Every `continue-on-error: true` in `.gitea/workflows/*.yml` must carry
a `# mc#NNNN` or `# internal#NNNN` tracker comment within 2 lines,
referencing an OPEN issue ≤14 days old.
The class this prevents
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`continue-on-error: true` on platform-build had been hiding mc#664-class
regressions for ~3 weeks before #656 surfaced them. A 14-day cap on
tracker age forces a review cycle: close-or-renew.
Implementation
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- `.gitea/scripts/lint_continue_on_error_tracking.py` — PyYAML
line-tracking loader to find every job-level
`continue-on-error: <truthy>`. Treats string `"true"` as truthy
(Gitea evaluator coerces). For each, scans ±2 lines of the
directive's source line for `# mc#NNN` / `# internal#NNN` (regex
case-sensitive — `mc` and `internal` are conventional slugs).
GETs each issue from the Gitea API; valid = exists + state=open +
`age.days <= MAX_AGE_DAYS` (inclusive 14d boundary).
Graceful-degrades on 403 (token-scope) per Tier 2a contract.
- `.gitea/workflows/lint-continue-on-error-tracking.yml` —
pull_request + push + daily 13:11Z schedule. Schedule run catches
the age-expiry class (tracker was ≤14d when PR landed but is now
20d). Phase 3 (continue-on-error: true) per RFC #219 §1.
- `tests/test_lint_continue_on_error_tracking.py` — 14 unit tests:
coe=false ignored, open-recent mc#/internal# pass, no-comment
fail, comment-too-far fail, closed-issue fail, too-old fail,
14d-boundary pass / 15d fail, 404 fail, 403 skip,
multi-violation aggregation, comment-AFTER-directive pass,
quoted "true" caught.
Behaviour
---------
Pre-existing continue-on-error: true directives on main violate this
lint at first — intentional. They are the masked defects this lint
exists to surface (see mc#664). Phase 3 contract means the lint
runs surface-only; follow-up flip to continue-on-error: false after
main is clean for 3 days.
Auth uses DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN (same as ci-required-drift.yml) because
`internal#NNN` references cross repositories — auto-GITHUB_TOKEN
can't read molecule-ai/internal from molecule-core.
Refs: #350
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