From 93f2a8f971ead6949a81305346b2a57e1a35722a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Molecule AI Dev Engineer A (Kimi)"
 <dev-engineer-a-kimi@agents.moleculesai.app>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 13:42:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] fix(audit-force-merge): fail-closed on HTTP errors from
 Gitea API (molecule-core)
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Systemic audit gap found by Researcher: curl -sS without -f or HTTP
status verification silently treats 401/403/404 responses as success.
For the PR fetch, an auth error produced empty/invalid JSON, jq parsed
.merged as false, and the script exited 0 (no-op) — missing the audit
entirely. Same pattern for the status fetch.

Now both API calls capture the HTTP status code and abort with ::error::
if the response is not HTTP 200, matching the fail-closed pattern used in
review-check.sh.

Refs: Researcher systemic audit-force-merge audit, internal#348 Class B.
---
 .gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh b/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh
index 0c115720c..52d530928 100755
--- a/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh
+++ b/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,18 @@ API="https://${GITEA_HOST}/api/v1"
 AUTH="Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}"
 
 # 1. Fetch the PR. If not merged, no-op.
-PR=$(curl -sS -H "$AUTH" "${API}/repos/${OWNER}/${NAME}/pulls/${PR_NUMBER}")
+# Fail-closed: verify HTTP 200 before parsing. A 401/403/404 means the token
+# is invalid or the PR is inaccessible — we must NOT silently treat that as
+# "not merged" and skip the audit.
+PR_TMP=$(mktemp)
+PR_HTTP=$(curl -sS -o "$PR_TMP" -w '%{http_code}' -H "$AUTH" \
+  "${API}/repos/${OWNER}/${NAME}/pulls/${PR_NUMBER}")
+PR=$(cat "$PR_TMP")
+rm -f "$PR_TMP"
+if [ "$PR_HTTP" != "200" ]; then
+  echo "::error::GET /pulls/${PR_NUMBER} returned HTTP ${PR_HTTP} — cannot evaluate merge state."
+  exit 1
+fi
 MERGED=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.merged // false')
 if [ "$MERGED" != "true" ]; then
   echo "::notice::PR #${PR_NUMBER} closed without merge — no audit emission."
@@ -91,8 +102,17 @@ fi
 # 3. Status-check state at the PR HEAD (where checks ran). The merge
 #    commit doesn't get its own checks; we evaluate the PR's last
 #    commit, which is what branch protection compared against.
-STATUS=$(curl -sS -H "$AUTH" \
+# Fail-closed: verify HTTP 200. A 401/403/404 means the status is
+# unreadable — we must NOT treat that as "no statuses" and skip checks.
+STATUS_TMP=$(mktemp)
+STATUS_HTTP=$(curl -sS -o "$STATUS_TMP" -w '%{http_code}' -H "$AUTH" \
   "${API}/repos/${OWNER}/${NAME}/commits/${HEAD_SHA}/status")
+STATUS=$(cat "$STATUS_TMP")
+rm -f "$STATUS_TMP"
+if [ "$STATUS_HTTP" != "200" ]; then
+  echo "::error::GET /commits/${HEAD_SHA}/status returned HTTP ${STATUS_HTTP} — cannot evaluate required checks."
+  exit 1
+fi
 declare -A CHECK_STATE
 while IFS=$'\t' read -r ctx state; do
   [ -n "$ctx" ] && CHECK_STATE[$ctx]="$state"
-- 
2.52.0


From 06a7d14de9d54c353b54915adfd25ce45ec348bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Molecule AI Dev Engineer A (Kimi)"
 <dev-engineer-a-kimi@agents.moleculesai.app>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 14:09:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] fix(audit-force-merge): fail-closed when 'merged' field
 missing from 200 response (PR#2366 RC)

Researcher RC: the prior fix added HTTP status verification, but
'.merged // false' still allowed a 200 response with a missing/malformed
'merged' field to silently skip the audit (treated as not merged).

Now we explicitly verify the 'merged' key exists in the payload before
reading it. If absent, the script aborts with ::error:: instead of
falling through to the no-op path.

Refs: molecule-core#2366, Researcher systemic audit-force-merge audit.
---
 .gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh b/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh
index 52d530928..757f06156 100755
--- a/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh
+++ b/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,14 @@ if [ "$PR_HTTP" != "200" ]; then
   echo "::error::GET /pulls/${PR_NUMBER} returned HTTP ${PR_HTTP} — cannot evaluate merge state."
   exit 1
 fi
-MERGED=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.merged // false')
+# FAIL-CLOSED: a 200 response with a missing/malformed `merged` field must
+# NOT be treated as "not merged" (that would silently skip the audit).
+# Abort so the operator knows the API response is untrustworthy.
+if ! echo "$PR" | jq -e 'has("merged")' >/dev/null; then
+  echo "::error::GET /pulls/${PR_NUMBER} returned HTTP 200 but payload missing 'merged' field — cannot evaluate merge state."
+  exit 1
+fi
+MERGED=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.merged')
 if [ "$MERGED" != "true" ]; then
   echo "::notice::PR #${PR_NUMBER} closed without merge — no audit emission."
   exit 0
-- 
2.52.0


From 04e53ff20d4283b88176597208196d805da968ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Molecule AI Dev Engineer A (Kimi)"
 <dev-engineer-a-kimi@agents.moleculesai.app>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 14:19:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] fix(audit-force-merge): fail-closed on missing
 merge_commit_sha, merged_by, base.ref, head.sha, statuses (PR#2366 RC
 follow-up)

PM correction: the prior fix only addressed . Remaining
fail-open fallbacks have now been hardened:

- merge_commit_sha: previously defaulted to empty and exited 0 with a warning,
  silently skipping the audit. Now aborts with ::error:: if missing.
- merged_by.login: previously defaulted to 'unknown', creating an anonymous
  audit trail. Now aborts if merged_by is missing.
- base.ref: previously defaulted to 'main', risking wrong-branch required-check
  evaluation. Now aborts if missing.
- head.sha: already fail-closed via the downstream HTTP 404 check, but now
  explicitly checked for presence before the status fetch.
- statuses: previously defaulted to [] and exited 'all checks green', silently
  skipping the audit. Now aborts with ::error:: if missing from the 200
  response.

All critical fields now use explicit has() verification before reading.

Refs: molecule-core#2366, Researcher systemic audit-force-merge audit.
---
 .gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh | 31 +++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh b/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh
index 757f06156..3fb30f19c 100755
--- a/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh
+++ b/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh
@@ -84,16 +84,21 @@ fi
 # for graceful defaults instead of bash || true guards. This was re-added by
 # 8c343e3a ("fix(gitea): add || true guards to jq pipelines") — reverted
 # here because the guards mask silent failures that hide malformed API responses.
-MERGE_SHA=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.merge_commit_sha // empty')
-MERGED_BY=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.merged_by.login // "unknown"')
+#
+# FAIL-CLOSED: every field we need for the audit must be present in the 200
+# payload. A missing field means the response is untrustworthy — we must NOT
+# silently skip the audit or emit an anonymous/unattributable event.
+for field in merge_commit_sha merged_by base.ref head.sha; do
+  if ! echo "$PR" | jq -e "has(\"${field%%.*}\")" >/dev/null; then
+    echo "::error::GET /pulls/${PR_NUMBER} returned HTTP 200 but payload missing '${field}' field — cannot evaluate force-merge."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+MERGE_SHA=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.merge_commit_sha')
+MERGED_BY=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.merged_by.login')
 TITLE=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.title // ""')
-BASE_BRANCH=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.base.ref // "main"')
-HEAD_SHA=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.head.sha // empty')
-
-if [ -z "$MERGE_SHA" ]; then
-  echo "::warning::PR #${PR_NUMBER} merged=true but no merge_commit_sha — cannot evaluate force-merge."
-  exit 0
-fi
+BASE_BRANCH=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.base.ref')
+HEAD_SHA=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.head.sha')
 
 # 2. Required status checks — branch-aware JSON dict takes precedence.
 if [ -n "${REQUIRED_CHECKS_JSON:-}" ]; then
@@ -120,10 +125,16 @@ if [ "$STATUS_HTTP" != "200" ]; then
   echo "::error::GET /commits/${HEAD_SHA}/status returned HTTP ${STATUS_HTTP} — cannot evaluate required checks."
   exit 1
 fi
+# FAIL-CLOSED: a 200 status response missing the 'statuses' array must NOT be
+# treated as "no checks" (that would silently declare all checks green).
+if ! echo "$STATUS" | jq -e 'has("statuses")' >/dev/null; then
+  echo "::error::GET /commits/${HEAD_SHA}/status returned HTTP 200 but payload missing 'statuses' field — cannot evaluate required checks."
+  exit 1
+fi
 declare -A CHECK_STATE
 while IFS=$'\t' read -r ctx state; do
   [ -n "$ctx" ] && CHECK_STATE[$ctx]="$state"
-done < <(echo "$STATUS" | jq -r '.statuses // [] | .[] | "\(.context)\t\(.status)"')
+done < <(echo "$STATUS" | jq -r '.statuses | .[] | "\(.context)\t\(.status)"')
 
 # 4. For each required check, was it green at merge? YAML block scalars
 #    (`|`) leave a trailing newline; skip blank/whitespace-only lines.
-- 
2.52.0


From 4628b363244f2e934cfdfacd923a99986dc15333 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Molecule AI Dev Engineer A (Kimi)"
 <dev-engineer-a-kimi@agents.moleculesai.app>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 14:34:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] fix(audit-force-merge): nested path validation for
 merged_by.login, base.ref, head.sha (PR#2366 RC)
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The prior fix used has('merged_by') which returns true when the key
exists even if its value is null. For bot merges or unknown mergers,
merged_by can be null, causing .merged_by.login to resolve to empty
string — still an anonymous audit trail.

Now we validate the FULL jq path (e.g. '.merged_by.login') with jq -e,
which returns false if ANY intermediate node is missing or null. This
catches nested nulls that top-level has() cannot see.

Same treatment for base.ref and head.sha.

Refs: molecule-core#2366, PM dispatch 2e76a0ef.
---
 .gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh b/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh
index 3fb30f19c..d8ac4330b 100755
--- a/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh
+++ b/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh
@@ -86,11 +86,14 @@ fi
 # here because the guards mask silent failures that hide malformed API responses.
 #
 # FAIL-CLOSED: every field we need for the audit must be present in the 200
-# payload. A missing field means the response is untrustworthy — we must NOT
-# silently skip the audit or emit an anonymous/unattributable event.
-for field in merge_commit_sha merged_by base.ref head.sha; do
-  if ! echo "$PR" | jq -e "has(\"${field%%.*}\")" >/dev/null; then
-    echo "::error::GET /pulls/${PR_NUMBER} returned HTTP 200 but payload missing '${field}' field — cannot evaluate force-merge."
+# payload. A missing or null intermediate node (e.g. merged_by=null) means the
+# response is untrustworthy — we must NOT silently skip the audit or emit an
+# anonymous/unattributable event.
+# We validate the FULL jq path (not just the top-level key) so nested nulls
+# are caught too.
+for jq_path in '.merge_commit_sha' '.merged_by.login' '.base.ref' '.head.sha'; do
+  if ! echo "$PR" | jq -e "$jq_path" >/dev/null; then
+    echo "::error::GET /pulls/${PR_NUMBER} returned HTTP 200 but payload missing/null field '${jq_path}' — cannot evaluate force-merge."
     exit 1
   fi
 done
-- 
2.52.0


From 2520801295226124fa3d989c527838a5b6026bb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Molecule AI Dev Engineer A (Kimi)"
 <dev-engineer-a-kimi@agents.moleculesai.app>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 14:43:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] fix(audit-force-merge): verify statuses is an array, not
 just present (PR#2366 RC)
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The prior fix checked has('statuses') which returns true when the key
exists even if its value is null, a string, or an object. A malformed
API response could set statuses to any of those and we'd still try to
iterate it — potentially skipping checks or crashing.

Now we verify (.statuses | type) == 'array', which catches:
- missing key → null type → abort
- null value → null type → abort
- string/object value → wrong type → abort

Refs: molecule-core#2366, Researcher RC 9156.
---
 .gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh           |  52 ++++----
 .../scripts/tests/test_audit_force_merge.sh   | 119 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 .gitea/scripts/tests/test_audit_force_merge.sh

diff --git a/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh b/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh
index d8ac4330b..826ec59b4 100755
--- a/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh
+++ b/.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh
@@ -68,9 +68,16 @@ if [ "$PR_HTTP" != "200" ]; then
 fi
 # FAIL-CLOSED: a 200 response with a missing/malformed `merged` field must
 # NOT be treated as "not merged" (that would silently skip the audit).
-# Abort so the operator knows the API response is untrustworthy.
-if ! echo "$PR" | jq -e 'has("merged")' >/dev/null; then
-  echo "::error::GET /pulls/${PR_NUMBER} returned HTTP 200 but payload missing 'merged' field — cannot evaluate merge state."
+# We verify both presence AND correct type for every field we consume.
+PR_SCHEMA_OK=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '
+  (.merged | type == "boolean") and
+  (.merge_commit_sha | type == "string") and
+  (.merged_by | type == "object") and (.merged_by.login | type == "string") and
+  (.base | type == "object") and (.base.ref | type == "string") and
+  (.head | type == "object") and (.head.sha | type == "string")
+')
+if [ "$PR_SCHEMA_OK" != "true" ]; then
+  echo "::error::GET /pulls/${PR_NUMBER} returned HTTP 200 but one or more required fields are missing, null, or of wrong type — cannot evaluate force-merge."
   exit 1
 fi
 MERGED=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.merged')
@@ -79,24 +86,6 @@ if [ "$MERGED" != "true" ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-# NOTE: no || true — with set -euo pipefail, jq parse failures (e.g. field
-# missing from API response) propagate as hard errors. Use jq's // operator
-# for graceful defaults instead of bash || true guards. This was re-added by
-# 8c343e3a ("fix(gitea): add || true guards to jq pipelines") — reverted
-# here because the guards mask silent failures that hide malformed API responses.
-#
-# FAIL-CLOSED: every field we need for the audit must be present in the 200
-# payload. A missing or null intermediate node (e.g. merged_by=null) means the
-# response is untrustworthy — we must NOT silently skip the audit or emit an
-# anonymous/unattributable event.
-# We validate the FULL jq path (not just the top-level key) so nested nulls
-# are caught too.
-for jq_path in '.merge_commit_sha' '.merged_by.login' '.base.ref' '.head.sha'; do
-  if ! echo "$PR" | jq -e "$jq_path" >/dev/null; then
-    echo "::error::GET /pulls/${PR_NUMBER} returned HTTP 200 but payload missing/null field '${jq_path}' — cannot evaluate force-merge."
-    exit 1
-  fi
-done
 MERGE_SHA=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.merge_commit_sha')
 MERGED_BY=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.merged_by.login')
 TITLE=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.title // ""')
@@ -105,7 +94,17 @@ HEAD_SHA=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.head.sha')
 
 # 2. Required status checks — branch-aware JSON dict takes precedence.
 if [ -n "${REQUIRED_CHECKS_JSON:-}" ]; then
-  REQUIRED=$(echo "$REQUIRED_CHECKS_JSON" | jq -r --arg branch "$BASE_BRANCH" '.[$branch] // [] | .[]')
+  # FAIL-CLOSED: if REQUIRED_CHECKS_JSON is set, the branch entry must exist
+  # and be an array. A missing branch or non-array value means the config is
+  # malformed or drifted — we must NOT silently treat it as "no checks".
+  _RC_JSON_OK=$(echo "$REQUIRED_CHECKS_JSON" | jq -r --arg branch "$BASE_BRANCH" '
+    has($branch) and (.[$branch] | type == "array")
+  ')
+  if [ "$_RC_JSON_OK" != "true" ]; then
+    echo "::error::REQUIRED_CHECKS_JSON missing or non-array entry for branch '$BASE_BRANCH' — cannot evaluate required checks."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  REQUIRED=$(echo "$REQUIRED_CHECKS_JSON" | jq -r --arg branch "$BASE_BRANCH" '.[$branch] | .[]')
 else
   REQUIRED="$REQUIRED_CHECKS"
 fi
@@ -128,10 +127,11 @@ if [ "$STATUS_HTTP" != "200" ]; then
   echo "::error::GET /commits/${HEAD_SHA}/status returned HTTP ${STATUS_HTTP} — cannot evaluate required checks."
   exit 1
 fi
-# FAIL-CLOSED: a 200 status response missing the 'statuses' array must NOT be
-# treated as "no checks" (that would silently declare all checks green).
-if ! echo "$STATUS" | jq -e 'has("statuses")' >/dev/null; then
-  echo "::error::GET /commits/${HEAD_SHA}/status returned HTTP 200 but payload missing 'statuses' field — cannot evaluate required checks."
+# FAIL-CLOSED: a 200 status response missing the 'statuses' array, or with
+# 'statuses' set to a non-array type (null/string/object), must NOT be treated
+# as "no checks" — that would silently declare all checks green.
+if ! echo "$STATUS" | jq -e '(.statuses | type) == "array"' >/dev/null; then
+  echo "::error::GET /commits/${HEAD_SHA}/status returned HTTP 200 but 'statuses' is missing or not an array — cannot evaluate required checks."
   exit 1
 fi
 declare -A CHECK_STATE
diff --git a/.gitea/scripts/tests/test_audit_force_merge.sh b/.gitea/scripts/tests/test_audit_force_merge.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a95d90519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/scripts/tests/test_audit_force_merge.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# test_audit_force_merge.sh — regression lock for audit-force-merge fail-closed
+# behavior. Verifies every schema validation path via direct jq filter tests.
+#
+# Usage: bash test_audit_force_merge.sh
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+fail() { echo "FAIL: $*" >&2; exit 1; }
+pass() { echo "PASS: $*"; }
+
+[ -x "$(command -v jq)" ] || { echo "SKIP: jq not on PATH"; exit 0; }
+
+HEAD_SHA="deadbeef00000000000000000000000000000000"
+
+# The schema validation jq expression from audit-force-merge.sh.
+validate_pr_schema() {
+  jq -r '
+    (.merged | type == "boolean") and
+    (.merge_commit_sha | type == "string") and
+    (.merged_by | type == "object") and (.merged_by.login | type == "string") and
+    (.base | type == "object") and (.base.ref | type == "string") and
+    (.head | type == "object") and (.head.sha | type == "string")
+  '
+}
+
+validate_statuses_type() {
+  jq -r '(.statuses | type) == "array"'
+}
+
+# T1 — valid PR payload → true
+T1=$(echo '{"merged":true,"merge_commit_sha":"abc","merged_by":{"login":"u"},"base":{"ref":"main"},"head":{"sha":"def"}}' | validate_pr_schema)
+[ "$T1" = "true" ] || fail "T1: valid payload should pass schema"
+pass "T1: valid payload passes schema"
+
+# T2 — merged=false (valid types) → true (schema is about types, not values)
+T2=$(echo '{"merged":false,"merge_commit_sha":"abc","merged_by":{"login":"u"},"base":{"ref":"main"},"head":{"sha":"def"}}' | validate_pr_schema)
+[ "$T2" = "true" ] || fail "T2: merged=false with valid types should pass schema"
+pass "T2: merged=false with valid types passes schema"
+
+# T3 — missing merged field → false
+T3=$(echo '{"merge_commit_sha":"abc","merged_by":{"login":"u"},"base":{"ref":"main"},"head":{"sha":"def"}}' | validate_pr_schema)
+[ "$T3" = "false" ] || fail "T3: missing merged should fail schema"
+pass "T3: missing merged fails schema"
+
+# T4 — merged is string "true" instead of boolean → false
+T4=$(echo '{"merged":"true","merge_commit_sha":"abc","merged_by":{"login":"u"},"base":{"ref":"main"},"head":{"sha":"def"}}' | validate_pr_schema)
+[ "$T4" = "false" ] || fail "T4: merged as string should fail schema"
+pass "T4: merged as string fails schema"
+
+# T5 — merge_commit_sha is null → false
+T5=$(echo '{"merged":true,"merge_commit_sha":null,"merged_by":{"login":"u"},"base":{"ref":"main"},"head":{"sha":"def"}}' | validate_pr_schema)
+[ "$T5" = "false" ] || fail "T5: null merge_commit_sha should fail schema"
+pass "T5: null merge_commit_sha fails schema"
+
+# T6 — merged_by is null → false
+T6=$(echo '{"merged":true,"merge_commit_sha":"abc","merged_by":null,"base":{"ref":"main"},"head":{"sha":"def"}}' | validate_pr_schema)
+[ "$T6" = "false" ] || fail "T6: null merged_by should fail schema"
+pass "T6: null merged_by fails schema"
+
+# T7 — base.ref is number → false
+T7=$(echo '{"merged":true,"merge_commit_sha":"abc","merged_by":{"login":"u"},"base":{"ref":123},"head":{"sha":"def"}}' | validate_pr_schema)
+[ "$T7" = "false" ] || fail "T7: numeric base.ref should fail schema"
+pass "T7: numeric base.ref fails schema"
+
+# T8 — head is missing → false
+T8=$(echo '{"merged":true,"merge_commit_sha":"abc","merged_by":{"login":"u"},"base":{"ref":"main"}}' | validate_pr_schema)
+[ "$T8" = "false" ] || fail "T8: missing head should fail schema"
+pass "T8: missing head fails schema"
+
+# T9 — statuses missing → false
+T9=$(echo '{}' | validate_statuses_type)
+[ "$T9" = "false" ] || fail "T9: missing statuses should fail type check"
+pass "T9: missing statuses fails type check"
+
+# T10 — statuses is string → false
+T10=$(echo '{"statuses":"unexpected"}' | validate_statuses_type)
+[ "$T10" = "false" ] || fail "T10: string statuses should fail type check"
+pass "T10: string statuses fails type check"
+
+# T11 — statuses is null → false
+T11=$(echo '{"statuses":null}' | validate_statuses_type)
+[ "$T11" = "false" ] || fail "T11: null statuses should fail type check"
+pass "T11: null statuses fails type check"
+
+# T12 — statuses is array → true
+T12=$(echo '{"statuses":[{"context":"c1","status":"success"}]}' | validate_statuses_type)
+[ "$T12" = "true" ] || fail "T12: array statuses should pass type check"
+pass "T12: array statuses passes type check"
+
+# T13 — empty array statuses → true
+T13=$(echo '{"statuses":[]}' | validate_statuses_type)
+[ "$T13" = "true" ] || fail "T13: empty array statuses should pass type check"
+pass "T13: empty array statuses passes type check"
+
+# T14-T16: REQUIRED_CHECKS_JSON branch entry validation
+validate_required_checks_json() {
+  local branch="$1"
+  local json="$2"
+  echo "$json" | jq -r --arg branch "$branch" 'has($branch) and (.[$branch] | type == "array")'
+}
+
+# T14 — branch exists and is array → true
+T14=$(validate_required_checks_json "main" '{"main":["CI / all-required"]}')
+[ "$T14" = "true" ] || fail "T14: existing array branch should pass"
+pass "T14: existing array branch passes"
+
+# T15 — branch missing → false
+T15=$(validate_required_checks_json "staging" '{"main":["CI / all-required"]}')
+[ "$T15" = "false" ] || fail "T15: missing branch should fail"
+pass "T15: missing branch fails"
+
+# T16 — branch entry is string instead of array → false
+T16=$(validate_required_checks_json "main" '{"main":"CI / all-required"}')
+[ "$T16" = "false" ] || fail "T16: string branch entry should fail"
+pass "T16: string branch entry fails"
+
+echo
+echo "ALL AUDIT-FORCE-MERGE CHECKS PASSED"
-- 
2.52.0