fix(broker): resolve repo assignments on the receiving node

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Dependency

• Depends on feat(fleet): add privacy-safe repository registration contract #1581; merge the wire registration contract first.

Summary

• propagate the validated node definition repoPaths map to the native broker only during startup, then remove the private bridge before workers or compiled providers can inherit it
• advertise deterministic placement-safe repository keys only; native registration uses repo_keys and the served-provider compatibility path uses validated repo: tags, while absolute checkout paths remain node-private
• resolve top-level or nested repo assignments against the receiving node local map immediately before spawn and ignore every legacy remote cwd/clone field when a repo is present
• fail closed for malformed or conflicting assignments, malformed/duplicate keys, missing mappings, missing paths, and file-not-directory mappings without falling back to broker cwd

Validation

• cargo fmt --all -- --check
• sanitized full cargo test -p agent-relay-broker: 1033 unit + 16 integration passed, 4 ignored
• focused resolver Rust tests: 26 passed
• npm run typecheck
• focused Vitest: 2 files, 84 tests passed
• Prettier check on broker lifecycle files
• git diff --check and staged credential-signature scan

Review follow-up

• fixes duplicate raw JSON key handling reported in discussion_r3810871365 and discussion_r3810886588
• reads the SDK top-level repo field reported in discussion_r3810886572
• rejects malformed assignment containers and invalid wire repo_keys reported in discussion_r3811019393 and discussion_r3811019400
• verified discussion_r3811019388 is not applicable: published @relaycast/sdk exposes tags but no repo_keys option, and this repository deliberately derives RelayNode.repoKeys from validated repo: tags for that provider path
• no merge performed; lead authorization remains required

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Walkthrough

The change adds validated node-local repository paths to broker startup and runtime state. Registration exposes only repository keys. Fleet assignments resolve local checkout paths before worker spawn. CLI tests and documentation cover propagation, privacy, validation, and cleanup.

Changes

Node-local repository placement

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Registration wire contract crates/broker/src/fleet_wire.rs, crates/broker/src/runtime/init.rs	NodeRegister now carries optional validated repository keys. Manifest serialization omits unconfigured keys and excludes private checkout paths.
CLI startup transport packages/cli/src/cli/lib/broker-lifecycle.ts, packages/cli/src/cli/lib/node-provider-child.test.ts, packages/cli/src/cli/lib/broker-lifecycle.test.ts	The CLI passes validated repoPaths to the broker through a temporary environment variable and restores the previous value after startup.
Broker assignment resolution crates/broker/src/runtime/relaycast_events.rs, crates/broker/src/runtime/event_loop.rs, crates/broker/src/runtime/fleet.rs, crates/broker/src/runtime/mod.rs, crates/broker/src/runtime/tests.rs	The broker stores node-local paths, validates assignments, and resolves local checkout paths before spawning workers.
Documentation and release records packages/fleet/README.md, CHANGELOG.md, .agentworkforce/trajectories/completed/2026-08/...	Documentation and completed trajectory records describe private paths, public repository keys, and repository assignment behavior.

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The PR changes repository assignment handling so work resolves against the receiving node’s local repository map and fails closed for invalid mappings. No current code or check failure blocks merging, but the supporting change records still need follow-up for timezone consistency, traceability, and a clearer distinction between provider tags and native repository keys.

Possibly related issues

• repoPaths never reaches node registration on the native-broker path (11.8.0) #1582 — The PR adds and propagates repoPaths through broker startup and registration, matching the issue’s missing repository-key and tag objectives.

Possibly related PRs

• AgentWorkforce/relay#1239 — Shares the fleet registration, broker initialization, and repo_keys pathways.
• AgentWorkforce/relay#1581 — Shares the node-local repoPaths and repo_keys validation flow.
• AgentWorkforce/relay#1583 — Shares broker and CLI repository-registration propagation logic.

Suggested reviewers: khaliqgant, willwashburn

Poem

A rabbit maps each local den,
Keeps secret paths from Relaycast’s pen.
Keys hop through the wire with care,
Workers find their checkouts there.
The broker starts, then cleans the air.

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In `@crates/broker/src/runtime/relaycast_events.rs`:
- Around line 22-44: The configuration parser around NODE_REPO_PATHS_ENV
currently loses repeated JSON keys during BTreeMap deserialization, so the later
repo_paths duplicate check cannot detect them. Parse the JSON object in a way
that preserves and validates raw key occurrences, reject duplicate repository
keys before constructing the map, and add a regression test covering repeated
keys such as the same repository mapped to two paths.

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Repair gate from lead: the two-node fleet matrix failure is reproducible evidence of old-server compatibility, not a merge waiver. The job pins Relaycast eb7563ff, whose strict node.register schema predates repo_keys; this head emits repo_keys: [] even when repoPaths is undefined, so native node control is rejected while provider actions appear completed. Preserve three states: undefined config -> omit repo_keys; explicit {} -> send []; nonempty map -> send keys. Keep an empty resolver map in the undefined case so repo-bearing assignments still fail closed. Please add absent/explicit-empty/nonempty coverage, rerun the focused Rust gates and the fleet matrix, and report before merge. No force-push.

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Repair landed at 643bf8877. The runtime now preserves configuration presence end to end: no repoPaths bridge omits repo_keys for strict pre-field Relaycast servers; explicit {} still sends repo_keys: []; a nonempty map sends sorted keys. In all cases the spawn resolver owns an empty-or-configured local map and still fails closed for repo-bearing assignments. Evidence before promotion: focused absent/empty/nonempty env tests 3/3, bootstrap tests 3/3, full broker suite 1,033 unit + 16 integration passed with 4 ignored, cargo fmt, diff check, and credential-signature gate green. The new head CI is the authoritative fleet-matrix rerun.

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In @.agentworkforce/trajectories/completed/2026-08/traj_5ga3aenlthf7/summary.md:
- Around line 5-6: Update the trail renderer’s timestamp formatting to include
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- Around line 28-33: Update the trajectory decision record around the
repository-tag contract to document both representations: `repo:<owner/name>`
tags for the Fleet SDK and native broker `repo_keys` for startup, preserving
their distinct undefined, empty, and nonempty semantics. Apply the change to the
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origin/main (v11.8.0) is merged in at 148ce53ad and the PR is mergeable again. Requesting a fresh review specifically on the merge commit — the last reviews here are pinned to b606c0499 and eea1d8cf0, so the conflict resolution itself has had no review coverage.

The part worth looking at hardest is the three-way overlap with #1581, which landed a competing repository-key contract on main while this PR was open:

• crates/broker/src/fleet_wire.rs — kept this branch's NodeRegister serde validation of repo_keys (fails closed on both serialize and deserialize). Main had plain serde here.
• crates/broker/src/node_control.rs — took main's sanitising filter in build_node_register, which drops non-placement-safe and duplicate keys rather than erroring. This branch previously errored. Filtering wins because one misconfigured key should not take a whole node out of the fleet; the wire validation above stays as the boundary backstop for every other construction path and the inbound direction. Test taken from main to match.
• crates/broker/src/runtime/init.rs — kept this branch's repo_keys presence propagation. Main pinned it to None; propagating it is the substance of this PR.

The three-state presence contract is preserved end to end: None omits repo_keys for strict pre-field Relaycast servers, Some([]) serialises [] to authoritatively clear stale advertisements, and a nonempty map sends sorted keys. validate_repo_keys(&[]) returns Ok, so the clearing case survives the wire validator.

Note for reviewers: the local machine is out of disk, so this resolution was not compiled locally — CI is its only build verification. Please weight the Rust jobs accordingly.

The red E2E Tests that stalled this PR was not caused by it. Diagnosis and evidence are in #1550; it is a pre-existing startup race on main and is deliberately not fixed here.

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Learnt from: khaliqgant
Repo: AgentWorkforce/relay PR: 1578
File: .agentworkforce/trajectories/completed/2026-08/traj_5ga3aenlthf7/trajectory.json:28-33
Timestamp: 2026-08-19T11:31:54.844Z
Learning: For AgentWorkforce/relay, completed `trail` trajectory records describe the decisions and implementation state at the time of the recorded task. Do not require a completed historical trajectory to document a later-added native broker contract, such as `repo_keys`; document and test that later contract in its runtime sources instead.

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