audit-core/tests/test_backend_conformance.py
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Add the PostgreSQL audit backend and a shared conformance suite
AUDIT-WP-0005-T01, built and verified against PostgreSQL 16 locally in
Docker; the Railiance cluster was not needed.

tests/test_backend_conformance.py is one suite run against every backend, so
"the Postgres backend is done" means it satisfies the same contract SQLite
already does rather than having its own green tests. It skips cleanly with no
server reachable; make pg-test-up and make test-pg run it. Suite 50 -> 71.

RetentionPolicy declares immutable=True and earns it: migration 0002 installs
a trigger rejecting UPDATE and DELETE on the events table, so a leaked runtime
credential can append but cannot rewrite or erase the trail. That materially
narrows the residual risk ADR-0001 section 5 called out. tamper_evidence stays
False because nothing here would prove a database owner had dropped the
trigger - hash-chaining or external anchoring would be needed and is not
implemented.

Idempotency is one statement (INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING RETURNING),
verified to behave identically to the SQLite backend under 12 concurrent
submissions of the same event. Migrations are ordered, recorded and
idempotent. Replay reconciles rather than duplicating - the piece deferred out
of WP-0004-T05 - and is tested to leave exactly one custody record.

Backend selection is by AUDIT_CORE_DATABASE_URL; the SQLite fallback logs a
warning so a deployment that lost its URL is visible rather than quietly
running on the wrong store.

Also fixed: ingestion had no __main__ guard, so python -m audit_core.ingestion
silently did nothing. Found during end-to-end smoke.

Counting semantics documented: occurrences counts transmissions, not stored
events, so a retry of a secret-shaped field increments it again. That is the
sender behaviour being optimized away.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-10 17:09:46 +02:00

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"""Behaviour every durable audit backend must satisfy.
One suite, run against every backend. This is what makes "the Postgres backend
is done" mean something: it is the same contract SQLite already passes, not a
parallel set of tests that happen to be green.
Postgres tests are skipped unless a server is reachable. Point
``AUDIT_CORE_TEST_DATABASE_URL`` at one, or run ``make pg-test-up`` to start a
throwaway container.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import hashlib
import json
import os
import threading
import uuid
import pytest
from audit_core.interface import (
AuditEvent,
BackendUnavailableError,
EventConflictError,
)
from audit_core.redaction import Finding
from audit_core.sqlite_backend import SQLiteAuditBackend
PG_URL = os.environ.get("AUDIT_CORE_TEST_DATABASE_URL")
def _postgres_available() -> bool:
if not PG_URL:
return False
try:
import psycopg
with psycopg.connect(PG_URL, connect_timeout=3):
return True
except Exception:
return False
HAVE_PG = _postgres_available()
@pytest.fixture(params=["sqlite", "postgres"])
def backend(request, tmp_path):
if request.param == "sqlite":
yield SQLiteAuditBackend(str(tmp_path / "conformance.db"))
return
if not HAVE_PG:
pytest.skip("no PostgreSQL reachable (set AUDIT_CORE_TEST_DATABASE_URL)")
from audit_core.postgres_backend import PostgresAuditBackend
schema = f"conf_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]}"
instance = PostgresAuditBackend(PG_URL, schema=schema)
try:
yield instance
finally:
with instance.pool.connection() as conn:
conn.execute(f'DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS "{schema}" CASCADE')
instance.close()
def make_event(event_id="evt-1", **kw):
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", "data": {"a": 1}},
observed_at="2026-08-09T00:00:00+00:00",
)
fields.update(kw)
return AuditEvent(**fields)
def digest(event: AuditEvent) -> str:
return hashlib.sha256(
json.dumps(event.as_record(), sort_keys=True).encode()
).hexdigest()
# --- the custody contract ---------------------------------------------------
def test_declares_a_retention_policy(backend):
policy = backend.retention_policy
assert policy.durable is True
assert policy.custody_class in ("development", "archive", "hot_search")
# A backend claiming tamper evidence must also claim immutability;
# the reverse is allowed.
if policy.tamper_evidence:
assert policy.immutable
def test_accepts_then_reports_duplicate(backend):
event = make_event()
first = backend.accept(event, digest(event))
assert first.duplicate is False
second = backend.accept(event, digest(event))
assert second.duplicate is True
assert second.reference == first.reference
def test_same_id_different_payload_conflicts(backend):
event = make_event()
backend.accept(event, digest(event))
with pytest.raises(EventConflictError):
backend.accept(event, "a-different-hash")
def test_rejects_an_invalid_event(backend):
from audit_core.interface import EventValidationError
with pytest.raises((EventValidationError, ValueError)):
backend.accept(make_event(tenant=""), "hash")
# --- concurrency ------------------------------------------------------------
def test_concurrent_accept_yields_exactly_one_first(backend):
"""The assertion the service rests on, checked per backend.
An early SQLite implementation passed every serial test while telling two
concurrent callers they were both first, so this is not theoretical.
"""
event = make_event("race-1")
payload_hash = digest(event)
results: list = []
lock = threading.Lock()
barrier = threading.Barrier(12)
def submit():
barrier.wait()
try:
outcome = backend.accept(event, payload_hash).duplicate
except Exception as exc: # recorded, not swallowed
outcome = type(exc).__name__
with lock:
results.append(outcome)
threads = [threading.Thread(target=submit) for _ in range(12)]
for t in threads:
t.start()
for t in threads:
t.join()
assert results.count(False) == 1, results
assert results.count(True) == 11, results
# --- durability and reads ---------------------------------------------------
def test_lookup_by_event_id_and_correlation(backend):
backend.accept(make_event("e1"), "h1")
backend.accept(make_event("e2"), "h2")
record = backend.get("e1")
assert record["event_id"] == "e1"
assert record["tenant"] == "tenant:friendly:binky"
assert record["accepted_at"]
assert backend.get("missing") is None
assert {e["event_id"] for e in backend.by_correlation("corr-1")} == {"e1", "e2"}
def test_dead_letters_withhold_secret_payloads(backend):
backend.record_rejection(
event_id="e9", reason="secret_shaped_field", payload_hash="h",
sender="user-engine", payload='{"password":"hunter2"}',
)
backend.record_rejection(
event_id="e8", reason="source_not_allowed", payload_hash="h2",
sender="user-engine", payload='{"source":"nope"}',
)
entries = {d["event_id"]: d for d in backend.dead_letters()}
assert entries["e9"]["payload"] is None
assert entries["e9"]["payload_withheld"] is True
assert entries["e8"]["payload"] is not None
assert entries["e8"]["payload_withheld"] is False
def test_secret_findings_count_per_path(backend):
findings = [Finding("data.auth_token", True)]
for _ in range(3):
backend.count_secret_findings(
sender="user-engine", source="user-engine",
action="membership.added", outcome="redacted", findings=findings,
)
row = backend.secret_findings()[0]
assert row["field_path"] == "data.auth_token"
assert row["occurrences"] == 3
assert row["persisted"] is True
def test_health_passes_on_a_live_backend(backend):
backend.health()
# --- postgres-specific guarantees -------------------------------------------
pg_only = pytest.mark.skipif(not HAVE_PG, reason="needs PostgreSQL")
@pg_only
def test_replay_reconciles_rather_than_duplicating():
"""Replay must never mint a second custody record for one source event."""
from audit_core.postgres_backend import PostgresAuditBackend
schema = f"conf_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]}"
backend = PostgresAuditBackend(PG_URL, schema=schema)
try:
event = make_event("replay-1")
backend.accept(event, digest(event))
outcome = backend.replay("replay-1")
assert outcome.duplicate is True
rows = backend._query(
f'SELECT count(*) FROM "{schema}".events WHERE event_id = %s', ("replay-1",)
)
assert rows[0][0] == 1
with pytest.raises(KeyError):
backend.replay("never-stored")
finally:
with backend.pool.connection() as conn:
conn.execute(f'DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS "{schema}" CASCADE')
backend.close()
@pg_only
def test_stored_events_are_append_only():
"""The basis for declaring immutable=True.
Without this, a leaked runtime credential could rewrite or erase the audit
trail — and the retention policy would be claiming a guarantee it does not
have.
"""
from audit_core.postgres_backend import PostgresAuditBackend
schema = f"conf_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]}"
backend = PostgresAuditBackend(PG_URL, schema=schema)
try:
event = make_event("immutable-1")
backend.accept(event, digest(event))
assert backend.retention_policy.immutable is True
with pytest.raises(BackendUnavailableError):
backend._execute(
f'UPDATE "{schema}".events SET tenant = %s WHERE event_id = %s',
("tenant:coulomb", "immutable-1"),
)
with pytest.raises(BackendUnavailableError):
backend._execute(
f'DELETE FROM "{schema}".events WHERE event_id = %s', ("immutable-1",)
)
assert backend.get("immutable-1")["tenant"] == "tenant:friendly:binky"
finally:
with backend.pool.connection() as conn:
conn.execute(f'DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS "{schema}" CASCADE')
backend.close()
@pg_only
def test_migrations_are_idempotent_and_recorded():
from audit_core.postgres_backend import MIGRATIONS, PostgresAuditBackend
schema = f"conf_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]}"
backend = PostgresAuditBackend(PG_URL, schema=schema, migrate=False)
try:
applied = backend.migrate()
assert applied == [m[0] for m in MIGRATIONS]
assert backend.migrate() == [] # second call is a no-op
finally:
with backend.pool.connection() as conn:
conn.execute(f'DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS "{schema}" CASCADE')
backend.close()