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Summary

Grouped GraphQL results need to preserve related records when a relation is not a grouping key. This change exposes flat aggregate results through dedicated …Groups(groupBy: …) fields and returns distinct original related managers through nested …List and …Groups fields.

Ordinary …List fields remain record queries. Grouped pages use items and pageInfo, replacing the legacy groups { keys sums members count } wrapper.

Related issue

Related to #446 and #463.

What changed

  • Add recursive bucket-backed grouping with source filtering/exclusion, aggregate scalar ordering, and independent pagination at every collection level.
  • Preserve field and row authorization, canonical foreign-key permissions, historical restrictions, and complete-source requirements. Complete request results are grouped locally without refetching or requiring upstream group filters.
  • Keep plain List[GraphQLType] properties as output lists without generated query controls.
  • Add backend parity, recursion, permission, remote-source, and schema lifecycle regressions.
  • Remove previously tracked workflow plans/specs in a separate cleanup commit, as requested. The new local implementation plan is ignored and excluded from this PR.

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python -m pytest -q — 7,145 passed, 4 skipped, 2 existing warnings; 2,110 subtests passed
ruff check . — passed
ruff format --check . — passed
mypy --strict — passed (313 source files)
pre-commit run --all-files — passed

Independent review completed; its remote-source and schema findings were fixed and covered by regression tests. All checks above were rerun after rebasing onto current main.

Documentation

Updated GraphQL API references, query examples, schema/filtering guides, and migration instructions for the flat grouped-page contract and recursive relations.

Reviewer notes

This changes grouped query selection paths and item types. Grouped singular relations become collections; declared IDs retain their value only when selected as grouping keys and otherwise resolve to null. If a generated relation collection name conflicts with an existing collection, the direct relation uses …RelationList / …RelationGroups.

Grouping processes the complete authorized source before pagination. Partial remote responses remain rejected; filter and exclude constrain source records, not aggregates.

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  • The change is focused and does not include unrelated cleanup. Workflow-document removal is explicitly requested and isolated in its own commit.
  • Commits follow the Conventional Commits format.
  • Relevant tests were added or updated, and python -m pytest passes.
  • ruff check, ruff format --check, and mypy --strict pass.
  • User-facing documentation is updated where behavior changed.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • GraphQL grouping now uses dedicated Groups fields with flat aggregated items and standard pagination metadata.
    • Grouped results support filtering, sorting, nested relations, recursive grouping, permissions, and consistent behavior across supported data sources.
    • Aggregations now handle additional numeric, optional, annotated, and parameterized field types more reliably.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Empty grouped results with pagination now return an empty item list safely.
    • Grouped relation results remain correctly separated and deduplicated.
  • Documentation

    • Updated GraphQL guides, examples, and migration documentation for grouping and pagination behavior.

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Walkthrough

The PR replaces legacy grouped GraphQL wrappers with flat items pages, recursive relation collections, grouped projection validation, local aggregate sorting, and expanded permission checks. It also improves group annotation handling and updates related documentation and design records.

Changes

Grouped GraphQL redesign

Layer / File(s) Summary
Aggregation type resolution
src/general_manager/manager/group_manager.py, tests/unit/test_group_manager.py, docs/api/core.md
Aggregation supports inherited annotations, Optional, Annotated, parameterized containers, and Decimal. Ambiguous and unsupported annotations raise MissingGroupAttributeError.
Grouped schema and relation construction
src/general_manager/api/graphql.py, src/general_manager/api/graphql_groups.py, src/general_manager/api/registry.py
GraphQL uses dedicated …List and …Groups fields with flat grouped item types, recursive scoped relations, required groupBy, and cached group registries.
Grouped projection and request execution
src/general_manager/api/graphql_resolvers.py
Grouped fields enforce permissions, reject unsupported projections, resolve relation aliases, sort aggregate values locally, and materialize complete authorized request data before grouping.
Contract, parity, and permission coverage
tests/integration/*, tests/unit/test_graphql_*, docs/concepts/graphql/*, docs/howto/*, docs/examples/*
Tests and documentation cover grouped pagination, aggregation, nested relations, backend parity, permissions, request validation, and removal of legacy wrappers.
Retired design records
docs/specs/*, docs/superpowers/specs/*
Obsolete design documents were deleted.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant GraphQL
  participant GroupResolver
  participant RequestSource
  participant GroupBucket
  Client->>GraphQL: Query a dedicated Groups field
  GraphQL->>GroupResolver: Validate groupBy, ordering, and permissions
  GroupResolver->>RequestSource: Fetch complete authorized data
  RequestSource-->>GroupResolver: Return materialized records
  GroupResolver->>GroupBucket: Aggregate and sort groups locally
  GroupBucket-->>GraphQL: Return paginated items and pageInfo
  GraphQL-->>Client: Return grouped response
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src/general_manager/api/graphql_groups.py (1)

178-188: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Iterate each member once during grouped-field validation.

qs can be a lazy DatabaseBucket or CalculationBucket. These buckets can construct manager instances on every iteration when no cached managers exist. The current loop repeats this work for every protected field. The ORM rows do not necessarily require another query, so avoid describing this as multiplied row scans. Invert the loops and preserve protected_fields order when raising GroupQueryError.denied_key.

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In `@src/general_manager/api/graphql_groups.py` around lines 178 - 188, Update the
grouped-field validation around the protected_fields iteration to loop over
queryset members once, checking all protected fields for each member, while
preserving protected_fields order when raising GroupQueryError.denied_key. Keep
relation_id_alias_field and check_read_permission behavior unchanged.
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Inline comments:
In `@src/general_manager/api/graphql_groups.py`:
- Around line 209-215: Update _is_grouped_scalar_annotation to unwrap
typing.Annotated metadata before the scalar subclass check, while preserving the
existing single-member Union/UnionType unwrapping and rejection behavior. Ensure
graphql_type_hint values such as Annotated[str, ...] reach the underlying scalar
type so group_sortable_field_paths agrees with _is_supported_grouped_annotation.

In `@src/general_manager/api/graphql.py`:
- Around line 1861-1863: Update the grouped bucket-property branch around
_is_bucket_collection_field and _create_relation_list_resolver so it also
requires the field name to use the _list convention, matching the ordinary
mapping behavior. Keep non-_list Bucket fields mapped as single-object fields,
or introduce an explicit page field instead of assigning the relation-list
resolver.

In `@src/general_manager/manager/group_manager.py`:
- Line 90: Update _group_value_type so it returns only origins supported by
combine_value, preventing unsupported parameterized containers such as tuple or
set from reaching aggregation and being cached as None. Ensure
GroupManager.__getattr__ raises MissingGroupAttributeError for these
annotations, and add regression coverage for an unsupported parameterized
container.

In `@tests/integration/test_graphql_grouping_parity.py`:
- Around line 376-377: Update the ordinary parity assertion using the visible
sorted comparison so its ordering is deterministic: sort both actual and
expected records by the complete key `(status, label, amount)`, reordering
expected entries by amount accordingly, or compare the records as unordered
collections.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@src/general_manager/api/graphql_groups.py`:
- Around line 178-188: Update the grouped-field validation around the
protected_fields iteration to loop over queryset members once, checking all
protected fields for each member, while preserving protected_fields order when
raising GroupQueryError.denied_key. Keep relation_id_alias_field and
check_read_permission behavior unchanged.

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