chore(test): cover unread large constraint-backing index in pgTAP and _STATIC_CHECKS

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Pull Request Summary

Adds pgTAP and _STATIC_CHECKS coverage plus a docs entry for the Unread Large Constraint-Backing Index check introduced by PR #44. Also recategorizes a few _NEVER_SEEDED entries that no longer match the SQL surface.

Type of Change

• New health check
• Bug fix
• Performance improvement
• Documentation update
• Refactoring/code cleanup
• Breaking change

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Related Issues

• Related to fix(trigger): exclude constraint indexes from critical severity #44
• Related to fix(ci): secure fork pr ci #46

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Testing

PostgreSQL Version Compatibility

Has this code been tested against the following PostgreSQL versions?

• PostgreSQL 15
• PostgreSQL 16
• PostgreSQL 17
• PostgreSQL 18

Testing notes: No SQL changed. The pgTAP and _STATIC_CHECKS changes are file-only contract assertions that do not need a live database.

Managed Database Platforms

Has this code been deployed and tested on the following platforms?

• Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL
• Google Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL (currently unable to test)
• Azure Database for PostgreSQL (currently unable to test)
• Neon
• Supabase
• Self-managed PostgreSQL

Platform-specific notes: Not applicable. No database platform touches this change.

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Additional Notes

• Follow-up to PR fix(trigger): exclude constraint indexes from critical severity #44. The fork PR could only carry the SQL change; the test and docs updates land here on the same-repo side.
• Bot feedback on this PR resolved:
  • Autovacuum Disabled On Table moved to _STATIC_CHECKS because 01_seed_static_checks.sql creates no_stats_table with autovacuum_enabled = false.
  • README entry clarified: the SQL fires on any indisunique or indisexclusion index; drop the index directly when standalone, or drop the underlying constraint when constraint-backed.
  • pgTAP count(*) >= 0 left as-is to match the existing file-wide pattern.
• 13 focused tests pass; git diff --check clean; commits signed with SSH SHA256:A9FBSJtsooZg53YZZ5MXSWwDrUEvo5Q2H3NULPPP7c8.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change documents the MEDIUM priority Unread Large Constraint-Backing Index check. It adds pgTAP assertions for pg_firstAid() and v_pgfirstaid, updates the test plan, and adjusts seed validation sets for the new and never-seeded checks.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 39894

This change documents and adds validation coverage for the unread constraint-backing index check, but the documented remediation is not executable as written and the new tests can pass without the check producing a result. These are bounded correctness and maintainability issues that should be corrected before relying on the new guidance and coverage.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: adding pgTAP and _STATIC_CHECKS coverage for the Unread Large Constraint-Backing Index check.
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PR Summary by Qodo

Cover unread constraint indexes in pgTAP and validation metadata

🧪 Tests 📝 Documentation 🕐 10-20 Minutes

AI Description

• Adds pgTAP coverage for unread large constraint-backing indexes across both SQL interfaces.
• Synchronizes seeded and intentionally unseeded check classifications with the current SQL catalog.
• Documents the check’s threshold, conditions, and safe remediation guidance.

Diagram

graph TD
  SQL["Health Check SQL"] --> FUNC["Function Results"] --> PGTAP["Medium pgTAP"]
  SQL --> VIEW["View Results"] --> PGTAP
  SQL --> GROUPS["Expected Groups"] --> CONTRACT["Coverage Contract"]
  SQL --> DOCS["Health Check Docs"]

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High-Level Assessment

The explicit synchronization approach is appropriate because pgTAP coverage and seed classifications encode intentional behavior. Automatically deriving these groups from SQL was considered but dismissed because SQL definitions cannot indicate whether a check is always fired, statically seeded, conditionally seeded, or intentionally unseeded.

Files changed (3) +22 / -1

Tests (1) +10 / -1

04_medium_tests.sqlExercise the new check through function and view interfaces +10/-1

Exercise the new check through function and view interfaces

• Raises the pgTAP plan from 18 to 20 and adds assertions for the check in cached pg_firstAid() and v_pgfirstaid results.

testing/pgTAP/04_medium_tests.sql

Documentation (1) +1 / -0

README.mdDocument the unread constraint-backing index check +1/-0

Document the unread constraint-backing index check

• Adds the medium-priority check with its 100 MB threshold, zero-scan condition, write-cost implications, and constraint-review guidance.

docs/health-checks/README.md

Other (1) +11 / -0

seed_and_validate.pySynchronize health-check validation classifications +11/-0

Synchronize health-check validation classifications

• Classifies the new check as statically seeded and adds ten catalog- or fixture-driven checks to the intentionally unseeded set. This restores equality between validation expectations and the SQL-defined check catalog.

testing/seed_and_validate.py

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🐞 Bugs (1) 📘 Rule violations (0) 📎 Requirement gaps (0) 🎨 UX issues (0) 🔗 Cross-repo conflicts (0) 📜 Skill insights (0)

1. New coverage passes when no row exists 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness

Description

count(*) >= 0 in both new ok() calls is true for an empty filtered result, so neither assertion
requires the named check to appear. If either function or view branch is removed or its predicate
stops matching, the cached query still succeeds and both regressions remain green.

Code

testing/pgTAP/04_medium_tests.sql[R89-90]

+    (SELECT count(*) >= 0 FROM _pgfa_func_results WHERE check_name = 'Unread Large Constraint-Backing Index'),
+    'Function executes Unread Large Constraint-Backing Index check'

Evidence

The function and view are evaluated only once into temporary tables, while each added assertion
accepts every possible count, including zero. The production branches emit the check only for
zero-scan unique or exclusion indexes over 100 MB, so the assertions do not exercise or require
those branches to produce a result.

testing/pgTAP/04_medium_tests.sql[3-4]
testing/pgTAP/04_medium_tests.sql[88-95]
pgFirstAid.sql[418-434]
view_pgFirstAid.sql[405-421]

Agent prompt

The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
The new pgTAP assertions always pass because a row count can never be less than zero, even when the health check emits no rows.
## Fix Focus Areas
- testing/pgTAP/04_medium_tests.sql[1-4]
- testing/pgTAP/04_medium_tests.sql[88-95]
## Recommended Fix
Create an isolated qualifying large constraint-backed index before caching the function and view results, then replace both nonnegative-count assertions with `EXISTS` assertions that verify the expected check name and object. Keep the setup inside the existing transaction so rollback removes the fixture.

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2. Autovacuum regressions are skipped ✓ Resolved 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness

Description

Autovacuum Disabled On Table is added to _NEVER_SEEDED, and validation converts that group
directly into skipped instead of expected. The static seed creates two non-system tables with
autovacuum_enabled=false, matching the production predicate, so a regression in this seeded check
no longer fails complete-seed validation.

Code

testing/seed_and_validate.py[742]

+        "Autovacuum Disabled On Table",

Evidence

The complete validation run executes the static seed, requires names in _STATIC_CHECKS, and skips
names in _NEVER_SEEDED. That seed creates two tables with the exact reloption selected by the
health-check SQL, proving this check is deterministic fixture output rather than never seeded.

testing/seed_and_validate.py[835-837]
testing/seed_and_validate.py[963-970]
testing/healthcheck_seed/01_seed_static_checks.sql[66-72]
testing/healthcheck_seed/01_seed_static_checks.sql[106-114]
pgFirstAid.sql[711-731]

Agent prompt

The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
The autovacuum-disabled check is classified as never seeded even though the static fixture deliberately creates matching tables, preventing validation from requiring its result.
## Fix Focus Areas
- testing/seed_and_validate.py[676-696]
- testing/seed_and_validate.py[735-752]
## Recommended Fix
Remove `Autovacuum Disabled On Table` from `_NEVER_SEEDED` and add it to `_STATIC_CHECKS`. Add or update the classification test to verify that checks deliberately produced by the static fixture cannot be placed in the skipped group.

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3. Standalone indexes get wrong guidance ✓ Resolved 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness

Description

The README calls every result a constraint-backing index, but the SQL selects on `indisunique OR
indisexclusion without joining pg_constraint`. A large standalone unique index can therefore
appear even though there is no underlying constraint to review or drop, making the new
recommendation inapplicable.

Code

docs/health-checks/README.md[51]

+- **Unread Large Constraint-Backing Index** - Large unique or exclusion constraint indexes (>100MB, 0 scans) that are still enforced on every write but never used for reads. Review whether the underlying unique, primary-key, or exclusion constraint is still required before dropping the index.

Evidence

The documented statement is broader than the implementation guarantees: the SQL checks uniqueness or
exclusion status but contains no constraint-catalog join or equivalent condition. Its generated
recommendation likewise assumes an underlying constraint, confirming that standalone unique indexes
are not distinguished.

docs/health-checks/README.md[48-51]
pgFirstAid.sql[418-434]
view_pgFirstAid.sql[405-421]

Agent prompt

The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
The new documentation says every reported index backs a constraint, while the implemented predicate also accepts unique indexes without checking for an associated constraint.
## Fix Focus Areas
- docs/health-checks/README.md[51-51]
## Recommended Fix
Describe the check as covering large unread unique or exclusion indexes. Tell users to determine whether the index backs a constraint before acting, then distinguish dropping an unnecessary standalone index from dropping an unnecessary attached constraint.

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Inline comments:
In `@docs/health-checks/README.md`:
- Line 51: Update the “Unread Large Constraint-Backing Index” guidance to tell
users to drop the unnecessary unique, primary-key, or exclusion constraint
rather than its backing index, since the constraint owns that index and prevents
DROP INDEX.

In `@testing/pgTAP/04_medium_tests.sql`:
- Around line 89-94: Update the “Unread Large Constraint-Backing Index”
assertions to seed a qualifying zero-scan index, then require count(*) > 0 in
both _pgfa_func_results and _pgfa_view_results checks. Replace the always-true
>= 0 predicates while preserving the existing pg_firstAid() and v_pgfirstaid
execution coverage.

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