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Model the orchestrator in Quint, and reproduce its counterexamples
specs/orchestrator.qnt models control.py: states, gate, pending
questions, comment cursors, publish intents and the worker queue, with
operator messages, Gitea comments, work outcomes (exceptions included)
and a crash at any point interleaving freely. Eight properties.

Seven counterexamples, each written out as a trace in
specs/orchestrator_scenarios.qnt and reproduced against the real code in
nisse-dev/tests/test_quint_counterexamples.py (xfail, strict, until
fixed):

1-4 an approval or feedback lands on a plan the operator had not seen:
    a double 'approve', 'approve rev-1' meant for the architecture,
    approving on both channels, and 'approve' plus an afterthought;
5   a crash after the PR opens but before PR_OPEN publishes again and
    cannot get back to PR_OPEN;
6   a crash while answering a review comment loses it silently;
7   'project complete' leaves the plan issue open.

no_stranding, await_input_has_a_question and execution_needs_approval
held over 200,000 random traces of 40 steps, and under Apalache's
exhaustive check to depth 8, which does find counterexample 1 at that
depth. No behaviour changes here.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PPQ14L3LikyefCMFBqEbKE
2026-09-29 18:51:59 +00:00

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// Counterexamples found in orchestrator.qnt, written out as short traces.
// Each ends by expecting the property it breaks to be false; once the design
// is fixed, flip the expectation and keep the trace as a regression.
//
// Run: quint test specs/orchestrator_scenarios.qnt (runs every *Test)
module orchestrator_scenarios {
import orchestrator.* from "./orchestrator"
// Architecture plan rev-1 is up for sign-off, posted to Gitea.
action toArchSignoff = init
.then(send("use")).then(runJob(true))
.then(finishPlanning("submit", true))
// The milestone plan is approved; the next word starts it.
action toMilestoneApproved = toArchSignoff
.then(send("approve")).then(runJob(true))
.then(finishPlanning("submit", true))
.then(send("approve")).then(runJob(true))
action toPrOpen = toMilestoneApproved
.then(send("start")).then(runJob(true))
.then(finishExec("completed"))
.then(publishStep("ok")).then(publishStep("ok"))
.then(publishStep("ok")).then(publishStep("ok"))
// 1. The operator sends "approve" twice, say a double tap or an impatient
// repeat, while looking at the architecture plan. Both are queued
// before either runs. The first approves the architecture; planning
// the milestone runs; the second then approves the milestone plan,
// which the operator has not seen.
run doubleApproveApprovesAnUnseenPlanTest =
toArchSignoff
.then(send("approve")).then(send("approve"))
.then(runJob(true)) // approves arch rev-1
.then(finishPlanning("submit", true)) // milestone-1 rev-1 is up
.then(runJob(true)) // the second "approve"
.expect(s.gate.g == "ms1" and s.gate.approved and not(approval_only_of_what_was_seen))
// 2. The same with the revision named: "approve rev-1" meant for the
// architecture's rev-1 also matches the milestone's rev-1, because a
// revision tag carries no gate name.
run namedRevisionApprovesTheWrongGateTest =
toArchSignoff
.then(send("approve")).then(send("approveRev"))
.then(runJob(true))
.then(finishPlanning("submit", true))
.then(runJob(true))
.expect(s.gate.approved and not(approval_only_of_what_was_seen))
// 3. Approval on both channels: the operator approves in Matrix and on
// the Gitea issue. The Gitea approval is delivered and queued behind
// the Matrix one, which approves the architecture and posts the
// milestone plan. Re-attaching the plan watch does not recall a job
// already queued, so the Gitea approval approves the milestone plan.
run approvalOnBothChannelsApprovesTheNextPlanTest =
toArchSignoff
.then(send("approve")).then(commentPlan("approve")).then(pollPlan)
.then(runJob(true))
.then(finishPlanning("submit", true))
.then(runJob(true))
.expect(s.gate.g == "ms1" and s.gate.approved and not(approval_only_of_what_was_seen))
// 4. An afterthought becomes a rejection: "approve", then "also, keep it
// in one file", sent together. The note lands on the milestone plan
// as rejection feedback and it is planned again.
run anAfterthoughtRejectsTheNextPlanTest =
toArchSignoff
.then(send("approve")).then(send("text"))
.then(runJob(true))
.then(finishPlanning("submit", true))
.then(runJob(true))
.expect(s.st == "MILESTONE_PLANNING" and not(feedback_only_on_what_was_seen))
// 5. A crash after the PR is opened but before PR_OPEN is recorded.
// Boot finds the intent's PR and marks it done, but the state still
// says EXECUTING, so it asks the restart question. 'continue' returns
// to the approved plan, and starting it publishes again: Gitea refuses
// a second PR for the branch, and there is no path back to PR_OPEN.
run crashAfterOpeningThePrPublishesAgainTest =
toMilestoneApproved
.then(send("start")).then(runJob(true))
.then(finishExec("completed"))
.then(publishStep("ok")) // begin_intent
.then(publishStep("ok")) // push, open the PR
.then(crash(true)) // intent verified and committed; state EXECUTING
.then(send("continue")).then(runJob(true))
.then(send("start")).then(runJob(true))
.then(finishExec("completed"))
.then(publishStep("ok")).then(publishStep("ok"))
.expect(s.st == "AWAIT_INPUT" and not(one_pr_per_milestone))
// 6. A crash while the executor answers a review comment. The comment's
// cursor was saved before the work started (at most once), and a
// restart in PR_OPEN resumes quietly, so the comment is never answered
// and nobody is told.
run crashDuringAReviewLosesTheCommentTest =
toPrOpen
.then(commentPr).then(pollPr).then(runJob(true)) // the executor starts on it
.then(crash(true))
.expect(s.st == "PR_OPEN" and not(review_comments_answered))
// 7. A completed task leaves its plan issue open: 'project complete'
// closes nothing, unlike 'abandon'.
run projectCompleteLeavesThePlanIssueOpenTest =
toPrOpen
.then(send("complete")).then(runJob(true))
.expect(s.st == "IDLE" and not(no_open_issue_without_a_task))
}