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fix(tests): stop test_merge_attribution flaking on a sha substring (tsk-oqpbvn) - #2811

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fix(tests): stop test_merge_attribution flaking on a sha substring (tsk-oqpbvn)#2811
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Closes tsk-oqpbvn

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tests/test_merge_attribution.py::TestMergeAttributionReconciliation::test_cutoff_excludes_pre_adoption_merges has hit CI three times in the last hour on unrelated PRs (#2798 shard 3.12/3, #2800 shard 3.13/3) via assert "41" not in result.stdout. Two spots in this file asserted an excluded PR's number was a bare substring absent from result.stdout, but the fixture commit shas are generated at runtime by real git commits -- so whenever the IN-SCOPE PR's own sha (asserted present two lines earlier) happened to contain "41" as a hex-digit coincidence, the assertion failed for a reason unrelated to the reconciliation logic under test.

Fixed both to assert on the exact PR-reference token the checker prints (f"#{pr_num} {short}" -> UNMATCHED MERGE: #42 <sha> -- no audit entry found), i.e. "#41" / "#42", which cannot collide with a hex sha substring the way a bare number can.

Added a deterministic regression test (test_bare_pr_number_assertion_is_not_sha_safe) that fixes the collision directly with a hand-built stdout string rather than depending on a real git sha happening to reproduce it at test time -- the fix is not itself probabilistic.

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grep -rnE 'assert "[0-9]+" (not )?in result' tests/ plus a broader pass for any bare-digit not in stdout/output assertion against output containing a runtime-generated sha:

  • tests/test_merge_attribution.py:427 and :545 -- the two hits, fixed here.
  • All other assert "<digits>" in result... hits in the repo (test_shibaclaw_adapter.py, test_containers.py, test_container_docker.py, test_backend_adapters.py) assert presence of a fixed, deterministic value (an HTTP status code baked into a static error message), not absence from output containing runtime-random data -- not the same bug class, left alone.
  • tests/test_auth_pin.py:194 (assert "4913" not in raw) checks a salted argon2 hash -- also random per run, structurally the same flake shape, but not sha/PR-related and not part of this card's scope. Flagging for a separate look rather than touching it here.
  • tests/test_log_redaction.py:134 (assert "0000" not in out) is against a fully static, hardcoded input string -- no runtime randomness, not actually at risk.

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Command: python -m pytest tests/test_merge_attribution.py::TestMergeAttributionReconciliation::test_bare_pr_number_assertion_is_not_sha_safe -v

        stdout = "UNMATCHED MERGE: #42 a41bcdef0123 -- no audit entry found\n"
>       assert "41" not in stdout
E       AssertionError: assert '41' not in 'UNMATCHED M...ntry found\n'
E
E         '41' is contained here:
E           UNMATCHED MERGE: #42 a41bcdef0123 -- no audit entry found
E         ?                       ++

tests/test_merge_attribution.py:455: AssertionError
FAILED tests/test_merge_attribution.py::TestMergeAttributionReconciliation::test_bare_pr_number_assertion_is_not_sha_safe
1 failed in 0.50s

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Command: python -m pytest tests/test_merge_attribution.py -q

................
16 passed in 4.90s

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved merge attribution checks to prevent intermittent failures when commit SHAs contain numbers matching pull request references.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for cases where hexadecimal commit identifiers overlap with pull request numbers, ensuring attribution results are validated against the correct reference tokens.
  • Documentation

    • Added a changelog entry describing the merge attribution reliability fix.

…sha substring

Two assertions checked that the excluded PR's number ("41") was a bare
substring of the checker's stdout, but the fixture commit shas in this file
are generated at runtime by real git commits. When the in-scope PR's own
sha happened to contain "41" as a hex-digit coincidence, the assertion
failed for a reason with nothing to do with the reconciliation logic under
test -- CI hit this three times in one hour on unrelated PRs (#2798 shard
3.12/3, #2800 shard 3.13/3).

Both now assert on the exact "#41"/"#42" PR-reference token the checker
prints (f"#{pr_num} {short}"), which cannot collide with a hex sha
substring the way a bare number can. Added a deterministic regression test
that fixes the collision directly rather than depending on a real sha
happening to reproduce it, so the fix itself isn't probabilistic either.

Swept tests/ for the same class (`assert "[0-9]+" not in result.stdout`
against output containing a runtime-generated sha); these were the only two
hits.

Docs-Reviewed: tests-only change, no code/route/doc surface touched
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The merge attribution tests now assert exact #41 and #42 references. A deterministic test demonstrates that bare PR numbers can match hexadecimal commit SHA contents. The changelog records the flake fix.

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Use exact PR-reference tokens
tests/test_merge_attribution.py, changelog.d/tsk-oqpbvn-merge-attribution-flake.md
Updated cutoff assertions to match #41 and #42. Added coverage for SHA substring collisions and documented the fix.

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This tests-only change makes merge-attribution assertions resilient to SHA substring collisions, but the new regression test does not directly prove the bare-number collision it documents. The change is otherwise bounded, with a small remaining risk that this protection could be weakened without detection.

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In `@tests/test_merge_attribution.py`:
- Around line 450-457: Strengthen the regression test around the UNMATCHED MERGE
stdout fixture by asserting that the bare substring “41” is present while the
PR-reference token “#41” is absent, and apply these shared assertions through
the common logic used by both cutoff tests. Preserve the existing collision
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