fix(#3840): reject a malformed feature order instead of coercing it (#3851)

* fix(#3840): reject a malformed feature `order` instead of coercing it

`scripts/gen-features.cjs` was the one field validated by coercion rather than
by shape. `Number('')` is 0, and `0x10`, `0b11`, `0o17`, `1e3`, `1.` and `.5`
all coerce to finite numbers, so a fragment declaring a bare `order:` sorted to
position 0 -- ahead of every real feature, in both the body and the generated
table of contents -- with zero violations, a clean `--check` and `--write`
exiting 0. That is a fail-open in a gate whose entire contract is a typed
violation rather than a silent guess.

`order` is now shape-checked against an optionally-signed decimal literal
before coercion, mirroring how ID_RE guards `id`. The finite check stays: the
regex alone would admit a literal long enough to overflow to Infinity.

Surfaced by re-running the feature-implementation directive's design and QA
steps against the code merged in #3845, which shipped without them.

Refs #3840

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore(#3840): backfill changeset PR number

Refs #3840

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: sim <sim@local>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Tom Boucher
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4 changed files with 205 additions and 3 deletions

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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
---
type: Fixed
pr: 3851
---
**A feature fragment declaring a malformed `order:` no longer sorts silently to the top of `docs/FEATURES.md`** — the generator validated that field by coercion, so an empty value read as `0` and hex, octal, binary and exponential values read as numbers, all placing the section ahead of every real feature with no violation and a clean `--check`. (#3840)

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@@ -361,7 +361,13 @@ shared file, so there is nothing to collide on.
`docs/features/_groups/<slug>.md`, which a feature PR never touches.
4. **`order` is optional.** It defaults to the numeric part of `id`, which is
right for almost everything. Declare it only to place a section somewhere its
number would not put it (`27b` precedes `27a` for historical reasons).
number would not put it (`27b` precedes `27a` for historical reasons). When
declared it must be an optionally-signed integer or decimal — `27`, `0`,
`-1`, `+3`, `27.2`. Anything else is an `order_invalid` violation, including
an empty value, a hex/binary/octal literal and exponential notation: all of
those coerce to a finite number under JavaScript's `Number()`, so before
#3840 a bare `order:` sorted the section to position 0 — ahead of every real
feature — with no violation and a clean `--check`.
5. **Bodies start at `####`.** A `##` or `###` inside a fragment body would
forge a group or a sibling section with no id and no TOC entry; `--check`
rejects it (`body_heading_too_shallow`).

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@@ -165,6 +165,20 @@ const GROUP_NOTE_FIELDS = Object.freeze(['group']);
*/
const ID_RE = /^(?:0|[1-9][0-9]*)(?:\.[0-9]+|[a-z])?$/;
/**
* A legal explicit `order`: an optionally-signed decimal literal.
*
* `order` was the only field validated by COERCION rather than by shape, and
* `Number()` is far more liberal than a docs ordering field has reason to be:
* `Number('')` and `Number(' ')` are 0, and `0x10`, `0b11`, `0o17`, `1e3`, `1.`
* and `.5` all coerce to finite numbers. A fragment declaring `order:` with
* nothing after it therefore sorted to position 0 — ahead of every real
* feature — with no violation and exit 0, in a gate whose whole contract is a
* typed violation rather than a silent guess. Shape first, then coerce,
* mirroring how ID_RE guards `id`.
*/
const ORDER_RE = /^[+-]?(?:0|[1-9][0-9]*)(?:\.[0-9]+)?$/;
/** The fragment filename shape: a kebab slug, mirroring `docs/adr/`'s rule. */
const FRAGMENT_FILENAME_RE = /^[a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*\.md$/;
@@ -407,7 +421,10 @@ function readCorpus() {
let order = defaultOrder(data.id);
if (data.order !== undefined) {
order = Number(data.order);
if (!Number.isFinite(order)) {
// Both guards are load-bearing: the regex rejects the shapes `Number`
// would silently accept, and `isFinite` still catches a well-shaped
// literal long enough to overflow to Infinity.
if (!ORDER_RE.test(data.order) || !Number.isFinite(order)) {
add(REASON.ORDER_INVALID, rel, { order: data.order });
continue;
}
@@ -620,7 +637,7 @@ function describeViolation(v) {
case REASON.ID_DUPLICATE:
return `${v.file}: id '${v.id}' is already used by ${v.first} — pick another (any unique id is legal)`;
case REASON.ORDER_INVALID:
return `${v.file}: order '${v.order}' is not a finite number`;
return `${v.file}: order '${v.order}' is not a decimal number (an optionally-signed integer or decimal)`;
case REASON.ANCHOR_DUPLICATE:
return `${v.file}: anchor '#${v.anchor}' collides with ${v.first}`;
case REASON.BODY_EMPTY:

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@@ -571,6 +571,180 @@ describe('gen-features CLI', () => {
assert.deepEqual(reasonsIn(report(root)), [REASON.ORDER_INVALID]);
});
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// `order` validation (#3840 follow-up): `Number()` coercion is far more
// liberal than a docs ordering field has reason to be. `Number('')` is 0,
// and `0x10`, `0b11`, `0o17`, `1e3`, `1.` and `.5` all coerce to finite
// numbers — so a fragment declaring `order:` with nothing after it sorted
// to position 0, ahead of every real feature, with zero violations.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
test('an empty order is rejected, not coerced to zero', (t) => {
const root = makeRepo(t, {
'a.md': fragment('1', 'A', 'G', '**Purpose:** x.', { order: '' }),
});
assert.deepEqual(reasonsIn(report(root)), [REASON.ORDER_INVALID]);
});
test('a bare `order:` line is rejected too — the shape an author actually types', (t) => {
// The reject rows above build `order` through renderFrontmatter, which
// emits the QUOTED-empty form `order: ""`. A human types the bare form.
// Both converge to '' at the validator; this pins that they do, so a
// change to parseScalar's quoted branch cannot quietly split them.
for (const line of ['order:', 'order: ']) {
const root = makeRepo(t, {
'a.md': `---\nid: 1\ntitle: A\ngroup: G\n${line}\n---\n\n**Purpose:** x.\n`,
});
assert.deepEqual(reasonsIn(report(root)), [REASON.ORDER_INVALID], line);
}
});
test('a non-decimal radix order is rejected', (t) => {
for (const order of ['0x10', '0b11', '0o17']) {
const root = makeRepo(t, {
'a.md': fragment('1', 'A', 'G', '**Purpose:** x.', { order }),
});
assert.deepEqual(reasonsIn(report(root)), [REASON.ORDER_INVALID], `order: ${order}`);
}
});
test('an exponential order is rejected', (t) => {
const root = makeRepo(t, {
'a.md': fragment('1', 'A', 'G', '**Purpose:** x.', { order: '1e3' }),
});
assert.deepEqual(reasonsIn(report(root)), [REASON.ORDER_INVALID]);
});
test('a malformed decimal order is rejected', (t) => {
for (const order of ['1.', '.5']) {
const root = makeRepo(t, {
'a.md': fragment('1', 'A', 'G', '**Purpose:** x.', { order }),
});
assert.deepEqual(reasonsIn(report(root)), [REASON.ORDER_INVALID], `order: ${order}`);
}
});
test('Infinity, NaN and separators stay rejected', (t) => {
// Regression pin: these already fail today under plain Number() coercion
// and must keep failing once order is validated by shape as well.
for (const order of ['Infinity', 'NaN', '1_0']) {
const root = makeRepo(t, {
'a.md': fragment('1', 'A', 'G', '**Purpose:** x.', { order }),
});
assert.deepEqual(reasonsIn(report(root)), [REASON.ORDER_INVALID], `order: ${order}`);
}
});
test('an order that overflows to Infinity is rejected', (t) => {
// The regex alone would admit this shape; the finite guard must still fire.
const root = makeRepo(t, {
'a.md': fragment('1', 'A', 'G', '**Purpose:** x.', { order: '1'.repeat(400) }),
});
assert.deepEqual(reasonsIn(report(root)), [REASON.ORDER_INVALID]);
});
test('accepts a plain integer order', (t) => {
const root = makeRepo(t, {
'a.md': fragment('5', 'A', 'G', '**Purpose:** x.', { order: '27' }),
'b.md': fragment('1', 'B', 'G'),
});
assert.deepEqual(report(root).violations, []);
run(root, ['--write']);
const doc = fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, 'docs', 'FEATURES.md'), 'utf8');
// order 27 > B's default order (1), so A must render after B.
assert.equal(doc.indexOf('### 5.') > doc.indexOf('### 1.'), true);
});
test('accepts an explicit zero order', (t) => {
const root = makeRepo(t, {
'a.md': fragment('5', 'A', 'G', '**Purpose:** x.', { order: '0' }),
'b.md': fragment('9', 'B', 'G'),
});
assert.deepEqual(report(root).violations, []);
run(root, ['--write']);
const doc = fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, 'docs', 'FEATURES.md'), 'utf8');
// order 0 < B's default order (9), so A must render before B.
assert.equal(doc.indexOf('### 5.') < doc.indexOf('### 9.'), true);
});
test('accepts a negative order', (t) => {
const root = makeRepo(t, {
'a.md': fragment('5', 'A', 'G', '**Purpose:** x.', { order: '-1' }),
'b.md': fragment('1', 'B', 'G'),
});
assert.deepEqual(report(root).violations, []);
run(root, ['--write']);
const doc = fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, 'docs', 'FEATURES.md'), 'utf8');
// order -1 < B's default order (1), so A must render before B.
assert.equal(doc.indexOf('### 5.') < doc.indexOf('### 1.'), true);
});
test('accepts a leading-plus order', (t) => {
const root = makeRepo(t, {
'a.md': fragment('5', 'A', 'G', '**Purpose:** x.', { order: '+3' }),
'b.md': fragment('1', 'B', 'G'),
'c.md': fragment('10', 'C', 'G'),
});
assert.deepEqual(report(root).violations, []);
run(root, ['--write']);
const doc = fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, 'docs', 'FEATURES.md'), 'utf8');
// order +3 sits between B's default order (1) and C's default order (10).
assert.equal(doc.indexOf('### 1.') < doc.indexOf('### 5.'), true);
assert.equal(doc.indexOf('### 5.') < doc.indexOf('### 10.'), true);
});
test('a quoted numeric order is accepted after unquoting', (t) => {
// Built by writing the raw fragment text so the frontmatter line literally
// reads `order: "27.2"`, rather than going through the `fragment()` helper
// (which would double-quote a JS string value).
const root = makeRepo(t, {
'a.md': '---\nid: 5\ntitle: A\ngroup: G\norder: "27.2"\n---\n\n**Purpose:** x.\n',
'b.md': fragment('1', 'B', 'G'),
});
assert.deepEqual(report(root).violations, []);
run(root, ['--write']);
const doc = fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, 'docs', 'FEATURES.md'), 'utf8');
// order 27.2 > B's default order (1), so A must render after B.
assert.equal(doc.indexOf('### 5.') > doc.indexOf('### 1.'), true);
});
test('an invalid id short-circuits before order validation', (t) => {
const root = makeRepo(t, {
'a.md': fragment('12ab', 'A', 'G', '**Purpose:** x.', { order: '' }),
});
assert.deepEqual(reasonsIn(report(root)), [REASON.ID_INVALID]);
});
test('an invalid order short-circuits before the body check', (t) => {
const root = makeRepo(t, {
'a.md': fragment('1', 'A', 'G', '', { order: '' }),
});
assert.deepEqual(reasonsIn(report(root)), [REASON.ORDER_INVALID]);
});
test('each malformed order is reported per file', (t) => {
const root = makeRepo(t, {
'a.md': fragment('1', 'A', 'G', '**Purpose:** x.', { order: '' }),
'b.md': fragment('2', 'B', 'G', '**Purpose:** x.', { order: '' }),
});
const rep = report(root);
assert.equal(rep.violations.length, 2);
const files = rep.violations.map((v) => v.file).sort();
assert.deepEqual(files, ['docs/features/a.md', 'docs/features/b.md']);
});
test('a malformed order refuses the write rather than reordering the document', (t) => {
const root = makeRepo(t, {
'a.md': fragment('1', 'A', 'G'),
'b.md': fragment('2', 'B', 'G'),
'c.md': fragment('900', 'C', 'G', '**Purpose:** x.', { order: '' }),
});
const before = fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, 'docs', 'FEATURES.md'), 'utf8');
assert.equal(run(root, ['--write']).exitCode, 1);
const after = fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, 'docs', 'FEATURES.md'), 'utf8');
assert.equal(after, before);
});
test('an explicit order overrides the id-derived default', (t) => {
const root = makeRepo(t, {
'a.md': fragment('27', 'A', 'G'),