fix(shields): recover completed auto-restore locks - #10603
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 12 included reviews per hour; 10 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughCompleted auto-restore recovery now validates exact timer generations, lifecycle ownership, containment metadata, and cleanup authority. Commands, deadline fences, and snapshot restore use the shared recovery path. Hermes relocking now reconfirms provider posture. ChangesCompleted auto-restore recovery
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The PR restores completed Shields auto-restore locks while continuing to deny ambiguous or live owners. It is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up for bounded test flakiness in subprocess checks and duplicated state semantics that could drift in future changes; no release-blocking issue is evidenced. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Command
participant Shields
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Command->>Shields: inspect completed auto-restore artifacts
Shields->>LifecycleFence: validate lifecycle generations and authority
LifecycleFence->>TimerControl: clear authorized timer generation
TimerControl-->>LifecycleFence: return cleanup or retained-artifact result
LifecycleFence-->>Command: permit command or retain containment
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src/lib/state/mcp-lifecycle-lock-acquisition.ts (1)
293-305: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winShare the containment reason prefixes with their producers.
parseCompletedAutoRestoreContainmentmatches literal prefixes that are built elsewhere in this file. The deadline prefix is composed at Lines 1332 and 1449, and the main-lock prefix is composed at Lines 1529 and 1642 fromThe ${targetLabel} owner PID .... If any producer message changes, this parser stops matching and recovery refuses every completed auto-restore generation. The failure is fail-closed, so it does not corrupt state, but it silently reintroduces the permanent containment reported in#10094and no test would necessarily catch the drift.Extract the two reason texts into shared constants or small builder functions, and derive both the producer message and the parser prefix from them.
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In `@test/helpers/completed-auto-restore-process.ts`:
- Around line 36-48: Update producedEvidence and the child-exit handling so the
evidence timeout is cleared and the promise is settled when the child exits
before reporting expectedLine. Preserve successful runs by making the exit
rejection a no-op after evidence has resolved, while ensuring the existing
exited error remains the first failure.
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In `@src/lib/state/mcp-lifecycle-lock-acquisition.ts`:
- Around line 293-305: Extract the auto-restore deadline and main-lock
containment reason prefixes into shared constants or builder functions, then
reuse them in both the producer messages and
parseCompletedAutoRestoreContainment matching logic. Preserve the existing owner
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- Around line 42-51: Update runChild to perform the expectedLine stdout
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In Node.js, the 'exit' and 'close' events serve distinct purposes regarding the lifecycle of a child process [1][2]. The 'exit' event is emitted after the child process terminates [1][3]. At the time this event triggers, the child process has ended, but its stdio streams may still be open [1][3]. The 'close' event is emitted only after the child process has terminated AND all of its stdio streams have been closed [1][3]. This distinction exists because multiple processes can share the same stdio streams; thus, a process may exit, but the streams remain open until all processes sharing them have finished [1][2]. Key ordering and behavior: - The 'close' event will always emit after the 'exit' event (or after the 'error' event if the child process failed to spawn) [1][3]. - Because stdio streams can remain open after a process exits, any code relying on those streams (such as reading from stdout or writing to stdin) should typically listen for the 'close' event rather than 'exit' to ensure all data has been fully processed [2]. - If you only need to know when the process itself has terminated (e.g., to release a resource immediately), the 'exit' event is sufficient [2].
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Check stdout after the child process closes.
runChild validates stdout in the exit handler, although child.stdout may still contain pending data. A successful child can therefore fail the expectedLine check. Validate the output in the close handler.
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In `@test/helpers/completed-auto-restore-process.ts` around lines 42 - 51, Update
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src/lib/cli/nemoclaw-oclif-command.ts (1)
43-46: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winMove the Shields state pre-check out of the CLI layer.
This helper re-implements two Shields-owned contracts: the state file name
shields-${sandboxName}.jsonand the meaning of theshieldsDownfield.src/lib/shields/index.tsalready owns both throughstateFilePathandloadShieldsState. If either contract changes, this pre-check returnsfalsesilently,recoverCompletedAutoRestoreBeforeCommandnever runs, and the#10094containment symptom returns without a failing test in this file.Export a cheap predicate from the Shields layer and call it here, so the CLI keeps only routing responsibility. Keep the current lazy-import behavior for the heavy recovery path.
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-function mayNeedCompletedAutoRestoreRecovery(sandboxName: string): boolean { - const stateDir = resolveShieldsStateDir(); - if (!readShieldsTimerMarker(sandboxName, stateDir)) return false; - try { - const state = JSON.parse( - fs.readFileSync(path.join(stateDir, `shields-${sandboxName}.json`), "utf8"), - ) as Record<string, unknown>; - return state.shieldsDown === false; - } catch { - return false; - } -} +function mayNeedCompletedAutoRestoreRecovery(sandboxName: string): boolean { + const stateDir = resolveShieldsStateDir(); + // Cheap marker gate keeps the heavy Shields module out of the common path. + return readShieldsTimerMarker(sandboxName, stateDir) !== null; +}With this shape,
recoverCompletedAutoRestoreBeforeCommandremains the single authority for theshieldsDown === falsedecision, because it already callsloadShieldsState. Thefsandpathimports then become unnecessary here.As per path instructions: "Keep
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test/mcp/completed-auto-restore-command.test.ts (1)
367-376: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winRestore the
fsspies in afinallyblock.The test patches the shared
fs.unlinkSyncandfs.linkSyncbindings.mockRestore()runs only after the assertions at Lines 378-383 pass. If one of those assertions fails, the spies stay installed and continue to reject every.completed-unlink and link in later tests in the same file. That converts one failure into several unrelated failures and hides the original cause.♻️ Proposed scoping of the injected failures
- await expect(StatusCommand.run(["alpha"], process.cwd())).rejects.toThrow("retained"); - expect(StatusCommand.entered).toBe(false); - expect(fs.existsSync(orphan.markerPath)).toBe(false); - expect(fs.readdirSync(stateDir).filter((name) => name.includes(".completed-"))).toHaveLength( - 1, - ); - unlinkSpy.mockRestore(); - linkSpy.mockRestore(); + try { + await expect(StatusCommand.run(["alpha"], process.cwd())).rejects.toThrow("retained"); + expect(StatusCommand.entered).toBe(false); + expect(fs.existsSync(orphan.markerPath)).toBe(false); + expect( + fs.readdirSync(stateDir).filter((name) => name.includes(".completed-")), + ).toHaveLength(1); + } finally { + unlinkSpy.mockRestore(); + linkSpy.mockRestore(); + }Also applies to: 384-385
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51-62: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winWait for child stdio before checking
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runChildchecks pipedstdoutin theexithandler, but the child can exit before the parent receives itsOWNEDorCONTAINEDoutput. Useclose, which fires after stdio closes.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/lib/shields/index.ts`:
- Line 2442: Update the recovery condition around clearTimerMarkerGeneration so
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Product scope: BLOCKED. The Product Scope Gate requires a recorded Accept decision that states the reason, placement, accountable maintainer, and validation plan. Issue #10094 is In Progress but has no Accept decision or maintainer comment. The accepted #9833 decision owns external policy authority, but it does not decide automatic retirement of a completed Shields timer generation. This security-sensitive 22-file lifecycle change is not a low-risk exception. Record the decision and sequence it with #9959 / PR #10351, which changes the same acquisition module and has a content conflict with this branch.
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src/lib/state/mcp-lifecycle-lock-acquisition.ts:454-456 retires main and deadline before containment without a durable recovery phase or compensation. I injected EIO when containment retirement began. The first command left main=false, deadline=false, containment=true, marker=true. The next command stayed blocked with: the structured containment has no remaining deadline generation to verify. This recreates a permanent operator-only lock during the recovery intended to fix #10094. Make every partial cleanup state restart-safe, such as with a durable phase receipt or exact compensation, and add a production-boundary regression that proves a new process can finish the same generation after each retirement failure.
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src/lib/state/mcp-lifecycle-lock/shields-timer-authority.ts:142 prints recovery artifact paths from readdir without terminal-safe encoding. A crafted artifact suffix containing CSI escape bytes and a newline reached the operator-visible error unchanged. Escape or reject control bytes in every artifact diagnostic and cover CSI, OSC, carriage return, and newline cases.
Security verdict: FAIL.
- Secrets and credentials: PASS; no credential flow changed.
- Input validation and injection: FAIL; untrusted artifact names reach terminal diagnostics.
- Authentication and authorization: PASS for the reviewed exact sandbox, token, PID, process-start, host, namespace, device, inode, and owner checks.
- Dependencies: PASS; no dependency change.
- Error handling and logging: FAIL; partial containment retirement is not retryable, and diagnostics admit terminal controls.
- Data protection and privacy: PASS; no new sensitive data surface.
- Network and API security: N/A; no network boundary changed.
- Code execution and command injection: PASS; no new shell or command construction.
- Supply chain: PASS; no workflow, image, or artifact-source change.
Validation: PASS for the checks that ran: 178 focused CLI tests, 13 process-boundary integration tests, CLI type-check, exact Vitest project mapping across 7 projects, and the full docs build. Failure injection confirmed marker unlink and directory-sync retry tests pass, but the independent containment-retirement probe above fails restart retry. The docs build found 0 errors; its 2 warnings are the existing unauthenticated redirects check and light-mode accent contrast.
Documentation verdict: BLOCKED by product scope. The changed prose is otherwise task-oriented and consistent with the implemented behavior, but canonical docs cannot publish the new recovery contract before the required Accept decision.
Cross-issue result: #10049 supplies the merged policy-authority foundation; #10104 is a different Provisioning-state hang; #9959 / PR #10351 owns shared Shields deadline recovery decisions and conflicts in src/lib/state/mcp-lifecycle-lock-acquisition.ts. The automated sibling search found no additional candidate above its confidence floor.
Review-cycle completeness: COMPLETE for this latest PR commit. Viewer senthilr-nv is independent of author prekshivyas. All issue-comment, submitted-review, inline-comment, thread-comment, commit, check-run, and status pages reached terminal pagination. All 20 commits appear GitHub Verified. The PR-body Signed-off-by declaration and required dco-check pass.
Required-CI eligibility: PASS. checks, commit-lint, dco-check, and check-hash pass; changes is reported skipped by its required bucket.
GitHub merge and auto-merge state: MERGEABLE/BLOCKED, review required, squash auto-merge off. Approval and auto-merge remain ineligible.
Signed-off-by: Senthil Ravichandran <senthilr@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Senthil Ravichandran <senthilr@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Senthil Ravichandran <senthilr@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Senthil Ravichandran <senthilr@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Senthil Ravichandran <senthilr@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Senthil Ravichandran <senthilr@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Senthil Ravichandran <senthilr@nvidia.com>
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Approved on latest PR commit 561845d3b5485813a9b4b4d0708efccdac8262e8.
Product scope: PASS. Issue #10094 records the accepted Shields containment and completed-auto-restore recovery decision, including placement, accountable ownership, lifecycle and failure behavior, compatibility/support boundaries, and validation: #10094 (comment)
Review verdict: PASS. The repair preserves restrictive-policy continuity and existing policy authority, commits durable Shields/configuration-lock state before completed-generation cleanup, revokes only the proven timer generation, keeps an admission gate through every partial cleanup failure, retains retry evidence on durability failure, rejects ambiguous or replaced identity, and keeps command/status reporting fail closed. Production callers and every changed regression were traced; the original cleanup-order and untrusted-diagnostic blockers are fixed.
Security verdict: PASS in all nine categories: secrets, input validation and sanitization, authentication and authorization, dependencies, errors and logging, cryptography and data protection, configuration and policy, security testing, and lifecycle/system/TOCTOU behavior.
Validation: PASS. Focused merged-base lifecycle/security validation passed 165/165 tests, including failure injection, restart-persisted recovery authority, policy/configuration-lock continuity, timer replacement, durable cleanup retry, interactive connect, snapshot ordering, and provider-neutral command admission. npm run validate:pr passed its structural, repository, secret, lint, format, commit, and TypeScript gates. npm run docs completed with 0 errors and 2 pre-existing unrelated warnings. The full current-commit CI matrix, all 12 CLI shards and aggregate coverage, Advisor's nine specialists, CodeRabbit, CodeQL/security scanning, selected E2E jobs, and governance checks passed. Metadata-only checks triggered by the accurate PR-description update passed; its path-selection jobs were policy-skipped because the latest PR commit did not change.
Documentation verdict: PASS. The changed command/runtime guidance now distinguishes invalid or mismatched artifacts from proven committed-containment generations, gives reachable fail-closed recovery actions, and matches production cleanup ordering. The independent Documentation Advisor and local docs build pass.
Cross-issue result: no duplicate or contradictory blocker. #10049/#10317 own adjacent policy-authority foundations; #10094 owns this completed recovery; #10104 is a separate Hermes provisioning hang; #10351 must rebase after this PR and preserve these lifecycle-lock semantics; draft #10515 must preserve the updated runtime guidance when it rebases.
Review-cycle completeness: PASS. Viewer identity is senthilr-nv. Terminal pagination covered 18 PR comments, the accepted-scope issue comment, 9 submitted reviews, 6 inline comments/threads, every per-thread comment page, 27 commits, and all check/status contexts. All 27 commits are GitHub Verified with valid signatures. Every one of the seven maintainer repair commits also carries its own Signed-off-by trailer. Five earlier contributor commits do not carry individual trailers; NemoClaw's checked-in DCO contract requires the contributor's PR-body declaration instead, which is present and passes the current dco-check. All review threads are outdated; the one unresolved outdated helper thread is satisfied by the current close/settlement implementation and has no live-line blocker.
Required-CI eligibility: PASS. Every current required context is successful or policy-permitted skipped, with the unchanged latest PR commit backed by the completed full code run.
GitHub merge/auto-merge state: approval only. Auto-merge remains off, and this review does not merge the PR, per maintainer instruction.
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Outcome
A completed Shields auto-restore no longer leaves its sandbox permanently blocked when the detached timer exits after restoring persisted state but before releasing its lifecycle gates. The next Shields-aware command retires only the proven orphaned timer generation. Ordinary commands, interactive
sandbox connect, and two-sandbox snapshot restore then proceed normally; live, foreign, replaced, or otherwise ambiguous process identity remains denied.Reason
The timeout path in #10094 can persist
shieldsDown: falseand finish the restore, then lose the timer process before final cleanup releases the main/deadline gates and marker. Ordinary acquisition subsequently commits process-tree containment for the dead owner, but the prior fail-closed code had no proof-backed path to distinguish this completed generation from unresolved containment.Related issues
Fixes #10094
Relates to #9750
Relates to #9866
Changes
Verification
Latest PR commit:
561845d3b5485813a9b4b4d0708efccdac8262e8Current upstream base/workflow:
d0b120958600e9651001957503c99945248c30d8npm run validate:pr— passed pre-commit, commitlint, pre-push, repository architecture, source-shape, growth, secret, lint, format, and CLI TypeScript checks on the latest PR commit.npm run docs— passed with 0 errors and 2 pre-existing unrelated Fern warnings.nemoclaw-e2e-dispatch-v2; correlationbc7af474-d7d9-4918-99c5-694c6d31593e; targetshields-config; candidate/base/workflow SHAs matched that tested revision; risk signal reported 1 passed, 0 failed/skipped/pending/unhandled; all 14 Shields assertions passed; cleanup reported no failures. Later commits tighten proof reads, cleanup failure handling, diagnostic display, and recovery guidance without expanding the E2E surface.The first current-base dispatch, run 33289861067, stopped before candidate checkout because its bounded five-minute prerequisite wait expired while current-main managed images were still publishing. After that publication succeeded, the same tested revision/base selection passed in run 33290527333.
Review notes
This changes a security-sensitive fail-closed lifecycle path. Final review covers credentials, input/filesystem validation, exact authorization identity, dependency use, error/retry behavior, cryptographic tokens and hashes, configuration boundaries, negative/race tests, and system/TOCTOU behavior. Recovery requires exact local stale identity and marker/state authority; ambiguous live identity, foreign ownership, reaper presence, changed generations, incomplete durable cleanup, and terminal auto-restore containment remain denied.
PR #10571 was explicitly checked and is now merged at
b0e242b8bb29993e2bebfd48f00d649cb103f55f. It owns retained-sandbox onboarding/destroy cleanup and does not change the Shields timer, MCP lifecycle-lock, or containment files. This PR is the smallest independent completed-auto-restore recovery change and does not duplicate that work.No new billable infrastructure was provisioned. This validation used the existing authorized Shields lane in mock inference mode. DGX Spark, Jetson, and staging dispatch were disabled, so no hardware evidence is claimed.
Signed-off-by: Prekshi Vyas prekshiv@nvidia.com