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bench-rule-enable

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Enable an existing or newly-added markuplint rule on the nu-validator bench by editing tests/external/bench/config.ts. Covers the flat-rule case (rules: { '<name>': true }) and the severity override case (rules: { '<name>': { severity: 'error' } }) that bench-virtual-rule does not. Use when a rule exists in the registry but the relevant nu fixtures stay nu-only because the rule is not enabled in the bench config, or when a rule's default severity is warning but the spec text it mirrors is a MUST / MUST NOT. Trigger keywords: enable bench rule, bench config flat rule, severity override bench, rule not flagging on bench, warning vs error in bench, escalate severity bench, wai-aria-implicit-props bench, bench coverage missing rule.

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Bench Rule Enable Skill

tests/external/bench/config.ts curates rules explicitly (no extends: ['markuplint:html-standard']). A rule that exists in the markuplint registry will not affect bench verdicts until it is added to that file. This skill covers the two non-virtual-rule patterns:

  • Flat enable: adding '<rule-name>': true for a rule whose default behaviour matches the bench's spec-conformance lens.
  • Severity override: adding '<rule-name>': { severity: 'error' } for a rule whose default severity is 'warning' but whose underlying assertion is a MUST / MUST NOT in the spec text.

For preset-defined virtual rules (nodeRules[] selectors), use bench-virtual-rule instead.

When to add a rule to the bench

The bench is the spec-conformance comparison surface. A rule belongs in bench/config.ts only when its assertions map onto a nu-validator capability. Use this checklist:

  1. The rule is registered in packages/@markuplint/rules/src/index.ts.
  2. The rule reports diagnostics with severity 'error' (or you intend to override severity — see the next section).
  3. Either:
    • nu-validator currently fires on the same markup pattern, OR
    • the spec the rule cites contains MUST / MUST NOT language and the discrepancy in nu's coverage is documented in bench-triage's audit log.

If both nu and the spec are silent, do not enable the rule in the bench — it would inflate ml-only without producing a spec-aligned signal.

Pattern 1: flat enable

Most new conformance rules ship as flat enable: add '<rule-name>': true to rules in tests/external/bench/config.ts (entries kept alphabetical). After editing:

yarn build --scope @markuplint/rules
yarn bench:update --target markuplint --filter '<bench fixture path>'

Expect the targeted fixtures to flip from nu-only to match-error. If a fixture stays nu-only, the rule is not matching that specific HTML (re-read the rule and the fixture).

Pattern 2: severity override

A rule whose default meta.defaultSeverity is 'warning' does not contribute to bench verdicts (see compare.ts#judgeMlState — only errors flip ml state). Override for the bench-only run by adding '<rule-name>': { severity: 'error' } to bench/config.ts.

The inline comment on the override must include:

  • The spec citation that justifies treating the rule as error
  • A reason why the user-facing default stays at 'warning' (so the next maintainer does not "harmonise" by raising the user-facing default unconditionally)

Side-effect check

Severity overrides have ripple effects: fixtures that previously were match-clean (both clean) may flip to ml-only (ml strict, nu lax). This is not a regression when:

  • The spec the rule cites is a MUST / MUST NOT, and
  • The fixture's filename includes -haswarn (nu fires only a warning, not an error)

Confirm by inspecting tests/external/snapshots/diff/markuplint-only.json after the bench run: filter entries[] to those whose ruleIds include the rule.

Each affected fixture should be a legitimate "ml strict, nu lax" case per the bench-triage SKILL ml-only readings. Anything else is a real over-detection — back out the severity override.

Verification

yarn bench:update --target markuplint
yarn bench:compare

Compare tests/external/snapshots/diff/summary.md:

  • Per-category match-error count for the rule's domain should rise
  • nu-only count should fall by the same amount (within nu-validator parallel-load flicker)
  • ml-only delta should match the side-effect analysis above

Pin against --concurrency 1 before filing for a stable verdict.