feat: admin operation to set the next expected target sequence number

crates/hotfix/src/session.rs

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ use crate::session::admin_request::AdminRequest;
 use crate::session::ctx::{PreProcessDecision, SessionCtx, TransitionResult, VerificationResult};
 use crate::session::error::SessionCreationError;
 use crate::session::error::{InternalSendError, InternalSendResultExt, SessionOperationError};
-pub use crate::session::error::{SendError, SendOutcome};
+pub use crate::session::error::{SendError, SendOutcome, SetNextTargetSeqNumError};
 pub use crate::session::info::{SessionInfo, Status};
 pub use crate::session::session_handle::SessionHandle;
 #[cfg(not(feature = "test-utils"))]
@@ -568,6 +568,22 @@ where
                 warn!("resetting sequence numbers on next logon");
                 self.reset_on_next_logon = true;
             }
+            AdminRequest::SetNextTargetSeqNum { seq_num, responder } => {
+                let response = self
+                    .state
+                    .try_set_next_target_seq_num(&mut self.ctx, seq_num)
+                    .await;
+                if let Err(ref err) = response {
+                    warn!(
+                        ?err,
+                        seq_num = seq_num.get(),
+                        "SetNextTargetSeqNum rejected"
+                    );
+                }
+                if responder.send(response).is_err() {
+                    error!("failed to respond to SetNextTargetSeqNum request");
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 

crates/hotfix/src/session/admin_request.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 use crate::session::SessionInfo;
+use crate::session::error::SetNextTargetSeqNumError;
+use std::num::NonZeroU64;
 use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 
 /// Administrative actions exposed to users of the engine to control the session.
@@ -13,4 +15,10 @@ pub enum AdminRequest {
     /// which can be used to re-synchronise our state with the counterparty in
     /// unfortunate scenarios where such drastic recover is required.
     ResetSequenceNumbersOnNextLogon,
+    /// Set the next expected target sequence number. Permitted only while the
+    /// session is `Disconnected` — see `SetNextTargetSeqNumError::InvalidState`.
+    SetNextTargetSeqNum {
+        seq_num: NonZeroU64,
+        responder: oneshot::Sender<Result<(), SetNextTargetSeqNumError>>,
+    },
 }

crates/hotfix/src/session/error.rs

@@ -128,6 +128,23 @@ impl<T> InternalSendResultExt<T> for Result<T, InternalSendError> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Error returned when setting the next expected target sequence number via admin.
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum SetNextTargetSeqNumError {
+    /// The session was not in a state where the target sequence number can be
+    /// safely adjusted. Only permitted while `Disconnected`.
+    #[error("operation rejected in state {current:?}; only permitted while disconnected")]
+    InvalidState { current: crate::session::Status },
+
+    /// Channel-level failure — the session task is gone or the responder was dropped.
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Send(#[from] SendError),
+
+    /// Underlying store write failed.
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Store(#[from] StoreError),
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;

crates/hotfix/src/session/session_handle.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use crate::session::admin_request::AdminRequest;
-use crate::session::error::{SendError, SendOutcome};
+use crate::session::error::{SendError, SendOutcome, SetNextTargetSeqNumError};
 use crate::session::session_ref::OutboundRequest;
 use crate::session::{InternalSessionRef, SessionInfo};
+use std::num::NonZeroU64;
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot};
 
 /// A public handle to the session that can be used to interact with the session.
@@ -66,6 +67,26 @@ impl<Outbound> SessionHandle<Outbound> {
             .await?;
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// Sets the next expected target sequence number.
+    ///
+    /// Permitted only while the session is `Disconnected`. Use this to realign
+    /// after a counterparty-initiated sequence reset without forcing a bilateral
+    /// reset — the peer's subsequent `ResendRequest` is handled by the existing
+    /// resend/gap-fill logic.
+    pub async fn set_next_target_seq_num(
+        &self,
+        seq_num: NonZeroU64,
+    ) -> Result<(), SetNextTargetSeqNumError> {
+        let (responder, receiver) = oneshot::channel();
+        self.admin_request_sender
+            .send(AdminRequest::SetNextTargetSeqNum { seq_num, responder })
+            .await
+            .map_err(|_| SetNextTargetSeqNumError::Send(SendError::SessionGone))?;
+        receiver
+            .await
+            .map_err(|_| SetNextTargetSeqNumError::Send(SendError::SessionGone))?
+    }
 }
 
 impl<M> From<InternalSessionRef<M>> for SessionHandle<M> {

crates/hotfix/src/session/state.rs

@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ use crate::message::logon::Logon;
 use crate::message::logout::Logout;
 use crate::message::verification::VerificationFlags;
 use crate::session::ctx::{PreProcessDecision, SessionCtx, TransitionResult, VerificationResult};
-use crate::session::error::{InternalSendError, InternalSendResultExt, SessionOperationError};
+use crate::session::error::{
+    InternalSendError, InternalSendResultExt, SessionOperationError, SetNextTargetSeqNumError,
+};
 use crate::session::event::ScheduleResponse;
 use crate::session::info::Status as SessionInfoStatus;
 use crate::transport::writer::WriterRef;
 use hotfix_message::message::Message;
 use hotfix_store::MessageStore;
+use std::num::NonZeroU64;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 use tokio::time::Instant;
@@ -247,6 +250,34 @@ impl SessionState {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Set the next expected target sequence number.
+    pub(crate) async fn try_set_next_target_seq_num<A, S>(
+        &self,
+        ctx: &mut SessionCtx<A, S>,
+        seq_num: NonZeroU64,
+    ) -> Result<(), SetNextTargetSeqNumError>
+    where
+        A: Application,
+        S: MessageStore,
+    {
+        // Only permitted while `Disconnected` — any other state returns `InvalidState`.
+        match self {
+            SessionState::Disconnected(_) => {
+                // The store stores "last seen" (see `inbound::on_sequence_reset` passing `end - 1`),
+                // so we subtract 1 to make `next_target_seq_number()` return `seq_num`.
+                let target_seq_num = seq_num.get() - 1;
+
+                ctx.store
+                    .set_target_seq_number(target_seq_num)
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(SetNextTargetSeqNumError::from)
+            }
+            _ => Err(SetNextTargetSeqNumError::InvalidState {
+                current: self.as_status(),
+            }),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Sends a logout message and puts the session state into an [`AwaitingLogout`] state.
     ///
     /// The session waits for a configurable timeout period for the counterparty to