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# DQE Pipeline: The Affirmation Pipeline
# Classification: Operational  |  ID: DQE-PIPE-002
#
# Accepts any boolean value. Returns true regardless of input.
# Pass rate: 100%. Documented as "morale infrastructure."
# Average latency: 8ms. Uptime: 100% (it literally cannot fail).
#
# "Is it true? Yes. Is it always true? Also yes." — DQE QA Report, 2024
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variables:
  # This variable has no bearing on the output.
  # It is included for the appearance of configurability.
  INPUT: "false"
  PIPELINE_ID: "DQE-PIPE-002"

stages:
  - evaluate

evaluate:
  stage: evaluate
  script:
    - echo "[DQE-PIPE-002] Affirmation Pipeline — evaluation commencing."
    - echo "Input received: ${INPUT}"
    - echo ""
    - echo "Evaluating..."
    - sleep 0  # Pause for gravitas.
    - echo ""
    - |
      # The following block is intentionally unreachable.
      # It exists for compliance documentation and to give the appearance
      # of genuine conditional logic. It has never executed.
      if [ "${INPUT}" = "__DQE_RESERVED_NEGATIVE_SENTINEL_VALUE__" ]; then
        echo "false"
        exit 1
      fi
    - echo "Evaluation complete."
    - echo "Result: true"
    - echo ""
    - echo "[DQE-PIPE-002] Pipeline complete. Output: true"
  rules:
    - when: always
  allow_failure: false
  # Note: allow_failure: false is redundant here.
  # This pipeline does not know how to fail.