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Summary

• Problem: cgr check --fail-on-found, and the MCP write delta, failed behaviour-preserving refactors that remove a function's own inner closure or nested helper:

  • a JS reduce callback replaced by a loop;
  • a named function expression swapped for an arrow;
  • a nested Python def inlined;
  • a Rust closure replaced by a loop.

  The inner function went to symbols.removed, and the enclosing function was reported as a dangling caller of it, although the same edit removed the call. Exit 1.

  • Cause: _dangling read every site from the base graph. It spared a re-parsed caller only when the caller re-bound to a renamed symbol or was itself gone. A caller that still exists and no longer makes the call matched neither.

• Fix:

  • A caller the edit touched (it is in the after-snapshot) is now judged by its new body. If the body, read from its new span, no longer names the removed symbol as a whole identifier, the call went with it and the caller is not listed.
  • An anonymous callee (total.anonymous_0_45, a Rust closure) is never named, so it went with the expression that held it.
  • This covers both of the issue's suggestions:
    • nested callees;
    • Rust closures named at module level;
    • and, more generally, a top-level helper removed together with its only call in the same file.
  • Still reported:
    • a body that still names the symbol (a nested def deleted while its call stays, which raises NameError);
    • a caller the edit did not touch;
    • a body that cannot be read.
  • symbols.removed still lists the inner function, as information.
  • Docs: a paragraph in structural-delta.md.

Demo

The GIF plays the issue's cl repro against Memgraph. The graph is reset and re-indexed between steps.

1. JS: reduce callback replaced by a loop.
   • main: dangling: tot.js.total -> tot.js.total.anonymous_0_45, exit 1.
   • This branch: dangling: [], exit 0. The callback is still in removed.
2. Python: nested double inlined. The program still prints [2, 4].
   • main: tot.py.nested -> tot.py.nested.double, exit 1.
   • This branch: exit 0.
3. Negative: def double deleted while [double(x) for x in xs] stays. Python raises NameError.
   • Both main and this branch report nested -> double, exit 1.

The new tests pass. They also cover the named-function-to-arrow and Rust closure cases.

Type of Change

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• Documentation update
• Refactoring (no functional changes)
• Performance improvement

Related Issues

Fixes #3246

Test Plan

• All existing unit tests pass (make test): related suites run, full suite see below
• New tests added for new functionality
• Integration tests pass (if applicable)
• Manual testing performed

Red/green TDD in codebase_rag/tests/test_check_dropped_inner_calls.py (9 tests). They run through observe with the stateful graph double and through run_check against a git base.

Red on main (aae56be): 6 failed, 3 passed. The 6 failures:

• test_a_dropped_inner_function_leaves_no_dangling_caller, all four refactors:
  • js-callback-to-loop;
  • js-named-function-to-arrow;
  • python-nested-def-inlined;
  • rust-closure-to-loop;
• test_a_helper_removed_with_its_only_call_is_not_dangling;
• test_cgr_check_passes_a_callback_replaced_by_a_loop.

The 3 that pass on main are the negatives.

Green on this branch: 9 passed.

Negatives:

• A nested def removed while its call stays is still dangling, and the test runs Python to show the NameError.
• The edited caller that still calls a removed helper is still dangling.
• A caller in a file the edit didn't touch is still dangling.
• The inlined case also guards the match:
  • its new body holds doubled, the name only as part of another identifier;
  • a sibling function in the same file uses double, outside the caller's span.

Mutation checks, 4 caught:

• the check dropped;
• a substring match instead of a whole identifier;
• the name never found;
• the whole file read instead of the caller's body.

A redundant "caller in an edited file" guard was removed after its mutation survived: a caller the edit didn't touch isn't in the after-snapshot to read.

Also:

• Wider runs: every test matching delta, check, contract, rename, move, mcp, dangling, stale or edit: 2,130 passed. The 13 failures are all in main's known set.
• ruff check, ruff format and ty are clean.
• Merges with the open cgr check PRs:
  • Merges cleanly with fix(check): report decorator and modifier changes that change how a method is called #3311 ([Bug]: cgr check ignores decorator/modifier changes that break every caller (Python @property / @staticmethod added or removed, TS get/static, Java static, public -> private): symbols.changed: [], no findings, --fail-on-found exits 0 though the graph stores decorators/modifiers #3259) and fix(check): report importers of a deleted or moved module #3285 ([Bug]: cgr check never reports importers of a deleted or moved module (Python import pkg.signals, from pkg import util; TS export * from "./util", import * as u): only removed_files is listed, dangling_importers is empty and --fail-on-found exits 0 while Python raises ModuleNotFoundError and tsc TS2307 #3266).
  • It touches the same _dangling lines as fix(check): a caller still reaching a moved symbol through a re-export is not dangling #3312 ([Bug]: cgr check --fail-on-found fails a move-with-re-export (function moved to text.py, from .text import slug kept in util.py): unchanged callers are reported as dangling callers although the code runs, dangling_importers is empty and the graph re-binds them #3248). Whichever lands second takes a mechanical merge of the two independent continue checks and the two _dangling arguments.
  • Full suite with Memgraph (local, -n 4): 109 failed, 17,725 passed, 177 skipped. The 109 failures are the same set main fails in this environment (LLM provider keys, the build-binary check, the unreachable-network tests); none is new.
• Manual: the demo above.

Checklist

• My code follows the Conventional Commits format
• I have run pre-commit hooks locally: ruff, ruff format and ty were run by hand on the changed files
• No hardcoded strings (all in constants or StrEnum)
• No # type: ignore, cast(), Any, or object type hints
• Comments explain why, not what

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  • Clarified how edited callers, aliases, method calls, function values, and unreadable caller code affect dangling-caller findings.

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Dangling-caller detection now checks eligible removed or renamed callees against the caller’s readable, re-parsed source. Tests cover cases where callers no longer name the callee and cases where findings remain. Architecture documentation describes the behavior.

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Re-evaluate dangling callers codebase_rag/structural_delta.py, codebase_rag/tests/test_check_dropped_inner_calls.py, docs/architecture/structural-delta.md	The check inspects source only for same-file function calls whose callee has no other reference site. It skips eligible findings when the re-parsed caller body no longer contains the callee name as a whole identifier. Findings remain when source is unavailable or unreadable, or when calls use forms that do not require naming the callee. Tests cover JavaScript, Python, and Rust cases.

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I checked this against #3246's repro. Both cases now report dangling_callers: [] and exit 0. The named function expression → arrow variant (names → pick) also passes, and so does an edit that removes helper together with its only call (main reported that one as dangling too). The controls still fail as they should: a nested def removed while the call stays, and an untouched caller of a removed function.

One case turns from caught into missed: a caller that reaches the removed function under another name. _still_names searches the caller's new body for callee.name. A call through an import alias never spells that name, so when the same edit touches the caller's file for any other reason, the site is dropped even though the call is still there:

mkdir dflt && cd dflt && git init -q
printf '{"type": "module"}\n' > package.json
printf 'export default function compute(x) {\n  return x + 1;\n}\n' > util.js
printf 'import calc from "./util.js";\n\nexport function run(x) {\n  return calc(x);\n}\n' > app.js
git add -A && git -c user.email=x@x -c user.name=x commit -qm init
cgr -q start --repo-path . --update-graph
# one edit: util.js drops its default export, app.js gains an unrelated function
printf 'export function other(x) {\n  return x;\n}\n' > util.js
printf '\nexport function extra() {\n  return 0;\n}\n' >> app.js
node -e 'import("./app.js").then((m) => m.run(1)).catch((e) => console.log(e.message))'
cgr -q check --fail-on-found | jq -c '{removed: [.symbols.removed[] | split(".") | .[-1]], dangling_callers: [.dangling_callers[] | .caller | split(".") | .[-1]]}'; echo "exit=${PIPESTATUS[0]}"
# The requested module './util.js' does not provide an export named 'default'
# main:    {"removed":["compute"],"dangling_callers":["run"]}  exit=1
# PR 3314: {"removed":["compute"],"dangling_callers":[]}       exit=0

The same edit shape across alias forms (the callee is removed, the caller's file gets an unrelated addition, and the aliased call stays):

caller binds the callee as	runtime	main	this PR
JS import calc from "./util.js" (default)	SyntaxError	run dangling, exit 1	nothing, exit 0
TS import calc from "./util" (default)	tsc TS1192	run dangling, exit 1	nothing, exit 0
Python from util import helper as h	ImportError	run dangling + importer, exit 1	importer only, exit 1
JS import { helper as h }	SyntaxError	run dangling + importer, exit 1	importer only, exit 1
CommonJS const { helper: h } = require("./util")	TypeError on call	run dangling + importer, exit 1	importer only, exit 1
Rust use crate::util::helper as h;	E0432	run dangling + importer, exit 1	importer only, exit 1

For the default imports nothing else catches the break, because dangling_importers doesn't cover a default binding. For the named aliases the importer finding still fails the run, but the report no longer names run as the call site to fix.

Suggestion: in _still_names, also search for every name the caller's file binds to the callee: the bound of each before.bindings entry with importer_path == site.caller_path and symbol == site.callee, plus the default-import binding when the callee was its module's default export. Alternatively, apply the text test only where #3246 needs it: a callee nested under the caller's qualified name, or an anonymous one. Every other removed callee would keep today's rule.

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