Implement USER-WP-0024 security layer conformance
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Declare Engine/PIP machine-readably, publish a total fail-closed PEP
stance map, stop minting local decision ids on engine-unavailable DENY,
bind allows to a 30s request lifetime, confine the local authorization
double, classify evidence and emit a denial/revocation heartbeat, and
prove access-control facts remain claims.

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import unittest
from dataclasses import fields
from datetime import timedelta
from user_engine.adapters.local import InMemoryUserEngineStore, LocalAuthorizationCheckPort
from user_engine.domain import (
AccessControlFact,
AccessMembershipRequirement,
AccessProfile,
ActiveAccessContext,
AccountStatus,
AuthorizationDecision,
AuthorizationEffect,
)
from user_engine.evidence import (
HEARTBEAT_EVENT_TYPE,
classify_audit,
classify_outbox,
load_bearing_counts,
)
from user_engine.service import AccessControlFactExport, AccessProfileSelection, UserEngineService
from user_engine.testing.fixtures import (
FixtureIdentityClaimsAdapter,
human_actor_claims,
sample_application,
sample_application_binding,
sample_catalog,
)
_FORBIDDEN_DECISION_FIELDS = frozenset(
{"effect", "allowed", "decision", "decision_id", "deny", "allow"}
)
class EvidenceClassificationTests(unittest.TestCase):
def test_denials_and_revocations_are_load_bearing(self):
self.assertEqual(classify_audit("authorization denied"), "load-bearing")
self.assertEqual(
classify_audit("authorization denied (stance fail_closed)"),
"load-bearing",
)
self.assertEqual(classify_outbox("account.status_changed"), "load-bearing")
self.assertEqual(classify_outbox("prepared_account.revoked"), "load-bearing")
self.assertEqual(classify_outbox("user.created"), "attributive")
self.assertEqual(classify_outbox(HEARTBEAT_EVENT_TYPE), "heartbeat")
def test_heartbeat_counts_load_bearing_events_and_does_not_claim_completeness(self):
service, _, _ = _service()
session = service.me(_claims(), correlation_id="corr-me")
service.set_account_status(
session.actor,
session.user.user_id,
AccountStatus.DISABLED,
correlation_id="corr-disable",
)
deny = LocalAuthorizationCheckPort(default_effect=AuthorizationEffect.DENY)
denied = UserEngineService(
store=service.store,
identity_adapter=FixtureIdentityClaimsAdapter(),
authorization=deny,
)
from user_engine.errors import AuthorizationDenied
with self.assertRaises(AuthorizationDenied):
denied.create_user(
session.actor,
display_name="x",
primary_email=None,
correlation_id="corr-denied",
)
event = service.record_evidence_heartbeat(correlation_id="corr-heartbeat")
self.assertEqual(event.event_type, HEARTBEAT_EVENT_TYPE)
self.assertFalse(event.payload["completeness_claimed"])
self.assertEqual(event.payload["form"], "heartbeat")
self.assertGreaterEqual(event.payload["load_bearing"]["account.status_changed"], 1)
self.assertGreaterEqual(event.payload["load_bearing"]["authorization_denied"], 1)
self.assertIn("were not altered or truncated after arrival", event.payload["bound"])
self.assertNotIn("complete", event.payload["bound"])
counts = load_bearing_counts(service.store.audit_log(), service.store.pending_outbox())
self.assertEqual(counts["account.status_changed"], 1)
def test_allow_without_lifetime_is_denied(self):
from user_engine.errors import AuthorizationDenied
class _StandingGrant:
def check(self, request):
return AuthorizationDecision(effect=AuthorizationEffect.ALLOW, reason="standing")
store = InMemoryUserEngineStore()
service = UserEngineService(
store=store,
identity_adapter=FixtureIdentityClaimsAdapter(),
authorization=_StandingGrant(),
)
with self.assertRaisesRegex(AuthorizationDenied, "no lifetime"):
service.me(_claims(), correlation_id="corr-standing")
self.assertEqual(store.audit_log()[-1].summary, "authorization denied (allow has no lifetime)")
self.assertIsNone(store.audit_log()[-1].decision_id)
def test_expired_allow_is_denied(self):
from user_engine.errors import AuthorizationDenied
class _StaleAllow:
def check(self, request):
decision = AuthorizationDecision.for_standalone(
AuthorizationEffect.ALLOW, reason="stale"
)
return AuthorizationDecision(
effect=decision.effect,
reason=decision.reason,
binding=decision.binding,
lifetime=timedelta(seconds=1),
issued_at=decision.issued_at - timedelta(seconds=5),
)
store = InMemoryUserEngineStore()
service = UserEngineService(
store=store,
identity_adapter=FixtureIdentityClaimsAdapter(),
authorization=_StaleAllow(),
)
with self.assertRaisesRegex(AuthorizationDenied, "expired"):
service.me(_claims(), correlation_id="corr-stale")
class AccessControlFactsAreClaimsTests(unittest.TestCase):
def test_claim_shapes_have_no_authorization_effect(self):
for model in (AccessControlFact, AccessProfile, ActiveAccessContext):
names = {item.name for item in fields(model)}
overlap = names & _FORBIDDEN_DECISION_FIELDS
self.assertFalse(
overlap,
f"{model.__name__} carries decision fields {overlap}",
)
def test_hat_selection_and_export_never_return_allow_or_deny(self):
service, _, _ = _service()
session = _bootstrap(service)
service.add_membership(
session.actor,
session.user.user_id,
tenant="tenant:coulomb",
scope_type="realm",
scope_id="realm:citadel",
kind="operator",
correlation_id="corr-realm-membership",
)
profile = service.register_access_profile(
session.actor,
AccessProfile(
tenant="tenant:coulomb",
display_name="Operator",
hat="operator",
realm_id="realm:citadel",
membership_requirements=(
AccessMembershipRequirement(
scope_type="realm",
scope_id="realm:citadel",
kind="operator",
),
),
),
correlation_id="corr-profile-register",
)
selection = service.select_active_hat(
session.actor,
session.user.user_id,
profile.access_profile_id,
correlation_id="corr-select-hat",
)
export = service.export_access_control_facts(
session.actor,
tenant="tenant:coulomb",
user_id=session.user.user_id,
correlation_id="corr-export-facts",
)
self.assertIsInstance(selection, AccessProfileSelection)
self.assertIsInstance(export, AccessControlFactExport)
self._assert_no_decision_payload(selection)
self._assert_no_decision_payload(export)
for fact in export.facts:
self._assert_no_decision_payload(fact)
def _assert_no_decision_payload(self, value) -> None:
blob = repr(value).lower()
self.assertNotIn("authorizationeffect", blob)
self.assertNotIn("effect=allow", blob)
self.assertNotIn("effect=deny", blob)
if hasattr(value, "__dict__") or hasattr(value, "__dataclass_fields__"):
names = {item.name for item in fields(type(value))}
self.assertFalse(names & _FORBIDDEN_DECISION_FIELDS)
def _service():
store = InMemoryUserEngineStore()
service = UserEngineService(
store=store,
identity_adapter=FixtureIdentityClaimsAdapter(),
authorization=LocalAuthorizationCheckPort(),
)
return service, store, None
def _bootstrap(service: UserEngineService):
session = service.me(_claims(), correlation_id="corr-me")
service.register_application(
session.actor,
sample_application(),
binding=sample_application_binding(),
correlation_id="corr-app",
)
service.publish_catalog(
session.actor,
sample_catalog(),
correlation_id="corr-catalog",
)
return session
def _claims():
claims = human_actor_claims(subject="ada", tenant="tenant:coulomb")
claims["roles"] = ["tenant-admin"]
return claims
if __name__ == "__main__":
unittest.main()

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import ast
import importlib.util
import os
import subprocess
import sys
import tempfile
import unittest
from datetime import timedelta
from pathlib import Path
from unittest.mock import patch
from user_engine.adapters.flex_auth import FlexAuthHTTPAdapter
from user_engine.adapters.local import LocalAuthorizationCheckPort
from user_engine.domain import AuthorizationEffect, utc_now
from user_engine.layer_yaml import load_mapping, load_mapping_text
from user_engine.pep_stance import (
ALLOW_BINDING,
ALLOW_LIFETIME,
STANCE,
UNREACHABLE_STANCE,
VERDICT_CACHING,
)
ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
SCRIPT = ROOT / "scripts" / "check_layer_conformance.py"
LAYER = ROOT / "layer.yaml"
STANCE_FILE = ROOT / "pep-stance.yaml"
RUNTIME = ROOT / "src" / "user_engine" / "runtime.py"
class LayerDeclarationTests(unittest.TestCase):
def test_declares_engine_pip_in_own_voice(self):
data = load_mapping(LAYER)
self.assertEqual(data["repository"], "user-engine")
self.assertEqual(data["layer"], "engine")
self.assertEqual(data["role"], "pip")
self.assertEqual(data["tooling_contacts"], [])
self.assertEqual(data["pep_stance"], "pep-stance.yaml")
self.assertTrue(data["pep_shape"])
self.assertEqual(data["declared_by"], "INTENT.md")
def test_intent_frontmatter_matches_declaration(self):
text = (ROOT / "INTENT.md").read_text()
front = text.split("---", 2)[1]
intent = load_mapping_text(front)
decl = load_mapping(LAYER)
self.assertEqual(intent["layer"].lower(), decl["layer"])
self.assertEqual(intent["role"].lower(), decl["role"])
def test_own_store_is_declared(self):
data = load_mapping(LAYER)
self.assertTrue(data["own_store"])
self.assertEqual(data["own_store"][0]["import_root"], "psycopg")
def test_checker_passes_on_the_real_tree(self):
result = subprocess.run(
[sys.executable, str(SCRIPT)],
capture_output=True,
text=True,
cwd=ROOT,
)
self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stderr)
def test_checker_catches_an_undeclared_tooling_client(self):
spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
"check_layer_conformance", SCRIPT
)
module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
spec.loader.exec_module(module)
with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
fake_src = Path(directory) / "src" / "user_engine"
fake_src.mkdir(parents=True)
(fake_src / "secrets.py").write_text(
"import hvac\n\n\ndef leak():\n hvac.Client().read('secret')\n"
)
original_src = module.SRC
try:
module.SRC = fake_src
hits = module.scan()
finally:
module.SRC = original_src
self.assertTrue(hits, "a direct OpenBao client was not detected")
self.assertEqual(hits[0][1], "hvac")
class PepStanceTests(unittest.TestCase):
def test_published_map_equals_shipped_behaviour(self):
published = load_mapping(STANCE_FILE)
self.assertEqual(published["stance"], STANCE)
self.assertEqual(published["allow_binding"], ALLOW_BINDING)
self.assertEqual(
timedelta(seconds=published["allow_lifetime_seconds"]), ALLOW_LIFETIME
)
self.assertEqual(published["verdict_caching"], VERDICT_CACHING)
self.assertTrue(
all(value == UNREACHABLE_STANCE for value in published["stance"].values())
)
def test_stance_is_total_over_the_zone_model(self):
required = {
"z0-experimental",
"z1-operational",
"z2-protected",
"z2-continuity",
"z3-critical",
"unknown",
"not-applicable",
}
self.assertEqual(required, set(STANCE))
def test_flex_auth_unavailable_applies_fail_closed_without_decision_id(self):
from urllib.error import URLError
adapter = FlexAuthHTTPAdapter(base_url="http://flex-auth")
with patch(
"user_engine.adapters.flex_auth.urlopen", side_effect=URLError("down")
):
decision = adapter.check(_request())
self.assertEqual(decision.effect, AuthorizationEffect.DENY)
self.assertIsNone(decision.decision_id)
self.assertEqual(decision.stance_applied, UNREACHABLE_STANCE)
self.assertEqual(decision.reason, "authorization service unavailable")
def test_flex_auth_allow_carries_published_lifetime(self):
import io
import json
class _Response(io.BytesIO):
def __enter__(self):
return self
def __exit__(self, *_args):
self.close()
body = _Response(json.dumps({"id": "decision:1", "effect": "allow"}).encode())
adapter = FlexAuthHTTPAdapter(base_url="http://flex-auth")
with patch("user_engine.adapters.flex_auth.urlopen", return_value=body):
decision = adapter.check(_request())
self.assertEqual(decision.effect, AuthorizationEffect.ALLOW)
self.assertEqual(decision.decision_id, "decision:1")
self.assertEqual(decision.binding, ALLOW_BINDING)
self.assertEqual(decision.lifetime, ALLOW_LIFETIME)
self.assertIsNotNone(decision.issued_at)
self.assertFalse(decision.expired(now=utc_now()))
def test_production_runtime_does_not_import_local_authorization(self):
tree = ast.parse(RUNTIME.read_text())
imported = set()
for node in ast.walk(tree):
if isinstance(node, ast.ImportFrom):
imported.update(alias.name for alias in node.names)
elif isinstance(node, ast.Import):
imported.update(alias.name for alias in node.names)
self.assertIn("FlexAuthHTTPAdapter", imported)
self.assertNotIn("LocalAuthorizationCheckPort", imported)
self.assertNotIn("StaticAuthorizationCheckPort", imported)
def test_local_authorization_port_cannot_construct_with_production_token(self):
with patch.dict(
os.environ, {"USER_ENGINE_FLEX_AUTH_TOKEN_FILE": "/var/run/token"}
):
with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "cannot be constructed"):
LocalAuthorizationCheckPort()
def _request():
from user_engine.domain import Actor, AuthorizationRequest, PrincipalType
actor = Actor(
issuer="https://issuer",
subject="subject-1",
tenant="tenant-a",
principal_type=PrincipalType.HUMAN,
audience=("user-engine",),
)
return AuthorizationRequest(
actor=actor,
resource_type="user-engine:user",
resource_id="user-1",
action="user.update",
tenant="tenant-a",
correlation_id="corr-1",
)
if __name__ == "__main__":
unittest.main()

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decision = FlexAuthHTTPAdapter(base_url="http://flex-auth").check(_request())
self.assertEqual(decision.effect, AuthorizationEffect.DENY)
self.assertEqual(decision.reason, "authorization service unavailable")
self.assertIsNone(decision.decision_id)
self.assertEqual(decision.stance_applied, "fail_closed")
def test_flex_auth_reads_rotating_caller_token_for_each_decision(self):
with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode="w+", encoding="utf-8") as token_file: