feat(manifest-check): per-validator ignore lists, forwarded by the reusable audit by hyperpolymath · Pull Request #51 · hyperpolymath/cicd-suite

hyperpolymath · 2026-10-14T13:35:57Z

Why

The manifests component runs the DEED and K9 validators over the caller's whole tree. A caller has had no way to name a file that carries a manifest extension but is not a manifest.

Measured on hyperpolymath/januskey (2026-10-14):

audits/assail-classifications.a2ml is panic-attack's suppression registry. panic-attack reads it from <target>/audits/assail-classifications.a2ml.
It fails the DEED identity check, so manifests stays red.
The validator's built-in exemption covers only .machine_readable/, and panic-attack fixes the path, so the file cannot move there.

Both validators already accept paths-ignore; manifest-check could not pass it on.

What changes

actions/manifest-check

New inputs deed-paths-ignore and k9-paths-ignore.
They are separate because the two validators' default lists differ: K9's also skips coordination.k9 and the session files. One shared list would replace both sets of defaults, so ignoring a DEED path would start K9-scanning coordination.k9.
Each validator is called once, with or without the caller's list. Composite with: always passes the key, and both validators read an empty paths-ignore as "skip nothing", so forwarding an empty input would widen the scan.
With both inputs empty, behaviour is unchanged.

.github/workflows/main-estate-audit.yml

New workflow_call inputs manifest-deed-paths-ignore and manifest-k9-paths-ignore, default empty, passed to manifest-check.
On this repository's own push and PR runs both are empty.

code-hygiene-self-test.yml: three controls on the existing bad fixtures.

A bad DEED file on the DEED list passes.
A bad K9 file on the K9 list passes.
A DEED list leaves K9 validation on: the bad K9 file still fails, and the verify step requires that failure.
The existing negatives, with no list, still fail.

README: how a caller names such a file, and why it must repeat the defaults.

Expected red until the repin: "Composite shell contract"

The gate pins in main-estate-audit.yml stay at 1aa6bfb here. This is the #48 → #49 pattern, and #48's "Composite shell contract" was red the same way.

tests/lock-transitive-closure.sh fails exactly one check: the pinned SHA "serves the current actions/ tree". This is by design ("repin when actions/** changes … fails until you do"). Until then, manifest-check@1aa6bfb does not declare the new inputs. GitHub logs them as unexpected inputs (a warning) and ignores them, so callers see no change.

The follow-up is a mechanical PR that repins the 24 gate refs to this PR's merge commit. I'll open it as soon as this merges.

Verification

Composite contract: tests/composite-shell-contract.sh PASS=28 FAIL=0.
Closure test: tests/lock-transitive-closure.sh PASS=7 FAIL=1. The one failure is the expected repin check above.
The six manifest controls, reproduced locally against deed-ecosystem f9d999b and k9-ecosystem 2155aa2 (the pinned validators):

Control Result

valid pass

bad DEED fail

bad K9 fail

bad DEED + DEED list pass

bad K9 + K9 list pass

bad K9 + DEED list fail
januskey main, with the DEED defaults plus audits/assail-classifications.a2ml:
- DEED: 28 files, 0 errors.
- K9, on its defaults: 7 files, 0 errors.
K9 has never run in januskey's audit, because the DEED failure stopped the job first.
actionlint 1.7.7: clean on main-estate-audit.yml and both templates. On code-hygiene-self-test.yml it reports only the $/actions/… form it does not recognise. That was already reported 5 times on main; it is 8 here, the three new steps.
lockfile: no change. manifest-check still reaches only deed f9d999b and k9 2155aa2.

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…usable audit The manifests check runs the DEED and K9 validators over the caller's whole tree, and a caller has had no way to name a file that carries a manifest extension but is not a manifest. Measured on hyperpolymath/januskey 2026-10-14: audits/assail-classifications.a2ml, which is panic-attack's suppression registry (read from <target>/audits/assail-classifications.a2ml), fails the DEED identity check, so `manifests` stays red. The file is neither under .machine_readable/, which the validator exempts, nor movable, because panic-attack reads that path. Both validators already take `paths-ignore`. manifest-check could not pass it on. actions/manifest-check: - New inputs `deed-paths-ignore` and `k9-paths-ignore`. They are separate because the two validators have different default lists; K9's skips coordination.k9 and the session files. One shared list would replace both sets of defaults, so ignoring a DEED path would start K9-scanning coordination.k9. - Each validator is called once, with or without the caller's list. Composite `with:` always passes a key, and both validators read an empty paths-ignore as "skip nothing", so forwarding an empty input would widen the scan. With both inputs empty, behaviour is unchanged. .github/workflows/main-estate-audit.yml: - workflow_call inputs `manifest-deed-paths-ignore` and `manifest-k9-paths-ignore` (default empty), passed to manifest-check. On this repository's own push and pull_request runs they are empty. - The gate pins stay at 1aa6bfb in this commit. Until the follow-up repin to this change's merge commit, manifest-check at 1aa6bfb does not declare the new inputs. GitHub reports them as unexpected inputs (a warning) and ignores them, and tests/lock-transitive-closure.sh fails its "serves the current actions/ tree" check by design. This is the house #48 → #49 pattern. code-hygiene-self-test.yml: three controls on the existing bad fixtures. A DEED-ignored bad DEED file passes. A K9-ignored bad K9 file passes. A DEED ignore list leaves K9 validation on, so the bad K9 file still fails. The existing negatives without a list still fail. All six outcomes reproduced locally against deed-ecosystem f9d999b and k9-ecosystem 2155aa2. README: how a caller names such a file, and why the defaults must be repeated. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Kjdf4Mf4Z41bNQh2TrsEp9

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New Features
- Manifest checks can now use separate ignore lists for DEED and K9 files. Each list matches path substrings and replaces that validator’s default exclusions when provided; leaving it unset retains the defaults.
- The reusable workflow supports passing both ignore lists.
Bug Fixes
- DEED exclusions no longer suppress K9 validation. Checks now confirm that invalid files are accepted when correctly excluded and still rejected when not excluded.

The manifest-check action now accepts separate DEED and K9 path exclusions. The reusable workflow forwards both inputs. The self-test checks that each exclusion applies to its validator and does not suppress the other validator’s checks.

Changes: Manifest path exclusions

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Action exclusion handling `actions/manifest-check/action.yml`	The action adds separate optional DEED and K9 exclusion inputs. Empty inputs retain each validator’s defaults; non-empty inputs replace them.
Workflow inputs and documentation `.github/workflows/main-estate-audit.yml`, `README.adoc`	The reusable workflow forwards both inputs. The README describes path-substring matching and explains that each list replaces its validator’s defaults when supplied.
Exclusion self-tests `.github/workflows/code-hygiene-self-test.yml`	The self-test checks that each validator accepts its ignored fixture, that a DEED exclusion does not suppress K9 validation, and that the negative controls fail.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant MainEstateAudit as main-estate-audit workflow
  participant ManifestCheck as manifest-check action
  participant DeedValidator as DEED validator
  participant K9Validator as K9 validator
  Caller->>MainEstateAudit: supplies optional exclusion inputs
  MainEstateAudit->>ManifestCheck: forwards DEED and K9 exclusions
  ManifestCheck->>DeedValidator: validates with default or supplied paths-ignore
  ManifestCheck->>K9Validator: validates with default or supplied paths-ignore

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 96405

The new ignore inputs on the reusable workflow do nothing until the action pin is updated to a revision that declares them. Existing behavior is unchanged. Repin soon after merge, or before it, so callers that set custom exclusions are not misled.

### Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 96405

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Changed systems: actions, README.adoc

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observed — actions (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
observed — README.adoc (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

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observed — Modified behavior in README.adoc: Documents the manifest-extension failure case and adds a caller example that supplies DEED ignore paths. Clarifies that DEED and K9 ignore lists independently replace their validators’ defaults, match path substrings, and retain defaults when unset.
observed — Modified behavior in actions/manifest-check/action.yml: Adds separate optional ignore-list inputs for DEED and K9. Each non-empty value replaces that validator’s default skip list; an empty value leaves its defaults in place.
observed — Modified behavior in actions/manifest-check/action.yml: Adds a comment documenting why empty ignore lists are not forwarded, and splits DEED validation into mutually exclusive empty-input and non-empty-input steps. Both retain the existing path and strict inputs; only the latter passes deed-paths-ignore as paths-ignore.
observed — Modified behavior in actions/manifest-check/action.yml: Splits K9 validation into mutually exclusive empty-input and non-empty-input steps. Both retain the existing path and strict inputs; only the latter passes k9-paths-ignore as paths-ignore.

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hyperpolymath · 2026-10-14T13:38:53Z

CI on 96405e3 matches the PR description.

Green: "Gate controls", which runs the three new ignore-list controls on a real runner. Also green: all five estate / * components, CodeQL, and the secret scans.
Red, only "Composite shell contract": tests/lock-transitive-closure.sh reports PASS=7 FAIL=1. The one failure is the by-design repin check: pins 1aa6bfb…, whose actions/ tree differs from HEAD, with only actions/manifest-check/action.yml changed (log). It clears with the follow-up repin of the 24 gate refs to this PR's merge commit, as chore(ci): repin estate audit composites to #48 (#47) #49 did for fix(formatting-check): annotate each failing path with file= #48. I'll open that PR as soon as this one merges.

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