@unbrained/pm-cli 2026.7.1 → 2026.7.3

package/dist/cli/commands/validate.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Implements the pm validate command surface and its agent-facing runtime behavior.
  */
 
-!function(){try{var e="undefined"!=typeof window?window:"undefined"!=typeof global?global:"undefined"!=typeof globalThis?globalThis:"undefined"!=typeof self?self:{},n=(new e.Error).stack;n&&(e._sentryDebugIds=e._sentryDebugIds||{},e._sentryDebugIds[n]="a9087567-b334-5e9c-8ed7-e52d8cb35801")}catch(e){}}();
+!function(){try{var e="undefined"!=typeof window?window:"undefined"!=typeof global?global:"undefined"!=typeof globalThis?globalThis:"undefined"!=typeof self?self:{},n=(new e.Error).stack;n&&(e._sentryDebugIds=e._sentryDebugIds||{},e._sentryDebugIds[n]="d434e454-cb3f-5eaa-b841-d6f815e0446d")}catch(e){}}();
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import { realpathSync } from "node:fs";
 import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ const METADATA_TRUNCATED_KEY_BY_FIELD = {
 const GIT_LS_FILES_MAX_BUFFER = 32 * 1024 * 1024;
 const FILE_LIST_SUMMARY_LIMIT = 40;
 const DIAGNOSTIC_LIST_SUMMARY_LIMIT = 5;
+// Conservative pre-stat guard for common filesystem limits; over-limit links are unreadable, not prune-safe.
+const LINKED_ARTIFACT_MAX_PATH_LENGTH = 4096;
+const LINKED_ARTIFACT_MAX_SEGMENT_LENGTH = 255;
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 function normalizeRelativePath(value) {
     return value.replaceAll("\\", "/").replace(/^\.\/+/, "").replace(/^\/+/, "");
@@ -651,35 +654,115 @@ function summarizeDuplicateIssueCodes(duplicates, verboseDiagnostics) {
         warnings: [`${DUPLICATE_ISSUE_CODE_WARNING_TOKEN}:${duplicates.length}`],
     };
 }
-/* c8 ignore start -- metadata diagnostics/backfill planning permutations are covered by validate integration suites */
-function buildMetadataCheck(items, metadataPolicy, statusRegistry, verboseDiagnostics) {
-    const missingByField = Object.fromEntries(SUPPORTED_METADATA_REQUIRED_FIELDS.map((field) => [field, []]));
-    const itemsById = new Map(items.map((item) => [item.id, item]));
-    // GH-276: only the `strict` profile enforces planning fields on terminal
-    // (closed/canceled) historical items; core/minimal/custom profiles treat a
-    // retired item's missing estimate or acceptance criteria as resolved.
-    const enforcePlanningFieldsOnTerminal = metadataPolicy.profile === "strict";
+function initializeMissingMetadataByField() {
+    return Object.fromEntries(SUPPORTED_METADATA_REQUIRED_FIELDS.map((field) => [field, []]));
+}
+function collectMissingMetadataByField(items, statusRegistry, enforcePlanningFieldsOnTerminal) {
+    const missingByField = initializeMissingMetadataByField();
     for (const item of items) {
         for (const field of SUPPORTED_METADATA_REQUIRED_FIELDS) {
-            if (!isMetadataFieldMissing(item, field, statusRegistry, enforcePlanningFieldsOnTerminal)) {
-                continue;
+            if (isMetadataFieldMissing(item, field, statusRegistry, enforcePlanningFieldsOnTerminal)) {
+                missingByField[field].push(item.id);
             }
-            missingByField[field].push(item.id);
         }
     }
+    return missingByField;
+}
+function buildMetadataWarningTokens(metadataPolicy, missingByField, duplicateWarnings) {
     const warningTokens = [...metadataPolicy.warnings];
     for (const field of metadataPolicy.required_fields) {
         const missingItems = missingByField[field];
-        if (missingItems.length === 0) {
+        if (missingItems.length > 0) {
+            warningTokens.push(`${METADATA_WARNING_TOKEN_BY_FIELD[field]}:${missingItems.length}`);
+        }
+    }
+    warningTokens.push(...duplicateWarnings);
+    return warningTokens;
+}
+function buildMetadataCounts(metadataPolicy, missingByField) {
+    const counts = {};
+    for (const field of metadataPolicy.required_fields) {
+        const missing = missingByField[field];
+        const value = missing ? missing.length : 0;
+        const countKey = METADATA_COUNT_KEY_BY_FIELD[field];
+        if (value > 0 && countKey) {
+            counts[countKey] = value;
+        }
+    }
+    return counts;
+}
+function buildMissingFieldOccurrences(metadataPolicy, missingByField, itemsById) {
+    const occurrences = [];
+    for (const field of metadataPolicy.required_fields) {
+        const missing = missingByField[field];
+        if (!missing) {
             continue;
         }
-        warningTokens.push(`${METADATA_WARNING_TOKEN_BY_FIELD[field]}:${missingItems.length}`);
+        for (const itemId of missing) {
+            const itemType = itemsById.get(itemId)?.type;
+            const normalizedItemType = typeof itemType === "string" && itemType.length > 0 ? itemType : "Unknown";
+            occurrences.push({ item_type: normalizedItemType, field });
+        }
     }
+    return occurrences;
+}
+/* v8 ignore start -- metadata policy keys are validated before this summarizer; fallback branches are defensive */
+function attachMissingMetadataItemIds(details, metadataPolicy, missingByField, verboseDiagnostics) {
+    for (const field of metadataPolicy.required_fields) {
+        const missing = missingByField[field];
+        if (!missing || missing.length === 0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        const idsKey = METADATA_ITEM_IDS_KEY_BY_FIELD[field];
+        const truncatedKey = METADATA_TRUNCATED_KEY_BY_FIELD[field];
+        if (!idsKey || !truncatedKey) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        const summarized = summarizeList(missing, verboseDiagnostics ? missing.length : DIAGNOSTIC_LIST_SUMMARY_LIMIT);
+        details[idsKey] = summarized.values;
+        details[truncatedKey] = summarized.truncated;
+    }
+}
+/* v8 ignore stop */
+function buildCloseReasonBackfillRows(metadataPolicy, missingByField, itemsById) {
+    if (!metadataPolicy.required_fields.includes("close_reason")) {
+        return [];
+    }
+    const missing = missingByField.close_reason;
+    if (!missing) {
+        return [];
+    }
+    return missing.map((itemId) => ({
+        id: itemId,
+        resolution: toNonEmptyStringOrUndefined(itemsById.get(itemId)?.resolution),
+    }));
+}
+function buildEstimateBackfillRows(metadataPolicy, missingByField, itemsById) {
+    if (!metadataPolicy.required_fields.includes("estimated_minutes")) {
+        return [];
+    }
+    const missing = missingByField.estimated_minutes;
+    if (!missing) {
+        return [];
+    }
+    return missing.map((itemId) => ({
+        id: itemId,
+        type: toNonEmptyStringOrUndefined(itemsById.get(itemId)?.type),
+    }));
+}
+/* c8 ignore start -- metadata diagnostics/backfill planning permutations are covered by validate integration suites */
+function buildMetadataCheck(items, metadataPolicy, statusRegistry, verboseDiagnostics) {
+    const itemsById = new Map(items.map((item) => [item.id, item]));
+    // GH-276: only the `strict` profile enforces planning fields on terminal
+    // (closed/canceled) historical items; core/minimal/custom profiles treat a
+    // retired item's missing estimate or acceptance criteria as resolved.
+    const enforcePlanningFieldsOnTerminal = metadataPolicy.profile === "strict";
+    const missingByField = collectMissingMetadataByField(items, statusRegistry, enforcePlanningFieldsOnTerminal);
     // Duplicate logical issue-code detection (GH-235): advisory warning when two
     // or more items share a leading title issue code (e.g. `ISSUE-004`).
     const duplicateIssueCodes = findDuplicateIssueCodes(items);
     const duplicateIssueCodeSummary = summarizeDuplicateIssueCodes(duplicateIssueCodes, verboseDiagnostics);
-    warningTokens.push(...duplicateIssueCodeSummary.warnings);
+    const warningTokens = buildMetadataWarningTokens(metadataPolicy, missingByField, duplicateIssueCodeSummary.warnings);
     // Zero-suppress counts to reduce agent token cost (telemetry pm-tylj).
     // Only emit counts for the ACTIVE required fields of the resolved profile so a
     // looser profile (e.g. core) never reports missing reviewer/risk/sprint/etc.
@@ -687,25 +770,12 @@ function buildMetadataCheck(items, metadataPolicy, statusRegistry, verboseDiagno
     // shape could include an unsupported field in required_fields — fall back
     // to 0 instead of throwing TypeError, and skip writing when the count-key
     // mapping is undefined.
-    const counts = {};
-    for (const field of metadataPolicy.required_fields) {
-        const value = missingByField[field]?.length ?? 0;
-        const countKey = METADATA_COUNT_KEY_BY_FIELD[field];
-        if (value > 0 && countKey) {
-            counts[countKey] = value;
-        }
-    }
+    const counts = buildMetadataCounts(metadataPolicy, missingByField);
     // Per-item-type grouping of missing required-field counts (pm-pmyq /
     // GH-172): counts only — never row dumps — and only for the ACTIVE required
     // fields, so the grouping mirrors `counts` at type granularity (e.g.
     // `{ Task: { close_reason: 3 } }`). Zero-suppressed at both levels.
-    const missingFieldOccurrences = [];
-    for (const field of metadataPolicy.required_fields) {
-        for (const itemId of missingByField[field] ?? []) {
-            const itemType = itemsById.get(itemId)?.type;
-            missingFieldOccurrences.push({ item_type: typeof itemType === "string" && itemType.length > 0 ? itemType : "Unknown", field });
-        }
-    }
+    const missingFieldOccurrences = buildMissingFieldOccurrences(metadataPolicy, missingByField, itemsById);
     const missingByType = buildMissingByTypeCounts(missingFieldOccurrences);
     const details = {
         checked_items: items.length,
@@ -731,40 +801,17 @@ function buildMetadataCheck(items, metadataPolicy, statusRegistry, verboseDiagno
     // Defensive guard (Gemini high #2, PR #78 follow-up): same optional-chain
     // safety as the counts loop above — never throw if a future settings shape
     // includes an unsupported field.
-    for (const field of metadataPolicy.required_fields) {
-        const missing = missingByField[field];
-        if (!missing || missing.length === 0) {
-            continue;
-        }
-        const idsKey = METADATA_ITEM_IDS_KEY_BY_FIELD[field];
-        const truncatedKey = METADATA_TRUNCATED_KEY_BY_FIELD[field];
-        if (!idsKey || !truncatedKey) {
-            continue;
-        }
-        const summarized = summarizeList(missing, verboseDiagnostics ? missing.length : DIAGNOSTIC_LIST_SUMMARY_LIMIT);
-        details[idsKey] = summarized.values;
-        details[truncatedKey] = summarized.truncated;
-    }
+    attachMissingMetadataItemIds(details, metadataPolicy, missingByField, verboseDiagnostics);
     // Auto-fix planning input (pm-c3sz): closed items flagged for a missing
     // close_reason whose resolution can serve as the derivable source value.
     // Only collected when close_reason is an active required field, so fixes
     // always trace back to an actual finding of this run.
-    const closeReasonBackfillRows = metadataPolicy.required_fields.includes("close_reason")
-        ? (missingByField.close_reason ?? []).map((itemId) => ({
-            id: itemId,
-            resolution: toNonEmptyStringOrUndefined(itemsById.get(itemId)?.resolution),
-        }))
-        : [];
+    const closeReasonBackfillRows = buildCloseReasonBackfillRows(metadataPolicy, missingByField, itemsById);
     // Estimate auto-fix planning input (GH-212): items flagged for a missing
     // estimated_minutes whose type drives the config-driven default backfill.
     // Only collected when estimated_minutes is an active required field, so fixes
     // always trace back to an actual finding of this run.
-    const estimateBackfillRows = metadataPolicy.required_fields.includes("estimated_minutes")
-        ? (missingByField.estimated_minutes ?? []).map((itemId) => ({
-            id: itemId,
-            type: toNonEmptyStringOrUndefined(itemsById.get(itemId)?.type),
-        }))
-        : [];
+    const estimateBackfillRows = buildEstimateBackfillRows(metadataPolicy, missingByField, itemsById);
     return {
         check: {
             name: "metadata",
@@ -1029,6 +1076,26 @@ function sharedDirectoryPrefixLength(left, right) {
     }
     return count;
 }
+function scoreOrphanOwnerCandidate(pathValue, linkedPath) {
+    const linkedDir = directoryOf(linkedPath);
+    const orphanDir = directoryOf(pathValue);
+    const directoryPrefix = linkedPath.endsWith("/") ? linkedPath : `${linkedPath}/`;
+    const isDirectoryPrefix = pathValue.startsWith(directoryPrefix);
+    const sameDirectory = linkedDir.length > 0 && linkedDir === orphanDir;
+    const sharedPrefixLength = sharedDirectoryPrefixLength(pathValue, linkedPath);
+    if (!isDirectoryPrefix && !sameDirectory && sharedPrefixLength === 0) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    if (isDirectoryPrefix) {
+        return { score: linkedPath.length + 1000, confidence: "path_prefix" };
+    }
+    return sameDirectory
+        ? { score: sharedPrefixLength + 500, confidence: "same_directory" }
+        : { score: sharedPrefixLength, confidence: "shared_directory" };
+}
+function shouldReplaceOrphanOwnerCandidate(best, item, score) {
+    return best === undefined || score > best.score || (score === best.score && item.id.localeCompare(best.item.id) < 0);
+}
 function findOrphanOwnerCandidate(pathValue, classification, items) {
     const linkKind = classification === "docs_unowned" ? "docs" : "files";
     let best;
@@ -1042,21 +1109,15 @@ function findOrphanOwnerCandidate(pathValue, classification, items) {
             if (linkedPath.length === 0 || linkedPath === pathValue) {
                 continue;
             }
-            const linkedDir = directoryOf(linkedPath);
-            const orphanDir = directoryOf(pathValue);
-            const directoryPrefix = linkedPath.endsWith("/") ? linkedPath : `${linkedPath}/`;
-            const isDirectoryPrefix = pathValue.startsWith(directoryPrefix);
-            const sameDirectory = linkedDir.length > 0 && linkedDir === orphanDir;
-            const sharedPrefixLength = sharedDirectoryPrefixLength(pathValue, linkedPath);
-            if (!isDirectoryPrefix && !sameDirectory && sharedPrefixLength === 0) {
+            const scored = scoreOrphanOwnerCandidate(pathValue, linkedPath);
+            if (scored === null) {
                 continue;
             }
-            const score = isDirectoryPrefix ? linkedPath.length + 1000 : sameDirectory ? sharedPrefixLength + 500 : sharedPrefixLength;
-            if (best === undefined || score > best.score || (score === best.score && item.id.localeCompare(best.item.id) < 0)) {
+            if (shouldReplaceOrphanOwnerCandidate(best, item, scored.score)) {
                 best = {
                     item,
-                    score,
-                    confidence: isDirectoryPrefix ? "path_prefix" : sameDirectory ? "same_directory" : "shared_directory",
+                    score: scored.score,
+                    confidence: scored.confidence,
                 };
             }
         }
@@ -1089,120 +1150,224 @@ function buildOrphanedPathRows(orphanedFiles, items) {
 function summarizeOrphanedPathRows(rows) {
     return rows.map((row) => `${row.path}:${row.classification} owner_candidate=${row.owner_candidate?.id ?? "unowned"} hint=${JSON.stringify(row.remediation_hint)}`);
 }
-/* c8 ignore start -- lifecycle stale/terminal/dependency diagnostics matrix is covered by end-to-end validate integration runs */
-function buildLifecycleCheck(items, includeStaleBlockers, dependencyCycleSeverity, parentCycleSeverity, statusRegistry, lifecyclePatternPolicy, verboseDiagnostics, idPrefix = "pm") {
+function closureLikeFieldsForItem(item, lifecyclePatternPolicy) {
+    return Object.entries(lifecyclePatternPolicy.closure_like_metadata_field_patterns)
+        .filter(([field, patterns]) => {
+        const value = toMeaningfulString(item[field]);
+        return value ? patterns.some((pattern) => value.toLowerCase().includes(pattern)) : false;
+    })
+        .map(([field]) => field)
+        .sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
+}
+function buildTerminalParentFixRow(item, parent, itemsById, canonicalIdByLowercase, statusRegistry) {
+    const grandparentId = toMeaningfulString(parent.parent);
+    const grandparent = grandparentId
+        ? itemsById.get(canonicalIdByLowercase.get(grandparentId.toLowerCase()) ?? grandparentId)
+        : undefined;
+    return {
+        id: item.id,
+        parent_id: parent.id,
+        grandparent_id: grandparent?.id,
+        grandparent_active: grandparent !== undefined && !isTerminalStatus(grandparent.status, statusRegistry),
+    };
+}
+/* v8 ignore start -- stale-blocker reason variants are covered through command-level diagnostics; helper branch counters are defensive */
+function staleBlockerReasonsForItem(item, blockedStatuses, statusRegistry, lifecyclePatternPolicy) {
+    const blockedBy = toMeaningfulString(item.blocked_by);
+    const blockedReason = toMeaningfulString(item.blocked_reason);
+    const blockedReasonNormalized = blockedReason?.toLowerCase();
+    const normalizedStatus = normalizeStatusForRegistry(item.status, statusRegistry);
+    const reasons = [];
+    if (!blockedStatuses.has(normalizedStatus)) {
+        if (blockedBy) {
+            reasons.push("non_blocked_status_has_blocked_by");
+        }
+        if (blockedReason) {
+            reasons.push("non_blocked_status_has_blocked_reason");
+        }
+        return reasons;
+    }
+    if (!blockedBy && !blockedReason) {
+        /* v8 ignore start -- blocked-status creation paths seed either blocked_by or blocked_reason before lifecycle validation */
+        reasons.push("blocked_status_missing_blocker_context");
+        /* v8 ignore stop */
+    }
+    if (blockedReasonNormalized?.includes("no active blocker")) {
+        reasons.push("blocked_status_reason_reports_no_active_blocker");
+    }
+    if (blockedReasonNormalized &&
+        lifecyclePatternPolicy.stale_blocker_reason_patterns.some((pattern) => blockedReasonNormalized.includes(pattern))) {
+        reasons.push("blocked_status_reason_matches_stale_pattern");
+    }
+    return reasons;
+}
+/* v8 ignore stop */
+function collectLifecycleScanRows(items, includeStaleBlockers, statusRegistry, lifecyclePatternPolicy) {
     const itemsById = new Map(items.map((item) => [item.id, item]));
+    const canonicalIdByLowercase = new Map(items.map((item) => [item.id.toLowerCase(), item.id]));
+    /* v8 ignore start -- runtime status registry normally supplies blocked statuses; fallback preserves legacy settings safety */
     const blockedStatuses = statusRegistry.blocked_statuses.size > 0 ? statusRegistry.blocked_statuses : new Set(["blocked"]);
-    const activeItems = items.filter((item) => !isTerminalStatus(item.status, statusRegistry));
-    const closureLikeRows = [];
-    const terminalParentRows = [];
-    const terminalParentFixRows = [];
-    const staleBlockerRows = [];
-    for (const item of activeItems) {
-        const closureLikeFields = Object.entries(lifecyclePatternPolicy.closure_like_metadata_field_patterns)
-            .filter(([field, patterns]) => {
-            const value = toMeaningfulString(item[field]);
-            if (!value) {
-                return false;
-            }
-            const normalized = value.toLowerCase();
-            return patterns.some((pattern) => normalized.includes(pattern));
-        })
-            .map(([field]) => field)
-            .sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
+    /* v8 ignore stop */
+    const rows = {
+        activeItems: items.filter((item) => !isTerminalStatus(item.status, statusRegistry)),
+        closureLikeRows: [],
+        terminalParentRows: [],
+        terminalParentFixRows: [],
+        staleBlockerRows: [],
+    };
+    for (const item of rows.activeItems) {
+        const closureLikeFields = closureLikeFieldsForItem(item, lifecyclePatternPolicy);
         if (closureLikeFields.length > 0) {
-            closureLikeRows.push({
-                id: item.id,
-                fields: closureLikeFields,
-            });
+            rows.closureLikeRows.push({ id: item.id, fields: closureLikeFields });
         }
         const parentId = toMeaningfulString(item.parent);
-        if (parentId) {
-            const parent = itemsById.get(parentId);
-            if (parent && isTerminalStatus(parent.status, statusRegistry)) {
-                terminalParentRows.push({
-                    id: item.id,
-                    parent_id: parent.id,
-                    parent_status: parent.status,
-                });
-                // Gated lifecycle auto-fix input (pm-8jss): when the terminal parent
-                // has its own ACTIVE parent, the child can be reparented one level up;
-                // otherwise the suggested fix clears the parent link.
-                const grandparentId = toMeaningfulString(parent.parent);
-                const grandparent = grandparentId ? itemsById.get(grandparentId) : undefined;
-                terminalParentFixRows.push({
-                    id: item.id,
-                    parent_id: parent.id,
-                    grandparent_id: grandparent?.id,
-                    grandparent_active: grandparent !== undefined && !isTerminalStatus(grandparent.status, statusRegistry),
-                });
-            }
+        const parent = parentId ? itemsById.get(canonicalIdByLowercase.get(parentId.toLowerCase()) ?? parentId) : undefined;
+        if (parent && isTerminalStatus(parent.status, statusRegistry)) {
+            rows.terminalParentRows.push({ id: item.id, parent_id: parent.id, parent_status: parent.status });
+            rows.terminalParentFixRows.push(buildTerminalParentFixRow(item, parent, itemsById, canonicalIdByLowercase, statusRegistry));
         }
+        /* v8 ignore start -- stale-blocker reason presence is covered by command diagnostics; branch accounting here is defensive */
         if (includeStaleBlockers) {
-            const blockedBy = toMeaningfulString(item.blocked_by);
-            const blockedReason = toMeaningfulString(item.blocked_reason);
-            const blockedReasonNormalized = blockedReason?.toLowerCase();
-            const reasons = [];
-            const normalizedStatus = normalizeStatusForRegistry(item.status, statusRegistry);
-            if (!blockedStatuses.has(normalizedStatus)) {
-                if (blockedBy) {
-                    reasons.push("non_blocked_status_has_blocked_by");
-                }
-                if (blockedReason) {
-                    reasons.push("non_blocked_status_has_blocked_reason");
-                }
-            }
-            else {
-                if (!blockedBy && !blockedReason) {
-                    reasons.push("blocked_status_missing_blocker_context");
-                }
-                if (blockedReasonNormalized?.includes("no active blocker")) {
-                    reasons.push("blocked_status_reason_reports_no_active_blocker");
-                }
-                if (blockedReasonNormalized &&
-                    lifecyclePatternPolicy.stale_blocker_reason_patterns.some((pattern) => blockedReasonNormalized.includes(pattern))) {
-                    reasons.push("blocked_status_reason_matches_stale_pattern");
-                }
-            }
+            const reasons = staleBlockerReasonsForItem(item, blockedStatuses, statusRegistry, lifecyclePatternPolicy);
             if (reasons.length > 0) {
-                staleBlockerRows.push({
+                rows.staleBlockerRows.push({
                     id: item.id,
                     status: item.status,
                     reasons: [...new Set(reasons)].sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right)),
                 });
             }
         }
+        /* v8 ignore stop */
     }
-    closureLikeRows.sort((left, right) => left.id.localeCompare(right.id));
-    terminalParentRows.sort((left, right) => left.id.localeCompare(right.id) || left.parent_id.localeCompare(right.parent_id));
-    terminalParentFixRows.sort((left, right) => left.id.localeCompare(right.id) || left.parent_id.localeCompare(right.parent_id));
-    staleBlockerRows.sort((left, right) => left.id.localeCompare(right.id));
-    const dependencyCycleDiagnostics = detectLifecycleDependencyCycles(activeItems, idPrefix);
-    const parentCycleDiagnostics = detectLifecycleParentCycles(items);
+    return rows;
+}
+function sortLifecycleScanRows(rows) {
+    rows.closureLikeRows.sort((left, right) => left.id.localeCompare(right.id));
+    /* v8 ignore start -- parent-id tie breakers only matter for duplicate legacy ids, which the tracker writer prevents */
+    rows.terminalParentRows.sort((left, right) => left.id.localeCompare(right.id) || left.parent_id.localeCompare(right.parent_id));
+    rows.terminalParentFixRows.sort((left, right) => left.id.localeCompare(right.id) || left.parent_id.localeCompare(right.parent_id));
+    /* v8 ignore stop */
+    rows.staleBlockerRows.sort((left, right) => left.id.localeCompare(right.id));
+}
+function lifecycleCycleWarningToken(prefix, severity, count) {
+    if (count <= 0 || severity === "off") {
+        return null;
+    }
+    return `${severity === "error" ? `${prefix}_error` : prefix}:${count}`;
+}
+function buildLifecycleWarnings(rows, includeStaleBlockers, dependencyCycleSeverity, parentCycleSeverity, dependencyCycleCount, parentCycleCount) {
     const warnings = [];
-    if (closureLikeRows.length > 0) {
-        warnings.push(`validate_lifecycle_active_closure_like_metadata:${closureLikeRows.length}`);
+    if (rows.closureLikeRows.length > 0) {
+        warnings.push(`validate_lifecycle_active_closure_like_metadata:${rows.closureLikeRows.length}`);
     }
-    if (terminalParentRows.length > 0) {
-        warnings.push(`validate_lifecycle_active_terminal_parent:${terminalParentRows.length}`);
+    if (rows.terminalParentRows.length > 0) {
+        warnings.push(`validate_lifecycle_active_terminal_parent:${rows.terminalParentRows.length}`);
     }
-    if (includeStaleBlockers && staleBlockerRows.length > 0) {
-        warnings.push(`validate_lifecycle_stale_blockers:${staleBlockerRows.length}`);
+    if (includeStaleBlockers && rows.staleBlockerRows.length > 0) {
+        warnings.push(`validate_lifecycle_stale_blockers:${rows.staleBlockerRows.length}`);
     }
-    if (dependencyCycleDiagnostics.cycle_count > 0 && dependencyCycleSeverity !== "off") {
-        warnings.push(`${dependencyCycleSeverity === "error"
-            ? "validate_lifecycle_dependency_cycles_error"
-            : "validate_lifecycle_dependency_cycles"}:${dependencyCycleDiagnostics.cycle_count}`);
+    const dependencyWarning = lifecycleCycleWarningToken("validate_lifecycle_dependency_cycles", dependencyCycleSeverity, dependencyCycleCount);
+    const parentWarning = lifecycleCycleWarningToken("validate_hierarchy_parent_cycle", parentCycleSeverity, parentCycleCount);
+    return [...warnings, ...(dependencyWarning ? [dependencyWarning] : []), ...(parentWarning ? [parentWarning] : [])];
+}
+function linkedArtifactPathExceedsFilesystemLimits(artifactPath) {
+    const normalized = normalizeRelativePath(artifactPath);
+    return (normalized.length > LINKED_ARTIFACT_MAX_PATH_LENGTH ||
+        normalized.split(/[\\/]/).some((segment) => segment.length > LINKED_ARTIFACT_MAX_SEGMENT_LENGTH));
+}
+async function linkedArtifactIsMissing(workspaceRoot, artifactPath) {
+    const absolutePath = path.isAbsolute(artifactPath) ? artifactPath : path.resolve(workspaceRoot, artifactPath);
+    if (linkedArtifactPathExceedsFilesystemLimits(absolutePath)) {
+        return false;
     }
-    if (parentCycleDiagnostics.cycle_count > 0 && parentCycleSeverity !== "off") {
-        warnings.push(`${parentCycleSeverity === "error"
-            ? "validate_hierarchy_parent_cycle_error"
-            : "validate_hierarchy_parent_cycle"}:${parentCycleDiagnostics.cycle_count}`);
+    try {
+        const stats = await fs.stat(absolutePath);
+        return !stats.isFile() && !stats.isDirectory();
     }
+    catch (error) {
+        const code = typeof error === "object" && error !== null && "code" in error
+            ? error.code
+            : undefined;
+        return code === "ENOENT" || code === "ENOTDIR";
+    }
+}
+async function collectLinkedPathScanState(items, workspaceRoot) {
+    const state = {
+        linkedProjectPaths: new Set(),
+        remoteLinkedPaths: new Set(),
+        missingLinkedPaths: [],
+        staleLinkRows: [],
+    };
+    for (const item of items) {
+        const linkedArtifactGroups = [
+            { link_kind: "files", artifacts: item.files ?? [] },
+            { link_kind: "docs", artifacts: item.docs ?? [] },
+        ];
+        for (const group of linkedArtifactGroups) {
+            for (const artifact of group.artifacts) {
+                if (artifact.scope !== "project") {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (isRemoteLinkedArtifactReference(artifact.path)) {
+                    state.remoteLinkedPaths.add(artifact.path.trim());
+                    continue;
+                }
+                const normalizedPath = normalizeRelativePath(artifact.path);
+                if (normalizedPath.length === 0) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                state.linkedProjectPaths.add(normalizedPath);
+                if (await linkedArtifactIsMissing(workspaceRoot, artifact.path)) {
+                    state.missingLinkedPaths.push(normalizedPath);
+                    state.staleLinkRows.push({ item_id: item.id, path: normalizedPath, link_kind: group.link_kind });
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return state;
+}
+function partitionFileCandidates(fileCandidates, pmRoot, workspaceRoot, fileScanMode, includePmInternals, verboseFileLists) {
+    const strictTrackedAllMode = fileScanMode === "tracked-all-strict";
+    const strictModeForcesPmInternals = strictTrackedAllMode && !includePmInternals;
+    const includePmInternalsEffective = includePmInternals || strictTrackedAllMode;
+    const pmInternalCandidatePrefixes = includePmInternalsEffective ? [] : resolvePmInternalCandidatePrefixes(pmRoot, workspaceRoot);
+    const excludedPmInternalPaths = pmInternalCandidatePrefixes.length === 0
+        ? []
+        : fileCandidates.candidateFiles.filter((candidate) => hasPathPrefix(candidate, pmInternalCandidatePrefixes));
+    const candidateFiles = pmInternalCandidatePrefixes.length === 0
+        ? fileCandidates.candidateFiles
+        : fileCandidates.candidateFiles.filter((candidate) => !hasPathPrefix(candidate, pmInternalCandidatePrefixes));
+    const excludedByReason = {};
+    if (excludedPmInternalPaths.length > 0) {
+        const summarizedPmInternalPaths = summarizeFileList(excludedPmInternalPaths, verboseFileLists);
+        excludedByReason.pm_internals = {
+            count: excludedPmInternalPaths.length,
+            paths: summarizedPmInternalPaths.values,
+            paths_truncated: summarizedPmInternalPaths.truncated,
+            paths_total: summarizedPmInternalPaths.total,
+        };
+    }
+    return {
+        strictTrackedAllMode,
+        strictModeForcesPmInternals,
+        includePmInternalsEffective,
+        pmInternalCandidatePrefixes,
+        excludedPmInternalPaths,
+        candidateFiles,
+        excludedByReason,
+    };
+}
+/* c8 ignore start -- lifecycle stale/terminal/dependency diagnostics matrix is covered by end-to-end validate integration runs */
+function buildLifecycleCheck(items, includeStaleBlockers, dependencyCycleSeverity, parentCycleSeverity, statusRegistry, lifecyclePatternPolicy, verboseDiagnostics, idPrefix = "pm") {
+    const rows = collectLifecycleScanRows(items, includeStaleBlockers, statusRegistry, lifecyclePatternPolicy);
+    sortLifecycleScanRows(rows);
+    const dependencyCycleDiagnostics = detectLifecycleDependencyCycles(rows.activeItems, idPrefix);
+    const parentCycleDiagnostics = detectLifecycleParentCycles(items);
+    const warnings = buildLifecycleWarnings(rows, includeStaleBlockers, dependencyCycleSeverity, parentCycleSeverity, dependencyCycleDiagnostics.cycle_count, parentCycleDiagnostics.cycle_count);
     const diagnosticLimit = verboseDiagnostics ? Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY : DIAGNOSTIC_LIST_SUMMARY_LIMIT;
-    const summarizedClosureLikeRows = summarizeList(closureLikeRows.map((row) => `${row.id}:${row.fields.join(",")}`), diagnosticLimit);
-    const summarizedTerminalParentRows = summarizeList(terminalParentRows.map((row) => `${row.id}:${row.parent_id}:${row.parent_status}`), diagnosticLimit);
-    const summarizedStaleBlockerRows = summarizeList(staleBlockerRows.map((row) => `${row.id}:${row.status}:${row.reasons.join(",")}`), diagnosticLimit);
+    const summarizedClosureLikeRows = summarizeList(rows.closureLikeRows.map((row) => `${row.id}:${row.fields.join(",")}`), diagnosticLimit);
+    const summarizedTerminalParentRows = summarizeList(rows.terminalParentRows.map((row) => `${row.id}:${row.parent_id}:${row.parent_status}`), diagnosticLimit);
+    const summarizedStaleBlockerRows = summarizeList(rows.staleBlockerRows.map((row) => `${row.id}:${row.status}:${row.reasons.join(",")}`), diagnosticLimit);
     const summarizedDependencyCycleItemIds = summarizeList(dependencyCycleDiagnostics.cycle_item_ids, diagnosticLimit);
     const summarizedDependencyCycleSamplePaths = summarizeList(dependencyCycleDiagnostics.cycle_sample_paths, diagnosticLimit);
     const summarizedParentCycleItemIds = summarizeList(parentCycleDiagnostics.cycle_item_ids, diagnosticLimit);
@@ -1218,15 +1383,15 @@ function buildLifecycleCheck(items, includeStaleBlockers, dependencyCycleSeverit
                     ? "ok"
                     : "warn",
             details: {
-                checked_active_items: activeItems.length,
-                active_closure_like_metadata_items: closureLikeRows.length,
+                checked_active_items: rows.activeItems.length,
+                active_closure_like_metadata_items: rows.closureLikeRows.length,
                 active_closure_like_metadata_rows: summarizedClosureLikeRows.values,
                 active_closure_like_metadata_rows_truncated: summarizedClosureLikeRows.truncated,
-                active_terminal_parent_items: terminalParentRows.length,
+                active_terminal_parent_items: rows.terminalParentRows.length,
                 active_terminal_parent_rows: summarizedTerminalParentRows.values,
                 active_terminal_parent_rows_truncated: summarizedTerminalParentRows.truncated,
                 stale_blocker_checks_enabled: includeStaleBlockers,
-                stale_blocker_items: staleBlockerRows.length,
+                stale_blocker_items: rows.staleBlockerRows.length,
                 stale_blocker_rows: summarizedStaleBlockerRows.values,
                 stale_blocker_rows_truncated: summarizedStaleBlockerRows.truncated,
                 dependency_cycle_severity_policy: dependencyCycleSeverity,
@@ -1256,90 +1421,26 @@ function buildLifecycleCheck(items, includeStaleBlockers, dependencyCycleSeverit
             },
         },
         warnings,
-        terminalParentFixRows,
+        terminalParentFixRows: rows.terminalParentFixRows,
     };
 }
 /* c8 ignore stop */
 /* c8 ignore start -- files-check candidate filtering/classification permutations are covered by file-audit integration suites */
 async function buildFilesCheck(items, workspaceRoot, pmRoot, fileScanMode, includePmInternals, verboseFileLists) {
-    const linkedProjectPaths = new Set();
-    const remoteLinkedPaths = new Set();
-    const missingLinkedPaths = [];
-    const staleLinkRows = [];
+    const linkedPathState = await collectLinkedPathScanState(items, workspaceRoot);
     const itemsById = new Map(items.map((item) => [item.id, item]));
-    for (const item of items) {
-        const linkedArtifactGroups = [
-            { link_kind: "files", artifacts: item.files ?? [] },
-            { link_kind: "docs", artifacts: item.docs ?? [] },
-        ];
-        for (const group of linkedArtifactGroups) {
-            for (const artifact of group.artifacts) {
-                if (artifact.scope !== "project") {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                // Remote references (https:// PR/issue/design-doc URLs recorded via
-                // `pm docs --add`) are not local files: they must never be stat'd,
-                // classified as moved/deleted, counted missing, or pruned by
-                // --prune-missing (which would silently destroy recorded context).
-                if (isRemoteLinkedArtifactReference(artifact.path)) {
-                    remoteLinkedPaths.add(artifact.path.trim());
-                    continue;
-                }
-                const normalizedPath = normalizeRelativePath(artifact.path);
-                if (normalizedPath.length === 0) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                linkedProjectPaths.add(normalizedPath);
-                const absolutePath = path.isAbsolute(artifact.path) ? artifact.path : path.resolve(workspaceRoot, artifact.path);
-                let missing = false;
-                try {
-                    const stats = await fs.stat(absolutePath);
-                    if (!stats.isFile() && !stats.isDirectory()) {
-                        missing = true;
-                    }
-                }
-                catch {
-                    missing = true;
-                }
-                if (missing) {
-                    missingLinkedPaths.push(normalizedPath);
-                    staleLinkRows.push({ item_id: item.id, path: normalizedPath, link_kind: group.link_kind });
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    const uniqueMissingLinkedPaths = [...new Set(missingLinkedPaths)].sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
+    const uniqueMissingLinkedPaths = [...new Set(linkedPathState.missingLinkedPaths)].sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
     const fileCandidates = await collectProjectFileCandidates(workspaceRoot, fileScanMode);
-    const strictTrackedAllMode = fileScanMode === "tracked-all-strict";
-    const strictModeForcesPmInternals = strictTrackedAllMode && !includePmInternals;
-    const includePmInternalsEffective = includePmInternals || strictTrackedAllMode;
-    const pmInternalCandidatePrefixes = includePmInternalsEffective ? [] : resolvePmInternalCandidatePrefixes(pmRoot, workspaceRoot);
-    const excludedPmInternalPaths = pmInternalCandidatePrefixes.length === 0
-        ? []
-        : fileCandidates.candidateFiles.filter((candidate) => hasPathPrefix(candidate, pmInternalCandidatePrefixes));
-    const candidateFiles = pmInternalCandidatePrefixes.length === 0
-        ? fileCandidates.candidateFiles
-        : fileCandidates.candidateFiles.filter((candidate) => !hasPathPrefix(candidate, pmInternalCandidatePrefixes));
-    const excludedPmInternalCount = excludedPmInternalPaths.length;
-    const excludedByReason = {};
-    if (excludedPmInternalCount > 0) {
-        const summarizedPmInternalPaths = summarizeFileList(excludedPmInternalPaths, verboseFileLists);
-        excludedByReason.pm_internals = {
-            count: excludedPmInternalCount,
-            paths: summarizedPmInternalPaths.values,
-            paths_truncated: summarizedPmInternalPaths.truncated,
-            paths_total: summarizedPmInternalPaths.total,
-        };
-    }
-    const orphanedFiles = candidateFiles.filter((candidate) => !linkedProjectPaths.has(candidate));
+    const partition = partitionFileCandidates(fileCandidates, pmRoot, workspaceRoot, fileScanMode, includePmInternals, verboseFileLists);
+    const orphanedFiles = partition.candidateFiles.filter((candidate) => !linkedPathState.linkedProjectPaths.has(candidate));
     const orphanedPathRows = buildOrphanedPathRows(orphanedFiles, items);
     // Stale-path classification (pm-0v2m / GH-184): a missing linked path whose
     // basename still exists in the candidate scan is reported as `moved` (with
     // relink candidates); otherwise it is `deleted` and safe to prune.
-    const classifiedStalePaths = classifyStaleLinkedPaths(uniqueMissingLinkedPaths, candidateFiles);
+    const classifiedStalePaths = classifyStaleLinkedPaths(uniqueMissingLinkedPaths, partition.candidateFiles);
     const classificationByPath = new Map(classifiedStalePaths.map((entry) => [entry.path, entry.classification]));
     const movedStalePathCount = classifiedStalePaths.filter((entry) => entry.classification === "moved").length;
-    const staleLinkPruneRows = staleLinkRows
+    const staleLinkPruneRows = linkedPathState.staleLinkRows
         .map((row) => ({
         ...row,
         classification: classificationByPath.get(row.path) ?? "deleted",
@@ -1348,7 +1449,7 @@ async function buildFilesCheck(items, workspaceRoot, pmRoot, fileScanMode, inclu
         left.path.localeCompare(right.path) ||
         left.link_kind.localeCompare(right.link_kind));
     const warnings = [];
-    if (strictModeForcesPmInternals) {
+    if (partition.strictModeForcesPmInternals) {
         warnings.push("validate_files_tracked_all_strict_forces_pm_internals");
     }
     if (uniqueMissingLinkedPaths.length > 0) {
@@ -1357,7 +1458,7 @@ async function buildFilesCheck(items, workspaceRoot, pmRoot, fileScanMode, inclu
     if (orphanedFiles.length > 0) {
         warnings.push(`validate_files_orphaned_paths:${orphanedFiles.length}`);
     }
-    const uniqueRemoteLinkedPaths = [...remoteLinkedPaths].sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
+    const uniqueRemoteLinkedPaths = [...linkedPathState.remoteLinkedPaths].sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
     const summarizedRemote = summarizeFileList(uniqueRemoteLinkedPaths, verboseFileLists);
     const summarizedMissing = summarizeFileList(uniqueMissingLinkedPaths, verboseFileLists);
     const summarizedOrphaned = summarizeFileList(orphanedFiles, verboseFileLists);
@@ -1394,30 +1495,30 @@ async function buildFilesCheck(items, workspaceRoot, pmRoot, fileScanMode, inclu
                 workspace_root: workspaceRoot,
                 scan_mode_requested: fileCandidates.requestedMode,
                 scan_mode_applied: fileCandidates.appliedMode,
-                strict_tracked_all_mode: strictTrackedAllMode,
-                strict_mode_forces_pm_internals: strictModeForcesPmInternals,
-                strict_mode_forces_pm_internals_notice: strictModeForcesPmInternals
+                strict_tracked_all_mode: partition.strictTrackedAllMode,
+                strict_mode_forces_pm_internals: partition.strictModeForcesPmInternals,
+                strict_mode_forces_pm_internals_notice: partition.strictModeForcesPmInternals
                     ? "tracked-all-strict force-enables PM internals; pass --include-pm-internals to make inclusion explicit."
                     : null,
                 file_list_detail_mode: verboseFileLists ? "full" : "summary",
                 file_list_summary_limit: FILE_LIST_SUMMARY_LIMIT,
                 candidate_scan_source: fileCandidates.source,
-                include_pm_internals: includePmInternalsEffective,
+                include_pm_internals: partition.includePmInternalsEffective,
                 include_pm_internals_requested: includePmInternals,
-                pm_internal_candidate_prefixes: pmInternalCandidatePrefixes,
-                pm_internal_excluded_count: excludedPmInternalCount,
-                excluded_total: excludedPmInternalCount,
-                excluded_by_reason: excludedByReason,
-                linked_project_paths: linkedProjectPaths.size,
+                pm_internal_candidate_prefixes: partition.pmInternalCandidatePrefixes,
+                pm_internal_excluded_count: partition.excludedPmInternalPaths.length,
+                excluded_total: partition.excludedPmInternalPaths.length,
+                excluded_by_reason: partition.excludedByReason,
+                linked_project_paths: linkedPathState.linkedProjectPaths.size,
                 remote_linked_paths_count: uniqueRemoteLinkedPaths.length,
                 remote_linked_paths_total: summarizedRemote.total,
                 remote_linked_paths: summarizedRemote.values,
                 remote_linked_paths_truncated: summarizedRemote.truncated,
                 candidate_total_raw: fileCandidates.candidateTotal,
                 candidate_scanned_raw: fileCandidates.candidateScanned,
-                candidate_total: candidateFiles.length,
-                candidate_scanned: candidateFiles.length,
-                scanned_candidate_files: candidateFiles.length,
+                candidate_total: partition.candidateFiles.length,
+                candidate_scanned: partition.candidateFiles.length,
+                scanned_candidate_files: partition.candidateFiles.length,
                 missing_linked_paths_count: uniqueMissingLinkedPaths.length,
                 missing_linked_paths_total: summarizedMissing.total,
                 missing_linked_paths: summarizedMissing.values,
@@ -1692,10 +1793,14 @@ export const _testOnlyValidateCommand = {
     applyValidateFixes,
     attachValidateFixHints,
     buildCommandReferencesCheck,
+    buildCloseReasonBackfillRows,
     buildFilesCheck,
     buildLifecycleCheck,
     buildLifecycleDependencyGraph,
     buildLifecycleParentGraph,
+    buildEstimateBackfillRows,
+    buildMetadataCounts,
+    buildMissingFieldOccurrences,
     buildOrphanedPathRows,
     classifyOrphanedPath,
     collectDefaultProjectFileCandidates,
@@ -1706,6 +1811,7 @@ export const _testOnlyValidateCommand = {
     extractItemIds,
     findLifecycleDependencyCycleComponents,
     isMetadataFieldMissing,
+    linkedArtifactPathExceedsFilesystemLimits,
     listFilesRecursive,
     resolveDependencyCycleSeverity,
     resolveParentCycleSeverity,
@@ -1719,6 +1825,107 @@ export const _testOnlyValidateCommand = {
     summarizeDuplicateIssueCodes,
     toMeaningfulString,
 };
+function recordValidateCheck(state, built, fixHintsEnabled) {
+    if (fixHintsEnabled) {
+        attachValidateFixHints(built.check, built.warnings);
+    }
+    state.checks.push(built.check);
+    state.warnings.push(...built.warnings);
+}
+async function executeRequestedValidateChecks(params) {
+    const state = {
+        checks: [],
+        warnings: [...params.initialWarnings],
+        closeReasonBackfillRows: [],
+        estimateBackfillRows: [],
+        resolutionBackfillRows: [],
+        terminalParentFixRows: [],
+        staleLinkPruneRows: [],
+    };
+    const fixHintsEnabled = params.options.fixHints === true;
+    const fullDiagnostics = params.options.verboseDiagnostics === true || params.options.allAffectedIds === true || params.global.json === true;
+    if (params.requestedChecks.has("metadata")) {
+        const built = buildMetadataCheck(params.items, params.metadataPolicy, params.statusRegistry, fullDiagnostics);
+        state.closeReasonBackfillRows = built.closeReasonBackfillRows;
+        state.estimateBackfillRows = built.estimateBackfillRows;
+        recordValidateCheck(state, built, fixHintsEnabled);
+    }
+    if (params.requestedChecks.has("resolution")) {
+        const built = buildResolutionCheck(params.items, params.statusRegistry, fullDiagnostics);
+        state.resolutionBackfillRows = built.resolutionBackfillRows;
+        recordValidateCheck(state, built, fixHintsEnabled);
+    }
+    if (params.requestedChecks.has("lifecycle")) {
+        const built = buildLifecycleCheck(params.items, Boolean(params.options.checkStaleBlockers), params.dependencyCycleSeverity, params.parentCycleSeverity, params.statusRegistry, params.lifecyclePatternPolicy, fullDiagnostics, params.settings.id_prefix);
+        state.terminalParentFixRows = built.terminalParentFixRows;
+        recordValidateCheck(state, built, fixHintsEnabled);
+    }
+    if (params.requestedChecks.has("files")) {
+        const built = await buildFilesCheck(params.items, params.workspaceRoot, params.pmRoot, params.fileScanMode, Boolean(params.options.includePmInternals), Boolean(params.options.verboseFileLists));
+        state.staleLinkPruneRows = built.staleLinkPruneRows;
+        recordValidateCheck(state, built, fixHintsEnabled);
+    }
+    if (params.requestedChecks.has("command_references")) {
+        recordValidateCheck(state, buildCommandReferencesCheck(params.items, params.settings.id_prefix, fullDiagnostics), fixHintsEnabled);
+    }
+    if (params.requestedChecks.has("history_drift")) {
+        recordValidateCheck(state, await buildHistoryDriftCheck(params.pmRoot, params.items, fullDiagnostics), fixHintsEnabled);
+    }
+    if (params.requestedChecks.has("format_version")) {
+        recordValidateCheck(state, buildFormatVersionCheck(params.items, fullDiagnostics), fixHintsEnabled);
+    }
+    return state;
+}
+function planValidateFixes(options, state, settings) {
+    const planned = [];
+    if (options.autoFix === true) {
+        planned.push(...planCloseReasonBackfillFixes(state.closeReasonBackfillRows));
+        planned.push(...planResolutionBackfillFixes(state.resolutionBackfillRows));
+        planned.push(...planEstimateBackfillFixes(state.estimateBackfillRows, settings.validation.estimate_defaults_by_type));
+        planned.push(...planTerminalParentFixes(state.terminalParentFixRows));
+    }
+    if (options.pruneMissing === true) {
+        planned.push(...planStaleLinkPruneFixes(state.staleLinkPruneRows));
+    }
+    return planned;
+}
+/* v8 ignore start -- validate fix-summary matrix is covered end-to-end; direct helper fallback branches are defensive */
+async function buildValidateFixesSummary(options, state, settings, grantedFixScopes, global) {
+    if (options.autoFix !== true && options.pruneMissing !== true) {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+    const planned = planValidateFixes(options, state, settings);
+    const { applicable, gated } = partitionFixesByGrant(planned, grantedFixScopes);
+    const dryRun = options.dryRun === true;
+    const appliedFixRows = [];
+    const failedFixRows = [];
+    if (!dryRun) {
+        const applied = await applyValidateFixes(applicable, global);
+        appliedFixRows.push(...applied.applied.map(toFixOutputRow));
+        failedFixRows.push(...applied.failed.map(({ fix, error }) => ({
+            ...toFixOutputRow(fix),
+            error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
+        })));
+    }
+    return {
+        mode: dryRun ? "dry_run" : "apply",
+        auto_fix: options.autoFix === true,
+        prune_missing: options.pruneMissing === true,
+        granted_fix_scopes: [...grantedFixScopes].sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right)),
+        planned_count: planned.length,
+        applied_count: appliedFixRows.length,
+        gated_count: gated.length,
+        failed_count: failedFixRows.length,
+        planned_fixes: planned.map(toFixOutputRow),
+        applied_fixes: appliedFixRows,
+        gated_fixes: gated.map((fix) => ({
+            ...toFixOutputRow(fix),
+            gate_hint: `Withheld: re-run with --fix-scope ${fix.gate} to apply.`,
+        })),
+        failed_fixes: failedFixRows,
+    };
+}
+/* v8 ignore stop */
 /* c8 ignore start -- validate orchestration + fix-application matrices are covered by end-to-end command integration runs */
 /**
  * Implements run validate for the public runtime surface of this module.
@@ -1751,108 +1958,36 @@ export async function runValidate(options, global) {
     const parentCycleSeverity = resolveParentCycleSeverity(options.parentCycleSeverity);
     const fileScanMode = resolveFileScanMode(options.scanMode);
     const workspaceRoot = resolveWorkspaceRoot(pmRoot);
-    const checks = [];
-    const warnings = [...new Set(itemReadWarnings)];
-    const fixHintsEnabled = options.fixHints === true;
-    // Full (un-truncated) diagnostic ID lists when the agent asks for them
-    // (--verbose-diagnostics/--all-affected-ids) or whenever output is JSON:
-    // machine consumers expect complete *_item_ids arrays, never a 5-item cap.
-    const fullDiagnostics = options.verboseDiagnostics === true || options.allAffectedIds === true || global.json === true;
-    const record = (built) => {
-        if (fixHintsEnabled) {
-            attachValidateFixHints(built.check, built.warnings);
-        }
-        checks.push(built.check);
-        warnings.push(...built.warnings);
-    };
-    let closeReasonBackfillRows = [];
-    let estimateBackfillRows = [];
-    let resolutionBackfillRows = [];
-    let terminalParentFixRows = [];
-    let staleLinkPruneRows = [];
-    if (requestedChecks.has("metadata")) {
-        const built = buildMetadataCheck(items, metadataPolicy, statusRegistry, fullDiagnostics);
-        closeReasonBackfillRows = built.closeReasonBackfillRows;
-        estimateBackfillRows = built.estimateBackfillRows;
-        record(built);
-    }
-    if (requestedChecks.has("resolution")) {
-        const built = buildResolutionCheck(items, statusRegistry, fullDiagnostics);
-        resolutionBackfillRows = built.resolutionBackfillRows;
-        record(built);
-    }
-    if (requestedChecks.has("lifecycle")) {
-        const built = buildLifecycleCheck(items, Boolean(options.checkStaleBlockers), dependencyCycleSeverity, parentCycleSeverity, statusRegistry, lifecyclePatternPolicy, fullDiagnostics, settings.id_prefix);
-        terminalParentFixRows = built.terminalParentFixRows;
-        record(built);
-    }
-    if (requestedChecks.has("files")) {
-        const built = await buildFilesCheck(items, workspaceRoot, pmRoot, fileScanMode, Boolean(options.includePmInternals), Boolean(options.verboseFileLists));
-        staleLinkPruneRows = built.staleLinkPruneRows;
-        record(built);
-    }
-    if (requestedChecks.has("command_references")) {
-        record(buildCommandReferencesCheck(items, settings.id_prefix, fullDiagnostics));
-    }
-    if (requestedChecks.has("history_drift")) {
-        record(await buildHistoryDriftCheck(pmRoot, items, fullDiagnostics));
-    }
-    if (requestedChecks.has("format_version")) {
-        record(buildFormatVersionCheck(items, fullDiagnostics));
-    }
+    const state = await executeRequestedValidateChecks({
+        requestedChecks,
+        options,
+        global,
+        pmRoot,
+        workspaceRoot,
+        settings,
+        items,
+        statusRegistry,
+        metadataPolicy,
+        lifecyclePatternPolicy,
+        dependencyCycleSeverity,
+        parentCycleSeverity,
+        fileScanMode,
+        initialWarnings: [...new Set(itemReadWarnings)],
+    });
     // Remediation phase (pm-c3sz / pm-8jss / pm-0v2m). Plans are derived from
     // the findings of THIS run; checks above always report the pre-fix state.
     // Safe field backfills apply by default under --auto-fix; gated lifecycle
     // fixes are planned but withheld unless --fix-scope lifecycle grants them;
     // --dry-run previews without mutating; failures never abort the run.
-    let fixes;
-    if (fixesRequested) {
-        const planned = [];
-        if (options.autoFix === true) {
-            planned.push(...planCloseReasonBackfillFixes(closeReasonBackfillRows));
-            planned.push(...planResolutionBackfillFixes(resolutionBackfillRows));
-            planned.push(...planEstimateBackfillFixes(estimateBackfillRows, settings.validation.estimate_defaults_by_type));
-            planned.push(...planTerminalParentFixes(terminalParentFixRows));
-        }
-        if (options.pruneMissing === true) {
-            planned.push(...planStaleLinkPruneFixes(staleLinkPruneRows));
-        }
-        const { applicable, gated } = partitionFixesByGrant(planned, grantedFixScopes);
-        const dryRun = options.dryRun === true;
-        const appliedFixRows = [];
-        const failedFixRows = [];
-        if (!dryRun) {
-            const applied = await applyValidateFixes(applicable, global);
-            appliedFixRows.push(...applied.applied.map(toFixOutputRow));
-            failedFixRows.push(...applied.failed.map(({ fix, error }) => ({
-                ...toFixOutputRow(fix),
-                error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
-            })));
-        }
-        fixes = {
-            mode: dryRun ? "dry_run" : "apply",
-            auto_fix: options.autoFix === true,
-            prune_missing: options.pruneMissing === true,
-            granted_fix_scopes: [...grantedFixScopes].sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right)),
-            planned_count: planned.length,
-            applied_count: appliedFixRows.length,
-            gated_count: gated.length,
-            failed_count: failedFixRows.length,
-            planned_fixes: planned.map(toFixOutputRow),
-            applied_fixes: appliedFixRows,
-            gated_fixes: gated.map((fix) => ({
-                ...toFixOutputRow(fix),
-                gate_hint: `Withheld: re-run with --fix-scope ${fix.gate} to apply.`,
-            })),
-            failed_fixes: failedFixRows,
-        };
-    }
-    const normalizedWarnings = [...new Set(warnings)].sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
-    const hasErrors = checks.some((check) => check.status === "error");
+    const fixes = fixesRequested
+        ? await buildValidateFixesSummary(options, state, settings, grantedFixScopes, global)
+        : undefined;
+    const normalizedWarnings = [...new Set(state.warnings)].sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
+    const hasErrors = state.checks.some((check) => check.status === "error");
     return {
         ok: !hasErrors,
         has_warnings: normalizedWarnings.length > 0,
-        checks,
+        checks: state.checks,
         warnings: normalizedWarnings,
         ...(fixes !== undefined ? { fixes } : {}),
         generated_at: nowIso(),
@@ -1860,4 +1995,4 @@ export async function runValidate(options, global) {
 }
 /* c8 ignore stop */
 //# sourceMappingURL=validate.js.map
-//# debugId=a9087567-b334-5e9c-8ed7-e52d8cb35801
+//# debugId=d434e454-cb3f-5eaa-b841-d6f815e0446d