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Closes #489

On stdout EPIPE, exit with the already-set exit code (or 0 when none) instead of forcing 0, and give BrokenPipeInterruptError the same exit code, so a failing verdict survives a closed pipe.

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    • JSON output for test create-batch --run now includes batch creation details and a summary alongside individual run results.
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    • Broken-pipe handling now preserves an existing process exit code instead of always returning zero.

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JSON output for test create-batch --run now includes creation results and summary alongside run results. Broken-pipe handling now preserves an existing process exit code in the error and disarmed-handler paths, with 0 as the fallback.

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Batch JSON Output

Layer / File(s) Summary
Include creation results in batch output
src/commands/test.ts
The JSON batch-run output includes the creation results and summary alongside the per-run results.

Broken-Pipe Exit Codes

Layer / File(s) Summary
Preserve the process exit code
src/lib/interrupt.ts
BrokenPipeInterruptError and the disarmed broken-pipe handler now use the current process exit code when set, otherwise 0.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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The intended fix for issue #489 does not yet take effect. When a failing test wait, test run --wait, or test rerun --wait result is piped into a reader that closes early, such as head or jq, the CLI can still exit 0. The failing exit code is only set after the output has been written, so CI pipelines can treat failed runs as passing. Resolve the exit code before handling the broken pipe, and add a regression test, before merging.

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check Warning Issue #489 requires a pending failing verdict to survive disarmed and armed stdout EPIPE handling. The disarmed handler still calls exit(...) immediately. The armed BrokenPipeInterruptError snapsh… Defer or otherwise neutralize the EPIPE output without terminating before the command sets its final exit code. Apply the same behavior to the armed BrokenPipeInterruptError path. Add tests for disarmed and armed pending failure codes, an…
Out of Scope Changes check Warning The change in src/commands/test.ts adds a creation object to test create-batch --run JSON output. It has no connection to issue #489 or stdout EPIPE exit-code handling. Remove the unrelated src/commands/test.ts JSON-output change, or link it to a separate scoped objective.
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Issue #489 requires a pending failing verdict to survive disarmed and armed stdout EPIPE handling. The disarmed handler still calls exit(...) immediately. The armed BrokenPipeInterruptError snapshots process.exitCode when the error is created. Both paths can capture 0 before later telemetry sets the failing verdict. The existing tests cover only the success case and do not add the requested pending-failure regression coverage.

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Defer or otherwise neutralize the EPIPE output without terminating before the command sets its final exit code. Apply the same behavior to the armed BrokenPipeInterruptError path. Add tests for disarmed and armed pending failure codes, and retain the successful-command code-0 case.

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- Line 168: Resolve the mapped command exit code before constructing or handling
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class BrokenPipeInterruptError extends InterruptError {
override readonly exitCode = 0;
override readonly exitCode = (process.exitCode as number | undefined) ?? 0;

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Resolve the final exit code before handling EPIPE.

Both paths read process.exitCode before the top-level handler maps the command result. BrokenPipeInterruptError is constructed while the exit code is still unset, so line 168 stores 0. The armed path can therefore convert a failing test wait, test run --wait, or test rerun --wait into success. The top-level handler reads err.exitCode before it assigns process.exitCode. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

The disarmed path has the same ordering defect. exit(0) can terminate the process before the final failure code is assigned.

Pass the mapped command exit code into the broken-pipe path, or defer exit-code resolution until after command handling. Add regression tests for armed and disarmed EPIPE with an initially unset process.exitCode and a final code of 1.

As per path instructions, failed waits must preserve their documented non-zero exit code.

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Review comment at @src/lib/interrupt.ts at line 168:
Resolve the mapped command exit code before constructing or handling
BrokenPipeInterruptError in both armed and disarmed EPIPE paths, ensuring failed
test wait, test run --wait, and test rerun --wait retain exit code 1 when
process.exitCode is initially unset. Update the exitCode flow or pass the
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