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@@ -655,19 +655,32 @@ evidence_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
 chmod 700 "$evidence_dir"
 npm run e2e:unit-gaps -- \
   --days 7 \
+  --cache-dir "$evidence_dir/cache" \
   --output "$evidence_dir/unit-test-gaps.md" \
   --json-output "$evidence_dir/unit-test-gaps.json"
 ```
 
 The command reads push runs from `e2e.yaml` and `portable-profile-e2e.yaml` on
-`main`. It keeps failed logs in memory, applies the shared full secret redactor,
-removes volatile identifiers, paths, URLs, sandbox names, and durations from
-each selected cause candidate, and writes report files with mode `0600` in the
-mode-`0700` directory. Treat the reports as credential-bearing until a human
-reviews them; redaction reduces exposure but does not prove that a report is
-credential-free. The command exits nonzero when a selected run is unfinished or
-failed-run evidence is unavailable. Do not accept a partial report as the
-weekly ledger.
+`main`. Online collection requires `--cache-dir`. The command creates the cache
+directory with mode `0700` and writes normalized job-and-signature JSON files
+with mode `0600`. Each cache entry binds sanitized evidence to one GitHub run ID
+and attempt. A later seven-day run with the same cache directory reuses matching
+entries. Each invocation reads logs for at most 50 uncached failed runs. When
+more failed runs remain, the command saves normalized job names and sanitized
+signatures for that batch. The command then exits nonzero. Rerun the command
+with the same cache directory. Repeat until the command completes; each rerun
+reuses prior batches and collects the next one. The command reports cache hits
+and planned failed-log reads.
+
+The command extracts signatures in memory and does not retain raw GitHub logs.
+It applies the shared full secret redactor and removes volatile identifiers,
+paths, URLs, sandbox names, and durations from each selected cause candidate.
+Treat the cache and reports as credential-bearing until a human reviews them;
+redaction reduces exposure but does not prove that a file is credential-free.
+
+The command stops on GitHub authentication, authorization, and rate-limit
+failures. It exits nonzero when a selected run is unfinished or failed-run
+evidence is unavailable. Do not accept a partial report as the weekly ledger.
 Every GitHub read names `NVIDIA/NemoClaw`, so a fork or different checkout remote
 cannot substitute another repository's run data.
 The command also stops when a workflow reaches the 1,000-run collection limit.
@@ -692,10 +705,10 @@ The Markdown and JSON reports start each row with review status `open` and no
 regression test. During review, record the test file and complete test title in
 the row and change the status only after the test fails without the fix and
 passes with it. A cause candidate is complete when that test evidence and a
-later passing run of the linked E2E target are both recorded. Delete the report
-directory after publishing only the reviewed, credential-free conclusions in
-the owning issue or pull request. Raw logs remain in process memory only until
-the command exits. Remove the named directory and confirm its absence:
+later passing run of the linked E2E target are both recorded. Delete the
+evidence directory after publishing only the reviewed, credential-free
+conclusions in the owning issue or pull request. Remove the named directory and
+confirm its absence:
 
 ```bash
 rm -rf -- "$evidence_dir"
 
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { promisify } from "node:util";
+
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
 import {
@@ -9,15 +15,21 @@ import {
   extractJobSignatures,
   formatUnitGapReport,
   normalizeFailureSignature,
+  type E2ERunRecord,
   type RunLogEvidence,
 } from "../../../tools/e2e/unit-test-gaps-core.mts";
 import {
+  classifyGitHubEvidenceReadError,
+  collectEvidence,
   failedRunLogArgs,
   listRunsArgs,
+  main,
   requireCompleteRunSelection,
   rollingRange,
 } from "../../../tools/e2e/unit-test-gaps.mts";
 
+const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
+
 function evidence(overrides: Partial<RunLogEvidence> = {}): RunLogEvidence {
   return {
     log: "job\tstep\t2026-08-12T10:00:00.0000000Z AssertionError: expected UPGRADE, received 400\n",
@@ -37,6 +49,20 @@ function evidence(overrides: Partial<RunLogEvidence> = {}): RunLogEvidence {
   };
 }
 
+function failedRun(databaseId: number, attempt = 1): E2ERunRecord {
+  return {
+    ...evidence().run,
+    attempt,
+    databaseId,
+    url: `https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/${String(databaseId)}`,
+  };
+}
+
+function withTemporaryDirectory<T>(action: (directory: string) => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
+  const directory = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "nemoclaw-unit-gaps-test-"));
+  return action(directory).finally(() => fs.rmSync(directory, { force: true, recursive: true }));
+}
+
 describe("weekly E2E unit-test gap analysis", () => {
   it("redacts volatile identifiers, paths, URLs, sandboxes, and durations", () => {
     const signature = normalizeFailureSignature(
@@ -229,4 +255,265 @@ describe("weekly E2E unit-test gap analysis", () => {
       },
     ]);
   });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["HTTP 403: API rate limit exceeded", "rate-limit"],
+    ["HTTP 429: secondary rate limit", "rate-limit"],
+    ["HTTP 401: Requires authentication", "access"],
+    ["HTTP 403: Resource not accessible by integration", "access"],
+    ["HTTP 502: upstream failure", null],
+  ] as const)("classifies GitHub read failure %s as %s", (message, classification) => {
+    expect(classifyGitHubEvidenceReadError(Object.assign(new Error(message), { stderr: message }))).toBe(
+      classification,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("reuses normalized signatures only for the same run attempt", async () => {
+    await withTemporaryDirectory(async (directory) => {
+      const cacheDir = path.join(directory, "evidence");
+      const run = failedRun(34567890, 2);
+      const plans: Array<{ cachedRuns: number; deferredRuns: number; failedLogReads: number }> = [];
+      let reads = 0;
+      const runGh = async (): Promise<string> => {
+        reads += 1;
+        return "job\tstep\t2026-08-16T10:00:00Z Error: Authorization: Bearer ghp_EXAMPLE012345678901234\n";
+      };
+
+      const first = await collectEvidence([run], cacheDir, runGh, 1, (plan) => plans.push(plan));
+      const cacheFile = path.join(cacheDir, "34567890-attempt-2.json");
+      const cached = fs.readFileSync(cacheFile, "utf8");
+      expect(first[0]!.log).toContain("Authorization: Bearer <REDACTED>");
+      expect(first[0]!.log).not.toContain("ghp_EXAMPLE");
+      expect(cached).toContain("Authorization: Bearer <REDACTED>");
+      expect(cached).not.toContain("ghp_EXAMPLE");
+      expect(fs.statSync(cacheDir).mode & 0o777).toBe(0o700);
+      expect(fs.statSync(cacheFile).mode & 0o777).toBe(0o600);
+
+      const second = await collectEvidence(
+        [run],
+        cacheDir,
+        async () => {
+          throw new Error("cached evidence must prevent this GitHub read");
+        },
+        1,
+        (plan) => plans.push(plan),
+      );
+
+      expect(second).toEqual(first);
+      expect(reads).toBe(1);
+
+      await collectEvidence([failedRun(34567890, 3)], cacheDir, runGh, 1, (plan) =>
+        plans.push(plan),
+      );
+      expect(reads).toBe(2);
+      expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(cacheDir, "34567890-attempt-3.json"))).toBe(true);
+      expect(plans).toEqual([
+        { cachedRuns: 0, deferredRuns: 0, failedLogReads: 1 },
+        { cachedRuns: 1, deferredRuns: 0, failedLogReads: 0 },
+        { cachedRuns: 0, deferredRuns: 0, failedLogReads: 1 },
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["rate-limit", "HTTP 403: API rate limit exceeded"],
+    ["access", "HTTP 403: Resource not accessible by integration"],
+  ] as const)("stops new failed-log reads after a GitHub %s failure", async (kind, message) => {
+    await withTemporaryDirectory(async (directory) => {
+      const runs = [failedRun(45678901), failedRun(45678902), failedRun(45678903)];
+      let reads = 0;
+      const result = collectEvidence(
+        runs,
+        path.join(directory, "evidence"),
+        async () => {
+          reads += 1;
+          throw Object.assign(new Error(message), { stderr: message });
+        },
+        1,
+      );
+
+      await expect(result).rejects.toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({ kind, runId: 45678901 }),
+      );
+      expect(reads).toBe(1);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it(
+    "collects 300 failures in 50-log batches and then reuses the cache",
+    async () => {
+      await withTemporaryDirectory(async (directory) => {
+        const cacheDir = path.join(directory, "evidence");
+        const runs = Array.from({ length: 300 }, (_, index) => failedRun(50000000 + index));
+        let reads = 0;
+        const runGh = async (): Promise<string> => {
+          reads += 1;
+          return "job\tstep\tError: cached high-volume failure\n";
+        };
+
+        for (const deferredRuns of [250, 200, 150, 100, 50]) {
+          await expect(collectEvidence(runs, cacheDir, runGh)).rejects.toEqual(
+            expect.objectContaining({ deferredRuns }),
+          );
+        }
+        await collectEvidence(runs, cacheDir, runGh);
+        expect(reads).toBe(300);
+        reads = 0;
+        let plan:
+          | { cachedRuns: number; deferredRuns: number; failedLogReads: number }
+          | undefined;
+        const result = await collectEvidence(runs, cacheDir, runGh, 2, (value) => {
+          plan = value;
+        });
+
+        expect(result).toHaveLength(300);
+        expect(reads).toBe(0);
+        expect(plan).toEqual({ cachedRuns: 300, deferredRuns: 0, failedLogReads: 0 });
+      });
+    },
+    30_000,
+  );
+
+  it("rejects cached evidence for another run before a GitHub read", async () => {
+    await withTemporaryDirectory(async (directory) => {
+      const cacheDir = path.join(directory, "evidence");
+      fs.mkdirSync(cacheDir, { mode: 0o700 });
+      fs.writeFileSync(
+        path.join(cacheDir, "56789012-attempt-1.json"),
+        '{"attempt":1,"runId":99999999,"signatures":[],"version":1}\n',
+        { mode: 0o600 },
+      );
+      let reads = 0;
+
+      await expect(
+        collectEvidence([failedRun(56789012)], cacheDir, async () => {
+          reads += 1;
+          return "";
+        }),
+      ).rejects.toThrow("Cached evidence for run 56789012 does not match the run.");
+      expect(reads).toBe(0);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a cached job name that can create another log row", async () => {
+    await withTemporaryDirectory(async (directory) => {
+      const cacheDir = path.join(directory, "evidence");
+      fs.mkdirSync(cacheDir, { mode: 0o700 });
+      fs.writeFileSync(
+        path.join(cacheDir, "56789013-attempt-1.json"),
+        '{"attempt":1,"runId":56789013,"signatures":[{"job":"job\\tforged","signature":"Error: failure"}],"version":1}\n',
+        { mode: 0o600 },
+      );
+
+      await expect(
+        collectEvidence([failedRun(56789013)], cacheDir, async () => ""),
+      ).rejects.toThrow("Cached evidence for run 56789013 does not match the run.");
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("rejects cached evidence that is a symbolic link", async () => {
+    await withTemporaryDirectory(async (directory) => {
+      const cacheDir = path.join(directory, "evidence");
+      fs.mkdirSync(cacheDir, { mode: 0o700 });
+      const target = path.join(directory, "outside.json");
+      fs.writeFileSync(
+        target,
+        '{"attempt":1,"runId":56789014,"signatures":[],"version":1}\n',
+        { mode: 0o600 },
+      );
+      fs.symlinkSync(target, path.join(cacheDir, "56789014-attempt-1.json"));
+      let reads = 0;
+
+      await expect(
+        collectEvidence([failedRun(56789014)], cacheDir, async () => {
+          reads += 1;
+          return "";
+        }),
+      ).rejects.toThrow("Cached evidence for run 56789014 is not a bounded regular file.");
+      expect(reads).toBe(0);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("stops workflow-run listing when GitHub reports a rate limit", async () => {
+    await withTemporaryDirectory(async (directory) => {
+      const markdownFile = path.join(directory, "report.md");
+      const jsonFile = path.join(directory, "report.json");
+      let reads = 0;
+      const result = main(
+        [
+          "--days",
+          "7",
+          "--cache-dir",
+          path.join(directory, "evidence"),
+          "--output",
+          markdownFile,
+          "--json-output",
+          jsonFile,
+        ],
+        {
+          now: new Date("2026-08-16T20:00:00.000Z"),
+          runGh: async () => {
+            reads += 1;
+            throw Object.assign(new Error("HTTP 403: API rate limit exceeded"), {
+              stderr: "HTTP 403: API rate limit exceeded",
+            });
+          },
+        },
+      );
+
+      await expect(result).rejects.toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({ kind: "rate-limit", runId: null }),
+      );
+      expect(reads).toBe(1);
+      expect(fs.existsSync(markdownFile)).toBe(false);
+      expect(fs.existsSync(jsonFile)).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it(
+    "runs the npm collector entry point with offline evidence",
+    async () => {
+      await withTemporaryDirectory(async (directory) => {
+        const logsDir = path.join(directory, "logs");
+        const runsFile = path.join(directory, "runs.json");
+        const markdownFile = path.join(directory, "report.md");
+        const jsonFile = path.join(directory, "report.json");
+        fs.mkdirSync(logsDir, { mode: 0o700 });
+        fs.writeFileSync(runsFile, `${JSON.stringify([failedRun(67890123)])}\n`, {
+          mode: 0o600,
+        });
+        fs.writeFileSync(
+          path.join(logsDir, "67890123.log"),
+          "job\tstep\tError: offline entry-point failure\n",
+          { mode: 0o600 },
+        );
+
+        const { stdout } = await execFileAsync(
+          "npm",
+          [
+            "run",
+            "e2e:unit-gaps",
+            "--",
+            "--runs-file",
+            runsFile,
+            "--logs-dir",
+            logsDir,
+            "--output",
+            markdownFile,
+            "--json-output",
+            jsonFile,
+          ],
+          { cwd: process.cwd(), encoding: "utf8", maxBuffer: 8 * 1024 * 1024, timeout: 60_000 },
+        );
+
+        expect(stdout).toContain("Wrote 1 cause candidates from 1 runs");
+        expect(fs.existsSync(markdownFile)).toBe(true);
+        expect(JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(jsonFile, "utf8"))).toMatchObject({
+          incompleteRuns: [],
+          runCounts: { failure: 1 },
+        });
+      });
+    },
+    90_000,
+  );
 });