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Lands the three deferred pure refactors from DEV-1749 (PR 6). Contract: no emitted-SQL changes — each consolidation is byte-identical, verified against the golden SQL suite (test_dev1747_golden_sql, ALLOWED_DELTAS empty) and the full non-integration suite (11847 passed).

Two commits (generator.py carries sub-items 1 and 2; the planners carry 3).

1. Step-CTE emission extracted

One _emit_step_cte shell now backs the four window / unmaterialised-POST step-CTE sites in _generate_from_planned_impl (F1) and _render_cross_model_transform_chain (F2), plus _unmaterialised_post_slots (detection loop) and _inner_select_from_final_cte (trailing block). Per-site 3-way (F1) / 2-way (F2) Kahn splits, the time_shift/consecutive_periods dispatches, and the error guards stay at the call sites. The per-slot render is a callback invoked before each slot's alias-map update, so a later same-step slot still sees earlier slots' aliases — the ordering byte-identity depends on.

2. Throwaway ScopeFrame consolidated + dead time-col resolver removed

_resolve_explicit_time_col deleted (time_column=None inlined at its sole caller). Static proof it was dead: _explicit_time_arg_of returns non-None only for first/last; first/last compile to RankedAggregatePlan and render through _ranked_value_expr, never through _build_agg_render_spec_from_planned (the only live caller); a string-literal search found no reflective access. Dead-branch pins removed (TestResolveExplicitTimeColViaResolver, test_reroot_aggregate_key Section G, TestBuilderFirstLast) — live first/last behaviour stays covered by the e2e tests, TestExplicitTimeArgOf, and TestBuilderColumnKey (filter_sql). One _throwaway_frame(model, relation, bundle) backs the three surviving throwaway-frame sites (_resolve_agg_kwargs_for_key, _collect_routed_filters, _filter_render_context).

3. Positional couplings made structural

partition_declared_measures + PreboundQuery.grain_declared_measures single-source the dim / time-dim / aggregate prefix slicing (stage_planner ×3, cross_model_planner ×2). date_range_fids captured from the mint loop instead of re-derived.

3(c) deferred — the public_projection[i] positional pairing (and its silent-None fallback) is left byte-identical; the cardinality/ambiguity concern it encodes is DEV-1688's domain.

Coverage / notes

  • Block D (F2 unmaterialised-POST) is unreachable via real queries — window-dependent POST slots error earlier in _render_outer_composite. Its shell + detector are unit-pinned in test_dev1777_emit_step_cte, and F1's byte-identical block-C wiring is golden-pinned (chain/local_multi_step). Golden matrix extended with F1/F2 nested-window dependency-split cases, a windowed date_range case, and a step<n> count/order vacuity guard.
  • While writing the golden pins I found a pre-existing non-determinism: two aggregates of the same column materialise in hash-seed-dependent column order. Out of scope here (a fix changes emitted SQL); filed as DEV-1795 with a worktree.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved SQL column scoping so references inside subqueries, CTEs, and set operations remain bound to their local context.
    • Added validation for unsupported correlated references, producing clear scope errors instead of incorrect results.
    • Improved handling of nested window transformations and date-filtered window queries across supported SQL databases.
  • Improvements

    • Made measure and grain handling more consistent for filtered and cross-model queries.
    • Centralized SQL transformation and temporary-scope handling for more reliable query generation.

Move the root_scope_ids gate above the qualification branch in
_process_column_node_sync so a column outside the root scope (subquery / CTE /
set-op branch / Values) is left untouched -- neither qualified against the outer
root nor inlined. Previously qualification fired unconditionally, rebinding a
subquery's own columns to the outer model: "amount IN (SELECT amount FROM
other_tbl)" became "orders.amount IN (SELECT orders.amount FROM other_tbl)",
silently changing the predicate.

Contract: a Mode-A subquery must be self-contained; correlation to the outer
model is not supported and is already rejected by assert_scope_closed.

Tests: new tests/test_dev1752_subquery_scope.py (scope-locality, correlation
contract, join-discovery, execution differential + correlated rejection);
direct-expander cases (differing alias, UNION, WITH) in
test_column_expansion_sync.py; flipped the DEV-1752 strict-xfail in
test_dev1745_mode_a_door.py.
- Duplication gate (new_duplicated_lines_density 10.9% > 3%): the DEV-1752 test
  pack copied the ScopeFrame model fixtures from test_dev1745_mode_a_door.py.
  Extract _regions/_customers/_orders/_scope/_sql_of into a shared
  tests/_mode_a_scope_fixtures.py and import it from both files.
- python:S5778: hoist the SlayerQuery construction out of the pytest.raises
  block in the correlated-rejection test so only engine.execute can throw inside.
… time-col resolver

Step-CTE (sub-item 1): one _emit_step_cte shell backs the four window /
unmaterialised-POST step-CTE sites in _generate_from_planned_impl (F1) and
_render_cross_model_transform_chain (F2), plus _unmaterialised_post_slots
(detection loop) and _inner_select_from_final_cte (trailing block). Per-site
3-way (F1) / 2-way (F2) Kahn splits, the time_shift / consecutive_periods
dispatches, and the RuntimeError / NotImplementedError guards stay at the call
sites. The per-slot render is a callback invoked before each slot's alias-map
update, so a later same-step slot still sees earlier slots' aliases — the
ordering the byte-identity depends on.

Throwaway frame + dead branch (sub-item 2): _resolve_explicit_time_col deleted
and time_column=None inlined at its sole caller. Static proof it was dead:
_explicit_time_arg_of returns non-None only for first/last; first/last compile
to RankedAggregatePlan and render through _ranked_value_expr, never through
_build_agg_render_spec_from_planned (the only live caller); a string-literal
search found no reflective access. Its dead-branch pins are removed
(TestResolveExplicitTimeColViaResolver, test_reroot_aggregate_key Section G,
TestBuilderFirstLast); live first/last behaviour stays covered by the e2e tests,
TestExplicitTimeArgOf, and TestBuilderColumnKey (filter_sql). One
_throwaway_frame(model, relation, bundle) now backs the three surviving
throwaway-frame sites (_resolve_agg_kwargs_for_key, _collect_routed_filters,
_filter_render_context).

Verification: emitted SQL is byte-identical — test_dev1747_golden_sql green with
ALLOWED_DELTAS empty, extended with nested-window F1/F2 dependency-split cases, a
windowed date_range case, and a step-CTE count/order vacuity guard. Block D
(F2 unmaterialised-POST), unreachable via real queries, is unit-pinned in
test_dev1777_emit_step_cte along with the shell and the render-before-mutate
invariant. Full non-integration suite green (11847 passed).
Positional couplings (sub-item 3). partition_declared_measures plus a
PreboundQuery.grain_declared_measures accessor single-source the dim / time-dim /
aggregate prefix-slice arithmetic the planners inlined; stage_planner (three
sites) and cross_model_planner (_grain_declared_measures + the reroot loop) now
read through them. The stage_planner slices run on a local declared_measures
list that is rebuilt between sites, so the free function is called per-site
(same boundaries, current list) rather than the accessor.

stage_planner also captures the minted date-range fids in the mint loop and
reuses that set instead of re-deriving {f"f{i}" for i in range(n_date_range)}
for the windowed _src row-filter routing.

3(c) deferred: the public_projection[i] positional pairing (and its silent None
fallback) is left byte-identical; the cardinality / ambiguity concern it encodes
is out of scope here and owned by DEV-1688.

Verification: emitted SQL unchanged — golden suite and full non-integration
suite green (11847 passed). partition_declared_measures / grain_declared_measures
equivalence to the old slicing is unit-tested; the malformed-date_range no-op
keeps its live e2e pin and a windowed date_range golden case pins the routed
filter.
…rding

- Duplication gate: the shared tests/_mode_a_scope_fixtures.py mirrors the
  orders/customers/regions fixture triple that ~20 legacy test files carry
  inline. Migrating all of them is out of scope, so exclude the shared source
  from CPD (sonar.cpd.exclusions) — same mechanism as the dialect-mirror tests.
- Codex: the self-contained-subquery contract is enforced by assert_scope_closed
  only under SLAYER_VALIDATE_SCOPES (on in CI, off in production), not at
  runtime. Reword the test/docs/DECISIONS accordingly and set the flag
  explicitly in the correlated-rejection test rather than leaning on the
  conftest autouse default.
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Walkthrough

Mode-A expansion now respects SQL scope boundaries. Planner code shares declared-measure partitioning and preserves date-filter IDs. SQL generation centralizes transform-chain CTE emission and relies on planner-resolved ranking time. Tests add scope, partitioning, CTE, and dialect coverage.

Changes

SQL planning and rendering

Layer / File(s) Summary
Mode-A scope handling and validation
slayer/engine/column_expansion.py, docs/concepts/references.md, DECISIONS.md, tests/test_column_expansion_sync.py, tests/test_dev1745_mode_a_door.py, tests/test_dev1752_subquery_scope.py
Root-scope columns are qualified or expanded. Columns in subqueries, CTEs, and set-operation branches remain unchanged. Unsupported explicit correlation is reported by scope validation.
Declared-measure partitioning and planner wiring
slayer/engine/prebound.py, slayer/engine/stage_planner.py, slayer/engine/cross_model_planner.py, tests/test_dev1777_declared_measure_partition.py
partition_declared_measures and PreboundQuery.grain_declared_measures replace manual slicing. Date-range filter IDs are recorded when created and reused during windowed-source planning.
Shared transform-chain CTE emission
slayer/sql/generator.py, tests/test_dev1777_emit_step_cte.py, tests/test_dev1747_golden_sql.py, tests/golden/dev1747_sql_baseline.json
Local and cross-model chains share step CTE emission and finalization. Tests cover chained CTEs, POST slots, date ranges, and supported SQL dialects.
Planner-owned ranking time and temporary scopes
slayer/sql/generator.py, tests/test_sql_generator.py, tests/test_reroot_aggregate_key.py, tests/integration/test_dev1756_identifier_length_pg.py
First/last ranking uses RankedAggregatePlan.ranking_time_key. Render-time explicit-column resolution and obsolete tests are removed. Temporary ScopeFrame construction uses _throwaway_frame.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 25d0b

The refactor may emit the wrong alias when multiple names share one transform, causing incorrect generated SQL for that case. This is a bounded correctness risk that is mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up coverage.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant QueryPlan
  participant SQLGenerator
  participant StepCTE
  participant ScopeValidation
  QueryPlan->>SQLGenerator: provide ranked plan and transform chain
  SQLGenerator->>StepCTE: emit ordered step CTEs with aliases and casts
  StepCTE-->>SQLGenerator: return carried columns
  SQLGenerator->>ScopeValidation: validate preserved nested and explicit references
  ScopeValidation-->>SQLGenerator: accept local scope or raise ScopeLeakError
  SQLGenerator-->>QueryPlan: return final SQL projection and filters
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sonar.cpd.exclusions did not clear the new-code duplication gate for the
shared fixtures file. Drop that approach: delete tests/_mode_a_scope_fixtures.py,
restore test_dev1745_mode_a_door.py's original inline fixtures (its diff is now
just the DEV-1752 xfail flip), and import the orders/customers/regions ScopeFrame
fixtures into test_dev1752_subquery_scope.py directly from the DEV-1745 door
pack. No new duplicated code is introduced, so the gate has nothing to flag.
Reverts the sonar-project.properties CPD exclusion.
Process-reviews fixes for PR #310 (SonarCloud):
- new_duplicated_lines_density gate (6.0% vs 3%): the byte-identical F1/F2
  transform-chain tails (leftover-POST slot materialisation, inner-select, WITH
  assembly, POST-phase filter wrap, projection, outer wrap) are now one
  _finalise_transform_chain helper that both call sites return.
- python:S9073: split the composite `"orders.a" in sql and "orders.b" in sql`
  assertion in test_dev1777_emit_step_cte into two independent assertions.

Emitted SQL unchanged (golden suite + full non-integration suite green,
11847 passed).
…o egor/dev-1752-mode-a-expansion-qualifies-subquery-columns-against-the

# Conflicts:
#	DECISIONS.md
test_server_truncates_at_63_bytes called SlayerQueryEngine._get_client(ds,
("probe","probe")), which the DEV-1450 pipeline renamed to _client_for(ds) (the
identity tuple is gone). The raw-probe call raised AttributeError, failing CI on
the merge. Switch to _client_for; the rest of the test (raw SELECT with an
over-limit alias, asserting Postgres truncates the returned column name to 63
bytes) is unchanged.
…ns-against-the' into egor/dev-1777-mechanical-consolidations-step-cte-extraction-throwaway

# Conflicts:
#	slayer/sql/generator.py
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DEV-1752: gate Mode-A qualification on root scope (subquery columns stay local)
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