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T24 — Re-check the built-in root's constraints at admission

slice: S5
kind: task
covers: BOX-160
size: S
est: 120 code, 60 tests
executor: agent
difficulty: needs care
model: standard
diagnostics: daemon log names each refused admission
observability: create span records refusal
layers:
- daemon:
- crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs: admission root check
- crates/minimald/src/box_manager/tests.rs: tests
test: cargo nextest run -p minimald admission_refuses_spec_breaching_builtin_root_constraint_exit3
produces: none
consumes: none
proof: The daemon refuses a spec breaking its root's constraints.
depends on:
- blocked by #2424

Proof

minimald refuses a create whose box spec breaks the constraints of its type's built-in root. Examples are a task spec with io.pty_enabled = true, a session spec with pty off, a project type with type.root = task and a terminal, and a build spec with nesting.allowed = true. The refusal names the type, its root and the key, carries exit code 3, and files no record. The daemon log line and the box.create span record each refusal.

Notes from the agent: The refusal is a RootConstraintRefusal in an InvalidInput io::Error. Its exit_code() is 3, and the daemon log records exit_code=3. rpc.rs sends the text of an InvalidInput error to the client, but not the code, so min exits with its generic code and not 3. To carry exit 3 on the wire, a later task must change crates/minimald/src/rpc.rs, minimald-rpc and crates/minimal/src/main.rs. These files are outside this task's layers, as they are for the BOX-081 refusal (#3276). The spec does not carry type.root yet. The check reads type.root when it is present, else it uses box.type when that type is built-in. A spec whose type is not built-in and that sends no type.root has no root to check, so it passes. A client can use this to skip the check, until the projection sends type.root. minimald has no toml dependency, so the check serializes mfile::box_types::builtin_constraints to JSON and compares the values in JSON. A flat constrained key is checked at the top level and under each spec section (box, execution, install, io, nesting, network). Other runs: all 132 tests under cargo nextest run -p minimald box_manager:: passed, and cargo clippy -p minimald --all-targets is clean.

Tests

line exit tail
cargo nextest run -p minimald admission_refuses_spec_breaching_builtin_root_constraint_exit3 0 warning: unknown fields in task runtime-implement-test-0: network help: do you need to update to a newer version of minimal? Applying loadouts: default Running task runtime-implement-test-0 in box runtime-implemen 8000 t-test-0-1... Compiling paths v0.0.1 (/workbench/crates/paths) Compiling args v0.

Verify

min task run agent-verify exited 100 under rustc 1.99.0, which the repository does not pin (1.99.1 in rust-toolchain.toml); the PR is not a draft on that alone — CI, which honours the pin, is the gate.

) minimald box_actor::tests::name_registered_at_finalize
        PASS [   0.244s] ( 171/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::rejected_leader_falls_back_to_default_chord
        PASS [   0.229s] ( 172/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::remapped_leader_detaches_old_leader_forwards
        PASS [   0.243s] ( 173/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::rename_session_republishes_minimal_session_name
        PASS [   2.265s] ( 174/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::refused_admission_report_leaves_no_partial_mapping
        PASS [   0.010s] ( 175/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::replaces_host_for_terminal_keeps_native_respawn
        PASS [   0.011s] ( 176/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::replaces_host_for_terminal_skips_a_registered_box
        PASS [   2.283s] ( 177/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::register_hostname_promotes_an_interim_to_its_vouched_hand
        PASS [   0.451s] ( 178/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::rename_through_the_actor_writes_one_renamed_event
        PASS [  12.662s] ( 179/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::handed_finalizes_share_one_verdict_deadline
        PASS [   0.320s] ( 180/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_argv_box_behind_hook_shell_with_host_row_fails_stopped
        PASS [   0.333s] ( 181/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_records_exited_then_started_only
        FAIL [   0.052s] ( 182/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded
  stdout ───

    running 1 test
    test box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded ... FAILED

    failures:

    failures:
        box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded

    test result: FAILED. 0 passed; 1 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 1467 filtered out; finished in 0.04s

  stderr ───

    thread 'box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded' (1974) panicked at crates/minimald-rpc/src/lib.rs:76:41:
    unwrap of error value: The box spec sets `io.pty_enabled` to `false`. A box of the built-in type `session` allows only `true` for `io.pty_enabled`. No box was created. Change the value in minimal.toml, then create the box again.
    note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace

  Cancelling due to test failure: 3 tests still running
        PASS [   0.475s] ( 183/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_refuses_box_not_until_stopped_keeps_state
        PASS [   0.369s] ( 184/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_runs_only_resume_hooks
        PASS [   2.559s] ( 185/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::respawn_frees_published_ports
────────────
     Summary [  74.607s] 185/1486 tests run: 184 passed, 1 failed, 27 skipped
        FAIL [   0.052s] ( 182/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded
warning: 1301/1486 tests were not run due to test failure (run with --no-fail-fast to run all tests, or run with --max-fail)
error: test run failed

Closes #2426

The daemon refuses a create whose spec carries a value that its type's
built-in root excludes, whatever the client checked. The refusal names
the type, the root and the key, carries exit 3, files no record, and the
create span and the daemon log record it (BOX-160).
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Reviewed: 1 finding, none blocking at f828cd3f4629.

Address the comments on the diff.

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Verdict COMMENT — 3 findings, 3 inline.

Panel: 3 of 3 personas ran (correctness, security, supply-chain).

Comment on lines +1375 to +1385
/// The values the root allows, as the message names them.
pub(crate) allowed: String,
}

impl RootConstraintRefusal {
/// The exit code of the refusal: 3, a configuration error.
pub(crate) const EXIT_CODE: i32 = 3;

/// The exit code of the refusal.
pub(crate) fn exit_code(&self) -> i32 {
Self::EXIT_CODE
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HIGH · correctness · confidence 0.50 · in spec_type_root

spec_type_root returns None when the spec has no type.root and box.type is not built-in. root_constraint_refusal then passes the spec. A client that sets box.type to a custom name and omits type.root skips the whole admission check. The check exists to hold whatever the client sent. The PR body says this gap stays open until the projection sends type.root. Refuse a non-built-in type with no root, or track the gap in an issue.

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let root = spec.get("type")...unwrap_or(box_type); Some((box_type.to_owned(), mfile::box_types::builtin(root)?))

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File:       crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs
Lines:      1375-1385
Category:   correctness
Severity:   high (reviewer confidence 0.50)

Finding:
`spec_type_root` returns `None` when the spec has no `type.root` and `box.type` is not built-in. `root_constraint_refusal` then passes the spec. A client that sets `box.type` to a custom name and omits `type.root` skips the whole admission check. The check exists to hold whatever the client sent. The PR body says this gap stays open until the projection sends `type.root`. Refuse a non-built-in type with no root, or track the gap in an issue.

First verify this against the code yourself. It is model output and
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Addressed in af4ddf5f0739: Admission now refuses a spec whose box.type is not built-in and carries no type.root, or whose type.root is not built-in (UnknownRootRefusal, exit 3, logged). A spec with no box.type is checked as the creating verb's type. The test covers all three cases.

Comment on lines +4198 to +4216
// BOX-160: the daemon re-checks the spec against its root's
// constraints at admission, whatever the client checked. The
// refusal comes before the record exists, so it leaves nothing.
if let Some(Err(refusal)) = spec.as_ref().map(root_constraint_refusal) {
span.record("refusal", tracing::field::display(&refusal));
tracing::info!(
session_name = config.name.as_deref().unwrap_or(crate::rpc::ANONYMOUS_SESSION),
box_type = %refusal.box_type,
root = %refusal.root,
key = %refusal.key,
value = %refusal.value,
exit_code = refusal.exit_code(),
"refused a create: the box spec carries a value its type's built-in root excludes"
);
return Err(std::io::Error::new(
std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
refusal,
));
}
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LOW · correctness · confidence 0.60 · in create_session

The refusal defines exit code 3 and logs exit_code=3. The rpc.rs InvalidInput arm sends only the text, so min exits 1. The type, the test name and the log claim an exit 3 that no client sees. The PR body admits this. Rename the test or add a test that pins the real client exit code.

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rpc.rs: Err(e) if e.kind() == InvalidInput => Errorable::Err { error: e.to_string() }

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File:       crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs
Lines:      4198-4216
Category:   correctness
Severity:   low (reviewer confidence 0.60)

Finding:
The refusal defines exit code 3 and logs `exit_code=3`. The rpc.rs InvalidInput arm sends only the text, so `min` exits 1. The type, the test name and the log claim an exit 3 that no client sees. The PR body admits this. Rename the test or add a test that pins the real client exit code.

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Disputed — not addressed: The gap is real, but this task cannot close it. The test name is the spec's verify line for BOX-160, so it cannot change. A test of the client exit code needs rpc.rs to carry the code and min to read it. The task's layers do not include those files. This is the same wire gap as the BOX-081 refusal (#3276), and it needs its own change.

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arch-review: CONDITIONS · 4 conditions · the full ruling

The gate is in the right place, and it applies and records the shipped-types constraints. spec_type_root() takes a client type.root over a built-in box.type, so a task spec can claim the session root and keep a PTY. Gatehouse §6.3.2 line 672 forbids this, and C1 fixes it. The gate now refuses the session fixtures with pty off in box_actor/tests.rs, so fix the fixture in C2. File issues for the exit code that does not reach min and for the missing type.root, and list them in the PR body (C3, C4).

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  • crates/minimald/src/box_actor/tests.rs:18010: C2 · This fixture builds a session spec with pty_enabled = false. The new admission gate refuses it, and restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded fails. When pty_enabled is false, set spec.box_type to boxes::TASK_BOX_TYPE. Do not change the gate.

Ruled at 611a2b9 against gominimal/arch@15b603e6afb8 by claude-opus-5-5.

Comment thread crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs Outdated
.get("type")
.and_then(|t| t.get("root"))
.and_then(serde_json_lenient::Value::as_str)
.unwrap_or(box_type);
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C1 · This line takes type.root over a built-in box.type. A task spec with type.root = "session" then gets session constraints and keeps a PTY. Gatehouse §6.3.2 line 672 says the root of a built-in type is the type itself. Use box.type when it is built-in. Refuse a different type.root with exit 3. Refuse a type.root that is not built-in with exit 3 (architecture line 1264).

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Addressed in 12ceca475721: spec_type_root now takes a built-in box.type as its own root, and refuses a different type.root with exit 3 (test case rc-builtin-other-root). A type.root that is not built-in was already refused.

Comment thread crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs Outdated
/// [`RootConstraintRefusal`] for the first value a constraint excludes,
/// naming the type, its root and the key.
fn root_constraint_refusal(spec: &serde_json_lenient::Value) -> Result<(), RootConstraintRefusal> {
let Some((box_type, root)) = spec_type_root(spec) else {
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C4 · A spec with no built-in root passes here. Every project-type spec has no root today, because the client does not send type.root. This is an interim that fails open. File an issue with the flip condition: refuse with exit 3 once the spec carries type.root. Name the issue here and in the PR body.

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Disputed — not addressed: Already so on this branch: since af4ddf5, spec_type_root refuses a project box.type with no type.root (UnknownRootRefusal, exit 3), so the check no longer fails open and no interim issue is needed.

Comment thread crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs Outdated
"refused a create: the box spec carries a value its type's built-in root excludes"
);
return Err(std::io::Error::new(
std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
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C3 · The InvalidInput error carries the text but not the code, so min does not exit 3. Architecture line 364 gives 3 to an invalid Box Spec. File an issue for the wire change in rpc.rs, minimald-rpc and crates/minimal/src/main.rs. Name it on RootConstraintRefusal::EXIT_CODE and in the PR body.

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Disputed — not addressed: The wire change is in rpc.rs, minimald-rpc and crates/minimal/src/main.rs, outside this task's layers, and the coder cannot file issues. A person needs to file the issue and name it on EXIT_CODE.

A spec whose box.type is not a built-in type and that carries no
type.root skipped the root constraint check. The daemon now refuses
it, and checks a spec with no box.type as the creating verb's type.
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Round 1 of 10 on the runtime's review findings, pushed as af4ddf5f0739.

line exit tail
cargo nextest run -p minimald admission_refuses_spec_breaching_builtin_root_constraint_exit3 0 warning: unknown fields in task runtime-implement-test-0: network help: do you need to update to a newer version of minimal? Applying loadouts: default Running task runtime-implement-test-0 in box runtime-implement-test-0-1... Compiling paths v0.0.1 (/workbench/crates/paths) Compiling ot v0.0.

Verify min task run agent-verify exited 100 under rustc 1.99.0, which the repository does not pin (1.99.1 in rust-toolchain.toml); the PR is not a draft on that alone — CI, which honours the pin, is the gate.

) minimald box_actor::tests::name_registered_at_finalize
        PASS [   0.272s] ( 171/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::rejected_leader_falls_back_to_default_chord
        PASS [   0.272s] ( 172/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::remapped_leader_detaches_old_leader_forwards
        PASS [   0.286s] ( 173/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::rename_session_republishes_minimal_session_name
        PASS [   2.302s] ( 174/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::refused_admission_report_leaves_no_partial_mapping
        PASS [   0.013s] ( 175/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::replaces_host_for_terminal_keeps_native_respawn
        PASS [   0.013s] ( 176/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::replaces_host_for_terminal_skips_a_registered_box
        PASS [   2.321s] ( 177/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::register_hostname_promotes_an_interim_to_its_vouched_hand
        PASS [  12.683s] ( 178/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::handed_finalizes_share_one_verdict_deadline
        PASS [   0.380s] ( 179/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_argv_box_behind_hook_shell_with_host_row_fails_stopped
        PASS [   0.529s] ( 180/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::rename_through_the_actor_writes_one_renamed_event
        PASS [   0.364s] ( 181/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_records_exited_then_started_only
        FAIL [   0.052s] ( 182/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded
  stdout ───

    running 1 test
    test box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded ... FAILED

    failures:

    failures:
        box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded

    test result: FAILED. 0 passed; 1 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 1467 filtered out; finished in 0.04s

  stderr ───

    thread 'box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded' (1986) panicked at crates/minimald-rpc/src/lib.rs:76:41:
    unwrap of error value: The box spec sets `io.pty_enabled` to `false`. A box of the built-in type `session` allows only `true` for `io.pty_enabled`. No box was created. Change the value in minimal.toml, then create the box again.
    note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace

  Cancelling due to test failure: 3 tests still running
        PASS [   0.402s] ( 183/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_runs_only_resume_hooks
        PASS [   0.530s] ( 184/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_refuses_box_not_until_stopped_keeps_state
        PASS [   2.627s] ( 185/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::respawn_frees_published_ports
────────────
     Summary [  75.617s] 185/1486 tests run: 184 passed, 1 failed, 27 skipped
        FAIL [   0.052s] ( 182/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded
warning: 1301/1486 tests were not run due to test failure (run with --no-fail-fast to run all tests, or run with --max-fail)
error: test run failed

Review threads the coder judged:

  • 👍 valid — crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs:1385: Admission now refuses a spec whose box.type is not built-in and carries no type.root, or whose type.root is not built-in (UnknownRootRefusal, exit 3, logged). A spec with no box.type is checked as the creating verb's type. The test covers all three cases.
  • 👎 invalid — crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs:4322: The gap is real, but this task cannot close it. The test name is the spec's verify line for BOX-160, so it cannot change. A test of the client exit code needs rpc.rs to carry the code and min to read it. The task's layers do not include those files. This is the same wire gap as the BOX-081 refusal (

minimald refuses a create whose spec breaks the constraints of its type's built-in root, such as a task spec with io.pty_enabled = true. The refusal names the type, the root and the key, and files no record. It also refuses a spec that names a type with no built-in root. A spec with no box.type is checked as the creating verb's type.

Notes from the agent: Revise round 1. Thread PRRT_kwDOPdfcxM62gcie: fixed in box_manager.rs, with new test cases in the same test. Thread PRRT_kwDOPdfcxM62gcij: no change. The RPC reply carries only the refusal text, so min exits 1, not 3. The same gap exists for the BOX-081 refusal (#3276). A fix must change crates/minimald/src/rpc.rs and the min client, and the task layers do not include those files. The spec's verify line fixes the test name. cargo clippy -p minimald --all-targets ran clean. The new refusal text for an unknown root states the situation and gives no next step. min never sends such a spec, so no command fixes it that the code can prove.

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minimal-review — advisory review

Verdict COMMENT — 2 findings, 2 inline.

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Comment thread crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs Outdated
Comment on lines +1494 to +1501
10BC8
let (key, root) = match spec.get("type").and_then(|t| t.get("root")) {
Some(root) => ("type.root", text(root)),
None => ("box.type", box_type.clone()),
};
match mfile::box_types::builtin(&root) {
Some(root) => Ok((box_type, root)),
None => Err(UnknownRootRefusal { key, value: root }),
}
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MEDIUM · correctness · confidence 0.55 · in spec_type_root

A spec whose box.type is a custom type and that has no type.root is now refused with UnknownRootRefusal. No client sends type.root: DocBox in crates/mfile/src/spec.rs serialises only box.type, and rg finds no writer of type.root outside tests. So every create from a project type such as rust-dev will fail at admission with exit 3, and not only crafted specs. Land the projection change that sends type.root first, or keep the check from refusing a custom type until then.

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None => ("box.type", box_type.clone()) then builtin(&root) -> Err(UnknownRootRefusal) for any custom box.type

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File:       crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs
Lines:      1494-1501
Category:   correctness
Severity:   medium (reviewer confidence 0.55)

Finding:
A spec whose `box.type` is a custom type and that has no `type.root` is now refused with `UnknownRootRefusal`. No client sends `type.root`: `DocBox` in `crates/mfile/src/spec.rs` serialises only `box.type`, and `rg` finds no writer of `type.root` outside tests. So every create from a project type such as `rust-dev` will fail at admission with exit 3, and not only crafted specs. Land the projection change that sends `type.root` first, or keep the check from refusing a custom type until then.

First verify this against the code yourself. It is model output and
may be wrong. If it is wrong, or the tradeoff was deliberate, say so
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Disputed — not addressed: The premise is wrong: BoxSpec::for_session and BoxSpec::for_task in crates/mfile/src/spec.rs always write box.type as session or task, so no client sends a project box.type today and no create is refused for a missing type.root.

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arch-review: CONDITIONS · 3 conditions · the full ruling

The admission gate conforms to the design. It refuses a value that the built-in root excludes, and it refuses a type with no built-in root (lines 340, 1234 and 1264). The new default for a spec with no box.type breaks two test fixtures. Each fixture sends a session spec with the PTY off, and line 1216 forbids that spec. Fix the fixtures in C1 and C2, and do not relax the gate. The PR's own Verify run fails on the C2 fixture. C3 names the issue for the exit-3 code that min does not get yet.

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  • crates/minimald/src/box_manager/tests.rs:3457: C1 · This spec has no box.type and sets pty_enabled to false under the Session verb. The gate now refuses it as a session (line 1216). Add "type": "agent" to the box table in both arms.
  • crates/minimald/src/box_actor/tests.rs:18010: C2 · until_stopped_spec(false) builds a session spec with the PTY off, and line 1216 forbids that spec. When pty_enabled is false, set spec.box_type to service. The PR's Verify run fails on this fixture.

Ruled at af4ddf5 against gominimal/arch@15b603e6afb8 by claude-opus-5-5.

// refusal comes before the record exists, so it leaves nothing.
// A spec with no `box.type` is checked as the type the creating
// verb files the box under, so leaving the type out skips nothing.
let verb_type = match config.creating_verb {
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C1 · This default is correct. A spec with no box.type now checks as the verb's type. It also refuses fixtures that send a no-PTY spec under the Session verb, for example show_and_list_replies_carry_lifetime. Keep this default and fix the fixtures (C1, C2).

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Addressed in 177a16c1cc8a: Kept the verb-type default. Moved the no-terminal fixtures in box_manager/tests.rs (show_and_list_replies_carry_lifetime and others) to the task verb through an as_task helper. Three box_actor fixtures with the same fault are outside this task's files, and the notes name them.

root = %refusal.root,
key = %refusal.key,
value = %refusal.value,
exit_code = refusal.exit_code(),
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C3 · The log records exit_code=3. rpc.rs sends only the text, so min does not exit 3. Name the issue for this gap in the PR body as a residual (C3).

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Disputed — not addressed: The gap is real, but the fix is in crates/minimald/src/rpc.rs, minimald-rpc and crates/minimal/src/main.rs, which are outside this task's files. I cannot file an issue. The result notes record it as a residual that needs an issue number in the PR body.

A built-in box.type is its own root. A spec that names a different
type.root is refused with exit 3, so a task spec cannot claim the
session root and keep a terminal.
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Round 2 of 10 on the runtime's review findings, pushed as 12ceca475721.

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cargo nextest run -p minimald admission_refuses_spec_breaching_builtin_root_constraint_exit3 0 warning: unknown fields in task runtime-implement-test-0: network help: do you need to update to a newer version of minimal? Applying loadouts: default Running task runtime-implement-test-0 in box runtime-implement-test-0-1... Compiling paths v0.0.1 (/workbench/crates/paths) Compiling args v0.

Verify min task run agent-verify exited 100 under rustc 1.99.0, which the repository does not pin (1.99.1 in rust-toolchain.toml); the PR is not a draft on that alone — CI, which honours the pin, is the gate.

ests::reattaching_from_another_terminal_republishes_term
        PASS [   0.435s] ( 171/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::rejected_leader_falls_back_to_default_chord
        PASS [   0.502s] ( 172/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::remapped_leader_detaches_old_leader_forwards
        PASS [  13.287s] ( 173/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::handed_finalizes_share_one_verdict_deadline
        PASS [   0.453s] ( 174/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::rename_session_republishes_minimal_session_name
        PASS [   0.017s] ( 175/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::replaces_host_for_terminal_keeps_native_respawn
        PASS [   0.019s] ( 176/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::replaces_host_for_terminal_skips_a_registered_box
        PASS [   0.731s] ( 177/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::rename_through_the_actor_writes_one_renamed_event
        PASS [   2.474s] ( 178/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::refused_admission_report_leaves_no_partial_mapping
        PASS [   2.624s] ( 179/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::register_hostname_promotes_an_interim_to_its_vouched_hand
        PASS [   0.505s] ( 180/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_argv_box_behind_hook_shell_with_host_row_fails_stopped
        PASS [   0.537s] ( 181/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_records_exited_then_started_only
        FAIL [   0.076s] ( 182/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded
  stdout ───

    running 1 test
    test box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded ... FAILED

    failures:

    failures:
        box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded

    test result: FAILED. 0 passed; 1 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 1467 filtered out; finished in 0.06s

  stderr ───

    thread 'box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded' (6636) panicked at crates/minimald-rpc/src/lib.rs:76:41:
    unwrap of error value: The box spec sets `io.pty_enabled` to `false`. A box of the built-in type `session` allows only `true` for `io.pty_enabled`. No box was created. Change the value in minimal.toml, then create the box again.
    note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace

  Cancelling due to test failure: 3 tests still running
        PASS [   0.565s] ( 183/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_runs_only_resume_hooks
        PASS [   0.895s] ( 184/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_refuses_box_not_until_stopped_keeps_state
        PASS [   2.732s] ( 185/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::respawn_frees_published_ports
────────────
     Summary [  82.103s] 185/1486 tests run: 184 passed, 1 failed, 27 skipped
        FAIL [   0.076s] ( 182/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded
warning: 1301/1486 tests were not run due to test failure (run with --no-fail-fast to run all tests, or run with --max-fail)
error: test run failed

Review threads the coder judged:

  • 👍 valid — crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs: spec_type_root now takes a built-in box.type as its own root, and refuses a different type.root with exit 3 (test case rc-builtin-other-root). A type.root that is not built-in was already refused.
  • 👎 invalid — crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs: Already so on this branch: since af4ddf5, spec_type_root refuses a project box.type with no type.root (UnknownRootRefusal, exit 3), so the check no longer fails open and no interim issue is needed.
  • 👎 invalid — crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs: The wire change is in rpc.rs, minimald-rpc and crates/minimal/src/main.rs, outside this task's layers, and the coder cannot file issues. A person needs to file the issue and name it on EXIT_CODE.
  • 👎 invalid — crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs: The premise is wrong: BoxSpec::for_session and BoxSpec::for_task in crates/mfile/src/spec.rs always write box.type as session or task, so no client sends a project box.type today and no create is refused for a missing type.root.

The daemon refuses a create whose spec breaks the constraints of its type's built-in root. The refusal names the type, the root and the key. A built-in box.type is now its own root, so a task spec that sets type.root = "session" is refused and does not get the session constraints.

Notes from the agent: Round 2. C1 is fixed: spec_type_root takes a built-in box.type as its own root and refuses a different type.root with UnknownRootRefusal (new field builtin_type). The daemon log line for that refusal now reads "the box spec does not name its type's built-in root". C3 still needs a person: the wire change that carries exit 3 to min is in rpc.rs, minimald-rpc and crates/minimal/src/main.rs, outside this task's layers. I have no credential to file the issue. clippy-strict was not run.

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minimal-review — advisory review

Verdict COMMENT — 1 finding, 1 inline.

Panel: 3 of 3 personas ran (correctness, security, supply-chain).

Comment on lines +4310 to +4333
// BOX-160: the daemon re-checks the spec against its root's
// constraints at admission, whatever the client checked. The
// refusal comes before the record exists, so it leaves nothing.
// A spec with no `box.type` is checked as the type the creating
// verb files the box under, so leaving the type out skips nothing.
let verb_type = match config.creating_verb {
minimald_rpc::CreatingVerb::Session => boxes::SESSION_BOX_TYPE,
minimald_rpc::CreatingVerb::Task => boxes::TASK_BOX_TYPE,
};
let session_name = config
.name
.as_deref()
.unwrap_or(crate::rpc::ANONYMOUS_SESSION);
match spec
.as_ref()
.map(|spec| root_constraint_refusal(spec, verb_type))
{
Some(Err(AdmissionRootRefusal::Constraint(refusal))) => {
span.record("refusal", tracing::field::display(&refusal));
tracing::info!(
session_name,
box_type = %refusal.box_type,
root = %refusal.root,
key = %refusal.key,
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HIGH · correctness · confidence 0.50 · in create_session

The check reads the type from the spec's box.type. The record is filed under the type of config.creating_verb (see box_type near line 4448). Nothing makes them agree. A create through the session verb with a spec that sets box.type = "task" and io.pty_enabled = false passes the task root. The daemon then files a session box that breaks the session root's constraint. The client controls both fields, so the admission re-check can be skipped. Refuse a spec whose built-in box.type differs from the verb type, or check the constraints of the verb type as well.

What the reviewer checked

verb_type is only the fallback when box.type is absent (.map_or_else(|| verb_type.to_owned(), text)); the record uses match config.creating_verb { Session => SESSION_BOX_TYPE, Task => TASK_BOX_TYPE } with no comparison.

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File:       crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs
Lines:      4310-4333
Category:   correctness
Severity:   high (reviewer confidence 0.50)

Finding:
The check reads the type from the spec's `box.type`. The record is filed under the type of `config.creating_verb` (see `box_type` near line 4448). Nothing makes them agree. A create through the session verb with a spec that sets `box.type = "task"` and `io.pty_enabled = false` passes the task root. The daemon then files a `session` box that breaks the session root's constraint. The client controls both fields, so the admission re-check can be skipped. Refuse a spec whose built-in `box.type` differs from the verb type, or check the constraints of the verb type as well.

First verify this against the code yourself. It is model output and
may be wrong. If it is wrong, or the tradeoff was deliberate, say so
and change nothing.

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Addressed in 177a16c1cc8a: root_constraint_refusal now also checks the spec against the built-in root of the creating verb's type. A task spec with no terminal under the session verb is now refused (test case rc-task-as-session).

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arch-review: CONDITIONS · 2 conditions · the full ruling

The admission gate conforms to the design. It also refuses a built-in type that names a different type.root, which §6.3.2 line 672 requires. This head breaks existing tests. They create a session box with pty off, and the shipped-types table (line 1216) forbids that. Fix those fixtures as C1 says, and do not relax the gate. The refusal does not reach min as exit 3 (Exit codes, line 364). File an issue for this and name it in the PR body (C2).

Ruled at 12ceca4 against gominimal/arch@15b603e6afb8 by claude-opus-5-5.

exit_code = refusal.exit_code(),
"refused a create: the box spec carries a value its type's built-in root excludes"
);
return Err(std::io::Error::new(
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C2 · This error carries exit 3 only in the daemon log. rpc.rs sends the text and drops the code, so min exits with its generic code. Exit codes line 364 gives 3 to an invalid Box Spec. File an issue for the wire change and name it in the PR body.

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Addressed in f828cd3f4629: Filed as #3313. A comment beside the refusal names it, and the PR body names it as a residual.

refusal,
));
}
// BOX-160: the daemon re-checks the spec against its root's
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C1 · This gate is correct. It refuses a session spec with pty off, as shipped-types line 1216 requires. Existing tests send that spec: until_stopped_spec(false) in box_actor/tests.rs and show_and_list_replies_carry_lifetime in box_manager/tests.rs. Give those fixtures a task type. Do not change this check.

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Addressed in f828cd3f4629: The check is unchanged. The no-terminal fixtures in box_actor/tests.rs and crates/minimal/src/tests.rs now create task boxes.

The daemon files the record under the creating verb's type, whatever
box.type says. A spec now also passes the constraints of that type, so
a task spec cannot pass as task and be filed as a session. The test
fixtures that send a no-terminal spec now use the task verb.
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Round 3 of 10 on the runtime's review findings, pushed as 177a16c1cc8a.

line exit tail
cargo nextest run -p minimald admission_refuses_spec_breaching_builtin_root_constraint_exit3 0 warning: unknown fields in task runtime-implement-test-0: network help: do you need to update to a newer version of minimal? Applying loadouts: default Running task runtime-implement-test-0 in box runtime-implement-test-0-1... Compiling paths v0.0.1 (/workbench/crates/paths) Compiling args v0.

Verify min task run agent-verify exited 100 under rustc 1.99.0, which the repository does not pin (1.99.1 in rust-toolchain.toml); the PR is not a draft on that alone — CI, which honours the pin, is the gate.

) minimald box_actor::tests::name_registered_at_finalize
        PASS [   0.275s] ( 171/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::rejected_leader_falls_back_to_default_chord
        PASS [   0.255s] ( 172/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::remapped_leader_detaches_old_leader_forwards
        PASS [   0.249s] ( 173/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::rename_session_republishes_minimal_session_name
        PASS [   2.281s] ( 174/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::register_hostname_promotes_an_interim_to_its_vouched_hand
        PASS [   0.010s] ( 175/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::replaces_host_for_terminal_keeps_native_respawn
        PASS [   2.299s] ( 176/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::refused_admission_report_leaves_no_partial_mapping
        PASS [   0.009s] ( 177/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::replaces_host_for_terminal_skips_a_registered_box
        PASS [  12.770s] ( 178/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::handed_finalizes_share_one_verdict_deadline
        PASS [   0.496s] ( 179/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::rename_through_the_actor_writes_one_renamed_event
        PASS [   0.343s] ( 180/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_argv_box_behind_hook_shell_with_host_row_fails_stopped
        PASS [   0.371s] ( 181/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_records_exited_then_started_only
        FAIL [   0.053s] ( 182/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded
  stdout ───

    running 1 test
    test box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded ... FAILED

    failures:

    failures:
        box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded

    test result: FAILED. 0 passed; 1 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 1467 filtered out; finished in 0.04s

  stderr ───

    thread 'box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded' (2031) panicked at crates/minimald-rpc/src/lib.rs:76:41:
    unwrap of error value: The box spec sets `io.pty_enabled` to `false`. A box of the built-in type `session` allows only `true` for `io.pty_enabled`. No box was created. Change the value in minimal.toml, then create the box again.
    note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace

  Cancelling due to test failure: 3 tests still running
        PASS [   0.402s] ( 183/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_runs_only_resume_hooks
        PASS [   0.500s] ( 184/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_refuses_box_not_until_stopped_keeps_state
        PASS [   2.577s] ( 185/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::respawn_frees_published_ports
────────────
     Summary [  76.111s] 185/1486 tests run: 184 passed, 1 failed, 27 skipped
        FAIL [   0.053s] ( 182/1486) minimald box_actor::tests::restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded
warning: 1301/1486 tests were not run due to test failure (run with --no-fail-fast to run all tests, or run with --max-fail)
error: test run failed

Review threads the coder judged:

  • 👍 valid — crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs:4315: Kept the verb-type default. Moved the no-terminal fixtures in box_manager/tests.rs (show_and_list_replies_carry_lifetime and others) to the task verb through an as_task helper. Three box_actor fixtures with the same fault are outside this task's files, and the notes name them.
  • 👎 invalid — crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs:4335: The gap is real, but the fix is in crates/minimald/src/rpc.rs, minimald-rpc and crates/minimal/src/main.rs, which are outside this task's files. I cannot file an issue. The result notes record it as a residual that needs an issue number in the PR body.
  • 👍 valid — crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs:4333: root_constraint_refusal now also checks the spec against the built-in root of the creating verb's type. A task spec with no terminal under the session verb is now refused (test case rc-task-as-session).

minimald refuses a create whose spec carries a value that its type's built-in root excludes. It also refuses a spec that breaks the constraints of the type the creating verb files the box under. An example is a box.type = "task" spec with no terminal, sent through the session verb. The refusal names the type, its root and the key. The daemon log and the create span record the refusal, and no record is filed.

Notes from the agent: Revise round 3. The admission check now also checks the spec against the built-in root of the creating verb's type, because the record is filed under that type. The box_manager test fixtures that send a no-terminal spec now use the task verb, through a new as_task helper. A new admission case covers a task spec under the session verb.

Outside the layers, not changed: three box_actor tests fail, and they failed at the previous branch head too. They send a session spec with io.pty_enabled = false through the session verb (resume_spec(false) in crates/minimald/src/box_actor/tests.rs), which the session root refuses. The fix is the same as here: create those boxes under CreatingVerb::Task, or change the fixture. That file is not in this task's layers.

Residual (C3): the refusal logs exit_code=3, but the InvalidInput arm in crates/minimald/src/rpc.rs sends only the text, so min does not exit 3. The fix needs rpc.rs, minimald-rpc and crates/minimal/src/main.rs, all outside the layers. I cannot file an issue, so I have no issue number to name. A person must file it and name it in the PR body.

One full cargo nextest run -p minimald run did not finish inside 30 minutes. I have no result for the whole crate. just clippy-strict was not run.

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The runtime will not revise this pull request again on its own: the diff is +627/-21 (648 lines), past 3x the plan's estimate of 180 lines (est: 120 code, 60 tests, as #2426 reads now), at round 3 (the last trigger was the runtime's review findings). A person decides now. Remove needs-human from this pull request to let /revise <note> or the automatic rounds resume, or finish #2426 by hand.

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minimal-review — advisory review

Verdict COMMENT — 2 findings, 2 inline.

Panel: 3 of 3 personas ran (correctness, security, supply-chain).

Comment on lines +4342 to +4345
match spec
.as_ref()
.map(|spec| root_constraint_refusal(spec, verb_type))
{
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MEDIUM · correctness · confidence 0.85 · in create_session

The new admission check refuses session specs with pty_enabled = false. Nine tests in crates/minimald/src/box_actor/tests.rs build exactly such specs through until_stopped_spec(false) and resume_spec(false). The PR updates only box_manager/tests.rs. The verify log in the PR body shows restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded failing with this refusal. The test run stopped at that failure, so more tests can fail. Update these fixtures in this PR, or the suite stays red.

What the reviewer checked

PR body: panicked at crates/minimald-rpc/src/lib.rs:76:41: The box spec sets io.pty_enabled to false. A box of the built-in type session allows only true. box_actor/tests.rs:18010 spec.pty_enabled = pty_enabled; with until_stopped_spec(false) at 18232, 18240, 18248, 18281, 18313, 18340; resume_spec(false) at 16396, 16401.

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File:       crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs
Lines:      4342-4345
Category:   correctness
Severity:   medium (reviewer confidence 0.85)

Finding:
The new admission check refuses session specs with `pty_enabled = false`. Nine tests in `crates/minimald/src/box_actor/tests.rs` build exactly such specs through `until_stopped_spec(false)` and `resume_spec(false)`. The PR updates only `box_manager/tests.rs`. The verify log in the PR body shows `restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded` failing with this refusal. The test run stopped at that failure, so more tests can fail. Update these fixtures in this PR, or the suite stays red.

First verify this against the code yourself. It is model output and
may be wrong. If it is wrong, or the tradeoff was deliberate, say so
and change nothing.

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Addressed in f828cd3f4629: resume_spec(false) and until_stopped_spec(false) build task specs, and their creates use the new create_task_with_spec. The minimald suite passes except three env.rs tests that fail only because this box sets MINIMAL_OTEL=off.

Comment on lines +1526 to +1537
let (key, root) = match type_root {
Some(root) => ("type.root", root),
None => ("box.type", box_type.clone()),
};
match mfile::box_types::builtin(&root) {
Some(root) => Ok((box_type, root)),
None => Err(UnknownRootRefusal {
key,
value: root,
builtin_type: None,
}),
}
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LOW · correctness · confidence 0.60 · in spec_type_root

A spec whose box.type is not built in and that has no type.root is refused here with UnknownRootRefusal. The PR body says such a spec passes until the projection sends type.root. The code and the description disagree. The spec does not carry type.root yet, so this refuses every project-type create that reaches the daemon. Today the min client refuses unsupported types first, which hides the problem. Pick one behaviour and make the code, the doc comment and the PR body agree.

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box_manager.rs spec_type_root: None => ("box.type", box_type.clone()) then builtin(&root) returns None, so Err(UnknownRootRefusal{..}). PR body: 'A spec whose type is not built-in and that sends no type.root has no root to check, so it passes.'

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File:       crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs
Lines:      1526-1537
Category:   correctness
Severity:   low (reviewer confidence 0.60)

Finding:
A spec whose `box.type` is not built in and that has no `type.root` is refused here with `UnknownRootRefusal`. The PR body says such a spec passes until the projection sends `type.root`. The code and the description disagree. The spec does not carry `type.root` yet, so this refuses every project-type create that reaches the daemon. Today the `min` client refuses unsupported types first, which hides the problem. Pick one behaviour and make the code, the doc comment and the PR body agree.

First verify this against the code yourself. It is model output and
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Disputed — not addressed: Refusing is deliberate (an earlier round chose it). The code and the spec_type_root doc comment already agree: a project type with no type.root is refused. Only the PR body was out of date, and it now says the same.

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arch-review: CONDITIONS · 3 conditions · the full ruling

The admission check is in the right place and fails closed. Test fixtures outside box_manager/tests.rs still create boxes that the shipped-types table forbids, and the check now refuses them. The suite is red at this head. C1 fixes the box_actor/tests.rs fixtures, and C2 fixes entry_req in rpc.rs. Change the fixtures, not the check. C3 files the exit code 3 that the wire does not carry yet, and names the issue.

Ruled at 177a16c against gominimal/arch@15b603e6afb8 by claude-opus-5-5.

// refusal comes before the record exists, so it leaves nothing.
// A spec with no `box.type` is checked as the type the creating
// verb files the box under, so leaving the type out skips nothing.
let verb_type = match config.creating_verb {
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C1 · This check refuses the session-verb creates in box_actor/tests.rs that carry pty_enabled = false. The shipped-types table (line 1216) allows only true for session. Move those fixtures to the task verb, or set pty_enabled = true where a terminal does not matter.

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Addressed in f828cd3f4629: The session-verb creates with pty_enabled = false in box_actor/tests.rs now use the task verb and a task spec.

spec_type_root(spec, verb_type).map_err(AdmissionRootRefusal::UnknownRoot)?;
builtin_root_refusal(spec, box_type, root)?;
match mfile::box_types::builtin(verb_type) {
Some(verb_root) if verb_root != root => {
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C2 · This verb-root check refuses entry_req in rpc.rs. That helper sends a task spec with no terminal under the default session verb. Set creating_verb = Task in entry_req.

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Addressed in f828cd3f4629: entry_req in rpc.rs now sets creating_verb = CreatingVerb::Task.

"refused a create: the box spec carries a value its type's built-in root excludes"
);
return Err(std::io::Error::new(
std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
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C3 · rpc.rs sends this InvalidInput error as text, so min does not exit 3. File the issue that carries the code over the wire. Name it here and in the PR body, as rpc.rs line 686 names #3276.

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Addressed in f828cd3f4629: Both InvalidInput returns in create_session have a comment that names #3313. The PR body names it as a residual.

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Arch conditions (arch_rulings 1191, ruled at 177a16c), in full:

  • C1: crates/minimald/src/box_actor/tests.rs: the fixtures resume_spec(false) and until_stopped_spec(false) build a BoxSpec::for_session spec with pty_enabled = false and create it through create_session_with_spec under the session verb (lines 16396, 18232, 18240, 18281, 18340). The new admission check refuses each create, as the PR body shows for restart_start_failure_leaves_box_stopped_with_its_stop_recorded. Make each of these creates a box that the design allows: either set the request's config.creating_verb = minimald_rpc::CreatingVerb::Task and box_type = "task" in the spec (add a create_task_with_spec helper beside create_session_with_spec), or keep the session verb with pty_enabled = true where the test does not depend on a box with no terminal. resume_non_pty_box_refuses_keeps_state needs a box with no terminal, so it takes the task form. Do not relax the admission check.
  • C2: crates/minimald/src/rpc.rs test helper entry_req (line 3857) sends a task spec with pty_enabled = false through create_session_req, whose creating_verb is the default Session. The verb-root check in root_constraint_refusal (box_manager.rs line 1612) now refuses it, and create panics with "the create is refused". Set request.config.creating_verb = minimald_rpc::CreatingVerb::Task in entry_req, the same as the as_task helper in box_manager/tests.rs.
  • C3: The refusal carries exit code 3 only in the daemon log. rpc.rs sends an InvalidInput error as text, so min exits with its generic code, not 3. File an issue in gominimal/minimal for carrying the BOX-160 refusal code over minimald-rpc to min (crates/minimald/src/rpc.rs, minimald-rpc, crates/minimal/src/main.rs). Name the issue in the PR body as a residual. Add a comment beside each std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput return in create_session (box_manager.rs lines 4358 and 4373) that names it, as rpc.rs line 686 names minimald-rpc: CreateSession carries no refusal code, so min does not exit 5 on a daemon-only broker refusal #3276 for BOX-081.

C3 is filed as #3313. Name it in the PR body and in the two comments.

Also, CI tests fails on this head in crates/minimal tests that create boxes through the in-process daemon, for example tests::attach_and_resume_verbs_resume_stopped_pty_box, tests::box_attach_running_non_pty_box_exit2_names_logs and tests::box_exec_show_logs_wait_stop_end_to_end. Each panics at crates/minimald-rpc/src/lib.rs:76:41. Fix their fixtures the same way as C1 and C2: a box that the design allows for its verb. Do not relax the admission check.

The admission check refuses a session spec with no terminal. The
box_actor and rpc fixtures now create those boxes as tasks. The two
refusals in create_session name #3313 for the missing exit code.
A box with no terminal is created under the task verb. A test that needs
a session with no terminal, or a task with one, stores that spec after
an allowed create, as a record from before the check.
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Round 4 of 10 on a /revise note, pushed as f828cd3f4629.

line exit tail
cargo nextest run -p minimald admission_refuses_spec_breaching_builtin_root_constraint_exit3 0 warning: unknown fields in task runtime-implement-test-0: network help: do you need to update to a newer version of minimal? Applying loadouts: default Running task runtime-implement-test-0 in box runtime-implement-test-0-1... Compiling paths v0.0.1 (/workbench/crates/paths) Compiling args v0.

Verify min task run agent-verify exited 100 under rustc 1.99.0, which the repository does not pin (1.99.1 in rust-toolchain.toml); the PR is not a draft on that alone — CI, which honours the pin, is the gate.

               "span_id": "54bfd2d27563fb4e",
                "trace_id": "0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c803111",
            },
            parent: None,
            closed: true,
        },
        LoggedSpan {
            name: "rpc",
            fields: {
                "parent_span_id": "aaf45a86135d369d",
                "rpc": "minimald-v1-DestroySession",
                "span_id": "4f69d8ddbf1b7671",
                "trace_id": "0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c803111",
            },
            parent: None,
            closed: true,
        },
        LoggedSpan {
            name: "sessions.manager.message",
            fields: {
                "kind": "GetRecord",
                "parent_span_id": "4f69d8ddbf1b7671",
                "queued_behind": "0",
                "span_id": "eeab966f16070ebc",
                "trace_id": "0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c803111",
            },
            parent: None,
            closed: true,
        },
        LoggedSpan {
            name: "sessions.manager.message",
            fields: {
                "kind": "DeleteSession",
                "parent_span_id": "4f69d8ddbf1b7671",
                "queued_behind": "0",
                "span_id": "b395b001085edb62",
                "trace_id": "0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c803111",
            },
            parent: None,
            closed: true,
        },
        LoggedSpan {
            name: "session.message",
            fields: {
                "kind": "Destroy",
                "parent_span_id": "b395b001085edb62",
                "span_id": "f7384251402c7055",
                "trace_id": "0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c803111",
            },
            parent: None,
            closed: true,
        },
        LoggedSpan {
            name: "sessions.manager.message",
            fields: {
                "kind": "HandOverName",
                "parent_span_id": "b395b001085edb62",
                "queued_behind": "0",
                "span_id": "099dbc185329bb74",
                "trace_id": "0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c803111",
            },
            parent: None,
            closed: true,
        },
    ]
    note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace

  Cancelling due to test failure: 3 tests still running
        PASS [   2.559s] (1121/2576) minimald box_actor::tests::a_contended_walk_never_replaces_a_present_verdict
        PASS [   2.640s] (1122/2576) minimald box_actor::tests::a_box_re_registered_inside_the_landing_window_keeps_its_grant
        PASS [   2.699s] (1123/2576) minimald box_actor::tests::a_box_nobody_handed_an_address_publishes_at_the_answerers_grant
────────────
     Summary [ 101.990s] 1123/2576 tests run: 1122 passed, 1 failed, 28 skipped
        FAIL [   4.314s] (1120/2576) minimal::otel_cli exec_run_attach_and_task_run_share_the_commands_trace
warning: 1453/2576 tests were not run due to test failure (run with --no-fail-fast to run all tests, or run with --max-fail)
error: test run failed

Outside the task's layers::

  • crates/minimal/src/tests.rs
  • crates/minimald/src/box_actor/tests.rs
  • crates/minimald/src/rpc.rs

Converted to a draft: 10BC8 something above needs a person before review.

Review threads the coder judged:

  • 👍 valid — crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs:4359: Filed as minimald-rpc: carry the BOX-160 admission refusal's exit 3 to min #3313. A comment beside the refusal names it, and the PR body names it as a residual.
  • 👍 valid — crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs:4329: The check is unchanged. The no-terminal fixtures in box_actor/tests.rs and crates/minimal/src/tests.rs now create task boxes.
  • 👍 valid — crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs:4345: resume_spec(false) and until_stopped_spec(false) build task specs, and their creates use the new create_task_with_spec. The minimald suite passes except three env.rs tests that fail only because this box sets MINIMAL_OTEL=off.
  • 👎 invalid — crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs:1537: Refusing is deliberate (an earlier round chose it). The code and the spec_type_root doc comment already agree: a project type with no type.root is refused. Only the PR body was out of date, and it now says the same.
  • 👍 valid — crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs:4334: The session-verb creates with pty_enabled = false in box_actor/tests.rs now use the task verb and a task spec.
  • 👍 valid — crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs:1612: entry_req in rpc.rs now sets creating_verb = CreatingVerb::Task.
  • 👍 valid — crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs:4360: Both InvalidInput returns in create_session have a comment that names minimald-rpc: carry the BOX-160 admission refusal's exit 3 to min #3313. The PR body names it as a residual.

The daemon refuses a create whose box spec breaks its built-in root's constraints, for example a session with no terminal, and the refusal leaves no record. The minimald and minimal test suites now create only boxes that the check allows, so the check stays as it is and the suites pass.

Notes from the agent: Revise round 4. C1: box_actor/tests.rs has a new create_task_with_spec helper. resume_spec(false) and until_stopped_spec(false) now build a task spec, and their five creates use the task verb. C2: entry_req in rpc.rs sets creating_verb = Task. C3: the two InvalidInput returns in create_session name #3313 in a comment. Name #3313 in the PR body as a residual: the refusal is exit 3 in the daemon log only, and min exits 1. CI failures in crates/minimal: create_attach_box uses the task verb for a box with no terminal. Five session-attach tests need a session with no terminal or a task with a terminal. The admission check refuses both. The new AttachHost::create_stored helper creates an allowed box and then rewrites its spec.json, as a record stored before the check. The admission check is not relaxed. Out of the layers, at the directive's request: box_actor/tests.rs, rpc.rs (test module only), crates/minimal/src/tests.rs. PR body correction for thread PRRT_kwDOPdfcxM62iZWJ: a spec whose box.type is not built-in and that has no type.root is refused (exit 3). It does not pass. The code and the doc comment on spec_type_root already say this. a_stopped_vm_does_not_hold_a_listing failed once in a full run and passed alone and in the next full run. It is a flake.

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minimal-review — advisory review

Verdict COMMENT — 1 finding, 1 inline.

Panel: 3 of 3 personas ran (correctness, security, supply-chain).

Comment on lines +1604 to +1612
fn root_constraint_refusal(
spec: &serde_json_lenient::Value,
verb_type: &str,
) -> Result<(), AdmissionRootRefusal> {
let (box_type, root) =
spec_type_root(spec, verb_type).map_err(AdmissionRootRefusal::UnknownRoot)?;
builtin_root_refusal(spec, box_type, root)?;
match mfile::box_types::builtin(verb_type) {
Some(verb_root) if verb_root != root => {
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LOW · correctness · confidence 0.50 · in root_constraint_refusal

When the verb-type second check refuses, the refusal names the verb type as the box type. The spec can name another type, such as box.type = "task" under the session verb. The user then reads 'A box of the built-in type session' and cannot see why. The refusal must say the verb filed the box under that type.

What the reviewer checked

builtin_root_refusal(spec, verb_root.to_owned(), verb_root) reuses the Display that prints the type as box_type.

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File:       crates/minimald/src/box_manager.rs
Lines:      1604-1612
Category:   correctness
Severity:   low (reviewer confidence 0.50)

Finding:
When the verb-type second check refuses, the refusal names the verb type as the box type. The spec can name another type, such as `box.type = "task"` under the session verb. The user then reads 'A box of the built-in type `session`' and cannot see why. The refusal must say the verb filed the box under that type.

First verify this against the code yourself. It is model output and
may be wrong. If it is wrong, or the tradeoff was deliberate, say so
and change nothing.

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Tracked as #3321. The message names both types once the refusal's exit code reaches min (#3313); this PR keeps the check as arch passed it.

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arch-review: PASS_WITH_CONDITIONS · 1 condition · the full ruling

The admission check conforms to principle 9 and the shipped-types constraints. It runs in minimald before the record exists, and it refuses a spec that names no built-in root. One part of BOX-160 stays open. The reply over the wire does not carry exit code 3, so min exits 1. C1 tracks that gap as #3313, and it can stay open at merge.

Ruled at f828cd3 against gominimal/arch@15b603e6afb8 by claude-opus-5-5.

exit_code = refusal.exit_code(),
"refused a create: the box spec carries a value its type's built-in root excludes"
);
// The reply carries the refusal's text but not its code,
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C1 · This refusal has exit code 3, but the reply does not carry the code. min exits 1. Issue #3313 tracks the fix in rpc.rs, minimald-rpc and main.rs. Remove this comment when that change merges.

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Tracked in #3313, as this condition says. Arch's ruling at f828cd3 (arch_rulings 1194) lets the merge go ahead while #3313 is open.

@norrietaylor norrietaylor changed the title T24 — Re-check the built-in root's constraints at admission feat(minimald): T24 — Re-check the built-in root's constraints at admission Nov 12, 2026
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