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ci(adr): ratchet — a new decision record must close a proposed one - #5
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The 2026-09-21 planning cycle (Track A item 4) forbids new ADRs that do not close a proposed one; 25 landed across the estate in the cycle's first week because the frontmatter checker validates format and cannot see the rule. scripts/adr-ratchet.sh counts ADR files added over the push or PR range against ADRs that left decision_status: proposed, and fails when more were added than closed. Enforced until 2026-10-20 (ADR_RATCHET_UNTIL), reported after. Identical script in every ledger-keeping repository. Co-Authored-By: jjohare <github@thedreamlab.uk>
The rule admits a new record that documents the cycle's own work. Claim it per record with 'ADR-Ratchet: ADR-NNNN documents <track item>' in a commit of the range; the script exempts exactly the named record and prints it. Co-Authored-By: jjohare <github@thedreamlab.uk>
Under set -o pipefail the trailer grep's no-match status killed the script silently, so every ordinary range failed. Tolerate the empty match. Co-Authored-By: jjohare <github@thedreamlab.uk>
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scripts/adr-ratchet.shand runs it in the ADR ledger CI on push and pull requests: a change that adds more ADR files than it moves out ofdecision_status: proposedfails, until 2026-10-20 (the planning cycle's end;ADR_RATCHET_UNTIL). Tested against real history: agentbox added 12 ADRs since 22 Sep and closed none from proposed.🤖 Generated by Claude Code