ci: mark 3 persistent-red Phase 0 jobs non-blocking with documented removal preconditions (#59)

## Summary

Three CI checks have been red on every PR since PR #44 without
resolution. This PR marks them non-blocking with documented reasons so
they show advisory status rather than gating merges, until the deeper
investigations land.

Phase 0 / Track CI from `docs/PRODUCTION-PATH.adoc`. Tracks under #48's
"CI persistent reds" checklist.

## Affected jobs

| Job | What's broken | Fix landing where |
|---|---|---|
| **Validate A2ML manifests** | `hyperpolymath/a2ml-validate-action`
returns exit 1 with auth-gated logs | Upstream investigation in the
action repo (out of typed-wasm MCP scope) |
| **Validate K9 contracts** | `hyperpolymath/k9-validate-action` same
pattern | Same |
| **Build + E2E (Idris2 + Zig)** | "Run full E2E" exit 1; likely idris2
tarball 404s on ubuntu-24.04 (URL pins ubuntu-20.04) or `zig build test`
fails on 0.15.1 API after PR #46's URL fix | Replace idris2 install with
`idris2-pack` or build-from-source; verify zig build test locally;
separate Phase 0 PR |

## Not touched

- **governance / Language / package anti-pattern policy** — lives in
`hyperpolymath/standards`'s reusable workflow, not editable from this
repo. The actual blocker inside that job is the unexemptable
`rescript.json` check, which is fixed automatically when Track A's
ReScript cut PR removes `rescript.json`. Letting that one fix itself
naturally rather than papering over with continue-on-error.

## What changes

- `.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml`:
- `Validate A2ML manifests` step gets `continue-on-error: true` + Phase
0 NOTE comment
  - `Validate K9 contracts` step gets the same
- `.github/workflows/e2e.yml`:
- `Run full E2E (with build checks)` step gets `continue-on-error: true`
+ Phase 0 NOTE pointing to candidate diagnoses

Each `continue-on-error: true` is on the failing **step**, not the whole
job — the rest of the job's steps still run normally; only the failing
one no longer bubbles to job-conclusion-failure.

## Why this is the right move (not papering over)

The drift these jobs surface is real (third-party actions broken; idris2
install fragile). Marking them non-blocking with explicit `Phase 0 NOTE`
comments pointing to candidate diagnoses converts persistent red into
honest advisory. Removes the false "merge-gate" pressure from drift the
project has already acknowledged in #48 and PR bodies for #46, #55, #57,
#58.

## How to undo

Each `continue-on-error: true` carries a comment stating its removal
precondition. When the upstream action is fixed (A2ML / K9) or the
idris2/zig install story is solid (Build+E2E), grep `Phase 0 NOTE` in
the workflows and remove the flag.

## Test plan

- [ ] PR CI shows the three jobs as advisory (✓ on the job summary even
when the step internally fails)
- [ ] Cargo audit, Smoke, Structural E2E, Cargo verify still hard-gate
(no continue-on-error added)
- [ ] No new failures introduced


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_Generated by [Claude
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Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: hyperpolymath

.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml

@@ -36,8 +36,14 @@ jobs:
             echo "::warning::No .a2ml manifest files found. Every RSR repo should have 0-AI-MANIFEST.a2ml"
           fi
 
+      # Phase 0 NOTE (issue #48): the third-party action returns exit 1 on
+      # every PR; log contents are auth-gated and unreadable. Marked
+      # non-blocking so it surfaces as an advisory rather than a merge
+      # blocker until upstream action behaviour is investigated. Remove
+      # continue-on-error once the action is fixed or replaced.
       - name: Validate A2ML manifests
         if: steps.detect.outputs.count > 0
+        continue-on-error: true
         uses: hyperpolymath/a2ml-validate-action@59145c7d1039fa3059b3ecacdb50ee23d7505898 # main
         with:
           path: '.'
@@ -84,8 +90,12 @@ jobs:
             echo "::warning::Found $CONFIG_COUNT config files but no K9 contracts. Run k9iser to generate contracts."
           fi
 
+      # Phase 0 NOTE (issue #48): same situation as A2ML — third-party
+      # action returns exit 1 on every PR with auth-gated logs. Non-blocking
+      # until investigated. Remove continue-on-error once fixed.
       - name: Validate K9 contracts
         if: steps.detect.outputs.k9_count > 0
+        continue-on-error: true
         uses: hyperpolymath/k9-validate-action@2d96f43c538964b097d159ed3a56ba5b5ceca227 # main
         with:
           path: '.'

.github/workflows/e2e.yml

@@ -126,7 +126,16 @@ jobs:
           node-version: '25'
 
       # ---- Full E2E ----
+      # Phase 0 NOTE (issue #48): this step has been persistently red since
+      # PR #44 without authenticated log access to diagnose the root cause.
+      # Likely candidates: idris2 release tarball 404s on ubuntu-24.04
+      # runners (URL pins ubuntu-20.04), or `zig build test` fails on the
+      # 0.15.1 API even after the URL fix in PR #46. Marked non-blocking
+      # while the deeper investigation lands. Remove continue-on-error once
+      # the Idris2 install story is replaced with idris2-pack or build-from-
+      # source, AND zig build test runs clean locally.
       - name: Run full E2E (with build checks)
+        continue-on-error: true
         run: E2E_BUILD=1 bash tests/e2e.sh
 
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