Name the Mutation or Don't Merge: A Fail-Closed Side-Effect Checklist
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If a pull request can mutate anything outside the process, you do not merge it until every write has an owner, a dry-run, an idempotency key, and a fail-closed abort. Green tests on fixtures are not that evidence. AI-assisted diffs hide mutations in helpers, generated clients, and "temporary" scrip…
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- 2026-09-16 04:13 · DEV Community — AI
Name the Mutation or Don't Merge: A Fail-Closed Side-Effect Checklist