Return inheritance combination evidence together

docs/roadmap/implementation.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Consolidation Implementation Plan
 
-Status: in progress. Stages 1 through 14 are complete; follow Stage 15 through Stage 20 in order.
+Status: in progress. Stages 1 through 15 are complete; follow Stage 16 through Stage 20 in order.
 The target executor is a Luna coding agent working through one end-to-end sprint.
 
 ## Authority, Baseline, And Execution
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ preliminary budget checks, scheduler, and combination path, while history and
 transfer inputs stay available to combination. Engine inheritance coverage and
 facade inheritance tests passed.
 
-## Stage 15 — Return One Inheritance Combination Result
+## Stage 15 — Return One Inheritance Combination Result (Complete)
 
 **Owners:** new engine `inheritance_combine.go`, `inheritance_collection.go`,
 and the shared executor.
@@ -620,6 +620,13 @@ and the shared executor.
 **Finish:** merge callbacks no longer mutate the executor accumulator. The
 resolved template and all evidence travel together for Stage 16 integration.
 
+Progress notes (2026-10-25): added `inheritanceTemplateResult` and moved the
+parent/child merge and evidence construction into `combineInheritanceTemplate`.
+Callbacks now update the local origins, policies, and replacement evidence;
+sequence-origin handling returns replacement records to the template result.
+Parentless templates use the same result shape. Engine and facade inheritance
+tests passed.
+
 ## Stage 16 — Finish The Inheritance Executor And Accounting
 
 **Owner:** engine `inheritance_schedule.go` and focused finalization helpers.

internal/engine/inheritance_collection.go

@@ -228,17 +228,17 @@ func applyInheritanceSequencePolicy(
 }
 
 func applyInheritanceSequenceOrigins(
-	result *inheritanceScope,
 	origins, incomingOrigins map[string]Origin,
 	path Path,
 	lower, higher *document.Node,
 	combined sequenceCombinationResult,
 	operation sequenceMode,
-) {
+) []inheritanceReplacement {
+	var replacements []inheritanceReplacement
 	if operation == sequenceModeReplace {
 		if lower != nil {
 			displaced := displacedOrigins(lower, origins, path)
-			result.replacements = append(result.replacements, inheritanceReplacement{
+			replacements = append(replacements, inheritanceReplacement{
 				path: path.clone(), before: lower, after: higher,
 				previous: displaced, effective: cloneOrigin(incomingOrigins[path.String()]),
 			})
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func applyInheritanceSequenceOrigins(
 				copyInheritanceSubtreeAt(origins, incomingOrigins, higher.Sequence[projection.inputIndex], path.Index(projection.inputIndex), path.Index(projection.outputIndex))
 			}
 		}
-		return
+		return replacements
 	}
 
 	mergeInheritanceOrigin(origins, path, incomingOrigins[path.String()])
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func applyInheritanceSequenceOrigins(
 		previous := displacedOrigins(lower.Sequence[replacement.lowerIndex], origins, lowerPath)
 		deleteOriginSubtree(origins, lowerPath, lower.Sequence[replacement.lowerIndex])
 		copyInheritanceSubtreeAt(origins, incomingOrigins, higher.Sequence[replacement.higherIndex], higherPath, outputPath)
-		result.replacements = append(result.replacements, inheritanceReplacement{
+		replacements = append(replacements, inheritanceReplacement{
 			path: outputPath, before: lower.Sequence[replacement.lowerIndex], after: higher.Sequence[replacement.higherIndex],
 			previous: previous, effective: cloneOrigin(incomingOrigins[higherPath.String()]),
 		})
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ func applyInheritanceSequenceOrigins(
 			copyInheritanceSubtreeAt(origins, incomingOrigins, higher.Sequence[projection.inputIndex], path.Index(projection.inputIndex), path.Index(projection.outputIndex))
 		}
 	}
+	return replacements
 }
 
 func validateRegisteredInheritanceSequences(root *document.Node, rootPath Path, applicationPolicy sequencePolicy) []Diagnostic {

internal/engine/inheritance_combine.go

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+package engine
+
+import "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit/internal/document"
+
+type inheritanceTemplateResult struct {
+	value              *document.Node
+	origins            map[string]Origin
+	collectionPolicies collectionPolicyScope
+	policyTemplates    []collectionPolicyScope
+	controls           []inheritanceControl
+	transfers          []inheritanceTransfer
+	replacements       []inheritanceReplacement
+	operations         []inheritanceOperation
+}
+
+func combineInheritanceTemplate(
+	template inheritanceExecutionTemplate,
+	child preparedInheritanceChild,
+	parent *preparedInheritanceParent,
+	parentOrigins map[string]Origin,
+	applicationPolicy sequencePolicy,
+) (inheritanceTemplateResult, []Diagnostic) {
+	result := inheritanceTemplateResult{}
+	if child.control != nil {
+		result.controls = append(result.controls, *child.control)
+		result.operations = append(result.operations, inheritanceOperation{
+			control: child.control, controlOrigin: child.controlOrigin,
+		})
+	}
+	if parent == nil {
+		result.value = document.Clone(child.payload)
+		result.origins = child.origins
+		result.collectionPolicies = cloneCollectionPolicyScopeForInheritance(child.policyTemplates)
+		result.policyTemplates = []collectionPolicyScope{child.policyTemplates}
+		return result, nil
+	}
+
+	mergedPolicyScope, diagnostics := mergeInheritanceCollectionPolicies(
+		parent.parentPolicyScope, parent.childPolicyScope,
+		template.path, parent.payload, child.payload,
+		applicationPolicy, parent.replaced,
+	)
+	if len(diagnostics) != 0 {
+		return inheritanceTemplateResult{}, diagnostics
+	}
+	mergedOrigins := transferredInheritanceOrigins(parentOrigins, parent.transfer.from, template.path, parent.transfer)
+	mergeInheritanceOrigin(mergedOrigins, template.path, child.origins[template.path.String()])
+	var sequenceContributions []sequenceHistoryContribution
+	var combinationDiagnostics []Diagnostic
+	mergeRecursiveMappings(parent.payload, child.payload, template.path, new(mappingIndex), recursiveMergeHooks{
+		added: func(childPath Path, incoming *document.Node) {
+			copyInheritanceSubtree(mergedOrigins, child.origins, incoming, childPath)
+		},
+		combined: func(childPath Path, _ *document.Node) {
+			mergeInheritanceOrigin(mergedOrigins, childPath, child.origins[childPath.String()])
+		},
+		replaced: func(childPath Path, existing, incoming *document.Node) {
+			previous := displacedOrigins(existing, mergedOrigins, childPath)
+			result.replacements = append(result.replacements, inheritanceReplacement{
+				path: childPath.clone(), before: existing, after: incoming,
+				previous: previous, effective: cloneOrigin(child.origins[childPath.String()]),
+			})
+			deleteOriginSubtree(mergedOrigins, childPath, existing)
+			copyInheritanceSubtree(mergedOrigins, child.origins, incoming, childPath)
+		},
+		merge: func(childPath Path, existing, incoming *document.Node) (*document.Node, bool) {
+			resolution, _, _, active, issues := inheritanceCollectionResolution(
+				childPath, parent.parentPolicyScope, parent.childPolicyScope, applicationPolicy, incoming,
+			)
+			if len(issues) != 0 {
+				combinationDiagnostics = append(combinationDiagnostics, issues...)
+				return existing, false
+			}
+			if !active {
+				return nil, false
+			}
+			lowerValue := existing
+			combined, problems := combineSequence(lowerValue, incoming, resolution, sequenceCombinationContext{destination: childPath})
+			if len(problems) != 0 {
+				combinationDiagnostics = append(combinationDiagnostics, problems...)
+				return existing, false
+			}
+			policy := applyInheritanceSequencePolicy(
+				childPath, combined, resolution, parent.parentPolicyScope, parent.childPolicyScope,
+			)
+			mergedPolicyScope.set(childPath, policy)
+			result.replacements = append(result.replacements, applyInheritanceSequenceOrigins(
+				mergedOrigins, child.origins, childPath, lowerValue, incoming, combined, resolution.operation,
+			)...)
+			history := sequenceHistoryContribution{path: childPath.clone(), mode: sequenceHistoryMapped}
+			if resolution.operation == sequenceModeReplace {
+				history.mode = sequenceHistoryReplace
+				if incoming != nil && incoming.Kind == document.Sequence {
+					history.length = len(incoming.Sequence)
+				}
+			} else {
+				history.items = append([]sequenceItemProjection(nil), combined.higherItems...)
+				history.replacements = append([]sequenceItemReplacement(nil), combined.replacements...)
+			}
+			sequenceContributions = append(sequenceContributions, history)
+			return combined.value, true
+		},
+	})
+	preserveInheritanceIdentityFields(parent.payload, child.payload, template.identityFields)
+	if len(combinationDiagnostics) != 0 {
+		return inheritanceTemplateResult{}, canonicalDiagnostics(combinationDiagnostics)
+	}
+	if problems := validateRegisteredInheritanceSequences(parent.payload, template.path, applicationPolicy); len(problems) != 0 {
+		return inheritanceTemplateResult{}, problems
+	}
+	parent.payload.Location = template.entry.Value.Location
+	result.value = parent.payload
+	result.origins = mergedOrigins
+	result.collectionPolicies = inheritancePolicyScopeAtPath(mergedPolicyScope, template.path)
+	result.policyTemplates = parent.effectivePolicyTemplates
+	result.transfers = append(result.transfers, parent.transfer)
+	result.operations = append(result.operations, inheritanceOperation{
+		transfer: &parent.transfer, parent: parent.historyParent, effective: parent.payload,
+		parentOrigins: parentOrigins, effectiveOrigins: mergedOrigins,
+		parentPolicies:    cloneInheritancePolicyTemplates(parent.policyTemplates),
+		templatePolicies:  cloneCollectionPolicyScopeForInheritance(child.policyTemplates),
+		effectivePolicies: cloneInheritancePolicyTemplates(parent.effectivePolicyTemplates),
+		sequences:         cloneSequenceHistoryContributions(sequenceContributions),
+		identityFields:    cloneStrings(template.identityFields),
+	})
+	return result, nil
+}

internal/engine/inheritance_schedule.go

@@ -188,14 +188,7 @@ func applyInheritanceScopeTemplates(adapter inheritanceScopeAdapter, order []int
 
 	for _, index := range order {
 		node := templates[index]
-		operationStart, replacementStart := len(result.operations), len(result.replacements)
 		child := prepareInheritanceChild(node, inputOrigins)
-		if child.control != nil {
-			result.controls = append(result.controls, *child.control)
-			result.operations = append(result.operations, inheritanceOperation{
-				control: child.control, controlOrigin: child.controlOrigin,
-			})
-		}
 		if limits.nodes >= 0 {
 			remaining := limits.nodes - retained - adapter.slotOverhead()
 			within := inheritanceLowerBoundWithin(child.payload, remaining)
@@ -207,114 +200,39 @@ func applyInheritanceScopeTemplates(adapter inheritanceScopeAdapter, order []int
 			}
 		}
 
+		var parent *preparedInheritanceParent
+		var parentOrigins map[string]Origin
 		if node.hasParent {
-			parent := resolved[node.parent]
+			prepared := prepareInheritanceParent(
-			preparedParent := prepareInheritanceParent(
+				node, templates[node.parent].path, resolved[node.parent], resolvedPolicyTemplates[node.parent],
-				node, templates[node.parent].path, parent, resolvedPolicyTemplates[node.parent],
 				resolvedPolicies[node.parent], child, adapter.applicationPolicy(),
 			)
-			mergedPolicyScope, policyDiagnostics := mergeInheritanceCollectionPolicies(
+			parent = &prepared
-				preparedParent.parentPolicyScope, preparedParent.childPolicyScope,
+			parentOrigins = resolvedOrigins[node.parent]
-				node.path, preparedParent.payload, child.payload,
-				adapter.applicationPolicy(), preparedParent.replaced,
-			)
-			if len(policyDiagnostics) != 0 {
-				return nil, policyDiagnostics
-			}
-			mergedOrigins := transferredInheritanceOrigins(resolvedOrigins[node.parent], preparedParent.transfer.from, node.path, preparedParent.transfer)
-			mergeInheritanceOrigin(mergedOrigins, node.path, child.origins[node.path.String()])
-			var sequenceContributions []sequenceHistoryContribution
-			var combinationDiagnostics []Diagnostic
-			mergeRecursiveMappings(preparedParent.payload, child.payload, node.path, new(mappingIndex), recursiveMergeHooks{
-				added: func(childPath Path, incoming *document.Node) {
-					copyInheritanceSubtree(mergedOrigins, child.origins, incoming, childPath)
-				},
-				combined: func(childPath Path, _ *document.Node) {
-					mergeInheritanceOrigin(mergedOrigins, childPath, child.origins[childPath.String()])
-				},
-				replaced: func(childPath Path, existing, incoming *document.Node) {
-					previous := displacedOrigins(existing, mergedOrigins, childPath)
-					result.replacements = append(result.replacements, inheritanceReplacement{
-						path: childPath.clone(), before: existing, after: incoming,
-						previous: previous, effective: cloneOrigin(child.origins[childPath.String()]),
-					})
-					deleteOriginSubtree(mergedOrigins, childPath, existing)
-					copyInheritanceSubtree(mergedOrigins, child.origins, incoming, childPath)
-				},
-				merge: func(childPath Path, existing, incoming *document.Node) (*document.Node, bool) {
-					resolution, _, _, active, issues := inheritanceCollectionResolution(
-						childPath, preparedParent.parentPolicyScope, preparedParent.childPolicyScope, adapter.applicationPolicy(), incoming,
-					)
-					if len(issues) != 0 {
-						combinationDiagnostics = append(combinationDiagnostics, issues...)
-						return existing, false
-					}
-					if !active {
-						return nil, false
-					}
-					lowerValue := existing
-					combined, problems := combineSequence(lowerValue, incoming, resolution, sequenceCombinationContext{destination: childPath})
-					if len(problems) != 0 {
-						combinationDiagnostics = append(combinationDiagnostics, problems...)
-						return existing, false
-					}
-					policy := applyInheritanceSequencePolicy(
-						childPath, combined, resolution, preparedParent.parentPolicyScope, preparedParent.childPolicyScope,
-					)
-					mergedPolicyScope.set(childPath, policy)
-					applyInheritanceSequenceOrigins(
-						result, mergedOrigins, child.origins, childPath, lowerValue, incoming, combined, resolution.operation,
-					)
-					history := sequenceHistoryContribution{path: childPath.clone(), mode: sequenceHistoryMapped}
-					if resolution.operation == sequenceModeReplace {
-						history.mode = sequenceHistoryReplace
-						if incoming != nil && incoming.Kind == document.Sequence {
-							history.length = len(incoming.Sequence)
-						}
-					} else {
-						history.items = append([]sequenceItemProjection(nil), combined.higherItems...)
-						history.replacements = append([]sequenceItemReplacement(nil), combined.replacements...)
-					}
-					sequenceContributions = append(sequenceContributions, history)
-					return combined.value, true
-				},
-			})
-			preserveInheritanceIdentityFields(preparedParent.payload, child.payload, node.identityFields)
-			if len(combinationDiagnostics) != 0 {
-				return nil, canonicalDiagnostics(combinationDiagnostics)
-			}
-			if problems := validateRegisteredInheritanceSequences(preparedParent.payload, node.path, adapter.applicationPolicy()); len(problems) != 0 {
-				return nil, problems
-			}
-			preparedParent.payload.Location = node.entry.Value.Location
-			resolved[index], resolvedOrigins[index] = preparedParent.payload, mergedOrigins
-			resolvedPolicies[index] = inheritancePolicyScopeAtPath(mergedPolicyScope, node.path)
-			result.transfers = append(result.transfers, preparedParent.transfer)
-			result.operations = append(result.operations, inheritanceOperation{
-				transfer: &preparedParent.transfer, parent: preparedParent.historyParent, effective: preparedParent.payload,
-				parentOrigins: resolvedOrigins[node.parent], effectiveOrigins: mergedOrigins,
-				parentPolicies:    cloneInheritancePolicyTemplates(preparedParent.policyTemplates),
-				templatePolicies:  cloneCollectionPolicyScopeForInheritance(child.policyTemplates),
-				effectivePolicies: cloneInheritancePolicyTemplates(preparedParent.effectivePolicyTemplates),
-				sequences:         cloneSequenceHistoryContributions(sequenceContributions),
-				identityFields:    cloneStrings(node.identityFields),
-			})
-			resolvedPolicyTemplates[index] = preparedParent.effectivePolicyTemplates
-		} else {
-			resolved[index] = document.Clone(child.payload)
-			resolvedOrigins[index] = child.origins
-			resolvedPolicyTemplates[index] = []collectionPolicyScope{child.policyTemplates}
-			resolvedPolicies[index] = cloneCollectionPolicyScopeForInheritance(child.policyTemplates)
 		}
+		templateResult, diagnostics := combineInheritanceTemplate(
+			node, child, parent, parentOrigins, adapter.applicationPolicy(),
+		)
+		if len(diagnostics) != 0 {
+			return nil, diagnostics
+		}
+		resolved[index] = templateResult.value
+		resolvedOrigins[index] = templateResult.origins
+		resolvedPolicies[index] = templateResult.collectionPolicies
+		resolvedPolicyTemplates[index] = templateResult.policyTemplates
+		result.controls = append(result.controls, templateResult.controls...)
+		result.transfers = append(result.transfers, templateResult.transfers...)
+		result.replacements = append(result.replacements, templateResult.replacements...)
+		result.operations = append(result.operations, templateResult.operations...)
 
 		count, _ := inheritanceLowerBoundCount(resolved[index], limits.nodes)
 		retained += adapter.slotOverhead() + count
-		for _, operation := range result.operations[operationStart:] {
+		for _, operation := range templateResult.operations {
 			if !counter.add(operation.parent) || !counter.add(operation.effective) {
 				return nil, []Diagnostic{inheritanceHistoryBudgetDiagnostic(node.path, node.entry.Value.Location)}
 			}
 		}
-		for _, replacement := range result.replacements[replacementStart:] {
+		for _, replacement := range templateResult.replacements {
 			if !counter.add(replacement.before) || !counter.add(replacement.after) {
 				return nil, []Diagnostic{inheritanceHistoryBudgetDiagnostic(node.path, node.entry.Value.Location)}
 			}