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33 changes: 25 additions & 8 deletions scripts/ci/merge_freeze.py
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Expand Up @@ -154,10 +154,27 @@ def gh(*args: str, write: bool = False) -> str:
return subprocess.run(["gh", *args], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True, env=env).stdout


def gh_items(endpoint: str) -> list[dict]:
"""Every item of a paginated list endpoint (one JSON object per line: older gh has no --slurp)."""
out = gh("api", "--paginate", endpoint, "--jq", ".[] | @json")
return [json.loads(line) for line in out.splitlines() if line.strip()]
# One `gh api` call per page (see gh_items); a list longer than MAX_PAGES pages fails closed.
PER_PAGE = 100
MAX_PAGES = 30


def gh_items(endpoint: str, max_pages: int = MAX_PAGES) -> list[dict]:
"""Every item of a paginated list endpoint, one page per `gh api` call. Not `gh api --paginate`:
that is one invocation making any number of requests, which the gh quota shim can't charge and
refuses, and a refused read left every merge with an unknown freeze state. A list longer than
max_pages pages raises (status 2): a list cut short never reads as "no freeze"."""
sep = "&" if "?" in endpoint else "?"
items: list[dict] = []
for page in range(1, max_pages + 1):
batch = json.loads(gh("api", f"{endpoint}{sep}per_page={PER_PAGE}&page={page}"))
if not isinstance(batch, list):
raise TypeError(f"{endpoint} page {page} is not a list")
items.extend(batch)
if len(batch) < PER_PAGE:
return items
raise ValueError(f"{endpoint} has more than {max_pages} pages of {PER_PAGE}; "
"refusing to read a list cut short as complete")
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Supported by static analysis

Script executed:

rg -n 'merge_freeze.py|changed-files|--files|cannot read merge freezes' .github scripts/ci | head -100

Repository: manaflow-ai/cmux

Length of output: 7893

Script executed:

rg -n -F -e 'gh_items' -e 'changed_files' -e 'ValueError' -e 'return 2' -e 'sys.exit' -e '--changed-files' -e 'def main' -e 'def check' -e 'def read_' -e 'MAX_PAGES' -e 'PER_PAGE' scripts/ci/merge_freeze.py || test "$?" -eq 1
echo '---FULL---'
nl -ba scripts/ci/merge_freeze.py | sed -n '150,420p'
echo '---WORKFLOW---'
nl -ba .github/workflows/merge-freeze.yml | sed -n '60,160p'

Repository: manaflow-ai/cmux

Length of output: 23557

Stop treating a full 3,000-entry page list as incomplete.

gh_items raises when a list has exactly 30 full pages, even when page 31 is empty. For a pull request with exactly 3,000 changed files and an applicable freeze, the check returns status 2 before it reads the changed-file count. The workflow then fails the step. The docstring says only lists longer than max_pages pages should fail, so the code does not match its stated intent. Fetch page 31 and raise only when it has entries.

🐛 Suggested fix 
--- "a/scripts/ci/merge_freeze.py"
+++ "b/scripts/ci/merge_freeze.py"
@@ -164,17 +164,20 @@
     that is one invocation making any number of requests, which the gh quota shim can't charge and
     refuses, and a refused read left every merge with an unknown freeze state. A list longer than
     max_pages pages raises (status 2): a list cut short never reads as "no freeze"."""
     sep = "&" if "?" in endpoint else "?"
     items: list[dict] = []
-    for page in range(1, max_pages + 1):
+    for page in range(1, max_pages + 2):
         batch = json.loads(gh("api", f"{endpoint}{sep}per_page={PER_PAGE}&page={page}"))
         if not isinstance(batch, list):
             raise TypeError(f"{endpoint} page {page} is not a list")
+        if page > max_pages:
+            if batch:
+                raise ValueError(f"{endpoint} has more than {max_pages} pages of {PER_PAGE}; "
+                                 "refusing to read a list cut short as complete")
+            return items
         items.extend(batch)
         if len(batch) < PER_PAGE:
             return items
-    raise ValueError(f"{endpoint} has more than {max_pages} pages of {PER_PAGE}; "
-                     "refusing to read a list cut short as complete")
 
 
 def read_json_list(path: str) -> list[dict]:
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[warning] 176-177: Avoid specifying long messages outside the exception class

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Review comment at @scripts/ci/merge_freeze.py around lines 176 - 177:
Update gh_items to fetch one page beyond max_pages and treat that page as a
boundary check: return the collected items if it is empty, and raise the
existing ValueError if it contains entries. Preserve the current early return
for shorter pages within the allowed limit.

After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr



def read_json_list(path: str) -> list[dict]:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -240,7 +257,7 @@ def open_freezes(repo: str, issues_file: str | None = None,
if i.get("state", "open") == "open"
and LABEL in {label.get("name") for label in i.get("labels", [])}]
else:
issues = gh_items(f"repos/{repo}/issues?state=open&labels={LABEL}&per_page=100")
issues = gh_items(f"repos/{repo}/issues?state=open&labels={LABEL}")
freezes = []
for issue in issues:
if "pull_request" in issue:
Expand All @@ -254,7 +271,7 @@ def open_freezes(repo: str, issues_file: str | None = None,
labeled_at, edited_at = issue.get("labeled_at"), issue.get("last_edited_at")
else:
labeler, labeled_at = last_labeler(
gh_items(f"repos/{repo}/issues/{freeze.number}/events?per_page=100"), LABEL)
gh_items(f"repos/{repo}/issues/{freeze.number}/events"), LABEL)
role = repo_role(repo, labeler) if labeler else None
edited_at = last_edited(repo, freeze.number)
check_authority(freeze, labeler, role, labeled_at, edited_at)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -361,7 +378,7 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
files = [line.strip() for line in handle if line.strip()]
else:
# Both ends of a rename: moving a file out of a frozen directory touches it too.
entries = gh_items(f"repos/{args.repo}/pulls/{args.pr}/files?per_page=100")
entries = gh_items(f"repos/{args.repo}/pulls/{args.pr}/files")
files = [e["filename"] for e in entries] + [e["previous_filename"] for e in entries
if e.get("previous_filename")]
# The files API stops at 3000 files; an incomplete list can't clear a freeze.
Expand All @@ -372,7 +389,7 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
raise ValueError(f"GitHub listed {len(entries)} of {expected} changed files")
if any(applies(f, args.base, now) for f in freezes):
events = (read_json_list(args.events_file) if args.events_file is not None
else gh_items(f"repos/{args.repo}/issues/{args.pr}/events?per_page=100"))
else gh_items(f"repos/{args.repo}/issues/{args.pr}/events"))
labeler = ok_labeler(events)
# TypeError, AttributeError: GitHub answered with an unexpected shape (a null issue or a missing
# timestamp, say). Still unknown, not frozen.
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57 changes: 50 additions & 7 deletions tests/test_merge_freeze.py
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Expand Up @@ -218,8 +218,6 @@ def __call__(self, args, check=False, capture_output=False, text=False, env=None
raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(1, args, "", "gh: API rate limit exceeded for installation (HTTP 403)")
for prefix, value in self.responses.items():
if endpoint.startswith(prefix):
if "--jq" in args: # gh_items: one JSON object per line
return subprocess.CompletedProcess(args, 0, "".join(json.dumps(v) + "\n" for v in value), "")
return subprocess.CompletedProcess(args, 0, json.dumps(value), "")
raise AssertionError(f"unexpected gh call {args}")

Expand All @@ -240,7 +238,7 @@ def test_no_open_freeze_reads_only_the_freeze_list(self):
fake = FakeGh({self.ISSUES: []})
status, _, calls = self.run_check(fake, "--changed-files", "3")
self.assertEqual(status, 0)
self.assertEqual(calls, [f"{self.ISSUES}&per_page=100"]) # was: + pulls/42/files and pulls/42
self.assertEqual(calls, [f"{self.ISSUES}&per_page=100&page=1"]) # was: + pulls/42/files and pulls/42

def test_a_freeze_on_another_branch_reads_no_pull_request(self):
frozen = {**issue(body=body(extra="branch: main")), "state": "open"}
Expand All @@ -251,13 +249,13 @@ def test_a_freeze_on_another_branch_reads_no_pull_request(self):
self.assertEqual(status, 0)
self.assertFalse([c for c in calls if "/pulls/" in c or "/issues/42/" in c], calls)
# A freeze that cannot apply to this base costs no authority reads either (GITHUB_TOKEN budget).
self.assertEqual(calls, [f"{self.ISSUES}&per_page=100"])
self.assertEqual(calls, [f"{self.ISSUES}&per_page=100&page=1"])

def test_a_lapsed_freeze_reads_only_the_freeze_list(self):
lapsed = {**issue(body=body(expires="2020-01-01T00:00Z")), "state": "open"}
status, _, calls = self.run_check(FakeGh({self.ISSUES: [lapsed]}))
self.assertEqual(status, 0)
self.assertEqual(calls, [f"{self.ISSUES}&per_page=100"])
self.assertEqual(calls, [f"{self.ISSUES}&per_page=100&page=1"])

def applicable(self, files):
return FakeGh({
Expand All @@ -275,7 +273,7 @@ def test_an_applicable_freeze_still_blocks_using_the_events_file_count(self):
status, out, calls = self.run_check(fake, "--changed-files", "1")
self.assertEqual(status, 1)
self.assertIn("#7", out)
self.assertIn(f"repos/{self.REPO}/pulls/42/files?per_page=100", calls)
self.assertIn(f"repos/{self.REPO}/pulls/42/files?per_page=100&page=1", calls)
self.assertNotIn(f"repos/{self.REPO}/pulls/42", calls) # the count came from the event

def test_a_cut_short_file_list_is_still_status_2(self):
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -328,7 +326,7 @@ def gh(*args):
calls.append(args)
if len(calls) <= failures:
raise freeze.subprocess.CalledProcessError(1, ["gh", *args], stderr=error)
return ""
return "[]"

original_gh, original_sleep = freeze.gh, freeze.time.sleep
freeze.gh, freeze.time.sleep = gh, sleeps.append
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -368,5 +366,50 @@ def test_without_a_retry_a_rate_limited_read_is_status_3_at_once(self):
status, sleeps, _ = self.rate_limited_check(failures=1, retry="0")
self.assertEqual((status, sleeps), (3, []))

class PaginationTests(unittest.TestCase):
"""The gh quota shim refuses `gh api --paginate` (it can't be charged), so lists are read one
page per call, with an explicit per_page and a page cap that fails closed."""

def fake_gh(self, total):
calls = []

def gh(*args):
calls.append(args)
self.assertNotIn("--paginate", args)
query = dict(part.split("=", 1) for part in args[-1].split("?", 1)[1].split("&"))
self.assertEqual(query["per_page"], str(freeze.PER_PAGE))
start = (int(query["page"]) - 1) * freeze.PER_PAGE
return json.dumps([{"filename": f"f{i}"} for i in range(start, min(total, start + freeze.PER_PAGE))])
return gh, calls

def with_gh(self, gh):
original = freeze.gh
freeze.gh = gh
self.addCleanup(setattr, freeze, "gh", original)

def test_each_page_is_one_bounded_call_and_a_short_page_ends_the_list(self):
gh, calls = self.fake_gh(250)
self.with_gh(gh)
items = freeze.gh_items("repos/x/y/pulls/1/files")
self.assertEqual(len(items), 250)
self.assertEqual([c[1] for c in calls], [f"repos/x/y/pulls/1/files?per_page=100&page={n}" for n in (1, 2, 3)])
gh, calls = self.fake_gh(3)
self.with_gh(gh)
freeze.gh_items("repos/x/y/issues?state=open&labels=merge-freeze")
self.assertEqual(calls[0][1], "repos/x/y/issues?state=open&labels=merge-freeze&per_page=100&page=1")

def test_a_list_past_the_page_cap_fails_closed(self):
gh, calls = self.fake_gh(freeze.PER_PAGE * freeze.MAX_PAGES)
self.with_gh(gh)
with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "more than 30 pages"):
freeze.gh_items("repos/x/y/pulls/1/files")
self.assertEqual(len(calls), freeze.MAX_PAGES)

def test_the_script_never_asks_gh_to_paginate(self):
source = (ROOT / "scripts/ci/merge_freeze.py").read_text()
self.assertNotIn('"--paginate"', source)



if __name__ == "__main__":
unittest.main()
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