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Roadmap

shopdb-flask is pre-1.0 on both series. Current contract and product versions are in PROJECT-MAP.md, which is generated from the code rather than typed here. This document captures what stands between today and a stable 1.0.0 release. Maintained as scope evolves; supersedes nothing in the ADRs.

Phase status

Phase Status Commit
0 - Lock platform contract, naming, style enforcement DONE d6725c0
1 - pytest baseline, production hardening, pinned requirements DONE 2d1bb83
2 - Plugin contract surface and compliance tests DONE 5fefb53
3 - Manifest-first loader, shopdb.api namespace, auto-register blueprints DONE 6f085a1
4 - Plugin scaffolding (flask plugin new) DONE 8eb9362
5 - Alembic baseline, per-site deploy, ADRs to docs/adr DONE d4e3ac9
6 - Multi-site distribution readiness (settings-driven branding/ServiceNow/floor plan, security closeout, docs + Docker frontend build, release engineering) DONE v0.5.0-v0.7.0

The last big milestone before 1.0 is the legacy-ASP data import plus a production pilot deployment; the framework work below is what remains after that.

What's left before tagging 1.0.0

Must-have

  • Asset model fully wired. Asset.mapx, Asset.mapy columns, AssetRelationship.inheritsposition column, and the relationshiptypepropagations M:N table (RelationshipTypePropagation model; propagation lives on RelationshipType, not AssetRelationship). Models match the locked ADR-001 surface that resolve_asset_position already targets.
  • Equipment data migration script for facilities migrating from legacy ASP shopdb. One-shot script under scripts/migration/. Per ADR-001, only category='Equipment' AND machinenumber IS NOT NULL migrates.
  • Printers retirement. The printers plugin already runs on the asset architecture (blueprint printers_asset_bp); any remaining legacy printer-table cleanup is coordinated with the equipment migration.
  • External plugin UI packaging. The Vue-side hook contract ships (ADR-010: get_settings_cards / get_asset_panels / get_map_overlays / get_asset_presentation) and route gating is backend-driven (ADR-009), but plugin routes/views still live in core frontend/src. Let an external plugin ship its own Vue bundle so adopters can add UI without editing core.

Nice-to-have

  • Full palette theming. brand_primary_color and a few brand colors are settings-driven, but the rest of the CSS palette (surfaces, borders, accents) is still hardcoded in style.css. A complete theming pass would expose the palette as CSS variables a site can override, not just the brand colors.
  • Frontend scaffolding skill (the backend has flask plugin new; the frontend stub is currently manual copy-paste).
  • Marketplace listing site (PLUGINS.md is a one-pager; a proper listing with links to sister-site plugins becomes useful when there are more than three external plugins).
  • Plugin contract surface diff tooling. Today version bumps are manual judgment; a CI check that diffs the contract surface against the previous tag would catch missed bumps. See ADR-002.
  • Calibration cycles, maintenance windows, downtime tracking (domain extensions; would likely live in the machines and measuringtools plugins).

Deferred (out of scope for 1.0)

  • Multi-tenancy (rejected by ADR-004; revisit only if more than five sites adopt and operational overhead becomes painful).
  • Pip-installable plugins (deferred per ADR-003 v2). Filesystem distribution stays the v1 model.
  • Event bus on BasePlugin (removed per ADR-001; add via new ADR if a real use case appears).
  • Frontend rebuild beyond Vue 3 + Pinia + Vite (the existing stack is fine).

What 1.0.0 means

Tagging 1.0.0 is a commitment that the contract surface is stable for at least the next minor version cycle. Plugin authors at sister sites can pin core_version: ">=1.0.0,<2.0.0" and trust their plugin will not break on framework patches.

Concretely, 1.0.0 ships when:

  1. ADR-001's full contract surface is implemented in code, not just documented (Asset.mapx, RelationshipType.propagatesthroughid, etc.)
  2. The contract test suite covers every documented hook with both happy-path and a "broken plugin" failure-isolation test
  3. At least one external plugin (likely measuringtools from the scaffold canary) has been built end-to-end with no contract changes required mid-build
  4. The deploy runbook (DEPLOY.md) has been validated by an actual fresh-host deploy

Decision log pointers

When a roadmap item gets prioritized, document the why in a new ADR and link from this file. The ADRs are the canonical source for design decisions; this file is the prioritized backlog.

  • ADR-001 - Asset as platform contract
  • ADR-002 - Plugin contract versioning
  • ADR-003 - Plugin distribution model
  • ADR-004 - Deployment topology (per-site)
  • ADR-005 - Equipment vs measuringtools
  • ADR-006 - Collector contract pattern
  • ADR-007 - Product versioning and releases
  • ADR-008 - Plugin migration ownership (per-plugin chains)
  • ADR-009 - Frontend plugin route gating
  • ADR-010 - Frontend plugin hook contract
  • ADR-011 - Machines rename + modeltypes retyping
  • ADR-012 - GE-Enforce manifest ownership