fix: count-to-end events break link chain

apps/client/src/common/utils/time.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   MILLIS_PER_MINUTE,
   MILLIS_PER_SECOND,
   formatFromMillis,
+  getExpectedEnd,
   getExpectedStart,
 } from 'ontime-utils';
 
@@ -172,13 +173,15 @@ export function getExpectedTimesFromExtendedEvent(
 ) {
   if (event === null) return { expectedStart: 0, timeToStart: 0, expectedEnd: 0, plannedEnd: 0 };
 
+  const expectedStartState = {
+    totalGap: event.totalGap,
+    isLinkedToLoaded: event.isLinkedToLoaded,
+    ...state,
+  };
+
   const expectedStart = getExpectedStart(
     { timeStart: event.timeStart, delay: event.delay, dayOffset: event.dayOffset },
-    {
-      totalGap: event.totalGap,
-      isLinkedToLoaded: event.isLinkedToLoaded,
-      ...state,
-    },
+    expectedStartState,
   );
 
   const plannedEnd = event.timeStart + event.duration + event.delay;
@@ -186,9 +189,7 @@ export function getExpectedTimesFromExtendedEvent(
   return {
     expectedStart,
     timeToStart: expectedStart - state.clock,
-    expectedEnd: event.countToEnd
-      ? Math.max(expectedStart + event.duration, plannedEnd)
-      : expectedStart + event.duration,
+    expectedEnd: getExpectedEnd(event, expectedStartState),
     plannedEnd,
   };
 }

apps/server/src/stores/__tests__/runtimeState.test.ts

@@ -245,6 +245,52 @@ describe('mutation on runtimeState', () => {
     expect(newState.offset.expectedRundownEnd).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  test('a countToEnd last event absorbs overtime into its fixed rundown end', async () => {
+    const tenAM = 10 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR;
+    const elevenAM = 11 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR;
+    const noon = 12 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR;
+
+    const entries = {
+      event1: {
+        ...mockEvent,
+        id: 'event1',
+        timeStart: tenAM,
+        timeEnd: elevenAM,
+        duration: MILLIS_PER_HOUR,
+        parent: null,
+      },
+      event2: {
+        ...mockEvent,
+        id: 'event2',
+        timeStart: elevenAM,
+        timeEnd: noon,
+        duration: MILLIS_PER_HOUR,
+        countToEnd: true,
+        linkStart: true,
+        parent: null,
+      },
+    };
+    const mockRundown = makeRundown({ entries, order: ['event1', 'event2'] });
+
+    await initRundown(mockRundown, {});
+    vi.runAllTimers();
+
+    const { metadata, rundown } = rundownCache.get();
+
+    // start event1 five minutes behind schedule
+    vi.setSystemTime('jan 1 10:05');
+    load(entries.event1, rundown, metadata);
+    start();
+    update();
+
+    const newState = getState();
+    expect(newState.offset.absolute).toBe(5 * MILLIS_PER_MINUTE);
+
+    // without countToEnd the rundown would end at noon + 5min, but the countToEnd
+    // event absorbs the overtime so the rundown is still expected to end at noon
+    expect(newState.offset.expectedRundownEnd).toBe(noon);
+  });
+
   test('resume restores currentDay from restore point', async () => {
     clearState();
     const mockRundown = makeRundown({
@@ -956,4 +1002,32 @@ describe('loadGroupFlagAndEnd()', () => {
       eventNow: rundown.entries[0],
     });
   });
+
+  test('a countToEnd event breaks the link chain for the events that follow it', () => {
+    // chain: A (loaded) -> B (countToEnd, flagged) -> C (linked, last event)
+    // the chain stays intact up to and including B, but breaks for C since it follows a countToEnd event
+    const rundown = makeRundown({
+      entries: {
+        A: makeOntimeEvent({ id: 'A', parent: null, linkStart: false, countToEnd: false, gap: 0 }),
+        B: makeOntimeEvent({ id: 'B', parent: null, linkStart: true, countToEnd: true, gap: 0, flag: true }),
+        C: makeOntimeEvent({ id: 'C', parent: null, linkStart: true, countToEnd: false, gap: 0 }),
+      },
+      order: ['A', 'B', 'C'],
+    });
+
+    const state = {
+      groupNow: null,
+      eventNow: rundown.entries.A,
+      rundown: { actualGroupStart: null },
+    } as RuntimeState;
+
+    const metadata = { playableEventOrder: ['A', 'B', 'C'], flags: ['B'] } as RundownMetadata;
+
+    loadGroupFlagAndEnd(rundown, metadata, 0, state);
+
+    // the flag (B) is still part of the chain
+    expect(state._flag).toMatchObject({ event: rundown.entries.B, isLinkedToLoaded: true });
+    // the rundown end (C) follows the countToEnd event, so the chain is broken
+    expect(state._end).toMatchObject({ event: rundown.entries.C, isLinkedToLoaded: false });
+  });
 });

apps/server/src/stores/runtimeState.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   calculateDuration,
   checkIsNow,
   dayInMs,
+  getExpectedEnd,
   getExpectedStart,
   getLastEventNormal,
   isPlaybackActive,
@@ -836,8 +837,8 @@ function getExpectedTimes(state = runtimeState) {
     const { _group } = state;
     if (_group !== null) {
       const { event: lastEvent, accumulatedGap, isLinkedToLoaded } = _group;
-      const lastEventExpectedStart = getExpectedStart(lastEvent, {
-        currentDay: state.rundown.currentDay!,
+      state.offset.expectedGroupEnd = getExpectedEnd(lastEvent, {
+        currentDay: state.rundown.currentDay ?? 0,
         totalGap: accumulatedGap,
         isLinkedToLoaded,
         mode: offset.mode,
@@ -845,7 +846,6 @@ function getExpectedTimes(state = runtimeState) {
         plannedStart,
         actualStart,
       });
-      state.offset.expectedGroupEnd = lastEventExpectedStart + lastEvent.duration;
     }
   }
 
@@ -868,8 +868,8 @@ function getExpectedTimes(state = runtimeState) {
 
   if (state._end) {
     const { event, accumulatedGap, isLinkedToLoaded } = state._end;
-    const expectedStart = getExpectedStart(event, {
-      currentDay: state.rundown.currentDay!,
+    state.offset.expectedRundownEnd = getExpectedEnd(event, {
+      currentDay: state.rundown.currentDay ?? 0,
       totalGap: accumulatedGap,
       isLinkedToLoaded,
       mode: offset.mode,
@@ -877,7 +877,6 @@ function getExpectedTimes(state = runtimeState) {
       plannedStart,
       actualStart,
     });
-    state.offset.expectedRundownEnd = expectedStart + event.duration;
   }
 }
 
@@ -920,6 +919,8 @@ export function loadGroupFlagAndEnd(
 
   let accumulatedGap = 0;
   let isLinkedToLoaded = true;
+  // a countToEnd event absorbs overtime and breaks the chain
+  let previousWasCountToEnd = false;
 
   for (let idx = currentIndex; idx < playableEventOrder.length; idx++) {
     const entry = entries[playableEventOrder[idx]];
@@ -928,7 +929,7 @@ export function loadGroupFlagAndEnd(
       if (idx !== currentIndex) {
         // we only accumulate data after the loaded event
         accumulatedGap += entry.gap;
-        isLinkedToLoaded = isLinkedToLoaded && entry.linkStart;
+        isLinkedToLoaded = isLinkedToLoaded && entry.linkStart && !previousWasCountToEnd;
 
         // and the loaded event is not allowed to be the next flag
         if (!foundFlag && metadata.flags.includes(entry.id)) {
@@ -942,6 +943,8 @@ export function loadGroupFlagAndEnd(
         foundGroupEnd = true;
         state._group = { event: lastEventInGroup, isLinkedToLoaded, accumulatedGap };
       }
+
+      previousWasCountToEnd = entry.countToEnd;
     }
   }