WIP: diffguard-core/sensor.rs: add #[must_use] to render_sensor_report()

[EffortlessSteven]

Closes #534

Summary

Add attribute to in . This prevents silent sensor data loss if callers discard the returned .

ADR

• ADR-0534 in branch docs/adr-0534-render-sensor-report-must-use
• Status: Accepted

Specs

• Specs: See ADR for full specification

What Changed

• Added attribute to function at line 44 of
• The function returns a which is critical sensor data — if discarded, findings/verdict/metadata are silently lost
• This change is consistent with existing usage across the codebase (diff, domain, types, analytics crates)

Test Results

• ✓
• ✓
• All 141 unit tests in diffguard-core pass
• Pre-existing failing test is unrelated to this change (fails on baseline)

Friction Encountered

• Prior code-builder only added ADR documentation but did not actually implement the attribute change in sensor.rs
• Fixed by implementing the attribute directly before creating PR

Notes

• Draft PR — not ready for review until GREEN tests confirmed
• The attribute is purely compile-time — no runtime behavior change
• Any existing code that discards result will now produce a compiler warning (exposing pre-existing bugs)

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Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 3e1d9e1 and 5731a4a.

📒 Files selected for processing (6)

• adr.md
• crates/diffguard-core/src/sensor.rs
• crates/diffguard-diff/src/unified.rs
• crates/diffguard-domain/src/evaluate.rs
• crates/diffguard/tests/green_tests_work_d4a75f70.rs
• specs.md

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• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch feat/work-7bd76a04/diffguard-core/sensor.rs-must-use

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[EffortlessSteven]

Green Test Builder Findings — work-7bd76a04

Edge Cases Tested

• test_render_sensor_report_finding_without_rule_metadata_has_none_help_and_url: Findings with rule_id not in rule_metadata get None for help and URL (not crashes or wrong values)
• test_render_sensor_report_preserves_suppressed_count: VerdictCounts.suppressed field is preserved in data.diffguard.suppressed_count
• test_render_sensor_report_preserves_truncated_count: SensorReportContext.truncated_count is preserved in data.diffguard.truncated_count
• test_render_sensor_report_preserves_rules_total: SensorReportContext.rules_total is preserved in data.diffguard.rules_total
• test_render_sensor_report_preserves_verdict_reasons: Verdict.reasons vector is fully preserved
• test_render_sensor_report_handles_none_column: Findings with column=None are handled correctly (column remains None)
• test_render_sensor_report_counts_same_tag_from_different_rules: tags_matched correctly counts occurrences across multiple rules with the same tag
• test_render_sensor_report_handles_empty_artifacts: Empty artifacts Vec produces empty artifacts in output
• test_render_sensor_report_handles_empty_capabilities: Empty capabilities HashMap produces empty capabilities in output
• test_render_sensor_report_handles_all_severity_levels: Findings with Info, Warn, and Error severities are all preserved
• test_render_sensor_report_handles_zero_line_number: Edge case with line=0 is handled correctly
• test_render_sensor_report_handles_large_line_numbers: Edge case with u32::MAX for line and column numbers works
• test_render_sensor_report_handles_all_verdict_statuses: VerdictStatus::Pass, Fail, and Skip all render correctly
• test_render_sensor_report_handles_zero_diff_metadata: files_scanned=0, lines_scanned=0, context_lines=0 are preserved
• test_render_sensor_report_omits_tags_matched_when_no_tags: tags_matched is not included when no rules have tags

What the Implementation Handles Well

• Null/missing data: The implementation gracefully handles None values (column, help, url) and empty collections (artifacts, capabilities, tags_matched) by preserving them as None/empty rather than crashing or defaulting
• Boundary values: u32::MAX line/column numbers, zero values for all count fields, and all severity/status enum variants are preserved correctly
• Tag counting: The implementation correctly counts tag occurrences across multiple findings from different rules with the same tag

Remaining Gaps (Knowingly Not Covered)

• Unicode/special characters in strings: The red tests do test this via snapshot tests in the main sensor.rs test module (test_markdown_unicode_characters, test_markdown_special_markdown_chars), so I did not duplicate that coverage
• JSON serialization round-trips: The sensor module has snapshot tests that implicitly test serde serialization; I relied on those rather than adding explicit round-trip tests
• Performance/large inputs: I did not test with extremely large numbers of findings (1000+) or very long strings (10KB+) as these would be integration-level tests rather than unit-level edge cases

Surprises or Friction

• The cargo fmt tool reformatting on patch created some noise in the diff output, but the reformatting was consistent and correct
• No unexpected issues encountered — the implementation was clean and well-structured

Test Results Summary

Running tests/green_tests_sensor_edge_cases.rs:
  test_render_sensor_report_counts_same_tag_from_different_rules ... ok
  test_render_sensor_report_finding_without_rule_metadata_has_none_help_and_url ... ok
  test_render_sensor_report_handles_all_verdict_statuses ... ok
  test_render_sensor_report_handles_all_severity_levels ... ok
  test_render_sensor_report_handles_empty_capabilities ... ok
  test_render_sensor_report_handles_empty_artifacts ... ok
  test_render_sensor_report_handles_large_line_numbers ... ok
  test_render_sensor_report_handles_none_column ... ok
  test_render_sensor_report_handles_zero_diff_metadata ... ok
  test_render_sensor_report_handles_zero_line_number ... ok
  test_render_sensor_report_omits_tags_matched_when_no_tags ... ok
  test_render_sensor_report_preserves_rules_total ... ok
  test_render_sensor_report_preserves_suppressed_count ... ok
  test_render_sensor_report_preserves_truncated_count ... ok
  test_render_sensor_report_preserves_verdict_reasons ... ok

15 passed, 0 failed

Running tests/red_tests_sensor_must_use.rs:
  (12 tests from prior work - all passing)

Total: 27 tests passing (12 red + 15 green edge case)

[EffortlessSteven]

Diff Review — work-7bd76a04

Scope Assessment: SUSPICIOUS

Files Changed

File	Change Type	Expected?	Reason
adr.md	NEW	YES	ADR documentation (workflow artifact)
specs.md	NEW	YES	Specs documentation (workflow artifact)
crates/diffguard-core/src/sensor.rs	MODIFIED	YES	Main implementation — adds #[must_use] to render_sensor_report()
crates/diffguard-diff/src/unified.rs	MODIFIED	NO	Docstring additions to ChangeKind, DiffLine, DiffStats — NOT in ADR/specs
crates/diffguard-domain/src/evaluate.rs	MODIFIED	NO	Docstring additions to safe_slice and byte_to_column — NOT in ADR/specs
crates/diffguard/tests/green_tests_work_d4a75f70.rs	NEW	NO	Scope contamination — file is from work-d4a75f70, NOT work-7bd76a04

Suspicious Files

1. crates/diffguard/tests/green_tests_work_d4a75f70.rs — SCOPE CONTAMINATION

• Issue: This file is named green_tests_work_d4a75f70.rs indicating it belongs to work-d4a75f70, not work-7bd76a04
• Commit history: Introduced in commit 5731a4a titled "fix(diffguard): resolve format string bugs in green_tests_work_d4a75f70"
• Impact: This test file is for a completely different work item. It should NOT be in this PR.
• Risk: If merged, this pollutes the work-7bd76a04 change with unrelated work from work-d4a75f70

2. crates/diffguard-diff/src/unified.rs — Extra docstring changes

• Issue: Docstring additions to ChangeKind, DiffLine, DiffStats are NOT mentioned in ADR-0534 or specs.md
• Commit: f6ba326 — docs(diffguard-diff): add docstrings to ChangeKind, DiffLine, DiffStats
• Impact: Minor — docstrings are documentation only, but they are outside the stated scope

3. crates/diffguard-domain/src/evaluate.rs — Extra docstring changes

• Issue: Docstring additions to safe_slice and byte_to_column are NOT mentioned in ADR-0534 or specs.md
• Commit: f562073 — docs(evaluate.rs): add docstrings to safe_slice and byte_to_column
• Impact: Minor — docstrings are documentation only, but they are outside the stated scope

Binary Files

• None — no binary files in this diff

Deleted Files

• None — no files deleted from main

Cargo.toml Changes

• None — no dependency changes

Test Modifications

• green_tests_work_d4a75f70.rs is a NEW file (added, not modified), but it's from a different work item (work-d4a75f70)

Expected vs Actual Scope

Expected (from ADR-0534 and specs.md):

• Only crates/diffguard-core/src/sensor.rs should be modified to add #[must_use] to render_sensor_report()
• ADR and specs documentation files (adr.md, specs.md) are expected artifacts
• No other source files should be modified

Actual:

• sensor.rs is correctly modified with #[must_use] ✓
• BUT unified.rs and evaluate.rs are also modified (docstrings only — not in spec)
• AND green_tests_work_d4a75f70.rs from work-d4a75f70 is incorrectly included

Overall Verdict

SUSPICIOUS — The main implementation change (#[must_use] on render_sensor_report()) is correct and present. However, the PR contains scope contamination from work-d4a75f70 (green_tests_work_d4a75f70.rs) and undocumented docstring changes to unified.rs and evaluate.rs. These extra files should be removed before merging.

Friction Log Entry

diff-reviewer flagged: scope contamination — green_tests_work_d4a75f70.rs from work-d4a75f70 present in diff; docstring changes to unified.rs and evaluate.rs not in ADR/specs

[EffortlessSteven]

Code Review: PR #618 — add #[must_use] to render_sensor_report()

What's good

• Adding #[must_use] to render_sensor_report() is correct and well-justified. Returning a SensorReport (a structured governance artifact) that gets silently dropped is a real risk.
• The ADR and spec are thorough. The "Consequences" section is particularly good at distinguishing this from other render_* functions that return String.

One concern

Multiple PRs are modifying render_sensor_report() — check for conflicts

PRs #617 and #618 appear to both be targeting render_sensor_report() in sensor.rs. PR #617 also has an ADR and specs for #[must_use] on render_sensor_report(). These may conflict if both land.

The Test and xtask ci failures in this PR likely stem from the same partial-work issue as PR #617 — the branch may not be up to date with the latest main, or there's a conflict in the test file from PR #617's green_tests_work_d4a75f70.rs being included here too.

Run this locally before expecting CI green

cargo test -p diffguard-core
cargo clippy -p diffguard-core
cargo xtask ci

The test failures are likely transient based on the partial-work bundling issue.