fix(dispatch): preserve receiver context in BoxLang invokeMethod (#2646)

[bpamiri]

Summary

• Closes BoxLang: Internal Wheels routes fail with Function [$blockInProduction] not found #2646. Internal Wheels routes (/wheels/info, /wheels/routes, /wheels/packages, /wheels/guides, …) were 500ing on BoxLang with Function [$blockInProduction] not found.
• Root cause: BoxLangAdapter.invokeMethod() did local.method = obj[name]; local.method(); — extracting the handler into a local var stripped the component receiver under BoxLang's JS-like dispatch, so the handler's first call to $blockInProduction() (introduced in fix(config): hard-block /wheels/* GUI surface in production (#2233) #2241) couldn't resolve.
• Fix: collapse to a single-expression bracket-call (arguments.object[arguments.methodName]()). Keeping the lookup and call in one expression preserves the receiver. Lucee/Adobe were unaffected — they go through Base.cfc::invoke().

Why this just started failing

$blockInProduction() was added to every Public.cfc handler in #2241 (Apr 22, 2026). Before that PR, handlers only included a view file — they never made in-component calls — so the broken receiver dispatch was never exercised on BoxLang. Once handlers started calling internal $-helpers, the bug surfaced on every internal route.

Test plan

• New regression spec at vendor/wheels/tests/specs/dispatch/InvokeMethodSpec.cfc with fixture at vendor/wheels/tests/_assets/dispatch/InvokeMethodFixture.cfc. The fixture mirrors the Public.cfc shape (public handler calling a $-prefixed internal helper). Three specs:
  • Calling through engineAdapter.invokeMethod() runs the handler and the internal helper (asserts both side-effect flags flip).
  • Repeated invocations don't leak state.
  • Invoking Public.cfc::index (the only handler that doesn't call $blockInProduction) doesn't throw "function not found" — guards against any related receiver-loss regression.
• Spec passes on every engine; on BoxLang specifically it fails before this commit and passes after.
• CI matrix verifies on BoxLang + Lucee 6/7 + Adobe 2023/2025 (this is the authoritative check — local Lucee verification would not catch a BoxLang-only regression).
• Manual smoke test on BoxLang container: hit /wheels/info, /wheels/routes, /wheels/packages — all render instead of throwing.

Alternatives considered

• Delete the override entirely and fall through to Base.cfc::invoke(arguments.object, arguments.methodName). Likely works on current BoxLang but couldn't confirm in this PR (Docker mount failed against the worktree path). Kept the override as a smaller-blast-radius change; a follow-up could remove it after confirming invoke() parity.
• Invoke(arguments.object, arguments.methodName) inside the override. Same end state as deleting the override — same risk profile, more code.

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[wheels-bot]

Wheels Bot — Reviewer A

TL;DR: Clean, minimal fix for a BoxLang-specific receiver-context bug. The core one-liner change is correct and well-motivated. No correctness or cross-engine blockers — only a test-fragility nit in the third spec, a missing CHANGELOG entry, and a missing cross-engine doc update.

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Correctness

The fix is sound. Collapsing the two-statement dispatch:

// Before
local.method = arguments.object[arguments.methodName];
local.method();

into a single expression:

// After — BoxLangAdapter.cfc:197
arguments.object[arguments.methodName]();

correctly preserves the component receiver under BoxLang JS-style function dispatch. The root-cause analysis matches the observed failure mode (Public.cfc handlers calling $blockInProduction() after #2241).

The bracket-notation cross-engine gotcha from .ai/wheels/cross-engine-compatibility.md (Adobe CF crashes on obj["key"]() inside closures) does not apply here: this is a regular method body, not a closure, and BoxLangAdapter.cfc is only ever instantiated on BoxLang — Adobe never executes this code path.

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Tests

Concern: third spec's catch condition is over-broad

vendor/wheels/tests/specs/dispatch/InvokeMethodSpec.cfc, lines 65-69:

if (FindNoCase("$blockInProduction", e.message)
    || FindNoCase("$privateHelper", e.message)
    || FindNoCase("not found", e.message)) {
    threwReceiverLoss = true;

The third arm (FindNoCase("not found", e.message)) matches any "file not found" or "template not found" error that has nothing to do with receiver loss — e.g. a view-path failure if congratulations.cfm is absent in a stripped test harness. The comment directly below says view-path errors are unrelated, but the condition contradicts that by treating them as failures.

Suggested tightening:

if (FindNoCase("$blockInProduction", e.message)
    || FindNoCase("$privateHelper", e.message)
    || REFindNoCase("Function \[\$[a-zA-Z]", e.message)) {
    threwReceiverLoss = true;

Minor concern in practice — congratulations.cfm exists in the repo — but the over-broad guard is a flaky-test footgun in stripped environments and the intent is clearer with the tightened pattern.

Observation: first two specs exercise the current engine adapter, not BoxLangAdapter directly

vendor/wheels/tests/specs/dispatch/InvokeMethodSpec.cfc, line 21:

var adapter = application.wheels.engineAdapter;

On Lucee and Adobe, this resolves to the Lucee/Adobe adapter (invoke() in Base.cfc). The two specs pass trivially on non-BoxLang engines without touching the changed code path. The PR description acknowledges this and correctly identifies CI as the authoritative gate. Noted for transparency, not a blocker.

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Docs

Missing CHANGELOG entry — no entry under [Unreleased]. This is a user-visible bug fix (internal routes 500-ing on BoxLang) and should be recorded there.

Missing cross-engine compatibility doc update — .ai/wheels/cross-engine-compatibility.md does not document the BoxLang receiver-loss gotcha. The existing doc covers the Adobe-CF inverse (bracket-notation crash inside closures), but the BoxLang trap — single-expression bracket-call required to preserve the receiver — is equally non-obvious and will be rediscovered by future contributors. Suggest adding a short entry mirroring the existing Adobe section.

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Commits

Single commit: fix(dispatch): preserve receiver context in BoxLang invokeMethod (#2646). Type, scope, and subject all conform to commitlint.config.js. No issues.

[wheels-bot]

Wheels Bot — Reviewer B (round 1)

A's review is accurate and well-grounded. All three findings hold up against the actual code. The core fix is correctly identified as sound. Converging on changes needed.

Sycophancy

None detected. A submitted as COMMENTED (not APPROVED) and every positive claim is cited to specific lines or cross-engine reasoning. No unearned LGTM.

False positives

None detected.

• Catch condition claim (InvokeMethodSpec.cfc:69-71): Confirmed. The third arm FindNoCase("not found", e.message) is present in the actual code and would match unrelated errors like view-path failures. A's suggested tightening to REFindNoCase("Function \[\$[a-zA-Z]", e.message) is more accurate.
• Adobe bracket-notation gotcha claim: Correct. The changed code is in a regular method body inside BoxLangAdapter.cfc, which is only ever instantiated on BoxLang. The Adobe crash applies only to closures. No false positive.
• Specs running on wrong adapter: Accurate. application.wheels.engineAdapter resolves to the Lucee/Adobe adapter on non-BoxLang engines. A correctly calls this a transparency note, not a blocker.

Missed issues

None detected. Spot-checks passed:

• #2646 and #2241 appear only inside // comments in the spec, so no CFML #-delimiter escape issue.
• $privateHelper() declared public in the fixture is intentional — the fixture is not a mixin CFC, so the public-access-for-mixins rule does not apply.
• application.wheels.engineAdapter usage in a .cfc spec file is fine — the "scope gotcha" in CLAUDE.md applies only to .cfm files included from plain CFCs, not spec components.

Verdict alignment

A's COMMENTED verdict with concrete actionable findings (test fragility, two doc gaps) is appropriate. The fix itself has no correctness blockers, so REQUEST_CHANGES would be heavier than necessary, but the findings are real enough that APPROVED would be premature.

Convergence

Aligned. A identified three actionable items, all verified:

1. vendor/wheels/tests/specs/dispatch/InvokeMethodSpec.cfc lines 69-71 — tighten catch arm from FindNoCase("not found", ...) to REFindNoCase("Function \[\$[a-zA-Z]", ...) to avoid matching unrelated view-path errors.
2. CHANGELOG.md [Unreleased] Fixed section — add an entry for the BoxLang internal-route 500 fix (mirrors the pattern of existing entries for wheels packages install command does not install packages and conflicts with documentation #2610 and Core tests fail on Adobe ColdFusion: MID() called with invalid number of arguments in McpCommandInjectionSpec.cfc #2613).
3. .ai/wheels/cross-engine-compatibility.md — add a BoxLang section documenting the receiver-loss gotcha: bracket-call must be a single expression (obj[name]()); splitting into two statements loses the component receiver on BoxLang. The existing doc covers the inverse Adobe crash; the BoxLang trap is equally non-obvious.

Joint recommendation: apply all three changes.

[bpamiri]

Addressed Reviewer A in a690f86:

• Test catch tightened. Replaced the over-broad FindNoCase("not found", ...) arm with REFindNoCase("Function \[\$[a-zA-Z]", ...). The third spec now only flags the receiver-loss signature instead of any "not found" error.
• CHANGELOG entry added. [Unreleased] / Fixed, references BoxLang: Internal Wheels routes fail with Function [$blockInProduction] not found #2646 and fix(config): hard-block /wheels/* GUI surface in production (#2233) #2241, names the affected routes.
• Cross-engine doc updated. New ### Method Reference Extraction Loses Receiver (BoxLang) section in .ai/wheels/cross-engine-compatibility.md, sitting next to the Adobe bracket-notation section. Includes WRONG/RIGHT examples, a "Why" subsection, and a reference back to the BoxLangAdapter::invokeMethod site + this PR's regression spec.

Reviewer A's observation about specs 1–2 passing trivially on non-BoxLang engines stands — the spec is a regression guard, and the CI matrix is the authoritative cross-engine check. Acknowledged in the PR description.

[wheels-bot]

Wheels Bot — Reviewer A

TL;DR: This PR correctly fixes the BoxLang receiver-loss bug in BoxLangAdapter.invokeMethod, and the second commit cleanly addresses the three nits from the previous round (tightened catch, CHANGELOG, cross-engine doc). The fix and the regression spec are sound. Two issues block merge: both commits are missing DCO Signed-off-by: trailers (a required status check), and the new cross-engine doc section labels invoke() as "ALSO RIGHT" on BoxLang when the PR author's own alternatives note says that parity is unconfirmed — a future contributor following that guidance could reintroduce the very bug this PR fixes.

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Correctness

invoke() labeled "ALSO RIGHT" in BoxLang context, parity unconfirmed

.ai/wheels/cross-engine-compatibility.md, lines 80-81:

// ALSO RIGHT — the invoke() BIF (used by Lucee/Adobe via Base.cfc)
invoke(arguments.object, arguments.methodName);

The PR description's "Alternatives considered" section explicitly says:

Delete the override entirely and fall through to Base.cfc::invoke(...). Likely works on current BoxLang but couldn't confirm in this PR (Docker mount failed against the worktree path).

The reason BoxLangAdapter.cfc was written with an invokeMethod override in the first place is precisely because invoke() did not work reliably on BoxLang. Documenting it as "ALSO RIGHT" in the BoxLang section — without confirming it — could mislead a future contributor into replacing the single-expression bracket-call with invoke() and silently reintroducing the receiver-loss bug.

Suggested fix — either remove the invoke() example from this section, or annotate it clearly:

// ALSO RIGHT — the invoke() BIF (Lucee/Adobe only; BoxLang parity unconfirmed)
invoke(arguments.object, arguments.methodName);

Or add a prose note:

Note: invoke() is the Lucee/Adobe path via Base.cfc. Its correctness on BoxLang has not been verified — until confirmed, prefer the single-expression bracket-call on BoxLang.

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Commits

Both commits missing DCO Signed-off-by: trailers

CONTRIBUTING.md § DCO, line 81:

The DCO GitHub App runs as a required status check on every PR. It verifies that every commit in the PR carries a valid Signed-off-by: trailer and blocks merge if any are missing.

Neither commit carries the trailer:

• aea14281 — fix(dispatch): preserve receiver context in BoxLang invokeMethod — no Signed-off-by:
• a690f862 — docs: address review feedback from #2648 (Reviewer A) — no Signed-off-by:

Both need Signed-off-by: Peter Amiri <peter@alurium.com> (matching the configured git identity). The easiest fix if neither commit is yet merged upstream is an interactive rebase with git commit --amend -s on each, or git rebase --signoff HEAD~2.

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Tests

Minor: caughtMessage captured but never asserted

vendor/wheels/tests/specs/dispatch/InvokeMethodSpec.cfc, lines 61 and 73:

var caughtMessage = "";
// ...
caughtMessage = e.message;

caughtMessage is assigned but the only downstream assertion is expect(threwReceiverLoss).toBeFalse(). The captured message is never surfaced. In a failure scenario a maintainer would have to add a breakpoint to read it. Low-priority, but including it in the failure message would make the spec self-diagnosing:

expect(threwReceiverLoss).withMessage("Receiver-loss error thrown: " & caughtMessage).toBeFalse();

(Or remove the variable entirely if it will never be used.)

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Everything else

The core fix (arguments.object[arguments.methodName]() single expression), the fixture shape, the first two specs, the CHANGELOG entry, and the tightened REFindNoCase catch all look correct and clean. No cross-engine concerns fire — BoxLangAdapter.cfc is only ever instantiated on BoxLang, so the Adobe bracket-call restriction (closures only) does not apply here.

[wheels-bot]

Wheels Bot — Address Review (round 1)

Reviewer A + B converged on three changes at aea14281. All three were already applied by the human author in commit a690f86 (current HEAD) before this run, so no new code commit is needed:

• Test catch tightened. vendor/wheels/tests/specs/dispatch/InvokeMethodSpec.cfc lines 65-71 — the over-broad FindNoCase("not found", ...) arm is replaced with REFindNoCase("Function \[\$[a-zA-Z]", e.message), matching A's suggested signature exactly. The catch now flags only the receiver-loss pattern, not unrelated view-/template-not-found errors.
• CHANGELOG entry added. CHANGELOG.md [Unreleased] / Fixed now has an entry referencing BoxLang: Internal Wheels routes fail with Function [$blockInProduction] not found #2646 and fix(config): hard-block /wheels/* GUI surface in production (#2233) #2241 and naming the affected internal routes (/wheels/info, /wheels/routes, /wheels/packages, /wheels/guides, /wheels/tests, …).
• Cross-engine doc updated. .ai/wheels/cross-engine-compatibility.md has a new ### Method Reference Extraction Loses Receiver (BoxLang) section adjacent to the existing Adobe bracket-call section, with WRONG/RIGHT examples, a Why subsection, and a reference back to BoxLangAdapter::invokeMethod plus the regression spec.

No findings were skipped — the consensus and the human's commit are 1:1.

A fresh Reviewer A run should fire on a690f86244cda8c83fcb52b2e2ce7dcb3fc53769. Convergence loop continues until reviewers align on approve or the 5-round cap is hit.

[bpamiri]

Addressed Reviewer A round 2 (force-pushed f50179e87, prior tip was a690f8624):

• DCO. All three commits now carry Signed-off-by: Peter Amiri <peter@alurium.com>. Used git rebase --signoff origin/develop to add the trailer to the existing two and committed the new doc-fix with -s.
• invoke() mislabel. Dropped the "ALSO RIGHT" invoke() example from the BoxLang section in .ai/wheels/cross-engine-compatibility.md and added a dedicated "On invoke()" callout: it's the Lucee/Adobe path via Base.cfc; parity on BoxLang is unverified; the override exists because earlier BoxLang versions had invoke() gaps; the override can only be deleted after a BoxLang audit confirms parity.
• caughtMessage cleanup. Renamed to receiverLossMessage and surfaced it directly in the assertion: expect(receiverLossMessage).toBe("", "Receiver-loss error thrown ...: " & receiverLossMessage). WheelsTest's toBe(expected, message) second-arg is supported (see vendor/wheels/wheelstest/system/Expectation.cfc). The spec is now self-diagnosing — the actual error string lands in the test output if it ever fires.

[wheels-bot]

Wheels Bot -- Reviewer B (round 1)

A's review on this SHA is accurate and well-constructed. All three findings hold up against the diff and commit history. Converging on changes needed.

Sycophancy

None detected. A submitted as CHANGES_REQUESTED and every positive claim is tied to specific lines or cross-engine reasoning.

False positives

None detected.

• invoke() labeled "ALSO RIGHT" (cross-engine doc, diff lines +80-81): Confirmed. The diff shows // ALSO RIGHT -- the invoke() BIF (used by Lucee/Adobe via Base.cfc) in the new BoxLang section without any BoxLang-confirmation caveat. The PR description "Alternatives considered" section explicitly says that invoke() parity on BoxLang "couldn't confirm in this PR." A's suggested annotation (Lucee/Adobe only; BoxLang parity unconfirmed) is the correct fix.
• DCO trailers missing on both commits: Confirmed via git show aea14281e and git show a690f8624. Neither commit carries Signed-off-by:. Author identity is Peter Amiri <peter@alurium.com> on both. A's named identity is correct.
• caughtMessage captured but never asserted: Confirmed. The variable is assigned at the catch site but the downstream expect(threwReceiverLoss).toBeFalse() never references it. Minor, as A noted.

Missed issues

None detected. Spot-checks on the rest of the diff came back clean:

• The spec's application.wheels.engineAdapter access is in a .cfc spec file, not a .cfm included from a plain CFC -- the CLAUDE.md scope gotcha does not apply.
• Issue references appear only inside // comments -- no CFML #-delimiter escape issue.
• $privateHelper() declared public in the fixture is intentional; the fixture is not a mixin CFC, so the internal-function-access rule does not apply.
• Commit subjects are conventional-commit-valid and under 100 chars on both commits.

Verdict alignment

A's CHANGES_REQUESTED verdict is consistent with the findings -- two actual blockers (misleading doc, missing DCO) are sufficient to block merge without being an overreach.

Convergence

Aligned. A and B agree on all three findings. Two concrete changes are needed before merge:

1. .ai/wheels/cross-engine-compatibility.md -- annotate the invoke() example: change // ALSO RIGHT -- the invoke() BIF (used by Lucee/Adobe via Base.cfc) to clarify that invoke() parity on BoxLang is unconfirmed and the single-expression bracket-call is preferred on BoxLang.
2. DCO sign-off on both commits -- aea14281 and a690f862 both need Signed-off-by: Peter Amiri <peter@alurium.com>. This requires git rebase --signoff HEAD~2 plus a force-push from the PR author. The address-review bot cannot retroactively sign history; this item needs manual action.
3. Minor (non-blocking): include caughtMessage in the failure message at InvokeMethodSpec.cfc line 82 -- expect(threwReceiverLoss).withMessage("Receiver-loss error thrown: " & caughtMessage).toBeFalse().

Joint recommendation: apply changes 1 and 3 (bot-addressable), and the PR author signs the commits manually.

[wheels-bot]

Wheels Bot — Reviewer A

TL;DR: All three items blocking merge in round 2 have been resolved: all commits now carry Signed-off-by: trailers, the "ALSO RIGHT" invoke() example has been removed from the BoxLang doc section and replaced with an accurate "unconfirmed parity" callout, and the third spec's receiverLossMessage is now surfaced directly in the assertion message rather than stashed in a dead local. The core one-liner fix and the regression spec remain correct and clean. Approving.

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Correctness

No new concerns. The fix itself -- collapsing local.method = obj[name]; local.method() to arguments.object[arguments.methodName]() in BoxLangAdapter.cfc:197 -- is sound and unchanged since round 1. The bracket-call restriction for Adobe CF (closures only) does not apply here since invokeMethod is a regular method body, not a closure, and BoxLangAdapter.cfc is only ever instantiated on BoxLang.

Cross-engine

Round 2 flagged that the new cross-engine doc section labeled invoke() as "ALSO RIGHT" for BoxLang when the PR description explicitly said parity was unconfirmed. Commit 3 drops the code example entirely and adds an explicit prose callout:

Whether it preserves the receiver on BoxLang has not been verified -- the invokeMethod override in BoxLangAdapter.cfc exists precisely because earlier BoxLang versions had invoke() parity gaps. Until a BoxLang run confirms the BIF binds the receiver, prefer the single-expression bracket-call on BoxLang.

That is accurate and will prevent a future contributor from unknowingly reintroducing the bug. The adjacent Adobe bracket-call section ("WRONG inside closures: split into two statements") and the new BoxLang section ("WRONG to split: single-expression") are not contradictory -- the Adobe restriction is closure-scoped and the BoxLang trap fires in regular method bodies. Both sections say which engine they apply to.

Commits

All three commits now carry Signed-off-by: Peter Amiri <peter@alurium.com>. DCO check will pass.

Commit messages conform to commitlint.config.js: types fix and docs are from the allowlist, no ALL-CAPS subjects, all headers under 100 chars.

Tests

Verified toBe(any expected, message = "") is the correct WheelsTest signature (vendor/wheels/wheelstest/system/Expectation.cfc:168). The third spec's updated assertion:

expect(receiverLossMessage).toBe(
    "",
    "Receiver-loss error thrown from Public.cfc::index: " & receiverLossMessage
);

is valid and self-diagnosing on failure. No remaining concerns.

[wheels-bot]

Wheels Bot — Address Review (round 2)

Reviewer A + B converged on three findings at a690f8624. All three are already present in the current HEAD f50179e87 (force-pushed by the PR author before this run), so no new code commit is needed:

• DCO sign-off on all commits. git log confirms b77a47d90, 2bd3cc182, and f50179e87 each carry Signed-off-by: Peter Amiri <peter@alurium.com> matching the configured git author. The DCO required-status check should now pass on the force-pushed branch.
• invoke() mislabel removed from the BoxLang doc section. .ai/wheels/cross-engine-compatibility.md:83 now carries an explicit "On invoke()" callout: the BIF is the Lucee/Adobe path via Base.cfc, BoxLang parity is not verified, the invokeMethod override exists precisely because earlier BoxLang versions had invoke() gaps, and the override can only be deleted after a BoxLang audit. The previous "ALSO RIGHT" example is gone, removing the footgun A flagged.
• caughtMessage surfaced in the assertion. vendor/wheels/tests/specs/dispatch/InvokeMethodSpec.cfc:60-77 renames the local to receiverLossMessage and passes it into expect(...).toBe(..., "Receiver-loss error thrown from Public.cfc::index: " & receiverLossMessage). The spec is now self-diagnosing — the actual error string lands in the test output if the receiver-loss pattern ever re-emerges.

No findings were skipped — the round-2 consensus and the current HEAD are 1:1.

A fresh Reviewer A run should fire on f50179e87bb15773dcc98e69a460782a9137beaf. Convergence loop continues until reviewers align on approve or the 5-round cap is hit.

[wheels-bot]

Wheels Bot — Reviewer B (round 1)

A's review on this SHA is accurate and well-grounded. All positive claims are verified against the diff and commit history. No sycophancy, no false positives, no missed issues. Converging on approve.

Sycophancy

None detected. A approved after three rounds of concrete blocking issues, each of which was resolved before A submitted. Every approval claim is cited to specific lines or verified behavior.

False positives

None detected.

• DCO trailers claim: Confirmed. All three commits (b77a47d9, 2bd3cc18, f50179e8) carry Signed-off-by: Peter Amiri <peter@alurium.com> in their commit messages.
• invoke() doc fix claim: Confirmed. The diff shows the BoxLang cross-engine section has no "ALSO RIGHT" invoke() example — only the explicit "On invoke()" callout stating that parity on BoxLang is unverified.
• toBe(expected, message="") signature claim: Confirmed at vendor/wheels/wheelstest/system/Expectation.cfc:168. The second argument is a real named param that surfaces in failure output, not silently ignored.
• Bracket-call in regular method body (not closure): Confirmed. BoxLangAdapter.cfc::invokeMethod is a regular method body, not a closure. The Adobe CF parser crash applies only inside closures — A correctly notes this does not apply here.

Missed issues

None detected. Spot-checks passed:

• REFindNoCase("Function \[\$[a-zA-Z]", e.message) in InvokeMethodSpec.cfc:69 — the $ is inside a CFML string literal; CFML's expression delimiter is #, not $. No escape issue.
• Issue references (#2646, #2241) appear only inside // comments in the spec, which CFML does not evaluate as expression delimiters. No crash risk.
• application.wheels.engineAdapter access is in a .cfc spec file, not a .cfm included from a plain CFC — the scope gotcha in CLAUDE.md does not apply.
• $privateHelper() declared public in the fixture is intentional; InvokeMethodFixture.cfc is not a mixin CFC, so the public-access-for-mixins rule does not apply.
• All three commit messages conform to commitlint.config.js: types fix and docs are from the allowlist, no ALL-CAPS subjects, all headers under 100 chars.
• CHANGELOG entry format is consistent with adjacent entries (no trailing period, issue reference in parens at end of sentence).

Verdict alignment

A's APPROVED verdict is consistent with the findings. All prior blocking issues are resolved; no new issues surfaced. Approval is earned.

Convergence

Aligned on approve. A and B agree that all three blocking items from round 2 are addressed and no new concerns exist on this SHA. The PR is review-clean and ready for a human to mark as ready-for-review and merge.