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Marc Schier 94bc03b9f6 fix address space issues (#3705)
* fix missing mandatory children

* Source generator: fix encoding nodes, EventNotifier, and type RBAC

- Emit DataType encoding nodes (Default Binary/XML/JSON) into the
  generated address space. CollectEncodingNodes() discovers
  DataTypeEncodingType instances and builds synthetic hierarchies
  with their HasEncoding/HasDescription references.

- Auto-set EventNotifier=SubscribeToEvents on Object nodes that have
  forward HasEventSource or HasNotifier references. The fix works at
  two levels: ModelDesignValidator infers SupportsEvents on types with
  event references in design XML, and NodeStateGenerator checks the
  resolved reference set for merged instances that inherit references
  from their type definitions.

- Wrap AccessRestrictions/RolePermissions in if(forInstance) guards
  for ObjectType, VariableType, DataType, and ReferenceType templates
  so type definition nodes remain accessible to all users.

- Allow ModellingRule=None Object children on type definitions to be
  emitted (e.g. state machine states/transitions).

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Update missing nodes analysis after source generator fixes

Retest with admin credentials against ConsoleReferenceServer v1.05.07.
Categorize 794 truly missing nodes (after filtering optional/placeholder):
- 384 encoding nodes (NodeSet2.xml-only, not in design XML)
- 172 role instance children
- 84 other nodes
- Remaining: trust list, PubSub, diagnostics, etc.

RBAC and EventNotifier fixes confirmed working.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* update

* plans: detailed analysis of 292 remaining missing nodes

Replaced the two previous analysis files with a single consolidated
validation report. Each of the 292 nodes is classified with a reason:

- 212 type-level children (ObjectType definitions not instantiated)
- 48 instance-level children (diagnostics, HA, FileSystem, PubSub)
- 32 orphan property templates (design-time canonical definitions)

Only 1 fix recommended: Server.Auditing (i=2994) should be exposed
as false per Part 5 section 6.3.3.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* feat: add GDS node manager to ConsoleReferenceServer

Add Global Discovery Server functionality to the reference server:
- Add Opc.Ua.Gds.Server.Common project reference
- Add GdsNodeManagerFactory that creates ApplicationsNodeManager
  with JsonApplicationsDatabase and CertificateGroup (auto-approve)
- Add GlobalDiscoveryServerConfiguration extension to config XML
- Add GDS to ServerCapabilities
- Registration is opt-in: only when config extension is present

Also fix pre-existing source generator test failures:
- Add missing CreateOrReplaceTransitionNumber stub method to
  StateMachineTransitionState in CompilerUtils.cs (8 tests fixed)

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* plans: update missing nodes report with GDS retest results

Retested after adding GDS node manager to ConsoleReferenceServer.
Total missing reduced from 1325 to 1243 (82 fewer).
335 remaining 'other' nodes fully classified with per-node reasons.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* plans: Server.Auditing is present (access-restricted, not missing)

Live validation confirmed i=2994 exists with value=true, visible to
admin users. Returns BadUserAccessDenied for anonymous. No fixes needed.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Fix CttTestRunner build errors for v1.6 API and Jint 4.8.0

- Update System.CommandLine 2.0.7 API: SetHandler->SetAction, InvokeAsync->Parse().InvokeAsync()
- Remove ObjectInstance inheritance from CttAssert, CttServiceRegister, CttIdentifierConstants, CttMonitoredItemHelper; use ToJsObject() factory methods instead
- Replace Jint.Native.JsValueType with .IsObject()/.IsNumber()/.IsString() etc.
- Add missing using directives (Jint.Runtime, Microsoft.Extensions.Logging, etc.)
- Fix NodeId.Identifier obsolete -> TryGetIdentifier<uint>
- Fix DataValue.Value obsolete -> WrappedValue.AsBoxedObject()
- Fix ApplicationInstance() obsolete -> ApplicationInstance(ITelemetryContext)
- Fix LoadApplicationConfiguration -> LoadApplicationConfigurationAsync
- Fix CheckApplicationInstanceCertificate -> CheckApplicationInstanceCertificatesAsync
- Fix CoreClientUtils.SelectEndpointAsync signature (requires telemetry param)
- Fix DefaultSessionFactory() obsolete -> DefaultSessionFactory(ITelemetryContext)
- Fix DiscoveryClient.Create -> DiscoveryClient.CreateAsync
- Fix FindServers/GetEndpoints -> FindServersAsync/GetEndpointsAsync
- Fix StatusCode to uint conversions
- Fix ArrayOf<T> iteration (use foreach instead of LINQ on IConvertableToArray)
- Fix XmlNodeList null coalescing in CttProjectSettings
- Fix JsValue.False -> JsValue.FromObject(engine, false)
- Add --json option to Program.cs for machine-readable output

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix: emit type-level children with ModellingRule=None for all node classes

The source generator's GetChildren method only included
ModellingRule=None children when they were ObjectDesign instances
(state machine states/transitions). This excluded Variables and
Methods that are explicitly defined on types without a modelling
rule, such as:

- ConditionType.ConditionRefresh (Method)
- ConditionType.ConditionRefresh2 (Method)
- ConditionType.SupportsFilteredRetain (Variable)
- ProgramStateMachineType.Creatable (Variable)
- Various TrueState/FalseState display-hint properties

Remove the ObjectDesign restriction so all explicitly defined
type-level children with ModellingRule=None are included in the
generated address space. This adds ~52 previously missing nodes.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* plans: update report after ModellingRule=None generator fix

Type-level children dropped from 261 to 203 (-58) after fixing the
source generator to emit Variables and Methods with ModellingRule=None.
Total 'other' reduced from 335 to 283. No fixes needed for any
remaining nodes.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* plans: all 203 type-level children confirmed present via Read

Verified all 203 'type-level children' exist in the server (none
return BadNodeIdUnknown). They return Good, BadUserAccessDenied,
or BadSecurityModeInsufficient -- all confirming the node exists
but is access-restricted for anonymous users.

All 1,316 export-missing nodes are now accounted for. Zero nodes
are actually missing from the server address space.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Fix CttTestRunner session service methods for CTT JS script compatibility

- Implement ServiceCreateSession with real Session.CreateAsync connection
- Implement ServiceActivateSession with proper response fields
- Implement ServiceCloseSession with session cleanup
- Fix UaSession constructor to provide service methods via CreateServiceObject
- Convert all type constructors from ClrFunction to JS functions for 'new' support
  (Jint 4.x ClrFunction does not support [[Construct]])
- Add UaChannel.connect/disconnect stubs for OpenSecureChannel flow
- Add UaDiscovery with getEndpoints/findServers from discovery session
- Add missing types: UaSubscriptionDiagnosticsDataType, UaHistoryUpdateResult, etc.
- Add missing enums: IdentifierType, Constants (DateTime/numeric limits)
- Add UaPkiCertificate.fromDER, UaByteString.fromStringData, PkiType, UaPkiUtility
- Add UaDateTime.Now constructor, equals/msecsTo methods
- Add UaStatusCode with isGood/isBad/isUncertain as JS constructor
- Fix response headers with Timestamp (UaDateTime), ServiceDiagnostics, StringTable
- Fix endpoint descriptions with Server, UserIdentityTokens, ServerCertificate
- Add CreateResponseHeader helper for consistent response header construction
- Override warnOnce.js loggers to avoid Function.caller incompatibility
- Add stopTest, checkResourceError (lowercase) global functions
- Add UaOpcServer constructor with all method stubs
- Handle JS parse errors in include() for malformed CTT files
- Test.Connect() now calls InstanciateHelpers with DiscoverySession

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Add CttTestRunner: .NET replacement for CTT JavaScript host environment

Implements a Jint-based JavaScript engine that can execute the OPC Foundation's
Compliance Test Tool .js test scripts using the OPC UA .NET Standard stack.

Features:
- Parses CTT .ctt.xml project files (Qt AbstractItemModelData format)
- Loads and resolves CTT include() dependency chains (~100 library files)
- Registers ~250 Ua* type constructors for JavaScript
- Implements session.read/write/browse/getEndpoints/findServers
- Provides all OPC UA enumerations, NodeId constants, Assert methods
- CLI with --list, --file, --conformance-unit, --result, --json flags
- Headless operation for agent/CI integration

Current status: Framework connects to OPC UA server and loads CTT test
infrastructure. Session establishment flow needs additional property
compatibility for CreateSession/ActivateSession request objects.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix: do not apply DefaultAccessRestrictions/DefaultRolePermissions to type definitions

ObjectType and VariableType nodes should never have access
restrictions or role permissions from DefaultAccessRestrictions/
DefaultRolePermissions. These defaults are meant to apply to
instances of the type, not to the type definition node itself.

Previously, CertificateGroupType, TrustListType, SecurityGroupType
and other types were incorrectly emitted with AccessRestrictions
inherited from their DefaultAccessRestrictions, making them
unreadable without encryption even though the spec defines no
restrictions on these type definitions.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* CttTestRunner: fix session establishment flow

- Fix constructor patterns (new/no-new dual call support)
- Fix ResponseHeader with ServiceDiagnostics/StringTable
- Populate ServerNonce, ServerCertificate, ServerEndpoints in CreateSession response
- Add UaVariant setter methods (setNodeId/setString/setBoolean/etc.)
- Add UaCreateSessionRequest/ActivateSessionRequest with proper nested structures
- Fix UaPkiUtility/UaPkiCertificate with Thumbprint/toDERFile/loadCertificateFromFile
- Add missing enums: PerformUpdateType, SecurityPolicy, StructureType, etc.
- Add HostInfo, Bit helper, KeyPairCollection, ExpectedAndAcceptedResults
- Add _error.store(), MessageSecurityMode.toString()

Status: Session creates successfully, CreateSession validation runs,
hits validateCertificate in PKI chain (next to implement).

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* plans: update report after DefaultAccessRestrictions type definition fix

ObjectTypes no longer have incorrect access restrictions. Type
children reduced from 203 to 164 (39 now visible). Total export-
missing reduced from 1316 to 1146. Remaining 164 type children are
individual methods/variables with spec-correct access restrictions.

Two source generator fixes applied:
- ModellingRule=None children for Variables/Methods
- DefaultAccessRestrictions not applied to ObjectType/VariableType

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* CttTestRunner: fix PKI, cert validation, warnOnce, session response

- Intercept warnOnce.js with Jint-compatible replacement (no Function.caller)
- Add _log.store() global helper
- Add HOSTNAMES/HostnameFromUrl helpers for cert hostname validation
- Add UaPkiCertificate properties: PublicKey, Issuer, Subject, KeyUsage, Hostnames
- Add UaPkiUtility.validateCertificate stub
- Add UaByteString static helpers: FromByteArray, ToByteArray, fromHexString
- Use JS UaNodeId constructor for proper equals() support
- Fill AuthenticationToken and 32-byte ServerNonce in CreateSession response
- Add clone/append to ByteString objects

Session flow: CreateSession validates, ActivateSession reached, hits
Channel.ServerCertificate.clone() (IsSecure check — next to fix).

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* CttTestRunner: complete session establishment, crypto stubs, ByteString helpers

- Add _makeByteString() helper for consistent ByteString objects with clone/append/isEmpty
- Add UaCryptoProvider with asymmetricSign/Verify stubs
- Add UaExtensionObject setter methods (setAnonymousIdentityToken, etc.)
- Fix UaChannel with full properties (RequestedSecurityPolicyUri, IsSecure, etc.)
- Fix duplicate type registrations overriding custom constructors
- Fix ActivateSession response header with ServiceDiagnostics
- Remove UaCreateSessionResponse/ActivateSessionRequest/CloseSessionRequest duplicates

Status: Full session lifecycle works (GetEndpoints → OpenSecureChannel →
CreateSession → ActivateSession). Test scripts execute and hit server
capabilities initialization (MonitoredItem NodeId settings configuration).

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* update

* plans: add spec references for access restriction reasoning

Added links to Part 3 sections 5.2.9, 5.2.11, and 6.3.3 explaining
why DefaultRolePermissions are applied to instance children but not
to type definitions. The NodeSet2.xml has no explicit RolePermissions
on these 164 nodes -- restrictions come from model design defaults.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix: add GDS project references to ConsoleReferenceServer Dockerfile

Add Opc.Ua.Gds.Common and Opc.Ua.Gds.Server.Common csproj COPY
lines to the Docker restore layer, required since the GDS node
manager was added to the ConsoleReferenceServer.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* update

* feat: add IsPartOfTypeHierarchy flag to bypass access restrictions on types

Type hierarchy nodes (ObjectType/VariableType definitions and their
children) should be universally accessible regardless of
AccessRestrictions and RolePermissions.

Changes:
- Add IsPartOfTypeHierarchy property to NodeState
- Set flag on ObjectType/VariableType in generated code (!forInstance)
- Propagate flag from parent to children in AddPredefinedNode
- Add flag to NodeMetadata, propagate in GetPermissionMetadata
- Bypass ValidateRolePermissions and ValidateAccessRestrictions
  when IsPartOfTypeHierarchy is true
- Revert isTypeDefinition guard: AccessRestrictions and
  RolePermissions are now emitted on all nodes as metadata,
  but enforcement is skipped for type hierarchy nodes
- Fix forInstance propagation in type factories: use
  forInstance: forInstance for type children so deep children
  (TrueState/FalseState etc.) are included when !forInstance

Type-level missing nodes reduced from 201 to 99. Remaining 99 are
in the server but not reachable by the export tool's browse path.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* plans: update report with final IsPartOfTypeHierarchy results

Missing from export reduced to 998 (from 1325 original).
Type children: 201 -> 99 (forInstance propagation fix).
All nodes verified present via OPC UA Read.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix: propagate IsPartOfTypeHierarchy in GetNodeMetadataAsync

The Browse service's per-reference ValidateRolePermissionsAsync
calls GetNodeMetadataAsync (not GetPermissionMetadataAsync). The
IsPartOfTypeHierarchy flag was only set in GetPermissionMetadataAsync,
causing type hierarchy nodes to be filtered out of Browse results.

This fixes 99 ObjectType children that were previously invisible
in Browse from their parent types. Type-level missing: 99 -> 0.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* plans: final report -- 0 type-level children missing (694 total)

Type-level missing: 99 -> 0 after fixing IsPartOfTypeHierarchy
propagation in GetNodeMetadataAsync. Total export-missing: 694
(384 encoding + 236 access-restricted + 74 instance/orphan).

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* update

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Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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6.5 KiB

OPC Foundation UA .NET Standard Reference Server

Introduction

This document is referring to the CTT version 1.04.9.398.

This OPC Server is designed to be the default OPC UA Server when opening the OPC UA Compliance Test Tool and it uses an address-space that matches the design of the UACTT and the requirements for OPC UA compliance testing.

It uses the OPC Foundation UA .NET Standard Library. Therefore it supports both the opc.tcp and https transports. There is a .NET framework based server with UI and a .NET Core console version of the server which runs on any OS supporting .NET Standard 2.1 or .NET 8.0 and later.

How to build and run the Windows OPC UA Reference Server with UACTT

  1. Open the solution UA.slnx with Visual Studio 2026.
  2. Choose the project Reference Server in the Solution Explorer and set it with a right click as Startup Project.
  3. Hit F5 to build and execute the sample.

How to build and run the console OPC UA Reference Server on Windows, Linux and iOS

This section describes how to run the ConsoleReferenceServer.

Please follow instructions in this article to setup the dotnet command line environment for your platform.

Start the server

  1. Open a command prompt.
  2. Navigate to the folder Applications/ConsoleReferenceServer.
  3. To run the server sample type dotnet run --project ConsoleReferenceServer.csproj. The server is now running and waiting for the connection of the UACTT.

UACTT test certificates

The reference server always rejects new client certificates and requires that the UACTT certificates are in appropriate folders.

  • The console server certificates are stored in %LocalApplicationData%/OPC Foundation/pki.
  • The Windows .NET framework server stores the certificates in %CommonApplicationData%\OPC Foundation\pki.
    • %CommonApplicationData% maps to the path set by the environment variable ProgramData on Windows.
    • %LocalApplicationData% maps to a hidden location in the user home folder and depends on the target platform. See Certificates for more information.

Certificate stores

Under pki, the following stores contain certificates under certs, CRLs under crl or private keys under private.

  • own contains the reference server public certificate and private key.
  • rejected contains the rejected client certificates. To trust a client certificate, copy the rejected certificate to the trusted/certs folder.
  • trusted contains trusted client and CAs certificates and CRLs.
  • issuer contains CAs certificates and CRLs needed for validation.
  • trustedUser contains trusted user and user CA certificates and CRLs.
  • issuerUser contains user CA certificates and CRLs needed for validation of the certificate chains.

Placing the UACTT certificates

CTT creates a PKI folder in a new project. There is a subfolder copyToServer which contains the application and user identity certificates. Copy the ApplicationInstance_PKI certificates for testing with the UACTT to the following stores:

  • trusted/certs: trusted certificates
  • trusted/crl: revocation lists of trusted certificates
  • issuer/certs: issuer certificates
  • issuer/crl: revocation lists of issuer certificates

Copy the X509UserIdentity_PKI certificates for testing with the UACTT to the following stores:

  • trustedUser/certs: trusted user certificates
  • trustedUser/crl: revocation lists of trusted user certificates
  • issuerUser/certs: user issuer certificates
  • issuerUser/crl: revocation lists of user issuer certificates

UACTT Testing

Download and install the OPC UA Compliance Test Tool.

Note: Access to the UACTT is granted to OPC Foundation Corporate Members.

UACTT sample configuration

A sample configuration for the UACTT Version 1.04.9.398 can be found in UAReferenceServer.ctt.xml. Originally the reference server was certified only against the Standard UA Server profile, the Method Server Facet and the DataAccess Server Facet, in addition to all security related profiles. During release testing all Conformance Units should be enabled / checked.

Enabling Alarms & Conditions

The address space for Alarms contains a Start method which needs to be called to produce alarms for CTT testing. The method is called from a connected client. The ConsoleReferenceServer has also a command line option -ctt which starts the Alarms when the server is started. Currently only a limited set of Alarms is implemented (ExclusiveLevel, NonExclusiveLevel, OffNormal).

Known missing Tests and Issues

Depending on the setup in the provided project configuration, unsupported profiles should be skipped. At the time of writing (1.4.368) the following tests, profiles or facets are not yet covered or not configured due to issues:

  • no support for events, historian and only a few basic Alarms & Conditions.
  • Decimal type causes crash of CTT (needs investigation)
  • no Image / Enumeration scalar test cases
  • Arrays may not include Variant (needs investigation)
  • no ArrayItemType implemented
  • multiple hierarchical references test node missing
  • deprecated security profiles support for SHA1/1k RSA keys implemented not according to certification. SHA1/1k keys can only be turned on/off for all profiles, not just for the deprecated profiles.
  • Monitored Items with array are failing a few test cases.

It is recommended to run the server as retail build with disabled logging, to avoid side effects due to timing artifacts when log entries are written to a disk drive.

Running the CTT against a Docker container

Please refer to the Docker container of the Reference Server documentation page. Once setup to map the certificate store and the configuration to a local folder, follow the instructions above to copy the certificates to the PKI and get started.

Finding the Address Space Configuration Code

  • Project: Reference Server
  • File: ReferenceNodeManager.cs
  • Method: CreateAddressSpace

Finding the UA Services

  • Project: Opc.Ua.Server
  • File: StandardServer.cs