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fix(policy): warn on legacy 'retry' on_status_contradiction mode
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fix(policy): target 0.13.0 for legacy retry-mode removal, fix CHANGEL…
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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Expand Up @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ breaking changes may land in a minor release.

### Changed

- Warn when the legacy `review.on_status_contradiction = "retry"` mode is
configured (#813).
- Register hooks through the installed `bmad-loop relay <Event>` command. Upgrading
invalidates Codex hook trust: Codex re-prompts at the next launch, and hooks silently
do not fire until the new commands are accepted. Re-run `bmad-loop init` to migrate
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion src/bmad_loop/data/settings/core.toml
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Expand Up @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ kind = "select"
options_ref = "REVIEW_ON_STATUS_CONTRADICTION_MODES"
default_ref = "ReviewPolicy.on_status_contradiction"
label = "review revokes sprint sign-off"
description = "escalate: pause naming both sides when a review writes sprint-status back off done (default) · retry: legacy — burn review cycles, then defer + roll back"
description = "escalate: pause naming both sides when a review writes sprint-status back off done (default) · retry: legacy — burn review cycles, then defer + roll back; slated for removal in 0.13.0 (#813)"

[[section]]
name = "stories"
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11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion src/bmad_loop/policy.py
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Expand Up @@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ class ReviewPolicy:
# disagreement, so a human resolves it instead of the budget burning
# down onto a rollback.
# "retry" — legacy behavior: treat it as an ordinary verify failure, burn
# review cycles to limits.max_review_cycles, then defer.
# review cycles to limits.max_review_cycles, then defer. Slated for
# removal in 0.13.0 (#813); loading it now emits a DeprecationWarning.
# Keys on sprint-status only: the spec's own frontmatter status legitimately
# cycles (in-review/in-progress) while a review patches, and `status: blocked`
# remains the sanctioned way for a review to hand a story back to a human.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1047,6 +1048,14 @@ def loads(text: str, plugin_schemas: dict[str, Any] | None = None) -> Policy:
f"{sorted(REVIEW_ON_STATUS_CONTRADICTION_MODES)}:"
f" got {review.on_status_contradiction!r}"
)
if review.on_status_contradiction == "retry":
warnings.warn(
'review.on_status_contradiction = "retry" is legacy (superseded by '
'"escalate" per #334) and will be removed in 0.13.0 (#813). Switch to '
'"escalate" (the default).',
DeprecationWarning,

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Make the legacy-policy warning visible in the normal CLI.

policy.load calls loads, which emits DeprecationWarning with stacklevel=3. The normal bmad-loop path reaches this code through bmad_loop.cli, so Python’s default filters suppress the warning. The pytest.warns test does not establish CLI visibility.

Use a user-visible category such as FutureWarning, or configure the CLI to display this specific DeprecationWarning. Update the warning assertion to match.

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In `@src/bmad_loop/policy.py` at line 1056, Change the legacy-policy warning
emitted by loads so it is visible during normal bmad-loop CLI use, using
FutureWarning or explicitly enabling this specific DeprecationWarning in the
CLI; update the warning assertion to match the chosen category.

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stacklevel=3,
)
stories = StoriesPolicy(
source=_typed_str(stories_d, "stories", "source", StoriesPolicy.source).strip(),
spec_folder=_typed_str(
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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions tests/test_policy.py
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import json
import re
import sys
import warnings

import pytest

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policy.loads('[review]\non_status_contradiction = "defer"\n')


def test_review_on_status_contradiction_retry_warns_escalate_does_not():
# "retry" is legacy (superseded by "escalate" per #334) and slated for
# removal in 0.13.0 (#813); loading it must warn. The "escalate" default
# must stay silent.
with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning, match="retry"):
policy.loads('[review]\non_status_contradiction = "retry"\n')
with warnings.catch_warnings():
warnings.simplefilter("error")
policy.loads('[review]\non_status_contradiction = "escalate"\n')
policy.loads("")


def test_stories_defaults():
pol = policy.loads("")
assert pol.stories.source == "sprint-status"
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