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Documentation Update Review

Triggered by commit: 82c4016bf
Generated: 2026-05-08 20:58 UTC
Compare: 7911e3bd1b24941500c5782c5c39daf0f62860d5...82c4016bf

Affected Documents

Document	Files Changed	Status
DVC Setup Guide	1 file	✅ Reviewed

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pychron/dvc/dvc_persister.py
pychron/experiment/experiment_executor.py
pychron/labspy/client.py
pychron/paths.py

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DVC Setup Guide {#dvc-setup-guide}

Doc file: docs/dvc_setup_guide.md
Matched prefixes: pychron/dvc/

Changed Files

• pychron/dvc/dvc_persister.py

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Code Change Summary

The code changes remove all references to globalv.communication_simulation checks from the DVC persister's post_measurement_save() and save_run_log_file() methods. Previously, these methods would skip saving data to DVC repositories when simulation mode was active to prevent pollution of real data repositories with simulated data. This simulation mode bypass functionality has been completely removed.

Documentation Updates Required

• Section/Topic: Configuration fields and preferences / Simulation mode behavior
  Issue: If the DVC Setup Guide documents the communication_simulation preference and describes how DVC operations are skipped during simulation mode, this information is now incorrect since the simulation checks have been removed from the persister.
  Suggested update: Remove any references to DVC operations being automatically skipped during simulation mode, or add a warning that simulation mode no longer prevents DVC repository writes and users must manually disable DVC persistence when running simulations.

• Section/Topic: Failure modes and troubleshooting / Data integrity protection
  Issue: If the guide mentions built-in protections against accidental data pollution during testing/simulation, this protection mechanism no longer exists for DVC operations.
  Suggested update: Add a note that users must manually ensure DVC persistence is disabled when running simulations or tests to avoid writing simulated data to production repositories, since automatic simulation mode detection has been removed from the DVC persister.

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