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Closes #144

What

• RegisterEach and Register take only plugins with an ID() string method, the constraint NewHook already uses. This is a breaking change for a caller whose plugin type has no ID.
• Once a Register answers, RegisterEach compares the plugin's ID() with its entry's id. A plugin that answers another id fails at StepRegister under its entry's id, as pluginkit: feed register: the plugin calls itself "news", and Register pauses it under that id.
• A Register that answers no plugin and no error, a nil interface or a typed nil pointer alike, now fails the same step as pluginkit: feed register: Register answered no plugin, where it used to reach the caller.

Why

Register writes a plugin's record under its entry's id, while StartEach, Boot.Started and the host use the id the plugin answers. A plugin whose two ids differ ends with two records: its own, still active, and a paused one under a name the application never listed. Failing it at register keeps one record per plugin and shows the mistake at the first boot.

Testing

• Two scenarios in registration.feature for RegisterEach, another id and no plugin, and one in boot.feature that checks the pause lands under the entry's id and no record appears under the other.
• Unit tests for another id, an empty id, no plugin, a nil pointer whose ID reads nothing, a nil interface and a plugin held by value. pluginkit, pluginstoretest and wire keep 100% coverage, and the 78 scenarios pass under race.
• golangci-lint reports nothing on pluginkit and its features.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Registration now reports a failure when a plugin is missing, has no ID, or its ID does not match its registration entry. Other plugins can still register successfully.
• Breaking Changes
  • Plugins used with Register and RegisterEach must provide an ID. Registrations that return no plugin or an ID that does not match the entry fail at the registration step.

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Walkthrough

Registration APIs now require plugins to expose an ID() string method. Registration fails when a returned plugin is nil or its ID differs from its entry ID. Tests cover registration outcomes and boot store behavior.

Changes: Plugin registration ID validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Registration contract and validation pluginkit/boot.go, pluginkit/registration.go, pluginkit/CHANGELOG.md	Register and RegisterEach now require plugin values to implement ID() string. Registration rejects nil plugin results and ID mismatches. The changelog records the contract as a breaking change.
Registration outcome coverage pluginkit/registration_test.go, pluginkit/features/registration.feature, pluginkit/features/steps_registration_test.go	Tests cover mismatched and empty IDs, nil plugin results, and continued registration of later plugins.
Boot store behavior coverage pluginkit/features/boot.feature, pluginkit/features/steps_boot_test.go	Boot tests check that an ID mismatch pauses the entry and does not create a store record for the returned plugin ID.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related PRs

• gopherium/framework#143: Adds the Register function and boot behavior extended by this change.
• gopherium/framework#141: Adds RegisterEach and the registration outcomes extended by this change.

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 17c54

Registration failures are recorded under the entry ID. No merge-blocking risk was identified.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
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Title check		The title names the main change: a plugin is failed at the register step when its ID differs from its entry's id. The changeset matches this. The registration code rejects ID mismatches, nil plugins, …
Linked Issues check		Issue #144 requires that RegisterEach and Register fail a plugin at step register, under its entry ID, when the plugin's ID() differs from that entry ID, with an error that names the ID answered. At h…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes in pluginkit/registration.go and pluginkit/boot.go serve issue #144. The ID() constraint on RegisterEach and Register is needed to call ID() for the mismatch check. The boot.go change is t…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 80.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentati…

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The title names the main change: a plugin is failed at the register step when its ID differs from its entry's id. The changeset matches this. The registration code rejects ID mismatches, nil plugins, and registration errors, and the feature files and tests cover the mismatch case. The title does not mention the breaking change to the ID() constraint on Register and RegisterEach, but it does not need to cover every detail. The title uses a conventional commit prefix and is specific enough for a teammate scanning history.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

Issue #144 requires that RegisterEach and Register fail a plugin at step register, under its entry ID, when the plugin's ID() differs from that entry ID, with an error that names the ID answered. At head, pluginkit/registration.go register() runs entry.Register inside guarded(..., entry.ID+" "+string(StepRegister), ...). After a successful Register, it checks isNil(plugin), then compares plugin.ID() with entry.ID. On mismatch it returns fmt.Errorf("the plugin calls itself %q", id). pluginkit/boot.go pauseEach pauses each failure under failure.ID, so the plugin pauses under the entry ID. RegisterEach and Register now constrain P to interface{ ID() string }, which the check requires. The whole-PR diff confirms this code. The incremental diff from the previous reviewed head could not be read, so I checked the current code directly. I did not read the feature or unit test files. This verdict rests on the source and the PR description of the tests. The requirement is met by the code.

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Explanation

The changes in pluginkit/registration.go and pluginkit/boot.go serve issue #144. The ID() constraint on RegisterEach and Register is needed to call ID() for the mismatch check. The boot.go change is the same constraint on Register. The isNil guard runs before ID() is called. It prevents a nil plugin from causing a panic inside the step, so it supports the mismatch check and does not add separate behavior. The PR describes the constraint as a breaking change. The changelog, feature files, step definitions, and unit tests support the new behavior. I found no change that is unrelated to #144. The incremental diff could not be read, so this verdict covers the whole-PR diff of the source files.

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Docstring coverage is 80.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 5 functions across 5 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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Confidence Score: 5/5

[Medium impact] The PR appears safe to merge; the previous nil-plugin issue is fixed and no new actionable issues were found.

Summary

The PR checks each plugin's ID() against its registration entry and rejects missing plugins at StepRegister.

• Plugin registration checks that each result matches its entry.

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