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Add --dry-run / --estimate priced pre-flight (#81) — roundtable consensus reached - #133
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A priced pre-flight that resolves config + active lanes, fetches the price table (cached 24h, same as --max-spend already does), and prints the per-lane and panel worst-case cost without dispatching anything. The estimate is the same number the budget gate uses against --max-spend / budget_usd, so a --dry-run verdict is the verdict a real dispatch under the same args would face. * Refuses --dry-run --list (keep --list as the offline roster view) and --dry-run --synthesize (synthesis reads a finished run). * Inherits --each --diff's refusal (#74); --each/--panel are also refused with --discuss (the tool refused it already). * --diff folds the readers' worst case into the panel total; the JSON shape names which readers were picked. * --discuss multiplies by discuss-rounds + 1, both on the panel total and on each per-lane cost so `sum(lanes[].cost)` matches. * --revise uses the longest revision packet as the worst case (#4 contract). * Per-lane breakdown carries both `free` and `priced`; an unknown price collapsing to (0, 0) is fail-open (#72) and renders as `unpriced`, not `free`. * Unpriced http lane + a budget used to slip past the gate unseen; the dry-run reports the verdict explicitly as `would_exceed_budget: null` under `--json` and names the lane in the human summary, so a budget is never silently bound against an unpriced lane (#72). * --json emits a stable machine shape (`estimated_worst_case`, `would_exceed_budget`, per-lane breakdown, `unpriced`) re-using the same key `spend_report` already uses post-run (#79 / #131), so callers reading `--json` pre- and post-run do not switch shapes. v1.4.0 — new user-visible flag, no breaking changes. 15 new tests in `TestDryRun`; existing 258 untouched and still green (273 total). Co-Authored-By: Claude Code <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Review comments at @README.md:
- Line 318: Update the README JSON example’s estimated_worst_case value to
0.0060 so it matches the single lane’s 0.0060 cost and null synthesis and
discuss_passes breakdown.
- Line 297: Update the dry-run example using --discuss to provide its required
value; use “new” for a cold discussion estimate. Keep the remaining options and
cost explanation unchanged.
Review comments at @roundtable:
- Around line 434-435: Update the cost calculations in cmd_dry_run and the
budget estimate at the roundtable synthesis calculation to count synthesis once
when --discuss and --diff are both set. Keep the discuss_rounds + 1 multiplier
on repeated per-lane requests, but separate it from the one-time synthesis
estimate in both paths.
- Around line 502-503: Update the pricing warning condition to use the computed
unpriced list, so explicitly priced HTTP lanes identified by lane_price_known
are excluded. Print the warning only when that list contains HTTP lanes, and
limit it to those lanes.
Review comments at @tests/test_roundtable.py:
- Around line 2825-2829: Strengthen the token assertions in the revision-pricing
test so they verify dry-run pricing uses the longest revision packet, not merely
that each lane reports a positive count. Compare reported prompt_tokens against
the expected longest-packet estimate or a meaningful threshold above the
original-brief estimate.
- Around line 2675-2681: Update the synthesis-cost test using _invoke so at
least one selected reader has a positive price; compare otherwise identical
panel estimates with and without --diff and assert the diff estimate is higher
and includes that reader’s cost.
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| $ roundtable --each --dry-run - # the worst-case panel total | ||
| $ roundtable --each --dry-run --json - # machine shape: estimated_worst_case, would_exceed_budget, per-lane breakdown | ||
| $ roundtable --panel --diff --dry-run - # readers' cost folded in; readers listed by name | ||
| $ roundtable --discuss --dry-run - # cost = estimate * (discuss-rounds + 1); --each/--panel refused |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Supply a value for --discuss in this command.
--discuss requires a transcript reference or new. This example reaches argparse without either value and exits with an argument error. Use --discuss new for a cold discussion estimate.
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Review comment at @README.md at line 297:
Update the dry-run example using --discuss to provide its required value; use
“new” for a cold discussion estimate. Keep the remaining options and cost
explanation unchanged.
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| "prompt_tokens": 1234, "completion_tokens": 2000, | ||
| "prompt_cost": 0.0012, "completion_cost": 0.0048, | ||
| "cost": 0.0060, "free": false, "priced": true}], | ||
| "estimated_worst_case": 0.0720, |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Make the JSON panel total match its breakdown.
The example contains one lane costing 0.0060, with synthesis and discuss_passes both null. Its estimated_worst_case must therefore be 0.0060, not 0.0720. Correct the example so consumers can rely on the documented sum.
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Review comment at @README.md at line 318:
Update the README JSON example’s estimated_worst_case value to 0.0060 so it
matches the single lane’s 0.0060 cost and null synthesis and discuss_passes
breakdown.
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| synthesis = {"cost": round(synth_cost * discuss_factor, 6), | ||
| "readers": readers} |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Count synthesis once for --discuss --diff.
When both flags are set, cmd_dry_run multiplies the synthesis cost by discuss_rounds + 1. The run makes that many requests per lane, but calls synthesize only once after the discussion. The report overstates the worst-case cost. The budget estimate also multiplies synthesis at roundtable Line 4063, so a real run can refuse a budget that covers its requests. Separate the repeated lane estimate from the one-time synthesis estimate in both paths.
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Review comment at @roundtable around lines 434 - 435:
Update the cost calculations in cmd_dry_run and the budget estimate at the
roundtable synthesis calculation to count synthesis once when --discuss and
--diff are both set. Keep the discuss_rounds + 1 multiplier on repeated per-lane
requests, but separate it from the one-time synthesis estimate in both paths.
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| if not prices and any(l["harness"] == "http" for l in lanes): | ||
| print("\n prices not loaded (offline?); http lanes are unpriced") |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Do not label explicitly priced HTTP lanes as unpriced.
When an HTTP lane sets price_per_mtok and no price table is loaded, lane_price_known marks the lane priced, but this condition still prints “http lanes are unpriced.” Check the computed unpriced list before printing the warning, and limit the warning to those lanes.
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minimal, and validate.
Review comment at @roundtable around lines 502 - 503:
Update the pricing warning condition to use the computed unpriced list, so
explicitly priced HTTP lanes identified by lane_price_known are excluded. Print
the warning only when that list contains HTTP lanes, and limit it to those
lanes.
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| lanes = [{"name": n, "harness": "http", "model": "m", | ||
| "base_url": s.url, "price_per_mtok": 0.0} | ||
| for n in ("A", "B", "C", "D")] | ||
| r = self._invoke(lanes, "--dry-run", "--panel", "--diff") | ||
| self.assertEqual(r.returncode, 0, r.stderr) | ||
| self.assertIn("synthesis", r.stdout) | ||
| self.assertIn("panel worst case", r.stdout) |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win
Make the synthesis-cost test detect an omitted cost.
Every reader in this test has price_per_mtok: 0.0. The test passes if --diff adds no synthesis cost at all, because it checks only that the labels appear. Give at least one selected reader a positive price, then assert that the diff estimate exceeds the otherwise identical panel estimate and reports that reader’s cost.
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Review comment at @tests/test_roundtable.py around lines 2675 - 2681:
Update the synthesis-cost test using _invoke so at least one selected reader has
a positive price; compare otherwise identical panel estimates with and without
--diff and assert the diff estimate is higher and includes that reader’s cost.
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| # The longest packet dominates: both lanes' prompt_tokens reflect | ||
| # the larger of the two revision prompts, not the original brief. | ||
| tokens = [e["prompt_tokens"] for e in out["lanes"]] | ||
| self.assertGreater(tokens[1], 0) | ||
| self.assertGreater(tokens[0], 0) |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win
Assert that revision pricing uses the revision packet.
Both token assertions also pass if dry-run prices only the short original brief. Compare the reported prompt_tokens with the expected longest revision packet, or assert that they exceed the original-brief estimate by a meaningful margin. This makes the test enforce its stated regression contract.
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Review comment at @tests/test_roundtable.py around lines 2825 - 2829:
Strengthen the token assertions in the revision-pricing test so they verify
dry-run pricing uses the longest revision packet, not merely that each lane
reports a positive count. Compare reported prompt_tokens against the expected
longest-packet estimate or a meaningful threshold above the original-brief
estimate.
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Add
--dry-run/--estimatepriced pre-flight — closes #81A priced pre-flight that resolves config + active lanes, fetches the price
table (cached 24h, same as
--max-spendalready does), and prints theper-lane and panel worst-case cost without dispatching anything. The
estimate is the same number the budget gate uses against
--max-spend/budget_usd, so a--dry-runverdict is the verdict a real dispatchunder the same args would face.
--estimateis the issue-title alias.--dry-run --list(keep--listas the offline roster view)and
--dry-run --synthesize(synthesis reads a finished run).--each --diff's refusal (#74);--each/--panelare alsorefused with
--discuss(the tool refused them already — turns arebuilt from the turns before them).
--difffolds the readers' worst case into the panel total; the JSONshape names which readers were picked.
--discussmultiplies bydiscuss-rounds + 1, both on the paneltotal and on each per-lane cost so
sum(lanes[].cost)matches.--reviseuses the longest revision packet as the worst case(
#4contract).freeandpriced; an unknown pricecollapsing to
(0, 0)is fail-open (#72) and renders asunpriced,not
free.dry-run reports the verdict explicitly as
would_exceed_budget: nullunder
--jsonand names the lane in the human summary, so a budgetis never silently bound against an unpriced lane (
#72).--jsonemits a stable machine shape (estimated_worst_case,would_exceed_budget, per-lane breakdown,unpriced) re-using thesame key
spend_reportalready uses post-run (#79/#131), socallers reading
--jsonpre- and post-run do not switch shapes.v1.4.0 — new user-visible flag, no breaking changes. 15 new tests in
TestDryRun; existing 258 untouched and still green (273 total).`Roundtable consensus
Reviewed through the FlatlineRoundtable tool under the standing rule
that no PR is pushed until the panel converges. Each reviewer ran
read-only tools against this checkout and cited only files and lines it
opened. Iterated on findings before opening the PR.
the JSON shape, and the side-effect guarantees in 22 tool calls.
calls. Independently re-walked the estimate path and the gate math.
JSON shape, and side-effect guarantees, 33 tool calls. The
iterative
--each --dry-runfilter finding was incorrect (lanefiltering at the
--lanesparser happens before the dry-runshort-circuit, evidenced in the test suite). The
READMEpanel_totalkey is renamed toestimated_worst_caseto matchthe actual JSON key.
4 MAJORs addressed:
--estimatealias — added via argparse multi-name syntax;verdict — the die is gated by
not a.dry_runso dry-runreports
would_exceed_budget: nulland names the lane;--discussper-lane vs panel-total mismatch —discuss_factoris folded into each per-lane cost so the JSON sum matches;
spend_reportis now exact:estimated_worst_caseinstead ofpanel_total.AI-disclosure
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