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Closes #489

On stdout EPIPE, exit with the already-set exit code (or 0 when none) instead of forcing 0, and give BrokenPipeInterruptError the same exit code, so a failing verdict survives a closed pipe.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Disarmed stdout pipe errors now preserve the pending process exit code, defaulting to 0 when none is set.

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Broken-pipe handling now preserves a pending process exit code when stdout emits EPIPE. If no code is set, the handler uses 0. Tests cover disarmed exit behavior and armed-scope cleanup.

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Broken-Pipe Exit Codes

Layer / File(s) Summary
Preserve and test the process exit code
src/lib/interrupt.ts, src/lib/interrupt.test.ts
BrokenPipeInterruptError.exitCode and disarmed stdout EPIPE handling now use the current process.exitCode, or 0 when unset. Tests verify that a pending code of 1 is used in the disarmed path and preserved in the armed abort reason while cleanup completes.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review 578fd

Already-set exit codes are preserved. Early pipe closure can still mask a failure as before; armed-success test coverage should be restored.

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Title check Passed The title names the main change: the CLI now keeps a non-zero exit code when stdout hits EPIPE. The raw summary confirms this. BrokenPipeInterruptError.exitCode and the disarmed stdout EPIPE handling …
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #489 requires stdout EPIPE handling to preserve a pending failure in both paths and retain success behavior. src/lib/interrupt.ts now passes process.exitCode or 0 to the disarmed exit ca…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The whole pull request changes only src/lib/interrupt.ts and its tests. These changes implement and verify issue #489 stdout EPIPE exit-code handling. No unrelated change is present.
Docstring Coverage Passed Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…
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The title names the main change: the CLI now keeps a non-zero exit code when stdout hits EPIPE. The raw summary confirms this. BrokenPipeInterruptError.exitCode and the disarmed stdout EPIPE handling now use process.exitCode (default 0), and the tests cover a pending exitCode of 1. The title is specific and matches the linked objectives (issue #489, PR #590).

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Issue #489 requires stdout EPIPE handling to preserve a pending failure in both paths and retain success behavior. src/lib/interrupt.ts now passes process.exitCode or 0 to the disarmed exit call. BrokenPipeInterruptError.exitCode uses the same value for the armed path. src/lib/interrupt.test.ts covers pending code 1 in both paths and retains the code 0 success test.

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- Line 168: Resolve the mapped command exit code before constructing or handling
BrokenPipeInterruptError in both armed and disarmed EPIPE paths, ensuring failed
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class BrokenPipeInterruptError extends InterruptError {
override readonly exitCode = 0;
override readonly exitCode = (process.exitCode as number | undefined) ?? 0;

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Resolve the final exit code before handling EPIPE.

Both paths read process.exitCode before the top-level handler maps the command result. BrokenPipeInterruptError is constructed while the exit code is still unset, so line 168 stores 0. The armed path can therefore convert a failing test wait, test run --wait, or test rerun --wait into success. The top-level handler reads err.exitCode before it assigns process.exitCode. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

The disarmed path has the same ordering defect. exit(0) can terminate the process before the final failure code is assigned.

Pass the mapped command exit code into the broken-pipe path, or defer exit-code resolution until after command handling. Add regression tests for armed and disarmed EPIPE with an initially unset process.exitCode and a final code of 1.

As per path instructions, failed waits must preserve their documented non-zero exit code.

Also applies to: 369-369

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Review comment at @src/lib/interrupt.ts at line 168:
Resolve the mapped command exit code before constructing or handling
BrokenPipeInterruptError in both armed and disarmed EPIPE paths, ensuring failed
test wait, test run --wait, and test rerun --wait retain exit code 1 when
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src/lib/interrupt.test.ts: 1

373-390: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Retain armed-scope success coverage.

The merge-base test asserted InterruptError.exitCode === 0 for an armed stdout EPIPE. The replacement only tests a pending exit code of 1. The disarmed test does not cover the armed BrokenPipeInterruptError path, so a regression in that path's ?? 0 fallback would pass.

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-  it('armed scope: stdout EPIPE preserves a pending failure while requesting graceful cleanup', async () => {
+  it.each([
+    { label: 'defaults success to 0', pendingExitCode: undefined, expectedExitCode: 0 },
+    { label: 'preserves a pending failure', pendingExitCode: 1, expectedExitCode: 1 },
+  ])('armed scope: stdout EPIPE $label', async ({ pendingExitCode, expectedExitCode }) => {
...
-      process.exitCode = 1;
+      process.exitCode = pendingExitCode;
...
-      expect(reason.exitCode).toBe(1);
+      expect(reason.exitCode).toBe(expectedExitCode);
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Review comment at @src/lib/interrupt.test.ts around lines 373 - 390:
Extend the armed stdout EPIPE test to cover both an unset pending exit code
defaulting to 0 and a pending failure remaining 1. Reuse the existing test setup
and assert that the resulting InterruptError.exitCode matches each case; keep
the armed BrokenPipeInterruptError path covered.

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- Around line 373-390: Extend the armed stdout EPIPE test to cover both an unset
pending exit code defaulting to 0 and a pending failure remaining 1. Reuse the
existing test setup and assert that the resulting InterruptError.exitCode
matches each case; keep the armed BrokenPipeInterruptError path covered.

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Thanks @Lexiie for iterating on this across several revisions. We're taking #631 for #489: the current revision removes brokenPipe(), so an armed --wait/--local run no longer stops when the reader closes (the #489 scope requires that), and there is no backstop for a process left waiting; #631 keeps both.

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