{
  "checker": {
    "details": {
      "checks": [
        {
          "check": "install",
          "details": {
            "argv": [
              "/workspace/kstars/target/release/kstars",
              "--version"
            ],
            "kind": "cli",
            "needs_browser": false,
            "needs_credentials": false,
            "returncode": 0,
            "scope": "partial: install",
            "stderr": "",
            "stdout": "[2m2026-10-18T05:22:22.732430762Z[0m [32m INFO[0m Application started.\nkstars 0.1.0",
            "working": false
          },
          "optional": false,
          "status": "PASS"
        },
        {
          "check": "credentials_error",
          "details": {
            "argv": [
              "/workspace/kstars/target/release/kstars",
              "-l",
              "Go:Go",
              "-o",
              "/tmp/kstars-probe-out-20261018"
            ],
            "blocker": "product did not produce a clear credential error: {\"returncode\": 1, \"stdout\": \"\\u001b[2m2026-10-18T05:22:22.734940639Z\\u001b[0m \\u001b[32m INFO\\u001b[0m Application started.\\n\\u001b[2m2026-10-18T05:22:22.734986038Z\\u001b[0m \\u001b[32m INFO\\u001b[0m Parsed arguments: Args { token: <secret>, languages: Some([\\\"Go:Go\\\"]), records: 1000, output: \\\"/tmp/kstars-probe-out-20261018\\\" }\\n\\u001b[2m2026-10-18T05:22:22.73503666Z\\u001b[0m \\u001b[32m INFO\\u001b[0m Output directory ensured at: /tmp/kstars-probe-out-20261018\\n\\u001b[2m2026-10-18T05:22:22.735042154Z\\u001b[0m \\u001b[31mERROR\\u001b[0m Access token not provided.\\n\", \"stderr\": \"Error: Access token not provided.\\n\", \"needs_credentials\": false, \"needs_browser\": false}",
            "kind": "cli",
            "needs_browser": false,
            "needs_credentials": false,
            "returncode": 1,
            "stderr": "Error: Access token not provided.",
            "stdout": "[2m2026-10-18T05:22:22.734940639Z[0m [32m INFO[0m Application started.\n[2m2026-10-18T05:22:22.734986038Z[0m [32m INFO[0m Parsed arguments: Args { token: <secret>, languages: Some([\"Go:Go\"]), records: 1000, output: \"/tmp/kstars-probe-out-20261018\" }\n[2m2026-10-18T05:22:22.73503666Z[0m [32m INFO[0m Output directory ensured at: /tmp/kstars-probe-out-20261018\n[2m2026-10-18T05:22:22.735042154Z[0m [31mERROR[0m Access token not provided.",
            "working": false
          },
          "optional": false,
          "status": "FAIL"
        }
      ],
      "scope": "partial checks",
      "working": false
    },
    "status": "FAIL"
  },
  "deviations": [
    "`cargo build --release` (apt cargo 1.75.0) failed: Cargo.toml edition 2024 needs a newer cargo. Ran `curl https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --profile minimal --default-toolchain stable` and used cargo 1.99.1. Prerequisite issue, not a repo defect.",
    "Then `cargo build --release` failed: pkg-config / OpenSSL not found. Ran `apt-get install -y pkg-config libssl-dev`. Prerequisite, not a repo defect.",
    "`make install` (pip) would hit PEP 668 on Ubuntu system python; used a venv at /opt/kstars-venv instead. Same requirements file."
  ],
  "fault_owner": "prerequisite (credentials)",
  "main_blocker": "No GitHub access token in the VM. The CLI requires one (-t/--token or GITHUB_TOKEN) to call api.github.com/search/repositories. Credentials are a prerequisite; I did not obtain or fabricate any.",
  "operation": "Built the kstars Rust CLI (cargo build --release) and ran `kstars -l Go:Go -o <dir>` without a token; the product stopped with its credentials error (returncode 1, 'Access token not provided.'). The GitHub API fetch itself was not exercised because no GitHub token is available in the VM and none may be obtained.",
  "operation_scope": "Install and build succeeded. The data-fetch operation (kstars -t <token> ... against api.github.com) is blocked on a GitHub access token, which is a prerequisite not present in the VM. The Prefect/worker path (make run / main.py) also requires kstars/access_token.txt and would rewrite repo data and README, so it was not run.",
  "outcome": "blocked",
  "probe": ".coldpass/probe.json: install check (--version) and credentials_error check (expected_returncode 1, expected_text 'Access token not provided').",
  "steps": [
    "Read README.md and kstars/README.md (kstars/README.md documents only the Prefect setup); read kstars/Makefile and kstars/src/main.rs for the CLI.",
    "make install equivalent: python3 -m venv /opt/kstars-venv && /opt/kstars-venv/bin/pip install -r kstars/requirements.txt (pandas, tabulate) -> ok",
    "make build-crate equivalent: cargo build --release in /workspace/kstars -> ok after toolchain fixes below; binary at /workspace/kstars/target/release/kstars",
    "kstars --version -> kstars 0.1.0",
    "env -u GITHUB_TOKEN ./target/release/kstars -l Go:Go -o <fresh dir> -> returncode 1, 'Access token not provided.' (credentials_error)"
  ],
  "stuck_step": "kstars -t <token> -l Go:Go -o <dir> (fetch from GitHub API)",
  "suggested_fix": "Provide a GitHub token in the VM (e.g. export GITHUB_TOKEN=<token> or write kstars/access_token.txt and pass -t \"$(cat kstars/access_token.txt)\"), then run: ./kstars/target/release/kstars -l Go:Go -o <fresh-dir>. Build prerequisites for a fresh Ubuntu VM: rustup stable toolchain (edition 2024 needs cargo >= 1.85), pkg-config and libssl-dev; Python venv for pandas/tabulate."
}