Track guessed as P from the FAILING STEP — line 1 of 2,
./compiler/pascal26 test/test_a_named_dynamic_array_parameter_still_takes_nil_as_a_default.pas /tmp/test_dynarraydefault, which namestest/test_a_named_dynamic_array_parameter_still_takes_nil_as_a_default.pas. Not from the job's name or itssrc: those describe what the job is ABOUT, and this job's recipe spans 2 source file(s). The ranker reads frontmatter, so this line — not the body — decides who works it; correct it if the guess is wrong.
origin/master has advanced 3 commit(s) since this sha. Re-verify at current HEAD before acting — the callback is tagged to the sha that was tested, which may no longer be the state of the tree.
regression: test-core#src:test/test_a_named_dynamic_array_parameter_still_takes_nil_as_a_default.pas at fc43936b00d9 in step 1/2, ./compiler/pascal26 test/test_a_named_dynamic_array_parameter_still_takes_nil_as_a_default.pas /tmp/test_dynarraydefaul… (auto-filed by twatch)
- Type: regression (auto-filed by Track T watcher, host seven, twatch
7327e547732c). Untriaged. - Found: 2026-09-06T11:19:49Z
- Test source: test/test_a_named_dynamic_array_parameter_still_takes_nil_as_a_default.pas tools/expect_same.sh
- Failing step: line 1 of 2 of the job's recipe; it names
test/test_a_named_dynamic_array_parameter_still_takes_nil_as_a_default.pas../compiler/pascal26 test/test_a_named_dynamic_array_parameter_still_takes_nil_as_a_default.pas /tmp/test_dynarraydefault26
Repro
tools/testmgr.py --tier native --job 'test-core#src:test/test_a_named_dynamic_array_parameter_still_takes_nil_as_a_default.pas' at fc43936b00d9c032757157762ac2adf344b22407
Range
The named sha
fc43936b00d9CANNOT be the cause — it touches no buildable file (docs / tickets / tstate only). It is the sha that was TESTED, i.e. the upper bound of an untested range; the cause is somewhere below it.
bad fc43936b00d9, last good 847091ba8c13, 4 commit(s) in range — the watcher narrows this by idle bisect; check tstate/TSTATE.md for the current range.
Log tail
pascal26:40: error: a parameter of an open-array or fixed-array type cannot have a default value: there is no array literal to write there, so the value would be a scalar whose bytes the callee reads as a length header. A named DYNAMIC array type takes a default (`a: TArr = nil`) because it is a handle (bug-a-managed-string-arg-temp-predicate-is-duplicated-seven-times-and-guarded-nowhere)
(tail)
pascal26:40: error: a parameter of an open-array or fixed-array type cannot have a default value: there is no array literal to write there, so the value would be a scalar whose bytes the callee reads as a length header. A named DYNAMIC array type takes a default (`a: TArr = nil`) because it is a handle (bug-a-managed-string-arg-temp-predicate-is-duplicated-seven-times-and-guarded-nowhere)
near: ( const a : TArr = >>> nil ) ;
Stub ticket: signal only. Track T agent (face 2) enriches or a dev track takes it from the repro line.
Log
- 2026-09-06 — auto-closed by the seven watcher:
test-core#src:test/test_a_named_dynamic_array_parameter_still_takes_nil_as_a_default.paspasses at 6d72805b066c (tier native); it was red at fc43936b00d9. Reopening is by a fresh NEW-RED stub, since a second red is a second finding with its own range.