[RyoKusnadi]

Summary

repeat_policy with repeat: until or repeat: while and no condition or exit_code failed validation, even though spec 075 defines it (until repeats until the attempt succeeds, while repeats while it succeeds) and the runtime already handles it in evalUntilCondition / evalWhileCondition. This removes the validator check so the spec, the validator and the runtime agree.

Changes

• Remove the "requires either 'condition' or 'exit_code'" check from buildStepRepeatPolicy (internal/spec/step.go)
• Turn the while/until no-condition cases in builder_test.go and step_test.go from error cases into success cases
• Add a spec 075 conformance case: an until step with no condition that fails once, repeats, and succeeds on the second attempt (the repro from the issue)
• Add a spec 075 conformance case for while with no condition: a step that succeeds repeats until the limit

Related Issues

Closes #3250

Checklist

• Code follows the project style guidelines
• Self-review of the code has been performed
• Tests have been added or updated as needed
• Documentation has been updated as needed (the spec already describes this behavior)
• Changes have been tested locally

Tested with go test ./internal/spec/... ./internal/runtime/, go test -run TestRepeatPolicy ./internal/intg/, and the spec075_repeat_policy conformance tests against a freshly built binary. All pass. On a root container, TestRunner_ErrorHandling/SetupError fails on main too (root can create /nonexistent/...), so I skipped that one subtest there.

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📝 Walkthrough

The validator now accepts while and until repeat policies without a condition or exit code. Tests cover these policies, including a conformance case where an unconditional until step succeeds after two attempts.

Changes: Repeat policy validation and conformance

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Accept conditionless repeat modes internal/spec/step.go, internal/spec/builder_test.go, internal/spec/step_test.go	Removed validation that rejected while and until policies without a condition or exit code. Tests now verify that both modes are accepted.
Verify unconditional until retries conformance/spec075_repeat_policy/repeat_policy_test.go, conformance/spec075_repeat_policy/testdata/until_unconditional_succeeds.yaml	Added a conformance scenario that retries an until step and checks for two tick lines after success.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 36dc4

The change is mergeable with a bounded test-coverage gap: add a conditionless while conformance case to protect the newly accepted configuration path.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 3 files. (1 skipped: 1 …	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly identifies the main repeat-policy change. It is slightly incomplete because the change also permits omitting exit_code, but it remains specific and directly related.
Linked Issues check		Issue [#3250] requires unconditional while and until repeat policies to validate and follow the existing runtime semantics. The PR removes the validator rejection in internal/spec/step.go. Build…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes stay within issue [#3250]. They modify repeat-policy validation, related unit tests, and spec 075 conformance coverage. No unrelated production behavior or unrelated test area is changed.
Description check		The pull request description includes all required sections. It clearly explains the validation change, lists the implementation and test updates, references issue #3250, completes the checklist, and …

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Explanation

Issue [#3250] requires unconditional while and until repeat policies to validate and follow the existing runtime semantics. The PR removes the validator rejection in internal/spec/step.go. Builder and step tests now accept both modes without condition or exit_code. The spec 075 conformance case proves that unconditional until retries after failure and succeeds on the second attempt. The existing runtime paths provide the stated while and until execution behavior.

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Explanation

The pull request description includes all required sections. It clearly explains the validation change, lists the implementation and test updates, references issue #3250, completes the checklist, and records local test results and the root-container limitation.

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Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 3 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

Resolution

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Review comments at @conformance/spec075_repeat_policy/repeat_policy_test.go:
- Around line 68-72: Add explicit YAML conformance coverage for conditionless
while repetition: extend TestRuntimeRepeatDecisionUnix with a case named “while
without a condition repeats while the attempt succeeds” referencing
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with a repeatable step using repeat: while, interval_sec: 0, and limit: 2.

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• conformance/spec075_repeat_policy/repeat_policy_test.go
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[SCcagg5]

FYI, no change requested. #3271 lists the words of the specs for "execute again": repeat is for one step (spec 075), and #3263 adds loop_wait_sec for all the steps of a run. With this PR, repeat: while without a condition repeats a step as long as it succeeds. The two features do not share a file.

[yohamta0]

Thanks @RyoKusnadi for fixing the repeat condition rules and keeping the error cases covered.