fiber_audit 0.1.0 → 0.2.0

data/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,35 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+## 0.2.0 (2026-08-12)
+
+### Added
+
+- Foundational runtime event, session, safety-policy, redaction, and JSONL
+  contracts for the observational runtime auditor.
+- An explicit, bounded, thread-safe runtime session recorder with injected
+  clocks and sampling, exact drop accounting, crash-tolerant JSONL writes, and
+  fail-open safety.
+- `fiber-audit runtime -- COMMAND` with strict activation settings, shell-free
+  process supervision, signal forwarding, status preservation, process-local
+  JSONL sessions, and fork-safe recorder rebinding.
+- An opt-in scheduler watchdog with explicit disabled/absent/active/unsupported
+  states, scheduler-owned monotonic heartbeats, one bounded start/completion pair
+  per stall, privacy-safe project frame evidence, and a process-local active
+  operation registry.
+- Targeted FA1001–FA1007 runtime probes with monotonic timing, conservative
+  project callsites, active-operation overlap, strict recursion protection, late
+  standard-library installation, and no captured commands, URLs, addresses,
+  payloads, exception data, or thread-local values.
+- Rails runtime execution-context detection with bounded, PID-aware fiber-local
+  context stack and process-local Rails integration. Hooks into Rack middleware,
+  ActionController, ActiveJob, and ActionCable boundaries with inert wrappers
+  after deactivation or fork. Snapshots context at probe observation start and
+  propagates through active operations and events while preserving JSONL schema
+  1.0, privacy requirements, and lifecycle ownership. Static/runtime correlation
+  remains future work.
+
 ## 0.1.0 (2026-08-02)
 
 First static-only release of FiberAudit. Requires Ruby 3.3 or newer.

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data/README.md

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 # FiberAudit
 
 FiberAudit audits Ruby and Rails code for operations that can block the thread
-running a Fiber scheduler. Version 0.1.0 performs static analysis only.
+running a Fiber scheduler. Version 0.2.0 includes static analysis and an explicit,
+observational runtime audit.
 
-> **Static-only disclaimer:** This is a static-only audit. PASS cannot be
-> granted without runtime coverage.
+> **Safety disclaimer:** FiberAudit does not prove that an application is
+> fiber-safe. Static findings are hypotheses, and absence of runtime events does
+> not establish complete coverage. FiberAudit does not emit unconditional `PASS`.
 
 ## Requirements and installation
 
-FiberAudit v0.1.0 supports Ruby 3.3 and 3.4.
+FiberAudit v0.2.0 supports Ruby 3.3 and 3.4.
 
 ```sh
 gem install fiber_audit
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ file exists.
 ```text
 fiber-audit static [--format text|json] [--config PATH] [--out PATH]
                    [--min-severity LEVEL] [--no-color]
+fiber-audit runtime [--config PATH] [--out DIRECTORY]
+                    [--sampling-rate RATE] [--no-fail-open] -- COMMAND [ARGUMENTS...]
 fiber-audit list-rules
 fiber-audit explain FA1001
 fiber-audit version
@@ -58,6 +62,48 @@ Explicit `--format` always wins.
 
 Use `fiber-audit explain <RULE_ID>` for exact targets and remediation.
 
+## Runtime audit
+
+The explicit runtime command observes only a command supplied after `--`; it
+never executes source fragments discovered by static analysis:
+
+```sh
+fiber-audit runtime -- bundle exec rspec
+```
+
+Each observed Ruby process writes a separate owner-only JSONL session under
+`tmp/fiber-audit-runtime` by default. Targeted probes observe the operations
+represented by FA1001–FA1007: subprocess calls, thread waits, synchronization,
+thread-local access, explicit select, direct sockets, and synchronous HTTP.
+Events contain canonical operation names, monotonic duration, and a conservative
+project-relative callsite. They never contain commands, URLs, addresses, ports,
+headers, payloads, responses, exception data, or thread-local keys and values.
+Libraries such as Open3, Monitor, Socket, Net::HTTP, and OpenURI may be loaded
+after runtime boot; FiberAudit rescans only these known targets after `require`.
+
+Rails execution contexts (`:request`, `:middleware`, `:job`, `:websocket`) are
+captured automatically when Rails integration is active. A bounded, PID-aware
+fiber-local context stack tracks the current execution context during probe
+observations. Rails boundaries are wrapped via prepend hooks that become inert
+after deactivation or fork, preserving application semantics without interfering
+with normal Rails operation. The integration supports late loading: hooks are
+installed when Rails components become available, even after runtime boot.
+Static/runtime correlation remains future work.
+
+The scheduler watchdog records one bounded start/completion pair when its
+scheduler-owned heartbeat stops progressing past the configured threshold.
+Scheduler-friendly waits should continue heartbeats. A session also records an
+explicit watchdog state:
+
+- `watchdog_active` — a heartbeat ran under an installed scheduler;
+- `watchdog_absent` — no scheduler was observed;
+- `watchdog_unsupported` — a scheduler could not safely host the heartbeat;
+- `watchdog_disabled` — watchdog policy disabled observation.
+
+Absent or unsupported monitoring, a clean session, and absence of stall events
+are **not** proof of fiber safety. Native work that holds Ruby's GVL can also
+prevent the watchdog thread from running until that work returns.
+
 ## Configuration
 
 Copy `.fiber-audit.example.yml` to `.fiber-audit.yml` in the project root.
@@ -85,6 +131,18 @@ rules:
 report:
   formats: [text, json]
   min_severity: low
+
+runtime:
+  redaction:
+    mode: strict
+  sampling:
+    rate: 0.1
+  watchdog:
+    enabled: true
+    heartbeat_interval_ms: 25
+    stall_threshold_ms: 100
+    max_frames: 20
+  fail_open: true
 ```
 
 `--min-severity` overrides `report.min_severity` for one run. Severity ordering
@@ -132,7 +190,7 @@ Missing reasons and invalid configuration return exit code 2.
 - `PASS_WITH_WARNINGS` — only low or informational findings.
 - `NO_FINDINGS` — no findings at the configured threshold.
 
-FiberAudit never emits unconditional `PASS` in v0.1.0.
+FiberAudit never emits unconditional `PASS` in v0.2.0.
 
 ## Exit codes
 
@@ -141,10 +199,10 @@ FiberAudit never emits unconditional `PASS` in v0.1.0.
 | 0 | No active finding at or above the configured threshold |
 | 1 | One or more active findings at or above the threshold |
 | 2 | Invalid options, configuration, analysis, or report output |
-| 3 | Reserved; never emitted by v0.1.0 |
+| 3 | Reserved; never emitted by v0.2.0 |
 
 Source parse errors are included in report data while analysis continues on
 other files.
 
-See [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md) for implementation boundaries and the
-future runtime-analysis architecture.
+See [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md) for implementation boundaries, runtime
+architecture, and explicitly deferred correlation work.

data/lib/fiber_audit/cli.rb

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ require_relative 'audit'
 require_relative 'findings/severity'
 require_relative 'reporters/text'
 require_relative 'reporters/json'
+require_relative 'runtime/environment'
+require_relative 'runtime/supervisor'
 require_relative 'static/rules/built_ins'
 
 module FiberAudit
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ module FiberAudit
       case command
       when 'static'
         run_static(args, stdout: stdout, stderr: stderr, cwd: cwd)
+      when 'runtime'
+        run_runtime(args, stdout: stdout, cwd: cwd)
       when 'list-rules'
         reject_arguments!(args)
         list_rules(stdout)
@@ -53,12 +57,13 @@ module FiberAudit
 
         Commands:
           static       Run static fiber-compatibility analysis
+          runtime      Observe an explicitly supplied Ruby command
           list-rules   List all registered static rules
           explain ID   Explain a specific rule
           version      Print version
           help         Show this help
 
-        Run `fiber-audit static --help` for analysis options.
+        Run `fiber-audit static --help` or `fiber-audit runtime --help` for options.
       HELP
     end
 
@@ -77,6 +82,84 @@ module FiberAudit
       reportable_findings?(result.findings, configuration.min_severity) ? 1 : 0
     end
 
+    def run_runtime(argv, stdout:, cwd:)
+      options, command, parser = parse_runtime_options(argv)
+      if options[:help]
+        stdout.puts parser
+        return 0
+      end
+
+      project = Project.detect(start_path: cwd)
+      configuration = load_configuration(project, options[:config])
+      policy = runtime_policy_with_overrides(configuration.runtime_policy, options)
+      output_directory = runtime_output_directory(options[:out], project)
+      settings = Runtime::Environment.build(
+        policy: policy,
+        output_directory: output_directory,
+        project_root: project.root
+      )
+      environment = Runtime::Environment.child_environment(
+        settings: settings,
+        watchdog_policy: configuration.runtime_watchdog_policy,
+        probes_enabled: true
+      )
+      Runtime::Supervisor.new(
+        command: command,
+        environment: environment,
+        cwd: project.invocation_path
+      ).run
+    end
+
+    def parse_runtime_options(argv)
+      options = { config: nil, out: nil, sampling_rate: nil, no_fail_open: false, help: false }
+      parser = OptionParser.new do |opts|
+        opts.banner = 'Usage: fiber-audit runtime [options] -- COMMAND [ARGUMENTS...]'
+        opts.on('--config PATH', 'Path to configuration file') { |value| options[:config] = value }
+        opts.on('--out DIRECTORY', 'Directory for runtime JSONL sessions') { |value| options[:out] = value }
+        opts.on('--sampling-rate RATE', Float, 'Override runtime sampling rate') do |value|
+          options[:sampling_rate] = value
+        end
+        opts.on('--no-fail-open', 'Fail the Ruby child if runtime recording fails') { options[:no_fail_open] = true }
+        opts.on('-h', '--help', 'Show runtime options') { options[:help] = true }
+      end
+
+      separator = argv.index('--')
+      option_arguments = separator ? argv.take(separator) : argv.dup
+      command = separator ? argv.drop(separator + 1) : []
+      parser.parse!(option_arguments)
+      unless options[:help]
+        raise OptionParser::MissingArgument, 'runtime command separator -- is required' unless separator
+        raise OptionParser::MissingArgument, 'runtime command is required after --' if command.empty?
+      end
+      reject_arguments!(option_arguments)
+      [options, command, parser]
+    end
+
+    def runtime_policy_with_overrides(policy, options)
+      values = policy.to_h
+      values[:sampling_rate] = options[:sampling_rate] unless options[:sampling_rate].nil?
+      values[:fail_open] = false if options[:no_fail_open]
+      Runtime::Policy.new(**values)
+    rescue RuntimeContractError => e
+      raise ConfigurationError, "runtime command policy is invalid: #{e.message}"
+    end
+
+    def runtime_output_directory(override, project)
+      path = if override
+               File.expand_path(override, project.invocation_path)
+             else
+               File.join(project.root, 'tmp', 'fiber-audit-runtime')
+             end
+      Runtime::Environment.prepare_output_directory(path)
+    end
+
+    def load_configuration(project, override)
+      config_path = project.config_path(override)
+      raise ConfigurationError, "configuration file does not exist: #{config_path}" if override && !File.file?(config_path)
+
+      Configuration.load(config_path)
+    end
+
     def analyze_project(options, cwd, stderr)
       project = Project.detect(start_path: cwd)
       stderr.puts unknown_project_note(project) unless project.known?
@@ -117,7 +200,9 @@ module FiberAudit
         rules_config: configuration.rules_config,
         report_formats: configuration.report_formats,
         min_severity: severity,
-        suppressions_path: configuration.suppressions_path
+        suppressions_path: configuration.suppressions_path,
+        runtime_policy: configuration.runtime_policy,
+        runtime_watchdog_policy: configuration.runtime_watchdog_policy
       )
     end
 

data/lib/fiber_audit/configuration.rb

@@ -4,13 +4,34 @@ require 'yaml'
 require 'pathname'
 require_relative 'errors'
 require_relative 'findings/severity'
+require_relative 'runtime/policy'
+require_relative 'runtime/watchdog_policy'
 
 module FiberAudit
+  # rubocop:disable Metrics/ClassLength
   class Configuration
-    KNOWN_TOP_LEVEL_KEYS = %w[static rules report].freeze
+    KNOWN_TOP_LEVEL_KEYS = %w[static rules report runtime].freeze
     KNOWN_STATIC_KEYS = %w[include exclude suppressions_path].freeze
     KNOWN_REPORT_KEYS = %w[formats min_severity].freeze
     KNOWN_RULE_KEYS = %w[enabled severity].freeze
+    KNOWN_RUNTIME_KEYS = %w[redaction sampling overhead watchdog fail_open].freeze
+    KNOWN_REDACTION_KEYS = %w[mode].freeze
+    KNOWN_SAMPLING_KEYS = %w[rate].freeze
+    KNOWN_OVERHEAD_KEYS = %w[
+      max_events_per_second max_events_per_session max_record_bytes max_session_bytes
+    ].freeze
+    KNOWN_WATCHDOG_KEYS = %w[
+      enabled heartbeat_interval_ms stall_threshold_ms max_frames
+    ].freeze
+    RUNTIME_POLICY_PATHS = {
+      'redaction' => 'runtime.redaction.mode',
+      'sampling_rate' => 'runtime.sampling.rate',
+      'max_events_per_second' => 'runtime.overhead.max_events_per_second',
+      'max_events_per_session' => 'runtime.overhead.max_events_per_session',
+      'max_record_bytes' => 'runtime.overhead.max_record_bytes',
+      'max_session_bytes' => 'runtime.overhead.max_session_bytes',
+      'fail_open' => 'runtime.fail_open'
+    }.freeze
     VALID_FORMATS = %w[text json].freeze
 
     DEFAULT_STATIC_INCLUDE = %w[
@@ -28,7 +49,8 @@ module FiberAudit
     ].freeze
 
     attr_reader :static_include, :static_exclude, :rules_config,
-                :report_formats, :min_severity, :suppressions_path
+                :report_formats, :min_severity, :suppressions_path,
+                :runtime_policy, :runtime_watchdog_policy
 
     def initialize(
       static_include: DEFAULT_STATIC_INCLUDE,
@@ -36,11 +58,14 @@ module FiberAudit
       rules_config: {},
       report_formats: %w[text],
       min_severity: :low,
-      suppressions_path: nil
+      suppressions_path: nil,
+      runtime_policy: Runtime::Policy.new,
+      runtime_watchdog_policy: Runtime::WatchdogPolicy.new
     )
       validate_types!(
         static_include, static_exclude, rules_config,
-        report_formats, min_severity, suppressions_path
+        report_formats, min_severity, suppressions_path, runtime_policy,
+        runtime_watchdog_policy
       )
 
       @static_include = static_include
@@ -49,6 +74,8 @@ module FiberAudit
       @report_formats = report_formats
       @min_severity = coerce_severity(min_severity, 'report.min_severity')
       @suppressions_path = suppressions_path
+      @runtime_policy = runtime_policy
+      @runtime_watchdog_policy = runtime_watchdog_policy
     end
 
     def rule_enabled?(rule_id)
@@ -76,6 +103,7 @@ module FiberAudit
         static = yaml['static'] || {}
         rules = yaml['rules'] || {}
         report = yaml['report'] || {}
+        runtime = yaml['runtime'] || {}
 
         new(
           static_include: static['include'] || DEFAULT_STATIC_INCLUDE,
@@ -83,7 +111,9 @@ module FiberAudit
           rules_config: rules,
           report_formats: report['formats'] || %w[text],
           min_severity: report.fetch('min_severity', :low),
-          suppressions_path: static['suppressions_path']
+          suppressions_path: static['suppressions_path'],
+          runtime_policy: runtime_policy_from(runtime),
+          runtime_watchdog_policy: runtime_watchdog_policy_from(runtime)
         )
       end
 
@@ -115,6 +145,8 @@ module FiberAudit
           check_unknown_keys(report, KNOWN_REPORT_KEYS, 'report')
         end
 
+        validate_runtime_structure!(yaml['runtime']) if yaml.key?('runtime')
+
         return unless yaml.key?('rules')
 
         rules = yaml['rules']
@@ -124,6 +156,64 @@ module FiberAudit
               "rules must be a mapping, got #{rules.class}"
       end
 
+      def validate_runtime_structure!(runtime)
+        unless runtime.is_a?(Hash)
+          raise ConfigurationError,
+                "runtime must be a mapping, got #{runtime.class}"
+        end
+        check_unknown_keys(runtime, KNOWN_RUNTIME_KEYS, 'runtime')
+        validate_runtime_mapping!(runtime, 'redaction', KNOWN_REDACTION_KEYS)
+        validate_runtime_mapping!(runtime, 'sampling', KNOWN_SAMPLING_KEYS)
+        validate_runtime_mapping!(runtime, 'overhead', KNOWN_OVERHEAD_KEYS)
+        validate_runtime_mapping!(runtime, 'watchdog', KNOWN_WATCHDOG_KEYS)
+      end
+
+      def validate_runtime_mapping!(runtime, key, allowed)
+        return unless runtime.key?(key)
+
+        value = runtime[key]
+        unless value.is_a?(Hash)
+          raise ConfigurationError,
+                "runtime.#{key} must be a mapping, got #{value.class}"
+        end
+        check_unknown_keys(value, allowed, "runtime.#{key}")
+      end
+
+      def runtime_policy_from(runtime)
+        defaults = Runtime::Policy::DEFAULTS
+        redaction = runtime.fetch('redaction', {})
+        sampling = runtime.fetch('sampling', {})
+        overhead = runtime.fetch('overhead', {})
+        Runtime::Policy.new(
+          redaction: redaction.fetch('mode', defaults[:redaction]),
+          sampling_rate: sampling.fetch('rate', defaults[:sampling_rate]),
+          max_events_per_second: overhead.fetch('max_events_per_second', defaults[:max_events_per_second]),
+          max_events_per_session: overhead.fetch('max_events_per_session', defaults[:max_events_per_session]),
+          max_record_bytes: overhead.fetch('max_record_bytes', defaults[:max_record_bytes]),
+          max_session_bytes: overhead.fetch('max_session_bytes', defaults[:max_session_bytes]),
+          fail_open: runtime.fetch('fail_open', defaults[:fail_open])
+        )
+      rescue RuntimeContractError => e
+        field = e.message.split.first
+        path = RUNTIME_POLICY_PATHS.fetch(field, 'runtime')
+        raise ConfigurationError, "#{path} is invalid: #{e.message}"
+      end
+
+      def runtime_watchdog_policy_from(runtime)
+        values = runtime.fetch('watchdog', {})
+        defaults = Runtime::WatchdogPolicy::DEFAULTS
+        Runtime::WatchdogPolicy.new(
+          enabled: values.fetch('enabled', defaults[:enabled]),
+          heartbeat_interval_ms: values.fetch('heartbeat_interval_ms', defaults[:heartbeat_interval_ms]),
+          stall_threshold_ms: values.fetch('stall_threshold_ms', defaults[:stall_threshold_ms]),
+          max_frames: values.fetch('max_frames', defaults[:max_frames])
+        )
+      rescue RuntimeContractError => e
+        field = e.message.split.first
+        path = field == 'enabled' ? 'runtime.watchdog.enabled' : "runtime.watchdog.#{field}"
+        raise ConfigurationError, "#{path} is invalid: #{e.message}"
+      end
+
       def check_unknown_keys(hash, allowed, path)
         unknown = hash.keys - allowed
         return if unknown.empty?
@@ -139,7 +229,7 @@ module FiberAudit
 
     def validate_types!(
       include_patterns, exclude_patterns, rules,
-      formats, _severity, suppressions
+      formats, _severity, suppressions, runtime_policy, watchdog_policy
     )
       unless include_patterns.is_a?(Array) &&
              include_patterns.all?(String)
@@ -158,6 +248,15 @@ module FiberAudit
       validate_rules!(rules)
       validate_report_formats!(formats)
 
+      unless runtime_policy.is_a?(Runtime::Policy)
+        raise ConfigurationError,
+              'runtime_policy must be a FiberAudit::Runtime::Policy'
+      end
+      unless watchdog_policy.is_a?(Runtime::WatchdogPolicy)
+        raise ConfigurationError,
+              'runtime_watchdog_policy must be a FiberAudit::Runtime::WatchdogPolicy'
+      end
+
       return if suppressions.nil? || suppressions.is_a?(String)
 
       raise ConfigurationError,
@@ -233,4 +332,5 @@ module FiberAudit
             "#{path} is not a valid severity: #{value.inspect}"
     end
   end
+  # rubocop:enable Metrics/ClassLength
 end