 == 1).
- Parses numeric components safely with explicit overflow guard (u64).
- Treats empty segments (e.g. 1..2) or malformed tokens deterministically as Indeterminate.
- Zero unapproved dependencies; implemented purely in safe Rust using the standard library.
VersionTransition: Models a state change from from: Option<VersionKnowledge> to to: VersionKnowledge:
- is_upgrade(): Returns true iff comparison strictly yields VersionOrdering::Greater.
- is_downgrade(): Returns true iff comparison strictly yields VersionOrdering::Less.
- is_noop(): Returns true iff comparison strictly yields VersionOrdering::Equal.
- Safely returns false when either boundary is Unknown or comparison is Indeterminate.

2. Impact Pipeline Integration (`core-engine/src/impact.rs`)

Additively extended ProposedChange with optional version transition metadata:
- Added field pub version_transition: Option<VersionTransition>.
- Provided fluent builder with_version_transition(self, transition: VersionTransition) -> Self.
- Fully backward compatible: existing new(...) constructors and non-versioned changes default to None.
Enriched ChangeAssessment with optional version transition context:
- Added field pub version_transition: Option<VersionTransition>.
- Propagated through ImpactEngine::assess(...) so downstream consumers receive version transition context alongside impacted resource nodes.

3. Public API Exports (`core-engine/src/lib.rs`)

Added pub mod version;.
Re-exported all primary domain types at crate root:
- VersionKnowledge
- VersionRef
- VersionOrdering
- DottedNumericOrdering
- VersionTransition

Downstream Compatibility & Roadmap Alignment

Downstream PR Add knowledge evidence model and finding status derivation (#20) #26 Compatibility: Matches the provisional version knowledge and transition types used in compat_evidence.rs, allowing seamless replacement of provisional structs with upstream wb_core_engine::version::*.
Zero New Dependencies: Cargo.toml remains untouched; zero external crates added.
Preserved Invariants: All existing ImpactEngine, AnswerEngine, and graph query interfaces remain 100% backward compatible.

Verification & Test Results

Executed full workspace test suite via cargo test -p wb-core-engine --locked:

324 passed, 0 failed, 0 ignored
- 306 existing baseline tests passed unmodified.
- 18 new comprehensive tests added:
  - 16 unit tests in version.rs (exact/inferred/unknown semantics, dotted numeric comparisons, prefix matching, leading zeros, large integers, overflow safety, no-op/upgrade/downgrade classification, JSON serde).
  - 2 integration tests in impact.rs (builder pattern compatibility and transition propagation into ChangeAssessment).

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New Features
- Added support for describing component version transitions, including whether version information is known, inferred, or unknown.
- Added dotted-numeric version comparison for supported formats. Comparisons accept an optional v prefix and treat missing trailing components as zero.
- Version transitions can indicate upgrades, downgrades, or unchanged versions when the versions can be compared.
- Change assessments now include version transition details and note when unknown or inferred version information limits comparison or requires verification.

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The change adds version knowledge, references, ordering, and transition models to core-engine. Proposed changes can carry a version transition, and assessments include its version context and limitations for unknown or inferred versions.

Changes: Version transition modeling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Version knowledge and references `core-engine/src/version.rs`	Adds `VersionKnowledge` and `VersionRef` to represent known, inferred, and unknown versions.
Version ordering and transition checks `core-engine/src/version.rs`	Adds dotted numeric comparison and checks for upgrade, downgrade, and no-op transitions. Tests cover version states, comparison, transition checks, and serialization.
Public API and change assessment `core-engine/src/lib.rs`, `core-engine/src/impact.rs`, `core-engine-server/src/convert.rs`	Exports the version module and its types. `ProposedChange` accepts a transition, and assessments include version assumptions and limitations. Server conversion initializes the transition to `None`.

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Change: Feature

Possibly related issues

WhatBreaks issue 17: The change adds explicit version inputs and known, inferred, and unknown states for version-aware analysis.
WhatBreaks issue 23: The change adds tests for version models and impact integration.
WhatBreaks issue 19: The change models current-to-target transitions as analysis input, but does not evaluate compatibility risks.
WhatBreaks issue 22: The change carries optional transition metadata into change assessments, but does not add risk-report findings.

Possibly related PRs

WhatBreaks/WhatBreaks#26: PR #26 defines provisional version and transition types that overlap with the version-domain types added here.

Suggested labels: nsoc2026

Suggested reviewers: aaradhychinche-alt

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 1be50

Assessments now report both limitations when a transition combines unknown and inferred versions. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks.

Security architecture risk: Low · up to 6d7ac

The new version data affects assessment explanations, not upgrade execution, access controls, or impact propagation. Risk is bounded, but downstream consumers must correctly distinguish indeterminate comparisons from confirmed equality or direction.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

inferred — The demonstrated exposure is library-supplied metadata flowing into explanatory assessment strings. The inspected path does not promote component labels or version strings into resource selection, credentials, deployment actions, or authorization decisions.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

observed — The existing protobuf request contract has no version-transition fields, and server conversion explicitly initializes the domain field to None. The PR therefore does not expose transition input through this external request boundary. Impact propagation also continues to treat OWNS, RUNS_ON, and AUTHORIZES relationships as non-propagating boundaries.

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Linked Issues check		[`#18`] `VersionTransition` records the component, current version, and target version. `ProposedChange` can carry it, and `ChangeAssessment` includes the transition values and knowledge states in its a…
Out of Scope Changes check		The version model, impact-analysis integration, public exports, server conversion default, and tests support [`#18`]. The changes remain within the linked issue's scope. No unrelated changes are evident…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 88.89% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentati…

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[#18] VersionTransition records the component, current version, and target version. ProposedChange can carry it, and ChangeAssessment includes the transition values and knowledge states in its assumptions. VersionKnowledge represents known, inferred, and unknown versions. The dotted-numeric ordering supports version comparison and rejects unsupported or invalid input as indeterminate. Existing constructors default the optional transition to None; the reported tests cover the model and impact pipeline.

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Preserve the transition in the assessment.

The assessment drops both version schemes and retains the transition only as text. Transitions with the same values but different schemes therefore produce identical assessments. Consumers cannot recover the transition or select an ordering from the result. Preserve the VersionTransition as structured assessment data. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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+                limitations.push(
+                    "Version transition includes an unknown version state; automated version comparability and breaking change detection may be incomplete.".to_string(),
+                );
+            } else if vt.current.is_inferred() || vt.target.is_inferred() {


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Report inferred data when the other version is unknown.

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Hi Aaradhy Chinche (@aaradhychinche-alt),

I've addressed the requested feedback in the follow-up commits:

Inferred version limitations: Separated inferred-version reporting from unknown-version reporting and added the corresponding test matrix (6d7ac52).
Scheme validation: Added rejection of unsupported schemes in dotted numeric ordering, with regression tests (6d7ac52).
Rustdoc coverage: Added documentation for the new public types and methods (1be50db).

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Changes Introduced

1. Version Domain Model (core-engine/src/version.rs)

2. Impact Pipeline Integration (core-engine/src/impact.rs)

3. Public API Exports (core-engine/src/lib.rs)

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2. Impact Pipeline Integration (`core-engine/src/impact.rs`)

3. Public API Exports (`core-engine/src/lib.rs`)

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