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Validation Report — spring-configuration (Java Spring Boot integration)

Branch: draft/0016-spring-configuration (changes uncommitted; validated against the working tree vs. main)
Files in scope:

• references/java/integrations/spring-boot.md (substantive rewrite)
• references/integrations.md (single catalog row updated)

Docs source of truth: ../documentation/docs/develop/java/integrations/spring-boot.mdx (243 lines), with one cross-reference into spring-ai.mdx:68.

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Go / no-go

Check	Threshold	Result	Verdict
1. Citation audit	≥ 98% resolve	30 / 31 = 96.8%	FAIL (one over-extended claim)
2. Reverse-grep audit	0 unexplained misses	0 (one self-flagged VERIFY tag excluded; one acceptable inference)	PASS
3. Regression patterns	0 hits	0 universal, 0 topic-specific	PASS
4. Re-verification sample	≥ 95% match	9 / 10 = 90%	FAIL (same finding as Check 1)
5. Integration layout	all 6 sub-checks pass	5 PASS, 1 finding (overlong catalog row)	MINOR finding
6. Tone & scope	0 MAJOR	0 MAJOR, several MINOR	PASS (with cleanup items)
7. Cross-language structure	n/a	skipped — Java-only integration	n/a

Overall verdict per template rubric: RE-RUN AUTHORING.

The two threshold misses (Checks 1 and 4) trace to a single four-word over-extension on one bullet at spring-boot.md:209. Practically this is a one-line spot fix that would clear both thresholds. If the project applies a targeted re-author against just the auto-discovery bullet (plus the MINOR cleanup items below), all checks pass cleanly. Either route is defensible — the strict template rubric calls for RE-RUN AUTHORING; the substantive picture is closer to MINOR FIXES.

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Check 1 findings

Total citation comments scanned: 31.

Finding 1.1 — spring-boot.md:209 overstates the docs

Authored: "Workers themselves — if a Task Queue or Worker name is referenced by one of the annotations but not explicitly configured, a Worker is created with default options" <!-- docs/develop/java/integrations/spring-boot.mdx:149 -->

spring-boot.mdx:149 says only "Workers if a Task Queue is referenced by the annotations but not explicitly configured. Default configuration will be used." The docs do not say Worker name is also a trigger. Either (a) drop "or Worker name" from the bullet, or (b) cite a different docs line that supports it. This is the single Check 1 failure and it also surfaces in Check 4.

All other 30 citations resolve cleanly. Non-citation hyperlinks at spring-boot.md:289 (Plugin guide) and spring-boot.md:343 (testing-suite) are both full https://docs.temporal.io/... URLs — no root-relative findings.

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Check 2 findings

Result: no fabricated tokens.

Notes (informational, not findings):

• spring-boot.md:25 — "The starter transitively includes temporal-sdk and the autoconfigure module." Neither temporal-sdk (in this transitive-dep context) nor "autoconfigure module" is stated in spring-boot.mdx. This is a reasonable inference about how the Maven starter is packaged, not a fabrication, but it is unsourced. Acceptable as background prose.
• spring-boot.md:275, 279 — org.springframework.core.annotation.Order FQCN expands what spring-boot.mdx:172 calls just @Order. Standard Spring API; not a fabrication risk.
• spring-boot.md:355 — mainDataConverter / "Multiple DataConverter beans cause ambiguity" is self-flagged with <!-- VERIFY: not stated in spring-boot.mdx... -->. The VERIFY tag is accurate; per Check 2 rules this is excluded from findings here but Check 6 flags it as speculative-common-mistake content (see below).

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Check 3 findings

Result: zero hits.

• Universal: no --profile, no TEMPORAL_TLS_CLIENT_* env vars, no tcld service-account, no --output text/jsonl, no port-7233 cloud endpoint, no saas-api.tmprl.cloud:7233.
• Topic-specific: no @WorkflowImpl(taskQueues = ...) / @ActivityImpl(taskQueues = ...) (all four occurrences correctly use workers = "..."); no camelCase workersAutoDiscovery.packages (all uses are kebab-case workers-auto-discovery); no spring.temporal.start-workers; no open Maven/Gradle version ranges ([1.0,), 1.+) — both pom.xml and build.gradle examples pin 1.31.0.

The branch successfully removes the previous-pass regressions (taskQueues = ..., camelCase workersAutoDiscovery, start-workers, open versions).

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Check 4 findings

Sampled citations (10 of 31, seeded spread + mandatory version claim):
indices 1, 2, 7, 13, 18, 22, 26, 27, 31, 38.

#	Authored line	Doc line	Match?
1	5 — io.temporal:temporal-spring-boot-starter is the starter artifact	30	✓
2	7 — supports Spring Boot 2.x, 3.x, 4.x (prereq/version claim)	34	✓
7	48-55 — Cloud API-key YAML keys	94-102	✓
13	140 — ActivityImpl must be a Spring bean; @Component documented	151-153	✓
18	187 — name defaults to Task Queue when omitted	126	✓
22	204 — auto-discovery scope (four bullets)	144-149	✓
26	209 — "Task Queue or Worker name" triggers Worker auto-creation	149	✗
27	211 — auto-discovered items registered with configured Workers	166-168	✓
31	293 — TemporalOptionsCustomizer<OptionsBuilderType> runs after properties applied	192	✓
38	314 — test-server YAML enables in-memory TestWorkflowEnvironment	211-215	✓

Match rate: 9 / 10 = 90%. Below the 95% threshold by one finding, which is the same one as Check 1.1. Single-instance over-extension, not a systemic interpretation drift.

The version/prerequisite claim (#2) passes: Spring Boot 2.x / 3.x / 4.x is supported by spring-boot.mdx:34 verbatim. No SDK-version-floor claim in the authored file beyond the pinned 1.31.0 Maven coordinate (which docs:43,50 confirm).

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Check 5 findings (integration topic)

Sub-check	Result
1. File at references/java/integrations/spring-boot.md	PASS
2. Exactly one catalog row updated in references/integrations.md	PASS
3. Catalog description stays a terse TL;DR clause	FINDING
4. No SKILL.md edit (git diff main -- SKILL.md empty)	PASS
5. No per-integration bullet in references/java/java.md	PASS
6. Inline cross-link cap (no multi-line blurbs in topical files)	PASS

Finding 5.3 — catalog row description is too long for a TL;DR column

references/integrations.md:16 now reads:

"Auto-configuration of WorkflowClient, Worker factories, Workflow / Activity / Nexus Service bean auto-discovery, explicit workers: configuration (task-queue, workflow-classes, activity-beans), interceptor ordering via Spring @Order, options customization, testing"

Six distinct concept areas with a nested parenthetical listing YAML keys. Peer rows (LangSmith, LangGraph, etc.) keep to a single clause. Recommend a one-clause rewrite, e.g.:

"Auto-configures WorkflowClient, worker factories, and workflow/activity/Nexus bean discovery; explicit workers: config, options customization, and testing support"

This is a layout-only finding — MINOR fix.

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Check 6 findings (tone and scope)

MAJOR (workaround disclosure): none. No "don't do X, but if you really need to…" bullets. The Gotchas section ends each negative bullet at the supported alternative or at a hard constraint.

MINOR findings

1. Pattern 8 — speculative "common mistake" with no docs grounding. spring-boot.md:355. The mainDataConverter "Multiple DataConverter beans cause ambiguity" bullet is self-flagged with <!-- VERIFY: not stated in spring-boot.mdx... -->. The VERIFY tag is the author's own admission that this is convention-based, not documented. Remove the bullet, or replace with a documented gotcha. Shipping a VERIFY tag in a released reference file is a finding by itself.
2. Pattern 4 — multi-sentence bullet with rationale that doesn't change codegen. spring-boot.md:347 ("Workflow impls must not have @Component"). The middle two sentences explain why; the final sentence restates the constraint. The agent only needs the first sentence (or first + last). Trim to one statement.
3. Pattern 4 — multi-sentence bullet with non-codegen advice. spring-boot.md:351 ("@WorkflowImpl / @ActivityImpl without workers-auto-discovery.packages is silently ignored"). The trailing "Verify in the Temporal UI…" sentence is human-debugger advice, not codegen guidance.
4. Pattern 9 — hard constraint repeated outside its canonical section. spring-boot.md:213 ("ActivityImpl and NexusServiceImpl only work when the implementation is a Spring bean") restates what spring-boot.md:140 already authoritatively stated. Drop the duplicate.
5. Pattern 2 — meta-narrative about what doesn't exist. spring-boot.md:289 ("These three interceptor interfaces are the only ordering hook the integration documents — there is no Temporal-specific ordering API"). The second clause is meta-narrative; the agent doesn't need to know what's absent, only what to use. Trim to: "These three interceptor interfaces are the only ordering hook the integration documents."

Acceptable patterns observed (NOT findings):

• Line 5's "This eliminates the manual WorkflowServiceStubs → WorkflowClient → WorkerFactory setup" — frames the integration's value succinctly; borderline but acceptable as Overview prose.
• Line 207-208's "Spring context" references are unambiguous (the Spring ApplicationContext, not an overloaded SDK handle).
• The Interceptors external link to plugins-guide is not a duplicate — there is no local references/core/plugins*.md.

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Check 7

Skipped — Spring Boot integration is Java-only, not a cross-SDK feature.

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Statistics

• Inline citation comments: 31
• Citations resolving cleanly: 30 (96.8%)
• Reverse-grep tokens fabricated: 0 (one self-flagged VERIFY token; one acceptable transitive-dep inference)
• Regression-pattern hits: 0 (universal and topic-specific)
• Check 4 sample size: 10
• Check 4 match rate: 9 / 10 (90%)
• Check 5 sub-checks: 5 / 6 pass
• Check 6 MAJOR findings: 0; MINOR findings: 5

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Recommended fixes (substantive picture)

If the project prefers to spot-fix rather than re-run authoring, the following edits clear every open finding:

1. references/java/integrations/spring-boot.md:209 — delete or Worker name, leaving if a Task Queue is referenced by one of the annotations but not explicitly configured…. Clears Check 1.1 and Check 4 (raises Check 1 to 100%, Check 4 to 100%).
2. references/java/integrations/spring-boot.md:355 — remove the mainDataConverter bullet (including the VERIFY tag) or replace with a documented gotcha. Clears Check 6 finding 1.
3. references/integrations.md:16 — shrink the Spring Boot catalog description to a single TL;DR clause. Clears Check 5.3.
4. (Optional polish) spring-boot.md:213, 289, 347, 351 — trim multi-sentence bullets per Check 6 findings 2-5.

End of report.