fix(publication): honor research-local allowlist policy

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Source: Issue #554

Closes #554

Automated Status Summary

Scope

research-program/artifacts/work-bundle/ is prepared to be handed to colleagues in the owner's work environment, and the rest of research-program/ is published to a public repository. Two disclosure-class defects have already reached this tree, both invisible on a casual read:

• A credential scan printed token prefixes into a working file before it was caught by hand.
• A batch of issue bodies carried a drafting agent's private working-directory paths (clones/<Repo>/...), which made twenty-two issues unactionable across the fleet and had to be repaired one by one.

Both were found by a person looking. Neither would have been caught by any check in this repository, because there is none. The bundle's own redaction pass is a one-time human-reviewed step, not a gate, so nothing prevents the next artifact from reintroducing what the last one removed.

Evidence: research-program/artifacts/work-bundle/REDACTIONS.md records the manual redaction pass and its scope reduction; README.md states the disclosure standard this issue enforces; research-program/CHECKPOINT.md records the repair of the path-citation defect.

Tasks

• Add scripts/check_publication_safety.py scanning every file under research-program/ for: an absolute home path (/Users/), a credential prefix (sk-ant-, sk-proj-, ghp_, github_pat_, lsv2_, crsr_, AIza), a private-key header (BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY, BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY), a scratchpad or drafting-agent path (clones/, /private/tmp/, scratchpad/), and an internal hostname pattern (.local: or a bare localhost: port reference).
• Report every hit in one pass with file, line number and which rule matched; do not stop at the first.
• Support an explicit allowlist file, research-program/.publication-allow, holding one path:rule pair per line with a required trailing comment giving the reason, so a deliberate exception is visible and justified rather than a silent skip.
• Exit non-zero on any unallowed hit; print a summary line naming the counts for every rule including the zeros, so a clean run is distinguishable from a run that scanned nothing.
• Print the number of files scanned, so a guard that matched nothing because it walked the wrong directory is visible.
• Add .github/workflows/publication-guard.yml running the script on pull requests and on pushes to the default branch.
• Add tests/test_publication_safety.py with fixtures for each rule, an allowlisted exception, and a clean tree.

Acceptance criteria

• python scripts/check_publication_safety.py exits non-zero on a fixture containing a token prefix and names the file, the line and the rule.
• The same fixture allowlisted with a reason exits zero, and an allowlist entry without a reason is itself an error.
• A clean tree exits zero and prints the per-rule counts including zeros and the number of files scanned.
• Pointing the scanner at an empty directory fails rather than passing, because zero files scanned is not evidence of safety.
• The workflow runs on pull requests and blocks merge on failure.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Publication safety checks now scan the selected allowlist policy exactly once.
  • Explicit policies take precedence over local policies, with repository-level fallback support when no local policy is available.
  • Missing or non-regular policy paths are reported safely.
  • Local policy files, including dangling symlinks, are handled consistently.
  • Policy files are excluded from publication-content counts while still being validated.
  • Invalid structured entries no longer prevent other findings from being reported.

• Documentation

  • Updated guidance and command-line help describe policy selection and validation behavior.

Opener review recovery — 2026-09-14T21:01Z

Current Gate passes. Remaining work is the exact review findings below, not a generic CI failure. Check current source and existing fixes before editing.

• Verify and address fix(publication): honor research-local allowlist policy #574 (comment) at scripts/check_publication_safety.py:36. Reproduce the finding against the current implementation, retain focused regression evidence in a PR comment, and leave independent review-thread disposition to closer.
• Verify and address fix(publication): honor research-local allowlist policy #574 (comment) at README.md:42. Reproduce the finding against the current implementation, retain focused regression evidence in a PR comment, and leave independent review-thread disposition to closer.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The publication scanner now selects one allowlist by precedence, validates it, scans it separately, and excludes it from publication-content counts. Structured strings are decoded without stopping the scan. Tests and documentation cover the updated behavior.

Changes

Publication allowlist behavior

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Allowlist resolution and scanning scripts/check_publication_safety.py	The scanner prioritizes explicit paths, local policies, and the repository fallback. It rejects non-regular policies, handles missing explicit paths, scans the selected policy separately, excludes aliases from traversal, and reports invalid structured strings.
Allowlist behavior tests tests/test_publication_safety.py	Tests cover policy errors, credential prefixes, structured-string errors, policy precedence, single scanning, policy-only trees, explicit path normalization, and dangling policies.
Allowlist documentation README.md	The README documents policy precedence, local policy entries, validation, fallback behavior, and publication-content counting.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant AllowlistResolver
  participant Filesystem
  participant PublicationScanner
  CLI->>AllowlistResolver: Resolve selected allowlist
  AllowlistResolver->>Filesystem: Validate policy path
  PublicationScanner->>Filesystem: Scan selected allowlist
  PublicationScanner->>Filesystem: Scan research tree excluding policy aliases

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 3a2c6

The publication guard still has paths that can suppress sensitive findings or lose reviewed exceptions, so these issues should be corrected before merge.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2

❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	The PR satisfies the core #554 guard behavior. It scans all files, reports rule and file counts, supports justified exceptions, rejects empty scans and unsafe policy files, and includes CI and tests. …	Restrict the parent-policy fallback to the default research-program/ root, or require an explicit policy for arbitrary roots, and add tests for nested and unrelated roots. Move the documented policy workflow to a preserved or upstream-man…
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 15.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 20 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changed scanner logic implements #554 policy selection, validation, precedence, fallback, traversal, and counting behavior. The tests exercise these contracts and the README documents the publicat…
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: making the publication guard honor the research-local allowlist policy.

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Explanation

The PR satisfies the core #554 guard behavior. It scans all files, reports rule and file counts, supports justified exceptions, rejects empty scans and unsafe policy files, and includes CI and tests. The current head still leaves two linked review requirements unresolved. resolve_allowlist always uses root.parent/.publication-allow as fallback, including for nested or unrelated --root values. The tests do not establish that arbitrary roots cannot inherit an unintended parent policy. README.md still instructs users to add research-program/.publication-allow even though it also states that research-program/ is a generated, deletion-synchronised mirror. This does not provide synchronization-safe policy guidance. The current evidence establishes shared private-key headers and per-format scanner tests, but this allowlist-focused change does not establish exporter integration.

Resolution

Restrict the parent-policy fallback to the default research-program/ root, or require an explicit policy for arbitrary roots, and add tests for nested and unrelated roots. Move the documented policy workflow to a preserved or upstream-managed location and remove the conflicting instruction to edit the generated mirror. If the #554 follow-up remains in scope, show that prepare_publication.py consumes the shared private-key header set.

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Pull request overview

Updates the publication scanner to honor research-program/.publication-allow by default while preserving explicit and repository-root fallback policies.

Changes:

• Resolves and scans the selected policy once.
• Adds regression coverage for precedence and empty trees.
• Documents policy behavior and fallback rules.

File summaries

File	Summary / review note
tests/test_publication_safety.py	Adds coverage for policy precedence, invalid policies, and empty trees.
scripts/check_publication_safety.py	Selects and scans the applicable allowlist. Critical (3 votes): non-regular local policy paths, including FIFOs, must be rejected before read_text() to prevent blocking.
README.md	Documents policy precedence. Nit (2 votes): guidance conflicts with the generated-tree workflow and should direct policy management upstream or use the retained root/explicit policy.

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• Files reviewed: 3/3 changed files
• Comments generated: 2
• Review effort level: Lite

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In `@README.md`:
- Line 41: Update the README guidance to keep the publication allowlist at the
repository root rather than under research-program/.publication-allow, and
mention using an explicit --allowlist for staging copies when needed. Ensure the
scanner’s repository-root fallback remains the documented default.
- Around line 49-50: Update the README policy-selection documentation to state
that non-direct --root paths require an explicit --allowlist, or enforce this
requirement in the corresponding allowlist resolution flow. Ensure the
documented fallback behavior cannot imply that nested roots may select a
different root.parent/.publication-allow policy.

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Opener recovery pushed 767af10 for #574 (comment): README now directs policy edits to the upstream engine or preserved repo-root/explicit allowlist and explicitly warns that edits in the generated mirror are overwritten.

The FIFO fix requested in #574 (comment) is already present (load_allowlist rejects non-regular files before reading). This round exercised a real named pipe using a subprocess with a five-second timeout. The scanner returned exit 1 promptly:

ERROR: .publication-allow: not a regular file
files_scanned=1 home-path=0 credential=0 private-key=0 scratch-path=0 internal-host=0 allowed_hits=0 errors=1

git diff --check passed. Only README changed; no new runtime behavior or test suite rerun is claimed. Both threads remain for independent closer disposition after the current-head checks finish. Review window restarts at this push (~23:15 UTC).

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Independent closer acceptance — Ready #574 / source #554

Audited refreshed head 88b68e092b3b5906cd2fda6200c49b782cf202c3 against current main 4d90bfb83c077dd8dbbdab80202b57f47c5391ca. The PR diff remains README, publication scanner and its tests; the refresh incorporates main without creating new implementation scope.

FIFO finding r4007348401: load_allowlist rejects non-regular paths before read_text. The four actual subprocess tests cover local/explicit FIFO and directory policies, continue reporting other content findings, and require exit 1 without blocking. All four pass. Removing only that regular-file guard makes all four tests fail (both FIFO cases hit their five-second timeout); restoring the original bytes restores four passes. This independently confirms the implemented repair.

Documentation finding r4007348451: README directs policy edits to the upstream engine or preserved repository-root/explicit policy, warns against hand-editing the generated mirror, and states that CI only checks rather than redacts. The source issue permits dropping the integration claim; that current documentation accurately reflects the workflow. The finding is addressed.

Validation on this exact head:

• Full suite: 237 passed, configured 80% coverage floor retained, measured application coverage 100%.
• Black repository check: exit 0, 79 files unchanged; git diff check clean.
• Real publication tree scan: 1,534 files, every rule zero, zero allowed hits and zero errors.
• Source-required credential mutation: removing only ghp_ fails its named fixture; restoration passes all 15 rule fixtures.
• Orchestrator local verifier: overlaying the special-file regressions onto main gives three failures, candidate four passes. Its whole-file per-node attribution timed out and is not claimed as evidence. The direct mutation above separately proves both FIFO modes on the current implementation.

Main refresh was committed at 2026-09-15T03:26:10Z. Use conservative review floor 2026-09-15T03:34:00Z, restarting after any newer push. The temporary publication lease expires at 05:26:09Z; research execution continues, and the closer must clear the lease after merge. No auto-merge is armed.

After the floor, re-read unchanged head, current base, full required and expected checks/suites, and zero active review threads immediately before guarded merge. Then apply verify:compare to #574, inspect the durable result, and close source #554 only after disposition. This comment records review acceptance; it does not claim merge or post-merge verification.

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At 2026-09-15T03:30Z, head 88b68e092b3b5906cd2fda6200c49b782cf202c3 is OPEN, non-draft, CLEAN/MERGEABLE against main 4d90bfb, with zero unresolved review threads and auto-merge disabled. All 53 reported contexts pass or skip, including required Gate and the full Python matrix. The seven-minute review floor has not yet elapsed; use the conservative 03:34:00Z floor above.

The fully paginated 12-merged-PR reference comparison also identifies these expected-but-absent names: Fetch PR context, PR meta handler, Persist verifier state fingerprint, Record autofix dispatch completion, Resolve Context, auto-pilot, autofix, check, create-new-pr, gate. These names look like event-specific lifecycle jobs, but that is not yet a verified absence disposition. The next closer must inspect their workflow event eligibility or obtain the missing reports before relying on the green rollup; no absent job is counted as passed here. The suite inventory additionally contains queued app suites, so re-read complete current suites and checks at the merge decision.

The existing PR remains owned by this closer lane. No additional code fix or new PR is needed for the two resolved findings. After the review floor and explicit expected-check disposition, perform immediate exact-head checks/thread query, guarded merge, clear the #574 publication lease, apply verify:compare and disposition source #554.

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Closer merge disposition — Ready #574 / source #554

Guarded squash merge completed at 2026-09-15T03:42:15Z.

• Head: 88b68e092b3b5906cd2fda6200c49b782cf202c3
• Merge commit: e97c029f5a3e983e1838dec636fd773ed04f232b
• Review floor: satisfied (push 03:26:10Z; floor 03:34:00Z; merge after 03:40Z re-read)
• Threads: 0 active non-outdated unresolved at merge time
• Checks: all required product contexts SUCCESS/SKIP (Gate/gate, gate-summary, Health guard, CodeRabbit, Python 3.12/3.13, publication-safety)

Absent-check disposition (no Orchestrator reporter for Ready): manual 12-merged-PR reference audit. Bare lifecycle names auto-pilot, autofix, check, create-new-pr, gate are event-ineligible on synchronize pushes (agents-auto-pilot triggers issues/PR labeled/closed and manual only). Persist verifier state fingerprint and post-merge verifier suites are merge-label gated. All product CI and Gate contexts that must report on a code push did report.

verify:compare label applied; verifier run queued on pre-merge head. Source #554 auto-closed on merge — final disposition awaits durable verifier PASS report before followup_completed.

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Provider Comparison Report

Provider Summary

Provider	Model	Verdict	Confidence	Summary
openai	gpt-5.6-terra	PASS	84%	The publication-safety scanner changes correctly strengthen the research-local allowlist behavior while retaining the required failure semantics for unallowlisted disclosure indicators and malforme...
anthropic	claude-sonnet-5	PASS	72%	This PR is a targeted fix to the publication-safety guard's allowlist handling, adding substantial test coverage (378 net lines) alongside a modest script change (+44/-13) and README clarification....

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openai

• Model: gpt-5.6-terra
• Verdict: PASS
• Confidence: 84%
• Scores:
  • Correctness: 9.0/10
  • Completeness: 9.0/10
  • Quality: 9.0/10
  • Testing: 10.0/10
  • Risks: 9.0/10
• Summary: The publication-safety scanner changes correctly strengthen the research-local allowlist behavior while retaining the required failure semantics for unallowlisted disclosure indicators and malformed allowlist entries. The implementation reports scan results with file/line/rule detail, emits per-rule and scanned-file summaries, and treats an empty scan target as an error. The substantially expanded test suite covers the individual disclosure rules, allowlisted and malformed allowlist cases, clean scans, and empty-directory handling. The code is focused, readable, and has no material security, compatibility, or performance concerns for the intended repository-sized scan.

anthropic

• Model: claude-sonnet-5
• Verdict: PASS
• Confidence: 72%
• Scores:
  • Correctness: 8.0/10
  • Completeness: 8.0/10
  • Quality: 7.0/10
  • Testing: 8.0/10
  • Risks: 6.0/10
• Summary: This PR is a targeted fix to the publication-safety guard's allowlist handling, adding substantial test coverage (378 net lines) alongside a modest script change (+44/-13) and README clarification. The acceptance criteria for the original issue (Publication guard: fail the build when published research artifacts carry paths, credentials or scratchpad references #554) — scanning rules, allowlist with required reason, per-rule counts including zeros, files-scanned count, empty-directory failure, and PR/push workflow gating — were already implemented in prior work; this PR specifically addresses a policy correctness issue in how the allowlist interacts with research-local paths. CI (ci.yml and pr-00-gate.yml, including a dedicated publication-safety job) passed on the merge commit, which is a strong positive signal for functional correctness. The large expansion of test fixtures in tests/test_publication_safety.py suggests the fix is well-covered by regression tests for the allowlist behavior. The main limitation in this review is that the full script diff was truncated, preventing line-level verification of the exact code change, but the available evidence (test expansion, README update, passing CI, no scope reduction in workflow files) supports that completeness and correctness were preserved and improved.
• Concerns:
  • The full diff for scripts/check_publication_safety.py was truncated in the provided context, so the exact logic change for the allowlist policy fix could not be directly inspected line-by-line.
  • The workflow file (.github/workflows/publication-guard.yml) is not part of this PR's diff, meaning it was presumably added in a prior PR; this PR only modifies the script, README, and tests, so verification here is scoped to the fix itself rather than the full original feature.
  • Without seeing the exact allowlist-matching code, it's not possible to fully confirm edge cases (e.g., path normalization, relative vs absolute paths) are handled correctly for 'research-local' policy semantics.

Agreement

• Verdict: PASS (all providers)
• Correctness: scores within 1 point (avg 8.5/10, range 8.0-9.0)
• Completeness: scores within 1 point (avg 8.5/10, range 8.0-9.0)

Disagreement

Dimension	openai	anthropic
Quality	9.0/10	7.0/10
Testing	10.0/10	8.0/10
Risks	9.0/10	6.0/10

Unique Insights

• openai: The publication-safety scanner changes correctly strengthen the research-local allowlist behavior while retaining the required failure semantics for unallowlisted disclosure indicators and malformed allowlist entries. The implementation reports scan results with file/line/rule detail, emits per-r...
• anthropic: The full diff for scripts/check_publication_safety.py was truncated in the provided context, so the exact logic change for the allowlist policy fix could not be directly inspected line-by-line.; The workflow file (.github/workflows/publication-guard.yml) is not part of this PR's diff, meaning it was presumably added in a prior PR; this PR only modifies the script, README, and tests, so verification here is scoped to the fix itself rather than the full original feature.; Without seeing the exact allowlist-matching code, it's not possible to fully confirm edge cases (e.g., path normalization, relative vs absolute paths) are handled correctly for 'research-local' policy semantics.

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