swarm: Rule 4 — engram-write is @manager-ONLY, enforced by capability

New hard invariant (Will): only the orchestrator mutates global engram state;
workers are read-only against the full engram + write only their own local
geometry. This is an AUTHORITY gate (capability), not a health gate — a worker
is STRUCTURALLY UNABLE to mutate global engram state regardless of engram health.

- containment.el: scope tokens now carry a caps set. Orchestrator token holds
  engram:write + dharma:emit (@manager-only, the VBD rule that only the manager
  mutates global state); worker token holds ONLY engram:read. Rule 4:
  containment_check_engram_write / _dharma_emit reject any caller lacking the
  capability — same scope-token mechanism as the live Rule-2 denial.
- swarm.el: swarm_engram_write is the ONLY engram write path, gated by Rule 4;
  a worker token is denied before any HTTP is issued (no mutation). The curated
  merge (commit=1) is the sole writer: the orchestrator commits approved
  geometry via its write-capable token. Workers' full-engram READ stays intact.
- reshape_surface.el: compose op_write (json_escape_string) for the commit path.
- harness: Rule-4 suite proven — worker engram-write DENIED by capability, no
  node created, violation journalled; orchestrator passes the gate as sole
  writer. 24/24 green on the :8901 clone with real cognition.

Authority gate holds independent of daemon write-health (proven with daemon
both alive and, earlier, crashed). Prod :8742 untouched.
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2026-08-14 21:46:03 -05:00
parent b53b5b4e8a
commit e5c80359a8
4 changed files with 157 additions and 4 deletions
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@@ -21,8 +21,19 @@
// Token minting
// containment_coordinator_token the token a coordinator holds. Depth 0.
// Only a coordinator token may open a swarm.
// CAPABILITIES. A scope token carries a `caps` set the authority it holds.
// This is an AUTHORITY gate, not a health gate: capability is decided at mint
// time and cannot be acquired at runtime. Engram-WRITE (op_write/op_relate/
// op_supersede -> POST /api/nodes, /api/edges, DELETE) and dharma_emit are
// @manager-ONLY capabilities exactly the VBD rule that only the orchestrator
// mutates global state. The orchestrator's token carries them; a worker's token
// NEVER does. A worker is therefore STRUCTURALLY UNABLE to mutate global engram
// state, regardless of engram health.
fn cap_orchestrator() -> String { return "engram:read,engram:write,dharma:emit,state:write" }
fn cap_worker() -> String { return "engram:read" }
// containment_coordinator_token the token the orchestrator (@manager) holds.
// Depth 0. Carries the engram-WRITE + dharma-emit capabilities (@manager-only).
fn containment_coordinator_token(corr_id: String) -> String {
let kv: [String] = el_list_empty()
let kv = el_list_append(kv, "kind")
@@ -33,11 +44,15 @@ fn containment_coordinator_token(corr_id: String) -> String {
let kv = el_list_append(kv, "")
let kv = el_list_append(kv, "depth")
let kv = el_list_append(kv, "0")
let kv = el_list_append(kv, "caps")
let kv = el_list_append(kv, cap_orchestrator())
return json_build_object(kv)
}
// containment_worker_token the token stamped into a worker's envelope. Depth 1.
// A worker token is a closed boundary: holding it forbids opening/joining swarms.
// A closed boundary: forbids opening/joining swarms AND carries ONLY the
// engram:READ capability no engram:write, no dharma:emit. Read-only against the
// full engram; may write only its own local geometry (its returned result).
fn containment_worker_token(corr_id: String, worker_id: String) -> String {
let kv: [String] = el_list_empty()
let kv = el_list_append(kv, "kind")
@@ -48,9 +63,16 @@ fn containment_worker_token(corr_id: String, worker_id: String) -> String {
let kv = el_list_append(kv, worker_id)
let kv = el_list_append(kv, "depth")
let kv = el_list_append(kv, "1")
let kv = el_list_append(kv, "caps")
let kv = el_list_append(kv, cap_worker())
return json_build_object(kv)
}
// containment_has_cap does this token carry capability `cap`?
fn containment_has_cap(token: String, cap: String) -> Bool {
return str_contains(json_get_string(token, "caps"), cap)
}
// Rule checks (return "" on allow, or a rejection reason string)
// containment_check_open may the holder of `token` OPEN a new swarm?
@@ -97,6 +119,28 @@ fn containment_check_lateral(from_token: String, to_worker_id: String) -> String
return ""
}
// containment_check_engram_write RULE 4: only a token carrying the
// engram:write capability (the orchestrator's) may mutate global engram state.
// A worker token (engram:read only) is REJECTED the authority gate. Reuses the
// exact scope-token mechanism as Rule 2's open-denial. Returns "" on allow, or a
// rejection reason. This is an AUTHORITY gate: it does not consult engram health.
fn containment_check_engram_write(token: String, op: String) -> String {
if containment_has_cap(token, "engram:write") {
return ""
}
return "CONTAINMENT rule 4: engram-write is @manager-only — a worker is read-only against the engram and may not mutate global state (op=" + op + " kind=" + json_get_string(token, "kind") + " worker=" + json_get_string(token, "worker") + " caps=" + json_get_string(token, "caps") + ")"
}
// containment_check_dharma_emit the same @manager-only rule for dharma_emit,
// grounding Rule 4 in VBD: global-state mutations (engram-write, dharma-emit) are
// orchestrator-only, checked by the one capability mechanism.
fn containment_check_dharma_emit(token: String) -> String {
if containment_has_cap(token, "dharma:emit") {
return ""
}
return "CONTAINMENT rule 4: dharma_emit is @manager-only (kind=" + json_get_string(token, "kind") + ")"
}
// Enforcement helpers
// containment_allows_open Bool convenience over containment_check_open.
@@ -121,3 +165,17 @@ fn containment_guard_open(token: String, corr_id: String) -> String {
worktrack_append("containment.violation", corr_id, "open", p)
return reason
}
// containment_guard_engram_write assert a token may mutate global engram state
// (Rule 4). Returns "" if allowed; otherwise journals a containment.violation and
// returns the reason. The write path MUST abort on a non-empty return.
fn containment_guard_engram_write(token: String, corr_id: String, op: String) -> String {
let reason: String = containment_check_engram_write(token, op)
if str_eq(reason, "") {
return ""
}
let p0: String = json_set_str("{}", "reason", reason)
let p1: String = json_set_str(p0, "op", op)
worktrack_append("containment.violation", corr_id, "engram-write", p1)
return reason
}