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Current guidance lets contributors treat oracle coverage as optional. This PR requires applicable oracle coverage for production changes that affect observable behavior.

Contract ownership in the oracle coverage map now determines applicability. A missing history, path, or observation is a gap in the primary owner.

For a bug fix, contributors must first add a focused regression. They must then extend the primary oracle and show the RED/GREEN result.

Each bug-fix PR must also show how it evaluated and closed the declared bug class. The evidence must identify:

  • The violated law and its authority.
  • The legal histories and production paths that the oracle exercises.
  • The public observation checkpoints.
  • The original or hostile-mutant RED result and the GREEN result after the fix.
  • Any remaining limits.

A passing reproduction for one trace does not satisfy this requirement.
Bug-fix PRs cannot use the focused-test-only exception. They must resolve known in-scope gaps before merge.

Focused unit tests remain useful as supplemental coverage. They cannot replace an applicable oracle. Internal refactors need no new coverage when existing oracles exercise the unchanged contract.

For a change that is not a bug fix, a unit-only exception requires a specific explanation. The PR must identify the relevant coverage-map entry and explain why these options are not practical:

  • Extend the primary owner.
  • Create an independent oracle.
  • Add a receiving witness for an integration boundary.

The same rule now appears in AGENTS.md, the contributor guide, and the PR template. The bug-test example also distinguishes focused reproduction from broader oracle evidence.

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This PR changes contributor policy and the PR template only. It does not change observable runtime behavior, so it needs no oracle evidence.

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    • Updated testing guidance to require extending the contract-owning oracle with nearby legal histories when it can express the behavior being tested.
    • Clarified when separate oracles or receiving witnesses are needed, and that focused tests supplement oracle coverage rather than replace it. Focused-test-only coverage is allowed for non-bug changes only when oracle coverage is impractical.
    • Expanded bug-fix reporting requirements to include the violated rule, tested histories and production paths, observation points, RED/GREEN evidence, and remaining limitations.
    • Updated the pull request template to request oracle ownership and supporting coverage evidence.

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Contributor guidance now defines oracle coverage expectations for behavior changes and bug fixes. The pull request template requests coverage ownership and evidence, including exercised histories, production paths, observation checkpoints, RED/GREEN results, and remaining limits.

Changes: Oracle Coverage Guidance

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Oracle coverage policy
AGENTS.md
The guidance requires extending the primary oracle when it can express the governing law. It describes focused regressions, separate oracle owners, receiving witnesses, and bug-fix evidence. It states that a single passing reproduction is insufficient.
Contributor checklist
CONTRIBUTING.md, .github/pull_request_template.md
Contributor instructions and the pull request template request oracle ownership and coverage evidence. Bug-fix evidence includes the violated law, exercised histories, production paths, observation checkpoints, RED/GREEN results, and remaining limits.

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Every bug-fix pull request must show how it evaluated and closed the declared
bug class. State the violated law and its authority. Name the legal histories,
production paths, and public observation checkpoints that the oracle exercises.
Include the original or hostile-mutant RED result and the repaired GREEN result.
State any remaining limits. A passing reproduction for one trace does not
satisfy this requirement.

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Align the bug-class requirement with the focused-test exception.

The focused-test exception says not to claim that the bug class is closed, but this paragraph requires every bug-fix PR to show how it “closed the declared bug class.” Contributors cannot satisfy both requirements. Require them to state what scope the evidence closes and what remains open.

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-bug class.
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+what scope the evidence closes, and what remains open.
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Update the bug-fix pull-request requirement in AGENTS.md to ask contributors to
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