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06682f33c6 Fix: agent workflow hardening (#70)
* fix(gateway): push the branch before QA handoff so reviewers see the latest commits

The commit content tool commits locally without pushing; only open_pr pushed
the branch. On the first submission that was fine, but a fix committed while
addressing needs_revision never reached origin (open_pr is skipped once the PR
exists), so QA — which reviews the remote PR branch — re-reviewed the stale
remote and re-failed the task on every cycle, a loop that never converged.

i_am_done now pushes the task branch (idempotent; a no-op when nothing is
unpushed) as part of the shared submit gate, covering both the normal and
resume-from-verifying paths. A push failure blocks the handoff with a clear
remediation rather than parking the task in awaiting_qa with commits that exist
only in the developer's local workspace.

* fix(orchestrator): don't reap a stale claim while the agent's container is alive

The stale-claim reaper released any claimed/in_progress task whose
last_heartbeat_at exceeded the TTL. The heartbeat only updates on certain
gateway calls, so a developer deep in a long edit/test cycle outran the TTL and
had its claim reaped mid-work — churning the task and risking a double spawn
against the still-running container.

The reaper now skips a task whose assignee still holds a live (ACTIVE) agent
instance, trusting container liveness — the ground truth — over the heartbeat
proxy. The check is defensive on missing fields so a heartbeat-only caller (and
the reaper's existing unit tests) behave exactly as before.

* fix(gateway): refuse to unblock a task while a dependency is unfinished

A PM unblock on a dependency-gated task moved it straight to in_progress,
overriding the dependency — letting a dependent proceed without its upstream's
work (e.g. a frontend task built before its UX design lands). A dependency
block is meant to clear on its own via _unblock_dependents the moment the
upstream reaches a terminal state.

unblock now refuses while any dependency is still non-terminal, returning a
clear remediation that the block resolves automatically. Manual unblock remains
available for genuine, non-dependency blockers.

* fix(gateway): release a dependency-blocked claim to pending instead of looping

A task that reached claimed/in_progress with an unfinished dependency was left
in that state when the claim guard rejected, so the orchestrator's respawn loop
kept reviving its assignee — which could make no progress — burning work for
nothing.

The claim guard now releases such a task back to pending. claimed -> blocked is
not a legal transition, so pending — held by the dispatch dependency filter — is
the lifecycle-correct resting state: the respawn loop ignores pending tasks, and
_unblock_dependents re-dispatches it once the upstream reaches a terminal state.
release_dependency_blocked_claim shares a _force_unclaim_to_pending core with
unclaim_for_reaper so both record a truthful work-session abandon reason.

* feat(security): warn at startup in header-trust mode + document the auth posture

When ROBOCO_AGENT_AUTH_REQUIRED is not enabled the API accepts the X-Agent-Id /
X-Agent-Role headers without a signed token, so any client that can reach it may
act as any role (including 'ceo'). The API now logs a clear warning at startup
in this mode, and the README gains a Security section documenting the auth
posture and how to harden it. Acceptable only on a trusted private network — do
not expose the API to untrusted networks.

* fix(workspace): scope the refresh fetch to current + default branch

ensure_workspace's healthy short-circuit ran an all-refs 'git fetch origin' to
keep every origin/<branch> ref current. On a monorepo with many accumulated
feature/* branches that exceeds the refresh timeout, the fetch silently fails,
and the workspace keeps a stale base — so an agent builds on an out-of-date
branch.

The refresh now fetches only the workspace's current branch and the repo's
default branch (resolved via origin/HEAD), with --no-tags --prune: it transfers
near-nothing and can't time out. Readers need their own branch and the default;
the integration branch is refreshed at branch-creation time.

* fix(git): refresh a dependency-blocked task's branch off the current integration tip

A cross-cell dependent (e.g. a frontend task waiting on the UX design) was
branched off a base captured before its upstream merged into the integration
branch, and the branch was never re-synced — so the agent built on a stale
snapshot with none of the upstream's work.

Two changes close the gap:
- release_dependency_blocked_claim now clears branch_name, so the re-claim
  (after the dependency clears) re-runs branch creation.
- create_branch, when the branch is already on disk with no commits of its own,
  resets it onto the freshly-pulled base — the dependent now builds on the
  current integration tip. A branch carrying real commits is left untouched, so
  no work is discarded; the cell->leaf cascade carries the upstream down to the
  dev branch automatically.

* refactor(gateway): drop the sibling-sequence claim guard

Sibling sequence no longer gates a claim. Cross-cell ordering is
enforced by task dependencies — a cell task that depends on another is
held until its upstream reaches a terminal state, a stronger,
status-aware gate than the sequence-number check. That check was
dormant in practice anyway: every fan-out child carries sequence 0, on
which the guard short-circuited. `sequence` stays a sibling-ordering /
dispatch-priority field (list_pending ordering and the panel).

Removes sibling_sequence_guard and its _earlier_blocking_sibling
helper, the now-unused skip_sequence parameter threaded through the
claim verbs, and the sibling fetch that fed it.

* feat(gateway): sort a cross-cell dependent after its upstream

When the frontend cell task is wired to depend on its UX/UI sibling, set
its sequence to the upstream's sequence + 1 so it sorts after the design
it waits on — list_pending ordering and the panel now show UX ahead of
the implementation it gates, in either delegation order.

Adds TaskService.set_sequence (the sibling-ordering field is a service
write; it carries no claim-gating semantics — dependencies gate claims).

* feat(gateway): make the backend cell depend on UX too

UX/UI design defines the screens and API contracts both implementation
cells build against, so the backend cell — not just the frontend — waits
on the UX/UI cell task in a product fan-out and sorts after it. Wires in
either delegation order: a backend task delegated after UX gets the
dependency directly; a UX task delegated after a still-pending backend
sibling retro-wires it.

Mirrors the existing frontend wiring (_depend_backend_on_ux and
_depend_pending_backends_on_ux). Backend is held by the same dependency
gate, so it costs no extra dispatch churn.

* fix(websocket): forward notification acks instead of logging them incomplete

The bridge handler serves both notification.sent and notification.acked,
but acked events carry `agent_id` (the acking agent) rather than
`recipient_id`, so every acknowledgement tripped the missing-field guard
and logged "Incomplete notification event" instead of reaching the panel.
Accept either field as the recipient.

* feat(api): hint the full UUID when a truncated task id fails validation

Agents copy the 8-character task prefix the system shows them (the commit
prefix, task summaries) and send it as task_id, which fails UUID
validation with an opaque "invalid length" 422 and wastes a call. The
request-validation handler now detects a task_id UUID error and attaches
a `remediate` hint telling the agent to retry with the full 36-character
UUID from its task envelope.

* fix(audit): record the blocked transition when a task is escalated

Escalation sets a task to blocked by writing task.status directly, which
bypassed the validated transition helper and so never emitted a
task.blocked audit row — the lifecycle moved but the Auditor saw nothing.
Extract the audit emit from the central transition helper into
_emit_status_transition_audit and call it from the escalate path,
capturing the prior status and outgoing owner before reassignment so the
row is attributed correctly.

* fix(docs): stop doubling the docs path so design specs index into RAG

The documenter sometimes hands a doc path already rooted at docs/, and
joining it onto DOCS_BASE_PATH (/app/docs) produced /app/docs/docs/...,
so the file was never found and the spec never indexed — the frontend
cell could not retrieve the UX design over RAG. Normalize the path
before joining: trust an absolute path, otherwise strip a single
redundant leading docs/ segment.

* feat(security): let the control panel authenticate in secure mode

With ROBOCO_AGENT_AUTH_REQUIRED=true every request must carry a valid
HMAC token, which locked the human control panel out — it sends role
headers but no token. nginx, the only trusted hop between the browser
and the API, now injects the CEO token on /api and /ws, so the browser
never holds the signing secret. The injected value is just the existing
per-agent token issued for the CEO identity (issue_panel_token), so the
token-verification path is unchanged. An empty value (dev/header-trust
mode) renders to no header.

`make panel-token` prints the value; set it as ROBOCO_PANEL_AGENT_TOKEN
in .env before enabling secure mode. .env.example and the README
Security section document the flow.

* chore(compose): consolidate the two compose files into one

docker-compose.yml and docker-compose.yaml had diverged: .yml — the file
Docker actually uses — carried ROBOCO_PUBLIC_BASE_URL but was missing the
/app/manifests bind-mount, while .yaml had the manifests mount but not
the base URL. Merge the union into docker-compose.yml and delete the
duplicate so there is one source of truth and no "multiple config files"
warning.

This activates the manifests mount in the deployed file: without it the
orchestrator writes per-agent tool manifests to its ephemeral container
fs, they never reach the host for the daemon to bind-mount, and agents
fall back to all-verbs registration. Drop the stale .yaml reference from
the config.py docstring, the labeler, and the CI path filters.

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Co-authored-by: Renn F <rennf93@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-06-05 16:35:22 +02:00

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"""#14: a descendant executable task is never assigned to a board/advisory role.
The main_pm -> product_owner escalation rung used to hand an in_progress child
code task to the Product Owner and mark it BLOCKED. The board has no verb to
claim/build/complete cell-executed work, so the dev's finished work deadlocked.
The guard covers every CELL-executed task type — code, documentation, AND
design — because a board role has no verb to own any of them. The shared write
primitive ``TaskService.apply_escalation`` now diverts such an escalation: the
task is released to PENDING for a role-matched cell claim instead of being
stranded on a board role.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import asyncio
from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
from uuid import uuid4
import pytest
from roboco.models.base import AgentRole, TaskStatus, TaskType, Team
from roboco.services.task import TaskService, _is_descendant_executable_task
def _bind(svc: TaskService, name: str, value: object) -> None:
object.__setattr__(svc, name, value)
def _service() -> TaskService:
session = MagicMock()
session.flush = AsyncMock()
return TaskService(session)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# _is_descendant_executable_task (pure)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_descendant_code_task_is_flagged() -> None:
task = MagicMock(parent_task_id=uuid4(), task_type=TaskType.CODE)
assert _is_descendant_executable_task(task) is True
def test_descendant_documentation_task_is_flagged() -> None:
# #14 broaden: documentation is cell-executed (documenter), not board work.
task = MagicMock(parent_task_id=uuid4(), task_type=TaskType.DOCUMENTATION)
assert _is_descendant_executable_task(task) is True
def test_descendant_design_task_is_flagged() -> None:
# #14 broaden: design is cell-executed (UX/design cell), not board work.
task = MagicMock(parent_task_id=uuid4(), task_type=TaskType.DESIGN)
assert _is_descendant_executable_task(task) is True
def test_root_code_task_is_not_descendant() -> None:
# A root task can legitimately escalate up the chain (the CEO reviews it).
task = MagicMock(parent_task_id=None, task_type=TaskType.CODE)
assert _is_descendant_executable_task(task) is False
def test_root_documentation_task_is_not_descendant() -> None:
# Roots are reviewed up the chain regardless of (executable) type.
task = MagicMock(parent_task_id=None, task_type=TaskType.DOCUMENTATION)
assert _is_descendant_executable_task(task) is False
def test_descendant_planning_task_is_not_executable() -> None:
# PLANNING routes to a PM, not a cell agent — not diverted by the guard.
task = MagicMock(parent_task_id=uuid4(), task_type=TaskType.PLANNING)
assert _is_descendant_executable_task(task) is False
def test_descendant_research_task_is_not_executable() -> None:
task = MagicMock(parent_task_id=uuid4(), task_type=TaskType.RESEARCH)
assert _is_descendant_executable_task(task) is False
def test_descendant_administrative_task_is_not_executable() -> None:
task = MagicMock(parent_task_id=uuid4(), task_type=TaskType.ADMINISTRATIVE)
assert _is_descendant_executable_task(task) is False
def test_code_task_type_as_raw_string_is_flagged() -> None:
# Detached/partially-hydrated rows may surface task_type as a raw string.
task = MagicMock(parent_task_id=uuid4(), task_type="code")
assert _is_descendant_executable_task(task) is True
def test_documentation_task_type_as_raw_string_is_flagged() -> None:
task = MagicMock(parent_task_id=uuid4(), task_type="documentation")
assert _is_descendant_executable_task(task) is True
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# apply_escalation board-role divert
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_apply_escalation_diverts_descendant_code_to_board() -> None:
svc = _service()
target_id = uuid4()
task = MagicMock(
id=uuid4(),
parent_task_id=uuid4(),
task_type=TaskType.CODE,
assigned_to=uuid4(),
blocker_raised_by=None,
status=TaskStatus.IN_PROGRESS,
)
_bind(svc, "_is_board_advisory_agent", AsyncMock(return_value=True))
release_mock = AsyncMock()
_bind(svc, "_release_code_task_to_pool", release_mock)
await svc.apply_escalation(
task=task,
target_agent_id=target_id,
escalator_slug="main-pm",
target_slug="product-owner",
reason="please review",
)
# Diverted to the pool release — NOT blocked, NOT reassigned to the board.
release_mock.assert_awaited_once()
assert task.status == TaskStatus.IN_PROGRESS # untouched by the guard branch
assert task.assigned_to != target_id
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_apply_escalation_diverts_descendant_documentation_to_board() -> None:
# #14 broaden: a descendant DOCUMENTATION task escalated to a board role is
# diverted too — the board has no verb to write/complete docs either.
svc = _service()
target_id = uuid4()
task = MagicMock(
id=uuid4(),
parent_task_id=uuid4(),
task_type=TaskType.DOCUMENTATION,
assigned_to=uuid4(),
blocker_raised_by=None,
status=TaskStatus.IN_PROGRESS,
)
_bind(svc, "_is_board_advisory_agent", AsyncMock(return_value=True))
release_mock = AsyncMock()
_bind(svc, "_release_code_task_to_pool", release_mock)
await svc.apply_escalation(
task=task,
target_agent_id=target_id,
escalator_slug="main-pm",
target_slug="head-marketing",
reason="please review docs",
)
release_mock.assert_awaited_once()
assert task.status == TaskStatus.IN_PROGRESS # untouched by the guard branch
assert task.assigned_to != target_id
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_apply_escalation_diverts_descendant_design_to_board() -> None:
# #14 broaden: a descendant DESIGN task escalated to a board role is diverted.
svc = _service()
target_id = uuid4()
task = MagicMock(
id=uuid4(),
parent_task_id=uuid4(),
task_type=TaskType.DESIGN,
assigned_to=uuid4(),
blocker_raised_by=None,
status=TaskStatus.IN_PROGRESS,
)
_bind(svc, "_is_board_advisory_agent", AsyncMock(return_value=True))
release_mock = AsyncMock()
_bind(svc, "_release_code_task_to_pool", release_mock)
await svc.apply_escalation(
task=task,
target_agent_id=target_id,
escalator_slug="ux-pm",
target_slug="product-owner",
reason="please review design",
)
release_mock.assert_awaited_once()
assert task.status == TaskStatus.IN_PROGRESS
assert task.assigned_to != target_id
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_apply_escalation_blocks_descendant_planning_to_board() -> None:
# PLANNING is NOT a cell-executed type — the guard does not divert it even to
# a board target, so it follows the normal block+reassign path.
svc = _service()
target_id = uuid4()
task = MagicMock(
id=uuid4(),
parent_task_id=uuid4(),
task_type=TaskType.PLANNING,
assigned_to=uuid4(),
blocker_raised_by=None,
dev_notes=None,
status=TaskStatus.IN_PROGRESS,
)
board_check = AsyncMock(return_value=True)
_bind(svc, "_is_board_advisory_agent", board_check)
release_mock = AsyncMock()
_bind(svc, "_release_code_task_to_pool", release_mock)
await svc.apply_escalation(
task=task,
target_agent_id=target_id,
escalator_slug="main-pm",
target_slug="product-owner",
reason="planning review",
)
release_mock.assert_not_called()
assert task.status == TaskStatus.BLOCKED
assert task.assigned_to == target_id
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_apply_escalation_proceeds_for_non_board_target() -> None:
svc = _service()
target_id = uuid4()
task = MagicMock(
id=uuid4(),
parent_task_id=uuid4(),
task_type=TaskType.CODE,
assigned_to=uuid4(),
blocker_raised_by=None,
dev_notes=None,
status=TaskStatus.IN_PROGRESS,
)
_bind(svc, "_is_board_advisory_agent", AsyncMock(return_value=False))
release_mock = AsyncMock()
_bind(svc, "_release_code_task_to_pool", release_mock)
await svc.apply_escalation(
task=task,
target_agent_id=target_id,
escalator_slug="be-pm",
target_slug="main-pm",
reason="cell blocked",
)
# Normal escalation: blocked + reassigned to the (non-board) target.
release_mock.assert_not_called()
assert task.status == TaskStatus.BLOCKED
assert task.assigned_to == target_id
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_apply_escalation_blocks_root_code_task_to_board_target() -> None:
# A ROOT code task is not a descendant — the guard does not fire even when
# the target is a board role (the CEO/board reviews roots legitimately).
svc = _service()
target_id = uuid4()
task = MagicMock(
id=uuid4(),
parent_task_id=None,
task_type=TaskType.CODE,
assigned_to=uuid4(),
blocker_raised_by=None,
dev_notes=None,
status=TaskStatus.IN_PROGRESS,
)
board_check = AsyncMock(return_value=True)
_bind(svc, "_is_board_advisory_agent", board_check)
release_mock = AsyncMock()
_bind(svc, "_release_code_task_to_pool", release_mock)
await svc.apply_escalation(
task=task,
target_agent_id=target_id,
escalator_slug="main-pm",
target_slug="product-owner",
reason="root review",
)
# Guard short-circuits on _is_descendant_executable_task BEFORE the board
# check, so a root task escalates normally.
board_check.assert_not_called()
release_mock.assert_not_called()
assert task.status == TaskStatus.BLOCKED
assert task.assigned_to == target_id
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_release_code_task_to_pool_sets_pending_and_clears_assignee() -> None:
svc = _service()
task = MagicMock(
id=uuid4(),
assigned_to=uuid4(),
claimed_by=uuid4(),
active_claimant_id=uuid4(),
dev_notes="prior",
status=TaskStatus.IN_PROGRESS,
)
await svc._release_code_task_to_pool(
task=task,
escalator_slug="main-pm",
blocked_target_slug="product-owner",
reason="cannot own code",
)
assert task.status == TaskStatus.PENDING
assert task.assigned_to is None
assert task.claimed_by is None
assert task.active_claimant_id is None
assert "ESCALATION REDIRECTED" in task.dev_notes
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_is_board_advisory_agent_classifies_roles() -> None:
for role, expected in [
(AgentRole.PRODUCT_OWNER, True),
(AgentRole.HEAD_MARKETING, True),
(AgentRole.AUDITOR, True),
(AgentRole.MAIN_PM, False),
(AgentRole.CELL_PM, False),
(AgentRole.DEVELOPER, False),
]:
session = MagicMock()
result = MagicMock()
result.scalar_one_or_none = MagicMock(return_value=role)
session.execute = AsyncMock(return_value=result)
svc = TaskService(session)
assert await svc._is_board_advisory_agent(uuid4()) is expected
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_apply_escalation_emits_blocked_audit_event() -> None:
"""A non-divert escalation sets BLOCKED and MUST record a task.blocked audit
row. The escalate path sets status directly (bypassing the validated
transition), and used to skip the audit log entirely."""
svc = _service()
task = MagicMock(
id=uuid4(),
parent_task_id=uuid4(),
task_type=TaskType.PLANNING, # not cell-executed → never diverted
assigned_to=uuid4(),
claimed_by=uuid4(),
blocker_raised_by=None,
dev_notes="",
team=Team.BACKEND,
status=TaskStatus.IN_PROGRESS,
)
_bind(svc, "_is_board_advisory_agent", AsyncMock(return_value=False))
audit_mock = MagicMock(log_task_event=AsyncMock())
with patch("roboco.services.audit.get_audit_service", return_value=audit_mock):
await svc.apply_escalation(
task=task,
target_agent_id=uuid4(),
escalator_slug="be-pm",
target_slug="main-pm",
reason="needs a decision",
)
# Drain the fire-and-forget audit task so the assertion sees the call.
pending = list(svc._background_tasks)
if pending:
await asyncio.gather(*pending, return_exceptions=True)
assert task.status == TaskStatus.BLOCKED
audit_mock.log_task_event.assert_awaited_once()
kwargs = audit_mock.log_task_event.await_args.kwargs
assert kwargs["event_type"] == "task.blocked"
assert kwargs["details"]["from_status"] == "in_progress"
assert kwargs["details"]["to_status"] == "blocked"