Review public CCC API and finalize before beta5 is tagged
## Problem/motivation
Last call for public API naming and signature changes before beta5 is
tagged. After this lands, the surfaces in `docs/developers/api-stability.md`
are the freeze: scope plugins, optional scope interfaces, consumer types,
selection factory / params / result, documented events, and the config
and permission names listed there.
## Solution
Final pass on leftover unused APIs, public-vs-internal visibility, a
small set of contract holes, and naming. Prefer the names shipped in
#3586346+s / !283 unless something is clearly wrong.
This issue is the freeze record. Naming keep/skip decisions are listed
below so they do not reopen. Remaining test work stays on #3586455+s
except for the contract tests that shipped with this change.
A saved-agent `tool_usage_limits` rename from `agent_id` to
`consumer_id` is documented here and deferred so it does not land
with the beta4-to-beta5 path on #3586470+s.
## Naming decisions (keep / skip)
Recorded so these do not resurface before 1.0:
| Decision | Outcome |
|----------|---------|
| Event classes `AiContextSelectionItemsSelectedEvent` / `AiContextSelectionTextRenderedEvent` | **Keep.** The `Selection` prefix matches the VO/factory family. Event *string* names stay `ai_context.selection.*`. |
| Scope `defaultConfiguration()` → `defaultSettings()` | **Skip.** Scopes do not implement `ConfigurableInterface`. Consumers already use `defaultTypeSettings()`. Skip for churn; the split is documented. |
| `submitSettingsForm()` → extract-style name | **Skip.** Matches Form API `submitForm`. |
| Shorten `getSubscriptionScoringWeight()` | **Keep.** The long name is the display vs scoring split. |
| Prefix `SchedulerAiContextItemEvents` to match CCC events | **Skip.** Follows Scheduler’s `Scheduler{Entity}Events` pattern; strings are already `scheduler.ai_context_item_*`. The class and strings are listed as public. |
| `getLabelRoute()` / `getManageRoute()` return `Url` | **Keep arrays** `{route_name, route_parameters}`. Same module pattern on both sides. |
| `excluded_request_tags` configurable | **No.** Hard-coded on the router; documented. |
| `hook_ai_context_consumer_type_info_alter()` | **Do not add.** Types are owned by the consuming project. Site lever is `enabled` on `ai_context.consumer_type_settings.{type}`. |
| `getMaxTokens()` on the items-selected event | **Skip.** Adding the resolved budget later is additive. `$event->getSelection()->getMaxTokens()` is `NULL` when the request defers to site settings. |
| Router / Factory / RouteResult / ProviderRequestContext / `getCandidateRequestTags()` | **Keep.** Do not start another naming pass. |
| Type vs instance `getId()`, two “request context” meanings, `InvocationResult` vs `ai_context` metadata key | **Leave.** Documented; not worth freeze churn. |
| `fromPreGenerateEvent` → `fromPreGenerateResponseEvent` | **Already done** on the consumer branch. |
Deferred to 2.x: detected-value cacheability companion, `icon_class`
accessor, config-key constants, Site Section AJAX companion interface.
## Extra contract decisions from #3586404+s
| Decision | Outcome |
|----------|---------|
| Omitted / `null` `push_enabled` | **Type default.** Landed here. Schema is nullable. Stored `isPushEnabled()` is NULL; resolve and `isPushAllowed()` use the type default. |
| `isGlobal()` when the Global scope is disabled | **Keep.** Returns the stored/effective global flag. Do not AND with `isEnabledAndAvailable()`. If Global is disabled, keep the item checkbox visible (or document that existing globals stay global). Fix stays on the scope rc1 issue. |
| Public execute path | **`getResultFromSelection()`** on the factory. Do not inject the `@internal` selector after `fromConsumer()` / `fromParameters()`. |
| Tool parameter `agent_id` | **Renamed to `consumer_id`.** Saved `tool_usage_limits` still keyed as `agent_id` are ignored. Re-save on `consumer_id`. A rename hook is a follow-up after #3586470+s. |
## Contract changes that landed
- Type-settings save: `NULL` **clears** the key (parity with scopes).
Keys omitted from the returned array still stay in config.
- Request-context matching goes through public `getDetectedValue()`,
not `doGetDetectedValue()`. Custom `matchesRequestContext()`
overrides that still call the protected method directly are a
leftover bypass; documented.
- `resolveConsumerId()` no longer must decline excluded tags. The
router pre-filters. Automator’s `hasExcludedRequestTag()` call was
removed. The helper stays `@internal` and router-only.
- `AiContextSelectionParams::fromArray()` drops an unrecognized
`selection_mode` (including leftover `match_all`) to NULL and logs
non-empty junk at debug. The factory then inherits the consumer or
site default. `AiContextSelection` and `AiContextSelectionResult`
constructors, and `fromParameters()`, throw
`\InvalidArgumentException` on a non-NULL invalid string (was
`assert()`). The params constructor does not validate.
- `fromArray()` keeps a non-empty string `entity_id` (machine names).
Get Relevant now uses the same rule as List.
- `fromArray()` trims a padded canonical `consumer_id` before
`isValid()`. The Get Relevant / List subscriber writes the
trimmed value back.
- `fromArray()` drops a non-string `task` to `''`.
`always_include` / `never_include` keep strings and ints and
drop everything else (no `(string)` cast).
- `AiContextSelectionTextRenderedEvent`: `tokensUsed` and
`truncatedItems` are readonly snapshots. `setRenderedText()` does
not update them; the selector recomputes `tokensUsed` on the result.
- `stopPropagation()` is the Symfony default. The selector does not
skip later pipeline steps when it is called.
- `buildValueForm()` / `buildWidgets()` take `array $form`, not
`array &$form`. Implementations that keep `&` will fatal.
- Consumer types gained `getAvailabilityCacheableMetadata()`. Base
returns empty metadata; Automator adds `config:core.extension`.
Router and admin listings merge it. Automator no longer hand-patches
that tag inside `getInstances()`.
- Consumer types gained `getConsumerIdForDeletedEntity()`. The
attribute may set `host_entity_type` for the 1:1 case. Merged
from #3586489+s.
- `AiContextSelectionResult::getSelectionMode()` returns the resolved
ladder rung (`minimal` / `relevant` / `broad`). Never NULL.
- `getCacheableMetadata()` on the result returns a clone.
- `getSelectedItems()` is `label` + `purpose`.
`getSelectedItems(TRUE)` is the selector full payload. New keys
may be added later. Removing or renaming a key is a break.
- `AiContextScopeInterface::isEnabledAndAvailable()` is the public
usable gate. The manager helper delegates and stays `@internal`.
- `AiContextSelectionFactoryInterface::getResultFromSelection()` is
the supported execute path.
- Stored and resolved consumer config expose `getSettings()`.
- `usage_max_records` and `usage_max_age` have schema `Range`
`min: 0` (no max).
- `AiContextItemPriority` is public allowed-values API.
- `SchedulerAiContextItemEvents` and the `scheduler.ai_context_item_*`
strings are public.
- A non-empty non-canonical tool `consumer_id` is replaced with
`agent:{running agent}` and logged at debug.
- Scope-value labels keep `<` (no `strip_tags()`). Pill tooltips
are encoded for `data-ai-tooltip`. The cutoff is 17 characters
(`mb_strlen()`), matching CSS `17ch`.
- Post-update `0009` clears leftover Diff
`fields.ai_context_item.tags` on sites that have Diff.
Ahmad’s stale-keys note from #3586346+s: leftover keys that a plugin
stops returning stay until an explicit clear. That save behavior is
unchanged; type-settings NULL is now the explicit clear.
## Removals and visibility
Removed unused public leftovers, including `isDynamic()`, scope
`getId()`, entity-item render helpers, router `resolveConsumerId()`,
collection `getCacheableMetadata()`, unused usage setters,
`getAllScopeValues()` / `buildScopeSummaryFromEntity()`, and dead
`AiContextLimitResolver`.
Public service IDs and interfaces stay public; concrete factory /
form-builder classes are `@internal`. Views field, function-call, and
formatter **plugin IDs** stay public config; their PHP classes are
`@internal`. Site Section path helpers are `protected`. Form API
callbacks stay public and `@internal`.
`isLoopAware()` lives on the Agent type only, not on generic stored /
resolved consumer config.
## Out of scope
- Consumer leftover hardening still parked: re-entrancy, updates
10028 / 10031. The dead `resolveLimit()` helper **was** removed
here (zero callers).
- Consumer admin leftovers (type-settings local-task trail, unguarded
`Url::fromRoute()`).
- Broader test coverage on #3586455+s. Tests that pin this issue’s
contract changes shipped with the MR.
- Contributed-type instance-settings UI (by design; they own that form).
- `tool_usage_limits` `agent_id` → `consumer_id` rename hook (after
#3586470+s; see #3586484+s / !296).
- `isGlobal()` when Global is disabled (scope rc1).
- 2.x add-ons listed above.
## Related issues
#3586346+s, #3586404+s, #3586455+s, #3586470+s, #3586484+s,
#3586489+s
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