Distinguish an uncovered --real window from a missing symbol in the no-data refusal #242

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2026-07-12T17:58:54+02:00

Brummel commented

2026-07-12 17:58:54 +02:00

Symptom (fieldtest cycle-241, 2026-07-12, engine at `72c0b8a`)

aura run <bp> --real GER40 --from <ms> --to <ms> with a window the archive does not cover (or an inverted window) refuses with

aura: no local data for symbol 'GER40'

although GER40 IS present in the archive (M1 coverage 2014-08 .. 2026-07) — the message misattributes an empty window to a missing symbol. A consumer reading it concludes the archive lacks the instrument and stops, when narrowing/correcting the window is the actual remedy. Reproduced inside a fresh data-only project with a wrong-year window; the same command with a covered 2024 window runs fine.

Expected: the empty-window case names the window (requested bounds + the symbol's actual coverage, or at least "no data in the requested window"), distinct from the genuinely-unknown-symbol case. Pre-existing behaviour, not a #241 regression (surfaced by the cycle's real-data fieldtest axis).

## Symptom (fieldtest cycle-241, 2026-07-12, engine at 72c0b8a) `aura run <bp> --real GER40 --from <ms> --to <ms>` with a window the archive does not cover (or an inverted window) refuses with aura: no local data for symbol 'GER40' although GER40 IS present in the archive (M1 coverage 2014-08 .. 2026-07) — the message misattributes an empty *window* to a missing *symbol*. A consumer reading it concludes the archive lacks the instrument and stops, when narrowing/correcting the window is the actual remedy. Reproduced inside a fresh data-only project with a wrong-year window; the same command with a covered 2024 window runs fine. Expected: the empty-window case names the window (requested bounds + the symbol's actual coverage, or at least "no data in the requested window"), distinct from the genuinely-unknown-symbol case. Pre-existing behaviour, not a #241 regression (surfaced by the cycle's real-data fieldtest axis).

Brummel added the bug label 2026-07-12 17:58:54 +02:00

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Add a wiring-only project tier: Aura.toml without a crate is the smallest project #241

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test(cli): RED — empty --real window refusal misnames the symbol (#242)

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fix(cli): empty --real window refuses naming the window, not the symbol

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