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fix(guard): keep Bash usable offline and judge every spelling of gh and git - #223
After this merges, a machine with no network and an empty uv cache can run Bash again: since #221 both guard hooks failed to install tree-sitter there and blocked every Bash call, ls included. The hooks now start through run-guard.sh, which runs the guard when its dependencies load from the uv cache and otherwise blocks only calls that name gh or git. The guards also judge program names spelled without the substring gh or git (g$'h', g""h, g\h), which a text pre-check let through unparsed. #221 is not released yet, so no installed version is affected by the offline lockout.
Why this approach
uv exits 2 on a network error, which is the guard's own "block" code, so the launcher never reads a verdict from uv's exit code. It decides first with uv sync --script --offline (about 10 ms with a warm cache), tries one install with a 3 s HTTP timeout and no retries at most once in 5 minutes, and then runs the guard with uv run --offline, passing its exit code through. Without a bound, uv waited about 49 s for a blackholed index, past the 10 s hook timeout. The fallback needs no dependencies: it removes quotes and backslashes and blocks gh or git as a word, and blocks any ANSI-C quoting ($'...'), which it cannot decode. That covers every blocking case of both invocation suites.
Known limits
The fallback blocks more than the guards do (any gh or git call, read-only ones too) until the dependencies are installed; its message says so and gives the install command. Without python3 it scans the whole payload, which can only block more. uv sync --script needs uv 0.5.31 or later; with no uv on PATH or an older uv the fallback decides every call, and its message names that cause instead of the install command. A failing grep or tr in the fallback blocks.
Testing
guard-launcher.test.sh runs the command strings from hooks.json: warm, offline with an empty cache, against a blackholed index (first call 3 s, second 0–1 s), with no uv on PATH, and with an empty tool_input.command. It also runs both invocation suites through the launcher, all cases warm and every blocking case through the fallback. With main's hooks.json the offline ls cases fail; dropping the payload on the way to the guard, removing the quote stripping, removing the HTTP bound, reading the payload differently from the guards, skipping the uv check, restoring the text pre-check, dropping the quote removal of the program name and letting ANSI-C quoting through the fallback each turn a test red.
Both guard hooks match every Bash call and block on any failure. Since
the guards read commands with tree-sitter-bash, `uv run` has to install
two packages on first use. With no network and an empty uv cache that
install fails and every Bash call is blocked, `ls` included; against an
unreachable index uv waits about 49 s, past the 10 s hook timeout.
The hooks now start through run-guard.sh. It asks uv whether the
environment can be built from the cache (`uv sync --script --offline`),
tries one install with a 3 s HTTP timeout and no retries at most once in
5 minutes, and then runs the guard offline with its exit code passed
through. uv exits 2 on a network error, the guard's own block code, so
the decision is made before the guard runs, never from uv's exit code.
When the environment cannot be built, a fallback without dependencies
blocks every call that names gh or git (after removing quotes and
backslashes) and lets the rest through.
guard-launcher.test.sh runs the hooks.json command strings offline with
an empty cache, against a blackholed index, and runs both invocation
suites through the launcher: all cases with a warm cache, and every
blocking case through the fallback. The invocation suites gain
GUARD_LAUNCHER and BLOCK_ONLY for that.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Mendel <info@sebastianmendel.de>
Both release-guard hooks now use run-guard.sh. The launcher checks for an offline-ready environment, attempts dependency installation no more than once per five minutes, and runs the guard offline when dependencies are available. If dependencies remain unavailable, it scans the command and blocks calls that name gh or git. Tests cover launcher behavior, and the security and compatibility documentation describes the new startup path.
Possibly related PRs
netresearch/github-release-skill#221: Adds the Tree-sitter dependencies and parser behavior that the guards use; this PR changes how the launcher checks and handles those dependencies.
A specially quoted release command can bypass the fallback guard when dependencies are unavailable. Fix the command check before merging.
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The fallback told a machine without uv, or with a uv older than 0.5.31,
to run `uv sync --script`, which cannot work there. It now names a
missing uv or a too-old uv as the cause and gives the matching fix.
The fallback reads an empty tool_input.command through to a top-level
command, as the guards' parse_command does, and blocks when grep or tr
fails instead of reading the error as "no match". The install stamp
holds an epoch second instead of relying on `find -mmin`, which can
resolve to Windows' find.exe in Git Bash.
The launcher test installs the guard dependencies itself and gives the
warm cases their own TMPDIR, so they no longer depend on test order or
on a stamp left in the real TMPDIR. New cases cover the empty-command
payload and a PATH without uv.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Mendel <info@sebastianmendel.de>
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- Around line 69-89: Update the fallback normalization and command check in
run-guard so ANSI-C quoted command names such as g$'h' are treated as gh and
blocked. Preserve the existing behavior for other command forms, and fail closed
when the fallback cannot classify a command.
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Both guards skipped every call whose text lacked the substring "gh"
(or "git") before parsing it. The shell runs gh for g$'h', g""h and g\h,
so `g$'h' release delete v1.2.3` passed both guards unjudged. The
pre-check is gone; the parser is loaded at import, and splitting a call
takes about 0.03 ms.
split_invocations now hands the checks the program name as the shell
reads it after quote removal, so g""h and g\h match like gh. ANSI-C
quoting was already decoded there.
The launcher fallback cannot decode ANSI-C quoting and blocks every
call that uses it.
Reported by CodeRabbit on #223 for the fallback; the same spelling
passed the guards themselves.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Mendel <info@sebastianmendel.de>
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fix(guard): keep Bash usable when the guard dependencies are missing
fix(guard): keep Bash usable offline and judge every spelling of gh and git
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run-guard.sh: the environment check runs before the guard, so uv exit codes (2 on a network error) never count as a verdict; the payload is read once and forwarded; the install attempt is bounded (3 s, no retries, once per 5 minutes) and measured at 3 s against a blackholed index; the fallback blocks gh/git words after quote removal and any ANSI-C quoting, and names a missing or too-old uv as the cause.
Guards: the text pre-check that skipped calls without the substring "gh"/"git" is removed; the program name is matched after quote removal. All 302 invocation cases pass warm, and every blocking case passes through the fallback.
An independent review agent found two should-fix items and four nits on 4c61f7e; all except the $1 nit are fixed in d174684. CodeRabbit's ANSI-C finding is fixed in 4350101.
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After this merges, a machine with no network and an empty uv cache can run Bash again: since #221 both guard hooks failed to install tree-sitter there and blocked every Bash call,
lsincluded. The hooks now start throughrun-guard.sh, which runs the guard when its dependencies load from the uv cache and otherwise blocks only calls that nameghorgit. The guards also judge program names spelled without the substringghorgit(g$'h',g""h,g\h), which a text pre-check let through unparsed. #221 is not released yet, so no installed version is affected by the offline lockout.Why this approach
uv exits 2 on a network error, which is the guard's own "block" code, so the launcher never reads a verdict from uv's exit code. It decides first with
uv sync --script --offline(about 10 ms with a warm cache), tries one install with a 3 s HTTP timeout and no retries at most once in 5 minutes, and then runs the guard withuv run --offline, passing its exit code through. Without a bound, uv waited about 49 s for a blackholed index, past the 10 s hook timeout. The fallback needs no dependencies: it removes quotes and backslashes and blocksghorgitas a word, and blocks any ANSI-C quoting ($'...'), which it cannot decode. That covers every blocking case of both invocation suites.Known limits
The fallback blocks more than the guards do (any
ghorgitcall, read-only ones too) until the dependencies are installed; its message says so and gives the install command. Withoutpython3it scans the whole payload, which can only block more.uv sync --scriptneeds uv 0.5.31 or later; with no uv onPATHor an older uv the fallback decides every call, and its message names that cause instead of the install command. A failinggreportrin the fallback blocks.Testing
guard-launcher.test.shruns the command strings fromhooks.json: warm, offline with an empty cache, against a blackholed index (first call 3 s, second 0–1 s), with no uv onPATH, and with an emptytool_input.command. It also runs both invocation suites through the launcher, all cases warm and every blocking case through the fallback. Withmain'shooks.jsonthe offlinelscases fail; dropping the payload on the way to the guard, removing the quote stripping, removing the HTTP bound, reading the payload differently from the guards, skipping the uv check, restoring the text pre-check, dropping the quote removal of the program name and letting ANSI-C quoting through the fallback each turn a test red.