rcf-lite 0.11.0 → 0.12.0

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,25 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html). Pre-1.0, breaking changes are signalled by a minor version bump.
 
+## [0.12.0] - 2026-08-28
+
+Adopts `@stravica-ai/rcf-schemas@0.5.0` and retires the local `testPointer` strictness overlay (`w-2026-07-28-005`). The `testPointer`-required rule now comes from the shared schema and is expressed conditionally by TC status: REQUIRED for `passing` and `failing`, OPTIONAL for `pending` and `skipped` (`w-2026-08-27-dave-001`, Baz ratified 2026-08-27). Pre-0.12 rcf-lite required a pointer on every TC regardless of status; 0.12 relaxes pending and skipped TCs to schema-legit-without-pointer, which is the honest shape ("no executable has landed yet"). Existing test-suite documents that already carried a pointer on every TC continue to validate unchanged.
+
+### Changed (BREAKING)
+
+- **`@stravica-ai/rcf-schemas` pin**: `0.4.5` → `0.5.0` (exact). The schema bump is a minor version because it tightens `testPointer` requiredness for `passing`/`failing` TCs and adds `minLength: 1` on the field when present. Docs that shipped `passing`/`failing` TCs without `testPointer` (dishonest coverage) stop validating; docs with only `pending`/`skipped` TCs without pointers remain valid, and are additionally now legitimate under the schema (they were rejected by the pre-0.12 overlay).
+- **`src/core/store/validator.js`**: the local strictness overlay is removed. The `testSuite` schema is registered from the raw import (`testSuiteSchema`), not a `structuredClone`d strict copy. Validation of TCs now inherits the schema's conditional-required rule unmodified.
+- **`src/ruleset/ruleset.json`**: `scopeTagVocabulary.schemaRef` URL bumped `v0.4.0` → `v0.5.0` in lock-step with the schemas release. Documentation reference only; no runtime behaviour change.
+
+### Added
+
+- **`packages/rcf-lite/test/core/store/validator.test.js`**: the pre-0.12 overlay-driven `rejects TC without testPointer` case is replaced by four cases covering every branch of the new rule (passing rejected, failing rejected, pending accepted, skipped accepted). The empty-string testPointer case is retained; the `minLength: 1` guard is preserved by the shared schema.
+
+### Migration
+
+- **rcf-lite consumers on 0.11**: no code change required. Existing chains with a `testPointer` on every TC keep validating. Chains that shipped pointer-less `pending` or `skipped` TCs (which the pre-0.12 overlay would have rejected on load) now validate on 0.12.
+- **Downstream chains with dishonest `passing`/`failing` TCs (no pointer)**: were rejected on load by the pre-0.12 overlay and continue to be rejected on 0.12 by the shared schema. The fix is unchanged: add the real pointer or downgrade the TC to `pending`/`skipped`.
+
 ## [0.11.0] - 2026-08-27
 
 Guidance-only release: the agent-side driving playbook. No CLI, schema, or runtime behaviour changes.

package/fixtures/canary-manifest.json

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
   "registerCanary": [
     {
-      "id": "rc-2026-08-27-001",
-      "createdAt": "2026-08-27T14:25:40.313Z",
-      "buildVersion": "0.11.0-mockdriver",
+      "id": "rc-2026-08-28-001",
+      "createdAt": "2026-08-28T15:27:07.804Z",
+      "buildVersion": "0.12.0-mockdriver",
       "fixturePromptId": "canary-prompt-01",
       "responseWordCount": 55,
       "grades": {
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
       "shipDespiteFailReason": "mock canary driver used; no real subagent was dispatched. This record verifies canary infrastructure only, not the register itself."
     },
     {
-      "id": "rc-2026-08-27-002",
-      "createdAt": "2026-08-27T14:25:40.313Z",
-      "buildVersion": "0.11.0-mockdriver",
+      "id": "rc-2026-08-28-002",
+      "createdAt": "2026-08-28T15:27:07.805Z",
+      "buildVersion": "0.12.0-mockdriver",
       "fixturePromptId": "canary-prompt-02",
       "responseWordCount": 55,
       "grades": {
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@
       "shipDespiteFailReason": "mock canary driver used; no real subagent was dispatched. This record verifies canary infrastructure only, not the register itself."
     },
     {
-      "id": "rc-2026-08-27-003",
-      "createdAt": "2026-08-27T14:25:40.314Z",
-      "buildVersion": "0.11.0-mockdriver",
+      "id": "rc-2026-08-28-003",
+      "createdAt": "2026-08-28T15:27:07.805Z",
+      "buildVersion": "0.12.0-mockdriver",
       "fixturePromptId": "canary-prompt-03",
       "responseWordCount": 55,
       "grades": {

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "rcf-lite",
-  "version": "0.11.0",
+  "version": "0.12.0",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "One-install tooling for the Requirements Confidence Framework (RCF): the unified `rcf` CLI grouped into the five RCF tool groups (discover, define, build, verify, audit) plus a small core set (init, doctor, guidance, mcp), an MCP server, the live tree viewer and the fresh-context adversarial ship-gate verifier. Consumes @stravica-ai/rcf-schemas.",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "#admissibility": "./src/admissibility/index.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@stravica-ai/rcf-schemas": "0.4.5",
+    "@stravica-ai/rcf-schemas": "0.5.0",
     "ajv": "^8.20.0",
     "ajv-formats": "^3.0.1"
   },

package/src/core/store/validator.js

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-// Schema validator. Registers the @stravica-ai/rcf-schemas@0.2.0 bundle once
-// at start-up and exposes a single `validateDocument` entry point. Returns
+// Schema validator. Registers the @stravica-ai/rcf-schemas bundle once at
+// start-up and exposes a single `validateDocument` entry point. Returns
 // `null` on success or a structured `validation` error on failure.
 //
 // Validation runs on load (FBS-001 / AC-701-3): the published bundle is the
-// contract, not a local copy - with ONE documented strictness overlay
-// (`testPointer` required on every Test Case; see the overlay block below).
-// Referential-integrity checking lives in the walker (D8); this module is
+// contract, no local overlays. The `testPointer` conditional-required rule
+// (required for TCs with status `passing` or `failing`, optional for
+// `pending` or `skipped`) landed in the shared schema at rcf-schemas 0.5.0
+// (w-2026-08-27-dave-001), replacing the pre-0.12 local strictness overlay
+// that required a pointer on every TC (w-2026-07-28-005). Referential
+// -integrity checking lives in the walker (D8); this module is
 // schema-shape-only.
 
 import Ajv2020 from 'ajv/dist/2020.js';
@@ -28,26 +31,12 @@ import cnSchema from '@stravica-ai/rcf-schemas/schemas/cn.schema.json' with { ty
 
 import { rcfError } from '../errors/index.js';
 
-// w-2026-07-28-005: strictness overlay - `testPointer` is REQUIRED on every
-// Test Case. The published bundle (0.3.1) still declares it optional; an
-// optional pointer is how 76 stub TC rows can claim coverage while pointing
-// at nothing, so Build Lite refuses the shape at the schema layer. This is
-// the ONLY local divergence from the published bundle, it is a pure
-// tightening (every document valid here is valid upstream), and it is
-// registered under the bundle's own $id so every validation path (walker
-// load, post-write gate, write verbs) inherits it. Durable home: making
-// testPointer required in @stravica-ai/rcf-schemas itself; drop this block
-// when that ships.
-const testSuiteSchemaStrict = structuredClone(testSuiteSchema);
-{
-  const testCase = testSuiteSchemaStrict.$defs.testCase;
-  testCase.required = [...testCase.required, 'testPointer'];
-  testCase.properties.testPointer = {
-    ...testCase.properties.testPointer,
-    minLength: 1,
-    description: 'Required pointer to the executable test, format: filePath::testName.',
-  };
-}
+// w-2026-07-28-005 strictness overlay retired at rcf-lite 0.12.0. The
+// durable landing (`testPointer` required on Test Cases with status
+// `passing` or `failing`, `minLength: 1` when present, and OPTIONAL for
+// `pending` or `skipped`) shipped in @stravica-ai/rcf-schemas 0.5.0
+// (w-2026-08-27-dave-001). rcf-lite now inherits the rule from the shared
+// schema, unmodified.
 
 /**
  * @typedef {('manifest'|'prd'|'req'|'userStory'|'tad'|'tac'|'adr'|'buildSequence'|'fbs'|'testSuite'|'codeNode')} DocKind
@@ -63,8 +52,7 @@ const SCHEMAS = {
   adr: adrSchema,
   buildSequence: buildSequenceSchema,
   fbs: fbsSchema,
-  // w-2026-07-28-005 overlay: the tightened copy, not the raw import.
-  testSuite: testSuiteSchemaStrict,
+  testSuite: testSuiteSchema,
   // Phase 10: Code Node.
   codeNode: cnSchema,
 };

package/src/ruleset/ruleset.json

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
   ],
   "scopeTagVocabulary": {
     "sourcePackage": "@stravica-ai/rcf-schemas",
-    "schemaRef": "https://schemas.stravica.io/rcf/v0.4.0/common.schema.json#/$defs/scopeTag",
+    "schemaRef": "https://schemas.stravica.io/rcf/v0.5.0/common.schema.json#/$defs/scopeTag",
     "values": [
       { "value": "library", "description": "Observable in an isolated library or fixture." },
       { "value": "runtime", "description": "Observable in the running product against local integration." },