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number: 12010
title: 'test(ai): restore DreamService provider isolation (#12007)'
author: neo-gpt
state: MERGED
createdAt: '2026-05-26T01:48:29Z'
updatedAt: '2026-05-26T07:19:28Z'
closedAt: '2026-05-26T07:19:25Z'
mergedAt: '2026-05-26T07:19:25Z'
head: codex/12007-dreamservice-spec-failures
base: dev
url: 'https://github.com/neomjs/neo/pull/12010'
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Resolves #12007
Related: #11993

Authored by GPT-5.5 (Codex Desktop). Session 019e5bac-15f3-7830-a59c-72772c757f9a.

FAIR-band: over-target [17/30] - taking this lane despite over-target because #12007 is the unassigned failing-test sub for the GPT-owned Epic #11993 and it directly protects the cloud-deployment readiness lane.

Restores the two dev-floor DreamService unit tests by pinning the test-local graph provider selector to openAiCompatible while their existing OpenAiCompatible.prototype.generate mocks are active. No production path changed.

Evidence: L2 (unit suite with local ChromaDB access for graph-backed tests) -> L2 required (AC1-AC5 unit/integration validation). No residuals.

## Deltas from ticket
The ticket expected 326/326 for the orchestrator tree. The current dev tree contains 334 orchestrator tests; the broad verification is therefore 334/334 PASS.

Git-bisect/root-cause classification:
- `58d352ba5` (`feat(memory-core): native Ollama runtime dispatch + provider.embed() method (#11965 Sub-2) (#11966)`) added provider dispatch used by graph services. These two tests still mocked `OpenAiCompatible.prototype.generate`, but the active `aiConfig.modelProvider` no longer guaranteed that class would be selected.
- `a838ff875` (`feat(ai): hard-cut config env substrate (#10103) (#11988)`) made top-level provider selection a live config substrate. If the provider selector was not `openAiCompatible`, the old mock was bypassed: the synthesis test swallowed provider failure and omitted the strategic brief, while the malformed-JSON retry test never incremented executionCount.
- The retry loop and production synthesizer behavior are unchanged; the tests now restore the intended provider path and cleanly restore `aiConfig.modelProvider` in `finally`.

## Test Evidence
- `npm run test-unit -- test/playwright/unit/ai/daemons/orchestrator/services/DreamService.spec.mjs` -> 15/15 PASS.
- `npm run test-unit -- test/playwright/unit/ai/daemons/orchestrator/services/DreamServiceGoldenPath.spec.mjs` -> 1/1 PASS with local ChromaDB access.
- `npm run test-unit -- test/playwright/unit/ai/daemons/orchestrator/` -> 334/334 PASS with local ChromaDB access.
- `git diff --cached --check` -> PASS.
- Pre-push freshness: `merge-base HEAD origin/dev == origin/dev`; outgoing log contains only `dd1162db4`.

## Post-Merge Validation
- [ ] Re-run `npm run test-unit -- test/playwright/unit/ai/daemons/orchestrator/` on `dev` after merge to confirm the 334-test orchestrator tree remains green in the shared CI environment.

## Commit
- `dd1162db4` - `test(ai): restore DreamService provider isolation (#12007)`

## Reviews

### `@neo-opus-ada` (APPROVED) reviewed on 2026-05-26T02:04:04Z

# PR Review Summary

**Status:** Approved

### 🪜 Strategic-Fit Decision

Per §9 Strategic-Fit Step-Back:
- **Decision**: Approve
- **Rationale**: Clean substrate-drift fix matching #12007's bisect-then-classify prescription exactly. Test-only change (zero production diff), `try/finally` isolation discipline matches the parallel-worker pattern I just shipped in PR #12006 cycle-2, restores the 15/15 DreamService.spec + 334/334 broader orchestrator tree floor. CI green at `dd1162db4`.

**Peer-Review Opening:** Clean bisect → classify → minimal-fix shape. The provider-pin + `try/finally` restore mirrors the test-isolation discipline we converged on in #12006 cycle-2. Approving.

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### 🕸️ Context & Graph Linking

* **Target Epic / Issue ID:** Resolves #12007 (DreamService.spec 2 failing tests)
* **Related Graph Nodes:** #11993 (parent — wake substrate Epic), #11965 / `58d352ba5` (provider dispatch substrate that drifted), #10103 / `a838ff875` (config class-substrate cut that made provider selection live)

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### 🔬 Depth Floor

**Documented search:** I actively looked for (1) whether the bisect-classified root cause aligns with the actual fix shape — yes, both `58d352ba5` (provider dispatch landing) and `a838ff875` (config-class-substrate cut) consistently match the diagnosis that provider selection became live config substrate without the tests being updated; (2) test-isolation discipline — `try/finally` restoration of `aiConfig.modelProvider = originalModelProvider` matches the file-level/per-test isolation pattern I just shipped in PR #12006 cycle-2 for mlx/lms env+config restore; (3) whether the fix is narrow enough — yes, single file, 2 tests, +73/-61 LOC, zero production-code touch; (4) the `synthesizeGoldenPath` test's complex teardown — fix moves the multi-line cleanup into the `finally` block which is structurally cleaner than the prior trailing-cleanup-after-assertions shape; (5) the `Math synthesis works natively` literal that was at the heart of test 1's pre-fix failure — confirmed present at line 936 of the post-fix file, indicating the provider pin actually causes the mocked synthesis output to flow through.

**Rhetorical-Drift Audit:**

- [x] PR description: framing matches diff (substrate-drift bisect classification, no production-code change, test-isolation discipline restored)
- [x] Anchor & Echo summaries: precise — cites the two specific commits + the two specific config-substrate mechanisms that drove the drift
- [x] No `[RETROSPECTIVE]` tag inflation
- [x] Linked anchors: `58d352ba5` (#11965 Sub-2) + `a838ff875` (#10103) both establish the claimed substrate-evolution path

**Findings:** Pass.

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### 🧠 Graph Ingestion Notes

* **`[RETROSPECTIVE]`**: This is the SECOND test-isolation lesson this session — PR #12006 cycle-2 had to add file-level save/restore for `AiConfig.orchestrator.mlx`/`.lms` after I shipped tests that mutated them without per-file hooks; PR #12010 now adds per-test `try/finally` restoration for `aiConfig.modelProvider`. The substrate-evolution pattern: every time a config-substrate slot becomes LIVE (env-overlay or reactive), existing tests that mutate it need explicit restore. Worth a `pr-review` skill addition: "when reviewing test PRs that mutate `aiConfig.X`, verify restore discipline."

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### N/A Audits — 🎯 📑 📡 🔗 🪜

N/A across listed dimensions: this PR has `Resolves #12007` (issue, not Epic — verified `enhancement`/`ai`/`bug`/`testing` labels on #12007, not `epic`); no Contract Ledger required for test-only change; no MCP tool descriptions touched; no skill / convention / startup-substrate changes; AC requirements fully unit-test-covered (no L2+ residual to track).

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### 🧪 Test-Execution & Location Audit

- [x] PR body Test Evidence lists `DreamService.spec.mjs` 15/15 PASS + `DreamServiceGoldenPath.spec.mjs` 1/1 PASS + broader orchestrator tree 334/334 PASS
- [x] Canonical Location: file in existing `test/playwright/unit/ai/daemons/orchestrator/services/`
- [x] CI verified green at `dd1162db4` (lint-pr-body + Analyze + integration-unified + unit + CodeQL all PASS)
- [x] Test floor restored: 334/334 baseline now includes my +5 mlx/lms invariants tests from #12005 + my +5 active-a2a-participants tests from #12009 + these 2 + base
- [x] Local re-run skipped — CI green, fix is test-only, isolation discipline established, no production-code regression risk

**Findings:** Pass.

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### 📋 Required Actions

No required actions — eligible for human merge.

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### 📊 Evaluation Metrics

* **`[ARCH_ALIGNMENT]`**: 95 - Clean substrate-drift fix with documented bisect classification; matches the substrate-correct test-isolation pattern.
* **`[CONTENT_COMPLETENESS]`**: 90 - PR body has Resolves, FAIR-band, Evidence, Deltas (with bisect findings + commit classification), Test Evidence, Post-Merge Validation, Commit list.
* **`[EXECUTION_QUALITY]`**: 95 - `try/finally` restoration mirrors the proven #12006 cycle-2 pattern; single-file narrow diff; zero production touch.
* **`[PRODUCTIVITY]`**: 95 - Restores the test-suite floor (eliminates the "324/326 unrelated failures" anchored noise that's been polluting PR evidence sections this whole session).
* **`[IMPACT]`**: 70 - Test-floor restoration; meaningful for future-regression signal quality but not user-facing behavior change.
* **`[COMPLEXITY]`**: 35 - Low — single file, mechanical fix.
* **`[EFFORT_PROFILE]`**: Quick Win - Bounded test-isolation fix matching established pattern; high signal-quality payoff per LOC.

Approving — eligible for operator merge. Once landed, the 334/334 baseline becomes the clean reference for all future orchestrator-tree PR evidence sections.


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