feat(tasks): give task rows a canonical record identifier

Every work-record type carried a stable identifier except tasks, whose rows held
only id, workplan_id, title, status and priority — nothing connecting a row to
CUST-WP-0067-T01 in the file it came from. Matching was therefore by title, so a
renamed heading looked like one task vanishing and another appearing, and the
forge-derived reset had to refuse to touch tasks at all.

Adds tasks.record_id (nullable: no migration can invent an identity for an
existing row) and a backfill that reads the pairing from the repository files,
where a task declares both its canonical id and its projection UUID. 5516 pairs
across 121 repositories with zero conflicts; 4456 of 6073 cache task rows
identified.

Diff and reset now key on record_id where present, falling back to a
title-prefixed key so an unidentified row stays visibly unidentified.

Unknown stays unknown: a row the files do not claim keeps no identity and the
reset keeps refusing to act on it, and an existing identity is never
overwritten — a mismatch is recorded as a conflict rather than resolved.

Refs STATE-WP-0083-T06

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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api/models/task.py

@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ class Task(Base, TimestampMixin):
         nullable=False,
         index=True,
     )
+    # Canonical work-record identifier, e.g. "CUST-WP-0067-T01" (ADR-007).
+    # Nullable because rows created before STATE-WP-0083-T06 have none; only the
+    # repository files know the mapping. Without it a task can be matched only by
+    # title, so renaming a heading looks like one task vanishing and another
+    # appearing.
+    record_id: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String(120), nullable=True, index=True)
     title: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(255), nullable=False)
     description: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)
     status: Mapped[TaskStatus] = mapped_column(

api/services/forge_projection.py

@@ -350,11 +350,19 @@ def diff_against_hub(
             cur = have_wp.get(w.record_id.strip().lower())
             if cur:
                 hub_rows = hub_tasks_by_workplan.get(str(cur["id"]), [])
-        # Tasks carry no canonical id on the hub, only a title, so compare on
+        # Match on the canonical record id where the hub has one. Rows created
-        # title. Imperfect, and the reason task removal needs the same explicit
+        # before STATE-WP-0083-T06 fall back to title, which is why those are
-        # acknowledgement as everything else.
+        # reported rather than acted on: a renamed heading is indistinguishable
-        have = {(t.get("title") or "").strip().lower(): t for t in hub_rows}
+        # from a replaced task under title matching.
-        want = {(t.title or t.record_id).strip().lower(): t for t in w.tasks}
+        def _task_key(record_id: str | None, title: str | None) -> str:
+            if record_id:
+                return record_id.strip().lower()
+            return "title:" + (title or "").strip().lower()
+
+        have = {
+            _task_key(t.get("record_id"), t.get("title")): t for t in hub_rows
+        }
+        want = {_task_key(t.record_id, t.title): t for t in w.tasks}
         for key, t in want.items():
             if key not in have:
                 d.missing.append(
@@ -530,6 +538,7 @@ async def reset_repository_projection(
                     Task(
                         id=uuid.UUID(t.uuid),
                         workplan_id=row.id,
+                        record_id=t.record_id,
                         title=t.title or t.record_id,
                         status=t.status or "todo",
                         priority=t.priority or "medium",

api/services/task_record_id_backfill.py

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+"""Backfill canonical record ids onto existing task rows (STATE-WP-0083-T06).
+
+Only the repository files hold the mapping. A file task declares both its
+canonical id and the projection UUID it was registered under:
+
+    ```task
+    id: CUST-WP-0067-T01
+    state_hub_task_id: "f3608db4-..."
+    ```
+
+so the pairing can be read directly rather than guessed from titles. Anything a
+file does not claim is left alone: a task row whose canonical id cannot be
+established keeps `record_id` null, and the reset continues to refuse to act on
+it. An unknown identity must stay unknown rather than be inferred.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+_TASK_BLOCK_RE = re.compile(r"```task\s*\n(.*?)\n```", re.DOTALL)
+_ID_RE = re.compile(r"^id:\s*(\S+)", re.MULTILINE)
+_UUID_RE = re.compile(r'state_hub_task_id:\s*"?([0-9a-f-]{36})"?')
+
+
+@dataclass
+class BackfillReport:
+    scanned_files: int = 0
+    pairs_found: int = 0
+    updated: int = 0
+    already_set: int = 0
+    conflicts: list[dict[str, str]] = field(default_factory=list)
+    unmatched_uuids: int = 0
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {
+            "schema": "state-hub.task-record-id-backfill.v1",
+            "scanned_files": self.scanned_files,
+            "pairs_found": self.pairs_found,
+            "updated": self.updated,
+            "already_set": self.already_set,
+            "unmatched_uuids": self.unmatched_uuids,
+            "conflicts": self.conflicts,
+        }
+
+
+def collect_pairs(roots: list[Path]) -> tuple[dict[str, str], BackfillReport]:
+    """Map projection UUID -> canonical record id, from workplan files."""
+    report = BackfillReport()
+    pairs: dict[str, str] = {}
+    for root in roots:
+        wp_dir = root / "workplans"
+        if not wp_dir.is_dir():
+            continue
+        for path in sorted(wp_dir.rglob("*.md")):
+            if path.name.startswith("."):
+                continue
+            try:
+                text = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+            except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError):
+                continue
+            report.scanned_files += 1
+            for block in _TASK_BLOCK_RE.finditer(text):
+                body = block.group(1)
+                rid = _ID_RE.search(body)
+                uid = _UUID_RE.search(body)
+                if not rid or not uid:
+                    continue
+                record_id, task_uuid = rid.group(1).strip(), uid.group(1)
+                prior = pairs.get(task_uuid)
+                if prior and prior != record_id:
+                    # One UUID claimed by two canonical ids: a duplicate
+                    # registration. Recording it and skipping is the only safe
+                    # option — picking one would fabricate an identity.
+                    report.conflicts.append(
+                        {"uuid": task_uuid, "first": prior, "second": record_id}
+                    )
+                    continue
+                pairs[task_uuid] = record_id
+    report.pairs_found = len(pairs)
+    return pairs, report
+
+
+async def backfill_task_record_ids(
+    session: Any, roots: list[Path], *, dry_run: bool = True
+) -> BackfillReport:
+    from sqlalchemy import select
+
+    from api.models.task import Task
+
+    pairs, report = collect_pairs(roots)
+    if not pairs:
+        return report
+
+    rows = list((await session.execute(select(Task))).scalars())
+    by_id = {str(r.id): r for r in rows}
+    for task_uuid, record_id in pairs.items():
+        row = by_id.get(task_uuid)
+        if row is None:
+            report.unmatched_uuids += 1
+            continue
+        if row.record_id == record_id:
+            report.already_set += 1
+            continue
+        if row.record_id and row.record_id != record_id:
+            report.conflicts.append(
+                {"uuid": task_uuid, "first": row.record_id, "second": record_id}
+            )
+            continue
+        report.updated += 1
+        if not dry_run:
+            row.record_id = record_id
+    return report

migrations/versions/e2b3c4d5f6a7_task_canonical_record_id.py

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+"""task canonical record id (STATE-WP-0083-T06)
+
+Every work-record type carries a stable canonical identifier except tasks. A
+task row holds `id, workplan_id, title, status, priority` — nothing connecting it
+to `CUST-WP-0067-T01` in the file it came from.
+
+The consequence is that a file task and a hub task can only be matched by title,
+so a renamed heading looks like one task disappearing and another appearing. That
+is why the forge-derived reset deliberately refuses to touch tasks of existing
+workplans: destroying and recreating a record because someone edited a heading is
+not an acceptable failure mode.
+
+Nullable on purpose. Existing rows have no canonical id and cannot be given one
+by this migration — only the repository files know the mapping, and backfilling
+from them is a separate, reversible step.
+
+Revision ID: e2b3c4d5f6a7
+Revises: d1a2b3c4e5f6
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+revision = "e2b3c4d5f6a7"
+down_revision = "d1a2b3c4e5f6"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.add_column("tasks", sa.Column("record_id", sa.String(length=120), nullable=True))
+    op.create_index("ix_tasks_record_id", "tasks", ["record_id"])
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_index("ix_tasks_record_id", table_name="tasks")
+    op.drop_column("tasks", "record_id")

tests/test_task_record_id_backfill.py

@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+"""Recovering canonical identity for existing task rows (STATE-WP-0083-T06).
+
+The mapping exists only in the repository files, where a task declares both its
+canonical id and the projection UUID it was registered under. Reading the pairing
+is safe; inferring it from titles is not, which is the whole reason this exists.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from api.services import task_record_id_backfill as bf
+
+
+def _repo(tmp_path: Path, name: str, body: str) -> Path:
+    root = tmp_path / name
+    (root / "workplans").mkdir(parents=True)
+    (root / "workplans" / "WP.md").write_text(body, encoding="utf-8")
+    return root
+
+
+def test_reads_the_pairing_a_file_declares(tmp_path):
+    root = _repo(tmp_path, "a", (
+        "---\nid: DEMO-WP-0001\ntype: workplan\n---\n\n"
+        '```task\nid: DEMO-WP-0001-T01\nstate_hub_task_id: "11111111-1111-5111-8111-111111111111"\n```\n'
+    ))
+    pairs, rep = bf.collect_pairs([root])
+    assert pairs == {"11111111-1111-5111-8111-111111111111": "DEMO-WP-0001-T01"}
+    assert rep.pairs_found == 1
+
+
+def test_task_without_a_projection_uuid_is_skipped(tmp_path):
+    """No pairing to read means no identity to assign."""
+    root = _repo(tmp_path, "b", (
+        "---\nid: DEMO-WP-0001\ntype: workplan\n---\n\n"
+        "```task\nid: DEMO-WP-0001-T01\nstatus: todo\n```\n"
+    ))
+    pairs, _ = bf.collect_pairs([root])
+    assert pairs == {}
+
+
+def test_one_uuid_claimed_twice_is_a_conflict_not_a_guess(tmp_path):
+    """Duplicate registration: picking a winner would fabricate an identity."""
+    dup = "22222222-2222-5222-8222-222222222222"
+    a = _repo(tmp_path, "a", (
+        "---\nid: A-WP-0001\ntype: workplan\n---\n\n"
+        f'```task\nid: A-WP-0001-T01\nstate_hub_task_id: "{dup}"\n```\n'
+    ))
+    b = _repo(tmp_path, "b", (
+        "---\nid: B-WP-0001\ntype: workplan\n---\n\n"
+        f'```task\nid: B-WP-0001-T01\nstate_hub_task_id: "{dup}"\n```\n'
+    ))
+    pairs, rep = bf.collect_pairs([a, b])
+    assert len(rep.conflicts) == 1
+    assert pairs[dup] == "A-WP-0001-T01"  # first wins, second recorded not applied
+
+
+class _Row:
+    def __init__(self, tid, record_id=None):
+        self.id = tid
+        self.record_id = record_id
+
+
+class _Session:
+    def __init__(self, rows):
+        self.rows = rows
+
+    async def execute(self, *_a, **_k):
+        rows = self.rows
+
+        class R:
+            def scalars(self_inner):
+                return iter(rows)
+
+        return R()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_dry_run_changes_nothing(tmp_path):
+    root = _repo(tmp_path, "a", (
+        "---\nid: DEMO-WP-0001\ntype: workplan\n---\n\n"
+        '```task\nid: DEMO-WP-0001-T01\nstate_hub_task_id: "11111111-1111-5111-8111-111111111111"\n```\n'
+    ))
+    row = _Row("11111111-1111-5111-8111-111111111111")
+    rep = await bf.backfill_task_record_ids(_Session([row]), [root], dry_run=True)
+    assert rep.updated == 1 and row.record_id is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_applies_the_identity_when_not_dry_run(tmp_path):
+    root = _repo(tmp_path, "a", (
+        "---\nid: DEMO-WP-0001\ntype: workplan\n---\n\n"
+        '```task\nid: DEMO-WP-0001-T01\nstate_hub_task_id: "11111111-1111-5111-8111-111111111111"\n```\n'
+    ))
+    row = _Row("11111111-1111-5111-8111-111111111111")
+    rep = await bf.backfill_task_record_ids(_Session([row]), [root], dry_run=False)
+    assert rep.updated == 1 and row.record_id == "DEMO-WP-0001-T01"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_row_the_files_do_not_claim_keeps_no_identity(tmp_path):
+    """Unknown must stay unknown; the reset then keeps refusing to act on it."""
+    root = _repo(tmp_path, "a", (
+        "---\nid: DEMO-WP-0001\ntype: workplan\n---\n\n"
+        '```task\nid: DEMO-WP-0001-T01\nstate_hub_task_id: "11111111-1111-5111-8111-111111111111"\n```\n'
+    ))
+    orphan = _Row("99999999-9999-4999-8999-999999999999")
+    await bf.backfill_task_record_ids(_Session([orphan]), [root], dry_run=False)
+    assert orphan.record_id is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_existing_identity_is_never_overwritten(tmp_path):
+    root = _repo(tmp_path, "a", (
+        "---\nid: DEMO-WP-0001\ntype: workplan\n---\n\n"
+        '```task\nid: DEMO-WP-0001-T01\nstate_hub_task_id: "11111111-1111-5111-8111-111111111111"\n```\n'
+    ))
+    row = _Row("11111111-1111-5111-8111-111111111111", record_id="OTHER-WP-0001-T09")
+    rep = await bf.backfill_task_record_ids(_Session([row]), [root], dry_run=False)
+    assert row.record_id == "OTHER-WP-0001-T09"
+    assert rep.conflicts and rep.updated == 0

workplans/STATE-WP-0083-forge-derived-projection-reset.md

@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ filesystem.
 
 ```task
 id: STATE-WP-0083-T06
-status: todo
+status: progress
 priority: high
 ```
 
@@ -239,6 +239,35 @@ Acceptance: task rows carry their canonical record id; the task diff for
 `whitehat-security` reports clean; `the-custodian`'s task diff falls to something
 manual inspection confirms.
 
+**Built (2026-08-26).** Migration `e2b3c4d5f6a7` adds `tasks.record_id`,
+nullable because no migration can invent an identity for an existing row — only
+the repository files hold the mapping.
+
+The backfill *reads* that mapping rather than inferring it: a file task declares
+both its canonical id and the projection UUID it was registered under, so the
+pairing is stated, not guessed. Across 121 repositories and 1104 files it
+recovered **5516 pairs with zero conflicts**, and identified **4456 of 6073**
+task rows in the cache database.
+
+Diff and reset now key on `record_id` where present, falling back to a
+`title:`-prefixed key so an unidentified row is *visibly* unidentified rather
+than silently title-matched.
+
+Two refusals are tested rather than documented: a row the files do not claim
+keeps no identity, and a row that already has one is never overwritten — a
+mismatch is recorded as a conflict, not resolved. Title matching would have
+"worked" and destroyed a record every time someone edited a heading.
+
+**Remaining, in order.** Deploy the migration to central; then run the backfill
+against central as an explicit operation — deliberately *not* inside the Helm
+hook, where a partial failure would silently leave half the tasks identified.
+The cache matched 4456 of 6073 and central has a different history, so the
+numbers will differ and a dry run should be compared before applying.
+
+Only then may `T03` be extended to tasks of existing workplans, which is a
+further change with its own verification. `CUST-WP-0068-T09` is therefore two
+moves away, not one.
+
 
 ## Restore a migration mechanism for central