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[Fix] Awaiting-author label clears before maintainer re-review after author pushes - #1672

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Related GitHub Issue

Fixes #1671

Description

The review-state workflow previously derived awaiting-author only from maintainer reviews attached to the current head SHA, so an author push or base-branch merge silently dropped a maintainer's CHANGES_REQUESTED and the PR could flip to awaiting-maintainer without the author ever re-requesting review from the blocking maintainer.

This PR makes maintainer change requests durable, per-maintainer blockers in .github/workflows/label-pr-review-state.yml:

  • One blocker is reconstructed per human maintainer (collaborator with admin/maintain/write) whose latest non-COMMENTED review is CHANGES_REQUESTED, keyed by review id so reordered or duplicate review history cannot change the result. Blockers are not head-SHA-scoped, so they survive author pushes, base updates, CI runs, and CodeRabbit reviews.
  • A blocker clears only when (1) a review_requested issue-timeline event whose actor is the PR author names that maintainer at or after the blocking review's timestamp, (2) that maintainer submits a newer review (its state decides), or (3) the blocking review is dismissed (DISMISSED latest state). Team review requests carry no requested_reviewer and never clear an individual blocker.
  • review_request_removed is added as a pull_request_target reconciliation trigger but is never treated as clearing evidence.
  • If the timeline cannot be reconstructed (API/pagination failure), the workflow logs a warning and keeps every blocker — awaiting-author is preserved (fail closed).
  • Current-head freshness rules for approvals and CodeRabbit reviews are unchanged; label precedence is unchanged, with blockers feeding the existing awaiting-author branch. The maintainer-changes guide message now tells authors to re-request review from the blocking maintainer.
  • Collaborator permission lookups are memoized per run by lowercase login, so a maintainer whose current-head change request reaches both review loops costs one getCollaboratorPermissionLevel call instead of two.

Test Procedure

  • Extended the existing workflow harness in src/services/__tests__/pr-review-state-workflow.test.ts with an issues.listEventsForTimeline double, timeline fault injection, and explicit review ids for reordered-history scenarios.
  • Added 18 tests under describe("maintainer change-request blockers (#1671)") covering every acceptance criterion: push/base-merge without re-request keeps the blocker, author re-request clears it, another maintainer's approval and current-head CodeRabbit approval do not, newer maintainer review clears/replaces, multiple blockers stay independent, dismissal clears, reordered/duplicate timeline events and reordered review history produce identical state, review_request_removed reconciles without clearing, timeline failure fails closed, team/non-author/stale/wrong-reviewer re-requests do not clear, and collaborator permission lookups are memoized to one call per login across both review loops.
  • pnpm exec vitest run services/__tests__/pr-review-state-workflow.test.ts — 128/128 pass.
  • pnpm test from the repo root — all 13 turbo tasks pass.
  • eslint --prune-suppressions --max-warnings=0 on the changed test file — clean; suppression counts unchanged.
  • Reviewers can reproduce with the same vitest command; the harness executes the workflow's embedded github-script against deterministic GitHub API doubles.

Pre-Submission Checklist

  • Issue Linked: This PR is linked to an approved GitHub Issue (see "Related GitHub Issue" above).
  • Scope: My changes are focused on the linked issue (one major feature/fix per PR).
  • Self-Review: I have performed a thorough self-review of my code.
  • Testing: New and/or updated tests have been added to cover my changes (if applicable).
  • Visual Snapshot (UI changes only): Not applicable — CI workflow change, no UI surface.
  • Documentation Impact: I have considered if my changes require documentation updates (see "Documentation Updates" section below).
  • Contribution Guidelines: I have read and agree to the Contributor Guidelines.

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Not applicable — this change only affects a GitHub Actions workflow and its unit tests.

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Documentation Updates

  • No documentation updates are required. (The docs site does not document the review-state label workflow.)

Additional Notes

Design follows the proposal in #1671. Two intentional semantics worth reviewer attention: a maintainer COMMENTED review is neutral and never clears their own blocker, and a cleared blocker is not reinstated if the author's re-request is later removed (removal is only a reconciliation trigger).

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Pull requests now remain marked as awaiting author action when an eligible maintainer has requested changes, even after new commits or other reviews.
    • Change-request blockers are cleared when the author re-requests review from the blocking maintainer, or when that review is approved or dismissed.
    • Review-state labels and status messages now more accurately reflect outstanding maintainer feedback.
    • Authors are directed to re-request review from the maintainer whose changes were requested.

Walkthrough

The workflow now preserves per-maintainer change-request blockers across review history. It clears blockers only after a matching author re-request, newer maintainer review, or dismissal. Tests cover reconstruction, failure handling, ordering, and label decisions.

Changes

Maintainer blocker reconciliation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Reconstruct durable blockers
.github/workflows/label-pr-review-state.yml, src/services/__tests__/pr-review-state-workflow.test.ts
The workflow tracks the latest qualifying human maintainer review and uses timeline events to clear blockers only after a matching author re-request. Timeline failures preserve blockers. Tests cover stale reviews, approvals, dismissals, duplicate events, ordering, and incomplete history.
Apply blocker-aware labels
.github/workflows/label-pr-review-state.yml
The workflow triggers on removed review requests, keeps awaiting-author while blockers exist, updates the maintainer instruction, and logs the blocker count.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: edelauna

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PullRequestEvent
  participant LabelWorkflow
  participant GitHubReviewAPI
  participant GitHubTimelineAPI
  PullRequestEvent->>LabelWorkflow: trigger review-state reconciliation
  LabelWorkflow->>GitHubReviewAPI: read review history
  GitHubReviewAPI-->>LabelWorkflow: maintainer review states
  LabelWorkflow->>GitHubTimelineAPI: read timeline events
  GitHubTimelineAPI-->>LabelWorkflow: author review requests
  LabelWorkflow->>LabelWorkflow: retain or clear blockers
  LabelWorkflow-->>PullRequestEvent: apply review-state label
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to cdc24

The change is mergeable with a small rate-limit efficiency concern: some workflow runs may make redundant GitHub API requests.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 7 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Regression Evidence ⚠️ Warning The new blocker tests cover API failure and an older valid re-request timestamp, but they omit the changed fail-closed behavior for missing or invalid timestamps. The workflow explicitly preserves the… Add focused tests for author re-request events with missing and invalid created_at, and for a blocking review with missing or invalid submitted_at. Update the timeline and review fixtures so they preserve missing values instead of subst…
✅ Passed checks (7 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The workflow implements the coding requirements in #1671. It adds per-maintainer blockers from maintainer CHANGES_REQUESTED reviews, preserves them across stale heads and reconciliation events, clea…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changed workflow code and the added test harness and tests directly support #1671. The guidance update explains the required author re-request behavior. No unrelated implementation or test changes…
Security Boundaries ✅ Passed No changed path meets the security-boundary failure condition. In .github/workflows/label-pr-review-state.yml, the new logic reads GitHub review and timeline metadata only. It does not check out or …
Persistence Integrity ✅ Passed PASS. The changed persistence-related path awaits the new permission lookups and paginated timeline read. The new timeline failure path logs a warning and preserves blockers. Label, guide-comment, and…
Lifecycle Resource Cleanup ✅ Passed No changed lifecycle path meets the failure condition. The workflow adds one awaited, read-only issues.listEventsForTimeline pagination call and processes the returned data synchronously. It adds no…
Title check ✅ Passed The title identifies the primary regression involving the awaiting-author label after author pushes and maintainer re-review. It is concise and directly related to the workflow change, although it d…
Description check ✅ Passed The description is complete. It links issue #1671, explains the implementation and intended semantics, documents the test procedure and results, completes the checklist, and addresses UI, video, docum…
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Explanation

The new blocker tests cover API failure and an older valid re-request timestamp, but they omit the changed fail-closed behavior for missing or invalid timestamps. The workflow explicitly preserves the blocker when event.created_at or review.submitted_at is absent or unparsable (.github/workflows/label-pr-review-state.yml:708-714). The test harness replaces an omitted createdAt with a valid REVIEWED_AT (src/services/__tests__/pr-review-state-workflow.test.ts:226-233), so this branch has no focused coverage.

Resolution

Add focused tests for author re-request events with missing and invalid created_at, and for a blocking review with missing or invalid submitted_at. Update the timeline and review fixtures so they preserve missing values instead of substituting valid timestamps. Assert that awaiting-author remains and that the blocker is not cleared.

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.github/workflows/label-pr-review-state.yml (1)

17-17: LGTM!

Also applies to: 342-342, 679-717, 751-753, 815-815

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@github-actions github-actions Bot added the awaiting-author PR is waiting for the author to address requested changes label Sep 18, 2026
@github-actions github-actions Bot removed the awaiting-author PR is waiting for the author to address requested changes label Sep 18, 2026
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