iterate-plugin 3.5.7 → 3.6.0

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  1. package/README.md +64 -20
  2. package/README.zh-CN.md +53 -17
  3. package/dist/approval-gate.js +143 -23
  4. package/dist/atomic-fs.js +148 -17
  5. package/dist/config-loader.js +509 -34
  6. package/dist/config-write.js +83 -22
  7. package/dist/evidence.js +141 -87
  8. package/dist/file-lock.js +165 -0
  9. package/dist/index.js +54 -28
  10. package/dist/jobs.js +56 -11
  11. package/dist/live.js +52 -13
  12. package/dist/meta-review.js +132 -28
  13. package/dist/method-scope.js +31 -8
  14. package/dist/review-scope.js +32 -9
  15. package/dist/review.js +96 -17
  16. package/dist/session-hooks.js +55 -13
  17. package/dist/skill-prompt.js +396 -66
  18. package/dist/tools/checkpoint.js +85 -19
  19. package/dist/tools/config.js +44 -2
  20. package/dist/tools/context.js +22 -5
  21. package/dist/tools/decision-log.js +111 -27
  22. package/dist/tools/defense-events.js +90 -31
  23. package/dist/tools/defense-store.js +28 -3
  24. package/dist/tools/experience-bank.js +108 -43
  25. package/dist/tools/experience-store.js +54 -4
  26. package/dist/tools/fix.js +347 -119
  27. package/dist/tools/history.js +68 -14
  28. package/dist/tools/present.js +80 -0
  29. package/dist/tools/prune.js +150 -53
  30. package/dist/tools/quality-gate.js +52 -2
  31. package/dist/tools/quality-store.js +17 -1
  32. package/dist/tools/review.js +158 -7
  33. package/dist/tools/transcript.js +173 -36
  34. package/dist/tools/triage.js +67 -12
  35. package/dist/tools/validate.js +115 -24
  36. package/dist/transcript.js +267 -4
  37. package/lib/client.js +945 -181
  38. package/lib/parse.js +760 -57
  39. package/package.json +14 -12
  40. package/src/approval-gate.ts +160 -23
  41. package/src/atomic-fs.ts +152 -17
  42. package/src/client/index.ts +600 -129
  43. package/src/config-loader.ts +542 -35
  44. package/src/config-write.ts +108 -26
  45. package/src/evidence.ts +194 -92
  46. package/src/file-lock.ts +184 -0
  47. package/src/index.ts +53 -29
  48. package/src/jobs.ts +63 -12
  49. package/src/live.ts +48 -11
  50. package/src/meta-review.ts +151 -34
  51. package/src/method-scope.ts +31 -8
  52. package/src/review-scope.ts +33 -10
  53. package/src/review.ts +96 -17
  54. package/src/session-hooks.ts +54 -12
  55. package/src/skill-prompt.ts +396 -66
  56. package/src/tools/checkpoint.ts +81 -19
  57. package/src/tools/config.ts +44 -2
  58. package/src/tools/context.ts +25 -5
  59. package/src/tools/decision-log.ts +115 -22
  60. package/src/tools/defense-events.ts +87 -31
  61. package/src/tools/defense-store.ts +30 -3
  62. package/src/tools/experience-bank.ts +112 -44
  63. package/src/tools/experience-store.ts +54 -5
  64. package/src/tools/fix.ts +258 -20
  65. package/src/tools/history.ts +74 -15
  66. package/src/tools/present.ts +89 -0
  67. package/src/tools/prune.ts +154 -51
  68. package/src/tools/quality-gate.ts +57 -2
  69. package/src/tools/quality-store.ts +18 -1
  70. package/src/tools/review.ts +155 -6
  71. package/src/tools/transcript.ts +178 -36
  72. package/src/tools/triage.ts +70 -13
  73. package/src/tools/validate.ts +138 -32
  74. package/src/transcript.ts +279 -4
  75. package/src/types.ts +29 -1
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ You have the iterate plugin installed, which registers these tools:
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  - \`iterate_status\` — summarize the current run: mode, round, fixes applied, architectural remaining, decision-log size, checkpoint presence, and whether the run was interrupted (a checkpoint on disk with no newer decision-log activity means the previous run was interrupted and can be resumed)
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  - \`iterate_history\` — inspect the runtime state in detail: decision-log entries and applied fixes (optionally scoped to a round or a fixed file)
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  - \`iterate_prune\` — remove stale runtime artifacts (\`.iterate/\` entries). Defaults to a read-only dry-run that reports what WOULD be removed; pass \`dryRun:false\` to actually prune.
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- - \`iterate_transcript\` — runtime observatory file (\`.iterate/transcript.json\`). \`read\` fetches the persisted manifest including any steering \`nudge\` for this run's reviewers; \`capture\` (call once after the final report) persists the per-reviewer threads, convergence trend, findings, fixes, checkpoint, and timeline so the client observatory panel reflects the run; \`nudge\` sets/clears steering text the next round's reviewers read. Purely local, never touches source files.
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+ - \`iterate_transcript\` — runtime observatory file (\`.iterate/transcript.json\`). \`read\` fetches the persisted manifest including any steering \`nudge\` for this run's reviewers; \`capture\` (call once after the final report) persists the per-reviewer threads, convergence trend, findings, fixes, checkpoint, per-round validation results (\`validations\`: command + exitCode + allowed + rejectReason), and timeline so the client observatory panel reflects the run; \`nudge\` sets/clears steering text the next round's reviewers read. Purely local, never touches source files.
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  - \`iterate_experience\` — experience bank (\`.iterate/experience.json\`): \`list\`/\`search\`/\`get\` recall verified fixes and patterns from past sessions (read the bank before fixing so proven fixes are applied first); \`add\` records a new verified fix — re-adding the same pattern+dimension bumps its hit count instead of duplicating it; \`remove\` deletes a stale or incorrect entry by \`id\` so bad experiences never resurface.
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  - \`iterate_quality_gate\` — quality certificate: \`read\` loads the persisted dimension convergence rates / verification pass rate / PASS-FAIL status; \`compute\` recomputes a fresh snapshot from this round's findings + validation results (supply \`findingsByRound\` for real convergence) and persists it to \`.iterate/quality-gate.json\`; \`clear\` removes the persisted certificate to reset a stale gate before a fresh iteration.
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  - \`iterate_defense_events\` — defense event stream (\`.iterate/defense-events.json\`): \`list\`/\`counts\` review precondition failures, rollbacks, invariant violations, and falsified assumptions; \`record\` logs a new event when a defense fires. Human-readable labels follow the project \`language\` (en/zh).
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ final review report. NO file writes, NO git, NO branches, NO worktree.
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  Canonical script — reproduce this structure exactly (adjust dims via the plan):
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  \`\`\`js
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+ // args = { mode: "dry-run", maxRounds?, subagentProvider?, subagentModel?, attachments? }
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  phase('plan')
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  // Optional per-run backend override for sub-agents (omit to inherit the session backend).
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  const subAgentProvider = (args && args.subagentProvider) || undefined
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ const backend = Object.assign({}, subAgentProvider ? { provider: subAgentProvide
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  // User-attached image evidence relayed into reviewer prompts (metadata only).
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  const attachments = (args && Array.isArray(args.attachments)) ? args.attachments : []
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  const planRes = await agent(
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- 'Call iterate_review({operation:"plan", mode:"dry-run"}) and return the plan JSON.',
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+ 'Call iterate_review({operation:"plan", mode:"dry-run"' + (args.maxRounds ? ', maxReviewRounds:' + args.maxRounds : '') + '}) and return the plan JSON.',
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  Object.assign({ label: 'review:plan' }, backend)
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  )
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  const plan = (planRes && planRes.plan) ? planRes.plan : null
@@ -89,25 +90,31 @@ let lastRoundOk = true
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  // run starts at startRound > 1, so the round NUMBER is not a valid array index.
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  let roundSlot = -1
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- phase('transcript')
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- // Read any steering nudge written (via iterate_transcript nudge) for this run's reviewers.
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- const transRead = await agent(
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- 'Call iterate_transcript({operation:"read"}) and return {nudge:<transcript.nudge ? transcript.nudge.text : null>}.',
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- Object.assign({ label: 'transcript:read' }, backend)
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- )
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- const steering = transRead && typeof transRead.nudge === 'string' && transRead.nudge ? transRead.nudge : null
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-
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  phase('review')
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  for (let r = 1; r <= maxRounds; r++) {
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+ // Re-read the steering nudge at the start of EVERY round (not once before
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+ // the loop): iterate_transcript nudge promises to steer "the next round's
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+ // reviewers", so a nudge written mid-run must reach round 2+ — a single
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+ // pre-loop read froze the round-1 nudge for the whole run.
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+ const transRead = await agent(
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+ 'Call iterate_transcript({operation:"read"}) and return {nudge:<transcript.nudge ? transcript.nudge.text : null>}.',
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+ Object.assign({ label: 'transcript:read:r' + r }, backend)
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+ )
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+ const steering = transRead && typeof transRead.nudge === 'string' && transRead.nudge ? transRead.nudge : null
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  log('round ' + r + ' of ' + maxRounds + ' — finding NEW issues only')
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  roundSlot = rounds.length
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  let agg = null
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  let schemaInvalid = false
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  let attempts = 0
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- // Declared OUTSIDE the do-block: it is read after the retry loop exits, and a
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- // block-scoped const here raised ReferenceError at runtime (crashing both
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- // canonical workflows after the first round).
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+ // Declared OUTSIDE the do-block: both are read after the retry loop exits,
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+ // and block-scoped consts here raised ReferenceError at runtime (crashing
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+ // both canonical workflows after the first round) whenever the aggregate
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+ // subagent resolved null — or an object without a report — and the
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+ // convergence fallback below reached thisRound.findings.
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  let reviewersOk = true
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+ // Safe empty shape: the do-block always overwrites it, but the post-loop
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+ // read must never depend on block scope again.
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+ let thisRound = { round: r, findings: [], readFiles: [] }
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  do {
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  attempts += 1
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  // Schema validation retry: on the 2nd+ pass, nudge reviewers toward strict JSON.
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  // round is NOT a clean pass — it is inconclusive, so the convergence gate
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  // below refuses it before any "converged" signal fires.
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  reviewersOk = raw.length > 0 ? raw.some(x => x !== null && typeof x === 'object') : true
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- const thisRound = {
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+ thisRound = {
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  round: r,
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  findings: [].concat(...raw.map(x => x && x.findings ? x.findings : [])),
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  // readFiles are threaded through so the aggregate/meta-review coverage
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  const finalReport = metaRes && metaRes.finalReport ? metaRes.finalReport : null
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  const metaAudit = finalReport && finalReport.metaReview ? finalReport.metaReview : null
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+ // Compute the final flags ONCE, before the capture: the capture must persist
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+ // the SAME stoppedReason the caller receives. Previously the capture omitted
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+ // the computed reason, so the transcript tool derived a wrong one from the
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+ // trend (an inconclusive run was stored as "converged"/"max_rounds_reached").
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+ const convergedFinal = report.convergence.converged && lastRoundOk
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+ // The aggregate's convergence flag is only trustworthy when the last round
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+ // was usable — an all-failed/schema-invalid final round looks like "0 new"
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+ // to the convergence math but is an inconclusive run, never a clean pass.
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+ const stoppedReason = report.convergence.converged && !lastRoundOk
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+ ? 'inconclusive'
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+ : report.convergence.stoppedReason
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+
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+ // F8 (quality gate): persist a certificate for the read-only review too, so
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+ // the quality tab has data after a dry-run as well. A dry-run never fixes
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+ // anything (fixedByDimension omitted → 0) and never executes a validation
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+ // command (validationResults omitted → verification 0/0, never a fabricated
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+ // check) — the snapshot reflects review findings + convergence only.
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+ const drySeries = Object.create(null)
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+ for (const dim of dims) drySeries[dim] = new Array(rounds.length).fill(0)
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+ for (let i = 0; i < rounds.length; i++) {
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+ for (const f of (rounds[i].findings || [])) {
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+ if (f && typeof f === 'object') {
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+ const s = drySeries[String(f.dimension)]
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+ if (Array.isArray(s) && i < s.length) s[i] += 1
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+ }
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+ }
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+ }
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+ await agent(
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+ 'Call iterate_quality_gate({operation:"compute", dimensions:' + JSON.stringify(dims) +
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+ ', findings:' + JSON.stringify(Array.isArray(report.findings) ? report.findings : known) +
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+ ', findingsByRound:' + JSON.stringify(drySeries) + '}) and return {ok, snapshot, warnings}.',
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+ Object.assign({ label: 'quality-gate:compute' }, backend)
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+ )
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+
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  // so the client observatory panel reflects this review. Writes ONLY .iterate/transcript.json.
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+ // A dry-run executes no validation commands, so its \`validations\` is always [].
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  await agent(
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- 'Call iterate_transcript({operation:"capture", mode:"dry-run", goal:' + JSON.stringify(report.goal) + ', maxRounds:' + maxRounds + ', roundsExecuted:' + report.convergence.totalRounds + ', findingsByRound:' + JSON.stringify(report.convergence.findingsByRound || []) + ', rounds:' + JSON.stringify(rounds.map(rr => ({ round: rr.round, findings: rr.findings, readFiles: rr.readFiles }))) + '}). Return {operation:"ok"}.',
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+ 'Call iterate_transcript({operation:"capture", mode:"dry-run", goal:' + JSON.stringify(report.goal) + ', maxRounds:' + maxRounds + ', roundsExecuted:' + report.convergence.totalRounds + ', findingsByRound:' + JSON.stringify(report.convergence.findingsByRound || []) + ', stoppedReason:"' + stoppedReason + '", validations:[], rounds:' + JSON.stringify(rounds.map(rr => ({ round: rr.round, findings: rr.findings, readFiles: rr.readFiles }))) + '}). Return {operation:"ok"}.',
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  )
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- // was usable — an all-failed/schema-invalid final round looks like "0 new"
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- // to the convergence math but is an inconclusive run, never a clean pass.
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- converged: report.convergence.converged && lastRoundOk,
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- stoppedReason: report.convergence.converged && !lastRoundOk
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- ? 'inconclusive'
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- : report.convergence.stoppedReason,
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+ converged: convergedFinal,
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+ stoppedReason: stoppedReason,
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@@ -247,7 +284,7 @@ Key rules for dry-run:
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  - Stop when a round reports 0 new findings (converged) or maxReviewRounds is reached.
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  - **Meta-review**: after building the report, audit it with \`iterate_review({operation:"meta-review"})\` for internal consistency (counts, severity buckets, dimension sums, sort order, convergence math). The meta-review ALSO runs the hard code-evidence gate (default on): every finding's file/line is validated against real files on disk, so any fabricated location surfaces as a critical \`EVIDENCE_VIOLATION\` and flips the verdict to \`needs_revision\`. The \`finalReport.verdict\` is \`approved\` only when the report passes every check AND every finding anchors to real, read code; otherwise \`needs_revision\`. Surface the final report and its verdict as the closing deliverable.
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- - Only a single \`report\` entry may be appended to the decision log; nothing else is written to source files. The final \`iterate_transcript capture\` writes ONLY the observatory file (\`.iterate/transcript.json\`) so the client panel reflects the run — it is not a source-code write.
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+ - Only a single \`report\` entry may be appended to the decision log; nothing else is written to source files. The final \`iterate_transcript capture\` writes ONLY the observatory file (\`.iterate/transcript.json\`) so the client panel reflects the run — it is not a source-code write. The capture carries the computed \`stoppedReason\` (e.g. \`inconclusive\` for a run whose last round was unusable) so the panel shows why the run actually ended instead of the tool guessing from the trend.
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  Set \`args.mode = "normal"\`. Loop: resume → plan → parallel review ×N → atomic fixes via \`iterate_fix\` → validate → rollback on failure → checkpoint → loop → auto-stop when zero findings remain.
@@ -261,18 +298,60 @@ const subAgentModel = (args && args.subagentModel) || undefined
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  const backend = Object.assign({}, subAgentProvider ? { provider: subAgentProvider } : {}, subAgentModel ? { model: subAgentModel } : {})
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+ // zero validations every round and still report green (fails OPEN). Read the
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+ // config BEFORE any work and stop with an actionable message — unless the
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+ // caller explicitly opted into an unverified run (args.unverified === true).
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+ const preCfgRes = await agent(
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+ 'Call iterate_config({}) and return the config JSON.',
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+ Object.assign({ label: 'config:preflight' }, backend)
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+ )
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+ const preCfg = (preCfgRes && preCfgRes.config) ? preCfgRes.config : null
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+ const validationCmds = []
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+ const cfgCommands = preCfg && preCfg.validation && preCfg.validation.commands
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+ if (cfgCommands && typeof cfgCommands === 'object') {
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+ for (const group of Object.values(cfgCommands)) {
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+ if (Array.isArray(group)) {
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+ }
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+ }
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+ )
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+ // still counts this resumption — and re-adding +1 here on top of the tool's
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+ ', outcome:' + JSON.stringify(outcome) + '}). Return {operation:"ok"}.',
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+ )
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  // reports its true round, not the count of rounds it happened to run).
316
417
  let lastRound = startRound - 1
317
418
 
318
- // Read any steering nudge intended for this run's reviewers.
319
- const transRead = await agent(
320
- 'Call iterate_transcript({operation:"read"}) and return {nudge:<transcript.nudge ? transcript.nudge.text : null>}.',
321
- Object.assign({ label: 'transcript:read' }, backend)
322
- )
323
- const steering = transRead && typeof transRead.nudge === 'string' && transRead.nudge ? transRead.nudge : null
324
-
325
419
  phase('loop')
326
420
  for (let r = startRound; r <= maxRounds; r++) {
421
+ // Re-read the steering nudge at the start of EVERY round (not once before
422
+ // the loop): iterate_transcript nudge promises to steer "the next round's
423
+ // reviewers", so a nudge written mid-run must reach round 2+ — a single
424
+ // pre-loop read froze the round-1 nudge for the whole run.
425
+ const transRead = await agent(
426
+ 'Call iterate_transcript({operation:"read"}) and return {nudge:<transcript.nudge ? transcript.nudge.text : null>}.',
427
+ Object.assign({ label: 'transcript:read:r' + r }, backend)
428
+ )
429
+ const steering = transRead && typeof transRead.nudge === 'string' && transRead.nudge ? transRead.nudge : null
327
430
  log('round ' + r + ' of ' + maxRounds + ' — review current state, fix atomics via iterate_fix, validate')
328
431
  roundSlot = rounds.length
329
432
  lastRound = r
@@ -335,10 +438,14 @@ for (let r = startRound; r <= maxRounds; r++) {
335
438
  let agg = null
336
439
  let schemaInvalid = false
337
440
  let attempts = 0
338
- // Declared OUTSIDE the do-block: it is read after the retry loop exits, and a
339
- // block-scoped const here raised ReferenceError at runtime (crashing both
340
- // canonical workflows after the first round).
441
+ // Declared OUTSIDE the do-block: both are read after the retry loop exits,
442
+ // and block-scoped consts here raised ReferenceError at runtime (crashing
443
+ // both canonical workflows after the first round) whenever the aggregate
444
+ // subagent resolved null — the findings fallback below read thisRound.
341
445
  let reviewersOk = true
446
+ // Safe empty shape: the do-block always overwrites it, but the post-loop
447
+ // read must never depend on block scope again.
448
+ let thisRound = { round: r, findings: [], readFiles: [] }
342
449
  do {
343
450
  attempts += 1
344
451
  // Schema validation retry: on the 2nd+ pass, nudge reviewers toward strict JSON.
@@ -363,7 +470,7 @@ for (let r = startRound; r <= maxRounds; r++) {
363
470
  // no usable output — an empty aggregate must not read like a clean
364
471
  // "nothing to fix" convergence. Gate the loop exit + convergence on it.
365
472
  reviewersOk = raw.length > 0 ? raw.some(x => x !== null && typeof x === 'object') : true
366
- const thisRound = {
473
+ thisRound = {
367
474
  round: r,
368
475
  findings: [].concat(...raw.map(x => x && x.findings ? x.findings : [])),
369
476
  readFiles: [].concat(...raw.map(x => x && Array.isArray(x.readFiles) ? x.readFiles : [])),
@@ -386,6 +493,11 @@ for (let r = startRound; r <= maxRounds; r++) {
386
493
  log('retry ' + attempts + ': round ' + r + ' output failed schema validation — re-running reviewers with strict-JSON emphasis')
387
494
  }
388
495
  } while (schemaInvalid && attempts < 3)
496
+ // Freeze the round's aggregate findings for the final F8 gate — the raw
497
+ // reviewer output above may still hold duplicates the aggregate dropped.
498
+ roundReports[roundSlot] = (agg && agg.report && Array.isArray(agg.report.findings))
499
+ ? agg.report.findings
500
+ : thisRound.findings
389
501
  if (schemaInvalid || !reviewersOk) {
390
502
  // Bounded exit: never loop forever, and never let an all-failed/empty round
391
503
  // read like a clean convergence. Stop the run WITHOUT applying fixes for
@@ -398,6 +510,8 @@ for (let r = startRound; r <= maxRounds; r++) {
398
510
  'Call iterate_decision_log({operation:"append", type:"round_failed", round:' + r + ', data:{reason:"' + (schemaInvalid ? 'schema_invalid' : 'no_usable_reviewer_output') + '", rolledBack:0}})',
399
511
  Object.assign({ label: 'log:schemaFailed:r' + r }, backend)
400
512
  )
513
+ // F10: an unusable round is a precondition failure the gate could not clear.
514
+ await recordDefense('precondition_failed', r, 'reviewer output unusable: ' + (schemaInvalid ? 'schema-invalid after 3 attempts' : 'all reviewers failed'), 'reviewer output schema gate', 'round inconclusive; run stopped WITHOUT fixes (never reported as converged)')
401
515
  break
402
516
  }
403
517
  const findings = (agg && agg.report && agg.report.findings) ? agg.report.findings : thisRound.findings
@@ -410,7 +524,13 @@ for (let r = startRound; r <= maxRounds; r++) {
410
524
  // calling iterate_fix per finding (the ONLY sanctioned writer), then
411
525
  // iterate_diff to verify — so the same file is never edited concurrently;
412
526
  // different files still run in parallel.
413
- const byFile = {}
527
+ // Null-prototype map: f.file is MODEL-CONTROLLED, and on a plain {} a
528
+ // finding with file "__proto__" or "constructor" resolves to
529
+ // Object.prototype/Object — the "|| []" keeps that inherited object and
530
+ // ".push(f)" then throws TypeError, killing the whole run. With
531
+ // Object.create(null) every key is an own property, and Object.keys(byFile)
532
+ // (the only downstream usage) works unchanged.
533
+ const byFile = Object.create(null)
414
534
  atomic.forEach(f => { (byFile[f.file] = byFile[f.file] || []).push(f) })
415
535
  const fixRes = await parallel(Object.keys(byFile).map(file => () => agent(
416
536
  'Apply the fixes for ' + JSON.stringify(file) + ' using iterate_fix. For EACH finding in this list, ' +
@@ -445,6 +565,14 @@ for (let r = startRound; r <= maxRounds; r++) {
445
565
  }
446
566
  }
447
567
  }
568
+ // F10: a fix iterate_fix REFUSED (at this point in the round success:false
569
+ // can only mean the tool refused it — rollbacks flip records later) means
570
+ // the reviewer's \`is_atomic\` assumption was wrong: the change did not fit
571
+ // the atomic limit. That is a falsified assumption, not a code failure.
572
+ const refusedFixes = fixRecords.filter(fr => fr.round === r && fr.success === false)
573
+ if (refusedFixes.length > 0) {
574
+ await recordDefense('assumption_falsified', r, refusedFixes.length + ' finding(s) marked atomic could not be applied by iterate_fix', 'finding judged is_atomic (change ≤ ' + atomicMaxLines + ' lines in one file)', 'fix refused — the atomicity assumption was wrong for these findings; they stay open for a follow-up round')
575
+ }
448
576
  }
449
577
 
450
578
  // Cross-round dedupe of architectural findings before accumulating.
@@ -459,17 +587,73 @@ for (let r = startRound; r <= maxRounds; r++) {
459
587
  // when a command is NOT in validation.commands (a config gap, NOT a code
460
588
  // failure) — those abort the run WITHOUT rolling back (the code changes are
461
589
  // fine; the trust list just needs fixing).
462
- const valRes = await agent(
463
- 'Read iterate.config.yaml validation.commands, then call iterate_validate({ command: <cmd> }) for EACH configured command ' +
464
- '(one tool call per command). Return all results as {command, exitCode, allowed, rejectReason} entries — include \`allowed\` and \`rejectReason\` exactly as returned by iterate_validate (allowed:false means the command is not in validation.commands).',
465
- Object.assign({ label: 'validate:r' + r, phase: 'validate', schema: {
466
- type: 'object', additionalProperties: false,
467
- properties: {
468
- results: { type: 'array', items: { type: 'object', additionalProperties: false, properties: { command: { type: 'string' }, exitCode: { type: 'integer' }, allowed: { type: 'boolean' }, rejectReason: { type: 'string' } }, required: ['command', 'exitCode'] } }
469
- },
470
- required: ['results'] } }, backend)
471
- )
472
- const valResults = (valRes && Array.isArray(valRes.results)) ? valRes.results : []
590
+ let valResults = []
591
+ if (unverified) {
592
+ // Explicit user opt-in chosen at the preflight above: NOTHING is configured
593
+ // to validate, so validation is skipped DELIBERATELY — never silently.
594
+ // The round runs UNVERIFIED and the final report/stoppedReason carry
595
+ // zeroValidation so it can never read as a verified pass.
596
+ log('round ' + r + ' UNVERIFIED (args.unverified, no validation.commands) — skipping validation for this round')
597
+ } else {
598
+ const valRes = await agent(
599
+ 'Read iterate.config.yaml validation.commands, then call iterate_validate({ command: <cmd> }) for EACH configured command ' +
600
+ '(one tool call per command). Return all results as {command, exitCode, allowed, rejectReason} entries — include \`allowed\` and \`rejectReason\` exactly as returned by iterate_validate (allowed:false means the command is not in validation.commands).',
601
+ Object.assign({ label: 'validate:r' + r, phase: 'validate', schema: {
602
+ type: 'object', additionalProperties: false,
603
+ properties: {
604
+ results: { type: 'array', items: { type: 'object', additionalProperties: false, properties: { command: { type: 'string' }, exitCode: { type: 'integer' }, allowed: { type: 'boolean' }, rejectReason: { type: 'string' } }, required: ['command', 'exitCode'] } }
605
+ },
606
+ required: ['results'] } }, backend)
607
+ )
608
+ if (!valRes || !Array.isArray(valRes.results)) {
609
+ // A FAILED validate subagent (null / missing results) must abort the run
610
+ // exactly like a validation failure: collapsing it to [] would mark every
611
+ // command as passed, skip the failure branch below, and continue as if the
612
+ // round were verified (fails OPEN). Stop here — before the checkpoint save
613
+ // and the next round — keeping the round's fixes on disk (they may be
614
+ // fine) but UNVERIFIED, with the checkpoint left in place for a resume.
615
+ validationUnavailable = true
616
+ abortedByValidation = true
617
+ log('round ' + r + ' validation could NOT run (iterate_validate subagent failed) — stopping run; fixes from this round are kept but UNVERIFIED')
618
+ await agent(
619
+ 'Call iterate_decision_log({operation:"append", type:"round_failed", round:' + r + ', data:{reason:"validation_unavailable", rolledBack:0}})',
620
+ Object.assign({ label: 'log:valUnavailable:r' + r }, backend)
621
+ )
622
+ await recordDefense('precondition_failed', r, 'validation subagent failed — no command could run', 'validate subagent unavailable', 'round stopped with fixes kept UNVERIFIED (no rollback)')
623
+ break
624
+ }
625
+ valResults = valRes.results
626
+ if (valResults.length === 0) {
627
+ // ZERO results (#2): the validator returned an EMPTY set, so NO
628
+ // configured command was actually executed this round. An empty result
629
+ // is NOT a pass — treat it exactly like a failed validator (fail CLOSED)
630
+ // instead of letting a zero-verification round look green. The preflight
631
+ // above already blocks the "no commands configured" case, so reaching
632
+ // here means the run simply verified nothing.
633
+ validationUnavailable = true
634
+ abortedByValidation = true
635
+ log('round ' + r + ' validation produced ZERO results — stopping run (a round with no executed validation is never a pass)')
636
+ await agent(
637
+ 'Call iterate_decision_log({operation:"append", type:"round_failed", round:' + r + ', data:{reason:"zero_validation_results", rolledBack:0}})',
638
+ Object.assign({ label: 'log:zeroValidation:r' + r }, backend)
639
+ )
640
+ await recordDefense('precondition_failed', r, 'validation produced zero results — no command ran', 'validation result gate', 'round stopped with fixes kept UNVERIFIED (no rollback)')
641
+ break
642
+ }
643
+ // Persist every outcome for the transcript console (#6): command, exit
644
+ // code, allow-list verdict, and the reject reason when the list refused it.
645
+ for (const v of valResults) {
646
+ if (v && typeof v === 'object') {
647
+ validationRecords.push({
648
+ round: r,
649
+ command: typeof v.command === 'string' ? v.command : '',
650
+ exitCode: typeof v.exitCode === 'number' && isFinite(v.exitCode) ? Math.floor(v.exitCode) : null,
651
+ allowed: v.allowed === true,
652
+ rejectReason: (typeof v.rejectReason === 'string' && v.rejectReason) ? v.rejectReason : undefined
653
+ })
654
+ }
655
+ }
656
+ }
473
657
  configErrors = valResults.filter(v => v.allowed === false).map(v => v.rejectReason || (v.command + ' was rejected'))
474
658
  failedCommands = valResults.filter(v => !(v.allowed === false) && v.exitCode !== 0).map(v => v.command)
475
659
  if (configErrors.length > 0) {
@@ -479,6 +663,7 @@ for (let r = startRound; r <= maxRounds; r++) {
479
663
  'Call iterate_decision_log({operation:"append", type:"round_failed", round:' + r + ', data:{configErrors:' + JSON.stringify(configErrors) + ', rolledBack:0, reason:"command not in validation.commands"}})',
480
664
  Object.assign({ label: 'log:configError:r' + r }, backend)
481
665
  )
666
+ await recordDefense('precondition_failed', r, 'command not in validation.commands: ' + configErrors.join(' | '), 'validation command allow-list', 'run aborted WITHOUT rollback; the trust list needs updating')
482
667
  break
483
668
  }
484
669
  if (failedCommands.length > 0) {
@@ -494,14 +679,69 @@ for (let r = startRound; r <= maxRounds; r++) {
494
679
  },
495
680
  required: ['results'] } }, backend)
496
681
  )
682
+ // The round's fixes were reverted on disk — the observatory records and
683
+ // the running fixedCount must stop counting them as applied, otherwise
684
+ // findingsFixed / the final capture would report rolled-back work as
685
+ // done. Each roundFixId was pushed with success:true exactly once, so
686
+ // the guard keeps the decrement single-shot per fix.
687
+ for (const rec of fixRecords) {
688
+ if (rec.round === r && rec.success && roundFixIds.indexOf(rec.id) >= 0) {
689
+ rec.success = false
690
+ fixedCount -= 1
691
+ }
692
+ }
497
693
  }
498
694
  await agent(
499
695
  'Call iterate_decision_log({operation:"append", type:"round_failed", round:' + r + ', data:{failedCommands:' + JSON.stringify(failedCommands) + ', rolledBack:' + roundFixIds.length + '}})',
500
696
  Object.assign({ label: 'log:failed:r' + r }, backend)
501
697
  )
698
+ // F10: every rollback is a defense event the F10 tab surfaces as a count.
699
+ await recordDefense('rollback', r, 'validation failed on: ' + failedCommands.join(', '), 'iterate_rollback reverted the round-' + r + ' fixes', roundFixIds.length + ' fix(es) reverted; run stopped (checkpoint kept for resume)')
502
700
  break
503
701
  }
504
702
 
703
+ // F9 (experience bank): validation PASSED for this round, so these fixes are
704
+ // VERIFIED — bank them before moving on. An UNVERIFIED run banks NOTHING:
705
+ // with no validation command executed there is no proof the fix worked.
706
+ // \`iterate_experience add\` dedupes on
707
+ // pattern+dimension (repeat = hit count bump), so a re-discovered finding
708
+ // never floods the bank. Each successful fix record is paired with the next
709
+ // unused atomic finding of the same file (fixes are per-file, in order).
710
+ if (roundFixIds.length > 0 && !unverified) {
711
+ const expByFile = Object.create(null)
712
+ for (const f of atomic) { (expByFile[f.file] = expByFile[f.file] || []).push(f) }
713
+ const expUsed = Object.create(null)
714
+ const expEntries = []
715
+ for (const rec of fixRecords) {
716
+ if (rec.round !== r || !rec.success || roundFixIds.indexOf(rec.id) < 0) continue
717
+ const pool = expByFile[rec.file] || []
718
+ let finding = null
719
+ for (let i = 0; i < pool.length; i++) {
720
+ const key = rec.file + '#' + i
721
+ if (!expUsed[key]) { expUsed[key] = true; finding = pool[i]; break }
722
+ }
723
+ if (!finding) continue
724
+ expEntries.push({
725
+ pattern: String(finding.summary || finding.dimension || 'atomic fix'),
726
+ dimension: String(finding.dimension || 'general'),
727
+ description: String(finding.failure_scenario || finding.summary || 'Verified atomic fix from this iteration.'),
728
+ verifiedFix: String(finding.suggested_fix || finding.summary || 'Applied via iterate_fix.'),
729
+ findingSummary: String(finding.summary || ''),
730
+ severity: (finding.severity === 'critical' || finding.severity === 'high' || finding.severity === 'medium' || finding.severity === 'low') ? finding.severity : 'medium',
731
+ files: [rec.file],
732
+ tags: ['iterate', 'round-' + r],
733
+ })
734
+ }
735
+ if (expEntries.length > 0) {
736
+ await agent(
737
+ 'Fixes from round ' + r + ' PASSED validation. For EACH entry below call ' +
738
+ 'iterate_experience({operation:"add", entry:<that entry>}) (the tool dedupes on pattern+dimension — a repeat bumps its hit count). ' +
739
+ 'Entries: ' + JSON.stringify(expEntries) + '. Return {added:<number of entries the tool reported as new>}.',
740
+ Object.assign({ label: 'experience:add:r' + r }, backend)
741
+ )
742
+ }
743
+ }
744
+
505
745
  await agent(
506
746
  'Call iterate_decision_log({operation:"append", type:"review_result", round:' + r +
507
747
  ', data:{atomic:' + atomic.length + ', architectural:' + remaining.length + ', fixedSoFar:' + fixedCount + '}})',
@@ -525,18 +765,93 @@ phase('report')
525
765
  await agent(
526
766
  'Call iterate_decision_log({operation:"append", type:"report", round:' + lastRound +
527
767
  ', data:{mode:"normal", fixed:' + fixedCount + ', architectural:' + architectural.length + '}})',
528
- { label: 'report:log' }
768
+ Object.assign({ label: 'report:log' }, backend)
529
769
  )
530
770
  const statusRes = await agent(
531
771
  'Call iterate_status() and return the status JSON.',
532
- { label: 'status:final' }
772
+ Object.assign({ label: 'status:final' }, backend)
533
773
  )
534
774
  const status = (statusRes && statusRes.ok) ? statusRes : null
535
- if (!abortedByValidation && !schemaFailed) {
775
+ // F8 (quality gate): persist the run's quality certificate so the command
776
+ // panel shows PASS/FAIL + per-dimension scores instead of an empty tab.
777
+ // Inputs are assembled defensively:
778
+ // - \`gateFindings\` holds only what is still OPEN on disk: architectural
779
+ // findings (never auto-fixed) plus round findings no successful fix closed
780
+ // (same round + file, paired in order). A finding that was fixed and stayed
781
+ // fixed must NOT fail the final gate.
782
+ // - \`gateSeries\` is the per-dimension NEW-finding series, pre-zeroed to the
783
+ // number of executed rounds so a round that found nothing in a dimension
784
+ // still advances its convergence reading.
785
+ // - \`gateValidation\` maps a null exitCode (command never produced one) to 1 —
786
+ // fail CLOSED, never as a pass.
787
+ const gateAll = []
788
+ for (let si = 0; si < rounds.length; si++) {
789
+ const roundNo = rounds[si] && typeof rounds[si].round === 'number' ? rounds[si].round : si + 1
790
+ const perFile = Object.create(null)
791
+ for (const f of (roundReports[si] || [])) {
792
+ if (!f || typeof f !== 'object') continue
793
+ const fk = (typeof f.file === 'string') ? f.file : ''
794
+ const idx = perFile[fk] || 0
795
+ perFile[fk] = idx + 1
796
+ gateAll.push({ f: f, key: roundNo + '#' + fk + '#' + idx })
797
+ }
798
+ }
799
+ const gateClosed = Object.create(null)
800
+ for (const rec of fixRecords) {
801
+ if (!rec.success) continue
802
+ const prefix = rec.round + '#' + rec.file + '#'
803
+ for (let i = 0; i < gateAll.length; i++) {
804
+ if (!gateClosed[gateAll[i].key] && gateAll[i].key.indexOf(prefix) === 0) { gateClosed[gateAll[i].key] = true; break }
805
+ }
806
+ }
807
+ const gateFindings = []
808
+ const gateSeen = Object.create(null)
809
+ const gatePush = (f) => {
810
+ if (!f || typeof f !== 'object') return
811
+ const key = String(f.file || '') + '|' + String(f.dimension || '') + '|' + String(f.summary || '')
812
+ if (gateSeen[key]) return
813
+ gateSeen[key] = true
814
+ gateFindings.push(f)
815
+ }
816
+ for (const a of architectural) gatePush(a)
817
+ for (const e of gateAll) if (!gateClosed[e.key]) gatePush(e.f)
818
+ const gateSeries = Object.create(null)
819
+ for (const dim of dims) gateSeries[dim] = new Array(rounds.length).fill(0)
820
+ for (let i = 0; i < rounds.length; i++) {
821
+ for (const f of (roundReports[i] || [])) {
822
+ if (f && typeof f === 'object') {
823
+ const s = gateSeries[String(f.dimension)]
824
+ if (Array.isArray(s) && i < s.length) s[i] += 1
825
+ }
826
+ }
827
+ }
828
+ const gateFixed = Object.create(null)
829
+ const gateFixedSeen = Object.create(null)
830
+ for (const e of gateAll) {
831
+ if (!gateClosed[e.key]) continue
832
+ const key = String(e.f.file || '') + '|' + String(e.f.dimension || '') + '|' + String(e.f.summary || '')
833
+ if (gateFixedSeen[key]) continue
834
+ gateFixedSeen[key] = true
835
+ const d = String(e.f.dimension || '')
836
+ if (d) gateFixed[d] = (gateFixed[d] || 0) + 1
837
+ }
838
+ const gateValidation = validationRecords.map(v => ({
839
+ command: v.command,
840
+ exitCode: (typeof v.exitCode === 'number' && isFinite(v.exitCode)) ? Math.floor(v.exitCode) : 1,
841
+ }))
842
+ await agent(
843
+ 'Call iterate_quality_gate({operation:"compute", dimensions:' + JSON.stringify(dims) +
844
+ ', findings:' + JSON.stringify(gateFindings) +
845
+ ', findingsByRound:' + JSON.stringify(gateSeries) +
846
+ ', fixedByDimension:' + JSON.stringify(gateFixed) +
847
+ ', validationResults:' + JSON.stringify(gateValidation) + '}) and return {ok, snapshot, warnings}.',
848
+ Object.assign({ label: 'quality-gate:compute' }, backend)
849
+ )
850
+ if (!abortedByValidation && !schemaFailed && !validationUnavailable) {
536
851
  // Iteration finished cleanly → clear the checkpoint so the next run starts fresh.
537
852
  await agent(
538
853
  'Call iterate_checkpoint({ operation: "clear" }) and return {ok, existed}.',
539
- { label: 'checkpoint:clear' }
854
+ Object.assign({ label: 'checkpoint:clear' }, backend)
540
855
  )
541
856
  }
542
857
  // Persist the run's observatory transcript (threads, trend, fixes, checkpoint)
@@ -555,10 +870,16 @@ if (!abortedByValidation && !schemaFailed) {
555
870
  ? 'schema_invalid'
556
871
  : abortedByValidation
557
872
  ? (configErrors.length > 0 ? 'aborted_by_config' : 'aborted_by_validation')
558
- : (converged ? 'converged' : 'max_rounds_reached')
873
+ // Clean stop with ZERO recorded validations = an UNVERIFIED run (the
874
+ // explicit args.unverified opt-in from preflight). Never report it as a
875
+ // verified \`converged\`/\`max_rounds_reached\` — the suffix marks that no
876
+ // test ever ran (#2).
877
+ : (validationRecords.length === 0
878
+ ? (converged ? 'converged_unverified' : 'max_rounds_unverified')
879
+ : (converged ? 'converged' : 'max_rounds_reached'))
559
880
  await agent(
560
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+ - **Preflight before ANY work**: read \`validation.commands\` via \`iterate_config({})\` and abort with the actionable message when it is empty/missing (it points at \`iterate_config({operation:"write"...})\`) — unless the caller explicitly passed \`args.unverified === true\`. An unverified run is labelled everywhere (log line, \`unverified:true\`/\`zeroValidation:true\` in the return, \`*_unverified\` stoppedReason). "No commands configured" must NEVER read as a green, converged run.
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  - Fixers are the ONLY agents allowed to write files, and they must go through \`iterate_fix\` — never edit files directly. That is what gives every change a backup, a diff, and a rollback path. Reviewers read only. Architectural findings are reported, never auto-fixed.
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  - Aggregate the current round deterministically (\`report.findings\`) before fixing, so fixes act on deduped/filtered/sorted findings.
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  - **Schema validation & retry**: when \`reviewer.output_schema_validation\` is on (default), retry the round's reviewers up to 2 times (3 attempts total) when \`aggregate\` reports \`schemaValidation\` valid=false for it, then re-aggregate. Never forward schema-invalid findings into \`iterate_fix\`. If the output is still schema-invalid after the 3rd attempt — or every reviewer subagent failed outright (no usable output at all) — the round is INCONCLUSIVE: \`break\` the loop, log a \`round_failed\` entry, set \`schemaFailed = true\`, and report \`stoppedReason:"schema_invalid"\`/\`"no_usable_reviewer_output"\`. Never report an inconclusive round as a clean convergence, and keep the checkpoint so the run can be resumed after the reviewer configuration is fixed.
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  - Apply atomic fixes **per file**: one fixer agent handles all findings for a given file serially (so the same file is never edited concurrently); different files are fixed in parallel.
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- - **Resume**: load the checkpoint first; if a previous run left one, continue from \`checkpoint.round + 1\` (its \`fixedCount\` and deduped \`findings\` are carried forward).
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+ - **Resume**: read the checkpoint with \`operation:"resume"\` (the tool loads it, bumps \`resumeCount\` AND persists it back — that is what keeps a run interrupted again before its first save counted; never add +1 yourself on top of the tool's bump); fall back to a plain \`operation:"load"\` only when there is no checkpoint to resume. If a previous run left one, continue from \`checkpoint.round + 1\` (its \`fixedCount\` and deduped \`findings\` are carried forward).
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+ - **Validate after every round** of fixes; on ANY validation failure, roll back the round's fixes via \`iterate_rollback\` and stop (the checkpoint is left in place so the run can be resumed). A rollback must also flip that round's fix records to \`success:false\` and decrement \`fixedCount\`, so \`findingsFixed\` and the final capture never count rolled-back work as applied. EXCEPTION: \`iterate_validate\` returning \`allowed:false\` means the command is simply not in \`validation.commands\` — a config gap, not broken code. In that case abort WITHOUT rolling back the round's fixes and surface the missing command + file so the user can fix the trust list. And if the validate SUBAGENT itself fails (resolves null / no \`results\`), validation did NOT run: stop with \`validationUnavailable = true\` (and \`abortedByValidation = true\`) BEFORE the checkpoint save — never collapse a failed validator into an empty, apparently-passing result. The SAME fail-closed rule applies to an EMPTY result set (\`results: []\`): zero commands executed means zero verification, so log \`reason:"zero_validation_results"\`, set \`validationUnavailable = true\`, record the defense event, and stop — an empty result is not a pass.
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+ - **Checkpoint after every round**; clear it only when the iteration completes cleanly (never after a validation, schema, or unavailable-validator abort — the checkpoint must stay for a resume).
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+ - Stop when a round produces nothing to fix (converged), maxReviewRounds is reached, validation aborts the run (including an unavailable validator: \`stoppedReason:"aborted_by_validation"\` with \`validationUnavailable:true\`), or a round yields no usable reviewer output (\`stoppedReason:"schema_invalid"\`). A run that ends cleanly having executed ZERO validation commands reports \`stoppedReason:"converged_unverified"\`/\`"max_rounds_unverified"\` — never a plain \`converged\`/\`"max_rounds_reached"\`.
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+ - **Close-out for the command-center tabs (F8/F9/F10)**: after the report compute the quality certificate with \`iterate_quality_gate({operation:"compute", dimensions, findings, findingsByRound, fixedByDimension, validationResults})\` (label \`quality-gate:compute\`) — pass only findings still OPEN (architectural + findings no successful fix closed), the per-dimension series, and the recorded validations (a null exitCode counts as failed). During the loop: every validation-passed fix batch is banked via \`iterate_experience add\` (the tool dedupes pattern+dimension into hit counts), and every rollback / precondition failure (validator failed, zero results, allow-list gap, schema-invalid round) or falsified assumption (a fix \`iterate_fix\` refused) is recorded with \`recordDefense\`. Dry-run computes ONLY the quality gate — it applies no fixes (no F9) and triggers no defenses (no F10), because it writes nothing outside the transcript.
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