feat(learning-harness): failure facts and the two proposers

Task 3.5. A proposer is handed facts, never the scores it is about to be judged
on: the misses and leaks of one family on the train split, what each run
actually did, and the hypotheses this family already tried and lost. A holdout
pair never appears in those facts. Self-diagnosis from free narrative
confabulates; structured facts are what make a proposal answerable.

A proposal is one hypothesis, one lever and one file inside one family's
directory, and the narrowness is the safety property: a round can only touch
what it targets, so every other family is frozen by construction rather than by
promise. A proposal that names two files, an unknown file, a path leaving the
directory, or a prompt over the cap is refused by name, and the write roots
exclude the verifier code and the corpus.

The scripted proposer runs out rather than repeating itself. The HarnessX
proposer reports its write roots and degrades with a recorded reason when the
extra is absent; its evolve call lands with the live rounds.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01T7XD7x5KonMdmGRkp63EQG
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"""What a round proposes, and who may propose it (learning-harness, Req 9.1, 9.2, 5.4, 7.6).
A proposer is handed facts, never scores it is about to be judged on: the misses and leaks of one family
on the train split, what each run actually did, and the hypotheses this family already tried and lost.
Self-diagnosis from free narrative confabulates; structured facts are what make a proposal answerable.
A proposal is one hypothesis, one lever, and one file inside one family's directory. The narrowness is
the safety property: a round can only touch what it targets, so every other family is frozen by
construction rather than by promise, and the verifier code and the corpus stay outside every write root.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import json
from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Literal, Protocol
from ..harness_ext import has_harnessx
from .detectors import MAX_PROMPT_CHARS, FamilyConfig
from .journal import LearningJournal
from .scoring import PairFamilyScore
Lever = Literal["tool", "checklist", "counterexample", "memory", "prompt"]
LEVERS: tuple[Lever, ...] = ("tool", "checklist", "counterexample", "memory", "prompt")
# The only files a round may write, one per lever. Anything else is a proposal reaching beyond its family.
EDITABLE_FILES = {
"tool": "family.toml",
"checklist": "checklist.md",
"counterexample": "counterexamples.jsonl",
"memory": "hard_negatives.jsonl",
"prompt": "prompt.md",
}
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class PairFact:
"""What one pair did, in terms a proposer can act on."""
pair: str
outcome: str
runs: tuple[str, ...] = ()
other_findings: int = 0
rung: str = "suspicion"
def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, object]:
return {
"pair": self.pair,
"outcome": self.outcome,
"runs": list(self.runs),
"other_findings": self.other_findings,
"rung": self.rung,
}
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class FailureFacts:
family: str
config: FamilyConfig
misses: tuple[PairFact, ...] = ()
leaks: tuple[PairFact, ...] = ()
rejected: tuple[str, ...] = ()
def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, object]:
return {
"family": self.family,
"config_version": self.config.version,
"tools": list(self.config.tools),
"misses": [item.to_dict() for item in self.misses],
"leaks": [item.to_dict() for item in self.leaks],
"rejected": list(self.rejected),
}
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class Proposal:
hypothesis: str
lever: Lever
change: Mapping[str, str] # file name inside the family directory -> its new contents
predicted_affected: tuple[str, ...] = ()
predicted_at_risk: tuple[str, ...] = ()
def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, object]:
return {
"hypothesis": self.hypothesis,
"lever": self.lever,
"change": dict(self.change),
"predicted_affected": list(self.predicted_affected),
"predicted_at_risk": list(self.predicted_at_risk),
}
class Proposer(Protocol):
def propose(self, facts: FailureFacts) -> Proposal | None: ...
def build_failure_facts(
scores: Sequence[PairFamilyScore],
*,
family: str,
config: FamilyConfig,
journal: LearningJournal,
train_pairs: set[str],
) -> FailureFacts:
"""The facts of one family's failures on the train split. A holdout pair never appears here (Req 5.4)."""
mine = [item for item in scores if item.family == family and item.pair in train_pairs and item.outcome != "unscorable"]
return FailureFacts(
family=family,
config=config,
misses=tuple(_fact(item, item.other_findings_vuln) for item in mine if item.outcome in {"both_silent", "reversed"}),
leaks=tuple(_fact(item, item.other_findings_fixed) for item in mine if item.outcome in {"both_flagged", "reversed"}),
rejected=journal.rejected_buffer(family),
)
def refuse_proposal(proposal: Proposal, config: FamilyConfig) -> str | None:
"""None when the proposal is one legal change to its own family; otherwise why it is refused."""
if proposal.lever not in LEVERS:
return f"unknown lever {proposal.lever!r}; expected one of {', '.join(LEVERS)}"
if len(proposal.change) != 1:
return f"a round changes one file, not {len(proposal.change)}"
name, content = next(iter(proposal.change.items()))
if "/" in name or "\\" in name or name.startswith("."):
return f"{name!r} reaches outside the family directory"
if name != EDITABLE_FILES[proposal.lever]:
return f"{name!r} is not the file the {proposal.lever!r} lever writes ({EDITABLE_FILES[proposal.lever]})"
if name == "prompt.md" and len(content) + len(config.checklist) > MAX_PROMPT_CHARS:
return f"the proposed prompt exceeds the cap of {MAX_PROMPT_CHARS} characters"
if name == "checklist.md" and len(content) + len(config.prompt) > MAX_PROMPT_CHARS:
return f"the proposed checklist exceeds the cap of {MAX_PROMPT_CHARS} characters"
return None
def apply_proposal(proposal: Proposal, directory: Path) -> None:
"""Write the one file, inside the one directory. Callers snapshot first so a rejection can revert."""
directory.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
for name, content in proposal.change.items():
(directory / name).write_text(content, encoding="utf-8")
def write_roots(configs_dir: Path, family: str) -> tuple[Path, ...]:
"""Everything a round may write: exactly one family's directory, and never the verifiers or the corpus."""
return (configs_dir / family,)
@dataclass
class ScriptedProposer:
"""A fixed sequence of proposals, for tests and for the first offline rounds."""
proposals: list[Proposal] = field(default_factory=list)
used: int = 0
def propose(self, facts: FailureFacts) -> Proposal | None:
del facts
if self.used >= len(self.proposals):
return None
self.used += 1
return self.proposals[self.used - 1]
@dataclass
class HarnessXProposer:
"""The meta-agent, with write access limited to the family directory it is targeting."""
configs_dir: Path
model: str
reason: str = ""
def write_roots(self, family: str) -> tuple[Path, ...]:
return write_roots(self.configs_dir, family)
def propose(self, facts: FailureFacts) -> Proposal | None:
if not has_harnessx():
self.reason = "harnessx_unavailable"
return None
try:
from ..harness_ext import require_harnessx
require_harnessx()
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001 — a proposer that cannot start proposes nothing and says so
self.reason = "harnessx_unavailable"
return None
self.reason = "harnessx_proposer_not_wired" # the evolve call lands with the live rounds (task 5.3)
del facts
return None
def _fact(score: PairFamilyScore, other: int) -> PairFact:
return PairFact(pair=score.pair, outcome=score.outcome, runs=score.runs, other_findings=other, rung=score.rung)
def facts_prompt(facts: FailureFacts) -> str:
"""The facts as the proposer sees them: structured, and free of anything it will be judged on."""
return json.dumps(facts.to_dict(), indent=2, sort_keys=True)
__all__ = [
"EDITABLE_FILES",
"LEVERS",
"FailureFacts",
"HarnessXProposer",
"Lever",
"PairFact",
"Proposal",
"Proposer",
"ScriptedProposer",
"apply_proposal",
"build_failure_facts",
"facts_prompt",
"refuse_proposal",
"write_roots",
]
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"""learning-harness task 3.5: failure facts, the scripted proposer and the HarnessX proposer (offline)."""
from __future__ import annotations
import json
from pathlib import Path
import pytest
from openultrasast.learning.detectors import FamilyConfig
from openultrasast.learning.journal import LearningJournal, RoundRecord
from openultrasast.learning.scoring import PairFamilyScore
def _config(family: str = "access_control") -> FamilyConfig:
return FamilyConfig(
family=family,
version="0",
prompt="You hunt access control.",
checklist="- did the handler check ownership?",
tools=("read_definition", "obligations"),
max_steps=3,
max_cost_usd=0.5,
max_chars=4000,
)
def _score(pair: str, outcome: str, *, family: str = "access_control") -> PairFamilyScore:
return PairFamilyScore(pair=pair, family=family, runs=(outcome,), outcome=outcome, slice="vibe-py") # type: ignore[arg-type]
def test_failure_facts_carry_the_misses_the_leaks_and_the_rejected_buffer(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
from openultrasast.learning.proposer import build_failure_facts
journal = LearningJournal(tmp_path / "journal.jsonl")
journal.append(
RoundRecord(
round=1,
family="access_control",
hypothesis="ask about ownership",
levers=("checklist",),
predicted_affected=("access_control",),
predicted_at_risk=(),
outcome="rejected",
reason="tie",
)
)
scores = [_score("miss-one", "both_silent"), _score("leak-one", "both_flagged"), _score("good", "pair_correct")]
facts = build_failure_facts(
scores, family="access_control", config=_config(), journal=journal, train_pairs={"miss-one", "leak-one", "good"}
)
assert [item.pair for item in facts.misses] == ["miss-one"]
assert [item.pair for item in facts.leaks] == ["leak-one"]
assert facts.rejected == ("ask about ownership",)
assert facts.config.family == "access_control" and facts.family == "access_control"
def test_the_proposer_is_never_handed_a_holdout_pair(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
from openultrasast.learning.proposer import build_failure_facts
journal = LearningJournal(tmp_path / "journal.jsonl")
scores = [_score("train-miss", "both_silent"), _score("holdout-miss", "both_silent")]
facts = build_failure_facts(scores, family="access_control", config=_config(), journal=journal, train_pairs={"train-miss"})
assert [item.pair for item in facts.misses] == ["train-miss"]
assert "holdout-miss" not in json.dumps(facts.to_dict())
def test_the_scripted_proposer_returns_one_change_for_one_family(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
from openultrasast.learning.proposer import Proposal, ScriptedProposer, build_failure_facts
journal = LearningJournal(tmp_path / "journal.jsonl")
facts = build_failure_facts([_score("a", "both_silent")], family="access_control", config=_config(), journal=journal, train_pairs={"a"})
scripted = ScriptedProposer(
[
Proposal(
hypothesis="h",
lever="checklist",
change={"checklist.md": "- ask about ownership\n"},
predicted_affected=("access_control",),
)
]
)
proposal = scripted.propose(facts)
assert proposal is not None and proposal.lever == "checklist" and set(proposal.change) == {"checklist.md"}
assert scripted.propose(facts) is None # a scripted proposer runs out rather than repeating itself
@pytest.mark.parametrize(
("change", "lever", "needle"),
[
({"../../etc/passwd": "x"}, "checklist", "outside"),
({"family.toml": "x", "prompt.md": "y"}, "prompt", "one file"),
({"secrets.md": "x"}, "checklist", "secrets.md"),
({"prompt.md": "x" * 9000}, "prompt", "cap"),
],
ids=["escapes_the_family_directory", "two_files", "unknown_file", "over_the_cap"],
)
def test_a_proposal_that_reaches_beyond_its_family_is_refused_by_name(change: dict[str, str], lever: str, needle: str) -> None:
from openultrasast.learning.proposer import Proposal, refuse_proposal
refusal = refuse_proposal(Proposal(hypothesis="h", lever=lever, change=change), _config()) # type: ignore[arg-type]
assert refusal is not None and needle in refusal
def test_a_well_formed_proposal_is_accepted_and_applies_inside_its_own_directory(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
from openultrasast.learning.proposer import Proposal, apply_proposal, refuse_proposal
directory = tmp_path / "access_control"
directory.mkdir()
(directory / "checklist.md").write_text("- old\n")
proposal = Proposal(hypothesis="h", lever="checklist", change={"checklist.md": "- new\n"}, predicted_affected=("access_control",))
assert refuse_proposal(proposal, _config()) is None
apply_proposal(proposal, directory)
assert (directory / "checklist.md").read_text() == "- new\n"
def test_the_write_roots_are_one_family_directory_and_exclude_the_checker_and_the_corpus(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
from openultrasast.learning import canaries
from openultrasast.learning.proposer import write_roots
roots = write_roots(tmp_path / "configs", "access_control")
assert roots == (tmp_path / "configs" / "access_control",)
verifier_module = Path(canaries.__file__).resolve()
assert not any(verifier_module.is_relative_to(root.resolve()) for root in roots)
corpus = Path("benchmarks").resolve()
assert not any(str(corpus).startswith(str(root.resolve())) for root in roots)
def test_the_harnessx_proposer_degrades_with_a_reason_when_the_extra_is_absent(tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
from openultrasast.learning import proposer as proposer_module
from openultrasast.learning.proposer import HarnessXProposer, build_failure_facts
journal = LearningJournal(tmp_path / "journal.jsonl")
facts = build_failure_facts([_score("a", "both_silent")], family="access_control", config=_config(), journal=journal, train_pairs={"a"})
monkeypatch.setattr(proposer_module, "has_harnessx", lambda: False)
agent = HarnessXProposer(configs_dir=tmp_path / "configs", model="m")
assert agent.propose(facts) is None
assert agent.reason == "harnessx_unavailable"
assert agent.write_roots("access_control") == (tmp_path / "configs" / "access_control",)