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Parity gap — databricks-sql-warehouse

v2 fabric-parity-loop validator, run 2026-05-26. Reference target: Databricks Workspace → SQL → SQL Editor (Unity Catalog-aware T-SQL/Spark-SQL editor). Loom route: https://loom-console-fvbbctd4eehqbkcs.b02.azurefd.net/items/databricks-sql-warehouse/new. Editor source: apps/fiab-console/lib/editors/databricks-editors.tsx (lines 174-519).

Phase 3 — gap matrix vs Databricks SQL editor

# Databricks SQL element Loom present? Severity
1 SQL editor with Monaco + Spark-SQL completion (catalog.schema.table autocomplete, LATERAL VIEW EXPLODE, MERGE INTO, Delta time travel, etc.), error squiggles MISSING — plain <textarea> (lines 498-504). s.editor CSS class is just font-family: Consolas (line 36-42). BLOCKER
2 Unity Catalog tree (catalogs → schemas → tables → columns) with lazy expand Present (lines 347-421) — real SHOW CATALOGS / SCHEMAS / TABLES via /schema endpoint, lazy load on expand OK
3 Click table to insert SELECT * FROM \catalog`.`schema`.`table` LIMIT 100` Present (lines 398-410) OK
4 Warehouse selector + state badge (RUNNING / STOPPED / STARTING) Present (lines 434-455) OK
5 Start / Stop with state polling Present (lines 268-300) — real 5s poll until terminal state OK
6 Result grid with sortable columns + cell preview + export to CSV / Parquet Partial — Fluent <Table> (lines 104-164) only, no sort / filter / export MAJOR
7 Chart View toggle on results MISSING MAJOR
8 Query history pane (with re-run button) MISSING — ribbon claims "Query history" (line 169) but no handler MINOR (ribbon vapor)
9 Saved queries / dashboards MISSING MAJOR
10 Status bar (warehouse / catalog / schema / row count / execution time) Partial — exec time shown in resultMeta (line 136-140), no full status bar MINOR
11 Photon / Predictive I/O badges Present (Serverless badge line 454) OK partial

Phase 4 — functional click probe (source-trace)

Control Source impl Live behavior
Run run() (line 303-333) — real POST /api/.../query with warehouseId, catalog, schema Real
Start start() (line 280-290) — real POST .../start, then poll Real
Stop stop() (line 292-300) — real POST .../state {action: 'stop'} Real
Refresh refreshState + refreshCatalogs Real
Warehouse dropdown setWarehouseId(...) Real
Catalog / schema / table click openCatalog / openSchema / insert-SELECT (lines 243-265, 398-410) Real
Ribbon "New SQL query" / "Run" / "Query history" / "Start" / "Stop" / "Scale" No handlers DEAD — 6 ribbon vapor

Grade

C — Run + warehouse lifecycle + Unity Catalog browse are all real and quite well-done. But the headline editor surface is a <textarea> (BLOCKER per Monaco contract), no chart view (MAJOR), no query history pane, 6 dead ribbon buttons.

Same remediation as the other SQL editors: @monaco-editor/react language="sql" + a custom completion provider seeded from the already-loaded catalog/schema/table tree (huge usability win — the data is already in client state).