test(rules): make the slow Claude Code check test independent of machine speed

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test_a_slow_claude_code_check_stops_instead_of_running_on failed on Windows CI (#383) with stopped == [].

Why it flaked: the check's deadline starts when the check starts, and the test gave it 50 ms. On a busy runner, now with tests running in parallel (#384), the refusing fast model and the session lookup can use those 50 ms. The check then ends before Claude Code is ever asked, so nothing is cancelled. That is still the correct behaviour (ADR 0022: never running in the background), but the test asserted that a cancel happened.

Fix:

• The test asserts what matters: every check Claude Code started was stopped, and none is left running.
• The deadline is 0.5 s, so the cancel path is still what normally runs.

Checks: tests/test_rules_from_chat.py (51 passed), and the fixed test 5 times in a row.

Summary by CodeRabbit

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  • Updated a slow rule-check test to allow more startup time and handle checks that are stopped or never start, while still verifying that the turn completes without an active check or proposal.

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📝 Walkthrough

The slow Claude Code rule-check test allows a longer startup window and tracks whether the check starts. It verifies that any started check stops, no check remains active, the turn completes, and no proposal is created.

Changes: Slow Check Test

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Check startup and cleanup tests/test_rules_from_chat.py	The test increases the startup deadline from 0.05 to 0.5 seconds. It records whether the check starts and requires every started check to stop, with no check left active.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to c341b

On delayed runs, this test can pass without exercising cancellation, so a cancellation regression could escape detection. This is a bounded test-coverage risk, not evidence of a current production failure; merge risk is low if the started-stream path is covered.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 1 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: making the slow Claude Code rule-check test independent of machine speed.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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I watch the timer, tick by tick.
If checks begin, they stop with care,
No active task remains in there.
The turn completes; no proposal grows.
I twitch my ears and hop through rows.}

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🧹 Nitpick comments: 1

tests/test_rules_from_chat.py: 1

285-290: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Exercise the started-stream path directly.

The current assertion passes when both started and stopped are empty. The separate deadline test covers that no-start case. Run chat_rules.check directly, wait for the stream-entry event, and then assert one start and one cancellation. This removes run_turn setup from the check deadline.

Suggested fix

-    started: list[bool] = []
+    started = asyncio.Event()
+    started_calls: list[bool] = []
     stopped: list[bool] = []

     class Slow(_FastRefuses):
         async def stream(self, role, messages, tools=None, *, model=None):
             if tools is None:  # the check
-                started.append(True)
+                started_calls.append(True)
+                started.set()
                 try:
                     await asyncio.sleep(30)
                 except asyncio.CancelledError:
@@
-    # long enough to reach Claude Code on a busy CI machine; a check that runs out before it starts is fine too
     s.chat_rules.attended_s = 0.5
     try:
         sid = await s.store.create_session(channel="cli")
-        _, events = await _turn(s, sid, "never delete my emails")
-        assert stopped == started and not s.chat_rules._checking  # every check Claude Code started was stopped
-        assert events[-1].type == "done" and await s.chat_rules.list(sid, None) == []
+        check_task = asyncio.create_task(s.chat_rules.check(sid, None, "never delete my emails"))
+        try:
+            await asyncio.wait_for(started.wait(), timeout=1)
+        finally:
+            result = await check_task
+        assert result is None
+        assert started_calls == [True] and stopped == [True] and not s.chat_rules._checking
+        assert await s.chat_rules.list(sid, None) == []

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Review comment at @tests/test_rules_from_chat.py around lines 285 - 290:
Update the attended-check test around `s.chat_rules.check` to exercise a stream
that has actually started: signal stream entry with an event, call `check`
directly in a task, wait for that signal, and then verify the check returns
`None`, records exactly one start and cancellation, and clears `_checking`. Keep
the assertion that no rules were added.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @tests/test_rules_from_chat.py:
- Around line 285-290: Update the attended-check test around
`s.chat_rules.check` to exercise a stream that has actually started: signal
stream entry with an event, call `check` directly in a task, wait for that
signal, and then verify the check returns `None`, records exactly one start and
cancellation, and clears `_checking`. Keep the assertion that no rules were
added.

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