fix(merge-queue): fail-closed on empty PUSH_REQUIRED_CONTEXTS + untrustworthy snapshot ts (#3210 tail) #3224

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#3210 merge-gate hardening tail (HIGH + MEDIUM)

Sibling fail-opens after the CRITICAL+HIGH approval fixes (shipped in #3222). Both strictly tightening, mirror the existing fail-closed exception convention.

🟠 FIX A (HIGH) — empty PUSH_REQUIRED_CONTEXTS → vacuous main-green pass

push_required_contexts() returned [] on an empty/whitespace/comma env → required_contexts_green(main_latest, []) passed for ANY main state incl. all-red → the queue's own main-green backstop was silently disabled (merge onto a red main). Fix: new PushRequiredContextsUnavailable(ApiError), raised on an empty parse → propagates to main() → rc 1 (HOLD + page); never returns [].

🟡 FIX B (MEDIUM) — malformed/absent snapshot ts treated as FRESH

load_conductor_snapshot() skipped the age-check on absent/empty ts and swallowed an unparseable ts as 'fresh (conservative)' — actually anti-conservative (an undated/old snapshot trusted as current). Fix: require a present+parseable+in-window ts; else return None (self-fetch via the existing cache-miss path).

Tests: +10 (incl. an all-red-main integration proving the tick HOLDs, and absent/malformed-ts discard); 157 passed locally; new tests proven to fail against pre-fix behavior. Addresses the #3210 hardening tail.

## #3210 merge-gate hardening tail (HIGH + MEDIUM) Sibling fail-opens after the CRITICAL+HIGH approval fixes (shipped in #3222). Both strictly tightening, mirror the existing fail-closed exception convention. ### 🟠 FIX A (HIGH) — empty `PUSH_REQUIRED_CONTEXTS` → vacuous main-green pass `push_required_contexts()` returned `[]` on an empty/whitespace/comma env → `required_contexts_green(main_latest, [])` passed for ANY main state incl. all-red → the queue's own main-green backstop was silently disabled (merge onto a red main). Fix: new `PushRequiredContextsUnavailable(ApiError)`, raised on an empty parse → propagates to `main()` → rc 1 (HOLD + page); never returns `[]`. ### 🟡 FIX B (MEDIUM) — malformed/absent snapshot `ts` treated as FRESH `load_conductor_snapshot()` skipped the age-check on absent/empty `ts` and swallowed an unparseable `ts` as 'fresh (conservative)' — actually anti-conservative (an undated/old snapshot trusted as current). Fix: require a present+parseable+in-window `ts`; else `return None` (self-fetch via the existing cache-miss path). Tests: +10 (incl. an all-red-main integration proving the tick HOLDs, and absent/malformed-ts discard); **157 passed** locally; new tests proven to fail against pre-fix behavior. Addresses the #3210 hardening tail.

hongming-ceo-delegated added 1 commit 2026-06-24 09:07:46 +00:00

fix(merge-queue): fail closed on empty PUSH_REQUIRED_CONTEXTS + untrustworthy conductor-snapshot ts (#3210 tail) ... d9b63d1bef

FIX A (HIGH): push_required_contexts() returned [] when PUSH_REQUIRED_CONTEXTS
parsed empty -> required_contexts_green(main_latest, []) passed VACUOUSLY for any
main state (incl. all-red) -> the queue's main-green backstop was silently disabled
and it could merge onto a red main. Fix: new PushRequiredContextsUnavailable(ApiError);
push_required_contexts raises on an empty parse -> propagates to main() -> rc 1
(HOLD + page). Never returns []. Mirrors the EnforcedContextsUnavailable convention.

FIX B (MEDIUM): load_conductor_snapshot() skipped the freshness age-check on an
absent/empty `ts` and swallowed an unparseable `ts` as "fresh (conservative)" —
anti-conservative: an undated/old snapshot from a wedged conductor was trusted as
current. Fix: require a present, parseable, in-window ts; absent/empty/unparseable
-> return None (self-fetch via the existing cache-miss path).

Both strictly tightening. Tests: +10 (empty/whitespace/comma PUSH_REQUIRED_CONTEXTS
-> HOLD incl. an all-red-main integration; absent/malformed ts -> discard; happy-path
regression guards). 157 passed; new tests proven to fail against pre-fix behavior.

Addresses the #3210 merge-gate hardening tail (CRITICAL+HIGH approval fail-opens
shipped in #3222; this closes the main-green-backstop + snapshot-staleness fail-opens).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

hongming-ceo-delegated referenced this pull request 2026-06-24 09:14:52 +00:00

fix(prod-deploy): fail-closed kill-switch + required-contexts; un-mask redeploy job (#3210 tail) #3225

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APPROVED on d9b63d1bef.

5-axis + adversarial security review:

• Correctness: empty PUSH_REQUIRED_CONTEXTS no longer reaches required_contexts_green(main_latest, []); push_required_contexts() raises PushRequiredContextsUnavailable, an ApiError, so main() returns rc=1/no merge instead of a vacuous main-green pass. Fresh conductor snapshots still work, while missing/empty/unparseable ts now returns None and forces live self-fetch.
• Robustness: the fail-closed error is localized to the push-required context parser and leaves normal non-empty parsing unchanged. Snapshot freshness handling now treats unverifiable age as untrusted, not fresh.
• Security: I do not see a remaining empty-context bypass: whitespace/all-comma parse to [] and raise. I also do not see a forged/stale-ts snapshot trust path: absent or malformed ts is discarded, and old parseable ts is still stale-filtered.
• Performance: no meaningful impact; the added checks are constant-time and self-fetch is already the cache-miss path.
• Readability: the error class and tests make the fail-closed contract explicit.

CI notes: Platform(Go) and CI/all-required are green. Ops Scripts is red in unrelated test_sop_checklist.py tuple/list expectations, not in the changed merge-queue tests.

APPROVED on d9b63d1bef855f65db8996a27041d218857a33c3. 5-axis + adversarial security review: - Correctness: empty PUSH_REQUIRED_CONTEXTS no longer reaches required_contexts_green(main_latest, []); push_required_contexts() raises PushRequiredContextsUnavailable, an ApiError, so main() returns rc=1/no merge instead of a vacuous main-green pass. Fresh conductor snapshots still work, while missing/empty/unparseable ts now returns None and forces live self-fetch. - Robustness: the fail-closed error is localized to the push-required context parser and leaves normal non-empty parsing unchanged. Snapshot freshness handling now treats unverifiable age as untrusted, not fresh. - Security: I do not see a remaining empty-context bypass: whitespace/all-comma parse to [] and raise. I also do not see a forged/stale-ts snapshot trust path: absent or malformed ts is discarded, and old parseable ts is still stale-filtered. - Performance: no meaningful impact; the added checks are constant-time and self-fetch is already the cache-miss path. - Readability: the error class and tests make the fail-closed contract explicit. CI notes: Platform(Go) and CI/all-required are green. Ops Scripts is red in unrelated test_sop_checklist.py tuple/list expectations, not in the changed merge-queue tests.

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APPROVED on d9b63d1b.

5-axis/security review: Correctness: empty/blank/all-comma PUSH_REQUIRED_CONTEXTS now raises PushRequiredContextsUnavailable instead of letting required_contexts_green(..., []) pass vacuously, so the main-green backstop cannot silently disappear. The exception is an ApiError, so the conductor tick holds/no-merges rather than continuing. Conductor snapshots with absent/empty/unparseable ts are discarded and self-fetch live state instead of being trusted as fresh; fresh dated snapshots still work. Robustness: preserves the existing self-fetch fallback and happy-path snapshot use. Security: strictly tightens merge authorization; no new network/secrets surface. Performance: only snapshot parsing/env parsing checks. Readability: comments/tests clearly pin the fail-closed invariants.

Reviewed files: .gitea/scripts/gitea-merge-queue.py and .gitea/scripts/tests/test_gitea_merge_queue.py. CI/all-required and Platform(Go) are green; approval-gated contexts were red pending fresh pool/security approval at review time.

APPROVED on d9b63d1b. 5-axis/security review: Correctness: empty/blank/all-comma PUSH_REQUIRED_CONTEXTS now raises PushRequiredContextsUnavailable instead of letting required_contexts_green(..., []) pass vacuously, so the main-green backstop cannot silently disappear. The exception is an ApiError, so the conductor tick holds/no-merges rather than continuing. Conductor snapshots with absent/empty/unparseable ts are discarded and self-fetch live state instead of being trusted as fresh; fresh dated snapshots still work. Robustness: preserves the existing self-fetch fallback and happy-path snapshot use. Security: strictly tightens merge authorization; no new network/secrets surface. Performance: only snapshot parsing/env parsing checks. Readability: comments/tests clearly pin the fail-closed invariants. Reviewed files: .gitea/scripts/gitea-merge-queue.py and .gitea/scripts/tests/test_gitea_merge_queue.py. CI/all-required and Platform(Go) are green; approval-gated contexts were red pending fresh pool/security approval at review time.

devops-engineer merged commit 528c43cf30 into main 2026-06-24 09:18:02 +00:00

hongming-ceo-delegated referenced this pull request 2026-06-24 09:34:44 +00:00

fix(merge-queue): live pre-merge status re-fetch — close within-window snapshot-staleness fail-open (#3210 tail) #3226

hongming-ceo-delegated referenced this issue from a commit 2026-06-24 09:34:51 +00:00

fix(merge-queue): live pre-merge status re-fetch — close within-window snapshot-staleness fail-open (#3210 tail)

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