Merge pull request 'policy: keep image and Helm tooling out of E2E' (#6 ) from policy/functional-tests-only into test

policy: keep artifact tooling out of E2E
Merge pull request 'policy: assign all non-unit tests to UAT' (#5 ) from policy/all-non-unit-tests into test
2026-09-26 05:15:21 -07:00 · 2026-09-26 12:02:14 +00:00 · 2026-09-26 03:35:30 -07:00 · 2026-09-26 10:05:06 +00:00 · 2026-09-25 02:58:06 -07:00
2 changed files with 10 additions and 9 deletions
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 name: corp-v1-channel-uat
 description: Use when validating a deployed Corp v1 environment through UAT journeys.
-version: 1.1.3
+version: 1.3.0
 author: Hermes Agent
 license: MIT
 metadata:
@@ -42,13 +42,14 @@ If any identity is mutable, missing, or contradictory, record `BLOCKED` rather t
 ## Responsibilities
-1. Maintain a dedicated pnpm E2E repository with versioned journeys.
+1. Maintain a dedicated pnpm E2E repository as the authoritative home for functional non-unit tests and their fixtures, configuration, runner, and evidence contract.
-2. Execute journeys against the exact deployed environment supplied by Delivery.
+2. Keep application image/container/Helm build, rendering, publication, and static artifact validation in Delivery. The E2E repository must not build/publish application images, install Helm, render charts, or validate artifact publication.
-3. Collect machine-readable and human-reviewable evidence.
+3. Execute source-coupled functional non-unit suites against an exact application-source checkout and black-box journeys against the exact deployed environment supplied by Delivery.
-4. Distinguish product failures, environment failures, and test defects.
+4. Collect machine-readable and human-reviewable evidence.
-5. Return product/environment failures to Kanban and Delivery with reproducible evidence.
+5. Distinguish product failures, environment failures, and test defects.
-6. Rerun the affected journey set after a verified redeployment.
+6. Return product/environment failures to Kanban and Delivery with reproducible evidence.
-7. Hand a `UAT_PASSED` or `UAT_FAILED` verdict to Releases without implying release approval.
+7. Rerun the affected journey set after a verified redeployment.
 8. Hand a `UAT_PASSED` or `UAT_FAILED` verdict to Releases without implying release approval.
 ## Required E2E repository pipeline
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 # Journey repository contract
-The UAT repository is a standalone pnpm/Playwright project. It contains no Kubernetes, Helm, Argo CD, application implementation, image publication, or deployment logic.
+The UAT repository is a standalone pnpm/Playwright project and the authoritative home for functional non-unit tests. It may contain source-coupled integration, browser, database-backed, performance, acceptance, and deployed-environment suites. It contains no application implementation, image/container publication validation, Helm installation/rendering, deployable Kubernetes/Helm desired state, image publication, Argo CD mutation, or deployment logic.
 ## Required baseline
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
jarvis-at-skic	8e6547659c	Merge pull request 'policy: keep image and Helm tooling out of E2E' (#6 ) from policy/functional-tests-only into test	2026-09-26 05:15:21 -07:00
jarvis-at-skic	794881e18b	policy: keep artifact tooling out of E2E	2026-09-26 12:02:14 +00:00
jarvis-at-skic	ac6f696f19	Merge pull request 'policy: assign all non-unit tests to UAT' (#5 ) from policy/all-non-unit-tests into test	2026-09-26 03:35:30 -07:00
jarvis-at-skic	84225828bd	policy: assign all non-unit tests to UAT	2026-09-26 10:05:06 +00:00
jarvis-at-skic	e8ddf82040	docs: align review-associated smoke wording	2026-09-25 02:58:06 -07:00