feat(ladder): operator action to fail an unproven fired tranche

[cristim]

Refs #118

PR5b of the ladder executor plan (A11): an operator can resolve a fired tranche the reconciler cannot (reaped or unproven execution, errAllAccountsFailed, safeFail, provider lag). Without it such a tranche stays fired and nets forever. This PR implements outcome failed only. completed answers 501 and is deferred to PR5b2: it must pass the commitment visibility check, and that adapter lands with PR5a.

POST /api/ladder/tranches/{id}/resolve, body {outcome, reason, note?, acknowledge_unknown_outcome?, cloud_check?}.

• Auth: execute:purchases for a real user, admin API key refused (requireAutoPurchaseGrant), then the account scope and execute:purchases constraints are checked against the tranche's own account and provider (as the amend endpoint does). 403 comes before body validation.
• Store ResolveLadderTrancheFailed locks the tranche then the retry-chain tail (LockLadderTrancheChainTx, the reconciler's and Retry's order). Every chain node must be in an allowlist (failed, canceled, cancelled, expired, completed, partially_completed); a live or unknown status blocks. A completed or partially_completed node blocks failed (a purchase may exist).
• A node with an unknown outcome (failed without no_submission, e.g. reaped) additionally needs acknowledge_unknown_outcome, a chain unchanged for LadderFiredStaleAfter (measured from max updated_at, added to LadderChainNode), and cloud_check {checked_account_id (tranche account id or provider account number), checked_region, checked_service (= tranche layer type), checked_at after the last change, not in the future}.
• status_reason stores the whole request string (operator:failed:proven|unverified: ..., fixed field order, quoted). A repeat of the same request returns 200 with replayed and writes nothing; any other request on a settled tranche is 409. Reason 10-300 chars, note <= 200, control characters rejected, stored reason <= 1000. Audit: structured log with actor, credential kind, tranche, fired -> failed and the stored reason.
• The feat(purchase): recheck ladder switches before any provider call (#118 PR4r) #848 execute-time gate is a separate PR, fix(ladder): refuse to execute an execution whose tranche is already settled #853, so a stray execution cannot buy after an operator fail.

Verification (macOS, throwaway local PG17, no Docker): config integration tests for the chain/ack/staleness/scope/replay matrix; api race test (resolve x2, reconcile x2, real persistRetrySuccessorTx Retry x4, 25 rounds in three schedules) asserts no failed tranche has a linked successor and that both outcomes (operator fail, Retry extends) occur; handler unit tests (FIXTURE store) for the auth matrix incl. admin key, scoped execute:purchases, body validation, 501 for completed, error mapping. 14 mutants (grant dropped, scope constraints dropped, allowlist ignored, completed node allowed, ack not needed, staleness from created_at, replay ignores reason, account unchecked, future checked_at, service unchecked, completed not 501, control chars allowed; two gate mutants in #853) all fail the suite. Size is over 400 lines (about 410 non-test, 1000 total); it is one concern and the gate fix was already split out.

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• New Features
  • Added an option to resolve eligible fired ladder tranches as failed. Resolution checks account access and execution status; when the outcome is uncertain, it requires an acknowledgment and a recent cloud check.
  • Repeating the same successful resolution is handled as a replay, while conflicting or invalid requests are rejected.
• Tests
  • Added coverage for authorization, request validation, resolution outcomes, and races with reconciliation and retry creation.

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The change adds an authenticated endpoint to resolve eligible fired ladder tranches as failed. PostgreSQL checks the execution chain, validates any required cloud check, applies the transition, and handles matching replays.

Changes: Ladder tranche resolution

Layer / File(s)	Summary
PostgreSQL resolution and chain validation internal/config/store_postgres_ladder_resolve.go, internal/config/store_postgres_ladder_reconcile.go, internal/config/store_postgres_ladder_resolve_test.go, internal/config/store_postgres_ladder_resolve_integration_test.go, internal/api/ladder_resolve_race_integration_test.go	Adds a transactional resolution operation that checks execution-chain statuses and staleness conditions before changing a fired tranche to failed. Matching failure reasons support replay. Tests cover chain outcomes, cloud checks, scope, replay, and races with reconciliation and Retry persistence.
Authenticated resolve endpoint internal/api/handler_ladder_resolve.go, internal/api/router.go, internal/api/handler_ladder_resolve_test.go	Registers the authenticated route and adds request validation, authorization, status-reason formatting, and storage error mapping. Handler tests cover authorization, invalid requests, response status codes, and submitted resolution data.

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

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Operator
  participant AuthUser
  participant resolveLadderTrancheHandler
  participant resolveLadderTranche
  participant PostgresStore
  participant PostgreSQL
  Operator->>AuthUser: POST resolve request
  AuthUser->>resolveLadderTrancheHandler: Route request with tranche ID
  resolveLadderTrancheHandler->>resolveLadderTranche: Forward request and tranche ID
  resolveLadderTranche->>PostgresStore: ResolveLadderTrancheFailed
  PostgresStore->>PostgreSQL: Lock chain and validate resolution
  PostgreSQL-->>PostgresStore: Resolution result
  PostgresStore-->>resolveLadderTranche: Result or error
  resolveLadderTranche-->>Operator: HTTP response

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An out-of-scope request with an invalid body can receive a validation error before its scope is checked. Correct that ordering before merging; the race-test issue has limited impact.

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internal/api/ladder_resolve_race_integration_test.go (1)

39-57: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Avoid require in worker goroutines.

require invokes testing.T.FailNow, which the Go testing contract restricts to the test goroutine. A failed assertion still marks this test as failed, and deferred wg.Done() lets wg.Wait() return, so this code does not hang or produce a false pass. The writer calls also complete before these assertions.

Use assert to avoid the unsupported FailNow call from worker goroutines.

Suggested fix

-				require.ErrorIs(t, err, config.ErrLadderResolveConflict)
+				assert.ErrorIs(t, err, config.ErrLadderResolveConflict)
...
-			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
...
-				require.True(t, ok, "retry failed unexpectedly: %v", err)
-				assert.Equal(t, 409, ce.code)
+				if assert.True(t, ok, "retry failed unexpectedly: %v", err) {
+					assert.Equal(t, 409, ce.code)
+				}

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Replace the `require` assertions inside the `resolve`, `reconcile`, and `retry`
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Review comments at @internal/api/handler_ladder_resolve.go:
- Around line 78-89: Move the body decoding in the ladder resolve handler after
the `ladderResolveStore` assertion and `authorizeLadderResolveScope` call.
Ensure scope and constraint errors are returned before `decodeLadderResolve`
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• internal/api/handler_ladder_resolve.go
• internal/api/handler_ladder_resolve_test.go
• internal/api/ladder_resolve_race_integration_test.go
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• internal/config/store_postgres_ladder_reconcile.go
• internal/config/store_postgres_ladder_resolve.go
• internal/config/store_postgres_ladder_resolve_integration_test.go
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Gate verdict (Opus 5.5, claude-opus-5-5, money + auth path): APPROVE at 7946f8e3ac47c9429ad047596606a73baf717c9e

Independent adversarial review of the full diff against base 0e311107 (= current main, not BEHIND). The PR body was treated as a claim and checked against the code.

Auth. resolveLadderTranche (handler_ladder_resolve.go:68-89): requirePermission(execute, purchases) -> requireAutoPurchaseGrant (admin API key refused) -> uuid -> body -> LadderTrancheScope + requireAccountAccess + requirePermissionConstraints(ActionExecute, ResourcePurchases, {AccountIDs, Providers, StrictScope}), same as handler_ladder_amend.go:60-72. 403 comes before 400 (stricter than the plan's 400-before-403; the CodeRabbit thread is answered: a 400 is identical for any tranche id, so no leak). The store re-checks the config account under the lock (store_postgres_ladder_resolve.go:146).

Locking. LockLadderTrancheChainTx: tranche FOR UPDATE, then the chain tail FOR UPDATE. Retry (guardLadderTrancheForRetry then the link) and the reconciler use the same order. Resolve takes no ladder advisory lock, so no new deadlock edge.

Chain rules. Allowlist {failed, canceled, cancelled, expired, completed, partially_completed}; unknown statuses fail closed. A completed or partially_completed node refuses failed. A truncated or changed chain refuses. An unproven chain needs ack + cloud_check, staleness measured from max(updated_at) over the chain (purchase_executions has a BEFORE UPDATE trigger stamping updated_at, so a reap bumps it), and a check of account, service == layer_type, and checked_at that is not in the future and is after the last change. The full stored status_reason is compared on replay. completed returns 501 before any store call. Input rules: control characters and U+FFFD are rejected, the stored reason is capped at 1000 characters, and logging uses %q.

Local evidence (macOS, throwaway PG17 17.x on 127.0.0.1, no Docker, git archive at the head, GOTOOLCHAIN=go1.26.9, under the suite lock):

• go build ./... and go vet (default and -tags integration) on config/purchase/api: OK.
• Unit tests on config/purchase/api: ok. Integration tests on all three packages: ok (config 114s, purchase 44s, api 76s).
• Race test run 3 times, all PASS with both orders each time: failed=11/fired-by-retry=14, 14/11, 10/15.
• Extra gate-only test (not pushed), the real P2-1 scenario: the tail was created 7h ago and reaped by a plain UPDATE through the real trigger, so it was not stale and was refused (409, still fired). Once the chain had been unchanged for 7h, it was accepted. PASS.
• 18 valid mutants, all killed: grant dropped; scope constraints dropped; account access dropped; completed not 501; control characters allowed; allowlist ignored; completed node allowed; ack check weakened; staleness dropped; staleness measured from created_at; account unchecked; service unchecked; future checked_at allowed; checked_at before the last change allowed; replay compares a prefix; truncated chain allowed; store account unchecked; tranche and tail FOR UPDATE removed (the race test fails). The moved=false ignored mutant did not compile; that path is unreachable under the row lock.
• git-secrets with --register-aws, BSD and GNU grep, on the 8 PR files: exit 0 / exit 0.
• CI: 26/26 checks SUCCESS at this SHA, mergeStateStatus CLEAN.

Non-blocking follow-ups:

1. store_postgres_ladder_resolve_integration_test.go, case "changed 5m ago though created long ago": insertResolveNode sets created_at = NOW(), so the case does not create the "created long ago" condition its name claims. The scenario is correct in code; the gate-only test above covers it.
2. ladder_resolve_race_integration_test.go: require is called inside goroutines, which is FailNow off the test goroutine. It only affects how a failure is reported.
3. LadderTrancheScope inner-joins ladder_runs, so a fired tranche whose run row was deleted (ON DELETE SET NULL) returns 404 and cannot be resolved. This fails closed.
4. A proven chain accepts an optional cloud_check without validating it against the tranche. It is only stored text.
5. The execute-time gate is in fix(ladder): refuse to execute an execution whose tranche is already settled #853. There is no live exposure meanwhile: nothing in production calls ClaimDueLadderTranches yet.

Size: about 436 non-test lines, one concern (the failed-only resolve). The #848 gate fix is already split out to #853. Accepted.

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Gate addendum: main moved to 1932893a (#853, the execute-time settled-tranche gate) while this gate ran. GitHub still reports this PR CLEAN at 7946f8e3. I also verified the combined tree (git merge-tree origin/main + this head, tree 120d48a9) on the same throwaway PG17 with GOTOOLCHAIN=go1.26.9: go build ./..., go vet -tags integration and unit tests on config/purchase/api passed, and integration tests on all three packages passed (config 125s, purchase 53s, api 97s). The verdict stands: APPROVE at 7946f8e3ac47c9429ad047596606a73baf717c9e.