--[[ diag_stale.luau -- is the live CarManager module the source I pushed? diag_wheelroot2 failed with "_buildForDiag is nil" even though the file on disk defines it at line 988 and push_module reported assembled=39591 expected=39591 match=true. So either (a) the ModuleScript I am cloning is not the one I pushed to, or (b) there is more than one CarManager, or (c) the clone-and-require trick is returning a cached table from the ORIGINAL require rather than re-executing the clone's source. (c) is the important one: if require(clone) hands back the cached original table, then every "built car" measurement in this session came from the OLD module, and all of those results are void. Checks, with no assumptions: 1. Every ModuleScript named CarManager anywhere in the DataModel, with its source length and whether its text contains _buildForDiag. 2. What require() actually returns for the original and for a fresh clone -- key list and identity comparison. ]] local ServerScriptService = game:GetService("ServerScriptService") local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage") local out = {} local function log(...) local parts = {} for i = 1, select("#", ...) do parts[#parts + 1] = tostring((select(i, ...))) end table.insert(out, table.concat(parts, " ")) end log("=== every CarManager ModuleScript in the DataModel ===") local found = {} for _, svc in ipairs({ ServerScriptService, ReplicatedStorage, game:GetService("ServerStorage"), workspace }) do for _, d in ipairs(svc:GetDescendants()) do if d:IsA("ModuleScript") and d.Name == "CarManager" then found[#found + 1] = d local src = "" local okSrc = pcall(function() src = d.Source end) log( string.format( " %-58s len=%s has _buildForDiag=%s", d:GetFullName(), okSrc and tostring(#src) or "", okSrc and tostring(src:find("_buildForDiag") ~= nil) or "?" ) ) end end end log(string.format(" total found: %d", #found)) if #found == 0 then return table.concat(out, "\n") end local target = found[1] log("") log("=== what require() returns ===") local okA, A = pcall(require, target) log(" require(original): ok=" .. tostring(okA)) if okA and typeof(A) == "table" then local keys = {} for k in pairs(A) do keys[#keys + 1] = tostring(k) end table.sort(keys) log(" keys: " .. table.concat(keys, ", ")) log(" _buildForDiag = " .. typeof(A._buildForDiag)) end local clone = target:Clone() clone.Parent = target.Parent local okB, B = pcall(require, clone) log(" require(clone): ok=" .. tostring(okB)) if okB and typeof(B) == "table" then local keys = {} for k in pairs(B) do keys[#keys + 1] = tostring(k) end table.sort(keys) log(" keys: " .. table.concat(keys, ", ")) log(" _buildForDiag = " .. typeof(B._buildForDiag)) end if okA and okB then log( " clone table IS original table: " .. tostring(rawequal(A, B)) .. " <- if true, the clone trick does NOT reload source" ) end clone:Destroy() return table.concat(out, "\n")