Round-trip a fixture whose document part carries one distinguishing relationship (hyperlink, image, header, comment, or footnote) and assert that after save the relationship still carries exactly its original r:id and Target. Catches non-determinism in python-docx's rels emission and any accidental renumbering.
Library verdicts: python-docx: — docxjs: —
| Feature id | docx/round-trip-rels-stable--footnote |
|---|---|
| Format | docx |
| Category | round-trip |
| Family | docx/round-trip-rels-stable |
| Axis values | source=footnote |
| Spec | ecma-376-5-part-3 § 9.3 Relationship |
| ID / part | Predicate | XPath | python-docx | docxjs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
rid-preserved-footnoteword/_rels/document.xml.rels | equal = rId9The distinguishing relationship must retain its original r:id across round-trip (no renumbering). | //r:Relationships/r:Relationship[@Type='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/footnotes']/@Id | — | — |
target-preserved-footnoteword/_rels/document.xml.rels | equal = footnotes.xmlThe relationship's Target must be preserved byte-identical. | //r:Relationships/r:Relationship[@Id='rId9']/@Target | — | — |
styles-rel-present-footnoteword/_rels/document.xml.rels | existBoilerplate rels (styles.xml) must also survive — a round-trip that drops rIds is the classic failure mode this family catches. | //r:Relationships/r:Relationship[@Type='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/styles'] | — | — |
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scripts/gen_round_trip_rels_stable.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Generate round-trip-rels-stable twin fixtures.
Round-trip a fixture whose document part has one non-boilerplate
relationship — hyperlink, image, header, comment, or footnote — and
commit the twin. Assertions then pin the `r:id` value AND the target
of that relationship. If python-docx ever starts renumbering r:id values
non-deterministically during save, or drops a rels entry, the
assertions fail.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import argparse
import sys
from pathlib import Path
from docx import Document
_REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
_FIX = _REPO_ROOT / "fixtures" / "docx"
def round_trip(source: Path, out: Path) -> None:
doc = Document(str(source))
out.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
doc.save(str(out), reproducible=True)
def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
parser.add_argument("--source", required=True, help="Source fixture logical name (without .docx).")
parser.add_argument("--out", required=True, help="Output fixture path (repo-relative).")
ns = parser.parse_args(argv)
source_path = _FIX / f"{ns.source}.docx"
out_path = _REPO_ROOT / ns.out
if not source_path.exists():
print(f"Source fixture missing: {source_path}", file=sys.stderr)
return 1
round_trip(source_path, out_path)
print(out_path)
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
raise SystemExit(main())
{
"$schema": "../manifest.schema.json",
"id": "docx/round-trip-rels-stable--footnote",
"kind": "literal",
"title": "Round-trip relationship stability (python-docx)",
"format": "docx",
"category": "round-trip",
"summary": "Round-trip a fixture whose document part carries one distinguishing relationship (hyperlink, image, header, comment, or footnote) and assert that after save the relationship still carries exactly its original r:id and Target. Catches non-determinism in python-docx's rels emission and any accidental renumbering.",
"spec": {
"source": "ecma-376-5-part-3",
"clause": "9.3",
"element": "Relationship",
"notes": "ECMA-376 Part 3 (OPC) requires each package relationship to carry a stable Id within its source part. Word consumers reference those Ids from the document body (e.g. <w:hyperlink r:id='rId9'>); any save path that re-picks Ids or reorders them will either break intra-document references or produce non-reproducible output that thrashes diffs. python-docx is currently stable on both counts — this manifest pins that stability."
},
"fixtures": {
"machine": "docx/round-trip-rels-stable--footnote"
},
"round_trip": {
"library": "python-docx",
"source_fixture": "docx/round-trip-rels-stable",
"notes": "Mode B (generator-embedded). The generator loads the committed source fixture (hyperlink.docx / image-inline.docx / page-header.docx / comment.docx / footnote.docx) through python-docx and saves the twin as the manifest fixture."
},
"generator": {
"python": "scripts/gen_round_trip_rels_stable.py",
"arg_template": "--source {source.id} --out fixtures/docx/round-trip-rels-stable--{source.id}.docx"
},
"_expansion": {
"parent_id": "docx/round-trip-rels-stable",
"bindings": {
"source": "footnote"
}
},
"assertions": [
{
"id": "rid-preserved-footnote",
"part": "word/_rels/document.xml.rels",
"namespaces": {
"r": "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
},
"xpath": "//r:Relationships/r:Relationship[@Type='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/footnotes']/@Id",
"must": "equal",
"value": "rId9",
"description": "The distinguishing relationship must retain its original r:id across round-trip (no renumbering)."
},
{
"id": "target-preserved-footnote",
"part": "word/_rels/document.xml.rels",
"namespaces": {
"r": "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
},
"xpath": "//r:Relationships/r:Relationship[@Id='rId9']/@Target",
"must": "equal",
"value": "footnotes.xml",
"description": "The relationship's Target must be preserved byte-identical."
},
{
"id": "styles-rel-present-footnote",
"part": "word/_rels/document.xml.rels",
"namespaces": {
"r": "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
},
"xpath": "//r:Relationships/r:Relationship[@Type='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/styles']",
"must": "exist",
"description": "Boilerplate rels (styles.xml) must also survive — a round-trip that drops rIds is the classic failure mode this family catches."
}
]
}
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