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Dragan Spiridonov 05dcfe92dd fix(init): release-gate corpus + --json contract (#401)
Addresses the v3.9.1–v3.9.4 init regression series by building the
verification layer that #401's post-mortem identified as structurally
missing. The load-bearing changes are the real-public-repo corpus, the
--json contract, and the restructured error handling in phase 06 that
stops lying about success when a non-critical phase fails.

What landed
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* `aqe init --json` — structured InitResult output with schema version 1,
  stricter exit code semantics (exit 1 on any step.status='error', not
  just on critical failures). Stable contract for the gate and other CI
  consumers. See InitJsonOutput in src/cli/handlers/init-handler.ts.

* Phase 06 no longer swallows errors as `{status:'skipped',entries:0}`.
  Exceptions now propagate to BasePhase.execute() and surface as real
  step errors in result.steps[]. Fixed a resource leak where kgService
  and memory handles were leaked on the old throw path — now always
  released via try/finally.

* `tests/fixtures/init-corpus/` — 4 pinned real public repo fixtures:
  - tiny-ts (developit/mitt@b240473)
  - mid-ts (sindresorhus/p-queue@55d306b)
  - multi-lang-real (ruvnet/RuView@2a05378 — contains the exact 28,745
    byte / 776 line ruview_live.py that triggered the v3.9.4 hang,
    sha256-pinned to detect content drift)
  - self-dogfood (agentic-qe HEAD)

* 22 gate assertions per fixture (A1–A22) including per-step JSON error
  inspection (A10), snapshot-based KG threshold with tolerance (A12),
  skills/agents/MCP/CLAUDE.md/workers/config.yaml presence (A13–A20),
  subthreshold stall detection (A21), and a second init pass that
  exercises the delta-scan path of phase 06 — the actual surface that
  hung in v3.9.1 ruview, never reached on a first init (A22).

* `.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml` — new pre-publish-gate job that
  runs the corpus against the freshly-built tarball before publish; new
  tests-on-tag-sha job that re-runs fast unit tests on release events
  (replaces a buggy gh-api conditional caught by devils-advocate review).

* `.github/workflows/post-publish-canary.yml` — fires on real publishes
  only (not workflow_dispatch dry runs), polls npm CDN via
  `npm install --dry-run` (actual CDN edge, not just registry metadata),
  runs the corpus against the published package, opens P0 issue on
  failure via heredoc-based body.

* Watchdog effectiveness unit test
  (tests/unit/init/phases/code-intelligence-watchdog.test.ts) — 4 cases
  proving the async-stall branches of runBoundedScan work and
  documenting the sync-block limitation that requires AQE_SKIP_CODE_INDEX
  or (future) worker isolation.

* `.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md` — single load-bearing checkbox:
  every PR failure mode must have a test or tracking issue. Honor-system
  today; CI enforcement tracked in #408.

* AQE_SKIP_CODE_INDEX promoted from "temporary escape hatch" to
  permanent supported flag in docs, CLI help, and source comments.

Verification
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* `npm run typecheck` — clean
* `npx eslint` on all touched files — clean (plus fixed two pre-existing
  unused-var warnings in init-handler.ts)
* `aqe security --sast` on all touched source + workflows — 0 findings
* `tests/unit/init/` — 377/377 pass
* `tests/unit/init/phases/code-intelligence-watchdog.test.ts` — 4/4 pass
* Local gate against `npm pack`'d tarball — 4/4 fixtures pass all 22
  assertions including double-init delta path and sha256 regression
  marker

Failure paths independently verified (F1–F5 injection tests):
* F1 wrong sha256 → A3 fires, exit 2, actionable diagnostic
* F2 absurd expectedKgEntries → A12 fires, exit 2, shows actual vs expected
* F3 expectedElapsedSec=0 → A21 fires on slow fixture, A22 fires on
  double-init — same `(( elapsed > soft_cap ))` math proven in both paths
* F4 injected throw in runCodeIntelligenceScan → reproduces the exact
  v3.9.3 failure shape (`success:true` at orchestrator level, phase 06
  step.status='error'). A7 catches via strict exit code, A10 catches as
  defense-in-depth via jq inspection. Both layers verified.
* F5 expectedSkillsInstalled=999 → A13 fires with OR-logic showing
  json=84, disk=84 vs expected 999

Deferred with tracking issues
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* Phase 06 worker_threads isolation — #407
* PR template CI enforcement — #408
* VERIFICATION.md + release-notes matrix — #409
* Chaos workflow for pathological inputs — #410
* Mirror init-corpus tarballs to GitHub Releases — #411

What is NOT verified
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* The CI workflows have never actually executed in a real Actions run.
  YAML syntactically validated via js-yaml, job dependency graph traced,
  but the first real execution is the first push of this branch.
* The canary on a real publish is unexecuted. First execution is the
  first real release after merge.

Refs: #401, #407, #408, #409, #410, #411

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-07 16:44:27 +00:00
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