fix(build-gate): close two frontend COMPLETE-lie holes (#277)

Run 771c0b96 marked COMPLETE with a frontend that did not build. Two
verification holes let a broken import through:

1. A MODULE build_expectation delegates to LSP and the execution gate
   returned Success trusting it — but tsserver failed to initialize every
   stage, so empty diagnostics read as clean. runExecutionGate now only
   trusts the MODULE->LSP short-circuit when the LSP run actually ran
   (new lspDiagnosticsSkipped projection); on skip it falls through to the
   real build command.

2. ExecutionPlanCompiler disabled the terminal whole-project auto build gate
   whenever ANY stage declared a build_expectation — so a MODULE (typecheck-
   only) declaration removed the real `npm run build` floor. Now only a real
   whole-project build (PROJECT/TESTS) suppresses the auto gate; MODULE/NONE
   do not. Extracted autoGateStages() helper. Two new compiler tests.

core:kernel + infrastructure:workflow tests green; no new detekt.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

core/kernel/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/core/kernel/orchestration/SessionOrchestratorGates2.kt

@@ -109,6 +109,18 @@ internal suspend fun SessionOrchestrator.runLspDiagnostics(
     )
 }
 
+/**
+ * True if the most recent LSP diagnostics run for [stageId] was skipped (e.g. tsserver failed to
+ * initialize) rather than actually run. A skipped run emits empty diagnostics, which the LSP gate
+ * treats as clean — so the execution gate must not trust MODULE→LSP delegation when this holds, and
+ * falls through to the real build command. Pure projection over recorded events (invariant #9).
+ */
+internal fun SessionOrchestrator.lspDiagnosticsSkipped(sessionId: SessionId, stageId: StageId): Boolean =
+    eventStore.read(sessionId)
+        .mapNotNull { it.payload as? LspDiagnosticsCompletedEvent }
+        .lastOrNull { it.stageId == stageId }
+        ?.skippedReason != null
+
 internal fun SessionOrchestrator.sessionWrittenPaths(sessionId: SessionId): List<String> =
     eventStore.read(sessionId)
         .mapNotNull { it.payload as? com.correx.core.events.events.FileWrittenEvent }
@@ -145,8 +157,15 @@ internal suspend fun SessionOrchestrator.runExecutionGate(
         else -> null
     }
     // LSP pull diagnostics are the compiler-front-end/typecheck gate. Keep PROJECT bundlers and
-    // TESTS as real commands, but do not invoke the profile's flat `typecheck` alias as well.
+    // TESTS as real commands, but do not invoke the profile's flat `typecheck` alias as well —
-    if (expectation == BuildExpectation.MODULE && lspDiagnosticsRunner != null) {
+    // UNLESS the LSP run for this stage was skipped (no tsserver, init failure): a skipped check
+    // verified nothing, and empty diagnostics then read as "clean", so fall through to the real
+    // build command instead of trusting a gate that never ran.
+    // ponytail: no unit test — first test on this path needs a full orchestrator + bound-profile +
+    // LSP-runner fixture (none exists); validated by live QA re-run instead. Add if it regresses.
+    if (expectation == BuildExpectation.MODULE && lspDiagnosticsRunner != null &&
+        !lspDiagnosticsSkipped(sessionId, stageId)
+    ) {
         return StageExecutionResult.Success(emptyList())
     }
     val alias = expectation?.commandAlias ?: return StageExecutionResult.Success(emptyList())

infrastructure/workflow/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/infrastructure/workflow/ExecutionPlanCompiler.kt

@@ -114,23 +114,7 @@ class ExecutionPlanCompiler(
                     )
                 )
         }
-        // Deterministic build-gate floor. Code kinds carry an `imports_resolve` COMPILER-layer
+        val autoGateStages = autoGateStages(plan, declaredExpectations)
-        // contract assertion, but COMPILER assertions are enforced only by the execution gate, which
-        // fires only when a stage sets build_expectation. The LLM planner emits every file-writing
-        // stage as the generic `file_written` kind (never a typed code kind) and rarely sets
-        // build_expectation, so a scaffold with a dangling import (`import './index.css'` for a file
-        // never written) sails through to COMPLETED. Close it: when no stage declares any gate, flag
-        // the terminal stage for an auto build gate — placed there, not per-stage, so it runs when the
-        // project is whole rather than failing legitimately-incomplete intermediate stages. Whether it
-        // ACTUALLY builds is decided at run time (SessionOrchestrator.runExecutionGate) from the real
-        // FileWritten manifest — the plan's declared kinds don't reveal code-ness, but the written
-        // paths do — so a docs-only plan is left alone and a code plan is always gated.
-        val autoGateStages: Set<String> = if (declaredExpectations.values.all { it == BuildExpectation.NONE }) {
-            val writing = plan.stages.filter { it.writes.any { path -> path.isNotBlank() } }.map { it.id }.toSet()
-            if (writing.isEmpty()) emptySet() else writing + terminalStageId(plan)
-        } else {
-            emptySet()
-        }
         val sessionArtifacts =
             plan.stages.mapNotNull { it.produces.takeIf(String::isNotBlank) }.toSet() + sessionArtifactIds
 
@@ -325,6 +309,31 @@ class ExecutionPlanCompiler(
             "cite the unmet criterion ids. Never add or imply criteria outside the DoD."
     }
 
+    // Deterministic build-gate floor. Code kinds carry an `imports_resolve` COMPILER-layer contract
+    // assertion, but COMPILER assertions are enforced only by the execution gate, which fires only
+    // when a stage sets build_expectation. The LLM planner emits every file-writing stage as the
+    // generic `file_written` kind (never a typed code kind) and rarely sets build_expectation, so a
+    // scaffold with a dangling import (`import './index.css'` for a file never written) sails through
+    // to COMPLETED. Close it: unless a stage declares a real whole-project build (PROJECT/TESTS),
+    // flag every write-declaring stage plus the terminal stage for an auto build gate — the terminal
+    // one runs when the project is whole rather than failing legitimately-incomplete intermediate
+    // stages. A MODULE declaration is only a per-file typecheck (delegated to LSP, which can silently
+    // skip) and does NOT prove the assembled project builds, so it must not suppress the terminal
+    // floor. Whether it ACTUALLY builds is decided at run time (SessionOrchestrator.runExecutionGate)
+    // from the real FileWritten manifest — declared kinds don't reveal code-ness, written paths do —
+    // so a docs-only plan is left alone and a code plan is always gated.
+    private fun autoGateStages(
+        plan: ExecutionPlanModel,
+        declaredExpectations: Map<String, BuildExpectation>,
+    ): Set<String> {
+        val ownsRealBuild = declaredExpectations.values.any {
+            it == BuildExpectation.PROJECT || it == BuildExpectation.TESTS
+        }
+        if (ownsRealBuild) return emptySet()
+        val writing = plan.stages.filter { it.writes.any { path -> path.isNotBlank() } }.map { it.id }.toSet()
+        return if (writing.isEmpty()) emptySet() else writing + terminalStageId(plan)
+    }
+
     private fun staticFloorCommands(writeManifest: List<String>): List<String> {
         return writeManifest.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
             ?.let { listOf("$STATIC_FLOOR_COMMAND -- ${it.joinToString(" ")}") }

infrastructure/workflow/src/test/kotlin/com/correx/infrastructure/workflow/ExecutionPlanCompilerTest.kt

@@ -559,16 +559,18 @@ class ExecutionPlanCompilerTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `an explicitly declared gate suppresses the auto gate`() {
+    fun `a MODULE declaration does not suppress the auto build gate`() {
-        // Planner set a MODULE gate on the entry stage; the compiler must not add its own.
+        // MODULE is only a per-file typecheck (delegated to LSP, which can silently skip when
+        // tsserver is missing), so it does NOT prove the assembled project builds — the terminal
+        // whole-project floor must still be applied.
         val planned = """
             {
               "goal": "scaffold a react app",
               "stages": [
                 { "id": "entry", "prompt": "write main.tsx", "produces": "app_entry", "kind": "react_entry",
-                  "needs": [], "tools": ["file_write"], "build_expectation": "module" },
+                  "needs": [], "tools": ["file_write"], "writes": ["src/main.tsx"], "build_expectation": "module" },
                 { "id": "views", "prompt": "write components", "produces": "app_views", "kind": "react_component",
-                  "needs": ["app_entry"], "tools": ["file_write"] }
+                  "needs": ["app_entry"], "tools": ["file_write"], "writes": ["src/App.tsx"] }
               ],
               "edges": [
                 { "from": "entry", "to": "views", "condition": { "type": "always_true" } },
@@ -581,9 +583,39 @@ class ExecutionPlanCompilerTest {
             com.correx.core.transitions.graph.BuildExpectation.MODULE,
             graph.stages[StageId("entry")]!!.buildExpectation,
         )
+        assertTrue(
+            graph.stages.values.any { it.autoBuildGate },
+            "MODULE (typecheck-only) must not remove the terminal project build floor",
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `an explicitly declared PROJECT gate suppresses the auto gate`() {
+        // A PROJECT build is a real whole-project build the planner owns, so the compiler must
+        // not add its own terminal floor on top.
+        val planned = """
+            {
+              "goal": "scaffold a react app",
+              "stages": [
+                { "id": "entry", "prompt": "write main.tsx", "produces": "app_entry", "kind": "react_entry",
+                  "needs": [], "tools": ["file_write"], "writes": ["src/main.tsx"], "build_expectation": "project" },
+                { "id": "views", "prompt": "write components", "produces": "app_views", "kind": "react_component",
+                  "needs": ["app_entry"], "tools": ["file_write"], "writes": ["src/App.tsx"] }
+              ],
+              "edges": [
+                { "from": "entry", "to": "views", "condition": { "type": "always_true" } },
+                { "from": "views", "to": "done", "condition": { "type": "always_true" } }
+              ]
+            }
+        """.trimIndent()
+        val graph = codeCompiler.compile(planned, "wf")
+        assertEquals(
+            com.correx.core.transitions.graph.BuildExpectation.PROJECT,
+            graph.stages[StageId("entry")]!!.buildExpectation,
+        )
         assertTrue(
             graph.stages.values.none { it.autoBuildGate },
-            "no stage is auto-flagged when the planner already declares a gate anywhere",
+            "a real PROJECT build declared anywhere suppresses the auto gate",
         )
     }