fix(mcp): propagate confirm handler refusals

[zynx-real]

Description

confirm_gate previously invoked the wrapped confirmation handler outside _refusal_reaches_the_caller(). Domain exceptions raised by the handler could therefore become opaque MCP execution errors.

The handler now executes inside the refusal context while preserving authentication-before-authorization ordering.

Regression coverage verifies that a handler-originated RunNotFound is converted to a ToolError retaining its useful domain message.

Related issues

Issue #371.

Types of changes

• Type: bugfix

Breaking changes

No.

How has this been tested?

• pytest tests/test_mcp_authz.py tests/test_mcp_server.py --tb=short -q
• pytest --tb=short -q --cov=continuum --cov-report=term-missing
• ruff check src/ tests/ examples/
• ruff format --check src/ tests/ examples/
• mypy src/continuum

Local checks passed on Python 3.14.7 with MCP 2.1.0. PostgreSQL service tests were unavailable locally and remain covered by CI.

Checklist

Tests were added for the changed behavior. The Unreleased changelog was updated. Local CI-equivalent checks pass. The authentication and authorization boundary remains unchanged.

Additional context

Closes #371

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added support for recording and updating run plans.
  • Checkpoints and validation responses now include model, provider, constraint, lesson, and action details.
  • Confirmation can be scoped to specific goals or progress.
  • Action reconciliation supports structured results and improved retry tracking.
  • Action listings remain available in slim mode.

• Bug Fixes

  • Confirmation requests now preserve meaningful error messages when a requested run is missing or another domain error occurs.
  • Successful confirmation calls complete normally while authorization and authentication errors continue to be handled appropriately.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The MCP server now preserves ledger errors as ToolErrors, records model and plan state, returns additional validation and resume data, supports scoped confirmation, and updates action retry, reconciliation, listing, and slim-mode behavior. Tests cover missing-run error propagation.

Changes

MCP server updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Preserve confirmation and ledger errors src/continuum/mcp/server.py, tests/test_mcp_authz.py, CHANGELOG.md	Ledger errors now become client-visible ToolErrors. Confirmation preserves the missing-run message, with regression coverage and a changelog entry.
Record model and plan state src/continuum/mcp/server.py	Checkpointing records model and provider changes and returns the recorded model. continuum_record_plan validates plan data and appends projectable updates.
Expose state and action lifecycle data src/continuum/mcp/server.py	Validation and resume responses include constraint pins, lessons, and action keys. Confirmation supports scoped components. Reconciliation accepts structured results, listings expose action keys, retry budgets use idempotency keys, and slim mode retains action listings.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 389d5

Confirmation-handler domain refusals now retain their useful error messages instead of becoming opaque execution failures, while authentication and authorization ordering remains unchanged. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Suggested reviewers: cyrax321

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2

❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check	⚠️ Warning	The PR objective is limited to issue #371, but the summary for src/continuum/mcp/server.py lists unrelated public API and behavior changes, including plan recording, model metadata, scoped confirmat…	Remove the unrelated changes from src/continuum/mcp/server.py, or link them to separate issues. Retain only the confirm_gate fix, its regression test in tests/test_mcp_authz.py, and the related CHANGELOG.md entry.
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 60.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 5 functions across 2 files. (1 skipped: 1…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the primary fix: propagation of confirm_gate handler refusals.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR addresses issue #371 by moving the confirmation handler into _refusal_reaches_the_caller(). The regression test verifies that RunNotFound preserves no such run: 'missing', while authentic…

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Explanation

The PR addresses issue #371 by moving the confirmation handler into _refusal_reaches_the_caller(). The regression test verifies that RunNotFound preserves no such run: 'missing', while authentication remains before authorization.

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Explanation

The PR objective is limited to issue #371, but the summary for src/continuum/mcp/server.py lists unrelated public API and behavior changes, including plan recording, model metadata, scoped confirmation, reconciliation results, retry budgets, and action listing changes.

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Docstring coverage is 60.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 5 functions across 2 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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[Cyrax321]

Thank you for the contribution. This PR moves the continuum_confirm handler call inside _refusal_reaches_the_caller in confirm_gate, matching guard, while keeping authentication before authorization. I reviewed src/continuum/mcp/server.py around confirm_gate and guard, the _refusal_reaches_the_caller converter, and tests/test_mcp_authz.py including the new test_confirm_handler_refusal_carries_its_reason. The change preserves the intended refusal path so RunNotFound for a missing run is reported as ToolError with no such run: 'missing' instead of opaque execution error, which is the case documented for this converter.

No blocking correctness issues were found. The design at this boundary is the best available shape and avoids a larger refactor.

Residual: CHANGELOG.md has a merge conflict and the required checks are still pending workflow approval for this fork. Once the branch is rebased on main and CI is green, this is ready to pull.

Thank you again for the fix and for adding the regression coverage.

[Cyrax321]

Apologies, this is my fault and I have undone it.

The timeline: you commented on #371 at 09:40 UTC and opened this PR at 09:54. At 11:14 I merged #379, which fixed the same thing as part of a two-issue PR, without checking either the issue or the open PR list first. That made your work redundant through no fault of yours, and merging over a live PR is worse than merging over an unclaimed issue.

#381 has now reverted my confirm_gate change from main, so the bug is back and this PR is live again. I left the unrelated self_report_guidance fix (#369) from that same PR in place, since nobody had claimed it and reverting it would have been churn for its own sake. #371 is reopened and assigned to you.

Your version is the better one to land regardless. The fix is identical, and your test asserts the exact run id in the message (no such run: 'missing') where mine only matched the prefix, so it pins more.

One thing left before it can merge, and it is my mess rather than yours: CHANGELOG.md conflicts because four entries landed in the same ### Fixed region while this PR was open. Your server.py and test changes still auto-merge cleanly, only the changelog needs a hand. Merging main into your branch and keeping both sets of entries should clear it. You allow maintainer edits, so say the word and I will do that push instead if you would rather not, but it is your PR and I would rather not touch it without asking.

Going forward I will assign issues to whoever comments first, so this cannot happen the same way again.

[Cyrax321]

Hi @zynx-real, your branch had a CHANGELOG.md conflict after the revert, so I pushed a resolution keeping your entry. No change to src/continuum/mcp/server.py or tests/test_mcp_authz.py.

Auto-merge squash is still enabled, so it will merge when green. You will be in the contributors graph and I will add you to the README wall after merge.

Thanks for the fix and the precise test on no such run: 'missing'. If you want to tweak the CHANGELOG wording, just push to the branch.

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Code Review ✅ Approved

Moves the confirmation handler inside the refusal context so domain exceptions raised by the handler are properly converted to ToolError instead of becoming opaque MCP execution errors. Regression test added to verify that handler-originated RunNotFound exceptions are correctly propagated. No issues found.

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[Cyrax321]

Re-approving after changelog resolution and merges at d6b221b. Verified src/continuum/mcp/server.py confirm_gate handler now inside _refusal_reaches_the_caller preserving auth-before-authz, test_confirm_handler_refusal_carries_its_reason asserts no such run: missing. All 18 checks passed. Ready to merge. Fixes #371