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What does this PR do?

test create and test create-batch accepted --wait and --timeout (and, for the batch, --max-concurrency) without --run. Each of these acts on the run that --run triggers, so without --run the command created the test, ran nothing, and exited 0, the same exit code as a passing --run --wait. A CI step that forgot --run went green without running a test.

This is part 1 of #376 as scoped there. The three flags are now refused like --env requires --run:

• A small helper, assertRunChainFlagsNeedRun, is called beside each existing --env requires --run check in runCreate, runCreateFromPlan and runCreateBatch, and in the test create action right after the --plan-template branch (that flag is documented to ignore every other flag, so it still prints the template).
• The result is exit 5 VALIDATION_ERROR with details.field set to the flag, and a nextAction such as "Flag --wait is invalid: --wait requires --run (it polls the run that --run triggers). Add --run, or remove --wait."
• The create-batch action now passes timeoutSeconds only when --timeout is given, so the helper can tell an explicit --timeout from the default. runCreateBatch already applies the 600 s default (opts.timeoutSeconds ?? DEFAULT_RUN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS) at both places it reads it, so runs with --run behave the same.
• DOCUMENTATION.md gets one sentence each in the test create and test create-batch sections.

No other exit code or JSON output changes. --no-wait and --target-url are untouched.

command (no --run)	before (main, d61e6df)	after
test create --code-file t.py … --wait / --timeout 30	test created, exit 0	exit 5, details.field wait / timeout, no request
test create --plan-from plan.json --wait / --timeout 30	test created, exit 0	exit 5, no request
test create-batch --plans p.jsonl --wait / --timeout 30 / --max-concurrency 5	tests created, exit 0	exit 5, no request
test create-batch --plan-from-dir dir --max-concurrency 5	tests created, exit 0	exit 5, no request

With --run, each of these flags is accepted as before.

Related issue

Part of #376

Thanks @zeshi-du for confirming #376 and splitting it into three PRs. This is part 1. Part 2 (test run --allow-empty without --all) is #601, and part 3 is #569.

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Notes for reviewers

• Tests (src/commands/test.create-batch-run.spec.ts, new describe('create run chain flags without --run (#376)') next to the --env ones):
  • One case per flag and entry point through createTestCommand: create --code-file / create --plan-from × --wait / --timeout; create-batch --plans × --wait / --timeout / --max-concurrency; and create-batch --plan-from-dir --max-concurrency. Each asserts exit 5, VALIDATION_ERROR, details.field, the nextAction text, and zero fetch calls.
  • The same refusals called directly on runCreate / runCreateFromPlan / runCreateBatch. A timeout passed to runCreate / runCreateFromPlan counts as given unless the caller marks it as the CLI default (timeoutIsDefault: true), the same reading the run chain already uses (timeoutIsDefault ?? false). Control: the marked default is not refused.
  • test create --plan-template --wait and --plan-template --timeout 30 still print the template and exit 0, with no request.
  • Control: --run --wait --timeout 30 (plus --max-concurrency 5 for the batch) still creates, triggers and polls in all three paths.
  • With the spec files applied to main (d61e6df), exactly the 10 new refusal tests fail, because the requests go out. The --plan-template and --run controls pass on both commits.
• Existing tests adjusted: the runCreateBatch --max-concurrency range tests in src/commands/test.test.ts (0, 101 and the boundary 100) called the helper without run: true. They now pass run: true so they keep testing the 1–100 range check instead of hitting the new guard. The boundary test also passes dryRun: true, so it resolves without a trigger mock.
• --plan-template: the action-level check runs after the --plan-template branch, so --plan-template keeps ignoring these flags as DOCUMENTATION.md says. The existing --env check above it is unchanged.
• Compatibility: a script that passes one of these flags without --run now gets exit 5 instead of 0. The nextAction names the fix, and this is the same trade fix(rerun): reject explicit IDs with --all and --status/--skip-terminal without --all #163 made for test rerun.
• End to end: I also ran the built dist/index.js from both commits against a local mock API that logs every request. On main, each row of the table above sent its create request(s) and exited 0. On this branch each exits 5 and sends nothing. create --plan-from and create-batch --plans with --run --wait --timeout 30 (plus --max-concurrency 5 for the batch) create, trigger and poll the same way on both commits. Plain create / create-batch, and create-batch --no-wait, are also unchanged. On this branch, create --plan-template with --wait, --timeout 30 or both prints the same template as plain --plan-template, exits 0 and sends nothing.
• Local checks on this commit (Node 24): npm run lint, npm run format:check, npm run typecheck, the .github/scripts tests, build + smoke, npm run test:coverage and npm run test:e2e all pass.
• CI: every check passes except Dependency Audit. That run (Oct 26) tested against the main of the time, where npm audit --omit=dev flags undici 7.29.1 in the lockfile ([Hackathon] fix(deps): update undici to resolve high-severity runtime advisories #674). main has since taken the bump in chore(deps): bump the npm-minor-and-patch group across 1 directory with 5 updates #355, and this PR doesn't change package.json or package-lock.json, so the audit passes on its next run. That workflow only re-runs on a push; I can push a rebase if you'd like it green before merging.

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• Bug Fixes

  • --wait and explicitly supplied --timeout now require --run for test creation; --max-concurrency has the same requirement for batch creation.
  • Using these options without --run returns a validation error with exit code 5 before any network request.
  • The options remain available with --run. Omitted timeout values are distinguished from explicitly supplied values, and plan template output remains available.

• Documentation

  • Updated test create and test create-batch documentation to clarify these requirements.

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Create commands now require --run when users specify --wait or --timeout. Create-batch also requires --run for --max-concurrency. The CLI and helper functions validate these conditions. Tests and documentation describe the behavior.

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Create flag validation

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Validation, command wiring, and coverage src/commands/test.ts, src/commands/test.create-batch-run.spec.ts, src/commands/test.test.ts, DOCUMENTATION.md	Create and create-batch flows reject run-dependent flags without --run. The batch command preserves an omitted timeout as undefined. Tests cover rejection before network calls and successful run-and-poll flows. Documentation describes the requirements.

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• [Hackathon] fix(test): flags documented "with --history / --run / --all" are silently ignored without that flag (their siblings exit 5) #376: The PR rejects --wait, --timeout, and --max-concurrency without --run. Other run flags mentioned in the issue are outside this change.

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@coderabbitai Both findings are fixed in 8ac3f57.

• --plan-template ahead of the run-flag check (test.ts ~14610): you're right. DOCUMENTATION.md and --help both say --plan-template ignores every other flag. The check now runs after the template branch, so test create --plan-template --wait and --plan-template --timeout 30 print the template and exit 0 again, as on main. The --env check above the branch was already there and is unchanged.
• Unmarked timeout in the exported helpers (test.ts 1511 / 3508): runCreate and runCreateFromPlan now count a timeout as given unless the caller passes timeoutIsDefault: true. That is the same reading the run chain already uses (timeoutIsDefault ?? false). The CLI action still marks its parsed default, so the CLI's behaviour is unchanged.

New tests in test.create-batch-run.spec.ts: the two helpers refuse timeout: 30 with no timeoutIsDefault (exit 5, details.field: "timeout", no request), with a control showing timeoutIsDefault: true is not refused; and both --plan-template forms print PLAN_TEMPLATE_TEXT with no request. All three fail on 240e2f8 and pass on 8ac3f57. The full local suite passes on 8ac3f57. I've updated the PR description to match.

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@protonjls Thanks. I inspected 8ac3f57. Both findings are addressed:

• --plan-template returns before the new run-flag validation. The existing --env check is unchanged.
• runCreate and runCreateFromPlan treat a supplied timeout as explicit unless timeoutIsDefault: true. The CLI still marks its parsed default.

The regression tests cover both fixes, the default-timeout controls, and zero requests for the rejected inputs and template output. I did not run the tests independently.

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