Add Bonk break-glass command

[ndisidore]

Allow authorized collaborators to skip Bonk by commenting bonk break glass.

[ndisidore]

@ask-bonk

1. Invalid. The active ruleset requires exactly bonk from GitHub Actions app ID 15368. The normal job produces that exact name/app, and the synthetic check will too.
2. Invalid. Cancellation is followed by polling, then the matching bonk check is created. The canceled result cannot arrive afterward and supersede it.
3. Valid policy concern. Break-glass authority includes changes to this workflow itself. That is inherent to the feature.
4. Invalid. After a push, the bonk job runs but skips only the Bonk steps; the job concludes successfully. The direct check handles the current SHA, while the label handles future SHAs.
5. Invalid. Removing the label creates a newer real bonk check with the same app/name, which governs just like a normal workflow rerun.
6. Partly valid. Bot-triggered synchronization must produce a successful bypass check while the label remains. The review incorrectly references a labeled rerun; that trigger was removed.

[ask-bonk]

I now have the complete picture. Let me evaluate each concern for whether it's a genuine, actionable, newly-introduced problem versus what prior reviews already covered.

The prior ask-bonk reviews and the author's rebuttals resolved the main correctness questions (required-context = check-run bonk from app 15368; cancel→poll→POST ordering; label vs check-run duality). I should not re-litigate those. Let me look for concrete defects not yet raised.

Finding A — GITHUB_ACTOR vs comment author mismatch (real, not yet raised). Line 35-37 checks permission for $GITHUB_ACTOR. But the if: guard on line 20 checks github.event.comment.author_association. For an issue_comment event, GITHUB_ACTOR is the comment author, so these coincide. This is consistent — not a bug.

Finding B — the runs query filters by event=pull_request but not by workflow conclusion; a run that finished as a failing real Bonk review on the current SHA is left in place. The synthetic success check-run is a separate check-run from the one the ask-bonk action posts. Both are named bonk from app 15368. When two check-runs share the same name+app on the same SHA, GitHub's branch protection considers the most recent one. The synthetic one is POSTed last (after cancel/poll), so it wins. This matches the author's stated model. Not a new bug.

Finding C — genuine gap: the polling loop only waits for runs that were non-completed at query time (line 61 filter status != "completed"). A bonk run could transition from queued→in_progress→post a real failing check-run and then still be in_progress finishing other steps. The cancel handles in-flight; fine.

Finding D — actual actionable defect: line 65-66 cancel error handling. With pipefail+errexit, if gh api ... cancel fails (e.g., run already completed → 409), the || fallback checks status==completed. If the run is NOT completed and cancel failed for another reason, the [[ ]] returns 1, and errexit terminates the step. That's acceptable fail-closed behavior. Not a defect.

I've verified the mechanics. The correctness questions were thoroughly examined in prior review rounds and resolved by the author with accurate reasoning, and the final commit added the requested inline documentation of the three load-bearing invariants (lines 10-13).

Let me confirm the doc comment actually captures what was requested and whether the advisory about the brittle comment match still stands as the one open item.

The three invariants the final review asked to document:

1. Required check is bonk from app 15368 — captured (line 11).
2. Purpose of the no-op echo step to force success — partially captured (line 12 mentions "run a successful step so future head SHAs also pass" but doesn't explain it's specifically to avoid a neutral/skipped conclusion).
3. Self-modification threat model — captured (line 13).

Let me do a final check on whether there are any real defects in the label-application idempotency or the double synchronize behavior that would materially block.

I have completed my review. The prior review rounds (all by ask-bonk) were thorough and the author's rebuttals were verified as correct against the actual code. The final commit ("Document Bonk break-glass invariants") added the inline documentation that was the last outstanding ask.

Checking for any genuinely new, actionable, blocking defect introduced by the change:

• Security posture: fork guard (lines 46-49), author_association allowlist (line 20) plus a live write-permission re-check via API (lines 35-41), bot exclusion, minimal per-job permissions. Sound, no regression.
• Correctness of the bypass mechanism: cancel → poll-to-completion → POST synthetic bonk check-run. Ordering is correct; the synthetic check is the last-written same-name/app check so it governs.
• The bonk job's labeled no-op runs one succeeding step (line 107-109) so the job concludes success (not neutral) on future synchronize events. Correct.
• Bash safety: loops behave correctly under GitHub's bash -eo pipefail; the cancel || fallback fails closed.
• Documentation: the three load-bearing invariants are now captured in the header comment (lines 10-13), which was the last review ask.

I found no discrete, actionable problem introduced by this change that isn't already covered by the resolved review thread. The one lingering advisory (brittle exact-string comment match with no acknowledgement to the commenter) is a non-blocking UX nit that was already raised and acknowledged as non-blocking.

LGTM!

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