Make abort mark the ticket blocked with clear details (fail-loud follow-through) #436
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Context
With skip removed (ADR-0131, #435), abort is the only exit from a red gate that cannot be corrected within the seam. Today the abandon path (Implementation.abandon!, invoked via abandon_unfinished! at implementation.rb:47 when opening a new implementation) does not roll back or update the worked ticket as blocked with details — there is no distinct "abort" method or code path; abandonment happens as a side effect of opening a fresh implementation. The user's stated design: back up and correct if within the seam, or roll back and update the ticket as blocked with clear details; either way fail loudly.
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[ ] Decide the rollback semantics for an aborted round (git state, .sdlc state)
[ ] On abort, post a blocked comment on the worked ticket naming the failed step, the gate output, and the retry history; apply the waiting label per backlog rules
[ ] Tests for the abort path additions
Acceptance criteria
[ ] An aborted round leaves a loud, durable trace on the ticket it was working — never a silent abandonment
Origin
Body corrected 2026-08-23 from code-probe verification (agent aa7e6dbcd1ffaeeb6, claude-sonnet-5).
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Reason: the ticket's underlying problem (no loud, durable trace on abort/abandon) is still real and unfixed — only the described mechanism and file citation were wrong, so the ticket stays open with a corrected chain.
Resolution
Done: Scope reassessed 2026-08-26: the blocked-drive case is covered by the escalation redesign (ADR-0152, #513) and SKILL.md implementation_failed instructions; the remaining gap (dead TeaTracker code, silent crash path, non-blocking progress comments) is re-captured with the user's updated design in #517.
Evidence: Code-probe report 2026-08-26: TeaTracker#blocker_comment/#add_waiting_label defined at tea_tracker.rb:22-37, called nowhere in lib/ or bin/; escalation paths at next_step.rb:148-165,221-231; orchestrator ticket instructions at skills/implement/SKILL.md:108-113.
Follow-ups: #517 (user-approved replacement, shrunken scope)