fix(workflow): a ready triage verdict that mentions needs-human ends the run before claim #1561

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2. Birfy commented on Oct 28, 2026

   

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   Two implementation notes, so the pull request does not go red on something outside the defect:

   • arch-docs. docs/subsystems/workflow.md owns everything under plugins/workflow/, and it describes how a node settles and when a run ends. If the fix changes the end-of-run rule, update that page in the same pull request (the early-end paragraph), or carry a Docs-not-needed: trailer in both the branch commit and the body.
   • A bypass that works today, for reading only. #1462, assigned after this issue, judged agent-ready and reached claim because its triage reply never wrote the marker word. That confirms the defect is the prose scan and not the routing itself: the graph edge triage → claim on state = ready is fine.

   Scope is the one in the body: decide the early end from the node's declared outputs, not from the reply text.
3. Birfy commented on Oct 28, 2026

   

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   Judged on main 176d33d0 (2026-10-28 06:46Z): labels bug + area:automation, no assignee, no pull request names this issue.

   The defect is real, and already being fixed. checkEarlyEnd() (plugins/workflow/src/graph.js:429-445) lowercases the whole reply body and ends the run on lowerText.includes('needs-human'); completeNode() (:629-643) then returns finished: true, started: [] before loopDecision(), so claim never starts. The same ten lines are under open PR #1553 (Fixes #1546, head 37ce0841, risk:T2, five files: graph.js, early-end-signal.test.js, claim-and-needs-human.test.js, docs/subsystems/workflow.md, changelog.d/1546.fixed.md). Its tests-ok is green (15 check runs, all success); enqueue-guard is red for one reason only — no Verifier report names the tip 37ce0841 — so it is one Reviewer PASS away from the queue. #1546 was triaged agent-ready at 04:07Z and #1553 opened at 04:10Z, so this issue was filed while the fix was already in review.

   needs-info, not agent-ready: a second run would cut a branch on the same lines of checkEarlyEnd() and produce the second pull request that "one issue, one PR" forbids (AGENTS.md → Owner decision). #1553's predicate already covers acceptance (a) here — quoting, negating or reporting needs-human / already claimed in prose no longer ends a run, and a declared output that equals the marker still does; (b)'s needs-human and #1537's already-claimed keep working, decided by the output value.

   The one item #1553 does not cover — (b)'s needs-info. Its marker set is ['needs-human', 'already-claimed'], so a triage verdict of state: needs-info still walks on to claim. That is the whole remaining delta: one entry in EARLY_END_MARKERS, one red-first case (advance() with outputs: { state: 'needs-info' } → run.earlyEnd === 'needs-info', claim not running, status settled), the docs/subsystems/workflow.md sentence, and changelog.d/1561.fixed.md. Tier stays T2 (plugins/workflow/src/**), so it needs a PASS at its tip and green tests-ok.

   Suggested order (not a label call I can make): let #1553 land on its PASS, then shrink this issue to the needs-info delta — or fold that delta into #1553's branch if Dev-4 can push it, which we cannot do ourselves (HugoXK/FlyBot is a fork). Close this issue as a duplicate of #1546 once the marker set covers needs-info, or keep it as the follow-up home.

   Label change: added needs-info. No other label touched.
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5. Birfy commented on Oct 28, 2026

   

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   Closing as a duplicate of #1546. Triage was right and I was wrong to open it: I searched for earlyEnd, "early end" and "before claim" but not for the defect's own wording, and the fix was already in review.

   What I verified before closing:

   • PR fix(workflow): end a run early only on a structured early-end signal (#1546) #1553 (Fixes #1546, head 37ce0841) rewrites this exact function: EARLY_END_MARKERS = ['needs-human', 'already-claimed'], and it ends the run only when an output value is exactly a marker or when a reply line is exactly Early-End <marker>. Prose that quotes, negates or reports a marker no longer stops anything — which is exactly the fix(workflow): the node inspector's Tools field selects connectors, but nothing on screen says so #1520 case (triage output state: ready, prose said "removed needs-info/needs-human").
   • No remaining gap for this issue. Triage noted state: needs-info would no longer end a run early. That is not a hole: the graph already has the triage → escalate else edge, so a non-ready verdict goes to the escalate node, which is where the label and the closing comment belong. Ending the run before that edge was the workaround, not the design.
   • Blocking effect is understood and bounded: until fix(workflow): end a run early only on a structured early-end signal (#1546) #1553 merges, an issue run whose triage prose names the marker still ends before claim. fix(workflow): the node inspector's Tools field selects connectors, but nothing on screen says so #1520 is the live example and will be re-assigned once fix(workflow): end a run early only on a structured early-end signal (#1546) #1553 is in main.

   #1553 is in the PR queue. Nothing else is needed here.
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   closed this as not plannedon Oct 28, 2026