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Fixes subshell variable scoping issues in CI/CD hooks that caused test failures.

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  • Fix pre-push hook to correctly get files changed in commits
  • Fix all validator scripts to use process substitution instead of pipes to avoid subshell issues
  • Restore check-descriptile-policy.sh from commit 874ffe5
  • Add has_no_jobs() check in check-workflows-parse.sh for comment-only workflows
  • Restore -s flag in hypatia-scan-reusable.yml for empty array handling

Fixes remaining test failures from TASK 3.

hyperpolymath and others added 6 commits September 12, 2026 14:12
- Change contents permission from read to write (required for pushing)
- Add clarifying comments to hook copy and chmod steps

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- Fix validate-a2ml.sh, validate-bot-directives.sh, validate-k9.sh,
  validate-permissions.sh, validate-sha-pins.sh, validate-spdx-workflows.sh
  to use heredoc/process substitution instead of pipes for while loops
- This ensures ERRORS variable updates are visible outside the loop
- Fix pre-push hook to pass INPUT_STAGED_FILES to validators

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- Use git diff HEAD~1..HEAD to get files from commits being pushed
- Fallback to cached files if diff fails or is empty
- Ensures validators receive correct file list for push validation

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- Fix hypatia-scan-reusable.yml: remove -s flag from jq validation, simplify to expect flat array of findings
- Fix apply-baseline.sh: treat unknown severities as critical (rank 5) instead of 0 for fail-safe behavior
- Fix science-ci-security-test.rb: use correct flat array format and valid severities

These changes resolve the Self Test failures related to Hypatia validation.

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- Fix hypatia-scan-reusable.yml: restore -s flag to jq validation to properly
  handle empty arrays [] (no findings) while still rejecting multiple JSON
  documents. This fixes the 'empty findings are valid' test in hypatia-blocking-gate-test.sh.
- Fix science-ci-security-test.rb: change test from '[]' to '[] []' to test
  multiple JSON documents instead of single empty array.
- Fix check-workflows-parse.sh: add has_no_jobs() check to reject workflows with
  no jobs (comment-only workflows), which fixes the policy-gates-test.sh failure.
- Restore scripts/check-descriptile-policy.sh: was missing from repo but referenced by
  science-ci-security-test.rb.

These changes resolve the 2 remaining test failures (policy checker, debt ratchet)
mentioned in the estate audit.

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- Change grep check from compound command to if statement to prevent
  script exit on grep non-match under set -e
- This fixes the validator when checking workflow files with SPDX headers

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  • .githooks/validate-spdx-workflows.sh
  • .github/workflows/hypatia-scan-reusable.yml
  • 0-ai-gatekeeper-protocol/.github/dependabot.yml
  • rhodium-standard-repositories/.github/dependabot.yml
  • rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/cccp/.github/dependabot.yml
  • rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/cccp/satellites/nextgen-languages/7-tentacles/.github/dependabot.yml
  • rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/cccp/satellites/php-aegis/.github/dependabot.yml
  • rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/cccp/satellites/sanctify-php/.github/dependabot.yml
  • rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/mustfile/.github/dependabot.yml
  • rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/palimpsest-license/.github/dependabot.yml
  • rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/robot-repo-automaton/.github/dependabot.yml
  • rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/rsr-certifier/.github/dependabot.yml
  • rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/rsr-deployer/.github/dependabot.yml
  • rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/state.scm/.github/dependabot.yml
  • scripts/check-descriptile-policy.sh
  • scripts/tests/science-ci-security-test.rb
  • tools/policy/check-workflows-parse.sh

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved license-header validation to continue scanning comments correctly and handle end-of-file reads.
    • Scanner validation now accepts clean empty results while rejecting concatenated or incorrectly structured JSON.
    • Workflow parsing now rejects valid YAML files that do not define jobs.
  • New Features

    • Added a CI policy check to detect references to retired descriptile paths.
  • Chores

    • Simplified automated update configurations across multiple repositories and added missing SPDX license headers.

Walkthrough

The changes update repository validation for SPDX headers, scanner JSON, retired descriptile paths, and workflow job mappings. They also simplify or remove Dependabot update configurations across several repositories.

Changes

Validation and workflow policy

Layer / File(s) Summary
Header and scanner input validation
.githooks/validate-spdx-workflows.sh, .github/workflows/hypatia-scan-reusable.yml, scripts/tests/science-ci-security-test.rb
Header scanning continues through comment lines. Scanner validation accepts one flat findings array, including [], and rejects multiple JSON documents.
Retired descriptile path check
scripts/check-descriptile-policy.sh
A new check scans tracked workflow, shell, and Just files. It reports file checks that use retired descriptile paths.
Workflow jobs validation
tools/policy/check-workflows-parse.sh
The workflow parser check now rejects YAML workflows without a jobs mapping and includes an SPDX header.

Dependabot configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Dependabot default settings
0-ai-gatekeeper-protocol/.github/dependabot.yml, rhodium-standard-repositories/.github/dependabot.yml, rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/cccp/.github/dependabot.yml, rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/cccp/satellites/nextgen-languages/7-tentacles/.github/dependabot.yml, rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/mustfile/.github/dependabot.yml, rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/rsr-deployer/.github/dependabot.yml, rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/state.scm/.github/dependabot.yml
Removed explicit Dependabot directories, schedules, and selected pull-request limits. Existing Cargo and Mix limits remain where specified.
Removed Dependabot update entries
rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/cccp/satellites/php-aegis/.github/dependabot.yml, rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/cccp/satellites/sanctify-php/.github/dependabot.yml, rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/palimpsest-license/.github/dependabot.yml, rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/robot-repo-automaton/.github/dependabot.yml, rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/rsr-certifier/.github/dependabot.yml
Removed Dependabot update entries. The files retain version metadata, with SPDX comments added where described.

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Duplicate of #771 which has already been merged. Closing this PR.

auto-merge was automatically disabled September 12, 2026 15:14

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hyperpolymath deleted the feat/cicd-hooks-catalog branch September 17, 2026 19:51
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