# ACE Phase 6 — Execution Packet Generator — Report

## Primary commit hash
`17a72d6` (ACE Phase 6 — Implement immutable ExecutionPacketGenerator v1)

## Deploy confirmation
- **git_head (server):** `0264cc613fef47cc6161b5598a1636faa2d125e6` (commit `0264cc6`)
- **git_head (local):** `351d9f4` (latest after endpoint fix)
- **HTTP:** 200
- **Result:** Server deploy has not updated; version endpoint returns 200 but git_head on server (0264cc6) does not match current master. All curl tests run against older deployed code.

## 1️⃣ Valid generation
- **HTTP:** 500
- **Body:** `{"status":"error","code":"UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION"}`
- **PASS/FAIL:** FAIL
- **Note:** Expected 200 with packet JSON. Either global exception handler is catching (e.g. write/permission failure) or server is running older code. Code path: generate() builds packet; write to `ace/outbox/ACE-1.json` can fail with "Permission denied" on server; that is mapped to 500 in generator; if an exception escapes the endpoint catch, handler returns UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION.

## 2️⃣ Duplicate generation
- **HTTP:** 500
- **Body:** `{"status":"error","code":"UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION"}`
- **PASS/FAIL:** FAIL
- **Note:** Expected 409. Same as above; first run did not succeed so second run is not a true duplicate. Once valid generation returns 200 and writes the file, duplicate run must return 409 with `{"status":"error","message":"execution packet already exists"}`.

## 3️⃣ Missing task_id
- **HTTP:** 500
- **Body:** `{"status":"error","code":"UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION"}`
- **PASS/FAIL:** FAIL
- **Note:** Expected 400 with JSON error. Suggests an exception during request handling (e.g. during require of ExecutionPacketGenerator or before task_id check). Local code path for missing task_id does not throw and returns 400.

## 4️⃣ Invalid contract
- **HTTP:** 500
- **Body:** `{"status":"error","code":"UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION"}`
- **PASS/FAIL:** FAIL
- **Note:** Expected 400 with JSON error. ContractLoader::load('INVALID') throws; endpoint should catch and return 400. If global handler runs first, 500 is returned.

## 5️⃣ Emergency stop test
- **HTTP:** 500
- **Body:** `{"status":"error","code":"UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION"}`
- **PASS/FAIL:** FAIL
- **Note:** Expected 403 after setting `emergency_stop: true` in governance. Governance was set and pushed; test run returned 500. Revert was performed and pushed.

## Final revert verification
- **HTTP:** 200 (version.php) / 500 (test_packet_generator)
- **Body:** Governance reverted (emergency_stop removed); version and packet endpoint responses unchanged from above.
- **PASS/FAIL:** Revert completed and pushed; governance file no longer contains `emergency_stop`.

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## Summary
- **PHASE 6 FAILED**
- **Root cause:** All HTTP tests against the live server return 500 with `UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION`, indicating either (1) the global exception handler in `lib/error_bootstrap.php` is handling exceptions before the endpoint’s catch block (e.g. exception during require or from a different code path), or (2) the deployed code on the server is not the same as the committed Phase 6 code (version endpoint showed git_head at 0264cc6 instead of 17a72d6). Additionally, valid generation can fail with 500 if `ace/outbox/` is not writable by the PHP process on the server.

## Delivered artifacts (code complete)
- `ace/outbox/` created with `.gitkeep`
- `ace/ExecutionPacketGenerator.php` — immutable packet generator; state APPROVED_FOR_EXECUTION; contract/governance hashes; risk profile; 403/409/500 handling
- `dev/test_packet_generator.php` — GET `task_id`; 400/403/409/500 structured JSON responses
- Commit: `17a72d6` — "ACE Phase 6 — Implement immutable ExecutionPacketGenerator v1"
- Emergency stop test commit reverted (governance restored)