activecreated 2026-03-23· last activity 2026-08-15
New in this cycle: Actor-based scenarios — typed actors with rich metadata, type-colored nodes
Why
The mock data system (c5-c8) used hardcoded IP arrays with flat audit-log objects. Real data from qmap uses rich actor types (app/vendor/dataset/service) with tags, topology, and typed connections. Dev-tools SSE provides raw IP-based flows. c10 formalizes the data layer to support both formats.
scenarios.js — 5 presets: tiny (5), small (15), medium (30), large (39), devtools (29 IP-based actors)
generator.js — createFlowGenerator(scenario) replaces createTrafficGenerator(). Emits rich flow records with full actor references + backward-compat flat keys
Stores actor reference alongside request totals (replaces exe/meta fields)
Key Design Decisions
Actor IDs (e.g. app-api-gateway) replace IPs as node lookup keys
devtools scenario bridges to raw SSE format by wrapping IPs in actor objects
LiveFeed.js unchanged — its { next() } contract is generator-agnostic
Self-contained actor data curated from qmap (not imported)
Visual record
9 captures — heroes, page slices, and full-page renders. Click to view.
Medium scenario (30 actors) at ~12s Tiny scenario — 5 actors, intimate scale Small scenario — 15 actors Large scenario (39 actors) mid-discovery Dev Tools (raw) — real tool traffic shapes Dev Tools with isometric trails Large fully populated Medium fully discovered (~25s)