audit-core/audit_core/integrity.py
tegwick 2f7f475e85 AUDIT-WP-0009-T01 — derive tamper_evidence from live attestation state
The Postgres backend returned tamper_evidence=True as a constant while
docs/integrity.md permits the claim only when a live external chain-head
attestation exists. The one attestation on record is 2026-08-16 and no job
renews it, so audit-core was telling every sender it had a property whose
precondition was unverified — the §9.6 defect it twice corrected in
gate-house's doctrine, turned inward.

evaluate_tamper_evidence() derives the flag from the chain report and the
mounted attestation, distinguishing seven states. Absence, staleness,
mismatch, an undated or unreadable attestation, a chain break, and an
unwalkable chain all degrade the claim rather than leave it standing.
Unreadable is treated as absent on purpose: a malformed file must not hold
up a claim a missing file would drop.

The freshness window is 168h against an intended daily cadence — seven
cadences, so a handful of missed runs degrade the claim rather than a single
one flapping it. Window and cadence are one contract in docs/integrity.md.

Production /readyz will now report tamper_evidence: false until
AUDIT-WP-0009-T02 schedules attestation. The claim was already false; it now
says so.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0185wifnLzCxjEY2MT1XbK7L

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"""Hash-chain integrity for operational custody (AUDIT-WP-0007).
See ``docs/integrity.md`` for the proof bound. This module is the shared
arithmetic; backends persist and walk rows.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import hashlib
import json
from dataclasses import dataclass
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any, Iterable, Mapping
SCHEMA = "audit-core.chain-head.v1"
# How old a chain-head attestation may be before the tamper-evidence claim
# degrades. Declared in ``docs/integrity.md`` alongside the attestation
# cadence; the two are one contract and must move together.
DEFAULT_ATTESTATION_MAX_AGE_HOURS = 168.0
GENESIS = "0" * 64
# Documented advisory-lock key so concurrent accepts cannot fork the head.
CHAIN_LOCK_KEY = 0xA0D17007
def chain_link(previous: str, payload_hash: str, event_id: str) -> str:
"""Next ``chain_hash`` = SHA-256(previous || payload_hash || event_id)."""
material = f"{previous}|{payload_hash}|{event_id}".encode("utf-8")
return hashlib.sha256(material).hexdigest()
def utc_now() -> str:
return datetime.now(timezone.utc).replace(microsecond=0).isoformat()
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class ChainRow:
event_id: str
payload_hash: str
chain_hash: str
chain_prev: str
accepted_at: str | None = None
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class ChainReport:
intact: bool
events: int
head: str
head_event_id: str | None
head_accepted_at: str | None
first_break: str | None
attestation_match: bool | None = None
def as_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
return {
"intact": self.intact,
"events": self.events,
"head": self.head,
"head_event_id": self.head_event_id,
"head_accepted_at": self.head_accepted_at,
"first_break": self.first_break,
"attestation_match": self.attestation_match,
}
def verify_rows(
rows: Iterable[ChainRow],
*,
attestation: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
) -> ChainReport:
"""Walk accept order and recompute every link.
``first_break`` is an event id, or ``attestation_mismatch`` when a cited
head is not present in the live chain.
"""
ordered = list(rows)
prev = GENESIS
first_break: str | None = None
for row in ordered:
expected = chain_link(prev, row.payload_hash, row.event_id)
if row.chain_prev != prev or row.chain_hash != expected:
first_break = row.event_id
break
prev = row.chain_hash
intact = first_break is None
last = ordered[-1] if ordered else None
head = last.chain_hash if last else GENESIS
report = ChainReport(
intact=intact,
events=len(ordered),
head=head,
head_event_id=last.event_id if last else None,
head_accepted_at=last.accepted_at if last else None,
first_break=first_break,
)
if attestation is None:
return report
return _apply_attestation(report, ordered, attestation)
def _apply_attestation(
report: ChainReport,
rows: list[ChainRow],
attestation: Mapping[str, Any],
) -> ChainReport:
cited = str(attestation.get("chain_hash") or "")
live_hashes = {row.chain_hash for row in rows}
empty_ok = not rows and cited in {"", GENESIS}
matched = cited in live_hashes or empty_ok
first_break = report.first_break
intact = report.intact
if not matched:
intact = False
if first_break is None:
first_break = "attestation_mismatch"
return ChainReport(
intact=intact,
events=report.events,
head=report.head,
head_event_id=report.head_event_id,
head_accepted_at=report.head_accepted_at,
first_break=first_break,
attestation_match=matched,
)
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class TamperEvidenceState:
"""Whether the ``tamper_evidence`` claim is currently earned.
``docs/integrity.md`` permits the claim only while both preconditions are
live. Absence or staleness degrades it — it does not leave it standing.
"""
claimed: bool
reason: str
observed_at: str | None = None
age_seconds: float | None = None
max_age_seconds: float | None = None
def as_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
return {
"tamper_evidence": self.claimed,
"reason": self.reason,
"attestation_observed_at": self.observed_at,
"attestation_age_seconds": self.age_seconds,
"attestation_max_age_seconds": self.max_age_seconds,
}
def _parse_iso(value: str | None) -> datetime | None:
if not value:
return None
try:
parsed = datetime.fromisoformat(str(value))
except ValueError:
return None
if parsed.tzinfo is None:
parsed = parsed.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
return parsed
def evaluate_tamper_evidence(
report: ChainReport | None,
attestation: Mapping[str, Any] | None,
*,
max_age_hours: float = DEFAULT_ATTESTATION_MAX_AGE_HOURS,
now: datetime | None = None,
) -> TamperEvidenceState:
"""Derive the tamper-evidence claim from live state.
``report`` must be the chain report produced *against* ``attestation``, so
that ``attestation_match`` reflects the cited head. ``report is None``
means the chain could not be walked at all, which is not a licence to keep
claiming.
"""
max_age_seconds = float(max_age_hours) * 3600.0
if report is None:
return TamperEvidenceState(
False, "chain_unreadable", max_age_seconds=max_age_seconds
)
if not report.intact:
return TamperEvidenceState(
False, "chain_break", max_age_seconds=max_age_seconds
)
if attestation is None:
return TamperEvidenceState(
False, "no_attestation", max_age_seconds=max_age_seconds
)
observed_at = str(attestation.get("observed_at") or "") or None
if report.attestation_match is not True:
return TamperEvidenceState(
False,
"attestation_mismatch",
observed_at=observed_at,
max_age_seconds=max_age_seconds,
)
stamped = _parse_iso(observed_at)
if stamped is None:
return TamperEvidenceState(
False,
"attestation_undated",
observed_at=observed_at,
max_age_seconds=max_age_seconds,
)
reference = now or datetime.now(timezone.utc)
if reference.tzinfo is None:
reference = reference.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
age_seconds = (reference - stamped).total_seconds()
if age_seconds > max_age_seconds:
return TamperEvidenceState(
False,
"attestation_stale",
observed_at=observed_at,
age_seconds=age_seconds,
max_age_seconds=max_age_seconds,
)
return TamperEvidenceState(
True,
"attested",
observed_at=observed_at,
age_seconds=age_seconds,
max_age_seconds=max_age_seconds,
)
def attestation_from_report(report: ChainReport, *, observed_at: str | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
return {
"schema": SCHEMA,
"genesis": GENESIS,
"chain_hash": report.head,
"event_id": report.head_event_id,
"accepted_at": report.head_accepted_at,
"event_count": report.events,
"observed_at": observed_at or utc_now(),
}
def load_attestation(path: str | Path) -> dict[str, Any]:
payload = json.loads(Path(path).read_text())
if not isinstance(payload, dict) or not payload.get("chain_hash"):
raise ValueError("attestation must be an object with chain_hash")
return payload
def write_attestation(path: str | Path, report: ChainReport) -> dict[str, Any]:
body = attestation_from_report(report)
destination = Path(path)
destination.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
destination.write_text(json.dumps(body, indent=2, sort_keys=True) + "\n")
return body