audit-core/tests/test_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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import json
from audit_core.ingestion import IngestionApplication
from audit_core.integrity import GENESIS, chain_link, load_attestation, write_attestation
from audit_core.interface import AuditEvent
from audit_core.sqlite_backend import SQLiteAuditBackend
from test_ingestion import invoke
def _event(event_id: str, **kw) -> AuditEvent:
fields = dict(
event_id=event_id,
source="user-engine",
action="membership.added",
resource="membership-1",
outcome="recorded",
tenant="tenant:friendly:binky",
scope="tenant",
details={"correlation_id": "corr-1"},
observed_at="2026-08-09T00:00:00+00:00",
)
fields.update(kw)
return AuditEvent(**fields)
def _digest(event: AuditEvent) -> str:
import hashlib
return hashlib.sha256(
json.dumps(event.as_record(), sort_keys=True).encode()
).hexdigest()
def test_first_accept_sets_genesis(tmp_path):
backend = SQLiteAuditBackend(str(tmp_path / "c.db"))
event = _event("e1")
backend.accept(event, _digest(event))
row = backend.db.execute(
"SELECT chain_prev, chain_hash FROM events WHERE event_id = 'e1'"
).fetchone()
assert row[0] == GENESIS
assert row[1] == chain_link(GENESIS, _digest(event), "e1")
def test_second_accept_links(tmp_path):
backend = SQLiteAuditBackend(str(tmp_path / "c.db"))
first = _event("e1")
second = _event("e2")
backend.accept(first, _digest(first))
backend.accept(second, _digest(second))
head = backend.db.execute(
"SELECT chain_hash FROM events WHERE event_id = 'e1'"
).fetchone()[0]
prev = backend.db.execute(
"SELECT chain_prev FROM events WHERE event_id = 'e2'"
).fetchone()[0]
assert prev == head
def test_duplicate_does_not_fork(tmp_path):
backend = SQLiteAuditBackend(str(tmp_path / "c.db"))
event = _event("e1")
digest = _digest(event)
assert backend.accept(event, digest).duplicate is False
assert backend.accept(event, digest).duplicate is True
count = backend.db.execute("SELECT count(*) FROM events").fetchone()[0]
assert count == 1
assert backend.verify_chain().events == 1
def test_verify_clean_on_fresh_store(tmp_path):
backend = SQLiteAuditBackend(str(tmp_path / "c.db"))
empty = backend.verify_chain()
assert empty.intact is True
assert empty.events == 0
assert empty.head == GENESIS
first = _event("e1")
second = _event("e2")
backend.accept(first, _digest(first))
backend.accept(second, _digest(second))
report = backend.verify_chain()
assert report.intact is True
assert report.events == 2
assert report.first_break is None
def test_rewritten_payload_fails_verify(tmp_path):
backend = SQLiteAuditBackend(str(tmp_path / "c.db"))
first = _event("e1")
second = _event("e2")
backend.accept(first, _digest(first))
backend.accept(second, _digest(second))
backend.db.execute("UPDATE events SET payload_hash = 'deadbeef' WHERE event_id = 'e2'")
report = backend.verify_chain()
assert report.intact is False
assert report.first_break == "e2"
def test_attestation_mismatch(tmp_path):
backend = SQLiteAuditBackend(str(tmp_path / "c.db"))
event = _event("e1")
backend.accept(event, _digest(event))
path = tmp_path / "head.json"
write_attestation(path, backend.verify_chain())
cited = load_attestation(path)
assert backend.verify_chain(cited).attestation_match is True
cited["chain_hash"] = "f" * 64
broken = backend.verify_chain(cited)
assert broken.intact is False
assert broken.first_break == "attestation_mismatch"
assert broken.attestation_match is False
def test_attestation_still_matches_after_growth(tmp_path):
backend = SQLiteAuditBackend(str(tmp_path / "c.db"))
first = _event("e1")
backend.accept(first, _digest(first))
cited = backend.attest_chain()
second = _event("e2")
backend.accept(second, _digest(second))
report = backend.verify_chain(cited)
assert report.intact is True
assert report.attestation_match is True
assert report.events == 2
def test_http_integrity_requires_read(tmp_path):
backend = SQLiteAuditBackend(str(tmp_path / "c.db"))
app = IngestionApplication(backend, "opaque")
status, _ = invoke(app, None, path="/v1/integrity", method="GET", body=b"")
assert status.startswith("200")
event = _event("e1")
backend.accept(event, _digest(event))
status, body = invoke(app, None, path="/v1/integrity", method="GET", body=b"")
assert status.startswith("200")
assert body["intact"] is True
assert body["events"] == 1
assert "record" not in body
# --- AUDIT-WP-0009-T01: tamper_evidence is derived, not declared -----------
def _report(**kw):
from audit_core.integrity import ChainReport
fields = dict(
intact=True,
events=2,
head="a" * 64,
head_event_id="e2",
head_accepted_at="2026-09-01T00:00:00+00:00",
first_break=None,
attestation_match=True,
)
fields.update(kw)
return ChainReport(**fields)
def _at(hours_ago: float):
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
stamp = datetime(2026, 9, 6, tzinfo=timezone.utc) - timedelta(hours=hours_ago)
return stamp.isoformat()
def _now():
from datetime import datetime, timezone
return datetime(2026, 9, 6, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
def test_fresh_matching_attestation_earns_the_claim():
from audit_core.integrity import evaluate_tamper_evidence
state = evaluate_tamper_evidence(
_report(), {"chain_hash": "a" * 64, "observed_at": _at(6)}, now=_now()
)
assert state.claimed is True
assert state.reason == "attested"
def test_absent_attestation_degrades_the_claim():
from audit_core.integrity import evaluate_tamper_evidence
state = evaluate_tamper_evidence(_report(attestation_match=None), None, now=_now())
assert state.claimed is False
assert state.reason == "no_attestation"
def test_stale_attestation_degrades_the_claim():
from audit_core.integrity import evaluate_tamper_evidence
# The one attestation on record when this task was written was 21 days old.
state = evaluate_tamper_evidence(
_report(), {"chain_hash": "a" * 64, "observed_at": _at(21 * 24)}, now=_now()
)
assert state.claimed is False
assert state.reason == "attestation_stale"
assert state.age_seconds > state.max_age_seconds
def test_attestation_just_inside_the_window_still_counts():
from audit_core.integrity import evaluate_tamper_evidence
state = evaluate_tamper_evidence(
_report(), {"chain_hash": "a" * 64, "observed_at": _at(167)}, now=_now()
)
assert state.claimed is True
def test_mismatched_attestation_degrades_the_claim():
from audit_core.integrity import evaluate_tamper_evidence
state = evaluate_tamper_evidence(
_report(attestation_match=False),
{"chain_hash": "b" * 64, "observed_at": _at(1)},
now=_now(),
)
assert state.claimed is False
assert state.reason == "attestation_mismatch"
def test_undated_attestation_degrades_the_claim():
from audit_core.integrity import evaluate_tamper_evidence
state = evaluate_tamper_evidence(_report(), {"chain_hash": "a" * 64}, now=_now())
assert state.claimed is False
assert state.reason == "attestation_undated"
def test_broken_chain_degrades_the_claim_even_with_fresh_attestation():
from audit_core.integrity import evaluate_tamper_evidence
state = evaluate_tamper_evidence(
_report(intact=False, first_break="e2"),
{"chain_hash": "a" * 64, "observed_at": _at(1)},
now=_now(),
)
assert state.claimed is False
assert state.reason == "chain_break"
def test_unreadable_chain_degrades_the_claim():
from audit_core.integrity import evaluate_tamper_evidence
state = evaluate_tamper_evidence(
None, {"chain_hash": "a" * 64, "observed_at": _at(1)}, now=_now()
)
assert state.claimed is False
assert state.reason == "chain_unreadable"
def _bare_postgres_backend(tmp_path, attestation_path=None):
"""A PostgresAuditBackend with no pool — retention_policy needs no I/O."""
import pytest
pytest.importorskip("psycopg", reason="needs psycopg to import the backend")
from audit_core.integrity import DEFAULT_ATTESTATION_MAX_AGE_HOURS
from audit_core.postgres_backend import PostgresAuditBackend
backend = object.__new__(PostgresAuditBackend)
backend.retention_days = None
backend.recoverable_days = 30
backend.recoverable_source = "test"
backend.recoverable_basis = "measured"
backend.attestation_path = str(attestation_path) if attestation_path else None
backend.attestation_max_age_hours = DEFAULT_ATTESTATION_MAX_AGE_HOURS
backend._attestation_cache_seconds = 0.0
backend._tamper_state = None
backend._tamper_state_at = 0.0
return backend
def test_postgres_policy_drops_the_claim_without_an_attestation(tmp_path):
backend = _bare_postgres_backend(tmp_path)
backend.verify_chain = lambda attestation=None: _report(attestation_match=None)
policy = backend.retention_policy
assert policy.tamper_evidence is False
assert policy.immutable is True
assert backend.tamper_evidence_state().reason == "no_attestation"
def test_postgres_policy_earns_the_claim_from_a_fresh_attestation(tmp_path):
from audit_core.integrity import utc_now
path = tmp_path / "chain-head.json"
path.write_text(json.dumps({"chain_hash": "a" * 64, "observed_at": utc_now()}))
backend = _bare_postgres_backend(tmp_path, attestation_path=path)
backend.verify_chain = lambda attestation=None: _report(
attestation_match=attestation is not None
)
assert backend.retention_policy.tamper_evidence is True
def test_postgres_policy_treats_an_unreadable_attestation_as_absent(tmp_path):
path = tmp_path / "chain-head.json"
path.write_text("{not json")
backend = _bare_postgres_backend(tmp_path, attestation_path=path)
backend.verify_chain = lambda attestation=None: _report(attestation_match=None)
assert backend.retention_policy.tamper_evidence is False
assert backend.tamper_evidence_state().reason == "no_attestation"
def test_postgres_policy_drops_the_claim_when_the_chain_cannot_be_walked(tmp_path):
from audit_core.integrity import utc_now
path = tmp_path / "chain-head.json"
path.write_text(json.dumps({"chain_hash": "a" * 64, "observed_at": utc_now()}))
backend = _bare_postgres_backend(tmp_path, attestation_path=path)
def _unavailable(attestation=None):
raise RuntimeError("backend unavailable")
backend.verify_chain = _unavailable
assert backend.retention_policy.tamper_evidence is False
assert backend.tamper_evidence_state().reason == "chain_unreadable"