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Outcome

NemoClaw now inventories direct and transitive live E2E assertions without executing live test modules. A checked-in baseline and PR growth guard prevent assertion growth while Epic #10920 reduces the suite.

Reason

The live E2E suite had no deterministic assertion inventory. Assertions could move into companion modules or change syntax without making the increased failure surface visible.

Related issues

Closes #10934

Part of #10920

Changes

  • Add a TypeScript-parser census for Vitest matchers, Node assertions, named assertion helpers, failure guards, object-field assertions, and detectable generated probes.
  • Resolve live companion imports statically and report direct, transitive, per-file, and unique-suite totals without loading live modules.
  • Add a compact current-main baseline that preserves the fixed Epic [Epic] Halve live E2E assertion bloat without weakening coverage #10920 reference and records the lower post-refactor(sandbox): remove Shields from core #10722 main state.
  • Run the ratchet from npm run checks:repository and reject baseline increases through the existing PR growth guard.
  • Document the assertion-disposition and baseline-update workflow in test/README.md.

The new mechanism is required by Epic #10920. Repository checks and E2E-remediation PRs consume it. A direct assertion count is insufficient because it can be reduced by moving assertions into helpers or other assertion forms. test/repository/e2e-assertion-census.test.ts protects the parser, import graph, path controls, census, and ratchet.

Verification

  • npx vitest run --project integration test/repository/e2e-assertion-census.test.ts test/repository/checks-runner.test.ts test/automation/pull-requests/growth-guardrails.test.ts — 3 files and 66 tests passed.
  • npm run typecheck:cli — passed.
  • npm run checks:repository — passed, including the new 1,977-direct-expect baseline across 86 live test files.
  • Commit hooks — pre-commit, commit-msg, and pre-push passed. The published commit is GitHub Verified.
  • No live E2E run applies because this change analyzes source and does not change live behavior.
  • The diff contains no secrets, API keys, or credentials.

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npm run check completed every pre-commit and repository-wide governance check, then one existing CLI coverage worker did not exit after the active workers finished. The run was stopped and is not claimed as passing.

npm run test:changed passed its targeted growth-guard test, then selected 1,682 unrelated CLI, plugin, and E2E-support files. It reported 62 failures from existing host state, unavailable macOS commands such as ip, and parallel timeout paths. None involved the changed census, ratchet, runner-registration, or growth-guard tests. Required GitHub CI remains the authoritative broad gate for this PR.


Signed-off-by: Aaron Erickson aerickson@nvidia.com

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  • New Features

    • Added tooling to scan end-to-end tests and track assertion counts.
    • Added configurable assertion budgets with reporting, JSON export, validation, and update commands.
    • Added safeguards for assertion growth, missing files, renamed tests, and budget violations.
  • CI & Quality

    • Integrated assertion-budget checks into repository validation and growth guardrails.
    • Added baseline metadata covering current end-to-end test assertion limits.
    • Added comprehensive coverage for budget enforcement and diagnostic reporting.
  • Documentation

    • Documented the live end-to-end assertion ratchet process and approved budget updates.

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Adds a static E2E assertion census, a versioned assertion budget, repository check integration, growth guardrails, focused tests, and contributor guidance.

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E2E assertion ratchet

Layer / File(s) Summary
Census contracts and AST analysis
scripts/checks/e2e-assertion-census.mts
Defines assertion metrics and parses TypeScript and JavaScript sources for supported assertion forms and generated probes.
Source inventory and budget evaluation
scripts/checks/e2e-assertion-census.mts
Resolves live companion imports, builds direct and transitive census reports, validates budgets, and reports growth and inventory violations.
CLI, baseline, and repository check integration
scripts/checks/e2e-assertion-census.mts, package.json, scripts/checks/run.mts, ci/e2e-assertion-budget.json, .pre-commit-config.yaml
Adds census commands, registers the ratchet, stores the current budget baseline, and triggers repository checks when the budget changes.
Guardrails, tests, and contributor guidance
test/automation/pull-requests/growth-guardrails.test.ts, test/helpers/growth-guardrail-checks.ts, test/repository/*, test/README.md
Extends growth guardrails, tests census and registration behavior, and documents census and budget workflows.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to c4366

This adds a static assertion census and no-growth budget for live E2E tests without executing them. Malformed inputs now fail safely through a supported parser API, and the checked-in baseline and repository checks pass, leaving no current merge-blocking risk.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant buildE2eAssertionCensus
  participant LiveSources
  participant BudgetEvaluator
  CLI->>buildE2eAssertionCensus: request census
  buildE2eAssertionCensus->>LiveSources: discover files and resolve companions
  LiveSources-->>buildE2eAssertionCensus: assertion metrics and dependency edges
  buildE2eAssertionCensus-->>CLI: direct, transitive, and unique totals
  CLI->>BudgetEvaluator: evaluate census against budget
  BudgetEvaluator-->>CLI: budget violations
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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 45 functions across 6 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes the main change: adding a live E2E assertion-surface ratchet.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR implements the linked issue objectives [#10934]. It adds AST-based census tooling, companion-import traversal, deterministic reports, a checked-in baseline, ratchet enforcement, repository-chec…
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The PR implements the linked issue objectives [#10934]. It adds AST-based census tooling, companion-import traversal, deterministic reports, a checked-in baseline, ratchet enforcement, repository-check integration, documentation, and focused coverage. The reported validation also covers malformed sources, cycles, symlinks, generated probes, assertion forms, and budget changes.

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The changes remain within the linked issue scope [#10934]. The scripts, baseline, repository integration, documentation, and tests directly support assertion census and no-growth enforcement. No production behavior, live E2E behavior, scheduling, or unrelated functionality changes are reported.

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Signed-off-by: Aaron Erickson <aerickson@nvidia.com>
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scripts/checks/e2e-assertion-census.mts (1)

167-176: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use a supported diagnostics API for the malformed-source guard.

parseDiagnostics is an internal ts.SourceFile property. If TypeScript removes or renames it, optional access returns undefined, the guard is skipped, and malformed sources can pass. Use Program.getSyntacticDiagnostics or a Language Service, or fail closed when diagnostics are unavailable.

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In `@scripts/checks/e2e-assertion-census.mts` around lines 167 - 176, Replace the
internal parsed.parseDiagnostics access in the malformed-source guard with a
supported TypeScript diagnostics API, preferably Program.getSyntacticDiagnostics
or the existing Language Service. Preserve the current first-diagnostic
formatting and error location, and ensure unavailable diagnostics fail closed
rather than allowing malformed sources to pass.

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Inline comments:
In `@scripts/checks/e2e-assertion-census.mts`:
- Around line 449-453: Update resolveLiveImport so existing local imports that
resolve outside sourceFiles, including JSON and other non-source files, return
null instead of throwing; preserve the existing error for missing files and add
coverage for both behaviors.

In `@test/helpers/growth-guardrail-checks.ts`:
- Around line 429-433: Update e2eAssertionBudgetGrowthViolations to compare the
complete base and head file inventories, using diff.files previous_filename to
map recognized renames before evaluating budgets. Report violations for base
live-test entries omitted from head, while allowing genuinely removed tests;
ensure renamed tests are compared against their prior entry rather than treated
as new budgets. Add fixtures covering both removal and rename scenarios.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@scripts/checks/e2e-assertion-census.mts`:
- Around line 167-176: Replace the internal parsed.parseDiagnostics access in
the malformed-source guard with a supported TypeScript diagnostics API,
preferably Program.getSyntacticDiagnostics or the existing Language Service.
Preserve the current first-diagnostic formatting and error location, and ensure
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Addressed the full CodeRabbit review in ef9ba75, including the non-threaded diagnostics hardening: malformed-source detection now uses the supported TypeScript Program.getSyntacticDiagnostics API and still fails closed with source location. Verification on this head: 65 focused tests pass; format, oxlint, CLI typecheck, repository checks, and the 86-file E2E assertion budget check pass.

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test/repository/e2e-assertion-census.test.ts (1)

202-205: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert that the JSON import is absent from companions.

The current assertion proves that census construction does not throw and that the JSON file is not counted as a live source file. It does not prove that the JSON file is excluded from the test report's companions list. A regression that records fixture.json as a companion would still pass.

Proposed test assertion
     expect(buildE2eAssertionCensus(root)).toMatchObject({
       testFileCount: 1,
       liveFileCount: 1,
+      files: [{ companions: [] }],
     });

As per path instructions, review tests for behavioral confidence rather than implementation lock-in, and prefer observable outcomes through the public boundary.

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In `@test/repository/e2e-assertion-census.test.ts` around lines 202 - 205, Extend
the assertion for buildE2eAssertionCensus(root) to verify that the resulting
test report’s companions list does not contain the JSON import fixture.json,
while preserving the existing census count checks and asserting only the
observable report behavior.

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In `@test/repository/e2e-assertion-census.test.ts`:
- Around line 202-205: Extend the assertion for buildE2eAssertionCensus(root) to
verify that the resulting test report’s companions list does not contain the
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Final acceptance audit on 04565fb adds explicit numeric deltas to ratchet failures and binding-aware coverage for named, aliased, namespace, and CommonJS Node assertion imports. The checked-in baseline remains unchanged. Exact-head verification: 66 focused tests, formatting, oxlint, CLI typecheck, repository checks, and the 86-file assertion ratchet pass.

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In `@scripts/checks/e2e-assertion-census.mts`:
- Line 304: Update the import and require binding analysis in the assertion
census logic so aliases of Node’s strict assert API, including `import { strict
as check } from "node:assert"` and `const check =
require("node:assert").strict`, are added as assertion roots and update
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Addressed the final CodeRabbit follow-up in c436626: Node strict-mode aliases from ESM and CommonJS are counted, and non-source imports are explicitly absent from the public companion report. Exact-head local verification remains 66 focused tests plus formatting, oxlint, CLI typecheck, repository checks, and the unchanged 86-file baseline.

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Exact-head handoff (c436626a6)

  • 59 checks passed; 8 were intentionally skipped; no checks remain pending.
  • Core CI is fully green, including all 12 CLI shards and merged coverage.
  • Managed-image build and qualification is fully green, including all-agent activation and both MCP discovery passes.
  • CodeRabbit is green, and all 3 review threads are resolved.
  • The 9 PR Review Advisor specialists failed in infrastructure before producing any review text: every log reports textBytes=0 and incomplete reading of the immutable diff.patch; no specialist artifact or finding exists.
  • The 2 self-hosted E2E failures reproduce on this static-tooling-only diff in untouched behavior: sandbox apply does not observe the gateway-pinned base-policy read, and gateway isolation cannot find normalize_mutable_config_perms while applying the model override.

The branch is clean, mergeable, GitHub Verified, and based on current main (b08eaa0844dc2e972fbfa2806590668802d449b4). Human review is still required; this PR has not been merged.

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