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Outcome

Permit PR #12769 to use one exact E2E assertion-budget transition after this policy reaches main. All other PR numbers and budget contents remain subject to the existing growth gate.

Reason

The model-drift regression needs a live same-name onboarding scenario that verifies replacement identity, OpenClaw's selected model, and the recorded selection. Seven new checks replace three redundant checks, adding four assertion points. The independent gate reads policy from the trusted base, so this entry must land before the test update.

Related issues

Refs #12667. Prerequisite for #12769.

Changes

• Add the existing policy's PR-number and SHA-256 exception for fix(onboard): check selection drift before fresh sandbox reuse #12769.
• Bind the transition from fdc4a78b5588629e26b00778d1bc82d69101077b9e372f2b58670510184579c2 to 469755f2243b45762eca7b26c869eb03d9c2cb6cab6b9a2c55fbcda0c78f884e.
• Document the double-onboard budget change from [36,43,36,43,0] to [42,47,42,47,0] and removal after fix(onboard): check selection drift before fresh sandbox reuse #12769 merges. Other file budgets remain unchanged.

Verification

• Existing growth-guardrail-parsers.test.ts: 58 tests passed.
• Actual policy and proposed budget: exact transition accepted; another PR, changed base bytes, changed candidate bytes, and candidate-only authority rejected.
• Inspected the single-file diff. No secrets, API keys, credentials, or enforcement-code changes.

Review notes

This is a proposed trusted policy entry requiring normal maintainer review and branch protections. No CI waiver is requested. The dependent E2E change remains uncommitted and has not run live. Self-review verified the exception's PR and digest restrictions; independent review is pending.

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Walkthrough

The assertion-growth policy adds a proposed budget exception for PR #12769. The comment records the transition conditions and removal timing, and the exception record contains the PR number and budget hashes.

Changes

Assertion Budget Exception

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document and record the budget exception ci/e2e-assertion-growth-exceptions.json	The policy comment describes the proposed budget transition, prerequisite, invalidation condition, and removal timing. A new record associates PR #12769 with its base and head budget hashes.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other

Suggested reviewers: ericksoa

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to ff792

No concrete defect in this policy change is established. The exception’s intended use still depends on PR #12769’s candidate budget matching its recorded digest.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the CI E2E policy exception and the specific budget change for PR 12769. It accurately summarizes the main change.
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TypeScript / code-coverage/plugin

The overall line coverage in commit ff792d0 in the codex/12667-e2e-budg... branch is 97%. The line coverage in commit 63002cd in the main branch is 96%.

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File	main 63002cd	codex/12667-e2e-budg... ff792d0	+/-
nemoclaw/src/onboard/config.ts	98%	96%	-2%
nemoclaw/src/index.ts	94%	93%	-1%
nemoclaw/src/bl...t-management.ts	100%	100%	0%
nemoclaw/src/co.../config-show.ts	100%	100%	0%
nemoclaw/src/commands/slash.ts	100%	100%	0%
nemoclaw/src/on...native-route.ts	0%	100%	+100%

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The overall line coverage in commit ff792d0 in the codex/12667-e2e-budg... branch is 85%. The line coverage in commit 63002cd in the main branch is 84%.

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File	main 63002cd	codex/12667-e2e-budg... ff792d0	+/-
src/lib/actions.../status-text.ts	84%	46%	-38%
src/lib/state/sandbox.ts	92%	83%	-9%
src/lib/onboard...al-inference.ts	84%	90%	+6%
src/lib/policy/index.ts	71%	80%	+9%
src/lib/state/p...l-retirement.ts	79%	92%	+13%
src/lib/onboard.../application.ts	55%	72%	+17%
src/lib/inferen...nvidia/index.ts	0%	85%	+85%
src/lib/adapter...gnostics-cli.ts	0%	87%	+87%
src/lib/onboard...ternal-image.ts	0%	91%	+91%
src/lib/securit...ig-structure.ts	0%	98%	+98%

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