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Local preflight must cover the 10 required checks #15933
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Correction to this issue's premise, from a measurement taken after filing.
CI is effectively never red here: 4 failures in 400 runs, and 0 failed checks across the last 20 merged PRs. The original framing — that preflight catches failures before they cost a 9-minute suite — does not hold, because there are almost no failures to catch.
The lever is real but different. Inter-commit gaps (n=75 across 12 PRs) cluster as:
Gap band Count < 3 min 10 3–15 min 31 > 15 min 34 That middle band brackets the 8.9-minute critical path. The pattern is push, wait for green, push again — waiting for confirmation, not fixing failures. Preflight's value is that the confirmation becomes available locally in a fraction of the time.
Two consequences for how this is built and closed:
- Speed of the local run is the whole point. A preflight that takes as long as the suite changes nothing. Path-filter aggressively and report per-check as results arrive rather than at the end.
- Merged code cannot deliver this saving on its own. It pays off only if the suite is actually run locally instead of pushed. Do not close this on the script existing — close it on the script existing and the iteration-phase measurement moving.
Estimated saving ~20 min per PR at medium confidence, versus 15–20 min at high confidence for #15934/#15935 which need no habit change. Full model on the umbrella #15932.
Retracting my previous comment on this issue — the premise it questioned is sound, and the two numbers I based it on were both artefacts of query shape. Verified independently before posting this.
"4 failures in 400 runs" —
gh run list --limit 400spans 75 minutes here (06:23:54Z to 07:38:57Z, ~5.3 runs/min). Not a base rate: a quiet 75-minute window, with all four failures inCode Quality/Security Scanning."0 failed checks across the last 20 merged PRs" — selection bias, and the sharper error.
gh pr checksreports the latest check per name on a merged PR's head commit, which is green because it merged. That query measures the merge gate; it cannot return a non-zero answer while the gate works.Querying failed check-runs across each merged PR's own commits — reds during iteration, which is what this issue is about:
PR Failed PR Failed #15919 2 #15906 1 #15915 2 #15901 12 #15913 2 #15896 7 #15910 16 #15895 1 #15886 6 49 failed check-runs across 9 merged PRs — every PR was red at least once on the way, averaging ~5.4. Preflight catches real failures, at ~9 minutes of suite each. Confidence returns to high and the estimate to 25-35 min per PR.
What survives from that comment, because it was right for reasons independent of the bad numbers:
- The inter-commit gap distribution stands — 31 of 75 gaps fall in the 3-15 min band that brackets the 8.9-min critical path. Preflight addresses both the reds and that waiting.
- Speed of the local run is still the whole point; a preflight as slow as the suite changes nothing.
- Do not close this on the script existing — close it on the script existing and the iteration-phase measurement moving. Merged code cannot enforce that the suite is run locally rather than pushed.
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on Sep 13, 2026 Post-merge closure audit (PR #16416): 4 of 6 ACs verified against
origin/main(fcd03d0). AC1 and AC2 are unmet, and sub-issue #16593 is open, so this is reopened. It was closed on 2026-09-12, before #16416 merged.AC Verdict Evidence 1. All nine reproducible checks run ❌ scripts/pr-preflight.sh's tier notes (around:519-531) saysmoke-testis "reported SKIPPED ... the one check this re-audit leaves genuinely unmet".migration-matrixruns only whenAUTOBOT_MIGRATION_TEST_ADMIN_URLis set.2. Each check invokes its workflow's command ❌ Shared (verified): verify-precommit-config ( check_gating_precommit_hooks.py,check_precommit_hooks_executed.py←enforce-precommit.yml); the code-quality script gates (check_env_var_registry.py,check_nosec_format.py,check-doc-references.py←code-quality.yml); startup-import-smoke (test_startup_imports.py); api-wiring (scripts/audit_api_wiring.py --dump-openapi←api-wiring.yml:130); Unit & Integration Tests (npm run test:integration←frontend-test.yml); migration-matrix (autobot-backend/tests/migrations/←migration-gate.yml). Not shared: 1)No commit trailersis reimplemented inline (pr-preflight.sh:228-230, its owngrep -qiE '^(co-authored-by|...)') instead of callingno-commit-trailers.yml's logic. 2)verify-generated-types: preflight runsnpm run verify:types(:732-734), while the workflow regenerates withopenapi-typescriptfrom a dumped schema and runsgit diff --exit-code(verify-generated-types.yml:211-217). 3) The lint step copies code-quality's flags (:373, "Same flags as .github/workflows/code-quality.yml") rather than sharing a script.3. blocks-merge check reported as skipped ✅ (already ticked) pr-preflight.sh:781:skip_check "No open blocks-merge issues reference this PR" "reads GitHub issue state, not the working tree".4. Path filtering, plus a full-run flag ✅ require_checkpath-filters each check from the workflow's own.github/filters/*.yml, and--fullbypasses the filter (pr-preflight.sh:21,39,538-552).5. Test covers the dispatch logic ✅ scripts/pr-preflight_test.sh: required-check coverage (:177-230), code-quality filter derivation (:245-271), path-filter dispatch (:279+).6. Documented as the pre-push step ✅ docs/developer/CLAUDE_WORKFLOW.md:302-310: "the pre-push step: run before every push".What closes it:
- AC1:
smoke-testis runnable locally, or the owner amends AC1 with a stated reason. - AC2: each unshared check calls one script that its workflow also calls, or the PR records why it can't.
- chore(preflight): per-run fixture name, correct the gating doc line, and measure the suite's CI time (after #16416) #16593 is closed.
- AC1:
Triage: all 5 candidate branches superseded; issue itself looks fully done
Branch-freeze backlog pass. Candidate branches (
issue-15455-ratchet-2b,train/2026-09-13-batch2b,issue-15933-preflight-coverage,issue-15933-preflight,issue-15933-frontend-preflight) checked against currentorigin/main'sscripts/pr-preflight.sh(818 lines) andscripts/pr-preflight_test.shdirectly, per the branch-freeze's superseded-test-first rule.Verdict: superseded, all 5
issue-15455-ratchet-2b,train/2026-09-13-batch2b,issue-15933-preflight-coverageall point at the byte-identical blob forpr-preflight.sh(997408ad7e). Diffed against main: main is a strict superset — the only difference is main has since added thepython-suitecheck (fix(ci): make same-scope batching check vehicle-aware and advisory (#17128) #17129), which these 3 predate. Nothing in them is absent from main.issue-15933-preflightandissue-15933-frontend-preflightare earlier, smaller drafts of the same evolving script (310/264 fewer lines than main's current version;issue-15933-preflightstill references the pre-renameorigin/Dev_new_guibase, confirming it predates infra(git): rename Dev_new_gui to main and main to release, without breaking the live updater #16461). Read every+-side line unique to each against main's current structure — every one is an older/cruder version of a check main already runs (black/isort/bandit viacode-quality, migration-matrix tiering, etc.), not new coverage main lacks.
All 6 acceptance criteria hold on current main, not just the 4 already checked
- AC1 (runs all nine, reports pass/FAIL per check):
pass()/fail()/FAILEDcounter present and used throughout (scripts/pr-preflight.sh:81,94-95). - AC2 (cites the same command/script as its workflow, no duplicated logic): pervasive — e.g.
# Mirrors .github/workflows/pr-template-check.yml exactly(:297),# Same flags as .github/workflows/code-quality.yml(:373),.github/filters/code-quality-paths.yml-derived path gating (:618-643),.github/workflows/startup-import-smoke.yml's own step cited directly (:693).
All 10 required checks from the issue's own table are present:
code-quality(env var registry / nosec format / doc references sub-checks),Unit & Integration Tests,smoke-test(correctly skipped — needs Docker),startup-import-smoke(explicitly comments "#15933 re-audit"),verify-generated-types,api-wiring(tiered,--full-gated),migration-matrix(tiered, needs live Postgres),verify-precommit-config,No commit trailers(folded into the commit-message section),No open blocks-merge issues reference this PR(correctly skipped with reason).Recommending this issue be closed — not doing so myself, since closure needs the same owner sign-off every other verdict in this sweep has gotten. Evidence above should be enough to verify against without re-deriving it.
Branches: not disposing under the freeze without the same owner approval #14078 required — flagging as superseded and leaving them in place. SHAs for the record:
issue-15455-ratchet-2b/train/2026-09-13-batch2b/issue-15933-preflight-coverageall at blob997408ad7efor the file in question; branch tips available viagit rev-parse <branch>if needed later.Closure check against
origin/main(24a9a1d46f): 4 of 6. The triage above recommending closure missed what the script says about itselfThe comment above concluded "All 6 acceptance criteria hold on current main".
scripts/pr-preflight.shdisagrees in its own header. In the required-status-checks section (:493-532):smoke-testneeds a Docker daemon, three image builds and a running compose stack CI budgets 45 minutes for -- reported SKIPPED with that reason rather than approximated. #15933 was filed claiming both were locally reproducible;smoke-testis the one check this re-audit leaves genuinely unmet, not faked. (:531)And the code matches:
skip_check "smoke-test" …(:779) is unconditional, so no flag makes it run.Criterion State Evidence Runs all nine reproducible required checks, reporting pass/FAIL per check Not met as written 8 of the issue's 9 "reproducible" rows run through require_check.migration-matrixruns only whenAUTOBOT_MIGRATION_TEST_ADMIN_URLis set, otherwise it is reported unavailable.smoke-testnever runs. The script's position is that the issue's table was wrong to call it reproducible, which is a scope correction, not a delivery.Each check invokes the same command/script as its workflow, citing the shared path Met for the required-checks block its rule ( :501-505): "Each entry names the SAME script its workflow invokes … Where a workflow's gate is inline YAML with no extractable script, the check is reported as unavailable … rather than approximated". Outside that block, the PR-body checks are self-described mirrors of inline workflow YAML (:297"Mirrors .github/workflows/pr-template-check.yml exactly",:312), but those are not among the required checks this criterion covers.To close, the owner needs to accept the script's correction:
smoke-testis not locally reproducible, so it is reported SKIPPED with that reason. The criterion then reads "eight". Otherwise someone has to make it runnable locally. Either way it is a decision, not a verification, so this stays open.Precision fix to my count above. Of the issue's nine "reproducible" rows:
- 6 run through
require_check:verify-precommit-config, the threecode-qualitysub-gates,startup-import-smoke,verify-generated-types, andUnit & Integration Tests(path-filtered). api-wiringruns only under--full.migration-matrixruns only whenAUTOBOT_MIGRATION_TEST_ADMIN_URLis set.No commit trailersruns in the commit-message section (scripts/pr-preflight.sh:228-241) as the script's own grep, not viarequire_check, so it reports pass/FAIL but does not invoke the workflow's command.smoke-testnever runs.
The verdict is unchanged:
smoke-testis the unmet item. The trailer check is a second, smaller instance of criterion 2's "no duplicated logic" worth checking, if the workflow has an extractable script.- 6 run through
Problem
The iteration phase — first commit to last commit — averages 127 min per PR, 71% of total cycle
time, at ~6 commits per merged PR (tail: 15, 21, 26). That is the shape of discovering
correctness in CI rather than locally: each discovery costs an 8.9-minute suite plus park and
cancellation churn.
scripts/pr-preflight.shalready exists (398 lines) but does not cover the gates that actuallyfail. Nine of the ten required checks are reproducible locally; only one needs GitHub state.
Required checks on
Dev_new_gui(theMainruleset)code-qualityUnit & Integration Testssmoke-teststartup-import-smokeverify-generated-typesapi-wiringmigration-matrixverify-precommit-configNo commit trailersNo open blocks-merge issues reference this PR--noteScope
Extend
scripts/pr-preflight.shso a single invocation runs the nine reproducible checks againstthe working tree, reusing the exact commands the workflows run — never a re-implementation that can
drift from them. Where a workflow's command is inline YAML, extract it to a script both call, so
there is one definition per check.
Fast path matters: the script must be worth running before every push, so gate expensive checks on
changed paths using the existing
.github/filtersdefinitions rather than always running everything.Acceptance criteria
scripts/pr-preflight.shruns all nine reproducible required checks and reports pass/FAIL per checkNo open blocks-merge issues reference this PRis reported as skipped with a reason, not silently omittedscripts/pr-preflight_test.shcovers the new dispatch logicImplementation Order
Wave: 1
Unblocks: #15934
Umbrella: #15932