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fix: bypass rate-limit-only Gate cancellations - proceed with work #702

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fix: bypass rate-limit-only Gate cancellations - continue work immedi…
stranske Jan 9, 2026
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Update .github/scripts/keepalive_loop.js
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Merge branch 'main' into fix/bypass-rate-limit-gate
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Merge branch 'main' into fix/bypass-rate-limit-gate
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fix: always install dev tools in CI regardless of lock file presence …
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fix: Update tests to expect rate limit bypass behavior
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fix: Update Python rate limit test to expect bypass behavior
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11 changes: 8 additions & 3 deletions .github/scripts/keepalive_loop.js
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Expand Up @@ -1129,8 +1129,13 @@ async function evaluateKeepaliveLoop({ github, context, core, payload: overrideP
runId: gateRun.runId,
core,
});
// forceRetry bypasses defer/wait for cancelled gates
if (forceRetry && tasksRemaining) {
// Rate limits are infrastructure noise, not code quality issues
// Proceed with work if Gate only failed due to rate limits
if (gateRateLimit && tasksRemaining) {
action = 'run';
reason = 'bypass-rate-limit-gate';
if (core) core.info('Gate cancelled due to rate limits only - proceeding with work (rate limits are not code quality issues)');

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This change will cause existing tests to fail. The tests at lines 423-469 in keepalive-loop.test.js expect action='defer' and reason='gate-cancelled-rate-limit' when rate limit cancellations are detected. With this new code, when tasksRemaining is true, the action will be 'run' and reason will be 'bypass-rate-limit-gate' instead. The tests need to be updated to reflect this new behavior, or new tests should be added to verify the bypass logic works as intended.

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} else if (forceRetry && tasksRemaining) {
action = 'run';
reason = 'force-retry-cancelled';
if (core) core.info(`Force retry enabled: bypassing cancelled gate (rate_limit=${gateRateLimit})`);
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The new rate limit bypass logic takes precedence over the forceRetry flag. When both gateRateLimit and forceRetry are true, this code will return action='run' with reason='bypass-rate-limit-gate' instead of reason='force-retry-cancelled'. This changes the behavior for existing test case at line 493-517 in keepalive-loop.test.js which expects reason='force-retry-cancelled' when forceRetry is enabled with a rate-limited cancellation.

Consider checking forceRetry first (swap the order of these two conditions) to preserve the existing forceRetry behavior and maintain backward compatibility with the existing test expectations.

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if (gateRateLimit && tasksRemaining) {
action = 'run';
reason = 'bypass-rate-limit-gate';
if (core) core.info('Gate cancelled due to rate limits only - proceeding with work (rate limits are not code quality issues)');
} else if (forceRetry && tasksRemaining) {
action = 'run';
reason = 'force-retry-cancelled';
if (core) core.info(`Force retry enabled: bypassing cancelled gate (rate_limit=${gateRateLimit})`);
if (forceRetry && tasksRemaining) {
action = 'run';
reason = 'force-retry-cancelled';
if (core) core.info(`Force retry enabled: bypassing cancelled gate (rate_limit=${gateRateLimit})`);
} else if (gateRateLimit && tasksRemaining) {
action = 'run';
reason = 'bypass-rate-limit-gate';
if (core) core.info('Gate cancelled due to rate limits only - proceeding with work (rate limits are not code quality issues)');

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Expand All @@ -1139,7 +1144,7 @@ async function evaluateKeepaliveLoop({ github, context, core, payload: overrideP
reason = gateRateLimit ? 'gate-cancelled-rate-limit' : 'gate-cancelled';
}
} else {
// Gate failed - check if we should route to fix mode or wait
// Gate failed - check if failure is rate-limit related vs code quality
const gateFailure = await classifyGateFailure({ github, context, pr, core });
if (gateFailure.shouldFixMode && gateNormalized === 'failure') {
action = 'fix';
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