fix: stderr is not part of the JSON - #282
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run_check_json ran commit-check with stderr=subprocess.STDOUT and handed
the merged stream to json.loads. The CLI's contract is the opposite:
stdout is the JSON and nothing else, stderr is what it has to say to a
person. Merged, any such line makes the response unparsable -- and an
unparsable response is a failure as far as ScopeResult is concerned, so
a passing run goes red:
$ commit-check --format json --branch # conventional_branch = false
⊘ --branch requested but no branch rules are configured
(conventional_branch = false and no require_rebase_target)
{ "status": "pass", "warnings": 0, "checks": [] }
-> json.loads fails -> ScopeResult(raw_text=...) -> status "fail"
-> exit_code_for -> 1, on a run where the CLI itself exited 0.
commit-check 2.17.1 adds two lines that reach this path, and the action
asks for branch checks by default: the notice above (any repository whose
config switched the branch rules off) and an inherit_from that could not
be fetched (a private .github repository, a typo'd URL, a network blip).
A dry run prints one too. None of them is a verdict, and the CLI fails
open on the second on purpose.
Read the two streams separately: stdout goes to the parser, stderr goes
to the job log, deduplicated -- the action runs commit-check once per
scope and once per commit in the pull request, and a notice about the
configuration is the same every time.
When there is no JSON to protect the two are joined again, so an
unparsable run still shows everything the CLI said. That path matters
more than it looks: a config the CLI refuses leaves stdout empty and
prints "Error: ..." on stderr, and dropping it would leave an empty
raw_text that reads as a pass.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe CLI execution now separates stderr from stdout. Stderr notices are relayed once to the job log. JSON parsing uses stdout only, while invalid output retains both streams. ChangesCLI stderr and JSON handling
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- Line 2886: Move the main.check_scope call for the Branch scope inside the
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| self.assertIsNotNone(data) | ||
| self.assertEqual(data["status"], "pass") | ||
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Keep check_scope inside the mocked subprocess context.
Line 2886 invokes the real commit-check executable after the patch exits. This can fail when the binary is unavailable, and it does not verify the expected pass status. Call main.check_scope inside the existing patch and assert scope.status == "pass".
Proposed fix
with patch("main.subprocess.run", return_value=mock_result):
with patch.object(sys, "stderr", io.StringIO()):
rc, data, raw = main.run_check_json(["--branch"])
+ scope = main.check_scope("Branch", ["--branch"])
self.assertEqual(rc, 0)
self.assertIsNotNone(data)
self.assertEqual(data["status"], "pass")
- self.assertEqual(main.check_scope("Branch", ["--branch"]).label, "Branch")
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In `@main_test.py` at line 2886, Move the main.check_scope call for the Branch
scope inside the existing mocked subprocess context, then assert both its label
is "Branch" and its status is "pass"; avoid invoking the real commit-check
executable after the patch context exits.
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The bug
run_check_jsonran the CLI withstderr=subprocess.STDOUTand handed the merged stream tojson.loads. The CLI's contract is the opposite: stdout is the JSON and nothing else; stderr is what it has to say to a person.Merged, any line on stderr makes the response unparsable — and an unparsable response is a failure as far as
ScopeResultis concerned:So a passing run goes red:
json.loadsfails →ScopeResult(raw_text=…)→status == "fail"→exit_code_forreturns 1 → the workflow fails, on a run where the CLI itself exited 0.Why it matters now
commit-check 2.17.1 adds two lines that land on this path, and
branchdefaults totrueinaction.yml:--branch requested but no branch rules are configured— any repository whose config setsconventional_branch = falsewithout arequire_rebase_target.inherit_from "…" could not be loaded: …; continuing with the local config— a private.githubrepository, a typo'd URL, a network blip. This action's owncommit-check.tomlusesinherit_from.A dry run prints one too. None of them is a verdict — the CLI fails open on the second on purpose — and both would have turned green workflows red the moment the CLI pin moved past 2.17.0.
The fix
Read the two streams separately. stdout goes to the parser; stderr goes to the job log, deduplicated — the action runs commit-check once per scope and once per commit in the pull request, so an unchanging notice about the configuration would otherwise be printed dozens of times and bury the findings.
When there is no JSON left to protect the two are joined again, so an unparsable run still shows everything the CLI said. That path matters more than it looks: a config the CLI refuses leaves stdout empty and prints
Error: …on stderr, so dropping stderr there would leave an emptyraw_textthat reads as a pass. A test pins it.Verification
Against a real commit-check built from
commit-check/commit-check@main, drivingmain.check_scopedirectly:--branchwith branch rules switched offstatus='fail', workflow redstatus='pass', notice in the loginherit_fromthat cannot be fetchedstatus='fail', workflow redstatus='pass', notice in the logstatus='fail'status='fail', reason preserved inraw_textTests
TestStderrIsNotPartOfTheJson, +5:subprocess.runis called withstderr=PIPEcheckslist still passes, withraw_textemptyError:on stderr with empty stdout is still a failure with its reasonExisting
MagicMocks that stand in for a finished run needed an explicitstderr=""(they only setstdout). Suite: 199 passed.Note
No CLI change is needed for this — the CLI was already writing to the right stream. This is worth landing before the
requirements.txtpin moves to 2.17.1.Summary by CodeRabbit