CT1: the runner's step outcome not asked, a pipeline's end count, and the step log kept 100 days; regenerated

An approval step after a failed required step ends not asked, naming that step (the
fixture of a failed pipeline said waiting before); Pipeline and PipelineEnded carry
end-count, one higher at each end again after a passing rerun. The fixture rows fail
against the contract before (end-count dropped on read).

Builds: design 47 G §24, §325 (not asked), §29, §85, §325 (the end count), §85 (step-log,
100 days).

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01JG73KEq4zoDfM9WtYpcQgZ

contracts/go/seats/meshpipelinerunner/contract.go

@@ -418,8 +418,10 @@ type Pipeline struct {
 	// the watched branch, or the branch of a run on request
 	Branch string `json:"branch"`
 	// the commit the module's entry was last changed at
-	Commit string     `json:"commit"`
-	Ended  *time.Time `json:"ended,omitempty"`
+	Commit string `json:"commit"`
+	// how often the pipeline has ended: 1 at its first end, one higher at each end again after a passing rerun, so the assigner takes a later end of the same source revision (design 47 G sections 29, 325)
+	EndCount int64      `json:"end-count,omitempty"`
+	Ended    *time.Time `json:"ended,omitempty"`
 	// the module's build-input fingerprint at the commit
 	Fp string `json:"fp,omitempty"`
 	// the gathered group, when the pipeline is its
@@ -463,8 +465,10 @@ type PipelineEnded struct {
 	// the watched branch, or the branch of a run on request
 	Branch string `json:"branch"`
 	// the commit the module's entry was last changed at
-	Commit string     `json:"commit"`
-	Ended  *time.Time `json:"ended,omitempty"`
+	Commit string `json:"commit"`
+	// how often the pipeline has ended: 1 at its first end, one higher at each end again after a passing rerun, so the assigner takes a later end of the same source revision (design 47 G sections 29, 325)
+	EndCount int64      `json:"end-count,omitempty"`
+	Ended    *time.Time `json:"ended,omitempty"`
 	// the module's build-input fingerprint at the commit
 	Fp string `json:"fp,omitempty"`
 	// the gathered group, when the pipeline is its
@@ -630,6 +634,7 @@ const (
 	StepResultOutcomeWaitingForABuildNode = "waiting for a build node"
 	StepResultOutcomeDidNotBuild          = "did not build"
 	StepResultOutcomeAccepted             = "accepted"
+	StepResultOutcomeNotAsked             = "not asked"
 	StepResultOutcomeDeclined             = "declined"
 	StepResultOutcomeSuperseded           = "superseded"
 	StepResultOutcomeCancelled            = "cancelled"

contracts/go/seats/meshpipelinerunner/contract_test.go

@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ func TestFixtures(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{name: "a pipeline started with the steps its policy gives", subject: "mesh.seat.mesh-pipeline-runner.event.pipeline-started.nats.main.0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567", given: "{\"at\":\"2026-11-10T10:00:00Z\",\"branch\":\"main\",\"commit\":\"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567\",\"fp\":\"fp-0123\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"pipeline\":\"main.12.nats\",\"revision\":12,\"source\":3589,\"steps\":[{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"lint\"},{\"status\":\"bypass\",\"step\":\"review\"}],\"v\":1}", wire: "{\"at\":\"2026-11-10T10:00:00Z\",\"branch\":\"main\",\"commit\":\"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567\",\"fp\":\"fp-0123\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"pipeline\":\"main.12.nats\",\"revision\":12,\"source\":3589,\"steps\":[{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"lint\"},{\"status\":\"bypass\",\"step\":\"review\"}],\"v\":1}",
 			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) { var v PipelineStartedEvent; err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); return v, err }, subjectIs: regexp.MustCompile("^mesh\\.seat\\.mesh-pipeline-runner\\.event\\.pipeline-started\\.[^.*> ]+\\.[^.*> ]+\\.[^.*> ]+$")},
-		{name: "a pipeline ended passed, an optional step failed, over budget and widening named", subject: "mesh.seat.mesh-pipeline-runner.event.pipeline-ended.nats.main.0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567", given: "{\"branch\":\"main\",\"commit\":\"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567\",\"ended\":\"2026-11-10T10:20:00Z\",\"fp\":\"fp-0123\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"over-budget\":true,\"pipeline\":\"main.12.nats\",\"revision\":12,\"source\":3589,\"started\":\"2026-11-10T10:00:00Z\",\"steps\":[{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"ask\":\"m2kx9a1b3c4d5e\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"node\":\"ace\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"seat\":\"node-build-go\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"lint\"},{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"carried-from\":\"main.11.nats\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"outcome\":\"carried\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"unit\",\"tests\":{\"unit\":42}},{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"node\":\"g14\",\"outcome\":\"failed\",\"seat\":\"node-build-go\",\"status\":\"optional\",\"step\":\"integration\",\"tests\":{\"integration\":3},\"why\":\"TestTheBusWhole failed\"},{\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"seat\":\"mesh-wants\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"composition\"},{\"outcome\":\"bypassed\",\"status\":\"bypass\",\"step\":\"review\"},{\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"approval\"}],\"tests\":{\"integration\":3,\"unit\":42},\"v\":1,\"widens\":[{\"name\":\"mesh-build-go:program\",\"said\":\"its test runner\",\"what\":\"serving part\"}]}", wire: "{\"branch\":\"main\",\"commit\":\"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567\",\"ended\":\"2026-11-10T10:20:00Z\",\"fp\":\"fp-0123\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"over-budget\":true,\"pipeline\":\"main.12.nats\",\"revision\":12,\"source\":3589,\"started\":\"2026-11-10T10:00:00Z\",\"steps\":[{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"ask\":\"m2kx9a1b3c4d5e\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"node\":\"ace\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"seat\":\"node-build-go\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"lint\"},{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"carried-from\":\"main.11.nats\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"outcome\":\"carried\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"unit\",\"tests\":{\"unit\":42}},{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"node\":\"g14\",\"outcome\":\"failed\",\"seat\":\"node-build-go\",\"status\":\"optional\",\"step\":\"integration\",\"tests\":{\"integration\":3},\"why\":\"TestTheBusWhole failed\"},{\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"seat\":\"mesh-wants\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"composition\"},{\"outcome\":\"bypassed\",\"status\":\"bypass\",\"step\":\"review\"},{\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"approval\"}],\"tests\":{\"integration\":3,\"unit\":42},\"v\":1,\"widens\":[{\"name\":\"mesh-build-go:program\",\"said\":\"its test runner\",\"what\":\"serving part\"}]}",
+		{name: "a pipeline ended passed, an optional step failed, over budget and widening named", subject: "mesh.seat.mesh-pipeline-runner.event.pipeline-ended.nats.main.0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567", given: "{\"branch\":\"main\",\"commit\":\"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567\",\"end-count\":1,\"ended\":\"2026-11-10T10:20:00Z\",\"fp\":\"fp-0123\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"over-budget\":true,\"pipeline\":\"main.12.nats\",\"revision\":12,\"source\":3589,\"started\":\"2026-11-10T10:00:00Z\",\"steps\":[{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"ask\":\"m2kx9a1b3c4d5e\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"node\":\"ace\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"seat\":\"node-build-go\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"lint\"},{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"carried-from\":\"main.11.nats\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"outcome\":\"carried\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"unit\",\"tests\":{\"unit\":42}},{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"node\":\"g14\",\"outcome\":\"failed\",\"seat\":\"node-build-go\",\"status\":\"optional\",\"step\":\"integration\",\"tests\":{\"integration\":3},\"why\":\"TestTheBusWhole failed\"},{\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"seat\":\"mesh-wants\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"composition\"},{\"outcome\":\"bypassed\",\"status\":\"bypass\",\"step\":\"review\"},{\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"approval\"}],\"tests\":{\"integration\":3,\"unit\":42},\"v\":1,\"widens\":[{\"name\":\"mesh-build-go:program\",\"said\":\"its test runner\",\"what\":\"serving part\"}]}", wire: "{\"branch\":\"main\",\"commit\":\"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567\",\"end-count\":1,\"ended\":\"2026-11-10T10:20:00Z\",\"fp\":\"fp-0123\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"over-budget\":true,\"pipeline\":\"main.12.nats\",\"revision\":12,\"source\":3589,\"started\":\"2026-11-10T10:00:00Z\",\"steps\":[{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"ask\":\"m2kx9a1b3c4d5e\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"node\":\"ace\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"seat\":\"node-build-go\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"lint\"},{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"carried-from\":\"main.11.nats\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"outcome\":\"carried\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"unit\",\"tests\":{\"unit\":42}},{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"node\":\"g14\",\"outcome\":\"failed\",\"seat\":\"node-build-go\",\"status\":\"optional\",\"step\":\"integration\",\"tests\":{\"integration\":3},\"why\":\"TestTheBusWhole failed\"},{\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"seat\":\"mesh-wants\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"composition\"},{\"outcome\":\"bypassed\",\"status\":\"bypass\",\"step\":\"review\"},{\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"approval\"}],\"tests\":{\"integration\":3,\"unit\":42},\"v\":1,\"widens\":[{\"name\":\"mesh-build-go:program\",\"said\":\"its test runner\",\"what\":\"serving part\"}]}",
 			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) { var v PipelineEndedEvent; err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); return v, err }, subjectIs: regexp.MustCompile("^mesh\\.seat\\.mesh-pipeline-runner\\.event\\.pipeline-ended\\.[^.*> ]+\\.[^.*> ]+\\.[^.*> ]+$")},
-		{name: "a pipeline ended failed, naming the step that held it", subject: "mesh.seat.mesh-pipeline-runner.event.pipeline-ended.nats.main.0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567", given: "{\"branch\":\"main\",\"commit\":\"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567\",\"fp\":\"fp-0123\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"outcome\":\"failed\",\"over-budget\":true,\"pipeline\":\"main.12.nats\",\"revision\":12,\"source\":3589,\"steps\":[{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"outcome\":\"failed\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"unit\"},{\"on\":\"the operator\",\"outcome\":\"waiting\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"approval\"}],\"v\":1,\"why\":\"unit of nats:program failed\"}", wire: "{\"branch\":\"main\",\"commit\":\"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567\",\"fp\":\"fp-0123\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"outcome\":\"failed\",\"over-budget\":true,\"pipeline\":\"main.12.nats\",\"revision\":12,\"source\":3589,\"steps\":[{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"outcome\":\"failed\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"unit\"},{\"on\":\"the operator\",\"outcome\":\"waiting\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"approval\"}],\"v\":1,\"why\":\"unit of nats:program failed\"}",
+		{name: "a pipeline ended failed, naming the step that held it, its approval not asked", subject: "mesh.seat.mesh-pipeline-runner.event.pipeline-ended.nats.main.0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567", given: "{\"branch\":\"main\",\"commit\":\"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567\",\"end-count\":1,\"fp\":\"fp-0123\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"outcome\":\"failed\",\"over-budget\":true,\"pipeline\":\"main.12.nats\",\"revision\":12,\"source\":3589,\"steps\":[{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"outcome\":\"failed\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"unit\"},{\"outcome\":\"not asked\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"approval\",\"why\":\"unit of nats:program failed\"}],\"v\":1,\"why\":\"unit of nats:program failed\"}", wire: "{\"branch\":\"main\",\"commit\":\"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567\",\"end-count\":1,\"fp\":\"fp-0123\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"outcome\":\"failed\",\"over-budget\":true,\"pipeline\":\"main.12.nats\",\"revision\":12,\"source\":3589,\"steps\":[{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"outcome\":\"failed\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"unit\"},{\"outcome\":\"not asked\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"approval\",\"why\":\"unit of nats:program failed\"}],\"v\":1,\"why\":\"unit of nats:program failed\"}",
 			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) { var v PipelineEndedEvent; err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); return v, err }, subjectIs: regexp.MustCompile("^mesh\\.seat\\.mesh-pipeline-runner\\.event\\.pipeline-ended\\.[^.*> ]+\\.[^.*> ]+\\.[^.*> ]+$")},
 		{name: "a group's one pipeline ended on a watched branch", subject: "mesh.seat.mesh-pipeline-runner.event.group-ended.main.registry-1966", given: "{\"branch\":\"main\",\"ended\":\"2026-11-10T10:20:00Z\",\"group\":\"registry-1966\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"pipelines\":[{\"branch\":\"main\",\"commit\":\"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567\",\"fp\":\"fp-0123\",\"group\":\"registry-1966\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"pipeline\":\"main.12.nats\",\"revision\":12,\"source\":3589,\"steps\":[{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"ask\":\"m2kx9a1b3c4d5e\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"node\":\"ace\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"seat\":\"node-build-go\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"lint\"}],\"v\":1}],\"revision\":12,\"source\":3589,\"v\":1}", wire: "{\"branch\":\"main\",\"ended\":\"2026-11-10T10:20:00Z\",\"group\":\"registry-1966\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"pipelines\":[{\"branch\":\"main\",\"commit\":\"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567\",\"fp\":\"fp-0123\",\"group\":\"registry-1966\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"pipeline\":\"main.12.nats\",\"revision\":12,\"source\":3589,\"steps\":[{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"ask\":\"m2kx9a1b3c4d5e\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"node\":\"ace\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"seat\":\"node-build-go\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"lint\"}],\"v\":1}],\"revision\":12,\"source\":3589,\"v\":1}",
 			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) { var v GroupEndedEvent; err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); return v, err }, subjectIs: regexp.MustCompile("^mesh\\.seat\\.mesh-pipeline-runner\\.event\\.group-ended\\.[^.*> ]+\\.[^.*> ]+$")},
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func TestFixtures(t *testing.T) {
 			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) { var v WaitHeldEvent; err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); return v, err }, subjectIs: regexp.MustCompile("^mesh\\.seat\\.mesh-pipeline-runner\\.event\\.wait-held\\.[^.*> ]+\\.[^.*> ]+\\.[^.*> ]+$")},
 		{name: "the wait ended answered", subject: "mesh.seat.mesh-pipeline-runner.event.wait-ended.nats.main.0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567", given: "{\"branch\":\"main\",\"commit\":\"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567\",\"fp\":\"fp-0123\",\"how\":\"answered\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"on\":\"person\",\"pipeline\":\"main.12.nats\",\"revision\":12,\"since\":\"2026-11-10T10:10:00Z\",\"source\":3589,\"step\":\"approval\",\"v\":1,\"who\":\"the operator\"}", wire: "{\"branch\":\"main\",\"commit\":\"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567\",\"fp\":\"fp-0123\",\"how\":\"answered\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"on\":\"person\",\"pipeline\":\"main.12.nats\",\"revision\":12,\"since\":\"2026-11-10T10:10:00Z\",\"source\":3589,\"step\":\"approval\",\"v\":1,\"who\":\"the operator\"}",
 			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) { var v WaitEndedEvent; err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); return v, err }, subjectIs: regexp.MustCompile("^mesh\\.seat\\.mesh-pipeline-runner\\.event\\.wait-ended\\.[^.*> ]+\\.[^.*> ]+\\.[^.*> ]+$")},
-		{name: "a pipeline kept", subject: "", given: "{\"branch\":\"main\",\"commit\":\"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567\",\"ended\":\"2026-11-10T10:20:00Z\",\"fp\":\"fp-0123\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"pipeline\":\"main.12.nats\",\"revision\":12,\"source\":3589,\"started\":\"2026-11-10T10:00:00Z\",\"steps\":[{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"ask\":\"m2kx9a1b3c4d5e\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"node\":\"ace\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"seat\":\"node-build-go\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"lint\"},{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"carried-from\":\"main.11.nats\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"outcome\":\"carried\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"unit\",\"tests\":{\"unit\":42}},{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"node\":\"g14\",\"outcome\":\"failed\",\"seat\":\"node-build-go\",\"status\":\"optional\",\"step\":\"integration\",\"tests\":{\"integration\":3},\"why\":\"TestTheBusWhole failed\"},{\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"seat\":\"mesh-wants\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"composition\"},{\"outcome\":\"bypassed\",\"status\":\"bypass\",\"step\":\"review\"},{\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"approval\"}],\"v\":1}", wire: "{\"branch\":\"main\",\"commit\":\"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567\",\"ended\":\"2026-11-10T10:20:00Z\",\"fp\":\"fp-0123\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"pipeline\":\"main.12.nats\",\"revision\":12,\"source\":3589,\"started\":\"2026-11-10T10:00:00Z\",\"steps\":[{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"ask\":\"m2kx9a1b3c4d5e\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"node\":\"ace\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"seat\":\"node-build-go\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"lint\"},{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"carried-from\":\"main.11.nats\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"outcome\":\"carried\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"unit\",\"tests\":{\"unit\":42}},{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"node\":\"g14\",\"outcome\":\"failed\",\"seat\":\"node-build-go\",\"status\":\"optional\",\"step\":\"integration\",\"tests\":{\"integration\":3},\"why\":\"TestTheBusWhole failed\"},{\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"seat\":\"mesh-wants\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"composition\"},{\"outcome\":\"bypassed\",\"status\":\"bypass\",\"step\":\"review\"},{\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"approval\"}],\"v\":1}",
+		{name: "a pipeline kept", subject: "", given: "{\"branch\":\"main\",\"commit\":\"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567\",\"end-count\":1,\"ended\":\"2026-11-10T10:20:00Z\",\"fp\":\"fp-0123\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"pipeline\":\"main.12.nats\",\"revision\":12,\"source\":3589,\"started\":\"2026-11-10T10:00:00Z\",\"steps\":[{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"ask\":\"m2kx9a1b3c4d5e\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"node\":\"ace\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"seat\":\"node-build-go\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"lint\"},{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"carried-from\":\"main.11.nats\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"outcome\":\"carried\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"unit\",\"tests\":{\"unit\":42}},{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"node\":\"g14\",\"outcome\":\"failed\",\"seat\":\"node-build-go\",\"status\":\"optional\",\"step\":\"integration\",\"tests\":{\"integration\":3},\"why\":\"TestTheBusWhole failed\"},{\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"seat\":\"mesh-wants\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"composition\"},{\"outcome\":\"bypassed\",\"status\":\"bypass\",\"step\":\"review\"},{\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"approval\"}],\"v\":1}", wire: "{\"branch\":\"main\",\"commit\":\"0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567\",\"end-count\":1,\"ended\":\"2026-11-10T10:20:00Z\",\"fp\":\"fp-0123\",\"module\":\"nats\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"pipeline\":\"main.12.nats\",\"revision\":12,\"source\":3589,\"started\":\"2026-11-10T10:00:00Z\",\"steps\":[{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"ask\":\"m2kx9a1b3c4d5e\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"node\":\"ace\",\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"seat\":\"node-build-go\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"lint\"},{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"carried-from\":\"main.11.nats\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"outcome\":\"carried\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"unit\",\"tests\":{\"unit\":42}},{\"artifact\":\"nats:program\",\"fingerprint\":\"fp-0123\",\"node\":\"g14\",\"outcome\":\"failed\",\"seat\":\"node-build-go\",\"status\":\"optional\",\"step\":\"integration\",\"tests\":{\"integration\":3},\"why\":\"TestTheBusWhole failed\"},{\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"seat\":\"mesh-wants\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"composition\"},{\"outcome\":\"bypassed\",\"status\":\"bypass\",\"step\":\"review\"},{\"outcome\":\"passed\",\"status\":\"required\",\"step\":\"approval\"}],\"v\":1}",
 			decode: func(b []byte) (any, error) {
 				var v PipelinesByBranchRevisionModuleValue
 				err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v)

contracts/seats/mesh-pipeline-runner/fixtures/events.json

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
       "branch": "main",
       "revision": 12,
       "source": 3589,
+      "end-count": 1,
       "commit": "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567",
       "fp": "fp-0123",
       "v": 1,
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@
     }
   },
   {
-    "name": "a pipeline ended failed, naming the step that held it",
+    "name": "a pipeline ended failed, naming the step that held it, its approval not asked",
     "of": "event:pipeline-ended",
     "subject": "mesh.seat.mesh-pipeline-runner.event.pipeline-ended.nats.main.0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567",
     "given": {
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@
       "branch": "main",
       "revision": 12,
       "source": 3589,
+      "end-count": 1,
       "commit": "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567",
       "fp": "fp-0123",
       "v": 1,
@@ -134,8 +136,8 @@
         {
           "step": "approval",
           "status": "required",
-          "outcome": "waiting",
-          "on": "the operator"
+          "outcome": "not asked",
+          "why": "unit of nats:program failed"
         }
       ],
       "over-budget": true

contracts/seats/mesh-pipeline-runner/fixtures/states.json

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
       "branch": "main",
       "revision": 12,
       "source": 3589,
+      "end-count": 1,
       "commit": "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567",
       "fp": "fp-0123",
       "v": 1,

contracts/seats/mesh-pipeline-runner/seat.json

@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@
     {
       "name": "step-log",
       "template": "log",
-      "max-age-days": 90,
+      "max-age-days": 100,
       "description": "one entry per step's start and end, its output by name; kept on the runner's old streams section",
       "key-forms": [
         {
@@ -856,6 +856,7 @@
             "waiting for a build node",
             "did not build",
             "accepted",
+            "not asked",
             "declined",
             "superseded",
             "cancelled"
@@ -974,6 +975,10 @@
           "type": "integer",
           "description": "the source revision of the watched branch; the pipeline is keyed by it (ADR 0666 section 9)"
         },
+        "end-count": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "description": "how often the pipeline has ended: 1 at its first end, one higher at each end again after a passing rerun, so the assigner takes a later end of the same source revision (design 47 G sections 29, 325)"
+        },
         "commit": {
           "type": "string",
           "description": "the commit the module's entry was last changed at"
@@ -1072,6 +1077,10 @@
           "type": "integer",
           "description": "the source revision of the watched branch; the pipeline is keyed by it (ADR 0666 section 9)"
         },
+        "end-count": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "description": "how often the pipeline has ended: 1 at its first end, one higher at each end again after a passing rerun, so the assigner takes a later end of the same source revision (design 47 G sections 29, 325)"
+        },
         "commit": {
           "type": "string",
           "description": "the commit the module's entry was last changed at"

contracts/ts/seats/meshpipelinerunner/index.d.ts

@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ export interface Pipeline {
   "branch": string;
   /** the commit the module's entry was last changed at */
   "commit": string;
+  /** how often the pipeline has ended: 1 at its first end, one higher at each end again after a passing rerun, so the assigner takes a later end of the same source revision (design 47 G sections 29, 325) */
+  "end-count"?: number;
   "ended"?: string;
   /** the module's build-input fingerprint at the commit */
   "fp"?: string;
@@ -217,6 +219,8 @@ export interface PipelineEnded {
   "branch": string;
   /** the commit the module's entry was last changed at */
   "commit": string;
+  /** how often the pipeline has ended: 1 at its first end, one higher at each end again after a passing rerun, so the assigner takes a later end of the same source revision (design 47 G sections 29, 325) */
+  "end-count"?: number;
   "ended"?: string;
   /** the module's build-input fingerprint at the commit */
   "fp"?: string;
@@ -326,7 +330,7 @@ export interface StepResult {
   /** for a waiting step, who or what it waits on: a person, a build node, the revision view */
   "on"?: string;
   /** never passed for a step that ran nothing (design 47 *Pipeline steps and the policy*) */
-  "outcome": "running" | "waiting" | "passed" | "failed" | "nothing to run" | "bypassed" | "carried" | "could not run" | "waiting for a build node" | "did not build" | "accepted" | "declined" | "superseded" | "cancelled";
+  "outcome": "running" | "waiting" | "passed" | "failed" | "nothing to run" | "bypassed" | "carried" | "could not run" | "waiting for a build node" | "did not build" | "accepted" | "not asked" | "declined" | "superseded" | "cancelled";
   /** the step's output, by its name in the runner's objects step-outputs */
   "output"?: string;
   /** the step was asked again by the runner's rerun */