openmoat 0.15.0

Policy checks for AI coding agents: decides allow, defer, review or deny for every tool call from Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, GitHub Copilot CLI, pi and Gemini CLI, configures Claude Code's, Codex's and Cursor's own OS sandboxes from the same policy, and keeps a local audit log.
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//! End-to-end tests of `moat init`, `moat guard`, `moat show` and `moat status`
//! inside an isolated HOME.

use serde_json::Value;

use crate::common::{Sandbox, fixture, hook_output as decision, stderr, stdout};

mod tools;

/// The parsed `~/.claude/settings.json`.
fn settings(sb: &Sandbox) -> Value {
    let text = std::fs::read_to_string(sb.home.join(".claude/settings.json")).unwrap();
    serde_json::from_str(&text).unwrap()
}

#[test]
fn init_creates_state_and_installs_claude_code_hook() {
    let sb = Sandbox::bare(&[".claude"]);
    let out = sb.moat(&["init", "--yes"]);
    assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(0), "{}", stderr(&out));
    assert!(stdout(&out).contains("installed: PreToolUse, ConfigChange, SessionStart →"));
    assert!(sb.home.join(".moat/policy.yaml").is_file());
    assert!(sb.home.join(".moat/audit.db").is_file());

    let hooks = &settings(&sb)["hooks"]["PreToolUse"];
    assert_eq!(hooks.as_array().unwrap().len(), 1);
    assert_eq!(
        hooks[0]["hooks"][0]["args"],
        serde_json::json!(["guard", "--host", "claude-code"])
    );
    assert_eq!(hooks[0]["hooks"][0]["onFailure"], "block");
    assert!(
        settings(&sb)["hooks"]["ConfigChange"][0]["hooks"][0]
            .get("onFailure")
            .is_none()
    );
    let command = hooks[0]["hooks"][0]["command"].as_str().unwrap();
    assert!(
        command.ends_with("moat") || command.ends_with("moat.exe"),
        "{command}"
    );

    let again = sb.moat(&["init", "--yes"]);
    assert_eq!(again.status.code(), Some(0));
    assert!(stdout(&again).contains("unchanged"));
    assert!(stdout(&again).contains("(kept)"));
    assert_eq!(
        settings(&sb)["hooks"]["PreToolUse"]
            .as_array()
            .unwrap()
            .len(),
        1
    );

    let status = sb.moat(&["status"]);
    assert_eq!(status.status.code(), Some(0), "{}", stdout(&status));
    assert!(stdout(&status).contains("✔ installed"));
}

#[test]
fn init_dry_run_touches_nothing() {
    let sb = Sandbox::bare(&[".claude"]);
    let out = sb.moat(&["init", "--dry-run"]);
    assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(0));
    assert!(stdout(&out).contains("would"));
    assert!(!sb.home.join(".moat").exists());
    assert!(!sb.home.join(".claude/settings.json").exists());
}

#[test]
fn guard_denies_secret_exfiltration_and_records_it() {
    let sb = Sandbox::bare(&[".claude"]);
    sb.moat(&["init", "--yes"]);

    let out = sb.guard("claude-code", &fixture("claude-code/bash.json"));
    assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(2));
    let d = decision(&out);
    assert_eq!(d["hookEventName"], "PreToolUse");
    assert_eq!(d["permissionDecision"], "deny");
    assert!(
        d["permissionDecisionReason"]
            .as_str()
            .unwrap()
            .contains("secrets-paths")
    );
    assert!(stderr(&out).contains("openmoat show "));

    let shown = sb.moat(&["show", "--recent", "1"]);
    assert_eq!(shown.status.code(), Some(0), "{}", stderr(&shown));
    let text = stdout(&shown);
    assert!(text.starts_with("id     time (UTC) host"), "{text}");
    assert!(text.contains("deny"));
    assert!(text.contains("curl -d @~/.ssh/id_rsa"));

    let id = stderr(&out)
        .lines()
        .find_map(|l| l.strip_prefix("moat: trace "))
        .and_then(|rest| rest.split_whitespace().next())
        .expect("trace id")
        .to_owned();
    let detail = sb.moat(&["show", &id]);
    assert_eq!(detail.status.code(), Some(0));
    assert!(stdout(&detail).contains("session 7c1e4b2a"));
    assert!(stdout(&detail).contains("secrets-paths"));

    let json = sb.moat(&["show", &id, "--format", "json"]);
    let events: Value = serde_json::from_slice(&json.stdout).unwrap();
    assert_eq!(events[0]["verdict"], "deny");
    assert_eq!(events[0]["tool"], "Bash");
    assert_eq!(events[0]["id"], id.as_str());
}

#[test]
fn guard_allows_ordinary_work_and_defers_installs() {
    let sb = Sandbox::bare(&[".claude"]);
    sb.moat(&["init", "--yes"]);
    let project = sb.home.join("proj");
    std::fs::create_dir_all(project.join(".git")).unwrap();
    let cwd = project.to_string_lossy();

    let payload = |command: &str| {
        serde_json::json!({
            "session_id": "s-allow", "cwd": cwd, "hook_event_name": "PreToolUse",
            "tool_name": "Bash", "tool_input": {"command": command}, "tool_use_id": "t1"
        })
        .to_string()
    };

    for (command, verdict, rule) in [
        ("git status --short", "allow", "dev-shell"),
        // ADR-025: no rule matches an install; the agent's own prompt decides
        ("npm install left-pad-pro", "defer", ""),
    ] {
        let out = sb.guard("claude-code", &payload(command));
        assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(0), "{command}: {}", stderr(&out));
        let d = decision(&out);
        assert_eq!(d["permissionDecision"], verdict, "{command}");
        assert!(
            d["permissionDecisionReason"].to_string().contains(rule),
            "{command}: {d}"
        );
    }

    let edit = serde_json::json!({
        "session_id": "s-allow", "cwd": cwd, "tool_name": "Write",
        "tool_input": {"file_path": project.join("src/main.rs").to_string_lossy(), "content": "fn main(){}"}
    });
    let out = sb.guard("claude-code", &edit.to_string());
    let d = decision(&out);
    assert_eq!(d["permissionDecision"], "allow", "{}", stderr(&out));
    assert!(
        d["permissionDecisionReason"]
            .to_string()
            .contains("project-fs"),
        "{d}"
    );

    let since = sb.moat(&["show", "--since", "1h"]);
    assert_eq!(since.status.code(), Some(0), "{}", stderr(&since));
    assert_eq!(
        stdout(&since).lines().count(),
        4,
        "header + three events:\n{}",
        stdout(&since)
    );
    let bad = sb.moat(&["show", "--since", "soon"]);
    assert_eq!(bad.status.code(), Some(64));
    assert!(stderr(&bad).contains("time window"));

    let session = sb.moat(&["show", "--session", "s-allow"]);
    assert_eq!(
        stdout(&session).lines().count(),
        4,
        "header + three events:\n{}",
        stdout(&session)
    );
}

/// An ungoverned tool is left to Claude Code (no output, exit 0), never
/// approved past its own prompt, and recorded.
#[test]
fn guard_leaves_ungoverned_tools_to_the_host() {
    let sb = Sandbox::bare(&[".claude"]);
    sb.moat(&["init", "--yes"]);
    let out = sb.guard("claude-code", &fixture("claude-code/ungoverned.json"));
    assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(0));
    assert!(out.stdout.is_empty(), "{}", stderr(&out));
    let shown = sb.moat(&["show", "--recent", "1"]);
    assert!(
        stdout(&shown).contains("(ungoverned)"),
        "{}",
        stdout(&shown)
    );
}

#[test]
fn claude_code_command_tools_are_hooked_and_governed() {
    let sb = Sandbox::bare(&[".claude"]);
    sb.moat(&["init", "--yes"]);
    let matcher = settings(&sb)["hooks"]["PreToolUse"][0]["matcher"]
        .as_str()
        .unwrap()
        .to_owned();
    for tool in ["Bash", "Monitor", "PowerShell", "LSP", "SendFile"] {
        assert!(matcher.split('|').any(|m| m == tool), "{tool} in {matcher}");
    }

    for name in ["monitor", "sendfile"] {
        let out = sb.guard("claude-code", &fixture(&format!("claude-code/{name}.json")));
        assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(2), "{name}");
        let d = decision(&out);
        assert_eq!(d["permissionDecision"], "deny", "{name}");
        let reason = d["permissionDecisionReason"].as_str().unwrap();
        assert!(reason.contains("secrets-paths"), "{name}: {reason}");
    }

    let ps = sb.guard("claude-code", &fixture("claude-code/powershell.json"));
    assert_eq!(ps.status.code(), Some(0));
    let d = decision(&ps);
    assert_eq!(d["permissionDecision"], "defer");
    let shown = stdout(&sb.moat(&["show", "--recent", "1"]));
    assert!(shown.contains("unparseable"), "{shown}");
    assert!(shown.contains("PowerShell"), "{shown}");
}

#[test]
fn guard_fails_closed() {
    let sb = Sandbox::bare(&[".claude"]);

    let out = sb.guard("claude-code", &fixture("claude-code/read.json"));
    assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(2), "no policy installed must deny");
    assert_eq!(decision(&out)["permissionDecision"], "deny");
    assert!(
        decision(&out)["permissionDecisionReason"]
            .as_str()
            .unwrap()
            .contains("openmoat init")
    );

    sb.moat(&["init", "--yes"]);
    for payload in ["", "not json", r#"{"tool_name":"Bash","tool_input":{}}"#] {
        let out = sb.guard("claude-code", payload);
        assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(2), "payload {payload:?} must deny");
        assert_eq!(decision(&out)["permissionDecision"], "deny");
        assert_eq!(
            decision(&out)["permissionDecisionReason"]
                .as_str()
                .map(|r| r.contains("kernel-error")),
            Some(true)
        );
    }
}

/// Invariant 4: a panic while deciding is a deny with exit 2 in the format of
/// the payload's event, never exit 101, which hosts take as a failed hook and
/// run the call. Debug builds panic where `MOAT_TEST_PANIC_AT` says.
#[test]
fn a_panic_while_deciding_denies() {
    let sb = Sandbox::bare(&[".claude"]);
    let panicking = |payload: &str| {
        let mut cmd = sb.command();
        cmd.args(["guard", "--host", "claude-code"])
            .env("MOAT_TEST_PANIC_AT", "evaluate");
        let out = crate::common::output(&mut cmd, Some(payload));
        assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(2), "{}", stderr(&out));
        assert!(
            stderr(&out).contains("MOAT_TEST_PANIC_AT=evaluate"),
            "{}",
            stderr(&out)
        );
        out
    };
    for tool in ["read.json", "bash.json"] {
        let out = panicking(&fixture(&format!("claude-code/{tool}")));
        let answer = decision(&out);
        assert_eq!(answer["permissionDecision"], "deny", "{answer}");
        let reason = answer["permissionDecisionReason"].as_str().unwrap();
        assert!(reason.contains("kernel-error"), "{reason}");
        assert!(reason.contains("internal error while deciding"), "{reason}");
    }
    // A settings change is blocked in its own event's format, not a tool call's.
    let out = panicking(&fixture("claude-code/config-change.json"));
    let answer: Value = serde_json::from_str(stdout(&out).trim()).unwrap();
    assert_eq!(answer["decision"], "block", "{answer}");
    assert!(
        answer["reason"].as_str().unwrap().contains("kernel-error"),
        "{answer}"
    );
}

/// Hosts block a call only on exit 2, so a hook command line `guard` cannot
/// parse (an unknown host, a missing or misspelt flag after an upgrade) must
/// deny rather than fail open with the usage code (ADR-015).
#[test]
fn unparseable_guard_arguments_deny() {
    let sb = Sandbox::bare(&[".claude"]);
    sb.moat(&["init", "--yes"]);
    for args in [
        &["guard", "--host", "windsurf"][..],
        &["guard"],
        &["guard", "--hots", "claude-code"],
        &["guard", "--host", "claude-code", "extra"],
    ] {
        let out = sb.moat_stdin(args, "{}");
        assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(2), "{args:?}: {}", stderr(&out));
        assert!(!stderr(&out).is_empty(), "{args:?} must say why");
    }
    let help = sb.moat(&["guard", "--help"]);
    assert_eq!(help.status.code(), Some(0), "help is not a failure");
    let other = sb.moat(&["show", "--since", "soon"]);
    assert_eq!(
        other.status.code(),
        Some(64),
        "other commands keep the usage code"
    );
}

#[test]
fn malformed_payloads_name_their_cause_once() {
    let sb = Sandbox::installed(&[".claude"]);
    for (payload, problem, cause) in [
        ("nope", "payload is not valid JSON", "expected ident"),
        (
            "[1]",
            "payload is JSON but does not fit the hook schema",
            "invalid type",
        ),
    ] {
        let out = sb.guard("claude-code", payload);
        assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(2), "payload {payload:?} must deny");
        let reason = decision(&out)["permissionDecisionReason"].to_string();
        assert!(reason.contains(problem), "{reason}");
        assert_eq!(reason.matches(cause).count(), 1, "{reason}");
    }
}

#[test]
fn deleted_audit_log_denies_instead_of_recreating_it() {
    let sb = Sandbox::bare(&[".claude"]);
    sb.moat(&["init", "--yes"]);
    let audit = sb.home.join(".moat/audit.db");
    let before = sb.guard("claude-code", &fixture("claude-code/bash.json"));
    assert!(
        !stderr(&before).contains("audit log unavailable"),
        "{}",
        stderr(&before)
    );

    std::fs::remove_file(&audit).unwrap();
    let out = sb.guard("claude-code", &fixture("claude-code/bash.json"));
    assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(2));
    assert_eq!(decision(&out)["permissionDecision"], "deny");
    let reason = decision(&out)["permissionDecisionReason"].to_string();
    assert!(reason.contains("kernel-error"), "{reason}");
    assert!(reason.contains("audit log unavailable"), "{reason}");
    assert!(!audit.exists(), "guard must not quietly create a fresh log");
}

#[cfg(unix)]
#[test]
fn unwritable_audit_log_denies() {
    use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt as _;
    let sb = Sandbox::bare(&[".claude"]);
    sb.moat(&["init", "--yes"]);
    let audit = sb.home.join(".moat/audit.db");
    std::fs::set_permissions(&audit, std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o000)).unwrap();

    let out = sb.guard("claude-code", &fixture("claude-code/bash.json"));
    std::fs::set_permissions(&audit, std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o600)).unwrap();
    assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(2));
    assert_eq!(decision(&out)["permissionDecision"], "deny");
    assert!(
        stderr(&out).contains("audit log unavailable"),
        "{}",
        stderr(&out)
    );
}

/// Symlinks are only created on Unix here; Windows needs a privilege for them.
#[cfg(unix)]
#[test]
fn reads_and_writes_through_symlinks_are_checked_at_the_target() {
    let sb = Sandbox::bare(&[".claude"]);
    sb.moat(&["init", "--yes"]);
    let project = sb.home.join("proj");
    std::fs::create_dir_all(project.join(".git")).unwrap();
    std::fs::create_dir_all(sb.home.join(".ssh")).unwrap();
    std::fs::write(sb.home.join(".ssh/id_rsa"), "key").unwrap();
    std::os::unix::fs::symlink(sb.home.join(".ssh"), project.join("s")).unwrap();
    let cwd = project.to_string_lossy();
    let bash = |command: &str| {
        serde_json::json!({
            "session_id": "s-link", "cwd": cwd, "hook_event_name": "PreToolUse",
            "tool_name": "Bash", "tool_input": {"command": command}, "tool_use_id": "t1"
        })
        .to_string()
    };

    for command in ["cat ./s/id_rsa", "echo k >> s/authorized_keys"] {
        let out = sb.guard("claude-code", &bash(command));
        assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(2), "{command}: {}", stderr(&out));
        let reason = decision(&out)["permissionDecisionReason"].to_string();
        assert!(reason.contains("secrets-paths"), "{command}: {reason}");
        assert!(reason.contains(".ssh/"), "{command}: {reason}");
    }
    let read = serde_json::json!({
        "session_id": "s-link", "cwd": cwd, "tool_name": "Read",
        "tool_input": {"file_path": project.join("s/id_rsa").to_string_lossy()}
    });
    let out = sb.guard("claude-code", &read.to_string());
    assert_eq!(decision(&out)["permissionDecision"], "deny");

    let out = sb.guard("claude-code", &bash("cat ./src/main.rs"));
    assert_eq!(
        decision(&out)["permissionDecision"],
        "allow",
        "{}",
        stderr(&out)
    );
}

/// Windows payloads carry drive-letter paths; they must reach the policy in the
/// same canonical form as `${project}` and `~` (no `\\?\` verbatim prefix).
#[cfg(windows)]
#[test]
fn windows_drive_letter_payloads_are_canonical() {
    let sb = Sandbox::bare(&[".claude"]);
    sb.moat(&["init", "--yes"]);
    let project = sb.home.join("proj");
    std::fs::create_dir_all(project.join(".git")).unwrap();
    let slash = |p: &std::path::Path| p.to_string_lossy().replace('\\', "/");
    let cwd = slash(&project);
    let tool = |name: &str, input: serde_json::Value| {
        serde_json::json!({
            "session_id": "s-win", "cwd": cwd, "hook_event_name": "PreToolUse",
            "tool_name": name, "tool_input": input, "tool_use_id": "t1"
        })
        .to_string()
    };

    let write = tool(
        "Write",
        serde_json::json!({"file_path": format!("{cwd}/src/main.rs"), "content": "x"}),
    );
    let out = sb.guard("claude-code", &write);
    assert_eq!(
        decision(&out)["permissionDecision"],
        "allow",
        "{}",
        stderr(&out)
    );

    let key = format!("{}/.ssh/id_rsa", slash(&sb.home));
    let out = sb.guard(
        "claude-code",
        &tool("Read", serde_json::json!({"file_path": key})),
    );
    assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(2), "{}", stderr(&out));
    let reason = decision(&out)["permissionDecisionReason"].to_string();
    assert!(reason.contains("secrets-paths"), "{reason}");
}

#[test]
fn codex_payloads_use_the_same_contract() {
    let sb = Sandbox::bare(&[".claude"]);
    std::fs::create_dir_all(sb.home.join(".codex")).unwrap();
    let out = sb.moat(&["init", "--yes"]);
    assert!(stdout(&out).contains("Codex"), "{}", stdout(&out));
    assert!(sb.home.join(".codex/hooks.json").is_file());

    let hooks = std::fs::read_to_string(sb.home.join(".codex/hooks.json")).unwrap();
    assert!(
        hooks.contains("Bash|apply_patch|read_mcp_resource|view_image|mcp__.*"),
        "{hooks}"
    );

    for (payload, rule) in [
        ("codex/pretooluse-shell.json", "env-poison"),
        ("codex/pretooluse-apply-patch.json", "shell-rc"),
        ("codex/pretooluse-patch-indented.json", "secrets-paths"),
        ("codex/pretooluse-mcp.json", "secrets-paths"),
    ] {
        let out = sb.guard("codex", &fixture(payload));
        assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(2), "{payload}: {}", stderr(&out));
        let reason = decision(&out)["permissionDecisionReason"].to_string();
        assert!(reason.contains(rule), "{payload}: {reason}");
    }
}

#[test]
fn status_reports_missing_installation() {
    let sb = Sandbox::bare(&[".claude"]);
    let out = sb.moat(&["status"]);
    assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(64));
    assert!(stdout(&out).contains("run `openmoat init`"));
    assert!(!stdout(&out).contains("os error"), "{}", stdout(&out));
}

/// A tool call larger than the payload limit is refused with a message that
/// says why and what to do, not as malformed JSON.
#[test]
fn a_tool_call_over_the_payload_limit_is_refused_with_its_own_message() {
    let sb = Sandbox::bare(&[".claude"]);
    sb.moat(&["init", "--yes"]);
    let payload = serde_json::json!({
        "session_id": "s",
        "cwd": sb.project().to_string_lossy(),
        "hook_event_name": "PreToolUse",
        "tool_name": "Write",
        "tool_input": {"file_path": "big.txt", "content": "a".repeat(1_300_000)},
        "tool_use_id": "t",
    })
    .to_string();
    let out = sb.guard("claude-code", &payload);
    assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(2), "{}", stderr(&out));
    let shown = format!("{}{}", stdout(&out), stderr(&out));
    assert!(shown.contains("larger than 1 MiB"), "{shown}");
}