# Protect Test Integrity

Protect Test Integrity: what it does, its label on each agent, what it misses, and examples.

Catalog policy protect-test-integrity, version 0.0.3, labelled blocks on Claude Code.

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## What it does

Blocks weakening tests to turn them green: a deleted test file (commit only), a net loss of assertions, or an added vacuous assertion (assert True, expect(true).toBe(true)). Added skips are block-test-skips. Runs: commit (incl. an agent's commit: CHOCK_AGENT_COMMIT, CLAUDECODE=1, AI_AGENT or agent_commit_env), agent write (vs disk), turn's end (vs HEAD). Waiver: 'chock: allow test-integrity' on an added line. Person's commit: honoured. Agent: only if already in HEAD; it asks a person.

## On each agent

| Agent | Label | What it does there |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Claude Code | Blocks | Blocks on an agent's file writes and at turn end |
| Cursor | Blocks | Blocks on an agent's file writes and at turn end |
| Codex | Blocks | Blocks on an agent's file writes and at turn end. If the hook errors, the action goes through (not witnessed; the vendor's row is only partly live-run) |
| GitHub Copilot | Blocks | Blocks at turn end only. It does not check a file write when it happens. If the hook errors, the action goes through (not witnessed; the vendor's row is only partly live-run) |
| Devin | Blocks | Blocks at turn end only. It does not check a file write when it happens. If the hook errors, the action goes through (vendor docs only, not witnessed) |
| Grok | Not graded | Not graded yet for Grok |
| goose | Not graded | Not graded yet for goose |
| Antigravity | Not graded | Not graded yet for Antigravity |
| OpenHands | Not graded | Not graded yet for OpenHands |
| Kimi Code | Not graded | Not graded yet for Kimi Code |
| Factory Droid | Not graded | Not graded yet for Factory Droid |

## What it misses

This policy does not state what it misses.

## Examples from its eval suite

Refused: A failing test is made green by cutting two of its three assertions.

Allowed: A test is refactored: assertions are reworded and moved into a helper, and none is lost.

## More

- [The policy on the catalog pages](https://chock.sh/coding/policies/protect-test-integrity/)
- [Source at the pinned catalog commit](https://github.com/open-coder-ai/chock-catalog/tree/1e60d211c1bb767152c6ab0167932da06ab3a10f/base/protect-test-integrity)


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