Eliminates 22 call sites that bypassed the AppController state owner
and read/wrote config.toml directly. AppController is now the single
source of truth for self.config; gui_2.py, commands.py, etc. go
through controller.save_config() / controller.load_config().
Production changes:
- src/models.py: rename load_config -> _load_config_from_disk,
save_config -> _save_config_to_disk (private I/O primitives)
- src/app_controller.py: add public load_config()/save_config() methods
that own the state. Update 3 internal call sites and 3 ConductorEngine
call sites to pass max_workers from self.config
- src/multi_agent_conductor.py: ConductorEngine.__init__ now takes
max_workers as a parameter (caller responsibility, not I/O primitive)
- src/external_editor.py: get_default_launcher() takes config as a
parameter; gui_2.py:1311,4776 pass app.config
- src/gui_2.py: 17 sites of models.save_config(X.config) replaced with
X.save_config() (delegates via __getattr__ to controller)
- src/commands.py: save_all() uses app.save_config()
Test changes (route through controller, not I/O primitive):
- tests/conftest.py: mock_app and app_instance fixtures now patch
AppController.load_config/save_config instead of models I/O primitives
- 18 other test files: patches renamed from models._save_config_to_disk
to AppController.save_config (and same for load_config)
- tests/test_app_controller_mcp.py: use SLOP_CONFIG env var instead of
patching removed CONFIG_PATH module constant
- tests/test_parallel_execution.py: pass max_workers=2 explicitly to
ConductorEngine (caller no longer reads config)
- tests/test_gui_paths.py: add save_config=MagicMock() to MockApp;
assert on controller method, not I/O primitive
- tests/test_models_no_top_level_tomli_w.py: still calls private
_save_config_to_disk directly (the only allowed exception; tests
the lazy-load behavior of the primitive itself)
New files:
- scripts/audit_no_models_config_io.py: enforces the rule (--strict,
--json modes; AST-based docstring detection to avoid false positives)
- conductor/code_styleguides/config_state_owner.md: documents the rule
Verification:
- 67 targeted tests pass
- scripts/audit_no_models_config_io.py --strict returns 0
This is the architectural cleanup that surfaced during the
audit_architectural_cheats_20260607 review. Closes the smoke-gun
CONFIG_PATH module constant (already done in 0c7ebf22) AND the
free-function models.load_config/save_config smell.
[conductor(checkpoint): config-iO-refactor-20260607]
ROOT CAUSE: src/models.py had `CONFIG_PATH = get_config_path()`
at module level. Every test that imported `src.models` and called
`save_config()` or `load_config()` wrote/read the repo-root
`config.toml` via this cached constant. The path was resolved
once at import time, so the SLOP_CONFIG env var (or test
fixtures) couldn't redirect reads/writes without reimporting the
module.
This silently corrupted the user's config.toml on every test
run. The diff between runs showed: 'config.toml changed in
working copy' — caused by tests, not the user.
FIX: remove the module-level constant; call get_config_path()
on every read/write call. SLOP_CONFIG (and any test-time
set_config_path() helper) now works without reimport.
Also: keep my prior commits to this file (reset_layout command
in src/commands.py; the RUN_MMA_INTEGRATION skipif in
test_mma_step_mode_sim.py) bundled here for a clean atomic
fix-pack since the user just fixed the indentation issue I had.
Verified: src.models imports cleanly; load_config/save_config
work as expected. Tests that import these functions will
use whatever SLOP_CONFIG points to (or the repo-root default).
Phase 5A T5A.1-T5A.4 of startup_speedup_20260606 track.
src/commands.py was importing src.command_palette at module load to
create the CommandRegistry singleton. The 32 @registry.register
decorators on the command functions needed this registry at import time.
Approach: lazy registry proxy. The @registry.register decorator now
just queues the function in a list; the real CommandRegistry is built
on first access to any other registry attribute (.all, .get, etc.).
By that time, all 32 decorators have run and the pending list is
populated, so the real registration is complete in one pass.
src/commands.py changes:
- Removed 'from src.command_palette import CommandRegistry'
- Added 'from src.module_loader import _require_warmed'
- Added _LazyCommandRegistry class (proxy)
- Added _get_real_registry() function (initializes on first access)
- Replaced 'registry = CommandRegistry()' with 'registry = _LazyCommandRegistry()'
- The 32 @registry.register decorators are unchanged (the proxy's
register method returns the function unchanged after queueing it)
EFFECTIVENESS:
- 'import src.commands' no longer triggers src.command_palette (~244ms)
- The warmup on AppController's _io_pool pre-loads src.command_palette
on a background thread during startup
- First access to registry.all() (e.g. from gui_2.py at palette open
time) is O(1) - the warmup module is already in sys.modules
TESTS:
- tests/test_commands_no_top_level_command_palette.py: 4/4 PASS (3 RED, 1 green; now all green)
- tests/test_command_palette.py: 13/13 PASS (no breakage)
- tests/test_command_palette_sim.py: 7/7 PASS (live_gui tests, the
full palette flow works end-to-end with the lazy proxy)
ARCHITECTURAL NOTE: The lazy proxy is a minimal-change solution that
preserves the public API. The 32 decorated functions don't need any
changes; gui_2.py's 'from src.commands import registry' still works
unchanged. The deferral is invisible to consumers.
NEXT: Phase 5B (NERV theme) and 5C (markdown table) follow the same
TDD pattern. 5D is the bulk refactor of src/gui_2.py feature-gated
imports via the audit_gui2_imports.py script.
Added commands focused on ergonomics and mouse-free operation:
View (window toggles, 12 new): toggle_text_viewer, toggle_diagnostics, toggle_usage_analytics, toggle_context_preview, toggle_tier1_strategy, toggle_tier2_tech_lead, toggle_tier3_workers, toggle_tier4_qa, toggle_external_tools, toggle_shader_editor, toggle_undo_redo_history, toggle_command_palette
Layout (3 new): show_all_panels, hide_all_panels, save_workspace_profile, show_workspace_manager
Theme (1 new): cycle_theme (Dark -> Light -> NERV cycle)
Tools (2 new): undo, redo
Project (1 new): save_all (flush to project + config + global config)
Help (1 new): show_command_palette_help (opens docs/Readme.md in Text Viewer)
Refactored: extracted _toggle_window and _toggle_attr helpers to reduce duplication and make commands safer (no-op if state is missing).
Reset session now also clears comms and tool logs (matches the menu item behavior).
Added 7 new unit tests for the expanded command library.
Added imgui.set_next_window_focus() on open so the palette window itself gets focus. The input field then gets focus on the next drawn widget. Wrapped action calls in try/except so a buggy command does not break the imgui.end_child/end pairing (was causing IM_ASSERT crash). Fixed theme_2 calls: apply_dark_theme and apply_light_theme do not exist; use theme_2.apply(palette_name). switch_to_dark_theme uses apply 10x Dark. switch_to_light_theme uses apply ImGui Light. switch_to_nerv_theme uses apply NERV instead of apply_nerv() from src.theme_nerv.
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