Problem / Motivation
DomainConfigOverrideEditable::save() previously wrote $moduleOverrides verbatim. For per-key set() callers (ConfigFormBase) that worked because each set() populated $moduleOverrides. For setData() callers (ConfigEntityStorage::doSave(), drush, custom code) the in-memory data mutation never reached $moduleOverrides and the changes were silently dropped.
Two side effects of the legacy "write moduleOverrides verbatim" path:
- Setting a previously overridden key back to its base value did NOT drop the key from the override row, leaving stale entries that confuse the override → base diff in config sync.
- Base values stored under an older schema (e.g. a key now typed
booleanstored on disk as the string"1") strict-mismatched freshly-cast new values, producing spurious override entries that grew across upgrades.
Proposed resolution
DomainConfigOverrideEditable::save() derives the override row as a sparse diff against base on every save path, with both sides cast through the typed-config schema before the comparison.
$base_databecomes a constructor argument onDomainConfigOverrideEditable. The factory passes the override-free base payload at construction time.- A new
castThroughSchema()helper runs the typed-config schema cast on both$this->dataand$base_databefore the diff, so values are compared like-for-like. DiffArray::diffAssocRecursive($cast_data, $cast_base)is what lands in$moduleOverrideson every save.updateExistingKeysInNestedArray()is no longer used internally and is deprecated. There is no drop-in replacement in core (different shape thanDiffArray::diffAssocRecursive).
The read path is unchanged: loadOverrides() returns the raw stored override; core's Config::setOverriddenData() continues merging via NestedArray::mergeDeepArray.
Known limitation: sequence shrinks
Per-domain overrides on type: sequence configs cannot drop trailing items from base. This matches core's mergeDeepArray semantics across every override mechanism (settings.php, module overrides, …) — it is not a divergence introduced here. Documented in docs/domain_config/index.md with three working alternatives, and pinned by testSequenceShrinkInheritsCoreMergeSemantics so future refactors that try to "fix" this unilaterally fail the test and force the read-side conversation.
Tests
DomainConfigOverrideEditableTest (kernel, 5 tests / 22 assertions):
testSetDataPreservesExistingOverrideAndAddsNewDiff— the BlockListBuilder::submitForm regression scenario.testSetDataDropsKeysThatNoLongerDifferFromBase— the #3547172 contract.testSequenceShrinkInheritsCoreMergeSemantics— pins both storage and runtime read to core's merge semantics.testSetPerKeyFlowProducesSparseOverride— non-regression for ConfigFormBase per-key flow.testSchemaDriftDoesNotProduceSpuriousDiff— empirically verified to fail whencastThroughSchema()is disabled on$base_data.
Documentation
docs/domain_config/index.md gains Override write semantics (the diff-against-base contract) and Known limitation: sequence shrinks (with workarounds).
Deprecations (cleanup in domain:4.0.0)
DomainConfigOverrideEditable::__construct(... ?array $base_data = NULL)— passingNULLtriggersE_USER_DEPRECATED. The default goes away and the parameter becomes required in 4.0.0.DomainConfigOverrideEditable::updateExistingKeysInNestedArray()— removed in 4.0.0.
Out of scope (deferred)
The original scope of this issue (exposing the "Enable domain configuration" toggle on EntityForm-based config-entity edit forms — block, view modes, search pages, …) has been deferred to the domain_config_entity_ui submodule in domain_extras: #3588091. That submodule sits behind explicit per-entity-type opt-in via its own SettingsForm; the present MR ships the write-side correctness groundwork that any future EntityForm flow needs, with no UI changes and no opt-in surface in domain itself.
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mably commentedConfiguration saving is currently not working. Investigating.
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mably commentedLatest state on the MR (!366):
DomainConfigOverrideEditable::setData()diff bridge sosave()preserves the override whenConfigEntityStorage::doSave()is the caller (commita4925f7e, indomain_config). Without this, EntityForm-based saves silently dropped the user's edit.DomainOverrideConfigEntityConverterintercepts admin-route param conversion at higher priority than core'sAdminPathConfigEntityConverterand loads with overrides for configs registered on the active domain.domain_config_ui.settings.enable_config_entity_support, surfaced onSettingsFormwith the same(Experimental)convention used byDomainAccessSettingsForm. Default is OFF; flipping it back returns to the pre-MRConfigFormBase-only behaviour.domain_config_ui_extrasindomain_extras, tracked by #3588091. Co-gated on the same experimental flag.DomainConfigUiEntityFormTestexercises the full EntityForm round-trip (place block, register, edit, save, re-render assertion that the form input shows the override). 3 tests / 61 assertions, green under Docker.ConfigFactoryInterface; converter narrows onConfigEntityTypeInterfaceforgetConfigPrefix()).Live verified on a multi-domain site (block edit form round-trip + list-page coverage with the extras submodule installed).
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