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Problem

A build upload can succeed and the build can be discovered before the separate What to Test request is rejected. The previous behavior returned only the API error, so operators and automation lost the build ID and the direct recovery path. Retrying the original upload command could waste time and create ambiguity around an artifact that already exists.

The API schema defines betaBuildLocalizations whatsNew as a string and does not publish a maximum length. This change therefore keeps the server authoritative instead of enforcing a guessed local ceiling.

Behavior

When asc builds upload or asc publish testflight reaches a discovered build and setting What to Test notes fails, the human error now preserves the sanitized build ID, locale, and original API detail. It explicitly says not to upload again and shows this shell-neutral template:

asc builds test-notes create --build-id BUILD_ID --locale LOCALE --whats-new NOTES

BUILD_ID and LOCALE refer to the values reported earlier in the same error, and NOTES means reuse the original notes. The human error never embeds the notes themselves, so multiline text and terminal controls cannot forge logs or terminal output. It also avoids claiming one quoting convention works across every supported shell.

For asc publish testflight uploads, the existing partial result remains: status is partial, failureStage is test_notes, and completed stages are retained. JSON output also adds a typed recovery object containing:

  • exact buildId, locale, and submittedNotes values
  • command set to asc
  • a shell-neutral arguments array suitable for direct process execution

JSON preserves multiline and control-heavy notes exactly; automation does not need to parse or evaluate a shell command. Human table and Markdown output continue to rely on the sanitized error guidance.

asc builds upload receives the same human recovery context without changing its structured output schema. Direct asc builds test-notes create and update calls remain server-authoritative and otherwise unchanged.

Scope

  • remove the undocumented numeric preflight and all tests that encoded it
  • add one typed post-upload recovery error with separate human and machine representations
  • apply it only at the builds upload and publish testflight post-discovery notes failure sites
  • preserve wrapped API errors so existing status and exit classification continue to work

No command, flag, help text, success output, or existing JSON field changes. The recovery JSON object is additive and only appears on the partial publish failure it describes.

Verification

TDD established failures in both upload entry points before implementation. Coverage now verifies:

  • a 422 after build discovery preserves build, locale, and complete server detail
  • human diagnostics omit raw notes and all interpreted terminal controls
  • human retry guidance is cross-platform and never implies another upload
  • publish partial JSON preserves multiline and control-heavy submitted notes exactly
  • the typed command and argument array round-trip hostile whitespace and metacharacters without a shell
  • wrapped API error classification remains available

Local gates passed:

  • make build
  • make format
  • make check-docs
  • make lint (0 issues)
  • ASC_BYPASS_KEYCHAIN=1 make test

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved error reporting when TestFlight notes cannot be created or updated during build upload and publishing.
    • Errors now include build, locale, notes context, and the underlying server reason, with unsafe terminal characters removed.
    • Added a copyable retry command with safely quoted values.
    • Publishing preserves partial results, including completed upload and processing stages, when notes fail.
    • Structured output now includes recovery details for retrying failed notes updates.

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Test notes localization failures now return contextual recovery errors with the discovered build, locale, failure cause, and a shell-safe retry command. Upload and publishing tests verify recovery details and preserved output.

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Test notes recovery

Layer / File(s) Summary
Recovery error construction and result contract
internal/cli/shared/test_notes.go, internal/cli/shared/test_notes_test.go, internal/asc/output_publish.go, internal/asc/publish.go
TestNotesRecoveryError wraps the original cause, sanitizes diagnostics, and exposes retry metadata. TestFlightPublishResult carries the optional recovery payload. Tests verify cause wrapping and exact retry arguments.
Upload and publish recovery integration
internal/cli/builds/builds_commands.go, internal/cli/publish/publish.go, internal/cli/cmdtest/builds_upload_wait_test.go, internal/cli/publish/publish_local_build_test.go
Build upload and TestFlight publishing use contextual recovery errors for localization failures. Tests verify preserved build context, partial output, retry guidance, sanitized text, request sequencing, and single-upload behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 13f1d

When post-upload What to Test localization fails, the recovery guidance always invokes the create operation, so an update failure may not be retryable through the provided command and could require manual correction. This bounded recovery correctness issue should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant BuildsUpload
  participant PublishTestFlight
  participant AppStoreConnectAPI
  participant TestNotesRecoveryError
  BuildsUpload->>AppStoreConnectAPI: create localized test notes
  PublishTestFlight->>AppStoreConnectAPI: create localized test notes
  AppStoreConnectAPI-->>BuildsUpload: return localization failure
  AppStoreConnectAPI-->>PublishTestFlight: return localization failure
  BuildsUpload->>TestNotesRecoveryError: add build, locale, notes, and cause
  PublishTestFlight->>TestNotesRecoveryError: add build, locale, notes, and cause
  TestNotesRecoveryError-->>BuildsUpload: return retry command
  TestNotesRecoveryError-->>PublishTestFlight: return retry command
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@rudrankriyam rudrankriyam added p2 Medium priority: useful fix with clear workaround or limited blast radius hard Large or high-risk issue with significant design and implementation work labels Aug 19, 2026
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@rudrankriyam rudrankriyam changed the title feat(testflight): validate what to test length before beta notes API calls fix(testflight): make post-upload test-notes failures recoverable Aug 19, 2026
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