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Validate the stack-release manifest (catch dead toolchain paths / contradictory projections) #52

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The stack-release manifest (docs/releases/demo/continuum-stack-release.json) is hand-maintained JSON that pins toolchain/runtime versions, commits, install sources, and paths. This session it was found pointing at a deleted Wesley path (../wesley/packages/wesley-host-node/bin/wesley.mjs) — drift that went undetected because nothing validates the manifest.

Idea: add a manifest-validation check (a qw subcommand like qw manifest verify, or a gate script) that:

  • resolves toolchain.*.install sources/paths against the authority root and flags dead references,
  • confirms each families[].sourcePath (and materializeTo target shape) is real,
  • checks declared defaultProjections are supported by the declared Wesley command set (e.g. native-rust supports only typescript/rust, so zod/echo-ir/warp-ttd in a native-rust manifest is a contradiction the validator should catch),
  • optionally re-verifies the family sha256 against the source file.

This is the "generate/validate what machines already know" principle (DOCUMENTATION_POLICY §3) applied to the release manifest, and would have caught the dead wesley-host-node path immediately.

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  1. coderabbitai commented on Jun 26, 2026

    @coderabbitai
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