Update automation guide defaults so cmc-migrateops-compute-migration includes --set_static_ip_dest by default unless explicitly overridden. Clarify vmware-specific default as vm_platforms selection, and record the behavior change in run learnings for future runs.
Update ATVM run workflow rules to remove the default pre-run approval gate for automation requests while keeping safety checks around live running-state and spec verification. Set watcher-backed execution as the default unless explicitly overridden and require post-execution reporting of the exact template and runner commands used. Record the workflow shift in automation run learnings with a dated entry for future consistency.
Handle dict-shaped reporter events when deriving watcher host failures.
- parse reporter JSON events with type/message/severity fields
- preserve existing support for list-shaped event records
- record the false-PASS failure mode in ATVM automation run learnings
Execute the template step before starting watcher-backed ATVM runs.
- run --template-command synchronously in start-atvm-run.sh
- write template output to /tmp/<build>.launch.log
- stop before watcher/runner startup if template generation fails
- document the corrected wrapper behavior in watcher-service docs
- record the stale specPattern failure mode in automation run learnings
Update the ATVM git instructions so controller-repo git drafting and the SSH-prefixed push example only apply when the operator explicitly asks for the e2e cypress repo or a close variation.
Align AGENTS.md with git-guide.md so generic ATVM git requests no longer assume the controller repo by default.
Add an AGENTS.md rule for vCenter VM snapshot requests so snapshot names default to the format using the local America/New_York timezone unless the operator requests a different name.
Update the ATVM git guide so push examples do not hardcode origin/main.
Prefer the operator-specified remote and branch when provided, and otherwise draft a generic SSH-prefixed git push command or use the remote/branch already established in context.
Add a dedicated ESX VM guide for read-first hardware change workflows,
including disk creation, datastore VMDK attachment, and PCI passthrough
assignment.
Update the existing lookup/assignment runbook and top-level docs to
reference the new guide and require explicit reporting of VM name
mismatches and missing datastore directories before any change.
Prefer failing and terminal host results when merging supplemental
subrun artifacts so a later partial artifact cannot overwrite a more
authoritative outcome.
Also point ATVM agent guidance at the ATVM-specific git guide and add
that guide to document draft-only commit handling and the default SSH
command pattern.
require categorized PASS results to be confirmed from the child run log or Cloud Run Finished summary
forbid treating watcher host_results, grouped XML, or check-xml-files.ts alone as proof of PASS
record the 2026-04-24 false-PASS incident as a run learning
