// allow-test-rule: source-text-is-the-product // Workflow .md / agent .md / command .md / reference .md files — their text // IS what the runtime loads. Testing text content tests the deployed contract. // Per CONTRIBUTING.md exception matrix. /** * MSD Tools Tests - frontmatter CLI integration * * Integration tests for the 4 frontmatter subcommands (get, set, merge, validate) * exercised through msd-tools.cjs via execSync. * * Each test creates its own temp file, runs the CLI command, asserts output, * and cleans up in afterEach (per-test cleanup with individual temp files). */ const { test, describe, afterEach } = require('node:test'); const assert = require('node:assert/strict'); const fs = require('fs'); const path = require('path'); const os = require('os'); const { runNode } = require('./helpers/process-seam.cjs'); const { toLegacyResult } = require('./helpers/git-fixture.cjs'); const { PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS } = require('./helpers/timeouts.cjs'); const { runMsdTools, parseFrontmatter } = require('./helpers.cjs'); // Track temp files for cleanup let tempFiles = []; function writeTempFile(content) { const tmpFile = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `msd-fm-test-${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)}.md`); fs.writeFileSync(tmpFile, content, 'utf-8'); tempFiles.push(tmpFile); return tmpFile; } afterEach(() => { for (const f of tempFiles) { try { fs.unlinkSync(f); } catch { /* already cleaned */ } } tempFiles = []; }); // ─── frontmatter get ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── describe('frontmatter get', () => { test('returns all fields as JSON', () => { const file = writeTempFile('---\nphase: 01\nplan: 01\ntype: execute\n---\nbody text'); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'get', file]); assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.strictEqual(parsed.phase, '01'); assert.strictEqual(parsed.plan, '01'); assert.strictEqual(parsed.type, 'execute'); }); test('returns specific field with --field', () => { const file = writeTempFile('---\nphase: 01\nplan: 02\ntype: tdd\n---\nbody'); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'get', file, '--field', 'phase']); assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.strictEqual(parsed.phase, '01'); }); test('returns error for missing field', () => { const file = writeTempFile('---\nphase: 01\n---\n'); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'get', file, '--field', 'nonexistent']); // The command succeeds (exit 0) but returns an error object in JSON assert.ok(result.success, 'Command should exit 0'); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.ok(parsed.error, 'Should have error field'); assert.ok(parsed.error.includes('Field not found'), 'Error should mention "Field not found"'); }); test('returns error for missing file', () => { const result = runMsdTools('frontmatter get /nonexistent/path/file.md'); assert.ok(result.success, 'Command should exit 0 with error JSON'); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.ok(parsed.error, 'Should have error field'); }); test('handles file with no frontmatter', () => { const file = writeTempFile('Plain text with no frontmatter delimiters.'); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'get', file]); assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.deepStrictEqual(parsed, {}, 'Should return empty object for no frontmatter'); }); }); // ─── frontmatter set ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── describe('frontmatter set', () => { test('updates existing field', () => { const file = writeTempFile('---\nphase: 01\ntype: execute\n---\nbody'); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'set', file, '--field', 'phase', '--value', '02']); assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`); // Read back and verify const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8'); const { extractFrontmatter } = require('../msd-core/bin/lib/frontmatter.cjs'); const fm = extractFrontmatter(content); assert.strictEqual(fm.phase, '02'); }); test('adds new field', () => { const file = writeTempFile('---\nphase: 01\n---\nbody'); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'set', file, '--field', 'status', '--value', 'active']); assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`); const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8'); const { extractFrontmatter } = require('../msd-core/bin/lib/frontmatter.cjs'); const fm = extractFrontmatter(content); assert.strictEqual(fm.status, 'active'); }); test('handles JSON array value', () => { const file = writeTempFile('---\nphase: 01\n---\nbody'); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'set', file, '--field', 'tags', '--value', '["a","b"]']); assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`); const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8'); const { extractFrontmatter } = require('../msd-core/bin/lib/frontmatter.cjs'); const fm = extractFrontmatter(content); assert.ok(Array.isArray(fm.tags), 'tags should be an array'); assert.deepStrictEqual(fm.tags, ['a', 'b']); }); test('returns error for missing file', () => { const result = runMsdTools('frontmatter set /nonexistent/file.md --field phase --value "01"'); assert.ok(result.success, 'Command should exit 0 with error JSON'); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.ok(parsed.error, 'Should have error field'); }); test('preserves body content after set', () => { const bodyText = '\n\n# My Heading\n\nSome paragraph with special chars: $, %, &.'; const file = writeTempFile('---\nphase: 01\n---' + bodyText); runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'set', file, '--field', 'phase', '--value', '02']); const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8'); assert.ok(content.includes('# My Heading'), 'heading should be preserved'); assert.ok(content.includes('Some paragraph with special chars: $, %, &.'), 'body content should be preserved'); }); }); // ─── frontmatter merge ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── describe('frontmatter merge', () => { test('merges multiple fields into frontmatter', () => { const file = writeTempFile('---\nphase: 01\n---\nbody'); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'merge', file, '--data', '{"plan":"02","type":"tdd"}']); assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`); const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8'); const { extractFrontmatter } = require('../msd-core/bin/lib/frontmatter.cjs'); const fm = extractFrontmatter(content); assert.strictEqual(fm.phase, '01', 'original field should be preserved'); assert.strictEqual(fm.plan, '02', 'merged field should be present'); assert.strictEqual(fm.type, 'tdd', 'merged field should be present'); }); test('overwrites existing fields on conflict', () => { const file = writeTempFile('---\nphase: 01\ntype: execute\n---\nbody'); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'merge', file, '--data', '{"phase":"02"}']); assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`); const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8'); const { extractFrontmatter } = require('../msd-core/bin/lib/frontmatter.cjs'); const fm = extractFrontmatter(content); assert.strictEqual(fm.phase, '02', 'conflicting field should be overwritten'); assert.strictEqual(fm.type, 'execute', 'non-conflicting field should be preserved'); }); test('returns error for missing file', () => { const result = runMsdTools(`frontmatter merge /nonexistent/file.md --data '{"phase":"01"}'`); assert.ok(result.success, 'Command should exit 0 with error JSON'); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.ok(parsed.error, 'Should have error field'); }); test('returns error for invalid JSON data', () => { const file = writeTempFile('---\nphase: 01\n---\nbody'); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'merge', file, '--data', 'not json']); // cmdFrontmatterMerge calls error() which exits with code 1 assert.ok(!result.success, 'Command should fail with non-zero exit code'); assert.ok(result.error.includes('Invalid JSON'), 'Error should mention invalid JSON'); }); }); // ─── frontmatter validate ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── describe('frontmatter validate', () => { test('reports valid for complete plan frontmatter', () => { const content = `--- phase: 01 plan: 01 type: execute wave: 1 depends_on: [] files_modified: [src/auth.ts] autonomous: true must_haves: truths: - "All tests pass" --- body`; const file = writeTempFile(content); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'validate', file, '--schema', 'plan']); assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.strictEqual(parsed.valid, true, 'Should be valid'); assert.deepStrictEqual(parsed.missing, [], 'No fields should be missing'); assert.strictEqual(parsed.schema, 'plan'); }); test('reports invalid with missing fields', () => { const file = writeTempFile('---\nphase: 01\n---\nbody'); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'validate', file, '--schema', 'plan']); assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.strictEqual(parsed.valid, false, 'Should be invalid'); assert.ok(parsed.missing.length > 0, 'Should have missing fields'); // plan schema requires: phase, plan, type, wave, depends_on, files_modified, autonomous, must_haves // phase is present, so 7 should be missing assert.strictEqual(parsed.missing.length, 7, 'Should have 7 missing required fields'); assert.ok(parsed.missing.includes('plan'), 'plan should be in missing'); assert.ok(parsed.missing.includes('type'), 'type should be in missing'); assert.ok(parsed.missing.includes('must_haves'), 'must_haves should be in missing'); }); test('validates against summary schema', () => { const content = `--- phase: 01 plan: 01 subsystem: testing tags: [unit-tests, yaml] duration: 5min completed: 2026-02-25 --- body`; const file = writeTempFile(content); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'validate', file, '--schema', 'summary']); assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.strictEqual(parsed.valid, true, 'Should be valid for summary schema'); assert.strictEqual(parsed.schema, 'summary'); }); test('validates against verification schema', () => { const content = `--- phase: 01 verified: 2026-02-25 status: passed score: 5/5 --- body`; const file = writeTempFile(content); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'validate', file, '--schema', 'verification']); assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.strictEqual(parsed.valid, true, 'Should be valid for verification schema'); assert.strictEqual(parsed.schema, 'verification'); }); test('returns error for unknown schema', () => { const file = writeTempFile('---\nphase: 01\n---\n'); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'validate', file, '--schema', 'unknown']); // cmdFrontmatterValidate calls error() which exits with code 1 assert.ok(!result.success, 'Command should fail with non-zero exit code'); assert.ok(result.error.includes('Unknown schema'), 'Error should mention unknown schema'); }); // #2847 review finding: a bare FRONTMATTER_SCHEMAS[schemaName] lookup resolves // prototype-chain keys to Object.prototype members instead of undefined, so the // `!schema` guard never fires and the command crashes with an uncaught TypeError // ("Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'filter')") and a stack trace // instead of reporting "Unknown schema". Now that --schema is an agent-bound // variable ($SCHEMA in agents/msd-planner.md's validate_plan step) rather than a // fixed literal, this is reachable from prompt state. for (const schemaName of ['__proto__', 'constructor', 'toString', 'hasOwnProperty', 'valueOf']) { test(`--schema ${schemaName} reports Unknown schema, not a crash`, () => { const file = writeTempFile('---\nphase: 01\n---\n'); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'validate', file, '--schema', schemaName]); assert.ok(!result.success, `--schema ${schemaName} should fail with a non-zero exit code, not crash`); assert.ok( result.error.includes('Unknown schema'), `--schema ${schemaName} error should be "Unknown schema...", not a TypeError stack trace; got: ${result.error}` ); assert.ok( !result.error.includes('TypeError') && !result.error.includes('Cannot read properties'), `--schema ${schemaName} must not surface a raw TypeError; got: ${result.error}` ); }); } test('returns error for missing file', () => { const result = runMsdTools('frontmatter validate /nonexistent/file.md --schema plan'); assert.ok(result.success, 'Command should exit 0 with error JSON'); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.ok(parsed.error, 'Should have error field'); }); }); // ─── frontmatter validate: plan-gap-closure schema (#2847) ─────────────────── // // Regression coverage for #2847: "--gaps does not load planner-gap-closure.md, // so generated gap plans may miss gap_closure metadata". A gap-closure plan // with every other required field but no `gap_closure` used to report // `valid: true` against the only schema the planner validated against // (`plan`). Row 1 below is the failing-first regression test: it fails on // pre-fix `FRONTMATTER_SCHEMAS` (no `plan-gap-closure` key exists — the CLI // exits 1 with "Unknown schema: plan-gap-closure") and passes after the fix. describe('frontmatter validate: plan-gap-closure schema (#2847)', () => { const PLAN_BODY_NO_GAP_CLOSURE = `--- phase: 01 plan: 01 type: execute wave: 1 depends_on: [] files_modified: [src/auth.ts] autonomous: true must_haves: truths: - "All tests pass" --- body`; // Row 1 — failing-first regression test. test('rejects plan-gap-closure frontmatter missing gap_closure (#2847)', () => { const file = writeTempFile(PLAN_BODY_NO_GAP_CLOSURE); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'validate', file, '--schema', 'plan-gap-closure']); assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.strictEqual(parsed.valid, false, 'Should be invalid: gap_closure is missing'); assert.ok(parsed.missing.includes('gap_closure'), 'gap_closure should be reported missing'); assert.strictEqual(parsed.missing.length, 1, 'Only gap_closure should be missing; all other fields are present'); assert.deepStrictEqual(parsed.invalidValue, [], 'gap_closure is ABSENT here, not wrong-valued — invalidValue must stay empty'); assert.strictEqual(parsed.schema, 'plan-gap-closure'); }); // Row 2 — happy path. test('accepts complete plan-gap-closure frontmatter', () => { const content = `--- phase: 01 plan: 01 type: execute wave: 1 depends_on: [] files_modified: [src/auth.ts] autonomous: true must_haves: truths: - "All tests pass" gap_closure: true --- body`; const file = writeTempFile(content); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'validate', file, '--schema', 'plan-gap-closure']); assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.strictEqual(parsed.valid, true, 'Should be valid: gap_closure is present'); assert.deepStrictEqual(parsed.missing, []); assert.ok(parsed.present.includes('gap_closure')); assert.deepStrictEqual(parsed.invalidValue, [], 'gap_closure has the correct value here — invalidValue must be empty'); assert.strictEqual(parsed.schema, 'plan-gap-closure'); }); // Row 3 — empty/near-empty input boundary. test('reports all plan-gap-closure fields missing except phase for near-empty frontmatter', () => { const file = writeTempFile('---\nphase: 01\n---\nbody'); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'validate', file, '--schema', 'plan-gap-closure']); assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.strictEqual(parsed.valid, false); // plan-gap-closure requires 9 fields; phase is present, so 8 should be missing. assert.strictEqual(parsed.missing.length, 8, 'Should have 8 missing required fields'); assert.ok(parsed.missing.includes('gap_closure'), 'gap_closure should be among the missing fields'); }); // Row 4 — negative space: standard-mode ('plan' schema) plans are unaffected by #2847's fix. test('plan schema (standard/reviews mode) still reports valid without gap_closure — unaffected by #2847 fix', () => { const file = writeTempFile(PLAN_BODY_NO_GAP_CLOSURE); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'validate', file, '--schema', 'plan']); assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.strictEqual(parsed.valid, true, 'plan schema must not require gap_closure (AC(3): standard mode unaffected)'); assert.deepStrictEqual(parsed.missing, []); assert.strictEqual(parsed.schema, 'plan'); }); // Row 5 — CRLF cross-platform newline handling. test('parses plan-gap-closure frontmatter with CRLF line endings', () => { const content = [ '---', 'phase: 01', 'plan: 01', 'type: execute', 'wave: 1', 'depends_on: []', 'files_modified: [src/auth.ts]', 'autonomous: true', 'must_haves:', ' truths:', ' - "All tests pass"', 'gap_closure: true', '---', 'body', ].join('\r\n'); const file = writeTempFile(content); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'validate', file, '--schema', 'plan-gap-closure']); assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.strictEqual(parsed.valid, true, 'CRLF frontmatter must parse identically to LF for plan-gap-closure'); assert.ok(parsed.present.includes('gap_closure')); }); // Row 6 — gap_closure: false must be REJECTED, not merely present. // // #2847 review finding: --gaps-only filters strictly on gap_closure === true // (execute-phase.md, partial-wave.md). A presence-only check (matching every // other required field) lets `gap_closure: false` validate as valid:true, // which is #2847's exact reported symptom — --gaps-only still spawns zero // executors — one value away. plan-gap-closure's requiredValues entry closes // this: gap_closure must be present AND equal "true" (extractFrontmatter // parses every scalar as a string; FrontmatterValue has no boolean member). test('gap_closure: false is rejected — plan-gap-closure requires the value true, not mere presence', () => { const content = `--- phase: 01 plan: 01 type: execute wave: 1 depends_on: [] files_modified: [src/auth.ts] autonomous: true must_haves: truths: - "All tests pass" gap_closure: false --- body`; const file = writeTempFile(content); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'validate', file, '--schema', 'plan-gap-closure']); assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.strictEqual(parsed.valid, false, 'gap_closure: false must NOT satisfy plan-gap-closure'); assert.ok(parsed.missing.includes('gap_closure'), 'gap_closure must be reported missing when its value is false'); assert.ok(!parsed.present.includes('gap_closure'), 'gap_closure must not be reported present when its value is false'); // #2847 review: presence alone is not the whole story here — the field IS in the // file, just wrong-valued. invalidValue distinguishes that from a genuinely absent // field (Row 1) so a caller (or a human) gets an actionable "the value is wrong", // not "this field is missing" for a field they can plainly see in the plan. assert.ok( parsed.invalidValue.includes('gap_closure'), 'gap_closure must be reported in invalidValue — present but wrong-valued, distinct from genuinely absent' ); }); // Row 7 — invalidValue vs missing distinction, spelled out directly (not just // implied by Rows 1/2/6 individually). test('invalidValue distinguishes "present but wrong value" from "absent" for the same missing-reporting field', () => { const absentResult = JSON.parse( runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'validate', writeTempFile(PLAN_BODY_NO_GAP_CLOSURE), '--schema', 'plan-gap-closure']).output ); const wrongValueContent = PLAN_BODY_NO_GAP_CLOSURE.replace('---\nbody', 'gap_closure: TRUE\n---\nbody'); const wrongValueResult = JSON.parse( runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'validate', writeTempFile(wrongValueContent), '--schema', 'plan-gap-closure']).output ); // Both report gap_closure as missing (the field does not satisfy the schema either way)... assert.ok(absentResult.missing.includes('gap_closure')); assert.ok(wrongValueResult.missing.includes('gap_closure')); // ...but only the wrong-VALUE case appears in invalidValue. assert.deepStrictEqual(absentResult.invalidValue, [], 'a genuinely absent field must not appear in invalidValue'); assert.ok( wrongValueResult.invalidValue.includes('gap_closure'), 'gap_closure: TRUE (capitalized YAML boolean, rejected — the validator requires the exact literal lowercase true) must appear in invalidValue' ); }); }); // ─── frontmatter set/merge: must_haves object-list preservation (#1572) ────── // `frontmatter set`/`merge` round-tripped the WHOLE frontmatter through the lossy // extractFrontmatter → reconstructFrontmatter pair, which flattens must_haves // object-list items ({path, provides} maps) to scalar strings and re-emits them as a // malformed inline array — destroying `provides:` whenever an UNRELATED field changed. // The fix preserves the original raw text for any structurally-unchanged top-level key. const { parseMustHavesBlock } = require('../msd-core/bin/lib/frontmatter.cjs'); describe('frontmatter set/merge preserves must_haves object-lists (#1572)', () => { const ARTIFACTS_PLAN = [ '---', 'phase: 1', 'wave: 1', 'plan: 01-01', 'type: implementation', 'depends_on: []', 'files_modified: []', 'autonomous: true', 'must_haves:', ' artifacts:', ' - path: src/foo.ts', ' provides: the foo', ' - path: src/bar.ts', ' provides: the bar', '---', '# body', '', ].join('\n'); const PROHIBITIONS_PLAN = [ '---', 'phase: 1', 'wave: 1', 'must_haves:', ' prohibitions:', ' - statement: no direct DB calls', ' status: enforced', ' - statement: no print statements', ' status: pending', '---', '# body', '', ].join('\n'); function runAndParse(plan, cmdArgsForFile) { const file = writeTempFile(plan); runMsdTools(cmdArgsForFile(file)); const after = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8'); return after; } test('set on an unrelated scalar preserves every must_haves.artifacts entry (path + provides)', () => { const after = runAndParse(ARTIFACTS_PLAN, f => ['frontmatter', 'set', f, '--field', 'wave', '--value', '2']); assert.deepEqual( parseMustHavesBlock(after, 'artifacts'), [ { path: 'src/foo.ts', provides: 'the foo' }, { path: 'src/bar.ts', provides: 'the bar' }, ], 'must_haves.artifacts object-list must survive a set on an unrelated field (#1572)', ); }); test('merge of an unrelated field preserves every must_haves.artifacts entry', () => { const after = runAndParse(ARTIFACTS_PLAN, f => ['frontmatter', 'merge', f, '--data', JSON.stringify({ wave: 2 })]); assert.deepEqual( parseMustHavesBlock(after, 'artifacts'), [ { path: 'src/foo.ts', provides: 'the foo' }, { path: 'src/bar.ts', provides: 'the bar' }, ], 'must_haves.artifacts object-list must survive a merge of an unrelated field (#1572)', ); }); test('must_haves.prohibitions object-list is preserved on an unrelated set (same code path)', () => { const after = runAndParse(PROHIBITIONS_PLAN, f => ['frontmatter', 'set', f, '--field', 'wave', '--value', '2']); assert.deepEqual( parseMustHavesBlock(after, 'prohibitions'), [ { statement: 'no direct DB calls', status: 'enforced' }, { statement: 'no print statements', status: 'pending' }, ], 'must_haves.prohibitions object-list must survive a set on an unrelated field (#1572)', ); }); test('round-trip is stable: setting wave twice still preserves artifacts (per-key preservation is idempotent)', () => { const file = writeTempFile(ARTIFACTS_PLAN); runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'set', file, '--field', 'wave', '--value', '2']); runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'set', file, '--field', 'wave', '--value', '3']); const after = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8'); assert.deepEqual( parseMustHavesBlock(after, 'artifacts'), [ { path: 'src/foo.ts', provides: 'the foo' }, { path: 'src/bar.ts', provides: 'the bar' }, ], 'must_haves.artifacts must survive repeated sets on an unrelated field', ); }); test('directly setting must_haves to a new object-list fails closed instead of emitting [object Object] (#1572 codex review)', () => { // A CHANGED key whose value is an object-list cannot be faithfully serialized by the // lossy writer (it would emit "[object Object]"). Rather than silently destroy the // data, spliceFrontmatter throws — the command fails and the file is left unchanged. const file = writeTempFile(ARTIFACTS_PLAN); const result = runMsdTools([ 'frontmatter', 'set', file, '--field', 'must_haves', '--value', JSON.stringify({ artifacts: [{ path: 'src/new.ts', provides: 'new thing' }] }), ]); assert.ok( !result.success, 'frontmatter set of a must_haves object-list must fail closed (refuse to emit "[object Object]")', ); const after = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8'); assert.ok(!/\[object Object\]/.test(after), 'the file must not contain "[object Object]" after a refused set'); assert.deepEqual( parseMustHavesBlock(after, 'artifacts'), [ { path: 'src/foo.ts', provides: 'the foo' }, { path: 'src/bar.ts', provides: 'the bar' }, ], 'the original must_haves.artifacts must be intact after the refused set', ); }); }); // Bug #1660 — frontmatter set of an object-list field (e.g. must_haves) is a silent no-op // when the new value's lossy parse projection equals the original's. Folded into the owning // frontmatter-cli test (no new top-level bug-NNNN file). describe('Bug #1660: frontmatter set of an object-list field fails closed instead of a silent no-op', () => { const PLAN_WITH_MUST_HAVES = [ '---', 'phase: 1', 'wave: 1', 'must_haves:', ' artifacts:', ' - path: src/foo.ts', ' provides: the foo', '---', '# body', '', ].join('\n'); test('setting must_haves to a value that flattens to the original projection fails closed (no silent no-op)', () => { const file = writeTempFile(PLAN_WITH_MUST_HAVES); const before = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8'); // New value {artifacts:["path: src/foo.ts"]} — its extractFrontmatter projection equals // the original's flattened projection, so the set would otherwise be a silent no-op. const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'set', file, '--field', 'must_haves', '--value', JSON.stringify({ artifacts: ['path: src/foo.ts'] })]); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.ok(parsed.error, 'a no-op set of an object-list field must surface an error, not silent {updated:true}'); const after = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8'); assert.equal(after, before, 'the file must be unchanged when the set is refused (no silent partial write)'); }); test('an idempotent set of a scalar (wave, same value) still reports updated (no false positive)', () => { const file = writeTempFile('---\nphase: 1\nwave: 1\n---\n# body\n'); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'set', file, '--field', 'wave', '--value', '1']); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.equal(parsed.updated, true, 'an idempotent SCALAR set must still report {updated:true} (not fail-closed)'); assert.ok(!parsed.error, 'an idempotent scalar set must not produce an error'); }); test('an idempotent set of a scalar array (tags, same value) still reports updated (no false positive)', () => { const file = writeTempFile('---\nphase: 1\ntags: ["a","b"]\n---\n# body\n'); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'set', file, '--field', 'tags', '--value', '["a","b"]']); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.equal(parsed.updated, true, 'an idempotent scalar-ARRAY set must still report {updated:true} (arrays round-trip; not fail-closed)'); assert.ok(!parsed.error, 'an idempotent scalar-array set must not produce an error'); }); }); // ─── #1778: thread workflow must use the 1.6 named-flag frontmatter.set form ─ // // The thread workflow's CLOSE and RESUME branches previously invoked the // pre-1.6 positional shape (frontmatter.set ). Since 1.6 // the dispatcher (msd-tools.cjs) reads field/value from the named --field/ // --value flags via parseNamedArgs; the positional form leaves field/value // undefined, cmdFrontmatterSet errors `file, field, and value required`, and // the status/updated writes are silently skipped — so closing a thread never // marked it status: resolved and resuming never marked it status: in_progress. describe('#1778: thread workflow uses the 1.6 named-flag frontmatter.set form', () => { test('behavioral: named-flag form writes the field; positional form errors and does not mutate', () => { // 1.6 named-flag form — must succeed and write status: resolved. const goodFile = writeTempFile('---\nstatus: open\nupdated: "2025-01-01"\n---\n\n# thread body\n'); const good = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'set', goodFile, '--field', 'status', '--value', 'resolved']); assert.ok(good.success, `named-flag form must succeed; stderr: ${good.error}`); assert.strictEqual( parseFrontmatter(fs.readFileSync(goodFile, 'utf-8')).status, 'resolved', 'named-flag form must write status: resolved into the file', ); // Pre-1.6 positional form — must fail and NOT mutate. // // #3884 (ADR-3473 §8.4): the strict parser now rejects the stray // positional tokens ("status", "resolved") BEFORE cmdFrontmatterSet's own // "file, field, and value required" guard ever runs, so the error text // changed. The behavioral contract this test guards — fails, and does // NOT mutate the file — is unchanged and, if anything, strengthened (the // rejection now happens earlier, at argv-parsing time, not deep inside // the command). const badFile = writeTempFile('---\nstatus: open\nupdated: "2025-01-01"\n---\n\n# thread body\n'); const bad = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'set', badFile, 'status', 'resolved']); assert.ok(!bad.success, 'positional form must fail (it is the bug being guarded against)'); assert.ok( (bad.error + bad.output).includes('unexpected positional argument'), `positional form must error with the documented message; got:\n${bad.error}${bad.output}`, ); assert.strictEqual( parseFrontmatter(fs.readFileSync(badFile, 'utf-8')).status, 'open', 'positional form must NOT mutate the file (the silent-failure bug)', ); }); test('workflow parity: no msd-core/workflows/*.md emits the positional frontmatter.set form', () => { const workflowsDir = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'msd-core', 'workflows'); const files = fs.readdirSync(workflowsDir).filter((f) => f.endsWith('.md')); assert.ok(files.length > 0, 'expected at least one workflow under msd-core/workflows/'); const offenders = []; for (const name of files) { const full = path.join(workflowsDir, name); const lines = fs.readFileSync(full, 'utf-8').split(/\r?\n/); lines.forEach((line, i) => { // Match any frontmatter.set invocation (dot or space form, with or // without the `msd_run query` prefix). The 1.6 contract requires // --field AND --value on every set call; a set line missing --field // is the pre-1.6 positional form (#1778). if (!/frontmatter[.\s]+set\b/.test(line)) return; if (!/--field\b/.test(line) || !/--value\b/.test(line)) { offenders.push(`${name}:${i + 1}: ${line.trim()}`); } }); } assert.deepStrictEqual( offenders, [], `These workflow frontmatter.set invocations are missing the 1.6 --field/--value named flags (the #1778 positional-form bug):\n ${offenders.join('\n ')}\n\nUse: msd_run query frontmatter.set --field --value `, ); }); test('thread workflow CLOSE writes status: resolved and RESUME writes status: in_progress via named flags', () => { const src = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'msd-core', 'workflows', 'thread.md'), 'utf-8'); // CLOSE mode: status resolved + updated, both via named flags. assert.ok( /frontmatter\.set\s+\S*\.planning\/threads\/\{SLUG\}\.md\s+--field\s+status\s+--value\s+resolved\b/.test(src), 'CLOSE mode must invoke: frontmatter.set .planning/threads/{SLUG}.md --field status --value resolved', ); assert.ok( /frontmatter\.set\s+\S*\.planning\/threads\/\{SLUG\}\.md\s+--field\s+updated\s+--value\s+YYYY-MM-DD\b/.test(src), 'CLOSE mode must invoke: frontmatter.set .planning/threads/{SLUG}.md --field updated --value YYYY-MM-DD', ); // RESUME mode: status in_progress + updated, both via named flags. assert.ok( /frontmatter\.set\s+\S*\.planning\/threads\/\{SLUG\}\.md\s+--field\s+status\s+--value\s+in_progress\b/.test(src), 'RESUME mode must invoke: frontmatter.set .planning/threads/{SLUG}.md --field status --value in_progress', ); }); }); // ─── #1882: the user-reachable surface actually distinguishes the two cases ─── describe('frontmatter get — truncated vs absent frontmatter (#1882)', () => { const TOOLS = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'msd-core', 'bin', 'msd-tools.cjs'); function runCapturingStderr(file) { const r = runNode([TOOLS, 'frontmatter', 'get', file, '--raw'], { env: { ...process.env, MSD_TEST_MODE: '1' }, timeoutMs: PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS, }); const legacy = toLegacyResult(r); return { status: legacy.status, stdout: legacy.stdout.trim(), stderr: legacy.stderr.trim() }; } // This is the wired keystone for #1882: the diagnostic is only "delivered" if it reaches // the surface a user actually invokes. The assertion is a DIFFERENTIAL between two runs — // whether stderr is empty — which is a behavioural claim, not a match against the message // wording, so it stays inside CONTRIBUTING.md's ban on raw text matching. test('a truncated file is reported while an absent-frontmatter file stays silent', () => { const truncated = writeTempFile('---\nphase: 01\nplan: half-written\n'); const absent = writeTempFile('plain body with no frontmatter\n'); const bad = runCapturingStderr(truncated); const good = runCapturingStderr(absent); // The contract every one of the ~50 callers depends on is unchanged for both. assert.strictEqual(bad.status, 0, 'truncated file must not change the exit code'); assert.strictEqual(good.status, 0); assert.deepStrictEqual(JSON.parse(bad.stdout), {}, 'return value must be preserved'); assert.deepStrictEqual(JSON.parse(good.stdout), {}); // ...and the only difference is that corruption is no longer silent. assert.notStrictEqual(bad.stderr, '', 'a truncated frontmatter must be reported'); assert.strictEqual(good.stderr, '', 'a file with no frontmatter is not corrupt'); }); test('a Markdown thematic break at byte 0 is not reported as corruption', () => { const thematicBreak = writeTempFile('---\nSome heading text\n\nA paragraph, no more dashes.\n'); const r = runCapturingStderr(thematicBreak); assert.strictEqual(r.status, 0); assert.deepStrictEqual(JSON.parse(r.stdout), {}); assert.strictEqual(r.stderr, '', 'a horizontal rule is valid Markdown, not a truncated file'); }); }); // ─── #4806: unparseable frontmatter is a distinct error, not "Field not found" ── describe('#4806 frontmatter get — unparseable frontmatter', () => { test('reports a parse error naming the field, not "Field not found"', () => { // An invalid backslash escape inside a double-quoted value is a YAML // SYNTAX error: the file HAS a status key but its frontmatter cannot be // read. Reporting "Field not found" tells the caller the key is absent — // indistinguishable from a file that genuinely lacks it. const file = writeTempFile('---\nstatus: "passed\n---\n\n# Verification Report\n'); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'get', file, '--field', 'status']); // The verb answers exit-0 JSON with an `error` FIELD (its documented // error shape) — the assertion is on the error text, not the exit code. assert.strictEqual(result.success, true, `command failed: ${result.error}`); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.ok( (parsed.error || '').includes('not parseable YAML'), `must report a parse error, got: ${JSON.stringify(parsed)}`, ); assert.ok(!parsed.error.includes('Field not found'), 'parse failure must not read as Field not found'); }); test('a well-formed file still returns the field', () => { const file = writeTempFile('---\nstatus: passed\n---\n\n# V\n'); const result = runMsdTools(['frontmatter', 'get', file, '--field', 'status']); assert.ok(result.success, `command failed: ${result.error}`); const parsed = JSON.parse(result.output); assert.strictEqual(parsed.status, 'passed'); }); });