Sentinel schema guard test enumerates fewer plugins on 3.1.x, so regressions can go undetected
## Problem/Motivation
`tests/src/Kernel/EcaTokenSelectOptionSchemaTest.php`, added in #3590375, walks
every event, condition and action plugin at runtime, collects the form elements
carrying `'#eca_token_select_option' => TRUE`, and asserts that each
corresponding config schema key accepts the `_eca_token` sentinel (and `''`
where the element is not required).
Its value depends entirely on **enumerating every plugin**. On 3.1.x it does
not, for two compounding reasons:
1. **A plugin that fails to instantiate is skipped.**
`Actions::createInstance()` (`src/Service/Actions.php:134-150`) catches
`\Throwable`, logs, and returns `NULL`; `Actions::actions()` then skips it
(`:113`). `SetEcaLogLevel` throws a `TypeError` in `create()` when
`eca.settings` is absent — see the dedicated issue for that defect — so the
plugin is dropped from the enumeration.
2. **The plugin list is statically cached before the test can install config.**
`Actions::actions()` caches through `drupal_static('eca_actions')`, and
module installation populates that static *before* `setUp()` has a chance to
install the required configuration. Installing the config afterwards
therefore has no effect on an already-cached list.
The 3.0.x backport of #3590375 hit this: the very first run of the ported test
enumerated fewer plugins than expected. Adding `installConfig(['eca', 'user'])`
and `drupal_static_reset('eca_actions')` to `setUp()` raised enumeration from
**353 to 356 plugins** and from **98 to 99 sentinel elements**, and the newly
visible key was then actually asserted.
**3.1.x has the same blind spot**, because the fix was made during the backport
and never ported forward. The schema on 3.1.x is correct —
`action.configuration.eca_set_eca_log_level.log_level` is `EcaChoice` at
`modules/base/config/schema/eca_base.schema.yml:503-504`, because the original
audit enumerated the sentinel statically rather than at runtime. So there is no
validation defect today. The problem is that **the guard would not notice if
that key regressed**, which defeats the purpose of having the guard.
The result is the counter-intuitive situation that the guard on the stable 3.0.x
branch is stronger than the guard on 3.1.x.
## Steps to reproduce
1. On 3.1.x, run `EcaTokenSelectOptionSchemaTest` and note the number of
plugins and sentinel elements it enumerates.
2. Revert `action.configuration.eca_set_eca_log_level.log_level` from
`EcaChoice` back to `Choice`.
3. Run the test again.
**Result:** the test still passes — the regression is not detected.
**Expected:** the test fails, because that key offers "Defined by token" and no
longer accepts the sentinel.
## Proposed resolution
Port the 3.0.x test fix forward to 3.1.x: install the configuration the plugins
need in `setUp()` and reset the `eca_actions` static so the plugin list is built
after that configuration exists.
Worth considering as a follow-up: have the test **assert** the enumerated plugin
count is non-decreasing, or fail explicitly when `Actions::createInstance()`
returned `NULL` for any definition. A guard whose coverage can silently shrink
has the same weakness this issue describes, one level up.
## Remaining tasks
- [ ] Port `installConfig` + `drupal_static_reset('eca_actions')` to the 3.1.x test
- [ ] Verify the enumeration count increases and the newly visible key is asserted
- [ ] Confirm the guard now fails when that key is reverted to plain `Choice`
- [ ] Consider guarding against future silent shrinkage of the enumeration
## User interface changes
None.
## Data model changes
None.
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**Related:** #3590375 introduced the test; the enumeration fix was made while
backporting it to 3.0.x. The underlying instantiation failure is filed
separately.
This is a test-only change, fully covered by automated tests, so per the
module's contribution guidance no manual review recipe is needed.
AI-Generated: Yes (Used OpenCode to backport #3590375 to 3.0.x, where this gap
was discovered and fixed; all file and line references were verified against the
3.1.x source.)
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