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The instructions test held a job of its own that picked one random role per
run, so a README's Production block was proven roughly once per 265 roles.
The replay now rides on a deploy row instead: no extra runner, and every role
the sweep touches gets its documented one-command deploy exercised.

The row is the role's smallest variant -- fewest services enabled -- because
that is the shape the README describes, and it is chosen among the variants
the sweep actually deploys, so a row cut as redundant coverage cannot silently
drop the role from the test. A role qualifies only when its README carries a
Production block and the guide's own mode is one the role runs and tests.

The marked entry carries the guide mode in `instructions` and a 📖 in its job
title, between the variant number and a priority ⭐. The guide mode is
independent of the mode the rotation gave the row: a swarm row still replays
in compose. The step runs last in the deploy job, after the swarm teardown,
because the replay deploys the role a second time and needs the runner's
ports.

call-test-instructions.yml, cli.meta.ci.guide_select and the `instructions`
dispatch input go with it. `redundant()` moves next to the marker so the
chunker, the plan table and the marker share one definition.

The plan table trades its 📊 Weight column for 📖 Instructions; nothing read
the weight any more, so it leaves the matrix entries too.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Instructions replay 📖
How CI proves that a role README's `### Production` block still deploys the role.
For the workflow catalog see [workflows.md](workflows.md).
## Where it runs 🏗️
The replay rides along on a deploy row of the sweep instead of holding a job of its own. `utils/roles/guide.py` marks one row per role:
- the role's **smallest variant**, the one whose `meta/variants.yml` overlay enables the fewest services, because that is the shape the README describes;
- only when the README carries a `### Production` heading;
- only when the guide's own mode (`compose` for a role shipping a container stack, `host` otherwise) is enabled in `meta/services.yml` and not listed under `skip` in `meta/tests.yml`.
The marked row carries `instructions: <mode>` in the matrix JSON and a 📖 in its job title, between the variant number and the ⭐ of a priority row.
## What the row does 🚀
`.github/workflows/call-test-deploy.yml` runs the replay as the job's last step, after the row's own deploy and after the swarm teardown: the replay deploys the role a second time and needs the runner's ports. It calls `scripts/tests/deploy/distros.sh scripts/github/guide/one.sh` with `GUIDE_ROLE` set to the row's app and `GUIDE_MODE` to the mode the marker carries, which is independent of the deploy mode the rotation gave the row. A swarm row therefore still replays a `compose` guide.
A red deploy skips the replay: the step carries no `always()`, so the runner state a failed deploy leaves behind never reaches the guide.
## Reading a failure 🔍
The replay writes its rescue snapshots under `INFINITO_RESCUE_DIAGNOSTICS_BASE/<distro>/<role>`, uploaded as `rescue-diagnostics-instructions-<artifact>`. The deploy's own snapshots live in `rescue-diagnostics-<artifact>`.
To reproduce one locally, export `GUIDE_ROLE`, `GUIDE_MODE`, `INFINITO_DISTRO` and run `scripts/github/guide/one.sh`.