C1-A04 follow-up — Bind repair.push source to authorized ref

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Purpose

Quarantined stacked validation repair for the single CURRENT / P2 finding
discovered during exact-current-head review of PR #36.

This PR is intentionally stacked directly on PR #36.

Required base:

repair/c1-a04-exec-boundary-contract

Required parent HEAD:

838d8edf312c999994a2edc65e022042157bd286

It MUST NOT target PR #35, PR #21, PR #14, or main.

Finding

CURRENT / P2 — repair.push binds the effective destination ref to the
authorized repair ref but does not bind the effective source half of the push
refspec.

This permits source-side authority substitution while retaining an authorized
destination.

Concrete traces include:

• refs/heads/other:refs/heads/repair
• :refs/heads/repair
• <commit-ish>:refs/heads/repair

The absent-source form expresses deletion semantics and could bypass the
explicit branch.delete denial through an otherwise-authorized
repair.push.

Source finding:

• PR C1-A04 follow-up — Complete execution-boundary ref contract #36 review thread PRRT_kwDOTzqfcs6a70sy
• comment PRRC_kwDOTzqfcs7j-M_t

Repair

The patch extends the existing repair.push execution-boundary contract so:

• the effective source ref is bound to the authorized repair ref;
• the effective destination ref remains bound to the authorized repair ref;
• both are compared by effective ref-name referent identity rather than
  commit-object/OID equality;
• the source must be present;
• deletion refspecs are rejected under repair.push;
• alternate branch, tag, and commit-ish sources cannot substitute for the
  authorized repair ref;
• caller-selected source or destination refspecs cannot redirect either half;
• the authorized source-to-destination relationship must remain valid through
  the actual trusted push consuming / receiving / mutation boundary;
• an earlier resolve/check/use pre-check is insufficient;
• ordinary authorized repair-ref pushes remain allowed.

Scope

Changed files exactly:

• docs/architecture/C1-repair-job-authority.md
• src/domain/repair-job.ts

The TypeScript change is TSDoc/comments only.

Zero executable TypeScript behavior changes.

No runtime API, type, operation, permit operand, Git/filesystem/network/
subprocess authority, Ready authority, or merge authority is added.

Independent validation

Result:

PASS

Validated parent:

838d8edf312c999994a2edc65e022042157bd286

Validated commit:

077933d3a3df574c8a40c8074e0c2d918445cced

Validated binary patch SHA-256:

1AC36B5AA7825A5C73C058C6F461936D753A9D3B445C047AD8BF96F64FB19DE7

Validated patch bytes:

3640

Independent validation proved:

• exact two-file scope;
• PS1 normal repair push remains authorized;
• PS2 redirected branch source fails closed;
• PS3 absent-source deletion fails closed;
• PS4 arbitrary commit-ish source fails closed;
• PS5 identity-preserving resolution remains authorized;
• PS6 source/destination TOCTOU fails closed unless safely re-established at
  the consuming boundary;
• CR1–CR11 remain intact;
• C5 remains intact;
• P5 is strengthened;
• zero executable TypeScript changes;
• executable token comparison: 3198 → 3198, zero differences;
• git diff --check PASS;
• typecheck PASS;
• lint PASS;
• full test suite PASS: 882 tests / 15 files;
• build PASS;
• npm audit: 0 vulnerabilities;
• validator made zero edits;
• patch fingerprint remained byte-identical before and after validation.

Preserved boundaries

• protected parent remains forbidden as a repair source;
• protected-parent change-request target exception remains role-scoped;
• commit HEAD binding remains intact;
• push destination binding remains intact;
• force push remains forbidden;
• branch.delete remains denied;
• symbolic/effective ref identity rules remain intact;
• commit-OID equality does not create ref-role equivalence;
• change-request provider-boundary binding remains intact;
• identity-preserving provider resolution remains permitted;
• materially different provider identity remains fail-closed;
• no stronger atomicity is claimed than the eventual executor can prove;
• C1 remains pure TypeScript;
• human merge authority is preserved.

Quarantine

Required lifecycle:

this DRAFT child
→ exact-head CI
→ independent GitHub reviews
→ classify every finding
→ policy/evidence gate
→ Ready
→ post-Ready observation
→ PASS: human CREATE A MERGE COMMIT upward into PR #36 branch
→ establish PR #36 NEW HEAD
→ fresh PR #36 parent audit

If Ready/post-Ready review finds a CURRENT defect:

RETURN THIS PR TO DRAFT.

Do not repair it directly.

Create another isolated child from the exact affected HEAD.

FAIL means reject/discard/quarantine this child.

PR #36 remains protected and untouched until successful human integration.

MERGE IS OPERATOR-ONLY.

No AI may merge this PR or enable auto-merge.

Maximum autonomous state:

READY_FOR_MERGE

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Strengthened repair job push validation to verify both source and destination refs.
  • Rejected missing, redirected, deletion, alternate, or commit-based sources.
  • Continued blocking protected-parent changes and unresolved or altered identities.
  • Preserved authorization for standard repair-branch-to-itself pushes.

• Documentation

  • Clarified execution-boundary requirements for repair branch pushes.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The repair push authority requirement now validates both effective source and destination refs against the authorized repair ref. It rejects absent, redirected, alternate, protected, unresolved, or unstable refs while allowing a repair-branch self-push.

Changes

Repair push authority

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Bind repair push source and destination refs src/domain/repair-job.ts, docs/architecture/C1-repair-job-authority.md	The execution-boundary contract now validates both effective push refs. It rejects missing or redirected sources, alternate ref forms, protected-parent targets, unresolved identities, and changed source-to-destination relationships.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 07793

The change is documentation-only and validation is passing, but the repair.push contract still describes only one ref operand in part of the architecture document. The PR is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up to document both source and destination bindings consistently.

Poem

A rabbit checks the source and end,
No hidden refs may twist or bend.
The repair branch hops straight and true,
With both refs bound as they should do.
push stays safe in every queue.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: binding the repair.push source to the authorized ref.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/architecture/C1-repair-job-authority.md`:
- Around line 270-285: Update the repair.push operand table and its accompanying
description to model both effective source and destination ref operands,
requiring each to be the authorized repair ref by ref-name identity and
requiring a present source. Remove the single-ref/non-force-only definition so
the documented contract requires validation of both push halves, including
rejection of deletion or alternate refs.

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