Release WCAB 0.14.0 PivotCache refresh-on-open case

Add the relationship-backed PivotCache refresh-on-open pair and refresh the 29-case manifest and dataset documentation.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.14.0 — 2026-08-03
+
+- Add a deterministic relationship-backed PivotTable cache case. Its local
+  worksheet source, stored `Report!A1:B2` display cells, and
+  `Dashboard!B4=Report!$B$2` consumer remain unchanged while raw
+  `pivotCacheDefinition/@refreshOnLoad` moves from false to true.
+- Add the exact `pivot_cache_refresh_on_load_changed` fact, raw-OOXML graph
+  validator, package-member isolation check, and corruption regressions. WCAB
+  records a stored open-time request only: it does not open Excel, refresh the
+  cache, calculate or render the PivotTable, or claim a changed report value.
+- Extend the optional FormulaFence adapter to require its exact redacted
+  `pivot_cache_refresh_controls_changed` evidence and high-severity `FF023`,
+  while WCAB independently proves the local source and PivotTable binding.
+
 ## 0.13.0 — 2026-08-03
 
 - Add a deterministic active-AutoFilter case. Its worksheet `Report!A1:B5`

README.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ configs:
 # Workbook Change Assurance Benchmark (WCAB)
 
 WCAB is an open, deterministic benchmark for tools that review changes to
-Excel workbooks. Each of its 28 synthetic cases supplies a baseline workbook,
+Excel workbooks. Each of its 29 synthetic cases supplies a baseline workbook,
 a candidate workbook, explicit observable change facts, a reference review
 disposition, documented coverage boundaries, and—in relevant cases—a
 machine-matchable coverage expectation.
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ reference drift, input propagation, external references, named ranges,
 controls, calculation state, cycles, structural changes (including an Excel
 Table scope expansion with unchanged structured-reference text, a newly
 introduced `INDIRECT` reference, unchanged `INDIRECT`/`OFFSET` formulas whose
-dynamic selectors change, and an external-data connection that begins
-refreshing when the workbook opens), an unchanged external-workbook formula
+dynamic selectors change, an external-data connection that begins refreshing
+when the workbook opens, and a local worksheet-backed PivotTable cache whose
+stored `refreshOnLoad` request becomes enabled while its source, stored report
+cells, and direct dashboard formula remain fixed), an unchanged external-workbook formula
 whose `never`-to-`always` open-time update policy changes, an unchanged
 direct circular formula whose iterative-calculation setting becomes enabled, an
 unchanged precision-sensitive input and formula whose calculation switches to

RESEARCH.md

@@ -165,6 +165,28 @@ package-member boundary. It does not apply a filter, calculate the subtotal,
 infer which rows a client shows, or claim a displayed, copied, charted, or
 printed result.
 
+## PivotTable cache refresh requests without a cell edit
+
+Microsoft documents an option to [refresh PivotTable data when a workbook
+opens](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/refresh-pivottable-data), and
+its [PivotTable overview](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/overview-of-pivottables-and-pivotcharts)
+explains that PivotTables keep a cache that can be shared. The Open XML
+[`PivotCacheDefinition` reference](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/documentformat.openxml.spreadsheet.pivotcachedefinition?view=openxml-3.0.1)
+identifies `refreshOnLoad` as the stored instruction for whether an application
+refreshes that cache when the workbook opens. This leaves a material review
+surface outside worksheet-cell diffs: the request can change without a formula,
+source value, or stored display value changing.
+
+WCAB 0.14 isolates this control in an original synthetic package with one local
+worksheet cache. `Source!A1:B5` binds through a raw PivotCache/PivotTable
+relationship graph to `Report!A1:B2`; its stored `Report!B2` is directly
+referenced by `Dashboard!B4`. The pair changes only
+`pivotCacheDefinition/@refreshOnLoad` from false to true. The raw validator
+checks the relationship binding, source declaration, stored report/dashboard
+cells, and package-member isolation. It does not open Excel, refresh data,
+calculate or render the PivotTable, infer a new report result, or claim that a
+client honors the setting.
+
 ## Array-formula semantics
 
 Microsoft's [dynamic-array versus legacy-CSE guidance](https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/Excel/dynamic-array-formulas-vs-legacy-cse-array-formulas)

docs/observations.md

@@ -180,7 +180,15 @@ native `value_changed` record and the candidate profile's
 `dynamic_reference_cells` feature. For the external-data refresh case, it
 requires FormulaFence's `external_data_connections_changed` details to contain
 the exact connection ID and `refresh_on_load` false-to-true transition; the
-stored control is a fact, not a coverage declaration. For the external-workbook
+stored control is a fact, not a coverage declaration. For the PivotCache case,
+it requires one exact
+`pivot_cache_refresh_controls_changed` record and matching `FF023`: its
+redacted cache-level profile must retain the worksheet source type, cache ID,
+and all controls except `refresh_on_load`, which moves from `false` to `true`.
+WCAB's raw validator—not the adapter—then establishes the `Source!A1:B5`
+binding, `Report!A1:B2` PivotTable location, stable stored report/dashboard
+cells, direct dashboard edge, and cache-definition-only package change.
+Neither report refreshes or renders a PivotTable. For the external-workbook
 link policy case, it requires the exact `external_data_refresh_settings_changed`
 details: `update_links` moves from `never` to `always`, while the three other
 workbook-wide refresh controls retain their defaults. For the array-mode case,

docs/schema.md

@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ WCAB 0.9 adds an unchanged direct circular formula whose stored iterative
 calculation setting changes, WCAB 0.10 adds a precision-as-displayed
 calculation control change without a cell edit, and WCAB 0.11 adds a raw saved
 formula-result change without a formula or input edit. WCAB 0.12 adds a raw
-workbook serial-date-system control change with unchanged cell content, and
-WCAB 0.13 adds an active worksheet AutoFilter criterion change with unchanged
-cell content and formulas. Version 2 remains available in the immutable v0.2.0
-and v0.3.0 releases.
+workbook serial-date-system control change with unchanged cell content, WCAB
+0.13 adds an active worksheet AutoFilter criterion change with unchanged cell
+content and formulas, and WCAB 0.14 adds a relationship-backed PivotTable cache
+refresh-on-open control change with unchanged stored cells. Version 2 remains
+available in the immutable v0.2.0 and v0.3.0 releases.
 
 ```json
 {
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ Facts are observed directly from the fixture files by `wcab validate`.
 | `workbook_date_system_changed` | `baseline_date_1904`, `candidate_date_1904`, `date_compatibility`, `serial_sheet`, `serial_cell`, `serial_value`, `number_format`, `formula_sheet`, `formula_cell`, `formula`, `dashboard_sheet`, `dashboard_cell`, `dashboard_formula` | Raw `workbookPr/@date1904` changes from `false` to `true` while explicit compatibility remains `true`; the raw numeric serial, custom date format, local formulas, and every package member except `xl/workbook.xml` remain unchanged. The validator does not calculate, convert, or infer displayed dates. |
 | `formula_cached_result_changed` | `sheet`, `cell`, `formula`, `input_sheet`, `input_cell`, `input_value`, `result_type`, `baseline_cached_result`, `candidate_cached_result` | One raw numeric formula-cell `<v>` value changes while its raw `<f>` expression, direct input, calculation properties, and every other package member remain unchanged. The validator reads OOXML only; it does not calculate, validate, or interpret the saved result. |
 | `external_data_connection_refresh_on_load_changed` | `connection_id`, `baseline_refresh_on_load`, `candidate_refresh_on_load` | The relationship-backed connection with this workbook-local ID explicitly changes `refreshOnLoad` from `false` to `true`. The validator reads raw OOXML only. |
+| `pivot_cache_refresh_on_load_changed` | `cache_id`, `source_type`, `source_sheet`, `source_ref`, `pivot_sheet`, `pivot_ref`, `pivot_output_cell`, `dashboard_sheet`, `dashboard_cell`, `dashboard_formula`, `baseline_refresh_on_load`, `candidate_refresh_on_load` | One relationship-bound local worksheet PivotCache changes raw `refreshOnLoad` from `false` to `true`; its source binding, PivotTable location, stored report/dashboard cells, calculation properties, and every package member except its cache definition remain unchanged. The validator neither refreshes nor renders a PivotTable. |
 | `external_workbook_link_update_policy_changed` | `sheet`, `cell`, `formula`, `baseline_update_links`, `candidate_update_links` | The declared external-workbook formula remains unchanged while raw `workbookPr/@updateLinks` changes exactly from `never` to `always`; all other stored `workbookPr` attributes are unchanged. The validator does not resolve the source workbook. |
 | `array_formula_mode_changed` | `sheet`, `cell`, `formula`, `baseline_mode`, `candidate_mode`, `baseline_output_range`, `candidate_output_range` | The declared unchanged array anchor moves from `legacy_cse` to `dynamic`, with its stored formula text and output range exactly as declared. The validator reads the raw OOXML cell-metadata binding. |
 | `static_cycle_introduced` | `cells` | Every declared direct A1 cell reaches itself in the local static dependency graph. |
@@ -92,6 +94,24 @@ retrieve data, calculate formulas, or infer a downstream result. Connection
 paths, URLs, names, commands, and credentials are deliberately not truth
 fields.
 
+## PivotTable cache refresh-on-open
+
+Microsoft documents a PivotTable option to [refresh data when the workbook
+opens](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/refresh-pivottable-data), and
+the Open XML [`pivotCacheDefinition` reference](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/documentformat.openxml.spreadsheet.pivotcachedefinition?view=openxml-3.0.1)
+defines `refreshOnLoad` as the cache-level stored control. A cache can be shared
+by PivotTables, so a change to this request is review-material even when no
+worksheet cell or formula text changes.
+
+WCAB's original fixture has one local worksheet cache: `Source!A1:B5` binds to
+a PivotTable at `Report!A1:B2`, whose stored `B2` display cell is directly
+referenced by `Dashboard!B4`. The validator follows only that local OOXML
+relationship graph, verifies the cache definition changes solely at
+`refreshOnLoad`, and checks the stored cells and direct dashboard formula stay
+fixed. It does not open a workbook in Excel, refresh a cache, calculate or
+render the PivotTable, infer a visible result, or claim whether any client will
+honor the request.
+
 ## External-workbook link update policy
 
 Open XML defines [`workbookPr/@updateLinks`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/documentformat.openxml.spreadsheet.workbookproperties?view=openxml-3.0.1)

docs/validation.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Validation record
 
-This record describes the WCAB 0.13.0 / schema-version-3 validation run on
+This record describes the WCAB 0.14.0 / schema-version-3 validation run on
 2026-08-03. It is reproducible from this repository; no network service or
 private workbook is required.
 
@@ -32,20 +32,27 @@ wcab validate --fixtures fixtures
 
 Results:
 
-- 28 cases: 27 paired-workbook cases and one directory portfolio case.
-- 30 observable truth facts across 23 `block` and five `review` cases.
+- 29 cases: 28 paired-workbook cases and one directory portfolio case.
+- 31 observable truth facts across 24 `block` and five `review` cases.
 - Three scoreable coverage expectations: one newly introduced `INDIRECT`
   boundary and two unchanged-formula selector changes (`INDIRECT` address text
   and `OFFSET` column displacement).
-- 87 generated fixture files: 58 workbooks, 28 truth manifests, and one JSONL
+- 90 generated fixture files: 60 workbooks, 29 truth manifests, and one JSONL
   case catalogue, all generated from source.
-- Seventy-one unit tests passed locally under Python 3.13, including
+- Eighty unit tests passed locally under Python 3.13, including
   independent regeneration and byte-for-byte fixture-tree equality.
-- The fixture validator accepted all 28 cases.
+- The fixture validator accepted all 29 cases.
 - The external-data pair has identical package members except for
   `xl/connections.xml`; both archives pass ZIP integrity checks and remain
   readable by openpyxl. Its relationship-backed source is a non-routable
   `example.invalid` URL.
+- The PivotCache pair has identical package members except for
+  `xl/pivotCache/pivotCacheDefinition1.xml`; both archives pass ZIP integrity
+  checks and remain readable by openpyxl. Its local `Source!A1:B5` worksheet
+  binding, `Report!A1:B2` PivotTable location, stored display cells, and direct
+  `Dashboard!B4` formula are unchanged while raw `refreshOnLoad` changes from
+  false to true. The validation run did not open Excel, refresh a cache,
+  calculate or render a PivotTable, or infer a report result.
 - The external-workbook-link policy pair has identical package members except
   for `xl/workbook.xml`; both archives pass ZIP integrity checks and remain
   readable by openpyxl. Its unchanged `LinkedModel!B2` formula names the
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@ Results:
 
 ## Distribution supplement
 
-The 0.13.0 release retains the one-row-per-case `manifest.jsonl` catalogue and
+The 0.14.0 release retains the one-row-per-case `manifest.jsonl` catalogue and
 the tool-neutral observation protocol at version 2. Each catalogue row retains
 the schema-version-3 truth contract and includes byte counts and SHA-256
 digests for the workbooks it names.
@@ -100,11 +107,11 @@ digests for the workbooks it names.
 Commands:
 
 ```bash
-python -m build --outdir /tmp/wcab-v013-dist
-twine check /tmp/wcab-v013-dist/*
+python -m build --outdir /tmp/wcab-v014-dist
+twine check /tmp/wcab-v014-dist/*
 python -m venv /tmp/wcab-wheel-test
 /tmp/wcab-wheel-test/bin/python -m pip install \
-  /tmp/wcab-v013-dist/workbook_change_benchmark-0.13.0-py3-none-any.whl
+  /tmp/wcab-v014-dist/workbook_change_benchmark-0.14.0-py3-none-any.whl
 /tmp/wcab-wheel-test/bin/wcab validate --fixtures fixtures
 /tmp/wcab-wheel-test/bin/wcab manifest --fixtures fixtures --output /tmp/manifest.jsonl
 cmp fixtures/manifest.jsonl /tmp/manifest.jsonl
@@ -118,14 +125,14 @@ Results:
 
 - The source distribution and universal wheel passed `twine check`.
 - Fresh Python 3.13 wheel and source-distribution installations both reported
-  version 0.13.0 and validated all 28 fixtures; the wheel emitted
+  version 0.14.0 and validated all 29 fixtures; the wheel emitted
   byte-identical JSONL output.
-- The full seventy-one-test suite, lint, and format checks passed locally under
+- The full eighty-test suite, lint, and format checks passed locally under
   Python 3.13 and in hosted release CI under Python 3.10 and 3.13.
 - The generated unsupported template scored as zero analyzed coverage, zero
   expected-fact recall, and zero coverage-disclosure recall, confirming that
   unsupported cases cannot become a pass.
-- The FormulaFence normalizer emitted 29 matched facts, one intentionally
+- The FormulaFence normalizer emitted 30 matched facts, one intentionally
   unmapped fact, three matched coverage declarations, and no invented review
   disposition.
 
@@ -140,9 +147,9 @@ wcab formulafence --fixtures fixtures --strict
 
 Results:
 
-- All 29 currently mappable diff/portfolio facts were observed.
+- All 30 currently mappable diff/portfolio facts were observed.
 - All three mappable coverage expectations were matched; no mapped fact,
-  coverage expectation, or targeted lint rule was missed across all 28 cases.
+  coverage expectation, or targeted lint rule was missed across all 29 cases.
 - The schema-version-2 structured Table scope case was observed as a
   `table_definition_changed` diff, even though its summary formula text stays
   unchanged.
@@ -157,6 +164,13 @@ Results:
   `external_data_connections_changed` connection-ID-1 `refresh_on_load`
   false-to-true transition and `FF023`. The report omitted the synthetic
   connection name and endpoint; neither tool opened or refreshed it.
+- The WCAB 0.14 PivotCache case was observed as one exact
+  `pivot_cache_refresh_controls_changed` record and `FF023`. FormulaFence's
+  redacted profile retained one local worksheet cache, ID 1, and all reported
+  controls except `refresh_on_load`, which changed from false to true; it
+  emitted no parser warning. WCAB's independent raw validation established the
+  source and PivotTable binding, stable stored cells, and cache-definition-only
+  package change. Neither report refreshed or rendered a PivotTable.
 - The WCAB 0.8 external-workbook-link policy case was observed as one exact
   `external_data_refresh_settings_changed` transition in `FF023`: only
   `update_links` moved from `never` to `always`; `allow_refresh_query`,

fixtures/governance/pivot_cache_refresh_on_open/truth.json

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+  "coverage": [
+    "The pair changes only raw pivotCacheDefinition/@refreshOnLoad. It does not edit source cells, stored PivotTable display cells, formula text, or calculation properties.",
+    "PivotTable cache refresh-on-open is stored control evidence. WCAB does not open the workbook in Excel, refresh a cache, calculate, or render the PivotTable, or claim a changed report result.",
+    "The validator reads relationship-backed raw OOXML, checks the cache/PivotTable binding and direct local dashboard edge, and treats that edge as a lower bound only if a client refresh changes the PivotTable display."
+  ],
+  "coverage_expectations": [],
+  "facts": [
+    {
+      "baseline_refresh_on_load": false,
+      "cache_id": 1,
+      "candidate_refresh_on_load": true,
+      "dashboard_cell": "B4",
+      "dashboard_formula": "=Report!$B$2",
+      "dashboard_sheet": "Dashboard",
+      "kind": "pivot_cache_refresh_on_load_changed",
+      "pivot_output_cell": "B2",
+      "pivot_ref": "A1:B2",
+      "pivot_sheet": "Report",
+      "source_ref": "A1:B5",
+      "source_sheet": "Source",
+      "source_type": "worksheet"
+    }
+  ],
+  "family": "governance",
+  "id": "governance.pivot_cache_refresh_on_open",
+  "must_reach": [
+    {
+      "source": {
+        "cell": "B2",
+        "sheet": "Report"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "cell": "B4",
+          "sheet": "Dashboard"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "review_expectation": "block",
+  "schema_version": 3,
+  "title": "A PivotTable cache starts refreshing when the workbook opens",
+  "topology": "pair"
+}

fixtures/manifest.jsonl

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 {"baseline_files":[{"bytes":5599,"path":"governance/hidden_sheet_revealed/baseline.xlsx","sha256":"624673b76647c7d5343f1b2188d962ba9da11b7b2fa1c640218c728f15013a07"}],"candidate_files":[{"bytes":5594,"path":"governance/hidden_sheet_revealed/candidate.xlsx","sha256":"6f4d0cb90949de429d8d93d496d95c75e6adcb4d1abce1115d71bba5a3be3fa2"}],"case_path":"governance/hidden_sheet_revealed","coverage":["Visibility is an observable workbook control; cell content is not part of this assertion."],"coverage_expectations":[],"facts":[{"baseline_state":"hidden","candidate_state":"visible","kind":"sheet_visibility_changed","sheet":"ReviewControls"}],"family":"governance","id":"governance.hidden_sheet_revealed","must_reach":[],"review_expectation":"review","schema_version":3,"title":"A hidden review-control sheet is made visible","topology":"pair"}
 {"baseline_files":[{"bytes":5966,"path":"governance/iterative_calculation_enabled/baseline.xlsx","sha256":"b0283ba959d38df4311da749ce16f5331b5d3c2f979b38db831ca86eb6f101d6"}],"candidate_files":[{"bytes":5967,"path":"governance/iterative_calculation_enabled/candidate.xlsx","sha256":"926cf02d3a4101e79707536abdee3ebf530052b53e4c110fbbde93b2798e8b97"}],"case_path":"governance/iterative_calculation_enabled","coverage":["The direct self-reference is intentional and remains unchanged. The fixture records calculation controls; it does not calculate the circular formula or claim a converged, cached, or business-correct result.","The validator checks the explicit iterate flag plus the shared iteration count and delta. It does not predict the number of recalculations, convergence, numerical precision, or Excel-client behavior.","The pair differs only in workbook calculation metadata; no worksheet value, formula text, or dependency edge is edited."],"coverage_expectations":[],"facts":[{"baseline_iterate":false,"candidate_iterate":true,"cell":"B2","formula":"=(B2+Inputs!$B$2)/2","iteration_count":100,"iteration_delta":0.001,"kind":"iterative_calculation_enabled","sheet":"Model"}],"family":"governance","id":"governance.iterative_calculation_enabled","must_reach":[{"source":{"cell":"B2","sheet":"Model"},"targets":[{"cell":"B4","sheet":"Dashboard"}]}],"review_expectation":"block","schema_version":3,"title":"An unchanged direct circular formula enables iterative calculation","topology":"pair"}
 {"baseline_files":[{"bytes":5599,"path":"governance/manual_calculation_incomplete/baseline.xlsx","sha256":"624673b76647c7d5343f1b2188d962ba9da11b7b2fa1c640218c728f15013a07"}],"candidate_files":[{"bytes":5618,"path":"governance/manual_calculation_incomplete/candidate.xlsx","sha256":"1a136225c99e8d98c4e7465f7544459a6188f4889606920b498177b8783c85e9"}],"case_path":"governance/manual_calculation_incomplete","coverage":["Calculation metadata is evidence of save state, not proof that any cached result is wrong."],"coverage_expectations":[],"facts":[{"kind":"manual_calculation_incomplete"}],"family":"governance","id":"governance.manual_calculation_incomplete","must_reach":[],"review_expectation":"block","schema_version":3,"title":"A formula workbook records incomplete manual calculation","topology":"pair"}
+{"baseline_files":[{"bytes":8610,"path":"governance/pivot_cache_refresh_on_open/baseline.xlsx","sha256":"1259f8800a185f3a730c2f03867273ccfea1f21955885aa1a5fe87b520fb9b4e"}],"candidate_files":[{"bytes":8610,"path":"governance/pivot_cache_refresh_on_open/candidate.xlsx","sha256":"b604ce0969033c9afb201c04d44833b1a3654a8705338661fbd749a9cdf28048"}],"case_path":"governance/pivot_cache_refresh_on_open","coverage":["The pair changes only raw pivotCacheDefinition/@refreshOnLoad. It does not edit source cells, stored PivotTable display cells, formula text, or calculation properties.","PivotTable cache refresh-on-open is stored control evidence. WCAB does not open the workbook in Excel, refresh a cache, calculate, or render the PivotTable, or claim a changed report result.","The validator reads relationship-backed raw OOXML, checks the cache/PivotTable binding and direct local dashboard edge, and treats that edge as a lower bound only if a client refresh changes the PivotTable display."],"coverage_expectations":[],"facts":[{"baseline_refresh_on_load":false,"cache_id":1,"candidate_refresh_on_load":true,"dashboard_cell":"B4","dashboard_formula":"=Report!$B$2","dashboard_sheet":"Dashboard","kind":"pivot_cache_refresh_on_load_changed","pivot_output_cell":"B2","pivot_ref":"A1:B2","pivot_sheet":"Report","source_ref":"A1:B5","source_sheet":"Source","source_type":"worksheet"}],"family":"governance","id":"governance.pivot_cache_refresh_on_open","must_reach":[{"source":{"cell":"B2","sheet":"Report"},"targets":[{"cell":"B4","sheet":"Dashboard"}]}],"review_expectation":"block","schema_version":3,"title":"A PivotTable cache starts refreshing when the workbook opens","topology":"pair"}
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