feat(rest): reconcile Flow capability from Site inventory

[kunzhao-nv]

Site configuration currently retains the default Flow capability without reconciling the Site Agent configuration that owns the integration.

This change:

• adds flow_enabled to SiteAgentBuildInfo and reports the Site Agent's configured flowGrpcEnabled value;
• reconciles the reported value in both directions into site.config.flow without replacing unrelated Site configuration;
• removes flow from the writable Site capabilities contract and explicitly rejects attempts to update it through REST; and
• keeps Flow connection health separate from the configured capability so existing metrics remain the health signal.

Related issues

• Closes feat(rest): reconcile Flow capability from Site Agent inventory #5635
• Follow-up to fix(rest): enable Flow for new sites by default #5629

Type of Change

• Add - New feature or capability
• Change - Changes in existing functionality
• Fix - Bug fixes
• Remove - Removed features or deprecated functionality
• Internal - Internal changes (refactoring, tests, docs, etc.)

Breaking Changes

• This PR contains breaking changes

capabilities.flow is no longer accepted by the Site update API because Site Agent inventory is the authoritative writer.

Testing

• Unit tests added/updated
• Integration tests added/updated
• Manual testing performed
• No testing required (docs, internal refactor, etc.)

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Changes
  • Flow status is now reported directly through Site Agent build information.
  • Site configuration updates no longer allow providers to enable or disable Flow.
  • Inventory remains the authoritative source for Flow configuration, preserving its enabled state during other updates.
  • API and workflow handling now consistently reconcile and persist Flow status.
• Bug Fixes
  • Prevented provider updates from unintentionally overriding inventory-managed Flow settings.

Walkthrough

Flow state is now reported through SiteAgentBuildInfo.FlowEnabled. Site configuration reconciliation uses this value, preserves stored state when metadata is absent, and rejects provider-written Flow updates. The separate inventory availability field and OpenAPI property were removed.

Changes

Flow inventory contract and publication

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Inventory contract and publication rest-api/proto/core/src/v1/inventory.proto, rest-api/site-agent/..., rest-api/site-workflow/...	SiteAgentBuildInfo now carries FlowEnabled. SiteConfigInventory.FlowAvailable and Flow client wiring were removed. Tests now compare Site Agent metadata as a protobuf message.

Site configuration reconciliation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Workflow propagation and persistence rest-api/workflow/pkg/activity/site/..., rest-api/workflow/pkg/workflow/site/...	Workflows pass Site Agent build information to UpdateSiteInDB. The activity reconciles Flow in both directions and preserves the stored value when metadata is absent. Tests cover these paths.

Provider update enforcement

Layer / File(s)	Summary
API contract and validation rest-api/openapi/spec.yaml, rest-api/api/pkg/api/model/..., rest-api/api/pkg/api/handler/site_test.go	The OpenAPI flow property was removed. Provider Flow updates now fail validation, conversion does not apply requested Flow values, and tests verify that persisted Flow remains enabled.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 96add

Flow is now reconciled from asynchronous Site Agent inventory instead of REST updates, but omitted protobuf fields are currently interpreted as false and can clear a site's stored Flow capability during mixed-version rollout; delayed inventory may also overwrite newer state. The PR is not merge-ready until omission is distinguished from explicit false and the ordering/compatibility behavior is addressed or explicitly accepted.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant SiteAgentPublisher
  participant SiteUpdateWorkflow
  participant UpdateSiteInDB
  participant SiteConfiguration
  SiteAgentPublisher->>SiteUpdateWorkflow: report SiteAgentBuildInfo.FlowEnabled
  SiteUpdateWorkflow->>UpdateSiteInDB: pass SiteAgentBuildInfo
  UpdateSiteInDB->>SiteConfiguration: reconcile persisted Flow
  UpdateSiteInDB-->>SiteUpdateWorkflow: return updated site

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❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	The changes implement bidirectional Flow reconciliation and preserve stored values when Site Agent metadata is absent. However, linked issue #5635 requires a presence-aware flow_available field in Sit…	Align the implementation with issue #5635 by retaining a presence-aware flow_available field in SiteConfigInventory, setting it only after successful Flow initialization, preserving it when availability is unknown or omitted, and ensuring n…
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 14.29% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 7 functions across 12 files. (1 skipped: …	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The reviewed changes are related to Flow capability ownership, inventory reconciliation, REST validation, API schema updates, and corresponding tests. No unrelated code changes are evident.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: reconciling the Flow capability from Site inventory.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the Flow capability reconciliation, API behavior changes, authoritative Site Agent inventory, breaking change, and test updates.

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Explanation

The changes implement bidirectional Flow reconciliation and preserve stored values when Site Agent metadata is absent. However, linked issue #5635 requires a presence-aware flow_available field in SiteConfigInventory, while this change removes that field and replaces it with flow_enabled in SiteAgentBuildInfo. The required initialization-based availability behavior is therefore not demonstrated and the data model conflicts with the linked issue.

Resolution

Align the implementation with issue #5635 by retaining a presence-aware flow_available field in SiteConfigInventory, setting it only after successful Flow initialization, preserving it when availability is unknown or omitted, and ensuring new REST-created Sites default Flow to enabled. If flow_enabled in SiteAgentBuildInfo is the approved design, update issue #5635 before merging to document the changed contract and acceptance criteria.

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Explanation

Docstring coverage is 14.29% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 7 functions across 12 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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rest-api/openapi/spec.yaml (1)

18295-18295: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add the explicit default value for newly created Sites.

The description states that the value retains its REST default or latest Provider configuration until a compatible Site Agent reports Flow availability, but it does not state what that REST default actually is. The referenced Flow capability semantics require documenting that newly REST-created Sites default capabilities.flow to true. A reader of this schema property has no other place to learn the initial value, because SiteCreateRequest does not expose a capabilities field at all.

Add one clause stating the default is true for newly created Sites.

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-          description: Whether the Site supports Flow-based operations. The value retains its REST default or latest Provider configuration until a compatible Site Agent reports Flow availability, after which Site configuration inventory reconciles it. An explicitly disabled Flow client reports `false`; initialization and transient connection failures do not clear the stored value.
+          description: Whether the Site supports Flow-based operations. Defaults to `true` for newly REST-created Sites. The value retains this REST default or the latest Provider configuration until a compatible Site Agent reports Flow availability, after which Site configuration inventory reconciles it. An explicitly disabled Flow client reports `false`; initialization and transient connection failures do not clear the stored value.

As per path instructions, "Document Flow capability semantics in the Site REST contract: newly REST-created Sites default capabilities.flow to true".

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In `@rest-api/openapi/spec.yaml` at line 18295, Add a clause to the
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Thanks @kunzhao-nv for the PR, suggesting some changes.

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rest-api/proto/core/src/v1/inventory.proto (1)

55-55: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reserve SiteConfigInventory field 3.

Reserve field number 3 and the name flow_available. Otherwise, a future field can reuse tag 3 and decode historical payloads as an unrelated value.

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In `@rest-api/proto/core/src/v1/inventory.proto` at line 55, Update the
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the Site Agent itself” section to reserve field number 3 and the field name
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In `@rest-api/proto/core/src/v1/inventory.proto`:
- Line 46: Make flow_enabled presence-aware by changing the field declaration
and generated publication/reconciliation handling to distinguish omitted from
explicit false, preserving stored SiteConfig.Flow when omitted while applying
explicit false or true. Update the relevant tests to cover omitted, explicit
false, and explicit true values.

Apply the same fix in `@rest-api/workflow/pkg/activity/site/site.go` around lines
117 - 121: Same presence-loss defect at the persistence boundary.

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Thanks for the changes @kunzhao-nv

In a future version we might want to remove the optional in optional bool flow_enabled = 3;. The only reason for having optional could be that during deployment if REST Workers are deployed before Site Agent, it can receive an old inventory and incorrectly set the value to false.