Skip to content

[Q-2026-05-27-Infra-IntegrityAudit-Truncation] Codes/scripts/integrity_audit.py pre-existing truncation (no __main__ block; silently exits 0 with no output) — **OPENED 2026-05-27 (Math420 cascade verification side-finding)** — **MEDIUM priority (infrastructure)** #788

@TECT-OpenPhysics

Description

@TECT-OpenPhysics

Statement

Codes/scripts/integrity_audit.py pre-existing truncation (no __main__ block; silently exits 0 with no output) — OPENED 2026-05-27 (Math420 cascade verification side-finding)MEDIUM priority (infrastructure)

Details

[OPENED 2026-05-27 — discovered during Math420 verification layer execution] Context: Codes/scripts/integrity_audit.py (516 lines, in git since commit 5bf49bc 2026-05-15) is truncated mid-token at the end of main(). The last 5 chars are pri (incomplete print(). Python's ast.parse() happens to accept this because pri parses as a valid name-reference expression statement (NameError only at runtime, not at parse-time). The file is missing the if __name__ == "__main__": sys.exit(main()) invocation block. Net effect: python3 Codes/scripts/integrity_audit.py silently defines main(), calls nothing, and exits 0 with empty stdout/stderr. This means the 8-axis CLAUDE.md §20 infrastructure-theory consistency check has been a NO-OP for 12+ days. The defect predates Math420 by 12 days; Math420 cascade verification only surfaced it.

Closure criteria:

  • Read the last-known-good version of integrity_audit.py from git history (pre-truncation; likely before 5bf49bc), OR
  • Re-derive the missing tail: complete the print("integrity_audit.py — TECT 8-axis consistency check (CLAUDE.md §20)") line; print the per-axis results (result.checks_run, result.passes, result.defects); for each defect emit a TodoWrite-formatted line; return exit-1 if defects > 0 and --warn-only is unset, else exit-0; and add if __name__ == "__main__": sys.exit(main()) invocation block.
  • Use atomic_write (CLAUDE.md §11.5.2 absolute prohibition on Edit/Write for tracked files).
  • Verify by python3 -u Codes/scripts/integrity_audit.py and confirming non-empty banner output.

Falsification gate: if the repair takes more than 30 minutes (which would indicate the truncation removed substantial axis-summary logic that needs rebuilding from scratch), escalate to a Math420-AddB infrastructure-rebuild note rather than inline repair.

Owner: next infrastructure-touching session (NOT a theory blocker — theory work proceeds normally; the silent no-op only means

Source of truth

Docs/status/OPEN-QUESTIONS.md Active section, Q-2026-05-27-Infra-IntegrityAudit-Truncation row (raw).

Issue body is auto-synced from canonical source. Manual edits to the body will be overwritten on next sync. Discussion in comments is welcome and preserved.

Metadata

Metadata

Assignees

No one assigned

    Labels

    Projects

    No projects

    Milestone

    No milestone

    Relationships

    None yet

    Development

    No branches or pull requests

    Issue actions