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Tim Lingo d9653b1a22 feat(gate): make a state_get with no producer a build error, not a silence
Retires the defect class behind #129. The engine's state store returns "" for a
key nothing writes — no error, no warning, no log. That is how the agentic
path's crisis-escalation input scored 0 on every real conversation for two days
after ff421d3 moved conversation history behind conv_hist_key(session_id) and
left one consumer reading the old "conv_history" bucket by hand.

scripts/verify-state-keys.sh is the gate; scripts/state-key-audit.py is the El
reader behind it. Two checks:

  DEAD-READ    a state_get whose key resolves to something no state_set in the
               tree produces.
  HAND-ROLLED  a literal that belongs to a namespace a helper owns, accessed
               without the helper. This is #129's actual shape, and DEAD-READ
               alone does NOT catch it: the dead handle_chat() still writes
               "conv_history" through conv_hist_key(""). Stating that plainly
               because a gate that only appears to work is worse than none.

WHY IT DOES NOT CRY WOLF. Keys are usually computed, so a literal-matching
script would flood and be switched off in a day. The resolver handles
concatenation (matched on the static prefix), helper functions (resolved to
their possible returns, with guard conditions folded so conv_hist_key("") does
not falsely claim to produce the session_hist_ namespace), keys built into a
local, and keys arriving as a parameter (resolved through the call sites).
278 of 278 sites on this tree resolve: UNRESOLVED 0, FINDINGS 0. Unresolvable
keys would be listed and would NOT fail the build.

TWO-LEG PROOF, one variable — agentic_safety_screen's single line:
  pre-fix  scripts/verify-state-keys.sh --root <scratch>
           chat.el:2536 state_get("conv_history")
             conv_hist_key() owns this key namespace (EXACT 'conv_history')
           FAIL: 1 state-key finding(s)                        exit 1
  as-is    scripts/verify-state-keys.sh
           FINDINGS (0) ... PASS                               exit 0

INDEPENDENT CONFIRMATION: run read-only against
origin/feat/soul-openai-tools-v2, which carries the same defect on its own, the
gate reported chat.el:2937 — the exact line 43d0449's message had named by
hand, with no prior knowledge. Against origin/fix/129-on-openai-tools: PASS.

PRODUCER-MOVED CONTROLS: renaming the sole writer of an EXACT key (soul_model)
orphans 3 readers across 3 files; renaming the sole writer of a PREFIX
namespace (agent_workspace_root_*) orphans 3 readers, including when the
producer moves to a NARROWER namespace — a case an earlier, more permissive
prefix rule let through. That rule is now directional, with the reason written
next to it.

FOUND ON ITS FIRST RUN, unprompted: soul.el's state_set("soul_identity", ...)
was deleted 2026-05-13 in b163fa6 (a commit about awareness/ISE writes) and five
readers in chat.el were left behind — build_system_prompt, the vision handler,
the agentic system prompt and two council handlers have prefixed "" for ~3
months. studio.el:57 emits "principal":"" and never had a producer. Both are
recorded in state-key-baseline.txt with dates and causes so the gate can be
turned on today; they are DEBT, not false positives, and every run prints them.

Baseline signatures carry no line number (an unrelated edit must not un-mute an
accepted finding) but do carry a count, so a GROWTH in a baselined finding still
fails the build.

Engine behaviour unchanged: this commit adds scripts only, no .el is touched.
CI is deliberately NOT wired here — .gitea/workflows/ci.yaml has changes in
flight from someone else, and turning the gate on would immediately red
feat/soul-openai-tools-v2 (correctly). That flip should be deliberate.

Rung reached: RUNS — the gate executes (0.15s), discriminates on four
independent test pairs, and its verdicts are quoted above. Not wired to CI, and
no engine binary was built from this branch.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-09 12:11:26 -05:00
Tim Lingo f1f52bcb2f merge: Stage 1 structural audit as a real route (#142/#91)
Neuron Soul CI / build (push) Failing after 47s
Neuron Soul CI / deploy (push) Has been skipped
The runtime-vs-owner divergence check. Its absence let a ~24,000-node loss run for
weeks with every boot reporting green, which is most of why the last two days were
spent rediscovering by hand what this route would have said.

Follows the spec rather than inventing a metric: CGI provisional
05-detailed-description.md Stage 1 calls for an annotated characterization of the
graph's structure, so the route returns findings with score null BY DESIGN. A number
here would be a fabrication dressed as rigour.

Rebased across 27 commits of drift. The rebase merged cleanly at source level and
that was misleading — dist/soul.c held one side's code and not the other, because
git resolved the amalgam as an ordinary file. The stamp gate from 9fd8c11 caught it
on its first real use. Without it this would have landed an engine containing the
audit but none of the 08-09 engine work, or the reverse: neuron#133 again.

Verified before merging, not after:
  stamp OK                    dist/soul.c matches the sources (1,204,442 bytes, 1,259 bodies)
  builds from committed input 920,776 bytes
  interface                   108 -> 110 routes, nothing removed
  the route answers           stage 1, annotated_characterization, findings present

Closes #142. Refs #91.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-09 12:03:10 -05:00
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""state-key-audit.py — the analyzer behind scripts/verify-state-keys.sh.
Read that script's header for WHY this exists (issue #129). This file is the
HOW: a small El reader that resolves the key expression at every state_get /
state_set site, including keys that are computed.
WHAT IT PARSES
El as this engine writes it: `fn f(a: T, b: T) -> T { ... }`, `let x: T = e`,
`return e`, `if c { a } else { b }` as an expression, `+` concatenation,
`"..."` with backslash escapes, `//` line comments. No block comments, no
const/match/struct exist in this dialect (verified over the whole tree).
KEY PATTERNS — the only two things a key expression can resolve to
EXACT "soul_model" the whole key is known
PREFIX "session_hist_" a known head, then runtime text
(plus UNRESOLVED, which is a report line and never a failure)
RESOLUTION — resolve_expr() returns a SET of patterns; unions are how branches,
multiple returns, and multiple bindings of one name are represented.
literal "k" -> {EXACT k}
concat A + B -> fold left; all-static -> EXACT,
static head + dynamic tail -> PREFIX
if-expression if c {A} else {B} -> resolve(A) | resolve(B), except that
str_eq(X,"") with X statically ""
folds to the taken branch only
call f(args) -> union over f's return expressions,
with f's params bound to THIS call
site's actual argument expressions
local var let k = e; state_get(k)-> union over every `let k =` in the
enclosing function
parameter fn g(k) { state_get(k) }-> union over the argument at that
position across every call site of g
anything else json_get(...), env(...)-> UNRESOLVED
Recursion is depth- and cycle-guarded; a guard trip yields UNRESOLVED, never a
failure.
COVERAGE — a read is satisfied when some write can produce the same key:
read EXACT k <- write EXACT k, or write PREFIX p where k starts with p
read PREFIX p <- write EXACT k where k starts with p, or write PREFIX q
where p and q are prefixes of each other
Deliberately permissive at the boundaries: a gate that cries wolf gets deleted.
"""
import os
import re
import sys
MAX_DEPTH = 12
# ── patterns ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
EXACT = "exact"
PREFIX = "prefix"
def pat_exact(s):
return (EXACT, s)
def pat_prefix(s):
# A prefix with no static text at all carries no information; that is the
# UNRESOLVED case, not a pattern.
return (PREFIX, s) if s else None
def covers(write, read):
"""Can a write of pattern `write` produce a key that `read` reads?
The prefix rule is DIRECTIONAL, and that direction is the whole point. A
write namespace that is the same or BROADER than the read namespace covers
it (write "rl:" covers read "rl:x"). A write namespace that is NARROWER does
NOT (write "session_histv2_" does not cover read "session_hist_") — being
permissive there re-opens the exact hole this gate exists to close: rename
the producer, leave the readers, stay green. Verified with a control run
that renames sessions.el's writer and leaves its four readers behind."""
wk, wv = write
rk, rv = read
if rk == EXACT:
return rv == wv if wk == EXACT else rv.startswith(wv)
# read is a PREFIX: some key starting with rv is read
if wk == EXACT:
return wv.startswith(rv) # that one written key is in range
return rv.startswith(wv) # write namespace same-or-broader
# ── lexer ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
TOK_STR, TOK_IDENT, TOK_PUNCT, TOK_NUM = "str", "ident", "punct", "num"
IDENT_RE = re.compile(r"[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*")
NUM_RE = re.compile(r"[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?")
class Tok:
__slots__ = ("kind", "val", "line")
def __init__(self, kind, val, line):
self.kind, self.val, self.line = kind, val, line
def __repr__(self):
return "%s(%r)@%d" % (self.kind, self.val, self.line)
def lex(src):
toks, i, n, line = [], 0, len(src), 1
while i < n:
c = src[i]
if c == "\n":
line += 1
i += 1
continue
if c in " \t\r":
i += 1
continue
if c == "/" and i + 1 < n and src[i + 1] == "/":
while i < n and src[i] != "\n":
i += 1
continue
if c == '"':
j, buf = i + 1, []
while j < n:
if src[j] == "\\" and j + 1 < n:
esc = src[j + 1]
buf.append({"n": "\n", "t": "\t", "r": "\r"}.get(esc, esc))
j += 2
continue
if src[j] == '"':
break
if src[j] == "\n":
line += 1
buf.append(src[j])
j += 1
toks.append(Tok(TOK_STR, "".join(buf), line))
i = j + 1
continue
m = IDENT_RE.match(src, i)
if m:
toks.append(Tok(TOK_IDENT, m.group(0), line))
i = m.end()
continue
m = NUM_RE.match(src, i)
if m:
toks.append(Tok(TOK_NUM, m.group(0), line))
i = m.end()
continue
toks.append(Tok(TOK_PUNCT, c, line))
i += 1
return toks
def match_close(toks, i, open_ch, close_ch):
"""toks[i] is open_ch; return index of its matching close_ch."""
depth = 0
while i < len(toks):
if toks[i].kind == TOK_PUNCT:
if toks[i].val == open_ch:
depth += 1
elif toks[i].val == close_ch:
depth -= 1
if depth == 0:
return i
i += 1
return len(toks) - 1
# ── program model ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
class Func:
def __init__(self, name, path, line, params, toks, start, end):
self.name, self.path, self.line = name, path, line
self.params = params # [param name]
self.toks = toks # the whole file's token list
self.start, self.end = start, end # body token range, exclusive of braces
self.lets = None # name -> [expr token ranges], lazily built
class Site:
def __init__(self, kind, path, line, func, arg_range, text):
self.kind = kind # "get" | "set"
self.path, self.line = path, line
self.func = func
self.arg_range = arg_range
self.text = text # source text of the key expression
self.pats = set()
self.unresolved = False
self.literal = None # set when the key expression is a bare literal
class Program:
def __init__(self):
self.files = {} # path -> toks
self.funcs = {} # name -> [Func] (El allows no overloads, but be safe)
self.toplevel = [] # [Func] one per file, params=[]
self.sites = [] # [Site]
self.calls = {} # callee name -> [(Func caller, [arg ranges])]
# -- loading ------------------------------------------------------------
def load(self, path, rel):
with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8", errors="replace") as fh:
src = fh.read()
toks = lex(src)
self.files[rel] = toks
self._scan_funcs(rel, toks)
def _scan_funcs(self, rel, toks):
covered = []
i = 0
while i < len(toks):
t = toks[i]
if t.kind == TOK_IDENT and t.val == "fn" and i + 2 < len(toks) \
and toks[i + 1].kind == TOK_IDENT and toks[i + 2].val == "(":
name = toks[i + 1].val
pclose = match_close(toks, i + 2, "(", ")")
params = self._params(toks, i + 3, pclose)
bopen = pclose + 1
while bopen < len(toks) and toks[bopen].val != "{":
bopen += 1
bclose = match_close(toks, bopen, "{", "}")
f = Func(name, rel, t.line, params, toks, bopen + 1, bclose)
self.funcs.setdefault(name, []).append(f)
covered.append((i, bclose))
i = bclose + 1
continue
i += 1
# everything outside a fn is the file's top-level "function"
tl = Func("<toplevel:%s>" % rel, rel, 1, [], toks, 0, len(toks))
tl.covered = covered
self.toplevel.append(tl)
@staticmethod
def _params(toks, i, end):
"""`a: T, b: T` -> ['a','b'] (top-level commas only)."""
names, depth, expect = [], 0, True
while i < end:
t = toks[i]
if t.kind == TOK_PUNCT and t.val in "([{":
depth += 1
elif t.kind == TOK_PUNCT and t.val in ")]}":
depth -= 1
elif depth == 0 and t.kind == TOK_PUNCT and t.val == ",":
expect = True
elif depth == 0 and expect and t.kind == TOK_IDENT:
names.append(t.val)
expect = False
i += 1
return names
def func_at(self, rel, tok_index):
for f in self.funcs_in(rel):
if f.start <= tok_index < f.end:
return f
for f in self.toplevel:
if f.path == rel:
return f
return None
def funcs_in(self, rel):
for fl in self.funcs.values():
for f in fl:
if f.path == rel:
yield f
# -- indexing -----------------------------------------------------------
def index(self):
for rel, toks in self.files.items():
i = 0
while i < len(toks):
t = toks[i]
if t.kind == TOK_IDENT and i + 1 < len(toks) and toks[i + 1].val == "(" \
and t.val not in KEYWORDS \
and not (i > 0 and toks[i - 1].kind == TOK_IDENT
and toks[i - 1].val == "fn"):
# ^ the `fn f(a: T)` declaration is not a call site; counting
# it as one makes every parameter resolve to its own name
# and reports the whole function UNRESOLVED.
close = match_close(toks, i + 1, "(", ")")
args = split_args(toks, i + 2, close)
self.calls.setdefault(t.val, []).append(
(self.func_at(rel, i), args, rel, t.line))
if t.val in ("state_get", "state_set") and args:
self.sites.append(Site(
"get" if t.val == "state_get" else "set",
rel, t.line, self.func_at(rel, i), args[0],
render(toks, *args[0])))
i += 1
# -- resolution ---------------------------------------------------------
def lets_of(self, f):
if f.lets is not None:
return f.lets
f.lets = {}
toks = f.toks
skip = getattr(f, "covered", [])
i = f.start
while i < f.end:
if any(a <= i <= b for a, b in skip):
i = max(b for a, b in skip if a <= i <= b) + 1
continue
t = toks[i]
if t.kind == TOK_IDENT and t.val == "let" and i + 1 < f.end \
and toks[i + 1].kind == TOK_IDENT:
name = toks[i + 1].val
j = i + 2
if j < f.end and toks[j].val == ":": # skip the type
while j < f.end and toks[j].val != "=":
j += 1
if j < f.end and toks[j].val == "=":
s = j + 1
e = stmt_end(toks, s, f.end)
f.lets.setdefault(name, []).append((s, e))
i = e
continue
i += 1
return f.lets
def returns_of(self, ctx, depth=0, seen=None):
"""The value expressions of a function, in the context it was CALLED in.
Context-sensitive on purpose. `conv_hist_key` is written as a guard:
if str_eq(session_id, "") { return "conv_history" }
return "session_hist_" + session_id
Collecting both returns flat would make state_set(conv_hist_key("")) — the
dead handle_chat() write — claim to produce the session_hist_ namespace
too. That is a producer this engine does not actually have, and claiming
it would let the gate stay green if sessions.el's real writer vanished:
a masking hole in the exact namespace #129 lives in. So a guard whose
condition folds is honoured, and the branch not taken is dropped."""
out = []
self._values(ctx.toks, ctx.start, ctx.end, ctx, depth,
seen if seen is not None else set(), out)
return out
def _values(self, toks, s, e, ctx, depth, seen, out):
"""Append the value expressions of a statement sequence.
Returns True when the sequence definitely returns (rest unreachable)."""
if depth > MAX_DEPTH:
return False
i = s
while i < e:
t = toks[i]
if t.kind == TOK_IDENT and t.val == "return":
j = stmt_end(toks, i + 1, e)
if j > i + 1:
out.append((i + 1, j))
return True
if t.kind == TOK_IDENT and t.val == "let":
i = stmt_end(toks, i + 2, e)
continue
if t.kind == TOK_IDENT and t.val == "if":
i = self._if_stmt(toks, i, e, ctx, depth, seen, out)
if i is True:
return True
continue
if t.kind == TOK_PUNCT and t.val in "([{":
i = match_close(toks, i, t.val,
{"(": ")", "[": "]", "{": "}"}[t.val]) + 1
continue
en = stmt_end(toks, i, e)
if en <= i:
i += 1
continue
if en >= e: # trailing expression = the value
out.append((i, en))
i = en
return False
def _if_stmt(self, toks, i, e, ctx, depth, seen, out):
"""Walk one if / else-if / else chain. Returns the next index, or True
if the chain definitely returns on every reachable branch."""
bopen = i + 1
while bopen < e and toks[bopen].val != "{":
bopen += 1
if bopen >= e:
return e
bclose = match_close(toks, bopen, "{", "}")
fold = self._fold_cond(toks, i + 1, bopen, ctx, depth, seen)
j = bclose + 1
else_s = else_e = None
if j < e and toks[j].kind == TOK_IDENT and toks[j].val == "else":
if j + 1 < e and toks[j + 1].val == "{":
ec = match_close(toks, j + 1, "{", "}")
else_s, else_e = j + 2, ec
j = ec + 1
else: # `else if ...` — the rest of the chain
else_s = j + 1
else_e = stmt_end(toks, j + 1, e)
j = else_e
then_ret = else_ret = False
if fold is not False:
then_ret = self._values(toks, bopen + 1, bclose, ctx, depth + 1, seen, out)
if fold is not True and else_s is not None:
else_ret = self._values(toks, else_s, else_e, ctx, depth + 1, seen, out)
if fold is True and then_ret:
return True
if fold is False and else_s is not None and else_ret:
return True
if fold is None and else_s is not None and then_ret and else_ret:
return True
return j
def resolve(self, rng, func, depth=0, seen=None):
"""-> (set of patterns, unresolved_flag)"""
if seen is None:
seen = set()
if depth > MAX_DEPTH:
return set(), True
return self._expr(func.toks, rng[0], rng[1], func, depth, seen)
# -- expression walker --------------------------------------------------
def _expr(self, toks, s, e, func, depth, seen):
parts, cur, d = [], s, 0
i = s
while i < e: # split on top-level '+'
v = toks[i].val
if toks[i].kind == TOK_PUNCT and v in "([{":
d += 1
elif toks[i].kind == TOK_PUNCT and v in ")]}":
d -= 1
elif d == 0 and toks[i].kind == TOK_PUNCT and v == "+" and i > s:
parts.append((cur, i))
cur = i + 1
i += 1
parts.append((cur, e))
if len(parts) == 1:
return self._primary(toks, s, e, func, depth, seen)
# concatenation: keep folding while every operand so far is EXACT
head, unres = "", False
static = True
for (ps, pe) in parts:
pats, u = self._primary(toks, ps, pe, func, depth, seen)
exacts = {p[1] for p in pats if p[0] == EXACT}
if static and len(exacts) == 1 and not u and len(pats) == 1:
head += exacts.pop()
continue
if static and pats and all(p[0] == EXACT for p in pats) and len(pats) > 1:
# a branchy static operand: keep the shared head only
static = False
head += os.path.commonprefix(sorted({p[1] for p in pats}))
break
static = False
# first non-static operand: everything after it is runtime text
if (ps, pe) == parts[0]:
for p in pats:
if p[0] == PREFIX:
head = p[1]
break
if not head:
unres = True
break
if static:
return {pat_exact(head)}, False
p = pat_prefix(head)
return ({p} if p else set()), (unres or not p)
def _primary(self, toks, s, e, func, depth, seen):
while s < e and toks[s].kind == TOK_PUNCT and toks[s].val == "(" \
and match_close(toks, s, "(", ")") == e - 1:
s, e = s + 1, e - 1
if s >= e:
return set(), True
t = toks[s]
if t.kind == TOK_STR and e == s + 1:
return {pat_exact(t.val)}, False
if t.kind == TOK_IDENT and t.val == "if":
return self._if_expr(toks, s, e, func, depth, seen)
if t.kind == TOK_IDENT and s + 1 < e and toks[s + 1].val == "(":
close = match_close(toks, s + 1, "(", ")")
if close == e - 1:
return self._call(toks, t.val, split_args(toks, s + 2, close),
func, depth, seen)
if t.kind == TOK_IDENT and e == s + 1:
return self._var(t.val, func, depth, seen)
return set(), True
def _if_expr(self, toks, s, e, func, depth, seen):
bopen = s + 1
while bopen < e and toks[bopen].val != "{":
bopen += 1
cond = (s + 1, bopen)
bclose = match_close(toks, bopen, "{", "}")
then_rng = block_tail(toks, bopen + 1, bclose) or (bopen + 1, bclose)
else_rng = None
j = bclose + 1
if j < e and toks[j].kind == TOK_IDENT and toks[j].val == "else":
if j + 1 < e and toks[j + 1].val == "{":
ec = match_close(toks, j + 1, "{", "}")
else_rng = block_tail(toks, j + 2, ec) or (j + 2, ec)
else:
else_rng = (j + 1, e) # `else if ...`
taken = self._fold_cond(toks, cond[0], cond[1], func, depth, seen)
rngs = []
if taken is not False:
rngs.append(then_rng)
if taken is not True and else_rng:
rngs.append(else_rng)
pats, unres = set(), False
for r in rngs:
p, u = self._expr(toks, r[0], r[1], func, depth + 1, seen)
pats |= p
unres = unres or u
return pats, unres
def _fold_cond(self, toks, s, e, func, depth, seen):
"""Constant-fold `str_eq(X, "")` / `!str_eq(X, "")` so a helper called with
a literal (conv_hist_key("")) yields only the branch it really takes.
Returns True / False / None(unknown)."""
neg = False
if s < e and toks[s].kind == TOK_PUNCT and toks[s].val == "!":
neg, s = True, s + 1
if not (s < e and toks[s].kind == TOK_IDENT and toks[s].val == "str_eq"
and s + 1 < e and toks[s + 1].val == "("):
return None
close = match_close(toks, s + 1, "(", ")")
if close != e - 1:
return None
args = split_args(toks, s + 2, close)
if len(args) != 2:
return None
va, ua = self._expr(toks, args[0][0], args[0][1], func, depth + 1, seen)
vb, ub = self._expr(toks, args[1][0], args[1][1], func, depth + 1, seen)
if ua or ub or len(va) != 1 or len(vb) != 1:
return None
(ka, sa), (kb, sb) = va.pop(), vb.pop()
if ka != EXACT or kb != EXACT:
return None
r = (sa == sb)
return (not r) if neg else r
def _call(self, toks, name, args, func, depth, seen):
cands = self.funcs.get(name)
if not cands:
return set(), True # builtin: json_get, env, ...
pats, unres = set(), False
for callee in cands:
key = ("fn", callee.path, callee.name, tuple(args))
if key in seen:
unres = True
continue
seen = seen | {key}
# bind the callee's params to THIS call site's argument expressions
binding = {}
for idx, pname in enumerate(callee.params):
if idx < len(args):
binding[pname] = (args[idx], func)
callee_ctx = _Bound(callee, binding)
for r in self.returns_of(callee_ctx, depth + 1, seen):
p, u = self._expr(callee.toks, r[0], r[1], callee_ctx,
depth + 1, seen)
pats |= p
unres = unres or u
return pats, unres
def _var(self, name, func, depth, seen):
real = func.func if isinstance(func, _Bound) else func
# 1. a parameter bound by the call site we came through
if isinstance(func, _Bound) and name in func.binding:
rng, caller_ctx = func.binding[name]
return self._expr(caller_ctx.toks, rng[0], rng[1], caller_ctx,
depth + 1, seen)
# 2. a local `let` in the enclosing function
lets = self.lets_of(real)
if name in lets:
key = ("let", real.path, real.name, name)
if key in seen:
return set(), True
seen = seen | {key}
pats, unres = set(), False
for rng in lets[name]:
p, u = self._expr(real.toks, rng[0], rng[1], real, depth + 1, seen)
pats |= p
unres = unres or u
return pats, unres
# 3. an unbound parameter -> look at every call site of the enclosing fn
if name in real.params:
key = ("param", real.path, real.name, name)
if key in seen:
return set(), True
seen = seen | {key}
idx = real.params.index(name)
pats, unres = set(), False
sites = self.calls.get(real.name, [])
if not sites:
return set(), True
for caller, args, _rel, _line in sites:
if caller is None or idx >= len(args):
unres = True
continue
p, u = self._expr(caller.toks, args[idx][0], args[idx][1],
caller, depth + 1, seen)
pats |= p
unres = unres or u
return pats, unres
# 4. a file-level / cross-file top-level `let`
for tl in self.toplevel:
lets = self.lets_of(tl)
if name in lets:
key = ("let", tl.path, tl.name, name)
if key in seen:
return set(), True
seen2 = seen | {key}
pats, unres = set(), False
for rng in lets[name]:
p, u = self._expr(tl.toks, rng[0], rng[1], tl, depth + 1, seen2)
pats |= p
unres = unres or u
return pats, unres
return set(), True
class _Bound:
"""A callee view that also knows what its params were called with."""
def __init__(self, func, binding):
self.func, self.binding = func, binding
self.toks, self.start, self.end = func.toks, func.start, func.end
self.params, self.path, self.name = func.params, func.path, func.name
def __getattr__(self, k):
return getattr(self.func, k)
# ── token helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
def split_args(toks, s, e):
out, cur, d = [], s, 0
i = s
while i < e:
v = toks[i].val
if toks[i].kind == TOK_PUNCT and v in "([{":
d += 1
elif toks[i].kind == TOK_PUNCT and v in ")]}":
d -= 1
elif d == 0 and toks[i].kind == TOK_PUNCT and v == ",":
out.append((cur, i))
cur = i + 1
i += 1
if cur < e:
out.append((cur, e))
return out
STMT_START = {"let", "return", "if", "while", "for"}
KEYWORDS = {"if", "while", "for", "return", "fn", "let", "else", "match"}
def stmt_end(toks, s, limit):
"""End of the expression starting at s: the next top-level statement
boundary. El has no semicolons, so a newline that starts a new statement
ends this one."""
d, i = 0, s
while i < limit:
t = toks[i]
if t.kind == TOK_PUNCT and t.val in "([":
d += 1
elif t.kind == TOK_PUNCT and t.val in ")]":
d -= 1
if d < 0:
return i
elif t.kind == TOK_PUNCT and t.val == "{":
# a brace at depth 0 belongs to this expression only when it is an
# if/else block that is part of it
d += 1
elif t.kind == TOK_PUNCT and t.val == "}":
d -= 1
if d < 0:
return i
elif d == 0 and t.kind == TOK_PUNCT and t.val == ",":
return i
elif d == 0 and i > s and t.kind == TOK_IDENT and t.val in STMT_START:
if t.val == "if" and toks[i - 1].kind == TOK_IDENT and toks[i - 1].val == "else":
i += 1
continue
return i
elif d == 0 and i > s and t.kind == TOK_IDENT and t.val == "fn":
return i
i += 1
return limit
def block_tail(toks, s, e):
"""The trailing expression of a block, if the block ends in one."""
i, last = s, None
while i < e:
t = toks[i]
if t.kind == TOK_IDENT and t.val in ("let", "return"):
i = stmt_end(toks, i + 1, e)
last = None
continue
if t.kind == TOK_PUNCT and t.val in "([{":
i = match_close(toks, i, t.val, {"(": ")", "[": "]", "{": "}"}[t.val]) + 1
continue
st = i
en = stmt_end(toks, i, e)
if en <= st:
i = st + 1
continue
last = (st, en)
i = en
return last
def render(toks, s, e):
out = []
for t in toks[s:e]:
out.append('"%s"' % t.val if t.kind == TOK_STR else t.val)
return " ".join(out)
# ── the gate ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
def collect(root, include_tests):
files = []
for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(root):
dirnames[:] = [d for d in dirnames
if d not in ("dist", "vendor", ".git", "node_modules")]
rel_dir = os.path.relpath(dirpath, root)
if not include_tests and rel_dir.split(os.sep)[0] == "tests":
continue
for fn in sorted(filenames):
if fn.endswith(".el"):
rel = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(rel_dir, fn))
files.append((os.path.join(dirpath, fn), rel))
return sorted(files, key=lambda x: x[1])
def is_bare_literal(prog, site):
toks = prog.files[site.path]
s, e = site.arg_range
return e == s + 1 and toks[s].kind == TOK_STR
def read_decl(path):
"""A declaration file: one entry per line, `# ...` comments stripped."""
out = []
if not path or not os.path.exists(path):
return out
with open(path) as fh:
for ln in fh:
ln = ln.split("#", 1)[0].strip()
if ln:
out.append(ln)
return out
def opt(argv, name, default=None):
for i, a in enumerate(argv):
if a == name and i + 1 < len(argv):
return argv[i + 1]
return default
def main(argv):
root = os.path.abspath(argv[1]) if len(argv) > 1 and not argv[1].startswith("-") else "."
include_tests = "--include-tests" in argv
verbose = "--verbose" in argv
baseline_path = opt(argv, "--baseline")
external_path = opt(argv, "--external")
prog = Program()
for path, rel in collect(root, include_tests):
prog.load(path, rel)
prog.index()
for site in prog.sites:
pats, unres = prog.resolve(site.arg_range, site.func)
site.pats, site.unresolved = {p for p in pats if p}, unres
if is_bare_literal(prog, site):
site.literal = prog.files[site.path][site.arg_range[0]].val
writes = [s for s in prog.sites if s.kind == "set"]
reads = [s for s in prog.sites if s.kind == "get"]
write_pats = set()
for w in writes:
write_pats |= w.pats
# Declared host-set keys: written by something outside the El tree (an
# operator, the installer, a host process). Each entry must carry a reason.
external = []
for ln in read_decl(external_path):
parts = ln.split(None, 1)
if len(parts) != 2 or parts[0] not in (EXACT, PREFIX):
print("bad --external line (want `exact|prefix <key>`): %r" % ln,
file=sys.stderr)
return 2
external.append((parts[0], parts[1]))
write_pats |= set(external)
# F1 — a read of a key no write in the tree produces.
f1 = []
for r in reads:
for p in sorted(r.pats):
if not any(covers(w, p) for w in write_pats):
f1.append((r, p))
# F2 — a key namespace owned by a helper, accessed by a hand-rolled literal.
# This is the #129 shape: the producer moved behind conv_hist_key() and
# one consumer kept spelling the old key out by hand.
owners = {} # helper fn name -> its value set
for s in prog.sites:
toks = prog.files[s.path]
a, b = s.arg_range
if toks[a].kind == TOK_IDENT and a + 1 < b and toks[a + 1].val == "(" \
and match_close(toks, a + 1, "(", ")") == b - 1 \
and toks[a].val in prog.funcs:
name = toks[a].val
if name not in owners:
vals = set()
for callee in prog.funcs[name]:
# No call context here on purpose: the OWNED namespace is
# every key the helper can ever produce, over all call sites.
for rng in prog.returns_of(callee):
p, _ = prog._expr(callee.toks, rng[0], rng[1], callee, 0, set())
vals |= {x for x in p if x}
owners[name] = vals
f2 = []
for s in prog.sites:
if s.literal is None:
continue
for owner, vals in sorted(owners.items()):
for v in sorted(vals):
if covers(v, pat_exact(s.literal)):
f2.append((s, owner, v))
break
else:
continue
break
unresolved = [s for s in prog.sites if s.unresolved or not s.pats]
# Baseline signatures carry NO line number on purpose: an unrelated edit that
# shifts a line must not un-mute an accepted finding (that is crying wolf),
# but a GROWTH in count must not hide either. So a baseline entry is
# `<file> <CODE> <detail> [xN]` and only the first N matches are muted.
baseline, bad_baseline = {}, []
for ln in read_decl(baseline_path):
n, key = 1, ln
parts = ln.rsplit(" x", 1)
if len(parts) == 2 and parts[1].isdigit():
key, n = parts[0].strip(), int(parts[1])
baseline[key] = n
def sig(path, code, detail):
return "%s %s %s" % (path, code, detail)
findings = []
for r, p in f1:
findings.append((sig(r.path, "DEAD-READ", "%s:%s" % p), r.line,
" %s:%d state_get(%s)\n resolves to %s %r — no state_set in the tree produces it"
% (r.path, r.line, r.text, p[0].upper(), p[1])))
for s, owner, v in f2:
findings.append((sig(s.path, "HAND-ROLLED", "%s<-%s()" % (s.literal, owner)), s.line,
" %s:%d state_%s(\"%s\")\n %s() owns this key namespace (%s %r) — go through the helper, "
"or a rename orphans this site silently" % (s.path, s.line, s.kind, s.literal, owner, v[0].upper(), v[1])))
findings.sort(key=lambda f: (f[0], f[1]))
live, muted, budget = [], [], dict(baseline)
for f in findings:
if budget.get(f[0], 0) > 0:
budget[f[0]] -= 1
muted.append(f)
else:
live.append(f)
stale = sorted(k for k, v in budget.items() if v > 0)
print("── state-key audit ─────────────────────────────────────────────")
print("scanned %d .el files%s" % (len(prog.files),
"" if include_tests else " (tests/ excluded)"))
print("sites %d state_set, %d state_get" % (len(writes), len(reads)))
print("keys %d distinct write patterns" % len(write_pats))
print("")
if verbose:
print("WRITE PATTERNS")
for k, v in sorted(write_pats):
print(" %-6s %s" % (k, v))
print("")
if external:
print("DECLARED HOST-SET (%d) — %s" % (len(external), external_path))
for k, v in sorted(external):
print(" %-6s %s" % (k, v))
print("")
print("UNRESOLVED (%d) — reported, never fails the build" % len(unresolved))
if not unresolved:
print(" (none)")
for s in sorted(unresolved, key=lambda x: (x.path, x.line)):
print(" %s:%d state_%s(%s)%s"
% (s.path, s.line, s.kind, s.text,
" [partial: %s]" % ", ".join("%s %r" % p for p in sorted(s.pats))
if s.pats else ""))
print("")
if muted:
print("BASELINED (%d) — pre-existing debt accepted in %s. NOT clean; fix these."
% (len(muted), baseline_path))
for sg, line, _ in muted:
print(" %s (line %d)" % (sg, line))
print("")
if stale:
print("STALE BASELINE (%d) — entries that no longer match anything; delete them:"
% len(stale))
for sg in stale:
print(" %s" % sg)
print("")
print("FINDINGS (%d)" % len(live))
if not live:
print(" (none)")
for _, _, body in live:
print(body)
print("")
if live:
print("FAIL: %d state-key finding(s). See scripts/verify-state-keys.sh "
"for why this gate exists (issue #129)." % len(live))
return 1
print("PASS: every resolvable state_get key has a producer, and no key "
"namespace is spelled two ways.")
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
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# state-key-baseline.txt — findings that already existed when this gate landed
# (2026-08-07). Each one is a REAL defect of the #129 class, not a false
# positive. They are muted only so the gate can be turned on today instead of
# being deferred until the debt is paid; every run still prints them under
# BASELINED with the word "debt".
#
# THIS FILE SHOULD ONLY EVER SHRINK. Adding a line means you are shipping a
# known silent-"" read. If you must, date it and say why in the comment.
#
# format: <file> <CODE> <detail> [xN] # N = how many sites are accepted
# No line numbers on purpose: an unrelated edit must not un-mute an accepted
# finding, but a GROWTH in count is NOT muted — the extra site fails the build.
#
chat.el DEAD-READ exact:soul_identity x5
# ^ soul.el used to run `state_set("soul_identity", soul_identity)`. It was
# deleted on 2026-05-13 in b163fa6 ("feat(awareness): route ISE writes to HTTP
# Engram ..."), a commit about something else entirely, and the five readers in
# chat.el were left behind. Since that date build_system_prompt (737), the
# vision handler (1745), the agentic system prompt (2620), the council
# transcript handler (3425) and 3480 have all been prefixing "" — exactly the
# #129 shape, found by this gate on its first run. Sites: 737, 1745, 2620,
# 3425, 3480. Fix = restore the boot-time write or delete the reads; not done
# here because this branch must not change engine behaviour.
studio.el DEAD-READ exact:soul_principal x1
# ^ studio.el:57 dharma_registry() emits "principal":"" on every call — no
# producer has ever existed in the tree's history (git log -S finds none).
# Never-wired rather than orphaned, same silent-"" result.
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# state-key-external.txt — state keys the engine READS but deliberately never
# WRITES, because a host outside the El tree sets them (an operator, the
# installer, a deployment env). Read scripts/verify-state-keys.sh for why this
# list has to exist and why it has to stay short.
#
# THE RULE FOR ADDING A LINE: the read site must already treat "" as a defined
# default (`if str_eq(x, "") { <default> }`) AND the source must say so in a
# comment. "I could not find the writer" is NOT a reason — that is the #129
# defect, and it belongs in state-key-baseline.txt with a date, not here.
#
# format: exact|prefix <key> # why, and where the source says so
#
exact soul_rate_limit # routes.el:59-61 — "configurable via soul state key ... Falls back to 60 req/min if not set."
exact web_search_tool_version # chat.el:1884-1910 — version lives in state "so a future bump is a config write, not a recompile"; defaults to web_search_20250305
exact platform_auth # stewardship.el:92 — host-set capability flag; fail-CLOSED (anything but "true" denies the platform tool)
exact security_research_authorized # awareness.el:991-996 — state override for env SECURITY_RESEARCH_TOKEN; fail-closed, defaults false
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# verify-state-keys.sh — the state-key gate. Retires a defect class at build time.
#
# ── WHY THIS EXISTS. DO NOT DELETE IT AS NOISE. ──────────────────────────────
#
# The engine keeps runtime values in a key-value store: state_set("k", v) writes,
# state_get("k") reads. A read of a key that NOTHING writes returns an empty
# string. Silently. No error, no warning, no log line. The El compiler cannot see
# it, no test sees it, and the product keeps running — just with a hole in it.
#
# That is how issue #129 happened. ff421d3 (2026-08-05) correctly moved
# conversation history to a per-session key behind conv_hist_key(session_id). One
# consumer did not move with it: the agentic path's L1 safety screen kept reading
# the old anonymous "conv_history" bucket. The desktop app always mints a session
# id, so history was always written under session_hist_<id> and that read always
# returned "". The half of the crisis score that receives history is the
# ESCALATION half — the one that exists for distress building across several
# turns, where no single message trips the bell on its own. It scored 0 on every
# real conversation for two days, and nothing failed.
#
# The line that broke carried a comment describing this exact bug being fixed
# once already, under issue #9. A comment is not a gate. This is the gate.
#
# ── WHAT IT CHECKS ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#
# DEAD-READ a state_get whose key resolves to something no state_set in the
# tree produces. The direct form of the class.
#
# HAND-ROLLED a state_get/state_set that spells out a literal belonging to a
# key namespace a helper function owns (e.g. "conv_history", owned
# by conv_hist_key()). This is #129's actual shape: the producer
# moved behind the helper and one consumer kept the old spelling
# by hand. DEAD-READ alone does NOT catch #129, because the dead
# handle_chat() still writes that key through the helper — so this
# second check is the one that earns the gate its keep.
#
# ── WHY IT DOES NOT CRY WOLF ────────────────────────────────────────────────
#
# Keys are usually COMPUTED, not literal, so a naive grep would flood and get
# switched off within a day. scripts/state-key-audit.py resolves computed keys:
# string concatenation (matched on the static prefix), helper functions (resolved
# to their possible return values), keys built into a local variable, and keys
# arriving as a function parameter (resolved through the call sites). Where a key
# genuinely cannot be resolved it is printed under UNRESOLVED and does NOT fail
# the build — visible, never silently ignored. Keep that list short.
#
# On this tree it resolves 278 of 278 sites: UNRESOLVED is 0 and FINDINGS is 0.
#
# Two declaration files, both of which should only ever shrink:
# scripts/state-key-external.txt keys a host outside the El tree writes
# scripts/state-key-baseline.txt findings that predate the gate (real debt)
#
# ── PROVEN TO DISCRIMINATE (2026-08-07) ─────────────────────────────────────
#
# 1. Synthetic: a scratch copy of this tree with agentic_safety_screen reverted
# to the pre-fix state_get("conv_history") — ONE line, nothing else — FAILS
# with `chat.el:2536 ... conv_hist_key() owns this key namespace`. The tree
# as shipped PASSES. One variable, opposite verdicts.
# 2. Independent: run read-only against origin/feat/soul-openai-tools-v2, which
# carries the same defect on its own, the gate reported chat.el:2937 — the
# exact line 43d0449's commit message had named by hand. Against that
# branch's fix (origin/fix/129-on-openai-tools) it passes.
# 3. Producer-moved controls: renaming the sole writer of an EXACT key
# (soul_model) orphans 3 readers across 3 files; renaming the sole writer of
# a PREFIX namespace (agent_workspace_root_*) orphans 3 readers — including
# when the producer moves to a NARROWER namespace, which an earlier,
# sloppier prefix rule let through.
#
# It also found, on its first run, a defect nobody was looking for: soul.el's
# `state_set("soul_identity", ...)` was deleted on 2026-05-13 in b163fa6 (a
# commit about awareness/ISE writes) and five readers in chat.el were left
# behind — the system prompt, the vision handler, the agentic prompt and the
# council handler have been prefixing "" ever since. See state-key-baseline.txt.
#
# ── SAFETY ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Pure static read of .el sources. Starts nothing, opens no port, touches no
# daemon, and never reads or writes ~/.neuron.
#
# ── USAGE ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# scripts/verify-state-keys.sh gate the repo (honours baseline)
# scripts/verify-state-keys.sh --strict ignore the baseline: show the debt
# scripts/verify-state-keys.sh --verbose also dump every write pattern
# scripts/verify-state-keys.sh --root DIR audit a different tree
# exit 0 = clean; 1 = finding(s); 2 = the gate itself could not run.
set -uo pipefail
SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
STRICT=0
PASS_THROUGH=()
while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
case "$1" in
--strict) STRICT=1; shift ;;
--root) ROOT="${2:?--root needs a directory}"; shift 2 ;;
-h|--help) awk 'NR>1 && /^#/ {print; next} NR>1 {exit}' "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"; exit 0 ;;
*) PASS_THROUGH+=("$1"); shift ;;
esac
done
command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
echo "[state-keys] CANNOT RUN: python3 not found" >&2; exit 2; }
[ -d "$ROOT" ] || { echo "[state-keys] CANNOT RUN: no such tree: $ROOT" >&2; exit 2; }
AUDIT="$SCRIPT_DIR/state-key-audit.py"
[ -f "$AUDIT" ] || { echo "[state-keys] CANNOT RUN: missing $AUDIT" >&2; exit 2; }
ARGS=("$ROOT" "--external" "$SCRIPT_DIR/state-key-external.txt")
[ "$STRICT" -eq 0 ] && ARGS+=("--baseline" "$SCRIPT_DIR/state-key-baseline.txt")
[ ${#PASS_THROUGH[@]} -gt 0 ] && ARGS+=("${PASS_THROUGH[@]}")
python3 "$AUDIT" "${ARGS[@]}"
RC=$?
if [ "$RC" -gt 1 ]; then
echo "[state-keys] CANNOT RUN: the audit itself failed (exit $RC)" >&2
exit 2
fi
exit "$RC"