From d0f1a43064546f6639be3e152556eb3f7a9f36b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: codex-bot-andresmgsl
 <304681515+codex-bot-andresmgsl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:30:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] test: pin injected staleness boundary

---
 .../issueflow-reconcile/issueflow-reconcile.sh    |  8 ++++++--
 test/issueflow-reconcile.test.sh                  | 15 ++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/actions/issueflow-reconcile/issueflow-reconcile.sh b/actions/issueflow-reconcile/issueflow-reconcile.sh
index 1afe400..327fec6 100644
--- a/actions/issueflow-reconcile/issueflow-reconcile.sh
+++ b/actions/issueflow-reconcile/issueflow-reconcile.sh
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ claim_decision() { # $1 assignee count, $2 linked open PR, $3 age seconds
   fi
 }
 
+claim_decision_at() { # $1 assignee count, $2 linked open PR, $3 last activity epoch
+  claim_decision "$1" "$2" "$((NOW - $3))"
+}
+
 blocked_references() { # body on stdin -> issue numbers, one per line
   sed -nE 's/.*Blocked by[[:space:]]+//Ip' \
     | sed -E 's/[.;][[:space:]].*$//' \
@@ -175,8 +179,8 @@ reconcile_issue() {
   if has_issue_label claimed; then
     assignees="$(jq '.assignees | length' <<<"$ISSUE_JSON")"
     grep -qxF "$n" <<<"${OPEN_PR_ISSUES:-}" && open_pr=true
-    age=$((NOW - $(last_issue_activity "$n" "$(jq -r '.created_at' <<<"$ISSUE_JSON")")))
-    decision="$(claim_decision "$assignees" "$open_pr" "$age")"
+    age="$(last_issue_activity "$n" "$(jq -r '.created_at' <<<"$ISSUE_JSON")")"
+    decision="$(claim_decision_at "$assignees" "$open_pr" "$age")"
     case "$decision" in
       FLAG_UNASSIGNED)
         ensure_comment "$n" claimed-unassigned \
diff --git a/test/issueflow-reconcile.test.sh b/test/issueflow-reconcile.test.sh
index 30290f1..442bd0e 100644
--- a/test/issueflow-reconcile.test.sh
+++ b/test/issueflow-reconcile.test.sh
@@ -31,18 +31,19 @@ check "needs-triage plus queue is a conflict" 0 "FLAG_CONFLICT" queue_decision <
 
 # Invariant 2: claims have an owner and either a PR or recent activity.
 check "claim with open PR stays claimed" 0 "KEEP" claim_decision 1 true 999999
-check "claim below stale boundary stays claimed" 0 "KEEP" claim_decision 1 false $((STALE_AFTER - 1))
-check "claim exactly at stale boundary stays claimed" 0 "KEEP" claim_decision 1 false "$STALE_AFTER"
-check "claim past stale boundary is reclaimed" 0 "RECLAIM" claim_decision 1 false $((STALE_AFTER + 1))
 check "unassigned claim is flagged" 0 "FLAG_UNASSIGNED" claim_decision 0 false 60
 check "quiet unassigned claim is also reclaimed" 0 "RECLAIM" claim_decision 0 false $((STALE_AFTER + 1))
 # shellcheck disable=SC2016 # expansions belong to the isolated bash -c process
-check "injected clock is retained" 0 "1700000000" \
-  bash -c 'ISSUEFLOW_NOW=1700000000 source "$1"; printf "%s\n" "$NOW"' _ \
+check "injected clock: below stale boundary stays claimed" 0 "KEEP" \
+  bash -c 'ISSUEFLOW_NOW=100000 ISSUEFLOW_STALE_HOURS=1 source "$1"; claim_decision_at 1 false 96401' _ \
   "$ROOT/actions/issueflow-reconcile/issueflow-reconcile.sh"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2016 # expansions belong to the isolated bash -c process
-check "injected stale hours set the boundary" 0 "10800" \
-  bash -c 'ISSUEFLOW_STALE_HOURS=3 source "$1"; printf "%s\n" "$STALE_AFTER"' _ \
+check "injected clock: exact stale boundary stays claimed" 0 "KEEP" \
+  bash -c 'ISSUEFLOW_NOW=100000 ISSUEFLOW_STALE_HOURS=1 source "$1"; claim_decision_at 1 false 96400' _ \
+  "$ROOT/actions/issueflow-reconcile/issueflow-reconcile.sh"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016 # expansions belong to the isolated bash -c process
+check "injected clock: past stale boundary is reclaimed" 0 "RECLAIM" \
+  bash -c 'ISSUEFLOW_NOW=100000 ISSUEFLOW_STALE_HOURS=1 source "$1"; claim_decision_at 1 false 96399' _ \
   "$ROOT/actions/issueflow-reconcile/issueflow-reconcile.sh"
 
 # Invariant 3: blocked declarations parse and release only when all close.