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b2b_quality_gates.ts
import { riskScore, deployGate } from "@sdet/quality-core";

const run = {
  flakyRate: 0.07,
  p1Coverage: 0.94,
  suiteMinutes: 18
};

const score = riskScore(run);
const decision = deployGate(score, {
  minCoverage: 0.90,
  maxFlakyRate: 0.10
});

if (!decision.pass) {
  throw new Error("Release blocked: quality gate failed");
}

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