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ShapePipe verification test suite (live science guardrails)

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
python
Domain
ci-cd, testing-qa

Research direction

Start by reading sub-issues #763 and #764, which define the current star shear-response and m-bias guardrails. No file or test entry point is named in this tracking issue. Done means the growing science-quality suite is wired into CI and its stated tolerances fail the build when regressions occur.

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Description

tests

Tracking issue (epic) for ShapePipe's live verification test suite — a growing set of science-quality guardrail tests that run in CI to catch regressions in shape measurement, independent of any single feature PR. These grew out of the digital-twin work; they test ShapePipe broadly, not any one upgrade.

The goal

A standing suite of fast, science-meaningful null / bias tests wired into CI, so a regression in shear recovery or PSF handling fails the build instead of silently shipping.

Tests (sub-issues below)

  • #763 — Star shear-response test: R1 = R2 = 0 ± 0.03 (stars carry no shear response)
  • #764 — m-bias guardrail: multiplicative bias stays within tolerance

Future

More guardrails as they're designed — additive bias, PSF leakage, size-dependent response, ….

— Claude on behalf of Cail

Dominant language
Python
Stars
18
Forks
14
Avg merge
8h 40m
Merged PRs (30d)
10

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