devrites 5.11.0 → 5.13.0

package/engine/internal/overhaul/records/check.go

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+package records
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"reflect"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/devrites/devrites/internal/overhaul/ovio"
+)
+
+func set(vals ...string) map[string]bool {
+	m := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, v := range vals {
+		m[v] = true
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
+var enums = []struct {
+	field   string
+	allowed map[string]bool
+}{
+	{"mode", set("full", "pr", "branch")},
+	{"phase", set("PREFLIGHT", "AUDITING", "RECONCILING", "AWAITING_APPROVAL", "REMEDIATING", "VERIFYING",
+		"SCORING", "FINAL_CHALLENGE", "COMPLETE", "PAUSED", "STOPPED", "BLOCKED")},
+	{"readiness_verdict", set("NOT_ASSESSED", "NOT_ASSESSABLE", "NOT_READY", "MEETS_TARGETS",
+		"MEETS_TARGETS_WITH_APPROVED_DEGRADATION")},
+	{"execution_outcome", set("RUNNING", "AUDIT_COMPLETE", "AUDIT_INCOMPLETE", "AWAITING_APPROVAL",
+		"READY_FOR_USER_REVIEW", "COMPLETED_WITH_APPROVED_DEGRADATION", "STOPPED_BY_USER",
+		"BLOCKED_NEEDS_USER", "BLOCKED_ENVIRONMENT", "BLOCKED_PARALLEL_CAPABILITY",
+		"BUDGET_EXHAUSTED", "INCONCLUSIVE")},
+}
+
+var (
+	kinds      = set("defect", "hardening", "maintainability", "opportunity")
+	origins    = set("introduced", "exposed-existing", "pre-existing")
+	severities = set("critical", "high", "medium", "low", "informational")
+	moves      = map[string]map[string]bool{ // allowed finding status transitions
+		"candidate":        set("needs-validation", "confirmed", "rejected"),
+		"needs-validation": set("confirmed", "rejected"),
+		"confirmed":        set("approved-for-fix", "deferred", "accepted-risk", "rejected"),
+		"approved-for-fix": set("in-progress", "deferred"),
+		"in-progress":      set("fixed-unverified", "approved-for-fix"),
+		"fixed-unverified": set("verified", "in-progress"),
+		"verified":         set("confirmed"),
+		"deferred":         set("approved-for-fix", "confirmed"),
+		"accepted-risk":    set("approved-for-fix", "confirmed"),
+		"rejected":         set("candidate"),
+	}
+	severityOK   = set("confirmed", "approved-for-fix", "in-progress", "fixed-unverified", "verified", "deferred", "accepted-risk")
+	attemptState = set("dispatched", "running", "returned", "admitted", "rejected", "cancelled", "timed-out", "unknown")
+	live         = set("dispatched", "running", "unknown", "timed-out") // writer not proven stopped
+	writers      = set("implementer")
+	taskOutcomes = set("completed", "blocked", "deferred", "failed", "not-started", "superseded")
+	required     = []string{"run.json", "coverage.json", "findings.json", "evidence.json", "dispatch.json",
+		"approval.json", "cycles.json"}
+	channels = set("conversation", "host-structured-action")
+)
+
+// Repr renders a decoded JSON value the way Python's repr() does, so rule
+// messages read the same as the original recipe's.
+func Repr(v any) string {
+	switch x := v.(type) {
+	case nil:
+		return "None"
+	case bool:
+		if x {
+			return "True"
+		}
+		return "False"
+	case string:
+		return quote(x)
+	case json.Number:
+		return x.String()
+	case []string:
+		parts := make([]string, len(x))
+		for i, s := range x {
+			parts[i] = quote(s)
+		}
+		return "[" + strings.Join(parts, ", ") + "]"
+	case []any:
+		parts := make([]string, len(x))
+		for i, e := range x {
+			parts[i] = Repr(e)
+		}
+		return "[" + strings.Join(parts, ", ") + "]"
+	case map[string]any:
+		keys := make([]string, 0, len(x))
+		for k := range x {
+			keys = append(keys, k)
+		}
+		sort.Strings(keys)
+		parts := make([]string, len(keys))
+		for i, k := range keys {
+			parts[i] = quote(k) + ": " + Repr(x[k])
+		}
+		return "{" + strings.Join(parts, ", ") + "}"
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprint(v)
+}
+
+func quote(s string) string {
+	q := '\''
+	if strings.ContainsRune(s, '\'') && !strings.ContainsRune(s, '"') {
+		q = '"'
+	}
+	var b strings.Builder
+	b.WriteRune(q)
+	for _, r := range s {
+		switch {
+		case r == '\\' || r == q:
+			b.WriteRune('\\')
+			b.WriteRune(r)
+		case r == '\n':
+			b.WriteString(`\n`)
+		case r == '\r':
+			b.WriteString(`\r`)
+		case r == '\t':
+			b.WriteString(`\t`)
+		case r < 0x20 || r == 0x7f:
+			fmt.Fprintf(&b, `\x%02x`, r)
+		default:
+			b.WriteRune(r)
+		}
+	}
+	b.WriteRune(q)
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+// PyStr is Python's str(): strings as-is, anything else as Repr.
+func PyStr(v any) string {
+	if s, ok := v.(string); ok {
+		return s
+	}
+	return Repr(v)
+}
+
+// join mirrors os.path.join: an absolute part replaces everything before it.
+func join(base string, parts ...string) string {
+	for _, p := range parts {
+		switch {
+		case strings.HasPrefix(p, "/"):
+			base = p
+		case base == "" || strings.HasSuffix(base, "/"):
+			base += p
+		default:
+			base += "/" + p
+		}
+	}
+	return base
+}
+
+func realpath(p string) string {
+	abs, err := filepath.Abs(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		abs = p
+	}
+	return ovio.Resolve(abs)
+}
+
+func inside(base, rel string) bool {
+	root := realpath(base)
+	return strings.HasPrefix(realpath(join(root, rel)), root+string(os.PathSeparator))
+}
+
+func isFile(p string) bool {
+	fi, err := os.Stat(p) // #nosec G703 -- stat only; path is inside the operator-selected run area
+	return err == nil && fi.Mode().IsRegular()
+}
+
+func isDir(p string) bool {
+	fi, err := os.Stat(p) // #nosec G703 -- stat only; path is inside the operator-selected run area
+	return err == nil && fi.IsDir()
+}
+
+func sha(p string) (string, error) { return ovio.SHA256File(p) }
+
+// keyError mimics Python's KeyError text for a missing required field.
+func keyError(k string) error { return fmt.Errorf("'%s'", k) }
+
+// BadPath returns why p is not an exact repository-relative file path, or ""
+// when it is one.
+func BadPath(p any, repo string) string {
+	s, ok := p.(string)
+	if !ok || s == "" || strings.HasSuffix(s, "/") || path.IsAbs(s) || filepath.IsAbs(s) || strings.ContainsAny(s, "*?") {
+		return "not an exact relative file path"
+	}
+	if path.Clean(s) != s || strings.Split(s, "/")[0] == ".." {
+		return "not normalized or escapes the repository"
+	}
+	for _, part := range strings.Split(s, "/") {
+		if part == ".git" {
+			return "names a directory or git metadata"
+		}
+	}
+	if isDir(join(repo, s)) {
+		return "names a directory or git metadata"
+	}
+	if !inside(repo, s) {
+		return "resolves outside the repository (symlink or traversal)"
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// vset is a set of JSON values keyed by their Repr, keeping the value.
+type vset map[string]any
+
+func (s vset) add(v any) { s[Repr(v)] = v }
+
+func (s vset) has(v any) bool {
+	_, ok := s[Repr(v)]
+	return ok
+}
+
+func setOf(vals []any) vset {
+	s := vset{}
+	for _, v := range vals {
+		s.add(v)
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
+// sorted mirrors Python's sorted(set) for the string members the records use.
+func (s vset) sorted() []any {
+	out := make([]any, 0, len(s))
+	for _, v := range s {
+		out = append(out, v)
+	}
+	sort.Slice(out, func(i, j int) bool { return PyStr(out[i]) < PyStr(out[j]) })
+	return out
+}
+
+func uniq(items []any, key func(map[string]any) string, label string, add func(string, ...any)) map[string]bool {
+	seen := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, it := range items {
+		k := key(ovio.Obj(it))
+		if seen[k] {
+			add("%s: duplicate id %s", label, k)
+		}
+		seen[k] = true
+	}
+	return seen
+}
+
+func idKey(m map[string]any) string { return Repr(m["id"]) }
+
+func str(m map[string]any, k string) string { return ovio.Str(m[k]) }
+
+func eq(a, b any) bool { return reflect.DeepEqual(a, b) }
+
+// prefixEq reports whether list starts with prefix (Python list[:len(p)] == p).
+func prefixEq(list, prefix []any) bool {
+	if len(list) < len(prefix) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i := range prefix {
+		if !eq(list[i], prefix[i]) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func decode(b []byte) (any, error) {
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(b))
+	dec.UseNumber()
+	var v any
+	err := dec.Decode(&v)
+	return v, err
+}
+
+func closure(tasks map[string]map[string]any, picked []any) vset {
+	need, stack := vset{}, append([]any(nil), picked...)
+	for len(stack) > 0 {
+		t := stack[len(stack)-1]
+		stack = stack[:len(stack)-1]
+		for _, d := range ovio.List(tasks[Repr(t)]["deps"]) {
+			if !need.has(d) {
+				need.add(d)
+				stack = append(stack, d)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	for _, p := range picked {
+		delete(need, Repr(p))
+	}
+	return need
+}
+
+func cyclic(tasks map[string]map[string]any) bool {
+	state := map[string]int{}
+	var visit func(k string) bool
+	visit = func(k string) bool {
+		switch state[k] {
+		case 1:
+			return true
+		case 2:
+			return false
+		}
+		state[k] = 1
+		hit := false
+		for _, d := range ovio.List(tasks[k]["deps"]) {
+			if _, ok := tasks[Repr(d)]; ok && visit(Repr(d)) {
+				hit = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		state[k] = 2
+		return hit
+	}
+	for k := range tasks {
+		if visit(k) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// Check validates one generation directory (optionally against the previous
+// one) and returns rule violations. An error means an unreadable input.
+func Check(run, genDir, prevDir string) ([]string, error) {
+	var errs []string
+	add := func(f string, a ...any) { errs = append(errs, fmt.Sprintf(f, a...)) }
+	R := map[string]map[string]any{}
+	for _, name := range required {
+		p := join(genDir, name)
+		if !isFile(p) {
+			add("missing %s", name)
+			continue
+		}
+		b, err := os.ReadFile(p) // #nosec G304 G703 -- fixed record name inside the generation directory
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		v, err := decode(b)
+		if err == nil {
+			if m, ok := v.(map[string]any); ok {
+				R[name] = m
+				continue
+			}
+			err = fmt.Errorf("expected a JSON object")
+		}
+		add("%s: invalid JSON (%v)", name, err)
+	}
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		return errs, nil
+	}
+	for _, name := range required {
+		want := "overhaul." + strings.TrimSuffix(name, ".json") + "/1"
+		if !eq(R[name]["schema"], want) {
+			add("%s: schema must be %s", name, want)
+		}
+	}
+	rj := R["run.json"]
+	for _, e := range enums {
+		if !e.allowed[str(rj, e.field)] {
+			keys := make([]string, 0, len(e.allowed))
+			for k := range e.allowed {
+				keys = append(keys, k)
+			}
+			sort.Strings(keys)
+			add("run.json: %s=%s not in %s", e.field, Repr(rj[e.field]), Repr(keys))
+		}
+	}
+	repo := str(rj, "repo_root")
+	if !isDir(repo) {
+		add("run.json: repo_root is not a directory")
+	}
+	ev := ovio.List(R["evidence.json"]["items"])
+	evIDs := uniq(ev, idKey, "evidence", add)
+	for _, it := range ev {
+		e := ovio.Obj(it)
+		p := str(e, "path")
+		if p == "" || !inside(run, p) || !isFile(join(run, p)) {
+			add("evidence %s: path missing or outside run dir", PyStr(e["id"]))
+			continue
+		}
+		d, err := sha(join(run, p))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if !eq(d, e["sha256"]) {
+			add("evidence %s: sha256 missing or mismatched", PyStr(e["id"]))
+		}
+	}
+	att := ovio.List(R["dispatch.json"]["attempts"])
+	vr := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, it := range att {
+		x := ovio.Obj(it)
+		if str(x, "role") == "verifier" && str(x, "status") == "admitted" {
+			if r, ok := x["receipt"].(string); ok {
+				vr[r] = true
+			}
+			vr[PyStr(x["task_id"])+"#"+PyStr(x["attempt_id"])] = true
+		}
+	}
+	fs := ovio.List(R["findings.json"]["findings"])
+	fIDs := uniq(fs, idKey, "finding", add)
+	var fps []any
+	for _, f := range fs {
+		if ovio.Truthy(ovio.Obj(f)["fingerprint"]) {
+			fps = append(fps, f)
+		}
+	}
+	uniq(fps, func(m map[string]any) string { return Repr(m["fingerprint"]) }, "finding fingerprint", add)
+	for _, it := range fs {
+		f := ovio.Obj(it)
+		fid, hist, status := PyStr(f["id"]), ovio.List(f["history"]), str(f, "status")
+		if !kinds[str(f, "kind")] || !origins[str(f, "scope_origin")] {
+			add("finding %s: bad kind or scope_origin", fid)
+		}
+		if len(hist) == 0 || str(ovio.Obj(hist[0]), "status") != "candidate" || !eq(ovio.Obj(hist[len(hist)-1])["status"], f["status"]) {
+			add("finding %s: history must start at candidate and end at the status", fid)
+		}
+		for i := 1; i < len(hist); i++ {
+			a, b := ovio.Obj(hist[i-1]), ovio.Obj(hist[i])
+			if eq(b["status"], a["status"]) && ovio.Truthy(b["reason"]) {
+				continue // re-assessment entry (severity or kind change)
+			}
+			if !moves[str(a, "status")][str(b, "status")] {
+				add("finding %s: illegal transition %s -> %s", fid, PyStr(a["status"]), PyStr(b["status"]))
+			}
+		}
+		if f["severity"] != nil && (!severities[str(f, "severity")] || !severityOK[status]) {
+			add("finding %s: severity only for established impact", fid)
+		}
+		if set("confirmed", "verified", "rejected")[status] && !ovio.Truthy(f["evidence"]) {
+			add("finding %s: %s needs evidence", fid, status)
+		}
+		if vb, ok := f["verified_by"].(string); status == "verified" && !(ok && vr[vb]) {
+			add("finding %s: verified_by must name an admitted verifier attempt", fid)
+		}
+		if status == "rejected" && (len(hist) == 0 || !ovio.Truthy(ovio.Obj(hist[len(hist)-1])["reason"])) {
+			add("finding %s: rejection needs a reason", fid)
+		}
+		if status == "needs-validation" && !ovio.Truthy(f["blockers"]) {
+			add("finding %s: needs-validation must name the missing fact (blockers)", fid)
+		}
+		for _, l := range ovio.List(f["locations"]) {
+			loc := ovio.Obj(l)
+			lp := PyStr(loc["path"])
+			var bad bool
+			if ovio.Truthy(loc["external"]) {
+				bad = path.IsAbs(lp) || filepath.IsAbs(lp) || strings.HasPrefix(lp, "~")
+			} else {
+				bad = BadPath(lp, repo) != ""
+			}
+			if bad {
+				add("finding %s: location %s is not a repository-relative path or label", fid, Repr(lp))
+			}
+		}
+		for _, ref := range ovio.List(f["evidence"]) {
+			if !evIDs[Repr(ref)] {
+				add("finding %s: unknown evidence %s", fid, PyStr(ref))
+			}
+		}
+		for _, ref := range ovio.List(f["related"]) {
+			if !fIDs[Repr(ref)] {
+				add("finding %s: unknown related finding %s", fid, PyStr(ref))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	var plan map[string]any
+	tasks := map[string]map[string]any{}
+	revs := ovio.Obj(rj["revisions"])
+	pr := ovio.Obj(revs["plan"])
+	hasPR := len(pr) > 0
+	if hasPR && !eq(pr["file"], "revisions/plan-r"+PyStr(pr["rev"])+".json") {
+		add("run.json: revisions.plan.file must be revisions/plan-r<rev>.json")
+	} else if hasPR {
+		var err error
+		if plan, err = ovio.LoadObject(join(run, str(pr, "file"))); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if !eq(plan["rev"], pr["rev"]) {
+			add("plan revision number mismatch")
+		}
+		var controls vset
+		rub := ovio.Obj(plan["rubric"])
+		if rf := str(rub, "file"); rf == "" {
+			add("plan: rubric digest mismatch")
+		} else if d, err := sha(join(run, rf)); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		} else if !eq(d, rub["sha256"]) {
+			add("plan: rubric digest mismatch")
+		} else {
+			doc, err := ovio.LoadObject(join(run, rf))
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			controls = vset{}
+			for _, c := range ovio.List(doc["controls"]) {
+				controls.add(ovio.Obj(c)["id"])
+			}
+		}
+		for _, r := range ovio.List(plan["pinned"]) {
+			ref := ovio.Obj(r)
+			if _, ok := ref["file"]; !ok {
+				return nil, keyError("file")
+			}
+			d, err := sha(join(run, str(ref, "file")))
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			if !eq(d, ref["sha256"]) {
+				add("plan: pinned %s digest mismatch", PyStr(ref["file"]))
+			}
+		}
+		tl := ovio.List(plan["tasks"])
+		uniq(tl, idKey, "task", add)
+		var order []any // first-insertion order, like a Python dict
+		for _, it := range tl {
+			t := ovio.Obj(it)
+			if _, ok := tasks[Repr(t["id"])]; !ok {
+				order = append(order, t["id"])
+			}
+			tasks[Repr(t["id"])] = t
+		}
+		for _, tid := range order {
+			t, ts := tasks[Repr(tid)], PyStr(tid)
+			for _, d := range ovio.List(t["deps"]) {
+				if _, ok := tasks[Repr(d)]; !ok {
+					add("task %s: unknown dependency %s", ts, PyStr(d))
+				}
+			}
+			for _, ref := range ovio.List(t["findings"]) {
+				if !fIDs[Repr(ref)] {
+					add("task %s: unknown finding %s", ts, PyStr(ref))
+				}
+			}
+			if controls != nil {
+				for _, c := range ovio.List(t["controls"]) {
+					if !controls.has(c) {
+						add("task %s: unknown control ids", ts)
+						break
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			for _, p := range ovio.List(t["allowed_paths"]) {
+				if why := BadPath(p, repo); why != "" {
+					add("task %s: allowed path %s %s", ts, Repr(p), why)
+				}
+			}
+			if !ovio.Truthy(t["oracle"]) || !ovio.Truthy(t["verifier_role"]) || eq(t["verifier_role"], t["writer_role"]) {
+				add("task %s: needs an oracle and a separate verifier", ts)
+			}
+		}
+		if cyclic(tasks) {
+			add("plan: task dependencies contain a cycle")
+		}
+	}
+	rr, scp := ovio.Obj(revs["rubric"]), join(genDir, "scorecard.json")
+	if isFile(scp) {
+		if rf := str(rr, "file"); !(rf != "" && inside(run, rf) && isFile(join(run, rf))) {
+			add("run.json: a scorecard needs revisions.rubric naming its rubric file")
+		} else if ovio.Truthy(rr["sha256"]) {
+			d, err := sha(join(run, rf))
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			if !eq(d, rr["sha256"]) {
+				add("run.json: revisions.rubric digest mismatch")
+			}
+		}
+		sc, err := ovio.LoadObject(scp)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if v := sc["readiness_verdict"]; v != nil && !eq(v, rj["readiness_verdict"]) {
+			add("run.json: readiness_verdict differs from scorecard.json")
+		}
+	}
+	ap := ovio.List(R["approval.json"]["events"])
+	uniq(ap, idKey, "approval", add)
+	stopAt := -1
+	for i, it := range ap {
+		if k := str(ovio.Obj(it), "kind"); k == "stop" || k == "revoke" {
+			stopAt = i
+		}
+	}
+	var active, approvals []map[string]any
+	granted := map[string]vset{}
+	for i, it := range ap {
+		a := ovio.Obj(it)
+		if str(a, "kind") != "approve" {
+			continue
+		}
+		approvals = append(approvals, a)
+		granted[Repr(a["id"])] = setOf(ovio.List(a["tasks"]))
+		if str(a, "status") == "active" {
+			if i < stopAt {
+				add("approval %s: still active after a later stop/revoke", PyStr(a["id"]))
+			} else if i > stopAt {
+				active = append(active, a)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	anyWriter := false
+	for _, it := range att {
+		anyWriter = anyWriter || writers[str(ovio.Obj(it), "role")]
+	}
+	if len(active) > 1 {
+		add("approval: more than one active approval")
+	}
+	if !hasPR && (len(granted) > 0 || anyWriter) {
+		add("run.json: approvals and writers need revisions.plan")
+	}
+	for _, it := range ap {
+		a := ovio.Obj(it)
+		kind, aid := str(a, "kind"), PyStr(a["id"])
+		if (kind == "approve" || kind == "accept-degradation") && (!ovio.Truthy(a["quote"]) || !channels[str(a, "channel")]) {
+			add("approval %s: needs the user's verbatim decision and a trusted channel", aid)
+		}
+		if kind != "approve" {
+			continue
+		}
+		pf := join(run, "revisions", "plan-r"+PyStr(a["plan_rev"])+".json")
+		ok := isFile(pf)
+		if ok {
+			d, err := sha(pf)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			ok = eq(d, a["plan_digest"])
+		}
+		if !ok {
+			add("approval %s: plan digest does not match plan revision %s", aid, PyStr(a["plan_rev"]))
+		}
+		if str(a, "status") == "active" && plan != nil {
+			if !eq(a["plan_rev"], plan["rev"]) {
+				add("approval %s: approves a stale plan revision", aid)
+			}
+			picked := ovio.List(a["tasks"])
+			missing, unknown := closure(tasks, picked), vset{}
+			for _, t := range picked {
+				if _, ok := tasks[Repr(t)]; !ok {
+					unknown.add(t)
+				}
+			}
+			if len(unknown) > 0 {
+				add("approval %s: unknown tasks %s", aid, Repr(unknown.sorted()))
+			}
+			if len(missing) > 0 {
+				add("approval %s: selected tasks miss prerequisites %s", aid, Repr(missing.sorted()))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	assessmentOnly := ovio.Truthy(rj["assessment_only"])
+	if assessmentOnly && len(active) > 0 {
+		add("assessment-only run carries an active approval")
+	}
+	uniq(att, func(x map[string]any) string {
+		return "(" + Repr(x["task_id"]) + ", " + Repr(x["attempt_id"]) + ")"
+	}, "attempt", add)
+	approved := vset{}
+	if len(active) > 0 {
+		approved = setOf(ovio.List(active[0]["tasks"]))
+	}
+	liveWrites := map[string]string{}
+	var unsettled []any
+	for _, it := range att {
+		x := ovio.Obj(it)
+		xid, status := PyStr(x["task_id"])+"#"+PyStr(x["attempt_id"]), str(x, "status")
+		if !attemptState[status] {
+			add("attempt %s: bad status", xid)
+		}
+		if set("returned", "admitted", "rejected")[status] && !(str(x, "receipt") != "" && isFile(join(run, str(x, "receipt")))) {
+			add("attempt %s: receipt file missing", xid)
+		}
+		if set("dispatched", "running", "returned")[status] {
+			unsettled = append(unsettled, xid)
+		}
+		if !writers[str(x, "role")] {
+			continue
+		}
+		if assessmentOnly {
+			add("attempt %s: writer dispatched in an assessment-only run", xid)
+		}
+		if (status == "dispatched" || status == "running") && !approved.has(x["task_id"]) {
+			add("attempt %s: writer task is not in the active approval", xid)
+		}
+		if !granted[Repr(x["authorized_by"])].has(x["task_id"]) {
+			add("attempt %s: authorized_by does not name an approval of this task", xid)
+		}
+		allowed := setOf(ovio.List(tasks[Repr(x["task_id"])]["allowed_paths"]))
+		extra := vset{}
+		for _, p := range ovio.List(x["changed_paths"]) {
+			if !allowed.has(p) {
+				extra.add(p)
+			}
+		}
+		if status == "admitted" && len(extra) > 0 {
+			add("attempt %s: admitted changes outside allowed paths %s", xid, Repr(extra.sorted()))
+		}
+		if live[status] {
+			for _, p := range ovio.List(x["write_paths"]) {
+				k := strings.ToLower(realpath(join(repo, ovio.Str(p))))
+				if prev, ok := liveWrites[k]; ok {
+					add("single writer: %s and %s both hold %s", prev, xid, PyStr(p))
+				}
+				liveWrites[k] = xid
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	outcome := str(rj, "execution_outcome")
+	if outcome != "RUNNING" && len(unsettled) > 0 {
+		add("attempts must be admitted, rejected or cancelled before the run leaves RUNNING: %s", Repr(unsettled[:min(5, len(unsettled))]))
+	}
+	if outcome != "RUNNING" && outcome != "AWAITING_APPROVAL" && len(approvals) > 0 && !assessmentOnly {
+		outs := ovio.Obj(rj["task_outcomes"])
+		var missing []any
+		for _, t := range ovio.List(approvals[len(approvals)-1]["tasks"]) {
+			var o any
+			if s, ok := t.(string); ok {
+				o = outs[s]
+			}
+			if !taskOutcomes[ovio.Str(o)] {
+				missing = append(missing, t)
+			}
+		}
+		if len(missing) > 0 {
+			add("approved tasks without exactly one recorded outcome: %s", Repr(missing))
+		}
+	}
+	cov := ovio.List(R["coverage.json"]["files"])
+	uniq(cov, func(c map[string]any) string { return Repr(c["path"]) }, "coverage", add)
+	for _, it := range cov {
+		c := ovio.Obj(it)
+		if !ovio.Truthy(c["eligible"]) && !ovio.Truthy(ovio.Get(c, "exclusion.reason")) {
+			add("coverage %s: ineligible without an exclusion reason", PyStr(c["path"]))
+		}
+	}
+	if prevDir != "" {
+		prev := map[string]map[string]any{}
+		for _, n := range []string{"cycles.json", "findings.json", "approval.json", "run.json", "coverage.json"} {
+			m, err := ovio.LoadObject(join(prevDir, n))
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			prev[n] = m
+		}
+		for _, k := range []string{"run_id", "repo_root", "mode", "assessment_only"} {
+			if !eq(prev["run.json"][k], rj[k]) {
+				add("run.json: %s changed; start a new run instead", k)
+			}
+		}
+		if !prefixEq(ovio.List(R["cycles.json"]["cycles"]), ovio.List(prev["cycles.json"]["cycles"])) {
+			add("cycles.json is append-only: an earlier cycle changed or disappeared")
+		}
+		cur := map[string]map[string]any{}
+		for _, it := range fs {
+			f := ovio.Obj(it)
+			cur[Repr(f["id"])] = f
+		}
+		for _, it := range ovio.List(prev["findings.json"]["findings"]) {
+			f := ovio.Obj(it)
+			g, ok := cur[Repr(f["id"])]
+			fh, isList := f["history"].([]any)
+			gh := ovio.List(g["history"])
+			if !ok || !isList || !prefixEq(gh, fh) {
+				add("finding %s: removed or history rewritten", PyStr(f["id"]))
+			} else if (!eq(g["severity"], f["severity"]) || !eq(g["kind"], f["kind"])) && len(gh) == len(fh) {
+				add("finding %s: severity or kind changed without a history entry", PyStr(f["id"]))
+			}
+		}
+		kept := vset{}
+		for _, c := range cov {
+			kept.add(ovio.Obj(c)["path"])
+		}
+		var gone []any
+		for _, c := range ovio.List(prev["coverage.json"]["files"]) {
+			if p := ovio.Obj(c)["path"]; !kept.has(p) {
+				gone = append(gone, p)
+			}
+		}
+		if len(gone) > 0 {
+			add("coverage denominator shrank: %s (exclude with a reason instead)", Repr(gone[:min(5, len(gone))]))
+		}
+		oldap := ovio.List(prev["approval.json"]["events"])
+		same := len(ap) >= len(oldap)
+		for i := 0; same && i < len(oldap); i++ {
+			same = eq(noStatus(ap[i]), noStatus(oldap[i]))
+		}
+		if !same {
+			add("approval.json events are append-only")
+		}
+	}
+	gen := strings.ReplaceAll(filepath.Base(strings.TrimRight(genDir, "/")), ".tmp", "")
+	planStamp := "none"
+	if hasPR {
+		if _, ok := pr["file"]; !ok {
+			return nil, keyError("file")
+		}
+		d, err := sha(join(run, str(pr, "file")))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		planStamp = "r" + PyStr(pr["rev"]) + ":" + d
+	}
+	stamp := fmt.Sprintf("overhaul-stamp run=%s generation=%s plan=%s", PyStr(rj["run_id"]), gen, planStamp)
+	vdir := join(genDir, "views")
+	if isDir(vdir) {
+		entries, err := os.ReadDir(vdir)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		for _, v := range entries {
+			b, err := os.ReadFile(join(vdir, v.Name())) // #nosec G703 -- view file listed from the generation's own views directory
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			if !bytes.Contains(b, []byte(stamp)) {
+				add("view %s: stamp does not match this generation (%s)", v.Name(), stamp)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return errs, nil
+}
+
+// noStatus is dict(a, status=None): the event with its mutable status blanked.
+func noStatus(v any) map[string]any {
+	m := map[string]any{}
+	for k, x := range ovio.Obj(v) {
+		m[k] = x
+	}
+	m["status"] = nil
+	return m
+}