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`squabble fetch` returned `ExitCode::from(2)` for every failure path: bad
usage, a malformed slug, `gh` failing, unparseable JSON, a serialisation
error — and "this PR's base branch has no `required_status_checks` rule".
That last one is not a malfunction. It is a true, useful answer: there is
no gate here, so there is nothing to triage.

Collapsing them into one code forced every caller into a false choice.
MetaManifold-WebUI's `Gate triage` job hit exactly this: its `Fetch the
live gate for this PR` step went red on an unprotected base branch, and
the only ways out were to fail on a non-finding or to swallow rc=2 and
mute genuine breakage with it. A consumer cannot ask a question the
producer never answers, so answer it here.

- `FetchError::{NoGate, Failed}` replaces the bare `String` error.
  `From<String>` keeps `?` working on every helper that still yields one,
  and always produces `Failed` — a real error can never become a NoGate.
- `NoGate` exits 3; everything else keeps exiting 2, so callers that only
  know about 2 keep failing on precisely what they failed on before.
- `fight` propagates it too, via `load_gate`, so both live subcommands
  agree on what "no gate" means.
- The contract is documented in the module docs and printed in `--help`.

Also corrects the message itself. It claimed "an unprotected branch has
no gate to squabble over", but this code path reads only the rulesets API
(`repos/{slug}/rules/branches/{base}`). Measured 2026-09-21: a branch with
a live 6-context `required_status_checks` ruleset returns 404 "Branch not
protected" from the classic endpoint, so the two surfaces are disjoint and
the absence of a ruleset rule is not evidence a branch is unprotected. The
message now names the surface it queried and says what it cannot see.

Tests: four, each killed by its own mutant — collapsing the two constants
to one value (2 fail), making `From<String>` yield `NoGate` (1 fail), and
restoring the "unprotected" wording (1 fail). Verified live: no-gate -> 3,
malformed slug / missing repo / missing PR -> 2, and two genuinely gated
PRs still fetch and diagnose at 0.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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  • New Features
    • Added a distinct exit code (3) for pull requests whose base branch has no required status-check gate.
    • Retained exit code 2 for genuine failures, allowing callers to distinguish outcomes.
    • Added squabble --version to the usage guidance.
  • Documentation
    • Updated CLI help text with the available exit codes and their meanings.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved error messages so no-gate results are not incorrectly described as unprotected branches.

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The CLI now uses FetchError to distinguish missing gates from genuine failures. No-gate outcomes return exit code 3, while failures return exit code 2. Gate loading and CLI help text use the new error and exit-code contract.

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Typed fetch outcomes

Layer / File(s) Summary
Fetch error contract and validation
crates/squabble-cli/src/fetch.rs
FetchError now represents NoGate and Failed outcomes. Each variant maps to a distinct exit code. Tests cover conversion, display text, and exit-code mapping.
Typed error propagation
crates/squabble-cli/src/fight.rs
Gate loading returns FetchError, and command execution returns the error-specific exit code.
CLI exit-code documentation
crates/squabble-cli/src/main.rs
Module documentation and help text describe exit codes 0, 2, and 3. Fetch errors now determine the returned exit code.

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Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant FetchRun as fetch::run_with_greens
  participant LoadGate as fight::load_gate
  participant RunFetch as main::run_fetch
  FetchRun->>LoadGate: Return FetchError
  LoadGate->>RunFetch: Propagate typed error
  RunFetch->>RunFetch: Select exit_code()
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Malformed GitHub ruleset data can produce reportable exit code 3 instead of failure code 2; fix the classification before merging.

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In `@crates/squabble-cli/src/fetch.rs`:
- Line 325: Update the required_status_checks rule handling used by
run_with_greens so matching rules missing parameters or
parameters.required_status_checks are treated as failed checks and return
FetchError::Failed (exit code 2), not FetchError::NoGate (exit code 3). Prefer
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an unprotected branch has no gate to squabble over",
pr_view.base_ref_name
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return Err(FetchError::NoGate {

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sed -n '1,360p' crates/squabble-cli/src/fetch.rs
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Repository: hyperpolymath/cicd-squabbler

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GitHub REST rulesets required_status_checks rule parameters required fields

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Return Failed for incomplete required-status-check rules.

For a matching required_status_checks rule, GitHub requires parameters and parameters.required_status_checks. The current deserialisation accepts {"type":"required_status_checks"} and "parameters": {}. run_with_greens then collects no contexts and returns FetchError::NoGate, which emits exit code 3 instead of the failure code 2.

Require these fields during deserialisation, or return FetchError::Failed when either field is missing. Add regression tests for both malformed shapes.

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In `@crates/squabble-cli/src/fetch.rs` at line 325, Update the
required_status_checks rule handling used by run_with_greens so matching rules
missing parameters or parameters.required_status_checks are treated as failed
checks and return FetchError::Failed (exit code 2), not FetchError::NoGate (exit
code 3). Prefer enforcing both fields during deserialization if consistent with
the existing model, and add regression coverage for both malformed shapes.

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hyperpolymath merged commit 9846169 into main Sep 21, 2026
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hyperpolymath deleted the fix/no-gate-is-not-a-failure branch September 21, 2026 18:55
hyperpolymath added a commit to hyperpolymath/MetaManifold-WebUI that referenced this pull request Sep 21, 2026
The preceding commit branches on `squabble fetch` exit 3 for "the base
branch has no required_status_checks rule". That code did not exist at
the pinned revision, so the fix was inert: rc=2 fell into the `*` arm
and hard-failed exactly as before. An ordering trap, and one that looks
identical to a working fix from the diff alone.

hyperpolymath/cicd-squabbler#99 merged at 2026-09-21T18:55Z and is what
introduced `FetchError::NoGate` and `ExitCode::from(e.exit_code())`.
Re-pinning onto its merge commit is what makes the preceding commit live.

The window also carries #94..#98 -- CI permissions indentation, two DEED
grammar gate fixes, an actions.lock reconcile, and a harden-runner bump.
None touches squabble's CLI behaviour.

The pin comment now records the FLOOR rather than just the value, because
moving this pin backwards would silently revert the exit-code handling
below without touching a line of it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01WPSJ7fBhVAMcpSffCBWUDo
hyperpolymath added a commit to hyperpolymath/MetaManifold-WebUI that referenced this pull request Sep 21, 2026
The preceding commit branches on `squabble fetch` exit 3 for "the base
branch has no required_status_checks rule". That code did not exist at
the pinned revision, so the fix was inert: rc=2 fell into the `*` arm
and hard-failed exactly as before. An ordering trap, and one that looks
identical to a working fix from the diff alone.

hyperpolymath/cicd-squabbler#99 merged at 2026-09-21T18:55Z and is what
introduced `FetchError::NoGate` and `ExitCode::from(e.exit_code())`.
Re-pinning onto its merge commit is what makes the preceding commit live.

The window also carries #94..#98 -- CI permissions indentation, two DEED
grammar gate fixes, an actions.lock reconcile, and a harden-runner bump.
None touches squabble's CLI behaviour.

The pin comment now records the FLOOR rather than just the value, because
moving this pin backwards would silently revert the exit-code handling
below without touching a line of it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01WPSJ7fBhVAMcpSffCBWUDo
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