fix(test): §41 recreates its gitignored fixtures at runtime so CI passes on a fresh checkout

Author: elad-reznikov

.github/workflows/validate.yml

@@ -43,15 +43,6 @@ jobs:
       # One command, every gate: the deterministic harness + stats drift + count drift + the mutation
       # meta-harness + the public-harness contract (green WITHOUT the internal held-out keys — the Phase-7
       # unblock). validate_all prints a per-gate PASS/FAIL line, so CI keeps full visibility in one step.
-      - name: DEBUG — surface failing gates (temporary)
-        env:
-          PYTHONUTF8: '1'
-        run: |
-          echo "=== harness [FAIL] lines ==="
-          python tests-fixtures-v1/_chat_validation.py 2>&1 | grep -E '\[FAIL\]|RESULT:' || true
-          echo "=== build_stats --check (drift detail) ==="
-          python tools/build_stats.py --check 2>&1 | tail -25 || true
-
       - name: Run ALL validation gates (tools/validate_all.py)
         env:
           PYTHONUTF8: '1'

tests-fixtures-v1/_chat_validation.py

@@ -1828,6 +1828,13 @@ def _g40_record():
         _exp41 = json.loads((_EXFX / "ground-truth" / "expected.json").read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
         _repo41 = _EXFX / "repo"
         _ml = _exp41["max_lines_for_test"]
+        # The .gitignored fixture files (secrets.env, *.log, node_modules/) are intentionally NOT committed (they
+        # ARE what the exclusion pass must skip), so a fresh checkout / clean clone lacks them and the gitignored +
+        # vendored counts would be short. Recreate them at runtime so the pass exercises those paths everywhere.
+        (_repo41 / "secrets.env").write_text("API_KEY=fixture-not-a-real-secret\n", encoding="utf-8")
+        (_repo41 / "debug.log").write_text("fixture debug output\n", encoding="utf-8")
+        (_repo41 / "node_modules" / "dep").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        (_repo41 / "node_modules" / "dep" / "index.js").write_text("module.exports = 1;\n", encoding="utf-8")
         _res41 = _exc41.run(_repo41, max_lines=_ml)
         _inc = set(_res41["included"]); _skip = {s["path"]: s["category"] for s in _res41["skipped"]}
         _g41_ok = True