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fix(config): emit comments for nested config sections in generated yaml #3509

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21 changes: 14 additions & 7 deletions pkg/config/yaml.go
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Expand Up @@ -63,9 +63,16 @@ func (c *Config) SaveAsYaml() error {
continue
}

// Follow pointers so that pointer-to-struct config sections
// (e.g. the optional instrumentation config) are traversed too.
fieldType := field.Type
if fieldType.Kind() == reflect.Pointer {
fieldType = fieldType.Elem()
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Skip nil pointer sections when collecting comment paths.

processFields follows pointer field types without reading their values. When cfg.Instrumentation is nil, the traversal still registers child paths such as $.instrumentation.namespace. go-yaml encodes the nil pointer as null. A child path under a null node returns ErrInvalidQuery, and setCommentByCommentMap returns that error. SaveAsYaml then fails before it writes the file. Before this change, pointer fields were skipped, so the same config saved successfully.

The default config sets Instrumentation, so this affects only configs where that field is nil. Pass field values through processFields and skip a nil pointer before recursing into its element type. Add a regression case that sets cfg.Instrumentation = nil and asserts that SaveAsYaml succeeds and writes the file.

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Review comment at @pkg/config/yaml.go around lines 69 - 70:
Update processFields to receive and inspect field values, skipping nil pointer fields before recursing into their element types so comment paths are not collected beneath null sections. Add a regression case that sets cfg.Instrumentation to nil and verifies SaveAsYaml succeeds and writes the file.

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// Handle embedded structs
if field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Struct && field.Anonymous {
processFields(field.Type, prefix)
if fieldType.Kind() == reflect.Struct && field.Anonymous {
processFields(fieldType, prefix)
continue
}

Expand All @@ -74,16 +81,16 @@ func (c *Config) SaveAsYaml() error {
if prefix != "" {
fieldPath = prefix + "." + fieldPath
}
fieldPath = "$." + fieldPath

// Add comment if present
if comment != "" {
addComment(fieldPath, comment)
addComment("$."+fieldPath, comment)
}

// Process nested structs (non-anonymous)
if field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Struct && !field.Anonymous {
processFields(field.Type, yamlTag)
// Process nested structs (non-anonymous), preserving the full
// dotted path so nested comments map to the correct YAML node.
if fieldType.Kind() == reflect.Struct && !field.Anonymous {
processFields(fieldType, fieldPath)
}
}
}
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60 changes: 60 additions & 0 deletions pkg/config/yaml_test.go
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@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
package config

import (
"os"
"strings"
"testing"

"github.com/spf13/cobra"
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -71,3 +73,61 @@ func TestYamlConfigOperations(t *testing.T) {
})
}
}

// TestSaveAsYamlNestedComments ensures that SaveAsYaml emits field comments for
// deeply nested config sections. Regression test: comments for sections nested
// three or more levels deep (e.g. signer.kms.*) and for pointer-to-struct
// sections (e.g. instrumentation) were previously dropped because the comment
// path lost its parent prefix and pointer fields were never traversed.
func TestSaveAsYamlNestedComments(t *testing.T) {
dir := t.TempDir()
cfg := DefaultConfig()
cfg.RootDir = dir

require.NoError(t, cfg.SaveAsYaml())

data, err := os.ReadFile(cfg.ConfigPath())
require.NoError(t, err)
yaml := string(data)

// Each entry: the comment text and the yaml key it must sit directly above.
cases := []struct {
comment string
key string
}{
// pointer-to-struct section (instrumentation)
{"Enable Prometheus metrics", "prometheus:"},
// signer.kms (nested three levels deep)
{"KMS provider for signer type 'kms' (aws, gcp)", "provider:"},
// signer.kms.aws (nested four levels deep)
{"AWS KMS Key ID or ARN", "key_id:"},
// da.tx_signer (nested three levels deep)
{"Sign blob submissions locally and broadcast them over consensus gRPC instead of calling blob.Submit on the DA node.", "enabled:"},
}

for _, tc := range cases {
require.Contains(t, yaml, tc.comment, "missing comment %q in generated config", tc.comment)
require.True(t, commentPrecedesKey(yaml, tc.comment, tc.key),
"comment %q is not placed directly above key %q", tc.comment, tc.key)
}
}

// commentPrecedesKey reports whether a line containing the comment text is
// immediately followed (ignoring blank lines) by a line whose first token is
// the given yaml key.
func commentPrecedesKey(yaml, comment, key string) bool {
lines := strings.Split(yaml, "\n")
for i, line := range lines {
if !strings.Contains(line, comment) {
continue
}
for j := i + 1; j < len(lines); j++ {
trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(lines[j])
if trimmed == "" {
continue
}
return strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, key)
}
}
return false
}
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