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Fixes # (no issue; design document, requested by the maintainer)

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Replaces docs/multi-agency-static-feeds-spec.md with one design for loading N static GTFS feeds the way the Java bundle builder does. Each entity is stored under its feed's default agency ({agency}_{rawId} in the database), handlers read IDs as stored, and GTFS-RT resolves raw IDs with agency-ids as namespaces. The spec adopts obacloud's bundle-inputs.json manifest, folds in the stop-ID rules from the paused #1791–#1810 stack as the single-feed case, and lays out implementation phases A–F. Written in Simplified Technical English.

The wiki mirror (Multi-Agency-Static-Feeds-Stop-Consolidation) is already synced, per docs/AGENTS.md.

Root cause

The old spec merged gtfs.Static structs in memory, which the streaming import stack (#1662–#1677) makes impossible, and it left Java's identity model as a "v2 proposal". The stop-ID stack then implemented Java's single-feed rule on its own, which is the degenerate case of per-feed default agencies.

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  • This PR addresses one issue.
  • It is under ~200 changed lines, or the description says why it can't be split. (A full spec rewrite; splitting it would leave an inconsistent document.)
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  • Each commit is one logical change with a clear message.
  • I did not hand-edit sqlc-generated files under gtfsdb/ (db.go, models.go, query.sql.go) or testdata/openapi.yml (synced from upstream).
  • This PR changes no handler, or handlers pass r.Context() to DB/service calls, not context.Background().
  • The response comparison above is filled in, or this PR doesn't change a Java-served response.
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  • I read every line of this diff and can explain it if asked.

Notes for reviewers

Decisions that differ from Java on purpose are in §12: fail on duplicate agency IDs across feeds, no default-agency inheritance between feeds, earliest expiry across feeds, 404 instead of 200/null. docs/horizontal-scalability-spec.md §10 still refers to the old spec's PR numbering; it is a separate mirrored document and is left for a follow-up.

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  • Documentation
    • Replaced the prior feed-storage proposals with a draft specification for Java-parity handling of public feed IDs.
    • Documented feed identity, configuration, validation, imports, API and realtime resolution, and stop consolidation.
    • Clarified reload and startup behavior when imports fail, conditions that trigger reimports, and known deviations and open questions.

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Walkthrough

The draft replaces earlier in-memory merge and namespaced-storage proposals with a specification for storing agency-qualified IDs. It defines feed configuration, validation, import and fingerprinting, API and realtime resolution, stop consolidation, and implementation scope.

Changes: Multi-agency static feeds

Layer / File(s) Summary
Multi-agency feed behavior
docs/multi-agency-static-feeds-spec.md
The draft specifies per-feed identity and configuration, validation and import behavior, fingerprinting, API and realtime resolution, and Java-semantic stop consolidation. It also records intentional differences, implementation phases, and open deviations.

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

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Possibly related issues

Possibly related PRs

  • OneBusAway/maglev#1747: Both concern attribution of realtime vehicles to the agency associated with a static trip route.
  • OneBusAway/maglev#1791: The specification adopts the single-feed stop rules from this stop-agency index change as part of its multi-feed model.
  • OneBusAway/maglev#1771: Both cover Java-compatible stop-consolidation parsing and replacement behavior.

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Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review bc2da

This spec change has no runtime effect today. Before it guides implementation, it should address the multi-feed manifest handling in Phase A, the unknown default agency case, and fingerprint versioning. It should also resolve the smaller contradictions around block IDs, expiry warnings and transfers.

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Performance Smoke Test Results

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Metric Value
p(95) latency 1.7 ms
Error rate 0.00%
Total requests 338
Req/sec 11.2

Smoke test config: 5 VUs x 30s. Thresholds: p(95) < 300ms, error rate < 1%.

Full results uploaded as workflow artifact: k6-smoke-summary.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @docs/multi-agency-static-feeds-spec.md:
- Around line 404-405: Update the expiry guidance in the “Set the expiry”
section so the warning is triggered by feed_expires_at, the earliest expiry
across feeds, rather than by the first agency’s calendar.
- Around line 513-514: Update the consolidation rule in §9.2 to remove transfers
from the list of references rewritten from absorbed IDs to kept IDs, since
transfers are not stored by the import pipeline; retain the stop-time and
parent-station rewrite behavior.
- Around line 540-545: Update Phase A manifest handling for
gtfs-bundle-inputs-url to reject manifests containing more than one feed until
Phase C supports importing all feeds, or keep manifest mode disabled during
Phase A; preserve single-feed behavior so the importer cannot silently load only
feeds[0].
- Around line 364-365: Reconcile the §4.2 rule allowing an unknown
`default-agency-id` with the `stops.agency_id` NOT NULL foreign key to
`agencies`: specify whether import rejects the feed, creates a synthetic agency
row, or changes the schema constraint, and make the import behavior consistent
with the chosen rule.
- Around line 381-389: Update the dataset fingerprint specification in “Detect
changes” to include an importer or storage-format version alongside the ordered
feed rows and consolidation-file hash, so format changes trigger a reimport
through import_metadata.file_hash. Alternatively, specify that each
format-changing migration invalidates import_metadata.file_hash.
- Line 215: Clarify the derived block-index behavior in the specification: when
`trips.block_id` is empty, use `{trip agency}_{trip_id}` as the public ID for
block lookups, while leaving the stored `trips.block_id` value empty.

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@Enigma044 Enigma044 mentioned this pull request Oct 31, 2026
9 tasks done
Replace the merge-in-memory design, its collision policy and the v2
proposal with one design: load N feeds the way the Java bundle builder
does, naming every entity after its feed's default agency and storing
the public ID in the database. Fold in the stop-ID rules from the paused
#1791-#1810 stack as the single-feed case, write the pipeline against
the streaming import stack, adopt obacloud's bundle-inputs.json manifest,
and lay out the implementation phases.
- Define the block ID of a trip with no block_id: the stored trip ID,
  as in Java. trips.block_id stays empty.
- Add an import format version to the dataset fingerprint, so that an
  importer change that writes new content forces a reimport.
- Fire the expiry warning from feed_expires_at, the earliest expiry,
  and not from the calendar of the first agency.
- Remove transfers from the consolidation rewrite. Transfers are not
  stored.
- Warn in phase A when a feed list or manifest has feeds that the
  importer does not load yet.
- Remove the foreign key from stops.agency_id. A default agency that is
  not in agency.txt is a warning, so the stop rows must still insert.
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Performance Smoke Test Results

Status: PASSED

Metric Value
p(95) latency 1.9 ms
Error rate 0.00%
Total requests 336
Req/sec 11.0

Smoke test config: 5 VUs x 30s. Thresholds: p(95) < 300ms, error rate < 1%.

Full results uploaded as workflow artifact: k6-smoke-summary.

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Superseded by #1973, which moves the design specs to the wiki only. The full text of this rewrite, including 881c202, is now on the wiki page Multi-Agency-Static-Feeds-Stop-Consolidation.

aaronbrethorst added a commit that referenced this pull request Nov 8, 2026
The wiki is the canonical home for specs, but the repo kept mirrored
copies of the horizontal scalability and multi-feed specs. The two
copies drifted: the wiki missed repo edits more than once. Delete the
repo copies and the docs/AGENTS.md sync rules, and point docs/README.md
at the wiki pages instead.

The wiki pages hold the latest text of both specs, including the
multi-feed rewrite that was proposed in PR #1811.
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aaronbrethorst deleted the ab/multi-feed-spec branch November 8, 2026 18:31
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