fix(guardrail): correlate PR merges with push event timestamps by greenc-FNAL · Pull Request #55 · Framework-R-D/action-workflow-setup

greenc-FNAL · 2026-10-29T22:33:51Z

Summary

Follow-up to merged #54, addressing the merge-restoration concern reviewed in action-detect-act-env#53.

Correlate merged-PR SHA matches with the captured push event's epoch or UTC ISO timestamp using a documented 60-second tolerance, independent of runner delays and reruns.
Alert for forced updates and stale merge restorations; warn and send an alert if event timing is unavailable.
Validate the Slack webhook before any successful-merge early exit and require HTTP 200, rejecting redirects and delivery failures.
Add shared regression tests against the actual shell script and a dedicated CI job that runs even for test-only changes.

Only the guardrail workflow, CI test integration, and tests/test_guardrail_audit_alert.py change. Existing CI pins, action interfaces, dependencies, and releases are unchanged. The guardrail workflow and tests are byte-identical across all fifteen action repositories.

Validation

Pinned actionlint 1.7.12, standalone ShellCheck, Bash syntax, whitespace checks, and repository hooks passed.
All ten test methods passed, covering 35 checks per repository across all fifteen repositories.
The full staged diff was reviewed, and identical workflow/test content plus absence of unrelated CI changes were verified.
The organization webhook secret is available to this repository; no live Slack delivery was exercised.

Known limitation

This is intentional best-effort temporal correlation. A rewind and restoration within 60 seconds of the original merge can still suppress the restoration alert; exact detection of every replay is outside scope.

Guardrail workflow: Correlates a non-forced push to a merged PR targeting this repository’s main branch only when the push timestamp is within 60 seconds of the merge timestamp. Uses the push event time, so runner delays and reruns do not change the comparison. If the timestamp is missing or invalid, the workflow warns and sends an alert instead of suppressing it. A rewind and restoration within the 60-second window can still match.
Slack delivery: Checks that the webhook is configured before the successful-merge early exit. Fails the step unless Slack returns HTTP 200.
CI and tests: Adds a CI job that runs the guardrail test module. The tests cover timestamp formats and boundaries, PR identity and pagination, forced pushes, missing timestamps, lookup errors, webhook validation, HTTP status handling, payload escaping, and event context.
Validation status: Test and lint results were not established by the supplied evidence. No live Slack delivery result was provided.

coderabbitai · 2026-10-29T22:34:05Z

Walkthrough

The alert workflow now suppresses alerts only for qualifying recent merges and checks Slack delivery status. The pull request adds tests for these rules and a CI job to run them.

Changes: Guardrail audit alerts

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Alert suppression and delivery `.github/workflows/guardrail-audit-alert.yaml`	The workflow suppresses a non-forced push only when its SHA matches a merge into `main` in the same repository and the merge time is within 60 seconds of the push time. It requires a Slack webhook URL and fails delivery unless Slack returns HTTP 200.
Alert tests and CI execution `tests/test_guardrail_audit_alert.py`, `.github/workflows/ci.yaml`	Tests exercise timestamp handling, PR matching, lookup and delivery failures, and payload escaping. CI checks out the configured repository and runs the test module.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PushEvent
  participant AlertWorkflow
  participant GitHubCLI
  participant SlackWebhook
  PushEvent->>AlertWorkflow: Provide push SHA, force status, and push timestamp
  AlertWorkflow->>GitHubCLI: Query paginated PRs for a valid non-forced push
  GitHubCLI-->>AlertWorkflow: Return PR records
  alt Matching merge to main is within 60 seconds
    AlertWorkflow->>AlertWorkflow: Exit without sending an alert
  else No qualifying merge
    AlertWorkflow->>SlackWebhook: Send alert payload
    SlackWebhook-->>AlertWorkflow: Return HTTP status
  end

Merge Risk: Low · up to 8640d

Failed Slack deliveries are detected, but their cause may be harder to diagnose. This is a bounded operational issue rather than a merge blocker.

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Review comments at @.github/workflows/guardrail-audit-alert.yaml:
- Around line 65-72: Update the Slack webhook request flow to capture curl’s
exit status without letting `set -e` terminate the step at the `SLACK_RESPONSE`
assignment. In the failure check, handle either a nonzero curl exit status or an
HTTP status other than 200, and log the curl exit status, HTTP status, and
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coderabbitai · 2026-10-29T22:39:25Z

+          SLACK_RESPONSE=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error -X POST \
            -H 'Content-type: application/json' --data "$PAYLOAD" \
-            "${SLACK_URL:?SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL is not configured}"
+            --write-out '\n%{http_code}' "$SLACK_URL")
+          SLACK_STATUS=${SLACK_RESPONSE##*$'\n'}
+          if [ "$SLACK_STATUS" != "200" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Slack webhook returned HTTP ${SLACK_STATUS}; expected HTTP 200."
+            exit 1
+          fi


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sed -n '1,115p' .github/workflows/guardrail-audit-alert.yaml sed -n '175,220p' tests/test_guardrail_audit_alert.py rg -n 'fail-with-body|Slack response|SLACK_STATUS|webhook returned|curl exit' .github/workflows tests

Repository: Framework-R-D/action-workflow-setup

Length of output: 5528

Log the Slack response body and curl exit code on delivery failure.

With set -e, curl --fail-with-body exits 22 on an HTTP 4xx or 5xx response. The assignment SLACK_RESPONSE=$(...) takes that status, so the step ends there. The if block at lines 69-72 never runs, and the response body is never printed. The body can name the cause, for example invalid_token or channel_not_found. curl's --show-error output reports only the exit code, not the body.

A 3xx response exits 0 because -L is not set. The if block runs and prints the status, but still not the body.

Capture the curl exit code with ||. Then log the exit code, the HTTP status, and the body together.

♻️ Proposed fix

--- "a/.github/workflows/guardrail-audit-alert.yaml" +++ "b/.github/workflows/guardrail-audit-alert.yaml" @@ -62,11 +62,13 @@ --arg actor "$ACTOR" \ '{text: "⚠️ *Direct Push to Main Detected!*\n*Repo:* `\($repo)`\n*Actor:* `@\($actor)`\n*Commit:* `\($msg)`"}') - SLACK_RESPONSE=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error -X POST \ + CURL_EXIT=0 + SLACK_RESPONSE=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error -X POST \ -H 'Content-type: application/json' --data "$PAYLOAD" \ - --write-out '\n%{http_code}' "$SLACK_URL") + --write-out '\n%{http_code}' "$SLACK_URL") || CURL_EXIT=$? SLACK_STATUS=${SLACK_RESPONSE##*$'\n'} - if [ "$SLACK_STATUS" != "200" ]; then - echo "::error::Slack webhook returned HTTP ${SLACK_STATUS}; expected HTTP 200." + if [ "$CURL_EXIT" -ne 0 ] || [ "$SLACK_STATUS" != "200" ]; then + echo "::error::Slack webhook failed (curl exit ${CURL_EXIT}, HTTP ${SLACK_STATUS:-none}); expected HTTP 200." + echo "Slack response body: ${SLACK_RESPONSE%$'\n'*}" exit 1 fi

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SLACK_RESPONSE=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error -X POST \

-H 'Content-type: application/json' --data "$PAYLOAD" \

"${SLACK_URL:?SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL is not configured}"

--write-out '\n%{http_code}' "$SLACK_URL")

SLACK_STATUS=${SLACK_RESPONSE##*$'\n'}

if [ "$SLACK_STATUS" != "200" ]; then

echo "::error::Slack webhook returned HTTP ${SLACK_STATUS}; expected HTTP 200."

exit 1

fi

CURL_EXIT=0

SLACK_RESPONSE=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error -X POST \

-H 'Content-type: application/json' --data "$PAYLOAD" \

--write-out '\n%{http_code}' "$SLACK_URL") || CURL_EXIT=$?

SLACK_STATUS=${SLACK_RESPONSE##*$'\n'}

if [ "$CURL_EXIT" -ne 0 ] || [ "$SLACK_STATUS" != "200" ]; then

echo "::error::Slack webhook failed (curl exit ${CURL_EXIT}, HTTP ${SLACK_STATUS:-none}); expected HTTP 200."

echo "Slack response body: ${SLACK_RESPONSE%$'\n'*}"

exit 1

fi

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greenc-FNAL requested review from knoepfel, marcpaterno and sabasehrish October 29, 2026 22:42

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