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fix(tasks): refuse a suite run that changes a tracked file, and repair a mutant row - #1046

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Closes CLOUD-1953
Closes CLOUD-1951

  • CLOUD-1953. test:cargo compares git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no before and after the suite. If they differ, it exits 1 and names the changed paths. On refactor(gate): retire the engine-verb half of the bash corpus onto batten #928, bench_tokens rewrote the committed RESULTS.md from a verb run in this checkout. A line predicate over test sources cannot see that: all 30 of 30 matches were copies INTO scratch, recorded on the row. test_cargo_path.rs runs the marked blocks in a scratch repo, once rewritten and once untouched, and declares suite-tree-write-admitted.
  • CLOUD-1951 follow-up. The installed-batten-visible row carried the body's ||, which the sweep splits on, so it read five fields and never ran. It is now bracket expressions. MUTANT_TASKS=mise.toml MUTANT_GATES=task-test:cargo batten mutate sweep reports both mutations caught.

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The cargo test task now compares tracked-file status before and after a successful workspace test run and reports tracked paths if they changed. Integration tests run the guard around shell commands and check that tracked-file rewrites fail while writing under target succeeds.

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The cargo test task can miss tracked-file rewrites in an already-dirty checkout. Compare file contents before merging.

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The new check catches tracked-file changes from a clean checkout, but it can accept a rewrite when the file was already modified. The effect is limited to trust in the test result; no production security boundary change is shown.

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  • Medium · reliability · inferred: The new test-integrity gate can report success after a suite rewrites an already-modified tracked file, because it compares status rather than contents. This limits the reliability of the passing result and subsequent receipt-recording attempt.
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  • inferred — The demonstrated false-success condition requires a tracked file to be modified before a suite run that reaches the guard. The evidenced effect is on the checkout’s test verdict and receipt flow, not a production asset.

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  • observed — A changed tracked status after successful tests causes failure before receipt recording. The tests execute fixed commands in scratch repositories; they do not add an attacker-controlled production entrypoint.

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  • inferred — The status comparison is not a content-integrity check and is not atomic across overlapping writers. No task-level restoration or serialization is shown.

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  • proposed — If passing the task must establish unchanged tracked contents, compare content-aware snapshots or require a clean starting tree, and cover the already-modified case in the guard tests.
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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 62.50% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 8 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains both changes: tracked-file detection in test:cargo and the repaired mutant row. It also states the expected behavior and test result.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the two main changes: refusing suite runs that modify tracked files and repairing a mutant row.
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@wenzowski wenzowski changed the title fix(tasks): make installed-batten-visible a three-field mutant row fix(tasks): refuse a suite run that changes a tracked file, and repair a mutant row Sep 28, 2026

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- Line 1337: Update the suite guard around the tracked_before snapshot so it
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# difference is a refusal naming the paths. Untracked files are out of scope:
# `target/` and the scratch parent are expected to move.
# >>> tree-before
tracked_before=$(git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no)

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Compare tracked file contents, not only status codes.

If RESULTS.md is already modified before the suite, the suite can rewrite it while its porcelain status remains M RESULTS.md. The two snapshots then match, so the guard accepts a changed checkout. Git porcelain status reports a path’s state relative to the index and HEAD; it does not identify its contents. Also, if the suite restores a previously modified file, Line 1344 prints no path because it prints only the final status. Capture tracked-file state before and after the suite, then derive the changed paths from those two snapshots. Add a test with an already-modified tracked file. (git-scm.com)

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Review comment at @mise.toml at line 1337:
Update the suite guard around the tracked_before snapshot so it compares
tracked-file contents before and after execution rather than matching porcelain
status codes. Derive reported changed paths from the two snapshots so both
modifications to pre-modified files and restoration of previously modified files
are detected, and add a test that starts with an already-modified tracked file.

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The sweep splits a #MUTANT row on `|`, and the sed carried the body's
`||`, so the row read as five fields and was reported malformed-row: the
mutation never ran. The pipes are now bracket expressions, and
`MUTANT_TASKS=mise.toml MUTANT_GATES=task-test:cargo batten mutate sweep`
reports it caught.

Refs: CLOUD-1951
…ckout

On #928, bench_tokens rewrote the committed RESULTS.md from a verb whose cwd
was the real checkout, and nothing noticed until a later lap's diff. A line
predicate over test sources cannot see that (measured: 30 of 30 matches were
copies INTO scratch), so test:cargo now compares tracked state before and
after the suite and exits 1 naming the paths when they differ.

test_cargo_path.rs runs the marked blocks in a scratch repo, rewritten and
untouched, and declares suite-tree-write-admitted. Both of the gate's
mutations are caught by the sweep.

Closes: CLOUD-1953
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