fix: use backtracking for list_any_order matching (#1102) - #1113
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Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Change: Bug fix Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Large failed unordered-list assertions can become impractically slow, and failed assertions can report matching values as absent. Address these before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@tavern/_core/dict_util.py`:
- Line 508: Replace the permutation-based unordered-list matching around the
actual_items enumeration with a compatibility graph built once, then use
bipartite maximum matching to determine whether every expected item can be
paired with a distinct actual item. Preserve existing matcher semantics while
avoiding recursive factorial exploration on failed matches.
- Around line 522-523: Update _find_assignment to retain the best partial
LIST_ANY_ORDER assignment when no complete assignment exists, rather than
returning only False. Use that assignment when computing missing values so
KeyMismatchError reports only expected values that remain unmatched, while
preserving existing behavior for complete assignments.
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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Use polynomial-time matching for unordered lists.
This loop explores every permutation when broad matchers succeed but a later expected item cannot match. For example, [ANYTHING] * n + ["missing"] against n actual items performs factorial recursive attempts before it fails.
Build a compatibility graph once and use bipartite maximum matching. This keeps failed matches practical for larger response lists.
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In `@tavern/_core/dict_util.py` at line 508, Replace the permutation-based
unordered-list matching around the actual_items enumeration with a compatibility
graph built once, then use bipartite maximum matching to determine whether every
expected item can be paired with a distinct actual item. Preserve existing
matcher semantics while avoiding recursive factorial exploration on failed
matches.
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Summary
Fixes #1102
The
list_any_ordermatching used a greedy first-match approach that could reject valid unordered matches when a broad matcher (e.g.!anything) greedily consumed an actual item needed by a later, more specific expected item.Reproduction:
expected = [!anything, {"id": 1}],actual = [{"id": 1}, {"id": 2}]!anythingconsumes{"id": 1}→{"id": 1}can't find a match → false rejectionFix: Replaced the greedy loop with backtracking recursion that tries all possible assignments and backtracks when a partial assignment can't be completed, finding a valid complete matching if one exists.
Test plan
test_broad_matcher_does_not_consume_specific_item— the exact scenario from the issueSummary by CodeRabbit