fix(ci): accept validated artifact data descriptors

[cjagwani]

Outcome

The release base-image-publication gate can consume the immutable ZIP archives currently returned by GitHub Actions while retaining fail-closed contract validation.

Reason

The successful image publisher for the v0.0.119 candidate produced a valid one-file artifact ZIP with the standard bit-3 data-descriptor flag. The shared reader rejected that encoding before it could validate contract.json, which blocked the candidate verifier even though artifact identity and digest checks passed.

Related issues

Refs #9340

Changes

• Accept signed and unsigned 32-bit ZIP data descriptors only when their CRC and sizes match the central directory.
• Reject every unsupported general-purpose ZIP flag; only data descriptors and UTF-8 names are accepted.
• Require descriptor-based entries to keep zeroed local CRC/size fields and end exactly at the next local record or central directory.
• Preserve encryption, unsafe-entry, size-bound, decompression, CRC, identity, and digest rejection.
• Cover the accepted GitHub layout plus mismatched CRC/sizes, populated local fields, and trailing-data rejection.

Verification

• npx vitest run --project e2e-support test/e2e/support/artifact-zip.test.ts test/e2e/support/exact-artifact-download.test.ts — 73 tests passed.
• Actual artifact managed-base-33681468103-1-langchain-deepagents-code — the reader returned exactly contract.json (1,122 bytes), reproducing and then resolving the failed gate input.
• npx biome check scripts/lib/read-artifact-zip.mts test/e2e/support/artifact-zip.test.ts — passed.
• npm run validate:pr against canonical main at 0673b122147433e8025222a135c7b8a3ebdbd27a — passed.
• Commit hooks — formatting, lint, repository checks, secret scan, source-shape budget, growth guardrails, and commit lint passed.
• npx vitest run --project e2e-support — local aggregate was inconclusive under host saturation: 3,648 passed, 39 skipped, and 65 unrelated failures dominated by subprocess timeouts plus missing host ip/Python yaml; the changed parser suites remained green.
• Diff review — no secrets, API keys, or credentials.

Review notes

• Security review: no findings across the nine-category rubric. Artifact identity/digest binding remains outside this parser and unchanged; accepted bytes still pass bounded inflation and CRC checks before materialization.
• Independent documentation review: no public docs or changelog update is required for this internal verifier compatibility fix.

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Signed-off-by: Charan Jagwani cjagwani@nvidia.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • ZIP archives using signed or unsigned data descriptors are now supported.
  • UTF-8 file names in ZIP archives are accepted.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved validation of ZIP metadata, including CRC values, file sizes, record boundaries, and trailing data.
  • Archives using unsupported ZIP flags or malformed, overlapping, or improperly bounded records are rejected more reliably.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for valid data descriptors, UTF-8 names, unsupported flags, and malformed archive scenarios.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

ZIP parsing now supports signed and unsigned data descriptors and UTF-8 names. The reader validates descriptor fields and local-file boundaries. It rejects unsupported general-purpose flags and malformed descriptor layouts. Tests cover accepted and rejected archive formats.

Changes

ZIP data descriptor support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Descriptor parsing and record bounds scripts/lib/read-artifact-zip.mts	The ZIP reader supports data descriptors and UTF-8 names. It validates descriptor fields, requires zeroed local-header fields, rejects unsupported flags, and enforces record boundaries.
Descriptor validation tests test/e2e/support/artifact-zip.test.ts	Tests verify signed and unsigned descriptors, CRC and size mismatches, populated local-header fields, trailing data, UTF-8 names, and unsupported flags.

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

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 4c2c8

This localized change expands validated ZIP descriptor compatibility while preserving fail-closed checks for malformed or unsafe artifacts; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

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In `@scripts/lib/read-artifact-zip.mts`:
- Line 157: Update the general-purpose flag validation in the ZIP reader around
the existing encryption-bit check to reject every flag except bit 3 (data
descriptors) and bit 11 (UTF-8 names). Retain the existing localFlags === flags
consistency check and ensure unsupported bits, including bits 0, 1, and 5, are
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