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Telemetry shows these are the two most-failed required flags in the CLI. Both failures were pure ergonomics: the flag was obtainable, but the command gave the caller no way to get there.

asc web review subscriptions list now honors the ASC_APP_ID fallback

Verified at HEAD: ASC_APP_ID=123 asc web review subscriptions list errored with --app is required. The command read *appID directly and exited before any fallback, while every sibling web read command (web app-availability, web apps compatibility, web privacy, web apps medical-device, web analytics) resolves through shared.ResolveAppID, which falls back to the ASC_APP_ID env var and then the config profile. Agents that rely on that fallback everywhere else dead-ended on this one command.

I checked whether web commands have a deliberate reason to skip the fallback. They do not: web commands use session auth rather than API keys, but app resolution is independent of the auth mechanism, and seven web command files already use shared.ResolveAppID. This was an inconsistency, not a design decision.

  • --app now resolves via shared.ResolveAppID.
  • The error became --app is required (or set ASC_APP_ID), matching sibling wording.
  • Flag help updated to App ID (or ASC_APP_ID env).

The explicit-flag path is byte-for-byte unchanged and has its own regression test asserting that --app still wins over a conflicting ASC_APP_ID.

Scope note: this changes list only. The mutating subcommands (attach, remove, attach-group, remove-group) still require an explicit --app. Letting an ambient env var silently retarget a review-state mutation is a separate decision from fixing a read command, so I left it out of this PR rather than bundling it.

asc xcode-cloud build-runs list now names the discovery command

Verified at HEAD: a bare invocation said --workflow-id is required and stopped, with no path to obtain a workflow ID. It now reads:

Error: --workflow-id is required. Find workflow IDs with: asc xcode-cloud workflows list --app <app>

The discovery command and its flags were verified against live --help. Nothing is auto-resolved or guessed; this is a hint only.

The shared parent-list helper gained an optional hint argument. The sibling commands that share it (build-runs builds, actions list, both keyed on --run-id) keep their existing plain message, locked in by a new guard test.

Correction to one premise

The task framing assumed both commands emitted missing-required errors without a structured failure parameter. That held for web review subscriptions list, which used bare shared.UsageError (no diagnostic) — now wrapped with shared.WithDiagnostic(..., DiagnosticRequiredInputMissing, "--app").

It did not hold for xcode-cloud build-runs list. That path already routed through shared.MissingRequiredUsageError, which has attached required_input_missing with the correct --workflow-id parameter since the diagnostics convention landed. I confirmed this with an assertion that passed before any change on that command. No classification fix was needed there; I added the assertion as a regression guard rather than claiming credit for a fix. If telemetry is recording failure_parameter=None for that command, the gap is downstream of the CLI error value, not in the command.

Tests

  • TestWebReviewSubscriptionsListCommandResolvesAppFromEnv — RED first; asserts the request is issued against app 123 from ASC_APP_ID with no flag.
  • TestWebReviewSubscriptionsListCommandExplicitFlagWinsOverEnv — explicit flag beats a conflicting env value.
  • TestWebReviewSubscriptionsListCommandMissingAppReportsFallbackAndDiagnostic — stderr wording plus required_input_missing / --app.
  • TestXcodeCloudBuildRunsListMissingWorkflowIDPointsAtDiscoveryCommand — RED first; covers both build-runs and build-runs list.
  • TestXcodeCloudParentListMissingIDsKeepUnhintedMessage — siblings keep the unhinted message and their own parameter.

Env-dependent tests isolate ASC_APP_ID with t.Setenv.

make build, make format, make check-docs, make lint (0 issues), and ASC_BYPASS_KEYCHAIN=1 make test all pass, with zero failures across the suite. No live API calls. docs/COMMANDS.md regenerated clean — it does not document web subcommand flags at this depth, so there is no doc delta.

Risks

Low. One behavior change reaches users: web review subscriptions list invoked with no --app in an environment where ASC_APP_ID or a config-profile app ID is set now lists that app instead of erroring. That is the intended fix and matches every sibling command, but it is the one case where a previously failing invocation now succeeds.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Web review subscription listing now supports the ASC_APP_ID environment variable when --app is not provided.
    • Help text explains the available app ID fallback.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved missing-input errors with structured diagnostics and actionable guidance.
    • Xcode Cloud build-run commands now explain how to find required workflow IDs.
    • Existing parent-list commands retain clear, concise required-flag messages.

`asc web review subscriptions list` hard-required --app and exited before
any fallback, so agents relying on the ASC_APP_ID env or config profile
everywhere else hit a wall on this one command. Resolve --app through
shared.ResolveAppID like every sibling web read command, and classify the
remaining missing-required failure with a structured diagnostic so the
parameter is recorded instead of being reported as unset.

The explicit --flag path is unchanged and covered by a regression test.
A bare `asc xcode-cloud build-runs list` reported only that --workflow-id
was required, leaving no path to obtain one. Append the discovery command
to the missing-flag error so callers can resolve it in one step.

The parent-list helper gains an optional hint argument; sibling commands
that share it keep their existing plain message, covered by a new guard
test. No workflow is auto-resolved or guessed.
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The PR adds workflow-ID discovery hints to Xcode Cloud list commands. It also lets web review subscriptions resolve the app ID from --app or ASC_APP_ID and validates missing input with structured diagnostics.

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Xcode Cloud missing-ID guidance
internal/cli/xcodecloud/..., internal/cli/cmdtest/xcode_cloud_build_runs_workflow_hint_test.go
The paginated list helper accepts an optional hint. Build-run commands provide workflow discovery guidance only where applicable. Tests verify hints, required-input errors, flag.ErrHelp, and structured diagnostics.
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internal/cli/web/web_review_subscriptions.go, internal/cli/web/web_review_subscriptions_test.go
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In `@internal/cli/web/web_review_subscriptions_test.go`:
- Around line 1659-1684: Extend
TestWebReviewSubscriptionsListCommandMissingAppReportsFallbackAndDiagnostic to
assert errors.Is(runErr, flag.ErrHelp), the exact error text, empty stdout, and
that resolveSessionFn is not called, while preserving the existing structured
diagnostic assertions.

In `@internal/cli/web/web_review_subscriptions.go`:
- Line 453: Update the command’s ShortUsage synopsis near the app flag
declaration so --app is shown as optional, matching the ASC_APP_ID environment
fallback; leave the flag behavior and other usage text unchanged.
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@rudrankriyam rudrankriyam added this to the 4.6.1 milestone Aug 19, 2026
@rudrankriyam rudrankriyam added p2 Medium priority: useful fix with clear workaround or limited blast radius medium Moderate scope with some cross-file or design work labels Aug 19, 2026
@rudrankriyam rudrankriyam modified the milestones: 4.6.1, 4.8.1 Aug 19, 2026
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