v1.84.1.0 fix: default Codex and Claude to frontier models (#2835)

* fix: default cross-model workflows to frontier models

* chore: bump version and changelog (v1.82.1.0)

Co-Authored-By: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com>

* fix: repair frontier eval budgets and workflow instructions

Preserve frontier models and quality thresholds while fixing truncated judge output, ordered section expansion, consent checks, QA scoring, and ship audit gates. Add regression coverage and refresh generated docs.

Co-Authored-By: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com>

* fix: resolve workflow gaps exposed by frontier evals

Clarify plan-review ordering and fallback modes, preserve deploy readiness gates, honor configured merge methods, correct benchmark and canary contracts, and restore vendored installs on setup failure. Cover recovery with real-shell regressions.

Co-Authored-By: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com>

* fix: use agent capture budgets for deploy evals

Multi-turn deploy and benchmark sessions were incorrectly limited to the single-call judge timeout. Use the existing capture tier and leave outer-test cleanup headroom, with a free policy regression test. Keep all behavioral assertions and frontier models unchanged.

Co-Authored-By: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com>

* fix: clarify retro workflow and evaluate compare instructions

Include compare mode in the frontier judge excerpt, define metric sources and snapshot ordering, and preserve the existing prompt-size budget.

Co-authored-by: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com>

* fix: make documentation release review and publication consistent

Review before commit, clarify changelog safeguards and unavailable reviewer modes, and preserve raw PR bodies across separate shell calls. Keep title sync in one shell and add regression coverage.

Co-authored-by: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com>

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Co-authored-by: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com>

retro/sections/report-format.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Week of Mar 1: 47 commits (3 contributors), 3.2k LOC, 38% tests, 12 PRs, peak: 1
 (from Step 2)
 
 ### Trends vs Last Retro
-(from Step 12, loaded before save — skip if first retro)
+(from Step 12, loaded before save — skip if no matching history; in `compare` mode use **Current vs Prior Period** from the computed prior window even on the first run)
 
 ### Time & Session Patterns
 (from Steps 3-4)
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Narrative covering:
 
 ### Test Health
 - Total test files: N (`TEST_FILES_TOTAL`)
-- Tests added this period: M (`TEST_FILES_CHANGED` — test files changed in the window)
+- Test files changed this period: M (`TEST_FILES_CHANGED`; not newly added test cases)
 - Regression test commits: list the `REGRESSION_COMMIT` lines (`test(qa):`, `test(design):`, and `test: coverage` commits)
 - If prior retro exists and has `test_health`: show delta "Test count: {last} → {now} (+{delta})"
 - If test ratio < 20%: flag as growth area — "100% test coverage is the goal. Tests make vibe coding safe."
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ If no plan data exists, skip this section silently.
 - Focus score with interpretation
 - Ship of the week callout
 
+### Shipping Streaks
+(from Step 11: team and personal streaks, including broken-streak disclosure)
+
+### Shortcut Debt
+(from Step 11.5: marker ledger and count, or the clean-ledger statement)
+
 ### Your Week (personal deep-dive)
 (from Step 9, for the current user only)
 

retro/sections/report-format.md.tmpl

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Week of Mar 1: 47 commits (3 contributors), 3.2k LOC, 38% tests, 12 PRs, peak: 1
 (from Step 2)
 
 ### Trends vs Last Retro
-(from Step 12, loaded before save — skip if first retro)
+(from Step 12, loaded before save — skip if no matching history; in `compare` mode use **Current vs Prior Period** from the computed prior window even on the first run)
 
 ### Time & Session Patterns
 (from Steps 3-4)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Narrative covering:
 
 ### Test Health
 - Total test files: N (`TEST_FILES_TOTAL`)
-- Tests added this period: M (`TEST_FILES_CHANGED` — test files changed in the window)
+- Test files changed this period: M (`TEST_FILES_CHANGED`; not newly added test cases)
 - Regression test commits: list the `REGRESSION_COMMIT` lines (`test(qa):`, `test(design):`, and `test: coverage` commits)
 - If prior retro exists and has `test_health`: show delta "Test count: {last} → {now} (+{delta})"
 - If test ratio < 20%: flag as growth area — "100% test coverage is the goal. Tests make vibe coding safe."
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ If no plan data exists, skip this section silently.
 - Focus score with interpretation
 - Ship of the week callout
 
+### Shipping Streaks
+(from Step 11: team and personal streaks, including broken-streak disclosure)
+
+### Shortcut Debt
+(from Step 11.5: marker ledger and count, or the clean-ledger statement)
+
 ### Your Week (personal deep-dive)
 (from Step 9, for the current user only)