forgedock 1.45.0 → 1.47.0

package/bin/lean/issuewatch-decisions.test.mjs

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+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) RapierCraft Studios
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { decisionStep, decisionsActive, decisionContext, decisionCounts, escalationOf, terminalCodeOf, claimsUsed } from "./issuewatch-decisions.mjs";
+import { validateWatch, matchesSelectors, formatStatus, runWatch, labelNames, isBot, TRUSTED, decisionLaunch } from "./issuewatch.mjs";
+import { loadPolicy } from "./decision-engine.mjs";
+import { writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { tmpDir } from "../tests/_tmp.mjs";
+
+const W = (o = {}) => validateWatch("w", o);
+const NOW = Date.parse("2026-10-30T12:00:00Z");
+const esc = (id, text, at = "2026-10-30T13:00:00Z") => ({ url: `https://x/issues/1#issuecomment-${id}`, authorAssociation: "MEMBER", createdAt: at, body: `<!-- FORGE:NEEDS_HUMAN -->\n## Needs human\n${text}` });
+const stateC = (code) => ({ url: "https://x/issues/1#issuecomment-1", authorAssociation: "MEMBER", createdAt: "2026-10-29T00:00:00Z", body: `<!-- FORGE:STATE\n${JSON.stringify({ terminalCode: code })}\n-->` });
+const good = { choice: "use option A", clause: "NORTHSTAR 2: cut waste", rejected: "B", reversibility: "reversible", confidence: "high" };
+const files = (m) => (p) => { const k = p.replace(/^\.\//, ""); if (k in m) return m[k]; throw new Error("ENOENT"); };
+const ctxOf = (yaml = "decisions:\n  mode: live\n", extra = {}) => decisionContext({ loadPolicy, readFile: files({ "NORTHSTAR.md": "# star", "forge.yaml": yaml, ...extra }), cwd: "." });
+
+/** gh fake: `issues` = [{number, comments, labels?, author?, body?}] all open and needs-human. Records every write. */
+function fakeIo(issues, { judge = () => good, bodies = {} } = {}) {
+  const writes = [], io = { writes, bodies, now: () => NOW, judge: async (q) => { io.judged.push(q.issue); return judge(q); }, judged: [] };
+  io.gh = async (a) => {
+    if (a[0] === "api") return issues.map((i) => `${i.number}\t${i.assoc ?? "OWNER"}`).join("\n");
+    if (a[1] === "list") return JSON.stringify(issues.map((i) => ({ number: i.number, title: `t${i.number}`, body: i.body ?? "", labels: [{ name: "needs-human" }, ...(i.labels ?? []).map((name) => ({ name }))], milestone: null, author: { login: "me" }, createdAt: "2026-10-01T00:00:00Z" })));
+    if (a[1] === "view" && a.includes("comments,body,labels")) { const i = issues.find((x) => x.number === +a[2]); return JSON.stringify({ comments: i.comments, body: i.body ?? "", labels: [] }); }
+    if (a[1] === "view" && a.includes("comments,labels")) { const i = issues.find((x) => x.number === +a[2]); return JSON.stringify({ comments: i.comments, labels: (i.labels ?? []).map((name) => ({ name })) }); }
+    if (a[1] === "view") return JSON.stringify({ body: bodies[a[2]] ?? "" });
+    writes.push(a);
+    return "";
+  };
+  return io;
+}
+const st = (watch, extra = {}) => ({ name: "w", repo: "o/r", phase: "running", started: NOW, claimed: [], inflight: [], merged: [], verified: [], unverified: [], closed: [], failed: [], folded: [], retries: {}, lanes: {}, batch: null, laneFor: {}, ...extra });
+const run = (io, watch, state, ctx, o = {}) => decisionStep({ watch, repo: "o/r", io, state, ctx, shared: { matches: matchesSelectors, fold: async ({ issue }) => { state.folded.push(issue.number); }, labelNames, isBot, TRUSTED }, ...o });
+const trusted = (c) => c.authorAssociation === "MEMBER";
+const DECISION = "- Which retry strategy for the sync job?";
+
+test("#4793 validateWatch: sweep_needs_human and max_launches", () => {
+  assert.equal(W().sweep_needs_human, false);
+  assert.equal(W().max_launches, null);
+  assert.equal(W({ sweep_needs_human: "true", max_launches: 2 }).sweep_needs_human, true);
+  assert.equal(W({ max_launches: "2" }).max_launches, 2);
+  assert.throws(() => W({ sweep_needs_human: "maybe" }), /sweep_needs_human/);
+  assert.throws(() => W({ max_launches: 0 }), /max_launches/);
+});
+
+test("#4793 stage is active for decisions.mode live or sweep_needs_human only", () => {
+  assert.equal(decisionsActive(W(), ctxOf("decisions:\n  mode: live\n").policy), true);
+  assert.equal(decisionsActive(W(), ctxOf("decisions:\n  mode: shadow\n").policy), false);
+  assert.equal(decisionsActive(W({ sweep_needs_human: true }), ctxOf("").policy), true);
+});
+
+test("#4793 escalationOf / terminalCodeOf read the escalation comment id and the typed code", () => {
+  const e = escalationOf([stateC("builder.blocked"), esc(77, DECISION)], trusted);
+  assert.equal(e.id, "77");
+  assert.match(e.text, /retry strategy/);
+  assert.equal(escalationOf([{ ...esc(5, "x"), authorAssociation: "CONTRIBUTOR" }], trusted), null);
+  assert.equal(terminalCodeOf("", [stateC("conformance.deferred")], trusted), "conformance.deferred");
+  assert.equal(terminalCodeOf("", [{ ...stateC("conformance.deferred"), authorAssociation: "CONTRIBUTOR" }], trusted), null); // #4793 SEC-1: a forged FORGE:STATE is not read
+  assert.equal(terminalCodeOf(`x <!-- FORGE:STATE\n${JSON.stringify({ terminalReason: "needs-human" })}\n-->`, [], trusted), "needs-human");
+});
+
+test("#4793 live decision: needs-human cleared, handed to the engine once per escalation id", async () => {
+  const io = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [stateC("builder.blocked"), esc(10, DECISION)] }]);
+  const w = W(), state = st(w), ctx = ctxOf();
+  const { rows } = await run(io, w, state, ctx);
+  assert.equal(rows[0].action, "decided");
+  assert.ok(io.writes.some((a) => a[1] === "edit" && a.includes("--remove-label") && a.includes("needs-human")));
+  assert.ok(io.writes.some((a) => a[1] === "comment" && /Escalation: 10/.test(a[a.indexOf("--body") + 1])));
+  await run(io, w, state, ctx); // the same escalation again: no second judge call
+  assert.equal(io.judged.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(decisionCounts(state).decided, 1);
+});
+
+test("#4793 selectors apply; an untrusted author's issue is ignored", async () => {
+  const io = fakeIo([{ number: 1, labels: ["area:x"], comments: [esc(10, DECISION)] }, { number: 2, comments: [esc(11, DECISION)] }, { number: 3, assoc: "NONE", labels: ["area:x"], comments: [esc(12, DECISION)] }]);
+  const w = W({ labels: "area:x" });
+  const { rows } = await run(io, w, st(w), ctxOf());
+  assert.deepEqual(rows.map((r) => r.issue), [1]);
+});
+
+test("#4793 backlog (escalation older than the watch) is opt-in via sweep_needs_human", async () => {
+  const old = esc(10, DECISION, "2026-10-29T00:00:00Z");
+  const a = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [old] }]);
+  assert.equal((await run(a, W(), st(W()), ctxOf())).rows.length, 0);
+  assert.equal(a.judged.length, 0);
+  const w = W({ sweep_needs_human: true });
+  const b = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [old] }]);
+  assert.equal((await run(b, w, st(w), ctxOf())).rows[0].action, "decided");
+});
+
+test("#4793 --dry-run classifies every escalation and writes nothing", async () => {
+  const io = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [stateC("conformance.deferred"), esc(10, "All items are post-deploy: nothing to build.")] }, { number: 2, comments: [esc(11, DECISION, "2026-10-29T00:00:00Z")] }]);
+  const w = W(), state = st(w);
+  const { rows } = await run(io, w, state, ctxOf(), { dryRun: true });
+  assert.deepEqual(rows.map((r) => [r.issue, r.kind, !!r.backlog]), [[1, "post-deploy", false], [2, "decision", true]]);
+  assert.equal(io.writes.length, 0);
+  assert.equal(io.judged.length, 0);
+  assert.equal(state.decisions.rows.length, 0);
+});
+
+test("#4793 max_issues and max_launches cap the stage", async () => {
+  const mk = () => fakeIo([1, 2, 3].map((n) => ({ number: n, comments: [esc(10 + n, DECISION)] })));
+  const w1 = W({ max_issues: 2 }), s1 = st(w1);
+  assert.equal((await run(mk(), w1, s1, ctxOf())).rows.length, 2);
+  const w2 = W({ max_launches: 1 }), s2 = st(w2);
+  assert.equal((await run(mk(), w2, s2, ctxOf(), { launch: () => true })).rows.length, 1);
+  const w3 = W({ max_issues: 2 }), s3 = st(w3, { claimed: [9] }); // an earlier claim uses a slot
+  assert.equal((await run(mk(), w3, s3, ctxOf())).rows.length, 1);
+});
+
+test("#4793 post-deploy-only escalation is folded into the rollup and closed", async () => {
+  const io = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [stateC("conformance.deferred"), esc(10, "All items are post-deploy: nothing to build.")] }]);
+  const w = W({ postdeploy_rollup: 50 }), state = st(w);
+  const { rows } = await run(io, w, state, ctxOf());
+  assert.equal(rows[0].folded, true);
+  assert.deepEqual(state.folded, [1]);
+  assert.ok(io.writes.some((a) => a[1] === "close" && a[2] === "1"));
+  assert.equal(decisionCounts(state).folded, 1);
+  const none = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [esc(10, "All items are post-deploy: nothing to build.")] }]);
+  const w2 = W(), s2 = st(w2); // no rollup: kept, never closed
+  assert.equal((await run(none, w2, s2, ctxOf())).rows[0].action, "post-deploy-kept");
+  assert.equal(none.writes.length, 0);
+});
+
+test("#4793 evidence escalation goes back to a prod-monitor lane only when forge.yaml declares a read-only source", async () => {
+  const text = "The check needs read-only production data we do not have.";
+  const declared = ctxOf("decisions:\n  mode: live\nprod_watch:\n  sources:\n    am: {kind: alertmanager, run: am-alerts}\n");
+  assert.equal(declared.hasSource, true);
+  const io = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [esc(10, text)] }]);
+  const w = W(), state = st(w);
+  const { rows } = await run(io, w, state, declared, { launch: () => true });
+  assert.equal(rows[0].action, "evidence-needed");
+  assert.ok(io.writes.some((a) => a[1] === "comment" && /prod monitor/.test(a[a.indexOf("--body") + 1])));
+  assert.ok(io.writes.some((a) => a.includes("--remove-label")));
+  assert.deepEqual(state.decisions.launched, [1]);
+  assert.equal(decisionCounts(state).evidence, 1);
+  const io2 = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [esc(10, text)] }]);
+  const none = ctxOf();
+  assert.equal(none.hasSource, false);
+  assert.equal((await run(io2, w, st(w), none)).rows[0].action, "evidence-kept");
+  assert.equal(io2.writes.length, 0);
+});
+
+test("#4793 external part keeps needs-human and counts as external-kept", async () => {
+  const io = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [esc(10, "- Rotate the production API key (credentials)")] }]);
+  const w = W(), state = st(w);
+  assert.equal((await run(io, w, state, ctxOf())).rows[0].action, "external");
+  assert.equal(decisionCounts(state).external_kept, 1);
+  assert.equal(io.writes.length, 0);
+});
+
+test("#4793 shadow mode posts the decision and keeps the label", async () => {
+  const io = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [esc(10, DECISION)] }]);
+  const w = W({ sweep_needs_human: true }), state = st(w);
+  assert.equal((await run(io, w, state, ctxOf("decisions:\n  mode: shadow\n"))).rows[0].action, "shadow");
+  assert.ok(!io.writes.some((a) => a.includes("--remove-label")));
+});
+
+test("#4793 shadow mode never folds, closes, clears the label or launches a post-deploy or evidence escalation", async () => {
+  const shadow = ctxOf("decisions:\n  mode: shadow\nprod_watch:\n  sources:\n    am: {kind: alertmanager, run: am-alerts}\n");
+  const io = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [stateC("conformance.deferred"), esc(10, "All items are post-deploy: nothing to build.")] }, { number: 2, comments: [esc(11, "The check needs read-only production data we do not have.")] }]);
+  const w = W({ sweep_needs_human: true, postdeploy_rollup: 50 }), state = st(w), launched = [];
+  const { rows } = await run(io, w, state, shadow, { launch: (i) => launched.push(i.number) });
+  assert.deepEqual(rows.map((r) => r.action), ["shadow", "shadow"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(state.folded, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(launched, []);
+  assert.ok(!io.writes.some((a) => a[1] === "close" || a.includes("--remove-label")));
+  assert.equal(io.writes.filter((a) => a[1] === "comment").length, 2);
+});
+
+test("#4793 a live decision relaunches the issue through the launch hook", async () => {
+  const io = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [esc(10, DECISION)] }]);
+  const w = W(), state = st(w), launched = [];
+  await run(io, w, state, ctxOf(), { launch: (i) => launched.push(i.number) });
+  assert.deepEqual(launched, [1]);
+  assert.deepEqual(state.decisions.launched, [1]);
+  assert.deepEqual(claimsUsed(state), { issues: 1, launches: 1 });
+});
+
+test("#4793 a judge failure is not recorded as handled: retried, then left to a human after three rounds", async () => {
+  const io = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [esc(10, DECISION)] }], { judge: () => { throw new Error("claude timed out"); } });
+  const w = W(), state = st(w), ctx = ctxOf();
+  assert.equal((await run(io, w, state, ctx)).rows[0].action, "error");
+  assert.equal(state.decisions.handled["10"], undefined);
+  assert.equal(state.decisions.rows.length, 0);
+  await run(io, w, state, ctx); await run(io, w, state, ctx);
+  assert.equal(state.decisions.handled["10"], "error");
+  await run(io, w, state, ctx);
+  assert.equal(io.judged.length, 3);
+});
+
+test("#4793 a NEEDS_HUMAN comment from an untrusted author is not an escalation", async () => {
+  const io = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [{ ...esc(10, DECISION), authorAssociation: "CONTRIBUTOR" }] }]);
+  const w = W();
+  assert.equal((await run(io, w, st(w), ctxOf())).rows.length, 0);
+  assert.equal(io.judged.length, 0);
+});
+
+test("#4793 a veto label reverts a live decision once", async () => {
+  const issues = [{ number: 1, comments: [esc(10, DECISION)] }];
+  const io = fakeIo(issues);
+  const w = W(), state = st(w), ctx = ctxOf();
+  await run(io, w, state, ctx);
+  issues[0].labels = ["forge:decision-veto"];
+  await run(io, w, state, ctx);
+  assert.ok(io.writes.some((a) => a[1] === "edit" && a.includes("--add-label") && a.includes("needs-human")));
+  assert.equal(state.decisions.stats.reversed, 1);
+  assert.equal(state.decisions.live.length, 0);
+});
+
+test("#4793 formatStatus shows the decision counts only once the stage ran", async () => {
+  const w = W(), plain = st(w);
+  assert.ok(!/needs-human decisions/.test(formatStatus(plain, w, NOW)));
+  const io = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [esc(10, DECISION)] }]);
+  await run(io, w, plain, ctxOf());
+  assert.match(formatStatus(plain, w, NOW), /decided 1  evidence-gathered 0  folded 0  external-kept 0/);
+});
+
+test("#4793 runWatch runs the stage under decisions.mode: live, stays inert otherwise, and max_launches stops claims", async () => {
+  const mkCwd = (yaml) => { const d = tmpDir("iwc-"); writeFileSync(join(d, "NORTHSTAR.md"), "# star"); if (yaml) writeFileSync(join(d, "forge.yaml"), yaml); return d; };
+  const base = (n, i = {}) => ({ number: n, title: `t${n}`, body: "", labels: [], milestone: null, authorAssociation: "OWNER", author: { login: "me" }, createdAt: "2026-10-01T00:00:00Z", ...i });
+  const go = async (yaml, w) => {
+    const issues = [base(1, { labels: [{ name: "needs-human" }] }), base(2), base(3)], writes = [], launched = [];
+    const dir = tmpDir("iwd-");
+    const io = { env: { FORGEDOCK_WATCH_DIR: dir }, now: () => NOW, sleep: async () => {}, requiredChecks: async () => [], judge: async () => good,
+      gh: async (a) => {
+        if (a[0] === "api") return issues.map((i) => `${i.number}\tOWNER`).join("\n");
+        if (a[1] === "list") return JSON.stringify((a.includes("--label") ? issues.filter((i) => i.labels.length) : issues.filter((i) => !i.labels.length)).map(({ authorAssociation: _a, ...i }) => i));
+        if (a[1] === "view" && a.includes("comments,body,labels")) return JSON.stringify({ comments: [esc(10, DECISION)], body: "", labels: [] });
+        if (a[1] === "view") return JSON.stringify({ state: "OPEN", comments: [], labels: [] });
+        writes.push(a);
+        return "";
+      },
+      launch: (n) => { launched.push(n); return { poll: () => null }; } };
+    const state = await runWatch({ watch: w, repo: "o/r", io, dir, branches: {}, defaults: [], once: true, cwd: mkCwd(yaml) });
+    return { state, writes, launched };
+  };
+  const inert = await go("decisions:\n  mode: shadow\n", W());
+  assert.equal(inert.state.decisions, undefined);
+  assert.equal(inert.writes.length, 0);
+  const live = await go("decisions:\n  mode: live\n", W());
+  assert.equal(live.state.decisions.rows[0].action, "decided");
+  assert.ok(live.writes.some((a) => a.includes("--remove-label")));
+  assert.deepEqual(live.launched, [1, 2, 3]); // the decided issue is relaunched, then the watch claims the rest
+  const capped = await go("", W({ max_launches: 2 }));
+  assert.equal(capped.launched.length, 2);
+  assert.deepEqual(capped.state.claimed.length, 2);
+});
+
+test("#4793 the engine's own App login counts as trusted though it is a CONTRIBUTOR; another CONTRIBUTOR does not", async () => {
+  const from = (login) => ({ ...esc(10, DECISION), authorAssociation: "CONTRIBUTOR", author: { login } });
+  const w = W();
+  assert.equal((await run(fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [from("rapiercraft-forgedock")] }]), w, st(w), ctxOf())).rows.length, 1);
+  assert.equal((await run(fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [from("some-contributor")] }]), w, st(w), ctxOf())).rows.length, 0);
+});
+
+test("#4793 judge calls are capped per round even when max_issues is unset", async () => {
+  const issues = Array.from({ length: 30 }, (_, k) => ({ number: k + 1, comments: [{ ...esc(100 + k, DECISION), url: `https://x/issues/${k + 1}#issuecomment-${100 + k}` }] }));
+  const io = fakeIo(issues);
+  const w = W(), state = st(w);
+  assert.equal(w.max_issues, null);
+  await run(io, w, state, ctxOf());
+  assert.equal(io.judged.length, 20);
+  await run(io, w, state, ctxOf()); // the rest is picked up next round
+  assert.equal(io.judged.length, 30);
+});
+
+test("release #5068 MAT-1: a batch watch requeues a claimed issue into its batch; release and unclaimed issues release the claim", () => {
+  const calls = [];
+  const io = { batch: { requeue: (id, n) => { calls.push([id, n]); return true; } } };
+  const b = W({ mode: "batch" }), sb = st(b, { batch: "b1", claimed: [5], failed: [5] });
+  assert.equal(decisionLaunch({ i: { number: 5 }, watch: b, repo: "o/r", io, state: sb, handles: new Map() }), true);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [["b1", 5]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(sb.failed, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(sb.claimed, [5]); // still the batch's
+  const refused = { batch: { requeue: () => false } };
+  assert.equal(decisionLaunch({ i: { number: 5 }, watch: b, repo: "o/r", io: refused, state: st(b, { batch: "b1", claimed: [5] }), handles: new Map() }), false);
+  const sb2 = st(b, { batch: "b1", claimed: [] }); // a backlog issue the batch never took: the next tick adds it
+  assert.equal(decisionLaunch({ i: { number: 6 }, watch: b, repo: "o/r", io, state: sb2, handles: new Map() }), true);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.length, 1);
+  const r = W({ mode: "release", immediate: ["priority:P0"] }), sr = st(r, { claimed: [7, 8], lanes: { 7: "staging" }, failed: [7] });
+  assert.equal(decisionLaunch({ i: { number: 7 }, watch: r, repo: "o/r", io, state: sr, handles: new Map() }), true);
+  assert.deepEqual(sr.claimed, [8]); // re-selectable by the next release pass
+  assert.deepEqual(sr.failed, []);
+  const p = W(); // per-issue: an inflight lane is never launched twice
+  assert.equal(decisionLaunch({ i: { number: 9 }, watch: p, repo: "o/r", io, state: st(p, { inflight: [9] }), handles: new Map() }), false);
+});
+
+test("release #5068 MAT-4: a launch that does not happen is not counted against max_launches", async () => {
+  const io = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [esc(10, DECISION)] }]);
+  const w = W(), state = st(w);
+  await run(io, w, state, ctxOf(), { launch: () => false });
+  assert.deepEqual(state.decisions.launched, []);
+});
+
+test("release #5068 MAT-2: one unreadable issue does not end the round", async () => {
+  const io = fakeIo([1, 2].map((n) => ({ number: n, comments: [esc(10 + n, DECISION)] })));
+  const gh = io.gh;
+  io.gh = async (a) => { if (a[1] === "view" && a[2] === "1") throw new Error("HTTP 502"); return gh(a); };
+  const w = W(), state = st(w);
+  const { rows } = await run(io, w, state, ctxOf(), { launch: () => true });
+  assert.deepEqual(rows.map((r) => [r.issue, r.action]), [[1, "error"], [2, "decided"]]);
+});
+
+test("release #5068 BUG-1: a live decision whose label clear failed is finished next round, not skipped", async () => {
+  const posted = { ...esc(20, "x"), body: "<!-- FORGE:DECISION -->\n## Decision\nEscalation: 11\n### Decision 1\nuse A" };
+  const io = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [{ ...esc(11, DECISION), url: "https://x/issues/1#issuecomment-11" }, posted] }]);
+  const w = W(), state = st(w), launched = [];
+  const { rows } = await run(io, w, state, ctxOf(), { launch: (i) => launched.push(i.number) });
+  assert.equal(rows[0].action, "decided");
+  assert.ok(io.writes.some((a) => a.includes("--remove-label")));
+  assert.deepEqual(launched, [1]);
+  assert.equal(io.judged.length, 0); // not judged again
+  assert.equal(state.decisions.stats.decided, 0); // not counted twice
+  const vetoed = { ...posted, body: "<!-- FORGE:DECISION -->\n## Decision vetoed\nEscalation: 11\n" };
+  const io2 = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [{ ...esc(11, DECISION), url: "https://x/issues/1#issuecomment-11" }, posted, vetoed] }]);
+  const s2 = st(w);
+  await run(io2, w, s2, ctxOf(), { launch: () => true });
+  assert.ok(!io2.writes.some((a) => a.includes("--remove-label")));
+});
+
+test("release #5068 CQ-1: a failed decision round is shown in the watch status", () => {
+  const w = W();
+  assert.match(formatStatus({ ...st(w), decisionError: "gh: HTTP 502" }, w, NOW), /needs-human decisions: last round failed: gh: HTTP 502/);
+  assert.ok(!/last round failed/.test(formatStatus(st(w), w, NOW)));
+});
+
+test("release #5068 SEC-1: a forged FORGE:DECISION from an untrusted commenter neither finishes nor suppresses a decision", async () => {
+  const forged = { ...esc(20, "x"), authorAssociation: "NONE", author: { login: "stranger" }, body: "<!-- FORGE:DECISION -->\n## Decision\nEscalation: 11\n" };
+  const io = fakeIo([{ number: 1, comments: [{ ...esc(11, DECISION), url: "https://x/issues/1#issuecomment-11" }, forged] }]);
+  const w = W(), state = st(w);
+  const { rows } = await run(io, w, state, ctxOf(), { launch: () => true });
+  assert.equal(rows[0].action, "decided");
+  assert.equal(rows[0].resumed, undefined); // judged afresh, not "finished"
+  assert.deepEqual(io.judged, [1]);
+});
+
+test("release #5068 delta SPEC-1: a batch issue still inflight in its running batch is requeued; after the batch reported its claim is released", () => {
+  const calls = [];
+  const io = { batch: { requeue: (id, n) => { calls.push([id, n]); return true; } } };
+  const b = W({ mode: "batch" });
+  const running = st(b, { batch: "b1", claimed: [5], inflight: [5] });
+  assert.equal(decisionLaunch({ i: { number: 5 }, watch: b, repo: "o/r", io, state: running, handles: new Map() }), true);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [["b1", 5]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(running.inflight, [5]);
+  const reported = st(b, { batch: null, claimed: [5], failed: [5] });
+  assert.equal(decisionLaunch({ i: { number: 5 }, watch: b, repo: "o/r", io, state: reported, handles: new Map() }), true);
+  assert.deepEqual(reported.claimed, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(reported.failed, []);
+  assert.equal(calls.length, 1);
+});

package/bin/lean/issuewatch-release.test.mjs

@@ -238,7 +238,9 @@ test("CLI: --dry-run prints the cut without writing; refuses a non-release watch
   const r = await issueWatchFromCli(["run", "--name", "sr", "--dry-run"], { cwd, env: io.env, io, print: (l) => out.push(l) });
   assert.match(out.join("\n"), /would cut: billing \(2 issues/);
   assert.equal(io.batches.length, 0); assert.ok(r.dryRun);
-  await assert.rejects(issueWatchFromCli(["run", "--name", "plain", "--dry-run"], { cwd, env: io.env, io, print() {} }), /mode: release/);
+  const plain = [];
+  await issueWatchFromCli(["run", "--name", "plain", "--dry-run"], { cwd, env: io.env, io, print: (l) => plain.push(l) }); // #4793: a non-release watch dry-run classifies needs-human escalations
+  assert.match(plain.join("\n"), /no needs-human escalations to classify/);
   const w = loadWatches(`issue_watch:\n  watches:\n    sr:\n      mode: release\n      threshold: { min_issues: 2 }\n`).sr;
   assert.match(formatStatus({ name: "sr", repo: "o/r", phase: "running", claimed: [1], inflight: [1], merged: [], verified: [], failed: [], pool: [2, 3], llm: 2, releases: [], release: { theme: "billing", issues: [1], batch: "b1" } }, w), /pool: 2.*active: billing.*llm-classified: 2/);
 });

package/bin/lean/issuewatch.mjs

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * No LLM calls.
  */
 import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, rmdirSync } from "node:fs";
-import { execFileSync, spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import { execFileSync, spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { homedir, hostname } from "node:os";
 import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
@@ -19,15 +19,19 @@ import { milestoneSlug, readBranches, isDefaultLane, defaultBranches, DEFAULT_ST
 import { postDeployOnly } from "./prefilter.mjs";
 import { releaseTick, formatDryRun } from "./issuewatch-release.mjs";
 import { loadPolicy } from "./decision-engine.mjs";
+import { decisionContext, decisionsActive, decisionStep, decisionCounts, formatDecisionDryRun, claimsUsed } from "./issuewatch-decisions.mjs";
 import { APP_SLUG } from "../init-repo.mjs";
 import { noComments } from "./render.mjs";
 import { listAssociations } from "./gh-assoc.mjs";
 import { verifyMerge, verifyComment } from "./issuewatch-verify.mjs";
 
-const WATCH_KEYS = ["milestone", "labels", "exclude_labels", "search", "title_regex", "since", "version", "lane", "max_issues", "max_inflight", "until", "mode", "parallel", "include_followups", "postdeploy_rollup", "threshold", "immediate", "max_release_issues", "theme_map", "tracker"];
-const TRUSTED = new Set(["OWNER", "MEMBER", "COLLABORATOR"]);
+const WATCH_KEYS = ["milestone", "labels", "exclude_labels", "search", "title_regex", "since", "version", "lane", "max_issues", "max_inflight", "until", "mode", "parallel", "include_followups", "postdeploy_rollup", "threshold", "immediate", "max_release_issues", "theme_map", "tracker", "sweep_needs_human", "max_launches"];
+export const TRUSTED = new Set(["OWNER", "MEMBER", "COLLABORATOR"]);
 const NAME_RE = /^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]*$/;
 const RETRIES = 3;
+const readFile = (f) => readFileSync(f, "utf8");
+const JUDGE_TIMEOUT_MS = 120_000; // a hung `claude --print` must not stall the watch round
+const CLAUDE_MAX_BUFFER = 8 * 1024 * 1024;
 const VERIFY_WAIT_MS = 60 * 60000; // how long a merge commit's CI may stay pending before verification fails
 const readJson = (f) => { try { return JSON.parse(readFileSync(f, "utf8")); } catch { return null; } };
 
@@ -74,7 +78,9 @@ export function validateWatch(name, cfg = {}) {
   };
   const w = { name, milestone: cfg.milestone || null, labels: list(cfg.labels), exclude_labels: list(cfg.exclude_labels), search: cfg.search || null, title_regex: cfg.title_regex || null,
     since: cfg.since || null, version: cfg.version ? String(cfg.version) : null, lane: cfg.lane || null, max_issues: int("max_issues", null), max_inflight: int("max_inflight", 4),
-    until: cfg.until || null, mode: cfg.mode || "per-issue", parallel: int("parallel", 4), include_followups: cfg.include_followups || "none", postdeploy_rollup: cfg.postdeploy_rollup ? Number(String(cfg.postdeploy_rollup).replace("#", "")) : null };
+    until: cfg.until || null, mode: cfg.mode || "per-issue", parallel: int("parallel", 4), include_followups: cfg.include_followups || "none", postdeploy_rollup: cfg.postdeploy_rollup ? Number(String(cfg.postdeploy_rollup).replace("#", "")) : null,
+    max_launches: int("max_launches", null), sweep_needs_human: cfg.sweep_needs_human === true || String(cfg.sweep_needs_human).toLowerCase() === "true" };
+  if (cfg.sweep_needs_human !== undefined && !/^(true|false)$/i.test(String(cfg.sweep_needs_human))) throw new Error(`watch ${name}: sweep_needs_human must be true or false`);
   if (!["per-issue", "batch", "release"].includes(w.mode)) throw new Error(`watch ${name}: mode must be per-issue, batch or release`);
   if (w.mode === "release") validateRelease(name, cfg, w, int);
   else for (const k of ["threshold", "immediate", "max_release_issues", "theme_map", "tracker"]) if (cfg[k] !== undefined) throw new Error(`watch ${name}: ${k} needs mode: release`);
@@ -107,7 +113,7 @@ function validateRelease(name, cfg, w, int) {
 export const loadWatches = (raw) => Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(parseWatches(raw)).map(([n, c]) => [n, validateWatch(n, c)]));
 
 // ── selectors ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-const labelNames = (i) => (i.labels ?? []).map((l) => (typeof l === "string" ? l : l?.name)).filter(Boolean);
+export const labelNames = (i) => (i.labels ?? []).map((l) => (typeof l === "string" ? l : l?.name)).filter(Boolean);
 
 /** An issue's target version: x.y from its milestone title, else from a `version:x.y` label; null when none. */
 export function issueVersion(issue) {
@@ -135,7 +141,7 @@ export const hasUnresolvedDefer = (body) => noComments(body).split("\n").some((l
 
 // Bot authorship comes from the author only, never the body: a `FORGE:DEFERRED` marker in an outsider's issue is not
 // the App. `gh` reports the ForgeDock App as a bare login with no `[bot]` suffix (#4467), so it is matched by slug.
-const isBot = (i) => { const l = String(i.author?.login ?? ""); return /\[bot\]$|^app\//i.test(l) || i.author?.is_bot === true || l.toLowerCase().replace(/^app\//, "").replace(/\[bot\]$/, "") === APP_SLUG; };
+export const isBot = (i) => { const l = String(i.author?.login ?? ""); return /\[bot\]$|^app\//i.test(l) || i.author?.is_bot === true || l.toLowerCase().replace(/^app\//, "").replace(/\[bot\]$/, "") === APP_SLUG; };
 const isFollowup = (i) => /^follow-up\b/i.test(i.title ?? "");
 
 /** `claim` (a lane/batch takes it), `fold` (post-deploy-only follow-up for the rollup), or null (not for this watch). */
@@ -270,11 +276,12 @@ export async function tick({ watch, repo, io, state, dir, branches = {}, default
   for (const n of [...(state.pendingVerify ?? [])]) if (await closed(n)) await verify(n);
   if (watch.mode === "batch" && state.batch && io.batch.reported(state.batch)) { state.inflight.forEach(fail); state.batch = null; }
 
-  const capped = (watch.max_issues && state.claimed.length >= watch.max_issues) || (watch.until && now >= Date.parse(watch.until));
+  const used = claimsUsed(state); // the decision stage (#4793) draws on the same caps
+  const capped = (watch.max_issues && used.issues >= watch.max_issues) || (watch.max_launches && used.launches >= watch.max_launches) || (watch.until && now >= Date.parse(watch.until));
   if (capped && state.phase === "running") state.phase = "draining";
   if (state.phase === "draining") { if (!state.inflight.length && !Object.keys(state.verifyFrom ?? {}).length) state.phase = "done"; return state; } // a merge mid-verification holds the drain
 
-  const room = Math.min(watch.max_inflight - state.inflight.length, watch.max_issues ? watch.max_issues - state.claimed.length : Infinity);
+  const room = Math.min(watch.max_inflight - state.inflight.length, watch.max_issues ? watch.max_issues - used.issues : Infinity, watch.max_launches ? watch.max_launches - used.launches : Infinity);
   const args = ["issue", "list", "-R", repo, "--state", "open", "--limit", "200", "--json", "number,title,body,labels,milestone,author,createdAt"];
   if (watch.search) args.push("--search", watch.search);
   const candidates = [];
@@ -316,7 +323,7 @@ async function releaseStep({ watch, repo, io, state, dir, branches = {}, default
     return all;
   };
   const eligible = (i) => matchesSelectors(i, watch) && classifyIssue(i, watch) === "claim" && !state.claimed.includes(i.number) && unclaimedOrOwn(registry(), i.number, watch.name); // release #4820 CONC-1: own claims stay eligible
-  const p = loadPolicy({ io: { readFile: (f) => readFileSync(f, "utf8") }, cwd });
+  const p = loadPolicy({ io: { readFile }, cwd });
   return releaseTick({ watch, repo, io, state, defaults, listOpen, eligible, claim: (n) => claimIssue(repoDir(repo, io.env), n, watch.name), laneFor: (i) => laneFor(i, watch, { branches, defaults }), dagOrder,
     policy: { path: p.policyPath, text: p.policyText }, dryRun });
 }
@@ -336,15 +343,52 @@ export function formatStatus(s, watch, now = Date.now()) {
   const left = watch.until ? `${Math.max(0, Math.round((Date.parse(watch.until) - now) / 60000))}m` : "forever";
   return [`watch ${s.name} (${s.repo}) [${s.phase}, ${watch.mode}]`, `  selector: ${sel}`,
     `  claims: ${s.claimed.length}/${watch.max_issues ?? "∞"}  inflight: ${s.inflight.length}  merged: ${s.merged.length}  verified: ${s.verified.length}  unverified: ${(s.unverified ?? []).length}  closed unmerged: ${(s.closed ?? []).length}  failed: ${s.failed.length}`, `  time remaining: ${left}`,
+    ...(s.decisions ? [(({ decided, evidence, folded, external_kept: kept }) => `  needs-human decisions: decided ${decided}  evidence-gathered ${evidence}  folded ${folded}  external-kept ${kept}`)(decisionCounts(s))] : []),
+    ...(s.decisionError ? [`  needs-human decisions: last round failed: ${s.decisionError}`] : []), // release #5068 CQ-1
     ...(watch.mode === "release" ? [`  pool: ${(s.pool ?? []).length}  releases: ${(s.releases ?? []).length + (s.release ? 1 : 0)}${s.release ? `  active: ${s.release.theme} (${s.release.issues.length} issues, batch ${s.release.batch})` : ""}  llm-classified: ${s.llm ?? 0}`] : [])].join("\n");
 }
 
+const unsettle = (state, n) => { for (const k of ["failed", "unverified", "closed", "pendingVerify"]) if (state[k]) state[k] = state[k].filter((x) => x !== n); delete state.retries[n]; };
+/**
+ * #4793: a decided or evidence-gathered issue (needs-human already cleared) goes back to a lane. Per-issue watches launch it
+ * here. Release #5068 MAT-1: batch and release watches never re-select an issue they hold in `claimed`, so a batch watch
+ * requeues it into its batch (`orchestrate --requeue`), and an issue the watch has not taken yet, or a release watch's,
+ * has its claim released so the next pass selects it. @returns {boolean} true when a lane runs or the next pass takes it.
+ */
+export function decisionLaunch({ i, watch, repo, io, state, handles, branches, defaults }) {
+  const n = i.number;
+  // release #5068 delta SPEC-1: a batch issue stays inflight until its batch reports, so a running batch is requeued
+  // whatever inflight says; once the batch reported (tick moved it to failed, state.batch null) the claim is released
+  if (watch.mode === "batch" && state.batch && state.claimed.includes(n)) {
+    if (!io.batch?.requeue?.(state.batch, n, "issue-watch decision: needs-human settled")) return false;
+    unsettle(state, n);
+    if (!state.inflight.includes(n)) state.inflight.push(n);
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (watch.mode !== "per-issue") { // the next tick / release pass re-selects it (own registry claims stay eligible)
+    state.claimed = state.claimed.filter((x) => x !== n); state.inflight = state.inflight.filter((x) => x !== n); delete state.lanes[n];
+    unsettle(state, n);
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (state.inflight.includes(n) || !claimIssue(repoDir(repo, io.env), n, watch.name)) return false;
+  const lane = laneFor(i, watch, { branches, defaults });
+  if (!state.claimed.includes(n)) state.claimed.push(n);
+  unsettle(state, n); state.inflight.push(n); state.lanes[n] = lane; handles.set(n, io.launch(n, lane));
+  return true;
+}
+
 /** Run until done (capped) or `once`; writes status.json each pass. */
 export async function runWatch({ watch, repo, io, dir, branches, defaults, once = false, intervalMs = 300000, release = () => {}, cwd }) {
   const state = readJson(join(dir, "status.json")) ?? fresh(watch, repo);
   const handles = new Map();
+  const ctx = decisionContext({ loadPolicy, readFile, cwd: cwd ?? process.cwd() });
+  const shared = { matches: matchesSelectors, fold, labelNames, isBot, TRUSTED };
+  const launch = (i) => decisionLaunch({ i, watch, repo, io, state, handles, branches, defaults });
   try {
     do {
+      if (state.phase === "running" && decisionsActive(watch, ctx.policy)) { // #4793: a failed round must not stop the watch
+        try { await decisionStep({ watch, repo, io, state, ctx, shared, launch }); state.decisionError = null; } catch (e) { state.decisionError = String(e?.message ?? e).slice(0, 200); }
+      }
       if (watch.mode === "release") await releaseStep({ watch, repo, io, state, dir, branches, defaults, cwd }); else await tick({ watch, repo, io, state, dir, branches, defaults, handles });
       writeAtomic(join(dir, "status.json"), JSON.stringify(state) + "\n");
       if (state.phase === "done" || once) break;
@@ -355,6 +399,7 @@ export async function runWatch({ watch, repo, io, dir, branches, defaults, once
 }
 
 // ── real io + CLI ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+const judgePrompt = ({ decision, options, policy, policyPath, precedent }) => `You settle one decision for a repository from its own policy file (${policyPath ?? "none"}) and prior decisions. Reply with only a JSON object {"choice","clause","rejected","reversibility":"reversible|one-way","confidence":"high|medium|low","anchors":[]}. "clause" quotes the policy clause or precedent that supports the choice; leave it empty when none applies.\n\nPolicy:\n${policy}\n\nPrior decisions:\n${JSON.stringify((precedent ?? []).slice(0, 20))}\n\nDecision needed:\n${decision}\n${(options ?? []).length ? `Options: ${options.join(" | ")}\n` : ""}`;
 const CLI = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..", "forgedock.mjs");
 function realIo(repo, env = process.env) {
   const gh = (args) => execFileSync("gh", args, { encoding: "utf8", maxBuffer: 64 * 1024 * 1024 });
@@ -364,6 +409,10 @@ function realIo(repo, env = process.env) {
       const prompt = `Classify each GitHub issue into exactly one theme of [${themes.join(", ")}], or "general" when none fits. Reply with only a JSON object {"<number>": "<theme>"}.\n\n${issues.map((i) => `#${i.number} ${i.title}\n${String(i.body ?? "").slice(0, 600)}`).join("\n---\n")}`;
       return JSON.parse(/\{[\s\S]*\}/.exec(execFileSync("claude", ["--print"], { input: prompt, encoding: "utf8", maxBuffer: 8 * 1024 * 1024 }))[0]);
     },
+    judge: ({ decision, options, policy, policyPath, precedent }) => { // #4793: the one LLM judgment of the decision stage
+      const prompt = judgePrompt({ decision, options, policy, policyPath, precedent });
+      return JSON.parse(/\{[^{}]*(?:\{[^{}]*\}[^{}]*)*\}/.exec(execFileSync("claude", ["--print"], { input: prompt, encoding: "utf8", maxBuffer: CLAUDE_MAX_BUFFER, timeout: JUDGE_TIMEOUT_MS }))[0]);
+    },
     launch: (n, lane) => {
       let res = null;
       const p = spawn(process.execPath, [CLI, "run-issue", String(n), "--lane", lane], { detached: true, windowsHide: true, stdio: "ignore", cwd: process.cwd(), env });
@@ -372,6 +421,8 @@ function realIo(repo, env = process.env) {
     },
     batch: {
       add: (id, issues) => openBatch(root, id).addIssues(issues),
+      // release #5068 MAT-1: the CLI path checks the label, reopens a finished batch and hosts it on the schedd
+      requeue: (id, n, reason) => (spawnSync(process.execPath, [CLI, "orchestrate", "--requeue", id, String(n), "--reason", reason], { cwd: process.cwd(), env, encoding: "utf8", timeout: 120000, windowsHide: true }).stdout ?? "").match(new RegExp(`requeued #${n}\\b`)) !== null,
       reported: (id) => existsSync(join(root, id, "report.json")),
       start: async (issues, parallel, lane) => {
         const before = new Set(listBatches(root));
@@ -403,13 +454,19 @@ export async function issueWatchFromCli(argv, deps = {}) {
     print(s ? formatStatus(s, watch, io.now()) : `watch ${name}: no status yet`);
     return { ok: true };
   }
+  const ctx = decisionContext({ loadPolicy, readFile, cwd }), shared = { matches: matchesSelectors, fold, labelNames, isBot, TRUSTED };
+  if (argv.includes("--dry-run") && watch.mode !== "release") { // #4793: classification of the needs-human escalations, nothing written
+    const { rows } = await decisionStep({ watch, repo, io, state: readJson(join(dir, "status.json")) ?? fresh(watch, repo), ctx, shared, dryRun: true });
+    print(formatDecisionDryRun(rows));
+    return { ok: true, dryRun: { rows } };
+  }
   if (argv.includes("--dry-run")) {
-    if (watch.mode !== "release") throw new Error("--dry-run needs a watch with mode: release");
     const real = deps.io ?? realIo(repo, env), branches = readBranches(cwd);
     const defaults = await defaultBranches({ repo, io: { gh: async (a) => real.gh(a) }, branches });
     const state = readJson(join(dir, "status.json")) ?? fresh(watch, repo);
     const r = await releaseStep({ watch, repo, io: real, state, dir, branches, defaults, dryRun: true, cwd });
     print(r.decision ? formatDryRun(r.decision, r.pool, r.themes) : "release in flight; nothing to cut");
+    if (decisionsActive(watch, ctx.policy)) print(formatDecisionDryRun((await decisionStep({ watch, repo, io: real, state, ctx, shared, dryRun: true })).rows));
     return { ok: true, dryRun: r };
   }
   mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });

package/bin/lean/issuewatch.test.mjs

@@ -401,3 +401,21 @@ for (const [what, bad] of [["label", (a) => a[1] === "edit" && a.includes("needs
     assert.deepEqual(state.pendingVerify, []);
   });
 }
+
+test("#4793 sweep_needs_human and max_launches are watch keys; max_launches caps the claims of a tick", async () => {
+  assert.equal(W({ sweep_needs_human: true, max_launches: 1 }).max_launches, 1);
+  assert.throws(() => W({ max_launches: "x" }), /max_launches/);
+  const env = tmp();
+  const io = fakeIo(env, [iss(1), iss(2), iss(3)]);
+  const w = W({ max_launches: 2 });
+  const state = await runWatch({ watch: w, repo: "o/r", io, dir: env, branches: {}, defaults: [], once: true, cwd: tmp() });
+  assert.equal(state.claimed.length, 2);
+  assert.equal(io.launched.length, 2);
+});
+
+test("#4793 formatStatus lists decided / evidence-gathered / folded / external-kept from the stage rows", () => {
+  const w = W();
+  const s = { name: "w", repo: "o/r", phase: "running", claimed: [], inflight: [], merged: [], verified: [], failed: [],
+    decisions: { rows: [{ action: "decided" }, { action: "evidence-needed" }, { action: "post-deploy-only" }, { action: "external", kept: true }, { action: "external", kept: true }] } };
+  assert.match(formatStatus(s, w, 0), /needs-human decisions: decided 1  evidence-gathered 1  folded 1  external-kept 2/);
+});

package/bin/lean/lane.mjs

@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@ export function milestoneSlug(title) {
   return String(title ?? "").toLowerCase().replace(/ /g, "-").replace(/[^a-z0-9-]/g, "").replace(/-+/g, "-").replace(/^-|-$/g, "");
 }
 
+/**
+ * Every milestone of `repo` in `state` (all|open|closed), across every page (#5084: one page of 100 hid newer milestones).
+ * One `gh api --paginate` call, one object per line; a whole-JSON reply (a single array) is accepted too. gh errors propagate.
+ */
+export async function listMilestones({ gh, repo, state = "all" }) {
+  const text = String(await gh(["api", `repos/${repo}/milestones?state=${state}&per_page=100`, "--paginate", "--jq", ".[] | @json"]) ?? "").trim();
+  if (!text) return [];
+  let whole;
+  try { whole = JSON.parse(text); } catch { whole = undefined; }
+  if (whole !== undefined) return Array.isArray(whole) ? whole : whole && typeof whole === "object" ? [whole] : [];
+  return text.split("\n").map((l) => l.trim()).filter(Boolean).flatMap((l) => JSON.parse(l));
+}
+
 /** forge.yaml `branches` from the checkout: {default, staging, featurePattern}; missing keys are null. */
 export function readBranches(cwd = process.cwd()) {
   let b = {};