[API tests] Isolate localized document comparison exclusions

[Prangshuman Das (t-prda)]

Tracking exception: source-only comparison hardening

Related AB#646383 (link only; this PR does not resolve the umbrella).

This layer proposes source-only comparison hardening. Reproduction is not established: saved result sets 2 and 4 demonstrate no corresponding failure. No dedicated Test Defect bug is filed, and the ten comparison callers are not ten proven failures. The next evidence needed is an actual API/UI comparison reproduction identifying the method, country, setup, differing field values and expected semantics before treating the ignored-field expansion as a defect fix.

Scope

Add the dynamic AddFieldToIgnoreIfExists helper and its ten comparison callers. Ignore Operation Occurred Date where present, VAT Reporting Date for sales quotes, and Order Date consistently for the V2 purchase-order comparison. This intentionally changes assertion coverage and needs explicit review.

Evidence and limits

No corresponding failure is established by saved result sets 2 or 4. The ten affected comparison methods are source-dependency coverage, not ten demonstrated failures. Validate intended API/UI differences before approving the broader ignored-field list.

Only this layer's original fix/exclusion patch is reviewed here (13 paths); the patch is unchanged by Expense-first restructuring.

Exact head: a8973702891fbf3deb8aedf2f28d2fb8dc64e5e4; tree: 30bf84d58c51ffb152ec055e7bea045e78651ed6.

Expense-first sequencing using existing exclusions

The same 193 method-specific temporary exclusions (135 APIV1 +58 APIV2 across12 codeunits) now live in the existing src/DisabledTests/_Exclude_APIV1__Tests/_Exclude_APIV1__Tests.DisabledTest.json and src/DisabledTests/_Exclude_APIV2__Tests/_Exclude_APIV2__Tests.DisabledTest.json. No separate sequencing files remain. Original entries retain their order/style/content; no new duplicate or wildcard/codeunit-wide exclusion is introduced. Unrelated pre-existing APIV2 duplicates are preserved rather than mixed with this change.

#11860 removes the temporary additions from these same existing manifests alongside its already-reviewed authentication uptake. All193 temporary stage entries are removed in #11860, but it makes 192/193 target methods eligible: the independent 139739::TestDeleteInUse exclusion remains until the VAT fixture fix PR #11224 removes it. From #11224 onward all193 are eligible; eligibility is not runtime success. All general/downstream cumulative trees are exactly byte-identical to the preceding checkpoint; the full checkpoint has none of these193 methods excluded. No app-name allowlist, selection setting, runner/authentication/test/production change or Logiq exclusion is added.

Why these methods started executing: they already required Disabled isolation and were IntegrationTest codeunits. Ordinary typed selection in TestSuiteMgt332–352 selects None|Codeunit; the old extra Disabled pass in RunTestsInBcContainer was UnitTest-only. The clean-execution switch newly reaches Disabled IntegrationTest codeunits and still honors the existing JSON exclusions. These193 methods were not listed in those exclusions. This is a pre-existing selection gap, not a newly introduced product auth bug or proof they never ran in any historical configuration. A complete67-codeunit audit preserves existing UnitTest/Legacy behavior and the ten independently handled Logiq integration tests.

**Expense scope is unchanged:**51 API reenables, nine non-API exclusions, baseline six cases and all consolidated regressions. The two legacy Spend Requests methods remain conditional on not CLEAN30. Focused #12325 review:21 files, including the two existing exclusion manifests. General #11860 review:159 files.

The official NAV Disable-NAVALTest helper was inspected: it has no destination/app-file parameter, writes NAV's App/DisabledTests using per-codeunit filenames and sorts entries. It cannot safely preserve these BCApps files. A bounded JSON relocation preserved original prefixes/order and checked exact identities, then exercised the unchanged real loader. No new shared helper/framework or NAV selector change was made.

Validation and presentation evidence

Pester117/117 passed independently at the new Expense/general/full heads. Actual existing-loader checks confirm identical effective193-method selection after relocation and preserved51/9 Expense scope. All nine downstream Git tree hashes remain exactly unchanged. Fresh exact-head CI is pending; old-head successes are not substituted for current runtime evidence.

Historical run37330893173 at head88881be reached193 general methods:171 genuine401 failures and22 nominal passes (17 bare-ASSERTERROR cases can accept the wrong error; five local fixtures). Separately, all51 Expense methods passed in13 inspected countries (663 results), and all63 touched API methods yielded819 results; Activity coverage was117/198 at that checkpoint. These are bounded historical results, not a full/current matrix pass. The preceding stage-fix runs hit50 hosted-runner acquisition cancellations; other jobs were active, so this was not a claimed global outage. New pushes schedule fresh CI, not an AL retry. The general SQL-pool NRE and missing warning-reference artifacts remain separate unresolved limitations.

Durable session presentation notes: api-test-enablement-presentation-notes.md, with source-pinned selection proof, fix/coverage inventory, helper limitations and historical-vs-current evidence boundaries. Fresh runtime proof must still establish the51 Expense cases and actual193-case suppression at Expense stage.

Native stack #12327 remains #12325 → #11860 → #11224 → #11225 → #11226 → #11227 → #11228 → #11229 → #11230 → #11322. Protected merged #10085/#11862/#11891 and validation #11892 are untouched; validation-only #11861/#11455 remain Do Not Merge. No new main integration, native-group/base change, PR merge, queue operation, Actions cancellation or manual retry was made. All prior heads remain ancestors; source publication used backups and an atomic forward-only push with explicit leases.

Exact current head: a8973702891fbf3deb8aedf2f28d2fb8dc64e5e4; source tree: 30bf84d58c51ffb152ec055e7bea045e78651ed6.

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[alexei-dobriansky]

Good Sense Reviewer - Round 1

Recommendation: Accept with Suggestions

What this PR does

This change adds a name-based helper for optional table fields, uses it in ten API and page record comparisons, and re-enables those tests. The helper safely skips fields that are absent, but the new exclusions weaken some assertions beyond the expected differences currently established.

Problem-solution fit

Fit: Partial

The change supports running the comparisons across localizations, but the unconditional date exclusions can also hide differences that the tests are intended to detect.

Suggestions

S1 (🟠 Moderate): Keep Order Date comparison outside midnight
Both creation paths set Order Date to the same WorkDate(), and the existing comment limits the known time-zone difference to the near-midnight window. Keep this exclusion conditional so the test still detects API and page Order Date regressions during normal runs.

S2 (🟠 Moderate): Keep localized VAT dates in parity checks
The new ignores remove localized date fields from comparisons although both paths initialize them from the same work, document, or posting dates. Ignore them only under a proven localization or time-zone difference; otherwise these tests can pass with a wrong VAT-relevant date.

Risk assessment and necessity

Risk: Production behavior is unchanged, but the test oracle is weakened for localized document dates and the purchase-order Order Date. Future API defaulting or mapping regressions could pass unnoticed.

Necessity: Conditionally handling fields that exist only in some localizations is useful for restoring the disabled suites. The unconditional exclusions are not yet shown to be necessary.

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