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admin bd328307d4 engine-major gate: no database-engine pin crosses a MAJOR until Slice 4 (R-448) ships
The rule (CLAUDE.md, operator ruling 2026-09-13): until the Update button takes a verified backup
as its precondition, no template may move a mariadb:/postgres: image across a major version. Four
MariaDB and eleven PostgreSQL services; the gate finds them by image name, not by a list.

scripts/check-engine-major.py — fast (git reads only), diffs each changed template's per-service
image: line between the two ends of the push range, refuses a major move naming the rule and its
expiry (R-448). Fourth row of catalog_gates.py; .githooks/pre-push now hands the push range
through as --range=<remote sha>..<local sha>.

HONEST LIMIT: it needs a parent commit and CI fetches at --depth 1 (the R-452 gap, not re-filed),
so on a shallow clone the runner SKIPS it out loud instead of reddening every CI push. The hook,
which has the full clone, is where it bites.

Red-proof (scripts/test_gate_decoys.py, 7 cases, all seen to judge correctly): mariadb 11.6->12.3
REFUSED, postgres 16->17 REFUSED, mariadb:lts INCONCLUSIVE; 11.6->11.8 PASSES; the major moving
only in a comment / kimai's serverVersion env / README / the app's own image PASSES. COVERS literal
registered for felhom.eu's decoy_coverage_gate (which now reads 1 covered, 3 exempt, 0 unaccounted).
test_catalog_gates.py pins the four-gate table and the announced shallow-clone skip.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0159rPz1ZhFKsS53msqPYxtS
2026-09-13 09:45:35 +02:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""check-engine-major.py — refuse a push that moves a DATABASE ENGINE across a MAJOR version.
Run from the repo root:
python3 scripts/check-engine-major.py # diff origin/main..HEAD
python3 scripts/check-engine-major.py --range <A>..<B> # what .githooks/pre-push passes
Exit 0 no engine crosses a major · 1 REFUSED · 2 INCONCLUSIVE (no parent to diff against, or a pin
whose major cannot be read).
THE RULE THIS ENFORCES (app-catalog `CLAUDE.md`, operator ruling 2026-09-13):
Until the Update button takes a VERIFIED BACKUP as its precondition (update arc Slice 4,
felhom.eu OPEN-ITEMS.md R-448), no template may move a database-engine image across a major
version.
WHY IT EXISTS. On 2026-09-13 every `mariadb:` sidecar gained `MARIADB_AUTO_UPGRADE=1`, so the day a
MariaDB pin moves a major, the engine will CONVERT the customer's datadir on the next deliberate
Update (~7 s, own backup of the system tables first — SPIKE-r459-mariadb-upgrade-2026-09-06.md). That
is the right behaviour and it was ruled so. But the Update button still takes no backup of the app's
data (09-update-architecture.md §8.6), and PostgreSQL's image performs no conversion at all — it
REFUSES to start on an older major's datadir (R-463). Either way a cross-major pin is a customer-data
event, and until Slice 4 puts a verified backup in front of the button, the catalog must not offer one.
WHY A GATE AND NOT A SENTENCE IN CLAUDE.md. This project's most-repeated finding is that a rule with
no instrument is a wish. The rule's own expiry condition is the tell: "until Slice 4 ships" is exactly
the kind of clause nobody revisits. The gate carries the expiry in its refusal text, and removing the
gate is a diff someone reviews.
WHAT IT COMPARES. For every `templates/<app>/docker-compose.yml` changed between the two ends of the
range, the `image:` line of each SERVICE on both sides — per service, on that service's own line,
never a blind string replace (the same discipline as `upgrade-test.py`'s `render`). Only images whose
repository name is a database engine are judged (`ENGINES`); the app's own image may move as it
likes. The engine set is a NAME MATCH on the repository's last path component, so a registry prefix
(`docker.io/library/postgres:16`) or a digest suffix does not hide one. Scope is the glob, not a
hand-kept list of the four MariaDB and eleven PostgreSQL services — a list would need maintaining, and
the 2026-09-01 decoy sweep's rule is that scope is a fact too.
HONEST LIMIT — CI CANNOT RUN THIS YET. It needs a PARENT commit to diff against, and the CI runner
fetches at `--depth 1` (`.gitea/workflows/gates.yml`), which is the very gap R-452 recorded for the
`catalog_since` gate. So this runs in the pre-push hook, which has the full clone, and
`catalog_gates.py` SKIPS it — out loud — on a shallow clone rather than turning CI red on every push.
That is one gate short of enforcement, stated here so nobody mistakes the hook for CI. Fixing it is
R-452's fix (a deeper fetch), not a second row.
FAIL-CLOSED WHERE IT CAN BE. A range that cannot be resolved, a compose file at either end that cannot
be read, or an engine tag whose major cannot be parsed (`mariadb:lts`) is INCONCLUSIVE (2), never 0.
The pin gate already forbids floating tags, so an unparseable engine tag is a defect in its own right.
"""
import re
import subprocess
import sys
# Repository basenames that are database engines. A match here means "judge this service's major".
ENGINES = ("mariadb", "mysql", "postgres", "postgresql")
SERVICE_RE = re.compile(r"^ ([A-Za-z0-9_-]+):\s*$")
IMAGE_RE = re.compile(r"^\s+image:\s*[\"']?(\S+?)[\"']?\s*$")
TEMPLATE_RE = re.compile(r"^templates/[^/]+/docker-compose\.ya?ml$")
ZERO_SHA_RE = re.compile(r"^0{40}$")
def git(*args):
p = subprocess.run(["git"] + list(args), capture_output=True, text=True)
return p.returncode, p.stdout, p.stderr
def images_in(text):
"""{service: image} — per service, from that service's OWN `image:` line."""
out, cur = {}, None
for line in text.splitlines():
m = SERVICE_RE.match(line)
if m:
cur = m.group(1)
continue
mi = IMAGE_RE.match(line)
if mi and cur and cur not in out:
out[cur] = mi.group(1)
return out
def engine_of(ref):
"""(engine_name, tag) if the image's repository is a database engine, else None.
`docker.io/library/postgres:16-alpine@sha256:…` -> ("postgres", "16-alpine").
A registry with a port (`host:5000/postgres:16`) is handled by taking the LAST path component
before splitting on ':'.
"""
ref = ref.split("@", 1)[0]
last = ref.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
if ":" in last:
name, tag = last.rsplit(":", 1)
else:
name, tag = last, ""
if name.lower() in ENGINES:
return name.lower(), tag
return None
def major_of(tag):
m = re.match(r"^v?(\d+)", tag)
return int(m.group(1)) if m else None
def resolve_range(spec):
"""'A..B' -> (A, B, note). An all-zero A (a new remote ref) falls back to origin/main."""
if not spec or ".." not in spec:
return None, None, "range must be <A>..<B> (got %r)" % spec
a, b = spec.split("..", 1)
if ZERO_SHA_RE.match(a):
a = "origin/main"
for r in (a, b):
rc, _, err = git("rev-parse", "--verify", "-q", r + "^{commit}")
if rc != 0:
return None, None, "cannot resolve %r (%s)" % (r, err.strip() or "not a commit")
return a, b, ""
def main(argv):
spec = "origin/main..HEAD"
for arg in argv:
if arg.startswith("--range="):
spec = arg[len("--range="):]
elif arg == "--range" or arg.startswith("-"):
pass
if "--range" in argv:
i = argv.index("--range")
if i + 1 < len(argv):
spec = argv[i + 1]
rc, shallow, _ = git("rev-parse", "--is-shallow-repository")
if rc == 0 and shallow.strip() == "true":
print("ENGINE-MAJOR GATE INCONCLUSIVE: this clone is SHALLOW — there is no parent commit to "
"diff an image: line against (the R-452 gap; the CI runner fetches at --depth 1). "
"This gate is enforced by the pre-push hook, which has the full clone.")
return 2
a, b, why = resolve_range(spec)
if a is None:
print("ENGINE-MAJOR GATE INCONCLUSIVE: %s" % why)
return 2
rc, names, err = git("diff", "--name-only", a, b, "--", "templates")
if rc != 0:
print("ENGINE-MAJOR GATE INCONCLUSIVE: git diff %s %s failed: %s" % (a, b, err.strip()))
return 2
files = [n for n in names.split("\n") if TEMPLATE_RE.match(n)]
compared, refused, unparseable = 0, [], []
for path in files:
rc_b, before_text, _ = git("show", "%s:%s" % (a, path))
rc_a, after_text, _ = git("show", "%s:%s" % (b, path))
if rc_a != 0:
continue # deleted at B: nothing is being offered
before = images_in(before_text) if rc_b == 0 else {}
after = images_in(after_text)
for svc, img_after in after.items():
eng_after = engine_of(img_after)
if eng_after is None or svc not in before:
continue # not an engine, or a NEW service (nothing to move across)
eng_before = engine_of(before[svc])
if eng_before is None:
continue # became an engine — there is no engine datadir to convert
compared += 1
if before[svc] == img_after:
continue
mb, ma = major_of(eng_before[1]), major_of(eng_after[1])
if mb is None or ma is None:
unparseable.append("%s %s: %s -> %s" % (path, svc, before[svc], img_after))
continue
if mb != ma:
refused.append((path, svc, eng_after[0], mb, ma, before[svc], img_after))
print("engine-major gate — range %s..%s: %d compose file(s) changed, %d engine pin(s) compared"
% (a, b, len(files), compared))
if refused:
print("")
for path, svc, eng, mb, ma, ib, ia in refused:
print("ENGINE-MAJOR GATE FAILED: %s service %s moves %s %d -> %d (%s -> %s)."
% (path, svc, eng, mb, ma, ib, ia))
print("RULE (app-catalog CLAUDE.md, operator ruling 2026-09-13): until the Update button takes "
"a VERIFIED BACKUP as its precondition (Slice 4, felhom.eu OPEN-ITEMS.md R-448), no "
"template may move a database-engine image across a MAJOR version.")
print("WHY: MariaDB sidecars now carry MARIADB_AUTO_UPGRADE=1 and WILL convert the customer's "
"datadir on the next Update; PostgreSQL's image refuses to start on an older major's "
"datadir (R-463). Either way this is a customer-data event with no backup in front of it.")
print("EXPIRY: this rule is removed DELIBERATELY when R-448 ships — the removal is its own "
"register row, not a silent edit. Until then, keep the engine within its major.")
return 1
if unparseable:
print("")
for u in unparseable:
print("ENGINE-MAJOR GATE INCONCLUSIVE: cannot read a MAJOR from %s" % u)
print("An engine tag without a leading number cannot be judged and the pin gate already "
"forbids floating tags — pin a numbered tag.")
return 2
print("engine-major gate OK — no database engine crosses a major version"
" (rule: CLAUDE.md, until Slice 4 / R-448 ships)")
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))