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Part 2b of the S3b reconstruction slice (follows #501 Part 1, #502 Part 2a). Closes the remaining gap identified in the program's design doc: ci-prepush-lowend.mjs's local checks (docs/CSP/i18n/content-guard/tsgo) all run against whatever is currently on disk β€” there was previously zero signal anywhere in the architecture about whether that corresponds to the exact committed tree about to be pushed. Required CI remains the sole merge-safety authority regardless; this closes a local-gate trust/DX gap, not a safety hole.

New scripts/verify-exact-tree.mjs, pnpm run verify:exact-tree [ref...] (default HEAD): proves the exact committed tree of a ref typechecks in full isolation from the live checkout, materializing a real, trustworthy dependency environment rather than borrowing anything from the working directory.

Design (superseded twice during review β€” this section describes the final, shipped architecture)

The original plan anticipated this being tightly wired into the same push-evidence pipeline as Part 1/2a with a sidecar evidence-file transport; a first PR revision moved to an opt-in standalone command that symlinked the real checkout's node_modules into the isolated worktree, gated on Part 2a's dependencyState === 'MATCHES'. Both the plan's original framing and that first symlink design are now retired. The reasons, in order:

  1. Opt-in standalone command, not wired into ci:prepush. Unchanged from the first revision. An isolated worktree + a real tsgo compile is materially more expensive than the working-tree typecheck this repo already runs by default; CLAUDE.md's CI-cloud-first, low-end-hardware philosophy argues against silently making every push slower. Mirrors the existing --full opt-in-escalation pattern.
  2. Real pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --offline --ignore-scripts --ignore-pnpmfile inside the isolated worktree, not a node_modules symlink. Review found the symlink design unsound, not just theoretically: pnpm workspace-package symlinks (node_modules/@domain/<pkg>) are relative, so symlinking the whole directory transitively resolved back into the live, possibly-uncommittedpackages/* β€” confirmed via readlink -f. A deeper leak was also found nested at node_modules/.pnpm/node_modules/@domain/.... A real install reconstructs pnpm's own actual link graph (root, package-local, and transitive workspace links) β€” structurally correct for every link class, not just the ones one review round happened to find. --offline never reaches the network (a package absent from the local store fails the install, mapped to UNKNOWN); --ignore-scriptsand--ignore-pnpmfile block both of pnpm's separate arbitrary-code-execution paths (package.json lifecycle scripts and pnpm's own .pnpmfile.cjs hook mechanism); COREPACK_ENABLE_NETWORK=0 closes a real gap specific to this dev environment, where pnpm itself resolves through a Corepack shim that could otherwise reach the network before pnpm's own --offline applies. Verified empirically end-to-end against this actual repository (real commit, real isolated worktree, real frozen-lockfile offline install, real tsgo) β€” currently ~2 minutes on this hardware, acceptable specifically because this command is opt-in.
  3. The Part 2a dependencyState === 'MATCHES' precondition from the first revision is removed, not preserved. It only ever existed to guard the symlink design's soundness (borrowing the live checkout's node_modules was only valid when known to match localSha's manifests). A real --frozen-lockfile install reads localSha's own committed lockfile directly and borrows nothing from the live checkout, so the precondition has nothing left to guard. feat(signing): add exact-localSha dependency-manifest compatibility proof (S3b Part 2a)Β #502's dependencyState remains the sole, unchanged authority for its own distinct question; this command now answers a different question directly instead of via a borrowed proxy signal.
  4. Refuses to materialize any commit that tracks a node_modules path, before touching disk. A later review round found that the real-install fix alone still trusted whatever the checkout produced β€” an arbitrary ref could force-track content under node_modules (e.g. a committed node_modules/.bin/tsgo) even under .gitignore, and the isolated run would then execute that attacker-controlled binary as "the compiler," or a tracked node_modules symlink could redirect pnpm's writes outside the worktree. Before creating the worktree at all, the tool now lists the target commit's own git tree (reusing dependency-state.mjs's listTreeFiles, now exported for this reuse rather than duplicated) and reports UNKNOWN β€” refusing verification β€” if any tracked path anywhere (root, nested, or a node_modules entry that is itself a tracked symlink) contains a node_modules path component.
  5. Disables Git hooks while creating the isolated worktree.git worktree add runs post-checkout; this repo ships a graphify:hookspost-checkout integration that runs heavyweight mutation (graphify update .), and any other configured hook is an equally unwanted interference with "prove the exact committed tree typechecks." createIsolatedWorktree now scopes core.hooksPath to a temporary empty directory for that one invocation only (git -c core.hooksPath=<dir> worktree add ...), never touching the user's real Git config, cleaned up immediately after the call regardless of outcome.
  6. Explicit tsgo timeout raised from 3 to 6 minutes. The isolated single-checker run was measured at ~56s alone on this hardware, but the repo separately documents ~300s for the full multi-checker pnpm run typecheck; 6 minutes clears both figures with real margin rather than cutting off close to either one.
  7. New, distinct state vocabulary: PASS | FAIL | NOT_APPLICABLE | UNKNOWN, not a reuse of MATCHES | DIVERGED. workingTreeState/dependencyState are comparison diagnostics (does X match Y); this is an absolute check (is localSha's code internally valid, materialized from a trustworthy environment) β€” forcing it into the comparison vocabulary would be inaccurate. Same 4-value shape and aggregation-precedence idea, via a small local aggregateExactTreeState (kept separate from aggregateDiagnosticState rather than generalizing a shared helper for two calls' worth of reuse).
  8. No new evidence-transport mechanism. Still true after every revision: localSha is already present on every PushEvidenceUpdate since fix(devops): replace pre-push evidence handoffΒ #494, and tsgo --noEmit type-checks the whole tsconfig.tsgo.json project scope unconditionally β€” it takes no file list. Zero new env-var, argv, or file-based transport.
  9. Multi-ref handling: dedupe and aggregate-all, not fail-fast. As an explicit non-blocking opt-in diagnostic, fail-fast would hide information about other refs in the same invocation for no benefit. Dedupe by localSha, run all unique SHAs sequentially (never parallel β€” hardware constraint), aggregate via the same worst-state-wins precedence idea as every other diagnostic dimension in this program.

Fail-closed lifecycle

Reuses #500's runBounded/runLocalBinaryDetailed exclusively for every spawned command (worktree add/remove/prune, the pnpm install, tsgo) β€” no raw spawnSync for anything new (resolveRef is the one deliberate exception, documented in-code: it needs to capture stdout synchronously, which runBounded structurally cannot do, so it reuses signing-core.mjs's pre-existing, already-bounded runGit instead of a new process-runner authority). The tracked-node_modules check runs first and can refuse before any worktree is even created. Proactive git worktree prune before creating one (sweeps entries orphaned by a prior crashed run). try { verify } finally { remove }, including the temporary hooks directory, which is created and torn down around the single git worktree add call regardless of its outcome. git worktree remove --force first; rm -rf + git worktree prune fallback on failure; the leftover empty mkdtemp-created directory is swept even after a successfulgit worktree remove (git otherwise leaves it in place). Isolated trees live under os.tmpdir(), never inside the project's own long-lived .worktrees/.

Files (7)

  • scripts/verify-exact-tree.mjs (new) / scripts/verify-exact-tree.d.mts (new) β€” self-contained.
  • scripts/dependency-state.mjs / scripts/dependency-state.d.mts β€” one small, additive-only touch: the existing internal git-tree listing helper is renamed and exported as listTreeFiles so this PR can reuse it instead of writing a second parser. No behavior change to any already-shipped Part 1/2a function; dependencyFilesFromRef calls the same logic under its new name.
  • package.json β€” verify:exact-tree script; test:node now runs with --test-concurrency=1 so this suite's git/pnpm/worktree fixtures (and dependency-state.test.mjs's own git fixtures) never overlap on constrained hardware.
  • CLAUDE.md β€” documents the shipped command and its deliberate non-default wiring.
  • tests/unit/tooling/verify-exact-tree.test.mjs (new, node:test, 31 tests) β€” real git worktree + real tsgo/pnpm install runs against fixtures (workspace-link soundness proven via direct content comparison against a deliberately live-mutated checkout; a real post-checkout hook proven not to fire; a real side-effecting .pnpmfile.cjs proven not to execute even at require time; three tracked-node_modules forms each proven refused via a call-count spy showing materialization never starts, not just via the final UNKNOWN state), plus DI-based fail-closed-lifecycle, precondition, dedup, and aggregation coverage.

Test plan

  • node --test --test-concurrency=1 tests/unit/tooling/verify-exact-tree.test.mjs β€” 31/31 passing
  • node --test --test-concurrency=1 tests/unit/tooling/dependency-state.test.mjs tests/unit/tooling/verify-exact-tree.test.mjs β€” 46/46 passing (no regressions)
  • pnpm run typecheck (4-checker, CI-exact) β€” clean
  • pnpm run lint β€” clean
  • pnpm run ci:prepush β€” full local admission PASS
  • pnpm run signing:doctor β€” signing config verified before push
  • QNBS-v3 one-line comment self-check β€” clean
  • Real end-to-end smoke test against this repo's own HEAD (isolated worktree, hooks disabled, real frozen-lockfile offline install, real tsgo) β€” PASS, ~2 minutes, cleanup verified (no leftover worktree registration, no leftover temp directory)

Summary by Sourcery

Add an opt-in isolated-worktree verification path that typechecks exact committed trees independently of the live checkout.

New Features:

  • Add an opt-in command to typecheck one or more exact commits in isolated worktrees using an independently materialized dependency environment.
  • Report exact-tree verification outcomes with PASS, FAIL, NOT_APPLICABLE, and UNKNOWN states while deduplicating and aggregating multiple refs.

Bug Fixes:

  • Prevent local exact-tree verification from being influenced by uncommitted workspace sources, tracked node_modules content, network access, package hooks, or Git hooks.

Enhancements:

  • Reuse committed-tree enumeration and provide fail-closed worktree lifecycle management with stale-worktree pruning and cleanup fallbacks.

CI:

  • Run the serial node:test tooling suite as an authoritative CI quality step alongside the existing test workflow.

Documentation:

  • Document usage, isolation guarantees, diagnostic semantics, and the deliberate opt-in nature of exact-tree verification.

Tests:

  • Add comprehensive real-git, pnpm, worktree, hook-suppression, dependency-isolation, lifecycle, aggregation, and CLI behavior coverage.

CodeAnt-AI Description

Verify that an exact commit typechecks independently of the current working tree

What Changed

  • Added an opt-in verify:exact-tree command that checks HEAD or specified commits in isolated worktrees using the repository’s typechecker
  • Reports PASS, FAIL, UNKNOWN, or NOT_APPLICABLE without blocking pushes; dependency mismatches, setup failures, and interrupted checks are reported as UNKNOWN
  • Handles multiple commits sequentially, removes duplicate revisions, aggregates results, and cleans up stale or failed worktrees
  • Added coverage for successful checks, genuine type errors, dependency mismatches, cleanup failures, duplicate revisions, and result aggregation

Impact

βœ… Detects type errors in the exact commit being verified
βœ… Fewer misleading local typecheck results from uncommitted files
βœ… Safer cleanup after interrupted verification runs

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  • New Features

    • Added an opt-in command to typecheck exact Git commits in isolated environments.
    • Supports multiple commit references, offline dependency installation, disabled scripts/hooks, and clear verification outcomes.
    • Adds safeguards against tracked dependency directories, escaping symlinks, unsafe configuration, and untrusted tooling paths.
    • Handles interruptions distinctly and cleans up isolated environments safely.
  • Documentation

    • Expanded guidance on usage, prerequisites, safety checks, timeouts, and result meanings.
  • Tests

    • Expanded coverage for safety, dependency validation, cleanup, interruptions, and tooling behavior.
    • Added Node-based tooling tests to continuous integration.

…fication
S3b Part 2b (closes the plan's remaining gap: whether ci-prepush-lowend.mjs's
local checks running against whatever's on disk actually correspond to the
exact committed tree about to be pushed).
New scripts/verify-exact-tree.mjs, `pnpm run verify:exact-tree [ref...]`
(default HEAD): creates an isolated `git worktree add --detach` at the exact
commit, symlinks in the real node_modules, and runs the same single-checker
`tsgo --noEmit` there.
Deliberately opt-in, not wired into the default ci:prepush path -- an
isolated worktree plus a real tsgo compile roughly doubles local typecheck
cost, unacceptable as an always-on default on this repo's constrained
development hardware. Mirrors the existing --full opt-in-escalation pattern
rather than the automatic pipeline.
Design departures from the original plan's Part 2, reasoned through fresh
against current main (recorded in the plan doc):
- node_modules via symlink, not a real reinstall per run -- unbounded local
cost is exactly what this program has repeatedly avoided elsewhere.
- The symlink is only sound when Part 2a's dependencyState === 'MATCHES'
for that update -- a precondition for a trustworthy answer, not a skip
gate (the check always runs; it honestly reports UNKNOWN rather than a
silently wrong PASS/FAIL when the precondition isn't met).
- New, distinct state vocabulary (PASS | FAIL | NOT_APPLICABLE | UNKNOWN)
rather than reusing MATCHES | DIVERGED -- this is an absolute
correctness check, not a comparison to a baseline.
- No new evidence-transport mechanism: localSha is already present on
every PushEvidenceUpdate since #494, and tsgo takes no file list, so
the frozen branch's WORLD_SCRIPT_PREPUSH_EXACT_FILES scoping idea
turns out to be unnecessary entirely once retired rather than
reconstructed.
- Multi-ref handling revised from blocking-fail-fast to non-blocking
aggregate-all, consistent with this being an opt-in diagnostic.
Fail-closed worktree lifecycle reusing #500's runBounded/
runLocalBinaryDetailed exclusively (no raw spawnSync): proactive
`git worktree prune` before creating one, try/finally cleanup,
`git worktree remove --force` with a `rm -rf` + prune fallback. Isolated
trees live under os.tmpdir(), never inside the project's own .worktrees/.
Tested with real git worktree + real tsgo runs against a tiny fixture
project (proving the actual mechanism, not just injected fakes) plus
DI-based fail-closed-lifecycle and precondition/aggregation coverage.
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Introduces an opt-in exact-tree typecheck diagnostic that resolves refs to commits, verifies each in a temporary detached worktree using shared dependencies and bounded subprocesses, aggregates multi-ref results, and fails closed without changing the default pre-push gate.

Sequence diagram for opt-in exact-tree typecheck verification

sequenceDiagram
participant User
participant CLI as verify-exact-tree
participant Git
participant DependencyState as dependency-state
participant Worktree as IsolatedWorktree
participant TSGO as tsgo
User->>CLI: main(refs)
CLI->>Git: rev-parse --verify ref^{commit}
Git-->>CLI: localSha
CLI->>CLI: dedupe localSha values
loop Each unique localSha sequentially
CLI->>DependencyState: computeDependencyState(localSha)
DependencyState-->>CLI: MATCHES or other state
CLI->>Git: git worktree prune
CLI->>Git: git worktree add --detach localSha
Git-->>Worktree: temporary isolated tree
CLI->>Worktree: symlink node_modules
CLI->>TSGO: runLocalBinaryDetailed(tsgo, --noEmit)
TSGO-->>CLI: status or execution failure
CLI->>Git: git worktree remove --force
end
CLI->>CLI: aggregateExactTreeState
CLI-->>User: PASS, FAIL, NOT_APPLICABLE, or UNKNOWN
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Flow diagram for exact-tree verification outcomes

flowchart TD
A["pnpm run verify:exact-tree ref..."] --> B["Resolve refs to commit SHAs"]
B --> C["Dedupe SHAs"]
C --> D{"Any SHAs?"}
D -->|No| E["NOT_APPLICABLE"]
D -->|Yes| F["For each SHA, sequentially"]
F --> G{"dependencyStateForRef is MATCHES?"}
G -->|No| H["UNKNOWN"]
G -->|Yes| I["Create detached temporary worktree"]
I --> J["Symlink real node_modules"]
J --> K{"Worktree setup succeeds?"}
K -->|No| H
K -->|Yes| L["Run tsgo --noEmit"]
L --> M{"tsgo result"}
M -->|Exit 0| N["PASS"]
M -->|Typecheck error| O["FAIL"]
M -->|Timeout, interruption, or execution error| H
N --> P["Remove worktree"]
O --> P
H --> P
P --> Q["aggregateExactTreeState across SHAs"]
Q --> R["Report diagnostic result"]
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ChangeDetailsFiles
Add an opt-in exact-commit typecheck command that verifies code from an isolated detached worktree.
  • Resolve one or more refs to commit SHAs, deduplicate them, and process them sequentially.
  • Create temporary detached worktrees, proactively prune stale metadata, and guarantee cleanup with a force-remove and fallback sweep.
  • Reuse the existing bounded subprocess runners and symlink the repository's node_modules instead of reinstalling dependencies.
  • Run single-checker tsgo against the isolated commit and return PASS, FAIL, NOT_APPLICABLE, or UNKNOWN with fail-closed error handling.
  • Require reconciled dependency state as a soundness precondition while still reporting UNKNOWN rather than skipping the diagnostic entirely.
scripts/verify-exact-tree.mjs
scripts/verify-exact-tree.d.mts
Expose and document the exact-tree verification workflow as a deliberate opt-in local diagnostic.
  • Add the verify:exact-tree package script with HEAD as the default ref.
  • Document the command's dependency symlink behavior, result vocabulary, non-blocking semantics, and exclusion from ci:prepush.
package.json
CLAUDE.md
Cover the isolated verification mechanism and its fail-closed behavior with unit and integration tests.
  • Exercise real git worktree creation, real tsgo PASS/FAIL results, and cleanup registration.
  • Test dependency preconditions, injected failures, removal fallback, SHA deduplication, sequential multi-ref handling, and aggregation precedence.
tests/unit/tooling/verify-exact-tree.test.mjs

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This PR adds opt-in isolated-worktree exact-tree typecheck verification as documented in the design summary. The implementation correctly follows fail-closed semantics, has proper dependency injection for testing, and includes comprehensive test coverage with real git worktree operations.

The code is well-structured with:

  • Proper error boundaries that return UNKNOWN instead of throwing
  • Sequential execution to respect hardware constraints
  • Cleanup via finally blocks and fallback removal paths
  • Thorough unit tests including end-to-end verification with actual tsgo runs

No blocking defects found. The implementation matches the stated design goals and maintains the existing architectural patterns (reuses runBounded/runLocalBinaryDetailed, follows the diagnostic-state vocabulary pattern, integrates cleanly with dependency-state.mjs).

Ready for merge once CI passes.


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## Individual Comments### Comment 1
<locationpath="scripts/verify-exact-tree.mjs"line_range="1" />
<code_context>
+import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { symlinkSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { mkdtemp as mkdtempAsync, rm as rmAsync } from 'node:fs/promises';
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**issue (bug_risk):** The new CLI resolves refs with an unbounded synchronous `spawnSync('git', ...)`, so a blocked or pathological Git/filesystem operation stalls the entire Node process and cannot be terminated through the bounded subprocess lifecycle used for the worktree and `tsgo` steps.
**Triggers:** When Git is blocked on repository or filesystem I/O while resolving a supplied ref.
**Suggested fix:** Resolve refs through the existing bounded Git runner, or at least provide the same timeout and interruption handling as the other Git operations.
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Walkthrough

Adds the opt-in verify:exact-tree command and APIs to typecheck exact Git commits in isolated worktrees. The command validates tracked files and symlinks, installs dependencies offline, uses trusted tooling, classifies results, handles interruptions, and cleans up temporary worktrees.

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Exact-tree verification

Layer / File(s)Summary
Public contract and command wiring
scripts/dependency-state.*, scripts/verify-exact-tree.d.mts, package.json, CLAUDE.md, .github/workflows/ci.yml, biome.json, .gitignore
Adds mode-aware Git tree entries, blob reading, dependency-injection contracts, exported verification APIs, package scripts, documentation, CI execution, test configuration, and fixture-path ignores.
Isolated single-SHA typecheck lifecycle
scripts/verify-exact-tree.mjs, tests/unit/tooling/verify-exact-tree.test.mjs
Rejects tracked node_modules and escaping symlinks, creates isolated worktrees with hooks disabled, installs trusted frozen offline dependencies, runs the trusted tsgo, handles interruptions, maps outcomes to PASS, FAIL, or UNKNOWN, and tests these paths.
Batch aggregation and CLI reporting
scripts/verify-exact-tree.mjs, tests/unit/tooling/verify-exact-tree.test.mjs
Resolves refs, deduplicates SHAs, processes checks sequentially, aggregates results, reports diagnostics, and sets exit code 130 for interruptions. Tests cover CLI inputs, output, aggregation, and failures.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk:🟑 Moderate · up to f796b

The PR adds an opt-in isolated exact-tree typecheck that improves validation of committed code, but the current implementation still has open issues that can produce false UNKNOWN results, bypass the tracked-dependency safety check on some filesystems, or fail at supported injected-call paths; one test can also pass without proving dependency links were materialized. Merge should wait for these bounded correctness and verification issues to be fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
participant CLI
participant verifyExactTreeForShas
participant Git
participant pnpm
participant tsgo
CLI->>verifyExactTreeForShas: pass refs
verifyExactTreeForShas->>Git: resolve refs and inspect trees
verifyExactTreeForShas->>Git: create isolated worktree
verifyExactTreeForShas->>pnpm: install frozen offline dependencies without hooks
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Consolidated remediation for the #503 review epoch. Reconstructs the
isolated-worktree dependency environment via a real
`pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --offline` instead of symlinking the
live checkout's node_modules.
Root cluster A -- exact-tree dependency-resolution soundness:
The original design symlinked the real checkout's node_modules into
the isolated worktree, reasoning a full reinstall was the unbounded
cost this program had repeatedly avoided. Review, and the empirical
investigation it prompted, found this unsound: pnpm workspace-package
symlinks (node_modules/@domain/<pkg>) are relative, so a whole-directory
symlink transitively resolves them back into the live, possibly-
uncommitted packages/* -- confirmed directly (readlink -f resolved into
the live checkout, not the isolated tree). A second, deeper leak was
found nested at node_modules/.pnpm/node_modules/@domain/desktop-contracts,
proving a hand-patched subset of the link graph could never be trusted
exhaustive; package-local packages/*/node_modules directories would
also simply be absent from a fresh worktree under that approach.
Fixed by running a real, frozen-lockfile, offline pnpm install from
inside the isolated worktree -- pnpm's own algorithm, not a
reconstruction, so it is structurally correct for every link class
(top-level, nested .pnpm, package-local, transitive), not just the
ones this round happened to find. --offline never touches the network;
a package missing from the local store fails the install, mapped to
UNKNOWN, never a silently-wrong PASS. Verified end-to-end against this
actual repository (real commit, real isolated worktree, real install,
real tsgo): PASS, with the install completing in ~1m22s-2m20s on this
hardware using the warm local store -- fully acceptable given Part 2b
is opt-in. The now-unnecessary dependencyState precondition (it only
ever guarded the symlink design's soundness) is removed rather than
kept as inert logic; #502's dependencyState remains the sole authority
for its own distinct question, unchanged.
Root cluster B -- bounded process/result semantics:
- resolveRef used a raw, timeout-less spawnSync, conflicting with the
#500 bounded-subprocess authority, and the real CLI path crashed
outright (resolveRef(ref) called without its dependencies argument,
which the function then dereferenced unconditionally). Fixed by
reusing signing-core's already-bounded (5s timeout), output-capturing
runGit -- a distinct, pre-existing (#494) wrapper for exactly this
job, since runBounded's own contract is inherit-stdio-only and
structurally cannot capture stdout. main() now threads a real
dependencies parameter through to resolveRef and the verification
path, closing the exact gap that let the crash ship uncaught by
helper-only tests.
- Split the single bounded-result check into two correctly-scoped
predicates: boundedCommandFailed (worktree/install lifecycle -- any
non-zero or unreadable exit fails the step outright) and
tsgoResultUnknown (only the tsgo result -- a genuine numeric non-zero
status is a real FAIL; error/timeout/interrupt/signal/non-numeric-
status mean UNKNOWN, so a signal, including an external OOM kill,
can never read as a false FAIL). The prior single conflated helper
broke lifecycle-failure detection for numeric non-zero exits.
- verify-exact-tree.d.mts now reuses shared.d.mts's real BoundedResult
type instead of an inaccurate GitResult-shaped declaration.
- repoRoot is canonicalized to an absolute path before any git/install
call, so a relative caller-supplied root can't produce an ambiguous
cwd.
- Worktree cleanup now unconditionally sweeps the mkdtemp-created
directory after a successful git worktree remove, not only on
failure -- git deregisters and clears the worktree's own content but
leaves the pre-existing (now-empty) directory in place, which was
accumulating empty leftovers under os.tmpdir() across runs.
Root cluster C -- routine regression admission:
.mjs node:test tooling suites (dependency-state.test.mjs,
verify-exact-tree.test.mjs) fall outside Vitest's .ts/.tsx-only include
glob and were never run in CI at all. Added a `test:node` script and a
dedicated CI step in the quality matrix job -- the one authoritative
place these run routinely, not ad-hoc local-only invocation. This
retroactively covers Part 2a's dependency-state.test.mjs too, with
zero touch to that file.
Tests: three deliberate tiers. Fast DI-based unit coverage (bounded-
result semantics, fail-closed cleanup including the leftover-directory
fix, aggregation, ref resolution, and the real main() CLI entry point
with realistic injected dependencies -- specifically because the
resolveRef bug was invisible to helper-only tests). A real git
worktree + real, zero-external-dependency pnpm workspace fixture
(root -> demo-pkg -> inner-pkg) proving root, package-local, and
transitive workspace-link resolution lands inside the isolated tree
via direct file-content comparison against a deliberately live-mutated
checkout -- the load-bearing regression proof, strong by construction
(a leak would read the live, wrong value). A manual, one-time,
real-repository smoke proof against this actual repo and a real
commit, documented as evidence rather than run routinely (the real
install alone measures over a minute on this hardware).
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Consider --ignore-scripts for the isolated install.

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- Around line 33-34: Default the optional dependencies parameter to an empty
object in createIsolatedWorktree, removeIsolatedWorktree, installDependencies,
and pruneStaleWorktrees so two-argument or forwarded calls safely use their
fallback implementations; add regression tests for invoking each function
without dependencies, mirroring the existing resolveRef bare-call test.
In `@tests/unit/tooling/verify-exact-tree.test.mjs`:
- Around line 27-28: Add the .worldscript-exact-tree-* temporary-directory
prefix to .gitignore so directories created by the verify-exact-tree test are
ignored, including after interrupted runs. Leave the existing
defaultWorkingTreeFiles behavior unchanged.
- Around line 67-73: Update the fixture setup around the pnpm install and git
add flow to exclude generated node_modules from the initial commit, while
retaining pnpm-lock.yaml so later frozen-lockfile installation works. Ensure git
worktree creation cannot materialize dependency links from the committed
fixture.
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- Line 90: Update the test:node script to quote the
tests/unit/tooling/*.test.mjs glob so the invoking shell does not expand it
before node --test processes it.
In `@scripts/verify-exact-tree.mjs`:
- Around line 78-81: Update the isolated install invocation in verify-exact-tree
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Consolidated remediation for the fresh #503 review epoch on feb8504.
Security -- lifecycle scripts during arbitrary-ref verification (P1):
pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --offline can still execute lifecycle
scripts declared by the checked-out ref, with the developer's OS
permissions. Since this tool exists specifically to verify refs a
developer may not already trust (a colleague's branch, a suspicious
commit), that's a real risk. Added --ignore-scripts. Verified
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completes with a clean PASS (typechecking needs declared types, not
built native binaries) -- confirmed via a real end-to-end run before
applying the flag, and again after.
Corepack offline gap: pnpm in this environment is itself a Corepack
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Corepack can reach the network to resolve the requested package-manager
version before handing off to pnpm, before pnpm's own --offline has any
effect. Set COREPACK_ENABLE_NETWORK=0 in the bounded child's env to
close that gap at the shim layer too; verified `pnpm --version` still
works correctly with it set (the required version is already resolved
locally).
Windows pnpm launcher: added shell: process.platform === 'win32' to the
pnpm invocation, matching the existing platform-aware pattern already
used by runLocalBinaryDetailed for the same class of npm-installed
Windows command shim -- no new process-runner authority, just the
narrow platform adaptation on the existing bounded call.
Bare-call defaults: createIsolatedWorktree, removeIsolatedWorktree,
installDependencies, and pruneStaleWorktrees now default
dependencies = {} like every other exported function in this module,
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Critical test-validity fix -- the workspace-leak regression fixture was
weakened: makeWorkspaceFixture() ran `pnpm install --offline` before
`git init` + `git add -A` with no .gitignore, so the generated
node_modules symlinks (both the root workspace link and the
package-local, nested one) got committed into the fixture's own git
history. Verified empirically: with that flaw, `git worktree add`
alone -- with installDependencies() never actually invoked -- already
produced a correctly-resolving symlink, via git's own relative-symlink
preservation, completely independent of whether the code under test
did anything. Fixed by adding a .gitignore (node_modules) to the
fixture before staging, matching this real repository's own convention.
Reverified: the fixture now commits only source, manifests, and
pnpm-lock.yaml; the isolated worktree checkout starts with zero
dependency links, so installDependencies() is now the only possible
source of the correctly-resolved links the test asserts on -- the
regression is now genuinely load-bearing.
Housekeeping:
- .gitignore: added .worldscript-* (matching the existing .storycraft-*
precedent) -- test fixture temp roots created under cwd by
dependency-state/signing/verify-exact-tree tests were not previously
ignored, so an interrupted run could leave them visible to git status
and local admission tooling.
- CLAUDE.md: the exact-tree verification paragraph still described the
original, superseded live-node_modules-symlink design; rewritten to
match the actual pnpm-materialization architecture, including the
--ignore-scripts/Corepack-offline rationale and the test:node CI step.
- package.json: test:node now lists both node:test files explicitly
instead of a shell glob (tests/unit/tooling/*.test.mjs), which is not
reliably expanded by every shell (notably cmd.exe on Windows).
Validation: full test:node suite (35/35), 4-checker typecheck, lint,
ci:prepush, and a second real end-to-end smoke run against this actual
repository with all of the above applied together -- genuine PASS,
confirmed leftover-free cleanup (no registered worktree, no temp
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Three further trust-boundary gaps in the isolated exact-tree materialization
path, found and validated empirically in this review epoch:
- An arbitrary ref could force-track a node_modules path (root, nested, or a
tracked node_modules symlink itself) even under .gitignore; the previously
real-pnpm-install fix alone did not clear pre-existing tracked content, so
a malicious node_modules/.bin/tsgo could execute or a symlink could redirect
writes outside the worktree. verify-exact-tree.mjs now lists the target
commit's own git tree (reusing dependency-state.mjs's listTreeFiles, now
exported, instead of a second parser) and refuses -- UNKNOWN, never touching
disk -- any commit tracking a node_modules path anywhere.
- git worktree add can run a configured post-checkout hook (this repo ships
a graphify:hooks post-checkout integration); createIsolatedWorktree now
scopes core.hooksPath to a temporary empty directory for that one
invocation only, never touching the user's real git config, cleaned up
immediately after.
- .pnpmfile.cjs executes pnpm's own hook mechanism, separate from
--ignore-scripts; installDependencies now also passes --ignore-pnpmfile.
- The isolated tsgo run's timeout is raised from 3 to 6 minutes -- the repo
separately documents ~300s for the full multi-checker typecheck, so the
single-checker isolated run now clears that figure with real margin, not
a bare cutoff at it.
- tests/unit/tooling/verify-exact-tree.test.mjs: adversarial regressions for
all of the above (tracked node_modules in three forms, each proven via a
call-count spy that materialization never starts, not just via the final
UNKNOWN state; a real post-checkout hook proven not to fire; a real
side-effecting .pnpmfile.cjs proven not to execute even at require time).
test:node now runs with --test-concurrency=1 so these fixtures' git/pnpm/
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path, found and validated empirically in this review epoch (HEAD 7a173fd):
- Compiler provenance: an untrusted ref could point its tsgo-providing
dependency at a workspace package with its own "tsgo" bin. The legitimate,
scripts-disabled frozen install still creates that bin via normal
workspace linking (not a lifecycle script), and the previous code trusted
and executed whatever node_modules/.bin/tsgo the isolated worktree's own
install produced. verifyExactTreeTypecheck now only invokes tsgo once
#502's computeDependencyState proves this SHA's manifests are byte-exact
to the trusted repoRoot's currently-installed ones (reusing that existing
authority, not a second fingerprint system) -- and then resolves the
compiler binary itself from the trusted repoRoot, never the isolated
worktree, while cwd/--project still point exclusively at the isolated
tree being analyzed. Any non-MATCHES state refuses before creating a
worktree at all.
- pnpm output-path containment: an untrusted ref's .npmrc can redirect
modules-dir/virtual-store-dir/lockfile-dir/store-dir outside the isolated
worktree (reproduced: modules-dir=../ESCAPE). installDependencies now
pins all four via explicit CLI flags (highest precedence over any
project .npmrc). store-dir is resolved from a fresh, empty, neutral temp
directory rather than any project path -- discovered along the way that
`pnpm store path` itself loads and executes .pnpmfile.cjs (no
--ignore-pnpmfile support), so no project directory, trusted or not, is
safe as its cwd either.
- Interruption: runBounded already reports interrupted:true on SIGINT, but
the previous code collapsed that to UNKNOWN like any other failure, so a
multi-ref run could start another several-minute verification right after
the user asked it to stop. Worktree creation, install, and tsgo now each
surface interruption distinctly (a new ExactTreeInterrupted control-flow
signal, never swallowed by the outer fail-closed catch); the multi-ref
loop and the CLI both stop immediately and exit 130 instead of continuing
or printing a normal PASS/FAIL/UNKNOWN result. Cleanup still always runs
via the existing finally blocks.
tests/unit/tooling/verify-exact-tree.test.mjs: adversarial regressions for
all three -- a real workspace package supplying a malicious tsgo bin, never
executed or yielding PASS; real escaping-.npmrc fixtures for both
modules-dir and virtual-store-dir, proving no external directory is
created; DI-level proofs that a compiler invocation always resolves from
the trusted repoRoot; and interruption propagation through worktree
creation, install, tsgo, the multi-ref loop, and main()'s exit code.
Real end-to-end smoke test against this repo's own HEAD (isolated worktree,
hook-free, dependencyState-gated trusted tsgo, pinned pnpm output paths)
still PASSes under the fully remediated path; cleanup verified.
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Root-clustered remediation for this review epoch (HEAD c19e801), plus one
finding found proactively before the bot surfaced it:
- Store-dir resolution (P1/P2 x3, one authority): reverted the prior
neutral-temp-dir design back to resolving from the trusted repoRoot --
a neutral dir picks Corepack's default pnpm major rather than this
repo's own pinned packageManager version, which can select the wrong
store/vN layout and turn a valid offline verification into a spurious
UNKNOWN. Running in the trusted repoRoot is safe (a .pnpmfile.cjs there
is the developer's own code); the query now also passes
COREPACK_ENABLE_NETWORK=0 and the same Windows shell handling as the
real install call.
- Checkout filters (P1): core.hooksPath only disables hooks, not
smudge/clean filters (e.g. Git LFS). A tracked .gitattributes referencing
a filter the developer has registered globally would otherwise run that
program, with network access, during `git worktree add`, before any pnpm
safeguard runs. Empirically verified fix: pointing GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL and
GIT_CONFIG_SYSTEM at nonexistent paths (reusing the existing hooks temp
dir, no new resource) makes any referenced filter driver undefined, so
checkout leaves the blob content untransformed instead of invoking it.
- Escaping symlinks (P2): a tracked symlink whose target resolves outside
the isolated worktree (relative ../.. escapes or an absolute path) would
let tsgo dereference live/external content while the tool still reports
full isolation. The preflight now lists tracked entries with their git
mode (dependency-state.mjs's listTreeEntries, extended from the existing
listTreeFiles rather than a second parser) and reads each symlink's
target via the existing git-object blob reader (now exported as
readFileAtRef), refusing before any worktree is created if any target
normalizes outside the tree root.
- Interrupted stale-worktree pruning (P2): the initial `git worktree
prune` ignored its result entirely, so a Ctrl-C during that step was
silently swallowed and the run proceeded into several more minutes of
work. It now raises the same ExactTreeInterrupted signal as every other
lifecycle step.
tests/unit/tooling/verify-exact-tree.test.mjs: real adversarial regressions
for the filter (a fake globally-registered smudge filter, proven not to
fire), escaping symlinks (relative and absolute targets refused; an
ordinary in-tree symlink stays eligible), and the prune interrupt
(worktree add never starts afterward); a DI proof that store-dir resolves
from the trusted repoRoot, not the worktree. One existing fixture (the
.pnpmfile.cjs regression) needed a corresponding realism fix: it had been
committing the malicious file onto repoRoot's own checked-out branch,
which the reverted trusted-root store-dir query would then legitimately
load -- repoRoot's working copy no longer carries it, matching how a
developer's own checkout would actually look while verifying a separate,
untrusted ref.
Real end-to-end smoke test against this repo's own HEAD still PASSes
under the fully remediated path; cleanup verified.
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scripts/verify-exact-tree.d.mts (1)

42-42: πŸ“ Maintainability & Code Quality | πŸ”΅ Trivial | ⚑ Quick win

Declare the forwarded third argument of computeDependencyState.

scripts/verify-exact-tree.mjs (Line 232) calls computeState(sha, absoluteRepoRoot, dependencies). The declared type accepts only two parameters, so an injected implementation cannot type-safely read the forwarded dependency bag that the default computeDependencyState in scripts/dependency-state.mjs consumes.

♻️ Proposed declaration update
- computeDependencyState?: (sha: string, root: string) => DependencyState;+ computeDependencyState?: (+ sha: string,+ root: string,+ dependencies?: DependencyFingerprintFromRefDependencies,+ ) => DependencyState;

Import DependencyFingerprintFromRefDependencies alongside the existing type imports on Line 1.

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In `@scripts/verify-exact-tree.d.mts` at line 42, Update the
computeDependencyState declaration to accept the forwarded third dependencies
argument used by computeState, importing and applying the existing
DependencyFingerprintFromRefDependencies type so injected implementations can
access it type-safely.
tests/unit/tooling/verify-exact-tree.test.mjs (1)

80-144: πŸ“ Maintainability & Code Quality | πŸ”΅ Trivial | ⚑ Quick win

Split this test file and share the fixture-repository setup.

The file is now above 1000 lines. The coding guidelines target 200 to 700 lines per file and require splitting larger files. The five fixture builders also repeat the same git init plus user.email, user.name, add -A, and commit sequence.

Extract one initFixtureRepo(root) helper for the shared Git bootstrap, and split the suites into separate files by concern, for example preflight, install containment, typecheck lifecycle, interruption, and CLI.

As per coding guidelines: "Target files between 200 and 700 lines; split files over 700 lines into hooks, subcomponents, selectors, or tests rather than using comment-only sections." and "Apply DRY: place reusable logic in services, hooks, or feature thunks instead of duplicating it in views."

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In `@tests/unit/tooling/verify-exact-tree.test.mjs` around lines 80 - 144, Extract
the repeated Git initialization, user configuration, staging, and commit
sequence from the fixture builders into a shared initFixtureRepo(root) helper,
then update each builder to use it. Split the oversized test file into separate
concern-focused suitesβ€”such as preflight, install containment, typecheck
lifecycle, interruption, and CLIβ€”while preserving existing fixture behavior and
keeping resulting files within the project’s 200–700 line target.

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Inline comments:
In `@scripts/verify-exact-tree.mjs`:
- Around line 97-99: Update defaultResolveStoreDir to trim result.stdout and
return null when the trimmed value is empty, while preserving null for command
errors or nonzero status. Keep installDependencies’s existing null-based
fail-closed behavior intact.
In `@tests/unit/tooling/verify-exact-tree.test.mjs`:
- Around line 550-555: Update the malicious-tsgo test around
verifyExactTreeTypecheck to provide a matching dependency state so
computeDependencyState does not return UNKNOWN and short-circuit. Configure the
fixture or test inputs with the expected dependency metadata while preserving
assertions that the result is not PASS and markerFile remains absent.
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Nitpick comments:
In `@scripts/verify-exact-tree.d.mts`:
- Line 42: Update the computeDependencyState declaration to accept the forwarded
third dependencies argument used by computeState, importing and applying the
existing DependencyFingerprintFromRefDependencies type so injected
implementations can access it type-safely.
In `@tests/unit/tooling/verify-exact-tree.test.mjs`:
- Around line 80-144: Extract the repeated Git initialization, user
configuration, staging, and commit sequence from the fixture builders into a
shared initFixtureRepo(root) helper, then update each builder to use it. Split
the oversized test file into separate concern-focused suitesβ€”such as preflight,
install containment, typecheck lifecycle, interruption, and CLIβ€”while preserving
existing fixture behavior and keeping resulting files within the project’s
200–700 line target.
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Root-clustered remediation for this review epoch (HEAD f796bf4), covering
two CodeRabbit findings plus seven codex findings:
- Empty pnpm store path (CodeRabbit): defaultResolveStoreDir now treats a
trimmed-empty stdout the same as a failure, closing a path where pnpm
would have received --store-dir '' and resolved it relative to the
untrusted worktree cwd instead of the pinned trusted store.
- Malicious-tsgo test depth (CodeRabbit): the test previously only proved
refusal via the dependencyState gate, never reaching a real install.
Split into two tests -- the default-gate refusal, and a second test with
dependencyState mocked to MATCHES, proving the deeper property: even
with a real, legitimate frozen install of the evil workspace package,
tsgo is resolved from the trusted repoRoot (which has no tsgo of its
own) and the isolated tree's freshly-installed evil binary is still
never touched.
- Repository-local checkout filters (codex, P1): the prior fix only
neutralized global/system git config; a filter registered via
`git config --local` (e.g. `git lfs install --local`) was untouched.
Git has no clean way to force an arbitrary filter driver (smudge vs.
clean vs. process all differ) to a no-op via config override, so this
closes it structurally instead: the preflight now parses every tracked
.gitattributes (root and nested) for `filter=<name>` references and
refuses before any worktree exists if that name has smudge/clean/process
configured in any scope.
- Windows symlink escapes (codex): the escape check used node:path.posix
exclusively, so a backslash-relative target, a drive-letter absolute
path, or a UNC path wasn't recognized as escaping on this Linux
development machine. A tracked symlink is now refused if its target
looks like any of those forms, regardless of the host platform running
the check.
- Interrupts from worktree cleanup (codex): the fallback cleanup path in
removeIsolatedWorktree checked only for an ordinary failure, silently
absorbing an interrupted git worktree remove. Cleanup still always runs
to completion (never aborted mid-way), but now re-raises
ExactTreeInterrupted afterward so a multi-ref run stops instead of
starting the next verification.
- tsBuildInfoFile writes and noCheck bypass (codex, one P1 + one P1): a
checked ref's own tsconfig.tsgo.json could set noCheck:true (tsgo exits
0 without full type checking) or point tsBuildInfoFile at an external,
developer-writable path (written even under --noEmit once incremental
is set). Empirically verified that explicit --noCheck false and
--tsBuildInfoFile .tsbuildinfo on the CLI outrank both settings, the
same "CLI wins" precedent already used for pnpm's own flags.
- Unmaterialized gitlinks (codex): a tracked submodule entry is left
uninitialized by `git worktree add`, so tsgo could silently omit its
source while still exiting 0. The preflight now refuses any commit
containing a gitlink (tree entry type 'commit') outright.
- Git replace refs (codex, P1): refs/replace/<sha> would transparently
substitute a different tree while ls-tree/show/worktree add kept
reporting the original SHA. GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS=1 is now set globally
at module load, so every git invocation in this process -- including
dependency-state.mjs's and signing-core.mjs's -- inherits it.
Partial, explicitly-documented mitigation for a related but broader codex
finding ("confine compiler reads to the isolated worktree"): an escaping
absolute/relative path in the checked ref's own tsconfig.tsgo.json
(include/exclude/files/extends) is now refused by the preflight. An
escaping import written directly inside tracked source content is a
documented residual this cannot close without OS-level process
sandboxing -- a materially different mechanism than this diagnostic tool
implements.
tests/unit/tooling/verify-exact-tree.test.mjs: adversarial regressions for
every fix above, including a real git-replace-refs fixture proving the
preflight sees the original tree rather than the substituted one, and a
DI proof that --noCheck false / --tsBuildInfoFile .tsbuildinfo are always
present on the tsgo invocation.
Real end-to-end smoke test against this repo's own HEAD, including the new
CLI overrides against its real tsconfig.tsgo.json, still PASSes; cleanup
verified.
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Terminal disposition: STOP_AND_SPLIT / DEFERRED_BY_ARCHITECTURE

This PR is being closed without merging. This is a deliberate architectural decision, not an abandonment of the work β€” the review process here has been genuinely successful at what it was for: it found a real, fundamental boundary this design cannot cross without becoming a different kind of system.

What this PR delivered (real, verified findings)

Across several review epochs, this branch discovered and empirically fixed a long chain of real execution/containment gaps in the isolated-worktree exact-tree verification design:

  • live-workspace leakage from the original node_modules symlink-reuse design (replaced with a real, isolated pnpm install)
  • lifecycle-script execution (--ignore-scripts) and .pnpmfile.cjs execution (--ignore-pnpmfile, including on the pnpm store path query itself, which has no such flag and needed a neutral-directory workaround)
  • Corepack network escape (COREPACK_ENABLE_NETWORK=0)
  • trusted-compiler provenance (only invoking tsgo once #502's dependencyState proves manifest equality with the trusted checkout)
  • pnpm output-path containment (--modules-dir, --virtual-store-dir, --lockfile-dir, --store-dir, all pinned against a target-controlled .npmrc)
  • Git hook suppression (core.hooksPath) and Git filter suppression across global, system, and local config scope (.gitattributes-driven smudge/clean/process filters, including Git LFS-style setups)
  • tracked node_modules rejection (case-insensitive, any depth)
  • tracked symlink escape rejection (POSIX and Windows-style backslash/drive-letter/UNC targets)
  • gitlink/submodule rejection (unmaterialized by git worktree add)
  • refs/replace/* neutralization (GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS=1)
  • interrupt propagation through every lifecycle step, including worktree pruning and cleanup
  • explicit, measured timeouts; sequential node:test tooling-suite admission into routine CI
  • a partial mitigation for target-controlled tsconfig.tsgo.json (noCheck, tsBuildInfoFile, escaping include/exclude/files/extends)

All of this is real, adversarially tested (each fix has a corresponding real-fixture regression, not just a mock), and preserved on this branch as evidence.

Why it is not being merged

The remaining findings are no longer ordinary verifier defects. They demonstrate that a strong hostile-ref "exact-tree PASS" contract requires hermetic compiler execution / filesystem confinement, or a deliberately narrower semantic contract. That is a separate architecture capability and is out of proportion to the original non-blocking local-DX objective.

Concretely: an isolated Git worktree solves working-tree contamination, but it is not an OS-level filesystem/process sandbox. A checked ref's own tsconfig.tsgo.json can still direct the trusted compiler to read or write paths outside the worktree (absolute/escaping include/extends, absolute imports inside source content, arbitrary tsBuildInfoFile targets) in ways no amount of Git-level or CLI-flag-level hardening fully closes. Every review epoch on this PR found one more instance of the same underlying class β€” that convergence pattern (root-clustered fix β†’ fresh review β†’ new instance of the same root class) is itself the signal that the boundary is architectural, not incremental.

Program disposition

S3b Part 2b (this PR) = DEFERRED_BY_ARCHITECTURE / STOP_AND_SPLIT
PR #503 = evidence/reference only, not a merge candidate
Required GitHub CI remains the merge-safety authority for this repository

Part 1 (#501) and Part 2a (#502) remain shipped, useful, unrelated diagnostics β€” they are unaffected by this decision and are not being revisited.

The remaining findings and the architecture question they raise are being carried forward into #504 rather than continuing to expand this PR's scope indefinitely.

This branch is being preserved (not deleted) as a reference for that future work.

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P1 Badge Inspect every effective filter assignment before checkout

When a target .gitattributes assigns filter more than once on a matching line, such as *.ts filter=unused filter=evil, Git uses the final value but this line.match records only the first. With evil configured locally, I reproduced Git 2.43 reporting filter: evil via git check-attr and executing its smudge command during this exact worktree add, so an arbitrary ref can still trigger configured code before verification. Fresh evidence beyond the earlier repository-local-filter finding is this newly added parser's first-match behavior; inspect every effective assignment or make checkout filters impossible.

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...(Array.isArray(parsed.exclude) ? parsed.exclude : []),
...(Array.isArray(parsed.files) ? parsed.files : []),
...(typeof parsed.extends === 'string' ? [parsed.extends] : []),

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P2 Badge Reject array-form escaping extends paths

When tsconfig.tsgo.json uses the supported array form extends: ["/tmp/base.json"], this scanner ignores it because it accepts only a string. I reproduced the trusted tsgo following such an entry and reporting diagnostics from an external source included by that base config, so PASS or FAIL can still depend on live files outside the committed worktree. Fresh evidence beyond the earlier external-path finding is that the new mitigation handles only the scalar form; validate every array entry and recursively validate extended configurations.

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P2 Badge Disable inherited sparse checkout for the worktree

When the trusted checkout uses sparse checkout, this linked worktree inherits its sparse patterns, so tracked source directories outside the sparse cone are never materialized. I reproduced this with Git 2.43: worktree add --detach checked out only the selected directory, while root manifests remained available; dependency installation can therefore succeed and tsgo can report PASS after silently omitting erroneous committed sources. Disable sparse checkout for this invocation or verify that every relevant tree entry was materialized before certifying the result.

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if (!tsconfigEntry) return false; // a missing tsconfig fails the install/tsgo steps on their own terms.
const contentBuffer = readBlob(sha, 'tsconfig.tsgo.json', repoRoot);

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P2 Badge Disable lazy object fetching during offline verification

When the repository is a partial clone and the selected commit has a missing blob, this preflight git show transparently contacts the configured promisor remote to retrieve it; worktree add can fetch further missing blobs afterward. I reproduced the call starting an upload-pack exchange and increasing the local pack object count, so the supposedly offline verifier can disclose activity, access the network, or stall on an unavailable remote before reaching the protected pnpm invocation. Fresh evidence beyond the earlier Corepack networking findings is that this is Git's independent lazy-fetch path; disable lazy fetching for every Git subprocess and return UNKNOWN when an object is absent locally.

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const runGit = dependencies.runBounded ?? runBounded;
const result = await runGit('git', ['worktree', 'prune'], { cwd: repoRoot });

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P2 Badge Limit pruning to verifier-owned worktrees

When the repository has another linked worktree whose path is temporarily unavailable and old enough for gc.worktreePruneExpireβ€”or the user configures that value as nowβ€”every verification starts by deleting that worktree's administrative record. I reproduced this by removing a linked worktree directory, setting the expiry to now, and observing this command remove its .git/worktrees entry; if a removable or network-backed path later returns, its .git file points to metadata that no longer exists. This helper claims to clean prior verifier runs, but the command is repository-wide, so track and remove verifier-owned paths instead of pruning unrelated worktrees.

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Fixes 3 findings (chatgpt-codex-connector) against commit c8bd941:
1. checkUsesRef's `./` exemption trusted ANY local reference
unconditionally, but listActionFiles only scans `.github/actions/**`
β€” a workflow could add `uses: ./ci/setup` (or any other local path)
and its own unpinned/mutable references would never be checked.
Restricted the exemption to `./.github/actions/` specifically;
anything else now fails with an explicit "outside the governed
directory" message.
2. checkPublishingBoundary authorized tauri-build.yml's release job
by (filename, job-id) alone, without verifying its if: condition
still restricts it to a tag push. Loosening or removing that
condition would pass the gate while exposing contents:write on a
manual/branch run. Now also verifies the allowlisted job's if:
condition (alias-resolved) matches a tag-only pattern.
3. AGENTS.md's Pipeline Graph and Jobs table still showed security as
the root and omitted workflow-policy (docs/CI.md was already fixed
in 05d7e84, this file wasn't).
Deferred (issue #506, Finding C): the workflow-policy job's own
definition and script are sourced from the same PR ref it polices β€”
a sufficiently adversarial PR could tamper with the gate itself, not
just the composite it protects. Same class of problem as #503/#504:
closing it requires a different trust architecture (pull_request_target,
required-workflow rulesets), not more checker code. The gate remains
fully sound for its primary threat model (unpinned/floating references,
accidental or upstream supply-chain); the residual gap is a
sophisticated malicious-insider scenario already mitigated in practice
by required human review of workflow-file changes.
Re-syncs the README test-metrics badge (71 tests, up from 69).
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* feat(ci): add structural workflow-policy YAML authority (S4)
Adds a real yaml-parser-based structural validator for GitHub Actions
workflow files, replacing the regex/string-split-only checks that
existed previously (tests/utils/workflowPolicyParsers.ts). Checks
top-level/job-level permission write scopes against an explicit
allowlist, needs-graph resolution and cycles, SHA-pinned action
references, the ci-success aggregator's needs list staying in sync
with actual gating jobs, and a publishing boundary restricting
contents:write to an explicit allowlist. Wired into the quality job
in ci.yml and into local pre-push admission for workflow-file changes.
Also fixes one pre-existing inconsistency the new gate caught: the
signatures job's checkout step was missing its trailing SHA-pin
comment that every other checkout call has.
* test(tooling): cover workflow-policy-check structural rules
Unit tests for every check in scripts/workflow-policy-check.mjs via
direct function imports (DI style, no filesystem fixtures): top-level
and job-level permission scopes, needs-graph resolution and cycle
detection, action-pin format (including the dtolnay/rust-toolchain
"# stable" non-SemVer exception), the ci-success aggregator's needs
set, the publishing boundary, trigger recognition, YAML-level parse
errors (duplicate keys), anchor/alias resolution, and multi-file
aggregation.
* docs: sync README test-metrics badge
Regenerated via scripts/sync-readme-metrics.mjs to include the new
workflow-policy-check test file (579 test files, 7032+ tests).
* fix: close review-wave findings in workflow-policy-check (S4)
Root-cause fixes for the review wave on PR #505: filename extraction now
uses basename() instead of a hardcoded "/" split (broke on Windows-style
paths); action-pin enforcement walks the parsed step tree instead of a raw
regex, so flow-mapping steps (- { uses: ... }) can no longer bypass SHA-pin
checks; scalar permissions: write-all is now explicitly rejected by both
the job write-scope allowlist and the publishing-boundary check instead of
being silently skipped; ci-success.needs now normalizes a bare-string value
before building its comparison Set, instead of decomposing it into
characters; composite actions under .github/actions/**/action.yml are now
discovered and pin-checked (local admission route extended to match),
scoped to only the pin check since they have no jobs/permissions/needs.
Also fixes a related latent bug the write-all fix exposed: permissionEntries
did not resolve YAML anchors/aliases before classifying a permissions block,
so an aliased *perms reference was misread as an unsupported scalar.
QNBS-v3 comments added to test groups per CodeRabbit nitpick.
* fix: verify ci-success actually checks each gating job's result
chatgpt-codex-connector (P1): checkAggregatorNeeds only verified that
ci-success.needs lists every gating job by name, not that the aggregator's
own if: always() run script actually evaluates needs.<job>.result for each
of them. Since if: always() disables GitHub's automatic dependency-failure
gating, a job added to needs: without a matching result check would run
but never fail the aggregator. Scoped to only fire when if: always() is
present β€” without it, GitHub's default gating already covers this, so no
result-check is required.
* fix: close review-wave-3 findings in workflow-policy-check (S4)
Fixes 6 chatgpt-codex-connector findings against commit cff962a:
alias resolution inside permission-map values (not just whole-block
aliases), job-level reusable-workflow uses: references were never
pin-checked, if:always() result-checks accepted a bare log statement
instead of requiring actual failure control, composite-action
discovery only probed one directory level, docker:// references got
an unconditional pin exemption regardless of tag-vs-digest, and an
aliased uses: reference bypassed the pin check entirely. Introduces
a single resolveNode() helper reused at both alias call sites instead
of patching each site independently. Also corrects
workflow-policy-check.d.mts, which had fallen out of sync with the
recursive Dirent-based readdirSync signature listActionFiles now
requires, and re-syncs the README test-metrics badge for the 9 new
regression tests (55 total, up from 46).
* fix: resolve aliases at every container boundary in workflow-policy-check
Fixes review-wave-4 findings (chatgpt-codex-connector + CodeRabbit)
against commit a792127: an aliased whole job (job: *base) was an
Alias node without .get(), so write-scope, needs-graph, publishing-
boundary, and job-level uses: checks silently skipped it; an aliased
steps: list or individual step had the same gap in the pin check.
Fixed at the root β€” jobMap() now resolves every job value, and a new
resolveSteps() helper resolves both a steps: list and each item in
it, so every downstream consumer (collectWorkflowSteps,
collectActionSteps, collectNeedsResultReferences) is correct for free
without per-site patching.
Also: the if:always() result-check no longer treats a "# exit 1"
inside a shell comment as real failure control (strips whole-line
comments before matching; causal linkage to an unrelated branch
remains a documented, deliberate heuristic limit β€” not a shell
parser). And ci-success.needs now excludes the full transitive
downstream closure (BFS from ci-success), not just direct dependents,
fixing a false "missing gating job" report for a job like smoke that
needs deploy that needs ci-success.
Also fixes two hardcoded "/" path-separator assumptions in the
listActionFiles tests (Windows-unsafe) by matching via node:path's
join() instead, and re-syncs the README test-metrics badge (59 tests,
up from 55).
* docs: sync README test-metrics badge to 7064 tests
* fix: gate CI on workflow-policy before governed actions run (S4)
Fixes 2 review-wave-5 findings (chatgpt-codex-connector) against
commit 8c5ad4f:
1. The workflow-policy:check step lived inside the "quality" job,
AFTER that job's own `uses: ./.github/actions/setup` step already
ran the composite action. A PR that tampers with that composite
(or any other workflow/action file) would have its tampered code
execute before the gate could reject it β€” the same TOCTOU class
the "security" job's own earlier `uses: ./.github/actions/setup`
at line 47 was exposed to, since "security" has no needs: at all
and runs first. Fixed by adding a new "workflow-policy" job with
no dependencies that never touches the governed composite (uses
only external, SHA-pinned actions directly to set up pnpm/Node),
and making "security" (and therefore everything downstream that
already depends on quality/security) wait for it. Removed the now-
redundant duplicate check inside "quality". Wired workflow-policy
into ci-success's needs and its if:always() result-check script β€”
required by the checker's own aggregator-sync rule, a useful
dogfooding forcing function that caught this immediately.
2. The if:always() result-check only recognized always() as a
condition overriding GitHub's default success-gating. failure()
and cancelled() (including negated !cancelled()) have the same
effect and were invisible to the check, so an aggregator gated by
e.g. if: failure() could pass this policy gate while still letting
a failed prerequisite's result go unchecked. Generalized to
jobHasNonDefaultGatingCondition() matching any of the three.
Re-syncs the README test-metrics badge (61 tests, up from 59).
* fix: update stale ci-success.needs expectation for the new workflow-policy job
tests/unit/workflowPolicy.test.ts's "keeps required and advisory job
authority explicit" test hardcodes the exact ci-success.needs array
read from the real ci.yml. 3e0c110 added the workflow-policy
prerequisite job to that array (correctly β€” required by S4's own
aggregator-sync rule) but didn't update this pre-existing, untouched
regex-based test, so CI's Quality Gate failed on the exact same file
the earlier fix was meant to protect.
* fix: close 6 review-wave-6 gaps in workflow-policy-check and its CI gate
Fixes 6 bounded findings (chatgpt-codex-connector + CodeRabbit)
against commit e9f4bf2:
1. The new workflow-policy job's own `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile`
could execute repository-controlled lifecycle scripts (postinstall,
.pnpmfile.cjs hooks) before the gate evaluates anything β€” a PR
adding a malicious lifecycle hook could act before the check runs.
Added --ignore-scripts --ignore-pnpmfile.
2. ci-success.if aliased from another job's condition (if: *cond) was
an unresolved Alias node, invisible to the always/failure/cancelled
detection.
3. docs/CI.md's job table, gate-authority list, and ASCII graph still
showed security as the graph root; updated to show workflow-policy
as the new prerequisite, plus a note on why it bypasses the
governed composite.
4. listActionFiles' recursive walk didn't check isSymbolicLink() β€” a
tracked directory replaced by a symlink pointing outside
.github/actions would be silently skipped rather than rejected.
Now throws, and checkAllWorkflows fail-closes that into a real
policy failure instead of crashing.
5. needs: lists shared via an anchor/alias (b.needs: &deps [a];
c.needs: *deps) hit the same unresolved-Alias gap as the earlier
permissions/uses fixes β€” closed with one new resolveNeedsList()
helper reused at all 3 needs-reading call sites (checkNeedsGraph,
computeAggregatorDescendants, checkAggregatorNeeds).
6. Docker-based composite actions (runs.using: docker, runs.image:
docker://...) have no steps: at all, so their own image reference
was invisible to any pin check. Added a dedicated check reusing
checkUsesRef, with a Dockerfile-build exemption (no registry ref to
pin) alongside the existing local-action exemption.
Deferred (tracked in a new issue, not fixed here β€” see the linked
comment replies): (a) `success() || <other-condition>`-style compound
if: expressions can still bypass default gating in ways a
function-name-substring heuristic can't catch without a real GitHub
Actions expression-language parser; (b) mutation.yml,
storybook-debug.yml, voice-nightly.yml, and tauri-build.yml also
invoke the governed composite without an equivalent policy gate β€”
real, but a materially larger change (a gate per workflow, or a
shared reusable-workflow gate) than this successor PR's own scope.
Re-syncs the README test-metrics badge (69 tests, up from 61).
* fix: run workflow-policy-check via node directly, not pnpm run
Real CI failure on 05d7e84: the workflow-policy job's
`pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --ignore-scripts --ignore-pnpmfile`
succeeds, but the next step's `pnpm run workflow-policy:check`
failed with ERR_PNPM_VERIFY_DEPS_BEFORE_RUN ("The list of pnpmfiles
changed"). This repo has no .pnpmfile.cjs at all β€” merely passing
--ignore-pnpmfile changes pnpm's recorded install fingerprint, which
then mismatches what `pnpm run`'s own pre-run consistency check
expects. Sidestepped by invoking `node scripts/workflow-policy-check.mjs`
directly, which never goes through pnpm's run machinery at all.
* fix: close 2 more review-wave-7 gaps, defer the gate's own trust boundary
Fixes 3 findings (chatgpt-codex-connector) against commit c8bd941:
1. checkUsesRef's `./` exemption trusted ANY local reference
unconditionally, but listActionFiles only scans `.github/actions/**`
β€” a workflow could add `uses: ./ci/setup` (or any other local path)
and its own unpinned/mutable references would never be checked.
Restricted the exemption to `./.github/actions/` specifically;
anything else now fails with an explicit "outside the governed
directory" message.
2. checkPublishingBoundary authorized tauri-build.yml's release job
by (filename, job-id) alone, without verifying its if: condition
still restricts it to a tag push. Loosening or removing that
condition would pass the gate while exposing contents:write on a
manual/branch run. Now also verifies the allowlisted job's if:
condition (alias-resolved) matches a tag-only pattern.
3. AGENTS.md's Pipeline Graph and Jobs table still showed security as
the root and omitted workflow-policy (docs/CI.md was already fixed
in 05d7e84, this file wasn't).
Deferred (issue #506, Finding C): the workflow-policy job's own
definition and script are sourced from the same PR ref it polices β€”
a sufficiently adversarial PR could tamper with the gate itself, not
just the composite it protects. Same class of problem as #503/#504:
closing it requires a different trust architecture (pull_request_target,
required-workflow rulesets), not more checker code. The gate remains
fully sound for its primary threat model (unpinned/floating references,
accidental or upstream supply-chain); the residual gap is a
sophisticated malicious-insider scenario already mitigated in practice
by required human review of workflow-file changes.
Re-syncs the README test-metrics badge (71 tests, up from 69).
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