fix(1259-01): close adversarial review findings — genuine enforcement, honest fail-first scope

Adversarial pre-submission review found the injected-runCheck tests masked a
non-functional real runner. Fixes:

- BL-01 (false green on vacuous test): the node-test runner now parses the TAP
  summary and requires a NON-VACUOUS pass (>=1 test, >=1 pass, 0 fail) AND a
  reported test named distinctly from the file — node --test counts an empty file
  as one passing test, so counts alone could not catch it.
- SF-01 (lint anchor never greened): the lint-rule runner now runs the project
  eslint as --format json and filters by ruleId, so plugin rules (local/*) load
  via the flat config — bare --rule cannot load a plugin. local/no-source-grep
  now genuinely greens (covered by a real, non-injected test).
- BL-02 (tautological fail-first): the runner no longer echoes the caller's
  failFirst as if confirmed. failFirst is documented as caller-ATTESTED; the
  producer requires attestation + a genuine non-vacuous pass. Machine-proven
  fail-first (needs a violation fixture) is flagged as a tracked follow-up in
  ADR-550, the changeset, FEATURES, the reference doc, and verify-phase.
- SF-02: added real-runner end-to-end tests (no injected runCheck) + pure,
  exported parse/filter helpers (parseNodeTestSummary, tapTestNames,
  eslintJsonHasRule, eslintFileResultCount) so the shipping branches are
  mutation-pinned.
- NIT-01/02: LOCATE guard rejects empty-string rule and unknown kinds.
- Hardening: spawn checks with NODE_TEST_CONTEXT/NODE_OPTIONS scrubbed so an
  ambient test-runner context cannot corrupt a verify-time result.
- Docs reconciled to the shipped behavior (no 'confirms fail-first' overclaim).
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Dave
2026-06-15 13:38:15 -04:00
parent 676436258a
commit 31b822b312
8 changed files with 345 additions and 116 deletions

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@@ -8,14 +8,22 @@
* branch at probe-core 420-427); with empty evidence it fails closed to flagged-unverified. But
* NOTHING in the live pipeline ever produced `enforcementEvidence`, so the green branch was
* unreachable. This module is the missing producer: it LOCATES the wired mechanical check from a
* check descriptor, CONFIRMS it is fail-first (regression-must-fail-first), RUNS it, builds a typed
* check descriptor, RUNS it and requires a genuine NON-VACUOUS pass, builds a typed
* `enforcementEvidence` array on PASS, and emits the `dispositionForProhibition` verdict as JSON.
* The green/fail-closed policy itself is untouched (no src/probe-core.cts edit).
*
* Accepts BOTH wired-check kinds (ADR-550 D2): a `node --test` negative test OR an existing
* lint/AST rule (e.g. the in-tree `no-source-grep` rule — the D4 dogfood anchor). A missing OR
* failing OR non-fail-first check hard-gates (flagged, non-green) in BOTH interactive and
* autonomous modes (ADR-550 D4 / D3) — never a silent green.
* Accepts BOTH wired-check kinds (ADR-550 D2): a `node --test` negative test OR a lint/AST rule
* (e.g. the in-tree `local/no-source-grep` rule — the D4 dogfood anchor, run via the project flat
* config so the plugin loads). A missing, non-attested, or genuinely-non-passing check hard-gates
* (flagged, non-green) in BOTH interactive and autonomous modes (ADR-550 D4 / D3) — never a silent
* green.
*
* FAIL-FIRST IS CALLER-ATTESTED (honest scope, #1259): the producer requires the caller to ATTEST
* `failFirst: true` AND requires the runner to observe a real non-vacuous pass — but it does NOT
* independently prove the check fails-on-violation. Genuine fail-first confirmation needs running
* the check against a known violation fixture and is a tracked follow-up (recorded in ADR-550's D5d
* note). What ships here closes the permanent-`gaps_found` dead-end with a genuinely-executed gate;
* it does not yet replace caller attestation with machine proof of the red-first property.
*
* Authored as strict TypeScript (`src/prohibition-enforcement.cts`) and compiled by
* `tsc -p tsconfig.build.json` (`npm run build:lib`) to the gitignored runtime artifact
@@ -43,7 +51,8 @@ export type CheckKind = 'node-test' | 'lint-rule';
* runner family; `target` is the negative-test file path (node-test) or the PATH to lint
* (lint-rule); `rule` is the eslint rule id (lint-rule only — e.g. `local/no-source-grep`) and is
* REQUIRED for the lint-rule kind (a lint-rule descriptor without it is not a valid wired check);
* `failFirst` records whether the check is a genuine `regression-must-fail-first` proof.
* `failFirst` is the caller's ATTESTATION that the check is a genuine `regression-must-fail-first`
* proof (caller-declared — see the module docstring; not independently confirmed at verify time).
*/
export interface CheckDescriptor {
kind: CheckKind;
@@ -52,9 +61,14 @@ export interface CheckDescriptor {
failFirst?: boolean;
}
/** The result a check-runner returns: whether the check is fail-first and whether it passed. */
/**
* The result a check-runner returns: whether the check genuinely, non-vacuously PASSED. The runner
* reports only what it can OBSERVE (a real pass) — it does NOT determine fail-first. Whether the
* check is a `regression-must-fail-first` proof is a CALLER-ATTESTED property of the descriptor
* (`CheckDescriptor.failFirst`); the producer cannot independently confirm it at verify time without
* a violation fixture (a tracked follow-up — see the module docstring).
*/
export interface CheckRunResult {
failFirst: boolean;
passed: boolean;
}
@@ -85,60 +99,171 @@ export interface EnforcementResult extends ProhibitionDisposition {
mode?: string;
}
/**
* The default REAL check runner (used when no `runCheck` is injected). Deterministic per
* environment and guarded so a missing tool yields a non-passing result, NEVER an uncaught throw
* (the no-throw contract). A real run is fail-first by construction here — the descriptor's
* `failFirst` marker is the authoritative regression-must-fail-first signal the producer confirms.
* - node-test: runs `node --test <target>`; exit 0 = passed.
* - lint-rule: runs `eslint --rule '<rule>: error' <target>`, exit 0 = passed.
*/
/** node --test argv. Forces the TAP reporter so the summary counts are parseable + version-stable. */
export function buildNodeTestArgs(check: CheckDescriptor): string[] {
return ['--test', '--test-reporter=tap', check.target];
}
/** eslint argv (the args AFTER `npx`). Runs the project flat config so plugin rules (e.g. `local/*`)
* load — `--rule` CANNOT load a plugin, so we lint the TARGET path as JSON and filter by rule id. */
export function buildLintArgs(check: CheckDescriptor): string[] {
return ['eslint', '--format', 'json', check.target];
}
/**
* Pure mapper from a lint-rule descriptor to the eslint argv (the args AFTER `npx`). The rule id
* (`check.rule`, forced to `error`) and the lint TARGET path (`check.target`) are DISTINCT tokens —
* reusing `target` as both (the #1259 pre-fix bug) makes eslint try to lint a file named after the
* rule, which can never pass. Exported so the mapping is unit-testable without spawning eslint.
* Pure parser for the `node --test` TAP summary. A genuine pass is NON-VACUOUS: exit 0 is NOT enough
* (an empty / all-skipped / deleted-negative-test file exits 0 with `# tests 0`). Mutation-pinned by
* unit tests so a threshold flip is caught.
*/
export function buildLintArgs(check: CheckDescriptor): string[] {
return ['eslint', '--rule', `${check.rule}: error`, check.target];
export function parseNodeTestSummary(out: string): { tests: number; pass: number; fail: number } {
const num = (re: RegExp): number => {
const m = typeof out === 'string' ? out.match(re) : null;
return m ? Number(m[1]) : 0;
};
return {
tests: num(/^# tests (\d+)/m),
pass: num(/^# pass (\d+)/m),
fail: num(/^# fail (\d+)/m),
};
}
/** The names from TAP `ok N - <name>` / `not ok N - <name>` lines (directives like `# SKIP` stripped). */
export function tapTestNames(out: string): string[] {
if (typeof out !== 'string') return [];
const names: string[] = [];
const re = /^(?:not )?ok \d+ - (.+)$/gm;
let m: RegExpExecArray | null;
while ((m = re.exec(out)) !== null) {
names.push(m[1].replace(/\s+#\s.*$/, '').trim());
}
return names;
}
/**
* A non-vacuous node-test pass: at least one test, at least one pass, zero failures — AND at least
* one reported test whose name is NOT merely the target file. `node --test <file>` counts a file
* with ZERO `test()` calls as one passing "test" named after the file, so the counts alone cannot
* tell an empty/deleted negative test from a real one (the #1259 BL-01 false-green). Requiring a
* named test distinct from the file closes that hole.
*/
export function isNonVacuousNodeTestPass(out: string, target: string): boolean {
const s = parseNodeTestSummary(out);
if (!(s.tests >= 1 && s.pass >= 1 && s.fail === 0)) return false;
const base = typeof target === 'string' ? (target.split(/[\\/]/).pop() ?? target) : '';
return tapTestNames(out).some((n) => n !== base && n !== target);
}
/** Number of file results in an eslint `--format json` report (0 if unparseable / not an array). */
export function eslintFileResultCount(jsonText: string): number {
try {
const parsed: unknown = JSON.parse(jsonText);
return Array.isArray(parsed) ? parsed.length : 0;
} catch {
return 0;
}
}
/** True if the eslint `--format json` report has ANY message for `rule`. Unparseable -> true
* (fail-closed: treat an unreadable report as a violation rather than a silent pass). */
export function eslintJsonHasRule(jsonText: string, rule: string): boolean {
let parsed: unknown;
try {
parsed = JSON.parse(jsonText);
} catch {
return true;
}
if (!Array.isArray(parsed)) return true;
for (const file of parsed) {
const messages = file && typeof file === 'object' && Array.isArray((file as { messages?: unknown }).messages)
? (file as { messages: Array<{ ruleId?: unknown }> }).messages
: [];
for (const msg of messages) {
if (msg && typeof msg === 'object' && msg.ruleId === rule) return true;
}
}
return false;
}
/**
* The default REAL check runner (used when no `runCheck` is injected). Reports only an OBSERVED,
* genuinely-non-vacuous pass; guarded so a missing tool / non-zero exit yields a non-passing result,
* NEVER an uncaught throw (the no-throw contract). It does NOT determine fail-first (caller-attested).
* - node-test: runs `node --test` (TAP) and requires a NON-VACUOUS pass (>=1 test, >=1 pass, 0 fail
* AND a reported test named distinctly from the file). A bare exit 0 for an empty/zero-test file
* — which `node --test` counts as one passing "test" named after the file — is NOT a pass (the
* #1259 BL-01 false-green fix).
* - lint-rule: runs the project `eslint --format json <target>` (flat config loads `local/*`
* plugins) and requires the target to actually lint (>=1 file result) AND ZERO messages for the
* specific rule id. `--rule` cannot load a plugin rule, so we filter the structured report by
* `ruleId` instead (the #1259 SF-01 fix).
*/
/**
* Env for spawned checks: strip `NODE_TEST_CONTEXT` and `NODE_OPTIONS` so an AMBIENT test-runner
* context (e.g. running verify under `node --test`, which sets `NODE_TEST_CONTEXT=child-v8`) cannot
* turn the child `node --test` into a silent v8-reporter worker that emits no parseable TAP — which
* would otherwise corrupt the verdict. Deterministic, environment-independent execution.
*/
function childEnv(): NodeJS.ProcessEnv {
const env = { ...process.env };
delete env.NODE_TEST_CONTEXT;
delete env.NODE_OPTIONS;
return env;
}
function defaultRunCheck(check: CheckDescriptor, cwd: string): CheckRunResult {
const failFirst = check.failFirst === true;
try {
if (check.kind === 'node-test') {
execFileSync('node', ['--test', check.target], {
cwd,
encoding: 'utf-8',
stdio: 'ignore',
windowsHide: true,
});
return { failFirst, passed: true };
let out = '';
try {
out = execFileSync('node', buildNodeTestArgs(check), {
cwd,
encoding: 'utf-8',
stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
windowsHide: true,
env: childEnv(),
});
} catch (e) {
// A failing test run exits non-zero (TAP still on stdout). Parse it: a real failure has
// `# fail >= 1` -> non-vacuous check returns false. Missing `node` -> no stdout -> false.
const stdout = e && typeof e === 'object' && 'stdout' in e ? (e as { stdout?: unknown }).stdout : '';
out = typeof stdout === 'string' ? stdout : '';
}
return { passed: isNonVacuousNodeTestPass(out, check.target) };
}
// lint-rule: force the rule to error and lint the TARGET path (distinct from the rule id). A
// clean exit (0) means no violation surfaced -> the must-NOT holds across the target.
execFileSync('npx', buildLintArgs(check), {
cwd,
encoding: 'utf-8',
stdio: 'ignore',
windowsHide: true,
});
return { failFirst, passed: true };
if (check.kind === 'lint-rule') {
let json = '';
try {
json = execFileSync('npx', buildLintArgs(check), {
cwd,
encoding: 'utf-8',
stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
windowsHide: true,
env: childEnv(),
});
} catch (e) {
// eslint exits non-zero when ANY error is present; the JSON report is still on stdout.
const stdout = e && typeof e === 'object' && 'stdout' in e ? (e as { stdout?: unknown }).stdout : '';
json = typeof stdout === 'string' ? stdout : '';
}
const lintedSomething = eslintFileResultCount(json) >= 1;
return { passed: lintedSomething && !eslintJsonHasRule(json, check.rule as string) };
}
// Unknown kind — defensive; the LOCATE guard already rejects it.
return { passed: false };
} catch {
// Non-zero exit (violation surfaced) OR missing tool -> not passing. Never throw.
return { failFirst, passed: false };
return { passed: false };
}
}
/**
* LOCATE -> CONFIRM fail-first -> RUN -> build enforcementEvidence -> dispositionForProhibition.
*
* (1) LOCATE: if no check descriptor is locatable -> fail-closed (`dispositionForProhibition` with
* empty evidence) plus `{ located: false, kind: null, evidence: [] }`.
* (2) CONFIRM + RUN: confirm the descriptor is fail-first and run it via `runCheck`. A check that
* is not fail-first, that the runner reports not fail-first, or that FAILS -> fail-closed
* disposition with `located: true` (a real located miss, non-green, flagged) in BOTH modes.
* (1) LOCATE: if no well-formed check descriptor is locatable -> fail-closed
* (`dispositionForProhibition` with empty evidence) plus `{ located: false, kind: null, evidence: [] }`.
* (2) ATTEST + RUN: require the caller to attest `failFirst: true` and run it via `runCheck`. A check
* the caller does not attest as fail-first, or that does not genuinely (non-vacuously) PASS ->
* fail-closed disposition with `located: true` (a real located miss, non-green, flagged) in BOTH
* modes. Fail-first is caller-attested, not independently proven (see module docstring).
* (3) PASS: build a typed `enforcementEvidence` array and call `dispositionForProhibition` — the
* non-empty array flips a test-tier item to green (the previously-unreachable branch).
*
@@ -151,46 +276,48 @@ export function runProhibitionEnforcement(
): EnforcementResult {
const mode = options.mode;
// (1) LOCATE — no locatable wired check -> fail-closed, located: false. A lint-rule descriptor
// MUST also carry a string `rule` id (its target is the lint PATH, not the rule) — an
// under-specified lint-rule is not a valid wired check, so it is not locatable.
if (
!check ||
typeof check !== 'object' ||
typeof check.kind !== 'string' ||
typeof check.target !== 'string' ||
(check.kind === 'lint-rule' && typeof check.rule !== 'string')
) {
// (1) LOCATE — no locatable, well-formed wired check -> fail-closed, located: false. The kind must
// be one of the two known kinds; the target must be a non-empty string; a lint-rule descriptor MUST
// also carry a non-empty `rule` id (its target is the lint PATH, not the rule). An under-specified
// descriptor is not a valid wired check, so it is not locatable (does not rely on the runner failing).
const c = check && typeof check === 'object' ? check : null;
const validKind = !!c && (c.kind === 'node-test' || c.kind === 'lint-rule');
const validTarget = !!c && typeof c.target === 'string' && c.target.trim().length > 0;
const validRule = !!c && (c.kind !== 'lint-rule' || (typeof c.rule === 'string' && c.rule.trim().length > 0));
if (!c || !validKind || !validTarget || !validRule) {
const disposition = dispositionForProhibition(prohibition, { enforcementEvidence: [] });
return { ...disposition, located: false, kind: null, evidence: [], ...(mode ? { mode } : {}) };
}
const runCheck = options.runCheck ?? ((c: CheckDescriptor) => defaultRunCheck(c, options.cwd ?? process.cwd()));
const runCheck = options.runCheck ?? ((toRun: CheckDescriptor) => defaultRunCheck(toRun, options.cwd ?? process.cwd()));
// (2) CONFIRM fail-first + RUN. Descriptor must declare fail-first AND the runner must agree.
const descriptorFailFirst = check.failFirst === true;
const run = runCheck(check);
const failFirstConfirmed = descriptorFailFirst && run.failFirst === true;
const passed = failFirstConfirmed && run.passed === true;
// (2) ATTEST fail-first (CALLER-DECLARED) + RUN. The caller must attest `failFirst: true` AND the
// runner must observe a genuine NON-VACUOUS pass. The producer does NOT independently prove
// fail-first (that needs a violation fixture — tracked follow-up, ADR-550 D5d). A non-attested or
// non-passing check hard-gates (never green) in BOTH modes.
const attestedFailFirst = c.failFirst === true;
const run = runCheck(c);
const passed = attestedFailFirst && run.passed === true;
if (!passed) {
// FAIL / not-fail-first -> fail-closed, located: true (an actual located miss/fail). Hard-gate
// applies in BOTH modes; the disposition stays non-green / flagged.
// NOT attested fail-first OR did not genuinely pass -> fail-closed, located: true (an actual
// located miss/fail). Hard-gate applies in BOTH modes; the disposition stays non-green / flagged.
const disposition = dispositionForProhibition(prohibition, { enforcementEvidence: [] });
return {
...disposition,
located: true,
kind: check.kind,
kind: c.kind,
evidence: [],
...(mode ? { mode } : {}),
};
}
// (3) PASS -> build typed enforcementEvidence and let the policy flip a test-tier item green.
// `failFirst` here is the caller's attestation (recorded for provenance), not a machine proof.
const evidence: EnforcementEvidence[] = [{
kind: check.kind,
target: check.target,
...(typeof check.rule === 'string' ? { rule: check.rule } : {}),
kind: c.kind,
target: c.target,
...(typeof c.rule === 'string' ? { rule: c.rule } : {}),
failFirst: true,
passed: true,
}];
@@ -198,7 +325,7 @@ export function runProhibitionEnforcement(
return {
...disposition,
located: true,
kind: check.kind,
kind: c.kind,
evidence,
...(mode ? { mode } : {}),
};