improve result checking

Author: parthea

.github/workflows/unittest.yml

@@ -126,15 +126,13 @@ jobs:
         ci/run_conditional_tests.sh "${subdirs[@]}"
 
     - name: Save Cell Status Footprint
-      # Captures the real raw execution outcome ('success' or 'failure') 
-      # from the testing step and logs it to a text file for isolated verification.
+      # Captures the execution outcome ('success' or 'failure') from the testing step.
       run: |
         mkdir -p footprints
         echo "${{ steps.run-tests.outcome }}" > footprints/status.txt
 
     - name: Upload Status Footprint
-      # Uploads the captured footprint text file. This creates a traceable
-      # run record for each specific Python matrix variant and batch slice.
+      # Uploads the footprint file to serve as a status record for this batch run.
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
       with:
         name: footprint-${{ matrix.python }}-${{ matrix.batch-index }}
@@ -274,22 +272,25 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Download Python-Specific Footprints
-        # Downloads *only* the status footprints matching the specific Python matrix 
-        # version of this cell. This isolates runtime failure detection to prevent a failure in one 
-        # Python track (e.g. 3.14) from falsely blocking status gates on passing tracks (e.g. 3.10).
+        # Downloads only the status footprints matching the specific Python version of this cell.
         uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5
         with:
           pattern: footprint-${{ matrix.python }}-*
           path: python-footprints/
 
       - name: Validate Isolated Python Statuses
-        # Inspects the isolated footprint files downloaded for this target Python version.
-        # If any underlying batch slice reported a 'failure', this step issues a hard exit 1, failing this 
-        # specific check node cleanly and blocking branch merge protections.
         run: |
-          if grep -q -E "failure|cancelled" python-footprints/**/status.txt; then
-            echo "Error: One or more batches for Python ${{ matrix.python }} failed."
-            exit 1
+          if [ -d "python-footprints" ] && [ "$(ls -A python-footprints)" ]; then
+            TOTAL_BATCHES=$(find python-footprints -name "status.txt" | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
+            SUCCESS_BATCHES=$(grep -l "success" python-footprints/**/status.txt 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
           else
-            echo "Success: All batches for Python ${{ matrix.python }} passed successfully!"
+            TOTAL_BATCHES=0
+            SUCCESS_BATCHES=0
+          fi
+
+          if [ "$TOTAL_BATCHES" -gt 0 ] && [ "$TOTAL_BATCHES" -eq "$SUCCESS_BATCHES" ]; then
+            echo "Success: All $TOTAL_BATCHES batches for Python ${{ matrix.python }} passed successfully!"
+          else
+            echo "Error: Validation failed. Expected $TOTAL_BATCHES passing batches, but only got $SUCCESS_BATCHES."
+            exit 1
           fi