- TMDO_Type_Caster: text / textarea values that are arrays or objects are stored with maybe_serialize() (was (string) → the literal "Array", which bridge-restore-native then wrote back over native meta); from_db() unserializes them with TMDO_Safe_Unserialize. text columns are VARCHAR(255): longer values are stored NULL (native keeps them) and logged as text_overflow. - Add `wp tmdo repair-array-literals [--entity] [--confirm]` (TMDO_Array_Literal_Repair): rewrites flat "Array" values from native meta and lists native rows that are "Array" themselves (backup needed). - Verify: TypeCasterSerializeTest 13 OK, ArrayLiteralRepairTest 3 OK; unit 685 OK, integration 483 OK, phpcs (phpcs.xml) 0, stan OK; live `serialized` 3 PASS; dev36 repair dry-run lists the value corrupted by the 2026-09-26 round trip (user #1 community-events-location) - PR: PR-055
Live test suite
Tests that must run inside a real WordPress site, because the stubbed
tests/integration bootstrap cannot reproduce:
- WP core meta flows (
update_metadata()reads the old value throughget_metadata_raw()before writing — the shadow_read write-loss bug lives there) - the SQL that
WP_Queryactually builds, and hook priorities - HivePress / WooCommerce behaviour (
pre_get_postssort clauses, empty-key meta reads, direct-SQL stock updates)
Never run against a production site. Suites create and delete fixtures
(tmdo_live_* users, tmdo-live-* terms). Entity modes are overridden in
process through pre_option_wpdo_bridge_modes; nothing is written to
wpdo_bridge_modes or wpdo_hook_bus_enabled.
The reference site is dev36 (HivePress + Marketplace + WooCommerce), with this
plugin symlinked from the plugins-dev worktree while developing.
Run
wp --path=/var/www/Studio/wp-local-dev36 eval-file tests/live/run.php <suite> [<suite> ...]
Exit code 0 when every test passed, 1 otherwise. Output per test:
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| PASS / FAIL | normal |
| XFAIL | known bug, test marked xfail with the PR that fixes it; not counted as a failure |
| XPASS | an xfail test passed — counted as a failure so the fixing PR removes the marker |
| SKIP | the site does not register the key / taxonomy the test needs |
Suites
| Suite | Covers |
|---|---|
shadow_write |
writes in shadow_read reach native meta (xfail until PR-056) |
Tools (tools/)
Benchmark and data-flow helpers used for the 2026-09-26 dev36 integration test.
Output files go to the current directory (qbench) or $TMDO_LIVE_OUT
(default /tmp, run_batch.sh), never into the repo.
| Tool | Use |
|---|---|
seed.php |
wp eval-file seed.php <vendors|listings|requests|reviews|products|orders|terms> <n> [tag] — seed through real HivePress / WC APIs |
run_batch.sh |
run_batch.sh <tag> [divisor] — parallel seeding batch (TMDO_LIVE_WP_PATH, TMDO_LIVE_OUT) |
clone.sql |
bench only: clone hp_listing rows to reach large scale (sed "s/__K__/<n>/" clone.sql | wp db query) |
checker.php |
wp eval-file checker.php [entity] — native vs flat consistency per registered key (SQL only) |
qbench.php / qdiff.php |
run 16 WP_Query shapes, then diff two runs (native vs routed): result sets, order, latency, SQL errors |
mut.php |
data-flow mutations through HivePress models, WC CRUD and core APIs; prints native / flat / API values |
fe.sh + zz-s36-probe.php |
front-end search probe (TMDO_LIVE_URL). Copy the probe into wp-content/mu-plugins/ only for the run and remove it afterwards; it only answers requests carrying X-S36-Probe: 1 |