e0002dfd343ef6768b23d4ae4e54ed88f2553669
braney
  Sun Sep 20 14:39:55 2026 -0700
registry: three tickets now have docent scripts

rm38086, rm38253 and rm38317 landed on #38252 this morning, from this
registry's own list of tickets that nothing was watching.  Their rows said
there was no docent script, which stopped being true.

The check written yesterday for exactly this found all three on its first day,
by name, without anybody thinking to look.  That is what the "-" half of the
docent column is for.

The unwatched list is four now, not seven.

refs #38391, refs #38252

diff --git src/utils/testRegistry/registry.tsv src/utils/testRegistry/registry.tsv
index 5a2661d97a1..c17f14f3f78 100644
--- src/utils/testRegistry/registry.tsv
+++ src/utils/testRegistry/registry.tsv
@@ -1,92 +1,92 @@
 # registry.tsv - which unit test defends which Redmine ticket.  refs #38391
 #
 # A bug ticket has no way to say whether a test now defends its fix, and a test has no way
 # to say which bug it came from.  This table answers both, and says which tickets are still
 # waiting for a test.  It is hand written: nothing generates it, so adding the row is part
 # of writing the test.
 #
 # Unit tests only.  The browser-page regression tests are the docent suite, refs #38252,
 # where the script is already named for its ticket.  A ticket whose fix only changes what a
 # page says is that suite's job and is not in here at all.
 #
 # Seven tab separated columns, sorted by ticket then by test:
 #
 #   ticket    the Redmine number, digits only
 #   release   the version the fix ships in, digits only, from the ticket's Target version.
 #             The table starts at v504.  A fix on master with no target version yet takes
 #             "-" until the ticket says.
 #   test      the file to open, as a path from kent/src, or "-" for a ticket that needs a
 #             test and does not have one.  A suite whose cases are make targets adds
 #             ::target, e.g. tests/makefile::relPath
 #   docent    the browser test that watches the same ticket, from the docent suite in
 #             hg/utils/docent/tests/regress, or "-" when there is none.  BOTH values are
 #             checked: a named script must exist and must belong to this ticket, and a "-"
 #             must still be true, so a script written later for a ticket whose row says "-"
 #             fails rather than passing unnoticed.  Not a second copy
 #             of that suite: it is here so "nothing is watching this ticket at all" is a
 #             question the tool can answer, which is the question worth acting on.  A
 #             docent script does not make a unit test unnecessary where the why is
 #             invisible; rm38309 cannot see a read past the end of an array, it asserts
 #             something next to it.
 #   why       why this ticket needs a unit test rather than a browser test:
 #                 invisible  the fix changes nothing on screen.  No browser test can see
 #                            it, so a unit test is the only test there can be.
 #                 perf       the fix is about speed or memory.  The test has to catch
 #                            backsliding, so it measures work done -- queries, passes,
 #                            allocations, bytes -- and never wall-clock seconds.
 #                 library    the fix is in library code that a browser reaches only
 #                            through a page, where much else can go wrong first.
 #   evidence  what has been seen, weakest first: unrecorded, assertion-only, sandbox-ab,
 #             release-ab, caught-regression.  "-" on a row with no test.  The vocabulary is
 #             proof.js's from the docent suite, minus the two levels that need a browser,
 #             so the two tables can be read on one scale.  Every row starts at unrecorded
 #             and earns its way up by measurement, not by argument.
 #   note      what the test holds down.  On a row with no test, what it would have to hold
 #             down, which is the first thing the person who writes it needs.
 #
 # One ticket can have several rows and one test can defend several tickets; both happen
 # here already.  A ticket cannot be both covered and waiting.
 #
 # `testRegistry check` reads every row and fails when one has rotted, so a test cannot be
 # renamed or deleted without coming here.
 #
 #ticket	release	test	docent	why	evidence	note
 10138	504	hg/lib/tests/sessionDirTester.c	rm10138.docent.yaml	invisible	sandbox-ab	the session directory hash is 10 characters and the legacy 8 is a prefix of it
 20824	504	hg/utils/netToBigNet/tests/makefile::simpleTest	-	library	unrecorded	a net converted to bigNet and back, byte compared
 27988	504	hg/lib/tests/geoMirrorSelfTester.c	-	invisible	sandbox-ab	the host the visitor typed decides which gbNode row the server calls itself
 36212	504	hg/cgilib/tests/bedItemRgbTester.c	rm36212.docent.yaml	library	sandbox-ab	an explicit itemRgb on beats the presence of a color setting, in the stanza and from a parent
 37263	504	lib/tests/pathSimplifyTest.c	-	library	unrecorded	dot-dot collapsing, checked against the right answer rather than against the old one
 37969	504	-	rm37969.docent.yaml	library	-	needs one: a quickLifted container must not hide the tracks inside it. BLOCKED: dumpTdbAndChildren is static in trackHub.c and its public caller needs a cart
 37984	504	lib/tests/hmacTest.c	-	library	sandbox-ab	the pending social identity is signed with hmacMd5, not a plain md5 of salt plus fields
-38086	504	-	-	invisible	-	needs one: a stale cart visibility variable must not hide a new BLAT result track. BLOCKED: checkGroup is static in customFactory.c and the path needs a cart
+38086	504	-	rm38086.docent.yaml	invisible	-	needs one: a stale cart visibility variable must not hide a new BLAT result track. Docent covers it as of 2026-09-20, refs #38252. BLOCKED for a unit test: checkGroup is static in customFactory.c and the path needs a cart
 38126	504	lib/tests/htmlSanitizeTest.c	rm38126.docent.yaml	library	unrecorded	the allowlist that hub and custom track description HTML is filtered through
 38184	504	-	rm38184.docent.yaml	invisible	-	needs one: db= resolving to the assembly already loaded must keep the session position. BLOCKED: needs a live cart, so hgcentral rows to read and write
 38185	504	hg/hgSession/tests/backupParseTest.c	rm38185.docent.yaml	invisible	unrecorded	an empty pair in a session backup must not eat the variable in front of it
 38185	504	lib/tests/cgiParseTest.c	rm38185.docent.yaml	invisible	unrecorded	an empty CGI pair must not abort the request
 38198	504	-	rm38198.docent.yaml	library	-	needs one: a second lift has to update a track already in the hub. BLOCKED: readStanzas is static in trackHub.c and the public entry takes a cart and a trash file
 38225	504	hg/lib/tests/mallocTopPadTester.c	-	perf	sandbox-ab	the hg.conf step size reaches the C library: the heap grows in one 16 MB jump, not the default one
 38233	504	-	-	perf	-	needs one: RefSeq status is asked once per track, not once per gene; the test has to count the queries. Brian's call 2026-09-20 was that docent covers these, but THIS ONE HAS NO DOCENT SCRIPT, so nothing watches it; it needs one on #38252. BLOCKED for a unit test: the change is in a static function in hgTracks/simpleTracks.c
 38236	504	-	rm38236.docent.yaml	library	-	needs one: a quickLift chain with no aligned block in the window must not crash. Brian's call 2026-09-20: docent covers it, and it has a script.  Left here so the reason stays recorded. BLOCKED for a unit test: the change is in hgTracks/bigWigTrack.c
 38248	504	hg/lib/tests/input/hgvs/validTerms.txt	rm38248.docent.yaml	library	assertion-only	a deprecated versioned NP_ accession still maps, through ncbiRefSeqLinkHistorical. The ticket's other half, taking the NEWEST deprecated transcript, is NOT pinned: with the order by removed and with a plain string sort, every term I could build gives identical coordinates, because the versions differ only in UTR ends
 38249	504	hg/lib/tests/quickLiftTester.c	rm38249.docent.yaml	library	unrecorded	the target strand of a reverse complemented protein, found in the #38349 review
-38253	504	-	-	perf	-	needs one: item coverage is built from feature runs, not one counter per base. Brian's call 2026-09-20 was that docent covers these, but THIS ONE HAS NO DOCENT SCRIPT, so nothing watches it; it needs one on #38252. BLOCKED for a unit test: countOverlaps is static in hgTracks/simpleTracks.c and takes a struct track
+38253	504	-	rm38253.docent.yaml	perf	-	needs one: item coverage is built from feature runs, not one counter per base. Docent covers it as of 2026-09-20, refs #38252. BLOCKED for a unit test: countOverlaps is static in hgTracks/simpleTracks.c and takes a struct track
 38254	504	-	-	invisible	-	needs one: a composite subtrack's visibility has to settle before the parallel loaders start. Brian's call 2026-09-20 was that docent covers these, but THIS ONE HAS NO DOCENT SCRIPT, so nothing watches it; it needs one on #38252. BLOCKED for a unit test: the change is in hgTracks.c, the file that holds main
 38256	504	hg/utils/hubCheck/tests/makefile::relPath	-	library	unrecorded	a local hub given by a relative path: bigDataUrl resolved once, not twice
 38260	504	hg/utils/hubCheck/tests/makefile::missingFile	-	library	unrecorded	hubCheck must say something about a bigDataUrl it cannot open
 38268	504	hg/lib/tests/dataVersionPathTester.c	rm38268.docent.yaml	invisible	sandbox-ab	a hub track's dataVersion may name a file only under /gbdb, and only by a plain path
 38272	504	hg/lib/tests/asForDbTester.c	rm38272.docent.yaml	invisible	sandbox-ab	a GenArk accession as a quickLift source is not looked for in MySQL, while an unknown name still aborts
 38273	504	-	-	perf	-	needs one: a collection's hub file is copied when it is written, not on every session load; the test has to count the copies. BLOCKED: needs a cart and a trash file
 38283	504	hg/lib/tests/hVarSubstHtmlTester.c	rm38283.docent.yaml	library	sandbox-ab	a hub description page may not use $hgsid, and a native one may use only the braced form
 38285	504	hg/lib/tests/input/hgvs/validTerms.txt	rm38285.docent.yaml	library	unrecorded	bare codon numbers and ranges, with expected/hgvs/validTerms.txt beside it
 38302	504	-	rm38302.docent.yaml	invisible	-	needs one: an activation token that is missing, empty or older than seven days is invalid. Brian's call 2026-09-20: docent covers it, and it has a script.  Left here so the reason stays recorded. BLOCKED for a unit test: the check is static in hgLogin.c and needs gbMembers rows
 38303	504	hg/lib/tests/trashDirTester.c	rm38303.docent.yaml	invisible	sandbox-ab	a session file path spelled through a symlinked config directory, which broke 583 saved sessions
 38309	504	-	rm38309.docent.yaml	invisible	-	needs one: exonFrames must not be read past the end on a transcript's last exon. Brian's call 2026-09-20: docent covers it, and it has a script.  Left here so the reason stays recorded. BLOCKED for a unit test: the change is inside drawing code in hgTracks/simpleTracks.c
 38313	504	hg/lib/tests/snapshotTypeTester.c	-	library	sandbox-ab	the fast snapshotType reader agrees with raFromString, including on a longer tag that starts the same
-38317	504	-	-	invisible	-	needs one: doKnownGene must not read an uninitialised stack refLink. Brian's call 2026-09-20 was that docent covers these, but THIS ONE HAS NO DOCENT SCRIPT, so nothing watches it; it needs one on #38252. BLOCKED for a unit test: doKnownGene is static in hgc.c, 27000 lines and not linkable on its own
+38317	504	-	rm38317.docent.yaml	invisible	-	needs one: doKnownGene must not read an uninitialised stack refLink. Docent covers it as of 2026-09-20, refs #38252. BLOCKED for a unit test: doKnownGene is static in hgc.c, 27000 lines and not linkable on its own
 38318	504	hg/lib/tests/sessionDataTester.c	-	invisible	unrecorded	the returned path must be freeable through kent's own handler stack
 38320	504	lib/tests/faSpeedReadTest.c	-	invisible	unrecorded	the buffer grower and its caller must agree on the size
 38323	504	-	-	library	-	needs one: an api key made on one geo mirror has to work on all of them. BLOCKED: needs hubSpaceKeys rows in hgcentral, which means a test that writes
 38328	504	hg/lib/tests/genarkLiftOverTester.c	-	invisible	sandbox-ab	the accession list is escaped where the values are, and a non-accession never reaches the query
 38335	504	lib/tests/cgiParseTest.c	rm38335.docent.yaml	invisible	unrecorded	a pair with no =value must not lose the variable
 38340	504	hg/hgSession/tests/backupParseTest.c	-	invisible	unrecorded	the same pair, read back out of a session backup
 38340	504	lib/tests/cgiCookieTest.c	-	invisible	unrecorded	the same pair in a cookie header