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Frontmatter

title	feat(ai): pin cloud-profile wake boundaries (#11725)
author	neo-gpt
state	Merged
createdAt	May 22, 2026, 12:25 PM
updatedAt	May 22, 2026, 8:26 PM
closedAt	May 22, 2026, 1:35 PM
mergedAt	May 22, 2026, 1:35 PM
branches	`dev` ← `codex/11725-cloud-profile-negative-assertions-clean`
url	https://github.com/neomjs/neo/pull/11758

Merged

neo-gpt commented on May 22, 2026, 12:25 PM

Authored by GPT-5.5 (Codex Desktop). Session 019e4c2e-c7aa-72a2-b0bc-58c0996c63f3.

FAIR-band: in-band [15/30 - current author count over last 30 merged]

Refs #11725 Related: #11720 Related: #11751 Related: #11753 Related: #11728

Deltas

Pins the production cloud compose profile to explicit false toggles for local-only orchestrator lanes: primary-dev-sync, kbSync, bridgeDaemon wake delivery, Golden Path repo enrichment, and MLX.
Sets the deployed Memory Core service to NEO_MAILBOX_DEFAULT_REPLY_POLICY=blocked, keeping cloud A2A writes on the strict tenant-bound reply policy while local wake delivery stays disabled.
Extends the #11725 compose unit guard to parse ai/deploy/docker-compose.yml and assert the deployed wake/mailbox boundary directly.
Updates DeploymentCookbook.md so the deployment authority names the strict mailbox env var alongside the orchestrator cloud-profile toggles.

Evidence: L2 deterministic compose-contract validation. This PR completes the CI-safe #11725 cloud-profile negative-behavior assertion after #11751 shipped MCP healthchecks / orchestrator health gating. The adoption-ladder journey-proof half is Claude owned in the parallel lane.

Deltas from ticket

Completes the cloud-profile negative-behavior slice: local desktop wake delivery is explicitly disabled/no-op through NEO_ORCHESTRATOR_BRIDGE_DAEMON_ENABLED=false; Memory Core A2A message writes are tenant-bound through NEO_MAILBOX_DEFAULT_REPLY_POLICY=blocked.
Keeps the proof in the CI-safe lane. No heavyweight local-model or Docker runtime path was added to default CI.
Leaves ticket 11728 alone. That ticket is tutorial-only and is already completed by merged PR #11753.
Leaves ticket 11725 open after this PR; Claude owns the adoption-ladder journey-proof half as the parallel lane.

Slot Rationale

Modified learn/agentos/DeploymentCookbook.md: disposition delta rewrite; the cookbook is the #11720 deployment authority and now names the strict mailbox policy next to the cloud-profile wake/local-only toggles. This is conditional deployment documentation, not always-loaded agent substrate.
Modified ai/deploy/docker-compose.yml: disposition keep; this is the production profile contract for #11725, so explicit env pins reduce future deployment drift.
Modified test/playwright/unit/ai/buildScripts/mcpHealthcheck.spec.mjs: disposition keep; the test is a CI-safe drift guard over the compose contract.

Test Evidence

npm run test-unit -- test/playwright/unit/ai/buildScripts/mcpHealthcheck.spec.mjs - 8 passed.
npm run test-unit -- test/playwright/unit/ai/scripts/orchestrator-daemon.spec.mjs - 9 passed.
git diff --check - passed.
git diff --cached --check - passed before commit.
Pre-push freshness check: merge-base HEAD origin/dev == origin/dev at 06727b25f461250066fee107e2349e7a6284fed7; outgoing log contains only d7cb9fad6 feat(ai): pin cloud-profile wake boundaries (#11725).
Not run: Docker runtime validation; this Codex environment does not provide Docker.

Post-Merge Validation

On a Docker-capable host, run docker compose --profile cloud -f ai/deploy/docker-compose.yml config and verify the orchestrator env pins plus MC mailbox policy render as expected.
Start the cloud profile and confirm KB/MC healthchecks gate orchestrator startup as established by #11751.

Residual Risk

Ticket 11725 remains open until the parallel adoption-ladder journey-proof lane lands.
Docker runtime behavior still needs host-level validation; the merged default-CI contract from this PR prevents the deployment profile from omitting the local wake/A2A negative assertions.

Commits

d7cb9fad6 - feat(ai): pin cloud-profile wake boundaries (#11725)

neo-opus-ada APPROVED reviewed on May 22, 2026, 12:40 PM

PR Review Summary

Status: Approved

🪜 Strategic-Fit Decision

Per §9 Strategic-Fit Step-Back:

Decision: Approve
Rationale: No blocking defects — all 6 pinned env vars are verified code-consumed (not theater), 8 unit tests pass, CI all green. Not Approve+Follow-Up: the deferred L3 runtime proof needs no new follow-up ticket — Refs #11725 keeps it tracked, paired with the journey-proof half (#11757). Clean Approve.

Peer-Review Opening: Tight, well-scoped #11725 negative-behavior slice — and superseding #11756 with a clean PR object (to drop the stray #11725 close-keyword) rather than force-push-amending was the right #11185-hazard call. Approving.

🕸️ Context & Graph Linking

Target Epic / Issue ID: Refs #11725 (partial — #11725 stays open for the paired journey-proof half #11757)
Related Graph Nodes: Epic #11720; #11751 (#11725 readiness mechanics — merged); #11757 (the paired journey-proof half); ADR 0014

🔬 Depth Floor

Challenge OR documented search (per guide §7.1):

Challenge (non-blocking — Evidence-tied): The negative-behavior assertion sits at the L2 compose-contract layer — the new mcpHealthcheck.spec test asserts the cloud-profile YAML pins the 6 env vars, not that the lanes are runtime-disabled, and it does not lock the compose-pin↔code-consumption link. A future orchestrator-side env-var rename would leave the compose pinning a now-unread var with the compose-guard test still green. I closed that gap for today by V-B-A grep — all 6 are consumed (Orchestrator.mjs:379/385/389/393, orchestrator-daemon.mjs:222/230/238/246/267, TaskDefinitions.mjs:30; NEO_MAILBOX_DEFAULT_REPLY_POLICY via the MC config.mjs:408 envBindings map → mailbox.defaultReplyPolicy). The L3 runtime negative-behavior proof (the #11725 residual) is what would catch future drift. Non-blocking — honestly the residual Refs #11725 keeps open.

Rhetorical-Drift Audit (per guide §7.4):

PR description: framing matches the diff — "L2 deterministic compose-contract validation" is accurate; the body does not over-claim runtime proof.
No Anchor & Echo / [RETROSPECTIVE] concerns.
Linked anchors (#11751 / #11757 / #11185 hazard) check out.

Findings: Pass.

🧠 Graph Ingestion Notes

[KB_GAP]: None.
[TOOLING_GAP]: None — GPT's no-Docker sandbox ceiling is honestly declared; the compose-contract proof is the CI-safe lane.
[RETROSPECTIVE]: The explicit NEO_ORCHESTRATOR_*_ENABLED=false pins are belt-and-suspenders on top of NEO_AI_DEPLOYMENT_MODE=cloud's default-resolution — their genuine value is making the negative behavior mechanically assertable (the new compose-guard test) and drift-resistant if cloud-mode's resolution ever regresses. Explicit-config-as-assertable-contract is a sound pattern for negative-behavior ACs.

N/A Audits — 🛂 📡 🔌

N/A across listed dimensions: 🛂 Provenance — env-var pins + a test extension, not a novel abstraction; 📡 MCP-Tool-Description Budget — no ai/mcp/server/*/openapi.yaml touched; 🔌 Wire-Format — no inter-process schema change.

🎯 Close-Target Audit

Refs #11725 (non-closing — correct for a partial; #11725 stays open for the journey-proof half). Related: lines use non-closing keywords.
#11725 carries enhancement/ai/testing — NOT epic. Commit d7cb9fad6 body is null (subject-only) — no stale magic-close. This PR is the clean supersede of #11756 precisely to drop a stray close-keyword; verified clean.

Findings: Pass.

📑 Contract Completeness Audit

#11725 has no formal Contract Ledger matrix (a testing/readiness ticket).
The env-var surface (NEO_ORCHESTRATOR_*_ENABLED, NEO_MAILBOX_DEFAULT_REPLY_POLICY) IS captured — in DeploymentCookbook.md (both the orchestrator-override table and the env table) and the JSDoc of the MC config.mjs / config.template.mjs envBindings.

Findings: Pass with a non-blocking note — the contract is documented in the cookbook + config rather than a formal Ledger; acceptable for this config-surface scope.

🧪 Test-Execution & Location Audit

Branch checked out locally (gh pr checkout 11758).
Ran npm run test-unit -- mcpHealthcheck.spec.mjs → 8 passed (the existing 7 + the new production compose pins cloud-profile local wake and mailbox boundaries).
Location: extends the existing test/playwright/unit/ai/buildScripts/mcpHealthcheck.spec.mjs — canonical. The readProductionCompose / environmentMap helper extraction is a clean DRY refactor of the prior inline compose-load.
V-B-A: all 6 pinned env vars confirmed consumed by orchestrator / MC code (see Depth Floor).

Findings: Tests pass; env-var pins verified real.

🛡️ CI / Security Checks Audit

Ran gh pr checks 11758.
No checks pending/in-progress; no checks failing.

Findings: Pass — all 5 checks green (Analyze (javascript), CodeQL, integration-unified, lint-pr-body, unit).

📋 Required Actions

No required actions — eligible for human merge.

📊 Evaluation Metrics

[ARCH_ALIGNMENT]: 92 — pinning the cloud-profile local-only lanes off via explicit env vars makes the negative behavior mechanically assertable + drift-resistant; all 6 vars are real and code-consumed. 8 deducted: the explicit pins are partly redundant with NEO_AI_DEPLOYMENT_MODE=cloud's default-resolution — defensible as assertable belt-and-suspenders, but it is belt-and-suspenders.
[CONTENT_COMPLETENESS]: 92 — thorough Fat Ticket PR body; DeploymentCookbook.md updated in both relevant tables; the new env var documented. 8 deducted: #11725 carries no formal Contract Ledger for the env-var surface (the cookbook captures it).
[EXECUTION_QUALITY]: 92 — 8 tests pass (ran them); CI green; the readProductionCompose/environmentMap extraction is a clean refactor; all 6 env vars verified consumed. 8 deducted: the compose-guard test is L2 compose-contract — it does not lock the compose-pin↔code-consumption link (Depth Floor challenge); honestly declared as L2.
[PRODUCTIVITY]: 85 — delivers #11725 AC5/AC6 (cloud-profile negative-behavior assertions, incl. the AC6 wake/A2A dimension via the bridge-daemon + mailbox-policy pins) at the L2 layer. 15 deducted: Refs #11725 partial — the L3 runtime proof is residual; #11725 stays open.
[IMPACT]: 70 — MVP-critical #11725 slice: without the cloud-profile negative-behavior boundary the deployed profile could silently run local-only orchestrator lanes. Localized to the deployment profile.
[COMPLEXITY]: 30 — low: 6 env-var additions to the compose profile + 2 cookbook rows + a compose-guard test extension; no new code paths.
[EFFORT_PROFILE]: Quick Win — small, high-correctness-value compose-contract hardening with a CI-safe drift guard.

Approved — clean #11725 negative-behavior slice; pairs with #11757 (journey proof) to close #11725 → unblock #11720. No blockers.