format: yaml and toml, two configuration formats for a DevOps shelf by donislawdev · Pull Request #123 · donislawdev/TestingFilesGenerator

donislawdev · 2026-09-22T18:04:10Z

Two configuration formats, for the shelf a DevOps tester reaches for: a config file at an exact size is what a size-limited upload is for a picture, and neither format had a way to ask for one.

tfg formats                 # twenty six now
tfg formats yaml            # 241 B minimum, label internal, oracle python-yaml
tfg generate --format toml --size 4097 --count 1 --out ./out

What the files look like

YAML comes out in block style, not flow. YAML is a superset of JSON, so a flow document would be a JSON document with a different extension - which is the one thing this format must not be if it is worth having beside json. TOML comes out as an array of [[records]] tables with an inline table for the address.

The TOML record is one field shorter than the YAML one and that is the format, not an omission: TOML 1.0 has no null value at all. The plan says null_supported: false so nobody counts fields and goes looking for a bug.

The padding channel is a decision against the measurement

Measured across twelve candidate channels and seven readers, a comment holds everywhere up to 10 MB, at odd sizes too. It is still the wrong place to pad: a parser throws comments away, so a five megabyte document built as two kilobytes of records and five megabytes of comment has exactly the right size and hands the system under test two kilobytes of work. The filler goes into the note value of the last record, the way csv, json, xml and log already do.

The comment carries the label instead, and that is new - these are the first record formats whose label rides inside the file without touching the structure under test. csv and json label from the outside because an extra field changes the very thing being tested, and a comment is not data. At exactly the minimum there is no room for it beside a whole record, so it is left out with a note in the output and in the manifest rather than in silence.

Four things the measurement said that no document had

The channel is not "arbitrary bytes". Byte by byte, four readers agreeing to the byte: a tab and 20-7E go in, 00-08, 0B, 0C, 0E-1F and 7F do not. Different from PNG, ZIP and WAV, and the useful half is that one character is one byte with no escapes to budget for.
A multi document YAML file splits the readers. Python refuses it (expected a single document), goccy and yaml.v3 take the first document and drop the rest without a word. Both are correct. It disqualifies the channel and is worth having as a property later.
TOML refuses a byte order mark; YAML reads UTF-16 with one. So encoding and bom are declared Unsupported on toml with the reason, rather than answering "no such property".
PyYAML accepts a duplicate key where ruamel, goccy and yaml.v3 all refuse. The oracle says so on its own card, and the hand written structural check carries that half.

How it is held

Free from the registry: exact size across ~120 cases per format, byte determinism, the demand for a complete declaration. Added here: both formats in the layer map, the window parity list, the text/binary classification, the id numbering guard, the kind that draws their icon, four pinned hashes, two oracles and two hand written structural checks - written to the specification rather than calling a parser, because two runs of the same parser prove nothing beyond the first.

Broken by hand before any of it was written down. A tab for indentation is the same four bytes and both layers reddened. A record number not handed back makes the ids skip, and there python-toml accepted the file and reported its records - only the structural check caught it, which is the argument for having one.

One thing fixed on the way

The social picture guard printed three commands in an order that does not work. Following them left a picture of the old card carrying a stamp of the new one, with the guard green over both - the exact drift it exists to catch. It now prints four commands, says why the site is written twice, and says to look at the file.

Open, and said out loud

The fidelity checklist row for TOML is 🟡, not ✅. VS Code opens the file and it reads cleanly, but in Plain Text mode - the editor has no TOML support without an extension, so its "0 errors, 0 warnings" is a statement about nothing having checked rather than about the file. Same shape as ffprobe accepting a WEBP cut in half. The row stays open for a reader that knows TOML.

Analysis before the code, with every measurement: docs/YAML-TOML-2026-09-22.md.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

New Features
- Added YAML and TOML output formats with deterministic UTF-8 generation.
- Supports exact-size files, structured records, optional labels, and sequential record numbering.
- Format and preset menus now include YAML and TOML.
Documentation
- Updated supported-format documentation and configuration details.
- Updated preset output information to reflect the expanded format set and file totals.
Bug Fixes
- Improved guidance for refreshing social preview assets and verification checks.

A config file at an exact size is what a size-limited upload is for a picture, and neither format had a way to ask for one. Both write records: YAML in block style rather than flow, because YAML is a superset of JSON and a flow document would be a JSON document with a different extension. TOML as an array of [[records]] tables, one field shorter because TOML 1.0 has no null at all, and the plan says so rather than leaving somebody to count fields. Zero new dependencies: both are written by hand, the way json, xml and csv are, because D11 freezes these bytes and a library bump moves them. The padding channel is the note value of the last record, and that is a decision AGAINST the measurement rather than from it. Measured across twelve candidates and seven readers, a comment holds everywhere to 10 MB - and a parser throws comments away, so a five megabyte document padded with one has the right size and hands the system under test two kilobytes of work. The comment carries the label instead, which makes these the first record formats whose label sits inside the file without touching the structure being tested. Four things the measurement said that nothing had written down: the channel takes printable ASCII and a tab rather than arbitrary bytes, a multi document YAML file is refused by the Python readers and silently truncated to its first document by the Go ones, TOML refuses a byte order mark while YAML reads UTF-16 with one, and PyYAML accepts a duplicate key that every other implementation refuses - so the hand written structural check carries that half. Also fixes the instructions the social picture guard prints. Following them in the order they gave left a picture of the old card carrying a stamp of the new one, with the guard green over both - measured while adding these two formats. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <[email protected]>

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The change adds deterministic YAML and TOML generators, registers them across the application, adds structural validation and golden fixtures, updates documentation and UI snapshots, installs the YAML reference parser, and updates social-preview maintenance data.

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YAML and TOML format support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Format generators `internal/format/yamlfile/yaml.go`, `internal/format/tomlfile/toml.go`, `internal/format/all/all.go`	Adds deterministic YAML and TOML generation with fixed structures, labels, minimum-size checks, sequential records, and exact-size padding. Registers both formats in the built-in registry.
Structural validation and golden coverage `internal/oracle/...`, `internal/guard/...`, `.github/workflows/ci.yml`	Adds Python and strict validators, record-shape checks, format capability coverage, golden outputs, layer rules, and the `python3-yaml` CI dependency.
Documentation, registry, and UI integration `README.md`, `CHANGELOG.md`, `internal/gui/parts/filekind.go`, `internal/guard/testdata/screens/*`	Documents the new formats, updates preset totals, registers file kinds, and refreshes format-menu and preset screenshots.

Social preview maintenance

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Social preview diagnostic and checksum `internal/guard/socialpicture_test.go`, `web/social-preview.sha256`	Updates stale-card remediation instructions and replaces the recorded preview checksum.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant FormatRegistry
  participant YAMLGenerator
  participant TOMLGenerator
  participant StructuralChecks
  participant PythonOracle
  FormatRegistry->>YAMLGenerator: resolve yaml format
  FormatRegistry->>TOMLGenerator: resolve toml format
  YAMLGenerator->>StructuralChecks: provide YAML output
  TOMLGenerator->>StructuralChecks: provide TOML output
  StructuralChecks->>PythonOracle: validate parsed structure
  PythonOracle-->>StructuralChecks: return validation result

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The new YAML and TOML formats reject a small range of valid sizes and the README reports too few formats. Correct these localized issues before release where smallest-size output is important.

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Safe File Parsing	⚠️ Warning	The new TOML oracle can crash on structurally malformed but syntactically valid input. `pythonTOMLScript` catches only `tomllib.TOMLDecodeError`, then executes `key not in rec` without checking that e…	In `pythonTOMLScript`, check `isinstance(rec, dict)` before iterating fields and report a controlled `FAIL` for any other record type. Keep `tomllib.load` for parsing; it does not execute code, but catch parser and schema errors so malforme…
Clear User-Facing Text	⚠️ Warning	The PR updates the public pages to advertise 26 formats but leaves conflicting user-facing descriptions that say 20 formats. `web/public/index.html` still says “It produces real files of twenty format…	Update the stale descriptions to use the current count consistently. For example, replace the index JSON-LD text with “It produces real files of 26 formats at any exact size and writes a manifest saying how the system under test should reac…

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Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Tests For Changed Behavior	✅ Passed	The PR adds non-UI runtime behavior for YAML and TOML generation, and it adds coverage for that behavior. The new formats are exercised through the real plan/write path by four generator golden cases,…
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No Hardcoded Ui Styling	✅ Passed	The PR does not introduce hardcoded UI styling. The only Fyne-related source change adds `toml` and `yaml` to the existing `fileKinds` classification map in `internal/gui/parts/filekind.go`; it adds n…
No Obvious Performance Problems	✅ Passed	No clear performance problem was introduced. YAML and TOML generation use the existing linear, chunked `core.FillRecords` path with a reused buffer and stream writes. Their per-record work is linear i…
Desktop Robustness	✅ Passed	No desktop robustness failure is introduced. The new YAML and TOML generators write only to the supplied `io.Writer` and pass `context.Context` to the existing cancellable `core.FillRecords` loop. The…
System Changes Are Reversible	✅ Passed	PASS: The PR adds YAML/TOML generators, parser oracles, tests, documentation, and a CI PyYAML install. The changed code does not modify network filters or rules, proxies, firewalls, system time, proce…
No Resource Leaks	✅ Passed	No resource leak was introduced. The new YAML and TOML generators use bounded reusable buffers and no files, timers, handlers, goroutines, or native resources. The new Python oracles open files with `…
Scope, Duplication And Docs	✅ Passed	The pull request stays within the stated YAML/TOML feature and the documented social-picture guard fix. The new generators register through the existing format architecture and reuse `core.FillRecords…
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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the addition of YAML and TOML formats to the DevOps shelf. It is specific, user-facing, and suitable for release notes or git history.

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The new TOML oracle can crash on structurally malformed but syntactically valid input. pythonTOMLScript catches only tomllib.TOMLDecodeError, then executes key not in rec without checking that each record is a mapping. For records = [1], tomllib.load() succeeds and the membership test raises an uncaught TypeError. The new strict YAML/TOML checks also inherit an unbounded handle.read() followed by full split() processing, so very large inputs can consume excessive memory. yaml.safe_load is the correct non-executing YAML API and does not create an arbitrary-object execution issue here.

Resolution

In pythonTOMLScript, check isinstance(rec, dict) before iterating fields and report a controlled FAIL for any other record type. Keep tomllib.load for parsing; it does not execute code, but catch parser and schema errors so malformed input cannot produce a traceback. Bound the bytes read before invoking yaml.safe_load or tomllib.load (for example, read at most a configured maximum plus one byte and reject larger files), and avoid unbounded handle.read()/split() in strict.py or enforce equivalent size and record-count limits.

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The PR updates the public pages to advertise 26 formats but leaves conflicting user-facing descriptions that say 20 formats. web/public/index.html still says “It produces real files of twenty formats,” and web/public/formats/index.html still says “All twenty open in the software that owns them” in the description, Open Graph, and Twitter metadata. The same pages now show 26 formats and list 26 table rows. This introduces inconsistent naming of the format count.

Resolution

Update the stale descriptions to use the current count consistently. For example, replace the index JSON-LD text with “It produces real files of 26 formats at any exact size and writes a manifest saying how the system under test should react to each one.” Replace each formats-page description with “Every file format this generator produces, the smallest file each one can be, and the settings each one accepts. All 26 open in the software that owns them.”

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The registry and the table now contain 26 formats, but this section still says 24. Change “twenty four” to “twenty six.”

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