## Summary
Template failures from `fabro run` and structural warnings from `fabro
validate` now preserve source provenance through rendering, workflow
transforms, API serialization, and CLI display. Diagnostics can point at
the actual workflow, import, or prompt file with node/attribute context
instead of surfacing MiniJinja's generic `<string>` source.
## What Changed
- Added named MiniJinja render APIs plus miette-aware `TemplateError`
metadata for source names, source text, spans, and labels.
- Reworked workflow template expansion so inline attributes, imported
workflows, and `@prompt` files render with file and owner context.
- Split strict run behavior from structural validate behavior: run-start
still hard-fails on missing inputs, while validate emits source-aware
warnings and continues linting.
- Extended validation diagnostics through Rust structs, OpenAPI, server
DTO mapping, and CLI rendering with optional source path, line, column,
span, and related metadata.
- Added regression coverage across template rendering, workflow
transforms, CLI output, and the server validate endpoint.
## Verification
- `cargo nextest run -p fabro-template`
- `ulimit -n 4096 && cargo nextest run -p fabro-workflow --no-fail-fast`
- `cargo nextest run -p fabro-cli
bare_fabro_with_unbound_inputs_validates_structurally_with_warning
run_rejects_unbound_template_inputs_before_creating_remote_run`
- `cargo nextest run -p fabro-server
validate_endpoint_returns_template_source_coordinates`
- `cargo build -p fabro-api`
- `cargo +nightly-2026-04-14 fmt --check --all`
- `cargo +nightly-2026-04-14 clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D
warnings`
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## Summary
`fabro validate` had inconsistent behavior for undefined template
variables depending on whether the prompt was inline or loaded via an
`@file` reference. Inline `{{ inputs.foo }}` produced a warning and
validation passed; the same expression inside a `@file`-imported prompt
produced a hard validation error.
Fixes#286.
## Root cause
Two template-rendering passes with different strictness, applied to
disjoint inputs:
1. **DOT-source pass**
(`lib/crates/fabro-workflow/src/operations/create.rs`) honored
`RenderMode::Structural` for `fabro validate` — undefined variables
downgraded to a `Severity::Warning` diagnostic, then lenient render
finished the job.
2. **Per-attribute pass**
(`lib/crates/fabro-workflow/src/transforms/variable_expansion.rs`)
inside `TemplateTransform` was always strict and had no `RenderMode`
awareness. Because `FileInliningTransform` runs *before*
`TemplateTransform`, expressions inside `@file` content only ever
encountered the strict pass.
## Fix
- Plumb `RenderMode` through `TransformOptions` into
`TemplateTransform`.
- In `RenderMode::Structural`, the transform catches
`TemplateError::UndefinedVariable` per attribute, emits a warning
diagnostic, and falls back to `render_lenient`.
- Diagnostics flow through a new `Transformed.diagnostics` field into
`Validated` alongside lint output.
- Diagnostics now include `node_id` when the undefined variable was
found inside a node attribute, which is more useful than the previous
"at line 1" location.
- `RenderMode` and the shared `template_undefined_variable_diagnostic`
helper moved to `pipeline/types.rs` so the transform layer can reach
them without a circular dep.
Strict mode (`fabro run`, preflight) is unchanged — undefined inputs
still hard-fail before a run is created.
## Behavior
Illustrative output shapes (variable names and line numbers depend on
the fixture):
Inline prompt (unchanged):
```
warning: undefined template variable `inputs.<name>` at line <n> (template_undefined_variable)
Validation: OK
```
`@file`-imported prompt (previously a hard error, now matches inline —
node-attributed instead of line-attributed):
```
warning [node: <id>]: undefined template variable `inputs.<name>` in node `<id>` (template_undefined_variable)
Validation: OK
```
## Test plan
- [x] `cargo nextest run --workspace` — 5773/5773 passing
- [x] `cargo +nightly-2026-04-14 clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D
warnings` clean
- [x] `cargo +nightly-2026-04-14 fmt --check --all` clean
- [x] New regression test
`bare_fabro_with_unbound_inputs_in_imported_prompt_validates_structurally_with_warning`
in `lib/crates/fabro-cli/tests/it/cmd/validate.rs` against new fixture
`test/templated_unbound_imported/`
- [x] Existing
`bare_fabro_with_unbound_inputs_validates_structurally_with_warning` and
`strict_render_hard_fails_on_unbound_inputs` still pass — verifies
inline structural and run-start strict behavior are both preserved
- [x] Manual reproduction of the exact inputs from the issue now
succeeds with a warning
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Wrap root CLI errors at the main boundary so fatal diagnostics use miette's styled renderer while preserving existing telemetry, exit codes, and auth help hints.
Add a shared MiniJinja-based template crate and migrate workflow prompts,
imports, hooks, and InterpString env references to the new {{ ... }}
syntax. This also threads typed run inputs through workflow rendering and
updates docs and tests to match the new templating model.
Keep local server targeting based on explicit server targets instead of
implicitly deriving a socket from storage_dir. This makes ~/.fabro/fabro.sock
the default local socket again, keeps storage under ~/.fabro/storage, threads
FABRO_CONFIG through server autostart paths, and updates the CLI test harness
for the new split.
Move --storage-dir and --server-url off GlobalArgs and onto the
leaf commands that actually honor them.
This aligns help, parser behavior, and env-var wiring with the
current command architecture while preserving the intended model
and exec targeting semantics.
The server subcommand and related code were gated behind
cfg(feature = "server"). This removes the feature flag entirely,
making fabro-server a required dependency so the server command
is always available.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Tests were flaky because command() inherited the real repo as the
working directory. When the repo was clean, detached runs attempted
git worktree creation against it, sometimes failing and injecting
extra warning lines into snapshots.
Now command() defaults to the non-git temp_dir, eliminating this
class of flakiness. Tests needing a specific directory override with
.current_dir(). Also canonicalizes fixture paths and adds a
[FIXTURES] snapshot filter via test_context!() macro.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
