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Summary

  • saveEditedTaskInDB updated task fields then called setTagsForTask outside a shared transaction, so a crash between those steps could leave description/project updated with stale tags.
  • Wrap the field update and tag delete/insert in a single transaction, reading the task id via txn (no nested transaction).
  • Add a TaskDatabase test that edits description + tags in one call and asserts both land.

Fixes #643

Test plan

  • flutter test test/api_service_test.dart --name saveEditedTaskInDB
  • Manual: edit an existing task’s description and tags, force-kill mid-save if practical, confirm no split state after restart

Honest gaps

  • Physical / on-device smoke not run (no kit).

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Editing a task now updates its details and tags together, preventing partial or inconsistent changes.
    • Blank tags are excluded when saving edited tasks.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage verifying that task descriptions, projects, priorities, due dates, and tags are updated correctly.

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aryanorastar force-pushed the fix/643-atomic-edit-task branch from 8ba2e8b to 3f3aa63 Compare August 16, 2026 05:58
Wrap saveEditedTaskInDB field update and tag replacement in one
transaction so a crash between them cannot leave stale tags.
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aryanorastar force-pushed the fix/643-atomic-edit-task branch from 3f3aa63 to 7885344 Compare August 16, 2026 05:58
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Walkthrough

saveEditedTaskInDB now updates task fields and replaces tags atomically. Tests use a temporary documents directory and verify all edited task values after reloading the task.

Changes

Task editing consistency

Layer / File(s) Summary
Atomic task and tag save
lib/app/v3/db/task_database.dart
saveEditedTaskInDB performs the task update, task ID lookup, tag deletion, and nonblank tag insertion within one transaction.
Database test coverage
test/api_service_test.dart
The test harness mocks a temporary documents directory and removes it during teardown. A database test verifies edited task fields and tags after reload.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 78853

Task edits are grouped atomically, but clearing all tags can still leave old tags attached, causing stale task metadata; test database cleanup may also fail on Windows. The PR is not merge-ready until the empty-tag replacement path is corrected.

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✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #643 by using one transaction for task fields and tags, the transaction context, and no nested transaction.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The database test setup and atomicity test directly support the linked issue and PR objectives.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the atomic database fix for task edits and tag replacement, which matches the pull request's main change.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the atomic transaction change, identifies issue #643, and documents the focused test and known gap, although it omits some template sections.
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Inline comments:
In `@lib/app/v3/db/task_database.dart`:
- Around line 271-294: Update the tag replacement logic to resolve the task ID
and delete existing Tags for the task regardless of whether newTags is empty;
retain insertion only for nonblank tags in newTags, so an empty list clears all
existing tags.

In `@test/api_service_test.dart`:
- Around line 52-55: Add a tearDown callback within the TaskDatabase test group
that awaits taskDatabase.close() after each test, ensuring the FFI SQLite
connection is closed before tearDownAll deletes docsDir.
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Comment thread lib/app/v3/db/task_database.dart Outdated
Comment thread test/api_service_test.dart
Always replace tags inside the edit transaction (including []), and
close each TaskDatabase in tearDown before temp dir cleanup.
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Addressed both review notes:

  • empty newTags now clears tags (replace semantics; matches the details save path)
  • close each test DB in tearDown before temp docs cleanup

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