Remediate one static-analysis finding
One finding from the scanner, fixed at the cause and pinned by a test so the rule cannot start firing again.
The ticket
Fix the code behind a single static-analysis finding and add a test that fails if it comes back.
Acceptance criteria
- The rule reports clean on the file
- A test covers the behaviour the fix changed
- No suppression comment is added
- The pull request explains why the original code was flagged
What lands as proof
The scanner clean on that rule, and a test that fails against the code as it was written before.
Why teams defer it
- The scanner reports hundreds at once. A wall of findings reads like a project rather than a ticket, and projects need planning before anybody touches them.
- Adding a suppression comment takes a few seconds and fixing the code takes an hour. The suppression list grows accordingly.
Questions
- What does the agent actually change?
- The ticket is scoped to one outcome: fix the code behind a single static-analysis finding and add a test that fails if it comes back. Work that serves that outcome is in scope, and anything outside it is left for a separate ticket, so the pull request stays reviewable.
- How do I know the work is done?
- The pull request carries the evidence, not only the diff. Here that means the rule stops firing, plus a test that pins the fix, so a reviewer can confirm the result without reproducing the work locally.
- How much oversight does this need?
- None is required before the run starts. Every claim this ticket makes can be checked by machine, so the agent works straight through and a person reviews the finished pull request like any other.