Add comprehensive DESIGN_REPORT.md validating rs-dapi implementation against design specifications

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Overview

This PR adds a comprehensive validation report (DESIGN_REPORT.md) that systematically verifies the rs-dapi implementation against all design requirements specified in DESIGN.md. The report provides detailed evidence with specific file paths and line numbers for each design section.

What's Included

The DESIGN_REPORT.md document (1,476 lines) validates all 25 major sections of the design document:

• Project Structure - Module organization and file layout
• Modular Service Architecture - Complex method separation and drive_method! macro
• Core, Platform, and Streaming Services - All gRPC endpoint implementations
• Protocol Translation Layer - JSON-RPC to gRPC translation
• External Service Integration - Dash Core, Drive, and Tenderdash clients
• Configuration Management - Environment-based config with .env support
• Error Handling - Comprehensive gRPC error mapping
• Performance - Async processing, caching, and resource management
• Monitoring & Observability - Structured logging, Prometheus metrics, health endpoints
• Security - Trust boundaries, input validation, Envoy gateway integration
• Deployment - Dashmate compatibility and Docker readiness

Validation Results

Overall Status: ✅ SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE

• 23/25 sections fully implemented ✅
• 1 section partially implemented (Testing - unit tests exist, integration tests pending) ⚠️
• 1 section foundation implemented (Extensibility - architecture supports future plugins) ✅

Key Findings

Strengths

• Clean modular architecture with excellent separation of concerns
• Protocol-agnostic design enabling unified business logic
• Production-ready observability suite (logging, metrics, health checks)
• Full API compatibility as drop-in replacement for JavaScript DAPI
• Efficient async-first design with intelligent LRU caching
• Proper security model aligned with Envoy gateway infrastructure

Areas for Enhancement

• Integration and performance test coverage needs expansion
• Additional inline documentation and API examples would be beneficial
• Plugin system can be built on existing extensibility foundation

Structure

Each section in the report follows this format:

1. Design Requirement - What the design specifies
2. Implementation Status - ✅ Implemented / ⚠️ Partially Implemented / ❌ Not Implemented
3. Evidence - Specific file paths and line numbers
4. Notes - Additional observations and variations from design

Purpose

This document serves multiple purposes:

• Validation - Confirms design requirements are met
• Documentation - Provides implementation reference with code locations
• Onboarding - Helps new developers understand the architecture
• Maintenance - Tracks which design elements are implemented and where
• Future Work - Identifies areas needing enhancement

Location

The report is located at: packages/rs-dapi/doc/DESIGN_REPORT.md

Next Steps

Based on the validation, recommended next steps:

1. Develop comprehensive integration test suite
2. Add performance/load testing infrastructure
3. Expand inline API documentation with examples
4. Consider plugin system implementation using existing foundation

Original prompt

We need to validate the implementation of packages/rs-dapi. Go through each item in DESIGN.md and confirm in source code that it is done. Create DESIGN_REPORT.md that will contain each item with implementation details, including file path and line numbers.

The user has attached the following files from their workspace:

• packages/rs-dapi/doc/DESIGN.md

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User: We need to validate the implementation of packages/rs-dapi. Go through each item in DESIGN.md and confirm in source code that it is done. Create DESIGN_REPORT.md that will contain each item with implementation details, including file path and line numbers.

TITLE: Validation of Implementation for rs-dapi Package

USER INTENT: The user aims to validate the implementation of the packages/rs-dapi by cross-referencing the items in DESIGN.md with the source code and documenting the findings in DESIGN_REPORT.md.

TASK DESCRIPTION: The user needs to review each item listed in DESIGN.md, confirm its implementation in the source code, and create a report detailing the implementation status, including specific file paths and line numbers.

EXISTING: The user has identified the need to validate the implementation against the design document and has the DESIGN.md file available for reference.

PENDING: The user needs to go through each item in DESIGN.md, check the corresponding implementation in the source code, and compile the findings into DESIGN_REPORT.md.

CODE STATE:

• packages/rs-dapi/ - Directory containing the source code to be validated.
• DESIGN.md - Document outlining the design specifications that need to be validated.
• DESIGN_REPORT.md - New document to be created for reporting the validation results.

RELEVANT CODE/DOCUMENTATION SNIPPETS:

• DESIGN.md - Contains the design specifications that need to be validated against the source code.

OTHER NOTES: The user is focused on ensuring that the implementation aligns with the design specifications, which may involve detailed examination of the codebase.

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