The committed apps/ goldens were a MIX of two render flag sets: 8 services were rendered with `--no-image-automation` (no image CRs) while gitea and nextcloud carried stale ImageRepository/ImagePolicy CRs from a render WITHOUT the flag. Neither single command reproduced all goldens, and the gate did not catch it. Part A — canonical render: python3 catalog/render.py --all catalog -o apps --wave-layout --no-image-automation `--no-image-automation` is canonical: image automation is authored-but-DISABLED (DECISIONS-LOG; image-reflector/-automation controllers not installed), and every app was onboarded via this flag. Re-render drops the ImageRepository + ImagePolicy objects from gitea + nextcloud only (52 line deletions, purely the trailing image-automation blocks). No functional content changed — the nextcloud postStart hardening and gitea OIDC hook are untouched. Part B — enforcement: ci/render-golden.sh renders every onboarded catalog service with the canonical command into a temp dir and FAILS on ANY diff vs committed apps/ (missing golden or content drift), across all 10 services (not just the 3 L1 spot-checks). Not-onboarded catalog entries (keycloak, vm-demo) are excluded per DESIGN-waves. Wired as a required no-cluster stage in ci/gate.sh, ci/Makefile, and both the live (.gitea/workflows/gate.yml) and dormant (merge-gate.yaml) pipelines. Proof: tampering a golden makes the stage exit 1 (blocks merge); reverting restores exit 0. `make -C ci gate` green in the devcontainer. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>
ci/ — portable merge gate (runnable today, without Gitea)
Task T-0.2 · R-TEST-02 (reproducible, single-command) · Owner WS-GITOPS (CI).
The same merge gate the Gitea Actions workflow runs
(.gitea/workflows/), as plain scripts + a Makefile so the gates are
runnable now, before any Gitea host or cluster exists. CI and a laptop call the identical
scripts, so make -C ci gate == the CI merge gate.
Quick start
make -C ci gate # the single command: run every stage + the R-TEST-03 decision
make -C ci help # list targets
make -C ci tools # which pinned tools are installed locally
make -C ci touched # print the touched-requirement subset for this branch vs main
Individual stages:
make -C ci lint # yaml/lint (no cluster; live now)
make -C ci l0 # ServiceDefinition schema + Kyverno (no cluster; live now)
make -C ci l1 # L1 rendering checks (no cluster; live now)
make -C ci conformance # L2/L3 in-cluster Chainsaw Job (SKIPS unless CLUSTER_AVAILABLE=true)
Exit-code contract
Every stage script uses: 0 = pass · 1 = fail (blocks merge) · 3 = SKIPPED (cluster-gated
with no cluster, or an unwired seam / missing tool). A 3 is never counted as green — that is how
the gate stays honest in Phase 0 (no fake green).
Reproducibility (R-TEST-02)
- Version-pinned: all tool versions live in
versions.env— the single source of truth shared by the local scripts and the CI installer. Bumping a version is a normal feature-branch → main change. - Single command, environment-agnostic:
make -C ci gateon any machine with the pinned tools. - Deterministic: no cluster state is assumed; L2/L3 SKIP unless a cluster is explicitly declared.
Files
ci/
Makefile targets: lint · l0 · l1 · conformance · gate · touched · tools · versions
versions.env PINNED tool versions (R-TEST-02) — single source of truth
lib.sh shared helpers: logging, tool checks, cluster detection, artifact paths
yamllint.yaml lint config for the yaml/lint stage
lint.sh Stage: yaml/lint
l0.sh Stage: ServiceDefinition schema validation + Kyverno L0 policy gate
l1.sh Stage: L1 rendering checks (Chainsaw L1 via the conformance runner)
conformance.sh Stage: L2/L3 in-cluster Chainsaw Job (trigger + collect)
touched-requirements.sh compute the R-* subset a change touches (drives the R-TEST-03 filter)
gate.sh run all stages + the merge decision (the single command)
README.md this file
Integration seams — entrypoints owned by OTHER agents
This gate is an orchestrator. It does not implement schema validation, Kyverno policies, or the conformance runner — those are other workstreams' deliverables. Each seam is env-overridable so the owning agent / PM can reconcile the real entrypoint without editing these scripts. Defaults below are this workstream's assumptions — flagged for the PM to verify at integration.
| Seam | Owner / task | Env override | Assumed default | Assumed interface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ServiceDefinition schema validator | WS-GITOPS · T-0.3 (schemas/) |
SCHEMA_VALIDATE_CMD |
schemas/validate.sh |
validate.sh catalog/*.yaml → exit 0/1; --version supported |
| Kyverno L0 policies + tests | WS-TEST · T-0.5 (platform/kyverno/) |
KYVERNO_POLICY_DIR |
platform/kyverno |
contains kyverno-test.yaml files discoverable by kyverno test <dir> |
| Conformance runner (Chainsaw) | WS-TEST · T-0.4 (conformance/) |
CONFORMANCE_CMD |
conformance/run.sh |
run.sh --layer <l1|l2,l3> [--requirements R-A,R-B] [--trigger in-cluster-job] --junit <file> --coverage <dir> |
| Catalog (ServiceDefinitions) | WS-APPS | CATALOG_DIR |
catalog |
*.yaml ServiceDefinition files |
Artifact locations (git-ignored): JUnit → results/junit/*.xml; coverage → reports/coverage/**.
Override with JUNIT_DIR / COVERAGE_DIR if the runner writes elsewhere.
A seam that is missing or not executable reports SKIPPED (exit 3), not a false pass — so during parallel Phase 0 development the gate is green-honest, and each seam goes live automatically the moment its owner delivers a runnable entrypoint.
Cluster gating
CLUSTER_AVAILABLE=true (env locally, vars.CLUSTER_AVAILABLE in Gitea) makes the L2/L3 stage run and
be required; anything else makes it SKIP (Phase 0). REQUIRE_CLUSTER_TESTS=true (Phase 1+)
turns any unverified cluster-needing touched requirement into a hard block.