merge(plane): ax field names verbatim; pins and bindings as stripped annotations

Live test made opt-in (OUSAST_AX_LIVE=1) against the digest-pinned manifest
up.sh renders, so the host gate no longer depends on cluster state.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EmM1j46qgKMh3zqD1QMwEo

.kiro/specs/ai-service-plane/design.md

@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ container the same module is PID 1 (`ax-task-runner`), built as a target of the
   are rejected with the path named. `Model.spec.provider` accepts ax's `google` and `anthropic`, and `deepseek`
   only when `metadata.annotations["openultrasast.io/provider-extension"] == "true"` (Requirement 1.4): the
   deviation is declared, not hidden in another field.
+- Field names are ax's verbatim (`ax.proto`; its API server decodes with `protojson`, so an unknown field fails
+  `ax apply`): `metadata` is `name` and `atespace` (not `namespace`), and a Workspace `git` entry is `name`,
+  `repo`, `branch`, `dir`, `depth` (no `commit`; a `commit` there is rejected with a pointer to the annotation).
+  `metadata.annotations` is this project's only extension, and nothing under it reaches ax: the reconciler strips
+  it and carries it to the task as env. The Model binding (`openultrasast.io/model`) becomes `OUSAST_MODEL` and
+  `OUSAST_MODEL_PARAMS`. Commit pins (`openultrasast.io/git-commits: "<git name>=<40-hex sha>,..."` on a
+  Workspace) become `OUSAST_GIT_PINS` = `{"<workspace>/<git name>": "<sha>"}`, which the runner checks out after
+  fetching the way ax's `internal/workspace/setup.go` does, with the same `dir` and `depth` rules.
 - `Run`: `apiVersion: openultrasast.io/v1alpha1`. `spec.tasks[]`: `name`, `task` (a Task manifest name),
   `dependsOn[]`, `inputs{name: "<task>/<artifact>"}`, `outputs[]`, `budget{usd, calls}`, `serialize` (a label
   for tasks that must not overlap; engine-bearing tasks carry `engine`). The reconciler passes budgets and

benchmarks/measurements/2026-09-08-module-audit.json

@@ -679,7 +679,8 @@
       "reason": "ai-service-plane Req 1.1-1.4: ax-shaped Task/Workspace/Model and the Run kind, validated before anything runs",
       "importers": [
         "plane.reconciler",
-        "plane.runner"
+        "plane.runner",
+        "plane.workspaces"
       ]
     },
     {

src/openultrasast/plane/manifests.py

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 """Manifests of the model-level service plane.
 
 ``Task``, ``Workspace`` and ``Model`` follow google/ax (``apiVersion: ax.io/v1alpha1``) and carry only the
-fields ax documents. ``Run`` (``apiVersion: openultrasast.io/v1alpha1``) is this project's kind for the task
+fields ax documents, under ax's own names (``metadata.atespace``, not ``namespace``). ``metadata.annotations``
+is this project's extension: ax's ObjectMeta has no such field and its API server rejects unknown fields, so the
+reconciler strips annotations before anything reaches ``ax apply``. They declare the provider extension and carry
+the Model binding and the Workspace commit pins (``openultrasast.io/git-commits: "<git name>=<sha>,..."``), which
+reach the task as env. ``Run`` (``apiVersion: openultrasast.io/v1alpha1``) is this project's kind for the task
 graph, artifacts and budgets; it holds nothing a task needs to execute. Every schema violation raises
 :class:`ManifestError`, whose message names the kind, the ``metadata.name`` and the offending field path
 (``Task/verify: spec.foo is not a field``), before anything runs.
@@ -9,6 +13,7 @@ graph, artifacts and budgets; it holds nothing a task needs to execute. Every sc
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import re
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Mapping
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -20,6 +25,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "AX_API_VERSION",
     "AX_PROVIDERS",
     "EXTENSION_PROVIDERS",
+    "GIT_COMMITS_ANNOTATION",
     "PROVIDER_EXTENSION_ANNOTATION",
     "RUN_API_VERSION",
     "Budget",
@@ -48,6 +54,7 @@ __all__ = [
 AX_API_VERSION = "ax.io/v1alpha1"
 RUN_API_VERSION = "openultrasast.io/v1alpha1"
 PROVIDER_EXTENSION_ANNOTATION = "openultrasast.io/provider-extension"
+GIT_COMMITS_ANNOTATION = "openultrasast.io/git-commits"
 AX_PROVIDERS = frozenset({"google", "anthropic"})
 EXTENSION_PROVIDERS = frozenset({"deepseek"})
 
@@ -64,7 +71,7 @@ class ManifestError(ValueError):
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class Metadata:
     name: str
-    namespace: str | None = None
+    atespace: str | None = None
     annotations: Mapping[str, str] = field(default_factory=dict)
 
 
@@ -106,10 +113,13 @@ class Task:
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class GitSource:
+    """ax's ``GitRepo``: exactly ``name``, ``repo``, ``branch``, ``dir``, ``depth`` (a commit pin is an annotation)."""
+
     name: str
     repo: str
     branch: str | None = None
-    commit: str | None = None
+    dir: str | None = None
+    depth: int | None = None
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -138,6 +148,11 @@ class Workspace:
     mcp: McpSpec | None = None
     skills: SkillsSpec | None = None
 
+    @property
+    def pins(self) -> dict[str, str]:
+        """Git entry name -> 40-hex commit, from ``metadata.annotations["openultrasast.io/git-commits"]``."""
+        return _split_pins(self.metadata.annotations.get(GIT_COMMITS_ANNOTATION, ""))
+
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class SecretKey:
@@ -275,6 +290,12 @@ class _Check:
                 raise self.fail(_join(_join(path, key), str(item_key)), "must map a string to a non-empty string")
         return value
 
+    def optional_int(self, parent: Mapping[str, Any], path: str, key: str) -> int | None:
+        value = parent.get(key)
+        if value is not None and (isinstance(value, bool) or not isinstance(value, int) or value < 0):
+            raise self.fail(_join(path, key), "must be a non-negative integer")
+        return value
+
     def boolean(self, parent: Mapping[str, Any], path: str, key: str) -> bool:
         value = parent.get(key, False)
         if not isinstance(value, bool):
@@ -286,10 +307,10 @@ class _Check:
 
 
 def _parse_metadata(check: _Check, value: object) -> Metadata:
-    meta = check.mapping(value, "metadata", ("name", "namespace", "annotations"))
+    meta = check.mapping(value, "metadata", ("name", "atespace", "annotations"))
     return Metadata(
         name=check.string(meta, "metadata", "name"),
-        namespace=check.optional_string(meta, "metadata", "namespace"),
+        atespace=check.optional_string(meta, "metadata", "atespace"),
         annotations=check.string_map(meta, "metadata", "annotations"),
     )
 
@@ -329,20 +350,59 @@ def _parse_task(check: _Check, metadata: Metadata, spec: Mapping[str, Any]) -> T
     )
 
 
+_SHA = re.compile(r"[0-9a-f]{40}")
+
+
+def _pin_items(value: str) -> list[str]:
+    return [item for item in (part.strip() for part in value.split(",")) if item]
+
+
+def _split_pins(value: str) -> dict[str, str]:
+    """``name=sha,name=sha`` -> ``{name: sha}`` (validated at parse time by :func:`_check_pins`)."""
+    pairs = (item.partition("=") for item in _pin_items(value))
+    return {name.strip(): sha.strip() for name, _, sha in pairs}
+
+
+def _check_pins(check: _Check, metadata: Metadata, git: tuple[GitSource, ...]) -> None:
+    path = f'metadata.annotations["{GIT_COMMITS_ANNOTATION}"]'
+    names = {g.name for g in git}
+    for item in _pin_items(metadata.annotations.get(GIT_COMMITS_ANNOTATION, "")):
+        name, eq, sha = (part.strip() for part in item.partition("="))
+        if not eq or not name:
+            raise check.fail(path, f'item "{item}" must be "<git name>=<40-hex commit>"')
+        if name not in names:
+            raise check.fail(path, f'"{name}" names no spec.git entry')
+        if not _SHA.fullmatch(sha):
+            raise check.fail(path, f'"{name}={sha}" is not a 40-hex commit')
+
+
+def _parse_git(check: _Check, spec: Mapping[str, Any]) -> tuple[GitSource, ...]:
+    for index, entry in enumerate(check.sequence(spec, "spec", "git")):
+        if isinstance(entry, dict) and "commit" in entry:
+            raise check.fail(
+                f"spec.git[{index}].commit",
+                f'is not an ax field; pin the commit in metadata.annotations["{GIT_COMMITS_ANNOTATION}"] as "<git name>=<sha>"',
+            )
+    return tuple(
+        GitSource(
+            check.string(g, p, "name"),
+            check.string(g, p, "repo"),
+            check.optional_string(g, p, "branch"),
+            check.optional_string(g, p, "dir"),
+            check.optional_int(g, p, "depth"),
+        )
+        for p, g in check.mappings(spec, "spec", "git", ("name", "repo", "branch", "dir", "depth"))
+    )
+
+
 def _parse_workspace(check: _Check, metadata: Metadata, spec: Mapping[str, Any]) -> Workspace:
     mcp = check.optional_mapping(spec, "spec", "mcp", ("registries", "servers"))
     skills = check.optional_mapping(spec, "spec", "skills", ("registries", "path"))
+    git = _parse_git(check, spec)
+    _check_pins(check, metadata, git)
     return Workspace(
         metadata=metadata,
-        git=tuple(
-            GitSource(
-                check.string(g, p, "name"),
-                check.string(g, p, "repo"),
-                check.optional_string(g, p, "branch"),
-                check.optional_string(g, p, "commit"),
-            )
-            for p, g in check.mappings(spec, "spec", "git", ("name", "repo", "branch", "commit"))
-        ),
+        git=git,
         files=tuple(
             FileEntry(check.string(f, p, "path"), check.string(f, p, "content"))
             for p, f in check.mappings(spec, "spec", "files", ("path", "content"))

src/openultrasast/plane/reconciler.py

@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ file (the Task with its env extended, its Workspaces, one generated Workspace ca
 ``files`` entries, and the bound Model), runs ``ax apply -f``, polls ``ax get task`` until a terminal phase and
 ``ax delete task`` afterwards. The outcome is read from the delivered ``summary.json``, never from the phase alone.
 
-Model binding: a Task names its Model in ``metadata.annotations["openultrasast.io/model"]`` (ax's ObjectMeta has no
-annotations, so the rendered Task carries only ``name``/``atespace``); the task receives ``OUSAST_MODEL`` and the
-Model's ``spec.parameters`` as ``OUSAST_MODEL_PARAMS`` JSON (Req 7.1). Inputs: ``OUSAST_INPUT_<NAME>`` points into a
+ax's ObjectMeta is ``name``/``atespace`` and its API server rejects unknown fields, so rendered documents carry only
+ax's fields; ``openultrasast.io/*`` annotations are stripped and reach the task as env. Model binding: a Task names
+its Model in ``openultrasast.io/model``; the task receives ``OUSAST_MODEL`` and the Model's ``spec.parameters`` as
+``OUSAST_MODEL_PARAMS`` JSON (Req 7.1). Commit pins: each bound Workspace's ``openultrasast.io/git-commits`` becomes
+``OUSAST_GIT_PINS`` = ``{"<workspace>/<git name>": "<sha>"}``. Inputs: ``OUSAST_INPUT_<NAME>`` points into a
 generated Workspace bound at ``/workspace/.ousast-in/<task>`` (ax mounts every workspace under ``/workspace``).
 Artifacts: the runner POSTs an uncompressed tar of its output directory to ``OUSAST_ARTIFACT_URL`` with
 ``X-Ousast-Run`` and ``X-Ousast-Task`` headers; the receiver listens on ``0.0.0.0`` at ``OUSAST_ARTIFACT_PORT``
@@ -97,8 +99,8 @@ def load_run(run_manifest: Path) -> tuple[Run, Manifests]:
     return next(iter(manifests.runs.values())), manifests
 
 
-def _doc(kind: str, name: str, spec: dict[str, Any], namespace: str | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    meta = {"name": name, **({"atespace": namespace} if namespace else {})}
+def _doc(kind: str, name: str, spec: dict[str, Any], atespace: str | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    meta = {"name": name, **({"atespace": atespace} if atespace else {})}
     return {"apiVersion": AX_API_VERSION, "kind": kind, "metadata": meta, "spec": spec}
 
 
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ def _workspace_doc(ws: Workspace) -> dict[str, Any]:
         spec["mcp"] = {"registries": list(ws.mcp.registries), "servers": list(ws.mcp.servers)}
     if ws.skills:
         spec["skills"] = {"registries": list(ws.skills.registries), **({"path": ws.skills.path} if ws.skills.path else {})}
-    return _doc("Workspace", ws.metadata.name, spec, ws.metadata.namespace)
+    return _doc("Workspace", ws.metadata.name, spec, ws.metadata.atespace)
 
 
 def _model_doc(model: Model) -> dict[str, Any]:
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ def _model_doc(model: Model) -> dict[str, Any]:
         spec["secretKey"] = _fields(model.secret_key)
     if model.parameters:
         spec["parameters"] = dict(model.parameters)
-    return _doc("Model", model.metadata.name, spec, model.metadata.namespace)
+    return _doc("Model", model.metadata.name, spec, model.metadata.atespace)
 
 
 def _input_files(entry: RunTask, base: Path) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
@@ -157,8 +159,10 @@ def render_task(run: Run, entry: RunTask, manifests: Manifests, base: Path, arti
         docs.append(_model_doc(model))
     bindings = [_fields(b) for b in task.workspaces]
     docs.extend(_workspace_doc(manifests.workspaces[b.name]) for b in task.workspaces)
+    pins = {f"{b.name}/{git}": sha for b in task.workspaces for git, sha in manifests.workspaces[b.name].pins.items()}
+    env.update({"OUSAST_GIT_PINS": json.dumps(pins, sort_keys=True)} if pins else {})
     if entry.inputs:
-        docs.append(_doc("Workspace", f"{ax_name}-inputs", {"files": _input_files(entry, base)}, task.metadata.namespace))
+        docs.append(_doc("Workspace", f"{ax_name}-inputs", {"files": _input_files(entry, base)}, task.metadata.atespace))
         bindings.append({"name": f"{ax_name}-inputs", "path": f"{INPUTS_ROOT}/{entry.name}"})
     spec: dict[str, Any] = {"command": list(task.command), "env": [{"name": k, "value": v} for k, v in env.items()]}
     if task.image:
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ def render_task(run: Run, entry: RunTask, manifests: Manifests, base: Path, arti
         spec["workspaces"] = bindings
     if task.debug:
         spec["debug"] = True
-    return [_doc("Task", ax_name, spec, task.metadata.namespace), *docs]
+    return [_doc("Task", ax_name, spec, task.metadata.atespace), *docs]
 
 
 class Ax:

src/openultrasast/plane/runner.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Environment the runner reads, all optional except the two ax variables:
     AX_RUNNER_HTTP                     "0" disables the health server (unit tests only)
     AX_RUNNER_PORT                     port of the health server, default 80; "0" picks a free port
     OUSAST_CASE_CACHE                  a directory of git checkouts (``benchmarks/independent`` cache layout)
+    OUSAST_GIT_PINS                    JSON ``{"<workspace>/<git name>": "<40-hex commit>"}`` from the reconciler
     OUSAST_ARTIFACT_URL, OUSAST_RUN    where to deliver, and the run name carried in ``X-Ousast-Run``
     OUSAST_DELIVERY_BACKOFF            seconds before the second delivery attempt, doubled per retry
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ import io
 import json
 import logging
 import os
-import shutil
+import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import tarfile
@@ -61,7 +62,9 @@ __all__ = [
     "RunnerError",
     "build_tar",
     "deliver",
+    "clone_destination",
     "find_cached_checkout",
+    "load_pins",
     "load_task",
     "load_workspaces",
     "main",
@@ -77,6 +80,9 @@ DELIVERY_ATTEMPTS = 3
 TASK_PACKAGE = "openultrasast.plane.tasks"
 EXIT_BY_STATUS = {"done": 0, "failed": 2, "unfinished": 3}
 SUMMARY = "summary.json"
+DEFAULT_BRANCH = "main"  # ax internal/workspace/setup.go: defaultBranch
+_PLACEHOLDER_NAMES = ("", "repo", "origin")  # setup.go: names that do not name a checkout directory
+_SHA = re.compile(r"[0-9a-f]{40}")
 
 log = logging.getLogger("ousast.plane.runner")
 
@@ -221,13 +227,45 @@ def find_cached_checkout(cache: Path, repo: str) -> Path | None:
     return None
 
 
-def _pinned_ref(source: GitSource) -> str:
-    return source.commit or source.branch or "HEAD"
+def load_pins(text: str) -> dict[str, str]:
+    """Parse ``OUSAST_GIT_PINS``: the reconciler's rendering of the Workspaces' ``openultrasast.io/git-commits``."""
+    if not text.strip():
+        return {}
+    try:
+        pins = json.loads(text)
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        raise RunnerError(f"OUSAST_GIT_PINS is not JSON: {exc}") from exc
+    if not isinstance(pins, dict) or not all(
+        isinstance(k, str) and "/" in k and isinstance(v, str) and _SHA.fullmatch(v) for k, v in pins.items()
+    ):
+        raise RunnerError(f'OUSAST_GIT_PINS must map "<workspace>/<git name>" to a 40-hex commit, got {text[:200]!r}')
+    return pins
 
 
-def _export_from_cache(checkout: Path, source: GitSource, dest: Path) -> None:
+def repo_dir_name(url: str) -> str:
+    """setup.go ``RepoDirName``: ``https://github.com/chalk/chalk.git`` -> ``chalk``."""
+    trimmed = url.strip().removesuffix("/").removesuffix(".git")
+    return trimmed[max(trimmed.rfind("/"), trimmed.rfind(":")) + 1 :]
+
+
+def clone_destination(source: GitSource, root: Path) -> Path:
+    """setup.go ``cloneDestination``: ``dir`` wins (``.`` the workspace root, absolute as-is, else under the root);
+    otherwise the entry's ``name``, unless that is a placeholder (``repo``, ``origin``), then the URL's last segment."""
+    if source.dir:
+        return root if source.dir == "." else root / source.dir  # an absolute dir replaces root in the join
+    name = source.name
+    if name in _PLACEHOLDER_NAMES:
+        name = repo_dir_name(source.repo) or name or "repo"
+    return root / name
+
+
+def _pinned_ref(source: GitSource, commit: str | None) -> str:
+    return commit or source.branch or DEFAULT_BRANCH
+
+
+def _export_from_cache(checkout: Path, source: GitSource, commit: str | None, dest: Path) -> None:
     """``git archive`` the pinned ref out of the cache into ``dest`` (no ``.git``), as ``evaluate.export`` does."""
-    ref = source.commit or (f"origin/{source.branch}" if source.branch else "HEAD")
+    ref = commit or (f"origin/{source.branch}" if source.branch else "HEAD")
     done = subprocess.run(["git", "-C", str(checkout), "archive", ref], capture_output=True, check=False)
     if done.returncode != 0:
         raise RunnerError(f"git archive {ref} in {checkout} failed: {done.stderr.decode(errors='replace').strip()[:400]}")
@@ -241,47 +279,60 @@ def _export_from_cache(checkout: Path, source: GitSource, dest: Path) -> None:
         raise RunnerError(f"{source.repo}@{ref}: the export from {checkout} is empty")
 
 
-def _shallow_clone(source: GitSource, dest: Path) -> None:
-    """Shallow clone at the branch, then make sure the pinned commit is checked out."""
-    dest.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    args = ["clone", "--quiet", "--depth", "1"]
-    if source.branch:
-        args += ["--branch", source.branch]
-    _git(*args, source.repo, str(dest))
-    if source.commit:
-        present = subprocess.run(["git", "cat-file", "-e", f"{source.commit}^{{commit}}"], cwd=dest, capture_output=True, check=False)
+def _fetch(source: GitSource, commit: str | None, dest: Path) -> None:
+    """setup.go ``fetchRepo`` (init, remote, fetch ``--depth`` when ``depth`` > 0, checkout FETCH_HEAD), then the pin.
+
+    A pinned entry without a branch fetches the commit itself rather than ax's default ``main``.
+    """
+    dest.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    depth = [f"--depth={source.depth}"] if source.depth else []
+    _git("init", "--quiet", cwd=dest)
+    try:
+        _git("remote", "add", "origin", source.repo, cwd=dest)
+    except RunnerError:
+        _git("remote", "set-url", "origin", source.repo, cwd=dest)
+    _git("fetch", "--quiet", *depth, "origin", source.branch or commit or DEFAULT_BRANCH, cwd=dest)
+    _git("checkout", "--quiet", "-f", "FETCH_HEAD", cwd=dest)
+    if commit:
+        present = subprocess.run(["git", "cat-file", "-e", f"{commit}^{{commit}}"], cwd=dest, capture_output=True, check=False)
         if present.returncode != 0:
-            _git("fetch", "--quiet", "--depth", "1", "origin", source.commit, cwd=dest)
-        _git("checkout", "--quiet", "--detach", source.commit, cwd=dest)
+            _git("fetch", "--quiet", *depth, "origin", commit, cwd=dest)
+        _git("checkout", "--quiet", "-f", "--detach", commit, cwd=dest)
 
 
-def _materialise_git(source: GitSource, root: Path, cache: Path | None) -> Path:
-    dest = root / source.name
-    if dest.is_dir() and any(dest.iterdir()):
+def _materialise_git(source: GitSource, root: Path, cache: Path | None, commit: str | None) -> Path:
+    dest = clone_destination(source, root)
+    resumed = (dest / ".git").exists() if dest == root else dest.is_dir() and any(dest.iterdir())
+    if resumed:
         log.info("workspace repo %s already present at %s (resumed volume); keeping it", source.repo, dest)
         return dest
     checkout = find_cached_checkout(cache, source.repo) if cache is not None else None
     if checkout is not None:
-        log.info("exporting %s@%s from cache %s to %s", source.repo, _pinned_ref(source), checkout, dest)
-        _export_from_cache(checkout, source, dest)
+        log.info("exporting %s@%s from cache %s to %s", source.repo, _pinned_ref(source, commit), checkout, dest)
+        _export_from_cache(checkout, source, commit, dest)
     else:
-        log.info("cloning %s@%s to %s", source.repo, _pinned_ref(source), dest)
-        if dest.exists():
-            shutil.rmtree(dest)
-        _shallow_clone(source, dest)
+        log.info("fetching %s@%s to %s (depth %s)", source.repo, _pinned_ref(source, commit), dest, source.depth or "full")
+        _fetch(source, commit, dest)
     return dest
 
 
-def materialise(task: Task, workspaces: Mapping[str, Workspace], cache: Path | None) -> list[Path]:
-    """Write every bound workspace at its path (``spec.files`` verbatim, ``spec.git`` at ``<path>/<name>``).
+def materialise(task: Task, workspaces: Mapping[str, Workspace], cache: Path | None, pins: Mapping[str, str] | None = None) -> list[Path]:
+    """Write every bound workspace at its path (``spec.files`` verbatim, ``spec.git`` where ax's setup puts it).
 
-    Returns the bound paths in binding order; raises :class:`RunnerError` for a binding without a Workspace.
+    ``pins`` (from ``OUSAST_GIT_PINS``) names the commit of ``<workspace>/<git name>``; a pin naming no bound git
+    entry, or a binding without a Workspace, raises :class:`RunnerError` before anything is written.
     """
+    pins = dict(pins or {})
+    for binding in task.workspaces:
+        if binding.name not in workspaces:
+            raise RunnerError(f"Task/{task.metadata.name}: workspace {binding.name!r} is bound but not in AX_WORKSPACES_YAML")
+    known = {f"{b.name}/{g.name}" for b in task.workspaces for g in workspaces[b.name].git}
+    unknown = sorted(set(pins) - known)
+    if unknown:
+        raise RunnerError(f"OUSAST_GIT_PINS names no bound git entry: {', '.join(unknown)}")
     paths: list[Path] = []
     for binding in task.workspaces:
-        workspace = workspaces.get(binding.name)
-        if workspace is None:
-            raise RunnerError(f"Task/{task.metadata.name}: workspace {binding.name!r} is bound but not in AX_WORKSPACES_YAML")
+        workspace = workspaces[binding.name]
         root = Path(binding.path)
         root.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         for entry in workspace.files:
@@ -289,7 +340,7 @@ def materialise(task: Task, workspaces: Mapping[str, Workspace], cache: Path | N
             target.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
             target.write_text(entry.content, encoding="utf-8")
         for source in workspace.git:
-            _materialise_git(source, root, cache)
+            _materialise_git(source, root, cache, pins.get(f"{binding.name}/{source.name}"))
         paths.append(root)
     return paths
 
@@ -449,7 +500,8 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None, environ: MutableMapping[str, str] |
     try:
         session = _prepare(env)
         cache_dir = env.get("OUSAST_CASE_CACHE")
-        materialise(session.task, session.workspaces, Path(cache_dir) if cache_dir else None)
+        pins = load_pins(env.get("OUSAST_GIT_PINS", ""))
+        materialise(session.task, session.workspaces, Path(cache_dir) if cache_dir else None, pins)
         ready.set()
         log.info("workspaces ready; running task %s: %s", session.task.metadata.name, list(session.task.command))
         summary = run_task_module(session.task.command, session.output_dir)

src/openultrasast/plane/workspaces.py

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 """Workspace manifests for the cases of an independent population file (ai-service-plane task 4).
 
 ``ousast plane workspaces <population.toml> [--out DIR]`` writes one ax ``Workspace`` per case pin (vulnerable,
-fixed, benign base, benign tip) with the case's repository URL and the pinned commit, so a Run binds a case at a
-pin by name. The layout of a case is that of ``benchmarks/independent/evaluate.py``'s ``pins()``.
+fixed, benign base, benign tip) with the case's repository URL (checked out at ``<path>/repo``, depth 1) and the
+pinned commit in the ``openultrasast.io/git-commits`` annotation (ax's ``GitRepo`` has no commit field), so a Run
+binds a case at a pin by name. The layout of a case is that of ``benchmarks/independent/evaluate.py``'s ``pins()``.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 import yaml
 
+from .manifests import GIT_COMMITS_ANNOTATION
 from .reconciler import _ax_name, _doc
 
 __all__ = ["workspaces"]
@@ -26,7 +28,8 @@ def workspaces(population: Path, out: Path) -> list[Path]:
         pins = {"vulnerable": case["vulnerable"], "fixed": case["fixed"], "benign-base": benign["base"], "benign-tip": benign["tip"]}
         for label, commit in pins.items():
             name = _ax_name(case["id"], label)
-            doc = _doc("Workspace", name, {"git": [{"name": "repo", "repo": case["repo"], "commit": commit}]})
+            doc = _doc("Workspace", name, {"git": [{"name": "repo", "repo": case["repo"], "dir": "repo", "depth": 1}]})
+            doc["metadata"]["annotations"] = {GIT_COMMITS_ANNOTATION: f"repo={commit}"}
             text = f"# generated by `ousast plane workspaces` from {population.name}\n" + yaml.safe_dump(doc, sort_keys=False)
             (out / f"{name}.yaml").write_text(text, encoding="utf-8")
             written.append(out / f"{name}.yaml")

tests/fixtures/plane/smoke-task.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Minimal Task for the bring-up smoke test: default runner image, a files-only workspace, no MCP or skills.
+apiVersion: ax.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Task
+metadata:
+  name: ousast-smoke
+  atespace: default
+spec:
+  image: "gcr.io/ax-substrate/ate-images/ax-task-runner@sha256:3a0dea6ad8b55278685db58aca6e37dc4ba04056831d45bef3aaeafdca43cac6"
+  command: ["sh", "-c", "cat /workspace/hello.txt && echo smoke-ok"]
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      cpu: "100m"
+      memory: "256Mi"
+    limits:
+      cpu: "1"
+      memory: "1Gi"
+  workspaces:
+    - name: ousast-smoke-ws
+      path: "/workspace"
+---
+apiVersion: ax.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Workspace
+metadata:
+  name: ousast-smoke-ws
+  atespace: default
+spec:
+  files:
+    - path: "hello.txt"
+      content: "hello from openultrasast\n"

tests/test_plane_ax_live.py

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 """ai-service-plane Req 3.5/3.6: one trivial Task end to end on the real ax cluster of ``ops/ax/up.sh``.
 
-Marker ``ax``; skipped unless every check of ``ousast plane doctor`` passes, so the host suite never depends on
-the cluster. Run it on purpose: ``pytest -m ax tests/test_plane_ax_live.py``.
+Marker ``ax``; opt-in only (``OUSAST_AX_LIVE=1``) and skipped unless every check of ``ousast plane doctor``
+passes, so the host suite never depends on cluster state. It applies the digest-pinned smoke manifest that
+``ops/ax/up.sh`` renders. Run it on purpose: ``OUSAST_AX_LIVE=1 pytest -m ax tests/test_plane_ax_live.py``.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import os
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -14,11 +16,13 @@ import pytest
 from openultrasast.plane.reconciler import Ax, doctor
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.ax
-SMOKE = Path("ops/ax/smoke-task.yaml")
+SMOKE = Path.home() / ".cache/ousast/ax-src/smoke-task.yaml"
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def live_ax() -> Ax:
+    if os.environ.get("OUSAST_AX_LIVE") != "1":
+        pytest.skip("live ax test is opt-in: set OUSAST_AX_LIVE=1")
     checks = doctor()
     failing = [f"{name}: {text}" for name, ok, text in checks if not ok]
     if failing:

tests/test_plane_manifests.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ apiVersion: ax.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Task
 metadata:
   name: verify
-  namespace: sast
+  atespace: sast
 spec:
   image: openultrasast:dev
   command: ["verify", "--pass", "a"]
@@ -47,12 +47,15 @@ apiVersion: ax.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Workspace
 metadata:
   name: flask-abc123
+  annotations:
+    openultrasast.io/git-commits: "repo=0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567"
 spec:
   git:
     - name: repo
       repo: https://github.com/pallets/flask.git
       branch: main
-      commit: abc123
+      dir: flask
+      depth: 1
   files:
     - path: candidates.json
       content: '{"sinks": []}'
@@ -143,7 +146,7 @@ def test_task_loads_every_ax_field() -> None:
     task = parse_manifest(doc(TASK_YAML))
     assert isinstance(task, Task)
     assert task.metadata.name == "verify"
-    assert task.metadata.namespace == "sast"
+    assert task.metadata.atespace == "sast"
     assert task.image == "openultrasast:dev"
     assert task.command == ("verify", "--pass", "a")
     assert task.env[0].name == "OUSAST_PASS" and task.env[0].value == "a"
@@ -162,12 +165,66 @@ def test_task_minimal_defaults() -> None:
 def test_workspace_loads() -> None:
     workspace = parse_manifest(doc(WORKSPACE_YAML))
     assert isinstance(workspace, Workspace)
-    assert workspace.git[0].repo.endswith("flask.git") and workspace.git[0].commit == "abc123"
+    assert workspace.git[0].repo.endswith("flask.git")
+    assert workspace.git[0].dir == "flask" and workspace.git[0].depth == 1
+    assert workspace.pins == {"repo": "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567"}
     assert workspace.files[0].path == "candidates.json"
     assert workspace.mcp is not None and len(workspace.mcp.registries) == 1 and len(workspace.mcp.servers) == 1
     assert workspace.skills is not None and workspace.skills.path == "/skills"
 
 
+SMOKE = Path(__file__).parent / "fixtures" / "plane" / "smoke-task.yaml"
+
+
+def test_the_bring_up_smoke_manifest_loads() -> None:
+    """``ops/ax/smoke-task.yaml`` (copied as a fixture) is what ``ax apply`` accepted; it must load here too."""
+    manifests = load_manifests([SMOKE])
+    assert manifests.tasks["ousast-smoke"].metadata.atespace == "default"
+    assert manifests.workspaces["ousast-smoke-ws"].metadata.atespace == "default"
+
+
+def test_the_shipped_smoke_manifest_matches_the_fixture() -> None:
+    shipped = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "ops" / "ax" / "smoke-task.yaml"
+    if not shipped.is_file():
+        pytest.skip("ops/ax/smoke-task.yaml is not in this checkout")
+    assert load_manifests([shipped]).tasks.keys() == {"ousast-smoke"}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("key", ["namespace", "labels", "creation_timestamp"])
+def test_metadata_takes_ax_names_only(key: str) -> None:
+    task = doc(TASK_YAML)
+    task["metadata"][key] = "sast"
+    rejected(task, f"Task/verify: metadata.{key} is not a field")
+
+
+def test_git_commit_is_rejected_with_a_pointer_to_the_annotation() -> None:
+    workspace = doc(WORKSPACE_YAML)
+    workspace["spec"]["git"][0]["commit"] = "abc123"
+    message = rejected(workspace, "Workspace/flask-abc123: spec.git[0].commit is not an ax field")
+    assert "openultrasast.io/git-commits" in message
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("value", "rule"),
+    [
+        ("other=" + "a" * 40, '"other" names no spec.git entry'),
+        ("repo=abc123", '"repo=abc123" is not a 40-hex commit'),
+        ("repo", 'item "repo" must be'),
+    ],
+)
+def test_git_commits_annotation_is_validated(value: str, rule: str) -> None:
+    workspace = doc(WORKSPACE_YAML)
+    workspace["metadata"]["annotations"]["openultrasast.io/git-commits"] = value
+    message = rejected(workspace, 'metadata.annotations["openultrasast.io/git-commits"]')
+    assert rule in message, message
+
+
+def test_git_depth_must_be_an_integer() -> None:
+    workspace = doc(WORKSPACE_YAML)
+    workspace["spec"]["git"][0]["depth"] = "1"
+    rejected(workspace, "Workspace/flask-abc123: spec.git[0].depth must be a non-negative integer")
+
+
 def test_model_loads_with_declared_extension() -> None:
     model = parse_manifest(doc(MODEL_YAML))
     assert isinstance(model, Model)
@@ -235,8 +292,8 @@ def test_unknown_nested_fields_are_named_with_index() -> None:
     task["spec"]["resources"]["requests"]["gpu"] = "1"
     rejected(task, "spec.resources.requests.gpu is not a field")
     workspace = doc(WORKSPACE_YAML)
-    workspace["spec"]["git"][0]["depth"] = 1
-    rejected(workspace, "Workspace/flask-abc123: spec.git[0].depth is not a field")
+    workspace["spec"]["git"][0]["submodules"] = True
+    rejected(workspace, "Workspace/flask-abc123: spec.git[0].submodules is not a field")
     model = doc(MODEL_YAML)
     model["spec"]["secretKey"]["namespace"] = "x"
     rejected(model, "Model/deepseek-flash: spec.secretKey.namespace is not a field")

tests/test_plane_reconciler.py

@@ -24,6 +24,40 @@ from openultrasast.plane import reconciler
 from openultrasast.plane.workspaces import workspaces
 
 RECONCILER = Path("src/openultrasast/plane/reconciler.py")
+PIN = "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567"
+
+# The fields ax's API server decodes (pkg/apis/v1alpha1/ax.proto, protojson: an unknown field is an error at
+# ``ax apply``). ``None`` marks a value ax types as free-form (a Struct) or that this test does not descend into.
+_RESOURCES = {"cpu": None, "memory": None}
+AX_FIELDS: dict[str, dict] = {
+    "Task": {
+        "image": None,
+        "command": None,
+        "env": {"name": None, "value": None},
+        "resources": {"requests": _RESOURCES, "limits": _RESOURCES},
+        "workspaces": {"name": None, "path": None, "goal": None},
+        "debug": None,
+    },
+    "Workspace": {
+        "git": {"name": None, "repo": None, "branch": None, "dir": None, "depth": None},
+        "files": {"path": None, "content": None},
+        "mcp": {"registries": None, "servers": None},
+        "skills": {"registries": None, "path": None},
+    },
+    "Model": {"provider": None, "model": None, "secretKey": {"name": None, "key": None}, "parameters": None},
+}
+
+
+def non_ax_fields(value: object, schema: dict | None, path: str) -> list[str]:
+    """Every key under ``value`` that ``schema`` does not name, as dotted paths."""
+    if schema is None:
+        return []
+    if isinstance(value, list):
+        return [bad for i, item in enumerate(value) for bad in non_ax_fields(item, schema, f"{path}[{i}]")]
+    assert isinstance(value, dict), f"{path} must be a mapping"
+    bad = [f"{path}.{k}" for k in value if k not in schema]
+    return bad + [b for k, v in value.items() if k in schema for b in non_ax_fields(v, schema[k], f"{path}.{k}")]
+
 
 FAKE_AX = '''#!{python}
 """Fake ax CLI for the reconciler tests: argv log, scripted phases, scripted deliveries."""
@@ -90,8 +124,10 @@ apiVersion: ax.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Workspace
 metadata:
   name: case-pin
+  atespace: default
+  annotations: {openultrasast.io/git-commits: "repo=0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567"}
 spec:
-  git: [{name: repo, repo: https://example.invalid/repo.git, commit: abc123}]
+  git: [{name: repo, repo: https://example.invalid/repo.git, dir: src, depth: 1}]
 ---
 apiVersion: ax.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Task
@@ -242,6 +278,10 @@ def test_chain_runs_in_order_with_inputs_env_and_model(fake: Fake, tmp_path: Pat
     assert inputs_ws["spec"]["files"] == [{"path": "repo-facts/facts.json", "content": json.dumps({"a.py": {"functions": ["f"]}})}]
     assert verify["docs"][0]["spec"]["workspaces"][-1] == {"name": "chain-verify-inputs", "path": "/workspace/.ousast-in/verify"}
     assert "annotations" not in verify["docs"][0]["metadata"], "ax's ObjectMeta has no annotations"
+    assert json.loads(env["OUSAST_GIT_PINS"]) == {"case-pin/repo": PIN}, "the Workspace annotation reaches the task as env"
+    assert verify["docs"][2]["spec"]["git"] == [{"name": "repo", "repo": "https://example.invalid/repo.git", "dir": "src", "depth": 1}]
+    assert verify["docs"][2]["metadata"] == {"name": "case-pin", "atespace": "default"}
+    assert "OUSAST_GIT_PINS" not in fake.applied("chain", "agree")["env"], "no bound workspace, no pins"
     facts = fake.applied("chain", "repo-facts")
     assert "OUSAST_MODEL" not in facts["env"] and "OUSAST_BUDGET_USD" not in facts["env"]
     assert facts["docs"][0]["spec"]["image"] == "ousast-runner:dev"
@@ -440,8 +480,8 @@ def test_doctor_names_the_bring_up_script_when_nothing_is_reachable(monkeypatch:
 def test_workspaces_one_manifest_per_case_pin(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     population = tmp_path / "population.toml"
     population.write_text(
-        '[[case]]\nid = "demo-sqli"\nrepo = "https://github.com/x/y"\nvulnerable = "aaa"\nfixed = "bbb"\n'
-        'benign = { base = "ccc", tip = "ddd" }\n',
+        '[[case]]\nid = "demo-sqli"\nrepo = "https://github.com/x/y"\nvulnerable = "' + "a" * 40 + '"\nfixed = "' + "b" * 40 + '"\n'
+        'benign = { base = "' + "c" * 40 + '", tip = "' + "d" * 40 + '" }\n',
         encoding="utf-8",
     )
     written = workspaces(population, tmp_path / "out")
@@ -451,12 +491,29 @@ def test_workspaces_one_manifest_per_case_pin(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     assert doc == {
         "apiVersion": "ax.io/v1alpha1",
         "kind": "Workspace",
-        "metadata": {"name": "demo-sqli-vulnerable"},
-        "spec": {"git": [{"name": "repo", "repo": "https://github.com/x/y", "commit": "aaa"}]},
+        "metadata": {"name": "demo-sqli-vulnerable", "annotations": {"openultrasast.io/git-commits": "repo=" + "a" * 40}},
+        "spec": {"git": [{"name": "repo", "repo": "https://github.com/x/y", "dir": "repo", "depth": 1}]},
     }
     from openultrasast.plane.manifests import load_manifests
 
-    assert set(load_manifests(written).workspaces) == {p.stem for p in written}
+    loaded = load_manifests(written).workspaces
+    assert set(loaded) == {p.stem for p in written}
+    assert loaded["demo-sqli-benign-tip"].pins == {"repo": "d" * 40}
+
+
+def test_rendered_documents_carry_only_ax_fields(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """Req 1.1/1.4: whatever ``ax apply`` receives names only fields ax documents; annotations never leave."""
+    (tmp_path / "repo-facts").mkdir()
+    (tmp_path / "repo-facts" / "facts.json").write_text("{}", encoding="utf-8")
+    run, manifests = reconciler.load_run(write_run(tmp_path, "fields"))
+    docs = [d for entry in run.tasks for d in reconciler.render_task(run, entry, manifests, tmp_path, "http://h:1/")]
+    assert {d["kind"] for d in docs} == {"Task", "Workspace", "Model"}
+    for rendered in docs:
+        where = f"{rendered['kind']}/{rendered['metadata']['name']}"
+        assert set(rendered) == {"apiVersion", "kind", "metadata", "spec"}, where
+        assert set(rendered["metadata"]) <= {"name", "atespace"}, where
+        assert non_ax_fields(rendered["spec"], AX_FIELDS[rendered["kind"]], f"{where} spec") == []
+        assert "openultrasast.io/" not in yaml.safe_dump(rendered["metadata"]), where
 
 
 def test_reconciler_is_under_500_lines_and_holds_no_pipeline_logic() -> None:

tests/test_plane_runner.py

@@ -19,7 +19,15 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import pytest
 
 from openultrasast.plane import runner
-from openultrasast.plane.runner import EXIT_BY_STATUS, DeliveryError, deliver, find_cached_checkout, start_health_server
+from openultrasast.plane.manifests import GitSource
+from openultrasast.plane.runner import (
+    EXIT_BY_STATUS,
+    DeliveryError,
+    clone_destination,
+    deliver,
+    find_cached_checkout,
+    start_health_server,
+)
 
 STUB = Path(__file__).parent / "plane_stub_task.py"
 STUB_MODULE = f"{runner.TASK_PACKAGE}.stub_task"
@@ -313,14 +321,19 @@ def upstream(tmp_path: Path) -> tuple[Path, str]:
     return repo, pin
 
 
-def git_workspace_yaml(repo_url: str, pin: str) -> str:
+def git_workspace_yaml(repo_url: str, extra: str = "") -> str:
+    """ax's Workspace as ax hands it over: no annotations, no commit (the pin travels in ``OUSAST_GIT_PINS``)."""
     return (
         "apiVersion: ax.io/v1alpha1\nkind: Workspace\nmetadata:\n  name: case\nspec:\n  git:\n"
-        f"    - name: repo\n      repo: {repo_url}\n      branch: main\n      commit: {pin}\n"
+        f"    - name: code\n      repo: {repo_url}\n      branch: main\n{extra}"
         "  files:\n    - path: candidates.json\n      content: '{\"sinks\": []}'\n"
     )
 
 
+def pins(pin: str, key: str = "case/code") -> str:
+    return json.dumps({key: pin})
+
+
 def test_git_entry_is_exported_from_the_case_cache_at_the_pin(
     env: dict[str, str], monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tmp_path: Path, upstream: tuple[Path, str]
 ) -> None:
@@ -332,22 +345,24 @@ def test_git_entry_is_exported_from_the_case_cache_at_the_pin(
     git("remote", "set-url", "origin", url, cwd=case)
     assert find_cached_checkout(cache, "https://example.invalid/acme/repo") == case
     assert find_cached_checkout(cache, "https://example.invalid/other/repo.git") is None
-    code, output = run_main(monkeypatch, tmp_path, git_workspace_yaml(url, pin), OUSAST_CASE_CACHE=str(cache))
+    code, output = run_main(monkeypatch, tmp_path, git_workspace_yaml(url), OUSAST_CASE_CACHE=str(cache), OUSAST_GIT_PINS=pins(pin))
     assert code == 0, (output / "summary.json").read_text()
-    checkout = tmp_path / "ws" / "repo"
+    checkout = tmp_path / "ws" / "code"
     assert (checkout / "hello.py").read_text() == "print('v1')\n", "the pinned commit, not the branch tip"
     assert not (checkout / ".git").exists(), "an export, as evaluate.export makes"
     facts = json.loads((output / "facts.json").read_text())
-    assert facts["workspace_files"] == ["candidates.json", "repo/hello.py"]
+    assert facts["workspace_files"] == ["candidates.json", "code/hello.py"]
 
 
 def test_git_entry_without_a_cache_is_shallow_cloned_at_the_pin(
     env: dict[str, str], monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tmp_path: Path, upstream: tuple[Path, str]
 ) -> None:
     repo, pin = upstream
-    code, output = run_main(monkeypatch, tmp_path, git_workspace_yaml(repo.as_uri(), pin), OUSAST_CASE_CACHE=str(tmp_path / "no-cache"))
+    code, output = run_main(
+        monkeypatch, tmp_path, git_workspace_yaml(repo.as_uri()), OUSAST_CASE_CACHE=str(tmp_path / "no-cache"), OUSAST_GIT_PINS=pins(pin)
+    )
     assert code == 0, (output / "summary.json").read_text()
-    checkout = tmp_path / "ws" / "repo"
+    checkout = tmp_path / "ws" / "code"
     assert (checkout / "hello.py").read_text() == "print('v1')\n"
     assert git("rev-parse", "HEAD", cwd=checkout) == pin
 
@@ -356,9 +371,93 @@ def test_a_materialised_repo_survives_a_resume(
     env: dict[str, str], monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tmp_path: Path, upstream: tuple[Path, str]
 ) -> None:
     repo, pin = upstream
-    checkout = tmp_path / "ws" / "repo"
+    checkout = tmp_path / "ws" / "code"
     checkout.mkdir(parents=True)
     (checkout / "hello.py").write_text("kept\n")
-    code, _ = run_main(monkeypatch, tmp_path, git_workspace_yaml(repo.as_uri(), pin))
+    code, _ = run_main(monkeypatch, tmp_path, git_workspace_yaml(repo.as_uri()), OUSAST_GIT_PINS=pins(pin))
     assert code == 0
     assert (checkout / "hello.py").read_text() == "kept\n", "/workspace persists across suspend and resume; no re-clone"
+
+
+# --- ax's GitRepo fields: dir, depth; the commit pin from OUSAST_GIT_PINS ------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("name", "repo", "dir_", "expected"),
+    [
+        ("code", "https://github.com/chalk/chalk.git", None, "/ws/code"),
+        ("repo", "https://github.com/chalk/chalk.git", None, "/ws/chalk"),
+        ("origin", "[email protected]:chalk/chalk", None, "/ws/chalk"),
+        ("code", "https://github.com/chalk/chalk.git", "src", "/ws/src"),
+        ("code", "https://github.com/chalk/chalk.git", ".", "/ws"),
+        ("code", "https://github.com/chalk/chalk.git", "/elsewhere", "/elsewhere"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_clone_destination_follows_ax_setup(name: str, repo: str, dir_: str | None, expected: str) -> None:
+    """ax internal/workspace/setup.go cloneDestination: dir wins; placeholder names derive from the URL."""
+    assert clone_destination(GitSource(name, repo, dir=dir_), Path("/ws")) == Path(expected)
+
+
+def test_git_dir_and_depth_are_honoured(
+    env: dict[str, str], monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tmp_path: Path, upstream: tuple[Path, str]
+) -> None:
+    repo, _ = upstream
+    code, output = run_main(monkeypatch, tmp_path, git_workspace_yaml(repo.as_uri(), "      dir: src\n      depth: 1\n"))
+    assert code == 0, (output / "summary.json").read_text()
+    checkout = tmp_path / "ws" / "src"
+    assert (checkout / "hello.py").read_text() == "print('v2')\n", "no pin: the branch tip"
+    assert git("rev-parse", "--is-shallow-repository", cwd=checkout) == "true", "depth 1 is a shallow fetch"
+    assert not (tmp_path / "ws" / "code").exists()
+
+
+def test_a_pin_naming_no_bound_git_entry_fails_the_task(
+    env: dict[str, str], monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tmp_path: Path, upstream: tuple[Path, str]
+) -> None:
+    repo, pin = upstream
+    code, output = run_main(monkeypatch, tmp_path, git_workspace_yaml(repo.as_uri()), OUSAST_GIT_PINS=pins(pin, "case/other"))
+    assert code == EXIT_BY_STATUS["failed"]
+    assert "case/other" in json.loads((output / "summary.json").read_text())["reason"]
+
+
+def test_unreadable_pins_fail_the_task(env: dict[str, str], monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    code, output = run_main(monkeypatch, tmp_path, files_workspace_yaml(), OUSAST_GIT_PINS='{"case/code": "abc"}')
+    assert code == EXIT_BY_STATUS["failed"]
+    assert "OUSAST_GIT_PINS" in json.loads((output / "summary.json").read_text())["reason"]
+
+
+def test_git_commits_annotation_round_trips_to_the_checkout(
+    env: dict[str, str], monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tmp_path: Path, upstream: tuple[Path, str]
+) -> None:
+    """Workspace annotation -> reconciler -> ``OUSAST_GIT_PINS`` in the Task env -> the runner checks out the pin."""
+    import yaml
+
+    from openultrasast.plane import reconciler
+
+    repo, pin = upstream
+    output, workspace = tmp_path / "out", tmp_path / "ws"
+    manifest = tmp_path / "run.yaml"
+    manifest.write_text(
+        "apiVersion: ax.io/v1alpha1\nkind: Workspace\nmetadata:\n  name: case\n"
+        f"  annotations: {{openultrasast.io/git-commits: 'code={pin}'}}\n"
+        f"spec:\n  git: [{{name: code, repo: '{repo.as_uri()}', branch: main}}]\n---\n"
+        "apiVersion: ax.io/v1alpha1\nkind: Task\nmetadata: {name: stub}\n"
+        f"spec: {{command: [stub-task], workspaces: [{{name: case, path: '{workspace}'}}]}}\n---\n"
+        "apiVersion: openultrasast.io/v1alpha1\nkind: Run\nmetadata: {name: rt}\nspec: {tasks: [{name: stub, task: stub}]}\n"
+    )
+    run, manifests = reconciler.load_run(manifest)
+    task_doc, *rest = reconciler.render_task(run, run.tasks[0], manifests, tmp_path, "unused")
+    assert rest[0]["metadata"] == {"name": "case"}, "annotations are stripped before ax"
+    assert rest[0]["spec"]["git"] == [{"name": "code", "repo": repo.as_uri(), "branch": "main"}], "no commit for ax"
+    overrides = {"OUSAST_OUTPUT_DIR": str(output)}
+    task_doc["spec"]["env"] = [
+        {"name": e["name"], "value": overrides.get(e["name"], e["value"])}
+        for e in task_doc["spec"]["env"]
+        if e["name"] != "OUSAST_ARTIFACT_URL"
+    ]
+    assert json.loads({e["name"]: e["value"] for e in task_doc["spec"]["env"]}["OUSAST_GIT_PINS"]) == {"case/code": pin}
+    monkeypatch.setenv("AX_TASK_YAML", yaml.safe_dump(task_doc))
+    monkeypatch.setenv("AX_WORKSPACES_YAML", yaml.safe_dump_all([d for d in rest if d["kind"] == "Workspace"]))
+    assert runner.main() == 0, (output / "summary.json").read_text()
+    checkout = workspace / "code"
+    assert git("rev-parse", "HEAD", cwd=checkout) == pin, "the pinned commit, not the branch tip"
+    assert (checkout / "hello.py").read_text() == "print('v1')\n"