approval-engine/tests/test_required_assurance.py
tegwick 5c45d3c157 APPROVAL-WP-0007-T02 done: actor_consumes; T05 principal_approves split out
Founder decision 2026-11-01, relayed by the net-kingdom coordinator: "Agree to
split APPROVAL-WP-0007-T02: build actor_consumes now (opt-in at issue; the
bounded executor will set it); principal_approves keeps waiting for the KeyCape
subject mapping."

- Optional actor_consumes (boolean) at issue, schema v8. Consume refuses with
  403 unless the consuming subject equals binding.actor, also on idempotent
  retries; internal calls without a consumer fail closed. Inherited on
  supersession (existing-successor mismatch 409), in audit details, served in
  GET/claim only when declared so undeclared claims keep exact bytes. Legacy
  rows migrate without the flag.
- GH-DEC-2026-026 Ruling 6: under human_control, add_entry refuses (403) the
  binding actor as approver. human_control already covered a service actor;
  this covers a human actor.
- Workplan: T02 done (actor_consumes); new T05 principal_approves (wait).
- Not released or deployed: needs a v8 image and founder-run rollout.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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"""APPROVAL-WP-0007-T01: an optional minimum approver assurance declared at issue."""
import json
from pathlib import Path
import jsonschema
import pytest
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa
from approval_engine.api import App, call
from approval_engine.auth import JWTAuthenticator
from approval_engine.errors import Conflict, Forbidden, Unprocessable
from approval_engine.store import Engine, LATEST_SCHEMA_VERSION
from tests.conftest import FROZEN, binding, validity
from tests.test_auth import _jwt, _JWKS
SCHEMA = json.loads(
(Path(__file__).parents[1] / "schemas" / "approval_claim.schema.json").read_text()
)
AAL2 = {"level": "aal2"}
def _a(level):
return json.dumps({"level": level, "amr": ["pwd", "otp"], "source": "key-cape"})
@pytest.fixture
def signed_app(engine):
private = rsa.generate_private_key(public_exponent=65537, key_size=2048)
app = App(engine, JWTAuthenticator(
issuer="https://keycape.example", audience="approval-engine",
jwks_url="https://keycape.example/jwks", jwks_client=_JWKS(private.public_key()),
))
return app, private
def _bearer(private, principal_type, subject, assurance):
return "Bearer " + _jwt(private, principal_type=principal_type, sub=subject,
tenant="tenant:platform",
scope="approval:create approval:approve approval:read approval:consume",
assurance=assurance)
def test_http_floor_refuses_aal1_and_accepts_aal2_from_the_verified_token(engine, signed_app):
app, private = signed_app
status, created = call(app, "POST", "/v1/approvals", {
"binding": binding(actor="service:nk-bind-executor"), "validity": validity(),
"human_control": True, "required_assurance": AAL2,
}, authorization=_bearer(private, "service", "service:nk-bind-executor",
{"level": "aal1", "amr": ["pwd"], "source": "key-cape"}))
assert status == 201, created
assert created["binding"]["required_assurance"] == AAL2
status, refused = call(app, "POST", f"/v1/approvals/{created['id']}/entries",
{"assurance": {"level": "aal3"}}, # body is ignored; only the token counts
authorization=_bearer(private, "human", "user:admin",
{"level": "aal1", "amr": ["pwd"], "source": "key-cape"}))
assert status == 403, refused
assert engine.get(created["id"]).entries == []
status, approved = call(app, "POST", f"/v1/approvals/{created['id']}/entries", {},
authorization=_bearer(private, "human", "user:admin",
{"level": "aal2", "amr": ["pwd", "otp"], "source": "key-cape"}))
assert status == 200 and approved["status"] == "approved", approved
claim = engine.claim(created["id"])
assert claim["valid_now"] and claim["reason_code"] == "ok"
assert claim["binding"]["required_assurance"] == AAL2
jsonschema.validate(claim, SCHEMA)
@pytest.mark.parametrize("assurance", [
None, _a("aal1"), json.dumps({"amr": ["pwd"]}), _a("AAL2"), _a("aal4"), "not-json", json.dumps("aal2"),
])
def test_weaker_missing_or_unknown_level_is_refused(engine, assurance):
obj = engine.create(binding(), validity(), required_assurance=AAL2)
with pytest.raises(Forbidden, match="required_assurance"):
engine.add_entry(obj.id, "user:admin", assurance=assurance, principal_type="human")
assert engine.get(obj.id).entries == []
assert engine.get(obj.id).status == "requested"
@pytest.mark.parametrize("level", ["aal2", "aal3"])
def test_equal_or_stronger_level_is_accepted(engine, level):
obj = engine.create(binding(), validity(), required_assurance=AAL2)
engine.add_entry(obj.id, "user:admin", assurance=_a(level), principal_type="human")
assert engine.claim(obj.id)["valid_now"] is True
result = engine.consume(obj.id, obj.binding_digest)
assert result["status"] == "consumed"
@pytest.mark.parametrize("value", [
"aal2", {"level": "aal4"}, {"level": None}, {"level": "aal2", "amr": []}, {}, [], True,
])
def test_floor_declaration_shape_is_strict(app, engine, value):
status, _ = call(app, "POST", "/v1/approvals", {
"binding": binding(), "validity": validity(), "required_assurance": value,
})
assert status == 422
with pytest.raises(Unprocessable, match="required_assurance"):
engine.create(binding(), validity(), required_assurance=value)
assert engine._conn().execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM approvals").fetchone()[0] == 0
def test_undeclared_floor_keeps_existing_behavior(engine):
obj = engine.create(binding(), validity())
engine.add_entry(obj.id, "svc", assurance=None, principal_type="service")
claim = engine.claim(obj.id)
assert claim["valid_now"] and "required_assurance" not in claim["binding"]
assert "required_assurance" not in engine.get(obj.id).as_dict()["binding"]
jsonschema.validate(claim, SCHEMA)
def test_persisted_weak_entry_is_reported_and_cannot_be_consumed(engine):
obj = engine.create(binding(), validity(), required_assurance=AAL2)
engine.add_entry(obj.id, "user:admin", assurance=_a("aal2"), principal_type="human")
# Simulate an inconsistent row from a faulty writer.
engine._conn().execute("UPDATE entries SET assurance=? WHERE approval_id=?", (_a("aal1"), obj.id))
engine._conn().commit()
claim = engine.claim(obj.id)
assert not claim["valid_now"] and claim["reason_code"] == "assurance_unsatisfied"
jsonschema.validate(claim, SCHEMA)
with pytest.raises(Conflict, match="required_assurance"):
engine.consume(obj.id, obj.binding_digest)
assert engine.get(obj.id).status == "approved"
def test_supersession_inherits_floor_and_refuses_existing_downgrade(engine):
parent = engine.create(binding(), validity(), required_assurance=AAL2)
weaker = engine.create(binding(), validity())
with pytest.raises(Conflict, match="required_assurance"):
engine.supersede(parent.id, weaker.id)
assert engine.get(parent.id).status == "requested"
result = engine.supersede(parent.id)
child = engine.get(result["successor_id"])
assert child.required_assurance == "aal2"
with pytest.raises(Forbidden):
engine.add_entry(child.id, "user:admin", assurance=_a("aal1"), principal_type="human")
def test_floor_is_emitted_on_audit_events_and_does_not_change_the_act_digest(engine):
plain = engine.create(binding(), validity())
floored = engine.create(binding(), validity(), required_assurance=AAL2)
assert plain.binding_digest == floored.binding_digest
engine.add_entry(floored.id, "user:admin", assurance=_a("aal2"), principal_type="human")
event = json.loads(engine._conn().execute(
"SELECT payload_json FROM outbox WHERE approval_id=?", (floored.id,)).fetchone()[0])
assert event["details"]["required_assurance"] == AAL2
def test_legacy_v6_rows_migrate_to_null_floor(tmp_path):
path = tmp_path / "v6.sqlite"
eng = Engine(path, clock=lambda: FROZEN)
obj = eng.create(binding(), validity())
eng.add_entry(obj.id, "user:admin", assurance=_a("aal1"), principal_type="human")
eng._conn().execute("ALTER TABLE approvals DROP COLUMN required_assurance")
eng._conn().execute("PRAGMA user_version=6")
eng._conn().commit()
eng.close()
upgraded = Engine(path, clock=lambda: FROZEN)
survivor = upgraded.get(obj.id)
assert survivor.status == "approved" and survivor.required_assurance is None
assert upgraded.claim(obj.id)["valid_now"] is True
assert upgraded.storage_status()["schema_version"] == LATEST_SCHEMA_VERSION == 8
upgraded.close()