Handle Currents "Cloud Run Finished" table rows where the trailing
"s" in long duration values wraps onto its own continuation line.
Instead of appending that standalone continuation to the end of the
host row, drop the wrapped row and rely on the existing duration
parser to accept values without the trailing "s". This preserves all
host rows in parent summary parsing for completed non-categorized runs.
Also record the failure mode and recovery guidance in the ATVM run
learnings doc.
Teach generated-spec TEST FLOW parsing to honor test-install-only runtime gates, including single-quoted Cypress.env checks, and suppress plugin branches when install-only mode disables them.
Document the 2026-04-16 install-only flow mismatch so future watcher updates keep Mattermost TEST FLOW aligned with the actual generated spec path.
Tighten `Cloud Run Finished` parsing so categorized watcher recovery only starts on real summary headers, stops at the grouped run's `Recorded Run` URL, and parses only actual summary-table host rows.
Also merge grouped per-host reporter artifacts into categorized recovery so completed grouped batches keep the correct host membership and Mattermost posts remain stable for both categorized and non-categorized runs.
Add the working vCenter placement-check pattern to the ATVM automation guide so explicit VM-list planning uses the correct lowercase govc JSON keys, resolves datastore refs to names, and ignores helper datastores such as install ISO attachments when deciding between gold and gold-2.
Adjust parent-run summary parsing so the watcher does not stop at the "Recorded Run" detection log line and miss later host rows in Mattermost status output.
Document the 2026-04-15 failure mode in ATVM run learnings so future watcher/reporting work preserves the broader Cloud Run Finished block parsing rule.
- skip report artifacts that disappear during watcher post-processing
- use safe mtime handling for XML and mochawesome discovery
- prevent watcher crashes from transient FileNotFoundError races
- map AutomatedTest-VMBootImg-Gold to gold and Gold-2 to gold-2
- require live vCenter placement checks for explicit VM lists
- stop mixed gold/gold-2 requests before planning ATVM runs
- return hostname-only datastore inventories by default
- tell the operator about the vCenter placement check before showing run commands
- clarify that repo inventory files are not the source of truth for current datastore membership
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