fix(tokens): statuses:write aliased to write-repo, so declaring it filtered nothing - #3213
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A fully green Gate run left a RED `Gate / gate` status on a sealed sync PR in
stranske/Orchestrator, and nothing could clear it:
Token registry initialized with 7 tokens
Selected token: WORKFLOWS_APP (4645 remaining, 92.9% capacity)
POST /repos/stranske/Orchestrator/statuses/<sha> - 403
##[warning]Gate commit status update blocked by permissions; leaving existing status untouched.
`POST /statuses/{sha}` needs the `statuses` scope. GITHUB_TOKEN had it (the job declares
`statuses: write`; the runner printed `Statuses: write`). The App installation does not.
The declaration that should have prevented this could not: `CAPABILITY_ALIASES` mapped
`statuses:write` -> `write-repo`, and GITHUB_TOKEN, PAT *and* APP all claim `write-repo`, so
`capabilities: ['statuses:write']` was decorative. An alias must name what the endpoint
actually requires; collapsing a narrow scope into a broad one makes the filter unable to
filter. `statuses` is now its own capability, held by GITHUB_TOKEN and PAT, not by APP.
Three changes, and they do different jobs:
1. token_load_balancer.js -- `statuses` becomes a real capability. Makes the declaration
honest for any caller that needs it.
2. pr-00-gate.yml (root AND template) -- the status post passes `env: {}`, pinning it to the
workflow token. This is the operative fix for the Gate, and it is deliberately NOT the
capability declaration: this file ships `create_only`, so a consumer's Gate can sit at an
old revision while token_load_balancer.js syncs forward independently. The pin needs no
agreement between the two files; a declaration would. One API call per run, so losing
rate-limit spreading costs nothing.
3. github-api-with-retry.js -- the swallow now NAMES the refused token and says the previous
status survives. It said only "blocked by permissions", which reads as a repo
misconfiguration and sends a reader to check `permissions:` blocks that are already
correct. The swallow itself stays: a status post must not fail the Gate.
Why this is a latched gate: Maint 71 will not merge a sync PR without `Gate / gate = success`,
the only writer of that status is this step, and the step was refused the write -- so the stale
failure outlived its evidence and waiting could not clear it. It failed toward SILENCE, a
warning inside a run whose 18 jobs were all green.
WHAT IS NOT ESTABLISHED: the exact scoring that picked the App among 7 tokens is not
reproduced here. Selection scores `percentRemaining + priority*10 + typeBonus + taskBonus`,
but a multi-token test seeding the App with 25x the headroom passed even with the alias
deliberately broken -- getOptimalToken refreshes rate limits and appears to discard seeded
capacities. That test was REMOVED rather than kept: it passed for a reason I could not
establish, which is a false comfort, not coverage. The note in the test file says so.
Tests: 4 added, 3 kept. Both guards fail when reverted -- alias back to ['write-repo'] and
'statuses' re-added to APP each turn the suite red, then green again on revert (demonstrated).
Full node suite 1472 passed / 0 failed; drift+template pytest 375 passed.
Template drift: config/template-drift-allowlist.txt fingerprints refreshed for pr-00-gate.yml.
The change is applied identically to both surfaces, so the divergence is unchanged in nature;
check_template_drift.py exits 0, matching the clean-tree control it failed against before.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change restricts ChangesGate status token selection
Telemetry ignore patterns
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The production changes are mergeable, but two capability tests can refresh fake credentials and fail for an unrelated authentication reason when the client library is available; merge is reasonable with explicit owner follow-up to make those tests independent of credential refreshes. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant GateWorkflow
participant github-api-with-retry
participant token_load_balancer
participant GitHubStatusAPI
GateWorkflow->>github-api-with-retry: retry gate-commit-status with env {}
github-api-with-retry->>token_load_balancer: resolve credentials
token_load_balancer-->>github-api-with-retry: use workflow GITHUB_TOKEN
github-api-with-retry->>GitHubStatusAPI: post commit status
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In @.github/scripts/__tests__/token-load-balancer.test.js:
- Around line 206-223: In .github/scripts/__tests__/token-load-balancer.test.js
lines 206-223, update seedOnly to assign a fresh Date.now() value to
tokenRegistry.lastRefresh after registering the fixture token; in lines 241-255,
apply the same fresh-timestamp initialization to the APP-only fixture. This
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| function seedOnly(type) { | ||
| balancer.tokenRegistry.tokens.clear(); | ||
| balancer.tokenRegistry.lastRefresh = 0; | ||
| balancer.registerToken({ | ||
| id: type, | ||
| token: `fake-token-${type}`, | ||
| type, | ||
| source: type, | ||
| capabilities: balancer.TOKEN_CAPABILITIES[type], | ||
| priority: 5, | ||
| }); | ||
| const info = balancer.tokenRegistry.tokens.get(type); | ||
| info.rateLimit.remaining = 5000; | ||
| info.rateLimit.limit = 5000; | ||
| info.rateLimit.used = 0; | ||
| info.rateLimit.percentUsed = 0; | ||
| info.rateLimit.percentRemaining = 100; | ||
| } |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Keep capability tests independent of rate-limit refreshes.
Line 208 sets lastRefresh to 0. getOptimalToken then refreshes before selection. If @octokit/rest is available, fake credentials can receive a 401, become invalidAuth, and make the test return null for the wrong reason.
.github/scripts/__tests__/token-load-balancer.test.js#L206-L223: SetlastRefreshtoDate.now()after registering the fixture token..github/scripts/__tests__/token-load-balancer.test.js#L241-L255: Use the same fresh timestamp in the APP-only fixture.
Proposed fix
- balancer.tokenRegistry.lastRefresh = 0;
+ balancer.tokenRegistry.lastRefresh = Date.now();📍 Affects 1 file
.github/scripts/__tests__/token-load-balancer.test.js#L206-L223(this comment).github/scripts/__tests__/token-load-balancer.test.js#L241-L255
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In @.github/scripts/__tests__/token-load-balancer.test.js around lines 206 -
223, In .github/scripts/__tests__/token-load-balancer.test.js lines 206-223,
update seedOnly to assign a fresh Date.now() value to tokenRegistry.lastRefresh
after registering the fixture token; in lines 241-255, apply the same
fresh-timestamp initialization to the APP-only fixture. This keeps both
capability-test fixtures from triggering rate-limit refreshes.
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The incident
A fully green Gate run left a red
Gate / gatestatus on a sealed sync PR instranske/Orchestrator, and nothing could clear it:POST /statuses/{sha}needs thestatusesscope.GITHUB_TOKENhad it — the job declaresstatuses: writeand the runner printedStatuses: writefor the run. The App installation does not.And the declaration that should have prevented it could not.
CAPABILITY_ALIASESmappedstatuses:write→write-repo, whichGITHUB_TOKEN,PATandAPPall claim — socapabilities: ['statuses:write']filtered nothing. An alias must name what the endpoint actually requires; collapsing a narrow scope into a broad one makes the filter unable to filter.Why it is a latched gate
Maint 71 will not merge a sync PR without
Gate / gate = success. The only writer of that status is this step. The step was refused the write. So the stalefailureoutlived its evidence and waiting could not clear it — failing toward silence, as a warning inside a run whose 18 jobs were all green.Three changes, doing different jobs
token_load_balancer.js—statusesbecomes a real capability, held byGITHUB_TOKENandPAT, not byAPP. Makes the declaration honest for any caller that needs it. TheAPPomission is measured (the 403 above), not assumed, and the comment says what to verify if an installation is later granted Commit statuses.pr-00-gate.yml, root and template — the status post passesenv: {}, pinning it to the workflow token. This is the operative fix, and deliberately not the capability declaration: this file shipscreate_only, so a consumer's Gate can sit at an old revision whiletoken_load_balancer.jssyncs forward independently. The pin needs no agreement between the two files; a declaration would. One API call per run, so losing rate-limit spreading costs nothing.github-api-with-retry.js— the swallow now names the refused token and says the previous status survives. It previously said only "blocked by permissions", which reads as a repo misconfiguration and sends a reader to checkpermissions:blocks that are already correct. The swallow itself stays: a status post must not fail the Gate.What is not established
The exact scoring that picked the App among 7 tokens is not reproduced here. Selection scores
percentRemaining + priority*10 + typeBonus + taskBonus, but a multi-token test seeding the App with 25× the headroom passed even with the alias deliberately broken —getOptimalTokenrefreshes rate limits and appears to discard seeded capacities.That test was removed rather than kept: it passed for a reason I could not establish, which is a false comfort, not coverage. The test file records why, so the next person doesn't re-add it.
Verification
['write-repo']turns the suite red; re-adding'statuses'toAPPturns it red; reverting each restores green.check_template_drift.pyexits 0 — matching the clean-tree control it failed against before the fingerprint refresh.pr-00-gate.ymlfingerprints refreshed inconfig/template-drift-allowlist.txt; the change is applied identically to both surfaces so the divergence is unchanged in nature.The consumer-side counterpart is stranske/Orchestrator#81, which carries the same pin (its Gate is
create_onlyand so cannot receive this template change).🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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