apiVersion: devrunbook.io/v1alpha1 kind: Playbook metadata: id: bugfixing.build-failure-recovery slug: build-failure-recovery version: 1.0.0 title: Build Failure Recovery summary: Diagnose and repair a failing build while preserving intended build checks and avoiding broad dependency churn. category: bugfixing tags: - build - ci - recovery lifecycle: reviewed riskTier: moderate authors: - name: DevRunbook Core Team license: MIT package: files: - path: prompt.md role: template digest: true exportByDefault: false - path: README.md role: documentation digest: true exportByDefault: false - path: CHANGELOG.md role: changelog digest: true exportByDefault: false - path: examples/minimal.yaml role: example digest: true exportByDefault: false - path: evaluations/static-structure.yaml role: evaluation digest: true exportByDefault: false spec: type: guided intent: problem: Development work around build failure recovery is often underspecified, inconsistently executed or reported without enough evidence. outcome: Diagnose and repair a failing build while preserving intended build checks and avoiding broad dependency churn. whenToUse: - Use this playbook when the repository needs a bounded build failure recovery task with explicit evidence and completion criteria. - Use it when Codex should follow a repeatable workflow rather than improvise from a one-line request. whenNotToUse: - Do not use it when the desired outcome or authority boundaries are still materially undecided. - Do not use it to access unavailable production credentials, bypass safeguards or claim validation that cannot be performed. modes: - recovery - execute defaultMode: recovery autonomy: min: diagnose max: repair default: verify inputs: - key: buildCommand label: Build command description: Provide the exact failing build command when it is not already in the repository profile. type: command required: false sensitive: false includeInOutput: true default: '' - key: failureOutput label: Failure output description: Provide the relevant build output with secrets and private data removed. type: multiline required: true sensitive: false includeInOutput: true compatibility: repositoryRequired: true languages: [] frameworks: [] packageManagers: [] databases: [] deploymentTypes: [] requiredProfileCapabilities: - build-command incompatibleConditions: [] guardrails: - id: guardrail-1 severity: blocking text: Do not delete lockfiles, tests or type checks merely to obtain a successful build. - id: guardrail-2 severity: blocking text: Do not perform broad dependency upgrades before identifying the first causal failure. - id: guardrail-3 severity: blocking text: Preserve the original failure evidence and distinguish pre-existing warnings from new regressions. workflow: - id: capture-baseline title: Capture failure baseline instruction: Run the failing command or the repository build role and preserve the first actionable failure. required: true - id: classify title: Classify the failure instruction: Determine whether the cause is source, configuration, generated assets, dependencies, environment or tooling. required: true - id: minimize title: Minimize reproduction instruction: Reduce the failure to the narrowest package, target or step without changing its cause. required: true - id: repair title: Apply causal repair instruction: Implement the smallest maintainable fix and explain why it addresses the cause. required: true - id: targeted-build title: Run targeted build instruction: Re-run the narrow target first and repair directly caused failures. required: true - id: full-build title: Run full validation instruction: Run the repository build and relevant tests, lint and typecheck. required: true - id: review title: Review final state instruction: Confirm lockfiles, generated files and configuration changed only when necessary. required: true validation: commandRoles: - lint - typecheck - unit-test - build checks: - id: check-1 type: assertion description: The first causal build failure is identified with evidence. blocking: true evidence: Referenced files, command results or explicit review notes. - id: check-2 type: assertion description: The original build command and relevant quality gates pass after the repair. blocking: true evidence: Referenced files, command results or explicit review notes. - id: command-lint type: command description: Run the resolved lint command when the repository profile provides it and record the result. blocking: true evidence: Resolved command, exit status and concise result summary. - id: command-typecheck type: command description: Run the resolved typecheck command when the repository profile provides it and record the result. blocking: true evidence: Resolved command, exit status and concise result summary. - id: command-unit-test type: command description: Run the resolved unit-test command when the repository profile provides it and record the result. blocking: true evidence: Resolved command, exit status and concise result summary. - id: command-build type: command description: Run the resolved build command when the repository profile provides it and record the result. blocking: true evidence: Resolved command, exit status and concise result summary. completion: criteria: - Root cause is identified. - The original build command succeeds without disabled checks. - Validation evidence and unresolved limitations are reported honestly. failurePolicy: onValidationFailure: Investigate failures caused by the current work, repair them when they remain within scope, rerun affected validation and report any genuine blocker without claiming success. onAmbiguity: Use repository evidence and existing conventions for minor reversible choices. Preserve current behavior and stop before any material irreversible decision that the specification does not resolve. onMissingContext: Inspect the repository for missing non-sensitive context. Never invent commands, credentials, production behavior or validation results; report what remains unavailable. onOutOfScopeCause: Explain the evidenced out-of-scope cause, avoid unrelated changes and provide the smallest safe follow-up recommendation. onExternalDependencyUnavailable: Use an approved local substitute or fixture only when it preserves the behavior under test. Otherwise record the blocked validation and do not claim the external path succeeded. onUnableToReproduce: Record attempted reproduction, environment and observed evidence. Do not apply speculative production changes; provide the narrowest next diagnostic action. reporting: sections: - id: outcome title: Outcome required: true description: State the delivered result or audit conclusion without overstating evidence. - id: evidence title: Evidence and scope required: true description: List inspected or changed areas and the evidence supporting the result. - id: validation title: Validation required: true description: Report commands, manual checks and their actual outcomes. - id: risks title: Risks and limitations required: true description: State residual risk, inaccessible evidence and untested conditions. - id: follow-up title: Recommended follow-up required: true description: List the smallest useful next actions or state None. template: main: prompt.md partials: [] exports: prompt: true markdown: true runPack: false agentsSuggestion: false quality: reviewStatus: editorial-reviewed testedStacks: [] knownLimitations: - Repository-specific effectiveness depends on the accuracy of the selected profile and the evidence available to Codex. evaluationCaseIds: - build-failure-recovery.static-structure