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pane-census, pipe-exit-scan: refuse a flag alongside --self-test, so the control counts #607

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14 changes: 14 additions & 0 deletions tools/pane-census.py
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Expand Up @@ -317,7 +317,21 @@ def chk(label, got, want):


def main():
# ⛔ AN UNRECOGNISED FLAG ALONGSIDE `--self-test` MUST REFUSE, not be discarded. The
# gate measured this file as UNVERIFIABLE: `--self-test --zzz-not-a-flag` exited 0, so
# "the flag is matched and the rest DISCARDED — a control result here describes an
# invocation that was only half read." ⇒ A control whose invocation cannot be shown to
# have happened is not a control. Measured 2026-09-06.
# ⚠ Exit 2 is correct and unambiguous here: this file's contract already reads
# `2 established nothing`, and a half-read invocation establishes nothing.
if "--self-test" in sys.argv or "--selftest" in sys.argv:
_extra = [a for a in sys.argv[1:] if a not in ("--self-test", "--selftest")]
if _extra:
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Require exactly one self-test alias in both entry points.

Both filters treat every occurrence of either alias as valid. A duplicated alias therefore bypasses the new refusal gate.

  • tools/pane-census.py#L328-L329: count recognized self-test flags and reject when the count is not exactly one.
  • tools/pipe-exit-scan.py#L471-L472: apply the same exact-one validation.
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-        _extra = [a for a in sys.argv[1:] if a not in ("--self-test", "--selftest")]
-        if _extra:
+        allowed = ("--self-test", "--selftest")
+        args = sys.argv[1:]
+        flags = [a for a in args if a in allowed]
+        _extra = [a for a in args if a not in allowed]
+        if len(flags) != 1 or _extra:
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_extra = [a for a in sys.argv[1:] if a not in ("--self-test", "--selftest")]
if _extra:
allowed = ("--self-test", "--selftest")
args = sys.argv[1:]
flags = [a for a in args if a in allowed]
_extra = [a for a in args if a not in allowed]
if len(flags) != 1 or _extra:
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_extra = [a for a in sys.argv[1:] if a not in ("--self-test", "--selftest")]
if _extra:
allowed = ("--self-test", "--selftest")
args = sys.argv[1:]
flags = [a for a in args if a in allowed]
_extra = [a for a in args if a not in allowed]
if len(flags) != 1 or _extra:
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In `@tools/pane-census.py` around lines 328 - 329, Update the self-test argument
validation in tools/pane-census.py lines 328-329 and tools/pipe-exit-scan.py
lines 471-472 to count recognized aliases (“--self-test” and “--selftest”) and
accept them only when exactly one is supplied; reject zero or duplicate
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print(f"\u26d4 VOID \u2014 unrecognised argument(s) alongside --self-test: {_extra}.\n"
f" The controls take no other flags, and running them while ignoring an\n"
f" argument would report a pass for an invocation that was only half read.\n"
f" NO REMEDY \u2014 run `--self-test` alone.", file=sys.stderr)
return 2
return self_test()
rows, err = panes_from_daintree()
status_ids = getattr(panes_from_daintree, "_status_ids", None)
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# nobody would guess is worse than an absent one, because its existence has
# been ASSERTED. A reviewer pointed the tool at the fixture, got the normal
# scan, and nearly recorded that as a clean negative.
# ⛔ AN UNRECOGNISED FLAG ALONGSIDE `--self-test` MUST REFUSE, not be discarded. The
# gate measured this file as UNVERIFIABLE: `--self-test --zzz-not-a-flag` exited 0, so
# "the flag is matched and the rest DISCARDED — a control result here describes an
# invocation that was only half read." ⇒ A control whose invocation cannot be shown to
# have happened is not a control. Measured 2026-09-06.
# ⚠ Exit 2 is correct and unambiguous here: this file's contract already reads
# `2 established nothing`, and a half-read invocation establishes nothing.
if "--self-test" in sys.argv or "--selftest" in sys.argv:
_extra = [a for a in sys.argv[1:] if a not in ("--self-test", "--selftest")]
if _extra:
print(f"\u26d4 VOID \u2014 unrecognised argument(s) alongside --self-test: {_extra}.\n"
f" The controls take no other flags, and running them while ignoring an\n"
f" argument would report a pass for an invocation that was only half read.\n"
f" NO REMEDY \u2014 run `--self-test` alone.", file=sys.stderr)
return 2
return selftest()
if "--transcripts" in sys.argv:
project = None
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