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Contributing Guidelines

Thank you for contributing to OpenFrame OSS Tenant! This guide covers code style, branch naming, the pull request process, commit message format, and the review checklist.

Community and Communication

Important: OpenFrame OSS Tenant does not use GitHub Issues or GitHub Discussions. All development discussions, bug reports, and feature requests are handled in the OpenMSP Slack community.

• Join OpenMSP Slack: https://www.openmsp.ai/
• Direct invite: Join Slack

Code Style and Conventions

Java / Spring Boot Services

The codebase follows standard Java conventions with Lombok for boilerplate reduction.

Key conventions:

• Use @Slf4j for logging (via Lombok)
• Use @Builder, @Data, @Value annotations appropriately
• Prefer constructor injection over field injection (for testability)
• Use record types for immutable DTOs where appropriate (Java 21)
• Follow Spring naming conventions: *Service, *Repository, *Controller, *DataFetcher

Package structure:

com.openframe.<service>.
├── config/        # Spring configuration classes
├── controller/    # REST controllers
├── datafetcher/   # GraphQL DGS data fetchers
├── dataloader/    # GraphQL DGS data loaders
├── dto/           # Data transfer objects
├── exception/     # Custom exceptions and handlers
├── mapper/        # MapStruct or manual mappers
└── service/       # Business logic services

Formatting: The Java codebase follows the default IntelliJ IDEA Java formatting. No external formatter is enforced via CI currently; use IntelliJ's built-in formatter.

Rust (openframe-client)

Follow standard Rust conventions as enforced by rustfmt and clippy.

# Format
cargo fmt

# Lint
cargo clippy -- -D warnings

# Both before committing
cargo fmt && cargo clippy -- -D warnings

Naming conventions:

• Functions and variables: snake_case
• Types and traits: PascalCase
• Constants: SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE
• Modules: snake_case

TypeScript / React (openframe-chat)

The project uses Biome for both formatting and linting (replaces ESLint + Prettier).

cd clients/openframe-chat

# Format and lint check
npx biome check .

# Auto-fix
npx biome check --write .

Conventions:

• React components: PascalCase filenames and function names
• Hooks: use prefix (e.g., useChat, useChatMessages)
• Services: camelCase filenames (e.g., chatApiService.ts)
• Types/interfaces: PascalCase
• Use TypeScript strict mode
• Prefer named exports over default exports for hooks and utilities; use default export for page/component files

Branch Naming

Use descriptive branch names that reflect the purpose of the change:

# Feature branches
feat/add-script-scheduling-api
feat/openframe-chat-approval-flow

# Bug fixes
fix/agent-token-refresh-race-condition
fix/tenant-isolation-in-device-query

# Refactoring
refactor/extract-nats-publisher-interface

# Documentation
docs/update-architecture-diagram

# Chores / maintenance
chore/upgrade-spring-boot-3.3.1
chore/update-openframe-libs-5.65.0

Format: <type>/<short-description-in-kebab-case>

Commit Message Format

OpenFrame OSS Tenant uses Conventional Commits format:

<type>(<scope>): <short summary>

[optional body]

[optional footer(s)]

Examples:

feat(api): add script schedule assignment endpoint

Adds GraphQL mutation for assigning scripts to device groups with
configurable cron triggers. Validates against existing schedule conflicts.

Closes #123

fix(openframe-client): prevent token refresh during shutdown

The token refresh run manager now checks the shutdown flag before
scheduling the next refresh to avoid errors during graceful shutdown.

chore(deps): upgrade openframe-libs to 5.65.0

Types:

Scope examples: api, gateway, auth, openframe-client, openframe-chat, stream, management

Pull Request Process

Before Opening a PR

1. Build successfully: mvn clean install -DskipTests (for Java) or cargo build (for Rust) or npm run build (for TypeScript)
2. Run tests: mvn test or cargo test or npx tsc --noEmit
3. Lint/format: cargo fmt && cargo clippy (Rust) or npx biome check --write . (TypeScript)
4. Test your changes manually against a running instance if possible

PR Description

A good PR description includes:

• What was changed and why
• How to test the change
• Any breaking changes or migration notes
• Links to related Slack discussions

Template:

## Summary
Brief description of what this PR changes and why.

## Changes
- List of specific changes made

## Testing
How to verify this change works correctly.

## Breaking Changes
Any breaking changes and migration path (if applicable).

PR Size Guidelines

• Prefer small, focused PRs — one logical change per PR
• Large refactors should be broken into a series of smaller PRs when possible
• Data migrations (Mongock change units) should be in separate PRs

Review Checklist

Use this checklist when reviewing PRs:

Correctness

• Logic is correct and handles edge cases
• Error handling is appropriate (exceptions caught, logged, propagated correctly)
• No unintended side effects or race conditions

Security

• No secrets or credentials committed to the repository
• New API endpoints have proper tenant isolation
• User input is validated with @Valid or equivalent
• MongoDB queries go through tenant-scoped templates

Testing

• New code has appropriate unit/integration tests
• Tests cover happy path and key error scenarios
• Tests are deterministic (no time-dependent or order-dependent tests)

Code Quality

• Code follows existing conventions (naming, package structure)
• No unnecessary complexity introduced
• Lombok / Rust idioms used appropriately
• No dead code or unused imports

Documentation

• New services or significant features have code-level documentation
• Breaking changes are clearly documented in the PR description
• New environment variables are documented

Spring Boot Specific

• New configurations are defined in application.yml, not hardcoded
• Async operations use @Async or reactive patterns consistently
• New Mongock migrations (@ChangeUnit) follow the naming convention

Rust Specific

• cargo clippy -- -D warnings passes with no warnings
• Error handling uses anyhow::Result or thiserror appropriately
• Arc/Mutex usage is minimal and necessary

Dependency Updates

When updating the shared openframe-libs version (openframe.libs.version in pom.xml):

1. Update the version in the root pom.xml
2. Build all services: mvn clean install -DskipTests
3. Run tests: mvn test
4. Document any API changes from the library in the PR description

For the openframe-chat frontend dependencies (package.json):

cd clients/openframe-chat
npm update
npm install
npx tsc --noEmit
npx biome check .

License

By contributing to OpenFrame OSS Tenant, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the same license as the project. See the repository for license details.