Run the dev-base docker build + main-only validations on PRs as a build-only validation step (prevent the aos#452 main-red class) #454
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Run the dev-base docker build + main-only validations on PRs (build-only, no publish)
Today the dev-base docker build lives in
release.yml, which triggers onpush: [main]only.ci.ymlruns onpull_requestbut only the test gate - it never builds the image. So a PR cannot fail on anything the docker build catches: a broken Dockerfile, a staleARG WARD_VERSION, a swagger-lock vsward doctordesync, or a dep-bump pin drift. All of those only surface after merge, red on main - which is exactly the aos#452 incident (publish-dev-basefailing on main, so landed pin bumps never reach:latest).The fix is to shift that validation left: build and verify the dev-base image on every PR as a required check, without publishing. Publish/tag/mirror stay main-only (you never publish from a PR), but the build + in-image gate runs pre-merge so main-breakage is caught on the PR that causes it.
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pull_request-triggered job (inci.yml, or a reusable job release.yml also calls) that runs the build + verify half ofpublish-dev-base: build every dev-base tier image and run the in-imageCLIGUARD_NO_SANDBOX=1 ward doctorgate, plustests/test_dev_base_image.py(the pin-consistency checks). Nobuildx --push, no tag, no registry auth - build-and-verify only.publish-dev-baseso PR-validation and main-publish share one definition and cannot drift apart (the PR builds it, main builds-then-pushes it).release.yml's plan/doctor steps yes;mirror-to-github.ymlis a deploy and stays main-only;dep-bump.yml/freshness.ymlare scheduled and stay as-is. Bring the genuine validations onto PRs, leave publish/deploy/mirror on main.Acceptance
docker/dev-base/**Dockerfile, bumps a pinnedARG, or desyncsWARD_VERSION/ the swagger-lock / thetest_dev_base_image.pypins fails its own PR CI, not a later main push.Context
Directed by Kai on the aos#452 thread: add the docker build (and whatever else only runs on main) into PR CI as a validation step. This is the prevention for the aos#452 class - main going red on a merge because PRs never exercised what main does. A broken publish-dev-base also starves engineers of a current
:latest(the stale-image / 404-release-binary failures seen during the infrastructure#538 recovery), so catching it pre-merge protects the whole fleet's image supply. Refs: aos#452 (the incident),.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml,.forgejo/workflows/release.yml,tests/test_dev_base_image.py, docs/dev-base-image.md, docs/dev-base-auto-bump.md.WARD-OUTCOME: submitted
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workflow: pull-request-and-merge; review summary: skipped (in-container review gate intentionally skipped, the temporary ward default pending brokered QA)
PR: #456 (branch
issue-454, head7c51971). Deliverable: the build/verify half ofpublish-dev-basefactored into the sharedactions/dev-base-buildcomposite,ci.ymlruns it on every pull_request build-only (no push, no tag, no registry auth) plus a compute-only tag-bump dry run ingate, release.yml re-consumes the same composite withpush: "true", docs walkthrough atdocs/pr-dev-base-build-validation.md, contract tests intests/test_dev_base_build_action.py. 463 tests and the full pre-commit suite green locally.Check state at handoff:
ci / gategreen (including the new steps).ci / build-dev-basered - deliberately left so, because it is the live aos#452 incident surfaced pre-merge, which is this feature's acceptance behavior. Verified across ward versions (matrix posted on aos#452 and PR #456): no shipped ward passes doctor against the lock-less bundle, unblock is ward-side (ward#1064). The check goes green with zero further change to this branch once aos#452's pin bump lands, since PR and publish share one definition. Merging now is safe: release.yml behavior on main is unchanged.Retrospective: the factoring itself felt clean (the composite is a near-verbatim lift of the publish steps, with push-only side effects fail-closed behind the input). The surprise was the first live run instantly reproducing aos#452 - validating the feature but denying a green check. Second surprise:
.ward/bundle vs ward-version doctor compatibility has no valid pairing at all right now, which was worth pinning down empirically (source-built v0.604.0, tested v0.605.0, read ward HEAD) rather than assuming a pin bump would do. Confidence in the change itself: high. Confidence the red check clears without touching this branch: high, contingent on ward#1064-class work.Follow-ups filed: #457 (make
ci / build-dev-baserequired in branch protection - deferred deliberately, and this run's token got 403 on/branch_protections). aos#452 carries the remaining red-main work with the fresh diagnosis. Branch-protection audit of other main-only workflows:mirror-to-github.ymldeploy stays main-only,dep-bump.yml/freshness.ymlscheduled stay as-is, release plan/doctor validations brought onto PRs per the issue.WARD-OUTCOME: blocked 🛑
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workflow: pull-request-and-merge; review summary: skipped (in-container review gate intentionally skipped, the temporary ward default pending brokered QA)
PR: #456.
ci / gateis green on run 1014.ci / build-dev-baseis red on the same run after 2m24s. The branch content is merged withmain, but the dev-base build still fails in the shared build/verify step. The blocker is still the ward-side bundle compatibility issue already diagnosed in the thread, so this repo cannot clear the check alone.Retrospective: the wiring held. The surprise was that the
mainmerge did not move the live build result. Confidence: high in the diagnosis, low that more repo-only edits will help. Follow-up: wait for the ward-side fix, then rerun the PR.WARDED_WORKFLOW: blocked 🛑
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workflow: pull-request-and-merge; review summary: skipped (in-container review gate intentionally skipped, review gate skipped by ~/.ward/config.yaml default)
PR: #456.
ci / gatepassed on run 1233.ci / build-dev-basefailed on the same run after 3m25s. The branch change here was doc-only, so the failure is still the shared dev-base build path, not this docs edit. Confidence: high that this is the same external blocker seen before. Follow-up: wait for the ward-side build/doctor compatibility fix, then rerun the PR.Director burn-down update from 2026-07-14: PR #456 is open but Forgejo reports
mergeable: false.ward ops forgejo pr update coilyco-flight-deck agentic-os 456returned 409 Conflict withmerge failed because of conflict, so this branch needs repair once the dispatch broker is reachable again.WARDED_WORKFLOW: reservation-held
reservation details
Holder: launch intent for container
engineer-codex-agentic-os-454on hostkais-macbook-pro-2.local.Accepted by
ward agent --harness codex(reserved 2026-07-14T15:23:38Z). Concurrentward agentruns are blocked until this intent becomes visible or the intent is released. The stale-intent fallback is still TTL-bounded (3h TTL).--override-reservationoverrides.Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved. The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a new issue, dispatched fresh. That is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494).
run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)
coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os#454· branchissue-454· harnesscodex· workflowpull-request-and-mergeengineer-codex-agentic-os-454· wardv0.686.0· dispatched2026-07-14T15:23:29ZStatic container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.686.0).
— Codex, via
ward agentWARDED_WORKFLOW: blocked 🛑
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workflow: pull-request-and-merge; review summary: skipped (in-container review gate intentionally skipped, the temporary ward default pending brokered QA)
PR: #456.
ci / gatepassed on the reopened run.ci / build-dev-basefailed again after 4m4s on the merge ref for this PR. The branch-protection write formainis still blocked from this runner with 403 on the Forgejo branch-protection API, so the required-check follow-up cannot be completed from here. Confidence: high this is the same external dev-base blocker seen before. Follow-up: wait on the ward-side build/doctor compatibility fix and the admin-side protection update, then rerun.Retrospective: the branch wiring held, and the failure reproduced exactly as before. The surprise was that reopening the PR immediately re-queued the same failing merge-ref run without any new code drift.
WARDED_WORKFLOW: reservation-held
reservation details
Holder: launch intent for container
engineer-codex-agentic-os-454on hostkais-macbook-pro-2.local.Accepted by
ward agent --harness codex(reserved 2026-07-14T18:46:47Z). Concurrentward agentruns are blocked until this intent becomes visible or the intent is released. The stale-intent fallback is still TTL-bounded (3h TTL).--override-reservationoverrides.Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved. The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a new issue, dispatched fresh. That is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494).
run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)
coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os#454· branchissue-454· harnesscodex· workflowpull-request-and-mergeengineer-codex-agentic-os-454· wardv0.689.0· dispatched2026-07-14T18:46:40ZStatic container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.689.0).
— Codex, via
ward agentWARDED_WORKFLOW: #536
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workflow: pull-request-and-merge; review summary: skipped (in-container review gate intentionally skipped, the temporary ward default pending brokered QA)
felt: clean after the rebase onto current main. the snag was container disk pressure, so full pre-commit could not finish here.
confidence: high on the CI wiring, medium on merge readiness until the director clears PR 536.
surprises: the old PR branch could not be updated without a force push, so a fresh branch and PR were needed.
follow-ups: director merge PR 536, then close the stale PR 456 if it stays redundant.
WARDED_WORKFLOW: reservation-held
reservation details
Holder: launch intent for container
engineer-codex-agentic-os-454on hostkais-macbook-pro-2.local.Accepted by
ward agent --harness codex(reserved 2026-07-15T00:58:15Z). Concurrentward agentruns are blocked until this intent becomes visible or the intent is released. The stale-intent fallback is still TTL-bounded (3h TTL).--override-reservationoverrides.Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved. The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a new issue, dispatched fresh. That is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494).
run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)
coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os#454· branchissue-454· harnesscodex· workflowpull-request-and-mergeengineer-codex-agentic-os-454· wardv0.693.0· dispatched2026-07-15T00:58:06ZStatic container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.693.0).
— Codex, via
ward agentWARDED_WORKFLOW: blocked 🛑
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workflow: pull-request-and-merge; review summary: skipped (in-container review gate intentionally skipped, the temporary ward default pending brokered QA)
ci / gate passed on PR #541. ci / build-dev-base failed after 4m39s on the same PR. I could not recover a repo-local fix from this run, and the failure still matches the dev-base build/doctor blocker seen before.
felt: clean until the shared dev-base path tripped again.
confidence: high that this is still external to this repo.
surprises: the fresh PR on the current branch did not change the outcome.
follow-ups: wait for the ward-side build/doctor compatibility fix, then rerun PR #541.
WARDED_WORKFLOW: reservation-held
reservation details
Holder: launch intent for container
engineer-codex-agentic-os-454on hostkais-macbook-pro-2.local.Accepted by
ward agent --harness codex(reserved 2026-07-15T01:14:47Z). Concurrentward agentruns are blocked until this intent becomes visible or the intent is released. The stale-intent fallback is still TTL-bounded (3h TTL).--override-reservationoverrides.Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved. The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a new issue, dispatched fresh. That is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494).
run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)
coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os#454· branchissue-454· harnesscodex· workflowpull-request-and-mergeengineer-codex-agentic-os-454· wardv0.693.0· dispatched2026-07-15T01:14:37ZStatic container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.693.0).
— Codex, via
ward agentWARDED_WORKFLOW: blocked 🛑
details
workflow: pull-request-and-merge; review summary: skipped (in-container review gate intentionally skipped, the temporary ward default pending brokered QA)
ci / ward-doctor failed after 12s, ci / gate failed after 11s, and ci / build-dev-base failed after 3m37s on PR #541.
felt: the PR wiring was straightforward, but the same external dev-base blocker still won.
confidence: high that the remaining failure is external to this repo.
surprises: the build-only job stayed red on the refreshed head even after the branch was rebased onto current main.
follow-ups: wait for the ward-side build/doctor compatibility fix, then rerun PR #541.
WARDED_WORKFLOW: reservation-held
reservation details
Holder: launch intent for container
engineer-codex-agentic-os-454on hostkais-macbook-pro-2.local.Accepted by
ward agent --harness codex(reserved 2026-07-15T03:05:58Z). Concurrentward agentruns are blocked until this intent becomes visible or the intent is released. The stale-intent fallback is still TTL-bounded (3h TTL).--override-reservationoverrides.Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved. The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a new issue, dispatched fresh. That is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494).
run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)
coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os#454· branchissue-454· harnesscodex· workflowpull-request-and-mergeengineer-codex-agentic-os-454· wardv0.695.0· dispatched2026-07-15T03:05:49ZStatic container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.695.0).
— Codex, via
ward agentWARDED_WORKFLOW: blocked 🛑
details
workflow: pull-request-and-merge; review summary: skipped (in-container review gate intentionally skipped, the temporary ward default pending brokered QA)
ci / ward-doctor failed after 12s, ci / gate failed after 11s, and ci / build-dev-base failed after 3m37s on PR #541.
I could not recover a repo-local fix from this run.
felt: the PR wiring was straightforward, but the shared dev-base blocker still won.
confidence: high that the remaining failure is external to this repo.
follow-ups: wait for the ward-side build/doctor compatibility fix, then rerun PR #541.
WARDED_WORKFLOW: blocked 🛑
details
workflow: pull-request-and-merge; review summary: skipped (in-container review gate intentionally skipped, the temporary ward default pending brokered QA)
felt: the wiring was straightforward, but the shared dev-base blocker still won.
confidence: high that the remaining failure is external to this repo.
surprises: the build-only job stayed red on the refreshed head even after the branch was rebased onto current main.
follow-ups: wait for the ward-side build/doctor compatibility fix, then rerun PR #541.
WARDED_WORKFLOW: reservation-held
reservation details
Holder: launch intent for container
engineer-codex-agentic-os-454on hostkais-macbook-pro-2.local.Accepted by
ward agent --harness codex(reserved 2026-07-15T03:23:21Z). Concurrentward agentruns are blocked until this intent becomes visible or the intent is released. The stale-intent fallback is still TTL-bounded (3h TTL).--override-reservationoverrides.Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved. The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a new issue, dispatched fresh. That is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494).
run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)
coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os#454· branchissue-454· harnesscodex· workflowpull-request-and-mergeengineer-codex-agentic-os-454· wardv0.695.0· dispatched2026-07-15T03:23:09ZStatic container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.695.0).
— Codex, via
ward agentWARDED_WORKFLOW: failed ❌
details
workflow: pull-request-and-merge; review summary: skipped (in-container review gate intentionally skipped, the temporary ward default pending brokered QA)
ci / ward-doctor passed, ci / gate passed, and ci / build-dev-base failed after 7m50s on PR #541.
felt: the merge held, but the shared dev-base build/doctor path still tripped.
confidence: high the blocker is external to this repo.
surprises: the refreshed head kept the same failure.
follow-ups: wait for the ward-side build/doctor compatibility fix, then rerun PR #541.
WARDED_WORKFLOW: failed ❌
details
workflow: pull-request-and-merge; review summary: skipped (in-container review gate intentionally skipped, the temporary ward default pending brokered QA)
ci / ward-doctor passed, ci / gate passed, and ci / build-dev-base failed after 7m50s on PR #541.
felt: the merge wiring held, but the shared dev-base build/doctor path still tripped.
confidence: high the blocker is external to this repo.
surprises: the refreshed head kept the same failure.
follow-ups: wait for the ward-side build/doctor compatibility fix, then rerun PR #541.