fix(ci): seed lifecycle backtests before drift checks

Co-Authored-By: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

Author: Pigbibi

.github/workflows/drift-check.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,55 @@ permissions:
   id-token: write
 
 jobs:
+  preflight_backtests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    env:
+      FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: "true"
+      LIFECYCLE_PERFORMANCE_BUCKET: ${{ vars.LIFECYCLE_PERFORMANCE_BUCKET || '' }}
+      LIFECYCLE_LOCAL_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/data/lifecycle_store
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install -e . pandas
+
+      - name: Persist lifecycle backtests
+        run: |
+          python - <<'PY'
+          import json
+          import subprocess
+
+          profiles = json.loads(
+              subprocess.check_output(
+                  ["python", "scripts/run_walk_forward_backtest.py", "--list-profiles"],
+                  text=True,
+              )
+          )["profiles"]
+          for profile in profiles:
+              subprocess.check_call(
+                  [
+                      "python",
+                      "scripts/run_walk_forward_backtest.py",
+                      "--profile",
+                      profile,
+                      "--store-root",
+                      "data/lifecycle_store",
+                  ]
+              )
+          PY
+
   drift:
+    needs: preflight_backtests
     uses: QuantStrategyLab/QuantPlatformKit/.github/workflows/reusable-drift-check.yml@335c7a22bc3f570bd5705427ccc40172eda6b289
     with:
       strategy_domain: crypto

scripts/run_walk_forward_backtest.py

@@ -65,6 +65,21 @@ def _build_runner(*, profile: str, synthetic_days: int, panel: Any = None, marke
     )
 
 
+def _run_baseline(runner: Any, profile: str, params: dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
+    try:
+        return runner.run(
+            profile,
+            params,
+            start_date=None,
+            end_date=None,
+        )
+    except TypeError as exc:
+        message = str(exc)
+        if "start_date" not in message and "end_date" not in message:
+            raise
+        return runner.run(profile, params)
+
+
 def run_walk_forward(
     *,
     profile: str,
@@ -92,12 +107,7 @@ def run_walk_forward(
         synthetic_days=synthetic_days,
     )
     orchestrator.register_runner("crypto", runner)
-    baseline_raw = runner.run(
-        profile,
-        copy.deepcopy(baseline_params),
-        start_date=None,
-        end_date=None,
-    )
+    baseline_raw = _run_baseline(runner, profile, copy.deepcopy(baseline_params))
     wf_params = copy.deepcopy(params)
     wf_results = orchestrator.walk_forward(
         profile,

tests/test_drift_workflow_config.py

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 def test_drift_workflow_wires_pipeline_repo_and_lifecycle_env() -> None:
     workflow = (Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / ".github" / "workflows" / "drift-check.yml").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
 
+    assert "preflight_backtests:" in workflow
+    assert "needs: preflight_backtests" in workflow
+    assert "scripts/run_walk_forward_backtest.py" in workflow
+    assert '"--list-profiles"' in workflow
+    assert '"data/lifecycle_store"' in workflow
     assert "uses: QuantStrategyLab/QuantPlatformKit/.github/workflows/reusable-drift-check.yml@335c7a22bc3f570bd5705427ccc40172eda6b289" in workflow
     assert "strategy_domain: crypto" in workflow
     assert "caller_event_name: ${{ github.event_name }}" in workflow