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With baseline = "ry-baseline.json" in ry.toml, ry check --write-baseline ry-baseline.json . loaded and subtracted the configured baseline before overwriting the file. On an unchanged project the non-empty baseline became empty ("entries": []) and every accepted finding reappeared on the next plain check — a silent wipe whose regeneration run still exited 0. The clap guard only covers the CLI spelling (--write-baseline conflicts_with --baseline); the configured baseline arrives through Config::merge_cli and was not conflicted.

The fix mirrors the clap conflict at the config level: when --write-baseline is passed, the configured baseline is neither loaded nor subtracted, so the snapshot is written from the pre-subtraction, policy-filtered diagnostics. run_check_once's pipeline is untouched — only the baseline load in run_check is skipped, so:

  • inline suppression comments, the severity filter (error/warn/ignore), path-based confidence demotion, and --min-confidence all apply to the snapshot exactly as they apply to what a plain check reports (a suppressed or below-threshold finding never enters the baseline);
  • genuinely fixed findings still drop out, because write_baseline_file builds a fresh Baseline from the current diagnostics — nothing stale is merged;
  • the regeneration run now reports (and fails on) the findings it writes, the same exit-code semantics the no-config --write-baseline path has always had.

Test plan

Three new CLI e2e tests in crates/ry-cli/tests/config_e2e.rs (the existing round-trip unit test in ry-config cannot see this orchestration bug):

  • write_baseline_with_configured_baseline_is_stable_across_regeneration: with a configured baseline, two consecutive regenerations on an unchanged project write identical, non-empty baselines (this test fails on main).
  • write_baseline_regeneration_drops_fixed_and_adds_new_findings: a fixed finding is absent after regeneration; a newly introduced one enters.
  • plain_check_subtracts_counts_against_regenerated_baseline: a plain ry check against the regenerated file subtracts every recorded occurrence (exit 0, empty JSON), and a third duplicate occurrence leaves exactly one surviving diagnostic with exit 1.

Also updated docs/configuration.md's regeneration paragraph to state that regeneration ignores the configured baseline.

Gates: cargo test --workspace, cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings, cargo fmt --all -- --check — all green.

Closes #484

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed baseline regeneration so configured baselines are no longer subtracted before rewriting.
    • Regenerating an unchanged project now preserves existing findings.
    • Resolved findings are removed, new findings are added, and remaining findings are reported correctly.
    • Regular checks continue to subtract recorded baseline findings as expected.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified baseline regeneration behavior, including how unchanged and resolved findings are handled.

With `baseline = "..."` in ry.toml, `ry check --write-baseline` loaded
and subtracted the configured baseline before overwriting the file, so
regenerating on an unchanged project wrote `"entries": []` and every
accepted finding reappeared on the next plain check -- a silent wipe
whose regeneration run still exited 0. The clap conflict only covers
the `--baseline` spelling; the configured baseline arrives through
`Config::merge_cli`.

Skip loading (and therefore subtracting) the configured baseline during
regeneration, mirroring the clap conflict at the config level. The
snapshot still receives every policy filter a plain check applies
(suppression comments, severity filter, path-based confidence demotion,
--min-confidence), so genuinely fixed findings drop out while
suppressed or below-threshold ones never enter.

Closes #484
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The check command now skips configured baseline subtraction during --write-baseline. Tests cover unchanged, fixed, new, and duplicate findings. Documentation and the changelog describe the updated regeneration behavior.

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Baseline regeneration

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Skip configured baseline during regeneration
crates/ry-cli/src/check.rs, CHANGELOG.md, docs/configuration.md
run_check no longer loads the configured baseline when --write-baseline is supplied. The changelog and configuration documentation describe the resulting snapshot behavior.
Validate baseline regeneration
crates/ry-cli/tests/config_e2e.rs
End-to-end tests verify unchanged regeneration, removal of fixed findings, addition of new findings, and count-based subtraction during normal checks.

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The release notes misstate the exit behavior for baseline regeneration with --exit-zero. Correct the wording before merge to avoid misleading CLI users.

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  • crates/ry-cli/src/check.rs — run_check now skips loading the configured baseline entirely when --write-baseline is passed, so regeneration snapshots the pre-subtraction, policy-filtered diagnostics instead of wiping accepted findings on an unchanged project (#484). This mirrors the clap conflicts_with = "baseline" guard (main.rs:138) at the config level; since write_baseline is CLI-only, baseline_from_cli is unreachable in the write path and the Err => return arm stays reachable for plain --baseline runs.
  • crates/ry-cli/tests/config_e2e.rs — three new e2e tests covering the issue's full requested matrix: double-regeneration stability on an unchanged project (including exit-code 1 on both runs), fixed-finding drop-out plus new-finding entry, and count-based subtraction against the regenerated file (third occurrence leaves exactly one diagnostic).
  • docs/configuration.md — the regeneration paragraph now states the configured baseline is neither loaded nor subtracted, matching the implementation.
  • CHANGELOG.md — ### Fixed entry in the plain-prose sibling style, citing #484.

Verified beyond reading: all three tests pass on the head; reverting only check.rs to base makes write_baseline_with_configured_baseline_is_stable_across_regeneration fail with exactly the issue's symptom (second regeneration writes "entries": []), so the regression test genuinely pins the fix; cargo fmt --check and clippy on ry-cli are clean. The snapshot source (result.diagnostics at check.rs:270) sits after suppression, severity filtering, path demotion, subtraction, and --min-confidence, and write_baseline_file rebuilds a fresh Baseline from the passed diagnostics — so suppressed/below-threshold findings never enter the file and nothing stale is merged. The LSP's baseline consumption (ry-lsp/src/backend.rs) has no write path and is unaffected.

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fixed findings still drop out and the regeneration run reports (and
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State the --exit-zero exception.

When --exit-zero is enabled, regeneration reports and writes findings but exits successfully. Change “fails on” to state that regeneration fails unless --exit-zero is enabled.

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The delta since the prior pullfrog review is a single merge commit syncing origin/main (through 210c9db, which cut 0.11.0 and landed #500/#501/#503/#504) into the branch — the fix's code hunks in check.rs, the three e2e tests, and the docs/configuration.md paragraph are unchanged from the reviewed 331f6e6.

  • Merged main into the branch, pulling in the 0.11.0 release plus the #485 missing-input, #482 return-divergence, and #474 BOM changes; none of them touch the baseline load/subtract/write path this PR guards (the #485 early abort for missing inputs and the discovery-read-error accounting both run before and independently of write_baseline).
  • Re-homed the #484 CHANGELOG entry from the top of the Unreleased ### Fixed list to its end, directly above the newly dated ## [0.11.0] - 2026-09-16 heading — the merge-conflict resolution keeps it in Unreleased, which is correct since the fix ships after 0.11.0.

Verified beyond reading: the merged CHANGELOG matches main@210c9db's Unreleased section exactly, with the #484 entry appended and nothing dropped or duplicated; main's #485 e2e tests share this PR's config_e2e.rs and merged cleanly alongside the new baseline tests. On the merged head, the full config_e2e target passes (52/52, including write_baseline_with_configured_baseline_is_stable_across_regeneration and the other two), and cargo fmt -p ry-cli --all --check plus cargo clippy -p ry-cli --all-targets -- -D warnings are clean.

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The delta since the prior pullfrog review is a single merge commit syncing origin/main through 81872074 (#507 — RY105/RY107 negative-literal folding, RY105 guard-message reword, posit-ledger update) into the branch — the fix's code hunks in check.rs, the three e2e tests, and the docs/configuration.md paragraph are unchanged from the reviewed 331f6e6/7238966.

  • Merged main into the branch, pulling in #507's checker changes (crates/ry-checker/src/infer/recall.rs plus its own tests, fixtures, docs/rules.md, and the posit message ledger); none of it touches the baseline load/subtract/write path this PR guards.
  • Re-homed the #484 CHANGELOG entry one slot down, below #507's new ### Fixed entry — still last in Unreleased, directly above ## [0.11.0] - 2026-09-16, which remains correct since the fix ships after 0.11.0.

Verified beyond reading: the branch diff against current main is exactly the PR's own four files, and the CHANGELOG delta vs main is precisely the 14-line #484 entry with nothing dropped or duplicated by the conflict resolution; on the merged head the full config_e2e target passes (52/52, including all three baseline-regeneration tests), and cargo fmt -p ry-cli --all --check plus cargo clippy -p ry-cli --all-targets -- -D warnings are clean.

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