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  • Documentation

    • Expanded development guidance for backend, frontend, query, and testing practices.
    • Added standards for clearer queries, focused responsibilities, reusable utilities, explicit error handling, and comprehensive automated tests.
    • Clarified asynchronous processing as part of the Sippy system.
    • Added requirements to keep symptoms feature documentation current when related functionality changes.
    • Documented query readability and size guidelines.
  • Chores

    • Updated generated guidance verification and rule configuration hashes.

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The pull request expands backend, frontend, query, testing, documentation, and system instructions. It adds generated query guidance files and updates APM verification and rule hashes.

Changes

Repository guidance updates

Layer / File(s) Summary
Instruction rule updates
.apm/instructions/backend.instructions.md, .apm/instructions/frontend.instructions.md, .apm/instructions/query.instructions.md, .apm/instructions/testing.instructions.md, .apm/instructions/docs.instructions.md, .apm/instructions/general.instructions.md
The instructions add guidance for naming, focused design, utility reuse, error handling, SQL, field tags, JSX, styling, query construction, test coverage, feature documentation, and the headless daemon.
Generated query guidance
pkg/db/query/AGENTS.md, pkg/db/query/CLAUDE.md
The generated files add query documentation standards, abbreviation requirements, function-size limits, metadata, and regeneration instructions.
APM verification and rule hash synchronization
Makefile, apm.lock.yaml
verify-apm now checks the generated query guidance files. The lock file updates hashes for the modified Claude and Cursor rules.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 8b3c6

This change updates repository guidance and build instructions without evidence of a product or production behavior risk; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

Suggested reviewers: deads2k, dgoodwin

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 21
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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title accurately describes the main change: adding and updating agent instructions and related guidance files. It is concise and specific enough for the changeset.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Go Error Handling ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only instruction, documentation, lock/configuration, and Makefile files. The diff from the parent commit contains no .go files or other executable source files. The ne…
Sql Injection Prevention ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only instruction/documentation files, generated APM artifacts, lock metadata, and the Makefile. It does not change Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, or SQL query implementatio…
Excessive Css In React Should Use Styles ✅ Passed PASS. The pull request changes only Markdown, MDC, YAML, and Makefile files. No React, JSX, CSS, or styled-component source file changed. The added frontend guidance explicitly recommends `useStyles()…
Test Coverage For New Features ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only documentation, generated instruction/rule files, APM metadata, and the verify-apm Makefile target. The diff contains no Go, JavaScript, frontend component, or tes…
Single Responsibility And Clear Naming ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only agent-instruction/generated documentation files, apm.lock.yaml, and Makefile. The diff contains no Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, or other source-file changes…
Feature Documentation ✅ Passed PASS. The pull request changes only agent instructions, generated guidance, APM metadata, and the Makefile. No symptoms feature code, API, data model, data flow, or `docs/features/job-analysis-symptom…
Stable And Deterministic Test Names ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only Markdown, MDC, YAML, and Makefile/instruction files. The commit changes no test files or Go source files. An exact diff scan found no added Ginkgo title calls such …
Test Structure And Quality ✅ Passed PASS: The custom check is not applicable to this pull request. The actual diff contains only instruction, generated guidance, lockfile, and Makefile changes. It changes no Go, JavaScript, or test file…
Microshift Test Compatibility ✅ Passed The check is not applicable. The pull request changes instruction, rule, metadata, Makefile, and generated guidance files only. The diff adds no Ginkgo e2e tests and no It(), Describe(), `Context(…
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility ✅ Passed The pull request adds or updates instruction, rule, generated guidance, lockfile, and Makefile files only. The diff from base c80c66b contains no e2e test files, Go test files, or new Ginkgo declarat…
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only instruction files, generated guidance, apm.lock.yaml, and the verify-apm Makefile target. The parent-to-HEAD diff contains no deployment manifests, operator cod…
Ote Binary Stdout Contract ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only Markdown/MDC/YAML files and Makefile/APM metadata. The diff contains no Go, JavaScript, or test source changes, and no added process-level stdout operations such as…
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request adds or updates instruction, generated guidance, lockfile, and Makefile files only. The diff contains no new Ginkgo e2e test files or test constructs, and no changed test code w…
No-Weak-Crypto ✅ Passed PASS — The PR changes only instruction files, generated guidance, Makefile verification logic, and APM lock metadata. The diff adds no cryptographic implementation, secret/token comparison, or custom …
Container-Privileges ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes instruction, generated guidance, Makefile, and APM hash files only. The diff changes no container or Kubernetes manifest. No added line contains privileged, hostPID,…
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs ✅ Passed The pull request changes only instruction files, generated guidance, hashes, and the Makefile. The diff adds no application logging or data-bearing code. The only logging text is the pre-existing stru…
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Full details: Go Error Handling

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PASS: The pull request changes only instruction, documentation, lock/configuration, and Makefile files. The diff from the parent commit contains no .go files or other executable source files. The new error-handling text is guidance that requires error checks, %w wrapping, limited panic(), and nil checks; it does not introduce a Go error-handling violation.

Full details: Sql Injection Prevention

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PASS: The pull request changes only instruction/documentation files, generated APM artifacts, lock metadata, and the Makefile. It does not change Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, or SQL query implementation. The added backend guidance explicitly prohibits direct SQL value concatenation and requires placeholders. No SQL injection condition is introduced.

Full details: Excessive Css In React Should Use Styles

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PASS. The pull request changes only Markdown, MDC, YAML, and Makefile files. No React, JSX, CSS, or styled-component source file changed. The added frontend guidance explicitly recommends useStyles() for large inline style objects; it does not introduce inline CSS. The custom check therefore has no applicable failure condition.

Full details: Test Coverage For New Features

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PASS: The pull request changes only documentation, generated instruction/rule files, APM metadata, and the verify-apm Makefile target. The diff contains no Go, JavaScript, frontend component, or test source changes. The custom check explicitly excludes configuration-only, generated, and comment/documentation changes, so no test coverage is required.

Full details: Single Responsibility And Clear Naming

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PASS: The pull request changes only agent-instruction/generated documentation files, apm.lock.yaml, and Makefile. The diff contains no Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, or other source-file changes, and no package, struct, or method declarations are introduced or modified. Therefore, it does not introduce a failure under the Single Responsibility and Clear Naming conditions.

Full details: Feature Documentation

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PASS. The pull request changes only agent instructions, generated guidance, APM metadata, and the Makefile. No symptoms feature code, API, data model, data flow, or docs/features/job-analysis-symptoms.md changed. The feature document has the same blob hash before and after the pull request. Documentation updates are encouraged by the check but are not required.

Full details: Stable And Deterministic Test Names

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PASS: The pull request changes only Markdown, MDC, YAML, and Makefile/instruction files. The commit changes no test files or Go source files. An exact diff scan found no added Ginkgo title calls such as It, Describe, Context, or When, and no dynamic test-title construction. Therefore, the pull request introduces no unstable or overly-specific Ginkgo test names.

Full details: Test Structure And Quality

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PASS: The custom check is not applicable to this pull request. The actual diff contains only instruction, generated guidance, lockfile, and Makefile changes. It changes no Go, JavaScript, or test files, and adds no Ginkgo constructs such as It, BeforeEach, Eventually, or Expect. Therefore, it introduces no test-structure or test-quality failure.

Full details: Microshift Test Compatibility

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The check is not applicable. The pull request changes instruction, rule, metadata, Makefile, and generated guidance files only. The diff adds no Ginkgo e2e tests and no It(), Describe(), Context(), or When() declarations. Therefore, it introduces no MicroShift-incompatible test API or feature.

Full details: Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility

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The pull request adds or updates instruction, rule, generated guidance, lockfile, and Makefile files only. The diff from base c80c66b contains no e2e test files, Go test files, or new Ginkgo declarations. Therefore, it introduces no test that can make a multi-node or HA assumption.

Full details: Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility

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PASS: The pull request changes only instruction files, generated guidance, apm.lock.yaml, and the verify-apm Makefile target. The parent-to-HEAD diff contains no deployment manifests, operator code, controllers, or Kubernetes scheduling fields. Added text only documents coding guidance, a headless daemon, query rules, and generated-file verification. Therefore, it introduces no topology-dependent scheduling constraint.

Full details: Ote Binary Stdout Contract

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PASS: The pull request changes only Markdown/MDC/YAML files and Makefile/APM metadata. The diff contains no Go, JavaScript, or test source changes, and no added process-level stdout operations such as fmt.Print*, os.Stdout, klog output configuration, RunSpecs setup, TestMain, main(), or init(). Therefore, it cannot introduce an OTE binary stdout contract violation.

Full details: Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility

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PASS: The pull request adds or updates instruction, generated guidance, lockfile, and Makefile files only. The diff contains no new Ginkgo e2e test files or test constructs, and no changed test code with IPv4 assumptions or external connectivity requirements. The custom check is therefore not applicable.

Full details: No-Weak-Crypto

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PASS — The PR changes only instruction files, generated guidance, Makefile verification logic, and APM lock metadata. The diff adds no cryptographic implementation, secret/token comparison, or custom crypto. Exact searches of added lines found no MD5, SHA-1, DES/3DES, RC4, Blowfish, or ECB usage. The sha256: entries in apm.lock.yaml are file-integrity metadata and are not weak-crypto usage.

Full details: Container-Privileges

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PASS: The pull request changes instruction, generated guidance, Makefile, and APM hash files only. The diff changes no container or Kubernetes manifest. No added line contains privileged, hostPID, hostNetwork, hostIPC, SYS_ADMIN, or allowPrivilegeEscalation. The only YAML change is apm.lock.yaml, which updates file hashes and does not define a workload or security context.

Full details: No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs

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The pull request changes only instruction files, generated guidance, hashes, and the Makefile. The diff adds no application logging or data-bearing code. The only logging text is the pre-existing structured-logging guidance, and the added lines contain no passwords, tokens, API keys, PII, session IDs, hostnames, or customer data. Therefore, the pull request does not introduce logging that matches the check condition.

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Actionable comments posted: 3

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Inline comments:
In @.apm/instructions/docs.instructions.md:
- Around line 24-27: Update the file-pattern guidance around the symptoms
feature to include the backend artifact-query path under
pkg/api/jobartifacts/**, ensuring changes to its data models, API surface, or
data flow require an update to docs/features/job-analysis-symptoms.md.

In @.apm/instructions/testing.instructions.md:
- Around line 25-30: Move the frontend-specific coverage requirement from the
current testing guidance into a frontend-scoped instruction, preferably
.apm/instructions/frontend.instructions.md, or split it into a section selected
for sippy-ng/**. Keep the existing Go test guidance scoped to its *_test.go
selector and ensure frontend edits receive the non-trivial component testing
requirement.

In `@apm.lock.yaml`:
- Line 47: Run the apm generation workflow via make apm to recreate the missing
.claude/rules/query.md and .cursor/rules/query.mdc files listed by
apm.lock.yaml, then include both generated files so make verify-apm passes.
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In @.apm/instructions/docs.instructions.md:
- Around line 24-27: Extend the symptoms-feature file guidance to include the
Job Runs entry point: add sippy-ng/src/jobs/JobRunsTable.jsx, or the scoped
sippy-ng/src/jobs/** pattern, alongside the existing paths so changes involving
its JobArtifactQuery data flow prompt updates to
docs/features/job-analysis-symptoms.md.

In `@pkg/db/query/AGENTS.md`:
- Around line 17-18: Add both generated query guidance files to the verify-apm
freshness check: include pkg/db/query/AGENTS.md at lines 17-18 and
pkg/db/query/CLAUDE.md at lines 18-19. Update the check’s pathspec so changes to
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placeholders for parameters in queries, preferably named (`@Name`). Avoid string concatenation
in SQL query construction unless justified.

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The directive to avoid string concatenation may be too strong. A lot of the SQL queries are quite complex and involve construction through conditionals that necessitate string concatenation.

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this is from what i told coderabbit; has that been too picky? "avoid unless justified" to me actually feels too weak, but obviously i have to leave room for exactly what you mention where there's no other good way to do it. i was mostly tired of seeing it use concatenation instead of interpolation.

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Here is the recommendation from chai-bot.

Keep SQL structure separate from SQL data. Never interpolate, concatenate, or format data values into SQL text, especially values derived from user input. Bind data values with query parameters/placeholders, preferably named (@Name). Concatenating static, code-defined SQL fragments to assemble conditional clauses is acceptable, provided those fragments contain no interpolated runtime values. If a dynamic identifier cannot be parameterized, select it from a strict allowlist.

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that's pretty good in general... i struggle to really capture all the factors that feed into SQL construction for me, between legibility, maintainability, code complexity / hygiene, and security.

variants are specified at runtime dynamically, but can't be parameterized as they are used in "as foo" table names for joins... to basically every rule we can lay down about this, there is probably some exception where it really just doesn't make sense.

probably much of the value in trying to define these rules is really just in having the discussion about what we want. might be good to use team sync to drag up some of the hairiest examples of query construction we have now and make various cases for how to improve them (sometimes that reaches down into how the entire data model might be refactored for how we end up using it).

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