docs(runbooks): #1780 compensating-status recovery for stale CI umbrellas #1782

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Adds docs/runbooks/ci-umbrella-stale-compensating-status.md documenting the compensating-status recovery pattern surfaced as load-bearing during the 2026-05-24 CTO-bypass session. The runbook covers:

• When to use it (umbrella failed, all 5 required sub-jobs verified success in action_run_job)
• When NOT to use it (any required sub-job actually failed — compensating would lie)
• Diagnose commands (Gitea API + Postgres queries to verify the discrepancy)
• Recover command (POST to /statuses/{sha} with honest description)
• Why it happens (40-min poll deadline vs. notifier propagation lag, RFC internal#219 design)
• Prevent (the 7da843f2 ci-meta fix from #1779 eliminates most cases; remaining cases get auto-recovery from a future umbrella-reaper.yml per #1780)
• Cross-refs to status-reaper.yml (sibling pattern) and audit-force-merge.yml (audit trail)
• Session-local examples — PR #1737 and #1759 from 2026-05-24

Closes (partial)

Closes the docs sub-task of #1780. The auto-recovery sub-task (build umbrella-reaper.yml) stays open in #1780 pending observation of whether #1779's fix makes it unnecessary.

SOP Checklist (RFC #351)

1. Comprehensive testing performed

N/A: docs-only change. markdownlint not configured for this repo; visually inspected for formatting.

2. Local-postgres E2E run

N/A.

3. Staging-smoke verified or pending

N/A: docs-only.

4. Root-cause not symptom

The root cause of "operator stuck without playbook" is no documented recovery procedure. This fix is the procedure. The deeper root cause (propagation race) is tracked in #1779/#1780; runbook acknowledges that and points at both.

5. Five-Axis review walked

Walked solo. Happy to dispatch a reviewer if anyone wants to challenge the "when NOT to use this" framing.

6. No backwards-compat shim / dead code added

Pure addition: +79 lines, 1 new file. No code touched.

7. Memory/saved-feedback consulted

• reference_post_suspension_pipeline — confirmed runbook references Gitea API/DB, not GitHub.
• Runbook itself becomes part of reference_dev_sop_canonical_doc sibling material once the canonical doc cross-links to it (followup).

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## Summary Adds `docs/runbooks/ci-umbrella-stale-compensating-status.md` documenting the compensating-status recovery pattern surfaced as load-bearing during the 2026-05-24 CTO-bypass session. The runbook covers: - **When to use it** (umbrella failed, all 5 required sub-jobs verified success in `action_run_job`) - **When NOT to use it** (any required sub-job actually failed — compensating would lie) - **Diagnose** commands (Gitea API + Postgres queries to verify the discrepancy) - **Recover** command (POST to `/statuses/{sha}` with honest description) - **Why it happens** (40-min poll deadline vs. notifier propagation lag, RFC internal#219 design) - **Prevent** (the `7da843f2` ci-meta fix from #1779 eliminates most cases; remaining cases get auto-recovery from a future `umbrella-reaper.yml` per #1780) - **Cross-refs** to status-reaper.yml (sibling pattern) and audit-force-merge.yml (audit trail) - **Session-local examples** — PR #1737 and #1759 from 2026-05-24 ## Closes (partial) Closes the docs sub-task of #1780. The auto-recovery sub-task (build `umbrella-reaper.yml`) stays open in #1780 pending observation of whether #1779's fix makes it unnecessary. ## SOP Checklist (RFC #351) ### 1. Comprehensive testing performed N/A: docs-only change. `markdownlint` not configured for this repo; visually inspected for formatting. ### 2. Local-postgres E2E run N/A. ### 3. Staging-smoke verified or pending N/A: docs-only. ### 4. Root-cause not symptom The root cause of "operator stuck without playbook" is no documented recovery procedure. This fix is the procedure. The deeper root cause (propagation race) is tracked in #1779/#1780; runbook acknowledges that and points at both. ### 5. Five-Axis review walked Walked solo. Happy to dispatch a reviewer if anyone wants to challenge the "when NOT to use this" framing. ### 6. No backwards-compat shim / dead code added Pure addition: +79 lines, 1 new file. No code touched. ### 7. Memory/saved-feedback consulted - `reference_post_suspension_pipeline` — confirmed runbook references Gitea API/DB, not GitHub. - Runbook itself becomes part of `reference_dev_sop_canonical_doc` sibling material once the canonical doc cross-links to it (followup). 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

hongming added 1 commit 2026-05-24 05:34:07 +00:00

docs(runbooks): document compensating-status recovery for stale CI umbrellas (#1780) ... 0ea86df071

Adds docs/runbooks/ci-umbrella-stale-compensating-status.md documenting
the recovery pattern: when CI/all-required is failure but all 5
required sub-jobs are success in action_run_job, POST a corrected
success status via the Gitea API to unblock the merge gate.

Used twice in the 2026-05-24 CTO-bypass session (PRs #1737 and #1759);
the pattern parallels status-reaper.yml's compensating-status approach
for default-branch (push) drift.

The runbook is explicit about when NOT to use it (any required sub-job
actually failed) and requires WHO+WHY in the description field so the
audit trail stays honest.

Closes #1780 (the docs sub-task). The auto-recovery sub-task tracked in
#1780 stays open pending decision on whether to build umbrella-reaper or
let #1779's runner-pool fix make it unnecessary.

devops-engineer approved these changes 2026-05-24 05:34:32 +00:00

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Approving #1782 on current HEAD 0ea86df071 — single-file change, scope is exactly what the issue called for, tests verified. CTO-bypass session 2026-05-24.

Approving #1782 on current HEAD 0ea86df071b6d746b526f14490a62184a2ca4c10 — single-file change, scope is exactly what the issue called for, tests verified. CTO-bypass session 2026-05-24.

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Approving #1782 on current HEAD 0ea86df071 — single-file change, scope is exactly what the issue called for, tests verified. CTO-bypass session 2026-05-24.

Approving #1782 on current HEAD 0ea86df071b6d746b526f14490a62184a2ca4c10 — single-file change, scope is exactly what the issue called for, tests verified. CTO-bypass session 2026-05-24.

hongming merged commit 2e027df890 into main 2026-05-24 06:14:19 +00:00

hongming referenced this issue from a commit 2026-05-24 06:14:27 +00:00

docs(runbooks): #1780 compensating-status recovery for stale CI umbrellas (#1782)

hongming referenced this pull request 2026-05-24 06:14:42 +00:00

docs/infra: document or auto-handle the compensating-status pattern for stale CI umbrellas #1780

hongming referenced this pull request 2026-05-24 06:59:22 +00:00

fix(templates): revert templates.go change from #1781 (duplicate of #1777) #1786

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