Keep live checks aligned with corpus and output bounds

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ EIP_MCP_TEST_API_BASE_URL=https://exploit-intel.com \
 They must verify the meaning of returned parameters and fields, not merely a
 successful HTTP status.
 
+An upstream Git revision can remove a named live test file. The wide-fence
+file-read case skips only after a successful complete API file inventory proves
+that its named file is absent; the independent oversized ExploitDB file case
+still runs. Catalog-filter checks compare returned identities with the API's
+bounded page and distinguish explicitly truncated fields from incorrect values.
+
 ## Pull requests
 
 - Preserve API ordering, identifiers, attribution, and opaque cursors.

tests/test_live.py

@@ -950,6 +950,15 @@ async def test_oversized_file_read_is_capped_with_the_fence_reclosed(tools, arti
     as a system message. The text and structured source payload share one complete
     serialized-result budget, so neither channel alone is required to fill it.
     """
+    if (artifact_id, path) == CAPPED_WIDE_FENCE:
+        # This Git file may disappear as its repository advances. Prove absence
+        # from the complete current API inventory before declaring this live
+        # case unavailable; a failed request or incomplete listing must fail.
+        listing = await tools._post_for_artifact("/api/v1/poc-files", artifact_id)
+        detail = await tools._api.get(f"/api/v1/pocs/{artifact_id}")
+        assert len(listing["items"]) == detail["file_count"]
+        if path not in {item["path"] for item in listing["items"]}:
+            pytest.skip("current repository snapshot no longer contains the wide-fence test file")
     out = await tools.read_exploit_file(artifact_id, path=path)
     wire = call_tool_result("read_exploit_file", out).model_dump_json()
     assert len(wire) <= 40_000

tests/test_live_parameter_effects.py

@@ -1221,7 +1221,17 @@ async def test_catalog_kind_holds_on_every_row(tools, kind):
     result = await tools.search_exploits(catalog_kind=kind, limit=10)
     rows = result.structured.data["items"]
     assert rows, f"catalog_kind={kind} returned nothing"
-    off = {r.get("catalog_kind") for r in rows if r.get("catalog_kind") != kind}
+    # The shared wire budget may stop within the final structured row. Compare
+    # the returned identities to the API's complete bounded page, and only
+    # permit absent fields when the envelope explicitly discloses truncation.
+    expected = await tools._api.get("/api/v1/pocs", {"catalog_kind": kind, "limit": 10})
+    assert all(row["catalog_kind"] == kind for row in expected["items"])
+    assert [row["artifact_id"] for row in rows] == [
+        row["artifact_id"] for row in expected["items"][: len(rows)]
+    ]
+    assert any("catalog_kind" in row for row in rows)
+    assert result.structured.truncated or all("catalog_kind" in row for row in rows)
+    off = {r["catalog_kind"] for r in rows if "catalog_kind" in r and r["catalog_kind"] != kind}
     assert not off, f"catalog_kind={kind} returned {off}"