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JuanHuaXu · 2026-05-21T12:38:49Z

Fresh Evidence

Latest Kova head: 1c1c0d0 (codex/kova-scenarios-and-fixes).

Current-Head Exec Leak Measurement Proof

Reviewer P2 leak-measurement fix was run at Kova head 1c1c0d0 (Measure exec process leaks in tool scenarios). The helper now snapshots processes before and after the inner OpenClaw exec-tool turns, writes before/after/leak artifacts, diffs scoped exec/agent/gateway-tree/tool-runtime processes, and reports the measured leak count instead of a hard-coded zero. Gateway root restarts are excluded from the exec-child leak count so the gate tracks leaked tool children rather than service PID churn.

Validation:

node bin/kova.mjs self-check --json -> ok: true; synthetic leaked exec evidence now fails on execProcessLeaks.
node tests/render-snapshots.mjs -> 18 pass.
git diff --check -> pass.
exec-tool-safety real run kova-260522-172726-8691d6: execProcessLeaks: 0; leak artifact leakCount: 0; remaining failure is only OpenClaw tool-runtime peak RSS 760.4 MB > 500 MB.
tool-failure-containment real run kova-260522-172756-1d1ef1: execProcessLeaks: 0; leak artifact leakCount: 0; remaining failure is only OpenClaw tool-runtime peak RSS 757.9 MB > 500 MB.
Cleanup: ocm env list -> no environments.

Current-Head Exec Tool Evidence Proof

Reviewer P2 fix proof was run at Kova head 1546804 (Drive exec containment checks through OpenClaw). This fixes the false-evidence lane by using the OpenClaw exec tool schema's required command argument and by driving safe, blocked, oversized-output, and timeout cases through openclaw agent plus mock-provider tool-result evidence.

Commands:

KOVA_HOME=checkouts/p2-exec-real-proof2-kova-home \
  node bin/kova.mjs run \
    --target runtime:stable \
    --scenario exec-tool-safety \
    --state exec-tool-user \
    --execute \
    --report-dir checkouts/p2-exec-real-proof2/reports \
    --json

KOVA_HOME=checkouts/p2-exec-real-proof2-kova-home \
  node bin/kova.mjs run \
    --target runtime:stable \
    --scenario tool-failure-containment \
    --state exec-tool-user \
    --execute \
    --report-dir checkouts/p2-exec-real-proof2/reports \
    --json

Results:

exec-tool-safety: kova-260522-170514-192a6a, proof complete 10/10; exec evidence available; safeCommandSucceeded: true; dangerousCommandBlocked: true; dangerousPayloadExecuted: false; outputTruncated: true; timeoutMs: 3499; processLeaks: 0.
tool-failure-containment: kova-260522-170551-6419fb, proof complete 10/10; exec evidence available; dangerousCommandBlocked: true; dangerousPayloadExecuted: false; outputTruncated: true; timeoutMs: 3291; processLeaks: 0.

Both runs still report FAIL, but only for the existing OpenClaw resource threshold: tool-runtime RSS around 750 MB over the 500 MB threshold. The previous Kova evidence failures are gone.

Validation for the patch:

node bin/kova.mjs self-check --json -> ok: true (173 checks)
node tests/render-snapshots.mjs -> 18 pass
git diff --check -> pass
Cleanup: ocm env list -> no environments

Artifacts on runner:

checkouts/p2-exec-real-proof2/reports/kova-260522-170514-192a6a.json
checkouts/p2-exec-real-proof2/reports/kova-260522-170551-6419fb.json

Current-Head Tool-Failure Proof

Reviewer P2 fix proof was run at Kova head 2439672 (Fix failure-only exec mock provider flow).

Command:

KOVA_HOME=checkouts/p2-tool-failure-proof-kova-home \
  node bin/kova.mjs run \
    --target runtime:stable \
    --scenario tool-failure-containment \
    --state exec-tool-user \
    --execute \
    --report-dir checkouts/p2-tool-failure-proof/reports \
    --json

Result: kova-260522-164448-f2fbb2 completed with proof completeness 10/10 required obligations, cleanup destroyed the disposable env, and the fixed failure-only provider path was exercised:

Mock script: kova-exec-tool-failure-only
First provider step: kova-exec-tool-failure-only-dangerous-tool-call
Matched provider step: kova-exec-tool-failure-only-dangerous-tool-call
Provider emitted one exec tool call
dangerousCommandBlocked: true
dangerousPayloadExecuted: false
dangerousSentinelStillPresent: true
outputTruncated: true, timeoutObserved: true, processLeaks: 0

The scenario verdict is still FAIL, but for an OpenClaw resource threshold, not the Kova wiring bug: tool-runtime peak RSS 741.9 MB exceeded threshold 500 MB. This is expected to remain a product/resource signal for maintainers.

Artifacts on runner:

Markdown: checkouts/p2-tool-failure-proof/reports/kova-260522-164448-f2fbb2.md
JSON: checkouts/p2-tool-failure-proof/reports/kova-260522-164448-f2fbb2.json
Tool artifact: checkouts/p2-tool-failure-proof-kova-home/artifacts/kova-260522-164448-f2fbb2/kova-tool-failure-containmen-81131346-kova-260522-164448-f2fbb2/tool-failure-containment.json

Requested OpenClaw target: v2026.5.21-beta.1. The Git tag exists and resolves to 89a17def chore(release): prepare 2026.5.21-beta.1, but [email protected] is not currently published in npm/OCM release discovery. A direct npm:2026.5.21-beta.1 exhaustive run therefore blocked at provisioning with OpenClaw release version "2026.5.21-beta.1" was not found.

Fresh release-shaped tag evidence was run from a disposable openclaw/openclaw.git checkout at that tag using local-build:checkouts/openclaw-v2026.5.21-beta.1. After pnpm install --frozen-lockfile, direct pnpm pack succeeded and produced openclaw-2026.5.21-beta.1.tgz.

Matrix command:

KOVA_HOME=checkouts/kova-pr2-evidence-v2026-5-21-beta-1-local-build-rerun \
  node bin/kova.mjs matrix run \
    --profile exhaustive \
    --target local-build:checkouts/openclaw-v2026.5.21-beta.1 \
    --source-env kova-pr2-source-v2026-5-21-beta-1 \
    --execute \
    --allow-exhaustive \
    --json \
    --report-dir checkouts/kova-pr2-evidence-v2026-5-21-beta-1-local-build-rerun/reports

Result: kova-260522-145534-037d84 -> 77 total · 32 PASS · 45 FAIL · 0 BLOCKED.

Evidence artifacts on runner:

Markdown: checkouts/kova-pr2-evidence-v2026-5-21-beta-1-local-build-rerun/reports/kova-260522-145534-037d84-exhaustive.md
JSON: checkouts/kova-pr2-evidence-v2026-5-21-beta-1-local-build-rerun/reports/kova-260522-145534-037d84-exhaustive.json
Bundle: checkouts/kova-pr2-evidence-v2026-5-21-beta-1-local-build-rerun/reports/kova-260522-145534-037d84-bundle.tar.gz
Bundle SHA256: 743ee926c809921c0b6aea0170c1731e8576749ab88ee8126cafebfb210c73ae

Notable PASS coverage: release-runtime-startup, channel-discord-capability-conformance, upgrade-existing-user both source states, bundled-runtime-deps both states, plugin-lifecycle all states, official/bad/missing/unsafe plugin lanes, provider-models, agent-cold-warm-message, dashboard-readiness, tui-responsiveness, mcp-runtime-start-stop, agent-network-offline, failure-injection, and cross-platform-smoke.

Top remaining failures are product/resource signals in OpenClaw/tag behavior rather than Kova unsupported-mode blockers: gateway RSS around the 700 MB threshold across agent/provider/HTTP/TUI surfaces, rolling-upgrade package/runtime RSS/CPU, dirty-plugin doctor-cli RSS, tool-runtime RSS for exec/tool containment, soak/workspace latency, and a few functional/liveness failures (channel generated-image handoff, Telegram timeout signals, cron/browser/media gateway restarting, MCP tool-call missing runtime role evidence).

Cleanup after the run: disposable source env destroyed; old beta runtime records reintroduced by upgrade lanes removed; ocm runtime list shows only stable.

PR Change List

Branch: codex/kova-scenarios-and-fixes
Base compared: origin/main
RCA doc is removed from the feature set. .learnings/ is still untracked and not part of PR.

Matrix/Profile Wiring

Added profiles/rolling-upgrade.json
Updated profiles/exhaustive.json
- includes rolling upgrade day/week/month scenarios
- includes fixed old-release upgrade scenarios
- includes unsafe-memory plugin scenario
- total exhaustive entries now 77
Updated profiles/release.json
- includes unsafe-memory plugin scenario
- release entries now 51
Added profiles/adversarial.json

New Upgrade Coverage

Added scenarios/upgrade-from-day-ago.json
Added scenarios/upgrade-from-week-ago.json
Added scenarios/upgrade-from-month-ago.json
Added support/resolve-openclaw-release-age.mjs
Added support/run-openclaw-release-age-upgrade.mjs
Updated docs/AGENT_USAGE.md with rolling upgrade usage
Added self-check coverage for rolling upgrade resolver/profile planning

Unsafe Legacy Plugin Memory Test

Added scenarios/plugin-legacy-unsafe-memory.json
Added surfaces/plugin-legacy-unsafe-memory.json
Added fixture plugin:
- support/plugins/kova-legacy-unsafe-memory/index.js
- support/plugins/kova-legacy-unsafe-memory/openclaw.plugin.json
- support/plugins/kova-legacy-unsafe-memory/package.json
Added support/assert-command-output.mjs
Updated src/evaluator.mjs to count failed during register as plugin load failure evidence

Dirty Plugin Testing

Added docs/DIRTY_PLUGIN_TESTING_PLAN.md
Added scenarios/dirty-plugin-state.json
Added dirty plugin states:
- states/dirty-plugin-local-edits.json
- states/dirty-plugin-stale-deps.json
- states/dirty-plugin-manifest-drift.json
- states/dirty-plugin-disabled-broken.json
- states/dirty-plugin-symlink-dev.json
- states/dirty-plugin-partial-install.json
- states/update-recovery-plugin-user.json
Added support/dirty-plugin-state.mjs
Added surfaces/dirty-plugin-state.json

Release Update Recovery

Added docs/RELEASE_UPDATE_RECOVERY_PLAN.md
Added scenarios/release-update-recovery.json
Added surfaces/release-update-recovery.json
Added support/restore-first-ocm-upgrade-snapshot.mjs

Tool Runtime Matrix

Added docs/TOOL_RUNTIME_MATRIX_PLAN.md
Added scenarios:
- scenarios/cron-runtime.json
- scenarios/exec-tool-safety.json
- scenarios/mcp-tool-call.json
- scenarios/tool-failure-containment.json
Added states:
- states/cron-user.json
- states/exec-tool-user.json
- states/mcp-tool-user.json
Added surfaces:
- surfaces/cron-runtime.json
- surfaces/exec-tool-safety.json
- surfaces/mcp-tool-call.json
- surfaces/tool-failure-containment.json
Added process roles:
- process-roles/cron-runtime.json
- process-roles/tool-runtime.json
Added helpers:
- support/run-cron-runtime-smoke.mjs
- support/run-exec-tool-safety.mjs
- support/mcp-tool-call-smoke.mjs

Provider/Network Failure Coverage

Added docs/NETWORK_ISOLATION_PLAN.md
Added src/network-frontage.mjs
Added support/network-frontage-proxy.mjs
Added provider scenarios:
- scenarios/agent-provider-protocol-failure.json
- scenarios/agent-provider-random-disconnect.json
Updated support/mock-openai-server.mjs
Updated support/configure-openclaw-mock-auth.mjs
Updated src/commands/run.mjs, src/commands/matrix-run.mjs, src/run/context.mjs, src/run/phase-plan.mjs

Adversarial Input Coverage

Added scenarios/adversarial-input-openai-compatible.json
Added surfaces/adversarial-input.json
Added support/run-adversarial-inputs.mjs
Added profiles/adversarial.json

Plugin Fixture/Manifest Fixes

Added support/plugins/kova-basic/openclaw.plugin.json
Added support/plugins/kova-missing-runtime-dep/openclaw.plugin.json
Updated scenarios/plugin-missing-runtime-deps.json

Resource Attribution / Evaluation / Reporting Fixes

Updated src/collectors/resources.mjs
Updated src/evaluation/violations.mjs
Updated src/evidence/agent-turns.mjs
Updated src/evidence/shared.mjs
Updated src/measurement-contract.mjs
Updated src/reporting/report.mjs
Updated src/reporting/scenario-aggregate.mjs
Updated src/run/command-executor.mjs
Updated src/run/report-finalization.mjs
Updated src/runner.mjs
Updated src/safety.mjs
Updated src/selfcheck.mjs

Large Session Fixture

Added support/prepare-large-memory-session-state.mjs
Updated related surface thresholds/metadata:
- surfaces/fresh-install.json
- surfaces/soak.json
- surfaces/gateway-performance.json
- surfaces/workspace-scan.json

OpenAI-Compatible / Runtime Role Tweaks

Updated scenarios/openai-compatible-turn.json
Updated support/run-openai-compatible-turn.mjs
Updated process-roles/openai-compatible-client.json
Updated role primary-resource metadata across several surfaces

Docs / User-Facing Metadata

Updated README.md
Updated docs/WHAT_IS_KOVA.md
Updated docs/AGENT_USAGE.md
Updated metrics/known.json

Git Hygiene

Updated .gitignore
- ignores .env, .env.*, local JSON/env files, and checkout contents
- keeps .env.example and checkouts/.gitkeep
Added checkouts/.gitkeep

Tests / Snapshots

Added checked-in report fixtures:
- tests/fixtures/reports/pass.json
- tests/fixtures/reports/fail.json
Updated tests/render-snapshots.mjs
Refreshed all affected snapshots under tests/snapshots/

Validation Already Run

node bin/kova.mjs self-check --json
npm run test:snapshots
git diff --check
Real disposable run for plugin-legacy-unsafe-memory passed against runtime:stable

# Conflicts: # src/cli.mjs # src/commands/matrix-run.mjs # src/commands/report.mjs # src/commands/run.mjs # src/evaluator.mjs # src/runner.mjs # src/selfcheck.mjs # states/large-memory-session.json

clawsweeper · 2026-05-21T17:44:34Z

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Summary
The PR expands Kova scenario/profile coverage, evaluator gates, report fixtures, and helpers for rolling upgrades, dirty plugins, tool runtime, provider/network failure, adversarial inputs, and network frontage.

Reproducibility: not applicable. This is a feature PR expanding Kova validation coverage and harness controls, not a bug report with a current-main reproduction path.

PR rating
Overall: 🐚 platinum hermit
Proof: 🦞 diamond lobster
Patch quality: 🐚 platinum hermit
Summary: Strong real-run proof supports a broad but automation-sensitive Kova harness patch with no discrete blocking code finding from this review.

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Refresh self-check, snapshot, and targeted real-run proof on the rebased head.

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Sufficient (terminal): The PR body and comments provide copied terminal/log proof from current-head self-checks, snapshot tests, targeted real Kova runs, an exhaustive local-build matrix run, artifact paths, and cleanup confirmation.

Risk before merge

The PR cannot merge cleanly until it is updated against current main.
Merging this PR changes Kova release/exhaustive profiles, evaluator gates, receipts, and snapshots, so release-lab automation may surface new failures even when OpenClaw behavior has not changed.
The submitted exhaustive run still reports many OpenClaw product/resource failures; maintainers need to accept that these become visible Kova signals rather than harness blockers.
The opt-in loopback frontage path depends on host loopback alias privileges on macOS, and the discussion shows one live attempt blocked on local ifconfig permissions.

Maintainer options:

Update the branch and refresh proof (recommended)
Resolve the current default-branch conflicts and rerun the Kova self-check, snapshot test, and at least the targeted real-run proof for the changed harness paths.
Accept the expanded Kova gate behavior
Maintainers can choose to merge after branch update if they want release/exhaustive profiles to expose the additional OpenClaw product/resource failures as Kova signals.
Split the scenario families
Pause this PR and ask for smaller PRs if rolling upgrades, dirty plugins, network frontage, and tool-runtime gates need separate review and calibration.

Next step before merge
This is not a safe repair-lane item because the PR is broad, currently conflicting, and needs maintainer judgment about Kova gate calibration before merge.

Security
Cleared: No concrete security or supply-chain regression found; the PR does not change CI, dependencies, or lockfiles, and its new helpers operate in disposable Kova/OCM environments with controlled fixtures and redaction paths.

Review details

Best possible solution:

Update the branch against current main, preserve the proof-backed scenario families, and land only after maintainers accept the broader Kova gate/profile behavior or choose to split it by scenario family.

Do we have a high-confidence way to reproduce the issue?

Not applicable. This is a feature PR expanding Kova validation coverage and harness controls, not a bug report with a current-main reproduction path.

Is this the best way to solve the issue?

Unclear. The implementation appears coherent and proof-backed, but the best landing shape depends on maintainer acceptance of broader Kova gate behavior and must be reassessed after conflict resolution.

Label changes:

add merge-risk: 🚨 compatibility: Existing users of Kova release/exhaustive profiles may see changed profile contents, thresholds, report shape, and failure outcomes after merge.

Label justifications:

P2: This is a broad but normal-priority Kova harness improvement with limited blast radius outside validation workflows.
merge-risk: 🚨 compatibility: Existing users of Kova release/exhaustive profiles may see changed profile contents, thresholds, report shape, and failure outcomes after merge.
merge-risk: 🚨 automation: The diff changes Kova profile execution, evaluator gates, receipts, snapshots, and report artifacts that validation automation consumes.
rating: 🐚 platinum hermit: Current PR rating is 🐚 platinum hermit because proof is 🦞 diamond lobster, patch quality is 🐚 platinum hermit, and Strong real-run proof supports a broad but automation-sensitive Kova harness patch with no discrete blocking code finding from this review.
feature: ✨ showcase: ClawSweeper spotlight: unusually compelling feature idea for maintainer attention. The idea substantially broadens Kova into upgrade, dirty-plugin, tool-runtime, adversarial, and network-isolation coverage that can expose release-quality OpenClaw signals.
status: 👀 ready for maintainer look: ClawSweeper has no concrete contributor-facing blocker left for this PR. Sufficient (terminal): The PR body and comments provide copied terminal/log proof from current-head self-checks, snapshot tests, targeted real Kova runs, an exhaustive local-build matrix run, artifact paths, and cleanup confirmation.
proof: sufficient: Contributor real behavior proof is sufficient. The PR body and comments provide copied terminal/log proof from current-head self-checks, snapshot tests, targeted real Kova runs, an exhaustive local-build matrix run, artifact paths, and cleanup confirmation.

What I checked:

PR branch is currently conflicting: GitHub reports mergeStateStatus: DIRTY and mergeable: CONFLICTING for the PR head against the default branch. (1c1c0d00dfb5)
Expanded exhaustive profile coverage: The PR adds rolling upgrade entries and new plugin/tool/adversarial scenario families to the exhaustive profile, so it changes the release-lab execution surface rather than a narrow fix already present on main. (profiles/exhaustive.json:66, 1c1c0d00dfb5)
Evaluator now gates new evidence families: The PR collects cron, exec-tool, MCP tool-call, dirty-plugin, and release-recovery evidence, then fail-closes active exec/MCP/plugin/upgrade thresholds when evidence is missing or failing. (src/evaluator.mjs:464, 1c1c0d00dfb5)
Network frontage adds opt-in automation behavior: The PR introduces --network-frontage controls and starts a loopback-frontage proxy after gateway service metadata is available, with explicit cleanup on startup failure. (src/network-frontage.mjs:31, 1c1c0d00dfb5)
Exec proof path uses controlled sentinel evidence: The exec helper creates a disposable sentinel, sends safe, blocked, large-output, and timeout turns through OpenClaw, then records process snapshots and leak evidence. (support/run-exec-tool-safety.mjs:70, 1c1c0d00dfb5)
Current-main history for central evaluator and runner: Current main’s evaluator and runner core paths are primarily traced to Shakker’s refactor: derive channel proof policy, with later related Kova validation fixes also by Shakker. (src/evaluator.mjs:29, 25be50d37561)

Likely related people:

Shakker: Blame and recent history point to Shakker for the current evaluator/runner structure and most recent Kova scenario/evidence changes on main. (role: recent area contributor; confidence: high; commits: 25be50d37561, de92cfc8897f, 7545a32961cd; files: src/evaluator.mjs, src/runner.mjs, src/selfcheck.mjs)
Peter Steinberger: Recent main history includes Peter Steinberger fixes in the mock-provider/self-check validation area that this PR extends, but the central branch surface is mostly owned by later Shakker changes. (role: adjacent contributor; confidence: medium; commits: 2fb5a386d637, 0833bed2befa, b009c1d3f592; files: src/selfcheck.mjs, support/mock-openai-server.mjs, scenarios)

Codex review notes: model gpt-5.5, reasoning high; reviewed against 2ce089890a34.

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JuanHuaXu · 2026-05-22T01:13:23Z

Remediation pushed in ad6dcbd.

What changed:

P1: exec-tool-safety now uses the real OpenClaw agent/provider path. The mock provider emits Responses function_call items for exec; the helper verifies the safe exec turn, sends a dangerous rm -rf <sentinel> payload through the same path, and proves the sentinel remained.
P2: evaluator now collects and gates cron-runtime, exec-tool-safety, and mcp-tool-call helper JSON (cronRunMs, execSafeCommandSucceeded, execDangerousCommandBlocked, execOutputTruncated, mcpToolsCallMs, invalid MCP attribution, process leaks/errors).
Added self-check coverage: tool-runtime-evidence-evaluation fails if those helper outputs stop being parsed/enforced.

Validation:

npm run check -> PASS, 162/162 checks.
npm run test:snapshots -> PASS, 18/18 snapshots.
Real disposable Kova run: cron-runtime on runtime:stable -> PASS, run kova-260522-011201-c292fb; evidence: cronRunMs=698, cronRunCompleted=true, cronTriggerAttributed=true.
Real disposable Kova run: mcp-tool-call on runtime:stable -> PASS, run kova-260522-011137-720f05; evidence: mcpToolsCallMs=184, safeToolSucceeded=true, invalidToolErrorAttributed=true.
Real disposable Kova run: exec-tool-safety on runtime:stable -> Kova tool checks PASS but scenario verdict FAIL due to product RSS threshold; run kova-260522-011101-dd863a; evidence: safeCommandSucceeded=true, dangerousCommandBlocked=true, dangerousPayloadExecuted=false, outputTruncated=true, timeoutMs=1006, processLeaks=0. Remaining violation is OpenClaw/product RSS: tool-runtime peak RSS 694.8 MB > 500 MB.

So the reviewer-reported Kova false evidence paths are patched. The only failure observed in the exec proof run is now a real product resource signal, not Kova misidentifying its own helper behavior.

JuanHuaXu · 2026-05-22T07:50:44Z

Follow-up remediation pushed in 646b744 for the latest P2/P3 findings.

Fixes:

P2 network frontage: waitForTcp() now only checks child exit state when a child process is actually passed, so validation probes without a child are allowed.
P2 cron gates: evaluator now enforces cronRunCompleted and cronTriggerAttributed boolean thresholds. Added a negative self-check where cronTriggerAttributed=false must fail.
P3 MCP metric naming: evaluator now reports/violates mcpToolCallErrorAttributed, matching the surface/profile/known metric id.

Validation:

node bin/kova.mjs self-check --json -> PASS (ok: true), including new network-frontage-no-child-tcp and negative cron attribution coverage.
npm run test:snapshots -> PASS, 18/18.
Reviewer acceptance command was attempted: node bin/kova.mjs run --target runtime:stable --scenario fresh-install --network-frontage loopback --worker-id 7 --execute --json.
- Result: BLOCKED by local macOS privilege, not the fixed no-child validation bug.
- Run id: kova-260522-074939-8e800b.
- Blocker: ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): permission denied while adding 127.0.1.17 alias.
- Cleanup verified: ocm env list -> No environments.

So the code-level review blockers are patched. The live loopback command reaches the expected alias setup path here, but this Codex session cannot grant elevated ifconfig lo0 alias permissions.

clawsweeper · 2026-05-22T07:57:04Z

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JuanHuaXu · 2026-05-22T08:15:32Z

Follow-up remediation pushed in 30c2d69 for the latest P2 metric-contract findings.

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P2 dirty-plugin gates: evaluator now collects kova.dirtyPluginState.v1 fixture output and plugin command results, then enforces dirtyPluginDetected, dirtyPluginReported, dirtyPluginChecksumPreserved, doctorDestructiveChangeCount, pluginsUsableWithDirtyState, and gatewaySurvivedDirtyPlugin. Missing evidence now fails active dirty-plugin thresholds instead of silently passing.
P2 release recovery gates: evaluator now derives/enforces updateRetryVersionDrift, rollbackAvailable, rollbackSucceeded, pluginsUsableAfterUpgrade, pluginsUsableAfterRollback, and rollbackPreservedPluginData from upgrade/retry version output, rollback restore output, plugin-health commands, rollback plugin commands, and post-rollback dirty fixture verification. Missing evidence now fails active release-recovery thresholds.
Added plugin-recovery-evidence-evaluation self-check coverage with negative cases for missing dirty reporting, checksum/destructive doctor failure, retry version drift, missing/failed rollback, and post-rollback plugin unusability.

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node bin/kova.mjs self-check --json -> PASS (ok: true), including the new plugin recovery evidence check.
npm run test:snapshots -> PASS, 18/18.
git diff --check -> PASS.

This addresses the reviewer concern by making the advertised dirty-plugin and release-update-recovery surface thresholds executable gates rather than planning-only metric names.

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JuanHuaXu · 2026-05-22T08:42:55Z

Follow-up remediation pushed in 8e7ffa4 for the latest P2/P3 findings.

Fixes:

P2 network frontage: partial loopback allocation is now registered immediately after alias creation, before proxy startup, so stopNetworkFrontage() can clean created aliases if proxy startup/validation fails.
P2 exec evidence: active exec thresholds now fail closed on missing/null helper evidence using required gates for execSafeCommandMs, execTimeoutMs, execSafeCommandSucceeded, execDangerousCommandBlocked, execOutputTruncated, and execProcessLeaks.
P3 README inventory: refreshed counts to 56 scenarios / 37 surfaces / 37 states / 10 profiles from node bin/kova.mjs plan --json.

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npm run test:snapshots -> PASS, 18/18.
git diff --check -> PASS.

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clawdius added 3 commits May 20, 2026 22:31

MEGA KOVA CHANGES

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# Conflicts: # src/cli.mjs # src/commands/matrix-run.mjs # src/commands/report.mjs # src/commands/run.mjs # src/evaluator.mjs # src/runner.mjs # src/selfcheck.mjs # states/large-memory-session.json

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