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fix(packaging): reject unusable agent and MCP metadata - #521
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The Linux gate identified GNU awk rejecting a partial UTF-8 byte range as an invalid collation character. The repair at a7cc826 uses complete UTF-8 string membership for C1 controls and adds real positive package-gate cases in C and C.UTF-8 locales. Both local manifests and all 371 package-gate cases pass; all 95 scripts pass CI's exact ShellCheck command. The signed branch includes current main and preserves the verified automated main-only update. Linux CI must pass before this head is reviewed or merged. |
Acceptance readback for the unchanged metadata implementation at ec5c4fe: independent review is GREEN against main 105e3b0. The complete three-file diff is identical to the earlier Linux-green implementation. The offline native transport evaluation for the companion issue exercised Node's real HTTP header validation across all byte values, then checked NUL command, argv, environment key/value, CRLF and NUL header refusals. All 522 controls passed synchronously, with no HTTP request or configured process launched. The package's 371 gate cases cover the refusals and supported Unicode, empty values and literal variable references. Independent parser controls also preserve valid identities in C and UTF-8 locales. These retained behavioral results are evaluation evidence; the final integrated native CI still must pass before merge. |
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe frontmatter validator now rejects specified control characters in input lines and decoded quoted scalars. Presence checks treat U+200B as whitespace. MCP JSON validation checks process values, environment entries, and HTTP headers against field-specific constraints. The manifest tests cover invalid controls and transport values, along with accepted non-ASCII identities and supported MCP values. Priority: ⬇️ Low Severity of issue fixed: Low Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to The change tightens manifest validation for agent identity text and MCP transport values. No outstanding merge-blocking risk was found in the supplied evidence. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to The change rejects additional unusable metadata without adding command execution or privileges in the inspected validation path. No introduced security concern was established, but compatibility and security behavior in downstream runtimes remain only partially assessed. Retained concerns Security review detailsSecurity Blast Radius
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Review comments at @scripts/frontmatter.awk:
- Line 39: Update scalar() and quoted_text() so quoted name and description
values are evaluated for visible content after Unicode escapes are decoded,
rather than treating escape spelling as text. Reject values containing only
invisible characters such as U+200B, while preserving values that include
visible Unicode.
- Line 77: Move the forbidden-control check in the scanner block of the AWK
script before the opening and closing delimiter branches, so delimiter lines are
validated too. Keep the existing delimiter handling and subsequent bad-state
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At 998d608, native CI is complete and green, including the required aggregate. The full real package-gate suite passes all 391 cases and all 95 scripts pass CI's exact ShellCheck command. Both additional review findings were reproduced and repaired. The same 20 new package controls went from 4 passing / 16 failing to 20 passing / 0 failing. Independent whole-diff review is GREEN, with 262 parser controls and 16 actual package controls preserving C/UTF-8 behavior, visible Unicode, literal escape text, original owner-URL observations and instruction-body exclusion. The unchanged MCP validation also retains its 522-control offline comparison against native Node HTTP/process validation. The two finding threads are resolved. A fresh current-commit CodeRabbit full review is requested; its result remains the final review gate before merge. |
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- Line 5: Update nonblank_text to normalize literal U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE as
blank for presence checks, while leaving the original scalar unchanged for
provenance validation. Add a package-gate case covering a literal U+00A0 value.
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Repo: devantler-tech/agent-plugins PR: 521
File: scripts/frontmatter.awk:42-42
Timestamp: 2026-10-05T07:02:31.793Z
Learning: In scripts/frontmatter.awk, the minimum presence observer must preserve the original scalar for repository provenance validation. Normalize literal U+200B only for presence checks, and represent decoded U+200B as a space rather than deleting it, so normalization cannot turn an invalid owner URL into a valid one.
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I reviewed the complete three-file diff against base 63a8515, including the final review repair, for correctness, security and the repository's review guidelines.
The header observer examines original header and delimiter bytes before accepting identity text and stops at the closing delimiter. Forbidden literal controls and decoded control escapes are rejected. Presence checks treat the existing escaped Unicode whitespace set consistently when written literally in C and UTF-8 locales. Normalization is local to the presence decision: the returned scalar remains unchanged for repository provenance, so whitespace cannot be removed to manufacture an accepted owner URL. Visible ASCII/Unicode, single-quoted literal escape spelling and valid block content remain usable. Duplicate declarations, incomplete headers and instruction-body exclusion retain their existing gates.
MCP validation retains original JSON source before Bash or jq can erase or repair it. Process fields exclude NUL, environment keys also exclude equals signs, and HTTP header names and values follow their native wire constraints. Supported empty arguments/values, Unicode process values, HTAB and Latin-1 header values and literal variable references remain supported. Transport selection and command/destination authorization are unchanged; this validation does not execute a configured process or contact a server.
Validation at this frozen commit: all 433 actual package-gate cases passed, and all 95 scripts passed CI's exact ShellCheck command. The final literal-whitespace regression controls went from 4 passing / 38 failing before repair to 42 passing / 0 failing afterward. Independent whole-diff review passed 1,575 whitespace controls across Bash 3.2 and C/UTF-8 locales, 246 adjacent parser controls and 16 complete-package controls, including provenance and body boundaries. The unchanged MCP repair retains its 522-control offline comparison with native Node HTTP/process validation. Native CI is still queued; this review does not substitute for its required completion.
Verdict: no P0/P1 findings
At 7cb52c6, the full package-gate suite passes all 433 cases, and all 95 scripts pass CI's exact ShellCheck command. The final whitespace regression went from 4 passing / 38 failing to 42 passing / 0 failing. All three delivered review findings are repaired and their threads resolved. The substantive current-commit review is published and its standardized verdict reads GREEN. It covers the complete three-file diff, preserves original provenance and body boundaries, and records freshly verified provider limits. Blocker: Native CI discovery at 2026-10-05T09:37:12Z still reports all 13 discovered checks queued, including the package CI run. No failing check or source defect is reported. This PR remains draft until those checks complete successfully. The delivery record is nine issues closed and Done across merged implementation PRs #519 and #520 here, plus agent-skills#246 and agent-skills#247. Issues #511 and #518 remain In Review for this PR; neither is counted as delivered before merge. |
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Why
Plugin packages could pass validation with agent identities or server settings that their consuming runtime could not use.
What
Packaging now rejects unusable identity text and process or HTTP values before installation, while preserving supported Unicode, empty values and variable references.
Fixes #511