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msd-core/tests/tdd-single-statement.test.cjs
Tom Boucher 747a3730d4 fix(#4268): harden tdd-single-statement.test.cjs against reworded restatements and backend divergence (#4297)
* test(#4268): harden reworded-restatement and backend-predicate-divergence detection

tests/tdd-single-statement.test.cjs's restatesCycle() keyed on the exact
literal `commit: `test({phase}-{plan})`` substring, so a reworded restatement
of the RED/GREEN/REFACTOR procedure shipped green. Adds
restatesCycleStructurally(), a structural (span + list-marker) detector that
stays linear-scan (per the #4228 catastrophic-backtracking incident this must
not reintroduce) and is proven, empirically, to flag a paraphrased multi-step
fixture while not flagging the real compact citations in execute-plan.md and
gsd-executor.md (#4267's legitimate pointers).

tests/tdd-backend-wiring.test.cjs never compared the two dispatch backends'
`gsd_run query phase.tdd-applicable` calls against each other, so a one-word
divergence between them (e.g. a changed --pick flag in only one backend)
shipped green. Adds a byte-identity assertion on the command-substitution
content (normalized for the two backends' differing variable-name prefixes),
proven to have teeth via a RED-first mutation check before asserting it
against the real files.

The third gap in #4268 (nothing proves TDD_APPLICABLE has a real definition)
was already covered by this file's existing assertTddApplicableIsComputed
(epic #4272 Phase 2, #4266) — verified by inspection, no new test needed.

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

* test(#4268): redesign restatement detector around deferral, not length

Standards+Spec review of the prior commit proved by execution that a
compact, no-list-marker restatement (under the 200-char span threshold)
sails past the span/list-marker-only signal. Redesigns the primary check:
the actual invariant is deferral, not length — a legitimate RED/GREEN/
REFACTOR mention always names tdd.md as the authority nearby, a restatement
never does. Flags when no tdd.md/canonical reference appears within a
500-char trailing window past the cycle mention, regardless of length or
list-marker shape; keeps span>200 and three-distinct-list-marker-lines as
secondary defense-in-depth OR-conditions. Verified independently against
both real files (execute-plan.md span=10, gsd-executor.md span=14, both with
a nearby deferral marker at +228/+82 chars) — no false positive, and the
reviewer's exact gap class (a 189-char no-citation paraphrase) is now
flagged.

Also fixes: boundary coverage at the span threshold (199/200/201, isolated
via a factored-out measureCycleSpan() helper), a fast-check property test
proving the fix holds for arbitrary filler text, and a fragile line-match in
tdd-backend-wiring.test.cjs that happened to work only because a FATAL echo
message containing the same substring came later in document order than the
real assignment line.

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

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Co-authored-by: sim <sim@local>
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-04 19:48:14 -04:00

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