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# Session 0004.0 — Transcript
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> App: flotilla-core
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> Start: 2026-06-07T22-20 (PST)
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> End: 2026-06-07T22-57 (PST)
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> Type: planning-and-executing
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> Status: **FINALIZED.**
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>
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> Patchwatch label-set provisioning (issue #10): shipped v0.12.0, corrected to
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> v0.12.1 after a live finding, and ran the retroactive backfill.
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## Pre-state
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On clean `origin/main` at v0.11.0 (after PR #9, the 0.11.0 dedicated issue token).
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476 tests at session 0003's close. A prior session 0003 (Phase 2A capture) was
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left `--INPROGRESS` (its work merged via PRs #8/#9); its conversational context was
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unrecoverable, so it was noted as an ended-unfinalized leftover rather than having
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its transcript fabricated. This session (0004) claimed its own ID for the distinct
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issue-#10 work.
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## Session arc
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1. **Discovery.** Read `gitea.py`, `patchwatch.py`, `webhooks.py`, `onboarding.py`,
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the deploy phases, SPEC §4/§12.5, the config-onboarding spec, and the Phase-2
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design doc §7. Confirmed the gap: capture's least-privilege `GITEA_ISSUE_TOKEN`
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soft-fails labels (422) → unlabeled issues on un-provisioned repos.
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2. **Docs first** (docs-lead-automation): resolved design-doc §7 open question; added
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SPEC §12.6 "Patchwatch label provisioning"; extended config-onboarding §4 with the
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doctor `--patchwatch-labels` report. Committed as the foundation.
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3. **TDD implementation** (v0.12.0): `gitea.py` label APIs; `patchwatch.py` taxonomy
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(`all_label_names` derived from `issue_labels`) + `ensure_repo_labels`/`ensure_labels`
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+ `label_status`; CLI `ensure-labels [--all]`, `config doctor --patchwatch-labels`,
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deploy-time best-effort hook; belt-and-suspenders marker-based dedup. 502 → 506.
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4. **Code review** (high effort, 3 finder agents): caught a real dedup-regression
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(unfiltered `list_issues` had no pagination → duplicates beyond 50), an `--all`
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abort-on-first-token-gap, a `.status` contract gap, and dead-code/duplication.
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Fixed all TDD-first (extracted a shared `_get_paginated`; resilient `--all`; wired
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`label_specs` into production; centralized result wording). PR #11 merged.
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5. **Live backfill → finding.** `ensure-labels --all` 403'd on EVERY repo. Diagnosed
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via the admin PAT: it reads `/branches` but 403s on `/issues` AND `/labels` →
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**Gitea gates label management on issue scope (`write:issue`), not
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`write:repository`.** The deploy `GITEA_BOT_TOKEN` and the admin PAT both lack it;
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only `GITEA_ISSUE_TOKEN` can manage labels. Stopped and asked the operator.
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6. **Correction** (v0.12.1, operator chose option A): provisioning resolves
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`resolve_issue_token`. Docs corrected. PR #12 merged. 507 tests.
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7. **Backfill succeeded:** created the 8 missing `lane:*`/`sev:*` labels on
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`ben.stull/rfc-app` + all 9 on `wiggleverse/flotilla-core`; `rfc-app-ppe`
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idempotent; `wiggle-snip` skipped (no token bound, graceful).
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## Cut state
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On clean `origin/main` at **v0.12.1**. PRs #11 and #12 merged, branches deleted,
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507 tests green. Labels provisioned live on the two reachable issue-target repos.
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No open PRs, no uncommitted work.
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- **Plan archival:** the plan was just-in-time (the `## Plan` block below), not a
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standalone `writing-plans` file; flotilla-core also has **no content repo**
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(`CONTENT_REMOTE` empty) — so nothing to archive to a `plans/` collection. Gap:
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flotilla-core still needs a `contains:["content"]` repo (already tracked as
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out-of-scope: "flotilla-core-content = separate effort").
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- **Pipeline (§9):** flotilla-core is the operator CLI, not a deployable UI app — no
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PPE/E2E stage applies. The "ship" was the live `ensure-labels --all` backfill,
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which ran green.
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## Launch prompt
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```
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Build deploy-time + retroactive provisioning of the Patchwatch label set across all
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deployments, integrated with the config-onboarding model. Tracked as flotilla-core issue #10.
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PROBLEM: `patchwatch sync` files issues with patchwatch/lane/sev labels, but the
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least-privilege GITEA_ISSUE_TOKEN (0.11.0) cannot create labels (soft-fails 422). On repos
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whose labels were never created, capture files UNLABELED issues -> breaks dedup-on-resync and
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surfacing. Bit the first sweep on ben.stull/rfc-app (#36-#40 filed unlabeled).
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DESIRED: Label provisioning is the DEPLOY identity's job (GITEA_BOT_TOKEN, repo write), keeping
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capture least-privilege:
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1. gitea.py idempotent label APIs (list_labels + create_label/ensure_label) + faked-API tests
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2. single taxonomy source derived from patchwatch.issue_labels (patchwatch, patchwatch/lane:*, sev:*)
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3. ensure-labels over repos findings ROUTE to (issue_target routing: app_source_repo,
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wiggleverse/flotilla-core, app main repo for os-layer); idempotent; GITEA_BOT_TOKEN
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4. config-onboarding integration: doctor REPORTS missing labels + fix/heal path that CREATES them
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5. run at DEPLOY time (idempotent, non-fatal)
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6. RETROACTIVE --all sweep across every registered deployment; backfill rfc-app
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7. GRACEFUL DEGRADATION where deploy identity lacks repo-admin (ben.stull/*): report, don't fail
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DISCIPLINE: docs-lead-automation (SPEC §4 + §12.5 + design doc first), TDD vs faked Gitea API,
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SemVer minor bump + CHANGELOG, branch->PR->merge. Consider capture dedup by body marker
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(belt-and-suspenders) so correctness no longer DEPENDS on the label.
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```
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## Plan
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**Issue #10 — Patchwatch label provisioning (v0.12.0).** Label creation becomes the
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DEPLOY identity's job (`GITEA_BOT_TOKEN`), keeping capture least-privilege.
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Design decisions made (autonomous):
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- **Verb, not `--fix`:** a dedicated `flotilla patchwatch ensure-labels <deployment> [--all]`
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does the create (uses `GITEA_BOT_TOKEN` via `resolve_token`); `config doctor --patchwatch-labels`
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surfaces the gap read-only. (Prompt left this "your call".)
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- **Taxonomy derived from `issue_labels`:** `all_label_names()` unions `issue_labels()` over
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`audit.LANES × (SEVERITY_BANDS + "unknown")` + base — no second hardcoded name list.
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- **Doctor label status is informational** (doesn't change exit code) — graceful degradation:
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personal-namespace repos (ben.stull/*) the bot can't admin must not fail the gate/deploy.
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- **Belt-and-suspenders dedup:** `patchwatch sync` fetches open issues without the label filter
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and relies on the body `<!-- patchwatch:key=… -->` marker — correctness no longer depends on
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the label. `list_issues` gains pagination.
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Build order (docs-lead-automation, then TDD):
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1. Docs: design-doc §7 open question resolved; SPEC §12.5 "Label provisioning"; config-onboarding §4.
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2. `gitea.py`: `Label` + `list_labels` + `create_label` (faked-API tests).
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3. `patchwatch.py`: `SEVERITIES`, `all_label_names()`, `label_specs()`, `label_target_repos(dep)`,
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`ensure_repo_labels()`/`ensure_labels()` (auth → soft `ok=False`), `_GiteaClient` label methods.
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4. Belt-and-suspenders: paginate `list_issues`; sync fetch without label filter.
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5. CLI: `patchwatch ensure-labels <dep> [--all] [--json]`; `config doctor --patchwatch-labels`;
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deploy-time best-effort ensure in `_do_real_deploy` (non-fatal).
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6. Version → 0.12.0 (VERSION + pyproject); CHANGELOG.
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7. Branch → PR → merge; then run `ensure-labels --all` to backfill (expect lane/sev created on
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ben.stull/rfc-app).
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## Deferred decisions
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_Autonomous-mode low-confidence calls the driver made and would have
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liked operator input on. Appended as the session runs; surfaced at
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finalize. Empty if none._
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### DD-1 — Label-provisioning identity: the live backfill 403'd everywhere (needs operator call)
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v0.12.0 shipped label provisioning on the **`GITEA_BOT_TOKEN`** (deploy identity),
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per the task's premise that "creating a label needs repo-admin" and capture's
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`GITEA_ISSUE_TOKEN` (write:issue) "cannot create labels (422)."
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Running `flotilla patchwatch ensure-labels --all` against live Gitea revealed the
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premise is **inverted on this Gitea instance**:
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- Both the deployment `GITEA_BOT_TOKEN` **and** the admin Keychain PAT
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(`wgl-gitea-token-git.wiggleverse.org`, scoped `write:repository`) get **HTTP 403
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on `GET /repos/.../labels`** — even on `wiggleverse/flotilla-core` (the org's own
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repo). Confirmed by: same PAT reads `/branches` fine (repo scope) but 403s on
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`/issues` AND `/labels` → **label management is gated by `write:issue` scope**,
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not `write:repository`.
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- The 0.11.0 "422 soft-fail" was therefore about **attaching** a nonexistent label
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when filing an issue — NOT proof that write:issue can't **create** labels. In
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Gitea's scope model, `write:issue` is exactly what manages labels.
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- Net: the only identity that can actually provision labels here is the
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**`GITEA_ISSUE_TOKEN`** (write:issue) — the one the design deliberately avoided.
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Graceful degradation worked (exit 0, every repo reported, nothing failed), but the
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backfill **provisioned zero labels**. The task's expectation ("create lane/sev on
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ben.stull/rfc-app") can't be met by the bot token.
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**Decision needed (presented to operator via AskUserQuestion):** which identity
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should provision labels —
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- **(A, recommended)** re-point provisioning to `GITEA_ISSUE_TOKEN`
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(`resolve_issue_token`) — one-line change in `_ensure_labels_for` + deploy hook +
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doctor; matches design-§7's "labels on first use"; no credential changes. Caveat:
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the issue token's Gitea user must have repo write on each target repo.
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- **(B)** keep `GITEA_BOT_TOKEN` but re-scope it / the bot user to include
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`write:issue` + repo write on the issue-target repos (operator credential gesture).
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- **(C)** accept human/admin out-of-band creation — but the admin PAT also lacks
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issue scope, so even that needs a re-scoped token first.
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Did NOT autonomously reverse the just-shipped identity (B/C touch credentials =
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operator gesture; A reverses a deliberate design choice) — stopped to ask.
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**RESOLVED — operator chose (A).** Shipped v0.12.1 (PR #12): `ensure-labels`, the
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deploy hook, and `config doctor --patchwatch-labels` resolve `GITEA_ISSUE_TOKEN`.
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Re-ran `ensure-labels --all` → backfill **succeeded**: created the 8 missing
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`lane:*`/`sev:*` labels on `ben.stull/rfc-app` (patchwatch already existed) and all
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9 on `wiggleverse/flotilla-core`; `rfc-app-ppe` idempotent. Docs corrected.
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### DD-2 — `wiggle-snip` has no issue/bot token bound (follow-up)
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The `--all` sweep skipped `wiggle-snip` (graceful, exit 0): it has **neither**
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`GITEA_ISSUE_TOKEN` nor `GITEA_BOT_TOKEN` bound, so capture *and* label
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provisioning are both blocked there until a token is bound (`flotilla secret
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set wiggle-snip GITEA_ISSUE_TOKEN`). Pre-existing provisioning gap, not introduced
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here. (Its WebhookConfigError message still references "the webhook verb / bot
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token" — cosmetically off in the issue-token context, but accurate that no token
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is bound.)
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