fix: store the snapshot due_time, not the live value (NQ-75-CR-002)

Review round 2 (Codex gpt-5.6-terra, 2 LOW): 2015-01-06 is a Tuesday,
not a Monday — the anchor is now the computed first Monday of January
(asserted weekday 0); the docstring names the ISO-week rollover
precisely (the Monday on or after January 4th — January 4th in both
walked years, which end ISO week 53) instead of 'January 1st'. Suite:
1005 passed.

custom_components/nestquest/dao_instances.py

@@ -277,6 +277,117 @@ class QuestInstancesDao:
         assert instance is not None
         return instance
 
+    async def upsert_if_valid(
+        self,
+        definition_id: int,
+        child_id: int,
+        due_date: str,
+        generated_at: str,
+        *,
+        window: str,
+        due_time: str | None = None,
+    ) -> QuestInstanceRecord | None:
+        """Insert one dated instance iff its tuple is still materializable.
+
+        This is the materialization walk's single write path.  Unlike the
+        generic :meth:`upsert`, which validates only existence and
+        assignment, this method re-validates EVERY materialization
+        precondition in the SAME connection-lock-held transaction as the
+        INSERT — closing the check-then-insert gap a concurrent config
+        write could otherwise slip through:
+
+        - the definition exists AND is active (a definition deactivated
+          after the input snapshot is skipped, never written);
+        - the child exists AND is active (a deactivated child is skipped);
+        - the (definition, child) assignment link still exists (a removed
+          assignment is skipped);
+        - the window is still declared on the definition (a removed window
+          is skipped).
+
+        The live checks above ONLY decide whether the tuple is still
+        valid; they never read the window's ``due_time``.  The instance is
+        written with the caller-supplied ``due_time`` — the value snapshotted
+        from the coherent input read — so a window-time edit landing
+        mid-walk cannot leak a newer time into a batch that was already
+        snapshotted against older rule/presence/assignment decisions.
+
+        Returns the stored instance, or ``None`` when a precondition
+        failed — the tuple no longer materializable, which the walk SKIPS
+        rather than raising, so the rest of the batch is unaffected.  The
+        no-past rule and the immutable-completed-instance refusal are
+        preserved from :meth:`upsert` (those are not configuration
+        invalidations and still raise ValueError).
+        """
+        _validate_date(due_date, "due_date")
+        _validate_window(window)
+        # Fail fast on obviously-past dates before queuing on the lock;
+        # the authoritative check re-runs under the lock (see upsert).
+        today = datetime.date.today().isoformat()
+        if due_date < today:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"instances are never generated in the past: due_date "
+                f"{due_date!r} is before today {today!r}"
+            )
+        async with _connection_lock(self._database):
+            async with self._database.transaction():
+                today = datetime.date.today().isoformat()
+                if due_date < today:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"instances are never generated in the past: "
+                        f"due_date {due_date!r} is before today {today!r}"
+                    )
+                still_valid = await self._database.fetch_one(
+                    "SELECT 1 FROM quest_definitions d "
+                    "JOIN quest_definition_assignees a "
+                    "ON a.definition_id = d.id "
+                    "JOIN children c ON c.id = a.child_id "
+                    "JOIN quest_definition_windows w "
+                    "ON w.definition_id = d.id "
+                    "WHERE d.id = ? AND a.child_id = ? AND w.window = ? "
+                    "AND d.is_active = 1 AND c.is_active = 1 LIMIT 1",
+                    (definition_id, child_id, window),
+                )
+                if still_valid is None:
+                    # A config change invalidated the tuple since the
+                    # snapshot: skip it rather than abort the batch.
+                    return None
+                existing = await self._database.fetch_one(
+                    "SELECT 1 FROM completion_events "
+                    "WHERE instance_id = (SELECT id FROM quest_instances "
+                    "WHERE definition_id = ? AND child_id = ? "
+                    "AND due_date = ? AND window = ?)",
+                    (definition_id, child_id, due_date, window),
+                )
+                if existing is not None:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"instance for (definition {definition_id}, "
+                        f"child {child_id}, due_date {due_date!r}, "
+                        f"window {window!r}) already has a completion "
+                        "event and is immutable; it cannot be regenerated"
+                    )
+                await self._database.execute(
+                    "INSERT INTO quest_instances (definition_id, child_id, "
+                    "window, due_date, due_time, generated_at) "
+                    "VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) "
+                    "ON CONFLICT (definition_id, child_id, due_date, "
+                    "window) DO UPDATE SET "
+                    "due_time = excluded.due_time, "
+                    "generated_at = excluded.generated_at",
+                    (
+                        definition_id,
+                        child_id,
+                        window,
+                        due_date,
+                        due_time,
+                        generated_at,
+                    ),
+                )
+                instance = await self.get(
+                    definition_id, child_id, due_date, window
+                )
+        assert instance is not None
+        return instance
+
     async def get(
         self,
         definition_id: int,

custom_components/nestquest/dao_presence.py

@@ -276,4 +276,59 @@ class PresenceOverridesDao:
             "DELETE FROM presence_overrides WHERE id = ?",
             (override_id,),
         )
-        return result.rowcount > 0
+        return result.rowcount > 0
+
+
+async def read_snapshot_unlocked(
+    database: NestQuestDatabase,
+    child_ids: list[int],
+    range_start: str,
+    range_end: str,
+) -> tuple[
+    dict[int, PresenceScheduleRecord],
+    dict[int, list[PresenceOverrideRecord]],
+]:
+    """Read schedules and overrides for ``child_ids`` WITHOUT locking.
+
+    MUST be called inside the connection lock and an open transaction, so
+    the schedules and overrides returned here stay coherent with every
+    other table the caller reads inside that same transaction (the
+    materialization walk's single input snapshot does exactly that).  The
+    date range comes already validated by the caller.
+
+    Returns ``(schedules, overrides)``:
+
+    - ``schedules`` maps ``child_id`` to its :class:`PresenceScheduleRecord`
+      for every child that HAS a schedule row.  A child absent from the
+      mapping has no schedule, i.e. is present every day (Feature 05).
+    - ``overrides`` maps ``child_id`` to that child's overrides overlapping
+      ``[range_start, range_end]`` (inclusive boundaries), ordered by start
+      date; a child with no matching override is absent from the mapping.
+
+    ``child_ids`` must name existing children (the caller derives them
+    from a trusted snapshot, within the same transaction).
+    """
+    children = sorted(set(child_ids))
+    if not children:
+        return {}, {}
+    placeholders = ",".join("?" for _ in children)
+    schedule_rows = await database.fetch_all(
+        f"SELECT {_SCHEDULE_COLUMNS} FROM presence_schedules "
+        f"WHERE child_id IN ({placeholders})",
+        tuple(children),
+    )
+    override_rows = await database.fetch_all(
+        f"SELECT {_OVERRIDE_COLUMNS} FROM presence_overrides "
+        f"WHERE child_id IN ({placeholders}) AND end_date >= ? "
+        "AND start_date <= ? ORDER BY start_date",
+        tuple(children) + (range_start, range_end),
+    )
+    schedules = {
+        record.child_id: record
+        for record in map(_schedule_from_row, schedule_rows)
+    }
+    overrides: dict[int, list[PresenceOverrideRecord]] = {}
+    for row in override_rows:
+        record = _override_from_row(row)
+        overrides.setdefault(record.child_id, []).append(record)
+    return schedules, overrides

custom_components/nestquest/dao_rules.py

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ from .const import QUEST_WINDOWS
 from .dao_children import ChildRecord, _child_from_row, _connection_lock
 from .dao_children import _CHILD_COLUMNS
 from .db import NestQuestDatabase
+from .recurrence import RuleType, RuleValidationError, ScheduleRule
 
 #: Sentinel distinguishing "argument omitted" from "explicit SQL NULL"
 #: in update methods: passing ``None`` must mean clearing a nullable
@@ -119,6 +120,26 @@ class ScheduleRuleRecord:
     end_date: str | None
 
 
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class ScheduleRuleStorage:
+    """The eight value columns a ScheduleRule maps to (no id column).
+
+    ``id`` is assigned by the database on insert, so the model<->storage
+    mapping concerns only the value columns.  ``nth_weekday_weekday`` is
+    deliberately absent here: for MONTHLY_WEEKDAY its value is folded
+    into ``weekday_set`` as that column's single CSV element.
+    """
+
+    rule_type: str
+    interval: int
+    weekday_set: str | None
+    day_of_month: int | None
+    nth_weekday: int | None
+    month: int | None
+    start_date: str
+    end_date: str | None
+
+
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class QuestDefinitionRecord:
     """One row of ``quest_definitions`` (without its assignees)."""
@@ -142,6 +163,24 @@ class QuestDefinitionWindowRecord:
     due_time: str | None
 
 
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class QuestDefinitionSnapshot:
+    """A definition plus its rule, assignees and windows, read atomically.
+
+    Returned by :meth:`QuestDefinitionsDao.create_with_rule_and_windows`
+    and :meth:`QuestDefinitionsDao.edit_definition` with the rule,
+    assignees and windows read inside the SAME transaction that wrote
+    them, so the snapshot is a consistent creation/edit-time view — a
+    concurrent rule, assignee or window mutation cannot change it
+    between the write and the read.
+    """
+
+    definition: QuestDefinitionRecord
+    rule: ScheduleRuleRecord
+    assignees: list[ChildRecord]
+    windows: list[QuestDefinitionWindowRecord]
+
+
 _RULE_COLUMNS = (
     "id, rule_type, interval, weekday_set, day_of_month, nth_weekday, "
     "month, start_date, end_date"
@@ -188,6 +227,250 @@ def _window_from_row(row: tuple) -> QuestDefinitionWindowRecord:
     )
 
 
+#: Storage columns that are forbidden for each rule type.  A populated
+#: forbidden column means the row's shape is invalid and must raise on
+#: read, never be silently dropped.  ``weekday_set`` is absent for
+#: DAILY/MONTHLY_DAY/YEARLY; MONTHLY_WEEKDAY is the only shape allowed a
+#: non-NULL ``nth_weekday``; YEARLY is the only shape allowed ``month``.
+_FORBIDDEN_STORAGE_FIELDS: dict[str, tuple[RuleType, ...]] = {
+    "weekday_set": (RuleType.DAILY, RuleType.MONTHLY_DAY, RuleType.YEARLY),
+    "day_of_month": (
+        RuleType.DAILY,
+        RuleType.WEEKLY,
+        RuleType.CUSTOM_DAYS,
+        RuleType.MONTHLY_WEEKDAY,
+    ),
+    "nth_weekday": (
+        RuleType.DAILY,
+        RuleType.WEEKLY,
+        RuleType.CUSTOM_DAYS,
+        RuleType.MONTHLY_DAY,
+        RuleType.YEARLY,
+    ),
+    "month": (
+        RuleType.DAILY,
+        RuleType.WEEKLY,
+        RuleType.CUSTOM_DAYS,
+        RuleType.MONTHLY_DAY,
+        RuleType.MONTHLY_WEEKDAY,
+    ),
+}
+
+
+def schedule_rule_to_storage(rule: ScheduleRule) -> ScheduleRuleStorage:
+    """Map a validated ScheduleRule onto its storage columns.
+
+    ``rule_type`` stores as ``RuleType.storage_value`` (MONTHLY_DAY and
+    MONTHLY_WEEKDAY both store ``'monthly'``); ``weekday_set`` stores as
+    a sorted CSV list.  MONTHLY_WEEKDAY folds its model-only
+    ``nth_weekday_weekday`` into ``weekday_set`` as that list's single
+    element; every other type leaves the column as its own set
+    (WEEKLY/CUSTOM_DAYS) or NULL.
+    """
+    shape = rule.rule_type
+    if shape is RuleType.MONTHLY_WEEKDAY:
+        weekday_set = str(rule.nth_weekday_weekday)
+    elif shape is RuleType.WEEKLY or shape is RuleType.CUSTOM_DAYS:
+        weekday_set = ",".join(str(w) for w in sorted(rule.weekday_set))
+    else:
+        weekday_set = None
+    return ScheduleRuleStorage(
+        rule_type=shape.storage_value,
+        interval=rule.interval,
+        weekday_set=weekday_set,
+        day_of_month=rule.day_of_month,
+        nth_weekday=rule.nth_weekday,
+        month=rule.month,
+        start_date=rule.start_date,
+        end_date=rule.end_date,
+    )
+
+
+def schedule_rule_from_storage(storage: ScheduleRuleStorage) -> ScheduleRule:
+    """Reconstruct a ScheduleRule from storage columns.
+
+    Disambiguates MONTHLY_DAY from MONTHLY_WEEKDAY by which field is
+    populated, and raises RuleValidationError rather than silently
+    mis-decoding an ambiguous or invalid shape.
+    """
+    rule_type = storage.rule_type
+    if rule_type == "daily":
+        shape = RuleType.DAILY
+    elif rule_type == "weekly":
+        shape = RuleType.WEEKLY
+    elif rule_type == "monthly":
+        shape = _disambiguate_monthly(storage)
+    elif rule_type == "yearly":
+        shape = RuleType.YEARLY
+    elif rule_type == "custom":
+        shape = RuleType.CUSTOM_DAYS
+    else:
+        raise RuleValidationError(
+            f"unknown storage rule_type {rule_type!r}"
+        )
+
+    _reject_forbidden_storage_fields(storage, shape)
+
+    weekday_set = None
+    nth_weekday_weekday = None
+    if shape is RuleType.WEEKLY or shape is RuleType.CUSTOM_DAYS:
+        weekday_set = _weekdays_from_csv(storage.weekday_set)
+    elif shape is RuleType.MONTHLY_WEEKDAY:
+        nth_weekday_weekday = _single_weekday_from_csv(storage.weekday_set)
+
+    return ScheduleRule(
+        rule_type=shape,
+        interval=storage.interval,
+        weekday_set=weekday_set,
+        day_of_month=storage.day_of_month,
+        nth_weekday=storage.nth_weekday,
+        nth_weekday_weekday=nth_weekday_weekday,
+        month=storage.month,
+        start_date=storage.start_date,
+        end_date=storage.end_date,
+    )
+
+
+def schedule_rule_storage_from_record(
+    record: ScheduleRuleRecord,
+) -> ScheduleRuleStorage:
+    """Copy a rule row's value columns into a storage mapping.
+
+    ``ScheduleRuleRecord`` is the read shape (it carries ``id``);
+    :func:`schedule_rule_from_storage` consumes the value-only
+    :class:`ScheduleRuleStorage` shape, so callers re-reading a stored
+    rule convert through this helper.
+    """
+    return ScheduleRuleStorage(
+        rule_type=record.rule_type,
+        interval=record.interval,
+        weekday_set=record.weekday_set,
+        day_of_month=record.day_of_month,
+        nth_weekday=record.nth_weekday,
+        month=record.month,
+        start_date=record.start_date,
+        end_date=record.end_date,
+    )
+
+
+def _reject_forbidden_storage_fields(
+    storage: ScheduleRuleStorage, shape: RuleType
+) -> None:
+    """Raise unless every populated column is permitted for ``shape``.
+
+    The model constructor rejects a forbidden ``day_of_month``,
+    ``nth_weekday``, or ``month``, but ``weekday_set`` never reaches it
+    (it is folded for MONTHLY_WEEKDAY and dropped otherwise), so a daily
+    row carrying ``weekday_set="0"`` would otherwise decode as a valid
+    daily rule and silently lose the stored data.  This validates every
+    shape column explicitly so a populated-forbidden column raises
+    instead of being discarded.
+    """
+    for field, forbidden_shapes in _FORBIDDEN_STORAGE_FIELDS.items():
+        value = getattr(storage, field)
+        if value is not None and shape in forbidden_shapes:
+            raise RuleValidationError(
+                f"{shape.value} storage rows must not set {field}, "
+                f"got {value!r}"
+            )
+
+
+def _disambiguate_monthly(storage: ScheduleRuleStorage) -> RuleType:
+    """Resolve the shared 'monthly' storage value to a model type.
+
+    MONTHLY_DAY names ``day_of_month`` only; MONTHLY_WEEKDAY names
+    ``nth_weekday`` only.  Neither, or both, is ambiguous and raises.
+    """
+    day_of_month = storage.day_of_month
+    nth_weekday = storage.nth_weekday
+    if day_of_month is not None and nth_weekday is None:
+        return RuleType.MONTHLY_DAY
+    if nth_weekday is not None and day_of_month is None:
+        return RuleType.MONTHLY_WEEKDAY
+    raise RuleValidationError(
+        "storage rule_type 'monthly' is ambiguous: must name exactly one "
+        "of day_of_month or nth_weekday, got "
+        f"day_of_month={day_of_month!r}, nth_weekday={nth_weekday!r}"
+    )
+
+
+def _weekdays_from_csv(value: str | None) -> frozenset[int]:
+    """Parse a weekday CSV column into a frozenset of ints.
+
+    ``None`` and ``""`` both yield an empty frozenset (the caller decides
+    whether empty is legal); a non-integer token raises
+    RuleValidationError rather than leaking a raw ValueError.
+    """
+    if value is None or value == "":
+        return frozenset()
+    try:
+        entries = [int(token) for token in value.split(",")]
+    except ValueError:
+        raise RuleValidationError(
+            f"weekday_set must be a CSV of integers, got {value!r}"
+        ) from None
+    return frozenset(entries)
+
+
+def _single_weekday_from_csv(value: str | None) -> int:
+    """The one weekday a MONTHLY_WEEKDAY stores in weekday_set.
+
+    Parses the CSV into tokens FIRST and requires exactly one token,
+    so a duplicate pair like ``"1,1"`` is rejected rather than silently
+    canonicalized to a single weekday on re-storage.  An empty or
+    multi-element column raises RuleValidationError.
+    """
+    if value is None or value == "":
+        raise RuleValidationError(
+            "MONTHLY_WEEKDAY storage weekday_set must hold exactly one "
+            f"weekday, got {value!r}"
+        )
+    tokens = value.split(",")
+    if len(tokens) != 1:
+        raise RuleValidationError(
+            "MONTHLY_WEEKDAY storage weekday_set must hold exactly one "
+            f"weekday, got {value!r}"
+        )
+    try:
+        return int(tokens[0])
+    except ValueError:
+        raise RuleValidationError(
+            "MONTHLY_WEEKDAY storage weekday_set must be an integer, "
+            f"got {value!r}"
+        ) from None
+
+
+async def _insert_rule_row(
+    database: NestQuestDatabase, storage: ScheduleRuleStorage
+) -> int:
+    """Insert one ``schedule_rules`` row and return its new id.
+
+    Runs inside the caller's transaction (no lock or transaction of its
+    own) so a multi-table write can persist the rule together with the
+    rows that reference it.  The caller is responsible for validating
+    the storage fields — :meth:`ScheduleRulesDao.create` validates the
+    date shape, and :meth:`QuestDefinitionsDao.create_with_rule_and_windows`
+    receives storage already mapped from a validated
+    :class:`~.recurrence.ScheduleRule`.
+    """
+    result = await database.execute(
+        "INSERT INTO schedule_rules (rule_type, interval, weekday_set, "
+        "day_of_month, nth_weekday, month, start_date, end_date) "
+        "VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
+        (
+            storage.rule_type,
+            storage.interval,
+            storage.weekday_set,
+            storage.day_of_month,
+            storage.nth_weekday,
+            storage.month,
+            storage.start_date,
+            storage.end_date,
+        ),
+    )
+    return result.lastrowid
+
+
 class ScheduleRulesDao:
     """Typed async access to the ``schedule_rules`` table."""
 
@@ -218,22 +501,20 @@ class ScheduleRulesDao:
         _validate_date(start_date, "start_date")
         if end_date is not None:
             _validate_date(end_date, "end_date")
-        result = await self._database.execute(
-            "INSERT INTO schedule_rules (rule_type, interval, weekday_set, "
-            "day_of_month, nth_weekday, month, start_date, end_date) "
-            "VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
-            (
-                rule_type,
-                interval,
-                weekday_set,
-                day_of_month,
-                nth_weekday,
-                month,
-                start_date,
-                end_date,
+        rule_id = await _insert_rule_row(
+            self._database,
+            ScheduleRuleStorage(
+                rule_type=rule_type,
+                interval=interval,
+                weekday_set=weekday_set,
+                day_of_month=day_of_month,
+                nth_weekday=nth_weekday,
+                month=month,
+                start_date=start_date,
+                end_date=end_date,
             ),
         )
-        rule = await self.get(result.lastrowid)
+        rule = await self.get(rule_id)
         assert rule is not None
         return rule
 
@@ -393,6 +674,191 @@ class QuestDefinitionsDao:
         assert definition is not None
         return definition
 
+    async def create_with_rule_and_windows(
+        self,
+        title: str,
+        schedule_rule: ScheduleRuleStorage,
+        created_at: str,
+        assignee_child_ids: list[int],
+        windows: list[tuple[str, str | None]],
+        *,
+        description: str | None = None,
+        icon: str | None = None,
+    ) -> QuestDefinitionSnapshot:
+        """Insert a rule, definition, assignees and windows atomically.
+
+        The whole write — the schedule rule row, the definition row,
+        every assignee link and every window declaration — runs inside
+        ONE transaction under the connection lock, so a validation or
+        write failure rolls the lot back together (all-or-nothing): the
+        caller can never observe a definition with a missing rule,
+        assignee or window, and a rejected create leaves no partial
+        rows.
+
+        Returns a :class:`QuestDefinitionSnapshot` whose assignees and
+        windows are read back inside the same transaction, so the
+        returned view cannot be raced by a concurrent assignee/window
+        mutation after the write.
+
+        The rule arrives as pre-validated storage fields (mapped from a
+        :class:`~.recurrence.ScheduleRule` via
+        :func:`schedule_rule_to_storage`); its dates are re-validated
+        here so a hand-built storage can never persist a malformed date.
+        The definition-level ``due_time`` column is deliberately left
+        NULL — per-window due times supersede it (D-008).  Assignees are
+        validated as existing-and-active at insert time, and windows are
+        validated for name and strict HH:MM due time, matching
+        :meth:`upsert_window`.
+        """
+        _validate_date(schedule_rule.start_date, "start_date")
+        if schedule_rule.end_date is not None:
+            _validate_date(schedule_rule.end_date, "end_date")
+        async with _connection_lock(self._database):
+            async with self._database.transaction():
+                for child_id in assignee_child_ids:
+                    await self._validate_assignable_child(child_id)
+                rule_id = await _insert_rule_row(self._database, schedule_rule)
+                result = await self._database.execute(
+                    "INSERT INTO quest_definitions (title, description, "
+                    "icon, schedule_rule_id, due_time, is_active, "
+                    "created_at) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
+                    (title, description, icon, rule_id, None, 1, created_at),
+                )
+                definition_id = result.lastrowid
+                for child_id in assignee_child_ids:
+                    await self._database.execute(
+                        "INSERT INTO quest_definition_assignees "
+                        "(definition_id, child_id) VALUES (?, ?)",
+                        (definition_id, child_id),
+                    )
+                for window, due_time in windows:
+                    _validate_window(window)
+                    if due_time is not None:
+                        _validate_time(due_time, "due_time")
+                    await self._database.execute(
+                        "INSERT INTO quest_definition_windows "
+                        "(definition_id, window, due_time) VALUES (?, ?, ?)",
+                        (definition_id, window, due_time),
+                    )
+                definition = await self.get(definition_id)
+                assignees = await self.list_assignees(definition_id)
+                window_records = await self.list_windows(definition_id)
+                rule_record = await ScheduleRulesDao(self._database).get(
+                    rule_id
+                )
+        assert definition is not None
+        assert rule_record is not None
+        return QuestDefinitionSnapshot(
+            definition=definition,
+            rule=rule_record,
+            assignees=assignees,
+            windows=window_records,
+        )
+
+    async def edit_definition(
+        self,
+        definition_id: int,
+        *,
+        title: str | None | object = _UNSET,
+        description: str | None | object = _UNSET,
+        icon: str | None | object = _UNSET,
+        rule: ScheduleRuleStorage | object = _UNSET,
+        windows: list[tuple[str, str | None]] | object = _UNSET,
+    ) -> QuestDefinitionSnapshot:
+        """Edit a definition's metadata, rule and windows atomically.
+
+        Mirrors :meth:`create_with_rule_and_windows`: everything runs
+        inside ONE transaction under the connection lock, and the
+        returned snapshot's rule, assignees and windows are read back
+        inside that transaction.  Arguments default to the module sentinel
+        ``_UNSET`` meaning "leave this field alone"; ``None`` writes SQL
+        NULL so optional metadata (description, icon) can be cleared.
+
+        - ``title``/``description``/``icon`` update the definition row
+          in place; the definition-level ``due_time`` column is never
+          written (per-window due times supersede it, D-008).
+        - ``rule`` (a pre-validated :class:`ScheduleRuleStorage`)
+          overwrites the referenced ``schedule_rules`` row in place: the
+          definition keeps its ``schedule_rule_id``, so no new or
+          orphaned rule row appears.
+        - ``windows`` REPLACES the whole window set: the current rows
+          are deleted and the given set re-inserted, so missing windows
+          are added, changed due times updated and removed windows
+          dropped.
+
+        Assignment is deliberately not settable here (multi-assignee is
+        managed by :meth:`add_assignee`/:meth:`remove_assignee`), and
+        activation is untouched.  Raises ValueError when the definition
+        does not exist.  Edits change future instances only: no
+        ``quest_instances`` or ``completion_events`` row is touched.
+        """
+        async with _connection_lock(self._database):
+            async with self._database.transaction():
+                definition = await self.get(definition_id)
+                if definition is None:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"quest definition {definition_id} does not exist"
+                    )
+                assignments: list[str] = []
+                parameters: list[object] = []
+                for column, value in (
+                    ("title", title),
+                    ("description", description),
+                    ("icon", icon),
+                ):
+                    if value is not _UNSET:
+                        assignments.append(f"{column} = ?")
+                        parameters.append(value)
+                if assignments:
+                    parameters.append(definition_id)
+                    await self._database.execute(
+                        f"UPDATE quest_definitions SET "
+                        f"{', '.join(assignments)} WHERE id = ?",
+                        tuple(parameters),
+                    )
+                if rule is not _UNSET:
+                    await ScheduleRulesDao(self._database).update(
+                        definition.schedule_rule_id,
+                        rule_type=rule.rule_type,
+                        interval=rule.interval,
+                        weekday_set=rule.weekday_set,
+                        day_of_month=rule.day_of_month,
+                        nth_weekday=rule.nth_weekday,
+                        month=rule.month,
+                        start_date=rule.start_date,
+                        end_date=rule.end_date,
+                    )
+                if windows is not _UNSET:
+                    await self._database.execute(
+                        "DELETE FROM quest_definition_windows "
+                        "WHERE definition_id = ?",
+                        (definition_id,),
+                    )
+                    for window, due_time in windows:
+                        _validate_window(window)
+                        if due_time is not None:
+                            _validate_time(due_time, "due_time")
+                        await self._database.execute(
+                            "INSERT INTO quest_definition_windows "
+                            "(definition_id, window, due_time) "
+                            "VALUES (?, ?, ?)",
+                            (definition_id, window, due_time),
+                        )
+                updated = await self.get(definition_id)
+                assignees = await self.list_assignees(definition_id)
+                window_records = await self.list_windows(definition_id)
+                rule_record = await ScheduleRulesDao(self._database).get(
+                    updated.schedule_rule_id
+                )
+        assert updated is not None
+        assert rule_record is not None
+        return QuestDefinitionSnapshot(
+            definition=updated,
+            rule=rule_record,
+            assignees=assignees,
+            windows=window_records,
+        )
+
     async def _validate_rule_exists(self, schedule_rule_id: int) -> None:
         """Raise ValueError unless the rule exists.
 
@@ -441,6 +907,81 @@ class QuestDefinitionsDao:
         )
         return [_definition_from_row(row) for row in rows]
 
+    async def _snapshots_for(
+        self, definitions: list[QuestDefinitionRecord]
+    ) -> list[QuestDefinitionSnapshot]:
+        """Read each definition's rule, assignees and windows.
+
+        MUST be called inside the connection lock (and ideally a
+        transaction) so the definitions handed in and the rows this
+        reads back cannot be raced by a concurrent edit between list
+        and bundle.  Each rule is read through
+        :class:`ScheduleRulesDao` on the same connection, so the
+        snapshot's rule record is the one the definition references AT
+        the moment of the locked read.
+        """
+        rules_dao = ScheduleRulesDao(self._database)
+        snapshots: list[QuestDefinitionSnapshot] = []
+        for definition in definitions:
+            rule_record = await rules_dao.get(definition.schedule_rule_id)
+            assert rule_record is not None
+            snapshots.append(
+                QuestDefinitionSnapshot(
+                    definition=definition,
+                    rule=rule_record,
+                    assignees=await self.list_assignees(definition.id),
+                    windows=await self.list_windows(definition.id),
+                )
+            )
+        return snapshots
+
+    async def list_snapshots_active(self) -> list[QuestDefinitionSnapshot]:
+        """Return every active definition with its rule, assignees and
+        windows, all read inside one locked transaction.
+
+        The definitive list and each definition's linked rows are read
+        in a single BEGIN..COMMIT span under the connection lock, so a
+        concurrent atomic edit cannot interleave between the definition
+        list and the bundle read: the caller receives a coherent
+        snapshot (each definition's rule, assignees and windows as they
+        were at one instant), never a mixed old-rule/new-windows state.
+        """
+        async with _connection_lock(self._database):
+            async with self._database.transaction():
+                definitions = await self.list_active()
+                return await self._snapshots_for(definitions)
+
+    async def read_snapshots_active(self) -> list[QuestDefinitionSnapshot]:
+        """Return every active definition's snapshot WITHOUT locking.
+
+        Mirrors :meth:`list_snapshots_active` minus the lock and
+        transaction: the definitions and their rules, assignees and
+        windows are read on the caller's connection under whatever
+        transaction the caller is already holding, so they stay coherent
+        with every OTHER table the caller reads inside that same
+        transaction.  MUST be called inside the connection lock and an
+        open transaction (the single-transaction input snapshot the
+        materialization walk uses is that caller).
+        """
+        definitions = await self.list_active()
+        return await self._snapshots_for(definitions)
+
+    async def list_snapshots_by_child(
+        self, child_id: int
+    ) -> list[QuestDefinitionSnapshot]:
+        """Return each definition assigned to ``child_id`` with its rule,
+        assignees and windows, all read inside one locked transaction.
+
+        Mirrors :meth:`list_snapshots_active` but selects by assignment
+        (``list_by_child`` order: newest first).  Locks read-and-bundle
+        into one transaction so the bundle never mixes one edit's
+        definition with another's windows.
+        """
+        async with _connection_lock(self._database):
+            async with self._database.transaction():
+                definitions = await self.list_by_child(child_id)
+                return await self._snapshots_for(definitions)
+
     async def update(
         self,
         definition_id: int,
@@ -496,14 +1037,18 @@ class QuestDefinitionsDao:
 
     async def add_assignee(
         self, definition_id: int, child_id: int
-    ) -> None:
+    ) -> list[ChildRecord]:
         """Assign ``child_id`` to the definition (idempotent).
 
         Validates the assignee inside the same serialized transaction
         as the INSERT (existing and active AT ASSIGNMENT TIME), so a
         child deactivated concurrently cannot become an assignee.
         Assigning an already-assigned child is a no-op, mirroring the
-        composite primary key's storage-level guarantee.  Changes
+        composite primary key's storage-level guarantee.  Returns the
+        definition's assignees read back INSIDE the same transaction
+        that performed the write, so the returned roster is a
+        consistent post-assignment snapshot — a concurrent assign or
+        unassign cannot race it after the write commits.  Changes
         future instances only: already-generated instances and
         completion history are never rewritten here.
         """
@@ -524,6 +1069,7 @@ class QuestDefinitionsDao:
                     "ON CONFLICT (definition_id, child_id) DO NOTHING",
                     (definition_id, child_id),
                 )
+                return await self.list_assignees(definition_id)
 
     async def remove_assignee(
         self, definition_id: int, child_id: int
@@ -658,4 +1204,47 @@ class QuestDefinitionsDao:
         if not child[0]:
             raise ValueError(
                 f"child {child_id} is inactive and cannot be assigned"
-            )
+            )
+
+
+async def load_materialization_input(
+    database: NestQuestDatabase,
+    range_start: str,
+    range_end: str,
+):
+    """Read every materialization input in ONE locked transaction.
+
+    Returns ``(snapshots, schedules, overrides)``:
+
+    - ``snapshots``: every active definition with its rule, assignees and
+      windows (the :class:`QuestDefinitionSnapshot` shape).
+    - ``schedules`` / ``overrides``: the presence schedules and
+      range-scoped overrides of every assignee child, in
+      :mod:`.dao_presence`'s record shapes.
+
+    The whole read — definitions, rules, assignees, windows, and the
+    assignees' presence schedules and overrides — runs inside a single
+    BEGIN..COMMIT span under the connection lock, so a concurrent edit
+    (definition, assignment, window, or presence) cannot interleave
+    between the parts and the walk never sees a mixed-time view.  Each
+    table's SQL stays in its own DAO module: the presence portion is
+    delegated to :mod:`.dao_presence` (a lazy import here, since that
+    module imports this one).
+    """
+    definitions_dao = QuestDefinitionsDao(database)
+    async with _connection_lock(database):
+        async with database.transaction():
+            snapshots = await definitions_dao.read_snapshots_active()
+            child_ids = sorted(
+                {
+                    child.id
+                    for snapshot in snapshots
+                    for child in snapshot.assignees
+                }
+            )
+            from . import dao_presence  # lazy: dao_presence imports us
+
+            schedules, overrides = await dao_presence.read_snapshot_unlocked(
+                database, child_ids, range_start, range_end
+            )
+    return snapshots, schedules, overrides

custom_components/nestquest/materialize.py

@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+"""The materialization walk (Feature 07 core).
+
+:func:`materialize` turns the schedule rules + custody presence of the
+active quest definitions into concrete ``quest_instances`` rows over a
+date range.  It is the pure walk over definitions x dates x assignees x
+windows; HA scheduling (day-rollover triggers) and skip-completed
+generation are separate later tasks and live elsewhere.
+
+The walk is deterministic and idempotent:
+
+- All inputs — the active definitions with their rules, assignees and
+  windows, AND the assignee children's presence schedules and scoped
+  overrides — are read inside ONE locked transaction (see
+  :func:`~.dao_rules.load_materialization_input`), so the walk sees a
+  single coherent snapshot rather than a definition state from one
+  instant and a presence state from another.
+- Presence is snapshotted into an immutable
+  :class:`~.presence.PresenceEngine` from that same coherent read.
+- For each date in the range, each definition whose decoded rule
+  :func:`~.recurrence.occurs_on` on that date, each assignee who is
+  ``is_present`` on that date and each declared window, one instance is
+  written through :class:`~.dao_instances.QuestInstancesDao.upsert_if_valid`
+  with a ``generated_at`` stamp shared by the whole batch (one coherent
+  time per run).
+
+A config change that lands AFTER the snapshot is read but BEFORE a
+tuple's write (an assignment removed, a definition or child deactivated,
+a window removed) makes that tuple SKIP rather than abort the batch:
+:meth:`~.dao_instances.QuestInstancesDao.upsert_if_valid` re-validates
+every materialization precondition (active definition, active child,
+live assignment, declared window, and its CURRENT ``due_time``) inside
+the SAME transaction as the INSERT, so the check and the write cannot be
+split by a racing config edit.
+
+The upsert is idempotent on (definition_id, child_id, due_date, window),
+so re-running the materialization over the same range never duplicates a
+row; skipped-completed handling is deliberately NOT done here.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import datetime
+
+from .dao_instances import QuestInstancesDao
+from .dao_rules import (
+    _validate_date,
+    load_materialization_input,
+    schedule_rule_from_storage,
+    schedule_rule_storage_from_record,
+)
+from .db import NestQuestDatabase
+from .presence import PresenceEngine, PresenceOverride, PresenceSchedule
+from .recurrence import ScheduleRule, occurs_on
+
+
+def _now_stamp() -> str:
+    """Return the batch's shared UTC second-precision generation stamp."""
+    return datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc).isoformat(
+        timespec="seconds"
+    )
+
+
+def _decode_rule(snapshot) -> ScheduleRule:
+    """Decode a snapshot's rule record back into a ScheduleRule.
+
+    The record carried by the snapshot is the one the definition
+    referenced at read time, so decoding it here (rather than re-reading
+    through ``ScheduleRulesDao``) preserves the coherence the snapshot
+    guarantees.
+    """
+    return schedule_rule_from_storage(
+        schedule_rule_storage_from_record(snapshot.rule)
+    )
+
+
+def _build_engine(
+    schedules_records,
+    overrides_records,
+) -> PresenceEngine:
+    """Convert raw presence records into an immutable PresenceEngine."""
+    schedules: dict[int, PresenceSchedule] = {}
+    for child_id, record in schedules_records.items():
+        schedules[child_id] = PresenceSchedule.decode(
+            child_id, record.anchor_date, record.pattern
+        )
+    overrides: dict[int, list[PresenceOverride]] = {}
+    for child_id, records in overrides_records.items():
+        overrides[child_id] = [
+            PresenceOverride(
+                record.child_id,
+                record.start_date,
+                record.end_date,
+                record.is_present,
+                record.note,
+            )
+            for record in records
+        ]
+    return PresenceEngine(schedules, overrides)
+
+
+async def materialize(
+    database: NestQuestDatabase,
+    start_date: str,
+    end_date: str,
+) -> int:
+    """Generate quest instances for the closed range [start_date, end_date].
+
+    ``start_date`` and ``end_date`` must be strict ISO calendar dates
+    (YYYY-MM-DD) with ``end_date`` on or after ``start_date``; anything
+    else raises ValueError naming the offending field.  Returns the number
+    of instances upserted for the range (idempotent — a re-run refreshes
+    the same rows, never duplicates them).
+
+    All inputs are read in ONE locked transaction; each tuple's write then
+    goes through the atomic :meth:`~.dao_instances.QuestInstancesDao.upsert_if_valid`,
+    which re-validates the tuple and its current ``due_time`` in the same
+    transaction as the INSERT, so a config change that arrives mid-batch
+    skips the affected tuples rather than aborting the batch or leaving a
+    partial result.
+    """
+    _validate_date(start_date, "start_date")
+    _validate_date(end_date, "end_date")
+    if end_date < start_date:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"end_date must be on or after start_date, got "
+            f"{end_date!r} < {start_date!r}"
+        )
+
+    snapshots, schedules_records, overrides_records = await (
+        load_materialization_input(database, start_date, end_date)
+    )
+    engine = _build_engine(schedules_records, overrides_records)
+
+    definitions = [
+        (snapshot.definition.id, _decode_rule(snapshot),
+         snapshot.assignees, snapshot.windows)
+        for snapshot in snapshots
+    ]
+
+    generated_at = _now_stamp()
+    instances = QuestInstancesDao(database)
+
+    start = datetime.datetime.strptime(start_date, "%Y-%m-%d").date()
+    end = datetime.datetime.strptime(end_date, "%Y-%m-%d").date()
+
+    count = 0
+    cursor = start
+    while cursor <= end:
+        iso = cursor.isoformat()
+        for definition_id, rule, assignees, windows in definitions:
+            if not occurs_on(rule, cursor):
+                continue
+            for child in assignees:
+                if not engine.is_present(child.id, cursor):
+                    continue
+                for window in windows:
+                    written = await instances.upsert_if_valid(
+                        definition_id,
+                        child.id,
+                        iso,
+                        generated_at,
+                        window=window.window,
+                        due_time=window.due_time,
+                    )
+                    if written is not None:
+                        count += 1
+        cursor += datetime.timedelta(days=1)
+    return count

custom_components/nestquest/presence.py

@@ -319,6 +319,13 @@ def cycle_week_index(
     return (days // 7) % schedule.cycle_length_weeks
 
 
+#: Search cap for :meth:`PresenceEngine.next_present_dates`: two full
+#: years of daily checks.  A child absent every day (an all-absent
+#: pattern with a blocking override) would otherwise loop forever; the
+#: cap bounds the scan and surfaces the situation as an error instead.
+MAX_PREVIEW_SCAN_DAYS = 366 * 2
+
+
 class PresenceEngine:
     """Answers "is this child at this house on this date?".
 
@@ -424,6 +431,45 @@ class PresenceEngine:
         week = cycle_week_index(schedule, target)
         return target.weekday() in schedule.pattern[week]
 
+    def next_present_dates(
+        self,
+        child_id: object,
+        start_date: object,
+        count: int,
+    ) -> list[datetime.date]:
+        """Return the next ``count`` dates the child is present.
+
+        Walks forward from ``start_date`` (INCLUSIVE — a parent
+        previewing "starting Monday" expects Monday itself when the
+        child is present) checking :meth:`is_present` for every day,
+        so overrides and the pattern are honoured identically.  The
+        admin Schedule tab renders this preview so a parent can confirm
+        a custody pattern is right before saving it.
+
+        A child absent every scanned day raises ValueError after the
+        two-year search cap — an always-absent child would otherwise
+        loop forever.  ``count`` must be a positive integer.
+        """
+        _validate_child_id(child_id)
+        start = _parse_date(start_date, "start_date")
+        if isinstance(count, bool) or not isinstance(count, int):
+            raise ValueError(f"count must be an integer, got {count!r}")
+        if count < 1:
+            raise ValueError(f"count must be at least 1, got {count}")
+        found: list[datetime.date] = []
+        day = start
+        for _ in range(MAX_PREVIEW_SCAN_DAYS):
+            if self.is_present(child_id, day):
+                found.append(day)
+                if len(found) == count:
+                    return found
+            day += datetime.timedelta(days=1)
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"child {child_id} is not present on any of the "
+            f"{MAX_PREVIEW_SCAN_DAYS} days from {start.isoformat()}; "
+            f"{count} present day(s) cannot be previewed"
+        )
+
     def __setattr__(self, name: object, value: object) -> None:
         raise AttributeError(
             "PresenceEngine is an immutable snapshot; build a new engine "

custom_components/nestquest/quest_definitions.py

@@ -0,0 +1,551 @@
+"""Business layer for creating and editing quest definitions (Feature 06).
+
+Sits between the Feature 09 service gate and the typed
+:class:`~.dao_rules.QuestDefinitionsDao`: callers get validation and the
+all-or-nothing create/edit here, and never touch the DAO SQL directly.
+:func:`create_quest_definition` is the create path,
+:func:`edit_quest_definition` the edit path, :func:`assign_child` and
+:func:`unassign_child` the assignment paths, and
+:func:`set_quest_definition_active` the deactivate/reactivate path.
+There is no permission check here (that is Feature 09).
+
+Validation policy mirrors :mod:`.children`:
+
+- ``title`` is required and trimmed; empty or whitespace-only raises
+  ValueError.
+- ``rule`` must be an already-validated :class:`~.recurrence.ScheduleRule`
+  (its constructor is total — rule validation is NOT re-implemented
+  here).
+- ``assignee_child_ids`` must be a non-empty list (strictly a ``list``);
+  every id is a plain int (bools and floats rejected, since SQLite would
+  bind them onto a real child) and must reference an existing ACTIVE
+  child (the DAO enforces the active/exists check inside the same
+  transaction).  Duplicate ids are rejected here, before the composite
+  primary key could surface them as an :class:`sqlite3.IntegrityError`.
+- ``windows`` must be a non-empty list (strictly a ``list``); each entry
+  is a window name from :data:`~.const.QUEST_WINDOWS` — either a bare
+  name (no due time) or a ``(name, due_time)`` pair whose due time is a
+  strict 24-hour HH:MM string.  Duplicate window names are rejected
+  here, before the composite primary key could surface them as an
+  :class:`sqlite3.IntegrityError`.
+
+The rule, definition, assignees and windows are persisted in ONE
+transaction (the DAO's :meth:`~.dao_rules.QuestDefinitionsDao.create_with_rule_and_windows`),
+so a rejected or failed create persists nothing.  The definition-level
+``due_time`` column is superseded by per-window due times (D-008) and is
+never set here.  ``created_at`` is stamped UTC ISO-8601 at second
+precision, matching :mod:`.children`.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import datetime
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+from .dao_children import ChildRecord, _connection_lock
+from .dao_rules import (
+    QuestDefinitionRecord,
+    QuestDefinitionSnapshot,
+    QuestDefinitionWindowRecord,
+    QuestDefinitionsDao,
+    ScheduleRuleStorage,
+    ScheduleRulesDao,
+    _UNSET,
+    _validate_date,
+    _validate_time,
+    _validate_window,
+    schedule_rule_from_storage,
+    schedule_rule_storage_from_record,
+    schedule_rule_to_storage,
+)
+from .db import NestQuestDatabase
+from .recurrence import ScheduleRule, occurs_on
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class CreatedQuestDefinition:
+    """The persisted result of a create, edit or activation change.
+
+    ``definition`` is the stored row; ``rule`` is the schedule rule
+    decoded back through the storage mapping; ``assignees`` and
+    ``windows`` are the definition's linked child records and window
+    declarations, read through the DAO.
+    """
+
+    definition: QuestDefinitionRecord
+    rule: ScheduleRule
+    assignees: list[ChildRecord]
+    windows: list[QuestDefinitionWindowRecord]
+
+
+def _now_stamp() -> str:
+    """Return the module's strict UTC second-precision stamp."""
+    return datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc).isoformat(
+        timespec="seconds"
+    )
+
+
+def _validate_text(
+    value: object, field: str, *, required: bool = False
+) -> str | None:
+    """Validate a free-text field and return it trimmed.
+
+    ``None`` raises when ``required`` and otherwise returns None.  A
+    non-string value is rejected; an empty result is rejected for
+    required fields.
+    """
+    if value is None:
+        if required:
+            raise ValueError(f"{field} is required")
+        return None
+    if not isinstance(value, str):
+        raise ValueError(f"{field} must be a string, got {value!r}")
+    trimmed = value.strip()
+    if required and not trimmed:
+        raise ValueError(f"{field} is required")
+    return trimmed
+
+
+def _validate_assignee_ids(value: object) -> list[int]:
+    """Return the assignee ids as plain ints, or raise naming the field.
+
+    The argument must be a non-empty list — strictly a ``list``: tuples
+    and other sequences are rejected.  Each entry must be a real int
+    (bools and floats rejected) so SQLite cannot bind ``True`` onto
+    child 1 or a float onto a neighbouring profile.
+    """
+    if type(value) is not list:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"assignee_child_ids must be a list, got {type(value).__name__}"
+        )
+    if not value:
+        raise ValueError("assignee_child_ids must not be empty")
+    ids: list[int] = []
+    for entry in value:
+        if isinstance(entry, bool) or not isinstance(entry, int):
+            raise ValueError(
+                "assignee_child_ids must contain integer child ids, "
+                f"got {entry!r}"
+            )
+        ids.append(entry)
+    if len(set(ids)) != len(ids):
+        raise ValueError(
+            "assignee_child_ids must not contain duplicate child ids"
+        )
+    return ids
+
+
+def _normalize_windows(
+    value: object,
+) -> list[tuple[str, str | None]]:
+    """Normalize the windows argument to ``(name, due_time)`` pairs.
+
+    The outer argument must be a non-empty list — strictly a ``list``:
+    tuples and other sequences are rejected, while each individual entry
+    may still be a ``(window, due_time)`` tuple.  A bare window name
+    (due time None) is also accepted.  The name must be a
+    :data:`~.const.QUEST_WINDOWS` spelling and a present due time must be
+    a strict 24-hour HH:MM, both validated up front so a malformed
+    window is rejected before any write.
+    """
+    if type(value) is not list:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"windows must be a list, got {type(value).__name__}"
+        )
+    if not value:
+        raise ValueError("windows must not be empty")
+    normalized: list[tuple[str, str | None]] = []
+    seen: set[str] = set()
+    for index, entry in enumerate(value):
+        if isinstance(entry, str):
+            name: object = entry
+            due_time: object = None
+        elif isinstance(entry, (tuple, list)) and len(entry) == 2:
+            name, due_time = entry[0], entry[1]
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"windows[{index}] must be a window name or a "
+                f"(name, due_time) pair, got {entry!r}"
+            )
+        _validate_window(name)
+        if due_time is not None:
+            _validate_time(due_time, "due_time")
+        if name in seen:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"windows must not contain duplicate window {name!r}"
+            )
+        seen.add(name)
+        normalized.append((name, due_time))
+    return normalized
+
+
+def _validate_definition_id(value: object) -> int:
+    """Reject non-int definition ids (bools included) before any lookup.
+
+    SQLite binds Python bools as integers, so ``True`` would silently
+    address definition 1 and a float would round — malformed service
+    input must never mutate the wrong definition.
+    """
+    if isinstance(value, bool) or not isinstance(value, int):
+        raise ValueError(f"definition_id must be an integer, got {value!r}")
+    return value
+
+
+def _validate_child_id(value: object) -> int:
+    """Reject non-int child ids (bools included) before any lookup.
+
+    SQLite binds Python bools as integers, so ``True`` would silently
+    address child 1 and a float would round — malformed service input
+    must never mutate the wrong profile.
+    """
+    if isinstance(value, bool) or not isinstance(value, int):
+        raise ValueError(f"child_id must be an integer, got {value!r}")
+    return value
+
+
+async def create_quest_definition(
+    database: NestQuestDatabase,
+    title: str,
+    rule: ScheduleRule,
+    assignee_child_ids: list[int],
+    windows: list[str | tuple[str, str | None]],
+    *,
+    description: str | None = None,
+    icon: str | None = None,
+) -> CreatedQuestDefinition:
+    """Create a quest definition (rule + assignees + windows) atomically.
+
+    Validates the arguments up front, then persists the schedule rule,
+    the definition, its assignees and its windows in one transaction via
+    the DAO.  Returns the stored definition together with its decoded
+    rule, assignees and windows — all read back inside that same
+    transaction, so the returned bundle is a consistent creation
+    snapshot.  Raises ValueError on any rejected argument; a rejected or
+    failed create persists nothing.
+    """
+    name = _validate_text(title, "title", required=True)
+    assert name is not None
+    if not isinstance(rule, ScheduleRule):
+        raise ValueError(f"rule must be a ScheduleRule, got {rule!r}")
+    assignee_ids = _validate_assignee_ids(assignee_child_ids)
+    window_specs = _normalize_windows(windows)
+    description_value = _validate_text(description, "description")
+    icon_value = _validate_text(icon, "icon")
+
+    storage = schedule_rule_to_storage(rule)
+    dao = QuestDefinitionsDao(database)
+    try:
+        snapshot = await dao.create_with_rule_and_windows(
+            name,
+            storage,
+            _now_stamp(),
+            assignee_ids,
+            window_specs,
+            description=description_value,
+            icon=icon_value,
+        )
+    except ValueError as error:
+        # The DAO's assignee check names only the child; re-raise so the
+        # public contract names the field the caller actually passed.
+        message = str(error)
+        if message.startswith("child "):
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"assignee_child_ids: {message}"
+            ) from error
+        raise
+    decoded_rule = schedule_rule_from_storage(storage)
+    return CreatedQuestDefinition(
+        definition=snapshot.definition,
+        rule=decoded_rule,
+        assignees=snapshot.assignees,
+        windows=snapshot.windows,
+    )
+
+
+async def edit_quest_definition(
+    database: NestQuestDatabase,
+    definition_id: int,
+    *,
+    title: str | object = _UNSET,
+    description: str | None | object = _UNSET,
+    icon: str | None | object = _UNSET,
+    rule: ScheduleRule | object = _UNSET,
+    windows: list[str | tuple[str, str | None]] | object = _UNSET,
+) -> CreatedQuestDefinition:
+    """Edit a quest definition's metadata, rule and windows atomically.
+
+    Arguments default to the sentinel ``_UNSET`` meaning "leave this
+    field alone".  A provided ``title`` is validated like create's
+    (required and trimmed); ``description`` and ``icon`` are optional
+    and may be cleared by passing ``None`` explicitly.  A provided
+    ``rule`` must be an already-validated :class:`~.recurrence.ScheduleRule`
+    and REPLACES the definition's schedule rule IN PLACE — the existing
+    ``schedule_rules`` row is updated, never orphaned or duplicated.  A
+    provided ``windows`` list REPLACES the whole window set (each entry
+    a ``const.QUEST_WINDOWS`` name, optionally with a strict HH:MM due
+    time), matching create's non-empty contract.  Assignment is NOT
+    settable here.  Raises ValueError when the definition does not
+    exist or any argument is rejected.
+
+    Returns the updated definition together with its decoded rule,
+    assignees and windows — all read back inside the DAO's transaction,
+    so the returned bundle is a consistent edit snapshot.  Edits change
+    future instances only; no ``quest_instances`` or
+    ``completion_events`` row is touched.
+    """
+    _validate_definition_id(definition_id)
+
+    title_value: str | None | object = _UNSET
+    if title is not _UNSET:
+        name = _validate_text(title, "title", required=True)
+        assert name is not None
+        title_value = name
+
+    description_value: str | None | object = _UNSET
+    if description is not _UNSET:
+        description_value = _validate_text(description, "description")
+
+    icon_value: str | None | object = _UNSET
+    if icon is not _UNSET:
+        icon_value = _validate_text(icon, "icon")
+
+    rule_storage: ScheduleRuleStorage | object = _UNSET
+    if rule is not _UNSET:
+        if not isinstance(rule, ScheduleRule):
+            raise ValueError(f"rule must be a ScheduleRule, got {rule!r}")
+        rule_storage = schedule_rule_to_storage(rule)
+
+    window_specs: list[tuple[str, str | None]] | object = _UNSET
+    if windows is not _UNSET:
+        window_specs = _normalize_windows(windows)
+
+    dao = QuestDefinitionsDao(database)
+    try:
+        snapshot = await dao.edit_definition(
+            definition_id,
+            title=title_value,
+            description=description_value,
+            icon=icon_value,
+            rule=rule_storage,
+            windows=window_specs,
+        )
+    except ValueError as error:
+        # The DAO's missing-definition error names only the id; re-raise
+        # so the public contract names the field the caller passed (matching
+        # assign/unassign/deactivate).
+        message = str(error)
+        if message.startswith("quest definition "):
+            raise ValueError(f"definition_id: {message}") from error
+        raise
+
+    decoded_rule = schedule_rule_from_storage(
+        schedule_rule_storage_from_record(snapshot.rule)
+    )
+
+    return CreatedQuestDefinition(
+        definition=snapshot.definition,
+        rule=decoded_rule,
+        assignees=snapshot.assignees,
+        windows=snapshot.windows,
+    )
+
+
+async def assign_child(
+    database: NestQuestDatabase,
+    definition_id: int,
+    child_id: int,
+) -> list[ChildRecord]:
+    """Assign ``child_id`` to the definition (idempotent).
+
+    Validates that both ids are plain ints (bools and floats rejected)
+    and that the child exists and is active — the DAO enforces the
+    active/exists check inside its transaction, and also confirms the
+    definition exists.  Assigning an already-assigned child is a no-op
+    (no duplicate row).  Returns the definition's assignees read back
+    inside the DAO's same transaction, a consistent post-assignment
+    roster (a concurrent assign/unassign cannot race it after the
+    write).  Raises ValueError on any rejected argument.  Only the
+    ``quest_definition_assignees`` link is written; existing instances
+    and completion history are never touched.
+    """
+    _validate_definition_id(definition_id)
+    _validate_child_id(child_id)
+    dao = QuestDefinitionsDao(database)
+    try:
+        return await dao.add_assignee(definition_id, child_id)
+    except ValueError as error:
+        # The DAO names only the child/definition; re-raise so the
+        # public contract names the field the caller actually passed.
+        message = str(error)
+        if message.startswith("child "):
+            raise ValueError(f"child_id: {message}") from error
+        if message.startswith("quest definition "):
+            raise ValueError(f"definition_id: {message}") from error
+        raise
+
+
+async def unassign_child(
+    database: NestQuestDatabase,
+    definition_id: int,
+    child_id: int,
+) -> bool:
+    """Unassign ``child_id`` from the definition; True when removed.
+
+    Validates both ids are plain ints (bools and floats rejected) and
+    that the definition exists, then removes the (definition, child)
+    link.  Returns True when a row was removed and False when the child
+    was not currently assigned.  Raises ValueError on a rejected
+    argument.  Only the ``quest_definition_assignees`` link is written;
+    existing instances and completion history are never touched.
+    """
+    _validate_definition_id(definition_id)
+    _validate_child_id(child_id)
+    dao = QuestDefinitionsDao(database)
+    definition = await dao.get(definition_id)
+    if definition is None:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"definition_id: quest definition {definition_id} does not exist"
+        )
+    return await dao.remove_assignee(definition_id, child_id)
+
+
+async def set_quest_definition_active(
+    database: NestQuestDatabase,
+    definition_id: int,
+    is_active: bool,
+) -> CreatedQuestDefinition:
+    """Deactivate or reactivate a definition; returns the updated view.
+
+    Flipping the flag is the only removal path (Feature 06 guardrail):
+    a deactivated definition stops future instance generation but its
+    row, schedule rule, assignees and windows all survive, and existing
+    instances plus completion history are never touched.  Reactivation
+    re-enables future generation; generating or removing instances is
+    Feature 07 and does not happen here.
+
+    ``definition_id`` must be a plain int (bools and floats rejected,
+    since SQLite would bind ``True`` onto definition 1) and
+    ``is_active`` must be a real bool — the DAO's ``int()`` would
+    otherwise silently coerce strings and numerics ("1", 0) into a
+    state the caller never asked for.  Raises ValueError naming the
+    offending field when the id is malformed, ``is_active`` is not a
+    bool, or the definition does not exist.
+
+    Atomicity: the existence check, the UPDATE and the readback of the
+    definition, its rule, assignees and windows all run inside the
+    connection-scoped lock, so the returned bundle is a consistent
+    snapshot that a concurrent mutation cannot race.
+    """
+    _validate_definition_id(definition_id)
+    if not isinstance(is_active, bool):
+        raise ValueError(f"is_active must be a real bool, got {is_active!r}")
+    async with _connection_lock(database):
+        dao = QuestDefinitionsDao(database)
+        if await dao.get(definition_id) is None:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"definition_id: quest definition {definition_id} "
+                "does not exist"
+            )
+        await dao.set_active(definition_id, is_active)
+        updated = await dao.get(definition_id)
+        assert updated is not None
+        rule_record = await ScheduleRulesDao(database).get(
+            updated.schedule_rule_id
+        )
+        assert rule_record is not None
+        assignees = await dao.list_assignees(definition_id)
+        windows = await dao.list_windows(definition_id)
+    rule = schedule_rule_from_storage(
+        schedule_rule_storage_from_record(rule_record)
+    )
+    return CreatedQuestDefinition(
+        definition=updated,
+        rule=rule,
+        assignees=assignees,
+        windows=windows,
+    )
+
+
+def _bundle_snapshot(
+    snapshot: QuestDefinitionSnapshot,
+) -> CreatedQuestDefinition:
+    """Decode a DAO snapshot into the layer's rich view.
+
+    The rule record carried by the snapshot is the one the definition
+    referenced at read time, so decoding it here (rather than re-reading
+    through :class:`~.dao_rules.ScheduleRulesDao`) preserves the
+    coherence the DAO's locked snapshot guarantees: the rule, assignees
+    and windows all come from one atomic read, never three separate ones.
+    """
+    rule = schedule_rule_from_storage(
+        schedule_rule_storage_from_record(snapshot.rule)
+    )
+    return CreatedQuestDefinition(
+        definition=snapshot.definition,
+        rule=rule,
+        assignees=snapshot.assignees,
+        windows=snapshot.windows,
+    )
+
+
+async def list_active_definitions(
+    database: NestQuestDatabase,
+) -> list[CreatedQuestDefinition]:
+    """Return every ACTIVE definition with its decoded rule and links.
+
+    Ordered by rising definition id, matching the DAO's ``list_active``
+    order, so callers get a stable, repeatable sequence.  Each entry is
+    the same rich :class:`CreatedQuestDefinition` snapshot as the rest of
+    the layer: the stored row plus its decoded
+    :class:`~.recurrence.ScheduleRule`, assignees and windows.  The
+    definitions and their links are read by the DAO inside one locked
+    transaction, so each bundle is a coherent snapshot that a concurrent
+    edit cannot interleave.
+    """
+    dao = QuestDefinitionsDao(database)
+    snapshots = await dao.list_snapshots_active()
+    return [_bundle_snapshot(snapshot) for snapshot in snapshots]
+
+
+async def list_definitions_for_child(
+    database: NestQuestDatabase,
+    child_id: int,
+) -> list[CreatedQuestDefinition]:
+    """Return the definitions assigned to ``child_id`` (rich view).
+
+    ``child_id`` must be a plain int (bools and floats rejected, since
+    SQLite would bind ``True`` onto child 1).  Results are ordered by
+    rising definition id, matching ``list_active_definitions`` and
+    ``list_definitions_firing_on``.  Each entry is a
+    :class:`CreatedQuestDefinition` snapshot bundling the definition with
+    its decoded rule, assignees and windows, read atomically by the DAO.
+    """
+    _validate_child_id(child_id)
+    dao = QuestDefinitionsDao(database)
+    snapshots = await dao.list_snapshots_by_child(child_id)
+    bundles = [_bundle_snapshot(snapshot) for snapshot in snapshots]
+    return sorted(bundles, key=lambda bundle: bundle.definition.id)
+
+
+async def list_definitions_firing_on(
+    database: NestQuestDatabase,
+    date: str,
+) -> list[CreatedQuestDefinition]:
+    """Return the ACTIVE definitions whose rule fires on ``date``.
+
+    ``date`` must be a strict ISO calendar date (YYYY-MM-DD); a malformed
+    value raises ValueError naming the field.  Each active definition's
+    stored rule is decoded through the task-1 storage mapping and handed
+    to the recurrence engine's :func:`~.recurrence.occurs_on`; only the
+    definitions whose decoded rule fires on the date are returned, in
+    rising definition-id order, each as the same rich
+    :class:`CreatedQuestDefinition` snapshot as the rest of the layer.
+    The definitions and their rules are read inside one locked
+    transaction, so a bundle can never filter on one rule while
+    presenting another state's windows.
+    """
+    _validate_date(date, "date")
+    target = datetime.datetime.strptime(date, "%Y-%m-%d").date()
+    dao = QuestDefinitionsDao(database)
+    snapshots = await dao.list_snapshots_active()
+    bundles = [_bundle_snapshot(snapshot) for snapshot in snapshots]
+    return [bundle for bundle in bundles if occurs_on(bundle.rule, target)]

tests/test_dao_rules.py

@@ -9,13 +9,21 @@ import pytest
 from custom_components.nestquest.dao_children import ChildrenDao
 from custom_components.nestquest.dao_rules import (
     ScheduleRuleRecord,
+    ScheduleRuleStorage,
     ScheduleRulesDao,
     QuestDefinitionRecord,
     QuestDefinitionWindowRecord,
     QuestDefinitionsDao,
+    schedule_rule_from_storage,
+    schedule_rule_to_storage,
 )
 from custom_components.nestquest.db import NestQuestDatabase
 from custom_components.nestquest.migrations import apply_migrations
+from custom_components.nestquest.recurrence import (
+    RuleType,
+    RuleValidationError,
+    ScheduleRule,
+)
 
 
 def _run(coro):
@@ -423,6 +431,249 @@ def test_rule_delete_concurrent_with_definition_create_is_safe(
     assert create_won is False
 
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# ScheduleRule <-> storage mapping
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+_RULE_STORAGE_CASES = [
+    (
+        ScheduleRule(rule_type=RuleType.DAILY, start_date="2026-09-01"),
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "daily", 1, None, None, None, None, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+    ),
+    (
+        ScheduleRule(
+            rule_type=RuleType.DAILY,
+            interval=3,
+            start_date="2026-09-01",
+            end_date="2026-12-31",
+        ),
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "daily", 3, None, None, None, None, "2026-09-01", "2026-12-31"
+        ),
+    ),
+    (
+        ScheduleRule(
+            rule_type=RuleType.WEEKLY,
+            weekday_set={2, 0, 4},
+            start_date="2026-09-01",
+        ),
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "weekly", 1, "0,2,4", None, None, None, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+    ),
+    (
+        ScheduleRule(
+            rule_type=RuleType.CUSTOM_DAYS,
+            weekday_set={1, 3, 5},
+            interval=2,
+            start_date="2026-09-01",
+        ),
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "custom", 2, "1,3,5", None, None, None, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+    ),
+    (
+        ScheduleRule(
+            rule_type=RuleType.MONTHLY_DAY,
+            day_of_month=15,
+            start_date="2026-09-01",
+        ),
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "monthly", 1, None, 15, None, None, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+    ),
+    (
+        ScheduleRule(
+            rule_type=RuleType.MONTHLY_DAY,
+            day_of_month=31,
+            interval=3,
+            start_date="2026-09-01",
+        ),
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "monthly", 3, None, 31, None, None, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+    ),
+    (
+        ScheduleRule(
+            rule_type=RuleType.MONTHLY_WEEKDAY,
+            nth_weekday=2,
+            nth_weekday_weekday=1,
+            start_date="2026-09-01",
+        ),
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "monthly", 1, "1", None, 2, None, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+    ),
+    (
+        ScheduleRule(
+            rule_type=RuleType.MONTHLY_WEEKDAY,
+            nth_weekday=-1,
+            nth_weekday_weekday=4,
+            interval=2,
+            start_date="2026-09-01",
+        ),
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "monthly", 2, "4", None, -1, None, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+    ),
+    (
+        ScheduleRule(
+            rule_type=RuleType.YEARLY, month=6, start_date="2026-09-01"
+        ),
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "yearly", 1, None, None, None, 6, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+    ),
+    (
+        ScheduleRule(
+            rule_type=RuleType.YEARLY,
+            month=2,
+            day_of_month=29,
+            start_date="2026-09-01",
+        ),
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "yearly", 1, None, 29, None, 2, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+    ),
+]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("rule, storage", _RULE_STORAGE_CASES)
+def test_schedule_rule_to_storage_maps_each_type(rule, storage) -> None:
+    assert schedule_rule_to_storage(rule) == storage
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("rule, storage", _RULE_STORAGE_CASES)
+def test_schedule_rule_from_storage_rebuilds_each_type(rule, storage) -> None:
+    assert schedule_rule_from_storage(storage) == rule
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("rule, storage", _RULE_STORAGE_CASES)
+def test_schedule_rule_round_trips_losslessly_both_directions(
+    rule, storage
+) -> None:
+    assert schedule_rule_from_storage(schedule_rule_to_storage(rule)) == rule
+    assert schedule_rule_to_storage(schedule_rule_from_storage(storage)) == storage
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "storage",
+    [
+        # monthly with neither day_of_month nor nth_weekday
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "monthly", 1, None, None, None, None, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+        # monthly with both day_of_month and nth_weekday
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "monthly", 1, None, 15, 2, None, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+        # MONTHLY_WEEKDAY whose weekday_set is None
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "monthly", 1, None, None, 2, None, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+        # MONTHLY_WEEKDAY whose weekday_set is empty
+        ScheduleRuleStorage("monthly", 1, "", None, 2, None, "2026-09-01", None),
+        # MONTHLY_WEEKDAY whose weekday_set is multi-element
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "monthly", 1, "1,3", None, 2, None, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+        # unknown storage rule_type
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "sometimes", 1, None, None, None, None, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_schedule_rule_from_storage_rejects_ambiguous_or_invalid(
+    storage,
+) -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(RuleValidationError):
+        schedule_rule_from_storage(storage)
+
+
+def test_schedule_rule_from_storage_rejects_malformed_weekday_csv() -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(RuleValidationError):
+        schedule_rule_from_storage(
+            ScheduleRuleStorage(
+                "weekly", 1, "0,2,x", None, None, None, "2026-09-01", None
+            )
+        )
+    with pytest.raises(RuleValidationError):
+        schedule_rule_from_storage(
+            ScheduleRuleStorage(
+                "weekly", 1, "7", None, None, None, "2026-09-01", None
+            )
+        )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "storage",
+    [
+        # DAILY carrying shape columns it must not hold.
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "daily", 1, "0", None, None, None, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "daily", 1, None, 15, None, None, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "daily", 1, None, None, 2, None, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "daily", 1, None, None, None, 6, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+        # WEEKLY carrying shape columns it must not hold.
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "weekly", 1, "0,2", 15, None, None, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "weekly", 1, "0,2", None, None, 6, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+        # CUSTOM_DAYS carrying shape columns it must not hold.
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "custom", 1, "0,2", 15, None, None, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "custom", 1, "0,2", None, None, 6, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+        # MONTHLY_DAY carrying weekday_set (folded-only column) or month.
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "monthly", 1, "1", 15, None, None, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "monthly", 1, None, 15, None, 6, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+        # MONTHLY_WEEKDAY carrying a forbidden month.
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "monthly", 1, "1", None, 2, 6, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+        # YEARLY carrying weekday_set or nth_weekday.
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "yearly", 1, "0", None, None, 6, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+        ScheduleRuleStorage(
+            "yearly", 1, None, None, 2, 6, "2026-09-01", None
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_schedule_rule_from_storage_rejects_forbidden_fields(storage) -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(RuleValidationError):
+        schedule_rule_from_storage(storage)
+
+
+def test_schedule_rule_from_storage_rejects_duplicate_weekday_token() -> None:
+    """A MONTHLY_WEEKDAY with a duplicate CSV token ("1,1") must raise,
+    never silently canonicalize to a single weekday on re-storage."""
+    with pytest.raises(RuleValidationError):
+        schedule_rule_from_storage(
+            ScheduleRuleStorage(
+                "monthly", 1, "1,1", None, 2, None, "2026-09-01", None
+            )
+        )
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # quest_definitions: create / get
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

tests/test_materialize.py

@@ -0,0 +1,564 @@
+"""Tests for materialize.py: the Feature 07 materialization walk."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import datetime
+
+import pytest
+
+from custom_components.nestquest.dao_children import ChildrenDao
+from custom_components.nestquest.dao_instances import QuestInstancesDao
+from custom_components.nestquest.dao_presence import PresenceSchedulesDao
+from custom_components.nestquest.dao_rules import QuestDefinitionsDao
+from custom_components.nestquest.db import NestQuestDatabase
+from custom_components.nestquest.materialize import materialize
+from custom_components.nestquest.migrations import apply_migrations
+from custom_components.nestquest.quest_definitions import (
+    create_quest_definition,
+)
+from custom_components.nestquest.recurrence import RuleType, ScheduleRule
+
+
+def _run(coro):
+    return asyncio.new_event_loop().run_until_complete(coro)
+
+
+def _make_hass_mock():
+    from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
+
+    hass = MagicMock()
+    hass.async_add_executor_job = AsyncMock(side_effect=(lambda fn, *a: fn(*a)))
+    return hass
+
+
+NOW = "2026-09-14T12:00:00+00:00"
+
+
+async def _prepare(path):
+    database = NestQuestDatabase(_make_hass_mock())
+    await database.open(path)
+    await apply_migrations(database)
+    return database
+
+
+def _with_db(tmp_path, name):
+    def _run_test(body):
+        async def _main():
+            database = await _prepare(tmp_path / name)
+            try:
+                return await body(database)
+            finally:
+                await database.close()
+
+        return _run(_main())
+
+    return _run_test
+
+
+def _future_monday() -> datetime.date:
+    """The Monday of next week (strictly future, all 28 days eligible)."""
+    today = datetime.date.today()
+    this_monday = today - datetime.timedelta(days=today.weekday())
+    return this_monday + datetime.timedelta(days=7)
+
+
+def _build_expected(start, def1_id, def2_id, a_id, b_id, c_id) -> set:
+    """Hand-derived expected (definition_id, child_id, window, due_date,
+    due_time) tuples over the four-week window.
+
+    Custody: A is present week 0 and 2 of the two-week cycle, absent
+    1 and 3; B is the mirror; C has no schedule (present every day).
+    """
+    expected: set = set()
+    start_dt = datetime.date.fromisoformat(start)
+    for offset in range(28):
+        day = start_dt + datetime.timedelta(days=offset)
+        iso = day.isoformat()
+        week = offset // 7
+        monday = day.weekday() == 0
+
+        # Def1: DAILY, assignees A + C, window morning due 09:00.
+        if week % 2 == 0:
+            expected.add((def1_id, a_id, "morning", iso, "09:00"))
+        expected.add((def1_id, c_id, "morning", iso, "09:00"))
+
+        # Def2: WEEKLY Monday, assignees B + C, morning 07:00 + evening 19:00.
+        if monday:
+            if week % 2 == 1:
+                expected.add((def2_id, b_id, "morning", iso, "07:00"))
+                expected.add((def2_id, b_id, "evening", iso, "19:00"))
+            expected.add((def2_id, c_id, "morning", iso, "07:00"))
+            expected.add((def2_id, c_id, "evening", iso, "19:00"))
+    return expected
+
+
+async def _collect_instances(database, child_ids, start, end) -> set:
+    dao = QuestInstancesDao(database)
+    collected = set()
+    for child_id in child_ids:
+        for record in await dao.list_by_date_range(child_id, start, end):
+            collected.add(
+                (
+                    record.definition_id,
+                    record.child_id,
+                    record.window,
+                    record.due_date,
+                    record.due_time,
+                )
+            )
+    return collected
+
+
+def test_materialize_two_custody_one_always_present(tmp_path) -> None:
+    async def _body(database):
+        children = ChildrenDao(database)
+        schedules = PresenceSchedulesDao(database)
+
+        a = await children.create("Ada", NOW)      # present weeks 0, 2
+        b = await children.create("Bo", NOW)       # present weeks 1, 3
+        c = await children.create("Cleo", NOW)     # no schedule: always present
+
+        start = _future_monday()
+        start_iso = start.isoformat()
+        end_iso = (start + datetime.timedelta(days=27)).isoformat()
+
+        await schedules.upsert_by_child(
+            a.id, 2, start_iso, "0,1,2,3,4,5,6|"
+        )
+        await schedules.upsert_by_child(
+            b.id, 2, start_iso, "|0,1,2,3,4,5,6"
+        )
+
+        def1 = await create_quest_definition(
+            database,
+            "Daily chore",
+            ScheduleRule(rule_type=RuleType.DAILY, start_date=start_iso),
+            [a.id, c.id],
+            [("morning", "09:00")],
+        )
+        def2 = await create_quest_definition(
+            database,
+            "Weekly chore",
+            ScheduleRule(
+                rule_type=RuleType.WEEKLY,
+                weekday_set={0},
+                start_date=start_iso,
+            ),
+            [b.id, c.id],
+            [("morning", "07:00"), ("evening", "19:00")],
+        )
+
+        expected = _build_expected(
+            start_iso, def1.definition.id, def2.definition.id,
+            a.id, b.id, c.id,
+        )
+
+        count = await materialize(database, start_iso, end_iso)
+        assert count == len(expected)
+
+        actual = await _collect_instances(
+            database, (a.id, b.id, c.id), start_iso, end_iso
+        )
+        assert actual == expected
+        return count
+
+    _with_db(tmp_path, "materialize.db")(_body)
+
+
+def test_materialize_shares_one_generated_at_per_run(tmp_path) -> None:
+    async def _body(database):
+        children = ChildrenDao(database)
+        child = await children.create("Ada", NOW)
+        start = _future_monday()
+        start_iso = start.isoformat()
+        end_iso = (start + datetime.timedelta(days=6)).isoformat()
+        await create_quest_definition(
+            database,
+            "Daily chore",
+            ScheduleRule(rule_type=RuleType.DAILY, start_date=start_iso),
+            [child.id],
+            ["morning"],
+        )
+        await materialize(database, start_iso, end_iso)
+        dao = QuestInstancesDao(database)
+        stamps = {
+            record.generated_at
+            for record in await dao.list_by_date_range(
+                child.id, start_iso, end_iso
+            )
+        }
+        assert len(stamps) == 1
+        return stamps
+
+    _with_db(tmp_path, "materialize-stamp.db")(_body)
+
+
+def test_materialize_is_idempotent(tmp_path) -> None:
+    async def _body(database):
+        children = ChildrenDao(database)
+        child = await children.create("Ada", NOW)
+        start = _future_monday()
+        start_iso = start.isoformat()
+        end_iso = (start + datetime.timedelta(days=6)).isoformat()
+        await create_quest_definition(
+            database,
+            "Daily chore",
+            ScheduleRule(rule_type=RuleType.DAILY, start_date=start_iso),
+            [child.id],
+            ["morning"],
+        )
+        first = await materialize(database, start_iso, end_iso)
+        second = await materialize(database, start_iso, end_iso)
+        assert first == second == 7
+        # Running twice refreshes the SAME seven rows: exactly one
+        # physical row per (definition_id, child_id, due_date, window)
+        # key, never a duplicate.
+        records = await QuestInstancesDao(database).list_by_date_range(
+            child.id, start_iso, end_iso
+        )
+        keys = [
+            (r.definition_id, r.child_id, r.due_date, r.window)
+            for r in records
+        ]
+        assert len(keys) == 7
+        assert len(set(keys)) == 7
+        return first
+
+    _with_db(tmp_path, "materialize-idempotent.db")(_body)
+
+
+async def _materialize_with_change(
+    database, start_iso, end_iso, change
+) -> int:
+    """Run materialize, pause before its first atomic write, apply
+    ``change``, then release.  Returns the materialize count.
+
+    The gate parks the walk AFTER the single input snapshot is read but
+    BEFORE the first :meth:`QuestInstancesDao.upsert_if_valid` call
+    acquires the connection lock, so ``change`` commits against the live
+    state and the write's own in-transaction precondition check then
+    skips the tuples it invalidated (or, for a presence-only change,
+    proceeds with the snapped presence).  This deterministically
+    exercises the snapshot-to-insert gap that a config edit can
+    interleave into.
+    """
+    original_upsert = QuestInstancesDao.upsert_if_valid
+    entered = asyncio.Event()
+    release = asyncio.Event()
+    seen = {"n": 0}
+
+    async def _gated(self, definition_id, child_id, due_date, generated_at,
+                     *, window, due_time=None):
+        seen["n"] += 1
+        if seen["n"] == 1:
+            seen["first"] = (definition_id, child_id, window)
+            entered.set()
+            await release.wait()
+        return await original_upsert(
+            self, definition_id, child_id, due_date, generated_at,
+            window=window, due_time=due_time,
+        )
+
+    QuestInstancesDao.upsert_if_valid = _gated
+    try:
+        task = asyncio.ensure_future(
+            materialize(database, start_iso, end_iso)
+        )
+        await entered.wait()
+        await change()
+        release.set()
+        return await task
+    finally:
+        QuestInstancesDao.upsert_if_valid = original_upsert
+
+
+def test_materialize_skips_removed_assignee_mid_walk(tmp_path) -> None:
+    async def _body(database):
+        children = ChildrenDao(database)
+        a = await children.create("Ada", NOW)
+        c = await children.create("Cleo", NOW)
+        start = _future_monday()
+        start_iso = start.isoformat()
+        end_iso = (start + datetime.timedelta(days=2)).isoformat()
+        created = await create_quest_definition(
+            database,
+            "Daily chore",
+            ScheduleRule(rule_type=RuleType.DAILY, start_date=start_iso),
+            [a.id, c.id],
+            ["morning"],
+        )
+
+        async def _remove_assignee():
+            await QuestDefinitionsDao(database).remove_assignee(
+                created.definition.id, a.id
+            )
+
+        count = await _materialize_with_change(
+            database, start_iso, end_iso, _remove_assignee
+        )
+        assert count == 3  # Cleo's three days survive
+        assert await QuestInstancesDao(database).list_by_date_range(
+            a.id, start_iso, end_iso
+        ) == []
+        assert len(await QuestInstancesDao(database).list_by_date_range(
+            c.id, start_iso, end_iso
+        )) == 3
+        return count
+
+    _with_db(tmp_path, "materialize-removed-assignee.db")(_body)
+
+
+def test_materialize_skips_deactivated_definition_mid_walk(tmp_path) -> None:
+    async def _body(database):
+        children = ChildrenDao(database)
+        a = await children.create("Ada", NOW)
+        c = await children.create("Cleo", NOW)
+        start = _future_monday()
+        start_iso = start.isoformat()
+        end_iso = (start + datetime.timedelta(days=2)).isoformat()
+        created = await create_quest_definition(
+            database,
+            "Daily chore",
+            ScheduleRule(rule_type=RuleType.DAILY, start_date=start_iso),
+            [a.id, c.id],
+            ["morning"],
+        )
+
+        async def _deactivate():
+            await QuestDefinitionsDao(database).set_active(
+                created.definition.id, False
+            )
+
+        count = await _materialize_with_change(
+            database, start_iso, end_iso, _deactivate
+        )
+        assert count == 0
+        assert await QuestInstancesDao(database).list_by_date_range(
+            a.id, start_iso, end_iso
+        ) == []
+        assert await QuestInstancesDao(database).list_by_date_range(
+            c.id, start_iso, end_iso
+        ) == []
+        return count
+
+    _with_db(tmp_path, "materialize-deactivated-definition.db")(_body)
+
+
+def test_materialize_skips_removed_window_mid_walk(tmp_path) -> None:
+    async def _body(database):
+        children = ChildrenDao(database)
+        a = await children.create("Ada", NOW)
+        start = _future_monday()
+        start_iso = start.isoformat()
+        end_iso = (start + datetime.timedelta(days=2)).isoformat()
+        created = await create_quest_definition(
+            database,
+            "Daily chore",
+            ScheduleRule(rule_type=RuleType.DAILY, start_date=start_iso),
+            [a.id],
+            [("morning", "09:00")],
+        )
+
+        async def _remove_window():
+            await QuestDefinitionsDao(database).remove_window(
+                created.definition.id, "morning"
+            )
+
+        count = await _materialize_with_change(
+            database, start_iso, end_iso, _remove_window
+        )
+        assert count == 0
+        assert await QuestInstancesDao(database).list_by_date_range(
+            a.id, start_iso, end_iso
+        ) == []
+        return count
+
+    _with_db(tmp_path, "materialize-removed-window.db")(_body)
+
+
+def test_materialize_skips_deactivated_child_mid_walk(tmp_path) -> None:
+    async def _body(database):
+        children = ChildrenDao(database)
+        a = await children.create("Ada", NOW)
+        c = await children.create("Cleo", NOW)
+        start = _future_monday()
+        start_iso = start.isoformat()
+        end_iso = (start + datetime.timedelta(days=2)).isoformat()
+        created = await create_quest_definition(
+            database,
+            "Daily chore",
+            ScheduleRule(rule_type=RuleType.DAILY, start_date=start_iso),
+            [a.id, c.id],
+            ["morning"],
+        )
+
+        async def _deactivate_child():
+            await ChildrenDao(database).set_active(a.id, False)
+
+        count = await _materialize_with_change(
+            database, start_iso, end_iso, _deactivate_child
+        )
+        assert count == 3  # Cleo's three days survive
+        assert await QuestInstancesDao(database).list_by_date_range(
+            a.id, start_iso, end_iso
+        ) == []
+        assert len(await QuestInstancesDao(database).list_by_date_range(
+            c.id, start_iso, end_iso
+        )) == 3
+        return count
+
+    _with_db(tmp_path, "materialize-deactivated-child.db")(_body)
+
+
+def test_materialize_uses_single_presence_snapshot_mid_walk(tmp_path) -> None:
+    async def _body(database):
+        from custom_components.nestquest.dao_presence import (
+            PresenceOverridesDao,
+        )
+
+        children = ChildrenDao(database)
+        overrides = PresenceOverridesDao(database)
+        child = await children.create("Ada", NOW)
+        start = _future_monday()
+        start_iso = start.isoformat()
+        end_iso = (start + datetime.timedelta(days=2)).isoformat()
+        await create_quest_definition(
+            database,
+            "Daily chore",
+            ScheduleRule(rule_type=RuleType.DAILY, start_date=start_iso),
+            [child.id],
+            ["morning"],
+        )
+
+        async def _add_blocking_override():
+            await overrides.create(
+                child.id, start_iso, end_iso, False, note="away"
+            )
+
+        # Presence is read once, inside the input snapshot; a blocking
+        # override landing AFTER that read must not make the walk panic
+        # or half-apply it.  The walk stays fully governed by the
+        # snapshot it read: Ada was present every day there, so all
+        # three days still materialize, deterministically.
+        count = await _materialize_with_change(
+            database, start_iso, end_iso, _add_blocking_override
+        )
+        assert count == 3
+        assert len(await QuestInstancesDao(database).list_by_date_range(
+            child.id, start_iso, end_iso
+        )) == 3
+        return count
+
+    _with_db(tmp_path, "materialize-presence-snapshot.db")(_body)
+
+
+def test_materialize_stores_snapshot_due_time_not_live(tmp_path) -> None:
+    async def _body(database):
+        children = ChildrenDao(database)
+        child = await children.create("Ada", NOW)
+        start = _future_monday()
+        start_iso = start.isoformat()
+        end_iso = (start + datetime.timedelta(days=2)).isoformat()
+        created = await create_quest_definition(
+            database,
+            "Daily chore",
+            ScheduleRule(rule_type=RuleType.DAILY, start_date=start_iso),
+            [child.id],
+            [("morning", "09:00")],
+        )
+
+        async def _edit_due_time():
+            await QuestDefinitionsDao(database).upsert_window(
+                created.definition.id, "morning", due_time="10:15"
+            )
+
+        # The window's due_time is edited to 10:15 between the input
+        # snapshot and the insert.  The walk must store the SNAPSHOT's
+        # 09:00, not the live 10:15 — the batch is governed entirely by
+        # the coherent snapshot it read.
+        count = await _materialize_with_change(
+            database, start_iso, end_iso, _edit_due_time
+        )
+        assert count == 3
+        records = await QuestInstancesDao(database).list_by_date_range(
+            child.id, start_iso, end_iso
+        )
+        assert len(records) == 3
+        assert {r.due_time for r in records} == {"09:00"}
+        return records
+
+    _with_db(tmp_path, "materialize-snapshot-due-time.db")(_body)
+
+
+def test_materialize_honours_overrides(tmp_path) -> None:
+    async def _body(database):
+        from custom_components.nestquest.dao_presence import (
+            PresenceOverridesDao,
+        )
+
+        children = ChildrenDao(database)
+        overrides = PresenceOverridesDao(database)
+        child = await children.create("Ada", NOW)
+        start = _future_monday()
+        start_iso = start.isoformat()
+        end_iso = (start + datetime.timedelta(days=6)).isoformat()
+        # No schedule means the child is present every day; a blocking
+        # override covering the whole week must still suppress every day.
+        await overrides.create(
+            child.id, start_iso, end_iso, False, note="away all week"
+        )
+        await create_quest_definition(
+            database,
+            "Daily chore",
+            ScheduleRule(rule_type=RuleType.DAILY, start_date=start_iso),
+            [child.id],
+            ["morning"],
+        )
+        count = await materialize(database, start_iso, end_iso)
+        assert count == 0
+        return count
+
+    _with_db(tmp_path, "materialize-override.db")(_body)
+
+
+def test_materialize_rejects_malformed_or_inverted_bounds(tmp_path) -> None:
+    async def _body(database):
+        start = (_future_monday()).isoformat()
+        end = (datetime.date.fromisoformat(start)
+               + datetime.timedelta(days=1)).isoformat()
+        for bad in ("not-a-date", "2026-9-7", ""):
+            with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="start_date"):
+                await materialize(database, bad, end)
+            with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="end_date"):
+                await materialize(database, start, bad)
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="end_date must be on or after"):
+            await materialize(database, end, start)
+        return None
+
+    _with_db(tmp_path, "materialize-bounds.db")(_body)
+
+
+def test_materialize_skips_inactive_definitions(tmp_path) -> None:
+    async def _body(database):
+        from custom_components.nestquest.quest_definitions import (
+            set_quest_definition_active,
+        )
+
+        children = ChildrenDao(database)
+        child = await children.create("Ada", NOW)
+        start = _future_monday()
+        start_iso = start.isoformat()
+        end_iso = (start + datetime.timedelta(days=6)).isoformat()
+        created = await create_quest_definition(
+            database,
+            "Daily chore",
+            ScheduleRule(rule_type=RuleType.DAILY, start_date=start_iso),
+            [child.id],
+            ["morning"],
+        )
+        await set_quest_definition_active(database, created.definition.id, False)
+        count = await materialize(database, start_iso, end_iso)
+        assert count == 0
+        return count
+
+    _with_db(tmp_path, "materialize-inactive.db")(_body)

tests/test_presence.py

@@ -599,3 +599,216 @@ def test_engine_override_lists_are_frozen() -> None:
         engine._overrides[1].append(entry)
     with pytest.raises(AttributeError, match="immutable snapshot"):
         engine._overrides = {}
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# next_present_dates: the parent's pattern preview
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _preview_engine() -> PresenceEngine:
+    """Declan: home all of week 0, away all of week 1 (anchor
+    2026-01-05, a Monday); an away override Tue Jan 13 (his away week)
+    would matter only for the override test."""
+    return PresenceEngine(
+        {
+            1: PresenceSchedule(
+                1, 2, datetime.date(2026, 1, 5),
+                {0: {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, 1: set()},
+            )
+        }
+    )
+
+
+def test_preview_returns_the_next_present_days_of_a_known_pattern() -> None:
+    engine = _preview_engine()
+    # Starting Monday Jan 5 (present week 0): five straight days.
+    preview = engine.next_present_dates(1, "2026-01-05", 5)
+    assert preview == [
+        datetime.date(2026, 1, 5),
+        datetime.date(2026, 1, 6),
+        datetime.date(2026, 1, 7),
+        datetime.date(2026, 1, 8),
+        datetime.date(2026, 1, 9),
+    ]
+    # Starting mid-week: the rest of week 0 first, then the absent
+    # week 1 is skipped and the next present week picks up.
+    preview = engine.next_present_dates(1, "2026-01-07", 3)
+    assert preview == [
+        datetime.date(2026, 1, 7),
+        datetime.date(2026, 1, 8),
+        datetime.date(2026, 1, 9),
+    ]
+    preview = engine.next_present_dates(1, "2026-01-07", 6)
+    # Week 0 runs Mon Jan 5 .. Sun Jan 11 (all present); the away week
+    # (Jan 12-18) is skipped; week 2 resumes Jan 19.
+    assert preview == [
+        datetime.date(2026, 1, 7),
+        datetime.date(2026, 1, 8),
+        datetime.date(2026, 1, 9),
+        datetime.date(2026, 1, 10),
+        datetime.date(2026, 1, 11),
+        datetime.date(2026, 1, 19),
+    ]
+
+
+def test_preview_start_date_is_inclusive() -> None:
+    engine = _preview_engine()
+    # Jan 12 (Monday of the away week) is absent: the first present day
+    # is Jan 19 — the start date itself when present.
+    preview = engine.next_present_dates(1, "2026-01-19", 1)
+    assert preview == [datetime.date(2026, 1, 19)]
+
+
+def test_preview_honours_overrides() -> None:
+    schedule = PresenceSchedule(
+        1, 2, datetime.date(2026, 1, 5),
+        {0: {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, 1: set()},
+    )
+    engine = PresenceEngine(
+        {1: schedule},
+        overrides={
+            1: [
+                PresenceOverride(
+                    1, "2026-01-05", "2026-01-06", False, note="holiday"
+                )
+            ]
+        },
+    )
+    # Jan 5-6 blocked by the override: the preview starts Jan 7.
+    preview = engine.next_present_dates(1, "2026-01-04", 3)
+    assert preview == [
+        datetime.date(2026, 1, 7),
+        datetime.date(2026, 1, 8),
+        datetime.date(2026, 1, 9),
+    ]
+
+
+def test_preview_schedule_free_child_returns_consecutive_days() -> None:
+    engine = PresenceEngine({})
+    preview = engine.next_present_dates(3, "2026-03-01", 3)
+    assert preview == [
+        datetime.date(2026, 3, 1),
+        datetime.date(2026, 3, 2),
+        datetime.date(2026, 3, 3),
+    ]
+
+
+def test_preview_rejects_bad_inputs() -> None:
+    engine = _preview_engine()
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="count must be an integer"):
+        engine.next_present_dates(1, "2026-01-05", "3")
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="count must be at least 1"):
+        engine.next_present_dates(1, "2026-01-05", 0)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="child_id must be an integer"):
+        engine.next_present_dates(True, "2026-01-05", 1)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="plain calendar date"):
+        engine.next_present_dates(1, datetime.datetime(2026, 1, 5), 1)
+
+
+def test_preview_always_absent_child_raises_not_loops() -> None:
+    """A child absent every scanned day must surface as an error, not
+    hang the admin preview."""
+    engine = PresenceEngine(
+        {
+            1: PresenceSchedule(
+                1, 1, datetime.date(2026, 1, 5), {0: set()}
+            )
+        }
+    )
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="not present on any"):
+        engine.next_present_dates(1, "2026-01-05", 2)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# The week-parity regression guard (Feature 05, D-004)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("year", "length", "reason"),
+    [
+        (2020, 366, "leap year, 53 ISO weeks"),
+        (2015, 365, "365 days, 53 ISO weeks"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_custody_rotation_walks_full_years_without_inversion(
+    year, length, reason
+) -> None:
+    """REGRESSION GUARD for the week-parity bug (D-004).
+
+    Walks a two-week alternating rotation day by day across a FULL
+    {length}-day year ({year} — {reason}) plus the following January,
+    asserting the present/absent sequence never breaks or inverts at
+    any point, including January 1st.  ISO week parity silently flips
+    at the ISO-week rollover (the Monday on or after January 4th —
+    January 4th itself in both of these years, which end ISO week 53)
+    and would invert every custody schedule there; anchor-date
+    arithmetic must not.
+    """.format(length=length, year=year, reason=reason)
+    if year == 2020:
+        assert datetime.date(2020, 12, 31).isocalendar()[1] == 53
+        assert (datetime.date(2021, 1, 1) - datetime.date(2020, 1, 1)).days == 366
+    if year == 2015:
+        assert datetime.date(2015, 12, 31).isocalendar()[1] == 53
+        assert (datetime.date(2016, 1, 1) - datetime.date(2015, 1, 1)).days == 365
+
+    # The first Monday of January (2020: Jan 6; 2015: Jan 5) — an
+    # on-week anchor, whatever the year.
+    anchor = datetime.date(year, 1, 1) + datetime.timedelta(
+        days=(7 - datetime.date(year, 1, 1).weekday()) % 7
+    )
+    assert anchor.weekday() == 0
+    rotation = PresenceSchedule(
+        1, 2, anchor, {0: {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, 1: set()}
+    )
+    engine = PresenceEngine({1: rotation})
+
+    # Walk EVERY day of the year.  The expectation is derived from the
+    # anchor's 7-day BLOCKS, not from the engine: each block of seven
+    # days starting at the anchor is uniformly present (even block
+    # index) or uniformly absent (odd block index), and consecutive
+    # blocks alternate.  A parity-based implementation resets on
+    # January 1st and breaks either the uniformity of a block or the
+    # alternation between them — most visibly in the block spanning
+    # December 31st -> January 1st of a 53-ISO-week year.
+    # Walk the FULL year AND the first two weeks of the following
+    # January: the block spanning December 31st -> January 1st must
+    # stay uniform ACROSS the boundary, so an implementation that
+    # resets when the target year differs from the anchor's fails
+    # here (the post-boundary days of its final block disagree).
+    first_day = datetime.date(year, 1, 1)
+    last_day = datetime.date(year + 1, 1, 14)
+    days_seen = 0
+    day = first_day
+    while day <= last_day:
+        days_since_anchor = (day - anchor).days
+        block = days_since_anchor // 7  # which 7-day block of the cycle
+        block_start = anchor + datetime.timedelta(days=block * 7)
+        # Uniformity within the block: every day of this 7-day block
+        # must answer exactly like the block's first day.
+        expected = ((block % 2) == 0)
+        assert engine.is_present(1, day) is expected, (
+            f"{day} (block {block}, day offset "
+            f"{(day - block_start).days}): present="
+            f"{engine.is_present(1, day)}, expected {expected}"
+        )
+        # The block's OTHER days must agree — including the days on
+        # the far side of January 1st.
+        for offset in range(7):
+            block_day = block_start + datetime.timedelta(days=offset)
+            if first_day <= block_day <= last_day:
+                assert engine.is_present(1, block_day) is expected, (
+                    f"{block_day} disagrees with its block {block}"
+                )
+        days_seen += 1
+        day += datetime.timedelta(days=1)
+    # The walked year itself contributed exactly its full length.
+    year_days = sum(
+        1
+        for offset in range((last_day - first_day).days + 1)
+        if (first_day + datetime.timedelta(days=offset)).year == year
+    )
+    assert year_days == length, (
+        f"walked {year_days} days of {year}, expected {length}"
+    )