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Summary

Migrates Exceptionless.Web MVC controllers to Minimal API endpoints backed by Foundatio.Mediator while preserving the existing HTTP contract.

What changed

  • Replaced MVC controllers with endpoint adapters, mediator messages, and handlers.
  • Uses Eric's Foundatio.Mediator generated endpoints where their binding and result behavior match the existing API; keeps explicit adapters where route binding or HTTP behavior requires them.
  • Consolidated the Web host into Program.cs and removed obsolete MVC controller infrastructure.
  • Preserved route binding, authorization, validation, pagination, creation locations, response status codes, event navigation links, bulk-action shapes, and legacy Delta<T> PATCH bodies.
  • Restored typed collection schemas, required request bodies, accepted content types, and documented error responses in OpenAPI.
  • Added focused regression coverage for every parity issue found during the final review.

Scope audit

The final line-by-line review removed changes that were not required for the controller migration:

  • OpenSpec files and validation hook, audit-output ignore churn, and serialization documentation.
  • The unrelated Exceptionless.Job host refactor and frontend changes.
  • The RFC 6902 JSON Patch migration and its package/client/test/OpenAPI changes; existing Delta<T> serializer behavior is unchanged from main.
  • The redundant test-project package reference and unused build-time OpenAPI dependency.
  • The EventQueueCollection workaround; the formerly serialized test set passes in parallel.
  • Duplicate response wrappers, pagination link builders, reflection-based result extraction, and unused aliases introduced during the migration.

The authorship audit retained Eric's specialized event/stack query validators, event version mapping, promoted-tab normalization, generated mediator configuration, Job Exceptionless sink registration, and the three-minute shared Elasticsearch startup timeout. The bodyless generate-sample-events POST remains explicit because Foundatio.Mediator 1.3.1 binds generated POST messages from the body, while this existing API accepts query parameters.

Verification

  • Solution build: 0 warnings, 0 errors.
  • Full backend suite: 2,346 passed, 0 failed, 2 intentional performance-test skips.
  • Focused mapper/validation/controller-removal/paging tests: 33 passed.
  • Focused Admin/Auth/Token/User/Stripe/SavedView/WebHook and location tests: 204 passed.
  • Focused Organization/Project/Event/Stack tests: 10 passed.
  • OpenAPI and endpoint snapshot tests: passed, including a normal non-update full-suite run.
  • Test names and Arrange/Act/Assert comments checked for every test added by this PR; existing unrelated test-style debt was not rewritten.
  • git diff --check and JSON snapshot parsing: passed.

Breaking changes

None found. The final branch retains the existing Delta<T> PATCH contract and application serialization architecture. Eric's mediator result mapping remains the intentional response-error standardization in this migration.

niemyjski and others added 18 commits May 26, 2026 17:15
Planning artifacts for migrating Exceptionless.Web controllers to
Minimal APIs with Foundatio.Mediator dispatch, preserving all existing
API behavior.

Change deliverables:
- proposal.md: justification, classification, rollback plan
- design.md: architecture, endpoint/mediator/handler patterns
- tasks.md: 19 ordered migration tasks with verification steps
- acceptance.md: SHALL/SHALL NOT acceptance criteria
- risks.md: 9 risks with mitigation strategies

New specs (testable SHALL statements):
- api-architecture: endpoint registration, mediator dispatch, DI
- api-contract: route/response/header preservation
- api-validation: DataAnnotation + MiniValidation
- api-problem-details: error response shape
- api-middleware: throttling, overage, filters, pipeline ordering
- api-openapi: runtime/build-time generation, snapshot tests
- api-patching: Delta<T> preservation, no JSON Patch

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- Merge all service registrations and middleware pipeline into single Program.cs
- Use WebApplication.CreateBuilder() minimal hosting pattern
- Add Foundatio.Mediator 1.2.1 package reference
- Add Microsoft.Extensions.ApiDescription.Server for build-time OpenAPI
- Add stub MapApiEndpoints() extension for future endpoint registrations
- Update AppWebHostFactory to use WebApplicationFactory<Program>
- Remove Startup.cs

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- ApiEndpointGroups: shared route group builder with auth policy
- ApiResults: OkWithLinks, OkWithResourceLinks, Permission, WorkInProgress helpers
- Pagination: limit/page/skip helpers extracted from base controller
- TimeRangeParser: time range parsing extracted from base controller
- CurrentUserAccessor: HttpContext user helpers
- ConfigurationResponseEndpointFilter: config version header filter
- ApiResponseHeadersEndpointFilter: common response headers
- ApiValidation: MiniValidation wrapper for endpoint validation

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- Create Messages/StatusMessages.cs with command/query records
- Create Handlers/StatusHandler.cs and UtilityHandler.cs with mediator handlers
- Create Endpoints/StatusEndpoints.cs and UtilityEndpoints.cs
- Remove StatusController.cs and UtilityController.cs
- Wire up MapApiEndpoints() in ApiEndpoints.cs

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- TokenEndpoints: full CRUD with org/project scoped routes
- WebHookEndpoints: CRUD plus Zapier subscribe/unsubscribe/test
- StripeEndpoints: webhook receiver with signature validation
- All use Foundatio.Mediator handler pattern
- Remove TokenController, WebHookController, StripeController

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
…ts with Foundatio.Mediator

Replace MVC controllers with the same Minimal API + Mediator pattern
used by Token, WebHook, and Status endpoints. Each controller is split
into Messages (records), Handler (business logic), and Endpoints
(HTTP routing via IMediator).

Preserves all routes, route constraints (:objectid, :token, :minlength),
auth policies (User, GlobalAdmin), named routes (GetSavedViewById,
GetUserById), and behavior including predefined saved view management,
email verification, admin role management, and rate-limited email updates.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- ProjectEndpoints: full CRUD, config, notifications, integrations, Slack
- OrganizationEndpoints: full CRUD, invoices, plans, suspend
- Preserve all routes, auth policies, route names
- Remove ProjectController.cs and OrganizationController.cs

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- AuthEndpoints: login, signup, OAuth, forgot-password, change-password
- Preserve AllowAnonymous on public auth routes
- Port complete OAuth flow (Google, Facebook, GitHub, Microsoft)
- Remove AuthController.cs

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Replace MVC controllers with Foundatio.Mediator-based Minimal API
endpoints following the established pattern (Messages/Handlers/Endpoints).
All routes, authorization policies, and route names are preserved.

- AdminController → AdminMessages + AdminHandler + AdminEndpoints
- StackController → StackMessages + StackHandler + StackEndpoints
- EventController → EventMessages + EventHandler + EventEndpoints
- Update ApiEndpoints.cs to register new endpoint groups
- Fix ControllerManifestTests assembly reference (no controllers remain)
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- Remove AddControllers() and MapControllers() from Program.cs
- Remove AddAutoValidation() (MVC-specific filter)
- Remove ExceptionlessApiController, ReadOnlyRepositoryApiController, RepositoryApiController base classes
- Keep shared types (PermissionResult, TimeInfo, WorkInProgressResult, ModelActionResults)
- Update ControllerManifestTests to verify no MVC controllers remain
- Full solution builds with 0 errors

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- EndpointManifestTests: verifies all endpoint classes are registered
- OpenApiSnapshotTests: lightweight test app for OpenAPI document verification
- MinimalApiTestApp: shared test host without Elasticsearch dependency
- SnapshotTestHelper: shared snapshot comparison utility
- Remove old OpenApiControllerTests (replaced by snapshot approach)
- Generate initial endpoint-manifest.json and openapi.json baselines

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
…ebhook subscribe route, user-agent

- Restore :token/:tokens route constraints on token endpoints
- Add canonical api/v2/webhooks/subscribe route (was only versioned)
- Create AutoValidationEndpointFilter for Minimal API auto-validation
- Register auto-validation filter on all endpoint groups
- Remove dead ApiEndpointGroups.cs
- Fix UserAgent header regression: prefer X-Exceptionless-Client over User-Agent
- Fix Stripe trailing slash: map POST directly without empty-string sub-route
- Delete obsolete controller-manifest.json test fixture

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Routes now match pre-migration manifest (184 endpoints, all constraints preserved).
Only remaining diff: versioned subscribe route template lacks =2 default
(Minimal API limitation; covered by canonical api/v2/webhooks/subscribe route).

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Replace Host.CreateDefaultBuilder()/ConfigureWebHostDefaults() with
WebApplication.CreateBuilder() for consistency with the web project.
Preserves all behavior: health checks, Serilog, APM, job registration.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Port all XML doc summaries, parameter descriptions, and response
descriptions from the old MVC controllers to Minimal API endpoints
using .WithSummary() and .WithMetadata(EndpointDocumentation) with a
custom IOpenApiOperationTransformer.

Results vs old spec (128/348/244 target):
- Summaries: 128/128 (100%)
- Parameter descriptions: 298/348 (86% - gap is from params not in
  lambda signatures like headers and manual query params)
- Response descriptions: 266 total responses documented (exceeds 244)

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Extend EndpointDocumentationOperationTransformer to support injecting
additional parameters (e.g. User-Agent header, query string arrays).

Add Produces<T>() and ProducesProblem() declarations across all endpoint
files to document response types and error codes. This brings coverage to:
- Summaries: 128 (unchanged)
- Parameters: 409 (was 287, added 122)
- Response codes: 353 (was 231, added 122)
- Schemas: 49 (was 43, added 6)

Update snapshot test assertion from 200 to 202 for user-description
endpoint to match its actual Accepted semantics.
Change endpoint group tags from plural to singular to match the old MVC
controller-derived tags (Event, Organization, Project, Stack, User, etc.).
Add explicit WithTags to Token, WebHook groups and all v1 endpoints that
previously inherited tags from their controller class.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Comment thread src/Exceptionless.Job/Program.cs Fixed
Comment thread src/Exceptionless.Web/Api/Endpoints/StripeEndpoints.cs Fixed
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Comment thread src/Exceptionless.Web/Api/Handlers/StackHandler.cs Fixed
Comment thread src/Exceptionless.Web/Program.cs Fixed
Comment thread src/Exceptionless.Web/Api/Filters/AutoValidationEndpointFilter.cs Fixed
Comment thread src/Exceptionless.Web/Api/Handlers/EventHandler.cs Fixed
Comment thread src/Exceptionless.Web/Api/Handlers/StackHandler.cs Fixed
Comment thread src/Exceptionless.Web/Api/Handlers/WebHookHandler.cs Fixed
- Disable ValidateOnBuild in WebApplication.CreateBuilder since the
  service graph uses lambda factories (queues, caching, Elasticsearch)
  that resolve dependencies at runtime via IServiceProvider. The old
  Generic Host path did not enable this validation.
- Add using/dispose to StreamReader in StripeEndpoints
- Add using/dispose to MemoryStream in EventHandler
- Add using/dispose to ScopedCacheClient in EventHandler and StackHandler
- Refactor AutoValidationEndpointFilter to use Where() filtering
- Refactor DeleteEvents/DeleteStacks to use LINQ Where() instead of
  mutating a list inside a foreach loop

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Comment thread src/Exceptionless.Web/Program.cs Fixed
Comment thread src/Exceptionless.Web/Api/Handlers/AuthHandler.cs Fixed
Comment thread src/Exceptionless.Web/Api/Filters/AutoValidationEndpointFilter.cs Fixed
Comment thread src/Exceptionless.Web/Api/Handlers/UserHandler.cs Fixed
Comment thread src/Exceptionless.Web/Program.cs Fixed
Comment thread src/Exceptionless.Web/Api/Handlers/EventHandler.cs Fixed
Comment thread src/Exceptionless.Web/Api/Handlers/AuthHandler.cs Fixed
Comment thread src/Exceptionless.Web/Api/Handlers/AdminHandler.cs Fixed
The ValidateOnBuild=false in Program.cs via builder.Host.UseDefaultServiceProvider()
does not take effect in the minimal hosting model when used with WebApplicationFactory.
The ConfigureHostBuilder stores but may not replay service provider options.

Fix: Add builder.UseDefaultServiceProvider() in AppWebHostFactory.ConfigureWebHost
where the IWebHostBuilder properly replaces the service provider factory.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
@niemyjski niemyjski force-pushed the niemyjski/minimal-api-mediator-openapi-migration branch from ecc217a to 30aed31 Compare May 27, 2026 04:26
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Comment thread src/Exceptionless.Web/Program.cs Fixed
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Fixed the partial-update compatibility issue in 113c44b.

What changed:

  • Update endpoints now accept both RFC 6902 JSON Patch arrays and legacy object-shaped partial bodies before dispatching the same mediator update messages.
  • Kept OpenAPI request-body metadata as JSON Patch and restored explicit endpoint display names so endpoint/OpenAPI snapshots stay stable.
  • Reused the same shared parser for projects, tokens, users, organizations, and saved views.

Verification:

  • dotnet build tests\Exceptionless.Tests\Exceptionless.Tests.csproj --configuration Release --no-restore --verbosity minimal /m:1
  • dotnet test tests\Exceptionless.Tests\Exceptionless.Tests.csproj --configuration Release --no-build -- --filter-class Exceptionless.Tests.Controllers.TokenControllerTests --filter-class Exceptionless.Tests.Controllers.UserControllerTests --filter-class Exceptionless.Tests.Controllers.OrganizationControllerTests --filter-class Exceptionless.Tests.Controllers.SavedViewControllerTests
  • dotnet test tests\Exceptionless.Tests\Exceptionless.Tests.csproj --configuration Release --no-build -- --filter-class Exceptionless.Tests.Controllers.OpenApiSnapshotTests --filter-class Exceptionless.Tests.Controllers.EndpointManifestTests --filter-class Exceptionless.Tests.Controllers.ControllerManifestTests

Note: the snapshot run on Windows required temporary local LF normalization of AuthEndpoints.cs because raw string descriptions emit CRLF from a CRLF checkout; that file was restored and is not part of the commit.

Comment thread src/Exceptionless.Web/Api/Handlers/WebHookHandler.cs Fixed
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Code Coverage

Package Line Rate Branch Rate Complexity Health
Exceptionless.AppHost 39% 41% 136
Exceptionless.Core 72% 64% 8644
Exceptionless.Insulation 23% 23% 205
Exceptionless.Web 83% 66% 6690
Summary 75% (20892 / 27790) 64% (9472 / 14786) 15675

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