Adds Inbox support to Mocha#9332
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Pull request overview
This PR adds inbox (idempotent consumer) support to the Mocha messaging framework. The inbox complements the existing transactional outbox by deduplicating incoming messages on the receiving side, enabling effectively exactly-once message processing. The implementation includes a new Mocha.Inbox library, Postgres-backed inbox persistence via EF Core, a background cleanup worker, consumer middleware for deduplication, comprehensive tests, and documentation updates.
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- New
Mocha.Inboxproject withIMessageInboxinterface,ConsumeInboxMiddleware,InboxCleanupProcessor,MessageBusInboxWorker, and supporting types for inbox feature control and configuration. - Postgres inbox persistence (
PostgresMessageInbox, EF Core entity configuration, SQL queries, migrations) integrated into all three demo services (Catalog, Billing, Shipping) and the OutboxInbox example. - Documentation updates across reliability, middleware, routing, transport, and index pages to describe the inbox feature and its interaction with the outbox for exactly-once delivery guarantees.
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src/Mocha/src/Mocha.Inbox/ (new project) |
Core inbox library: interface, middleware, cleanup worker, options, feature flag |
src/Mocha/src/Mocha.EntityFrameworkCore.Postgres/Inbox/ |
Postgres inbox implementation: SQL queries, EF Core config, service registration |
src/Mocha/src/Mocha.EntityFrameworkCore.Postgres/PostgresTableInfo.cs |
Refactored: extracted OutboxTableInfo and SagaStateTableInfo to own files, added InboxTableInfo |
src/Mocha/src/Mocha.EntityFrameworkCore.Postgres/OutboxTableInfo.cs |
Extracted from PostgresTableInfo.cs |
src/Mocha/src/Mocha.EntityFrameworkCore.Postgres/SagaStateTableInfo.cs |
Extracted from PostgresTableInfo.cs |
src/Mocha/src/Mocha.EntityFrameworkCore.Postgres/InboxTableInfo.cs |
New table info for inbox messages |
src/Mocha/src/Mocha.Threading/ContinuousTask.cs |
Bug fix: await background task before disposing CTS in DisposeAsync |
src/Mocha/src/Mocha/Assembly.cs |
Added InternalsVisibleTo for Mocha.Inbox |
src/Mocha/src/Mocha/README.md |
Removed internal pipeline documentation |
Demo services (Catalog, Billing, Shipping) |
Added inbox registration, DbContext config, and EF migrations |
src/Mocha/src/Examples/Reliability/OutboxInbox/ |
Updated example to include inbox setup |
Test projects (Mocha.Tests, InMemory.Tests, RabbitMQ.Tests, Postgres.Tests) |
New inbox unit, integration, and behavioral tests |
website/src/docs/mocha/v1/reliability.md |
Major documentation addition for inbox feature |
website/src/docs/mocha/v1/index.md |
Fixed AddPostgresInbox → UsePostgresInbox |
website/src/docs/mocha/v1/middleware-and-pipelines.md |
Added inbox to pipeline diagram and middleware list |
website/src/docs/mocha/v1/routing-and-endpoints.md |
Updated next steps link description |
website/src/docs/mocha/v1/transports/rabbitmq.md |
Updated reliability link descriptions |
Files not reviewed (3)
- src/Mocha/src/Demo/Demo.Billing/Migrations/20260307183420_AddInboxMessage.Designer.cs: Language not supported
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- src/Mocha/src/Demo/Demo.Shipping/Migrations/20260307183427_AddInboxMessage.Designer.cs: Language not supported
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