Update documentation with 39 changed files (#4810)

[rysweet]

Summary

Concise workflow-generated PR for documentation.

Issue

Closes #4810

Changed files

• docs/concepts/agentic-disk-reclamation.md
• docs/howto/configure-disk-reclamation.md
• docs/index.md
• docs/reference/disk-reclaim-api.md
• docs/reference/disk-reclaim-build-cache-producer.md
• docs/reference/ooda-decide-prompt.md
• docs/reference/ooda-orient-recipe.md
• docs/reference/ooda-record-orient-decide-cli.md
• docs/reference/recipe-brain-verdict-parsing.md
• docs/reference/text-parsing-wire-formats.md
• mkdocs.yml
• prompt_assets/simard/recipes/ooda-decide.yaml
• prompt_assets/simard/recipes/ooda-orient.yaml
• src/disk_reclaim/build_cache.rs
• src/disk_reclaim/executor.rs
• src/disk_reclaim/guard.rs
• src/disk_reclaim/mod.rs
• src/ooda_brain/mod.rs
• src/ooda_brain/orient_decide_record.rs
• src/ooda_brain/recipe_brain.rs
• src/ooda_brain/tests_record_orient_decide.rs
• src/ooda_brain/tests_rework_contract.rs
• src/ooda_loop/cycle.rs
• src/ooda_loop/decide.rs
• src/ooda_loop/types.rs
• src/operator_cli/mod.rs
• src/operator_cli/ooda.rs
• src/operator_cli/tests_record_orient_decide.rs
• src/operator_commands_ooda/daemon/mod.rs
• tests/disk_reclaim_build_cache_producer.rs
• tests/gadugi/decide-orient-brain-parse.sh
• tests/gadugi/decide-orient-brain-parse.yaml
• tests/qa-scenarios/reasoner-comment-recovery.yaml
• tests/qa-scenarios/reasoner-control-char-recovery.yaml
• tests/qa-scenarios/reasoner-invalid-escape-recovery.yaml
• tests/qa-scenarios/reasoner-number-special-recovery.yaml
• tests/qa-scenarios/reasoner-python-literal-recovery.yaml
• tests/qa-scenarios/reasoner-trailing-comma-recovery.yaml
• tests/recipe_brain_verdict_assets.rs

Diff stat

 src/ooda_brain/tests_record_orient_decide.rs       |  651 -------
 src/ooda_brain/tests_rework_contract.rs            |  270 ---
 src/ooda_loop/cycle.rs                             |    5 +-
 src/ooda_loop/decide.rs                            |    1 -
 src/ooda_loop/types.rs                             |   16 -
 src/operator_cli/mod.rs                            |    2 -
 src/operator_cli/ooda.rs                           |  160 --
 src/operator_cli/tests_record_orient_decide.rs     |  807 ---------
 src/operator_commands_ooda/daemon/mod.rs           |    9 +-
 tests/disk_reclaim_build_cache_producer.rs         |  746 ++++++++
 tests/gadugi/decide-orient-brain-parse.sh          |  203 ++-
 tests/gadugi/decide-orient-brain-parse.yaml        |    6 +-
 tests/qa-scenarios/reasoner-comment-recovery.yaml  |    2 +-
 .../reasoner-control-char-recovery.yaml            |    2 +-
 .../reasoner-invalid-escape-recovery.yaml          |    2 +-
 .../reasoner-number-special-recovery.yaml          |    2 +-
 .../reasoner-python-literal-recovery.yaml          |    2 +-
 .../reasoner-trailing-comma-recovery.yaml          |    2 +-
 tests/recipe_brain_verdict_assets.rs               |   24 +-
 39 files changed, 3545 insertions(+), 3615 deletions(-)

Behavior

Implemented behavior through these branch commits:
dc52fbd harden(disk-reclaim): pre-unlink re-stat + producer equivalence test
3096483 perf(disk-reclaim): compute build-cache leaves once per routine reclaim
e4826f1 refactor(disk-reclaim): drop redundant per-leaf re-canonicalization in guard
91fbf32 wip: checkpoint after implementation (steps 7-8)

Validation

ℹ NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=32768 (saved preference). To change: /home/azureuser/.amplihack/config
I'll start by getting the branch name and understanding the changes made in this PR.

● Get branch name and changed files (shell)
│ cd /home/azureuser/src/Simard-deploy-4049/worktrees/feat/issue-4810-simard-process-health-defect
│ -the-ooda-daemon-rides && git branch --show-current && echo "---CHANGED FILES---" && git status
│ --short && echo "---DIFF STAT vs main---" && git --no-pager diff --stat origin/main...HEAD
│ 2>/dev/null || git --no-pager diff --stat main...HEAD 2>/dev/null
└ 14 lines…

Let me examine the changes and understand the toolchain.

Risk

No high-risk subsystem pattern detected from changed paths.

Checklist

• Branch has 4 commit(s) ahead of main
• Code review completed
• Philosophy check passed

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This PR was created as a draft for review before merging.

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Step 16b: Outside-In Testing Results

Tested from the PR branch (feat/issue-4810-simard-process-health-defect-the-ooda-daemon-rides) as a consumer of the disk-reclaim library boundary.

Detected toolchain: Rust / Cargo (Cargo.toml at repo root, cargo 1.95.0), edition 2024. No Node/Python test surface for this change. Changed files scoped to src/disk_reclaim/** + tests/disk_reclaim_build_cache_producer.rs.

Environment note: The host root FS (/) was at 100% (0 bytes free) — the exact defect this PR fixes (ooda.log showed the routine disk reclaim: 98% -> 98% used, freed 0 bytes ... skipped for review + recurring EMERGENCY disk cleanup loop). To validate without touching the running daemon's active build target, tests were compiled into an external CARGO_TARGET_DIR on a separate volume (/mnt/home-data, 209G free). The root disk was not modified.

Chosen strategy: Native cargo test (per qa-team Rust-CLI guidance — no gadugi-agentic-test), one simple unit scenario + one edge/integration scenario, both exercising the reclaim candidate selection and the guarded executor boundary.

#	Scenario	Command	Result	Key output
1 (simple)	Reclaim candidate selection unit tests (build_cache, guard, executor, mod producers/rails)	CARGO_TARGET_DIR=… cargo test --lib disk_reclaim::	✅ PASS	test result: ok. 81 passed; 0 failed — incl. build_cache::tests::leaf_dirs_reject_symlinked_leaf, from_leaves_matches_full_walk_producer, merge_dedup_by_path_appends_only_new_paths
2 (edge/integration)	Full producer contract: routine reclaim actually frees build-cache leaves, never the wholesale target/debug, emergency net & interlocks intact	CARGO_TARGET_DIR=… cargo test --test disk_reclaim_build_cache_producer	✅ PASS	test result: ok. 13 passed; 0 failed — incl. parent_target_debug_is_never_admitted, apply_frees_nonzero_and_stops_at_target_minimum_necessary, registered_leaf_is_exempt_from_deny_set_but_only_by_exact_canonical_match, live_process_interlock_still_vetoes_a_registered_leaf, unregistered_sibling_outside_leaves_is_outside_allow_root, producer_is_deterministic_and_env_independent

Additional checks: No stray print!/println!/eprintln! added to non-test src/disk_reclaim/** (structured tracing/OTel only). CI at time of testing: coverage, cargo-audit, cargo-deny, cargo-vet, npm-audit, scripts-tests, GitGuardian all green; pre-commit running.

Fix count: 0 — both scenarios passed on the first run; no diagnose/fix/commit iterations were required.

[rysweet]

Step 17b — Comprehensive Code Review

Reviewed the 9-file diff (core: src/disk_reclaim/{build_cache,executor,guard,mod}.rs + integration tests). Scope: deterministic build-cache producer for routine reclaim (issue #4810), leaf-only allow-scope widening, exact-canonical deny-set exemption, and pre-unlink TOCTOU re-stat.

Verdict: APPROVE — merge-ready. No blocking issues. Logic is correct, fail-closed throughout, and defense-in-depth is well applied. A few non-blocking observations below.

Strengths (verified, not assumed)

• Correct minimal widening. ProtectedDenySet::contains is subtree-based (starts_with), so a <repo>/target/debug/* leaf inside a deny-protected managed repo would otherwise be rejected. The exemption is gated on exact-canonical match against build_cache_leaves (is_registered_build_cache_leaf), so parents (target/debug) and siblings (target/debug/simard, target/debug/some-other-dir) are never exempted. Tests parent_target_debug_is_never_admitted and unregistered_sibling_outside_leaves_is_outside_allow_root lock this.
• Rails 3–4 still apply to exempted leaves. live_process_interlock_still_vetoes_a_registered_leaf proves an in-flight cargo build is never deleted from under itself. Rail 4's .git re-routing is untouched.
• Fail-closed producer. vetted_leaf requires a real, non-symlink, euid-owned dir (via symlink_metadata, not following the final component) before canonicalizing; anything else is silently dropped. leaf_dirs_reject_symlinked_leaf covers the symlink-swap defense.
• Trust boundary is tight. The entire widening rests on build_cache_leaf_dirs(managed_repos()) × the hardcoded EVICTABLE_CACHE_DIRS allowlist — debug/ itself and final binaries are deliberately excluded (evictable_dirs_exclude_debug_root_and_binary).
• Root refusal preserved. effective_apply_mode downgrades apply→dry-run at the guarded core (euid 0), so every entry point inherits it, not just the CLI pre-check.
• Perf split is behavior-preserving. from_leaves_matches_full_walk_producer locks build_cache_candidates ≡ build_cache_candidates_from_leaves, so the single-walk optimization in run_disk_reclaim can never diverge the candidate set from the guard allowlist.
• Zero-BS clean: no TODOs/stubs/unimplemented!/swallowed exceptions, no print!/println! (structured tracing only), no Bridge identifiers. The only .unwrap()s in scope are the pre-existing Mutex::lock().unwrap() in CachingSizeMeasurer (not part of this diff).

Non-blocking observations

1. Residual TOCTOU window (acknowledged, acceptable). Between the guard's is_registered_build_cache_leaf canonicalize and the executor's restat_real_dir_owned there remains a small window, and a second window between the re-stat and remove_dir_all. The re-stat meaningfully narrows it and std::fs::remove_dir_all does not follow symlinks (CVE-2022-21658 fixed in Rust ≥1.58; toolchain is 1.95). Fully closing this would require openat/O_NOFOLLOW-based unlink — reasonably out of scope. Worth a one-line code comment noting the remaining window is bounded by the non-symlink-following removal, so a future reader doesn't assume it's race-free.
2. Triplicated "real, non-symlink, euid-owned dir" check. The same predicate now lives in build_cache::vetted_leaf, guard::is_registered_build_cache_leaf, and executor::restat_real_dir_owned (each with a slightly different return shape). Correct and defense-in-depth by intent, but a shared fn is_real_owned_dir(&Path) -> bool helper would reduce drift risk. Non-blocking.
3. Per-candidate stat cost. When build_cache_leaves is non-empty, is_registered_build_cache_leaf adds symlink_metadata + canonicalize per candidate (and a second canonicalize in Rail 2 when it's not a leaf). Bounded by MAX_CANDIDATES; negligible in practice.

Checklist

• Code quality and standards — idiomatic, well-documented rationale on every non-obvious branch
• Test coverage adequate — 81 lib + 13 integration; all security-critical paths (parent, sibling, symlink, live-process, deny-set exemption, dry-run/apply, determinism) covered
• No TODOs, stubs, or swallowed exceptions
• No unimplemented functions
• Logic correctness — exact-canonical exemption + fail-closed producer verified against contains subtree semantics
• Edge case handling — symlink swap, non-dir, foreign owner, missing leaf, root euid, empty leaves all handled fail-closed

CI at review time: coverage / cargo-audit / cargo-deny / cargo-vet / npm-audit / scripts-tests / GitGuardian all green; pre-commit pending (no failures).

[rysweet]

Step 17c — Security Review (MANDATORY)

Scope: Destructive filesystem subsystem (disk reclaim, issue #4810). This code DELETES directories via remove_dir_all during routine daemon operation, so the review targeted data-loss / path-escape / TOCTOU classes on src/disk_reclaim/{executor,guard,build_cache,mod}.rs.

Verdict: APPROVE — no exploitable security vulnerabilities found (no Critical/High/Medium). Every relevant threat class is mitigated with concrete code evidence. CI green: cargo-audit, cargo-deny, cargo-vet, npm-audit, GitGuardian all pass.

Threat-class findings

1. Path safety / prefix-boundary — MITIGATED. under_any_root, is_safe_to_delete, and ProtectedDenySet::contains compare canonicalized absolute paths with Path::starts_with (component-wise, not string-wise), so /a/bc can never match root /a/b and target/debug can never match a target/debug/incremental leaf. Rail‑2 requires real != r && real.starts_with(&r) (strictly inside). No prefix-boundary bug.

2. Symlink / TOCTOU — MITIGATED (residual window is same-user, non-escalating). All producer/vetting gates use symlink_metadata (final component not followed) and fail-closed on symlink or stat error. The new pre-unlink restat_real_dir_owned (executor.rs) re-verifies real / non-symlink / euid-owned at the syscall boundary. Residual restat→unlink micro-window is neutralized because remove_dir_all on a final-component symlink unlinks the link without following it (Rust ≥1.95, post CVE‑2022‑21658 openat/O_NOFOLLOW traversal), and exploiting even that requires write access to the euid-owned parent — no cross-user or privilege escalation.

3. Deny-set exemption scope — MITIGATED (correctly minimal). is_registered_build_cache_leaf matches via exact PathBuf equality against a set containing only …/target/debug/{incremental,deps,build} (+ llvm-cov mirror). No parent/sibling/substring/pattern match — a protected managed repo or target/debug can never be admitted by the exemption. Rails 3–4 (live-process veto, .git re-routing) still apply to exempted leaves.

4. Ownership / privilege — MITIGATED (fail-closed). euid ownership enforced at production (build_cache.rs) and re-enforced at the syscall boundary for every RemoveDir. Apply path refused entirely under euid 0 (two independent guards). A root-owned or foreign-owned dir cannot be deleted.

5. Injection / command execution — MITIGATED. No shell anywhere. git_hardened uses an argv vector with env_clear() (blocks GIT_*/LD_PRELOAD), a -- separator, and rejects leading-dash paths. du/gh are argv-invoked with no interpolation.

6. Input trust — MITIGATED. Agent-proposed kind/reason/size are advisory only; the guard re-derives the primitive, re-measures size, and forces tracked-worktree vetting whenever a .git marker exists. Worktree enumeration uses read_dir + non-symlink file_type().is_dir().

Wiring consistency (verified)

The sole production construction of GuardContext/remover (mod.rs) threads the identical build_cache_leaves set into both allow_roots and the exemption set, and the executor independently re-checks under_any_root — double-locked. reclaim_candidates and run_disk_reclaim compute leaves from the hardcoded managed_repos(), so candidate set and allowlist cannot diverge (locked by from_leaves_matches_full_walk_producer).

Residual risk (non-blocking, accepted)

• restat→unlink micro-window: neutralized by non-following remove_dir_all + same-user euid confinement. A clarifying comment on the executor deletion branch would aid future maintainers.

No security remediation required. Branch is merge-ready from a security standpoint.

[rysweet]

Step 17d — Philosophy Guardian Review

Reviewed the disk-reclaim changeset (src/disk_reclaim/{build_cache,executor,guard,mod}.rs + tests) against amplihack philosophy. Verdict against each principle below is grounded in the actual diff, not assumed.

Compliance Checklist

• Ruthless simplicity achieved. The perf split is the minimal shape: build_cache_candidates is a one-line delegation to build_cache_candidates_from_leaves(build_cache_leaf_dirs(repos)). The extracted build_cache_candidates_from_leaves is allocation-only (map → collect), no branching, no config. restat_real_dir_owned is a flat stat → type-check → uid-check → Ok. No layers added beyond what the single-walk reuse requires.
• Bricks & studs pattern followed. Clean seams: build_cache.rs owns candidate production, executor.rs owns the destructive primitive behind the PathRemover trait (the stud), guard.rs owns vetting. RealPathRemover (prod) and the recording test remover implement the same contract. Each function has one reason to change and a documented pre/post-condition.
• Zero-BS implementation. No stubs, no faked APIs, no swallowed exceptions. Every failure path returns a descriptive Result<_, String>; the re-stat aborts exactly one candidate (never the run) and this is documented at the call site. Confirmed absent: TODO/FIXME/todo!/unimplemented!/panic!/println!/unwrap/expect in production paths. Both new safety rails are exercised by real filesystem tests (symlink swap rejected, real dir deleted; producer equivalence over a multi-repo/multi-worktree fixture).
• No over-engineering. The producer split is justified by a concrete cost (production's run_disk_reclaim needs the same leaves for the guard allowlist — walking once instead of twice) and its behavior-identity is locked by test (from_leaves_matches_full_walk_producer), so it cannot silently drift into a second source of truth. The re-stat is the cheapest defense-in-depth for a destructive path, not a speculative framework.
• Clean module boundaries. No new cross-module coupling. The unsafe { libc::geteuid() } calls are annotated with // SAFETY: justifications and confined to the two ownership checks. The PathRemover trait keeps git/rm shell-out isolated and test-substitutable.

Non-blocking observations (do not block merge)

1. Duplicated "real, non-symlink, euid-owned directory" predicate. The same three-step check appears in vetted_leaf (build_cache.rs) and restat_real_dir_owned (executor.rs). Each is independently fail-closed and correct, and the modules are intentionally decoupled, so the duplication is defensible — but a shared fs_guard helper would remove one future drift risk. Matches the DRY note already raised in the Step 17b code review.
2. Residual TOCTOU window between re-stat and remove_dir_all is inherent to POSIX and already narrowed by symlink_metadata + non-symlink-following removal. Acceptable; a one-line comment naming the remaining window would aid future readers.

Verdict

PHILOSOPHY-COMPLIANT — merge-ready. The changeset embodies ruthless simplicity (minimal split, no speculative abstraction), respects brick/stud boundaries, and is zero-BS (every rail tested, no stubs/swallowed errors). The single actionable review item (producer equivalence test) and the discovered doc/impl discrepancy (TOCTOU re-stat) were both resolved with tested, non-over-engineered implementations.

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📊 Coverage Summary

Generated by cargo llvm-cov --workspace --summary-only (nightly, excluding test files)

Module	Lines	Covered	Coverage
Total	204322	171941	84.2%

_{Coverage data from CI run. Test files matching tests?/ are excluded from line counts.}