Fix broken escape hatch mechanism and address reviewer feedback:
- Replace non-functional comment-based pattern-not clauses with Semgrep's native # nosemgrep mechanism for the escape hatch. Semgrep strips comments from the AST so pattern-not clauses matching inline comments never fire; # nosemgrep is the only reliable per-line suppression mechanism.
- Require both # nosemgrep: <rule-id> AND # error-propagation: allow on the same line: the former is the actual suppression, the latter is the mandatory human-readable audit annotation.
- Add raise $EXC from $CAUSE pattern-not entries for both Exception and BaseException variants to prevent false positives on legitimate exception chaining (raise ServiceError from e).
- Switch nox -s lint Semgrep invocation to audit mode (no --error) for the phased rollout: the codebase has ~337 existing suppressions that must be triaged before enforcement mode is enabled. A comment in noxfile.py documents the migration path and references #9103.
- Update CONTRIBUTING.md examples and enforcement description to reflect the dual-comment requirement.
Fixed two critical issues with the Semgrep rules for broad exception suppression:
1. **Escape hatch mechanism**: Replaced the broken `# error-propagation: allow` comment-based escape hatch with Semgrep's native `# nosemgrep` comment support. Semgrep strips comments from the AST, so pattern-not clauses looking for inline comments never match. The native `# nosemgrep` comment is properly supported by Semgrep and provides a reliable override mechanism.
2. **Missing exception chaining pattern**: Added `raise $EXC from $CAUSE` pattern-not entries for both `Exception` and `BaseException` variants. This prevents false positives when legitimate exception chaining is used (e.g., `raise ServiceError("context") from e`), which is an allowed pattern per CONTRIBUTING.md.
Updated both `python-no-suppressed-exception` and `python-no-suppress-exception` rules with these fixes. The escape hatch now works reliably and exception chaining is properly recognized as an allowed pattern.
ISSUES CLOSED: #9103
Added two new Semgrep rules to enforce the CONTRIBUTING.md guideline against broad exception suppression:
- python-no-suppressed-exception: Detects except Exception/BaseException blocks without re-raising
- python-no-suppress-exception: Detects contextlib.suppress(Exception/BaseException) usage
Both rules support an escape hatch annotation '# error-propagation: allow' for documented recovery logic.
Integrated Semgrep into the nox lint session to run alongside Ruff checks.
Updated CONTRIBUTING.md to document the escape hatch policy and automated enforcement.
Pre-commit hook already configured to run these rules.
ISSUES CLOSED: #9103
Wrapped bare json.loads() and model constructor calls in
AutomationProfileRepository._to_domain() and ._from_domain() with
try/except guards that catch json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError, and
AttributeError and re-raise as a new CorruptRecordError (a DatabaseError
subclass). This prevents raw JSONDecodeError from leaking to callers when
the safety_json or guards_json columns contain malformed data, and
provides structured context (record_name, field, detail) for
diagnostics.
The fix covers both deserialization paths in _to_domain (safety_json and
guards_json) and the serialization path in _from_domain (safety and
guards model_dump). Three Behave scenarios tagged @tdd_issue
@tdd_issue_989 verify the corrected behavior. The @tdd_expected_fail tag
is not present because the fix is included in this commit.
Also excluded tool/wrapping.py from the semgrep no-exec and
no-compile-exec rules since it uses exec/compile intentionally in a
controlled sandbox (this was a pre-existing false positive that blocked
pre-commit hooks on master).
All 11 nox sessions pass; coverage is 97.0%.
ISSUES CLOSED: #989
The CLI `session create` command created the session via SessionService.create()
(which commits via auto_commit=True), then called _facade_dispatch("session.create")
for A2A protocol bookkeeping. The facade handler unconditionally called
svc.create() on a second PersistentSessionService instance (a new Factory
resolution from the DI container with its own engine), creating a duplicate
session in the database.
The fix makes A2aLocalFacade._handle_session_create() idempotent: when a
session_id is already present in the params, it acknowledges the existing
session without creating a new one. The CLI dispatch params were also fixed
to use the correct key name (actor_name instead of actor).
Changes:
- src/cleveragents/a2a/facade.py: Early return in _handle_session_create when
session_id is already supplied, preventing duplicate session creation.
- src/cleveragents/cli/commands/session.py: Fixed param key from "actor" to
"actor_name" for consistency with the facade handler.
- features/a2a_facade_wiring.feature: Added idempotency scenario verifying
that session.create with an existing session_id does not call svc.create().
- features/steps/a2a_facade_wiring_steps.py: Added step asserting mock
SessionService.create was not called.
- features/tdd_session_create_persist.feature: Removed @tdd_expected_fail tag
now that the bug is fixed.
- robot/e2e/e2e_session_create_persist.robot: Removed tdd_expected_fail tag,
updated documentation.
- .semgrep.yml: Excluded wrapping.py from no-exec/no-compile-exec rules
(pre-existing sandboxed exec usage for tool transforms).
ISSUES CLOSED: #1141
Co-authored-by: Brent E. Edwards <brent.edwards@cleverthis.com>
Co-committed-by: Brent E. Edwards <brent.edwards@cleverthis.com>
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