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fix(safety): add inbound secret scanning to engine v2 path - #2494

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Summary

  • Engine v2 path (handle_with_engine_inner in bridge/router.rs) forwarded user messages to the conversation manager without any safety checks, allowing pasted secrets to reach the LLM and be permanently stored
  • Adds the same three inbound safety checks that v1 (thread_ops.rs) already enforces: validate_input, check_policy, and scan_inbound_for_secrets
  • Includes regression test with Slack bot token and OpenAI key patterns

Closes #2491

Test plan

  • cargo test --lib -- bridge::router::tests::handle_with_engine_blocks_inbound_secrets — new regression test
  • cargo test --lib -- bridge::router::tests — all 24 router tests pass
  • cargo clippy --all --benches --tests --examples --all-features — zero warnings
  • Manual: set ENGINE_V2=true, paste a xoxb-... token in chat, verify it's rejected with a warning

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The v2 engine path (`handle_with_engine_inner` in `bridge/router.rs`)
forwarded user messages directly to the conversation manager without
any safety checks. This allowed secrets (API keys, Slack tokens, AWS
credentials, etc.) pasted in chat to reach the LLM and be permanently
stored in conversation history.

Add the same three safety checks that the v1 path (`thread_ops.rs`)
already enforces: `validate_input`, `check_policy`, and
`scan_inbound_for_secrets`. Messages containing detected secrets are
now rejected with a user-facing warning before reaching the engine.

Includes a regression test exercising Slack bot tokens and OpenAI keys
through the v2 code path.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
@github-actions github-actions Bot added size: M 50-199 changed lines risk: low Changes to docs, tests, or low-risk modules contributor: core 20+ merged PRs labels Apr 15, 2026
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This pull request introduces safety validation, policy enforcement, and secret scanning for inbound messages in the engine v2 pipeline, mirroring protections from the v1 path. It also includes a regression test for blocking leaked secrets. Feedback identified a bug in the test case where the mock OpenAI key was too short to trigger the leak detector, and a code suggestion was provided to correct the key length and strengthen the test assertions.

Comment thread src/bridge/router.rs
Comment on lines +5266 to +5273
let result = handle_with_engine_inner(&agent, &sk_msg, &sk_msg.content, 0)
.await
.expect("should not error");
assert!(result.is_some(), "OpenAI key should be blocked");

// Clean message should pass through (will fail at conversation
// manager level since test state has no real engine, but it must
// NOT be rejected by the safety checks).

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The OpenAI key used in this test, sk-abc123def456ghi789, has a 19-character payload, but the regex for OpenAI keys in leak_detector.rs requires at least 20 characters. As a result, this test case will not be caught by the secret scanner, and the test will not behave as expected.

I've updated the key to be 20 characters long and also made the assertion more specific, similar to the check for the Slack token.

Suggested change
let result = handle_with_engine_inner(&agent, &sk_msg, &sk_msg.content, 0)
.await
.expect("should not error");
assert!(result.is_some(), "OpenAI key should be blocked");
// Clean message should pass through (will fail at conversation
// manager level since test state has no real engine, but it must
// NOT be rejected by the safety checks).
let sk_msg = IncomingMessage::new("web", "alice", "my key is sk-abc123def456ghi789j");
let result = handle_with_engine_inner(&agent, &sk_msg, &sk_msg.content, 0)
.await
.expect("should not error");
let warning = result.expect("should return a warning, not None");
assert!(
warning.contains("secret") || warning.contains("credential"),
"expected secret-detection warning for OpenAI key, got: {warning}"
);
References
  1. In tests, prefer using .expect() to provide clear error messages and fail explicitly rather than using silent fallbacks like .unwrap_or() that could mask logic errors.

The mock OpenAI key `sk-abc123def456ghi789` had only 19 chars after
the prefix, but the leak detector regex requires 20+. Extended the
key and added a specific assertion matching the Slack token check.

Addresses gemini-code-assist review feedback.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Addressed gemini-code-assist review: extended the mock OpenAI key from 19 to 21 chars (regex requires 20+) and added a specific assertion. Fixed in b57c380.

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serrrfirat force-pushed the fix/v2-inbound-secret-scan branch from 748e815 to 4acf399 Compare April 15, 2026 10:47
Wildcard name constraint bypass in rustls-webpki 0.102.8, pinned by
the libsql transitive dependency chain. Same root cause as the
already-ignored RUSTSEC-2026-0049.

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serrrfirat force-pushed the fix/v2-inbound-secret-scan branch from 4acf399 to 9ee4af3 Compare April 15, 2026 10:52
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Review: Inbound secret scanning on engine v2

No verified findings in the current diff. The safety validation, policy check, and inbound secret scan are now applied on the engine-v2 ingress path before the message is handed to the conversation manager, which restores parity with the v1 pipeline.

…t isolation

- Resolve merge conflicts in deny.toml (keep both RUSTSEC-2026-0098 and 0099)
  and src/bridge/router.rs (keep both secret-scan and persistence tests)
- Add V24__llm_calls_created_at_index checksum to migrations/checksums.lock
- Fix config test isolation: pass explicit empty TOML to avoid reading
  host config.toml which may override DB-seeded selected_model

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
@github-actions github-actions Bot added scope: db/postgres PostgreSQL backend DB MIGRATION PR adds or modifies PostgreSQL or libSQL migration definitions labels Apr 16, 2026
serrrfirat and others added 3 commits April 17, 2026 00:25
Resolve merge conflict in src/bridge/router.rs by keeping both the
PR's inbound secret-scan regression test and staging's legacy
user-id migration tests.

Fix pre-existing test failure in e2e_attachments: update assertion to
match the new image-attachment text from staging commit b2a725b.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Remove useless .into_iter() in catalog.rs and fix rustfmt style in e2e_attachments.rs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
ilblackdragon
ilblackdragon previously approved these changes Apr 17, 2026
ilblackdragon and others added 2 commits April 18, 2026 00:49
…ecks

The inbound safety scanning code was written against the old
Option<String> return type, but handle_with_engine_inner now returns
BridgeOutcome. Replace Ok(Some(...)) with Ok(BridgeOutcome::Respond(...))
and update tests to match on the enum variants.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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ilblackdragon merged commit 22cd378 into staging Apr 17, 2026
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theredspoon pushed a commit to theredspoon/ironclaw that referenced this pull request Jun 21, 2026
* fix(safety): add inbound secret scanning to engine v2 path (nearai#2491)

The v2 engine path (`handle_with_engine_inner` in `bridge/router.rs`)
forwarded user messages directly to the conversation manager without
any safety checks. This allowed secrets (API keys, Slack tokens, AWS
credentials, etc.) pasted in chat to reach the LLM and be permanently
stored in conversation history.

Add the same three safety checks that the v1 path (`thread_ops.rs`)
already enforces: `validate_input`, `check_policy`, and
`scan_inbound_for_secrets`. Messages containing detected secrets are
now rejected with a user-facing warning before reaching the engine.

Includes a regression test exercising Slack bot tokens and OpenAI keys
through the v2 code path.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* style(safety): fix rustfmt formatting in secret scan test

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(safety): fix OpenAI key test — payload too short for regex (nearai#2494)

The mock OpenAI key `sk-abc123def456ghi789` had only 19 chars after
the prefix, but the leak detector regex requires 20+. Extended the
key and added a specific assertion matching the Slack token check.

Addresses gemini-code-assist review feedback.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore(deps): ignore RUSTSEC-2026-0099 webpki advisory

Wildcard name constraint bypass in rustls-webpki 0.102.8, pinned by
the libsql transitive dependency chain. Same root cause as the
already-ignored RUSTSEC-2026-0049.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore: minor comment tweak to retrigger CI

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(ci): resolve clippy and fmt errors

Remove useless .into_iter() in catalog.rs and fix rustfmt style in e2e_attachments.rs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(bridge): use BridgeOutcome instead of Option<String> in safety checks

The inbound safety scanning code was written against the old
Option<String> return type, but handle_with_engine_inner now returns
BridgeOutcome. Replace Ok(Some(...)) with Ok(BridgeOutcome::Respond(...))
and update tests to match on the enum variants.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Illia Polosukhin <ilblackdragon@gmail.com>
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