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Main is red right now

Three observer tests hardcode their dates as 2026-06-07 and assert retention/recency outcomes that only hold within a fixed window:

  • test_snapshot_repository.py::test_cleanup_retains_recent_snapshots
  • test_snapshot_manager.py::test_cleanup_old_snapshots
  • test_flaky_test_storage.py::test_storage_handles_corrupted_json

As wall-clock passed 2026-06-14, those dates aged beyond the cutoffs (load_recent_sessions(days=7), retention_days), so cleanup deletes more / loads fewer than the hardcoded counts and the assertions flip. main's full pytest suite is RED, which blocks every PR from merging green (including the campaign/state GC PRs in this series).

Confirmed pre-existing: these fail on clean current main, independent of any feature branch.

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Anchor the dates to now instead of a fixed past date:

  • loop-based snapshots → now - 1 day + i*hourspreserves relative ordering, so the sort-order tests (test_list_snapshots_sorted_by_date, etc.) still pass while the retention windows now hold;
  • flaky-session dir → today's date.

Relative dates are the durable fix for these time-bombs.

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Full tests/unit suite: 7007 passed, 0 failed. ruff clean; audit clean.

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…ain was red)

Three observer tests hardcoded their snapshot observed_at / session-dir dates as
2026-06-07 and asserted retention/recency outcomes that only hold within a fixed
window:
  - test_snapshot_repository.py::test_cleanup_retains_recent_snapshots
  - test_snapshot_manager.py::test_cleanup_old_snapshots
  - test_flaky_test_storage.py::test_storage_handles_corrupted_json

As wall-clock advanced past 2026-06-14 those dates aged beyond the cutoffs
(load_recent_sessions(days=7); retention_days), so cleanup deleted more / loaded
fewer than the hardcoded counts and the assertions flipped — turning main's full
pytest suite RED and blocking every PR from merging green.

Fix: anchor the dates to `now` instead of a fixed past date — `now - 1 day +
i*hours` for the loop-based snapshots (preserving the relative ordering so the
sort-order tests still pass) and today's date for the flaky-session dir. Full unit
suite green (7007 passed). Relative dates are the durable fix for these time-bombs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Self-review concerns — auto-fixing (up to 6 attempts; re-queued if still unresolved):

test_flaky_test_storage.py uses UTC without importing it (line ~223). Should be timezone.utc to match the other test files and avoid NameError at runtime. The relative date approach is correct, but this undefined name will break the test.

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Self-review concerns — auto-fixing (up to 6 attempts; re-queued if still unresolved):

  • tests/unit/observer/test_flaky_test_storage.py line 223: NameError — UTC is not imported. Should be datetime.now(timezone.utc) to match other files in this diff and avoid runtime failure.

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Resolved: superseded by new push — re-review resumed

Self-review concerns — auto-fixing (up to 6 attempts; re-queued if still unresolved):

test_flaky_test_storage.py uses undefined symbol UTC — should be timezone.utc for consistency with other test files and to avoid NameError at runtime. The relative date logic and run_id format changes are correct and well-motivated, but this import inconsistency blocks merge.

Operations Center Bot and others added 2 commits June 13, 2026 23:08
UTC is not available directly from datetime module. Use timezone.utc instead
to match Python standard library conventions and avoid NameError at runtime.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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ProtocolWarden merged commit 8bb9eea into main Jun 14, 2026
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