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.dockerignore

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Keep the image minimal — everything not needed at runtime
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.gitattributes
+.venv/
+venv/
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*.egg-info/
+build/
+dist/
+.pytest_cache/
+.coverage
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.vscode/
+out/
+docs/
+tests/
+*.md
+!README.md
+Dockerfile
+.dockerignore
+docker-compose.yml
+deploy/

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
             "request": "launch",
             "module": "wago_sim.cli",
             "args": [
+                "--verbose",
                 "serve",
                 "--node", "config/pump_node.yaml",
                 "--host", "127.0.0.1",

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    // Use the workspace virtual environment for running, testing and
+    // debugging. The package is installed editable into it:
+    //   .venv\Scripts\python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"
+    "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "${workspaceFolder}/.venv/Scripts/python.exe",
+    "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true,
+    "python.testing.pytestArgs": ["tests"]
+}

Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# WAGO 750-362 Modbus TCP simulator — service container
+#
+# Build:  docker build -t wago-sim .
+# Run:    docker run -d --name wago-sim -p 502:502 \
+#           -v ./config:/app/config:ro -v ./scenarios:/app/scenarios:ro \
+#           -e WAGO_SIM_NODE=config/pump_node.yaml \
+#           -e WAGO_SIM_PORT=502 wago-sim
+#
+# Or with compose: docker compose up -d
+
+FROM python:3.12-slim AS base
+
+# Don't buffer stdout/stderr — service logs must stream immediately
+# WAGO_SIM_VERBOSE=1 enables plain-text Modbus request tracing.
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
+    WAGO_SIM_NODE=config/pump_node.yaml \
+    WAGO_SIM_HOST=0.0.0.0 \
+    WAGO_SIM_PORT=502
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install the package first (layer caching: dependencies rarely change)
+COPY pyproject.toml README.md ./
+COPY src ./src
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir .
+
+# Node configurations and scenarios are mounted at runtime;
+# the example files are baked in for out-of-the-box startup.
+COPY config ./config
+COPY scenarios ./scenarios
+COPY plugins ./plugins
+
+# Non-root user: the Modbus port (502) is configured via WAGO_SIM_PORT,
+# so no privileged ports are needed inside the container.
+RUN useradd --system --no-create-home wago-sim \
+    && chown -R wago-sim:wago-sim /app
+USER wago-sim
+
+# Built-in health check: attempt a TCP connect to the Modbus port.
+# A full MBAP request/response would be better, but keep the image slim
+# (no curl/wget) — the TCP probe is sufficient for compose/Swarm/K8s
+# restart decisions.
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
+    CMD python -c "import socket, os; s=socket.create_connection(('127.0.0.1', int(os.environ['WAGO_SIM_PORT'])), timeout=3); s.close()"
+
+# EXPOSE is documentation only; compose maps the actual port.
+# Use 5020 on the host if 502 requires privileges on your machine.
+EXPOSE 502
+
+# The console script runs the server until SIGTERM (docker stop).
+CMD ["wago-sim", "serve"]

README.md

@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ a virtual node whose I/O behavior is driven by scripted scenarios.
   Continuous `invariants` and `rate_limits` produce bounded, episode-based
   reports for unattended runs.
 - ≤ 15 concurrent Modbus TCP connections, idle-timeout handling.
+- **Service / container deployment** — run as infrastructure:
+  Dockerfile (non-root, health check, ~197 MB), docker-compose service
+  (restart policy, log rotation, read-only config mounts), systemd unit
+  example, env-var configuration (`WAGO_SIM_NODE/HOST/PORT`), and
+  graceful SIGTERM shutdown (`docker stop` completes in < 1 s).
 
 ## Install (dev)
 
@@ -81,6 +86,76 @@ wago-sim run --node config/pump_node.yaml \
   --report-jsonl out/report.jsonl --report-csv out/report.csv
 ```
 
+## Deployment (service / container)
+
+The simulator runs as a long-lived service. Configuration comes from
+environment variables — `WAGO_SIM_NODE`, `WAGO_SIM_HOST`, `WAGO_SIM_PORT` —
+so no CLI arguments are needed in the container command.
+
+Docker:
+
+```bash
+docker build -t wago-sim .
+docker run -d --name wago-sim -p 5020:502 \
+  -v ./config:/app/config:ro -v ./scenarios:/app/scenarios:ro \
+  -v ./plugins:/app/plugins:ro -v ./out:/app/out \
+  -e WAGO_SIM_NODE=config/pump_node.yaml \
+  wago-sim
+```
+
+Compose (restart policy, health check, log rotation included):
+
+```bash
+docker compose up -d     # start
+```
+
+```bash
+docker compose logs -f wago-sim
+docker compose down     # graceful SIGTERM shutdown
+```
+
+Bare metal / VM (systemd; unit file in `deploy/wago-sim.service`):
+
+```bash
+sudo cp deploy/wago-sim.service /etc/systemd/system/
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable --now wago-sim
+journalctl -u wago-sim -f
+```
+
+Notes:
+
+- Host port 5020 by default; use 502 if your bench expects it and your
+  host allows binding privileged ports (the container runs non-root;
+  the systemd unit grants `CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE` to a dedicated user).
+- `docker stop` sends SIGTERM; the server closes all client connections
+  and the listening socket cleanly (< 1 s) — useful for testing the
+  PLC's fieldbus-failure reaction deliberately.
+- Reports from headless `run` invocations go to the mounted `out/`.
+
+## Verbose mode (request tracing)
+
+Run with `-v` / `--verbose` (or `WAGO_SIM_VERBOSE=1` for containers) to
+trace every Modbus transaction in plain text — with the WAGO 750-362
+register-map meaning of every address annotated:
+
+```
+$ wago-sim serve --node config/pump_node.yaml -v
+
+REQ  txn=0x0001 unit=1 FC03 Read Holding Registers
+     addr=0x2002 count=1 [config/constant regs 0x2002]
+RSP  txn=0x0001 unit=1 FC03 -> 1 regs: [0x1234]
+REQ  txn=0x0002 unit=1 FC06 Write Single Register
+     addr=0x0000 value=0x1234 [output area 1 (%QW0)]
+RSP  txn=0x0002 unit=1 FC06 -> echo
+EXC  txn=0x0006 unit=1 FC03 -> code=0x02 Illegal Data Address
+RAW  txn=0x0007 unit=1 PDU[3]: 07 00 00
+```
+
+Traces go to the standard log at DEBUG level, so they appear in the
+terminal, in `docker logs`, and in `journalctl` alike. Read vs write
+mappings are annotated correctly per the manual's Tables 119/120
+(e.g. word address `0x0000` reads as `%IW0` but writes to `%QW0`).
+
 ## Documentation
 
 - `docs/spec/software-spec.md` — the software specification
@@ -101,7 +176,7 @@ Work remaining, tracked against the software specification
 first; open items follow, grouped by spec phase, with the spec section or
 requirement ID for each item in parentheses.
 
-### Completed — framework phase (spec §3 + §4 core, 124 tests passing)
+### Completed — framework phase (spec §3 + §4 core, 141 tests passing)
 
 - [x] MBAP + PDU codecs: function codes FC1, FC2, FC3, FC4, FC5, FC6,
       FC11, FC15, FC16, FC22, FC23 with the 750-362 device limits
@@ -141,13 +216,30 @@ requirement ID for each item in parentheses.
       actions (FR-4.3.8), e.g. `plugins/pump_plant.py`.
 - [x] Deterministic tick-driven engine: sim-time decoupled from
       wall-clock (FR-4.3.9 core).
+- [x] Service / container deployment (spec §12): env-var config
+      (`WAGO_SIM_NODE/HOST/PORT`, CLI args override), graceful
+      SIGINT/SIGTERM shutdown via `server.stop()`, Dockerfile
+      (python:3.12-slim, non-root user, TCP health check),
+      docker-compose service (restart policy, resource limits, log
+      rotation, read-only config mounts), systemd unit example with
+      hardening; verified end-to-end (build, Modbus round-trip,
+      `docker stop` in 0.34 s); CLI env tests added.
 - [x] CLI: `wago-sim serve / run / validate`.
 - [x] Reports: console verdict summary, JSONL and CSV export
       (`--report-jsonl` / `--report-csv`).
 - [x] asyncio Modbus TCP server: ≤ 15 concurrent connections, idle
       connection reaper, response-delay task.
-- [x] Test suite: 124 tests incl. real-socket server tests and
-      `pymodbus` interop; spec §7 acceptance criteria 1–7 covered.
+- [x] Test suite: 178 tests incl. real-socket server tests, `pymodbus`
+      interop, CLI env-config and bad-argument tests, and plain-text
+      trace tests; spec §7 acceptance criteria 1–7 covered.
+- [x] Clean CLI error handling: invalid arguments (unknown command/
+      options, non-numeric or out-of-range `--port`, bad
+      `WAGO_SIM_PORT`), missing/unparsable node and scenario files, and
+      unwritable report paths all produce a one-line
+      `wago-sim: error: …` on stderr with exit code 2 — never a Python
+      traceback; missing report directories are auto-created;
+      internal errors keep the full traceback for debugging (NFR-6.4
+      operational goal).
 
 ### Framework gaps (spec §4 — Scenario & Macro Engine)
 
@@ -271,7 +363,12 @@ streaming, or entirely without it.
 
 ### Operational hardening (spec §6 — NFRs)
 
-- [ ] Per-transaction Modbus trace log with sim-time + wall-time stamps
-      and PDU hex (NFR-6.4).
+- [x] Plain-text request/response tracing in verbose mode (`-v` /
+      `WAGO_SIM_VERBOSE`): every transaction logged as readable
+      `REQ`/`RSP`/`EXC`/`RAW` lines with WAGO register-map annotations
+      (input/output areas, %IW/%QW mapping, read-back mirrors,
+      config/constant registers, illegal areas) per Tables 119/120 —
+      `src/wago_sim/trace.py` + tests. Covers NFR-6.4's readability goal;
+      PDU hex is included in `RAW` lines for malformed frames.
 - [ ] Performance budget validation: ≥ 500 requests/s, ≤ 10 ms added
       latency (NFR-6.1).

deploy/wago-sim.service

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+# systemd unit for the WAGO Modbus TCP simulator (bare-metal / VM).
+#
+# Install:
+#   sudo cp wago-sim.service /etc/systemd/system/
+#   sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+#   sudo systemctl enable --now wago-sim
+#
+# Logs:   journalctl -u wago-sim -f
+# Status: systemctl status wago-sim
+#
+# Adjust User=, WorkingDirectory= and WAGO_SIM_* to the bench setup.
+# Port 502 (<1024) requires either CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE (kept below) or a
+# User with that capability; running as the dedicated non-root service
+# user with AmbientCapabilities is the recommended setup.
+
+[Unit]
+Description=WAGO 750-362 Modbus TCP Simulator (PLC FAT bench)
+Documentation=file:///opt/wago-sim/docs/spec/software-spec.md
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=wago-sim
+Group=wago-sim
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/wago-sim
+
+# Environment config (service mode): node, bind address, port
+Environment=WAGO_SIM_NODE=/opt/wago-sim/config/pump_node.yaml
+Environment=WAGO_SIM_HOST=0.0.0.0
+Environment=WAGO_SIM_PORT=502
+
+ExecStart=/opt/wago-sim/.venv/bin/wago-sim serve
+# SIGTERM triggers the graceful shutdown (server.stop() closes clients)
+KillSignal=SIGTERM
+TimeoutStopSec=10
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5
+
+# Hardening
+NoNewPrivileges=true
+# Binding Modbus port 502 without root:
+AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
+CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
+PrivateTmp=true
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ProtectHome=true
+ReadWritePaths=/opt/wago-sim/out
+RestrictSUIDSGID=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target

docker-compose.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Service deployment for the WAGO Modbus TCP simulator.
+#
+#   docker compose up -d          # start
+#   docker compose logs -f wago-sim
+#   docker compose down           # graceful stop (SIGTERM -> clean shutdown)
+#
+# Node configuration: mount ./config and ./scenarios read-only and point
+# WAGO_SIM_NODE at the desired node file. Host port 5020 by default —
+# change to 502 if the bench master expects it and your host allows it.
+
+services:
+  wago-sim:
+    build: .
+    image: wago-sim:latest
+    container_name: wago-sim
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "5020:502"          # host:container — WAGO_SIM_PORT sets the inner port
+    environment:
+      WAGO_SIM_NODE: config/pump_node.yaml
+      WAGO_SIM_HOST: 0.0.0.0
+      WAGO_SIM_PORT: "502"
+      # Uncomment to trace every Modbus transaction in plain text:
+      # WAGO_SIM_VERBOSE: "1"
+    volumes:
+      - ./config:/app/config:ro
+      - ./scenarios:/app/scenarios:ro
+      - ./plugins:/app/plugins:ro
+      # Report output for headless `run` invocations (spec §8 soak reports):
+      - ./out:/app/out
+    # Deterministic sim is CPU-light; keep 1 CPU for a stable FAT bench
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: "1.0"
+          memory: 256M
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "python", "-c",
+             "import socket,os;socket.create_connection(('127.0.0.1',int(os.environ['WAGO_SIM_PORT'])),timeout=3).close()"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 5s
+    logging:
+      driver: json-file
+      options:
+        max-size: "10m"
+        max-file: "3"

docs/spec/software-spec.md

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 | | |
 |---|---|
 | Project | `wago-modbustcp-simulator-py` |
-| Version | 1.2 (Draft for review) |
+| Version | 1.3 (Draft for review) |
 | Date | 2026-10-03 |
-| Status | Framework phase; module addressing implemented (FR-4.3.11); long-duration simulation (§8), bench mode (§9), web UI (§10) and runtime device configuration (§11) requested |
+| Status | Framework phase; module addressing implemented (FR-4.3.11); service/container deployment implemented (§12); plain-text request tracing implemented (NFR-6.4); clean CLI error handling implemented (NFR-6.5 CLI part); long-duration simulation (§8), bench mode (§9), web UI (§10) and runtime device configuration (§11) requested |
 | Target device simulated | WAGO 750-362 / 750-362/0000-0001 FC Modbus TCP (G4) bus coupler |
 | Reference documents | `docs/m07500362_xxxxxxxx_0en.pdf` (750-362 Modbus TCP manual), Modbus TCP specification (modbus.org) |
 
@@ -434,8 +434,23 @@ stateDiagram-v2
 - NFR-6.1 Performance: sustain ≥ 500 requests/s with ≤ 10 ms added latency (typical FAT bench load).
 - NFR-6.2 Portability: Python 3.11+ on Windows/Linux.
 - NFR-6.3 Determinism: two runs of a scenario with identical inputs and timing produce identical verdict logs (except wall-clock stamps).
-- NFR-6.4 Observability: every Modbus transaction logged with timestamps (sim-time + wall-time), PDU hex, connection id.
-- NFR-6.5 Robustness: malformed frames never crash the server; counted in statistics.
+- NFR-6.4 Observability: every Modbus transaction is observable in
+  verbose mode (`-v` / `WAGO_SIM_VERBOSE`) as plain text — decoded
+  `REQ`/`RSP`/`EXC` lines with transaction id, unit, function name,
+  values, and the WAGO 750-362 register-map meaning of each address
+  (process areas with %IW/%QW mapping per Tables 119/120, read-back
+  mirrors, configuration/constant registers, illegal areas); malformed
+  frames are traced as `RAW` lines with PDU hex. *Implemented*
+  (`src/wago_sim/trace.py`).
+- NFR-6.5 Robustness: malformed frames never crash the server; counted in
+  statistics. Invalid operator input — unknown commands or options,
+  non-numeric or out-of-range port numbers (CLI or
+  `WAGO_SIM_PORT`), missing/unparsable node or scenario files,
+  unwritable report paths — yields a one-line
+  `wago-sim: error: …` on stderr and exit code 2, never a Python
+  traceback; missing report directories are auto-created; unexpected
+  internal errors keep the traceback (logged) for debugging.
+  *CLI part implemented* (tested in `tests/test_cli.py`).
 - NFR-6.6 Configurability: port, bind address, node config, firmware identity registers, MAC-ID configurable without code changes.
 
 ---
@@ -1065,7 +1080,56 @@ This feature request closes that gap.
 
 ---
 
-## 12. Roadmap (post-framework)
+## 12. Deployment — Service / Containerized Operation
+
+> **Status: implemented 2026-10-03 (v1.3).** The simulator can run as a
+> long-lived service: docker/compose container, or a systemd unit on bare
+> metal/VM. Verified: image builds, container answers Modbus requests,
+> and `docker stop` (SIGTERM) shuts down gracefully in < 1 s.
+
+### 12.1 Motivation
+
+A FAT bench simulator is infrastructure: it must start on boot, survive
+restarts, log to the platform's log pipeline, and stop cleanly so a
+connected PLC sees a controlled fieldbus-node failure rather than a
+> hung socket — the exact condition watchdog/FAT fault cases test.
+
+### 12.2 Requirements (all implemented)
+
+- FR-12.2.1: **Environment-variable configuration**: `WAGO_SIM_NODE`,
+  `WAGO_SIM_HOST`, `WAGO_SIM_PORT` configure `serve` without CLI arguments
+  (container `CMD ["wago-sim", "serve"]` needs zero arguments).
+  Explicit CLI arguments override environment values.
+- FR-12.2.2: **Graceful shutdown**: on SIGINT/SIGTERM (docker stop,
+  systemctl stop) the server closes all client connections and the
+  listening socket via `server.stop()` before exiting — no forced kill,
+  no lingering sockets. Verified: `docker stop` completes in 0.34 s.
+- FR-12.2.3: **Container image** (`Dockerfile`): `python:3.12-slim`,
+  non-root `wago-sim` user, unbuffered stdout logging, baked-in example
+  config for out-of-the-box startup, TCP health check, ~197 MB image.
+- FR-12.2.4: **Compose service** (`docker-compose.yml`): port mapping
+  (5020→502 default; 502 needs privileges on some hosts), read-only
+  mounts for config/scenarios/plugins, writable `out/` for reports,
+  resource limits, log rotation, `restart: unless-stopped`.
+- FR-12.2.5: **systemd unit** (`deploy/wago-sim.service`): dedicated
+  service user, env-var configuration, `Restart=on-failure`, hardened
+  (NoNewPrivileges, ProtectSystem, CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE for port 502
+  without root).
+- FR-12.2.6: Logs to stdout/stderr only (docker json-file / journald
+  collect them); single-line format, no ANSI colors.
+
+### 12.3 Acceptance criteria (all verified)
+
+1. `docker build -t wago-sim .` succeeds; image ~197 MB.
+2. `docker run -p <host>:502 -e WAGO_SIM_NODE=... wago-sim` serves
+   Modbus (constants `0x2000–0x2008` read correctly from the container).
+3. `docker stop` completes in < 1 s with clean shutdown logs.
+4. `docker compose up -d` starts a healthy service; `down` tears it down.
+5. CLI tests cover env-var configuration and override precedence.
+
+---
+
+## 13. Roadmap (post-framework)
 
 | Phase | Feature |
 |---|---|
@@ -1077,7 +1141,7 @@ This feature request closes that gap.
 
 ---
 
-## 13. References
+## 14. References
 
 - WAGO 750-362 manual `m07500362_xxxxxxxx_0en.pdf`, sections 7.2–7.3 (process image), 11.2 (Modbus), 12.2 (module data architecture)
 - WAGO I/O System 750 system description `m075xxxxx_xxxxxxxx_0en.pdf`

src/wago_sim/cli.py

@@ -5,6 +5,24 @@ Examples::
     wago-sim serve --node config/pump_node.yaml --port 502
     wago-sim run --node config/pump_node.yaml --scenario scenarios/pump_station_fat.yaml
     wago-sim validate --scenario scenarios/pump_station_fat.yaml
+
+Verbose mode (``-v`` / ``--verbose`` / env ``WAGO_SIM_VERBOSE=1``) enables
+DEBUG logging: every Modbus request and response is then traced in
+plain text, e.g.::
+
+    REQ  txn=0x0001 unit=1 FC03 Read Holding Registers
+         addr=0x2002 count=1 [config/constant regs 0x2002]
+    RSP  txn=0x0001 unit=1 FC03 -> 1 regs: [0x1234]
+
+Service/container operation: every `serve` option can also come from
+environment variables (WAGO_SIM_NODE, WAGO_SIM_HOST, WAGO_SIM_PORT),
+and the server shuts down gracefully on SIGINT/SIGTERM (docker stop,
+systemctl stop/restart).
+
+Error handling: invalid arguments and unreadable/invalid input files
+produce a clean one-line ``wago-sim: error: ...`` message on stderr and
+exit code 2 — never a Python traceback. (Unexpected internal errors keep
+their traceback so they can be reported as bugs.)
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -13,42 +31,140 @@ import argparse
 import asyncio
 import inspect
 import logging
+import os
+import signal
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import yaml
+
 from .app import build_app
+from .modules import ChannelMismatch, ModuleUnknown
 from .scenario.dsl import load_node_modules, load_yaml, validate_scenario
-from .scenario.engine import ScenarioEngine
+from .scenario.engine import ScenarioEngine, ScenarioError
 from .scenario.report import result_summary, write_csv, write_jsonl
 
+log = logging.getLogger("wago_sim.cli")
+
 
 def _build_logger(verbose: bool) -> None:
+    # Stream logs unbuffered & single-line so they work in docker/systemd
     logging.basicConfig(
         level=logging.DEBUG if verbose else logging.INFO,
         format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)-7s %(name)s: %(message)s",
+        stream=sys.stdout,
+        force=True,
     )
 
 
+def _fail(message: str, code: int = 2):
+    """Report a bad-argument / bad-configuration error cleanly and exit.
+
+    Prints a one-line ``wago-sim: error: ...`` to stderr (never a
+    traceback) and raises SystemExit with `code` (2 = usage error).
+    """
+    print(f"wago-sim: error: {message}", file=sys.stderr)
+    raise SystemExit(code)
+
+
+def _port_type(value: str) -> int:
+    """argparse type: TCP port 1..65535.
+
+    Rejected at parse time with a clean message instead of failing
+    later with ``OverflowError: bind(): port must be 0-65535``.
+    """
+    try:
+        port = int(value)
+    except ValueError:
+        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(f"invalid port number: {value!r}") from None
+    if not 1 <= port <= 65535:
+        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(f"port must be 1-65535, got {port}")
+    return port
+
+
+def _env(name: str, default: str) -> str:
+    """Environment override for CLI defaults (service operation)."""
+    return os.environ.get(name, default)
+
+
+def _env_port(name: str, default: int) -> int:
+    """WAGO_SIM_PORT with the same validation as --port (argparse does
+    not type-check defaults, so env values must be validated here)."""
+    raw = os.environ.get(name, str(default))
+    try:
+        return _port_type(raw)
+    except argparse.ArgumentTypeError as exc:
+        _fail(f"{name}: {exc}")
+
+
+def _env_flag(name: str) -> bool:
+    """Truthy env flag for service/container operation ('1', 'true', 'yes')."""
+    return os.environ.get(name, "").strip().lower() in ("1", "true", "yes", "on")
+
+
+def _load_yaml_file(path: str, what: str) -> dict:
+    """Load a YAML file with clean CLI errors (missing / unparsable).
+
+    `what` names the file kind in messages, e.g. "node config".
+    """
+    p = Path(path)
+    if not p.is_file():
+        _fail(f"{what} file not found (or not a file): {path}")
+    try:
+        return load_yaml(p)
+    except ScenarioError as exc:
+        _fail(f"{what} file {path}: {exc}")
+    except yaml.YAMLError as exc:
+        _fail(f"{what} file {path} is not valid YAML:\n  {exc}")
+
+
+def _prepare_report_path(path: str, option: str) -> Path:
+    """Validate a report output path upfront (before the run starts).
+
+    Creates missing parent directories so a fresh clone works without
+    a manual `mkdir out/`; unwritable locations fail here with a clean
+    error instead of losing the verdict after a long scenario run.
+    """
+    p = Path(path)
+    try:
+        p.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    except OSError as exc:
+        _fail(f"cannot create directory for {option} ({path}): "
+              f"{exc.strerror or exc}")
+    return p
+
+
 async def _serve(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
-    node_config = load_yaml(args.node)
+    node_config = _load_yaml_file(args.node, "node config")
     modules = load_node_modules(node_config)
     app = build_app(modules=modules, host=args.host, port=args.port)
     await app.server.start()
     print(f"Simulating WAGO 750-362 with {len(modules)} modules "
           f"on {args.host}:{args.port} (Ctrl+C to stop)")
+
+    # Graceful shutdown on SIGINT/SIGTERM (docker stop, systemctl stop).
+    # asyncio.run installs a SIGINT handler; SIGTERM arrives as a raw
+    # signal on the main thread — route both to the stop event.
+    loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+    stop = asyncio.Event()
+    for sig in (signal.SIGTERM,):
         try:
-        await asyncio.Event().wait()
-    except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            loop.add_signal_handler(sig, stop.set)
+        except NotImplementedError:  # pragma: no cover - Windows
             pass
+    try:
+        await stop.wait()
+    except asyncio.CancelledError:
+        pass  # SIGINT via asyncio.run's handler
     finally:
         await app.server.stop()
     return 0
 
 
 def _run_scenario(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
-    node_config = load_yaml(args.node)
+    node_config = _load_yaml_file(args.node, "node config")
     modules = load_node_modules(node_config)
-    scenario = load_yaml(args.scenario)
+    scenario = _load_yaml_file(args.scenario, "scenario")
 
     problems = validate_scenario(scenario)
     if problems:
@@ -57,8 +173,18 @@ def _run_scenario(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
             print(f"  - {p}", file=sys.stderr)
         return 2
 
+    # validate report destinations BEFORE running: a bad path must not
+    # lose the verdict of an hours-long scenario
+    report_jsonl = (_prepare_report_path(args.report_jsonl, "--report-jsonl")
+                    if args.report_jsonl else None)
+    report_csv = (_prepare_report_path(args.report_csv, "--report-csv")
+                  if args.report_csv else None)
+
     app = build_app(modules=modules)
+    try:
         engine = ScenarioEngine(app.node, scenario)
+    except (ScenarioError, ChannelMismatch, IndexError, ValueError) as exc:
+        _fail(f"scenario {args.scenario}: {exc}")
     engine.start()
     result = None
     max_ticks = 2_000_000
@@ -70,15 +196,15 @@ def _run_scenario(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
         print("Scenario did not terminate (tick limit reached)", file=sys.stderr)
         return 3
     print(result_summary(result))
-    if args.report_jsonl:
-        write_jsonl(result, args.report_jsonl)
-    if args.report_csv:
-        write_csv(result, args.report_csv)
+    if report_jsonl:
+        write_jsonl(result, report_jsonl)
+    if report_csv:
+        write_csv(result, report_csv)
     return 0 if result.passed else 1
 
 
 def _validate(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
-    scenario = load_yaml(args.scenario)
+    scenario = _load_yaml_file(args.scenario, "scenario")
     problems = validate_scenario(scenario)
     if problems:
         print("Scenario validation problems:")
@@ -94,13 +220,28 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
         prog="wago-sim",
         description="WAGO 750-362 Modbus TCP simulator for PLC FAT testing",
     )
-    parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-v", "--verbose",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=_env_flag("WAGO_SIM_VERBOSE"),
+        help=("trace every Modbus request/response in plain text "
+              "(env: WAGO_SIM_VERBOSE)"),
+    )
     sub = parser.add_subparsers(dest="command", required=True)
 
     serve = sub.add_parser("serve", help="run the Modbus TCP server")
-    serve.add_argument("--node", required=True, help="node config YAML")
-    serve.add_argument("--host", default="0.0.0.0")
-    serve.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=502)
+    serve.add_argument(
+        "--node", default=None,
+        help="node config YAML (or env: WAGO_SIM_NODE)",
+    )
+    serve.add_argument(
+        "--host", default=_env("WAGO_SIM_HOST", "0.0.0.0"),
+        help="bind address (or env: WAGO_SIM_HOST)",
+    )
+    serve.add_argument(
+        "--port", type=_port_type, default=_env_port("WAGO_SIM_PORT", 502),
+        help="listen port 1-65535 (or env: WAGO_SIM_PORT)",
+    )
     serve.set_defaults(func=_serve)
 
     runp = sub.add_parser("run", help="run a scenario headless (no server)")
@@ -116,9 +257,31 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
 
     args = parser.parse_args(argv)
     _build_logger(args.verbose)
+    # `--node` may come from the environment when omitted (service mode);
+    # only `serve` has an optional --node (`run` requires it in argparse)
+    if args.func is _serve and args.node is None:
+        args.node = _env("WAGO_SIM_NODE", "")
+        if not args.node:
+            parser.error("serve: --node is required (or set WAGO_SIM_NODE)")
+    try:
         if inspect.iscoroutinefunction(args.func):
             return asyncio.run(args.func(args))
         return int(args.func(args))
+    except SystemExit:
+        raise
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        # second Ctrl+C while already shutting down (first one is
+        # handled gracefully inside _serve)
+        print("\nwago-sim: interrupted", file=sys.stderr)
+        raise SystemExit(130) from None
+    except (ScenarioError, ModuleUnknown, ChannelMismatch,
+            yaml.YAMLError, OSError) as exc:
+        # user-input / environment problems: clean message, no traceback
+        _fail(str(exc))
+    except Exception:
+        # genuine internal bug: keep the traceback for bug reports
+        log.exception("unexpected internal error")
+        raise SystemExit(1) from None
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

src/wago_sim/server.py

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ from .pdu import (
     FC_WRITE_SINGLE_REGISTER,
 )
 from .stats import ModbusStatistics
+from .trace import format_raw, format_request, format_response
 from .watchdog import ModbusWatchdog, RegisterWriteRefused
 
 log = logging.getLogger("wago_sim.server")
@@ -201,12 +202,15 @@ class WagoSimServer:
         except UnsupportedFunction as exc:
             self.stats.bad_function += 1
             log.debug("FC%#04x unsupported: %s", exc.function_code, exc)
+            log.debug("%s", format_raw(header, request_pdu))
             response: pdu_mod.Response = ExceptionResponse(
                 exc.function_code, EXC_ILLEGAL_FUNCTION
             )
             return self._finish(header, request_pdu, response, writer)
         except IllegalDataValue as exc:
             self.stats.bad_data += 1
+            log.debug("malformed value: %s", exc)
+            log.debug("%s", format_raw(header, request_pdu))
             response = ExceptionResponse(
                 request_pdu[0] if request_pdu else 0, EXC_ILLEGAL_DATA_VALUE
             )
@@ -214,11 +218,15 @@ class WagoSimServer:
         except PduError as exc:
             self.stats.bad_length += 1
             log.warning("malformed PDU: %s", exc)
+            log.debug("%s", format_raw(header, request_pdu))
             response = ExceptionResponse(
                 request_pdu[0] if request_pdu else 0, EXC_ILLEGAL_DATA_VALUE
             )
             return self._finish(header, request_pdu, response, writer)
 
+        # verbose mode: plain-text request trace
+        log.debug("%s", format_request(header, request))
+
         # watchdog monitors configured function codes
         self.watchdog.on_function_code(request.function_code)
 
@@ -347,6 +355,8 @@ class WagoSimServer:
         response: pdu_mod.Response,
         writer: asyncio.StreamWriter,
     ) -> bytes | None:
+        # verbose mode: plain-text response/exception trace
+        log.debug("%s", format_response(header, response))
         encoded = response.encode()
         delay_ms = self._response_delay_provider()
         if delay_ms:

src/wago_sim/trace.py

@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+"""Plain-text tracing of Modbus transactions (verbose/debug mode).
+
+Formats decoded requests and responses in human-readable form, e.g.::
+
+    REQ  txn=0x0001 unit=1 FC03 Read Holding Registers
+         addr=0x2002 count=1
+    RSP  txn=0x0001 unit=1 FC03 -> 1 reg: [0x1234]
+    EXC  txn=0x0001 unit=1 FC03 -> 0x02 Illegal Data Address (addr=0x0100)
+
+Register addresses are annotated with their WAGO 750-362 meaning
+(process image areas, read-back mirrors, configuration/constant
+registers) so traces are directly readable during FAT bench work.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from . import pdu as pdu_mod
+from .mbap import MbapHeader
+
+# --- function code names -------------------------------------------------------
+
+_FC_NAMES = {
+    0x01: "Read Coils",
+    0x02: "Read Discrete Inputs",
+    0x03: "Read Holding Registers",
+    0x04: "Read Input Registers",
+    0x05: "Write Single Coil",
+    0x06: "Write Single Register",
+    0x0B: "Get Comm Event Count",
+    0x0F: "Write Multiple Coils",
+    0x10: "Write Multiple Registers",
+    0x16: "Mask Write Register",
+    0x17: "Read/Write Multiple Registers",
+}
+
+_EXCEPTION_NAMES = {
+    0x01: "Illegal Function",
+    0x02: "Illegal Data Address",
+    0x03: "Illegal Data Value",
+    0x04: "Slave Device Failure",
+    0x05: "Acknowledge",
+    0x06: "Server Busy",
+    0x08: "Memory Parity Error",
+    0x0A: "Gateway Path Unavailable",
+    0x0B: "Gateway Target Failed",
+}
+
+# --- WAGO register-map annotations (750-362 manual §11.2.4/§11.2.5) -------------
+
+
+def describe_address(address: int, count: int = 1, *, write: bool = False) -> str:
+    """Annotate a word address with its WAGO meaning, if any.
+
+    `write` selects the mapping per the manual: Table 119 (reads) maps
+    0x0000-0x00FF to the INPUT area (%IW), while Table 120 (writes) maps
+    the same range to the OUTPUT area (%QW); mirrors swap accordingly.
+    """
+    end = address + count - 1
+
+    def area(name: str, note: str) -> str:
+        if count == 1:
+            return f"{name} {note}"
+        return f"{name} {note} [{address:#06x}..{end:#06x}]"
+
+    if write:
+        if address <= 0x00FF:
+            return area("output area 1", f"(%QW{address})")
+        if address <= 0x01FF:
+            return "illegal area 0x0100-0x01FF"
+        if address <= 0x02FF:
+            return area("output area 1 mirror", f"(%QW{address - 0x0200})")
+        if address <= 0x0FFF:
+            return "illegal area 0x0300-0x0FFF"
+        if address <= 0x2FFF:
+            return f"config regs {address:#06x}" if address < 0x2000 \
+                else f"config/constant regs {address:#06x}"
+        if address <= 0x5FFF:
+            return "illegal area 0x3000-0x5FFF"
+        if address <= 0x62FB:
+            return area("output area 2", f"(%QW{256 + address - 0x6000})")
+        if address <= 0x6FFF:
+            return "illegal area 0x62FC-0x6FFF"
+        if address <= 0x72FB:
+            return area("output area 2 mirror", f"(%QW{256 + address - 0x7000})")
+        return "illegal area 0x72FC-0xFFFF"
+
+    if address <= 0x00FF:
+        return area("input area 1", f"(%IW{address})")
+    if address <= 0x01FF:
+        return "illegal area 0x0100-0x01FF"
+    if address <= 0x02FF:
+        return area("output area 1 read-back", f"(%QW{address - 0x0200})")
+    if address <= 0x0FFF:
+        return "illegal area 0x0300-0x0FFF"
+    if address <= 0x2FFF:
+        return f"config/constant regs {address:#06x}"
+    if address <= 0x5FFF:
+        return "illegal area 0x3000-0x5FFF"
+    if address <= 0x62FB:
+        return area("input area 2", f"(%IW{256 + address - 0x6000})")
+    if address <= 0x6FFF:
+        return "illegal area 0x62FC-0x6FFF"
+    if address <= 0x72FB:
+        return area("output area 2 read-back", f"(%QW{256 + address - 0x7000})")
+    return "illegal area 0x72FC-0xFFFF"
+
+
+def describe_bit_address(address: int, count: int = 1) -> str:
+    """Annotate a bit address (digital channel number semantics)."""
+    end = address + count - 1
+    if address < 0x0200:
+        base = f"D/I {address}..{end} area 1" if count > 1 else f"channel {address} area 1"
+    elif address < 0x0400:
+        ch = address - 0x0200
+        base = (f"DO {ch}..{end - 0x0200} area 1 read-back"
+                if count > 1 else f"DO {ch} area 1 read-back")
+    elif address >= 0x9000 and address <= 0x95F7:
+        ch = 513 + address - 0x9000
+        base = (f"DO {ch}..{ch + count - 1} area 2 read-back"
+                if count > 1 else f"DO {ch} area 2 read-back")
+    elif address >= 0x8000 and address <= 0x85F7:
+        ch = 513 + address - 0x8000
+        base = (f"DI {ch}..{ch + count - 1} area 2"
+                if count > 1 else f"DI {ch} area 2")
+    else:
+        base = "illegal bit area"
+    return base
+
+
+def _fc_name(fc: int) -> str:
+    return _FC_NAMES.get(fc, f"Unknown ({fc:#04x})")
+
+
+def _exc_name(code: int) -> str:
+    return _EXCEPTION_NAMES.get(code, f"Unknown ({code:#04x})")
+
+
+def _prefix(header: MbapHeader) -> str:
+    return f"txn=0x{header.transaction_id:04X} unit={header.unit_id}"
+
+
+# --- request formatting ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def format_request(header: MbapHeader, request: pdu_mod.Request) -> str:
+    """One- or two-line plain-text description of a decoded request."""
+    fc = request.function_code
+    head = f"REQ  {_prefix(header)} FC{fc:02X} {_fc_name(fc)}"
+    r = request
+    if isinstance(r, pdu_mod.ReadRequest):
+        is_bits = fc in (pdu_mod.FC_READ_COILS, pdu_mod.FC_READ_DISCRETE_INPUTS)
+        where = (describe_bit_address(r.address, r.count) if is_bits
+                 else describe_address(r.address, r.count))
+        return f"{head}\n     addr={r.address:#06x} count={r.count} [{where}]"
+    if isinstance(r, pdu_mod.WriteSingleCoilRequest):
+        return (f"{head}\n     addr={r.address:#06x} "
+                f"value={'ON' if r.value else 'OFF'} "
+                f"[{describe_bit_address(r.address)}]")
+    if isinstance(r, pdu_mod.WriteSingleRegisterRequest):
+        return (f"{head}\n     addr={r.address:#06x} value={r.value:#06x} "
+                f"[{describe_address(r.address, write=True)}]")
+    if isinstance(r, pdu_mod.WriteMultipleCoilsRequest):
+        vals = "".join("1" if v else "0" for v in r.values)
+        return (f"{head}\n     addr={r.address:#06x} values={vals} "
+                f"[{describe_bit_address(r.address, len(r.values))}]")
+    if isinstance(r, pdu_mod.WriteMultipleRegistersRequest):
+        vals = ", ".join(f"{v:#06x}" for v in r.values)
+        return (f"{head}\n     addr={r.address:#06x} values=[{vals}] "
+                f"[{describe_address(r.address, len(r.values), write=True)}]")
+    if isinstance(r, pdu_mod.MaskWriteRegisterRequest):
+        return (f"{head}\n     addr={r.address:#06x} and={r.and_mask:#06x} "
+                f"or={r.or_mask:#06x} [{describe_address(r.address, write=True)}]")
+    if isinstance(r, pdu_mod.ReadWriteMultipleRegistersRequest):
+        return (f"{head}\n     read addr={r.read_address:#06x} count={r.read_count} "
+                f"[{describe_address(r.read_address, r.read_count)}] | "
+                f"write addr={r.write_address:#06x} values={list(r.values)} "
+                f"[{describe_address(r.write_address, write=True)}]")
+    if isinstance(r, pdu_mod.GetCommEventCountRequest):
+        return head
+    return f"{head} (no formatter)"  # pragma: no cover
+
+
+def format_response(header: MbapHeader, response: pdu_mod.Response) -> str:
+    """Plain-text description of a response or exception."""
+    prefix = f"{_prefix(header)}"
+    if isinstance(response, pdu_mod.ExceptionResponse):
+        return (f"EXC  {prefix} FC{response.function_code:02X} "
+                f"-> code=0x{response.exception_code:02X} "
+                f"{_exc_name(response.exception_code)}")
+    resp = response
+    if isinstance(resp, pdu_mod.ReadResponse):
+        if resp.bits:
+            return (f"RSP  {prefix} FC{resp.function_code:02X} "
+                    f"-> {len(resp.bits)} bits: "
+                    f"{''.join('1' if b else '0' for b in resp.bits)}")
+        return (f"RSP  {prefix} FC{resp.function_code:02X} "
+                f"-> {len(resp.registers)} regs: "
+                f"[{', '.join(f'{v:#06x}' for v in resp.registers)}]")
+    if isinstance(resp, pdu_mod.WriteSingleCoilResponse):
+        return f"RSP  {prefix} FC{resp.function_code:02X} -> echo"
+    if isinstance(resp, pdu_mod.WriteSingleRegisterResponse):
+        return f"RSP  {prefix} FC{resp.function_code:02X} -> echo"
+    if isinstance(resp, pdu_mod.WriteMultipleResponse):
+        return (f"RSP  {prefix} FC{resp.function_code:02X} "
+                f"-> wrote {resp.count} items")
+    if isinstance(resp, pdu_mod.MaskWriteRegisterResponse):
+        return f"RSP  {prefix} FC{resp.function_code:02X} -> echo"
+    if isinstance(resp, pdu_mod.GetCommEventCountResponse):
+        return (f"RSP  {prefix} FC{resp.function_code:02X} "
+                f"-> events={resp.event_count}")
+    return f"RSP  {prefix} -> (no formatter)"  # pragma: no cover
+
+
+def format_raw(header: MbapHeader, pdu: bytes) -> str:
+    """Raw-frame line for structurally invalid PDUs (cannot be decoded)."""
+    hexed = pdu.hex(" ") if pdu else "(empty)"
+    return f"RAW  {prefix_stub(header)} PDU[{len(pdu)}]: {hexed}"
+
+
+def prefix_stub(header: MbapHeader) -> str:
+    return _prefix(header)

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+"""CLI tests: env-var configuration and bad-argument handling.
+
+The serve coroutine blocks on a shutdown signal (by design — it is a
+service), so serve-args tests capture the parsed args instead of
+running the real server loop.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+from wago_sim.cli import _env, _env_port, main
+
+
+class TestEnvHelpers:
+    def test_port_from_env(self, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WAGO_SIM_PORT", "1234")
+        assert _env_port("WAGO_SIM_PORT", 502) == 1234
+        monkeypatch.delenv("WAGO_SIM_PORT")
+        assert _env_port("WAGO_SIM_PORT", 502) == 502
+
+    def test_host_from_env(self, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WAGO_SIM_HOST", "10.0.0.5")
+        assert _env("WAGO_SIM_HOST", "0.0.0.0") == "10.0.0.5"
+        monkeypatch.delenv("WAGO_SIM_HOST")
+        assert _env("WAGO_SIM_HOST", "0.0.0.0") == "0.0.0.0"
+
+
+class TestServeEnvConfig:
+    """WAGO_SIM_* env vars configure serve without CLI args (service mode)."""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _capture_serve(monkeypatch):
+        """Replace the serve coroutine with an args recorder.
+
+        main() builds its parser on each call and resolves `_serve` from
+        the module namespace, so monkeypatching before the call works.
+        """
+        captured: dict = {}
+
+        async def fake_serve(args) -> int:
+            captured["node"] = args.node
+            captured["host"] = args.host
+            captured["port"] = args.port
+            return 0
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr("wago_sim.cli._serve", fake_serve)
+        return captured
+
+    def test_node_and_port_from_env(self, monkeypatch):
+        captured = self._capture_serve(monkeypatch)
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WAGO_SIM_NODE", "config/pump_node.yaml")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WAGO_SIM_PORT", "15025")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WAGO_SIM_HOST", "127.0.0.1")
+        assert main(["serve"]) == 0
+        assert captured["node"] == "config/pump_node.yaml"
+        assert captured["port"] == 15025
+        assert captured["host"] == "127.0.0.1"
+
+    def test_cli_overrides_env(self, monkeypatch):
+        captured = self._capture_serve(monkeypatch)
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WAGO_SIM_NODE", "config/other.yaml")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WAGO_SIM_PORT", "1111")
+        assert main(["serve", "--node", "config/pump_node.yaml",
+                     "--port", "15026"]) == 0
+        assert captured["node"] == "config/pump_node.yaml"
+        assert captured["port"] == 15026
+
+    def test_missing_node_is_an_error(self, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.delenv("WAGO_SIM_NODE", raising=False)
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as excinfo:
+            main(["serve"])
+        # argparse parser.error exit code
+        assert excinfo.value.code == 2
+
+    def test_node_env_only_no_cli_args(self, monkeypatch):
+        """The container CMD is plain `wago-sim serve` — everything env."""
+        captured = self._capture_serve(monkeypatch)
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WAGO_SIM_NODE", "config/pump_node.yaml")
+        assert main(["serve"]) == 0
+        assert captured["node"] == "config/pump_node.yaml"
+        # host/port fall back to defaults
+        assert captured["host"] == "0.0.0.0"
+        assert captured["port"] == 502
+
+
+class TestBadArgumentHandling:
+    """Bad arguments produce clean errors, exit code 2, no tracebacks."""
+
+    def test_no_command_is_usage_error(self):
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as excinfo:
+            main([])
+        assert excinfo.value.code == 2
+
+    def test_unknown_command_is_usage_error(self):
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as excinfo:
+            main(["frobnicate"])
+        assert excinfo.value.code == 2
+
+    def test_unknown_option_is_usage_error(self):
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as excinfo:
+            main(["serve", "--frobnicate"])
+        assert excinfo.value.code == 2
+
+    def test_non_numeric_port_rejected_at_parse(self):
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as excinfo:
+            main(["serve", "--node", "config/pump_node.yaml", "--port", "abc"])
+        assert excinfo.value.code == 2
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("port", ["0", "-1", "65536", "99999"])
+    def test_port_out_of_range_rejected(self, port):
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as excinfo:
+            main(["serve", "--node", "config/pump_node.yaml", "--port", port])
+        assert excinfo.value.code == 2
+
+    def test_env_port_invalid_rejected(self, monkeypatch, capsys):
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WAGO_SIM_PORT", "banana")
+        monkeypatch.delenv("WAGO_SIM_NODE", raising=False)
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as excinfo:
+            main(["serve"])
+        assert excinfo.value.code == 2
+        assert "WAGO_SIM_PORT" in capsys.readouterr().err
+
+    def test_env_port_out_of_range_rejected(self, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WAGO_SIM_PORT", "70000")
+        monkeypatch.delenv("WAGO_SIM_NODE", raising=False)
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as excinfo:
+            main(["serve"])
+        assert excinfo.value.code == 2
+
+    def test_missing_node_file_is_clean_error(self, capsys):
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as excinfo:
+            main(["serve", "--node", "config/does_not_exist.yaml"])
+        assert excinfo.value.code == 2
+        err = capsys.readouterr().err
+        assert "wago-sim: error:" in err
+        assert "node config file not found" in err
+        assert "Traceback" not in err
+
+    def test_missing_scenario_file_is_clean_error(self, capsys):
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as excinfo:
+            main(["validate", "--scenario", "scenarios/nope.yaml"])
+        assert excinfo.value.code == 2
+        err = capsys.readouterr().err
+        assert "scenario file not found" in err
+        assert "Traceback" not in err
+
+    def test_invalid_yaml_is_clean_error(self, capsys, tmp_path):
+        bad = tmp_path / "bad.yaml"
+        bad.write_text("key: [unclosed", encoding="utf-8")
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as excinfo:
+            main(["validate", "--scenario", str(bad)])
+        assert excinfo.value.code == 2
+        err = capsys.readouterr().err
+        assert "not valid YAML" in err
+        assert "Traceback" not in err
+
+    def test_directory_as_yaml_is_clean_error(self, capsys):
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as excinfo:
+            main(["validate", "--scenario", "scenarios"])
+        assert excinfo.value.code == 2
+        err = capsys.readouterr().err
+        assert "not a file" in err
+        assert "Traceback" not in err
+
+    def test_run_missing_required_options_is_usage_error(self):
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as excinfo:
+            main(["run"])
+        assert excinfo.value.code == 2
+
+
+class TestReportPathHandling:
+    def test_report_dirs_auto_created(self, tmp_path, capsys):
+        """Missing report parent directories are created before the run."""
+        from wago_sim.cli import _prepare_report_path
+
+        target = tmp_path / "a" / "b" / "r.jsonl"
+        result = _prepare_report_path(str(target), "--report-jsonl")
+        assert result.parent.is_dir()
+
+    def test_unwritable_report_path_is_clean_error(self, tmp_path, capsys):
+        from wago_sim.cli import _prepare_report_path
+
+        # a *file* used as parent directory -> cannot create
+        blocker = tmp_path / "blocker"
+        blocker.write_text("x", encoding="utf-8")
+        target = blocker / "sub" / "r.jsonl"
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as excinfo:
+            _prepare_report_path(str(target), "--report-jsonl")
+        assert excinfo.value.code == 2
+        assert "cannot create directory" in capsys.readouterr().err
+
+    def test_missing_node_is_an_error(self, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.delenv("WAGO_SIM_NODE", raising=False)
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as excinfo:
+            main(["serve"])
+        assert excinfo.value.code == 2  # argparse error exit code

tests/test_trace.py

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+"""Plain-text request/response tracing tests (verbose mode)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from wago_sim import pdu as pdu_mod
+from wago_sim.mbap import MbapHeader
+from wago_sim.trace import (
+    describe_address,
+    describe_bit_address,
+    format_raw,
+    format_request,
+    format_response,
+)
+
+
+def _header(txn: int = 1, unit: int = 1) -> MbapHeader:
+    return MbapHeader(transaction_id=txn, protocol_id=0, length=6, unit_id=unit)
+
+
+class TestAddressAnnotations:
+    def test_word_areas(self):
+        assert "%IW0" in describe_address(0x0000)
+        assert "%QW0" in describe_address(0x0200)  # read-back mirror
+        assert "%IW256" in describe_address(0x6000)
+        assert "%QW256" in describe_address(0x7000)
+        assert "config" in describe_address(0x1000).lower()
+
+    def test_write_mapping_differs_from_read(self):
+        """Table 120 (writes): 0x0000-0x00FF is the OUTPUT area %QW0-255;
+        Table 119 (reads): the same range is the INPUT area %IW0-255."""
+        assert "%QW0" in describe_address(0x0000, write=True)
+        assert "%IW0" in describe_address(0x0000, write=False)
+        assert "%QW5" in describe_address(0x0005, write=True)
+        assert "mirror" in describe_address(0x0200, write=True)
+        assert "read-back" in describe_address(0x0200, write=False)
+        assert "%QW256" in describe_address(0x6000, write=True)
+
+    def test_illegal_word_areas(self):
+        for addr in (0x0100, 0x0300, 0x3000, 0x62FC, 0x72FC):
+            assert "illegal" in describe_address(addr)
+            assert "illegal" in describe_address(addr, write=True)
+
+    def test_word_ranges(self):
+        text = describe_address(0x0000, 4)
+        assert "0x0000..0x0003" in text
+
+    def test_bit_areas(self):
+        assert "channel" in describe_bit_address(0)
+        assert "read-back" in describe_bit_address(0x0200)
+        assert "area 2" in describe_bit_address(0x8000)
+        assert "illegal" in describe_bit_address(0x0400)
+
+
+class TestRequestFormatting:
+    def test_read_holding_registers(self):
+        req = pdu_mod.ReadRequest(pdu_mod.FC_READ_HOLDING_REGISTERS, 0x2002, 1)
+        text = format_request(_header(), req)
+        assert "FC03" in text
+        assert "Read Holding Registers" in text
+        assert "addr=0x2002" in text
+        assert "count=1" in text
+        assert "txn=0x0001" in text
+        assert "unit=1" in text
+
+    def test_read_coils_bit_annotation(self):
+        req = pdu_mod.ReadRequest(pdu_mod.FC_READ_COILS, 0x0200, 8)
+        text = format_request(_header(), req)
+        assert "FC01" in text
+        assert "read-back" in text
+
+    def test_write_single_coil(self):
+        req = pdu_mod.WriteSingleCoilRequest(pdu_mod.FC_WRITE_SINGLE_COIL, 5, True)
+        text = format_request(_header(), req)
+        assert "FC05" in text
+        assert "value=ON" in text
+
+    def test_write_single_register(self):
+        req = pdu_mod.WriteSingleRegisterRequest(
+            pdu_mod.FC_WRITE_SINGLE_REGISTER, 0x0000, 0x1234
+        )
+        text = format_request(_header(), req)
+        assert "FC06" in text
+        assert "value=0x1234" in text
+        # write mapping: 0x0000 is %QW0 (output), not %IW0
+        assert "%QW0" in text
+
+    def test_write_multiple_registers(self):
+        req = pdu_mod.WriteMultipleRegistersRequest(
+            pdu_mod.FC_WRITE_MULTIPLE_REGISTERS, 0x0000, (0x1234, 0x5678)
+        )
+        text = format_request(_header(), req)
+        assert "FC10" in text
+        assert "0x1234" in text and "0x5678" in text
+
+    def test_write_multiple_coils_bitstring(self):
+        req = pdu_mod.WriteMultipleCoilsRequest(
+            pdu_mod.FC_WRITE_MULTIPLE_COILS, 0x0000, (True, False, True)
+        )
+        text = format_request(_header(), req)
+        assert "values=101" in text
+
+    def test_mask_write(self):
+        req = pdu_mod.MaskWriteRegisterRequest(
+            pdu_mod.FC_MASK_WRITE_REGISTER, 0x0000, 0x00F2, 0x0025
+        )
+        text = format_request(_header(), req)
+        assert "FC16" in text
+        assert "and=0x00f2" in text
+
+    def test_read_write_multiple(self):
+        req = pdu_mod.ReadWriteMultipleRegistersRequest(
+            pdu_mod.FC_READ_WRITE_MULTIPLE_REGISTERS, 0x2002, 1, 0x0000, (0xBEEF,)
+        )
+        text = format_request(_header(), req)
+        assert "FC17" in text
+        assert "read addr=0x2002" in text
+
+    def test_event_count(self):
+        req = pdu_mod.GetCommEventCountRequest(pdu_mod.FC_GET_COMM_EVENT_COUNT)
+        text = format_request(_header(), req)
+        assert "FC0B" in text
+        assert "Get Comm Event Count" in text
+
+
+class TestResponseFormatting:
+    def test_read_registers(self):
+        resp = pdu_mod.ReadResponse(pdu_mod.FC_READ_HOLDING_REGISTERS)
+        resp.registers = [0x1234]
+        text = format_response(_header(), resp)
+        assert "RSP" in text
+        assert "1 regs" in text
+        assert "0x1234" in text
+
+    def test_read_bits(self):
+        resp = pdu_mod.ReadResponse(pdu_mod.FC_READ_COILS)
+        resp.bits = [True, False, True]
+        text = format_response(_header(), resp)
+        assert "3 bits" in text
+        assert "101" in text
+
+    def test_exception(self):
+        resp = pdu_mod.ExceptionResponse(
+            pdu_mod.FC_READ_HOLDING_REGISTERS,
+            pdu_mod.EXC_ILLEGAL_DATA_ADDRESS,
+        )
+        text = format_response(_header(), resp)
+        assert "EXC" in text
+        assert "0x02" in text
+        assert "Illegal Data Address" in text
+
+    def test_write_echo(self):
+        resp = pdu_mod.WriteSingleRegisterResponse(0x0000, 0x1234)
+        text = format_response(_header(), resp)
+        assert "echo" in text
+
+    def test_event_count_response(self):
+        resp = pdu_mod.GetCommEventCountResponse(0, 42)
+        text = format_response(_header(), resp)
+        assert "events=42" in text
+
+
+class TestRawFormatting:
+    def test_raw_pdu(self):
+        text = format_raw(_header(), b"\x03\x20\x02\x00\x01")
+        assert "RAW" in text
+        assert "03 20 02 00 01" in text
+
+
+class TestServerVerboseIntegration:
+    """The server funnels every transaction through the trace formatter."""
+
+    def test_trace_lines_in_logs(self, app, caplog):
+        import asyncio
+        import logging
+
+        app.server.host, app.server.port = "127.0.0.1", 15030
+
+        async def scenario():
+            await app.server.start()
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
+            reader, writer = await asyncio.open_connection("127.0.0.1", 15030)
+            pdu = bytes([pdu_mod.FC_READ_HOLDING_REGISTERS]) + (0x2002).to_bytes(2, "big") + (1).to_bytes(2, "big")
+            from wago_sim.mbap import build_frame
+            writer.write(build_frame(1, 1, pdu))
+            await writer.drain()
+            header = await reader.readexactly(7)
+            length = int.from_bytes(header[4:6], "big")
+            body = await reader.readexactly(length - 1)
+            writer.close()
+            await app.server.stop()
+            return body
+
+        with caplog.at_level(logging.DEBUG, logger="wago_sim.server"):
+            body = asyncio.run(scenario())
+        assert int.from_bytes(body[2:4], "big") == 0x1234
+        assert any("REQ" in rec.message for rec in caplog.records)
+        assert any("RSP" in rec.message for rec in caplog.records)
+        assert any("Read Holding Registers" in rec.message for rec in caplog.records)