{
  "checker": {
    "claims": [
      {
        "claim": "Reports privacy, secret, attribution and reproducibility blockers without printing matches",
        "command": "<guest-path> <guest-path> --denylist <guest-path> --reports <guest-path> --scrub-plan",
        "evidence": "\"preserve_attribution\": true\n}\n",
        "expected": "scrub plan JSON with preserve_attribution true and no matched text",
        "input": "sample",
        "kind": "claim",
        "outcome": "Real input produced the expected result: \"preserve_attribution\": true",
        "returncode": 2,
        "source": "privacy, secret, attribution and reproducibility blockers without printing matches.",
        "source_checked": true,
        "source_file": "README.md",
        "verdict": "yes"
      },
      {
        "claim": "Shallow history blocks the audit",
        "command": "<guest-path> <guest-path> --denylist <guest-path> --reports <guest-path> --scrub-plan",
        "evidence": "\"coverage\": 1, \"quality\": 1}, \"report\": \"workspace/20261022T085106.519408Z/report.json\"}\n{\n  \"drop_files\": [],\n  \"replace_or_remove\": [],\n  \"flatten_history\": true,\n  \"review_media\": [],\n  \"preserve_attribution\": true\n}\n",
        "expected": "audit reports coverage finding (shallow-history) and does not pass",
        "input": "shallow depth-1 clone of the pinned repository",
        "kind": "claim",
        "outcome": "Real input produced the expected result: \"coverage\": 1",
        "returncode": 2,
        "source": "Shallow history blocks.",
        "source_checked": true,
        "source_file": "README.md",
        "verdict": "yes"
      },
      {
        "claim": "Exit codes 0 PASS 1 FAIL 2 INCOMPLETE",
        "command": "<guest-path> <guest-path> --denylist <guest-path> --reports <guest-path> --scrub-plan",
        "evidence": "\"outcome\": \"INCOMPLETE\", \"ready\": false, \"counts\": {\"coverage\": 1, \"quality\": 1}, \"report\": \"workspace/20261022T085107.864987Z/report.json\"}\n{\n  \"drop_files\": [],\n  \"replace_or_remove\": [],\n  \"flatten_history\": true,\n  \"review_media\": [],\n  \"preserve_attribution\": true\n}\n",
        "expected": "exit code 2 with outcome INCOMPLETE",
        "input": "sample repo scan",
        "kind": "claim",
        "outcome": "Real input produced the expected result: \"outcome\": \"INCOMPLETE\"",
        "returncode": 2,
        "source": "Exit codes: 0 = PASS, 1 = FAIL, 2 = INCOMPLETE.",
        "source_checked": true,
        "source_file": "README.md",
        "verdict": "yes"
      }
    ],
    "cycle_checks": [
      {
        "claim": "Scheduled or looping main behavior",
        "command": "",
        "evidence": "Inspected README.md and release_check.py (main at line 1518, plus grep for cron, schedule, sleep, --once, --now, webhook, daemon, threading): release-check is a one-shot CLI audit that scans, writes a report and exits; it has no scheduler, loop or webhook. Nothing was run as a cycle.",
        "expected": "identify the product trigger",
        "input": "source inspection",
        "kind": "cycle",
        "outcome": "Inspected README.md and release_check.py (main at line 1518, plus grep for cron, schedule, sleep, --once, --now, webhook, daemon, threading): release-check is a one-shot CLI audit that scans, writes a report and exits; it has no scheduler, loop or webhook. Nothing was run as a cycle.",
        "source": "repository entry points",
        "verdict": "yes"
      }
    ],
    "details": {
      "argv": [
        "<guest-path>",
        "<guest-path>",
        "--denylist",
        "<guest-path>",
        "--reports",
        "<guest-path>",
        "--scrub-plan"
      ],
      "kind": "cli",
      "needs_browser": false,
      "needs_credentials": false,
      "returncode": 2,
      "scope": "product operation",
      "stderr": "",
      "stdout": "{\"outcome\": \"INCOMPLETE\", \"ready\": false, \"counts\": {\"coverage\": 1, \"quality\": 1}, \"report\": \"workspace/20261022T085103.839644Z/report.json\"}\n{\n  \"drop_files\": [],\n  \"replace_or_remove\": [],\n  \"flatten_history\": true,\n  \"review_media\": [],\n  \"preserve_attribution\": true\n}",
      "working": true
    },
    "evidence_strength": "readme_checked",
    "example_checks": [
      {
        "claim": "Quickstart: release-check --help prints usage",
        "command": "<guest-path> --help",
        "deferred": false,
        "evidence": "h, --help            show this help message and exit\n  --requirements        Print required files, README headings and manifest\n                        shape without scanning\n  --denylist DENYLIST\n  --reports REPORTS\n  --manifest MANIFEST\n  --private-repo PRIVATE_REPO\n                        Known-private repo URL or owner/name; kept out of\n                        reports\n  --verify              Execute reviewed manifest quickstart/check argv in a\n                        fresh local clone and venv\n  --timeout TIMEOUT\n  --scrub-plan\n  --export EXPORT\n  --validate-receipt RECEIPT_JSON EXPORT_DIR",
        "expected": "usage text",
        "input": "--help",
        "kind": "example",
        "outcome": "command completed successfully",
        "returncode": 0,
        "source": "README.md Quickstart",
        "verdict": "yes"
      },
      {
        "claim": "Print required files without a scan",
        "command": "<guest-path> --requirements",
        "deferred": false,
        "evidence": "nittest\",\n        \"discover\",\n        \"-s\",\n        \"tests\",\n        \"-q\"\n      ]\n    }\n  ],\n  \"dependency_licenses\": {\n    \"example\": {\n      \"version\": \"1.0\",\n      \"spdx\": \"MIT\",\n      \"sha256\": \"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\"\n    }\n  }\n}\nPassing also requires an external denylist, complete local history and attribution, no unresolved personal/secret/path/hostname/email/media/metadata findings, and --verify in a fresh clone/venv/HOME. Install the project and test tools through declared commands. Export rescans a clean one-commit copy; nothing is published.",
        "expected": "requirements listing",
        "input": "--requirements",
        "kind": "example",
        "outcome": "command completed successfully",
        "returncode": 0,
        "source": "README.md Quickstart: release-check --requirements",
        "verdict": "yes"
      }
    ],
    "status": "PASS"
  },
  "deviations": [
    "python3 -m venv failed on the stock guest because python3.12-venv was not installed; installed it with sudo -n apt-get install -y python3.12-venv and recreated the venv.",
    "The required depth-1 pinned fetch makes the audit report shallow-history (a blocking coverage finding per README), so the final outcome is INCOMPLETE, not PASS. Not unshallowed, to keep to the pinned procedure.",
    "The first --verify run timed out in the repo tests step at the default 300s; reran with --timeout 1200, which took about 17 minutes. Verification then passed.",
    "Checker first rejected a README quote that was hard-wrapped across lines; corrected to the single-line quote.",
    "Dropped the --requirements-only claim because the checker treats requirements output as setup-only; replaced it with the shallow-history claim.",
    "/inputs/coldpass-preflight.py does not exist in this VM; ran the checker at <guest-path> as instructed in the task.",
    "No servers or background processes were started, so none needed stopping. No browser was used."
  ],
  "fault_owner": null,
  "main_blocker": null,
  "operation": "Install release-check from the pinned README quickstart and run the local release audit (--scrub-plan, and --verify) against the pinned repository with an external denylist.",
  "operation_scope": "Linux Ubuntu guest, Python 3.12.3 (needs 3.11+), git 2.43, sudo apt for python3.12-venv. Denylist and report root kept outside the repo in <guest-path> No export was created. Full PASS is not reachable from the depth-1 pinned clone: the audit reports shallow-history.",
  "outcome": "working",
  "plain_failure": null,
  "steps": [
    "git init; git remote add origin https://github.com/TayHCode/release-check; git fetch --depth 1 origin 5288fe622510581420eb89d02e8246ff3d980bfe; git reset --mixed FETCH_HEAD",
    "python3 -m venv .venv  (failed: ensurepip missing)",
    "sudo -n apt-get install -y python3.12-venv; rm -rf .venv; python3 -m venv .venv",
    ". .venv/bin/activate && python -m pip install .",
    "release-check --help",
    "release-check --requirements",
    "release-check <guest-path> --denylist <guest-path> --reports <guest-path> --scrub-plan  -> outcome INCOMPLETE, exit 2 (reasons: shallow-history, verification-not-run)",
    "release-check <guest-path> --denylist ... --reports ... --verify  -> FAIL first run (test step timed out at default 300s, exit 124)",
    "release-check ... --verify --timeout 1200  -> INCOMPLETE, only coverage finding shallow-history left (verification passed)"
  ],
  "stuck_step": null,
  "suggested_fix": null
}
