Warn on aut-num replication failure instead of failing hard

Author: VegasNative

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Local config (use config.example.yaml as template)
 config.yaml
+config.test.yaml
 
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/

README.md

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ uv run rir-updater config.yaml --setup-test
 
 The first time you use `--setup-test`, the mntner must be created manually via the RIPE web UI at [apps-test.db.ripe.net](https://apps-test.db.ripe.net) — the API does not allow creating the first mntner programmatically due to a circular person↔mntner dependency. The tool will print instructions if the mntner is not found.
 
-ASNs registered outside RIPE (e.g. ARIN/APNIC) cannot be automatically replicated and must be created manually in the test DB. `--setup-test` will warn when this is required.
+aut-num objects cannot be created in the test DB via the API — all aut-nums require authorization from `TEST-DBM-MNT`, which is restricted to RIPE staff. `--setup-test` will warn and continue if aut-num replication fails. You must create the aut-num manually via the web UI using your SSO session; however this may also fail if your account is not authorized as `TEST-DBM-MNT`. In practice, the test DB is most useful for validating mntner/person setup and dry-run output rather than full end-to-end route sync.
 
 `--setup-test` only replicates prerequisite objects. Run without `--setup-test` afterwards to sync route objects and ROAs.
 

src/rir_updater/ripe/client.py

@@ -255,7 +255,14 @@ def setup_test_env(self, routes: list[RouteObject], sso_emails: list[str]) -> No
         print(f"{result}: mntner {self._maintainer}")
 
         for asn in sorted(asns):
-            result = self._replicate_object("aut-num", asn)
+            try:
+                result = self._replicate_object("aut-num", asn)
+            except ApiError:
+                print(
+                    f"warning: aut-num {asn} could not be created in test "
+                    f"(requires TEST-DBM-MNT auth — create it manually via the web UI)"
+                )
+                continue
             if result == "not-found":
                 print(
                     f"warning: aut-num {asn} not found in RIPE production "