docs(agents): match the deprecated-flag rule to the code, drop the drill list

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Problem

Rust agent guidance described renamed flags as hidden aliases and retained a stale relay drill list.

Approach

Require hidden legacy arguments to preserve their original environment variables, report through the section's deprecated() into moq_tokio::cli::Deprecated, and make callers reject startup when the collection is non-empty. Keep relay drill requirements while leaving the scenario catalog in test/drill/README.md.

Impact

• Public API: none. Wire: none. Agent guidance only.

Alternatives

Hidden aliases would honor settings that should instead be refused with a migration message.

Validation

nix develop --command just check passed, including 397 scoped tests and 155 moq-cli checks. git diff --check passed.

Follow-ups

The first local check encountered an existing intermittent relay drill UDP rebind failure (relay_killed_mid_group_aborts_then_resumes::impaired, seed 16515990072133439138); the test source is unchanged from main, and both the exact-seed targeted run and final full check passed. The maintainer approved a separate investigation, tracked in #4930 as quest/m1/test-flakes-2/relay-restart-rebind.md.

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[kixelated]

Grok review of a20c0dbe (docs-only, rs/AGENTS.md)

The core claim checks out: alias_hidden appears nowhere in the tree except the line being removed, and renamed flags really are kept as hidden usage args (ConnectDeprecated/ListenDeprecated in rs/moq-tokio/src/tls.rs, Legacy in quic.rs, the hidden auth-* args in rs/moq-relay/src/auth.rs) that feed a Deprecated and refuse to start.

Non-blocking

1. Wrong path for the type. rs/AGENTS.md:49 says moq_tokio::Deprecated, but rs/moq-tokio/src/lib.rs has no root re-export. The type lives at moq_tokio::cli::Deprecated (cli.rs:26, pub use deprecated::Deprecated), and every caller spells it that way (moq-cli/src/args.rs, moq-relay/src/auth.rs, moq-relay/src/cluster.rs). An agent following the rule literally will write a path that doesn't compile. Suggest moq_tokio::cli::Deprecated.
2. Deprecated doesn't refuse anything on its own. It's a collector. The refusal comes from callers checking is_empty() (tls.rs refuse_deprecated, cluster.rs:986 ensure!, moq-cli/src/args.rs:268). The new wording reads as if recording the arg is enough, which is exactly the trap for a new binary or a new config section: if the hidden arg isn't added to that section's deprecated() and the result isn't folded into the binary's top-level check, the old spelling parses and gets silently dropped, which is the failure this rule exists to prevent. Suggested wording: "...stays as a hidden arg (with its original env) that the section's deprecated() records in moq_tokio::cli::Deprecated; the binary refuses to start when it's non-empty and prints the replacement."
3. The env var detail got lost. The old line didn't have it either, but tls.rs:535-540 and deprecated.rs (flag() docs) both make the point that the hidden arg has to keep its original env, because a Usage alias renames the flag but not the variable. That's the part a rename usually misses, so it's worth one clause here.

No broken links or contradictions with the root AGENTS.md. CI is still running and doesn't affect a docs-only change.

Verdict: MERGE. Fixing item 1 is a one-word change worth making before it lands.

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Walkthrough

The Rust guidance now specifies that renamed flags or environment variables use hidden arguments recorded in moq_tokio::Deprecated, refuse startup, and name the replacement. The relay testing guidance replaces three named fault scenarios with a general live-session disruption drill through a real relay over real QUIC. Existing drill requirements remain.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to edbc2

This documentation-only change does not alter runtime behavior, but developers following the incorrect type path may encounter compile errors or omit the caller’s required startup check. Correct the guidance before relying on it.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes both documentation changes: correcting the deprecated-flag guidance and removing the drill list.
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[kixelated]

Automated review of edbc2a73

Docs-only: rewords the rs/AGENTS.md deprecated-flag rule to match the code, and drops the enumerated drills from rs/moq-relay/AGENTS.md. I checked both against main. The direction is right: nothing in the tree uses alias_hidden, and the renamed flags really are hide = true args in Legacy structs (e.g. rs/moq-tokio/src/connect.rs:148-221) that feed a refusal. test/drill/README.md exists, and the drill paragraph still reads correctly.

Should fix

1. moq_tokio::Deprecated is the wrong path (rs/AGENTS.md:49). The type is not re-exported at the crate root. rs/moq-tokio/src/lib.rs has pub mod cli, and rs/moq-tokio/src/cli.rs:26 does pub use deprecated::Deprecated, so the public path is moq_tokio::cli::Deprecated. That is also how rs/moq-relay/src/config.rs:309 names it. An agent following this rule will write an import that doesn't compile. Since the point of this PR is to make the rule match the code, it should be moq_tokio::cli::Deprecated.

Non-blocking

2. Deprecated doesn't refuse anything by itself. It's a collector (is_empty, extend, flag, changed, toml, plus a Display that prints the migration). The refusal is the caller's anyhow::ensure!(deprecated.is_empty(), "{deprecated}"), as in rs/moq-relay/src/config.rs:290 and :334. As written ("recorded in Deprecated, which refuses to start"), the rule reads as if registering the old spelling is enough. A new binary or config section that adds the hidden arg but never wires its deprecated() into the refusal would quietly accept and ignore the old flag, which is exactly the failure this rule exists to prevent. Suggested wording: "...stays as a hidden arg that the section's deprecated() reports into moq_tokio::cli::Deprecated; the binary refuses to start while it is non-empty and prints the replacement."

No CI concerns for a two-line docs change. The only check is the auto-merge job, which was skipped.

Verdict: ITERATE. It's a one-line fix to the type path, and the refusal wording is worth tightening in the same edit.

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Grok follow-up review of 8e103494 (re-review after push; docs-only, rs/AGENTS.md only since edbc2a73)

Both findings from the last review are fixed:

1. Type path (was should-fix): fixed. The rule now says moq_tokio::cli::Deprecated, which matches rs/moq-tokio/src/lib.rs (pub mod cli, no root re-export) and rs/moq-tokio/src/cli.rs:26 (pub use deprecated::Deprecated).
2. Who refuses (was non-blocking): fixed. The wording now puts the refusal on the caller ("callers must reject startup when the collection is non-empty"), matching the ensure!(deprecated.is_empty(), ...) pattern in rs/moq-relay/src/config.rs, and it adds the "original env" clause from the first review.

No new issues. The rs/moq-relay/AGENTS.md drill edit is unchanged. CI (Check, Test, Windows, macOS) is still pending, which doesn't matter for a two-line docs change.

Verdict: MERGE.

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[kixelated]

Independent foreground Codex review of 8e10349.

No actionable findings. The full two-file diff preserves the deprecation/refusal convention and the drill requirements. The guidance now uses the actual public moq_tokio::cli::Deprecated path, preserves the original env binding, and assigns startup refusal to callers rather than the collector. Verified the public re-export and relay collection/refusal sites against source. Removing the scenario enumeration leaves fault activation, terminal outcomes, and sensitivity mutations intact.

Validation: static review of the exact head and source context; merge agent reports final Nix just check passed, with an initial unchanged UDP-rebind flake recorded separately in the authorized #4930 follow-up. Check/Test/Windows pass; macOS is still pending. No public API or wire change.

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[kixelated]

The guidance fixes are complete: use moq_tokio::cli::Deprecated, preserve original env bindings, and require callers to refuse startup when the collection is non-empty. The relay drill catalog remains in its README.

Local just check and final-head Check/Test/Windows/macOS all pass. The exact-head non-Grok review has no findings, and the UDP rebind investigation is handed off to #4930. All maintainer decisions are settled. Public API and wire impact: none.

Enqueueing 8e1034943bfc180a0d8d47b55b5f673f0dd47198 through the merge queue.

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[kixelated]

Ready to land head 8e1034943bfc180a0d8d47b55b5f673f0dd47198: local Nix checks and Check/Test/Windows/macOS passed, and final-head non-Grok review has no outstanding findings. The guidance uses the public Deprecated path, preserves the old env binding, and requires callers to refuse startup for a non-empty collection. Drill activation and sensitivity requirements remain intact. The intermittent relay rebind investigation is scoped in #4930.

The maintainer approved normal squash merging under the repository's current rules, which have no merge queue configured. No public API or wire changes.

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