# Validation Report

**Document:** /Users/lucianoguerche/Documents/GitHub/rabbitmq-mcp/docs-bmad/sprint-artifacts/stories/2-3-http-management-api-client.context.xml
**Checklist:** /Users/lucianoguerche/Documents/GitHub/rabbitmq-mcp/.bmad/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/story-context/checklist.md
**Date:** 2025-12-29_15-56-18

## Summary
- Overall: 8/10 passed (80%)
- Critical Issues: 2

## Section Results

### Story Context Assembly Checklist

Pass Rate: 8/10 (80%)

✓ **PASS** - Story fields (asA/iWant/soThat) captured
Evidence: Lines 13-15 in context.xml show all three story fields properly captured:
```xml
<asA>developer</asA>
<iWant>an HTTP client for RabbitMQ Management API operations</iWant>
<soThat>I can perform topology management (queues, exchanges, bindings) alongside AMQP messaging</soThat>
```

✓ **PASS** - Acceptance criteria list matches story draft exactly (no invention)
Evidence: Lines 26-35 in context.xml contain 8 acceptance criteria (AC1-AC8) that directly match the story draft file lines 11-20. Each criterion is accurately transcribed without additions or modifications.

✓ **PASS** - Tasks/subtasks captured as task list
Evidence: Lines 16-23 in context.xml contain a comprehensive task list with 6 subtasks covering HTTP client configuration, request handling, connection pooling, User-Agent header, error handling, and logging.

✗ **FAIL** - Relevant docs (5-15) included with path and snippets
Evidence: Lines 38-56 in context.xml show only 3 documentation artifacts. The checklist requires 5-15 relevant docs.
Impact: Insufficient documentation context may lead to incomplete understanding of requirements and architecture during implementation.

✓ **PASS** - Relevant code references included with reason and line hints
Evidence: Lines 59-80 in context.xml contain 3 code artifacts with complete information:
- `src/rabbitmq_mcp_connection/http_client.py` (lines 35-100) - existing HTTP client
- `src/config/settings.py` (lines 56-64, 92-98) - configuration schema
- `tests/unit/rabbitmq_mcp_connection/test_http_client.py` (all) - test patterns
Each includes path, kind, symbol, lines, and reason.

✓ **PASS** - Interfaces/API contracts extracted if applicable
Evidence: Lines 115-140 in context.xml define 4 interfaces with complete signatures:
- HTTPClient.__init__ (constructor)
- HTTPClient.request (async method)
- HTTPClient.close (async method)
- Settings HTTP Configuration (pydantic model)

✓ **PASS** - Constraints include applicable dev rules and patterns
Evidence: Lines 100-113 in context.xml list 12 constraints covering:
- Architecture decisions (ADR-008 for httpx.AsyncClient)
- Async/await patterns
- API standards (base URL format, JSON headers)
- Authentication (HTTP Basic Auth)
- Connection pooling (httpx.Limits)
- Timeouts (httpx.Timeout)
- Security (TLS/SSL verification, credential sanitization per ADR-006)
- Error handling (fail-fast with 0 retries)
- Logging (User-Agent header, version from pyproject.toml)
- Module location

✓ **PASS** - Dependencies detected from manifests and frameworks
Evidence: Lines 81-97 in context.xml define 3 Python dependencies:
- httpx>=0.27 (async HTTP client with connection pooling)
- pydantic>=2.0 (SecretStr for password protection)
- pydantic-settings>=2.0 (BaseSettings for configuration)
All include version constraints and justification.

✗ **FAIL** - Testing standards and locations populated
Evidence: Lines 143-163 in context.xml contain testing information but lack comprehensive standards.
- Standards section (lines 144-145) provides generic guidance but missing specific patterns
- Locations section (lines 146-149) lists only directories, no specific file paths
- Test ideas section (lines 150-163) lists 11 tests covering all ACs but lacks implementation details
Impact: Developers may implement tests inconsistently without clear testing patterns and standards reference.

✓ **PASS** - XML structure follows story-context template format
Evidence: Document structure matches template with all required sections:
- Lines 1-10: metadata (epicId, storyId, title, status, generatedAt, generator, sourceStoryPath)
- Lines 12-24: story (asA, iWant, soThat, tasks)
- Lines 26-35: acceptanceCriteria
- Lines 37-98: artifacts (docs, code, dependencies)
- Lines 100-113: constraints
- Lines 115-140: interfaces
- Lines 142-164: tests (standards, locations, ideas)

## Failed Items

### Critical Issue 1: Insufficient Documentation Artifacts

**Item:** Relevant docs (5-15) included with path and snippets

**Current State:** Only 3 documentation artifacts included:
1. docs-bmad/sprint-artifacts/tech-spec-epic-2.md (HTTP Client Module section)
2. docs-bmad/sprint-artifacts/tech-spec-epic-2.md (HTTP Client API section)
3. docs-bmad/epics/epic-2-rabbitmq-connection-management.md (Story 2.3 Technical Notes)

**Missing Documentation:**
Based on story draft references (lines 120-410), the following critical docs are cited but not included in context:
- Architecture documents:
  - docs-bmad/architecture/security-architecture.md (ADR-006 credential sanitization requirements)
  - docs-bmad/architecture/architecture-decision-records-adrs.md (ADR-008 type safety, ADR-009 structured logging)
  - docs-bmad/architecture/implementation-patterns.md (coding standards, async patterns)
  - docs-bmad/architecture/project-structure.md (module organization)
  - docs-bmad/architecture/technology-stack-details.md (httpx library details)
- Testing documentation:
  - docs-bmad/test-design-system.md (testing patterns, coverage requirements)
- Product requirements:
  - docs-bmad/prd/functional-requirements.md (FR-006 Connection Management)
- Previous story context:
  - docs-bmad/sprint-artifacts/stories/2-2-amqp-connection-establishment.md (TLS reuse, testing patterns)

**Recommendation:**
Add 5-12 more documentation artifacts with relevant snippets covering:
1. Security architecture (credential sanitization ADR-006)
2. ADRs for type safety (ADR-008) and structured logging (ADR-009)
3. Implementation patterns (async/await, error handling, coding standards)
4. Project structure (module location conventions)
5. Test design system (unit test patterns, integration testing with testcontainers)
6. Story 2.2 learnings (TLS reuse, testcontainers fixture)

### Critical Issue 2: Incomplete Testing Standards

**Item:** Testing standards and locations populated

**Current State:**
- Testing standards section is generic and lacks specific patterns
- Only directory paths provided, no file naming conventions
- Test ideas lack implementation guidance (mocking patterns, fixture usage)

**Missing Testing Details:**
- Specific pytest-asyncio usage patterns
- Mocking strategy for httpx.AsyncClient
- testcontainers fixture reuse from Story 2.2
- Coverage thresholds (80% minimum per NFR-008)
- AAA pattern requirements (Arrange, Act, Assert)
- Test file naming conventions (test_*.py pattern)
- Assertion patterns for async code
- Error testing patterns for httpx exceptions

**Recommendation:**
Enhance testing section with:
1. Explicit reference to test-design-system.md patterns
2. Specific pytest-asyncio decorator usage
3. httpx.AsyncClient mocking examples
4. rabbitmq_container fixture reuse from conftest.py
5. Coverage threshold: 80% minimum (NFR-008)
6. AAA pattern enforcement
7. File naming: test_http_client.py, test_http_client_integration.py
8. Security testing patterns (credential sanitization verification)

## Recommendations

### Must Fix (Critical Failures):

1. **Add 5-12 more documentation artifacts** with relevant snippets from:
   - Security architecture (docs-bmad/architecture/security-architecture.md - credential sanitization, TLS verification)
   - ADRs (docs-bmad/architecture/architecture-decision-records-adrs.md - ADR-006, ADR-008, ADR-009)
   - Implementation patterns (docs-bmad/architecture/implementation-patterns.md - async/await, error handling, type hints)
   - Project structure (docs-bmad/architecture/project-structure.md - module location conventions)
   - Test design system (docs-bmad/test-design-system.md - unit testing, integration testing, coverage)
   - Story 2.2 context (docs-bmad/sprint-artifacts/stories/2-2-amqp-connection-establishment.md - TLS reuse)

2. **Enhance testing standards section** with:
   - Explicit test-design-system.md reference
   - pytest-asyncio patterns (@pytest.mark.asyncio)
   - Mocking strategy for httpx.AsyncClient
   - Testcontainers fixture reuse (rabbitmq_container)
   - Coverage threshold: minimum 80% (NFR-008)
   - AAA pattern (Arrange, Act, Assert)
   - File naming conventions (test_*.py)
   - Security testing patterns (credential sanitization in logs)

### Should Improve (Important Gaps):

3. **Add explicit constraint for connection pool monitoring**
   - Current constraints mention connection pooling but not health monitoring
   - Story includes Task 5 for pool health monitoring with PoolHealth model
   - Add constraint: "Implement get_pool_status() returning PoolHealth with metrics: active, idle, health_score per Tech Spec"

4. **Add interface for PoolHealth model**
   - PoolHealth model referenced in Tech Spec (lines 145-153) but not in interfaces section
   - Add interface definition with fields: size, active, idle, evictions_last_hour, avg_connection_age_seconds, health_score

### Consider (Minor Improvements):

5. **Add logging artifact reference**
   - Story Dev Notes extensively reference Epic 1 logging infrastructure
   - Add code artifact: src/logging/logger.py with reason "Existing structlog configuration with automatic credential sanitization - reuse for HTTP client logging"

6. **Add correlation ID constraint**
   - Story includes correlation ID requirements (Task 3, AC6)
   - Add constraint: "Add X-Correlation-ID header to all HTTP requests for request tracing (ADR-009)"

7. **Expand code artifact line hints**
   - Some line hints are too broad (e.g., "all" for test file)
   - Provide specific line ranges for test patterns to reference

8. **Add version extraction detail**
   - User-Agent header requires version from pyproject.toml
   - Add code artifact or constraint specifying version extraction method

## Validation Complete

Report saved to: /Users/lucianoguerche/Documents/GitHub/rabbitmq-mcp/docs-bmad/sprint-artifacts/stories/validation-report-2025-12-29_15-56-18.md

**Next Steps:**
1. Review failed items and recommendations above
2. Decide whether to fix issues now or proceed with current context
3. If fixing, regenerate story context with additional documentation artifacts and enhanced testing standards
