[quality] /assign's failure arms are never driven through dist/index.js

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Finding

src/issueComment/assign.ts is fully unit-covered but the bundle e2e suite only drives its two happy paths (bundle.test.ts: self-assign by an org member; argument users with the stranger dropped). Its failure arms never run against the shipped bundle:

• line 42 — could not self assign: the self-assign POST /issues/1/assignees is refused
• line 66 — no authorized users found: every argument user fails the org-member / collaborator / has-commented reads
• line 79 — could not add assignees: the argument-user POST /issues/1/assignees is refused

Two further uncovered lines are not reachable through dist/index.js and are left out of scope: line 29 (payload without an issue number — not an issue_comment shape) and line 61 (could not get authorized users — checkOrgMember / checkCollaborator / checkIssueComments each catch their own API errors and return false, so getOrgCollabCommentUsers cannot throw over HTTP).

Evidence

• Unit: npx vitest run --coverage on main @ 3fc21f2 → assign.ts 100 % lines (suite: 100 / 99.81 / 100 / 100).
• E2E: npm run test:coverage:e2e on main @ 3fc21f2 → assign.ts 81.48 % lines, uncovered 29,42,61,66,79.
• Priority 2 per the lane's rule: unit-covered, e2e-uncovered.

Recommendation

• new __tests__/bundle/assignArms.test.ts driving the three reachable arms through dist/index.js against the fake GitHub: refused self-assign write, no authorized argument users (no write issued), refused argument-user write — asserting exit 1, the ::error:: text, and the exact request sequence

Measured with that file: assign.ts e2e 81.48 % → 92.59 % lines (only 29 and 61 remain).

Cluster: src/issueComment/assign.ts failure arms, bundle e2e. Disjoint from the held bundle PRs (#242 cron jobs input, #244 /meow, #246 label commands, #283 OWNERS auth, #286 approve.github_review, #289 merge gate labels, #291 blunderbuss, #293 hold/sweep, #296 /close + /milestone, #298 owners-label, #300 fixed labels) — none drives /assign.

Priority

• Impact: medium
• Effort: low

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[github-actions]

Please add a kind label with /kind failing-test or /kind cleanup.