#25 Prevent a repeat of incident #24: add a regression test

Every step from GitLab's own records: the issue, its merge request and their label history.

1. Filed The dispatcher, after an incident

   Screened and filed as a GitLab issue.

   21 Oct, 11:38 UTC

2. Build started Dispatcher

   Started the build agent with the criteria.

   21 Oct, 11:38 UTC · 0 s later

3. Merge request opened Build agent

   Add regression test for incident #24 (stage read from labels) Record

   21 Oct, 11:42 UTC · 4 min 25 s later

4. In review Dispatcher

   Every test and scan passed; the review agent started.

   21 Oct, 11:43 UTC · 1 min 13 s later

5. Approved Review agent ai-shipyard-review-gitlab-ai-hackathon

   Checked against the criteria.

   21 Oct, 12:31 UTC · 47 min later

6. Merged Dispatcher

   Merged at the reviewed commit, with a release decision record. Record

   21 Oct, 12:31 UTC · 10 s later

7. Live Pipeline

   Passed a canary and a 60-second watch in production.

   21 Oct, 12:32 UTC · 1 min 2 s later

Why it was safe to merge

What the dispatcher verified before merging, from its release decision record (open it).

• Pipeline ✅ #2971745111 passed at 9e7ae054: 7 jobs
• Tests ✅ 394 passed, 0 failed
• Security gate ✅ no blocking findings after SAST, secret detection
• Scope policy ✅ 1 files changed, all inside the agent scope
• Authority boundary ✅ protected policy tests passed
• Review ✅ review::approved added by ai-shipyard-review-gitlab-ai-hackathon (the review flow's own account), verified in GitLab's label history
• GitLab approval ✅ approval rule satisfied at 9e7ae054
• Scope of work ✅ closes #25; reviewed against the triage agent's acceptance criteria
• Fix attempts · none needed