Evidence: Block 7 · Service (block-7)

• block type: block
• date: 2026-08-12
• resulting state: closed/verified
• story points (combined assembled cost): 57659
• execution id: 20260812.181916.284Z-375bff7f

Stories built

• Parse escapes and character references. (inline-escapes) [story]

Stacked context

• compass: COMPASS.md (SP 1263)
• implements: FEATURE-INLINE-ESCAPES.md (SP 396)
• context: spec.txt (SP 51527)
• context: spec_tests.py (SP 1609)
• context: ARCHITECTURE_compact.md (SP 116)
• stack: common_compact.md (SP 1179)
• stack: python_compact.md (SP 1534)

Build directory changes

• parser/blocks.py
• renderer/html.py
• test_inline_escapes.py

Pre-build acceptance observation

• RED: inline-escapes (FEATURE-INLINE-ESCAPES.md)

intent: The implementation passes punctuation escape and escape-context conformance examples. return code: 1 stdout: Example 12 (lines 489-493) Backslash escapes \!\"\#\$\%\&\'\(\)\*\+\,\-\.\/\:\;\<\=\>\?\@\[\\\]\^\_\`\{\|\}\~

--- expected HTML +++ actual HTML @@ -1 +1 @@ -<p>!&quot;#$%&amp;'()*+,-./:;&lt;=&gt;?@[\]^_{|}~</p> +<p>!"#$%&amp;'()*+,-./:;&lt;=&gt;?@[\]^_{|}~</p>

Example 14 (lines 509-529) Backslash escapes \not emphasized \<br/> not a tag \not a link \not code 1\. not a list \* not a list \# not a heading \[foo]: /url "not a reference" \&ouml; not a character entity

--- expected HTML +++ actual HTML @@ -1 +1 @@ -<p>not emphasized &lt;br/&gt; not a tag not a link not code 1. not a list * not a list # not a heading [foo]: /url &quot;not a reference&quot; &amp;ouml; not a character entity</p> +<p>not emphasized &lt;br/&gt; not a tag not a link not code 1. not a list * not a list # not a heading [foo]: /url &quot;not a reference&quot; \ö not a character entity</p>

Example 17 (lines 555-559) Backslash escapes \[\`

--- expected HTML +++ actual HTML @@ -1 +1 @@ -<p><code>\[\</code></p> +<p><code>[</code></p>

Example 20 (lines 580-584) Backslash escapes <https://example.com?find=\*>

--- expected HTML +++ actual HTML @@ -1 +1 @@ -<p><a href="https://example.com?find=%5C*">https://example.com?find=\</a></p> +<https: example.com?find="\">

Example 22 (lines 597-601) Backslash escapes [foo](/bar\* "ti\*tle")

--- expected HTML +++ actual HTML @@ -1 +1 @@ -<p><a href="/bar*" title="ti*tle">foo</a></p> +<p>[foo](/bar* &quot;ti*tle&quot;)</p>

Example 24 (lines 613-620) Backslash escapes foo\+bar foo

--- expected HTML +++ actual HTML @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -<pre><code class="language-foo+bar">foo +<pre><code class="language-foo\+bar">foo </code></pre>

7 passed, 6 failed, 0 errored, 642 skipped stderr: Traceback (most recent call last): File "inline-escapes.py", line 10, in <module> assert result.returncode == 0 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ AssertionError

• RED: character-references (FEATURE-INLINE-ESCAPES.md)

intent: The implementation passes named, decimal, hexadecimal, invalid, and contextual character-reference examples. return code: 1 stdout: Example 28 (lines 690-700) Entity and numeric character references &nbsp &x; &#; &#x; &#87654321; &#abcdef0; &ThisIsNotDefined; &hi?;

--- expected HTML +++ actual HTML @@ -1 +1 @@ -<p>&amp;nbsp &amp;x; &amp;#; &amp;#x; &amp;#87654321; &amp;#abcdef0; &amp;ThisIsNotDefined; &amp;hi?;</p> +<p>&amp;x; &amp;#; &amp;#x; � &amp;#abcdef0; &amp;ThisIsNotDefined; &amp;hi?;</p>

Example 29 (lines 707-711) Entity and numeric character references &copy

--- expected HTML +++ actual HTML @@ -1 +1 @@ -<p>&amp;copy</p> +<p>©</p>

Example 32 (lines 735-739) Entity and numeric character references [foo](/f&ouml;&ouml; "f&ouml;&ouml;")

--- expected HTML +++ actual HTML @@ -1 +1 @@ -<p><a href="/f%C3%B6%C3%B6" title="föö">foo</a></p> +<p>[foo](/föö &quot;föö&quot;)</p>

Example 33 (lines 742-748) Entity and numeric character references [foo]

[foo]: /f&ouml;&ouml; "f&ouml;&ouml;"

--- expected HTML +++ actual HTML @@ -1 +1 @@ -<p><a href="/f%C3%B6%C3%B6" title="föö">foo</a></p> +<p><a href="/f%C3%B6%C3%B6" title="f&amp;ouml;&amp;ouml;">foo</a></p>

Example 34 (lines 751-758) Entity and numeric character references föö foo

--- expected HTML +++ actual HTML @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -<pre><code class="language-föö">foo +<pre><code class="language-f&amp;ouml;&amp;ouml;">foo </code></pre>

Example 35 (lines 764-768) Entity and numeric character references föö

--- expected HTML +++ actual HTML @@ -1 +1 @@ -<p><code>f&amp;ouml;&amp;ouml;</code></p> +<p><code>föö</code></p>

Example 37 (lines 783-789) Entity and numeric character references &#42;foo&#42; foo

--- expected HTML +++ actual HTML @@ -1 +1 @@ -<p>foo <em>foo</em></p> +<p><em>foo</em> <em>foo</em></p>

10 passed, 7 failed, 0 errored, 638 skipped stderr: Traceback (most recent call last): File "character-references.py", line 10, in <module> assert result.returncode == 0 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ AssertionError

Post-build programmatic acceptance

• PASS: inline-escapes (FEATURE-INLINE-ESCAPES.md)

intent: The implementation passes punctuation escape and escape-context conformance examples. target interpreter: /mnt/c/Users/barlo/projects/drydock/.venv/bin/python3 provisioning: not required return code: 0 stdout: 13 passed, 0 failed, 0 errored, 642 skipped

• PASS: character-references (FEATURE-INLINE-ESCAPES.md)

intent: The implementation passes named, decimal, hexadecimal, invalid, and contextual character-reference examples. target interpreter: /mnt/c/Users/barlo/projects/drydock/.venv/bin/python3 provisioning: not required return code: 0 stdout: 17 passed, 0 failed, 0 errored, 638 skipped

Agent self-report (advisory)

The build agent declared a failure. This is advisory only; the programmatic acceptance above is the authority for this block's outcome.

• summary: Full CommonMark suite remains failing outside inline escapes.
• detail:

Scoped escape/reference checks pass, but the complete suite fails in Tabs and Thematic breaks cases; fix block parsing before rerunning.

Build summary

RESULT: FAILED

FILES CHANGED:

• renderer/html.py
• parser/blocks.py
• test_inline_escapes.py

SUMMARY: Implemented punctuation escapes and named/numeric character references. Both declared scoped acceptances and focused tests pass.

BLOCKERS:

• sh full_test.sh fails on pre-existing tab/list/thematic-break behavior outside this story.

FAILURE_SUMMARY: Full CommonMark suite remains failing outside inline escapes.
FAILURE_DETAIL: Scoped escape/reference checks pass, but the complete suite fails in Tabs and Thematic breaks cases; fix block parsing before rerunning.