@intentius/chant 0.18.0 → 0.18.2

package/dist/cli/handlers/graph.d.ts.map

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package/dist/cli/handlers/lifecycle.d.ts.map

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package/dist/cli/main.d.ts.map

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package/dist/cli/registry.d.ts

@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ export interface ParsedArgs {
     /** `chant graph --live --overlay` — classify the provisioned graph against
      * declared source: managed / foreign / pending (#780). */
     overlay?: boolean;
+    /** `chant lifecycle diff <env> --between <refA> <refB>` (#822) — diff two saved
+     * snapshots (orphan-branch commits from `lifecycle log`) against each other. */
+    betweenA?: string;
+    betweenB?: string;
     /** `chant graph --live --overlay --overlay-anchor <source|live>` (#821) — which
      * graph is the canvas. `source` (default) keeps the declared edges (the
      * cross-substrate topology) and joins live status per node; `live` keeps the

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package/dist/lifecycle/git.d.ts

@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ export declare function writeSnapshot(environment: string, lexicon: string, json
 export declare function readSnapshot(environment: string, lexicon: string, opts?: {
     cwd?: string;
 }): Promise<string | null>;
+/**
+ * Read a snapshot at a specific orphan-branch commit (#822). `readSnapshot` reads
+ * the branch tip; this reads `<ref>:<env>/<lexicon>.json` for any commit `ref`
+ * (as listed by {@link listSnapshots}), so two historical snapshots can be diffed.
+ * Returns null if that env/lexicon wasn't captured at `ref`.
+ */
+export declare function readSnapshotAt(environment: string, lexicon: string, ref: string, opts?: {
+    cwd?: string;
+}): Promise<string | null>;
 /**
  * Append one immutable release record line to `<environment>/releases.jsonl`
  * on the orphan branch (#568, epic #551 "Build & deploy observability"). Same

package/dist/lifecycle/git.d.ts.map

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package/dist/lifecycle/live-diff.d.ts

@@ -46,6 +46,24 @@ export interface DiffLiveInput {
     /** Resources captured by the previous snapshot, if any. */
     observedThen: Record<string, ResourceMetadata> | undefined;
 }
+/** The delta between two saved snapshots (#822): a two-way observed diff. */
+export interface SnapshotDiffResult {
+    /** In `next`, not in `prev`. */
+    added: string[];
+    /** In `prev`, not in `next`. */
+    removed: string[];
+    /** In both; metadata differs (with the attribute-level changes). */
+    changed: ResourceDrift[];
+    /** In both; metadata identical. */
+    unchanged: string[];
+}
+/**
+ * Diff two **observed** snapshots (#822) — `prev` vs `next`, each a resources map
+ * read from the orphan branch. A two-way diff (no "declared" axis), so it answers
+ * "what changed in the cloud between two points" independent of source. Pure and
+ * deterministic (results sorted). Feeds the deployment-lanes frame-pair diff.
+ */
+export declare function diffSnapshots(prev: Record<string, ResourceMetadata>, next: Record<string, ResourceMetadata>): SnapshotDiffResult;
 export declare function diffLive(input: DiffLiveInput): LiveDiffResult;
 export interface LiveArtifactDiffResult {
     /** Observed now, not in previous snapshot. */

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package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@intentius/chant",
-  "version": "0.18.0",
+  "version": "0.18.2",
   "description": "Declarative infrastructure-as-code toolkit — TypeScript on Node.js",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "homepage": "https://intentius.io/chant",

package/src/cli/handlers/graph.test.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,28 @@ vi.mock("../../graph-layout", () => ({
   getLayoutEngine: (name?: string) => ({ name: name ?? "dagre", layout: (input: unknown) => layoutMock(input) }),
 }));
 
+// --live path deps. `graph` isn't `requiresPlugins`, so the live handler loads
+// plugins itself; mock that plus observation/build/config (existing tests only
+// hit the Op-graph and source-view modes, so these mocks don't touch them).
+const loadPluginsMock = vi.fn();
+const resolveLexMock = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("../plugins", () => ({
+  loadPlugins: (...a: unknown[]) => loadPluginsMock(...a),
+  resolveProjectLexicons: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveLexMock(...a),
+}));
+const observeMock = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("../../lifecycle/observe", () => ({
+  observeResources: (...a: unknown[]) => observeMock(...a),
+}));
+vi.mock("../../config", () => ({
+  loadChantConfig: () => Promise.resolve({ config: {} }),
+}));
+vi.mock("../../build", () => ({
+  build: () => Promise.resolve({ errors: [] }),
+  partitionByLexicon: () => ({}),
+  computeStackGraph: () => ({}),
+}));
+
 const { runGraph } = await import("./graph");
 
 function makeArgs(overrides: Partial<ParsedArgs> = {}): ParsedArgs {
@@ -204,4 +226,26 @@ describe("runGraph", () => {
       expect(stderrBuf.join("\n")).toContain("boom");
     });
   });
+
+  describe("live graph (--live)", () => {
+    // Regression: `graph` is not `requiresPlugins`, so `ctx.plugins` is empty. The
+    // live path must load the project's plugins itself — otherwise it wrongly
+    // reports "No lexicons implement describeResources" and observes nothing.
+    test("loads plugins for --live when ctx.plugins is empty", async () => {
+      resolveLexMock.mockResolvedValue(["aws"]);
+      loadPluginsMock.mockResolvedValue([
+        { name: "aws", serializer: {}, describeResources: () => Promise.resolve({}) },
+      ]);
+      observeMock.mockResolvedValue({
+        observations: [{ lexicon: "aws", resources: { "web-vpc": { type: "AWS::EC2::VPC", status: "OK" } } }],
+        errors: [],
+      });
+      const exit = await runGraph({ args: makeArgs({ format: "ir", live: true, env: "prod" }), plugins: [], serializers: [] });
+      expect(exit).toBe(0);
+      expect(loadPluginsMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      const out = stdoutBuf.join("\n");
+      expect(out).not.toContain("No lexicons implement describeResources");
+      expect(out).toContain("web-vpc");
+    });
+  });
 });

package/src/cli/handlers/graph.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { toMermaid } from "../../graph-mermaid";
 import { toDot } from "../../graph-dot";
 import { getLayoutEngine, toLayoutInput, type NodeSize } from "../../graph-layout";
 import { lintCommand } from "../commands/lint";
+import { loadPlugins, resolveProjectLexicons } from "../plugins";
 import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { formatError, formatWarning, formatBold } from "../format";
 import type { CommandContext } from "../registry";
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ async function runGraphLive(
   ctx: CommandContext,
   format: "ir" | "mermaid" | "dot" | "layout",
 ): Promise<number> {
-  const { args, plugins } = ctx;
+  const { args } = ctx;
   const environment = args.env;
   if (!environment) {
     console.error(formatError({ message: "chant graph --live needs an environment: --live --env <name>" }));
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ async function runGraphLive(
 
   const projectPath = resolve(".");
   const { config } = await loadChantConfig(projectPath);
+  // `graph` is not `requiresPlugins` (Op/source-graph modes must work without a
+  // lexicon), so `ctx.plugins` is empty. The live path needs the project's
+  // observation plugins — load them here, mirroring the lifecycle handlers.
+  const plugins = ctx.plugins.length > 0 ? ctx.plugins : await loadPlugins(await resolveProjectLexicons(projectPath));
   if (config.environments && !config.environments.includes(environment)) {
     console.error(formatError({
       message: `Unknown environment "${environment}"`,

package/src/cli/handlers/lifecycle.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { resolve } from "node:path";
 import { build } from "../../build";
 import { takeSnapshot } from "../../lifecycle/snapshot";
-import { readSnapshot, readEnvironmentSnapshots, listSnapshots, fetchLifecycle, StaleLifecycleBranchError } from "../../lifecycle/git";
+import { readSnapshot, readSnapshotAt, readEnvironmentSnapshots, listSnapshots, fetchLifecycle, StaleLifecycleBranchError } from "../../lifecycle/git";
 import { computeBuildDigest, diffDigests } from "../../lifecycle/digest";
-import { diffLive, diffLiveArtifacts, type LiveDiffResult, type LiveArtifactDiffResult } from "../../lifecycle/live-diff";
+import { diffLive, diffLiveArtifacts, diffSnapshots, type LiveDiffResult, type LiveArtifactDiffResult, type SnapshotDiffResult } from "../../lifecycle/live-diff";
 import { buildChangeSet, renderChangeSet, gitlabMrReport, type ChangeSet } from "../../lifecycle/change-set";
 import { affectedStacks } from "../../lifecycle/affected";
 import { loadChantConfig } from "../../config";
@@ -159,6 +159,18 @@ export async function runLifecycleDiff(ctx: CommandContext): Promise<number> {
     return 1;
   }
 
+  // `--between <refA> <refB>` (#822): diff two saved snapshots against each other.
+  // Purely historical — no build, no cloud query; reads the orphan branch.
+  if (args.betweenA && args.betweenB) {
+    return runLifecycleDiffBetween({
+      environment,
+      lexiconFilter,
+      refA: args.betweenA,
+      refB: args.betweenB,
+      json: !!args.json,
+    });
+  }
+
   // Filter serializers to target lexicon before building
   const targetSerializers = lexiconFilter
     ? plugins.filter((p) => p.name === lexiconFilter).map((p) => p.serializer)
@@ -186,6 +198,71 @@ export async function runLifecycleDiff(ctx: CommandContext): Promise<number> {
   return runLifecycleDiffDigest({ environment, lexicons, buildResult });
 }
 
+interface BetweenDiffArgs {
+  environment: string;
+  lexiconFilter?: string;
+  refA: string;
+  refB: string;
+  json: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * `chant lifecycle diff <env> --between <refA> <refB>` (#822). Diffs two saved
+ * snapshots against each other — read-only, no build, no cloud query. Reads
+ * `<ref>:<env>/<lexicon>.json` from the orphan branch at each ref and reports the
+ * two-way delta per lexicon.
+ */
+async function runLifecycleDiffBetween(args: BetweenDiffArgs): Promise<number> {
+  await fetchLifecycle();
+  const { config } = await loadChantConfig(resolve("."));
+  const lexicons = args.lexiconFilter ? [args.lexiconFilter] : config.lexicons ?? [];
+  if (lexicons.length === 0) {
+    console.error(formatError({ message: "No lexicons to diff — pass a lexicon or declare `lexicons` in chant.config." }));
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  const parseResources = (content: string | null): Record<string, ResourceMetadata> | null => {
+    if (content === null) return null;
+    try {
+      return (JSON.parse(content) as LifecycleSnapshot).resources ?? {};
+    } catch {
+      return null;
+    }
+  };
+
+  const byLexicon: Record<string, SnapshotDiffResult> = {};
+  for (const lexicon of lexicons) {
+    const prev = parseResources(await readSnapshotAt(args.environment, lexicon, args.refA));
+    const next = parseResources(await readSnapshotAt(args.environment, lexicon, args.refB));
+    if (prev === null && next === null) {
+      if (!args.json) console.error(formatWarning({ message: `${lexicon}: not captured at either ref — skipping` }));
+      continue;
+    }
+    byLexicon[lexicon] = diffSnapshots(prev ?? {}, next ?? {});
+  }
+
+  if (args.json) {
+    console.log(JSON.stringify({ environment: args.environment, refA: args.refA, refB: args.refB, lexicons: byLexicon }, null, 2));
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  if (Object.keys(byLexicon).length === 0) {
+    console.log(`No snapshots for ${args.environment} at ${args.refA} / ${args.refB}.`);
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  console.log(formatBold(`Snapshot diff — ${args.environment}: ${args.refA} → ${args.refB}`));
+  for (const [lexicon, d] of Object.entries(byLexicon)) {
+    console.log(
+      `\n${formatBold(lexicon)} — ${d.added.length} added, ${d.removed.length} removed, ${d.changed.length} changed, ${d.unchanged.length} unchanged`,
+    );
+    for (const name of d.added) console.log(`  + ${name}`);
+    for (const name of d.removed) console.log(`  - ${name}`);
+    for (const drift of d.changed) console.log(`  ~ ${drift.name} (${drift.changes.map((c) => c.path).join(", ")})`);
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
 interface DigestDiffArgs {
   environment: string;
   lexicons: string[];

package/src/cli/main.ts

@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ export function parseArgs(args: string[]): ParsedArgs {
       result.live = true;
     } else if (arg === "--overlay") {
       result.overlay = true;
+    } else if (arg === "--between") {
+      result.betweenA = args[++i];
+      result.betweenB = args[++i];
+      if (!result.betweenA || !result.betweenB) throw new Error("--between needs two snapshot refs: --between <refA> <refB>");
     } else if (arg === "--overlay-anchor") {
       const v = args[++i];
       if (v !== "source" && v !== "live") throw new Error(`--overlay-anchor must be 'source' or 'live', got '${v}'`);

package/src/cli/registry.ts

@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ export interface ParsedArgs {
   /** `chant graph --live --overlay` — classify the provisioned graph against
    * declared source: managed / foreign / pending (#780). */
   overlay?: boolean;
+  /** `chant lifecycle diff <env> --between <refA> <refB>` (#822) — diff two saved
+   * snapshots (orphan-branch commits from `lifecycle log`) against each other. */
+  betweenA?: string;
+  betweenB?: string;
   /** `chant graph --live --overlay --overlay-anchor <source|live>` (#821) — which
    * graph is the canvas. `source` (default) keeps the declared edges (the
    * cross-substrate topology) and joins live status per node; `live` keeps the

package/src/lifecycle/git.test.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { join } from "node:path";
 import {
   writeSnapshot,
   readSnapshot,
+  readSnapshotAt,
   readEnvironmentSnapshots,
   listSnapshots,
   getHeadCommit,
@@ -56,6 +57,21 @@ describe("lifecycle/git", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test("readSnapshotAt reads a snapshot at a historical orphan-branch commit (#822)", async () => {
+    await withTestDir(async (dir) => {
+      await initRepo(dir);
+      await writeSnapshot("prod", "aws", JSON.stringify({ resources: { vpc: { type: "T", status: "OK" } } }), { cwd: dir });
+      await writeSnapshot("prod", "aws", JSON.stringify({ resources: { vpc: { type: "T", status: "OK" }, subnet: { type: "S", status: "OK" } } }), { cwd: dir });
+      const snaps = await listSnapshots({ cwd: dir }); // newest-first
+      expect(snaps.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
+      const older = await readSnapshotAt("prod", "aws", snaps[1].commit, { cwd: dir });
+      const newer = await readSnapshotAt("prod", "aws", snaps[0].commit, { cwd: dir });
+      expect(Object.keys(JSON.parse(older!).resources)).toEqual(["vpc"]);
+      expect(Object.keys(JSON.parse(newer!).resources).sort()).toEqual(["subnet", "vpc"]);
+      expect(await readSnapshotAt("prod", "gcp", snaps[0].commit, { cwd: dir })).toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
+
   test("subsequent writes preserve other env+lexicon entries", async () => {
     await withTestDir(async (dir) => {
       await initRepo(dir);

package/src/lifecycle/git.ts

@@ -166,6 +166,27 @@ export async function readSnapshot(
   return readBlobFromPath(environment, `${lexicon}.json`, opts);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Read a snapshot at a specific orphan-branch commit (#822). `readSnapshot` reads
+ * the branch tip; this reads `<ref>:<env>/<lexicon>.json` for any commit `ref`
+ * (as listed by {@link listSnapshots}), so two historical snapshots can be diffed.
+ * Returns null if that env/lexicon wasn't captured at `ref`.
+ */
+export async function readSnapshotAt(
+  environment: string,
+  lexicon: string,
+  ref: string,
+  opts?: { cwd?: string },
+): Promise<string | null> {
+  const rt = getRuntime();
+  const result = await rt.spawn(
+    ["git", "show", `${ref}:${environment}/${lexicon}.json`],
+    { cwd: opts?.cwd },
+  );
+  if (result.exitCode !== 0) return null;
+  return result.stdout;
+}
+
 /**
  * Append one immutable release record line to `<environment>/releases.jsonl`
  * on the orphan branch (#568, epic #551 "Build & deploy observability"). Same

package/src/lifecycle/live-diff.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, test, expect } from "vitest";
-import { diffLive, diffLiveArtifacts } from "./live-diff";
+import { diffLive, diffLiveArtifacts, diffSnapshots } from "./live-diff";
 import type { ResourceMetadata, ArtifactMetadata } from "../lexicon";
 
 const meta = (overrides: Partial<ResourceMetadata> = {}): ResourceMetadata => ({
@@ -182,3 +182,30 @@ describe("diffLiveArtifacts", () => {
     expect(result.unchanged).toEqual(["release/default/b"]);
   });
 });
+
+describe("diffSnapshots (#822)", () => {
+  test("classifies added / removed / changed / unchanged between two snapshots", () => {
+    const prev = {
+      vpc: meta({ physicalId: "vpc-1" }),
+      subnet: meta({ physicalId: "subnet-1", status: "CREATE_COMPLETE" }),
+      gone: meta({ physicalId: "old" }),
+    };
+    const next = {
+      vpc: meta({ physicalId: "vpc-1" }), // unchanged
+      subnet: meta({ physicalId: "subnet-1", status: "UPDATE_COMPLETE" }), // changed (status)
+      fresh: meta({ physicalId: "new" }), // added
+    };
+    const d = diffSnapshots(prev, next);
+    expect(d.added).toEqual(["fresh"]);
+    expect(d.removed).toEqual(["gone"]);
+    expect(d.unchanged).toEqual(["vpc"]);
+    expect(d.changed.map((c) => c.name)).toEqual(["subnet"]);
+    expect(d.changed[0].changes.map((c) => c.path)).toContain("status");
+  });
+
+  test("empty vs empty is all-unchanged-empty; results are sorted", () => {
+    expect(diffSnapshots({}, {})).toEqual({ added: [], removed: [], changed: [], unchanged: [] });
+    const d = diffSnapshots({}, { b: meta(), a: meta() });
+    expect(d.added).toEqual(["a", "b"]);
+  });
+});

package/src/lifecycle/live-diff.ts

@@ -90,6 +90,46 @@ function shallowEqual(a: unknown, b: unknown): boolean {
   return JSON.stringify(a) === JSON.stringify(b);
 }
 
+/** The delta between two saved snapshots (#822): a two-way observed diff. */
+export interface SnapshotDiffResult {
+  /** In `next`, not in `prev`. */
+  added: string[];
+  /** In `prev`, not in `next`. */
+  removed: string[];
+  /** In both; metadata differs (with the attribute-level changes). */
+  changed: ResourceDrift[];
+  /** In both; metadata identical. */
+  unchanged: string[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Diff two **observed** snapshots (#822) — `prev` vs `next`, each a resources map
+ * read from the orphan branch. A two-way diff (no "declared" axis), so it answers
+ * "what changed in the cloud between two points" independent of source. Pure and
+ * deterministic (results sorted). Feeds the deployment-lanes frame-pair diff.
+ */
+export function diffSnapshots(
+  prev: Record<string, ResourceMetadata>,
+  next: Record<string, ResourceMetadata>,
+): SnapshotDiffResult {
+  const added: string[] = [];
+  const removed: string[] = [];
+  const changed: ResourceDrift[] = [];
+  const unchanged: string[] = [];
+  for (const name of [...new Set([...Object.keys(prev), ...Object.keys(next)])].sort()) {
+    const a = prev[name];
+    const b = next[name];
+    if (!a && b) added.push(name);
+    else if (a && !b) removed.push(name);
+    else if (a && b) {
+      const changes = compareMetadata(a, b);
+      if (changes.length > 0) changed.push({ name, type: b.type ?? a.type, changes });
+      else unchanged.push(name);
+    }
+  }
+  return { added, removed, changed, unchanged };
+}
+
 export function diffLive(input: DiffLiveInput): LiveDiffResult {
   const { declared, observedNow, observedThen } = input;
   const observedThenMap = observedThen ?? {};