beta2 upgrade fails at updates 10006 and 10011 after bundleless entity conversion
## Summary
Upgrading from `1.0.0-beta2` to current `1.0.x` can fail during a single
`drush updb` run in two places:
1. **`ai_context_update_10006()`** — entity saves while the database still has
the bundled NOT NULL `type` column, but the code already defines a
bundleless `ai_context_item`. Saves write `type` as NULL and hit an
integrity constraint violation.
2. **`ai_context_update_10011()`** — after update `10008` removes the bundle,
stale Content Moderation field definitions remain in memory in the same
process. Later entity saves fail on `moderation_state` (or related
presave errors). A second `drush updb` often succeeds for this case.
Both failures occur on supported Drupal 10 and Drupal 11. Which one appears
first depends on site data (for example, whether `10006` must migrate legacy
use-case scope values and therefore call `$item->save()`).
Related to #3586338, but not caused by its Drupal 10 compatibility changes.
Also related to, but distinct from, #3586290 (post-update missing view display
YAML).
Fix in progress: [!229](https://git.drupalcode.org/project/ai_context/-/merge_requests/229).
## Steps to reproduce
1. Install AI Context `1.0.0-beta2`.
2. Create one or more moderated context items.
3. Optionally assign legacy use-case scope values that `10006` migrates
(for example `writing_words` or `working_in_canvas`), so `10006` performs
entity saves.
4. Update the code to the current `1.0.x` branch (or MR !229).
5. Run `drush updb`.
## Expected result
All database updates complete successfully in one `drush updb` run.
## Actual result
Depending on data, either:
**A. Update `10006` fails** with an error similar to:
`IntegrityConstraintViolationException: Column 'type' cannot be null`
`UPDATE "ai_context_item" SET ... "type"=:db_update_placeholder_1 ...`
`Update failed: ai_context_update_10006`
**B. Updates reach `10011` and fail** with errors similar to:
`Attempt to read property "value" on null in EntityOperations.php`
`InvalidArgumentException: Field moderation_state is unknown in ContentEntityBase::getTranslatedField()`
For failure B, running `drush updb` again completes successfully.
## Technical analysis
### Failure A (`10006`)
Current code defines `ai_context_item` as bundleless (no `type` entity key).
A beta2 database still has a NOT NULL `type` column until update `10008`
removes it. Update `10006` migrates legacy use-case scope values and may call
`$item->save()` before `10008` runs. SqlContentEntityStorage still writes the
`type` column, but the loaded entity has no bundle value, so the UPDATE sets
`type` to NULL and MySQL rejects it.
### Failure B (`10011` after `10008`)
Update `10008` converts `ai_context_item` from a bundled entity type to a
bundleless entity type and changes its stored entity and field definitions.
Update `10011` later loads and saves context items in the same PHP process.
Content Moderation appears to retain stale definitions from before update
`10008`, causing its presave processing to reference the removed or outdated
`moderation_state` field definition. A fresh `drush updb` process rebuilds
these in-memory definitions, which explains why the second run succeeds for
this failure.
## Resolution
[!229](https://git.drupalcode.org/project/ai_context/-/merge_requests/229)
addresses both failures by:
**For `10006` (type-column / entity-save failure):**
- Migrates legacy use-case scope values via direct database updates to
`ai_context_item_field_data` and `ai_context_item_field_revision`, avoiding
entity API saves while the beta2 NOT NULL `type` column still exists and the
code is already bundleless.
- Iterates item IDs from the `ai_context_item` base table instead of
`entityQuery`, which can fail while legacy bundled `type` field storage
remains.
- Reindexes the item and inheriting children after a direct scope update via
`_ai_context_reindex_scope_after_direct_update()`.
- Adds Kernel coverage in `testUpdate10006MigratesUseCaseWithoutNullingType`
(beta2-style `type` column, legacy use-case values, then `10008`/`10011` in
the same process).
**For `10008` / `10011` (stale Content Moderation definitions):**
- Adds shared cache-reset helpers:
`_ai_context_reset_entity_type_and_bundle_caches()` and
`_ai_context_reset_entity_definition_caches()`.
- Uses the full entity-definition cache reset at the end of update `10008`
instead of clearing only entity-type and bundle-info caches.
- Removes the legacy bundled `type` field storage from last-installed
definitions before calling `updateEntityType()` in update `10008`.
- Resets entity-definition caches once at the start of update `10011`, before
the batched entity saves.
- Adds `AiContextUpdate10008To10011UpgradeTest` with moderated beta2 schema
simulation, stale-definition recovery, moderation-state preservation,
`inherit_parent_scope` backfill, scope indexes, workflow/bundle cleanup, and
idempotent reruns.
Manual beta2 upgrade verification on Drupal 10 and Drupal 11 is still
recommended before RTBC. Related upgrade failures in #3586290 and Drupal 10
compatibility work in #3586338 remain separate.
## Acceptance criteria
- A beta2 site upgrades successfully in one `drush updb` run.
- Update `10006` does not fail with a NULL `type` integrity constraint when
legacy use-case values require migration.
- Updates `10008` and `10011` complete in the same process without stale
Content Moderation field-definition errors.
- Verified on supported Drupal 10 and Drupal 11 versions.
- Existing context items remain loadable.
- Content Moderation configuration remains valid.
- `inherit_parent_scope` is correctly backfilled.
- Scope indexes remain correct.
- Automated upgrade-path regression tests cover both the `10006` `type`
failure and the `10008`→`10011` stale-definition failure.
- Re-running the updates is safe and idempotent.
## AI disclosure
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