From 71a59c7c2404fdd1a4ed9874941515922914b2dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PythonWoods
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 19:36:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 01/16] feat(core): implement context-aware VSM resolution +
ReDoS canary (ZRT-002/ZRT-004)
- ResolutionContext for source-file-relative href resolution
- _assert_regex_canary(): SIGALRM watchdog (100ms) at engine construction
- Fix B904: raise PluginContractError from None
- Conditional shield import guard + @_shield_skip markers in test suite
- Add arch/vsm_engine.md and internal/security/shattered_mirror_report.md to mkdocs nav
(doc files already on disk; nav entries prevent ORPHAN warnings in pre-commit self-check)
---
.gitignore | 1 +
mkdocs.yml | 8 +
src/zenzic/core/rules.py | 157 ++++++++++++-
tests/test_redteam_remediation.py | 355 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tests/test_rules.py | 2 +-
5 files changed, 513 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tests/test_redteam_remediation.py
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aefcb23..3a0574d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
.claude/
.agent/
.deepcode/
+.redteam/
# ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Python
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 771265d..1f26f43 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ plugins:
Docs Issue: Problema nei Docs
Change Request: Richiesta di Modifica
Pull Requests: Pull Request
+ Internals: Architettura Interna
+ VSM Engine: Motore VSM
+ Security Reports: Rapporti di Sicurezza
+ Security Analysis v0.5.0a3: Analisi di Sicurezza v0.5.0a3
markdown_extensions:
- admonition
@@ -188,6 +192,10 @@ nav:
- Writing an Adapter: developers/writing-an-adapter.md
- Writing Plugin Rules: developers/plugins.md
- Example Projects: developers/examples.md
+ - Internals:
+ - VSM Engine: arch/vsm_engine.md
+ - Security Reports:
+ - Security Analysis v0.5.0a3: internal/security/shattered_mirror_report.md
- Community:
- Get Involved: community/index.md
- How to Contribute: community/contribute/index.md
diff --git a/src/zenzic/core/rules.py b/src/zenzic/core/rules.py
index 24ce7f0..25d3195 100644
--- a/src/zenzic/core/rules.py
+++ b/src/zenzic/core/rules.py
@@ -76,6 +76,28 @@
from zenzic.models.vsm import VSM, Route
+# ─── ResolutionContext (ZRT-004) ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+@dataclass(slots=True)
+class ResolutionContext:
+ """Source-file context for VSM-aware rules that resolve relative links.
+
+ Passed as the ``context`` argument to :meth:`BaseRule.check_vsm` and
+ :meth:`AdaptiveRuleEngine.run_vsm`. Enables rules like
+ :class:`VSMBrokenLinkRule` to resolve ``..``-relative hrefs correctly
+ relative to the *physical* location of the source file in the docs tree,
+ rather than treating every href as if it originated from the docs root.
+
+ Attributes:
+ docs_root: Absolute path to the ``docs/`` directory.
+ source_file: Absolute path of the Markdown file currently being checked.
+ """
+
+ docs_root: Path
+ source_file: Path
+
+
# ─── Finding ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Severity = Literal["error", "warning", "info"]
@@ -237,6 +259,7 @@ def check_vsm(
text: str,
vsm: Mapping[str, Route],
anchors_cache: dict[Path, set[str]],
+ context: ResolutionContext | None = None,
) -> list[Violation]:
"""Analyse a file against the pre-built Virtual Site Map.
@@ -262,6 +285,13 @@ def check_vsm(
anchors_cache: Pre-computed mapping of absolute ``Path`` → anchor
slug set. Use this for anchor validation instead
of re-parsing file content.
+ context: Optional :class:`ResolutionContext` with the
+ ``docs_root`` and ``source_file`` paths. When
+ present, rules that resolve relative hrefs should
+ use ``context.source_file.parent`` as the base
+ directory — not the docs root. ``None`` for
+ backwards-compatibility with rules that do not
+ require source-file context.
Returns:
A list of :class:`Violation` objects, or an empty list.
@@ -369,6 +399,71 @@ def _assert_pickleable(rule: BaseRule) -> None:
) from exc
+# Canary strings that trigger catastrophic backtracking in ReDoS-vulnerable
+# patterns. A safe regex at n=30 takes microseconds; a ReDoS pattern at n=30
+# takes seconds or longer.
+_CANARY_STRINGS: tuple[str, ...] = (
+ "a" * 30 + "b", # classic (a+)+ / (a*)* style
+ "A" * 25 + "!", # uppercase variant
+ "1" * 20 + "x", # numeric variant
+)
+_CANARY_TIMEOUT_S: float = 0.1 # 100 ms
+
+
+def _assert_regex_canary(rule: BaseRule) -> None:
+ """Raise :class:`PluginContractError` if a :class:`CustomRule` pattern hangs.
+
+ ZRT-002 defence: a regex that causes catastrophic backtracking inside a
+ worker process will deadlock the :class:`~concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor`
+ because the executor has no timeout. This canary tests each
+ :class:`CustomRule` pattern against stress strings under a ``SIGALRM``
+ watchdog **before** the engine is distributed to worker processes.
+
+ Only :class:`CustomRule` instances are tested (they carry user-supplied
+ regexes). Python-native :class:`BaseRule` subclasses are trusted to
+ have been written with complexity in mind.
+
+ This function is a no-op on Windows (``signal.SIGALRM`` is unavailable).
+
+ Args:
+ rule: A :class:`BaseRule` instance to validate.
+
+ Raises:
+ PluginContractError: When the pattern takes longer than
+ :data:`_CANARY_TIMEOUT_S` on any canary string.
+ """
+ import platform
+ import signal
+
+ from zenzic.core.exceptions import PluginContractError
+
+ if platform.system() == "Windows" or not isinstance(rule, CustomRule):
+ return
+
+ def _alarm(_signum: int, _frame: object) -> None:
+ raise TimeoutError
+
+ old_handler = signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, _alarm)
+ try:
+ for canary in _CANARY_STRINGS:
+ signal.setitimer(signal.ITIMER_REAL, _CANARY_TIMEOUT_S)
+ try:
+ rule.check(Path("__canary__.md"), canary)
+ except TimeoutError:
+ raise PluginContractError(
+ f"Rule '{rule.rule_id}': pattern {rule.pattern!r} may cause "
+ f"catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS). The pattern timed out "
+ f"after {int(_CANARY_TIMEOUT_S * 1000)} ms on the stress string "
+ f"{canary!r}.\n"
+ " Fix: simplify the regex to avoid nested quantifiers "
+ "such as (a+)+, (a*)*, (a|aa)+, etc."
+ ) from None
+ finally:
+ signal.setitimer(signal.ITIMER_REAL, 0) # cancel alarm
+ finally:
+ signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, old_handler)
+
+
class AdaptiveRuleEngine:
"""Applies a collection of :class:`BaseRule` instances to a Markdown file.
@@ -397,6 +492,7 @@ class AdaptiveRuleEngine:
def __init__(self, rules: Sequence[BaseRule]) -> None:
for rule in rules:
_assert_pickleable(rule)
+ _assert_regex_canary(rule) # ZRT-002: ReDoS pre-flight check
self._rules = rules
def __bool__(self) -> bool:
@@ -443,6 +539,7 @@ def run_vsm(
text: str,
vsm: VSM,
anchors_cache: dict[Path, set[str]],
+ context: ResolutionContext | None = None,
) -> list[RuleFinding]:
"""Run VSM-aware rules against *text* and the pre-built routing table.
@@ -456,6 +553,10 @@ def run_vsm(
text: Raw Markdown content.
vsm: Pre-built VSM (canonical URL → Route).
anchors_cache: Pre-computed anchor slug sets.
+ context: Optional :class:`ResolutionContext` for source-file-
+ relative link resolution. When provided, each rule
+ that overrides :meth:`BaseRule.check_vsm` will receive
+ the context to resolve ``..``-relative hrefs correctly.
Returns:
Flat list of :class:`RuleFinding` from all VSM-aware rules.
@@ -463,7 +564,7 @@ def run_vsm(
findings: list[RuleFinding] = []
for rule in self._rules:
try:
- violations = rule.check_vsm(file_path, text, vsm, anchors_cache)
+ violations = rule.check_vsm(file_path, text, vsm, anchors_cache, context)
findings.extend(v.as_finding() for v in violations)
except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001
findings.append(
@@ -577,6 +678,7 @@ def check_vsm(
text: str,
vsm: Mapping[str, Route],
anchors_cache: dict[Path, set[str]],
+ context: ResolutionContext | None = None,
) -> list[Violation]:
"""Validate all inline links in *text* against the VSM.
@@ -614,7 +716,11 @@ def check_vsm(
# guide/index.md → /guide/
# guide/install.md → /guide/install/
# Paths without .md suffix (e.g. "guide/install") are also handled.
- target_url = self._to_canonical_url(url)
+ target_url = self._to_canonical_url(
+ url,
+ source_dir=context.source_file.parent if context else None,
+ docs_root=context.docs_root if context else None,
+ )
if target_url is None:
continue
@@ -666,24 +772,41 @@ def check_vsm(
return violations
- @staticmethod
- def _to_canonical_url(href: str) -> str | None:
+ def _to_canonical_url(
+ self,
+ href: str,
+ source_dir: Path | None = None,
+ docs_root: Path | None = None,
+ ) -> str | None:
"""Convert a relative Markdown href to a canonical URL string.
+ ZRT-004 fix: when ``source_dir`` and ``docs_root`` are provided the
+ href is resolved **relative to the source file's directory** instead of
+ root-relative. This correctly handles ``..``-prefixed hrefs from files
+ nested in subdirectories.
+
+ Without context (``source_dir=None``), behaves exactly as the original
+ ``@staticmethod`` to preserve full backwards-compatibility with callers
+ that do not supply a :class:`ResolutionContext`.
+
Applies the standard MkDocs / Zensical clean-URL rule:
``page.md`` → ``/page/``, ``dir/index.md`` → ``/dir/``.
- Returns ``None`` for hrefs that cannot be converted to a meaningful
- canonical URL (e.g. bare query strings, empty paths).
+ Returns ``None`` for hrefs that cannot be converted (e.g. bare query
+ strings, empty paths, or paths that escape ``docs_root``).
- Pure: no I/O, no Path.exists().
+ Pure: no I/O, no ``Path.exists()``.
Args:
- href: Raw href extracted from a Markdown link, already stripped of
- any title portion.
+ href: Raw href extracted from a Markdown link.
+ source_dir: Absolute directory of the file that contains the link.
+ Required for correct ``..``-relative resolution.
+ docs_root: Absolute path to the docs root directory.
+ Required for context-aware boundary checking.
Returns:
Canonical URL string (leading and trailing ``/``), or ``None``.
"""
+ import os
from urllib.parse import unquote, urlsplit
parsed = urlsplit(href)
@@ -691,6 +814,22 @@ def _to_canonical_url(href: str) -> str | None:
if not path:
return None
+ # ZRT-004: context-aware relative resolution
+ # When source_dir + docs_root are provided and the href has .. segments,
+ # resolve them relative to the source file's directory rather than the
+ # docs root. Without context (backwards-compatible path), the original
+ # root-relative logic is used.
+ if source_dir is not None and docs_root is not None and ".." in path:
+ raw_target = os.path.normpath(str(source_dir) + os.sep + path.replace("/", os.sep))
+ root_str = str(docs_root)
+ if not (raw_target == root_str or raw_target.startswith(root_str + os.sep)):
+ return None # path escapes docs_root — Shield territory, skip
+ try:
+ rel = str(Path(raw_target).relative_to(docs_root)).replace(os.sep, "/")
+ except ValueError:
+ return None
+ path = rel if rel != "." else ""
+
# Strip .md suffix if present
if path.endswith(".md"):
path = path[:-3]
diff --git a/tests/test_redteam_remediation.py b/tests/test_redteam_remediation.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..659133e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_redteam_remediation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,355 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 PythonWoods
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+"""Tests for ZRT Red-Team remediation (v0.5.0a4 hotfix).
+
+Covers:
+- ZRT-001: Shield must detect secrets in YAML frontmatter
+- ZRT-002: _assert_regex_canary must reject ReDoS patterns at engine construction
+- ZRT-003: Shield normalizer must catch split-token obfuscation in tables
+- ZRT-004: VSMBrokenLinkRule must resolve relative links with source-file context
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import platform
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from zenzic.core.exceptions import PluginContractError
+from zenzic.core.rules import (
+ AdaptiveRuleEngine,
+ CustomRule,
+ ResolutionContext,
+ Violation,
+ VSMBrokenLinkRule,
+ _assert_regex_canary,
+)
+from zenzic.models.vsm import Route
+
+
+# Shield/Scanner symbols are committed in Commit 2 (shield.py + scanner.py).
+# Guard the import so that Commit 1 alone remains test-runnable: the two
+# shield-dependent test classes are skipped until Commit 2 is applied.
+try:
+ from zenzic.core.scanner import ReferenceScanner
+ from zenzic.core.shield import _normalize_line_for_shield, scan_line_for_secrets
+
+ _SHIELD_AVAILABLE = True
+except ImportError:
+ _normalize_line_for_shield = None # type: ignore[assignment]
+ scan_line_for_secrets = None # type: ignore[assignment]
+ ReferenceScanner = None # type: ignore[assignment]
+ _SHIELD_AVAILABLE = False
+
+_shield_skip = pytest.mark.skipif(
+ not _SHIELD_AVAILABLE,
+ reason="shield.py normalizer and scanner.py dual-stream not yet committed (Commit 2)",
+)
+
+
+# ─── ZRT-001: Shield must detect secrets in YAML frontmatter ──────────────────
+
+
+@_shield_skip
+class TestShieldFrontmatterCoverage:
+ """ZRT-001: The Shield stream must scan ALL lines including frontmatter."""
+
+ def test_shield_catches_aws_key_in_yaml_frontmatter(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+ """AWS access key inside YAML frontmatter must trigger a SecurityFinding."""
+ from zenzic.core.scanner import ReferenceScanner
+
+ md = tmp_path / "secret.md"
+ md.write_text(
+ "---\n"
+ "aws_key: AKIA1234567890ABCDEF\n"
+ "title: API Guide\n"
+ "---\n\n"
+ "# Guide\n\nNormal content here.\n"
+ )
+ scanner = ReferenceScanner(md)
+ secrets = [data for _, evt, data in scanner.harvest() if evt == "SECRET"]
+ assert len(secrets) >= 1, "Shield must catch AWS key inside YAML frontmatter"
+ secret_types = {s.secret_type for s in secrets}
+ assert "aws-access-key" in secret_types
+
+ def test_shield_catches_github_token_in_yaml_frontmatter(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+ """GitHub PAT inside YAML frontmatter must trigger a SecurityFinding."""
+ from zenzic.core.scanner import ReferenceScanner
+
+ md = tmp_path / "github_secret.md"
+ md.write_text(
+ "---\n"
+ "author: John Doe\n"
+ "github_token: ghp_1234567890123456789012345678901234567\n"
+ "---\n\n"
+ "# Guide\n\nNormal content.\n"
+ )
+ scanner = ReferenceScanner(md)
+ secrets = [data for _, evt, data in scanner.harvest() if evt == "SECRET"]
+ assert len(secrets) >= 1, "Shield must catch GitHub token inside YAML frontmatter"
+
+ def test_shield_does_not_create_false_positive_on_clean_frontmatter(
+ self, tmp_path: Path
+ ) -> None:
+ """A doc with only safe frontmatter metadata must emit zero secrets."""
+ from zenzic.core.scanner import ReferenceScanner
+
+ md = tmp_path / "clean.md"
+ md.write_text(
+ "---\n"
+ "title: Clean Page\n"
+ "author: Jane Doe\n"
+ "tags: [docs, guide]\n"
+ "---\n\n"
+ "# Clean Page\n\nThis page has no secrets.\n"
+ )
+ scanner = ReferenceScanner(md)
+ secrets = [data for _, evt, data in scanner.harvest() if evt == "SECRET"]
+ assert secrets == [], f"Expected 0 secrets, got: {secrets}"
+
+ def test_shield_secret_line_number_is_inside_frontmatter(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+ """The reported line number of a frontmatter secret must be correct."""
+ from zenzic.core.scanner import ReferenceScanner
+
+ md = tmp_path / "line_check.md"
+ md.write_text(
+ "---\n" # line 1
+ "title: Guide\n" # line 2
+ "aws_key: AKIA1234567890ABCDEF\n" # line 3
+ "---\n" # line 4
+ )
+ scanner = ReferenceScanner(md)
+ secrets = [data for _, evt, data in scanner.harvest() if evt == "SECRET"]
+ assert len(secrets) >= 1
+ # The secret is on line 3
+ assert secrets[0].line_no == 3
+
+
+# ─── ZRT-002: ReDoS canary must reject catastrophic patterns at construction ──
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+ platform.system() == "Windows",
+ reason="SIGALRM not available on Windows — canary is a no-op there",
+)
+class TestReDoSCanary:
+ """ZRT-002: AdaptiveRuleEngine must reject ReDoS patterns before worker dispatch."""
+
+ def test_canary_rejects_classic_redos_pattern(self) -> None:
+ """Pattern (a+)+ must be caught by the canary before engine construction."""
+ rule = CustomRule(
+ id="ZZ-REDOS",
+ pattern=r"^(a+)+$",
+ message="ReDoS test.",
+ severity="error",
+ )
+ with pytest.raises(PluginContractError, match="catastrophic backtracking"):
+ _assert_regex_canary(rule)
+
+ def test_canary_rejects_alternation_redos(self) -> None:
+ """Alternation-based ReDoS (a|aa)+ also caught."""
+ rule = CustomRule(
+ id="ZZ-REDOS2",
+ pattern=r"^(a|aa)+$",
+ message="ReDoS alt test.",
+ severity="error",
+ )
+ with pytest.raises(PluginContractError, match="catastrophic backtracking"):
+ _assert_regex_canary(rule)
+
+ def test_engine_construction_rejects_redos_custom_rule(self) -> None:
+ """AdaptiveRuleEngine.__init__ must raise at construction for ReDoS rules."""
+ rule = CustomRule(
+ id="ZZ-DEADLOCK",
+ pattern=r"^(a+)+$",
+ message="Deadlock pattern.",
+ severity="error",
+ )
+ with pytest.raises(PluginContractError, match="catastrophic backtracking"):
+ AdaptiveRuleEngine([rule])
+
+ def test_canary_passes_safe_pattern(self) -> None:
+ """A simple, safe regex must pass the canary without raising."""
+ rule = CustomRule(
+ id="ZZ-SAFE",
+ pattern=r"TODO",
+ message="TODO found.",
+ severity="warning",
+ )
+ # Must not raise
+ _assert_regex_canary(rule)
+
+ def test_canary_passes_anchored_safe_pattern(self) -> None:
+ """A more complex but safe anchored pattern must pass the canary."""
+ rule = CustomRule(
+ id="ZZ-SAFE2",
+ pattern=r"^(DRAFT|WIP|TODO):?\s",
+ message="Status marker.",
+ severity="info",
+ )
+ _assert_regex_canary(rule)
+
+ def test_canary_skips_non_custom_rules(self) -> None:
+ """BaseRule subclasses that are not CustomRule are not tested by the canary."""
+ from zenzic.core.rules import BaseRule, RuleFinding
+
+ class _TrustedRule(BaseRule):
+ @property
+ def rule_id(self) -> str:
+ return "TRUSTED-001"
+
+ def check(self, file_path: Path, text: str) -> list[RuleFinding]:
+ return []
+
+ # Must not raise even though _TrustedRule is not a CustomRule
+ _assert_regex_canary(_TrustedRule())
+
+
+# ─── ZRT-003: Split-token Shield bypass via Markdown table normalizer ──────────
+
+
+@_shield_skip
+class TestShieldNormalizer:
+ """ZRT-003: The pre-scan normalizer must reconstruct split-token secrets."""
+
+ def test_normalize_strips_backtick_spans(self) -> None:
+ """`AKIA` → AKIA (unwrap inline code)."""
+ result = _normalize_line_for_shield("`AKIA`1234567890ABCDEF")
+ assert "AKIA1234567890ABCDEF" in result
+
+ def test_normalize_removes_concat_operator(self) -> None:
+ """`AKIA` + `1234567890ABCDEF` → AKIA1234567890ABCDEF."""
+ result = _normalize_line_for_shield("`AKIA` + `1234567890ABCDEF`")
+ assert "AKIA1234567890ABCDEF" in result
+
+ def test_normalize_strips_table_pipes(self) -> None:
+ """Pipes → spaces so table cells don't break token continuity."""
+ result = _normalize_line_for_shield("| Key | AKIA1234567890ABCDEF |")
+ assert "|" not in result
+ assert "AKIA1234567890ABCDEF" in result
+
+ def test_normalize_handles_combined_table_and_concat(self) -> None:
+ """Full attack vector: table cell with split backtick-concat key."""
+ line = "| Access Key | `AKIA` + `1234567890ABCDEF` |"
+ result = _normalize_line_for_shield(line)
+ assert "AKIA1234567890ABCDEF" in result
+
+ def test_scan_line_catches_split_token_aws_key(self) -> None:
+ """scan_line_for_secrets must catch an AWS key split across backtick spans."""
+ line = "| Key | `AKIA` + `1234567890ABCDEF` |"
+ findings = list(scan_line_for_secrets(line, Path("docs/config.md"), 7))
+ assert len(findings) >= 1, f"Expected >=1 finding, got: {findings}"
+ assert findings[0].secret_type == "aws-access-key"
+
+ def test_scan_line_no_false_positive_on_clean_table(self) -> None:
+ """Clean table rows must not trigger any findings."""
+ line = "| API endpoint | https://api.example.com/v1/users |"
+ findings = list(scan_line_for_secrets(line, Path("docs/api.md"), 3))
+ assert findings == []
+
+ def test_scan_line_still_catches_plain_aws_key(self) -> None:
+ """Normalizer must not break detection of non-obfuscated secrets."""
+ line = "aws_key = AKIA1234567890ABCDEF"
+ findings = list(scan_line_for_secrets(line, Path("docs/config.md"), 1))
+ assert len(findings) >= 1
+ assert findings[0].secret_type == "aws-access-key"
+
+ def test_no_duplicate_findings_for_same_secret(self) -> None:
+ """If raw and normalised both match, only ONE finding is emitted per type."""
+ # This line has the key both raw AND in a table — should only emit once
+ line = "AKIA1234567890ABCDEF"
+ findings = list(scan_line_for_secrets(line, Path("docs/x.md"), 1))
+ types = [f.secret_type for f in findings]
+ assert types.count("aws-access-key") == 1, "Deduplication must prevent double-emit"
+
+
+# ─── ZRT-004: VSMBrokenLinkRule context-aware URL resolution ──────────────────
+
+
+def _make_vsm(*urls: str, status: str = "REACHABLE") -> dict[str, Route]:
+ return {
+ url: Route(url=url, source=f"{url.strip('/')}.md", status=status) # type: ignore[arg-type]
+ for url in urls
+ }
+
+
+class TestVSMContextAwareResolution:
+ """ZRT-004: VSMBrokenLinkRule must resolve relative .. hrefs from the source dir."""
+
+ _RULE = VSMBrokenLinkRule()
+ _DOCS_ROOT = Path("/docs")
+
+ def _ctx(self, source_rel: str) -> ResolutionContext:
+ """Build a context for a source file inside /docs."""
+ return ResolutionContext(
+ docs_root=self._DOCS_ROOT,
+ source_file=self._DOCS_ROOT / source_rel,
+ )
+
+ def _run_with_ctx(self, text: str, vsm: dict, source_rel: str) -> list[Violation]:
+ ctx = self._ctx(source_rel)
+ return self._RULE.check_vsm(self._DOCS_ROOT / source_rel, text, vsm, {}, ctx)
+
+ def test_context_aware_resolves_dotdot_to_sibling(self) -> None:
+ """../../c/target.md from docs/a/b/page.md → /c/target/."""
+ vsm = _make_vsm("/c/target/")
+ violations = self._run_with_ctx("[T](../../c/target.md)", vsm, "a/b/page.md")
+ assert violations == [], "Link ../../c/target.md from docs/a/b/ must resolve to /c/target/"
+
+ def test_context_aware_single_dotdot(self) -> None:
+ """../sibling.md from docs/subdir/page.md → /sibling/."""
+ vsm = _make_vsm("/sibling/")
+ violations = self._run_with_ctx("[Sibling](../sibling.md)", vsm, "subdir/page.md")
+ assert violations == [], "Link ../sibling.md from docs/subdir/ must resolve to /sibling/"
+
+ def test_context_aware_dotdot_absent_from_vsm_emits_violation(self) -> None:
+ """A context-resolved link to an absent URL must still emit Z001."""
+ vsm = _make_vsm("/other/") # /sibling/ is absent
+ violations = self._run_with_ctx("[Broken](../sibling.md)", vsm, "subdir/page.md")
+ assert len(violations) == 1
+ assert violations[0].code == "Z001"
+
+ def test_context_aware_traversal_escape_returns_none(self) -> None:
+ """A path that escapes docs_root via .. must be silently skipped (no crash)."""
+ vsm = _make_vsm("/etc/")
+ violations = self._run_with_ctx("[Escape](../../../../etc/passwd)", vsm, "subdir/page.md")
+ # The path escapes docs_root — must not emit a false Z001 nor crash
+ assert violations == []
+
+ def test_without_context_preserves_backward_compatibility(self) -> None:
+ """Without context, behaviour is identical to the original @staticmethod."""
+ vsm = _make_vsm("/guide/")
+ # docs/guide.md with no context → should still work as before
+ violations = self._RULE.check_vsm(
+ Path("docs/index.md"),
+ "[Guide](guide.md)",
+ vsm,
+ {},
+ context=None, # explicit None
+ )
+ assert violations == []
+
+ def test_context_aware_index_md_resolves_to_dir(self) -> None:
+ """../section/index.md from docs/a/page.md → /section/."""
+ vsm = _make_vsm("/section/")
+ violations = self._run_with_ctx("[Sec](../section/index.md)", vsm, "a/page.md")
+ assert violations == []
+
+ def test_run_vsm_passes_context_to_rule(self) -> None:
+ """AdaptiveRuleEngine.run_vsm must forward the context to check_vsm."""
+ engine = AdaptiveRuleEngine([VSMBrokenLinkRule()])
+ vsm = _make_vsm("/sibling/")
+ ctx = ResolutionContext(
+ docs_root=Path("/docs"),
+ source_file=Path("/docs/subdir/page.md"),
+ )
+ # ../sibling.md from /docs/subdir/page.md → /sibling/
+ findings = engine.run_vsm(
+ Path("/docs/subdir/page.md"),
+ "[Sibling](../sibling.md)",
+ vsm,
+ {},
+ context=ctx,
+ )
+ assert findings == [], f"Expected no findings with context, got: {findings}"
diff --git a/tests/test_rules.py b/tests/test_rules.py
index 6df6ebc..216a696 100644
--- a/tests/test_rules.py
+++ b/tests/test_rules.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def rule_id(self) -> str:
def check(self, file_path: Path, text: str) -> list[RuleFinding]:
return []
- def check_vsm(self, file_path, text, vsm, anchors_cache) -> list[Violation]:
+ def check_vsm(self, file_path, text, vsm, anchors_cache, context=None) -> list[Violation]:
raise RuntimeError("vsm rule internal error")
From 05ae6ac6f9942b1a62fa8729e1667b9065c55db0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PythonWoods
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 19:46:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 02/16] feat(security): integrate Shield with SentinelReporter
and Exit Code 2 (ZRT-001/ZRT-003)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
- SecurityFinding gains col_start + match_text for surgical caret rendering
- _map_shield_to_finding(): sole authorised Shield→reporter bridge (Mutation Gate target)
- _obfuscate_secret(): partial redaction (AKIA****1234) safe for CI logs
- SentinelReporter: dedicated red breach panels pre-section (Q2); render_quiet one-liner (Q3)
- Remove early-exit hard-stop; breach findings flow through _to_findings() pipeline
- Exit 2 decided post-render by CLI runner, not scanner (Q3 / Obligation 4)
---
src/zenzic/cli.py | 21 +++---
src/zenzic/core/reporter.py | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
src/zenzic/core/scanner.py | 144 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
src/zenzic/core/shield.py | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++---
4 files changed, 313 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/zenzic/cli.py b/src/zenzic/cli.py
index fa373a3..9e368a5 100644
--- a/src/zenzic/cli.py
+++ b/src/zenzic/cli.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
from zenzic.core.reporter import Finding, SentinelReporter
from zenzic.core.scanner import (
PlaceholderFinding,
+ _map_shield_to_finding,
find_orphans,
find_placeholders,
find_repo_root,
@@ -580,6 +581,11 @@ def _rel(path: Path) -> str:
match_text=rule_f.match_text,
)
)
+ # Convert Shield security findings into breach-severity Finding objects.
+ # _map_shield_to_finding() is the sole authorised bridge between the Shield
+ # and the reporter (see Obligation 4 / Mutation Gate in CONTRIBUTING.md).
+ for sf in report.security_findings:
+ findings.append(_map_shield_to_finding(sf, docs_root))
return findings
@@ -721,15 +727,6 @@ def check_all(
results = _collect_all_results(repo_root, config, strict=effective_strict)
elapsed = time.monotonic() - t0
- # ── Security hard-stop (exit code 2) ──────────────────────────────────────
- if results.security_events:
- if not quiet:
- console.print(
- f"\n[bold red]SECURITY CRITICAL:[/] {results.security_events} "
- "credential(s) detected — rotate immediately."
- )
- raise typer.Exit(2)
-
# ── JSON format ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
if output_format == "json":
ref_errors = []
@@ -817,6 +814,12 @@ def check_all(
strict=effective_strict,
)
+ # Breach findings cause Exit 2; all other failures cause Exit 1.
+ # This check runs after rendering so the report is always printed first.
+ breaches = sum(1 for f in all_findings if f.severity == "security_breach")
+ if breaches and not effective_exit_zero:
+ raise typer.Exit(2)
+
# In strict mode, warnings are promoted to failures.
# Use reporter-derived counts (from filtered all_findings) so that target-mode
# does not fail on findings outside the requested scope.
diff --git a/src/zenzic/core/reporter.py b/src/zenzic/core/reporter.py
index 10b11ea..db56bec 100644
--- a/src/zenzic/core/reporter.py
+++ b/src/zenzic/core/reporter.py
@@ -35,9 +35,31 @@ class Finding:
"error": f"bold {ROSE}",
"warning": f"bold {AMBER}",
"info": f"bold {INDIGO}",
+ "security_breach": f"bold white on {ROSE}",
}
+def _obfuscate_secret(raw: str) -> str:
+ """Partially redact a secret for safe display in logs and CI output.
+
+ Preserves the first four and last four characters so reviewers can
+ identify the secret type and suffix without exposing the full credential.
+ Strings of length ≤ 8 are fully redacted.
+
+ This function is the only place where raw secret material is allowed
+ to be formatted for human consumption. It **must never** be bypassed.
+
+ Args:
+ raw: The raw matched secret string from the Shield.
+
+ Returns:
+ A partially-redacted string safe for log output.
+ """
+ if len(raw) <= 8: # too short to redact partially — hide the whole thing
+ return "*" * len(raw)
+ return raw[:4] + "*" * (len(raw) - 8) + raw[-4:]
+
+
def _strip_prefix(rel_path: str, line_no: int, message: str) -> str:
"""Remove the redundant 'relpath:lineno: ' prefix already shown in the file header."""
if line_no > 0:
@@ -142,19 +164,27 @@ def render(
docs_count: int = 0,
assets_count: int = 0,
engine: str = "auto",
- security_events: int = 0,
target: str | None = None,
strict: bool = False,
) -> tuple[int, int]:
"""Print the full Sentinel Report.
+ Breach findings (``severity=="security_breach"``) are rendered as
+ dedicated red panels **before** the grouped findings section and are
+ excluded from the grouped view to avoid noise. All other findings flow
+ through the normal grouped pipeline.
+
Returns:
- ``(error_count, warning_count)`` so the caller can decide the
- exit code.
+ ``(error_count, warning_count)`` — breaches are counted separately
+ by the caller (``cli.py``) and cause Exit 2, not Exit 1.
"""
errors = sum(1 for f in findings if f.severity == "error")
warnings = sum(1 for f in findings if f.severity == "warning")
+ # ── Split: breach findings get dedicated panels; rest goes to the grouped view
+ breach_findings = [f for f in findings if f.severity == "security_breach"]
+ normal_findings = [f for f in findings if f.severity != "security_breach"]
+
# ── Telemetry line ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
dot = emoji("dot")
total = docs_count + assets_count
@@ -168,7 +198,39 @@ def render(
parts.append(f"[{INDIGO}]{elapsed:.1f}[/]s")
telemetry = Text.from_markup(f"[{SLATE}]{f' {dot} '.join(parts)}[/]")
- if not findings:
+ # ── Security breach panels (rendered BEFORE main panel) ───────────────
+ if breach_findings:
+ for bf in breach_findings:
+ obfuscated = _obfuscate_secret(bf.match_text) if bf.match_text else "[redacted]"
+ breach_body = Group(
+ Text.from_markup(f" {emoji('cross')} [bold]Finding:[/] {_esc(bf.message)}"),
+ Text.from_markup(
+ f" {emoji('cross')} [bold]Location:[/] "
+ f"[bold]{_esc(self._full_rel(bf.rel_path))}[/]:{bf.line_no}"
+ ),
+ Text.from_markup(
+ f" {emoji('cross')} [bold]Credential:[/] "
+ f"[bold reverse] {_esc(obfuscated)} [/]"
+ ),
+ Text(),
+ Text.from_markup(
+ " [bold]Action:[/] Rotate this credential immediately "
+ "and purge it from the repository history."
+ ),
+ )
+ self._con.print()
+ self._con.print(
+ Panel(
+ breach_body,
+ title=f"[bold white on {ROSE}] SECURITY BREACH DETECTED ",
+ title_align="center",
+ border_style=f"bold {ROSE}",
+ padding=(1, 2),
+ expand=True,
+ )
+ )
+
+ if not normal_findings and not breach_findings:
# ── All-clear panel ───────────────────────────────────────────────
self._con.print()
self._con.print(
@@ -192,20 +254,9 @@ def render(
)
return 0, 0
- # ── Security ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- security_line: list[RenderableType] = []
- if security_events:
- security_line = [
- Text.from_markup(
- f"[{ROSE}]{emoji('shield')} SECURITY CRITICAL:[/] {security_events} "
- f"credential(s) detected — rotate immediately."
- ),
- Text(),
- ]
-
- # ── Grouped findings ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+ # ── Grouped findings (non-breach only) ───────────────────────────────
grouped: dict[str, list[Finding]] = defaultdict(list)
- for f in findings:
+ for f in normal_findings:
grouped[f.rel_path].append(f)
renderables: list[RenderableType] = []
@@ -281,7 +332,7 @@ def render(
self._con.print()
self._con.print(
Panel(
- Group(telemetry, Text(), *security_line, *renderables),
+ Group(telemetry, Text(), *renderables),
title=f"[bold white on {INDIGO}] {emoji('shield')} ZENZIC SENTINEL v{version} [/]",
title_align="center",
border_style=f"bold {INDIGO}",
@@ -296,9 +347,19 @@ def render(
# ── Quiet mode (pre-commit) ──────────────────────────────────────────────
def render_quiet(self, findings: list[Finding]) -> tuple[int, int]:
- """Minimal one-line output for pre-commit hooks."""
+ """Minimal output for pre-commit hooks.
+
+ Breach findings always produce a one-liner even in quiet mode — silent
+ failure on a credential leak is more dangerous than noisy CI output.
+ """
+ breaches = [f for f in findings if f.severity == "security_breach"]
errors = sum(1 for f in findings if f.severity == "error")
warnings = sum(1 for f in findings if f.severity == "warning")
+ if breaches:
+ self._con.print(
+ f"[bold red]SECURITY CRITICAL:[/] {len(breaches)} secret(s) detected — "
+ f"rotate immediately. Exit 2."
+ )
if errors or warnings:
self._con.print(f"zenzic: {errors} error(s), {warnings} warning(s)")
return errors, warnings
diff --git a/src/zenzic/core/scanner.py b/src/zenzic/core/scanner.py
index 4c2be3f..c265bca 100644
--- a/src/zenzic/core/scanner.py
+++ b/src/zenzic/core/scanner.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
from urllib.parse import unquote
from zenzic.core.adapter import get_adapter
+from zenzic.core.reporter import Finding
from zenzic.core.rules import AdaptiveRuleEngine, BaseRule
from zenzic.core.shield import SecurityFinding, scan_line_for_secrets, scan_url_for_secrets
from zenzic.core.validator import LinkValidator
@@ -99,6 +100,42 @@ def calculate_orphans(all_md: set[str], nav_paths: set[str] | frozenset[str]) ->
return sorted(all_md - nav_paths)
+def _map_shield_to_finding(sf: SecurityFinding, docs_root: Path) -> Finding:
+ """Convert a :class:`SecurityFinding` into a reporter :class:`Finding`.
+
+ This is the **sole authorised bridge** between the Shield detection layer
+ and the SentinelReporter. It is extracted as a standalone pure function so
+ that mutation testing can target it directly (see the Mutation Gate in
+ ``CONTRIBUTING.md``, Obligation 4 — "The Invisible", "The Amnesiac", and
+ "The Silencer" mutants must all be killed here).
+
+ Args:
+ sf: A secret detection result from :func:`~zenzic.core.shield.scan_line_for_secrets`
+ or :func:`~zenzic.core.shield.scan_url_for_secrets`.
+ docs_root: Absolute path to the docs root directory used to compute
+ a project-relative display path.
+
+ Returns:
+ A :class:`~zenzic.core.reporter.Finding` with
+ ``severity="security_breach"`` ready for the SentinelReporter pipeline.
+ """
+ try:
+ rel = str(sf.file_path.relative_to(docs_root))
+ except ValueError:
+ rel = str(sf.file_path)
+
+ return Finding(
+ rel_path=rel,
+ line_no=sf.line_no,
+ code="SHIELD",
+ severity="security_breach",
+ message=f"Secret detected ({sf.secret_type}) — rotate immediately.",
+ source_line=sf.url,
+ col_start=sf.col_start,
+ match_text=sf.match_text,
+ )
+
+
@dataclass(slots=True)
class PlaceholderFinding:
file_path: Path
@@ -538,13 +575,16 @@ def harvest(self) -> Generator[HarvestEvent, None, None]:
``(lineno, event_type, data)`` tuples. See module-level type alias
``HarvestEvent`` for the full list of event types and data shapes.
"""
- # ── 1.a Shield pass: scan every line (fences are NOT skipped) ────────
- # Collect SECRET events keyed by line number so duplicate suppression
- # (a definition URL that also matches scan_line_for_secrets) still works.
+ # ── 1.a Shield pass: scan EVERY line including YAML frontmatter ──────────
+ # ZRT-001 fix: the Shield must have priority over ALL content, including
+ # YAML frontmatter. Frontmatter values (aws_key, api_token, ...) are
+ # real secrets — we use raw enumerate() so no line is ever skipped.
+ # The Content Stream (1.b below) still uses _iter_content_lines which
+ # skips frontmatter correctly to avoid false-positive ref-def hits.
secret_line_nos: set[int] = set()
shield_events: list[HarvestEvent] = []
with self.file_path.open(encoding="utf-8") as fh:
- for lineno, line in _skip_frontmatter(fh):
+ for lineno, line in enumerate(fh, start=1): # ALL lines, no filter
for finding in scan_line_for_secrets(line, self.file_path, lineno):
shield_events.append((lineno, "SECRET", finding))
secret_line_nos.add(lineno)
@@ -933,10 +973,24 @@ def scan_docs_references(
import concurrent.futures
import os
- work_items = [(f, config, rule_engine) for f in md_files]
actual_workers = workers if workers is not None else os.cpu_count() or 1
- with concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor(max_workers=workers) as executor:
- raw = list(executor.map(_worker, work_items))
+ work_items = [(f, config, rule_engine) for f in md_files]
+ # GA-1 fix: use actual_workers for the executor (not the raw `workers`
+ # sentinel) so max_workers always matches what telemetry reports.
+ with concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor(max_workers=actual_workers) as executor:
+ # ZRT-002 fix: use submit() + future.result(timeout=...) instead of
+ # executor.map(). This prevents a deadlocked worker (e.g. from a
+ # ReDoS pattern in [[custom_rules]]) from blocking the entire scan.
+ futures_map = {executor.submit(_worker, item): item[0] for item in work_items}
+ raw: list[IntegrityReport] = []
+ for fut, md_file in futures_map.items():
+ try:
+ raw.append(fut.result(timeout=_WORKER_TIMEOUT_S))
+ except concurrent.futures.TimeoutError:
+ raw.append(_make_timeout_report(md_file))
+ except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001
+ raw.append(_make_error_report(md_file, exc))
+
reports: list[IntegrityReport] = sorted(raw, key=lambda r: r.file_path)
elapsed = time.monotonic() - _t0
@@ -1003,6 +1057,82 @@ def scan_docs_references(
#: can override it without patching private internals.
ADAPTIVE_PARALLEL_THRESHOLD: int = 50
+#: Maximum wall-clock seconds a single worker may spend analysing one file.
+#: If a worker exceeds this limit it is abandoned and a Z009 timeout finding
+#: is emitted for the file instead of a normal IntegrityReport. The purpose
+#: is to prevent ReDoS patterns in [[custom_rules]] from deadlocking the
+#: entire parallel pipeline. (ZRT-002 fix)
+_WORKER_TIMEOUT_S: int = 30
+
+
+def _make_timeout_report(md_file: Path) -> IntegrityReport:
+ """Produce a minimal :class:`IntegrityReport` for a worker that timed out.
+
+ Called by the parallel coordinator when ``future.result(timeout=...)``
+ raises :class:`concurrent.futures.TimeoutError`. The returned report
+ carries a single ``Z009`` rule finding so the CLI can surface the
+ timeout in the standard findings UI without crashing the scan.
+
+ Args:
+ md_file: Absolute path of the file whose worker timed out.
+
+ Returns:
+ A :class:`IntegrityReport` with ``score=0`` and one ``Z009`` finding.
+ """
+ from zenzic.core.rules import RuleFinding # deferred: avoid circular at module level
+ from zenzic.models.references import IntegrityReport
+
+ timeout_finding = RuleFinding(
+ file_path=md_file,
+ line_no=0,
+ rule_id="Z009",
+ message=(
+ f"Analysis of '{md_file.name}' timed out after {_WORKER_TIMEOUT_S}s. "
+ "A custom rule pattern may be causing catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS). "
+ "Check [[custom_rules]] patterns in zenzic.toml."
+ ),
+ severity="error",
+ )
+ return IntegrityReport(
+ file_path=md_file,
+ score=0,
+ findings=[],
+ security_findings=[],
+ rule_findings=[timeout_finding],
+ )
+
+
+def _make_error_report(md_file: Path, exc: BaseException) -> IntegrityReport:
+ """Produce a minimal :class:`IntegrityReport` for a worker that raised.
+
+ Args:
+ md_file: Absolute path of the file whose worker raised an exception.
+ exc: The exception caught from ``future.result()``.
+
+ Returns:
+ A :class:`IntegrityReport` with ``score=0`` and one ``RULE-ENGINE-ERROR`` finding.
+ """
+ from zenzic.core.rules import RuleFinding
+ from zenzic.models.references import IntegrityReport
+
+ error_finding = RuleFinding(
+ file_path=md_file,
+ line_no=0,
+ rule_id="RULE-ENGINE-ERROR",
+ message=(
+ f"Worker for '{md_file.name}' raised an unexpected exception: "
+ f"{type(exc).__name__}: {exc}"
+ ),
+ severity="error",
+ )
+ return IntegrityReport(
+ file_path=md_file,
+ score=0,
+ findings=[],
+ security_findings=[],
+ rule_findings=[error_finding],
+ )
+
def _worker(args: tuple[Path, ZenzicConfig, AdaptiveRuleEngine | None]) -> IntegrityReport:
"""Top-level worker function for ``ProcessPoolExecutor``.
diff --git a/src/zenzic/core/shield.py b/src/zenzic/core/shield.py
index 64a3e68..d9b15a7 100644
--- a/src/zenzic/core/shield.py
+++ b/src/zenzic/core/shield.py
@@ -31,6 +31,44 @@
from pathlib import Path
+# ─── Pre-scan Normalizer (ZRT-003: split-token bypass defence) ────────────────
+
+# Unwrap inline code spans: `AKIA` → AKIA
+_BACKTICK_INLINE_RE = re.compile(r"`([^`]*)`")
+# Remove concatenation operators that split tokens: `AKIA` + `KEY` → AKIAKEY
+_CONCAT_OP_RE = re.compile(r"[`'\"\s]*\+[`'\"\s]*")
+# Replace table-cell separators with spaces
+_TABLE_PIPE_RE = re.compile(r"\|")
+
+
+def _normalize_line_for_shield(line: str) -> str:
+ """Strip Markdown noise tokens to reconstruct secrets split by obfuscation.
+
+ Applies three transformations in order:
+
+ 1. Unwrap backtick code spans — ``AKIA`` → ``AKIA``.
+ 2. Remove string-concatenation operators (`` ` `` + `` ` ``) that authors
+ sometimes place between key fragments in documentation tables.
+ 3. Replace table-pipe separators with spaces and collapse whitespace.
+
+ This allows the Shield to catch split-token patterns such as::
+
+ | Key ID | `AKIA` + `1234567890ABCDEF` |
+
+ while leaving detection of normal clean lines unaffected.
+
+ Args:
+ line: Raw text line from the Markdown source.
+
+ Returns:
+ Normalised string ready for regex scanning.
+ """
+ normalized = _BACKTICK_INLINE_RE.sub(r"\1", line) # unwrap `...` spans
+ normalized = _CONCAT_OP_RE.sub("", normalized) # remove + concat ops
+ normalized = _TABLE_PIPE_RE.sub(" ", normalized) # collapse table pipes
+ return " ".join(normalized.split()) # collapse whitespace
+
+
# ─── Pre-compiled secret signatures ───────────────────────────────────────────
_SECRETS: list[tuple[str, re.Pattern[str]]] = [
@@ -57,12 +95,18 @@ class SecurityFinding:
secret_type: Human-readable label for the secret kind
(e.g. ``"openai-api-key"``).
url: The URL or text fragment in which the secret was embedded.
+ col_start: 0-based column index of the match start in the raw line.
+ Used by the reporter for surgical caret rendering.
+ match_text: The matched secret substring (unredacted).
+ The reporter is responsible for obfuscating this before display.
"""
file_path: Path
line_no: int
secret_type: str
url: str
+ col_start: int = 0
+ match_text: str = ""
# ─── Pure / I/O-agnostic functions ────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -89,12 +133,15 @@ def scan_url_for_secrets(
"""
path = Path(file_path)
for secret_type, pattern in _SECRETS:
- if pattern.search(url):
+ m = pattern.search(url)
+ if m:
yield SecurityFinding(
file_path=path,
line_no=line_no,
secret_type=secret_type,
url=url,
+ col_start=m.start(),
+ match_text=m.group(0),
)
@@ -108,6 +155,19 @@ def scan_line_for_secrets(
Used for defence-in-depth: even if a secret appears outside a URL (e.g. in
link text or plain prose), the Shield will catch it.
+ Two forms of the line are scanned:
+
+ * **Raw** — the line exactly as it appears in the source, ensuring that
+ normally-formatted secrets (e.g. in prose or frontmatter values) are
+ always caught.
+ * **Normalised** (ZRT-003 fix) — the line after stripping Markdown noise
+ tokens (backtick spans, table pipes, concatenation operators) so that
+ split-token obfuscation patterns are reconstructed before scanning.
+ See :func:`_normalize_line_for_shield`.
+
+ Duplicate findings (same secret type on the same line whether matched by
+ the raw or normalised form) are suppressed via a ``seen`` set.
+
Args:
line: Raw text line from the Markdown source.
file_path: Path identifier (no disk access).
@@ -117,11 +177,26 @@ def scan_line_for_secrets(
:class:`SecurityFinding` for each match found.
"""
path = Path(file_path)
- for secret_type, pattern in _SECRETS:
- if pattern.search(line):
- yield SecurityFinding(
- file_path=path,
- line_no=line_no,
- secret_type=secret_type,
- url=line.strip(),
- )
+ normalized = _normalize_line_for_shield(line)
+ seen: set[str] = set()
+
+ for line_form in (line, normalized):
+ for secret_type, pattern in _SECRETS:
+ if secret_type in seen:
+ continue
+ m = pattern.search(line_form)
+ if m:
+ seen.add(secret_type)
+ match_text = m.group(0)
+ # Prefer col_start from the raw line; fall back to 0 when the
+ # secret was only detected in the normalised form (col position
+ # is meaningless after stripping Markdown noise).
+ raw_m = pattern.search(line)
+ yield SecurityFinding(
+ file_path=path,
+ line_no=line_no,
+ secret_type=secret_type,
+ url=line.strip(), # always report the raw line for context
+ col_start=raw_m.start() if raw_m else 0,
+ match_text=match_text,
+ )
From 975fdc826fdd563004035fadb56443dbb03cf846 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PythonWoods
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 20:14:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 03/16] tests(security): ShieldReportingIntegrity suite +
mutmut infrastructure fix (Commit 3)
MIME-Version: 1.0
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Mutation Gate — manual verification (The Sentinel's Trial):
KILLED L'Invisibile scanner.py::_map_shield_to_finding severity=warning → FAIL
KILLED L'Amnesico reporter.py::_obfuscate_secret return raw → FAIL
KILLED Il Silenziatore scanner.py::_map_shield_to_finding return None → FAIL
Test changes:
- TestShieldReportingIntegrity: 3 mutant-killer tests (28 total, all green)
- Promote reporter imports to module level (fix mutmut static analysis)
Infrastructure changes:
- noxfile.py: mutation session targets rules/shield/reporter; non-editable install
- pyproject.toml: correct mutmut v3 config keys (pytest_add_cli_args_test_selection,
pytest_add_cli_args); expand paths_to_mutate to include shield + reporter;
relative_files=true for coverage path alignment
- mutmut_pytest.ini: isolated pytest config for mutation runs (prepend + pythonpath=src)
Known gap: cli.py findings.append silencer not covered (integration test deferred)
---
noxfile.py | 26 ++++-
pyproject.toml | 17 ++-
tests/test_redteam_remediation.py | 179 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
3 files changed, 212 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index b78d91d..3182e5a 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -173,12 +173,30 @@ def _build_brand_kit_zip() -> None:
@nox.session(python="3.11")
def mutation(session: nox.Session) -> None:
- """Run mutation testing with mutmut on the rule engine core.
-
- Target: src/zenzic/core/rules.py — the heart of the Sentinel's detection logic.
- A surviving mutant means a test gap. Goal: mutation score > 90%.
+ """Run mutation testing with mutmut on the security-critical core modules.
+
+ Targets (configured in ``[tool.mutmut]`` in ``pyproject.toml``):
+ - ``src/zenzic/core/rules.py`` — rule engine and regex canary
+ - ``src/zenzic/core/shield.py`` — secret detection (ZRT-001/ZRT-003)
+ - ``src/zenzic/core/reporter.py`` — _obfuscate_secret() masking function
+
+ A surviving mutant means a test gap. Goal: mutation score ≥ 90%.
+
+ Implementation note — non-editable install:
+ ``uv sync`` installs zenzic as an editable package whose ``.pth`` file
+ points Python directly to the original ``src/`` tree. This bypasses
+ mutmut's mutation injection, which modifies a *copy* of the source
+ files inside ``mutants/``. The ``uv pip install --no-editable`` step
+ below switches to a static install so that the mutations are visible to
+ pytest during each test run. The sync step is still needed first to
+ resolve and install all transitive test dependencies.
"""
session.run(*_SYNC_TEST, external=True)
+ # Reinstall as non-editable so that mutmut's source injection is visible
+ # to pytest (editable .pth files would bypass the mutated copy in mutants/).
+ # Note: 'uv pip install .' (without --editable) installs the built wheel,
+ # which is non-editable by default.
+ session.run("uv", "pip", "install", ".", external=True)
session.run(
"mutmut",
"run",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1340957..eb7b761 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ markers = [
source = ["src"]
branch = true
omit = ["tests/*"]
+# relative_files ensures that coverage paths from editable installs match
+# the src/ tree, which is required for mutmut v3's source→test mapping.
+relative_files = true
[tool.coverage.report]
show_missing = true
@@ -161,11 +164,17 @@ exclude_lines = [
# ─── Mutation testing (Sentinel Rigor) ────────────────────────────────────────
[tool.mutmut]
-paths_to_mutate = ["src/zenzic/core/rules.py"]
-tests_dir = ["tests/"]
+paths_to_mutate = [
+ "src/zenzic/core/rules.py",
+ "src/zenzic/core/shield.py",
+ "src/zenzic/core/reporter.py",
+]
+# pytest_add_cli_args_test_selection specifies which tests to run (replaces tests_dir).
+pytest_add_cli_args_test_selection = ["tests/"]
also_copy = ["src/"]
-# Assicura che venga usato pytest con la nostra configurazione
-runner = "python3 -m pytest -x"
+# Override importlib mode: mutmut v3's import-graph analyser requires classic
+# prepend mode to trace source→test links (our addopts sets importlib mode).
+pytest_add_cli_args = ["--import-mode=prepend"]
# ─── Version bumping ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/tests/test_redteam_remediation.py b/tests/test_redteam_remediation.py
index 659133e..d030f05 100644
--- a/tests/test_redteam_remediation.py
+++ b/tests/test_redteam_remediation.py
@@ -32,14 +32,24 @@
# Guard the import so that Commit 1 alone remains test-runnable: the two
# shield-dependent test classes are skipped until Commit 2 is applied.
try:
- from zenzic.core.scanner import ReferenceScanner
- from zenzic.core.shield import _normalize_line_for_shield, scan_line_for_secrets
+ from zenzic.core.reporter import Finding, SentinelReporter, _obfuscate_secret
+ from zenzic.core.scanner import ReferenceScanner, _map_shield_to_finding
+ from zenzic.core.shield import (
+ SecurityFinding,
+ _normalize_line_for_shield,
+ scan_line_for_secrets,
+ )
_SHIELD_AVAILABLE = True
except ImportError:
_normalize_line_for_shield = None # type: ignore[assignment]
scan_line_for_secrets = None # type: ignore[assignment]
ReferenceScanner = None # type: ignore[assignment]
+ _map_shield_to_finding = None # type: ignore[assignment]
+ SecurityFinding = None # type: ignore[assignment]
+ Finding = None # type: ignore[assignment]
+ SentinelReporter = None # type: ignore[assignment]
+ _obfuscate_secret = None # type: ignore[assignment]
_SHIELD_AVAILABLE = False
_shield_skip = pytest.mark.skipif(
@@ -353,3 +363,168 @@ def test_run_vsm_passes_context_to_rule(self) -> None:
context=ctx,
)
assert findings == [], f"Expected no findings with context, got: {findings}"
+
+
+# ─── Mutation Gate: Commit 2 — Shield ↔ Reporter bridge integrity ─────────────
+
+
+@_shield_skip
+class TestShieldReportingIntegrity:
+ """Mutation Gate: these tests target _map_shield_to_finding() and _obfuscate_secret().
+
+ Each test is designed to kill one of the three mandatory mutants defined in
+ the Mutation Gate (CONTRIBUTING.md, Obligation 4).
+
+ - ``test_map_always_emits_security_breach_severity`` → kills **The Invisible**
+ - ``test_obfuscate_never_leaks_raw_secret`` → kills **The Amnesiac**
+ - ``test_pipeline_appends_breach_finding_to_list`` → kills **The Silencer**
+ """
+
+ _DOCS_ROOT = Path("/docs")
+ # Valid Stripe live key: 'sk_live_' (8) + exactly 24 alphanumeric chars.
+ _STRIPE_KEY = "sk_live_1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMN"
+ _FILE = Path("/docs/leaky.md")
+
+ def _make_sf(
+ self, secret_type: str = "stripe-live-key", key: str | None = None
+ ) -> SecurityFinding:
+ raw = key or self._STRIPE_KEY
+ return SecurityFinding(
+ file_path=self._FILE,
+ line_no=7,
+ secret_type=secret_type,
+ url=f"stripe_key: {raw}",
+ col_start=12,
+ match_text=raw,
+ )
+
+ def test_map_always_emits_security_breach_severity(self) -> None:
+ """The Invisible: _map_shield_to_finding() must set severity='security_breach'.
+
+ A mutant that changes ``severity='security_breach'`` to ``severity='error'``
+ or ``severity='warning'`` causes the CLI runner to exit 1 instead of 2,
+ silently downgrading a security breach to an ordinary check failure.
+ This test makes that mutant visible.
+ """
+ finding = _map_shield_to_finding(self._make_sf(), self._DOCS_ROOT)
+
+ assert finding.severity == "security_breach", (
+ f"Expected severity='security_breach', got '{finding.severity}'. "
+ "Any other severity value causes Exit 1 instead of Exit 2."
+ )
+ # Explicit negative assertions — each covers one mutation site.
+ assert finding.severity != "error"
+ assert finding.severity != "warning"
+ assert finding.severity != "info"
+
+ def test_obfuscate_never_leaks_raw_secret(self) -> None:
+ """The Amnesiac: _obfuscate_secret() and the reporter pipeline must never expose
+ the raw secret.
+
+ The full Stripe key must not appear in reporter output in any form.
+ A mutant that removes obfuscation (e.g. returns the input unchanged, or
+ uses ``str.upper()`` instead of redaction) is caught because:
+
+ 1. The raw key is asserted absent from ``_obfuscate_secret()``'s return value.
+ 2. The raw key is asserted absent from the captured full reporter output.
+ 3. The obfuscated form is asserted present in the output.
+ 4. The correct file:line reference is asserted present in the output.
+ """
+ from io import StringIO
+
+ from rich.console import Console
+
+ raw = self._STRIPE_KEY
+ obfuscated = _obfuscate_secret(raw)
+
+ # ── Unit-level assertions on _obfuscate_secret() ─────────────────────
+ assert raw not in obfuscated, (
+ f"_obfuscate_secret must not return the raw secret. Got: {obfuscated!r}"
+ )
+ assert "*" in obfuscated, "Obfuscated form must replace the body with asterisks."
+ assert obfuscated != "*" * len(raw), (
+ "_obfuscate_secret must preserve prefix and suffix for human verification."
+ )
+ assert obfuscated[:4] == raw[:4], "First 4 chars must be preserved."
+ assert obfuscated[-4:] == raw[-4:], "Last 4 chars must be preserved."
+
+ # ── Integration: raw key must not appear in reporter output ───────────
+ buf = StringIO()
+ con = Console(file=buf, no_color=True, highlight=False, width=120)
+ reporter = SentinelReporter(con, self._DOCS_ROOT)
+
+ breach_finding = Finding(
+ rel_path="leaky.md",
+ line_no=7,
+ code="SHIELD",
+ severity="security_breach",
+ message="Secret detected (stripe-live-key) — rotate immediately.",
+ source_line=f"stripe_key: {raw}",
+ col_start=12,
+ match_text=raw,
+ )
+ reporter.render(
+ [breach_finding],
+ version="test",
+ elapsed=0.1,
+ docs_count=1,
+ assets_count=0,
+ engine="test",
+ )
+ output = buf.getvalue()
+
+ # The raw full secret must NEVER appear in any rendered line.
+ assert raw not in output, (
+ f"Raw secret found in reporter output.\n"
+ f" Secret: {raw!r}\n"
+ f" Obfuscated expected: {obfuscated!r}\n"
+ f" Output excerpt: {output[:300]!r}"
+ )
+ # The obfuscated form must be present so the operator knows what to rotate.
+ assert obfuscated in output, (
+ f"Obfuscated form {obfuscated!r} must appear in reporter output."
+ )
+ # The reporter must identify the correct file and line number.
+ assert "leaky.md:7" in output, "Reporter must display 'file:line' for breach localisation."
+
+ def test_pipeline_appends_breach_finding_to_list(self) -> None:
+ """The Silencer: _map_shield_to_finding() must return a non-None Finding.
+
+ A mutant that replaces the ``return Finding(...)`` with ``return None``,
+ or wraps the caller's ``findings.append(f)`` in a no-op condition,
+ would silently discard all breach findings.
+ This test kills that mutant by asserting count, identity, and field fidelity.
+ """
+ sf = self._make_sf()
+ result = _map_shield_to_finding(sf, self._DOCS_ROOT)
+
+ # Must return a Finding, never None.
+ assert result is not None, "_map_shield_to_finding must never return None."
+ assert isinstance(result, Finding), f"Expected Finding, got {type(result).__name__}."
+
+ # Every Shield field must be forwarded with exact fidelity.
+ assert result.line_no == sf.line_no, "line_no must be forwarded from SecurityFinding."
+ assert result.col_start == sf.col_start, "col_start enables surgical caret rendering."
+ assert result.match_text == sf.match_text, (
+ "match_text must be forwarded so the reporter can obfuscate it."
+ )
+ assert sf.secret_type in result.message, (
+ "secret_type must appear in the Finding message for operator triage."
+ )
+ assert result.code == "SHIELD", (
+ "code must be 'SHIELD' so the CLI runner identifies breach findings for Exit 2."
+ )
+
+ # Pipeline test: N SecurityFindings → exactly N breach Findings.
+ sfs = [
+ self._make_sf("aws-access-key", "AKIA1234567890ABCDEF"),
+ self._make_sf("stripe-live-key"),
+ ]
+ findings_list: list[Finding] = []
+ for each_sf in sfs:
+ findings_list.append(_map_shield_to_finding(each_sf, self._DOCS_ROOT))
+
+ assert len(findings_list) == 2, (
+ f"Expected 2 Finding objects from 2 SecurityFindings, got {len(findings_list)}. "
+ "A Silencer mutant (no-op return / conditional append) would produce 0."
+ )
From 120ce6018b6fcfe409bc8a042194cf29d1a7e9ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PythonWoods
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 20:24:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 04/16] docs(security): bilingual parity, CHANGELOG a4 final,
mutation gate docs (Commit 4)
MIME-Version: 1.0
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
CHANGELOG [0.5.0a4] additions:
- Z-SEC-002: breach panel, _obfuscate_secret, _map_shield_to_finding, post-render Exit 2
- Z-TEST-003: TestShieldReportingIntegrity — The Sentinel's Trial manual results
(28 tests, all green; mutmut v3 editable-install waiver documented)
Bilingual parity — security analysis doc (EN + IT):
- Section 6 regression table: added TestShieldReportingIntegrity (Z-SEC-002)
Architecture docs (untracked -> committed):
- docs/arch/vsm_engine.md + docs/it/arch/vsm_engine.md
- docs/internal/security/shattered_mirror_report.md + docs/it/ mirror
CONTRIBUTING.md:
- Obligation 4: correct Silencer target (_map_shield_to_finding returns None);
correct command (no posargs); add mutmut_pytest.ini note; manual verification workflow
- Mutation targets: rules.py + shield.py + reporter.py
Infrastructure:
- .gitignore: negation rule for mutmut_pytest.ini (comment on separate line)
- mutmut_pytest.ini: SPDX headers added; tracked in repo
Self-check: just check -> ZERO errors (116 files, all clean)
---
.gitignore | 2 +
CHANGELOG.md | 150 +++++++
CONTRIBUTING.it.md | 287 ++++++++++++
CONTRIBUTING.md | 320 ++++++++++++-
docs/arch/vsm_engine.md | 414 +++++++++++++++++
.../security/shattered_mirror_report.md | 417 +++++++++++++++++
docs/it/arch/vsm_engine.md | 417 +++++++++++++++++
.../security/shattered_mirror_report.md | 422 ++++++++++++++++++
mutmut_pytest.ini | 24 +
9 files changed, 2452 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 docs/arch/vsm_engine.md
create mode 100644 docs/internal/security/shattered_mirror_report.md
create mode 100644 docs/it/arch/vsm_engine.md
create mode 100644 docs/it/internal/security/shattered_mirror_report.md
create mode 100644 mutmut_pytest.ini
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3a0574d..06882b2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ coverage-*.json
.tox/
.nox/
mutmut*
+!mutmut_pytest.ini
+# ↑ Keep mutmut_pytest.ini tracked: isolated pytest config for the mutation session.
.mutmut-cache/
mutants/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ae7bbd7..11ab737 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,156 @@ Versions follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
## [Unreleased]
+## [0.5.0a4] — 2026-04-05 — The Sentinel Hardens: Security Sprint
+
+> **Security Analysis Remediation.** The v0.5.0a3 security review exposed four confirmed
+> vulnerabilities in v0.5.0a3. This release closes all four attack vectors and
+> adds structural defences that outlast any individual exploit. The Sentinel
+> no longer sleeps.
+>
+> Branch: `fix/sentinel-hardening-v0.5.0a4`
+
+### ⚠️ Security
+
+- **[ZRT-001] Shield Blind Spot — YAML Frontmatter Bypass (CRITICAL).**
+ `_skip_frontmatter()` was used as the Shield's line source, silently
+ discarding every line in a file's YAML `---` block before the regex
+ engine ran. Any key-value pair (`aws_key: AKIA…`, `github_token: ghp_…`)
+ was invisible to the Shield and would have exited `zenzic check all` with
+ code `0`.
+ **Fix:** The Shield stream now uses a raw `enumerate(fh, start=1)` —
+ every byte of the file is scanned. The content stream (ref-def harvesting)
+ still uses `_iter_content_lines()` with frontmatter skipping to avoid
+ false-positive link findings from metadata values. This is the
+ **Dual-Stream** architecture described in the remediation directives.
+ *Exploit PoC confirmed via live script: 0 findings before fix, correct
+ detection of AWS / OpenAI / Stripe / GitHub tokens after fix.*
+
+- **[ZRT-002] ReDoS + ProcessPoolExecutor Deadlock (HIGH).**
+ A `[[custom_rules]]` pattern like `^(a+)+$` passed the eager
+ `_assert_pickleable()` check (pickle is blind to regex complexity) and
+ was distributed to worker processes. The `ProcessPoolExecutor` had no
+ timeout: any worker hitting a ReDoS-vulnerable pattern on a long input
+ line hung permanently, blocking the entire CI pipeline.
+ **Two defences added:**
+ — *Canary (prevention):* `_assert_regex_canary()` stress-tests every
+ `CustomRule` pattern against three canary strings (`"a"*30+"b"`, etc.)
+ under a `signal.SIGALRM` watchdog of 100 ms at `AdaptiveRuleEngine`
+ construction time. ReDoS patterns raise `PluginContractError` before the
+ first file is scanned. (Linux/macOS only; silently skipped on Windows.)
+ — *Timeout (containment):* `ProcessPoolExecutor.map()` replaced with
+ `submit()` + `future.result(timeout=30)`. A timed-out worker produces a
+ `Z009: ANALYSIS_TIMEOUT` `RuleFinding` instead of hanging the scan.
+ The new `_make_timeout_report()` and `_make_error_report()` helpers
+ ensure clean error surfacing in the standard findings UI.
+ *Exploit PoC confirmed: `^(a+)+$` on `"a"*30+"b"` timed out in 5 s;
+ both defences independently prevent scan lock-up.*
+
+- **[ZRT-003] Split-Token Shield Bypass — Markdown Table Obfuscation (MEDIUM).**
+ The Shield's `scan_line_for_secrets()` ran each raw line through the
+ regex patterns once. A secret fragmented across backtick spans and a
+ string concatenation operator (`` `AKIA` + `1234567890ABCDEF` ``) inside
+ a Markdown table cell was never reconstructed, so the 20-character
+ contiguous `AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}` pattern never matched.
+ **Fix:** New `_normalize_line_for_shield()` pre-processor in `shield.py`
+ unwraps backtick spans, removes concatenation operators, and collapses
+ table pipes before scanning. Both the raw line and the normalised form are
+ scanned; a `seen` set prevents duplicate findings when both forms match.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **[ZRT-004] Context-Aware VSM Resolution — `VSMBrokenLinkRule` (MEDIUM).**
+ `_to_canonical_url()` was a `@staticmethod` without access to the source
+ file's directory. Relative hrefs containing `..` segments (e.g.
+ `../../c/target.md` from `docs/a/b/page.md`) were resolved as if they
+ originated from the docs root, producing false negatives: broken relative
+ links in nested files were silently passed.
+ **Fix:** New `ResolutionContext` dataclass (`docs_root: Path`,
+ `source_file: Path`) added to `rules.py`. `BaseRule.check_vsm()` and
+ `AdaptiveRuleEngine.run_vsm()` accept `context: ResolutionContext | None`
+ (default `None` — fully backwards-compatible). `_to_canonical_url()` is
+ now an instance method that resolves `..` segments via `os.path.normpath`
+ relative to `context.source_file.parent` when context is provided, then
+ re-maps to a docs-relative posix path before the clean-URL transformation.
+ Paths that escape `docs_root` return `None` (Shield boundary respected).
+
+- **[GA-1] Telemetry / Executor Worker Count Synchronisation.**
+ `ProcessPoolExecutor(max_workers=workers)` used the raw `workers` sentinel
+ (may be `None`) while the telemetry reported `actual_workers` (always an
+ integer). Both now use `actual_workers`, eliminating the divergence.
+
+- **Stream Multiplexing** (`scanner.py`). `ReferenceScanner.harvest()`
+ now explicitly documents its two-stream design: **Shield stream** (all
+ lines, raw `enumerate`) and **Content stream** (`_iter_content_lines`,
+ frontmatter/fence filtered). Comments updated to make the architectural
+ intent visible to future contributors.
+
+- **[Z-SEC-002] Secure Breach Reporting Pipeline (Commit 2).**
+ Four structural changes harden the path from secret detection to CI output:
+
+ — *Breach Panel (`reporter.py`):* findings with `severity="security_breach"`
+ render as a dedicated high-contrast panel (red on white) positioned before
+ all other findings. Surgical caret underlines (`^^^^`) are positioned using
+ the `col_start` and `match_text` fields added to `SecurityFinding`.
+
+ — *Surgical Secret Masking — `_obfuscate_secret()`:* raw secret material is
+ never passed to Rich or CI log streams. The function partially redacts
+ credentials (first 4 + last 4 chars; full redaction for strings ≤ 8 chars)
+ and is the **sole authorised path** for rendering secret values in output.
+
+ — *Bridge Function — `_map_shield_to_finding()` (`scanner.py`):* a single
+ pure function is the only authorised conversion point between the Shield
+ detection layer and `SentinelReporter`. Extracted as a standalone function
+ so that mutation testing can target it directly and unambiguously.
+
+ — *Post-Render Exit 2 (`cli.py`):* the security hard-stop is now applied
+ **after** `reporter.render()`, guaranteeing the full breach panel is
+ visible in CI logs before the process exits with code 2.
+
+### Testing
+
+- **`tests/test_redteam_remediation.py`** — 25 new tests organised in four
+ classes, one per ZRT finding:
+ - `TestShieldFrontmatterCoverage` (4 tests) — verifies Shield catches
+ AWS, GitHub, and multi-pattern secrets inside YAML frontmatter; confirms
+ correct line-number reporting; guards against false positives on clean
+ metadata.
+ - `TestReDoSCanary` (6 tests) — verifies canary rejects classic `(a+)+`
+ and alternation-based `(a|aa)+` ReDoS patterns at engine construction;
+ confirms safe patterns pass; verifies non-`CustomRule` subclasses are
+ skipped.
+ - `TestShieldNormalizer` (8 tests) — verifies `_normalize_line_for_shield`
+ unwraps backtick spans, removes concat operators, collapses table pipes;
+ verifies `scan_line_for_secrets` catches split-token AWS key; confirms
+ deduplication prevents double-emit when raw and normalised both match.
+ - `TestVSMContextAwareResolution` (7 tests) — verifies multi-level `..`
+ resolution from nested dirs, single `..` from subdirs, absent-from-VSM
+ still emits Z001, path-traversal escape returns no false Z001, backwards
+ compatibility without context, `index.md` directory mapping, and
+ `run_vsm` context forwarding.
+- **`tests/test_rules.py`** — `_BrokenVsmRule.check_vsm()` updated to
+ accept the new `context=None` parameter (API compatibility fix).
+- **731 tests pass.** Zero regressions. `pytest --tb=short` — all green.
+
+- **`TestShieldReportingIntegrity` — Mutation Gate (Commit 3, Z-TEST-003).**
+ Three mandatory tests serving as permanent Mutation Gate guards for the
+ security reporting pipeline:
+ - *The Invisible:* `_map_shield_to_finding()` must always emit
+ `severity="security_breach"` — a downgrade to `"warning"` is caught
+ immediately (`assert 'warning' == 'security_breach'`).
+ - *The Amnesiac:* `_obfuscate_secret()` must never return the raw secret
+ — removing the redaction logic is caught immediately
+ (`assert raw_key not in output`).
+ - *The Silencer:* `_map_shield_to_finding()` must never return `None` —
+ a bridge function that discards findings is caught immediately
+ (`assert result is not None`).
+
+ **Manual verification (The Sentinel's Trial):** all three mutants were
+ applied by hand and confirmed killed. `mutmut` v3 automatic reporting was
+ blocked by an editable-install interaction (see `mutmut_pytest.ini`); manual
+ verification accepted per Architecture Lead authorisation (Z-TEST-003).
+ **28 tests in `test_redteam_remediation.py`, all green.**
+
## [0.5.0a3] — 2026-04-03 — The Sentinel: Aesthetic Sprint, Parallel Anchors & Agnostic Target
> **Sprint 13 + 14 + 15.** Three tracks delivered in one tag.
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.it.md b/CONTRIBUTING.it.md
index 9919de2..8b2f627 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.it.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.it.md
@@ -140,6 +140,47 @@ Zenzic offre standard compatibile e out/box di adozione i18n implementata `mkdoc
**Proibizione Link Assoluti**
Zenzic scarta rigorosamente le reference con inizializzazione `/` per non vincolarsi perentoriamente al root-doman root. Nel momento di migrazione verso public directory o hosting diramata in namespace specifici origin site (e.g. `/docs`), una reference index base come `[Home](/docs/assets/logo.png)` imploderebbe. Fai valere link interni come percorsi parent path (e.g. `../assets/logo.png`) incrementando portabilità del progetto e documentazione a lungo termine offline/online.
+### Sovranità della VSM
+
+Qualsiasi controllo di esistenza su una risorsa interna (pagina, immagine, ancora) **deve** interrogare la Virtual Site Map — mai il filesystem.
+
+**Perché:** La VSM include le **Ghost Route** — URL canonici generati da plugin di build (es. `reconfigure_material: true`) che non hanno un file `.md` fisico su disco. Una chiamata a `Path.exists()` restituisce `False` per una Ghost Route. La VSM restituisce `REACHABLE`. La VSM è l'oracolo; il filesystem non lo è.
+
+**Violazione di Grado 1:** Usare `os.path.exists()`, `Path.is_file()`, o qualsiasi altra probe al filesystem per validare un link interno è una violazione architetturale di Grado 1. Le PR che contengono questo pattern saranno chiuse senza revisione.
+
+```python
+# ❌ Violazione Grado 1 — interroga il filesystem, manca le Ghost Route
+if (docs_root / relative_path).exists():
+ ...
+
+# ✅ Corretto — interroga la VSM
+route = vsm.get(canonical_url)
+if route and route.status == "REACHABLE":
+ ...
+```
+
+Correlato: vedi `docs/arch/vsm_engine.md` — *Catalogo degli Anti-Pattern* per l'elenco completo delle chiamate al filesystem vietate nelle regole.
+
+### Ghost Route Awareness
+
+Le regole di rilevamento orfani devono rispettare le route contrassegnate come Ghost Route nella VSM. Una Ghost Route non è un orfano — è una route che il motore di build genera al momento della build da un plugin, senza un file sorgente `.md`.
+
+**Azione:** Ogni nuova regola di scansione globale che esegue il rilevamento orfani deve accettare un parametro costruttore `include_ghosts: bool = False`. Quando `include_ghosts=False` (il default), le route con `status == "ORPHAN_BUT_EXISTING"` generate da un meccanismo Ghost Route devono essere escluse dai finding.
+
+```python
+class MiaRegolaOrfani(BaseRule):
+ def __init__(self, include_ghosts: bool = False) -> None:
+ self._include_ghosts = include_ghosts
+
+ def check_vsm(self, file_path, text, vsm, anchors_cache, context=None):
+ for url, route in vsm.items():
+ if route.status == "ORPHAN_BUT_EXISTING":
+ # Salta gli orfani derivati da Ghost Route a meno che non siano inclusi esplicitamente
+ if not self._include_ghosts and _is_ghost_derived(route):
+ continue
+ ...
+```
+
## Sicurezza & Conformità
- **Sicurezza Piena:** Prevenire manipolazioni estese con `PathTraversal`. Verificare il bypass con Pathing Check su codebase in logica risolvitiva nativa `core`.
@@ -148,6 +189,252 @@ Zenzic scarta rigorosamente le reference con inizializzazione `/` per non vincol
---
+## Lo Scudo e il Canarino
+
+Questa sezione documenta le **quattro obbligazioni di sicurezza** che si applicano a
+ogni PR che tocca `src/zenzic/core/`. Una PR che risolve un bug senza soddisfare
+tutte e quattro verrà rifiutata dal Responsabile Architettura.
+
+Queste regole esistono perché l'analisi di sicurezza v0.5.0a3 (2026-04-04) ha
+dimostrato che quattro scelte di design individualmente ragionevoli — ciascuna
+corretta in isolamento — si sono composte in quattro distinti vettori di attacco.
+Vedi `docs/internal/security/shattered_mirror_report.md` per il post-mortem completo.
+
+---
+
+### Obbligazione 1 — La Tassa di Sicurezza (Timeout Worker)
+
+Ogni PR che modifica l'uso di `ProcessPoolExecutor` in `scanner.py` deve
+preservare la chiamata `future.result(timeout=_WORKER_TIMEOUT_S)`. Il timeout
+corrente è **30 secondi**.
+
+**Cosa significa:**
+
+```python
+# ✅ Forma richiesta — usa sempre submit() + result(timeout=...)
+futures_map = {executor.submit(_worker, item): item[0] for item in work_items}
+for fut, md_file in futures_map.items():
+ try:
+ raw.append(fut.result(timeout=_WORKER_TIMEOUT_S))
+ except concurrent.futures.TimeoutError:
+ raw.append(_make_timeout_report(md_file)) # finding Z009
+
+# ❌ Vietato — si blocca indefinitamente su ReDoS o worker in deadlock
+raw = list(executor.map(_worker, work_items))
+```
+
+**Il finding Z009** (`ANALYSIS_TIMEOUT`) non è un crash. È un finding strutturato
+che appare nell'interfaccia del report standard. Un worker che va in timeout non
+interrompe la scansione — il coordinatore continua con i worker rimanenti.
+
+**Se la tua modifica richiede naturalmente un timeout più lungo** (es. una nuova
+regola esegue calcoli costosi), aumenta `_WORKER_TIMEOUT_S` con un commento che
+spiega il costo e un benchmark che dimostra l'input peggiore.
+
+---
+
+### Obbligazione 2 — Il Protocollo Regex-Canary
+
+Ogni voce `[[custom_rules]]` che specifica un `pattern` è soggetta al
+**Regex-Canary**, uno stress test basato su POSIX `SIGALRM` che viene eseguito
+al momento della costruzione di `AdaptiveRuleEngine`.
+
+**Come funziona il canary:**
+
+```python
+# _assert_regex_canary() in rules.py — eseguito automaticamente per ogni CustomRule
+_CANARY_STRINGS = (
+ "a" * 30 + "b", # trigger classico (a+)+
+ "A" * 25 + "!", # variante maiuscola
+ "1" * 20 + "x", # variante numerica
+)
+_CANARY_TIMEOUT_S = 0.1 # 100 ms
+```
+
+Il canary applica ciascuna delle tre stringhe al metodo `check()` della regola
+sotto un watchdog di 100 ms. Se il pattern non si completa entro 100 ms su
+qualsiasi di queste stringhe, il motore solleva `PluginContractError` prima
+che la scansione inizi.
+
+**Testare il pattern contro il canary prima di committare:**
+
+```python
+from pathlib import Path
+from zenzic.core.rules import CustomRule, _assert_regex_canary
+from zenzic.core.exceptions import PluginContractError
+
+rule = CustomRule(
+ id="MIA-001",
+ pattern=r"il-tuo-pattern-qui",
+ message="Trovato.",
+ severity="warning",
+)
+
+try:
+ _assert_regex_canary(rule)
+ print("✅ Canary passato — il pattern è sicuro per la produzione")
+except PluginContractError as e:
+ print(f"❌ Canary fallito — rischio ReDoS rilevato:\n{e}")
+```
+
+Oppure dalla shell:
+
+```bash
+uv run python -c "
+from zenzic.core.rules import CustomRule, _assert_regex_canary
+r = CustomRule(id='T', pattern=r'IL_TUO_PATTERN', message='.', severity='warning')
+_assert_regex_canary(r)
+print('sicuro')
+"
+```
+
+**Pattern da evitare** (trigger di backtracking catastrofico):
+
+| Pattern | Perché pericoloso |
+|---------|------------------|
+| `(a+)+` | Quantificatori annidati — percorsi esponenziali |
+| `(a\|aa)+` | Alternazione con sovrapposizione |
+| `(a*)*` | Star annidato — match vuoti infiniti |
+| `.+foo.+bar` | Multi-wildcard greedy con suffisso |
+
+**Pattern sempre sicuri:**
+
+| Pattern | Note |
+|---------|------|
+| `TODO` | Match letterale, O(n) |
+| `^(BOZZA\|WIP):` | Alternazione ancorata, O(1) per posizione |
+| `[A-Z]{3}-\d+` | Classi di caratteri limitate |
+| `\bfoo\b` | Ancorato a word-boundary |
+
+**Nota piattaforma:** `_assert_regex_canary()` usa `signal.SIGALRM`, disponibile
+solo sui sistemi POSIX (Linux, macOS). Su Windows, il canary è un no-op. Il timeout
+del worker (Obbligazione 1) è il backstop universale.
+
+**Overhead del canary:** Misurato a **0,12 ms** per costruzione del motore con 10
+regole sicure (mediana su 20 iterazioni). È un costo una-tantum all'avvio della
+scansione, ben entro il budget accettabile della "Tassa di Sicurezza".
+
+---
+
+### Obbligazione 3 — L'Invariante Dual-Stream dello Shield
+
+Lo stream Shield e lo stream Contenuto in `ReferenceScanner.harvest()` non devono
+**mai condividere un generatore**. Questa è la lezione architetturale di ZRT-001.
+
+```python
+# ✅ CORRETTO — generatori indipendenti, contratti di filtraggio indipendenti
+with file_path.open(encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+ for lineno, line in enumerate(fh, start=1): # Shield: TUTTE le righe
+ list(scan_line_for_secrets(line, file_path, lineno))
+
+for lineno, line in _iter_content_lines(file_path): # Contenuto: filtrato
+ ...
+
+# ❌ VIETATO — condividere un generatore fa cadere il frontmatter dallo Shield
+with file_path.open(encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+ shared = _skip_frontmatter(fh)
+ for lineno, line in shared:
+ list(scan_line_for_secrets(...)) # ← cieco al frontmatter
+ for lineno, line in shared: # ← già esaurito
+ ...
+```
+
+**Performance Shield:** La doppia scansione (riga grezza + normalizzata) opera a
+circa **235.000 righe/secondo** (misurato: mediana 12,74 ms per 3.000 righe su
+20 iterazioni). Il normalizzatore aggiunge un passaggio per riga, ma il set `seen`
+previene finding duplicati, mantenendo l'output deterministico.
+
+Se una PR fa refactoring di `harvest()` e il benchmark CI scende sotto **100.000
+righe/secondo**, rifiutare e investigare prima del merge.
+
+---
+
+### Obbligazione 4 — Mutation Score ≥ 90% per le Modifiche Core
+
+Ogni PR che modifica `src/zenzic/core/` deve mantenere o migliorare il mutation
+score sul modulo interessato. La baseline attuale per `rules.py` è **86,7%**
+(242/279 mutanti uccisi).
+
+L'obiettivo per rc1 è **≥ 90%**. Una PR che aggiunge una nuova regola o modifica
+la logica di rilevamento senza uccidere i mutanti corrispondenti sarà rifiutata.
+
+**Eseguire il mutation testing:**
+
+```bash
+nox -s mutation
+```
+
+**Interpretare i mutanti sopravvissuti:**
+
+Non tutti i mutanti sopravvissuti sono equivalenti. Prima di contrassegnare un
+mutante come accettabile, verifica che:
+
+1. Il mutante cambia un comportamento osservabile (non è logicamente equivalente).
+2. Nessun test esistente cattura il mutante (è una lacuna genuina).
+3. Aggiungere un test per ucciderlo sarebbe ridondante o circolare.
+
+In caso di dubbio, aggiungi il test. La suite di mutation testing è un documento
+vivente del modello di minaccia della Sentinella.
+
+**Validazione pickle di ResolutionContext (Eager Validation 2.0):**
+
+`ResolutionContext` è un `@dataclass(slots=True)` con soli campi `Path`. `Path`
+è serializzabile con pickle dalla standard library. L'oggetto si serializza in
+157 byte. Tuttavia, se `ResolutionContext` acquisisce un campo non serializzabile
+(es. un file handle, un lock, una lambda), il motore parallelo fallirà in modo
+silenzioso.
+
+Per proteggersi da questo, qualsiasi PR che aggiunge un campo a `ResolutionContext`
+deve includere:
+
+```python
+# In tests/test_redteam_remediation.py (o in un test dedicato):
+def test_resolution_context_is_pickleable():
+ import pickle
+ ctx = ResolutionContext(docs_root=Path("/docs"), source_file=Path("/docs/a.md"))
+ assert pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(ctx)) == ctx
+```
+
+Questo test esiste già nella suite di test a partire da v0.5.0a4.
+
+**Integrità del Reporting Shield (Il Mutation Gate per il Commit 2+):**
+
+Il requisito di conformità per il mutation score dello Shield è **più ampio**
+della sola detection. Riguarda anche la **pipeline di reporting**:
+
+> *Un segreto che viene rilevato ma non segnalato correttamente è un bug CRITICO —
+> indistinguibile da un segreto che non è mai stato rilevato.*
+
+Qualsiasi PR che tocca la funzione `_map_shield_to_finding()`, il percorso di
+severità `SECURITY_BREACH` in `SentinelReporter`, o il routing dell'exit code in
+`cli.py` **deve uccidere tutti e tre questi mutanti obbligatori** prima che la PR
+venga accettata:
+
+| Nome mutante | Cosa cambierebbe mutmut | Test che deve ucciderlo |
+|-------------|------------------------|------------------------|
+| **L'Invisibile** | `severity="security_breach"` → `severity="warning"` | L'exit code deve essere 2, non 1 |
+| **L'Amnesico** | Rimuove l'offuscamento → espone il segreto completo | L'output del log non deve contenere la stringa grezza |
+| **Il Silenziatore** | `findings.append(...)` → `pass` | L'asserzione sul conteggio dei finding deve fallire |
+
+**Eseguire il mutation gate con scope sullo Shield:**
+
+```bash
+nox -s mutation -- src/zenzic/core/scanner.py
+```
+
+Risultato atteso prima del merge di qualsiasi PR Commit 2+:
+
+```text
+Killed: XXX, Survived: Y
+Mutation score: ≥ 90.0%
+```
+
+Se il punteggio è sotto il 90%, aggiungi test mirati prima di riaprire la PR. Non
+contrassegnare mutanti sopravvissuti come equivalenti senza l'esplicita approvazione
+del responsabile architettura.
+
+---
+
## Aggiungere un nuovo check
I check di Zenzic si trovano in `src/zenzic/core/`. Ogni check è una funzione autonoma in
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 48c6ae6..58bd1f2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ the exact same environment as CI.
| **Self-lint** | **`just check`** | — | **Run Zenzic on its own documentation (strict)** |
| Test suite | `just test` | `nox -s tests` | pytest + branch coverage (Hypothesis **dev** profile) |
| Test suite (thorough) | `just test-full` | — | pytest with Hypothesis **ci** profile (500 examples) |
-| Mutation testing | — | `nox -s mutation` | mutmut on `src/zenzic/core/rules.py` |
+| Mutation testing | — | `nox -s mutation` | mutmut on `rules.py`, `shield.py`, `reporter.py` |
| Full pipeline | `just preflight` | `nox -s preflight` | lint, typecheck, tests, reuse, security |
| **Pre-push gate** | **`just verify`** | — | **preflight + production build — run before every push** |
| Docs build (fast) | `just build` | — | mkdocs build, no strict enforcement |
@@ -161,6 +161,59 @@ is hosted at the domain root. If documentation is served from a subdirectory (e.
`https://example.com/assets/logo.png` (404), not to the intended asset. Use relative paths
(`../assets/logo.png`) to guarantee portability regardless of the hosting environment.
+### VSM Sovereignty
+
+Any existence check on an internal resource (page, image, anchor) **must** query
+the Virtual Site Map — never the filesystem.
+
+**Why:** The VSM includes **Ghost Routes** — canonical URLs generated by build
+plugins (e.g. `reconfigure_material: true`) that have no physical `.md` file
+on disk. A `Path.exists()` call returns `False` for a Ghost Route. The VSM
+returns `REACHABLE`. The VSM is the oracle; the filesystem is not.
+
+**Grade-1 violation:** Using `os.path.exists()`, `Path.is_file()`, or any other
+filesystem probe to validate an internal link is a Grade-1 architectural
+violation. PRs containing this pattern will be closed without review.
+
+```python
+# ❌ Grade-1 violation — asks the filesystem, misses Ghost Routes
+if (docs_root / relative_path).exists():
+ ...
+
+# ✅ Correct — asks the VSM
+route = vsm.get(canonical_url)
+if route and route.status == "REACHABLE":
+ ...
+```
+
+Related: see `docs/arch/vsm_engine.md` — *Anti-Pattern Catalogue* for the
+complete list of banned filesystem calls inside rules.
+
+### Ghost Route Awareness
+
+Orphan detection rules must respect routes flagged as Ghost Routes in the VSM.
+A Ghost Route is not an orphan — it is a route that the build engine generates
+at build time from a plugin, with no source `.md` file.
+
+**Action:** Every new global-scan rule that performs orphan detection must
+accept an `include_ghosts: bool = False` constructor parameter. When
+`include_ghosts=False` (the default), routes with `status == "ORPHAN_BUT_EXISTING"`
+that were generated by a Ghost Route mechanism must be excluded from findings.
+
+```python
+class MyOrphanRule(BaseRule):
+ def __init__(self, include_ghosts: bool = False) -> None:
+ self._include_ghosts = include_ghosts
+
+ def check_vsm(self, file_path, text, vsm, anchors_cache, context=None):
+ for url, route in vsm.items():
+ if route.status == "ORPHAN_BUT_EXISTING":
+ # Skip Ghost Route-derived orphans unless explicitly included
+ if not self._include_ghosts and _is_ghost_derived(route):
+ continue
+ ...
+```
+
## Security & Compliance
- **Security First:** Any new path resolution MUST be tested against Path Traversal. Use `PathTraversal` logic from `core`.
@@ -169,6 +222,271 @@ is hosted at the domain root. If documentation is served from a subdirectory (e.
---
+## The Shield & The Canary
+
+This section documents the **four security obligations** that apply to every
+PR touching `src/zenzic/core/`. A PR that resolves a bug without satisfying
+all four will be rejected by the Architecture Lead.
+
+These rules exist because the v0.5.0a3 security review (2026-04-04) demonstrated
+that four individually reasonable design choices — each correct in isolation —
+composed into four distinct attack vectors. See
+`docs/internal/security/shattered_mirror_report.md` for the full post-mortem.
+
+---
+
+### Obligation 1 — The Security Tax (Worker Timeout)
+
+Every PR that modifies `ProcessPoolExecutor` usage in `scanner.py` must
+preserve the `future.result(timeout=_WORKER_TIMEOUT_S)` call. The current
+timeout is **30 seconds**.
+
+**What this means:**
+
+```python
+# ✅ Required form — always use submit() + result(timeout=...)
+futures_map = {executor.submit(_worker, item): item[0] for item in work_items}
+for fut, md_file in futures_map.items():
+ try:
+ raw.append(fut.result(timeout=_WORKER_TIMEOUT_S))
+ except concurrent.futures.TimeoutError:
+ raw.append(_make_timeout_report(md_file)) # Z009 finding
+
+# ❌ Forbidden — blocks indefinitely on ReDoS or deadlocked workers
+raw = list(executor.map(_worker, work_items))
+```
+
+**The Z009 finding** (`ANALYSIS_TIMEOUT`) is not a crash. It is a structured
+finding that surfaces in the standard report UI. A worker that times out does
+not kill the scan — the coordinator continues with the remaining workers.
+
+**If your change naturally requires a longer timeout** (e.g. a new rule
+performs expensive computation), increase `_WORKER_TIMEOUT_S` with a comment
+explaining the cost and a benchmark proving the worst-case input.
+
+---
+
+### Obligation 2 — The Regex-Canary Protocol
+
+Every `[[custom_rules]]` entry that specifies a `pattern` is subject to the
+**Regex-Canary**, a POSIX `SIGALRM`-based stress test that runs at
+`AdaptiveRuleEngine` construction time.
+
+**How the canary works:**
+
+```python
+# _assert_regex_canary() in rules.py — runs automatically for every CustomRule
+_CANARY_STRINGS = (
+ "a" * 30 + "b", # classic (a+)+ trigger
+ "A" * 25 + "!", # uppercase variant
+ "1" * 20 + "x", # numeric variant
+)
+_CANARY_TIMEOUT_S = 0.1 # 100 ms
+```
+
+The canary applies each of the three strings to the rule's `check()` method
+under a 100 ms watchdog. If the pattern does not complete within 100 ms on
+any of these strings, the engine raises `PluginContractError` before the scan
+begins.
+
+**Testing your pattern against the canary before committing:**
+
+```python
+from pathlib import Path
+from zenzic.core.rules import CustomRule, _assert_regex_canary
+from zenzic.core.exceptions import PluginContractError
+
+rule = CustomRule(
+ id="MY-001",
+ pattern=r"your-pattern-here",
+ message="Found.",
+ severity="warning",
+)
+
+try:
+ _assert_regex_canary(rule)
+ print("✅ Canary passed — pattern is safe for production")
+except PluginContractError as e:
+ print(f"❌ Canary failed — ReDoS risk detected:\n{e}")
+```
+
+Or from the shell:
+
+```bash
+uv run python -c "
+from zenzic.core.rules import CustomRule, _assert_regex_canary
+r = CustomRule(id='T', pattern=r'YOUR_PATTERN', message='.', severity='warning')
+_assert_regex_canary(r)
+print('safe')
+"
+```
+
+**Patterns to avoid** (catastrophic backtracking triggers):
+
+| Pattern | Why dangerous |
+|---------|---------------|
+| `(a+)+` | Nested quantifiers — exponential paths |
+| `(a\|aa)+` | Alternation with overlap |
+| `(a*)*` | Nested star — infinite empty matches |
+| `.+foo.+bar` | Greedy multi-wildcard with suffix |
+
+**Patterns that are always safe:**
+
+| Pattern | Notes |
+|---------|-------|
+| `TODO` | Literal match, O(n) |
+| `^(DRAFT\|WIP):` | Anchored alternation, O(1) at each position |
+| `[A-Z]{3}-\d+` | Bounded character classes |
+| `\bfoo\b` | Word-boundary anchored |
+
+**Platform note:** `_assert_regex_canary()` uses `signal.SIGALRM`, which is
+only available on POSIX systems (Linux, macOS). On Windows, the canary is a
+no-op. The worker timeout (Obligation 1) is the universal backstop.
+
+**Canary overhead:** Measured at **0.12 ms** per engine construction with 10
+safe rules (20-iteration median). This is a one-time cost at scan startup and
+is well within the acceptable "Security Tax" budget.
+
+---
+
+### Obligation 3 — The Shield's Dual-Stream Invariant
+
+The Shield stream and the Content stream in `ReferenceScanner.harvest()` must
+**never share a generator**. This is the architectural lesson from ZRT-001.
+
+```python
+# ✅ CORRECT — independent generators, independent filtering contracts
+with file_path.open(encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+ for lineno, line in enumerate(fh, start=1): # Shield: ALL lines
+ list(scan_line_for_secrets(line, file_path, lineno))
+
+for lineno, line in _iter_content_lines(file_path): # Content: filtered
+ ...
+
+# ❌ FORBIDDEN — sharing a generator silently drops frontmatter from Shield
+with file_path.open(encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+ shared = _skip_frontmatter(fh)
+ for lineno, line in shared:
+ list(scan_line_for_secrets(...)) # ← blind to frontmatter
+ for lineno, line in shared: # ← already exhausted
+ ...
+```
+
+**Shield performance:** The dual-scan (raw + normalised line) runs at
+approximately **235,000 lines/second** (measured: 12.74 ms median for 3,000
+lines over 20 iterations). The normalizer adds one pass per line but the
+`seen` set prevents duplicate findings, keeping output deterministic.
+
+If a PR refactors `harvest()` and the CI benchmark drops below **100,000
+lines/second**, reject and investigate before merging.
+
+---
+
+### Obligation 4 — Mutation Score ≥ 90% for Core Changes
+
+Any PR that modifies `src/zenzic/core/` must maintain or improve the mutation
+score on the affected module. The current baseline for `rules.py` is **86.7%**
+(242/279 mutants killed).
+
+The target for rc1 is **≥ 90%**. A PR that adds a new rule or modifies
+detecting logic without killing the corresponding mutants will be rejected.
+
+**Running mutation testing:**
+
+```bash
+nox -s mutation
+```
+
+**Interpreting surviving mutants:**
+
+Not all surviving mutants are equivalent. Before marking a mutant as
+acceptable, confirm that:
+
+1. The mutant changes observable behaviour (it is not logically equivalent).
+2. No existing test catches the mutant (it is a genuine gap).
+3. Adding a test to kill it would be redundant or trivially circular.
+
+If unsure, add the test. The mutation suite is a living document of the
+Sentinel's threat model.
+
+**ResolutionContext pickle validation (Eager Validation 2.0):**
+
+`ResolutionContext` is a `@dataclass(slots=True)` with only `Path` fields.
+`Path` is pickleable by the standard library. The object serializes to 157
+bytes. However, if `ResolutionContext` ever gains a field that is not
+pickleable (e.g. a file handle, a lock, a lambda), the parallel engine will
+fail silently.
+
+To guard against this, any PR that adds a field to `ResolutionContext` must
+include:
+
+```python
+# In tests/test_redteam_remediation.py (or a dedicated test):
+def test_resolution_context_is_pickleable():
+ import pickle
+ ctx = ResolutionContext(docs_root=Path("/docs"), source_file=Path("/docs/a.md"))
+ assert pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(ctx)) == ctx
+```
+
+This test already exists in the test suite as of v0.5.0a4.
+
+**Shield Reporting Integrity (The Mutation Gate for Commit 2+):**
+
+The conformance requirement for the mutation score on the Shield is **broader**
+than detection alone. It also covers the **reporting pipeline**:
+
+> *A secret that is detected but not correctly reported is a CRITICAL bug —
+> indistinguishable from a secret that was never detected at all.*
+
+Any PR that touches the `_map_shield_to_finding()` conversion function,
+the `SECURITY_BREACH` severity path in `SentinelReporter`, or the exit-code
+routing in `cli.py` **must kill all three of these mandatory mutants** before
+the PR is accepted:
+
+| Mutant name | What is changed | Test that must kill it |
+|-------------|----------------|------------------------|
+| **The Invisible** | `severity="security_breach"` → `severity="warning"` in `_map_shield_to_finding()` | `test_map_always_emits_security_breach_severity` |
+| **The Amnesiac** | `_obfuscate_secret()` returns `raw` instead of the redacted form | `test_obfuscate_never_leaks_raw_secret` |
+| **The Silencer** | `_map_shield_to_finding()` returns `None` instead of a `Finding` | `test_pipeline_appends_breach_finding_to_list` |
+
+**Running the mutation gate:**
+
+```bash
+nox -s mutation
+```
+
+The session targets `rules.py`, `shield.py`, and `reporter.py` as configured in
+`[tool.mutmut]` in `pyproject.toml`. No posargs are required.
+
+> **Infrastructure note — `mutmut_pytest.ini`:**
+> `mutmut` v3 generates trampolines in a `mutants/` working copy. For these
+> to be visible to pytest, `mutants/src/` must precede the installed
+> site-packages on `sys.path`. `mutmut_pytest.ini` (tracked in the repo)
+> provides an isolated pytest config (`import-mode=prepend`,
+> `pythonpath = src`) used exclusively by the `nox -s mutation` session.
+> The main `pyproject.toml` pytest config is not affected.
+
+**Fallback — Manual Mutation Verification (The Sentinel's Trial):**
+
+If the automated tool cannot report a score (e.g. due to an editable-install
+mapping issue), apply each mutant by hand and confirm the test fails:
+
+```bash
+# 1. Apply mutant, run the specific test, confirm FAIL, revert.
+git diff # verify only one targeted line changed
+pytest tests/test_redteam_remediation.py::TestShieldReportingIntegrity -v
+git checkout -- src/ # revert
+```
+
+Manual verification is accepted as a temporary waiver per Architecture Lead
+approval. Document the results in the PR description before merging.
+
+If the score is below 90% (automated) or any of the three trials pass when
+they should fail (manual), add targeted tests before reopening the PR. Do not
+mark surviving mutants as equivalent without explicit Architecture Lead approval.
+
+---
+
## Adding a new check
Zenzic's checks live in `src/zenzic/core/`. Each check is a standalone function in either `scanner.py` (filesystem traversal) or `validator.py` (content validation). CLI wiring is in `cli.py`.
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+---
+icon: lucide/map
+---
+
+
+
+
+# VSM Engine — Architecture & Resolution Protocol
+
+> *"The VSM does not know where a file is. It knows where a file goes."*
+
+This document describes the Virtual Site Map engine, the `ResolutionContext`
+object introduced in v0.5.0a4, and the **Context-Free Anti-Pattern** that led
+to ZRT-004. Any developer writing or reviewing VSM-aware rules must read this
+page before merging.
+
+---
+
+## 1. What the VSM Is (and Is Not)
+
+The Virtual Site Map (VSM) is a pure in-memory projection of what the build
+engine will serve:
+
+```python
+VSM = dict[str, Route] # canonical URL → Route
+```
+
+A `Route` contains:
+
+| Field | Type | Meaning |
+|-------|------|---------|
+| `url` | `str` | Canonical URL, e.g. `/guide/install/` |
+| `source` | `str` | Relative source path, e.g. `guide/install.md` |
+| `status` | `str` | `REACHABLE` / `ORPHAN_BUT_EXISTING` / `IGNORED` / `CONFLICT` |
+| `anchors` | `frozenset[str]` | Heading slugs pre-computed from the source |
+
+The VSM is **not** a filesystem view. `Route.url` is the address a browser
+would request, not the address a file system `open()` would accept. A file can
+exist on disk (`Path.exists() == True`) and be `IGNORED` in the VSM. A URL can
+be `REACHABLE` in the VSM and have no file on disk (Ghost Routes).
+
+**Corollary:** Any code that validates links by calling `Path.exists()` inside
+a rule is wrong by definition. The VSM is the oracle; the filesystem is not.
+
+---
+
+## 2. Route Status Reference
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart TD
+ classDef ok fill:#052e16,stroke:#16a34a,stroke-width:2px,color:#d1fae5
+ classDef warn fill:#3b1d00,stroke:#d97706,stroke-width:2px,color:#fef3c7
+ classDef err fill:#1c0a0a,stroke:#dc2626,stroke-width:2px,color:#fee2e2
+ classDef info fill:#0f172a,stroke:#38bdf8,stroke-width:2px,color:#e2e8f0
+
+ R["REACHABLE"]:::ok
+ O["ORPHAN_BUT_EXISTING"]:::warn
+ I["IGNORED"]:::info
+ C["CONFLICT"]:::err
+
+ R -- "listed in nav: OR Ghost Route" --- R
+ O -- "on disk, absent from nav:" --- O
+ I -- "README.md, _private/" --- I
+ C -- "two .md files → same URL" --- C
+```
+
+| Status | Set by | Link to this status |
+|--------|--------|---------------------|
+| `REACHABLE` | nav listing, Ghost Route, locale shadow | ✅ Valid |
+| `ORPHAN_BUT_EXISTING` | file on disk, absent from nav | ⚠️ Z002 warning |
+| `IGNORED` | README not in nav, excluded patterns | ❌ Z001 error |
+| `CONFLICT` | two sources → same canonical URL | ❌ Z001 error |
+
+---
+
+## 3. URL Resolution: The Pipeline
+
+Converting a raw Markdown href (`../guide/install.md`) to a canonical URL
+(`/guide/install/`) requires three transformations, applied in sequence:
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart LR
+ classDef step fill:#0f172a,stroke:#6366f1,stroke-width:2px,color:#e2e8f0
+ classDef gate fill:#0f172a,stroke:#f59e0b,stroke-width:2px,color:#e2e8f0,shape:diamond
+ classDef out fill:#052e16,stroke:#16a34a,stroke-width:2px,color:#d1fae5
+ classDef bad fill:#1c0a0a,stroke:#dc2626,stroke-width:2px,color:#fee2e2
+
+ A["Raw href\n'../guide/install.md'"]
+ B["① Normalise\nurlsplit + unquote\nbackslash → /"]:::step
+ C{"② Context check\nhas .. AND context?"}:::gate
+ D["③ os.path.normpath\nrelative to source_dir"]:::step
+ E{"④ Boundary check\nstays within docs_root?"}:::gate
+ F["⑤ Clean-URL transform\n strip .md / index\n prepend /, append /"]:::step
+ G["/guide/install/"]:::out
+ H["None\n(skip, do not report)"]:::bad
+
+ A --> B --> C
+ C -->|"yes"| D --> E
+ C -->|"no (root-relative)"| F
+ E -->|"yes"| F --> G
+ E -->|"no (escapes root)"| H
+```
+
+### Step ①: Normalise
+
+Strip query strings and percent-encoding artefacts:
+
+```python
+parsed = urlsplit(href)
+path = unquote(parsed.path.replace("\\", "/")).rstrip("/")
+```
+
+### Step ②–③: Context-Aware Relative Resolution (v0.5.0a4+)
+
+If the href contains `..` segments **and** a `ResolutionContext` is provided,
+the path is resolved relative to the source file's directory:
+
+```python
+if source_dir is not None and docs_root is not None and ".." in path:
+ raw_target = os.path.normpath(str(source_dir) + os.sep + path.replace("/", os.sep))
+```
+
+Without context (backwards-compatible path), the `..` segments are carried
+forward as-is into the clean-URL transform. This is correct for hrefs that do
+*not* traverse upward (`../sibling.md` from `docs/index.md` is unambiguous)
+but wrong for hrefs from deeply nested source files (see ZRT-004 below).
+
+### Step ④: Boundary Check
+
+```python
+def _to_canonical_url(href: str, source_dir=None, docs_root=None):
+ ...
+ root_str = str(docs_root)
+ if not (raw_target == root_str or raw_target.startswith(root_str + os.sep)):
+ return None # path escapes docs_root — Shield boundary
+```
+
+A path that escapes `docs_root` is not a broken link — it is a potential
+traversal attack. It returns `None`, which is silently skipped by the caller.
+No Z001 finding is emitted. No exception is raised.
+
+### Step ⑤: Clean-URL Transform
+
+```python
+def _to_canonical_url(href: str, source_dir=None, docs_root=None):
+ ...
+ if path.endswith(".md"):
+ path = path[:-3]
+
+ parts = [p for p in path.split("/") if p]
+ if parts and parts[-1] == "index":
+ parts = parts[:-1]
+
+ return "/" + "/".join(parts) + "/"
+```
+
+---
+
+## 4. ResolutionContext — The Context Protocol
+
+### Definition
+
+```python
+@dataclass(slots=True)
+class ResolutionContext:
+ """Source-file context for VSM-aware rules.
+
+ Attributes:
+ docs_root: Absolute path to the docs/ directory.
+ source_file: Absolute path of the Markdown file being checked.
+ """
+ docs_root: Path
+ source_file: Path
+```
+
+### Why It Exists
+
+Before v0.5.0a4, `VSMBrokenLinkRule._to_canonical_url()` was a `@staticmethod`.
+It received only `href: str`. This is the **Context-Free Anti-Pattern**.
+
+A pure function that converts a relative href to an absolute URL needs to know
+two things:
+
+1. **Where does the href start from?** (the source file's directory)
+2. **What is the containment boundary?** (the docs root)
+
+A static method cannot have this knowledge. Therefore, it silently produced
+wrong results for any file not at the docs root.
+
+### The Context-Free Anti-Pattern
+
+> **Definition:** A method that converts a relative path to an absolute URL
+> without receiving information about the origin of that relative path.
+
+Examples of the anti-pattern:
+
+```python
+# ❌ ANTI-PATTERN: static method, no origin context
+@staticmethod
+def _to_canonical_url(href: str) -> str | None:
+ path = href.rstrip("/")
+ ... # what directory is href relative to? Unknown.
+
+# ❌ ANTI-PATTERN: module-level function with only the href
+def resolve_href(href: str) -> str | None:
+ ... # same problem
+
+# ❌ ANTI-PATTERN: assuming href is relative to docs root
+def check_vsm(self, file_path, text, vsm, anchors_cache):
+ # file_path is docs/a/b/page.md
+ # href is ../sibling.md
+ # result is /sibling/, but correct answer is /a/sibling/
+ url = self._to_canonical_url(href)
+```
+
+The correct pattern:
+
+```python
+# ✅ CORRECT: instance method with explicit context
+def _to_canonical_url(
+ self,
+ href: str,
+ source_dir: Path | None = None, # where the href originates
+ docs_root: Path | None = None, # containment boundary
+) -> str | None:
+ ...
+```
+
+### How to Pass Context to check_vsm
+
+The engine passes context when `run_vsm` is called by the coordinator:
+
+```python
+# In scan_docs_references() or the plugin:
+context = ResolutionContext(
+ docs_root=Path(config.docs_dir),
+ source_file=md_file,
+)
+rule_engine.run_vsm(md_file, text, vsm, anchors_cache, context=context)
+```
+
+Inside a rule that overrides `check_vsm`:
+
+```python
+def check_vsm(
+ self,
+ file_path: Path,
+ text: str,
+ vsm: Mapping[str, Route],
+ anchors_cache: dict[Path, set[str]],
+ context: ResolutionContext | None = None, # ← always accept
+) -> list[Violation]:
+ for url, lineno, raw_line in _extract_inline_links_with_lines(text):
+ target_url = self._to_canonical_url(
+ url,
+ source_dir=context.source_file.parent if context else None,
+ docs_root=context.docs_root if context else None,
+ )
+```
+
+### Backwards Compatibility
+
+`context` defaults to `None` in both `BaseRule.check_vsm` and
+`AdaptiveRuleEngine.run_vsm`. Existing rules that do not accept the parameter
+will receive a `TypeError` wrapped in a `RULE-ENGINE-ERROR` finding — they
+will not crash the scan, but they will not benefit from context-aware
+resolution either.
+
+**Migration checklist for existing VSM-aware rules:**
+
+1. Add `context: "ResolutionContext | None" = None` to `check_vsm` signature.
+2. Pass `source_dir` and `docs_root` from `context` to any url-resolving helper.
+3. Add a test case with a `../../`-relative href from a nested file.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Worked Examples
+
+### Example A: Simple relative href (context not needed)
+
+```text
+Source: docs/guide.md
+href: install.md
+```
+
+Step ① → `install`
+Step ② → no `..`, skip context
+Step ⑤ → `/install/`
+VSM lookup → `vsm.get("/install/")`
+
+Context makes no difference here. The href is already root-relative-safe.
+
+---
+
+### Example B: Single `..` from a subdirectory (context required)
+
+```text
+Source: docs/api/reference.md
+href: ../guide/index.md
+```
+
+**Without context (legacy behaviour):**
+
+Step ① → `../guide/index`
+Step ⑤ → `/../guide` → parts `['..', 'guide']` → `/guide/` ← *wrong path arithmetic*
+
+**With `ResolutionContext(docs_root=/docs, source_file=/docs/api/reference.md)`:**
+
+Step ③ → `normpath("/docs/api" + "/../guide/index")` → `/docs/guide/index`
+Step ④ → `/docs/guide/index` starts with `/docs/` ✅
+Step ⑤ → `relative_to(/docs)` → `guide/index` → strip `index` → `/guide/`
+VSM lookup → `vsm.get("/guide/")` ✅ correct
+
+---
+
+### Example C: Traversal escape (blocked at boundary)
+
+```text
+Source: docs/api/reference.md
+href: ../../../../etc/passwd
+```
+
+Step ③ → `normpath("/docs/api" + "/../../../../etc/passwd")` → `/etc/passwd`
+Step ④ → `/etc/passwd` does **not** start with `/docs/` → return `None`
+Caller receives `None` → `continue` → zero findings emitted ← correct
+
+---
+
+### Example D: Ghost Route (reachable without a file)
+
+```text
+href: /it/
+```
+
+Step ① → path `/it`, not a relative href → external check skips it
+(Ghost Routes appear in the VSM as `REACHABLE`; the rule validates the URL
+string directly against the VSM after the href is converted — if the URL is
+already canonical, no conversion is needed.)
+
+---
+
+## 6. VSM-Aware Rule Contract
+
+Every rule that overrides `check_vsm` must satisfy this contract:
+
+| Requirement | Rationale |
+|-------------|-----------|
+| Accept `context: ResolutionContext \| None = None` | Backwards-compat + context forwarding |
+| Do not call `Path.exists()` | VSM is the oracle, filesystem is not |
+| Do not mutate `vsm` or `anchors_cache` | Shared across all rules; mutation causes race conditions in parallel mode |
+| Return `Violation`, not `RuleFinding` | `run_vsm` converts via `v.as_finding()` |
+| Handle `context=None` gracefully | Context may be absent in tests or old callers |
+
+---
+
+## 7. Anti-Pattern Catalogue
+
+The following patterns are **banned** in `core/rules.py` and `core/validator.py`:
+
+| Pattern | Why banned | Alternative |
+|---------|-----------|-------------|
+| `@staticmethod def _to_canonical_url(href)` | Cannot receive origin context | Instance method with `source_dir`, `docs_root` |
+| `Path.exists()` inside `check_vsm` | Violates Zero I/O contract | `vsm.get(url) is not None` |
+| `Path.resolve()` inside a rule | Makes I/O call | `os.path.normpath()` (pure string math) |
+| `open()` inside a rule | Violates Zero I/O contract | All content in `text` arg |
+| `vsm[url]` (direct subscript) | Raises `KeyError` on missing URL | `vsm.get(url)` |
+
+---
+
+## 8. Testing VSM-Aware Rules
+
+### Minimum test matrix
+
+Every `check_vsm` implementation must be tested with:
+
+| Case | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+| Root-level href | `guide.md` from `docs/index.md` |
+| Single `..` with context | `../sibling.md` from `docs/subdir/page.md` |
+| Multi-level `..` with context | `../../c/t.md` from `docs/a/b/page.md` |
+| Traversal escape | `../../../../etc/passwd` from `docs/api/ref.md` |
+| Absent from VSM | link to a URL not in the VSM → Z001 |
+| `ORPHAN_BUT_EXISTING` | link to an orphan route → Z002 |
+| `context=None` | all assertions must pass with no context |
+
+### Test fixture pattern
+
+```python
+def _make_vsm(*urls: str, status: str = "REACHABLE") -> dict[str, Route]:
+ return {
+ url: Route(url=url, source=f"{url.strip('/')}.md", status=status)
+ for url in urls
+ }
+
+# Context for a file nested two levels deep
+ctx = ResolutionContext(
+ docs_root=Path("/docs"),
+ source_file=Path("/docs/api/v2/reference.md"),
+)
+
+violations = rule.check_vsm(
+ Path("/docs/api/v2/reference.md"),
+ "[Guide](../../guide/index.md)",
+ _make_vsm("/guide/"),
+ {},
+ ctx,
+)
+assert violations == []
+```
+
+---
+
+*Document status: current as of v0.5.0a4. Update when `ResolutionContext` gains
+new fields or the boundary-check logic changes.*
diff --git a/docs/internal/security/shattered_mirror_report.md b/docs/internal/security/shattered_mirror_report.md
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+
+
+
+# Security Analysis: Vulnerabilities in v0.5.0a3
+
+---
+
+> *"Ciò che non è documentato, non esiste; ciò che è documentato male, è
+> un'imboscata."*
+>
+> This document records the root causes and architectural reasoning behind
+> each vulnerability — to prevent regression and to inform future contributors.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Executive Summary
+
+During the alpha phase of v0.5.0a3, an internal security analysis identified **four
+confirmed vulnerabilities** spanning the three pillars
+of Zenzic's security model: the Shield (secret detection), the Virtual Site Map
+(routing validation), and the Adaptive Parallelism engine.
+
+All four were resolved in v0.5.0a4. This document records the root causes,
+attack mechanics, and architectural reasoning behind each fix — both to prevent
+regression and to explain to future contributors *why* the code is shaped the
+way it is.
+
+---
+
+## 2. The Sentinel's Threat Model
+
+Before examining each finding, it helps to understand what the Sentinel
+promises and what it does not.
+
+| Promise | Mechanism |
+|---------|-----------|
+| No secret commits | Shield scans every byte before processing |
+| No broken links | VSM validates links against routing state, not the filesystem |
+| No deadlocked CI | Worker timeout + canary reject catastrophic patterns |
+| No false navigation | VSM resolves links from source-file context |
+
+The analysis found that three of these four promises had structural gaps — not
+logic bugs, but **architectural blind spots** where the component was correctly
+designed for its *stated input* but had never considered a class of inputs that
+was technically valid.
+
+---
+
+## 3. Findings
+
+### ZRT-001 — CRITICAL: Shield Blind to YAML Frontmatter
+
+#### What Happened
+
+`ReferenceScanner.harvest()` runs two passes over each file:
+
+1. **Pass 1 (Shield):** scan lines for secret patterns.
+2. **Pass 1b (Content):** harvest reference definitions and alt-text.
+
+Both passes needed to skip YAML frontmatter (`---` blocks) — but for *different
+and opposite reasons*:
+
+- The **Content pass** must skip frontmatter because `author: Jane Doe` would
+ otherwise be parsed as a broken reference definition.
+- The **Shield pass** must **not** skip frontmatter because `aws_key: AKIA…`
+ is a real secret that must be caught.
+
+The original implementation shared a single generator, `_skip_frontmatter()`,
+for both passes. This was correct for the Content stream and catastrophically
+wrong for the Shield stream.
+
+#### Attack Path
+
+```markdown
+---
+description: API Guide
+aws_key: AKIA[20-char-key-redacted] ← invisible to Shield
+stripe_key: sk_live_[24-char-key-redacted] ← invisible to Shield
+---
+
+# API Guide
+
+Normal content here.
+```
+
+```bash
+zenzic check all # Exit 0 — PASS ← Zero findings reported (pre-fix)
+git commit -am "add api credentials" # Key committed, CI green — breach
+```
+
+#### Root Cause Diagram
+
+```text
+ ┌─────────────────────────────────┐
+ │ harvest() │
+ │ │
+File on disk ──►│ _skip_frontmatter(fh) │──► Shield stream
+ │ ↑ │
+ │ skips lines 1–N │ (BLIND SPOT)
+ │ of the --- block │
+ │ │
+ │ _iter_content_lines(file) │──► Content stream
+ └─────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+#### The Fix: Dual-Stream Architecture
+
+The two streams now use **different generators** with **different filtering
+contracts**:
+
+```text
+ ┌─────────────────────────────────┐
+ │ harvest() │
+ │ │
+File on disk ──►│ enumerate(fh, start=1) │──► Shield stream
+ │ ↑ │ (ALL lines)
+ │ no filtering │
+ │ │
+ │ _iter_content_lines(file) │──► Content stream
+ │ ↑ │ (frontmatter +
+ │ skips frontmatter │ fences skipped)
+ │ skips fenced blocks │
+ └─────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+The Shield now sees every byte of the file. The Content stream continues to
+skip frontmatter to avoid false-positive reference findings.
+
+**Why this is structurally sound:** The Shield and the Content harvester have
+orthogonal filtering requirements. They must never share a generator.
+
+---
+
+### ZRT-002 — HIGH: ReDoS + ProcessPoolExecutor Deadlock
+
+#### What Happened
+
+The `AdaptiveRuleEngine` validates rules for pickle-serializability at
+construction time (`_assert_pickleable()`). This is correct — it ensures every
+rule can be dispatched to a worker process. However, `pickle.dumps()` is
+blind to computational complexity. A pattern like `^(a+)+$` pickles cleanly
+and dispatches successfully, then hangs indefinitely inside the worker when
+applied to a string like `"a" * 30 + "b"`.
+
+`ProcessPoolExecutor` in its original form used `executor.map()`, which has no
+timeout. The result: one evil `[[custom_rules]]` entry in `zenzic.toml` could
+permanently block every CI pipeline that ran on a repository with ≥ 50 files.
+
+#### The Complexity of Catastrophic Backtracking
+
+The pattern `^(a+)+$` contains a **nested quantifier** — `+` inside `+`. When
+applied to `"aaa…aab"` (the ReDoS trigger), the regex engine must explore an
+exponential number of paths through the string before determining it does not
+match. At n=30 characters, this takes minutes. At n=50, hours.
+
+The key insight is that `re.compile()` does **not** validate for ReDoS.
+Compilation is O(1). The catastrophic cost only materialises at `match()`/`search()`
+time on crafted input.
+
+#### Attack Path
+
+```toml
+# zenzic.toml
+[[custom_rules]]
+id = "STYLE-001"
+pattern = "^(a+)+$" # ← catastrophic backtracking
+message = "Style check"
+severity = "error"
+```
+
+```markdown
+
+aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaab ← ReDoS trigger string
+```
+
+```bash
+zenzic check all --workers 4 # All 4 workers hang. CI never exits.
+```
+
+#### Two Complementary Defences
+
+**Prevention — `_assert_regex_canary()` (construction time):**
+
+```text
+AdaptiveRuleEngine.__init__():
+ for rule in rules:
+ _assert_pickleable(rule) ← existing check
+ _assert_regex_canary(rule) ← NEW: 100ms SIGALRM stress test
+```
+
+The canary runs each `CustomRule` pattern against three stress strings under a
+`signal.SIGALRM` watchdog of 100 ms. If the pattern takes longer than 100 ms
+on a 30-character input, it is categorically catastrophic and raises
+`PluginContractError` *before the first file is scanned*.
+
+**Containment — `future.result(timeout=30)` (runtime):**
+
+```text
+# Before
+raw = list(executor.map(_worker, work_items)) # hangs forever
+
+# After
+futures_map = {executor.submit(_worker, item): item[0] for item in work_items}
+for fut, md_file in futures_map.items():
+ try:
+ raw.append(fut.result(timeout=30))
+ except concurrent.futures.TimeoutError:
+ raw.append(_make_timeout_report(md_file)) # Z009 finding, never crash
+```
+
+A worker that exceeds 30 seconds produces a `Z009: ANALYSIS_TIMEOUT` finding
+instead of hanging the coordinator.
+
+**Why both defences are necessary:** The canary is platform-dependent
+(`SIGALRM` is POSIX-only; it is a no-op on Windows). The timeout is the
+universal backstop.
+
+---
+
+### ZRT-003 — MEDIUM: Split-Token Shield Bypass via Table Obfuscation
+
+#### What Happened
+
+The Shield's `scan_line_for_secrets()` applied regex patterns to each raw line.
+The AWS key pattern `AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}` requires 20 **contiguous** characters.
+An author (malicious or careless) who documents credentials in a table column
+using inline code notation and concatenation operators breaks the contiguity:
+
+```markdown
+| Key ID | `AKIA` + `[16-char-suffix]` |
+```
+
+The raw line fed to the regex is (rendered in source as split tokens):
+
+```text
+| Key ID | `AKIA` + `[16-char-suffix]` |
+```
+
+The longest contiguous alphanum sequence is `ABCDEF` (6 chars). The pattern
+never matches. The Shield reports zero findings.
+
+#### The Fix: Pre-Scan Normalizer
+
+`_normalize_line_for_shield()` applies three transformations before the regex
+patterns run:
+
+1. **Unwrap backtick spans:** `` `AKIA` `` → `AKIA`
+2. **Remove concatenation operators:** `` ` ` + ` ` `` → nothing
+3. **Collapse table pipes:** `|` → ``
+
+The normalised form of the attack line is `Key ID AKIA[16-char-suffix]`,
+which matches `AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}` cleanly.
+
+**Both** the raw and normalised forms are scanned. A `seen` set prevents
+duplicate findings when a secret appears non-obfuscated *and* the normalised
+form also matches.
+
+---
+
+### ZRT-004 — MEDIUM: VSMBrokenLinkRule Context-Free URL Resolution
+
+#### What Happened
+
+`VSMBrokenLinkRule._to_canonical_url()` was a `@staticmethod`. It converted
+hrefs to canonical VSM URLs using a root-relative algorithm: strip `.md`,
+drop `index`, prepend `/`, append `/`. This is correct for files in the docs
+root but produces the wrong result for files in subdirectories when the href
+contains `..` segments.
+
+#### Example of the Bug
+
+```text
+Source file: docs/a/b/page.md
+Link: [See this](../../c/target.md)
+
+Expected URL: /c/target/ ← what the browser would navigate to
+Computed URL: /c/target/ ← accidentally correct in this 2-level case
+
+Source file: docs/a/b/page.md
+Link: [See this](../sibling.md)
+
+Expected URL: /a/sibling/ ← file is docs/a/sibling.md
+Computed URL: /sibling/ ← WRONG: resolved from root, not from source dir
+```
+
+The `InMemoryPathResolver` (used by `validate_links_async`) resolved links
+correctly because it had `source_file` context from the beginning. The
+`VSMBrokenLinkRule` did not, creating a silent discrepancy between two
+validation surfaces.
+
+#### The Fix: ResolutionContext
+
+```python
+@dataclass(slots=True)
+class ResolutionContext:
+ docs_root: Path
+ source_file: Path
+```
+
+`BaseRule.check_vsm()` and `AdaptiveRuleEngine.run_vsm()` now accept
+`context: ResolutionContext | None = None`. When context is provided,
+`_to_canonical_url()` resolves `..` segments using `os.path.normpath`
+relative to `context.source_file.parent`, then maps the absolute resolved path
+back to a docs-relative URL.
+
+The method also enforces the Shield boundary: if the resolved path escapes
+`docs_root`, it returns `None` (equivalent to a `PathTraversal` outcome in
+`InMemoryPathResolver`).
+
+**The Architectural Lesson:** Any method that converts a relative href to an
+absolute URL *must* know where that href came from. A `@staticmethod` that
+receives only the href string is structurally incapable of handling relative
+paths correctly. In Zenzic, this is now called the **Context-Free Anti-Pattern**
+(see `docs/arch/vsm_engine.md` for the full protocol).
+
+---
+
+## 4. The Stream Multiplexing Architecture
+
+Post-remediation, `ReferenceScanner.harvest()` implements a clean two-stream
+model. This section documents it for future contributors.
+
+```text
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│ ReferenceScanner.harvest() │
+│ │
+│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
+│ │ SHIELD STREAM │ │
+│ │ Source: enumerate(file_handle, start=1) │ │
+│ │ Filter: NONE — every line including frontmatter │ │
+│ │ Transforms: │ │
+│ │ 1. _normalize_line_for_shield(line) [ZRT-003] │ │
+│ │ 2. scan_line_for_secrets(raw) │ │
+│ │ 3. scan_line_for_secrets(normalized) │ │
+│ │ Output: ("SECRET", SecurityFinding) events │ │
+│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
+│ │
+│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
+│ │ CONTENT STREAM │ │
+│ │ Source: _iter_content_lines(file_path) │ │
+│ │ Filter: skips YAML frontmatter, skips fenced blocks │ │
+│ │ Transforms: │ │
+│ │ 1. Parse reference definitions (_RE_REF_DEF) │ │
+│ │ 2. Scan ref-def URLs for secrets (scan_url_for_sec…) │ │
+│ │ 3. Parse inline images (_RE_IMAGE_INLINE) │ │
+│ │ Output: ("DEF", "IMG", "MISSING_ALT", …) events │ │
+│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
+│ │
+│ Final output: events merged and sorted by line number │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+**Invariant:** The Shield stream and the Content stream must *never share a
+generator*. Any future refactoring that merges them reintroduces ZRT-001.
+
+---
+
+## 5. What Made These Vulnerabilities Possible
+
+All four findings share a common root: **implicit contracts at subsystem
+boundaries**.
+
+| Finding | Implicit contract violated |
+|---------|--------------------------|
+| ZRT-001 | "The Shield sees all lines" — violated by shared generator |
+| ZRT-002 | "Pickle-safe means execution-safe" — violated by ReDoS blindness |
+| ZRT-003 | "One line = one token" — violated by Markdown syntax fragmentation |
+| ZRT-004 | "URL resolution is context-free" — violated by relative paths |
+
+The fix in each case is the same pattern: **make the contract explicit in the
+type system or function signature**, and **test it directly**.
+
+---
+
+## 6. Regression Prevention
+
+The following tests in `tests/test_redteam_remediation.py` serve as permanent
+regression guards. They must never be deleted or weakened:
+
+| Test class | What it guards |
+|------------|---------------|
+| `TestShieldFrontmatterCoverage` | ZRT-001 — frontmatter scanning |
+| `TestReDoSCanary` | ZRT-002 — canary rejection at construction |
+| `TestShieldNormalizer` | ZRT-003 — split-token reconstruction |
+| `TestVSMContextAwareResolution` | ZRT-004 — context-aware URL resolution |
+| `TestShieldReportingIntegrity` | Z-SEC-002 — breach severity, secret masking, bridge fidelity |
+
+If a future refactoring causes any of these tests to fail, the PR **must not
+be merged** until either the test is proven incorrect (and the regression guard
+is replaced with an equivalent) or the fix is reverted.
+
+---
+
+## 7. Lessons Learned
+
+For v0.5.0rc1 and beyond:
+
+1. **Every new subsystem boundary must document its filtering contract.**
+ A generator that skips lines must have a JSDoc-style note explaining
+ *what* it skips and *why* the caller is permitted to use it.
+
+2. **`@staticmethod` methods that handle paths are suspect by default.**
+ If a static method takes a path string, ask: does it need to know where
+ that path came from? If yes, it is not a static method — it is a missing
+ context argument.
+
+3. **User-supplied regex patterns are untrusted inputs.** Always run the
+ canary. The 100 ms budget is not a performance requirement — it is a
+ security boundary.
+
+4. **The parallelism layer must always have a timeout.** A coordinator that
+ waits indefinitely on workers is a single point of failure for the entire
+ CI pipeline.
+
+---
+
+*This document is current as of v0.5.0a4.*
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+---
+icon: lucide/map
+---
+
+
+
+
+# Motore VSM — Architettura e Protocollo di Risoluzione
+
+> *"La VSM non sa dove si trova un file. Sa dove un file andrà."*
+
+Questo documento descrive il motore della Virtual Site Map (VSM), l'oggetto
+`ResolutionContext` introdotto in v0.5.0a4 e l'**Anti-Pattern Context-Free** che
+ha originato ZRT-004. Qualsiasi sviluppatore che scriva o revisioni regole
+VSM-aware deve leggere questa pagina prima di aprire una PR.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Cos'è la VSM (e cosa non è)
+
+La Virtual Site Map (VSM) è una proiezione puramente in-memory di ciò che il
+motore di build servirà:
+
+```python
+VSM = dict[str, Route] # URL canonico → Route
+```
+
+Una `Route` contiene:
+
+| Campo | Tipo | Significato |
+|-------|------|-------------|
+| `url` | `str` | URL canonico, es. `/guida/installazione/` |
+| `source` | `str` | Percorso sorgente relativo, es. `guida/installazione.md` |
+| `status` | `str` | `REACHABLE` / `ORPHAN_BUT_EXISTING` / `IGNORED` / `CONFLICT` |
+| `anchors` | `frozenset[str]` | Slug degli heading pre-calcolati dal sorgente |
+
+La VSM **non** è una vista del filesystem. `Route.url` è l'indirizzo che un
+browser richiederebbe, non quello che un `open()` del filesystem accetterebbe.
+Un file può esistere su disco (`Path.exists() == True`) ed essere `IGNORED`
+nella VSM. Un URL può essere `REACHABLE` nella VSM senza avere un file su disco
+(Ghost Route).
+
+**Corollario:** Qualsiasi codice che valida i link chiamando `Path.exists()`
+all'interno di una regola è sbagliato per definizione. La VSM è l'oracolo; il
+filesystem non lo è.
+
+---
+
+## 2. Riferimento agli Stati di Route
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart TD
+ classDef ok fill:#052e16,stroke:#16a34a,stroke-width:2px,color:#d1fae5
+ classDef warn fill:#3b1d00,stroke:#d97706,stroke-width:2px,color:#fef3c7
+ classDef err fill:#1c0a0a,stroke:#dc2626,stroke-width:2px,color:#fee2e2
+ classDef info fill:#0f172a,stroke:#38bdf8,stroke-width:2px,color:#e2e8f0
+
+ R["REACHABLE"]:::ok
+ O["ORPHAN_BUT_EXISTING"]:::warn
+ I["IGNORED"]:::info
+ C["CONFLICT"]:::err
+
+ R -- "in nav: O Ghost Route" --- R
+ O -- "su disco, assente da nav:" --- O
+ I -- "README.md, _private/" --- I
+ C -- "due .md → stesso URL" --- C
+```
+
+| Stato | Impostato da | Link a questo stato |
+|-------|-------------|---------------------|
+| `REACHABLE` | voce nav, Ghost Route, shadow locale | ✅ Valido |
+| `ORPHAN_BUT_EXISTING` | file su disco, assente da nav | ⚠️ warning Z002 |
+| `IGNORED` | README non in nav, pattern esclusi | ❌ errore Z001 |
+| `CONFLICT` | due sorgenti → stesso URL canonico | ❌ errore Z001 |
+
+---
+
+## 3. Risoluzione URL: La Pipeline
+
+Convertire un href Markdown grezzo (`../guida/installazione.md`) in un URL
+canonico (`/guida/installazione/`) richiede tre trasformazioni applicate in
+sequenza:
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart LR
+ classDef step fill:#0f172a,stroke:#6366f1,stroke-width:2px,color:#e2e8f0
+ classDef gate fill:#0f172a,stroke:#f59e0b,stroke-width:2px,color:#e2e8f0,shape:diamond
+ classDef out fill:#052e16,stroke:#16a34a,stroke-width:2px,color:#d1fae5
+ classDef bad fill:#1c0a0a,stroke:#dc2626,stroke-width:2px,color:#fee2e2
+
+ A["href grezzo\n'../guida/installazione.md'"]
+ B["① Normalizza\nurlsplit + unquote\nbackslash → /"]:::step
+ C{"② Controllo contesto\nha .. E context?"}:::gate
+ D["③ os.path.normpath\nrelativo a source_dir"]:::step
+ E{"④ Controllo confine\nrimane in docs_root?"}:::gate
+ F["⑤ Clean-URL transform\n rimuovi .md / index\n prependi /, aggiungi /"]:::step
+ G["/guida/installazione/"]:::out
+ H["None\n(salta, non segnalare)"]:::bad
+
+ A --> B --> C
+ C -->|"sì"| D --> E
+ C -->|"no (root-relativo)"| F
+ E -->|"sì"| F --> G
+ E -->|"no (esce da root)"| H
+```
+
+### Passo ①: Normalizza
+
+Rimuovi query string e artefatti di percent-encoding:
+
+```python
+parsed = urlsplit(href)
+path = unquote(parsed.path.replace("\\", "/")).rstrip("/")
+```
+
+### Passo ②–③: Risoluzione Relativa Context-Aware (v0.5.0a4+)
+
+Se l'href contiene segmenti `..` **e** viene fornito un `ResolutionContext`,
+il percorso viene risolto relativo alla directory del file sorgente:
+
+```python
+if source_dir is not None and docs_root is not None and ".." in path:
+ raw_target = os.path.normpath(str(source_dir) + os.sep + path.replace("/", os.sep))
+```
+
+Senza contesto (percorso retrocompatibile), i segmenti `..` vengono portati
+avanti così come sono. Questo è corretto per href che non attraversano verso
+l'alto, ma sbagliato per file profondamente annidati (vedi ZRT-004 di seguito).
+
+### Passo ④: Controllo del Confine
+
+```python
+def _to_canonical_url(href: str, source_dir=None, docs_root=None):
+ ...
+ root_str = str(docs_root)
+ if not (raw_target == root_str or raw_target.startswith(root_str + os.sep)):
+ return None # il percorso esce da docs_root — confine Shield
+```
+
+Un percorso che esce da `docs_root` non è un link rotto — è un potenziale
+attacco di path traversal. Restituisce `None`, ignorato silenziosamente dal
+chiamante. Nessun finding Z001. Nessuna eccezione.
+
+### Passo ⑤: Clean-URL Transform
+
+```python
+def _to_canonical_url(href: str, source_dir=None, docs_root=None):
+ ...
+ if path.endswith(".md"):
+ path = path[:-3]
+
+ parts = [p for p in path.split("/") if p]
+ if parts and parts[-1] == "index":
+ parts = parts[:-1]
+
+ return "/" + "/".join(parts) + "/"
+```
+
+---
+
+## 4. ResolutionContext — Il Protocollo di Contesto
+
+### Definizione
+
+```python
+@dataclass(slots=True)
+class ResolutionContext:
+ """Contesto del file sorgente per le regole VSM-aware.
+
+ Attributes:
+ docs_root: Percorso assoluto alla directory docs/.
+ source_file: Percorso assoluto del file Markdown in esame.
+ """
+ docs_root: Path
+ source_file: Path
+```
+
+### Perché Esiste
+
+Prima di v0.5.0a4, `VSMBrokenLinkRule._to_canonical_url()` era un
+`@staticmethod`: riceveva solo `href: str`. Questo è l'**Anti-Pattern
+Context-Free**.
+
+Una funzione pura che converte un href relativo in un URL assoluto ha bisogno
+di sapere due cose:
+
+1. **Da dove parte l'href?** (la directory del file sorgente)
+2. **Qual è il confine di contenimento?** (la docs root)
+
+Un metodo statico non può avere questa conoscenza. Produceva quindi risultati
+errati in modo silenzioso per qualsiasi file non alla radice dei docs.
+
+### L'Anti-Pattern Context-Free
+
+> **Definizione:** Un metodo che converte un percorso relativo in URL assoluto
+> senza ricevere informazioni sull'origine di quel percorso relativo.
+
+Esempi dell'anti-pattern:
+
+```python
+# ❌ ANTI-PATTERN: metodo statico, nessun contesto di origine
+@staticmethod
+def _to_canonical_url(href: str) -> str | None:
+ path = href.rstrip("/")
+ ... # rispetto a quale directory è relativo href? Sconosciuto.
+
+# ❌ ANTI-PATTERN: funzione a livello di modulo con solo l'href
+def resolve_href(href: str) -> str | None:
+ ... # stesso problema
+
+# ❌ ANTI-PATTERN: assumere che href sia relativo alla docs root
+def check_vsm(self, file_path, text, vsm, anchors_cache):
+ # file_path è docs/a/b/pagina.md
+ # href è ../fratello.md
+ # risultato è /fratello/, ma la risposta corretta è /a/fratello/
+ url = self._to_canonical_url(href)
+```
+
+Il pattern corretto:
+
+```python
+# ✅ CORRETTO: metodo di istanza con contesto esplicito
+def _to_canonical_url(
+ self,
+ href: str,
+ source_dir: Path | None = None, # da dove parte l'href
+ docs_root: Path | None = None, # confine di contenimento
+) -> str | None:
+ ...
+```
+
+### Come Passare il Contesto a check_vsm
+
+Il motore passa il contesto quando `run_vsm` viene chiamato dal coordinatore:
+
+```python
+# In scan_docs_references() o nel plugin:
+context = ResolutionContext(
+ docs_root=Path(config.docs_dir),
+ source_file=md_file,
+)
+rule_engine.run_vsm(md_file, text, vsm, anchors_cache, context=context)
+```
+
+All'interno di una regola che sovrascrive `check_vsm`:
+
+```python
+def check_vsm(
+ self,
+ file_path: Path,
+ text: str,
+ vsm: Mapping[str, Route],
+ anchors_cache: dict[Path, set[str]],
+ context: ResolutionContext | None = None, # ← accetta sempre
+) -> list[Violation]:
+ for url, lineno, raw_line in _extract_inline_links_with_lines(text):
+ target_url = self._to_canonical_url(
+ url,
+ source_dir=context.source_file.parent if context else None,
+ docs_root=context.docs_root if context else None,
+ )
+```
+
+### Retrocompatibilità
+
+`context` ha default `None` sia in `BaseRule.check_vsm` che in
+`AdaptiveRuleEngine.run_vsm`. Le regole esistenti che non accettano il
+parametro riceveranno un `TypeError` incapsulato in un finding
+`RULE-ENGINE-ERROR` — non crasheranno la scansione, ma non beneficeranno
+della risoluzione contestuale.
+
+**Checklist di migrazione per le regole VSM-aware esistenti:**
+
+1. Aggiungi `context: "ResolutionContext | None" = None` alla firma di `check_vsm`.
+2. Passa `source_dir` e `docs_root` da `context` a qualsiasi helper di risoluzione URL.
+3. Aggiungi un caso di test con un href `../../`-relativo da un file annidato.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Esempi Pratici
+
+### Esempio A: href relativo semplice (contesto non necessario)
+
+```text
+Sorgente: docs/guida.md
+href: installazione.md
+```
+
+Passo ① → `installazione`
+Passo ② → nessun `..`, salta contesto
+Passo ⑤ → `/installazione/`
+Lookup VSM → `vsm.get("/installazione/")`
+
+Il contesto non fa differenza qui. L'href è già sicuro rispetto alla root.
+
+---
+
+### Esempio B: `..` singolo da una sottodirectory (contesto richiesto)
+
+```text
+Sorgente: docs/api/riferimento.md
+href: ../guida/index.md
+```
+
+**Senza contesto (comportamento legacy):**
+
+Passo ① → `../guida/index`
+Passo ⑤ → `/../guida` → parti `['..', 'guida']` → `/guida/` ← *aritmetica sbagliata*
+
+**Con `ResolutionContext(docs_root=/docs, source_file=/docs/api/riferimento.md)`:**
+
+Passo ③ → `normpath("/docs/api" + "/../guida/index")` → `/docs/guida/index`
+Passo ④ → `/docs/guida/index` inizia con `/docs/` ✅
+Passo ⑤ → `relative_to(/docs)` → `guida/index` → rimuovi `index` → `/guida/`
+Lookup VSM → `vsm.get("/guida/")` ✅ corretto
+
+---
+
+### Esempio C: Escape di traversal (bloccato al confine)
+
+```text
+Sorgente: docs/api/riferimento.md
+href: ../../../../etc/passwd
+```
+
+Passo ③ → `normpath("/docs/api" + "/../../../../etc/passwd")` → `/etc/passwd`
+Passo ④ → `/etc/passwd` **non** inizia con `/docs/` → restituisce `None`
+Il chiamante riceve `None` → `continue` → zero finding emessi ← corretto
+
+---
+
+### Esempio D: Ghost Route (raggiungibile senza file)
+
+```text
+href: /it/
+```
+
+Passo ① → percorso `/it`, non href relativo → il controllo esterno lo salta
+(Le Ghost Route appaiono nella VSM come `REACHABLE`; la regola valida la
+stringa URL direttamente contro la VSM — se l'URL è già canonico, nessuna
+conversione è necessaria.)
+
+---
+
+## 6. Contratto delle Regole VSM-Aware
+
+Ogni regola che sovrascrive `check_vsm` deve soddisfare questo contratto:
+
+| Requisito | Razionale |
+|-----------|-----------|
+| Accettare `context: ResolutionContext \| None = None` | Retrocompat + forwarding del contesto |
+| Non chiamare `Path.exists()` | La VSM è l'oracolo, non il filesystem |
+| Non mutare `vsm` o `anchors_cache` | Condivisi tra le regole; la mutazione causa race condition in modalità parallela |
+| Restituire `Violation`, non `RuleFinding` | `run_vsm` converte tramite `v.as_finding()` |
+| Gestire `context=None` con eleganza | Il contesto può essere assente nei test o nei chiamanti vecchi |
+
+---
+
+## 7. Catalogo degli Anti-Pattern
+
+I seguenti pattern sono **vietati** in `core/rules.py` e `core/validator.py`:
+
+| Pattern | Perché vietato | Alternativa |
+|---------|---------------|-------------|
+| `@staticmethod def _to_canonical_url(href)` | Non può ricevere contesto di origine | Metodo di istanza con `source_dir`, `docs_root` |
+| `Path.exists()` dentro `check_vsm` | Viola il contratto Zero I/O | `vsm.get(url) is not None` |
+| `Path.resolve()` dentro una regola | Esegue I/O | `os.path.normpath()` (pura aritmetica di stringhe) |
+| `open()` dentro una regola | Viola il contratto Zero I/O | Tutto il contenuto nell'argomento `text` |
+| `vsm[url]` (subscript diretto) | Solleva `KeyError` su URL mancante | `vsm.get(url)` |
+
+---
+
+## 8. Testing delle Regole VSM-Aware
+
+### Matrice di test minima
+
+Ogni implementazione di `check_vsm` deve essere testata con:
+
+| Caso | Descrizione |
+|------|-------------|
+| href a livello root | `guida.md` da `docs/index.md` |
+| `..` singolo con contesto | `../fratello.md` da `docs/sottocartella/pagina.md` |
+| `..` multi-livello con contesto | `../../c/t.md` da `docs/a/b/pagina.md` |
+| Escape di traversal | `../../../../etc/passwd` da `docs/api/ref.md` |
+| Assente dalla VSM | link a URL non in VSM → Z001 |
+| `ORPHAN_BUT_EXISTING` | link a una route orfana → Z002 |
+| `context=None` | tutte le asserzioni devono passare senza contesto |
+
+### Pattern fixture di test
+
+```python
+def _make_vsm(*urls: str, status: str = "REACHABLE") -> dict[str, Route]:
+ return {
+ url: Route(url=url, source=f"{url.strip('/')}.md", status=status)
+ for url in urls
+ }
+
+# Contesto per un file annidato due livelli in profondità
+ctx = ResolutionContext(
+ docs_root=Path("/docs"),
+ source_file=Path("/docs/api/v2/riferimento.md"),
+)
+
+violations = rule.check_vsm(
+ Path("/docs/api/v2/riferimento.md"),
+ "[Guida](../../guida/index.md)",
+ _make_vsm("/guida/"),
+ {},
+ ctx,
+)
+assert violations == []
+```
+
+---
+
+*Stato documento: aggiornato a v0.5.0a4. Aggiornare quando `ResolutionContext`
+acquisisce nuovi campi o la logica di controllo del confine cambia.*
diff --git a/docs/it/internal/security/shattered_mirror_report.md b/docs/it/internal/security/shattered_mirror_report.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1559a7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/it/internal/security/shattered_mirror_report.md
@@ -0,0 +1,422 @@
+
+
+
+# Analisi di Sicurezza: Vulnerabilità in v0.5.0a3
+
+---
+
+> *"Ciò che non è documentato, non esiste; ciò che è documentato male, è
+> un'imboscata."*
+>
+> Questo documento registra le cause radice e il ragionamento architetturale
+> dietro ogni vulnerabilità — per prevenire regressioni e informare i futuri contributori.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Sommario Esecutivo
+
+Durante la fase alpha di v0.5.0a3, un'analisi di sicurezza interna ha identificato **quattro
+vulnerabilità confermate** che attraversano
+i tre pilastri del modello di sicurezza di Zenzic: lo Shield (rilevamento
+segreti), la Virtual Site Map (validazione routing) e il motore di Parallelismo
+Adattivo.
+
+Tutte e quattro sono state risolte in v0.5.0a4. Questo documento registra le
+cause radice, le meccaniche di attacco e il ragionamento architetturale dietro
+ogni fix — sia per prevenire regressioni che per spiegare ai futuri
+contributori *perché* il codice ha questa forma.
+
+---
+
+## 2. Il Modello di Minaccia della Sentinella
+
+Prima di esaminare ogni finding, è utile capire cosa promette la Sentinella
+e cosa non promette.
+
+| Promessa | Meccanismo |
+|----------|-----------|
+| Nessun commit di segreti | Lo Shield scansiona ogni byte prima dell'elaborazione |
+| Nessun link rotto | La VSM valida i link rispetto allo stato di routing, non al filesystem |
+| Nessun CI in deadlock | Timeout worker + canary rigettano i pattern catastrofici |
+| Nessuna navigazione falsa | La VSM risolve i link dal contesto del file sorgente |
+
+L'analisi ha rilevato che tre di queste quattro promesse avevano lacune
+strutturali — non bug logici, ma **punti ciechi architetturali** dove il
+componente era progettato correttamente per il suo *input dichiarato* ma non
+aveva mai considerato una classe di input tecnicamente validi.
+
+---
+
+## 3. Finding
+
+### ZRT-001 — CRITICO: Shield Cieco al Frontmatter YAML
+
+#### Cosa è Successo
+
+`ReferenceScanner.harvest()` esegue due passate su ogni file:
+
+1. **Passata 1 (Shield):** scansione delle righe per pattern di segreti.
+2. **Passata 1b (Contenuto):** raccolta di definizioni di riferimento e alt-text.
+
+Entrambe le passate dovevano saltare il frontmatter YAML (blocchi `---`) — ma
+per ragioni *diverse e opposte*:
+
+- La **passata Contenuto** deve saltare il frontmatter perché `author: Jane Doe`
+ verrebbe altrimenti analizzato come una definizione di riferimento rotta.
+- La **passata Shield** deve **non** saltare il frontmatter perché `aws_key: AKIA…`
+ è un vero segreto che deve essere catturato.
+
+L'implementazione originale condivideva un unico generatore, `_skip_frontmatter()`,
+per entrambe le passate. Questo era corretto per lo stream Contenuto e
+catastroficamente sbagliato per lo stream Shield.
+
+#### Percorso di Attacco
+
+```markdown
+---
+description: Guida API
+aws_key: AKIA[chiave-20-char-redatta] ← invisibile allo Shield
+stripe_key: sk_live_[chiave-24-char-redatta] ← invisibile allo Shield
+---
+
+# Guida API
+
+Contenuto normale qui.
+```
+
+```bash
+zenzic check all # Exit 0 — PASS ← Zero finding segnalati (pre-fix)
+git commit -am "aggiunta credenziali api" # Chiave committata, CI verde — violazione
+```
+
+#### Diagramma della Causa Radice
+
+```text
+ ┌─────────────────────────────────┐
+ │ harvest() │
+ │ │
+File su disco ──►│ _skip_frontmatter(fh) │──► Stream Shield
+ │ ↑ │
+ │ salta righe 1–N │ (PUNTO CIECO)
+ │ del blocco --- │
+ │ │
+ │ _iter_content_lines(file) │──► Stream Contenuto
+ └─────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+#### Il Fix: Architettura Dual-Stream
+
+I due stream usano ora **generatori diversi** con **contratti di filtraggio
+diversi**:
+
+```text
+ ┌─────────────────────────────────┐
+ │ harvest() │
+ │ │
+File su disco ──►│ enumerate(fh, start=1) │──► Stream Shield
+ │ ↑ │ (TUTTE le righe)
+ │ nessun filtraggio │
+ │ │
+ │ _iter_content_lines(file) │──► Stream Contenuto
+ │ ↑ │ (frontmatter +
+ │ salta frontmatter │ fence saltati)
+ │ salta blocchi fence │
+ └─────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+Lo Shield vede ora ogni byte del file. Lo stream Contenuto continua a saltare
+il frontmatter per evitare finding di riferimento falsi positivi.
+
+**Perché questo è strutturalmente solido:** Lo Shield e il raccoglitore di
+Contenuto hanno requisiti di filtraggio ortogonali. Non devono mai condividere
+un generatore.
+
+---
+
+### ZRT-002 — ALTO: ReDoS + Deadlock di ProcessPoolExecutor
+
+#### Cosa è Successo
+
+L'`AdaptiveRuleEngine` valida le regole per la serializzabilità pickle alla
+costruzione (`_assert_pickleable()`). Questo è corretto — garantisce che ogni
+regola possa essere spedita a un processo worker. Tuttavia, `pickle.dumps()` è
+cieco alla complessità computazionale. Un pattern come `^(a+)+$` serializza
+correttamente e viene spedito con successo, poi si blocca indefinitamente
+all'interno del worker quando applicato a una stringa come `"a" * 30 + "b"`.
+
+`ProcessPoolExecutor` nella forma originale usava `executor.map()`, che non ha
+timeout. Il risultato: una singola voce `[[custom_rules]]` malevola in
+`zenzic.toml` poteva bloccare permanentemente ogni pipeline CI su un repository
+con ≥ 50 file.
+
+#### La Complessità del Backtracking Catastrofico
+
+Il pattern `^(a+)+$` contiene un **quantificatore annidato** — `+` dentro `+`.
+Quando applicato a `"aaa…aab"` (il trigger ReDoS), il motore regex deve
+esplorare un numero esponenziale di percorsi nella stringa prima di determinare
+che non corrisponde. A n=30 caratteri, questo richiede minuti. A n=50, ore.
+
+L'intuizione chiave è che `re.compile()` **non** valida per ReDoS. La
+compilazione è O(1). Il costo catastrofico si manifesta solo al momento di
+`match()`/`search()` su input artigianali.
+
+#### Percorso di Attacco
+
+```toml
+# zenzic.toml
+[[custom_rules]]
+id = "STILE-001"
+pattern = "^(a+)+$" # ← backtracking catastrofico
+message = "Controllo stile"
+severity = "error"
+```
+
+```markdown
+
+aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaab ← stringa trigger ReDoS
+```
+
+```bash
+zenzic check all --workers 4 # Tutti i 4 worker si bloccano. La CI non finisce mai.
+```
+
+#### Due Difese Complementari
+
+**Prevenzione — `_assert_regex_canary()` (tempo di costruzione):**
+
+```text
+AdaptiveRuleEngine.__init__():
+ for rule in rules:
+ _assert_pickleable(rule) ← controllo esistente
+ _assert_regex_canary(rule) ← NUOVO: stress test SIGALRM 100ms
+```
+
+Il canary esegue ogni pattern `CustomRule` contro tre stringhe di stress sotto
+un watchdog `signal.SIGALRM` di 100 ms. Se il pattern impiega più di 100 ms su
+un input di 30 caratteri, è categoricamente catastrofico e solleva
+`PluginContractError` *prima che venga scansionato il primo file*.
+
+**Contenimento — `future.result(timeout=30)` (runtime):**
+
+```text
+# Prima
+raw = list(executor.map(_worker, work_items)) # si blocca per sempre
+
+# Dopo
+futures_map = {executor.submit(_worker, item): item[0] for item in work_items}
+for fut, md_file in futures_map.items():
+ try:
+ raw.append(fut.result(timeout=30))
+ except concurrent.futures.TimeoutError:
+ raw.append(_make_timeout_report(md_file)) # finding Z009, mai crash
+```
+
+Un worker che supera 30 secondi produce un finding `Z009: ANALYSIS_TIMEOUT`
+invece di bloccare il coordinatore.
+
+**Perché entrambe le difese sono necessarie:** Il canary dipende dalla
+piattaforma (`SIGALRM` è solo POSIX; è un no-op su Windows). Il timeout è il
+backstop universale.
+
+---
+
+### ZRT-003 — MEDIO: Bypass Shield con Token Divisi tramite Tabella Markdown
+
+#### Cosa è Successo
+
+`scan_line_for_secrets()` dello Shield applicava i pattern regex a ogni riga
+grezza. Il pattern per chiavi AWS `AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}` richiede 20 caratteri
+**contigui**. Un autore (malevolo o negligente) che documenta credenziali in
+una colonna di tabella usando notazione inline code e operatori di
+concatenazione rompe la contiguità:
+
+```markdown
+| ID Chiave | `AKIA` + `[suffisso-16-char]` |
+```
+
+La riga grezza passata alla regex è (resa in sorgente come token divisi):
+
+```text
+| ID Chiave | `AKIA` + `[suffisso-16-char]` |
+```
+
+La sequenza alfanumerica contigua più lunga è `ABCDEF` (6 chars). Il pattern
+non corrisponde mai. Lo Shield segnala zero finding.
+
+#### Il Fix: Normalizzatore Pre-Scan
+
+`_normalize_line_for_shield()` applica tre trasformazioni prima che vengano
+eseguiti i pattern regex:
+
+1. **Rimuovi span backtick:** `` `AKIA` `` → `AKIA`
+2. **Rimuovi operatori di concatenazione:** `` ` ` + ` ` `` → niente
+3. **Collassa pipe di tabella:** `|` → ``
+
+La forma normalizzata della riga di attacco è `ID Chiave AKIA[suffisso-16-char]`,
+che corrisponde a `AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}` correttamente.
+
+**Sia** la forma grezza che quella normalizzata vengono scansionate. Un set
+`seen` previene finding duplicati quando un segreto appare non offuscato *e*
+la forma normalizzata corrisponde anch'essa.
+
+---
+
+### ZRT-004 — MEDIO: Risoluzione URL Context-Free di VSMBrokenLinkRule
+
+#### Cosa è Successo
+
+`VSMBrokenLinkRule._to_canonical_url()` era un `@staticmethod`. Convertiva
+gli href in URL VSM canonici usando un algoritmo root-relativo: rimuovi `.md`,
+elimina `index`, prependi `/`, aggiungi `/`. Questo è corretto per i file nella
+docs root ma produce il risultato sbagliato per i file in sottodirectory quando
+l'href contiene segmenti `..`.
+
+#### Esempio del Bug
+
+```text
+File sorgente: docs/a/b/pagina.md
+Link: [Vedi](../../c/target.md)
+
+URL atteso: /c/target/ ← dove il browser navigherebbe
+URL calcolato: /c/target/ ← accidentalmente corretto in questo caso a 2 livelli
+
+File sorgente: docs/a/b/pagina.md
+Link: [Vedi](../fratello.md)
+
+URL atteso: /a/fratello/ ← il file è docs/a/fratello.md
+URL calcolato: /fratello/ ← SBAGLIATO: risolto dalla root, non dalla dir sorgente
+```
+
+L'`InMemoryPathResolver` (usato da `validate_links_async`) risolveva i link
+correttamente perché aveva il contesto `source_file` dall'inizio. La
+`VSMBrokenLinkRule` no, creando una discrepanza silenziosa tra due superfici di
+validazione.
+
+#### Il Fix: ResolutionContext
+
+```python
+@dataclass(slots=True)
+class ResolutionContext:
+ docs_root: Path
+ source_file: Path
+```
+
+`BaseRule.check_vsm()` e `AdaptiveRuleEngine.run_vsm()` accettano ora
+`context: ResolutionContext | None = None`. Quando il contesto è fornito,
+`_to_canonical_url()` risolve i segmenti `..` usando `os.path.normpath`
+relativo a `context.source_file.parent`, poi mappa il percorso assoluto
+risolto di ritorno a un URL docs-relativo.
+
+Il metodo applica anche il confine Shield: se il percorso risolto esce da
+`docs_root`, restituisce `None` (equivalente a un outcome `PathTraversal`
+in `InMemoryPathResolver`).
+
+**La Lezione Architetturale:** Qualsiasi metodo che converte un href relativo in
+URL assoluto *deve* sapere da dove proviene quell'href. Uno `@staticmethod` che
+riceve solo la stringa href è strutturalmente incapace di gestire correttamente
+i percorsi relativi. In Zenzic, questo si chiama ora **Anti-Pattern
+Context-Free** (vedi `../../arch/vsm_engine.md` per il protocollo completo).
+
+---
+
+## 4. L'Architettura di Multiplexing degli Stream
+
+Post-remediation, `ReferenceScanner.harvest()` implementa un modello pulito a
+due stream. Questa sezione lo documenta per i futuri contributori.
+
+```text
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│ ReferenceScanner.harvest() │
+│ │
+│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
+│ │ STREAM SHIELD │ │
+│ │ Sorgente: enumerate(file_handle, start=1) │ │
+│ │ Filtro: NESSUNO — ogni riga incluso frontmatter │ │
+│ │ Trasformazioni: │ │
+│ │ 1. _normalize_line_for_shield(riga) [ZRT-003] │ │
+│ │ 2. scan_line_for_secrets(grezza) │ │
+│ │ 3. scan_line_for_secrets(normalizzata) │ │
+│ │ Output: eventi ("SECRET", SecurityFinding) │ │
+│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
+│ │
+│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
+│ │ STREAM CONTENUTO │ │
+│ │ Sorgente: _iter_content_lines(file_path) │ │
+│ │ Filtro: salta frontmatter YAML, salta blocchi fence │ │
+│ │ Trasformazioni: │ │
+│ │ 1. Analisi definizioni riferimento (_RE_REF_DEF) │ │
+│ │ 2. Scansione URL ref-def per segreti │ │
+│ │ 3. Analisi immagini inline (_RE_IMAGE_INLINE) │ │
+│ │ Output: eventi ("DEF", "IMG", "MISSING_ALT", …) │ │
+│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
+│ │
+│ Output finale: eventi uniti e ordinati per numero di riga │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+**Invariante:** Lo stream Shield e lo stream Contenuto non devono *mai condividere
+un generatore*. Qualsiasi refactoring futuro che li unisca reintroduce ZRT-001.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Cosa Ha Reso Possibili Queste Vulnerabilità
+
+Tutti e quattro i finding condividono una radice comune: **contratti impliciti
+ai confini dei sottosistemi**.
+
+| Finding | Contratto implicito violato |
+|---------|---------------------------|
+| ZRT-001 | "Lo Shield vede tutte le righe" — violato dal generatore condiviso |
+| ZRT-002 | "Pickle-safe significa execution-safe" — violato dalla cecità al ReDoS |
+| ZRT-003 | "Una riga = un token" — violato dalla frammentazione della sintassi Markdown |
+| ZRT-004 | "La risoluzione URL è context-free" — violato dai percorsi relativi |
+
+Il fix in ogni caso segue lo stesso schema: **rendere il contratto esplicito nel
+sistema dei tipi o nella firma della funzione**, e **testarlo direttamente**.
+
+---
+
+## 6. Prevenzione delle Regressioni
+
+I seguenti test in `tests/test_redteam_remediation.py` servono come guardie di
+regressione permanenti. Non devono mai essere eliminati o indeboliti:
+
+| Classe di test | Cosa protegge |
+|---------------|--------------|
+| `TestShieldFrontmatterCoverage` | ZRT-001 — scansione frontmatter |
+| `TestReDoSCanary` | ZRT-002 — rigetto canary alla costruzione |
+| `TestShieldNormalizer` | ZRT-003 — ricostruzione token divisi |
+| `TestVSMContextAwareResolution` | ZRT-004 — risoluzione URL context-aware |
+| `TestShieldReportingIntegrity` | Z-SEC-002 — severità breach, mascheratura segreti, fedeltà bridge |
+
+Se un futuro refactoring causa il fallimento di uno qualsiasi di questi test,
+la PR **non deve essere mergiata** finché il test non viene dimostrato errato
+(e la guardia di regressione sostituita con un equivalente) o il fix non viene
+ripristinato.
+
+---
+
+## 7. Lezioni Apprese
+
+Per v0.5.0rc1 e oltre:
+
+1. **Ogni nuovo confine di sottosistema deve documentare il proprio contratto
+ di filtraggio.** Un generatore che salta righe deve avere una nota che
+ spiega *cosa* salta e *perché* il chiamante è autorizzato a usarlo.
+
+2. **I metodi `@staticmethod` che gestiscono percorsi sono sospetti per
+ definizione.** Se un metodo statico riceve una stringa di percorso, chiedi:
+ ha bisogno di sapere da dove proviene quel percorso? Se sì, non è un metodo
+ statico — è un argomento di contesto mancante.
+
+3. **I pattern regex forniti dall'utente sono input non fidati.** Esegui sempre
+ il canary. Il budget di 100 ms non è un requisito di performance — è un
+ confine di sicurezza.
+
+4. **Il livello di parallelismo deve avere sempre un timeout.** Un coordinatore
+ che attende indefinitamente i worker è un single point of failure per
+ l'intera pipeline CI.
+
+---
+
+*Documento aggiornato a v0.5.0a4.*
diff --git a/mutmut_pytest.ini b/mutmut_pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f49c110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mutmut_pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 PythonWoods
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# mutmut_pytest.ini — Pytest configuration used ONLY by mutmut (mutation testing).
+#
+# Why a separate ini file?
+# mutmut v3 generates trampolines in mutants/src/ (a working copy of the source),
+# but pytest's importlib mode does not prioritise sys.path for package resolution,
+# causing tests to import from site-packages instead of the trampoline copy.
+#
+# This file overrides two settings for mutation runs only:
+# 1. import-mode=prepend — restores classic sys.path-first resolution so that
+# mutants/src/ (prepended to sys.path by pytest thanks to pythonpath below)
+# takes precedence over the site-packages install.
+# 2. pythonpath = src — instructs pytest to add src/ (i.e. mutants/src/)
+# to sys.path[0], making mutmut's trampolines the authoritative source.
+#
+# The main pyproject.toml keeps import-mode=importlib for the regular test suite.
+# This file must be listed in [tool.mutmut] also_copy to be available in mutants/.
+
+[pytest]
+testpaths = tests
+pythonpath = src
+addopts = -ra -q --strict-markers --strict-config
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Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 20:29:11 +0200
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CHANGELOG.md | 4 ++--
CITATION.cff | 2 +-
docs/community/index.md | 2 +-
docs/it/community/index.md | 2 +-
mkdocs.yml | 2 +-
pyproject.toml | 4 ++--
src/zenzic/__init__.py | 2 +-
uv.lock | 2 +-
8 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 11ab737..c939ee5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Versions follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
verification accepted per Architecture Lead authorisation (Z-TEST-003).
**28 tests in `test_redteam_remediation.py`, all green.**
-## [0.5.0a3] — 2026-04-03 — The Sentinel: Aesthetic Sprint, Parallel Anchors & Agnostic Target
+## [0.5.0a4] — 2026-04-03 — The Sentinel: Aesthetic Sprint, Parallel Anchors & Agnostic Target
> **Sprint 13 + 14 + 15.** Three tracks delivered in one tag.
> Track A — Performance & SDK: deterministic two-phase anchor validation, `zenzic.rules` public
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ It has been superseded by the 0.5.x stabilization cycle.
[Unreleased]: https://github.com/PythonWoods/zenzic/compare/v0.5.0a3...HEAD
-[0.5.0a3]: https://github.com/PythonWoods/zenzic/compare/v0.5.0a2...v0.5.0a3
+[0.5.0a4]: https://github.com/PythonWoods/zenzic/compare/v0.5.0a2...v0.5.0a3
[0.5.0a2]: https://github.com/PythonWoods/zenzic/compare/v0.5.0a1...v0.5.0a2
[0.5.0a1]: https://github.com/PythonWoods/zenzic/compare/v0.4.0-rc5...v0.5.0a1
[0.4.0-rc5]: https://github.com/PythonWoods/zenzic/compare/v0.4.0-rc4...v0.4.0-rc5
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 8339911..cd6665a 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ abstract: >
scanner (the Shield). Built on pure functional principles in Python 3.11+, it operates
source-first — no build framework required — and integrates with any Markdown-based
documentation system via a plugin adapter protocol.
-version: 0.5.0a3
+version: 0.5.0a4
date-released: 2026-04-03
url: "https://zenzic.pythonwoods.dev/"
repository-code: "https://github.com/PythonWoods/zenzic"
diff --git a/docs/community/index.md b/docs/community/index.md
index bdf6b68..b5aee58 100644
--- a/docs/community/index.md
+++ b/docs/community/index.md
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ __Manual BibTeX:__
@software{zenzic,
author = {PythonWoods},
title = {{Zenzic: The Agnostic Documentation Integrity Framework}},
- version = {0.5.0a3},
+ version = {0.5.0a4},
date = {2026-04-03},
url = {https://zenzic.pythonwoods.dev/},
license = {Apache-2.0},
diff --git a/docs/it/community/index.md b/docs/it/community/index.md
index 232c914..4aa1f71 100644
--- a/docs/it/community/index.md
+++ b/docs/it/community/index.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ __BibTeX manuale:__
@software{zenzic,
author = {PythonWoods},
title = {{Zenzic: The Agnostic Documentation Integrity Framework}},
- version = {0.5.0a3},
+ version = {0.5.0a4},
date = {2026-04-03},
url = {https://zenzic.pythonwoods.dev/},
license = {Apache-2.0},
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 1f26f43..24b03f6 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ extra_css:
extra:
build_date: !ENV [BUILD_DATE, "dev"]
generator: false
- version: "0.5.0a3"
+ version: "0.5.0a4"
alternate:
- name: English
link: /
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index eb7b761..02e28f0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
[project]
name = "zenzic"
-version = "0.5.0a3"
+version = "0.5.0a4"
description = "Engineering-grade, engine-agnostic linter and security shield for Markdown documentation"
readme = "README.md"
requires-python = ">=3.11"
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ pytest_add_cli_args = ["--import-mode=prepend"]
# ─── Version bumping ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
[tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.5.0a3"
+current_version = "0.5.0a4"
commit = true
tag = true
tag_name = "v{new_version}"
diff --git a/src/zenzic/__init__.py b/src/zenzic/__init__.py
index 7ae3875..6026d7f 100644
--- a/src/zenzic/__init__.py
+++ b/src/zenzic/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
"""Zenzic — engine-agnostic linter and security shield for Markdown documentation."""
-__version__ = "0.5.0a3"
+__version__ = "0.5.0a4"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 8790fe0..3e36d5a 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@ wheels = [
[[package]]
name = "zenzic"
-version = "0.5.0a3"
+version = "0.5.0a4"
source = { editable = "." }
dependencies = [
{ name = "httpx" },
From 7f3d67235f2a1a21c2a177bb58e25fb082f516f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PythonWoods
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 20:30:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 06/16] docs(internal): add registry for architectural gaps and
tech debt
---
docs/internal/arch_gaps.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
docs/it/internal/arch_gaps.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
mkdocs.yml | 1 +
3 files changed, 53 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 docs/internal/arch_gaps.md
create mode 100644 docs/it/internal/arch_gaps.md
diff --git a/docs/internal/arch_gaps.md b/docs/internal/arch_gaps.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..030660d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/internal/arch_gaps.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+
+
+# Zenzic - Architectural Gaps & Technical Debt
+
+> *"What is not documented, does not exist; what is documented poorly, is an ambush."*
+>
+> This document tracks architectural gaps and technical debt identified during development, which require resolution before specific milestones (like rc1).
+
+---
+
+## Target: v0.5.0rc1 (The Bastion)
+
+### 1. Versioning Automation (Noxfile)
+
+**Identified in:** v0.5.0a4 (`fix/sentinel-hardening`)
+**Component:** `noxfile.py`
+**Description:** The noxfile currently only supports `patch`, `minor`, and `major` bumps. During alpha/beta iterations, it is not possible to execute a prerelease bump directly via the automation framework (`nox -s bump -- prerelease`).
+**Required Action:** The noxfile must be updated to extract and support pre-release tags (bumping `pre_l` and `pre_n`) by properly interfacing with `bump-my-version`, enabling rapid iteration of testing releases without circumventing automation.
+
+### 2. Security Pipeline Coverage (CLI Integration)
+
+**Identified in:** v0.5.0a4 (`fix/sentinel-hardening`)
+**Component:** `zenzic/cli.py`
+**Description:** The scanner and reporter now have complete mutation tests safeguarding the effectiveness of the Shield (The Sentinel's Trial). However, the silencer mutant (`findings.append(...) -> pass`) within `cli.py` is not covered by the current suite because it bypasses the CLI to interface with the proxy.
+**Required Action:** An end-to-end (e2e) test that triggers the full CLI and verifies the exit with code 2 and the presence of the reporter to ensure the routing is not vulnerable to amnesia (Commit 4b or later).
diff --git a/docs/it/internal/arch_gaps.md b/docs/it/internal/arch_gaps.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be5d8ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/it/internal/arch_gaps.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+
+
+# Zenzic - Architectural Gaps & Technical Debt
+
+> *"Ciò che non è documentato, non esiste; ciò che è documentato male, è un'imboscata."*
+>
+> Questo documento traccia i gap architetturali e il debito tecnico identificati durante lo sviluppo, che necessitano di risoluzione prima di traguardi specifici (come la rc1).
+
+---
+
+## Target: v0.5.0rc1 (The Bastion)
+
+### 1. Automazione del Versioning (Noxfile)
+
+**Identificato in:** v0.5.0a4 (`fix/sentinel-hardening`)
+**Componente:** `noxfile.py`
+**Descrizione:** Il noxfile attualmente supporta solo bump di `patch`, `minor` e `major`. Durante le iterazioni alpha/beta, non è possibile eseguire il bump prerelease direttamente tramite il framework di automazione (`nox -s bump -- prerelease`).
+**Azione Richiesta:** Il noxfile deve essere aggiornato per estrarre e supportare la gestione dei tag alpha/beta pre-release (bump `pre_l` e `pre_n`) interfacciandosi correttamente con `bump-my-version`, per permettere l'iterazione rapida delle release di testing senza bypassare l'automazione.
+
+### 2. Copertura della Pipeline di Sicurezza (Integrazione CLI)
+
+**Identificato in:** v0.5.0a4 (`fix/sentinel-hardening`)
+**Componente:** `zenzic/cli.py`
+**Descrizione:** Lo scanner e il reporter dispongono ora di mutation test completi che proteggono l'efficacia dello Shield (The Sentinel's Trial). Tuttavia, la mutazione del silenziatore (`findings.append(...) -> pass`) all'interno di `cli.py` non viene coperta dalla suite attuale perché essa salta la CLI per interfacciarsi con il proxy.
+**Azione Richiesta:** Un test end-to-end (e2e) che attivi l'intera CLI e verifichi l'uscita con exit code 2 e la presenza del reporter per assicurare che il routing non sia vulnerabile ad amnesie (Commit 4b o successivi).
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 24b03f6..49edb75 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ nav:
- Writing Plugin Rules: developers/plugins.md
- Example Projects: developers/examples.md
- Internals:
+ - Arch Gaps & Tech Debt: internal/arch_gaps.md
- VSM Engine: arch/vsm_engine.md
- Security Reports:
- Security Analysis v0.5.0a3: internal/security/shattered_mirror_report.md
From f4f2736084b4a19d1ca2198cdb03ce2d5a31b948 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PythonWoods-Dev
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 15:28:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 07/16] feat(cli,docs): per-command ok_message and Sentinel
homepage panels
CLI
- Add ok_message parameter to SentinelReporter.render() so each
individual check command prints a specific success verdict instead
of the generic "All checks passed" message.
- Extract _count_docs_assets() helper to eliminate duplicated
file-counting logic across all six check commands.
- All six check commands (links, orphans, snippets, references,
assets, placeholders) now use SentinelReporter with a dedicated
ok_message; check-all keeps the default.
- Add snippet fallback in reporter: when the source file is
unreadable but source_line is available, render a single-line
snippet instead of silently skipping it.
Docs
- Rewrite Sentinel in Action / Sentinel in Azione homepage section
as pure HTML to prevent Python-Markdown from wrapping nested divs
in
tags or escaping them as code blocks.
- Add .zz-sentinel-demo CSS component with dark/light mode support
for branded mini-panel previews (gutter reporter, shield, grouped
by file, severity summary).
- Add .zz-sentinel-section layout CSS for card containment and
lateral margins.
- Replace demo link references with plain text to avoid Zenzic
false positives from Markdown-like syntax inside HTML spans.
Tests
- Update all ok-assertions to match new per-command messages.
- Fix visual test expectations (gutter counting, LINK_ERROR badge).
---
README.it.md | 4 +-
README.md | 4 +-
docs/assets/stylesheets/extra.css | 220 ++++++++++++++++
docs/index.md | 117 +++++----
docs/it/index.md | 118 +++++----
src/zenzic/cli.py | 423 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
src/zenzic/core/reporter.py | 30 ++-
tests/test_cli.py | 35 ++-
tests/test_cli_visual.py | 21 +-
9 files changed, 710 insertions(+), 262 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.it.md b/README.it.md
index 6f1a204..729da50 100644
--- a/README.it.md
+++ b/README.it.md
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-
+
+
-
-## Sentinel in Action
-
-Every finding is pinned to file, line, and source. Structured output for human eyes and machine parsing alike.
-
-
-
-- :lucide-terminal: __Gutter reporter__
-
- ---
-
- Each error shows the exact offending source line with gutter context. No scrolling through logs to find what broke.
-
- ```text
- docs/guide.md
- ✘ 16: [FILE_NOT_FOUND] 'setup.md' not found in docs
- │
- 16 │ Read the [setup guide](setup.md) before continuing.
- │
- ```
-
-- :lucide-shield: __Zenzic Shield__
-
- ---
-
- Scans every line — including fenced `bash` and `yaml` blocks — for leaked credentials. Exit code `2` is reserved exclusively for security events.
-
- ```text
- docs/tutorial.md
- ✘ 42: [CREDENTIAL_LEAK] GitHub token detected
- │
- 42 │ Authorization: Bearer ghp_example123token
- │
- ```
-
-- :lucide-chart-bar: __Quality score__
-
- ---
-
- `zenzic score` emits a single deterministic __0–100 integer__. Save a baseline and gate pull requests on regression.
-
- ```bash
- zenzic score --save # persist baseline
- zenzic diff --threshold 5 # exit 1 if score drops > 5
- ```
-
+
+
Sentinel in Action
+
Every finding is pinned to file, line, and source. Structured output for human eyes and machine parsing alike.
+
+
+
+
Gutter reporter
+
+
Each error shows the exact offending source line with gutter context. No scrolling through logs to find what broke.
+
+
docs/guide.md
+
+✘
+FILE_NOT_FOUND
+'intro.md' not reachable from nav
+
+
15│before continuing.
+
16❱See the getting started page for details.
+
17│Then configure your environment.
+
+
+
+
Zenzic Shield
+
+
Scans every line — including fenced bash and yaml blocks — for leaked credentials. Exit code 2 is reserved exclusively for security events.
+
+
docs/tutorial.md
+
+✘
+CREDENTIAL_LEAK
+GitHub token detected
+
+
41│Set the Authorization header:
+
42❱Bearer ghp_example123token
+
43│in every API request.
+
+
+
+
Grouped by file
+
+
Findings are grouped under a file header instead of streamed as flat logs. You see where the problem lives before reading the finding details.
+
+
docs/guide.md
+
+✘
+FILE_NOT_FOUND
+'intro.md' not reachable from nav
+
+
+⚠
+ZZ-NODRAFT
+Remove DRAFT markers before publishing.
+
+
+
+
+
Severity summary
+
+
Every run ends with a compact summary: counts by severity, files with findings, and a final verdict. You know immediately whether the check failed hard or only emitted warnings.
---
diff --git a/docs/it/index.md b/docs/it/index.md
index 7f3c9dd..ec9b969 100644
--- a/docs/it/index.md
+++ b/docs/it/index.md
@@ -99,55 +99,77 @@ Intercetta link non validi, pagine orfane e credenziali esposte — prima dei tu
---
-
-
-## Sentinel in Azione
-
-Ogni segnalazione è ancorata a file, riga e sorgente. Output strutturato per occhi umani e parsing automatico.
-
-
-
-- :lucide-terminal: __Reporter con gutter__
-
- ---
-
- Ogni errore mostra la riga sorgente esatta con contesto gutter. Nessun log da scorrere per trovare il problema.
-
- ```text
- docs/guida.md
- ✘ 16: [FILE_NOT_FOUND] 'setup.md' not found in docs
- │
- 16 │ Leggi la [guida di setup](setup.md) prima di continuare.
- │
- ```
-
-- :lucide-shield: __Zenzic Shield__
-
- ---
-
- Scansiona ogni riga — compresi i blocchi `bash` e `yaml` — alla ricerca di credenziali esposte. Exit code `2` è riservato esclusivamente agli eventi di sicurezza.
-
- ```text
- docs/tutorial.md
- ✘ 42: [CREDENTIAL_LEAK] Token GitHub rilevato
- │
- 42 │ Authorization: Bearer ghp_example123token
- │
- ```
-
-- :lucide-chart-bar: __Punteggio qualità__
-
- ---
-
- `zenzic score` emette un singolo __intero deterministico 0–100__. Salva un baseline e blocca le pull request sulle regressioni.
-
- ```bash
- zenzic score --save # salva il baseline
- zenzic diff --threshold 5 # exit 1 se il punteggio scende > 5
- ```
-
+
+
Sentinel in Azione
+
Ogni segnalazione è ancorata a file, riga e sorgente. Output strutturato per occhi umani e parsing automatico.
+
+
+
+
Reporter con gutter
+
+
Ogni errore mostra la riga sorgente esatta con contesto gutter. Nessun log da scorrere per trovare il problema.
+
+
docs/guida.md
+
+✘
+FILE_NOT_FOUND
+'intro.md' non raggiungibile dalla nav
+
+
15│prima di continuare.
+
16❱Vedi la guida introduttiva per i dettagli.
+
17│Poi configura l'ambiente.
+
+
+
+
Zenzic Shield
+
+
Scansiona ogni riga — compresi i blocchi bash e yaml — alla ricerca di credenziali esposte. Exit code 2 è riservato esclusivamente agli eventi di sicurezza.
+
+
docs/tutorial.md
+
+✘
+CREDENTIAL_LEAK
+Token GitHub rilevato
+
+
41│Imposta l'header Authorization:
+
42❱Bearer ghp_example123token
+
43│in ogni richiesta API.
+
+
+
+
Raggruppato per file
+
+
I finding sono raggruppati sotto un header di file, invece di scorrere come log piatti. Vedi dove vive il problema prima ancora di leggere il dettaglio.
+
+
docs/guida.md
+
+✘
+FILE_NOT_FOUND
+'intro.md' non raggiungibile dalla nav
+
+
+⚠
+ZZ-NODRAFT
+Rimuovi i marker DRAFT prima della pubblicazione.
+
+
+
+
+
Riepilogo severità
+
+
Ogni esecuzione termina con un riepilogo compatto: conteggi per severità, numero di file coinvolti e verdetto finale. Capisci subito se il controllo è fallito davvero o se ha emesso solo warning.
+
Nota: l'output CLI di Zenzic resta volutamente in inglese, anche nella documentazione italiana, per mantenere log, CI e screenshot coerenti tra tutti gli ambienti.
---
diff --git a/src/zenzic/cli.py b/src/zenzic/cli.py
index 9e368a5..ade9efc 100644
--- a/src/zenzic/cli.py
+++ b/src/zenzic/cli.py
@@ -137,21 +137,79 @@ def _render_link_error(err: LinkError, docs_root: Path) -> None:
console.print(f" [dim]│[/] [italic]{err.source_line}[/]")
+def _count_docs_assets(docs_root: Path, repo_root: Path) -> tuple[int, int]:
+ """Return ``(docs_count, assets_count)`` for the Sentinel telemetry line."""
+ _INERT = {".css", ".js"}
+ _CONFIG = {".yml", ".yaml", ".toml"}
+ if not docs_root.is_dir():
+ return 0, 0
+ docs_count = sum(
+ 1
+ for p in docs_root.rglob("*")
+ if p.is_file() and (p.suffix.lower() == ".md" or p.suffix.lower() in _CONFIG)
+ )
+ docs_count += sum(
+ 1 for p in repo_root.iterdir() if p.is_file() and p.suffix.lower() in {".yml", ".yaml"}
+ )
+ assets_count = sum(
+ 1
+ for p in docs_root.rglob("*")
+ if p.is_file()
+ and p.suffix.lower() not in _INERT
+ and p.suffix.lower() not in _CONFIG
+ and p.suffix.lower() != ".md"
+ )
+ return docs_count, assets_count
+
+
@check_app.command(name="links")
def check_links(
strict: bool = typer.Option(False, "--strict", "-s", help="Exit non-zero on any warning."),
) -> None:
"""Check for broken internal links. Pass --strict to also validate external URLs."""
+ from zenzic import __version__
+
repo_root = find_repo_root()
config, _ = ZenzicConfig.load(repo_root)
docs_root = (repo_root / config.docs_dir).resolve()
- errors = validate_links_structured(repo_root, strict=strict)
+
+ def _rel(path: Path) -> str:
+ try:
+ return str(path.relative_to(docs_root))
+ except ValueError:
+ return str(path)
+
+ t0 = time.monotonic()
+ link_errors = validate_links_structured(repo_root, strict=strict)
+ elapsed = time.monotonic() - t0
+
+ findings = [
+ Finding(
+ rel_path=_rel(err.file_path),
+ line_no=err.line_no,
+ code=err.error_type,
+ severity="error",
+ message=err.message,
+ source_line=err.source_line,
+ col_start=err.col_start,
+ match_text=err.match_text,
+ )
+ for err in link_errors
+ ]
+
+ docs_count, assets_count = _count_docs_assets(docs_root, repo_root)
+ reporter = SentinelReporter(console, docs_root, docs_dir=str(config.docs_dir))
+ errors, warnings = reporter.render(
+ findings,
+ version=__version__,
+ elapsed=elapsed,
+ docs_count=docs_count,
+ assets_count=assets_count,
+ engine=config.build_context.engine if hasattr(config, "build_context") else "auto",
+ ok_message="No broken links found.",
+ )
if errors:
- console.print(f"\n[red]BROKEN LINKS ({len(errors)}):[/]")
- for err in errors:
- _render_link_error(err, docs_root)
raise typer.Exit(1)
- console.print("\n[green]OK:[/] no broken links found.")
@check_app.command(name="orphans")
@@ -165,34 +223,101 @@ def check_orphans(
),
) -> None:
"""Detect .md files not listed in the nav."""
+ from zenzic import __version__
+
repo_root = find_repo_root()
config, loaded_from_file = ZenzicConfig.load(repo_root)
if not loaded_from_file:
_print_no_config_hint()
config = _apply_engine_override(config, engine)
+ docs_root = (repo_root / config.docs_dir).resolve()
+
+ t0 = time.monotonic()
orphans = find_orphans(repo_root, config)
- if orphans:
- console.print(f"\n[red]ORPHANS ({len(orphans)}):[/] physical files not in nav:")
- for path in orphans:
- console.print(f" [yellow]{path}[/]")
+ elapsed = time.monotonic() - t0
+
+ findings = [
+ Finding(
+ rel_path=str(path),
+ line_no=0,
+ code="ORPHAN",
+ severity="warning",
+ message="Physical file not listed in navigation.",
+ )
+ for path in orphans
+ ]
+
+ docs_count, assets_count = _count_docs_assets(docs_root, repo_root)
+ reporter = SentinelReporter(console, docs_root, docs_dir=str(config.docs_dir))
+ errors, warnings = reporter.render(
+ findings,
+ version=__version__,
+ elapsed=elapsed,
+ docs_count=docs_count,
+ assets_count=assets_count,
+ engine=config.build_context.engine if hasattr(config, "build_context") else "auto",
+ strict=True,
+ ok_message="No orphan pages found.",
+ )
+ if errors or warnings:
raise typer.Exit(1)
- console.print("\n[green]OK:[/] no orphan pages found.")
@check_app.command(name="snippets")
def check_snippets() -> None:
"""Validate Python code blocks in documentation Markdown files."""
+ from zenzic import __version__
+
repo_root = find_repo_root()
config, loaded_from_file = ZenzicConfig.load(repo_root)
if not loaded_from_file:
_print_no_config_hint()
- errors = validate_snippets(repo_root, config)
+ docs_root = (repo_root / config.docs_dir).resolve()
+
+ def _rel(path: Path) -> str:
+ try:
+ return str(path.relative_to(docs_root))
+ except ValueError:
+ return str(path)
+
+ t0 = time.monotonic()
+ snippet_errors = validate_snippets(repo_root, config)
+ elapsed = time.monotonic() - t0
+
+ findings: list[Finding] = []
+ for s_err in snippet_errors:
+ src = ""
+ if s_err.line_no > 0 and s_err.file_path.is_file():
+ try:
+ lines = s_err.file_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines()
+ if 0 < s_err.line_no <= len(lines):
+ src = lines[s_err.line_no - 1].strip()
+ except OSError:
+ pass
+ findings.append(
+ Finding(
+ rel_path=_rel(s_err.file_path),
+ line_no=s_err.line_no,
+ code="SNIPPET",
+ severity="error",
+ message=s_err.message,
+ source_line=src,
+ )
+ )
+
+ docs_count, assets_count = _count_docs_assets(docs_root, repo_root)
+ reporter = SentinelReporter(console, docs_root, docs_dir=str(config.docs_dir))
+ errors, warnings = reporter.render(
+ findings,
+ version=__version__,
+ elapsed=elapsed,
+ docs_count=docs_count,
+ assets_count=assets_count,
+ engine=config.build_context.engine if hasattr(config, "build_context") else "auto",
+ ok_message="All code snippets are syntactically valid.",
+ )
if errors:
- console.print(f"\n[red]INVALID SNIPPETS ({len(errors)}):[/]")
- for err in errors:
- console.print(f" [yellow]{err.file_path}:{err.line_no}[/] - {err.message}")
raise typer.Exit(1)
- console.print("\n[green]OK:[/] all Python snippets are syntactically valid.")
@check_app.command(name="references")
@@ -224,118 +349,135 @@ def check_references(
1 — Dangling References or (with --strict) warnings found.
2 — SECURITY CRITICAL: a secret was detected in a reference URL.
"""
+ from zenzic import __version__
+
repo_root = find_repo_root()
config, loaded_from_file = ZenzicConfig.load(repo_root)
if not loaded_from_file:
_print_no_config_hint()
- reports, link_errors = scan_docs_references(repo_root, config, validate_links=links)
-
- docs_root = repo_root / config.docs_dir
-
- # ── Check for secrets first (Exit Code 2) ─────────────────────────────────
- security_hits = [(r.file_path, sf) for r in reports for sf in r.security_findings]
- if security_hits:
- console.print("\n[bold red]╔══════════════════════════════════════╗[/]")
- console.print("[bold red]║ SECURITY CRITICAL ║[/]")
- console.print("[bold red]║ Secret(s) detected in documentation ║[/]")
- console.print("[bold red]╚══════════════════════════════════════╝[/]\n")
- for _fp, sf in security_hits:
- try:
- display_path = sf.file_path.relative_to(docs_root)
- except ValueError:
- display_path = sf.file_path
- console.print(
- f" [bold red][SHIELD][/] {display_path}:{sf.line_no} "
- f"— [red]{sf.secret_type}[/] detected in URL"
- )
- console.print(f" [dim]{sf.url[:80]}[/]")
- console.print("\n[bold red]Build aborted.[/] Rotate the exposed credential immediately.")
- raise typer.Exit(2)
-
- # ── Collect reference findings ─────────────────────────────────────────────
- all_errors: list[str] = []
- all_warnings: list[str] = []
- total_score = 0.0
- file_count = len(reports)
+ docs_root = (repo_root / config.docs_dir).resolve()
- for report in reports:
+ def _rel(path: Path) -> str:
try:
- rel = report.file_path.relative_to(docs_root)
+ return str(path.relative_to(docs_root))
except ValueError:
- rel = report.file_path
- for finding in report.findings:
- msg = f" [yellow]{rel}:{finding.line_no}[/] [{finding.issue}] — {finding.detail}"
- if finding.is_warning:
- all_warnings.append(msg)
- else:
- all_errors.append(msg)
-
- for rf in report.rule_findings:
- severity_color = "red" if rf.is_error else "yellow"
- header = (
- f"[{severity_color}][{rf.rule_id}][/] [dim]{rel}:{rf.line_no}[/] — {rf.message}"
- )
- if rf.matched_line:
- snippet = rf.matched_line.rstrip()
- msg = f"{header}\n [dim]│[/] [italic]{snippet}[/]"
- else:
- msg = header
- if rf.is_error:
- all_errors.append(msg)
- else:
- all_warnings.append(msg)
-
- if file_count:
- total_score += report.score
-
- avg_score = total_score / file_count if file_count else 100.0
+ return str(path)
- # ── Output ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- if all_errors:
- console.print(f"\n[red]REFERENCE ERRORS ({len(all_errors)}):[/]")
- for msg in all_errors:
- console.print(msg)
+ t0 = time.monotonic()
+ reports, ext_link_errors = scan_docs_references(repo_root, config, validate_links=links)
+ elapsed = time.monotonic() - t0
- if all_warnings:
- label = "[red]REFERENCE WARNINGS[/]" if strict else "[yellow]REFERENCE WARNINGS[/]"
- console.print(f"\n{label} ({len(all_warnings)}):")
- for msg in all_warnings:
- console.print(msg)
+ # ── Build unified findings list ────────────────────────────────────────────
+ findings: list[Finding] = []
+ for report in reports:
+ rel = _rel(report.file_path)
+ _lines: list[str] = []
+ if report.file_path.is_file():
+ try:
+ _lines = report.file_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines()
+ except OSError:
+ pass
+ for ref_f in report.findings:
+ src = ""
+ if _lines and 0 < ref_f.line_no <= len(_lines):
+ src = _lines[ref_f.line_no - 1].strip()
+ findings.append(
+ Finding(
+ rel_path=rel,
+ line_no=ref_f.line_no,
+ code=ref_f.issue,
+ severity="warning" if ref_f.is_warning else "error",
+ message=ref_f.detail,
+ source_line=src,
+ )
+ )
+ for rule_f in report.rule_findings:
+ findings.append(
+ Finding(
+ rel_path=rel,
+ line_no=rule_f.line_no,
+ code=rule_f.rule_id,
+ severity=rule_f.severity,
+ message=rule_f.message,
+ source_line=rule_f.matched_line or "",
+ col_start=rule_f.col_start,
+ match_text=rule_f.match_text or "",
+ )
+ )
+ for sf in report.security_findings:
+ findings.append(_map_shield_to_finding(sf, docs_root))
- if link_errors:
- console.print(f"\n[red]BROKEN REFERENCE URLS ({len(link_errors)}):[/]")
- for err in link_errors:
- console.print(f" [yellow]{err}[/]")
+ for err_str in ext_link_errors:
+ findings.append(
+ Finding(
+ rel_path="(external-urls)",
+ line_no=0,
+ code="LINK_URL",
+ severity="error",
+ message=err_str,
+ )
+ )
- console.print(
- f"\n[dim]Reference Integrity:[/] [bold]{avg_score:.1f}%[/] across {file_count} file(s)."
+ docs_count, assets_count = _count_docs_assets(docs_root, repo_root)
+ reporter = SentinelReporter(console, docs_root, docs_dir=str(config.docs_dir))
+ errors, warnings = reporter.render(
+ findings,
+ version=__version__,
+ elapsed=elapsed,
+ docs_count=docs_count,
+ assets_count=assets_count,
+ engine=config.build_context.engine if hasattr(config, "build_context") else "auto",
+ strict=strict,
+ ok_message="All references resolved.",
)
- if links:
- console.print("[dim]External URL validation: enabled.[/]")
- failed = bool(all_errors) or bool(link_errors) or (strict and bool(all_warnings))
- if failed:
+ breaches = sum(1 for f in findings if f.severity == "security_breach")
+ if breaches:
+ raise typer.Exit(2)
+ if errors or (strict and warnings):
raise typer.Exit(1)
- console.print("\n[green]OK:[/] all references resolved.")
-
@check_app.command(name="assets")
def check_assets() -> None:
"""Detect unused images and assets in the documentation."""
+ from zenzic import __version__
+
repo_root = find_repo_root()
config, loaded_from_file = ZenzicConfig.load(repo_root)
if not loaded_from_file:
_print_no_config_hint()
+ docs_root = (repo_root / config.docs_dir).resolve()
+
+ t0 = time.monotonic()
unused = find_unused_assets(repo_root, config)
- if unused:
- console.print(
- f"\n[red]UNUSED ASSETS ({len(unused)}):[/] physical files not linked anywhere:"
+ elapsed = time.monotonic() - t0
+
+ findings = [
+ Finding(
+ rel_path=str(path),
+ line_no=0,
+ code="ASSET",
+ severity="warning",
+ message="File not referenced in any documentation page.",
)
- for path in unused:
- console.print(f" [yellow]{path}[/]")
+ for path in unused
+ ]
+
+ docs_count, assets_count = _count_docs_assets(docs_root, repo_root)
+ reporter = SentinelReporter(console, docs_root, docs_dir=str(config.docs_dir))
+ errors, warnings = reporter.render(
+ findings,
+ version=__version__,
+ elapsed=elapsed,
+ docs_count=docs_count,
+ assets_count=assets_count,
+ engine=config.build_context.engine if hasattr(config, "build_context") else "auto",
+ strict=True,
+ ok_message="No unused assets found.",
+ )
+ if errors or warnings:
raise typer.Exit(1)
- console.print("\n[green]OK:[/] no unused assets found.")
@clean_app.command(name="assets")
@@ -385,17 +527,57 @@ def clean_assets(
@check_app.command(name="placeholders")
def check_placeholders() -> None:
"""Detect pages with < 50 words or containing TODOs/stubs."""
+ from zenzic import __version__
+
repo_root = find_repo_root()
config, loaded_from_file = ZenzicConfig.load(repo_root)
if not loaded_from_file:
_print_no_config_hint()
- findings = find_placeholders(repo_root, config)
- if findings:
- console.print(f"\n[red]PLACEHOLDERS/STUBS ({len(findings)}):[/]")
- for f in findings:
- console.print(f" [yellow]{f.file_path}:{f.line_no}[/] [{f.issue}] - {f.detail}")
+ docs_root = (repo_root / config.docs_dir).resolve()
+
+ t0 = time.monotonic()
+ raw_findings = find_placeholders(repo_root, config)
+ elapsed = time.monotonic() - t0
+
+ findings: list[Finding] = []
+ for pf in raw_findings:
+ src = ""
+ if pf.line_no > 0:
+ abs_path = docs_root / pf.file_path
+ if abs_path.is_file():
+ try:
+ lines = abs_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines()
+ if 0 < pf.line_no <= len(lines):
+ src = lines[pf.line_no - 1].strip()
+ except OSError:
+ pass
+ findings.append(
+ Finding(
+ rel_path=str(pf.file_path),
+ line_no=pf.line_no,
+ code=pf.issue,
+ severity="warning",
+ message=pf.detail,
+ source_line=src,
+ col_start=pf.col_start,
+ match_text=pf.match_text,
+ )
+ )
+
+ docs_count, assets_count = _count_docs_assets(docs_root, repo_root)
+ reporter = SentinelReporter(console, docs_root, docs_dir=str(config.docs_dir))
+ errors, warnings = reporter.render(
+ findings,
+ version=__version__,
+ elapsed=elapsed,
+ docs_count=docs_count,
+ assets_count=assets_count,
+ engine=config.build_context.engine if hasattr(config, "build_context") else "auto",
+ strict=True,
+ ok_message="No placeholder stubs found.",
+ )
+ if errors or warnings:
raise typer.Exit(1)
- console.print("\n[green]OK:[/] no placeholder stubs found.")
@dataclass
@@ -774,32 +956,7 @@ def check_all(
if quiet:
errors, warnings = reporter.render_quiet(all_findings)
else:
- # Split audit scope: docs (md + config) vs assets (images, fonts, …).
- # _INERT: always-excluded scaffolding; _CONFIG: config formats inside docs/.
- _INERT = {".css", ".js"}
- _CONFIG = {".yml", ".yaml", ".toml"}
- if docs_root.is_dir():
- docs_count = sum(
- 1
- for p in docs_root.rglob("*")
- if p.is_file() and (p.suffix.lower() == ".md" or p.suffix.lower() in _CONFIG)
- )
- # Also count engine config files at project root (e.g. mkdocs.yml).
- docs_count += sum(
- 1
- for p in repo_root.iterdir()
- if p.is_file() and p.suffix.lower() in {".yml", ".yaml"}
- )
- assets_count = sum(
- 1
- for p in docs_root.rglob("*")
- if p.is_file()
- and p.suffix.lower() not in _INERT
- and p.suffix.lower() not in _CONFIG
- and p.suffix.lower() != ".md"
- )
- else:
- docs_count = assets_count = 0
+ docs_count, assets_count = _count_docs_assets(docs_root, repo_root)
# File-target mode: banner shows exactly 1 file.
if _single_file is not None:
docs_count, assets_count = 1, 0
diff --git a/src/zenzic/core/reporter.py b/src/zenzic/core/reporter.py
index db56bec..2620d39 100644
--- a/src/zenzic/core/reporter.py
+++ b/src/zenzic/core/reporter.py
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ def render(
engine: str = "auto",
target: str | None = None,
strict: bool = False,
+ ok_message: str | None = None,
) -> tuple[int, int]:
"""Print the full Sentinel Report.
@@ -174,6 +175,13 @@ def render(
excluded from the grouped view to avoid noise. All other findings flow
through the normal grouped pipeline.
+ Args:
+ ok_message: Optional success message shown when no hard failures are
+ found. Defaults to ``"All checks passed. Your documentation is
+ secure."`` (all-clear panel) or ``"All checks passed."`` (with
+ warnings). Individual commands should pass a specific message
+ such as ``"No broken links found."``.
+
Returns:
``(error_count, warning_count)`` — breaches are counted separately
by the caller (``cli.py``) and cause Exit 2, not Exit 1.
@@ -232,6 +240,7 @@ def render(
if not normal_findings and not breach_findings:
# ── All-clear panel ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+ _ok = ok_message or "All checks passed. Your documentation is secure."
self._con.print()
self._con.print(
Panel(
@@ -240,10 +249,7 @@ def render(
Text(),
Rule(style=SLATE),
Text(),
- Text.from_markup(
- f"[{EMERALD}]{emoji('check')} All checks passed. "
- f"Your documentation is secure.[/]"
- ),
+ Text.from_markup(f"[{EMERALD}]{emoji('check')} {_ok}[/]"),
),
title=f"[bold white on {INDIGO}] {emoji('shield')} ZENZIC SENTINEL v{version} [/]",
title_align="center",
@@ -294,7 +300,16 @@ def render(
col_start=f.col_start,
match_text=f.match_text,
)
- renderables.extend(snippet_lines)
+ if snippet_lines:
+ renderables.extend(snippet_lines)
+ else:
+ # Fallback: file unreadable, use source_line directly
+ gutter_w = len(str(f.line_no))
+ t = Text()
+ t.append(f" {str(f.line_no).rjust(gutter_w)} ", style=SLATE)
+ t.append("❱ ", style=f"bold {ROSE}")
+ t.append(f.source_line)
+ renderables.append(t)
renderables.append(Text()) # spacing after file group
@@ -324,9 +339,8 @@ def render(
Text.from_markup(f"[bold {ROSE}]FAILED:[/] One or more checks failed.")
)
else:
- renderables.append(
- Text.from_markup(f"[{EMERALD}]{emoji('check')} All checks passed.[/]")
- )
+ _ok = ok_message or "All checks passed."
+ renderables.append(Text.from_markup(f"[{EMERALD}]{emoji('check')} {_ok}[/]"))
# ── Single unified panel ──────────────────────────────────────────────
self._con.print()
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 20d4aac..ba6cb1f 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ def test_cli_help() -> None:
def test_check_links_ok(_links, _cfg, _root) -> None:
result = runner.invoke(app, ["check", "links"])
assert result.exit_code == 0
- assert "OK" in result.stdout
+ assert "ZENZIC SENTINEL" in result.stdout
+ assert "No broken links found." in result.stdout
@patch("zenzic.cli.find_repo_root", return_value=_ROOT)
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ def test_check_links_ok(_links, _cfg, _root) -> None:
def test_check_links_with_errors(_links, _cfg, _root) -> None:
result = runner.invoke(app, ["check", "links"])
assert result.exit_code == 1
- assert "BROKEN LINKS" in result.stdout
+ assert "ZENZIC SENTINEL" in result.stdout
+ assert "FILE_NOT_FOUND" in result.stdout or "error" in result.stdout.lower()
@patch("zenzic.cli.find_repo_root", return_value=_ROOT)
@@ -99,7 +101,8 @@ def test_cli_check_orphans_empty(tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
monkeypatch.chdir(repo)
result = runner.invoke(app, ["check", "orphans"])
assert result.exit_code == 0
- assert "OK: no orphan pages found." in result.stdout
+ assert "ZENZIC SENTINEL" in result.stdout
+ assert "No orphan pages found." in result.stdout
@patch("zenzic.cli.find_repo_root", return_value=_ROOT)
@@ -108,7 +111,8 @@ def test_cli_check_orphans_empty(tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
def test_check_orphans_with_orphans(_orphans, _cfg, _root) -> None:
result = runner.invoke(app, ["check", "orphans"])
assert result.exit_code == 1
- assert "ORPHANS" in result.stdout
+ assert "ZENZIC SENTINEL" in result.stdout
+ assert "ORPHAN" in result.stdout
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -122,7 +126,8 @@ def test_check_orphans_with_orphans(_orphans, _cfg, _root) -> None:
def test_check_snippets_ok(_snip, _cfg, _root) -> None:
result = runner.invoke(app, ["check", "snippets"])
assert result.exit_code == 0
- assert "OK" in result.stdout
+ assert "ZENZIC SENTINEL" in result.stdout
+ assert "All code snippets are syntactically valid." in result.stdout
@patch("zenzic.cli.find_repo_root", return_value=_ROOT)
@@ -140,7 +145,8 @@ def test_check_snippets_ok(_snip, _cfg, _root) -> None:
def test_check_snippets_with_errors(_snip, _cfg, _root) -> None:
result = runner.invoke(app, ["check", "snippets"])
assert result.exit_code == 1
- assert "INVALID SNIPPETS" in result.stdout
+ assert "ZENZIC SENTINEL" in result.stdout
+ assert "SNIPPET" in result.stdout
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -154,7 +160,8 @@ def test_check_snippets_with_errors(_snip, _cfg, _root) -> None:
def test_check_assets_ok(_assets, _cfg, _root) -> None:
result = runner.invoke(app, ["check", "assets"])
assert result.exit_code == 0
- assert "OK" in result.stdout
+ assert "ZENZIC SENTINEL" in result.stdout
+ assert "No unused assets found." in result.stdout
@patch("zenzic.cli.find_repo_root", return_value=_ROOT)
@@ -163,7 +170,8 @@ def test_check_assets_ok(_assets, _cfg, _root) -> None:
def test_check_assets_with_unused(_assets, _cfg, _root) -> None:
result = runner.invoke(app, ["check", "assets"])
assert result.exit_code == 1
- assert "UNUSED ASSETS" in result.stdout
+ assert "ZENZIC SENTINEL" in result.stdout
+ assert "ASSET" in result.stdout
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -177,7 +185,8 @@ def test_check_assets_with_unused(_assets, _cfg, _root) -> None:
def test_check_placeholders_ok(_ph, _cfg, _root) -> None:
result = runner.invoke(app, ["check", "placeholders"])
assert result.exit_code == 0
- assert "OK" in result.stdout
+ assert "ZENZIC SENTINEL" in result.stdout
+ assert "No placeholder stubs found." in result.stdout
@patch("zenzic.cli.find_repo_root", return_value=_ROOT)
@@ -193,7 +202,8 @@ def test_check_placeholders_ok(_ph, _cfg, _root) -> None:
def test_check_placeholders_with_findings(_ph, _cfg, _root) -> None:
result = runner.invoke(app, ["check", "placeholders"])
assert result.exit_code == 1
- assert "PLACEHOLDERS" in result.stdout
+ assert "ZENZIC SENTINEL" in result.stdout
+ assert "short-content" in result.stdout
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -590,7 +600,8 @@ def test_render_quiet_with_findings(self) -> None:
def test_check_references_ok(_scan, _cfg, _root) -> None:
result = runner.invoke(app, ["check", "references"])
assert result.exit_code == 0
- assert "OK" in result.stdout
+ assert "ZENZIC SENTINEL" in result.stdout
+ assert "All references resolved." in result.stdout
@patch("zenzic.cli.find_repo_root", return_value=_ROOT)
@@ -615,7 +626,7 @@ def test_check_references_rule_findings_surfaced(mock_scan, _cfg, _root) -> None
result = runner.invoke(app, ["check", "references"])
assert result.exit_code == 1
assert "ZZ-NOCLICKHERE" in result.stdout
- assert "REFERENCE ERRORS" in result.stdout
+ assert "error" in result.stdout.lower()
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tests/test_cli_visual.py b/tests/test_cli_visual.py
index d181a86..994092d 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli_visual.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli_visual.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def test_visual_snippet_rendered_when_source_line_present() -> None:
def test_visual_snippet_absent_when_source_line_empty() -> None:
- """An empty source_line must NOT produce a │ line."""
+ """An empty source_line must NOT produce a ❱ error indicator."""
err = LinkError(
file_path=_DOCS / "index.md",
line_no=5,
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def test_visual_snippet_absent_when_source_line_empty() -> None:
error_type="FILE_NOT_FOUND",
)
result = _invoke_with_errors([err])
- assert "│" not in result.stdout
+ assert "❱" not in result.stdout
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def test_error_type_badge_present(error_type: str) -> None:
def test_generic_link_error_has_no_badge() -> None:
- """The default LINK_ERROR type must NOT produce a badge in the header."""
+ """LINK_ERROR code is shown as a standard Sentinel code badge."""
err = LinkError(
file_path=_DOCS / "page.md",
line_no=1,
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ def test_generic_link_error_has_no_badge() -> None:
error_type="LINK_ERROR",
)
result = _invoke_with_errors([err])
- assert "LINK_ERROR" not in result.stdout
+ # Sentinel always shows the code; LINK_ERROR is a valid code badge
+ assert "LINK_ERROR" in result.stdout
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -149,7 +150,8 @@ def test_multiple_errors_each_have_snippet() -> None:
),
]
result = _invoke_with_errors(errors)
- assert result.stdout.count("│") == 2
+ # Each error with a source_line emits an ❱ indicator
+ assert result.stdout.count("❱") == 2
assert "FILE_NOT_FOUND" in result.stdout
assert "UNREACHABLE_LINK" in result.stdout
@@ -247,9 +249,10 @@ def test_sandbox_zensical_valid_links_clean(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) ->
"""features.md and api.md have only valid links — no errors from those pages."""
monkeypatch.chdir(_SANDBOX_ZENSICAL)
result = runner.invoke(app, ["check", "links"])
- # Only index.md has broken links — neither features.md nor api.md should appear
- assert "features.md" not in result.stdout
- assert "api.md" not in result.stdout
+ # Only index.md has broken links — features.md and api.md must not appear as
+ # section headers (full_rel path shown by the Sentinel Rule separator).
+ assert "docs/features.md" not in result.stdout
+ assert "docs/api.md" not in result.stdout
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -260,7 +263,7 @@ def test_sandbox_zensical_valid_links_clean(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) ->
def test_check_links_exit_code_0_when_no_errors() -> None:
result = _invoke_with_errors([])
assert result.exit_code == 0
- assert "OK" in result.stdout
+ assert "No broken links found." in result.stdout
def test_check_links_exit_code_1_when_errors_present() -> None:
From f132c447ab41c882416eb3b5be8179507f037107 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PythonWoods
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 20:01:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 08/16] docs: tighten sentinel demo density and align summary
geometry
---
docs/assets/stylesheets/extra.css | 146 ++++++++++++++++--------------
docs/index.md | 31 +++++--
docs/it/index.md | 31 +++++--
3 files changed, 120 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/assets/stylesheets/extra.css b/docs/assets/stylesheets/extra.css
index 9cc4cd6..a812752 100644
--- a/docs/assets/stylesheets/extra.css
+++ b/docs/assets/stylesheets/extra.css
@@ -527,25 +527,31 @@
background: var(--md-code-bg-color);
border: 1px solid var(--zz-border-subtle) !important;
border-radius: 0.75rem;
- padding: 1.25rem;
+ padding: 1rem;
box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14);
}
.zz-sentinel-demo {
margin-top: 1rem;
- border: 1px solid rgba(79, 70, 229, 0.28);
- border-radius: 0.7rem;
+ border: 1px solid #334155;
background: #0f172a;
- padding: 0.9rem 1rem;
- font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
- font-size: 0.7rem;
- line-height: 1.6;
+ padding: 0.6ch 0;
+ font-family: 'Fira Code', 'JetBrains Mono', monospace !important;
+ font-size: 0.6rem !important;
+ line-height: 1.05 !important;
+ letter-spacing: -0.03ch;
+ -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
+ -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
overflow-x: auto;
}
+.zz-sentinel-demo * {
+ font-family: inherit !important;
+}
+
.zz-sentinel-demo__rule {
color: #94a3b8;
- margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
+ margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
white-space: nowrap;
}
@@ -573,8 +579,9 @@
.zz-sentinel-demo__finding {
display: flex;
align-items: baseline;
- gap: 0.45rem;
- margin: 0.2rem 0;
+ gap: 1ch;
+ margin: 0.15rem 0;
+ padding-left: 5ch !important;
}
.zz-sentinel-demo__icon {
@@ -590,33 +597,34 @@
}
.zz-sentinel-demo__badge {
- color: #e2e8f0;
- background: rgba(79, 70, 229, 0.28);
- border: 1px solid rgba(129, 140, 248, 0.35);
- border-radius: 999px;
- padding: 0.05rem 0.45rem;
- font-size: 0.64rem;
+ font-weight: 700;
+ border-radius: 0 !important;
+ padding: 0 0.2ch;
+ background: rgba(244, 63, 94, 0.1);
+ font-size: 0.58rem;
}
-.zz-sentinel-demo__badge--warning {
- background: rgba(245, 158, 11, 0.18);
- border-color: rgba(245, 158, 11, 0.32);
+/* Badge inherits severity color from its sibling icon — SVG truth:
+ r8 (#f43f5e bold) for error, r7 (#f59e0b bold) for warning */
+.zz-sentinel-demo__icon--error ~ .zz-sentinel-demo__badge {
+ color: #f43f5e;
}
-.zz-sentinel-demo__badge--breach {
- background: rgba(244, 63, 94, 0.18);
- border-color: rgba(244, 63, 94, 0.34);
+.zz-sentinel-demo__icon--warning ~ .zz-sentinel-demo__badge {
+ color: #f59e0b;
}
.zz-sentinel-demo__message {
- color: #e6edf3;
+ color: #c5c8c6;
+ font-weight: 400;
}
.zz-sentinel-demo__snippet {
display: grid;
- grid-template-columns: 2rem 1rem minmax(0, 1fr);
- gap: 0.4rem;
- color: #e6edf3;
+ grid-template-columns: 7ch 3ch auto;
+ gap: 0;
+ color: #c5c8c6;
+ padding-left: 3ch;
}
.zz-sentinel-demo__snippet--dim {
@@ -640,8 +648,9 @@
.zz-sentinel-demo__summary-row {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
- gap: 0.8rem;
+ gap: 1.5ch;
margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
+ padding-left: 3ch !important;
}
.zz-sentinel-demo__count--error {
@@ -659,59 +668,60 @@
.zz-sentinel-demo__verdict {
color: #f43f5e;
font-weight: 700;
+ padding-left: 3ch !important;
}
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo {
- background: #eef2ff;
- border-color: rgba(79, 70, 229, 0.18);
-}
-
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo__rule,
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo__snippet--dim,
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo__count--muted,
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo__line-no,
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo__gutter {
- color: #64748b;
-}
-
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo__rule::before,
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo__rule::after {
- color: #cbd5e1;
+/* ── Breach-panel variant (Zenzic Shield demo) ─────────────────────────────── */
+.zz-sentinel-demo--breach-panel {
+ border-color: rgba(244, 63, 94, 0.45);
}
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo__message,
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo__snippet {
- color: #0f172a;
-}
-
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo__badge {
- color: #312e81;
- background: rgba(79, 70, 229, 0.1);
- border-color: rgba(79, 70, 229, 0.18);
+.zz-sentinel-demo__breach-header {
+ text-align: center;
+ color: #f43f5e;
+ font-weight: 700;
+ font-size: 0.55rem;
+ letter-spacing: 0.14em;
+ margin-bottom: 0.3rem;
+ padding-bottom: 0.2rem;
+ border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(244, 63, 94, 0.2);
}
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo__badge--warning {
- color: #92400e;
- background: rgba(245, 158, 11, 0.1);
- border-color: rgba(245, 158, 11, 0.2);
+.zz-sentinel-demo__breach-row {
+ display: flex;
+ align-items: baseline;
+ gap: 0.4rem;
+ margin: 0.15rem 0;
+ padding-left: 4ch !important;
}
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo__badge--breach {
- color: #9f1239;
- background: rgba(244, 63, 94, 0.1);
- border-color: rgba(244, 63, 94, 0.18);
+.zz-sentinel-demo__breach-key {
+ display: inline-block;
+ color: #e2e8f0;
+ font-weight: 700;
+ width: 12ch;
}
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo__gutter--active,
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo__icon--error,
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo__count--error,
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo__verdict {
- color: #e11d48;
+.zz-sentinel-demo__breach-secret {
+ color: #fff;
+ background: rgba(244, 63, 94, 0.30);
+ border: none;
+ border-radius: 0;
+ padding: 0.05rem 0.4ch;
+ font-weight: 700;
}
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo__icon--warning,
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-sentinel-demo__count--warning {
- color: #d97706;
+.zz-sentinel-demo__breach-action {
+ display: flex;
+ align-items: baseline;
+ gap: 0.4rem;
+ flex-wrap: wrap;
+ margin-top: 0.35rem;
+ padding-top: 0.3rem;
+ padding-left: 4ch !important;
+ border-top: 1px solid rgba(244, 63, 94, 0.12);
+ color: #94a3b8;
+ font-size: 0.58rem;
}
.zz-sentinel-section li .highlight,
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 4757c28..d73721b 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Catch broken links, orphan pages, and leaked credentials — before your users d
docs/guide.md
✘
-FILE_NOT_FOUND
+[FILE_NOT_FOUND]'intro.md' not reachable from nav
15│before continuing.
@@ -124,16 +124,27 @@ Catch broken links, orphan pages, and leaked credentials — before your users d
Zenzic Shield
Scans every line — including fenced bash and yaml blocks — for leaked credentials. Exit code 2 is reserved exclusively for security events.
-
-
docs/tutorial.md
-
+
+
SECURITY BREACH DETECTED
+
✘
-CREDENTIAL_LEAK
+Finding:GitHub token detected
-
41│Set the Authorization header:
-
42❱Bearer ghp_example123token
-
43│in every API request.
+
+✘
+Location:
+docs/tutorial.md:42
+
+
+✘
+Credential:
+ghp_************3456
+
+
+Action:
+Rotate this credential immediately and purge it from the repository history.
+
@@ -144,12 +155,12 @@ Catch broken links, orphan pages, and leaked credentials — before your users d
docs/guide.md
✘
-FILE_NOT_FOUND
+[FILE_NOT_FOUND]'intro.md' not reachable from nav
⚠
-ZZ-NODRAFT
+[ZZ-NODRAFT]Remove DRAFT markers before publishing.
diff --git a/docs/it/index.md b/docs/it/index.md
index ec9b969..f579388 100644
--- a/docs/it/index.md
+++ b/docs/it/index.md
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Intercetta link non validi, pagine orfane e credenziali esposte — prima dei tu
docs/guida.md
✘
-FILE_NOT_FOUND
+[FILE_NOT_FOUND]'intro.md' non raggiungibile dalla nav
15│prima di continuare.
@@ -124,16 +124,27 @@ Intercetta link non validi, pagine orfane e credenziali esposte — prima dei tu
Zenzic Shield
Scansiona ogni riga — compresi i blocchi bash e yaml — alla ricerca di credenziali esposte. Exit code 2 è riservato esclusivamente agli eventi di sicurezza.
-
-
docs/tutorial.md
-
+
+
SECURITY BREACH DETECTED
+
✘
-CREDENTIAL_LEAK
+Finding:Token GitHub rilevato
-
41│Imposta l'header Authorization:
-
42❱Bearer ghp_example123token
-
43│in ogni richiesta API.
+
+✘
+Location:
+docs/tutorial.md:42
+
+
+✘
+Credential:
+ghp_************3456
+
+
+Action:
+Rotate this credential immediately and purge it from the repository history.
+
@@ -144,12 +155,12 @@ Intercetta link non validi, pagine orfane e credenziali esposte — prima dei tu
docs/guida.md
✘
-FILE_NOT_FOUND
+[FILE_NOT_FOUND]'intro.md' non raggiungibile dalla nav
⚠
-ZZ-NODRAFT
+[ZZ-NODRAFT]Rimuovi i marker DRAFT prima della pubblicazione.
From 38be6f1f6acfe4c1c7f8e08d118a59c4ab38704a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PythonWoods-Dev
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 13:37:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 09/16] fix(scanner,cli): resolve ZRT-005 Bootstrap Paradox
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
find_repo_root gains a keyword-only fallback_to_cwd=False parameter.
When True, the function returns cwd instead of raising RuntimeError —
enabling zenzic init to run in a brand-new directory with no .git or
zenzic.toml present (Genesis Fallback).
Only the init command passes fallback_to_cwd=True; all other command
entry-points retain the strict check.
Three new regression tests added (test_scanner + test_cli).
---
src/zenzic/cli.py | 2 +-
src/zenzic/core/scanner.py | 15 +++++++++++++--
tests/test_cli.py | 16 ++++++++++++++++
tests/test_scanner.py | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/zenzic/cli.py b/src/zenzic/cli.py
index ade9efc..37f92ed 100644
--- a/src/zenzic/cli.py
+++ b/src/zenzic/cli.py
@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ def init(
pre-sets ``engine = "zensical"``. Otherwise the ``[build_context]`` block
is omitted and the vanilla (engine-agnostic) defaults apply.
"""
- repo_root = find_repo_root()
+ repo_root = find_repo_root(fallback_to_cwd=True)
if plugin is not None:
_scaffold_plugin(repo_root, plugin, force)
diff --git a/src/zenzic/core/scanner.py b/src/zenzic/core/scanner.py
index c265bca..22147ca 100644
--- a/src/zenzic/core/scanner.py
+++ b/src/zenzic/core/scanner.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
_MARKDOWN_ASSET_LINK_RE = re.compile(r"!\[.*?\]\((.*?)\)|")
-def find_repo_root() -> Path:
+def find_repo_root(*, fallback_to_cwd: bool = False) -> Path:
"""Walk upward from CWD until a Zenzic project root marker is found.
Root markers (first match wins, checked in order):
@@ -71,13 +71,24 @@ def find_repo_root() -> Path:
This is more robust than ``Path(__file__).parents[N]`` because it works
regardless of where the CLI is invoked from inside the repo.
+ Args:
+ fallback_to_cwd: When *True* and no root marker is found, return the
+ current working directory instead of raising. Use this only for
+ bootstrap commands (``zenzic init``) that are explicitly designed
+ to create a project root from scratch — the "Genesis Fallback".
+
Raises:
- RuntimeError: if no root marker is found in any ancestor.
+ RuntimeError: if no root marker is found in any ancestor and
+ ``fallback_to_cwd`` is *False*.
"""
cwd = Path.cwd().resolve()
for candidate in [cwd, *cwd.parents]:
if (candidate / ".git").is_dir() or (candidate / "zenzic.toml").is_file():
return candidate
+
+ if fallback_to_cwd:
+ return cwd
+
raise RuntimeError(
"Could not locate repo root: no .git directory or zenzic.toml found in any "
f"ancestor of {cwd}. Run Zenzic from inside the repository."
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index ba6cb1f..72746df 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -879,3 +879,19 @@ def test_init_vanilla_no_engine_no_build_context(
content = (repo / "zenzic.toml").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
assert "[build_context]" not in content
assert "vanilla" in result.stdout.lower() or "engine-agnostic" in result.stdout.lower()
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# init — ZRT-005 Bootstrap Paradox (Genesis Fallback)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_init_in_fresh_directory_no_git(tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+ """ZRT-005: zenzic init must succeed in a brand-new directory with no .git."""
+ fresh = tmp_path / "brand_new_project"
+ fresh.mkdir()
+ monkeypatch.chdir(fresh)
+
+ result = runner.invoke(app, ["init"])
+ assert result.exit_code == 0, result.stdout
+ assert (fresh / "zenzic.toml").is_file()
diff --git a/tests/test_scanner.py b/tests/test_scanner.py
index f7561c3..2b30688 100644
--- a/tests/test_scanner.py
+++ b/tests/test_scanner.py
@@ -134,6 +134,32 @@ def test_find_repo_root_via_git(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
os.chdir(original_cwd)
+def test_find_repo_root_genesis_fallback(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+ """ZRT-005: fallback_to_cwd=True must return CWD in an empty directory."""
+ empty = tmp_path / "brand_new_project"
+ empty.mkdir()
+ original_cwd = Path.cwd()
+ os.chdir(empty)
+ try:
+ result = find_repo_root(fallback_to_cwd=True)
+ assert result == empty.resolve()
+ finally:
+ os.chdir(original_cwd)
+
+
+def test_find_repo_root_genesis_fallback_still_raises_without_flag(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+ """ZRT-005: default behaviour (fallback_to_cwd=False) still raises in empty dirs."""
+ empty = tmp_path / "no_root"
+ empty.mkdir()
+ original_cwd = Path.cwd()
+ os.chdir(empty)
+ try:
+ with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="Could not locate repo root"):
+ find_repo_root()
+ finally:
+ os.chdir(original_cwd)
+
+
def test_find_orphans_no_config(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
repo = tmp_path / "repo"
docs = repo / "docs"
From f4134fe3ca5878479fb9474e268fb465e105e6b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PythonWoods-Dev
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 14:02:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 10/16] docs(adr,i18n): add ADR 003, PSR section in
CONTRIBUTING.it.md, nav translations
- ADR 003 (EN + IT): Root Discovery Protocol with Genesis Fallback amendment
- CONTRIBUTING.it.md: PSR section + rewrite of 2 rough machine-translated sections
- mkdocs.yml: 5 new nav_translations for the Italian locale (Decisioni Architetturali, ADR 003,
Gap Architetturali, Guida al Contributo, Scrivere Regole Plugin)
- PATH_TRAVERSAL bug in Italian ADR caught and fixed by dogfood self-check
---
CONTRIBUTING.it.md | 54 ++++++++--
docs/adr/003-discovery-logic.md | 151 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
docs/it/adr/003-discovery-logic.md | 158 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
mkdocs.yml | 7 ++
4 files changed, 362 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 docs/adr/003-discovery-logic.md
create mode 100644 docs/it/adr/003-discovery-logic.md
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.it.md b/CONTRIBUTING.it.md
index 8b2f627..294fe55 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.it.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.it.md
@@ -132,13 +132,13 @@ Aggiungere validazioni su motore third-party richiede lo sforzo di replicare app
### Portabilità & Integrità i18n
-Zenzic offre standard compatibile e out/box di adozione i18n implementata `mkdocs-static-i18n`:
+Zenzic supporta entrambe le strategie i18n utilizzate da `mkdocs-static-i18n`:
-- **Modalità suffisso** (`filename.locale.md`) — La traduzione resta vicina, posizionata all'atto in pari estensione al dominio gốc/sorgente di lavoro con cui simmetricamente convive tramite risoluzioni asset e anchor match-tree paritari. Acquisizione locale prefisso si precompila esulante extra setups.
-- **Modalità cartella** (`docs/it/filename.md`) — Subdirectory appositamente confinate ed isolate per i path non-default. MkDocsAdapter ricompatterà l'albero d'orfanità e asset integrando referenze da `zenzic.toml` via property config in locale fallback configuration property array su `[build_context]` in assenza YAML sorgente main configurato su `mkdocs.yml`.
+- **Modalità suffisso** (`filename.locale.md`) — I file tradotti sono affiancati agli originali alla stessa profondità di directory. I percorsi degli asset relativi sono simmetrici tra le lingue. Zenzic rileva automaticamente i suffissi locale dai nomi dei file, senza alcuna configurazione aggiuntiva.
+- **Modalità cartella** (`docs/it/filename.md`) — I locale non predefiniti risiedono in una directory di primo livello. Il rilevamento degli asset e degli orfani è gestito da `MkDocsAdapter` tramite `[build_context]` in `zenzic.toml`. In assenza di `zenzic.toml`, Zenzic legge la configurazione locale direttamente da `mkdocs.yml`.
-**Proibizione Link Assoluti**
-Zenzic scarta rigorosamente le reference con inizializzazione `/` per non vincolarsi perentoriamente al root-doman root. Nel momento di migrazione verso public directory o hosting diramata in namespace specifici origin site (e.g. `/docs`), una reference index base come `[Home](/docs/assets/logo.png)` imploderebbe. Fai valere link interni come percorsi parent path (e.g. `../assets/logo.png`) incrementando portabilità del progetto e documentazione a lungo termine offline/online.
+**Divieto di Link Assoluti**
+Zenzic rifiuta qualsiasi link interno che inizi con `/`. I percorsi assoluti presuppongono che il sito sia ospitato alla radice del dominio: se la documentazione viene servita da una sottodirectory (es. `https://example.com/docs/`), un link come `/assets/logo.png` si risolve in `https://example.com/assets/logo.png` (404), non nell'asset desiderato. Usa percorsi relativi (`../assets/logo.png`) per garantire la portabilità indipendentemente dall'ambiente di hosting.
### Sovranità della VSM
@@ -181,11 +181,49 @@ class MiaRegolaOrfani(BaseRule):
...
```
+### Protocollo di Scoperta della Radice (PSR)
+
+`find_repo_root()` è il singolo punto di ingresso attraverso cui Zenzic stabilisce il confine del suo **Workspace**. Tutto il resto — costruzione della VSM, risoluzione dei link, caricamento della configurazione — dipende dal percorso che restituisce. Trattalo come infrastruttura portante.
+
+#### L'Autorità della Radice
+
+Zenzic non analizza file in isolamento. Analizza un **Workspace**: un insieme delimitato di file le cui relazioni — link, ancore, voci di nav, stato orfano — sono significative solo relativamente a una radice condivisa. La Radice è la parete esterna invalicabile della VSM. Un controllo che sfugge a questa parete non è un controllo Zenzic; è una vulnerabilità.
+
+#### Ereditarietà dello Standard — Perché `.git`?
+
+`.git` è usato come proxy della volontà dichiarata dall'utente. La presenza di una directory `.git` significa che l'utente ha già stabilito un confine VCS per questo progetto. Zenzic eredita quel confine invece di inventarne uno proprio. Questo mantiene Zenzic forward-compatible con future esclusioni basate su `.gitignore`: automatizza l'esclusione di `site/`, `dist/` e altri artefatti generati già presenti nella maggior parte dei file `.gitignore`.
+
+`zenzic.toml` è il marcatore di fallback per ambienti senza VCS (es. un progetto solo di documentazione, un container CI con checkout superficiale). Se `zenzic.toml` esiste, Zenzic usa la sua directory come radice — senza bisogno di `.git`.
+
+#### Sicurezza per Opt-in — Il Default Deve Essere Sicuro
+
+Il comportamento di fallimento per impostazione predefinita è intenzionale. Un'invocazione di `zenzic check all` da `/home/utente/` senza alcun marcatore di radice in tutta la catena degli antenati solleva `RuntimeError` immediatamente, prima che venga letto un singolo file. Questa non è una mancanza di usabilità — è una **garanzia di sicurezza**. L'alternativa (default silenzioso alla CWD o alla radice del filesystem) esporrebbe Zenzic all'Indicizzazione Massiva Accidentale: scansione di migliaia di file non correlati, produzione di risultati privi di senso e potenziale perdita di informazioni attraverso confini di progetto in ambienti CI.
+
+**La mutazione di questo default richiede approvazione dell'Architecture Lead.** Una PR che cambia `fallback_to_cwd=False` in `True` in qualsiasi call site diverso da `init` è una violazione di sicurezza di Grado-1 e verrà chiusa senza revisione.
+
+#### L'Eccezione di Bootstrap
+
+Solo `zenzic init` è esente dal requisito rigoroso della radice. Il suo scopo è *creare* il marcatore di radice — richiedere che il marcatore pre-esista sarebbe il Paradosso di Bootstrap (ZRT-005). L'esenzione è codificata come parametro keyword-only affinché il call site sia auto-documentante e verificabile per ispezione:
+
+```python
+# ✅ Consentito solo in cli.py::init — crea un nuovo perimetro da zero
+repo_root = find_repo_root(fallback_to_cwd=True)
+
+# ✅ Tutti gli altri comandi — applicazione rigorosa del perimetro, solleva fuori da un repo
+repo_root = find_repo_root()
+```
+
+Aggiungere `fallback_to_cwd=True` a qualsiasi comando diverso da `init` richiede un Architecture Decision Record che spieghi perché quel comando necessita di accesso senza perimetro.
+
+Vedi [ADR 003](docs/adr/003-discovery-logic.md) per la motivazione completa e la storia della modifica ZRT-005.
+
+---
+
## Sicurezza & Conformità
-- **Sicurezza Piena:** Prevenire manipolazioni estese con `PathTraversal`. Verificare il bypass con Pathing Check su codebase in logica risolvitiva nativa `core`.
-- **Parità Bilingua:** Aggiornamenti standard devono fluire nella traduzione cartelle come logica copy-mirror da `docs/*.md` in cartellatura folder-mode a `docs/it/*.md`.
-- **Integrità Base Asset:** Badges documentate presso file risorsa SVG (e.g. `docs/assets/brand/`) non andranno rimosse asincronizzate ai parametri calcolo punteggi app logic score.
+- **Sicurezza Prima di Tutto:** Qualsiasi nuova risoluzione di percorso DEVE essere testata contro il Path Traversal. Usa la logica `PathTraversal` da `core`.
+- **Parità Bilingue:** Ogni aggiornamento alla documentazione DEVE essere riflesso sia nei file `docs/*.md` che nei corrispondenti `docs/it/*.md` in modalità folder.
+- **Integrità degli Asset:** Assicurati che i badge SVG in `docs/assets/brand/` siano aggiornati se la logica di scoring cambia.
---
diff --git a/docs/adr/003-discovery-logic.md b/docs/adr/003-discovery-logic.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a66f2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/adr/003-discovery-logic.md
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+# ADR 003: Root Discovery Protocol (RDP)
+
+**Status:** Active (amended by ZRT-005, 2026-04-08)
+**Deciders:** Architecture Lead
+**Date:** 2026-03-01
+**Amendment:** 2026-04-08
+
+---
+
+## Context
+
+Zenzic does not operate on isolated files. Every check it runs — link
+validation, orphan detection, asset resolution — is relative to a logical
+entity called the **Workspace**. The Workspace has a single authoritative
+boundary: the **project root**.
+
+Without a known root, Zenzic cannot:
+
+- Resolve absolute-style internal links (`/docs/page.md`) to physical files.
+- Locate `zenzic.toml` or a fallback engine config (`mkdocs.yml`, `zensical.toml`).
+- Enforce the Virtual Site Map (VSM) perimeter — the oracle that determines
+ what is a valid page and what is a Ghost Route.
+- Avoid accidentally indexing files that belong to a parent project,
+ a sibling repository, or the system root.
+
+The root discovery mechanism must therefore be **deterministic**, **safe by
+default**, and **engine-neutral** (independent of MkDocs, Zensical, or any
+other build toolchain).
+
+---
+
+## Decision
+
+`find_repo_root()` in `src/zenzic/core/scanner.py` walks upward from the
+current working directory, checking each ancestor for one of two **root
+markers** (first match wins):
+
+| Marker | Rationale |
+|--------|-----------|
+| `.git/` | Universal VCS signal. If a `.git` directory exists, the user has explicitly defined a repository boundary. Zenzic respects this boundary as the project perimeter. |
+| `zenzic.toml` | Zenzic's own configuration file. Its presence is an unambiguous declaration that this directory is the analysis root, even in non-VCS environments. |
+
+`mkdocs.yml`, `pyproject.toml`, and other engine-specific files are
+deliberately **excluded** from root markers. Including them would couple the
+discovery mechanism to a specific build engine, violating Pillar 1
+(*Lint the Source, not the Build*).
+
+If no marker is found in any ancestor, `find_repo_root()` raises a
+`RuntimeError` with an actionable message — it never silently defaults to the
+filesystem root.
+
+---
+
+## Rationale
+
+### 1. Safety: Preventing Accidental Massive Indexing
+
+A naive implementation that defaults to the current directory when no marker
+is found would allow a user invoking `zenzic check all` from `/home/user/` to
+inadvertently index their entire home directory. The strict failure mode is
+an **opt-out-of-danger** default: Zenzic refuses to act until the user
+establishes a perimeter.
+
+### 2. Consistency: Future `.gitignore` Support
+
+Using `.git` as the root anchor aligns Zenzic's workspace boundary with the
+VCS boundary. This is a prerequisite for any future feature that needs to
+parse `.gitignore` (e.g. automatic exclusion of `site/`, `dist/`, or
+generated build artifacts listed there).
+
+### 3. User Experience: Predictable, Loud Failure
+
+An ambiguous root produces incorrect results silently. A loud failure at
+startup — before any file is touched — is preferable to a scan that reports
+phantom violations or misses files because the root was resolved to the wrong
+ancestor. The error message includes the CWD and an explicit remediation
+hint.
+
+### 4. Engine Neutrality
+
+`.git` and `zenzic.toml` are both engine-neutral markers. The same root
+discovery logic works identically whether the project is built with MkDocs,
+Zensical, Hugo, or plain Pandoc. This preserves the core invariant that
+Zenzic's behaviour is independent of the build toolchain.
+
+---
+
+## Consequences
+
+- **Positive:** Every code path that calls `find_repo_root()` is guaranteed
+ to receive a valid, bounded directory or raise before any I/O occurs.
+- **Positive:** Ghost Route logic and VSM construction have a stable anchor.
+- **Negative (pre-amendment):** The `zenzic init` command, whose purpose is
+ to *create* the `zenzic.toml` root marker, could not be run in a directory
+ that had neither `.git` nor `zenzic.toml`. This was the **Bootstrap
+ Paradox** (ZRT-005).
+
+---
+
+## Amendment — ZRT-005: The Genesis Fallback (2026-04-08)
+
+**Problem:** `zenzic init` is the bootstrap command for new projects. Its
+entire purpose is to create the `zenzic.toml` root marker. Requiring a root
+marker to *already exist* before `init` can run is a Catch-22.
+
+**Resolution:** `find_repo_root()` gains a keyword-only parameter:
+
+```python
+def find_repo_root(*, fallback_to_cwd: bool = False) -> Path:
+ ... # walk upward from CWD; raise or return cwd based on flag
+```
+
+When `fallback_to_cwd=True` and no root marker is found, the function returns
+`Path.cwd()` instead of raising. This is called the **Genesis Fallback**.
+
+**Authorisation scope:** The Genesis Fallback is a single-point exemption.
+Only the `init` command passes `fallback_to_cwd=True`. Every other command
+(`check`, `scan`, `score`, `serve`, `clean`) retains the strict default
+(`fallback_to_cwd=False`) and will continue to fail loudly outside a project
+perimeter.
+
+```python
+# src/zenzic/cli.py — the only permitted call site for fallback_to_cwd=True
+@app.command()
+def init(plugin=None, force=False):
+ repo_root = find_repo_root(fallback_to_cwd=True) # Genesis Fallback
+ ...
+
+# Every other command — strict perimeter enforcement
+@app.command()
+def check(target=None, strict=False):
+ repo_root = find_repo_root() # raises outside a repo — correct
+ ...
+```
+
+**Security note:** The Genesis Fallback does **not** weaken the perimeter
+for analysis commands. `zenzic check all` run from `/home/user/` with no
+`.git` ancestor will still raise `RuntimeError`. The fallback is restricted
+to the one command that is explicitly designed to establish a perimeter from
+scratch.
+
+---
+
+## References
+
+- `src/zenzic/core/scanner.py` — `find_repo_root()` implementation
+- `src/zenzic/cli.py` — `init` command, sole consumer of `fallback_to_cwd=True`
+- `tests/test_scanner.py` — `test_find_repo_root_genesis_fallback`,
+ `test_find_repo_root_genesis_fallback_still_raises_without_flag`
+- `tests/test_cli.py` — `test_init_in_fresh_directory_no_git`
+- `CONTRIBUTING.md` — Core Laws → Root Discovery Protocol
diff --git a/docs/it/adr/003-discovery-logic.md b/docs/it/adr/003-discovery-logic.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2de351a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/it/adr/003-discovery-logic.md
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+# ADR 003: Protocollo di Scoperta della Radice (PSR)
+
+**Stato:** Attivo (modificato da ZRT-005, 2026-04-08)
+**Decisori:** Architecture Lead
+**Data:** 2026-03-01
+**Modifica:** 2026-04-08
+
+---
+
+## Contesto
+
+Zenzic non opera su file isolati. Ogni controllo che esegue — validazione dei
+link, rilevamento degli orfani, risoluzione degli asset — è relativo a un'entità
+logica chiamata **Workspace**. Il Workspace ha un confine autorizzato unico: la
+**radice del progetto**.
+
+Senza una radice nota, Zenzic non può:
+
+- Risolvere link interni in stile assoluto (`/docs/pagina.md`) in file fisici.
+- Localizzare `zenzic.toml` o la configurazione di fallback del motore
+ (`mkdocs.yml`, `zensical.toml`).
+- Applicare il perimetro della Virtual Site Map (VSM) — l'oracolo che determina
+ cos'è una pagina valida e cosa è una Ghost Route.
+- Evitare di indicizzare accidentalmente file appartenenti a un progetto padre,
+ a un repository adiacente o alla radice di sistema.
+
+Il meccanismo di scoperta della radice deve quindi essere **deterministico**,
+**sicuro per impostazione predefinita** e **agnostico rispetto al motore**
+(indipendente da MkDocs, Zensical o qualsiasi altro toolchain di build).
+
+---
+
+## Decisione
+
+`find_repo_root()` in `src/zenzic/core/scanner.py` risale dalla directory di
+lavoro corrente controllando ogni antenato per uno dei due **marcatori di
+radice** (vince il primo trovato):
+
+| Marcatore | Motivazione |
+|-----------|-------------|
+| `.git/` | Segnale VCS universale. La presenza di `.git` indica che l'utente ha definito esplicitamente un confine di repository. Zenzic rispetta questo confine come perimetro del progetto. |
+| `zenzic.toml` | Il file di configurazione nativo di Zenzic. La sua presenza è una dichiarazione inequivocabile che quella directory è la radice dell'analisi, anche in ambienti senza VCS. |
+
+`mkdocs.yml`, `pyproject.toml` e altri file specifici del motore sono
+deliberatamente **esclusi** dai marcatori di radice. Includerli accoplerebbe
+il meccanismo di scoperta a un motore specifico, violando il Pilastro 1
+(*Analizza la Sorgente, non la Build*).
+
+Se nessun marcatore viene trovato in nessun antenato, `find_repo_root()` solleva
+un `RuntimeError` con un messaggio operativo — non fa mai silenziosamente
+defaulting alla radice del filesystem.
+
+---
+
+## Motivazione
+
+### 1. Sicurezza: Prevenire l'Indicizzazione Massiva Accidentale
+
+Un'implementazione ingenua che defaulta alla directory corrente quando non
+viene trovato alcun marcatore permetterebbe a un utente che invoca
+`zenzic check all` da `/home/utente/` di indicizzare inavvertitamente l'intera
+home directory. La modalità di fallimento rigorosa è un **default sicuro**:
+Zenzic rifiuta di agire finché l'utente non stabilisce un perimetro.
+
+### 2. Coerenza: Supporto Futuro di `.gitignore`
+
+Usare `.git` come ancora della radice allinea il confine del Workspace di Zenzic
+con il confine VCS. Questo è un prerequisito per qualsiasi funzionalità futura
+che necessiti di interpretare `.gitignore` (es. esclusione automatica di `site/`,
+`dist/` o artefatti di build generati).
+
+### 3. Esperienza Utente: Fallimento Immediato e Chiaro
+
+Una radice ambigua produce risultati scorretti in silenzio. Un fallimento
+esplicito all'avvio — prima che qualsiasi file venga toccato — è preferibile a
+una scansione che segnali violazioni fantasma o salti file perché la radice è
+stata risolta nell'antenato sbagliato. Il messaggio di errore include la CWD e
+un suggerimento di rimedio esplicito.
+
+### 4. Agnosticismo rispetto al Motore
+
+`.git` e `zenzic.toml` sono entrambi marcatori agnostici. La stessa logica di
+scoperta della radice funziona identicamente indipendentemente dal fatto che il
+progetto sia costruito con MkDocs, Zensical, Hugo o plain Pandoc. Questo
+preserva l'invariante fondamentale per cui il comportamento di Zenzic è
+indipendente dal toolchain di build.
+
+---
+
+## Conseguenze
+
+- **Positivo:** Ogni percorso di codice che chiama `find_repo_root()` riceve
+ garantitamente una directory valida e delimitata, o solleva un'eccezione prima
+ che avvenga qualsiasi I/O.
+- **Positivo:** La logica delle Ghost Route e la costruzione della VSM hanno
+ un'ancora stabile.
+- **Negativo (pre-modifica):** Il comando `zenzic init`, il cui scopo è
+ *creare* il marcatore di radice `zenzic.toml`, non poteva essere eseguito in
+ una directory priva sia di `.git` sia di `zenzic.toml`. Questo era il
+ **Paradosso di Bootstrap** (ZRT-005).
+
+---
+
+## Modifica — ZRT-005: Il Fallback Genesis (2026-04-08)
+
+**Problema:** `zenzic init` è il comando di bootstrap per nuovi progetti. Il
+suo scopo esatto è creare il marcatore di radice `zenzic.toml`. Richiedere che
+un marcatore di radice *esista già* prima che `init` possa girare è un
+Catch-22.
+
+**Risoluzione:** `find_repo_root()` acquisisce un parametro keyword-only:
+
+```python
+def find_repo_root(*, fallback_to_cwd: bool = False) -> Path:
+ ... # risale da CWD; solleva o restituisce cwd in base al flag
+```
+
+Quando `fallback_to_cwd=True` e nessun marcatore di radice viene trovato, la
+funzione restituisce `Path.cwd()` invece di sollevare un'eccezione. Questo è
+chiamato **Fallback Genesis**.
+
+**Ambito di autorizzazione:** Il Fallback Genesis è un'esenzione a punto
+singolo. Solo il comando `init` passa `fallback_to_cwd=True`. Ogni altro
+comando (`check`, `scan`, `score`, `serve`, `clean`) mantiene il default
+rigoroso (`fallback_to_cwd=False`) e continuerà a fallire esplicitamente
+fuori da un perimetro di progetto.
+
+```python
+# src/zenzic/cli.py — l'unico call site autorizzato per fallback_to_cwd=True
+@app.command()
+def init(plugin=None, force=False):
+ repo_root = find_repo_root(fallback_to_cwd=True) # Fallback Genesis
+ ...
+
+# Tutti gli altri comandi — applicazione rigorosa del perimetro
+@app.command()
+def check(target=None, strict=False):
+ repo_root = find_repo_root() # solleva fuori da un repo — corretto
+ ...
+```
+
+**Nota di sicurezza:** Il Fallback Genesis **non** indebolisce il perimetro
+per i comandi di analisi. `zenzic check all` eseguito da `/home/utente/` senza
+alcun antenato `.git` solleverà comunque `RuntimeError`. Il fallback è
+ristretto all'unico comando esplicitamente progettato per stabilire un
+perimetro da zero.
+
+---
+
+## Riferimenti
+
+- `src/zenzic/core/scanner.py` — implementazione di `find_repo_root()`
+- `src/zenzic/cli.py` — comando `init`, unico consumatore di `fallback_to_cwd=True`
+- `tests/test_scanner.py` — `test_find_repo_root_genesis_fallback`,
+ `test_find_repo_root_genesis_fallback_still_raises_without_flag`
+- `tests/test_cli.py` — `test_init_in_fresh_directory_no_git`
+- `CONTRIBUTING.md` — Leggi del Core → Protocollo di Scoperta della Radice
+- [`ADR 003 (English)`](../../adr/003-discovery-logic.md)
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 49edb75..35e6a06 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ plugins:
Pull Requests: Pull Request
Internals: Architettura Interna
VSM Engine: Motore VSM
+ Architecture Decisions: Decisioni Architetturali
+ ADR 003 — Root Discovery Protocol: ADR 003 — Protocollo di Scoperta della Radice
+ Arch Gaps & Tech Debt: Gap Architetturali e Debito Tecnico
+ Contributor Guide: Guida al Contributo
+ Writing Plugin Rules: Scrivere Regole Plugin
Security Reports: Rapporti di Sicurezza
Security Analysis v0.5.0a3: Analisi di Sicurezza v0.5.0a3
@@ -195,6 +200,8 @@ nav:
- Internals:
- Arch Gaps & Tech Debt: internal/arch_gaps.md
- VSM Engine: arch/vsm_engine.md
+ - Architecture Decisions:
+ - ADR 003 — Root Discovery Protocol: adr/003-discovery-logic.md
- Security Reports:
- Security Analysis v0.5.0a3: internal/security/shattered_mirror_report.md
- Community:
From 1c82d2de5eb4b3974d21666a8865eb6619e71a15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PythonWoods-Dev
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 14:07:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 11/16] CONTRIBUTING.md / CONTRIBUTING.it.md: - Add Root
Discovery Protocol (RDP) section to CONTRIBUTING.md
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
extra.css:
- CSS formatter pass: remove alignment padding in custom properties,
normalise combinator spacing (> +), padding-left 5ch→2ch,
text-align right→left on gutter line numbers, remove line-height 1.05
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2 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 58bd1f2..0a3d75b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -214,6 +214,73 @@ class MyOrphanRule(BaseRule):
...
```
+### Root Discovery Protocol (RDP)
+
+`find_repo_root()` is the single entry point through which Zenzic establishes
+its **Workspace boundary**. Everything else — VSM construction, link
+resolution, config loading — depends on the path it returns. Treat it as load-
+bearing infrastructure.
+
+#### The Authority of Root
+
+Zenzic does not analyse files in isolation. It analyses a **Workspace**: a
+bounded set of files whose relationships — links, anchors, nav entries, orphan
+status — are only meaningful relative to a shared root. The Root is the
+inviolable outer wall of the VSM. A check that escapes this wall is not a
+Zenzic check; it is a vulnerability.
+
+#### Standard Inheritance — Why `.git`?
+
+`.git` is used as a proxy for the user's declared intent. The presence of a
+`.git` directory means the user has already established a VCS boundary for this
+project. Zenzic inherits that boundary rather than inventing its own. This also
+keeps Zenzic forward-compatible with future `.gitignore`-aware exclusions:
+automate exclusion of `site/`, `dist/`, and other generated artefacts that
+already exist in most `.gitignore` files.
+
+`zenzic.toml` is the fallback marker for environments without VCS (e.g. a
+documentation-only project, a CI container with a shallow checkout). If
+`zenzic.toml` exists, Zenzic uses its directory as the root — no `.git` required.
+
+#### Opt-in Safety — The Default Must Be Safe
+
+The failure-by-default behaviour is intentional. An invocation of
+`zenzic check all` from `/home/user/` with no root marker anywhere in the
+ancestor chain raises `RuntimeError` immediately, before a single file is read.
+This is not a usability defect — it is a **safety guarantee**. The alternative
+(silently defaulting to CWD or the filesystem root) would expose Zenzic to
+accidental Massive Indexing: scanning thousands of unrelated files, producing
+meaningless findings, and potentially leaking information across project
+boundaries in CI environments.
+
+**Mutation of this default requires Architecture Lead approval.** A PR that
+changes `fallback_to_cwd=False` to `True` in any call site other than `init`
+is a Grade-1 safety violation and will be closed without review.
+
+#### The Bootstrap Exception
+
+Only `zenzic init` is exempt from the strict root requirement. Its purpose is
+to *create* the root marker — requiring the marker to pre-exist would be the
+Bootstrap Paradox (ZRT-005). The exemption is encoded as a keyword-only
+parameter so the call site is self-documenting and auditable by inspection:
+
+```python
+# ✅ Only permitted in cli.py::init — creates a new perimeter from scratch
+repo_root = find_repo_root(fallback_to_cwd=True)
+
+# ✅ All other commands — strict perimeter enforcement, raises outside a repo
+repo_root = find_repo_root()
+```
+
+Adding `fallback_to_cwd=True` to any command other than `init` requires a
+recorded Architecture Decision Record explaining why that command needs
+perimeter-free access.
+
+See [ADR 003](docs/adr/003-discovery-logic.md) for the full rationale and
+the ZRT-005 amendment history.
+
+---
+
## Security & Compliance
- **Security First:** Any new path resolution MUST be tested against Path Traversal. Use `PathTraversal` logic from `core`.
diff --git a/docs/assets/stylesheets/extra.css b/docs/assets/stylesheets/extra.css
index a812752..dc88c18 100644
--- a/docs/assets/stylesheets/extra.css
+++ b/docs/assets/stylesheets/extra.css
@@ -16,47 +16,47 @@
/* ── Design tokens ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
[data-md-color-scheme="slate"] {
- --md-primary-fg-color: #0d1117;
- --md-primary-fg-color--light: #161b22;
- --md-primary-fg-color--dark: #010409;
- --md-primary-bg-color: #e6edf3;
- --md-default-bg-color: #0d1117;
- --md-default-bg-color--light: #161b22;
- --md-default-bg-color--lighter: #1c2128;
- --md-default-bg-color--lightest: #21262d;
- --md-accent-fg-color: #4f46e5;
+ --md-primary-fg-color: #0d1117;
+ --md-primary-fg-color--light: #161b22;
+ --md-primary-fg-color--dark: #010409;
+ --md-primary-bg-color: #e6edf3;
+ --md-default-bg-color: #0d1117;
+ --md-default-bg-color--light: #161b22;
+ --md-default-bg-color--lighter: #1c2128;
+ --md-default-bg-color--lightest: #21262d;
+ --md-accent-fg-color: #4f46e5;
--md-accent-fg-color--transparent: #4f46e51a;
- --md-typeset-a-color: #38bdf8;
- --md-code-bg-color: #161b22;
+ --md-typeset-a-color: #38bdf8;
+ --md-code-bg-color: #161b22;
/* Zenzic custom tokens */
- --zz-muted-color: #484f58;
+ --zz-muted-color: #484f58;
--zz-muted-color-hover: #8b949e;
- --zz-border-subtle: #21262d;
- --zz-transition-fast: 0.15s ease;
+ --zz-border-subtle: #21262d;
+ --zz-transition-fast: 0.15s ease;
}
/* ── Light mode tokens ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
[data-md-color-scheme="default"] {
- --md-primary-fg-color: #4f46e5;
- --md-primary-fg-color--light: #6366f1;
- --md-primary-fg-color--dark: #3730a3;
- --md-primary-bg-color: #ffffff;
- --md-default-bg-color: #ffffff;
- --md-default-bg-color--light: #f8fafc;
- --md-default-bg-color--lighter: #f1f5f9;
- --md-default-bg-color--lightest: #e2e8f0;
- --md-accent-fg-color: #4f46e5;
+ --md-primary-fg-color: #4f46e5;
+ --md-primary-fg-color--light: #6366f1;
+ --md-primary-fg-color--dark: #3730a3;
+ --md-primary-bg-color: #ffffff;
+ --md-default-bg-color: #ffffff;
+ --md-default-bg-color--light: #f8fafc;
+ --md-default-bg-color--lighter: #f1f5f9;
+ --md-default-bg-color--lightest: #e2e8f0;
+ --md-accent-fg-color: #4f46e5;
--md-accent-fg-color--transparent: #4f46e51a;
- --md-typeset-a-color: #4f46e5;
- --md-code-bg-color: #f8fafc;
+ --md-typeset-a-color: #4f46e5;
+ --md-code-bg-color: #f8fafc;
/* Zenzic custom tokens */
- --zz-muted-color: #94a3b8;
+ --zz-muted-color: #94a3b8;
--zz-muted-color-hover: #475569;
- --zz-border-subtle: #e2e8f0;
- --zz-transition-fast: 0.15s ease;
+ --zz-border-subtle: #e2e8f0;
+ --zz-transition-fast: 0.15s ease;
}
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
}
/* Separator chevrons — keep muted */
-.md-path__item + .md-path__item::before {
+.md-path__item+.md-path__item::before {
color: var(--zz-muted-color);
opacity: 0.6;
}
@@ -137,27 +137,27 @@
/* ── Navigation: sidebar active state ────────────────────────────────────── */
/* dark: indigo-300 (#a5b4fc) — light enough on dark bg, no sky mismatch */
-.md-nav__item--active > .md-nav__link {
+.md-nav__item--active>.md-nav__link {
color: #818cf8;
}
-.md-nav--secondary .md-nav__item--active > .md-nav__link {
+.md-nav--secondary .md-nav__item--active>.md-nav__link {
color: #818cf8;
}
/* light mode: standard indigo */
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .md-nav__item--active > .md-nav__link {
+[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .md-nav__item--active>.md-nav__link {
color: #4f46e5;
}
-[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .md-nav--secondary .md-nav__item--active > .md-nav__link {
+[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .md-nav--secondary .md-nav__item--active>.md-nav__link {
color: #4f46e5;
}
/* ── Navigation: hide site title from sidebar ─────────────────────────────── */
/* "Zenzic" heading injected by Material at the top of the sidebar drawer */
-.md-nav--primary > .md-nav__title {
+.md-nav--primary>.md-nav__title {
display: none;
}
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
/* Suppress the auto-injected
on pages that contain .zz-hero.
* :has() is supported in all modern browsers (Chrome 105+, Firefox 121+, Safari 15.4+). */
-.md-content__inner:has(.zz-hero) > h1:first-child {
+.md-content__inner:has(.zz-hero)>h1:first-child {
display: none;
}
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
}
/* Hide the separators on the home page — spacing handled by sections */
-.md-content__inner:has(.zz-hero) > hr {
+.md-content__inner:has(.zz-hero)>hr {
border: none;
border-top: 1px solid var(--zz-border-subtle);
margin: 0;
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@
}
@media screen and (max-width: 76.1875em) {
+
.zz-features.grid.cards,
.zz-features .grid.cards {
grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr) !important;
@@ -498,6 +499,7 @@
}
@media screen and (max-width: 44.9375em) {
+
.zz-features.grid.cards,
.zz-features .grid.cards {
grid-template-columns: 1fr !important;
@@ -511,8 +513,8 @@
padding: 0 1.5rem;
}
-.zz-sentinel-section > h2,
-.zz-sentinel-section > p {
+.zz-sentinel-section>h2,
+.zz-sentinel-section>p {
max-width: 720px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
@@ -538,7 +540,6 @@
padding: 0.6ch 0;
font-family: 'Fira Code', 'JetBrains Mono', monospace !important;
font-size: 0.6rem !important;
- line-height: 1.05 !important;
letter-spacing: -0.03ch;
-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
@@ -581,7 +582,7 @@
align-items: baseline;
gap: 1ch;
margin: 0.15rem 0;
- padding-left: 5ch !important;
+ padding-left: 2ch !important;
}
.zz-sentinel-demo__icon {
@@ -606,11 +607,11 @@
/* Badge inherits severity color from its sibling icon — SVG truth:
r8 (#f43f5e bold) for error, r7 (#f59e0b bold) for warning */
-.zz-sentinel-demo__icon--error ~ .zz-sentinel-demo__badge {
+.zz-sentinel-demo__icon--error~.zz-sentinel-demo__badge {
color: #f43f5e;
}
-.zz-sentinel-demo__icon--warning ~ .zz-sentinel-demo__badge {
+.zz-sentinel-demo__icon--warning~.zz-sentinel-demo__badge {
color: #f59e0b;
}
@@ -633,7 +634,7 @@
.zz-sentinel-demo__line-no {
color: #64748b;
- text-align: right;
+ text-align: left;
}
.zz-sentinel-demo__gutter {
@@ -749,7 +750,7 @@
[data-md-color-scheme="default"] .zz-score-section {
background: #ffffff;
- box-shadow: 0 8px 16px rgba(0,0,0,0.06);
+ box-shadow: 0 8px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06);
}
/* Score section text — reduced to match card scale */
From 3c0b1c11ffd31a9485e913281e839388f05ec730 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PythonWoods-Dev
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 17:53:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 12/16] docs: checks.md Shield+References, arch_gaps ZRT-005,
architecture.md, SVG screenshots
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
- checks.md (EN+IT): Blood Sentinel section, Circular links Θ(V+E) admonition
with ADR 003 cross-ref, full References section (Shield 8 patterns, Exit
Code 2 contract, Three-Pass Pipeline, violation codes table)
- arch_gaps.md (EN+IT): ZRT-005 Bootstrap Paradox → Resolved, Genesis Test
- architecture.md (EN+IT): new — Iterative DFS O(V+E) Phase 1.5, O(1) Phase 2
- advanced.md (EN+IT): explicit anchor alignment for shield-behaviour
- screenshot.svg: homepage hero — Full Spectrum Report
- screenshot-blood.svg / screenshot-circular.svg: new terminal SVG screenshots
- INTERNAL_GLOSSARY.toml: canonical EN/IT term registry
- mkdocs.yml: Pipeline Architecture added to internal nav
---
INTERNAL_GLOSSARY.toml | 100 +++
docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot-blood.svg | 139 +++
.../screenshots/screenshot-blood.svg.license | 3 +
.../screenshots/screenshot-circular.svg | 184 ++++
.../screenshot-circular.svg.license | 3 +
docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot.svg | 845 +++---------------
docs/checks.md | 176 +++-
docs/internal/arch_gaps.md | 12 +
docs/internal/architecture.md | 168 ++++
docs/it/checks.md | 178 +++-
docs/it/internal/arch_gaps.md | 12 +
docs/it/internal/architecture.md | 172 ++++
docs/it/usage/advanced.md | 10 +-
docs/usage/advanced.md | 6 +
mkdocs.yml | 1 +
15 files changed, 1264 insertions(+), 745 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 INTERNAL_GLOSSARY.toml
create mode 100644 docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot-blood.svg
create mode 100644 docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot-blood.svg.license
create mode 100644 docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot-circular.svg
create mode 100644 docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot-circular.svg.license
create mode 100644 docs/internal/architecture.md
create mode 100644 docs/it/internal/architecture.md
diff --git a/INTERNAL_GLOSSARY.toml b/INTERNAL_GLOSSARY.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1072fa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/INTERNAL_GLOSSARY.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 PythonWoods
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Zenzic Internal Technical Glossary
+# Canonical EN ↔ IT term registry for consistent documentation and code comments.
+# Maintained by S-0 "The Chronicler".
+#
+# Rule: consult this file before introducing a new technical term in docs/ or docs/it/.
+# Rule: every term introduced in one language must have a corresponding entry here.
+# Rule: terms marked stable=true must not be renamed without an ADR.
+
+[[terms]]
+en = "Safe Harbor"
+it = "Porto Sicuro"
+stable = true
+notes = "The project's core metaphor: a stable, bounded analysis perimeter free from false positives."
+
+[[terms]]
+en = "Ghost Route"
+it = "Rotta Fantasma"
+stable = true
+notes = "A REACHABLE canonical URL generated by a build plugin (e.g. MkDocs i18n) with no physical .md source file. Ghost Routes are terminal nodes — they cannot be members of a cycle."
+
+[[terms]]
+en = "Root Discovery Protocol (RDP)"
+it = "Protocollo di Scoperta della Radice (PSR)"
+stable = true
+notes = "The algorithm and invariants governing find_repo_root(). Documented in ADR 003. The only Genesis Fallback (fallback_to_cwd=True) is permitted exclusively in the init command."
+
+[[terms]]
+en = "Virtual Site Map (VSM)"
+it = "Mappa del Sito Virtuale (MSV)"
+stable = true
+notes = "Logical projection of the rendered site: VSM = dict[str, Route]. Maps every canonical URL to its routing status (REACHABLE, ORPHAN_BUT_EXISTING, IGNORED)."
+
+[[terms]]
+en = "Two-Pass Engine"
+it = "Motore a Due Passaggi"
+stable = true
+notes = "Phase 1 = parallel I/O (anchor + link indexing). Phase 2 = O(1) per-query validation against in-memory maps. No disk reads in Phase 2."
+
+[[terms]]
+en = "Shield"
+it = "Scudo"
+stable = true
+notes = "The secret-detection subsystem. Dual-stream invariant: Stream 1 reads ALL lines raw (ZRT-001); Stream 2 uses _iter_content_lines(). Streams must never be shared."
+
+[[terms]]
+en = "Bootstrap Paradox"
+it = "Paradosso Bootstrap"
+stable = true
+notes = "ZRT-005: the init command requires the root marker it is trying to create. Resolved by the Genesis Fallback (fallback_to_cwd=True)."
+
+[[terms]]
+en = "Adaptive Rule Engine"
+it = "Motore Adattivo delle Regole"
+stable = false
+notes = "Phase 3 of the two-pass pipeline: applies built-in and plugin-supplied rules to processed Markdown content."
+
+[[terms]]
+en = "Plugin Contract Error"
+it = "Errore di Contratto Plugin"
+stable = false
+notes = "Raised at boot when a plugin rule fails eager pickle-serializability validation or the regex canary test."
+
+[[terms]]
+en = "Regex Canary"
+it = "Canarino Regex"
+stable = false
+notes = "100ms SIGALRM watchdog that stress-tests CustomRule patterns for catastrophic backtracking. Only applies to CustomRule (not built-in patterns)."
+
+[[terms]]
+en = "Circular Link"
+it = "Link Circolare"
+stable = false
+notes = "A link whose resolved target is a member of a link cycle (detected by _find_cycles_iterative). Severity: info. Mutual navigation links between pages are valid; this is advisory."
+
+[[terms]]
+en = "Blood Sentinel"
+it = "Sentinella di Sangue"
+stable = false
+notes = "The component classifying PATH_TRAVERSAL findings by intent. Hrefs targeting OS system directories (/etc/, /root/, etc.) → PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS → severity=security_incident → Exit Code 3."
+
+[[terms]]
+en = "Hex Shield"
+it = "Scudo Esadecimale"
+stable = false
+notes = "Built-in Shield pattern detecting hex-encoded payloads: 3+ consecutive \\xNN sequences. Threshold prevents false positives on single-escape regex examples."
+
+[[terms]]
+en = "Bilingual Parity Protocol"
+it = "Protocollo di Parità Bilingue"
+stable = true
+notes = "Architectural rule: every significant documentation change must have a corresponding Italian translation. Enforced by S-0 at commit review."
+
+[[terms]]
+en = "Tower of Babel Guard"
+it = "Guardia della Torre di Babele"
+stable = true
+notes = "The i18n fallback resolution logic: when a locale-specific file lacks a heading anchor, the validator checks the default-locale equivalent before flagging ANCHOR_MISSING."
diff --git a/docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot-blood.svg b/docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot-blood.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6decaa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot-blood.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+
diff --git a/docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot-blood.svg.license b/docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot-blood.svg.license
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73c93a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot-blood.svg.license
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 PythonWoods
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot-circular.svg b/docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot-circular.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb8fa10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot-circular.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+
diff --git a/docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot-circular.svg.license b/docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot-circular.svg.license
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73c93a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot-circular.svg.license
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 PythonWoods
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot.svg b/docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot.svg
index 7474a19..7893ab1 100644
--- a/docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot.svg
+++ b/docs/assets/screenshots/screenshot.svg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
@@ -135,6 +135,96 @@ __Why orphan links matter:__ a link to an orphan page _works_ at the filesystem
⚠ 1 warning • 1 file with findings
```
+### Blood Sentinel — system-path traversal
+
+When a traversal exits the `docs/` boundary __and__ the raw href targets an OS system
+directory (`/etc/`, `/root/`, `/var/`, `/proc/`, `/sys/`, `/usr/`), Zenzic classifies it
+as a __system-path traversal__. This is not a broken link — it is an intentional or
+accidental probe of the host operating system embedded in documentation source.
+
+| Code | Severity | Exit code | Meaning |
+| :--- | :---: | :---: | :--- |
+| `PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS` | security_incident | __3__ | Href targets an OS system directory. Rotate and audit immediately. |
+| `PATH_TRAVERSAL` | error | 1 | Href escapes `docs/` to a non-system path (e.g. a sibling repository). |
+
+Exit Code 3 takes priority over Exit Code 2 (Shield credential breach). It is never
+suppressed by `--exit-zero`.
+
+!!! danger "Exit Code 3 — Blood Sentinel"
+ A `PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS` finding means a documentation source file contains a
+ link whose resolved target points to `/etc/passwd`, `/root/`, or another OS system
+ path. This can indicate a template injection, a compromised documentation toolchain,
+ or an author mistake that reveals internal infrastructure details. Treat it as a
+ build-blocking security incident.
+
+!!! example "Sentinel Output — system-path traversal"
+
+ ```text
+ docs/setup.md
+ ✘ 14: [PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS] '../../../../etc/passwd' resolves outside the docs directory
+ │
+ 14 │ [config file](../../../../etc/passwd)
+ │ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+ ✘ 1 error • 1 file with findings
+
+ FAILED: One or more checks failed.
+ ```
+ Exit code: **3**
+
+
+
+### Circular links
+
+Zenzic detects link cycles using an iterative depth-first search over the link adjacency
+graph (Phase 1.5, Θ(V+E) — runs once after the in-memory resolver is constructed). Every
+Phase 2 link check against the cycle registry is then O(1).
+
+A "cycle" in a documentation link graph means page A links to page B and page B links
+back to page A (directly or through a longer chain). Mutual navigation links — for example,
+a Home page linking to a Features page and the Features page linking back to Home — are
+common, intentional, and do not cause rendering problems for any static site generator.
+
+For this reason, `CIRCULAR_LINK` is reported at severity `info`. It appears in the Sentinel
+panel and contributes to the "N files with findings" count, but it never affects exit codes
+in normal or `--strict` mode. Teams that want to enforce strict DAG topology can inspect
+the info findings as part of their review process.
+
+| Code | Severity | Exit code | Meaning |
+| :--- | :---: | :---: | :--- |
+| `CIRCULAR_LINK` | info | — | Resolved target is a member of a link cycle. |
+
+!!! example "Sentinel Output — circular link"
+
+ ```text
+ docs/guide.md
+ 💡 3: [CIRCULAR_LINK] 'index.md' is part of a circular link cycle
+
+ docs/index.md
+ 💡 8: [CIRCULAR_LINK] 'guide.md' is part of a circular link cycle
+
+ • 2 files with findings
+
+ ✔ All checks passed.
+ ```
+
+!!! note "Info-level finding — suppressed by default"
+ `CIRCULAR_LINK` findings are reported at severity `info` and are __not shown__
+ in standard output to avoid cluttering routine scans. Mutual navigation links
+ are common and intentional in hypertext documentation structures.
+
+ Use `--show-info` to display them:
+
+ ```bash
+ zenzic check all --show-info
+ ```
+
+ They never block the build or affect exit codes in any mode.
+ For the design decision behind this severity choice, see
+ [ADR 003 — Root Discovery Protocol](adr/003-discovery-logic.md).
+
+
+
---
## Orphans
@@ -276,8 +366,8 @@ placeholder_patterns = []
__CLI:__
-- `zenzic check assets` — Controlla la presenza di file non utilizzati.
-- `zenzic clean assets` — Rimuove in modo sicuro gli asset non utilizzati.
+- `zenzic check assets` — Check for the presence of unused asset files.
+- `zenzic clean assets` — Safely remove unused assets.
!!! tip "Autofix available"
Use `zenzic clean assets` to automatically delete any unused assets found by this check. You will be prompted to confirm the deletion (`[y/N]`), or you can pass `-y` to skip the prompt. Use `--dry-run` to preview the files that would be deleted without actually deleting them. Zenzic will never delete files that match your `excluded_assets`, `excluded_dirs`, or `excluded_build_artifacts` patterns.
@@ -311,3 +401,83 @@ __What it catches:__
⚠ 2 warnings • 2 files with findings
```
+
+---
+
+## References
+
+__CLI:__ `zenzic check references`
+
+`zenzic check references` is the security and link-integrity check for
+[Markdown reference-style links][ref-syntax]. It also acts as the primary surface
+for the __Zenzic Shield__ — the built-in credential scanner that runs on every
+line of every file, regardless of content type.
+
+[ref-syntax]: https://spec.commonmark.org/0.31.2/#link-reference-definitions
+
+### Three-Pass Reference Pipeline
+
+The engine processes each file in three deliberate passes:
+
+| Pass | Name | What happens |
+| :---: | :--- | :--- |
+| 1 | __Harvest__ | Streams every line; records `[id]: url` definitions; runs the Shield on every URL and line |
+| 2 | __Cross-Check__ | Resolves every `[text][id]` usage against the complete `ReferenceMap`; flags unresolvable IDs |
+| 3 | __Integrity Report__ | Computes the per-file integrity score; appends Dead Definition and alt-text warnings |
+
+Pass 2 only begins when Pass 1 completes without Shield findings. A file
+containing a leaked credential is never passed through the link resolver.
+
+### Violation codes
+
+| Code | Severity | Exit code | Meaning |
+| :--- | :---: | :---: | :--- |
+| `DANGLING_REF` | error | 1 | `[text][id]` — `id` has no definition in the file |
+| `DEAD_DEF` | warning | 0 / 1 `--strict` | `[id]: url` defined but never referenced |
+| `DUPLICATE_DEF` | warning | 0 / 1 `--strict` | Same `id` defined twice; first wins |
+| `MISSING_ALT` | warning | 0 / 1 `--strict` | Image with blank or absent alt text |
+| Shield pattern match | security_breach | __2__ | Credential detected in any line or URL |
+
+### Zenzic Shield — credential detection
+
+The Shield scans __every line of every file__ during Pass 1, including lines
+inside fenced code blocks. A credential committed in a `bash` example is still
+a committed credential.
+
+__Detected pattern families:__
+
+| Pattern | What it catches |
+| :--- | :--- |
+| `openai-api-key` | OpenAI API keys (`sk-…`) |
+| `github-token` | GitHub personal / OAuth tokens (`gh[pousr]_…`) |
+| `aws-access-key` | AWS IAM access key IDs (`AKIA…`) |
+| `stripe-live-key` | Stripe live secret keys (`sk_live_…`) |
+| `slack-token` | Slack bot / user / app tokens (`xox[baprs]-…`) |
+| `google-api-key` | Google Cloud / Maps API keys (`AIza…`) |
+| `private-key` | PEM private keys (`-----BEGIN … PRIVATE KEY-----`) |
+| `hex-encoded-payload` | Hex-encoded byte sequences (3+ consecutive `\xNN` escapes) |
+
+__Exit Code 2__ is reserved exclusively for Shield events. It is never
+suppressed by `--exit-zero` or `exit_zero = true` in `zenzic.toml`.
+
+!!! danger "If you receive exit code 2"
+ Rotate the exposed credential immediately, then remove or replace the
+ offending line. Do not commit the secret into repository history. See
+ [Shield behaviour](usage/advanced.md#shield-behaviour) in the Advanced
+ reference for the full containment protocol.
+
+!!! example "Sentinel Output — Shield breach"
+
+ ```text
+ docs/setup.md
+ 🔴 [security_breach] openai-api-key detected
+
+ SECURITY BREACH DETECTED
+ Credential: sk-4xAm****************************7fBz
+ Action: Rotate this credential immediately and purge it from the repository history.
+ ```
+ Exit code: **2**
+
+For the complete reference including the integrity score formula, programmatic
+API, and alt-text checking, see
+[Advanced Features — Reference integrity](usage/advanced.md#reference-integrity-v020).
diff --git a/docs/internal/arch_gaps.md b/docs/internal/arch_gaps.md
index 030660d..7129f3d 100644
--- a/docs/internal/arch_gaps.md
+++ b/docs/internal/arch_gaps.md
@@ -24,3 +24,15 @@
**Component:** `zenzic/cli.py`
**Description:** The scanner and reporter now have complete mutation tests safeguarding the effectiveness of the Shield (The Sentinel's Trial). However, the silencer mutant (`findings.append(...) -> pass`) within `cli.py` is not covered by the current suite because it bypasses the CLI to interface with the proxy.
**Required Action:** An end-to-end (e2e) test that triggers the full CLI and verifies the exit with code 2 and the presence of the reporter to ensure the routing is not vulnerable to amnesia (Commit 4b or later).
+
+---
+
+## Resolved
+
+### ZRT-005 — Bootstrap Paradox
+
+**Identified in:** v0.5.0a3
+**Component:** `zenzic/cli.py`, `zenzic/core/scanner.py`
+**Description:** `zenzic init` crashed with a configuration error when invoked in an empty directory (no existing `zenzic.toml`). The bootstrap command incorrectly assumed a valid project context was already present before it could be created.
+**Resolution:** Implemented a two-phase initialization sequence: (1) write `zenzic.toml` via a template isolated from the context resolver, (2) start the validation cycle only if the configuration file already exists. The resolver now tolerates an empty directory and delegates bootstrapping to the `init` command. Verified via Genesis Test: `zenzic init` in a completely empty directory correctly generates `zenzic.toml` with the commented Shield block visible.
+**Closed in:** v0.5.0a4 (`fix/sentinel-hardening`) — commit `38be6f1`
diff --git a/docs/internal/architecture.md b/docs/internal/architecture.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..073302b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/internal/architecture.md
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+
+
+
+# Zenzic — Pipeline Architecture & Algorithmic Complexity
+
+> *"Measure twice, cut once. Know your complexity before you scale."*
+>
+> This document describes the internal pipeline phases of Zenzic's validation
+> engine with an emphasis on algorithmic complexity guarantees. It is aimed at
+> DevOps engineers evaluating performance characteristics on large documentation
+> sites (1 000–50 000 pages) and contributors working on the validator core.
+
+---
+
+## Overview
+
+Zenzic's validation pipeline is divided into three sequential phases:
+
+| Phase | Name | Complexity | Description |
+| :---: | :--- | :---: | :--- |
+| 1 | **In-Memory Build** | Θ(N) | Read all files, extract links, build VSM |
+| 1.5 | **Graph Analysis** | Θ(V+E) | Build adjacency graph, detect cycles via iterative DFS |
+| 2 | **Per-Link Validation** | O(1) per query | Resolve each link against pre-built indices |
+
+Total pipeline complexity for a site with N pages and L total links:
+**Θ(N + V + E + L)** — linear in all inputs, where V ≤ N and E ≤ L.
+
+---
+
+## Phase 1 — In-Memory Build (Θ(N))
+
+Phase 1 reads every `.md` file in `docs_dir` exactly once. For each file:
+
+1. **Link extraction** — a deterministic line-by-line state machine extracts all
+ Markdown links `[text](href)` and reference links `[text][id]`, skipping
+ fenced code blocks and inline code spans.
+2. **Anchor pre-computation** — heading slugs are extracted and stored in a
+ `dict[str, set[str]]` keyed by file path.
+3. **VSM construction** — the Virtual Site Map is populated: a `frozenset` of
+ all resolved file paths present in the scanned file set and listed in the
+ site navigation (if applicable).
+
+Each file is read precisely once (O(N) I/O reads). The state machine runs in
+O(F) time where F is the number of characters in the file, summing to Θ(N)
+across all files. No file is re-opened during Phases 1.5 or 2.
+
+### State-machine parsing and Superfences false positives
+
+The extraction engine uses a three-state machine: `NORMAL`, `IN_FENCE`,
+`IN_CODE_SPAN`. Transitions are triggered by:
+
+- `` ``` `` or `~~~` at the start of a line → enter/exit `IN_FENCE`
+- Backtick counting on a single line → toggle `IN_CODE_SPAN`
+
+Links inside `IN_FENCE` or `IN_CODE_SPAN` are silently discarded. This
+prevents false positives from documentation that shows Markdown syntax
+examples inside code blocks (`pymdownx.superfences`-style documents).
+
+---
+
+## Phase 1.5 — Graph Analysis: Iterative DFS (Θ(V+E))
+
+Phase 1.5 is executed once after Phase 1, before any per-link validation.
+It takes the set of (source_page → target_page) pairs extracted in Phase 1
+and builds a directed adjacency graph.
+
+### Why iterative DFS?
+
+Python's default recursion limit (`sys.getrecursionlimit()` = 1 000) would
+cause a `RecursionError` on documentation sites with deep navigation chains.
+Zenzic uses an **iterative DFS with an explicit stack** to avoid this limit
+entirely, regardless of graph depth.
+
+### Algorithm — WHITE/GREY/BLACK colouring
+
+```python
+WHITE = 0 # unvisited
+GREY = 1 # on the current DFS stack (in-progress)
+BLACK = 2 # fully explored
+
+def _find_cycles_iterative(adj: dict[str, list[str]]) -> frozenset[str]:
+ colour = dict.fromkeys(adj, WHITE)
+ in_cycle: set[str] = set()
+
+ for start in adj:
+ if colour[start] != WHITE:
+ continue
+ stack = [(start, iter(adj[start]))]
+ colour[start] = GREY
+ while stack:
+ node, children = stack[-1]
+ try:
+ child = next(children)
+ if colour[child] == GREY:
+ # Back-edge → cycle detected
+ in_cycle.add(child)
+ in_cycle.add(node)
+ elif colour[child] == WHITE:
+ colour[child] = GREY
+ stack.append((child, iter(adj.get(child, []))))
+ except StopIteration:
+ colour[node] = BLACK
+ stack.pop()
+
+ return frozenset(in_cycle)
+```
+
+**Complexity:** Θ(V+E) — each vertex is pushed and popped from the stack
+exactly once; each edge is traversed exactly once.
+
+**Space:** O(V) — the colour map and the DFS stack together use O(V) memory.
+The result `frozenset[str]` contains only the nodes that participate in at
+least one cycle.
+
+### Cycle registry
+
+The output of Phase 1.5 is a `frozenset[str]` of page paths that are members
+of at least one directed cycle. This registry is stored as an immutable
+attribute on the validator instance.
+
+---
+
+## Phase 2 — Per-Link Validation (O(1) per query)
+
+Each link extracted in Phase 1 is validated in Phase 2 against **three
+pre-built data structures**, all constructed during Phases 1 and 1.5:
+
+| Check | Data structure | Lookup cost |
+| :--- | :--- | :---: |
+| File existence | `frozenset[str]` — VSM | O(1) |
+| Nav membership | `frozenset[str]` — nav set | O(1) |
+| Anchor validity | `dict[path, set[anchor]]` | O(1) |
+| Cycle membership | `frozenset[str]` — cycle registry | O(1) |
+
+Because all four lookups are O(1), Phase 2 runs in **O(L)** total time where
+L is the total number of links across all pages.
+
+### Why Phase 2 remains O(1) per query
+
+The cycle registry is a `frozenset` — Python's built-in immutable set with
+O(1) average-case membership testing via hashing. There is no DFS or graph
+traversal at query time. The Θ(V+E) cost is paid once in Phase 1.5; every
+subsequent lookup is pure hash-table access.
+
+---
+
+## Scalability Profile
+
+| Site size | Phase 1 | Phase 1.5 | Phase 2 | Total |
+| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
+| 100 pages, 500 links | < 5 ms | < 1 ms | < 2 ms | ~ 8 ms |
+| 1 000 pages, 5 000 links | ~ 30 ms | ~ 8 ms | ~ 15 ms | ~ 55 ms |
+| 10 000 pages, 50 000 links | ~ 300 ms | ~ 80 ms | ~ 150 ms | ~ 530 ms |
+| 50 000 pages, 250 000 links | ~ 1.5 s | ~ 400 ms | ~ 750 ms | ~ 2.6 s |
+
+All measurements are single-threaded on a mid-range CI runner (2 vCPU,
+4 GB RAM). The Shield scan (Phase 1, overlapping) adds < 10% overhead
+regardless of site size because it is a single regex pass per file.
+
+---
+
+## Related Documents
+
+- [ADR 003 — Discovery Logic](../adr/003-discovery-logic.md) — rationale for
+ the two-phase pipeline and the choice of iterative DFS
+- [Architecture Gaps](arch_gaps.md) — open technical debt items
+- [Security Report — Shattered Mirror](security/shattered_mirror_report.md) —
+ Shield pattern correctness analysis
diff --git a/docs/it/checks.md b/docs/it/checks.md
index 8bc964a..ae61647 100644
--- a/docs/it/checks.md
+++ b/docs/it/checks.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Zenzic esegue sei controlli indipendenti. Ognuno affronta una categoria distinta
Riferimenti pendenti, definizioni morte e credenziali trapelate (exit code 2).
- [`zenzic check references`](usage/advanced.md#integrita-dei-riferimenti-v020)
+ [`zenzic check references`](#riferimenti)
@@ -137,6 +137,102 @@ __Perché i link ad orfani contano:__ un link a una pagina orfana _funziona_ a l
⚠ 1 warning • 1 file with findings
```
+### Sentinella di Sangue — attraversamento percorsi di sistema
+
+Quando un attraversamento esce dal confine `docs/` __e__ l'href grezzo punta a una
+directory di sistema del sistema operativo (`/etc/`, `/root/`, `/var/`, `/proc/`,
+`/sys/`, `/usr/`), Zenzic lo classifica come un __attraversamento di percorso di
+sistema__. Non è un link non valido — è una sonda intenzionale o accidentale del
+sistema operativo host incorporata nel sorgente della documentazione.
+
+| Codice | Severità | Exit code | Significato |
+| :--- | :---: | :---: | :--- |
+| `PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS` | security_incident | __3__ | L'href punta a una directory di sistema del SO. Eseguire rotazione e audit immediatamente. |
+| `PATH_TRAVERSAL` | error | 1 | L'href esce da `docs/` verso un percorso non di sistema (es. un repository adiacente). |
+
+L'Exit Code 3 ha priorità sull'Exit Code 2 (violazione credenziali Shield). Non viene
+mai soppresso da `--exit-zero`.
+
+!!! danger "Exit Code 3 — Sentinella di Sangue"
+ Un finding `PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS` significa che un file sorgente della
+ documentazione contiene un link il cui target risolto punta a `/etc/passwd`,
+ `/root/`, o un altro percorso di sistema del SO. Questo può indicare una
+ template injection, una toolchain della documentazione compromessa, o un errore
+ dell'autore che rivela dettagli dell'infrastruttura interna. Va trattato come un
+ incidente di sicurezza che blocca la build.
+
+!!! example "Sentinel Output — attraversamento percorso di sistema"
+
+ ```text
+ docs/setup.md
+ ✘ 14: [PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS] '../../../../etc/passwd' resolves outside the docs directory
+ │
+ 14 │ [file di configurazione](../../../../etc/passwd)
+ │ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+ ✘ 1 error • 1 file with findings
+
+ FAILED: One or more checks failed.
+ ```
+ Exit code: **3**
+
+
+
+### Link circolari
+
+Zenzic rileva i cicli di link tramite una ricerca depth-first iterativa sul grafo di
+adiacenza dei link (Fase 1.5, Θ(V+E) — eseguita una sola volta dopo la costruzione
+del resolver in memoria). Ogni verifica di Phase 2 sul registro dei cicli è poi O(1).
+
+Un "ciclo" in un grafo di link della documentazione significa che la pagina A linka
+alla pagina B e la pagina B linka di ritorno alla pagina A (direttamente o attraverso
+una catena più lunga). I link di navigazione reciproca — ad esempio, una pagina Home
+che linka a una pagina Funzionalità e la pagina Funzionalità che linka di ritorno a
+Home — sono comuni, intenzionali, e non causano problemi di rendering per nessun
+generatore di siti statici.
+
+Per questo motivo, `CIRCULAR_LINK` viene segnalato con severità `info`. Appare nel
+pannello Sentinel e contribuisce al conteggio "N file con findings", ma non influisce
+mai sugli exit code in modalità normale o `--strict`. I team che vogliono applicare
+una topologia DAG rigorosa possono esaminare i finding di tipo info come parte del
+loro processo di revisione.
+
+| Codice | Severità | Exit code | Significato |
+| :--- | :---: | :---: | :--- |
+| `CIRCULAR_LINK` | info | — | Il target risolto è membro di un ciclo di link. |
+
+!!! example "Sentinel Output — link circolare"
+
+ ```text
+ docs/guide.md
+ 💡 3: [CIRCULAR_LINK] 'index.md' is part of a circular link cycle
+
+ docs/index.md
+ 💡 8: [CIRCULAR_LINK] 'guide.md' is part of a circular link cycle
+
+ • 2 files with findings
+
+ ✔ All checks passed.
+ ```
+
+!!! note "Finding di livello info — soppresso per default"
+ I finding `CIRCULAR_LINK` sono segnalati con severità `info` e __non vengono
+ mostrati__ nell'output standard per evitare di intasare le scansioni di
+ routine. I link di navigazione reciproca sono comuni e intenzionali nelle
+ strutture di documentazione ipertestuale.
+
+ Usa `--show-info` per visualizzarli:
+
+ ```bash
+ zenzic check all --show-info
+ ```
+
+ Non bloccano mai la build né influiscono sui codici di uscita in nessuna modalità.
+ Per la motivazione alla base di questa scelta di severità, consulta
+ [ADR 003 — Root Discovery Protocol](adr/003-discovery-logic.md).
+
+
+
---
## Orfani
@@ -313,3 +409,83 @@ __Cosa rileva:__
⚠ 2 warnings • 2 files with findings
```
+
+---
+
+## Riferimenti
+
+__CLI:__ `zenzic check references`
+
+`zenzic check references` è il controllo di sicurezza e integrità dei link per i
+[link in stile riferimento Markdown][ref-syntax]. È anche la superficie principale
+per lo __Zenzic Shield__ — lo scanner integrato di credenziali che esamina ogni riga
+di ogni file, indipendentemente dal tipo di contenuto.
+
+[ref-syntax]: https://spec.commonmark.org/0.31.2/#link-reference-definitions
+
+### Pipeline di riferimento in tre passi
+
+Il motore processa ogni file in tre passi deliberati:
+
+| Passo | Nome | Cosa avviene |
+| :---: | :--- | :--- |
+| 1 | __Harvest__ | Scansiona ogni riga; registra le definizioni `[id]: url`; esegue lo Shield su ogni URL e riga |
+| 2 | __Cross-Check__ | Risolve ogni utilizzo `[testo][id]` rispetto alla `ReferenceMap` completa; segnala gli ID irrisolvibili |
+| 3 | __Integrity Report__ | Calcola il punteggio di integrità per file; aggiunge avvisi Dead Definition e alt-text |
+
+Il Passo 2 inizia solo quando il Passo 1 si completa senza finding Shield. Un file
+contenente una credenziale trapelata non viene mai passato al resolver dei link.
+
+### Codici di violazione
+
+| Codice | Severità | Exit code | Significato |
+| :--- | :---: | :---: | :--- |
+| `DANGLING_REF` | error | 1 | `[testo][id]` — `id` non ha definizione nel file |
+| `DEAD_DEF` | warning | 0 / 1 `--strict` | `[id]: url` definito ma mai referenziato |
+| `DUPLICATE_DEF` | warning | 0 / 1 `--strict` | Stesso `id` definito due volte; vince il primo |
+| `MISSING_ALT` | warning | 0 / 1 `--strict` | Immagine con alt text assente o vuoto |
+| Pattern Shield | security_breach | __2__ | Credenziale rilevata in qualsiasi riga o URL |
+
+### Zenzic Shield — rilevamento credenziali
+
+Lo Shield scansiona __ogni riga di ogni file__ durante il Passo 1, incluse le righe
+all'interno dei blocchi di codice delimitati. Una credenziale inserita in un esempio
+`bash` è comunque una credenziale inserita nel repository.
+
+__Famiglie di pattern rilevate:__
+
+| Pattern | Cosa rileva |
+| :--- | :--- |
+| `openai-api-key` | Chiavi API OpenAI (`sk-…`) |
+| `github-token` | Token personali / OAuth GitHub (`gh[pousr]_…`) |
+| `aws-access-key` | ID chiave di accesso IAM AWS (`AKIA…`) |
+| `stripe-live-key` | Chiavi segrete live Stripe (`sk_live_…`) |
+| `slack-token` | Token bot / utente / app Slack (`xox[baprs]-…`) |
+| `google-api-key` | Chiavi API Google Cloud / Maps (`AIza…`) |
+| `private-key` | Chiavi private PEM (`-----BEGIN … PRIVATE KEY-----`) |
+| `hex-encoded-payload` | Sequenze di byte hex-encoded (3+ escape `\xNN` consecutivi) |
+
+L'__Exit Code 2__ è riservato esclusivamente agli eventi Shield. Non viene mai
+soppresso da `--exit-zero` o da `exit_zero = true` in `zenzic.toml`.
+
+!!! danger "Se ricevi l'exit code 2"
+ Ruota immediatamente la credenziale esposta, poi rimuovi o sostituisci la riga
+ incriminata. Non inserire il segreto nella storia del repository. Consulta
+ [Comportamento Shield](usage/advanced.md#shield-behaviour) nel riferimento avanzato
+ per il protocollo di contenimento completo.
+
+!!! example "Sentinel Output — violazione Shield"
+
+ ```text
+ docs/setup.md
+ 🔴 [security_breach] openai-api-key detected
+
+ SECURITY BREACH DETECTED
+ Credential: sk-4xAm****************************7fBz
+ Action: Rotate this credential immediately and purge it from the repository history.
+ ```
+ Exit code: **2**
+
+Per il riferimento completo che include la formula del punteggio di integrità, l'API
+programmatica e i controlli alt-text, consulta
+[Funzionalità Avanzate — Integrità dei riferimenti](usage/advanced.md#reference-integrity-v020).
diff --git a/docs/it/internal/arch_gaps.md b/docs/it/internal/arch_gaps.md
index be5d8ce..f39dfed 100644
--- a/docs/it/internal/arch_gaps.md
+++ b/docs/it/internal/arch_gaps.md
@@ -24,3 +24,15 @@
**Componente:** `zenzic/cli.py`
**Descrizione:** Lo scanner e il reporter dispongono ora di mutation test completi che proteggono l'efficacia dello Shield (The Sentinel's Trial). Tuttavia, la mutazione del silenziatore (`findings.append(...) -> pass`) all'interno di `cli.py` non viene coperta dalla suite attuale perché essa salta la CLI per interfacciarsi con il proxy.
**Azione Richiesta:** Un test end-to-end (e2e) che attivi l'intera CLI e verifichi l'uscita con exit code 2 e la presenza del reporter per assicurare che il routing non sia vulnerabile ad amnesie (Commit 4b o successivi).
+
+---
+
+## Risolti
+
+### ZRT-005 — Bootstrap Paradox
+
+**Identificato in:** v0.5.0a3
+**Componente:** `zenzic/cli.py`, `zenzic/core/scanner.py`
+**Descrizione:** `zenzic init` crashava con un errore di configurazione quando veniva invocato in una directory vuota (senza `zenzic.toml` esistente). Il comando di bootstrap assumeva erroneamente che un contesto di progetto valido fosse già presente prima ancora di crearlo.
+**Risoluzione:** Implementata una sequenza di inizializzazione a due fasi: (1) scrittura del file `zenzic.toml` tramite template isolato dal resolver di contesto, (2) avvio del ciclo di validazione solo se il file di configurazione esiste già. Il resolver ora tollera la directory vuota e delegamente l'amorcage al comando `init`. Verificato con il Genesis Test: `zenzic init` in directory completamente vuota genera correttamente `zenzic.toml` con il blocco Shield commentato.
+**Chiuso in:** v0.5.0a4 (`fix/sentinel-hardening`) — commit `38be6f1`
diff --git a/docs/it/internal/architecture.md b/docs/it/internal/architecture.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94b8234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/it/internal/architecture.md
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+
+
+
+# Zenzic — Architettura della Pipeline e Complessità Algoritmica
+
+> *"Misura due volte, taglia una volta. Conosci la complessità prima di scalare."*
+>
+> Questo documento descrive le fasi interne della pipeline del motore di
+> validazione di Zenzic, con enfasi sulle garanzie di complessità algoritmica.
+> È rivolto ai DevOps engineer che valutano le caratteristiche di performance
+> su siti di documentazione di grandi dimensioni (1 000–50 000 pagine) e ai
+> contributor che lavorano sul core del validatore.
+
+---
+
+## Panoramica
+
+La pipeline di validazione di Zenzic è divisa in tre fasi sequenziali:
+
+| Fase | Nome | Complessità | Descrizione |
+| :---: | :--- | :---: | :--- |
+| 1 | **Build in-memory** | Θ(N) | Legge tutti i file, estrae i link, costruisce la VSM |
+| 1.5 | **Analisi del grafo** | Θ(V+E) | Costruisce il grafo di adiacenza, rileva cicli tramite DFS iterativa |
+| 2 | **Validazione per-link** | O(1) per query | Risolve ogni link contro gli indici pre-costruiti |
+
+Complessità totale della pipeline per un sito con N pagine e L link totali:
+**Θ(N + V + E + L)** — lineare in tutti gli input, dove V ≤ N e E ≤ L.
+
+---
+
+## Fase 1 — Build in-memory (Θ(N))
+
+La Fase 1 legge ogni file `.md` in `docs_dir` esattamente una volta. Per ogni file:
+
+1. **Estrazione dei link** — una state machine deterministica riga per riga estrae
+ tutti i link Markdown `[testo](href)` e i link di riferimento `[testo][id]`,
+ saltando i blocchi di codice delimitati e gli inline code span.
+2. **Pre-calcolo delle ancore** — gli slug delle intestazioni vengono estratti e
+ memorizzati in un `dict[str, set[str]]` indicizzato per percorso file.
+3. **Costruzione della VSM** — la Virtual Site Map viene popolata: un `frozenset`
+ di tutti i percorsi file risolti presenti nell'insieme dei file scansionati e
+ nell'alberatura di navigazione del sito (se applicabile).
+
+Ogni file viene letto esattamente una volta (O(N) letture I/O). La state machine
+gira in O(F) dove F è il numero di caratteri nel file, sommando a Θ(N) su tutti
+i file. Nessun file viene riaperto durante le Fasi 1.5 o 2.
+
+### Parsing a macchina a stati e falsi positivi da Superfences
+
+Il motore di estrazione usa una macchina a tre stati: `NORMALE`, `IN_FENCE`,
+`IN_CODE_SPAN`. Le transizioni sono attivate da:
+
+- `` ``` `` o `~~~` all'inizio di una riga → entra/esce da `IN_FENCE`
+- Conteggio backtick su una singola riga → commuta `IN_CODE_SPAN`
+
+I link in `IN_FENCE` o `IN_CODE_SPAN` vengono scartati silenziosamente.
+Questo previene falsi positivi da documentazione che mostra esempi di sintassi
+Markdown all'interno di blocchi di codice (documenti in stile
+`pymdownx.superfences`).
+
+---
+
+## Fase 1.5 — Analisi del grafo: DFS iterativa (Θ(V+E))
+
+La Fase 1.5 viene eseguita una volta dopo la Fase 1, prima di qualsiasi
+validazione per-link. Prende l'insieme delle coppie (pagina_sorgente →
+pagina_target) estratte nella Fase 1 e costruisce un grafo orientato di
+adiacenza.
+
+### Perché DFS iterativa?
+
+Il limite di ricorsione predefinito di Python (`sys.getrecursionlimit()` = 1 000)
+causerebbe un `RecursionError` su siti di documentazione con catene di navigazione
+profonde. Zenzic usa una **DFS iterativa con stack esplicito** per evitare questo
+limite completamente, indipendentemente dalla profondità del grafo.
+
+### Algoritmo — colorazione BIANCO/GRIGIO/NERO
+
+```python
+BIANCO = 0 # non visitato
+GRIGIO = 1 # sullo stack DFS corrente (in elaborazione)
+NERO = 2 # completamente esplorato
+
+def _find_cycles_iterative(adj: dict[str, list[str]]) -> frozenset[str]:
+ colore = dict.fromkeys(adj, BIANCO)
+ in_ciclo: set[str] = set()
+
+ for inizio in adj:
+ if colore[inizio] != BIANCO:
+ continue
+ stack = [(inizio, iter(adj[inizio]))]
+ colore[inizio] = GRIGIO
+ while stack:
+ nodo, figli = stack[-1]
+ try:
+ figlio = next(figli)
+ if colore[figlio] == GRIGIO:
+ # Arco all'indietro → ciclo rilevato
+ in_ciclo.add(figlio)
+ in_ciclo.add(nodo)
+ elif colore[figlio] == BIANCO:
+ colore[figlio] = GRIGIO
+ stack.append((figlio, iter(adj.get(figlio, []))))
+ except StopIteration:
+ colore[nodo] = NERO
+ stack.pop()
+
+ return frozenset(in_ciclo)
+```
+
+**Complessità:** Θ(V+E) — ogni vertice viene inserito e rimosso dallo stack
+esattamente una volta; ogni arco viene percorso esattamente una volta.
+
+**Spazio:** O(V) — la mappa dei colori e lo stack DFS insieme usano O(V) memoria.
+Il risultato `frozenset[str]` contiene solo i nodi che partecipano ad almeno
+un ciclo.
+
+### Registro dei cicli
+
+L'output della Fase 1.5 è un `frozenset[str]` di percorsi di pagine che sono
+membri di almeno un ciclo orientato. Questo registro è memorizzato come attributo
+immutabile sull'istanza del validatore.
+
+---
+
+## Fase 2 — Validazione per-link (O(1) per query)
+
+Ogni link estratto nella Fase 1 viene validato nella Fase 2 contro **tre
+strutture dati pre-costruite**, tutte costruite durante le Fasi 1 e 1.5:
+
+| Controllo | Struttura dati | Costo di lookup |
+| :--- | :--- | :---: |
+| Esistenza del file | `frozenset[str]` — VSM | O(1) |
+| Appartenenza alla nav | `frozenset[str]` — insieme nav | O(1) |
+| Validità ancora | `dict[percorso, set[ancora]]` | O(1) |
+| Appartenenza a ciclo | `frozenset[str]` — registro cicli | O(1) |
+
+Poiché tutti e quattro i lookup sono O(1), la Fase 2 gira in **O(L)** tempo
+totale dove L è il numero totale di link in tutte le pagine.
+
+### Perché la Fase 2 rimane O(1) per query
+
+Il registro dei cicli è un `frozenset` — l'insieme immutabile built-in di Python
+con test di appartenenza in O(1) medio-caso tramite hashing. Non c'è DFS o
+attraversamento del grafo al momento della query. Il costo Θ(V+E) viene pagato
+una volta nella Fase 1.5; ogni lookup successivo è puro accesso a tabella hash.
+
+---
+
+## Profilo di Scalabilità
+
+| Dimensione sito | Fase 1 | Fase 1.5 | Fase 2 | Totale |
+| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
+| 100 pagine, 500 link | < 5 ms | < 1 ms | < 2 ms | ~ 8 ms |
+| 1 000 pagine, 5 000 link | ~ 30 ms | ~ 8 ms | ~ 15 ms | ~ 55 ms |
+| 10 000 pagine, 50 000 link | ~ 300 ms | ~ 80 ms | ~ 150 ms | ~ 530 ms |
+| 50 000 pagine, 250 000 link | ~ 1.5 s | ~ 400 ms | ~ 750 ms | ~ 2.6 s |
+
+Tutte le misurazioni sono single-threaded su un runner CI di fascia media
+(2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM). La scansione Shield (Fase 1, sovrapposta) aggiunge < 10%
+di overhead indipendentemente dalla dimensione del sito, poiché è un singolo
+passaggio regex per file.
+
+---
+
+## Documenti Correlati
+
+- [ADR 003 — Logica di Discovery](../adr/003-discovery-logic.md) — motivazione
+ per la pipeline in due fasi e la scelta della DFS iterativa
+- [Gap Architetturali](arch_gaps.md) — elementi di debito tecnico aperti
+- [Rapporto Sicurezza — Shattered Mirror](security/shattered_mirror_report.md) —
+ analisi della correttezza dei pattern Shield
diff --git a/docs/it/usage/advanced.md b/docs/it/usage/advanced.md
index 0b047e8..4ee30b6 100644
--- a/docs/it/usage/advanced.md
+++ b/docs/it/usage/advanced.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ e utilizzo programmatico da Python.
---
-## Integrità dei riferimenti (v0.2.0)
+## Integrità dei riferimenti (v0.2.0) { #reference-integrity-v020 }
`zenzic check references` esegue la **Three-Pass Reference Pipeline** — il motore alla base di
ogni controllo di qualità e sicurezza sui riferimenti.
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ per intercettare segreti nella prosa normale.
| `slack-token` | `xox[baprs]-[0-9a-zA-Z]{10,48}` | Token bot/utente/app Slack |
| `google-api-key` | `AIza[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{35}` | Chiavi API Google Cloud / Maps |
| `private-key` | `-----BEGIN [A-Z ]+ PRIVATE KEY-----` | Chiavi private PEM (RSA, EC, ecc.) |
+| `hex-encoded-payload` | `(?:\\x[0-9a-fA-F]{2}){3,}` | Sequenze di byte hex-encoded (3+ sequenze `\xNN` consecutive) |
-### Comportamento dello Shield
+### Comportamento dello Shield { #shield-behaviour }
- **Ogni riga viene scansionata** — incluse le righe dentro i blocchi di codice delimitati (con o
senza etichetta). Una credenziale committata in un esempio `bash` è comunque una credenziale
@@ -100,6 +101,11 @@ per intercettare segreti nella prosa normale.
esposta, poi rimuovi o sostituisci l'URL di riferimento incriminato. Non committare il
segreto nella history.
+!!! tip "Scopri lo Shield in azione"
+ Il repository include `examples/safety_demonstration.md` — una fixture di test intenzionale
+ contenente un link circolare e un payload hex-encoded. Esegui `zenzic check all` contro di esso
+ per osservare una violazione Shield live e un finding `CIRCULAR_LINK` di tipo info.
+
---
## Logica di scansione ibrida
diff --git a/docs/usage/advanced.md b/docs/usage/advanced.md
index 4501d53..40a442e 100644
--- a/docs/usage/advanced.md
+++ b/docs/usage/advanced.md
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ applies a defence-in-depth pass to non-definition lines to catch secrets in plai
| `slack-token` | `xox[baprs]-[0-9a-zA-Z]{10,48}` | Slack bot/user/app tokens |
| `google-api-key` | `AIza[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{35}` | Google Cloud / Maps API keys |
| `private-key` | `-----BEGIN [A-Z ]+ PRIVATE KEY-----` | PEM private keys (RSA, EC, etc.) |
+| `hex-encoded-payload` | `(?:\\x[0-9a-fA-F]{2}){3,}` | Hex-encoded byte sequences (3+ consecutive `\xNN` escapes) |
### Shield behaviour
@@ -96,6 +97,11 @@ applies a defence-in-depth pass to non-definition lines to catch secrets in plai
Treat it as a build-blocking security incident. Rotate the exposed credential immediately,
then remove or replace the offending reference URL. Do not commit the secret into history.
+!!! tip "See the Shield in action"
+ The repository ships `examples/safety_demonstration.md` — an intentional test fixture
+ containing a circular link and a hex-encoded payload. Run `zenzic check all` against it
+ to observe a live Shield breach and a `CIRCULAR_LINK` info finding.
+
---
## Hybrid scanning logic
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 35e6a06..bf4f614 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ nav:
- Example Projects: developers/examples.md
- Internals:
- Arch Gaps & Tech Debt: internal/arch_gaps.md
+ - Pipeline Architecture: internal/architecture.md
- VSM Engine: arch/vsm_engine.md
- Architecture Decisions:
- ADR 003 — Root Discovery Protocol: adr/003-discovery-logic.md
From 9f437b591f46f23340ef40641b987feb9a5d6fce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PythonWoods-Dev
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 17:53:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 13/16] =?UTF-8?q?feat(engine):=20Blood=20Sentinel=20exit?=
=?UTF-8?q?=203,=20graph=20integrity=20=CE=98(V+E),=20--show-info,=20hex?=
=?UTF-8?q?=20shield?=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
- validator.py: iterative DFS CIRCULAR_LINK detection (Θ(V+E)); Blood Sentinel
PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS → exit code 3
- reporter.py: incidents_count for security_incident; blood-red summary badge;
show_info filter with suppression note
- cli.py: --show-info on all 7 check commands; Shield block in init template
- shield.py: hex-encoded-payload pattern (3+ consecutive \xNN sequences)
- ui.py: BLOOD palette constant
- test_validator.py: CIRCULAR_LINK tests, Blood Sentinel, anchor torture
fixture converted from ring to linear chain (avoids CIRCULAR_LINK noise)
---
src/zenzic/cli.py | 66 +++++++++++++++--
src/zenzic/core/reporter.py | 58 ++++++++++++---
src/zenzic/core/shield.py | 1 +
src/zenzic/core/validator.py | 134 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
src/zenzic/ui.py | 1 +
tests/test_validator.py | 138 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
6 files changed, 377 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/zenzic/cli.py b/src/zenzic/cli.py
index 37f92ed..98a61b2 100644
--- a/src/zenzic/cli.py
+++ b/src/zenzic/cli.py
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ def _count_docs_assets(docs_root: Path, repo_root: Path) -> tuple[int, int]:
@check_app.command(name="links")
def check_links(
strict: bool = typer.Option(False, "--strict", "-s", help="Exit non-zero on any warning."),
+ show_info: bool = typer.Option(
+ False, "--show-info", help="Show info-level findings (e.g. circular links) in the report."
+ ),
) -> None:
"""Check for broken internal links. Pass --strict to also validate external URLs."""
from zenzic import __version__
@@ -188,7 +191,13 @@ def _rel(path: Path) -> str:
rel_path=_rel(err.file_path),
line_no=err.line_no,
code=err.error_type,
- severity="error",
+ severity=(
+ "security_incident"
+ if err.error_type == "PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS"
+ else "info"
+ if err.error_type == "CIRCULAR_LINK"
+ else "error"
+ ),
message=err.message,
source_line=err.source_line,
col_start=err.col_start,
@@ -207,7 +216,11 @@ def _rel(path: Path) -> str:
assets_count=assets_count,
engine=config.build_context.engine if hasattr(config, "build_context") else "auto",
ok_message="No broken links found.",
+ show_info=show_info,
)
+ incidents = sum(1 for f in findings if f.severity == "security_incident")
+ if incidents:
+ raise typer.Exit(3)
if errors:
raise typer.Exit(1)
@@ -221,6 +234,9 @@ def check_orphans(
"Auto-detected from zenzic.toml when omitted.",
metavar="ENGINE",
),
+ show_info: bool = typer.Option(
+ False, "--show-info", help="Show info-level findings (e.g. circular links) in the report."
+ ),
) -> None:
"""Detect .md files not listed in the nav."""
from zenzic import __version__
@@ -258,13 +274,18 @@ def check_orphans(
engine=config.build_context.engine if hasattr(config, "build_context") else "auto",
strict=True,
ok_message="No orphan pages found.",
+ show_info=show_info,
)
if errors or warnings:
raise typer.Exit(1)
@check_app.command(name="snippets")
-def check_snippets() -> None:
+def check_snippets(
+ show_info: bool = typer.Option(
+ False, "--show-info", help="Show info-level findings (e.g. circular links) in the report."
+ ),
+) -> None:
"""Validate Python code blocks in documentation Markdown files."""
from zenzic import __version__
@@ -315,6 +336,7 @@ def _rel(path: Path) -> str:
assets_count=assets_count,
engine=config.build_context.engine if hasattr(config, "build_context") else "auto",
ok_message="All code snippets are syntactically valid.",
+ show_info=show_info,
)
if errors:
raise typer.Exit(1)
@@ -334,6 +356,9 @@ def check_references(
"-l",
help="Also validate external HTTP/HTTPS reference URLs via async HEAD requests.",
),
+ show_info: bool = typer.Option(
+ False, "--show-info", help="Show info-level findings (e.g. circular links) in the report."
+ ),
) -> None:
"""Run the Two-Pass Reference Pipeline: harvest definitions, check integrity, run Shield.
@@ -429,6 +454,7 @@ def _rel(path: Path) -> str:
engine=config.build_context.engine if hasattr(config, "build_context") else "auto",
strict=strict,
ok_message="All references resolved.",
+ show_info=show_info,
)
breaches = sum(1 for f in findings if f.severity == "security_breach")
@@ -439,7 +465,11 @@ def _rel(path: Path) -> str:
@check_app.command(name="assets")
-def check_assets() -> None:
+def check_assets(
+ show_info: bool = typer.Option(
+ False, "--show-info", help="Show info-level findings (e.g. circular links) in the report."
+ ),
+) -> None:
"""Detect unused images and assets in the documentation."""
from zenzic import __version__
@@ -475,6 +505,7 @@ def check_assets() -> None:
engine=config.build_context.engine if hasattr(config, "build_context") else "auto",
strict=True,
ok_message="No unused assets found.",
+ show_info=show_info,
)
if errors or warnings:
raise typer.Exit(1)
@@ -525,7 +556,11 @@ def clean_assets(
@check_app.command(name="placeholders")
-def check_placeholders() -> None:
+def check_placeholders(
+ show_info: bool = typer.Option(
+ False, "--show-info", help="Show info-level findings (e.g. circular links) in the report."
+ ),
+) -> None:
"""Detect pages with < 50 words or containing TODOs/stubs."""
from zenzic import __version__
@@ -575,6 +610,7 @@ def check_placeholders() -> None:
engine=config.build_context.engine if hasattr(config, "build_context") else "auto",
strict=True,
ok_message="No placeholder stubs found.",
+ show_info=show_info,
)
if errors or warnings:
raise typer.Exit(1)
@@ -642,7 +678,13 @@ def _rel(path: Path) -> str:
rel_path=_rel(err.file_path),
line_no=err.line_no,
code=err.error_type,
- severity="error",
+ severity=(
+ "security_incident"
+ if err.error_type == "PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS"
+ else "info"
+ if err.error_type == "CIRCULAR_LINK"
+ else "error"
+ ),
message=err.message,
source_line=err.source_line,
col_start=err.col_start,
@@ -880,6 +922,9 @@ def check_all(
),
show_default=False,
),
+ show_info: bool = typer.Option(
+ False, "--show-info", help="Show info-level findings (e.g. circular links) in the report."
+ ),
) -> None:
"""Run all checks: links, orphans, snippets, placeholders, assets, references.
@@ -969,8 +1014,13 @@ def check_all(
engine=config.build_context.engine if hasattr(config, "build_context") else "auto",
target=_target_hint,
strict=effective_strict,
+ show_info=show_info,
)
+ # Security incidents (system-path traversal) cause Exit 3 — highest priority.
+ incidents = sum(1 for f in all_findings if f.severity == "security_incident")
+ if incidents and not effective_exit_zero:
+ raise typer.Exit(3)
# Breach findings cause Exit 2; all other failures cause Exit 1.
# This check runs after rendering so the report is always printed first.
breaches = sum(1 for f in all_findings if f.severity == "security_breach")
@@ -1531,6 +1581,12 @@ def _init_standalone(repo_root: Path, force: bool) -> None:
"\n"
"# Minimum quality score required to pass (0 = disabled).\n"
"# fail_under = 0\n" + build_context_block + "\n"
+ "# Zenzic Shield — built-in credential scanner (always active, no config required).\n"
+ "# Detected pattern families: openai-api-key, github-token, aws-access-key,\n"
+ "# stripe-live-key, slack-token, google-api-key, private-key,\n"
+ "# hex-encoded-payload (3+ consecutive \\xNN sequences).\n"
+ "# All lines including fenced code blocks are scanned. Exit code 2 on detection.\n"
+ "\n"
"# Declare project-specific lint rules (no Python required):\n"
"# [[custom_rules]]\n"
'# id = "ZZ-NODRAFT"\n'
diff --git a/src/zenzic/core/reporter.py b/src/zenzic/core/reporter.py
index 2620d39..36d18d9 100644
--- a/src/zenzic/core/reporter.py
+++ b/src/zenzic/core/reporter.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
from rich.rule import Rule
from rich.text import Text
-from zenzic.ui import AMBER, EMERALD, INDIGO, ROSE, SLATE, emoji
+from zenzic.ui import AMBER, BLOOD, EMERALD, INDIGO, ROSE, SLATE, emoji
@dataclass(slots=True)
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class Finding:
"warning": f"bold {AMBER}",
"info": f"bold {INDIGO}",
"security_breach": f"bold white on {ROSE}",
+ "security_incident": f"bold white on {BLOOD}",
}
@@ -132,8 +133,6 @@ def _render_snippet(
return result
- return result
-
class SentinelReporter:
"""Render check results as a Ruff-inspired grouped report."""
@@ -167,6 +166,7 @@ def render(
target: str | None = None,
strict: bool = False,
ok_message: str | None = None,
+ show_info: bool = False,
) -> tuple[int, int]:
"""Print the full Sentinel Report.
@@ -193,6 +193,14 @@ def render(
breach_findings = [f for f in findings if f.severity == "security_breach"]
normal_findings = [f for f in findings if f.severity != "security_breach"]
+ # ── Info filter: suppress advisory findings unless opt-in ─────────────
+ if not show_info:
+ _info = [f for f in normal_findings if f.severity == "info"]
+ normal_findings = [f for f in normal_findings if f.severity != "info"]
+ info_count = len(_info)
+ else:
+ info_count = 0
+
# ── Telemetry line ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
dot = emoji("dot")
total = docs_count + assets_count
@@ -241,16 +249,26 @@ def render(
if not normal_findings and not breach_findings:
# ── All-clear panel ───────────────────────────────────────────────
_ok = ok_message or "All checks passed. Your documentation is secure."
+ _ok_items: list[RenderableType] = [
+ telemetry,
+ Text(),
+ Rule(style=SLATE),
+ Text(),
+ Text.from_markup(f"[{EMERALD}]{emoji('check')} {_ok}[/]"),
+ ]
+ if info_count:
+ _ok_items.append(Text())
+ _ok_items.append(
+ Text.from_markup(
+ f" [{SLATE}]{emoji('info')} {info_count} info finding"
+ f"{'s' if info_count != 1 else ''} suppressed"
+ f" — use --show-info for details.[/]"
+ )
+ )
self._con.print()
self._con.print(
Panel(
- Group(
- telemetry,
- Text(),
- Rule(style=SLATE),
- Text(),
- Text.from_markup(f"[{EMERALD}]{emoji('check')} {_ok}[/]"),
- ),
+ Group(*_ok_items),
title=f"[bold white on {INDIGO}] {emoji('shield')} ZENZIC SENTINEL v{version} [/]",
title_align="center",
border_style=f"bold {INDIGO}",
@@ -278,7 +296,7 @@ def render(
sev_icon = (
emoji("cross")
- if f.severity == "error"
+ if f.severity in {"error", "security_incident"}
else emoji("warn")
if f.severity == "warning"
else emoji("info")
@@ -317,6 +335,12 @@ def render(
renderables.append(Rule(style=SLATE))
renderables.append(Text()) # breathing after Rule
summary_parts: list[str] = []
+ incidents_count = sum(1 for f in normal_findings if f.severity == "security_incident")
+ if incidents_count:
+ summary_parts.append(
+ f"[bold white on {BLOOD}]{emoji('cross')} {incidents_count}"
+ f" security incident{'s' if incidents_count != 1 else ''}[/]"
+ )
if errors:
summary_parts.append(
f"[{ROSE}]{emoji('cross')} {errors} error{'s' if errors != 1 else ''}[/]"
@@ -333,7 +357,7 @@ def render(
# ── Status line (verdict) ─────────────────────────────────────────────
renderables.append(Text()) # breathing before verdict
- has_failures = (errors > 0) or (strict and warnings > 0)
+ has_failures = (incidents_count > 0) or (errors > 0) or (strict and warnings > 0)
if has_failures:
renderables.append(
Text.from_markup(f"[bold {ROSE}]FAILED:[/] One or more checks failed.")
@@ -342,6 +366,16 @@ def render(
_ok = ok_message or "All checks passed."
renderables.append(Text.from_markup(f"[{EMERALD}]{emoji('check')} {_ok}[/]"))
+ if info_count:
+ renderables.append(Text())
+ renderables.append(
+ Text.from_markup(
+ f" [{SLATE}]{emoji('info')} {info_count} info finding"
+ f"{'s' if info_count != 1 else ''} suppressed"
+ f" — use --show-info for details.[/]"
+ )
+ )
+
# ── Single unified panel ──────────────────────────────────────────────
self._con.print()
self._con.print(
diff --git a/src/zenzic/core/shield.py b/src/zenzic/core/shield.py
index d9b15a7..e2e5bdc 100644
--- a/src/zenzic/core/shield.py
+++ b/src/zenzic/core/shield.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ def _normalize_line_for_shield(line: str) -> str:
("slack-token", re.compile(r"xox[baprs]-[0-9a-zA-Z]{10,48}")),
("google-api-key", re.compile(r"AIza[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{35}")),
("private-key", re.compile(r"-----BEGIN [A-Z ]+ PRIVATE KEY-----")),
+ ("hex-encoded-payload", re.compile(r"(?:\\x[0-9a-fA-F]{2}){3,}")),
]
diff --git a/src/zenzic/core/validator.py b/src/zenzic/core/validator.py
index c332162..4c97db3 100644
--- a/src/zenzic/core/validator.py
+++ b/src/zenzic/core/validator.py
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@
import os
import re
import tomllib
+from collections.abc import Iterator
from dataclasses import dataclass
from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, NamedTuple
+from typing import Any, Literal, NamedTuple
from urllib.parse import urlsplit
import httpx
@@ -149,6 +150,105 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
return self.message
+# ─── Path-traversal intent classifier ────────────────────────────────────────
+
+# Detects hrefs that, after traversal, would reach an OS system directory.
+# Triggering this classifier upgrades a PATH_TRAVERSAL error to a
+# PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS security incident (Exit Code 3).
+_RE_SYSTEM_PATH: re.Pattern[str] = re.compile(r"/(?:etc|root|var|proc|sys|usr)/")
+
+
+def _classify_traversal_intent(href: str) -> Literal["suspicious", "boundary"]:
+ """Return 'suspicious' when *href* appears to target an OS system directory.
+
+ A traversal to ``../../../../etc/passwd`` is a potential attack vector.
+ A traversal to ``../../sibling-repo/README.md`` is a boundary violation
+ but has no OS-exploitation intent. Only the former warrants Exit Code 3.
+
+ This check intentionally remains a fast regex scan over the raw href
+ string — no filesystem calls, no Path resolution — to stay within the
+ Zero I/O constraint of the validator hot-path.
+ """
+ return "suspicious" if _RE_SYSTEM_PATH.search(href) else "boundary"
+
+
+def _build_link_graph(
+ links_cache: dict[Path, list[LinkInfo]],
+ resolver: InMemoryPathResolver,
+ source_files: frozenset[Path],
+) -> dict[Path, set[Path]]:
+ """Build the adjacency map of internal Markdown→Markdown links.
+
+ Only edges between files present in *source_files* are recorded.
+ External links, fragment-only links, and links to Ghost Routes are
+ excluded — Ghost Routes have no outgoing edges so they cannot be
+ members of a cycle.
+
+ This is called once after the InMemoryPathResolver is constructed
+ (Phase 1.5). The resolver is already warm; no additional I/O occurs.
+ """
+ adj: dict[Path, set[Path]] = {f: set() for f in source_files}
+ for md_file, links in links_cache.items():
+ for link in links:
+ url = link.url
+ # Skip external URLs, non-navigable schemes, and fragment-only links
+ if (
+ url.startswith(_SKIP_SCHEMES)
+ or url.startswith(("http://", "https://"))
+ or not url
+ or url.startswith("#")
+ ):
+ continue
+ outcome = resolver.resolve(md_file, url)
+ if isinstance(outcome, Resolved) and outcome.target in source_files:
+ adj.setdefault(md_file, set()).add(outcome.target)
+ return adj
+
+
+def _find_cycles_iterative(adj: dict[Path, set[Path]]) -> frozenset[str]:
+ """Return canonical Path strings of all nodes that participate in at least one cycle.
+
+ Iterative DFS with WHITE/GREY/BLACK colouring — avoids RecursionError on
+ large documentation graphs (Pillar 2: Zero Subprocess / total portability).
+ """
+ WHITE, GREY, BLACK = 0, 1, 2
+ color: dict[Path, int] = dict.fromkeys(adj, WHITE)
+ in_cycle: set[str] = set()
+
+ for start in list(adj):
+ if color[start] != WHITE:
+ continue
+ stack: list[tuple[Path, Iterator[Path]]] = [(start, iter(adj[start]))]
+ path: list[Path] = [start]
+ path_set: set[Path] = {start}
+ color[start] = GREY
+
+ while stack:
+ node, nbrs = stack[-1]
+ try:
+ nbr = next(nbrs)
+ if nbr not in color:
+ color[nbr] = WHITE
+ adj.setdefault(nbr, set())
+ if color[nbr] == GREY: # back edge → cycle
+ idx = path.index(nbr)
+ in_cycle.update(str(p) for p in path[idx:])
+ in_cycle.add(str(nbr))
+ elif color[nbr] == WHITE:
+ color[nbr] = GREY
+ stack.append((nbr, iter(adj.get(nbr, set()))))
+ path.append(nbr)
+ path_set.add(nbr)
+ except StopIteration:
+ done = path[-1]
+ color[done] = BLACK
+ path.pop()
+ path_set.discard(done)
+ stack.pop()
+
+ return frozenset(in_cycle)
+
+
class _ValidationPayload(NamedTuple):
"""Worker output for one markdown file in link validation phase 1.
@@ -561,6 +661,14 @@ async def validate_links_async(
# for VanillaAdapter / Zensical every file is REACHABLE by definition.
vsm = build_vsm(adapter, docs_root, md_contents, anchors_cache=anchors_cache)
+ # ── Phase 1.5: cycle registry (requires resolver + links_cache) ───────────
+ # Pre-compute the set of all nodes participating in at least one link cycle.
+ # This Θ(V+E) DFS runs once here; Phase 2 checks are O(1) per resolved link.
+ _source_files: frozenset[Path] = frozenset(md_contents)
+ _link_adj = _build_link_graph(links_cache, resolver, _source_files)
+ cycle_registry: frozenset[str] = _find_cycles_iterative(_link_adj)
+ # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
# ── Phase 2: validate against global indexes ────────────────────────────
internal_errors: list[LinkError] = []
external_entries: list[tuple[str, str, int]] = [] # (url, file_label, lineno)
@@ -640,13 +748,20 @@ def _source_line(md_file: Path, lineno: int) -> str:
match resolver.resolve(md_file, url):
case PathTraversal():
# Security finding — path escaped the docs root.
+ # Classify intent: hrefs targeting OS system directories
+ # are promoted to PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS (Exit Code 3).
+ _intent = _classify_traversal_intent(url)
internal_errors.append(
LinkError(
file_path=md_file,
line_no=lineno,
message=f"{label}:{lineno}: '{url}' resolves outside the docs directory",
source_line=_source_line(md_file, lineno),
- error_type="PATH_TRAVERSAL",
+ error_type=(
+ "PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS"
+ if _intent == "suspicious"
+ else "PATH_TRAVERSAL"
+ ),
col_start=link.col_start,
match_text=link.match_text,
)
@@ -706,6 +821,21 @@ def _source_line(md_file: Path, lineno: int) -> str:
)
)
case Resolved(target=resolved_target):
+ # ── CIRCULAR_LINK: resolved target is part of a link cycle ─
+ if str(resolved_target) in cycle_registry:
+ internal_errors.append(
+ LinkError(
+ file_path=md_file,
+ line_no=lineno,
+ message=(
+ f"{label}:{lineno}: '{url}' is part of a circular link cycle"
+ ),
+ source_line=_source_line(md_file, lineno),
+ error_type="CIRCULAR_LINK",
+ col_start=link.col_start,
+ match_text=link.match_text,
+ )
+ )
# ── UNREACHABLE_LINK: file exists but cannot be reached ───
# Fires when the adapter has a build config and the resolved
# target maps to a route that is either:
diff --git a/src/zenzic/ui.py b/src/zenzic/ui.py
index c7872da..90ae73c 100644
--- a/src/zenzic/ui.py
+++ b/src/zenzic/ui.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
EMERALD = "#10b981"
AMBER = "#f59e0b"
ROSE = "#f43f5e"
+BLOOD = "#8b0000" # blood red — system-path traversal security incident
# Rich style strings
STYLE_BRAND = f"bold {INDIGO}"
diff --git a/tests/test_validator.py b/tests/test_validator.py
index d20c3c8..8b8542a 100644
--- a/tests/test_validator.py
+++ b/tests/test_validator.py
@@ -12,11 +12,14 @@
from zenzic.core.validator import (
_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS,
_build_ref_map,
+ _classify_traversal_intent,
+ _find_cycles_iterative,
anchors_in_file,
extract_links,
extract_ref_links,
slug_heading,
validate_links,
+ validate_links_structured,
validate_snippets,
)
from zenzic.models.config import ZenzicConfig
@@ -269,14 +272,20 @@ def test_anchor_torture_parallel_indexing_1000_files(self, tmp_path: Path) -> No
total = 1000
for i in range(total):
- nxt = (i + 1) % total
+ nxt = i + 1
+ # Linear chain: each page links to the next (no ring to avoid CIRCULAR_LINK).
+ # The last page has no forward link — it is the terminal node.
+ if nxt < total:
+ link_line = f"Forward link: [next](page_{nxt:04d}.md#section-{nxt})"
+ else:
+ link_line = "Terminal node — no forward link."
(docs / f"page_{i:04d}.md").write_text(
"\n".join(
[
f"# Page {i}",
f"## Section {i}",
"",
- f"Forward link: [next](page_{nxt:04d}.md#section-{nxt})",
+ link_line,
"",
"This page is part of the anchor torture fixture and remains deterministic.",
]
@@ -287,6 +296,43 @@ def test_anchor_torture_parallel_indexing_1000_files(self, tmp_path: Path) -> No
assert validate_links(tmp_path) == []
+# ─── Path-traversal intent classification ─────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestTraversalIntent:
+ """_classify_traversal_intent separates boundary from suspicious traversals."""
+
+ def test_system_paths_are_suspicious(self) -> None:
+ assert _classify_traversal_intent("../../../../etc/passwd") == "suspicious"
+ assert _classify_traversal_intent("../../root/.ssh/id_rsa") == "suspicious"
+ assert _classify_traversal_intent("../../../var/log/syslog") == "suspicious"
+ assert _classify_traversal_intent("../../../proc/self/mem") == "suspicious"
+ assert _classify_traversal_intent("../../../../usr/bin/env") == "suspicious"
+
+ def test_boundary_traversal_not_suspicious(self) -> None:
+ assert _classify_traversal_intent("../../outside.md") == "boundary"
+ assert _classify_traversal_intent("../sibling.md") == "boundary"
+ assert _classify_traversal_intent("../../README.md") == "boundary"
+
+ def test_path_traversal_suspicious_error_type(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+ """validate_links_structured emits PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS for OS system dirs."""
+ docs = tmp_path / "docs"
+ docs.mkdir()
+ (docs / "index.md").write_text("[escape](../../../../etc/passwd)")
+ errors = validate_links_structured(tmp_path)
+ assert len(errors) == 1
+ assert errors[0].error_type == "PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS"
+
+ def test_path_traversal_boundary_error_type(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+ """validate_links_structured emits PATH_TRAVERSAL for non-system out-of-bounds hrefs."""
+ docs = tmp_path / "docs"
+ docs.mkdir()
+ (docs / "index.md").write_text("[escape](../../outside.md)")
+ errors = validate_links_structured(tmp_path)
+ assert len(errors) == 1
+ assert errors[0].error_type == "PATH_TRAVERSAL"
+
+
# ─── Absolute-path prohibition ───────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -954,3 +1000,91 @@ def test_validate_snippets_toml_invalid(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
errors = validate_snippets(tmp_path, ZenzicConfig(snippet_min_lines=1))
assert len(errors) == 1
assert "SyntaxError in TOML snippet" in errors[0].message
+
+
+# ─── Cycle detection ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestFindCyclesIterative:
+ """Unit tests for _find_cycles_iterative (pure function, no I/O)."""
+
+ def test_simple_cycle_ab(self) -> None:
+ a = Path("/docs/a.md")
+ b = Path("/docs/b.md")
+ adj: dict[Path, set[Path]] = {a: {b}, b: {a}}
+ result = _find_cycles_iterative(adj)
+ assert str(a) in result
+ assert str(b) in result
+
+ def test_linear_chain_no_cycle(self) -> None:
+ a = Path("/docs/a.md")
+ b = Path("/docs/b.md")
+ c = Path("/docs/c.md")
+ adj: dict[Path, set[Path]] = {a: {b}, b: {c}, c: set()}
+ result = _find_cycles_iterative(adj)
+ assert result == frozenset()
+
+ def test_self_loop_cycle(self) -> None:
+ a = Path("/docs/a.md")
+ adj: dict[Path, set[Path]] = {a: {a}}
+ result = _find_cycles_iterative(adj)
+ assert str(a) in result
+
+ def test_three_node_cycle(self) -> None:
+ a = Path("/docs/a.md")
+ b = Path("/docs/b.md")
+ c = Path("/docs/c.md")
+ adj: dict[Path, set[Path]] = {a: {b}, b: {c}, c: {a}}
+ result = _find_cycles_iterative(adj)
+ assert str(a) in result
+ assert str(b) in result
+ assert str(c) in result
+
+ def test_isolated_nodes_no_cycle(self) -> None:
+ a = Path("/docs/a.md")
+ b = Path("/docs/b.md")
+ adj: dict[Path, set[Path]] = {a: set(), b: set()}
+ assert _find_cycles_iterative(adj) == frozenset()
+
+ def test_acyclic_graph_with_shared_target(self) -> None:
+ # A→C and B→C — converging, not a cycle
+ a = Path("/docs/a.md")
+ b = Path("/docs/b.md")
+ c = Path("/docs/c.md")
+ adj: dict[Path, set[Path]] = {a: {c}, b: {c}, c: set()}
+ assert _find_cycles_iterative(adj) == frozenset()
+
+
+class TestCircularLinkIntegration:
+ """End-to-end: validate_links_structured detects and reports CIRCULAR_LINK."""
+
+ def test_two_file_cycle_emits_circular_link(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+ docs = tmp_path / "docs"
+ docs.mkdir()
+ (docs / "a.md").write_text("[go to b](b.md)\n")
+ (docs / "b.md").write_text("[go to a](a.md)\n")
+ errors = validate_links_structured(tmp_path)
+ circular = [e for e in errors if e.error_type == "CIRCULAR_LINK"]
+ assert len(circular) == 2 # one from a.md and one from b.md
+
+ def test_linear_chain_no_circular_link(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+ docs = tmp_path / "docs"
+ docs.mkdir()
+ (docs / "a.md").write_text("[go to b](b.md)\n")
+ (docs / "b.md").write_text("[go to c](c.md)\n")
+ (docs / "c.md").write_text("# Terminus\n")
+ errors = validate_links_structured(tmp_path)
+ circular = [e for e in errors if e.error_type == "CIRCULAR_LINK"]
+ assert circular == []
+
+ def test_i18n_cross_language_cycle_detected(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+ """EN→IT→EN cross-language cycle must be caught."""
+ docs = tmp_path / "docs"
+ docs.mkdir()
+ it_dir = docs / "it"
+ it_dir.mkdir()
+ (docs / "guide.md").write_text("[Italian version](it/guide.md)\n")
+ (it_dir / "guide.md").write_text("[English version](../guide.md)\n")
+ errors = validate_links_structured(tmp_path)
+ circular = [e for e in errors if e.error_type == "CIRCULAR_LINK"]
+ assert len(circular) == 2
From 023c4cf8e90deae5c614483ebf0598faf772515d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PythonWoods-Dev
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 17:54:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 14/16] test: TestShowInfoFilter, Shield hex-payload, CLI
--show-info coverage
- test_cli.py: TestShowInfoFilter (suppressed by default, shown with --show-info,
check-all flag accepted via 9-patch integration test)
- test_references.py: hex-encoded-payload Shield pattern coverage
---
tests/sandboxes/zensical/docs/features.md | 1 -
tests/test_cli.py | 123 ++++++++++++++++++++++
tests/test_references.py | 29 +++++
3 files changed, 152 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tests/sandboxes/zensical/docs/features.md b/tests/sandboxes/zensical/docs/features.md
index e330820..fc0ff65 100644
--- a/tests/sandboxes/zensical/docs/features.md
+++ b/tests/sandboxes/zensical/docs/features.md
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ Zensical sandbox features page.
All links on this page are valid.
-- [Home](index.md)
- [API Reference](api.md)
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 72746df..93a7946 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -89,6 +89,46 @@ def test_check_links_strict_passes_flag(mock_links, _cfg, _root) -> None:
mock_links.assert_called_once_with(_ROOT, strict=True)
+@patch("zenzic.cli.find_repo_root", return_value=_ROOT)
+@patch("zenzic.cli.ZenzicConfig.load", return_value=(_CFG, False))
+@patch(
+ "zenzic.cli.validate_links_structured",
+ return_value=[
+ LinkError(
+ file_path=_ROOT / "docs" / "index.md",
+ line_no=2,
+ message="index.md:2: '../../../../etc/passwd' resolves outside the docs directory",
+ source_line="[escape](../../../../etc/passwd)",
+ error_type="PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS",
+ )
+ ],
+)
+def test_check_links_system_path_traversal_exits_3(_links, _cfg, _root) -> None:
+ """check links exits with code 3 when a system-path traversal is found."""
+ result = runner.invoke(app, ["check", "links"])
+ assert result.exit_code == 3
+
+
+@patch("zenzic.cli.find_repo_root", return_value=_ROOT)
+@patch("zenzic.cli.ZenzicConfig.load", return_value=(_CFG, False))
+@patch(
+ "zenzic.cli.validate_links_structured",
+ return_value=[
+ LinkError(
+ file_path=_ROOT / "docs" / "index.md",
+ line_no=2,
+ message="index.md:2: '../../outside.md' resolves outside the docs directory",
+ source_line="[escape](../../outside.md)",
+ error_type="PATH_TRAVERSAL",
+ )
+ ],
+)
+def test_check_links_boundary_traversal_exits_1(_links, _cfg, _root) -> None:
+ """check links exits with code 1 for a non-system path traversal (no regression)."""
+ result = runner.invoke(app, ["check", "links"])
+ assert result.exit_code == 1
+
+
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# check orphans
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -895,3 +935,86 @@ def test_init_in_fresh_directory_no_git(tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.Monk
result = runner.invoke(app, ["init"])
assert result.exit_code == 0, result.stdout
assert (fresh / "zenzic.toml").is_file()
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Signal-to-Noise: --show-info / reporter show_info filter
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestShowInfoFilter:
+ """Verify that info-severity findings are suppressed by default and shown with --show-info."""
+
+ @staticmethod
+ def _make_reporter(buf): # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
+ from rich.console import Console
+
+ from zenzic.core.reporter import SentinelReporter
+
+ con = Console(file=buf, highlight=False, markup=True)
+ return SentinelReporter(con, Path("/fake/docs"), docs_dir="docs")
+
+ @staticmethod
+ def _info_finding(): # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
+ from zenzic.core.reporter import Finding
+
+ return Finding(
+ rel_path="guide/nav.md",
+ line_no=5,
+ code="CIRCULAR_LINK",
+ severity="info",
+ message="guide/nav.md:5: 'index.md' is part of a circular link cycle",
+ source_line="[Home](index.md)",
+ )
+
+ def test_info_finding_suppressed_by_default(self) -> None:
+ """With show_info=False (default), info findings must not appear in output."""
+ import io
+
+ buf = io.StringIO()
+ reporter = self._make_reporter(buf)
+ errors, warnings = reporter.render(
+ [self._info_finding()],
+ version="0.5.0a4",
+ elapsed=0.0,
+ show_info=False,
+ )
+ out = buf.getvalue()
+ assert "CIRCULAR_LINK" not in out
+ assert "suppressed" in out
+ assert errors == 0
+ assert warnings == 0
+
+ def test_info_finding_shown_with_show_info_true(self) -> None:
+ """With show_info=True, info findings must appear in output and no suppression note."""
+ import io
+
+ buf = io.StringIO()
+ reporter = self._make_reporter(buf)
+ errors, warnings = reporter.render(
+ [self._info_finding()],
+ version="0.5.0a4",
+ elapsed=0.0,
+ show_info=True,
+ )
+ out = buf.getvalue()
+ assert "CIRCULAR_LINK" in out
+ assert "suppressed" not in out
+ assert errors == 0
+ assert warnings == 0
+
+ @patch("zenzic.cli.find_repo_root", return_value=_ROOT)
+ @patch("zenzic.cli.ZenzicConfig.load", return_value=(_CFG, True))
+ @patch("zenzic.cli.validate_links_structured", return_value=[])
+ @patch("zenzic.cli.find_orphans", return_value=[])
+ @patch("zenzic.cli.validate_snippets", return_value=[])
+ @patch("zenzic.cli.find_placeholders", return_value=[])
+ @patch("zenzic.cli.find_unused_assets", return_value=[])
+ @patch("zenzic.cli.check_nav_contract", return_value=[])
+ @patch("zenzic.cli.scan_docs_references", return_value=([], []))
+ def test_check_all_show_info_flag_accepted(
+ self, _refs, _nav, _assets, _ph, _snip, _orphans, _links, _cfg, _root
+ ) -> None:
+ """--show-info flag must be accepted by check all without crashing."""
+ result = runner.invoke(app, ["check", "all", "--show-info"])
+ assert result.exit_code == 0, result.stdout
diff --git a/tests/test_references.py b/tests/test_references.py
index 319f6ce..802cbb2 100644
--- a/tests/test_references.py
+++ b/tests/test_references.py
@@ -236,6 +236,35 @@ def test_too_short_key_not_flagged(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
findings = list(scan_url_for_secrets(short, tmp_path / "doc.md", 1))
assert findings == []
+ # ── hex-encoded-payload ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+ def test_hex_payload_three_bytes_detected(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+ """Three consecutive \\xNN sequences exceeds the threshold — must be flagged."""
+ line = r"exec('\x41\x42\x43')"
+ findings = list(scan_line_for_secrets(line, tmp_path / "doc.md", 1))
+ assert len(findings) == 1
+ assert findings[0].secret_type == "hex-encoded-payload"
+
+ def test_hex_payload_two_bytes_not_flagged(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+ """Only two \\xNN sequences — below threshold, must not be flagged."""
+ line = r"prefix \x41\x42 suffix"
+ findings = list(scan_line_for_secrets(line, tmp_path / "doc.md", 1))
+ assert findings == []
+
+ def test_hex_payload_in_fenced_code_block_detected(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+ """Shield Stream 1 reads all lines raw; hex sequence in a code block must be caught."""
+ from zenzic.core.shield import _SECRETS
+
+ hex_pattern = next(p for name, p in _SECRETS if name == "hex-encoded-payload")
+ payload = r"\x41\x42\x43\x44"
+ assert hex_pattern.search(payload) is not None
+
+ def test_plain_escape_sequences_not_flagged(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+ """Common prose escapes (\\n, \\t) must not match the hex-payload pattern."""
+ line = r"Use \n for newlines and \t for tabs."
+ findings = list(scan_line_for_secrets(line, tmp_path / "doc.md", 1))
+ assert findings == []
+
# ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
# check_image_alt_text (pure function)
From 25e0ddeeb468d895dfcacd9359be1d45881ea598 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PythonWoods-Dev
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 17:54:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 15/16] examples: Shield comment block in all configs,
safety_demonstration.md
- Shield block (8 pattern families, exit code contract) in all 9 example toml
- safety_demonstration.md: circular link + hex payload for live Sentinel testing
---
examples/broken-docs/zenzic.toml | 6 +++
examples/custom-dir-target/zenzic.toml | 6 +++
examples/i18n-standard/zenzic.toml | 6 +++
examples/mkdocs-basic/zenzic.toml | 6 +++
examples/plugin-scaffold-demo/zenzic.toml | 6 +++
examples/readme-hero/zenzic.toml | 6 +++
examples/safety_demonstration.md | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++
examples/single-file-target/zenzic.toml | 6 +++
examples/vanilla/zenzic.toml | 6 +++
examples/zensical-basic/zenzic.toml | 6 +++
10 files changed, 112 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 examples/safety_demonstration.md
diff --git a/examples/broken-docs/zenzic.toml b/examples/broken-docs/zenzic.toml
index 26466b5..0c9f8e5 100644
--- a/examples/broken-docs/zenzic.toml
+++ b/examples/broken-docs/zenzic.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
docs_dir = "docs"
+# Zenzic Shield — built-in credential scanner (always active, no config required).
+# Detected pattern families: openai-api-key, github-token, aws-access-key,
+# stripe-live-key, slack-token, google-api-key, private-key,
+# hex-encoded-payload (3+ consecutive \xNN sequences).
+# All lines including fenced code blocks are scanned. Exit code 2 on detection.
+
[build_context]
engine = "mkdocs"
placeholder_max_words = 50
diff --git a/examples/custom-dir-target/zenzic.toml b/examples/custom-dir-target/zenzic.toml
index 3701390..3d02897 100644
--- a/examples/custom-dir-target/zenzic.toml
+++ b/examples/custom-dir-target/zenzic.toml
@@ -12,5 +12,11 @@
docs_dir = "docs"
+# Zenzic Shield — built-in credential scanner (always active, no config required).
+# Detected pattern families: openai-api-key, github-token, aws-access-key,
+# stripe-live-key, slack-token, google-api-key, private-key,
+# hex-encoded-payload (3+ consecutive \xNN sequences).
+# All lines including fenced code blocks are scanned. Exit code 2 on detection.
+
[build_context]
engine = "vanilla"
diff --git a/examples/i18n-standard/zenzic.toml b/examples/i18n-standard/zenzic.toml
index 90c9be5..a29b473 100644
--- a/examples/i18n-standard/zenzic.toml
+++ b/examples/i18n-standard/zenzic.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
docs_dir = "docs"
fail_under = 100
+# Zenzic Shield — built-in credential scanner (always active, no config required).
+# Detected pattern families: openai-api-key, github-token, aws-access-key,
+# stripe-live-key, slack-token, google-api-key, private-key,
+# hex-encoded-payload (3+ consecutive \xNN sequences).
+# All lines including fenced code blocks are scanned. Exit code 2 on detection.
+
# manual.pdf and brand-kit.zip are referenced in the docs but generated at
# build time — they do not exist on disk. List them here so Zenzic validates
# the links structurally without requiring the files to be present.
diff --git a/examples/mkdocs-basic/zenzic.toml b/examples/mkdocs-basic/zenzic.toml
index 04a1bb7..bed8f8c 100644
--- a/examples/mkdocs-basic/zenzic.toml
+++ b/examples/mkdocs-basic/zenzic.toml
@@ -5,5 +5,11 @@
docs_dir = "docs"
fail_under = 90
+# Zenzic Shield — built-in credential scanner (always active, no config required).
+# Detected pattern families: openai-api-key, github-token, aws-access-key,
+# stripe-live-key, slack-token, google-api-key, private-key,
+# hex-encoded-payload (3+ consecutive \xNN sequences).
+# All lines including fenced code blocks are scanned. Exit code 2 on detection.
+
[build_context]
engine = "mkdocs"
diff --git a/examples/plugin-scaffold-demo/zenzic.toml b/examples/plugin-scaffold-demo/zenzic.toml
index 52a989f..0a8eed8 100644
--- a/examples/plugin-scaffold-demo/zenzic.toml
+++ b/examples/plugin-scaffold-demo/zenzic.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
# zenzic.toml generated by plugin scaffold
# docs_dir defaults to "docs"
+
+# Zenzic Shield — built-in credential scanner (always active, no config required).
+# Detected pattern families: openai-api-key, github-token, aws-access-key,
+# stripe-live-key, slack-token, google-api-key, private-key,
+# hex-encoded-payload (3+ consecutive \xNN sequences).
+# All lines including fenced code blocks are scanned. Exit code 2 on detection.
diff --git a/examples/readme-hero/zenzic.toml b/examples/readme-hero/zenzic.toml
index 93064a6..ea2a0dc 100644
--- a/examples/readme-hero/zenzic.toml
+++ b/examples/readme-hero/zenzic.toml
@@ -7,5 +7,11 @@
docs_dir = "docs"
+# Zenzic Shield — built-in credential scanner (always active, no config required).
+# Detected pattern families: openai-api-key, github-token, aws-access-key,
+# stripe-live-key, slack-token, google-api-key, private-key,
+# hex-encoded-payload (3+ consecutive \xNN sequences).
+# All lines including fenced code blocks are scanned. Exit code 2 on detection.
+
[build_context]
engine = "mkdocs"
diff --git a/examples/safety_demonstration.md b/examples/safety_demonstration.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd3ca76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/safety_demonstration.md
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+
+
+
+# Zenzic Safety Demonstration
+
+This file is an **intentional test fixture** for Zenzic's built-in defences.
+Run `zenzic check all` from the repository root and point it here to observe
+the findings live.
+
+Expected findings when this file is scanned:
+
+- `CIRCULAR_LINK` (severity: `info`) — mutual link cycle with itself via the
+ self-referential link below
+- `security_breach` (severity: `security_breach`) — hex-encoded payload in the
+ code block detected by the Zenzic Shield
+
+---
+
+## Circular Link Example
+
+The link below points back to this same document, forming a trivial cycle:
+
+[Back to this page](safety_demonstration.md)
+
+This triggers `CIRCULAR_LINK` at severity `info`. It never blocks the build.
+Use `zenzic check all --show-info` to display it.
+
+---
+
+## Hex-Encoded Payload Example
+
+The code block below contains three consecutive `\xNN` hex escape sequences —
+the minimum threshold for the `hex-encoded-payload` Shield pattern:
+
+```python
+# Example: hex-encoded payload that triggers the Shield
+payload = "\x41\x42\x43" # \x41\x42\x43 → "ABC" — 3 consecutive escapes
+```
+
+This triggers a `security_breach` finding (exit code 2). The Shield scans
+every fenced code block, not just prose text.
+
+---
+
+## How to Test
+
+```bash
+# From the repository root — scan this single file:
+zenzic check all examples/safety_demonstration.md --show-info
+
+# Expected output:
+# 💡 [CIRCULAR_LINK] — info finding (shown because of --show-info)
+# 🔴 [security_breach] — Shield: hex-encoded-payload detected
+# Exit code: 2
+```
+
+To test without `--show-info`, the `CIRCULAR_LINK` finding is suppressed and
+only the Shield breach appears in the output.
diff --git a/examples/single-file-target/zenzic.toml b/examples/single-file-target/zenzic.toml
index 753159b..d366078 100644
--- a/examples/single-file-target/zenzic.toml
+++ b/examples/single-file-target/zenzic.toml
@@ -10,5 +10,11 @@
docs_dir = "docs"
+# Zenzic Shield — built-in credential scanner (always active, no config required).
+# Detected pattern families: openai-api-key, github-token, aws-access-key,
+# stripe-live-key, slack-token, google-api-key, private-key,
+# hex-encoded-payload (3+ consecutive \xNN sequences).
+# All lines including fenced code blocks are scanned. Exit code 2 on detection.
+
[build_context]
engine = "vanilla"
diff --git a/examples/vanilla/zenzic.toml b/examples/vanilla/zenzic.toml
index 6908a23..979a62b 100644
--- a/examples/vanilla/zenzic.toml
+++ b/examples/vanilla/zenzic.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ docs_dir = "docs"
# Enforce a minimum quality floor.
fail_under = 80
+# Zenzic Shield — built-in credential scanner (always active, no config required).
+# Detected pattern families: openai-api-key, github-token, aws-access-key,
+# stripe-live-key, slack-token, google-api-key, private-key,
+# hex-encoded-payload (3+ consecutive \xNN sequences).
+# All lines including fenced code blocks are scanned. Exit code 2 on detection.
+
[build_context]
engine = "vanilla"
diff --git a/examples/zensical-basic/zenzic.toml b/examples/zensical-basic/zenzic.toml
index 40a2c90..bcd244a 100644
--- a/examples/zensical-basic/zenzic.toml
+++ b/examples/zensical-basic/zenzic.toml
@@ -17,5 +17,11 @@ docs_dir = "docs"
# this threshold. Set to 0 to disable the check.
fail_under = 90
+# Zenzic Shield — built-in credential scanner (always active, no config required).
+# Detected pattern families: openai-api-key, github-token, aws-access-key,
+# stripe-live-key, slack-token, google-api-key, private-key,
+# hex-encoded-payload (3+ consecutive \xNN sequences).
+# All lines including fenced code blocks are scanned. Exit code 2 on detection.
+
[build_context]
engine = "zensical"
From e28dcabe69893e1eb248d14bf1042855cbf25428 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PythonWoods-Dev
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 17:55:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 16/16] chore(release): v0.5.0a4 CHANGELOG and pre-release
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- CHANGELOG.md / CHANGELOG.it.md: [0.5.0a4] — Blood Sentinel, Graph Integrity
Θ(V+E), Hex Shield, --show-info, info suppression, ZRT-005 fix
- RELEASE.md: 7-section pre-release audit checklist
---
CHANGELOG.it.md | 133 ++++++++++
CHANGELOG.md | 49 +++-
RELEASE.md | 650 ++++++++++--------------------------------------
3 files changed, 305 insertions(+), 527 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 CHANGELOG.it.md
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.it.md b/CHANGELOG.it.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2b30e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.it.md
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+
+
+
+# Registro delle modifiche
+
+Tutte le modifiche rilevanti a Zenzic sono documentate qui.
+Il formato segue [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/).
+Le versioni seguono il [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
+
+---
+
+## [Non rilasciato]
+
+## [0.5.0a4] — 2026-04-08 — Il Sentinel Indurito: Sicurezza & Integrità
+
+> **Rilascio Alpha 4.** Quattro vulnerabilità confermate chiuse (ZRT-001–004), tre
+> nuovi pilastri di hardening aggiunti (Sentinella di Sangue, Integrità del Grafo,
+> Scudo Esadecimale), e piena parità documentale bilingue raggiunta. In attesa di
+> revisione manuale prima della promozione a Release Candidate.
+>
+> Branch: `fix/sentinel-hardening-v0.5.0a4`
+
+### Aggiunto
+
+- **Integrità del grafo — rilevamento link circolari.** Zenzic ora pre-calcola
+ un registro dei cicli (Fase 1.5) tramite ricerca depth-first iterativa (Θ(V+E))
+ sul grafo dei link interni risolti. Ogni link il cui target appartiene a un ciclo
+ emette un finding `CIRCULAR_LINK` con severità `info`. I link di navigazione
+ reciproca (A ↔ B) sono una struttura valida della documentazione; il finding è
+ puramente informativo — non influisce mai sugli exit code in modalità normale o
+ `--strict`. O(1) per query in Phase 2. Le Ghost Route (URL canonici generati da
+ plugin senza file sorgente fisico) sono correttamente escluse dal grafo dei cicli.
+
+- **`INTERNAL_GLOSSARY.toml`** — registro bilingue EN↔IT dei termini tecnici
+ (15 voci) per un vocabolario coerente tra documentazione inglese e italiana. Copre
+ i concetti principali: Porto Sicuro, Rotta Fantasma, Mappa del Sito Virtuale,
+ Motore a Due Passaggi, Scudo, Sentinella di Sangue e altri. Mantenuto da S-0.
+ Tutti i termini con `stable = true` richiedono un ADR prima della rinomina.
+
+- **Parità documentale bilingue.** `docs/checks.md` e `docs/it/checks.md` aggiornati
+ con le sezioni Sentinella di Sangue, Link Circolari e Scudo Esadecimale.
+ `CHANGELOG.it.md` creato. Piena parità EN↔IT applicata per il Protocollo di
+ Parità Bilingue.
+
+### ⚠️ Sicurezza
+
+- **Sentinella di Sangue — classificazione degli attraversamenti di percorso (Exit Code 3).**
+ `check links` e `check all` ora classificano i finding di path-traversal per
+ intenzione. Un href che esce da `docs/` e si risolve in una directory di sistema
+ del SO (`/etc/`, `/root/`, `/var/`, `/proc/`, `/sys/`, `/usr/`) viene classificato
+ come `PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS` con severità `security_incident` e attiva
+ l'**Exit Code 3** — un nuovo exit code dedicato riservato alle sonde del sistema
+ host. L'Exit 3 ha priorità sull'Exit 2 (violazione credenziali) e non viene mai
+ soppresso da `--exit-zero`. Gli attraversamenti fuori confine ordinari (es.
+ `../../repo-adiacente/`) restano `PATH_TRAVERSAL` con severità `error` (Exit Code 1).
+
+- **Scudo Esadecimale — rilevamento di payload hex-encoded.**
+ Un nuovo pattern built-in dello Shield, `hex-encoded-payload`, rileva sequenze di
+ tre o più escape hex `\xNN` consecutive (`(?:\\x[0-9a-fA-F]{2}){3,}`). La soglia
+ `{3,}` evita falsi positivi sulle singole escape hex comuni nella documentazione
+ delle regex. I finding escono con codice 2 (Shield, non sopprimibile) e si
+ applicano a tutti i flussi di contenuto inclusi i blocchi di codice delimitati.
+
+- **[ZRT-001] Shield Blind Spot — Bypass YAML Frontmatter (CRITICO).**
+ `_skip_frontmatter()` veniva usato come sorgente di righe dello Shield,
+ scartando silenziosamente ogni riga nel blocco YAML `---` del file prima che
+ il motore regex girasse. Qualsiasi coppia chiave-valore (`aws_key: AKIA…`,
+ `github_token: ghp_…`) era invisibile allo Shield.
+ **Fix:** Il flusso Shield ora usa `enumerate(fh, start=1)` grezzo — ogni byte
+ del file viene scansionato. Il flusso contenuto usa ancora `_iter_content_lines()`
+ con salto del frontmatter per evitare falsi positivi da valori di metadati.
+ Architettura **Dual-Stream**.
+
+- **[ZRT-002] ReDoS + Deadlock ProcessPoolExecutor (ALTO).**
+ Un pattern `[[custom_rules]]` come `^(a+)+$` superava il controllo
+ `_assert_pickleable()` e veniva distribuito ai worker process senza timeout.
+ **Due difese aggiunte:**
+ — *Canary (prevenzione):* `_assert_regex_canary()` stress-testa ogni pattern
+ `CustomRule` sotto un watchdog `signal.SIGALRM` di 100 ms. I pattern ReDoS
+ sollevano `PluginContractError` prima della prima scansione.
+ — *Timeout (contenimento):* `ProcessPoolExecutor.map()` sostituito con
+ `submit()` + `future.result(timeout=30)`.
+
+- **[ZRT-003] Bypass Shield Split-Token — Offuscamento Tabelle Markdown (MEDIO).**
+ Il separatore `|` delle tabelle Markdown spezzava i token segreti su più celle.
+ **Fix:** Le righe di tabella vengono de-pipe prima della scansione Shield.
+
+- **[ZRT-004] Injection Path Traversal nei Link Reference (BASSO).**
+ Link reference con href malevoli potevano sfuggire alla sandbox `docs/`.
+ **Fix:** La validazione PATH_TRAVERSAL applicata ai link reference come ai link
+ inline.
+
+## [0.5.0a3] — 2026-03-28 — Il Sentinel: Plugin, Regole Adattive, Hooks Pre-commit
+
+> Branch: `feat/sentinel-v0.5.0a3`
+
+### Aggiunto
+
+- **Sistema Plugin** — `[[custom_rules]]` in `zenzic.toml` per regole regex
+ personalizzate. `PluginContractError` per la validazione contratto a boot.
+- **Regex Canary** — watchdog SIGALRM 100 ms per backtracking catastrofico.
+- **Hooks Pre-commit** — configurazione ufficiale per pipeline CI.
+- **UI Sentinel** — palette colori, reporter a griglia, output Sentinel rinnovato.
+
+## [0.5.0a1] — 2026-03-15 — Il Sentinel: Motore Adattivo delle Regole
+
+> Branch: `feat/sentinel-v0.5.0a1`
+
+### Aggiunto
+
+- **AdaptiveRuleEngine** — motore di analisi estensibile con Phase 3.
+- **Hybrid Adaptive Engine** — integrazione MkDocs + motore adattivo.
+- **Pannelli Sentinel** — output strutturato per tutti i controlli.
+
+## [0.4.0] — 2026-03-01 — Il Grande Disaccoppiamento
+
+> Branch: `feat/engine-decoupling`
+
+### Aggiunto
+
+- **Factory entry-point dinamica** — `--engine` CLI flag; protocollo
+ `has_engine_config`.
+- **InMemoryPathResolver** — resolver agnostico rispetto al motore.
+- **Tower of Babel Guard** — fallback i18n per ancora mancante nella locale.
+
+## [0.3.0] — 2026-02-15 — Two-Pass Pipeline
+
+### Aggiunto
+
+- **Two-Pass Engine** — Phase 1 (I/O parallelo) + Phase 2 (validazione O(1)).
+- **Virtual Site Map (VSM)** — proiezione logica del sito renderizzato.
+- **Shield** — rilevamento segreti, Stream Dual, exit code 2.
+- **Validazione anchor cross-lingua** — Tower of Babel Guard.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c939ee5..865ad14 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,17 +11,56 @@ Versions follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
## [Unreleased]
-## [0.5.0a4] — 2026-04-05 — The Sentinel Hardens: Security Sprint
+## [0.5.0a4] — 2026-04-08 — The Hardened Sentinel: Security & Integrity
-> **Security Analysis Remediation.** The v0.5.0a3 security review exposed four confirmed
-> vulnerabilities in v0.5.0a3. This release closes all four attack vectors and
-> adds structural defences that outlast any individual exploit. The Sentinel
-> no longer sleeps.
+> **Alpha 4 Release.** Four confirmed vulnerabilities closed (ZRT-001–004), three
+> new hardening pillars added (Blood Sentinel, Graph Integrity, Hex Shield), and
+> full bilingual documentation parity achieved. Pending manual review before
+> Release Candidate promotion.
>
> Branch: `fix/sentinel-hardening-v0.5.0a4`
+### Added
+
+- **Graph Integrity — circular link detection.** Zenzic now pre-computes a cycle
+ registry (Phase 1.5) via iterative depth-first search (Θ(V+E)) over the resolved
+ internal link graph. Any link whose target belongs to a cycle emits a `CIRCULAR_LINK`
+ finding at severity `info`. Mutual navigation links (A ↔ B) are valid documentation
+ structure and are expected; the finding is advisory only — it never affects exit
+ codes in normal or `--strict` mode. O(1) per-query in Phase 2. Ghost Routes
+ (plugin-generated canonical URLs without physical source files) are correctly
+ excluded from the cycle graph and cannot produce false positives.
+
+- **`INTERNAL_GLOSSARY.toml`** — bilingual EN↔IT term registry (15 entries) for
+ consistent technical vocabulary across English and Italian documentation. Covers
+ core concepts: Safe Harbor, Ghost Route, Virtual Site Map, Two-Pass Engine, Shield,
+ Blood Sentinel, and more. Maintained by S-0. All terms marked `stable = true`
+ require an ADR before renaming.
+
+- **Bilingual documentation parity.** `docs/checks.md` and `docs/it/checks.md`
+ updated with Blood Sentinel, Circular Links, and Hex Shield sections.
+ `CHANGELOG.it.md` created. Full English–Italian parity enforced per the
+ Bilingual Parity Protocol.
+
### ⚠️ Security
+- **Blood Sentinel — system-path traversal classification (Exit Code 3).**
+ `check links` and `check all` now classify path-traversal findings by intent.
+ An href that escapes `docs/` and resolves to an OS system directory (`/etc/`,
+ `/root/`, `/var/`, `/proc/`, `/sys/`, `/usr/`) is classified as
+ `PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS` with severity `security_incident` and triggers
+ **Exit Code 3** — a new, dedicated exit code reserved for host-system probes.
+ Exit 3 takes priority over Exit 2 (credential breach) and is never suppressed
+ by `--exit-zero`. Plain out-of-bounds traversals (e.g. `../../sibling-repo/`)
+ remain `PATH_TRAVERSAL` at severity `error` (Exit Code 1).
+
+- **Hex Shield — hex-encoded payload detection.**
+ A new built-in Shield pattern `hex-encoded-payload` detects runs of three or
+ more consecutive `\xNN` hex escape sequences (`(?:\\x[0-9a-fA-F]{2}){3,}`).
+ The `{3,}` threshold avoids false positives on single hex escapes common in
+ regex documentation. Findings exit with code 2 (Shield, non-suppressible)
+ and apply to all content streams including fenced code blocks.
+
- **[ZRT-001] Shield Blind Spot — YAML Frontmatter Bypass (CRITICAL).**
`_skip_frontmatter()` was used as the Shield's line source, silently
discarding every line in a file's YAML `---` block before the regex
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 2a1f77f..14fc4a8 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -1,606 +1,212 @@
-# Zenzic v0.5.0a3: The Sentinel — Aesthetic Identity, Parallel Anchors & Agnostic Target
+# Zenzic v0.5.0a4 — Pre-Release Audit Package
-## v0.5.0a3 — The Sentinel: Aesthetic Sprint + Performance & SDK
+**Prepared by:** S-1 (Auditor) + S-0 (Chronicler)
+**Date:** 2026-04-08
+**Status:** ALPHA — Pending Tech Lead manual verification before rc1 promotion
+**Branch:** `fix/sentinel-hardening-v0.5.0a4`
-**Release date:** 2026-04-03
-**Status:** Alpha 3 — two-phase anchor indexing, plugin SDK scaffolding, Sentinel Palette,
-agnostic target mode, native Material header
-
-### Highlights
+> **Tech Lead note:** This document is your single audit surface. Work through each
+> section in order. When every checkbox below is ticked, the project is ready for
+> the `rc1` tag. Until then, the "Alpha" designation stands.
---
-#### 🎨 Sentinel Palette — Color Identity for the Report Engine
-
-The report engine now speaks a deliberate visual language. Every number, every gutter
-marker, every severity badge has an assigned color drawn from a named palette:
-
-| Role | Color | Example |
-| :--- | :---- | :------ |
-| Numeric values (counts, scores, elapsed) | Indigo | `12 files`, `0.1s` |
-| Gutter (`│` separator, line numbers) | Slate | `3 │ # Heading` |
-| Error icon, label, count | Rose | `✘ 2 errors` |
-| Warning icon, label, count | Amber | `⚠ 5 warnings` |
+## 1. Version Anchors
-Bold has been removed from all report numbers — color alone carries the weight. The
-palette is defined in `src/zenzic/ui.py`, a new standalone module consumed by both
-the reporter and the CLI banner.
+| Location | Expected | Actual | Status |
+| :--- | :--- | :--- | :---: |
+| `src/zenzic/__init__.py` | `0.5.0a4` | `0.5.0a4` | ✅ |
+| `CHANGELOG.md` top entry | `[0.5.0a4]` | `[0.5.0a4]` | ✅ |
+| `CHANGELOG.it.md` top entry | `[0.5.0a4]` | `[0.5.0a4]` | ✅ |
+| No `rc1` in top-level version files | — | verified | ✅ |
---
-#### 📡 Unified Banner Telemetry
-
-The Sentinel banner now emits a single unified counter:
+## 2. Quality Gates
```text
-vanilla • ./README.md • 1 file (1 docs, 0 assets) • 0.0s
-mkdocs • 104 files (66 docs, 38 assets) • 3.5s
-mkdocs • ./content/ • 2 files (2 docs, 0 assets) • 0.1s
+pytest 756 passed, 0 failed
+zenzic check all ✔ All checks passed (18 info-level CIRCULAR_LINK — expected)
+ --strict
```
-`docs` = `.md` files + config files (`yml`/`yaml`/`toml`) inside `docs_root`,
-plus engine config files (`mkdocs.yml` etc.) at project root.
-`assets` = everything else non-inert (images, fonts, PDFs…).
-
----
-
-#### 🎯 Agnostic Target Support — Scope Any Audit
-
-`zenzic check all` now accepts a positional `PATH` argument:
-
-```bash
-# Audit a single file outside your docs tree
-zenzic check all README.md
+Gate targets for rc1 promotion:
-# Audit an entire custom content directory
-zenzic check all content/
-
-# Audit a single page inside docs
-zenzic check all docs/guide/setup.md
-```
-
-Zenzic auto-selects `VanillaAdapter` for out-of-tree targets. `docs_dir` is
-patched at runtime — `zenzic.toml` is never rewritten. The banner shows the
-active target so there is no ambiguity about what was scanned.
-
-Two new example projects ship with this release:
-
-- `examples/single-file-target/` — demonstrates `zenzic check all README.md`
-- `examples/custom-dir-target/` — demonstrates `zenzic check all content/`
+- [ ] `pytest` ≥ 756 passed, 0 failed
+- [ ] `zenzic check all --strict` → exit code 0, no errors, no warnings
+- [ ] `ruff check src/` → 0 violations
+- [ ] `mypy src/` → 0 errors
+- [ ] `mkdocs build --strict` → 0 warnings
---
-#### ⚡ Two-Phase Parallel Anchor Indexing
-
-`validate_links_async` now separates concerns into two deterministic phases:
-
-1. **Phase 1 — Parallel index:** each worker extracts per-file anchors and
- resolves internal links independently. No shared state; no race conditions.
-
-2. **Phase 2 — Global validation:** the main process merges all anchor indexes
- and validates every link in a single pass. Order no longer matters.
-
-The result: no false positive `AnchorMissing` findings under heavy parallelism.
-A 1000-file anchor torture test ships as a regression guard.
+## 3. New Features in v0.5.0a4 — Review Checklist
----
+### 3.1 Blood Sentinel (Exit Code 3)
-#### 🔌 Plugin SDK — First-Class Developer Surface
+**What it does:** path-traversal hrefs pointing to OS system directories
+(`/etc/`, `/root/`, `/var/`, `/proc/`, `/sys/`, `/usr/`) are classified as
+`PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS` → severity `security_incident` → **Exit Code 3**.
+Exit 3 takes priority over Exit 2 (credential breach). Never suppressed by
+`--exit-zero`.
-```bash
-zenzic init --plugin my-org-rules
-```
+**Files changed:**
-Generates a complete Python package skeleton:
+- `src/zenzic/ui.py` — `BLOOD = "#8b0000"` palette constant
+- `src/zenzic/core/reporter.py` — `security_incident` severity style (blood red)
+- `src/zenzic/core/validator.py` — `_RE_SYSTEM_PATH`, `_classify_traversal_intent()`
+- `src/zenzic/cli.py` — Exit Code 3 check in `check links` and `check all`
-- `pyproject.toml` with `zenzic.rules` entry-point wiring
-- `src/my_org_rules/rules.py` with a `BaseRule` template
-- Minimal docs fixture so `zenzic check all` runs immediately on the scaffold
+**Tests:** `TestTraversalIntent` (4 tests) + 2 exit-code integration tests in `test_cli.py`
-The `zenzic.rules` public namespace is now stable — `BaseRule`, `RuleFinding`,
-`CustomRule`, `Violation`, `Severity` are importable from a single path that will
-not change between minor versions.
+**Verification steps for Tech Lead:**
-`run_rule()` — a one-call test helper — lets plugin authors verify findings without
-any engine setup.
-
-`examples/plugin-scaffold-demo/` ships as the canonical scaffold output fixture,
-serving as both a DX reference and a quality-gate integration test.
+- [ ] Review `_classify_traversal_intent()` in `src/zenzic/core/validator.py`
+- [ ] Verify `PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS` → `security_incident` mapping in `cli.py`
+- [ ] Verify Exit 3 is checked **before** Exit 2 in `check all` exit logic
+- [ ] Confirm `--exit-zero` does NOT suppress Exit 3
+- [ ] Read `docs/checks.md` § "Blood Sentinel — system-path traversal"
---
-#### ⚡ Smart Initialization — `zenzic init --pyproject`
-
-`zenzic init` now detects `pyproject.toml` in the project root and interactively
-asks whether to embed configuration as a `[tool.zenzic]` table instead of creating
-a standalone `zenzic.toml`.
+### 3.2 Graph Integrity — Circular Link Detection
-```bash
-zenzic init # interactive: asks if pyproject.toml exists
-zenzic init --pyproject # skip the prompt, write directly into pyproject.toml
-zenzic init --force # overwrite existing config (both modes)
-```
+**What it does:** Phase 1.5 pre-computes a cycle registry via iterative DFS
+(Θ(V+E)). Phase 2 checks each resolved link against the registry in O(1). Links
+in a cycle emit `CIRCULAR_LINK` at severity **`info`** (not error or warning).
-Engine auto-detection (`mkdocs.yml` → `engine = "mkdocs"`, `zensical.toml` →
-`engine = "zensical"`) works in both standalone and pyproject modes. When no
-engine config file is found, vanilla defaults apply.
+**Design decision — why `info`:**
+The project's own documentation has ~34 intentional mutual navigation links
+(Home ↔ Features, CI/CD ↔ Usage, etc.). Making this `warning` or `error` would
+permanently break `--strict` self-check. The `info` level surfaces the topology
+without blocking valid builds.
----
+**Files changed:**
-#### 🛡️ Z001 / Z002 Split — Errors vs Warnings for Link Issues (closes #6)
+- `src/zenzic/core/validator.py` — `_build_link_graph()`, `_find_cycles_iterative()`, Phase 1.5 block
-`VSMBrokenLinkRule` now distinguishes:
+**Tests:** `TestFindCyclesIterative` (6 unit tests) + `TestCircularLinkIntegration` (3 integration tests)
-| Code | Meaning | Severity |
-| :--- | :------ | :------- |
-| `Z001` | Link target not found in file system or VSM | **error** |
-| `Z002` | Link target exists but is an orphan page (not in nav) | warning |
+**Verification steps for Tech Lead:**
-Without `--strict`, orphan-link warnings do not block the build. With `--strict`
-they are promoted to errors. Both codes appear in the checks reference (EN + IT).
+- [ ] Review `_find_cycles_iterative()` — WHITE/GREY/BLACK DFS correctness
+- [ ] Confirm `CIRCULAR_LINK` severity = `"info"` in `cli.py` Finding constructor
+- [ ] Confirm CIRCULAR_LINK never triggers Exit 1 or Exit 2
+- [ ] Read `docs/checks.md` § "Circular links"
+- [ ] Run `zenzic check all --strict` and confirm only info findings, exit 0
---
-#### 🌐 Native Material Header — MutationObserver injection
+### 3.3 Hex Shield
-The `source.html` template override has been deleted. Version injection now uses a
-`MutationObserver` snippet in `main.html` that writes directly into Material's own
-top bar after the widget renders.
+**What it does:** built-in Shield pattern `hex-encoded-payload` detects
+3+ consecutive `\xNN` hex escape sequences. Threshold prevents FP on
+single-escape regex examples.
-Result: a single, clean header row — 🏷 0.5.0a3 · ☆ stars · ψ forks — with no
-duplicate rendering, no JavaScript collision, and no Material upgrade risk.
+**Files changed:**
----
+- `src/zenzic/core/shield.py` — one line appended to `_SECRETS`
-#### 🔧 Pre-commit Hooks — Ship Ready
+**Tests:** 4 tests in `TestShield` in `test_references.py`
-`.pre-commit-hooks.yaml` is now included in the repository root. Teams can pin
-Zenzic as a pre-commit hook directly from GitHub without any intermediate wrapper:
+**Verification steps for Tech Lead:**
-```yaml
-repos:
- - repo: https://github.com/PythonWoods/zenzic
- rev: v0.5.0a3
- hooks:
- - id: zenzic-check-all
-```
+- [ ] Confirm pattern `(?:\\x[0-9a-fA-F]{2}){3,}` in `shield.py`
+- [ ] Confirm single `\xNN` is NOT flagged (threshold = 3)
+- [ ] Read `docs/usage/advanced.md` § "Detected credential patterns" table
---
-### Issue Closures
+### 3.4 INTERNAL_GLOSSARY.toml
-| Issue | Title | Status |
-| :---- | :---- | :----- |
-| #4 | Custom Rules DSL — Italian documentation | ✅ Closed |
-| #6 | Z001/Z002 split: orphan links should be warnings | ✅ Closed |
-| #13 | `zenzic.rules` stable public namespace for plugins | ✅ Closed |
+**What it does:** canonical EN↔IT term registry. 15 entries. `stable = true`
+entries require an ADR before renaming.
----
+**Verification steps for Tech Lead:**
-### Quality Gates
-
-```text
-pytest 706 passed, 0 failed
-coverage 80%+ branch (gate: ≥ 80%)
-mutation score 86.7% (242/279 killed on rules.py — target: 75%)
-ruff check src/ 0 violations
-mypy src/ 0 errors
-reuse lint 262/262 files compliant
-zenzic check all SUCCESS (self-dogfood, 104 files)
-mkdocs build --strict, 0 warnings
-```
+- [ ] Review all 15 terms — correct EN↔IT mapping?
+- [ ] All core concepts covered? (VSM, RDP, Shield, Blood Sentinel, etc.)
---
-### Mutation Testing Campaign — "The Mutant War"
-
-v0.5.0a3 ships with a full mutation testing campaign against `src/zenzic/core/rules.py`
-using **mutmut 3.5.0**. The campaign raised the mutation score from 58.1% (baseline)
-to **86.7%** (242/279 killed) — exceeding the 75% target by +11.7 percentage points.
+## 4. Documentation Parity Matrix
-**80 new targeted tests** were added to `test_rules.py`, organised in 7 specialised
-test classes covering:
+| Document | EN | IT | Hex Shield | Blood Sentinel | Circular Links |
+| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
+| `docs/checks.md` | ✅ | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ |
+| `docs/it/checks.md` | — | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ |
+| `docs/usage/advanced.md` | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | — | — |
+| `docs/it/usage/advanced.md` | — | ✅ | ✅ | — | — |
+| `CHANGELOG.md` | ✅ | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| `CHANGELOG.it.md` | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
-- **PluginRegistry** (27 tests) — discovery, duplicates, case-sensitivity, `validate_rule()`
-- **VSMBrokenLinkRule** (22 tests) — `check_vsm` path/anchor resolution, orphan detection
-- **Inline link extraction** (14 tests) — escaped brackets, empty hrefs, multi-link lines
-- **AdaptiveRuleEngine** (10 tests) — `run()` and `run_vsm()` short-circuits and propagation
-- **Deep link extraction** (5 tests) — fence-block skipping, reference links, empty documents
-- **Pickleable assertions** (2 tests) — deep-copy guard and `UNREACHABLE` sentinel
+**Check for Tech Lead:**
-The 37 surviving mutants were analysed and classified as equivalent mutations
-(no observable behaviour change) or framework-level limitations (unreachable
-defensive assertions). **Practical quality saturation** has been reached.
-
-Hypothesis property-based testing is integrated with three severity profiles:
-`dev` (50 examples), `ci` (500), `purity` (1 000).
+- [ ] Read `docs/checks.md` §§ "Blood Sentinel" and "Circular links" — prose correct?
+- [ ] Read `docs/it/checks.md` §§ "Sentinella di Sangue" and "Link circolari" — translation accurate?
+- [ ] Read `docs/usage/advanced.md` Shield table — `hex-encoded-payload` row present and correct?
+- [ ] Read `docs/it/usage/advanced.md` — Italian row accurate?
---
-## Why this release matters now
+## 5. Exit Code Contract (complete picture)
-The documentation tooling ecosystem is fractured. MkDocs 2.0 is on the horizon, carrying breaking
-changes to plugin APIs and configuration formats. Zensical is emerging as a production-ready
-alternative. Teams are migrating, experimenting, and hedging. In this environment, any quality
-gate that is tightly coupled to a specific build engine has an expiry date.
+| Exit Code | Trigger | Suppressible |
+| :---: | :--- | :---: |
+| 0 | All checks passed | — |
+| 1 | One or more errors (broken links, syntax errors, etc.) | Via `--exit-zero` |
+| 2 | Shield credential detection | **Never** |
+| 3 | Blood Sentinel — system-path traversal (`PATH_TRAVERSAL_SUSPICIOUS`) | **Never** |
-v0.4.0 answers that uncertainty with a clear architectural commitment: **Zenzic will never break
-because your documentation engine changed.**
+Priority order in `check all`: Exit 3 → Exit 2 → Exit 1 → Exit 0.
-This is not a marketing claim. It is a precise technical guarantee backed by three design pillars
-and two sprints of structural surgery.
+- [ ] Tech Lead: verify this contract matches implementation in `cli.py`
---
-## The Three Pillars
-
-### 1. Source-first — no build required
-
-Zenzic analyses raw Markdown files and configuration as plain data. It never calls `mkdocs build`,
-never imports a documentation framework, never depends on generated HTML. A broken link is caught
-in 11 milliseconds against 5,000 files — before your CI runner has finished checking out the repo.
-
-This makes Zenzic usable as a pre-commit hook, a pre-build gate, a PR check, and a migration
-validator simultaneously. The same tool. The same score. The same findings. Regardless of which
-engine you run.
-
-### 2. No subprocesses in the Core
-
-The reference implementation of "engine-agnostic linting" is to shell out to the engine and parse
-its output. That approach inherits every instability of the engine: version skew, environment
-differences, missing binaries on CI runners.
-
-Zenzic's Core is pure Python. Link validation uses `httpx`. Nav parsing uses `yaml` and `tomllib`.
-There are no `subprocess.run` calls in the linting path. The engine binary does not need to be
-installed for `zenzic check all` to pass.
-
-### 3. Pure functions, pure results
-
-All validation logic in Zenzic lives in pure functions: no file I/O, no network access, no global
-state, no terminal output. I/O happens only at the edges — CLI wrappers that read files and print
-findings. Pure functions are trivially testable (706 passing tests, ≥ 80% branch-coverage gate), composable
-into higher-order pipelines, and deterministic across environments.
-
-The score you get on a developer laptop is the score CI gets. The score CI gets is the score you
-track in version control. Determinism is not a feature; it is the foundation on which `zenzic diff`
-and regression detection are built.
-
----
-
-## What's New in rc4
-
-### Ghost Routes — MkDocs Material i18n entry points
-
-When `reconfigure_material: true` is active in the i18n plugin, MkDocs Material
-auto-generates locale entry points (e.g. `it/index.md`) that never appear in `nav:`.
-The VSM now marks these as `REACHABLE` Ghost Routes, eliminating false orphan warnings
-on locale root pages. A `WARNING` is emitted when both `reconfigure_material: true`
-and `extra.alternate` are declared simultaneously (redundant configuration).
-
-### VSM Rule Engine — routing-aware lint rules
-
-`BaseRule` gains an optional `check_vsm()` interface. Rules that override it receive
-the full pre-built VSM and can validate links against routing state without any I/O.
-`RuleEngine.run_vsm()` dispatches all VSM-aware rules and converts `Violation` objects
-to the standard `RuleFinding` type for uniform output.
-
-The first built-in VSM rule — `VSMBrokenLinkRule` (code `Z001`) — validates all inline
-Markdown links against the VSM. A link is valid only when its target URL is present
-and `REACHABLE`. Both "not in VSM" and "UNREACHABLE_LINK" cases produce a structured
-`Violation` with file path, line number, and the offending source line as context.
-
-### Content-addressable cache (`CacheManager`)
-
-Rule results are now cached with SHA-256 keying:
-
-| Rule type | Cache key |
-| :--- | :--- |
-| Atomic (content only) | `SHA256(content) + SHA256(config)` |
-| Global (VSM-aware) | `SHA256(content) + SHA256(config) + SHA256(vsm_snapshot)` |
-
-Timestamps are never consulted — the cache is CI-safe by construction. Writes are
-atomic (`.tmp` rename). The cache is loaded once at startup and saved once at the end
-of a run; all in-run operations are pure in-memory.
-
-### Performance — O(N) torture tests (10k nodes)
-
-The VSM Rule Engine and cache infrastructure are validated at scale: 10,000 links all
-valid completes in < 1 s; 10,000 links all broken completes in < 1 s;
-`engine.run_vsm` with a 10,000-node VSM completes in < 0.5 s.
-
----
-
-## What Changed in rc3
-
-### i18n Anchor Fix — AnchorMissing now has i18n fallback suppression
-
-`AnchorMissing` now participates in the same i18n fallback logic as `FileNotFound`. Previously,
-a link like `[text](it/page.md#heading)` would fire a false positive when the Italian page existed
-but its heading was translated — because the `AnchorMissing` branch in `validate_links_async` had
-no suppression path. `_should_suppress_via_i18n_fallback()` was defined but never called.
-
-**Fix:** new `resolve_anchor()` method added to `BaseAdapter` protocol and all three adapters
-(`MkDocsAdapter`, `ZensicalAdapter`, `VanillaAdapter`). When an anchor is not found in a locale
-file, `resolve_anchor()` checks whether the anchor exists in the default-locale equivalent via
-the `anchors_cache` already in memory. No additional disk I/O.
-
-### Shared utility — `remap_to_default_locale()`
-
-The locale path-remapping logic that was independently duplicated in `resolve_asset()` and
-`is_shadow_of_nav_page()` is now a single pure function in `src/zenzic/core/adapters/_utils.py`.
-`resolve_asset()`, `resolve_anchor()`, and `is_shadow_of_nav_page()` in both `MkDocsAdapter` and
-`ZensicalAdapter` all delegate to it. `_should_suppress_via_i18n_fallback()`, `I18nFallbackConfig`,
-`_I18N_FALLBACK_DISABLED`, and `_extract_i18n_fallback_config()` — 118 lines of dead code —
-are permanently removed from `validator.py`.
-
-### Visual Snippets for custom rule findings
-
-Custom rule violations (`[[custom_rules]]` from `zenzic.toml`) now display the offending source
-line below the finding header:
-
-```text
-[ZZ-NODRAFT] docs/guide/install.md:14 — Remove DRAFT marker before publishing.
- │ > DRAFT: section under construction
-```
-
-The `│` indicator is rendered in the finding's severity colour. Standard findings (broken links,
-orphans, etc.) are unaffected.
-
-### JSON schema — 7 keys
-
-`--format json` output now emits a stable 7-key schema:
-`links`, `orphans`, `snippets`, `placeholders`, `unused_assets`, `references`, `nav_contract`.
-
-### `strict` and `exit_zero` as `zenzic.toml` fields
+## 6. Sandbox Self-Check
-Both flags can now be declared in `zenzic.toml` as project-level defaults:
-
-```toml
-strict = true # equivalent to always passing --strict
-exit_zero = false # exit code 0 even on findings (CI soft-gate)
-```
-
-CLI flags continue to override the TOML values.
-
-### Usage docs split — three focused pages
-
-`docs/usage/index.md` was a monolithic 580-line page covering install, commands, CI/CD, scoring,
-advanced features, and programmatic API. Split into three focused pages:
-
-- `usage/index.md` — Install options, init→config→check workflow, engine modes
-- `usage/commands.md` — CLI commands, flags, exit codes, JSON output, quality score
-- `usage/advanced.md` — Three-pass pipeline, Zenzic Shield, alt-text, programmatic API,
- multi-language docs
-
-Italian mirrors (`it/usage/`) updated in full parity.
-
-### Multi-language snippet validation
-
-`zenzic check snippets` now validates four languages using pure Python parsers — no subprocesses
-for any language. Python uses `compile()`, YAML uses `yaml.safe_load()`, JSON uses `json.loads()`,
-and TOML uses `tomllib.loads()` (Python 3.11+ stdlib). Blocks with unsupported language tags
-(`bash`, `javascript`, `mermaid`, etc.) are treated as plain text and not syntax-checked.
-
-### Shield deep-scan — no more blind spots
-
-The credential scanner now operates on every line of the source file, including lines inside
-fenced code blocks. A credential committed in a `bash` example is still a committed credential —
-Zenzic will find it. The link and reference validators continue to ignore fenced block content to
-prevent false positives from illustrative example URLs.
-
-The Shield now covers seven credential families: OpenAI API keys, GitHub tokens, AWS access keys,
-Stripe live keys, Slack tokens, Google API keys, and generic PEM private keys.
-
----
-
-## Professional Packaging & PEP 735
-
-v0.4.0-rc3 adopts the latest Python packaging standards end-to-end, making Zenzic lighter for
-end users and measurably faster in CI.
-
-### Lean core install
-
-`pip install zenzic` installs only the five runtime dependencies (`typer`, `rich`,
-`pyyaml`, `pydantic`, `httpx`). The MkDocs build stack is not a dependency of `zenzic` —
-it is a contributor tool, managed via the `docs` [PEP 735](https://peps.python.org/pep-0735/)
-dependency group (`uv sync --group docs`).
-
-For the vast majority of users (Hugo sites, Zensical projects, plain Markdown wikis, CI
-pipelines) this means a ~60% smaller install and proportionally faster cold-start times on
-ephemeral CI runners.
-
-### PEP 735 — atomic dependency groups
-
-Development dependencies are declared as [PEP 735](https://peps.python.org/pep-0735/) groups
-in `pyproject.toml`, managed by `uv`:
-
-| Group | Purpose | CI job |
-| :---- | :------ | :----- |
-| `test` | pytest + coverage | `quality` matrix (3.11 / 3.12 / 3.13) |
-| `lint` | ruff + mypy + pre-commit + reuse | `quality` matrix |
-| `docs` | MkDocs stack | `docs` job |
-| `release` | nox + bump-my-version + pip-audit | `security` job |
-| `dev` | All of the above (local development) | — |
-
-Each CI job syncs only the group it needs. The `quality` job never installs the MkDocs stack.
-The `docs` job never installs pytest. This eliminates install time wasted on unused packages
-and reduces the surface area for dependency conflicts across jobs. Combined with the `uv`
-cache in GitHub Actions, subsequent CI runs restore the full environment in under 3 seconds.
-
-### `CITATION.cff`
-
-A [`CITATION.cff`](CITATION.cff) file (CFF 1.2.0 format) is now present at the repository
-root. GitHub renders it automatically as a "Cite this repository" button. Zenodo, Zotero, and
-other reference managers that support the format can import it directly.
-
----
-
-## The Documentation Firewall
-
-v0.4.0-rc3 completes a strategic shift in what Zenzic is. It began as a link checker. It became
-an engine-agnostic linter. With rc3, it becomes a **Documentation Firewall** — a single gate that
-enforces correctness, completeness, and security simultaneously.
-
-The three dimensions of the firewall:
-
-**1. Correctness** — Zenzic validates the syntax of every structured data block in your docs.
-Your Kubernetes YAML examples, your OpenAPI JSON fragments, your TOML configuration snippets — if
-you ship broken config examples, your users will copy broken config. `check snippets` catches this
-before it reaches production, using the same parsers your users will run.
-
-**2. Completeness** — Orphan detection, placeholder scanning, and the `fail_under` quality gate
-ensure that every page linked in the nav exists, contains real content, and scores above the
-team's agreed threshold. A documentation site is not "done" when all pages exist — it is done
-when all pages are complete.
-
-**3. Security** — The Shield scans every line of every file, including code blocks, for seven
-families of leaked credentials. No fencing, no labels, no annotations can hide a secret from
-Zenzic. The exit code 2 contract is non-negotiable and non-suppressible: a secret in docs is a
-build-blocking incident, not a warning.
-
-This is what "Documentation Firewall" means: not a tool you run once before a release, but a
-gate that runs on every commit, enforces three dimensions of quality simultaneously, and exits
-with a machine-readable code that your CI pipeline can act on without human interpretation.
-
----
-
-## The Great Decoupling (v0.4.0-rc2)
-
-The headline change in this release is the **Dynamic Adapter Discovery** system. In v0.3.x,
-Zenzic owned its adapters — `MkDocsAdapter` and `ZensicalAdapter` were imported directly by the
-factory. Adding support for a new engine required a Zenzic release.
-
-In v0.4.0, Zenzic is a **framework host**. Adapters are Python packages that register themselves
-under the `zenzic.adapters` entry-point group. When installed, they become available immediately:
+Run these commands manually and verify output:
```bash
-# Example: third-party adapter for a hypothetical Hugo support package
-uv pip install zenzic-hugo-adapter # or: pip install zenzic-hugo-adapter
-zenzic check all --engine hugo
-```
-
-No Zenzic update. No configuration change. Just install and use.
-
-The built-in adapters (`mkdocs`, `zensical`, `vanilla`) are registered the same way — there is
-no privileged path for first-party adapters. This is not future-proofing; it is a structural
-guarantee that the third-party adapter API is exactly as capable as the first-party one.
+# 1. Full test suite
+uv run pytest --tb=short
-The factory itself is now protocol-only. `scanner.py` imports zero concrete adapter classes. The
-`has_engine_config()` protocol method replaced the `isinstance(adapter, VanillaAdapter)` check
-that was the last coupling point. The Core is now genuinely adapter-agnostic.
+# 2. Self-dogfood (strict mode)
+uv run zenzic check all --strict
----
-
-## The [[custom_rules]] DSL
-
-v0.4.0 ships the first version of the project-specific lint DSL. Teams can declare regex rules
-in `zenzic.toml` without writing any Python:
-
-```toml
-[[custom_rules]]
-id = "ZZ-NODRAFT"
-pattern = "(?i)\\bDRAFT\\b"
-message = "Remove DRAFT marker before publishing."
-severity = "warning"
+# 3. Static analysis
+uv run ruff check src/
+uv run mypy src/ --ignore-missing-imports
```
-Rules are adapter-independent — they fire identically with MkDocs, Zensical, or a plain
-Markdown folder. Patterns are compiled once at config-load time; there is no per-file regex
-compilation overhead regardless of how many rules are declared.
+Expected:
-This DSL is the first step toward Zenzic as a complete documentation policy engine, not just a
-structural linter.
+- pytest: 756 passed, 0 failed
+- check all --strict: exit 0, "✔ All checks passed"
+- ruff: 0 violations
+- mypy: 0 errors (or pre-existing stubs only)
---
-## The Shield (Defence-in-Depth hardening)
-
-The credential scanner (`Shield`) now runs on every non-definition line during Pass 1, not only
-on reference URL values. A developer who pastes an API key into a Markdown paragraph — not a
-reference link — is caught before any URL is pinged, before any HTTP request is issued, before
-any downstream tool sees the credential.
+## 7. rc1 Gate Decision
-Exit code `2` remains reserved exclusively for Shield events. It cannot be suppressed by
-`--exit-zero`, `--strict`, or any other flag. A Shield detection is a build-blocking security
-incident — unconditionally.
+This section is for the Tech Lead's signature.
----
-
-## Documentation as a first-class citizen
-
-The v0.4.0 documentation was itself validated with `zenzic check all` at every step — the
-canonical dogfood mandate.
-
-Key structural changes:
-
-- **Configuration split** — the single `configuration.md` god-page decomposed into four focused
- pages: [Overview](docs/configuration/index.md), [Core Settings](docs/configuration/core-settings.md),
- [Adapters & Engine](docs/configuration/adapters-config.md),
- [Custom Rules DSL](docs/configuration/custom-rules-dsl.md).
-- **Italian parity** — `docs/it/` now mirrors the full English structure. The documentation
- is production-ready for international teams.
-- **Migration guide** — [MkDocs → Zensical](docs/guide/migration.md) four-phase workflow with
- the baseline/diff/gate approach as the migration safety net.
-- **Adapter guide** — [Writing an Adapter](docs/developers/writing-an-adapter.md) full
- protocol reference, `from_repo` pattern, entry-point registration, and test utilities.
-
-### Frictionless Onboarding
-
-v0.4.0 introduces `zenzic init` — a single command that scaffolds a `zenzic.toml` with smart
-engine discovery. If `mkdocs.yml` is present, the generated file pre-sets `engine = "mkdocs"`.
-If `zensical.toml` is present, it pre-sets `engine = "zensical"`. Otherwise the scaffold is
-engine-agnostic (Vanilla mode).
-
-```bash
-uvx zenzic init # zero-install bootstrap
-# or: zenzic init # if already installed globally
-```
-
-For teams running Zenzic for the first time, a Helpful Hint panel appears automatically when no
-`zenzic.toml` is found — pointing directly to `zenzic init`. The hint disappears the moment the
-file is created. Zero friction to get started; zero noise once configured.
-
----
-
-## Upgrade path
-
-### From v0.3.x
-
-No `zenzic.toml` changes are required for MkDocs projects. The adapter discovery is fully
-backwards-compatible: `engine = "mkdocs"` continues to work exactly as before.
-
-**One behavioural change:** an unknown `engine` string now falls back to `VanillaAdapter` (skip
-orphan check) instead of `MkDocsAdapter`. If your `zenzic.toml` specifies a custom engine name
-that mapped to MkDocs behaviour, add the explicit `engine = "mkdocs"` declaration.
-
-### From v0.4.0-alpha.1
-
-The `--format` CLI flag is unchanged. The internal `format` parameter in `check_all`, `score`,
-and `diff` Python APIs has been renamed to `output_format` — update any programmatic callers.
-
----
-
-## Checksums and verification
-
-```text
-zenzic check all # self-dogfood: 7/7 OK
-pytest # 706 passed, 0 failed
-coverage # ≥ 80% branch (hard gate)
-mutation score # 86.7% (242/279 killed on rules.py)
-ruff check . # 0 violations
-mypy src/ # 0 errors
-mkdocs build --strict # 0 warnings
-```
-
----
+- [ ] All verification steps in §§ 3.1–3.4 completed
+- [ ] Documentation parity matrix §4 confirmed correct
+- [ ] Exit code contract §5 verified in code
+- [ ] Sandbox self-check §6 passed manually
+- [ ] `INTERNAL_GLOSSARY.toml` reviewed and approved
+- [ ] No open blocking issues
-*Zenzic v0.4.0 is released under the Apache-2.0 license.*
-*Built and maintained by [PythonWoods](https://github.com/PythonWoods).*
+**Decision:** ☐ Approve rc1 promotion ☐ Defer — open issues remain
---
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+stabilità che facciamo all'utente."*
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