Explain no-auto-merge verdicts in plain English - #431
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WalkthroughThe change adds the ChangesAutonomous merge closeout
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to This PR adds a read-only plain-English explanation for paused autonomous merges without changing the authoritative evaluator result. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Evaluator
participant Eligibility
participant TrustedRuntime
participant Closeout
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Evaluator->>Eligibility: produce normalized eligibility evidence
Eligibility->>TrustedRuntime: pass blocking verdict JSON
TrustedRuntime->>Closeout: invoke authenticated renderer
Closeout->>Closeout: validate gates, evidence, provenance, rollback, and head SHA
Closeout->>Output: render Markdown or versioned JSON
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In `@skills/pr-batch/bin/autonomous-merge-closeout`:
- Line 224: Update the UNKNOWN-result handling in the evaluator closeout flow to
populate gate_explanations from triggered_gates and retain path_matches, while
preserving the existing UNKNOWN verdict distinction and repair action. Add a
regression test covering an UNKNOWN result with a triggered gate and path
evidence, asserting the default Markdown output includes the canonical gate ID
and relevant path evidence.
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| def validation_errors(result) | ||
| return ["evaluator result must be a JSON object"] unless result.is_a?(Hash) | ||
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| errors = [] | ||
| verdict = result["verdict"] | ||
| errors << "verdict must be human-approval-required or UNKNOWN" unless SUPPORTED_VERDICTS.include?(verdict) |
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When AUTONOMOUS_RESULT_PATH is truncated, hand-edited, or replaced with a partial object, this validator accepts only the seven presentation fields and never requires the evaluator's full contract, including helper_provenance, mechanically verified helper_trust, metrics, safe classification, shadow evidence, and human-decision evidence. A fabricated minimal object can therefore produce an authoritative-looking human-approval-required closeout directing a maintainer to approve even though it could not have been accepted as a valid evaluator artifact; validate the exact evaluator result shape and its trust fields before rendering.
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| entry.fetch("path_evidence").each do |path| | ||
| reason = path.fetch("reason") | ||
| reason = "#{reason}: #{path.fetch('detail')}" if path.key?("detail") | ||
| lines << " Path evidence: #{JSON.generate(path.fetch('path'))} (#{reason})" |
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Markdown/link injection via attacker-controlled file paths (security)
path here comes straight from the evaluator's path_matches, which in turn is built from PR file paths (skills/pr-batch/bin/autonomous-merge-eligibility takes file["path"]/file["previous_path"] from the GitHub PR file list with no charset restriction beyond "nonempty string"). JSON.generate(path) only escapes quotes/backslashes for JSON — it does not neutralize Markdown-significant characters ([, ], (, ), backtick, *, _, <, >, |, #).
Since this renderer's whole purpose is to produce the trustworthy, human-facing text that a maintainer reads before granting merge approval (per the workflow doc, it's what gets displayed/posted before the human acts on human-approval-required), a PR author can pick a file name/path that matches a repo-path:* human-review glob (e.g. something under app/services/checkout/**) and also contains Markdown syntax, e.g.:
app/services/checkout/](evil)[Click here to approve](https://evil.example/x
That gets rendered verbatim into the line and can inject a clickable link (or other formatting) into the guidance a human relies on to make an approve/deny call — a real phishing/social-engineering vector against the merge-authority reviewer, and it undercuts this PR's stated goal of a trustworthy human-facing layer.
Same class of risk applies to any other untrusted (PR-controlled) string embedded into the Markdown output. Worth escaping/neutralizing Markdown-significant characters (or rendering paths inside a Markdown code span with a properly-sized backtick fence) before interpolating untrusted path values into render_markdown. The --format json path is unaffected since it isn't Markdown-rendered.
Note: no test in autonomous-merge-closeout-test.rb exercises a path containing Markdown-special characters, despite otherwise very thorough fail-closed/adversarial coverage — worth adding one alongside the fix.
Review summaryReviewed the diff (new Overall: the design is solid — the renderer is read-only, deterministic, fails closed on malformed/contradictory evaluator facts (rejects wrong-case SHAs, mismatched gate/path-evidence pairings, incompatible policy-provenance forms, invalid rollback values, etc.), and keeps the original evaluator JSON as the untouched machine source of truth. The companion changes to
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Why
When autonomous merge is paused, maintainers currently see precise gate IDs but not what those gates mean or what action can clear them. That can make a policy/authority decision look like a code defect, failed CI, or review finding.
This change adds a deterministic human-facing layer that explains the actual gate reasons while leaving the evaluator JSON as the machine source of truth.
What changed
autonomous-merge-closeout, a read-only Markdown/JSON renderer forhuman-approval-requiredandUNKNOWNevaluator results.UNKNOWNas an evidence-repair outcome that cannot be cleared by human approval.How to review and verify
skills/pr-batch/bin/autonomous-merge-closeoutfor its verdict-specific validation and human-first Markdown ordering.skills/pr-batch/bin/autonomous-merge-closeout-test.rbfor policy, architecture, security, combined-gate, malformed-input, provenance, and exact-head cases.ruby skills/pr-batch/bin/autonomous-merge-closeout-test.rbandbin/validate.Closes #430
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SECURITY_PREFLIGHT_OK.ruby skills/pr-batch/bin/autonomous-merge-closeout-test.rb: PASS, 22 runs / 352 assertions / 0 failures or errors.ruby skills/pr-batch/bin/autonomous-merge-eligibility-test.rb: PASS, 47 runs / 651 assertions / 0 failures or errors.ruby skills/pr-batch/bin/merge-assurance-test.rb: PASS, 53 runs / 146 assertions / 0 failures or errors.ruby skills/pr-batch/bin/pr-merge-submit-test.rb: PASS, 97 runs / 807 assertions / 0 failures or errors.bin/validate: PASS on both implementation and independent exact-head QA lanes; RuboCop inspected 135 files with no offenses.git diff --check: PASS.Exact-head and replay evidence
a48205ad26c3ef76c51dc27806f301ef1a5d3330(origin/mainat batch start).f6e91ecd0ad7afbd98d7e9bad0923d93546f8539.QA Evidence
qa-issue-430f6e91ecd0ad7afbd98d7e9bad0923d93546f8539Coordination and reviewer telemetry
codex/UNKNOWN/UNKNOWN.codex/UNKNOWN/UNKNOWN.issue-430-implementation-before-qasatisfied only after exact-head focused and full validation.Decision log
architectural_product_judgment: true.Merge confidence
auto_merge_when_gates_pass.Audit receipts
Pending terminal-state completed-batch audit.