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Closes #1201
Part of #1191

Summary

Every error envelope now answers two questions without the prose: was I charged? and what do I do next?

  • GFlowError gains three RFC 9457 extension members, emitted by to_problem_details() (so CLI --json, MCP _gflow_error_dict, the worker queue and the structured log all get them from one place):
    • charged: no | maybe | yes
    • next_action: retry | retry_after | wait | reauth | fix_input | reconcile | none
    • operation_id: emitted only when set
  • Every class in EXIT_CODE_MAP declares its own charged and next_action (a table test fails for a class that inherits instead of deciding). charged: no is used only where the class proves nothing was submitted.
  • Raise sites can override all three through the constructor (the FlowApiError legacy branch forwards them too).
  • retryable is unchanged and always agrees with next_action (retryable is true exactly for retry / retry_after). next_action is resolved against is_retryable() at emit time, so the existing per-instance flips agree as well: retryable=True reCAPTCHA sites, retryable=False agent-only and post-submit sites, and client.py's post-construction exc.retryable = False. A flip away from retry reads reconcile when the class says Flow may have billed, otherwise none.
  • The issue's own override: a non-retryable MediaDownloadError (every such site is a finished, billed clip, MediaDownloadError: decide its retry flag and whether an HTTP-error signed URL should raise it (from #898) #941) reads charged: yes, next_action: reconcile, with the media id as operation_id. The free recovery read (gflow data download / gflow_download_media) keeps no / retry.
  • Hand-built envelopes carry the members too: CLI unexpected_payload, MCP _masked_unexpected_dict, the worker's unknown-error branch (maybe / none), and all four gflow_auth_status error branches (charged: no, a credit-free probe).
  • New docs/ERRORS.md: every member, the value meanings, and every type URI with its exit code and defaults (a test fails when a type is missing or a row disagrees with the code). Linked from docs/INDEX.md, docs/MCP.md and docs/USAGE.md, and mirrored to the website with a nav entry. CHANGELOG [Unreleased] updated.

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Tests

  • tests/test_problem_details_extensions.py: per-class defaults table over EXIT_CODE_MAP, retryable/next_action agreement over every GFlowError subclass x retryable in {None, True, False}, a post-construction flip, raise-site overrides, the billed vs free MediaDownloadError, CLI and MCP envelopes carrying the same members, and the docs table matching the code.
  • Surface assertions added to tests/worker/test_daemon.py (typed and untyped queued failures) and tests/mcp/test_auth_status_tool.py. The pinned masked envelope in tests/mcp/test_telemetry_hook.py gains the two members.

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Gate Result
check_repo_hygiene.py pass
check_doc_links.py pass
check_website_docs_pii.py pass
generate_website_docs.py --check pass
check_council_memory.py pass
generate_plugin_skills.py --check pass
ruff check src tests pass
ruff format --check src tests pass
pyright src 0 errors
pytest -m "not live and not e2e and not smoke" -n 8 --dist worksteal --cov 6393 passed, 30 skipped, 93% coverage (run with UV_LINK_MODE=copy, which this machine needs for the wheel-install tests)

Review

Two independent reviews (code-review and ponytail-review) were addressed in 55c299cc. Each behaviour change got a failing test first (28 red for the expected reasons, then green).

Fixed

  1. Failed asset write after generation. storage.write_asset_async's ConfigurationError now reads maybe / reconcile. The asset is in the Flow project.

  2. Chain errors after billed links. Any GFlowError raised after at least one completed link now reads yes / reconcile / retryable: false, whatever its class.

  3. video extend --output render failure. A render that fails after billed segments reads yes / reconcile, and its hint points at the free re-render, gflow scene create --output.

  4. ChainPartialError. It reads yes only when it carries completed links; otherwise maybe.

  5. MediaAttributionError. The default is now maybe, not yes.

  6. Hand-built envelopes. All of these now carry charged / next_action / retryable through one helper, errors.outcome_members, so retryable cannot disagree with next_action:

    • MCP: _bad_param (all call sites), no-profile, no-default-profile, missing profile directory, the masked unexpected error, and the gflow_auth_status branches
    • the task_payload fallback and the cancel-before-run record
    • the worker's unknown-error branch, indeterminate-outcome and daemon-recovery

    One test walks the builders.

  7. Missing URIs in docs/ERRORS.md. It now lists the nine hand-built URIs. The doc tests compare every row (exit, charged, next_action) with what the code emits.

  8. Result-shaped failures. I added the fields rather than narrowing the doc. video t2v/i2v/r2v failures, both video extend paths and the partial video chain document now carry charged / next_action. No follow-up issue was needed.

  9. Sites that submitted nothing. These now read no: the migrated extend editor guard (none), the /about landing (reauth), and both balance-read FlowAppErrors (the /about one reads reauth).

  10. retry with charged: maybe.

    • The labs video poll timeout after submit now reads reconcile, with the media id as operation_id.
    • The scene-render poll timeout reads charged: no.
    • docs/ERRORS.md now says exactly what retry with maybe means: every known post-submit site is overridden to reconcile, so a retry that reaches the caller comes from a site gflow treats as before the submit.
  11. Silent inheritance. Every GFlowError subclass now declares its own defaults, and the test covers all subclasses, not just the mapped ones. ProfileLockedError reads wait; BatchPartialError and BatchIntegrityError read no / reconcile.

  12. A test that could not fail. A new test checks that each class's declared next_action agrees with RETRYABLE_ERRORS. The resolver cannot hide a bad declaration from it.

  13. Constructors that reject the overrides. I corrected the doc instead of widening seven constructors: those classes have the attribute set after construction, which is what the chain and extend fixes do.

  14. retry_after. RateLimitError emits a retry_after member when it has one and next_action is retry_after. Doc row added.

  15. docs/MCP.md. The paragraph no longer splits the "Everything else is terminal" sentence. The website mirror is regenerated.

Not done

  • No dedicated tests for two of the overrides. The two balance-read overrides (chore(deps): bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 3 to 7 #9) are a one-keyword change on each raise and have no test of their own; driving credits offline needs a fake page plus an RPC reply. The scene-render poll timeout also has no dedicated test.
  • Open question, not done as instructed: should RETRYABLE_ERRORS, the class next_action and the instance retryable collapse into one source? Today the declaration test and the emit-time resolver keep them consistent.

CI status

  • Known failure, fixed by the separate tz PR: tests/test_telemetry_notice.py::test_consent_region_from_iana_timezone[Atlantic/Faeroe-False]. Ubuntu 24.04's tzdata 2026e moved legacy links into tzdata-legacy. The same failure appears on a develop-identical docs PR (docs(roadmap): replace the v0.9–v0.11 roadmap with current themes #1207). It is the only failing test.
  • SonarCloud: zero new issues and zero hotspots. The S3358 smell is fixed in 30907c0f. new_coverage reads 0% only because the test jobs failed on the tz test and uploaded no coverage. Locally, coverage is 93%.

E2E scope

This change touches no Flow surface. It adds members to the error envelopes and changes no transport, selector or request, so there is no e2e test to run.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • CLI JSON errors, MCP tool failures, and queued-task errors now report whether a charge was made, may have been made, or was not made, along with a recommended next action. An operation ID is included when available.
    • Partial video-generation failures provide clearer billing and reconciliation details, with rerender guidance when applicable.
    • Rate-limit errors include a retry delay when one is available.
  • Documentation

    • Added an error-envelope reference covering response fields, recovery actions, error types, and exit codes, linked from the usage and MCP guides.

…m details

Every error envelope (CLI --json, MCP results, worker queue) now says whether
Flow may have billed the failed operation and what a caller should do next.
Each class in EXIT_CODE_MAP declares its own defaults; raise sites may
override them. next_action is reconciled with is_retryable at emit time, so
the two never disagree, including after a post-construction retryable flip.
A non-retryable MediaDownloadError (a billed clip, #941) reads charged: yes,
next_action: reconcile, with its media id as operation_id.

docs/ERRORS.md lists every type URI, its exit code and these defaults; a
test keeps the table in step with the code.

Closes #1201
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Walkthrough

The change adds charged, next_action, and optional operation_id fields to error representations across CLI, MCP, and worker paths. It defines defaults and overrides, updates video and task failure handling, adds regression tests, and documents the envelope.

Changes: Standardized error outcomes

Layer / File(s) Summary
Define and resolve error outcomes
src/gflow_cli/errors.py, tests/test_problem_details_extensions.py
Error classes gain charge and next-action defaults. Problem-details output resolves those fields against retryability and includes an operation ID or rate-limit delay when applicable. Tests check defaults, overrides, serialization, and documented error rows.
Propagate outcomes through video and CLI operations
src/gflow_cli/api/*, src/gflow_cli/chain.py, src/gflow_cli/cli_video.py, src/gflow_cli/json_output.py, src/gflow_cli/storage.py, tests/api/*, tests/cli/*, tests/test_charged_surfaces.py
API, chain, video, and storage paths add outcome metadata for timeouts, partial completion, and failed results. Regression tests check the generated errors and JSON fields.
Add outcomes to MCP and worker errors
src/gflow_cli/mcp/*, src/gflow_cli/worker/*, tests/mcp/*, tests/worker/*
MCP and worker error payloads add outcome metadata for authentication, task cancellation and recovery, failed video generation, and unexpected failures. Tests check the response fields.
Document the error envelope
CHANGELOG.md, docs/ERRORS.md, docs/INDEX.md, docs/MCP.md, docs/USAGE.md, website/docs/ERRORS.md, website/docs/MCP.md, website/docs/USAGE.md, website/mkdocs.yml
The changelog and documentation describe the envelope fields, defaults, error types, and CLI, MCP, and worker cases. The website navigation adds an Error envelope entry.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant GFlowError
  participant CLI_MCP_Worker
  Caller->>GFlowError: Raise with outcome defaults or overrides
  GFlowError->>CLI_MCP_Worker: Serialize charged, next_action, and optional operation_id
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Possibly related issues

  • ffroliva/gflow-cli#1191 — The tracking issue includes #1201, which requests the error-outcome fields added here.
  • ffroliva/gflow-cli#1111 — The PR updates failed-video error metadata but does not parse Flow's status record or restore Flow's error text.
  • ffroliva/gflow-cli#1158 — The PR extends the JSON error envelope with new members, but does not change output-flag semantics.
  • ffroliva/gflow-cli#1202 — The documentation lists error type URIs and exit codes, but does not implement the proposed stable-code migration.
  • ffroliva/gflow-cli#1199 — The new fields describe uncertain outcomes and caller guidance, but do not implement reconciliation.

Possibly related PRs

  • ffroliva/gflow-cli#1214 — Both PRs address the error contract for task cancellation, including its outcome metadata.

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Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 6e182

A failed poll can advise repeating billed work, and recovery commands can be misleading or unusable. Resolve these issues before merging.

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Linked Issues check Warning The PR meets #1201’s other coding requirements [#1201]: it adds the outcome members and class defaults, resolves next_action against retryability, updates MCP envelopes, documents the error types, a… Implement preservation of Flow’s own error in detail on the migrated status-record path, and add a regression test for that path.
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The PR meets #1201’s other coding requirements [#1201]: it adds the outcome members and class defaults, resolves next_action against retryability, updates MCP envelopes, documents the error types, and adds tests. However, #1201 also requires preserving Flow’s own error in detail on the migrated status-record path. generation_record() in src/gflow_cli/api/transports/batchexecute.py decodes the record but does not preserve a Flow error in detail; the PR description confirms this work remains undone.

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Review follow-up for #1201:

- Billed paths no longer read charged: no. A failed asset write, any chain
  error after a completed link, and an extend render failure after billed
  segments read reconcile; ChainPartialError reads yes only with completed
  links; MediaAttributionError defaults to maybe.
- Sites that provably submitted nothing read no (the extend editor guard,
  the /about landing as reauth, both balance reads); the labs poll timeout
  after submit reads reconcile with the media id.
- Every GFlowError subclass declares its own defaults (ProfileLockedError
  is wait, the batch errors reconcile), and class defaults must agree with
  RETRYABLE_ERRORS.
- Hand-built MCP and worker envelopes, the task fallback and the
  cancel-before-run record carry charged, next_action and retryable through
  one helper; result-shaped --json failures carry charged and next_action.
- RateLimitError emits retry_after; docs/ERRORS.md lists the hand-built
  URIs and tests compare its rows to what the code emits; the MCP.md
  paragraph no longer splits a sentence.

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182-190: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value

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Explicit retryable can contradict next_action in the stored state.

If a raise site passes both retryable=True and a non-retry next_action (or the reverse), the constructor stores both. resolved_next_action() repairs the output at emit time, so the envelopes agree. The repair rewrites the explicit next_action in silence. A site such as read_credits passes next_action="reauth" with retryable=False, which is consistent. A future inconsistent call would lose its action without any signal.

Consider asserting or logging the conflict in __init__. This is optional because the emit-time reconciliation already protects the contract.


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CodeRabbit triage (review on 55c299cc):

  • errors.py 182-190, "explicit retryable can contradict next_action in the stored state": declined. The emitted envelope cannot disagree: resolved_next_action() reconciles the two at emit time, and the tests check that over every class with retryable set to None, True and False, and after a post-construction flip. No raise site passes a conflicting pair today. An assert in __init__ would turn that mistake into a crash on an error path, which loses the original error. A log line would add noise for a state the output already corrects.
  • Pre-merge "Linked Issues" (keep Flow's own error in detail on the migrated status-record path): out of scope. That is migrated video: a failed generation reports a bare 'status 4' and drops Flow's error #1111, a Flow-surface change (parsing the jwpduf status record). This PR does not close it and the body says so.
  • Pre-merge "Docstring Coverage": not acted on. It is advisory. The new public helpers (outcome_members, resolved_next_action) have docstrings, and the remaining misses are private test helpers.

… every queue record

Defects found reviewing the stacked #1214, all in #1201 code:

- video extend: a run that spent credits reads charged: yes even when no
  segment finished, and carries the submitted segment's media id as
  operation_id (run_extend_chain stamps it on a failed poll).
- video extend --output: the whole render step after billed segments is
  covered (scene read-back, concat inputs, render), and its hint is a
  runnable `gflow scene create --project <id> <clip refs> --output <path>`.
- worker: a video Flow reports failed reads maybe/reconcile with its media
  id, the same as CLI video_result.
- labs t2v/i2v poll: the post-submit deadline raises TransportTimeoutError
  (maybe/reconcile, media id) instead of a builtin TimeoutError that
  surfaced as an unclassified error.
- video chain: an untyped error after billed links is wrapped in
  ChainPartialError, which lists completed_media_ids; a typed one carries
  the last completed link as operation_id.
- queue: a cancel before submit reads `none` at any pre-submit phase; the
  cancelled, indeterminate and daemon-recovery records carry a type URI and
  no invented HTTP status.
…e is fixable

CodeRabbit follow-ups on bf242f7:

- chain: a later link's error keeps its own operation_id (an in-flight
  poll timeout names the link being generated); only an error with none
  gets the last completed link's id.
- storage: write_asset_async takes charged/next_action (default
  maybe/reconcile for an asset Flow made); concatenate_scene passes
  no/fix_input, since a scene render spends nothing.
- labs poll docstring names the TransportTimeoutError it now raises.
…ne database

Ubuntu 24.04's tzdata 2026e moves backward links (Atlantic/Faeroe, Portugal,
Eire, Iceland, Poland) into tzdata-legacy, which the CI runners do not install.
ZoneInfo then refuses the alias, consent_region() fails closed, and the
Atlantic/Faeroe row (expected False) went red on every PR, develop included;
the three legacy rows expecting True passed for the wrong reason.

The mapping test now stubs the zone lookup, so every row checks the
name-to-region mapping on any machine. A separate test pins the fail-closed
behaviour for an alias the installed zone database cannot load.

(cherry picked from commit 9f356c9)
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CI note: this branch now carries a cherry-pick (-x) of #1215's test-only commit 9f356c9d. CI on every PR, develop included, was failing on test_consent_region_from_iana_timezone[Atlantic/Faeroe-False], because Ubuntu 24.04's tzdata 2026e moved legacy zone links into tzdata-legacy. That failure also left SonarCloud's new-code coverage at 0%. The commit is identical to #1215's, so git drops it as a duplicate when #1215 merges first.

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src/gflow_cli/worker/daemon.py: 1

444-449: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Use a documented error class for a Flow-failed video.

GFlowError is the base class. It has problem_type = "about:blank" and title = "Error". The persisted queue envelope for a Flow-failed video therefore gets type: about:blank.

docs/ERRORS.md documents no row for about:blank, and test_errors_doc_lists_every_type_uri skips it. A consumer that branches on type cannot tell this failure from other untyped errors.

FlowApiError has a documented type (…/errors/api-error) and exit code. It accepts the same next_action and operation_id overrides.

♻️ Proposed change

-from gflow_cli.errors import DataIntegrityError, DataStoreError, GFlowError, outcome_members
+from gflow_cli.errors import (
+    DataIntegrityError,
+    DataStoreError,
+    FlowApiError,
+    GFlowError,
+    outcome_members,
+)
@@
-                        raise GFlowError(
+                        raise FlowApiError(
                             f"Video generation failed: {reasons}",
                             # #1201: Flow took the submit; same answer as CLI video_result.
                             next_action="reconcile",
                             operation_id=flow_media_id or None,
                         )
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Review comment at @src/gflow_cli/worker/daemon.py around lines 444 - 449:
Replace GFlowError with FlowApiError in the Flow-failed video error path, importing FlowApiError from the existing errors module as needed. Preserve the error message, next_action, and operation_id arguments so the persisted queue envelope uses the documented API-error type.

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Review comments at @src/gflow_cli/worker/daemon.py:
- Around line 444-449: Replace GFlowError with FlowApiError in the Flow-failed
video error path, importing FlowApiError from the existing errors module as
needed. Preserve the error message, next_action, and operation_id arguments so
the persisted queue envelope uses the documented API-error type.

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The worker raised the GFlowError base class, so the queue envelope read
type about:blank, which docs/ERRORS.md does not list. FlowApiError keeps
exit 1 and charged: maybe, and the next_action/operation_id overrides
are unchanged. Raised by CodeRabbit on #1208.
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CodeRabbit nitpick (review 5850945241, src/gflow_cli/worker/daemon.py:444-449, "Use a documented error class for a Flow-failed video"):

Verified, fixed in 0b16e0e: the finding holds. The worker raised the GFlowError base class, so the persisted queue envelope read type: about:blank and title: Error, and docs/ERRORS.md has no row for that type. It now raises FlowApiError, documented as https://gflow-cli.dev/errors/api-error with exit 1 and charged: maybe (docs/ERRORS.md:123). The exit code and charged are therefore unchanged, and next_action: reconcile and operation_id are still passed explicitly. The CLI path returns a result-shaped --json with no type and exits 1, so the two surfaces still agree on everything they share.

Test first: test_a_flow_failed_video_reads_like_the_cli now also asserts (type, exit_code) == (api-error, 1). It failed for the expected reason (('about:blank', 1)) and now passes. tests/worker and tests/test_errors.py pass (132), and all ten gates are green. No e2e: this changes the label on a local queue record and does not touch a Flow surface.

FlowApiError's default remediation says to retry, next to charged: maybe
and next_action: reconcile, which invites a second billed submit. The
raise site now says to check the project on Flow first.
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Follow-up to my reply on the FlowApiError change: it did change more than type. FlowApiError's default remediation ("…then retry the API call") would have sat next to charged: maybe / next_action: reconcile, inviting a second billed submit. Fixed in 9f549d7: the raise site now passes its own hint ("Flow took this job and then reported it failed, so it may have charged for it. Check the project on Flow before running it again."), and test_a_flow_failed_video_reads_like_the_cli asserts the hint does not say retry. The test failed against the previous commit and passes now. title also changed, from Error to Flow API error.

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CodeRabbit on #1208: ERRORS.md promises the media id as operation_id for a
video Flow reported failed, on the CLI as on the worker queue, but the CLI's
VideoResult payload left it out. USAGE.md also described every --json failure
as a problem-details object; the failed-video result is result-shaped.

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Major · Reconcile retryable poll failures after submission · extend_chain.py:184-185

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Reconcile retryable poll failures after submission

If a status poll exhausts retries on a 429 or 5xx response, the returned error still advises retrying. The non-JSON CLI prints that advice even though the segment was submitted and billed. Set the error’s billing status and action for the submitted segment, and replace the retry hint with reconciliation guidance.

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Review comment at @src/gflow_cli/api/extend_chain.py around lines 184 - 185:
Update the GFlowError handling for exhausted 429 or 5xx status polls after submission: mark the error as billed for the submitted segment, set its action to reconciliation, and replace any retry hint with reconciliation guidance. Preserve the operation_id association with started.media_id and use the existing error fields and conventions for billing status, action, and guidance.
Minor · Qualify the retryable defaults. · USAGE.md:1983-1984

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Qualify the retryable defaults.

A video poll timeout after submission now emits retryable: false and next_action: "reconcile". The blanket claim that timeouts are retryable can lead callers to repeat a potentially billed submission. State that these are defaults and callers must read the emitted value. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Update the retryable-flag documentation in the problem-details description to present the listed classifications as defaults, not guarantees. Clarify that callers must inspect the emitted retryable value and that a video poll timeout after submission defaults to retryable false with next_action set to reconcile.
Minor · Make the resumed recovery command usable. · cli_video.py:1136-1148

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Make the resumed recovery command usable.

For a resumed extend, the hint omits the earlier clips and appends parenthesized prose to the command. Even after replacing <path>, a shell rejects that command. Put the instruction outside the command and explain how to include the earlier clips and their trims.

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Update _free_rerender_hint so the resumed recovery hint remains a shell-usable command: remove the parenthesized prose from the command, and place a separate instruction after it explaining that earlier clips must be included first with their trims. Ensure the resumed hint identifies how to supply those earlier clips without implying they are already included in the command.
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Preserve the profile in the recovery command.

If extend --profile selects a different account from the fallback profile, the suggested command can fail to access the billed clips. Include the resolved profile in the scene create command.

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Update _free_rerender_hint and its call sites to pass the resolved profile selected for the extend run, and include it in the suggested scene create command using the supported profile option. Preserve the existing project, clip ordering, output placeholder, and resumed hint.
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Keep unconfirmed segments out of the recovery command

If a later segment’s poll fails and rendering also fails, the hint includes that segment’s workflow ID. If the segment later finishes, scene create can include it in the recovered video even though it was not reported as completed. Build the command from confirmed segments, and retain the submitted ID separately for reconciliation.

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Update the segment submission and recovery flow around _on_submitted so scene_clips contains only confirmed completed segments; retain submitted workflow IDs separately for reconciliation, and build the recovery command from scene_clips so unconfirmed segments are excluded.

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Review comments at @src/gflow_cli/api/extend_chain.py:
- Around line 184-185: Update the GFlowError handling for exhausted 429 or 5xx
status polls after submission: mark the error as billed for the submitted
segment, set its action to reconciliation, and replace any retry hint with
reconciliation guidance. Preserve the operation_id association with
started.media_id and use the existing error fields and conventions for billing
status, action, and guidance.

Review comments at @src/gflow_cli/cli_video.py:
- Around line 1136-1148: Update _free_rerender_hint so the resumed recovery hint
remains a shell-usable command: remove the parenthesized prose from the command,
and place a separate instruction after it explaining that earlier clips must be
included first with their trims. Ensure the resumed hint identifies how to
supply those earlier clips without implying they are already included in the
command.
- Around line 1136-1140: Update _free_rerender_hint and its call sites to pass
the resolved profile selected for the extend run, and include it in the
suggested scene create command using the supported profile option. Preserve the
existing project, clip ordering, output placeholder, and resumed hint.
- Around line 2224-2231: Update the segment submission and recovery flow around
_on_submitted so scene_clips contains only confirmed completed segments; retain
submitted workflow IDs separately for reconciliation, and build the recovery
command from scene_clips so unconfirmed segments are excluded.

Review comments at @website/docs/USAGE.md:
- Around line 1983-1984: Update the retryable-flag documentation in the
problem-details description to present the listed classifications as defaults,
not guarantees. Clarify that callers must inspect the emitted retryable value
and that a video poll timeout after submission defaults to retryable false with
next_action set to reconcile.

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…recovery command

CodeRabbit on #1208:
- run_extend_chain: a poll failure that outlasts its retries (429/5xx) kept
  RateLimitError's charged=no / retry_after on a segment Flow already took;
  it now reads maybe / reconcile with a hint that does not say retry.
- The free re-render hint names the run's --profile, renders only confirmed
  segments (not one whose poll failed), and keeps the resumed-scene
  instruction outside the command so the command runs as written.
- USAGE.md: the retryable classes are defaults; read the emitted value.
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CodeRabbit outside-diff findings (review 5852403882, on 6e18238c). I verified all five against the code and fixed them in 99f33e7:

  • src/gflow_cli/api/extend_chain.py:184-185, "Reconcile retryable poll failures after submission": Verified, fixed. A 429/5xx that outlasted the poll retries kept RateLimitError's charged: no / retry_after on a segment Flow had already taken. When the error resolves to a retry action, it now reads maybe / reconcile with retryable: false, and its hint no longer says retry. The new test test_a_retryable_poll_failure_after_submit_says_reconcile failed before the change.
  • website/docs/USAGE.md:1983-1984, "Qualify the retryable defaults": Verified, fixed in docs/USAGE.md (mirror regenerated). The WAF/rate-limit/network/timeout list now reads as the default. The doc cites a video poll that times out after the submit (false / reconcile) to show why callers must read the emitted value.
  • src/gflow_cli/cli_video.py:1136-1148, "Make the resumed recovery command usable": Verified, fixed. The resumed-scene instruction is now a separate sentence after the command, so the command runs as written. Test: test_a_resumed_rerender_keeps_the_instruction_out_of_the_command.
  • src/gflow_cli/cli_video.py:1136-1140, "Preserve the profile in the recovery command": Verified, fixed. _free_rerender_hint takes the run's resolved profile and emits --profile.
  • src/gflow_cli/cli_video.py:2224-2231, "Keep unconfirmed segments out of the recovery command": Verified, fixed. Submitted segments are kept as a media id -> workflow id map. The command is built from the source clip plus only the segments in completed_media_ids. test_the_free_rerender_names_only_confirmed_segments_and_the_profile failed before the change, because the command named the unconfirmed wf-seg-2.

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