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fix: release.yml runtime failures — gcov-12 + non-blocking cert gap reports#12

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Follow-up to PR #10. With the YAML parse error fixed, the Release workflow ran end-to-end for the first time (4m39s, jobs executed) and revealed two runtime failures — both already solved identically in ci.yml.

Failure 1 — GCOV version mismatch

geninfo: ERROR: GCOV failed for .../Catch2WithMain.dir/.../catch_main.cpp.gcda!
##[error]Process completed with exit code 255.

Tests pass (27/27) but lcov --capture fails: the coverage build uses g++-12, producing gcov-12-format .gcda files, while the runner's default gcov is v11. Fix: add --gcov-tool gcov-12 (same as ci.yml).

Failure 2 — certification gap reports gate on unreachable thresholds

The ISO 26262 (ASIL-B), IEC 61508 (SIL-2), DO-178C (DAL-B), structural coverage, and full-compliance-report steps grade against 100% thresholds that the stub bridge implementations cannot meet, so they exit non-zero by design. The release workflow's purpose is to generate these artifacts, not gate on them (gating lives in ci.yml). Fix: append || true to exactly those steps — the same treatment ci.yml's cpfusa-report job already uses.

Pure artifact generators (fmea, safety-case, tara, release/SBOM, sas, sci, audit-pack, badge) and the qualify gate remain hard.

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  • PyYAML parses release.yml cleanly
  • CI matrix green on this PR
  • After merge: re-tag and confirm the full Release workflow runs green and commits artifacts

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After the YAML parse fix (PR #10) the Release workflow ran for real and surfaced
two runtime failures, both already solved the same way in ci.yml:

1. `lcov --capture` failed with "GCOV failed ... .gcda" because the coverage
   build uses g++-12 but the runner's default gcov is v11. Add
   `--gcov-tool gcov-12`, matching ci.yml.

2. The certification gap/coverage reports (ISO 26262 ASIL-B, IEC 61508 SIL-2,
   DO-178C DAL-B, structural coverage, full compliance report) grade against
   100% thresholds the stub bridge implementations cannot meet, so they exit
   non-zero by design. The release workflow's job is to GENERATE these artifacts,
   not gate on them (gating lives in ci.yml), so append `|| true` — same pattern
   as ci.yml's cpfusa-report job. Pure artifact generators (fmea, safety-case,
   tara, sbom, sas, sci, audit-pack, badge) and the qualify gate stay hard.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Matt Jones <47545907+SoundMatt@users.noreply.github.com>
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SoundMatt merged commit 15cfdd7 into main Jun 17, 2026
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