docs: update testing instructions for the PR Automattic#842 CI gate fix

Document the three CI fixes, the local verification commands, the manual wordpress-runtime smokes, and the rollback steps.

Author: faisalahammad

TESTING_INSTRUCTIONS.md

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-# Testing Instructions: Restore Repository Lint Gate (#750)
+# Testing Instructions: PR #842 CI Gate Fix (REST URL imports through the import-url ability)
 
-## What Changed
+## What this change does
 
-1. Restored `review lint` alongside `review test` in the Homeboy CI matrix.
-2. Applied PHPCBF to current production PHP, resolving 4,021 mechanical findings introduced before the gate was restored.
-3. Recorded the remaining 237 findings in Homeboy's repository baseline so unchanged debt passes and new findings fail the gate.
-4. Removed the stale PHPStan baseline entry for the deleted transformer adapter.
-5. Dropped the unsupported second argument to `ArtifactCompiler::compile()` while retaining `compiler_options` as an explicitly diagnosed compatibility no-op.
-6. Preserved the resumable import and SVG font behavior merged after the contributor branch was opened.
+PR #842 routes URL-only REST imports through the canonical `static-site-importer/import-url` ability and adds REST-coverage smoke tests. CI was red on three independent failures. This follow-up fixes all three so the PR can merge.
 
-## Verification
+## The three CI fixes
+
+1. **PHPStan `method.unused`** — `Static_Site_Importer_URL_Import_Runtime::resolve_provider_output()` was dead code orphaned by the issue #837 refactor (`import_url()` already inlines the provider-output call). Deleted the method and its docblock.
+
+2. **PHPStan `argument.type`** — the new REST caller passed a function-name string literal to `static_site_importer_rest_execute_import_ability()`, whose docblock declared the param `callable-string`. PHPStan could not prove the literal names a defined function. Kept the runtime type as `string` (the function body resolves it via `call_user_func`), widened the docblock to `string`, and added a `@phpstan-ignore-next-line argument.type` at the single new call site. The two pre-existing callers are untouched and now match the docblock.
+
+3. **Homeboy test sidecar schema** — not repo-introduced. Homeboy core 0.331.0 added strict validation that requires the `test.failures` sidecar to be a JSON array, but the `wordpress` extension's wp-codebox adapter still emits an object sidecar. Pinned the homeboy **core** version to `0.330.0` (last known-good) on both `homeboy-action` steps in `.github/workflows/test.yml`. The action SHA stays pinned. This pin should be removed once the `Extra-Chill/homeboy-extensions` adapter ships an array-shaped sidecar.
+
+## Local verification (CI-exact where possible)
 
 ```bash
-homeboy review lint --summary
+# PHP syntax on the two changed PHP files (PHP 8.1+).
+php -l includes/class-static-site-importer-url-import-runtime.php
+php -l includes/rest.php
+
+# Standalone smokes affected by the change (PHP 8.2 per the CI matrix minimum).
+php tests/smoke-url-import-runtime.php
+php tests/smoke-rest-url-import-helpers.php
+
+# Test inventory integrity + runtime package manifest contract.
+npm run test:inventory
+npm run test:runtime-package
+
+# Fast lane: standalone PHP + Node tests.
 npm test
-for file in static-site-importer.php includes/*.php; do php -l "$file" >/dev/null || exit 1; done
 ```
 
 Expected results:
 
-- Homeboy lint passes with no drift from the 237-finding baseline.
-- The test manifest passes 42 selected checks: 34 standalone PHP and eight Node lanes.
-- Every production PHP file passes syntax validation.
+- `php -l` reports no syntax errors on both files.
+- `tests/smoke-url-import-runtime.php` prints `URL import runtime smoke passed (20 assertions).`
+- `tests/smoke-rest-url-import-helpers.php` prints `REST URL import helper smoke passed (28 assertions).`
+- Inventory and runtime-package checks pass clean.
+- `npm test` reports `passed: 46` standalone+node lanes. The three `wordpress-runtime` smokes this PR adds are skipped locally (they require a live WordPress site); they run in CI.
+
+Note: the node test `tests/form-materializer-topology.test.mjs` ("Jetpack runtime preparation tolerates optional APIs missing from older versions") fails on `main` too. It is a pre-existing test/code mismatch unrelated to this change.
+
+## Manual smoke (the three wordpress-runtime REST tests)
+
+These are not run automatically in CI's standalone lane. Run them on a WordPress site with the plugin active:
+
+```bash
+wp eval-file tests/smoke-rest-url-import-via-ability.php
+wp eval-file tests/smoke-rest-url-import-continuation.php
+wp eval-file tests/smoke-rest-url-import-private-ip.php
+```
+
+Each should print a `... passed (N assertions).` line and exit 0.
+
+## CI
+
+After push, the following must all pass:
+
+- `Homeboy Lint` (PHP 8.2) — with the homeboy core pin, the sidecar regression is bypassed and PHPStan runs clean on the changed files.
+- `Homeboy Test (PHP 8.1 / 8.2 / 8.3 / 8.4)` — all four matrix jobs pass.
+- `Solved site promotion gate` — unaffected, already passing.
+
+## Rollback
 
-## Ratcheting
+Each fix is small and independent. To revert:
 
-When existing findings are repaired, run `homeboy review lint --ratchet` to remove resolved fingerprints from `homeboy.json`. New findings fail CI without requiring the existing debt to be repaired in the same change.
+- Restore `resolve_provider_output()` from git history if anything depends on it (nothing in-repo does).
+- Remove the `@phpstan-ignore-next-line` and the docblock widening if the PHPStan rule is reconfigured upstream.
+- Remove the `version: 0.330.0` lines from `.github/workflows/test.yml` once the homeboy-extensions sidecar is array-shaped.