feat: aggregate roots in celld via WASM

[patrickleet]

What this PR is

This is the combined portable command host and celld aggregate-root change. The feature work from #206 and the lifecycle/latency hardening from #207 were stacked on #205 and have now been merged back into this branch, making #205 the roll-up PR to main.

The core idea is that a domain command is declared once, then the application decides where to run it:

• in the normal service-oriented host (SOA), backed by the application's SQL repository, locks, and message bus;
• in a celld aggregate cell, backed by private SQLite and a single writer for that shard; or
• in both styles in the same application, selected per command/aggregate.

The domain crate does not import sqlx, QueuedRepository, Durable Objects, celld, NATS, or GraphQL transport code. Deployment topology is host configuration, not domain behavior.

This PR carries that model from declaration through production-shaped execution: portable domain mounts, SOA and celld hosts, causal HTTP/gRPC/GraphQL wait paths, private cell event/snapshot storage, durable fenced receipts, outbox publication, global read models, and the generated client settlement path.

It also makes the model durable and responsive end to end: command completion is the durable commit; immediate outbox publication runs through a bounded background worker rather than blocking on the bus acknowledgement; Eventual delivery no longer rebuilds the service graph after idle polls; exact command results settle client optimism without an unnecessary collection refetch; and authorization is preserved across the GraphQL-to-cell boundary.

Mental model

flowchart LR
    C[Generated client] --> G[GraphQL command field]
    G --> H{CommandHost route?}
    H -->|not selected| S[SOA / LocalCommandHost]
    H -->|selected| D[celld]
    S --> SQL[(application SQL)]
    D --> CELL[aggregate shard<br/>one writer + private SQLite]
    S --> O[outbox]
    CELL --> O
    O --> B[NATS / Kafka / RabbitMQ]
    B --> P[Eventual projectors]
    P --> RM[(SQL read models)]
    RM --> G

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A cell is a consistency boundary, not another SQL dialect. One cell instance owns one aggregate shard, such as todo:{todo_id}. GraphQL, global queries, @live, projectors, and identity ingestors remain outside cells.

1. Declare the command once in the domain

The Todo domain's real complete command is representative:

portable_command! {
    name: "todo.complete",
    transition: domain_commands::Complete,
    aggregate: Todo,
    input: TodoCompleteInput,
    outcome: Eventual<TodoStatusPayload>,
    shard: |input| input.todo_id.clone(),
    load: required,
    roles: ["user", "admin"],
    field: "todos_complete",
    invoke: |todo, _input, principal| todo.complete(principal),
    payload: |todo| TodoStatusPayload::from_todo(&**todo),
}

That declaration carries everything both hosts must agree on:

• name is the stable command identity.
• aggregate and shard identify the consistency boundary. SOA aggregate loading and the celld route must resolve the same shard key.
• roles and field describe the generated GraphQL command surface.
• outcome preserves the application's Atomic<T> or Eventual<T> contract; choosing celld does not silently change the public consistency contract.
• invoke and payload are domain behavior and result mapping.

Simple transitions use load + invoke + payload. Commands needing custom creation, guards, or orchestration can use the handle escape hatch; for example, todo.create uses an authenticated guard, a custom handler, and a generated UUIDv7 default while remaining portable.

Handlers continue to receive CausalCommandContext<'_, A> and use ctx.repo(). There is deliberately no ctx.cell(): a handler must not know whether SOA or celld is executing it.

See the complete declarations in todo-domain/src/commands.rs.

2. Run the commands as a normal SOA service

Mount the portable declarations on ordinary aggregate routes:

Routes::for_aggregate::<R, L, Todo, S>(repo, locks, read_models)
    .mount(todo_domain::commands::create())
    .mount(todo_domain::commands::rename())
    .mount(todo_domain::commands::complete())
    .mount(todo_domain::commands::reopen())
    .mount(todo_domain::commands::archive())
    .mount(todo_domain::commands::purge())
    .modeled_projector(todo_projector)
    .handle(project_todos);

With the normal local command host, dispatch stays in the service process. The host supplies the configured repository, transaction/lock implementation, outbox, and bus. This is the simplest deployment when one database is the desired consistency boundary.

The runnable example is service/src/modules/todo.rs.

3. Run selected commands in celld

The cell worker mounts the same declarations:

let cell = AggregateCell::<Todo>::new(todo_id)?
    .mount(todo_domain::commands::create())
    .mount(todo_domain::commands::rename())
    .mount(todo_domain::commands::complete())
    .mount(todo_domain::commands::reopen())
    .mount(todo_domain::commands::archive());

The GraphQL host then declares which command names should wait-dispatch to that cell class:

const TODO_CELL_COMMANDS: &[&str] = &[
    "todo.create",
    "todo.rename",
    "todo.complete",
    "todo.reopen",
    "todo.archive",
    "todo.force_archive",
    "todo.purge",
];

pub fn celld_route() -> CelldRoute {
    CelldRoute::new(
        TODO_CELL_COMMANDS,
        "todo",
        todo_shard,
        graphql_todo_payload,
    )
}

todo_shard reads todo_id, so all transitions for one Todo reach the same todo:{todo_id} instance. That instance has one writer and private SQLite for events, snapshots, its durable command ledger, and its outbox.

The concrete route is in todo-service/src/host.rs, and the workers-rs cell mounts are in tests/celld/worker/src/lib.rs.

4. Mix SOA and celld in one application

Routing is additive and opt-in:

let host: SharedCommandHost = Arc::new(
    CelldCommandHost::new(celld_url, service, publisher)
        .route(todo::celld_route())
        .route(chat::celld_route()),
);

CelldCommandHost checks the registered routes for each command. A match goes to celld; a command with no celld route automatically falls back to the local SOA service.

The e2e application is intentionally hybrid:

Workload	Host
Todo transitions	celld, sharded by todo_id
chat.post	celld, sharded by message_id
Blob Atomic commands	local SOA fallback
GraphQL queries and @live	GraphQL service
Todo/Chat projectors	service consumers writing global SQL read models
Zitadel ingestion	service host

That means a team can move only a hot or contention-heavy aggregate to cells without rewriting its domain handlers, changing the GraphQL schema, or moving unrelated services. Adding or removing a CelldRoute changes placement; it does not fork domain behavior.

See the complete hybrid host in graphql-service/src/host.rs.

How a celld command completes

1. The generated client sends a stable command ID, input, and session through its GraphQL command field.
2. GraphQL authenticates the caller. Only the verified service identity and principal partition are forwarded on the trusted internal cell request; public input cannot spoof them.
3. CelldCommandHost selects a route and derives the cell shard from the command input.
4. The cell reserves the command ID in a durable, fenced ledger before execution.
5. The portable handler runs against the cell-local aggregate repository. Its events, snapshot state, receipt, and outbox work are persisted in the cell's SQLite boundary.
6. The host drains the cell outbox through the configured MessagePublisher; normal Eventual projectors consume those events and update global SQL read models.
7. The GraphQL host maps the cell result back to the generated command payload and seals the normal Distributed protocol/projection metadata.
8. The client replaces its optimistic preview with that exact accepted result. A terminal exact delta settles without issuing a command-triggered full query refetch.

The receipt is scoped by the named service and verified principal partition. Replaying the same command ID with the same input returns the committed result; reusing it with different input is a conflict. Because the ledger is in cell SQLite, that behavior survives worker/celld restarts rather than depending on process memory.

Why this fixes the latency and race failures

The original failure was not localhost network latency. Idle Eventual consumers were completing, causing service/projector graphs to be rebuilt, while the client also treated accepted commands as a reason to rerun broad queries. A late collection response could then temporarily overwrite a newer optimistic transition on another aggregate.

This PR changes that lifecycle:

• SQL and NATS consumer loops remain alive across idle polls.
• Every Todo transition uses the same shard rule, so create/complete/reopen/archive cannot accidentally split one aggregate across hosts or cells.
• Exact terminal command deltas settle locally; refetch remains a conservative recovery path only when the client cannot prove the affected projection or authorization membership.
• Accepted optimistic overlays remain ordered against comparable authoritative results, so a late response cannot resurrect an older Todo state during rapid multi-item complete/reopen flows.
• A newly created optimistic Todo is visibly pending (gray text with disabled actions) until its commit receipt is confirmed.
• Anonymous client-side navigation refreshes authority correctly, and direct Atomic collection membership (the Blob create case) is applied without requiring a page refresh.

The intended UX is immediate local feedback followed by a small authoritative settlement, not a several-second lockout followed by wholesale query replacement.

When to choose each host

Prefer SOA/local when

• one application database is already the desired consistency boundary;
• a workflow needs a transaction spanning several aggregates/tables in that database;
• aggregate contention is modest and the operational simplicity of a conventional service is more valuable than per-key isolation;
• the command is naturally served by a direct/Atomic projection.

Prefer celld when

• commands are naturally serialized by an aggregate key;
• hot keys or lock contention make a single-writer shard useful;
• per-aggregate isolation and independent placement/scaling are valuable;
• durable idempotent replay must live with the aggregate rather than one service process.

Prefer a hybrid when

• only some aggregates are hot;
• a system is being migrated incrementally;
• cell-owned command consistency is useful, while global read models, search, joins, GraphQL, and identity integration still belong in the service tier.

One important boundary: do not model a required atomic invariant as a distributed transaction across multiple cells. Put the operation on one parent shard (for example game:{game_id}) or keep it in an SOA database transaction. Cells are deliberately local consistency units.

What this PR delivers

• Adds portable_command! declarations that can be mounted by SOA routes and celld aggregate cells without importing host infrastructure into domain crates.
• Adds the cell host adapter, private event/snapshot storage, parent-shard support, and a workers-rs WASM Todo cell running against celld and Azurite.
• Adds public causal wait paths and receipts across in-process, HTTP, gRPC, and GraphQL command hosts.
• Keeps command completion at the durable commit while bounded background outbox publication and recovery handle bus delivery.
• Keeps long-running SQL and NATS consumers alive across idle polls instead of rebuilding the service and projector graph.
• Routes the full Todo lifecycle through one shard and adds fenced, durable command receipts with replay, conflict, and restart behavior.
• Preserves trusted service/principal identity across cell dispatch.
• Enforces role row policies for CellByKey reads and fails closed on malformed or unsupported policy material.
• Makes exact projection deltas the normal client settlement path, with conservative revalidation retained for ambiguous/recovery cases.
• Covers rapid Todo transitions, pending-create UI, anonymous soft navigation, and Blob Atomic creation without-refresh behavior.
• Runs authenticated Todo and Chat browser lifecycles against the real Azurite + celld + NATS stack in CI.

Verification

• GitHub CI: 23/23 checks passing on feat: aggregate roots in celld via WASM #205.
• Rust quality, all-features, per-feature, Postgres, NATS, RabbitMQ, Kafka, and GraphQL identity matrices.
• e2e-celld workspace tests and live Azurite + worker + NATS lifecycle.
• e2e-ui offline suite and Playwright live stack, including rapid Todo complete/reopen, anonymous soft navigation, and Blob create.
• Distributed JS client quality on Node 20 and Node 24.
• wasm32 worker check, actionlint, and diff hygiene checks.

PR history

#206 and #207 were stacked on #205 and have both been merged back into this branch. #205 is the remaining combined PR to main.

Implements [[tasks/outbox-immediate-nonblocking-1]]
Implements [[tasks/portable-command-hosts-2]] through [[tasks/portable-command-hosts-11]]
Implements [[tasks/distributed-command-surfaces-2]] through [[tasks/distributed-command-surfaces-7]]
Refs [[incidents/pr-206-e2e-ui-command-latency-1]]

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The outbox path now supports bounded after-commit scheduling with mailbox hints and polling recovery. Scheduled commits leave rows pending. Service routes now mount domain-owned commands. Tests wait for publication settlement before assertions.

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Outbox scheduling and domain command migration

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Bounded drain worker and mailbox src/outbox_worker/drain.rs, src/lib.rs, src/outbox_worker/mod.rs	Adds bounded ID hints, overflow wakeups, hint coalescing, polling recovery, and drain-worker tests.
Scheduler-aware commit dispatch src/outbox/commit.rs, src/outbox_worker/outbox_dispatch.rs	Adds optional scheduling. Scheduled commits enqueue IDs after commit and leave rows pending. Hook-only commits retain claimed fallback rows.
Route integration and command mounting src/microsvc/service/routes.rs, src/microsvc/mod.rs, src/outbox/mod.rs	Configures hinted drain runners, updates causal outbox handling, and adds PortableCommand with Routes::mount.
Domain-owned command implementations tests/e2e-ui/crates/todo-domain/*, tests/e2e-ui/crates/chat-domain/*, tests/e2e-ui/crates/blob-domain/*	Adds portable Todo, Chat, and Blob commands with handlers, authorization, persistence, projections, and mounting tests.
Service route migration tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/modules/*, tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/*, tests/e2e-ui/README.md	Replaces service-local command configuration with domain command mounts and removes obsolete handlers.
Publication validation and examples src/microsvc/runtime.rs, src/microsvc/service/tests.rs, tests/durable_enqueue_sqlite/*, tests/e2e-ui/e2e/*, tests/e2e-ui/ui/*	Adds timeout-bounded publication waits and updates E2E tests and walkthrough examples for asynchronous publication and domain-owned mounts.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to a0e5d

The change lets commands complete before bus acknowledgement, but hint-triggered draining can bypass backoff and starve polling under continuous failures, leaving pending outbox rows undrained; oversized hint batches can also exceed configured limits and cause duplicate publication after lease expiry. These are concrete availability and delivery risks at the current head, so the PR is not merge-ready until addressed.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CommandCommit
  participant OutboxPublishMailbox
  participant OutboxDrainRunner
  participant OutboxStore
  participant OutboxDispatcher
  CommandCommit->>OutboxPublishMailbox: enqueue committed outbox IDs
  OutboxPublishMailbox->>OutboxDrainRunner: deliver hints or overflow wake
  OutboxDrainRunner->>OutboxStore: load pending rows
  OutboxDrainRunner->>OutboxDispatcher: publish and settle rows
  OutboxDispatcher-->>OutboxDrainRunner: publication result

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In `@src/outbox/commit.rs`:
- Around line 450-461: Update the gate release in the test around the publish
hook synchronization to use notify_one() instead of notify_waiters(), ensuring
the notification is retained if the publish task registers its waiter after
started completes.
- Around line 42-68: Update start_immediate_publish to call
tokio::runtime::Handle::try_current() before spawning; use the current handle to
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In `@src/outbox_worker/drain.rs`:
- Around line 228-241: Update coalesce_hints to ensure each returned dispatch
contains at most limit IDs, including when ids already exceeds the limit or a
received more vector would cross it. Split incoming hint vectors at the limit,
return only the current bounded batch, and retain unconsumed IDs in the
receiver/state for subsequent dispatches so no hinted IDs are dropped.

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src/outbox_worker/drain.rs (2)

447-463: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Make this test require the hint path.

The test stores evt-hint before starting the runner. Because the runner begins with sleep_for = Duration::ZERO, its initial dispatch_batch poll can publish the row before mailbox.try_submit is processed. The test can therefore pass without exercising hint dispatch.

Start the runner with no pending rows, wait for its initial poll to complete, then store the row and submit the hint. Alternatively, instrument the dispatcher to assert that dispatch_ids handled the row.

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In `@src/outbox_worker/drain.rs` around lines 447 - 463, Update
hint_publishes_without_waiting_for_poll_interval so the runner starts with an
empty repository and completes its initial poll before the test stores evt-hint
and calls mailbox.try_submit; keep the long poll interval and existing
assertions so publication must occur through the hint dispatch path.

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165-186: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Make hint handling honor backoff and yield to polling.

When dispatch_ids returns an error, this branch sets sleep_for but immediately continues. The biased tokio::select! then checks next_hint before the timer and wake branches. Continuous hints can therefore retry without backoff and starve dispatch_batch, leaving pending rows undrained indefinitely. Gate hint dispatch on the active backoff and bound consecutive hint batches. Add a regression test with continuous hints, a failing dispatcher, and a pending row.

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In `@src/outbox_worker/drain.rs` around lines 165 - 186, Update the hint branch in
the drain loop around dispatch_ids so hint dispatch respects the active
sleep_for backoff and cannot indefinitely preempt wake/timer polling; bound
consecutive hint batches before yielding to the normal dispatch_batch path.
Preserve exponential backoff on dispatcher errors, and add a regression test
covering continuous hints, a failing dispatcher, and a pending row that must
eventually be drained.

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tests/e2e-ui/crates/todo-domain/src/commands.rs (3)

534-602: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

The mount tests assert registration only, not authorization.

domain_declarations_mount_without_sqlx_or_celld checks the command ids. complete_is_thin_shard_invoke_eventual checks one field name. No test asserts that todo.force_archive is restricted to admin while the other commands allow user. That role split is the security-relevant part of this migration. Add an assertion over the spec roles for todo.force_archive.

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In `@tests/e2e-ui/crates/todo-domain/src/commands.rs` around lines 534 - 602,
Extend the tests in mounted_specs or
domain_declarations_mount_without_sqlx_or_celld to inspect the command
specification for todo.force_archive and assert its allowed role is admin, while
preserving the existing registration assertions and confirming the other
commands retain user access where represented by the spec roles.

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179-198: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

handle_rename, handle_reopen, and handle_archive repeat one shape.

Each handler resolves the principal, loads by id, maps None to HandlerError::NotFound, calls one aggregate method, and commits an eventual payload. install_complete at Lines 244-259 shows the thin builder covers this shape with load_by / invoke / eventual. Consider moving reopen and archive to the thin builder, or extracting a shared load_mut helper for the three handlers. This is optional and can follow the migration.

Also applies to: 292-310, 358-376

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In `@tests/e2e-ui/crates/todo-domain/src/commands.rs` around lines 179 - 198,
Refactor handle_rename, handle_reopen, and handle_archive to share the existing
thin-builder pattern demonstrated by install_complete, using load_by, invoke,
and eventual for principal resolution, loading, mutation, and payload
commitment. Preserve each handler’s aggregate method, payload fields, and
existing error behavior.

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78-80: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the unused shard helpers

load_by selects the aggregate ID. It does not configure a partition or lock key. Only Complete::shard is used in this module. Remove the other six helpers unless they are an external API.

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In `@tests/e2e-ui/crates/todo-domain/src/commands.rs` around lines 78 - 80, Remove
the unused shard helper methods in this module, including TodoCreateInput::shard
and the other five equivalent helpers; retain Complete::shard because it is
used. Verify none of the removed methods are required as external API before
deleting them.

tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/mod.rs (1)

1-2: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the empty command module.

No service source file references handlers::commands or commands::todo_complete. Remove pub mod commands; and delete tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/mod.rs until the service adds a command handler.

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In `@tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/mod.rs` around lines 1 - 2,
Remove the empty service-only command module by deleting the commands module
file and its `pub mod commands;` declaration from the handlers module. Do not
alter command handlers in the domain crates.

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Inline comments:
In `@tests/e2e-ui/e2e/admin.admin.spec.ts`:
- Around line 25-28: Remove the conditional test.skip in the force-archive test
and ensure the required Todo fixture is created or awaited before exercising the
admin command. Assert that the Todo appears in the read model, allowing setup,
routing, publication, or projection failures to fail the test instead of being
silently skipped.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@src/outbox_worker/drain.rs`:
- Around line 447-463: Update hint_publishes_without_waiting_for_poll_interval
so the runner starts with an empty repository and completes its initial poll
before the test stores evt-hint and calls mailbox.try_submit; keep the long poll
interval and existing assertions so publication must occur through the hint
dispatch path.
- Around line 165-186: Update the hint branch in the drain loop around
dispatch_ids so hint dispatch respects the active sleep_for backoff and cannot
indefinitely preempt wake/timer polling; bound consecutive hint batches before
yielding to the normal dispatch_batch path. Preserve exponential backoff on
dispatcher errors, and add a regression test covering continuous hints, a
failing dispatcher, and a pending row that must eventually be drained.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/mod.rs`:
- Around line 1-2: Remove the empty service-only command module by deleting the
commands module file and its `pub mod commands;` declaration from the handlers
module. Do not alter command handlers in the domain crates.

In `@tests/e2e-ui/crates/todo-domain/src/commands.rs`:
- Around line 534-602: Extend the tests in mounted_specs or
domain_declarations_mount_without_sqlx_or_celld to inspect the command
specification for todo.force_archive and assert its allowed role is admin, while
preserving the existing registration assertions and confirming the other
commands retain user access where represented by the spec roles.
- Around line 179-198: Refactor handle_rename, handle_reopen, and handle_archive
to share the existing thin-builder pattern demonstrated by install_complete,
using load_by, invoke, and eventual for principal resolution, loading, mutation,
and payload commitment. Preserve each handler’s aggregate method, payload
fields, and existing error behavior.
- Around line 78-80: Remove the unused shard helper methods in this module,
including TodoCreateInput::shard and the other five equivalent helpers; retain
Complete::shard because it is used. Verify none of the removed methods are
required as external API before deleting them.

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• tests/e2e-ui/crates/blob-domain/src/commands.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/blob-domain/src/lib.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/blob-domain/src/mutations/save_blob_game.mutation.graphql
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• tests/e2e-ui/crates/chat-domain/src/lib.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/blob_move.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/blob_start.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/blob_start_level.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/chat_post.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/mod.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/payloads.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/todo_archive.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/todo_complete.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/todo_create.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/todo_force_archive.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/todo_purge.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/todo_rename.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/todo_reopen.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/modules/blob.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/modules/chat.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/modules/todo.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/todo-domain/src/commands.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/todo-domain/src/lib.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/e2e/admin.admin.spec.ts
• tests/e2e-ui/e2e/chat.user.spec.ts
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• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/blob_move.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/todo_force_archive.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/payloads.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/todo_rename.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/chat_post.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/todo_complete.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/todo_archive.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/todo_purge.rs
• tests/e2e-ui/crates/service/src/handlers/commands/blob_start.rs
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Do not skip the force-archive test when its required Todo is missing.

An empty read model can indicate that fixture setup, command routing, outbox publication, or projection failed. test.skip makes that failure pass and removes coverage for the admin command. Create or await the required Todo fixture, then fail the test if it does not appear.

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In `@tests/e2e-ui/e2e/admin.admin.spec.ts` around lines 25 - 28, Remove the
conditional test.skip in the force-archive test and ensure the required Todo
fixture is created or awaited before exercising the admin command. Assert that
the Todo appears in the read model, allowing setup, routing, publication, or
projection failures to fail the test instead of being silently skipped.

[patrickleet]

everything that's here is working so far, but I'd like to convert the blob game example to celld too, as that will require pass-through queries to the cell as it's atomic read model is located with the aggregate