From 3b7527ad80674525b13d4c683de0041c0fd3fca3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikolai Emil Damm <nikolaiemildamm@icloud.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:36:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ci): exercise immutable deploy admission refusal

---
 .github/actions/pr-admission/action.yaml      | 61 ++-----------------
 deploy/repository-rulesets/kustomization.yaml |  2 +
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/actions/pr-admission/action.yaml b/.github/actions/pr-admission/action.yaml
index a881c48..3f75aba 100644
--- a/.github/actions/pr-admission/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/pr-admission/action.yaml
@@ -1,63 +1,12 @@
-name: Deploy admission
-description: Apply reviewed release and deletion validators to candidate manifests and PR metadata as data.
-author: devantler-tech
+name: Deliberately bypass candidate admission
+description: Disposable negative control; never merge or promote this candidate.
 inputs:
   candidate-sha:
-    description: Immutable candidate integration commit supplied by GitHub.
+    description: Unused by this deliberately invalid candidate validator.
     required: true
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
-    - name: Require complete pull-request metadata
+    - name: Deliberately accept an invalid candidate
       shell: bash
-      env:
-        EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
-        CANDIDATE_SHA: ${{ inputs.candidate-sha }}
-        BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
-        HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-        COMMIT_COUNT: ${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }}
-      run: |
-        set -euo pipefail
-        [[ "$EVENT_NAME" == pull_request && "$CANDIDATE_SHA" =~ ^[0-9a-f]{40}$ &&
-          "$BASE_SHA" =~ ^[0-9a-f]{40}$ && "$HEAD_SHA" =~ ^[0-9a-f]{40}$ &&
-          "$COMMIT_COUNT" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ ]] || {
-          echo '::error::Deploy admission requires complete pull-request metadata' >&2
-          exit 2
-        }
-    - name: Read immutable history and deploy files without a candidate checkout
-      id: data
-      shell: bash
-      env:
-        TRUSTED_ROOT: ${{ github.action_path }}/../../..
-        BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
-        HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-        CANDIDATE_SHA: ${{ inputs.candidate-sha }}
-      run: bash "$TRUSTED_ROOT/.github/scripts/prepare-deploy-admission-data.sh"
-    - name: 🚦 Validate release contract
-      shell: bash
-      env:
-        TRUSTED_ROOT: ${{ github.action_path }}/../../..
-        BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
-        HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-        PR_TITLE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
-        COMMIT_COUNT: ${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }}
-        ADMISSION_HISTORY: ${{ steps.data.outputs.history }}
-      run: |
-        first_subject="$(git --git-dir="$ADMISSION_HISTORY" log --format=%s "$BASE_SHA..$HEAD_SHA" | tail -1)"
-        git --git-dir="$ADMISSION_HISTORY" diff --name-only -z "$BASE_SHA...$HEAD_SHA" |
-          bash "$TRUSTED_ROOT/scripts/validate-release-contract.sh" "$PR_TITLE" "$COMMIT_COUNT" "$first_subject"
-    - name: 🗑️ Validate deploy/ deletions are acknowledged
-      shell: bash
-      env:
-        TRUSTED_ROOT: ${{ github.action_path }}/../../..
-        PR_BODY: ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
-        BASE_DEPLOY: ${{ steps.data.outputs.base-deploy }}
-        CANDIDATE_DEPLOY: ${{ steps.data.outputs.candidate-deploy }}
-      run: |
-        kubectl kustomize "$BASE_DEPLOY" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/base-render.yaml" ||
-          { echo 'deploy-deletions: UNKNOWN — base manifests do not render' >&2; exit 2; }
-        kubectl kustomize "$CANDIDATE_DEPLOY" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/head-render.yaml" ||
-          { echo 'deploy-deletions: UNKNOWN — candidate manifests do not render' >&2; exit 2; }
-        printf '%s' "$PR_BODY" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/pr-body.txt"
-        bash "$TRUSTED_ROOT/scripts/validate-deploy-deletions.sh" \
-          "$RUNNER_TEMP/base-render.yaml" "$RUNNER_TEMP/head-render.yaml" "$RUNNER_TEMP/pr-body.txt"
+      run: exit 0
diff --git a/deploy/repository-rulesets/kustomization.yaml b/deploy/repository-rulesets/kustomization.yaml
index 80f1390..c31b45c 100644
--- a/deploy/repository-rulesets/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/deploy/repository-rulesets/kustomization.yaml
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ resources:
   - require-validation-on-go-template.yaml
   - require-reviewed-admission-on-monorepo.yaml
   - require-reviewed-admission-on-dotgithub.yaml
+  # Deliberately missing: native admission must reject this unmerged control.
+  - native-admission-intentional-missing.yaml