---
id: 05-trace-revalidation-workflow
epic: ci-security-and-supply-chain
title: Trace revalidation workflow
type: technical-story
status: done
feature: scripts
depends-on: [01-trace-schema-extensions, 04-major-bump-reevaluation]
blocks: [09-ci-security-guide-and-docs]
created: 2026-05-14T18:59:12+02:00
updated: 2026-05-14T19:21:52.308Z
---

## Goal

Write `scripts/library-decisions/revalidate.mjs` — a script that walks every approved + pre-shipped trace, re-runs each trace's `verification-commands`, classifies divergence as soft or hard, and opens/updates/closes GitHub issues accordingly — then wire it into `.github/workflows/trace-revalidation-weekly.yml` (weekly cron + `workflow_dispatch`).

## Why

ADR-022 traces go stale silently when new CVEs drop or Socket picks up behavioral changes in a package post-adoption. A weekly automated revalidation creates a feedback loop: soft divergence (minor drift) surfaces as a rolling dashboard issue; hard divergence (a re-evaluation is warranted) surfaces as a per-dep `library-policy/re-evaluation` issue with the trace path + finding + re-walk handoff. No auto-edit of traces and no CI gating on main — the workflow runs in parallel, not on the critical path.

**External dependency:** library-evaluation epic story 02 (pre-commit check script) must be complete — `check.mjs` and the `docs/library-decisions/` fixture patterns are the prior art this script mirrors.

## Done when

- `scripts/library-decisions/revalidate.mjs` walks all traces in `docs/library-decisions/` whose `decision` field is `accepted` or `pre-shipped`; for each trace, re-runs its `verification-commands`; classifies divergence (soft: minor discrepancy from expected output; hard: finding that would change the evaluation decision); opens a rolling `library-policy/dashboard`-labeled issue for soft divergence (creates or updates a single issue); opens a `library-policy/re-evaluation`-labeled per-dep issue for hard divergence with title `re-evaluate: <package>@<version> — <finding>`, trace path, and `evaluate-library` re-walk pointer; closes open `library-policy/re-evaluation` issues whose dep has since had `lastRevalidated` refreshed; skips rejected traces entirely.
- Integration tests use a fixture trace directory (no real `gh` CLI / no network): no-drift trace → no issue; soft-drift trace → dashboard issue created; hard-drift trace → per-dep issue with correct labels + title format; open per-dep issue already exists → no duplicate opened; `lastRevalidated` refreshed → open issue closed with comment.
- `.github/workflows/trace-revalidation-weekly.yml` triggers on `schedule: - cron: "30 6 * * 1"` and `workflow_dispatch`; job steps: checkout, `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile`, `node scripts/library-decisions/revalidate.mjs`; permissions: `issues: write`, `contents: read` (NO `contents: write`).
- `pnpm typecheck && pnpm lint && pnpm test && pnpm conformance && pnpm fallow:audit && pnpm coverage:diff` all pass.

## In scope

- `scripts/library-decisions/revalidate.mjs` — the revalidation script.
- `scripts/library-decisions/revalidate.test.mjs` — integration tests with fixture directory and mocked `gh` CLI surface.
- `.github/workflows/trace-revalidation-weekly.yml` — the workflow file.

## Out of scope

- Auto-editing trace files — explicitly forbidden (no `contents: write`).
- Auto-dispatching on `library-policy/re-evaluation` issues — human triage required (PRD out of scope).
- CI gating on main from this workflow — main keeps deploying; revalidation runs in parallel.

## Tasks

- [x] Write `scripts/library-decisions/revalidate.mjs` (walk approved+pre-shipped traces, re-run `verification-commands`, classify soft/hard divergence, open/update/close issues via `gh` CLI; mock-friendly `gh` surface for tests); write `revalidate.test.mjs` integration tests with fixture traces covering: no-drift, soft-drift (dashboard issue), hard-drift (per-dep issue with correct labels+title), duplicate-issue guard, stale-issue close on refreshed `lastRevalidated`, rejected-trace skip; one commit, all gates pass.
- [x] Create `.github/workflows/trace-revalidation-weekly.yml` (trigger: `schedule: cron: "30 6 * * 1"` + `workflow_dispatch`; steps: checkout, `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile`, `node scripts/library-decisions/revalidate.mjs`; permissions: `issues: write`, `contents: read`); one commit, all gates pass.
