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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: PLMP-1.0-or-later
+# Adjustfile — adaptive-maintenance contract for echidnabot
+#
+# Migration recipes for when upstream deps, toolchains, schemas, or
+# GitHub-side APIs shift. Each adjustment has a probe to detect drift
+# and either an `adjust` recipe to apply, or a `defer-if` escape hatch.
+# Run with: just adjust-check
+# Error-code namespace: A###
+
+version: 1
+
+metadata:
+  name: echidnabot-adjust-contract
+  spec: v0.1.0
+  description: "Adaptive maintenance for Rust deps, sqlx, octocrab, axum, tracing-OTel, GitHub Apps protocol."
+
+# ── Toolchain-Adjust ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+toolchain:
+
+  - name: A001-rust-toolchain-drift
+    description: "rust-toolchain.toml pin behind current stable."
+    severity: low
+    probe: "rustc --version | grep -q $(cat rust-toolchain.toml 2>/dev/null | grep channel | cut -d'\"' -f2)"
+    adjust: "Bump rust-toolchain.toml to current stable; cargo update --workspace."
+    defer-if: "any pinned-feature crate breaks on bump."
+
+  - name: A002-cargo-edition-drift
+    description: "Cargo.toml edition < current default (2024)."
+    severity: low
+    probe: "grep -q '^edition = \"2024\"' Cargo.toml"
+    adjust: "Bump edition to 2024; address `let` chain / new-keyword breakage in src/."
+    defer-if: "downstream consumers pinned to older edition; flag in CHANGELOG."
+
+# ── Dep-Adjust ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+deps:
+
+  - name: A010-cargo-deps-major-bump-available
+    description: "A tracked Cargo dep has a major bump available."
+    severity: low
+    probe: "cargo outdated --workspace --depth 1 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^\\w+\\s+\\S+\\s+\\S+\\s+\\d' | head -5"
+    adjust: "Review upstream CHANGELOG; bump via cargo update -p <crate> --precise <new>; run cargo test."
+    defer-if: "breaking-change requires call-site rewrites (nom 7→8 style)."
+
+  - name: A011-sqlx-major-bump
+    description: "sqlx has a major bump (e.g. 0.8 → 0.9)."
+    severity: high
+    probe: "cargo tree -p sqlx --depth 0 | head -1"
+    adjust: "Run sqlx migrate diff against new schema; update query! macros if changed."
+    defer-if: "migrations folder requires regeneration."
+
+  - name: A012-octocrab-major-bump
+    description: "octocrab has a major bump."
+    severity: high
+    probe: "cargo tree -p octocrab --depth 0 | head -1"
+    adjust: "Review GitHub API surface changes; update src/adapters/github.rs handlers."
+    defer-if: "echidna server contract on the bot side hasn't been updated to match (cross-repo seam)."
+
+  - name: A013-axum-major-bump
+    description: "axum has a major bump (e.g. 0.8 → 0.9)."
+    severity: high
+    probe: "cargo tree -p axum --depth 0 | head -1"
+    adjust: "Update Router builder + extractor signatures per axum CHANGELOG."
+    defer-if: "tower middleware compat lags."
+
+  - name: A014-tracing-otel-bump
+    description: "opentelemetry / tracing-opentelemetry have a bump."
+    severity: low
+    probe: "cargo tree -p opentelemetry --depth 0 | head -1"
+    adjust: "Bump the otel + tracing-opentelemetry pair together (they must match)."
+
+  - name: A015-dependabot-pr-backlog
+    description: "Open dependabot PRs accumulating."
+    severity: low
+    probe: "gh pr list --repo hyperpolymath/echidnabot --author 'app/dependabot' --state open --limit 50 --json number | jq 'length' | grep -q '^0$'"
+    adjust: "Triage; auto-merge safe patches; defer or close API-breaks."
+
+# ── Schema-Adjust ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+schemas:
+
+  - name: A020-sqlx-migration-pending
+    description: "migrations/ has a SQL file newer than the DB's last-applied."
+    severity: medium
+    probe: "test -d migrations && ls migrations/*.sql 2>/dev/null | wc -l | grep -qE '^[1-9]'"
+    adjust: "sqlx migrate run (forward) ; verify against echidnabot.example.toml schema docs."
+    defer-if: "rollback path not tested for that migration."
+
+  - name: A021-github-webhook-payload-drift
+    description: "GitHub webhook payload added a new field echidnabot doesn't decode."
+    severity: medium
+    probe: "Manual — review github webhook docs CHANGELOG; check serde Deserialize warnings in tests."
+    adjust: "Add field to CodebergPushPayload / GitHubPushPayload struct; bump CHANGELOG."
+
+# ── Workflow-Adjust ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+workflows:
+
+  - name: A040-standards-reusable-sha-stale
+    description: "A standards-reusable workflow caller is behind current main."
+    severity: low
+    probe: "grep -rE 'uses: hyperpolymath/standards/.+@[0-9a-f]{40}' .github/workflows/ | head -3"
+    adjust: "Bump SHA pin; verify via gh api repos/hyperpolymath/standards/commits/<sha>."
+    defer-if: "recent reusable change introduces breaking input shape."
+
+  - name: A041-action-sha-pin-fake
+    description: "A 3rd-party action SHA pin is fake (does not exist upstream)."
+    severity: critical
+    probe: "test -x scripts/verify-action-shas.sh && bash scripts/verify-action-shas.sh 2>&1 | grep -q 'FAKE'"
+    adjust: "Replace with current real SHA via gh api repos/<owner>/<action>/commits/<branch>."
+    defer-if: "never — fake SHA is a supply-chain hazard."
+
+  - name: A042-governance-floating-ref
+    description: "A workflow file uses @main floating ref (not SHA-pinned)."
+    severity: medium
+    probe: "grep -rE 'uses: hyperpolymath/.+@main' .github/workflows/ | head -1"
+    adjust: "SHA-pin via gh api repos/hyperpolymath/<reusable>/commits/main."
+
+adjust-philosophy:
+  - "Always check before adjust (every recipe has both)."
+  - "Never adjust without an explicit defer-if escape hatch."
+  - "Adjustments cascade: bump dep → cargo test → check container → check CI."
+  - "Prefer the narrowest change that resolves the drift."
diff --git a/contractiles/bust/Bustfile b/contractiles/bust/Bustfile
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: PLMP-1.0-or-later
+# Bustfile — breakage / rollback contract for echidnabot
+#
+# When a build, test, container, dispatch, webhook, or migration goes
+# wrong, this file declares the recovery sequence. Each scenario has
+# an error code, a probe to detect it, and a recovery recipe.
+# Run with: just bust-check
+# Error-code namespace: B###
+
+version: 1
+
+metadata:
+  name: echidnabot-bust-contract
+  spec: v0.1.0
+  description: "Breakage rollback for Rust build, sqlx migrations, container, dispatch, observability, webhooks."
+
+# ── Build-Bust ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+build:
+
+  - name: B001-cargo-build-broken
+    description: "cargo build fails after dep update or upstream API change."
+    severity: critical
+    probe: "! cargo build --offline 2>&1 | grep -q 'error\\['"
+    recovery: "just bust-cargo-cache && cargo build"
+    escalation: "git revert <last-dep-bump>; cargo update -p <crate> --precise <known-good>"
+
+  - name: B002-shared-context-path-broken
+    description: "Cargo build fails on missing ../../shared-context (echidnabot lives in gitbot-fleet)."
+    severity: high
+    probe: "cargo check --offline 2>&1 | grep -q 'failed to read .*shared-context'"
+    recovery: "Build from gitbot-fleet/bots/echidnabot/ where the relative path resolves."
+    escalation: "see [[feedback_echidnabot_src_abi_namespace_intentional]] for the dual-tree story."
+
+  - name: B003-edition-mismatch
+    description: "let-chain or other edition-2024 syntax in edition-2021 file."
+    severity: high
+    probe: "cargo build 2>&1 | grep -q 'experimental.*let.*chain'"
+    recovery: "Bump Cargo.toml `edition = \"2024\"` OR rewrite the syntax to edition-compatible form."
+
+# ── Test-Bust ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+tests:
+
+  - name: B010-cargo-test-broken
+    description: "cargo test --lib regression after change."
+    severity: critical
+    probe: "! cargo test --lib --offline 2>&1 | grep -q 'test result: ok'"
+    recovery: "git bisect run cargo test --lib; revert offending commit."
+
+  - name: B011-property-test-shrink-too-slow
+    description: "tests/property_tests.rs proptest shrinking blows past timeout."
+    severity: low
+    probe: "cargo test --tests --offline 2>&1 | grep -q 'shrinking'"
+    recovery: "Lower PROPTEST_CASES env (e.g. 64); investigate the offending invariant offline."
+
+  - name: B012-webhook-e2e-broken
+    description: "tests/webhook_e2e_test.rs fails (signature verification / payload decode)."
+    severity: high
+    probe: "! cargo test --test webhook_e2e_test --offline 2>&1 | grep -q 'test result: ok'"
+    recovery: "Check signature header (X-Hub-Signature-256, X-Gitlab-Token, X-Gitea-Signature) routing in src/api/webhooks.rs."
+
+# ── Container-Bust ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+container:
+
+  - name: B020-containerfile-build-broken
+    description: "podman build -f Containerfile fails."
+    severity: warning
+    probe: "! podman build -f Containerfile -q . 2>&1 | tail -3 | grep -qE 'sha256:[0-9a-f]'"
+    recovery: "podman system prune -af; rebuild."
+    escalation: "check Chainguard base tag drift; stapeln.toml layer cache invalidation."
+
+  - name: B021-compose-stack-broken
+    description: "docker compose / podman-compose up fails on compose.yml."
+    severity: warning
+    probe: "podman-compose config 2>&1 | grep -q 'error'"
+    recovery: "podman-compose down -v; clear pgdata volume; up fresh."
+    escalation: "check echidnabot#69 compose.yml syntax against current Compose v2 spec."
+
+# ── DB-Bust ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+database:
+
+  - name: B030-sqlx-migration-failure
+    description: "sqlx migrate run failed mid-transaction."
+    severity: critical
+    probe: "manual — sqlx logs"
+    recovery: "sqlx migrate revert; fix the offending migration locally; sqlx migrate run again."
+    escalation: "if DB state corrupt: restore from backup; never force-apply a broken migration."
+
+  - name: B031-postgres-conn-drop
+    description: "Postgres connection pool exhausted / dropped."
+    severity: medium
+    probe: "grep -q 'PoolTimedOut\\|pool exhausted' /var/log/echidnabot*.log 2>/dev/null"
+    recovery: "Increase pool size in src/store/postgres.rs; check for connection leak in long-running query."
+
+  - name: B032-sqlite-locked
+    description: "SQLite database is locked (concurrent writer)."
+    severity: medium
+    probe: "grep -q 'database is locked' /var/log/echidnabot*.log 2>/dev/null"
+    recovery: "Ensure single-writer convention; switch to WAL mode if not already."
+
+# ── Dispatch-Bust ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+dispatch:
+
+  - name: B040-echidna-server-unreachable
+    description: "Calls to echidna server fail (timeout / connection refused)."
+    severity: high
+    probe: "curl -sf --max-time 5 ${ECHIDNA_API_URL:-http://localhost:8081}/api/health >/dev/null"
+    recovery: "Check echidna server alive; check ECHIDNA_API_URL env; check network policy."
+    escalation: "fall back to graphql endpoint if REST down (echidna#188 added 3 new GraphQL ops)."
+
+  - name: B041-graphql-contract-mismatch
+    description: "GraphQL operations echidnabot client calls are absent from echidna server."
+    severity: high
+    probe: "echidna#180 surfaced this; current state: verifyProof + suggestTactics + proverStatus added in #188."
+    recovery: "Ensure echidna server is on commit >= 08771e64 (PR #188 merge)."
+
+  - name: B042-job-queue-stalled
+    description: "Job queue has > 100 pending items / scheduler not processing."
+    severity: high
+    probe: "src/scheduler/job_queue.rs depth metric"
+    recovery: "Increase scheduler concurrency; investigate backend slowness; check dispatch failure rate."
+
+# ── Observability-Bust ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+observability:
+
+  - name: B050-otel-endpoint-unreachable
+    description: "OTLP exporter cannot reach OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT."
+    severity: low
+    probe: "Check observability config; OTLP exporter errors in stderr."
+    recovery: "Unset OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT to disable; spans still log via fmt layer."
+
+  - name: B051-graceful-shutdown-timeout
+    description: "Shutdown timeout fired with N in-flight jobs."
+    severity: low
+    probe: "grep -q 'graceful shutdown timeout' /var/log/echidnabot*.log"
+    recovery: "Increase ECHIDNABOT_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_SECS env; investigate why jobs hang past 30s."
+
+# ── Repo-Bust ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+repo:
+
+  - name: B060-bad-commit-on-main
+    description: "A known-bad commit is on origin/main."
+    severity: high
+    recovery: "git revert <SHA> on a fresh branch; PR; admin-merge."
+    escalation: "force-push to main is PROHIBITED without owner confirmation."
+
+  - name: B061-tag-points-at-wrong-sha
+    description: "A release tag was cut at the wrong commit."
+    severity: medium
+    recovery: "git tag -d <tag>; git push origin :refs/tags/<tag>; re-tag at correct SHA; push."
+    escalation: "notify any downstream consumers of the tag re-point."
+
+bust-escalation-ladder:
+  - 1. revert a single commit (low blast radius)
+  - 2. reset local workspace (no remote impact)
+  - 3. invalidate a specific cache (just bust-* recipes)
+  - 4. force-push to main — PROHIBITED without owner confirmation
+  - 5. registry-level (delete release tag, archive package version) — human-only