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Summary

  • Adds subflow-depth-lab, a five-level same-domain SubFlow chain (l1 type F → l5 type S) with no tasks. Measured time is therefore pure runtime forward/settle/relay cost.
  • Adds api-tests/subflow-depth-lab/depth-latency.py:
    • starts the chain at l{6-d} for depth d;
    • sends task-less leaf-ping self-loops through the root with sync=true;
    • reports p50/p95/p99 per depth plus the ms/level slope;
    • unwinds with leaf-finish.
  • Why: a domain reported slow transitions through five nested SubFlows. No existing lab went deeper than three levels or timed anything by depth.

Changes

  • core/Workflows/subflow-depth-lab/: generator build-subflow-depth-lab.py, generated subflow-depth-lab-l1..l5.json, src/*.csx.
  • api-tests/subflow-depth-lab/: depth-latency.py and a README (purpose, how to run, how to read the result, limits).
  • TEST-SCENARIOS.md: new row.

Test Plan

  • wf sync publishes all five workflows; chains build to l5-waiting Active at every depth.
  • depth-latency.py --depths 1,2,3,4,5 --instances 10 --pings 20 completes with no errors against a local runtime.
  • npm run validate not run locally (ajv missing); the runtime accepted the definitions at publish.

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  • New Features
    • Added a five-level nested workflow benchmark for measuring transition latency, including per-level settling, state-change relays, and completion resumption.
    • Added a command-line tool to run measurements at selected depths and report latency percentiles and depth-related latency trends.
  • Documentation
    • Added setup, usage, results interpretation, failure conditions, and measurement limitations for the benchmark.

…bFlow depth

A five-level same-domain SubFlow chain (subflow-depth-lab-l1..l5, no tasks) and
api-tests/subflow-depth-lab/depth-latency.py, which starts the chain at l{6-d} for depth d,
sends task-less leaf-ping self-loops through the root with sync=true and reports p50/p95/p99 per
depth plus the per-level slope, then unwinds with leaf-finish. Added for a domain reporting slow
transitions through five nested SubFlows; no existing lab went deeper than three levels or timed
anything by depth. README and TEST-SCENARIOS row included.
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Adds a generator and five workflow definitions for a nested SubFlow chain. Adds a Python CLI tool that measures leaf ping latency across depths 1–5 and reports latency statistics. Adds Turkish benchmark documentation and a feature-matrix entry.

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SubFlow depth latency lab

Layer / File(s) Summary
Generate and define the workflow chain
core/Workflows/subflow-depth-lab/*
Adds a generator, condition and SubFlow mapping scripts, and five workflow definitions. L1–L4 invoke the next level; L5 supports ping self-loops and a finish transition.
Measure latency across workflow depths
api-tests/subflow-depth-lab/*, TEST-SCENARIOS.md
Adds a CLI benchmark for workflow startup, leaf readiness, ping and finish measurements, and latency statistics. Documents the benchmark setup, metrics, failure conditions, and limitations; adds its feature-matrix entry.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI as depth-latency.py
  participant API as Workflow API
  participant Chain as Nested SubFlow chain
  CLI->>API: Start workflow at selected depth
  API->>Chain: Run nested SubFlow transitions
  CLI->>API: Poll instance readiness
  API-->>CLI: Return observed state and status
  CLI->>API: Send leaf-ping requests
  API->>Chain: Apply ping self-loop at L5
  API-->>CLI: Return ping result and latency
  CLI->>API: Send leaf-finish request
  API->>Chain: Apply finish transition
  Chain-->>API: Resume completion through ancestors
  API-->>CLI: Return finish result
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A failed benchmark run can report a misleading finish median. Exclude cleanup latency after failed pings; this is a bounded reporting issue rather than a blocker to running the benchmark.

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Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to b48b0

The change is intended for a local performance lab and introduces no demonstrated authorization bypass or cross-domain access. A failed or interrupted run may leave workflow instances unfinished, so the lifecycle merits a limited review.

Retained concerns

  • Low · reliability · inferred: A readiness timeout skips the finish transition after an instance has started. With no fixture timeout or demonstrated recovery path, failed lab runs may leave core-domain workflow chains unfinished, weakening resource and state containment.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — One published root instance can activate at most the five workflows in this fixture’s linear, same-domain chain. The runner’s instance count is configurable; its intended target is a local runtime.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • inferred — The new definitions become API-reachable only after publication. No runtime endpoint policy or tenant-enforcement implementation was available to determine whether an unauthorized caller could start or transition them; the fixed client header is not proof of an authorization bypass.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — Skipping finish after a readiness timeout creates a plausible unfinished-instance path. Its persistence and resource impact depend on runtime recovery behavior that is not shown.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — For runs against a shared domain, establish a bounded cancellation or cleanup path after timeout and interruption, and verify terminal state after finish before treating a chain as closed.
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Comment on lines +102 to +104
if not ok:
errors.append(f"d={depth} {iid} chain not ready (last={last})")
continue

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P2 Badge Clean up chains that time out during setup

When chain creation takes longer than 30 seconds but eventually reaches the leaf, this continue abandons the instance without sending leaf-finish or another terminal transition. Repeated failed runs can therefore leave nested Busy/Active chains consuming resources and influencing subsequent latency measurements; perform cleanup in this failure path, ideally from a finally block.

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measured = [d for d in depths if rows[d][0]]
if len(measured) >= 2:
lo, hi = min(measured), max(measured)
slope = (statistics.median(rows[hi][0]) - statistics.median(rows[lo][0])) / (hi - lo)

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P2 Badge Reject duplicate depths before calculating the slope

If a user supplies a valid-looking list containing duplicates, such as --depths 1,1, both entries pass the range check and make len(measured) >= 2, but lo == hi here causes a division by zero after the measurements finish. Deduplicate the depths or explicitly reject duplicates before running.

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mapping = write_src(
f"{cls}.csx",

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P2 Badge Generate kebab-case mapping filenames

This derives each mapping filename directly from the PascalCase class name, producing files such as L1ToL2SubFlowMapping.csx. The repository requires filenames to be kebab-case while reserving PascalCase for C# class names, so regeneration perpetually recreates nonconforming component files; keep cls for the class but derive a kebab-case filename separately.

AGENTS.md reference: AGENTS.md:L291-L291

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- Around line 105-121: Update run_depth to track whether all pings succeeded,
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Comment on lines +105 to +121
for n in range(warmup + pings):
st, body, ms = http(base_url, "PATCH",
f"{DOMAIN}/workflows/{workflow}/instances/{iid}/transitions/leaf-ping?sync=true",
{"ping": n})
if st not in (200, 202):
errors.append(f"d={depth} {iid} ping#{n} HTTP {st}: {body}")
break
if n >= warmup:
lat.append(ms)
st, body, ms = http(base_url, "PATCH",
f"{DOMAIN}/workflows/{workflow}/instances/{iid}/transitions/leaf-finish?sync=true",
{})
if st in (200, 202):
finish_lat.append(ms)
else:
errors.append(f"d={depth} {iid} finish HTTP {st}: {body}")
return lat, finish_lat, errors

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Exclude finish latency after a failed ping

A failed ping stops the measurement loop, but run_depth still calls leaf-finish and adds its latency to finish_lat when it succeeds. This latency comes from an incomplete chain and can make the reported finish p50 invalid. The finish call can remain as cleanup, but record its latency only when all pings succeed.

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+        ping_ok = True
         for n in range(warmup + pings):
             ...
             if st not in (200, 202):
                 errors.append(f"d={depth} {iid} ping#{n} HTTP {st}: {body}")
+                ping_ok = False
                 break
             ...
-        if st in (200, 202):
+        if st in (200, 202) and ping_ok:
             finish_lat.append(ms)
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for n in range(warmup + pings):
st, body, ms = http(base_url, "PATCH",
f"{DOMAIN}/workflows/{workflow}/instances/{iid}/transitions/leaf-ping?sync=true",
{"ping": n})
if st not in (200, 202):
errors.append(f"d={depth} {iid} ping#{n} HTTP {st}: {body}")
break
if n >= warmup:
lat.append(ms)
st, body, ms = http(base_url, "PATCH",
f"{DOMAIN}/workflows/{workflow}/instances/{iid}/transitions/leaf-finish?sync=true",
{})
if st in (200, 202):
finish_lat.append(ms)
else:
errors.append(f"d={depth} {iid} finish HTTP {st}: {body}")
return lat, finish_lat, errors
ping_ok = True
for n in range(warmup + pings):
st, body, ms = http(base_url, "PATCH",
f"{DOMAIN}/workflows/{workflow}/instances/{iid}/transitions/leaf-ping?sync=true",
{"ping": n})
if st not in (200, 202):
errors.append(f"d={depth} {iid} ping#{n} HTTP {st}: {body}")
ping_ok = False
break
if n >= warmup:
lat.append(ms)
st, body, ms = http(base_url, "PATCH",
f"{DOMAIN}/workflows/{workflow}/instances/{iid}/transitions/leaf-finish?sync=true",
{})
if st in (200, 202) and ping_ok:
finish_lat.append(ms)
else:
errors.append(f"d={depth} {iid} finish HTTP {st}: {body}")
return lat, finish_lat, errors
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