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e2e #206 /release 实测:租约 ref 实存(refs/leases/Cloudbird-Software__.github__206,commit message 合法),但 read_ref 判 NotFound → 假阴性 no-active-lease

根因(探针实测):GET /git/ref/、PATCH/DELETE /git/refs/ 三类按路径寻址端点对自定义命名空间要求相对形态——带完整 refs/ 前缀一律 404(GET)/422 Reference does not exist(DELETE);去前缀全部 200/204。%2F 编码两种形态均接受。createRef(POST body 传完整名)不受影响——claim 链路已实证。

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  • _quote_ref_path 剥离前导 refs/(附实测注释)
  • 回归测试 +1(73 tests OK)

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合并后 #206 重投 /release:预期 allow(released)且租约 ref 消失。

回滚:revert。

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  • Bug 修复
    • 优化 GitHub 提交创建流程,减少不必要的请求,提升空内容提交的稳定性与效率。
    • 修正引用路径处理逻辑,确保带标准前缀的路径能够正确编码和访问。
    • 改善无父提交及带父提交场景下的提交创建兼容性。

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GitHub 后端现在移除 refs/ 前缀后编码 ref 路径,并使用固定的 canonical empty-tree SHA 创建 commit。新增测试覆盖请求体、父提交、请求次数和路径规则。

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Ref 路径规范化
arbiter/backend.py
_quote_ref_path 在路径编码前移除 refs/ 前缀。
Canonical empty-tree commit 创建
arbiter/backend.py, tests/test_github_backend_wire.py
create_commit 不再调用 /git/trees,并使用固定的 EMPTY_TREE_SHA。回归测试覆盖无父提交和带父提交请求。

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Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 4f0dd

The ref-path normalization addresses false NotFound results, but the release flow still uses a fixed empty-tree SHA that the target repository cannot resolve; GitHub may reject commit creation and cause /release to fail. Merge should be blocked until the empty tree is created and its returned SHA is used, and the regression test is confirmed to run.

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Fix GitHub path-addressed ref handling and use canonical empty tree SHA

🐞 Bug fix 🧪 Tests 🕐 20-40 Minutes

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• Strip leading "refs/" for GitHub path-addressed ref endpoints (GET/PATCH/DELETE).
• Stop creating empty trees via POST /git/trees; use git canonical empty tree SHA.
• Add HTTP-wire regression tests to lock request shapes and prevent regressions.
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graph TD
  A["Arbiter workflows"] --> B["GitHubRefBackend"] --> C{{"GitHub REST API"}}
  B --> D("_quote_ref_path") --> C
  B --> E("create_commit") --> C
  T["Wire regression tests"] --> B

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    _svc["Service/Module"] ~~~ _fn("Function") ~~~ _ext{{"External API"}}
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The following are alternative approaches to this PR:

1. Move "refs/" stripping to each call site (per endpoint)
  • ➕ More explicit about which endpoints require relative ref names
  • ➕ Avoids surprising behavior change for any future callers of _quote_ref_path
  • ➖ Higher duplication risk (new call sites may forget the rule)
  • ➖ Harder to keep consistent across GET/PATCH/DELETE flows
2. Create a non-empty tree (dummy file) instead of using empty-tree SHA
  • ➕ Avoids relying on a constant (even though it is canonical in git)
  • ➕ Potentially easier to reason about for teams unfamiliar with git internals
  • ➖ Pollutes repo history/content with artificial blobs/paths
  • ➖ More GitHub API calls and larger payloads
3. Conditional stripping only for custom namespaces (e.g., leases/*)
  • ➕ Minimizes behavior change to the custom namespace known to be problematic
  • ➖ Encodes policy into the helper and risks missing future namespaces
  • ➖ More branching logic without clear benefit if GitHub’s rule is endpoint-wide

Recommendation: The chosen approach is reasonable: centralizing the refs/ prefix normalization in _quote_ref_path prevents repeated mistakes for path-addressed endpoints, and replacing the failing /git/trees call with Git’s canonical empty-tree SHA is the simplest and most robust way to create metadata-only commits. The added wire-level tests appropriately lock both behaviors against regression.

Files changed (2) +96 / -9

Bug fix (1) +19 / -9
backend.pyNormalize path-addressed refs and use canonical empty tree for commits +19/-9

Normalize path-addressed refs and use canonical empty tree for commits

• Strips a leading "refs/" prefix inside _quote_ref_path to satisfy GitHub GET/PATCH/DELETE path-addressed ref endpoints for custom namespaces. Introduces EMPTY_TREE_SHA and updates create_commit to reference it directly rather than attempting to create an empty tree via POST /git/trees (which GitHub rejects with 422).

arbiter/backend.py

Tests (1) +77 / -0
test_github_backend_wire.pyAdd GitHubRefBackend HTTP-wire regression tests +77/-0

Add GitHubRefBackend HTTP-wire regression tests

• Adds tests that mock GitHubRefBackend._request to ensure create_commit only calls POST /git/commits and uses EMPTY_TREE_SHA in the request body. Adds a regression test that _quote_ref_path strips "refs/" and preserves existing relative refs while still percent-encoding slashes.

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In `@tests/test_github_backend_wire.py`:
- Around line 65-66: Move the __main__ block containing unittest.main() to the
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

unittest.main() 移到文件末尾。

直接执行此文件时,unittest.main() 会在 TestQuoteRefPathWire 定义前运行。该执行方式不会运行新增的 ref 路径回归测试。将此块移到所有测试类之后。

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-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    unittest.main()
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 class TestQuoteRefPathWire(unittest.TestCase):
     ...
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+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
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In `@tests/test_github_backend_wire.py` around lines 65 - 66, Move the __main__
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tests/test_github_backend_wire.py, after the TestQuoteRefPathWire class and all
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1. Late test class skipped 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness
Description
tests/test_github_backend_wire.py calls unittest.main() before defining TestQuoteRefPathWire, so
running this module directly will not execute the ref-prefix regression test. This can silently
reduce coverage in workflows that execute test files as scripts.
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tests/test_github_backend_wire.py[R65-70]

+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
+
+
+class TestQuoteRefPathWire(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_prefix_stripped_for_path_addressed_endpoints(self):
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The module invokes unittest.main() and only afterwards defines TestQuoteRefPathWire; when executed
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### Issue description
`unittest.main()` is executed before `TestQuoteRefPathWire` is defined, so `python tests/test_github_backend_wire.py` will not run that test class.

### Issue Context
This file is a regression test meant to lock request shapes and ref path quoting behavior. It should execute all test classes when run directly.

### Fix Focus Areas
- tests/test_github_backend_wire.py[65-77]

### Suggested change
Move the `if __name__ == "__main__": unittest.main()` block to the end of the file (after `TestQuoteRefPathWire`), or move `TestQuoteRefPathWire` above the block.

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2. Parent test misses regression 🐞 Bug ☼ Reliability
Description
test_create_commit_with_parent does not fail on unexpected _request paths, so create_commit could
regress to calling /git/trees when parent is set and the test would still pass. This weakens the
intended "no /git/trees" wire-level guard.
Code

tests/test_github_backend_wire.py[R46-49]

+        def fake_request(method, path, body=None):
+            calls.append((method, path, body))
+            return 201, {"sha": "beef"}
+
Evidence
Unlike the first test which raises on any non-/git/commits call, this test’s fake_request accepts
any path and the test makes no call-count assertion; therefore unexpected extra requests would not
be detected.

tests/test_github_backend_wire.py[20-42]
tests/test_github_backend_wire.py[43-55]

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### Issue description
`test_create_commit_with_parent`'s `fake_request` returns 201 for any path, so it won't catch unexpected extra calls (e.g., `/git/trees`) or wrong request shapes when `parent` is provided.

### Issue Context
This test module’s stated purpose is to lock HTTP request shapes and prevent reintroducing `/git/trees`.

### Fix Focus Areas
- tests/test_github_backend_wire.py[43-55]

### Suggested change
Make `fake_request` in `test_create_commit_with_parent` mirror the stricter behavior of the first test:
- raise AssertionError for any path other than `/git/commits`
- assert `len(calls) == 1`
- assert `body["tree"] == GitHubRefBackend.EMPTY_TREE_SHA` and `body["parents"] == ["aaa"]`

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class TestQuoteRefPathWire(unittest.TestCase):
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1. Late test class skipped 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness

tests/test_github_backend_wire.py calls unittest.main() before defining TestQuoteRefPathWire, so
running this module directly will not execute the ref-prefix regression test. This can silently
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`unittest.main()` is executed before `TestQuoteRefPathWire` is defined, so `python tests/test_github_backend_wire.py` will not run that test class.

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This file is a regression test meant to lock request shapes and ref path quoting behavior. It should execute all test classes when run directly.

### Fix Focus Areas
- tests/test_github_backend_wire.py[65-77]

### Suggested change
Move the `if __name__ == "__main__": unittest.main()` block to the end of the file (after `TestQuoteRefPathWire`), or move `TestQuoteRefPathWire` above the block.

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Pull request overview

本 PR 修复 GitHubRefBackend 在通过“路径寻址”的 GitHub Data API 端点访问自定义命名空间 ref(如 refs/leases/...)时,由于携带 refs/ 前缀导致的 404/422,从而引发 read_ref 误判 NotFound 的问题,并补充了 HTTP 请求形状回归测试以避免同类问题回归。

Changes:

  • _quote_ref_path 增加对前导 refs/ 的剥离,保证 GET/PATCH/DELETE 这类按路径寻址端点使用相对 ref 形态。
  • create_commit 改为直接使用经典空树 SHA(不再尝试 POST /git/trees 创建空树)。
  • 新增 tests/test_github_backend_wire.py,在 mock _request 层锁定请求形状并覆盖 ref 路径编码行为。

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arbiter/backend.py 调整 ref 路径编码策略并更新空树 commit 的实现方式,以匹配 GitHub API 实际行为
tests/test_github_backend_wire.py 新增请求形状回归测试,防止再次引入错误的 GitHub API 调用/路径形态

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def _quote_ref_path(ref: str) -> str:
"""ref 路径段编码('/'→'%' 之外的保留字符按 RFC 3986 编码)。"""
"""ref 路径段编码('/'→'%' 之外的保留字符按 RFC 3986 编码)。
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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def test_create_commit_with_parent(self):
calls = []

def fake_request(method, path, body=None):
calls.append((method, path, body))
return 201, {"sha": "beef"}

b = make_backend()
with patch.object(b, "_request", side_effect=fake_request):
sha = b.create_commit("renew", parent="aaa")
self.assertEqual(sha, "beef")
self.assertEqual(calls[0][2]["parents"], ["aaa"]) # 接管=以旧租约为父
…律 404/422——e2e #206 /release 实测 no-active-lease 假阴性+探针实证;+回归测试)(W1-C2 #165,ADR-0054)
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132-140: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

不要使用固定的 EMPTY_TREE_SHA 目标仓库无法解析该 tree,GitHub API 返回 404;create_commit 可能因此返回 404 或 422,导致 /release 失败。请先通过 Git Trees API 创建空 tree,再使用返回的 SHA 创建 commit。

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In `@arbiter/backend.py` around lines 132 - 140, Update create_commit to stop
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API, capture its returned SHA, and use that SHA in the commit request while
preserving the optional parent handling.
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randypanding added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 26, 2026
清偿项(全部行为保持,裁决语义/退出码/错误通道零变化):
- kernel.adjudicate:删除防重放段无操作的 try/except InfraError: raise 纯透传
  包装(异常本就由函数级 infra 通道统一上报);防重放语义(seen ref + 台账)
  与 CasConflict→noop/replay-detected 路径逐字节不变
- kernel.EXIT_CODE:改由 EXIT_ALLOW/EXIT_DENY/EXIT_INFRA 常量组装,
  消除字面量双写(原三常量从未被引用,属死代码)
- backend.LocalGitBackend:4 处重复的 subprocess.run(git -C …) 样板收敛为
  _exec_git 单一入口;各调用方的异常包装与报错文案逐字保留
  ("git 子进程失败"/"git rev-parse 失败"两通道不合并)
- 魔法常量具名化:timeout=30×4 → GIT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS;重试 3 次/0.15s →
  LOCK_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS / LOCK_RETRY_SLEEP_SECONDS
- 函数内 import(time / urllib.request|error|parse)上提至模块顶部
  (backend.py 是静态扫描白名单中的唯一网络模块,tests/test_no_llm.py 不受限)

不动项:#2 空树 SHA 链路与 _quote_ref_path refs/ 剥离逻辑零触碰;
capabilities.yaml / AGENTS.md / ci.yml / README / tests 断言数量不减。

验证:python -m py_compile arbiter/*.py ✓;
python -m unittest discover -s tests → 73 tests OK ×2 连跑;
python -m arbiter.policy capabilities.yaml → POLICY-OK default-deny=verified。

Co-authored-by: randypanding <randypanding@users.noreply.github.com>
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