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Closes the 260913_chat_refusal_translator unit opened by #4468.

Records the proven failure path — outbound.ts:308 enrols a refusal-free message, :623 re-enters the same index via :299, :249 throws — and its trigger at bridge.ts:958-960 into flushHiddenReasoningEnvelope. Records the per-case proof that the 18 existing contract cases still throw at :248, :315 and :249, the rejected global-flag alternative, and the landing evidence.

Also records the follow-up this deliberately did not take: the bridge reusing one output_index for an open message and a reasoning envelope. That is untidy against the Responses protocol, but changing it affects reasoning ordering and rendering, and #4468 already removed the user-visible error by making the reuse harmless again.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed an issue where normal streaming responses without refusal content could incorrectly fail with an invalid_refusal error.
    • Improved handling of mixed reasoning and message events, duplicate identifiers, and terminal snapshots.
    • Preserved validation for genuinely inconsistent refusal data.
  • Tests

    • Added regression coverage for refusal-free streams and invalid refusal scenarios.

A Devin turn streamed ~1000 tokens through /v1/chat/completions and then died
with "upstream refusal representations are inconsistent". The turn contained no
refusal at all.

snapshotRefusalItem exited early only when outputIndex was undefined, so any
message item that carried an index was enrolled in the refusal ledger even with
zero refusal parts. refusalItem() then registered its id, and the id/index
consistency checks began governing ordinary assistant text.

That made a benign shape fatal. src/bridge.ts flushes a hidden reasoning
envelope at the output_index of a still-open message, so one index legitimately
carries two item ids. For a refusal that is a real contradiction; for plain text
it is nothing. Devin emits reasoning items, and a chat inbound without a summary
takes the hidden-flush path, which is why this combination surfaced it.

Enrol an item only when it actually carries refusal content, or when the ledger
already tracks that index because real refusal evidence opened it. The
non-streaming collector in the same file has always scoped itself this way; the
streaming path now matches.

The event-level item_id binding at output_item.added/done is likewise limited to
an index the ledger already tracks. It tests membership directly rather than
through position(), because position() throws on a malformed index and would add
a failure to refusal-free streams instead of removing one.

Every genuine contradiction still fails closed: a refusal id that moves to
another index, a second refusal id on one index, a snapshot that contradicts the
accumulated delta, and a non-refusal part replacing a retained refusal part.

Not fixed here: the bridge reusing one output_index for an open message and a
reasoning envelope. It is untidy against the Responses protocol, but changing it
affects reasoning ordering and rendering, so it is recorded as a follow-up.

Local product tests, typecheck, build and install: NOT RUN.
Hosted exact-head CI on this PR is the merge proof.
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The chat response translator now tracks only refusal-bearing items or items already in the refusal ledger. New tests cover refusal-free streams and preserve errors for genuine refusal contradictions.

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Refusal Scope Correction

Layer / File(s) Summary
Cause and refusal contract
devlog/_plan/260913_chat_refusal_translator/*
The plan documents the zero-refusal failure path, the reproduction, the preserved refusal checks, and the deferred bridge change.
Translator refusal tracking
src/chat/outbound.ts
snapshotRefusalItem skips untracked items without refusal parts. The output_item.added and output_item.done handlers bind IDs only for tracked numeric indices.
Regression validation and test layout
tests/responses/chat-refusal-scope.test.ts, scripts/test-layout/layout.json, tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json
Tests verify refusal-free streams do not emit invalid_refusal and genuine refusal contradictions still emit it. The new test is mapped to the responses domain.

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Run the required validation for the test-layout configuration and correct the devlog’s test-contract inventory before merge. The translator change and its new regression coverage otherwise address the reported refusal-free stream failure.

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Maintainer integration into dev under MAINTAINERS.md.

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Comment thread src/chat/outbound.ts
Comment on lines +305 to +316
// Only an item that actually carries refusal content belongs in the refusal ledger.
// The exit used to be the position guard alone, so every message that had an index
// was enrolled — ordinary assistant text included — and the id/index consistency
// checks inside refusalItem() then governed streams containing no refusal at all.
// One index legitimately carrying two item ids was then fatal: a bridge that flushes
// a hidden reasoning envelope at the index of a still-open message failed a healthy
// turn with invalid_refusal. `existing` keeps a ledger already opened by real refusal
// evidence under the same scrutiny as before. The non-streaming collector below has
// always scoped itself this way; this is the streaming path catching up.
const hasRefusalPart = Array.isArray(item.content)
&& item.content.some(part => isRec(part) && part.type === "refusal");
if (!existing && !hasRefusalPart) return;

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P1 Badge Update the structure docs owned by src/chat

This changes the streaming refusal invariant in src/chat/outbound.ts, but none of the documents assigned to src/chat/ in structure/INDEX.md—runtime.md, transports/inventory.md, and data-planes/inbound-compat.md—are updated. In particular, the latter still describes ID correlation without documenting that refusal-free message skeletons no longer establish it; update every mapped document in this change as required.

AGENTS.md reference: src/AGENTS.md:L11-L11

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## 단위 종료 (2026-09-13)

| wp | 결과 | 커밋 / PR | merge SHA | exact-head CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wp0 | 로드맵 | `0564f02cd` | — | — |
| wp1 | 원인 증명 | `dd40258d1` | — | — |
| wp2 | 수정 | PR #4468 (`66e1c9e67`) | `d0cbfffdd` | 25 success / 0 fail / 0 cancelled |

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P1 Badge Move the closed unit from _plan to _fin

This section records a terminal outcome, merged fix, and exact-head CI evidence, yet the unit remains under devlog/_plan/260913_chat_refusal_translator/. That leaves a completed unit classified as open; move the directory to devlog/_fin/260913_chat_refusal_translator/ when recording this closeout.

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const hasRefusalPart = Array.isArray(item.content)
&& item.content.some(part => isRec(part) && part.type === "refusal");
if (!existing && !hasRefusalPart) return;

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P2 Badge Preserve skeleton IDs until refusal evidence arrives

When a normal Responses lifecycle starts with response.output_item.added containing item.id = "msg_a" and empty content, this return now discards the only item identity. If a later response.refusal.delta for the same index incorrectly carries item_id = "msg_b" and the terminal response omits its output snapshot, the translator accepts and emits that refusal instead of producing invalid_refusal; this bypasses the intended ID-correlation check specifically for the standard skeleton-before-content ordering. Retain the skeleton ID outside the refusal ledger and reconcile it when actual refusal evidence opens the ledger.

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Superseded by a branch rebased onto current dev: this one still carried the commit that #4468 already squash-merged, so it could not produce a clean merge commit.

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In `@devlog/_plan/260913_chat_refusal_translator/000_plan.md`:
- Around line 95-96: Update the contract-test inventory near the existing
refusal test statement to list both chat-refusal.test.ts and
chat-refusal-scope.test.ts. Describe their distinct guarantees: the former
covers the existing refusal contract, while the latter covers refusal-free
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Comment on lines +95 to +96
`tests/responses/chat-refusal.test.ts`가 유일한 계약 파일이다. 실제 `refusalDelta` 이후의
모순을 요구하는 18개 케이스(165-182, 루프 185)는 수정 후에도 그대로 던져야 한다.

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the contract-test inventory.

The statement at devlog/_plan/260913_chat_refusal_translator/000_plan.md:95-96 is unqualified and inaccurate. 010_rootcause_evidence.md identifies tests/responses/chat-refusal.test.ts as the existing refusal contract and tests/responses/chat-refusal-scope.test.ts as the contract for refusal-free streams and real refusal contradictions. List both files and their distinct guarantees.

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96, Update the contract-test inventory near the existing refusal test statement
to list both chat-refusal.test.ts and chat-refusal-scope.test.ts. Describe their
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"chat-conversation-affinity.test.ts": "responses",
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이 PR의 제목은 docs(devlog): close the chat refusal-scope unit이고, 본문도 #4468이 연 260913_chat_refusal_translator 단위를 닫는 문서 작업이라고 말한다. 그런데 GitHub 파일 목록과 diff에는 제품 수정(src/chat/outbound.ts, tests/responses/chat-refusal-scope.test.ts, layout 등록)까지 같이 들어 있다. 이유는 이 PR이 #4468과 같은 브랜치 codex/260913-chat-refusal-scope에서 나온 뒤, 제품 픽스 커밋 위에 종료 문서 커밋 두 개를 더 쌓았기 때문이다.

지금 dev HEAD는 d0cbfffdd이고, 이미 #4468로 제품 픽스와 계획 문서 초안(000/010/020)이 squash 머지된 상태다. package는 2.53.0이다. 그래서 이 PR의 mergeable은 CONFLICTING이다. three-dot 기준으로는 같은 7파일이 또 들어오는 것처럼 보이지만, 실제로 tip에 아직 없는 값은 문서 꼬리뿐이다. tip의 000_plan.md / 010_rootcause_evidence.md는 접두부만 있고, PR 쪽에는 ## 단위 종료 표(wp0~wp2, merge SHA d0cbfffdd, CI 25/0/0)와 ## 증명 결과 표(outbound.ts:308→623→249, bridge flush 트리거, 기존 18계약이 새 early return에 안 걸림, 전역 플래그 대안 기각)가 더 붙어 있다. 020_fix_refusal_scope.md는 tip과 바이트 동일하다.

정리하면 제품 코드는 이미 착지했고, 이 PR을 그대로 머지하면 충돌만 난다. 남는 가치는 아카이브용 closeout 문장뿐이다. 메인테이너 규칙상 랜딩 후 leftover 원본 PR은 Landed via #<landing> at <commit>으로 닫는 쪽이 기본이다. 다만 지금 tip에는 closeout 꼬리가 없으므로, 닫기 전에 그 두 꼬리만 tip 위에 docs-only로 건지거나, 이미 착지한 픽스 커밋을 빼고 closeout만 남기도록 브랜치를 다시 쌓아야 한다. types.ts/config.ts 분할에 잡아먹힐 변경이 아니며, close-don't-rebase 대상의 “무효화된 제품 PR”이라기보다 “랜딩 후 leftover + 미착지 closeout” 케이스다.

우선순위 44는 사용자 런타임 버그가 아니라 문서 마감·브랜치 정리 작업이라는 점수다. 내용은 맞고, #4468 리뷰에서 이미 본 제품 계약과도 일치한다. 다만 CONFLICTING인 채로 제품 diff를 다시 넣으면 안 된다.

devlog/_plan/260913_chat_refusal_translator/000_plan.md (PR 전용 꼬리 ## 단위 종료) - tip에는 아직 없는 closeout 표·착지 요약·후속(bridge index 재사용) 기록이 있다. 이 부분만 tip에 올리면 단위가 문서상으로도 닫힌다.

devlog/_plan/260913_chat_refusal_translator/010_rootcause_evidence.md (PR 전용 꼬리 ## 증명 결과) - :308 등록 → :623/:299 → :249 throw 경로와 기존 chat-refusal.test.ts 18건이 existing 때문에 새 early return에 안 걸린다는 증명을 남긴다. tip 접두부와 합치면 wp1 종료 기록이 완성된다.

devlog/_plan/260913_chat_refusal_translator/020_fix_refusal_scope.md - tip과 동일. 이 PR에서 추가로 가져올 내용 없음.

src/chat/outbound.ts / tests/responses/chat-refusal-scope.test.ts / layout 등록 - #4468(d0cbfffdd)에 이미 있음. 이 PR로 다시 넣으면 squash 충돌만 난다. leftover 제품 diff로 취급한다.

심볼 mergeable: CONFLICTING / 브랜치 codex/260913-chat-refusal-scope - #4468과 같은 브랜치 계열. 제품 랜딩 후 원본 PR이 열린 채로 남은 전형적인 모양이다.

메인테이너의 판단이 필요한 지점

  • closeout 두 꼬리를 새 docs-only PR로 tip에 올린 뒤 이 PR을 닫을지, 이 브랜치에서 착지 커밋을 걷어내고 closeout만 rebase해서 살릴지.
  • leftover 처리 코멘트에 Landed via #4468 at d0cbfffdd를 바로 쓰고 landed-via-maintainer를 붙일지(제품 반은 이미 착지).
  • bridge flushHiddenReasoningEnvelope의 같은 output_index 재사용을 지금 후속 이슈로 티켓화할지, 문서에만 남겨둘지.

너의 추천
이 PR은 그대로 머지하지 마세요. 제품 반은 Landed via #4468 at d0cbfffdd로 처리하고, 000_plan.md·010_rootcause_evidence.md closeout 꼬리만 tip 기준 docs-only로 건진 다음 #4470은 닫으세요. types/config 분할과 무관합니다.

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