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Proposes a refactor of the sandbox networking code. Today the own-IP setup lives in the minimald session layer: it allocates the lease, computes the tap parameters and owns the switch-refcount rollback, because sandbox2's Network trait can only describe post-spawn work. The same values then pass through four crates, and only one of the two paths that spawn a sandbox applies the trait at all — which is why an own-IP session's tasks silently fall back to HostNet.

The spec gives Network a plan/attach/abandon shape, moves the launch sequence and the rollback into sandbox2, and reduces minimald to one mode-to-provider factory that the session and task paths share.

Written to the new docs/specs/TEMPLATE.md format (the first spec to use it) with EARS requirements, and in ASD-STE100 language.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GjRz6QBru5tUFMXgU8R2J4

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  • Docs updated if behavior changed
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  • Documentation
    • Added a draft specification for a unified network provider interface across sandbox tasks.
    • Documented host, isolated, and isolated-with-tap networking modes.
    • Defined network setup, attachment, teardown, cancellation, and resolver configuration behavior.
    • Documented session-to-task network inheritance, namespace isolation, and safeguards for restoring resources after failed operations.

Proposes a refactor of the sandbox networking code. Today the own-IP
setup lives in the minimald session layer: it allocates the lease,
computes the tap parameters and owns the switch-refcount rollback,
because sandbox2's `Network` trait can only describe post-spawn work.
The same values then pass through four crates, and only one of the two
paths that spawn a sandbox applies the trait at all — which is why an
own-IP session's tasks silently fall back to `HostNet`.

The spec gives `Network` a plan/attach/abandon shape, moves the launch
sequence and the rollback into sandbox2, and reduces minimald to one
mode-to-provider factory that the session and task paths share.

Written to the new docs/specs/TEMPLATE.md format (the first spec to use
it) with EARS requirements, and in ASD-STE100 language.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GjRz6QBru5tUFMXgU8R2J4
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docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider.md — 16 finding(s)

docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider.md:1: R006 Requirements section states no requirements
docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider.md:59: R007 '017-001' is not a requirement ID. Use XXX-NNN, 2-5 uppercase letters then a number. Nothing else in this section is checked
docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider.md:65: R007 '017-002' is not a requirement ID. Use XXX-NNN, 2-5 uppercase letters then a number. Nothing else in this section is checked
docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider.md:66: R009 'operation, THEN THE SYSTEM SHALL run the abandon operation o' reads as a requirement but was not parsed as one, so nothing about it is checked. A requirement is `- **XXX-NNN** <EARS sentence>` at the left margin
docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider.md:77: R007 '017-003' is not a requirement ID. Use XXX-NNN, 2-5 uppercase letters then a number. Nothing else in this section is checked
docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider.md:83: R007 '017-004' is not a requirement ID. Use XXX-NNN, 2-5 uppercase letters then a number. Nothing else in this section is checked
docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider.md:89: R007 '017-005' is not a requirement ID. Use XXX-NNN, 2-5 uppercase letters then a number. Nothing else in this section is checked
docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider.md:105: R007 '017-006' is not a requirement ID. Use XXX-NNN, 2-5 uppercase letters then a number. Nothing else in this section is checked
docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider.md:111: R007 '017-007' is not a requirement ID. Use XXX-NNN, 2-5 uppercase letters then a number. Nothing else in this section is checked
docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider.md:118: R007 '017-008' is not a requirement ID. Use XXX-NNN, 2-5 uppercase letters then a number. Nothing else in this section is checked
docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider.md:125: R007 '017-009' is not a requirement ID. Use XXX-NNN, 2-5 uppercase letters then a number. Nothing else in this section is checked
docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider.md:131: R007 '017-010' is not a requirement ID. Use XXX-NNN, 2-5 uppercase letters then a number. Nothing else in this section is checked
docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider.md:132: R009 'the sandbox, THE SYSTEM SHALL give the file descriptor of th' reads as a requirement but was not parsed as one, so nothing about it is checked. A requirement is `- **XXX-NNN** <EARS sentence>` at the left margin
docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider.md:139: R007 '017-011' is not a requirement ID. Use XXX-NNN, 2-5 uppercase letters then a number. Nothing else in this section is checked
docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider.md:140: R009 'one, THEN THE SYSTEM SHALL stop the launch with an error.' reads as a requirement but was not parsed as one, so nothing about it is checked. A requirement is `- **XXX-NNN** <EARS sentence>` at the left margin
docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider.md:165: R007 '017-N01' is not a requirement ID. Use XXX-NNN, 2-5 uppercase letters then a number. Nothing else in this section is checked

Advisory. None of this blocks the merge; the review decides.

Advisory, and never a merge gate. Linter: gominimal/foundry@1bd959c2, spec format: How Minimal Writes Specs.

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The pull request adds draft specification 017. It defines a shared sandbox2 network-provider contract, planned launch lifecycle, provider selection, mode propagation, cleanup rules, and implementation constraints.

Sandbox Network Provider

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Problem and requirements
docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/...
Documents spawn-path differences, network-mode requirements, launch ordering, cleanup guarantees, tap handling, performance bounds, and non-goals.
Provider contract and launch flow
docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/...
Defines NetPlan, Network, HostNet, NoNet, PlannedLaunch, resolver handling, and network_for.
Implementation and invariants
docs/specs/17-spec-sandbox-network-provider/...
Lists implementation stages, rejected alternatives, security invariants, answered questions, and unresolved questions.

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The proposed contract can still permit incorrect network isolation or cleanup behavior when implemented, and its required tests do not protect the task fail-closed path. Resolve these specification gaps before merge.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the addition of Spec 017 and its main proposal: one network provider for every sandbox. It uses the required conventional format and concise wording.
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- Around line 222-227: Update the network_for specification to define the
normative NetworkMode-to-NetPlan mapping: NoNet must use an isolated plan,
HostNet must use a host plan, and own-IP mode must use an isolated plan with
deployment-specific tap and resolver settings. Ensure this contract makes
requirement 012-006 testable.
- Around line 62-65: Update the Sandbox::launch cancellation path so dropping
the launch future owns an executable cancellation guard that invokes
Network::abandon exactly once, rather than merely creating an unpolled
AbandonFuture. Ensure cleanup works both after plan() completes and while plan()
is pending, and add coverage for both cancellation scenarios.
- Around line 232-238: Update the specification around
sandbox2::Config::with_network, Sandbox::isolate_netns(), and network_for to
explicitly define whether custom Network values are trusted, constrained, or
removed when they conflict with network_mode. Document the migration path and
ensure the selected behavior preserves 012-006 enforcement for NoNet and own-IP
sandboxes.
- Around line 201-203: Expand the provider contract around the attach, abandon,
and teardown symbols to define the AttachFuture result, ownership transitions
from plan through attach or abandon, and the owner of rollback for attach
failures. Specify exactly-once tap and reservation cleanup, including whether
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The task story read as an exec into a running session's namespaces, which
is a different path (`nsenter.rs`, `setns(2)`). The task exec path builds
its own sandbox, and a task run mints a session of its own, so a task is a
PTask like an interactive session or a build.

012-005 now states the general rule — the mode of a PTask reaches the
sandbox of that PTask — and keeps the session-inheritance case as a
sub-bullet, which is where the drop to the host network belongs. Adds a
non-goal and an open question for the missing mode option on a task run,
which hardcodes the host network today.

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- Around line 260-262: Define the build path’s inputs to network_for, including
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support in 012-005. Document the contract alongside the existing task and
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12 and 13 are taken by the GitHub sessions and min client core specs; 14–16
by other open spec PRs. Directory, file and in-document references move
together; content is unchanged.

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@norrietaylor norrietaylor changed the title docs(specs): add spec 012, one network provider for every sandbox docs(specs): add spec 017, one network provider for every sandbox Sep 16, 2026
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- Line 63: Clarify requirement 017-002 by defining whether count(plan) includes
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reservations, or condition the equality on successful planning and add an
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- Line 160: Make requirement 017-N01 measurable by defining the single-launch
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- Around line 235-245: The NetPlan API must expose the immutable namespace, tap,
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constructor that can represent Resolver::Nameservers and read-only accessors for
isolate_netns, tap, and resolver, or replace NetPlan with an equivalent public
immutable value while preserving existing host, isolated, and isolated_with_tap
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- Line 101: Add a minimald verification test covering task mode selection
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Pushed dee2effe onto this branch: the spec revision that #1371 carried, folded in here so the spec is reviewed once, with the design corrected to what the implementation stack actually does:

Lint: the same 16 advisory 017-NNN identifier findings as before, nothing new. Stack order: this → #1422 → #1371.

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…-plan mapping in spec 017

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