fix(gbrain-sync): defensive guards against destructive gbrain ops (#1734)

The orchestrator shelled out to gbrain's destructive subcommands as if they were
safe. gbrain can rm-rf a user's working tree during an autopilot race (its own
bug, upstream gbrain #1526); gstack now defends itself. New lib/gbrain-guards.ts
gates the two destructive reach points, all checked immediately before the op:

- Autopilot refuse (multi-signal, affirmative-only): refuse a destructive op when
  a live 'gbrain autopilot' process (primary) or a known autopilot lock file
  (secondary; checked under both GBRAIN_HOME and ~/.gbrain since gbrain #1226
  ignores GBRAIN_HOME) is present. No signal → proceed; inability to introspect
  never bricks a normal sync.
- sources remove: routed through safeSourcesRemove → decideSourceRemove. Fail
  CLOSED — refuse to remove a user-managed source (remote_url set, local_path
  outside gbrain's clones) when gbrain has no --keep-storage to protect the files
  (it doesn't in 0.41.x). Also fail closed when the source list can't be read.
  Path containment uses realpath so a symlink can't smuggle a delete out of clones.
- sync --strategy code: decideCodeSync refuses URL-managed sources (remote_url
  set) unless --allow-reclone is passed, since the walk can auto-reclone (rm-rf).

Capability detection memoizes per process keyed to gbrain's identity (no stale
persistent cache); --keep-storage can't be probed (generic help) so it defaults
unsupported → fail closed. Every guard surfaces a visible reason; autopilot/reclone
refusals fail the code stage (verdict ERR) rather than silently skipping protection.

test/gbrain-guards.test.ts covers all branches hermetically (injected rows + probe
overrides): autopilot signals, fail-closed remove, keep-storage path, reclone gate,
realpath/symlink containment. Supersedes #1736 (which guarded a nonexistent path).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Garry Tan
2026-05-30 10:49:31 -07:00
parent 9e48669c61
commit 8933cf7c0e
3 changed files with 484 additions and 19 deletions
+78 -19
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@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import { createHash } from "crypto";
import "../lib/conductor-env-shim";
import { detectEngineTier, withErrorContext, canonicalizeRemote } from "../lib/gstack-memory-helpers";
import { ensureSourceRegistered, sourcePageCount, parseSourcesList } from "../lib/gbrain-sources";
import { detectAutopilot, decideSourceRemove, decideCodeSync } from "../lib/gbrain-guards";
import { localEngineStatus, type LocalEngineStatus } from "../lib/gbrain-local-status";
import { buildGbrainEnv, spawnGbrain, execGbrainJson, NEEDS_SHELL_ON_WINDOWS } from "../lib/gbrain-exec";
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ interface CliArgs {
noMemory: boolean;
noBrainSync: boolean;
codeOnly: boolean;
/** #1734: opt-in to sync a URL-managed source whose code walk may auto-reclone. */
allowReclone: boolean;
}
interface CodeStageDetail {
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ interface CodeStageDetail {
source_path?: string;
page_count?: number | null;
last_imported?: string;
status?: "ok" | "skipped" | "failed";
status?: "ok" | "skipped" | "failed" | "refused-autopilot" | "refused-reclone";
}
interface StageResult {
@@ -205,6 +208,8 @@ Options:
--no-memory Skip the gstack-memory-ingest stage (transcripts + artifacts).
--no-brain-sync Skip the gstack-brain-sync git pipeline stage.
--code-only Only run the code-import stage (alias for --no-memory --no-brain-sync).
--allow-reclone Permit the code walk for URL-managed sources (remote_url set)
even though gbrain may auto-reclone the working tree (#1734).
--help This text.
Stages run in order: code → memory ingest → curated git push.
@@ -220,6 +225,7 @@ function parseArgs(): CliArgs {
let noMemory = false;
let noBrainSync = false;
let codeOnly = false;
let allowReclone = false;
for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
const a = args[i];
@@ -231,6 +237,7 @@ function parseArgs(): CliArgs {
case "--no-code": noCode = true; break;
case "--no-memory": noMemory = true; break;
case "--no-brain-sync": noBrainSync = true; break;
case "--allow-reclone": allowReclone = true; break;
case "--code-only":
codeOnly = true;
noMemory = true;
@@ -247,7 +254,7 @@ function parseArgs(): CliArgs {
}
}
return { mode, quiet, noCode, noMemory, noBrainSync, codeOnly };
return { mode, quiet, noCode, noMemory, noBrainSync, codeOnly, allowReclone };
}
// ── Helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -466,20 +473,50 @@ export function planHostnameFoldMigration(
return { kind: "pending-cleanup", oldId: legacyPathHashId };
}
export interface GuardedRemoveResult {
removed: boolean;
/** True when a guard refused the remove (autopilot active or unsafe source). */
skipped: boolean;
reason: string;
}
/**
* #1734: run `gbrain sources remove <id> --confirm-destructive` only behind the
* data-loss guards. Checked immediately before the destructive op (E8: as late
* as possible) so the autopilot window is as small as we can make it without a
* gbrain-side lease. Refuses when autopilot is active or when the source is
* user-managed and gbrain can't keep its storage. Pure side-effect helper; the
* caller decides whether a skip is fatal (it never is today — removes are
* best-effort cleanup).
*/
export function safeSourcesRemove(sourceId: string, env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): GuardedRemoveResult {
const ap = detectAutopilot(env);
if (ap.active) {
return {
removed: false,
skipped: true,
reason: `autopilot active (${ap.signal}); refusing destructive remove of ${sourceId}. ` +
`Stop autopilot, then re-run /sync-gbrain.`,
};
}
const decision = decideSourceRemove(sourceId, env);
if (!decision.allow) {
return { removed: false, skipped: true, reason: decision.reason };
}
const r = spawnGbrain(
["sources", "remove", sourceId, "--confirm-destructive", ...decision.extraArgs],
{ baseEnv: env },
);
return { removed: r.status === 0, skipped: false, reason: decision.reason };
}
/**
* Remove an orphaned source. Called only after new-source sync verifies pages
* exist, so the old source is provably redundant before deletion.
*
* Flag note: existing call sites used `--confirm-destructive` here and
* `--yes` in `lib/gbrain-sources.ts` — gbrain 0.35.0.0 accepts neither
* deterministically (the subcommand surface help is generic). We pass
* `--confirm-destructive` to match the existing call site convention; the
* flag-helper centralization in commit 4 (lib/gbrain-exec.ts) will resolve
* the inconsistency across the codebase.
* exist, so the old source is provably redundant before deletion. Routed through
* safeSourcesRemove for the #1734 guards.
*/
export function removeOrphanedSource(oldId: string, env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): boolean {
const r = spawnGbrain(["sources", "remove", oldId, "--confirm-destructive"], { baseEnv: env });
return r.status === 0;
return safeSourcesRemove(oldId, env).removed;
}
/**
@@ -658,13 +695,12 @@ async function runCodeImport(args: CliArgs): Promise<StageResult> {
const legacyId = deriveLegacyCodeSourceId(root);
let legacyRemoved = false;
if (legacyId !== sourceId) {
const rm = spawnGbrain(["sources", "remove", legacyId, "--confirm-destructive"], {
timeout: 30_000,
baseEnv: gbrainEnv,
});
// Treat absent-source as success (clean state). gbrain emits "not found" on
// missing id; treat any non-zero exit without "not found" as a soft fail.
if (rm.status === 0) legacyRemoved = true;
// #1734: route through the data-loss guards (autopilot + source-safety).
const rm = safeSourcesRemove(legacyId, gbrainEnv);
if (rm.skipped && !args.quiet) {
console.error(`[sync:code] legacy-source cleanup skipped: ${rm.reason}`);
}
if (rm.removed) legacyRemoved = true;
}
// Step 0b: Hostname-fold migration (#1414).
@@ -717,6 +753,29 @@ async function runCodeImport(args: CliArgs): Promise<StageResult> {
process.env.GSTACK_SYNC_CODE_TIMEOUT_MS,
"GSTACK_SYNC_CODE_TIMEOUT_MS",
);
// #1734 guards, checked immediately before the destructive walk (E8):
// - autopilot active → refuse (the race that wiped a working tree).
// - URL-managed source → the walk can auto-reclone (rm-rf); require
// --allow-reclone. Both surface a visible reason and fail the stage so the
// verdict shows ERR rather than silently skipping protection.
const apBeforeWalk = detectAutopilot(gbrainEnv);
if (apBeforeWalk.active) {
return {
name: "code", ran: true, ok: false, duration_ms: Date.now() - t0,
summary: `refused: gbrain autopilot active (${apBeforeWalk.signal}). Stop autopilot, then re-run /sync-gbrain.`,
detail: { source_id: sourceId, source_path: root, status: "refused-autopilot" },
};
}
const reclone = decideCodeSync(sourceId, gbrainEnv, args.allowReclone);
if (!reclone.allow) {
return {
name: "code", ran: true, ok: false, duration_ms: Date.now() - t0,
summary: `refused: ${reclone.reason}`,
detail: { source_id: sourceId, source_path: root, status: "refused-reclone" },
};
}
const walkResult = spawnGbrain(["sync", "--strategy", "code", "--source", sourceId], {
stdio: args.quiet ? ["ignore", "ignore", "ignore"] : ["ignore", "inherit", "inherit"],
timeout: codeTimeoutMs,