Problem
The supported Homeboy WordPress PHPUnit adapter repeatedly receives an unparseable wp-codebox recipe-run payload during canonical discovery, yielding zero tests before PHPUnit starts.
Latest production release preflight reproduction on 2026-08-23:
Running PHPUnit tests via WP Codebox...
Plugin: data-machine-events
Backend: wp-codebox
PHPUNIT_ZERO_TESTS cause=recipe_run_payload_unparseable
The recipe-run JSON payload could not be parsed, so no execution step ledger is available.
Read logs/recipe-run.stdout.log and logs/recipe-run.stderr.log for the raw recipe-run output; a crashed or truncated recipe-run may not have flushed its JSON summary.
This blocked homeboy release data-machine-events at preflight.test. The same consumer suite executes in GitHub CI (808 tests), so the failure occurs before consumer PHPUnit execution. Homeboy Extensions #2650 improved evidence for this failure class, and #2668 fixed a separate bounded-text reader crash; neither fixes the producer payload.
The host was under elevated load during the latest reproduction, which may be relevant if recipe-run output is truncated or a subprocess exits before flushing the final JSON envelope.
Expected behavior
wp-codebox recipe-run should always emit one complete, parseable terminal JSON envelope, including structured failure details when setup or a child process fails. Diagnostic text must not contaminate stdout.
Investigation
- Audit every recipe-run exit path for partial/unflushed JSON and stdout contamination.
- Reproduce under concurrent/high-load PHPUnit discovery.
- Ensure child crashes, timeouts, and process termination still produce a terminal structured envelope.
- Add a stress/regression test that repeatedly parses recipe-run stdout while setup/test children fail at different phases.
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Problem
The supported Homeboy WordPress PHPUnit adapter repeatedly receives an unparseable
wp-codebox recipe-runpayload during canonical discovery, yielding zero tests before PHPUnit starts.Latest production release preflight reproduction on 2026-08-23:
This blocked
homeboy release data-machine-eventsatpreflight.test. The same consumer suite executes in GitHub CI (808 tests), so the failure occurs before consumer PHPUnit execution. Homeboy Extensions #2650 improved evidence for this failure class, and #2668 fixed a separate bounded-text reader crash; neither fixes the producer payload.The host was under elevated load during the latest reproduction, which may be relevant if recipe-run output is truncated or a subprocess exits before flushing the final JSON envelope.
Expected behavior
wp-codebox recipe-runshould always emit one complete, parseable terminal JSON envelope, including structured failure details when setup or a child process fails. Diagnostic text must not contaminate stdout.Investigation
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