fixes ai agents parameter flow

modules/connectors/connectorDbPostgre.py

@@ -21,6 +21,47 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 # No mapping needed - table name = Pydantic model name exactly
 
 
+class DatabaseQueryError(RuntimeError):
+    """Raised by DB read methods when the underlying SQL query failed.
+
+    Empty result sets do NOT raise this — they return ``[]`` / ``None`` /
+    ``{"items": [], "totalItems": 0, "totalPages": 0}`` as before. This
+    exception is reserved for **real** failures: psycopg2 ProgrammingError,
+    DataError, OperationalError, IntegrityError, plus any unexpected
+    Python error raised inside a query path.
+
+    Read methods used to silently swallow such errors and return empty
+    collections, which made every caller incapable of distinguishing
+    "no rows" from "broken query / type adapter / dropped column / lost
+    connection". That hid concrete bugs (e.g. dict passed where Postgres
+    expected a UUID string) behind misleading downstream "no record found"
+    errors.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, table: str, message: str, original: BaseException = None):
+        super().__init__(f"{table}: {message}")
+        self.table = table
+        self.original = original
+
+
+def _rollbackQuietly(connection) -> None:
+    """Restore the connection state after a failed query.
+
+    Postgres puts the connection in an error state after any failed
+    statement; subsequent queries on the same connection raise
+    ``InFailedSqlTransaction`` until we rollback. We swallow rollback
+    errors because the original query error is what the caller should
+    see — a secondary rollback failure typically means the connection
+    is gone and will be reopened on the next ``_ensure_connection``.
+    """
+    if connection is None:
+        return
+    try:
+        connection.rollback()
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+
 class SystemTable(PowerOnModel):
     """Data model for system table entries"""
 
@@ -762,7 +803,8 @@ class DatabaseConnector:
                 return record
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Error loading record {recordId} from table {table}: {e}")
-            return None
+            _rollbackQuietly(getattr(self, "connection", None))
+            raise DatabaseQueryError(table, str(e), original=e) from e
 
     def getRecord(self, model_class: type, recordId: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
         """Load one row by primary key (routes / services; wraps _loadRecord)."""
@@ -848,7 +890,8 @@ class DatabaseConnector:
                 return records
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Error loading table {table}: {e}")
-            return []
+            _rollbackQuietly(getattr(self, "connection", None))
+            raise DatabaseQueryError(table, str(e), original=e) from e
 
     def _registerInitialId(self, table: str, initialId: str) -> bool:
         """Registers the initial ID for a table."""
@@ -1047,7 +1090,8 @@ class DatabaseConnector:
                 return records
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Error loading records from table {table}: {e}")
-            return []
+            _rollbackQuietly(getattr(self, "connection", None))
+            raise DatabaseQueryError(table, str(e), original=e) from e
 
     def _buildPaginationClauses(
         self,
@@ -1270,7 +1314,8 @@ class DatabaseConnector:
             return {"items": records, "totalItems": totalItems, "totalPages": totalPages}
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Error in getRecordsetPaginated for table {table}: {e}")
-            return {"items": [], "totalItems": 0, "totalPages": 0}
+            _rollbackQuietly(getattr(self, "connection", None))
+            raise DatabaseQueryError(table, str(e), original=e) from e
 
     def getDistinctColumnValues(
         self,
@@ -1332,7 +1377,8 @@ class DatabaseConnector:
             return result
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Error in getDistinctColumnValues for {table}.{column}: {e}")
-            return []
+            _rollbackQuietly(getattr(self, "connection", None))
+            raise DatabaseQueryError(table, str(e), original=e) from e
 
     def recordCreate(
         self, model_class: type, record: Union[Dict[str, Any], BaseModel]
@@ -1710,7 +1756,8 @@ class DatabaseConnector:
                 return records
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Error in semantic search on {table}: {e}")
-            return []
+            _rollbackQuietly(getattr(self, "connection", None))
+            raise DatabaseQueryError(table, str(e), original=e) from e
 
     def close(self, forceClose: bool = False):
         """Close the database connection.

modules/serviceCenter/services/serviceAgent/actionToolAdapter.py

@@ -187,7 +187,15 @@ def _catalogTypeToJsonSchema(typeStr: str, _depth: int = 0) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 
 
 def _createDispatchHandler(actionExecutor, methodName: str, actionName: str):
-    """Create an async handler that dispatches to the ActionExecutor."""
+    """Create an async handler that dispatches to the ActionExecutor.
+
+    Parameter validation and Ref-payload normalization (collapsing
+    ``{id: ..., featureCode: ...}`` from the agent's typed tool schema to the
+    bare UUID expected by action implementations) happen centrally inside
+    ``ActionExecutor.executeAction`` via ``parameterValidation``. This keeps
+    a single source of truth for the action parameter contract regardless
+    of caller (agent, workflow graph, REST route).
+    """
     async def _handler(args: Dict[str, Any], context: Dict[str, Any]) -> ToolResult:
         try:
             if context:

modules/workflows/processing/core/actionExecutor.py

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ from modules.datamodels.datamodelChat import ActionResult, ActionItem, TaskStep
 from modules.datamodels.datamodelChat import ChatWorkflow
 from modules.workflows.processing.shared.methodDiscovery import methods
 from modules.workflows.processing.shared.stateTools import checkWorkflowStopped
+from modules.workflows.processing.shared.parameterValidation import (
+    InvalidActionParameterError, validateAndCoerceParameters,
+)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -20,20 +23,32 @@ class ActionExecutor:
     
     
     async def executeAction(self, methodName: str, actionName: str, parameters: Dict[str, Any]) -> ActionResult:
-        """Execute a method action"""
+        """Execute a method action with validated/coerced parameters.
+
+        Parameter validation is centralised here so the contract holds for
+        every execution path (agent tool calls, workflow graph nodes,
+        REST routes) — actions can rely on declared types without
+        defensive isinstance branches.
+        """
         try:
             if methodName not in methods:
                 raise ValueError(f"Unknown method: {methodName}")
-                
+
             method = methods[methodName]
             if actionName not in method['actions']:
                 raise ValueError(f"Unknown action: {actionName} for method {methodName}")
-                
+
             action = method['actions'][actionName]
-            
-            # Execute the action
+
+            actionDef = method['instance']._actions.get(actionName)
+            if actionDef is not None:
+                parameters = validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, parameters or {})
+
             return await action['method'](parameters)
-            
+
+        except InvalidActionParameterError as e:
+            logger.error(f"Invalid parameters for {methodName}.{actionName}: {e}")
+            raise
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Error executing method {methodName}.{actionName}: {str(e)}")
             raise

modules/workflows/processing/shared/parameterValidation.py

@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2026 Patrick Motsch
+# All rights reserved.
+"""Universal parameter validation + coercion for workflow actions.
+
+Workflow actions historically received their ``parameters`` as a raw
+``Dict[str, Any]`` with no enforcement of the declared parameter schema.
+That implicit contract masked two whole classes of bugs:
+
+1. **Type confusion at the agent boundary.** The agent's tool schema
+   (Phase-3 Typed Action Architecture) exposes ``FeatureInstanceRef`` /
+   ``ConnectionRef`` etc. as typed *objects* with ``id`` plus a
+   discriminator (``featureCode`` / ``authority``) so the LLM can pick
+   the right instance among several. The action implementations, however,
+   use the value as a bare UUID string in ``recordFilter={"col": <value>}``.
+   Without normalization Postgres fails with "can't adapt type 'dict'",
+   the connector's previous swallow-and-return-[] hid the failure, and the
+   action returned the misleading "no record found" error.
+
+2. **Unchecked optional flags.** ``forceRefresh`` arriving as the string
+   ``"true"`` instead of a real bool, ``periodMonth`` arriving as ``"12"``
+   instead of ``12``, etc.  Every action grew its own ad-hoc coercion code.
+
+This module centralises validation and coercion at exactly one boundary:
+``ActionExecutor.executeAction``. By the time the action body runs, the
+``parameters`` dict is guaranteed to satisfy the declared schema.
+
+Unknown extra keys (e.g. ``parentOperationId`` injected by the executor,
+``expectedDocumentFormats`` from action items) are passed through
+untouched — the schema only constrains *declared* parameters.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class InvalidActionParameterError(ValueError):
+    """Raised when a declared action parameter is missing, malformed, or
+    cannot be coerced into the declared type.
+
+    The message identifies the action and parameter so the agent and
+    workflow log can pinpoint the offending call instead of getting an
+    opaque downstream "no record found" or "can't adapt type 'X'".
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, actionId: str, paramName: str, reason: str):
+        super().__init__(f"{actionId}.{paramName}: {reason}")
+        self.actionId = actionId
+        self.paramName = paramName
+        self.reason = reason
+
+
+_TRUE_STRINGS = {"true", "1", "yes", "on"}
+_FALSE_STRINGS = {"false", "0", "no", "off", ""}
+
+
+def _isRefSchema(typeStr: str) -> bool:
+    """A declared type is a Ref-Schema iff its name ends with ``Ref`` AND it
+    resolves to a PORT_TYPE_CATALOG schema with an ``id`` field.
+
+    The catalog is imported lazily to keep this module light at startup.
+    """
+    if not typeStr or not typeStr.endswith("Ref"):
+        return False
+    from modules.features.graphicalEditor.portTypes import PORT_TYPE_CATALOG
+    schema = PORT_TYPE_CATALOG.get(typeStr)
+    if schema is None:
+        return False
+    return any(f.name == "id" for f in schema.fields)
+
+
+def _coerceRef(actionId: str, paramName: str, value: Any) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Collapse a Ref payload to its ``id`` string.
+
+    Accepts:
+      * already a string → returned as-is (workflow execution path),
+      * dict with non-empty ``id`` field → returns the id (agent path),
+      * ``None`` → returned as-is so optional Ref params stay optional.
+    """
+    if value is None or isinstance(value, str):
+        return value
+    if isinstance(value, dict):
+        refId = value.get("id")
+        if isinstance(refId, str) and refId:
+            return refId
+        raise InvalidActionParameterError(
+            actionId, paramName,
+            f"Ref payload missing or empty 'id' field: {value!r}",
+        )
+    raise InvalidActionParameterError(
+        actionId, paramName,
+        f"Ref must be a string id or {{'id': ...}} dict, got {type(value).__name__}",
+    )
+
+
+def _coercePrimitive(actionId: str, paramName: str, value: Any, typeStr: str) -> Any:
+    """Best-effort coercion of primitive types from string-form payloads.
+
+    The agent's JSON tool calls deliver everything as strings/numbers; the
+    workflow executor passes through raw template values which are also
+    often strings. Coercing here removes ad-hoc ``isinstance(x, str)``
+    branches inside every action.
+    """
+    if value is None:
+        return None
+    if typeStr == "bool":
+        if isinstance(value, bool):
+            return value
+        if isinstance(value, str):
+            lower = value.strip().lower()
+            if lower in _TRUE_STRINGS:
+                return True
+            if lower in _FALSE_STRINGS:
+                return False
+        if isinstance(value, (int, float)):
+            return bool(value)
+        raise InvalidActionParameterError(
+            actionId, paramName, f"cannot coerce {value!r} to bool",
+        )
+    if typeStr == "int":
+        if isinstance(value, bool):
+            return int(value)
+        if isinstance(value, int):
+            return value
+        if isinstance(value, str) and value.strip():
+            try:
+                return int(value.strip(), 10)
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+        if isinstance(value, float) and value.is_integer():
+            return int(value)
+        raise InvalidActionParameterError(
+            actionId, paramName, f"cannot coerce {value!r} to int",
+        )
+    if typeStr == "float":
+        if isinstance(value, (int, float)):
+            return float(value)
+        if isinstance(value, str) and value.strip():
+            try:
+                return float(value.strip())
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+        raise InvalidActionParameterError(
+            actionId, paramName, f"cannot coerce {value!r} to float",
+        )
+    return value
+
+
+def validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, parameters: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """Validate and coerce ``parameters`` against ``actionDef.parameters``.
+
+    Behaviour per declared parameter:
+
+    * **Missing + required** → raises ``InvalidActionParameterError``.
+    * **Missing + optional** → left absent (action uses its own default).
+    * **Present + Ref-Schema (e.g. FeatureInstanceRef)** → ``{id: ..., ...}``
+      collapsed to the bare id string; pass-through if already a string.
+    * **Present + primitive (bool/int/float)** → coerced from common
+      string forms (e.g. ``"true"`` → ``True``).
+    * **Present + other types** (catalog objects, ``str``, ``Any``,
+      containers) → passed through untouched.
+
+    Unknown keys (e.g. ``parentOperationId``, ``expectedDocumentFormats``,
+    ad-hoc fields injected by the executor) are passed through unchanged.
+
+    Returns a new dict (does not mutate the caller's parameters).
+    """
+    if not parameters:
+        parameters = {}
+    actionId = getattr(actionDef, "actionId", None) or "<unknown.action>"
+    declared = getattr(actionDef, "parameters", {}) or {}
+
+    coerced: Dict[str, Any] = dict(parameters)
+
+    for paramName, paramSchema in declared.items():
+        typeStr = getattr(paramSchema, "type", None) or "Any"
+        required = bool(getattr(paramSchema, "required", False))
+
+        if paramName not in coerced or coerced[paramName] is None:
+            if required:
+                raise InvalidActionParameterError(
+                    actionId, paramName, "required parameter missing",
+                )
+            continue
+
+        rawValue = coerced[paramName]
+
+        if _isRefSchema(typeStr):
+            coerced[paramName] = _coerceRef(actionId, paramName, rawValue)
+            continue
+
+        if typeStr in ("bool", "int", "float"):
+            coerced[paramName] = _coercePrimitive(actionId, paramName, rawValue, typeStr)
+            continue
+
+    return coerced

tests/unit/connectors/test_connectorDbPostgre_failLoud.py

@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2026 Patrick Motsch
+# All rights reserved.
+"""Unit tests: PostgreSQL connector raises DatabaseQueryError on real failures.
+
+Historical regression: ``getRecordset`` and friends used to swallow every
+exception (``except Exception: log; return []``), which turned every kind of
+broken query into "no rows found". That hid bugs like:
+
+* dict passed where Postgres expected a UUID string ("can't adapt type 'dict'"),
+* missing/renamed columns after an incomplete schema migration,
+* dropped tables, lost connections, etc.
+
+These tests pin the new contract: empty result sets still return ``[]`` /
+``None`` (normal), but any exception inside the query path propagates as
+``DatabaseQueryError`` with the table name attached. The transaction is
+rolled back so the connection is usable for subsequent queries.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+import pytest
+import psycopg2.errors
+
+from modules.connectors.connectorDbPostgre import (
+    DatabaseConnector,
+    DatabaseQueryError,
+    _rollbackQuietly,
+)
+
+
+class DummyTable:
+    """Stand-in for a Pydantic model so we can drive the connector without a real DB.
+
+    The connector reads ``model_class.__name__`` to derive the SQL table name,
+    so the class name itself becomes the asserted table name in tests.
+    """
+    model_fields = {}
+
+
+def _makeConnector(cursorBehavior):
+    """Build a ``DatabaseConnector`` skeleton with mocked connection/cursor.
+
+    ``cursorBehavior`` is a callable invoked with the cursor mock so the test
+    can configure ``execute``/``fetchall``/``fetchone`` per scenario.
+    """
+    connector = DatabaseConnector.__new__(DatabaseConnector)
+    cursor = MagicMock()
+    cursorContext = MagicMock()
+    cursorContext.__enter__ = MagicMock(return_value=cursor)
+    cursorContext.__exit__ = MagicMock(return_value=False)
+
+    connection = MagicMock()
+    connection.cursor.return_value = cursorContext
+    connector.connection = connection
+
+    connector._ensureTableExists = MagicMock(return_value=True)
+    connector._systemTableName = "_system"
+
+    cursorBehavior(cursor)
+    return connector, connection, cursor
+
+
+class TestGetRecordsetFailLoud:
+    def test_emptyResultStillReturnsList(self):
+        """No rows → []; this is the normal happy path, not a failure."""
+        def behavior(cursor):
+            cursor.execute.return_value = None
+            cursor.fetchall.return_value = []
+        connector, connection, _ = _makeConnector(behavior)
+
+        result = connector.getRecordset(DummyTable)
+        assert result == []
+        connection.rollback.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_dictAdaptErrorRaisesDatabaseQueryError(self):
+        """Reproduces the Trustee bug: passing a dict in WHERE → can't adapt → raise."""
+        def behavior(cursor):
+            cursor.execute.side_effect = psycopg2.ProgrammingError(
+                "can't adapt type 'dict'"
+            )
+        connector, connection, _ = _makeConnector(behavior)
+
+        with pytest.raises(DatabaseQueryError) as excinfo:
+            connector.getRecordset(
+                DummyTable,
+                recordFilter={"featureInstanceId": {"id": "uuid", "featureCode": "trustee"}},
+            )
+
+        assert excinfo.value.table == "DummyTable"
+        assert "can't adapt type 'dict'" in str(excinfo.value)
+        assert isinstance(excinfo.value.original, psycopg2.ProgrammingError)
+        connection.rollback.assert_called_once()
+
+    def test_missingColumnRaisesDatabaseQueryError(self):
+        def behavior(cursor):
+            cursor.execute.side_effect = psycopg2.errors.UndefinedColumn(
+                'column "wat" does not exist'
+            )
+        connector, connection, _ = _makeConnector(behavior)
+
+        with pytest.raises(DatabaseQueryError) as excinfo:
+            connector.getRecordset(DummyTable, recordFilter={"wat": "x"})
+
+        assert "wat" in str(excinfo.value)
+        connection.rollback.assert_called_once()
+
+    def test_operationalErrorRaisesDatabaseQueryError(self):
+        """Connection lost mid-query is also a real failure that must propagate."""
+        def behavior(cursor):
+            cursor.execute.side_effect = psycopg2.OperationalError("connection lost")
+        connector, connection, _ = _makeConnector(behavior)
+
+        with pytest.raises(DatabaseQueryError):
+            connector.getRecordset(DummyTable)
+        connection.rollback.assert_called_once()
+
+
+class TestGetRecordFailLoud:
+    def test_recordNotFoundReturnsNone(self):
+        """`fetchone()` returning None is "row missing", not an error."""
+        def behavior(cursor):
+            cursor.execute.return_value = None
+            cursor.fetchone.return_value = None
+        connector, connection, _ = _makeConnector(behavior)
+
+        result = connector.getRecord(DummyTable, "missing-id")
+        assert result is None
+        connection.rollback.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_queryErrorRaisesDatabaseQueryError(self):
+        def behavior(cursor):
+            cursor.execute.side_effect = psycopg2.errors.UndefinedTable(
+                'relation "DummyTable" does not exist'
+            )
+        connector, connection, _ = _makeConnector(behavior)
+
+        with pytest.raises(DatabaseQueryError) as excinfo:
+            connector.getRecord(DummyTable, "any-id")
+
+        assert excinfo.value.table == "DummyTable"
+        connection.rollback.assert_called_once()
+
+
+class TestRollbackQuietly:
+    def test_rollsBackOnLiveConnection(self):
+        connection = MagicMock()
+        _rollbackQuietly(connection)
+        connection.rollback.assert_called_once()
+
+    def test_swallowsRollbackError(self):
+        """Rollback failure must not mask the original query error."""
+        connection = MagicMock()
+        connection.rollback.side_effect = RuntimeError("rollback failed")
+        _rollbackQuietly(connection)
+
+    def test_noopOnNoneConnection(self):
+        _rollbackQuietly(None)

tests/unit/serviceAgent/test_action_tool_adapter_typed.py

@@ -125,3 +125,10 @@ class TestConvertParameterSchema:
         schema = _convertParameterSchema(actionParams)
         assert schema["properties"]["connection"]["type"] == "object"
         assert "id" in schema["properties"]["connection"]["properties"]
+
+
+# Ref-payload normalization (collapsing `{id: ..., featureCode: ...}` to the
+# bare id string) is no longer the adapter's job — it moved to the central
+# `parameterValidation.validateAndCoerceParameters` invoked by
+# `ActionExecutor.executeAction`. Tests for that contract live in
+# `tests/unit/workflows/test_parameterValidation.py`.

tests/unit/workflows/test_parameterValidation.py

@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2026 Patrick Motsch
+# All rights reserved.
+"""Unit tests: universal action parameter validation + coercion.
+
+This is the single source of truth for the action parameter contract:
+every workflow action (called via the agent, the workflow graph, or REST)
+runs through ``validateAndCoerceParameters`` before its body executes.
+
+The tests pin three groups of behaviour:
+
+1. **Required-parameter enforcement** — missing required params raise a
+   typed ``InvalidActionParameterError`` instead of an opaque downstream
+   error.
+2. **Ref-payload normalization** — the agent's typed tool schema delivers
+   ``FeatureInstanceRef`` as ``{id: ..., featureCode: ...}``, but actions
+   expect a bare UUID string. Collapsing happens here, not in N action
+   bodies.
+3. **Primitive coercion** — ``"true"``/``"12"``/``"3.14"`` from JSON-shaped
+   payloads are coerced to bool/int/float, removing ad-hoc branches.
+
+Unknown extra keys (e.g. ``parentOperationId``) flow through unchanged so
+the executor can keep injecting cross-cutting context.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+from modules.datamodels.datamodelWorkflowActions import (
+    WorkflowActionDefinition, WorkflowActionParameter,
+)
+from modules.shared.frontendTypes import FrontendType
+from modules.workflows.processing.shared.parameterValidation import (
+    InvalidActionParameterError, validateAndCoerceParameters,
+)
+
+
+def _makeActionDef(actionId: str = "trustee.refreshAccountingData", **paramDefs) -> WorkflowActionDefinition:
+    """Build a real WorkflowActionDefinition; we only care about parameters."""
+    parameters = {
+        name: WorkflowActionParameter(
+            name=name,
+            type=spec["type"],
+            frontendType=FrontendType.TEXT,
+            required=spec.get("required", False),
+            description=spec.get("description", ""),
+        )
+        for name, spec in paramDefs.items()
+    }
+    return WorkflowActionDefinition(
+        actionId=actionId,
+        description="Test action",
+        parameters=parameters,
+        execute=lambda *_a, **_kw: None,
+    )
+
+
+class TestRequiredEnforcement:
+    def test_missingRequiredRaises(self):
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(
+            featureInstanceId={"type": "FeatureInstanceRef", "required": True},
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(InvalidActionParameterError) as excinfo:
+            validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, {})
+        assert excinfo.value.paramName == "featureInstanceId"
+        assert "required" in excinfo.value.reason.lower()
+        assert "trustee.refreshAccountingData.featureInstanceId" in str(excinfo.value)
+
+    def test_optionalMissingIsFine(self):
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(
+            forceRefresh={"type": "bool", "required": False},
+        )
+        result = validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, {})
+        assert result == {}
+
+    def test_requiredNoneCountsAsMissing(self):
+        """Explicit ``None`` for a required param is missing, not "unset"."""
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(
+            featureInstanceId={"type": "FeatureInstanceRef", "required": True},
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(InvalidActionParameterError):
+            validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, {"featureInstanceId": None})
+
+
+class TestRefNormalization:
+    """Trustee bug regression: agent passed `{id: ..., featureCode: ...}` and
+    Postgres failed with "can't adapt type 'dict'", which the connector
+    silently turned into "no record found"."""
+
+    def test_collapsesDictWithIdToString(self):
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(
+            featureInstanceId={"type": "FeatureInstanceRef", "required": True},
+        )
+        result = validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, {
+            "featureInstanceId": {
+                "id": "b7574103-f4a3-4894-8c23-74bd0d0e83a5",
+                "featureCode": "trustee",
+                "label": "Demo AG",
+            },
+        })
+        assert result["featureInstanceId"] == "b7574103-f4a3-4894-8c23-74bd0d0e83a5"
+
+    def test_passThroughString(self):
+        """Workflow execution path passes a plain UUID; must not break."""
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(
+            featureInstanceId={"type": "FeatureInstanceRef", "required": True},
+        )
+        uuid = "b7574103-f4a3-4894-8c23-74bd0d0e83a5"
+        result = validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, {"featureInstanceId": uuid})
+        assert result["featureInstanceId"] == uuid
+
+    def test_dictWithoutIdRaises(self):
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(
+            featureInstanceId={"type": "FeatureInstanceRef", "required": True},
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(InvalidActionParameterError) as excinfo:
+            validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, {
+                "featureInstanceId": {"featureCode": "trustee", "label": "Demo"},
+            })
+        assert "id" in excinfo.value.reason
+
+    def test_otherDictTypeRaises(self):
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(
+            featureInstanceId={"type": "FeatureInstanceRef", "required": True},
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(InvalidActionParameterError):
+            validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, {"featureInstanceId": 12345})
+
+    def test_connectionRefAlsoCollapses(self):
+        """Same logic applies to every Ref-Schema, not just FeatureInstanceRef."""
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(
+            actionId="msft.readEmails",
+            connection={"type": "ConnectionRef", "required": True},
+        )
+        result = validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, {
+            "connection": {"id": "conn-uuid-123", "authority": "msft", "label": "Outlook"},
+        })
+        assert result["connection"] == "conn-uuid-123"
+
+
+class TestPrimitiveCoercion:
+    def test_boolFromTrueString(self):
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(forceRefresh={"type": "bool", "required": False})
+        result = validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, {"forceRefresh": "true"})
+        assert result["forceRefresh"] is True
+
+    def test_boolFromFalseString(self):
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(forceRefresh={"type": "bool", "required": False})
+        result = validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, {"forceRefresh": "false"})
+        assert result["forceRefresh"] is False
+
+    def test_boolPassthrough(self):
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(forceRefresh={"type": "bool", "required": False})
+        assert validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, {"forceRefresh": True})["forceRefresh"] is True
+
+    def test_boolBadValueRaises(self):
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(forceRefresh={"type": "bool", "required": False})
+        with pytest.raises(InvalidActionParameterError):
+            validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, {"forceRefresh": "maybe"})
+
+    def test_intFromString(self):
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(periodMonth={"type": "int", "required": False})
+        assert validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, {"periodMonth": "12"})["periodMonth"] == 12
+
+    def test_intBadValueRaises(self):
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(periodMonth={"type": "int", "required": False})
+        with pytest.raises(InvalidActionParameterError):
+            validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, {"periodMonth": "twelve"})
+
+    def test_floatFromString(self):
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(threshold={"type": "float", "required": False})
+        assert validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, {"threshold": "0.75"})["threshold"] == 0.75
+
+
+class TestUnknownAndOtherTypes:
+    def test_unknownKeysPassThrough(self):
+        """The executor injects parentOperationId, expectedDocumentFormats, etc.
+        Validation must not strip them."""
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(
+            featureInstanceId={"type": "FeatureInstanceRef", "required": True},
+        )
+        result = validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, {
+            "featureInstanceId": "uuid-123",
+            "parentOperationId": "action_xyz",
+            "expectedDocumentFormats": ["pdf", "txt"],
+        })
+        assert result["parentOperationId"] == "action_xyz"
+        assert result["expectedDocumentFormats"] == ["pdf", "txt"]
+
+    def test_strParamsAreUntouched(self):
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(dateFrom={"type": "str", "required": False})
+        assert validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, {"dateFrom": "2025-01-01"})["dateFrom"] == "2025-01-01"
+
+    def test_listParamsAreUntouched(self):
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(documentList={"type": "List[ActionDocument]", "required": False})
+        docs = [{"name": "a"}, {"name": "b"}]
+        assert validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, {"documentList": docs})["documentList"] is docs
+
+    def test_doesNotMutateInput(self):
+        """validateAndCoerceParameters must return a new dict."""
+        actionDef = _makeActionDef(
+            featureInstanceId={"type": "FeatureInstanceRef", "required": True},
+        )
+        original = {"featureInstanceId": {"id": "uuid", "featureCode": "trustee"}}
+        result = validateAndCoerceParameters(actionDef, original)
+        assert isinstance(original["featureInstanceId"], dict)
+        assert result["featureInstanceId"] == "uuid"