From a50b236c8c4f12d9950e0014f031dc0298e42b2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Whitestone <alexander@alexanderwhitestone.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:22:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: reset_stale_states delegates to standalone script
 (closes #650)

---
 scripts/nightly-pipeline-scheduler.sh | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/nightly-pipeline-scheduler.sh b/scripts/nightly-pipeline-scheduler.sh
index d1b546d8..07895392 100644
--- a/scripts/nightly-pipeline-scheduler.sh
+++ b/scripts/nightly-pipeline-scheduler.sh
@@ -169,10 +169,16 @@ else:
 
 
 reset_stale_states() {
-    python3 -c "
+    # Delegate to standalone script (fixes #650: inline Python $STATE_FILE escaping bug)
+    local script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+    if [[ -f "$script_dir/reset_pipeline_state.py" ]]; then
+        python3 "$script_dir/reset_pipeline_state.py" --state-file "$STATE_FILE"
+    else
+        # Fallback: inline reset with proper variable expansion
+        python3 -c "
 import json, os
 from datetime import datetime, timezone, timedelta
-path = '\$STATE_FILE'
+path = '$STATE_FILE'
 if not os.path.exists(path):
     exit(0)
 with open(path) as f:
@@ -200,6 +206,7 @@ if stale:
         json.dump(d, f, indent=2)
     print('Reset stale pipelines: ' + ', '.join(stale))
 " 2>/dev/null
+    fi
 }
 
 check_dependency() {