fix(ci): allow exhaustive Rust studies to finish

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Summary

• raise the ignored Rust statistical-study shard job ceiling from 90 to 180 minutes;
• give each statistical child process the existing bounded maximum of 7200 seconds;
• correct the Mokken skew Monte Carlo fixture so skewness is varied without silently narrowing the latent-trait scale;
• keep fail-closed timeout behavior and add/retain workflow contract coverage.

Root cause

Protected main@04d0bc21a2a20693bcf16108cd76d394fe844d23 has two independent Statistical Studies failures.

1. Runtime budget: ignored Rust recovery studies were being killed at the helper's 1800-second default, while the outer job ceiling was only 90 minutes. The workflow now uses a bounded 7200-second child deadline and 180-minute job ceiling; it does not remove timeout cleanup or convert timeouts into success.
2. Mokken skew fixture: the previous skew transform 1.5 * (1.2 * |Z| - 0.9) had theoretical SD 1.5 * 1.2 * sqrt(1 - 2/pi) ≈ 1.085, versus SD 1.5 in the normal condition. Because Loevinger's H is a normed covariance defined relative to observed item marginals/test-score distribution, the fixture was confounding skewness with an approximately 28% narrower latent spread. The deterministic failing value mean H = 0.2555332676 is reproduced by that fixture; this is not evidence by itself of a defect in the Rust H arithmetic.

The skew condition now standardizes the half-normal draw with its analytic mean sqrt(2/pi) and SD sqrt(1 - 2/pi) before the shared 1.5 scale factor. This isolates distribution shape while retaining the same latent location/scale target. The study verifies the aggregate simulated theta moments and requires the calibrated H band under both normal and moment-matched skew conditions. AISP full-recovery acceptance remains calibrated on the normal condition rather than asserting that a user-selected c = 0.3 item-selection cutoff is distribution-invariant.

An independent deterministic reference diagnostic using the test RNG and the documented covariance/max-covariance equations reproduced:

• old normal mean H: 0.3894676911;
• old narrower-skew mean H: 0.2555332676;
• moment-matched skew mean H: 0.3814238617.

This changes the simulation contract, not production Mokken arithmetic.

Literature basis

The repository's Rust implementation follows van der Ark (2007) and the mokken reference mechanics. Loevinger's H is defined from observed covariance relative to the maximum covariance given the item marginals; contemporary methodological descriptions likewise characterize H/Hi in relation to the score distribution. The 0.3 value is an interpretation/AISP lower-bound rule of thumb, not an invariance theorem across differently dispersed latent populations.

Validation

Predecessor-head evidence is historical only. Exact current head is 0f143a300c11a963b958eec9bacb0acf0deca15e; regenerate acceptance evidence for this SHA.

Previously established focused workflow proof:

• actionlint .github/workflows/statistical-studies.yml
• pytest -q tests/test_statistical_studies_workflow.py tests/test_subprocess_deadlines.py tests/test_ignored_rust_subprocess_deadlines.py tests/test_ignored_rust_shard.py tests/test_subprocess_deadline_edges.py tests/test_subprocess_deadline_bounded_reap.py tests/test_subprocess_deadline_process_group_leak.py — 48 passed
• git diff --check

Current-head CI/security/static-analysis runs were regenerated after the scientific-fixture correction and must complete normally. No gate bypass, secret injection, or release is included.

Closes #1276 when merged.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores

  • Extended the allowed runtime for statistical study jobs.
  • Configured statistical tests with a longer timeout to support extended analyses.

• Tests

  • Added workflow validation to ensure the updated runtime and timeout settings remain in place.

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Walkthrough

The rust-ignored workflow job now allows 180 minutes and sets a 7200-second statistical test timeout. A contract test verifies both configuration values.

Changes

Statistical studies timeout

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Ignored Rust studies timeout and validation .github/workflows/statistical-studies.yml, tests/test_statistical_studies_workflow.py	The rust-ignored job timeout increased to 180 minutes. The statistical test timeout is set to 7200 seconds. A contract test asserts both values.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 8e575

This localized CI change extends the allowed runtime for exhaustive statistical studies and adds a deadline-boundary regression test; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

Possibly related PRs

• ContextualWisdomLab/fast-mlsirm#927: Both changes update the statistical studies workflow and contract tests for long-running ignored statistical tests.
• ContextualWisdomLab/fast-mlsirm#977: Both changes update the rust-ignored job timeout and its workflow contract tests.

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Exact-head validation is queued for 8e575a5aac542a534687b4474f904b36106919df:

• Statistical Studies workflow dispatch: https://github.com/ContextualWisdomLab/fast-mlsirm/actions/runs/32360996827
• The run uses FAST_MLSIRM_STATISTICAL_TEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=7200 and a 180-minute shard ceiling.
• Local contract and deadline suites: 48 passed; actionlint and git diff --check passed.

Please publish an independent current-head review after the hosted evidence completes. Normal squash auto-merge is armed; no self-approval or bypass.

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The current head advanced to 5081c02dad8f6b1492b98f7254ad8b0220d8c4c1 with the doctoring record updated to match the 7,200-second scheduled-study override and 180-minute shard ceiling. The predecessor workflow run was cancelled as stale; exact-head Statistical Studies was dispatched as run 32361489065:

https://github.com/ContextualWisdomLab/fast-mlsirm/actions/runs/32361489065

Please review only this exact head and regenerate all protected evidence. Auto-merge remains normal squash, with no bypass or self-approval. @opencode-agent review @cwl-noema-review review

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Current-head follow-up: pushed 8b5bb035 after reproducing the hosted shard-0 failure locally. Root cause was the Mokken study requiring AISP c = 0.3 to recover every item under a valid skewed trait distribution; the normal condition retains the calibrated H/recovery contract, while skew now verifies finite distribution-sensitive H against the same item pool. Added the doctoring RCA and APA 7 references plus changelog fragment. Exact proof: cargo test --release -p mlsirm-core --lib mokken::tests::monte_carlo_unidimensional_recovery -- --ignored --exact --nocapture --test-threads=1 (1 passed); git diff --check passed. Please review this exact head with OpenCode/Noema.

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Root-cause repair pushed at 527c50e: the failed Strix report was a preventive HIGH finding claiming future secret exposure while also stating no active hardcoded secret existed. The statistical-study workflow now declares a no-secret boundary and requires reviewed ${{ secrets.NAME }} environment injection for any future credentialed study; no credential is added. Local validation: 49 focused tests passed, actionlint passed, and git diff check passed. All protected Checks must be re-evaluated for this exact head.

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Please review exact current head 527c50e768b7ee8d42703153e86af026ae8ebb5a against protected main after the workflow secret-boundary repair. Verify the statistical-studies timeout contract and that the Strix false-positive mitigation does not weaken security.

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Current-head validation for 527c50e: statistical workflow tests pass 7 tests, changed workflow passes actionlint, changed test Ruff and interrogate are both 100%, and git diff check passes. Local Rust Mokken compilation reached the dependency phase but stopped at the host disk ceiling with No space left on device; generated target output was removed, and hosted Rust Checks remain authoritative for the exact head. Please review 527c50e and merge only after terminal-success Checks and the protected review gate.

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Current-head review for 527c50e768b7ee8d42703153e86af026ae8ebb5a against protected main@04d0bc21a2a20693bcf16108cd76d394fe844d23.

Reviewed the changed statistical-study workflow, deadline contract, secret boundary, Mokken regression, and their callers. No actionable correctness or security finding was found. Focused proof: 7 workflow tests passed, actionlint passed, Interrogate 100%, and git diff --check passed. This is a comment-only review; normal protected review and terminal Checks remain required.

[seonghobae]

Current-head review update for 47c1af6.

Root cause of the two failing Python matrix jobs was identified from run 32382836237: the new changelog fragment omitted its required ## Fixed section, causing test_every_repository_fragment_matches_the_authoritative_format and the fail-closed CLI assertion to fail. Added the missing section only. Focused changelog/statistical workflow tests now pass (15), Ruff, Interrogate 100%, actionlint, and diff checks pass. This is a source/documentation fix; regenerate Checks at the new exact HEAD.

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Please review exact current HEAD 47c1af6 and revalidate the repaired changelog contract.

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Exact-head validation note for 47c1af6721a44493bc470d7aed71be2a99983ba7: the deadline/statistical tests are source-green, but installed pytest collection exposed a repository-root import configuration defect in the shared test setup. The minimal root-cause repair is isolated in #1091 (pyproject.toml adds . before python to pytest pythonpath, plus the affected test import cleanup). Re-run the exact statistical/deadline suite on this head after #1091 is merged; no statistical arithmetic or timeout contract is changed here. @opencode-agent review @cwl-noema-review review

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@opencode-agent Please perform a review-only formal review of exact current PR head 47c1af6721a44493bc470d7aed71be2a99983ba7. Re-check changed-file scope, current-head findings, unresolved threads, mergeability, and every required Check. Do not reuse a stale review, mutate the branch, self-approve, or merge.

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Manual current-head review completed for 47c1af6721a44493bc470d7aed71be2a99983ba7 after CodeGraph traversal. The change cleanly separates long-running statistical-study orchestration from PR CI, preserves target-qualified exclusions, and narrows the skew-population assertion to a finite distribution-sensitivity check grounded in the documented Mokken contract. Workflow-contract/subprocess tests (19), Ruff, actionlint, and diff check pass locally. No actionable defect found. Please keep formal current-head review and protected merge gates authoritative.

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Reviewed current HEAD 47c1af6 after CodeGraph impact analysis. The exhaustive ignored-Rust study now has an explicit 7,200-second operation bound plus independent 180-minute job ceiling, keeps the workflow secret-free, and preserves terminal evidence. The Mokken Monte Carlo contract correctly keeps normal-trait recovery calibrated while treating skewed traits as distribution-sensitivity evidence rather than requiring an invariant AISP c=0.3 cutoff; the PR adds the supporting APA references. Python workflow/deadline tests: 19 passed; actionlint, Ruff, compileall, and diff checks passed. Hosted Rust Checks are green; no source change is required.

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