Fix contained OpenBao login handoff

Assistant: codex
Assistant-Model: gpt-5.6-sol
Assistant-Session: 01a058f3-8ba0-7692-a042-9a870fc3d663

src/warden/proxy.py

@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ intact. Three guardrails are enforced here in code:
   the tool with inherited stdout/stderr so the value never enters warden's memory;
   sanctioned exec/file transports hold it only for their bounded handoff. The
   high-risk attended-login lane is stricter: it captures every client byte inside
-  an isolated helper session, permits no output, self-revokes, and cleans up. Audit
+  an isolated helper session, never returns that output, requires successful
-  records are metadata only.
+  persistence to a private token helper, self-revokes, and cleans up. Audit records
+  are metadata only.
 * **G3 — policy gate before fetch.** The CLI runs ``check_fetch_policy`` before
   calling anything here; this module refuses to run an unresolved command template.
 
@@ -380,9 +381,11 @@ def proxy_attended_login_exec(
     """Run an attended login and one silent child inside a private helper home.
 
     The default home is proven writable before the OIDC client starts. Login,
-    child, and revocation output are captured and discarded. Any non-empty output,
+    child, and revocation output are captured and discarded. A successful login
-    persistence defect, or non-zero result fails closed; any possibly issued token
+    may return client output only after the private helper has been populated;
-    is revoked before the isolated helper directory is removed.
+    persistence defects and non-zero results fail closed. The reviewed child must
+    remain silent. Any possibly issued token is revoked before the isolated helper
+    directory is removed.
     """
     if not child_argv:
         raise ProxyError(
@@ -428,7 +431,7 @@ def proxy_attended_login_exec(
         except (OSError, ProxyError):
             helper_valid = False
 
-        if login.returncode != 0 or login_output.strip() or not helper_valid:
+        if login.returncode != 0 or not helper_valid:
             revoked = _revoke_contained(
                 resolved.argv[0], env=env, possible_output=login_output
             )

tests/test_proxy.py

@@ -391,6 +391,42 @@ def test_attended_login_unexpected_output_is_contained_revoked_and_cleaned(
     assert not (tmp_path / ".warden-attended-login").exists()
 
 
+def test_attended_login_contained_success_output_never_escapes(monkeypatch, tmp_path, capsys):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(Path, "home", lambda: tmp_path)
+    sentinel = "hvs.NONPRODUCTION_CONTAINED_LOGIN"
+    child_ran = False
+
+    def fake_run(argv, **kw):
+        nonlocal child_ran
+        helper = Path(kw["env"]["HOME"]) / ".vault-token"
+        if argv[:2] == ["bao", "login"]:
+            helper.write_text(sentinel)
+            helper.chmod(0o600)
+            return subprocess.CompletedProcess(
+                argv,
+                0,
+                stdout=json.dumps({"auth": {"client_token": sentinel}}).encode(),
+                stderr=b"",
+            )
+        if argv == ["reviewed-child"]:
+            child_ran = True
+            return subprocess.CompletedProcess(argv, 0, stdout=b"", stderr=b"")
+        if argv[:3] == ["bao", "token", "revoke"]:
+            return subprocess.CompletedProcess(argv, 0, stdout=b"", stderr=b"")
+        raise AssertionError(argv)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("warden.proxy.subprocess.run", fake_run)
+    assert proxy_attended_login_exec(
+        ResolvedFetch(argv=["bao", "login", "-no-print"]),
+        child_argv=["reviewed-child"],
+    ) == 0
+    captured = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert child_ran is True
+    assert sentinel not in captured.out
+    assert sentinel not in captured.err
+    assert not (tmp_path / ".warden-attended-login").exists()
+
+
 def test_real_catalog_login_entry_is_login_lane():
     from warden.routing import load_catalog
     e = load_catalog(_repo_catalog()).get("key-cape-oidc-login")

workplans/WARDEN-WP-0034-attended-login-openbao-output.md

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+id: WARDEN-WP-0034
+type: workplan
+title: "Accept contained OpenBao login output only after helper persistence"
+domain: infotech
+repo: ops-warden
+status: active
+owner: codex
+topic_slug: attended-login-openbao-output
+created: "2026-09-01"
+updated: "2026-09-01"
+---
+
+## Repair attended-login handoff
+
+```task
+id: WARDEN-WP-0034-T01
+status: done
+priority: high
+```
+
+Allow a successful OpenBao login to proceed when its output is fully contained
+and the private mode-0600 token helper is populated. Continue failing closed on
+non-zero login, missing persistence, child output, revocation failure, or cleanup
+failure.
+
+## Verify live contained operation
+
+```task
+id: WARDEN-WP-0034-T02
+status: progress
+priority: high
+```
+
+Run the proxy regression suite, reinstall the CLI, and complete one governed
+OpenBao platform-admin operation with deterministic self-revocation.