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Linked issue

Closes #391

Parent trackers: #382 and #381
Prerequisites: #389, #396, and #395

PR type

  • Code refactoring

Summary

  • Enforces one canonical model-routing name boundary across saved configuration and agent metadata discovery.
  • Rejects complete saved documents when any routing name or entry is invalid instead of retaining valid siblings.
  • Adds explicit lexical target authority for global/project configuration and profile paths before reads, migration, apply, or writes.

Changes

File Change
lib/model-routing-authority.ts Adds shared canonical-name validation and whole-document fail-closed normalization.
extensions/gentle-ai.ts Reuses canonical validation for metadata, resolves routing targets explicitly, denies lexical aliases, and applies the same normalized configuration that is persisted.
tests/model-routing-authority.test.ts Covers strict synchronous/asynchronous saved-document validation and preserved routing semantics.
tests/gentle-ai.test.ts Covers metadata parity, real command flow, target collisions, platform comparison, and no-write preservation.

Design and dependency context

This is the canonical-boundary unit after the merged #389, #396, and #395 slices. It preserves their shared status-carrying read authority, fail-closed apply behavior, compatibility wrappers, direct export behavior, and UI/lifecycle consumers.

Target aliases are intentionally lexical: absolute normalization, dot segments, redundant/trailing separators, and platform-aware comparison. Windows comparison is case/separator-insensitive; POSIX comparison remains case-sensitive. This unit does not claim symlink, hard-link, inode, device, or realpath identity protection.

The guard runs before /gentle:models legacy migration because migration can touch profile files. Saved routing is normalized once and that same value is used for persistence and subsequent apply. Durable replacement policy and profile materialization semantics remain out of scope for their later dedicated slices.

#389 shared read authority
  -> #396 fail-closed apply safety
    -> #395 direct consumer migration
      -> #391 canonical names and lexical target authority (this PR)
        -> dedicated durable-write slice
          -> dedicated materialization slice

This PR closes only #391. It references, but does not close, #389, #396, #395, #382, or #381.

Test plan

  • node --experimental-strip-types --test tests/model-routing-authority.test.ts — 12 passed
  • node --experimental-strip-types --test tests/gentle-ai.test.ts — 36 passed
  • pnpm test — 2,109 passed, 18 skipped, 0 failed; provider contract passed
  • pnpm run test:harness
  • pnpm run check:runtime-modules — all 6 generated modules match
  • node --experimental-strip-types --check extensions/gentle-ai.ts — syntax check only
  • git diff --check origin/main...HEAD

The skipped native-dependent, Windows-specific, and live-research cases were not counted as passing. Windows comparison policy is covered through the production path-policy helper; no native Windows run was performed.

Review workload

  • 4 changed files
  • 264 additions, 43 deletions
  • 307 total changed lines
  • No size exception requested

Contributor checklist

  • Linked an approved issue
  • Kept one reviewable work unit under 400 A+D
  • Included tests with behavior
  • Used a conventional commit
  • Added no Co-Authored-By trailers
  • Verified no shell scripts changed; shellcheck is not applicable
  • Preserved intentionally out-of-scope durable-write and materialization behavior
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Material AI assistance was used through Pi with delegated implementation, verification, and four-lens native review. Assistance covered repository mapping, strict TDD implementation, test design, integration with current main, and PR preparation. The focused suites, complete package suite, runtime harness, generated-module parity, syntax, whitespace, and changed-line checks were run after integrating current main.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Prevented model-routing conflicts when multiple configuration targets resolve to the same location.
    • Improved agent-name handling by canonicalizing valid names and rejecting unsafe or malformed values.
    • Invalid model configuration entries are now reported as invalid instead of being silently accepted.
    • Safer handling of null, padded, or malformed routing entries prevents unintended configuration changes.
  • Validation
    • Added safeguards across model configuration reading, writing, migration, export, and application workflows.

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Walkthrough

The change adds explicit model-routing target authority, rejects aliased paths, centralizes agent-name normalization, invalidates non-canonical saved configurations, and updates model-routing consumers and tests.

Changes

Model routing authority and validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Target authority and alias prevention
extensions/gentle-ai.ts, tests/gentle-ai.test.ts
Routing operations resolve global and project targets through one authority. Aliased paths are rejected before reads, writes, applies, migration, or status handling.
Canonical agent and config names
lib/model-routing-authority.ts, extensions/gentle-ai.ts
Agent names use shared normalization. Unsafe or non-canonical saved-config names invalidate the complete document.
Canonical boundary regression coverage
tests/gentle-ai.test.ts, tests/model-routing-authority.test.ts
Tests cover sync and async readers, metadata normalization, unsafe names, padded keys, invalid values, and alias rejection before writes.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Suggested reviewers: decode2, alan-thegentleman

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ModelsCommand
  participant RoutingAuthority
  participant ConfigAndProfileFiles
  ModelsCommand->>RoutingAuthority: resolve model-routing targets
  RoutingAuthority->>ConfigAndProfileFiles: compare normalized paths
  ConfigAndProfileFiles-->>RoutingAuthority: distinct targets or alias error
  RoutingAuthority-->>ModelsCommand: targets or warning
  ModelsCommand->>ConfigAndProfileFiles: read and apply saved model configuration
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to bdd2c

This change adds a shared canonical-name and alias-denial boundary for model routing configuration and agent metadata, which is a meaningful safety improvement. Two small gaps remain: a metadata name with a trailing tab/newline can still be silently accepted as if it were the canonical name, and two SDD-related slash commands will show a generic failure message instead of a clear warning if routing paths turn out to be aliased. Neither gap risks data loss or a crash, so the PR is safe to merge with these two minor follow-ups tracked.

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 3.03% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 33 functions across 4 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address the linked issue objectives. They add shared name normalization, strict saved-config validation, fail-closed document handling, explicit global/project target resolution, platform-…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within the canonical routing boundary scope. They modify routing authority, model-routing consumers, and related tests. The summary shows no durable-write redesign, profile material…
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: enforcing canonical model-routing authority.
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In `@lib/model-routing-authority.ts`:
- Line 96: Update normalizeRoutingEntry and parseModelConfigFileValue to use a
strict saved-file decoder: validate every present model and thinking field,
reject invalid values and unknown fields, and reject the entire entry rather
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lib/model-routing-authority.ts (1)

62-63: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject control characters before trimming.

Line 62 removes leading and trailing C0 whitespace before line 63 validates the name. For example, normalizeAgentName("worker\t") returns "worker". This accepts a control-containing metadata name and can conflate it with the canonical "worker" name. Test the raw value for C0 and C1 controls, then trim only after that validation. The stated contract requires rejection of C0/C1 controls.

Proposed fix
 export function normalizeAgentName(value: unknown): string | undefined {
 	if (typeof value !== "string") return undefined;
+	if (UNSAFE_AGENT_NAME_CHARACTERS.test(value)) return undefined;
 	const name = value.trim();
-	return name.length > 0 && !UNSAFE_AGENT_NAME_CHARACTERS.test(name) ? name : undefined;
+	return name.length > 0 ? name : undefined;
 }
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In `@lib/model-routing-authority.ts` around lines 62 - 63, Update
normalizeAgentName to validate the raw input for C0 and C1 control characters
before trimming, rejecting any value containing them. Only trim after this
validation, then preserve the existing non-empty and
UNSAFE_AGENT_NAME_CHARACTERS checks.
extensions/gentle-ai.ts (1)

2548-2605: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Catch alias errors in both SDD command handlers

If model-routing paths alias, applySavedModelConfig rejects with ModelRoutingTargetAuthorityError. The /gentle:sdd-preflight and /gentle-sdd-init handlers do not catch this rejection, so Pi can report only a generic command failure instead of the specific warning used by handleModelsCommand. Catch the error at extensions/gentle-ai.ts:7726 and extensions/sdd-init.ts:778, then notify the user.

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In `@extensions/gentle-ai.ts` around lines 2548 - 2605, Update the
/gentle:sdd-preflight and /gentle-sdd-init command handlers to catch
ModelRoutingTargetAuthorityError from applySavedModelConfig and notify the user
with the same specific alias-path warning used by handleModelsCommand, while
preserving existing handling for other errors.
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Outside diff comments:
In `@extensions/gentle-ai.ts`:
- Around line 2548-2605: Update the /gentle:sdd-preflight and /gentle-sdd-init
command handlers to catch ModelRoutingTargetAuthorityError from
applySavedModelConfig and notify the user with the same specific alias-path
warning used by handleModelsCommand, while preserving existing handling for
other errors.

In `@lib/model-routing-authority.ts`:
- Around line 62-63: Update normalizeAgentName to validate the raw input for C0
and C1 control characters before trimming, rejecting any value containing them.
Only trim after this validation, then preserve the existing non-empty and
UNSAFE_AGENT_NAME_CHARACTERS checks.

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