Don't let an unscoreable (N/A) re-eval overwrite a real score - #2851
Don't let an unscoreable (N/A) re-eval overwrite a real score#2851gunjanjaswal wants to merge 3 commits into
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`parseScore('N/A')` is 0, and since santifer#2411 made re-evaluations write through in
both directions, a re-eval that failed to fetch (carrying the documented `N/A`
score sentinel) read as a genuine zero. That tripped the downgrade path, which
overwrote the row's real score with `N/A` and archived the TSV as merged. The
prior score was then unrecoverable: the tracker is gitignored and no .bak is
written, and the superseded-report marker only fires when the report number
changes, which a same-report refetch does not.
Add isUnscoreable() for the documented no-score sentinels (`N/A`/`—`/`-`, per
AGENTS.md santifer#1799) and, when a re-eval is unscoreable but the existing row holds a
real score, skip it: log the skip, count it, and leave the row's score, report
and PDF untouched. "No score" is not "scored zero". A genuine numeric re-eval
(including a real lower score) still writes through exactly as before.
Adds regression coverage: an N/A re-eval keeps the existing 4.0/5 and is counted
as skipped rather than an update. The existing lower/higher/equal write-through
tests still pass, confirming the score path is unchanged.
Fixes santifer#2803.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe merge tracker recognizes unscoreable score sentinels. It skips these re-evaluations when the duplicate row already has a score. Tests cover preserved scores, report links, skipped counts, and updates to already-unscored rows. ChangesUnscoreable re-evaluation handling
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In `@tests/merge-tracker.test.mjs`:
- Around line 214-237: Expand the sentinel re-evaluation tests around
runMergeDetailed to cover N/A, em dash, and hyphen values, asserting each
preserves the existing score, summary, and report link while not writing the
incoming report link. Also add coverage for a sentinel re-evaluation with no
existing score when that scenario is not already tested, preserving the
documented sentinel contract.
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Per review: exercise the guard for N/A, — and - (AGENTS.md santifer#1799), assert the row keeps its own report link rather than adopting the re-eval's, and add the case where the row is itself unscored — which must still write through, since there is no real score to lose.
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Good call — expanded the coverage. The guard checks |
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In `@tests/merge-tracker.test.mjs`:
- Around line 247-253: Extend the write-through assertion for the naOntoNa
result to verify its tracker row preserves the incoming date, notes, and report
values, in addition to the existing update/skipped counters. Use the row
produced by runMergeDetailed and keep the current pass/fail behavior for the
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Per review: the unscored-row case checked only the summary counter, which could pass while the row silently failed to refresh. Assert the row itself takes the re-eval's date, report and appended notes.
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Fair point — counters can pass while the row quietly fails to refresh. Added assertions on the |
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Owner review for /tests/. Our CODEOWNERS route here is tests/merge-tracker.test.mjs, and it holds up.
The new block adds four assertions to the re-eval section. A three-sentinel loop (N/A / — / -) proves a failed-fetch re-eval leaves the seeded 4.0/5 and its [4] report link in place and counts the run as one skip, and a fourth case proves the guard stays narrow: a sentinel re-eval onto an already-unscored row still writes through rather than being skipped, since there is no real score to lose.
The controls against a false pass are real, not decorative. The re-eval TSV carries report [9] against the seed's [4], so the reportKept check fails the moment the row wrongly adopts the re-eval's link, and the narrowness case flips if the guard ever over-fires. It is hermetic the way this repo asks: a throwaway mkdtempSync workspace, the CAREER_OPS_TRACKER / CAREER_OPS_ADDITIONS seams, cleanup in finally, no network.
Validation: I ran the file against this head offline and got 40 passed, 0 failed. Then I reverted merge-tracker.mjs to its pre-fix state and re-ran: all three sentinel assertions fail with the data loss reproduced (the 4.0/5 overwritten by the sentinel, the report re-pointed [4] to [9], marked a 4→0 downgrade), while the narrowness case keeps passing since it never triggered the bug. The tests have teeth. The merge-tracker block is also green in the macOS and Ubuntu CI logs.
One optional follow-up, not a blocker: the already-unscored case asserts only the counters, not that the row took the re-eval's date, notes, and report. The three-sentinel loop already covers the row-content path, so this is a nice-to-have on top of it, and it lines up with the one CodeRabbit comment on the PR.
Approving for our area. The red test (windows-latest) check is tests/agent-inbox-tests.mjs failing on a lock race, a file this PR does not touch, so it is not from this change. The merge-tracker.mjs fix reads correct from context, but that file is not ours to judge.
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Thanks Scott, and especially for reverting the fix to check the assertions actually bite — that's the part I'd worry about most. Good timing on the optional follow-up: it landed a couple of minutes after you started reviewing, in 4406364. The unscored-row case now asserts the row itself, not just the counter — the re-eval's date (2026-06-25), the repointed [6] report link, and the notes appending And agreed the windows-latest red is the agent-inbox lock race, unrelated to this. |
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This is a data-loss bug and the mechanism is nastier than the title suggests, @gunjanjaswal:
Three correct pieces composing into a wrong outcome: the sentinel is documented, the parse is a reasonable default, and bidirectional write-through was a deliberate fix. Nothing here is a mistake in isolation, which is why it survived — And the consequence is the worst kind: silent, irreversible, and it hits precisely when the network hiccuped rather than when the role got worse. Second one of yours today — #2820 merged earlier. Not merged tonight (per-session merge ceiling), but this is high in the queue: a fix for silent overwriting of the user's own evaluation data ranks above almost everything else open. |
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That's exactly it — |
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Fixes #2803.
The bug
A re-evaluation that produced no score overwrites a real score on the tracker, unrecoverably.
parseScore('N/A')is0. Since #2411 made re-evaluations write through in both directions, a re-eval whose fetch failed — carrying theN/Asentinel that AGENTS.md documents for an unscoreable row (#1799) — reads as a genuine zero, trips the downgrade path, and writes the sentinel over the row's real score. The TSV is then archived as merged. There's no way back: the tracker is gitignored with no.bak, and the superseded-report marker only fires when the report number changes, which a same-report refetch doesn't.Reproduced on a clean checkout, a
4.0/5row against anN/Arefetch:The
4.0/5is gone.The fix
Add
isUnscoreable()for the documented no-score sentinels (N/A/—/-). When a re-eval is unscoreable and the existing row holds a real score, skip it — log it, count it, and leave the score, report and PDF as they stand. "No score" is not "scored zero".The carve-out is deliberately narrow. It only triggers when a real score would be lost:
N/Aonto a row that has no score yet → nothing to lose, so the normal path still refreshes date/notes/report.N/Aonto a real score → skipped, the score preserved.Same input, after:
Tests
tests/merge-tracker.test.mjsgains two assertions in the re-eval section: anN/Are-eval keeps the existing4.0/5, and it's counted as skipped rather than a downgrade. Both fail onmainand pass with the fix. The existing lower / higher / equal write-through cases still pass, so the numeric score path is untouched. Full file: 38 pass, 0 fail.Summary by CodeRabbit
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