SqlImportTest fails on next major: key_value table no longer empty in kernel tests
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<h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3>
<p>On Drupal 12.x, <code>SqlImportTest</code> fails in the <code>phpunit (next major)</code> job:</p>
<pre>
Drupal\Tests\mongodb_storage\Kernel\SqlImportTest::testImportActual with data set #0
Failed asserting that 4 matches expected 0.
modules/mongodb_storage/tests/src/Kernel/SqlImportTest.php:171
</pre><p>Example job: <a href="https://git.drupalcode.org/issue/mongodb-3627745/-/jobs/12795721">https://git.drupalcode.org/issue/mongodb-3627745/-/jobs/12795721</a><br>
The 8.x-2.x next major job passed on 2026-10-05: <a href="https://git.drupalcode.org/project/mongodb/-/jobs/12660720">https://git.drupalcode.org/project/mongodb/-/jobs/12660720</a></p>
<p>The failure comes from a core change, not from a mongodb change. Core commit 5c8d732 (<a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3613347">#3613347: Re-use container in kernel tests</a>, committed 2026-10-10) removed the override in <code>KernelTestBase::register()</code> that replaced the <code>keyvalue</code> service with a <code>KeyValueMemoryFactory</code>. Kernel tests now use the real <code>keyvalue</code> service, which stores data in the SQL <code>key_value</code> table.</p>
<p>When the test container is compiled, <code>HookCollectorKeyValueWritePass::process()</code> writes the <code>hook_data</code> collection through that service. This leaves 4 rows in <code>key_value</code> before the test runs:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>hook_data</code> / <code>hook_list</code></li>
<li><code>hook_data</code> / <code>packed_order_operations</code></li>
<li><code>hook_data</code> / <code>preprocess_for_suggestions</code></li>
<li><code>hook_data</code> / <code>theme_hook_list</code></li>
</ul>
<p><code>KeyValueTestBase::setUp()</code> only deletes its own <code>mongodb.nonexistent</code> collection, so <code>testImportActual()</code> finds those rows and fails its <code>assertEquals(0, $actualPreDbCount)</code> check. Data set #1 (<code>key_value_expire</code>) still passes because nothing writes to that table.</p>
<p>Only removing that assertion would not be enough. <code>SqlImport::import()</code> copies every row in the table, so the <code>hook_data</code> collection would also reach MongoDB and break the later "Collection names match" assertion.</p>
<h4 id="summary-steps-reproduce">Steps to reproduce</h4>
<ol>
<li>Set up a site on Drupal core 12.x (<code>main</code>) at or after commit 5c8d732, with PHP 8.5 and ext-mongodb 2.x.</li>
<li>Run the test against MySQL and a MongoDB server:<br>
<code>SIMPLETEST_DB=mysql://... MONGODB_URI=mongodb://... vendor/bin/phpunit -c web/core/phpunit.xml.dist web/modules/contrib/mongodb/modules/mongodb_storage/tests/src/Kernel/SqlImportTest.php</code></li>
<li><code>testImportActual with data set #0</code> fails with <code>Failed asserting that 4 matches expected 0.</code></li>
</ol>
<p>On core before 5c8d732, such as 12.0.0-beta1, the test passes.</p>
<h3 id="summary-proposed-resolution">Proposed resolution</h3>
<p>In <code>SqlImportTest::testImportActual()</code>, stop assuming that the SQL table starts empty. Read the rows that are already there and add them to the expected import result:</p>
<pre>
// Core may already have written rows, e.g. the hook_data collection
// written by HookCollectorKeyValueWritePass on container compile: they
// are imported too, so expect them.
$preExisting = $this->database->select($table, 't')
->fields('t', ['collection', 'name', 'value'])
->execute()
->fetchAll();
...
$expectedCollections = [];
foreach ($preExisting as $row) {
// @codingStandardsIgnoreStart
$expectedCollections[$row->collection][$row->name] = unserialize($row->value);
// @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd
}
foreach ($rows as $row) {
...
</pre><p>This replaces the <code>countTable()</code> and <code>assertEquals(0, ...)</code> lines. The check that MongoDB starts with no collections stays as it is.</p>
<p>This works on core both before and after 5c8d732. I tested it locally on 12.0.0-beta1, both with the core change simulated and without it.</p>
<p>Emptying <code>key_value</code> in <code>setUp()</code> is not recommended, because core reads <code>hook_data</code> at runtime.</p>
<h3 id="summary-remaining-tasks">Remaining tasks</h3>
<ul>
<li>Create an MR with the test change.</li>
<li>Confirm that the <code>phpunit (next major)</code> job passes.</li>
<li>Review.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="summary-ui-changes">User interface changes</h3>
<p>None.</p>
<h3 id="summary-api-changes">API changes</h3>
<p>None.</p>
<h3 id="summary-data-model-changes">Data model changes</h3>
<p>None.</p>
<p>AI Disclosure: I used Claude Code to triage this issue and help write this bug report.</p>
> Related issue: [Issue #3613347](https://www.drupal.org/node/3613347)
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