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docs(sop): fail-closed CI integrity — no fail-open gates (MERGE-BLOCKING) #2325

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Codifies CTO directive: no CI/test check may fail open; required gates must fail loud + fail closed when they cannot verify (auth/identity/missing-file/unreachable). One exception: fork/advisory behind an explicit trust-boundary split, never counted as a passing required context. Lists the real violations found this session.

SOP Checklist (RFC#351)

  • Comprehensive testing performed: N/A — docs-only (dev-sop new section). Markdown renders; no code surface.
  • Local-postgres E2E run: N/A — docs-only.
  • Staging-smoke verified or pending: N/A — docs-only.
  • Root-cause not symptom: documents the fail-closed-CI principle (merge-blocking §) that the #2323 sweep enforces — codifies the root-cause rule, not a symptom patch.
  • Five-Axis review walked: readability/clarity of the SOP section reviewed; no code axes apply.
  • No backwards-compat shim / dead code added: no — documentation only.
  • Memory/saved-feedback consulted: feedback_no_such_thing_as_flakes, reference_dev_sop_canonical_doc.
Codifies CTO directive: no CI/test check may fail open; required gates must fail loud + fail closed when they cannot verify (auth/identity/missing-file/unreachable). One exception: fork/advisory behind an explicit trust-boundary split, never counted as a passing required context. Lists the real violations found this session. --- ## SOP Checklist (RFC#351) - **Comprehensive testing performed**: N/A — docs-only (dev-sop new section). Markdown renders; no code surface. - **Local-postgres E2E run**: N/A — docs-only. - **Staging-smoke verified or pending**: N/A — docs-only. - **Root-cause not symptom**: documents the fail-closed-CI principle (merge-blocking §) that the #2323 sweep enforces — codifies the root-cause rule, not a symptom patch. - **Five-Axis review walked**: readability/clarity of the SOP section reviewed; no code axes apply. - **No backwards-compat shim / dead code added**: no — documentation only. - **Memory/saved-feedback consulted**: feedback_no_such_thing_as_flakes, reference_dev_sop_canonical_doc.
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Add a new merge-blocking section to the dev SOP forbidding fail-open
CI/test gates: no check may report GREEN when it could not actually
verify its invariant. Inability-to-verify (auth 401/403, missing token,
under-scoped credential, unreachable dependency, missing/zero-collecting
test file, transient error) MUST fail loud (::error:: + nonzero) and
fail closed on protected contexts (push to main, internal protected
branches, same-repo PRs).

The single allowed exception is an explicit trust-boundary split (fork
PRs) behind an advisory branch that is NOT a passing required context.
Distinguishes 403 (can't verify -> fail closed) from a real 404 read
with a valid token (the real finding). Requires every token/identity/
external-read gate to ship a test or workflow-lint for the absent-
identity / unauthorized / missing-file path asserting it FAILS.

Cites real codebase violations (vacuously-green serving-e2e, BP-drift
lints returning 0 on 403, verify-template-models without -strict,
referenced-but-absent pytest collecting zero tests) and cross-links the
no-flakes rule and the production fail-closed defaults in
sop-production-cicd.md, where a one-line PR-evidence checklist item is
also added.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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core-security commented 2026-06-06 01:30:28 +00:00
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SOP-ack (engineers, non-author core-security): verified the PR fills each checklist item.
/sop-ack comprehensive-testing
/sop-ack local-postgres-e2e
/sop-ack staging-smoke
/sop-ack root-cause
/sop-ack five-axis-review
/sop-ack no-backwards-compat
/sop-ack memory-consulted

SOP-ack (engineers, non-author core-security): verified the PR fills each checklist item. /sop-ack comprehensive-testing /sop-ack local-postgres-e2e /sop-ack staging-smoke /sop-ack root-cause /sop-ack five-axis-review /sop-ack no-backwards-compat /sop-ack memory-consulted
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qa-review APPROVE (core-qa): checklist testing claims are consistent with the diff; CI / all-required green on head. SOP qa gate satisfied.

qa-review APPROVE (core-qa): checklist testing claims are consistent with the diff; CI / all-required green on head. SOP qa gate satisfied.
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security-review APPROVE (core-security): fail-closed / no-silent-skip posture verified for the security surface in this change. SOP security gate satisfied.

security-review APPROVE (core-security): fail-closed / no-silent-skip posture verified for the security surface in this change. SOP security gate satisfied.
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APPROVED after independent current-head 5-axis review at ba8ecdeb48.

Correctness: the SOP addition clearly codifies the CTO fail-closed CI rule: required protected-context checks must not pass when auth, identity, dependency reachability, required files, or test collection cannot verify the intended invariant. It also preserves the correct fork/advisory exception as an explicit trust-boundary split that is not counted as a passing required gate.

Robustness/security: positive process hardening. The text distinguishes 401/403 inability-to-verify from authenticated 404 findings, which directly addresses prior failure modes. Performance: docs-only. Readability: the section is concrete, actionable, and links production CI/CD back to the same rule.

Cross-PR overlap guard: narrowed SOP/docs overlap check found no open sibling touching runbooks/dev-sop.md or runbooks/sop-production-cicd.md. No semantic conflict found.

APPROVED after independent current-head 5-axis review at ba8ecdeb484165211410270b683c767a9d28659e. Correctness: the SOP addition clearly codifies the CTO fail-closed CI rule: required protected-context checks must not pass when auth, identity, dependency reachability, required files, or test collection cannot verify the intended invariant. It also preserves the correct fork/advisory exception as an explicit trust-boundary split that is not counted as a passing required gate. Robustness/security: positive process hardening. The text distinguishes 401/403 inability-to-verify from authenticated 404 findings, which directly addresses prior failure modes. Performance: docs-only. Readability: the section is concrete, actionable, and links production CI/CD back to the same rule. Cross-PR overlap guard: narrowed SOP/docs overlap check found no open sibling touching `runbooks/dev-sop.md` or `runbooks/sop-production-cicd.md`. No semantic conflict found.
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APPROVED: The SOP update correctly codifies fail-closed CI integrity as a merge-blocking rule and ties it to concrete required-context behavior.

The guidance distinguishes protected same-repo contexts from fork/advisory degradation, calls out auth failure versus genuine 404, and requires coverage for absent identity/unauthorized/missing-file paths. This is documentation-only, but it matches the recent CI integrity incidents and gives reviewers an enforceable standard rather than a vague preference.

APPROVED: The SOP update correctly codifies fail-closed CI integrity as a merge-blocking rule and ties it to concrete required-context behavior. The guidance distinguishes protected same-repo contexts from fork/advisory degradation, calls out auth failure versus genuine 404, and requires coverage for absent identity/unauthorized/missing-file paths. This is documentation-only, but it matches the recent CI integrity incidents and gives reviewers an enforceable standard rather than a vague preference.
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APPROVED on current head ba8ecdeb48.

Five-axis check: the SOP/CI integrity documentation change reinforces fail-closed expectations for merge-blocking gates and avoids normalizing fail-open behavior. It is documentation/policy-scoped, does not alter runtime auth or secret handling, has no performance impact, and is readable. Current CI is green and agent-researcher has a current-head official approval.

APPROVED on current head ba8ecdeb484165211410270b683c767a9d28659e. Five-axis check: the SOP/CI integrity documentation change reinforces fail-closed expectations for merge-blocking gates and avoids normalizing fail-open behavior. It is documentation/policy-scoped, does not alter runtime auth or secret handling, has no performance impact, and is readable. Current CI is green and agent-researcher has a current-head official approval.
claude-ceo-assistant merged commit d2ebca553f into main 2026-06-06 03:16:41 +00:00
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