From 394ac5e0ae535fec2fd5248f34ca257fff51798f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: claude <claude@mycelium.de>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:07:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?test(cli):=20RED=20=E2=80=94=20empty=20--real?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20window=20refusal=20misnames=20the=20symbol=20(#242)?=
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An inverted or uncovered --from/--to window on a symbol the archive DOES
hold refuses via the symbol-absence message ("no local data for symbol")
instead of naming the window. RED pin:
run_real_empty_window_refusal_names_the_window_not_the_symbol
(archive-gated). Cause: probe_window routes both empty-in-window cases
through no_real_data although has_symbol already proved presence.

refs #242
---
 crates/aura-cli/tests/cli_run.rs | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/tests/cli_run.rs b/crates/aura-cli/tests/cli_run.rs
index a127023..5a05413 100644
--- a/crates/aura-cli/tests/cli_run.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-cli/tests/cli_run.rs
@@ -1189,6 +1189,55 @@ fn sweep_real_no_geometry_symbol_refuses_with_exit_1() {
 const GER40_SEPT2024_FROM_MS: &str = "1725148800000";
 const GER40_SEPT2024_TO_MS: &str = "1727740799999";
 
+/// Property (#242): a `--real` window that holds no bars for a symbol that IS in
+/// the archive refuses with a WINDOW-aware message — distinct from the genuinely
+/// unknown-symbol refusal. GER40 is present (the covered Sept-2024 window runs),
+/// so an *inverted* window (`--from` > `--to`) is empty by construction for any
+/// archive — no bar can satisfy `from <= t <= to` — yet the symbol, its geometry,
+/// and the month's file all exist. The refusal must name the requested window
+/// rather than reuse the symbol-absence message "no local data for symbol", which
+/// misattributes an empty WINDOW to a missing SYMBOL. Gated on the local archive;
+/// skips cleanly when absent (the project's skip-on-no-data convention), so CI
+/// without the archive stays green.
+#[test]
+fn run_real_empty_window_refusal_names_the_window_not_the_symbol() {
+    if !local_data_present() {
+        eprintln!("skip: no local data at {}", data_server::DEFAULT_DATA_PATH);
+        return;
+    }
+    // The covered Sept-2024 window, INVERTED (from > to): `has_symbol("GER40")` is
+    // window-independent and passes, and the month's file overlaps at date
+    // granularity, so the empty result is a WINDOW fact, not symbol absence.
+    let out = std::process::Command::new(BIN)
+        .args([
+            "run", "examples/r_sma.json",
+            "--real", "GER40",
+            "--from", GER40_SEPT2024_TO_MS, // inverted: from > to,
+            "--to", GER40_SEPT2024_FROM_MS, // so the in-window bar set is empty
+        ])
+        .output()
+        .expect("spawn aura");
+
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr);
+    // An empty --real window is still a refusal (exit 1 unchanged); only the
+    // message changes — the genuinely-unknown-symbol path keeps exit 1 too.
+    assert_eq!(
+        out.status.code(),
+        Some(1),
+        "an empty --real window still refuses with exit 1; stderr: {stderr}"
+    );
+    // The distinction (#242): the empty-window refusal NAMES the window and does
+    // NOT reuse the wholesale symbol-absence message for a symbol that is present.
+    assert!(
+        stderr.to_lowercase().contains("window"),
+        "empty-window refusal must name the requested window (GER40 IS present), got: {stderr}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !stderr.contains("no local data for symbol"),
+        "empty-window refusal must not reuse the symbol-absence message, got: {stderr}"
+    );
+}
+
 /// Characterization pin (grounding-check ratification for the risk-regime-axis
 /// spec): the dissolved real-data sweep member manifest stamps its resolved stop
 /// (`stop_length`/`stop_k`) — the default regime here. The R-path stop knobs are