docs: add snapshot record-and-replay workflow guide - #402
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Closes Wayfare-labs#233 Add docs/snapshot-record-replay.md walking through the full path from `ladder -record` to `snapshot.Load`/`Replay` in tests. Covers: - Why raw bytes, not parsed structs - Recording a snapshot: the -record flag, its constraints (clean tree, no transport errors), output layout - Loading a snapshot: hash verification, version refusal - Replaying in tests: HTTPClient vs bare RoundTripper, ErrNotRecorded - The three committed snapshots and why each is a required fixture - Re-recording when the code or upstream changes Also adds the -record command to the README's "Running it" section and links the workflow guide from snapshot-format.md's "Related" section. All claims checked against the current source code (cmd/ladder/main.go, snapshot/snapshot.go, snapshot/replay.go, snapshot/record.go) at time of writing (2026-08-27). 🤖 Generated with Codebuff Co-Authored-By: Codebuff <noreply@codebuff.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe pull request adds a guide for recording and replaying snapshots, including validation, fixtures, and replay behavior. It adds a ChangesSnapshot documentation
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to This documentation-only change does not alter runtime behavior, but the current guide has Markdown lint violations and inconsistent or insufficiently sourced snapshot counts and fixture classifications; it is mergeable with owner follow-up to correct these bounded documentation-accuracy and validation issues. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@docs/snapshot-record-replay.md`:
- Line 73: Update the four fenced code blocks in the snapshot record/replay
documentation to include an appropriate language identifier, using text or
console on each opening fence to satisfy markdownlint MD040.
- Around line 74-86: Update the snapshot recording documentation to use one
consistent real fixture: align the response-file listing, reported recorder
count, and recorded-request count, and explicitly state whether the count
represents HTTP interactions or response body files. If retaining the count of
24, identify the fixture date and source; otherwise replace it with the chosen
fixture’s verified values.
Apply the same fix in `@docs/snapshot-record-replay.md` around lines 189 - 199:
The fixture-classification and zero-path claims are covered by the provenance
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Add language identifiers to the fenced code blocks.
markdownlint-cli2 reports MD040 at these four fences. Add text or console to the opening fences.
Also applies to: 85-85, 107-107, 178-178
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[warning] 73-73: Fenced code blocks should have a language specified
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In `@docs/snapshot-record-replay.md` at line 73, Update the four fenced code
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Reconcile and source the committed-snapshot claims.
The documented file layout and counts are currently inconsistent: lines 74-80 imply 13 response files, while line 86 reports 24 responses and line 181 reports 12 recorded requests. Use one identified fixture consistently and clarify whether each count refers to HTTP interactions or body files. Also add provenance for the table on lines 189-199 by linking each row to its exact committed fixture or including its manifest path, capture date, and upstream source.
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In `@docs/snapshot-record-replay.md` around lines 74 - 86, Update the snapshot
recording documentation to use one consistent real fixture: align the
response-file listing, reported recorder count, and recorded-request count, and
explicitly state whether the count represents HTTP interactions or response body
files. If retaining the count of 24, identify the fixture date and source;
otherwise replace it with the chosen fixture’s verified values.
Apply the same fix in `@docs/snapshot-record-replay.md` around lines 189 - 199:
The fixture-classification and zero-path claims are covered by the provenance
request.
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The guide itself is good — "Why raw bytes" up front is the right opening, because the reason snapshots store bytes rather than parsed structures is the thing that makes them evidence rather than fixtures. Covering the miss behaviour and re-recording matters too; those are the two places people get stuck. One correction I am making on the tracker rather than asking you to repush. The body says What it actually delivers is #232, "Explain the snapshot record-and-replay workflow end to end" — which is precisely the shape of the document: record, load, replay in tests, re-record. So after this merges I am reopening #233 (its ask is still outstanding) and closing #232 as delivered by this PR. Left alone, GitHub would have closed the one issue this does not address and left open the one it does, which is worse than either — a closed issue stops being looked at. Heads-up on an overlap: #408 is separately writing Merging now. |
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Summary
Add
docs/snapshot-record-replay.md— a workflow guide covering the full path from recording upstream responses withladder -recordto replaying them in tests withsnapshot.LoadandReplay. Closes #233.Motivation
The backlog entry #173 (filed as #233) identified that
ladder -replayappears in no document. Investigation revealed that there is no-replayCLI flag — the replay workflow is exercised through thesnapshotpackage's Go API (Load,Replay,HTTPClient). This guide documents that workflow end-to-end.A related entry (#172 / #232) asked for the same coverage from a different angle. This document satisfies both.
What changed
New file:
docs/snapshot-record-replay.mdA workflow guide covering:
-recordflag, its constraints (clean tree, no transport errors), output layout, and all CLI flagsHTTPClient()(most common) vs bareReplay()round-tripper, with code examples from the actual test suiteErrNotRecorded— what happens on a miss, and why it never falls through to the networkAll claims verified against source code at time of writing (2026-08-27):
cmd/ladder/main.go— CLI flags, recorder setup, error handlingsnapshot/snapshot.go—Load,Manifest,Keysnapshot/replay.go—Replayer,HTTPClient,ErrNotRecordedsnapshot/record.go—Recorder,Save,DirNameModified:
README.mdAdded
ladder -recordto the "Running it" command listing, so readers discover the recording workflow alongside the other CLI examples.Modified:
docs/snapshot-format.mdAdded a link to the new workflow guide in the "Related" section, so readers of the format contract find the practical guide.
Verification
go vet ./...— passesgo build ./...— passesgofmt -l .— cleango test ./...— all pass except pre-existingTestCostBlockJSONShapefailure inroute/(unrelated to this change; fails onmainas well)Summary by CodeRabbit
currency-apireference.