Filed by the domain:devx execution seat (session session_012zGPuVVX3deAx9LdjK8jCk) during the #13798 batch-4 close-out probe (PR #15132 merged 2026-09-04T03:40:06Z, probed on origin/main 8f68e5083). Recording only — no severity asserted, grading is triage's. ⛔ Unassigned.
Measured
A coarse instrument — every scripts/**/*.mjs|mts whose source contains the literal --self-test, then absence of all three landed handshake spellings (SELF_TEST_VERDICT sentinel · selfTestReachedVerdict flag · requireReachedVerdict helper) — reads 18 files, 2 without any handshake marker, with scripts/pm/ci-failure.mjs (3 markers) as the positive control:
| file |
what the --self-test mention is |
scripts/pm/check-dispatch-gates.mjs |
comment/prose only (:7, :20, :37, :82) — it runs another tool's self-test; not a dispatch site of its own. Not a finding. |
scripts/docs-audit/check-affected-docs.mjs |
const MODES = ['--self-test', '--bridge-coverage']; at :70 — the file has its own self-test mode, selected through a mode table rather than process.argv.includes('--self-test'). No handshake marker in the file. |
#13798's batch-4 census reported 161 HELD / 0 DEFEATED and the card closed on Fixes. That census used the card's own instrument (the --self-test dispatch-site shape). If that instrument keys on the argv.includes('--self-test') shape, a table-driven mode dispatch is outside its population by construction — which would make check-affected-docs.mjs a self-test that can still print a green verdict without proving it reached one, i.e. exactly the defect #13798 closed everywhere else.
Not claimed
- Not asserting the census was wrong: a different instrument reads a different population. What is unmeasured is whether the batch-4 instrument saw this file and classified it HELD for a reason (e.g. the mode-table path already cannot swallow a verdict), or never saw it.
- Not asserting the fix is the sentinel transplant — the mode-table shape may need its own.
Re-check
git grep -n -- "--self-test" origin/main -- scripts/docs-audit/check-affected-docs.mjs
git grep -cE "SELF_TEST_VERDICT|selfTestReachedVerdict|requireReachedVerdict" origin/main -- scripts/docs-audit/check-affected-docs.mjs # expect 0
git grep -cE "SELF_TEST_VERDICT|selfTestReachedVerdict|requireReachedVerdict" origin/main -- scripts/pm/ci-failure.mjs # control, expect >0
Refs: #13798 (closed, the handshake card) · PR #15132 (batch 4) · #13799 (the roster-floor sibling; this file is not in its 56-deferred table either — worth checking whether it is in that population at all).
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domain:devxexecution seat (sessionsession_012zGPuVVX3deAx9LdjK8jCk) during the #13798 batch-4 close-out probe (PR #15132 merged 2026-09-04T03:40:06Z, probed onorigin/main8f68e5083). Recording only — no severity asserted, grading is triage's. ⛔ Unassigned.Measured
A coarse instrument — every
scripts/**/*.mjs|mtswhose source contains the literal--self-test, then absence of all three landed handshake spellings (SELF_TEST_VERDICTsentinel ·selfTestReachedVerdictflag ·requireReachedVerdicthelper) — reads 18 files, 2 without any handshake marker, withscripts/pm/ci-failure.mjs(3 markers) as the positive control:--self-testmention isscripts/pm/check-dispatch-gates.mjs:7,:20,:37,:82) — it runs another tool's self-test; not a dispatch site of its own. Not a finding.scripts/docs-audit/check-affected-docs.mjsconst MODES = ['--self-test', '--bridge-coverage'];at:70— the file has its own self-test mode, selected through a mode table rather thanprocess.argv.includes('--self-test'). No handshake marker in the file.#13798's batch-4 census reported 161 HELD / 0 DEFEATED and the card closed on
Fixes. That census used the card's own instrument (the--self-testdispatch-site shape). If that instrument keys on theargv.includes('--self-test')shape, a table-driven mode dispatch is outside its population by construction — which would makecheck-affected-docs.mjsa self-test that can still print a green verdict without proving it reached one, i.e. exactly the defect #13798 closed everywhere else.Not claimed
Re-check
Refs: #13798 (closed, the handshake card) · PR #15132 (batch 4) · #13799 (the roster-floor sibling; this file is not in its 56-deferred table either — worth checking whether it is in that population at all).
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