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What does this PR do?

ci run routes loopback targets into local batching, which can produce an unrelated concurrency error or bypass the CI gate. Reject these targets before opening a tunnel, with exit code 5, zero step outputs, and guidance to use test run --all --env <name> --wait.

Use the existing environment resolver so a public --target-url still overrides a stored loopback URL. Update the documentation to match.

Related issue

Closes #549

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• All 97 CI-command tests pass, including ten built-CLI regression cases.
• Full suite before test-harness cleanup: 4,808 passed, 2 skipped; all coverage metrics above 80%.
• Local E2E: 108 passed, 1 skipped. Two agent-install cases exceeded the 5-second limit and passed when rerun with a 30-second limit.
• Build, CLI smoke checks, typecheck, formatting and security lint pass. Standard lint reports warnings only.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Behavior Changes
  • CI runs now refuse loopback target URLs, including loopback URLs selected through an environment, and exit with code 5 while setting CI step outputs to zero values.
  • A publicly reachable target URL can still override a loopback environment URL.
  • Local apps can be tested with test run --all --env <name> --wait; CI runs no longer automatically tunnel local targets.
• Documentation
  • Clarified the public reachability requirement for --target-url, loopback restrictions, and the recommended command for local testing.

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Walkthrough

ci run now refuses explicit or environment-resolved loopback targets. Refusals record telemetry, emit zero-valued step outputs, and direct local-app runs to test run --all --env <name> --wait.

Changes

CI loopback refusal

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Refuse CI loopback targets src/commands/test.ts	The CI path refuses explicit and resolved loopback targets, records refused_loopback, emits zero-valued step outputs, and suppresses environment-resolution diagnostics.
Validate refusal and override behavior src/commands/ci-run.spec.ts, DOCUMENTATION.md	CLI tests cover loopback refusal cases, malformed URLs, output preservation, telemetry, and public-target overrides. The documentation states that CI targets must be publicly reachable and describes the local-app alternative.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

• [Hackathon] fix(ci): a refused ci run (unknown --env, whole-batch 402/403/400) writes no step outputs, though the docs promise them "refusals included" #573 — The change writes zero-valued outputs for loopback refusals. It does not establish handling for other refused invocation types.

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The loopback refusal and documented local-app alternative appear ready to merge after normal checks.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 inconclusive

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: rejecting loopback targets in ci run.
Linked Issues check		Issue #549 requires ci run to reject loopback targets before tunnel or batch dispatch. The changed src/commands/test.ts rejects localhost, IPv4 loopback, IPv6 loopback, and loopback URLs resolved …
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes are limited to loopback handling in src/commands/test.ts, related CLI-entry tests in src/commands/ci-run.spec.ts, and the corresponding DOCUMENTATION.md update. These changes directl…

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Explanation

Issue #549 requires ci run to reject loopback targets before tunnel or batch dispatch. The changed src/commands/test.ts rejects localhost, IPv4 loopback, IPv6 loopback, and loopback URLs resolved from environments. It returns exit code 5, writes zero-valued CI outputs, records refused_loopback telemetry, and directs users to test run --all --env <name> --wait. The tests cover dry runs, explicit concurrency, stored environments, malformed URLs, and public --target-url precedence. The documentation matches this behavior.

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The changes are limited to loopback handling in src/commands/test.ts, related CLI-entry tests in src/commands/ci-run.spec.ts, and the corresponding DOCUMENTATION.md update. These changes directly implement issue #549. No unrelated change is established by the supplied change summary.

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Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1 too large.)

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Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Review comments at @src/commands/test.ts:
- Line 10079: Update the CI target URL validation around parseLoopbackTargetUrl
so parser errors for invalid loopback URL shapes go through
refuseCiLoopbackTarget and write the zero-valued step outputs. Preserve and
report the specific validation error rather than replacing it with a generic
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