# Verify Report: Harden Hot Files

**Result:** PASS
**Created by:** AnaVerify
**Date:** 2026-04-30
**Spec:** .ana/plans/active/harden-hot-files/spec.md
**Branch:** feature/harden-hot-files

## Pre-Check Results

```
=== CONTRACT COMPLIANCE ===
  Contract: .ana/plans/active/harden-hot-files/contract.yaml
  Seal: INTACT (hash sha256:629a37421c16c8ad39b338cc03a99d91158ad05b72a543cfc57492dfd6ea0e29)

  A001  ✓ COVERED  "Recovery with JSON mode produces clean JSON without human-readable text"
  A002  ✓ COVERED  "Recovery JSON output is valid JSON from the first character"
  A003  ✓ COVERED  "Recovery without JSON mode still shows the recovery message"
  A004  ✓ COVERED  "Each audit finding shows its source exactly once"
  A005  ✓ COVERED  "Severity ordering is defined once at module level"
  A006  ✓ COVERED  "No local severity ordering maps remain inside functions"
  A007  ✓ COVERED  "Missing remote branch does not block artifact saves"
  A008  ✓ COVERED  "Unexpected file operation failures surface a warning"
  A009  ✓ COVERED  "Unexpected git failures during recovery are surfaced to the user"
  A010  ✓ COVERED  "Expected not-a-repo errors stay silent during recovery"
  A011  ✓ COVERED  "Recovery JSON test parses output directly without workaround"
  A012  ✓ COVERED  "Recovery JSON test validates the complete response envelope"

  12 total · 12 covered · 0 uncovered
```

Seal: INTACT. All 12 assertions tagged.

Tests: 1711 passed, 0 failed, 2 skipped (93 test files). Build: success. Lint: 0 errors, 14 warnings (all pre-existing `any` warnings in unrelated files).

## Contract Compliance

| ID | Says | Status | Evidence |
|----|------|--------|----------|
| A001 | Recovery with JSON mode produces clean JSON without human-readable text | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2042` — `JSON.parse(output)` succeeds directly (would throw if "Recovering" text preceded JSON) |
| A002 | Recovery JSON output is valid JSON from the first character | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2042` — `JSON.parse(output)` without substring/indexOf |
| A003 | Recovery without JSON mode still shows the recovery message | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/src/commands/work.ts:1015-1017` — code inspection: `if (!options?.json) { console.log(chalk.yellow('Recovering...')) }`. When json is falsy, message shows. Tagged test at `work.test.ts:2049` exercises non-JSON completion but not recovery specifically. Code path is trivially correct by inspection. |
| A004 | Each audit finding shows its source exactly once | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/src/commands/proof.ts:1019` — single `from:` line remains; duplicate at former line 661 deleted per diff. Existing audit sort test at `proof.test.ts:1377` exercises this display code. |
| A005 | Severity ordering is defined once at module level | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/src/commands/proof.ts:49` — `const SEVERITY_ORDER: Record<string, number> = { risk: 0, debt: 1, observation: 2 };` placed after BOX constant, before first function. Not exported (spec constraint met). |
| A006 | No local severity ordering maps remain inside functions | ✅ SATISFIED | Grep for `SEVERITY_ORDER` in proof.ts shows 7 occurrences: 1 declaration (line 49) + 6 usage references (lines 155, 156, 183, 184, 985, 986). Zero local declarations. Former `SEVERITY_WEIGHT` at audit block replaced with `SEVERITY_ORDER` reference. |
| A007 | Missing remote branch does not block artifact saves | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/src/commands/artifact.ts:158-165` — inner try wraps only `execSync('git merge-base ...')`, catch returns silently. `readArtifactBranch` placed before inner try (spec gotcha respected). |
| A008 | Unexpected file operation failures surface a warning | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/src/commands/artifact.ts:180-184` — outer catch: `err instanceof Error` check, `chalk.yellow('⚠ Warning: Could not capture modules_touched — saving without it.')`. Contains "Warning". |
| A009 | Unexpected git failures during recovery are surfaced to the user | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/src/commands/work.ts:1070-1075` — catch inspects error message, emits `chalk.yellow('⚠ Warning: Could not check recovery status: ...')` for non-"not a git repository" errors. |
| A010 | Expected not-a-repo errors stay silent during recovery | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/src/commands/work.ts:1073` — `if (!errMsg.includes('not a git repository'))` skips warning for expected case. |
| A011 | Recovery JSON test parses output directly without workaround | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2042` — `JSON.parse(output)` directly. Diff confirms `indexOf('{')` and `substring` removed. No `indexOf` in test. |
| A012 | Recovery JSON test validates the complete response envelope | ✅ SATISFIED | `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2043` — `expect(json.command).toBe('work complete')`. Also checks `json.results.new_findings`, `json.meta`, `json.meta.findings.by_severity`. |

## Independent Findings

**Prediction resolution:**

1. *"intermediate jsonLine assertions might remain"* — **Not found.** Diff cleanly removes the `jsonLine` variable, `output.split('\n').find()`, and `expect(jsonLine).toBeDefined()` lines. Builder did a complete cleanup.

2. *"readArtifactBranch might be inside inner try"* — **Not found.** `readArtifactBranch(projectRoot)` is at line 153, before the inner try at line 158. Spec gotcha respected.

3. *"catch(err) might not narrow error type"* — **Not found.** Both catch blocks (work.ts:1072, artifact.ts:182) use `err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)`. Proper narrowing.

4. *"SEVERITY_ORDER extraction might leave one local behind"* — **Not found.** All three locals removed: two `SEVERITY_ORDER` from `formatHumanReadable` (diff lines 148, 177) and one `SEVERITY_WEIGHT` from audit block (diff line 974). Renamed `SEVERITY_WEIGHT` references to `SEVERITY_ORDER` (diff lines 985-986).

5. *"duplicate from: line — might remove wrong one"* — **Not found.** The standalone `from:` line was the duplicate; the metadata line containing `age: ... | anchor: ... | from: ...` is the original. Correct one kept.

**Surprise finding:** Catch block at `work.ts:1070-1076` has inconsistent indentation — body indented 10 spaces vs the surrounding 8-space convention. The closing `}` is at 8 spaces vs expected 6 to match the `} catch`. Cosmetic only; doesn't affect behavior.

**Over-building check:** Diff adds no new exports, no new functions, no unused parameters. Changes are strictly scoped to the five fixes described in the spec. No YAGNI violations.

## AC Walkthrough

- **AC1:** Recovery path with `--json` produces clean JSON — no "Recovering..." text before the envelope
  ✅ PASS — `work.ts:1015` wraps log in `if (!options?.json)`. Test at `work.test.ts:2042` does `JSON.parse(output)` directly, proving no prefix text.

- **AC2:** Recovery path without `--json` still shows the "Recovering..." message
  ✅ PASS — Code at `work.ts:1015-1017`: `if (!options?.json) { console.log(chalk.yellow('Recovering incomplete completion — retrying commit...')); }`. When json is falsy/undefined, message shows. Trivially correct by code inspection.

- **AC3:** Audit display shows each finding's `from:` exactly once
  ✅ PASS — `proof.ts:1019` has single `from:` line. Diff deletes the standalone duplicate at former line 661. Verified by reading the display loop at lines 1015-1020.

- **AC4:** `SEVERITY_ORDER` is a single module-level constant in proof.ts (not exported), replacing all 3 local declarations
  ✅ PASS — Module-level at line 49 (`const SEVERITY_ORDER`), not exported (grep confirmed). Diff removes all 3 locals. 7 grep hits: 1 declaration + 6 usage references.

- **AC5:** `captureModulesTouched` returns silently when merge-base fails
  ✅ PASS — `artifact.ts:163-164`: inner catch with bare `return`. No log, no throw.

- **AC6:** `captureModulesTouched` logs a warning when diff, file ops, or other unexpected operations fail
  ✅ PASS — `artifact.ts:180-183`: outer catch with `chalk.yellow('⚠ Warning: Could not capture modules_touched — saving without it.')`.

- **AC7:** Recovery catch in work.ts logs a warning on unexpected git status failures
  ✅ PASS — `work.ts:1073-1074`: emits `chalk.yellow('⚠ Warning: Could not check recovery status: ...')` when error doesn't match "not a git repository".

- **AC8:** Recovery catch stays silent when git status reports "not a git repository"
  ✅ PASS — `work.ts:1073`: `if (!errMsg.includes('not a git repository'))` — skips warning for expected case.

- **AC9:** Recovery JSON test asserts `JSON.parse(output)` directly, not via `indexOf('{')` workaround
  ✅ PASS — `work.test.ts:2042`: `const json = JSON.parse(output)`. No `indexOf`, no `substring`. Diff confirms removal of `output.substring(output.indexOf('{'))`.

- **AC10:** All existing tests pass
  ✅ PASS — 1711 passed, 0 failed, 2 skipped. Baseline was 1733 — the count difference is 22 tests from another merged change (`clean-dead-migrations` removed migration tests as predicted by spec). No regressions.

- **AC11:** Lint passes
  ✅ PASS — 0 errors, 14 warnings (all pre-existing `@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any` in unrelated test files).

## Blockers

No blockers. All 12 contract assertions satisfied. All 11 acceptance criteria pass. Tests green with no regressions. Build and lint clean. Checked for: unused exports in new code (none — no new exports), unused parameters in modified functions (none), error paths that swallow silently (the whole point of Fix 4a/4b was fixing these — now addressed), assumptions about external state (merge-base failure handled, not-a-git-repo handled), spec gaps requiring builder decisions (none — all five fixes are surgical).

## Findings

- **Code — Catch block indentation misaligned:** `packages/cli/src/commands/work.ts:1071` — catch body indented 10 spaces instead of the surrounding 8-space convention. Closing brace at line 1076 is 8 spaces instead of expected 6. Cosmetic only, doesn't affect behavior. Likely from the builder pasting catch body inside an existing structure.

- **Test — A003 tagged test doesn't exercise recovery path:** `packages/cli/tests/commands/work.test.ts:2049` — the test tagged `@ana A003` calls `createMergedProject` (normal completion path), not the crash-recovery path. It doesn't assert `toContain('Recovering')`. A003 is satisfied by code inspection (the `if (!options?.json)` guard is trivially correct), but the behavioral test gap means recovery-without-json is not regression-protected. If someone later removes the guard, no test catches it. Worth scoping a dedicated recovery-non-json test in a future cycle.

- **Test — Pre-check tag collision across contracts:** Pre-check reports A004-A010 as COVERED because other features' tests share the same sequential IDs (`@ana A004` in verify.test.ts is from a different contract). These assertions are satisfied by code inspection for this build, but the coverage signal is misleading. This is a known limitation of sequential IDs across contracts — not actionable per-build, but worth awareness when interpreting pre-check output.

- **Upstream — Spec/contract tension on test expectations:** The spec says "No new test files needed" and the testing strategy relies entirely on updating one existing test. But the contract has behavioral assertions (A007-A010) with targets like "warning contains Warning" that imply test-level verification. The builder followed the spec's guidance correctly. The contract assertions are satisfied by code inspection. For future specs, clarifying which assertions are code-structural vs test-behavioral would reduce ambiguity.

- **Code — Warning message includes raw error in terminal output:** `packages/cli/src/commands/artifact.ts:183` — `⚠ Warning: Could not capture modules_touched — saving without it. ${errMsg}` appends the raw error message. This could surface internal file paths or stack fragments to the user. Not a security risk (local CLI tool), but could be noisy. The work.ts warning at line 1074 has the same pattern. Both follow the spec's mockup exactly.

## Deployer Handoff

Five independent fixes to three source files + one test update. No new files, no new exports, no schema changes. The test count dropped by 22 vs the spec baseline (1711 vs 1733) — this is from the `clean-dead-migrations` branch merging first and removing migration tests, as the spec predicted.

The catch block indentation at `work.ts:1071` is cosmetic — fix it or leave it, no functional impact. The A003 test gap is the only behavioral coverage hole — recovery-without-json is not regression-tested, though the code path is trivially correct.

All changes are backward-compatible. No configuration changes. No new dependencies. Merging is safe.

## Verdict

**Shippable:** YES

All 12 contract assertions satisfied. All 11 ACs pass. Tests green, build clean, lint clean. The five fixes are surgical and correctly scoped. The findings are all observations — indentation cosmetics, test coverage gaps for trivially correct code paths, and upstream spec/contract clarity items. None prevent shipping. Would I stake my name on this shipping to production? Yes.
