fix(pipeline): stop CI/tooling config URLs from minting infra Route nodes

src/pipeline/pipeline.c

@@ -613,6 +613,47 @@ static bool is_infra_file(const char *fp) {
             strstr(fp, ".tf") != NULL || strstr(fp, ".hcl") != NULL || strstr(fp, ".toml") != NULL);
 }
 
+/* CI/tooling configs describe the development TOOLCHAIN — their URLs are
+ * repository/action/registry references, never endpoints this service
+ * exposes. Minting infra Route nodes from them lets the route matcher's
+ * root-service heuristic attach every handler of an ambiguous "/" route to
+ * each tooling URL (junk HANDLES churn on plain pallets/flask, #999).
+ * Deny by file identity, not URL shape: deployment configs (Cloud
+ * Scheduler, compose) keep minting their genuine endpoints. */
+static bool is_ci_tooling_config(const char *fp) {
+    if (!fp) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (strstr(fp, ".github/") != NULL || strstr(fp, ".gitlab/") != NULL ||
+        strstr(fp, ".circleci/") != NULL) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    const char *slash = strrchr(fp, '/');
+    const char *base = slash ? slash + 1 : fp;
+    static const char *const tooling[] = {".pre-commit-config.yaml",
+                                          ".pre-commit-hooks.yaml",
+                                          ".gitlab-ci.yml",
+                                          ".travis.yml",
+                                          "azure-pipelines.yml",
+                                          "appveyor.yml",
+                                          "bitbucket-pipelines.yml",
+                                          ".readthedocs.yaml",
+                                          ".readthedocs.yml",
+                                          "codecov.yml",
+                                          ".codecov.yml",
+                                          ".goreleaser.yaml",
+                                          ".goreleaser.yml",
+                                          ".golangci.yml",
+                                          ".golangci.yaml",
+                                          NULL};
+    for (int i = 0; tooling[i]; i++) {
+        if (strcmp(base, tooling[i]) == 0) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 /* True when a YAML key path denotes an UPSTREAM dependency, CONFIG value, or
  * HEALTHCHECK target rather than an endpoint this service exposes. Such URLs
  * (auth JWKS, downstream service base URLs, package-registry URLs, healthcheck
@@ -681,7 +722,8 @@ static void cbm_pipeline_extract_infra_routes(cbm_gbuf_t *gbuf, const cbm_file_i
     CBMHashTable *denied = cbm_ht_create(16);
     for (int pass = 0; pass < 2; pass++) {
         for (int i = 0; i < file_count; i++) {
-            if (!result_cache[i] || !is_infra_file(files[i].rel_path)) {
+            if (!result_cache[i] || !is_infra_file(files[i].rel_path) ||
+                is_ci_tooling_config(files[i].rel_path)) {
                 continue;
             }
             for (int si = 0; si < result_cache[i]->string_refs.count; si++) {

tests/test_lang_contract.c

@@ -1202,6 +1202,100 @@ TEST(contract_edge_imports_alias_resolves_real_file_issue767) {
     PASS();
 }
 
+/* #999: URLs in CI/tooling configs (.pre-commit-config.yaml, .github/
+ * workflows) are repository references for TOOLING, not endpoints this
+ * service exposes. They must not mint __route__infra__ Route nodes — the
+ * route matcher's root-service heuristic otherwise attaches every handler
+ * of an ambiguous "/" route to each junk URL (HANDLES churn on plain
+ * pallets/flask). */
+static int count_infra_routes_matching(cbm_store_t *store, const char *project,
+                                       const char *substr) {
+    cbm_node_t *nodes = NULL;
+    int count = 0;
+    if (cbm_store_find_nodes_by_label(store, project, "Route", &nodes, &count) != CBM_STORE_OK)
+        return -1;
+    int hits = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+        const char *qn = nodes[i].qualified_name;
+        if (qn && strncmp(qn, "__route__infra__", (sizeof("__route__infra__") - 1)) == 0 &&
+            strstr(qn, substr))
+            hits++;
+    }
+    cbm_store_free_nodes(nodes, count);
+    return hits;
+}
+
+TEST(contract_edge_no_infra_routes_from_ci_configs_issue999) {
+    LangProj lp;
+    static const LangFile f[] = {
+        {"app.py", "from flask import Flask\n"
+                   "app = Flask(__name__)\n"
+                   "\n"
+                   "@app.route(\"/\")\n"
+                   "def index():\n"
+                   "    return \"hi\"\n"
+                   "\n"
+                   "@app.route(\"/auth/login\")\n"
+                   "def login():\n"
+                   "    return \"login\"\n"},
+        {".pre-commit-config.yaml", "repos:\n"
+                                    "  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit\n"
+                                    "    rev: v0.1.0\n"
+                                    "    hooks:\n"
+                                    "      - id: ruff\n"
+                                    "  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks\n"
+                                    "    rev: v4.5.0\n"
+                                    "    hooks:\n"
+                                    "      - id: trailing-whitespace\n"},
+        {".github/workflows/ci.yml", "name: CI\n"
+                                     "on: [push]\n"
+                                     "jobs:\n"
+                                     "  build:\n"
+                                     "    runs-on: ubuntu-latest\n"
+                                     "    steps:\n"
+                                     "      - uses: actions/checkout@v4\n"
+                                     "      - run: curl https://coverage.example.io/upload\n"}};
+    cbm_store_t *store = lang_index_files(&lp, f, 3);
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(store);
+    /* No tooling URL may materialize as an infra Route node. */
+    int gh_routes = count_infra_routes_matching(store, lp.project, "github.com");
+    int wf_routes = count_infra_routes_matching(store, lp.project, "coverage.example.io");
+    if (gh_routes != 0 || wf_routes != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr,
+                "  [999] FAIL infra routes from CI configs: github.com=%d workflows=%d "
+                "(expected 0/0)\n",
+                gh_routes, wf_routes);
+    }
+    ASSERT_EQ(gh_routes, 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(wf_routes, 0);
+    lang_cleanup(&lp, store);
+    PASS();
+}
+
+/* #999 inverse guard: genuine infra endpoint URLs (Cloud Scheduler push
+ * targets and similar deployment configs) must STILL mint infra Route
+ * nodes — the CI/tooling deny must be file-scoped, not a blanket URL kill. */
+TEST(contract_edge_infra_routes_from_deploy_configs_still_minted) {
+    LangProj lp;
+    static const LangFile f[] = {
+        {"scheduler.yaml",
+         "jobs:\n"
+         "  - name: nightly-sync\n"
+         "    schedule: \"0 3 * * *\"\n"
+         "    push_endpoint: https://sync.internal.example/api/v1/sync\n"}};
+    cbm_store_t *store = lang_index_files(&lp, f, 1);
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(store);
+    int routes = count_infra_routes_matching(store, lp.project, "sync.internal.example");
+    if (routes < 1) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "  [999] FAIL deploy-config endpoint minted %d infra routes "
+                        "(expected >=1)\n",
+                routes);
+    }
+    ASSERT_TRUE(routes >= 1);
+    lang_cleanup(&lp, store);
+    PASS();
+}
+
 /* DEPENDS_ON — Helm Chart.yaml `dependencies:` -> per-dependency Chart node.
  * Basename must be exactly "Chart.yaml"; pass_k8s runs in both pipeline paths. */
 TEST(contract_edge_depends_on) {
@@ -1411,6 +1505,8 @@ SUITE(lang_contract) {
     RUN_TEST(contract_edge_workspaces_imports_issue408);
     RUN_TEST(contract_edge_imports_alias_no_phantom_folder_edge_issue767);
     RUN_TEST(contract_edge_imports_alias_resolves_real_file_issue767);
+    RUN_TEST(contract_edge_no_infra_routes_from_ci_configs_issue999);
+    RUN_TEST(contract_edge_infra_routes_from_deploy_configs_still_minted);
     RUN_TEST(contract_edge_depends_on);
     RUN_TEST(contract_edge_parallel_service_edges);
     RUN_TEST(contract_edge_file_changes_with);