memstead_engine/error.rs
1//! Full-flavor engine error envelope.
2//!
3//! Mirrors the wrap-not-embed pattern: full errors **wrap** lean
4//! errors via `From<memstead_base::EngineError>`, so full code paths can
5//! transparently propagate a lean failure without re-wrapping at each
6//! call site. The full MCP render layer reads the wrapped chain to
7//! produce the typed `code`; the lean render layer only ever sees
8//! lean errors.
9//!
10//! The four lifecycle-only variants live here rather than on
11//! `memstead_base::EngineError`: they are produced by this crate's
12//! mem-management orchestrator (`create_mem` / `delete_mem`),
13//! which returns `Result<_, FullEngineError>`, so the lean crate
14//! carries no full-specific lifecycle types.
15
16use std::path::PathBuf;
17
18use memstead_base::EngineError;
19
20/// Errors surfaced by the full engine extension.
21///
22/// `Lean(EngineError)` wraps any failure that originates in the
23/// underlying lean engine — full orchestrators that delegate to
24/// `memstead_base::Engine` propagate lean errors verbatim through this
25/// variant (`#[from]`), so the wire-rendering layer at the full MCP
26/// surface can recover the lean `code()` for any wrapped variant.
27///
28/// The remaining variants are **lifecycle-only**: they fire from the
29/// full mem management orchestrator (`create_mem` / `delete_mem`)
30/// and have no lean-side fire conditions. They live in this crate
31/// alongside their orchestrator.
32#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
33pub enum FullEngineError {
34 /// Wrapped lean-engine error. Use this variant whenever a full
35 /// code path delegates to `memstead_base::Engine` and a lean-side
36 /// failure should surface unchanged.
37 #[error(transparent)]
38 Lean(#[from] EngineError),
39
40 /// `create_mem` / `delete_mem` rejected because the mem
41 /// path is not covered by an allowlist rule. `reason` is one of
42 /// `no_allowlist_configured` / `no_match` / `outside_workspace`.
43 /// `policy_table` names the refusing allowlist —
44 /// `"mem_management.create"` or `"mem_management.delete"` —
45 /// so an agent recovering from the envelope knows which TOML
46 /// table to edit without threading subcommand context through
47 /// error handling. The two discriminators are orthogonal: `reason`
48 /// names *why* the gate refused; `policy_table` names *which*
49 /// gate refused.
50 #[error("mem path not allowed by [[{policy_table}]]: {candidate} ({reason})")]
51 MemPathNotAllowed {
52 attempted: PathBuf,
53 candidate: String,
54 patterns: Vec<String>,
55 reason: &'static str,
56 policy_table: &'static str,
57 },
58
59 /// `create_mem` rejected before the allowlist check because the
60 /// supplied `name` is structurally malformed — empty, whitespace,
61 /// invalid characters, or carries the reserved `__` prefix.
62 /// `reason` discriminates the four shapes so an agent who typed
63 /// the wrong thing gets a recoverable signal instead of an
64 /// allowlist refusal. Split out of the `MemPathNotAllowed
65 /// (no_match)` catch-all so the structural failure modes are
66 /// visible.
67 #[error("mem name `{name}` is invalid ({reason})")]
68 InvalidMemName { name: String, reason: &'static str },
69
70 /// `delete_mem` rejected because the workspace
71 /// `[cross_mem_links]` policy grants one or more other mems
72 /// permission to write into this one. `referring_mems` lists the
73 /// granting mems sorted alphabetically so the agent can walk
74 /// the policy table. The condition is a *policy grant*, not a
75 /// materialised graph edge — revoking the grant in
76 /// `.memstead/workspace.toml` is the recovery path.
77 #[error(
78 "mem {name} cannot be deleted: workspace `[cross_mem_links]` policy grants {referring_mems:?} write-into permission — revoke that grant and retry"
79 )]
80 MemReferencedByPolicy {
81 name: String,
82 referring_mems: Vec<String>,
83 },
84
85 /// `create_mem` rejected because the matched create-rule does
86 /// not allow the requested schema. `allowed_schemas` is the
87 /// canonicalised allow-list (each entry `name@version`).
88 #[error(
89 "schema {requested_schema} not allowed by create-rule {matched_pattern:?} for candidate {candidate:?}"
90 )]
91 MemSchemaNotAllowed {
92 candidate: String,
93 matched_pattern: String,
94 requested_schema: String,
95 allowed_schemas: Vec<String>,
96 },
97
98 /// `create_mem` rejected because the target `.memstead/config.json`
99 /// already exists at the requested location — the engine never
100 /// silently overwrites a prior attempt.
101 #[error("config already exists at {path}")]
102 ConfigAlreadyExists { path: PathBuf },
103
104 /// `create_mem` detected on-disk storage residue for the
105 /// requested branch path that is not reflected in the in-memory
106 /// mem router — typically left over by a crash or a
107 /// partially-failed delete. The caller must select an
108 /// explicit recovery action via [`MemCreateParams::recovery`]
109 /// (`Reattach`, `ForceOverwrite`, or `HardCleanupFirst`) and
110 /// retry; the special case of `unregistered_at`-tombstoned
111 /// residue (deliberate operator state from `memstead mem
112 /// unregister`) defaults to `Reattach` without this refusal. The
113 /// payload carries the composed branch ref, the config-blob path,
114 /// and the entity count of the residual data so the caller can
115 /// decide between adopting and discarding.
116 #[error(
117 "mem storage residue detected at branch `{branch_ref}`: \
118 {entity_count} entities preserved from a prior session — \
119 re-run with `recovery: reattach` to adopt, `recovery: \
120 force_overwrite` to destroy, or `recovery: \
121 hard_cleanup_first` to refuse until `memstead mem delete` is run"
122 )]
123 MemStorageResidueDetected {
124 /// Composed branch reference (`refs/heads/<branch_leaf>`)
125 /// that carries the residue.
126 branch_ref: String,
127 /// Tree path of the `__MEMSTEAD:mems/<branch_leaf>/config.json`
128 /// blob (or `None` when the branch exists but the config blob
129 /// has already been pruned).
130 config_blob: Option<String>,
131 /// Best-effort entity count on the residual branch. Reads
132 /// the branch's tip tree and counts `.md` entries; `0` when
133 /// the count is unavailable.
134 entity_count: usize,
135 },
136}
137
138/// Recovery shape for `create_mem` against pre-existing storage
139/// residue. A single enum field with three variants structurally
140/// enforces mutual exclusion on the wire (a three-boolean shape would
141/// need a runtime-validation step instead).
142#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
143pub enum RecoveryAction {
144 /// Adopt the residual entities and register the existing branch
145 /// as a fresh writable mount. The seed-commit step is skipped —
146 /// the prior session's history is preserved unchanged. Emits a
147 /// `MemReattachedAfterUnregister` warning when the residue
148 /// carries an `unregistered_at` tombstone (audit signal).
149 Reattach,
150 /// Destroy the residual branch + `__MEMSTEAD` config blob (and any
151 /// tombstone) in one ref-edit transaction, then proceed with
152 /// the normal create path. The prior entities are gone.
153 ForceOverwrite,
154 /// Refuse with a typed code instructing the caller to run
155 /// `memstead mem delete <name>` first. Hard barrier against
156 /// destructive auto-recovery even with an explicit recovery
157 /// flag — for operators who want the residue cleanup to be a
158 /// separate, named operation.
159 HardCleanupFirst,
160}
161
162impl RecoveryAction {
163 /// Wire-token rendering (`reattach` / `force_overwrite` /
164 /// `hard_cleanup_first`). Stable across the surface — used by
165 /// the MCP serde tag, the CLI flag bridge, and error-envelope
166 /// rendering.
167 pub fn as_wire_str(&self) -> &'static str {
168 match self {
169 RecoveryAction::Reattach => "reattach",
170 RecoveryAction::ForceOverwrite => "force_overwrite",
171 RecoveryAction::HardCleanupFirst => "hard_cleanup_first",
172 }
173 }
174}
175
176impl FullEngineError {
177 /// Render rich, fully-inlined recovery prose for the agent-visible
178 /// text channel. Closes the asymmetry where structured `details.X`
179 /// fields stayed off the agent's text channel. Each lifecycle
180 /// variant with a structured list (`patterns`, `referring_mems`,
181 /// `allowed_schemas`) inlines the full payload; lean wraps
182 /// delegate to [`EngineError::prose_render`]; trivial variants
183 /// fall back to `Display`.
184 pub fn prose_render(&self) -> String {
185 match self {
186 FullEngineError::Lean(inner) => inner.prose_render(),
187 FullEngineError::MemPathNotAllowed {
188 attempted,
189 candidate,
190 patterns,
191 reason,
192 policy_table,
193 } => {
194 let patterns_inline = if patterns.is_empty() {
195 "(no rules configured)".to_string()
196 } else {
197 patterns
198 .iter()
199 .map(|p| format!("'{p}'"))
200 .collect::<Vec<_>>()
201 .join(", ")
202 };
203 format!(
204 "mem path not allowed by `[[{policy_table}]]`: candidate '{candidate}' (resolved location '{}') did not match any allowlist rule (reason: {reason}). Configured patterns: {patterns_inline}.",
205 attempted.display()
206 )
207 }
208 FullEngineError::MemSchemaNotAllowed {
209 candidate,
210 matched_pattern,
211 requested_schema,
212 allowed_schemas,
213 } => {
214 let allowed_inline = if allowed_schemas.is_empty() {
215 "(none)".to_string()
216 } else {
217 allowed_schemas.join(", ")
218 };
219 format!(
220 "schema '{requested_schema}' not allowed by create-rule '{matched_pattern}' for candidate '{candidate}' — allowed schemas: {allowed_inline}. Pick a schema from this list or add a new `[[mem_management.create]]` rule covering this candidate."
221 )
222 }
223 FullEngineError::MemReferencedByPolicy {
224 name,
225 referring_mems,
226 } => {
227 let inline = if referring_mems.is_empty() {
228 "(none)".to_string()
229 } else {
230 referring_mems.join(", ")
231 };
232 format!(
233 "mem {name} cannot be deleted: workspace `[cross_mem_links]` policy grants the following mems write-into permission: {inline}. Revoke each grant (`memstead_workspace_revoke_cross_link`) and retry."
234 )
235 }
236 // InvalidMemName, ConfigAlreadyExists, MemStorageResidueDetected:
237 // `Display` already inlines every field; fall back.
238 _ => self.to_string(),
239 }
240 }
241
242 /// Variant-specific recovery payload, rendered as a structured
243 /// JSON object that surfaces under `error.details` in MCP / CLI
244 /// envelopes. The CLI's mem commands used to discard the engine's
245 /// structured details because the lift code didn't have a single
246 /// source of truth —
247 /// this mirrors `EngineError::details()` so the lift can call
248 /// `err.details()` directly without hand-maintaining each per-
249 /// variant payload at the CLI surface.
250 ///
251 /// `Lean(inner)` delegates to `EngineError::details()`. Lifecycle
252 /// variants return the same JSON object shape `pro_engine_err_unified`
253 /// builds on the MCP wire — both surfaces share the payload here
254 /// so they cannot drift.
255 pub fn details(&self) -> serde_json::Value {
256 match self {
257 FullEngineError::Lean(inner) => inner.details(),
258 FullEngineError::MemPathNotAllowed {
259 attempted,
260 candidate,
261 patterns,
262 reason,
263 policy_table,
264 } => serde_json::json!({
265 "attempted": attempted.display().to_string(),
266 "candidate": candidate,
267 "patterns": patterns,
268 "reason": reason,
269 "policy_table": policy_table,
270 }),
271 FullEngineError::InvalidMemName { name, reason } => {
272 serde_json::json!({ "name": name, "reason": reason })
273 }
274 FullEngineError::MemReferencedByPolicy {
275 name,
276 referring_mems,
277 } => serde_json::json!({
278 "name": name,
279 "referring_mems": referring_mems,
280 }),
281 FullEngineError::MemSchemaNotAllowed {
282 candidate,
283 matched_pattern,
284 requested_schema,
285 allowed_schemas,
286 } => serde_json::json!({
287 "candidate": candidate,
288 "matched_pattern": matched_pattern,
289 "requested_schema": requested_schema,
290 "allowed_schemas": allowed_schemas,
291 }),
292 FullEngineError::ConfigAlreadyExists { path } => serde_json::json!({
293 "path": path.display().to_string(),
294 "reason": "config_already_exists",
295 }),
296 FullEngineError::MemStorageResidueDetected {
297 branch_ref,
298 config_blob,
299 entity_count,
300 } => serde_json::json!({
301 "branch_ref": branch_ref,
302 "config_blob": config_blob,
303 "entity_count": entity_count,
304 "recovery": ["reattach", "force_overwrite", "hard_cleanup_first"],
305 }),
306 }
307 }
308
309 /// Stable, surface-independent error code token.
310 ///
311 /// Matches `memstead_base::EngineError::code()` for every variant —
312 /// wrapped lean errors delegate to the lean mapping, lifecycle
313 /// variants return the exact strings the lean enum returned for
314 /// them today. This is load-bearing: the wire-shape pins in
315 /// `memstead-mcp/tests/wire_shape.rs` assert these exact code strings.
316 pub fn code(&self) -> &'static str {
317 match self {
318 FullEngineError::Lean(e) => e.code(),
319 FullEngineError::MemPathNotAllowed { .. } => "MEM_PATH_NOT_ALLOWED",
320 FullEngineError::InvalidMemName { .. } => "INVALID_MEM_NAME",
321 FullEngineError::MemReferencedByPolicy { .. } => "MEM_REFERENCED_BY_POLICY",
322 FullEngineError::MemSchemaNotAllowed { .. } => "MEM_SCHEMA_NOT_ALLOWED",
323 FullEngineError::ConfigAlreadyExists { .. } => "CONFIG_ERROR",
324 FullEngineError::MemStorageResidueDetected { .. } => "MEM_STORAGE_RESIDUE_DETECTED",
325 }
326 }
327}
328
329#[cfg(test)]
330mod tests {
331 use super::*;
332
333 /// Code strings track the wire vocabulary the full MCP surface
334 /// publishes. `MEM_REFERENCED_BY_POLICY` was renamed from the
335 /// pre-04 `MEM_HAS_REFERENCES` so the typed code matches the
336 /// actual fire condition (a workspace `[cross_mem_links]` grant,
337 /// not a materialised graph edge); the other three lifecycle
338 /// codes are unchanged from when these variants lived on
339 /// `memstead_base::EngineError`.
340 #[test]
341 fn lifecycle_codes_pin_wire_vocabulary() {
342 let e = FullEngineError::MemPathNotAllowed {
343 attempted: PathBuf::from("/x"),
344 candidate: "x".into(),
345 patterns: vec![],
346 reason: "no_match",
347 policy_table: "mem_management.create",
348 };
349 assert_eq!(e.code(), "MEM_PATH_NOT_ALLOWED");
350
351 let e = FullEngineError::MemReferencedByPolicy {
352 name: "x".into(),
353 referring_mems: vec![],
354 };
355 assert_eq!(e.code(), "MEM_REFERENCED_BY_POLICY");
356
357 let e = FullEngineError::MemSchemaNotAllowed {
358 candidate: "x".into(),
359 matched_pattern: "p".into(),
360 requested_schema: "s".into(),
361 allowed_schemas: vec![],
362 };
363 assert_eq!(e.code(), "MEM_SCHEMA_NOT_ALLOWED");
364
365 let e = FullEngineError::ConfigAlreadyExists {
366 path: PathBuf::from("/x"),
367 };
368 assert_eq!(e.code(), "CONFIG_ERROR");
369 }
370
371 /// Wrapped lean errors delegate `code()` to the lean mapping.
372 /// Any drift in the lean enum's code strings rolls through this
373 /// path automatically — the full layer never re-stringifies.
374 #[test]
375 fn wrapped_lean_error_delegates_code() {
376 let e: FullEngineError = EngineError::UnknownMem("specs".into()).into();
377 assert_eq!(e.code(), "UNKNOWN_MEM");
378 }
379
380 /// The `policy_table` field disambiguates which allowlist refused
381 /// without forcing an agent to thread subcommand context through
382 /// error handling. The structured `details` payload and the
383 /// `prose_render` text both surface the table name.
384 #[test]
385 fn mem_path_not_allowed_carries_policy_table_in_details_and_prose() {
386 let create_err = FullEngineError::MemPathNotAllowed {
387 attempted: PathBuf::from("/ws/scratch-2"),
388 candidate: "scratch-2".into(),
389 patterns: vec!["specs".into()],
390 reason: "no_match",
391 policy_table: "mem_management.create",
392 };
393 let details = create_err.details();
394 assert_eq!(details["policy_table"], "mem_management.create");
395 assert_eq!(details["reason"], "no_match");
396 let prose = create_err.prose_render();
397 assert!(
398 prose.contains("mem_management.create"),
399 "prose must name the refusing allowlist: {prose}"
400 );
401
402 // Delete-path symmetric — policy_table flips to the delete table.
403 let delete_err = FullEngineError::MemPathNotAllowed {
404 attempted: PathBuf::from("/ws/archive-src"),
405 candidate: "archive-src".into(),
406 patterns: vec!["specs".into()],
407 reason: "no_match",
408 policy_table: "mem_management.delete",
409 };
410 assert_eq!(
411 delete_err.details()["policy_table"],
412 "mem_management.delete"
413 );
414 let prose = delete_err.prose_render();
415 assert!(
416 prose.contains("mem_management.delete"),
417 "prose must name the refusing allowlist: {prose}"
418 );
419 }
420}