feat(validators): deterministic completion gates — zero-write, build-green, literal deliverables, config/dialect lints - #1175

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/internal/deterministic-checks-engine-split.md`:
- Around line 164-166: Update the wiring plan to distinguish lint-rule and
bespoke-analysis implementations: for a lint rule, reuse the existing
altimate_core.lint path and require only a validator consuming its results;
reserve a new NAPI export and dispatcher entry in altimate-core.ts for the
bespoke API alternative.

In `@packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-build-green.ts`:
- Line 159: Update the validation flow around modelNodeNames and notBuilt so
test-only run_results.json cannot produce a successful result for an edited
model without build evidence. Require either a matching model-node build result
or separate successful build evidence before returning ok: true, while
preserving the existing behavior when valid model build evidence is present.
- Line 124: Update readRunResults so statusByName only stores entries whose
uniqueId starts with "model.", preventing test results from colliding with model
names; leave other result handling unchanged.
- Line 87: Extend modelsModifiedSince and modelNameFromPath to recognize Python
dbt model files with the same edited-model behavior as SQL files, ensuring
DbtBuildGreenValidator.check() gates appropriately when a .py model changes. Add
a test fixture covering a modified Python model path.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/opencode/test/altimate/validators/dbt-build-green.test.ts`:
- Around line 9-12: Replace module-level directory state with per-test scoped
tmpdir fixtures in makeProject and the corresponding setup in
packages/opencode/test/altimate/validators/dbt-build-green.test.ts lines 9-12
and packages/opencode/test/altimate/validators/dbt-deliverable-names.test.ts
lines 9-12; each test should use await using tmp = await tmpdir() and derive its
project directory from that fixture, preserving isolation for parallel
execution.

In `@packages/opencode/test/altimate/validators/dbt-nothing-built.test.ts`:
- Around line 4-18: Replace module-level temporary-directory state with the
documented per-test tmpdir fixture in all three affected test files:
packages/opencode/test/altimate/validators/dbt-nothing-built.test.ts (lines
4-18), packages/opencode/test/altimate/validators/dbt-incremental-config.test.ts
(lines 4-9), and
packages/opencode/test/altimate/validators/dbt-dialect-guard.test.ts (lines
4-9). Import tmpdir from the fixture module and create await using tmp = await
tmpdir() inside each test, passing its path to the listed project, model,
run-results, guard-convention, and context helpers; retain the existing
environment-variable cleanup in afterEach.

Apply the same fix in
`@packages/opencode/test/altimate/validators/dbt-dialect-guard.test.ts` at line 4.

Apply the same fix in
`@packages/opencode/test/altimate/validators/dbt-nothing-built.test.ts` at line 4.

Apply the same fix in
`@packages/opencode/test/altimate/validators/dbt-incremental-config.test.ts` at
line 4.

Check if these issues are valid — if so, understand the root cause of each and fix them. If appropriate, use sub-agents to investigate and fix each issue separately.


<file name="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-deliverable-names.ts">

<violation number="1" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-deliverable-names.ts:99">
P2: When a dbt project configures a non-default `model-paths` such as `analytics`, this inventory misses existing models and reports their required names as absent. Build the inventory from dbt's configured resource paths before comparing names; otherwise valid custom-layout projects cannot pass this gate.</violation>
</file>

<file name="packages/opencode/test/altimate/validators/registration.test.ts">

<violation number="1" location="packages/opencode/test/altimate/validators/registration.test.ts:62">
P3: The final test asserts only that no validator returns ok:false, but its name claims "no validator applies to a directory that is not a dbt project." Because runAll pushes an entry only when appliesTo returns true (and wraps appliesTo/check throws into {ok:true} soft-passes), a validator that wrongly applies and returns ok:true — the exact regression the test name promises to guard — would still pass. Assert `results` is empty to actually pin the appliesTo contract.</violation>
</file>

<file name="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-dialect-guard.ts">

<violation number="1" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-dialect-guard.ts:62">
P3: When `try_to_date`, `try_to_timestamp`, `list_aggregate`, or `list_value` matches, the validator reports the wrong construct name in the failure hint and telemetry. Split the alternations into separately named entries or report the matched text.</violation>

<violation number="2" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-dialect-guard.ts:80">
P2: When a `target.type` block contains a nested Jinja `if`, this non-greedy match ends at the nested `endif`, leaving later guarded SQL visible and falsely rejecting it. Use a balanced Jinja block scan before matching dialect functions.</violation>

<violation number="3" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-dialect-guard.ts:123">
P2: Any raw `target.type` text, including a comment or literal, activates this validator, so a single-warehouse project can start failing on `iff()` without establishing the guard convention. Detect an actual Jinja `if target.type` guard after removing comments.</violation>

<violation number="4" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-dialect-guard.ts:173">
P2: When an edited model contains a quoted value such as `'safe_cast('`, the dialect regex treats text inside the literal as a function call. Mask or tokenize quoted SQL strings before applying the dialect-function patterns.</violation>

<violation number="5" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-dialect-guard.ts:177">
P2: Because this condition treats Jinja macro calls like SQL calls, `{{ safe_cast(...) }}` triggers `ok: false` even when it is a project macro and no change is needed. Exclude Jinja macro invocations or return an advisory pass for known project macros before failing.</violation>
</file>

<file name="packages/opencode/test/altimate/validators/dbt-incremental-config.test.ts">

<violation number="1" location="packages/opencode/test/altimate/validators/dbt-incremental-config.test.ts:222">
P3: The test titled "tolerates an unreadable model file without throwing" does not exercise the case it claims. It creates a directory named `weird.sql`, and `modelsModifiedSince` (via `fs.readdir` with `withFileTypes`) treats it as a directory and recurses into it, so it is never statted as a model and the `fs.readFile` / `continue` unreadable-file branch in `check` is never reached. The test only verifies that a misleadingly-named directory doesn't crash the scan. Either rename the test to describe that scenario, or exercise the actual unreadable-model-file path (a `.sql` file that passes discovery but fails `readFile`) if the tolerance is the intent.</violation>
</file>

<file name="packages/opencode/test/altimate/validators/dbt-nothing-built.test.ts">

<violation number="1" location="packages/opencode/test/altimate/validators/dbt-nothing-built.test.ts:307">
P3: Tests mutate process-wide `ALTIMATE_VALIDATORS_*` / `DBT_TARGET_PATH` env vars but the `afterEach` only `delete`s them; a value present before the test run is not restored. If a developer or harness runs the suite with one of these opt-in vars pre-set, the run behaves unexpectedly and the var is left deleted afterward. Save the prior value and restore it (or delete when absent) in `afterEach`, matching the repo's test-env isolation convention.</violation>

<violation number="2" location="packages/opencode/test/altimate/validators/dbt-nothing-built.test.ts:360">
P2: The "an all-failed fresh run artifact does not count as a build" test passes for the wrong reason: it uses `ctxFuture()` (sessionStartMs = now+60s), so `run_results.json`'s mtime is *before* the session start and `fresh_run_results` is false due to staleness — identical to the preceding "stale run artifact" test, which also uses `ctxFuture()`. The error status never factors in, and the case the name claims to cover (a *fresh* artifact that is all-failed) is never exercised. Use `ctxPast()` so the artifact is fresh, and assert `details["fresh_run_results"]` is true while `ok` is false, confirming the all-failed status (not staleness) drops it to not-a-build.</violation>
</file>

<file name="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-nothing-built.ts">

<violation number="1" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-nothing-built.ts:50">
P2: When a dbt project uses a custom `model-paths`/`seed-paths`/other source directory, this scan ignores newly authored deliverables there and can reject a valid session as empty. Derive scan roots from the project configuration or scan the configured project paths instead of hardcoding only default directory names.</violation>

<violation number="2" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-nothing-built.ts:149">
P1: When an empty session runs only `dbt test`, passing test rows make `freshRun` true and let the required-artifact gate pass without producing a deliverable. Count only buildable node types such as models, seeds, or snapshots, or require coverage of the required models.</violation>
</file>

<file name="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/validator-utils.ts">

<violation number="1" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/validator-utils.ts:459">
P2: A task that literally requires `id` or `a` is ignored because this regex requires at least three characters, allowing the required artifact to remain missing. Match valid identifiers of any length; explicit code spans and stopwords already limit prose false positives.</violation>

<violation number="2" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/validator-utils.ts:466">
P1: When a task updates, fixes, changes, adds, or renames an existing model, `REQUIREMENT_VERB_RE` extracts no deliverable contract and the zero-write blind spot remains. Include modification verbs in the requirement matcher.</violation>

<violation number="3" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/validator-utils.ts:574">
P1: When a requirement line contains multiple inline code spans, `collectDeliverableTokens` treats every identifier as a deliverable, so config values such as `order_id` become required model names. Associate code spans with the artifact noun before adding them to `required.models`.</violation>

<violation number="4" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/validator-utils.ts:645">
P1: When a fresh `run_results.json` is valid JSON but has no `results` array, this returns an empty artifact. `dbt-build-green` then accepts edited models without build evidence; reject that shape instead of treating it as run results.</violation>

<violation number="5" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/validator-utils.ts:655">
P1: When a versioned model's `unique_id` ends with a version segment, this parser records that segment as the model name and cannot match the touched file. Resolve run-result IDs through `manifest.json` or compare stable IDs and original file paths instead of taking the final dotted segment.</violation>

<violation number="6" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/validator-utils.ts:671">
P2: When only `analyses/foo.sql` exists, this inventory records `foo` as produced and the deliverable gate accepts a required model `foo` without a model relation. Exclude non-materializing directories such as `analyses`, or retain node type when comparing required models.</violation>

<violation number="7" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/validator-utils.ts:754">
P1: When a quoted SQL string contains `--` or `/*`, this regex treats it as a comment and blanks real SQL that follows. The dialect and incremental gates can therefore miss guarded functions or predicates; use quote-aware comment stripping.</violation>
</file>

<file name="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-build-green.ts">

<violation number="1" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-build-green.ts:87">
P1: When a session edits a dbt Python model, `modelsModifiedSince` returns no touched path, so `dbt-build-green` takes the `nothing-to-gate` path without requiring a build artifact. Discover touched models from configured model paths and include supported `.py` files.</violation>

<violation number="2" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-build-green.ts:89">
P1: An agent can create or touch `run_results.json` after editing instead of running dbt, so fabricated `success` rows satisfy this gate. Record or verify a trusted dbt invocation before using `run_results.json` as completion evidence.</violation>

<violation number="3" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-build-green.ts:123">
P2: When a non-model node shares an edited model's name, this map can use the non-model status and `failedInScope` can treat its failure as the model's failure. Restrict both status lookup and in-scope failure collection to `model.*` result nodes.</violation>

<violation number="4" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-build-green.ts:153">
P3: The docstring promises "Failures on nodes the session did not touch are reported in telemetry but never block, so a pre-existing broken model elsewhere in the project cannot trap the session in a retry loop," but when the session edited nothing and a fresh artifact exists, `failedInScope` is `allFailed` — every failing node blocks, including nodes the session never touched. A session that only ran `dbt build`/`dbt test` against a project with a pre-existing broken model or failing test is blocked exactly as the docstring says it cannot be. The test `with no edits of our own, every failure in the fresh artifact is in scope` pins this behavior, so either the docstring or the code is wrong; align them — e.g., scope failures to model nodes (or to nothing) when `touchedPaths.length === 0`, or update the docstring to state that an untouched-session build failure does block.</violation>

<violation number="5" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-build-green.ts:159">
P1: When an edited model is materialized as `ephemeral`, requiring its own run-result status reports a valid downstream build as `not_built`. Exclude ephemerals from standalone coverage and validate them through compilation or their built dependents.</violation>
</file>

<file name="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-incremental-config.ts">

<violation number="1" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-incremental-config.ts:54">
P2: The block regex only accepts `if is_incremental()` as the complete condition, so `{% if is_incremental() and ... %}` hides nondeterministic SQL from this check. Match compound conditions while preserving the block boundary.</violation>

<violation number="2" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-incremental-config.ts:57">
P2: `NONDETERMINISTIC_RE` matches names without requiring call syntax, so a `random` column or a literal `'now'` inside the filter falsely fails the completion gate. Distinguish SQL function calls from identifiers and literals before reporting.</violation>

<violation number="3" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-incremental-config.ts:59">
P2: When the task says reruns require `idempotence`, `IDEMPOTENCY_RE` leaves `idempotencyDemanded` false and skips the missing-`is_incremental()` check. Include the `idempotence` form in the matcher.</violation>

<violation number="4" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-incremental-config.ts:125">
P2: When a task says `idempotency is not required`, `IDEMPOTENCY_RE` still enables the gate and rejects unguarded incremental models. Require positive wording or parse negation before setting `idempotencyDemanded`.</violation>

<violation number="5" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-incremental-config.ts:146">
P2: When `unique_key` is inherited from `dbt_project.yml`, this check treats it as absent because it searches only model `config()` arguments. Resolve effective dbt config or skip the keyed-strategy finding when inheritance is unknown.</violation>

<violation number="6" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-incremental-config.ts:154">
P2: `hasGuard` becomes true for any `is_incremental()` occurrence, including a Jinja assignment, so a model without an `if` guard can pass. Require the call inside an enclosing `{% if %}` block.</violation>

<violation number="7" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-incremental-config.ts:155">
P2: When an incremental model uses `merge` with a `unique_key`, rerunning the full source can still be idempotent, but this unconditional guard check rejects it. Base this finding on actual non-idempotent behavior rather than requiring `is_incremental()` for every idempotency task.</violation>

<violation number="8" location="packages/opencode/src/altimate/validators/dbt-incremental-config.ts:164">
P2: `incrementalPredicates` returns the entire guarded body, not the SQL predicate; a projected `current_timestamp` inside that body therefore becomes a blocking finding. Inspect only the filter predicate or keep projection clocks advisory.</violation>
</file>

<file name="docs/internal/deterministic-checks-engine-split.md">

<violation number="1" location="docs/internal/deterministic-checks-engine-split.md:38">
P3: The doc says altimate-core.ts registers ~34 `altimate_core.*` handlers, but the file registers 42. Even with the `~` qualifier, the count is ~20% off and this doc is used as an assessment input for a build decision. Update the number to 42.</violation>
</file>