feat(loader): warn on duplicate scan/workflow/task names - #1334
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A second config with the same `name` silently shadows the first (name resolution
keeps the first match), which is an easy and confusing footgun — e.g. two
workflow files with the same `name:` key, or an external task shadowing a
built-in one. You get no error; the other config just quietly never runs.
Discovery now prints a warning listing every file that defines a given
`<type> "<name>"` more than once, so the shadowing is visible:
⚠ Duplicate workflow "host_recon_custom" defined in 2 places — only the first is used:
/path/to/a.yaml
/path/to/b.yaml
- find_templates(): warns for scans, workflows and YAML task/profile templates.
- discover_tasks(): warns for task classes (external shadowing built-in, or two
external task files sharing a class name).
Reported once per name per process (persistent `_seen`), and dedupes identical
sources so re-entrant task discovery isn't a false positive.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01P5vSjfkBuGAAHdKxHS3ySm
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WalkthroughThe loader now detects duplicate template and task names during discovery. It deduplicates sources and reports each duplicate name once. Unit tests cover duplicate, unique, same-source, and repeated-discovery cases. ChangesDuplicate name validation
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The loader can miss real duplicate external task names when different files share a module stem, causing the warning to be suppressed or identify the wrong source; the mutable default also triggers a lint finding. These bounded issues should be addressed before merge. Poem
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In `@secator/loader.py`:
- Around line 113-115: Update discover_external_tasks and its
duplicate-validation flow to retain each external task’s candidate file path
alongside the task class, then pass that preserved path to
_warn_duplicate_names. Stop deriving the source from cls.__module__ or the
reused module object, so same-stem files from different directories remain
distinguishable.
- Line 31: Update _warn_duplicate_names to accept _seen=None and use a
module-level set for the intended process-lifetime duplicate tracking,
initializing or reusing that set when no argument is supplied; preserve the
function’s existing behavior for explicitly provided sets.
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Retain each external task path before module reuse.
Line 114 infers the source from cls.__module__. If two external files in different directories have the same stem, discover_external_tasks() reuses the first secator.tasks.<stem> module for the second path. Both entries then resolve to the first file, and distinct suppresses the duplicate warning.
Carry the candidate file path with each external task through duplicate validation. Do not reconstruct the source from the reused class object.
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In `@secator/loader.py` around lines 113 - 115, Update discover_external_tasks and
its duplicate-validation flow to retain each external task’s candidate file path
alongside the task class, then pass that preserved path to
_warn_duplicate_names. Stop deriving the source from cls.__module__ or the
reused module object, so same-stem files from different directories remain
distinguishable.
…e detection) - B006: replace the mutable `_seen=set()` default with a module-level `_warned_duplicate_names` set and a `None` default. - Reused-module blind spot: when two external task files share a stem in different dirs, discover_external_tasks() reuses the first `secator.tasks.<stem>` module for the second, so both entries resolved to the first file via `cls.__module__` and `distinct` suppressed the warning — hiding exactly the shadowing we want to surface. Record each candidate file path per source file in `_external_task_sources` and use those real paths for external tasks (internal tasks keep the reliable module `__file__`). Adds a test that a same-stem external shadow is still reported. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01MtTyzcUmPYxM5nfp7MnMVd
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Problem
If two config files declare the same
name:, the second silently shadows the first — name resolution (TemplateLoader(name=...)) keeps the first match, and the other config just never runs. No error, no warning. This bites in practice: a workflow accidentally overwritten by another with the samenamelooked like a target-filtering bug until the duplicatenamewas spotted.Change
Discovery now warns when a
<type> "<name>"is defined in more than one place, listing every source so the shadowing is visible:find_templates()— covers scans, workflows, and YAML task/profile templates.discover_tasks()— covers task classes (an external task shadowing a built-in, or two external task files sharing a class name).Details:
_seenset) so it isn't noisy.secator.tasks) can't produce a false positive.Tests
tests/unit/test_loader_duplicate_names.py: warns on a real duplicate (with both paths), stays quiet when names are unique, stays quiet when the same source is listed twice, and reports only once per label. Existing discovery-heavy suites (tree/celery/runners_helpers) still pass.Summary by CodeRabbit