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CARD TITLE (intent, not commit subject): collate_changelog: rerun after partial failure duplicates the folded section (bot finding #2320/F4)

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If the version header is already present in CHANGELOG.md, consume any leftover fragments and return 0 instead of inserting the section again. This makes reruns after an interrupted first run idempotent.

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.../tsk-arsogp-collate-changelog-idempotent.md | 2 ++
scripts/collate_changelog.py | 9 ++++++
tests/test_collate_changelog.py | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 43 insertions(+)

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved changelog generation after partial failures.
    • Prevented duplicate release sections when rerunning the process.
    • Preserved newly added changelog entries and clearly reported fragments requiring correction.
    • Ensured already-processed fragments are safely cleaned up.
  • Documentation

    • Updated release-time guidance to explain safe reruns and failure handling.

…ial failure

If the version header is already present in CHANGELOG.md, consume any leftover fragments and return 0 instead of inserting the section again. This makes reruns after an interrupted first run idempotent.
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The changelog collator now handles partial fragment deletion failures. It avoids duplicate release sections, removes only represented fragments, preserves later fragments, reports leftovers, and returns a non-zero status when required.

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Changelog collation recovery

Layer / File(s) Summary
Partial-failure recovery
scripts/collate_changelog.py, docs/changelog-fragments.md, changelog.d/tsk-arsogp-collate-changelog-idempotent.md
The collator detects an existing version section, selectively removes represented fragments, preserves unmatched fragments, and reports rerun requirements.
Recovery test coverage
tests/test_collate_changelog.py
Tests verify that reruns avoid duplicate sections, remove stale fragments, preserve newly added fragments, and return failure when unmatched fragments remain.

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

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 099bc

A rerun can remove a changelog fragment from an older release when the same text appears in the target release, leaving historical release notes incomplete. Scope matching to the target version section before merging.

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Status: 1 Issue Found | Recommendation: Address before merge

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tests/test_collate_changelog.py 232 Test should also verify already-folded fragments are consumed on rerun
Files Reviewed (2 files)
  • scripts/collate_changelog.py - Section-scoping fix implemented correctly
  • tests/test_collate_changelog.py - New test validates older-release bullet matching; missing assertion for already-folded fragment consumption

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Previous review (commit 099bc9d)

Status: No Issues Found | Recommendation: Merge

Files Reviewed (4 files)
  • changelog.d/tsk-arsogp-collate-changelog-idempotent.md
  • docs/changelog-fragments.md
  • scripts/collate_changelog.py - Idempotency check and folded/unfolded fragment handling added correctly
  • tests/test_collate_changelog.py - New tests cover partial failure rerun and unfolded fragment scenarios

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Status: No Issues Found | Recommendation: Merge

Files Reviewed (3 files)
  • scripts/collate_changelog.py - Idempotency check added correctly after UNRELEASED validation
  • tests/test_collate_changelog.py - New test covers partial failure rerun scenario
  • changelog.d/tsk-arsogp-collate-changelog-idempotent.md - Documentation fragment

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VERDICT: Blocking issue: unlink operation not safe for missing files; test lacks multiple fragment scenario coverage.

  • scripts/collate_changelog.py:114
  • tests/test_collate_changelog.py:117

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…ly on unfolded ones

A fragment that lands between the failed run and the rerun is folded
nowhere; unlinking it silently loses its release note. The rerun now
checks each leftover fragment's lines against CHANGELOG.md, consumes the
folded ones, keeps the unfolded ones and exits non-zero naming them.
Documented rerun semantics in docs/changelog-fragments.md.
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Reviewed. The duplicate-section fix is correct and the simulated-unlink red test matches the card contract. Two gaps found, both fixed forward in 099bc9d rather than bounced — the second one traces to the card's own wording, which is on me, not the lane.

1. Rerun ate fragments that were never folded (data loss, card-contract defect). The rerun branch unlinked every changelog.d/*.md present at rerun time. A fragment that merges between the failed run and the rerun has its content in no CHANGELOG section — deleting it silently loses the release note. Same for an accidental rerun with an already-released version while next-cycle fragments sit in the directory: before this PR that mistake produced a visible duplicate section; the PR as cut turned it into silent deletion. Red-proven on head 1c15fa8:

$ .venv/bin/python -m pytest tests/test_collate_changelog.py -x -q
collate-changelog: consumed 2 leftover fragment(s) for 1.0.0-beta.47
FAILED tests/test_collate_changelog.py::test_rerun_keeps_fragment_that_landed_after_the_partial_failure
1 failed, 7 passed

Fix: the rerun now consumes only fragments whose parsed lines all already appear in CHANGELOG.md; unfolded ones are kept on disk and the rerun exits 1 naming them. All 8 tests pass on the new head. The card said "still consuming any leftover fragments" — that spec was too coarse; noted as a card-authoring lesson.

2. doc-gate red was real, not stale. scripts/collate_changelog.py matches the release-runbook rule, and the lane commit carried neither a docs edit nor a Docs-Reviewed trailer. Since the rerun semantics genuinely changed, I documented them in docs/changelog-fragments.md (the canonical fragment doc) instead of waving a trailer. diff-gate --base origin/dev now exits 0 locally.

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In `@scripts/collate_changelog.py`:
- Around line 118-123: Update the rerun handling around parse_fragment in
scripts/collate_changelog.py lines 118-123 to extract only the target version’s
changelog section through the next version header, then match fragment lines
against that section before path.unlink(); in tests/test_collate_changelog.py
lines 151-193, add an older-release bullet matching 2299-new.md and assert the
rerun retains 2299-new.md and returns 1.
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…ection

A whole-file match let a late-landing fragment whose bullet duplicated an
older release's line be unlinked as "already folded", silently losing the
new note. Match only the target version's section (through the next version
header). Red-proven: new test fails on the prior head, 9 pass with the fix.
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CodeRabbit's section-scoping finding was real and in the same silent-loss class this PR fixes: the rerun's folded-check matched against the whole CHANGELOG, so a late-landing fragment whose bullet duplicated an older release's line would be unlinked as "already folded". Fixed by scoping the match to the target version's section (through the next version header). Red-proven: the new test (fragment text duplicating a 1.0.0-beta.46 bullet) fails on the prior head and passes with the fix; all 9 tests green.


# The unfolded fragment survives and the rerun refuses loudly.
assert (repo / "changelog.d" / "2299-new.md").exists()
assert rc == 1

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SUGGESTION: Test should also verify already-folded fragments are consumed on rerun

The new test validates that the unfolded fragment (2299-new.md) is preserved and that the rerun exits with code 1, but it does not assert that the already-folded fragment (2291-notes.md) was successfully consumed. Adding assert not (repo / "changelog.d" / "2291-notes.md").exists() before the final assertions would fully validate both branches of the rerun logic.


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Merged. Kilo's head-review SUGGESTION (assert folded-fragment consumption in the new scoping test) is already covered twice in this file: test_rerun_after_partial_unlink_failure_is_idempotent:148 and test_rerun_keeps_fragment_that_landed_after_the_partial_failure:186 both assert the already-folded fragment is consumed on rerun. Redundant third assertion not taken.

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