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fix(parser): refuse malformed RENAMED pairs - #1806

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Closes #1805.

Why

parseRenamedPairs walked ## RENAMED Requirements carrying a single mutable
{ from, to } and dropped whatever did not fit:

  • a second FROM: overwrote an unpaired first one
  • a TO: with no pending FROM: was discarded
  • a trailing FROM: was forgotten when the section ended

Nothing recorded any of it, and validateChangeDeltaSpecs only ever iterates
plan.renamed — the pairs that did form — so the validator structurally could
not see the dropped lines. Two outcomes, both silent:

  • A requested rename never happens. TO: written before its FROM: yields
    no pair at all; validate reports the change valid and archive exits 0
    having renamed nothing.
  • The wrong requirement is renamed. With FROM/FROM/TO/TO — a natural way to
    write a batch rename, listing the old names then the new ones — the second
    FROM pairs with the first TO. Archive renames a requirement the delta
    never named, under a name the author wrote for a different one, and reports
    → 1 as though exactly one intended rename occurred.

Verified against a project built entirely by openspec init + openspec new change: the body under the renamed header was the other requirement's body.

What Changes

  • A rename pair is a FROM: followed by a TO: with no second FROM: between
    them — the shape the documented format uses.
  • Every FROM:/TO: line that never formed a pair is recorded in a new
    DeltaPlan.unpairedRenames entry (side, name, 1-based line), sorted by
    line.
  • When ## RENAMED Requirements is written more than once, pairs are still read
    per copy: a FROM: left at the end of one copy is reported as unpaired, never
    paired with a TO: in the next.
  • validate <change> reports each one as an ERROR with its line number, so
    the author learns at authoring time.
  • buildUpdatedSpec throws on any unpaired entry, so archive refuses rather
    than applying a pairing it guessed. This is deliberate: with interleaved lines
    the guessed pairing rewrites the wrong requirement, and a spec rewrite is not
    something to do on a guess.

Well-formed renames are unaffected, including several consecutive pairs and the
no-bullet form.

Testing

test/core/parsers/renamed-pair-integrity.test.ts — 17 tests. Run against
main: 15 failed / 2 passed (the passing two are well-formed-rename controls).
All 17 pass on this branch.

Edge cases covered:

  • the documented order, and several consecutive pairs (controls)
  • TO: before FROM:; a FROM: displaced by another FROM:; a trailing
    FROM:; fully interleaved FROM/FROM/TO/TO
  • exact line numbers on every reported entry
  • FROM/TO inside a code fence are ignored, and report nothing
  • a RENAMED section with no FROM/TO lines, and a delta with no RENAMED section,
    both report nothing
  • buildUpdatedSpec still applies a well-formed rename, and throws with the
    offending line number for each malformed shape
  • validate reports the ERROR, and leaves a well-formed rename clean

Full suite green on this branch.

Changeset

.changeset/renamed-refuses-unpaired-entries.md (patch). Worth noting for
release notes: this turns a previously silent mis-apply into a hard error, so a
change carrying a malformed RENAMED section that used to archive will now be
rejected until the pairing is fixed.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Detects incomplete, reversed, or incorrectly ordered requirement rename entries instead of silently ignoring or misapplying them.
    • Reports clear, line-numbered validation errors identifying the missing FROM: or TO: entry and required consecutive format.
    • Prevents malformed rename sections from being applied when rebuilding specifications.
    • Correctly handles repeated rename sections, case variations, and * or + list markers.
    • Preserves valid consecutive rename pairs and formatting within fenced code blocks.

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Walkthrough

The parser now records unpaired FROM: and TO: entries, including entries across repeated sections. Spec rebuilding rejects malformed rename sections. Change validation reports each unpaired entry. Tests cover valid and malformed rename cases.

Changes

RENAMED Pair Integrity

Layer / File(s) Summary
Record unpaired rename entries
src/core/parsers/requirement-blocks.ts
DeltaPlan now exposes unpairedRenames. The parser records displaced, orphaned, and trailing entries and accepts repeated sections and * or + bullets.
Reject and report malformed pairs
src/core/specs-apply.ts, src/core/validation/validator.ts
Spec rebuilding rejects incomplete pairs. Change validation reports each unpaired entry and its missing counterpart. Spec rebuilding also preserves fenced-code blank lines and audits retirement content more precisely.
Validate rename integrity
test/core/parsers/renamed-pair-integrity.test.ts, .changeset/renamed-refuses-unpaired-entries.md
Tests cover parsing, successful renames, malformed ordering, code fences, incomplete entries, and validation errors. The changeset documents the behavior.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: clay-good

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant DeltaSpec
  participant parseDeltaSpec
  participant buildUpdatedSpec
  participant validateChangeDeltaSpecs
  DeltaSpec->>parseDeltaSpec: provide RENAMED entries
  parseDeltaSpec-->>buildUpdatedSpec: provide unpairedRenames
  buildUpdatedSpec-->>DeltaSpec: reject malformed rename
  parseDeltaSpec-->>validateChangeDeltaSpecs: provide unpairedRenames
  validateChangeDeltaSpecs-->>DeltaSpec: report missing counterpart
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 5fc81

Malformed bullet syntax can unexpectedly apply a requirement removal or rename. This is a bounded issue that should be corrected before merge.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR satisfies the coding requirements in [#1805]. parseDeltaSpec records unpaired FROM: and TO: entries with the side, name, and 1-based line number. The validator reports errors for those en…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The reviewed changes stay within [#1805]. Parser changes handle RENAMED section occurrences and entry forms that could otherwise silently drop requested renames. Validation and archive changes enforce…
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 6 functions across 4 files. (1 skipped: 1 …
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Reviewed rename pairing, validation, and archive refusal behavior and ran the focused 15-test suite locally. Malformed pairs now fail safely while valid consecutive pairs remain unchanged. Approved.

clay-good and others added 2 commits September 15, 2026 07:57
Resolve the conflict with Fission-AI#1800 and Fission-AI#1802 in requirement-blocks.ts: keep
main's per-copy section reader and `[-*+]` bullet markers, and thread the
unpaired-rename sink through every RENAMED header copy. A FROM left pending
at the end of one copy is reported rather than paired with a TO in the
next, and entries are sorted by line so the first reported is the first in
the file.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Cover the two shapes main gained after this branch was cut: a FROM in one
`## RENAMED Requirements` copy and a TO in another are both reported as
unpaired, and unpaired lines written with `*` or `+` are reported like
`-` ones. Add a patch changeset matching the other parser fixes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Hardening pass pushed:

Re-verified the #1805 repro through the built CLI: main renames Invoice Generation's body to "Overdue Penalties" and exits 0; this branch reports both unpaired lines with line numbers and leaves the spec untouched.

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🟡 Minor · Require whitespace after a present bullet marker. · src/core/parsers/requirement-blocks.ts:377-377

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Require whitespace after a present bullet marker.

The parser documents [-*+] as CommonMark markers, which require following whitespace. However, both regexes use \s*, so *### Requirement: A is added to the removal list. Similarly, *FROM: and +TO: are recognized as rename entries; when paired, they can reach rename application instead of being rejected. Marker-free FROM: and TO: lines remain supported.

Use [-*+][ \t]+ for removal bullets and (?:[-*+][ \t]+)? for rename lines. Add regression cases for malformed *### Requirement:, *FROM:, and +TO: inputs.

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In `@src/core/parsers/requirement-blocks.ts` at line 377, Update the bullet and
rename regexes in the requirement-block parser to require one or more spaces or
tabs after a present marker, while continuing to accept marker-free FROM:/TO:
lines. Add regression coverage for malformed *### Requirement:, *FROM:, and +TO:
inputs so they are not recognized.
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In `@src/core/parsers/requirement-blocks.ts`:
- Line 377: Update the bullet and rename regexes in the requirement-block parser
to require one or more spaces or tabs after a present marker, while continuing
to accept marker-free FROM:/TO: lines. Add regression coverage for malformed
*### Requirement:, *FROM:, and +TO: inputs so they are not recognized.

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Re the CodeRabbit outside-diff finding on src/core/parsers/requirement-blocks.ts:377 (require whitespace after a bullet marker): verified, and not changing it in this PR.

  • Pre-existing, not introduced here. The REMOVED bullet (-\s*) and FROM/TO (-?\s*) patterns have accepted a marker with no following space since the reader landed (c18f3b2, 2025-08-19). fix(parser): accept all CommonMark list markers in deltas #1800 only widened - to [-*+], and this PR does not touch either pattern.
  • Tightening would reject input main accepts today. Built CLI on origin/main (9d4e597), isolated HOME: -FROM: ### Requirement: Late Fees followed by `-TO: `### Requirement: Overdue Penalties archives → 1 with Late Fees' own body under the new header, and -### Requirement: Late Fees`` under REMOVED archives - 1.
  • It would bring back a silent no-op. Under [-*+][ \t]+, those lines would match neither pattern, so they would not reach unpairedRenames. The rename or removal would silently not happen while archive exits 0, which is the failure class fix(parser): accept all CommonMark list markers in deltas #1800 and this PR close.
  • The loose form cannot rename or remove the wrong requirement. A no-space line still names exactly one requirement. On this branch, *FROM: plus +TO: renames exactly the requirement written (same repro). Nothing in the repo's tests, docs, schemas, or archived changes uses the no-space form.

If strict CommonMark markers are wanted here, that belongs in its own change, and it should report the unrecognized line (as skippedHeaders does) rather than drop it.

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Unpaired RENAMED entries are detected with precise locations and fail before archive mutates specs, while valid pairs remain unchanged. Focused tests pass.

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Malformed RENAMED pairs silently skip a rename, or rename the wrong requirement

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