fix(lab): align passive CL-09 production read surfaces

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Summary

• Follow up on the merged CL-09 passive production work from feat(lab): CL-09 passive production evidence #1489.
• Let GET /api/lab/production-signals use the passive projection's own 200-signal maximum instead of the generic 100-row Lab pagination cap, while keeping all generic Lab pages capped at 100.
• Validate ocx lab production-signals --subject before entering the query layer so malformed route subject IDs report the actual usage error instead of the generic lab read failed message.
• Add focused regressions for the endpoint-specific limit and CLI validation.

The earlier review candidate that filesystem read failures were being mapped to 400 invalid_subject was rechecked against current dev and intentionally excluded: readRecentUsageEntries catches those read failures internally and returns an empty history, so that failure mode does not reach this route catch.

Verification

• Compared dev...agent/fix-cl09-passive-read-validation: 3 files changed, 0 commits behind current dev, no unrelated churn.
• Re-read the changed route and CLI sections after publication to verify the endpoint-only limit override and exact subject validation.
• Local Bun checks were not available in this execution environment, so the focused regression file and repository CI are the executable validation path for this draft.

Checklist

• Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
• Docs or release notes were updated when needed. No docs change: this fixes validation/limit behaviour of an existing internal Lab inspection surface without adding configuration or a new command.
• Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults. The management API change only adjusts integer validation; auth, CORS, credentials, and response data are unchanged.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved validation for Lab subject IDs in the production-signals command, providing a specific usage error for malformed IDs.
  • Updated passive production signal queries to accept valid endpoint-specific limits while continuing to reject unsupported limits.
  • Improved error handling and messaging for invalid query limits across supported Lab interfaces.
  • Ensured invalid requests fail consistently with clearer, more actionable feedback.

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Walkthrough

The management API now applies an endpoint-specific production limit. The CLI validates exact Lab route subject IDs before querying production signals. Tests cover accepted and rejected limits, malformed IDs, cleanup, and environment restoration.

Changes

Lab passive production surfaces

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Endpoint-specific production limits src/server/management/lab-routes.ts	parseLimit accepts an optional maximum bound. The production-signals route uses PASSIVE_PRODUCTION_MAX_LIMIT for range checks and error messages.
CLI subject validation src/cli/lab.ts	The production-signals command validates subjects with isLabRouteSubjectId and reports invalid values as a CLI usage error before querying signals.
Passive production surface tests tests/lab-passive-production-surfaces.test.ts	Tests cover accepted and rejected management API limits, error codes and messages, malformed CLI subject IDs, temporary directories, and environment restoration.

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

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 19af6

The PR makes localized endpoint-limit and CLI validation changes; the remaining merge-readiness risk is that test cleanup may erase a pre-existing process-global configuration value and affect later tests. The PR is mergeable with explicit owner awareness or a follow-up to restore prior state.

Possibly related PRs

• lidge-jun/opencodex#1378: Extends the Lab CLI and management route surfaces with related validation behavior.
• lidge-jun/opencodex#1489: Directly relates to the production-signals CLI command and management route.
• lidge-jun/opencodex#1681: Relates to passive production route-subject resolution and validation.

Suggested reviewers: ingwannu, lidge-jun

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