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fix(canary-rollout): autocut cuts inline via gh-api — no sibling cut-release.sh (#633)#634

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Problem

The #613 relocation moved the canary-rollout engine into .github but left cut-release.sh in .github-private. autocut (#1069) execs ${_HERE}/cut-release.sh — now .github/scripts/cut-release.sh, which does not exist. The call is best-effort, so scheduled runs stay green while no candidate is ever cut: the last manual seam silently reopens. CANARY_AUTO_CUT=true is live; it's latent only because every reusable is currently unchanged. See #633.

Fix

Cut inline via the App-token gh-api path — _gh_create_annotated_tag (new, mirrors cut-release.sh's helper) + the existing _gh_move_tag — against the agent's registry host, which _autocut_agent already resolves correctly. Benefits:

  • Self-contained engine — no dependency on a script left in another repo (the relocation's whole point was de-dup; this doesn't ship a second copy of cut-release.sh).
  • Correct host for every agent, incl. dev-lead (.github-private). Fixes a second latent defect: cut-release.sh's this_repo() would have resolved dev-lead to GITHUB_REPOSITORY (.github) post-relocation.
  • Consistent with the existing design — the engine already carries _gh_move_tag/_gh_tag_commit "mirroring cut-release.sh". Adding the create primitive completes the set.

Idempotent: if the computed release tag already exists (retry after a partial move), it skips the create and just re-points next.

cut-release.sh stays in .github-private as the human/runbook CLI — untouched.

Tests

Reworked the autocut bats to assert the inline create+move hit the right host (dev-lead → .github-private, auto-rebase → .github) via a gh-write log instead of a cut-release.sh stand-in. 91/91 pass; shellcheck clean at warning+.

Closes #633

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved canary candidate tagging and channel updates for safer, more reliable rollouts.
    • Added safeguards to prevent moving a canary channel when an existing release tag points to a different commit.
    • Improved retry behavior and idempotency during partial or repeated rollout operations.
    • Preserved dry-run behavior and support for configurable version bumps.

…release.sh (#633)

The #613 relocation moved the canary-rollout engine to .github but left
cut-release.sh in .github-private. autocut (#1069) execs
${_HERE}/cut-release.sh, which no longer exists on this checkout, so every
scheduled cut best-effort-fails and silently reopens the last manual seam —
green run, no candidate cut. (Latent today only because all reusables are
currently unchanged; CANARY_AUTO_CUT=true is live.)

Make the engine self-contained: cut inline via the App-token gh-api path
(new _gh_create_annotated_tag + existing _gh_move_tag) against the agent's
registry HOST (already resolved correctly in _autocut_agent). This also fixes
a second latent defect — cut-release.sh's this_repo() would have resolved
dev-lead to GITHUB_REPOSITORY (.github) when its reusable lives in
.github-private. cut-release.sh stays in .github-private as the manual CLI.

Tests: reworked the autocut bats to assert the inline create+move hit the
right host (dev-lead → .github-private, auto-rebase → .github) via a gh-write
log; 91/91 pass. shellcheck clean.

Closes #633

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Canary autocut

Layer / File(s) Summary
Annotated tag API helper
scripts/canary-rollout.sh
Adds annotated tag creation and validation through gh api, removing the sibling cut-release.sh coupling.
Inline autocut tag and channel flow
scripts/canary-rollout.sh, .github/workflows/canary-rollout.yml
Checks existing release tags, creates or reuses safe tags, and moves the agent’s next ref on its registry host.
API-backed autocut test coverage
tests/canary_rollout.bats
Updates stubs and assertions for normal, dry-run, disabled, override, cross-repository, idempotent, and conflicting-tag cases.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

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sequenceDiagram
  participant autocut
  participant GitHubAPI
  participant AgentHost
  autocut->>GitHubAPI: Check release tag
  GitHubAPI->>AgentHost: Read tag state
  autocut->>GitHubAPI: Create annotated tag
  GitHubAPI->>AgentHost: Publish tag
  autocut->>GitHubAPI: Move agent/next
  GitHubAPI->>AgentHost: Update ref
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The script now cuts inline with gh API on the resolved registry host, removes the sibling cut-release.sh dependency, and tests cover the host-specific behavior.
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- ✅ 0.0% Coverage on New Code
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**Tier 1 blockers:** None
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**Changed files** (PR #634):
- `.github/workflows/canary-rollout.yml` — comments updated to reflect inline cut
- `scripts/canary-rollout.sh` — autocut refactored to cut inline via App-token gh-api instead of calling sibling cut-release.sh
- `tests/canary_rollout.bats` — test stubs updated to log gh-api calls instead of cut-release.sh invocations
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This pull request refactors the autocut process in scripts/canary-rollout.sh to cut releases inline via the GitHub API instead of shelling out to the external cut-release.sh script, making the engine self-contained. The tests in tests/canary_rollout.bats have been updated to stub and assert on these inline API calls. Feedback was provided to improve the robustness of the new _gh_create_annotated_tag function by handling potential "null" string outputs from jq and avoiding silencing stderr on command failures.

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Pull request overview

This PR fixes a regression introduced by relocating the canary-rollout engine into petry-projects/.github: autocut previously shelled out to a sibling cut-release.sh that no longer exists in this repo, causing scheduled runs to remain green while silently failing to cut new candidates. The fix makes the engine self-contained by cutting releases inline via GitHub API calls using the App token, targeting each agent’s registry host (including .github-private-hosted agents like dev-lead).

Changes:

  • Replace autocut’s dependency on cut-release.sh with inline GitHub API primitives (create annotated tag + move next).
  • Add _gh_create_annotated_tag helper and update autocut flow to be idempotent and host-correct.
  • Rework autocut bats tests to assert gh-api write behavior (host correctness) via a write log.

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tests/canary_rollout.bats Updates autocut stubs/tests to validate inline gh-api tag/ref writes and correct host targeting.
scripts/canary-rollout.sh Implements inline autocut cutting via App-token gh api (_gh_create_annotated_tag + _gh_move_tag) and removes cut-release.sh coupling.
.github/workflows/canary-rollout.yml Updates workflow comments to reflect the inline autocut behavior using the App token.

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Summary

Fixes autocut silently broken by the #613 relocation: replaces the exec of a cut-release.sh that no longer exists in this repo with an inline App-token gh-api cut (_gh_create_annotated_tag + existing _gh_move_tag) against each agent's registry host. Also fixes the latent wrong-host defect for dev-lead. Idempotency and invariant-guard branches are implemented and covered by new bats tests. All CI green; both defects from #633 addressed.

Linked issue analysis

Closes #633. The issue describes two defects: (1) autocut execs ${_HERE}/cut-release.sh which stayed in .github-private after the #613 relocation, so scheduled cuts best-effort-fail silently; (2) even if present, cut-release.sh's this_repo() would resolve dev-lead to GITHUB_REPOSITORY (.github) instead of its actual host (.github-private). The PR substantively addresses both: the cut now runs inline via the App-token gh-api path against the host already resolved by _autocut_agent from the registry. cut-release.sh remains untouched in .github-private as the manual CLI, avoiding duplication.

Findings

  • Correctness verified: _gh_tag_commit properly dereferences annotated tag objects to commit SHAs, so the idempotent-retry comparison (existing tag sha vs mainsha) is sound.
  • No exit-status masking: obj is declared local on a separate line before the command-substitution assignment, so the $? check after _gh_create_annotated_tag's first gh api call is valid; --jq '.sha // empty' handles null.
  • Invariant guard: if the computed release tag exists but points to a different commit, the engine warns and skips the next move rather than advancing next to an untagged commit — covered by a dedicated bats test.
  • Prior bot review threads: gemini (null/stderr handling) and copilot (unconditional next move) are resolved. Copilot's test-coverage thread is unmarked but substantively addressed — both requested regression tests (idempotent retry; stale-tag mismatch) exist in the head diff. Residual nit: the _gh_create_annotated_tag failure branch (warn-and-continue) is untested; low severity, best-effort path.
  • Workflow file change is comment-only (2 lines); no behavioral or security-relevant change to canary-rollout.yml.
  • Secret scan: run_secret_scanning MCP tool unavailable in this environment; gitleaks CI check passed. No credentials or token handling changes in the diff.
  • Triage assessment confirmed with one adjustment: risk is MEDIUM (non-trivial logic change in release automation), not LOW — still within auto-approve range.

CI status

All required checks green at head ea7b759: Lint, ShellCheck, Agent Security Scan, Secret scan (gitleaks), CodeQL, SonarCloud (Quality Gate passed, 0 issues), Dependency audit, AgentShield, CodeRabbit. Two CANCELLED dev-lead check runs were superseded by later successful runs of the same jobs. 91/91 bats reported passing.


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…o-local-git invariant

The dev-lead fix-review commit added an error message containing the literal
"git tag", which the #1076 invariant test ("no local git tag/push in the move
paths") greps for on non-comment lines — a false positive, but a red bats run
(and bats isn't a required check, so CI wouldn't have caught it). Reword to
drop the "git tag" token; behavior unchanged. 93/93 bats, shellcheck clean.

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Resolved the Copilot thread: the idempotency branches it flagged are now covered — ea7b759 added two bats tests ("existing release tag matching mainsha skips create and still moves next" and "existing tag pointing to a different commit → warn + skip next move"), and 4f9c154 keeps the suite green at 93/93 (fixed a false-positive on the no-local-git invariant from a fix-review error string). The create-failure path returns non-zero → best-effort warn in _autocut_agent.

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In `@scripts/canary-rollout.sh`:
- Around line 126-147: Add an explicit status check around the second gh api
call in _gh_create_annotated_tag that publishes refs/tags/$tag. On failure, emit
a distinct ::error message indicating the annotated tag object was created but
ref publication failed for the repository/tag, then return non-zero; preserve
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Code is verified green (93/93 bats, shellcheck clean, no-local-git invariant
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Automated review — APPROVED ✓

Risk: MEDIUM
Reviewed commit: 9867724b3ceb2e1a552900289bf09975dea67d15
Review mode: triage-approved (single reviewer)

Summary

Fixes the silently-broken autocut after the #613 relocation: the engine no longer execs a sibling cut-release.sh (left behind in .github-private) and instead cuts candidates inline via the App-token gh-api path — a new _gh_create_annotated_tag (create annotated tag object + publish ref) plus the existing _gh_move_tag, both against the agent's registry host. This also fixes the second latent defect (dev-lead would have been cut against GITHUB_REPOSITORY instead of its .github-private host). The triage tier's clearance is confirmed; risk is graded MEDIUM (non-trivial logic change in release automation) rather than LOW, but all approval gates pass.

Verified in detail:

  • Idempotency check is sound: the pre-cut probe uses _gh_tag_commit, which correctly dereferences annotated tag objects to the commit SHA (scripts/canary-rollout.sh:98-108), so comparing existing_sha to mainsha is valid for retries after a partial cut.
  • Invariant guard is correct: if the release tag exists but points elsewhere (manual retag / concurrent run), the engine warns and skips the next move rather than advancing next to an untagged commit.
  • set -euo pipefail interaction is safe: _gh_create_annotated_tag is only invoked in a conditional context (elif ! inside _autocut_agent, itself called with || echo warning at line 970), so its non-zero returns and the $?-after-assignment check behave as intended; [ -z "$obj" ] also independently catches a failed create.
  • Best-effort contract preserved: every failure path warns and return 0s, so the scheduled tick never fails.
  • Tests are meaningful: the bats stub now logs mutating gh-api writes (GH_LOG) instead of stubbing cut-release.sh, and asserts host-correct writes (dev-lead → .github-private, auto-rebase → .github). Two new tests cover the idempotent-retry branch and the tag-mismatch invariant branch.
  • Workflow change is comment-only (canary-rollout.yml).
  • cut-release.sh remains untouched in .github-private as the runbook CLI — no duplication.

Linked issue analysis

Closes #633 — substantively addressed. Both defects from the issue are fixed: (1) the nonexistent ${_HERE}/cut-release.sh exec is replaced by the inline gh-api cut, and (2) the wrong-host resolution for this-repo agents is avoided because _autocut_agent uses the registry host for both the create and the move.

Findings

No blocking findings.

  • Nit (non-blocking): the ref-publish call in _gh_create_annotated_tag discards stderr (>/dev/null 2>&1), so the underlying API error is lost — only the generic ::error line surfaces. Consider capturing stderr for diagnosis on a future pass.
  • Secret scan (MCP): run_secret_scanning tool not available in this environment — noted per protocol; gitleaks CI coverage still applies. No secret-like content in the diff.

CI status

All checks green: CodeQL ✓, Analyze (actions) ✓, CodeRabbit neutral (final review state: APPROVED), dependabot-automerge skipped (N/A). SonarQube quality gate passed. 0 unresolved review threads; prior Copilot/CodeRabbit/Gemini feedback was addressed across commits 500bcc27ad251a (idempotency tests added in ea7b759).


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