fix: return assignee roster within the lock (NQ-69-01)

custom_components/nestquest/dao_rules.py

@@ -163,6 +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"
@@ -313,6 +331,28 @@ def schedule_rule_from_storage(storage: ScheduleRuleStorage) -> ScheduleRule:
     )
 
 
+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:
@@ -400,6 +440,37 @@ def _single_weekday_from_csv(value: str | None) -> int:
         ) 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."""
 
@@ -430,22 +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
 
@@ -605,6 +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.
 
@@ -708,14 +962,18 @@ 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.
         """
@@ -736,6 +994,7 @@ 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

custom_components/nestquest/quest_definitions.py

@@ -0,0 +1,395 @@
+"""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 and
+:func:`edit_quest_definition` the edit path; :func:`assign_child` and
+:func:`unassign_child` are the assignment paths.  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
+from .dao_rules import (
+    QuestDefinitionRecord,
+    QuestDefinitionWindowRecord,
+    QuestDefinitionsDao,
+    ScheduleRuleStorage,
+    _UNSET,
+    _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
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class CreatedQuestDefinition:
+    """The persisted result of a create or edit.
+
+    ``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)
+    snapshot = await dao.edit_definition(
+        definition_id,
+        title=title_value,
+        description=description_value,
+        icon=icon_value,
+        rule=rule_storage,
+        windows=window_specs,
+    )
+
+    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)