@nexus-cortex/core 4.114.0 → 4.114.1

package/.env.defaults

@@ -979,6 +979,9 @@ CORTEX_ENDTURN_GATE=true
 # adjudication). VETO=opinion restores the R165 policy; VETO=never records only. Events: endturn_resolver gains {vetoMode, evidenceCap,
 # namedRanNow}.
 # [LEDGER 2026-09-17 @4.114.0] BUILT + unit-tested (endTurnResolver.test.ts R166 policy table). Field: PENDING (next TB4.0 cell).
+# R166b (4.114.1): a check is EVIDENCE only when it completed, exited non-zero AND printed output — a TIMED OUT check (45 s cap) or a
+# silent non-zero exit (the A/B's broken judge-authored commands: exit 1, no output, on a passing solution) is inconclusive and cannot
+# hold a finish. Event field namedInconclusive.
 #CORTEX_JUDGE_VETO=
 #CORTEX_JUDGE_EVIDENCE_MAX_VETOES=
 # (no lever) 4.110.0 closes the 4.109.0 disclosures (2026-09-16): R154 image-rejection heal now also covers the STREAMING loop

package/dist/orchestrator/CortexOrchestrator.js

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import { TurnEvidence, evaluateEndTurnGates, buildMissingEndTurnReminder } from
 import { resolveCompactionResume, pickDropped, buildCompactionResumeReminder, isCompactionResumeMessage, resolveTaskText, resumeMemoryTargetTokens, coversAll, buildRollingSeedMessage, memoryIndexLine, upsertMemoryIndex, scaleEstimateToRequestView, approxCharsOf, anchoredRequestEstimate, resolveCompactionHandoffQA, resolveHandoffQAMaxQuestions, runHandoffQA } from './compactionResume.js';
 import { renderResumeMemoryPrompt, buildRebuildInstructions, resolveCheckpointBand, resolveRearmBand } from './compactionResumeTemplate.js';
 import { resolveCortexStateDir, cortexStatePath } from '../utils/stateDir.js';
-import { collectWorkspaceDelta, detectCheckCommand, runCheck, resolveJudgeGroundingConfig } from '../training/judgeEvidence.js';
+import { collectWorkspaceDelta, detectCheckCommand, runCheck, resolveJudgeGroundingConfig, classifyCheckRun } from '../training/judgeEvidence.js';
 import { resolveMentorRoleConfig, describeMentorWire, describeMentorDelivery, mentorSurfaceTimeoutMs } from '../training/mentorRole.js';
 import { resolveOuterToolDeadlineMs, resolveOuterToolTimeoutFloorMs } from './outerToolTimeout.js';
 import { resolveSubAgentTimeoutMs } from './subAgentTimeout.js';
@@ -641,15 +641,21 @@ export class CortexOrchestrator {
             let namedRan = 0;
             let namedPassed = 0;
             let namedFailed = 0;
-            let namedResults = '';
+            let namedInconclusive = 0;
+            let namedResults = ''; // R166b: timeouts / silent non-zero exits are not evidence
             if (cfg.semantic && this.judgeNamedChecks.length > 0) {
                 for (const c of this.judgeNamedChecks.slice(0, 3)) {
                     const r = runCheck(judgeCwd, c, jcfg);
                     namedRan += 1;
-                    if (/→ PASSED/.test(r))
-                        namedPassed += 1;
-                    else
-                        namedFailed += 1;
+                    {
+                        const k = classifyCheckRun(r);
+                        if (k === 'passed')
+                            namedPassed += 1;
+                        else if (k === 'failed')
+                            namedFailed += 1;
+                        else
+                            namedInconclusive += 1;
+                    } // R166b
                     namedResults += (namedResults ? '\n\n' : '') + r;
                 }
             }
@@ -687,10 +693,15 @@ export class CortexOrchestrator {
                     const r = runCheck(judgeCwd, c, jcfg);
                     namedRanNow += 1;
                     namedRan += 1;
-                    if (/→ PASSED/.test(r))
-                        namedPassed += 1;
-                    else
-                        namedFailed += 1;
+                    {
+                        const k = classifyCheckRun(r);
+                        if (k === 'passed')
+                            namedPassed += 1;
+                        else if (k === 'failed')
+                            namedFailed += 1;
+                        else
+                            namedInconclusive += 1;
+                    } // R166b
                     namedResultsNow += (namedResultsNow ? '\n\n' : '') + r;
                 }
             }
@@ -730,7 +741,7 @@ export class CortexOrchestrator {
                         planChars: verdict.plan.length, rejects: this.endTurnResolverRejects, parsed: verdict.parsed,
                         cap: resolverCap, capLiveness: cfg.maxRejects, capBudgeted: cfg.maxRejectsBudgeted, remainingFrac: resolverRemainingFrac === null ? null : Number(resolverRemainingFrac.toFixed(3)), // R160
                         semantic: cfg.semantic, action, confidence: verdict.confidence, namedChecks: verdict.checks.length, namedRan, namedPassed, namedFailed, callsSince, progressed, escalated: this.judgeEscalated, // R165
-                        vetoMode: cfg.vetoMode, evidenceCap: cfg.evidenceCap, namedRanNow, // R166
+                        vetoMode: cfg.vetoMode, evidenceCap: cfg.evidenceCap, namedRanNow, namedInconclusive, // R166 / R166b
                         latencyMs, rawLen: (text ?? '').length,
                         deltaChars: workspaceDelta.length, checkRan: !!checkResult, checkPassed: checkResult ? /→ PASSED/.test(checkResult) : null,
                         liftPlanChars: this.liftPlanText.length,