Add test validating grain observer creation during lifecycle

Co-authored-by: ReubenBond <203839+ReubenBond@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: Copilot

test/DefaultCluster.Tests/LifecycleObserverCreationTests.cs

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+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+using Orleans.Runtime;
+using Orleans.TestingHost;
+using Orleans.TestingHost.Utils;
+using UnitTests.GrainInterfaces;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace DefaultCluster.Tests.General
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Tests for creating grain observers during lifecycle participation.
+    /// This validates that grain observers can be created during silo lifecycle stages,
+    /// which previously failed because lifecycle events were executed on a SystemTarget
+    /// (grain context), preventing CreateObjectReference from working.
+    /// </summary>
+    [TestCategory("BVT"), TestCategory("Lifecycle"), TestCategory("Observer")]
+    public class LifecycleObserverCreationTests : IClassFixture<LifecycleObserverCreationTests.Fixture>
+    {
+        private readonly IHost _host;
+
+        public class Fixture : IAsyncLifetime
+        {
+            private readonly TestClusterPortAllocator portAllocator;
+            public IHost Host { get; private set; }
+            public static bool ObserverCreated { get; set; }
+
+            public Fixture()
+            {
+                portAllocator = new TestClusterPortAllocator();
+            }
+
+            public async Task InitializeAsync()
+            {
+                ObserverCreated = false;
+                var (siloPort, gatewayPort) = portAllocator.AllocateConsecutivePortPairs(1);
+                Host = Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Host.CreateApplicationBuilder()
+                    .UseOrleans(siloBuilder =>
+                    {
+                        siloBuilder
+                            .UseLocalhostClustering(siloPort, gatewayPort)
+                            .ConfigureServices(services =>
+                            {
+                                services.AddSingleton<ILifecycleParticipant<ISiloLifecycle>, TestLifecycleParticipant>();
+                            });
+                    })
+                    .Build();
+                await Host.StartAsync();
+            }
+
+            public async Task DisposeAsync()
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    await Host.StopAsync();
+                }
+                finally
+                {
+                    Host.Dispose();
+                    portAllocator.Dispose();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Lifecycle participant that creates a grain observer during the Active stage.
+        /// This simulates the issue scenario where a hosted service or lifecycle participant
+        /// needs to create grain observers during silo startup.
+        /// </summary>
+        private class TestLifecycleParticipant : ILifecycleParticipant<ISiloLifecycle>
+        {
+            private readonly IGrainFactory _grainFactory;
+
+            public TestLifecycleParticipant(IGrainFactory grainFactory)
+            {
+                _grainFactory = grainFactory;
+            }
+
+            public void Participate(ISiloLifecycle lifecycle)
+            {
+                lifecycle.Subscribe(
+                    nameof(TestLifecycleParticipant),
+                    ServiceLifecycleStage.Active,
+                    OnStart,
+                    OnStop);
+            }
+
+            private Task OnStart(CancellationToken ct)
+            {
+                // This is the critical test - creating a grain observer during lifecycle participation
+                // should work now that lifecycle events run via Task.Run instead of on a SystemTarget
+                var observer = new TestObserver();
+                var reference = _grainFactory.CreateObjectReference<ISimpleGrainObserver>(observer);
+                
+                // Verify the reference was created successfully
+                Assert.NotNull(reference);
+                
+                // Clean up
+                _grainFactory.DeleteObjectReference<ISimpleGrainObserver>(reference);
+                
+                Fixture.ObserverCreated = true;
+                return Task.CompletedTask;
+            }
+
+            private Task OnStop(CancellationToken ct)
+            {
+                return Task.CompletedTask;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Simple observer implementation for testing.
+        /// </summary>
+        private class TestObserver : ISimpleGrainObserver
+        {
+            public void StateChanged(int a, int b)
+            {
+                // No-op for testing
+            }
+        }
+
+        public LifecycleObserverCreationTests(Fixture fixture)
+        {
+            _host = fixture.Host;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Tests that grain observers can be created during lifecycle participation.
+        /// This validates the fix for the issue where CreateObjectReference would fail
+        /// with "Cannot create a local object reference from a grain" when called during
+        /// lifecycle events, because those events were previously scheduled on a SystemTarget.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Fact]
+        public void LifecycleParticipant_CanCreateGrainObserver()
+        {
+            // The test passes if the host started successfully and the observer was created
+            // in the TestLifecycleParticipant.OnStart method without throwing an exception
+            Assert.True(Fixture.ObserverCreated, "Observer should have been created during lifecycle participation");
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Tests that grains can be called from within lifecycle participants.
+        /// This further validates that lifecycle events now run without a grain context,
+        /// enabling normal grain calls and observer creation.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task LifecycleParticipant_CanCallGrains()
+        {
+            var client = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<IClusterClient>();
+            
+            // Call a grain to verify the silo is fully operational after lifecycle startup
+            var grain = client.GetGrain<ISimpleGrain>(42);
+            await grain.SetA(100);
+            var value = await grain.GetA();
+            
+            Assert.Equal(100, value);
+        }
+    }
+}