[kasperpeulen]

Closes SB-2225

What I did

Fixed storybook tools stories changed so it reports changed stories when it runs against a running dev server.

Before: with a dev server running, the command always printed "No new, modified, or related stories detected.", even right after editing a story file. Connecting to a running dev server is the CLI's default, so agents calling stories changed through the CLI got an empty answer. The MCP tool was fine.

After: the command lists the changed stories.

Why it happened

The dev server owns the list of story statuses. The CLI's copy starts empty and is filled by asking the dev server the first time it is read. stories changed read its copy before the answer had arrived, so it always saw an empty list.

The fix

stories changed now waits for that answer before reading. The wait is a small new function, getSyncedStatuses() in code/core/src/core-server/stores/status.ts.

• MCP tool, and the CLI when it is not connected to a dev server (--no-attach, or none running): unchanged. They own the statuses, so there is nothing to wait for.
• No answer from the dev server within 1 second: the command now fails with an error and exit code 1. Before, it would have reported zero changes. Running the command again is enough.

Known limits

• The 1 second limit and its error message ("Timed out waiting for leader state…") come from the existing store code. The message is technical, and the failure is reported to error telemetry like any unexpected error. A busy dev server can trigger it.
• After such a timeout the next stories changed call asks the dev server again, so a program that stays connected (one using the tools SDK, createTools) recovers by itself.

Checklist for Contributors

Testing

The changes in this PR are covered in the following automated tests:

• stories

• unit tests

• integration tests

• end-to-end tests

• End-to-end (code/e2e-internal/tools-attach.spec.ts): edits core/template/stories/names.stories.ts, runs --attach stories changed --json against the running Storybook, expects core-names--prefix to be reported as modified, then restores the file. This test fails without the fix.

• Unit (code/core/src/core-server/stores/status.test.ts): a dev server store and a CLI store are connected to each other in the test. Covers the normal case, the 1 second timeout, recovery on the next read, and the dev server side.

• Unit (definition.test.ts): guards existing behaviour that this fix relies on: a failed status read fails the command instead of reporting zero changes.

Manual testing

1. yarn nx run-many -t compile
2. cd code && yarn storybook:ui, and wait until Storybook runs on port 6006.
3. In a second terminal, add a comment line at the end of code/core/template/stories/names.stories.ts.
4. Run cd code && node core/dist/bin/dispatcher.js tools stories changed.
5. Expect core-names--prefix and core-names--prefix-and-name under "Modified stories". Before this change the output was "No new, modified, or related stories detected."
6. Remove the comment line again.

Documentation

• Add or update documentation reflecting your changes
• If you are deprecating/removing a feature, make sure to update
  MIGRATION.MD

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Walkthrough

The status module adds getSyncedStatuses(), which waits for the universal status store before returning all statuses. The stories toolset uses it to read change statuses. Unit and end-to-end tests cover synchronization, timeout, error propagation, and modified-status output.

Changes

Story status synchronization

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Add synchronized status reads code/core/src/core-server/stores/status.ts, code/core/src/core-server/stores/status.test.ts	getSyncedStatuses() waits for the universal status store to become ready, then returns all statuses from the full status store. Tests cover a follower receiving the leader's status, a follower timeout, and a leader reading its own status.
Use synchronized reads in stories changed code/core/src/core-server/presets/common-preset.ts, code/core/src/shared/open-service/toolsets/stories/definition.test.ts, code/e2e-internal/tools-attach.spec.ts	The stories toolset now reads change statuses through getSyncedStatuses(). A test checks that status-read errors propagate. An end-to-end test modifies a story file, polls for modified status output, and restores the file.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant StoriesToolset
  participant getSyncedStatuses
  participant universalStatusStore
  participant DevServerLeader
  participant fullStatusStore
  StoriesToolset->>getSyncedStatuses: Request all statuses
  getSyncedStatuses->>universalStatusStore: Wait until ready
  DevServerLeader->>universalStatusStore: Provide synchronized status
  getSyncedStatuses->>fullStatusStore: Read all statuses
  fullStatusStore-->>StoriesToolset: Return statuses

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 9f185

A slow initial sync can leave stories.changed unusable in a long-lived attached host until it is restarted. The impact is limited and recoverable, but the SDK workflow has a timeout-recovery gap.

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code/core/src/shared/open-service/toolsets/stories/definition.test.ts (1)

324-324: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Move the rejection setup into a scoped beforeEach.

The shared beforeEach configures the default status behavior for every test. Put this test in a nested describe so its rejection setup does not affect sibling tests. Use vi.mocked(getStatuses) and keep the same error instance for the identity assertion.

Suggested fix

-  it('rejects when the statuses cannot be read rather than reporting zero changes', async () => {
-    const unsynced = new Error('status store did not sync');
-    getStatuses.mockRejectedValue(unsynced);
-
-    await expect(runChanged()).rejects.toBe(unsynced);
+  describe('when statuses cannot be read', () => {
+    const unsynced = new Error('status store did not sync');
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      vi.mocked(getStatuses).mockRejectedValue(unsynced);
+    });
+
+    it('rejects rather than reporting zero changes', async () => {
+      await expect(runChanged()).rejects.toBe(unsynced);
+    });
   });

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@coderabbitai Skipping the nested describe suggestion for definition.test.ts: the shared beforeEach already re-installs the default with getStatuses.mockImplementation(() => statusesFixture) before every test, so the rejection set inside this test cannot reach its siblings. The neighbouring tests override graphStatus and changeDetectionReadiness inline in the same way, so this keeps the file consistent.

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@kasperpeulen You’re right. The shared beforeEach reinstalls the default getStatuses implementation before every test, so the rejection cannot affect sibling tests. The inline override also matches the neighbouring tests.

I withdraw the nested describe suggestion. Thanks for the clarification.

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Learning: In code/core/src/shared/open-service/toolsets/stories/definition.test.ts, the shared Vitest beforeEach reinstalls getStatuses.mockImplementation(() => statusesFixture) before every test. A test-local getStatuses.mockRejectedValue override does not persist into sibling tests. Neighbouring tests also override graphStatus and changeDetectionReadiness inline, so a nested describe is unnecessary solely to isolate these overrides.

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🟡 Minor · Make follower sync recoverable after a timeout. · status.ts:30-35

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Make follower sync recoverable after a timeout.

If the leader responds after the one-second timeout, UniversalStore rejects the readiness promise and ignores the late response. The cached follower then causes every later stories.changed call in the same attached runtime to reject, even after the dev server responds. Make a later call start a fresh sync, and keep it from returning statuses until that sync completes.

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Update getSyncedStatuses and the cached UniversalStore flow so a readiness
timeout does not permanently poison later calls: start a fresh follower sync on
a subsequent call and wait for that sync to complete before returning
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@coderabbitai Applied in the latest commit: when the follower's sync times out, getSyncedStatuses() now drops the cached store, so the next call creates a fresh follower and waits for its sync before returning. Covered by a new unit test in status.test.ts ("syncs again on the next read after a timeout").

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@kasperpeulen Thanks for the fix. I confirmed that getSyncedStatuses() removes the failed store from instances and clears the cached store before rethrowing the error. The identity check prevents an older failed read from clearing a replacement store.

The new test covers a timeout followed by a successful synchronized read through the same attached-tools module. I inspected the test but did not run it.

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