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Summary

Follow-up to #353, which merged at 4eb24b3 before these review-driven fixes landed. All of them complete the tool-rules gate:

  • Pin vendor/tinytools to the Add declarative tool rules (allow/deny/hide/approval) tinytools#57 merge commit (bd60b9b). Evaluate tool rules on catalogue, search and every call #353 pinned the unmerged branch head.
  • Wrappers forward rule metadata. CanonicalSharedToolAdapter (which hosts register tools through) and the rename/prefix OverrideTool now forward family, tags and indirect_target. Without this, tag rules missed and a dispatcher's real target escaped.
  • Adopt tinytools' IndirectCall. An indirect target is checked against its own arguments, not the dispatcher's envelope.
  • Re-check rules after argument repair. A call whose malformed JSON is repaired is decided again on the recovered object, so a denied indirect target or an argument condition cannot slip through as an unparseable string.
  • Rewrite keeps the target's approval. UnknownToolPolicy::Rewrite carries the rewrite target's ApprovalDirective: require_approval defers and auto_approve waives.
  • Gate tool_search itself. A rule denying tool_search keeps the bridge off the catalogue and refuses a call to it. The definition allowlist does not apply, since it names registered tools and the bridge is intrinsic.
  • Collision set from every registered name. A toolset tool can never take a registered tool's name, even when rules keep the registered tool off the catalogue.
  • Tests. Added nested-call tests for refusal, require_approval and auto_approve. tool_rules_tests.rs now starts with use super::*.

API Or Behavior Changes

  • Tool::indirect_target now returns Option<tinytools::IndirectCall> (from tinytools#57).
  • Otherwise these are behaviour fixes inside the rules gate. Runs without tool rules are unchanged.

Tests

  • cargo fmt --check
  • cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
  • cargo test --workspace --all-features: every suite passes.

New tests:

  • agent_loop/tool_rules_tests.rs:
    • a_rewrite_target_carries_its_own_approval_rule
    • repaired_arguments_are_checked_against_the_rules_again
    • a_rule_can_withhold_tool_search_itself
    • a_toolset_tool_never_takes_a_denied_registered_tools_name
  • agent_loop/nested_tests.rs: three tool-rule cases
  • tool/shared/mod_tests.rs: canonical_adapter_forwards_tool_rule_metadata
  • tool/toolset/mod_tests.rs: an_override_keeps_what_tool_rules_read

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Tool access rules are now consistently enforced for nested calls, including calls made after argument repair or tool-name rewriting.
    • Approval requirements are preserved when calls are rewritten, and nested calls that require approval are handled according to the applicable rule.
    • Rules can block tool discovery, and blocked registered tool names are no longer exposed or advertised by conflicting tools.
    • Tool discovery options now reflect host access and catalog availability.
    • Wrapped tools now retain their family, tags, and indirect-call information.

senamakel and others added 17 commits October 9, 2026 12:30
Update the vendored tinytools submodule to the latest commit.

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The shared-tool adapter and the override tool now delegate family, tags and
indirect target to the wrapped tool instead of falling back to defaults, so
tool rules no longer miss tags or lose a dispatcher's real target when a tool
is renamed or prefixed. The vendored tinytools submodule is bumped to the
matching revision.

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The shared tool tests now live in their own module file instead of being
inlined alongside the implementation. This keeps the test code separate
from production code without changing any behaviour.

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Add a test asserting that renaming a tool through OverrideTool preserves the
family, tags, and indirect target that the host's tool rules rely on, so a
renamed or prefixed tool is still treated as the same tool.

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Update the vendored tinytools submodule to the latest upstream commit.

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Split the tool call execution path into smaller helpers so the agent loop
is easier to follow and each step can be tested in isolation. Behaviour is
unchanged.

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The intrinsic tool_search bridge now consults the tool rules on both the
catalog and call surfaces, so a host can withhold discovery itself rather
than only the tools it would reveal. Registered names are also reserved
against toolset tools even when the rules keep them off the catalogue.

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Refused tool search calls no longer roll back their budget slot, matching the other answered recoveries that consume a slot. The comment was updated to explain why the call keeps its budget.

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Re-check rules on repaired arguments, keep a rewrite target's approval
directive, gate the intrinsic tool_search bridge, reserve every
registered name against toolset collisions, and cover nested-call rules.

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Tiny Sweeper reviewed this change across 6 lane(s). The critique and security lanes report outstanding 'missing-behavior-test'/'missing-tests' findings asking for focused tests around intrinsic admission decisions in crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tools.rs, crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tool_surface.rs, and crates/tinyagents-harness/src/tool/rules/types.rs; the tests lane reports the three earlier findings resolved by named tests in this diff and no new blocking findings. The description lane finds the PR body matches the diff (noting the body's test list omits three added tests and a `use super::*` change). The commits lane found nothing sensitive; e2e reports no end-to-end harness exists in the repository. Code retrieval and memory were unavailable, so the review saw the diff alone.

State: Ready for maintainer review
Priority: medium
Reviewed head: 8d794766e13e
Updated: 1791544221 (Unix time)

Review snapshot

Change surface Files Review signal Count
Production 5 Active findings 4
Tests 5 Noted findings 0
Documentation 0 Resolved findings 44
Configuration 0 Pending checks/questions 0

Completeness: Complete
Test assessment: Test coverage is assessed from changed tests and lane evidence; execution is not claimed without trusted check data.

What changed

This pull request extends the tool-rules system in tinyagents-harness. The `ToolGate` gains an `admits_intrinsic` decision path for harness-intrinsic tools such as the `tool_search` bridge, evaluated per surface (catalog vs call) and independent of the registration allowlist (crates/tinyagents-harness/src/tool/rules/types.rs#impl ToolGate). The agent loop now consults intrinsic admission when building the deferred catalog and refuses a `require_approval` rule on `tool_search` because the bridge is answered in place and cannot be deferred to an approver, returning an answered error instead of revealing withheld tools (crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tools.rs#impl<State: Send + Sync, Ctx: Send + Sync> AgentHarness<State, Ctx>). Rule admission is factored into a `rule_admission` helper, re-checked a second time on the final post-repair/normalization arguments before approval and dispatch (combining directives with `strictest`), and an unknown-tool rewrite target now carries its own approval directive rather than the unknown name's; the unknown-tool recovery message also avoids pointing at a denied or unanswerable `tool_search` bridge (crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tools.rs#impl<State: Send + Sync, Ctx: Send + Sync> AgentHarness<State, Ctx>). The tool surface keeps a registered tool's name reserved even when rules keep it off the catalogue (using the full registry name list), and lists the `tool_search` bridge only when it is answerable on both catalog and call surfaces (crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tool_surface.rs#impl<State: Send + Sync, Ctx: Send + Sync> AgentHarness<State, Ctx>). Wrapper adapters now forward behavior-bearing metadata to tool rules: `CanonicalSharedToolAdapter` forwards `tags` and `indirect_target` (crates/tinyagents-harness/src/tool/shared/mod.rs#impl Tool for CanonicalSharedToolAdapter) and the toolset `OverrideTool` forwards `family`, `tags`, and `indirect_target` so renamed/prefixed tools remain the same tool to the rules (crates/tinyagents-harness/src/tool/toolset/mod.rs#impl Tool for OverrideTool). `indirect_target` implementations now return `tinytools::IndirectCall` (crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tool_rules_tests.rs#impl Tool for RuleTool). New nested-call tests verify that tool rules bind nested calls: a deny rule refuses them, a require_approval rule fails them rather than deferring, and an auto_approve rule waives a declared approval (crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/nested_tests.rs#async fn a_parent_dropped_while_a_nested_result_is_observed_still_closes_the_cal).

Features

None identified with supported citations.

Tests

  • unit — Tool rules bind nested calls: a deny rule refuses a nested call (asserting an error mentioning rule 'no-leaf' and zero runs), a require_approval rule fails a nested call instead of deferring (error containing 'requires approval', zero runs), and an auto_approve rule waives a nested declared approval (run succeeds with one run).: Covers the three nested-call rule paths end to end through the harness; the tests lane reports the earlier nested-refusal finding resolved by these tests. (crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/nested_tests.rs#async fn a_parent_dropped_while_a_nested_result_is_observed_still_closes_the_cal)

Findings

  • medium · critique · Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions — This pull request changes several admission decisions—intrinsic discovery can now be refused or affected by approval directives, rewritten calls use the rewrite target's approval, (crates/tinyagents\-harness/src/agent\_loop/tools\.rs:957)
  • medium · critique · Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions — This changes which `tool_search` schema is advertised for combinations of catalog and call decisions, including denied and approval-required intrinsic rules, but the diff adds no f (crates/tinyagents\-harness/src/agent\_loop/tool\_surface\.rs:120)
  • medium · security · Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions — This changes admission behavior for intrinsic discovery, rewritten unknown-tool calls, and post-repair arguments, but the diff adds no focused tests. Without coverage, regressions (crates/tinyagents\-harness/src/agent\_loop/tools\.rs:957)
  • medium · security · Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions — This adds a new admission path that can either refuse an intrinsic or return an approval directive, but the diff does not add focused tests for either outcome. Add tests covering p (crates/tinyagents\-harness/src/tool/rules/types\.rs:139)

Resolved this pass

  • Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions
  • Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions
  • Roll back the reserved slot when repaired arguments are refused
  • Honor approval directives for intrinsic discovery
  • Roll back the reserved slot after repaired-call refusal
  • Honor approval directives for intrinsic discovery
  • Roll back the reserved slot when repaired arguments are refused
  • Roll back the reserved slot after repaired-call refusal
  • Honor approval directives for intrinsic discovery
  • Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions
  • Honor approval directives for intrinsic discovery
  • Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions
  • Honor approval directives for intrinsic discovery
  • Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions
  • Roll back the reserved slot when repaired arguments are refused
  • Honor approval directives for intrinsic discovery
  • Roll back the reserved slot after repaired-call refusal
  • Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions
  • Honor approval directives for intrinsic discovery
  • Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions
  • Roll back the reserved slot when repaired arguments are refused
  • Honor approval directives for intrinsic discovery
  • Roll back the reserved slot after repaired-call refusal
  • Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions
  • Honor approval directives for intrinsic discovery
  • Honor approval directives for intrinsic discovery
  • Roll back the reserved slot when repaired arguments are refused
  • Roll back the reserved slot after repaired-call refusal
  • Honor approval directives for intrinsic discovery
  • Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions
  • Honor approval directives for intrinsic discovery
  • Roll back the reserved slot when repaired arguments are refused
  • Roll back the reserved slot after repaired-call refusal
  • Honor approval directives for intrinsic discovery
  • Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions
  • Roll back the reserved slot when repaired arguments are refused
  • Honor approval directives for intrinsic discovery
  • Roll back the reserved slot after repaired-call refusal
  • Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions
  • Roll back the reserved slot when repaired arguments are refused
  • Roll back the reserved slot after repaired-call refusal
  • Honor approval directives for intrinsic discovery
  • Roll back the reserved slot when repaired arguments are refused
  • Roll back the reserved slot after repaired-call refusal

Before merge

None.

How this fits together

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  n3["...fires_after_a_successful_canonical_result"]:::impacted
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critique

  • Conclusion: Success
  • Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
  • Lane summary: Reviewed 10 files; 2 findings. _Code retrieval was unavailable (model: ladder embeddings returned 400 Bad Request: {"error":{"message":"unknown ladder vectors; known ladders are flash (also chat-v1, flash-v1), instant (also no-think, instant-v1), reasoning (also deepseek), max-reasoning (also max-reasoning-v1), deepseek-flash (also reasoning-v1, agentic-v1), deep (also luna), scribe, uncensored, vectors-oai3 (also embeddings-oai3-v1), vision (also vision-v1, multimodal-v1), image (also images-v1, image-v1), vi), so this review saw the diff alone._ _Memory was unavailable (model: cortex: v1/recall: error sending request for url (http://cortexdb:3141/v1/recall\)\), so this review ran without it._
  • Evidence: crates/tinyagents\-harness/src/agent\_loop/tools\.rs — Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions
  • Evidence: crates/tinyagents\-harness/src/agent\_loop/tool\_surface\.rs — Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions

security

  • Conclusion: Success
  • Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
  • Lane summary: Reviewed 10 files; 3 findings. (1 already reported on an earlier push) (1 observation(s) grouped into shared inline comments) _Code retrieval was unavailable (model: ladder embeddings returned 400 Bad Request: {"error":{"message":"unknown ladder vectors; known ladders are flash (also chat-v1, flash-v1), instant (also no-think, instant-v1), reasoning (also deepseek), max-reasoning (also max-reasoning-v1), deepseek-flash (also reasoning-v1, agentic-v1), deep (also luna), scribe, uncensored, vectors-oai3 (also embeddings-oai3-v1), vision (also vision-v1, multimodal-v1), image (also images-v1, image-v1), vi), so this review saw the diff alone._ _Memory was unavailable (model: cortex: v1/recall: error sending request for url (http://cortexdb:3141/v1/recall\)\), so this review ran without it._
  • Evidence: crates/tinyagents\-harness/src/agent\_loop/tools\.rs — Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions
  • Evidence: crates/tinyagents\-harness/src/tool/rules/types\.rs — Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions

tests

  • Conclusion: Success
  • Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
  • Positive: The tests lane reports that the three earlier findings are each answered by a named test in this diff (rule checks on repaired/normalized arguments, approval directives on the tool_search bridge, and the nested-call rule refusal tests) and that the runtime changes carry assertions that would fail if the stated invariants regress.
  • Lane summary: The three earlier findings are each answered by a named test in this diff (rule checks on repaired/normalized arguments, approval directives on the tool_search bridge, and the nested-call rule refusal tests in nested_tests.rs), so they are resolved; the runtime changes carry assertions that would fail if the stated invariants regress. The changes look sound — no new blocking findings. _Code retrieval was unavailable (model: ladder embeddings returned 400 Bad Request: {"error":{"message":"unknown ladder vectors; known ladders are flash (also chat-v1, flash-v1), instant (also no-think, instant-v1), reasoning (also deepseek), max-reasoning (also max-reasoning-v1), deepseek-flash (also reasoning-v1, agentic-v1), deep (also luna), scribe, uncensored, vectors-oai3 (also embeddings-oai3-v1), vision (also vision-v1, multimodal-v1), image (also images-v1, image-v1), vi), so this review saw the diff alone._ _Memory was unavailable (model: cortex: v1/recall: error sending request for url (http://cortexdb:3141/v1/recall\)\), so this review ran without it._

commits

  • Conclusion: Neutral
  • Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
  • Lane summary: Nothing sensitive found in what this pull request commits.

description

  • Conclusion: Success
  • Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
  • Lane summary: The pull request's description matches what the diff does. Every bullet in the summary maps to a concrete change: the wrappers (`CanonicalSharedToolAdapter`, `OverrideTool`) forward `family`, `tags` and `indirect_target`; `indirect_target` returns `tinytools::IndirectCall`; the re-check after repair and normalization is implemented in `tools.rs` (covering both `repaired_arguments_are_checked_against_the_rules_again` and the extra `normalized_arguments_are_checked_against_the_rules_again` test); rewrite targets carry their own `ApprovalDirective`; `tool_search` is gated for both deny and `require_approval`; and the collision set is now built from every registered name via `self.tools.names()`. The tests listed in the PR body all appear in the diff (the body's list omits three added tests and the `use super::*` change, but those are additions the description does not contradict). No empty or inaccurate description problems to report. (7 earlier finding(s) still open) _Code retrieval was unavailable (model: ladder embeddings returned 400 Bad Request: {"error":{"message":"unknown ladder vectors; known ladders are flash (also chat-v1, flash-v1), instant (also no-think, instant-v1), reasoning (also deepseek), max-reasoning (also max-reasoning-v1), deepseek-flash (also reasoning-v1, agentic-v1), deep (also luna), scribe, uncensored, vectors-oai3 (also embeddings-oai3-v1), vision (also vision-v1, multimodal-v1), image (also images-v1, image-v1), vi), so this review saw the diff alone._ _Memory was unavailable (model: cortex: v1/recall: error sending request for url (http://cortexdb:3141/v1/recall\)\), so this review ran without it._

e2e

  • Conclusion: Neutral
  • Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
  • Lane summary: No end-to-end harness in this repository: no e2e test files and no e2e workflow.
Evidence and run details
  • Models: gpt-5.6-luna, glm-5.3-flash
  • Spend: $0.023797
  • Tokens: 542370 input · 36117 output · 48848 cached · 0 embedding
Head State Pass summary
570c708893bc ready for maintainer review 4 active finding(s), 0 resolved finding(s) (at 1791542141)
8d794766e13e ready for maintainer review 14 active finding(s), 26 resolved finding(s) (at 1791543937)
8d794766e13e ready for maintainer review 4 active finding(s), 44 resolved finding(s) (at 1791544221)

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The harness centralizes rule admission for registered tools and applies rules to intrinsic discovery, prepared arguments, and rewrite targets. Tool-surface construction filters discovery bridges and registered-name collisions. Shared and renamed tool adapters forward family, tag, and indirect-call metadata. Tests cover nested-call enforcement and these paths.

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Tool Rule Admission

Layer / File(s) Summary
Tool metadata forwarding
vendor/tinytools, crates/tinyagents-harness/src/tool/shared/*, crates/tinyagents-harness/src/tool/toolset/*, crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tool_rules_tests.rs
Shared and renamed tool adapters now forward family, tags, and indirect-call targets. The tinytools reference and indirect-call test signature are updated. Tests verify metadata forwarding.
Registered tool rule evaluation
crates/tinyagents-harness/src/tool/rules/types.rs, crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tools.rs, crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/nested_tests.rs, crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tool_rules_tests.rs
Rule admission is centralized for registered tools. Rules are checked again after argument preparation, and rewrite targets retain their approval directive. Tests cover repaired, rewritten, and nested calls.
Discovery admission and tool surface
crates/tinyagents-harness/src/tool/rules/mod_tests.rs, crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tool_surface.rs, crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tools.rs, crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tool_rules_tests.rs
Intrinsic discovery admission uses tool rules. Bridge schemas require tool_search admission on the Catalog surface and a nonempty deferred catalog. Registered tool names block colliding toolset schemas. Tests cover denied discovery and name collisions.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant AgentHarness
  participant ToolGate
  participant Model
  participant DeferredCatalog
  AgentHarness->>ToolGate: Check tool_search admission on Catalog surface
  ToolGate-->>AgentHarness: Return admission decision
  AgentHarness->>Model: Advertise bridge when admitted and catalog is nonempty
  Model->>AgentHarness: Send tool_search call
  AgentHarness->>ToolGate: Check intrinsic call admission
  ToolGate-->>AgentHarness: Return admission decision
  AgentHarness->>DeferredCatalog: Query catalog when admitted
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This change applies tool rules consistently to discovery, repaired arguments and rewritten calls, and forwards tool metadata through wrappers. Earlier review concerns appear to be addressed, and no outstanding merge-blocking risk is identified.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 58cdb

The change strengthens tool authorization in the reviewed execution paths. No introduced authorization bypass was identified, but dependency behavior and some approval-recovery combinations remain unverified.

Retained concerns
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Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The material exposure is model-controlled tool names and arguments reaching discovery or tool execution under configured policy and hosted authority. Consequences depend on the capabilities and credentials of the tools available to that invocation; the supplied evidence does not establish a concrete tenant, datastore, service, or environment inventory.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Intrinsic tool_search is governed by rules rather than the registered-tool name allowlist. Its rule decision precedes catalogue search, and require_approval refuses the intrinsic call because this path cannot defer for approval. Catalogue exposure is separately gated.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Resume validates that pending calls have resolutions, consumes those resolutions, and sends approved or edited calls through the ordinary serial pipeline. Approval suppresses re-deferral but not rule refusal. Approval records remain run-scoped and keyed by call ID; this mechanism predates the PR. Child contexts are newly constructed rather than inheriting the parent's approval set.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Add combined rule-enabled transition regressions for edited-argument resume, repeated provider call IDs, cancellation, and concurrent execution. These would establish that approval identity cannot be reused for a different effective call and that recovery preserves denial and approval obligations; they are validation proposals, not observed PR vulnerabilities.



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- Around line 377-378: Handle the approval directive returned by
`gate.admits_intrinsic(TOOL_SEARCH_NAME, tinytools::Surface::Call)` before
calling `answer_tool_search`: when it returns `CallGate::Admit(Required)`, defer
the intrinsic call or refuse it if approval is unsupported, rather than
returning search results without approval.
- Around line 707-708: After normalize_tool_arguments updates the call
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Rule admission now runs again after repair and normalization, so a
JSON-encoded payload that decodes into a denied target is refused before
dispatch. A require_approval rule on tool_search also refuses discovery
since the bridge cannot be deferred, and unknown-tool recovery no longer
suggests a tool_search that the rules withhold.

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Replace the harness_with helper with direct AgentHarness construction in the
normalized-arguments test so the policy is set up inline. This keeps the test
self-contained and avoids relying on the shared helper.

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The bridge is now advertised only when a call to it would actually be
answered, so an approval-gated bridge no longer appears in the tool
surface since it cannot be deferred to an approver. A test asserts the
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let mut rule_approval = match self.rule_admission(&gate, &call.name, &model_arguments) {

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priority medium critique confident

Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions

This change adds several admission branches—registered calls, unknown names, rewrite targets, repaired arguments, and the intrinsic tool_search bridge—but the diff adds no focused tests for those decisions. In particular, a test should cover a rule that refuses or requires approval for discovery and a rule whose argument predicate changes after repair, so regressions in the new gate ordering and budget rollback behavior are caught before merge.

[RULE] missing-focused-tests ·

}

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fn an_intrinsic_is_admitted_without_rules_and_ignores_the_allowlist() {

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priority medium critique confident

Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions

This adds coverage for intrinsic admission with an allowlist and for several rule outcomes, so the previously reported test-coverage concern is fixed by this revision.

[RULE] missing-behavior-test ·

}

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fn an_intrinsic_is_admitted_without_rules_and_ignores_the_allowlist() {

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priority medium critique confident

Roll back the reserved slot when repaired arguments are refused

These tests only inspect ToolGate::admits_intrinsic and do not cover the execution path where repaired arguments are refused after a slot has been reserved. The previously reported rollback concern is still not addressed by this change.

[RULE] slot-rollback ·

CallGate::Refuse(message) => assert!(message.contains("rule 'quiet'"), "{message}"),
other => panic!("hidden from the catalogue, got {other:?}"),
}
assert_eq!(

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priority medium critique confident

Roll back the reserved slot after repaired-call refusal

The added intrinsic-admission assertions do not test the repaired-call refusal path or release its reserved slot. The previously reported duplicate rollback concern remains unresolved in the current revision.

[RULE] slot-rollback ·

fn an_intrinsic_is_admitted_without_rules_and_ignores_the_allowlist() {
let allowed: HashSet<String> = ["registered".to_string()].into();
let gate = ToolGate::new(Some(allowed), &ToolRulePolicy::default(), None);
assert_eq!(

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priority medium critique likely

Honor approval directives for intrinsic discovery

The new test locks in that an intrinsic is admitted with ApprovalDirective::Default when no rules apply, but it does not exercise or verify approval directives supplied by intrinsic discovery. The previously reported concern about approval directives therefore remains unresolved; ensure intrinsic admission preserves the directive required by the discovery path rather than always defaulting it.

[RULE] approval-directive ·


let run = run(&harness, "normalized").await;

assert_eq!(execute.calls(), 0);

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priority medium security confident

Roll back the reserved slot after repaired-call refusal

The normalized-arguments test confirms that the final rule check refuses the call, but the refusal still needs to release the tool-call budget reservation. Without that rollback, a policy-rejected repaired call consumes a slot and may prevent later legitimate calls from running. Restore the reservation on this path and test that the next call remains within the configured budget.


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priority medium likely

Roll back the reserved slot after repaired-call refusal

[RULE] rollback-reserved-slot

The normalized-argument test confirms that the final rule check blocks execution, but it still does not cover the reserved tool-call slot. A refusal after normalization must release that reservation so a subsequent model response can run under a tight tool-call limit; otherwise valid follow-up calls are incorrectly rejected. Add coverage for the one-slot case and fix the refusal path if it leaves the slot consumed.

[RULE] resource-reservation ·

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priority medium security confident

Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions

This change introduces distinct behavior for hidden, denied, default-approved, and waived intrinsic discovery admission, but the diff adds no focused tests covering those decisions. Add tests that assert the bridge is omitted for denied or approval-gated catalog/call admission and included for default or waived admission.


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priority medium confident

Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions

[RULE] missing-tests

This changes whether the intrinsic tool_search schema is advertised based on separate catalogue and call admission decisions, including hidden, refused, and approval-required directives. The diff adds no focused tests for these combinations, so regressions could advertise an unusable bridge or omit a callable one. Add tests covering default/waived admission, refusal on either surface, and approval-required discovery.

[RULE] missing-tests ·

}

#[tokio::test]
async fn repaired_arguments_are_checked_against_the_rules_again() {

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priority medium security confident

Roll back the reserved slot when repaired arguments are refused

This test verifies that a repaired call is denied and not executed, but it does not address the reserved tool-call slot. When the repaired arguments are refused by the rules, the reservation must be returned before the loop continues; otherwise a rejected repair consumes max_tool_calls capacity and can prematurely terminate the run. Roll back the reservation on this refusal path and add a regression assertion covering a subsequent tool call.

[RULE] budget-slot-rollback ·

}

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async fn normalized_arguments_are_checked_against_the_rules_again() {

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priority medium security confident

Roll back the reserved slot after repaired-call refusal

The normalized-arguments test confirms that the final rule check refuses the call, but the refusal still needs to release the tool-call budget reservation. Without that rollback, a policy-rejected repaired call consumes a slot and may prevent later legitimate calls from running. Restore the reservation on this path and test that the next call remains within the configured budget.

[RULE] budget-slot-rollback ·

// `run_loop_body` — an empty declared list never falls back to
// "unrestricted" here either.
let gate = self.resolve_tool_gate(ctx)?;
let intrinsic = match gate.admits_intrinsic(TOOL_SEARCH_NAME, tinytools::Surface::Call) {

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priority medium security confident

Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions

The new intrinsic discovery admission path now changes security-sensitive behavior: a rule can refuse discovery, while a required approval is converted into an immediate refusal because discovery cannot be deferred. This branch has no focused test in the diff covering those admission outcomes, leaving regressions in the rule gate or approval mapping easy to introduce unnoticed. Add tests that exercise allowed, refused, and approval-required intrinsic discovery, including the resulting tool response and budget behavior.

[RULE] missing-behavior-tests ·

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// indirect target or an argument condition reads, so the final
// decision is made here, before approval and dispatch.
match self.rule_admission(&gate, &call.name, &call.arguments) {
CallGate::Admit(approval) => rule_approval = rule_approval.strictest(approval),

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P2 Badge Preserve repair state when deferring repaired calls

When a malformed provider call is successfully repaired and the repaired arguments make an indirect-target or argument-based require_approval rule match, this second pass sets Required. With with_deferred_tool_handler, a plain approval immediately reruns DeferredRequest.call, but that call is reconstructed below from the raw model_arguments using ToolCall::new, which loses the original invalid marker. The approved call therefore skips repair and fails schema validation instead of executing; preserve the parse-error state or retain a separate repaired executable call for this inline-approval path.

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// (a JSON-encoded object decoded) or preparation can change what an
// indirect target or an argument condition reads, so the final
// decision is made here, before approval and dispatch.
match self.rule_admission(&gate, &call.name, &call.arguments) {

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priority medium critique confident

Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions

This pull request changes several admission decisions—intrinsic discovery can now be refused or affected by approval directives, rewritten calls use the rewrite target's approval, and repaired arguments are checked again before dispatch—but it adds no focused tests. These paths are particularly sensitive to ordering and budget rollback, so add tests covering intrinsic default/required/refused decisions and refusal after argument repair before merging.


Additional security observation

priority medium confident

Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions

[RULE] missing-behavior-tests

This changes admission behavior for intrinsic discovery, rewritten unknown-tool calls, and post-repair arguments, but the diff adds no focused tests. Without coverage, regressions could allow discovery despite a refusal, lose a stricter approval directive, or dispatch repaired arguments that should be refused. Add tests covering intrinsic refusal/approval, rewrite-target directives, and final admission after argument repair.

[RULE] missing-behavior-test ·

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priority medium critique confident

Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions

This changes which tool_search schema is advertised for combinations of catalog and call decisions, including denied and approval-required intrinsic rules, but the diff adds no focused tests covering those combinations. Add tests that assert the bridge is omitted when either surface is denied or approval-gated and included only when both surfaces are answerable.

[RULE] missing-tests ·

/// Intrinsics are not registrations, so a definition's exact allowlist
/// (which names registered tools) does not apply; the rules do, so a
/// host can withhold discovery itself.
pub(crate) fn admits_intrinsic(&self, name: &str, surface: Surface) -> CallGate {

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priority medium security confident

Add focused tests for intrinsic admission decisions

This adds a new admission path that can either refuse an intrinsic or return an approval directive, but the diff does not add focused tests for either outcome. Add tests covering permissive admission, rule-based refusal, and propagation of non-default approval directives so changes to intrinsic discovery cannot silently bypass policy.

[RULE] missing-focused-tests ·

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