Epic: Validation-Gated Apply & Full Autonomy Acceptance Flow (v3.5.0) #8600

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opened 2026-04-13 21:14:17 +00:00 by HAL9000 · 1 comment
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  • Commit message: feat(autonomy): implement validation-gated apply and full autonomy acceptance flow
  • Branch name: feat/v3.5.0-validation-gated-apply-acceptance

Background and Context

As part of the v3.5.0 milestone (M6: Autonomy Hardening) and Legendary #8450 (Autonomy Hardening Workstream B), the system must demonstrate a full autonomy acceptance flow: a realistic porting task that completes autonomously using hierarchical plan decomposition with 4+ levels of subplans, decision correction with selective subtree recomputation, parallel execution scaling to 10+ concurrent subplans, and validation-gated apply.

Validation-gated apply means that before any changes are applied to the filesystem or external systems, they must pass a validation step. This prevents incorrect or harmful changes from being applied autonomously.

This Epic blocks the parent Legendary issue #8450.

Expected Behavior

When this Epic is complete:

  • Validation-gated apply is implemented: changes are validated before being applied
  • A realistic porting task (e.g., migrating a Python 2 codebase to Python 3) completes autonomously
  • The task uses hierarchical decomposition with 4+ levels of subplans
  • Parallel execution scales to 10+ concurrent subplans during the task
  • Decision correction with selective subtree recomputation is used during the task
  • The full acceptance flow is covered by an end-to-end test

Acceptance Criteria

  • Validation-gated apply is implemented: changes pass validation before being applied
  • Validation failures produce clear error messages and do not apply changes
  • A realistic porting task acceptance test exists and passes
  • Acceptance test uses hierarchical decomposition with 4+ levels
  • Acceptance test scales to 10+ concurrent subplans
  • Acceptance test uses decision correction with selective subtree recomputation
  • nox passes with coverage >= 97% including the acceptance test suite
  • End-to-end acceptance test completes within a reasonable time limit

Subtasks

  • Design validation-gated apply interface
  • Implement validation step before apply (pre-apply validation hook)
  • Implement apply rejection on validation failure
  • Create realistic porting task acceptance test scenario
  • Implement acceptance test with hierarchical decomposition (4+ levels)
  • Implement acceptance test with parallel execution (10+ concurrent subplans)
  • Implement acceptance test with decision correction
  • Write end-to-end acceptance test
  • Verify nox passes with coverage >= 97%

Child Issues / Child Epics

  • #8863 — Implement validation-gated apply with pre-apply validation hook
  • #8864 — Create realistic porting task acceptance test for full autonomy flow
  • End-to-end autonomy acceptance test — TBD

Definition of Done

This Epic should be closed when:

  1. All acceptance criteria above are verified and checked off
  2. All child implementation issues are closed
  3. Test coverage >= 97% is confirmed by CI including the acceptance test suite
  4. Code has passed peer review and been merged to the main branch
  5. The parent Legendary issue #8450 has been updated to reflect this Epic's completion

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## Metadata - **Commit message**: `feat(autonomy): implement validation-gated apply and full autonomy acceptance flow` - **Branch name**: `feat/v3.5.0-validation-gated-apply-acceptance` ## Background and Context As part of the v3.5.0 milestone (M6: Autonomy Hardening) and Legendary #8450 (Autonomy Hardening Workstream B), the system must demonstrate a full autonomy acceptance flow: a realistic porting task that completes autonomously using hierarchical plan decomposition with 4+ levels of subplans, decision correction with selective subtree recomputation, parallel execution scaling to 10+ concurrent subplans, and validation-gated apply. Validation-gated apply means that before any changes are applied to the filesystem or external systems, they must pass a validation step. This prevents incorrect or harmful changes from being applied autonomously. This Epic blocks the parent Legendary issue #8450. ## Expected Behavior When this Epic is complete: - Validation-gated apply is implemented: changes are validated before being applied - A realistic porting task (e.g., migrating a Python 2 codebase to Python 3) completes autonomously - The task uses hierarchical decomposition with 4+ levels of subplans - Parallel execution scales to 10+ concurrent subplans during the task - Decision correction with selective subtree recomputation is used during the task - The full acceptance flow is covered by an end-to-end test ## Acceptance Criteria - [ ] Validation-gated apply is implemented: changes pass validation before being applied - [ ] Validation failures produce clear error messages and do not apply changes - [ ] A realistic porting task acceptance test exists and passes - [ ] Acceptance test uses hierarchical decomposition with 4+ levels - [ ] Acceptance test scales to 10+ concurrent subplans - [ ] Acceptance test uses decision correction with selective subtree recomputation - [ ] `nox` passes with coverage >= 97% including the acceptance test suite - [ ] End-to-end acceptance test completes within a reasonable time limit ## Subtasks - [ ] Design validation-gated apply interface - [ ] Implement validation step before apply (pre-apply validation hook) - [ ] Implement apply rejection on validation failure - [ ] Create realistic porting task acceptance test scenario - [ ] Implement acceptance test with hierarchical decomposition (4+ levels) - [ ] Implement acceptance test with parallel execution (10+ concurrent subplans) - [ ] Implement acceptance test with decision correction - [ ] Write end-to-end acceptance test - [ ] Verify `nox` passes with coverage >= 97% ## Child Issues / Child Epics - [ ] #8863 — Implement validation-gated apply with pre-apply validation hook - [ ] #8864 — Create realistic porting task acceptance test for full autonomy flow - [ ] End-to-end autonomy acceptance test — _TBD_ ## Definition of Done This Epic should be closed when: 1. All acceptance criteria above are verified and checked off 2. All child implementation issues are closed 3. Test coverage >= 97% is confirmed by CI including the acceptance test suite 4. Code has passed peer review and been merged to the main branch 5. The parent Legendary issue #8450 has been updated to reflect this Epic's completion --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Epic Planning | Agent: epic-planning-pool-supervisor
HAL9000 added this to the v3.5.0 milestone 2026-04-13 21:14:30 +00:00
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🤖 Child Implementation Issues Created

The following child implementation issues have been created for this Epic and are now tracked in the v3.5.0 milestone. Each child issue blocks this Epic (#8600).

# Issue Type Labels
#8648 feat(autonomy): implement validation-gated apply — validate changes before applying feat Type/Feature, Priority/Critical, MoSCoW/Must have, State/Verified
#8649 test(autonomy): create realistic porting task acceptance test for autonomous execution test Type/Feature, Priority/Critical, MoSCoW/Must have, State/Verified
#8650 test(autonomy): implement end-to-end autonomy acceptance test for v3.5.0 test Type/Feature, Priority/Critical, MoSCoW/Must have, State/Verified

Milestone: v3.5.0 (ID: 108)
All issues block: Epic #8600


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## 🤖 Child Implementation Issues Created The following child implementation issues have been created for this Epic and are now tracked in the v3.5.0 milestone. Each child issue **blocks** this Epic (#8600). | # | Issue | Type | Labels | |---|-------|------|--------| | #8648 | [feat(autonomy): implement validation-gated apply — validate changes before applying](https://git.cleverthis.com/cleveragents/cleveragents-core/issues/8648) | `feat` | Type/Feature, Priority/Critical, MoSCoW/Must have, State/Verified | | #8649 | [test(autonomy): create realistic porting task acceptance test for autonomous execution](https://git.cleverthis.com/cleveragents/cleveragents-core/issues/8649) | `test` | Type/Feature, Priority/Critical, MoSCoW/Must have, State/Verified | | #8650 | [test(autonomy): implement end-to-end autonomy acceptance test for v3.5.0](https://git.cleverthis.com/cleveragents/cleveragents-core/issues/8650) | `test` | Type/Feature, Priority/Critical, MoSCoW/Must have, State/Verified | **Milestone**: v3.5.0 (ID: 108) **All issues block**: Epic #8600 --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Epic Planning | Agent: epic-planning-pool-supervisor
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