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Fix keepalive authority recovery gaps - #3622

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Summary

  • preserve exact-attempt recovery markers when ordinary summary finalization rewrites challenge-due to automation-retry
  • rotate released authority state after boundary changes or expiry without losing receipt lineage
  • sync the repaired scripts to the consumer template and document the recovery contract

Tasks

  • Preserve attempt-bound recovery projection after summary finalization races
  • Rotate released authority state safely across changed fingerprints and expired windows
  • Add focused regression coverage and consumer-maintenance guidance

Validation

  • node --test .github/scripts/tests/keepalive-authority-state.test.js .github/scripts/tests/keepalive-state.test.js .github/scripts/tests/keepalive-loop.test.js (235 passed)
  • python3 -m pytest tests/workflows/test_keepalive_authority_delivery.py tests/scripts/test_sync_manifest_compiler.py -q (48 passed)
  • python3 scripts/validate_template_completeness.py
  • node --check on root and consumer-template authority scripts
  • byte-for-byte root/template comparisons and git diff --check

Closes #3620

Source: Issue #3620

Closes #3620

Automated Status Summary

Scope

The generated Travel-Plan-Permission canary #1638 has three active P1 findings in manifest-managed keepalive authority recovery. A failed release can strand a prepared generation; a failed summary can rewrite attention before the reporter recovers it; and an available released state can be reused after its boundary or expiry changes. Consumer PR #1638 is source-owned and must not be patched directly.

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  • In .github/scripts/keepalive_authority_state.js and .github/scripts/keepalive_loop.js, keep a retryable exact-attempt reservation or recovery marker until authority-ledger release is confirmed; fail closed on uncertain writes. Address chore: sync workflow templates Travel-Plan-Permission#1638 (comment).
  • In .github/scripts/keepalive_reporter_applicability.js and the reporter workflow, recognize valid attempt-bound recovery when summary has already changed challenge-due to automation-retry and cleared the summary generation. Address chore: sync workflow templates Travel-Plan-Permission#1638 (comment).
  • In .github/scripts/keepalive_authority_state.js, rotate an available released state when its boundary fingerprint changes or its window expires while retaining receipt lineage and single-use safety. Address chore: sync workflow templates Travel-Plan-Permission#1638 (comment).
  • Extend .github/scripts/__tests__/keepalive-authority-state.test.js, .github/scripts/__tests__/keepalive-loop.test.js, and .github/scripts/__tests__/keepalive-reporter-applicability.test.js with a failing-before-fix case for each path and a restoration proof. Update docs/keepalive/Agents.md, docs/ops/CONSUMER_REPO_MAINTENANCE.md, and consumer template/.github/sync-manifest.yml coverage as needed.

Acceptance criteria

  • node --test .github/scripts/__tests__/keepalive-authority-state.test.js .github/scripts/__tests__/keepalive-loop.test.js .github/scripts/__tests__/keepalive-reporter-applicability.test.js exits 0 on main, with deliberate-break or failing-then-passing evidence retained in the PR.
  • Relevant workflow and template validation passes; root-to-template parity plus .github/sync-manifest.yml declarations are checked for each changed consumer-facing file.
  • The Workflows source PR is ready for review; merge only after exact-head required checks, direct mergeability, seven-minute push floor, and zero active non-outdated review threads.
  • A new immutable Maint 68 candidate and Maint 71 reconciliation run refresh Travel-Plan-Permission#1638 from the merged source. Do not directly edit, resolve threads on, or merge the generated PR. Its new exact head must pass authoritative required checks and have zero active non-outdated review threads before promotion or merge.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Keepalive recovery retains the originating attempt and generation when automation reports that work did not start, helping prevent recovery from being assigned to the wrong attempt.
    • Released challenges move to a new generation when their availability window expires or their boundary changes, while preserving receipt history and preventing a settled attempt from being re-granted.
  • Documentation

    • Updated maintenance guidance to explain recovery markers, released challenge rotation, and the limits of replaying a release.

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The keepalive authority scripts and consumer templates rotate available released state when its boundary fingerprint changes or its window expires. They also preserve attempt-bound recovery markers and use them when projecting recovered authority. Tests and documentation cover these changes.

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Keepalive authority recovery

Layer / File(s) Summary
Released-state generation rotation
.github/scripts/keepalive_authority_state.js, templates/consumer-repo/.github/scripts/keepalive_authority_state.js, .github/scripts/__tests__/keepalive-authority-state.test.js, docs/keepalive/Agents.md
For a same-head available state with a released receipt, beginChallenge creates a new generation and carries forward the receipt and deduplicated generation lineage. Tests cover boundary changes and window expiry.
Attempt-bound recovery markers
.github/scripts/keepalive_loop.js, templates/consumer-repo/.github/scripts/keepalive_loop.js, .github/scripts/__tests__/keepalive-loop.test.js
The loop records the prior generation and owner attempt for qualifying automation retries. Later automation retries preserve valid recovery markers. Tests cover marker retention and retries with different execution-started values.
Recovery authority projection
.github/scripts/keepalive_state.js, templates/consumer-repo/.github/scripts/keepalive_state.js, .github/scripts/__tests__/keepalive-state.test.js, docs/keepalive/Agents.md, docs/ops/CONSUMER_REPO_MAINTENANCE.md
Recovery projection accepts matching markers against receipt lineage in loaded and freshly fetched summaries, then omits recovery_generation from projected attention. Tests and documentation describe the recovery markers and projection.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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- Line 4658: Update both `.github/scripts/keepalive_loop.js` at line 4658 and
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preserve pending exact-attempt recovery markers across intervening summary
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    • Fix keepalive authority recovery gaps #3622 (comment)
    • Acceptance criterion: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift Preserve pending exact-attempt markers after the first automation retry. A later failed retry can update the summary before the originating reporter projects recovery. Both implementations then reject the previous automation-retry disposition and discard its recovery marker...

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Exact-head check-presence disposition for cc61f87: Workflows has no native expected-check reporter, so I compared this head with the adjacent merged Workflows PR #3623 and the prior #3618. The absent names are conditional Auto-Pilot, Bot Comment Handler, Keepalive, Autofix, Create Issue/New PR, and post-merge Verifier jobs; they are event-driven rather than required PR-head CI. The Python CI parent job reported SKIPPED on this JavaScript/docs change, so its child Python jobs did not start. The relevant Gate summary, Gate / gate, github scripts tests, Selftest JavaScript Tests, lint/YAML, and Keepalive E2E all reported SUCCESS. CodeRabbit reported SUCCESS, the head is CLEAN/MERGEABLE, and GraphQL shows zero active non-outdated review threads after the author pushed the exact-attempt marker fix. This explanation applies only to this exact head.

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Provider Summary

Provider Model Verdict Confidence Summary
openai gpt-5.6-terra CONCERNS 88% The PR appears to make focused, maintainable changes for authority-state release recovery and released-state boundary/expiry rotation, with corresponding root/template parity and added tests. Howev...
anthropic claude-sonnet-5 CONCERNS N/A Review the PR manually or re-run once LLM credentials are available.
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  • Model: gpt-5.6-terra
  • Verdict: CONCERNS
  • Confidence: 88%
  • Scores:
    • Correctness: 7.0/10
    • Completeness: 5.0/10
    • Quality: 8.0/10
    • Testing: 6.0/10
    • Risks: 5.0/10
  • Summary: The PR appears to make focused, maintainable changes for authority-state release recovery and released-state boundary/expiry rotation, with corresponding root/template parity and added tests. However, it does not show the explicitly required reporter-applicability or reporter-workflow implementation and lacks the named reporter-applicability test coverage. Consequently, the full three-finding acceptance scope is not established, despite the likely correctness of the authority-state portions.
  • Concerns:
    • The stated reporter-recovery requirement is not demonstrably implemented: neither .github/scripts/keepalive_reporter_applicability.js nor a reporter workflow appears in the changed-file list. The task specifically requires recognizing attempt-bound recovery after summary changes challenge-due to automation-retry and clears the summary generation.
    • No change to .github/scripts/__tests__/keepalive-reporter-applicability.test.js is listed, despite the acceptance criteria explicitly requiring coverage for that recovery path. The added tests cover authority state, loop, and generic keepalive state instead.
    • The required consumer-facing template/sync-manifest coverage is not evident. Template copies were updated for the three changed scripts, but no .github/sync-manifest.yml update or validation-facing declaration is listed; this is only acceptable if existing manifest declarations already cover these files.
    • The release-reservation and released-state rotation changes appear targeted and are mirrored to the consumer template, but the available diff summary does not establish end-to-end handling of the summary/reporter failure ordering that motivated one of the three P1 findings.

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  • Model: claude-sonnet-5
  • Verdict: CONCERNS
  • Confidence: N/A
  • Summary: Review the PR manually or re-run once LLM credentials are available.
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    • LLM evaluation could not run.
  • Error: LLM invocation failed: Error code: 400 - {'type': 'error', 'error': {'type': 'invalid_request_error', 'message': 'You have reached your specified API usage limits. You will regain access on 2026-10-01 at 00:00 UTC.'}, 'request_id': 'req_011CfXwwBDw5uQzooKnZGiLt'}

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  • Verdict: CONCERNS (all providers)

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Unique Insights

  • openai: The stated reporter-recovery requirement is not demonstrably implemented: neither .github/scripts/keepalive_reporter_applicability.js nor a reporter workflow appears in the changed-file list. The task specifically requires recognizing attempt-bound recovery after summary changes challenge-due to automation-retry and clears the summary generation.; No change to .github/scripts/__tests__/keepalive-reporter-applicability.test.js is listed, despite the acceptance criteria explicitly requiring coverage for that recovery path. The added tests cover authority state, loop, and generic keepalive state instead.; The required consumer-facing template/sync-manifest coverage is not evident. Template copies were updated for the three changed scripts, but no .github/sync-manifest.yml update or validation-facing declaration is listed; this is only acceptable if existing manifest declarations already cover these files.; The release-reservation and released-state rotation changes appear targeted and are mirrored to the consumer template, but the available diff summary does not establish end-to-end handling of the summary/reporter failure ordering that motivated one of the three P1 findings.
  • anthropic: LLM evaluation could not run.

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Verdict: PASS

Summary: The changes address the three stated recovery gaps: released authority is rotated when its boundary fingerprint changes or its window expires while preserving release lineage; loop-summary failure handling retains an existing attempt-bound recovery pair instead of overwriting it; and recovered authority can be projected after summary state has moved to automation-retry and cleared its active generation. The added tests exercise changed-boundary rotation, expired-window rotation, preservation across subsequent failed retries, and delayed attempt-bound recovery projection. The implementation is narrowly scoped, follows the existing state-machine model, and includes safeguards preventing stale challenges or a replacement attempt from using an already-settled receipt. Main residual uncertainty is limited to items outside the visible truncated excerpt, particularly direct reporter-applicability test placement and consumer-template/manifest parity.

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Criterion Score
Correctness 9.0/10
Completeness 8.0/10
Quality 8.0/10
Testing 8.0/10
Risks 8.0/10

Concerns

  • The visible regression coverage for reporter recovery is placed in keepalive-state tests rather than the specifically named keepalive-reporter-applicability test file. The behavior is covered, but maintaining a direct applicability-module regression test would make ownership and future diagnosis clearer.
  • The supplied diff excerpt is truncated, so root/template parity, sync-manifest declarations, and the corresponding workflow-side reporter changes cannot be independently confirmed from the excerpt alone.

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