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Summary

Ref #230: SpendLimits already constrains how much an agent may pay (per-request/hourly/daily/session). This adds optional, default-off allow/deny lists for who it may pay and on which network/asset, evaluated on the existing check() path — no new lifecycle hook, no new dependencies.

  • SpendLimits gains four new optional fields: allowedPayees?: string[], blockedPayees?: string[], allowedNetworks?: string[], allowedAssets?: string[]. Same ownership model as the existing spend windows, no new config surface.
  • check(estimatedCost, counterparty?) takes an optional second CounterpartyInfo { payTo?, network?, asset? } param. Existing single-arg callers are unaffected.
  • Denial reuses the existing refusal path via a new, separate CheckResult.blockedByPolicy?: PolicyList field rather than widening the public SpendWindow union — SpendWindow is a time-window concept, and a counterparty value doesn't fit it. blockedBy stays SpendWindow-only.
  • blockedPayees wins over allowedPayees when a payee is on both.
  • Fails closed: if a policy is configured but check() isn't given the matching counterparty field, it denies rather than silently skipping the check.
  • setPolicy(list, values) / clearPolicy(list) mirror setLimit/clearLimit.

Also fixes a real bug on the same path

FileSpendControlStorage.load() reconstructs limits from a hardcoded key allowlist (perRequest/hourly/daily/session). Any new SpendLimits field — including these four — would silently vanish on the next load/restart, even though save() writes it out fine (it just JSON.stringifys the whole object). Extended the same explicit, validated loading pattern to the new fields, with a test that round-trips a full policy config across save/load and confirms malformed entries are dropped rather than accepted. Without this the feature would work until the next process restart, then quietly stop enforcing with no error.

Two design calls, happy to adjust in review

  1. Fields live directly on SpendLimits rather than a separate policy block — matches "same ownership model as existing spend windows" from the original issue.
  2. blockedByPolicy as a sibling field rather than widening SpendWindow — reasoning above.

Went ahead and picked concrete answers for both rather than leaving them open, so there's something reviewable; easy to reshape either one if you'd rather it went differently.

Test plan

  • npm run typecheck — clean
  • npm test — 736/736 passing (60 files), no existing test changed
  • npm run lint / npm run format:check — clean
  • npm run build — succeeds, postbuild smoke check passes
  • New tests added: payee allow/block/both-configured-precedence/fail-closed/clear, network allow/deny/fail-closed, asset allow/deny, setPolicy input validation, amount checks still enforced once policy passes, blockedBy stays unset on a policy denial, FileSpendControlStorage round-trip + malformed-entry drop

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added configurable policies for payees, networks, and assets.
    • Added support for setting and clearing policy allowlists and blocklists.
    • Spending checks now enforce policies before spending limits and report blocking details.
    • Policies are persisted and validated, including handling for missing or non-matching counterparty information.
  • Tests
    • Added comprehensive coverage for policy enforcement, validation, persistence, and malformed entries.

…deny lists

SpendLimits already constrains how much an agent may pay. This adds
optional, default-off allow/deny lists for who it may pay and on which
network/asset, evaluated on the existing check() path.

- SpendLimits gains allowedPayees/blockedPayees/allowedNetworks/allowedAssets
  (string[], optional). Same ownership model as the existing spend windows.
- check(estimatedCost, counterparty?) takes an optional second param;
  existing single-arg callers are unaffected.
- Denial reuses the existing refusal path via a new CheckResult.blockedByPolicy
  field rather than widening the public SpendWindow union, which is a
  time-window concept, not a "why blocked" enum.
- blockedPayees wins over allowedPayees when a payee is on both.
- Fails closed if a policy is configured but check() isn't given the
  matching counterparty field.
- setPolicy()/clearPolicy() mirror setLimit()/clearLimit().

Also fixes FileSpendControlStorage.load(), which reconstructs limits from
a hardcoded key allowlist — any new SpendLimits field would silently vanish
on the next load/restart even though save() writes it out fine. Extended
the same explicit-and-validated loading pattern to the four new fields.
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Spend Control Policies

Layer / File(s) Summary
Policy contracts and persistence
src/spend-control.ts, src/index.ts, src/spend-control.test.ts
Adds policy and counterparty types, exports them publicly, validates persisted policy arrays, protects policy data with deep copies, and tests persistence and malformed entries.
Policy configuration and enforcement
src/spend-control.ts, src/spend-control.test.ts
Adds policy configuration and clearing methods. check() evaluates payee, network, and asset policies before spending limits and reports blocking policies. Tests cover allowlists, blocklists, missing values, validation, clearing, and monetary limit enforcement.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 0bf27

The change adds payee, network, and asset restrictions, but enforcement can be bypassed if checked metadata differs from the payment ultimately executed, and storage failures can cause configured restrictions to diverge or disappear after restart. These risks should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant SpendControl
  participant PolicyConfiguration
  participant MonetaryLimits
  Caller->>SpendControl: check(estimatedCost, counterparty)
  SpendControl->>PolicyConfiguration: evaluate configured policies
  PolicyConfiguration-->>SpendControl: allow or blockedByPolicy
  SpendControl->>MonetaryLimits: evaluate spending window
  MonetaryLimits-->>Caller: CheckResult
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In `@src/spend-control.ts`:
- Around line 241-243: Update getLimits() to deep-clone each policy array,
especially allowedPayees, before returning SpendLimits so callers cannot mutate
active policy state; reuse the same cloning helper wherever other SpendLimits
objects are exposed.
- Around line 224-239: Validate the list argument in setPolicy and clearPolicy
against the four supported PolicyList keys before mutating this.limits. Reject
invalid keys, including numeric policy keys such as perRequest, while preserving
existing value validation and save behavior; add regression coverage for invalid
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Two issues from CodeRabbit's review of the counterparty-policy PR:

- setPolicy()/clearPolicy() took a PolicyList-typed param but never
  validated it at runtime, so a caller passing a SpendWindow name (e.g.
  "perRequest") would silently overwrite or delete a monetary limit
  instead of a policy list — both share the same underlying object with
  no runtime tag check. Added isPolicyList() and reject unknown keys.

- getLimits() and getStatus() shallow-copied `this.limits`, so the new
  array-valued fields were shared by reference. A caller mutating the
  returned array mutated live internal policy state directly, bypassing
  setPolicy()'s validation and save(). Added cloneLimits(), which deep-
  copies the four policy arrays, and used it everywhere a SpendLimits
  crosses a public boundary: getLimits(), getStatus(), and
  InMemorySpendControlStorage's load()/save() (which already cloned
  SpendRecord history per-record for this exact reason, just never
  needed to for limits before this PR).

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- Around line 57-66: Use cloneLimits at every SpendControlStorage boundary: have
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/** Defensive copy: the four policy fields are arrays, so a shallow `{...limits}` still shares them by reference. */
function cloneLimits(limits: SpendLimits): SpendLimits {
const clone: SpendLimits = { ...limits };
for (const key of POLICY_LISTS) {
const val = limits[key];
if (val !== undefined) {
clone[key] = [...val];
}
}
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Clone policy arrays at every SpendControlStorage boundary.

cloneLimits() protects getLimits(), getStatus(), and InMemorySpendControlStorage. However, SpendControl.save() still passes { ...this.limits }, and SpendControl.load() assigns data.limits directly. A custom storage implementation can retain either object and later mutate an active allowlist or blocklist without setPolicy() validation. This can change a policy decision after it was configured.

Proposed fix
 private save(): void {
   this.storage.save({
-    limits: { ...this.limits },
+    limits: cloneLimits(this.limits),
     history: [...this.history],
   });
 }

 private load(): void {
   const data = this.storage.load();
   if (data) {
-    this.limits = data.limits;
+    this.limits = cloneLimits(data.limits);
     this.history = data.history;

Add a storage-adapter regression test that mutates a retained save/load object and confirms the active policy does not change.

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In `@src/spend-control.ts` around lines 57 - 66, Use cloneLimits at every
SpendControlStorage boundary: have SpendControl.save pass a cloned limits object
instead of a shallow spread, and have SpendControl.load clone data.limits before
assigning it to the active limits. Add a storage-adapter regression test that
mutates retained save/load objects and verifies policy decisions remain
unchanged.

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