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The wp6 audit's useful negative result: the core invariants hold on dev, but two of them were held by nothing except the current code being correct. This adds the two guards that were promised and never written, and corrects one comment that has become false.

Gap 1 — the no-await activation scan

AGENTS.md states the synchronous-activation guarantee as if it were enforced, and 080_activation_is_synchronous.md:143 recorded it as a Phase-4 test. tests/core-lab-boundary.test.ts only ever held the two import-graph guards.

The failure it guards against is silent. Everything between Bun.serve and the return of startServer runs in one synchronous turn, which is what guarantees a policy route cannot be evaluated before its evidence provider is registered. Add one await there and the synchronous subagent-fallback chain observes an empty slot and routes subagents to a different model than the operator configured. Nothing goes red — the wrong model simply answers.

The scan blanks comments and string bodies before looking, which is load-bearing rather than tidy: the window itself contains two comments that say the word await (src/server/index.ts:1853 "cannot await", :1950 "nowhere to await"). A naive text match fails on correct code, and a guard that cries wolf on dev gets deleted rather than fixed. Template interpolations stay code, because ${await x()} is a genuine violation. Brace-depth tracking distinguishes a function body from a block, so the three awaits inside the server.stop closure are tolerated while an await inside if/try/for is still reported.

Gap 2 — the R3-1 profile-less dry-run assertion

090_audit_round3_closeout.md:47 required a behavioral assertion that a genuinely profile-less dry-run registers no slot. tests/lab-activation.test.ts only checked that a bare config never activates, which never exercises the management route where the activation call actually lives (src/server/management/routing-profile-routes.ts:293 and :368).

This was exactly the "guard passes while the property is violated" path from audit round 3, so it is asserted in both directions: the same route, same process, one config field different must still fill the slot. Without that half, the negative case would keep passing if the route stopped activating altogether.

Prose correction

src/server/responses/core.ts:5194 still described generic OAuth failover as "opt-in and a strict no-op otherwise". Since #2568d presence is consent: rotation defaults ON at two or more eligible accounts (src/oauth/generic-account-failover.ts:104-128). Single-account installs are still a no-op and an explicit oauthAccountFailover.enabled: false still wins, so only the "opt-in" half was wrong. The behaviour is a recorded owner decision and is unchanged.

Verification

Each new assertion was driven red before being kept:

Injected regression Result
await Promise.resolve() before the activation block + startServer marked async 3 of 4 new boundary assertions fail
dry-run activateLab moved above the unknown-profile 404 and made unconditional the R3-1 case fails, its anti-vacuity twin still passes

Both injections reverted; git status confirmed clean afterwards.

At this head:

  • bun test tests/core-lab-boundary.test.ts tests/lab-activation.test.ts — 32 pass, 0 fail
  • bun x tsc --noEmit — exit 0
  • full bun run test on the Linux CI host at this exact head

The scan's own behaviour is pinned by a guard-on-the-guard case covering comments, string literals, template interpolation, nested async callbacks, for await, and identifiers that merely contain the word.

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  • Local CI green (focused tests, typecheck; full suite on the remote host at this head)
  • Branch is on the latest dev commit
  • All correct Codex and CodeRabbit findings fixed
  • Ready for review

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Documentation

    • Clarified that generic OAuth account failover is enabled by default when multiple eligible accounts are available, with an opt-out setting. Certain providers remain excluded.
    • Documented safeguards that keep server activation synchronous and prevent unintended suspension.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for activation-window boundaries and synchronous server startup.
    • Added dry-run coverage for profile-less installations, including correct error handling and prevention of unintended activation records.

The wp6 audit's useful negative result: the core invariants hold on dev, but two
of them were held by nothing except the current code being correct.

Gap 1 — the no-await activation scan was never written. AGENTS.md states the
synchronous-activation guarantee as if enforced, and
devlog/_fin/260814_lab_core_decoupling/080_activation_is_synchronous.md:143
recorded it as a Phase-4 test, but tests/core-lab-boundary.test.ts only ever
held the two import-graph guards. The failure it guards is silent: an await
between Bun.serve and labActivationRequired lets the synchronous
subagent-fallback chain observe an empty evidence slot and route subagents to a
different model than the operator configured. Nothing goes red; the wrong model
just answers.

The scan blanks comments and string bodies before looking, which is not
decoration: the window itself contains two comments saying the word await
(src/server/index.ts:1853 "cannot await", :1950 "nowhere to await"), so a naive
text match fails on correct code, and a guard that cries wolf on dev gets
deleted rather than fixed. Template interpolations stay code, because
`${await x()}` is a real violation. Depth tracking distinguishes a function body
from a block, so the three awaits inside the server.stop closure are tolerated
while an await inside if/try/for is still reported.

Gap 2 — the R3-1 profile-less dry-run assertion was missing.
devlog/_fin/260814_lab_core_decoupling/090_audit_round3_closeout.md:47 required
it; tests/lab-activation.test.ts only checked that a bare config never
activates, which never exercises the management route where the activation call
actually lives (routing-profile-routes.ts:293 and :368).

Both driven red before being kept:

- insert `await Promise.resolve()` before the activation block and mark
  startServer async -> 3 of the 4 new boundary assertions fail
- move the dry-run activateLab call above the unknown-profile 404 and make it
  unconditional -> the R3-1 case fails while its anti-vacuity twin still passes

The R3-1 block asserts both directions on purpose: the same route, same process,
one config field different must still fill the slot, or the negative case would
keep passing if the route stopped activating entirely.

Also corrects src/server/responses/core.ts:5194, which still called generic
OAuth failover "opt-in and a strict no-op otherwise". Since #2568d presence is
consent: rotation defaults ON at two or more eligible accounts
(src/oauth/generic-account-failover.ts:104-128). Single-account installs are
still a no-op and an explicit false still wins, so only the "opt-in" half was
wrong.

Verification: tests/core-lab-boundary.test.ts + tests/lab-activation.test.ts 32
pass / 0 fail, root tsc 0.
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The PR updates the generic OAuth failover comment and adds tests for synchronous Lab activation boundaries and routing-profile dry-run behavior.

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OAuth failover documentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Generic OAuth failover comment
src/server/responses/core.ts
The comment documents default-on failover for providers with at least two eligible accounts, the oauthAccountFailover.enabled: false opt-out, and Codex and Anthropic exclusions. No code logic changes.

Lab activation validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Synchronous activation-window checks
tests/core-lab-boundary.test.ts
Source helpers blank comments and strings, detect function bodies, and report body-level await statements. Tests verify synchronous startServer behavior and the Bun.serve to Lab activation window.
Routing profile dry-run checks
tests/lab-activation.test.ts
Tests isolate OPENCODEX_HOME. Unknown profiles return 404 without compatibility, passive-linker, or activation state. Existing profiles return 200 and populate the compatibility provider slot.
Activation enforcement documentation
AGENTS.md
The documentation describes the source scan that rejects asynchronous startServer activation code and ignores comments, strings, and nested functions.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 8be96

The PR adds regression guards and a documentation correction, but the new source scan can still flag valid server code as a forbidden await. That could reject legitimate future changes, so the PR is not fully merge-ready until the false positives are covered or the scanner is corrected.

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…hygiene gate

AGENTS.md asserted the synchronous-activation guarantee as prose while the
paragraph itself was the only thing holding it. It now says which scan enforces
it and why that scan has to ignore comments, string bodies, and nested
functions: the window legitimately contains three awaits inside the server.stop
closure and two comments that mention the word.

Also rewrites one fixture in the new boundary test. The deterministic hygiene
gate scans text for `catch {}` and cannot tell a synthetic fixture string from
real control flow, so the try/catch case is now assembled from pieces. CI failed
on empty_catch for exactly this line; the assertion is unchanged and still
reports [2].

Verification: tests/core-lab-boundary.test.ts 17 pass / 0 fail.
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Comment on lines +250 to +258
if (ch === "{") { stack.push(opensFunctionBody(code, i)); continue; }
if (ch === "}") { stack.pop(); continue; }
if (ch !== "a" || code.slice(i, i + 5) !== "await") continue;
const before = i > 0 ? code[i - 1]! : " ";
const after = code[i + 5] ?? " ";
if (/[\w$]/.test(before) || /[\w$]/.test(after)) continue;
// `.await` would be a property access, not the operator.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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Recognize expression-bodied callbacks and property keys before reporting await.

At tests/core-lab-boundary.test.ts:250-258, stack tracks only brace-delimited function bodies. The scan therefore reports await in const stop = async () => await release(); and in { await: false }, although neither expression is a body-level AwaitExpression. Track expression-bodied arrow functions and distinguish object property keys. Add focused regression cases for both forms.

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In `@tests/core-lab-boundary.test.ts` around lines 250 - 258, Update the await
scan around stack and isFunctionBody to recognize expression-bodied arrow
callbacks as function contexts and exclude await used as an object-literal
property key. Add focused regression cases covering async arrow expressions and
`{ await: false }`, while preserving detection of genuine body-level
AwaitExpression instances.

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const start = source.indexOf(SERVE_ANCHOR);
const end = source.indexOf(ACTIVATION_ANCHOR);

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P1 Badge Verify that activation remains in the synchronous function body

The test only checks that the activation anchor occurs after Bun.serve; it does not verify that the anchor itself remains at startServer body level. For example, moving the existing activation block into queueMicrotask(() => { ... }) or an async IIFE leaves startServer non-async and preserves both anchors, while bodyLevelAwaitLines deliberately ignores awaits inside that nested function, so every new assertion passes even though startServer returns before Lab registers and policy subagents can be routed to the wrong model. Track brace/function depth through the activation anchor (or parse the function AST) and assert the block is executed directly in the synchronous body.

AGENTS.md reference: AGENTS.md:L55-L63

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…o the gate

An independent review of the guard added in the previous commit found it narrower
than the invariant it claims to hold. The window ran from Bun.serve to the
labActivationRequired check, which left two blind spots: an await inside the
`if (labActivationRequired(...))` body, and an await between activation and
`return server`. AGENTS.md and 080_activation_is_synchronous.md both state the
guarantee as covering everything from Bun.serve to the return.

Proven in both directions rather than argued:

- with the old window, injecting `await Promise.resolve()` inside the activation
  body still reported 17 pass / 0 fail — the violation was invisible
- with the window extended to `return server;`, that same injection fails, and so
  does an await placed just before the return

The scan also now asserts that the activation check sits inside the window. If it
ever drifted out, the scan would stay green while no longer covering the ordering
it exists to protect.

Verification: tests/core-lab-boundary.test.ts 17 pass / 0 fail; both injections
reverted and the tree confirmed clean.
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Independent review of this guard found it narrower than the invariant it claims to hold, and it was right. Fixed in 8be960f07.

The window ran from Bun.serve to the labActivationRequired check, which left two blind spots: an await inside the if (labActivationRequired(...)) body, and an await between activation and return server. Both AGENTS.md and 080_activation_is_synchronous.md state the guarantee as covering everything from Bun.serve to the return, so the guard was holding less than it advertised.

Demonstrated rather than argued:

Window await injected inside the activation body Result
ends at the activation anchor (as landed in af479e0b8) yes 17 pass / 0 fail — invisible
ends at return server; (8be960f07) yes fails
ends at return server; just before the return fails

The scan now also asserts the activation check sits inside the window, so it cannot stay green by drifting past the ordering it protects. Both injections reverted; tree confirmed clean.

One point from the review I want to record rather than act on: the unknown-profile dry-run case does 404 before reaching the activation call at routing-profile-routes.ts:368, so it is not by itself a lock on that line. That is why the block asserts both halves — the resolvable-profile case is the one that pins :368, and the unknown-profile case pins the weaker but still real property that no slot is filled on a profile-less install. I verified the asymmetry by making the dry-run activation unconditional and moving it above the 404: the unknown-profile case fails while its twin keeps passing.

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174-193: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Handle regular-expression literals before scanning for await.

When the activation window contains const pattern = /await/;, bodyLevelAwaitLines reports line 1 although no AwaitExpression exists. The guard can then reject valid startServer code. Skip regular-expression literals or use a TypeScript parser, and add a regression test for this input.

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In `@tests/core-lab-boundary.test.ts` around lines 174 - 193, Update the source
scanner used by bodyLevelAwaitLines to recognize and skip regular-expression
literals before treating their contents as await occurrences, including the
const pattern = /await/; case. Preserve existing comment, string, and template
handling, and add a regression test confirming startServer code with a regex
containing await is not rejected.
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- Around line 174-193: Update the source scanner used by bodyLevelAwaitLines to
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