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fix: gh-merge-green requires ci-status only when a workflow defines it #17357

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test: gh-merge-green merges a repo whose ci.yml has no ci-status job …
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fix: gh-merge-green requires ci-status only when a workflow defines it
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28 changes: 26 additions & 2 deletions scripts/gh-merge-green
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Expand Up @@ -186,9 +186,11 @@ fi

# Require aggregate checks only when their workflow exists on the base. Otherwise
# every reported exact-head check and status context must be completed successfully.
workflow_response=''
workflow_on_base() {
local file="$1" response
if response=$(gh api --include "repos/$repo/contents/.github/workflows/$file" -X GET -f "ref=$base" 2>/dev/null); then
workflow_response="$response"
return 0
fi
if grep -qE '^HTTP/[^ ]+ 404([[:space:]]|$)' <<<"$response"; then
Expand All @@ -199,10 +201,32 @@ workflow_on_base() {
'restore GitHub contents API access; only HTTP 404 means the workflow is absent'
}

# ci-status is required only when ci.yml or ci-macos.yml defines that job;
# a ci.yml with only other jobs (bonsplit's `tests`) gets the all-checks path. Fails closed: a body that is missing, too large for the
# contents API, or unreadable still requires ci-status.
reports_ci_status() {
python3 -c '
import base64, json, re, sys
raw = sys.stdin.read()
body = re.split(r"\r?\n\r?\n", raw, maxsplit=1)
try:
data = json.loads(body[1])
text = base64.b64decode(data["content"]).decode() if data.get("encoding") == "base64" else ""
except Exception:
sys.exit(0)
if not text.strip():
sys.exit(0)
sys.exit(0 if re.search(r"(?m)^\s+[\x22\x27]?ci-status[\x22\x27]?\s*:", text) else 1)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Replace the regex YAML detection with a real YAML parser.

The pattern ^\s+['"]?ci-status['"]?\s*: matches any indented ci-status: key at any depth. This includes keys under with: or env:, and text inside a run: | block. It does not match flow-style jobs: {ci-status: ...}.

A false positive requires a check that no job produces, so merges block. A false negative skips the aggregate gate.

Parse the YAML and test for ci-status under the top-level jobs mapping. If PyYAML is missing, fail closed with a clear error.

Proposed direction 
-sys.exit(0 if re.search(r"(?m)^\s+[\x22\x27]?ci-status[\x22\x27]?\s*:", text) else 1)
+import yaml
+doc = yaml.safe_load(text)
+jobs = doc.get("jobs") if isinstance(doc, dict) else None
+sys.exit(0 if isinstance(jobs, dict) and "ci-status" in jobs else 1)

Also catch yaml.YAMLError and exit 0 so the script still requires ci-status.

Based on learnings: "require a real YAML parser library (e.g., PyYAML in Python) rather than a regex-based fallback."

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sys.exit(0 if re.search(r"(?m)^\s+[\x22\x27]?ci-status[\x22\x27]?\s*:", text) else 1)
import yaml
doc = yaml.safe_load(text)
jobs = doc.get("jobs") if isinstance(doc, dict) else None
sys.exit(0 if isinstance(jobs, dict) and "ci-status" in jobs else 1)
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Review comment at @scripts/gh-merge-green at line 219:
Replace the regex-based detection in the `sys.exit` check with YAML parsing,
then check whether `ci-status` is a key in the top-level `jobs` mapping. Handle
missing PyYAML by failing closed with a clear error, and do not count nested
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' <<<"$workflow_response"
}

has_ci=0
has_app_compile=0
if workflow_on_base ci.yml; then has_ci=1; fi
if workflow_on_base ci-macos.yml; then has_app_compile=1; fi
if workflow_on_base ci.yml && reports_ci_status; then has_ci=1; fi
if workflow_on_base ci-macos.yml; then
has_app_compile=1
if reports_ci_status; then has_ci=1; fi
fi
must=()
if [ "$has_ci" -eq 1 ]; then must+=("ci-status"); fi

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48 changes: 45 additions & 3 deletions tests/test_gh_merge_green.py
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Expand Up @@ -414,14 +414,16 @@ def test_large_file_and_patch_lists_do_not_trip_pipefail(self):
class WorkflowPresenceRegression(unittest.TestCase):
"""Repositories without the aggregate workflow use all exact-head verdicts."""

def run_case(self, *, workflow=False, probe_status=404, checks=None, statuses=None, app_workflow=False, files=None):
def run_case(self, *, workflow=False, probe_status=404, checks=None, statuses=None, app_workflow=False, files=None, workflow_body=None,
raw_content=None, app_workflow_body=None):
with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
directory = Path(directory)
marker = directory / "merged"
queries = directory / "queries"
payload = {"head": HEAD, "workflow": workflow, "probe_status": probe_status,
"checks": checks if checks is not None else [{"id": 1, "name": "tests", "status": "completed", "conclusion": "success"}],
"statuses": statuses or [], "app_workflow": app_workflow, "files": files or []}
"statuses": statuses or [], "app_workflow": app_workflow, "files": files or [],
"workflow_body": workflow_body, "raw_content": raw_content, "app_workflow_body": app_workflow_body}
fixture = directory / "fixture.json"
fixture.write_text(__import__("json").dumps(payload))
gh = directory / "gh"
Expand All @@ -440,7 +442,13 @@ def run_case(self, *, workflow=False, probe_status=404, checks=None, statuses=No
code = 200 if present else x['probe_status']
print('HTTP/2.0 ' + str(code))
print()
print('{}')
body = x['app_workflow_body'] if any('ci-macos.yml' in arg for arg in a) else x['workflow_body']
if x['raw_content'] is not None and not any('ci-macos.yml' in arg for arg in a):
print(json.dumps(x['raw_content']))
elif body is not None:
print(json.dumps({'encoding': 'base64', 'content': __import__('base64').b64encode(body.encode()).decode()}))
else:
print('{}')
sys.exit(0 if code == 200 else 1)
elif a[0] == 'api' and any('/check-runs' in arg for arg in a):
print(json.dumps([{'check_runs': x['checks']}]))
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -496,6 +504,40 @@ def test_present_ci_workflow_still_requires_ci_status(self):
self.assertFalse(merged)
self.assertIn('ci-status', result.stderr)

def test_ci_workflow_without_a_ci_status_job_merges_all_green_checks(self):
tests_only = "name: CI\non: pull_request\njobs:\n tests:\n runs-on: macos-15\n steps:\n - run: swift test\n"
result, merged, _ = self.run_case(workflow=True, workflow_body=tests_only)
self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stderr)
self.assertTrue(merged)
result, merged, _ = self.run_case(workflow=True, workflow_body=tests_only,
checks=[{'id': 1, 'name': 'tests', 'status': 'completed', 'conclusion': 'failure'}])
self.assertNotEqual(result.returncode, 0)
self.assertFalse(merged)

def test_ci_workflow_with_a_ci_status_job_requires_it(self):
aggregate = "jobs:\n tests:\n runs-on: x\n # ci-status: in a comment does not count\n ci-status:\n needs: [tests]\n"
result, merged, _ = self.run_case(workflow=True, workflow_body=aggregate)
self.assertNotEqual(result.returncode, 0)
self.assertFalse(merged)
self.assertIn('ci-status', result.stderr)

def test_unreadable_workflow_body_still_requires_ci_status(self):
# The contents API returns empty content with encoding "none" for files over 1 MB.
for raw in ({'encoding': 'none', 'content': ''}, {'content': None}, {'encoding': 'base64', 'content': ''}):
with self.subTest(raw=raw):
result, merged, _ = self.run_case(workflow=True, raw_content=raw)
self.assertNotEqual(result.returncode, 0)
self.assertFalse(merged)
self.assertIn('ci-status', result.stderr)

def test_ci_status_job_in_the_app_workflow_requires_it(self):
tests_only = "jobs:\n tests:\n runs-on: x\n"
result, merged, _ = self.run_case(workflow=True, workflow_body=tests_only, app_workflow=True,
app_workflow_body="jobs:\n 'ci-status': # aggregate\n needs: [tests]\n")
self.assertNotEqual(result.returncode, 0)
self.assertFalse(merged)
self.assertIn('ci-status', result.stderr)

def test_absent_app_workflow_does_not_require_compile(self):
result, merged, _ = self.run_case(workflow=True, files=['Sources/App.swift'], checks=[{'id': 1, 'name': 'ci-status', 'status': 'completed', 'conclusion': 'success'}])
self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stderr)
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