fix(ci): resolve auto-merge workflow failures

[samtuckerdavis]

Root cause

Every auto-merge.yml run since Apr 12 failed instantly — 0 jobs, 0 seconds, referenced_workflows: []. GitHub reported "This run likely failed because of a workflow file issue."

The previous workflow was a thin caller:

uses: Open-Paws/.github/.github/workflows/auto-merge.yml@main
secrets: inherit

Open-Paws/.github is an internal (private-to-org) repository. Open-Paws/desloppify is a fork of peteromallet/desloppify. GitHub cannot resolve reusable workflow references from forked repos to internal repos — the reference resolution fails before any job is queued, producing the empty-jobs failure observed in every run.

Fix

Replace the thin caller with a self-contained workflow that implements the same five gates directly:

1. wave0-auto / level-0 label present
2. PR author is a known agent bot
3. All required CI checks are green (success / skipped / neutral)
4. desloppify objective score >= 70
5. NAV scan — zero ERROR-severity violations (skipped if semgrep-no-animal-violence.yaml absent)

This matches the working pattern already in use by gary and open-paws-platform, both of which are self-contained and passing.

What did NOT change

• Gate logic is identical to the centralized reusable workflow
• Threshold stays at 70 (desloppify default for non-Gary/platform repos)
• Label contract unchanged: wave0-auto/level-0, needs-human-review, human-gate
• GH_PAT_AUTO_MERGE || GITHUB_TOKEN fallback preserved

Test plan

• Push triggers a new workflow run with jobs (not 0-job failure)
• PRs without wave0-auto/level-0 label get needs-human-review + comment
• PRs from non-bot authors are blocked at the author gate
• Verify referenced_workflows is no longer empty in successful runs

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ℹ️ Review info

⚙️ Run configuration

Configuration used: Path: .coderabbit.yaml

Review profile: ASSERTIVE

Plan: Pro

Run ID: 2617830d-18eb-467c-b890-8fe806acce73

📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 50afbfc and 3d95be9.

📒 Files selected for processing (1)

• .github/workflows/auto-merge.yml

✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch fix/desloppify-automerge-workflow

• 🛠️ fix NAV violations: Commit on current branch
• 🛠️ fix NAV violations: Create PR

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[github-actions]

Auto-Merge Gate Check — Blocked

PR labeled needs-human-review — one or more gates failed.

Failed Gates

• Classification label missing — PR needs wave0-auto or level-0 label
• PR author 'stuckvgn' is not a known agent bot
• CI checks not all green: Incomplete: check, package-smoke, tests-core, ci-contracts, typecheck, tests-full, lint, arch-contracts, Analyze (actions), Analyze (javascript-typescript), Analyze (python).

How to unblock

• Fix the failing gates and push a new commit — this workflow re-runs automatically.
• If CI is still running, wait for it to complete.
• If NAV config is absent, open a task to install the no-animal-violence suite.

Permanent block

• Add the human-gate label to permanently disable auto-merge for this PR.

Auto-Merge Gate Check — 2026-04-14T14:01:58.109Z