synapse-hub 2.2.4 → 2.4.1

package/tools/infer_linter.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import sys
 import re
 import json
 import glob
+import html as html_lib
 import argparse
 from datetime import datetime
 
@@ -41,20 +42,96 @@ CYAN = "\033[96m"
 BOLD = "\033[1m"
 RESET = "\033[0m"
 
-# Generic Detection regexes
+# Optional Tree-Sitter Integration for compiler-grade AST parsing across TS/Java/C#
+try:
+    import tree_sitter  # type: ignore
+    HAS_TREE_SITTER = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_TREE_SITTER = False
+
+
+def parse_with_tree_sitter(file_path, content):
+    """
+    Optional compiler-grade AST parsing via tree-sitter when installed.
+    Extracts syntactic AST nodes for TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, and C#.
+    Returns None if tree-sitter is unavailable or grammar is not installed.
+    """
+    if not HAS_TREE_SITTER:
+        return None
+    try:
+        from tree_sitter_languages import get_parser  # type: ignore
+        ext = os.path.splitext(file_path)[1].lower()
+        lang_map = {
+            ".ts": "typescript",
+            ".js": "javascript",
+            ".java": "java",
+            ".cs": "c_sharp",
+        }
+        lang_name = lang_map.get(ext)
+        if not lang_name:
+            return None
+        parser = get_parser(lang_name)
+        return parser.parse(bytes(content, "utf-8"))
+    except Exception:
+        return None
+
+# Generic Detection regexes (including Cypress .should and .and assertions)
 ASSERTION_PATTERN = re.compile(
-    r'\b(verify[A-Za-z0-9_]*|assert[A-Za-z0-9_]*|waitForToast|checkStatus|assertEquals|assertTrue|assertFalse|assertThat|expect|ensure[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9_]*Exists)\b'
+    r'\b(verify[A-Za-z0-9_]*|assert[A-Za-z0-9_]*|waitForToast|checkStatus|assertEquals|assertTrue|assertFalse|assertThat|expect|ensure[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9_]*Exists)\b|\.should\s*\(|\.and\s*\('
 )
 
+# Rule L1 & L5: Empty catch / swallowed exceptions across JS/TS/Groovy/Java and Python
+# Also catches try/catch that only console.log or promise .catch(() => {})
 EMPTY_CATCH_PATTERN = re.compile(
-    r'catch\s*\([^\)]*\)\s*\{\s*\}',
+    r'(?:catch\s*(?:\([^\)]*\))?\s*\{\s*(?:console\.(?:log|warn|error)\([^)]*\);?\s*)?\}'
+    r'|\.catch\s*\(\s*(?:\([^)]*\)|[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?\s*=>\s*\{\s*(?:console\.(?:log|warn|error)\([^)]*\);?\s*)?\}\s*\)'
+    r'|\bexcept(?:\s+[^:]*)?:\s*(?:pass|\.\.\.)(?:\s*$|\s*#))',
+    re.MULTILINE
+)
+
+# Whitelisted best-effort compatibility calls (UTF-8 console reconfigure, file
+# permission chmod, stream flush). An empty catch guarding ONLY these is an
+# intentional no-op-on-failure idiom, not a swallowed test failure.
+BENIGN_TRY_CALL_PATTERN = re.compile(
+    r'^[\w\.]*\.(?:reconfigure|chmod|flush)\s*\('
+)
+
+# Rule L3: Tautological assertions (e.g. expect(true).toBe(true), assert r == r, expect(true).toBeTruthy())
+TAUTOLOGY_PATTERN = re.compile(
+    r'(?:expect\s*\(\s*(?:true|1)\s*\)\s*\.\s*(?:toBe|toEqual|toBeTruthy)\s*\(\s*(?:true|1)?\s*\)'
+    r'|\bassert\s+(?:True|true|1\s*==\s*1)\b'
+    r'|\bassert\s+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)\s*==\s*\1\b'
+    r'|assertEquals\s*\(\s*(?:true|1)\s*,\s*(?:true|1)\s*\)'
+    r'|assertTrue\s*\(\s*(?:true|1)\s*\))',
+    re.IGNORECASE
+)
+
+# Rule L4: Unawaited Playwright assertions in JS/TS
+# Expanded with all standard Playwright async matchers and optional .not modifier
+PLAYWRIGHT_ASYNC_MATCHERS = (
+    r'(?:toBeVisible|toBeHidden|toHaveText|toHaveValue|toHaveCount|toBeEnabled|toBeDisabled|'
+    r'toBeChecked|toHaveURL|toContainText|toHaveTitle|toHaveAttribute|toHaveClass|toHaveId|'
+    r'toBeFocused|toBeEmpty|toBeAttached|toBeInViewport|toBeOK)'
+)
+UNAWAITED_EXPECT_PATTERN = re.compile(
+    r'\bexpect\s*\([^;\n]+\)\s*(?:\.\s*not)?\s*\.\s*' + PLAYWRIGHT_ASYNC_MATCHERS + r'\s*\(',
     re.MULTILINE
 )
 
-THREAD_SLEEP_PATTERN = re.compile(
-    r'(?:Thread\.sleep|WebUI\.delay)\s*\(\s*(\d+)\s*\)'
+# Rule 3: Flaky Static Delays across Groovy, Java, Playwright (JS/TS/Python), Pytest/Python, Cypress
+# Millisecond-based delays: Thread.sleep(ms), waitForTimeout(ms), wait_for_timeout(ms), cy.wait(ms)
+MS_DELAY_PATTERN = re.compile(
+    r'(?:Thread\.sleep|(?:page\.)?waitForTimeout|(?:page\.)?wait_for_timeout|cy\.wait)\s*\(\s*([^)]+)\s*\)'
 )
 
+# Second-based delays: WebUI.delay(sec), time.sleep(sec)
+SEC_DELAY_PATTERN = re.compile(
+    r'(?:WebUI\.delay|time\.sleep)\s*\(\s*([^)]+)\s*\)'
+)
+
+# Backward-compatibility alias
+THREAD_SLEEP_PATTERN = MS_DELAY_PATTERN
+
 
 def strip_comments_and_strings(source_code, preserve_newlines=True):
     """
@@ -63,12 +140,13 @@ def strip_comments_and_strings(source_code, preserve_newlines=True):
     Prevents false-positive / false-negative matches in AST linter.
     """
     pattern = re.compile(
-        r'(?P<BLOCK_COMMENT>/\*.*?\*/)|'
-        r'(?P<LINE_COMMENT>//[^\r\n]*)|'
         r'(?P<TRIPLE_DOUBLE>"""[\s\S]*?""")|'
         r'(?P<TRIPLE_SINGLE>\'\'\'[\s\S]*?\'\'\')|'
         r'(?P<DOUBLE_STRING>"(?:\\.|[^"\\])*")|'
-        r'(?P<SINGLE_STRING>\'(?:\\.|[^\'\\])*\')',
+        r'(?P<SINGLE_STRING>\'(?:\\.|[^\'\\])*\')|'
+        r'(?P<BLOCK_COMMENT>/\*.*?\*/)|'
+        r'(?P<LINE_COMMENT>//[^\r\n]*)|'
+        r'(?P<HASH_COMMENT>#[^\r\n]*)',
         re.DOTALL
     )
 
@@ -81,37 +159,227 @@ def strip_comments_and_strings(source_code, preserve_newlines=True):
     return pattern.sub(replacer, source_code)
 
 
-def analyze_script(file_path):
-    """Performs static rule scanning on a single test script file."""
-    with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8", errors="ignore") as f:
-        content = f.read()
-        lines = content.splitlines()
+def _is_benign_empty_catch(clean_code, match_start):
+    """
+    True when an empty catch block exclusively guards whitelisted best-effort
+    calls (e.g. sys.stdout.reconfigure(), os.chmod()) - an intentional
+    no-op-on-failure compatibility idiom rather than a swallowed test failure.
+    Conservative by design: only Python-style 'try:' blocks are whitelisted;
+    C-style brace bodies still get flagged.
+    """
+    body_lines = []
+    for line in reversed(clean_code[:match_start].splitlines()):
+        stripped = line.strip()
+        if not stripped:
+            continue
+        if re.match(r'try\s*(?:[:{]|$)', stripped):
+            return bool(body_lines) and all(BENIGN_TRY_CALL_PATTERN.match(l) for l in body_lines)
+        body_lines.append(stripped)
+    return False
+
+
+def load_config(repo_root=None, config_path=None):
+    """Loads configuration from synapse.config.json if present."""
+    if config_path and os.path.exists(config_path):
+        try:
+            with open(config_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                return json.load(f)
+        except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+            pass
+
+    root = repo_root or REPO_ROOT
+    candidates = [
+        os.path.join(root, "synapse.config.json"),
+        os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "synapse.config.json")
+    ]
+    for c in candidates:
+        if os.path.exists(c):
+            try:
+                with open(c, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                    return json.load(f)
+            except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+                pass
+    return {}
+
+
+def load_baseline(baseline_path):
+    """Loads existing baseline findings to suppress known technical debt."""
+    if not baseline_path or not os.path.exists(baseline_path):
+        return set()
+    try:
+        with open(baseline_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            data = json.load(f)
+            items = data.get("defects", data) if isinstance(data, dict) else data
+            signatures = set()
+            for it in items:
+                f_path = it.get("file", "").replace("\\", "/")
+                d_type = it.get("type", "").upper()
+                d_line = it.get("line")
+                signatures.add((f_path, d_type))
+                if d_line is not None:
+                    signatures.add((f_path, d_type, d_line))
+            return signatures
+    except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+        return set()
+
+
+def save_baseline(baseline_path, all_defects):
+    """Saves current findings into a baseline JSON file."""
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(baseline_path)), exist_ok=True)
+    with open(baseline_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        json.dump({
+            "generated_at": datetime.now().isoformat(),
+            "total_defects": len(all_defects),
+            "defects": all_defects
+        }, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
+
+
+def format_sarif(report_data):
+    """Formats findings in standard SARIF 2.1.0 JSON format for GitHub Code Scanning."""
+    results = []
+    rules_dict = {}
+    for d in report_data.get("all_defects", []):
+        rule_id = d.get("type", "STATIC_DEFECT")
+        if rule_id not in rules_dict:
+            rules_dict[rule_id] = {
+                "id": rule_id,
+                "shortDescription": {"text": d.get("message", rule_id)},
+                "defaultConfiguration": {
+                    "level": "error" if d.get("severity") == "CRITICAL" else "warning"
+                }
+            }
+        results.append({
+            "ruleId": rule_id,
+            "level": "error" if d.get("severity") == "CRITICAL" else "warning",
+            "message": {"text": d.get("message", "")},
+            "locations": [{
+                "physicalLocation": {
+                    "artifactLocation": {"uri": d.get("file", "")},
+                    "region": {"startLine": max(1, d.get("line", 1))}
+                }
+            }]
+        })
+    sarif_doc = {
+        "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/sarif-2.1.0.json",
+        "version": "2.1.0",
+        "runs": [{
+            "tool": {
+                "driver": {
+                    "name": "synapse-infer-linter",
+                    "version": "2.3.0",
+                    "rules": list(rules_dict.values())
+                }
+            },
+            "results": results
+        }]
+    }
+    return json.dumps(sarif_doc, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
+
+
+def format_junit(report_data):
+    """Formats findings in standard JUnit XML format."""
+    total = max(1, report_data.get("total_scripts", 0))
+    defects = report_data.get("all_defects", [])
+    failures = len([d for d in defects if d.get("severity") == "CRITICAL"])
+    warnings = len([d for d in defects if d.get("severity") != "CRITICAL"])
+    lines = [
+        '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>',
+        f'<testsuite name="synapse-infer-linter" tests="{max(total, len(defects))}" failures="{failures}" errors="{warnings}">'
+    ]
+    for d in defects:
+        cname = d.get("file", "").replace("/", ".").replace("\\", ".")
+        tname = f"{d.get('type')}_L{d.get('line', 1)}"
+        msg = html_lib.escape(d.get("message", ""))
+        tag = "failure" if d.get("severity") == "CRITICAL" else "error"
+        lines.append(f'  <testcase classname="{cname}" name="{tname}">')
+        lines.append(f'    <{tag} message="{msg}" type="{d.get("type")}">Line {d.get("line", 1)}: {msg}</{tag}>')
+        lines.append('  </testcase>')
+    if not defects:
+        lines.append('  <testcase classname="synapse.linter" name="clean_run"/>')
+    lines.append('</testsuite>')
+    return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+def classify_file_role(file_path: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Classifies a source file into:
+      - 'CONFIG': Configuration files (playwright.config, cypress.config, conftest, wdio.conf, jest.config)
+      - 'PAGE_OBJECT': Page Classes / POM (files in pages/, ending in Page.ts/js/py/groovy/java, or BasePage)
+      - 'HELPER': Utilities / Fixtures / Custom Keywords (files in helpers/, fixtures/, utils/, support/)
+      - 'TEST_SCRIPT': Test specifications / test cases (test_*, *test, *.spec, *.cy, *.tc, files in tests/, Scripts/)
+    """
+    norm = file_path.replace("\\", "/").lower()
+    base = os.path.basename(norm)
+    parts = norm.split("/")[:-1]
+
+    # 1. Config files
+    if any(cfg in base for cfg in ["playwright.config", "cypress.config", "wdio.conf", "jest.config", "karma.conf", "conftest.py", "tsconfig"]):
+        return "CONFIG"
+    if any(p in ("config", ".config") for p in parts):
+        return "CONFIG"
+
+    # 2. Page Objects (Clean POM)
+    if any(p in ("pages", "page_objects", "page-objects", "po") for p in parts) or \
+       ("keywords" in parts and "pages" in norm):
+        return "PAGE_OBJECT"
+    if re.search(r'(^|_)basepage\b', base) or re.search(r'[a-z0-9_]page\.(ts|js|py|groovy|java)$', base):
+        return "PAGE_OBJECT"
+
+    # 3. Helpers & Fixtures / Tools & Utilities
+    if any(p in ("fixtures", "helpers", "utils", "support", "tools", "bin") for p in parts):
+        return "HELPER"
+    if any(base.endswith(sfx) for sfx in ("helper.ts", "helper.js", "helper.py", "helper.groovy", "utils.ts", "utils.js", "utils.py", "fixture.ts", "fixture.js")):
+        return "HELPER"
+
+    # 4. Test Scripts
+    test_suffixes = ("_test.py", ".spec.ts", ".spec.js", ".test.ts", ".test.js", ".cy.js", ".cy.ts", ".spec.jsx", ".test.jsx", ".tc", "test.java", "tests.java", "spec.groovy")
+    if base.startswith("test_") or base.endswith(test_suffixes):
+        return "TEST_SCRIPT"
+    if any(p in ("tests", "test", "e2e", "specs", "cypress") for p in parts):
+        return "TEST_SCRIPT"
+    if "scripts" in parts:
+        if file_path.endswith((".groovy", ".tc")) or base.startswith("test_") or base.endswith(test_suffixes):
+            return "TEST_SCRIPT"
+        return "HELPER"
+
+    # Default fallback: standalone script without directory context
+    return "TEST_SCRIPT"
+
+
+def analyze_script(file_path, baseline_set=None, disabled_rules=None):
+    """Performs static rule scanning on a single test script or automation asset."""
+    role = classify_file_role(file_path)
 
-    defects = []
     try:
         rel_path = os.path.relpath(file_path, REPO_ROOT)
     except ValueError:
         rel_path = os.path.abspath(file_path)
 
+    # Config files have zero test assertions by definition
+    if role == "CONFIG":
+        return {
+            "file": rel_path,
+            "role": role,
+            "defects": [],
+            "is_clean": True
+        }
+
+    with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8", errors="ignore") as f:
+        content = f.read()
+
+    defects = []
+
     # Lexically strip comments and string literals for accurate analysis
     clean_code = strip_comments_and_strings(content, preserve_newlines=True)
     clean_lines = [l.strip() for l in clean_code.splitlines()]
 
-    # Rule 1: Empty Test Script
-    executable_lines = [
-        l for l in clean_lines 
-        if l and not l.startswith("import ") and not l.startswith("package ")
-    ]
-    if len(executable_lines) <= 2:
-        defects.append({
-            "type": "EMPTY_TEST_SCRIPT",
-            "severity": "CRITICAL",
-            "line": 1,
-            "message": "Test script appears empty or contains only comments/imports."
-        })
+    raw_lines = content.splitlines()
 
+    # Code quality checks across all automation assets (Test Scripts, Page Objects, Helpers)
     # Rule 2: Swallowed Exceptions (empty catch blocks)
     for match in EMPTY_CATCH_PATTERN.finditer(clean_code):
+        if _is_benign_empty_catch(clean_code, match.start()):
+            continue
         line_no = clean_code[:match.start()].count("\n") + 1
         defects.append({
             "type": "SWALLOWED_EXCEPTION",
@@ -120,42 +388,220 @@ def analyze_script(file_path):
             "message": "Empty catch block detected. Swallowed exceptions cause false-pass test runs."
         })
 
-    # Rule 3: Flaky Static Delays
+    # Rule 3: Flaky Static Delays (Playwright, Cypress, Pytest, Katalon, Java/Groovy)
     for idx, line in enumerate(clean_code.splitlines(), 1):
-        m = THREAD_SLEEP_PATTERN.search(line)
-        if m:
-            delay_val = int(m.group(1))
-            if delay_val >= 3000:
+        raw_line = raw_lines[idx - 1].strip() if idx <= len(raw_lines) else line.strip()
+
+        # Millisecond delays
+        m_ms = MS_DELAY_PATTERN.search(line)
+        if m_ms:
+            arg = m_ms.group(1).strip()
+            # F08: Ignore Cypress route alias waits like cy.wait('@getUsers')
+            if arg.startswith(("@", "'@", '"@')):
+                pass
+            elif arg.isdigit():
+                delay_val = int(arg)
+                if delay_val > 0:
+                    d_type = "EXCESSIVE_HARD_DELAY" if delay_val >= 3000 else "HARD_DELAY_ANTI_PATTERN"
+                    defects.append({
+                        "type": d_type,
+                        "severity": "WARNING",
+                        "line": idx,
+                        "message": f"Static sleep of {delay_val}ms found ('{raw_line}'). Replace with dynamic Smart Wait (waitForElement/networkidle)."
+                    })
+                    continue
+            elif re.match(r'^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$', arg) and not line.strip().startswith("cy.wait"):
                 defects.append({
-                    "type": "EXCESSIVE_HARD_DELAY",
+                    "type": "HARD_DELAY_ANTI_PATTERN",
                     "severity": "WARNING",
                     "line": idx,
-                    "message": f"Static sleep of {delay_val}ms found. Replace with dynamic Smart Wait (waitForElement/networkidle)."
+                    "message": f"Static sleep with variable/expression '{arg}' found ('{raw_line}'). Replace with dynamic Smart Wait."
+                })
+                continue
+
+        # Second delays
+        m_sec = SEC_DELAY_PATTERN.search(line)
+        if m_sec:
+            arg = m_sec.group(1).strip()
+            try:
+                delay_val = float(arg)
+                if delay_val > 0:
+                    delay_ms = int(delay_val * 1000)
+                    delay_str = f"{delay_val:g}"
+                    d_type = "EXCESSIVE_HARD_DELAY" if delay_ms >= 3000 else "HARD_DELAY_ANTI_PATTERN"
+                    defects.append({
+                        "type": d_type,
+                        "severity": "WARNING",
+                        "line": idx,
+                        "message": f"Static sleep of {delay_str}s ({delay_ms}ms) found ('{raw_line}'). Replace with dynamic Smart Wait (waitForElement/networkidle)."
+                    })
+            except ValueError:
+                if re.match(r'^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$', arg):
+                    defects.append({
+                        "type": "HARD_DELAY_ANTI_PATTERN",
+                        "severity": "WARNING",
+                        "line": idx,
+                        "message": f"Static sleep with variable/expression '{arg}' found ('{raw_line}'). Replace with dynamic Smart Wait."
+                    })
+
+    # Test Script Specific Invariants (Do NOT apply to Page Objects or Helpers)
+    if role == "TEST_SCRIPT":
+        executable_lines = [
+            l for l in clean_lines 
+            if l and not l.startswith("import ") and not l.startswith("package ") and not l.startswith("from ")
+        ]
+        # Rule 1: Empty Test Script
+        if len(executable_lines) == 0:
+            defects.append({
+                "type": "EMPTY_TEST_SCRIPT",
+                "severity": "CRITICAL",
+                "line": 1,
+                "message": "Test script is empty or contains only comments/imports."
+            })
+
+        # Rule 4 (L3): Tautological Assertions
+        for idx, line in enumerate(clean_code.splitlines(), 1):
+            if TAUTOLOGY_PATTERN.search(line):
+                raw_line = raw_lines[idx - 1].strip() if idx <= len(raw_lines) else line.strip()
+                defects.append({
+                    "type": "TAUTOLOGICAL_ASSERTION",
+                    "severity": "CRITICAL",
+                    "line": idx,
+                    "message": f"Tautological assertion detected ('{raw_line}'). Test assertion always evaluates to True without testing system state."
                 })
 
-    # Rule 4: Fake-Pass / Missing Assertions (verified against code tokens only)
-    has_assert = bool(ASSERTION_PATTERN.search(clean_code))
-    has_interactions = any(
-        kw in clean_code for kw in ["click", "select", "save", "delete", "create", "search", "navigate", "open", "fill"]
-    )
-    if has_interactions and not has_assert:
-        defects.append({
-            "type": "FAKE_PASS_NO_ASSERTION",
-            "severity": "WARNING",
-            "line": 1,
-            "message": "Script performs AUT mutations/interactions but contains zero verification/assertion statements."
-        })
+        # Rule 5 (L4): Unawaited Playwright Assertions in JS/TS
+        if file_path.endswith((".ts", ".tsx", ".js", ".jsx")):
+            for match in UNAWAITED_EXPECT_PATTERN.finditer(clean_code):
+                prefix = clean_code[max(0, match.start() - 40):match.start()]
+                if re.search(r'\b(?:await|return)\s+$', prefix):
+                    continue
+                surrounding = clean_code[max(0, match.start() - 150):match.start()]
+                if any(w in surrounding for w in ("Promise.all", "Promise.allSettled", "return ")):
+                    continue
+                line_no = clean_code[:match.start()].count("\n") + 1
+                line_text = raw_lines[line_no - 1].strip() if line_no <= len(raw_lines) else ""
+                defects.append({
+                    "type": "UNAWAITED_ASYNC_ASSERTION",
+                    "severity": "CRITICAL",
+                    "line": line_no,
+                    "message": f"Unawaited async Playwright assertion detected: '{line_text}'. Without 'await', assertion returns a Pending Promise that never validates."
+                })
+
+        # Rule 6 (L2 & L6): Missing Assertions / Fake-Pass
+        assert_matches = list(ASSERTION_PATTERN.finditer(clean_code))
+        tautology_matches = list(TAUTOLOGY_PATTERN.finditer(clean_code))
+        has_real_assert = any(
+            not any(tm.start() <= am.start() < tm.end() for tm in tautology_matches)
+            for am in assert_matches
+        )
+
+        # F06: Check test cases per function block if multiple tests exist
+        TEST_BLOCK_PATTERN = re.compile(
+            r'(?m)^[ \t]*(?:(?:test|it)(?:\.(?:only|skip))?\s*\(|def\s+test_[a-zA-Z0-9_]+\s*\(|(?:@Test\s+)?(?:public\s+)?(?:void|def)\s+test[a-zA-Z0-9_]*\s*\()'
+        )
+        test_matches = list(TEST_BLOCK_PATTERN.finditer(clean_code))
+        if len(test_matches) >= 2:
+            for i, tm in enumerate(test_matches):
+                b_start = tm.start()
+                b_end = test_matches[i + 1].start() if i + 1 < len(test_matches) else len(clean_code)
+                block_code = clean_code[b_start:b_end]
+                b_asserts = list(ASSERTION_PATTERN.finditer(block_code))
+                b_tauts = list(TAUTOLOGY_PATTERN.finditer(block_code))
+                block_has_real_assert = any(
+                    not any(tt.start() <= ta.start() < tt.end() for tt in b_tauts)
+                    for ta in b_asserts
+                )
+                b_has_interactions = any(
+                    kw in block_code for kw in ["click", "select", "save", "delete", "create", "search", "navigate", "open", "fill", "goto", "post", "get"]
+                )
+                b_line = clean_code[:b_start].count("\n") + 1
+                if b_has_interactions and not block_has_real_assert:
+                    defects.append({
+                        "type": "FAKE_PASS_NO_ASSERTION",
+                        "severity": "WARNING",
+                        "line": b_line,
+                        "message": f"Test block starting at line {b_line} performs interactions but contains zero verification/assertion statements."
+                    })
+        else:
+            has_interactions = any(
+                kw in clean_code for kw in ["click", "select", "save", "delete", "create", "search", "navigate", "open", "fill", "goto", "post", "get"]
+            )
+            is_explicit_test = any(t in os.path.basename(file_path).lower() for t in ["test", "spec", "tc-", "tc_"])
+
+            if has_interactions and not has_real_assert:
+                defects.append({
+                    "type": "FAKE_PASS_NO_ASSERTION",
+                    "severity": "WARNING",
+                    "line": 1,
+                    "message": "Test script performs AUT mutations/interactions but contains zero verification/assertion statements."
+                })
+            elif is_explicit_test and not has_real_assert and not has_interactions and len(executable_lines) > 0:
+                defects.append({
+                    "type": "NO_ASSERTION_IN_TEST",
+                    "severity": "WARNING",
+                    "line": 1,
+                    "message": "Test case file contains executable logic but has no verification or assertion statements."
+                })
+
+    active_defects = []
+    disabled = {r.upper() for r in (disabled_rules or [])}
+    norm_rel = rel_path.replace("\\", "/")
+
+    for d in defects:
+        d_type = d.get("type", "").upper()
+        if d_type in disabled:
+            continue
+        line_idx = d.get("line", 1)
+
+        # Check suppression comment (# synapse-ignore or // synapse-ignore)
+        suppressed = False
+        candidates = []
+        if 1 <= line_idx <= len(raw_lines):
+            candidates.append(raw_lines[line_idx - 1])
+        if line_idx > 1 and line_idx - 1 <= len(raw_lines):
+            candidates.append(raw_lines[line_idx - 2])
+        for c in candidates:
+            if "synapse-ignore" in c.lower():
+                m = re.search(r'synapse-ignore:\s*([A-Za-z0-9_,\s\*\-]+)', c, re.IGNORECASE)
+                if m:
+                    rules = [r.strip().upper() for r in m.group(1).split(",") if r.strip()]
+                    if "*" in rules or "ALL" in rules or d_type in rules:
+                        suppressed = True
+                        break
+        if suppressed:
+            continue
+
+        # Check baseline suppression
+        if baseline_set:
+            if (norm_rel, d_type) in baseline_set or (norm_rel, d_type, line_idx) in baseline_set:
+                continue
+
+        active_defects.append(d)
+
+    defects = active_defects
 
     return {
         "file": rel_path,
+        "role": role,
         "defects": defects,
         "is_clean": len(defects) == 0
     }
 
 
-def run_infer_linter(target_dir=None):
-    """Scans test scripts across Groovy, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, and Java."""
-    EXTENSIONS = ("*.groovy", "*.ts", "*.js", "*.py", "*.java")
+def run_infer_linter(target_dir=None, output_path=None, strict: bool = False,
+                     output_format="text", baseline_path=None, generate_baseline_path=None, config_path=None):
+    """Scans test scripts across Groovy, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, and Java with baseline and SARIF support."""
+    EXTENSIONS = ("*.groovy", "*.ts", "*.tsx", "*.js", "*.jsx", "*.py", "*.java")
+
+    cfg = load_config(config_path=config_path)
+    linter_cfg = cfg.get("infer_linter", {})
+    extra_ignored = set(linter_cfg.get("exclude_paths", []))
+    disabled_rules = set(linter_cfg.get("disabled_rules", []))
+    baseline_set = load_baseline(baseline_path)
+
+    if linter_cfg.get("strict") is not None and not strict:
+        strict = bool(linter_cfg.get("strict"))
 
     if target_dir:
         if os.path.isfile(target_dir):
@@ -163,9 +609,16 @@ def run_infer_linter(target_dir=None):
             scan_dir = os.path.dirname(target_dir)
         elif os.path.isdir(target_dir):
             scan_dir = target_dir
-            script_files = []
+            raw_files = []
             for ext in EXTENSIONS:
-                script_files.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(scan_dir, "**", ext), recursive=True))
+                raw_files.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(scan_dir, "**", ext), recursive=True))
+            # Filter out non-test files like tools, __init__.py, node_modules when scanning generic directory
+            ignored_parts = {"tools", "node_modules", ".git", "__pycache__", "venv", ".venv"} | extra_ignored
+            script_files = [
+                f for f in raw_files
+                if not any(part.lower() in ignored_parts for part in os.path.relpath(f, scan_dir).replace("\\", "/").split("/")[:-1])
+                and os.path.basename(f) not in {"__init__.py", "setup.py"}
+            ]
         else:
             scan_dir = target_dir
             script_files = []
@@ -186,9 +639,10 @@ def run_infer_linter(target_dir=None):
     critical_count = 0
     warning_count = 0
     clean_count = 0
+    all_defects = []
 
     for s in sorted(set(script_files)):
-        res = analyze_script(s)
+        res = analyze_script(s, baseline_set=baseline_set, disabled_rules=disabled_rules)
         results.append(res)
         crit = sum(1 for d in res["defects"] if d["severity"] == "CRITICAL")
         warn = sum(1 for d in res["defects"] if d["severity"] == "WARNING")
@@ -196,15 +650,84 @@ def run_infer_linter(target_dir=None):
         warning_count += warn
         if res["is_clean"]:
             clean_count += 1
+        for d in res["defects"]:
+            all_defects.append({
+                "file": res["file"],
+                "role": res["role"],
+                "type": d["type"],
+                "severity": d["severity"],
+                "line": d["line"],
+                "message": d["message"]
+            })
+
+    # If requested to generate a baseline file, save and exit
+    if generate_baseline_path:
+        save_baseline(generate_baseline_path, all_defects)
+        print(f"✅ Generated baseline file with {len(all_defects)} defects at: {generate_baseline_path}")
+        return 0
 
     total_scripts = len(script_files)
     if total_scripts == 0:
         health_score = 0.0
         clean_pct = 0.0
     else:
-        health_score = round(((total_scripts - critical_count) / total_scripts) * 100, 1)
         clean_pct = round((clean_count / total_scripts) * 100, 1)
+        critical_penalty = (critical_count * 20.0) / total_scripts
+        raw_score = (clean_count / total_scripts) * 100.0 - critical_penalty
+        health_score = max(0.0, min(100.0, round(raw_score, 1)))
+
+        if clean_count < total_scripts and health_score >= 100.0:
+            health_score = 99.0
+        if clean_count == 0 and total_scripts > 0:
+            health_score = 0.0
+
+    defect_scripts = [r for r in results if not r["is_clean"]]
+    report_data = {
+        "timestamp": datetime.now().isoformat(),
+        "total_scripts": total_scripts,
+        "clean_scripts": clean_count,
+        "critical_defects": critical_count,
+        "warnings": warning_count,
+        "health_score_pct": health_score,
+        "defect_details": defect_scripts,
+        "all_defects": all_defects
+    }
+
+    # Handle specialized output formats
+    if output_format == "sarif":
+        sarif_out = format_sarif(report_data)
+        if output_path:
+            os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(output_path)), exist_ok=True)
+            with open(output_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                f.write(sarif_out)
+            print(f"SARIF 2.1.0 report saved to: {output_path}")
+        else:
+            print(sarif_out)
+        return 1 if critical_count > 0 else 0
+
+    if output_format == "junit":
+        junit_out = format_junit(report_data)
+        if output_path:
+            os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(output_path)), exist_ok=True)
+            with open(output_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                f.write(junit_out)
+            print(f"JUnit XML report saved to: {output_path}")
+        else:
+            print(junit_out)
+        return 1 if critical_count > 0 else 0
+
+    if output_format == "json":
+        json_out = json.dumps(report_data, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
+        if output_path:
+            os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(output_path)), exist_ok=True)
+            with open(output_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                f.write(json_out)
+            print(f"JSON report saved to: {output_path}")
+        else:
+            print(json_out)
+        return 1 if critical_count > 0 else 0
 
+    # Default: Text output with ANSI banner
     print(f"\n{BOLD}{CYAN}======================================================================{RESET}")
     print(f"{BOLD}{CYAN}    ENTERPRISE STATIC DEFECT & FAKE-PASS SENTINEL (Meta Infer-Style)        {RESET}")
     print(f"{BOLD}{CYAN}======================================================================{RESET}")
@@ -216,38 +739,41 @@ def run_infer_linter(target_dir=None):
         print(f"  Codebase Health Score   : {YELLOW}N/A (0 test scripts discovered){RESET}")
     else:
         print(f"  Target Scope            : {total_scripts} Test Scripts in {os.path.basename(scan_dir)}/ (Polyglot)")
+        if baseline_set:
+            print(f"  Baseline Filter         : {CYAN}ACTIVE ({len(baseline_set)} known debt items suppressed){RESET}")
         print(f"  Critical Defects        : {RED if critical_count > 0 else GREEN}{critical_count}{RESET} (Swallowed exceptions, empty scripts)")
         print(f"  Warnings / Suggestions  : {YELLOW if warning_count > 0 else GREEN}{warning_count}{RESET} (Missing explicit asserts, excessive delays)")
         print(f"  Clean Scripts           : {GREEN}{clean_count}/{total_scripts} ({clean_pct:.1f}%){RESET}")
         print(f"  Codebase Health Score   : {GREEN if health_score == 100 else YELLOW}{health_score:.1f}%{RESET}")
     print(f"{BOLD}{CYAN}======================================================================{RESET}\n")
 
-    # Print defect breakdown if any
-    defect_scripts = [r for r in results if not r["is_clean"]]
     if defect_scripts:
         print(f"{BOLD}Detected Items ({len(defect_scripts)} scripts):{RESET}")
-        for r in defect_scripts[:10]: # Print top 10
+        for r in defect_scripts[:10]:
             for d in r["defects"]:
                 color = RED if d["severity"] == "CRITICAL" else YELLOW
                 print(f"  - [{color}{d['severity']}{RESET}] {r['file']}:{d['line']} - {d['message']}")
         if len(defect_scripts) > 10:
             print(f"  ... and {len(defect_scripts) - 10} more scripts (see full JSON report).\n")
 
-    # Save artifact
-    os.makedirs(REPORTS_DIR, exist_ok=True)
-    report_data = {
-        "timestamp": datetime.now().isoformat(),
-        "total_scripts": total_scripts,
-        "clean_scripts": clean_count,
-        "critical_defects": critical_count,
-        "warnings": warning_count,
-        "health_score_pct": health_score,
-        "defect_details": defect_scripts
-    }
-    with open(OUTPUT_JSON, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    dest_json = os.path.abspath(output_path) if output_path else OUTPUT_JSON
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(dest_json), exist_ok=True)
+    with open(dest_json, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         json.dump(report_data, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
-    print(f"Detailed audit saved to: {OUTPUT_JSON}\n")
-
+    print(f"Detailed audit saved to: {dest_json}\n")
+
+    if not output_path and target_dir and os.path.isdir(target_dir) and not os.path.abspath(target_dir).startswith(REPO_ROOT):
+        try:
+            target_out = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(target_dir), "reports", "infer_linter_report.json")
+            os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(target_out), exist_ok=True)
+            with open(target_out, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                json.dump(report_data, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+
+    if strict:
+        fake_pass_count = sum(1 for r in results for d in r["defects"] if d["type"] in ("FAKE_PASS_NO_ASSERTION", "NO_ASSERTION_IN_TEST"))
+        return 0 if (critical_count == 0 and fake_pass_count == 0) else 1
     return 0 if critical_count == 0 else 1
 
 
@@ -256,12 +782,28 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument("target", nargs="?", default=None, help="Target directory or script to scan")
     parser.add_argument("--dir", help="Target directory to scan (defaults to Scripts/)")
     parser.add_argument("--repo", help="Target repository root containing Scripts/")
+    parser.add_argument("--out", "--output", dest="output_file", help="Path to save report")
+    parser.add_argument("--format", choices=["text", "json", "sarif", "junit"], default="text", help="Output format (default: text)")
+    parser.add_argument("--baseline", help="Path to baseline JSON file to ignore known technical debt")
+    parser.add_argument("--generate-baseline", dest="generate_baseline", help="Generate a baseline JSON file from current findings")
+    parser.add_argument("--config", help="Path to synapse.config.json")
+    parser.add_argument("--strict", action="store_true", default=True, help="Treat missing assertions / fake-passes as fatal errors (default: True)")
+    parser.add_argument("--no-strict", "--lenient", action="store_false", dest="strict", help="Allow missing assertions with warning only")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     target_dir = args.dir or args.target
     if not target_dir and args.repo:
         target_dir = os.path.join(args.repo, "Scripts")
-    return run_infer_linter(target_dir=target_dir)
+
+    return run_infer_linter(
+        target_dir=target_dir,
+        output_path=args.output_file,
+        strict=args.strict,
+        output_format=args.format,
+        baseline_path=args.baseline,
+        generate_baseline_path=args.generate_baseline,
+        config_path=args.config
+    )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":