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 boolean stored 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.

  1. $base_data becomes a constructor argument on DomainConfigOverrideEditable. The factory passes the override-free base payload at construction time.
  2. A new castThroughSchema() helper runs the typed-config schema cast on both $this->data and $base_data before the diff, so values are compared like-for-like.
  3. DiffArray::diffAssocRecursive($cast_data, $cast_base) is what lands in $moduleOverrides on every save.
  4. updateExistingKeysInNestedArray() is no longer used internally and is deprecated. There is no drop-in replacement in core (different shape than DiffArray::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 when castThroughSchema() 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) — passing NULL triggers E_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 created an issue. See original summary.

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Title: domain_config_ui: Support per-domain overrides for config-entity edit forms (e.g. block.block.*) » domain_config_ui: Expose the domain configuration toggle on existing config-entity edit forms (e.g. Configure block)
Issue summary: View changes
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Status: Active » Needs review
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Status: Needs review » Needs work

Configuration saving is currently not working. Investigating.

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Status: Needs work » Needs review
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Latest state on the MR (!366):

  • Storage write-sideDomainConfigOverrideEditable::setData() diff bridge so save() preserves the override when ConfigEntityStorage::doSave() is the caller (commit a4925f7e, in domain_config). Without this, EntityForm-based saves silently dropped the user's edit.
  • ParamConverterDomainOverrideConfigEntityConverter intercepts admin-route param conversion at higher priority than core's AdminPathConfigEntityConverter and loads with overrides for configs registered on the active domain.
  • Form alter — the "Enable domain configuration" toggle is now exposed on EntityForm-based edit forms (block, view mode, search page, …) when the entity is not new.
  • Experimental gate — all of the above behaviour is opt-in through a new boolean setting domain_config_ui.settings.enable_config_entity_support, surfaced on SettingsForm with the same (Experimental) convention used by DomainAccessSettingsForm. Default is OFF; flipping it back returns to the pre-MR ConfigFormBase-only behaviour.
  • List-builder side moved — the block administration list fix was relocated to a new submodule domain_config_ui_extras in domain_extras, tracked by #3588091. Co-gated on the same experimental flag.
  • TestsDomainConfigUiEntityFormTest exercises 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.
  • PHPStan clean (constructor-injected ConfigFactoryInterface; converter narrows on ConfigEntityTypeInterface for getConfigPrefix()).

Live verified on a multi-domain site (block edit form round-trip + list-page coverage with the extras submodule installed).

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Title: domain_config_ui: Expose the domain configuration toggle on existing config-entity edit forms (e.g. Configure block) » domain_config: Make DomainConfigOverrideEditable::save() write a sparse, cast-aware diff against base
Issue summary: View changes
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Category: Feature request » Bug report

  • mably committed d5bb7a0c on 3.x
    fix: #3587744 domain_config: Make DomainConfigOverrideEditable::save()...
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Component: - Domain Config UI » - Domain Config
Status: Needs review » Fixed

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  • mably committed 2421fc4d on 3.x
    task: #3587744 Add FR + ES translations for the new write-side semantics...