[CI] [DOC-VERDICT-MISSING] doc-master completion events absent — 4 missing in run 20260508-212809 (#852 regression)

[akaszubski]

Problem

pipeline_intent_validator detected 4 [DOC-VERDICT-MISSING] findings in the 2026-05-08 session log for run 20260508-212809. All four correspond to doc-master invocations that have no matching completion event. Documentation drift can go undetected even when doc-master ran.

The validator output:

• 2026-05-07T21:39:41 — two invocations, no completion
• 2026-05-08T06:26:18 — one invocation, no completion
• 2026-05-08T06:59:38 — one invocation, no completion

Issue #852 (closed) was supposed to fix this by having doc-master call record_agent_completion directly (since SubagentStop does not fire reliably for background agents). The implement.md instruction at STEP 7/14 says: after parsing the final verdict, call record_doc_verdict AND record_agent_completion. The recurrence indicates either doc-master is not reliably executing that call, or the state file is being rotated before the gate reads it.

Evidence

pipeline_intent_validator.py DOC-VERDICT-MISSING findings from 2026-05-08 log (4 events). Issue #852 closed but pattern persists — same finding triggered by detect_doc_verdict_missing() in validator.

Suggested Fix

1. Verify record_agent_completion call in doc-master agent prompt is unconditional (not inside a conditional branch that can be skipped).
2. Add a post-invocation assertion in the coordinator: after collecting doc-master result, assert the completion record exists in the state file before proceeding to git operations.
3. Consider making the coordinator explicitly call record_doc_verdict with the parsed verdict rather than relying solely on the agent doing it.

Repo: autonomous-dev
Session: 2026-05-08
Run ID: 20260508-212809
Plugin Version: 3.50.0 (e16a8f9)

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[akaszubski]

Already addressed in implement.md STEP 12 (lines 1317-1325) and Light pipeline STEP L5 (line 1546). Both pipelines now call record_agent_completion(session_id, 'doc-master', ...) explicitly after parsing the doc-master verdict, per Issue #852 fix. The MISSING verdict path is also handled with explicit recording at the audit-trail level. Verified by grep on commands/implement.md.