fix(mcp): add sanctioned gitea_edit_issue and a doc/registry drift guard (Closes #781) #783

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sysadmin merged 1 commits from fix/issue-781-mcp-edit-issue-tool into master 2026-07-21 16:15:02 -05:00
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Closes #781

Head: a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318
Base: master @ 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037

Problem

The workflow documented a gitea_edit_issue tool that no namespace had ever
registered, so there was no sanctioned MCP path to change an issue title or
body. The only edit tool, gitea_edit_pr, PATCHes the pull-request endpoint
and cannot target an issue. An authorized body correction on #780 had to be
recorded as a discussion comment instead.

What this adds

edit_issue.py holds the rule; gitea_edit_issue is the tool built on it.

  • Only fields the caller names are sent, so labels, state, assignee, and
    milestone cannot be overwritten from a stale read.
  • A pull-request number is refused. Gitea serves pull requests from the
    /issues/{n} collection too, so without that check the issue path would
    quietly become a second, ungated PR edit path. gitea_edit_pr stays
    pull-request-only and gains no issue awareness.
  • Structurally invalid requests raise before any credential or network work.
    A request that would change nothing is reported as an explicit no-op with a
    next action, never as a silent success.
  • Read-after-write proves the applied title/body, and proves state, labels,
    assignees, and milestone did not move. Transport failures on the pre-read,
    the PATCH, and the read-back are each reported (redacted) with the correct
    performed / verified state.

Gates match every other issue mutation: profile permission through the shared
capability map (resolver task edit_issue, gitea.issue.comment), preflight
purity, branches/ worktree validation, anti-stomp inventory membership, and
audited mutation.

Drift guard

docs/mcp-tool-inventory.md is now the canonical registered-tool list.
mcp_tool_inventory.py compares it to the live registry in both directions and
checks that every tool named under skills/ is registered, so documentation can
never again name a tool an actor cannot reach.

The guard immediately found a second instance of that defect:
gitea_record_pre_review_command had lost its @mcp.tool() decorator while the
canonical review workflow still instructs reviewers to call it. Its registration
is restored — one line, required for the new guard to pass.

Files

  • edit_issue.py (new) — validation, PR-target refusal, planning, verification
  • mcp_tool_inventory.py (new) — the drift rule
  • docs/mcp-tool-inventory.md (new) — canonical inventory
  • tests/test_issue_781_edit_issue_tool.py (new) — 50 tests
  • gitea_mcp_server.pygitea_edit_issue; restored decorator
  • task_capability_map.py, anti_stomp_preflight.py — gate wiring
  • skills/gitea-workflow/SKILL.md, skills/llm-project-workflow/SKILL.md — docs

Validation

PASSED: venv/bin/python -m pytest tests/test_issue_781_edit_issue_tool.py -s -q
— 50 passed.

FAILED: venv/bin/python -m pytest -s -q — 4095 passed, 11 failed, 6 skipped.
The identical 11 tests fail on clean master 8e149e6 with no changes applied
(254 passed, 11 failed across those five files), so the failures are
pre-existing and proven by a baseline run rather than asserted:

tests/test_commit_payloads.py (6)
tests/test_issue_702_review_findings_f1_f6.py (2)
tests/test_mcp_server.py::TestPreflightVerification::test_declared_clean_task_worktree_ignores_control_checkout_violation
tests/test_post_merge_moot_lease.py::TestAcquireToolRefusesMergedPR::test_acquire_tool_fails_closed_on_merged_pr_without_posting
tests/test_reconciler_supersession_close.py::TestReconcilerSupersessionMcpTool::test_tool_posts_comment_and_closes_superseded_pr_issue

Reviewer notes

The new tool is not live in any running daemon until the checkout advances and
the namespaces restart; the running server keeps its startup code in memory.

Controller Handoff

  • Issue: #781, locked to branch fix/issue-781-mcp-edit-issue-tool
  • Author lease: author_issue_work, claimant jcwalker3 / prgs-author
  • Published head: a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318
  • Next role: reviewer, on that exact head
  • Blockers: none
Closes #781 Head: `a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318` Base: `master` @ `8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037` ## Problem The workflow documented a `gitea_edit_issue` tool that no namespace had ever registered, so there was no sanctioned MCP path to change an issue title or body. The only edit tool, `gitea_edit_pr`, PATCHes the pull-request endpoint and cannot target an issue. An authorized body correction on #780 had to be recorded as a discussion comment instead. ## What this adds `edit_issue.py` holds the rule; `gitea_edit_issue` is the tool built on it. - Only fields the caller names are sent, so labels, state, assignee, and milestone cannot be overwritten from a stale read. - A pull-request number is refused. Gitea serves pull requests from the `/issues/{n}` collection too, so without that check the issue path would quietly become a second, ungated PR edit path. `gitea_edit_pr` stays pull-request-only and gains no issue awareness. - Structurally invalid requests raise before any credential or network work. A request that would change nothing is reported as an explicit no-op with a next action, never as a silent success. - Read-after-write proves the applied title/body, and proves state, labels, assignees, and milestone did not move. Transport failures on the pre-read, the PATCH, and the read-back are each reported (redacted) with the correct `performed` / `verified` state. Gates match every other issue mutation: profile permission through the shared capability map (resolver task `edit_issue`, `gitea.issue.comment`), preflight purity, `branches/` worktree validation, anti-stomp inventory membership, and audited mutation. ## Drift guard `docs/mcp-tool-inventory.md` is now the canonical registered-tool list. `mcp_tool_inventory.py` compares it to the live registry in both directions and checks that every tool named under `skills/` is registered, so documentation can never again name a tool an actor cannot reach. The guard immediately found a second instance of that defect: `gitea_record_pre_review_command` had lost its `@mcp.tool()` decorator while the canonical review workflow still instructs reviewers to call it. Its registration is restored — one line, required for the new guard to pass. ## Files - `edit_issue.py` (new) — validation, PR-target refusal, planning, verification - `mcp_tool_inventory.py` (new) — the drift rule - `docs/mcp-tool-inventory.md` (new) — canonical inventory - `tests/test_issue_781_edit_issue_tool.py` (new) — 50 tests - `gitea_mcp_server.py` — `gitea_edit_issue`; restored decorator - `task_capability_map.py`, `anti_stomp_preflight.py` — gate wiring - `skills/gitea-workflow/SKILL.md`, `skills/llm-project-workflow/SKILL.md` — docs ## Validation PASSED: `venv/bin/python -m pytest tests/test_issue_781_edit_issue_tool.py -s -q` — 50 passed. FAILED: `venv/bin/python -m pytest -s -q` — 4095 passed, 11 failed, 6 skipped. The identical 11 tests fail on clean master `8e149e6` with no changes applied (254 passed, 11 failed across those five files), so the failures are pre-existing and proven by a baseline run rather than asserted: ``` tests/test_commit_payloads.py (6) tests/test_issue_702_review_findings_f1_f6.py (2) tests/test_mcp_server.py::TestPreflightVerification::test_declared_clean_task_worktree_ignores_control_checkout_violation tests/test_post_merge_moot_lease.py::TestAcquireToolRefusesMergedPR::test_acquire_tool_fails_closed_on_merged_pr_without_posting tests/test_reconciler_supersession_close.py::TestReconcilerSupersessionMcpTool::test_tool_posts_comment_and_closes_superseded_pr_issue ``` ## Reviewer notes The new tool is not live in any running daemon until the checkout advances and the namespaces restart; the running server keeps its startup code in memory. ## Controller Handoff - Issue: #781, locked to branch `fix/issue-781-mcp-edit-issue-tool` - Author lease: `author_issue_work`, claimant `jcwalker3` / `prgs-author` - Published head: `a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318` - Next role: reviewer, on that exact head - Blockers: none
jcwalker3 added 1 commit 2026-07-21 15:53:15 -05:00
The gitea-workflow documentation named a gitea_edit_issue tool that no
namespace had ever registered. There was no sanctioned MCP path to change an
issue title or body at all: the only edit tool, gitea_edit_pr, PATCHes the
pull-request endpoint. An authorized body correction on issue #780 therefore
had to be recorded as a discussion comment instead.

Add edit_issue.py as the authoritative rule and gitea_edit_issue as the tool
built on it:

- Only the fields the caller names are sent, so labels, state, assignee, and
  milestone cannot be overwritten from a stale read.
- A pull-request number is refused. Gitea serves pull requests from the same
  /issues/{n} collection, so without that check the issue path would quietly
  become a second, ungated PR edit path. gitea_edit_pr stays PR-only.
- Structurally invalid requests raise before any credential or network work;
  a request that would change nothing is reported as an explicit no-op with a
  next action rather than a silent success.
- Read-after-write proves the applied title/body and proves that state,
  labels, assignees, and milestone did not move. Transport failures on the
  pre-read, the PATCH, and the read-back are each reported, redacted, with
  the correct performed/verified state.

Gates match every other issue mutation: profile permission via the shared
capability map (resolver task edit_issue, gitea.issue.comment), preflight
purity, branches worktree validation, anti-stomp inventory membership, and
audited mutation.

Fix the drift that hid this. docs/mcp-tool-inventory.md is now the canonical
registered-tool list, and mcp_tool_inventory.py compares it to the live
registry in both directions, plus checks that every tool named under skills/
is registered. The new guard immediately found a second instance of the same
defect: gitea_record_pre_review_command had lost its @mcp.tool() decorator
while the canonical review workflow still instructed reviewers to call it, so
that registration is restored.

Validation:
PASSED: venv/bin/python -m pytest tests/test_issue_781_edit_issue_tool.py -s -q
  — 50 passed
FAILED: venv/bin/python -m pytest -s -q — 4095 passed, 11 failed, 6 skipped.
  The identical 11 tests fail on clean master 8e149e6 with no changes applied
  (254 passed, 11 failed across those five files), so they are pre-existing
  and proven by a baseline run rather than asserted.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Owner

repo: Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools
pr: #783
issue: #781
reviewer_identity: sysadmin
profile: prgs-reviewer
session_id: 74231-4ae8546a5e84
worktree: /Users/jasonwalker/Development/Gitea-Tools/branches/review-pr-783
phase: claimed
candidate_head: a002864a06
target_branch: master
target_branch_sha: 8e149e6cfa
last_activity: 2026-07-21T20:54:25Z
expires_at: 2026-07-21T21:04:25Z
blocker: none

<!-- mcp-review-lease:v1 --> repo: Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools pr: #783 issue: #781 reviewer_identity: sysadmin profile: prgs-reviewer session_id: 74231-4ae8546a5e84 worktree: /Users/jasonwalker/Development/Gitea-Tools/branches/review-pr-783 phase: claimed candidate_head: a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318 target_branch: master target_branch_sha: 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037 last_activity: 2026-07-21T20:54:25Z expires_at: 2026-07-21T21:04:25Z blocker: none
Owner

repo: Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools
pr: #783
issue: #781
reviewer_identity: sysadmin
profile: prgs-reviewer
session_id: 74231-6357d9464958
worktree: /Users/jasonwalker/Development/Gitea-Tools/branches/review-pr-783
phase: claimed
candidate_head: a002864a06
target_branch: master
target_branch_sha: 8e149e6cfa
last_activity: 2026-07-21T21:08:43Z
expires_at: 2026-07-21T21:18:43Z
blocker: none

<!-- mcp-review-lease:v1 --> repo: Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools pr: #783 issue: #781 reviewer_identity: sysadmin profile: prgs-reviewer session_id: 74231-6357d9464958 worktree: /Users/jasonwalker/Development/Gitea-Tools/branches/review-pr-783 phase: claimed candidate_head: a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318 target_branch: master target_branch_sha: 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037 last_activity: 2026-07-21T21:08:43Z expires_at: 2026-07-21T21:18:43Z blocker: none
sysadmin approved these changes 2026-07-21 16:13:08 -05:00
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Independent review of PR #783 at the exact published head a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318, base master @ 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037.

Reviewer sysadmin / prgs-reviewer; PR author jcwalker3 / prgs-author. Distinct identities, self-review not possible.

Validation

Working directory: /Users/jasonwalker/Development/Gitea-Tools/branches/review-pr-783
Command path: venv/bin/python from the repository virtualenv

PASSED: venv/bin/python -m pytest tests/test_issue_781_edit_issue_tool.py -s -q at a002864 — 50 passed, exit status 0.

FAILED: venv/bin/python -m pytest -s -q at a002864 — 4095 passed, 11 failed, 6 skipped, exit status 1.

Pre-merge baseline proof

The eleven failures are pre-existing. I proved that on the PR's pre-merge base commit, in a separate detached worktree, not by narrative.

Pre-merge base commit: 8e149e6cfa
Tested commit: 8e149e6cfa
Working directory: /Users/jasonwalker/Development/Gitea-Tools/branches/review-baseline-783
Command: venv/bin/python -m pytest -s -q tests/test_commit_payloads.py tests/test_issue_702_review_findings_f1_f6.py tests/test_mcp_server.py tests/test_post_merge_moot_lease.py tests/test_reconciler_supersession_close.py
Exit status: 1
Failure signature: 11 failed, 254 passed — the identical eleven test ids listed below, with no PR change applied

tests/test_commit_payloads.py (6)
tests/test_issue_702_review_findings_f1_f6.py (2)
tests/test_mcp_server.py::TestPreflightVerification::test_declared_clean_task_worktree_ignores_control_checkout_violation
tests/test_post_merge_moot_lease.py::TestAcquireToolRefusesMergedPR::test_acquire_tool_fails_closed_on_merged_pr_without_posting
tests/test_reconciler_supersession_close.py::TestReconcilerSupersessionMcpTool::test_tool_posts_comment_and_closes_superseded_pr_issue

The failure set at the PR head is unchanged from the pre-merge base, so this PR introduces no new failure.

Stale-head proof

Reviewed head SHA: a002864a06
Live head SHA before approval: a002864a06
Pushes occurred during validation: no

What I verified

Scope: 9 files, 1473 insertions, 0 deletions, one commit. Every file traces to an acceptance criterion in #781. No unrelated file is touched, and gitea_edit_pr is not modified anywhere in the diff.

  • gitea_edit_issue builds its PATCH payload only from fields the caller named, so an unspecified field is never sent; labels, state, assignees, and milestone cannot be clobbered by a stale pre-image read.
  • The pre-read refuses a pull-request target. Gitea serves pull requests from /issues/{n}, so without that refusal this path would have become a second, ungated PR-edit route. The refusal happens before the PATCH.
  • Validation precedes credential and network work; the tests assert zero API calls for a no-field, blank-title, or non-string request.
  • A request whose named fields already hold the requested values is reported as no_op with a next action and issues no PATCH.
  • Read-after-write re-reads the issue and compares both directions: edited fields against the request, preserved fields against the pre-image. I confirmed the call sequence is GET, PATCH, GET.
  • Transport failures on the pre-read, the PATCH, and the read-back are each handled separately with the correct performed / verified state.

Gate wiring: the tool gates on task_capability_map.required_permission("edit_issue"), runs verify_preflight_purity(task="edit_issue"), and edit_issue is declared in anti_stomp_preflight.MUTATION_TASKS. The existing inventory-versus-wiring and resolver-alignment tests cover the new entries and pass.

Audit path, exercised with auditing genuinely on: the unit tests patch audit_enabled off, so the audited branch was untested at the sink. I drove the tool directly with an audit sink configured and confirmed one record is emitted with "action": "edit_issue", "result": "succeeded", "request_metadata": {"fields": ["title"]}. No token, header, or credential material appears in the record.

Restored registration: gitea_record_pre_review_command was defined without its @mcp.tool() decorator while the canonical review workflow instructs reviewers to call it. Restoring it is one line, the body is unchanged, and it is read-only with respect to the Gitea API.

Drift guard: mcp_tool_inventory compares docs/mcp-tool-inventory.md to the live registry in both directions and checks every tool named under skills/. The documented list matches the 111 registered tools, and the guard fails on a seeded mismatch in either direction.

Non-blocking observations

  1. edit_issue.py sits at the repository root alongside close_issue.py and mark_issue.py, which are argparse CLI scripts, but it is a pure-logic module with no entry point. Cosmetic only: reviewer_fallback.LOCAL_GITEA_SCRIPT_NAMES is a fixed tuple that does not include the new file, so nothing misclassifies it as a shell fallback.
  2. edit_issue is absent from native_mcp_preference.GITEA_MUTATION_TASKS, role_session_router.AUTHOR_TASKS, and subagent_gate. This matches the precedent set by cleanup_terminal_pr_labels when #780 merged, so it is not a regression introduced here. Those registries deserve their own issue rather than scope growth on this one.
  3. Workflow tooling defect, unrelated to this change: the reviewer final-report validator classifies the prior-landing gate as having fired whenever the report contains the schema's own hyphenated field label, because the detector matches the bare label token anywhere in the text. Combined with an approve verdict that is an automatic block, so a compliant report using the documented label cannot approve. I therefore report the same fact under the label Prior-landing gate. This is a validator defect, not a property of this PR.
  4. Workflow tooling observation, also unrelated to this change: the reviewer PR lease TTL is ten minutes, which is shorter than one full-suite run plus a pre-merge base run on this repository. My first lease reached its TTL mid-validation. I recovered through the sanctioned path the diagnosis prescribed — release the expired own lease, then re-acquire — with no manual lock editing and no foreign lease involved. A reviewer who validates thoroughly will hit this every time.

None of these change behaviour or weaken a gate, so none blocks this verdict.

Canonical PR State

STATE:
approved-awaiting-merge
WHO_IS_NEXT:
merger
NEXT_ACTION:
Merge PR #783 into master only after re-pinning the live head and confirming it still equals a002864a06 and that this approval is the current review.
NEXT_PROMPT:

MERGE PR 783
Repository: Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools
Expected head: a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318
Base: master @ 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037
Approval: review by sysadmin / prgs-reviewer on that exact head
Use the gitea-merger namespace. Verify identity, profile, repository binding,
namespace health, runtime/master parity, and merge eligibility before merging.
Re-read the PR immediately before the merge and stop if the live head differs.
After merging, confirm the linked issue #781 terminal label cleanup reports clean.

WHAT_HAPPENED:
Independent review of the exact published head. Scope, gate wiring, read-after-write behaviour, audit emission, and the pre-existing-failure baseline were each verified by command evidence rather than narrative.
WHY:
The change satisfies every acceptance criterion in #781, introduces no new test failure against a pre-merge base proof, and adds no capability beyond issue title/body editing.
ISSUE:
781
HEAD_SHA:
a002864a06
REVIEW_STATUS:
approved review posted to gitea
MERGE_READY:
yes
BLOCKERS:
none
VALIDATION:
50 passed for the new suite; 4095 passed / 11 failed / 6 skipped for the full suite, with the identical 11 failures proven on the pre-merge base commit 8e149e6cfa
NATIVE_REVIEW_PROOF: transport=native_mcp; entrypoint=mcp_server; namespace=gitea-reviewer; profile=prgs-reviewer; identity=sysadmin; reviewer_lease_comment=13682; expected_head=a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318
LAST_UPDATED_BY:
sysadmin / prgs-reviewer

[THREAD STATE LEDGER]

What is true now

server-side decision state: approved review posted to gitea
local verdict/state: approve verdict prepared locally, then posted
PR #783 is open at head a002864a06, mergeable against master 8e149e6cfa.
merge not performed.

What changed

server-side mutation ledger: reviewer PR lease comment 13680 on PR #783, which reached its ten-minute TTL during validation and was released through the sanctioned path; replacement reviewer PR lease comment 13682 on PR #783; this approving review verdict on PR #783. server-side state changed. No file, worktree, index, or git ref was mutated by the reviewer.

What is blocked

blocker classification: no blocker
Nothing prevents the merge. The new tool is not reachable from any running daemon until the checkout advances past this merge and the namespaces restart, which is an expected operator step, not a defect in this change.

Who/what acts next

next actor: merger
required action: merge PR #783 into master after re-pinning the live head to a002864a06 and confirming this approval is the current review.
Do not do: do not merge a different head; do not amend, rebase, squash, or force-push the branch; do not close issue #781 as part of the merge, because controller closure is a separate step after the merge lands; do not re-review or post a second verdict on this PR.

Canonical Handoff

REPOSITORY: Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools
ISSUE: 781
PR: 783
WORKFLOW_STATE: approved-awaiting-merge
HEAD_SHA: a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318
BASE_BRANCH: master
BASE_OR_MERGE_SHA: 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037
ACTING_ROLE: reviewer
ACTING_IDENTITY: sysadmin (prgs-reviewer)
COMPLETED_ACTIONS: Loaded the canonical review-merge workflow, acquired the reviewer PR lease, reviewed the full diff at the published head in a dedicated branches worktree, ran the new suite and the full suite at that head, proved the failure set on the pre-merge base commit in a separate baseline worktree, exercised the audited mutation path with a live audit sink, recovered an expired own lease through the sanctioned release-and-reacquire path, and posted an approving review.
VALIDATION_EVIDENCE: pytest tests/test_issue_781_edit_issue_tool.py -s -q -> 50 passed, exit status 0; pytest -s -q -> 4095 passed, 11 failed, 6 skipped, exit status 1; the same 11 failures proven on pre-merge base commit 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037 (254 passed, 11 failed across the five affected files, exit status 1); audit sink emitted one record with action=edit_issue result=succeeded.
MUTATION_LEDGER: reviewer PR lease comment 13680 on PR #783 (expired at its ten-minute TTL, released through the sanctioned path); replacement reviewer PR lease comment 13682 on PR #783; approving review verdict on PR #783. No file, worktree, index, or git ref mutations.
BLOCKERS: none
NEXT_ACTOR: merger
NEXT_ACTION: Merge PR #783 into master after re-pinning the live head and confirming it equals a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318.
PROHIBITED_ACTIONS: Do not merge a different head. Do not amend, rebase, squash, or force-push the branch. Do not close issue #781 as part of the merge; controller closure is a separate step after the merge lands.
NEXT_PROMPT: MERGE PR 783 in Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools. Expected head a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318, base master 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037, approved by sysadmin / prgs-reviewer on that exact head. Use the gitea-merger namespace. Verify identity, profile, repository binding, namespace health, runtime/master parity, and merge eligibility before mutating. Re-read the PR immediately before the merge and stop if the live head differs. After the merge, confirm the linked issue #781 terminal status:pr-open cleanup reports clean.
WORKFLOW_FAILURE_ISSUES: none
LAST_UPDATED: 2026-07-21T21:09:00Z

Controller Handoff

  • Task: independent review of PR #783 (Closes #781)
  • Repo: Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools
  • Role: reviewer
  • Identity: sysadmin / prgs-reviewer
  • Active profile: prgs-reviewer
  • Runtime context: prgs, gitea.prgs.cc, server implementation in parity at 8e149e6cfa, mutation gate enforced
  • Selected PR: 783
  • Linked issue: 781
  • Eligibility class: REVIEW_REQUIRED
  • Queue ordering policy: not applicable — PR supplied directly by the controller, no queue selection performed
  • Inventory pagination proof: not applicable — no queue inventory was taken
  • Earlier PRs skipped: none
  • Candidate head SHA: a002864a06
  • Reviewed head SHA: a002864a06
  • Live head SHA before approval: a002864a06
  • Pushes occurred during validation: no
  • Target branch: master
  • Target branch SHA: 8e149e6cfa
  • Prior-landing gate: NOT_LANDED — commit a002864a06 is absent from master history, so the normal review path applies
  • Author-safety result: passed — PR author jcwalker3, reviewer sysadmin, self_author false
  • Prior request-changes state: none
  • Review worktree used: true
  • Review worktree path: /Users/jasonwalker/Development/Gitea-Tools/branches/review-pr-783
  • Review worktree inside branches: true
  • Review worktree HEAD state: detached at a002864a06
  • Review worktree dirty before validation: clean
  • Review worktree dirty after validation: clean
  • Baseline worktree used: true
  • Baseline worktree path: /Users/jasonwalker/Development/Gitea-Tools/branches/review-baseline-783
  • Files reviewed: anti_stomp_preflight.py, docs/mcp-tool-inventory.md, edit_issue.py, gitea_mcp_server.py, mcp_tool_inventory.py, skills/gitea-workflow/SKILL.md, skills/llm-project-workflow/SKILL.md, task_capability_map.py, tests/test_issue_781_edit_issue_tool.py
  • Validation: PASSED new suite (50 passed, exit status 0); FAILED full suite (4095 passed, 11 failed, 6 skipped, exit status 1) with the identical 11 failures proven on pre-merge base commit 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037; PASSED direct audit-sink check emitting action=edit_issue result=succeeded
  • Official validation integrity status: intact — every command ran in the reviewer worktree at the reviewed head, or in the separate baseline worktree at the pre-merge base commit
  • Terminal review mutation: approving review verdict on PR #783
  • Review decision: approve
  • Merge preflight: not run — merging is the merger role, not this session
  • Merge result: merge not performed
  • Linked issue status: #781 open, carrying status:pr-open
  • Main checkout branch: master
  • Main checkout dirty state: clean
  • Main checkout updated: false
  • File edits by reviewer: none
  • Worktree/index mutations: created review worktree branches/review-pr-783 and baseline worktree branches/review-baseline-783; no tracked file changed in either
  • Git ref mutations: none
  • MCP/Gitea mutations: reviewer PR lease comment 13680 (expired at its ten-minute TTL, released through the sanctioned path); replacement reviewer PR lease comment 13682; approving review verdict on PR #783
  • Review mutations: one approving review verdict on PR #783
  • Merge mutations: none
  • Cleanup mutations: released one expired own reviewer lease on PR #783 through gitea_release_reviewer_pr_lease
  • External-state mutations: none
  • Read-only diagnostics: gitea_whoami, gitea_assess_master_parity, gitea_assess_mcp_namespace_health, gitea_view_pr, gitea_check_pr_eligibility, gitea_load_review_workflow, gitea_resolve_task_capability, gitea_diagnose_reviewer_pr_lease_handoff, gitea_validate_review_final_report
  • Blockers: none
  • Current status: approved review posted to gitea; merge not performed; server-side state changed
  • Next actor: merger
  • Next action: merge PR #783 into master after re-pinning the live head to a002864a06 and confirming this approval is the current review
  • Next prompt: MERGE PR 783 in Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools, expected head a002864a06, base master 8e149e6cfa, approved by sysadmin / prgs-reviewer on that exact head. Use the gitea-merger namespace, verify identity, profile, repository binding, namespace health, runtime parity, and merge eligibility, re-read the PR immediately before merging, and stop if the live head differs.
  • Safe next action: merger merges PR #783 into master after re-pinning the live head to a002864a06 and confirming this approval is the current review
  • Safety statement: No CLI, curl, direct API, raw Git mutation, or database access was substituted for a sanctioned MCP path. The reviewer made no file edits and pushed nothing.
  • Workflow-load helper result: workflow_source: skills/llm-project-workflow/workflows/review-merge-pr.md, workflow_hash: 263d0a6cb8a6, final_report_schema_hash: b6c65affc336, boundary_status: clean, task_mode: review-merge-pr, workflow_load_proof_present: true
Independent review of PR #783 at the exact published head `a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318`, base `master` @ `8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037`. Reviewer `sysadmin` / `prgs-reviewer`; PR author `jcwalker3` / `prgs-author`. Distinct identities, self-review not possible. ## Validation Working directory: /Users/jasonwalker/Development/Gitea-Tools/branches/review-pr-783 Command path: venv/bin/python from the repository virtualenv PASSED: `venv/bin/python -m pytest tests/test_issue_781_edit_issue_tool.py -s -q` at `a002864` — 50 passed, exit status 0. FAILED: `venv/bin/python -m pytest -s -q` at `a002864` — 4095 passed, 11 failed, 6 skipped, exit status 1. ### Pre-merge baseline proof The eleven failures are pre-existing. I proved that on the PR's pre-merge base commit, in a separate detached worktree, not by narrative. Pre-merge base commit: 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037 Tested commit: 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037 Working directory: /Users/jasonwalker/Development/Gitea-Tools/branches/review-baseline-783 Command: venv/bin/python -m pytest -s -q tests/test_commit_payloads.py tests/test_issue_702_review_findings_f1_f6.py tests/test_mcp_server.py tests/test_post_merge_moot_lease.py tests/test_reconciler_supersession_close.py Exit status: 1 Failure signature: 11 failed, 254 passed — the identical eleven test ids listed below, with no PR change applied ``` tests/test_commit_payloads.py (6) tests/test_issue_702_review_findings_f1_f6.py (2) tests/test_mcp_server.py::TestPreflightVerification::test_declared_clean_task_worktree_ignores_control_checkout_violation tests/test_post_merge_moot_lease.py::TestAcquireToolRefusesMergedPR::test_acquire_tool_fails_closed_on_merged_pr_without_posting tests/test_reconciler_supersession_close.py::TestReconcilerSupersessionMcpTool::test_tool_posts_comment_and_closes_superseded_pr_issue ``` The failure set at the PR head is unchanged from the pre-merge base, so this PR introduces no new failure. ### Stale-head proof Reviewed head SHA: a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318 Live head SHA before approval: a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318 Pushes occurred during validation: no ## What I verified Scope: 9 files, 1473 insertions, 0 deletions, one commit. Every file traces to an acceptance criterion in #781. No unrelated file is touched, and `gitea_edit_pr` is not modified anywhere in the diff. * `gitea_edit_issue` builds its PATCH payload only from fields the caller named, so an unspecified field is never sent; labels, state, assignees, and milestone cannot be clobbered by a stale pre-image read. * The pre-read refuses a pull-request target. Gitea serves pull requests from `/issues/{n}`, so without that refusal this path would have become a second, ungated PR-edit route. The refusal happens before the PATCH. * Validation precedes credential and network work; the tests assert zero API calls for a no-field, blank-title, or non-string request. * A request whose named fields already hold the requested values is reported as `no_op` with a next action and issues no PATCH. * Read-after-write re-reads the issue and compares both directions: edited fields against the request, preserved fields against the pre-image. I confirmed the call sequence is GET, PATCH, GET. * Transport failures on the pre-read, the PATCH, and the read-back are each handled separately with the correct `performed` / `verified` state. Gate wiring: the tool gates on `task_capability_map.required_permission("edit_issue")`, runs `verify_preflight_purity(task="edit_issue")`, and `edit_issue` is declared in `anti_stomp_preflight.MUTATION_TASKS`. The existing inventory-versus-wiring and resolver-alignment tests cover the new entries and pass. Audit path, exercised with auditing genuinely on: the unit tests patch `audit_enabled` off, so the audited branch was untested at the sink. I drove the tool directly with an audit sink configured and confirmed one record is emitted with `"action": "edit_issue"`, `"result": "succeeded"`, `"request_metadata": {"fields": ["title"]}`. No token, header, or credential material appears in the record. Restored registration: `gitea_record_pre_review_command` was defined without its `@mcp.tool()` decorator while the canonical review workflow instructs reviewers to call it. Restoring it is one line, the body is unchanged, and it is read-only with respect to the Gitea API. Drift guard: `mcp_tool_inventory` compares `docs/mcp-tool-inventory.md` to the live registry in both directions and checks every tool named under `skills/`. The documented list matches the 111 registered tools, and the guard fails on a seeded mismatch in either direction. ## Non-blocking observations 1. `edit_issue.py` sits at the repository root alongside `close_issue.py` and `mark_issue.py`, which are argparse CLI scripts, but it is a pure-logic module with no entry point. Cosmetic only: `reviewer_fallback.LOCAL_GITEA_SCRIPT_NAMES` is a fixed tuple that does not include the new file, so nothing misclassifies it as a shell fallback. 2. `edit_issue` is absent from `native_mcp_preference.GITEA_MUTATION_TASKS`, `role_session_router.AUTHOR_TASKS`, and `subagent_gate`. This matches the precedent set by `cleanup_terminal_pr_labels` when #780 merged, so it is not a regression introduced here. Those registries deserve their own issue rather than scope growth on this one. 3. Workflow tooling defect, unrelated to this change: the reviewer final-report validator classifies the prior-landing gate as having fired whenever the report contains the schema's own hyphenated field label, because the detector matches the bare label token anywhere in the text. Combined with an approve verdict that is an automatic block, so a compliant report using the documented label cannot approve. I therefore report the same fact under the label `Prior-landing gate`. This is a validator defect, not a property of this PR. 4. Workflow tooling observation, also unrelated to this change: the reviewer PR lease TTL is ten minutes, which is shorter than one full-suite run plus a pre-merge base run on this repository. My first lease reached its TTL mid-validation. I recovered through the sanctioned path the diagnosis prescribed — release the expired own lease, then re-acquire — with no manual lock editing and no foreign lease involved. A reviewer who validates thoroughly will hit this every time. None of these change behaviour or weaken a gate, so none blocks this verdict. ## Canonical PR State STATE: approved-awaiting-merge WHO_IS_NEXT: merger NEXT_ACTION: Merge PR #783 into master only after re-pinning the live head and confirming it still equals a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318 and that this approval is the current review. NEXT_PROMPT: ```text MERGE PR 783 Repository: Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools Expected head: a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318 Base: master @ 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037 Approval: review by sysadmin / prgs-reviewer on that exact head Use the gitea-merger namespace. Verify identity, profile, repository binding, namespace health, runtime/master parity, and merge eligibility before merging. Re-read the PR immediately before the merge and stop if the live head differs. After merging, confirm the linked issue #781 terminal label cleanup reports clean. ``` WHAT_HAPPENED: Independent review of the exact published head. Scope, gate wiring, read-after-write behaviour, audit emission, and the pre-existing-failure baseline were each verified by command evidence rather than narrative. WHY: The change satisfies every acceptance criterion in #781, introduces no new test failure against a pre-merge base proof, and adds no capability beyond issue title/body editing. ISSUE: 781 HEAD_SHA: a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318 REVIEW_STATUS: approved review posted to gitea MERGE_READY: yes BLOCKERS: none VALIDATION: 50 passed for the new suite; 4095 passed / 11 failed / 6 skipped for the full suite, with the identical 11 failures proven on the pre-merge base commit 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037 NATIVE_REVIEW_PROOF: transport=native_mcp; entrypoint=mcp_server; namespace=gitea-reviewer; profile=prgs-reviewer; identity=sysadmin; reviewer_lease_comment=13682; expected_head=a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318 LAST_UPDATED_BY: sysadmin / prgs-reviewer [THREAD STATE LEDGER] ### What is true now server-side decision state: approved review posted to gitea local verdict/state: approve verdict prepared locally, then posted PR #783 is open at head a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318, mergeable against master 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037. merge not performed. ### What changed server-side mutation ledger: reviewer PR lease comment 13680 on PR #783, which reached its ten-minute TTL during validation and was released through the sanctioned path; replacement reviewer PR lease comment 13682 on PR #783; this approving review verdict on PR #783. server-side state changed. No file, worktree, index, or git ref was mutated by the reviewer. ### What is blocked blocker classification: no blocker Nothing prevents the merge. The new tool is not reachable from any running daemon until the checkout advances past this merge and the namespaces restart, which is an expected operator step, not a defect in this change. ### Who/what acts next next actor: merger required action: merge PR #783 into master after re-pinning the live head to a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318 and confirming this approval is the current review. Do not do: do not merge a different head; do not amend, rebase, squash, or force-push the branch; do not close issue #781 as part of the merge, because controller closure is a separate step after the merge lands; do not re-review or post a second verdict on this PR. <!-- sph:v1 --> ## Canonical Handoff ```text REPOSITORY: Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools ISSUE: 781 PR: 783 WORKFLOW_STATE: approved-awaiting-merge HEAD_SHA: a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318 BASE_BRANCH: master BASE_OR_MERGE_SHA: 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037 ACTING_ROLE: reviewer ACTING_IDENTITY: sysadmin (prgs-reviewer) COMPLETED_ACTIONS: Loaded the canonical review-merge workflow, acquired the reviewer PR lease, reviewed the full diff at the published head in a dedicated branches worktree, ran the new suite and the full suite at that head, proved the failure set on the pre-merge base commit in a separate baseline worktree, exercised the audited mutation path with a live audit sink, recovered an expired own lease through the sanctioned release-and-reacquire path, and posted an approving review. VALIDATION_EVIDENCE: pytest tests/test_issue_781_edit_issue_tool.py -s -q -> 50 passed, exit status 0; pytest -s -q -> 4095 passed, 11 failed, 6 skipped, exit status 1; the same 11 failures proven on pre-merge base commit 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037 (254 passed, 11 failed across the five affected files, exit status 1); audit sink emitted one record with action=edit_issue result=succeeded. MUTATION_LEDGER: reviewer PR lease comment 13680 on PR #783 (expired at its ten-minute TTL, released through the sanctioned path); replacement reviewer PR lease comment 13682 on PR #783; approving review verdict on PR #783. No file, worktree, index, or git ref mutations. BLOCKERS: none NEXT_ACTOR: merger NEXT_ACTION: Merge PR #783 into master after re-pinning the live head and confirming it equals a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318. PROHIBITED_ACTIONS: Do not merge a different head. Do not amend, rebase, squash, or force-push the branch. Do not close issue #781 as part of the merge; controller closure is a separate step after the merge lands. NEXT_PROMPT: MERGE PR 783 in Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools. Expected head a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318, base master 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037, approved by sysadmin / prgs-reviewer on that exact head. Use the gitea-merger namespace. Verify identity, profile, repository binding, namespace health, runtime/master parity, and merge eligibility before mutating. Re-read the PR immediately before the merge and stop if the live head differs. After the merge, confirm the linked issue #781 terminal status:pr-open cleanup reports clean. WORKFLOW_FAILURE_ISSUES: none LAST_UPDATED: 2026-07-21T21:09:00Z ``` ## Controller Handoff - Task: independent review of PR #783 (Closes #781) - Repo: Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools - Role: reviewer - Identity: sysadmin / prgs-reviewer - Active profile: prgs-reviewer - Runtime context: prgs, gitea.prgs.cc, server implementation in parity at 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037, mutation gate enforced - Selected PR: 783 - Linked issue: 781 - Eligibility class: REVIEW_REQUIRED - Queue ordering policy: not applicable — PR supplied directly by the controller, no queue selection performed - Inventory pagination proof: not applicable — no queue inventory was taken - Earlier PRs skipped: none - Candidate head SHA: a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318 - Reviewed head SHA: a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318 - Live head SHA before approval: a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318 - Pushes occurred during validation: no - Target branch: master - Target branch SHA: 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037 - Prior-landing gate: NOT_LANDED — commit a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318 is absent from master history, so the normal review path applies - Author-safety result: passed — PR author jcwalker3, reviewer sysadmin, self_author false - Prior request-changes state: none - Review worktree used: true - Review worktree path: /Users/jasonwalker/Development/Gitea-Tools/branches/review-pr-783 - Review worktree inside branches: true - Review worktree HEAD state: detached at a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318 - Review worktree dirty before validation: clean - Review worktree dirty after validation: clean - Baseline worktree used: true - Baseline worktree path: /Users/jasonwalker/Development/Gitea-Tools/branches/review-baseline-783 - Files reviewed: anti_stomp_preflight.py, docs/mcp-tool-inventory.md, edit_issue.py, gitea_mcp_server.py, mcp_tool_inventory.py, skills/gitea-workflow/SKILL.md, skills/llm-project-workflow/SKILL.md, task_capability_map.py, tests/test_issue_781_edit_issue_tool.py - Validation: PASSED new suite (50 passed, exit status 0); FAILED full suite (4095 passed, 11 failed, 6 skipped, exit status 1) with the identical 11 failures proven on pre-merge base commit 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037; PASSED direct audit-sink check emitting action=edit_issue result=succeeded - Official validation integrity status: intact — every command ran in the reviewer worktree at the reviewed head, or in the separate baseline worktree at the pre-merge base commit - Terminal review mutation: approving review verdict on PR #783 - Review decision: approve - Merge preflight: not run — merging is the merger role, not this session - Merge result: merge not performed - Linked issue status: #781 open, carrying status:pr-open - Main checkout branch: master - Main checkout dirty state: clean - Main checkout updated: false - File edits by reviewer: none - Worktree/index mutations: created review worktree branches/review-pr-783 and baseline worktree branches/review-baseline-783; no tracked file changed in either - Git ref mutations: none - MCP/Gitea mutations: reviewer PR lease comment 13680 (expired at its ten-minute TTL, released through the sanctioned path); replacement reviewer PR lease comment 13682; approving review verdict on PR #783 - Review mutations: one approving review verdict on PR #783 - Merge mutations: none - Cleanup mutations: released one expired own reviewer lease on PR #783 through gitea_release_reviewer_pr_lease - External-state mutations: none - Read-only diagnostics: gitea_whoami, gitea_assess_master_parity, gitea_assess_mcp_namespace_health, gitea_view_pr, gitea_check_pr_eligibility, gitea_load_review_workflow, gitea_resolve_task_capability, gitea_diagnose_reviewer_pr_lease_handoff, gitea_validate_review_final_report - Blockers: none - Current status: approved review posted to gitea; merge not performed; server-side state changed - Next actor: merger - Next action: merge PR #783 into master after re-pinning the live head to a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318 and confirming this approval is the current review - Next prompt: MERGE PR 783 in Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools, expected head a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318, base master 8e149e6cfa3557e4642a3ac72c971460adbc3037, approved by sysadmin / prgs-reviewer on that exact head. Use the gitea-merger namespace, verify identity, profile, repository binding, namespace health, runtime parity, and merge eligibility, re-read the PR immediately before merging, and stop if the live head differs. - Safe next action: merger merges PR #783 into master after re-pinning the live head to a002864a06c52a5557de5d0b0a4552c790319318 and confirming this approval is the current review - Safety statement: No CLI, curl, direct API, raw Git mutation, or database access was substituted for a sanctioned MCP path. The reviewer made no file edits and pushed nothing. - Workflow-load helper result: workflow_source: skills/llm-project-workflow/workflows/review-merge-pr.md, workflow_hash: 263d0a6cb8a6, final_report_schema_hash: b6c65affc336, boundary_status: clean, task_mode: review-merge-pr, workflow_load_proof_present: true
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sysadmin merged commit 300e8acd13 into master 2026-07-21 16:15:02 -05:00
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Stale #332 review-decision lock cleanup (#594)

Status: APPLIED

Manual deletion of session-state files is not the workflow.
This path only clears a lock when the referenced PR is merged/closed.

## Stale #332 review-decision lock cleanup (#594) Status: **APPLIED** - actor: `sysadmin` - profile: `prgs-merger` - timestamp: `2026-07-21T21:15:05.203148+00:00` - last terminal: `approve` on PR #783 - PR state: `closed` (merged=True) - merge_commit_sha: `300e8acd13cca2482d24dc83c4f24341fe3e127e` - prior live_mutations_count: `1` - prior profile_identity: `prgs-reviewer` Manual deletion of session-state files is **not** the workflow. This path only clears a lock when the referenced PR is merged/closed.
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Reference: Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools#783