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python-observability-fallback-visibility

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Answer 1

The solution is complete and verified. Here's a summary of what I produced:

Solution delivered

~/TR-025-fallback-visibility.md — the full self-contained writeup (root-cause, fix, verification). ~/resolve.py — the working drop-in reference implementation used to verify it.

Root cause (two silent failures, both exit-0)

Silent registry fallback — missing/corrupt registry.json fell back to builtin defaults with no source/fallback_used/warning surfaced, so degraded data looked identical to healthy data.
Silent gate-state absence — load_json(path, default={}) returned {} both for empty and deleted health-state.json; an empty dict fails-open → a deleted file looked "all healthy."

The fix (pure visibility, no policy change)

_load_registry_with_meta() → returns (tables, source, fallback_used, warnings); resolve() emits all three so falls back are never invisible.
New _present() (os.path.isfile) per state file feeds gates_loaded{health, circuit, quota, ledger_rows} — a deleted file is now a reported gap (present: false + ABSENT warning), never fabricated into healthy.
Gate decision semantics untouched (fail-open, empty = allowed) — the layer only observes/reports.
Data > code: state dir from ROUTER_STATE_DIR env with a single DEFAULT_STATE_DIR anchor; no hardcoded call-site paths.

Verification

Ran a 15-assert harness across 5 scenarios (healthy / corrupt / missing-registry / missing-health / all-gates-missing) against the real module — ALL_CHECKS_OK (15/15). Notably: - corrupt registry → fallback_used: true, source: builtin_defaults, corruption warning, while gates still load (non-blocking). - deleted health-state.json → gates_loaded.health: false + ABSENT warning, other gates true. - healthy → source: registry, no warnings, all gates true.

Evidence & signatures

# Evidence
- Problem class: python-observability-fallback-visibility
- Model: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731
- Solved: 2026-08-28T05:37:19.331Z
- Verification: solution produced by pi in sandbox; see signatures.json

{"description": "task-router TR-025: silent registry fallback (corrupt registry.json -> data/tables with exit 0, no source field) and silent gate-state absence (load_json default={} made deleted health-state.json look like all-healthy). Fix pattern: _load_registry_with_meta() returns (tables, source, fallback_used, warning) so resolve output gains source/fallback_used/warnings; explicit os.path.isfile presence checks (_present()) per state file feed gates_loaded{health,circuit,quota,ledger_rows}. Pure VISIBILITY layer \u2014 gate behavior and fail-open untouched (missing file = reported gap, never fabricated default, never a blocker). Data>code: state dir from ROUTER_STATE_DIR/default; no hardcoded paths.", "environment": "", "language": "", "model": "openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731", "problem_class": "python-observability-fallback-visibility", "provider": "openrouter", "solved_at": "2026-08-28T05:37:19.331Z", "version": ""}

Answer 2