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CAROL-INI-0097-00: [ALBUS-AUTO] Guard review-dispatch against empty payload

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Albus self-heal triage: PE-DEV-01 review failed on exec None for INI-None step None. Albus classified as TOOLING-BUG: the work output existed but the reviewer could not see it.

Albus diagnosis: All input fields are empty: no exec_id, no title, no worker output, no reviewer verdict text, no criteria. The review pipeline called classification without passing any execution context. Per Pillar 4 (RIGHT > quick), the durable fix is to add a non-empty validation gate in the review-dispatch path so classification is never invoked on a null payload. The anti-pattern flag notes TOOLING-BUG appeared 3+ times — prior fixes were not durable because they patched downstream symptoms rather than gati Fix description: Add a validation gate in the review-dispatch pipeline (the code path that assembles the EXECUTION FACTS, WORKER OUTPUT, and REVIEWER VERDICT blocks before invoking Albus classification). If exec_id is null/empty OR worker output is missing AND reviewer verdict is '(none)', the dispatcher should skip classification and log a structured warning instead of forwarding a blank payload. This prevents Albus from consuming a classification cycle on unclassifiable data and makes the root cause visible in Files to edit: 1 file(s).

Per cookbook #3 ALBUS SELF-HEALING SCOPE: this initiative is autonomously created and bypass-executed by Albus (al-tr-01). Single attempt only — failure escalates to Orion via the Escalation Queue (CAROL-INI-048).

⚖️Decisions

  • Classify failure as TOOLING-BUG and apply mechanical pipeline fix. — All input fields are empty: no exec_id, no title, no worker output, no reviewer verdict text, no criteria. The review pipeline called classification without passing any execution context. Per Pillar 4 (RIGHT > quick), the durable fix is to add a non-empty validation gate in the review-dispatch path so classification is never invoked on a null payload. The anti-pattern flag notes TOOLING-BUG appeared 3+ times — prior fixes were not durable because they patched downstream symptoms rather than gati (Albus (al-tr-01))

Success criteria

  • All 1 file edits applied (verified by re-reading files). (must_have)
  • Retried exec for INI-None step None flips status=completed and SP-01 verdict=pass. (must_have)