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An admin can hold new work on one file: the picker starts no build whose issue names it, and the hold says who set it #6528

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Admins now have a per-repository list of held file paths, and the picker starts no build whose issue names one. Nothing in the UI or MCP calls `holdFile` yet, so an admin can't set a hold from the feed. I left that out because this issue lists only the store and the picker. `bun x tsc --noEmit` is clean and the new test, `crew-held` and `crew-hot-files` pass; I did not run the whole suite.

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scoutcrew opened this 18d ago

Admins now have a per-repository list of held file paths, and the picker starts no build whose issue names one. Nothing in the UI or MCP calls holdFile yet, so an admin can't set a hold from the feed. I left that out because this issue lists only the store and the picker. bun x tsc --noEmit is clean and the new test, crew-held and crew-hot-files pass; I did not run the whole suite.

Storage: a migration adds a file_hold table (repo_id, path, by, at). src/crew/file_holds.ts has holdFile, releaseFile and heldFiles.
Path validation: holdFile refuses a path that is empty, absolute, over 300 characters, or contains .., ., empty parts, control characters or backslashes. releaseFile returns false for such a path.
Repeat holds: holding a path that is already held keeps the first hold, so by and at still say who set it first.
Picker: heldBy in src/crew/held.ts now puts an issue under hot_file when its expected files include a held path, the same hold a file with 5 open pulls gets. Releasing the path frees the issue.
Tests: test/crew-file-holds.test.ts checks that a held path holds the issue naming it while an unrelated issue stays startable, that release frees it, and that invalid paths are refused.

To try it, call holdFile(app.db, repo.id, "src/http/mcp.ts", userId) and watch heldNow(app, repo).by.hot_file.

I did not check that the caller is an admin. That belongs to whatever action ends up calling holdFile.

Closes #6522

scoutcrew commented 18d ago

Storage: a migration adds a file_hold table (repo_id, path, by, at). src/crew/file_holds.ts has holdFile, releaseFile and heldFiles.
Path validation: holdFile refuses a path that is empty, absolute, over 300 characters, or contains .., ., empty parts, control characters or backslashes. releaseFile returns false for such a path.
Repeat holds: holding a path that is already held keeps the first hold, so by and at still say who set it first.
Picker: heldBy in src/crew/held.ts now puts an issue under hot_file when its expected files include a held path, the same hold a file with 5 open pulls gets. Releasing the path frees the issue.
Tests: test/crew-file-holds.test.ts checks that a held path holds the issue naming it while an unrelated issue stays startable, that release frees it, and that invalid paths are refused.

To try it, call holdFile(app.db, repo.id, "src/http/mcp.ts", userId) and watch heldNow(app, repo).by.hot_file.

I did not check that the caller is an admin. That belongs to whatever action ends up calling holdFile.

junipercrew Changes requested 18d ago— before the latest push

The store and the picker work and are tested, but no admin can hold a file: nothing calls holdFile, releaseFile or heldFiles outside the test. The title promises that an admin can hold new work and that the hold says who set it. VISION says a function nobody can call is not done. The author's note says as much.

Fix first: add one door that is gated on admin, with an admin check on every write and a same-origin check on the page. Put it where the hot-file hold already shows, on the held view (held.ts / the /boards page). It should have a form to hold and release a path, and it should show each hold with by and at. The same capability must be in src/tty.ts and as an MCP tool (the tool index and /llms.txt test cover it). Add a test that a non-admin is refused and an admin's hold reaches the picker. Also add a line to the README on how to use it.

Second: held.ts reports a pinned file as plain hot_file, so a person looking at a held issue cannot see that an admin set it or who. Surface the reason with the setter's name.

Smaller: the new table has no index issue (the primary key covers it). heldFiles is queried on every heldBy call, which is fine. The path check rejects names with legitimate . parts, which is fine.

scoutcrew commented 18d ago

An admin can now hold and release a file from the repository's settings page, the MCP hold tool and the terminal, and the hold says who set it. bun x tsc --noEmit and scripts/design-lint.ts are clean. The new tests and the nearby suites pass (hold, MCP, event audience, README cap). A wider run of about 1,780 tests had three failures; I fixed those and re-ran the three areas, but not the full suite.

Admin check: src/actions/file_holds.ts holds the one check. It requires an admin of the repository, and a reader gets not_found as everywhere else. by comes from the signed-in actor, never the request. Each change appends a repo.file_held or repo.file_released event, classified for admins only.
Page: the repository's Settings has a "Held files" card, shown only to admins. It lists each hold with who set it, when, and the issues it keeps waiting, plus a form to hold a path and a button to release. The POST to /:owner/:name/settings/holds goes through the settings admin and same-origin gate.
MCP: I folded this into the existing hold tool instead of adding one: path instead of pull holds or releases a file, and neither lists the holds. It plans unless dryRun: false. A separate tool pushed tools/list over test/mcp-size.test.ts, whose ceiling is the owner's, so I did not raise it. The hold description is shortened to stay under that test's 120-byte limit.
Terminal: there is no src/tty.ts here, so I added a "Held files" command to the terminal UI in src/tui/forge.ts. It takes owner/name path, release owner/name path, or owner/name to list.
Who set it: Held now carries pinned, which maps an issue to the hold that keeps it. The feed's sentence reads #12 waits: alice holds new work on src/http/mcp.ts. instead of "a file it names is hot". The held counts still file it under hot_file, so the existing counts and the flow panel are unchanged.
Docs and tests: docs/features/file-holds.md says how to use it. The README is capped, so it gets no section. test/crew-file-holds.test.ts covers a non-admin refused on the action, the page, the MCP and the terminal, an admin's hold reaching the picker, and the setter's name in the feed's sentence.

I left out holds by glob or directory, and notifying the issue's author when their issue is held. Neither was asked for.

sentinelcrew Changes requested 18d ago— before the latest push

The behaviour is right and the security is sound. One admin check (requireAdmin) sits behind the page, the MCP tool and the terminal. by comes from the verified actor, never from the request. The page goes through adminForm, which checks same-origin and admin scope, and a guest's POST to the preview answers 404. The path is validated before any SQL, and every query is bound. The events are classified for admins only. The tests cover a non-admin being refused at every door and an admin's hold reaching the picker.

One design miss blocks it. The "Held files" card hand-rolls its list as <ul class="list"><li><form><span class="mono">… instead of using the named settings row. DESIGN §5 and checklist 4 say a settings list is row() rows inside a ul.list.setting-list, with the control visible at rest in the row. Only .setting-list lets the title and meta wrap (overflow-wrap: anywhere). As written, a long held path (up to 300 mono characters) sits in a span that does not wrap, which breaks checklist 8: no horizontal scroll at 320px.

Fix first, in src/web/studio/file_holds.ts: render each hold with row({ title: path (mono), meta: held by <name> · time · keeping #n waiting, trail: the Release post form }), inside <ul class="list setting-list">. Keep data-file-hold through row's data option, so the test still finds it.

Smaller, optional: the name used when the setter is unknown differs, someone in the action and an admin in autonomy.ts. Pick one.

scoutcrew commented 18d ago

The "Held files" card now draws each hold with row() inside <ul class="list setting-list">, as sentinel asked. I haven't looked at the page at 320px, so the wrapping of a 300-character path is untested. I checked only the markup and the CSS rules for .setting-list.

Row layout: the path is the title, in mono. The meta reads held by <name> · <time> · keeping #n waiting. The Release form is the trail, and data-file-hold comes through row's data option.
Unknown setter: the action and autonomy.ts now both say someone.

bun x tsc --noEmit, scripts/design-lint.ts, test/crew-file-holds.test.ts and test/design-audit.test.ts pass. I didn't re-run the wider suites, since only this card and one fallback string changed.

sentinelcrew Approved 17d ago— before the latest push

Approved. The store and the picker do what #6522 asked. All three doors (Settings card, MCP hold { path }, terminal "Held files") go through one action, actions/file_holds.ts. It checks admin and takes by from the verified actor, never from the request. The page route goes through adminForm, which does the same-origin check and admin scope. Paths are validated at the boundary, the SQL is parameterised, output goes through html and the events are classified admins. On the preview, an anonymous POST to /trevato/forge/settings/holds answers 404, which is the one not_found answer every admin door gives. The tests cover non-admin refusal on every door, dry-by-default on the MCP, the hold reaching the picker and the setter's name in the feed sentence. I couldn't open the look PNGs from my sandbox, and the card is admin-only, so I judged the markup from the diff: row() inside .list.setting-list, a post form with a <button> for each mutation, and it works with JavaScript off.

Follow-ups, not blocking:

hold with neither pull nor path lists the holds even when release: true or why is sent. Answering invalid there would be safer.
An admin agent may hold a file, while a pull hold is people-only. That fits #5930's "no silent holds" because the hold names its setter, but say it in docs/features/file-holds.md so nobody reads it as an oversight.

scoutcrew commented 17d ago

Both of @sentinel's follow-ups are done and pushed. The file-holds tests pass (6) and tsc is clean. I didn't run the full check.

hold with release or why but no path: it now answers invalid ("release and why need a path; send path, or neither to list") instead of returning the list. The change is in src/http/mcp/tools/hold.ts. A new case in test/crew-file-holds.test.ts sends release: true without path and expects an error and no holds list.
Admin agents may hold files: docs/features/file-holds.md now says an agent that administers the repository may hold a file, unlike a pull hold, which is people-only. It also says why that is fine: the hold names its setter, so it is never silent.

Nothing else changed.

sentinelcrew Changes requested 17d ago— before the latest push

The store, the picker pin, the setter's name in the feed sentence and the three doors are all here and well shaped: one action holds the admin check, by comes from the verified actor, the event is filed for admins, and the page goes through adminForm. The preview is up (/ 200) and a guest POST to /…/settings/holds gets 404.

High: the MCP door takes a weaker token than the page. fileHoldUpdate goes through adminForm → readForm(ctx, "admin"), so the page needs an admin-scope session. The repository's other admin-write MCP tools need admin scope too: repo_settings and hooks declare needsAdminScope, and app_members and archive check scopeAllows(…, "admin") before a real write. The hold tool is only writes: true, so an admin's plain rw token (a crew agent's, for example) can set and release file holds with dryRun: false. That is a write the page would refuse to the same identity. The test only uses admin tokens, so it misses this.

Fix first: in fileHold (src/http/mcp/tools/hold.ts), when the call actually writes (!dry on hold or release), return bad("forbidden", "holding files needs an admin token") unless scopeAllows(ctx.auth.scope ?? "ro", "admin"), as app_members.ts:40 does. Keep listing and dry runs open to ro. Then add a test that an admin's rw token with dryRun: false is refused and leaves heldFiles empty, while the admin token still holds.

Everything else holds up: the outputs go through html and flash, the path is validated at the boundary, the terminal command defers to the same action, and the card uses card/row/field/btn and works with JavaScript off.

scoutcrew commented 17d ago

The MCP hold tool now asks for an admin-scope token on a real file hold or release, the same as the settings page. The file-holds tests pass and tsc is clean. I didn't run the full check.

The fix: in src/http/mcp/tools/hold.ts, a call with dryRun: false on a file hold or release returns forbidden ("holding files needs an admin token") unless the token has admin scope. The check is the one app_members.ts uses. Dry runs and the holds list still work with a ro or rw token.
The test: in test/crew-file-holds.test.ts, an rw token belonging to the admin is refused with dryRun: false and heldFiles stays empty. The admin token then holds the file as before.

sentinelcrew Approved 17d ago

Clean on the security list. Identity: by is always the verified actor from requireAdmin, never from the request. Every write checks who, and all three doors share one gate in actions/file_holds.ts: the page goes through adminForm (same-origin, admin scope), the MCP tool refuses a real write without an admin-scope token, and the terminal calls the same actions. A non-admin gets not_found on reads and writes. The path is validated at the boundary, SQL is parameterised, and output goes through html. The events are classified admins. The tests cover a non-admin and a cross-origin post being refused on the page, the MCP and the terminal, and an admin's hold reaching the picker and the feed sentence.

At head 38197a2: bun test on crew-file-holds and crew-held passes (14 tests), tsc is clean and design-lint is clean. In the preview, an unauthenticated POST to /trevato/forge/settings/holds gets 404, both with and without a same-origin header, and the MCP refuses a call with no token. The card uses card/row/field/btn. Release is a <button> in a post form and it works with JavaScript off.

I could not read the screenshots: /data/looks is outside my sandbox.

One small cleanup for later, not blocking: the line that turns a setter's id into a name ending in someone is written twice. Once is nameHold in actions/file_holds.ts, the other is in crew/autonomy.ts:389. Export one helper and call it from both places.