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name: systemd-service-unit-hardening-reviewer
description: Reviews systemd .service units and their drop-ins - flags running as root, secrets in Environment=, shell pipes and redirects in ExecStart, misspelled directives and values systemd silently ignores, settings in the wrong section, weak restart and stop timeouts, network-online ordering, missing [Install], and sandbox options that will break startup. Scores exposure and writes a hardening drop-in. Includes an offline stdlib Python checker.
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# systemd Service Unit Hardening Reviewer

You help developers and admins ship systemd service units that start reliably and do not hand an attacker the whole machine. Most unit files are copied from a blog post, run as root, keep a database password in `Environment=`, pipe output with `>>` (which systemd does not understand), and contain a typo that systemd logs once and then silently ignores. Hardening options are added during an incident and then stop the service from starting at all. You read the unit and every drop-in the way systemd merges them, explain what is wrong in plain words, and hand back a corrected unit plus a tested hardening drop-in.

You review the text you are given. You cannot see the host: tell the user to confirm with `systemd-analyze verify <file>` and `systemd-analyze security <unit>` on the target machine, and to restart and watch `journalctl -u <unit>` after every change.

## Files in this skill

- `scripts/systemd_unit_review.py` - parses a .service file plus drop-in .conf files in order (comments, backslash continuation, repeated keys, empty assignments that reset lists, invalid values that systemd skips), runs checks SD01-SD15 and prints a Markdown report with an exposure score 0-10 and a suggested hardening drop-in; `--json` and `--dropin` outputs (Python 3.8+ standard library only)
- `references/directives-and-sandboxing.md` - how systemd merges units and drop-ins, the directives that matter for reliability, every sandboxing option with what it blocks and when it breaks a service
- `references/checks-and-codes.md` - every finding code, its severity and the fix
- `templates/unit-review.md` - the review summary to send back, with the corrected unit and the rollout steps
- `examples/webapp.service` + `examples/webapp-override.conf` - a hand-deployed Node.js API with root, inline secrets, a `>>` redirect, a typo, a CAP_SYS_ADMIN grant and an incident drop-in that breaks start
- `examples/worker.service` - a mostly hardened worker with DynamicUser, StateDirectory and LoadCredential
- `examples/review-report.md` - the real checker output on both units

## Workflow

### 1. Collect the units
Ask for the unit file and every drop-in: `systemctl cat <unit>` prints them all in the order systemd applies them. Ask what the service does (language/runtime, ports, which directories it writes, whether it needs the network at start, whether it forks), the systemd version (`systemctl --version`) and the distribution.

### 2. Run the checker
```
python3 scripts/systemd_unit_review.py examples/webapp.service examples/webapp-override.conf examples/worker.service
python3 scripts/systemd_unit_review.py myapp.service override.conf --dropin
python3 scripts/systemd_unit_review.py myapp.service --json
python3 scripts/systemd_unit_review.py --self-test
```
Files after a .service are its drop-ins until the next .service. Exit 0 = no high findings, 1 = high findings, 2 = bad input. Without a shell, merge the drop-ins by hand (later wins, empty list assignment resets) and walk `references/checks-and-codes.md`.

### 3. Read the result
- High first: SD01 root, SD03 secrets in the unit or on the command line, SD07 CAP_SYS_ADMIN-class capabilities, SD08 typos in Exec/User/Restart or invalid Type/Restart values (the line is dropped), SD10 shell syntax without a shell, SD14 options that make the service fail (ProtectHome with an app in /home, MemoryDenyWriteExecute with Node/Java).
- Medium: restart and stop timeouts, network-online ordering, settings in the wrong section, missing [Install], exposure 5 or more.
- Low/info: obsolete targets, duplicated keys, missing resource limits, single sandbox options.

### 4. Fix and harden
Fix the high findings in the unit itself (move secrets to `LoadCredential=` or an `EnvironmentFile=` with mode 0600, use a service user or `DynamicUser=yes`, log to stdout instead of `>>`, move the app to /opt or /srv). Add the hardening drop-in from `--dropin` one block at a time, relaxing options the service really needs (write paths, JIT, capabilities), and restart after each step.

### 5. Deliver
Fill `templates/unit-review.md`: the verdict, the findings in plain words, the corrected unit, the drop-in, the exposure before and after, and the rollout commands (`daemon-reload`, restart, `systemd-analyze security`, `journalctl -u`).

## Example result
The shop API runs as root, has a Postgres password and a live Stripe key in `Environment=`, appends to a log file with `>>` (systemd passes `>>` and `2>&1` to node as arguments) and grants CAP_SYS_ADMIN to bind port 443. `RestartSecs=5` is a typo, so restarts come every 100 ms. The incident drop-in adds `ProtectHome=yes` with the app in /home/deploy and `MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes` for Node.js - both stop it from starting - and its `Restart=on-faliure` is ignored. 9 high findings, exposure 8.1. The worker is in good shape (exposure 1.2, six optional options to add).

## Rules

- Never print or repeat a secret value found in a unit; name the variable and tell the user to rotate it, since it was readable by every local user.
- Hardening is tested, not assumed: add options in steps, restart, check the journal; relax one option rather than dropping the whole drop-in.
- Prefer `DynamicUser=yes` or a dedicated system user to root; grant only the exact capability needed (CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE for low ports).
- Edit with `systemctl edit <unit>` (drop-ins) instead of changing vendor files under /usr/lib/systemd.
- The exposure score is an estimate from this script; the host's `systemd-analyze security` is the reference.
FILE:references/directives-and-sandboxing.md
# Directives and sandboxing notes

## How systemd builds the unit
- Files: the main unit (/etc/systemd/system, else /usr/lib/systemd/system) then drop-ins `<unit>.d/*.conf` in name order. `systemctl cat <unit>` shows them all.
- Later assignments win for single-value keys. List keys (After=, Environment=, ExecStartPre=, ReadWritePaths= ...) add up; an empty assignment (`ExecStart=`) resets the list - needed in a drop-in before a new ExecStart=.
- An unknown directive or an invalid value is logged once ("Unknown key name", "Failed to parse") and ignored; the unit still loads with the default. That is why typos survive for years.
- Lines ending in `\` continue on the next line. `#` and `;` start comments only at the start of a line.
- `systemctl daemon-reload` after every edit; `systemd-analyze verify <file>` catches most syntax errors.

## Reliability directives
- Type=exec (or simple) for programs that stay in the foreground; notify if the program calls sd_notify; forking only for legacy daemons (add PIDFile=); oneshot for scripts that finish (may have several ExecStart=).
- Restart=on-failure + RestartSec=5s for most services. Restart=always also restarts after a clean exit. Start limit (StartLimitIntervalSec=/StartLimitBurst= in [Unit], default 5 in 10 s) stops a crash loop; StartLimitIntervalSec=0 disables it.
- TimeoutStopSec= how long a clean stop may take before SIGKILL (default 90 s). infinity hangs shutdowns.
- KillMode=control-group (default) kills every process of the service; mixed sends SIGTERM to the main process and SIGKILL to the rest at the timeout.
- Network: `Wants=network-online.target` + `After=network-online.target` only if the program fails without the network at start (most servers can bind to 0.0.0.0 without it).
- Logs: write to stdout/stderr; journald stores them (`journalctl -u <unit>`). Use LogsDirectory= if a file is required.
- [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target so `systemctl enable` starts it at boot.

## Exec lines are not shell
systemd splits the line into words itself: `|`, `>`, `>>`, `2>&1`, `&&`, `;`, `&`, `$(...)` and backticks are passed to the program as arguments. `$VAR` and `VAR` are expanded from Environment=. If you need a shell use `ExecStart=/bin/sh -c '...'`, but a small script is easier to read and test. Prefixes: `-` ignore failure, `@` argv0, `+` full privileges, `!` privileges without the user switch (both skip the sandbox).

## Secrets
- Environment= values are visible to every local user through `systemctl show` and the unit file (mode 0644).
- `LoadCredential=name:/etc/app/secret` copies the file to `$CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY/name`, readable only by the service (systemd 247+). `SetCredentialEncrypted=` / `systemd-creds` for encrypted ones (250+).
- EnvironmentFile=/etc/app/env with owner root and mode 0600 is the portable fallback.
- Command-line secrets are visible in `ps` and /proc/<pid>/cmdline.

## Users and capabilities
- DynamicUser=yes allocates a transient user at start; combine with StateDirectory=/CacheDirectory=/LogsDirectory= for writable dirs (owned by that user, kept across restarts). Implies ProtectSystem=strict, ProtectHome=read-only, PrivateTmp.
- Or a static system user: `useradd --system --no-create-home --shell /usr/sbin/nologin app` and User=app, Group=app.
- Port below 1024 as non-root: `AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE` and `CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE`. CAP_SYS_ADMIN is almost root - never for a web app.

## Sandboxing options (what they block, when they break)
| Option | Blocks | Breaks when |
|---|---|---|
| NoNewPrivileges=yes | setuid binaries, privilege gain on exec | the service runs sudo/ping/setuid helpers |
| ProtectSystem=strict | writes anywhere except /dev, /proc, /sys, and the listed paths | the service writes outside ReadWritePaths=/StateDirectory=/LogsDirectory=/RuntimeDirectory= |
| ProtectHome=yes | /home, /root, /run/user (tmpfs = empty, read-only = visible) | the app, its config or data live in a home directory |
| PrivateTmp=yes | other services' /tmp | another process shares files through /tmp |
| PrivateDevices=yes | raw devices (/dev/sda, /dev/mem) | the service needs GPUs, serial ports or USB |
| ProtectKernelTunables/Modules/Logs=yes | /proc/sys writes, module loading, kernel log | the service tunes sysctls or loads modules |
| ProtectControlGroups=yes | cgroup writes | container runtimes |
| ProtectClock / ProtectHostname=yes | clock and hostname changes | NTP clients, hostname tools |
| RestrictSUIDSGID=yes | creating setuid files | installers |
| RestrictNamespaces=yes | creating namespaces | container tools, Chromium sandbox |
| RestrictRealtime=yes | realtime scheduling | audio servers |
| LockPersonality=yes | changing the execution domain | almost never |
| MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes | writable+executable memory | JIT runtimes: Node.js, Java, .NET, PyPy, LuaJIT, some Python C extensions |
| CapabilityBoundingSet= | all capabilities (empty) | anything needing root powers; list only those needed |
| SystemCallFilter=@system-service | uncommon syscalls (mount, kexec, ptrace ...) | low-level tools; check the journal for SIGSYS |
| SystemCallArchitectures=native | 32-bit syscall ABI tricks | 32-bit binaries |
| RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6 | netlink, packet, bluetooth sockets | tools that read routing tables (add AF_NETLINK) |
| UMask=0077 | world-readable new files | other users must read the files |

Rollout: apply in two or three steps (filesystem options, then kernel/namespace options, then syscalls and capabilities), restart, run the health check, read `journalctl -u <unit> -b`, then `systemd-analyze security <unit>`.
FILE:references/checks-and-codes.md
# Checks and finding codes

| Code | Severity | Check | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD01 | high (medium for oneshot) | runs as root: no User= and no DynamicUser=, or User=root; `+`/`!` Exec prefixes bypass the user and sandbox (medium) | DynamicUser=yes or a system user; drop the prefix |
| SD02 | high: no ExecStart, several ExecStart for a non-oneshot; low: command not an absolute path | ExecStart sanity | one absolute ExecStart; empty `ExecStart=` first in a drop-in to replace it |
| SD03 | high | secret-looking variable (PASSWORD, SECRET, TOKEN, API_KEY, PRIVATE_KEY, DSN) or a URL with user:password in Environment=; `--password=` style secrets on the command line | LoadCredential= or EnvironmentFile= with mode 0600; rotate the leaked secret |
| SD04 | medium: Restart=no for a long-running service; low: no RestartSec (100 ms default); high: oneshot with Restart=always/on-success; info: Restart=always with the default start limit | restart policy | Restart=on-failure, RestartSec=5s |
| SD05 | medium: After= and Wants= of network-online.target not paired; low: obsolete syslog.target / network.service | ordering | add the missing half |
| SD06 | medium if exposure >= 5, else low | sandboxing options missing (weighted exposure score) | the `--dropin` output, tested step by step |
| SD07 | high: CAP_SYS_ADMIN, CAP_SYS_MODULE, CAP_SYS_PTRACE, CAP_SYS_RAWIO; medium: CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE, CAP_NET_ADMIN, CAP_SETUID/SETGID; low: others | dangerous capabilities in AmbientCapabilities / CapabilityBoundingSet | keep only what is needed |
| SD08 | high: unknown Exec*/User*/Restart* directive or invalid Type/Restart value; medium: other unknown directive, invalid value, bad boolean, line without `=`, assignment before a section, unknown section | systemd logs a warning and ignores the line | fix the spelling (suggestion shown) |
| SD09 | medium | directive in the wrong section (StartLimitBurst in [Service], WantedBy in [Service], old StartLimitInterval) | move it |
| SD10 | high: pipes, redirects, `&&`, `;`, `&` or `$( )` in an Exec line without `/bin/sh -c`; medium: nohup / --daemon with Type=simple/exec; low: Type=forking without PIDFile | systemd does not use a shell | a script, `sh -c`, or foreground mode |
| SD11 | medium: no WantedBy/RequiredBy/Alias; low: WantedBy=default.target or graphical.target for a system service | enable at boot | WantedBy=multi-user.target |
| SD12 | medium: TimeoutStopSec=infinity/0, KillMode=none; low: KillMode=process | stop behaviour | TimeoutStopSec=30s, KillMode=mixed |
| SD13 | low | the same single-value key twice in one file | keep one |
| SD14 | high: ProtectHome=yes/tmpfs with an app, working dir or env file under /home or /root; MemoryDenyWriteExecute with node/java/dotnet/pypy/bun/deno; medium: ProtectSystem=strict with a write path not in ReadWritePaths/StateDirectory/LogsDirectory/RuntimeDirectory | options that break the service | move the app, add the write path, drop the option |
| SD15 | info | no MemoryMax/MemoryHigh/TasksMax/CPUQuota | add limits from observed usage |

## Exposure score
Weights (sum 10): run as non-root 2.0, ProtectSystem=strict 1.0 (full/yes counts half), NoNewPrivileges 0.8, ProtectHome 0.6, CapabilityBoundingSet without dangerous caps 0.6, PrivateTmp 0.5, PrivateDevices 0.5, ProtectKernelTunables 0.4, ProtectKernelModules 0.4, RestrictNamespaces 0.4, SystemCallFilter 0.4, RestrictAddressFamilies 0.4, ProtectControlGroups 0.3, RestrictSUIDSGID 0.3, MemoryDenyWriteExecute 0.3, ProtectKernelLogs 0.2, ProtectClock 0.2, RestrictRealtime 0.2, UMask 0077/0027 0.2, ProtectHostname 0.1, LockPersonality 0.1, SystemCallArchitectures=native 0.1.
Rating: under 2 OK, under 5 MEDIUM, under 8 EXPOSED, 8 or more UNSAFE.

## Verdict
- **N high finding(s) - fix before deploying**
- **works, but exposure X - add the hardening drop-in** (no high, exposure 5 or more)
- **looks good**
FILE:templates/unit-review.md
# systemd unit review: <unit name>

**Host:** <distro, systemd version>   **Runtime:** <Node.js 20 / Go binary / Python>   **Reviewed:** <YYYY-MM-DD>
**Verdict:** <9 high findings - fix before deploying>   **Exposure:** <8.1 before -> 1.5 after>

## Must fix
| # | Problem | Why it matters | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | <runs as root> | <an exploit owns the machine> | <DynamicUser=yes + CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE for port 443> |
| 2 | <secret STRIPE_SECRET_KEY in Environment=> | <readable by every local user - rotate it> | <LoadCredential=stripe:/etc/shop-api/stripe> |

## Should fix
- <Restart/RestartSec, network-online pairing, [Install], stop timeout>

## Corrected unit
```ini
<full corrected .service file>
```

## Hardening drop-in (`systemctl edit <unit>`)
```ini
<drop-in from --dropin, adjusted for this service>
```

## Rollout
1. Rotate the leaked secrets; put the new ones in /etc/<name>/ (mode 0600).
2. `systemd-analyze verify /etc/systemd/system/<unit>`
3. `systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl restart <unit>`; check `journalctl -u <unit> -b` and the health endpoint.
4. `systemd-analyze security <unit>` - expect <exposure>.
5. Roll back: `systemctl revert <unit>` removes the drop-ins.

## Open questions
- [ ] <which directories does it write?>
- [ ] <does it need the network at start?>
FILE:examples/webapp.service
# /etc/systemd/system/shopapi.service - Node.js shop API, deployed by hand in 2023
[Unit]
Description=Shop API (Node.js)
After=network-online.target syslog.target
StartLimitBurst=3

[Service]
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=/home/deploy/shop-api
Environment=NODE_ENV=production PORT=443
Environment="DATABASE_URL=postgres://shop:Winter2024@db.internal:5432/shop"
Environment=STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=sk_live_EXAMPLE_not_a_real_key
ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/npm run migrate
ExecStart=/usr/bin/node server.js >> /var/log/shop-api.log 2>&1
Restart=always
RestartSecs=5
AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_SYS_ADMIN
TimeoutStopSec=infinity
ProtectSystem=full
PrivateTmp=yes
FILE:examples/webapp-override.conf
# /etc/systemd/system/shopapi.service.d/override.conf - added during an incident
[Service]
ProtectHome=yes
MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes
Restart=on-faliure
FILE:examples/worker.service
# /etc/systemd/system/thumbnailer.service - image thumbnail worker
[Unit]
Description=Thumbnail worker
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target
StartLimitIntervalSec=60
StartLimitBurst=5

[Service]
Type=exec
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/thumbnailer \
    --queue redis://127.0.0.1:6379/2 \
    --out /var/lib/thumbnailer
DynamicUser=yes
StateDirectory=thumbnailer
LoadCredential=s3-key:/etc/thumbnailer/s3-key
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5s
TimeoutStopSec=30s
NoNewPrivileges=yes
ProtectSystem=strict
ProtectHome=yes
PrivateTmp=yes
PrivateDevices=yes
ProtectKernelTunables=yes
ProtectKernelModules=yes
ProtectControlGroups=yes
RestrictSUIDSGID=yes
RestrictNamespaces=yes
LockPersonality=yes
CapabilityBoundingSet=
SystemCallFilter=@system-service
SystemCallArchitectures=native
RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6
MemoryMax=1G
TasksMax=128

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
FILE:examples/review-report.md
# systemd unit review

| Unit | Description | Type | Runs as | Restart | Exposure (0-10) | High | Medium | Low | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `examples/webapp.service + examples/webapp-override.conf` | Shop API (Node.js) | simple | root | always | 8.1 UNSAFE | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| `examples/worker.service` | Thumbnail worker | exec | DynamicUser | on-failure | 1.2 OK | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## examples/webapp.service + examples/webapp-override.conf

**Verdict: 9 high finding(s) - fix before deploying**

| Sev | Code | Where | Finding | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | SD01 | examples/webapp.service | runs as root (no User= or DynamicUser=) - a bug or exploit in the service owns the whole machine | add DynamicUser=yes, or create a system user (useradd --system --no-create-home <name>) and set User=/Group= |
| high | SD03 | examples/webapp.service:11 | DATABASE_URL contains a URL with an embedded password | move the credential out of the unit (LoadCredential= / EnvironmentFile= 0600) |
| high | SD03 | examples/webapp.service:12 | secret STRIPE_SECRET_KEY is written in the unit file - unit files are world-readable and shown by `systemctl show` | use LoadCredential=stripe_secret_key:/etc/<name>/stripe_secret_key (read from $CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY) or EnvironmentFile=/etc/<name>/env with mode 0600 |
| high | SD07 | examples/webapp.service:17 | grants CAP_SYS_ADMIN - close to full root | remove it; to bind ports below 1024 only CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE is needed |
| high | SD08 | examples/webapp-override.conf:5 | invalid value Restart=on-faliure - systemd ignores the line and keeps the default (did you mean on-failure?) | use one of: always, no, on-abnormal, on-abort, on-failure, on-success, on-watchdog |
| high | SD08 | examples/webapp.service:16 | unknown directive RestartSecs= (ignored by systemd) - did you mean RestartSec=? | rename to RestartSec= |
| high | SD10 | examples/webapp.service:14 | ExecStart= uses shell syntax (pipes, redirects, &&, ;, & or $( )) but systemd does not run a shell - the symbols are passed as plain arguments | wrap it: ExecStart=/bin/sh -c '...' or better move the logic into a script; log to stdout (journald) instead of >> file |
| high | SD14 | examples/webapp-override.conf:3 | ProtectHome=yes but the service uses /home/deploy/shop-api - it cannot see it and will fail to start | move the app out of /home (e.g. /opt/<name>, /srv/<name>) or use ProtectHome=read-only with ReadWritePaths= for the exact directory |
| high | SD14 | examples/webapp-override.conf:4 | MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes with a JIT runtime (/usr/bin/node) - it will crash on start | remove MemoryDenyWriteExecute= for this service |
| medium | SD05 | examples/webapp.service:4 | After=network-online.target without Wants=network-online.target - the ordering does nothing unless something else pulls the target in | add Wants=network-online.target |
| medium | SD06 | examples/webapp.service | 19 sandboxing option(s) missing: User, NoNewPrivileges, ProtectSystem, PrivateDevices, ProtectKernelTunables, ProtectKernelModules, ProtectKernelLogs, ProtectControlGroups, ProtectClock, ProtectHostname, RestrictSUIDSGID, RestrictNamespaces, RestrictRealtime, LockPersonality, CapabilityBoundingSet, SystemCallFilter, SystemCallArchitectures, RestrictAddressFamilies, UMask | add the suggested drop-in (systemctl edit <name>), restart, and test the service |
| medium | SD11 | examples/webapp.service | no [Install] WantedBy= - `systemctl enable` does nothing, so the service will not start at boot | add [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target |
| medium | SD12 | examples/webapp.service:18 | stop timeout infinity - a hung service blocks shutdown and restarts forever | set TimeoutStopSec=30s (or what a clean shutdown really needs) |
| low | SD04 | examples/webapp.service:15 | Restart=always without RestartSec= (default 100ms) - a crash loop hammers the machine and hits the start limit fast | add RestartSec=5s |
| low | SD05 | examples/webapp.service:4 | After=syslog.target is obsolete | remove it (journald is always available; use network-online.target) |
| info | SD15 | examples/webapp.service | no resource limits (MemoryMax=, TasksMax=, CPUQuota=) - a leak can starve the host | add MemoryMax= and TasksMax= sized from normal usage |

Suggested drop-in (test after applying; relax an option if the service needs it):

```ini
# /etc/systemd/system/<name>.service.d/hardening.conf  (systemctl edit <name>)
[Service]
# or User=<service account>; a non-root user needs AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE for ports below 1024
DynamicUser=yes
NoNewPrivileges=yes
# currently full; add ReadWritePaths=/StateDirectory= for paths it writes
ProtectSystem=strict
PrivateDevices=yes
ProtectKernelTunables=yes
ProtectKernelModules=yes
ProtectKernelLogs=yes
ProtectControlGroups=yes
ProtectClock=yes
ProtectHostname=yes
RestrictSUIDSGID=yes
RestrictNamespaces=yes
RestrictRealtime=yes
LockPersonality=yes
# empty = no capabilities; or list only what you need, e.g. CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
CapabilityBoundingSet=
SystemCallFilter=@system-service
SystemCallArchitectures=native
RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6
UMask=0077
# then: systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl restart <name> && systemd-analyze security <name>
```

## examples/worker.service

**Verdict: looks good (exposure 1.2)**

| Sev | Code | Where | Finding | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| low | SD06 | examples/worker.service | 6 sandboxing option(s) missing: ProtectKernelLogs, ProtectClock, ProtectHostname, RestrictRealtime, MemoryDenyWriteExecute, UMask | add the suggested drop-in (systemctl edit <name>), restart, and test the service |

Suggested drop-in (test after applying; relax an option if the service needs it):

```ini
# /etc/systemd/system/<name>.service.d/hardening.conf  (systemctl edit <name>)
[Service]
ProtectKernelLogs=yes
ProtectClock=yes
ProtectHostname=yes
RestrictRealtime=yes
# not for JIT runtimes (Node.js, Java, .NET, PyPy)
MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes
UMask=0077
# then: systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl restart <name> && systemd-analyze security <name>
```

Exposure is this script's weighted estimate, not the systemd-analyze number; run `systemd-analyze security <unit>` and `systemd-analyze verify <file>` on the target host to confirm.
FILE:scripts/systemd_unit_review.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""systemd service unit hardening reviewer (stdlib only, Python 3.8+).

Reads one or more systemd .service unit files (and drop-in .conf files, applied in the order
given) the way systemd does - sections, comments, backslash line continuation, repeated keys,
empty assignments that reset a list - and reviews them for reliability and security problems:
running as root, secrets in Environment=, shell syntax in Exec lines without a shell, unknown or
misspelled directives and values, directives in the wrong section, restart and timeout policy,
network-online ordering, missing [Install], sandboxing gaps, dangerous capabilities and options
that will stop the service from starting. Prints an exposure score (0 = locked down, 10 = wide
open, in the spirit of `systemd-analyze security`) and a suggested hardening drop-in.

Usage:
  systemd_unit_review.py UNIT.service [DROPIN.conf ...] [--json] [--dropin]
  systemd_unit_review.py --self-test
Exit: 0 = no high findings, 1 = at least one high finding, 2 = bad input.
"""
import argparse, difflib, json, re, sys

SEV = {"high": 0, "medium": 1, "low": 2, "info": 3}

UNIT_KEYS = {"Description", "Documentation", "Requires", "Requisite", "Wants", "BindsTo", "PartOf",
             "Upholds", "Conflicts", "Before", "After", "OnFailure", "OnSuccess", "PropagatesReloadTo",
             "ReloadPropagatedFrom", "JoinsNamespaceOf", "RequiresMountsFor", "OnFailureJobMode",
             "IgnoreOnIsolate", "StopWhenUnneeded", "RefuseManualStart", "RefuseManualStop",
             "AllowIsolate", "DefaultDependencies", "CollectMode", "FailureAction", "SuccessAction",
             "JobTimeoutSec", "JobRunningTimeoutSec", "StartLimitIntervalSec", "StartLimitBurst",
             "StartLimitAction", "RebootArgument", "SourcePath", "ConditionPathExists",
             "ConditionPathIsDirectory", "ConditionFileNotEmpty", "ConditionHost", "ConditionVirtualization",
             "ConditionKernelCommandLine", "ConditionACPower", "ConditionUser", "ConditionGroup",
             "AssertPathExists", "AssertFileNotEmpty", "ConditionEnvironment", "ConditionSecurity"}
SERVICE_KEYS = {"Type", "ExitType", "RemainAfterExit", "GuessMainPID", "PIDFile", "BusName",
                "ExecStart", "ExecStartPre", "ExecStartPost", "ExecCondition", "ExecReload", "ExecStop",
                "ExecStopPost", "RestartSec", "RestartSteps", "RestartMaxDelaySec", "TimeoutStartSec",
                "TimeoutStopSec", "TimeoutAbortSec", "TimeoutSec", "TimeoutStartFailureMode",
                "TimeoutStopFailureMode", "RuntimeMaxSec", "WatchdogSec", "Restart", "RestartMode",
                "SuccessExitStatus", "RestartPreventExitStatus", "RestartForceExitStatus", "RootDirectoryStartOnly",
                "NonBlocking", "NotifyAccess", "Sockets", "FileDescriptorStoreMax", "USBFunctionDescriptors",
                "OOMPolicy", "OpenFile", "ReloadSignal",
                # exec
                "WorkingDirectory", "RootDirectory", "RootImage", "User", "Group", "DynamicUser",
                "SupplementaryGroups", "PAMName", "UMask", "Environment", "EnvironmentFile", "PassEnvironment",
                "UnsetEnvironment", "StandardInput", "StandardOutput", "StandardError", "SyslogIdentifier",
                "LogLevelMax", "LogRateLimitIntervalSec", "LogRateLimitBurst", "Nice", "OOMScoreAdjust",
                "CPUSchedulingPolicy", "IOSchedulingClass", "LimitNOFILE", "LimitNPROC", "LimitCORE",
                "LimitMEMLOCK", "LimitAS", "LimitFSIZE", "CapabilityBoundingSet", "AmbientCapabilities",
                "NoNewPrivileges", "SecureBits", "ProtectSystem", "ProtectHome", "RuntimeDirectory",
                "StateDirectory", "CacheDirectory", "LogsDirectory", "ConfigurationDirectory",
                "RuntimeDirectoryMode", "StateDirectoryMode", "RuntimeDirectoryPreserve", "ReadWritePaths",
                "ReadOnlyPaths", "InaccessiblePaths", "ExecPaths", "NoExecPaths", "TemporaryFileSystem",
                "BindPaths", "BindReadOnlyPaths", "PrivateTmp", "PrivateDevices", "PrivateNetwork",
                "PrivateUsers", "PrivateIPC", "PrivateMounts", "ProtectHostname", "ProtectClock",
                "ProtectKernelTunables", "ProtectKernelModules", "ProtectKernelLogs", "ProtectControlGroups",
                "ProtectProc", "ProcSubset", "RestrictAddressFamilies", "RestrictNamespaces",
                "LockPersonality", "MemoryDenyWriteExecute", "RestrictRealtime", "RestrictSUIDSGID",
                "RemoveIPC", "SystemCallFilter", "SystemCallArchitectures", "SystemCallErrorNumber",
                "DevicePolicy", "DeviceAllow", "IPAddressAllow", "IPAddressDeny", "LoadCredential",
                "LoadCredentialEncrypted", "SetCredential", "SetCredentialEncrypted", "KeyringMode",
                "TTYPath", "UtmpIdentifier", "SELinuxContext", "AppArmorProfile", "KillMode", "KillSignal",
                "SendSIGKILL", "SendSIGHUP", "FinalKillSignal", "RestartKillSignal",
                # resource control
                "CPUQuota", "CPUWeight", "MemoryMax", "MemoryHigh", "MemoryLow", "MemoryMin", "MemorySwapMax",
                "TasksMax", "IOWeight", "Slice", "Delegate", "CPUAccounting", "MemoryAccounting",
                "IOAccounting", "TasksAccounting", "IPAccounting", "ManagedOOMSwap",
                "ManagedOOMMemoryPressure"}
INSTALL_KEYS = {"Alias", "WantedBy", "RequiredBy", "UpheldBy", "Also", "DefaultInstance"}
SECTIONS = {"Unit": UNIT_KEYS, "Service": SERVICE_KEYS, "Install": INSTALL_KEYS}
LIST_KEYS = {"Requires", "Wants", "After", "Before", "BindsTo", "PartOf", "Conflicts", "Documentation",
             "Environment", "EnvironmentFile", "ExecStartPre", "ExecStartPost", "ExecStop", "ExecStopPost",
             "ExecReload", "ExecCondition", "ReadWritePaths", "ReadOnlyPaths", "InaccessiblePaths",
             "SupplementaryGroups", "CapabilityBoundingSet", "AmbientCapabilities", "SystemCallFilter",
             "RestrictAddressFamilies", "DeviceAllow", "LoadCredential", "SetCredential", "WantedBy",
             "RequiredBy", "Alias", "Also", "BindPaths", "BindReadOnlyPaths", "IPAddressAllow",
             "IPAddressDeny", "OnFailure", "SuccessExitStatus", "RestartPreventExitStatus",
             "TemporaryFileSystem", "PassEnvironment", "UnsetEnvironment", "RequiresMountsFor",
             "StateDirectory", "RuntimeDirectory", "CacheDirectory", "LogsDirectory", "ExecStart",
             "ConditionPathExists", "AssertPathExists"}
VALUES = {
    "Type": {"simple", "exec", "forking", "oneshot", "dbus", "notify", "notify-reload", "idle"},
    "Restart": {"no", "on-success", "on-failure", "on-abnormal", "on-watchdog", "on-abort", "always"},
    "ProtectSystem": {"yes", "no", "true", "false", "full", "strict", "1", "0", "on", "off"},
    "ProtectHome": {"yes", "no", "true", "false", "read-only", "tmpfs", "1", "0", "on", "off"},
    "KillMode": {"control-group", "mixed", "process", "none"},
    "StandardOutput": None, "NotifyAccess": {"none", "main", "exec", "all"},
}
BOOL = {"yes", "no", "true", "false", "1", "0", "on", "off"}
BOOL_KEYS = {"NoNewPrivileges", "PrivateTmp", "PrivateDevices", "PrivateNetwork", "PrivateUsers",
             "ProtectKernelTunables", "ProtectKernelModules", "ProtectKernelLogs", "ProtectControlGroups",
             "ProtectHostname", "ProtectClock", "LockPersonality", "MemoryDenyWriteExecute",
             "RestrictRealtime", "RestrictSUIDSGID", "RemoveIPC", "DynamicUser", "RemainAfterExit",
             "PrivateIPC", "PrivateMounts", "DefaultDependencies"}
TRUE = {"yes", "true", "1", "on"}
SECRET_RE = re.compile(r"(PASS(WORD|WD)?|SECRET|TOKEN|API_?KEY|PRIVATE_?KEY|CREDENTIALS?|DSN)", re.I)
SHELL_RE = re.compile(r"(\|\||&&|(?<![\\])[|;]|>>?|<|\$\(|`|(?:^|\s)&\s*$|\s&$)")
DANGER_CAPS = {"CAP_SYS_ADMIN": "high", "CAP_SYS_MODULE": "high", "CAP_SYS_PTRACE": "high",
               "CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE": "medium", "CAP_SYS_RAWIO": "high", "CAP_NET_ADMIN": "medium",
               "CAP_SETUID": "medium", "CAP_SETGID": "medium", "CAP_CHOWN": "low", "CAP_SYS_CHROOT": "low"}
# (directive, wanted value test, weight, recommended line) - weights sum to 10.0
HARDEN = [
    ("User", None, 2.0, "DynamicUser=yes|or User=<service account>; a non-root user needs AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE for ports below 1024"),
    ("NoNewPrivileges", "bool", 0.8, "NoNewPrivileges=yes"),
    ("ProtectSystem", "strict", 1.0, "ProtectSystem=strict"),
    ("ProtectHome", "home", 0.6, "ProtectHome=yes"),
    ("PrivateTmp", "bool", 0.5, "PrivateTmp=yes"),
    ("PrivateDevices", "bool", 0.5, "PrivateDevices=yes"),
    ("ProtectKernelTunables", "bool", 0.4, "ProtectKernelTunables=yes"),
    ("ProtectKernelModules", "bool", 0.4, "ProtectKernelModules=yes"),
    ("ProtectKernelLogs", "bool", 0.2, "ProtectKernelLogs=yes"),
    ("ProtectControlGroups", "bool", 0.3, "ProtectControlGroups=yes"),
    ("ProtectClock", "bool", 0.2, "ProtectClock=yes"),
    ("ProtectHostname", "bool", 0.1, "ProtectHostname=yes"),
    ("RestrictSUIDSGID", "bool", 0.3, "RestrictSUIDSGID=yes"),
    ("RestrictNamespaces", "ns", 0.4, "RestrictNamespaces=yes"),
    ("RestrictRealtime", "bool", 0.2, "RestrictRealtime=yes"),
    ("LockPersonality", "bool", 0.1, "LockPersonality=yes"),
    ("MemoryDenyWriteExecute", "bool", 0.3, "MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes|not for JIT runtimes (Node.js, Java, .NET, PyPy)"),
    ("CapabilityBoundingSet", "caps", 0.6, "CapabilityBoundingSet=|empty = no capabilities; or list only what you need, e.g. CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE"),
    ("SystemCallFilter", "set", 0.4, "SystemCallFilter=@system-service"),
    ("SystemCallArchitectures", "native", 0.1, "SystemCallArchitectures=native"),
    ("RestrictAddressFamilies", "set", 0.4, "RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6"),
    ("UMask", "umask", 0.2, "UMask=0077"),
]


class InputError(Exception):
    pass


# ---------------------------------------------------------------- parse
def parse(text, fname, unit=None):
    """Return unit dict: {section: {key: [(value, line, file)]}} plus raw entries list."""
    unit = unit if unit is not None else {"sections": {}, "entries": [], "files": []}
    unit["files"].append(fname)
    sec = None
    lines = text.splitlines()
    i = 0
    while i < len(lines):
        ln, raw = i + 1, lines[i]
        i += 1
        s = raw.strip()
        if not s or s[0] in "#;":
            continue
        while s.endswith("\\") and i < len(lines):
            nxt = lines[i].strip()
            i += 1
            if nxt.startswith(("#", ";")):
                continue
            s = s[:-1].rstrip() + " " + nxt
        if s.startswith("["):
            if not s.endswith("]"):
                raise InputError("%s:%d: broken section header %r" % (fname, ln, s))
            sec = s[1:-1].strip()
            unit["sections"].setdefault(sec, {})
            unit["entries"].append(("section", sec, None, ln, fname))
            continue
        if "=" not in s:
            unit["entries"].append(("noeq", sec, s, ln, fname))
            continue
        if sec is None:
            unit["entries"].append(("nosec", None, s, ln, fname))
            continue
        k, v = s.split("=", 1)
        k, v = k.strip(), v.strip()
        unit["entries"].append(("kv", sec, (k, v), ln, fname))
        d = unit["sections"][sec]
        if v == "" and k in LIST_KEYS:
            d[k] = [("", ln, fname)]  # empty assignment resets the list
            continue
        d.setdefault(k, []).append((v, ln, fname))
    return unit


def get(unit, sec, key):
    vals = unit["sections"].get(sec, {}).get(key, [])
    vals = [v for v in vals if v[0] != ""] if key in LIST_KEYS else vals
    return vals


def valid(key, v):
    vl = v.lower()
    if key in VALUES and VALUES[key]:
        return vl in VALUES[key]
    if key in BOOL_KEYS:
        return vl in BOOL
    return True


def last(unit, sec, key, default=None):
    """Effective value: the last assignment systemd accepts (invalid values are ignored)."""
    for v in reversed(unit["sections"].get(sec, {}).get(key) or []):
        if v[0] == "" or valid(key, v[0]):
            return v[0]
    return default


def where(unit, sec, key):
    v = [x for x in unit["sections"].get(sec, {}).get(key) or [] if x[0] == "" or valid(key, x[0])]
    return "%s:%d" % (v[-1][2], v[-1][1]) if v else unit["files"][0]


def words(unit, sec, key):
    out = []
    for v, _, _ in get(unit, sec, key):
        out += v.split()
    return out


# ---------------------------------------------------------------- review
def review(unit):
    F = []
    add = lambda sev, code, loc, msg, fix: F.append((sev, code, loc, msg, fix))
    S = unit["sections"]
    svc = S.get("Service", {})
    f0 = unit["files"][0]
    if "Service" not in S:
        raise InputError("%s has no [Service] section - not a service unit" % f0)

    # SD08 / SD13 / structure
    for kind, sec, val, ln, fn in unit["entries"]:
        loc = "%s:%d" % (fn, ln)
        if kind == "noeq":
            add("medium", "SD08", loc, "line is not Key=Value and is ignored: %r" % val, "fix the line or comment it out with #")
        elif kind == "nosec":
            add("medium", "SD08", loc, "assignment before any [Section] is ignored: %r" % val, "move it under [Unit], [Service] or [Install]")
        elif kind == "section" and sec not in SECTIONS and not sec.startswith("X-"):
            add("medium", "SD08", loc, "unknown section [%s] - its settings are ignored" % sec, "use [Unit], [Service] or [Install] (custom sections must start with X-)")
        elif kind == "kv" and sec in SECTIONS:
            k, v = val
            if k.startswith("X-"):
                continue
            if k not in SECTIONS[sec]:
                other = [s for s in SECTIONS if k in SECTIONS[s]]
                if other:
                    sev = "medium"
                    add(sev, "SD09", loc, "%s= belongs in [%s], not [%s] - systemd ignores it here" % (k, other[0], sec),
                        "move %s=%s to [%s]" % (k, v, other[0]))
                else:
                    allk = set().union(*SECTIONS.values())
                    close = difflib.get_close_matches(k, sorted(allk), 1, 0.75)
                    add("high" if sec == "Service" and close and close[0].startswith(("Exec", "User", "Restart")) else "medium",
                        "SD08", loc, "unknown directive %s= (ignored by systemd)%s" % (k, " - did you mean %s=?" % close[0] if close else ""),
                        "rename to %s=" % close[0] if close else "remove it or check `man systemd.directives`")
                continue
            vl = v.lower()
            if k in VALUES and VALUES[k] and v and vl not in VALUES[k]:
                close = difflib.get_close_matches(vl, sorted(VALUES[k]), 1, 0.6)
                add("high" if k in ("Type", "Restart") else "medium", "SD08", loc,
                    "invalid value %s=%s - systemd ignores the line and keeps the default%s" % (k, v, " (did you mean %s?)" % close[0] if close else ""),
                    "use one of: %s" % ", ".join(sorted(VALUES[k])))
            elif k in BOOL_KEYS and v and vl not in BOOL:
                add("medium", "SD08", loc, "%s= expects a boolean, got %r (line ignored)" % (k, v), "use yes or no")
    seen = {}
    for kind, sec, val, ln, fn in unit["entries"]:
        if kind == "kv" and val[0] not in LIST_KEYS and sec in SECTIONS:
            key = (sec, val[0])
            if key in seen and seen[key][2] == fn:
                add("low", "SD13", "%s:%d" % (fn, ln), "%s= set again (first at line %d) - the last one wins: %s" % (val[0], seen[key][1], val[1]),
                    "keep one %s= line" % val[0])
            seen[key] = (val[1], ln, fn)

    typ = (last(unit, "Service", "Type", "simple") or "simple").lower()
    execs = get(unit, "Service", "ExecStart")
    # SD02 ExecStart
    if not execs:
        add("high", "SD02", f0, "no ExecStart= - the service cannot start", "add ExecStart=/absolute/path/to/binary args")
    if len(execs) > 1 and typ != "oneshot":
        add("high", "SD02", where(unit, "Service", "ExecStart"), "%d ExecStart= lines but Type=%s allows only one (only oneshot may have several)" % (len(execs), typ),
            "keep one ExecStart=, or reset with an empty ExecStart= first in a drop-in")
    for key in ("ExecStartPre", "ExecStart", "ExecStartPost", "ExecReload", "ExecStop", "ExecStopPost"):
        for v, ln, fn in get(unit, "Service", key):
            loc = "%s:%d" % (fn, ln)
            cmd = v.lstrip("-@:+!")
            first = cmd.split()[0] if cmd.split() else ""
            is_shell = re.match(r"^(/usr)?/bin/(ba|da|z)?sh$", first) is not None
            if first and not first.startswith("/") and not first.startswith("$"):
                add("low", "SD02", loc, "%s= command %r is not an absolute path (systemd searches only its fixed PATH)" % (key, first),
                    "use the full path, e.g. /usr/bin/%s" % first)
            if not is_shell and SHELL_RE.search(cmd.split(None, 1)[1] if len(cmd.split(None, 1)) > 1 else ""):
                add("high", "SD10", loc, "%s= uses shell syntax (pipes, redirects, &&, ;, & or $( )) but systemd does not run a shell - the symbols are passed as plain arguments" % key,
                    "wrap it: %s=/bin/sh -c '...' or better move the logic into a script; log to stdout (journald) instead of >> file" % key)
            if re.search(r"(^|\s)(nohup|daemon|--daemon(ize)?|-d)(\s|$)", cmd) and typ in ("simple", "exec"):
                add("medium", "SD10", loc, "%s= looks like it forks into the background (nohup/--daemon) while Type=%s expects the process to stay in the foreground" % (key, typ),
                    "run it in the foreground (drop --daemon / nohup) or use Type=forking with PIDFile=")
            if v.startswith("+") or v.startswith("!"):
                add("medium", "SD01", loc, "%s= prefix %s runs this command with full privileges, bypassing User= and the sandbox" % (key, v[0]), "drop the prefix unless this step really needs root")
    if typ == "forking" and not get(unit, "Service", "PIDFile"):
        add("low", "SD10", where(unit, "Service", "Type"), "Type=forking without PIDFile= - systemd has to guess the main process", "add PIDFile=/run/<name>/<name>.pid or run in the foreground with Type=exec")

    # SD01 user
    user = last(unit, "Service", "User")
    dyn = (last(unit, "Service", "DynamicUser", "no") or "no").lower() in TRUE
    root = (not dyn) and (user is None or user in ("root", "0"))
    if root:
        add("high" if typ != "oneshot" else "medium", "SD01", where(unit, "Service", "User") if user else f0,
            "runs as root (%s) - a bug or exploit in the service owns the whole machine" % ("User=%s" % user if user else "no User= or DynamicUser="),
            "add DynamicUser=yes, or create a system user (useradd --system --no-create-home <name>) and set User=/Group=")
    caps = words(unit, "Service", "AmbientCapabilities") + words(unit, "Service", "CapabilityBoundingSet")
    for c in sorted(set(x.lstrip("~") for x in caps)):
        if c.upper() in DANGER_CAPS and not any(x.startswith("~") for x in caps):
            add(DANGER_CAPS[c.upper()], "SD07", where(unit, "Service", "AmbientCapabilities" if c in words(unit, "Service", "AmbientCapabilities") else "CapabilityBoundingSet"),
                "grants %s - close to full root" % c if DANGER_CAPS[c.upper()] == "high" else "grants %s" % c,
                "remove it; to bind ports below 1024 only CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE is needed")

    # SD03 secrets
    for v, ln, fn in get(unit, "Service", "Environment"):
        for m in re.finditer(r'"?([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)=("[^"]*"|\S*)', v):
            name, val = m.group(1), m.group(2).strip('"')
            if SECRET_RE.search(name) and val and not val.startswith("%") and not val.startswith("$"):
                add("high", "SD03", "%s:%d" % (fn, ln), "secret %s is written in the unit file - unit files are world-readable and shown by `systemctl show`" % name,
                    "use LoadCredential=%s:/etc/<name>/%s (read from $CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY) or EnvironmentFile=/etc/<name>/env with mode 0600" % (name.lower(), name.lower()))
            if re.search(r"://[^/\s:@]+:[^@\s]+@", val):
                add("high", "SD03", "%s:%d" % (fn, ln), "%s contains a URL with an embedded password" % name, "move the credential out of the unit (LoadCredential= / EnvironmentFile= 0600)")
    for v, ln, fn in get(unit, "Service", "ExecStart"):
        if re.search(r"--(password|passwd|token|secret|api-key)[= ]\S+", v, re.I):
            add("high", "SD03", "%s:%d" % (fn, ln), "a secret is passed on the command line - visible to every user in ps and /proc", "read it from a file or $CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY instead")

    # SD04 restart policy
    restart = (last(unit, "Service", "Restart", "no") or "no").lower()
    if typ != "oneshot" and restart == "no":
        add("medium", "SD04", where(unit, "Service", "Restart") if last(unit, "Service", "Restart") else f0,
            "Restart=no (default) - a crash leaves the service down until someone notices", "add Restart=on-failure and RestartSec=5s")
    if restart in ("always", "on-failure", "on-abnormal") and not last(unit, "Service", "RestartSec"):
        add("low", "SD04", where(unit, "Service", "Restart"), "Restart=%s without RestartSec= (default 100ms) - a crash loop hammers the machine and hits the start limit fast" % restart, "add RestartSec=5s")
    if typ == "oneshot" and restart in ("always", "on-success"):
        add("high", "SD04", where(unit, "Service", "Restart"), "Type=oneshot does not allow Restart=%s - systemd refuses to load the unit" % restart, "use Restart=on-failure or run it from a .timer")
    tstop = (last(unit, "Service", "TimeoutStopSec") or last(unit, "Service", "TimeoutSec") or "").lower()
    if tstop in ("infinity", "0"):
        add("medium", "SD12", where(unit, "Service", "TimeoutStopSec") if last(unit, "Service", "TimeoutStopSec") else where(unit, "Service", "TimeoutSec"),
            "stop timeout %s - a hung service blocks shutdown and restarts forever" % tstop, "set TimeoutStopSec=30s (or what a clean shutdown really needs)")
    km = (last(unit, "Service", "KillMode", "") or "").lower()
    if km == "none":
        add("medium", "SD12", where(unit, "Service", "KillMode"), "KillMode=none is deprecated - leftover processes survive stop and restart", "use KillMode=mixed or the default control-group")
    elif km == "process":
        add("low", "SD12", where(unit, "Service", "KillMode"), "KillMode=process kills only the main process; children keep running after stop", "use KillMode=mixed unless the children must outlive the service")

    # SD05 ordering
    after = words(unit, "Unit", "After")
    wants = words(unit, "Unit", "Wants") + words(unit, "Unit", "Requires")
    if "network-online.target" in after and "network-online.target" not in wants:
        add("medium", "SD05", where(unit, "Unit", "After"), "After=network-online.target without Wants=network-online.target - the ordering does nothing unless something else pulls the target in",
            "add Wants=network-online.target")
    if "network-online.target" in wants and "network-online.target" not in after:
        add("medium", "SD05", where(unit, "Unit", "Wants"), "Wants=network-online.target without After=network-online.target - the service still starts before the network is up", "add After=network-online.target")
    for v in ("syslog.target", "network.service"):
        if v in after:
            add("low", "SD05", where(unit, "Unit", "After"), "After=%s is obsolete" % v, "remove it (journald is always available; use network-online.target)")
    sl = [k for k in ("StartLimitIntervalSec", "StartLimitBurst") if k in S.get("Unit", {})]
    for k, ln in (("StartLimitInterval", None),):
        if k in svc:
            add("medium", "SD09", where(unit, "Service", k), "StartLimitInterval= is the old name and in [Service] it is ignored", "use StartLimitIntervalSec= in [Unit]")
    if restart == "always" and not sl and "StartLimitIntervalSec" not in svc:
        add("info", "SD04", f0, "Restart=always with the default start limit (5 starts in 10 s) - after that the unit stays failed", "if you want endless retries set StartLimitIntervalSec=0 in [Unit] and RestartSec= to a sane delay")

    # SD11 install
    wb = words(unit, "Install", "WantedBy") + words(unit, "Install", "RequiredBy")
    if not wb and not get(unit, "Install", "Alias"):
        add("medium", "SD11", f0, "no [Install] WantedBy= - `systemctl enable` does nothing, so the service will not start at boot", "add [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target")
    elif "default.target" in wb or "graphical.target" in wb:
        add("low", "SD11", where(unit, "Install", "WantedBy"), "WantedBy=%s for a system service" % [w for w in wb if w in ("default.target", "graphical.target")][0], "use WantedBy=multi-user.target (default.target is for user services)")

    # SD14 conflicts that break start
    ph = (last(unit, "Service", "ProtectHome", "no") or "no").lower()
    wd = last(unit, "Service", "WorkingDirectory", "") or ""
    paths = [wd] + [(e[0].lstrip("-@:+!").split() or [""])[0] for e in execs] + [x.lstrip("-") for x in words(unit, "Service", "EnvironmentFile")]
    if ph in TRUE or ph in ("tmpfs", "read-only"):
        for p in paths:
            if p.startswith("/home/") or p.startswith("/root/"):
                add("high" if ph != "read-only" else "medium", "SD14", where(unit, "Service", "ProtectHome"),
                    "ProtectHome=%s but the service uses %s - it %s" % (ph, p, "cannot see it and will fail to start" if ph != "read-only" else "cannot write there"),
                    "move the app out of /home (e.g. /opt/<name>, /srv/<name>) or use ProtectHome=read-only with ReadWritePaths= for the exact directory")
                break
    ps_ = (last(unit, "Service", "ProtectSystem", "no") or "no").lower()
    rw = words(unit, "Service", "ReadWritePaths") + ["/var/lib/" + x for x in words(unit, "Service", "StateDirectory")] + \
        ["/var/log/" + x for x in words(unit, "Service", "LogsDirectory")] + ["/run/" + x for x in words(unit, "Service", "RuntimeDirectory")]
    if ps_ == "strict":
        for v, ln, fn in execs + get(unit, "Service", "ExecStartPre"):
            for m in re.finditer(r">>?\s*(/\S+)|--(?:log|pid|data|out)[-a-z]*[= ](/\S+)", v):
                p = m.group(1) or m.group(2)
                if not any(p.startswith(x.lstrip("-")) for x in rw) and not p.startswith(("/tmp", "/dev/")):
                    add("medium", "SD14", "%s:%d" % (fn, ln), "ProtectSystem=strict makes %s read-only - writes will fail" % p,
                        "use StateDirectory=/LogsDirectory=/RuntimeDirectory= or ReadWritePaths=%s" % p.rsplit("/", 1)[0])
    if (last(unit, "Service", "MemoryDenyWriteExecute", "no") or "").lower() in TRUE and paths and re.search(r"(node|java|dotnet|pypy|bun|deno)", " ".join(paths)):
        add("high", "SD14", where(unit, "Service", "MemoryDenyWriteExecute"), "MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes with a JIT runtime (%s) - it will crash on start" % [p for p in paths if re.search(r"(node|java|dotnet|pypy|bun|deno)", p)][0],
            "remove MemoryDenyWriteExecute= for this service")
    if dyn and user:
        add("info", "SD01", where(unit, "Service", "DynamicUser"), "DynamicUser=yes with User=%s - a transient user with that name is allocated" % user, "fine; do not rely on files owned by a static %s user" % user)

    # SD15 resources
    if not any(k in svc for k in ("MemoryMax", "MemoryHigh", "TasksMax", "CPUQuota")):
        add("info", "SD15", f0, "no resource limits (MemoryMax=, TasksMax=, CPUQuota=) - a leak can starve the host", "add MemoryMax= and TasksMax= sized from normal usage")

    # SD06 exposure
    exposure, missing = 0.0, []
    for key, test, w, rec in HARDEN:
        v = (last(unit, "Service", key) or "")
        vl = v.lower()
        if key == "User":
            ok = not root
        elif test == "bool":
            ok = vl in TRUE
        elif test == "strict":
            ok = vl == "strict"
            if vl in ("full", "yes", "true"):
                exposure += w * 0.5
                missing.append((key, "ProtectSystem=strict|currently %s; add ReadWritePaths=/StateDirectory= for paths it writes" % v))
                continue
        elif test == "home":
            ok = vl in TRUE or vl in ("read-only", "tmpfs")
        elif test == "ns":
            ok = vl in TRUE or (v != "" and vl not in ("no", "false", "0", "off"))
        elif test == "caps":
            ok = key in svc and all(c.upper() not in DANGER_CAPS or c.startswith("~") for c in words(unit, "Service", key))
        elif test == "set":
            ok = bool(words(unit, "Service", key))
        elif test == "native":
            ok = vl == "native"
        elif test == "umask":
            ok = v in ("0077", "077", "0027", "027")
        else:
            ok = bool(v)
        if not ok:
            exposure += w
            missing.append((key, rec))
    exposure = round(min(exposure, 10.0), 1)
    if missing:
        add("medium" if exposure >= 5 else "low", "SD06", f0, "%d sandboxing option(s) missing: %s" % (len(missing), ", ".join(k for k, _ in missing)),
            "add the suggested drop-in (systemctl edit <name>), restart, and test the service")
    F.sort(key=lambda x: (SEV[x[0]], x[1], x[2]))
    rating = "OK" if exposure < 2 else "MEDIUM" if exposure < 5 else "EXPOSED" if exposure < 8 else "UNSAFE"
    return {"files": unit["files"], "name": last(unit, "Unit", "Description", "") or unit["files"][0], "type": typ,
            "user": "DynamicUser" if dyn else (user or "root"), "restart": restart, "exposure": exposure, "rating": rating,
            "missing": missing, "findings": F}


def dropin(r):
    lines = ["# /etc/systemd/system/<name>.service.d/hardening.conf  (systemctl edit <name>)", "[Service]"]
    for k, rec in r["missing"]:
        line, _, note = rec.partition("|")
        if note:
            lines.append("# " + note)
        lines.append(line)
    if any(f[1] == "SD04" and "Restart=no" in f[3] for f in r["findings"]):
        lines += ["Restart=on-failure", "RestartSec=5s"]
    lines += ["# then: systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl restart <name> && systemd-analyze security <name>"]
    return "\n".join(lines)


def counts(F):
    c = {s: 0 for s in SEV}
    for f in F:
        c[f[0]] += 1
    return c


def report(results):
    out = ["# systemd unit review", ""]
    out.append("| Unit | Description | Type | Runs as | Restart | Exposure (0-10) | High | Medium | Low | Info |")
    out.append("|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|")
    for r in results:
        c = counts(r["findings"])
        out.append("| `%s` | %s | %s | %s | %s | %.1f %s | %d | %d | %d | %d |" % (" + ".join(r["files"]), r["name"], r["type"], r["user"], r["restart"],
                                                                         r["exposure"], r["rating"], c["high"], c["medium"], c["low"], c["info"]))
    for r in results:
        c = counts(r["findings"])
        out += ["", "## %s" % " + ".join(r["files"]), ""]
        if c["high"]:
            v = "%d high finding(s) - fix before deploying" % c["high"]
        elif r["exposure"] >= 5:
            v = "works, but exposure %.1f - add the hardening drop-in" % r["exposure"]
        else:
            v = "looks good (exposure %.1f)" % r["exposure"]
        out.append("**Verdict: %s**" % v)
        out += ["", "| Sev | Code | Where | Finding | Fix |", "|---|---|---|---|---|"]
        for s, code, loc, msg, fix in r["findings"]:
            out.append("| %s | %s | %s | %s | %s |" % (s, code, loc, msg.replace("|", "\\|"), fix.replace("|", "\\|")))
        if r["missing"]:
            out += ["", "Suggested drop-in (test after applying; relax an option if the service needs it):", "", "```ini", dropin(r), "```"]
    out += ["", "Exposure is this script's weighted estimate, not the systemd-analyze number; run `systemd-analyze security <unit>` and `systemd-analyze verify <file>` on the target host to confirm."]
    return "\n".join(out) + "\n"


def run_files(paths):
    unit = None
    for p in paths:
        try:
            with open(p, encoding="utf-8") as fh:
                txt = fh.read()
        except OSError as e:
            raise InputError("cannot read %s: %s" % (p, e))
        unit = parse(txt, p, unit)
    return review(unit)


# ---------------------------------------------------------------- self-test
def self_test():
    tests = []
    def t(name, cond):
        tests.append((name, bool(cond)))
    def R(txt, *drop):
        u = parse(txt, "a.service")
        for i, d in enumerate(drop):
            u = parse(d, "d%d.conf" % i, u)
        return review(u)
    def codes(txt, *drop):
        return [(f[0], f[1]) for f in R(txt, *drop)["findings"]]
    base = "[Unit]\nDescription=x\n[Service]\nExecStart=/usr/bin/app\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n"
    good = ("[Unit]\nDescription=good\nWants=network-online.target\nAfter=network-online.target\n[Service]\nType=exec\nExecStart=/usr/bin/app\n"
            "DynamicUser=yes\nRestart=on-failure\nRestartSec=5s\nNoNewPrivileges=yes\nProtectSystem=strict\nProtectHome=yes\nPrivateTmp=yes\n"
            "PrivateDevices=yes\nProtectKernelTunables=yes\nProtectKernelModules=yes\nProtectKernelLogs=yes\nProtectControlGroups=yes\n"
            "ProtectClock=yes\nProtectHostname=yes\nRestrictSUIDSGID=yes\nRestrictNamespaces=yes\nRestrictRealtime=yes\nLockPersonality=yes\n"
            "MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes\nCapabilityBoundingSet=\nSystemCallFilter=@system-service\nSystemCallArchitectures=native\n"
            "RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6\nUMask=0077\nMemoryMax=512M\nTasksMax=64\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n")
    g = R(good)
    t("fully hardened unit: exposure 0, no high/medium", g["exposure"] == 0 and not [f for f in g["findings"] if f[0] in ("high", "medium")])
    t("root by default -> SD01 high", ("high", "SD01") in codes(base))
    t("root oneshot -> SD01 medium", ("medium", "SD01") in codes(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nType=oneshot\n")))
    t("User=svc clears SD01", "SD01" not in [c for _, c in codes(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nUser=svc\n"))])
    t("missing ExecStart -> SD02 high", ("high", "SD02") in codes("[Service]\nUser=a\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n"))
    t("relative command -> SD02 low", ("low", "SD02") in codes(base.replace("/usr/bin/app", "app")))
    t("two ExecStart with simple -> SD02 high", ("high", "SD02") in codes(base.replace("ExecStart=/usr/bin/app", "ExecStart=/a\nExecStart=/b")))
    t("empty ExecStart= in drop-in resets", ("high", "SD02") not in codes(base, "[Service]\nExecStart=\nExecStart=/usr/bin/other\n"))
    t("pipe in ExecStart -> SD10 high", ("high", "SD10") in codes(base.replace("/usr/bin/app", "/usr/bin/app | logger")))
    t("redirect >> -> SD10 high", ("high", "SD10") in codes(base.replace("/usr/bin/app", "/usr/bin/app >> /var/log/app.log")))
    t("sh -c is allowed", ("high", "SD10") not in codes(base.replace("/usr/bin/app", "/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/app | logger'")))
    t("--daemon with simple -> SD10 medium", ("medium", "SD10") in codes(base.replace("/usr/bin/app", "/usr/bin/app --daemon")))
    t("secret in Environment -> SD03 high", ("high", "SD03") in codes(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nEnvironment=DB_PASSWORD=hunter2\n")))
    t("quoted env with URL password -> SD03", ("high", "SD03") in codes(base.replace("[Service]\n", '[Service]\nEnvironment="DATABASE_URL=postgres://u:pw@db/x" "PORT=80"\n')))
    t("non-secret env is fine", "SD03" not in [c for _, c in codes(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nEnvironment=PORT=8080 LOG_LEVEL=info\n"))])
    t("--password on cmdline -> SD03", ("high", "SD03") in codes(base.replace("/usr/bin/app", "/usr/bin/app --password=s3cret")))
    t("Restart missing -> SD04 medium", ("medium", "SD04") in codes(base))
    t("Restart=always no RestartSec -> SD04 low", ("low", "SD04") in codes(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nRestart=always\n")))
    t("oneshot + Restart=always -> SD04 high", ("high", "SD04") in codes(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nType=oneshot\nRestart=always\n")))
    t("After online without Wants -> SD05", ("medium", "SD05") in codes(base.replace("[Unit]\n", "[Unit]\nAfter=network-online.target\n")))
    t("Wants online without After -> SD05", ("medium", "SD05") in codes(base.replace("[Unit]\n", "[Unit]\nWants=network-online.target\n")))
    t("syslog.target obsolete -> SD05 low", ("low", "SD05") in codes(base.replace("[Unit]\n", "[Unit]\nAfter=syslog.target\n")))
    t("typo directive -> SD08 with suggestion", any("did you mean RestartSec" in f[3] for f in R(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nRestartSecs=5\n"))["findings"]))
    t("invalid Restart value -> SD08 high", ("high", "SD08") in codes(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nRestart=on-faliure\n")))
    t("invalid value ignored, earlier valid one stays effective", R(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nRestart=always\n"), "[Service]\nRestart=on-faliure\n")["restart"] == "always")
    t("drop-in lines are valid key=value", all("=" in l or l.startswith(("#", "[")) for l in dropin(R(base)).splitlines()))
    t("bad boolean -> SD08 medium", ("medium", "SD08") in codes(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nPrivateTmp=maybe\n")))
    t("StartLimitBurst in [Service] -> SD09", ("medium", "SD09") in codes(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nStartLimitBurst=3\n")))
    t("WantedBy in [Service] -> SD09", ("medium", "SD09") in codes(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n")))
    t("no [Install] -> SD11 medium", ("medium", "SD11") in codes("[Service]\nExecStart=/usr/bin/a\n"))
    t("WantedBy=default.target -> SD11 low", ("low", "SD11") in codes(base.replace("multi-user.target", "default.target")))
    t("duplicate scalar -> SD13", ("low", "SD13") in codes(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nUser=a\nUser=b\n")))
    t("drop-in override is not a duplicate", ("low", "SD13") not in codes(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nUser=a\n"), "[Service]\nUser=b\n"))
    t("drop-in value wins", R(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nUser=a\n"), "[Service]\nUser=b\n")["user"] == "b")
    t("ProtectHome with /home app -> SD14 high", ("high", "SD14") in codes(base.replace("/usr/bin/app", "/home/deploy/app/run").replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nProtectHome=yes\n")))
    t("MDWE with node -> SD14 high", ("high", "SD14") in codes(base.replace("/usr/bin/app", "/usr/bin/node server.js").replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nMemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes\n")))
    t("ProtectSystem=strict write path -> SD14", ("medium", "SD14") in codes(base.replace("/usr/bin/app", "/usr/bin/app --log-file=/var/log/app/app.log").replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nProtectSystem=strict\n")))
    t("LogsDirectory clears strict write", ("medium", "SD14") not in codes(base.replace("/usr/bin/app", "/usr/bin/app --log-file=/var/log/app/app.log").replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nProtectSystem=strict\nLogsDirectory=app\n")))
    t("CAP_SYS_ADMIN -> SD07 high", ("high", "SD07") in codes(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nAmbientCapabilities=CAP_SYS_ADMIN\n")))
    t("+ prefix -> SD01 medium", ("medium", "SD01") in codes(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nUser=a\nExecStartPre=+/usr/bin/setup\n")))
    t("TimeoutStopSec=infinity -> SD12", ("medium", "SD12") in codes(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nTimeoutStopSec=infinity\n")))
    t("continuation lines joined", R("[Service]\nExecStart=/usr/bin/app \\\n  --port 80\nUser=a\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n")["findings"] is not None and
      parse("[Service]\nExecStart=/usr/bin/app \\\n  --port 80\n", "x")["sections"]["Service"]["ExecStart"][0][0] == "/usr/bin/app --port 80")
    t("bare exposure of minimal unit is 10", R(base)["exposure"] == 10.0)
    t("ProtectSystem=full counts half", abs(R(base.replace("[Service]\n", "[Service]\nProtectSystem=full\n"))["exposure"] - 9.5) < 0.01)
    try:
        R("[Unit]\nDescription=x\n")
        t("no [Service] rejected", False)
    except InputError:
        t("no [Service] rejected", True)
    t("report has verdict and table", "**Verdict:" in report([R(base)]) and "| Sev | Code |" in report([R(base)]))
    for n, ok in tests:
        print("%s  %s" % ("PASS" if ok else "FAIL", n))
    p = sum(ok for _, ok in tests)
    print("%d/%d passed" % (p, len(tests)))
    return 0 if p == len(tests) else 1


def main(argv=None):
    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Review systemd .service units for reliability and hardening.")
    ap.add_argument("units", nargs="*", help="UNIT.service, optionally followed by drop-in .conf files; use ',' between separate units")
    ap.add_argument("--json", action="store_true")
    ap.add_argument("--dropin", action="store_true", help="print only the suggested hardening drop-in(s)")
    ap.add_argument("--self-test", action="store_true")
    a = ap.parse_args(argv)
    if a.self_test:
        return self_test()
    if not a.units:
        ap.error("give at least one .service file")
    groups, cur = [], []
    for u in a.units:
        if u == ",":
            groups.append(cur); cur = []
        elif u.endswith(".service") and cur:
            groups.append(cur); cur = [u]
        else:
            cur.append(u)
    groups.append(cur)
    try:
        res = [run_files(g) for g in groups if g]
    except InputError as e:
        print("error: %s" % e, file=sys.stderr)
        return 2
    if a.json:
        print(json.dumps([{**r, "findings": [dict(zip(("severity", "code", "where", "finding", "fix"), f)) for f in r["findings"]]} for r in res], indent=2))
    elif a.dropin:
        print("\n\n".join(dropin(r) for r in res))
    else:
        sys.stdout.write(report(res))
    return 1 if any(f[0] == "high" for r in res for f in r["findings"]) else 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())

---
name: codeowners-coverage-and-ownership-checker
description: Checks a GitHub CODEOWNERS file against the real repository file list - works out who owns every file (last matching line wins), then reports invalid or unknown owners, unowned files and critical paths left to the catch-all rule, rules that match nothing or are fully overridden by later lines, unsupported ! and [ ] syntax, duplicates, empty teams and one-person bottlenecks. Includes an offline stdlib Python checker.
---

# CODEOWNERS Coverage and Ownership Checker

You help engineering teams trust their CODEOWNERS file. Required reviews and auto-assigned reviewers only work when every line is valid, every owner exists and has access, and the rules are in the right order. In practice files quietly lose their owner: a team gets renamed and its files silently get no reviewer, a specific rule sits above a general one and never applies, `docs/*` does not cover `docs/guide/`, a `!` negation copied from .gitignore does nothing, or the only owner of the billing code is one person on holiday. You compute the effective owner of every file and show exactly what is wrong and how to fix it.

You check the file against GitHub's documented CODEOWNERS behaviour and the owner list the user gives you. You cannot see repository permissions; say so and ask the user to confirm write access in the repository settings or with `gh api`.

## Files in this skill

- `scripts/codeowners_check.py` - parses CODEOWNERS (comments, inline comments, escaped spaces), matches every path from `git ls-files` with GitHub's gitignore-style rules (anchored and floating patterns, `*`, `**`, `?`, directory patterns, `dir/*` = direct children only, last matching line wins), skips lines with invalid syntax and drops unknown owners like GitHub does and reports findings CO01-CO11 with coverage per directory, a rule table, owner load and a `--who PATH` lookup (Python 3.8+ standard library only)
- `references/codeowners-syntax-and-matching.md` - pattern semantics with examples, ordering rules, owner formats, file location and GitHub limits
- `references/checks-and-codes.md` - every finding code, its severity and the usual fix
- `templates/ownership-review.md` - the pull request description / review note for a CODEOWNERS fix
- `examples/CODEOWNERS` - a realistic file for a web app monorepo with typical mistakes (renamed team, specific rule above a general one, `docs/*`, negation, character range, GitLab section, owner without @, removed directory, duplicate line, explicitly unowned generated code)
- `examples/files.txt` - the repository file list (`git ls-files` output, 43 files)
- `examples/owners.json` - org, users with access, teams with members, paths that must have a specific owner and the individual-share limit
- `examples/ownership-report.md` - the real checker output on the example

## Workflow

### 1. Collect the inputs
Ask for the CODEOWNERS file (from `.github/`, the repository root or `docs/`; GitHub uses the first one it finds in that order) and the file list from the default branch: `git ls-files > files.txt`. Then ask for the owner list: the org name, users with write access, teams with their members (`gh api orgs/<org>/teams`, `gh api orgs/<org>/teams/<team>/members`) and the paths that must have a specific owner (CI workflows, infrastructure, payments, migrations, CODEOWNERS itself). Write them into a JSON like `examples/owners.json`. Without an owner list the checker still checks syntax, order and coverage.

### 2. Run the checker
```
python3 scripts/codeowners_check.py examples/CODEOWNERS examples/files.txt --owners examples/owners.json
python3 scripts/codeowners_check.py .github/CODEOWNERS files.txt --owners owners.json --who services/api/billing/invoices.py
python3 scripts/codeowners_check.py .github/CODEOWNERS files.txt --json
python3 scripts/codeowners_check.py --self-test
```
Exit 0 = no high findings, 1 = high findings, 2 = bad input. Without a shell, walk the rules bottom-up for each important path with `references/codeowners-syntax-and-matching.md`: the first line from the bottom that matches is the owner.

### 3. Read the result
- High first: CO01 (invalid owner format such as a name without @): GitHub skips the whole line as invalid syntax, so those files fall back to an earlier rule. CO02 (unknown user or team, no access): that owner is not requested; if no valid owner is left on the line, the line still matches and its files get no code owner at all. CO03 high: files under a must-own path have no owner.
- Medium: CO05 (rule fully overridden - usually a specific path above a general one), CO04 (rule matches nothing - renamed or deleted path), CO06 (`!` or `[ ]` - ignored), CO11 (critical path only covered by `*`), CO09 (empty team), CO07 (one person owns too much), CO03 medium (files with no rule).
- Low/info: GitLab section headers, single-person ownership, duplicate patterns, explicitly unowned paths (fine if intended).
- Use `--who` on the paths people care about to confirm the fix before and after.

### 4. Propose the fix
Write the corrected CODEOWNERS: general rules first, specific ones after; replace `!` exclusions with a more specific later rule (an empty owner list makes a path unowned on purpose); use `/dir/` instead of `dir/*` when nested files should be covered; fix team slugs; add a second owner or a team for one-person paths; add a line for CODEOWNERS itself. Re-run until there are no high findings, then fill `templates/ownership-review.md`.

### 5. Deliver
Return the findings in plain words, the corrected file (or a diff), the before/after owner of the key paths, and the follow-ups that need an admin: grant team access, add members to empty teams, enable "Require review from Code Owners" in branch protection once the file is clean.

## Example result
On the example only 38 of 43 files have a code owner and there are 4 high findings: `/web/` names `@tidyq/frontend-team` (the team is `@tidyq/frontend`), so package.json, App.tsx, Home.tsx and Checkout.tsx get no code owner at all; `/docs/api/` uses `omar` without @ and is skipped; `/mobile/` names a removed team and matches no file. `/services/api/billing/` sits above `/services/api/` and never applies, so payments never review billing code; `docs/*` is overridden by `/docs/` and `@tidyq/docs` has no members; the `!` and `[a-z]` lines are ignored; Terraform modules and dependabot.yml only fall back to `*` because `/infra/terraform/*` covers direct children only.

## Rules

- Last matching line wins: always reason bottom-up, and say which line owns a path.
- A line with invalid syntax is skipped entirely; an unknown or inaccessible owner is simply not requested, and a line with only unknown owners still wins for its files, leaving them without a code owner. Never assume an earlier rule takes over in that case.
- Only call an owner unknown against the list the user provided; otherwise say "could not verify" and suggest the `gh api` calls.
- Prefer teams over individuals for anything critical; never remove a person from ownership without the team agreeing.
- Do not invent patterns for paths that are not in the file list; ask whether new directories are coming.
- Treat the repository file list and team membership as internal information.
FILE:references/codeowners-syntax-and-matching.md
# CODEOWNERS syntax and matching (GitHub)

## Where the file lives
GitHub looks for `CODEOWNERS` in `.github/`, then the repository root, then `docs/`, and uses the first one it finds on the branch the pull request targets (the base branch). Files over 3 MB are ignored. GitHub shows errors for invalid lines when you open the file in the web UI ("CODEOWNERS errors" banner) and via `gh api repos/<owner>/<repo>/codeowners/errors`.

## Line format
```
<pattern>  <owner> [<owner> ...]   # optional comment
```
- `#` at the start of a line (or after whitespace) starts a comment. Unlike .gitignore, escaping a pattern that starts with `#` as `\#` does not work in CODEOWNERS.
- Paths are case sensitive, even if your laptop's file system is not.
- All owners for a pattern must be on the same line; two lines with the same pattern means only the later one counts.
- Owners: `@username`, `@org/team-slug` (team in the same org, with write access) or an email address linked to a GitHub account. A bare name such as `omar` is invalid.
- A pattern with no owners makes matching files unowned on purpose (useful to carve out generated code from a default owner).
- A line with invalid syntax (for example an owner without @) is skipped, so its files fall back to the previous matching line.
- An owner that does not exist or has no write access is simply not assigned. The line still matches, so if none of its owners is valid, its files end up with no code owner (they do NOT fall back to an earlier line).

## Order: the last matching line wins
GitHub reads the file top to bottom and the last line that matches a path decides its owners. Put the catch-all `*` first, broad directories next and the most specific paths last.

```
*                       @tidyq/platform      # 1: default
/services/api/          @tidyq/backend       # 2: whole API
/services/api/billing/  @tidyq/payments      # 3: more specific, must come AFTER 2
```
With lines 2 and 3 swapped, billing files are owned by `@tidyq/backend` only (CO05).

## Pattern semantics (gitignore-style, with exceptions)
| Pattern | Matches | Does not match |
|---|---|---|
| `*` | every file | - |
| `*.js` | `app.js`, `web/lib/util.js` (any depth) | `app.jsx` |
| `/build/logs/` | everything under `build/logs/` at the root, at any depth | `src/build/logs/x` |
| `docs/` or `apps/` (no leading slash) | a `docs`/`apps` directory anywhere and everything under it | - |
| `docs/*` | files directly in `docs/` | `docs/guide/setup.md` (nested) |
| `/docs/` or `/docs/**` | everything under the root `docs/` | - |
| `**/logs` | `logs` directory or file at any depth | - |
| `/src/**/users.py` | `src/users.py`, `src/api/v2/users.py` | - |
| `README.md` | `README.md` at any depth | - |
| `/README.md` | only the root `README.md` | `sub/README.md` |
| `src/ap?.py` | `src/app.py` | `src/apps.py` |

Rules of thumb:
- A pattern with a slash at the start or in the middle is anchored to the repository root; one without (apart from a trailing slash) floats and matches at any depth.
- A trailing slash means "this directory and everything in it".
- A matching directory owns all files under it, except for `dir/*`, which covers direct children only.

## Not supported (the line is ignored or flagged)
- `!pattern` negation - use a later, more specific rule instead (with no owners to make it unowned).
- `[a-z]` character ranges - list the paths or use `*`.
- GitLab sections (`[Docs]`, `^[Optional]`, `[Docs][2]`) and default owners on section headers - GitLab only.

## Teams and access
- The team must be visible and have write access to the repository; the user must have write access.
- An empty team gets the review request but nobody is notified.
- Required code owner review (branch protection or rulesets) blocks merges until one of the owners approves (any one owner is enough). If a file ends up with no valid owner, no code owner approval is requested for it, so the protection silently does nothing for that file.

## Getting the inputs
```
git ls-files > files.txt
gh api orgs/<org>/teams --paginate -q '.[].slug'
gh api orgs/<org>/teams/<slug>/members --paginate -q '.[].login'
gh api repos/<owner>/<repo>/collaborators --paginate -q '.[] | select(.permissions.push) | .login'
gh api repos/<owner>/<repo>/codeowners/errors
```
FILE:references/checks-and-codes.md
# Checks and finding codes

| Code | Severity | Check | Typical fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO01 | high | owner is not `@user`, `@org/team` or an email (e.g. `omar`); pattern cannot be parsed | add the @ / fix the slug; the whole line is skipped until then |
| CO02 | high | user not in your users list, team not in your teams list, or team from another org (only with `--owners`); a second CO02 line says when no valid owner is left on a line, so its files get no code owner | fix the slug (the checker suggests a close team), give the team write access, or remove the owner |
| CO03 | high: unowned file under a `require_owner` path; medium: other files with no rule or only unknown owners (explicitly unowned files are CO10) | coverage | add a rule, or a catch-all `*` default |
| CO04 | medium | the pattern matches no file in the list | path renamed or deleted: update or remove the line |
| CO05 | medium | every file the rule matches is owned by later lines (last match wins) | move the specific rule below the general one |
| CO06 | medium: `!` negation, `[ ]` ranges (ignored by GitHub); low: GitLab section header | unsupported syntax | use a later more specific rule; empty owner list = unowned |
| CO07 | medium: one individual (not a team) is the effective owner of more than `max_individual_share` of files; low: files owned by a single individual and no team | bus factor | add a team or a second owner |
| CO08 | low | the same pattern appears twice; only the later line counts | merge the owners into one line |
| CO09 | medium | team has no members in your teams list | add members or use another team |
| CO10 | info | pattern with no owners: files intentionally unowned | fine if intended (generated code, vendored files) |
| CO11 | medium | files under a `require_owner` path are only owned by the catch-all `*` rule | add a specific rule for that path |

## Verdict
- **High findings**: fix before relying on "Require review from Code Owners".
- **Medium only**: the file works but some files go to the wrong people.
- **Healthy**: only low/info.

## Owners file (`--owners`, JSON)
| Key | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `org` | org name; teams from another org are flagged |
| `users` | logins with write access (without @) |
| `teams` | `{"org/slug": [members]}` |
| `require_owner` | patterns (same syntax) for paths that must have a specific owner |
| `max_individual_share` | share of files one person may own alone (default 0.4) |
| `ignore` | patterns for files to leave out (vendored code, lock files) |

## Limits of the check
- Repository permissions and team visibility are not checked - confirm with the `gh api` calls in the syntax reference or the "CODEOWNERS errors" banner.
- The file list is a snapshot of one branch; run it against the base branch of your pull requests.
FILE:templates/ownership-review.md
# CODEOWNERS fix: <repository>

**Branch:** <base branch>   **Checked:** <YYYY-MM-DD>   **Files:** <n>   **Owned before / after:** <x% / y%>

## What was wrong
| Line | Rule | Problem | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| <11> | `<pattern> <owners>` | <unknown team @org/frontend-team> | <web files fall back to @org/platform> |
| <6> | `<pattern>` | <overridden by line 7> | <payments never review billing> |

## Changes
```diff
<- /services/api/billing/    @org/payments
<  /services/api/            @org/backend
<+ /services/api/billing/    @org/payments>
```

## Who owns the key paths now
| Path | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| <services/api/billing/invoices.py> | <@org/backend (line 7)> | <@org/payments (line 8)> |
| <infra/terraform/modules/vpc/main.tf> | <@org/platform (line 3, catch-all)> | <@org/sre> |

## Needs an admin
- [ ] <give @org/frontend write access / add members to @org/docs>
- [ ] <enable "Require review from Code Owners" on <branch> once this is merged>

## Check
`python3 scripts/codeowners_check.py .github/CODEOWNERS files.txt --owners owners.json` -> <0 high, n medium (explain the rest)>

*Matching follows GitHub's CODEOWNERS rules; repository permissions were checked with <gh api / settings page | not checked>.*
FILE:examples/CODEOWNERS
# CODEOWNERS for tidyq/tidyq-app (copied into .github/CODEOWNERS)
# Default owners for everything not matched below
*                         @tidyq/platform

# Backend
/services/api/billing/    @tidyq/payments
/services/api/            @tidyq/backend
/services/worker/         @tidyq/backend @marta-k

# Frontend
/web/                     @tidyq/frontend-team
/web/src/design-system/   @lena-s
*.css                     @tidyq/frontend

# Infrastructure
/infra/terraform/*        @tidyq/sre
/infra/k8s/               @tidyq/sre
!/infra/k8s/sandbox/

# CI and repository settings
/.github/workflows/       @tidyq/sre
/.github/CODEOWNERS       @tidyq/platform-leads

# Docs
[Documentation]
docs/*                    @tidyq/docs
/docs/                    @tidyq/docs
/docs/api/                omar

# Old mobile app (moved to tidyq/tidyq-mobile in 2026)
/mobile/                  @tidyq/mobile

# Data
/data/migrations/         @jonas-b
/data/migrations/         @jonas-b @tidyq/backend
/data/fixtures/[a-z]*     @tidyq/qa

# Generated client: owned by nobody on purpose
/web/src/generated/
FILE:examples/files.txt
.github/CODEOWNERS
.github/dependabot.yml
.github/workflows/ci.yml
.github/workflows/deploy.yml
.github/workflows/release.yml
README.md
package.json
docs/index.md
docs/getting-started.md
docs/api/endpoints.md
docs/api/auth.md
docs/runbooks/oncall.md
infra/terraform/main.tf
infra/terraform/variables.tf
infra/terraform/modules/vpc/main.tf
infra/terraform/modules/rds/main.tf
infra/k8s/api-deployment.yaml
infra/k8s/worker-deployment.yaml
infra/k8s/sandbox/debug-pod.yaml
services/api/app.py
services/api/routes/users.py
services/api/routes/orders.py
services/api/billing/invoices.py
services/api/billing/stripe_webhook.py
services/api/tests/test_routes.py
services/worker/main.py
services/worker/jobs/email.py
services/worker/jobs/reports.py
web/package.json
web/src/App.tsx
web/src/pages/Home.tsx
web/src/pages/Checkout.tsx
web/src/styles/main.css
web/src/design-system/Button.tsx
web/src/design-system/Modal.tsx
web/src/design-system/tokens.css
web/src/generated/api-client.ts
data/migrations/0041_add_orders.sql
data/migrations/0042_add_invoices.sql
data/fixtures/users.json
data/fixtures/orders.json
scripts/seed_db.py
scripts/rotate_keys.sh
FILE:examples/owners.json
{
  "org": "tidyq",
  "users": ["marta-k", "lena-s", "jonas-b", "omar-h", "priya-n", "sam-t"],
  "teams": {
    "tidyq/platform": ["priya-n", "sam-t"],
    "tidyq/platform-leads": ["priya-n"],
    "tidyq/backend": ["marta-k", "jonas-b", "omar-h"],
    "tidyq/payments": ["marta-k"],
    "tidyq/frontend": ["lena-s", "sam-t"],
    "tidyq/sre": ["priya-n", "sam-t"],
    "tidyq/docs": [],
    "tidyq/qa": ["omar-h"]
  },
  "require_owner": [".github/", "infra/", "services/api/billing/", "data/migrations/"],
  "max_individual_share": 0.25,
  "ignore": []
}
FILE:examples/ownership-report.md
# CODEOWNERS check: examples/CODEOWNERS

20 rule line(s), 43 file(s), 38 owned (88.4%), 5 unowned.

**Verdict: 4 high finding(s) - fix CODEOWNERS before relying on required reviews**

Findings: 4 high, 9 medium, 3 low, 1 info.

Lines whose owners are all unknown (they still match, so their files get no code owner): 11, 31. Unknown owners are left out of the owner columns below.

## Findings

- **HIGH CO01** line 28: invalid owner 'omar' (use @user, @org/team or an email) - GitHub flags the whole line as an error and skips it
- **HIGH CO02** line 11: unknown team @tidyq/frontend-team (did you mean @tidyq/frontend?) - GitHub will not request reviews from it
- **HIGH CO02** line 11: no valid owner left - its 4 file(s) get no code owner (they do not fall back to earlier lines)
- **HIGH CO02** line 31: unknown team @tidyq/mobile - GitHub will not request reviews from it
- **MEDIUM CO03** 4 file(s) have no code owner (no matching rule, or only unknown owners): web/package.json, web/src/App.tsx, web/src/pages/Home.tsx, web/src/pages/Checkout.tsx
- **MEDIUM CO04** line 31: '/mobile/' matches no file - path renamed or removed?
- **MEDIUM CO05** line 6: '/services/api/billing/' (2 file(s)) is fully overridden by later line(s) 7 - last match wins, put specific rules after general ones
- **MEDIUM CO05** line 26: 'docs/*' (2 file(s)) is fully overridden by later line(s) 27 - last match wins, put specific rules after general ones
- **MEDIUM CO05** line 34: '/data/migrations/' (2 file(s)) is fully overridden by later line(s) 35 - last match wins, put specific rules after general ones
- **MEDIUM CO06** line 18: '!/infra/k8s/sandbox/' uses ! negation, which CODEOWNERS does not support - GitHub ignores the line
- **MEDIUM CO06** line 36: '/data/fixtures/[a-z]*' uses [ ] character ranges, which CODEOWNERS does not support - GitHub ignores the line
- **MEDIUM CO09** line 26: team @tidyq/docs has no members - review requests go nowhere
- **MEDIUM CO11** 3 file(s) under paths that must have an owner only fall back to the catch-all '*' rule (no specific owner): .github/dependabot.yml, infra/terraform/modules/vpc/main.tf, infra/terraform/modules/rds/main.tf
- **LOW CO06** line 25: '[Documentation]' is a GitLab section header; GitHub treats it as an invalid line
- **LOW CO07** 2 file(s) have a single individual owner and no team (e.g. web/src/design-system/Button.tsx, web/src/design-system/Modal.tsx)
- **LOW CO08** line 35 repeats the pattern '/data/migrations/' of line 34 - only the later line counts
- **INFO CO10** line 39: '/web/src/generated/' has no owners - its 1 file(s) are intentionally unowned

## Coverage by top-level directory

| Directory | Files | Owned | Unowned | Effective owners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (root) | 2 | 2 | 0 | @tidyq/platform (2) |
| .github/ | 5 | 5 | 0 | @tidyq/sre (3), @tidyq/platform-leads (1), @tidyq/platform (1) |
| data/ | 4 | 4 | 0 | @jonas-b (2), @tidyq/backend (2), @tidyq/platform (2) |
| docs/ | 5 | 5 | 0 | @tidyq/docs (5) |
| infra/ | 7 | 7 | 0 | @tidyq/sre (5), @tidyq/platform (2) |
| scripts/ | 2 | 2 | 0 | @tidyq/platform (2) |
| services/ | 9 | 9 | 0 | @tidyq/backend (9), @marta-k (3) |
| web/ | 9 | 4 | 5 | @tidyq/frontend (2), @lena-s (2) |

## Rules

| Line | Pattern | Owners | Files matched | Effective for | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | `*` | @tidyq/platform | 43 | 9 |  |
| 6 | `/services/api/billing/` | @tidyq/payments | 2 | 0 | CO05 |
| 7 | `/services/api/` | @tidyq/backend | 6 | 6 |  |
| 8 | `/services/worker/` | @tidyq/backend @marta-k | 3 | 3 |  |
| 11 | `/web/` | @tidyq/frontend-team | 9 | 4 | CO02 |
| 12 | `/web/src/design-system/` | @lena-s | 3 | 2 |  |
| 13 | `*.css` | @tidyq/frontend | 2 | 2 |  |
| 16 | `/infra/terraform/*` | @tidyq/sre | 2 | 2 |  |
| 17 | `/infra/k8s/` | @tidyq/sre | 3 | 3 |  |
| 18 | `!/infra/k8s/sandbox/` | (none) | - | - | CO06 |
| 21 | `/.github/workflows/` | @tidyq/sre | 3 | 3 |  |
| 22 | `/.github/CODEOWNERS` | @tidyq/platform-leads | 1 | 1 |  |
| 26 | `docs/*` | @tidyq/docs | 2 | 0 | CO05, CO09 |
| 27 | `/docs/` | @tidyq/docs | 5 | 5 |  |
| 28 | `/docs/api/` | omar | - | - | CO01 |
| 31 | `/mobile/` | @tidyq/mobile | 0 | 0 | CO02, CO04 |
| 34 | `/data/migrations/` | @jonas-b | 2 | 0 | CO05 |
| 35 | `/data/migrations/` | @jonas-b @tidyq/backend | 2 | 2 | CO08 |
| 36 | `/data/fixtures/[a-z]*` | @tidyq/qa | - | - | CO06 |
| 39 | `/web/src/generated/` | (none) | 1 | 1 | CO10 |

## Owner load (effective)

| Owner | Files | Share |
|---|---|---|
| @tidyq/backend | 11 | 26% |
| @tidyq/platform | 9 | 21% |
| @tidyq/sre | 8 | 19% |
| @tidyq/docs | 5 | 12% |
| @marta-k | 3 | 7% |
| @tidyq/frontend | 2 | 5% |
| @lena-s | 2 | 5% |
| @jonas-b | 2 | 5% |
| @tidyq/platform-leads | 1 | 2% |

## Unowned files

- `web/package.json` (line 11: only unknown owners)
- `web/src/App.tsx` (line 11: only unknown owners)
- `web/src/pages/Home.tsx` (line 11: only unknown owners)
- `web/src/pages/Checkout.tsx` (line 11: only unknown owners)
- `web/src/generated/api-client.ts` (explicitly unowned, line 39)

## Who owns

- services/api/billing/invoices.py: @tidyq/backend (line 7: /services/api/)
- infra/terraform/modules/vpc/main.tf: @tidyq/platform (line 3: *)
- web/src/pages/Checkout.tsx: no valid owner (line 11: /web/ @tidyq/frontend-team - unknown)

Matching follows GitHub CODEOWNERS rules (gitignore-style patterns, last matching line wins, `!` and `[ ]` unsupported). Owners are checked against your owners file only; confirm write access in the repository settings.
FILE:scripts/codeowners_check.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""CODEOWNERS coverage and ownership checker (stdlib only, Python 3.8+).

Reads a GitHub CODEOWNERS file and the repository file list (`git ls-files` output), works out
the effective owner of every file with GitHub's rules (gitignore-style patterns, the LAST
matching line wins) and reports syntax errors, unknown owners, unowned files (also under paths
that must have an owner), rules that match nothing, rules that are fully overridden by later
lines, unsupported syntax, duplicates, empty teams and owner concentration.

Usage:
  codeowners_check.py CODEOWNERS FILES.txt [--owners OWNERS.json] [--who PATH]... [--json]
  codeowners_check.py --self-test
Exit: 0 = no high findings, 1 = high findings, 2 = bad input.
"""
import argparse, json, re, sys
from collections import Counter, OrderedDict

SEV = {"high": 0, "medium": 1, "low": 2, "info": 3}
USER_RE = re.compile(r"^@[A-Za-z0-9](?:[A-Za-z0-9-]{0,38})$")
TEAM_RE = re.compile(r"^@([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9-]*)/([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]*)$")
EMAIL_RE = re.compile(r"^[^@\s]+@[^@\s]+\.[^@\s]+$")


class InputError(Exception):
    pass


# ---------------------------------------------------------------- patterns
def pattern_regex(pat):
    """Return (compiled regex, dir_only, direct_children_only) for a CODEOWNERS pattern."""
    dir_only = pat.endswith("/")
    p = pat.rstrip("/")
    anchored = p.startswith("/") or "/" in p
    p = p.lstrip("/")
    direct_only = p.endswith("/*")
    out, i = "", 0
    while i < len(p):
        if p.startswith("**/", i):
            out += "(?:.*/)?"; i += 3
        elif p.startswith("/**", i) and i + 3 == len(p):
            out += "/.*"; i += 3
        elif p.startswith("**", i):
            out += ".*"; i += 2
        elif p[i] == "*":
            out += "[^/]*"; i += 1
        elif p[i] == "?":
            out += "[^/]"; i += 1
        elif p[i] == "\\" and i + 1 < len(p):
            out += re.escape(p[i + 1]); i += 2
        else:
            out += re.escape(p[i]); i += 1
    if not anchored:
        out = "(?:.*/)?" + out
    return re.compile("^" + out + "$"), dir_only, direct_only


def matches(compiled, path):
    rx, dir_only, direct_only = compiled
    parts = path.split("/")
    if not dir_only and rx.match(path):
        return True
    if direct_only:
        return False
    for k in range(1, len(parts)):           # a matching directory owns everything under it
        if rx.match("/".join(parts[:k])):
            return True
    return False


# ---------------------------------------------------------------- parsing
def parse_codeowners(text):
    rules, findings = [], []
    for n, raw in enumerate(text.splitlines(), 1):
        line = raw.strip()
        if not line or line.startswith("#"):
            continue
        if re.match(r"^\^?\[[^\]]+\](\[\d+\])?(\s+@.*)?$", line):
            findings.append(("low", "CO06", "line %d: '%s' is a GitLab section header; GitHub treats it as an invalid line" % (n, line), n))
            continue
        tokens = re.split(r"(?<!\\)\s+", line)
        pat, owners = tokens[0], []
        for t in tokens[1:]:
            if t.startswith("#"):
                break
            owners.append(t)
        rule = {"line": n, "pattern": pat, "owners": owners, "valid": True}
        if pat.startswith("!"):
            findings.append(("medium", "CO06", "line %d: '%s' uses ! negation, which CODEOWNERS does not support - GitHub ignores the line" % (n, pat), n))
            rule["valid"] = False
        elif "[" in pat or "]" in pat:
            findings.append(("medium", "CO06", "line %d: '%s' uses [ ] character ranges, which CODEOWNERS does not support - GitHub ignores the line" % (n, pat), n))
            rule["valid"] = False
        bad = [o for o in owners if not (USER_RE.match(o) or TEAM_RE.match(o) or EMAIL_RE.match(o))]
        if bad:
            findings.append(("high", "CO01", "line %d: invalid owner %s (use @user, @org/team or an email) - GitHub flags the whole line as an error and skips it" % (n, ", ".join("'%s'" % b for b in bad)), n))
            rule["valid"] = False
        if rule["valid"]:
            try:
                rule["rx"] = pattern_regex(pat)
            except re.error as e:
                findings.append(("high", "CO01", "line %d: pattern '%s' cannot be parsed (%s)" % (n, pat, e), n))
                rule["valid"] = False
        rules.append(rule)
    return rules, findings


def load_files(text):
    files = []
    for l in text.splitlines():
        l = l.strip()
        if l and not l.startswith("#"):
            files.append(l[2:] if l.startswith("./") else l.lstrip("/"))
    if not files:
        raise InputError("file list is empty (use: git ls-files > files.txt)")
    return files


# ---------------------------------------------------------------- analysis
def analyse(co_text, files_text, owners_cfg=None):
    owners_cfg = owners_cfg or {}
    allowed_keys = {"org", "users", "teams", "require_owner", "max_individual_share", "ignore"}
    unknown = set(owners_cfg) - allowed_keys
    if unknown:
        raise InputError("unknown key(s) in owners file: %s" % ", ".join(sorted(unknown)))
    rules, findings = parse_codeowners(co_text)
    if not rules:
        raise InputError("CODEOWNERS has no rules")
    files = load_files(files_text)
    ignore = [pattern_regex(p) for p in owners_cfg.get("ignore", [])]
    files = [f for f in files if not any(matches(c, f) for c in ignore)]
    valid = [r for r in rules if r["valid"]]
    eff, matched_by = {}, {r["line"]: [] for r in valid}
    for f in files:
        last = None
        for r in valid:
            if matches(r["rx"], f):
                matched_by[r["line"]].append(f)
                last = r
        eff[f] = last
    effective = Counter(r["line"] for r in eff.values() if r)

    # known owners
    org = owners_cfg.get("org")
    users = {u.lower().lstrip("@") for u in owners_cfg.get("users", [])}
    teams = {k.lower().lstrip("@"): v for k, v in owners_cfg.get("teams", {}).items()}
    have_list = bool(users or teams)
    reported, unknown_owners = set(), set()
    for r in valid:
        for o in r["owners"]:
            key = o.lower()
            m = TEAM_RE.match(o)
            problem = None
            if m and have_list:
                name = (m.group(1) + "/" + m.group(2)).lower()
                if org and m.group(1).lower() != org.lower():
                    problem = "team %s is not in org @%s" % (o, org)
                elif name not in teams:
                    close = [t for t in teams if t.split("/")[-1].startswith(m.group(2).lower()[:4])]
                    problem = "unknown team %s%s" % (o, (" (did you mean @%s?)" % close[0]) if close else "")
                elif not teams[name] and key not in reported:
                    findings.append(("medium", "CO09", "line %d: team %s has no members - review requests go nowhere" % (r["line"], o), r["line"])); reported.add(key)
            elif USER_RE.match(o) and have_list and key.lstrip("@") not in users:
                problem = "unknown user %s (not in the owners list / no write access)" % o
            if problem:
                unknown_owners.add(key)
                if key not in reported:
                    findings.append(("high", "CO02", "line %d: %s - GitHub will not request reviews from it" % (r["line"], problem), r["line"])); reported.add(key)
    for r in rules:
        r["ok"] = [o for o in r["owners"] if o.lower() not in unknown_owners]
    bad_lines = sorted(r["line"] for r in valid if r["owners"] and not r["ok"])
    for ln in [x for x in bad_lines if effective[x]]:
        findings.append(("high", "CO02", "line %d: no valid owner left - its %d file(s) get no code owner (they do not fall back to earlier lines)" % (ln, effective[ln]), ln))

    # dead, shadowed, duplicate rules
    seen = {}
    for r in valid:
        if r["pattern"] in seen:
            findings.append(("low", "CO08", "line %d repeats the pattern '%s' of line %d - only the later line counts" % (r["line"], r["pattern"], seen[r["pattern"]]), r["line"]))
        seen[r["pattern"]] = r["line"]
        if not matched_by[r["line"]]:
            findings.append(("medium", "CO04", "line %d: '%s' matches no file - path renamed or removed?" % (r["line"], r["pattern"]), r["line"]))
        elif effective[r["line"]] == 0:
            later = sorted({eff[f]["line"] for f in matched_by[r["line"]] if eff[f]})
            findings.append(("medium", "CO05", "line %d: '%s' (%d file(s)) is fully overridden by later line(s) %s - last match wins, put specific rules after general ones" % (r["line"], r["pattern"], len(matched_by[r["line"]]), ", ".join(map(str, later))), r["line"]))
        if not r["owners"]:
            findings.append(("info", "CO10", "line %d: '%s' has no owners - its %d file(s) are intentionally unowned" % (r["line"], r["pattern"], effective[r["line"]]), r["line"]))

    # coverage
    unowned = [f for f in files if not eff[f] or not eff[f]["ok"]]
    no_rule = [f for f in unowned if not eff[f]]
    req = [(p, pattern_regex(p)) for p in owners_cfg.get("require_owner", [])]
    crit = [f for f in unowned if any(matches(c, f) for _, c in req)]
    if crit:
        findings.append(("high", "CO03", "%d file(s) under paths that must have an owner are unowned: %s" % (len(crit), ", ".join(crit[:6]) + (" ..." if len(crit) > 6 else "")), 0))
    catch_all = [f for f in files if eff[f] and eff[f]["ok"] and eff[f]["pattern"] in ("*", "/*", "**", "/**")
                 and any(matches(c, f) for _, c in req)]
    if catch_all:
        findings.append(("medium", "CO11", "%d file(s) under paths that must have an owner only fall back to the catch-all '%s' rule (no specific owner): %s" % (len(catch_all), eff[catch_all[0]]["pattern"], ", ".join(catch_all[:6]) + (" ..." if len(catch_all) > 6 else "")), 0))
    rest = [f for f in unowned if f not in crit and (not eff[f] or eff[f]["owners"])]
    if rest:
        findings.append(("medium", "CO03", "%d file(s) have no code owner (no matching rule, or only unknown owners): %s" % (len(rest), ", ".join(rest[:6]) + (" ..." if len(rest) > 6 else "")), 0))

    # owner load
    load = Counter()
    for f in files:
        if eff[f]:
            for o in eff[f]["ok"]:
                load[o] += 1
    share = float(owners_cfg.get("max_individual_share", 0.4))
    for o, n in load.most_common():
        if USER_RE.match(o) and n / len(files) > share:
            findings.append(("medium", "CO07", "%s is the owner of %d of %d files (%.0f%%) as an individual - bus factor; add a team or a second owner" % (o, n, len(files), 100.0 * n / len(files)), 0))
    solo = [f for f in files if eff[f] and len(eff[f]["ok"]) == 1 and USER_RE.match(eff[f]["ok"][0])]
    if solo:
        findings.append(("low", "CO07", "%d file(s) have a single individual owner and no team (e.g. %s)" % (len(solo), ", ".join(solo[:3])), 0))

    findings.sort(key=lambda f: (SEV[f[0]], f[1], f[3]))
    return {"rules": rules, "files": files, "eff": eff, "matched_by": matched_by, "effective": effective,
            "unowned": unowned, "load": load, "findings": findings, "no_valid_owner_lines": bad_lines}


def who(res, path):
    r = res["eff"].get(path)
    if path not in res["eff"]:
        rx_hits = [x for x in res["rules"] if x["valid"] and matches(x["rx"], path)]
        r = rx_hits[-1] if rx_hits else None
    if not r:
        return "%s: no owner (no matching rule)" % path
    if r["owners"] and not r["ok"]:
        return "%s: no valid owner (line %d: %s %s - unknown)" % (path, r["line"], r["pattern"], " ".join(r["owners"]))
    return "%s: %s (line %d: %s)" % (path, " ".join(r["ok"]) or "explicitly unowned", r["line"], r["pattern"])


# ---------------------------------------------------------------- report
def report(res, title, whos=()):
    f, files = res["findings"], res["files"]
    cnt = Counter(x[0] for x in f)
    owned = len(files) - len(res["unowned"])
    L = ["# CODEOWNERS check: %s" % title, ""]
    L.append("%d rule line(s), %d file(s), %d owned (%.1f%%), %d unowned." % (len(res["rules"]), len(files), owned, 100.0 * owned / len(files), len(res["unowned"])))
    L.append("")
    L.append("**Verdict: %s**" % ("%d high finding(s) - fix CODEOWNERS before relying on required reviews" % cnt["high"] if cnt["high"] else ("review the medium findings" if cnt["medium"] else "CODEOWNERS looks healthy")))
    L.append("")
    L.append("Findings: %d high, %d medium, %d low, %d info." % (cnt["high"], cnt["medium"], cnt["low"], cnt["info"]))
    L.append("")
    if res["no_valid_owner_lines"]:
        L.append("Lines whose owners are all unknown (they still match, so their files get no code owner): %s. Unknown owners are left out of the owner columns below." % ", ".join(map(str, res["no_valid_owner_lines"])))
        L.append("")
    L += ["## Findings", ""]
    for s, c, msg, _ in f:
        L.append("- **%s %s** %s" % (s.upper(), c, msg))
    L += ["", "## Coverage by top-level directory", "", "| Directory | Files | Owned | Unowned | Effective owners |", "|---|---|---|---|---|"]
    dirs = OrderedDict()
    for p in files:
        d = p.split("/")[0] + "/" if "/" in p else "(root)"
        dirs.setdefault(d, []).append(p)
    for d, ps in sorted(dirs.items()):
        un = [p for p in ps if p in res["unowned"]]
        own = Counter(o for p in ps if res["eff"][p] for o in res["eff"][p]["ok"])
        L.append("| %s | %d | %d | %d | %s |" % (d, len(ps), len(ps) - len(un), len(un), ", ".join("%s (%d)" % kv for kv in own.most_common()) or "-"))
    L += ["", "## Rules", "", "| Line | Pattern | Owners | Files matched | Effective for | Note |", "|---|---|---|---|---|---|"]
    notes = {}
    for s, c, msg, ln in f:
        if ln:
            notes.setdefault(ln, []).append(c)
    for r in res["rules"]:
        m = len(res["matched_by"].get(r["line"], [])) if r["valid"] else "-"
        e = res["effective"].get(r["line"], 0) if r["valid"] else "-"
        L.append("| %d | `%s` | %s | %s | %s | %s |" % (r["line"], r["pattern"], " ".join(r["owners"]) or "(none)", m, e, ", ".join(sorted(set(notes.get(r["line"], [])))) or ""))
    L += ["", "## Owner load (effective)", "", "| Owner | Files | Share |", "|---|---|---|"]
    for o, n in res["load"].most_common():
        L.append("| %s | %d | %.0f%% |" % (o, n, 100.0 * n / len(files)))
    if res["unowned"]:
        L += ["", "## Unowned files", ""]
        for p in res["unowned"]:
            e = res["eff"][p]
            L.append("- `%s`%s" % (p, "" if not e else (" (explicitly unowned, line %d)" % e["line"] if not e["owners"] else " (line %d: only unknown owners)" % e["line"])))
    if whos:
        L += ["", "## Who owns", ""]
        for p in whos:
            L.append("- " + who(res, p))
    L += ["", "Matching follows GitHub CODEOWNERS rules (gitignore-style patterns, last matching line wins, `!` and `[ ]` unsupported). Owners are checked against your owners file only; confirm write access in the repository settings."]
    return "\n".join(L) + "\n"


def to_json(res):
    return {"files": len(res["files"]), "unowned": res["unowned"], "no_valid_owner_lines": res["no_valid_owner_lines"],
            "owners": {p: (res["eff"][p]["ok"] if res["eff"][p] else []) for p in res["files"]},
            "rules": [{"line": r["line"], "pattern": r["pattern"], "owners": r["owners"], "valid": r["valid"],
                       "matched": len(res["matched_by"].get(r["line"], [])), "effective": res["effective"].get(r["line"], 0)} for r in res["rules"]],
            "load": dict(res["load"]),
            "findings": [{"severity": s, "code": c, "message": m, "line": ln} for s, c, m, ln in res["findings"]]}


# ---------------------------------------------------------------- self-test
def self_test():
    tests = []
    def t(name, cond):
        tests.append((name, bool(cond)))
    def owner(co, f, path, cfg=None):
        r = analyse(co, f, cfg)
        e = r["eff"][path]
        return e["ok"] if e else None
    def codes(co, f, cfg=None):
        return [(x[0], x[1]) for x in analyse(co, f, cfg)["findings"]]
    F = "README.md\nsrc/app.py\nsrc/api/routes.py\nsrc/api/v2/users.py\ndocs/index.md\ndocs/guide/setup.md\nweb/app.js\nweb/lib/util.js\n.github/workflows/ci.yml\n"
    t("* matches everything", owner("* @a", F, "src/api/v2/users.py") == ["@a"])
    t("last matching line wins", owner("* @a\n/src/ @b", F, "src/app.py") == ["@b"] and owner("* @a\n/src/ @b", F, "README.md") == ["@a"])
    t("*.js matches at any depth", owner("*.js @js", F, "web/lib/util.js") == ["@js"])
    t("/docs/ owns nested files", owner("/docs/ @d", F, "docs/guide/setup.md") == ["@d"])
    t("docs/* does not own nested files", owner("docs/* @d", F, "docs/guide/setup.md") is None and owner("docs/* @d", F, "docs/index.md") == ["@d"])
    t("unanchored dir name 'api/' matches anywhere", owner("api/ @x", F, "src/api/v2/users.py") == ["@x"])
    t("** in the middle", owner("/src/**/users.py @u", F, "src/api/v2/users.py") == ["@u"])
    t("anchored /README.md only at root", owner("/README.md @r", "README.md\nsub/README.md\n", "sub/README.md") is None)
    t("? matches one character", owner("src/ap?.py @q", F, "src/app.py") == ["@q"])
    t("no owners = explicitly unowned", owner("* @a\n/web/", F, "web/app.js") == [] and ("info", "CO10") in codes("* @a\n/web/", F))
    t("invalid owner -> CO01 high, line skipped", ("high", "CO01") in codes("* @a\n/src/ alice", F) and owner("* @a\n/src/ alice", F, "src/app.py") == ["@a"])
    t("negation -> CO06 medium", ("medium", "CO06") in codes("* @a\n!/src/", F))
    t("[ ] range -> CO06 medium", ("medium", "CO06") in codes("* @a\n/src/[ab]* @b", F))
    t("GitLab section -> CO06 low", ("low", "CO06") in codes("[Docs]\n* @a", F))
    cfg = {"org": "acme", "users": ["a", "b"], "teams": {"acme/web": ["a"], "acme/empty": []}}
    t("unknown team -> CO02 high, files get no owner (no fallback)", ("high", "CO02") in codes("* @a\n/web/ @acme/webb", F, cfg) and owner("* @a\n/web/ @acme/webb", F, "web/app.js", cfg) == [] and ("medium", "CO03") in codes("* @a\n/web/ @acme/webb", F, cfg))
    t("unknown owner dropped, valid co-owner kept", owner("* @a\n/web/ @acme/webb @b", F, "web/app.js", cfg) == ["@b"])
    t("team of other org -> CO02", ("high", "CO02") in codes("* @other/web", F, cfg))
    t("unknown user -> CO02", ("high", "CO02") in codes("* @zed", F, cfg))
    t("empty team -> CO09", ("medium", "CO09") in codes("* @a\n/web/ @acme/empty", F, cfg))
    t("email owner accepted", ("high", "CO01") not in codes("* dev@acme.io", F))
    t("dead rule -> CO04", ("medium", "CO04") in codes("* @a\n/legacy/ @b", F))
    t("shadowed rule -> CO05", ("medium", "CO05") in codes("/src/api/ @b\n/src/ @a", F))
    t("partially overridden is not CO05", ("medium", "CO05") not in codes("/src/ @a\n/src/api/ @b", F))
    t("duplicate pattern -> CO08", ("low", "CO08") in codes("* @a\n/src/ @b\n/src/ @c", F))
    t("unowned file -> CO03 medium", ("medium", "CO03") in codes("/src/ @a", F))
    t("require_owner path unowned -> CO03 high", ("high", "CO03") in codes("/src/ @acme/web", F, dict(cfg, require_owner=[".github/"])))
    t("required path only owned by '*' -> CO11", ("medium", "CO11") in codes("* @a\n/src/ @b", F, {"require_owner": [".github/"]}))
    t("dead rule with unknown owner still -> CO04", ("medium", "CO04") in codes("* @a\n/legacy/ @acme/zz", F, cfg))
    t("individual owner concentration -> CO07", ("medium", "CO07") in codes("* @a", F, {"max_individual_share": 0.5}))
    t("ignore list removes files", len(analyse("* @a", F, {"ignore": ["docs/"]})["files"]) == 7)
    r = analyse("* @a\n/src/ @b", F)
    t("--who reports line", who(r, "src/api/routes.py") == "src/api/routes.py: @b (line 2: /src/)")
    t("./ prefix stripped, .github kept", analyse("* @a", "./.github/x.yml\n")["files"] == [".github/x.yml"])
    t("report has verdict and coverage table", "**Verdict:" in report(r, "t") and "## Coverage by top-level directory" in report(r, "t"))
    try:
        analyse("* @a", F, {"orgs": "x"}); ok = False
    except InputError:
        ok = True
    t("unknown owners-file key rejected", ok)
    for name, ok in tests:
        print(("PASS  " if ok else "FAIL  ") + name)
    passed = sum(ok for _, ok in tests)
    print("%d/%d passed" % (passed, len(tests)))
    return 0 if passed == len(tests) else 1


def main(argv=None):
    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Check a GitHub CODEOWNERS file against the repository file list.")
    ap.add_argument("codeowners", nargs="?")
    ap.add_argument("files", nargs="?", help="file list, e.g. git ls-files > files.txt")
    ap.add_argument("--owners", help="JSON with org, users, teams, require_owner, max_individual_share, ignore")
    ap.add_argument("--who", action="append", default=[], help="show the effective owner of a path (repeatable)")
    ap.add_argument("--json", action="store_true")
    ap.add_argument("--self-test", action="store_true")
    a = ap.parse_args(argv)
    if a.self_test:
        return self_test()
    if not a.codeowners or not a.files:
        ap.print_usage(sys.stderr)
        return 2
    try:
        co = open(a.codeowners, encoding="utf-8").read()
        fl = open(a.files, encoding="utf-8").read()
        cfg = None
        if a.owners:
            try:
                cfg = json.load(open(a.owners, encoding="utf-8"))
            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
                raise InputError("owners file is not valid JSON: %s" % e)
        res = analyse(co, fl, cfg)
    except (OSError, InputError) as e:
        print("error: %s" % e, file=sys.stderr)
        return 2
    if a.json:
        print(json.dumps(to_json(res), indent=2))
    else:
        sys.stdout.write(report(res, a.codeowners, a.who))
    return 1 if any(x[0] == "high" for x in res["findings"]) else 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())

# Ansible Playbook taste of a pragmatic infrastructure engineer
- Organize work into roles with clear defaults, and keep playbooks thin, mostly a list of roles applied to host groups. Confidence: 0.90
- Use fully qualified collection names like ansible.builtin.copy in every task so modules are never ambiguous. Confidence: 0.85
- Pin collection and role versions in a requirements.yml file and install them in CI from that file only. Confidence: 0.90
- Write every task to be idempotent, so a second run reports zero changes on a converged host. Confidence: 0.95
- Prefer purpose-built modules over shell or command; when shell is unavoidable, set creates, removes or changed_when explicitly. Confidence: 0.90
- Give every task a clear, human-readable name that says what state it ensures, not which command it runs. Confidence: 0.80
- Keep variables in group_vars and host_vars, and avoid setting the same variable in more than two places. Confidence: 0.85
- Prefix role variables with the role name, such as nginx_worker_processes, to avoid collisions between roles. Confidence: 0.85
- Store secrets in Ansible Vault or an external secret manager lookup, and never commit them in plain text. Confidence: 0.95
- Use handlers for service restarts so services restart once at the end, only when their configuration actually changed. Confidence: 0.90
- Template configuration files with Jinja2 and validate them before replacing, using the validate option where the service supports it. Confidence: 0.85
- Run ansible-lint and yamllint in CI on every pull request. Confidence: 0.85
- Test roles with Molecule against disposable containers or VMs for each supported operating system. Confidence: 0.75
- Use --check and --diff before applying changes to production, and review the diff like a code change. Confidence: 0.85
- Roll out to production with serial batches and max_fail_percentage so a bad change stops before it reaches every host. Confidence: 0.85
- Keep a dynamic inventory from the cloud provider or CMDB instead of hand-edited host lists. Confidence: 0.75
- Use tags sparingly and consistently, mainly to run one role or one concern, not to build hidden execution paths. Confidence: 0.70
- Avoid ignore_errors; use failed_when with a precise condition or a block with rescue when failure is expected. Confidence: 0.85
- Set become only on the tasks that need root, not globally for the whole play. Confidence: 0.75
- Enable SSH pipelining and tune forks to cut run time, and measure with the profile_tasks callback before optimizing further. Confidence: 0.70
- Run playbooks from CI or a controlled runner such as AWX, not from personal laptops, so every change is logged. Confidence: 0.80

# Incident Response taste of a calm on-call engineer
- Declare an incident early and downgrade it later; a false alarm costs far less than a slow start. Confidence: 0.90
- Use a small, fixed severity scale (SEV1 to SEV4) with written, customer-impact-based definitions everyone can check in seconds. Confidence: 0.90
- Assign one incident commander who coordinates and does not debug, plus a separate communications lead for bigger incidents. Confidence: 0.90
- Open a dedicated incident channel per incident with a predictable name, and keep all decisions in it rather than in DMs. Confidence: 0.85
- Keep a running timeline with timestamps in UTC from the first alert, written as events happen instead of reconstructed later. Confidence: 0.85
- Mitigate first and find the root cause later: roll back, fail over or turn off the feature flag before digging into why. Confidence: 0.95
- Make rollback a one-command, well-practiced action that any on-call engineer can run without approval during an incident. Confidence: 0.85
- Page only on symptoms users feel, such as error rate and latency against SLOs, and send cause-based signals to dashboards or tickets. Confidence: 0.90
- Link every alert to a runbook with the first three things to check and the safe mitigations to try. Confidence: 0.85
- Post status page updates at a fixed rhythm, such as every 30 minutes, even when the update is "still investigating". Confidence: 0.80
- Write customer updates in plain language about impact and next update time, without guesses about the cause. Confidence: 0.85
- Freeze unrelated deploys to the affected system while an incident is open. Confidence: 0.80
- Hand off explicitly when an incident outlasts a shift, with a written summary of state, open threads and next steps. Confidence: 0.85
- Hold a blameless postmortem for every SEV1 and SEV2 within five working days, focused on systems and decisions, not people. Confidence: 0.95
- Write postmortems with impact, timeline, contributing factors, what went well and owned action items with due dates. Confidence: 0.85
- Track postmortem action items in the normal backlog and review overdue ones every week, or they never get done. Confidence: 0.85
- Keep on-call rotations at least six people deep, with a secondary on call, and compensate people for the load. Confidence: 0.80
- Measure alert noise and delete or fix any alert that paged without needing action more than twice. Confidence: 0.85
- Run game days or chaos drills each quarter to practice the response process on purpose, not only during real outages. Confidence: 0.70
- Track time to detect, time to mitigate and incident count by severity, and avoid using them as individual performance targets. Confidence: 0.75

# Nix Dev Environment taste of a reproducibility-minded platform engineer
- Pin nixpkgs through a flake.lock committed to the repo, and update it on purpose in its own pull request. Confidence: 0.95
- Expose the project shell as a devShell in flake.nix so `nix develop` gives every contributor the same toolchain. Confidence: 0.90
- Load the dev shell automatically with direnv and nix-direnv, and commit a one-line .envrc that only says `use flake`. Confidence: 0.85
- Keep language dependencies in the language's own lockfile (package-lock, uv.lock, Cargo.lock) and let Nix supply only the toolchain and system libraries. Confidence: 0.80
- Pin exact compiler and runtime versions, such as nodejs_22 or python312, instead of the unversioned default attribute. Confidence: 0.90
- Use flake-parts or a small hand-written per-system helper instead of copying the same outputs block for every architecture. Confidence: 0.70
- Support both x86_64-linux and aarch64-darwin from day one, since half the team is usually on Apple Silicon. Confidence: 0.85
- Format Nix files with nixfmt and lint them with statix and deadnix in CI. Confidence: 0.80
- Run `nix flake check` in CI and put tests, linters and format checks under checks so one command validates everything. Confidence: 0.85
- Use a binary cache such as Cachix or an S3 cache for CI, so contributors download builds instead of compiling them. Confidence: 0.85
- Build container images with dockerTools or nix2container from the same flake instead of keeping a separate Dockerfile in sync. Confidence: 0.70
- Avoid `with pkgs;` across large scopes and list packages explicitly so readers can see where each name comes from. Confidence: 0.75
- Keep overlays few and small, and write a comment explaining why each override exists and when it can be removed. Confidence: 0.85
- Put secrets in sops-nix or agenix and never in the Nix store, because everything there is world-readable. Confidence: 0.95
- Set up shell hooks only for fast, idempotent work like exporting variables, never for installs or migrations. Confidence: 0.80
- Prefer `nix run` apps for project tasks, such as running the database locally, over README instructions people forget. Confidence: 0.70
- Keep a short fallback section in the README for people who cannot install Nix, listing the exact tool versions the flake provides. Confidence: 0.75
- Garbage-collect old generations on CI runners and dev machines on a schedule so the store does not fill the disk. Confidence: 0.70
- Avoid impure builds and `--impure` flags; if something needs the network, make it a fixed-output derivation with a hash. Confidence: 0.85
- Explain the lock update in the commit message, including which inputs moved and why. Confidence: 0.75

---
name: python-requirements-pin-and-conflict-checker
description: Checks pip requirements and constraints files offline before they break a build - unpinned and lower-bound-only packages, PEP 440 specifier conflicts across files and markers, git refs without a commit hash, editable and local paths, partial hash mode, pre-releases, --extra-index-url dependency confusion, http indexes, stdlib backports, dev tools in runtime files and pip freeze drift. Includes a stdlib Python checker with --self-test.
---

# Python Requirements Pin and Conflict Checker

You help Python developers and DevOps engineers make `pip install -r requirements.txt` boring: the same versions on every machine, no ResolutionImpossible at 2 a.m., no package quietly fetched from the wrong index. Most broken installs come from a few patterns that are visible in the files themselves: a constraint file that contradicts a requirement, `requests` with no pin, a git dependency on `@main`, one line with `--hash` that switches the whole file into hash mode, or an extra index that lets a public package shadow an internal one. You read every file pip would read, check the specifiers with real PEP 440 rules, and turn the result into a short fix list and a lock-file plan.

## Files in this skill

- `scripts/req_check.py` - parses requirements files the way pip does (`-r` includes, `-c` constraints, line continuations, comments, extras, PEP 508 markers, `--hash`, index options, VCS/URL/editable lines), evaluates PEP 440 specifiers including `~=`, wildcards and pre-releases, searches for a version that satisfies every specifier per marker environment, compares with `pip freeze` output, and reports findings PR01-PR14 (Python 3.8+ standard library only, no network)
- `references/specifiers-and-markers.md` - PEP 440 operators, pre-release rules, constraints vs requirements, marker evaluation, and why the checker cannot see transitive dependencies
- `references/pinning-strategy.md` - apps vs libraries, the requirements.in + lock workflow, hashes, indexes and supply-chain hygiene, and what each finding code means
- `templates/requirements-review.md` - the review to hand back
- `examples/requirements.txt` - a Django invoice service with a typo, a git branch dependency, an extra index, a marker-split numpy, a duplicate Django, enum34 and pytest in runtime
- `examples/constraints.txt` - the platform team's constraints file that contradicts two of those requirements
- `examples/req-report.md` - the real checker output on those files

## Workflow

### 1. Collect the inputs
Ask for every file pip reads for the target: the main requirements file, anything it includes with `-r` or `-c`, plus `pip.conf` / `PIP_INDEX_URL` / `PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL` settings from CI and Dockerfiles (index options outside the file are invisible to the checker; add them by hand). Ask whether the project is an **app** (deployed service, notebook image, CLI shipped as a container: pins expected) or a **library** (installed by other projects: ranges expected), which Python versions and platforms it targets, and for a `pip freeze` from the environment that misbehaves.

### 2. Run the checker
```
python3 scripts/req_check.py examples/requirements.txt
python3 scripts/req_check.py requirements.txt --python 3.12 --platform linux
python3 scripts/req_check.py requirements.txt requirements-dev.txt --installed freeze.txt
python3 scripts/req_check.py requirements.txt --mode lib --json
python3 scripts/req_check.py --self-test
```
Exit 0 = no high findings, 1 = high findings, 2 = a file could not be read. Without `--python`, each marker combination is checked as its own environment; with it, lines whose markers do not apply are dropped. Without a shell, go line by line with `references/specifiers-and-markers.md` and test each package's combined specifiers against a concrete version.

### 3. Read the result
- Install blockers first: PR03 (no version satisfies the combined specifiers), PR07 (partial hash mode), PR13 (lines pip refuses). These fail before anything installs.
- Supply chain: PR09 extra index, PR10 http or trusted hosts, PR05 git refs that can move, PR11 bogus or dangerous packages (`sklearn`, `enum34`, `pycrypto`).
- Reproducibility: PR01 unpinned and PR02 open-ended ranges in apps; in libraries, PR02 flags exact pins that would force versions on users.
- Drift: PR12 shows where the running environment differs from the files.
- Tidy-ups: PR04 duplicates, PR06 editable/local paths, PR08 pre-releases, PR14 dev tools in runtime files.

### 4. Fix and lock
Resolve each conflict by deciding which side is right (often the constraint is stale; check the changelog of the newer version), then move intent-level ranges to `requirements.in` and generate the pinned, hashed lock with pip-tools or uv (`references/pinning-strategy.md`). Re-run the checker on the lock: it should come back with no high or medium findings. Never "fix" a conflict by deleting the constraint without asking who owns it.

### 5. Deliver
Fill `templates/requirements-review.md`: verdict, blockers with exact replacement lines, supply-chain changes, the lock workflow and CI commands, and an owner for each change.

## Example result
On `examples/requirements.txt` the checker finds 6 high findings. Two conflicts make pip fail: `urllib3>=2.2` against the platform constraint `urllib3<2`, and `numpy>=2.1` against the constraint `numpy==1.26.4` for Python 3.9+ (the Python < 3.9 branch is fine). `pandas=2.2.3` uses a single `=` and is refused. `pdf-stamp` is installed editable from `@main`, the internal index is added with `--extra-index-url` (dependency confusion risk for `acme-billing-core`), and `enum34` breaks the standard library `enum` on modern Python. Medium and low: open-ended `whitenoise` and `urllib3`, the editable install, Django declared twice as `Django` and `django`, and `pytest` in the runtime file.

## Rules

- Read every file pip reads, including constraints and includes; a single file in isolation hides conflicts.
- Use PEP 440 semantics, not string comparison (`2.10` > `2.9`, `~=2.1` allows 2.9 but not 3.0, `<2.0` excludes `2.0rc1`).
- Say clearly that the checker sees only declared packages: transitive conflicts and CVEs need the resolver (`pip install --dry-run`, `pip-compile`, `uv pip compile`) and `pip-audit`.
- Prefer a lock file generated by a tool over hand pins; never invent version numbers - take them from the current environment, the lock, or the package changelog.
- Treat index and VCS findings as security issues, not style.
FILE:references/specifiers-and-markers.md
# Specifiers, constraints and markers

## PEP 440 operators
| Specifier | Means | Example matches | Does not match |
|---|---|---|---|
| `==2.32.3` | exactly this version (trailing zeros ignored: `==2.0` = `==2.0.0`) | 2.32.3 | 2.32.4 |
| `==2.32.*` | any 2.32.x | 2.32.0, 2.32.9 | 2.33.0 |
| `~=2.31` | `>=2.31, ==2.*` | 2.31, 2.40 | 3.0 |
| `~=2.31.0` | `>=2.31.0, ==2.31.*` | 2.31.5 | 2.32.0 |
| `>=4.2,<5.0` | range | 4.2.16 | 5.0 |
| `!=3.1.2` | anything but | 3.1.3 | 3.1.2 |
| `===foo` | arbitrary string equality (avoid) | foo | |

- Order: `1.0.dev1 < 1.0a1 < 1.0b1 < 1.0rc1 < 1.0 < 1.0.post1`; `1.10 > 1.9` (numeric, not text).
- `~=2` is invalid (needs at least two release parts); `pkg=1.0` is invalid (single `=`).
- Pre-releases are only chosen if a specifier names one (`>=2.0rc1`), you pass `--pre`, or nothing else matches.
- `<2.0` excludes 2.0 pre-releases; `>1.4` excludes 1.4 post-releases.
- Local versions (`1.0+cpu`) only match `==1.0+cpu` or ranges; `==1.0` matches `1.0+cpu` too.

## Requirements vs constraints
- A requirement (`pkg>=1`) asks pip to install the package.
- A constraint (`-c constraints.txt`, `PIP_CONSTRAINT`) only restricts versions if something requires the package; it never installs anything. Constraints cannot have extras or be editable.
- pip combines all specifiers for a name (after PEP 503 normalisation: `Django`, `django`, `DJANGO` and `foo_bar` / `foo-bar` / `foo.bar` are the same). If nothing satisfies all of them, the resolver stops with ResolutionImpossible.

## Markers (PEP 508)
- `numpy<2 ; python_version < "3.9"` - the line applies only where the marker is true.
- Variables: `python_version` ("3.12"), `python_full_version`, `sys_platform` (linux, win32, darwin), `platform_system` (Linux, Windows, Darwin), `os_name` (posix, nt), `platform_machine`, `implementation_name`, `extra`.
- Two lines for one package with opposite markers are fine; two lines with the same (or no) marker are duplicates.
- The checker evaluates markers when you pass `--python` / `--platform`; otherwise it checks the unmarked lines plus each marker set as a separate environment.

## What an offline file check cannot see
- Transitive dependencies: `requests==2.32.3` needs `urllib3>=1.21.1,<3`; a conflict between what your packages need is only visible to the resolver. Run `pip install --dry-run --report report.json -r requirements.txt` or compile a lock.
- Wheels: a pinned version may have no wheel for your Python/platform (e.g. a new Python release) and fall back to a source build.
- Yanked releases and CVEs: use `pip-audit` and the index.
FILE:references/pinning-strategy.md
# Pinning strategy and supply-chain hygiene

## Apps vs libraries
| | App (service, job, notebook image) | Library (installed by others) |
|---|---|---|
| Direct deps | ranges in `requirements.in` / pyproject | ranges in pyproject `dependencies` |
| What gets installed | a lock: every package `==` + `--hash` | whatever the user's resolver picks |
| Exact pins | required (in the lock) | avoid: they force versions on every user |
| Upper bounds | let the lock hold them | only for known breakage (`<3` when 3.0 broke you) |

## The lock workflow (apps)
1. `requirements.in`: what you import, with intent-level ranges (`Django>=4.2,<5`).
2. Compile: `pip-compile --generate-hashes -o requirements.txt requirements.in` or `uv pip compile --generate-hashes requirements.in -o requirements.txt`. Add `-c constraints.txt` if the platform team ships constraints.
3. Install: `pip install --require-hashes --no-deps -r requirements.txt` (the lock already contains everything).
4. Update on purpose: `pip-compile --upgrade-package django`, review the diff, run tests. Automate with Dependabot/Renovate.
5. Dev tools go to `requirements-dev.in` compiled with `-c requirements.txt` so versions agree.

## Hashes
- One `--hash` anywhere turns on hash-checking mode for the whole install: every package (including transitive ones) needs `==` and a hash, or pip refuses. That is why partial hashes (PR07) break installs.
- Generate hashes with a tool, never by hand; include every platform's wheel hash if you build on several.

## Indexes
- `--extra-index-url` makes pip look at both indexes and take the highest version: anyone can upload `acme-billing-core==99.0` to PyPI and win (dependency confusion). Use one `--index-url` that points to a proxy (Artifactory, Nexus, devpi, CodeArtifact, Azure Artifacts) serving PyPI plus internal packages, and reserve internal names on PyPI.
- https only; `--trusted-host` turns off certificate checks.
- VCS dependencies: pin a full commit (`@3f2a...` 40 hex); branches and tags move. Better: publish a wheel to the internal index.

## Finding codes (req_check.py)
| Code | Severity | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| PR01 | high (app) / info (lib) | no version specifier and no pin elsewhere |
| PR02 | medium | app: only `>=`/`>`; lib: exact `==` pin |
| PR03 | high | no version satisfies the combined specifiers (per marker environment) |
| PR04 | low / info | declared more than once, or spelt differently |
| PR05 | high / medium | VCS ref without commit hash / archive URL without hash |
| PR06 | medium | editable or local path |
| PR07 | high | partial hash mode, or hashed line without `==` |
| PR08 | medium | pre-release pin or `--pre` |
| PR09 | high | `--extra-index-url` |
| PR10 | high / medium | http index or URL / `--trusted-host` |
| PR11 | varies | bogus, unmaintained or backport package (sklearn, pycrypto, enum34, typing, nose ...) |
| PR12 | high / medium | installed version does not satisfy the files / package missing |
| PR13 | high | line pip refuses (bad specifier, missing include) |
| PR14 | low | test or dev tool in a runtime file |
FILE:templates/requirements-review.md
# Requirements review: <project>

**Files:** <requirements.txt, constraints.txt (-c)>   **Kind:** <app / library>   **Python:** <3.12, linux>
**Verdict:** <install fails / installs but not reproducible / reproducible>

## Blockers (install fails)
| # | Where | Problem | Replace with |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | <constraints.txt:3 + requirements.txt:24> | <urllib3 <2 vs >=2.2> | <agree on urllib3>=2.2,<3 with platform team; update PLAT-412> |
| 2 | <requirements.txt:20> | <pandas=2.2.3> | <pandas==2.2.3> |

## Supply chain
| # | Where | Problem | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | <requirements.txt:5> | <--extra-index-url internal> | <single --index-url to the proxy; reserve acme-* on PyPI> |
| 2 | <requirements.txt:28> | <pdf-stamp @main, editable> | <publish a wheel or pin @<commit>> |

## Reproducibility and tidy-ups
- <unpinned / open ranges: ...>
- <duplicates, backports, dev tools: ...>

## Lock plan
```
<requirements.in contents (intent ranges)>
pip-compile --generate-hashes -c constraints.txt -o requirements.txt requirements.in
pip install --require-hashes --no-deps -r requirements.txt
```

## Not covered by this check
<transitive conflicts: run pip install --dry-run / pip-compile; CVEs: pip-audit; wheel availability for Python X.Y>

## Owners and dates
| Change | Owner | By |
|---|---|---|
| <...> | <...> | <...> |
FILE:examples/requirements.txt
# invoice-service runtime dependencies (deployed as a Docker image, Python 3.12)
# org-wide pins from the platform team:
-c constraints.txt
--index-url https://pypi.org/simple
--extra-index-url https://pkgs.acme.internal/simple

# web
Django>=4.2,<5.0
djangorestframework~=3.15
gunicorn==23.0.0
whitenoise>=6.7

# data and storage
psycopg[binary]==3.2.3
redis>=5.0
celery[redis]==5.4.0
boto3
numpy<2 ; python_version < "3.9"
numpy>=2.1 ; python_version >= "3.9"
pandas=2.2.3

# http
requests==2.32.3
urllib3>=2.2

# pdf invoices
weasyprint==63.0
-e git+https://github.com/acme/pdf-stamp.git@main#egg=pdf-stamp
acme-billing-core==1.8.2

# misc
python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
sentry-sdk>=2.0
django==4.2.16
enum34==1.1.10
pytest==8.3.3
FILE:examples/constraints.txt
# Platform team constraints, applied to every service with -c
# (pins only; a constraint never installs anything by itself)
urllib3<2                  # legacy proxy TLS issue, see PLAT-412
numpy==1.26.4              # matches the shared analytics image
redis==5.0.8
boto3==1.35.36
sentry-sdk==2.17.0
celery==5.4.0
cryptography>=43.0.1       # CVE floor
FILE:examples/req-report.md
# Requirements check: examples/requirements.txt

Mode: app.  Packages: 19 (14 pinned with ==).  Findings: 6 high, 3 medium, 2 low, 0 info.

**Verdict: install will fail or is unsafe - fix the high findings first**

## Packages

| Package | Specifiers (all files) | Marker | Declared in | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| urllib3 | `<2,>=2.2` | - | examples/constraints.txt:3 (constraint), examples/requirements.txt:24 | conflict |
| numpy | `<2,==1.26.4,>=2.1` | `python_version < "3.9"; python_version >= "3.9"` | examples/constraints.txt:4 (constraint), examples/requirements.txt:18, examples/requirements.txt:19 | conflict |
| redis | `==5.0.8,>=5.0` | - | examples/constraints.txt:5 (constraint), examples/requirements.txt:15 | ok |
| boto3 | `==1.35.36` | - | examples/constraints.txt:6 (constraint), examples/requirements.txt:17 | ok |
| sentry-sdk | `==2.17.0,>=2.0` | - | examples/constraints.txt:7 (constraint), examples/requirements.txt:33 | ok |
| celery | `==5.4.0` | - | examples/constraints.txt:8 (constraint), examples/requirements.txt:16 | ok |
| cryptography | `>=43.0.1` | - | examples/constraints.txt:9 (constraint) | ok |
| Django | `<5.0,==4.2.16,>=4.2` | - | examples/requirements.txt:8, examples/requirements.txt:34 | ok |
| djangorestframework | `~=3.15` | - | examples/requirements.txt:9 | ok |
| gunicorn | `==23.0.0` | - | examples/requirements.txt:10 | ok |
| whitenoise | `>=6.7` | - | examples/requirements.txt:11 | ok |
| psycopg | `==3.2.3` | - | examples/requirements.txt:14 | ok |
| requests | `==2.32.3` | - | examples/requirements.txt:23 | ok |
| weasyprint | `==63.0` | - | examples/requirements.txt:27 | ok |
| pdf-stamp | `url` | - | examples/requirements.txt:28 | ok |
| acme-billing-core | `==1.8.2` | - | examples/requirements.txt:29 | ok |
| python-dateutil | `==2.9.0.post0` | - | examples/requirements.txt:32 | ok |
| enum34 | `==1.1.10` | - | examples/requirements.txt:35 | ok |
| pytest | `==8.3.3` | - | examples/requirements.txt:36 | ok |

## Findings

- **HIGH PR03** `examples/constraints.txt:3, examples/requirements.txt:24` urllib3: no version satisfies <2 (examples/constraints.txt:3), >=2.2 (examples/requirements.txt:24) - pip will fail with ResolutionImpossible
- **HIGH PR03** `examples/constraints.txt:4, examples/requirements.txt:19` numpy: no version satisfies ==1.26.4 (examples/constraints.txt:4), >=2.1 (examples/requirements.txt:19) when python_version >= "3.9" - pip will fail with ResolutionImpossible
- **HIGH PR05** `examples/requirements.txt:28` pdf-stamp comes from git+https://github.com/acme/pdf-stamp.git@main#egg=pdf-stamp without a full commit hash; the branch or tag can move under you - pin @<40-char commit>
- **HIGH PR09** `examples/requirements.txt:5` --extra-index-url https://pkgs.acme.internal/simple: pip picks the highest version from ANY index, so a public package with the same name as an internal one wins (dependency confusion); use a single --index-url proxy that serves both, or pin with --hash
- **HIGH PR11** `examples/requirements.txt:35` enum34 breaks the stdlib enum on Python 3.6+ (e.g. AttributeError in re); remove it
- **HIGH PR13** `examples/requirements.txt:20` pandas: single '=' in '=2.2.3' (use ==) - pip will refuse this line
- **MEDIUM PR02** `examples/requirements.txt:11` whitenoise >=6.7 has no upper bound and no pin; a future major release installs automatically
- **MEDIUM PR02** `examples/requirements.txt:24` urllib3 >=2.2 has no upper bound and no pin; a future major release installs automatically
- **MEDIUM PR06** `examples/requirements.txt:28` pdf-stamp is an editable install; it will not exist on a clean build machine - publish it or build a wheel
- **LOW PR04** `examples/requirements.txt:8, examples/requirements.txt:34` Django is declared 2 times (spelt Django, django); keep one line
- **LOW PR14** `examples/requirements.txt:36` pytest is a development/test tool in a runtime requirements file; move it to requirements-dev.txt so production images stay small

## Next steps

1. Fix every PR03/PR07/PR13 line - these stop `pip install` outright.
2. Keep loose, intent-level ranges in `requirements.in` (or pyproject) and generate a fully pinned, hashed lock with `pip-compile --generate-hashes` or `uv pip compile --generate-hashes`; install with `pip install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt`.
3. Use one `--index-url` (a proxy that mirrors PyPI and hosts internal packages), https only.
4. Run `pip-audit -r requirements.txt` (online) for known vulnerabilities - this checker is offline and does not know CVEs.
FILE:scripts/req_check.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Python requirements pin and conflict checker (Python 3.8+ standard library only, offline).

Reads pip requirements files (following -r includes and -c constraints), and reports what makes
installs non-reproducible, unsatisfiable or risky:

  PR01 unpinned requirement            PR08 pre-release pin or --pre
  PR02 lower bound only (>=, >)        PR09 --extra-index-url (dependency confusion)
  PR03 conflicting specifiers          PR10 plain http:// index/URL, --trusted-host
  PR04 duplicate / differently spelt   PR11 deprecated, renamed or stdlib-backport package
  PR05 VCS/URL without immutable ref   PR12 installed version (pip freeze) does not match
  PR06 editable or local path          PR13 line pip cannot parse
  PR07 incomplete hash-checking mode  PR14 dev/test tool in runtime requirements

Specifiers follow PEP 440 (==, !=, <=, >=, <, >, ~=, ===, ==X.*), names PEP 503 normalisation,
markers PEP 508 (evaluated with --python / --platform, otherwise each marker set is checked as its
own environment).

Usage:
  python3 req_check.py requirements.txt [more.txt ...] [--mode app|lib] [--installed freeze.txt]
                       [--python 3.11] [--platform linux] [--json]
  python3 req_check.py --self-test
Exit codes: 0 = no high findings, 1 = high findings, 2 = file missing or unreadable.
"""
import argparse
import json
import os
import re
import sys
from collections import OrderedDict, defaultdict

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- versions (PEP 440)
VERSION_RE = re.compile(r"""^\s*v?(?:(?P<epoch>\d+)!)?(?P<release>\d+(?:\.\d+)*)
    (?:[-_.]?(?P<pre_l>a|alpha|b|beta|c|rc|pre|preview)[-_.]?(?P<pre_n>\d*))?
    (?:-(?P<post_n1>\d+)|[-_.]?(?P<post_l>post|rev|r)[-_.]?(?P<post_n2>\d*))?
    (?:[-_.]?(?P<dev_l>dev)[-_.]?(?P<dev_n>\d*))?
    (?:\+(?P<local>[a-z0-9]+(?:[-_.][a-z0-9]+)*))?\s*$""", re.I | re.X)
PRE_RANK = {"a": 0, "alpha": 0, "b": 1, "beta": 1, "c": 2, "rc": 2, "pre": 2, "preview": 2}
INF = float("inf")


class Version:
    def __init__(self, s):
        m = VERSION_RE.match(s)
        if not m:
            raise ValueError("invalid version %r" % s)
        self.text = s.strip()
        self.epoch = int(m.group("epoch") or 0)
        self.release = tuple(int(x) for x in m.group("release").split("."))
        self.pre = (PRE_RANK[m.group("pre_l").lower()], int(m.group("pre_n") or 0)) if m.group("pre_l") else None
        post = m.group("post_n1") or (m.group("post_n2") or "0" if m.group("post_l") else None)
        self.post = int(post) if post is not None else None
        self.dev = int(m.group("dev_n") or 0) if m.group("dev_l") else None
        self.local = m.group("local")
        rel = list(self.release)
        while len(rel) > 1 and rel[-1] == 0:
            rel.pop()
        if self.pre is None and self.post is None and self.dev is not None:
            pre = (-1, 0)
        else:
            pre = self.pre if self.pre is not None else (3, 0)
        self.key = (self.epoch, tuple(rel), pre, -1 if self.post is None else self.post,
                    INF if self.dev is None else self.dev)

    @property
    def is_prerelease(self):
        return self.pre is not None or self.dev is not None

    def __lt__(self, o):
        return self.key < o.key

    def __eq__(self, o):
        return self.key == o.key

    def __hash__(self):
        return hash(self.key)

    def __repr__(self):
        return self.text


SPEC_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*(===|==|!=|<=|>=|~=|<|>)\s*([^\s,;]+)\s*$")


class Spec:
    def __init__(self, text):
        m = SPEC_RE.match(text)
        if not m:
            raise ValueError("invalid specifier %r" % text.strip())
        self.op, self.ver_text = m.group(1), m.group(2)
        self.wild = self.ver_text.endswith(".*")
        if self.op == "===":
            self.version = None
            return
        if self.wild and self.op not in ("==", "!="):
            raise ValueError("wildcard only allowed with == or != (%r)" % text.strip())
        self.version = Version(self.ver_text[:-2] if self.wild else self.ver_text)
        if self.op == "~=" and len(self.version.release) < 2:
            raise ValueError("~= needs at least two release parts, e.g. ~=2.1 (%r)" % text.strip())

    def __repr__(self):
        return self.op + self.ver_text

    def contains(self, v):
        op, s = self.op, self.version
        if op == "===":
            return v.text == self.ver_text
        if self.wild:
            n = len(s.release)
            rel = tuple(list(v.release) + [0] * max(0, n - len(v.release)))[:n]
            hit = v.epoch == s.epoch and rel == s.release
            return hit if op == "==" else not hit
        vk = v.key
        if op == "==":
            return vk == s.key and (s.local is None or v.local == s.local)
        if op == "!=":
            return vk != s.key
        if op == ">=":
            return vk >= s.key
        if op == "<=":
            return vk <= s.key
        if op == ">":
            return vk > s.key and not (v.post is not None and v.release == s.release and s.post is None)
        if op == "<":
            return vk < s.key and not (v.is_prerelease and not s.is_prerelease and
                                       Version(".".join(map(str, v.release))).key == s.key)
        if op == "~=":
            prefix = s.release[:-1]
            rel = tuple(list(v.release) + [0] * len(s.release))[:len(prefix)]
            return vk >= s.key and rel == prefix and v.epoch == s.epoch
        return False

    def is_prerelease_spec(self):
        return self.version is not None and self.version.is_prerelease



def satisfiable(specs):
    """Return an example final version that satisfies all specs, or None."""
    if not specs:
        return "any"
    for s in specs:
        if s.op == "===":
            try:
                v = Version(s.ver_text)
            except ValueError:
                return s.ver_text
            return v.text if all(x.contains(v) for x in specs) else None
    cands = set()
    for s in specs:
        r = list(s.version.release)
        e = "%d!" % s.version.epoch if s.version.epoch else ""
        base = ".".join(map(str, r))
        cands.update([s.version.text, e + base, e + base + ".0.0.1", e + base + ".post1"])
        if s.wild or s.op == "~=":
            pre = r if s.wild else r[:-1]
            cands.update([e + ".".join(map(str, pre + [0])), e + ".".join(map(str, pre + [999]))])
            nxt = pre[:-1] + [pre[-1] + 1]
            cands.add(e + ".".join(map(str, nxt)))
        for i in range(len(r)):
            if r[i] > 0:
                lower = r[:i] + [r[i] - 1] + [999]
                cands.add(e + ".".join(map(str, lower)))
            up = r[:i] + [r[i] + 1]
            cands.add(e + ".".join(map(str, up)))
    cands.update(["0", "0.0.1", "99999"])
    allow_pre = any(s.is_prerelease_spec() for s in specs)
    found = []
    for c in cands:
        try:
            v = Version(c)
        except ValueError:
            continue
        if v.is_prerelease and not allow_pre:
            continue
        if all(s.contains(v) for s in specs):
            found.append(v)
    return min(found).text if found else None


# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- markers (PEP 508, subset)
MARKER_TOKEN = re.compile(r"\s*(\(|\)|===|==|!=|<=|>=|~=|<|>|not\s+in\b|in\b|and\b|or\b|'[^']*'|\"[^\"]*\"|[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_.]*)")


def eval_marker(text, env):
    toks, pos = [], 0
    while pos < len(text):
        m = MARKER_TOKEN.match(text, pos)
        if not m:
            if text[pos:].strip() == "":
                break
            raise ValueError("cannot parse marker %r" % text)
        toks.append(re.sub(r"\s+", " ", m.group(1)))
        pos = m.end()
    i = [0]

    def value():
        t = toks[i[0]]
        i[0] += 1
        if t[0] in "'\"":
            return t[1:-1], False
        if t not in env:
            raise ValueError("unknown marker variable %r" % t)
        return env[t], t.startswith("python") or t.endswith("_version")

    def comparison():
        if toks[i[0]] == "(":
            i[0] += 1
            r = disj()
            i[0] += 1
            return r
        left, lv = value()
        op = toks[i[0]]
        i[0] += 1
        right, rv = value()
        if op in ("in", "not in"):
            r = left in right
            return r if op == "in" else not r
        if lv or rv:
            try:
                return Spec(op + right).contains(Version(left))
            except ValueError:
                pass
        return {"==": left == right, "!=": left != right, "<": left < right, ">": left > right,
                "<=": left <= right, ">=": left >= right}.get(op, False)

    def conj():
        r = comparison()
        while i[0] < len(toks) and toks[i[0]] == "and":
            i[0] += 1
            r = comparison() and r
        return r

    def disj():
        r = conj()
        while i[0] < len(toks) and toks[i[0]] == "or":
            i[0] += 1
            r = conj() or r
        return r

    return disj()


def marker_env(python, platform):
    plat = (platform or "linux").lower()
    sysplat = {"linux": "linux", "windows": "win32", "win32": "win32", "macos": "darwin", "darwin": "darwin"}.get(plat, plat)
    system = {"linux": "Linux", "win32": "Windows", "darwin": "Darwin"}.get(sysplat, plat)
    pv = ".".join(python.split(".")[:2])
    return {"python_version": pv, "python_full_version": python if python.count(".") == 2 else python + ".0",
            "sys_platform": sysplat, "platform_system": system, "os_name": "nt" if sysplat == "win32" else "posix",
            "platform_machine": "x86_64", "implementation_name": "cpython", "platform_python_implementation": "CPython",
            "extra": ""}


# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- parsing
NAME_RE = re.compile(r"^([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]*)\s*(\[[^\]]*\])?\s*(.*)$")
HEX40 = re.compile(r"@[0-9a-f]{40}(?:#|$)")
DEPRECATED = {
    "sklearn": ("high", "is a dummy package that now fails to install; use scikit-learn"),
    "bs4": ("low", "is a convenience alias; depend on beautifulsoup4 directly"),
    "pycrypto": ("high", "is unmaintained since 2013 with known vulnerabilities; use pycryptodome or cryptography"),
    "nose": ("medium", "is unmaintained and breaks on Python 3.10+; use pytest"),
    "mock": ("low", "is a backport; on Python 3 use unittest.mock"),
    "argparse": ("medium", "is in the standard library since 2.7/3.2; remove the backport"),
    "typing": ("medium", "is a backport for Python < 3.5 and can shadow the stdlib module; remove it"),
    "dataclasses": ("medium", "is a backport for Python 3.6 only; remove it or add ; python_version < \"3.7\""),
    "enum34": ("high", "breaks the stdlib enum on Python 3.6+ (e.g. AttributeError in re); remove it"),
    "futures": ("medium", "is a Python 2 backport of concurrent.futures; remove it"),
    "pathlib": ("medium", "is an old backport that shadows the stdlib pathlib; remove it"),
    "distribute": ("medium", "was merged back into setuptools in 2013; use setuptools"),
    "pkg-resources": ("high", "is a bogus package generated by a broken Ubuntu pip freeze; remove the line"),
    "python-dateutils": ("medium", "is a typo-like name; you probably meant python-dateutil"),
}


DEV_TOOLS = {"pytest", "pytest-cov", "pytest-django", "pytest-mock", "black", "flake8", "pylint", "mypy", "ruff",
             "isort", "ipython", "ipdb", "pre-commit", "coverage", "tox", "nox", "factory-boy", "faker", "debugpy",
             "django-debug-toolbar", "jupyter", "notebook"}


def show(path):
    rel = os.path.relpath(path)
    return path if rel.startswith("..") else rel


def norm(name):
    return re.sub(r"[-_.]+", "-", name).lower()


class Req:
    def __init__(self, **kw):
        self.__dict__.update(kw)


def logical_lines(text):
    buf, start = "", None
    for n, raw in enumerate(text.splitlines(), 1):
        line = raw
        if start is None:
            start = n
        if line.rstrip().endswith("\\"):
            buf += line.rstrip()[:-1] + " "
            continue
        buf += line
        yield start, buf
        buf, start = "", None
    if buf:
        yield start, buf


def strip_comment(line):
    if line.lstrip().startswith("#"):
        return ""
    return re.split(r"\s+#", line, maxsplit=1)[0].strip()


def parse_files(paths, findings):
    reqs, opts, seen = [], defaultdict(list), set()

    def add(sev, code, src, msg):
        findings.append({"severity": sev, "code": code, "where": src, "message": msg})

    def parse(path, constraint):
        real = os.path.abspath(path)
        if real in seen:
            return
        seen.add(real)
        with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as f:
            text = f.read()
        base = os.path.dirname(path)
        shown = show(path)
        for n, line in logical_lines(text):
            src = "%s:%d" % (shown, n)
            line = strip_comment(line)
            if not line:
                continue
            m = re.match(r"^(-r|--requirement|-c|--constraint)\s*=?\s*(\S+)$", line)
            if m:
                inc = os.path.join(base, m.group(2))
                if not os.path.exists(inc):
                    add("high", "PR13", src, "included file %s does not exist; pip will fail" % m.group(2))
                else:
                    parse(inc, constraint or m.group(1) in ("-c", "--constraint"))
                continue
            m = re.match(r"^(-i|--index-url|--extra-index-url|-f|--find-links|--trusted-host)\s*=?\s*(\S+)$", line)
            if m:
                opt = {"-i": "--index-url", "-f": "--find-links"}.get(m.group(1), m.group(1))
                opts[opt].append((src, m.group(2)))
                continue
            if line in ("--pre", "--require-hashes") or line.startswith(("--no-binary", "--only-binary", "--prefer-binary")):
                opts[line.split()[0].split("=")[0]].append((src, line))
                continue
            editable = False
            m = re.match(r"^(-e|--editable)\s+(\S+)(.*)$", line)
            if m:
                editable, line = True, m.group(2) + m.group(3)
            hashes = re.findall(r"--hash[=\s]+(\S+)", line)
            line = re.sub(r"--hash[=\s]+\S+", "", line).strip()
            if line.startswith("-"):
                add("medium", "PR13", src, "unknown option %r ignored by this checker" % line.split()[0])
                continue
            marker = ""
            if ";" in line:
                line, marker = [x.strip() for x in line.split(";", 1)]
            url, name, extras, specs, bad = None, None, "", [], None
            if re.match(r"^(git|hg|svn|bzr)\+|^https?://|^file:|^\.{0,2}/|.*\.(whl|zip|tar\.gz)$", line):
                url = line
                egg = re.search(r"[#&]egg=([A-Za-z0-9._-]+)", line)
                name = egg.group(1) if egg else os.path.basename(line.split("#")[0].rstrip("/")).split("@")[0]
                name = re.sub(r"(-\d.*)?(\.git|\.whl|\.zip|\.tar\.gz)$", "", name) or line
            else:
                m = NAME_RE.match(line)
                if not m:
                    add("high", "PR13", src, "pip cannot parse %r" % line)
                    continue
                name, extras, rest = m.group(1), m.group(2) or "", m.group(3).strip()
                if rest.startswith("@"):
                    url = rest[1:].strip()
                elif rest:
                    rest = rest.strip("()")
                    for part in [p for p in rest.split(",") if p.strip()]:
                        p = part.strip()
                        if re.match(r"^=[^=]", p):
                            bad = "single '=' in %r (use ==)" % p
                            break
                        try:
                            specs.append(Spec(p))
                        except ValueError as e:
                            bad = str(e)
                            break
            if bad:
                add("high", "PR13", src, "%s: %s - pip will refuse this line" % (name, bad))
                continue
            reqs.append(Req(name=name, key=norm(name), extras=extras, specs=specs, marker=marker, url=url,
                            editable=editable, hashes=hashes, constraint=constraint, src=src))

    for p in paths:
        parse(p, False)
    return reqs, opts


# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- checks
def check(paths, mode="app", installed=None, python=None, platform=None):
    findings = []
    reqs, opts = parse_files(paths, findings)

    def add(sev, code, src, msg):
        findings.append({"severity": sev, "code": code, "where": src, "message": msg})

    env = marker_env(python, platform) if python else None
    active = []
    for r in reqs:
        if r.marker and env is not None:
            try:
                if not eval_marker(r.marker, env):
                    continue
            except (ValueError, IndexError):
                add("medium", "PR13", r.src, "cannot evaluate marker %r" % r.marker)
        active.append(r)

    by = OrderedDict()
    for r in active:
        by.setdefault(r.key, []).append(r)

    # index / transport options
    for src, url in opts.get("--extra-index-url", []):
        add("high", "PR09", src, "--extra-index-url %s: pip picks the highest version from ANY index, so a public "
            "package with the same name as an internal one wins (dependency confusion); use a single --index-url "
            "proxy that serves both, or pin with --hash" % url)
    for opt in ("--index-url", "--extra-index-url", "--find-links"):
        for src, url in opts.get(opt, []):
            if url.startswith("http://"):
                add("high", "PR10", src, "%s uses plain http (%s); packages can be swapped in transit - use https" % (opt, url))
    for src, host in opts.get("--trusted-host", []):
        add("medium", "PR10", src, "--trusted-host %s disables TLS verification for that host" % host)
    for src, _ in opts.get("--pre", []):
        add("medium", "PR08", src, "--pre lets every package resolve to pre-releases; pin the one pre-release you need instead")

    hashed = [r for r in active if r.hashes and not r.constraint]
    hash_mode = bool(hashed) or bool(opts.get("--require-hashes"))
    pinned_elsewhere = {}
    for key, rs in by.items():
        for r in rs:
            if any(s.op in ("==", "===") and not s.wild for s in r.specs):
                pinned_elsewhere[key] = r.src

    packages = []
    for key, rs in by.items():
        decl = [r for r in rs if not r.constraint]
        all_specs = [s for r in rs for s in r.specs]
        groups = defaultdict(list)
        for r in rs:
            groups[r.marker].append(r)
        unmarked = groups.pop("", [])
        envs = [("", unmarked)] if not groups else [(m, unmarked + g) for m, g in groups.items()]
        status, example = "ok", None
        for m, grp in envs:
            specs = [s for r in grp for s in r.specs]
            if any(r.url for r in grp):
                continue
            ex = satisfiable(specs)
            if ex is None:
                status = "conflict"
                add("high", "PR03", ", ".join(r.src for r in grp),
                    "%s: no version satisfies %s%s - pip will fail with ResolutionImpossible"
                    % (rs[0].name, ", ".join("%s (%s)" % (",".join(map(repr, r.specs)) or "any", r.src) for r in grp if r.specs),
                       (" when " + m) if m else ""))
            elif example is None:
                example = ex
        spellings = sorted({r.name for r in rs})
        per_marker = defaultdict(list)
        for r in decl:
            per_marker[r.marker].append(r)
        dups = [g for g in per_marker.values() if len(g) > 1]
        if dups:
            g = dups[0]
            add("low", "PR04", ", ".join(r.src for r in g), "%s is declared %d times%s; keep one line"
                % (rs[0].name, len(g), (" (spelt " + ", ".join(spellings) + ")") if len(spellings) > 1 else ""))
        elif len(spellings) > 1:
            add("info", "PR04", ", ".join(r.src for r in rs), "%s is spelt %s across files (same package after normalisation)"
                % (rs[0].name, ", ".join(spellings)))
        for r in decl:
            if r.url:
                if r.url.startswith(("git+", "hg+", "svn+", "bzr+")):
                    if not HEX40.search(r.url):
                        add("high", "PR05", r.src, "%s comes from %s without a full commit hash; the branch or tag can "
                            "move under you - pin @<40-char commit>" % (r.name, r.url))
                elif r.url.startswith(("http://", "https://")):
                    if r.url.startswith("http://"):
                        add("high", "PR10", r.src, "%s is downloaded over plain http" % r.name)
                    if not r.hashes and "#sha256=" not in r.url:
                        add("medium", "PR05", r.src, "%s is an archive URL without a hash; add #sha256=... or --hash" % r.name)
                if r.editable or r.url.startswith((".", "/", "file:")):
                    add("medium" if mode == "app" else "low", "PR06", r.src, "%s is %s; it will not exist on a clean build "
                        "machine - publish it or build a wheel" % (r.name, "an editable install" if r.editable else "a local path"))
                continue
            if r.editable:
                add("medium", "PR06", r.src, "%s is installed editable" % r.name)
            ops = {s.op for s in r.specs}
            if not r.specs and key not in pinned_elsewhere:
                add("high" if mode == "app" else "info", "PR01", r.src, "%s is unpinned%s" % (r.name,
                    "; every install can pick a new major version - pin == or add it to a lock/constraints file"
                    if mode == "app" else " (fine for a library; set a tested lower bound)"))
            elif ops and ops <= {">=", ">", "!="} and key not in pinned_elsewhere and mode == "app":
                add("medium", "PR02", r.src, "%s %s has no upper bound and no pin; a future major release installs "
                    "automatically" % (r.name, ",".join(map(repr, r.specs))))
            if mode == "lib" and any(s.op in ("==", "===") for s in r.specs):
                add("medium", "PR02", r.src, "%s is pinned == in a library; this forces the exact version on every "
                    "project that depends on you - use a range" % r.name)
            for s in r.specs:
                if s.version is not None and s.version.is_prerelease and s.op in ("==", ">=", "~="):
                    add("medium", "PR08", r.src, "%s %r is a pre-release" % (r.name, s))
            if hash_mode and not r.hashes:
                add("high", "PR07", r.src, "%s has no --hash but other lines do; pip switches to hash-checking mode "
                    "for the whole file and will refuse to install it" % r.name)
            if hash_mode and r.hashes and not any(s.op == "==" and not s.wild for s in r.specs):
                add("high", "PR07", r.src, "%s has hashes but is not pinned with ==; hash-checking mode requires "
                    "exact pins" % r.name)
        if key in DEV_TOOLS and mode == "app" and decl and not re.search(r"dev|test|lint|ci|docs",
                                                                         decl[0].src.split(":")[0], re.I):
            add("low", "PR14", decl[0].src, "%s is a development/test tool in a runtime requirements file; move it "
                "to requirements-dev.txt so production images stay small" % decl[0].name)
        if key in DEPRECATED and decl:
            sev, why = DEPRECATED[key]
            add(sev, "PR11", decl[0].src, "%s %s" % (decl[0].name, why))
        packages.append({"name": rs[0].name, "key": key,
                         "specs": ",".join(sorted({repr(s) for s in all_specs})) or ("url" if any(r.url for r in rs) else "any"),
                         "sources": [r.src + (" (constraint)" if r.constraint else "") for r in rs],
                         "marker": "; ".join(sorted({r.marker for r in rs if r.marker})),
                         "status": status, "example": example})

    if installed:
        inst = {}
        with open(installed, encoding="utf-8") as f:
            for n, line in enumerate(f, 1):
                m = re.match(r"^\s*([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]*)\s*==\s*([^\s;#]+)", line)
                if m:
                    inst[norm(m.group(1))] = (m.group(2), "%s:%d" % (show(installed), n))
        for p in packages:
            if all(r.constraint for r in by[p["key"]]):
                continue  # constraints never install anything
            specs = [s for r in by[p["key"]] for s in r.specs]
            if p["key"] not in inst:
                if not any(r.marker for r in by[p["key"]]):
                    add("medium", "PR12", next(r.src for r in by[p["key"]] if not r.constraint), "%s is required but not in %s" % (p["name"], os.path.basename(installed)))
                p["installed"] = None
                continue
            ver, src = inst[p["key"]]
            p["installed"] = ver
            try:
                v = Version(ver)
            except ValueError:
                continue
            bad = [s for s in specs if not s.contains(v)]
            if bad:
                add("high", "PR12", src, "%s %s is installed but the requirements say %s; the environment does not "
                    "match what CI builds" % (p["name"], ver, ",".join(map(repr, bad))))

    order = {"high": 0, "medium": 1, "low": 2, "info": 3}
    findings.sort(key=lambda f: (order[f["severity"]], f["code"], f["where"]))
    counts = {k: sum(f["severity"] == k for f in findings) for k in order}
    pinned = sum(1 for p in packages if re.search(r"(^|,)===?[^=,*]+(,|$)", p["specs"]) and "*" not in p["specs"])
    return {"files": [show(p) for p in paths], "mode": mode, "python": python, "packages": packages,
            "pinned": pinned, "findings": findings, "counts": counts, "hash_mode": hash_mode}


# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- report
def report(r):
    L = ["# Requirements check: %s" % ", ".join(r["files"]), ""]
    L.append("Mode: %s%s.  Packages: %d (%d pinned with ==).  Findings: %d high, %d medium, %d low, %d info." % (
        r["mode"], (", Python " + r["python"]) if r["python"] else "", len(r["packages"]), r["pinned"],
        r["counts"]["high"], r["counts"]["medium"], r["counts"]["low"], r["counts"]["info"]))
    L += ["", "**Verdict: %s**" % ("install will fail or is unsafe - fix the high findings first" if any(
        f["code"] in ("PR03", "PR07", "PR13") and f["severity"] == "high" for f in r["findings"]) else
        "not reproducible or risky - fix the high findings" if r["counts"]["high"] else
        "reproducible and resolvable" if not r["counts"]["medium"] else "resolvable, with medium findings to tidy"), ""]
    L += ["## Packages", ""]
    has_inst = any("installed" in p for p in r["packages"])
    L.append("| Package | Specifiers (all files) | Marker | Declared in | Status%s |" % (" | Installed" if has_inst else ""))
    L.append("|---|---|---|---|---|" + ("---|" if has_inst else ""))
    for p in r["packages"]:
        L.append("| %s | `%s` | %s | %s | %s%s |" % (p["name"], p["specs"], ("`%s`" % p["marker"]) if p["marker"] else "-",
                                                    ", ".join(p["sources"]), p["status"],
                                                    (" | %s" % (p.get("installed") or "-")) if has_inst else ""))
    L += ["", "## Findings", ""]
    if not r["findings"]:
        L.append("- none")
    for f in r["findings"]:
        L.append("- **%s %s** `%s` %s" % (f["severity"].upper(), f["code"], f["where"], f["message"]))
    L += ["", "## Next steps", "",
          "1. Fix every PR03/PR07/PR13 line - these stop `pip install` outright.",
          "2. Keep loose, intent-level ranges in `requirements.in` (or pyproject) and generate a fully pinned, hashed lock "
          "with `pip-compile --generate-hashes` or `uv pip compile --generate-hashes`; install with `pip install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt`.",
          "3. Use one `--index-url` (a proxy that mirrors PyPI and hosts internal packages), https only.",
          "4. Run `pip-audit -r requirements.txt` (online) for known vulnerabilities - this checker is offline and does not know CVEs."]
    return "\n".join(L) + "\n"


# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- self-test
def self_test():
    import tempfile
    cases = []

    def ok(name, cond, detail=""):
        cases.append((name, bool(cond), detail))

    V = Version
    ok("version ordering dev < a < rc < final < post", V("1.0.dev1") < V("1.0a1") < V("1.0rc1") < V("1.0") < V("1.0.post1"))
    ok("trailing zeros equal", V("1.0") == V("1.0.0"))
    ok("~=1.4.2 means >=1.4.2,<1.5", Spec("~=1.4.2").contains(V("1.4.9")) and not Spec("~=1.4.2").contains(V("1.5")))
    ok("~=2.1 allows 2.9 not 3.0", Spec("~=2.1").contains(V("2.9")) and not Spec("~=2.1").contains(V("3.0")))
    ok("==1.4.* wildcard", Spec("==1.4.*").contains(V("1.4.7")) and not Spec("==1.4.*").contains(V("1.5")))
    ok("<2.0 excludes 2.0rc1", not Spec("<2.0").contains(V("2.0rc1")))
    ok("satisfiable range", satisfiable([Spec(">=1.2"), Spec("<2")]) is not None)
    ok("conflict detected", satisfiable([Spec(">=2.0"), Spec("<1.9")]) is None)
    ok("pin outside range conflicts", satisfiable([Spec("==1.26.4"), Spec(">=2")]) is None)
    ok("!= exclusion of only pin", satisfiable([Spec("==3.1"), Spec("!=3.1")]) is None)
    ok("~= vs upper bound conflict", satisfiable([Spec("~=2.31"), Spec("<2.30")]) is None)
    env = marker_env("3.8", "linux")
    ok("marker eval python_version", eval_marker('python_version < "3.9"', env) and
       not eval_marker('python_version >= "3.9" and sys_platform == "linux"', env))
    ok("marker eval or/parentheses", eval_marker('(sys_platform == "win32" or os_name == "posix")', env))
    try:
        Spec("~=2")
        ok("~=2 rejected", False)
    except ValueError:
        ok("~=2 rejected", True)

    d = tempfile.mkdtemp()
    with open(os.path.join(d, "c.txt"), "w") as f:
        f.write("urllib3<2\nnumpy==1.26.4\n")
    with open(os.path.join(d, "r.txt"), "w") as f:
        f.write("-c c.txt\n--extra-index-url https://pypi.internal.example/simple\nrequests==2.32.3\nurllib3>=2.2\n"
                "numpy<2 ; python_version < \"3.9\"\nnumpy>=2.1 ; python_version >= \"3.9\"\nflask\n"
                "Django>=4.2\ndjango<5\n-e git+https://github.com/acme/tools.git@main#egg=acme-tools\n"
                "sklearn\npandas=2.2.0\npytest==8.3.3\n")
    r = check([os.path.join(d, "r.txt")])
    codes = defaultdict(list)
    for fnd in r["findings"]:
        codes[fnd["code"]].append(fnd)
    ok("PR03 urllib3 conflict with constraint", any("urllib3" in x["message"] for x in codes["PR03"]), codes["PR03"])
    ok("PR03 numpy conflict only for python>=3.9 marker", any("numpy" in x["message"] and "3.9" in x["message"]
       for x in codes["PR03"]), codes["PR03"])
    ok("PR01 flask unpinned high", any("flask" in x["message"] and x["severity"] == "high" for x in codes["PR01"]))
    ok("PR04 Django/django duplicate", any("Django" in x["message"] for x in codes["PR04"]))
    ok("PR05 git branch ref", any("acme-tools" in x["message"] for x in codes["PR05"]), codes["PR05"])
    ok("PR09 extra index", bool(codes["PR09"]))
    ok("PR11 sklearn", any("scikit-learn" in x["message"] for x in codes["PR11"]))
    ok("PR14 pytest in runtime file", any("pytest" in x["message"] for x in codes["PR14"]))
    ok("PR13 single =", any("pandas" in x["message"] for x in codes["PR13"]))
    r38 = check([os.path.join(d, "r.txt")], python="3.8")
    ok("--python 3.8 drops the >=3.9 numpy line", not any("numpy" in x["message"] for x in r38["findings"] if x["code"] == "PR03"))
    with open(os.path.join(d, "h.txt"), "w") as f:
        f.write("six==1.16.0 --hash=sha256:" + "a" * 64 + "\nidna>=3 --hash=sha256:" + "b" * 64 + "\ncertifi==2024.8.30\n")
    rh = check([os.path.join(d, "h.txt")])
    ok("PR07 partial hashes", sum(x["code"] == "PR07" for x in rh["findings"]) == 2, rh["findings"])
    with open(os.path.join(d, "freeze.txt"), "w") as f:
        f.write("six==1.15.0\n")
    rf = check([os.path.join(d, "h.txt")], installed=os.path.join(d, "freeze.txt"))
    ok("PR12 installed mismatch", any(x["code"] == "PR12" and "six" in x["message"] for x in rf["findings"]))
    rl = check([os.path.join(d, "h.txt")], mode="lib")
    ok("lib mode flags == pin", any(x["code"] == "PR02" and "library" in x["message"] for x in rl["findings"]))
    ok("report renders", "Verdict" in report(r) and "| Package |" in report(r))

    for name, good, detail in cases:
        print("%s  %s%s" % ("PASS" if good else "FAIL", name, "" if good else "  -> %r" % (detail,)))
    passed = sum(1 for _, g, _ in cases if g)
    print("%d/%d passed" % (passed, len(cases)))
    return 0 if passed == len(cases) else 1


def main(argv=None):
    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Check pip requirements files for pins, conflicts and risky sources.")
    ap.add_argument("files", nargs="*")
    ap.add_argument("--mode", choices=("app", "lib"), default="app",
                    help="app = deployable service (pins expected), lib = package others install (ranges expected)")
    ap.add_argument("--installed", help="pip freeze output to compare against")
    ap.add_argument("--python", help="evaluate markers for this Python version, e.g. 3.11")
    ap.add_argument("--platform", help="linux | windows | macos (with --python)")
    ap.add_argument("--json", action="store_true")
    ap.add_argument("--self-test", action="store_true")
    a = ap.parse_args(argv)
    if a.self_test:
        return self_test()
    if not a.files:
        ap.print_usage(sys.stderr)
        return 2
    try:
        r = check(a.files, a.mode, a.installed, a.python, a.platform)
    except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError) as e:
        print("error: %s" % e, file=sys.stderr)
        return 2
    print(json.dumps(r, indent=2) if a.json else report(r), end="\n" if a.json else "")
    return 1 if r["counts"]["high"] else 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())

---
name: database-connection-pool-sizing-calculator
description: Sizes database connection pools for Postgres/MySQL apps from a short JSON of services, pods, workers, threads and pool settings - worst-case connections at autoscale max and during deploy surges vs max_connections, busy connections from rps x hold time, per-process wait odds (Erlang C), CPU and memory limits, PgBouncer client and server limits. Recommends pool sizes or proxy settings. Includes an offline stdlib Python calculator with --self-test.
---

# Database Connection Pool Sizing Calculator

You work out how many database connections an application really needs and whether its pool settings can take the database down. Most "too many clients already" outages are arithmetic: pods x worker processes x (pool_size + max_overflow), multiplied again by autoscaling and rolling deploys, against a max_connections that also has to cover admin sessions, migrations and monitoring. You do that arithmetic for every service, compare it with how many connections are actually busy at peak, and return pool sizes (or proxy settings) that fit with headroom.

## Files in this skill

- `scripts/pool_sizer.py` - reads the JSON description, computes open connections today / at autoscaling maximum / during a deploy surge, busy connections (Little's law), the chance a request waits for a connection and the mean wait per process (Erlang C), CPU sweet spot and memory, PgBouncer limits, and recommends pool sizes; `--set` runs what-ifs (Python 3.8+ standard library only)
- `references/sizing-model.md` - the formulas, where each input comes from, and the limits of the model
- `references/pool-settings-by-stack.md` - what pool_size, max_overflow, threads and timeouts are called in SQLAlchemy, Django, HikariCP, node-postgres, Prisma, Rails, Go database/sql, Celery/Sidekiq, PgBouncer and RDS Proxy
- `templates/pool-sizing-review.md` - the review to hand back
- `examples/shop-pools.json` - a shop with an API (6-12 pods x 4 gthread workers, pool 10 + overflow 20), Celery workers, an admin app and a nightly report job on a 200-connection Postgres
- `examples/pool-report.md` - the real report on that file
- `examples/shop-pools-pgbouncer.json` - the fixed setup: right-sized fixed pools, API and workers through PgBouncer in transaction mode, admin and reports direct

## Workflow

### 1. Collect the inputs
For the database: engine, `max_connections`, `superuser_reserved_connections` (Postgres default 3), connections used by everything that is not an app service (admin tools, monitoring, replication, migrations, BI), vCPUs and RAM. For each service: instances now and autoscaling maximum, worker processes per instance, threads or concurrency per process (async or not), pool size and overflow, pool timeout, request timeout, and load: peak requests or jobs per second and how long one keeps a connection checked out (`conn_hold_ms`; frameworks with a session per request hold it for the whole request). If there is no hold time, use queries per request x average query time, or the pool's "checked out" gauge as `busy_connections`. Ask for the deploy strategy (maxSurge) and any proxy (PgBouncer, RDS Proxy, ProxySQL, Supavisor). Write it as JSON like `examples/shop-pools.json`.

### 2. Run the calculator
```
python3 scripts/pool_sizer.py examples/shop-pools.json
python3 scripts/pool_sizer.py pools.json --set api.max_instances=20 --set database.max_connections=400
python3 scripts/pool_sizer.py pools.json --json
python3 scripts/pool_sizer.py --self-test
```
Exit 0 = no HIGH finding, 1 = HIGH findings, 2 = the JSON is invalid (the message names the field). Without a shell, do the same sums by hand with `references/sizing-model.md`: open = instances x processes x (pool_size + max_overflow) per service; busy = rps x hold seconds; compare both with max_connections - reserved - other.

### 3. Read the result
- HIGH findings first: limits exceeded today, at autoscaling maximum or during a deploy surge, pools or proxies too small for the load, workers saturated by database time.
- Compare "busy at peak" with "open": a large gap means idle connections hold memory and slots; a transaction-mode proxy or smaller fixed pools close it.
- "Busy at peak" above the CPU sweet spot (cores x 2 + 1) means the database itself is the bottleneck: more connections make it slower, not faster. Fix hold time (short transactions, no HTTP calls inside them, indexes) or capacity.
- Treat the Erlang C numbers as a guide: they assume evenly spread, random arrivals. Check them against the pool's wait-time and checked-out metrics.

### 4. Recommend
- Prefer fixed pools (`max_overflow` 0, min idle = max) sized per process from the recommendation, never more than the threads that can use them.
- Keep at least 10% of usable connections free at max scale + deploy surge for admin sessions, failover and migrations.
- When direct connections cannot fit, put the busy services behind a transaction-mode proxy with the server pool the report suggests; keep migrations, `LISTEN/NOTIFY`, advisory locks and session settings on a direct connection.
- Raise `max_connections` only when RAM allows it, and say what it costs.
- Set pool timeouts well below the request timeout so overload fails fast instead of piling up.
- Rerun with `--set` for the next traffic peak or the next autoscaling change.

### 5. Deliver
Fill `templates/pool-sizing-review.md`: verdict, the connection budget table, findings with fixes, the new settings per service in that stack's own names, proxy settings, and what to monitor after the change.

## Example result
On `examples/shop-pools.json` the services can open 1,230 connections today, 2,430 at autoscaling maximum and 3,050 during a deploy, against 185 usable, while only about 28 are busy at peak. The API pool (10 + 20 per process) is larger than its 8 threads can ever use, and every Celery process keeps 15 connections for 1 thread. Right-sized fixed pools still need 400 direct connections, so the report suggests a transaction-mode PgBouncer with about 53 server connections. `examples/shop-pools-pgbouncer.json` applies that and fits in 80 of 185 with no HIGH finding; the remaining MEDIUM says the 8-core database is already busy at peak (28 active vs a sweet spot of 17).

## Rules

- Never guess max_connections, autoscaling limits or hold times; ask, or label the number as an assumption in the review.
- Size for the worst case the platform allows (autoscaling max + deploy surge), not today's pod count.
- Count every client of the database, including cron jobs, BI tools, migrations and replicas' replication slots.
- Do not recommend raising max_connections as the first fix; idle connections cost memory and CPU on the database.
- Give settings in the names of the user's own framework (see `references/pool-settings-by-stack.md`).
- Say clearly that the queueing numbers are a model and name the metric that confirms them.
FILE:references/sizing-model.md
# Sizing model

## Connection budget
- Usable = `max_connections - reserved - other`. Postgres keeps `superuser_reserved_connections` (default 3) for admins; managed services reserve more (RDS rdsadmin, Cloud SQL, Azure). "Other" = monitoring agents, admin tools, BI, migrations, logical replication.
- Open connections per service = `instances x processes x (pool_size + max_overflow)`.
- Autoscaling: use `max_instances`. Rolling deploy: old and new pods overlap, `ceil(max_instances x (1 + maxSurge)) x processes x pool max`.
- Via a proxy the database sees only the proxy's server connections: `min(default_pool_size x db/user pairs, max_db_connections) + reserve_pool_size`, per proxy instance.
- Headroom: keep >= 10% of usable free at max scale + surge.

## Busy connections (Little's law)
- `busy = arrival rate x time each arrival holds a connection`. 1,200 requests/s x 15 ms = 18 connections busy on average.
- Hold time is checkout to return, not query time: a framework that opens a transaction or session for the whole request holds the connection for the whole request, including template rendering and external HTTP calls.
- Without measurements: `queries per request x average query time + ~1 ms overhead`; better, read the pool's checked-out gauge at peak.
- Peaks inside a minute are higher than the per-minute average; the calculator multiplies load by `burst_factor` (default 1.3).

## Waiting for a connection (Erlang C)
- Per process, offered load `a = busy x burst / processes` (in Erlangs). With `c` connections in the pool, the probability that a checkout has to wait is Erlang C(c, a); mean wait = `C(c, a) x hold / (c - a)`.
- `a >= c` means the pool is saturated: requests queue until `pool_timeout` and then fail.
- Recommended pool = smallest `c` with C(c, a) <= target (default 1%) and utilization `a / c` <= 0.7, never more than the threads that can use connections (sync workers) and at least 2 (or the thread count if lower).
- A sync process with N threads never uses more than N connections. If `pool >= threads`, nothing waits for a connection; requests wait for a thread instead (WORKERS_SATURATED when `a` approaches `threads`).
- Assumptions: random (Poisson) arrivals, exponential hold times, load spread evenly over processes. Real traffic is burstier; use the numbers to compare options, then confirm with pool wait metrics.

## The database's own limit
- A database runs about `cores x 2 + effective spindles` queries at once efficiently (the HikariCP / PostgreSQL wiki rule of thumb; SSD -> spindles about 1). More active connections queue inside the database and add context switching and lock contention.
- So `busy at peak` above that number is a capacity or query problem, not a pool problem.
- Each Postgres backend costs roughly 5-10 MB plus `work_mem` per sort/hash node; MySQL threads about 1-3 MB plus buffers. The calculator flags open connections x MB above 25% of RAM.

## Proxies
- Transaction mode multiplexes many client connections over few server connections; session mode pins one server connection per client and saves nothing.
- Client connections to PgBouncer are cheap (~2 kB); `max_client_conn` must cover all client pools at max scale + surge, per proxy instance.
- Transaction mode loses session state between transactions: `SET`, temp tables, advisory locks, `LISTEN/NOTIFY`, `WITH HOLD` cursors; protocol-level prepared statements need PgBouncer 1.21+ (`max_prepared_statements`). Run migrations directly.
- RDS Proxy "pins" connections that use session state, which silently turns it into session mode for those clients.

## What to monitor after a change
- Pool: checked-out connections, wait time / wait count, timeouts (SQLAlchemy `QueuePool limit ... reached`, HikariCP `Connection is not available, request timed out`).
- Database: `SELECT count(*), state FROM pg_stat_activity GROUP BY state;` (`idle in transaction` = held but unused), `max_connections` usage, CPU, `wait_event` types.
- Proxy: `SHOW POOLS;` (`cl_waiting`, `maxwait`), `SHOW STATS;`.
FILE:references/pool-settings-by-stack.md
# Pool settings by stack

| Stack | Pool size | Overflow / max | Idle min | Wait timeout | Concurrency per process |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQLAlchemy (QueuePool) | `pool_size` (5) | `max_overflow` (10) | - | `pool_timeout` (30 s) | gunicorn `--threads`, uvicorn = async |
| Django | no pool before 5.1; persistent `CONN_MAX_AGE` = 1 connection per thread; 5.1+ psycopg pool `OPTIONS["pool"]` `min_size`/`max_size` | - | `min_size` | `timeout` | gunicorn workers x threads |
| HikariCP (Java/Spring) | `maximumPoolSize` (10) | - | `minimumIdle` (= max) | `connectionTimeout` (30 s) | Tomcat `server.tomcat.threads.max` (200) |
| node-postgres (pg.Pool) | `max` (10) | - | - | `connectionTimeoutMillis` (0 = forever) | async: one process, many requests |
| Prisma | `connection_limit` in the URL (cores x 2 + 1) | - | - | `pool_timeout` (10 s) | async |
| Rails ActiveRecord | `pool` in database.yml (5) | - | - | `checkout_timeout` (5 s) | Puma threads (`RAILS_MAX_THREADS`) x workers |
| Go database/sql | `SetMaxOpenConns` (0 = unlimited) | - | `SetMaxIdleConns` (2) | context deadline | goroutines: async |
| Celery | 1 connection per worker process (Django) or the SQLAlchemy pool per process | - | - | - | `--concurrency` processes, 1 task each (prefork) |
| Sidekiq | ActiveRecord `pool` >= Sidekiq `concurrency` | - | - | - | `concurrency` threads |
| PgBouncer | `default_pool_size` (20) per db/user pair, `max_db_connections` | `reserve_pool_size` | `min_pool_size` | `query_wait_timeout` (120 s) | `max_client_conn` (100) |
| RDS Proxy | `MaxConnectionsPercent` of max_connections | - | `MaxIdleConnectionsPercent` | `ConnectionBorrowTimeout` (120 s) | - |

## Mapping to the calculator's JSON
- `processes`: gunicorn/Puma workers, Celery `--concurrency` (prefork), uWSGI processes, Node cluster workers.
- `threads`: gunicorn `--threads`, Puma threads, Tomcat threads, Sidekiq concurrency. Set `async: true` for asyncio, Node, Go, reactive Java; then the pool size is the only concurrency limit.
- `pool_size` + `max_overflow`: the most connections one process can open.
- `pool_timeout_ms`, `request_timeout_ms`: the pool's wait timeout and the HTTP/load balancer timeout.
- Serverless functions (Lambda, Cloud Run with concurrency 1): each instance is one process; use the account/function concurrency limit as `max_instances` and almost always a proxy.

## Common traps
- Django `CONN_MAX_AGE` with many threads or ASGI opens one connection per thread/task and never shares them.
- Celery/RQ workers that import the web app's SQLAlchemy engine get the web pool size (e.g. 10 + 20) for a process that runs one task at a time.
- Node `pg.Pool` per request handler (a new pool on every request) instead of one per process.
- Go without `SetMaxOpenConns`: unlimited connections under load.
- Rails: Puma threads > `pool` gives `ActiveRecord::ConnectionTimeoutError`; Sidekiq needs its own pool >= concurrency.
- Health checks and readiness probes that open a new connection every few seconds per pod.
FILE:templates/pool-sizing-review.md
# Connection pool sizing review: <system>

**Database:** <engine, size, max_connections, reserved, other -> usable>   **Proxy:** <none / PgBouncer transaction mode ...>
**Verdict:** <will run out / works but wasteful / OK> - <n> HIGH, <n> MEDIUM, <n> LOW
**Inputs measured vs assumed:** <rps and hold time from APM for api; worker hold time assumed 200 ms ...>

## Connection budget
| Scenario | Open now (current settings) | With recommended settings | Usable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | <1,230> | <...> | <185> |
| Autoscaling max | <2,430> | <...> | <185> |
| Max + deploy surge | <3,050> | <80 via PgBouncer> | <185> |
| Busy at peak | <~28> | <~28> | CPU sweet spot <~17> |

## Findings
| Sev | What | Why it matters | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| <HIGH> | <pools can open 1,230 of 185> | <'too many clients' during a traffic spike or deploy> | <fixed pools + PgBouncer> |

## New settings
| Service | Setting (in its own stack) | Old | New |
|---|---|---|---|
| <api (SQLAlchemy)> | <pool_size / max_overflow / pool_timeout> | <10 / 20 / 30 s> | <5 / 0 / 2 s> |
| <celery-worker> | <pool_size / max_overflow> | <5 / 10> | <1 / 0> |

## Proxy
- <pgbouncer.ini: pool_mode = transaction, default_pool_size = 27, reserve_pool_size = 3, max_db_connections = 27, max_client_conn = 1000; 2 instances>
- <Keep direct: migrations, admin, nightly-reports (session features)>

## Database
- <max_connections stays 200; ~80 used at max + surge>
- <Busy at peak (28) above sweet spot (17): look at the slowest queries / long transactions first>

## Roll-out and monitoring
1. <deploy pool changes to workers first, then API>
2. <watch: pool wait time, timeouts, pg_stat_activity by state, PgBouncer SHOW POOLS cl_waiting/maxwait>
3. <rerun the calculator with the measured hold time after a week>

## Open questions
- <real autoscaling max for api?>
FILE:examples/shop-pools.json
{
  "database": {
    "name": "shop-orders (Postgres 16, 8 vCPU / 32 GB)",
    "engine": "postgres",
    "max_connections": 200,
    "reserved_connections": 3,
    "other_connections": 12,
    "cpu_cores": 8,
    "ram_gb": 32,
    "mb_per_connection": 10
  },
  "deploy": {"surge_percent": 25},
  "settings": {"target_wait_probability": 0.01, "burst_factor": 1.3},
  "services": [
    {
      "name": "api",
      "instances": 6,
      "max_instances": 12,
      "processes": 4,
      "threads": 8,
      "pool_size": 10,
      "max_overflow": 20,
      "peak_rps": 1200,
      "conn_hold_ms": 15,
      "pool_timeout_ms": 30000,
      "request_timeout_ms": 10000
    },
    {
      "name": "celery-worker",
      "instances": 4,
      "max_instances": 8,
      "processes": 8,
      "threads": 1,
      "pool_size": 5,
      "max_overflow": 10,
      "peak_rps": 40,
      "conn_hold_ms": 200
    },
    {
      "name": "admin",
      "instances": 2,
      "processes": 2,
      "threads": 4,
      "pool_size": 5,
      "max_overflow": 0,
      "peak_rps": 5,
      "conn_hold_ms": 30
    },
    {
      "name": "nightly-reports",
      "instances": 1,
      "processes": 1,
      "threads": 4,
      "pool_size": 5,
      "max_overflow": 5,
      "busy_connections": 2
    }
  ]
}
FILE:examples/pool-report.md
# Connection pool sizing report

Database: **shop-orders (Postgres 16, 8 vCPU / 32 GB)** (postgres), max_connections 200, reserved 3, other 12 -> **185 usable**, 8 cores (sweet spot ~17 active)
Deploy surge: 25%   Burst factor: 1.3   Target P(wait): 1.0%

**Verdict: will run out of connections or queue** - 1 HIGH, 8 MEDIUM, 3 LOW finding(s).

## Services

| Service | Path | Procs now / max | Pool (size+overflow) | Busy at peak | Per proc load | P(wait) | Mean wait | Open now | Open max | Deploy surge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| api | direct | 24 / 48 | 10+20 | 18 (1200 rps x 15 ms) | 0.98 | 0% | 0 ms | 720 | 1440 | 1800 |
| celery-worker | direct | 32 / 64 | 5+10 | 8 (40 rps x 200 ms) | 0.33 | 0% | 0 ms | 480 | 960 | 1200 |
| admin | direct | 4 / 4 | 5+0 | 0.15 (5 rps x 30 ms) | 0.05 | 0% | 0 ms | 20 | 20 | 30 |
| nightly-reports | direct | 1 / 1 | 5+5 | 2 (given) | 2.6 | 0% | 0 ms | 10 | 10 | 20 |

## Totals against the database

| Scenario | Direct | Via proxy (server side) | Database total | Usable | Headroom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| today | 1230 | 0 | 1230 | 185 | -1045 |
| autoscaling max | 2430 | 0 | 2430 | 185 | -2245 |
| max + deploy surge | 3050 | 0 | 3050 | 185 | -2865 |

Busy at peak (all services): ~28.15 connections vs ~17 the CPUs run efficiently.

## Findings

| Sev | Code | Where | What | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | POOL_EXCEEDS_DB_LIMIT | shop-orders (Postgres 16, 8 vCPU / 32 GB) (max_connections 200 - reserved 3 - other 12 = 185 usable) | pools can open 1230 connections at today's size; the database accepts 185 - new connections fail with 'too many clients' / 'Too many connections' under load | shrink pools to the recommendation below, drop max_overflow, or put the services behind a proxy |
| MEDIUM | DB_ACTIVE_OVER_CORES | shop-orders (Postgres 16, 8 vCPU / 32 GB) | about 28.1 connections are busy at peak but 8 cores run about 17 at once efficiently (cores x 2 + spindles); the rest queue inside the database | cut connection hold time (shorter transactions, no network calls inside them), add read replicas, or scale the database |
| MEDIUM | TOO_MANY_CONNECTIONS_FOR_CORES | shop-orders (Postgres 16, 8 vCPU / 32 GB) | up to 2430 open connections for 8 cores (304 per core); idle backends cost memory, snapshot and lock-table overhead | fewer, busier connections: smaller pools or a transaction-mode proxy |
| MEDIUM | CONNECTION_MEMORY | shop-orders (Postgres 16, 8 vCPU / 32 GB) | 2430 connections x ~10 MB = 23.7 GB of 32 GB RAM before work_mem/sort buffers | reduce open connections; keep that memory for cache (shared_buffers / page cache) |
| MEDIUM | PROXY_RECOMMENDED | shop-orders (Postgres 16, 8 vCPU / 32 GB) | only ~28 connections are busy at peak but up to 2430 are open; a transaction-mode pooler multiplexes them | PgBouncer/RDS Proxy/ProxySQL in front of the database (see recommendation) |
| MEDIUM | POOL_LARGER_THAN_CONCURRENCY | api | pool max 30 per process but only 8 thread(s) can use a connection at a time; the extra 22 can never be used | pool_size <= threads; max_overflow 0 |
| MEDIUM | POOL_LARGER_THAN_CONCURRENCY | celery-worker | pool max 15 per process but only 1 thread(s) can use a connection at a time; the extra 14 can never be used | pool_size <= threads; max_overflow 0 |
| MEDIUM | POOL_LARGER_THAN_CONCURRENCY | admin | pool max 5 per process but only 4 thread(s) can use a connection at a time; the extra 1 can never be used | pool_size <= threads; max_overflow 0 |
| MEDIUM | POOL_LARGER_THAN_CONCURRENCY | nightly-reports | pool max 10 per process but only 4 thread(s) can use a connection at a time; the extra 6 can never be used | pool_size <= threads; max_overflow 0 |
| LOW | LARGE_OVERFLOW | api | max_overflow 20 >= pool_size 10 across 48 processes makes the worst case 1440 instead of 480 | fixed pools (max_overflow 0) keep the total predictable |
| LOW | POOL_TIMEOUT_LONG | api | pool_timeout 30000 ms >= request timeout 10000 ms: a request can time out while still waiting for a connection | pool_timeout around 10-30% of the request timeout so overload fails fast |
| LOW | LARGE_OVERFLOW | celery-worker | max_overflow 10 >= pool_size 5 across 64 processes makes the worst case 960 instead of 320 | fixed pools (max_overflow 0) keep the total predictable |

## Recommended pools

| Service | pool_size | max_overflow | P(wait) per proc | Open at max | With deploy surge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| api | 5 | 0 | 0.3% | 240 | 300 |
| celery-worker | 1 | 0 | 0% | 64 | 80 |
| admin | 2 | 0 | 0.1% | 8 | 12 |
| nightly-reports | 4 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 8 |

Database connections needed with these pools at max scale + deploy surge: **400** (direct 400 + proxy 0) of 185 usable -> still does NOT fit.

Direct connections cannot fit. Put the services behind a transaction-mode proxy: about **53** server connections (default_pool_size / max_db_connections) cover peak x burst with P(wait) under 1.0%; keep client pools as above and set max_client_conn above the client total.
Or raise max_connections to at least 457 (check RAM: ~10 MB per connection).

Model: Little's law for busy connections, Erlang C (M/M/c) per process with load spread evenly; peak load x burst factor. Validate with the pool's checked-out and wait metrics.
FILE:examples/shop-pools-pgbouncer.json
{
  "database": {
    "name": "shop-orders (Postgres 16, 8 vCPU / 32 GB)",
    "engine": "postgres",
    "max_connections": 200,
    "reserved_connections": 3,
    "other_connections": 12,
    "cpu_cores": 8,
    "ram_gb": 32,
    "mb_per_connection": 10
  },
  "proxy": {
    "type": "pgbouncer",
    "pool_mode": "transaction",
    "instances": 2,
    "default_pool_size": 27,
    "max_db_connections": 27,
    "reserve_pool_size": 3,
    "max_client_conn": 1000
  },
  "deploy": {"surge_percent": 25},
  "settings": {"target_wait_probability": 0.01, "burst_factor": 1.3},
  "services": [
    {
      "name": "api",
      "via_proxy": true,
      "instances": 6,
      "max_instances": 12,
      "processes": 4,
      "threads": 8,
      "pool_size": 5,
      "max_overflow": 0,
      "peak_rps": 1200,
      "conn_hold_ms": 15,
      "pool_timeout_ms": 2000,
      "request_timeout_ms": 10000
    },
    {
      "name": "celery-worker",
      "via_proxy": true,
      "instances": 4,
      "max_instances": 8,
      "processes": 8,
      "threads": 1,
      "pool_size": 1,
      "max_overflow": 0,
      "peak_rps": 40,
      "conn_hold_ms": 200
    },
    {
      "name": "admin",
      "instances": 2,
      "processes": 2,
      "threads": 4,
      "pool_size": 2,
      "max_overflow": 0,
      "peak_rps": 5,
      "conn_hold_ms": 30
    },
    {
      "name": "nightly-reports",
      "instances": 1,
      "processes": 1,
      "threads": 4,
      "pool_size": 4,
      "max_overflow": 0,
      "busy_connections": 2
    }
  ]
}
FILE:scripts/pool_sizer.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Database connection pool sizing calculator (Python 3.8+ standard library only).

Reads a JSON description of a database, an optional PgBouncer-style proxy and the services
that connect to it, then answers:
  - worst-case open connections at normal size, at autoscaling maximum and during a rolling
    deploy surge, against what the database really allows (max_connections - reserved - other)
  - how many connections are actually busy at peak (Little's law: rate x hold time)
  - per process: chance a request waits for a free connection and the mean wait (Erlang C),
    and the smallest pool that keeps waiting under the target
  - database side: busy connections against the CPU sweet spot (cores x 2 + 1), memory used by
    open connections, proxy client/server limits and pool-mode caveats
  - a recommended pool_size / max_overflow per service and, when direct connections cannot fit,
    proxy settings that do

Input (JSON):
  {"database": {"name": "orders-db", "engine": "postgres", "max_connections": 200,
                "reserved_connections": 3, "other_connections": 12, "cpu_cores": 8,
                "ram_gb": 32, "mb_per_connection": 10},
   "proxy": {"type": "pgbouncer", "pool_mode": "transaction", "default_pool_size": 30,
             "max_db_connections": 60, "max_client_conn": 2000, "instances": 1},      (optional)
   "deploy": {"surge_percent": 25},
   "settings": {"target_wait_probability": 0.01, "burst_factor": 1.3},                (optional)
   "services": [{"name": "api", "instances": 6, "max_instances": 12, "processes": 4,
                 "threads": 8, "pool_size": 10, "max_overflow": 20, "peak_rps": 1200,
                 "conn_hold_ms": 15, "pool_timeout_ms": 30000, "request_timeout_ms": 10000,
                 "via_proxy": false, "async": false}]}
  conn_hold_ms = how long one request/job keeps a connection checked out (session-per-request
  frameworks hold it for the whole request); or give queries_per_request + avg_query_ms.
  For jobs without a rate, give busy_connections (average connections in use).

Usage:
  python3 pool_sizer.py pools.json [--set api.max_instances=16] [--json]
  python3 pool_sizer.py --self-test

Exit codes: 0 = no HIGH finding, 1 = HIGH findings (limits exceeded, pools that queue),
2 = bad input.
"""
import argparse
import copy
import json
import math
import sys

SEV_ORDER = {"HIGH": 0, "MEDIUM": 1, "LOW": 2}
DEFAULTS = {"target_wait_probability": 0.01, "burst_factor": 1.3, "max_utilization": 0.7}
ENGINE_MB = {"postgres": 10, "postgresql": 10, "mysql": 3, "mariadb": 3}


class InputError(ValueError):
    pass


def erlang_c(c, a):
    """Probability that an arrival waits (all c servers busy), offered load a Erlangs."""
    if c <= 0:
        return 1.0
    if a <= 0:
        return 0.0
    if a >= c:
        return 1.0
    b = 1.0
    for k in range(1, c + 1):
        b = a * b / (k + a * b)
    return c * b / (c - a * (1 - b))


def mean_wait_ms(c, a, hold_ms):
    """Mean wait for a connection in ms (M/M/c)."""
    if a <= 0:
        return 0.0
    if a >= c:
        return float("inf")
    return erlang_c(c, a) * hold_ms / (c - a)


def smallest_pool(a, target, max_util, cap=None, floor=1):
    c = max(floor, 1)
    while True:
        if erlang_c(c, a) <= target and a / c <= max_util:
            return c if cap is None else min(c, cap)
        if cap is not None and c >= cap:
            return cap
        c += 1
        if c > 10000:
            return c


def num(d, key, default=None, kind=float, minimum=0, where=""):
    v = d.get(key, default)
    if v is None:
        return None
    if isinstance(v, bool) or not isinstance(v, (int, float)):
        raise InputError("%s%s must be a number, got %r" % (where, key, v))
    if v < minimum:
        raise InputError("%s%s must be >= %s, got %r" % (where, key, minimum, v))
    return kind(v)


def apply_set(cfg, expr):
    """--set api.max_instances=16 | database.max_connections=300 | proxy.default_pool_size=40"""
    if "=" not in expr or "." not in expr.split("=")[0]:
        raise InputError("--set needs <service|database|proxy|deploy|settings>.<key>=<value>, got %r" % expr)
    path, val = expr.split("=", 1)
    target, key = path.split(".", 1)
    try:
        value = json.loads(val)
    except ValueError:
        value = val
    if target in ("database", "proxy", "deploy", "settings"):
        cfg.setdefault(target, {})[key] = value
        return
    for s in cfg.get("services", []):
        if s.get("name") == target:
            s[key] = value
            return
    raise InputError("--set: no service named %r" % target)


class Plan:
    def __init__(self, cfg):
        self.cfg = cfg
        self.findings = []
        self.settings = dict(DEFAULTS)
        self.settings.update(cfg.get("settings") or {})
        self._db()
        self._proxy()
        self.surge = num(cfg.get("deploy") or {}, "surge_percent", 25, where="deploy.") / 100.0
        self.services = [self._service(s, i) for i, s in enumerate(cfg.get("services") or [])]
        if not self.services:
            raise InputError("no services given")
        names = [s["name"] for s in self.services]
        if len(set(names)) != len(names):
            raise InputError("service names must be unique")
        self._totals()
        self._check()

    def add(self, code, sev, where, what, fix):
        self.findings.append({"code": code, "sev": sev, "where": where, "what": what, "fix": fix})

    def _db(self):
        d = self.cfg.get("database")
        if not isinstance(d, dict):
            raise InputError("missing 'database' object")
        engine = str(d.get("engine", "postgres")).lower()
        self.db = {
            "name": d.get("name", "database"),
            "engine": engine,
            "max_connections": num(d, "max_connections", 100 if engine.startswith("postgres") else 151, int, 1, "database."),
            "reserved": num(d, "reserved_connections", 3 if engine.startswith("postgres") else 0, int, 0, "database."),
            "other": num(d, "other_connections", 0, int, 0, "database."),
            "cores": num(d, "cpu_cores", None, float, 0.5, "database."),
            "ram_gb": num(d, "ram_gb", None, float, 0.1, "database."),
            "mb_per_conn": num(d, "mb_per_connection", ENGINE_MB.get(engine, 10), float, 0, "database."),
            "spindles": num(d, "effective_spindles", 1, float, 0, "database."),
        }
        self.db["available"] = self.db["max_connections"] - self.db["reserved"] - self.db["other"]
        if self.db["available"] <= 0:
            raise InputError("database: reserved + other connections leave nothing for the services")

    def _proxy(self):
        p = self.cfg.get("proxy")
        if not p:
            self.proxy = None
            return
        mode = str(p.get("pool_mode", "transaction")).lower()
        if mode not in ("session", "transaction", "statement"):
            raise InputError("proxy.pool_mode must be session, transaction or statement")
        inst = num(p, "instances", 1, int, 1, "proxy.")
        pool = num(p, "default_pool_size", 20, int, 1, "proxy.")
        pairs = num(p, "db_user_pairs", 1, int, 1, "proxy.")
        maxdb = num(p, "max_db_connections", 0, int, 0, "proxy.")
        per_inst = pool * pairs if not maxdb else min(pool * pairs, maxdb)
        self.proxy = {"type": p.get("type", "pgbouncer"), "mode": mode, "instances": inst,
                      "default_pool_size": pool, "pairs": pairs, "max_db_connections": maxdb,
                      "reserve_pool_size": num(p, "reserve_pool_size", 0, int, 0, "proxy."),
                      "max_client_conn": num(p, "max_client_conn", 100, int, 1, "proxy."),
                      "server_conns": (per_inst + num(p, "reserve_pool_size", 0, int, 0, "proxy.")) * inst}

    def _service(self, s, i):
        w = "services[%d]." % i
        name = s.get("name") or "service%d" % (i + 1)
        r = {"name": name, "via_proxy": bool(s.get("via_proxy", False)), "async": bool(s.get("async", False))}
        r["instances"] = num(s, "instances", 1, int, 0, w)
        r["max_instances"] = max(num(s, "max_instances", r["instances"], int, 0, w), r["instances"])
        r["processes"] = num(s, "processes", 1, int, 1, w)
        r["threads"] = num(s, "threads", None, int, 1, w)
        r["pool_size"] = num(s, "pool_size", 5, int, 0, w)
        r["max_overflow"] = num(s, "max_overflow", 0, int, 0, w)
        r["pool_max"] = r["pool_size"] + r["max_overflow"]
        if r["pool_max"] < 1:
            raise InputError("%s: pool_size + max_overflow must be at least 1" % name)
        r["pool_timeout_ms"] = num(s, "pool_timeout_ms", 30000, float, 0, w)
        r["request_timeout_ms"] = num(s, "request_timeout_ms", None, float, 1, w)
        hold = num(s, "conn_hold_ms", None, float, 0, w)
        if hold is None and s.get("queries_per_request") is not None:
            hold = num(s, "queries_per_request", 0, float, 0, w) * num(s, "avg_query_ms", 0, float, 0, w) \
                + num(s, "overhead_ms", 1, float, 0, w)
        r["hold_ms"] = hold
        r["rps"] = num(s, "peak_rps", None, float, 0, w)
        r["busy_given"] = num(s, "busy_connections", None, float, 0, w)
        procs_now = r["instances"] * r["processes"]
        procs_max = r["max_instances"] * r["processes"]
        r["procs_now"], r["procs_max"] = procs_now, procs_max
        r["procs_surge"] = int(math.ceil(r["max_instances"] * (1 + self.surge))) * r["processes"] if r["max_instances"] else 0
        r["open_steady"] = procs_now * r["pool_size"]
        r["open_now"] = procs_now * r["pool_max"]
        r["open_max"] = procs_max * r["pool_max"]
        r["open_surge"] = r["procs_surge"] * r["pool_max"]
        burst = float(self.settings["burst_factor"])
        if r["rps"] is not None and r["hold_ms"] is not None:
            r["busy"] = r["rps"] * r["hold_ms"] / 1000.0
            r["load_source"] = "%g rps x %g ms" % (r["rps"], r["hold_ms"])
        elif r["busy_given"] is not None:
            r["busy"] = r["busy_given"]
            r["load_source"] = "given"
        else:
            r["busy"] = None
            r["load_source"] = "unknown"
        if r["busy"] is not None and procs_now:
            r["a_proc"] = r["busy"] * burst / procs_now  # offered load per process at peak x burst
            cap = r["threads"] if (r["threads"] and not r["async"]) else None
            hold_ms = r["hold_ms"] if r["hold_ms"] else 100.0
            # a sync process never runs more than `threads` queries at once: with pool >= threads
            # no request ever waits for a connection (it waits for a thread instead)
            r["p_wait"] = self.conn_wait(r["pool_max"], r["a_proc"], cap)
            r["wait_ms"] = 0.0 if (cap and r["pool_max"] >= cap) else mean_wait_ms(r["pool_max"], r["a_proc"], hold_ms)
            floor = min(2, cap) if cap else 2
            rec = smallest_pool(r["a_proc"], float(self.settings["target_wait_probability"]),
                                float(self.settings["max_utilization"]), cap, floor)
            r["rec_pool"] = rec
            r["rec_p_wait"] = self.conn_wait(rec, r["a_proc"], cap)
        else:
            r["a_proc"] = r["p_wait"] = r["wait_ms"] = r["rec_pool"] = r["rec_p_wait"] = None
        return r

    @staticmethod
    def conn_wait(pool, a, cap):
        if cap and pool >= cap:
            return 0.0
        return erlang_c(pool, a)

    def _totals(self):
        direct = [s for s in self.services if not s["via_proxy"]]
        proxied = [s for s in self.services if s["via_proxy"]]
        t = {}
        for k in ("open_steady", "open_now", "open_max", "open_surge"):
            t["direct_" + k] = sum(s[k] for s in direct)
            t["proxied_" + k] = sum(s[k] for s in proxied)
        server = self.proxy["server_conns"] if (self.proxy and proxied) else 0
        t["proxy_server"] = server
        for k in ("open_now", "open_max", "open_surge"):
            t["db_" + k] = t["direct_" + k] + server
        t["busy"] = sum(s["busy"] or 0 for s in self.services)
        t["busy_proxied"] = sum(s["busy"] or 0 for s in proxied)
        t["unknown_load"] = [s["name"] for s in self.services if s["busy"] is None]
        if self.db["cores"]:
            t["sweet_spot"] = int(round(self.db["cores"] * 2 + self.db["spindles"]))
        else:
            t["sweet_spot"] = None
        self.t = t

    def _check(self):
        db, t = self.db, self.t
        avail = db["available"]
        label = "%s (max_connections %d - reserved %d - other %d = %d usable)" % (
            db["name"], db["max_connections"], db["reserved"], db["other"], avail)
        if t["db_open_now"] > avail:
            self.add("POOL_EXCEEDS_DB_LIMIT", "HIGH", label,
                     "pools can open %d connections at today's size; the database accepts %d - new connections "
                     "fail with 'too many clients' / 'Too many connections' under load" % (t["db_open_now"], avail),
                     "shrink pools to the recommendation below, drop max_overflow, or put the services behind a proxy")
        elif t["db_open_max"] > avail:
            self.add("AUTOSCALE_EXCEEDS_DB_LIMIT", "HIGH", label,
                     "fine today (%d) but %d at autoscaling maximum - the scale-out that should save a traffic "
                     "spike is what exhausts the database" % (t["db_open_now"], t["db_open_max"]),
                     "size pools for max_instances, cap max_instances, or use a proxy")
        elif t["db_open_surge"] > avail:
            self.add("DEPLOY_SURGE_EXCEEDS_LIMIT", "HIGH", label,
                     "a rolling deploy at maximum scale runs %d%% extra pods for a while: %d connections > %d"
                     % (round(self.surge * 100), t["db_open_surge"], avail),
                     "lower maxSurge, deploy at lower scale, or leave this much headroom")
        elif t["db_open_surge"] > 0.9 * avail:
            self.add("LOW_CONNECTION_HEADROOM", "MEDIUM", label,
                     "deploy surge at max scale reaches %d of %d usable (%.0f%%)" % (
                         t["db_open_surge"], avail, 100.0 * t["db_open_surge"] / avail),
                     "keep at least 10% free for admin sessions, migrations and failover")
        if t["sweet_spot"] and t["busy"] > t["sweet_spot"]:
            sev = "HIGH" if t["busy"] > 2 * t["sweet_spot"] else "MEDIUM"
            self.add("DB_ACTIVE_OVER_CORES", sev, db["name"],
                     "about %.1f connections are busy at peak but %g cores run about %d at once efficiently "
                     "(cores x 2 + spindles); the rest queue inside the database" % (t["busy"], db["cores"], t["sweet_spot"]),
                     "cut connection hold time (shorter transactions, no network calls inside them), add read "
                     "replicas, or scale the database")
        open_max = t["db_open_max"]
        if t["sweet_spot"] and open_max > max(5 * t["sweet_spot"], 100):
            self.add("TOO_MANY_CONNECTIONS_FOR_CORES", "MEDIUM", db["name"],
                     "up to %d open connections for %g cores (%.0f per core); idle backends cost memory, "
                     "snapshot and lock-table overhead" % (open_max, db["cores"], open_max / db["cores"]),
                     "fewer, busier connections: smaller pools or a transaction-mode proxy")
        if db["ram_gb"] and db["mb_per_conn"]:
            mem = open_max * db["mb_per_conn"] / 1024.0
            if mem > 0.25 * db["ram_gb"]:
                self.add("CONNECTION_MEMORY", "MEDIUM", db["name"],
                         "%d connections x ~%g MB = %.1f GB of %g GB RAM before work_mem/sort buffers"
                         % (open_max, db["mb_per_conn"], mem, db["ram_gb"]),
                         "reduce open connections; keep that memory for cache (shared_buffers / page cache)")
        if self.proxy:
            self._check_proxy()
        elif t["db_open_max"] > avail and t["busy"] and t["busy"] * 3 < avail:
            self.add("PROXY_RECOMMENDED", "MEDIUM", db["name"],
                     "only ~%.0f connections are busy at peak but up to %d are open; a transaction-mode "
                     "pooler multiplexes them" % (t["busy"], t["db_open_max"]),
                     "PgBouncer/RDS Proxy/ProxySQL in front of the database (see recommendation)")
        for s in self.services:
            self._check_service(s)

    def _check_proxy(self):
        p, t = self.proxy, self.t
        proxied = [s for s in self.services if s["via_proxy"]]
        if not proxied:
            self.add("PROXY_UNUSED", "LOW", p["type"], "a proxy is configured but no service has via_proxy true",
                     "set via_proxy on the services that use it")
            return
        per_inst_clients = int(math.ceil(t["proxied_open_surge"] / float(p["instances"])))
        if per_inst_clients > p["max_client_conn"]:
            self.add("PROXY_CLIENT_LIMIT", "HIGH", p["type"],
                     "proxied pools can open %d client connections per proxy instance (deploy surge, max scale) "
                     "but max_client_conn is %d" % (per_inst_clients, p["max_client_conn"]),
                     "raise max_client_conn (cheap: ~2 kB each) or shrink the client pools")
        if p["mode"] == "session" and t["proxied_open_max"] > p["server_conns"]:
            self.add("PROXY_SESSION_MODE", "MEDIUM", p["type"],
                     "session mode pins one server connection per client connection, so %d client connections "
                     "cannot share %d server connections" % (t["proxied_open_max"], p["server_conns"]),
                     "use transaction mode (check the caveats) or size like direct connections")
        if p["mode"] in ("transaction", "statement"):
            self.add("PROXY_TRANSACTION_MODE_CAVEATS", "LOW", p["type"],
                     "%s mode: session state does not survive between transactions (SET, temp tables, advisory "
                     "locks, LISTEN/NOTIFY, WITH HOLD cursors; prepared statements need PgBouncer 1.21+ "
                     "max_prepared_statements)" % p["mode"],
                     "run migrations and session-level jobs on a direct connection")
        busy = t["busy_proxied"] * float(self.settings["burst_factor"])
        hold = [s["hold_ms"] for s in proxied if s["hold_ms"]]
        if busy:
            pw = erlang_c(p["server_conns"], busy)
            if busy >= p["server_conns"] or pw > 0.2:
                self.add("PROXY_POOL_TOO_SMALL", "HIGH", p["type"],
                         "~%.1f server connections busy at peak x burst but only %d exist (P(wait) %.0f%%)"
                         % (busy, p["server_conns"], 100 * pw),
                         "raise default_pool_size/max_db_connections to %d" % smallest_pool(
                             busy, float(self.settings["target_wait_probability"]), float(self.settings["max_utilization"])))
            elif pw > float(self.settings["target_wait_probability"]) * 5:
                self.add("PROXY_POOL_TIGHT", "MEDIUM", p["type"],
                         "P(wait) for a server connection at peak x burst is %.1f%%" % (100 * pw),
                         "add a reserve_pool_size of a few connections or raise default_pool_size")
        if hold and max(hold) > 1000 and p["mode"] != "session":
            self.add("LONG_HOLD_THROUGH_PROXY", "LOW", p["type"],
                     "a proxied service holds connections for %g ms; long transactions block multiplexing" % max(hold),
                     "move long reports/batches to their own pool or a replica")

    def _check_service(self, s):
        n = s["name"]
        if s["busy"] is None:
            self.add("MISSING_LOAD_DATA", "LOW", n, "no peak_rps + conn_hold_ms (or busy_connections): pool size "
                     "cannot be checked against load", "measure: pool checked-out gauge or rps x average hold time")
            return
        if s["procs_now"] and s["a_proc"] >= s["pool_max"]:
            self.add("POOL_TOO_SMALL", "HIGH", n,
                     "each process needs ~%.2f connections at peak x burst but its pool max is %d: requests queue "
                     "until pool_timeout (%g ms)" % (s["a_proc"], s["pool_max"], s["pool_timeout_ms"]),
                     "pool %d per process (or more processes)" % s["rec_pool"])
        elif s["p_wait"] is not None and s["p_wait"] > 0.2:
            self.add("POOL_TOO_SMALL", "HIGH", n, "P(wait for a connection) %.0f%% at peak x burst, mean wait %.1f ms"
                     % (100 * s["p_wait"], s["wait_ms"]), "pool %d per process" % s["rec_pool"])
        elif s["p_wait"] is not None and s["p_wait"] > max(0.05, float(self.settings["target_wait_probability"])):
            self.add("POOL_TIGHT", "MEDIUM", n, "P(wait for a connection) %.1f%% at peak x burst" % (100 * s["p_wait"]),
                     "pool %d per process" % s["rec_pool"])
        if s["threads"] and not s["async"] and s["a_proc"] > 0.7 * s["threads"]:
            self.add("WORKERS_SATURATED", "HIGH" if s["a_proc"] >= s["threads"] else "MEDIUM", n,
                     "each process spends ~%.2f of its %d thread(s) inside the database at peak x burst; requests "
                     "queue for a thread, and a bigger pool cannot help" % (s["a_proc"], s["threads"]),
                     "shorter connection hold time, or more processes/threads (then re-check the database totals)")
        if s["threads"] and not s["async"] and s["pool_max"] > s["threads"]:
            self.add("POOL_LARGER_THAN_CONCURRENCY", "MEDIUM", n,
                     "pool max %d per process but only %d thread(s) can use a connection at a time; the extra "
                     "%d can never be used" % (s["pool_max"], s["threads"], s["pool_max"] - s["threads"]),
                     "pool_size <= threads; max_overflow 0")
        elif s["rec_pool"] and s["pool_max"] > max(2 * s["rec_pool"], s["rec_pool"] + 5):
            self.add("POOL_OVERSIZED", "LOW", n, "pool max %d per process where %d keeps P(wait) under %.0f%%"
                     % (s["pool_max"], s["rec_pool"], 100 * float(self.settings["target_wait_probability"])),
                     "pool %d per process frees %d connections at max scale"
                     % (s["rec_pool"], (s["pool_max"] - s["rec_pool"]) * s["procs_max"]))
        if s["max_overflow"] and s["max_overflow"] >= s["pool_size"] and s["procs_max"] > 4:
            self.add("LARGE_OVERFLOW", "LOW", n, "max_overflow %d >= pool_size %d across %d processes makes the "
                     "worst case %d instead of %d" % (s["max_overflow"], s["pool_size"], s["procs_max"],
                                                       s["open_max"], s["procs_max"] * s["pool_size"]),
                     "fixed pools (max_overflow 0) keep the total predictable")
        if s["request_timeout_ms"] and s["pool_timeout_ms"] >= s["request_timeout_ms"]:
            self.add("POOL_TIMEOUT_LONG", "LOW", n, "pool_timeout %g ms >= request timeout %g ms: a request can time "
                     "out while still waiting for a connection" % (s["pool_timeout_ms"], s["request_timeout_ms"]),
                     "pool_timeout around 10-30% of the request timeout so overload fails fast")

    def recommendation(self):
        rec = []
        tot_max = tot_surge = 0
        for s in self.services:
            p = s["rec_pool"] if s["rec_pool"] is not None else s["pool_max"]
            o_max = s["procs_max"] * p
            o_surge = s["procs_surge"] * p
            rec.append({"name": s["name"], "pool_size": p, "max_overflow": 0, "per_process_p_wait": s["rec_p_wait"],
                        "open_max": o_max, "open_surge": o_surge, "via_proxy": s["via_proxy"]})
            if not s["via_proxy"]:
                tot_max += o_max
                tot_surge += o_surge
        server = self.t["proxy_server"]
        need = tot_surge + server
        out = {"services": rec, "direct_open_surge": tot_surge, "proxy_server": server, "db_needed": need,
               "fits": need <= self.db["available"]}
        busy = self.t["busy"] * float(self.settings["burst_factor"])
        if busy:
            out["proxy_pool_if_all_proxied"] = smallest_pool(busy, float(self.settings["target_wait_probability"]),
                                                             float(self.settings["max_utilization"]))
        out["max_connections_needed"] = int(math.ceil((need + self.db["reserved"] + self.db["other"]) * 1.1))
        return out

    def worst(self):
        return min((f["sev"] for f in self.findings), key=lambda x: SEV_ORDER[x]) if self.findings else None


def f1(x):
    if x is None:
        return "-"
    if x == float("inf"):
        return "inf"
    return ("%.2f" % x).rstrip("0").rstrip(".") if abs(x) < 100 else "%.0f" % x


def pct(x):
    if x is None:
        return "-"
    return "%.1f%%" % (100 * x) if x >= 0.001 else ("<0.1%" if x > 0 else "0%")


def render(pl):
    db, t, p = pl.db, pl.t, pl.proxy
    w = pl.worst()
    o = ["# Connection pool sizing report", ""]
    o.append("Database: **%s** (%s), max_connections %d, reserved %d, other %d -> **%d usable**%s" % (
        db["name"], db["engine"], db["max_connections"], db["reserved"], db["other"], db["available"],
        (", %g cores (sweet spot ~%d active)" % (db["cores"], t["sweet_spot"])) if db["cores"] else ""))
    if p:
        o.append("Proxy: %s, %s mode, %d instance(s), %d server connections to the database, max_client_conn %d"
                 % (p["type"], p["mode"], p["instances"], p["server_conns"], p["max_client_conn"]))
    o.append("Deploy surge: %d%%   Burst factor: %g   Target P(wait): %s" % (
        round(pl.surge * 100), float(pl.settings["burst_factor"]), pct(float(pl.settings["target_wait_probability"]))))
    o.append("")
    if not w:
        o.append("**Verdict: OK** - pools fit the database at max scale and deploy surge, and requests rarely wait.")
    else:
        n = {s: sum(1 for f in pl.findings if f["sev"] == s) for s in SEV_ORDER}
        o.append("**Verdict: %s** - %d HIGH, %d MEDIUM, %d LOW finding(s)." % (
            {"HIGH": "will run out of connections or queue", "MEDIUM": "works, but wasteful or tight",
             "LOW": "fine, minor tuning"}[w], n["HIGH"], n["MEDIUM"], n["LOW"]))
    o += ["", "## Services", "",
          "| Service | Path | Procs now / max | Pool (size+overflow) | Busy at peak | Per proc load | P(wait) | Mean wait | Open now | Open max | Deploy surge |",
          "|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|"]
    for s in pl.services:
        o.append("| %s | %s | %d / %d | %d+%d | %s (%s) | %s | %s | %s | %d | %d | %d |" % (
            s["name"], "proxy" if s["via_proxy"] else "direct", s["procs_now"], s["procs_max"], s["pool_size"],
            s["max_overflow"], f1(s["busy"]), s["load_source"], f1(s["a_proc"]), pct(s["p_wait"]),
            ("%s ms" % f1(s["wait_ms"])) if s["wait_ms"] is not None else "-", s["open_now"], s["open_max"], s["open_surge"]))
    o += ["", "## Totals against the database", "", "| Scenario | Direct | Via proxy (server side) | Database total | Usable | Headroom |", "|---|---|---|---|---|---|"]
    for k, lab in (("open_now", "today"), ("open_max", "autoscaling max"), ("open_surge", "max + deploy surge")):
        tot = t["db_" + k]
        o.append("| %s | %d | %d | %d | %d | %d |" % (lab, t["direct_" + k], t["proxy_server"], tot,
                                                       db["available"], db["available"] - tot))
    o.append("")
    o.append("Busy at peak (all services): ~%s connections%s." % (
        f1(t["busy"]), (" vs ~%d the CPUs run efficiently" % t["sweet_spot"]) if t["sweet_spot"] else ""))
    if t["unknown_load"]:
        o.append("No load data for: %s." % ", ".join(t["unknown_load"]))
    if pl.findings:
        o += ["", "## Findings", "", "| Sev | Code | Where | What | Fix |", "|---|---|---|---|---|"]
        for f in sorted(pl.findings, key=lambda f: SEV_ORDER[f["sev"]]):
            o.append("| %s | %s | %s | %s | %s |" % (f["sev"], f["code"], f["where"], f["what"].replace("|", "/"), f["fix"]))
    r = pl.recommendation()
    o += ["", "## Recommended pools", "", "| Service | pool_size | max_overflow | P(wait) per proc | Open at max | With deploy surge |", "|---|---|---|---|---|---|"]
    for s in r["services"]:
        o.append("| %s | %d | 0 | %s | %d | %d%s |" % (s["name"], s["pool_size"], pct(s["per_process_p_wait"]),
                                                       s["open_max"], s["open_surge"], " (client side, via proxy)" if s["via_proxy"] else ""))
    o.append("")
    o.append("Database connections needed with these pools at max scale + deploy surge: **%d** (direct %d + proxy %d) "
             "of %d usable -> %s." % (r["db_needed"], r["direct_open_surge"], r["proxy_server"], db["available"],
                                      "fits" if r["fits"] else "still does NOT fit"))
    if not r["fits"]:
        if r.get("proxy_pool_if_all_proxied"):
            o.append("")
            o.append("Direct connections cannot fit. Put the services behind a transaction-mode proxy: about "
                     "**%d** server connections (default_pool_size / max_db_connections) cover peak x burst with "
                     "P(wait) under %s; keep client pools as above and set max_client_conn above the client total."
                     % (r["proxy_pool_if_all_proxied"], pct(float(pl.settings["target_wait_probability"]))))
        o.append("Or raise max_connections to at least %d (check RAM: ~%g MB per connection)." % (
            r["max_connections_needed"], db["mb_per_conn"]))
    o += ["", "Model: Little's law for busy connections, Erlang C (M/M/c) per process with load spread evenly; "
          "peak load x burst factor. Validate with the pool's checked-out and wait metrics."]
    return "\n".join(o) + "\n"


def as_json(pl):
    def clean(x):
        if isinstance(x, float) and (math.isinf(x) or math.isnan(x)):
            return None
        if isinstance(x, dict):
            return {k: clean(v) for k, v in x.items()}
        if isinstance(x, list):
            return [clean(v) for v in x]
        return x
    return clean({"database": pl.db, "proxy": pl.proxy, "totals": pl.t, "services": pl.services,
                  "findings": pl.findings, "worst": pl.worst(), "recommendation": pl.recommendation()})


def self_test():
    cases = []

    def case(name, fn):
        try:
            ok, err = bool(fn()), ""
        except Exception as e:  # noqa
            ok, err = False, repr(e)
        cases.append((name, ok, err))

    def cfg(**kw):
        c = {"database": {"name": "db", "max_connections": 100, "reserved_connections": 3, "other_connections": 7,
                          "cpu_cores": 4, "ram_gb": 16},
             "deploy": {"surge_percent": 25},
             "services": [{"name": "api", "instances": 2, "max_instances": 4, "processes": 2, "threads": 4,
                           "pool_size": 4, "max_overflow": 0, "peak_rps": 200, "conn_hold_ms": 10}]}
        for k, v in kw.items():
            if k == "svc":
                c["services"][0].update(v)
            elif k == "services":
                c["services"] = v
            else:
                c.setdefault(k, {}).update(v)
        return c

    def codes(c):
        return {f["code"]: f["sev"] for f in Plan(c).findings}

    def raises(fn):
        try:
            fn()
        except InputError:
            return True
        return False

    case("erlang C one server equals load", lambda: abs(erlang_c(1, 0.5) - 0.5) < 1e-9)
    case("erlang C textbook value (c=2, a=1 -> 1/3)", lambda: abs(erlang_c(2, 1.0) - 1 / 3.0) < 1e-9)
    case("erlang C saturated -> 1", lambda: erlang_c(3, 3.0) == 1.0 and erlang_c(3, 5) == 1.0)
    case("erlang C decreases with servers", lambda: erlang_c(5, 3) > erlang_c(6, 3) > erlang_c(8, 3))
    case("mean wait M/M/1", lambda: abs(mean_wait_ms(1, 0.5, 10) - 10.0) < 1e-9)
    case("smallest pool meets target", lambda: (lambda c: erlang_c(c, 2.0) <= 0.01 and erlang_c(c - 1, 2.0) > 0.01 or 2.0 / (c - 1) > 0.7)(smallest_pool(2.0, 0.01, 0.7)))
    case("smallest pool capped by threads", lambda: smallest_pool(9.0, 0.01, 0.7, cap=4) == 4)
    case("usable connections", lambda: Plan(cfg()).db["available"] == 90)
    case("open totals", lambda: (lambda p: (p.t["db_open_now"], p.t["db_open_max"], p.t["db_open_surge"]) == (16, 32, 40))(Plan(cfg())))
    case("busy via Little's law", lambda: abs(Plan(cfg()).services[0]["busy"] - 2.0) < 1e-9)
    case("queries x avg ms as hold", lambda: abs(Plan(cfg(svc={"conn_hold_ms": None, "queries_per_request": 4, "avg_query_ms": 2, "overhead_ms": 2})).services[0]["hold_ms"] - 10) < 1e-9)
    case("healthy config has no HIGH", lambda: Plan(cfg()).worst() in (None, "LOW", "MEDIUM"))
    case("exceeds limit today", lambda: codes(cfg(svc={"pool_size": 30}))["POOL_EXCEEDS_DB_LIMIT"] == "HIGH")
    case("autoscale exceeds", lambda: "AUTOSCALE_EXCEEDS_DB_LIMIT" in codes(cfg(svc={"max_instances": 12})))
    case("deploy surge exceeds", lambda: "DEPLOY_SURGE_EXCEEDS_LIMIT" in codes(cfg(svc={"max_instances": 11, "pool_size": 4}, deploy={"surge_percent": 50})))
    case("pool too small", lambda: codes(cfg(svc={"pool_size": 1, "peak_rps": 400}))["POOL_TOO_SMALL"] == "HIGH")
    case("pool larger than threads", lambda: "POOL_LARGER_THAN_CONCURRENCY" in codes(cfg(svc={"pool_size": 10, "threads": 2})))
    case("pool >= threads never waits for a connection", lambda: Plan(cfg(svc={"pool_size": 1, "threads": 1, "peak_rps": 20})).services[0]["p_wait"] == 0.0)
    case("workers saturated", lambda: codes(cfg(svc={"threads": 1, "pool_size": 1, "peak_rps": 400}))["WORKERS_SATURATED"] == "HIGH")
    case("async services not capped by threads", lambda: "POOL_LARGER_THAN_CONCURRENCY" not in codes(cfg(svc={"pool_size": 10, "threads": 1, "async": True})))
    case("large overflow flagged", lambda: "LARGE_OVERFLOW" in codes(cfg(svc={"pool_size": 2, "max_overflow": 2, "threads": 8})))
    case("pool timeout longer than request", lambda: "POOL_TIMEOUT_LONG" in codes(cfg(svc={"pool_timeout_ms": 30000, "request_timeout_ms": 10000})))
    case("db over cores", lambda: "DB_ACTIVE_OVER_CORES" in codes(cfg(svc={"peak_rps": 1500, "pool_size": 4, "threads": 8, "max_instances": 2}, database={"max_connections": 500})))
    case("connection memory", lambda: "CONNECTION_MEMORY" in codes(cfg(database={"ram_gb": 0.5})))
    case("missing load data", lambda: "MISSING_LOAD_DATA" in codes(cfg(svc={"peak_rps": None})))
    case("busy_connections accepted", lambda: Plan(cfg(svc={"peak_rps": None, "busy_connections": 1.5})).services[0]["busy"] == 1.5)
    case("proxy server conns counted, not clients", lambda: (lambda p: p.t["db_open_max"] == 20)(Plan(cfg(svc={"via_proxy": True}, proxy={"pool_mode": "transaction", "default_pool_size": 20, "max_client_conn": 1000}))))
    case("max_db_connections caps proxy", lambda: Plan(cfg(svc={"via_proxy": True}, proxy={"default_pool_size": 50, "max_db_connections": 30})).proxy["server_conns"] == 30)
    case("proxy client limit", lambda: "PROXY_CLIENT_LIMIT" in codes(cfg(svc={"via_proxy": True, "max_instances": 40}, proxy={"max_client_conn": 100})))
    case("proxy pool too small", lambda: "PROXY_POOL_TOO_SMALL" in codes(cfg(svc={"via_proxy": True, "peak_rps": 1000}, proxy={"default_pool_size": 5, "max_client_conn": 1000})))
    case("session mode warning", lambda: "PROXY_SESSION_MODE" in codes(cfg(svc={"via_proxy": True, "max_instances": 10}, proxy={"pool_mode": "session", "default_pool_size": 10, "max_client_conn": 1000})))
    case("proxy recommended when direct cannot fit", lambda: "PROXY_RECOMMENDED" in codes(cfg(svc={"max_instances": 30, "pool_size": 4})))
    case("--set overrides service", lambda: (lambda c: (apply_set(c, "api.max_instances=9"), c["services"][0]["max_instances"] == 9)[1])(cfg()))
    case("--set overrides database", lambda: (lambda c: (apply_set(c, "database.max_connections=300"), Plan(c).db["max_connections"] == 300)[1])(cfg()))
    case("--set unknown service rejected", lambda: raises(lambda: apply_set(cfg(), "nope.pool_size=3")))
    case("bad number rejected", lambda: raises(lambda: Plan(cfg(svc={"pool_size": "ten"}))))
    case("no services rejected", lambda: raises(lambda: Plan(cfg(services=[]))))
    case("duplicate names rejected", lambda: raises(lambda: Plan(cfg(services=[{"name": "a"}, {"name": "a"}]))))
    case("reserved too large rejected", lambda: raises(lambda: Plan(cfg(database={"reserved_connections": 100}))))
    case("recommendation fits for sane config", lambda: Plan(cfg()).recommendation()["fits"])
    case("render has tables", lambda: "## Recommended pools" in render(Plan(cfg())) and "## Totals against the database" in render(Plan(cfg())))
    case("json output serializable", lambda: json.dumps(as_json(Plan(cfg(svc={"pool_size": 1, "peak_rps": 900})))) is not None)

    passed = sum(1 for _, ok, _ in cases if ok)
    for name, ok, err in cases:
        print(("PASS " if ok else "FAIL ") + name + ((" " + err) if err else ""))
    print("%d/%d passed" % (passed, len(cases)))
    return 0 if passed == len(cases) else 1


def main(argv=None):
    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Size database connection pools against load and database limits.")
    ap.add_argument("file", nargs="?", help="JSON description ('-' = stdin)")
    ap.add_argument("--set", action="append", default=[], metavar="TARGET.KEY=VALUE",
                    help="what-if override, e.g. api.max_instances=16 or database.max_connections=400 (repeatable)")
    ap.add_argument("--json", action="store_true")
    ap.add_argument("--self-test", action="store_true")
    a = ap.parse_args(argv)
    if a.self_test:
        return self_test()
    if not a.file:
        ap.error("give a JSON file or --self-test")
    try:
        text = sys.stdin.read() if a.file == "-" else open(a.file, encoding="utf-8").read()
        cfg = json.loads(text)
        cfg = copy.deepcopy(cfg)
        for e in a.set:
            apply_set(cfg, e)
        pl = Plan(cfg)
    except (OSError, ValueError) as e:
        print("error: %s" % e, file=sys.stderr)
        return 2
    sys.stdout.write(json.dumps(as_json(pl), indent=2) + "\n" if a.json else render(pl))
    return 1 if pl.worst() == "HIGH" else 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())

---
name: http-security-headers-checker
description: Reviews HTTP response security headers from pasted curl -I/-IL/-v output, a HAR export or a headers file - HSTS, Content-Security-Policy, frame-ancestors/X-Frame-Options, nosniff, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy, COOP, Set-Cookie flags and __Host- prefixes, CORS origin reflection, version leaks and deprecated headers. Ranks findings and returns a corrected header set. Includes an offline stdlib Python checker with --self-test.
---

# HTTP Security Headers Checker

You review the security headers a site actually sends, the way a careful web security reviewer would before a launch or a pen test. You work from captured responses (curl, DevTools HAR), explain what each missing or weak header lets an attacker do in plain words, and hand back exact header lines the user can paste into nginx, Apache, a CDN rule or their framework. You never claim to have fetched a URL yourself; you only judge what was captured.

## Files in this skill

- `scripts/sec_headers.py` - parses curl `-I`, `-IL` (redirect chains), `-v` output and HAR files, classifies each response (html, script, style, api, asset, redirect) and reports findings per response with a fix (Python 3.8+ standard library only)
- `references/header-rules.md` - what each header does, the safe values, which response types need it, and rollout traps (HSTS includeSubDomains, CSP report-only first, CORS allowlists)
- `references/finding-codes.md` - every finding code with severity, when it is acceptable, and the usual fix
- `templates/security-headers-review.md` - the review to hand back (summary, fix table, header block per server, rollout)
- `examples/shop-headers.txt` - a shop's HTTP redirect, home page, JS bundle and a CORS test against its API, with mistakes on purpose
- `examples/shop-headers-fixed.txt` - the same responses after the fixes (checks clean)
- `examples/header-report.md` - the real output of the checker on the broken example

## Workflow

### 1. Collect the responses
Ask for the URLs that matter: the HTTP and HTTPS home page, a logged-in page, one JS/CSS asset, an API endpoint that returns user data, and the login response (it sets the session cookie). Give the user the commands:
```
curl -sIL http://example.com/                       # redirect chain + final page
curl -sI https://example.com/static/app.js          # an asset
curl -sv -o /dev/null -H "Origin: https://evil.example" https://api.example.com/me 2>&1   # CORS test
```
Put `# https://url` on the line above each block, or export a HAR from DevTools (Network tab, "Save all as HAR") - tell the user a HAR contains cookies and tokens and should be trimmed or rotated after sharing. Some servers answer HEAD differently from GET; if headers look missing, ask for `curl -s -D - -o /dev/null URL`.

### 2. Run the checker
```
python3 scripts/sec_headers.py examples/shop-headers.txt --origin https://evil.example
python3 scripts/sec_headers.py site.har --min-severity MEDIUM --json
python3 scripts/sec_headers.py headers.txt --url https://example.com/account --ignore COOP_MISSING
python3 scripts/sec_headers.py --self-test
```
Pass `--origin` with the untrusted Origin used in the CORS test so an echoed value is reported as reflection. Exit 0 = no HIGH, 1 = HIGH findings, 2 = bad input. If you cannot run code, walk through `references/header-rules.md` by hand in the same order.

### 3. Judge the findings
- **HIGH**: exploitable or broken now - no HSTS on HTML, no HTTP to HTTPS redirect, scripts allowed from any https: host, session cookies without Secure, rejected `__Host-` cookies, CORS that reflects any Origin with credentials.
- **MEDIUM**: real weakness - no or report-only CSP, `'unsafe-inline'`/`'unsafe-eval'`, no clickjacking protection or `ALLOW-FROM`, short HSTS, missing nosniff on scripts and APIs, full-URL referrers, JS-readable auth cookies.
- **LOW**: hardening and hygiene - Permissions-Policy, COOP, object-src/base-uri, SameSite not explicit, version banners, deprecated X-XSS-Protection/Expect-CT.
- Check context before you escalate: a public, cookie-free JSON API may use `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *`; a page that must be embedded by a partner needs `frame-ancestors` with that origin, not DENY; a double-submit CSRF cookie has to stay readable from JavaScript.

### 4. Deliver
Fill `templates/security-headers-review.md`: a one-line verdict, the fix table in priority order, one header block per server type the user runs (nginx `add_header ... always;`, Apache `Header always set`, a CDN rule or framework middleware), and the rollout: CSP as `Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only` first, HSTS max-age raised in steps before `includeSubDomains`/`preload`, then retest with the same curl commands.

## Example result
On `examples/shop-headers.txt` the checker reports 25 findings (HIGH 4, MEDIUM 6, LOW 15): HTTP redirects with a temporary 302, the page allows scripts from any `https:` host plus `'unsafe-inline'`, `sessionid` has no Secure flag, `__Host-csrf` carries a Domain attribute so browsers drop it, HSTS is only one day without includeSubDomains, `X-Frame-Options: ALLOW-FROM` gives no protection, the JS bundle lacks nosniff, and the API echoes `https://evil.example` with `Allow-Credentials: true`, so any site could read `/v1/me`. `examples/shop-headers-fixed.txt` checks clean (exit 0).

## Rules

- Judge only captured headers; mark TLS setup, `<meta>` CSP tags, the preload list and server-side Origin allowlists as "to verify".
- Never suggest `includeSubDomains` or `preload` without asking whether every subdomain (mail, legacy, staging) serves HTTPS; preload is hard to undo.
- Never hand over an enforcing CSP that was not tested: give the report-only version and the list of hosts it needs.
- Do not recommend removing a header that another system relies on (a partner iframe, a JS-read CSRF cookie) without saying what breaks.
- Treat pasted cookies, tokens and HAR files as secrets: do not repeat their values in the report beyond the cookie names.
- Write fixes as exact header lines for the user's server, and say where they go (every response, HTML only, API only).
FILE:references/header-rules.md
# Header rules

Order of review: transport (HTTPS, HSTS) -> script control (CSP) -> framing -> content sniffing -> leaks (Referrer, Permissions) -> cookies -> CORS -> disclosure.

## Which responses need what
| Header | HTML pages | Scripts / CSS | JSON/XML APIs | Images, fonts | Redirects |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strict-Transport-Security | yes (HIGH if missing) | yes | yes | yes | yes, on HTTPS redirects |
| Content-Security-Policy | yes | no | optional (`default-src 'none'; frame-ancestors 'none'`) | no | no |
| frame-ancestors / X-Frame-Options | yes | no | no | no | no |
| X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff | yes | yes (MEDIUM) | yes (MEDIUM) | yes | no |
| Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy, COOP | yes | no | no | no | no |

## Strict-Transport-Security (RFC 6797)
- Only valid over HTTPS; browsers ignore it on http:// responses. The HTTP site must answer with 301/308 to https.
- `max-age` in seconds; 31536000 (1 year) is the normal target, at least 15552000 (180 days). `max-age=0` deletes the policy.
- `includeSubDomains` covers every subdomain - check mail, legacy and intranet hosts first. Raise max-age in steps (300 -> 1 week -> 1 month -> 1 year).
- `preload` (hstspreload.org) needs max-age >= 31536000, includeSubDomains, and the header on the apex HTTPS response. Removal from the list takes months.

## Content-Security-Policy (CSP Level 3)
- Script control comes from `script-src`, falling back to `default-src`. A policy with neither does not restrict scripts.
- Dangerous sources in script-src: `*`, `https:`, `http:`, `data:`, `blob:` - any of them lets an attacker load their own script. With `'strict-dynamic'` and a nonce, host lists and `https:` are ignored by modern browsers (they are fallbacks for old ones).
- `'unsafe-inline'` is ignored when a nonce or hash is present; otherwise inline XSS is not blocked. `'unsafe-eval'` allows `eval`/`new Function`.
- Always add `object-src 'none'` and `base-uri 'self'` (or 'none'); add `form-action 'self'` against form hijacking.
- Several CSP headers are all enforced (a source must pass every policy). `Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only` blocks nothing; use it with `report-to` to collect violations for 1-2 weeks, then switch.
- CSP in `<meta http-equiv>` cannot set `frame-ancestors`, `report-uri` or sandbox; the checker does not read HTML.

## Framing (clickjacking)
- `Content-Security-Policy: frame-ancestors 'self'` is the modern control; `X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN` or `DENY` for old browsers. When both exist, browsers use frame-ancestors.
- `X-Frame-Options: ALLOW-FROM` is unsupported in current browsers (no protection). Two XFO values (or a comma list) can make browsers ignore the header.

## X-Content-Type-Options
- Only valid value: `nosniff`. Stops browsers running a response as script or style when its Content-Type says otherwise. Matters most for uploads, JSONP-like APIs and scripts.

## Referrer-Policy
- Browser default today is `strict-origin-when-cross-origin`; set it explicitly for older browsers. `unsafe-url` and `no-referrer-when-downgrade` leak full paths and query strings (reset tokens, search terms) to other sites. In a comma list the last value the browser understands wins.

## Permissions-Policy
- Syntax: `camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=(self "https://maps.example")`. The old `Feature-Policy: camera 'none'` syntax is ignored by Permissions-Policy parsers. `=*` allows every origin.

## Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy
- `same-origin` isolates the window from pages it opens or that open it (XS-leaks, tabnabbing). Use `same-origin-allow-popups` if login or payment pop-ups must talk back.

## Cookies (RFC 6265bis)
- `Secure` on every cookie of an HTTPS site; `HttpOnly` on session/auth cookies; explicit `SameSite=Lax` (Strict for admin, None only with Secure for real cross-site needs).
- `__Host-` prefix: Secure, `Path=/`, no Domain, otherwise the browser rejects the cookie. `__Secure-`: Secure required.
- `Domain=example.com` shares the cookie with every subdomain (a compromised or user-content subdomain can read or overwrite it). Host-only (no Domain) is safer.
- The checker treats names containing sess, sid, auth, token, jwt, login, remember, identity, account, csrf or xsrf as session-like; CSRF tokens are exempt from the HttpOnly rule.

## CORS (Fetch standard)
- `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` cannot be combined with credentials (browsers block it) - fine only for public, cookie-free data.
- Reflecting the request Origin with `Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true` lets any website read logged-in responses. Test by sending `Origin: https://evil.example`; a correct server omits ACAO or returns its own allowlisted origin.
- Never allowlist `null` (sandboxed iframes, file://) or plain-HTTP origins for credentialed requests. Dynamic ACAO needs `Vary: Origin` so caches keep answers apart.

## Disclosure and deprecated headers
- `Server: nginx/1.18.0`, `X-Powered-By`, `X-AspNet-Version` help attackers match CVEs (LOW, but free to fix: `server_tokens off;`, `ServerTokens Prod`, `app.disable('x-powered-by')`).
- Remove `X-XSS-Protection: 1` (or send `0`), `Expect-CT` and `Public-Key-Pins`.

## Where to set headers
- nginx: `add_header Name "value" always;` - a location block with its own add_header drops all inherited ones; repeat them or use an include file.
- Apache: `Header always set Name "value"`. Caddy: `header { Name "value" }`. CDN: response header transform rule. Express: helmet; Django: SecurityMiddleware settings; Rails: `config.action_dispatch.default_headers`.
FILE:references/finding-codes.md
# Finding codes

| Code | Sev | Problem | Acceptable when | Usual fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HTTP_NO_HTTPS_REDIRECT | HIGH | http:// URL served without redirect to https | never for a public site | 301/308 to https |
| HSTS_MISSING | HIGH (HTML, redirects) / MEDIUM | no Strict-Transport-Security on HTTPS | local dev only | `max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains` |
| HSTS_INVALID | HIGH | no numeric max-age, header ignored | never | fix the syntax |
| CSP_WILDCARD_SCRIPT | HIGH | script-src allows `*`, `https:`, `data:` ... | with nonce + 'strict-dynamic' (not flagged) | exact hosts or nonces |
| CSP_NO_SCRIPT_RESTRICTION | HIGH | CSP has no script-src/default-src | never | add default-src |
| COOKIE_NO_SECURE | HIGH (session) / MEDIUM | cookie sent over HTTP too | never on HTTPS sites | `Secure` |
| COOKIE_PREFIX_VIOLATION | HIGH | `__Host-`/`__Secure-` rules broken, cookie rejected | never | Secure, Path=/, no Domain |
| COOKIE_SAMESITE_NONE_NO_SECURE | HIGH | SameSite=None without Secure, cookie rejected | never | add Secure |
| CORS_ORIGIN_REFLECTED | HIGH (credentials) / MEDIUM | server echoed the untrusted test Origin | never with credentials | exact allowlist |
| CORS_NULL_ORIGIN | HIGH (credentials) / MEDIUM | `null` origin allowed | never | remove |
| CSP_MISSING | MEDIUM | HTML without CSP | static brochure page with no input (still LOW-risk) | report-only policy, then enforce |
| CSP_REPORT_ONLY | MEDIUM | only report-only policy | during a 1-2 week trial | enforce the same policy |
| CSP_UNSAFE_INLINE / CSP_UNSAFE_EVAL | MEDIUM | inline/eval scripts allowed | legacy app while migrating (track it) | nonces, hashes, no eval |
| CLICKJACKING_UNPROTECTED | MEDIUM | page can be framed by anyone | embeddable widgets (then list partners) | `frame-ancestors 'self'` |
| FRAME_ANCESTORS_WILDCARD | MEDIUM | frame-ancestors `*` | public embed widget without actions | list partner origins |
| XFO_ALLOW_FROM / XFO_INVALID | MEDIUM | X-Frame-Options value ignored | never | frame-ancestors |
| HSTS_SHORT_MAX_AGE / HSTS_DISABLED | MEDIUM | max-age below 180 days / 0 | ramp-up or planned rollback | step up to 1 year |
| XCTO_MISSING | MEDIUM (scripts, styles, APIs) / LOW | no nosniff | never | `nosniff` |
| REFERRER_POLICY_UNSAFE | MEDIUM | full URL sent cross-site | never with tokens in URLs | strict-origin-when-cross-origin |
| COOKIE_NO_HTTPONLY | MEDIUM | session-like cookie readable by JS | the front end must read it (not CSRF, already exempt) | HttpOnly |
| CORS_WILDCARD_WITH_CREDENTIALS | MEDIUM | invalid combination | never | allowlist or no credentials |
| CORS_HTTP_ORIGIN_TRUSTED | MEDIUM | credentials shared with http:// origin | never | https origins only |
| HPKP_DEPRECATED | MEDIUM | Public-Key-Pins sent | never | remove |
| HSTS_NO_SUBDOMAINS / HSTS_PRELOAD_INCOMPLETE / HSTS_ON_HTTP | LOW | weaker or ignored HSTS | subdomains without HTTPS yet | fix subdomains, then add |
| HTTP_REDIRECT_TEMPORARY | LOW | 302/307 instead of 301/308 | short migrations | 301/308 |
| CSP_OBJECT_SRC / CSP_NO_BASE_URI | LOW | missing hardening directives | - | `object-src 'none'; base-uri 'self'` |
| REFERRER_POLICY_MISSING | LOW | browser default used | modern-browser audience | set explicitly |
| PERMISSIONS_POLICY_* / FEATURE_POLICY_ONLY | LOW | features not restricted or old syntax | - | `camera=(), microphone=()...` |
| COOP_MISSING | LOW | no opener isolation | pages that rely on window.opener | `same-origin(-allow-popups)` |
| COOKIE_NO_SAMESITE / COOKIE_BROAD_DOMAIN | LOW | default SameSite / shared with subdomains | SSO across subdomains (Domain needed) | `SameSite=Lax`, host-only |
| CORS_WILDCARD / CORS_NO_VARY_ORIGIN / CORS_ORIGIN_ECHO / CORS_WILDCARD_METHODS | LOW | review CORS scope | public data | allowlist, `Vary: Origin` |
| SERVER_VERSION_DISCLOSED / TECH_DISCLOSED | LOW | version or stack banner | - | hide banners |
| X_XSS_PROTECTION_DEPRECATED / EXPECT_CT_DEPRECATED | LOW | obsolete header | - | remove (or `X-XSS-Protection: 0`) |
| DUPLICATE_HEADER | LOW | repeated single-value header | - | send once |

Exit codes: 0 = no HIGH, 1 = HIGH present, 2 = bad input. In CI, run against staging after deploy and gate on HIGH; keep any `--ignore` list in the repo with a reason per code.

## Live checks the script cannot do (offline)
- TLS versions and certificates: `openssl s_client -connect host:443 -servername host` or an SSL test service.
- HSTS preload status: hstspreload.org.
- `<meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy">` in the HTML body: `curl -s URL | grep -i content-security-policy`.
- CORS allowlist behaviour: repeat the curl with a trusted origin, `null`, `https://example.com.evil.example` and `https://evilexample.com` (suffix/prefix match bugs).
- Error pages (404, 500) and the login/logout responses often miss headers set only in the app; capture them too.
FILE:templates/security-headers-review.md
# Security headers review: <site>

**Captured:** <date, curl -sIL / HAR, which URLs>   **Stack:** <nginx + Node app behind Cloudflare>
**Result:** <HIGH n, MEDIUM n, LOW n> - <one-sentence verdict, e.g. "session cookie and CORS issues let other sites read user data; fix before launch">

## Fix now (HIGH)
| # | URL / response | Header now | Risk | Set instead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | <https://api.example.com/v1/me> | `<Access-Control-Allow-Origin: (echoes Origin) + credentials>` | <any site reads logged-in data> | <allowlist https://example.com only, Vary: Origin> |
| 2 | <https://example.com/> | `<Set-Cookie: sessionid=...; HttpOnly>` | <sent over HTTP> | `<__Host-session=...; Path=/; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax>` |

## Fix soon (MEDIUM)
- <CSP: remove https: and 'unsafe-inline' from script-src; deploy as report-only first>

## Hardening (LOW)
- <Permissions-Policy, COOP, hide Server version>

## Header block for <nginx / Apache / CDN / framework>
```
<add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" always;>
<add_header Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'nonce-$request_id'; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'self'; frame-ancestors 'self'" always;>
<add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;>
<add_header Referrer-Policy "strict-origin-when-cross-origin" always;>
<add_header Permissions-Policy "camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=()" always;>
```
Where: <server block for every response; CSP/Permissions/COOP on HTML locations only>

## Rollout
1. <deploy CSP as report-only with report-to; collect violations for 1-2 weeks>
2. <HSTS max-age 300 -> 604800 -> 31536000; add includeSubDomains after confirming <subdomains> serve HTTPS>
3. <fix cookies and CORS in the app; retest with the same curl commands, including Origin: https://evil.example>
4. <switch CSP to enforcing; keep the report endpoint>

## To verify (not checked offline)
- <TLS configuration; error pages 404/500; login response cookies; meta CSP>

**Rollback:** <remove the CSP header or return to report-only; HSTS cannot be withdrawn quickly - lower max-age only after the old value expires>
**Open questions:** <must partner.example.net embed the page? does the front end read any cookie?>
FILE:examples/shop-headers.txt
# Captured 2026-10-31 for shop.example.com before launch
# curl -sIL http://shop.example.com/
# http://shop.example.com/
HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Server: nginx/1.18.0
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 07:10:02 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 145
Connection: keep-alive
Location: https://shop.example.com/

HTTP/2 200
server: nginx/1.18.0
date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 07:10:02 GMT
content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
strict-transport-security: max-age=86400
content-security-policy: default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' https:; img-src 'self' data: https:
x-frame-options: ALLOW-FROM https://partner.example.net
x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block
referrer-policy: no-referrer-when-downgrade
x-powered-by: Express
set-cookie: sessionid=4f2a9c; Path=/; HttpOnly
set-cookie: cart_id=88213; Path=/; Secure; SameSite=Lax
set-cookie: __Host-csrf=e1d0; Path=/; Domain=shop.example.com; Secure; SameSite=Strict

# curl -sI https://shop.example.com/static/app.3f9c1e.js
# https://shop.example.com/static/app.3f9c1e.js
HTTP/2 200
server: nginx/1.18.0
content-type: application/javascript
cache-control: public, max-age=31536000, immutable
strict-transport-security: max-age=86400

# curl -sv -o /dev/null -H "Origin: https://evil.example" https://api.shop.example.com/v1/me 2>&1
> GET /v1/me HTTP/2
> Host: api.shop.example.com
> Origin: https://evil.example
> Accept: */*
< HTTP/2 200
< content-type: application/json
< access-control-allow-origin: https://evil.example
< access-control-allow-credentials: true
< strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
< x-content-type-options: nosniff
FILE:examples/shop-headers-fixed.txt
# Same three URLs after applying the fixes from examples/header-report.md
# http://shop.example.com/
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Server: nginx
Content-Type: text/html
Location: https://shop.example.com/

HTTP/2 200
server: nginx
content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
content-security-policy: default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'nonce-r4nd0m' 'strict-dynamic'; img-src 'self' data: https://cdn.shop.example.com; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'self'; frame-ancestors 'self' https://partner.example.net; form-action 'self'
x-content-type-options: nosniff
referrer-policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin
permissions-policy: camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=(), payment=(self)
cross-origin-opener-policy: same-origin-allow-popups
set-cookie: __Host-session=4f2a9c; Path=/; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax
set-cookie: cart_id=88213; Path=/; Secure; SameSite=Lax
set-cookie: __Host-csrf=e1d0; Path=/; Secure; SameSite=Strict

# https://shop.example.com/static/app.3f9c1e.js
HTTP/2 200
server: nginx
content-type: application/javascript
cache-control: public, max-age=31536000, immutable
strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
x-content-type-options: nosniff

> GET /v1/me HTTP/2
> Host: api.shop.example.com
> Origin: https://evil.example
< HTTP/2 200
< content-type: application/json
< strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
< x-content-type-options: nosniff
< vary: Origin
FILE:examples/header-report.md
# HTTP security headers: shop-headers.txt

Responses: 4   Findings: 25 (HIGH 4, MEDIUM 6, LOW 15)

| # | URL | Status | Kind | HSTS | CSP | XFO | nosniff | Referrer | Permissions | COOP | Cookies | CORS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | http://shop.example.com/ | 302 | redirect | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | https://shop.example.com/ | 200 | html | yes | yes | yes | - | yes | - | - | 3 | - |
| 3 | https://shop.example.com/static/app.3f9c1e.js | 200 | script | yes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | https://api.shop.example.com/v1/me | 200 | api | yes | - | - | yes | - | - | - | - | https://evil.example |

## 1. http://shop.example.com/ 302 (redirect), line 4

HIGH 0, MEDIUM 0, LOW 2

| Sev | Code | Header | Problem | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | HTTP_REDIRECT_TEMPORARY | Location | HTTP to HTTPS uses a temporary redirect (302) | use 301 or 308 so browsers and crawlers remember it |
| LOW | SERVER_VERSION_DISCLOSED | Server | Server: nginx/1.18.0 reveals the software version | hide the version (server_tokens off / ServerTokens Prod) |

## 2. https://shop.example.com/ 200 (html), line 12

HIGH 3, MEDIUM 4, LOW 10

| Sev | Code | Header | Problem | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | CSP_WILDCARD_SCRIPT | Content-Security-Policy | script-src allows https:, so scripts load from anywhere | list exact hosts or use nonces with 'strict-dynamic' |
| HIGH | COOKIE_NO_SECURE | Set-Cookie | sessionid: no Secure flag, the cookie is also sent over plain HTTP | add Secure |
| HIGH | COOKIE_PREFIX_VIOLATION | Set-Cookie | __Host-csrf: __Host- cookies need Secure, Path=/ and no Domain, so the browser rejects this one | Set-Cookie: __Host-csrf=...; Path=/; Secure; SameSite=Lax (no Domain) |
| MEDIUM | HSTS_SHORT_MAX_AGE | Strict-Transport-Security | max-age=86400 (1 day) is short; protection lapses between visits | raise in steps (1 week, 1 month) to max-age=31536000 |
| MEDIUM | CSP_UNSAFE_INLINE | Content-Security-Policy | script-src has 'unsafe-inline' without a nonce/hash: inline XSS is not blocked | move inline scripts to files or add nonces/hashes |
| MEDIUM | XFO_ALLOW_FROM | X-Frame-Options | ALLOW-FROM is not supported by current browsers (treated as no protection) | use CSP frame-ancestors 'self' https://partner.example |
| MEDIUM | REFERRER_POLICY_UNSAFE | Referrer-Policy | no-referrer-when-downgrade sends full URLs (paths, query tokens) to other sites | strict-origin-when-cross-origin (or no-referrer) |
| LOW | HSTS_NO_SUBDOMAINS | Strict-Transport-Security | subdomains are not covered (cookies scoped to the parent domain can leak over HTTP) | add includeSubDomains after checking every subdomain has HTTPS |
| LOW | CSP_OBJECT_SRC | Content-Security-Policy | object-src is not 'none' (plugins/embeds can bypass script rules) | add object-src 'none' |
| LOW | CSP_NO_BASE_URI | Content-Security-Policy | no base-uri: an injected <base> tag can redirect relative script URLs | add base-uri 'self' (or 'none') |
| LOW | XCTO_MISSING | X-Content-Type-Options | no nosniff: browsers may guess a different content type (e.g. run an upload as script) | X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff |
| LOW | PERMISSIONS_POLICY_MISSING | Permissions-Policy | powerful features (camera, microphone, geolocation) are not switched off for embedded content | Permissions-Policy: camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=(), payment=() |
| LOW | COOP_MISSING | Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy | pages opened with window.open keep a handle to this window (tabnabbing/XS-leaks) | Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy: same-origin (same-origin-allow-popups if you use OAuth/payment pop-ups) |
| LOW | COOKIE_NO_SAMESITE | Set-Cookie | sessionid: no SameSite attribute (browsers apply Lax by default, older ones send it cross-site) | set SameSite=Lax explicitly (Strict for admin areas) |
| LOW | SERVER_VERSION_DISCLOSED | Server | Server: nginx/1.18.0 reveals the software version | hide the version (server_tokens off / ServerTokens Prod) |
| LOW | TECH_DISCLOSED | X-Powered-By | X-Powered-By: Express reveals the stack | remove the header |
| LOW | X_XSS_PROTECTION_DEPRECATED | X-XSS-Protection | the XSS auditor is gone from browsers; '1; mode=block' can even create leaks in old ones | remove it or send X-XSS-Protection: 0, rely on CSP |

## 3. https://shop.example.com/static/app.3f9c1e.js 200 (script), line 28

HIGH 0, MEDIUM 2, LOW 2

| Sev | Code | Header | Problem | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | HSTS_SHORT_MAX_AGE | Strict-Transport-Security | max-age=86400 (1 day) is short; protection lapses between visits | raise in steps (1 week, 1 month) to max-age=31536000 |
| MEDIUM | XCTO_MISSING | X-Content-Type-Options | no nosniff: browsers may guess a different content type (e.g. run an upload as script) | X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff |
| LOW | HSTS_NO_SUBDOMAINS | Strict-Transport-Security | subdomains are not covered (cookies scoped to the parent domain can leak over HTTP) | add includeSubDomains after checking every subdomain has HTTPS |
| LOW | SERVER_VERSION_DISCLOSED | Server | Server: nginx/1.18.0 reveals the software version | hide the version (server_tokens off / ServerTokens Prod) |

## 4. https://api.shop.example.com/v1/me 200 (api), line 39

HIGH 1, MEDIUM 0, LOW 1

| Sev | Code | Header | Problem | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | CORS_ORIGIN_REFLECTED | Access-Control-Allow-Origin | the server echoed the untrusted test Origin https://evil.example, so it trusts any site; with Allow-Credentials: true any site can read a logged-in user's data | compare Origin against an exact allowlist; never echo it unchecked |
| LOW | CORS_NO_VARY_ORIGIN | Vary | per-origin Access-Control-Allow-Origin without Vary: Origin; a cache can serve one origin's answer to another | add Vary: Origin |

## Suggested baseline for HTML pages (adapt CSP hosts and nonces before enforcing)

```
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'nonce-{RANDOM}'; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'self'; frame-ancestors 'self'; form-action 'self'
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin
Permissions-Policy: camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=(), payment=()
Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy: same-origin
Set-Cookie: __Host-session=...; Path=/; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax
```

Offline check of captured headers only: TLS, the HSTS preload list, CSP in <meta> tags and server-side Origin allowlists were not tested.
FILE:scripts/sec_headers.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""HTTP security headers checker (Python 3.8+ standard library only).

Reads HTTP response headers and reports security header problems:
Strict-Transport-Security, Content-Security-Policy, frame-ancestors / X-Frame-Options,
X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy, Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy,
Set-Cookie flags and prefixes, CORS (Access-Control-Allow-*), version disclosure and
deprecated headers.

Input (auto-detected):
  * curl output: `curl -sI URL`, `curl -sIL URL` (redirect chain = several blocks) or
    `curl -sv -o /dev/null URL 2>&1` ("< Header: value" lines, "> Origin:" request lines).
    Put "# https://example.com/path" on the line before a block to name its URL; later
    blocks of a redirect chain take their URL from the previous Location header.
  * HAR export from browser DevTools (log.entries[].request.url / response.headers).
  * a plain "Name: value" headers file (one response; give --url).

Usage:
  python3 sec_headers.py headers.txt [--url https://example.com/] [--origin https://evil.example]
                         [--min-severity LOW|MEDIUM|HIGH] [--ignore CODE,CODE] [--json]
  python3 sec_headers.py --self-test

Exit codes: 0 = no HIGH findings, 1 = HIGH findings, 2 = bad input.
No network calls are made; the checker only reads what you captured.
"""
import argparse
import json
import re
import sys
from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlsplit

SEV_ORDER = {"LOW": 1, "MEDIUM": 2, "HIGH": 3}
SESSION_HINT = re.compile(r"(sess|sid|auth|token|jwt|login|remember|csrf|xsrf|identity|account)", re.I)
CSRF_HINT = re.compile(r"(csrf|xsrf)", re.I)  # double-submit tokens must stay readable from JavaScript
HSTS_MIN = 15552000      # 180 days
HSTS_PRELOAD = 31536000  # 1 year
PERMISSION_FEATURES = ("camera", "microphone", "geolocation", "payment", "usb")


class Response:
    def __init__(self, url, status, headers, line, request_headers=None):
        self.url = url or ""
        self.status = status
        self.headers = headers            # list of (name, value) in order
        self.line = line                  # line number of the status line (1-based), 0 for HAR
        self.request_headers = request_headers or {}

    def get_all(self, name):
        n = name.lower()
        return [v for k, v in self.headers if k.lower() == n]

    def get(self, name):
        vals = self.get_all(name)
        return vals[0] if vals else None

    @property
    def scheme(self):
        return urlsplit(self.url).scheme.lower() if self.url else ""

    @property
    def kind(self):
        if 300 <= self.status < 400:
            return "redirect"
        ct = (self.get("content-type") or "").lower()
        if "html" in ct:
            return "html"
        if "javascript" in ct or "ecmascript" in ct:
            return "script"
        if "css" in ct:
            return "style"
        if "json" in ct or "xml" in ct and "html" not in ct:
            return "api"
        if ct.startswith(("image/", "font/", "video/", "audio/")):
            return "asset"
        if not ct and self.status in (204,):
            return "api"
        return "other" if ct else "unknown"


# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- parsing

STATUS_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*[<]?\s*HTTP/(\d(?:\.\d)?)\s+(\d{3})\b")
URL_COMMENT_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*#+\s*(?:URL:\s*)?(https?://\S+)", re.I)
HEADER_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*[<]?\s*([A-Za-z0-9!#$%&'*+.^_`|~-]+)\s*:\s?(.*)$")


def parse_text(text, default_url=""):
    responses, cur, pending_url, req = [], None, default_url or "", {}
    req_line_host, req_path = None, None
    lines = text.splitlines()
    for i, raw in enumerate(lines, 1):
        line = raw.rstrip("\r")
        m = URL_COMMENT_RE.match(line)
        if m:
            if cur:
                responses.append(cur)
                cur = None
            pending_url = m.group(1)
            continue
        s = line.strip()
        if s.startswith(">"):  # curl -v request line
            body = s[1:].strip()
            rm = re.match(r"^(GET|HEAD|POST|PUT|DELETE|OPTIONS|PATCH)\s+(\S+)", body)
            if rm:
                req_path = rm.group(2)
                req = {}
            hm = HEADER_RE.match(body)
            if hm and not rm:
                req[hm.group(1).lower()] = hm.group(2).strip()
                if hm.group(1).lower() == "host":
                    req_line_host = hm.group(2).strip()
            continue
        if s.startswith("*") or s.startswith("{") or s.startswith("}"):
            continue
        sm = STATUS_RE.match(line)
        if sm:
            if cur:
                responses.append(cur)
            url = pending_url
            if not url and req_line_host and req_path:
                url = ("https://" if req_line_host else "") + req_line_host + req_path
            if not url and responses:
                loc = responses[-1].get("location")
                if loc:
                    url = urljoin(responses[-1].url or "", loc)
            cur = Response(url, int(sm.group(2)), [], i, dict(req))
            pending_url = ""
            continue
        if cur is None:
            hm = HEADER_RE.match(line)
            if hm and not s.startswith("#"):  # headers-only file: synthesize a 200
                cur = Response(pending_url, 200, [], 0, dict(req))
                pending_url = ""
            else:
                continue
        if not s:
            continue
        hm = HEADER_RE.match(line)
        if hm:
            cur.headers.append((hm.group(1), hm.group(2).strip()))
    if cur:
        responses.append(cur)
    return responses


def parse_har(data):
    out = []
    for e in data.get("log", {}).get("entries", []):
        req = e.get("request", {})
        res = e.get("response", {})
        rh = {h["name"].lower(): h["value"] for h in req.get("headers", [])}
        hs = [(h["name"], h["value"]) for h in res.get("headers", [])]
        out.append(Response(req.get("url", ""), int(res.get("status", 0) or 0), hs, 0, rh))
    return out


def load(text, default_url=""):
    st = text.lstrip()
    if st.startswith("{"):
        try:
            data = json.loads(st)
        except ValueError as e:
            raise ValueError("looks like JSON but does not parse: %s" % e)
        if "log" not in data:
            raise ValueError("JSON input is not a HAR file (no 'log' key)")
        return parse_har(data)
    res = parse_text(text, default_url)
    if not res:
        raise ValueError("no HTTP responses found (expected 'HTTP/x 200' lines, a HAR file or 'Name: value' headers)")
    for r in res:
        if not r.url and default_url:
            r.url = default_url
    return res


# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- helpers

def parse_csp(value):
    d = {}
    for part in value.split(";"):
        toks = part.strip().split()
        if not toks:
            continue
        name = toks[0].lower()
        if name not in d:  # duplicates inside one policy: first wins
            d[name] = [t for t in toks[1:]]
    return d


def parse_directives(value):
    out = {}
    for part in value.split(";"):
        part = part.strip()
        if not part:
            continue
        k, _, v = part.partition("=")
        out[k.strip().lower()] = v.strip().strip('"')
    return out


def parse_cookie(value):
    parts = [p.strip() for p in value.split(";")]
    name, _, val = parts[0].partition("=")
    attrs = {}
    for p in parts[1:]:
        if not p:
            continue
        k, _, v = p.partition("=")
        attrs[k.strip().lower()] = v.strip()
    return name.strip(), val, attrs


def _days(sec):
    d = sec / 86400.0
    if d < 1:
        return "%.0f hours" % (sec / 3600.0)
    return "%g day%s" % (round(d, 1), "" if round(d, 1) == 1 else "s")


def same_origin(a, b):
    try:
        x, y = urlsplit(a), urlsplit(b)
    except ValueError:
        return False
    return (x.scheme, x.hostname, x.port) == (y.scheme, y.hostname, y.port)


# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- checks

def check(resp, test_origin=None):
    f = []

    def add(sev, code, header, problem, fix):
        f.append({"severity": sev, "code": code, "header": header, "problem": problem, "fix": fix,
                  "url": resp.url, "status": resp.status, "line": resp.line})

    kind = resp.kind
    https = resp.scheme == "https"
    doc = kind in ("html", "unknown")

    # --- transport: HTTP -> HTTPS
    if resp.scheme == "http":
        loc = resp.get("location") or ""
        if not (300 <= resp.status < 400 and loc.lower().startswith("https://")):
            add("HIGH", "HTTP_NO_HTTPS_REDIRECT", "Location",
                "plain-HTTP response is served without redirecting to HTTPS",
                "answer every http:// request with 301/308 to the https:// URL")
        elif resp.status in (302, 303, 307):
            add("LOW", "HTTP_REDIRECT_TEMPORARY", "Location",
                "HTTP to HTTPS uses a temporary redirect (%d)" % resp.status,
                "use 301 or 308 so browsers and crawlers remember it")
        if resp.get("strict-transport-security"):
            add("LOW", "HSTS_ON_HTTP", "Strict-Transport-Security",
                "HSTS sent over plain HTTP is ignored by browsers", "send it on the HTTPS responses")

    # --- HSTS
    hsts_vals = resp.get_all("strict-transport-security")
    if https:
        if not hsts_vals:
            if kind != "asset" or resp.status < 300:
                add("HIGH" if doc or kind == "redirect" else "MEDIUM", "HSTS_MISSING", "Strict-Transport-Security",
                    "no HSTS: the first visit or a typed http:// link can be downgraded or intercepted",
                    "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains")
        else:
            if len(hsts_vals) > 1:
                add("LOW", "DUPLICATE_HEADER", "Strict-Transport-Security",
                    "%d HSTS headers; browsers use only the first" % len(hsts_vals), "send exactly one")
            d = parse_directives(hsts_vals[0])
            ma = d.get("max-age")
            if ma is None or not ma.isdigit():
                add("HIGH", "HSTS_INVALID", "Strict-Transport-Security",
                    "max-age missing or not a number, so the header is ignored",
                    "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains")
            else:
                ma = int(ma)
                if ma == 0:
                    add("MEDIUM", "HSTS_DISABLED", "Strict-Transport-Security",
                        "max-age=0 clears HSTS (only correct while deliberately rolling it back)",
                        "max-age=31536000 once every subdomain serves HTTPS")
                elif ma < HSTS_MIN:
                    add("MEDIUM", "HSTS_SHORT_MAX_AGE", "Strict-Transport-Security",
                        "max-age=%d (%s) is short; protection lapses between visits" % (ma, _days(ma)),
                        "raise in steps (1 week, 1 month) to max-age=31536000")
                if "includesubdomains" not in d and ma:
                    add("LOW", "HSTS_NO_SUBDOMAINS", "Strict-Transport-Security",
                        "subdomains are not covered (cookies scoped to the parent domain can leak over HTTP)",
                        "add includeSubDomains after checking every subdomain has HTTPS")
                if "preload" in d and (ma < HSTS_PRELOAD or "includesubdomains" not in d):
                    add("LOW", "HSTS_PRELOAD_INCOMPLETE", "Strict-Transport-Security",
                        "preload is set but the list requires max-age>=31536000 and includeSubDomains",
                        "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload (only if you mean to preload)")

    # --- CSP
    csp_vals = resp.get_all("content-security-policy")
    csp_ro = resp.get_all("content-security-policy-report-only")
    frame_ancestors = None
    if csp_vals:
        merged = {}
        for v in csp_vals:
            for k, toks in parse_csp(v).items():
                merged.setdefault(k, toks)
        if "frame-ancestors" in merged:
            frame_ancestors = merged["frame-ancestors"]
    if doc:
        if not csp_vals:
            if csp_ro:
                add("MEDIUM", "CSP_REPORT_ONLY", "Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only",
                    "CSP is only in report-only mode; nothing is blocked",
                    "after reports are clean, send the same policy as Content-Security-Policy")
            else:
                add("MEDIUM", "CSP_MISSING", "Content-Security-Policy",
                    "no Content-Security-Policy: an injected <script> runs with full page access",
                    "start with a report-only policy (see the suggested header set), then enforce")
        else:
            for v in csp_vals:
                d = parse_csp(v)
                script = d.get("script-src", d.get("default-src"))
                src_name = "script-src" if "script-src" in d else "default-src"
                if script is None:
                    add("HIGH", "CSP_NO_SCRIPT_RESTRICTION", "Content-Security-Policy",
                        "policy has neither script-src nor default-src, so scripts are not restricted",
                        "add default-src 'self' and a script-src")
                else:
                    low = [t.lower() for t in script]
                    has_nonce = any(t.startswith(("'nonce-", "'sha256-", "'sha384-", "'sha512-")) for t in low)
                    strict = "'strict-dynamic'" in low
                    wild = [t for t in low if t in ("*", "http:", "https:", "data:", "blob:") or t.startswith("http://")]
                    if wild and not strict:
                        add("HIGH", "CSP_WILDCARD_SCRIPT", "Content-Security-Policy",
                            "%s allows %s, so scripts load from anywhere" % (src_name, " ".join(wild)),
                            "list exact hosts or use nonces with 'strict-dynamic'")
                    if "'unsafe-inline'" in low and not has_nonce:
                        add("MEDIUM", "CSP_UNSAFE_INLINE", "Content-Security-Policy",
                            "%s has 'unsafe-inline' without a nonce/hash: inline XSS is not blocked" % src_name,
                            "move inline scripts to files or add nonces/hashes")
                    if "'unsafe-eval'" in low:
                        add("MEDIUM", "CSP_UNSAFE_EVAL", "Content-Security-Policy",
                            "%s has 'unsafe-eval' (eval/new Function allowed)" % src_name,
                            "remove it; replace eval-based libraries or templates")
                obj = d.get("object-src", d.get("default-src"))
                if obj is None or [t.lower() for t in obj] != ["'none'"]:
                    add("LOW", "CSP_OBJECT_SRC", "Content-Security-Policy",
                        "object-src is not 'none' (plugins/embeds can bypass script rules)", "add object-src 'none'")
                if "base-uri" not in d:
                    add("LOW", "CSP_NO_BASE_URI", "Content-Security-Policy",
                        "no base-uri: an injected <base> tag can redirect relative script URLs",
                        "add base-uri 'self' (or 'none')")

    # --- clickjacking
    xfo_vals = resp.get_all("x-frame-options")
    if doc:
        if frame_ancestors is None and not xfo_vals:
            add("MEDIUM", "CLICKJACKING_UNPROTECTED", "X-Frame-Options / frame-ancestors",
                "page can be framed by any site (clickjacking)",
                "Content-Security-Policy: frame-ancestors 'self' (and X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN for old browsers)")
        elif frame_ancestors is not None and any(t in ("*", "https:", "http:") for t in frame_ancestors):
            add("MEDIUM", "FRAME_ANCESTORS_WILDCARD", "Content-Security-Policy",
                "frame-ancestors %s allows framing by any site" % " ".join(frame_ancestors),
                "frame-ancestors 'self' plus the exact partner origins")
    if xfo_vals:
        if len(xfo_vals) > 1 or "," in xfo_vals[0]:
            add("MEDIUM", "XFO_INVALID", "X-Frame-Options",
                "several X-Frame-Options values; some browsers then ignore the header", "send one value")
        v = xfo_vals[0].strip().upper()
        if v.startswith("ALLOW-FROM"):
            add("MEDIUM" if frame_ancestors is None else "LOW", "XFO_ALLOW_FROM", "X-Frame-Options",
                "ALLOW-FROM is not supported by current browsers (treated as no protection)",
                "use CSP frame-ancestors 'self' https://partner.example")
        elif v not in ("DENY", "SAMEORIGIN") and "," not in v:
            add("MEDIUM", "XFO_INVALID", "X-Frame-Options", "unknown value %r is ignored" % xfo_vals[0],
                "DENY or SAMEORIGIN")

    # --- nosniff
    xcto = resp.get("x-content-type-options")
    if kind != "redirect":
        if xcto is None:
            add("MEDIUM" if kind in ("script", "style", "api") else "LOW", "XCTO_MISSING", "X-Content-Type-Options",
                "no nosniff: browsers may guess a different content type (e.g. run an upload as script)",
                "X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff")
        elif xcto.strip().lower() != "nosniff":
            add("LOW", "XCTO_INVALID", "X-Content-Type-Options", "value %r is ignored" % xcto,
                "X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff")

    # --- Referrer-Policy
    if doc:
        rp = resp.get("referrer-policy")
        if rp is None:
            add("LOW", "REFERRER_POLICY_MISSING", "Referrer-Policy",
                "no Referrer-Policy (modern browsers default to strict-origin-when-cross-origin; older ones send full URLs)",
                "Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin")
        else:
            last = [t.strip().lower() for t in rp.split(",") if t.strip()][-1:]  # last valid token wins
            if last and last[0] in ("unsafe-url", "no-referrer-when-downgrade"):
                add("MEDIUM", "REFERRER_POLICY_UNSAFE", "Referrer-Policy",
                    "%s sends full URLs (paths, query tokens) to other sites" % last[0],
                    "strict-origin-when-cross-origin (or no-referrer)")

    # --- Permissions-Policy
    if doc:
        pp = resp.get("permissions-policy")
        fp = resp.get("feature-policy")
        if pp is None and fp is not None:
            add("LOW", "FEATURE_POLICY_ONLY", "Feature-Policy",
                "only the old Feature-Policy header is sent; current browsers read Permissions-Policy",
                "Permissions-Policy: camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=()")
        elif pp is None:
            add("LOW", "PERMISSIONS_POLICY_MISSING", "Permissions-Policy",
                "powerful features (camera, microphone, geolocation) are not switched off for embedded content",
                "Permissions-Policy: camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=(), payment=()")
        elif re.search(r"\b[a-z-]+\s+'(none|self)'", pp):
            add("LOW", "PERMISSIONS_POLICY_SYNTAX", "Permissions-Policy",
                "uses Feature-Policy syntax (camera 'none'); Permissions-Policy needs camera=()",
                "rewrite as feature=() / feature=(self)")
        elif re.search(r"\b(%s)=\*" % "|".join(PERMISSION_FEATURES), pp):
            add("LOW", "PERMISSIONS_POLICY_WILDCARD", "Permissions-Policy",
                "a powerful feature is allowed for every origin (=*)", "use =(self) or =()")

    # --- COOP (only meaningful for top-level documents)
    if doc and https and resp.status < 300 and resp.get("cross-origin-opener-policy") is None:
        add("LOW", "COOP_MISSING", "Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy",
            "pages opened with window.open keep a handle to this window (tabnabbing/XS-leaks)",
            "Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy: same-origin (same-origin-allow-popups if you use OAuth/payment pop-ups)")

    # --- cookies
    for raw in resp.get_all("set-cookie"):
        name, val, a = parse_cookie(raw)
        sessionish = bool(SESSION_HINT.search(name))
        deleting = a.get("max-age") == "0" or "1970" in a.get("expires", "")
        if deleting:
            continue
        ss = a.get("samesite", "").lower()
        prefix_bad = False
        if name.startswith("__Host-") and ("secure" not in a or a.get("path") != "/" or "domain" in a):
            add("HIGH", "COOKIE_PREFIX_VIOLATION", "Set-Cookie",
                "%s: __Host- cookies need Secure, Path=/ and no Domain, so the browser rejects this one" % name,
                "Set-Cookie: %s=...; Path=/; Secure; SameSite=Lax (no Domain)" % name)
            prefix_bad = True
        elif name.startswith("__Secure-") and "secure" not in a:
            add("HIGH", "COOKIE_PREFIX_VIOLATION", "Set-Cookie",
                "%s: __Secure- cookies need the Secure flag, so the browser rejects this one" % name, "add Secure")
            prefix_bad = True
        if ss == "none" and "secure" not in a:
            add("HIGH", "COOKIE_SAMESITE_NONE_NO_SECURE", "Set-Cookie",
                "%s: SameSite=None without Secure is rejected by browsers" % name, "add Secure (HTTPS only)")
        elif https and "secure" not in a and not prefix_bad:
            add("HIGH" if sessionish else "MEDIUM", "COOKIE_NO_SECURE", "Set-Cookie",
                "%s: no Secure flag, the cookie is also sent over plain HTTP" % name, "add Secure")
        if sessionish and "httponly" not in a and not CSRF_HINT.search(name):
            add("MEDIUM", "COOKIE_NO_HTTPONLY", "Set-Cookie",
                "%s looks like a session/auth cookie but is readable from JavaScript (XSS can steal it)" % name,
                "add HttpOnly (unless the front end must read it, e.g. a double-submit CSRF token)")
        if not ss:
            add("LOW", "COOKIE_NO_SAMESITE", "Set-Cookie",
                "%s: no SameSite attribute (browsers apply Lax by default, older ones send it cross-site)" % name,
                "set SameSite=Lax explicitly (Strict for admin areas)")
        if "domain" in a and sessionish and not prefix_bad:
            add("LOW", "COOKIE_BROAD_DOMAIN", "Set-Cookie",
                "%s is shared with every subdomain of %s" % (name, a["domain"].lstrip(".")),
                "drop Domain= (host-only) or use the __Host- prefix")

    # --- CORS
    acao = resp.get("access-control-allow-origin")
    acac = (resp.get("access-control-allow-credentials") or "").strip().lower() == "true"
    req_origin = resp.request_headers.get("origin") or test_origin
    if acao is not None:
        a = acao.strip()
        if a == "*" and acac:
            add("MEDIUM", "CORS_WILDCARD_WITH_CREDENTIALS", "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
                "'*' with Allow-Credentials: true is invalid (browsers block it); it usually means someone will "
                "'fix' it by reflecting the Origin", "return an allowlisted origin, or drop credentials for public data")
        elif a.lower() == "null":
            add("HIGH" if acac else "MEDIUM", "CORS_NULL_ORIGIN", "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
                "allows the 'null' origin, which sandboxed iframes and local files can send",
                "never allowlist null")
        elif a == "*":
            if kind == "api" or acac or resp.get_all("set-cookie"):
                add("LOW", "CORS_WILDCARD", "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
                    "any site may read this response; fine for public data, not for anything per-user",
                    "allowlist origins if the endpoint ever returns user data")
        else:
            if req_origin and a == req_origin and not same_origin(a, resp.url):
                untrusted = test_origin is not None and a == test_origin
                add("HIGH" if (acac and untrusted) else ("MEDIUM" if untrusted else "LOW"),
                    "CORS_ORIGIN_REFLECTED" if untrusted else "CORS_ORIGIN_ECHO",
                    "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
                    ("the server echoed the untrusted test Origin %s, so it trusts any site%s" %
                     (a, "; with Allow-Credentials: true any site can read a logged-in user's data" if acac else ""))
                    if untrusted else "Origin %s was echoed; confirm it is on an allowlist (retest with --origin https://evil.example)" % a,
                    "compare Origin against an exact allowlist; never echo it unchecked")
            vary = ",".join(resp.get_all("vary")).lower()
            if "origin" not in vary and "*" not in vary:
                add("LOW", "CORS_NO_VARY_ORIGIN", "Vary",
                    "per-origin Access-Control-Allow-Origin without Vary: Origin; a cache can serve one origin's answer to another",
                    "add Vary: Origin")
        if acac and a not in ("*",) and a.lower().startswith("http://"):
            add("MEDIUM", "CORS_HTTP_ORIGIN_TRUSTED", "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
                "credentials are shared with a plain-HTTP origin (%s), which a network attacker can impersonate" % a,
                "allow only https:// origins")
    methods = (resp.get("access-control-allow-methods") or "")
    hdrs = (resp.get("access-control-allow-headers") or "")
    if methods.strip() == "*" and acac or hdrs.strip() == "*" and acac:
        add("LOW", "CORS_WILDCARD_METHODS", "Access-Control-Allow-Methods/Headers",
            "'*' is treated literally when credentials are allowed", "list the methods/headers explicitly")

    # --- disclosure and deprecated headers
    srv = resp.get("server")
    if srv and re.search(r"\d", srv):
        add("LOW", "SERVER_VERSION_DISCLOSED", "Server",
            "Server: %s reveals the software version" % srv, "hide the version (server_tokens off / ServerTokens Prod)")
    for h in ("x-powered-by", "x-aspnet-version", "x-aspnetmvc-version", "x-generator"):
        v = resp.get(h)
        if v:
            add("LOW", "TECH_DISCLOSED", h.title(), "%s: %s reveals the stack" % (h.title(), v), "remove the header")
    xx = resp.get("x-xss-protection")
    if xx and not xx.strip().startswith("0"):
        add("LOW", "X_XSS_PROTECTION_DEPRECATED", "X-XSS-Protection",
            "the XSS auditor is gone from browsers; '1; mode=block' can even create leaks in old ones",
            "remove it or send X-XSS-Protection: 0, rely on CSP")
    if resp.get("public-key-pins") or resp.get("public-key-pins-report-only"):
        add("MEDIUM", "HPKP_DEPRECATED", "Public-Key-Pins",
            "HPKP is removed from browsers and risky if any client still honours it", "remove the header")
    if resp.get("expect-ct"):
        add("LOW", "EXPECT_CT_DEPRECATED", "Expect-CT", "Expect-CT is obsolete", "remove the header")
    return f


SUGGESTED = [
    "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains",
    "Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'nonce-{RANDOM}'; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'self'; frame-ancestors 'self'; form-action 'self'",
    "X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff",
    "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN",
    "Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin",
    "Permissions-Policy: camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=(), payment=()",
    "Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy: same-origin",
    "Set-Cookie: __Host-session=...; Path=/; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax",
]

PRESENCE = [("HSTS", "strict-transport-security"), ("CSP", "content-security-policy"),
            ("XFO", "x-frame-options"), ("nosniff", "x-content-type-options"),
            ("Referrer", "referrer-policy"), ("Permissions", "permissions-policy"),
            ("COOP", "cross-origin-opener-policy")]


def run(responses, test_origin=None, min_sev="LOW", ignore=()):
    out = []
    for r in responses:
        fs = [x for x in check(r, test_origin)
              if SEV_ORDER[x["severity"]] >= SEV_ORDER[min_sev] and x["code"] not in ignore]
        fs.sort(key=lambda x: -SEV_ORDER[x["severity"]])
        out.append((r, fs))
    return out


def counts(fs):
    c = {"HIGH": 0, "MEDIUM": 0, "LOW": 0}
    for x in fs:
        c[x["severity"]] += 1
    return c


def render_md(results, source):
    allf = [x for _, fs in results for x in fs]
    c = counts(allf)
    o = ["# HTTP security headers: %s" % source, "",
         "Responses: %d   Findings: %d (HIGH %d, MEDIUM %d, LOW %d)" % (len(results), len(allf), c["HIGH"], c["MEDIUM"], c["LOW"]), "",
         "| # | URL | Status | Kind | " + " | ".join(p[0] for p in PRESENCE) + " | Cookies | CORS |",
         "|---|---|---|---|" + "---|" * len(PRESENCE) + "---|---|"]
    for i, (r, fs) in enumerate(results, 1):
        cells = []
        for _, h in PRESENCE:
            cells.append("yes" if r.get(h) is not None else "-")
        if "frame-ancestors" in (r.get("content-security-policy") or "") and cells[2] == "-":
            cells[2] = "CSP"
        ck = len(r.get_all("set-cookie"))
        cors = r.get("access-control-allow-origin") or "-"
        o.append("| %d | %s | %d | %s | %s | %s | %s |" % (i, r.url or "(unknown)", r.status, r.kind,
                                                       " | ".join(cells), ck or "-", cors))
    for i, (r, fs) in enumerate(results, 1):
        cc = counts(fs)
        o += ["", "## %d. %s %d (%s)%s" % (i, r.url or "(unknown URL)", r.status, r.kind,
                                          ", line %d" % r.line if r.line else ""), ""]
        if not fs:
            o.append("No findings.")
            continue
        o.append("HIGH %d, MEDIUM %d, LOW %d" % (cc["HIGH"], cc["MEDIUM"], cc["LOW"]))
        o += ["", "| Sev | Code | Header | Problem | Fix |", "|---|---|---|---|---|"]
        for x in fs:
            o.append("| %s | %s | %s | %s | %s |" % (x["severity"], x["code"], x["header"],
                                                   x["problem"].replace("|", "/"), x["fix"].replace("|", "/")))
    if any(r.kind in ("html", "unknown") and fs for r, fs in results):
        o += ["", "## Suggested baseline for HTML pages (adapt CSP hosts and nonces before enforcing)", "", "```"] + SUGGESTED + ["```"]
    o += ["", "Offline check of captured headers only: TLS, the HSTS preload list, CSP in <meta> tags and "
          "server-side Origin allowlists were not tested."]
    return "\n".join(o) + "\n"


# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- self-test

def self_test():
    cases = []

    def codes(text, url="https://example.com/", origin=None):
        rs = load(text, url)
        return [x["code"] for _, fs in run(rs, origin) for x in fs]

    def case(name, fn):
        try:
            ok = bool(fn())
            err = ""
        except Exception as e:  # noqa
            ok, err = False, repr(e)
        cases.append((name, ok, err))

    good = ("HTTP/2 200\ncontent-type: text/html; charset=utf-8\n"
            "strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains\n"
            "content-security-policy: default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'nonce-abc'; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'self'; frame-ancestors 'self'\n"
            "x-content-type-options: nosniff\nreferrer-policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin\n"
            "permissions-policy: camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=()\ncross-origin-opener-policy: same-origin\n"
            "set-cookie: __Host-sid=abc; Path=/; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax\n")
    H = "HTTP/2 200\ncontent-type: text/html\n"
    case("hardened page is clean", lambda: codes(good) == [])
    case("missing everything on html", lambda: {"HSTS_MISSING", "CSP_MISSING", "CLICKJACKING_UNPROTECTED", "XCTO_MISSING",
                                                 "REFERRER_POLICY_MISSING", "PERMISSIONS_POLICY_MISSING", "COOP_MISSING"} <= set(codes(H)))
    case("HSTS missing is HIGH on html", lambda: [x for _, fs in run(load(H, "https://a.test/")) for x in fs if x["code"] == "HSTS_MISSING"][0]["severity"] == "HIGH")
    case("HSTS short max-age", lambda: "HSTS_SHORT_MAX_AGE" in codes(H + "strict-transport-security: max-age=86400\n"))
    case("HSTS invalid", lambda: "HSTS_INVALID" in codes(H + "strict-transport-security: includeSubDomains\n"))
    case("HSTS max-age=0", lambda: "HSTS_DISABLED" in codes(H + "strict-transport-security: max-age=0\n"))
    case("HSTS no subdomains", lambda: "HSTS_NO_SUBDOMAINS" in codes(H + "strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000\n"))
    case("HSTS preload incomplete", lambda: "HSTS_PRELOAD_INCOMPLETE" in codes(H + "strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; preload\n"))
    case("HSTS ignored on http", lambda: "HSTS_ON_HTTP" in codes("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved\nlocation: https://a.test/\nstrict-transport-security: max-age=31536000\n", "http://a.test/"))
    case("http without https redirect", lambda: "HTTP_NO_HTTPS_REDIRECT" in codes(H, "http://a.test/"))
    case("http 302 to https is temporary", lambda: "HTTP_REDIRECT_TEMPORARY" in codes("HTTP/1.1 302 Found\nlocation: https://a.test/\n", "http://a.test/"))
    case("http 301 to https ok", lambda: codes("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved\nlocation: https://a.test/\n", "http://a.test/") == [])
    case("CSP report-only", lambda: "CSP_REPORT_ONLY" in codes(H + "content-security-policy-report-only: default-src 'self'\n"))
    case("CSP unsafe-inline", lambda: "CSP_UNSAFE_INLINE" in codes(H + "content-security-policy: default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'\n"))
    case("CSP unsafe-inline with nonce ok", lambda: "CSP_UNSAFE_INLINE" not in codes(H + "content-security-policy: script-src 'nonce-x' 'unsafe-inline'\n"))
    case("CSP unsafe-eval", lambda: "CSP_UNSAFE_EVAL" in codes(H + "content-security-policy: default-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval'\n"))
    case("CSP wildcard https:", lambda: "CSP_WILDCARD_SCRIPT" in codes(H + "content-security-policy: script-src 'self' https:\n"))
    case("CSP strict-dynamic tolerates https:", lambda: "CSP_WILDCARD_SCRIPT" not in codes(H + "content-security-policy: script-src 'nonce-x' 'strict-dynamic' https:\n"))
    case("CSP without script restriction", lambda: "CSP_NO_SCRIPT_RESTRICTION" in codes(H + "content-security-policy: img-src 'self'\n"))
    case("CSP object-src and base-uri", lambda: {"CSP_OBJECT_SRC", "CSP_NO_BASE_URI"} <= set(codes(H + "content-security-policy: script-src 'self'\n")))
    case("frame-ancestors satisfies clickjacking", lambda: "CLICKJACKING_UNPROTECTED" not in codes(H + "content-security-policy: default-src 'self'; frame-ancestors 'none'\n"))
    case("frame-ancestors wildcard", lambda: "FRAME_ANCESTORS_WILDCARD" in codes(H + "content-security-policy: default-src 'self'; frame-ancestors *\n"))
    case("XFO ALLOW-FROM", lambda: "XFO_ALLOW_FROM" in codes(H + "x-frame-options: ALLOW-FROM https://p.test\n"))
    case("XFO duplicate", lambda: "XFO_INVALID" in codes(H + "x-frame-options: DENY\nx-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN\n"))
    case("nosniff MEDIUM on script", lambda: [x["severity"] for _, fs in run(load("HTTP/2 200\ncontent-type: application/javascript\n", "https://a.test/a.js")) for x in fs if x["code"] == "XCTO_MISSING"] == ["MEDIUM"])
    case("nosniff wrong value", lambda: "XCTO_INVALID" in codes(H + "x-content-type-options: yes\n"))
    case("referrer unsafe-url", lambda: "REFERRER_POLICY_UNSAFE" in codes(H + "referrer-policy: unsafe-url\n"))
    case("referrer last token wins", lambda: "REFERRER_POLICY_UNSAFE" not in codes(H + "referrer-policy: unsafe-url, strict-origin-when-cross-origin\n"))
    case("feature-policy only", lambda: "FEATURE_POLICY_ONLY" in codes(H + "feature-policy: camera 'none'\n"))
    case("permissions-policy old syntax", lambda: "PERMISSIONS_POLICY_SYNTAX" in codes(H + "permissions-policy: camera 'none'\n"))
    case("permissions-policy wildcard", lambda: "PERMISSIONS_POLICY_WILDCARD" in codes(H + "permissions-policy: geolocation=*\n"))
    case("cookie no secure session HIGH", lambda: [x["severity"] for _, fs in run(load(H + "set-cookie: sessionid=1; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax\n", "https://a.test/")) for x in fs if x["code"] == "COOKIE_NO_SECURE"] == ["HIGH"])
    case("cookie no httponly", lambda: "COOKIE_NO_HTTPONLY" in codes(H + "set-cookie: auth_token=1; Secure; SameSite=Lax\n"))
    case("cookie no samesite", lambda: "COOKIE_NO_SAMESITE" in codes(H + "set-cookie: theme=dark; Secure\n"))
    case("cookie samesite none no secure", lambda: "COOKIE_SAMESITE_NONE_NO_SECURE" in codes(H + "set-cookie: tid=1; SameSite=None\n"))
    case("cookie __Host- with Domain", lambda: "COOKIE_PREFIX_VIOLATION" in codes(H + "set-cookie: __Host-sid=1; Path=/; Secure; Domain=a.test\n"))
    case("cookie __Secure- without Secure", lambda: "COOKIE_PREFIX_VIOLATION" in codes(H + "set-cookie: __Secure-x=1; Path=/\n"))
    case("csrf cookie may be JS-readable", lambda: "COOKIE_NO_HTTPONLY" not in codes(H + "set-cookie: csrftoken=1; Secure; SameSite=Lax\n"))
    case("prefix violation not double-reported", lambda: codes(good.replace("Path=/; Secure; HttpOnly", "Path=/; Domain=a.test; HttpOnly")).count("COOKIE_PREFIX_VIOLATION") == 1 and "COOKIE_NO_SECURE" not in codes(good.replace("Path=/; Secure; HttpOnly", "Path=/; HttpOnly")))
    case("max-age wording", lambda: _days(86400) == "1 day" and _days(604800) == "7 days")
    case("cookie broad domain", lambda: "COOKIE_BROAD_DOMAIN" in codes(H + "set-cookie: session=1; Domain=.a.test; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax\n"))
    case("deleted cookie ignored", lambda: not any(c.startswith("COOKIE") for c in codes(H + "set-cookie: session=; Max-Age=0\n")))
    J = "HTTP/2 200\ncontent-type: application/json\nx-content-type-options: nosniff\nstrict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains\n"
    case("api json not checked for CSP", lambda: "CSP_MISSING" not in codes(J))
    case("cors * with credentials", lambda: "CORS_WILDCARD_WITH_CREDENTIALS" in codes(J + "access-control-allow-origin: *\naccess-control-allow-credentials: true\n"))
    case("cors null origin", lambda: "CORS_NULL_ORIGIN" in codes(J + "access-control-allow-origin: null\naccess-control-allow-credentials: true\n"))
    case("cors reflected test origin HIGH", lambda: [x["severity"] for _, fs in run(load(J + "access-control-allow-origin: https://evil.example\naccess-control-allow-credentials: true\nvary: Origin\n", "https://api.a.test/me"), "https://evil.example") for x in fs if x["code"] == "CORS_ORIGIN_REFLECTED"] == ["HIGH"])
    case("cors request origin from curl -v", lambda: "CORS_ORIGIN_ECHO" in codes("> GET /me HTTP/2\n> Host: api.a.test\n> Origin: https://app.a.test\n" + "\n".join("< " + l for l in (J + "access-control-allow-origin: https://app.a.test\nvary: Origin").splitlines()) + "\n", ""))
    case("cors no vary origin", lambda: "CORS_NO_VARY_ORIGIN" in codes(J + "access-control-allow-origin: https://app.a.test\n"))
    case("cors http origin with credentials", lambda: "CORS_HTTP_ORIGIN_TRUSTED" in codes(J + "access-control-allow-origin: http://app.a.test\naccess-control-allow-credentials: true\nvary: Origin\n"))
    case("cors * public api LOW only", lambda: [x["severity"] for _, fs in run(load(J + "access-control-allow-origin: *\n", "https://a.test/api")) for x in fs] == ["LOW"])
    case("server version", lambda: "SERVER_VERSION_DISCLOSED" in codes(H + "server: nginx/1.18.0\n"))
    case("server without version ok", lambda: "SERVER_VERSION_DISCLOSED" not in codes(H + "server: nginx\n"))
    case("x-powered-by", lambda: "TECH_DISCLOSED" in codes(H + "x-powered-by: Express\n"))
    case("x-xss-protection 1", lambda: "X_XSS_PROTECTION_DEPRECATED" in codes(H + "x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block\n"))
    case("x-xss-protection 0 ok", lambda: "X_XSS_PROTECTION_DEPRECATED" not in codes(H + "x-xss-protection: 0\n"))
    case("hpkp", lambda: "HPKP_DEPRECATED" in codes(H + "public-key-pins: pin-sha256=\"x\"; max-age=10\n"))
    case("redirect chain urls from Location", lambda: [r.url for r in load("# http://a.test/\nHTTP/1.1 301 Moved\nLocation: https://a.test/\n\nHTTP/2 200\ncontent-type: text/html\n")] == ["http://a.test/", "https://a.test/"])
    case("relative Location resolved", lambda: load("# https://a.test/old\nHTTP/2 302\nlocation: /new\n\nHTTP/2 200\n")[1].url == "https://a.test/new")
    case("headers-only file", lambda: len(load("Content-Type: text/html\nX-Frame-Options: DENY\n", "https://a.test/")) == 1)
    case("CRLF input", lambda: load("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: text/html\r\n\r\n", "https://a.test/")[0].get("content-type") == "text/html")
    har = json.dumps({"log": {"entries": [{"request": {"url": "https://a.test/", "headers": []},
                                            "response": {"status": 200, "headers": [{"name": "content-type", "value": "text/html"}]}}]}})
    case("HAR input", lambda: "CSP_MISSING" in codes(har))
    case("bad JSON rejected", lambda: _raises(lambda: load('{"nope": 1}')))
    case("empty input rejected", lambda: _raises(lambda: load("hello world\n")))
    case("ignore and min-severity", lambda: all(x["severity"] == "HIGH" and x["code"] != "HSTS_MISSING" for _, fs in run(load(H, "https://a.test/"), None, "HIGH", {"HSTS_MISSING"}) for x in fs))
    case("markdown render", lambda: "Suggested baseline" in render_md(run(load(H, "https://a.test/")), "t"))

    passed = sum(1 for _, ok, _ in cases if ok)
    for name, ok, err in cases:
        print(("PASS " if ok else "FAIL ") + name + ((" " + err) if err else ""))
    print("%d/%d passed" % (passed, len(cases)))
    return 0 if passed == len(cases) else 1


def _raises(fn):
    try:
        fn()
    except ValueError:
        return True
    return False


def main(argv=None):
    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Check HTTP security response headers (offline).")
    ap.add_argument("file", nargs="?", help="curl -I/-IL/-v output, HAR file or headers file ('-' = stdin)")
    ap.add_argument("--url", default="", help="URL of the first response if the file does not name it")
    ap.add_argument("--origin", default=None, help="the untrusted Origin you sent in a CORS test (e.g. https://evil.example)")
    ap.add_argument("--min-severity", default="LOW", choices=["LOW", "MEDIUM", "HIGH"])
    ap.add_argument("--ignore", default="", help="comma-separated finding codes to skip")
    ap.add_argument("--json", action="store_true", help="print JSON instead of markdown")
    ap.add_argument("--self-test", action="store_true")
    a = ap.parse_args(argv)
    if a.self_test:
        return self_test()
    if not a.file:
        ap.error("give a headers file or --self-test")
    try:
        text = sys.stdin.read() if a.file == "-" else open(a.file, encoding="utf-8", errors="replace").read()
        responses = load(text, a.url)
    except (OSError, ValueError) as e:
        print("error: %s" % e, file=sys.stderr)
        return 2
    ignore = {c.strip() for c in a.ignore.split(",") if c.strip()}
    results = run(responses, a.origin, a.min_severity, ignore)
    if a.json:
        print(json.dumps({"responses": [{"url": r.url, "status": r.status, "kind": r.kind, "findings": fs}
                                        for r, fs in results]}, indent=2))
    else:
        sys.stdout.write(render_md(results, "-" if a.file == "-" else a.file.split("/")[-1]))
    return 1 if any(x["severity"] == "HIGH" for _, fs in results for x in fs) else 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())

---
name: dns-zone-record-linter
description: Lints a DNS zone file or a provider's CSV record export before it breaks web or mail - CNAME at the apex or next to other records, MX/NS pointing at a CNAME or IP, missing trailing dots, missing or duplicate SPF, +all/?all and the 10-lookup limit, DMARC and DKIM presence, syntax and key size, TTL extremes, private IPs and SOA mistakes. Returns corrected records. Includes an offline stdlib Python linter with --self-test.
---

# DNS Zone Record Linter

You review DNS records the way a careful DNS operator would before a migration or a mail setup goes live. You find the mistakes that silently break things (a CNAME at the apex, an MX that points at a CNAME, `mail.example.com` written without its trailing dot, two SPF records), explain the effect in plain words, and hand back corrected records. You work offline from the file; you never claim a live lookup you did not make.

## Files in this skill

- `scripts/dns_lint.py` - parses a BIND zone file ($ORIGIN, $TTL, @, relative names, multi-line SOA, quoted TXT) or a CSV export (name,type,value,ttl,priority) and reports findings with line numbers, then lists out-of-zone targets to check live (Python 3.8+ standard library only)
- `references/record-rules.md` - the rules behind each check with RFC pointers: CNAME exclusivity, MX/NS targets, trailing dots, SPF, DMARC, DKIM, TTL and SOA values
- `references/finding-codes.md` - every finding code with severity, when it is acceptable, and the usual fix
- `templates/dns-review.md` - the review to hand back (summary, fixes as records, live checks, rollout notes)
- `examples/example.com.zone` - a zone exported before a DNS host move, with mistakes on purpose
- `examples/example.com.fixed.zone` - the corrected zone (lints clean)
- `examples/lint-report.md` - the real output of the linter on the broken example

## Workflow

### 1. Get the records and the context
Ask for the zone file (BIND format, `dig AXFR` output or the provider's export) or a CSV (`name,type,value,ttl,priority`), the zone name, and what the domain is for: website only, sending mail (which services: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, a newsletter tool, a helpdesk), or no mail at all. If the user pastes records from a provider UI, note that host names there usually have no trailing dot and that NS/SOA are often managed by the provider.

### 2. Run the linter
```
python3 scripts/dns_lint.py examples/example.com.zone
python3 scripts/dns_lint.py records.csv --origin example.com
python3 scripts/dns_lint.py zone.db --origin example.com --min-severity MEDIUM --ignore CAA_MISSING --json
python3 scripts/dns_lint.py --self-test
```
Exit 0 = no HIGH findings, 1 = HIGH findings, 2 = bad input (unclosed parenthesis or quote, unknown zone name). If you cannot run code, apply `references/record-rules.md` by hand in the same order.

### 3. Read the findings
- **HIGH** breaks resolution or mail now (CNAME conflicts, MX to CNAME, missing trailing dot, two SPF records, `+all`, DMARC at the wrong name, invalid SPF terms, weak DKIM key).
- **MEDIUM** is wrong or risky but may still work (missing DMARC/DKIM/SPF, `?all`, private IPs, TTL extremes, dangling targets, a single name server).
- **LOW** is hygiene (duplicates, `p=none`, 1024-bit DKIM, no CAA, obsolete SPF type).
- The linter counts only top-level SPF lookups; nested includes add more. It cannot see records that live at the provider (DKIM selectors created by a mail host) or targets outside the zone. Say so, and list the live checks from the "Out-of-zone targets" table (`dig +short CNAME shop.example.com`, `dig TXT _dmarc.example.com`).

### 4. Deliver
Fill `templates/dns-review.md`: a short summary, the corrected records in the user's format (zone lines or provider form fields), what to verify live, and the rollout order: lower TTLs a day ahead, change, verify, raise TTLs again; bump the SOA serial. For mail changes, recommend DMARC `p=none` with `rua` first, then `quarantine`, then `reject` once reports are clean.

## Example result
On `examples/example.com.zone` the linter reports 19 findings (HIGH 7, MEDIUM 8, LOW 4): the website was moved with `@ CNAME bakery-site.example.net.` (CNAME at the apex, next to SOA, NS, MX and TXT), `www` has both a CNAME and a verification TXT, `MX 10 mail.example.com` lacks its trailing dot so it means `mail.example.com.example.com.`, the backup MX points at a CNAME, there are two `v=spf1` records (one with `?all`), DMARC sits at `dmarc` instead of `_dmarc`, an old DKIM selector is revoked, the SOA contact contains `@`, and `intranet` publishes 10.0.4.12. `examples/example.com.fixed.zone` fixes all of them and lints clean (exit 0).

## Rules

- Never invent record values (IPs, DKIM keys, provider host names); use placeholders and say what the user must copy from the provider.
- Keep exactly one SPF record per name; merge includes instead of adding a second record.
- Do not suggest deleting DKIM selectors or MX records that may still be in use without asking which services send mail.
- Explain trailing-dot effects with the expanded name, so the user sees the bug.
- Mark anything that needs a live lookup as "to verify"; never present it as checked.
- Changes to NS, MX or apex records go with a rollout and rollback note (old values, TTLs, when to check).
FILE:references/record-rules.md
# DNS record rules the linter applies

## Names and trailing dots
- In a zone file a name without a final dot is relative: `www` and `mail.example.com` both get the origin appended. `mail.example.com` in zone `example.com.` becomes `mail.example.com.example.com.` - the most common copy-paste bug. Write `mail.example.com.` or just `mail`.
- `@` is the origin (apex). A line starting with whitespace reuses the previous owner name.
- Provider web forms usually add the dot for you; the linter skips trailing-dot checks for CSV input.

## CNAME (RFC 1034 3.6.2, RFC 2181 10.1)
- A name with a CNAME may have no other data (only DNSSEC records). Resolvers return the CNAME and ignore the rest, so a TXT or MX next to it is invisible or breaks.
- The apex always has SOA and NS, so a CNAME at the apex is never valid. Use A/AAAA, or the provider's ALIAS / ANAME / CNAME flattening, which answers with A/AAAA.
- Only one CNAME per name. Chains (CNAME to CNAME) work but cost lookups; keep them short.
- A CNAME to an outside service (shop, status page, CDN) that is later cancelled can be claimed by someone else (subdomain takeover). List them and remove the ones no longer used.

## MX, NS, SRV targets (RFC 2181 10.3, RFC 5321 5.1, RFC 7505)
- MX, NS and SRV must name a host with A/AAAA records, not a CNAME and not an IP address.
- Lower MX preference wins. Backup MX hosts must accept mail for the domain or they only collect spam.
- Null MX `MX 0 .` says the domain receives no mail. It must be the only MX.
- Use at least two NS on separate networks; the NS set at the registrar (delegation) must match the zone.

## SPF (RFC 7208)
- One `v=spf1` TXT record per name. Two records = permerror = SPF fails for all mail.
- Terms: `ip4:`, `ip6:`, `a`, `mx`, `include:`, `exists:`, `ptr` (deprecated), `all`, modifiers `redirect=` and `exp=`. Qualifiers: `+` pass (default), `-` fail, `~` softfail, `?` neutral.
- Max 10 terms that cause DNS lookups (`include`, `a`, `mx`, `ptr`, `exists`, `redirect`), counted across nested includes. `ip4`/`ip6` cost nothing.
- End with `-all` (or `~all` while testing). `+all` lets anyone send as you; `?all` gives no signal. Terms after `all` are ignored.
- The SPF record type (99) is obsolete; publish TXT only.
- One quoted string holds at most 255 bytes; long records are written as `"part one" "part two"` and are joined without spaces.

## DMARC (RFC 7489)
- TXT at `_dmarc.<domain>` only. Must start with `v=DMARC1;` and include `p=none|quarantine|reject`. One record.
- Add `rua=mailto:` to get aggregate reports. Roll out `p=none` -> `quarantine` -> `reject`; `pct` below 100 applies the policy to part of the mail.
- Since 2024 Gmail and Yahoo require SPF, DKIM and DMARC (at least `p=none`) for bulk senders.

## DKIM (RFC 6376, RFC 8301, RFC 8463)
- Keys live at `<selector>._domainkey.<domain>` as TXT (`v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=<base64>`) or as a CNAME to the provider (Microsoft 365, many ESPs).
- RSA keys under 1024 bits must not be used; 2048 bits is the recommendation. Ed25519 (`k=ed25519`) can be added alongside RSA.
- Empty `p=` means revoked. Selectors are not discoverable: absence in a file means "not here", not "not anywhere".

## TTL and SOA (RFC 1035, RFC 2181 8, RFC 2308)
- TTL is 0..2147483647 s. Usual values: 300-3600 s for records that change, 3600-86400 s for stable ones. Below 60 s many resolvers raise it anyway; above a week, a mistake lingers a week. Lower the TTL a day before a planned change.
- `$TTL` sets the default. The SOA minimum field is the negative-caching TTL (how long "does not exist" is cached): 300-3600 s.
- The SOA contact (rname) is an email written with a dot: `hostmaster.example.com.` for hostmaster@example.com.
- Bump the SOA serial on every change (YYYYMMDDnn).

## Addresses and CAA
- A holds IPv4, AAAA holds IPv6. Private, loopback and link-local addresses do not belong in a public zone (use split-horizon DNS). Documentation ranges (192.0.2.0/24, 2001:db8::/32) are fine in examples.
- CAA (RFC 8659) limits which certificate authorities may issue for the domain: `@ CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"`.
FILE:references/finding-codes.md
# Finding codes

| Code | Sev | Problem | Acceptable when | Usual fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNAME_AT_APEX | HIGH | apex CNAME conflicts with SOA/NS, breaks mail | never | A/AAAA or provider ALIAS/flattening |
| CNAME_WITH_OTHER_DATA | HIGH | other records next to a CNAME are ignored | DNSSEC records only | move the TXT/MX elsewhere or use A/AAAA |
| MULTIPLE_CNAME | HIGH | two CNAMEs for one name | never | keep one |
| MX_TO_CNAME / NS_TO_CNAME | HIGH | MX/NS/SRV target is an alias | never (some servers tolerate it, many do not) | point at the final A/AAAA host |
| TARGET_IS_IP | HIGH | MX/NS/CNAME value is an IP | never | host name with an A record |
| MISSING_TRAILING_DOT | HIGH | full name without dot gets the origin appended | never | add the dot or write it relative |
| OWNER_DOUBLED_ORIGIN | HIGH | owner `www.example.com` without dot | never | `www` or `www.example.com.` |
| SPF_MULTIPLE | HIGH | two v=spf1 records -> permerror | never | merge into one |
| SPF_PASS_ALL | HIGH | `+all`/`all` authorizes everyone | never | `-all` / `~all` |
| SPF_SYNTAX | HIGH | unknown term or bad ip4/ip6 -> permerror | never | fix the term |
| SPF_TOO_MANY_LOOKUPS | HIGH | more than 10 lookup terms | never | flatten, remove unused includes |
| TXT_STRING_TOO_LONG | HIGH | a quoted string over 255 bytes | provider UIs split for you (CSV input is not checked) | split into chunks |
| DMARC_WRONG_NAME | HIGH | v=DMARC1 not at _dmarc | never | move to `_dmarc` |
| DMARC_MULTIPLE / DMARC_SYNTAX | HIGH | receivers ignore DMARC | never | one valid record |
| DKIM_WRONG_NAME / DKIM_BAD_KEY | HIGH | key cannot be found or parsed | never | copy again from the provider |
| DKIM_WEAK_KEY | HIGH | RSA key below 1024 bits | never | rotate to 2048 |
| SOA_RNAME_AT | HIGH | `@` in the SOA contact | never | `hostmaster.example.com.` |
| NULL_MX_WITH_OTHERS | HIGH | `MX 0 .` plus real MX | never | one or the other |
| BAD_ADDRESS / WRONG_ADDRESS_FAMILY / TTL_INVALID | HIGH | value cannot be loaded | never | fix the value |
| SPF_MISSING | MEDIUM | MX but no SPF | never for a mail domain | one SPF record |
| DMARC_MISSING | MEDIUM | mail domain without DMARC | never | `v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=...` then tighten |
| DKIM_NOT_FOUND | MEDIUM | no selector in this file | selectors hosted elsewhere (check live) | publish the provider's selector |
| DKIM_REVOKED | MEDIUM | `p=` empty | intentionally retired selector (then remove it) | remove or publish the new key |
| SPF_NEUTRAL_ALL / SPF_NO_ALL / SPF_TERMS_AFTER_ALL | MEDIUM | weak or ignored policy | short test phase | end with `-all` / `~all` |
| MAYBE_MISSING_TRAILING_DOT | MEDIUM | looks like an outside name without dot | it really is a relative name | add the dot |
| DANGLING_TARGET | MEDIUM | in-zone target has no records | defined in another file or view | add or fix |
| MX_TARGET_NO_ADDRESS | MEDIUM | mail host has no A/AAAA | address comes from another zone | add A/AAAA |
| PRIVATE_ADDRESS | MEDIUM | RFC 1918/loopback/link-local in public DNS | deliberately internal-only zone | split-horizon |
| TTL_TOO_LOW / TTL_TOO_HIGH | MEDIUM | below 60 s / above 7 days | short TTL during a planned cut-over; `_acme-challenge` | 300 s - 1 day |
| NS_MISSING / NS_SINGLE / SOA_MISSING | MEDIUM | incomplete zone file | provider-managed NS/SOA (CSV input skips these) | add them |
| UNKNOWN_TYPE | MEDIUM | record type not recognized | new type the script does not know | check spelling |
| SPF_PTR / SPF_TYPE99 / SPF_LOOKUPS_NEAR_LIMIT | LOW | deprecated or close to the limit | - | replace / count nested includes live |
| DMARC_MONITOR_ONLY / DMARC_NO_RUA / DMARC_PARTIAL_PCT | LOW | DMARC not yet enforcing or not reporting | during rollout | tighten after reviewing reports |
| DKIM_1024_KEY | LOW | 1024-bit RSA | provider does not offer 2048 | rotate when possible |
| NO_MAIL_POLICY / NULL_MX_SPF_NOT_FAIL | LOW | no-mail domain can be spoofed | - | null MX + `v=spf1 -all` + DMARC reject |
| CNAME_CHAIN / DUPLICATE_RECORD / CAA_MISSING / NO_DEFAULT_TTL / SOA_NEGATIVE_TTL_HIGH / INCLUDE_NOT_FOLLOWED | LOW | hygiene | - | see the fix column in the report |

Exit codes: 0 = no HIGH, 1 = HIGH present, 2 = bad input. In CI, gate on HIGH and keep any `--ignore` list in the repo with a reason.

## Live checks the linter cannot do (offline)
- Out-of-zone targets: `dig +short A <target>`; a CNAME to a cancelled SaaS host is a takeover risk.
- Nested SPF includes: count with `dig TXT <include>` recursively, or a resolver-based SPF checker.
- DKIM selectors hosted by the mail provider: `dig TXT <selector>._domainkey.<domain>` (Google: `google`, Microsoft 365: `selector1`/`selector2` CNAMEs).
- Delegation: `dig NS <domain> @a.gtld-servers.net` (or the TLD's servers) must match the zone's NS set.
FILE:templates/dns-review.md
# DNS review: <domain>

**Source:** <zone file / provider export, date>   **Purpose:** <website + Google Workspace mail + newsletter tool>
**Result:** <HIGH n, MEDIUM n, LOW n> - <one-sentence verdict, e.g. "mail delivery is at risk until SPF is merged and MX is fixed">

## Fix now (HIGH)
| # | Record now | Problem | Replace with |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | `<@ CNAME bakery-site.example.net.>` | <CNAME at apex hides MX/TXT> | `<@ A 192.0.2.10>` (or ALIAS at the provider) |
| 2 | `<@ MX 10 mail.example.com>` | <no trailing dot -> mail.example.com.example.com.> | `<@ MX 10 mail.example.com.>` |

## Fix soon (MEDIUM)
- <add `_dmarc` TXT `v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc-reports@<domain>`>

## Hygiene (LOW)
- <remove duplicate A for blog; add CAA>

## Mail authentication summary
| Check | Now | After the fix |
|---|---|---|
| SPF | <2 records, ?all> | <1 record, includes A + B, -all> |
| DKIM | <google selector 1024-bit, s2019 revoked> | <2048-bit key, retired selector removed> |
| DMARC | <wrong name> | <_dmarc p=none -> quarantine on <date>> |

## Verify live (not checked offline)
- `<dig +short CNAME shop.<domain>>` - <target still in use?>
- `<dig TXT google._domainkey.<domain>>` - <matches the provider console?>

## Rollout
1. <lower TTL of changed records to 300 s, wait one old TTL>
2. <apply changes, bump SOA serial to YYYYMMDDnn>
3. <verify with dig against the authoritative servers and a public resolver; send a test mail and read the Authentication-Results header>
4. <raise TTLs back to 3600 s; review DMARC reports after 1-2 weeks>

**Rollback:** <old values listed above; restore them and wait one TTL>
**Open questions:** <which services send mail as this domain? is backupmx still used?>
FILE:examples/example.com.zone
; example.com - zone exported before the move to a new DNS host (has mistakes on purpose)
$ORIGIN example.com.
$TTL 3600
@       IN SOA  ns1.example.net. hostmaster@example.com. (
                2026103001 ; serial
                7200       ; refresh
                900        ; retry
                1209600    ; expire
                172800 )   ; minimum (negative caching)
@       IN NS   ns1.example.net.
@       IN NS   ns2.example.net.

; website moved to a static host
@       IN CNAME bakery-site.example.net.
www  30 IN CNAME bakery-site.example.net.
www     IN TXT  "site-verification=4f9c2a"
shop    IN CNAME shops.myshopify.com
blog    IN A    192.0.2.44
blog    IN A    192.0.2.44
legacy 1209600 IN A 192.0.2.45
intranet IN A   10.0.4.12

; mail
@       IN MX 10 mail.example.com
@       IN MX 20 backupmx
backupmx IN CNAME mx2.example.net.
@       IN TXT  "v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all"
@       IN TXT  "v=spf1 include:sendgrid.net ?all"
dmarc   IN TXT  "v=DMARC1; p=none"
google._domainkey IN TXT "v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDbNfaf4mo/6FvrWAv3WssXhXwsdrJxrAuhIVcYXdrMZp55PDpEjo63C/vOuaStp58YtZTnzQlm0V3rjtvOP1XgGAy3LWurXdRkT0zOGxx0AMgjZfD/8QDgjF6f4VW9zmNytbD3EgZXxeGZSBw8JtTdT/rOEygTgYL5+x5DftDSFQIDAQAB"
s2019._domainkey  IN TXT "v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p="
FILE:examples/example.com.fixed.zone
; example.com - corrected zone
$ORIGIN example.com.
$TTL 3600
@       IN SOA  ns1.example.net. hostmaster.example.com. (
                2026103002 ; serial (bumped)
                7200       ; refresh
                900        ; retry
                1209600    ; expire
                3600 )     ; minimum (negative caching)
@       IN NS   ns1.example.net.
@       IN NS   ns2.example.net.
@       IN CAA  0 issue "letsencrypt.org"

; website: A/AAAA at the apex (or the provider's ALIAS/flattening), CNAME only below it
@       IN A    192.0.2.10
@       IN AAAA 2001:db8::10
www     IN CNAME bakery-site.example.net.
_site-verification.www IN TXT "site-verification=4f9c2a"
shop    IN CNAME shops.myshopify.com.
blog    IN A    192.0.2.44
legacy  IN A    192.0.2.45
; intranet moved to the internal (split-horizon) view

; mail
@       IN MX 10 mail.example.com.
@       IN MX 20 mx2.example.net.
mail    IN A    192.0.2.25
@       IN TXT  "v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:sendgrid.net -all"
_dmarc  IN TXT  "v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:dmarc-reports@example.com"
google._domainkey IN TXT ( "v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAz7ouq6bH4GbHRPASRa3m/LiSvOKSZ7L7KZqE231EHY1s8FN9criBQkJXXmxkwPERQSVSyRIC4LjSpxwPTe6LEVhg7nrswTX1ktBbXMUmkgj8CPKV+yWzOsDOMk7kjqghuNWXD/R5K/mT7xbTiCaXztegoQi+"
                           "kVXf0xuMmQYLxVthdjIz1h2PORFhtjzwKYbpaMKjq2BWKIaNtaGBxc2kaSLyPw8W65+A7XeLhtKT8zcteU72IpdmibNsHlkBR0Hb7rQgb+0LgNVqPvF/mm37PKFPQPrfWjjL/Fc1MQoCm8jO3kI0O5ssuP7KKO7ZjtT4ekeHytw23INuPh/Kw1LqzwIDAQAB" )
FILE:examples/lint-report.md
# DNS record lint: example.com.zone

Zone: example.com.   Format: zone   Records: 19   Findings: 19 (HIGH 7, MEDIUM 8, LOW 4)

| Sev | Code | Line | Name | Type | Problem | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | SOA_RNAME_AT | 4 | @ | SOA | contact 'hostmaster@example.com.' contains '@'; in DNS it is written with a dot | write the contact as hostmaster.example.com. (first @ becomes a dot) |
| LOW | SOA_NEGATIVE_TTL_HIGH | 4 | @ | SOA | SOA minimum 172800 s: a deleted-then-added name stays 'does not exist' in caches that long | set the SOA minimum (negative-caching TTL) to 300-3600 s |
| HIGH | CNAME_AT_APEX | 14 | @ | CNAME | CNAME at the zone apex conflicts with the SOA and NS records there; mail and other lookups break | use A/AAAA records at the apex, or your provider's ALIAS/ANAME/CNAME-flattening record |
| HIGH | CNAME_WITH_OTHER_DATA | 15 | www | CNAME | name has a CNAME and also TXT; resolvers return only the CNAME | a name with a CNAME may have no other records: move the other records or replace the CNAME with A/AAAA |
| MEDIUM | TTL_TOO_LOW | 15 | www | CNAME | TTL 30 s: extra query load, slower lookups, and many resolvers raise it anyway | use 300 s or more for normal records (lower only for a planned change) |
| MEDIUM | MAYBE_MISSING_TRAILING_DOT | 17 | shop | CNAME | 'shops.myshopify.com' looks like a full host name but has no trailing dot, so it means shops.myshopify.com.example.com. | if this is an outside host name, add the trailing dot |
| LOW | DUPLICATE_RECORD | 19 | blog | A | same as line 18 | delete the duplicate |
| MEDIUM | TTL_TOO_HIGH | 20 | legacy | A | TTL 1209600 s (14 days): a wrong value stays cached that long | use 1 h to 1 day; above a week, mistakes take a week to undo |
| MEDIUM | PRIVATE_ADDRESS | 21 | intranet | A | 10.0.4.12 is a private/loopback address; outside users cannot reach it and it reveals internal layout | do not publish private/loopback addresses in a public zone (use split-horizon DNS if needed) |
| HIGH | MISSING_TRAILING_DOT | 24 | @ | MX | 'mail.example.com' has no trailing dot, so it means mail.example.com.example.com. | end fully qualified names with a dot (mail.example.com.) or write the relative form (mail) |
| MEDIUM | DANGLING_TARGET | 24 | @ | MX | MX target mail has no records in this zone | add the missing in-zone record or fix the target name |
| HIGH | MX_TO_CNAME | 25 | @ | MX | MX target backupmx is a CNAME (not allowed, RFC 2181 10.3) | point MX at a name with A/AAAA records (the CNAME's final target) |
| HIGH | SPF_MULTIPLE | 28 | @ | TXT | 2 v=spf1 records at this name (lines 27, 28) | merge into ONE v=spf1 record; two records make every SPF check fail (permerror) |
| MEDIUM | SPF_NEUTRAL_ALL | 28 | @ | TXT | '?all' is neutral: unauthorized senders are not marked | use ~all or -all; ?all gives receivers no signal |
| HIGH | DMARC_WRONG_NAME | 29 | dmarc | TXT | DMARC record is not at _dmarc.<domain>, so receivers never see it | DMARC is only read from _dmarc.<domain>; move the record there |
| LOW | DKIM_1024_KEY | 30 | google._domainkey | TXT | RSA key is 1024 bits; 2048 is the current recommendation | plan rotation to a 2048-bit key |
| MEDIUM | DKIM_REVOKED | 31 | s2019._domainkey | TXT | p= is empty: this selector is revoked and mail signed with it fails DKIM | empty p= revokes the key; remove the record if the selector is retired, or publish the new key |
| MEDIUM | DMARC_MISSING | - | _dmarc | TXT | no DMARC record: receivers cannot tell spoofed mail from yours, and Gmail/Yahoo require DMARC for bulk senders | add TXT at _dmarc: "v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc@<domain>" then move to quarantine/reject |
| LOW | CAA_MISSING | - | @ | CAA | no CAA record: any public CA may issue certificates for this domain | optional hardening: CAA 0 issue "<your CA>" limits who may issue certificates |

## Out-of-zone targets to check live (no network calls were made)

| Target | Used by |
|---|---|
| bakery-site.example.net. | @ CNAME (line 14); www CNAME (line 15) |
| mx2.example.net. | backupmx CNAME (line 26) |
| ns1.example.net. | @ NS (line 10) |
| ns2.example.net. | @ NS (line 11) |
| shops.myshopify.com. | shop CNAME (line 17) |
FILE:scripts/dns_lint.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""DNS zone record linter (Python 3.8+ standard library only, works offline).

Reads a BIND-style zone file or a CSV record list exported from a DNS provider and
reports common mistakes before they break web or mail delivery:
CNAME at the apex or next to other records, MX/NS pointing at a CNAME or an IP,
missing trailing dots (mail.example.com -> mail.example.com.example.com.), missing or
duplicate SPF, SPF syntax, +all/?all and the 10-lookup limit, DMARC and DKIM presence
and syntax, weak or revoked DKIM keys, TTL extremes, private addresses in a public
zone, SOA mistakes, duplicate records, and domains that send no mail but have no
"no mail" policy. Out-of-zone targets are listed for a separate live check.

Usage:
  python3 dns_lint.py example.com.zone [--origin example.com] [--json]
        [--min-severity LOW|MEDIUM|HIGH] [--ignore CODE,CODE]
  python3 dns_lint.py records.csv --origin example.com      (CSV columns: name,type,value[,ttl][,priority])
  python3 dns_lint.py --self-test
Zone files: $ORIGIN, $TTL, @, relative names, blank owner (repeat previous), optional
TTL/class in either order, ( ) multi-line records, ; comments, quoted TXT strings.
Exit codes: 0 = no HIGH findings, 1 = HIGH findings, 2 = bad input.
"""
import argparse, base64, csv, io, ipaddress, json, os, re, sys

SEVERITIES = ["LOW", "MEDIUM", "HIGH"]
CLASSES = {"IN", "CH", "HS"}
TYPES = {"A", "AAAA", "CNAME", "MX", "NS", "TXT", "SPF", "SOA", "SRV", "CAA", "PTR", "DNAME",
         "ALIAS", "ANAME", "DS", "DNSKEY", "RRSIG", "NSEC", "NSEC3", "NSEC3PARAM", "HTTPS",
         "SVCB", "TLSA", "NAPTR", "SSHFP", "LOC", "HINFO", "CDS", "CDNSKEY"}
DNSSEC_TYPES = {"RRSIG", "NSEC", "NSEC3", "KEY"}
TARGET_TYPES = {"CNAME": -1, "MX": 1, "NS": 0, "PTR": 0, "DNAME": 0, "SRV": 3, "ALIAS": 0, "ANAME": 0}
COMMON_TLDS = set("com net org edu gov mil int io co dev app ai info biz me tv cloud xyz site online "
                  "shop store tech us uk de fr nl eu es it se no dk fi pl cz at ch be pt ie tr ru "
                  "jp cn kr in au nz ca br mx ar za sg hk tw".split())
INTERNAL_NETS = [ipaddress.ip_network(n) for n in (
    "10.0.0.0/8", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.168.0.0/16", "100.64.0.0/10", "127.0.0.0/8", "169.254.0.0/16",
    "0.0.0.0/8", "::1/128", "::/128", "fc00::/7", "fe80::/10")]  # documentation ranges (192.0.2.0/24, 2001:db8::/32) are allowed
SPF_LOOKUP_TERMS = ("include", "a", "mx", "ptr", "exists", "redirect")

FIXES = {
    "CNAME_AT_APEX": "use A/AAAA records at the apex, or your provider's ALIAS/ANAME/CNAME-flattening record",
    "CNAME_WITH_OTHER_DATA": "a name with a CNAME may have no other records: move the other records or replace the CNAME with A/AAAA",
    "MULTIPLE_CNAME": "keep exactly one CNAME for the name",
    "MX_TO_CNAME": "point MX at a name with A/AAAA records (the CNAME's final target)",
    "NS_TO_CNAME": "point NS at the name server's real host name (A/AAAA)",
    "TARGET_IS_IP": "use a host name here and give that host an A/AAAA record",
    "MISSING_TRAILING_DOT": "end fully qualified names with a dot (mail.example.com.) or write the relative form (mail)",
    "MAYBE_MISSING_TRAILING_DOT": "if this is an outside host name, add the trailing dot",
    "OWNER_DOUBLED_ORIGIN": "end the owner name with a dot or write it relative (www)",
    "DANGLING_TARGET": "add the missing in-zone record or fix the target name",
    "CNAME_CHAIN": "point straight at the final name; chains add lookups and break when one link changes",
    "MX_TARGET_NO_ADDRESS": "add A/AAAA records for the mail host",
    "NULL_MX_WITH_OTHERS": "a null MX ('0 .') must be the only MX; remove it or the others",
    "SPF_MISSING": "publish one TXT \"v=spf1 ... -all\" (or ~all while testing) listing every service that sends as this domain",
    "SPF_MULTIPLE": "merge into ONE v=spf1 record; two records make every SPF check fail (permerror)",
    "SPF_TYPE99": "delete the SPF-type record; only the TXT record is used (RFC 7208)",
    "SPF_SYNTAX": "fix the term; one bad term makes the whole record a permerror",
    "SPF_PASS_ALL": "end with -all (or ~all while testing); +all lets anyone send as you",
    "SPF_NEUTRAL_ALL": "use ~all or -all; ?all gives receivers no signal",
    "SPF_NO_ALL": "end the record with -all or ~all (or redirect=)",
    "SPF_TERMS_AFTER_ALL": "move 'all' to the end; terms after it are ignored",
    "SPF_TOO_MANY_LOOKUPS": "flatten or remove includes, drop a/mx/ptr terms you do not need; nested includes count too",
    "SPF_LOOKUPS_NEAR_LIMIT": "count nested includes with a live checker; they add to this number",
    "SPF_PTR": "replace ptr with ip4/ip6 or include (ptr is deprecated and slow)",
    "TXT_STRING_TOO_LONG": "split into quoted chunks of at most 255 characters: \"part1\" \"part2\"",
    "DMARC_MISSING": "add TXT at _dmarc: \"v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc@<domain>\" then move to quarantine/reject",
    "DMARC_MULTIPLE": "keep one DMARC record; with two, receivers ignore DMARC entirely",
    "DMARC_SYNTAX": "start with v=DMARC1; and include p=none|quarantine|reject",
    "DMARC_WRONG_NAME": "DMARC is only read from _dmarc.<domain>; move the record there",
    "DMARC_MONITOR_ONLY": "after reviewing reports, move to p=quarantine, then p=reject",
    "DMARC_NO_RUA": "add rua=mailto:... so you get aggregate reports",
    "DMARC_PARTIAL_PCT": "raise pct to 100 once reports look clean",
    "DKIM_NOT_FOUND": "publish the DKIM selector record(s) your mail provider gives you (<selector>._domainkey)",
    "DKIM_WRONG_NAME": "DKIM keys live at <selector>._domainkey.<domain>",
    "DKIM_REVOKED": "empty p= revokes the key; remove the record if the selector is retired, or publish the new key",
    "DKIM_BAD_KEY": "copy the key again from the provider (base64, no spaces or quotes inside)",
    "DKIM_WEAK_KEY": "rotate to a 2048-bit RSA key (or add an ed25519 selector alongside RSA)",
    "DKIM_1024_KEY": "plan rotation to a 2048-bit key",
    "NO_MAIL_POLICY": "for a domain that never sends mail: MX 0 . , TXT \"v=spf1 -all\" and _dmarc \"v=DMARC1; p=reject\"",
    "NULL_MX_SPF_NOT_FAIL": "a no-mail domain should publish \"v=spf1 -all\"",
    "TTL_TOO_LOW": "use 300 s or more for normal records (lower only for a planned change)",
    "TTL_TOO_HIGH": "use 1 h to 1 day; above a week, mistakes take a week to undo",
    "TTL_INVALID": "TTL must be 0..2147483647 seconds",
    "NO_DEFAULT_TTL": "add $TTL at the top of the zone (e.g. $TTL 3600)",
    "SOA_MISSING": "a zone file needs exactly one SOA at the apex",
    "SOA_RNAME_AT": "write the contact as hostmaster.example.com. (first @ becomes a dot)",
    "SOA_NEGATIVE_TTL_HIGH": "set the SOA minimum (negative-caching TTL) to 300-3600 s",
    "NS_MISSING": "list the zone's name servers as NS records at the apex",
    "NS_SINGLE": "use at least two name servers on separate networks",
    "BAD_ADDRESS": "fix the address",
    "WRONG_ADDRESS_FAMILY": "A takes IPv4, AAAA takes IPv6",
    "PRIVATE_ADDRESS": "do not publish private/loopback addresses in a public zone (use split-horizon DNS if needed)",
    "DUPLICATE_RECORD": "delete the duplicate",
    "CAA_MISSING": "optional hardening: CAA 0 issue \"<your CA>\" limits who may issue certificates",
    "UNKNOWN_TYPE": "check the record type spelling",
    "PARSE_ERROR": "fix the line syntax",
    "INCLUDE_NOT_FOLLOWED": "lint the included file separately",
}


class InputError(Exception):
    pass


class Rec:
    __slots__ = ("line", "name", "raw_name", "ttl", "type", "rdata", "raw")

    def __init__(self, line, name, raw_name, ttl, rtype, rdata, raw):
        self.line, self.name, self.raw_name, self.ttl = line, name, raw_name, ttl
        self.type, self.rdata, self.raw = rtype, rdata, raw


def parse_ttl(tok):
    t = tok.lower()
    if t.isdigit():
        return int(t)
    m = re.fullmatch(r"((\d+)[wdhms])+", t)
    if not m:
        return None
    mult = {"w": 604800, "d": 86400, "h": 3600, "m": 60, "s": 1}
    return sum(int(n) * mult[u] for n, u in re.findall(r"(\d+)([wdhms])", t))


def tokenize(text):
    """Split one logical line into tokens; quoted strings keep their quotes."""
    toks, i, n = [], 0, len(text)
    while i < n:
        c = text[i]
        if c.isspace():
            i += 1
        elif c == '"':
            j, buf = i + 1, ['"']
            while j < n and text[j] != '"':
                if text[j] == "\\" and j + 1 < n:
                    buf.append(text[j:j + 2]); j += 2; continue
                buf.append(text[j]); j += 1
            if j >= n:
                raise InputError("unterminated quoted string")
            buf.append('"'); toks.append("".join(buf)); i = j + 1
        else:
            j = i
            while j < n and not text[j].isspace() and text[j] != '"':
                j += 1
            toks.append(text[i:j]); i = j
    return toks


def strip_comment(line):
    out, inq, i = [], False, 0
    while i < len(line):
        c = line[i]
        if c == "\\" and i + 1 < len(line):
            out.append(line[i:i + 2]); i += 2; continue
        if c == '"':
            inq = not inq
        elif c == ";" and not inq:
            break
        out.append(c); i += 1
    return "".join(out)


def logical_lines(text):
    """Yield (line_no, starts_with_space, content) joining ( ... ) groups."""
    buf, start, depth, lead = [], 0, 0, False
    for no, line in enumerate(text.splitlines(), 1):
        body = strip_comment(line)
        if depth == 0:
            if not body.strip():
                continue
            start, lead, buf = no, body[:1].isspace(), []
        inq = False
        clean = []
        for c in body:
            if c == '"':
                inq = not inq
            if not inq and c in "()":
                depth += 1 if c == "(" else -1
                clean.append(" ")
                continue
            clean.append(c)
        buf.append("".join(clean))
        if depth <= 0:
            depth = 0
            yield start, lead, " ".join(buf)
    if depth > 0:
        raise InputError(f"line {start}: '(' is never closed")


def absname(raw, origin):
    if raw == "@":
        return origin
    if raw.endswith("."):
        return raw.lower()
    return (raw + "." + origin).lower() if origin != "." else raw.lower() + "."


def parse_zone(text, origin, findings):
    recs, last_owner, default_ttl, have_ttl_directive = [], None, None, False
    for no, lead, content in logical_lines(text):
        toks = tokenize(content)
        if not toks:
            continue
        if toks[0].upper() == "$ORIGIN":
            if len(toks) < 2:
                raise InputError(f"line {no}: $ORIGIN needs a name")
            origin = absname(toks[1], origin) if not toks[1].endswith(".") else toks[1].lower()
            continue
        if toks[0].upper() == "$TTL":
            v = parse_ttl(toks[1]) if len(toks) > 1 else None
            if v is None:
                raise InputError(f"line {no}: bad $TTL")
            default_ttl, have_ttl_directive = v, True
            continue
        if toks[0].upper() == "$INCLUDE":
            add(findings, "LOW", "INCLUDE_NOT_FOLLOWED", no, "", "", f"$INCLUDE {toks[1] if len(toks) > 1 else ''} was not read")
            continue
        if lead:
            if last_owner is None:
                raise InputError(f"line {no}: record has no owner name and there is no previous one")
            raw_owner = None
        else:
            raw_owner = toks.pop(0)
        ttl, rtype = None, None
        while toks:
            t = toks[0]
            if t.upper() in CLASSES:
                toks.pop(0); continue
            v = parse_ttl(t)
            if v is not None and ttl is None and not t.upper() in TYPES:
                ttl = v; toks.pop(0); continue
            break
        if not toks:
            add(findings, "HIGH", "PARSE_ERROR", no, raw_owner or "", "", f"no record type in '{content.strip()}'")
            continue
        rtype = toks.pop(0).upper()
        if rtype not in TYPES and not re.fullmatch(r"TYPE\d+", rtype):
            add(findings, "MEDIUM", "UNKNOWN_TYPE", no, raw_owner or "", rtype, f"unknown record type '{rtype}'")
        if raw_owner is not None:
            name = absname(raw_owner, origin)
            last_owner = (name, raw_owner)
        name, raw_name = last_owner
        recs.append(Rec(no, name, raw_name, ttl, rtype, toks, content.strip()))
    return recs, origin, default_ttl, have_ttl_directive


def parse_csv(text, origin, findings):
    rows = list(csv.DictReader(io.StringIO(text)))
    if not rows:
        raise InputError("CSV has no rows")
    cols = {c.lower().strip(): c for c in rows[0].keys() if c}
    for need in ("name", "type", "value"):
        if need not in cols:
            raise InputError(f"CSV needs columns name,type,value[,ttl][,priority] (missing '{need}')")
    recs = []
    base = origin.rstrip(".")
    for i, r in enumerate(rows, 2):
        g = lambda k: (r.get(cols[k]) or "").strip() if k in cols else ""
        raw = g("name") or "@"
        low = raw.lower().rstrip(".")
        if raw == "@" or low == base:
            name = origin
        elif low.endswith("." + base):
            name = low + "."
        else:
            name = low + "." + origin
        rtype = g("type").upper()
        value = g("value")
        ttl = parse_ttl(g("ttl")) if g("ttl") else None
        if rtype in ("TXT", "SPF"):
            v = value
            if not v.startswith('"'):
                v = '"' + v.replace('"', '\\"') + '"'
            toks = tokenize(v)
        else:
            toks = value.split()
            if rtype in TARGET_TYPES and toks:  # provider UIs show host names without the dot
                idx = TARGET_TYPES[rtype]
                if rtype == "MX" and len(toks) == 1:
                    toks = [g("priority") or "10"] + toks
                if rtype == "SRV" and len(toks) == 3 and g("priority"):
                    toks = [g("priority")] + toks
                k = len(toks) - 1 if idx == -1 else min(idx, len(toks) - 1)
                if not toks[k].endswith(".") and toks[k] != "@":
                    toks[k] += "."
        recs.append(Rec(i, name, raw, ttl, rtype, toks, ",".join(r.get(c) or "" for c in r)))
    return recs, origin


def add(findings, sev, code, line, name, rtype, problem):
    findings.append({"severity": sev, "code": code, "line": line, "name": name, "type": rtype,
                     "problem": problem, "fix": FIXES.get(code, "")})


def txt_strings(rec):
    out = []
    for t in rec.rdata:
        if t.startswith('"') and t.endswith('"'):
            out.append(re.sub(r"\\(.)", r"\1", t[1:-1]))
        else:
            out.append(t)
    return out


def short(name, origin):
    if name == origin:
        return "@"
    if name.endswith("." + origin):
        return name[: -len(origin) - 1]
    return name


def lint(text, origin=None, fmt=None, filename=""):
    findings = []
    if fmt is None:
        fmt = "csv" if filename.lower().endswith(".csv") or text.lstrip().lower().startswith("name,") else "zone"
    if origin is None:
        m = re.search(r"^\$ORIGIN\s+(\S+)", text, re.M | re.I)
        if m:
            origin = m.group(1)
        elif filename:
            b = os.path.basename(filename)
            for suf in (".zone", ".db", ".txt", ".csv"):
                if b.lower().endswith(suf):
                    b = b[: -len(suf)]
            for pre in ("db.",):
                if b.startswith(pre):
                    b = b[len(pre):]
            origin = b if "." in b else None
        if not origin:
            raise InputError("cannot tell the zone name: add $ORIGIN or pass --origin example.com")
    origin = origin.lower().rstrip(".") + "."
    if fmt == "csv":
        recs, origin = parse_csv(text, origin, findings)
        default_ttl, have_ttl = None, True
    else:
        recs, origin, default_ttl, have_ttl = parse_zone(text, origin, findings)
    base = origin.rstrip(".")
    by_name = {}
    for r in recs:
        by_name.setdefault(r.name, []).append(r)
    types_at = lambda n: {r.type for r in by_name.get(n, [])}
    in_zone = lambda n: n == origin or n.endswith("." + origin)
    externals = {}

    # SOA / NS / TTL
    soa = [r for r in recs if r.type == "SOA"]
    if fmt == "zone":
        if not soa:
            add(findings, "MEDIUM", "SOA_MISSING", 0, "@", "SOA", "no SOA record in the zone file")
        for r in soa:
            if len(r.rdata) >= 7:
                rname = r.rdata[1]
                if "@" in rname:
                    add(findings, "HIGH", "SOA_RNAME_AT", r.line, short(r.name, origin), "SOA", f"contact '{rname}' contains '@'; in DNS it is written with a dot")
                neg = parse_ttl(r.rdata[6])
                if neg is not None and neg > 86400:
                    add(findings, "LOW", "SOA_NEGATIVE_TTL_HIGH", r.line, short(r.name, origin), "SOA", f"SOA minimum {neg} s: a deleted-then-added name stays 'does not exist' in caches that long")
                if default_ttl is None and neg is not None:
                    default_ttl = neg
            else:
                add(findings, "HIGH", "PARSE_ERROR", r.line, short(r.name, origin), "SOA", "SOA needs 7 fields: mname rname serial refresh retry expire minimum")
        ns_apex = [r for r in by_name.get(origin, []) if r.type == "NS"]
        if not ns_apex:
            add(findings, "MEDIUM", "NS_MISSING", 0, "@", "NS", "no NS records at the apex")
        elif len(ns_apex) == 1:
            add(findings, "MEDIUM", "NS_SINGLE", ns_apex[0].line, "@", "NS", "only one name server: if it is down, the whole domain is down")
        if not have_ttl:
            add(findings, "LOW", "NO_DEFAULT_TTL", 0, "", "", "no $TTL directive; records without a TTL fall back to the SOA minimum or the server default")

    for r in recs:
        ttl = r.ttl if r.ttl is not None else default_ttl
        if ttl is None:
            continue
        nm = short(r.name, origin)
        if ttl > 2147483647:
            add(findings, "HIGH", "TTL_INVALID", r.line, nm, r.type, f"TTL {ttl} is above 2147483647")
        elif ttl > 604800:
            add(findings, "MEDIUM", "TTL_TOO_HIGH", r.line, nm, r.type, f"TTL {ttl} s ({ttl // 86400} days): a wrong value stays cached that long")
        elif ttl < 60 and not r.name.startswith("_acme-challenge."):
            add(findings, "MEDIUM", "TTL_TOO_LOW", r.line, nm, r.type, f"TTL {ttl} s: extra query load, slower lookups, and many resolvers raise it anyway")

    # owner names that repeat the origin
    for r in recs:
        if fmt == "zone" and r.raw_name not in (None, "@") and not r.raw_name.endswith(".") and \
                (r.raw_name.lower() == base or r.raw_name.lower().endswith("." + base)):
            add(findings, "HIGH", "OWNER_DOUBLED_ORIGIN", r.line, r.raw_name, r.type, f"owner '{r.raw_name}' has no trailing dot, so it becomes {r.name}")

    # CNAME rules
    for n, rs in by_name.items():
        cn = [r for r in rs if r.type == "CNAME"]
        if not cn:
            continue
        nm = short(n, origin)
        if n == origin:
            add(findings, "HIGH", "CNAME_AT_APEX", cn[0].line, nm, "CNAME", "CNAME at the zone apex conflicts with the SOA and NS records there; mail and other lookups break")
        others = sorted({r.type for r in rs if r.type not in ("CNAME",) and r.type not in DNSSEC_TYPES})
        if others and n != origin:
            add(findings, "HIGH", "CNAME_WITH_OTHER_DATA", cn[0].line, nm, "CNAME", f"name has a CNAME and also {', '.join(others)}; resolvers return only the CNAME")
        if len(cn) > 1:
            add(findings, "HIGH", "MULTIPLE_CNAME", cn[1].line, nm, "CNAME", f"{len(cn)} CNAME records for one name")

    # targets
    for r in recs:
        if r.type not in TARGET_TYPES or not r.rdata:
            continue
        idx = TARGET_TYPES[r.type]
        if r.type == "MX" and len(r.rdata) < 2 or r.type == "SRV" and len(r.rdata) < 4:
            add(findings, "HIGH", "PARSE_ERROR", r.line, short(r.name, origin), r.type, f"{r.type} needs " + ("preference and host" if r.type == "MX" else "priority weight port target"))
            continue
        raw = r.rdata[idx] if idx >= 0 else r.rdata[-1]
        nm = short(r.name, origin)
        if r.type == "MX" and raw == ".":
            continue
        try:
            ipaddress.ip_address(raw.rstrip("."))
            add(findings, "HIGH", "TARGET_IS_IP", r.line, nm, r.type, f"{r.type} target '{raw}' is an IP address; {r.type} must name a host")
            continue
        except ValueError:
            pass
        tgt = absname(raw, origin)
        if fmt == "zone" and raw != "@" and not raw.endswith("."):
            low = raw.lower()
            if low == base or low.endswith("." + base):
                add(findings, "HIGH", "MISSING_TRAILING_DOT", r.line, nm, r.type, f"'{raw}' has no trailing dot, so it means {absname(raw, origin)}")
                tgt = low + "."  # check the name that was meant
            elif "." in low and low.rsplit(".", 1)[1] in COMMON_TLDS:
                add(findings, "MEDIUM", "MAYBE_MISSING_TRAILING_DOT", r.line, nm, r.type, f"'{raw}' looks like a full host name but has no trailing dot, so it means {absname(raw, origin)}")
                tgt = low + "."
        if in_zone(tgt):
            tt = types_at(tgt)
            if r.type in ("MX", "NS", "SRV") and "CNAME" in tt:
                code = {"MX": "MX_TO_CNAME", "NS": "NS_TO_CNAME", "SRV": "MX_TO_CNAME"}[r.type]
                add(findings, "HIGH", code, r.line, nm, r.type, f"{r.type} target {short(tgt, origin)} is a CNAME (not allowed, RFC 2181 10.3)")
            elif r.type == "CNAME" and "CNAME" in tt:
                add(findings, "LOW", "CNAME_CHAIN", r.line, nm, r.type, f"CNAME to {short(tgt, origin)}, which is itself a CNAME")
            elif not tt:
                # wildcard or a deeper/glue name may exist elsewhere; only flag when no wildcard covers it
                wild = "*." + tgt.split(".", 1)[1] if "." in tgt else ""
                if wild not in by_name:
                    add(findings, "MEDIUM", "DANGLING_TARGET", r.line, nm, r.type, f"{r.type} target {short(tgt, origin)} has no records in this zone")
            elif r.type == "MX" and not (tt & {"A", "AAAA"}):
                add(findings, "MEDIUM", "MX_TARGET_NO_ADDRESS", r.line, nm, r.type, f"mail host {short(tgt, origin)} has no A/AAAA record")
        else:
            externals.setdefault(tgt, []).append(f"{nm} {r.type} (line {r.line})")

    # addresses
    for r in recs:
        if r.type not in ("A", "AAAA") or not r.rdata:
            continue
        nm = short(r.name, origin)
        try:
            ip = ipaddress.ip_address(r.rdata[0])
        except ValueError:
            add(findings, "HIGH", "BAD_ADDRESS", r.line, nm, r.type, f"'{r.rdata[0]}' is not an IP address")
            continue
        if (r.type == "A") != (ip.version == 4):
            add(findings, "HIGH", "WRONG_ADDRESS_FAMILY", r.line, nm, r.type, f"{r.type} record holds an IPv{ip.version} address")
        elif any(ip in n for n in INTERNAL_NETS if n.version == ip.version):
            add(findings, "MEDIUM", "PRIVATE_ADDRESS", r.line, nm, r.type, f"{ip} is a private/loopback address; outside users cannot reach it and it reveals internal layout")

    # duplicates
    seen = {}
    for r in recs:
        key = (r.name, r.type, " ".join(x.lower() for x in r.rdata))
        if key in seen:
            add(findings, "LOW", "DUPLICATE_RECORD", r.line, short(r.name, origin), r.type, f"same as line {seen[key]}")
        else:
            seen[key] = r.line

    # TXT string length (zone files only: each quoted string max 255)
    if fmt == "zone":
        for r in recs:
            if r.type in ("TXT", "SPF"):
                for s in txt_strings(r):
                    if len(s.encode()) > 255:
                        add(findings, "HIGH", "TXT_STRING_TOO_LONG", r.line, short(r.name, origin), r.type, f"one quoted string is {len(s.encode())} bytes (max 255); the server rejects the zone or truncates it")
                        break

    # mail: MX, SPF, DMARC, DKIM
    txt_by_name = {}
    for r in recs:
        if r.type == "TXT":
            txt_by_name.setdefault(r.name, []).append((r, "".join(txt_strings(r))))
    for r in recs:
        if r.type == "SPF":
            add(findings, "LOW", "SPF_TYPE99", r.line, short(r.name, origin), "SPF", "SPF-type (99) record is obsolete and ignored")
    spf_at = {}
    for n, items in txt_by_name.items():
        for r, s in items:
            if re.match(r"(?i)v=spf1(\s|$)", s):
                spf_at.setdefault(n, []).append((r, s))
            if re.match(r"(?i)v=dmarc1", s) and not n.startswith("_dmarc."):
                add(findings, "HIGH", "DMARC_WRONG_NAME", r.line, short(n, origin), "TXT", "DMARC record is not at _dmarc.<domain>, so receivers never see it")
            if re.match(r"(?i)v=dkim1", s) and "._domainkey." not in "." + n:
                add(findings, "HIGH", "DKIM_WRONG_NAME", r.line, short(n, origin), "TXT", "DKIM key is not under <selector>._domainkey, so signatures cannot be verified")
    for n, items in spf_at.items():
        nm = short(n, origin)
        if len(items) > 1:
            add(findings, "HIGH", "SPF_MULTIPLE", items[1][0].line, nm, "TXT", f"{len(items)} v=spf1 records at this name (lines {', '.join(str(i[0].line) for i in items)})")
        for r, s in items:
            check_spf(findings, r, s, nm)

    mx_names = {}
    for r in recs:
        if r.type == "MX" and len(r.rdata) >= 2:
            mx_names.setdefault(r.name, []).append(r)
    for n, mxs in mx_names.items():
        nulls = [r for r in mxs if r.rdata[1] == "."]
        if nulls and len(mxs) > 1:
            add(findings, "HIGH", "NULL_MX_WITH_OTHERS", nulls[0].line, short(n, origin), "MX", "null MX ('0 .') next to other MX records")
    apex_mx = [r for r in mx_names.get(origin, []) if r.rdata[1] != "."]
    apex_null = any(r.rdata[1] == "." for r in mx_names.get(origin, []))
    apex_spf = spf_at.get(origin, [])
    spf_sends = any(not re.fullmatch(r"(?i)v=spf1\s+-all", s.strip()) for _, s in apex_spf)
    sends_mail = bool(apex_mx) or spf_sends
    for n, mxs in mx_names.items():
        if any(r.rdata[1] != "." for r in mxs) and n not in spf_at:
            add(findings, "MEDIUM", "SPF_MISSING", mxs[0].line, short(n, origin), "TXT", "name receives mail (MX) but publishes no SPF record")
    if apex_null and apex_spf and spf_sends:
        add(findings, "LOW", "NULL_MX_SPF_NOT_FAIL", apex_spf[0][0].line, "@", "TXT", "null MX says no mail, but SPF still authorizes senders")
    if apex_null and not apex_spf:
        add(findings, "LOW", "NULL_MX_SPF_NOT_FAIL", 0, "@", "TXT", "null MX but no \"v=spf1 -all\"")

    dm = [(r, s) for r, s in txt_by_name.get("_dmarc." + origin, []) if re.match(r"(?i)v=dmarc1", s.strip()) or "p=" in s.lower()]
    dkim_names = [n for n in by_name if n.endswith("._domainkey." + origin)]
    if sends_mail or apex_null:
        if not dm:
            add(findings, "MEDIUM", "DMARC_MISSING", 0, "_dmarc", "TXT", "no DMARC record: receivers cannot tell spoofed mail from yours, and Gmail/Yahoo require DMARC for bulk senders")
    if dm:
        if len(dm) > 1:
            add(findings, "HIGH", "DMARC_MULTIPLE", dm[1][0].line, "_dmarc", "TXT", f"{len(dm)} DMARC records")
        for r, s in dm:
            check_dmarc(findings, r, s)
    if sends_mail and not dkim_names:
        add(findings, "MEDIUM", "DKIM_NOT_FOUND", 0, "*._domainkey", "TXT", "no <selector>._domainkey record: if you send mail, it is probably unsigned (checked only names in this file)")
    for n in dkim_names:
        for r in by_name[n]:
            if r.type == "TXT":
                check_dkim(findings, r, "".join(txt_strings(r)), short(n, origin))
    if not sends_mail and not apex_null and not apex_spf:
        add(findings, "LOW", "NO_MAIL_POLICY", 0, "@", "MX", "no MX and no SPF: if this domain never sends mail, say so, or spammers can spoof it freely")

    has_web = any(r.type in ("A", "AAAA", "CNAME", "ALIAS", "ANAME") for r in recs)
    if has_web and "CAA" not in types_at(origin):
        add(findings, "LOW", "CAA_MISSING", 0, "@", "CAA", "no CAA record: any public CA may issue certificates for this domain")

    order = {s: i for i, s in enumerate(reversed(SEVERITIES))}
    findings.sort(key=lambda f: (f["line"] if f["line"] else 10 ** 6, order[f["severity"]], f["code"]))
    return {"origin": origin, "format": fmt, "records": len(recs), "findings": findings,
            "external_targets": [{"target": t, "used_by": u} for t, u in sorted(externals.items())]}


def check_spf(findings, r, s, nm):
    terms = s.split()[1:]
    lookups, seen_all = 0, None
    for i, t in enumerate(terms):
        q = t[0] if t[0] in "+-~?" else ""
        body = t[len(q):].lower()
        mech = re.split(r"[:=/]", body, maxsplit=1)[0]
        if seen_all is not None and not body.startswith("exp="):
            add(findings, "MEDIUM", "SPF_TERMS_AFTER_ALL", r.line, nm, "TXT", f"'{t}' comes after 'all' and is ignored")
            seen_all = None
        if mech == "all":
            if q in ("", "+"):
                add(findings, "HIGH", "SPF_PASS_ALL", r.line, nm, "TXT", f"'{t}' authorizes every server on the internet to send as this domain")
            elif q == "?":
                add(findings, "MEDIUM", "SPF_NEUTRAL_ALL", r.line, nm, "TXT", "'?all' is neutral: unauthorized senders are not marked")
            seen_all = i
            continue
        if mech in ("include", "exists"):
            if ":" not in body or not body.split(":", 1)[1]:
                add(findings, "HIGH", "SPF_SYNTAX", r.line, nm, "TXT", f"'{t}' needs a domain ({mech}:example.net)")
            lookups += 1
        elif mech in ("a", "mx"):
            lookups += 1
        elif mech == "ptr":
            lookups += 1
            add(findings, "LOW", "SPF_PTR", r.line, nm, "TXT", "'ptr' is deprecated (RFC 7208 5.5)")
        elif mech in ("ip4", "ip6"):
            val = body.split(":", 1)[1] if ":" in body else ""
            try:
                net = ipaddress.ip_network(val, strict=False)
                if (mech == "ip4") != (net.version == 4):
                    raise ValueError
            except ValueError:
                add(findings, "HIGH", "SPF_SYNTAX", r.line, nm, "TXT", f"'{t}' is not a valid {mech} address or range")
        elif mech == "redirect":
            lookups += 1
            if "=" not in body:
                add(findings, "HIGH", "SPF_SYNTAX", r.line, nm, "TXT", f"'{t}': use redirect=domain")
        elif mech == "exp":
            pass
        else:
            add(findings, "HIGH", "SPF_SYNTAX", r.line, nm, "TXT", f"unknown SPF term '{t}' (typo? e.g. ipv4: for ip4:, include= for include:)")
    if not any(re.sub(r"^[+\-~?]", "", t).lower() == "all" for t in terms) and not any(t.lower().startswith("redirect=") for t in terms):
        add(findings, "MEDIUM", "SPF_NO_ALL", r.line, nm, "TXT", "record has no 'all' or redirect=, so unlisted senders get a neutral result")
    if lookups > 10:
        add(findings, "HIGH", "SPF_TOO_MANY_LOOKUPS", r.line, nm, "TXT", f"{lookups} DNS-lookup terms at the top level alone (limit 10, RFC 7208 4.6.4); receivers return permerror")
    elif lookups >= 8:
        add(findings, "LOW", "SPF_LOOKUPS_NEAR_LIMIT", r.line, nm, "TXT", f"{lookups} lookup terms before counting nested includes (limit 10)")


def check_dmarc(findings, r, s):
    tags = {}
    parts = [p.strip() for p in s.split(";") if p.strip()]
    if not parts or parts[0].replace(" ", "").upper() != "V=DMARC1":
        add(findings, "HIGH", "DMARC_SYNTAX", r.line, "_dmarc", "TXT", "record must start with 'v=DMARC1;'")
    for p in parts:
        k, _, v = p.partition("=")
        tags[k.strip().lower()] = v.strip()
    p = tags.get("p", "").lower()
    if p not in ("none", "quarantine", "reject"):
        add(findings, "HIGH", "DMARC_SYNTAX", r.line, "_dmarc", "TXT", "missing or invalid p= (none, quarantine or reject); receivers ignore the record")
        return
    if p == "none":
        add(findings, "LOW", "DMARC_MONITOR_ONLY", r.line, "_dmarc", "TXT", "p=none only monitors; spoofed mail is still delivered")
    if "rua" not in tags:
        add(findings, "LOW", "DMARC_NO_RUA", r.line, "_dmarc", "TXT", "no rua= address, so nobody sees the aggregate reports")
    if tags.get("pct", "100").isdigit() and int(tags.get("pct", "100")) < 100:
        add(findings, "LOW", "DMARC_PARTIAL_PCT", r.line, "_dmarc", "TXT", f"pct={tags['pct']}: the policy applies to only part of the failing mail")


def check_dkim(findings, r, s, nm):
    tags = {}
    for p in s.split(";"):
        k, _, v = p.strip().partition("=")
        if k:
            tags[k.strip().lower()] = re.sub(r"\s+", "", v)
    if "p" not in tags:
        add(findings, "HIGH", "DKIM_BAD_KEY", r.line, nm, "TXT", "no p= tag: not a DKIM key record")
        return
    if tags["p"] == "":
        add(findings, "MEDIUM", "DKIM_REVOKED", r.line, nm, "TXT", "p= is empty: this selector is revoked and mail signed with it fails DKIM")
        return
    try:
        raw = base64.b64decode(tags["p"], validate=True)
    except Exception:
        add(findings, "HIGH", "DKIM_BAD_KEY", r.line, nm, "TXT", "p= is not valid base64 (stray quote, space or cut-off copy?)")
        return
    if tags.get("k", "rsa").lower() == "ed25519":
        return
    bits = rsa_bits(raw)
    if bits is None:
        add(findings, "HIGH", "DKIM_BAD_KEY", r.line, nm, "TXT", f"p= decodes to {len(raw)} bytes but is not an RSA public key (cut off?)")
    elif bits < 1024:
        add(findings, "HIGH", "DKIM_WEAK_KEY", r.line, nm, "TXT", f"RSA key is {bits} bits; keys under 1024 bits are rejected by receivers (RFC 8301)")
    elif bits < 2048:
        add(findings, "LOW", "DKIM_1024_KEY", r.line, nm, "TXT", f"RSA key is {bits} bits; 2048 is the current recommendation")


def der_read(b, i):
    tag = b[i]; i += 1
    ln = b[i]; i += 1
    if ln & 0x80:
        n = ln & 0x7F
        ln = int.from_bytes(b[i:i + n], "big"); i += n
    return tag, i, ln


def rsa_bits(raw):
    """Modulus size of an RSA SubjectPublicKeyInfo (or bare RSAPublicKey) in bits."""
    try:
        tag, i, ln = der_read(raw, 0)
        if tag != 0x30:
            return None
        tag, j, l2 = der_read(raw, i)
        if tag == 0x30:  # SubjectPublicKeyInfo: algorithm, then BIT STRING
            j += l2
            tag, j, l3 = der_read(raw, j)
            if tag != 0x03:
                return None
            j += 1  # unused-bits byte
            tag, j, l4 = der_read(raw, j)
            if tag != 0x30:
                return None
            tag, j, lm = der_read(raw, j)
        elif tag == 0x02:
            lm = l2
        else:
            return None
        if tag != 0x02 or j + lm > len(raw):
            return None
        mod = raw[j:j + lm].lstrip(b"\x00")
        return len(mod) * 8 if mod else None
    except IndexError:
        return None


def render(res, title, min_sev="LOW", ignore=()):
    keep = [f for f in res["findings"] if SEVERITIES.index(f["severity"]) >= SEVERITIES.index(min_sev) and f["code"] not in ignore]
    cnt = {s: sum(1 for f in keep if f["severity"] == s) for s in SEVERITIES}
    out = [f"# DNS record lint: {title}", "",
           f"Zone: {res['origin']}   Format: {res['format']}   Records: {res['records']}   Findings: {len(keep)} (HIGH {cnt['HIGH']}, MEDIUM {cnt['MEDIUM']}, LOW {cnt['LOW']})", ""]
    if keep:
        out += ["| Sev | Code | Line | Name | Type | Problem | Fix |", "|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|"]
        for f in keep:
            out.append(f"| {f['severity']} | {f['code']} | {f['line'] or '-'} | {f['name'] or '-'} | {f['type'] or '-'} | {f['problem']} | {f['fix']} |")
    else:
        out.append("No findings.")
    if res["external_targets"]:
        out += ["", "## Out-of-zone targets to check live (no network calls were made)", "",
                "| Target | Used by |", "|---|---|"]
        for e in res["external_targets"]:
            out.append(f"| {e['target']} | {'; '.join(e['used_by'])} |")
    return "\n".join(out) + "\n", keep


def self_test():
    Z = "$ORIGIN example.com.\n$TTL 3600\n@ IN SOA ns1 hostmaster 1 7200 900 1209600 300\n@ NS ns1\n@ NS ns2.example.net.\nns1 A 192.0.2.53\n"
    MAIL = '@ MX 10 mail\nmail A 192.0.2.25\n@ TXT "v=spf1 mx -all"\n_dmarc TXT "v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:d@example.com"\ns1._domainkey CNAME s1.dkim.example.net.\n@ CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"\n'
    k1024 = base64.b64encode(bytes.fromhex("30819f300d06092a864886f70d010101050003818d0030818902818100") + b"\xc1" + bytes(127) + bytes.fromhex("0203010001")).decode()
    k512 = base64.b64encode(bytes.fromhex("305c300d06092a864886f70d0101010500034b003048024100") + b"\xc1" + bytes(63) + bytes.fromhex("0203010001")).decode()

    def codes(text, **kw):
        return [f["code"] for f in lint(text, **kw)["findings"]]

    cases = [
        ("clean zone", Z + MAIL, lambda c: c == []),
        ("cname at apex", Z + MAIL + "@ CNAME shop.example.net.\n", lambda c: "CNAME_AT_APEX" in c),
        ("cname with other data", Z + MAIL + "www CNAME web.example.net.\nwww TXT \"x\"\n", lambda c: "CNAME_WITH_OTHER_DATA" in c),
        ("multiple cname", Z + MAIL + "www CNAME a.example.net.\nwww CNAME b.example.net.\n", lambda c: "MULTIPLE_CNAME" in c),
        ("mx to cname", Z + MAIL.replace("mail A 192.0.2.25", "mail CNAME mx.example.net."), lambda c: "MX_TO_CNAME" in c),
        ("ns to cname", Z.replace("ns1 A 192.0.2.53", "ns1 CNAME dns.example.net.") + MAIL, lambda c: "NS_TO_CNAME" in c),
        ("mx is ip", Z + MAIL.replace("MX 10 mail", "MX 10 192.0.2.25"), lambda c: "TARGET_IS_IP" in c),
        ("missing trailing dot", Z + MAIL + "www CNAME web.example.com\nweb A 192.0.2.80\n", lambda c: "MISSING_TRAILING_DOT" in c),
        ("maybe missing dot (outside name)", Z + MAIL + "shop CNAME shops.myshopify.com\n", lambda c: "MAYBE_MISSING_TRAILING_DOT" in c),
        ("owner doubled origin", Z + MAIL + "www.example.com A 192.0.2.80\n", lambda c: "OWNER_DOUBLED_ORIGIN" in c),
        ("relative target ok", Z + MAIL + "www CNAME web\nweb A 192.0.2.80\n", lambda c: c == []),
        ("dangling target", Z + MAIL + "www CNAME web\n", lambda c: "DANGLING_TARGET" in c),
        ("cname chain", Z + MAIL + "www CNAME web\nweb CNAME edge.example.net.\n", lambda c: "CNAME_CHAIN" in c),
        ("mx target no address", Z + MAIL.replace("mail A 192.0.2.25", "mail TXT \"x\""), lambda c: "MX_TARGET_NO_ADDRESS" in c),
        ("spf missing", Z + MAIL.replace('@ TXT "v=spf1 mx -all"\n', ""), lambda c: "SPF_MISSING" in c),
        ("spf multiple", Z + MAIL + '@ TXT "v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all"\n', lambda c: "SPF_MULTIPLE" in c),
        ("spf +all", Z + MAIL.replace("mx -all", "mx +all"), lambda c: "SPF_PASS_ALL" in c),
        ("spf ?all", Z + MAIL.replace("mx -all", "mx ?all"), lambda c: "SPF_NEUTRAL_ALL" in c),
        ("spf no all", Z + MAIL.replace("mx -all", "mx"), lambda c: "SPF_NO_ALL" in c),
        ("spf terms after all", Z + MAIL.replace("mx -all", "-all mx"), lambda c: "SPF_TERMS_AFTER_ALL" in c),
        ("spf syntax typo", Z + MAIL.replace("mx -all", "ipv4:192.0.2.1 -all"), lambda c: "SPF_SYNTAX" in c),
        ("spf bad ip4", Z + MAIL.replace("mx -all", "ip4:300.1.1.1 -all"), lambda c: "SPF_SYNTAX" in c),
        ("spf too many lookups", Z + MAIL.replace("mx -all", " ".join(f"include:s{i}.example.net" for i in range(11)) + " -all"), lambda c: "SPF_TOO_MANY_LOOKUPS" in c),
        ("spf near limit", Z + MAIL.replace("mx -all", " ".join(f"include:s{i}.example.net" for i in range(8)) + " -all"), lambda c: "SPF_LOOKUPS_NEAR_LIMIT" in c and "SPF_TOO_MANY_LOOKUPS" not in c),
        ("spf ptr", Z + MAIL.replace("mx -all", "ptr -all"), lambda c: "SPF_PTR" in c),
        ("spf type99", Z + MAIL + '@ SPF "v=spf1 mx -all"\n', lambda c: "SPF_TYPE99" in c),
        ("split txt strings joined", Z + MAIL.replace('"v=spf1 mx -all"', '"v=spf1 mx " "-all"'), lambda c: c == []),
        ("txt string too long", Z + MAIL + '@ TXT "' + "a" * 300 + '"\n', lambda c: "TXT_STRING_TOO_LONG" in c),
        ("dmarc missing", Z + MAIL.replace('_dmarc TXT "v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:d@example.com"\n', ""), lambda c: "DMARC_MISSING" in c),
        ("dmarc wrong name", Z + MAIL.replace("_dmarc TXT", "dmarc TXT"), lambda c: "DMARC_WRONG_NAME" in c and "DMARC_MISSING" in c),
        ("dmarc multiple", Z + MAIL + '_dmarc TXT "v=DMARC1; p=none"\n', lambda c: "DMARC_MULTIPLE" in c),
        ("dmarc no p", Z + MAIL.replace("p=reject; ", ""), lambda c: "DMARC_SYNTAX" in c),
        ("dmarc none + no rua + pct", Z + MAIL.replace("p=reject; rua=mailto:d@example.com", "p=none; pct=50"), lambda c: {"DMARC_MONITOR_ONLY", "DMARC_NO_RUA", "DMARC_PARTIAL_PCT"} <= set(c)),
        ("dkim not found", Z + MAIL.replace("s1._domainkey CNAME s1.dkim.example.net.\n", ""), lambda c: "DKIM_NOT_FOUND" in c),
        ("dkim revoked", Z + MAIL + 's2._domainkey TXT "v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p="\n', lambda c: "DKIM_REVOKED" in c),
        ("dkim bad base64", Z + MAIL + 's2._domainkey TXT "v=DKIM1; p=MIGf!!"\n', lambda c: "DKIM_BAD_KEY" in c),
        ("dkim 512-bit key", Z + MAIL + f's2._domainkey TXT "v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p={k512}"\n', lambda c: "DKIM_WEAK_KEY" in c),
        ("dkim 1024-bit key", Z + MAIL + f's2._domainkey TXT "v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p={k1024}"\n', lambda c: "DKIM_1024_KEY" in c),
        ("dkim wrong name", Z + MAIL + f's2.domainkey TXT "v=DKIM1; p={k1024}"\n', lambda c: "DKIM_WRONG_NAME" in c),
        ("null mx + spf -all, no mail checks", Z + '@ MX 0 .\n@ TXT "v=spf1 -all"\n_dmarc TXT "v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:d@example.com"\n@ CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"\n', lambda c: c == []),
        ("null mx with others", Z + MAIL + "@ MX 0 .\n", lambda c: "NULL_MX_WITH_OTHERS" in c),
        ("no mail policy", Z + '@ CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"\n', lambda c: "NO_MAIL_POLICY" in c),
        ("ttl too low", Z + MAIL + "www 30 A 192.0.2.80\n", lambda c: "TTL_TOO_LOW" in c),
        ("acme ttl low ok", Z + MAIL + '_acme-challenge 30 TXT "token"\n', lambda c: c == []),
        ("ttl too high (units)", Z + MAIL + "www 2w A 192.0.2.80\n", lambda c: "TTL_TOO_HIGH" in c),
        ("no $TTL", Z.replace("$TTL 3600\n", "") + MAIL, lambda c: "NO_DEFAULT_TTL" in c),
        ("soa rname with @", Z.replace("hostmaster", "hostmaster@example.com.") + MAIL, lambda c: "SOA_RNAME_AT" in c),
        ("soa multi-line with comments", Z.replace("@ IN SOA ns1 hostmaster 1 7200 900 1209600 300", "@ IN SOA ns1 hostmaster (\n 2026103001 ; serial\n 7200 900 1209600\n 300 ) ; min") + MAIL, lambda c: c == []),
        ("single ns", Z.replace("@ NS ns2.example.net.\n", "") + MAIL, lambda c: "NS_SINGLE" in c),
        ("bad address", Z + MAIL + "www A 192.0.2.300\n", lambda c: "BAD_ADDRESS" in c),
        ("wrong family", Z + MAIL + "www AAAA 192.0.2.80\n", lambda c: "WRONG_ADDRESS_FAMILY" in c),
        ("private address", Z + MAIL + "intranet A 10.0.0.5\n", lambda c: "PRIVATE_ADDRESS" in c),
        ("duplicate record", Z + MAIL + "www A 192.0.2.80\nwww A 192.0.2.80\n", lambda c: "DUPLICATE_RECORD" in c),
        ("blank owner continues", Z + MAIL + "www A 192.0.2.80\n    AAAA 2001:db8::80\n", lambda c: c == []),
        ("semicolon inside quotes kept", Z + MAIL.replace('"v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:d@example.com"', '"v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:d@example.com" ; comment'), lambda c: c == []),
        ("caa missing", Z + MAIL.replace('@ CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"\n', ""), lambda c: c == ["CAA_MISSING"]),
        ("csv input", None, None),
        ("unterminated quote is input error", None, None),
    ]
    passed = 0
    for name, text, check in cases:
        try:
            if name == "csv input":
                csvt = ("name,type,value,ttl,priority\n@,MX,mail.example.com,3600,10\nmail,A,192.0.2.25,3600,\n"
                        "@,TXT,v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all,3600,\n@,TXT,v=spf1 mx -all,3600,\n"
                        "www.example.com,CNAME,example.com,300,\n@,CNAME,shop.example.net,300,\n")
                res = lint(csvt, origin="example.com", fmt="csv")
                c = [f["code"] for f in res["findings"]]
                ok = {"SPF_MULTIPLE", "CNAME_AT_APEX", "DMARC_MISSING", "DKIM_NOT_FOUND"} <= set(c) and "MISSING_TRAILING_DOT" not in c and "MX_TO_CNAME" not in c
            elif name == "unterminated quote is input error":
                try:
                    lint(Z + '@ TXT "v=spf1 -all\n')
                    ok, c = False, "no error"
                except InputError as e:
                    ok, c = True, str(e)
            else:
                c = codes(text)
                ok = check(c)
        except Exception as e:  # noqa
            ok, c = False, f"exception {e!r}"
        passed += ok
        print(("PASS " if ok else "FAIL ") + name + ("" if ok else f"  got {c}"))
    print(f"{passed}/{len(cases)} passed")
    return 0 if passed == len(cases) else 1


def main(argv=None):
    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Lint a DNS zone file or record list (offline)")
    ap.add_argument("file", nargs="?")
    ap.add_argument("--origin", help="zone name, e.g. example.com (default: $ORIGIN or the file name)")
    ap.add_argument("--format", choices=["zone", "csv"], help="input format (default: by extension/content)")
    ap.add_argument("--json", action="store_true")
    ap.add_argument("--min-severity", default="LOW", choices=SEVERITIES)
    ap.add_argument("--ignore", default="", help="comma-separated finding codes to skip")
    ap.add_argument("--self-test", action="store_true")
    a = ap.parse_args(argv)
    if a.self_test:
        return self_test()
    if not a.file:
        ap.error("give a zone file or CSV, or --self-test")
    try:
        with open(a.file, encoding="utf-8") as fh:
            text = fh.read()
        res = lint(text, origin=a.origin, fmt=a.format, filename=a.file)
    except (OSError, InputError, UnicodeDecodeError) as e:
        print(f"error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
        return 2
    ignore = {c.strip().upper() for c in a.ignore.split(",") if c.strip()}
    md, keep = render(res, os.path.basename(a.file), a.min_severity, ignore)
    if a.json:
        print(json.dumps({**res, "findings": keep}, indent=2))
    else:
        sys.stdout.write(md)
    return 1 if any(f["severity"] == "HIGH" for f in keep) else 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())

# Serverless Functions taste of a cloud backend engineer
- Keep each function small and focused on one trigger, but group closely related HTTP routes in one handler to cut cold starts. Confidence: 0.80
- Initialize SDK clients and database pools outside the handler so warm invocations reuse them. Confidence: 0.95
- Use a connection pooler or an HTTP-based database driver, since thousands of concurrent functions will exhaust direct Postgres connections. Confidence: 0.90
- Set an explicit timeout and memory size per function instead of accepting platform defaults. Confidence: 0.85
- Keep bundles small with tree-shaking and lazy imports, and measure cold start time after every major dependency change. Confidence: 0.85
- Make every event handler idempotent, because queues and event sources deliver at least once. Confidence: 0.95
- Move slow or retryable work to a queue and return quickly from HTTP functions. Confidence: 0.90
- Send failed async events to a dead letter queue with an alert on its depth. Confidence: 0.90
- Define functions, permissions and triggers as code with SST, Serverless Framework, SAM or Terraform, never by clicking in the console. Confidence: 0.90
- Grant each function its own least-privilege role scoped to the exact resources it touches. Confidence: 0.95
- Load secrets from a secrets manager or the platform's encrypted env vars, never from the repo. Confidence: 0.95
- Write structured JSON logs with a request ID and correlation ID on every line. Confidence: 0.90
- Trace requests across functions and queues with OpenTelemetry or the platform's tracing. Confidence: 0.80
- Keep business logic in plain modules and keep the handler a thin adapter, so it can be unit tested without the cloud. Confidence: 0.90
- Run integration tests against a real deployed stage per pull request rather than trusting local emulators. Confidence: 0.80
- Set reserved or maximum concurrency on functions that call fragile downstream services. Confidence: 0.85
- Use provisioned concurrency only for latency-critical paths where cold starts were measured to hurt. Confidence: 0.75
- Prefer the arm64 runtime when dependencies support it for better price per performance. Confidence: 0.70
- Set billing alerts and per-function cost dashboards before launch, not after the first surprise invoice. Confidence: 0.85
- Avoid chaining functions that call each other synchronously; use events or a workflow engine like Step Functions instead. Confidence: 0.85
- Choose containers or long-running services for steady high-throughput workloads where serverless costs more. Confidence: 0.75

---
name: shell-script-safety-reviewer
description: Reviews bash and POSIX sh scripts before they run in CI, cron or production. Flags missing strict mode, rm -rf on variables that may be empty, curl piped to a shell, eval, unquoted expansions, unchecked cd, parsing ls, chmod 777, hardcoded secrets, predictable /tmp files, ssh eating a read loop, masked exit codes and bashisms under /bin/sh, then returns a fixed script. Includes a stdlib Python linter with --self-test.
---

# Shell Script Safety Reviewer

You review shell scripts the way a careful SRE would before letting them run unattended: deploy scripts, cron jobs, CI steps, installers and Docker entrypoints. You find the lines that can delete the wrong data, leak a secret, run untrusted code or fail silently, explain each one in plain words, and hand back a corrected script that still does the same job.

## Files in this skill

- `scripts/shell_lint.py` - line-based linter for bash and POSIX sh that understands quotes, comments, heredocs, [[ ]], (( )), assignments and case words; prints a findings table with fixes, or JSON (Python 3 standard library only)
- `references/shell-pitfalls.md` - every rule the linter checks: what goes wrong, a minimal failing example and the fix
- `references/safe-patterns.md` - a strict-mode header, safe temp files and cleanup, safe loops over files, argument parsing, secrets, downloads and logging
- `templates/shell-review.md` - the review to hand back
- `examples/deploy.sh` - a realistic deploy script with 20 findings (3 HIGH)
- `examples/deploy-fixed.sh` - the same script after review; lints clean and passes ShellCheck

## Workflow

### 1. Get context
Ask what runs the script (CI, cron, systemd, a human), which shell and OS (bash 5 on Ubuntu, sh on Alpine/busybox, macOS bash 3.2), who can control its inputs (arguments, environment, file names, network data) and whether it runs as root. Ask for the whole script, not a fragment: strict mode and traps live at the top.

### 2. Run the linter
```
python3 scripts/shell_lint.py examples/deploy.sh
python3 scripts/shell_lint.py deploy.sh entrypoint.sh --min-severity MEDIUM
python3 scripts/shell_lint.py install.sh --json --ignore BACKTICKS
python3 scripts/shell_lint.py --self-test
```
Exit 1 means at least one HIGH finding, 2 means a file could not be read. Silence a deliberate line with `# shell-lint: disable=CODE`. If ShellCheck is available, run it too (`shellcheck -f gcc script.sh`) and merge the results; the linter adds checks ShellCheck does not do (secrets, curl | sh, chmod 777, fixed /tmp names, disabled TLS).

### 3. Review by hand
The linter is a first pass. Read the script top to bottom and check what a regex cannot (see `references/shell-pitfalls.md`):
- Which inputs are untrusted, and do they reach rm, eval, ssh, sql or a path?
- Does every destructive step run only after its preconditions (right directory, non-empty variable, confirmed target host)?
- Is it idempotent: can it run twice, or resume after failing halfway?
- Are errors visible: does a failure in a pipe, subshell or function stop the script and leave a clear message?
- Does it clean up temp files, locks and background jobs on exit and on Ctrl+C?

### 4. Fix and deliver
Fill `templates/shell-review.md`: summary verdict, findings table (severity, line, problem, fix), the full fixed script, a diff of the important changes, and how to test it safely (dry run, `bash -n`, a throwaway directory or container, `set -x`). Keep the script's behavior; call out every behavior change.

## Example result
`examples/deploy.sh`: 20 findings, 3 HIGH. A Slack token is hardcoded (HARDCODED_SECRET, rotate it), an installer is piped from curl into sudo bash (CURL_PIPE_SHELL), and `rm -rf $WEB_ROOT/*` wipes `/*` if WEB_ROOT is ever empty (RM_EMPTY_VAR). There is no `set -e`, so a failed `cd $BUILD_DIR` would run the rm and cp in the wrong directory; `ssh` inside the `while read host` loop eats hosts.txt, so only the first host restarts (SSH_STDIN_LOOP); `local count=$(...)` hides failures. `examples/deploy-fixed.sh` fixes all of them and lints clean.

## Rules

- Rank by impact: data loss, code execution and secrets first, then silent failures, then style.
- Quote by default; explain the one place where splitting is intended and use an array there.
- Never suggest `set -e` as the only fix: also check pipes (pipefail), subshells, `local x=$(...)` and `if cmd` contexts where errexit is off.
- Rotate any secret found in a script, even if the repo is private, and say so.
- Prefer the POSIX form when the shebang is /bin/sh; otherwise make the shebang say bash.
- Do not run a reviewed script against real systems to "test" it; use bash -n, a container or a dry-run flag.
FILE:references/shell-pitfalls.md
# Shell pitfalls checked by shell_lint.py

Severity: HIGH = can delete data, run untrusted code or leak a secret. MEDIUM = wrong result or silent failure under realistic input. LOW = fragile or legacy style.

## HIGH

### RM_EMPTY_VAR / RM_ROOT
`rm -rf $DIR/*` becomes `rm -rf /*` when DIR is empty or unset (typo, missing argument, failed command substitution). Steam's Linux client shipped exactly this bug in 2015.
```bash
rm -rf -- "?DIR is empty"/*      # aborts with a message if DIR is empty
```
`set -u` alone does not help when the variable is set to an empty string.

### CURL_PIPE_SHELL
`curl https://x/install.sh | bash` runs whatever the server (or anyone in the middle) sends, and a dropped connection can run half a script. Download to a file, check a pinned SHA-256 or a signature, read it, then run it.

### EVAL_VAR
`eval "$cmd"` executes any `;`, `$(...)` or backticks inside the data. Build commands as arrays: `cmd=(rsync -a -- "$src" "$dst"); "cmd[@]"`. For dispatch, use `case`.

### HARDCODED_SECRET
A literal token, password or key in a script ends up in git history, CI logs (`set -x`) and `ps` output. Read it from the environment or a secret manager and fail early: `TOKEN="?"`. Rotate the exposed value; deleting the line does not remove it from history.

## MEDIUM

### NO_STRICT_MODE / NO_PIPEFAIL
Without `set -e` a failed command is ignored and the next one runs anyway. Without `pipefail`, `build | tee log` succeeds when build fails. Use `set -euo pipefail` in bash and `set -eu` in POSIX sh. Know the gaps: errexit is ignored inside `if`, `while`, `&&`/`||` lists and functions called from them, and `local x=$(cmd)` (see below).

### UNQUOTED_VAR
Unquoted `$var` and `$(cmd)` are split on IFS (spaces, tabs, newlines) and each piece is glob-expanded. `cp $src $dst` with `src="My File.txt"` copies two wrong files; `rm $f` with `f='*'` removes everything. Quote every expansion; use `"$@"` for all arguments and `"arr[@]"` for arrays. Safe without quotes: right side of `x=$y`, inside `[[ ]]` (except the right side of `==`/`=~` where it becomes a pattern), inside `(( ))`, and `case $x in`.

### CD_UNCHECKED
If `cd build` fails, the rest runs in the current directory: `cd build; rm -rf *`. Use `cd -- "$dir" || exit 1` or strict mode. In loops, use a subshell: `(cd -- "$d" && make)`.

### LS_PARSING
`for f in $(ls *.log)` breaks on spaces and newlines and runs the glob twice. Use the glob directly: `for f in ./*.log; do [ -e "$f" ] || continue; ...; done`, or `find . -name '*.log' -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' f; do ...; done`.

### CHMOD_777
World-writable files and directories let any local user or compromised service replace code or data. Use 755/644, 700/600 for private data, or `u=rwX,g=rX,o=`.

### PREDICTABLE_TMP / NO_TRAP_CLEANUP (LOW)
A fixed `/tmp/app.log` can be pre-created as a symlink by another user (you then overwrite their target as root) and collides between parallel runs. Use `mktemp`/`mktemp -d` and remove it with `trap '...' EXIT`.

### LOCAL_MASKS_STATUS
`local out=$(cmd)` returns the status of `local` (0), so `set -e` and `$?` never see cmd fail. The same goes for `export` and `readonly`. Declare first, assign on the next line.

### SSH_STDIN_LOOP
`while read host; do ssh "$host" cmd; done < hosts.txt` stops after the first host because ssh reads the rest of stdin. Use `ssh -n` or `< /dev/null`. The same applies to ffmpeg, docker exec -i and anything else that reads stdin.

### TLS_DISABLED
`curl -k`, `wget --no-check-certificate` and `StrictHostKeyChecking=no` turn off the check that you are talking to the right server. Fix the CA bundle, pin the host key in known_hosts, or use `StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new` only for first contact on trusted networks.

### BASHISM_IN_SH
Under `#!/bin/sh` (dash on Debian/Ubuntu, busybox on Alpine) these fail: `[[ ]]`, `==` in `[ ]`, `function f`, arrays, `source`, `<<<`, `&>`, `$'...'`. Switch the shebang to bash or use `[ ]`, `=`, `.`, and positional parameters.

## LOW

- NO_SHEBANG: the caller's shell runs it; behavior differs between bash, zsh and sh.
- READ_WITHOUT_R: `read` without `-r` eats backslashes; without `IFS=` it trims leading and trailing spaces.
- BACKTICKS: hard to nest and quote; use `$(...)`.

## Not covered by the linter (check by hand)
- Untrusted input reaching sql, ssh or paths (injection, `../` traversal); a leading `-` in file names (use `--`).
- Race conditions on lock files; use `flock`.
- Missing `wait` for background jobs, and orphaned jobs on exit.
- Locale and tool differences (GNU vs BSD sed -i, date -d, readlink -f on macOS).
- Logging secrets with `set -x`; turn xtrace off around secret handling.
FILE:references/safe-patterns.md
# Safe patterns for bash and sh scripts

## Header
```bash
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# What it does, how to call it, what it needs (env vars, tools).
set -euo pipefail
IFS=$'\n\t'                      # optional: no splitting on spaces
readonly SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "BASH_SOURCE[0]")" && pwd)"
```
POSIX sh: `set -eu` (pipefail exists in dash 0.5.11+ and busybox, but not everywhere).

## Fail with a message
```bash
die() { printf 'error: %s\n' "$*" >&2; exit 1; }
command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "jq is required"
[ -d "$TARGET" ] || die "no such directory: $TARGET"
```

## Arguments
```bash
usage() { echo "usage: $0 [-n] <release>" >&2; exit 2; }
dry_run=0
while getopts ":n" opt; do
  case $opt in
    n) dry_run=1 ;;
    *) usage ;;
  esac
done
shift $((OPTIND - 1))
release="-"; [ -n "$release" ] || usage
```

## Temp files and cleanup
```bash
tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
cleanup() { rm -rf -- "$tmpdir"; }
trap cleanup EXIT
trap 'exit 130' INT TERM          # EXIT trap still runs
```

## Destructive steps
```bash
target="?WEB_ROOT is empty"
case $target in /|/usr|/etc|"$HOME") die "refusing to clean $target" ;; esac
run() { if [ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ]; then echo "+ $*"; else "$@"; fi; }
run rm -rf -- "$target"/*
```

## Loops over files and lines
```bash
for f in "$dir"/*.csv; do [ -e "$f" ] || continue; process "$f"; done
find "$dir" -type f -name '*.log' -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' f; do gzip -- "$f"; done
while IFS= read -r line || [ -n "$line" ]; do echo "$line"; done < input.txt   # last line without newline
```

## Commands as data
```bash
args=(--archive --delete -- "$src/" "$dst/")
[ "$dry_run" -eq 1 ] && args=(--dry-run "args[@]")
rsync "args[@]"
```

## Secrets
- Read from the environment or a file with 600 permissions: `token="$(<"$CRED_FILE")"`.
- Pass to tools via stdin or env, not command-line arguments (visible in `ps`): `curl -H @- <<<"Authorization: Bearer $token"`.
- `set +x` around secret handling.

## Downloads
```bash
curl -fsSL --retry 3 -o "$tmpdir/tool.tgz" "$URL"
echo "$SHA256  $tmpdir/tool.tgz" | sha256sum -c -
```
`-f` makes HTTP errors fail instead of saving the error page.

## Locking and idempotency
```bash
exec 9>/var/lock/deploy.lock
flock -n 9 || die "another deploy is running"
mkdir -p -- "$dir"                 # no error if it exists
ln -sfn -- "$release_dir" current  # atomic switch of a symlink
```

## Logging
```bash
log() { printf '%s %s\n' "$(date -u +%FT%TZ)" "$*" >&2; }
```
Send logs to stderr so stdout stays clean for data.

## Testing a script safely
1. `bash -n script.sh` (syntax only), `shellcheck script.sh`, `python3 scripts/shell_lint.py script.sh`.
2. Run with a dry-run flag, then in a throwaway container: `docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/w -w /w bash:5 bash script.sh`.
3. Trace once with `bash -x script.sh` (secrets off).
FILE:templates/shell-review.md
# Shell script review: <script name>

**Runs from:** <cron on web-01 as root / GitHub Actions ubuntu-24.04 / Docker entrypoint (Alpine, busybox sh)>
**Shell:** <bash 5.2 / sh (dash)>   **Untrusted inputs:** <$1 release tag, hosts.txt, file names in uploads/>
**Verdict:** <BLOCK: 3 HIGH findings / OK with fixes / OK>
**Summary:** <one or two sentences: the worst risk and what the fix changes>

## Findings
| # | Severity | Code | Line | Problem | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | <HIGH> | <RM_EMPTY_VAR> | <15> | <rm -rf $WEB_ROOT/* deletes /* if WEB_ROOT is empty> | <rm -rf -- "?"/*> |

## Manual review notes
- <inputs that reach rm/ssh/sql/paths, and how they are validated>
- <idempotency: what happens if it runs twice or stops halfway>
- <cleanup on exit and on Ctrl+C>

## Fixed script
```bash
<full corrected script>
```

## Key changes
```diff
- rm -rf $WEB_ROOT/*
+ rm -rf -- "?"/*
```

## Behavior changes
- <now exits on the first failed command; previously continued>

## How to test safely
1. `bash -n <script>` and `python3 scripts/shell_lint.py <script>` (expect 0 HIGH)
2. `shellcheck <script>` if available
3. Dry run or a throwaway container: `<command>`
4. <rotate the exposed secret: where and who>
FILE:examples/deploy.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Deploy the web app build to /srv/www and restart the service.
# Usage: deploy.sh <release-tag>

RELEASE=$1
BUILD_DIR=/srv/builds/$RELEASE
WEB_ROOT=/srv/www
SLACK_TOKEN="xoxb-0000-EXAMPLE-not-real"

curl -fsSL https://get.example-tools.dev/install.sh | sudo bash

cd $BUILD_DIR
echo "Deploying $RELEASE" > /tmp/deploy.log

rm -rf $WEB_ROOT/*
cp -r dist/* $WEB_ROOT/

for f in $(ls $BUILD_DIR/migrations); do
  psql -f $BUILD_DIR/migrations/$f app_db
done

chmod -R 777 $WEB_ROOT/uploads

while read host; do
  ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no deploy@$host "sudo systemctl restart web"
done < hosts.txt

cleanup() {
  local count=$(ls /srv/builds | wc -l)
  echo "Builds on disk: $count"
}
cleanup

curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $SLACK_TOKEN" \
  -d "text=Deployed `date`" https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage
FILE:examples/deploy-fixed.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Deploy the web app build to /srv/www and restart the service.
# Usage: SLACK_TOKEN=... deploy.sh <release-tag>
set -euo pipefail

RELEASE="?usage: deploy.sh <release-tag>"
BUILD_DIR="/srv/builds/RELEASE"
WEB_ROOT="/srv/www"
SLACK_TOKEN="?set SLACK_TOKEN in the environment"

# Installer is pinned and checked instead of curl | bash.
installer="$(mktemp)"
log="$(mktemp)"
trap 'rm -f -- "$installer" "$log"' EXIT
curl -fsSL -o "$installer" https://get.example-tools.dev/install-1.4.2.sh
echo "3b1f0c9e2d4a5b6c7d8e9f00112233445566778899aabbccddeeff0011223344  $installer" | sha256sum -c -
sudo bash "$installer"

cd -- "$BUILD_DIR"
echo "Deploying RELEASE" > "$log"

rm -rf -- "?"/*
cp -r dist/. "$WEB_ROOT/"

for f in "$BUILD_DIR"/migrations/*.sql; do
  [ -e "$f" ] || continue
  psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 -f "$f" app_db
done

chmod -R u=rwX,g=rX,o= "$WEB_ROOT/uploads"

while IFS= read -r host; do
  ssh -n -o StrictHostKeyChecking=yes "deploy@host" "sudo systemctl restart web"
done < hosts.txt

report_builds() {
  local count
  count="$(find /srv/builds -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | wc -l)"
  echo "Builds on disk: count"
}
report_builds

curl -fsS -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer SLACK_TOKEN" \
  --data-urlencode "text=Deployed RELEASE at $(date -u +%FT%TZ)" https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage
FILE:scripts/shell_lint.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Shell script safety linter (Python 3 standard library only).

Reads a bash or POSIX sh script and flags the mistakes that cause data loss, security
holes or silent failures: no strict mode, rm -rf on a variable that may be empty,
curl | sh, eval on variables, unquoted expansions (word splitting and globbing),
unchecked cd, parsing ls, chmod 777, hardcoded secrets, predictable /tmp files,
mktemp without a cleanup trap, read without -r, ssh eating a while-read loop's input,
local/export masking a failed command substitution, TLS or host-key checks turned
off, backticks and bashisms in /bin/sh.

It is a fast first pass, not a full parser: heredoc bodies are skipped, quotes,
comments, [[ ]], (( )), assignments and case words are understood, and every finding
names the line and a concrete fix. Silence a finding on one line with a trailing
comment "# shell-lint: disable=CODE[,CODE]".

Usage:
  python3 shell_lint.py script.sh [more.sh ...] [--json] [--min-severity MEDIUM]
                        [--ignore CODE,CODE]
  python3 shell_lint.py --self-test
Exit codes: 0 = no HIGH findings, 1 = at least one HIGH finding, 2 = unreadable input.
"""
import argparse, json, re, sys

SEV_ORDER = {"HIGH": 0, "MEDIUM": 1, "LOW": 2, "INFO": 3}
SECRET_NAME = re.compile(r"[A-Z0-9_]*(PASSWORD|PASSWD|TOKEN|SECRET|API_?KEY|ACCESS_KEY|PRIVATE_KEY)[A-Z0-9_]*")
FIXES = {
    "NO_SHEBANG": "Add '#!/usr/bin/env bash' (or '#!/bin/sh' for POSIX) as line 1 so the right shell runs it.",
    "NO_STRICT_MODE": "Add 'set -euo pipefail' after the shebang (POSIX sh: 'set -eu') so failures stop the script.",
    "NO_PIPEFAIL": "Add 'set -o pipefail' so 'cmd | tee log' fails when cmd fails.",
    "RM_EMPTY_VAR": "Guard the variable: rm -rf -- \"?VAR is empty/\"... and quote it; never build rm paths from unchecked input.",
    "RM_ROOT": "Never rm the filesystem root or /*; point at a specific directory.",
    "CURL_PIPE_SHELL": "Download to a file, verify a checksum or signature, read it, then run it.",
    "EVAL_VAR": "Avoid eval; use arrays for commands (cmd=(ls -l \"$dir\"); \"cmd[@]\") or a case statement.",
    "UNQUOTED_VAR": "Quote expansions: \"$var\", \"arr[@]\", \"$(cmd)\" to stop word splitting and globbing.",
    "CD_UNCHECKED": "Use 'cd \"$dir\" || exit 1' (or enable set -e) so later commands do not run in the wrong directory.",
    "LS_PARSING": "Use a glob (for f in ./*.log) or find -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' f instead of parsing ls/find output.",
    "BACKTICKS": "Use $(...) instead of backticks; it nests and quotes predictably.",
    "CHMOD_777": "Grant only what is needed (755 for dirs/executables, 644 for files, 600 for secrets).",
    "HARDCODED_SECRET": "Read the secret from the environment or a secret manager (\"?\"), rotate the exposed value.",
    "PREDICTABLE_TMP": "Use tmp=$(mktemp) or tmpdir=$(mktemp -d) instead of a fixed /tmp name (symlink and race attacks).",
    "NO_TRAP_CLEANUP": "Add trap 'rm -rf -- \"$tmpdir\"' EXIT right after mktemp.",
    "READ_WITHOUT_R": "Use 'read -r' (and IFS= read -r line) so backslashes and leading spaces survive.",
    "LOCAL_MASKS_STATUS": "Split it: 'local out; out=$(cmd)' so set -e and $? see the command's failure.",
    "TLS_DISABLED": "Remove -k/--insecure/--no-check-certificate/StrictHostKeyChecking=no; fix the CA bundle or pin the host key.",
    "SSH_STDIN_LOOP": "Use 'ssh -n' (or ssh ... < /dev/null) inside while-read loops; otherwise ssh eats the rest of the input.",
    "BASHISM_IN_SH": "Either change the shebang to bash or use the POSIX form ([ ], =, . file, no arrays).",
}


class Finding:
    def __init__(self, sev, code, line, snippet, problem):
        self.sev, self.code, self.line, self.snippet, self.problem = sev, code, line, snippet, problem

    def as_dict(self):
        return {"severity": self.sev, "code": self.code, "line": self.line,
                "snippet": self.snippet, "problem": self.problem, "fix": FIXES.get(self.code, "")}


def strip_comment(line):
    """Remove an unquoted comment. '#' starts a comment only at the start of a word."""
    state, i = None, 0
    while i < len(line):
        c = line[i]
        if state is None:
            if c == "\\":
                i += 2; continue
            if c in "'\"`":
                state = c
            elif c == "#" and (i == 0 or line[i - 1] in " \t;|&("):
                return line[:i].rstrip()
        elif state == "'":
            if c == "'":
                state = None
        else:
            if c == "\\":
                i += 2; continue
            if c == state:
                state = None
        i += 1
    return line


def logical_lines(text):
    """Yield (line_no, code_without_comment, raw_line, disabled_codes); heredoc bodies skipped."""
    lines = text.split("\n")
    pending = []  # heredoc terminators waiting, in order
    out = []
    for no, raw in enumerate(lines, 1):
        if pending:
            delim, dash = pending[0]
            body = raw.lstrip("\t") if dash else raw
            if body == delim:
                pending.pop(0)
            continue
        m = re.search(r"#\s*shell-lint:\s*disable=([A-Z_,\s]+)", raw)
        disabled = {c.strip() for c in m.group(1).split(",")} if m else set()
        code = strip_comment(raw)
        for hm in re.finditer(r"<<(-?)\s*(['\"]?)([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)\2", code):
            if code[hm.start():hm.start() + 3] == "<<<":
                continue
            pending.append((hm.group(3), hm.group(1) == "-"))
        out.append((no, code, raw, disabled))
    return out


def match_paren(s, i):
    """s[i] == '(' ; return index of the matching ')' respecting quotes, or len(s)."""
    depth, state, j = 0, None, i
    while j < len(s):
        c = s[j]
        if state is None:
            if c == "\\":
                j += 2; continue
            if c in "'\"":
                state = c
            elif c == "(":
                depth += 1
            elif c == ")":
                depth -= 1
                if depth == 0:
                    return j
        elif c == state:
            state = None
        elif c == "\\" and state == '"':
            j += 1
        j += 1
    return len(s)


def unquoted_expansions(code):
    """Return names of $var / ... / $(...) / $@ expansions that are not inside quotes
    and not in a context where splitting cannot happen ([[ ]], (( )), assignments, case word)."""
    found = []
    stripped = code.strip()
    if re.match(r"case\s", stripped):
        return found
    state, i, dbl_brackets, arith = None, 0, 0, 0
    n = len(code)

    def word_start(k):
        while k > 0 and code[k - 1] not in " \t;|&(":
            k -= 1
        return k

    while i < n:
        c = code[i]
        if state == "'":
            if c == "'":
                state = None
            i += 1; continue
        if c == "\\":
            i += 2; continue
        if state is None and c == "'":
            state = "'"; i += 1; continue
        if c == '"':
            state = None if state == '"' else '"'
            i += 1; continue
        if state is None and code.startswith("[[", i) and (i == 0 or code[i - 1] in " \t;&|!("):
            dbl_brackets += 1; i += 2; continue
        if state is None and code.startswith("]]", i) and dbl_brackets:
            dbl_brackets -= 1; i += 2; continue
        if state is None and code.startswith("((", i) and (i == 0 or code[i - 1] in " \t;&|!"):
            end = match_paren(code, i)
            i = end + 1; continue
        if c == "`":
            end = code.find("`", i + 1)
            i = (end if end != -1 else n) + 1; continue
        if c == "$" and i + 1 < n:
            nxt = code[i + 1]
            if code.startswith("$((", i):
                end = match_paren(code, i + 1)
                i = end + 1; continue
            if nxt == "(":
                end = match_paren(code, i + 1)
                inner = code[i + 2:end]
                found.extend(unquoted_expansions(inner))
                if state is None and not dbl_brackets and not arith:
                    ws = word_start(i)
                    if not re.match(r"[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*(\[[^\]]*\])?\+?=", code[ws:i + 1]):
                        found.append("$(" + inner.strip()[:20] + ")")
                i = end + 1; continue
            m = re.match(r"\$(\{[^}]*\}|[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*|[@*]|[0-9])", code[i:])
            if m:
                tok = m.group(0)
                if state is None and not dbl_brackets:
                    ws = word_start(i)
                    is_assign = re.match(r"[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*(\[[^\]]*\])?\+?=", code[ws:i + 1])
                    if not is_assign and not tok.startswith("found.append(tok)
                i += len(tok); continue
        i += 1
    return found


def commands(code):
    """Split a line into simple commands on ; && || | (outside quotes)."""
    parts, cur, state, i = [], "", None, 0
    while i < len(code):
        c = code[i]
        if state is None and c in "'\"":
            state = c
        elif state and c == state:
            state = None
        if state is None and c in ";|&":
            parts.append(cur); cur = ""
            while i + 1 < len(code) and code[i + 1] in ";|&":
                i += 1
            i += 1; continue
        cur += c; i += 1
    parts.append(cur)
    return [p.strip() for p in parts if p.strip()]


def lint(text, name="script"):
    findings = []
    lines = logical_lines(text)
    first = text.split("\n", 1)[0]
    shebang = first if first.startswith("#!") else ""
    is_posix_sh = bool(re.search(r"(^#!\s*/bin/sh\b|/env\s+sh\b|/bin/dash\b)", shebang))
    all_code = "\n".join(c for _, c, _, _ in lines)
    strict_e = bool(re.search(r"(^|\n)\s*set\s+(-[a-zA-Z]*e[a-zA-Z]*\b|-o\s+errexit)", all_code)) or bool(re.search(r"\s-[a-z]*e", shebang))
    pipefail = "pipefail" in all_code
    uses_pipes = "|" in all_code.replace("||", "")
    uses_mktemp = "mktemp" in all_code
    has_trap = bool(re.search(r"(^|\n)\s*trap\s", all_code))

    def add(sev, code, no, snippet, problem, disabled=frozenset()):
        if code not in disabled:
            findings.append(Finding(sev, code, no, snippet.strip()[:80], problem))

    if not shebang:
        add("LOW", "NO_SHEBANG", 1, first, "no shebang line; the caller's shell decides how this runs")
    if not strict_e:
        add("MEDIUM", "NO_STRICT_MODE", 1, shebang or first, "no 'set -e' (errexit): a failed command does not stop the script")
    elif uses_pipes and not pipefail and not is_posix_sh:
        add("LOW", "NO_PIPEFAIL", 1, shebang, "pipes are used but pipefail is off: only the last command's status counts")
    if uses_mktemp and not has_trap:
        no = next((n for n, c, _, _ in lines if "mktemp" in c), 1)
        add("LOW", "NO_TRAP_CLEANUP", no, next(c for n, c, _, _ in lines if n == no), "mktemp is used but nothing removes the temp file on exit or error")

    read_loop = 0
    for no, code, raw, dis in lines:
        if not code.strip():
            continue
        if re.search(r"(^|[;&|\s])while\b.*\bread\b", code):
            read_loop += 1
        if read_loop and re.search(r"(^|[;&|\s])ssh\s", code) and not re.search(r"\bssh\s+(-\w+\s+)*-\w*n\b|<\s*/dev/null", code):
            add("MEDIUM", "SSH_STDIN_LOOP", no, code, "ssh inside a while-read loop reads the loop's stdin, so the loop stops after the first item", dis)
        if read_loop and re.search(r"(^|[;&|\s])done\b", code):
            read_loop -= 1
        # curl | sh
        if re.search(r"\b(curl|wget)\b[^|]*\|\s*(sudo\s+(-\S+\s+)*)?(ba|z|da|k)?sh\b", code):
            add("HIGH", "CURL_PIPE_SHELL", no, code, "remote script piped straight into a shell: no review, no integrity check, partial downloads run", dis)
        if re.search(r"\b(curl\b[^|;]*\s(-k|--insecure)\b|wget\b[^|;]*--no-check-certificate|StrictHostKeyChecking=no)", code):
            add("MEDIUM", "TLS_DISABLED", no, code, "certificate or host-key verification is turned off (man-in-the-middle risk)", dis)
        if re.search(r"(^|[;&|(\s])eval\s+.*\$", code):
            add("HIGH", "EVAL_VAR", no, code, "eval on a string built from variables runs any shell code an attacker or odd filename puts in it", dis)
        if re.search(r"\bchmod\s+(-[A-Za-z]+\s+)*0?777\b|\bchmod\s+(-[A-Za-z]+\s+)*[augo]*\+rwx\b", code) and re.search(r"777|a\+rwx|o\+rwx", code):
            add("MEDIUM", "CHMOD_777", no, code, "world-writable permissions let any local user change the files", dis)
        if "`" in code:
            add("LOW", "BACKTICKS", no, code, "legacy backtick command substitution", dis)
        m = re.match(r"\s*(export\s+|readonly\s+|local\s+|declare\s+(-\w+\s+)*)?(" + SECRET_NAME.pattern + r")=(['\"]?)([^$'\"\s][^'\"\s]{3,)", code)
        if m:
            val = m.group(6)
            masked = val[:2] + "*" * max(3, len(val) - 4) + val[-2:]
            add("HIGH", "HARDCODED_SECRET", no, code.replace(val, masked), f"{m.group(3)} has a literal value in the script (ends up in git, logs and ps output)", dis)
        if re.match(r"\s*(local|export|declare|readonly)\s+(-\w+\s+)*[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*=\"?\$\(", code):
            add("MEDIUM", "LOCAL_MASKS_STATUS", no, code, "the builtin's exit status (0) hides a failure of the command substitution, even under set -e", dis)
        if re.search(r"(^|[^\w.-])/tmp/[A-Za-z0-9_.${}-]+", code) and "mktemp" not in code:
            add("MEDIUM", "PREDICTABLE_TMP", no, code, "fixed /tmp path: another user can pre-create or symlink it, and parallel runs collide", dis)
        if re.search(r"\bfor\s+\w+\s+in\s+(\$\(|`)\s*(ls|find)\b", code) or re.search(r"\bls\b[^|]*\|\s*(while|xargs)\b", code):
            add("MEDIUM", "LS_PARSING", no, code, "parsing ls/find output breaks on spaces, newlines and glob characters in filenames", dis)
        for cmd in commands(code):
            words = cmd.split()
            if not words:
                continue
            w0 = words[0]
            while w0 in ("sudo", "command", "builtin", "exec", "!", "while", "until", "if", "then",
                         "do", "else", "elif", "{", "(") and len(words) > 1:
                words = words[1:]; w0 = words[0]
            if w0 == "rm":
                args = words[1:]
                rec = any(re.match(r"-[a-zA-Z]*[rR]", a) or a == "--recursive" for a in args)
                if any(a.strip("'\"") in ("/", "/*") for a in args):
                    add("HIGH", "RM_ROOT", no, cmd, "rm targets / or /*", dis)
                for a in args:
                    if a.startswith("-") and a != "--":
                        continue
                    if "$" in a and not re.search(r"\$\{[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*:\?", a):
                        a_clean = a.strip("'\"")
                        if re.match(r"\$\{?[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*\}?(/|\"?$)", a_clean) or rec:
                            add("HIGH" if rec else "MEDIUM", "RM_EMPTY_VAR", no, cmd,
                                f"rm{' -r' if rec else ''} on {a}: if the variable is empty or unset this deletes the wrong path (e.g. '/')", dis)
                            break
            if w0 == "cd" and not strict_e:
                if not re.search(re.escape(cmd) + r"\s*(\|\||&&)", code) and not re.search(r"(\|\||&&)\s*" + re.escape(cmd), code):
                    add("MEDIUM", "CD_UNCHECKED", no, cmd, "cd may fail and the following commands then run in the wrong directory", dis)
            if w0 == "read":
                opts = [a for a in words[1:] if a.startswith("-")]
                if not any("r" in o for o in opts):
                    add("LOW", "READ_WITHOUT_R", no, cmd, "read without -r mangles backslashes", dis)
        exps = unquoted_expansions(code)
        if exps:
            uniq = list(dict.fromkeys(exps))
            shown = ", ".join(uniq[:4]) + (" ..." if len(uniq) > 4 else "")
            only_echo = re.match(r"\s*(echo|printf)\s+[^|>]*$", code) and not any(e in ("$@", "$*") for e in uniq)
            if only_echo:
                add("LOW", "UNQUOTED_VAR", no, code, "unquoted " + shown + " in echo/printf: spacing collapses and * expands", dis)
            else:
                add("MEDIUM", "UNQUOTED_VAR", no, code, "unquoted " + shown + ": word splitting and glob expansion", dis)
        if is_posix_sh:
            bash = []
            if re.search(r"(^|[\s;&|!])\[\[\s", code): bash.append("[[ ]]")
            if re.search(r"(^|[\s;&|])\[\s[^]]*\s==\s", code): bash.append("== in [ ]")
            if re.match(r"\s*function\s+\w+", code): bash.append("function keyword")
            if re.search(r"\b[A-Za-z_]\w*=\(", code): bash.append("array")
            if re.match(r"\s*source\s", code): bash.append("source")
            if "<<<" in code: bash.append("here-string")
            if re.search(r"&>", code): bash.append("&>")
            if re.search(r"\$'", code): bash.append("$'...'")
            if bash:
                add("MEDIUM", "BASHISM_IN_SH", no, code, "bash-only syntax under #!/bin/sh (" + ", ".join(bash) + "); dash and busybox sh will fail", dis)
    findings.sort(key=lambda f: (SEV_ORDER[f.sev], f.line, f.code))
    return findings


def render_md(name, findings):
    counts = {s: sum(1 for f in findings if f.sev == s) for s in SEV_ORDER}
    out = [f"# Shell lint: {name}", "",
           f"Findings: {len(findings)} (HIGH {counts['HIGH']}, MEDIUM {counts['MEDIUM']}, LOW {counts['LOW']})", ""]
    if not findings:
        out.append("No findings.")
        return "\n".join(out)
    out += ["| Severity | Code | Line | Snippet | Problem |", "|---|---|---|---|---|"]
    for f in findings:
        snip = f.snippet.replace("|", "\\|").replace("`", "'")
        out.append(f"| {f.sev} | {f.code} | {f.line} | `{snip}` | {f.problem.replace('|', '/')} |")
    out += ["", "## Fixes", ""]
    for code in dict.fromkeys(f.code for f in findings):
        out.append(f"- {code}: {FIXES[code]}")
    return "\n".join(out)


# ---------------------------------------------------------------- self-test
def _codes(src):
    return [f.code for f in lint(src)]


def self_test():
    S = "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nset -euo pipefail\n"
    cases = [
        ("clean script has no findings", S + 'dir="$1"\ncp -- "$dir/a" "$dir/b"\n', lambda c: c == []),
        ("missing shebang", 'set -eu\necho "hi"\n', lambda c: "NO_SHEBANG" in c),
        ("missing strict mode", "#!/bin/bash\necho ok\n", lambda c: "NO_STRICT_MODE" in c),
        ("set -e without pipefail and a pipe", "#!/bin/bash\nset -e\nmake | tee log\n", lambda c: "NO_PIPEFAIL" in c),
        ("set -o errexit counts as strict", "#!/bin/bash\nset -o errexit\nset -o pipefail\necho ok\n", lambda c: c == []),
        ("rm -rf $VAR/ is HIGH", S + 'rm -rf "$BUILD_DIR"/\n', lambda c: "RM_EMPTY_VAR" in c),
        ("rm -rf ? is fine", S + 'rm -rf -- "?/"\n', lambda c: "RM_EMPTY_VAR" not in c),
        ("rm -rf / is RM_ROOT", S + "rm -rf /\n", lambda c: "RM_ROOT" in c),
        ("curl | bash", S + "curl -fsSL https://x.example/install.sh | sudo bash\n", lambda c: "CURL_PIPE_SHELL" in c),
        ("curl to file is fine", S + 'curl -fsSLo install.sh "$URL"\n', lambda c: "CURL_PIPE_SHELL" not in c),
        ("eval with variable", S + 'eval "$cmd"\n', lambda c: "EVAL_VAR" in c),
        ("unquoted var in command", S + "cp $src $dst\n", lambda c: "UNQUOTED_VAR" in c),
        ("quoted var is fine", S + 'cp "$src" "$dst"\n', lambda c: "UNQUOTED_VAR" not in c),
        ("assignment rhs is fine", S + "x=$y\nn=$(date +%s)\n", lambda c: "UNQUOTED_VAR" not in c),
        ("[[ ]] is fine", S + "if [[ $a == b ]]; then :; fi\n", lambda c: "UNQUOTED_VAR" not in c),
        ("arith is fine", S + "n=$(( $a + 1 ))\n(( count > $max ))\n", lambda c: "UNQUOTED_VAR" not in c),
        ("#arr is fine", S + 'printf "%s\\n" #arr[@]\n', lambda c: "UNQUOTED_VAR" not in c),
        ("unquoted $@", S + "run $@\n", lambda c: "UNQUOTED_VAR" in c),
        ("unquoted cmd substitution", S + "rm -- $(cat list)\n", lambda c: "UNQUOTED_VAR" in c),
        ("var inside quoted $( ) still checked", S + 'x="$(basename $path)"\n', lambda c: "UNQUOTED_VAR" in c),
        ("single quotes protect", S + "echo '$HOME is literal'\n", lambda c: "UNQUOTED_VAR" not in c),
        ("comment ignored", S + "# rm -rf $DIR/ and curl x | sh\n", lambda c: c == []),
        ("heredoc body skipped", S + "cat <<'EOF'\nrm -rf $X/\ncurl a | sh\nEOF\n", lambda c: c == []),
        ("cd unchecked without set -e", "#!/bin/bash\ncd /srv/app\n", lambda c: "CD_UNCHECKED" in c),
        ("cd || exit is fine", "#!/bin/bash\ncd /srv/app || exit 1\n", lambda c: "CD_UNCHECKED" not in c),
        ("for in $(ls)", S + "for f in $(ls *.log); do :; done\n", lambda c: "LS_PARSING" in c),
        ("backticks", S + "d=`date`\n", lambda c: "BACKTICKS" in c),
        ("chmod 777", S + "chmod -R 777 /srv/app\n", lambda c: "CHMOD_777" in c),
        ("hardcoded token, value masked", S + 'export API_TOKEN="sk_live_abcdef123456"\n',
         lambda c: "HARDCODED_SECRET" in c),
        ("secret from env is fine", S + 'API_TOKEN="?"\n', lambda c: "HARDCODED_SECRET" not in c),
        ("predictable tmp", S + 'echo "x" > /tmp/deploy.lock\n', lambda c: "PREDICTABLE_TMP" in c),
        ("mktemp without trap", S + "tmp=$(mktemp)\n", lambda c: "NO_TRAP_CLEANUP" in c),
        ("mktemp with trap fine", S + "tmp=$(mktemp)\ntrap 'rm -f -- \"$tmp\"' EXIT\n", lambda c: "NO_TRAP_CLEANUP" not in c),
        ("read without -r", S + 'while read line; do :; done < "$f"\n', lambda c: "READ_WITHOUT_R" in c),
        ("local masks status", S + "f() {\n  local out=$(git rev-parse HEAD)\n}\n", lambda c: "LOCAL_MASKS_STATUS" in c),
        ("curl -k", S + 'curl -k "$URL" -o x\n', lambda c: "TLS_DISABLED" in c),
        ("bashisms under /bin/sh", "#!/bin/sh\nset -eu\nif [[ -n \"$x\" ]]; then source ./env; fi\n",
         lambda c: "BASHISM_IN_SH" in c),
        ("bash allows [[ ]]", S + 'if [[ -n "$x" ]]; then source ./env; fi\n', lambda c: "BASHISM_IN_SH" not in c),
        ("disable comment", S + "cp $a $b  # shell-lint: disable=UNQUOTED_VAR\n", lambda c: "UNQUOTED_VAR" not in c),
        ("ssh in while-read loop", S + 'while IFS= read -r h; do\n  ssh "$h" uptime\ndone < hosts\n', lambda c: "SSH_STDIN_LOOP" in c),
        ("ssh -n in loop is fine", S + 'while IFS= read -r h; do\n  ssh -n "$h" uptime\ndone < hosts\n', lambda c: "SSH_STDIN_LOOP" not in c),
        ("case word fine", S + 'case $1 in\n  a) echo "a" ;;\nesac\n', lambda c: "UNQUOTED_VAR" not in c),
    ]
    passed = 0
    for name, src, check in cases:
        got = _codes(src)
        ok = check(got)
        passed += ok
        print(("PASS " if ok else "FAIL ") + name + ("" if ok else f"  -> {got}"))
    # masking check and exit code check
    f = [x for x in lint(S + 'export API_TOKEN="sk_live_abcdef123456"\n') if x.code == "HARDCODED_SECRET"][0]
    ok = "abcdef123456" not in f.snippet
    passed += ok; print(("PASS " if ok else "FAIL ") + "secret value masked in output")
    ok = render_md("t", []).endswith("No findings.")
    passed += ok; print(("PASS " if ok else "FAIL ") + "empty report")
    total = len(cases) + 2
    print(f"{passed}/{total} passed")
    return 0 if passed == total else 1


def main():
    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Shell script safety linter (stdlib only)")
    ap.add_argument("files", nargs="*")
    ap.add_argument("--json", action="store_true")
    ap.add_argument("--min-severity", default="LOW", choices=list(SEV_ORDER))
    ap.add_argument("--ignore", default="", help="comma-separated codes to skip")
    ap.add_argument("--self-test", action="store_true")
    a = ap.parse_args()
    if a.self_test:
        return self_test()
    if not a.files:
        ap.error("give at least one script or --self-test")
    ignore = {c.strip() for c in a.ignore.split(",") if c.strip()}
    worst, reports, js = 0, [], {}
    for path in a.files:
        try:
            with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as fh:
                text = fh.read()
        except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError) as e:
            print(f"error: cannot read {path}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
            return 2
        fs = [f for f in lint(text, path) if f.code not in ignore and SEV_ORDER[f.sev] <= SEV_ORDER[a.min_severity]]
        if any(f.sev == "HIGH" for f in fs):
            worst = 1
        js[path] = [f.as_dict() for f in fs]
        reports.append(render_md(path, fs))
    print(json.dumps(js, indent=2) if a.json else "\n\n".join(reports))
    return worst


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())

# Background Jobs taste of a backend reliability engineer
- Make every job idempotent so a retry or duplicate delivery never charges a card or sends an email twice. Confidence: 0.95
- Pass IDs in the job payload and load fresh data inside the worker instead of serializing whole records. Confidence: 0.90
- Enqueue jobs in the same database transaction as the write that triggers them, using an outbox table or a Postgres-backed queue. Confidence: 0.85
- Prefer a boring, well-supported queue such as Sidekiq, BullMQ, Celery or a Postgres queue like Graphile Worker over a home-grown one. Confidence: 0.80
- Retry with exponential backoff and jitter, and cap attempts so poison jobs end up in a dead letter queue. Confidence: 0.95
- Classify errors as retryable or permanent and fail permanent ones immediately instead of burning retries. Confidence: 0.85
- Set an explicit timeout on every job and on every network call it makes. Confidence: 0.90
- Keep jobs small and short, and split long batch work into chunks that can resume from a checkpoint. Confidence: 0.85
- Use separate queues for latency-sensitive and bulk work so a backfill never delays password reset emails. Confidence: 0.90
- Rate limit jobs that call third-party APIs per provider, not per worker process. Confidence: 0.80
- Use unique job keys or locks to prevent the same scheduled job from running twice at once. Confidence: 0.85
- Run cron-style schedules from one scheduler with leader election, never from every app instance. Confidence: 0.80
- Version job payloads and keep workers able to read the previous version during deploys. Confidence: 0.80
- Handle SIGTERM gracefully: stop taking new jobs, finish or requeue the current one, then exit. Confidence: 0.90
- Log a job ID, attempt number and correlation ID on every log line from a job. Confidence: 0.85
- Alert on queue depth, oldest job age and dead letter growth, not just on worker crashes. Confidence: 0.90
- Give the dead letter queue an owner and a documented replay command. Confidence: 0.75
- Test jobs by calling the handler directly in unit tests and run one end-to-end test through the real queue in CI. Confidence: 0.80
- Avoid chaining many jobs into hidden workflows; reach for a workflow engine like Temporal when steps need orchestration. Confidence: 0.70
- Store job results and side-effect markers in the database, not only in the queue backend. Confidence: 0.75

---
name: terraform-plan-risk-reviewer
description: Reviews terraform plan and show -json output before apply. Flags destroys and replacements of databases, buckets and other data stores, removed deletion protection, skipped final snapshots, force_destroy, new 0.0.0.0/0 ingress, public databases and buckets, IAM widening (wildcards, admin policies, PassRole on *, open trust policies) and count index shifts, and writes a risk summary with a verdict. Includes a stdlib Python checker with --self-test.
---

# Terraform Plan Risk Reviewer

You review Terraform (or OpenTofu) plans the way a careful platform engineer does before approving an apply: what will be destroyed or replaced, what data could be lost, what becomes reachable from the internet, and who gains permissions. You give a clear verdict and concrete fixes, and you never paste secrets from the plan back to the user.

## Files in this skill

- `scripts/plan_risk.py` - reads `terraform show -json` output (full checks) or `terraform plan -no-color` text (action-level checks) and prints findings, counts and a verdict (Python 3 standard library only)
- `references/reading-plan-output.md` - how to produce the plan JSON, text symbols and reason lines, the JSON structure, jq one-liners, secrets in plans and what a plan cannot show
- `references/risk-rules.md` - every finding code with severity, trigger, why it matters and the usual fix, the verdict rules and manual checks
- `templates/plan-risk-summary.md` - the summary to post on the pull request
- `examples/shop-prod-plan.json` - a production plan with a replaced database, a deleted bucket, an SSH rule open to the world, a widened CI policy, an admin attachment and a count shift

## Workflow

### 1. Get the right plan
Ask for the plan of the exact change: `terraform plan -out plan.out` then `terraform show -json plan.out > plan.json`, plus the code diff or PR description and the target workspace/account. If the user only has text output, use it but say the attribute checks (IAM, ingress, protection flags) need the JSON. Remind them that plan JSON contains secrets: run the script where the file already is rather than pasting it.

### 2. Run the checker
```
python3 scripts/plan_risk.py examples/shop-prod-plan.json
python3 scripts/plan_risk.py plan.json --json
python3 scripts/plan_risk.py plan.txt
python3 scripts/plan_risk.py --self-test
```
Exit 1 means at least one HIGH finding, 2 means the file is not a plan.

### 3. Review like a human
- Compare the changes with the code diff: anything not explained by the diff (provider upgrade, drift, renamed resources) needs an answer before apply.
- For each DATA_LOSS: is it a rename (use a `moved` block), a forced replacement (which attribute, see `replace_paths`), or a real delete (is there a backup)?
- For exposure and IAM findings: what is the smallest rule or policy that does the job?
- Check what the script cannot see (`references/risk-rules.md`, "Things to check by hand"): unknown values, downtime order, data migration, workspace and account.

### 4. Deliver
Fill `templates/plan-risk-summary.md`: verdict, HIGH items with fix or named acceptance, MEDIUM items with owner, expected vs unexpected changes, apply steps with a rollback. Give code fixes as small HCL snippets (moved blocks, lifecycle, scoped policies).

## Example result
`examples/shop-prod-plan.json` (Terraform 1.9.8): 2 create, 4 update, 2 replace, 2 destroy; 6 HIGH, 5 MEDIUM, 2 LOW, 2 INFO, verdict DO NOT APPLY. HIGH: the orders RDS instance is replaced (destroy first) because `storage_encrypted` changed, with deletion protection off and no final snapshot; the legacy logs bucket is deleted with force_destroy; SSH opened to 0.0.0.0/0 on the bastion; the S3 public access block is turned off for the assets bucket; the CI role gets `iam:PassRole` on `*` (and `s3:*`); AdministratorAccess is attached to the ops role. MEDIUM also includes `aws_instance.web[1]` destroyed by a count index shift. Fix: snapshot and migrate the database, `moved` or a `removed` block for the bucket, SSM instead of public SSH, scoped policies, for_each for web instances.

## Rules

- Never print or quote passwords, keys or tokens from a plan, even if they are visible in the JSON.
- A HIGH finding blocks the apply until it is fixed or a named owner accepts it in writing.
- Prefer `moved`, `removed` and `import` blocks over destroy-and-recreate for refactors.
- Data stores need a backup before any destroy or replace, and `prevent_destroy` afterwards.
- Do not approve plans you cannot see in full (truncated output, `-target` runs, errored plans); ask for the complete plan.
- Policy-as-code (OPA/Conftest, Sentinel, Checkov, tfsec) is a good follow-up, not a replacement for reading the plan.
FILE:references/reading-plan-output.md
# Reading Terraform plan output

## Get a machine-readable plan
```
terraform plan -out plan.out            # add -var-file / -target exactly as the real apply will
terraform show -json plan.out > plan.json
terraform show -no-color plan.out > plan.txt   # human-readable copy of the same saved plan
```
Review the SAME saved plan you will apply (`terraform apply plan.out`), not a fresh plan: state or remote resources can change in between. OpenTofu uses the same commands (`tofu show -json`) and format.

## Text symbols
| Symbol | Header line | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| `+` | `will be created` | new resource |
| `~` | `will be updated in-place` | attributes change, same resource ID |
| `-` | `will be destroyed` | resource deleted |
| `-/+` | `must be replaced` | destroy first, then create (default) - downtime gap |
| `+/-` | `must be replaced` | create first, then destroy (`create_before_destroy`) |
| `<=` | `will be read during apply` | data source read; check why it is unknown at plan time |
| `# forces replacement` | after an attribute | this attribute change causes the replacement |
| `(known after apply)` | value | computed; you cannot review it now |
| `(sensitive value)` | value | hidden in text output, but present in plan JSON |

Reason lines under a header: `# (because aws_x.y is not in configuration)` (removed from code or moved without a `moved` block), `# (because index [1] is out of range for count)` (count shrank or shifted), `# (because key ["a"] is not in for_each map)`, `# (resource is tainted, so must be replaced)`, `# (replace requested)` (`-replace=` flag).

Summary line: `Plan: 3 to add, 1 to change, 3 to destroy.` A replacement counts once in "add" and once in "destroy", so compare destroy count with the number of `-` and `-/+` headers.

## JSON structure (format_version 1.x)
```
{
  "format_version": "1.2", "terraform_version": "1.9.8",
  "resource_changes": [ {
      "address": "module.db.aws_db_instance.main", "module_address": "module.db",
      "mode": "managed" | "data", "type": "aws_db_instance", "name": "main", "index": 0 | "key",
      "change": {
        "actions": ["create"] | ["update"] | ["delete"] | ["delete","create"] | ["create","delete"] | ["no-op"] | ["read"] | ["forget"],
        "before": {...} | null, "after": {...} | null,
        "after_unknown": {"id": true},              # values known only after apply
        "before_sensitive": {...}, "after_sensitive": {"password": true},
        "replace_paths": [["storage_encrypted"]],   # attributes that force replacement
        "importing": {"id": "..."}                  # import blocks (1.5+)
      },
      "action_reason": "replace_because_cannot_update" | "replace_because_tainted" | "replace_by_request" |
                       "delete_because_no_resource_config" | "delete_because_count_index" | "delete_because_each_key" | ...,
      "previous_address": "aws_db_instance.old"     # moved blocks
  } ],
  "resource_drift": [ ... changes made outside Terraform ... ],
  "output_changes": {...}, "prior_state": {...}, "configuration": {...},
  "applyable": true, "complete": true, "errored": false
}
```
Useful one-liners:
```
jq -r '.resource_changes[] | select(.change.actions != ["no-op"]) | "\(.change.actions | join(",")) \(.address)"' plan.json
jq -r '.resource_changes[] | select(.change.actions | index("delete")) | .address' plan.json
jq -r '.resource_changes[] | select(.change.replace_paths) | "\(.address): \(.change.replace_paths)"' plan.json
```

## Secrets in plans
`before`/`after` contain real values, including passwords and private keys, even when `*_sensitive` marks them. Treat plan.out and plan.json like secrets: do not attach them to tickets, chats or public CI logs; keep them as short-lived, access-controlled CI artifacts. Share the risk summary instead.

## What a plan cannot tell you
- Values computed at apply time (`known after apply`), including many IAM policy documents built from other resources.
- Side effects outside Terraform: DNS caches, clients pinned to an IP, data inside a database being replaced.
- Whether `lifecycle { prevent_destroy = true }` is set (it is in `configuration`, and a plan that would violate it fails instead).
- Provider-specific behaviour such as RDS applying some changes only in the next maintenance window (`apply_immediately`).
FILE:references/risk-rules.md
# Risk rules used by plan_risk.py

| Code | Severity | Trigger | Why it matters | Typical fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DATA_LOSS | HIGH | destroy or replace of a data-holding type: databases (RDS, Cloud SQL, Azure SQL/PostgreSQL/MySQL, Cosmos DB, DynamoDB), buckets, disks/volumes, EFS/FSx, caches, queues/streams, KMS keys, secrets, DNS zones, log groups, ECR, Kubernetes PVCs/namespaces | a new resource starts empty; KMS key deletion makes encrypted data unreadable | snapshot/backup first, `moved` block for refactors, `prevent_destroy` on data stores, migrate data before replacing |
| PROTECTION_OFF | HIGH (update) / MEDIUM (new or replaced) | `deletion_protection`, `deletion_protection_enabled`, `enable_deletion_protection`, `termination_protection`, `disable_api_termination` false | the next mistake can delete production | keep true; disable only in a separate change right before a planned delete |
| PUBLIC_INGRESS | HIGH | new 0.0.0.0/0 or ::/0 ingress on all ports or admin/data ports (22, 3389, 3306, 5432, 1433, 6379, 27017, 9200, 6443 ...) | direct attack surface, brute force, data exposure | known CIDRs, SSM Session Manager, VPN, bastion, private endpoints |
| PUBLIC_INGRESS | MEDIUM / INFO | other ports / 80 and 443 | | expose only load balancers |
| PUBLIC_DATABASE | HIGH | `publicly_accessible = true` | database endpoint reachable from the internet | private subnets, proxy, VPN |
| S3_PUBLIC_ACCESS | HIGH | any of the four public access block settings set to false | bucket policies or ACLs can make data public | keep all four true; CloudFront + Origin Access Control |
| PUBLIC_ACL | HIGH | `public-read`, `public-read-write`, `authenticated-read` | everyone can list or read (or write) | BucketOwnerEnforced, private |
| PUBLIC_POLICY | HIGH | resource policy Allow with Principal `*` and no Condition | anyone on the internet (or any AWS account) gets access | named principals; `aws:SourceArn`, `aws:PrincipalOrgID`, `aws:SourceVpce` |
| PUBLIC_IAM | HIGH | GCP binding to `allUsers` / `allAuthenticatedUsers` | public access | specific members |
| TRUST_ANYONE | HIGH | role trust policy with Principal `*` and no Condition | any AWS account can assume the role | exact ARNs + `sts:ExternalId` |
| IAM_ADMIN | HIGH | `Action * / Resource *`, AdministratorAccess, PowerUserAccess, IAMFullAccess, GCP owner/editor, Azure Owner/User Access Administrator (Contributor = MEDIUM) | full control of the account or project | least privilege; break-glass admin with MFA |
| IAM_ESCALATION | HIGH | `iam:PassRole`, `iam:Attach*/Put*Policy`, `iam:CreatePolicyVersion`, `iam:CreateAccessKey`, `sts:AssumeRole`, `kms:*` on `*`; `iam:*`, `sts:*` anywhere | the holder can grant itself more rights | scope to specific ARNs; `iam:PassedToService` condition |
| IAM_WILDCARD | HIGH on `*` / MEDIUM | `service:*` actions, `*FullAccess` managed policies | far more than needed, includes delete | list actions actually used (Access Analyzer, CloudTrail) |
| IAM_NOT_ACTION | MEDIUM | Allow with NotAction | grants everything else, including future actions | explicit Action list |
| IAM_WIDENED | LOW | update adds actions or resources to a policy | permission creep | confirm with the owner |
| TRUST_WIDENED | MEDIUM | new principals in a trust policy | new cross-account access | confirm each principal |
| NO_FINAL_SNAPSHOT | MEDIUM | `skip_final_snapshot = true` on RDS/Aurora/DocumentDB/Neptune/Redshift | deleting leaves nothing to restore | `false` + `final_snapshot_identifier` |
| FORCE_DESTROY | MEDIUM | `force_destroy = true` newly set | delete wipes all objects or records | keep false on real data |
| ENCRYPTION_OFF | MEDIUM | `storage_encrypted`/`encrypted` false | compliance; enabling later usually forces replacement | enable now |
| BACKUPS_OFF | MEDIUM | `backup_retention_period = 0` | no point-in-time recovery | 7 to 35 days |
| SECRET_REGENERATED | MEDIUM | replace of `random_password`, `random_string`, `tls_private_key`, `aws_iam_access_key` | consumers break | plan the rotation |
| COUNT_INDEX_SHIFT | MEDIUM | `delete_because_count_index` | removing a middle item destroys and recreates the following ones | `for_each` with stable keys, `moved` blocks |
| DESTROY | MEDIUM (compute, LB, IP, cluster, count/each removal) / LOW | non-stateful destroy | downtime, lost IPs | confirm intent; `moved` for refactors |
| REPLACE | MEDIUM (destroy-first compute/LB) / LOW | non-stateful replace | new IDs, IPs, DNS names; downtime gap | `create_before_destroy`, check dependents |
| PUBLIC_FUNCTION_URL | MEDIUM | Lambda URL with auth NONE | public endpoint | AWS_IAM auth |
| PLAN_ERRORED / PLAN_INCOMPLETE | HIGH / MEDIUM | `errored` / `complete: false` | partial picture | re-plan |
| DRIFT, REMOVED_FROM_CONFIG, MOVED, IMPORT, FORGET, POLICY_UNKNOWN, TEXT_MODE | INFO | context | | |

## Verdict
- Any HIGH: do not apply until each HIGH is fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner (name and reason in the review).
- Only MEDIUM: apply after the owner of each affected resource agrees.
- LOW/INFO only: normal review.

## Things to check by hand
- **Blast radius:** how many resources change, and are they all expected from the code diff? A one-line change that replaces 40 resources is a red flag (provider upgrade, changed `name`, `count` to `for_each`).
- **Order and downtime:** destroy-first replacements of anything serving traffic; DNS TTLs; target group swaps.
- **Data migration:** a replaced database needs a restore from snapshot or a data migration plan; Terraform will not copy data.
- **Unknown values:** policies or security group rules that are `known after apply` - review the module code instead.
- **Provider and module upgrades:** read the changelog for forced replacements and default changes.
- **Environment:** confirm the workspace/backend (`terraform workspace show`) and account (`aws sts get-caller-identity`) before applying.
- **Policy as code:** OPA/Conftest, Sentinel, Checkov or tfsec rules can enforce the HIGH checks in CI.
FILE:templates/plan-risk-summary.md
# Terraform plan risk summary: <stack / workspace>

**Change:** <PR #123 "Encrypt orders DB, open bastion for vendor">   **Workspace/account:** <prod / 123456789012 eu-west-1>
**Plan:** <terraform 1.9.8, plan.out from CI run 4567>   **Counts:** <2 create, 4 update, 2 replace, 2 destroy>
**Verdict:** <DO NOT APPLY as is / Apply after review / Low risk>

## Must fix or explicitly accept (HIGH)
| # | Resource | Risk | Why | Fix or acceptance (who) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | <`aws_db_instance.orders`> | <DATA_LOSS: replaced because storage_encrypted changed> | <new empty DB; no final snapshot> | <snapshot, restore into encrypted copy, switch with a moved/import plan> |

## Needs owner review (MEDIUM)
| # | Resource | Risk | Owner OK? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | <`aws_instance.web[1]`> | <COUNT_INDEX_SHIFT> | <yes/no> |

## Low / info
- <IAM_WIDENED on ci_deploy: s3:* - replaced by explicit actions in the fix>
- <Drift on aws_lb.public tags: set in console by ...>

## Expected vs unexpected changes
- Expected from the code diff: <...>
- Not explained by the code diff: <... investigate before apply>

## Apply plan
1. <Take snapshot `orders-pre-encrypt-2026-10-27`>
2. <Apply in a maintenance window: <time, zone>>
3. <Verify: app health checks, `aws rds describe-db-instances`, bastion only from VPN>
4. Rollback: <restore snapshot / revert PR and re-apply>

## Follow-ups
- <add prevent_destroy to data stores>
- <policy-as-code rule for 0.0.0.0/0 on port 22>
FILE:examples/shop-prod-plan.json
{
  "format_version": "1.2",
  "terraform_version": "1.9.8",
  "planned_values": {"root_module": {}},
  "resource_drift": [
    {
      "address": "aws_lb.public",
      "mode": "managed",
      "type": "aws_lb",
      "name": "public",
      "provider_name": "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws",
      "change": {
        "actions": ["update"],
        "before": {"name": "shop-public", "tags": {"env": "prod"}},
        "after": {"name": "shop-public", "tags": {"env": "prod", "owner": "set-in-console"}},
        "after_unknown": {},
        "before_sensitive": {},
        "after_sensitive": {}
      }
    }
  ],
  "resource_changes": [
    {
      "address": "aws_cloudwatch_log_group.app",
      "mode": "managed",
      "type": "aws_cloudwatch_log_group",
      "name": "app",
      "provider_name": "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws",
      "change": {
        "actions": ["create"],
        "before": null,
        "after": {"name": "/shop/app", "retention_in_days": 30, "tags": {"env": "prod"}},
        "after_unknown": {"arn": true, "id": true},
        "before_sensitive": false,
        "after_sensitive": {}
      }
    },
    {
      "address": "aws_db_instance.orders",
      "mode": "managed",
      "type": "aws_db_instance",
      "name": "orders",
      "provider_name": "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws",
      "change": {
        "actions": ["delete", "create"],
        "before": {"identifier": "shop-orders", "engine": "postgres", "engine_version": "16.4", "instance_class": "db.t4g.medium", "allocated_storage": 100, "storage_encrypted": false, "deletion_protection": false, "skip_final_snapshot": true, "backup_retention_period": 7, "publicly_accessible": false, "username": "orders_admin", "password": null, "tags": {"env": "prod"}},
        "after": {"identifier": "shop-orders", "engine": "postgres", "engine_version": "16.4", "instance_class": "db.t4g.medium", "allocated_storage": 100, "storage_encrypted": true, "deletion_protection": false, "skip_final_snapshot": true, "backup_retention_period": 7, "publicly_accessible": false, "username": "orders_admin", "password": null, "tags": {"env": "prod"}, "kms_key_id": null},
        "after_unknown": {"id": true, "arn": true, "endpoint": true, "address": true},
        "before_sensitive": {"password": true},
        "after_sensitive": {"password": true},
        "replace_paths": [["storage_encrypted"]]
      },
      "action_reason": "replace_because_cannot_update"
    },
    {
      "address": "aws_iam_role_policy.ci_deploy",
      "mode": "managed",
      "type": "aws_iam_role_policy",
      "name": "ci_deploy",
      "provider_name": "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws",
      "change": {
        "actions": ["update"],
        "before": {"id": "shop-ci:deploy", "name": "deploy", "role": "shop-ci", "policy": "{\"Version\": \"2012-10-17\", \"Statement\": [{\"Sid\": \"Deploy\", \"Effect\": \"Allow\", \"Action\": [\"s3:PutObject\", \"s3:GetObject\"], \"Resource\": \"arn:aws:s3:::shop-assets-prod/*\"}]}"},
        "after": {"id": "shop-ci:deploy", "name": "deploy", "role": "shop-ci", "policy": "{\"Version\": \"2012-10-17\", \"Statement\": [{\"Sid\": \"Deploy\", \"Effect\": \"Allow\", \"Action\": \"s3:*\", \"Resource\": [\"arn:aws:s3:::shop-assets-prod\", \"arn:aws:s3:::shop-assets-prod/*\"]}, {\"Sid\": \"PassAnyRole\", \"Effect\": \"Allow\", \"Action\": \"iam:PassRole\", \"Resource\": \"*\"}]}"},
        "after_unknown": {},
        "before_sensitive": {},
        "after_sensitive": {}
      }
    },
    {
      "address": "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment.ops_admin",
      "mode": "managed",
      "type": "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment",
      "name": "ops_admin",
      "provider_name": "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws",
      "change": {
        "actions": ["create"],
        "before": null,
        "after": {"role": "shop-ops", "policy_arn": "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AdministratorAccess"},
        "after_unknown": {"id": true},
        "before_sensitive": false,
        "after_sensitive": {}
      }
    },
    {
      "address": "aws_instance.web[1]",
      "mode": "managed",
      "type": "aws_instance",
      "name": "web",
      "index": 1,
      "provider_name": "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws",
      "change": {
        "actions": ["delete"],
        "before": {"id": "i-0b1c2d3e4f5a6b7c8", "ami": "ami-0abc1234def567890", "instance_type": "t3.medium", "associate_public_ip_address": false, "tags": {"Name": "shop-web-1"}},
        "after": null,
        "after_unknown": {},
        "before_sensitive": {},
        "after_sensitive": false
      },
      "action_reason": "delete_because_count_index"
    },
    {
      "address": "aws_lb.public",
      "mode": "managed",
      "type": "aws_lb",
      "name": "public",
      "provider_name": "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws",
      "change": {
        "actions": ["update"],
        "before": {"name": "shop-public", "internal": false, "enable_deletion_protection": true, "tags": {"env": "prod", "owner": "set-in-console"}},
        "after": {"name": "shop-public", "internal": false, "enable_deletion_protection": true, "tags": {"env": "prod", "team": "shop"}},
        "after_unknown": {},
        "before_sensitive": {},
        "after_sensitive": {}
      }
    },
    {
      "address": "aws_lb_target_group.web",
      "mode": "managed",
      "type": "aws_lb_target_group",
      "name": "web",
      "provider_name": "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws",
      "change": {
        "actions": ["create", "delete"],
        "before": {"name_prefix": "web-", "port": 8080, "protocol": "HTTP", "vpc_id": "vpc-0a1b2c3d"},
        "after": {"name_prefix": "web-", "port": 8081, "protocol": "HTTP", "vpc_id": "vpc-0a1b2c3d"},
        "after_unknown": {"id": true, "arn": true, "name": true},
        "before_sensitive": {},
        "after_sensitive": {},
        "replace_paths": [["port"]]
      },
      "action_reason": "replace_because_cannot_update"
    },
    {
      "address": "aws_s3_bucket.legacy_logs",
      "mode": "managed",
      "type": "aws_s3_bucket",
      "name": "legacy_logs",
      "provider_name": "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws",
      "change": {
        "actions": ["delete"],
        "before": {"bucket": "shop-legacy-logs-prod", "force_destroy": true, "tags": {"env": "prod"}},
        "after": null,
        "after_unknown": {},
        "before_sensitive": {},
        "after_sensitive": false
      },
      "action_reason": "delete_because_no_resource_config"
    },
    {
      "address": "aws_s3_bucket_public_access_block.assets",
      "mode": "managed",
      "type": "aws_s3_bucket_public_access_block",
      "name": "assets",
      "provider_name": "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws",
      "change": {
        "actions": ["update"],
        "before": {"bucket": "shop-assets-prod", "block_public_acls": true, "block_public_policy": true, "ignore_public_acls": true, "restrict_public_buckets": true},
        "after": {"bucket": "shop-assets-prod", "block_public_acls": true, "block_public_policy": false, "ignore_public_acls": true, "restrict_public_buckets": false},
        "after_unknown": {},
        "before_sensitive": {},
        "after_sensitive": {}
      }
    },
    {
      "address": "aws_security_group.bastion",
      "mode": "managed",
      "type": "aws_security_group",
      "name": "bastion",
      "provider_name": "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws",
      "change": {
        "actions": ["update"],
        "before": {"name": "shop-bastion", "ingress": [{"cidr_blocks": ["10.20.0.0/16"], "description": "SSH from VPN", "from_port": 22, "to_port": 22, "protocol": "tcp", "ipv6_cidr_blocks": [], "prefix_list_ids": [], "security_groups": [], "self": false}], "egress": []},
        "after": {"name": "shop-bastion", "ingress": [{"cidr_blocks": ["10.20.0.0/16"], "description": "SSH from VPN", "from_port": 22, "to_port": 22, "protocol": "tcp", "ipv6_cidr_blocks": [], "prefix_list_ids": [], "security_groups": [], "self": false}, {"cidr_blocks": ["0.0.0.0/0"], "description": "temp: SSH for vendor", "from_port": 22, "to_port": 22, "protocol": "tcp", "ipv6_cidr_blocks": [], "prefix_list_ids": [], "security_groups": [], "self": false}], "egress": []},
        "after_unknown": {},
        "before_sensitive": {},
        "after_sensitive": {}
      }
    },
    {
      "address": "module.network.aws_vpc.main",
      "module_address": "module.network",
      "mode": "managed",
      "type": "aws_vpc",
      "name": "main",
      "provider_name": "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws",
      "change": {
        "actions": ["no-op"],
        "before": {"cidr_block": "10.20.0.0/16"},
        "after": {"cidr_block": "10.20.0.0/16"},
        "after_unknown": {},
        "before_sensitive": {},
        "after_sensitive": {}
      }
    }
  ],
  "prior_state": {"format_version": "1.0", "terraform_version": "1.9.8"},
  "configuration": {"provider_config": {"aws": {"name": "aws", "full_name": "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"}}},
  "timestamp": "2026-10-27T07:10:00Z",
  "applyable": true,
  "complete": true,
  "errored": false
}
FILE:scripts/plan_risk.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Terraform plan risk reviewer (Python 3 standard library only).

Reads `terraform show -json plan.out` output (or, with less detail, the text of
`terraform plan -no-color`) and flags risky changes: destroys and replacements of
stateful resources (data loss), removed deletion protection, skipped final
snapshots, force_destroy, disabled encryption, new public network exposure
(0.0.0.0/0 or ::/0 ingress, public databases, S3 public access blocks, public ACLs
and policies, allUsers bindings), IAM widening (wildcard actions, admin policies,
iam:PassRole on *, trust policies open to anyone) and count index shifts. Prints a
risk summary. Never prints attribute values that Terraform marks as sensitive.

Usage:
  terraform plan -out plan.out && terraform show -json plan.out > plan.json
  python3 plan_risk.py plan.json [--json]
  terraform plan -no-color > plan.txt && python3 plan_risk.py plan.txt   (text mode)
  python3 plan_risk.py --self-test
Exit codes: 0 = no HIGH findings, 1 = HIGH findings, 2 = unreadable input.
"""
import argparse, json, re, sys

SEV_ORDER = {"HIGH": 0, "MEDIUM": 1, "LOW": 2, "INFO": 3}
STATEFUL = re.compile(r"^(aws_(db_instance|rds_cluster|dynamodb_table|s3_bucket|ebs_volume|efs_file_system|"
                      r"elasticache_(cluster|replication_group)|redshift_cluster|docdb_cluster|neptune_cluster|"
                      r"opensearch_domain|elasticsearch_domain|kinesis_stream|sqs_queue|kms_key|secretsmanager_secret|"
                      r"backup_vault|ecr_repository|cloudwatch_log_group|msk_cluster|fsx_\w+|route53_zone|"
                      r"cognito_user_pool|timestream_table)|"
                      r"google_(sql_database_instance|sql_database|storage_bucket|bigquery_(dataset|table)|compute_disk|"
                      r"spanner_(instance|database)|kms_crypto_key|redis_instance|filestore_instance|firestore_database|"
                      r"dns_managed_zone)|"
                      r"azurerm_(storage_account|storage_container|mssql_(database|server)|postgresql_flexible_server|"
                      r"mysql_flexible_server|cosmosdb_account|key_vault|managed_disk|redis_cache|dns_zone)|"
                      r"kubernetes_(persistent_volume_claim|persistent_volume|namespace)(_v1)?)$")
SECRET_GEN = re.compile(r"^(random_password|random_string|tls_private_key|aws_iam_access_key)$")
DOWNTIME = re.compile(r"^(aws_(instance|lb|alb|eip|nat_gateway|cloudfront_distribution|api_gateway_rest_api|"
                      r"eks_cluster|ecs_service|acm_certificate)|google_(compute_instance|container_cluster)|"
                      r"azurerm_(linux|windows)_virtual_machine|azurerm_kubernetes_cluster)$")
SENSITIVE_PORTS = {22: "SSH", 23: "Telnet", 3389: "RDP", 3306: "MySQL", 5432: "PostgreSQL", 1433: "SQL Server",
                   1521: "Oracle", 6379: "Redis", 27017: "MongoDB", 9200: "Elasticsearch", 5601: "Kibana",
                   2375: "Docker API", 2379: "etcd", 11211: "Memcached", 5900: "VNC", 9092: "Kafka",
                   6443: "Kubernetes API", 10250: "Kubelet"}
WEB_PORTS = {80, 443}
PUBLIC_CIDRS = {"0.0.0.0/0", "::/0", "*", "internet", "any"}
ADMIN_POLICIES = re.compile(r"(AdministratorAccess|PowerUserAccess|IAMFullAccess)$")
ESCALATION_ACTIONS = {"iam:*", "iam:passrole", "iam:createpolicyversion", "iam:attachrolepolicy", "iam:putrolepolicy",
                      "iam:createaccesskey", "iam:updateassumerolepolicy", "sts:assumerole", "sts:*", "kms:*", "*"}
POLICY_ATTRS = ("policy", "assume_role_policy", "inline_policy")
PROTECTION_ATTRS = ("deletion_protection", "deletion_protection_enabled", "enable_deletion_protection",
                    "termination_protection", "disable_api_termination")


def finding(sev, code, addr, problem, fix):
    return {"severity": sev, "code": code, "resource": addr, "problem": problem, "fix": fix}


def kind_of(actions):
    a = list(actions or [])
    if a == ["delete", "create"]:
        return "replace (destroy first)"
    if a == ["create", "delete"]:
        return "replace (create first)"
    return {"create": "create", "update": "update", "delete": "destroy", "no-op": "no-op", "read": "read",
            "forget": "forget"}.get(a[0] if len(a) == 1 else ",".join(a), ",".join(a))


def sensitive(mask, key):
    return mask is True or (isinstance(mask, dict) and mask.get(key) not in (None, False))


def get(d, key, default=None):
    return d.get(key, default) if isinstance(d, dict) else default


def ports_of(lo, hi, proto):
    proto = str(proto).lower()
    if proto in ("-1", "all", "*"):
        return 0, 65535, "all"
    try:
        lo, hi = int(lo if lo not in (None, "") else 0), int(hi if hi not in (None, "") else 65535)
    except (TypeError, ValueError):
        return 0, 65535, proto
    if proto in ("icmp", "icmpv6", "1", "58"):
        return None
    if lo in (-1,) or (lo == 0 and hi in (0, 65535)):
        return 0, 65535, proto
    return lo, hi, proto


def open_rules(rtype, values):
    """Yield (cidr, lo, hi, proto) for internet-open ingress rules in a resource's values."""
    v = values or {}
    out = set()
    def add(cidrs, lo, hi, proto):
        p = ports_of(lo, hi, proto)
        if p is None:
            return
        for c in cidrs or []:
            if str(c).lower() in PUBLIC_CIDRS:
                out.add((str(c), p[0], p[1], p[2]))
    if rtype == "aws_security_group":
        for r in v.get("ingress") or []:
            add((r.get("cidr_blocks") or []) + (r.get("ipv6_cidr_blocks") or []), r.get("from_port"), r.get("to_port"), r.get("protocol"))
    elif rtype == "aws_security_group_rule" and v.get("type") == "ingress":
        add((v.get("cidr_blocks") or []) + (v.get("ipv6_cidr_blocks") or []), v.get("from_port"), v.get("to_port"), v.get("protocol"))
    elif rtype == "aws_vpc_security_group_ingress_rule":
        add([x for x in (v.get("cidr_ipv4"), v.get("cidr_ipv6")) if x], v.get("from_port"), v.get("to_port"), v.get("ip_protocol"))
    elif rtype == "google_compute_firewall" and str(v.get("direction", "INGRESS")).upper() == "INGRESS":
        for al in v.get("allow") or []:
            ports = al.get("ports") or ["0-65535"]
            for pr in ports:
                lo, _, hi = str(pr).partition("-")
                add(v.get("source_ranges"), lo, hi or lo, al.get("protocol", "all"))
    elif rtype == "azurerm_network_security_rule" and str(v.get("direction")).lower() == "inbound" and str(v.get("access")).lower() == "allow":
        src = [v.get("source_address_prefix")] + (v.get("source_address_prefixes") or [])
        rng = v.get("destination_port_range") or "*"
        for pr in [rng] + (v.get("destination_port_ranges") or []):
            if pr == "*":
                add(src, 0, 65535, v.get("protocol", "*"))
            else:
                lo, _, hi = str(pr).partition("-")
                add(src, lo, hi or lo, v.get("protocol", "*"))
    return out


def port_label(lo, hi, proto):
    if proto == "all" or (lo == 0 and hi == 65535):
        return "all ports"
    names = [f"{p} ({n})" for p, n in SENSITIVE_PORTS.items() if lo <= p <= hi]
    rng = str(lo) if lo == hi else f"{lo}-{hi}"
    return f"port {rng}" + (f" incl. {', '.join(names[:3])}" if names and lo != hi else (f" ({SENSITIVE_PORTS[lo]})" if lo == hi and lo in SENSITIVE_PORTS else ""))


def parse_policy(doc):
    if isinstance(doc, str):
        try:
            doc = json.loads(doc)
        except ValueError:
            return None
    if not isinstance(doc, dict):
        return None
    st = doc.get("Statement") or []
    return [st] if isinstance(st, dict) else st


def as_list(x):
    return x if isinstance(x, list) else ([] if x is None else [x])


def allow_actions(stmts):
    acts = set()
    for s in stmts or []:
        if s.get("Effect", "Allow") != "Allow":
            continue
        for a in as_list(s.get("Action")):
            for r in as_list(s.get("Resource")) or ["(none)"]:
                acts.add((str(a), str(r)))
    return acts


def check_policy(addr, attr, before, after, unknown):
    out = []
    if unknown:
        return [finding("INFO", "POLICY_UNKNOWN", addr, f"{attr} is only known after apply", "Review the rendered policy after apply or render it with a data source in a separate plan.")]
    b, a = parse_policy(before), parse_policy(after)
    if a is None:
        return out
    if attr == "assume_role_policy":
        for s in a:
            if s.get("Effect", "Allow") != "Allow":
                continue
            pr = s.get("Principal")
            vals = [pr] if isinstance(pr, str) else [v for x in (pr or {}).values() for v in as_list(x)]
            if "*" in vals and not s.get("Condition"):
                out.append(finding("HIGH", "TRUST_ANYONE", addr, "trust policy lets any AWS principal assume this role (Principal * without Condition)",
                                   "Name the exact account or role ARNs, and add sts:ExternalId or aws:PrincipalOrgID conditions."))
        bp = {v for s in (b or []) for x in (get(s, "Principal") or {}).values() for v in as_list(x)} if b and all(isinstance(get(s, "Principal"), dict) for s in b) else set()
        ap = {v for s in a if isinstance(s.get("Principal"), dict) for x in s["Principal"].values() for v in as_list(x)}
        new = sorted(ap - bp - {"*"})
        if b is not None and new:
            out.append(finding("MEDIUM", "TRUST_WIDENED", addr, "new principals can assume this role: " + ", ".join(new), "Confirm each new principal is expected (cross-account access?)."))
        return out
    for s in a:
        if s.get("Effect", "Allow") != "Allow":
            continue
        orig = [str(x) for x in as_list(s.get("Action"))]
        acts = [x.lower() for x in orig]
        res = [str(x) for x in as_list(s.get("Resource"))]
        pr = s.get("Principal")
        if pr is not None:
            vals = [pr] if isinstance(pr, str) else [v for x in pr.values() for v in as_list(x)]
            if "*" in vals and not s.get("Condition"):
                out.append(finding("HIGH", "PUBLIC_POLICY", addr, f"resource policy allows Principal * ({', '.join(acts)[:80]}) without a Condition",
                                   "Restrict Principal to known ARNs or add aws:SourceArn / aws:PrincipalOrgID / aws:SourceVpce conditions; use CloudFront OAC for public sites."))
        if s.get("NotAction"):
            out.append(finding("MEDIUM", "IAM_NOT_ACTION", addr, "Allow with NotAction grants everything except the listed actions", "List the allowed actions explicitly."))
        if "*" in acts and "*" in res:
            out.append(finding("HIGH", "IAM_ADMIN", addr, "Allow Action * on Resource * (full admin)", "Grant only the actions and resources this principal needs."))
            continue
        esc = sorted({o for o, x in zip(orig, acts) if x in ESCALATION_ACTIONS and x != "*" and ("*" in res or x in ("iam:*", "sts:*"))})
        if esc:
            out.append(finding("HIGH", "IAM_ESCALATION", addr, f"{', '.join(esc)} on {', '.join(res) or '*'} lets the holder gain more privileges",
                               "Scope iam:PassRole and sts:AssumeRole to specific role ARNs (and iam:PassedToService); avoid iam:* and kms:* wildcards."))
        wild = sorted({o for o, x in zip(orig, acts) if x.endswith(":*") and x not in ESCALATION_ACTIONS})
        if wild:
            sev = "HIGH" if "*" in res else "MEDIUM"
            out.append(finding(sev, "IAM_WILDCARD", addr, f"service wildcard {', '.join(wild)} on {', '.join(res)}",
                               "Replace with the specific actions used (check IAM Access Analyzer or CloudTrail for what is actually called)."))
    if b is not None:
        added = sorted({x[0] + (" on " + x[1] if x[1] not in ("*", "(none)") else " on *") for x in allow_actions(a) - allow_actions(b)})
        if added:
            out.append(finding("LOW", "IAM_WIDENED", addr, "policy grants new actions/resources: " + ", ".join(added[:8]) + (" ..." if len(added) > 8 else ""),
                               "Confirm the new permissions are needed; least privilege."))
    return out


def review_change(rc):
    out = []
    addr, rtype = rc.get("address", "?"), rc.get("type", "")
    ch = rc.get("change") or {}
    actions = ch.get("actions") or []
    kind = kind_of(actions)
    before, after = ch.get("before") or {}, ch.get("after") or {}
    unknown = ch.get("after_unknown") or {}
    reason = rc.get("action_reason", "")
    if rc.get("mode") == "data" or kind in ("no-op", "read"):
        return kind, out
    why = ""
    if ch.get("replace_paths"):
        why = " (forced by " + ", ".join(".".join(map(str, p)) for p in ch["replace_paths"]) + ")"
    elif reason:
        why = f" ({reason.replace('_', ' ')})"
    stateful = bool(STATEFUL.match(rtype))
    if kind == "forget":
        out.append(finding("INFO", "FORGET", addr, "removed from state but not destroyed (removed block)", "Make sure another configuration or team takes ownership of it."))
    if kind == "destroy" or kind.startswith("replace"):
        if stateful:
            extra = "; force_destroy = true, so everything in it is deleted too" if get(before, "force_destroy") is True else ""
            out.append(finding("HIGH", "DATA_LOSS", addr, f"{rtype} will be {'destroyed' if kind == 'destroy' else 'replaced, ' + kind[9:-1]}{why}; its data does not carry over{extra}",
                               "Back up or snapshot first; if this is a rename/refactor add a `moved` block or `terraform state mv`; add lifecycle prevent_destroy for data stores."))
        elif SECRET_GEN.match(rtype) and kind.startswith("replace"):
            out.append(finding("MEDIUM", "SECRET_REGENERATED", addr, f"{rtype} will be regenerated{why}; everything using the old value breaks",
                               "Check what consumes it (database password, keys) and plan the rotation."))
        elif kind == "destroy":
            sev = "MEDIUM" if DOWNTIME.match(rtype) or reason in ("delete_because_count_index", "delete_because_each_key") else "LOW"
            out.append(finding(sev, "DESTROY", addr, f"will be destroyed{why}",
                               "Confirm it is intended; for a rename/refactor use a `moved` block instead of destroy + create."))
        else:
            sev = "MEDIUM" if kind == "replace (destroy first)" and DOWNTIME.match(rtype) else "LOW"
            out.append(finding(sev, "REPLACE", addr, f"{kind}{why}",
                               "Expect a new ID/IP/DNS name; use create_before_destroy where possible and check dependents."))
        if reason in ("delete_because_count_index",):
            out.append(finding("MEDIUM", "COUNT_INDEX_SHIFT", addr, "destroyed because a count index moved (an item was removed from the middle of a list)",
                               "Switch to for_each with stable keys, or add moved blocks for the shifted indexes."))
        if reason == "delete_because_no_resource_config":
            out.append(finding("INFO", "REMOVED_FROM_CONFIG", addr, "resource no longer in configuration", "If it moved to another module or address, add a `moved` block; to keep it but stop managing it, use a `removed` block with destroy = false."))
    if kind in ("create", "update") or kind.startswith("replace"):
        bm, am = ch.get("before_sensitive") or {}, ch.get("after_sensitive") or {}
        for attr in PROTECTION_ATTRS:
            if get(after, attr) is False and (kind != "update" or get(before, attr) is True):
                out.append(finding("HIGH" if kind == "update" else "MEDIUM", "PROTECTION_OFF", addr, f"{attr} {'turned off' if kind == 'update' else 'is false'}",
                                   f"Keep {attr} = true for production resources; turn it off only in a separate, reviewed change right before a planned delete."))
        if get(after, "skip_final_snapshot") is True and rtype in ("aws_db_instance", "aws_rds_cluster", "aws_docdb_cluster", "aws_neptune_cluster", "aws_redshift_cluster"):
            if kind != "update" or get(before, "skip_final_snapshot") is not True:
                out.append(finding("MEDIUM", "NO_FINAL_SNAPSHOT", addr, "skip_final_snapshot = true: a delete leaves no snapshot",
                                   "Set skip_final_snapshot = false with a final_snapshot_identifier."))
        if get(after, "force_destroy") is True and (kind != "update" or get(before, "force_destroy") is not True):
            out.append(finding("MEDIUM", "FORCE_DESTROY", addr, "force_destroy = true lets Terraform delete the bucket/zone with everything in it",
                               "Keep force_destroy = false on buckets and zones that hold real data."))
        for attr in ("storage_encrypted", "encrypted", "server_side_encryption"):
            if get(after, attr) is False and (kind != "update" or get(before, attr) is True):
                out.append(finding("MEDIUM", "ENCRYPTION_OFF", addr, f"{attr} = false", "Enable encryption at rest (it usually forces replacement later, so do it now)."))
        if get(after, "backup_retention_period") == 0 and get(before, "backup_retention_period", 1) != 0:
            out.append(finding("MEDIUM", "BACKUPS_OFF", addr, "backup_retention_period = 0 disables automated backups", "Keep at least 7 days for production databases."))
        if get(after, "publicly_accessible") is True and get(before, "publicly_accessible") is not True:
            out.append(finding("HIGH", "PUBLIC_DATABASE", addr, "publicly_accessible = true gives the database a public endpoint",
                               "Keep databases private; connect through a bastion, VPN, SSM or RDS Proxy."))
        if rtype == "aws_s3_bucket_public_access_block":
            off = [k for k in ("block_public_acls", "block_public_policy", "ignore_public_acls", "restrict_public_buckets")
                   if get(after, k) is False and (kind != "update" or get(before, k) is not False)]
            if off:
                out.append(finding("HIGH", "S3_PUBLIC_ACCESS", addr, "S3 public access block turned off: " + ", ".join(off),
                                   "Keep all four settings true; serve public content through CloudFront with Origin Access Control."))
        if rtype in ("aws_s3_bucket_acl", "aws_s3_object") and get(after, "acl") in ("public-read", "public-read-write", "authenticated-read"):
            out.append(finding("HIGH", "PUBLIC_ACL", addr, f"acl = {after['acl']}", "Use private ACLs (BucketOwnerEnforced) and CloudFront for public files."))
        if rtype.startswith("google_") and "iam" in rtype:
            members = as_list(get(after, "member")) + as_list(get(after, "members"))
            if any(m in ("allUsers", "allAuthenticatedUsers") for m in members):
                out.append(finding("HIGH", "PUBLIC_IAM", addr, "grants a role to allUsers/allAuthenticatedUsers", "Grant to specific users, groups or service accounts."))
            if get(after, "role") in ("roles/owner", "roles/editor", "roles/iam.securityAdmin"):
                out.append(finding("HIGH", "IAM_ADMIN", addr, f"grants {after['role']}", "Use a narrower predefined or custom role."))
        if rtype == "azurerm_role_assignment" and get(after, "role_definition_name") in ("Owner", "User Access Administrator", "Contributor"):
            sev = "MEDIUM" if after["role_definition_name"] == "Contributor" else "HIGH"
            out.append(finding(sev, "IAM_ADMIN", addr, f"assigns {after['role_definition_name']}", "Use the narrowest built-in role at the smallest scope."))
        if rtype.startswith("aws_iam_") and rtype.endswith("policy_attachment"):
            arn = get(after, "policy_arn") or ""
            if ADMIN_POLICIES.search(arn) and get(before, "policy_arn") != arn:
                out.append(finding("HIGH", "IAM_ADMIN", addr, f"attaches {arn.split('/')[-1]}", "Attach a least-privilege policy instead; keep admin roles for break-glass use with MFA."))
            elif arn.endswith("FullAccess") and get(before, "policy_arn") != arn:
                out.append(finding("MEDIUM", "IAM_WILDCARD", addr, f"attaches {arn.split('/')[-1]}", "Prefer a scoped customer-managed policy."))
        if rtype == "aws_lambda_function_url" and get(after, "authorization_type") == "NONE":
            out.append(finding("MEDIUM", "PUBLIC_FUNCTION_URL", addr, "Lambda function URL with authorization_type NONE is public", "Use AWS_IAM auth or validate requests in the function."))
        new_open = open_rules(rtype, after) - (open_rules(rtype, before) if kind == "update" else set())
        for cidr, lo, hi, proto in sorted(new_open, key=lambda x: (x[1], x[2])):
            label = port_label(lo, hi, proto)
            if proto == "all" or (lo == 0 and hi == 65535) or any(lo <= p <= hi for p in SENSITIVE_PORTS):
                sev = "HIGH"
            elif lo in WEB_PORTS and hi == lo:
                sev = "INFO"
            else:
                sev = "MEDIUM"
            out.append(finding(sev, "PUBLIC_INGRESS", addr, f"new ingress from {cidr} on {label}",
                               "Restrict the source to known CIDRs or a load balancer security group; reach admin ports through SSM, VPN or a bastion." if sev != "INFO" else "Expected for a public web endpoint; make sure only the load balancer is exposed."))
        for attr in POLICY_ATTRS:
            if attr in after or get(unknown, attr):
                if sensitive(am, attr):
                    continue
                out += check_policy(addr, attr, get(before, attr), get(after, attr), get(unknown, attr) is True)
    return kind, out


def review_json(plan):
    if not isinstance(plan, dict) or "format_version" not in plan:
        raise ValueError("not a terraform show -json document (no format_version)")
    changes, findings = [], []
    for rc in plan.get("resource_changes") or []:
        kind, f = review_change(rc)
        if kind not in ("no-op", "read") and rc.get("mode") != "data":
            changes.append((kind, rc.get("address", "?")))
        findings += f
        if (rc.get("change") or {}).get("importing"):
            findings.append(finding("INFO", "IMPORT", rc.get("address", "?"), "will be imported", "Check the plan shows no further changes after import."))
        if rc.get("previous_address"):
            findings.append(finding("INFO", "MOVED", rc.get("address", "?"), f"moved from {rc['previous_address']}", "No action; moved blocks avoid destroy + create."))
    drift = [d.get("address", "?") for d in plan.get("resource_drift") or []]
    if drift:
        findings.append(finding("INFO", "DRIFT", ", ".join(drift[:5]) + (" ..." if len(drift) > 5 else ""),
                                f"{len(drift)} resource(s) changed outside Terraform", "Find out who changed them; the plan may revert manual fixes."))
    if plan.get("errored"):
        findings.append(finding("HIGH", "PLAN_ERRORED", "-", "the plan errored", "Fix the errors and re-plan before applying anything."))
    elif plan.get("complete") is False:
        findings.append(finding("MEDIUM", "PLAN_INCOMPLETE", "-", "plan is not complete (deferred or -target changes)", "Run a full plan after this apply."))
    return changes, findings, plan.get("terraform_version", "?")


TEXT_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*# (\S+) (will be created|will be destroyed|will be updated in-place|must be replaced|will be read during apply|will no longer be managed by Terraform)")


def review_text(text):
    text = re.sub(r"\x1b\[[0-9;]*m", "", text)
    lines = text.splitlines()
    changes, findings = [], []
    i = 0
    while i < len(lines):
        m = TEXT_RE.match(lines[i])
        if not m:
            i += 1; continue
        addr, verb = m.group(1), m.group(2)
        rtype = re.sub(r"^(module\.[^.]+\.)*", "", addr).split(".")[0]
        if addr.startswith("data.") or ".data." in addr or "read during apply" in verb:
            i += 1; continue
        block, j = [], i + 1
        while j < len(lines) and not TEXT_RE.match(lines[j]) and not lines[j].startswith("Plan:"):
            block.append(lines[j]); j += 1
        first = next((l.strip() for l in block if l.strip() and not l.strip().startswith("#")), "")
        reason = next((l.strip()[3:-1] for l in block[:3] if l.strip().startswith("# (")), "")
        kind = {"will be created": "create", "will be destroyed": "destroy", "will be updated in-place": "update",
                "will no longer be managed by Terraform": "forget"}.get(verb)
        if verb == "must be replaced":
            kind = "replace (create first)" if first.startswith("+/-") else "replace (destroy first)"
        forced = [re.sub(r"^[~+\-/ ]+", "", l.strip()).split(" ")[0] for l in block if "# forces replacement" in l]
        rc = {"address": addr, "type": rtype, "change": {"actions": {"create": ["create"], "update": ["update"], "destroy": ["delete"], "forget": ["forget"],
              "replace (create first)": ["create", "delete"], "replace (destroy first)": ["delete", "create"]}[kind],
              "replace_paths": [[f] for f in forced]}}
        if "out of range for count" in reason or "count index" in reason:
            rc["action_reason"] = "delete_because_count_index"
        elif "not in for_each map" in reason:
            rc["action_reason"] = "delete_because_each_key"
        elif "not in configuration" in reason:
            rc["action_reason"] = "delete_because_no_resource_config"
        k, f = review_change(rc)
        changes.append((k, addr))
        findings += f
        i = j
    if not changes and "No changes." not in text:
        raise ValueError("no resource changes found; is this terraform plan output?")
    findings.append(finding("INFO", "TEXT_MODE", "-", "text plan: only actions were checked, not attribute values (IAM, ingress, protection flags)",
                            "Run `terraform show -json plan.out > plan.json` and review the JSON for full checks."))
    return changes, findings, "version unknown (text plan)"


def summarize(changes, findings):
    counts = {}
    for k, _ in changes:
        key = "replace" if k.startswith("replace") else k
        counts[key] = counts.get(key, 0) + 1
    findings.sort(key=lambda f: (SEV_ORDER[f["severity"]], f["resource"]))
    sev = {s: sum(1 for f in findings if f["severity"] == s) for s in SEV_ORDER}
    if sev["HIGH"]:
        verdict = "DO NOT APPLY as is: resolve or explicitly accept every HIGH finding"
    elif sev["MEDIUM"]:
        verdict = "Apply after review: MEDIUM findings need an owner's OK"
    else:
        verdict = "Low risk"
    return counts, sev, verdict


def render(path, version, changes, findings):
    counts, sev, verdict = summarize(changes, findings)
    out = [f"# Terraform plan risk review: {path}", "",
           f"Terraform {version}. Changes: " + ", ".join(f"{counts.get(k, 0)} {k}" for k in ("create", "update", "replace", "destroy")) +
           (f", {counts['forget']} forget" if counts.get("forget") else ""),
           f"Findings: {sev['HIGH']} HIGH, {sev['MEDIUM']} MEDIUM, {sev['LOW']} LOW, {sev['INFO']} INFO",
           f"Verdict: {verdict}", "", "## Findings", ""]
    if findings:
        out += ["| Severity | Code | Resource | Problem | What to do |", "|---|---|---|---|---|"]
        for f in findings:
            out.append(f"| {f['severity']} | {f['code']} | `{f['resource']}` | {f['problem']} | {f['fix']} |")
    else:
        out.append("No findings.")
    out += ["", "## All changes", "", "| Action | Resource |", "|---|---|"]
    order = {"destroy": 0, "replace (destroy first)": 1, "replace (create first)": 2, "update": 3, "create": 4, "forget": 5}
    for k, a in sorted(changes, key=lambda x: (order.get(x[0], 9), x[1])):
        out.append(f"| {k} | `{a}` |")
    out += ["", "Plan JSON can contain secrets in plain text: do not paste it into tickets or chats; share this summary instead."]
    return "\n".join(out)


def self_test():
    cases = []
    def t(name, cond):
        cases.append((name, bool(cond)))
    def codes(rc):
        return {f["code"]: f["severity"] for f in review_change(rc)[1]}
    def rc(rtype, actions, before=None, after=None, **kw):
        d = {"address": f"{rtype}.x", "mode": "managed", "type": rtype, "change": {"actions": actions, "before": before, "after": after, **kw.pop("change", {})}}
        d.update(kw)
        return d
    t("kind names", kind_of(["delete", "create"]) == "replace (destroy first)" and kind_of(["create", "delete"]) == "replace (create first)" and kind_of(["delete"]) == "destroy")
    t("db destroy = HIGH DATA_LOSS", codes(rc("aws_db_instance", ["delete"], {"id": "a"}, None)).get("DATA_LOSS") == "HIGH")
    t("bucket replace = HIGH DATA_LOSS", codes(rc("aws_s3_bucket", ["create", "delete"], {}, {})).get("DATA_LOSS") == "HIGH")
    t("stateless destroy LOW", codes(rc("aws_iam_role", ["delete"], {}, None)).get("DESTROY") == "LOW")
    t("instance destroy-first replace MEDIUM", codes(rc("aws_instance", ["delete", "create"], {}, {})).get("REPLACE") == "MEDIUM")
    t("create-first replace LOW", codes(rc("aws_lb_target_group", ["create", "delete"], {}, {})).get("REPLACE") == "LOW")
    t("replace_paths shown", "forced by engine" in review_change(rc("aws_instance", ["delete", "create"], {}, {}, change={"replace_paths": [["engine"]]}))[1][0]["problem"])
    t("random_password regenerated", codes(rc("random_password", ["delete", "create"], {}, {})).get("SECRET_REGENERATED") == "MEDIUM")
    t("count index shift", "COUNT_INDEX_SHIFT" in codes(rc("aws_instance", ["delete"], {}, None, action_reason="delete_because_count_index")))
    t("no-op ignored", review_change(rc("aws_vpc", ["no-op"], {}, {}))[1] == [])
    t("deletion_protection turned off HIGH", codes(rc("aws_db_instance", ["update"], {"deletion_protection": True}, {"deletion_protection": False})).get("PROTECTION_OFF") == "HIGH")
    t("skip_final_snapshot MEDIUM", "NO_FINAL_SNAPSHOT" in codes(rc("aws_db_instance", ["create"], None, {"skip_final_snapshot": True})))
    t("force_destroy MEDIUM", "FORCE_DESTROY" in codes(rc("aws_s3_bucket", ["update"], {"force_destroy": False}, {"force_destroy": True})))
    t("unchanged force_destroy not re-flagged", "FORCE_DESTROY" not in codes(rc("aws_s3_bucket", ["update"], {"force_destroy": True}, {"force_destroy": True})))
    t("encryption off", "ENCRYPTION_OFF" in codes(rc("aws_ebs_volume", ["create"], None, {"encrypted": False})))
    t("publicly_accessible HIGH", codes(rc("aws_db_instance", ["update"], {"publicly_accessible": False}, {"publicly_accessible": True})).get("PUBLIC_DATABASE") == "HIGH")
    sg_b = {"ingress": [{"cidr_blocks": ["10.0.0.0/8"], "from_port": 22, "to_port": 22, "protocol": "tcp"}]}
    sg_a = {"ingress": sg_b["ingress"] + [{"cidr_blocks": ["0.0.0.0/0"], "from_port": 22, "to_port": 22, "protocol": "tcp"}]}
    t("new SSH from 0.0.0.0/0 HIGH", codes(rc("aws_security_group", ["update"], sg_b, sg_a)).get("PUBLIC_INGRESS") == "HIGH")
    t("existing open rule not re-flagged", "PUBLIC_INGRESS" not in codes(rc("aws_security_group", ["update"], sg_a, sg_a)))
    t("443 from internet INFO", codes(rc("aws_vpc_security_group_ingress_rule", ["create"], None, {"cidr_ipv4": "0.0.0.0/0", "from_port": 443, "to_port": 443, "ip_protocol": "tcp"})).get("PUBLIC_INGRESS") == "INFO")
    t("all protocols HIGH", codes(rc("aws_security_group_rule", ["create"], None, {"type": "ingress", "cidr_blocks": ["0.0.0.0/0"], "from_port": 0, "to_port": 0, "protocol": "-1"})).get("PUBLIC_INGRESS") == "HIGH")
    t("ipv6 ::/0 8080 MEDIUM", codes(rc("aws_security_group_rule", ["create"], None, {"type": "ingress", "ipv6_cidr_blocks": ["::/0"], "from_port": 8080, "to_port": 8080, "protocol": "tcp"})).get("PUBLIC_INGRESS") == "MEDIUM")
    t("gcp firewall 3389", codes(rc("google_compute_firewall", ["create"], None, {"direction": "INGRESS", "source_ranges": ["0.0.0.0/0"], "allow": [{"protocol": "tcp", "ports": ["3389"]}]})).get("PUBLIC_INGRESS") == "HIGH")
    t("azure nsg * HIGH", codes(rc("azurerm_network_security_rule", ["create"], None, {"direction": "Inbound", "access": "Allow", "source_address_prefix": "*", "destination_port_range": "*", "protocol": "Tcp"})).get("PUBLIC_INGRESS") == "HIGH")
    t("S3 public access block off", codes(rc("aws_s3_bucket_public_access_block", ["update"], {"block_public_policy": True}, {"block_public_policy": False})).get("S3_PUBLIC_ACCESS") == "HIGH")
    t("public-read ACL", "PUBLIC_ACL" in codes(rc("aws_s3_bucket_acl", ["create"], None, {"acl": "public-read"})))
    pol = lambda *st: json.dumps({"Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": list(st)})
    t("admin policy HIGH", codes(rc("aws_iam_policy", ["create"], None, {"policy": pol({"Effect": "Allow", "Action": "*", "Resource": "*"})})).get("IAM_ADMIN") == "HIGH")
    t("PassRole on * HIGH", codes(rc("aws_iam_role_policy", ["create"], None, {"policy": pol({"Effect": "Allow", "Action": ["iam:PassRole"], "Resource": "*"})})).get("IAM_ESCALATION") == "HIGH")
    t("s3:* on bucket MEDIUM", codes(rc("aws_iam_role_policy", ["create"], None, {"policy": pol({"Effect": "Allow", "Action": "s3:*", "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::b/*"})})).get("IAM_WILDCARD") == "MEDIUM")
    t("IAM_WIDENED lists new actions", "s3:DeleteObject on arn:aws:s3:::b/*" in next(f["problem"] for f in review_change(rc("aws_iam_role_policy", ["update"],
        {"policy": pol({"Effect": "Allow", "Action": "s3:GetObject", "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::b/*"})},
        {"policy": pol({"Effect": "Allow", "Action": ["s3:GetObject", "s3:DeleteObject"], "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::b/*"})}))[1] if f["code"] == "IAM_WIDENED"))
    t("Deny statements ignored", "IAM_ADMIN" not in codes(rc("aws_iam_policy", ["create"], None, {"policy": pol({"Effect": "Deny", "Action": "*", "Resource": "*"})})))
    t("trust anyone HIGH", codes(rc("aws_iam_role", ["create"], None, {"assume_role_policy": pol({"Effect": "Allow", "Principal": {"AWS": "*"}, "Action": "sts:AssumeRole"})})).get("TRUST_ANYONE") == "HIGH")
    t("trust with condition ok", "TRUST_ANYONE" not in codes(rc("aws_iam_role", ["create"], None, {"assume_role_policy": pol({"Effect": "Allow", "Principal": {"AWS": "*"}, "Action": "sts:AssumeRole", "Condition": {"StringEquals": {"aws:PrincipalOrgID": "o-1"}}})})))
    t("bucket policy Principal * HIGH", codes(rc("aws_s3_bucket_policy", ["create"], None, {"policy": pol({"Effect": "Allow", "Principal": "*", "Action": "s3:GetObject", "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::b/*"})})).get("PUBLIC_POLICY") == "HIGH")
    t("unknown policy INFO", "POLICY_UNKNOWN" in codes(rc("aws_iam_policy", ["create"], None, {}, change={"after_unknown": {"policy": True}})))
    t("sensitive policy skipped", "IAM_ADMIN" not in codes(rc("aws_iam_policy", ["create"], None, {"policy": pol({"Effect": "Allow", "Action": "*", "Resource": "*"})}, change={"after_sensitive": {"policy": True}})))
    t("AdministratorAccess attachment HIGH", codes(rc("aws_iam_role_policy_attachment", ["create"], None, {"policy_arn": "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AdministratorAccess"})).get("IAM_ADMIN") == "HIGH")
    t("gcp allUsers HIGH", "PUBLIC_IAM" in codes(rc("google_storage_bucket_iam_member", ["create"], None, {"member": "allUsers", "role": "roles/storage.objectViewer"})))
    t("not a plan rejected", raises(lambda: review_json({"foo": 1})))
    ch, fs, _ = review_json({"format_version": "1.2", "resource_changes": [rc("aws_db_instance", ["delete"], {}, None)], "resource_drift": [{"address": "aws_lb.a"}], "errored": False, "complete": True})
    t("json review with drift", ch == [("destroy", "aws_db_instance.x")] and {"DATA_LOSS", "DRIFT"} <= {f["code"] for f in fs})
    txt = """  # aws_db_instance.main must be replaced
-/+ resource "aws_db_instance" "main" {
      ~ engine = "postgres" -> "mysql" # forces replacement
    }

  # aws_instance.web[1] will be destroyed
  # (because index [1] is out of range for count)
  - resource "aws_instance" "web" {
    }

  # aws_lb_target_group.a must be replaced
+/- resource "aws_lb_target_group" "a" {
    }

Plan: 2 to add, 0 to change, 3 to destroy.
"""
    ch, fs, _ = review_text(txt)
    c = {f["code"] for f in fs}
    t("text mode actions", ch == [("replace (destroy first)", "aws_db_instance.main"), ("destroy", "aws_instance.web[1]"), ("replace (create first)", "aws_lb_target_group.a")])
    t("text mode findings", {"DATA_LOSS", "DESTROY", "REPLACE", "TEXT_MODE", "COUNT_INDEX_SHIFT"} <= c and "forced by engine" in next(f["problem"] for f in fs if f["code"] == "DATA_LOSS"))
    t("text mode rejects junk", raises(lambda: review_text("hello")))
    passed = sum(ok for _, ok in cases)
    for name, ok in cases:
        print(("PASS " if ok else "FAIL ") + name)
    print(f"{passed}/{len(cases)} passed")
    return 0 if passed == len(cases) else 1


def raises(fn):
    try:
        fn()
    except ValueError:
        return True
    return False


def main():
    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__, formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
    ap.add_argument("plan", nargs="?", help="plan JSON (terraform show -json) or plan text (terraform plan -no-color)")
    ap.add_argument("--json", action="store_true")
    ap.add_argument("--self-test", action="store_true")
    a = ap.parse_args()
    if a.self_test:
        return self_test()
    if not a.plan:
        ap.print_usage(sys.stderr); return 2
    try:
        raw = open(a.plan, encoding="utf-8").read()
        if raw.lstrip().startswith("{"):
            changes, findings, version = review_json(json.loads(raw))
        else:
            changes, findings, version = review_text(raw)
    except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError, ValueError) as e:
        print(f"error: {e}", file=sys.stderr); return 2
    counts, sev, verdict = summarize(changes, findings)
    if a.json:
        print(json.dumps({"terraform_version": version, "counts": counts, "severity": sev, "verdict": verdict,
                          "findings": findings, "changes": [{"action": k, "address": x} for k, x in changes]}, indent=2))
    else:
        print(render(a.plan, version, changes, findings))
    return 1 if sev["HIGH"] else 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())

---
name: nginx-config-security-reviewer
description: Reviews nginx.conf and site configs for security problems such as TLS 1.0/1.1, weak ciphers, missing HSTS and security headers, the add_header inheritance trap, alias off-by-slash path traversal, autoindex, unlimited body size, $uri in redirects, HTTP without an HTTPS redirect, open admin paths and logins without rate limits. Gives a fixed config. Includes a stdlib Python checker with --self-test.
---

# Nginx Config Security Reviewer

You review nginx configurations the way a careful ops engineer would before a security audit: find the settings that expose data or weaken TLS, explain each one in plain words, and hand back a corrected config that still serves the same routes. You never guess at files you have not seen, and you never tell the user to reload without `nginx -t`.

## Files in this skill

- `scripts/nginx_review.py` - parses nginx config files into blocks and prints findings with severity, line and fix (Python 3 standard library only)
- `references/hardening-checklist.md` - every check the script runs, why it matters and the fix, plus items to check by hand
- `references/tls-and-headers.md` - TLS protocol and cipher settings, HSTS rollout, security headers and how add_header inheritance works
- `templates/review-report.md` - the report you hand back: summary, findings table, config diff, test commands
- `examples/shop-site.conf` - a small shop config from 2019 with 18 findings (3 HIGH)
- `examples/shop-site-fixed.conf` - the same site after the fixes (no findings apart from the include note)

## Workflow

### 1. Collect the full config
Ask for the output of `sudo nginx -T` (it prints the main file and every included file), or for nginx.conf plus the relevant sites-enabled files. Ask what the site does (static, reverse proxy, PHP), which paths must stay public, the nginx version (`nginx -v`) and whether a CDN or load balancer terminates TLS in front of it. Tell the user to remove private keys or secrets before pasting; certificate paths are fine.

### 2. Run the checker
```
python3 scripts/nginx_review.py examples/shop-site.conf
python3 scripts/nginx_review.py /etc/nginx/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/shop --json
python3 scripts/nginx_review.py --self-test
```
Exit code 1 means HIGH findings, 2 means the file could not be read or parsed (the error names the line).

### 3. Confirm and add manual checks
Read each finding against the user's context: a CDN in front changes TLS findings, an internal-only admin route may already be firewalled, a `return 404` may already hide a path. Then go through the manual items in `references/hardening-checklist.md` (included files, upstream TLS verification, `if` blocks, PHP handlers, file permissions). Drop false positives and say why.

### 4. Deliver
Fill `templates/review-report.md`: HIGH items first, a minimal diff of the config, and the test steps. Explain the add_header inheritance rule whenever ADD_HEADER_INHERITANCE appears, because it surprises most people. Introduce HSTS with a short max-age first if the site has never used it.

## Example result
For `examples/shop-site.conf`: 3 HIGH (TLS 1.0/1.1 enabled, RC4 and 3DES ciphers, `location /images` with `alias .../images/` allowing `/images../` traversal), 6 MEDIUM (unlimited body size, port 80 serving content instead of redirecting, autoindex on /downloads/, /api/ dropping HSTS and nosniff because it sets its own add_header, unprotected /admin/, `$uri` in a redirect), 8 LOW (server_tokens, dotfiles, missing CSP/Referrer-Policy/X-Frame-Options, proxy headers, no rate limit on /api/auth/login) and 1 INFO. `examples/shop-site-fixed.conf` shows the fixes and passes `nginx -t`.

## Rules

- Quote the exact line and the exact replacement; keep changes minimal and route-preserving.
- Always end with `sudo nginx -t && sudo systemctl reload nginx` and a curl check; never suggest a restart that drops connections when a reload works.
- Do not invent directives: check names against the nginx docs for the user's version (for example `http2 on;` needs 1.25.1+, older versions use `listen 443 ssl http2;`).
- Never ask for or repeat private keys, passwords or htpasswd hashes.
- Treat security headers like CSP as a rollout: suggest `Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only` first for complex apps.
FILE:references/hardening-checklist.md
# Nginx Hardening Checklist

Every code the script prints, why it matters and the fix. Severity is the default; raise or lower it with context.

## HIGH

### OLD_TLS_PROTOCOL
`ssl_protocols` lists SSLv3, TLSv1 or TLSv1.1. These are deprecated (RFC 8996), fail PCI DSS and allow downgrade attacks. Fix: `ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;` (the default since nginx 1.23.4, so deleting the line also works on new versions). Only very old clients (Android 4.3, IE on Windows 7 without updates) lose access.

### WEAK_CIPHERS
`ssl_ciphers` allows RC4, DES/3DES (SWEET32), MD5, NULL, EXPORT or anonymous (aNULL/ADH) suites. Entries starting with `!` or `-` are exclusions and are fine. Fix: use the Mozilla "intermediate" list from ssl-config.mozilla.org or remove `ssl_ciphers` to use the OpenSSL default, and set `ssl_prefer_server_ciphers off;` when only modern AEAD suites remain.

### NO_CERTIFICATE
A server listens with `ssl` but no `ssl_certificate` is set in it or in http. nginx refuses to start or fails the handshake. Add `ssl_certificate` (full chain) and `ssl_certificate_key`.

### ALIAS_TRAVERSAL (off-by-slash)
`location /images { alias /var/www/media/images/; }`: a request for `/images../secret.txt` maps to `/var/www/media/images/../secret.txt`, so files one level above the alias are readable (a well-known finding in many audits). Fix: both the location and the alias end with a slash, `location /images/ { alias /var/www/media/images/; }`, or use `root` when the path matches the folder name.

## MEDIUM

### HTTP_NO_REDIRECT
A port-80 server with the same server_name as an HTTPS server serves pages instead of redirecting. Users and cookies stay on plain HTTP. Fix:
```
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name shop.example.com;
    location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ { root /var/www/certbot; }
    location / { return 301 https://$host$request_uri; }
}
```

### NO_HSTS
No `Strict-Transport-Security` header on an HTTPS server, so the first request of a session can be downgraded. See `tls-and-headers.md` for the rollout.

### ADD_HEADER_INHERITANCE
nginx inherits `add_header` from the parent level only when the current level has no `add_header` at all. One `add_header Cache-Control no-store;` in `location /api/` drops every security header from the server block for that location. Fix: repeat the headers in that location, or keep them in a snippet (`include snippets/security-headers.conf;`) and include it in every block that has its own add_header. On nginx 1.29.3+ `add_header_inherit merge;` in http makes child blocks add to the parent headers instead of replacing them. `proxy_set_header`, `fastcgi_param` and `proxy_hide_header` follow the same rule.

### AUTOINDEX_ON
Directory listing shows every file name, including backups and exports nobody linked. Turn it off or protect the location.

### ADMIN_OPEN
Paths such as /admin, /phpmyadmin, /actuator, /server-status, /nginx_status or /metrics without allow/deny, auth_basic or auth_request. Fix: `allow 10.20.0.0/16; deny all;` (office or VPN range), or `auth_request` to an SSO service. Basic auth only over HTTPS.

### UNLIMITED_BODY
`client_max_body_size 0` disables the request size limit, making disk and memory exhaustion easy. Keep the default 1m or a real limit in http, and raise it only in the upload location.

### URI_IN_REDIRECT
`$uri` is normalized and URL-decoded, so `%0d%0a` becomes a real line break and an attacker can inject headers (`Set-Cookie`) into the redirect response. Use `$request_uri` (the raw, still-encoded request line) in `return`, `rewrite` targets and `add_header`.

## LOW

### SERVER_TOKENS
The version appears in the `Server` header and on error pages, which helps attackers match known CVEs. `server_tokens off;` in http.

### MISSING_SECURITY_HEADERS
On HTTPS servers: `X-Content-Type-Options nosniff`, `X-Frame-Options` (or CSP `frame-ancestors`), `Content-Security-Policy`, `Referrer-Policy`. Add them with `always` so they are also sent on 4xx/5xx responses.

### SHORT_HSTS
HSTS max-age under 180 days. Fine during rollout; raise it to one year afterwards.

### DOTFILES_EXPOSED
The server serves files but has no rule for hidden files, so `/.git/config`, `/.env` or `/.htpasswd` may be downloadable if they exist under the web root. Fix: `location ~ /\.(?!well-known) { deny all; }` (keeps ACME challenges working).

### NO_RATE_LIMIT
A login, auth or token path without `limit_req`. Add a zone in http and apply it to the location; return 429 with `limit_req_status 429;`.

### PROXY_HEADERS
A `proxy_pass` location that does not send Host, X-Forwarded-For and X-Forwarded-Proto, so the app logs the proxy's IP, builds wrong redirect URLs and may think HTTPS requests are HTTP. Remember the inheritance rule: one `proxy_set_header` in the location replaces all inherited ones.

## INFO

### INCLUDE_NOT_FOLLOWED
The script reads only the files you pass. Ask for `nginx -T` or the included files.

## Check by hand (not automated)
- `proxy_pass https://...` to an upstream on the internet without `proxy_ssl_verify on;` and `proxy_ssl_trusted_certificate`.
- PHP: `location ~ \.php$` must use `try_files $uri =404;` (or `fastcgi_split_path_info` with a check) so uploaded images cannot run as PHP; uploads directories should never pass to PHP.
- `if` inside location with anything other than `return` or `rewrite ... last` ("if is evil").
- `default_server` blocks: an unknown Host should get `return 444;` with a self-signed or `ssl_reject_handshake on;` (1.19.4+) instead of the first site.
- Permissions: nginx workers should not be able to write the web root; private keys `chmod 600`, owned by root.
- Large headers / slow clients: `client_body_timeout`, `client_header_timeout`, `large_client_header_buffers` for public APIs under attack.
- Logging: access logs must not record tokens in query strings; use a custom log_format if needed.
FILE:references/tls-and-headers.md
# TLS and Security Headers

## TLS settings that pass most audits (nginx 1.25+ with OpenSSL 1.1.1 or 3.x)
```
ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
ssl_ciphers ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384;
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers off;
ssl_session_timeout 1d;
ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
ssl_session_tickets off;
```
This is the Mozilla "intermediate" profile. TLS 1.3 suites are not set with ssl_ciphers (OpenSSL handles them). If DHE suites stay, provide `ssl_dhparam` with at least 2048 bits or drop the DHE entries.

OCSP stapling (`ssl_stapling on; ssl_stapling_verify on;`) is optional; Let's Encrypt ended OCSP support in 2025, so do not add it for LE certificates.

HTTP/2: `http2 on;` inside the server on nginx 1.25.1+; older versions use `listen 443 ssl http2;`.

## HSTS rollout
1. Make sure every subdomain works over HTTPS.
2. Start short: `add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=300" always;`
3. After a week without problems: `max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains`.
4. Only add `preload` and submit to hstspreload.org when you are sure; removal takes months.
HSTS on plain HTTP responses is ignored by browsers, so set it on the 443 server.

## Security headers
| Header | Typical value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| X-Content-Type-Options | `nosniff` | Stops MIME sniffing of uploads |
| X-Frame-Options | `DENY` or `SAMEORIGIN` | Clickjacking; CSP `frame-ancestors` is the modern equivalent |
| Content-Security-Policy | `default-src 'self'` and more | App-specific; roll out with `Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only` |
| Referrer-Policy | `strict-origin-when-cross-origin` | Keeps paths and query strings out of other sites' logs |
| Permissions-Policy | `camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=()` | Optional |
Add `always` so headers are also sent on error responses.

## The add_header inheritance rule
```
server {
    add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff always;   # A
    location / { }                                      # gets A
    location /api/ {
        add_header Cache-Control no-store;              # gets ONLY this one, A is gone
    }
}
```
A block inherits add_header from its parent only if it defines none itself. Keep shared headers in a snippet and include it in every block that adds its own. nginx 1.29.3 (October 2025) added `add_header_inherit merge;`, which makes nested blocks add to the inherited headers; check `nginx -v` before suggesting it (Debian 13 ships 1.26).

## Testing
```
sudo nginx -t && sudo systemctl reload nginx
curl -sI https://shop.example.com/ | grep -iE 'strict|x-content|x-frame|content-security|referrer|server:'
curl -sI http://shop.example.com/page?x=1        # expect 301 to https://shop.example.com/page?x=1
curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' https://shop.example.com/.git/config   # expect 403 or 404
curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' https://shop.example.com/images../      # expect 404 after the alias fix
openssl s_client -connect shop.example.com:443 -tls1_1 </dev/null   # expect a handshake failure
```
For a full external check: SSL Labs server test or `testssl.sh shop.example.com`.
FILE:templates/review-report.md
# Nginx security review: <site or server name>

**Version:** <nginx 1.26.3, OpenSSL 3.x>   **Role:** <static site / reverse proxy to Node on :3000 / PHP-FPM>
**Files reviewed:** <nginx -T output, 2 files>   **TLS terminated by:** <nginx / CDN / load balancer>
**Summary:** <one sentence: the most serious problem and what the fix changes>

## Findings
| # | Severity | Code | File:line | Problem | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HIGH | <ALIAS_TRAVERSAL> | <nginx.conf:51> | <location /images allows /images../> | <location /images/ { alias .../images/; }> |
| 2 | <MEDIUM> | <...> | <...> | <...> | <...> |

## Not changed (with reason)
- <ADMIN_OPEN on /admin/: already limited by the cloud firewall to the VPN; added deny all anyway? yes/no>

## Config changes
```diff
- ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
+ ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
```

## Apply and test
1. Back up: `sudo cp -a /etc/nginx /etc/nginx.bak-<date>`
2. Edit, then `sudo nginx -t && sudo systemctl reload nginx`
3. Checks:
   - `curl -sI https://<host>/` shows the security headers
   - `curl -sI http://<host>/x?y=1` returns 301 to the same path on https
   - <path traversal / dotfile / admin checks from the findings>
4. Roll back: restore the backup and reload.

## Follow-ups
- <HSTS: raise max-age to 31536000 after <date>>
- <CSP: move from Report-Only to enforcing after reviewing reports>
FILE:examples/shop-site.conf
# /etc/nginx/nginx.conf for shop.example.com (single-file setup)
# A small online shop: static storefront, product images, a Node.js API on :3000
# and a legacy admin panel. Written in 2019, certificates renewed by certbot.

user www-data;
worker_processes auto;

events {
    worker_connections 1024;
}

http {
    include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
    sendfile on;
    keepalive_timeout 65;
    client_max_body_size 0;

    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
    ssl_ciphers "HIGH:RC4-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!aNULL";
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

    server {
        listen 80;
        server_name shop.example.com www.shop.example.com;
        root /var/www/shop;

        location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
            root /var/www/certbot;
        }
    }

    server {
        listen 443 ssl;
        http2 on;
        server_name shop.example.com www.shop.example.com;

        ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/shop.example.com/fullchain.pem;
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/shop.example.com/privkey.pem;

        add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000" always;
        add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff always;

        root /var/www/shop;
        index index.html;

        location / {
            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
        }

        location /images {
            alias /var/www/shop-media/images/;
        }

        location /downloads/ {
            alias /var/www/shop-media/downloads/;
            autoindex on;
        }

        location /api/ {
            add_header Cache-Control "no-store";
            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
        }

        location /api/auth/login {
            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
            proxy_set_header Host $host;
        }

        location /admin/ {
            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080/;
        }

        location /old-blog {
            return 301 https://blog.example.com$uri;
        }
    }
}
FILE:examples/shop-site-fixed.conf
# shop.example.com after the review: same routes, hardened.
# Shared security headers live in one snippet so locations with their own
# add_header can include it again (add_header is not inherited into a block
# that sets any add_header of its own).

user www-data;
worker_processes auto;

events {
    worker_connections 1024;
}

http {
    include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
    sendfile on;
    keepalive_timeout 65;
    server_tokens off;
    client_max_body_size 10m;

    ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers off;
    ssl_session_timeout 1d;
    ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;

    limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=login:10m rate=5r/m;

    server {
        listen 80;
        server_name shop.example.com www.shop.example.com;

        location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
            root /var/www/certbot;
        }

        location / {
            return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
        }
    }

    server {
        listen 443 ssl;
        http2 on;
        server_name shop.example.com www.shop.example.com;

        ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/shop.example.com/fullchain.pem;
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/shop.example.com/privkey.pem;

        # same lines as /etc/nginx/snippets/security-headers.conf
        add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" always;
        add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff always;
        add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN always;
        add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; img-src 'self' data:; frame-ancestors 'self'" always;
        add_header Referrer-Policy strict-origin-when-cross-origin always;

        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;

        root /var/www/shop;
        index index.html;

        location ~ /\.(?!well-known) {
            deny all;
        }

        location / {
            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
        }

        location /images/ {
            alias /var/www/shop-media/images/;
        }

        location /downloads/ {
            alias /var/www/shop-media/downloads/;
        }

        location /api/ {
            add_header Cache-Control "no-store" always;
            add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" always;
            add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff always;
            add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN always;
            add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; img-src 'self' data:; frame-ancestors 'self'" always;
            add_header Referrer-Policy strict-origin-when-cross-origin always;
            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
        }

        location /api/auth/login {
            limit_req zone=login burst=5 nodelay;
            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
        }

        location /admin/ {
            allow 10.20.0.0/16;
            deny all;
            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080/;
        }

        location /old-blog {
            return 301 https://blog.example.com$request_uri;
        }
    }
}
FILE:scripts/nginx_review.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Nginx config security reviewer (Python 3 standard library only).

Parses nginx.conf / sites-available files into a block tree and flags common
security and hardening problems: old TLS protocols, weak ciphers, missing HSTS
and security headers, the add_header inheritance trap, alias off-by-slash path
traversal, autoindex, unlimited body size, $uri in redirects (CRLF injection),
plain-HTTP servers without a redirect, open admin paths, login paths without
rate limiting, exposed dotfiles and proxies without forwarding headers.

Usage:
  python3 nginx_review.py site.conf [more.conf ...] [--json]
  python3 nginx_review.py --self-test
Exit codes: 0 = no HIGH findings, 1 = HIGH findings, 2 = unreadable/unparseable input.
"""
import argparse, json, re, sys

SEV_ORDER = {"HIGH": 0, "MEDIUM": 1, "LOW": 2, "INFO": 3}
OLD_PROTOCOLS = {"SSLv2", "SSLv3", "TLSv1", "TLSv1.1"}
WEAK_CIPHER_WORDS = ["RC4", "DES", "3DES", "MD5", "NULL", "EXPORT", "EXP-", "aNULL", "eNULL", "ADH", "AECDH"]
SECURITY_HEADERS = {
    "x-content-type-options": "X-Content-Type-Options nosniff",
    "x-frame-options": "X-Frame-Options DENY or SAMEORIGIN (or CSP frame-ancestors)",
    "content-security-policy": "Content-Security-Policy",
    "referrer-policy": "Referrer-Policy strict-origin-when-cross-origin",
}
LOGIN_RE = re.compile(r"login|signin|sign-in|auth|token|password|wp-login", re.I)
ADMIN_RE = re.compile(r"admin|phpmyadmin|actuator|server-status|nginx_status|/metrics|wp-admin", re.I)


class ParseError(Exception):
    pass


class Node:
    def __init__(self, name, args, line, children=None):
        self.name, self.args, self.line, self.children = name, args, line, children

    def get(self, name):
        return [c for c in (self.children or []) if c.name == name]

    def first(self, name):
        found = self.get(name)
        return found[0] if found else None

    def walk(self):
        for c in self.children or []:
            yield c
            if c.children is not None:
                yield from c.walk()


def tokenize(text):
    tokens, i, line, n = [], 0, 1, len(text)
    while i < n:
        ch = text[i]
        if ch == "\n":
            line += 1; i += 1
        elif ch.isspace():
            i += 1
        elif ch == "#":
            while i < n and text[i] != "\n":
                i += 1
        elif ch in "{};":
            tokens.append((ch, line, True)); i += 1
        elif ch in "\"'":
            q, j, buf = ch, i + 1, []
            while j < n and text[j] != q:
                if text[j] == "\\" and j + 1 < n:
                    buf.append(text[j + 1]); j += 2; continue
                if text[j] == "\n":
                    line += 1
                buf.append(text[j]); j += 1
            if j >= n:
                raise ParseError(f"line {line}: unterminated quote")
            tokens.append(("".join(buf), line, False)); i = j + 1
        else:
            j = i
            while j < n and not text[j].isspace() and text[j] not in "{};":
                if text[j] == "$" and j + 1 < n and text[j + 1] == "{":  # var
                    k = text.find("}", j)
                    j = k + 1 if k != -1 else n
                    continue
                j += 1
            tokens.append((text[i:j], line, False)); i = j
    return tokens


def parse(text):
    tokens = tokenize(text)
    root = Node("main", [], 0, [])
    stack, cur = [root], []
    for tok, line, special in tokens:
        if special and tok == ";":
            if not cur:
                continue
            stack[-1].children.append(Node(cur[0][0], [t for t, _ in cur[1:]], cur[0][1]))
            cur = []
        elif special and tok == "{":
            if not cur:
                raise ParseError(f"line {line}: '{{' without a directive name")
            node = Node(cur[0][0], [t for t, _ in cur[1:]], cur[0][1], [])
            stack[-1].children.append(node); stack.append(node); cur = []
        elif special and tok == "}":
            if cur:
                raise ParseError(f"line {line}: missing ';' before '}}'")
            if len(stack) == 1:
                raise ParseError(f"line {line}: unexpected '}}'")
            stack.pop()
        else:
            cur.append((tok, line))
    if cur:
        raise ParseError(f"line {cur[0][1]}: directive '{cur[0][0]}' not terminated with ';'")
    if len(stack) != 1:
        raise ParseError(f"block '{stack[-1].name}' opened on line {stack[-1].line} is not closed")
    return root


def headers_of(node):
    return {d.args[0].lower(): d for d in node.get("add_header") if d.args}


def is_tls(server):
    for l in server.get("listen"):
        if "ssl" in l.args or "quic" in l.args or any(a.endswith(":443") or a == "443" for a in l.args):
            return True
    s = server.first("ssl")
    return bool(s and s.args and s.args[0] == "on")


def listens_plain(server):
    ls = server.get("listen")
    if not ls:
        return True  # default listen *:80
    for l in ls:
        if not ("ssl" in l.args or "quic" in l.args or any(a.endswith(":443") or a == "443" for a in l.args)):
            return True
    return False


def names(server):
    out = []
    for d in server.get("server_name"):
        out.extend(d.args)
    return set(out) or {"_"}


def inherited(scopes, name):
    """Value of a directive as nginx inherits it: innermost scope that sets it."""
    for s in reversed(scopes):
        d = s.first(name)
        if d is not None:
            return d
    return None


def effective_headers(scopes):
    for s in reversed(scopes):
        h = headers_of(s)
        if h:
            return h
    return {}


def review(text, fname="nginx.conf"):
    root = parse(text)
    http = root.first("http")
    top = http if http is not None else root
    base = [root] + ([http] if http is not None else [])
    servers = [s for s in top.get("server")]
    findings = []

    def add(sev, code, line, msg, fix):
        findings.append({"severity": sev, "code": code, "file": fname, "line": line, "message": msg, "fix": fix})

    for d in root.walk():
        if d.name == "include":
            add("INFO", "INCLUDE_NOT_FOLLOWED", d.line, f"include {' '.join(d.args)} is not read by this checker",
                "Review the included files too (pass them as extra arguments) or paste `nginx -T` output.")

    tokens = [d for d in root.walk() if d.name == "server_tokens"]
    if not any(d.args and d.args[0] == "off" for d in tokens):
        add("LOW", "SERVER_TOKENS", (http or root).line, "server_tokens is not off, so error pages and the Server header show the nginx version",
            "Add `server_tokens off;` in the http block.")

    tls_names = set()
    for s in servers:
        if is_tls(s):
            tls_names |= names(s)

    for s in servers:
        scopes = base + [s]
        label = " ".join(sorted(names(s)))
        tls = is_tls(s)
        if tls:
            if inherited(scopes, "ssl_certificate") is None:
                add("HIGH", "NO_CERTIFICATE", s.line, f"TLS server {label} has no ssl_certificate in scope",
                    "Add ssl_certificate and ssl_certificate_key (fullchain + key).")
            proto = inherited(scopes, "ssl_protocols")
            if proto is not None:
                old = [p for p in proto.args if p in OLD_PROTOCOLS]
                if old:
                    add("HIGH", "OLD_TLS_PROTOCOL", proto.line, f"{label}: ssl_protocols enables {', '.join(old)}",
                        "Use `ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;` (SSLv3/TLS 1.0/1.1 are deprecated, RFC 8996).")
            ciph = inherited(scopes, "ssl_ciphers")
            if ciph is not None and ciph.args:
                parts = re.split(r"[:\s]+", " ".join(ciph.args))
                weak = sorted({w for p in parts if p and not p.startswith("!") and not p.startswith("-")
                               for w in WEAK_CIPHER_WORDS if w.lower() in p.lower()})
                if weak:
                    add("HIGH", "WEAK_CIPHERS", ciph.line, f"{label}: ssl_ciphers allows weak suites ({', '.join(weak)})",
                        "Use the Mozilla 'intermediate' cipher list, or remove ssl_ciphers to use the safe OpenSSL default.")
            hdrs = effective_headers(scopes)
            if "strict-transport-security" not in hdrs:
                add("MEDIUM", "NO_HSTS", s.line, f"TLS server {label} sends no Strict-Transport-Security header",
                    'Add `add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" always;` (start with a short max-age).')
            else:
                hsts = hdrs["strict-transport-security"]
                m = re.search(r"max-age=(\d+)", " ".join(hsts.args), re.I)
                if m and int(m.group(1)) < 15552000:
                    add("LOW", "SHORT_HSTS", hsts.line, f"{label}: HSTS max-age {m.group(1)} is under 180 days",
                        "Raise max-age to 31536000 once HTTPS works everywhere.")
            missing = [v for k, v in SECURITY_HEADERS.items() if k not in hdrs]
            if "x-frame-options" not in hdrs and "content-security-policy" in hdrs and \
                    "frame-ancestors" in " ".join(hdrs["content-security-policy"].args):
                missing = [v for v in missing if not v.startswith("X-Frame")]
            if missing:
                add("LOW", "MISSING_SECURITY_HEADERS", s.line, f"{label}: missing {'; '.join(missing)}",
                    "Add them with `always` in the server block (check the inheritance rule for locations).")
        elif listens_plain(s) and names(s) & tls_names:
            redirects = any(r.args and r.args[0] in ("301", "302", "307", "308") and len(r.args) > 1 and r.args[1].startswith("https://")
                            for r in [d for d in s.walk() if d.name == "return"])
            rewrites = any(len(r.args) > 1 and r.args[1].startswith("https://") for r in [d for d in s.walk() if d.name == "rewrite"])
            if not (redirects or rewrites):
                add("MEDIUM", "HTTP_NO_REDIRECT", s.line, f"plain-HTTP server {label} serves content instead of redirecting to HTTPS",
                    "Use `return 301 https://$host$request_uri;` in the port-80 server (keep only /.well-known/acme-challenge/ if needed).")

        server_hdrs = effective_headers(scopes)
        has_dot_rule = False
        locations = [d for d in s.walk() if d.name == "location"]
        for loc in locations:
            path = loc.args[-1] if loc.args else ""
            mod = loc.args[0] if len(loc.args) > 1 else ""
            if mod in ("~", "~*") and (r"/\." in path or path.startswith(r"\.") or r"(^|/)\." in path):
                if loc.get("deny") or any(r.args and r.args[0] in ("403", "404") for r in loc.get("return")):
                    has_dot_rule = True
            own = headers_of(loc)
            hi = inherited(scopes + [loc], "add_header_inherit")
            merge = bool(hi and hi.args and hi.args[0] == "merge")  # nginx 1.29.3+
            if own and server_hdrs and not merge:
                lost = sorted(set(server_hdrs) - set(own))
                if lost:
                    add("MEDIUM", "ADD_HEADER_INHERITANCE", loc.line,
                        f"location {path} has its own add_header, so it silently drops {', '.join(lost)} set at server/http level",
                        "Repeat those headers in this location, include a shared headers snippet, or on nginx 1.29.3+ set `add_header_inherit merge;`.")
            al = loc.first("alias")
            if al and al.args and mod in ("", "^~") and not path.endswith("/") and al.args[0].endswith("/"):
                add("HIGH", "ALIAS_TRAVERSAL", al.line,
                    f"location {path} (no trailing slash) with alias {al.args[0]} (trailing slash) allows {path}../ path traversal",
                    f"Make both end with a slash: `location {path}/ {{ alias {al.args[0]}; }}`.")
            ai = loc.first("autoindex")
            if ai and ai.args and ai.args[0] == "on":
                add("MEDIUM", "AUTOINDEX_ON", ai.line, f"autoindex on in location {path} lists directory contents",
                    "Turn it off, or restrict the location with allow/deny or auth_basic.")
            if ADMIN_RE.search(path):
                guarded = loc.get("deny") or loc.get("auth_basic") or loc.get("auth_request") or loc.get("satisfy") \
                    or any(r.args and r.args[0] in ("403", "404", "444") for r in loc.get("return"))
                if not guarded:
                    add("MEDIUM", "ADMIN_OPEN", loc.line, f"location {path} looks like an admin/status endpoint with no allow/deny or auth",
                        "Add `allow <office/VPN range>; deny all;` or auth_basic/auth_request, or remove the route.")
            if LOGIN_RE.search(path) and not inherited(scopes + [loc], "limit_req"):
                add("LOW", "NO_RATE_LIMIT", loc.line, f"location {path} looks like a login/auth endpoint without limit_req",
                    "Define `limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=login:10m rate=5r/m;` in http and `limit_req zone=login burst=5 nodelay;` here.")
            if loc.first("proxy_pass"):
                ph = set()
                for sc in reversed(scopes + [loc]):  # like add_header: innermost level that sets any wins
                    if sc.get("proxy_set_header"):
                        ph = {d.args[0].lower() for d in sc.get("proxy_set_header") if d.args}
                        break
                miss = [h for h in ("host", "x-forwarded-for", "x-forwarded-proto") if h not in ph]
                if miss:
                    add("LOW", "PROXY_HEADERS", loc.line, f"location {path} proxies without {', '.join(miss)}",
                        "Set proxy_set_header Host $host; X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; (note: any proxy_set_header in a location replaces inherited ones).")
        serves_files = inherited(scopes, "root") or any(
            (l.first("root") or l.first("alias")) and not (l.args and l.args[-1].startswith("/.well-known/")) for l in locations)
        if serves_files and not has_dot_rule:
            add("LOW", "DOTFILES_EXPOSED", s.line, f"{label}: no rule blocks hidden files such as /.git/ or /.env",
                r"Add `location ~ /\.(?!well-known) { deny all; }`.")

    for d in root.walk():
        if d.name == "client_max_body_size" and d.args and d.args[0] in ("0", "0m", "0k"):
            add("MEDIUM", "UNLIMITED_BODY", d.line, "client_max_body_size 0 disables the request body limit",
                "Set a real limit (e.g. 10m, or larger only in the upload location).")
        if d.name in ("return", "rewrite", "add_header") and any(re.search(r"\$uri\b|\$document_uri\b", a) for a in d.args):
            add("MEDIUM", "URI_IN_REDIRECT", d.line, f"{d.name} uses $uri (decoded, may contain CR/LF), which allows header injection",
                "Use $request_uri (raw, still encoded) in redirects and headers.")
    findings.sort(key=lambda f: (SEV_ORDER[f["severity"]], f["line"]))
    return {"file": fname, "servers": [{"line": s.line, "names": sorted(names(s)), "tls": is_tls(s)} for s in servers],
            "findings": findings}


def to_markdown(results):
    out = ["# Nginx config security review", ""]
    allf = [f for r in results for f in r["findings"]]
    counts = {k: sum(1 for f in allf if f["severity"] == k) for k in SEV_ORDER}
    out.append("Findings: " + ", ".join(f"{v} {k}" for k, v in counts.items()))
    for r in results:
        out += ["", f"## {r['file']}", "", "| Server | Line | TLS |", "|---|---|---|"]
        for s in r["servers"]:
            out.append(f"| {' '.join(s['names'])} | {s['line']} | {'yes' if s['tls'] else 'no'} |")
        out += ["", "| Severity | Code | Line | Problem | Fix |", "|---|---|---|---|---|"]
        for f in r["findings"]:
            out.append(f"| {f['severity']} | {f['code']} | {f['line']} | {f['message']} | {f['fix']} |")
        if not r["findings"]:
            out.append("| - | - | - | no findings | - |")
    out += ["", "Always run `nginx -t` before reloading, and test with `curl -sI https://<host>/` afterwards."]
    return "\n".join(out)


def self_test():
    results = []

    def check(name, cond):
        results.append(cond)
        print(("PASS " if cond else "FAIL ") + name)

    def codes(conf):
        return [f["code"] for f in review(conf)["findings"]]

    good = """
    http {
      server_tokens off;
      limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=login:10m rate=5r/m;
      server { listen 80; server_name a.test; return 301 https://$host$request_uri; }
      server {
        listen 443 ssl; http2 on; server_name a.test;
        ssl_certificate /c.pem; ssl_certificate_key /k.pem;
        ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
        add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" always;
        add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff always;
        add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; frame-ancestors 'none'" always;
        add_header Referrer-Policy strict-origin-when-cross-origin always;
        root /srv/www;
        location ~ /\\.(?!well-known) { deny all; }
        location /static/ { alias /srv/static/; }
        location /login { limit_req zone=login burst=5 nodelay; proxy_pass http://app;
          proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
          proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; }
      }
    }"""
    check("clean config has no findings", codes(good) == [])
    check("comments and quotes parsed", parse('a "b c;" d; # x;\n e f;').children[0].args == ["b c;", "d"])
    check("var token kept", parse("set $x hosta;").children[0].args == ["$x", "hosta"])
    for bad, msg in [("server { listen 80;", "unclosed block"), ("a b", "missing ;"), ("}", "stray brace"), ('a "b;', "unterminated quote")]:
        try:
            parse(bad); check("parse error: " + msg, False)
        except ParseError:
            check("parse error: " + msg, True)
    check("SERVER_TOKENS when missing", "SERVER_TOKENS" in codes("http { server { listen 80; } }"))
    tls = "server { listen 443 ssl; server_name b.test; ssl_certificate /c; %s }"
    check("OLD_TLS_PROTOCOL", "OLD_TLS_PROTOCOL" in codes(tls % "ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.2;"))
    check("TLSv1.2 alone fine", "OLD_TLS_PROTOCOL" not in codes(tls % "ssl_protocols TLSv1.2;"))
    check("WEAK_CIPHERS", "WEAK_CIPHERS" in codes(tls % "ssl_ciphers 'HIGH:RC4-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA';"))
    check("excluded !RC4 is fine", "WEAK_CIPHERS" not in codes(tls % "ssl_ciphers 'HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5:!RC4';"))
    check("NO_CERTIFICATE", "NO_CERTIFICATE" in codes("server { listen 443 ssl; }"))
    check("cert inherited from http", "NO_CERTIFICATE" not in codes("http { ssl_certificate /c; server { listen 443 ssl; } }"))
    check("NO_HSTS", "NO_HSTS" in codes(tls % ""))
    check("SHORT_HSTS", "SHORT_HSTS" in codes(tls % 'add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=300";'))
    check("MISSING_SECURITY_HEADERS", "MISSING_SECURITY_HEADERS" in codes(tls % ""))
    inh = tls % 'add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000"; location /api/ { add_header Cache-Control no-store; }'
    r = review(inh)["findings"]
    check("ADD_HEADER_INHERITANCE names lost header",
          any(f["code"] == "ADD_HEADER_INHERITANCE" and "strict-transport-security" in f["message"] for f in r))
    check("headers inherited when location has none", "ADD_HEADER_INHERITANCE" not in codes(
        tls % 'add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000"; location /api/ { proxy_pass http://x; }'))
    check("add_header_inherit merge respected", "ADD_HEADER_INHERITANCE" not in codes(
        tls % 'add_header_inherit merge; add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000"; location /api/ { add_header Cache-Control no-store; }'))
    check("ALIAS_TRAVERSAL", "ALIAS_TRAVERSAL" in codes("server { location /img { alias /srv/img/; } }"))
    check("alias with matching slashes fine", "ALIAS_TRAVERSAL" not in codes("server { location /img/ { alias /srv/img/; } }"))
    check("regex location alias not flagged", "ALIAS_TRAVERSAL" not in codes(r"server { location ~ ^/img/(.*)$ { alias /srv/img/$1; } }"))
    check("AUTOINDEX_ON", "AUTOINDEX_ON" in codes("server { location /files/ { autoindex on; } }"))
    check("HTTP_NO_REDIRECT", "HTTP_NO_REDIRECT" in codes(
        "server { listen 80; server_name c.test; root /x; } server { listen 443 ssl; server_name c.test; ssl_certificate /c; }"))
    check("no HTTP_NO_REDIRECT for unrelated name", "HTTP_NO_REDIRECT" not in codes(
        "server { listen 80; server_name d.test; } server { listen 443 ssl; server_name c.test; ssl_certificate /c; }"))
    check("ADMIN_OPEN", "ADMIN_OPEN" in codes("server { location /admin/ { proxy_pass http://x; } }"))
    check("admin with deny fine", "ADMIN_OPEN" not in codes("server { location /admin/ { allow 10.0.0.0/8; deny all; } }"))
    check("NO_RATE_LIMIT", "NO_RATE_LIMIT" in codes("server { location /api/login { proxy_pass http://x; } }"))
    check("rate limit inherited from server", "NO_RATE_LIMIT" not in codes(
        "server { limit_req zone=z; location /api/login { proxy_pass http://x; } }"))
    check("PROXY_HEADERS", "PROXY_HEADERS" in codes("server { location / { proxy_pass http://x; } }"))
    check("proxy_set_header in location replaces inherited", "PROXY_HEADERS" in codes(
        "server { proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; "
        "proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; location / { proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_pass http://x; } }"))
    check("DOTFILES_EXPOSED", "DOTFILES_EXPOSED" in codes("server { root /srv; }"))
    check("ACME-only port 80 server not flagged for dotfiles", "DOTFILES_EXPOSED" not in codes(
        "server { listen 80; location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ { root /var/www/certbot; } location / { return 301 https://$host$request_uri; } }"))
    check("UNLIMITED_BODY", "UNLIMITED_BODY" in codes("http { client_max_body_size 0; }"))
    check("URI_IN_REDIRECT", "URI_IN_REDIRECT" in codes("server { return 301 https://$host$uri; }"))
    check("$request_uri fine", "URI_IN_REDIRECT" not in codes("server { return 301 https://$host$request_uri; }"))
    check("INCLUDE_NOT_FOLLOWED", "INCLUDE_NOT_FOLLOWED" in codes("http { include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf; }"))
    check("findings sorted HIGH first", review("server { listen 443 ssl; location /files/ { autoindex on; } }")["findings"][0]["severity"] == "HIGH")
    passed = sum(results)
    print(f"{passed}/{len(results)} passed")
    return 0 if passed == len(results) else 1


def main():
    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Nginx config security reviewer")
    ap.add_argument("files", nargs="*", help="nginx config files (nginx.conf, sites-available/*, or `nginx -T` output)")
    ap.add_argument("--json", action="store_true", help="print JSON instead of Markdown")
    ap.add_argument("--self-test", action="store_true")
    a = ap.parse_args()
    if a.self_test:
        return self_test()
    if not a.files:
        ap.error("give at least one config file, or --self-test")
    results = []
    for f in a.files:
        try:
            with open(f, encoding="utf-8") as fh:
                results.append(review(fh.read(), f))
        except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError, ParseError) as e:
            print(f"error: {f}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
            return 2
    print(json.dumps(results, indent=2) if a.json else to_markdown(results))
    return 1 if any(f["severity"] == "HIGH" for r in results for f in r["findings"]) else 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())

# Feature Flag Rollout taste of a release engineer
- Separate deploy from release: ship code dark behind a flag and turn it on independently of the deployment. Confidence: 0.95
- Use a managed flag service or OpenFeature-compatible SDK instead of home-grown if statements on environment variables. Confidence: 0.80
- Give every flag an owner, a description, a type (release, experiment, ops or permission) and an expected removal date. Confidence: 0.90
- Name flags after the behavior they control, such as checkout-new-payment-form, not after tickets or people. Confidence: 0.85
- Default every flag to the safe, existing behavior when the flag service is unreachable. Confidence: 0.95
- Evaluate flags once per request at the edge of the code path and pass the result down, not deep inside loops. Confidence: 0.80
- Roll out gradually: internal users first, then 1%, 10%, 50% and 100%, watching metrics at each step. Confidence: 0.90
- Use sticky, hash-based bucketing on a stable user or account ID so people do not flip between variants. Confidence: 0.90
- Define the success and guardrail metrics before the rollout starts, not after looking at the dashboard. Confidence: 0.85
- Wire automatic rollback to error rate and latency alerts for risky changes. Confidence: 0.75
- Keep a kill switch for every expensive or external dependency so operations can turn it off without a deploy. Confidence: 0.90
- Remove release flags within a few weeks of reaching 100% and fail CI when a flag is past its removal date. Confidence: 0.80
- Test both the on and off paths in CI for every active flag. Confidence: 0.85
- Avoid nesting flags inside other flags; if two flags interact, merge them or document the combinations. Confidence: 0.80
- Log flag evaluations with the variant in traces so incidents can be tied to a specific rollout. Confidence: 0.80
- Restrict who can change production flags and keep an audit log of every change with a reason. Confidence: 0.85
- Never use feature flags as a substitute for authorization checks. Confidence: 0.90
- Announce large rollouts in a shared channel with the flag name, the plan and the rollback step. Confidence: 0.70
- Keep long-lived permission and ops flags in a separate list so they are not mistaken for stale release flags. Confidence: 0.75
- Run a short review after each major rollout and note which metrics actually caught problems. Confidence: 0.65

---
name: stale-git-branch-cleanup-auditor
description: Audits a repository's remote branches and plans a safe cleanup. Sorts each branch into delete (merged, squash-merged or empty), archive then delete (idle unmerged work), ask the owner, open PR, active or protected, and groups the asks by author. Flags case-colliding names, stale PRs, branches far behind main, long-lived branches and bad names, and prints a reviewable tag-then-delete script. Includes a stdlib Python auditor with --self-test.
---

# Stale Git Branch Cleanup Auditor

You help teams clean up the dozens or hundreds of forgotten branches on a shared remote without losing anyone's work. You decide, branch by branch, what is safe to delete, what should be archived as a tag first, and who has to be asked, then produce a cleanup script that people review before anything is removed.

## Files in this skill

- `scripts/branch_audit.py` - classifies remote branches from a TSV or CSV export or straight from a local clone (`--repo`), prints findings, owner lists and a cleanup script (Python 3 standard library only; never deletes anything itself)
- `references/cleanup-rules.md` - the decision rules, squash-merge detection, archive tags, protected branches, naming conventions and how to restore a deleted branch
- `references/exporting-branch-data.md` - git and GitHub/GitLab commands to produce the input, including PR states
- `templates/cleanup-announcement.md` - a team message with the plan, the owner asks and the deadline
- `examples/webshop-branches.csv` - 16 branches of an online shop repository with merged, squash-merged, stale, colliding and protected branches

## Workflow

### 1. Get the branch data
Preferred: a fresh local clone (`git fetch --prune origin`) and run the script with `--repo`. Ask for the base branch (main, master or develop), the PR states from `gh pr list` or the GitLab API (squash merges cannot be seen in git history), the protected branch patterns and the team's naming convention. If they paste a list instead, convert it to the CSV columns in `references/exporting-branch-data.md`.

### 2. Run the auditor
```
python3 scripts/branch_audit.py examples/webshop-branches.csv --today 2026-10-24
python3 scripts/branch_audit.py --repo . --base main --prs prs.tsv --stale-days 90 --ask-days 30
python3 scripts/branch_audit.py --self-test
```
Exit code 1 means HIGH findings, 2 means bad input.

### 3. Review with the user
Walk through the actions in this order: DELETE_MERGED (safe, the work is in the base branch), ARCHIVE_AND_DELETE (recoverable from the archive tag), ASK_OWNER (needs an answer), then the findings. Fix CASE_COLLISION first because it breaks clones on macOS and Windows. Adjust thresholds to the team's pace (a research repo may want 180 stale days). Use `references/cleanup-rules.md` to explain each decision.

### 4. Deliver
Fill `templates/cleanup-announcement.md` with the counts, the per-owner list and a deadline (usually 7 days). Hand over the generated script with the advice to run the DELETE_MERGED lines first and the archive lines after the deadline.

## Example result
For `examples/webshop-branches.csv` (as of 2026-10-24, stale 90 days, ask 30 days): 16 branches -> 3 delete (merged, squash-merged PR, no commits ahead), 3 archive and delete (spike/graphql-gateway, feature/gift-cards, johns-test), 2 ask owner, 3 open PRs, 1 active, 4 protected. Findings: HIGH CASE_COLLISION (fix/search-timeout vs fix/Search-Timeout), MEDIUM PR_STALE (feature/checkout-redesign, idle 205 days), 3 MEDIUM FAR_BEHIND, 2 LOW BAD_NAME, 2 LOW LONG_LIVED, LOW OLD_PROTECTED (release/2.3).

## Rules

- Never delete branches yourself and never run the script for the user; print it for review.
- Unmerged work is archived as a tag (`archive/<branch>`) before the branch is deleted, so it can be restored.
- Squash and rebase merges leave the branch "unmerged" in git; trust the PR state, not only `--merged`.
- Protected, release and base branches are never in the delete list, even if they look idle.
- Ask owners before touching unmerged work and give a clear deadline.
FILE:references/cleanup-rules.md
# Cleanup Rules

## Decision order (first match wins)
| Action | Condition | Why it is safe or not |
|---|---|---|
| KEEP_PROTECTED | matches `--protect` (main, master, develop, trunk, gh-pages, release/*, hotfix/*) | Deployments, release maintenance and branch protection rules depend on them |
| DELETE_MERGED | reachable from the base branch, 0 commits ahead, or its PR was merged | Every commit (or its squashed equivalent) is already in the base branch |
| KEEP_OPEN_PR | open pull/merge request | Deleting the branch closes the PR; ask instead (see PR_STALE) |
| ARCHIVE_AND_DELETE | unmerged and idle >= stale days (default 90) | Unique commits: tag first so the work is recoverable |
| ASK_OWNER | unmerged and idle >= ask days (default 30) | Might still be in use; the owner decides |
| KEEP_ACTIVE | unmerged, recent commits | Work in progress |

"Idle" is the committer date of the branch tip. A rebase updates it, so a branch rebased yesterday counts as active even if nobody worked on it for months.

## Squash and rebase merges
`git branch -r --merged main` only finds branches whose tip commit is in main. When a PR is squash-merged or rebase-merged, main gets new commits and the branch still looks unmerged with N commits ahead. Use the PR state (`pr = merged`) to catch these. Without PR data, check by hand:
```
git diff --stat origin/main...origin/<branch>     # empty or tiny = changes already in main
git log --oneline origin/main --grep "<PR title or number>"
```
A closed (not merged) PR with old commits is abandoned work: archive it.

## Archive tags
```
git tag archive/<branch> origin/<branch>
git push origin refs/tags/archive/<branch>
git push origin --delete <branch>
```
Restore later with `git push origin archive/<branch>:refs/heads/<branch>`. Tags keep the commits alive forever (no garbage collection). If the archive tags clutter the tag list, push them to a separate archive remote instead.

Deleted without a tag? On GitHub, a branch deleted from a PR page can be restored from the PR for a while; otherwise someone's local clone or `git reflog` on the server-side mirror is the only way back. That is why the script tags first.

## Findings
| Code | Severity | Meaning | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASE_COLLISION | HIGH | `fix/Login` and `fix/login` exist; case-insensitive file systems store refs as files, so fetch fails or one ref hides the other | Delete or rename one today |
| PR_STALE | MEDIUM | Open PR with no commit for >= stale days | Owner finishes, splits or closes it |
| FAR_BEHIND | MEDIUM | Unmerged branch > 300 commits behind base | Rebase/merge base soon or archive; conflicts grow every day |
| LONG_LIVED | LOW | > 50 unmerged commits and idle >= ask days | Split into smaller PRs; hide unfinished work behind a feature flag |
| OLD_PROTECTED | LOW | release/* or hotfix/* idle >= stale days | Tag the release (`v2.3.x`), remove protection, delete |
| BAD_NAME | LOW | No allowed `<type>/` prefix, or uppercase/spaces | Rename to `feature/...`, `fix/...`, `chore/...` |

## Naming convention
`<type>/<short-kebab-description>` with optional ticket: `feature/cart-coupons`, `fix/1423-vat-rounding`, `chore/bump-node-22`. Default allowed types: feature, feat, fix, bugfix, hotfix, release, chore, docs, refactor, test, ci, perf, build, deps, dependabot, renovate, experiment, spike. Override with `--prefixes`.

## Keeping it clean afterwards
- Enable "Automatically delete head branches" (GitHub) or "Delete source branch" (GitLab) on merge.
- Protect only branches that need it, with patterns.
- Run the audit monthly; most teams settle at 90 stale days and 30 ask days.
- Bots (dependabot, renovate) recreate their branches; keep their PRs moving instead of deleting branches.
FILE:references/exporting-branch-data.md
# Exporting Branch Data

## Option A: let the script read the clone
```
git fetch --prune origin
python3 scripts/branch_audit.py --repo . --remote origin --base main
```
The script runs `git for-each-ref`, `git branch -r --merged origin/main` and `git rev-list --left-right --count origin/main...origin/<branch>` for every branch. Large repositories with thousands of branches take a minute.

## Option B: build the TSV (or CSV) yourself
Columns (tab or comma separated, header required; the delimiter is detected from the header): `branch last_commit author ahead behind merged pr`

```
base=origin/main
printf 'branch\tlast_commit\tauthor\tahead\tbehind\tmerged\tpr\n' > branches.tsv
git branch -r --merged "$base" | sed 's/^ *//' > /tmp/merged.txt
git for-each-ref --format='%(refname:short)%09%(committerdate:short)%09%(authorname)' refs/remotes/origin |
while IFS="$(printf '\t')" read -r ref date author; do
  case "$ref" in origin|origin/HEAD|"$base") continue;; esac
  set -- $(git rev-list --left-right --count "$base...$ref")
  merged=no; grep -qx "$ref" /tmp/merged.txt && merged=yes
  printf '%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\tnone\n' "ref#origin/" "$date" "$author" "$2" "$1" "$merged" >> branches.tsv
done
```
`$1` is "behind" (commits only in base) and `$2` is "ahead" (commits only in the branch).

## PR states
GitHub CLI (`gh pr list` returns newest PRs first; awk keeps the first, i.e. newest, PR per branch):
```
gh pr list --state all --limit 1000 --json headRefName,state \
  -q '.[] | [.headRefName, (.state|ascii_downcase)] | @tsv' | awk -F'\t' '!seen[$1]++' > prs.tsv
python3 scripts/branch_audit.py --repo . --prs prs.tsv
```
GitHub states map to open, merged, closed. GitLab: `glab mr list --all` or the API `GET /projects/:id/merge_requests?state=all` (`source_branch`, `state`: opened -> open, merged, closed).

For a TSV or CSV, put the state in the `pr` column (open, merged, closed or none).

## Thresholds
| Option | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `--stale-days` | 90 | Idle unmerged branches beyond this are archived |
| `--ask-days` | 30 | Idle unmerged branches beyond this need an owner answer |
| `--behind-limit` | 300 | FAR_BEHIND threshold in commits |
| `--protect` | main,master,develop,trunk,gh-pages,release/*,hotfix/* | fnmatch patterns, case-sensitive |
| `--prefixes` | feature,fix,chore,... | Allowed name prefixes for BAD_NAME |
| `--today` | today | Fix the date for repeatable reports |

## Privacy
Author names come from commits. Share the per-owner list only inside the team.
FILE:templates/cleanup-announcement.md
# Branch cleanup on <repository> - please check by <deadline date>

Hi team,

We have <N> branches on `<remote>`. On <cleanup date> we will clean up:

- **<n> merged branches** will be deleted (their changes are already in `<base>`).
- **<n> idle unmerged branches** (no commits for <stale days>+ days) will be saved as `archive/<branch>` tags and then deleted. You can restore any of them with `git push origin archive/<branch>:refs/heads/<branch>`.
- **<n> branches need your answer** (no commits for <ask days>+ days): keep, merge, or archive?

## Your branches
| Owner | Branches | Needed from you |
|---|---|---|
| <name> | <branch, branch> | <keep / archive / merge by deadline> |

## Please fix
- <CASE_COLLISION: fix/search-timeout and fix/Search-Timeout - Lena, delete one today>
- <PR_STALE: feature/checkout-redesign - Marco, finish, split or close>

## From now on
- Branch names: `<type>/<short-description>` (feature/, fix/, chore/, ...)
- Head branches are deleted automatically after merge.
- This audit runs on the first Monday of each month.

Reply in <channel/thread> if a branch must stay. Thanks!
FILE:examples/webshop-branches.csv
branch,last_commit,author,ahead,behind,merged,pr
main,2026-10-23,Selin Kaya,0,0,yes,none
develop,2026-10-22,Selin Kaya,4,0,no,none
release/2.3,2025-11-12,Selin Kaya,2,611,no,none
release/2.8,2026-09-30,Selin Kaya,1,48,no,none
feature/cart-coupons,2026-10-20,Marco Rossi,12,6,no,open
feature/checkout-redesign,2026-04-02,Marco Rossi,134,742,no,open
feature/wishlist-sharing,2026-09-08,Aiko Tanaka,7,95,no,none
feature/gift-cards,2026-05-19,Aiko Tanaka,23,401,no,closed
fix/vat-rounding,2026-10-02,Lena Fischer,3,22,yes,merged
fix/search-timeout,2026-08-14,Lena Fischer,5,130,no,merged
fix/Search-Timeout,2026-08-13,Lena Fischer,1,131,no,none
chore/bump-node-22,2026-07-01,Omar Haddad,0,210,no,none
spike/graphql-gateway,2026-02-10,Omar Haddad,58,988,no,none
johns-test,2026-06-21,John Miller,2,260,no,none
dependabot/npm_and_yarn/axios-1.7.4,2026-10-18,dependabot[bot],1,9,no,open
experiment/ab-banner,2026-10-12,Aiko Tanaka,4,14,no,none
FILE:scripts/branch_audit.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Stale Git branch cleanup auditor (Python 3 standard library only).

Sorts every remote branch into an action, flags risky branches and prints a reviewable
cleanup script. Nothing is deleted: the script only prints commands.

Input, either:
  1. a TSV or CSV export (header required, delimiter detected from the header, extra columns ignored):
       branch  last_commit  author  ahead  behind  merged  pr
     last_commit = YYYY-MM-DD, ahead/behind = commits vs the base branch,
     merged = yes/no (reachable from base), pr = open | merged | closed | none
  2. --repo PATH: reads the remote branches straight from a local clone with git
     (run `git fetch --prune` first). PR state comes from --prs FILE (lines "branch<TAB>state",
     e.g. from `gh pr list --state all --json headRefName,state`), otherwise "none".
Actions (first match wins):
  KEEP_PROTECTED      name matches --protect patterns (main, master, develop, release/*, ...)
  DELETE_MERGED       merged into base, 0 commits ahead, or its PR was merged (squash/rebase)
  KEEP_OPEN_PR        has an open pull request
  ARCHIVE_AND_DELETE  unmerged and no commit for >= --stale-days (tag archive/<name>, then delete)
  ASK_OWNER           unmerged and no commit for >= --ask-days
  KEEP_ACTIVE         recent unmerged work
Findings (severity):
  HIGH   CASE_COLLISION  branch names that differ only by case (break on macOS/Windows clones)
  MEDIUM PR_STALE        open PR whose branch has had no commit for >= --stale-days
  MEDIUM FAR_BEHIND      unmerged branch more than --behind-limit commits behind base
  LOW    LONG_LIVED      unmerged branch more than 50 commits ahead and older than --ask-days
  LOW    OLD_PROTECTED   protected release/hotfix branch older than --stale-days (tag it, unprotect, delete)
  LOW    BAD_NAME        name without an allowed prefix, or with uppercase/space characters
Usage:
  python3 branch_audit.py branches.csv --today 2026-10-24
  python3 branch_audit.py --repo . --base main --prs prs.tsv
  python3 branch_audit.py branches.tsv --json
  python3 branch_audit.py --self-test
Exit code: 0 no HIGH findings, 1 HIGH findings, 2 bad input.
"""
import argparse
import csv
import datetime as dt
import fnmatch
import json
import shlex
import subprocess
import sys

DEFAULT_PROTECT = "main,master,develop,trunk,gh-pages,release/*,hotfix/*"
DEFAULT_PREFIXES = "feature,feat,fix,bugfix,hotfix,release,chore,docs,refactor,test,ci,perf,build,deps,dependabot,renovate,experiment,spike"
ACTION_ORDER = ["DELETE_MERGED", "ARCHIVE_AND_DELETE", "ASK_OWNER", "KEEP_OPEN_PR", "KEEP_ACTIVE", "KEEP_PROTECTED"]
SEV_ORDER = {"HIGH": 0, "MEDIUM": 1, "LOW": 2}


class DataError(ValueError):
    pass


def yes(v):
    return str(v).strip().lower() in ("yes", "y", "true", "1")


def parse_tsv(text):
    lines = text.splitlines()
    delim = "\t" if lines and "\t" in lines[0] else ","
    rows = list(csv.DictReader(lines, delimiter=delim))
    need = {"branch", "last_commit", "author", "ahead", "behind", "merged"}
    if not rows:
        raise DataError("no branches in input")
    missing = need - set(rows[0].keys())
    if missing:
        raise DataError("missing columns: " + ", ".join(sorted(missing)))
    out = []
    for i, r in enumerate(rows, 2):
        try:
            out.append({"branch": r["branch"].strip(), "last_commit": dt.date.fromisoformat(r["last_commit"].strip()[:10]),
                        "author": r["author"].strip() or "unknown", "ahead": int(r["ahead"]), "behind": int(r["behind"]),
                        "merged": yes(r["merged"]), "pr": (r.get("pr") or "none").strip().lower() or "none"})
        except (ValueError, TypeError) as e:
            raise DataError(f"line {i}: {e}")
    return out


def git(repo, *args):
    r = subprocess.run(["git", "-C", repo, *args], capture_output=True, text=True)
    if r.returncode != 0:
        raise DataError(f"git {' '.join(args)}: {r.stderr.strip()}")
    return r.stdout


def read_repo(repo, remote, base, prs):
    base_ref = f"{remote}/{base}"
    git(repo, "rev-parse", "--verify", base_ref)
    merged = {l.strip() for l in git(repo, "branch", "-r", "--merged", base_ref).splitlines()}
    out = []
    fmt = "%(refname:short)%09%(committerdate:short)%09%(authorname)"
    for line in git(repo, "for-each-ref", f"--format={fmt}", f"refs/remotes/{remote}").splitlines():
        ref, date, author = line.split("\t")
        if ref in (remote, f"{remote}/HEAD") or ref == base_ref:
            continue
        behind, ahead = git(repo, "rev-list", "--left-right", "--count", f"{base_ref}...{ref}").split()
        name = ref[len(remote) + 1:]
        out.append({"branch": name, "last_commit": dt.date.fromisoformat(date), "author": author,
                    "ahead": int(ahead), "behind": int(behind), "merged": ref in merged, "pr": prs.get(name, "none")})
    return out


def audit(branches, today, base="main", remote="origin", stale_days=90, ask_days=30, behind_limit=300,
          protect=DEFAULT_PROTECT, prefixes=DEFAULT_PREFIXES):
    protect_pats = [p.strip() for p in protect.split(",") if p.strip()]
    allowed = {p.strip() for p in prefixes.split(",") if p.strip()}
    findings, rows = [], []

    def add(sev, code, branch, msg):
        findings.append({"severity": sev, "code": code, "branch": branch, "message": msg})

    for b in branches:
        name, age = b["branch"], (today - b["last_commit"]).days
        prot = name == base or any(fnmatch.fnmatchcase(name, p) for p in protect_pats)
        if prot:
            action = "KEEP_PROTECTED"
        elif b["merged"] or b["ahead"] == 0 or b["pr"] == "merged":
            action = "DELETE_MERGED"
        elif b["pr"] == "open":
            action = "KEEP_OPEN_PR"
        elif age >= stale_days:
            action = "ARCHIVE_AND_DELETE"
        elif age >= ask_days:
            action = "ASK_OWNER"
        else:
            action = "KEEP_ACTIVE"
        why = {"KEEP_PROTECTED": "protected pattern",
               "DELETE_MERGED": "merged into " + base if b["merged"] else ("no commits ahead" if b["ahead"] == 0 else "PR merged (squash/rebase)"),
               "KEEP_OPEN_PR": "open pull request", "ARCHIVE_AND_DELETE": f"unmerged, idle {age} days",
               "ASK_OWNER": f"unmerged, idle {age} days", "KEEP_ACTIVE": f"active {age} days ago"}[action]
        rows.append({**b, "last_commit": b["last_commit"].isoformat(), "age_days": age, "action": action, "reason": why})
        unmerged = action in ("ARCHIVE_AND_DELETE", "ASK_OWNER", "KEEP_OPEN_PR", "KEEP_ACTIVE")
        if action == "KEEP_OPEN_PR" and age >= stale_days:
            add("MEDIUM", "PR_STALE", name, f"open PR but no commit for {age} days; ask {b['author']} to finish or close it")
        if unmerged and b["behind"] > behind_limit:
            add("MEDIUM", "FAR_BEHIND", name, f"{b['behind']} commits behind {base}; rebase soon or expect painful conflicts")
        if unmerged and b["ahead"] > 50 and age >= ask_days:
            add("LOW", "LONG_LIVED", name, f"{b['ahead']} unmerged commits; split into smaller PRs or put it behind a feature flag")
        if prot and name != base and age >= stale_days and (name.startswith("release/") or name.startswith("hotfix/")):
            add("LOW", "OLD_PROTECTED", name, f"protected branch idle {age} days; tag it, remove protection and delete")
        if not prot:
            prefix = name.split("/", 1)[0] if "/" in name else ""
            if prefix not in allowed or name != name.lower() or " " in name:
                add("LOW", "BAD_NAME", name, "use lowercase <type>/<short-description> (e.g. feature/cart-coupons)")
    seen = {}
    for b in branches:
        seen.setdefault(b["branch"].lower(), []).append(b["branch"])
    for names in seen.values():
        if len(names) > 1:
            add("HIGH", "CASE_COLLISION", " / ".join(names), "names differ only by case; clones on macOS/Windows see one ref and fetches fail; delete or rename one")
    findings.sort(key=lambda f: (SEV_ORDER[f["severity"]], f["code"], f["branch"]))
    rows.sort(key=lambda r: (ACTION_ORDER.index(r["action"]), -r["age_days"]))
    counts = {a: sum(r["action"] == a for r in rows) for a in ACTION_ORDER}
    owners = {}
    for r in rows:
        if r["action"] in ("ASK_OWNER", "ARCHIVE_AND_DELETE"):
            owners.setdefault(r["author"], []).append(r["branch"])
    script = ["#!/bin/sh", "# Review before running. Generated by branch_audit.py; nothing has been deleted.", "set -e"]
    for r in rows:
        q = shlex.quote(r["branch"])
        if r["action"] == "DELETE_MERGED":
            script.append(f"git push {remote} --delete {q}   # {r['reason']}")
    for r in rows:
        if r["action"] == "ARCHIVE_AND_DELETE":
            q = shlex.quote(r["branch"])
            tag = shlex.quote("archive/" + r["branch"])
            script.append(f"git tag {tag} {shlex.quote(remote + '/' + r['branch'])} && git push {remote} {shlex.quote('refs/tags/archive/' + r['branch'])} && git push {remote} --delete {q}")
    return {"today": today.isoformat(), "base": base, "remote": remote, "stale_days": stale_days, "ask_days": ask_days,
            "branches": len(rows), "counts": counts, "rows": rows, "owners": owners, "findings": findings,
            "cleanup_script": "\n".join(script) + "\n"}


def render(r):
    c = r["counts"]
    out = [f"# Branch cleanup audit ({r['remote']}, base {r['base']}, as of {r['today']})", "",
           f"{r['branches']} branches: {c['DELETE_MERGED']} delete (merged), {c['ARCHIVE_AND_DELETE']} archive and delete, "
           f"{c['ASK_OWNER']} ask owner, {c['KEEP_OPEN_PR']} open PR, {c['KEEP_ACTIVE']} active, {c['KEEP_PROTECTED']} protected",
           f"Rules: stale >= {r['stale_days']} days idle, ask owner >= {r['ask_days']} days", "",
           "| Action | Branch | Last commit | Author | Ahead/behind | Reason |", "|---|---|---|---|---|---|"]
    for row in r["rows"]:
        out.append(f"| {row['action']} | {row['branch']} | {row['last_commit']} | {row['author']} | {row['ahead']}/{row['behind']} | {row['reason']} |")
    out += ["", "## Ask the owners"]
    if not r["owners"]:
        out.append("- nobody")
    for who, names in sorted(r["owners"].items()):
        out.append(f"- {who}: {', '.join(names)}")
    out += ["", "## Findings"]
    if not r["findings"]:
        out.append("- none")
    for f in r["findings"]:
        out.append(f"- {f['severity']} {f['code']} {f['branch']}: {f['message']}")
    out += ["", "## Cleanup script (review first, run after owners agree)", "```sh", r["cleanup_script"].rstrip(), "```"]
    return "\n".join(out) + "\n"


def self_test():
    tests, ok = [], 0

    def check(name, cond):
        nonlocal ok
        tests.append(name)
        print(("PASS " if cond else "FAIL ") + name)
        ok += bool(cond)

    today = dt.date(2026, 10, 24)

    def b(name, days, ahead=3, behind=10, merged=False, pr="none", author="ana"):
        return {"branch": name, "last_commit": today - dt.timedelta(days=days), "author": author,
                "ahead": ahead, "behind": behind, "merged": merged, "pr": pr}

    def act(**kw):
        name = kw.pop("name", "feature/x")
        days = kw.pop("days", 10)
        return audit([b(name, days, **kw)], today)["rows"][0]["action"]

    check("main protected", act(name="main", days=500) == "KEEP_PROTECTED")
    check("release/* protected", act(name="release/2.4", days=200) == "KEEP_PROTECTED")
    check("merged -> DELETE_MERGED", act(merged=True, days=5) == "DELETE_MERGED")
    check("0 ahead -> DELETE_MERGED", act(ahead=0) == "DELETE_MERGED")
    check("squash-merged PR -> DELETE_MERGED", act(pr="merged", ahead=4) == "DELETE_MERGED")
    check("open PR kept", act(pr="open", days=200) == "KEEP_OPEN_PR")
    check("idle 120 d unmerged -> ARCHIVE", act(days=120) == "ARCHIVE_AND_DELETE")
    check("idle 45 d -> ASK_OWNER", act(days=45) == "ASK_OWNER")
    check("idle 5 d -> KEEP_ACTIVE", act(days=5) == "KEEP_ACTIVE")
    check("closed PR idle 100 d -> ARCHIVE", act(pr="closed", days=100) == "ARCHIVE_AND_DELETE")

    def codes(rows, **kw):
        return {f["code"] for f in audit(rows, today, **kw)["findings"]}

    check("case collision HIGH", "CASE_COLLISION" in codes([b("feature/Login", 3), b("feature/login", 3)]))
    check("stale PR MEDIUM", "PR_STALE" in codes([b("feature/a", 100, pr="open")]))
    check("far behind MEDIUM", "FAR_BEHIND" in codes([b("feature/a", 10, behind=900)]))
    check("merged far behind not flagged", "FAR_BEHIND" not in codes([b("feature/a", 10, behind=900, merged=True)]))
    check("long lived LOW", "LONG_LIVED" in codes([b("feature/a", 40, ahead=80)]))
    check("old release LOW", "OLD_PROTECTED" in codes([b("release/1.0", 400)]))
    check("bad name LOW", "BAD_NAME" in codes([b("johns-test", 3)]) and "BAD_NAME" in codes([b("feature/NewThing", 3)]))
    check("good name not flagged", "BAD_NAME" not in codes([b("fix/cart-total", 3)]))
    r = audit([b("feature/old", 200), b("fix/done", 3, merged=True)], today)
    check("script deletes merged branch", "git push origin --delete fix/done" in r["cleanup_script"])
    check("script tags before deleting stale", "git tag archive/feature/old origin/feature/old && git push origin refs/tags/archive/feature/old && git push origin --delete feature/old" in r["cleanup_script"])
    r = audit([b("main", 1, ahead=0, behind=0), b("feature/old", 200), b("develop", 300)], today)
    check("script never deletes protected branches", "--delete main" not in r["cleanup_script"] and "--delete develop" not in r["cleanup_script"]
          and r["cleanup_script"].rstrip().endswith("git push origin --delete feature/old"))
    r = audit([b("feature/it's", 200)], today)
    check("odd names are shell-quoted", "'feature/it'\"'\"'s'" in r["cleanup_script"])
    r = audit([b("feature/a", 200, author="ana"), b("feature/b", 40, author="ana"), b("feature/c", 2, author="bo")], today)
    check("owners grouped", r["owners"] == {"ana": ["feature/a", "feature/b"]})
    rows = parse_tsv("branch\tlast_commit\tauthor\tahead\tbehind\tmerged\tpr\nfeature/x\t2026-10-01\tAna\t2\t5\tno\topen\n")
    check("TSV parsed", rows[0]["ahead"] == 2 and rows[0]["pr"] == "open" and not rows[0]["merged"])
    rows = parse_tsv("branch,last_commit,author,ahead,behind,merged,pr\nfix/y,2026-09-01,Bo,0,3,yes,none\n")
    check("CSV parsed", rows[0]["branch"] == "fix/y" and rows[0]["merged"] and rows[0]["behind"] == 3)
    try:
        parse_tsv("branch\tauthor\nx\ty\n")
        check("missing columns rejected", False)
    except DataError:
        check("missing columns rejected", True)
    # real git repository round trip (skipped if git is missing)
    import os, shutil, tempfile
    if shutil.which("git"):
        d = tempfile.mkdtemp()
        try:
            env = {**os.environ, "GIT_AUTHOR_NAME": "Ana", "GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL": "a@x", "GIT_COMMITTER_NAME": "Ana", "GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL": "a@x"}
            run = lambda *a, cwd=d: subprocess.run(["git", *a], cwd=cwd, env=env, capture_output=True, check=True)
            os.makedirs(f"{d}/remote.git"); run("init", "-q", "--bare", "-b", "main", cwd=f"{d}/remote.git")
            run("clone", "-q", f"{d}/remote.git", "w"); w = f"{d}/w"
            run("checkout", "-q", "-b", "main", cwd=w); run("commit", "-q", "--allow-empty", "-m", "init", cwd=w)
            run("checkout", "-q", "-b", "fix/done", cwd=w); run("commit", "-q", "--allow-empty", "-m", "fix", cwd=w)
            run("checkout", "-q", "main", cwd=w); run("merge", "-q", "--ff-only", "fix/done", cwd=w)
            run("checkout", "-q", "-b", "feature/wip", cwd=w); run("commit", "-q", "--allow-empty", "-m", "wip", cwd=w)
            run("push", "-q", "origin", "main", "fix/done", "feature/wip", cwd=w)
            r = audit(read_repo(w, "origin", "main", {}), today)
            acts = {x["branch"]: x["action"] for x in r["rows"]}
            check("git repo: merged and active branches read", acts == {"fix/done": "DELETE_MERGED", "feature/wip": "KEEP_ACTIVE"})
        finally:
            shutil.rmtree(d, ignore_errors=True)
    print(f"{ok}/{len(tests)} passed")
    return 0 if ok == len(tests) else 1


def main():
    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Stale Git branch cleanup auditor")
    ap.add_argument("tsv", nargs="?", help="branch TSV or CSV export")
    ap.add_argument("--repo", help="read remote branches from this local clone instead of a TSV")
    ap.add_argument("--prs", help="TSV 'branch<TAB>state' with PR states (open/merged/closed), used with --repo")
    ap.add_argument("--remote", default="origin")
    ap.add_argument("--base", default="main")
    ap.add_argument("--today", help="YYYY-MM-DD (default: today)")
    ap.add_argument("--stale-days", type=int, default=90)
    ap.add_argument("--ask-days", type=int, default=30)
    ap.add_argument("--behind-limit", type=int, default=300)
    ap.add_argument("--protect", default=DEFAULT_PROTECT)
    ap.add_argument("--prefixes", default=DEFAULT_PREFIXES)
    ap.add_argument("--json", action="store_true")
    ap.add_argument("--self-test", action="store_true")
    a = ap.parse_args()
    if a.self_test:
        return self_test()
    try:
        today = dt.date.fromisoformat(a.today) if a.today else dt.date.today()
        if a.repo:
            prs = {}
            if a.prs:
                with open(a.prs, encoding="utf-8") as fh:
                    for line in fh:
                        if "\t" in line:
                            k, v = line.rstrip("\n").split("\t", 1)
                            prs[k] = v.strip().lower()
            branches = read_repo(a.repo, a.remote, a.base, prs)
        elif a.tsv:
            with open(a.tsv, encoding="utf-8") as fh:
                branches = parse_tsv(fh.read())
        else:
            ap.error("give a TSV/CSV file or --repo PATH")
        r = audit(branches, today, a.base, a.remote, a.stale_days, a.ask_days, a.behind_limit, a.protect, a.prefixes)
    except (OSError, DataError, ValueError) as e:
        print(f"error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
        return 2
    print(json.dumps(r, indent=2) if a.json else render(r), end="\n" if a.json else "")
    return 1 if any(f["severity"] == "HIGH" for f in r["findings"]) else 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())

---
name: backup-retention-policy-planner
description: Plans and audits backup retention (grandfather-father-son) policies. Simulates hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly keep rules like restic or borg, lists the restore points you really keep and the gaps between them, and estimates storage and cost now and in 12 months. Flags missed RPO, short history, legal retention gaps, no offsite or immutable copy, stale restore tests and job overlap. Includes a stdlib Python planner with --self-test.
---

# Backup Retention Policy Planner

You help engineers and small IT teams design a backup retention policy they can defend: enough restore points to recover from yesterday's mistake and last quarter's silent corruption, a copy that survives a ransomware attack or a lost account, a storage bill that fits the budget, and a restore that has actually been tested. You turn "keep 7 daily, 4 weekly, 12 monthly" into the concrete list of restore points it produces and check it against the requirements.

## Files in this skill

- `scripts/retention_plan.py` - simulates a GFS policy, lists kept restore points, gaps, storage and cost, and prints findings (Python 3 standard library only)
- `references/retention-design.md` - how keep rules select points, choosing tiers from RPO and history needs, legal retention, storage models and cost
- `references/resilience-checklist.md` - 3-2-1-1-0, immutability, encryption and keys, restore testing, monitoring and what each finding means
- `templates/backup-policy.md` - a one-page backup policy to fill in and share with the team
- `examples/clinic-postgres-policy.json` - a PostgreSQL database backed up nightly to S3 with a 4 h RPO and 3-year legal retention

## Workflow

### 1. Collect the facts
Ask for: what is backed up and how (tool, full or incremental), backup frequency and how long a run takes, the current keep rules, data size, daily change rate and growth, where copies live (onsite, offsite, immutable/object lock, encrypted), the storage price, the date of the last successful restore test, and the requirements: RPO (maximum data loss), how far back they must be able to restore, any legal or contractual retention, and a storage budget. If they do not know the change rate, start with 2-5% per day for databases and 1% for file shares, and say so.

### 2. Run the planner
```
python3 scripts/retention_plan.py examples/clinic-postgres-policy.json
python3 scripts/retention_plan.py policy.json --json
python3 scripts/retention_plan.py --self-test
```
Exit code 1 means HIGH findings, 2 means bad input.

### 3. Explain the result
Start with the restore points they really have (count, oldest, biggest gaps) because most people overestimate them. Then go through the findings by severity using `references/retention-design.md` and `references/resilience-checklist.md`, and give one concrete change for each: a new keep rule, WAL or log shipping for a tight RPO, object lock, a restore drill date. Re-run the planner with the proposed policy and show the before and after storage and cost.

### 4. Deliver
Fill `templates/backup-policy.md` with the final keep rules, copies, requirements, restore test plan and owners.

## Example result
For `examples/clinic-postgres-policy.json` (nightly backups, keep 7 daily, 4 weekly, 6 monthly): 14 restore points, oldest 4.8 months, gaps of up to 31 days after the first month, 968 GB now and 1550 GB in 12 months (22.27 to 35.66 USD/month). Findings: HIGH RPO_MISSED (24 h backups against a 4 h RPO; add WAL archiving or 4-hourly incrementals), HIGH LEGAL_RETENTION (3 years needed; set yearly to 5), MEDIUM RESTORE_TEST_OLD (193 days), MEDIUM NO_IMMUTABLE, MEDIUM STORAGE_OVER (1550 GB against a 1500 GB budget in 12 months).

## Rules

- A backup that has never been restored is not proven. Always ask for the last restore test and recommend a timed drill.
- Keep rules count buckets, not days: "monthly 12" keeps the newest backup of each of the last 12 months that have one, including the current month.
- Say which storage model you assumed; incremental estimates are an upper bound because deduplication and repeated block changes make the real size smaller.
- RPO is set by backup frequency (or log shipping), not by retention; history depth is set by retention, not by frequency.
- Never suggest deleting existing backups until the new policy has run and a restore from it has been tested.
FILE:references/retention-design.md
# Retention Design

## How keep rules select restore points
Tools such as restic (`forget --keep-daily 7 --keep-weekly 4`), borg (`prune --keep-daily 7`), pgBackRest and most backup appliances use the same idea. For each tier, walk the backups from newest to oldest and keep a backup when its bucket differs from the last one kept by that tier, until the tier's count is used:

| Tier | Bucket | "keep N" means |
|---|---|---|
| hourly | calendar hour | newest backup of each of the last N hours that have a backup |
| daily | calendar day | newest backup of each of the last N days |
| weekly | ISO week (Monday to Sunday) | newest backup of each of the last N weeks |
| monthly | calendar month | newest backup of each of the last N months |
| yearly | calendar year | newest backup of each of the last N years |

Consequences people miss:
- Every tier starts with the newest backup, so the tiers overlap. 7 daily + 4 weekly + 12 monthly is 20 points, not 23.
- The current week, month and year count as one bucket each. "monthly 12" reaches back about 11 months, and "yearly 3" only reaches the end of the year before last (about 1.8 years in late October).
- Monthly points are month-end backups (the newest in each month), weekly points are Sunday backups for ISO weeks.
- Days without a backup do not use up a daily slot, so a failed week stretches daily history further back but leaves a hole.

`scripts/retention_plan.py` reproduces this rule, prints every kept point with its tiers (D/W/M/Y/H) and lists the largest gaps.

## Choosing tiers from requirements
| Requirement | What sets it | Typical answer |
|---|---|---|
| RPO (max data loss) | backup frequency or log shipping | 24 h: nightly; 1-4 h: hourly snapshots or incrementals; minutes: database WAL/binlog archiving with point-in-time recovery |
| Recover from a mistake noticed late | daily and weekly depth | at least 14-35 days: the time it takes someone to notice a bad deploy, a deleted folder or a bad import |
| Silent corruption, audits | monthly depth | 6-13 months |
| Legal or contractual retention | yearly tier or a separate archive | N years needs yearly N+2 to have an N-year-old point all year round; often better as a separate archive job with its own lock |
| Budget | storage model and change rate | see below |

A common, defensible starting point for business data: hourly 24 (if RPO < 24 h), daily 14, weekly 8, monthly 12, yearly as required by law.

Gaps: when a coarse tier starts long after the fine tier ends (daily 7 then monthly), restores between day 8 and the month end land on a point up to 30 days older than the one you wanted. Add weekly points or more daily points (`TIER_GAP`).

## Storage models
- **Full**: every kept point is a complete copy (tape, simple dump files, some snapshot exports). Storage = points x full size.
- **Incremental / deduplicated** (restic, borg, pgBackRest incremental, ZFS/EBS snapshots): one full plus the data changed between kept points. The planner charges `daily_change_pct x days` between neighbouring points, capped at 100% of the full size. This is an upper bound: when the same blocks change every day, a monthly gap costs much less than 30 days of changes. Measure real numbers with `restic stats --mode raw-data`, `borg info` or the storage bill and adjust `daily_change_pct`.
- Growth: `growth_pct_per_month` compounds for 12 months to show next year's storage and cost.

Cost levers, from cheapest to most impact on recovery: compress and deduplicate; move monthly and yearly points to a colder storage class (mind minimum storage durations and retrieval fees); drop hourly points after 2-3 days; reduce monthly points after the legal need is met by a yearly archive.

## Worked example
Nightly backups at 02:00, keep daily 7, weekly 4, monthly 6, as of 2026-10-24:
- daily: 10-24 back to 10-18
- weekly: 10-24 (current ISO week), 10-18, 10-11, 10-04
- monthly: 10-24, 09-30, 08-31, 07-31, 06-30, 05-31
- 14 distinct points; oldest 2026-05-31 (about 4.8 months); the gaps after the first month are 30-31 days.
FILE:references/resilience-checklist.md
# Resilience Checklist

## 3-2-1-1-0
- **3** copies of the data (production plus two backups)
- **2** different storage types or systems
- **1** copy offsite (another region, provider or building)
- **1** copy immutable or offline (object lock in compliance mode, WORM storage, tape out of the library, a pull-based backup the source cannot delete)
- **0** errors in the last verified restore

## What each finding means and how to fix it
| Code | Severity | Why it matters | Typical fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| RPO_MISSED | HIGH | A failure just before the next backup loses more data than the business accepted | Shorter interval, hourly incrementals, or continuous log shipping (PostgreSQL WAL archiving with pgBackRest/WAL-G, MySQL binlog, SQL Server log backups) |
| HISTORY_SHORT | HIGH | Problems noticed late (bad import, deleted folder, slow corruption) cannot be undone | More daily/weekly points; at least the time it takes to notice a problem plus a margin |
| LEGAL_RETENTION | HIGH | Contract, tax or health-record rules can require years of history | Yearly tier of N+2 or a separate yearly archive job with object lock retention set to the legal period |
| NO_OFFSITE | HIGH | Fire, region outage or a compromised account removes production and backups together | Replicate to another region/provider with separate credentials |
| NEVER_RESTORED | HIGH | Backups fail silently: missing files, wrong permissions, lost encryption keys, untested runbooks | Restore drill now; record the time it took (actual RTO) |
| OVERLAP | HIGH | Jobs collide or get skipped, so the real interval is longer than planned | Incremental backups, faster storage, or a longer interval with log shipping |
| RESTORE_TEST_OLD | MEDIUM | Systems change; last spring's test says little about today | Quarterly drills; monthly automated restore-and-checksum for critical data |
| NO_IMMUTABLE | MEDIUM | Ransomware and attackers delete backups first | S3 Object Lock / Azure immutable blob / GCS bucket lock, or an offline copy |
| NOT_ENCRYPTED | MEDIUM | An offsite copy leaks all data if the bucket or tape is exposed | Client-side encryption; keys stored outside the backup system and escrowed |
| STORAGE_OVER | MEDIUM | The budget forces someone to cut retention in a hurry later | Colder storage for old tiers, fewer monthly points, measure the real change rate |
| TIER_GAP | LOW | Restores in the gap land on a much older point than wanted | Add weekly points or extend daily points |
| TIGHT_WINDOW | LOW | Data growth will push the job into overlap | Plan incremental or parallel backups before it happens |

## Restore drill (one page)
1. Pick a random restore point, not the newest.
2. Restore into an isolated environment using only the runbook and the escrowed keys.
3. Check: row counts or file counts, application starts, a known record from that date exists.
4. Record start and end time (actual RTO), problems and runbook fixes.
5. Delete the restored copy and log the drill date; the planner's `last_restore_test` is this date.

## Monitoring
- Alert when the newest backup is older than 1.5 x the interval.
- Alert on failed or partial jobs, not only on missing ones.
- Track backup size per run; a sudden drop often means a broken include path, a sudden jump can mean ransomware encryption.
- Check that prune/forget jobs run; a policy that is never applied silently fills the storage.

## Keys and access
- Backup credentials should be write-only from the source where possible; deletion needs a different identity.
- Keep encryption keys and the restore runbook somewhere that survives the loss of the main environment (password manager vault, printed sealed copy).
FILE:templates/backup-policy.md
# Backup Policy - <system name>

**Owner:** <team / person>  **Reviewed:** <date>  **Next review:** <date + 6 months>

## Scope
- Data: <databases, buckets, file shares, configs>
- Excluded: <caches, rebuildable artifacts>

## Requirements
| Item | Target | Source |
|---|---|---|
| RPO (max data loss) | <4 h> | <business owner> |
| RTO (max restore time) | <2 h> | <business owner> |
| Minimum history | <35 days> | <ops> |
| Legal / contractual retention | <3 years> | <contract, regulation> |
| Storage budget | <1500 GB / 40 USD per month> | <finance> |

## Schedule and keep rules
| Job | Frequency | Method | Keep rules |
|---|---|---|---|
| <full/incremental> | <daily 02:00> | <pgBackRest incr to S3> | <daily 14, weekly 8, monthly 12, yearly 5> |
| <log shipping> | <continuous> | <WAL archive> | <14 days> |

Restore points produced (from `scripts/retention_plan.py`): <count>, oldest <age>, largest gap <days>.

## Copies (3-2-1-1-0)
| Copy | Location | Immutable | Encrypted | Credentials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary backup | <region A bucket> | <no> | <yes> | <backup-writer role> |
| Offsite | <region B / provider B> | <object lock 35 d> | <yes> | <separate account> |

## Storage and cost
- Now: <GB> / <cost per month>  - In 12 months: <GB> / <cost per month>

## Restore testing
- Cadence: <quarterly drill, monthly automated check>
- Last test: <date>, result <ok / issues>, actual RTO <time>
- Runbook: <link>  - Keys escrowed at: <location>

## Monitoring and alerts
- <newest backup older than 36 h -> page on-call>
- <job failed / size change > 30% -> ticket>

## Open findings
- <severity code: action, owner, due date>
FILE:examples/clinic-postgres-policy.json
{
  "name": "clinic-booking PostgreSQL (pgBackRest to S3)",
  "today": "2026-10-24",
  "backup_interval_hours": 24,
  "backup_duration_hours": 2.5,
  "policy": {"daily": 7, "weekly": 4, "monthly": 6, "yearly": 0},
  "size": {"full_gb": 180, "daily_change_pct": 3, "growth_pct_per_month": 4, "storage_model": "incremental"},
  "requirements": {
    "rpo_hours": 4,
    "min_history_days": 90,
    "legal_retention_years": 3,
    "max_storage_gb": 1500,
    "restore_test_max_age_days": 90
  },
  "copies": {"onsite": false, "offsite": true, "immutable": false, "encrypted": true},
  "price_per_gb_month": 0.023,
  "currency": "USD",
  "last_restore_test": "2026-04-14"
}
FILE:scripts/retention_plan.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Backup retention policy planner (Python 3 standard library only).

Simulates a grandfather-father-son (GFS) retention policy the way restic/borg "keep" rules
work, then reports the restore points you really keep, the gaps between them, storage and
cost, and the gaps against your requirements (RPO, minimum history, legal retention, 3-2-1).

Input JSON:
  {"name": "orders-db", "today": "2026-10-24",
   "backup_interval_hours": 24, "backup_duration_hours": 1.5,
   "policy": {"hourly": 0, "daily": 7, "weekly": 4, "monthly": 12, "yearly": 3},
   "size": {"full_gb": 120, "daily_change_pct": 4, "growth_pct_per_month": 3,
            "storage_model": "incremental"},          # or "full" (every point is a full copy)
   "requirements": {"rpo_hours": 24, "min_history_days": 35, "legal_retention_years": 0,
                    "max_storage_gb": 0, "restore_test_max_age_days": 90},
   "copies": {"onsite": true, "offsite": true, "immutable": false, "encrypted": true},
   "price_per_gb_month": 0.023, "currency": "USD",
   "last_restore_test": "2026-03-02"}                 # or null if never tested
Selection rule per tier (newest backup first): keep a backup if its bucket (hour, day, ISO week,
month, year) differs from the previous kept bucket of that tier, until the tier count is used.
A backup kept by several tiers is stored once.
Storage: "full" = points x full size; "incremental" = one full + each later point's changed data
(daily_change_pct x days since the previous kept point, capped at 100%).
Findings (severity):
  HIGH   RPO_MISSED          backup interval longer than the RPO
  HIGH   HISTORY_SHORT       oldest restore point younger than min_history_days
  HIGH   LEGAL_RETENTION     oldest point younger than legal_retention_years
  HIGH   NO_OFFSITE          no offsite copy (breaks 3-2-1)
  HIGH   NEVER_RESTORED      no restore test recorded
  HIGH   OVERLAP             backup takes longer than the interval
  MEDIUM RESTORE_TEST_OLD    last restore test older than restore_test_max_age_days
  MEDIUM NO_IMMUTABLE        no immutable/air-gapped copy (ransomware can delete backups)
  MEDIUM STORAGE_OVER        storage (now or in 12 months) above max_storage_gb
  MEDIUM NOT_ENCRYPTED       offsite copy not encrypted
  LOW    TIER_GAP            a coarse tier starts long after the finer tier ends (e.g. weekly
                             4 then monthly: weeks 5-8 have one point a month)
  LOW    TIGHT_WINDOW        backup duration above 50% of the interval
Usage:
  python3 retention_plan.py policy.json
  python3 retention_plan.py policy.json --json
  python3 retention_plan.py --self-test
Exit code: 0 no HIGH findings, 1 HIGH findings, 2 bad input.
"""
import argparse
import datetime as dt
import json
import sys

TIERS = ["hourly", "daily", "weekly", "monthly", "yearly"]
SEV_ORDER = {"HIGH": 0, "MEDIUM": 1, "LOW": 2}


class DataError(ValueError):
    pass


def bucket(tier, t):
    if tier == "hourly":
        return t.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H")
    if tier == "daily":
        return t.date().isoformat()
    if tier == "weekly":
        y, w, _ = t.isocalendar()
        return f"{y}-W{w:02d}"
    if tier == "monthly":
        return t.strftime("%Y-%m")
    return str(t.year)


def simulate(policy, interval_h, today):
    """Return (kept list of (datetime, [tiers])) newest first."""
    for k in policy:
        if k not in TIERS:
            raise DataError(f"unknown policy tier '{k}' (use {', '.join(TIERS)})")
        if not isinstance(policy[k], int) or policy[k] < 0:
            raise DataError(f"policy.{k} must be a whole number >= 0")
    if sum(policy.get(t, 0) for t in TIERS) == 0:
        raise DataError("policy keeps nothing")
    if not interval_h or interval_h <= 0:
        raise DataError("backup_interval_hours must be > 0")
    span_days = max(policy.get("hourly", 0) / 24, policy.get("daily", 0), policy.get("weekly", 0) * 7,
                    policy.get("monthly", 0) * 31, policy.get("yearly", 0) * 366) + 400
    newest = dt.datetime.combine(today, dt.time(2, 0))
    step = dt.timedelta(hours=interval_h)
    n = int(span_days * 24 / interval_h) + 1
    times = [newest - i * step for i in range(n)]
    kept = {}
    for tier in TIERS:
        want = policy.get(tier, 0)
        last = None
        for t in times:
            if want == 0:
                break
            b = bucket(tier, t)
            if b != last:
                kept.setdefault(t, []).append(tier)
                last = b
                want -= 1
    return sorted(kept.items(), key=lambda kv: kv[0], reverse=True)


def storage_gb(kept, size):
    full = float(size.get("full_gb", 0))
    model = size.get("storage_model", "incremental")
    if model not in ("incremental", "full"):
        raise DataError("size.storage_model must be 'incremental' or 'full'")
    if model == "full":
        return full * len(kept)
    change = float(size.get("daily_change_pct", 5)) / 100
    total = full
    for (newer, _), (older, _) in zip(kept, kept[1:]):
        days = (newer - older).total_seconds() / 86400
        total += full * min(1.0, change * days)
    return total


def plan(cfg, today=None):
    try:
        today = today or dt.date.fromisoformat(cfg.get("today") or dt.date.today().isoformat())
    except ValueError:
        raise DataError("today must be YYYY-MM-DD")
    policy = cfg.get("policy") or {}
    interval = float(cfg.get("backup_interval_hours", 24))
    kept = simulate(policy, interval, today)
    newest = kept[0][0]
    ages = [(newest - t).total_seconds() / 86400 for t, _ in kept]
    oldest_days = ages[-1]
    size = cfg.get("size") or {}
    req = cfg.get("requirements") or {}
    copies = cfg.get("copies") or {}
    price = float(cfg.get("price_per_gb_month", 0))
    gb = storage_gb(kept, size)
    growth = float(size.get("growth_pct_per_month", 0)) / 100
    gb12 = gb * (1 + growth) ** 12
    tiers = []
    for tier in TIERS:
        pts = [(t, a) for (t, tl), a in zip(kept, ages) if tier in tl]
        if pts:
            tiers.append({"tier": tier, "count": len(pts), "newest_age_days": round(pts[0][1], 1),
                          "oldest_age_days": round(pts[-1][1], 1)})
    gaps = []
    for (t1, _), (t2, _), a in zip(kept, kept[1:], ages[1:]):
        gaps.append({"from": t2.date().isoformat(), "to": t1.date().isoformat(),
                     "gap_days": round((t1 - t2).total_seconds() / 86400, 1), "age_days": round(a, 1)})
    findings = []

    def add(sev, code, msg):
        findings.append({"severity": sev, "code": code, "message": msg})

    rpo = req.get("rpo_hours")
    if rpo and interval > rpo:
        add("HIGH", "RPO_MISSED", f"backups every {interval:g} h but RPO is {rpo:g} h; up to {interval:g} h of data can be lost")
    mh = req.get("min_history_days")
    if mh and oldest_days < mh:
        add("HIGH", "HISTORY_SHORT", f"oldest restore point is {oldest_days:.0f} days old; requirement is {mh} days")
    ly = req.get("legal_retention_years")
    if ly and oldest_days < ly * 365:
        add("HIGH", "LEGAL_RETENTION", f"oldest point {oldest_days / 365:.1f} years; legal retention needs {ly} years; yearly N also counts the current year, so set yearly >= {ly + 2} to cover it all year round")
    if not copies.get("offsite"):
        add("HIGH", "NO_OFFSITE", "no offsite copy; a site loss, account compromise or region outage takes every backup")
    dur = cfg.get("backup_duration_hours")
    if dur and dur > interval:
        add("HIGH", "OVERLAP", f"backup takes {dur:g} h but runs every {interval:g} h; jobs overlap or get skipped")
    elif dur and dur > interval / 2:
        add("LOW", "TIGHT_WINDOW", f"backup takes {dur:g} h of a {interval:g} h interval; growth will push it into overlap")
    lrt = cfg.get("last_restore_test")
    max_age = req.get("restore_test_max_age_days", 90)
    if not lrt:
        add("HIGH", "NEVER_RESTORED", "no restore test recorded; an untested backup is a hope, not a backup")
    else:
        age = (today - dt.date.fromisoformat(lrt)).days
        if age > max_age:
            add("MEDIUM", "RESTORE_TEST_OLD", f"last restore test {age} days ago (limit {max_age}); schedule a timed restore")
    if not copies.get("immutable"):
        add("MEDIUM", "NO_IMMUTABLE", "no immutable or air-gapped copy; ransomware or a stolen admin key can delete every backup")
    if copies.get("offsite") and copies.get("encrypted") is False:
        add("MEDIUM", "NOT_ENCRYPTED", "offsite copy is not encrypted at rest")
    mx = req.get("max_storage_gb")
    if mx and max(gb, gb12) > mx:
        add("MEDIUM", "STORAGE_OVER", f"storage {gb:.0f} GB now, {gb12:.0f} GB in 12 months; budget {mx} GB")
    order = [t for t in TIERS if policy.get(t, 0) > 0]
    span = {"hourly": 1 / 24, "daily": 1, "weekly": 7, "monthly": 30.4, "yearly": 365}
    for fine, coarse in zip(order, order[1:]):
        fine_end = policy[fine] * span[fine]
        if span[coarse] >= 4 * fine_end and fine != "hourly":
            add("LOW", "TIER_GAP", f"{fine} points cover ~{fine_end:.0f} days, then only one {coarse} point per {span[coarse]:.0f} days")
    findings.sort(key=lambda f: SEV_ORDER[f["severity"]])
    return {
        "name": cfg.get("name", "backup set"), "today": today.isoformat(), "interval_hours": interval,
        "restore_points": len(kept), "oldest_age_days": round(oldest_days, 1),
        "tiers": tiers, "largest_gaps": sorted(gaps, key=lambda g: -g["gap_days"])[:5],
        "storage_gb": round(gb, 1), "storage_gb_12m": round(gb12, 1),
        "monthly_cost": round(gb * price, 2), "monthly_cost_12m": round(gb12 * price, 2),
        "currency": cfg.get("currency", "USD"), "storage_model": size.get("storage_model", "incremental"),
        "kept": [{"time": t.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"), "tiers": tl} for t, tl in kept],
        "findings": findings,
    }


def age_label(d):
    if d < 2:
        return f"{d * 24:.0f} h"
    if d < 60:
        return f"{d:.0f} d"
    if d < 730:
        return f"{d / 30.4:.1f} mo"
    return f"{d / 365:.1f} y"


def render(r):
    out = [f"# Backup retention plan: {r['name']} (as of {r['today']})", "",
           f"Backups every {r['interval_hours']:g} h -> {r['restore_points']} restore points kept, oldest {age_label(r['oldest_age_days'])} old",
           f"Storage ({r['storage_model']}): {r['storage_gb']:.0f} GB now, {r['storage_gb_12m']:.0f} GB in 12 months"
           f" -> {r['monthly_cost']:.2f} -> {r['monthly_cost_12m']:.2f} {r['currency']}/month", "",
           "| Tier | Points | Newest age | Oldest age |", "|---|---|---|---|"]
    for t in r["tiers"]:
        out.append(f"| {t['tier']} | {t['count']} | {age_label(t['newest_age_days'])} | {age_label(t['oldest_age_days'])} |")
    out += ["", "## Largest gaps between restore points", "| Older point | Newer point | Gap | Age of older point |", "|---|---|---|---|"]
    for g in r["largest_gaps"]:
        out.append(f"| {g['from']} | {g['to']} | {g['gap_days']:g} d | {age_label(g['age_days'])} |")
    out += ["", "## Restore points kept"]
    out.append(", ".join(f"{k['time'][:10]} ({'/'.join(x[0].upper() for x in k['tiers'])})" for k in r["kept"]))
    out += ["", "## Findings"]
    if not r["findings"]:
        out.append("- none")
    for f in r["findings"]:
        out.append(f"- {f['severity']} {f['code']}: {f['message']}")
    return "\n".join(out) + "\n"


def self_test():
    ok = 0
    tests = []

    def check(name, cond):
        nonlocal ok
        tests.append(name)
        print(("PASS " if cond else "FAIL ") + name)
        ok += bool(cond)

    today = dt.date(2026, 10, 24)
    base = {"today": "2026-10-24", "backup_interval_hours": 24, "policy": {"daily": 7, "weekly": 4, "monthly": 12},
            "size": {"full_gb": 100, "daily_change_pct": 2}, "requirements": {"rpo_hours": 24, "min_history_days": 35},
            "copies": {"offsite": True, "immutable": True, "encrypted": True}, "last_restore_test": "2026-10-01"}
    r = plan(base, today)
    # daily 7 = 7 newest days; weekly 4 overlaps with dailies; monthly 12
    check("daily 7 + weekly 4 + monthly 12 -> 20 distinct points", r["restore_points"] == 20)
    check("clean policy has no findings", r["findings"] == [])
    check("oldest point is the 2025-11-30 monthly", r["kept"][-1]["time"].startswith("2025-11-30"))
    k = simulate({"daily": 3}, 24, today)
    check("daily 3 keeps 3 newest days", [t.date().day for t, _ in k] == [24, 23, 22])
    k = simulate({"hourly": 6}, 1, today)
    check("hourly 6 keeps 6 points one hour apart", len(k) == 6 and (k[0][0] - k[5][0]) == dt.timedelta(hours=5))
    k = simulate({"weekly": 2}, 24, today)
    check("weekly keeps newest of each ISO week", [t.date().isoformat() for t, _ in k] == ["2026-10-24", "2026-10-18"])
    k = simulate({"monthly": 2}, 24, today)
    check("monthly keeps last day of previous month", [t.date().isoformat() for t, _ in k] == ["2026-10-24", "2026-09-30"])
    k = simulate({"daily": 2, "weekly": 1}, 24, today)
    check("point kept by two tiers stored once", len(k) == 2 and k[0][1] == ["daily", "weekly"])
    k = simulate({"daily": 7}, 12, today)
    check("12 h interval: daily keeps newest per day", len(k) == 7 and [t.hour for t, _ in k[:2]] == [2, 14])
    check("full storage = points x full", storage_gb([(dt.datetime(2026, 1, 2), []), (dt.datetime(2026, 1, 1), [])], {"full_gb": 50, "storage_model": "full"}) == 100)
    check("incremental storage = full + change x days", abs(storage_gb([(dt.datetime(2026, 1, 11), []), (dt.datetime(2026, 1, 1), [])], {"full_gb": 100, "daily_change_pct": 2}) - 120) < 1e-9)
    check("incremental change capped at 100%", storage_gb([(dt.datetime(2026, 6, 1), []), (dt.datetime(2026, 1, 1), [])], {"full_gb": 10, "daily_change_pct": 5}) == 20)

    def codes(**over):
        c = json.loads(json.dumps(base))
        for key, val in over.items():
            if key != "policy" and isinstance(val, dict) and isinstance(c.get(key), dict):
                c[key].update(val)
            else:
                c[key] = val
        return {f["code"] for f in plan(c, today)["findings"]}

    check("RPO missed HIGH", "RPO_MISSED" in codes(requirements={"rpo_hours": 4}))
    check("history short HIGH", "HISTORY_SHORT" in codes(policy={"daily": 14}))
    check("legal retention HIGH", "LEGAL_RETENTION" in codes(requirements={"legal_retention_years": 7}))
    check("yearly 9 satisfies legal 7, yearly 8 does not", "LEGAL_RETENTION" in codes(policy={"daily": 7, "monthly": 12, "yearly": 8}, requirements={"legal_retention_years": 7}) and "LEGAL_RETENTION" not in codes(policy={"daily": 7, "monthly": 12, "yearly": 9}, requirements={"legal_retention_years": 7}))
    check("no offsite HIGH", "NO_OFFSITE" in codes(copies={"offsite": False}))
    check("never restored HIGH", "NEVER_RESTORED" in codes(last_restore_test=None))
    check("restore test old MEDIUM", "RESTORE_TEST_OLD" in codes(last_restore_test="2026-01-01"))
    check("no immutable MEDIUM", "NO_IMMUTABLE" in codes(copies={"immutable": False}))
    check("not encrypted MEDIUM", "NOT_ENCRYPTED" in codes(copies={"encrypted": False}))
    check("overlap HIGH", "OVERLAP" in codes(backup_duration_hours=30))
    check("tight window LOW", "TIGHT_WINDOW" in codes(backup_duration_hours=14))
    check("storage over MEDIUM", "STORAGE_OVER" in codes(requirements={"max_storage_gb": 150}))
    check("tier gap LOW (daily 7 then monthly)", "TIER_GAP" in codes(policy={"daily": 7, "monthly": 12}))
    try:
        plan({"policy": {"daily": 0}}, today)
        check("empty policy rejected", False)
    except DataError:
        check("empty policy rejected", True)
    try:
        plan({"policy": {"fortnightly": 2}}, today)
        check("unknown tier rejected", False)
    except DataError:
        check("unknown tier rejected", True)
    print(f"{ok}/{len(tests)} passed")
    return 0 if ok == len(tests) else 1


def main():
    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Backup retention (GFS) policy planner")
    ap.add_argument("policy", nargs="?", help="policy JSON file")
    ap.add_argument("--json", action="store_true", help="print JSON instead of Markdown")
    ap.add_argument("--self-test", action="store_true")
    a = ap.parse_args()
    if a.self_test:
        return self_test()
    if not a.policy:
        ap.error("policy file required")
    try:
        with open(a.policy, encoding="utf-8") as fh:
            cfg = json.load(fh)
        r = plan(cfg)
    except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError, DataError, ValueError) as e:
        print(f"error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
        return 2
    print(json.dumps(r, indent=2) if a.json else render(r), end="" if not a.json else "\n")
    return 1 if any(f["severity"] == "HIGH" for f in r["findings"]) else 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())

# Event-Driven Architecture taste of a distributed systems engineer
- Use events to announce facts that already happened (OrderPlaced), and commands only for requests to a single owner (ChargeCard). Confidence: 0.90
- Name events in the past tense using domain language, never after the producing table or service. Confidence: 0.85
- Define every event with a versioned schema (Avro, Protobuf or JSON Schema) in a registry and check compatibility in CI. Confidence: 0.90
- Evolve schemas only with backward-compatible changes; publish a new event type for breaking changes. Confidence: 0.85
- Assume at-least-once delivery and make every consumer idempotent with a deduplication key. Confidence: 0.95
- Publish events through the transactional outbox pattern so database writes and messages never diverge. Confidence: 0.90
- Include event id, type, version, timestamp, correlation id and causation id in every envelope. Confidence: 0.85
- Keep event payloads self-contained enough for common consumers, but do not dump whole aggregates. Confidence: 0.75
- Partition by aggregate id when ordering matters, and never rely on global ordering. Confidence: 0.85
- Route poison messages to a dead-letter queue after bounded retries with exponential backoff and jitter. Confidence: 0.90
- Alert on consumer lag and dead-letter queue depth, not just on broker health. Confidence: 0.90
- Propagate trace context through message headers so one request can be followed across services. Confidence: 0.85
- Use sagas with explicit compensating actions for multi-service workflows instead of distributed transactions. Confidence: 0.80
- Prefer choreography for simple flows and a dedicated orchestrator once a workflow has more than a few steps. Confidence: 0.70
- Reach for event sourcing only where an audit trail or temporal queries are real requirements. Confidence: 0.75
- Make replays safe: consumers must tolerate reprocessing history from any offset. Confidence: 0.80
- Set retention to match how long consumers might need to rebuild state, and document it per topic. Confidence: 0.70
- Give each topic one owning team that controls its schema and lifecycle. Confidence: 0.85
- Keep synchronous calls for queries that need an immediate answer; do not force request-response through a queue. Confidence: 0.80
- Test consumers with contract tests against the registered schema and producers with outbox integration tests. Confidence: 0.80
- Keep a living catalog (AsyncAPI or similar) of topics, producers and consumers. Confidence: 0.75

---
name: kubernetes-resource-requests-rightsizer
description: Rightsizes Kubernetes CPU and memory requests and limits from real usage (p50, p95 and max per container). Recommends requests at p95 plus headroom, memory limits above the peak and no CPU limits, and estimates the cores, GiB and money freed. Flags OOM kills, memory above the request, CPU throttling, missing requests or memory limits, overprovisioning and short data windows. Includes a stdlib Python rightsizer with --self-test.
---

# Kubernetes Resource Requests Rightsizer

You help platform engineers, SREs and developers set Kubernetes container requests and limits from evidence instead of guesses. From usage percentiles exported from Prometheus, Datadog or a VPA recommender, you propose new requests and limits per container, explain the risky ones first (OOM kills, throttling, eviction risk), estimate what the cluster saves, and plan a safe rollout.

## Files in this skill

- `scripts/rightsize.py` - reads a CSV of current settings and usage percentiles per container and prints recommended requests and limits, findings and the requests freed (Python 3 standard library only)
- `references/sizing-method.md` - what requests and limits do, the sizing rules, which metrics to collect (with PromQL), and how to read throttled or OOM-killed containers
- `references/rollout-and-guardrails.md` - change order, safe rollout and rollback, LimitRange, ResourceQuota, VPA, alerts, and when not to cut
- `templates/rightsizing-plan.md` - a rightsizing plan to share with the team or attach to a change ticket
- `examples/shop-cluster-usage.csv` - six containers of a shop: an oversized API, its sidecar, an OOM-killed throttled search service, a worker without a memory limit, Redis and a log shipper with no requests

## Workflow

### 1. Collect usage
Ask for at least 7 days (better 14-28) of per-container numbers: replicas, current requests and limits, CPU p50/p95/max in millicores, memory working set p50/p95/max in MiB, throttled percentage and OOM kills. `references/sizing-method.md` has the PromQL for each. Ask what each workload does, how traffic varies (weekly peaks, sales, batch jobs) and whether an HPA scales it.

### 2. Run the rightsizer
```
python3 scripts/rightsize.py examples/shop-cluster-usage.csv --core-month 24 --gib-month 3.2
python3 scripts/rightsize.py usage.csv --headroom 25 --keep-cpu-limits --json
python3 scripts/rightsize.py --self-test
```
Prices are optional and per requested core or GiB per month. Exit code 1 means CRITICAL or HIGH findings, 2 means bad input.

### 3. Explain and plan
Start with CRITICAL and HIGH containers: say what goes wrong today, the evidence, and the change. For throttled or OOM-killed containers, say the usage numbers are capped and plan a second measurement after the fix. Then list the biggest savings (replicas multiply them). Check the cases in `references/rollout-and-guardrails.md` where cutting is unsafe, and mention HPA retuning when requests change.

### 4. Deliver
Fill `templates/rightsizing-plan.md` with the table, a YAML patch per workload, the rollout order, what to watch and the re-measure date.

## Example result
For `examples/shop-cluster-usage.csv`: shop/catalog-search/app is CRITICAL (3 OOM kills at a 1536Mi limit, memory p95 1180Mi above its 1024Mi request, 31% CPU throttling at a 500m limit) and gets 570m / 1360Mi requests, a 1872Mi memory limit and no CPU limit; ops/log-shipper has no requests at all (HIGH, 8 replicas); shop/image-resizer needs a memory limit and more memory; shop/checkout-api/app drops from 1000m / 2048Mi to 485m / 912Mi on 6 replicas. In total 1.76 cores and 4.06 GiB of requests are freed, about 55 a month at 24 per core and 3.2 per GiB.

## Rules

- Fix reliability risks before savings, and never recommend removing a memory limit.
- Say which percentile, window and headroom every number comes from, and that rare peaks outside the window are not covered.
- Treat usage of throttled or OOM-killed containers as a floor, not the real demand.
- Give changes as manifest or Helm values patches for review; do not run `kubectl` commands against a live cluster yourself.
- Report savings as requests freed until nodes are actually removed.
FILE:references/sizing-method.md
# Sizing Method

## What requests and limits do
- **CPU request:** what the scheduler reserves on a node and the container's share of CPU when the node is busy. Too low: the pod lands on crowded nodes and slows down under load. Too high: nodes look full while sitting idle, so you pay for empty cores.
- **CPU limit:** a hard cap enforced by CFS quota in 100 ms periods. A container that hits it is throttled, even when the node has idle CPU. Latency-sensitive services (APIs, proxies, JVMs and Go programs with many threads) suffer most.
- **Memory request:** what the scheduler reserves. Pods using more than their request are the first to be evicted when a node runs out of memory.
- **Memory limit:** a hard cap; going over it means an OOM kill (exit code 137, reason `OOMKilled`). Memory cannot be throttled.
- **QoS classes:** Guaranteed (requests = limits for every container), Burstable (some requests set), BestEffort (nothing set, evicted first).

## The rules used by `scripts/rightsize.py`
| Setting | Rule | Why |
|---|---|---|
| CPU request | p95 x (1 + headroom), up to 5m steps, at least 10m | covers normal busy periods; the rest is shared idle CPU |
| CPU limit | removed (or `--keep-cpu-limits`: max(max x 1.2, 2 x request)) | limits throttle bursts even on idle nodes |
| Memory request | p95 x (1 + headroom), up to 16Mi steps, at least 32Mi | keeps the pod out of the eviction line |
| Memory limit | max(max x 1.25, request), up to 16Mi steps | room for peaks; never removed, a leak must not take the node down |

Default headroom is 15%. Use 25-30% for spiky traffic, batch jobs or when the data window is short.

## Which numbers to collect
Per container, over at least 7 days (14-28 days catches weekly and month-end peaks):
- CPU in millicores: p50, p95 and max of `rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total[5m]) * 1000`
- Memory in MiB: p50, p95 and max of `container_memory_working_set_bytes / 2^20` (working set is what the OOM killer and eviction look at, not RSS or cache)
- Throttling: `container_cpu_cfs_throttled_periods_total / container_cpu_cfs_periods_total * 100`
- OOM kills: `kube_pod_container_status_last_terminated_reason{reason="OOMKilled"}` or restarts with exit code 137
- Current settings: `kubectl get deploy -o jsonpath` or `kube_pod_container_resource_requests` / `_limits`

## Reading the results
- **Throttled containers** report usage capped at the limit, so p95 understates real demand. Raise or remove the limit first, measure again for a few days, then size.
- **OOM kills** mean the max is unknown (the container died at the limit). Raise the memory limit by 50% or more, find the leak or the large request, then re-measure.
- **JVM, Node.js and Go** read their heap from settings: change `-Xmx`, `--max-old-space-size` or `GOMEMLIMIT` together with the memory limit (heap around 70-75% of the limit).
- **Sidecars** (istio-proxy, log shippers) are sized separately; their numbers multiply by every replica.
- **HPA on CPU** scales on usage divided by the request. Lowering the request makes the HPA scale out earlier, so lower `averageUtilization` targets or the replica count may change. Rightsize first, then retune the HPA.

## Limits of this method
- Percentiles over a window miss rare events: a monthly batch, a sale, a cache rebuild after deploys.
- Usage per container is averaged over replicas; a hot shard or leader pod needs its own row.
- Node bin-packing, DaemonSet overhead and allocatable memory decide the real saving; freed requests only turn into money when nodes are removed.
FILE:references/rollout-and-guardrails.md
# Rollout and Guardrails

## Change order
1. **Fix risk first:** OOM kills, memory p95 above the request, heavy throttling, missing requests. These cause incidents; savings can wait.
2. **Then cut waste:** OVERPROVISIONED containers, largest replica count first, because the saving multiplies.
3. **One workload at a time,** in staging first when it has real traffic, then production in a quiet window.

## Safe rollout steps
1. Change requests and limits in Git (Helm values, Kustomize patch or the manifest), never with `kubectl edit` on production.
2. Keep the rollout gradual: `maxUnavailable: 0`, `maxSurge: 25%` and a PodDisruptionBudget, so new pods with new sizes come up before old ones go.
3. Watch for 24-48 hours: p95 latency, error rate, throttling, OOM kills, restarts, evictions and HPA replica counts.
4. Rollback = revert the commit. Lowering a request never kills running pods, but pods are recreated by the rollout.

## Example patch
```yaml
resources:
  requests:
    cpu: 485m
    memory: 912Mi
  limits:
    memory: 1136Mi   # no cpu limit on purpose: avoid CFS throttling
```

## Cluster guardrails
- **LimitRange** per namespace: default requests and a default memory limit, so BestEffort pods cannot appear.
- **ResourceQuota** per namespace: caps total requests so one team cannot fill the cluster.
- **Vertical Pod Autoscaler** in `updateMode: "Off"` gives recommendations to compare with this skill's numbers without restarting pods. Do not let VPA (Auto) and an HPA on CPU or memory control the same workload.
- **Alerts:** OOMKilled in the last hour, throttling over 25% for 15 minutes, memory working set over 90% of the limit, pods Pending for lack of resources.

## When not to cut
- Workloads with known rare peaks the data window did not include (month-end, Black Friday, quarterly reports).
- Pods whose start-up uses much more CPU than steady state (JVM warm-up): keep a higher request or use a startup probe with a generous delay.
- Databases and caches with a configured memory size (Redis `maxmemory`, PostgreSQL `shared_buffers`): the memory limit must stay above the configured size plus overhead.
- Guaranteed QoS needed on purpose (latency-critical, CPU pinning with the static CPU manager policy): keep requests equal to limits.

## Turning freed requests into savings
Freed requests only lower the bill when the cluster autoscaler (or Karpenter) can remove nodes. Check node utilisation by requests after the change and allow a day for consolidation. Report savings as "requests freed" until node counts actually drop.
FILE:templates/rightsizing-plan.md
# Rightsizing Plan - <cluster / namespace> - <date>

**Data:** <Prometheus / Datadog / other>, <first day> to <last day> (<n> days)  **Headroom:** <15>%  **Owner:** <name>

## Risks to fix first
| Container | Finding | Evidence | Change | Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | | |

## Requests and limits
| Container | Replicas | CPU req (now -> new) | CPU limit | Mem req (now -> new) | Mem limit (now -> new) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | | | | |

## Savings
- Requests freed: <cores> cores, <GiB> GiB
- Estimated monthly saving: <amount> (at <price per core> / <price per GiB>); real once nodes scale down

## Rollout
| Step | Workload | Environment | Date | Watch | Rollback |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | staging | | latency, OOM, throttling | revert commit |

## Follow-up
- Re-measure on <date> with fresh percentiles
- Guardrails: LimitRange defaults <...>, alerts <...>
FILE:examples/shop-cluster-usage.csv
namespace,workload,container,replicas,cpu_request_m,cpu_limit_m,mem_request_mi,mem_limit_mi,cpu_p50_m,cpu_p95_m,cpu_max_m,mem_p50_mi,mem_p95_mi,mem_max_mi,throttled_pct,oom_kills,days
shop,checkout-api,app,6,1000,2000,2048,2048,180,420,1350,610,780,905,0,0,14
shop,checkout-api,istio-proxy,6,100,2000,128,1024,35,90,240,70,95,120,0,0,14
shop,catalog-search,app,4,500,500,1024,1536,310,495,500,900,1180,1490,31,3,14
shop,image-resizer,worker,3,250,1000,512,,120,380,950,340,610,1720,4,0,14
shop,cart-redis,redis,1,200,,768,1024,40,75,160,690,712,730,0,0,14
ops,log-shipper,fluent-bit,8,,,,,25,60,180,45,70,95,0,0,5
FILE:scripts/rightsize.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Kubernetes resource requests rightsizer (Python 3 standard library only).

Input: CSV with a header row, one row per container, columns
  namespace,workload,container,replicas,
  cpu_request_m,cpu_limit_m,mem_request_mi,mem_limit_mi,
  cpu_p50_m,cpu_p95_m,cpu_max_m,mem_p50_mi,mem_p95_mi,mem_max_mi,
  throttled_pct,oom_kills,days
CPU in millicores (m), memory in MiB (Mi). Empty request/limit cells mean "not set".
throttled_pct = share of CFS periods throttled (0-100); oom_kills and days may be empty (0 / unknown).

Recommendation per container (headroom default 15%, --headroom):
  cpu request  = p95 x (1 + headroom), rounded up to 5m, at least 10m
  cpu limit    = none (recommended), unless --keep-cpu-limits: max(cpu max x 1.2, 2 x request), 50m steps
  mem request  = p95 x (1 + headroom), rounded up to 16Mi, at least 32Mi
  mem limit    = max(mem max x 1.25, request), rounded up to 16Mi (never removed)
Findings (severity):
  CRITICAL OOM_RISK           OOM kills seen, or memory max >= 95% of the memory limit
  HIGH     NO_REQUESTS        cpu or memory request missing (BestEffort / poor scheduling)
  HIGH     MEM_UNDER_REQUEST  memory p95 above the memory request (eviction risk under node pressure)
  HIGH     CPU_THROTTLED      throttled_pct >= 25
  MEDIUM   CPU_THROTTLED      throttled_pct 10-25
  MEDIUM   CPU_UNDER_REQUEST  cpu p95 above 1.2 x cpu request (noisy neighbours, slow under load)
  MEDIUM   NO_MEMORY_LIMIT    memory limit missing (one leak can take the node down)
  LOW      OVERPROVISIONED    recommended cpu or memory request < 50% of current
  LOW      SHORT_WINDOW       under 7 days of data (misses weekly peaks; trust less)
Savings: (current - recommended requests) x replicas, totals in cores and GiB, and a monthly
estimate when --core-month and --gib-month prices are given.
Usage:
  python3 rightsize.py usage.csv
  python3 rightsize.py usage.csv --headroom 25 --core-month 24 --gib-month 3.2 --json
  python3 rightsize.py --self-test
Exit code: 0 no CRITICAL/HIGH, 1 CRITICAL or HIGH findings, 2 bad input.
"""
import argparse
import csv
import io
import json
import math
import sys

COLUMNS = ("namespace", "workload", "container", "replicas", "cpu_request_m", "cpu_limit_m",
           "mem_request_mi", "mem_limit_mi", "cpu_p50_m", "cpu_p95_m", "cpu_max_m",
           "mem_p50_mi", "mem_p95_mi", "mem_max_mi", "throttled_pct", "oom_kills", "days")
OPTIONAL = {"cpu_request_m", "cpu_limit_m", "mem_request_mi", "mem_limit_mi", "throttled_pct", "oom_kills", "days"}
SEV_ORDER = {"CRITICAL": 0, "HIGH": 1, "MEDIUM": 2, "LOW": 3}


class DataError(ValueError):
    pass


def up(x, step):
    return int(math.ceil(x / step - 1e-9) * step)


def num(row, col, line):
    v = row.get(col, "")
    if v == "":
        if col in OPTIONAL:
            return None
        raise DataError(f"line {line}: {col} is required")
    try:
        x = float(v)
    except ValueError:
        raise DataError(f"line {line}: {col} must be a number, got {v!r}")
    if x < 0:
        raise DataError(f"line {line}: {col} must be >= 0")
    return x


def read_rows(text):
    rd = csv.DictReader(io.StringIO(text))
    if not rd.fieldnames:
        raise DataError("empty CSV")
    missing = [c for c in COLUMNS if c not in {f.strip() for f in rd.fieldnames}]
    if missing:
        raise DataError("CSV header is missing: " + ", ".join(missing))
    rows = []
    for n, raw in enumerate(rd, start=2):
        row = {k.strip(): (v or "").strip() for k, v in raw.items() if k}
        if not any(row.values()):
            continue
        r = {c: row[c] for c in ("namespace", "workload", "container")}
        for c in COLUMNS[3:]:
            r[c] = num(row, c, n)
        if r["replicas"] < 1:
            raise DataError(f"line {n}: replicas must be >= 1")
        if r["cpu_p95_m"] > r["cpu_max_m"] or r["mem_p95_mi"] > r["mem_max_mi"]:
            raise DataError(f"line {n}: p95 cannot be above max")
        rows.append(r)
    if not rows:
        raise DataError("no data rows")
    return rows


def analyze(r, headroom=0.15, keep_cpu_limits=False):
    h = 1 + headroom
    rec = {
        "cpu_request_m": max(10, up(r["cpu_p95_m"] * h, 5)),
        "mem_request_mi": max(32, up(r["mem_p95_mi"] * h, 16)),
    }
    rec["cpu_limit_m"] = max(up(r["cpu_max_m"] * 1.2, 50), up(2 * rec["cpu_request_m"], 50)) if keep_cpu_limits else None
    rec["mem_limit_mi"] = max(rec["mem_request_mi"], up(r["mem_max_mi"] * 1.25, 16))
    findings = []

    def f(sev, code, msg):
        findings.append({"severity": sev, "code": code, "message": msg})

    cr, cl, mr, ml = r["cpu_request_m"], r["cpu_limit_m"], r["mem_request_mi"], r["mem_limit_mi"]
    oom = r["oom_kills"] or 0
    if oom > 0:
        f("CRITICAL", "OOM_RISK", f"{oom:g} OOM kill(s); memory max {r['mem_max_mi']:g}Mi vs limit {fmt(ml, 'Mi')}")
    elif ml and r["mem_max_mi"] >= 0.95 * ml:
        f("CRITICAL", "OOM_RISK", f"memory max {r['mem_max_mi']:g}Mi is {r['mem_max_mi'] / ml:.0%} of the {ml:g}Mi limit")
    if cr is None or mr is None:
        f("HIGH", "NO_REQUESTS", "missing " + " and ".join(x for x, v in (("cpu request", cr), ("memory request", mr)) if v is None))
    if mr and r["mem_p95_mi"] > mr:
        f("HIGH", "MEM_UNDER_REQUEST", f"memory p95 {r['mem_p95_mi']:g}Mi > request {mr:g}Mi")
    th = r["throttled_pct"] or 0
    if th >= 25:
        f("HIGH", "CPU_THROTTLED", f"{th:g}% of CPU periods throttled at limit {fmt(cl, 'm')}; usage is capped, so real demand is higher")
    elif th >= 10:
        f("MEDIUM", "CPU_THROTTLED", f"{th:g}% of CPU periods throttled at limit {fmt(cl, 'm')}")
    if cr and r["cpu_p95_m"] > 1.2 * cr:
        f("MEDIUM", "CPU_UNDER_REQUEST", f"cpu p95 {r['cpu_p95_m']:g}m > 1.2 x request {cr:g}m")
    if ml is None:
        f("MEDIUM", "NO_MEMORY_LIMIT", "no memory limit set")
    over = []
    if cr and rec["cpu_request_m"] < 0.5 * cr:
        over.append(f"cpu {cr:g}m -> {rec['cpu_request_m']}m")
    if mr and rec["mem_request_mi"] < 0.5 * mr:
        over.append(f"memory {mr:g}Mi -> {rec['mem_request_mi']}Mi")
    if over:
        f("LOW", "OVERPROVISIONED", "; ".join(over))
    if r["days"] is not None and r["days"] < 7:
        f("LOW", "SHORT_WINDOW", f"only {r['days']:g} days of data")
    findings.sort(key=lambda x: SEV_ORDER[x["severity"]])
    status = findings[0]["severity"] if findings and findings[0]["severity"] != "LOW" else "OK"
    n = r["replicas"]
    d_cpu = ((cr or 0) - rec["cpu_request_m"]) * n
    d_mem = ((mr or 0) - rec["mem_request_mi"]) * n
    return {"id": f"{r['namespace']}/{r['workload']}/{r['container']}", "replicas": int(n), "current": {
        "cpu_request_m": cr, "cpu_limit_m": cl, "mem_request_mi": mr, "mem_limit_mi": ml},
        "recommended": rec, "delta_cpu_m": d_cpu, "delta_mem_mi": d_mem, "status": status, "findings": findings}


def run(text, headroom=0.15, keep_cpu_limits=False, core_month=None, gib_month=None):
    res = [analyze(r, headroom, keep_cpu_limits) for r in read_rows(text)]
    res.sort(key=lambda x: (SEV_ORDER.get(x["status"], 4), x["id"]))
    tot_cpu = sum(x["delta_cpu_m"] for x in res) / 1000
    tot_mem = sum(x["delta_mem_mi"] for x in res) / 1024
    out = {"containers": res, "freed_cores": round(tot_cpu, 3), "freed_gib": round(tot_mem, 3)}
    if core_month is not None and gib_month is not None:
        out["monthly_saving"] = round(tot_cpu * core_month + tot_mem * gib_month, 2)
    return out


def fmt(v, unit):
    return "none" if v is None else f"{v:g}{unit}"


def report(out, headroom):
    L = ["# Kubernetes rightsizing report", "",
         f"Requests = p95 + {headroom:.0%} headroom; CPU limits removed unless kept; memory limit = max x 1.25.", "",
         "| Container | Replicas | Status | CPU req | CPU limit | Mem req | Mem limit |",
         "|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|"]
    for x in out["containers"]:
        c, r = x["current"], x["recommended"]
        L.append(f"| {x['id']} | {x['replicas']} | {x['status']} | {fmt(c['cpu_request_m'], 'm')} -> {r['cpu_request_m']}m"
                 f" | {fmt(c['cpu_limit_m'], 'm')} -> {fmt(r['cpu_limit_m'], 'm')}"
                 f" | {fmt(c['mem_request_mi'], 'Mi')} -> {r['mem_request_mi']}Mi"
                 f" | {fmt(c['mem_limit_mi'], 'Mi')} -> {r['mem_limit_mi']}Mi |")
    L += ["", "## Findings"]
    any_f = False
    for x in out["containers"]:
        for f in x["findings"]:
            any_f = True
            L.append(f"- {f['severity']} {f['code']} {x['id']}: {f['message']}")
    if not any_f:
        L.append("- none")
    L += ["", "## Requests freed (negative = more needed)",
          f"- CPU: {out['freed_cores']:g} cores", f"- Memory: {out['freed_gib']:g} GiB"]
    if "monthly_saving" in out:
        L.append(f"- Estimated monthly saving: {out['monthly_saving']:,.2f}")
    return "\n".join(L) + "\n"


def self_test():
    cases = []

    def ok(name, cond):
        cases.append(bool(cond))
        print(("PASS " if cond else "FAIL ") + name)

    hdr = ",".join(COLUMNS) + "\n"

    def row(**kw):
        base = dict(namespace="ns", workload="w", container="c", replicas=1, cpu_request_m=500, cpu_limit_m=1000,
                    mem_request_mi=512, mem_limit_mi=1024, cpu_p50_m=100, cpu_p95_m=200, cpu_max_m=300,
                    mem_p50_mi=200, mem_p95_mi=300, mem_max_mi=400, throttled_pct=0, oom_kills=0, days=14)
        base.update(kw)
        return ",".join("" if base[c] is None else str(base[c]) for c in COLUMNS) + "\n"

    def one(**kw):
        return run(hdr + row(**kw))["containers"][0]

    def codes(x):
        return {(f["severity"], f["code"]) for f in x["findings"]}

    x = one()
    ok("cpu request = p95 x 1.15 rounded to 5m (230)", x["recommended"]["cpu_request_m"] == 230)
    ok("mem request = 300 x 1.15 = 345 -> 352Mi", x["recommended"]["mem_request_mi"] == 352)
    ok("mem limit = 400 x 1.25 = 500 -> 512Mi", x["recommended"]["mem_limit_mi"] == 512)
    ok("cpu limit removed by default", x["recommended"]["cpu_limit_m"] is None)
    ok("healthy container is OK", x["status"] == "OK")
    ok("headroom 0.25 changes cpu request (250)", run(hdr + row(), headroom=0.25)["containers"][0]["recommended"]["cpu_request_m"] == 250)
    k = run(hdr + row(), keep_cpu_limits=True)["containers"][0]["recommended"]["cpu_limit_m"]
    ok("kept cpu limit = max(360->400, 460->500) = 500", k == 500)
    ok("minimums 10m / 32Mi", one(cpu_p50_m=0, cpu_p95_m=1, cpu_max_m=2, mem_p50_mi=1, mem_p95_mi=2, mem_max_mi=3)["recommended"]
       == {"cpu_request_m": 10, "mem_request_mi": 32, "cpu_limit_m": None, "mem_limit_mi": 32})
    ok("OOM kills -> CRITICAL", ("CRITICAL", "OOM_RISK") in codes(one(oom_kills=2)) and one(oom_kills=2)["status"] == "CRITICAL")
    ok("max at 98% of limit -> OOM_RISK", ("CRITICAL", "OOM_RISK") in codes(one(mem_max_mi=1004, mem_p95_mi=500)))
    ok("missing requests -> HIGH NO_REQUESTS", ("HIGH", "NO_REQUESTS") in codes(one(cpu_request_m=None)))
    ok("mem p95 above request -> HIGH", ("HIGH", "MEM_UNDER_REQUEST") in codes(one(mem_request_mi=256)))
    ok("throttling 30% -> HIGH", ("HIGH", "CPU_THROTTLED") in codes(one(throttled_pct=30)))
    ok("throttling 12% -> MEDIUM", ("MEDIUM", "CPU_THROTTLED") in codes(one(throttled_pct=12)))
    ok("cpu p95 > 1.2 x request -> MEDIUM", ("MEDIUM", "CPU_UNDER_REQUEST") in codes(one(cpu_request_m=150)))
    ok("no memory limit -> MEDIUM", ("MEDIUM", "NO_MEMORY_LIMIT") in codes(one(mem_limit_mi=None)))
    big = one(cpu_request_m=2000, mem_request_mi=4096)
    ok("overprovisioned flagged LOW, status stays OK", ("LOW", "OVERPROVISIONED") in codes(big) and big["status"] == "OK")
    ok("short window flagged", ("LOW", "SHORT_WINDOW") in codes(one(days=3)))
    two = run(hdr + row(replicas=3) + row(workload="b", replicas=2, cpu_request_m=100, mem_request_mi=256),
              core_month=20, gib_month=4)
    # w: (500-230)*3=810m, (512-352)*3=480Mi ; b: (100-230)*2=-260m, (256-352)*2=-192Mi
    ok("freed cores = (810-260)/1000 = 0.55", two["freed_cores"] == 0.55)
    ok("freed GiB = (480-192)/1024 = 0.281", two["freed_gib"] == 0.281)
    ok("monthly saving = 0.55 x 20 + 0.28125 x 4 = 12.125", abs(two["monthly_saving"] - 12.125) < 0.01)
    ok("sorted by severity", two["containers"][0]["id"] == "ns/b/c")
    for bad, label in (("a,b\n1,2\n", "missing columns"), (hdr, "no rows"), (hdr + row(cpu_p95_m="x"), "bad number"),
                       (hdr + row(cpu_p95_m=900), "p95 above max"), (hdr + row(replicas=0), "zero replicas"),
                       (hdr + row(cpu_p95_m=None), "missing usage")):
        try:
            run(bad)
            ok(label + " rejected", False)
        except DataError:
            ok(label + " rejected", True)
    print(f"{sum(cases)}/{len(cases)} passed")
    return 0 if all(cases) else 1


def main(argv=None):
    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Rightsize Kubernetes container requests and limits from usage percentiles.")
    ap.add_argument("file", nargs="?", help="CSV with the columns listed in the module docstring")
    ap.add_argument("--headroom", type=float, default=15, help="percent added to p95 for requests (default 15)")
    ap.add_argument("--keep-cpu-limits", action="store_true", help="recommend CPU limits instead of removing them")
    ap.add_argument("--core-month", type=float, help="price of one requested core per month")
    ap.add_argument("--gib-month", type=float, help="price of one requested GiB of memory per month")
    ap.add_argument("--json", action="store_true")
    ap.add_argument("--self-test", action="store_true")
    a = ap.parse_args(argv)
    if a.self_test:
        return self_test()
    if not a.file:
        ap.error("give a CSV file or --self-test")
    try:
        out = run(open(a.file, encoding="utf-8").read(), a.headroom / 100, a.keep_cpu_limits, a.core_month, a.gib_month)
    except (OSError, DataError) as e:
        print(f"error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
        return 2
    print(json.dumps(out, indent=2) if a.json else report(out, a.headroom / 100), end="\n" if a.json else "")
    return 1 if any(x["status"] in ("CRITICAL", "HIGH") for x in out["containers"]) else 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())

---
name: disk-capacity-runway-forecaster
description: Forecasts when disks and volumes will fill up from usage samples (CSV of timestamp, volume, used and size). Fits overall and last-week growth rates, removes one-off jumps from the trend, and gives days and dates to 80, 90, 95 and 100% full plus a size that keeps 90 days of headroom. Flags volumes filling soon, accelerating growth, sudden jumps, noisy trends and thin data. Includes a stdlib Python forecaster with --self-test.
---

# Disk Capacity Runway Forecaster

You help on-call engineers and sysadmins answer "when will this disk fill up, and what should we do before then?" From usage samples exported from monitoring (Prometheus, CloudWatch, Datadog, Zabbix, a cron job running `df`), you compute the runway for each volume, rank volumes by urgency, explain why a forecast can be wrong, and propose concrete fixes: clean up, rotate, resize or move data.

## Files in this skill

- `scripts/disk_runway.py` - reads a CSV of samples, fits growth rates, and prints a ranked runway table with findings and suggested sizes (Python 3 standard library only)
- `references/forecasting-method.md` - how the trend, recent rate, one-off jumps, runway and suggested size are computed, and the limits of a linear forecast
- `references/disk-full-runbook.md` - finding what grows, safe cleanups, log and backup retention, resizing on Linux and in the cloud, alert thresholds
- `templates/capacity-review.md` - a capacity review to share with the team or attach to a ticket
- `examples/fleet-disk-usage.csv` - three weeks of daily samples for four volumes: a steady database, a log volume with rotation, a CI runner speeding up and a backup NAS with a one-off jump

## Workflow

### 1. Collect samples
Ask for at least a week (better 3-4 weeks) of samples per volume: timestamp, volume (host:mount), used GB and size GB. Example sources: Prometheus `node_filesystem_size_bytes - node_filesystem_avail_bytes`, CloudWatch `disk_used_percent` with the volume size, or `df -BG --output=target,used,size` from cron. Also ask what lives on each volume and about known events (migrations, new backups, releases).

### 2. Run the forecaster
```
python3 scripts/disk_runway.py examples/fleet-disk-usage.csv
python3 scripts/disk_runway.py usage.csv --horizon 180 --json
python3 scripts/disk_runway.py --self-test
```
Exit code 1 means a CRITICAL or HIGH volume, 2 means bad input.

### 3. Explain and act
Start with CRITICAL and HIGH volumes. For each, say what is growing and how fast, the date it hits 90% and 100%, and the fastest safe action from `references/disk-full-runbook.md`. Treat NOISY_TREND and FEW_SAMPLES results as rough. For SUDDEN_JUMP, confirm the cause (a new backup set, a database dump, a log burst) before planning around it. Use `references/forecasting-method.md` to explain why the recent rate may win over the long-term trend.

### 4. Deliver
Fill `templates/capacity-review.md` with the table, actions, owners and dates, and suggest alert thresholds (for example a warning at 80% or 14 days of runway, a page at 90% or 3 days).

## Example result
For `examples/fleet-disk-usage.csv` (last samples 2026-10-21 06:00): ci-runner01:/ is HIGH, already at 80% and growing 5.6 GB/day in the last week vs 2.1 overall, 90% in 3.6 days and full by 2026-10-28; db01:/var/lib/postgresql grows a steady 3 GB/day and reaches 80% in 13.3 days (MEDIUM, suggested 790 GB); backup-nas had a one-off +405.6 GB jump on 2026-10-16 that is not extrapolated, leaving 120 days to 80%; web01:/var/log is OK but noisy (log rotation).

## Rules

- Never suggest deleting data without saying exactly what, how to check it is safe, and how to recover; prefer rotation, compression, retention policies and resizing.
- Say which rate a date is based on and that linear forecasts miss sudden events.
- Times in the report follow the timestamps in the data; say which time zone they are in.
- Do not run cleanup or resize commands on live systems yourself; give the commands for the user to review.
FILE:references/forecasting-method.md
# Forecasting Method

## Inputs
One row per sample: `timestamp,volume,used_gb,size_gb`. Rows may be unsorted and mixed across volumes. The latest `size_gb` is used, so a resize during the window is handled.

## Growth rates
- **Overall rate:** least-squares slope of used GB over time (GB/day) across all samples. R^2 (0 to 1) says how well a straight line fits: about 1.0 for steady growth, under 0.5 for sawtooth patterns such as log rotation or temp files.
- **Recent rate:** the same slope over the last 7 days (or the last third of the data when there are less than 14 days). It catches growth that has just sped up.
- **Runway rate:** the worse (higher) of the two. When the recent rate is more than 1.5 times the overall rate, the volume is flagged ACCELERATING.

## One-off jumps
A step between two samples larger than 5% of the volume size is treated as a one-off event (a new backup set, a restored dump, a large upload). It stays in the current usage but is removed from the trend: later points are shifted down by the jump minus a typical step, so a single event is not extrapolated forever. The jump is reported as SUDDEN_JUMP so a person can confirm it really was one-off. If it repeats (a weekly full backup), keep longer data so the pattern becomes part of the trend, or plan the next jump explicitly.

## Runway
For each threshold T in 80, 90, 95 and 100%:
`days = (T x size - used now) / runway rate`, counted from the last sample. Zero means the threshold is already passed; "never" means usage is flat or falling.
Dates are the last sample time plus the days, in the same time zone as the data.

## Suggested size
The smallest multiple of 10 GB that keeps usage under 80% for the horizon (default 90 days):
`size >= (used now + runway rate x horizon) / 0.8`, and never smaller than the current size.
Example: 128 GB used, 2 GB/day, 180 days -> (128 + 360) / 0.8 = 610 GB.

## Status levels
| Status | Rule |
|---|---|
| CRITICAL | 95% or more used, or full within 7 days |
| HIGH | 90% within 14 days |
| MEDIUM | 80% within 30 days, or accelerating, or a sudden jump |
| OK | none of the above |

## Limits
- A straight line cannot see future events: a migration, a new customer, a log level left on DEBUG.
- Filesystems often misbehave before 100%: ext4 reserves about 5% for root, databases need free space for vacuum, compaction or index builds, and some write paths fail at 90-95%.
- Inode exhaustion (`df -i`) can fill a disk with plenty of free GB; forecast inodes the same way if many small files are written.
- Thin-provisioned and shared storage (LVM thin pools, SAN, Ceph) can fill underneath a volume that looks fine.
FILE:references/disk-full-runbook.md
# Disk Full Runbook

## 1. Find what grows
```
df -h /mount; df -i /mount                       # space and inodes
sudo du -xh --max-depth=2 /mount | sort -h | tail -20
sudo find /mount -xdev -type f -size +1G -mtime -7 -exec ls -lh {} +
sudo lsof +L1                                    # deleted files still held open
journalctl --disk-usage
docker system df                                 # images, containers, volumes, build cache
```
Deleted-but-open files keep their space until the process restarts or reopens the log.

## 2. Safe quick wins (check before deleting)
| Source | Action |
|---|---|
| Application logs | logrotate with `compress`, `maxsize`, `rotate N`; ship logs to central storage |
| systemd journal | `journalctl --vacuum-size=1G`, set `SystemMaxUse=` |
| Docker / CI runners | `docker image prune -a --filter until=168h`, `docker builder prune`; clear runner work dirs |
| Package caches | `apt-get clean`, `dnf clean all`, old kernels |
| Database | archive or drop old partitions, `VACUUM` / table repack, check WAL or binlog retention and stuck replication slots |
| Backups | apply the retention policy; move old sets to object storage or cold tier |
| Core dumps, heap dumps, tmp | remove after the incident owner confirms |
Never `rm` a file a database is using; never clear WAL or binlogs by hand.

## 3. Resize
- **AWS EBS:** modify the volume size, wait for the optimizing state, then `sudo growpart /dev/nvme0n1 1` and `sudo resize2fs /dev/nvme0n1p1` (ext4) or `sudo xfs_growfs /mount` (xfs). One size increase per 6 hours per volume.
- **Azure managed disk / GCP persistent disk:** increase the size (Azure may need the VM deallocated for some disks), then grow the partition and filesystem the same way.
- **LVM:** `lvextend -r -L +100G vg/lv` grows the filesystem too.
- **Kubernetes PVC:** edit `spec.resources.requests.storage` when the StorageClass has `allowVolumeExpansion: true`.
Volumes can grow but rarely shrink, so size to the forecast, not far beyond it.

## 4. Alerts that give time to act
- Warn at 80% used or 14 days of runway; page at 90% or 3 days of runway (Prometheus: `predict_linear(node_filesystem_avail_bytes[6h], 4*3600) < 0` style rules).
- Alert on inode use above 85%.
- Review capacity monthly with this skill's report; add growth from planned launches by hand.
FILE:templates/capacity-review.md
# Capacity Review - <service / fleet> - <date>

**Data:** <source>, <first sample> to <last sample> (<time zone>)  **Horizon:** <90> days  **Reviewer:** <name>

## Runway
| Volume | Status | Used | Size | Growth GB/day (overall / recent) | 90% on | Full on | Suggested size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | | | | | |

## What is growing
| Volume | Main consumer | Evidence | One-off or ongoing |
|---|---|---|---|
| | | | |

## Actions
| Volume | Action | Owner | Due | Gain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | | |

## Alerts
- Warning: <80% or 14 days runway>  - Page: <90% or 3 days runway>  - Inodes: <85%>

## Next review
<date>; re-run the forecaster with fresh samples
FILE:examples/fleet-disk-usage.csv
timestamp,volume,used_gb,size_gb
2026-10-01T06:00,db01:/var/lib/postgresql,300.0,500
2026-10-01T06:00,web01:/var/log,21.0,100
2026-10-01T06:00,ci-runner01:/,110.0,200
2026-10-01T06:00,backup-nas:/srv/backups,2100.0,4000
2026-10-02T06:00,db01:/var/lib/postgresql,303.4,500
2026-10-02T06:00,web01:/var/log,24.4,100
2026-10-02T06:00,ci-runner01:/,111.4,200
2026-10-02T06:00,backup-nas:/srv/backups,2105.4,4000
2026-10-03T06:00,db01:/var/lib/postgresql,305.7,500
2026-10-03T06:00,web01:/var/log,26.7,100
2026-10-03T06:00,ci-runner01:/,111.7,200
2026-10-03T06:00,backup-nas:/srv/backups,2109.7,4000
2026-10-04T06:00,db01:/var/lib/postgresql,309.2,500
2026-10-04T06:00,web01:/var/log,30.2,100
2026-10-04T06:00,ci-runner01:/,113.2,200
2026-10-04T06:00,backup-nas:/srv/backups,2115.2,4000
2026-10-05T06:00,db01:/var/lib/postgresql,311.9,500
2026-10-05T06:00,web01:/var/log,32.9,100
2026-10-05T06:00,ci-runner01:/,113.9,200
2026-10-05T06:00,backup-nas:/srv/backups,2119.9,4000
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FILE:scripts/disk_runway.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Disk capacity runway forecaster (Python 3 standard library only).

Input: CSV with a header row and columns
  timestamp,volume,used_gb,size_gb
timestamp is ISO 8601 ("2026-10-01T00:00", "2026-10-01 06:00" or a date); one row per sample,
any order, several volumes in one file. size_gb may change (a resize); the latest value is used.

Model per volume:
  - growth rate = least-squares slope of used_gb over time (GB/day), plus R^2 for fit quality;
    one-off steps larger than 5% of the size are kept in current usage but removed from the trend
  - recent rate = slope over the last 7 days of samples (or the last third if shorter)
  - runway to 80/90/95/100% full = (threshold x size - used now) / max(rate, recent rate),
    counted from the LAST sample (not from today), so results are reproducible
  - suggested size: smallest whole 10 GB step that keeps the volume under 80% for
    --horizon days (default 90) at the worse of the two rates
Status / findings (severity):
  CRITICAL FULL_SOON       100% within 7 days, or already >= 95% used
  HIGH     RUNWAY_SHORT    90% within 14 days
  MEDIUM   RUNWAY_WATCH    80% within 30 days
  MEDIUM   ACCELERATING    recent rate > 1.5x the overall rate (and > 0.1 GB/day)
  MEDIUM   SUDDEN_JUMP     one step grew by more than 5% of the volume size
  LOW      NOISY_TREND     R^2 < 0.5: usage swings (log rotation, temp files); trust less
  LOW      SHRINKING       usage is falling; no runway
  LOW      FEW_SAMPLES     fewer than 4 samples or under 2 days of data
Usage:
  python3 disk_runway.py usage.csv
  python3 disk_runway.py usage.csv --horizon 180 --json
  python3 disk_runway.py --self-test
Exit code: 0 no CRITICAL/HIGH, 1 CRITICAL or HIGH findings, 2 bad input.
"""
import argparse
import csv
import datetime as dt
import io
import json
import math
import sys

THRESHOLDS = (0.8, 0.9, 0.95, 1.0)


class DataError(ValueError):
    pass


def parse_time(s):
    s = s.strip().replace("Z", "+00:00")
    try:
        t = dt.datetime.fromisoformat(s)
    except ValueError:
        raise DataError(f"bad timestamp {s!r}")
    return t.replace(tzinfo=None) if t.tzinfo is None else t.astimezone(dt.timezone.utc).replace(tzinfo=None)


def read_rows(text):
    rd = csv.DictReader(io.StringIO(text))
    need = {"timestamp", "volume", "used_gb", "size_gb"}
    if not rd.fieldnames or not need <= {f.strip() for f in rd.fieldnames}:
        raise DataError(f"CSV header must contain {', '.join(sorted(need))}")
    vols = {}
    for n, row in enumerate(rd, start=2):
        row = {k.strip(): (v or "").strip() for k, v in row.items() if k}
        if not any(row.values()):
            continue
        try:
            used, size = float(row["used_gb"]), float(row["size_gb"])
        except ValueError:
            raise DataError(f"line {n}: used_gb and size_gb must be numbers")
        if size <= 0 or used < 0:
            raise DataError(f"line {n}: size_gb must be > 0 and used_gb >= 0")
        vols.setdefault(row["volume"] or "(unnamed)", []).append((parse_time(row["timestamp"]), used, size))
    if not vols:
        raise DataError("no data rows")
    return {k: sorted(v) for k, v in vols.items()}


def slope(points):
    """points: [(days, value)] -> (slope per day, r2)"""
    n = len(points)
    if n < 2:
        return 0.0, 0.0
    mx = sum(p[0] for p in points) / n
    my = sum(p[1] for p in points) / n
    sxx = sum((p[0] - mx) ** 2 for p in points)
    if sxx == 0:
        return 0.0, 0.0
    sxy = sum((p[0] - mx) * (p[1] - my) for p in points)
    b = sxy / sxx
    syy = sum((p[1] - my) ** 2 for p in points)
    r2 = 1.0 if syy == 0 else (sxy * sxy) / (sxx * syy)
    return b, r2


def analyze(samples, horizon=90):
    t0 = samples[0][0]
    last_t, used, size = samples[-1]
    # one-off steps (> 5% of size in one sample) are removed from the trend, not extrapolated
    steps = [samples[i][1] - samples[i - 1][1] for i in range(1, len(samples))]
    normal = sorted(x for x in steps if x <= 0.05 * size)
    typical = normal[len(normal) // 2] if normal else 0.0
    shift, pts = 0.0, []
    for i, (t, u, _) in enumerate(samples):
        if i and steps[i - 1] > 0.05 * size:
            shift += steps[i - 1] - typical
        pts.append(((t - t0).total_seconds() / 86400, u - shift))
    span = pts[-1][0]
    rate, r2 = slope(pts)
    cut = pts[-1][0] - 7 if span >= 14 else pts[-1][0] - span / 3
    recent_pts = [p for p in pts if p[0] >= cut]
    recent, _ = slope(recent_pts) if len(recent_pts) >= 2 else (rate, 0)
    worst = max(rate, recent)
    pct = used / size
    runway = {}
    for th in THRESHOLDS:
        left = th * size - used
        if left <= 0:
            runway[th] = (0.0, last_t)
        elif worst > 1e-9:
            d = left / worst
            runway[th] = (d, last_t + dt.timedelta(days=d))
        else:
            runway[th] = (None, None)
    need = used + max(worst, 0) * horizon
    suggest = max(size, math.ceil(need / 0.8 / 10) * 10)
    findings = []

    def f(sev, code, msg):
        findings.append({"severity": sev, "code": code, "message": msg})

    d100, d90, d80 = runway[1.0][0], runway[0.9][0], runway[0.8][0]
    if pct >= 0.95 or (d100 is not None and d100 <= 7):
        f("CRITICAL", "FULL_SOON", f"{pct:.0%} used; full in {fmt_days(d100)}")
    elif d90 is not None and d90 <= 14:
        f("HIGH", "RUNWAY_SHORT", f"90% in {fmt_days(d90)}")
    elif d80 is not None and d80 <= 30:
        f("MEDIUM", "RUNWAY_WATCH", f"80% in {fmt_days(d80)}")
    if rate > 0 and recent > 1.5 * rate and recent > 0.1:
        f("MEDIUM", "ACCELERATING", f"last-week rate {recent:.2f} GB/day vs overall {rate:.2f} GB/day")
    jumps = [(samples[i][0], samples[i][1] - samples[i - 1][1]) for i in range(1, len(samples))]
    big = [j for j in jumps if j[1] > 0.05 * size]
    if big:
        t, g = max(big, key=lambda j: j[1])
        f("MEDIUM", "SUDDEN_JUMP", f"+{g:.1f} GB in one step at {t:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M} (backup, dump, log burst?)")
    if len(pts) >= 4 and r2 < 0.5 and worst > 0:
        f("LOW", "NOISY_TREND", f"R^2 {r2:.2f}; usage swings, so treat the runway as rough")
    if worst < 0:
        f("LOW", "SHRINKING", f"usage falling {rate:.2f} GB/day")
    if len(pts) < 4 or span < 2:
        f("LOW", "FEW_SAMPLES", f"{len(pts)} samples over {span:.1f} days; collect more data")
    rank = {"CRITICAL": 0, "HIGH": 1, "MEDIUM": 2, "LOW": 3}
    findings.sort(key=lambda x: rank[x["severity"]])
    return {"last_sample": last_t.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"), "used_gb": round(used, 2), "size_gb": size,
            "used_pct": round(pct * 100, 1), "rate_gb_day": round(rate, 3), "recent_rate_gb_day": round(recent, 3),
            "r2": round(r2, 3), "samples": len(pts), "span_days": round(span, 2),
            "runway": {f"{int(th * 100)}%": {"days": None if d is None else round(d, 1),
                                             "date": None if t is None else t.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")}
                       for th, (d, t) in runway.items()},
            "suggested_size_gb": suggest, "horizon_days": horizon, "findings": findings,
            "status": findings[0]["severity"] if findings and findings[0]["severity"] in ("CRITICAL", "HIGH", "MEDIUM") else "OK"}


def fmt_days(d):
    if d is None:
        return "never at current rate"
    if d <= 0:
        return "already"
    if d < 1:
        return f"{d * 24:.0f} h"
    return f"{d:.1f} days"


def report(res, horizon):
    out = ["# Disk runway report", "", f"Runway uses the worse of the overall and last-week growth rate; suggested size keeps usage under 80% for {horizon} days.", "",
           "| Volume | Status | Used | Size | Growth GB/day (overall / recent) | 80% | 90% | 100% | Suggested size |",
           "|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|"]
    order = {"CRITICAL": 0, "HIGH": 1, "MEDIUM": 2, "OK": 3}
    for name, r in sorted(res.items(), key=lambda kv: (order[kv[1]["status"]], kv[0])):
        def cell(k):
            x = r["runway"][k]
            if x["days"] is None:
                return "never"
            return "now" if x["days"] == 0 else f"{x['days']} d ({x['date']})"
        out.append(f"| {name} | {r['status']} | {r['used_gb']:g} GB ({r['used_pct']}%) | {r['size_gb']:g} GB | "
                   f"{r['rate_gb_day']} / {r['recent_rate_gb_day']} | {cell('80%')} | {cell('90%')} | {cell('100%')} | "
                   f"{r['suggested_size_gb']:g} GB |")
    out += ["", "## Findings"]
    any_f = False
    for name, r in sorted(res.items(), key=lambda kv: (order[kv[1]["status"]], kv[0])):
        for x in r["findings"]:
            any_f = True
            out.append(f"- **{x['severity']} {x['code']}** ({name}): {x['message']}")
    if not any_f:
        out.append("- none")
    out += ["", "Last samples: " + ", ".join(f"{n} {r['last_sample']} ({r['samples']} samples, {r['span_days']} days, R^2 {r['r2']})" for n, r in sorted(res.items()))]
    return "\n".join(out) + "\n"


def run(text, horizon=90):
    if horizon <= 0:
        raise DataError("horizon must be > 0")
    return {name: analyze(s, horizon) for name, s in read_rows(text).items()}


def self_test():
    cases = []

    def ok(name, cond):
        cases.append(bool(cond))
        print(("PASS " if cond else "FAIL ") + name)

    b, r2 = slope([(0, 10), (1, 12), (2, 14)])
    ok("slope 2/day exact fit", abs(b - 2) < 1e-9 and abs(r2 - 1) < 1e-9)
    ok("flat slope 0", slope([(0, 5), (1, 5), (2, 5)])[0] == 0)
    hdr = "timestamp,volume,used_gb,size_gb\n"
    lin = hdr + "".join(f"2026-10-{d:02d},v,{100 + 2 * d},500\n" for d in range(1, 15))
    r = run(lin)["v"]
    ok("rate 2 GB/day", abs(r["rate_gb_day"] - 2) < 1e-6)
    ok("80% runway (400-128)/2 = 136 d", r["runway"]["80%"]["days"] == 136.0)
    ok("runway date from last sample", r["runway"]["100%"]["date"] == "2027-04-18")
    ok("healthy volume status OK", r["status"] == "OK" and r["findings"] == [])
    ok("suggested size keeps 500", r["suggested_size_gb"] == 500)
    r = run(lin, horizon=180)["v"]
    ok("180 d horizon suggests 610", r["suggested_size_gb"] == 610)
    full = hdr + "".join(f"2026-10-{d:02d},v,{80 + 3 * d},100\n" for d in range(1, 6))
    r = run(full)["v"]
    ok("95% used is CRITICAL", r["status"] == "CRITICAL" and r["findings"][0]["code"] == "FULL_SOON")
    ok("past threshold runway is 0", r["runway"]["90%"]["days"] == 0)
    short = hdr + "".join(f"2026-10-{d:02d},v,{50 + 3 * d},100\n" for d in range(1, 8))
    r = run(short)["v"]
    ok("90% in ~6 days is HIGH", r["status"] == "HIGH")
    watch = hdr + "".join(f"2026-10-{d:02d},v,{40 + d},100\n" for d in range(1, 8))
    ok("80% in 33 d is OK, 80% in 26 d is MEDIUM", run(watch)["v"]["status"] == "OK" and
       run(hdr + "".join(f"2026-10-{d:02d},v,{47 + d},100\n" for d in range(1, 8)))["v"]["status"] == "MEDIUM")
    acc = hdr + "".join(f"2026-10-{d:02d},v,{100 + (d if d <= 14 else 14 + 5 * (d - 14))},1000\n" for d in range(1, 22))
    r = run(acc)["v"]
    ok("accelerating flagged", any(x["code"] == "ACCELERATING" for x in r["findings"]))
    ok("recent rate used for runway", r["recent_rate_gb_day"] > r["rate_gb_day"])
    jump = hdr + "2026-10-01,v,100,500\n2026-10-02,v,101,500\n2026-10-03,v,140,500\n2026-10-04,v,141,500\n"
    r = run(jump)["v"]
    ok("sudden jump flagged", any(x["code"] == "SUDDEN_JUMP" for x in r["findings"]))
    ok("jump removed from trend (1 GB/day)", abs(r["rate_gb_day"] - 1) < 1e-6 and r["used_gb"] == 141)
    noisy = hdr + "".join(f"2026-10-{d:02d},v,{100 + (8 if d % 2 else 0) + 0.3 * d:.1f},500\n" for d in range(1, 21))
    ok("noisy trend flagged", any(x["code"] == "NOISY_TREND" for x in run(noisy)["v"]["findings"]))
    shr = hdr + "".join(f"2026-10-{d:02d},v,{200 - 3 * d},500\n" for d in range(1, 8))
    r = run(shr)["v"]
    ok("shrinking flagged and runway never", any(x["code"] == "SHRINKING" for x in r["findings"]) and r["runway"]["100%"]["days"] is None)
    few = hdr + "2026-10-01T00:00,v,10,100\n2026-10-01T12:00,v,11,100\n"
    ok("few samples flagged", any(x["code"] == "FEW_SAMPLES" for x in run(few)["v"]["findings"]))
    multi = hdr + "2026-10-02,b,5,100\n2026-10-01,a,1,100\n2026-10-01,b,4,100\n2026-10-02,a,1,100\n"
    r = run(multi)
    ok("multiple volumes, unsorted rows", set(r) == {"a", "b"} and r["b"]["rate_gb_day"] == 1)
    ok("resize uses latest size", run(hdr + "2026-10-01,v,50,100\n2026-10-02,v,52,200\n")["v"]["size_gb"] == 200)
    ok("fmt_days hours", fmt_days(0.5) == "12 h")
    for bad, label in (("a,b\n1,2\n", "missing columns"), (hdr, "no rows"), (hdr + "x,v,1,10\n", "bad timestamp"),
                       (hdr + "2026-10-01,v,abc,10\n", "bad number"), (hdr + "2026-10-01,v,1,0\n", "zero size")):
        try:
            run(bad)
            ok(label + " rejected", False)
        except DataError:
            ok(label + " rejected", True)
    print(f"{sum(cases)}/{len(cases)} passed")
    return 0 if all(cases) else 1


def main(argv=None):
    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Forecast when disks fill up from usage samples.")
    ap.add_argument("file", nargs="?", help="CSV: timestamp,volume,used_gb,size_gb")
    ap.add_argument("--horizon", type=int, default=90, help="days of runway the suggested size must cover (default 90)")
    ap.add_argument("--json", action="store_true")
    ap.add_argument("--self-test", action="store_true")
    a = ap.parse_args(argv)
    if a.self_test:
        return self_test()
    if not a.file:
        ap.error("give a CSV file or --self-test")
    try:
        res = run(open(a.file, encoding="utf-8").read(), a.horizon)
    except (OSError, DataError) as e:
        print(f"error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
        return 2
    print(json.dumps(res, indent=2) if a.json else report(res, a.horizon), end="\n" if a.json else "")
    return 1 if any(r["status"] in ("CRITICAL", "HIGH") for r in res.values()) else 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())

---
name: vpc-subnet-cidr-planner
description: Plans and checks IPv4 subnet layouts for AWS, Azure, GCP or on-prem networks. Sizes each subnet from host counts plus growth and the provider's reserved addresses, allocates aligned CIDR blocks largest-first, and flags overlapping subnets, VPC ranges that clash with peered VPCs, VPNs or the docker0 bridge, public ranges, size limits, low headroom and single-zone layouts. Includes a stdlib Python planner with --self-test.
---

# VPC Subnet CIDR Planner

You help engineers carve a network into subnets that fit today, leave room to grow, and never collide with anything they will need to route to later. You turn "we need public, app and data subnets in two zones" into exact CIDR blocks, explain the numbers, and catch the overlaps that are painful to fix once workloads are running.

## Files in this skill

- `scripts/cidr_plan.py` - sizes and allocates subnets, lists usable host ranges and free blocks, and reports findings (Python 3 standard library only, uses `ipaddress`)
- `references/cidr-math-and-provider-rules.md` - prefix sizes table, alignment, reserved addresses and limits per provider, private ranges
- `references/subnet-layout-playbook.md` - tiered layouts, zone strategy, sizing Kubernetes pod subnets, avoiding overlaps with VPNs and peers, renumbering options
- `templates/subnet-plan.md` - a plan document for review or a pull request
- `examples/shop-platform-vpc.json` - an AWS /18 with legacy subnets, a peered analytics VPC and six new subnets in two zones

## Workflow

### 1. Gather the network facts
Ask for the provider, the VPC / VNet CIDR (or the range they may use), existing subnets, every network it must talk to (peered VPCs, VPNs, on-prem offices, partner links, other clouds), and the subnets they need: purpose, zone, hosts now, and expected growth. For Kubernetes, ask whether pods get VPC addresses (AWS VPC CNI, Azure CNI) because then pod count, not node count, sizes the subnet.

### 2. Run the planner
```
python3 scripts/cidr_plan.py examples/shop-platform-vpc.json
python3 scripts/cidr_plan.py plan.json --json
python3 scripts/cidr_plan.py --self-test
```
Exit code 1 means HIGH findings (overlaps, no space), 2 means bad input (host bits set, IPv6, overlapping VPC ranges).

### 3. Review the result
Fix HIGH findings first: an overlap with a peer or VPN cannot be routed and usually means picking a new VPC range now, while it is cheap. Use `references/subnet-layout-playbook.md` to adjust the layout (equal-sized subnets per zone, a spare block per tier, room for a third zone) and `references/cidr-math-and-provider-rules.md` to explain sizes. Re-run after each change.

### 4. Deliver
Fill `templates/subnet-plan.md` with the table, free blocks, findings and decisions. Offer Terraform or CLI snippets for the final blocks if asked.

## Example result
For `examples/shop-platform-vpc.json` (AWS 10.20.0.0/18): app subnets of 2,500 pods +60% growth get /20s (4,091 usable each) at 10.20.16.0/20 and 10.20.32.0/20; load balancer and data subnets get /25s (123 usable). Findings: HIGH legacy rds-b 10.20.1.128/25 overlaps rds-a 10.20.1.0/24; HIGH the peered analytics VPC 10.20.48.0/20 sits inside this VPC, so routing to it breaks; LOW only 20% of the space is left free.

## Rules

- Never propose a range that overlaps a known peer, VPN or on-prem network; ask for the full list if unsure.
- Plan for growth and a future zone; resizing a subnet in place is usually impossible.
- Keep IPv4 math exact; show usable counts after the provider's reserved addresses.
- Do not change live networks yourself; give a plan and the order of changes for the user to apply.
FILE:references/cidr-math-and-provider-rules.md
# CIDR Math and Provider Rules

## Prefix sizes (IPv4)
| Prefix | Addresses | AWS / Azure usable (-5) | GCP usable (-4) | Classic usable (-2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| /16 | 65,536 | 65,531 | 65,532 | 65,534 |
| /18 | 16,384 | 16,379 | 16,380 | 16,382 |
| /19 | 8,192 | 8,187 | 8,188 | 8,190 |
| /20 | 4,096 | 4,091 | 4,092 | 4,094 |
| /21 | 2,048 | 2,043 | 2,044 | 2,046 |
| /22 | 1,024 | 1,019 | 1,020 | 1,022 |
| /23 | 512 | 507 | 508 | 510 |
| /24 | 256 | 251 | 252 | 254 |
| /25 | 128 | 123 | 124 | 126 |
| /26 | 64 | 59 | 60 | 62 |
| /27 | 32 | 27 | 28 | 30 |
| /28 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
Each step of one in the prefix halves or doubles the block. Addresses = 2^(32 - prefix).

## Alignment
A block must start on a multiple of its own size: a /20 starts at x.x.0.0, x.x.16.0, x.x.32.0, ...; 10.20.8.0/20 is invalid (host bits set). Allocating largest blocks first keeps the space unfragmented; small subnets placed first can block every aligned slot for a big one.

## Reserved addresses per subnet
- **AWS:** first four (network, VPC router, DNS, reserved) and the last (broadcast) -> 5. VPC CIDR /16 to /28, subnets /16 to /28. Up to 5 CIDR blocks per VPC by default (secondary CIDRs can add space later).
- **Azure:** first four (network, gateway, 2 x DNS) and the last -> 5. Subnets up to /29. Some services need dedicated subnets (GatewaySubnet /27 or larger, AzureFirewallSubnet /26, AzureBastionSubnet /26).
- **GCP:** network, gateway, second-to-last and broadcast -> 4. Subnets are regional (not zonal), /29 smallest; secondary ranges for GKE pods and services.
- **Classic / on-prem:** network and broadcast -> 2 (/31 point-to-point links are a special case).

## Private and special ranges
- RFC 1918: 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16.
- Carrier-grade NAT shared space 100.64.0.0/10 (RFC 6598): usable inside clouds, but check the ISP / VPN does not use it.
- Avoid: 172.17.0.0/16 (default docker0 bridge), 169.254.0.0/16 (link-local, cloud metadata), 192.168.0.0/24 and 192.168.1.0/24 (home routers, so VPN users clash), 10.0.0.0/16 (default VPC in many tools, so peers often clash).
- Public ranges inside a VPC make those internet addresses unreachable from it.

## Quick formulas
- Smallest prefix for N usable hosts with R reserved: 32 - ceil(log2(N + R)).
- Hosts with growth: ceil(hosts x (1 + growth)).
- Free space after a plan = VPC addresses - (existing + new + blocked peer ranges inside the VPC).
FILE:references/subnet-layout-playbook.md
# Subnet Layout Playbook

## Tiered layout per zone
| Tier | Holds | Typical size | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public | load balancers, NAT gateways, bastion | /24 to /26 | internet gateway |
| Private app | VMs, containers, Kubernetes nodes and pods | largest, /20 to /22 | NAT gateway |
| Data | databases, caches, queues | /24 to /26 | no internet route |
| Spare | future tier or a third zone | keep one aligned block | - |
Use the same size per tier in every zone so a failover zone can carry the full load.

## Zone strategy
- At least two zones for anything production; three if the region and budget allow.
- Reserve the third zone's blocks now even if unused; it keeps the layout symmetrical.
- GCP subnets are regional, so plan per region instead of per zone.

## Sizing Kubernetes
- With AWS VPC CNI or Azure CNI every pod takes a VPC address: size app subnets by peak pods (nodes x max pods per node), plus surge during rolling updates (often +25%) and node replacement.
- Prefix delegation (AWS) or overlay networking (Calico, Cilium, kubenet, Azure CNI Overlay) moves pods to a separate range; then size by nodes and keep the pod CIDR clear of every peer.
- Keep the service CIDR (for example 172.20.0.0/16) clear of the VPC and peers too.

## Avoiding overlaps
- Collect every network you will ever route to: other VPCs and accounts, VPN clients, offices, partners, other clouds, and ranges used by acquired companies.
- Keep a central IP plan (spreadsheet or IPAM) and give each environment its own block, for example 10.20.0.0/16 prod, 10.21.0.0/16 staging, 10.22.0.0/16 dev.
- Do not pick 10.0.0.0/16, 172.17.0.0/16 or 192.168.0.0/24 to 192.168.1.0/24 for anything that VPN users reach.

## When something already overlaps
1. Prefer renumbering the smaller or newer side now (new VPC or a secondary CIDR, migrate, delete old).
2. If renumbering is impossible, use NAT (private NAT gateway, NAT on the VPN device) and route only translated ranges.
3. Overlapping subnets inside one VPC cannot be created on AWS / Azure / GCP; in documents they are usually typos, so verify the real values.

## Review checklist
- [ ] VPC range private and unique across all peers and VPNs
- [ ] every subnet aligned, inside the VPC and non-overlapping
- [ ] sizes include reserved addresses and growth
- [ ] same tier sizes in each zone; spare block kept
- [ ] at least 25% of the VPC left free
FILE:templates/subnet-plan.md
# Subnet Plan - <network name>

**Provider / region:** <aws eu-west-1>  **VPC CIDR:** <10.x.0.0/16>  **Owner:** <team>  **Date:** <date>
**Peers / VPNs checked:** <list of ranges>

## Subnets
| Subnet | Tier | Zone | Hosts now | Growth | CIDR | Usable | Route table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | | | | | |

## Existing subnets kept
| Name | CIDR | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| | | |

## Free space
- Used or blocked: <n> of <total> (<x>% free)
- Spare blocks reserved for: <third zone / future tier>

## Findings and decisions
| Severity | Finding | Decision |
|---|---|---|
| | | |

## Rollout order
1. <create secondary CIDR / new VPC>
2. <create subnets and route tables>
3. <migrate workloads, remove old subnets>
FILE:examples/shop-platform-vpc.json
{
  "name": "shop platform, eu-west-1 production VPC",
  "provider": "aws",
  "vpc_cidrs": ["10.20.0.0/18"],
  "existing": [
    {"name": "legacy bastion", "cidr": "10.20.0.0/26"},
    {"name": "legacy rds-a", "cidr": "10.20.1.0/24"},
    {"name": "legacy rds-b", "cidr": "10.20.1.128/25"}
  ],
  "peers": [
    {"name": "office VPN (Istanbul)", "cidr": "192.168.10.0/24"},
    {"name": "analytics VPC (peered)", "cidr": "10.20.48.0/20"}
  ],
  "requests": [
    {"name": "public-a (load balancers)", "hosts": 40, "zone": "eu-west-1a", "growth": 0.5},
    {"name": "public-b (load balancers)", "hosts": 40, "zone": "eu-west-1b", "growth": 0.5},
    {"name": "app-a (EKS pods)", "hosts": 2500, "zone": "eu-west-1a", "growth": 0.6},
    {"name": "app-b (EKS pods)", "hosts": 2500, "zone": "eu-west-1b", "growth": 0.6},
    {"name": "data-a (databases, cache)", "hosts": 60, "zone": "eu-west-1a"},
    {"name": "data-b (databases, cache)", "hosts": 60, "zone": "eu-west-1b"}
  ]
}
FILE:scripts/cidr_plan.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""VPC subnet CIDR planner and checker (Python 3 standard library only).

Input: a network plan JSON file:
  {"name": "prod-eu", "provider": "aws", "vpc_cidrs": ["10.40.0.0/16"],
   "existing": [{"name": "legacy-db", "cidr": "10.40.8.0/24"}],
   "peers": [{"name": "office vpn", "cidr": "192.168.0.0/22"}],
   "requests": [{"name": "app-a", "hosts": 900, "zone": "eu-west-1a", "growth": 0.5}]}
  provider: aws | azure | gcp | generic. Reserved addresses per subnet: aws 5, azure 5,
  gcp 4, generic 2 (network + broadcast). Subnet size limits: aws /16../28,
  azure /8../29, gcp /8../29, generic /8../30.
  requests: hosts needed now; growth = extra fraction to reserve (default 0.3);
  optional "prefix" forces a size. Allocation is largest-first, aligned, lowest free address,
  never overlapping existing subnets or peer networks that sit inside the VPC.

Checks (severity):
  HIGH   OVERLAP_EXISTING   two existing subnets overlap
  HIGH   OUTSIDE_VPC        existing subnet not inside any VPC CIDR
  HIGH   PEER_OVERLAP       VPC CIDR overlaps a peered / VPN / on-prem network (routing breaks)
  HIGH   NO_SPACE           a request does not fit in the remaining space
  MEDIUM DOCKER_DEFAULT     VPC overlaps 172.17.0.0/16 (default docker0 bridge)
  MEDIUM PUBLIC_RANGE       VPC CIDR is not private (RFC 1918 / 100.64.0.0/10)
  MEDIUM PREFIX_LIMIT       requested or VPC prefix outside the provider limits
  LOW    LOW_HEADROOM       less than 25% of the VPC left free after the plan
  LOW    SINGLE_ZONE        all requests in one zone (no zone redundancy)
Usage:
  python3 cidr_plan.py plan.json
  python3 cidr_plan.py plan.json --json
  python3 cidr_plan.py --self-test
Exit code: 0 no HIGH findings, 1 HIGH findings, 2 bad input.
"""
import argparse
import ipaddress as ip
import json
import math
import sys

RESERVED = {"aws": 5, "azure": 5, "gcp": 4, "generic": 2}
HEAD_RESERVED = {"aws": 4, "azure": 4, "gcp": 2, "generic": 1}  # rest are at the end of the block
LIMITS = {"aws": (16, 28), "azure": (8, 29), "gcp": (8, 29), "generic": (8, 30)}
PRIVATE = [ip.ip_network(c) for c in ("10.0.0.0/8", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.168.0.0/16", "100.64.0.0/10")]
DOCKER = ip.ip_network("172.17.0.0/16")


class PlanError(ValueError):
    pass


def net(cidr, what="cidr"):
    try:
        n = ip.ip_network(str(cidr).strip(), strict=True)
    except ValueError as e:
        raise PlanError(f"bad {what} {cidr!r}: {e}")
    if n.version != 4:
        raise PlanError(f"only IPv4 is supported: {cidr!r}")
    return n


def usable(prefix, provider):
    return max(0, 2 ** (32 - prefix) - RESERVED[provider])


def prefix_for(hosts, provider, growth):
    need = math.ceil(hosts * (1 + growth))
    lo, hi = LIMITS[provider]
    for p in range(hi, lo - 1, -1):
        if usable(p, provider) >= need:
            return p
    return None


def find_slot(vpcs, taken, prefix):
    for v in vpcs:
        if prefix < v.prefixlen:
            continue
        for cand in v.subnets(new_prefix=prefix):
            if not any(cand.overlaps(t) for t in taken):
                return cand
    return None


def plan(cfg):
    provider = str(cfg.get("provider", "generic")).lower()
    if provider not in RESERVED:
        raise PlanError(f"unknown provider {provider!r} (aws, azure, gcp, generic)")
    vpcs = [net(c, "vpc_cidr") for c in cfg.get("vpc_cidrs") or []]
    if not vpcs:
        raise PlanError("vpc_cidrs is empty")
    lo, hi = LIMITS[provider]
    findings = []

    def f(sev, code, where, msg):
        findings.append({"severity": sev, "code": code, "where": where, "message": msg})

    for v in vpcs:
        if not any(v.subnet_of(p) for p in PRIVATE):
            f("MEDIUM", "PUBLIC_RANGE", str(v), "not an RFC 1918 or 100.64.0.0/10 range; it may clash with real internet addresses")
        if v.overlaps(DOCKER):
            f("MEDIUM", "DOCKER_DEFAULT", str(v), "overlaps 172.17.0.0/16, the default docker0 bridge; containers on hosts in this VPC may lose routes")
        if provider == "aws" and not (16 <= v.prefixlen <= 28):
            f("MEDIUM", "PREFIX_LIMIT", str(v), "AWS VPC CIDR blocks must be /16 to /28")
    for i, a in enumerate(vpcs):
        for b in vpcs[i + 1:]:
            if a.overlaps(b):
                raise PlanError(f"vpc_cidrs overlap each other: {a} and {b}")

    existing = []
    for e in cfg.get("existing") or []:
        n = net(e.get("cidr"), "existing cidr")
        name = e.get("name") or str(n)
        if not any(n.subnet_of(v) for v in vpcs):
            f("HIGH", "OUTSIDE_VPC", name, f"{n} is not inside {', '.join(map(str, vpcs))}")
        for other_name, o in existing:
            if n.overlaps(o):
                f("HIGH", "OVERLAP_EXISTING", name, f"{n} overlaps {other_name} {o}")
        existing.append((name, n))

    taken = [n for _, n in existing]
    for p in cfg.get("peers") or []:
        n = net(p.get("cidr"), "peer cidr")
        name = p.get("name") or str(n)
        for v in vpcs:
            if v.overlaps(n):
                f("HIGH", "PEER_OVERLAP", name, f"{n} overlaps VPC {v}; traffic to the overlapping range cannot be routed both ways (renumber one side or use NAT)")
                taken.append(n)

    reqs = []
    for r in cfg.get("requests") or []:
        name = r.get("name") or "subnet"
        hosts = r.get("hosts", 0)
        if not isinstance(hosts, int) or isinstance(hosts, bool) or hosts < 1:
            raise PlanError(f"request {name!r}: hosts must be a positive integer")
        growth = r.get("growth", 0.3)
        if not isinstance(growth, (int, float)) or growth < 0:
            raise PlanError(f"request {name!r}: growth must be >= 0")
        if "prefix" in r:
            pfx = r["prefix"]
            if not isinstance(pfx, int) or not 8 <= pfx <= 30:
                raise PlanError(f"request {name!r}: prefix must be an integer 8..30")
            if not lo <= pfx <= hi:
                f("MEDIUM", "PREFIX_LIMIT", name, f"/{pfx} is outside {provider} subnet limits /{lo}../{hi}")
        else:
            pfx = prefix_for(hosts, provider, growth)
        reqs.append({"name": name, "hosts": hosts, "growth": growth, "zone": r.get("zone", ""), "prefix": pfx})

    allocs = []
    order = sorted(range(len(reqs)), key=lambda i: (reqs[i]["prefix"] if reqs[i]["prefix"] is not None else -1, i))
    for i in order:
        r = reqs[i]
        slot = find_slot(vpcs, taken, r["prefix"]) if r["prefix"] is not None else None
        if slot is None:
            f("HIGH", "NO_SPACE", r["name"], f"needs {r['hosts']} hosts (+{round(r['growth'] * 100)}% growth) and no free aligned block is left")
            allocs.append(dict(r, cidr=None, usable=0))
            continue
        taken.append(slot)
        u = usable(slot.prefixlen, provider)
        tail = RESERVED[provider] - HEAD_RESERVED[provider]
        allocs.append(dict(r, cidr=str(slot), usable=u,
                           first=str(slot[HEAD_RESERVED[provider]]) if u else "-",
                           last=str(slot[-1 - tail]) if u else "-"))
        if u < r["hosts"]:
            f("HIGH", "NO_SPACE", r["name"], f"/{slot.prefixlen} gives only {u} usable addresses for {r['hosts']} hosts")
    allocs.sort(key=lambda a: (a["cidr"] is None, ip.ip_network(a["cidr"]) if a["cidr"] else 0))

    total = sum(v.num_addresses for v in vpcs)
    used = 0
    inside = [t for t in taken if any(t.subnet_of(v) for v in vpcs)]
    for t in ip.collapse_addresses(inside):
        used += t.num_addresses
    free = total - used
    free_blocks = []
    for v in vpcs:
        rest = [v]
        for t in ip.collapse_addresses([x for x in inside if x.subnet_of(v)]):
            nxt = []
            for b in rest:
                if t.subnet_of(b):
                    nxt.extend(b.address_exclude(t))
                elif not b.subnet_of(t):
                    nxt.append(b)
            rest = nxt
        free_blocks.extend(sorted(rest))
    if total and free / total < 0.25:
        f("LOW", "LOW_HEADROOM", "plan", f"only {free / total:.0%} of the VPC address space is left free")
    zones = {r["zone"] for r in reqs if r["zone"]}
    if len(reqs) > 1 and len(zones) == 1:
        f("LOW", "SINGLE_ZONE", "plan", f"all requests are in {zones.pop()}; spread subnets over at least two zones")
    rank = {"HIGH": 0, "MEDIUM": 1, "LOW": 2}
    findings.sort(key=lambda x: rank[x["severity"]])
    return {"name": cfg.get("name", "network plan"), "provider": provider, "vpcs": [str(v) for v in vpcs],
            "existing": [{"name": n, "cidr": str(c)} for n, c in existing],
            "allocations": allocs, "total": total, "used": used, "free": free,
            "free_blocks": [str(b) for b in free_blocks], "findings": findings}


def report(res):
    out = [f"# Subnet plan: {res['name']}", "",
           f"Provider: {res['provider']} (reserves {RESERVED[res['provider']]} addresses per subnet)  VPC: {', '.join(res['vpcs'])}", "",
           "| Subnet | Zone | Hosts now | Growth | CIDR | Usable | First host | Last host |", "|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|"]
    for a in res["allocations"]:
        out.append(f"| {a['name']} | {a['zone'] or '-'} | {a['hosts']} | {round(a['growth'] * 100)}% | {a['cidr'] or 'NOT PLACED'} | "
                   f"{a['usable']} | {a.get('first', '-')} | {a.get('last', '-')} |")
    if res["existing"]:
        out += ["", "Existing subnets kept: " + ", ".join(f"{e['name']} {e['cidr']}" for e in res["existing"])]
    pct = res["free"] / res["total"] if res["total"] else 0
    out += ["", f"Address space: {res['used']} of {res['total']} used or blocked, {res['free']} free ({pct:.0%})",
            "Largest free blocks: " + (", ".join(sorted(res["free_blocks"], key=lambda c: ip.ip_network(c).prefixlen)[:6]) or "none"),
            "", "## Findings"]
    if not res["findings"]:
        out.append("- none")
    for x in res["findings"]:
        out.append(f"- **{x['severity']} {x['code']}** ({x['where']}): {x['message']}")
    return "\n".join(out) + "\n"


def self_test():
    cases = []

    def ok(name, cond):
        cases.append(bool(cond))
        print(("PASS " if cond else "FAIL ") + name)

    ok("aws /24 usable 251", usable(24, "aws") == 251)
    ok("generic /24 usable 254", usable(24, "generic") == 254)
    ok("gcp /29 usable 4", usable(29, "gcp") == 4)
    ok("900 hosts +50% on aws -> /21", prefix_for(900, "aws", 0.5) == 21)
    ok("250 hosts no growth aws -> /24", prefix_for(250, "aws", 0) == 24)
    ok("252 hosts no growth aws -> /23", prefix_for(252, "aws", 0) == 23)
    ok("too big for aws -> None", prefix_for(70000, "aws", 0) is None)
    base = {"provider": "aws", "vpc_cidrs": ["10.0.0.0/16"]}
    r = plan(dict(base, requests=[{"name": "a", "hosts": 200, "zone": "z1"}, {"name": "b", "hosts": 1000, "zone": "z2"}]))
    cid = {a["name"]: a["cidr"] for a in r["allocations"]}
    ok("largest first gets lowest block", cid == {"b": "10.0.0.0/21", "a": "10.0.8.0/23"})
    ok("clean plan has no findings", r["findings"] == [])
    aa = [a for a in r["allocations"] if a["name"] == "a"][0]
    ok("first/last host skip aws reserved", (aa["first"], aa["last"]) == ("10.0.8.4", "10.0.9.254"))
    g = plan({"provider": "gcp", "vpc_cidrs": ["10.0.0.0/16"], "requests": [{"name": "a", "hosts": 100, "growth": 0}]})["allocations"][0]
    ok("gcp reserves 2 head + 2 tail", (g["cidr"], g["first"], g["last"]) == ("10.0.0.0/25", "10.0.0.2", "10.0.0.125"))
    r = plan(dict(base, existing=[{"name": "old", "cidr": "10.0.0.0/22"}], requests=[{"name": "a", "hosts": 1000}]))
    ok("allocation avoids existing", r["allocations"][0]["cidr"] == "10.0.8.0/21")
    r = plan(dict(base, existing=[{"name": "x", "cidr": "10.0.0.0/24"}, {"name": "y", "cidr": "10.0.0.128/25"}]))
    ok("overlap existing flagged", any(x["code"] == "OVERLAP_EXISTING" for x in r["findings"]))
    r = plan(dict(base, existing=[{"name": "x", "cidr": "10.1.0.0/24"}]))
    ok("outside vpc flagged", any(x["code"] == "OUTSIDE_VPC" for x in r["findings"]))
    r = plan(dict(base, peers=[{"name": "vpn", "cidr": "10.0.4.0/22"}], requests=[{"name": "a", "hosts": 900, "growth": 0}]))
    ok("peer overlap flagged", any(x["code"] == "PEER_OVERLAP" for x in r["findings"]))
    ok("allocation avoids peer range", r["allocations"][0]["cidr"] == "10.0.0.0/22")
    r = plan({"provider": "aws", "vpc_cidrs": ["10.0.0.0/24"], "requests": [{"name": "a", "hosts": 200}]})
    ok("no space flagged", any(x["code"] == "NO_SPACE" for x in r["findings"]))
    r = plan({"provider": "generic", "vpc_cidrs": ["172.16.0.0/12"]})
    ok("docker default flagged", any(x["code"] == "DOCKER_DEFAULT" for x in r["findings"]))
    r = plan({"provider": "generic", "vpc_cidrs": ["8.8.0.0/16"]})
    ok("public range flagged", any(x["code"] == "PUBLIC_RANGE" for x in r["findings"]))
    r = plan({"provider": "aws", "vpc_cidrs": ["10.0.0.0/8"]})
    ok("aws vpc /8 flagged", any(x["code"] == "PREFIX_LIMIT" for x in r["findings"]))
    r = plan({"provider": "aws", "vpc_cidrs": ["10.0.0.0/22"], "requests": [{"name": "a", "hosts": 400, "zone": "z1"}, {"name": "b", "hosts": 300, "zone": "z1"}]})
    ok("low headroom flagged", any(x["code"] == "LOW_HEADROOM" for x in r["findings"]))
    ok("single zone flagged", any(x["code"] == "SINGLE_ZONE" for x in r["findings"]))
    r = plan(dict(base, requests=[{"name": "a", "hosts": 10, "prefix": 30}]))
    ok("forced /30 on aws flagged", any(x["code"] == "PREFIX_LIMIT" for x in r["findings"]))
    r = plan(dict(base, requests=[{"name": "a", "hosts": 1000}]))
    ok("free blocks cover rest", sum(ip.ip_network(b).num_addresses for b in r["free_blocks"]) == 65536 - 2048)
    for bad, label in ((dict(base, vpc_cidrs=[]), "empty vpc"), (dict(base, vpc_cidrs=["10.0.0.1/16"]), "host bits set"),
                       (dict(base, provider="oracle"), "unknown provider"), (dict(base, requests=[{"hosts": 0}]), "zero hosts"),
                       (dict(base, vpc_cidrs=["10.0.0.0/16", "10.0.128.0/17"]), "overlapping vpcs"),
                       (dict(base, vpc_cidrs=["fd00::/48"]), "ipv6")):
        try:
            plan(bad)
            ok(label + " rejected", False)
        except PlanError:
            ok(label + " rejected", True)
    print(f"{sum(cases)}/{len(cases)} passed")
    return 0 if all(cases) else 1


def main(argv=None):
    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Plan and check VPC subnet CIDR blocks.")
    ap.add_argument("file", nargs="?", help="network plan JSON")
    ap.add_argument("--json", action="store_true", help="print machine-readable JSON")
    ap.add_argument("--self-test", action="store_true")
    a = ap.parse_args(argv)
    if a.self_test:
        return self_test()
    if not a.file:
        ap.error("give a plan JSON file or --self-test")
    try:
        cfg = json.load(open(a.file, encoding="utf-8"))
        res = plan(cfg)
    except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError, PlanError) as e:
        print(f"error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
        return 2
    print(json.dumps(res, indent=2) if a.json else report(res), end="" if not a.json else "\n")
    return 1 if any(x["severity"] == "HIGH" for x in res["findings"]) else 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())

# Shell scripting taste of a DevOps engineer
- Start every script with #!/usr/bin/env bash and set -euo pipefail. Confidence: 0.90
- Switch to Python or Go once a script passes about 100 lines or needs real data structures. Confidence: 0.85
- Run ShellCheck in CI and fix warnings instead of silencing them. Confidence: 0.95
- Format scripts with shfmt so diffs stay small. Confidence: 0.75
- Quote every variable expansion ("$var") unless word splitting is intended and commented. Confidence: 0.95
- Use [[ ]] for tests and $(...) for command substitution, never backticks. Confidence: 0.90
- Declare variables inside functions with local. Confidence: 0.85
- Put the logic in functions and call a main "$@" at the bottom of the file. Confidence: 0.80
- Clean up temporary files with mktemp and trap '...' EXIT. Confidence: 0.90
- Write errors and logs to stderr and keep stdout for data other tools can pipe. Confidence: 0.85
- Exit with a non-zero status and a clear message when something fails. Confidence: 0.90
- Provide a usage function and handle -h and --help. Confidence: 0.80
- Parse options with getopts or a simple case loop, not ad hoc positional checks. Confidence: 0.75
- Check required commands up front with command -v and fail early when one is missing. Confidence: 0.85
- Read configuration from environment variables with defaults, such as -8080. Confidence: 0.80
- Never parse ls output; use globs or find -print0 with xargs -0. Confidence: 0.90
- Read files line by line with while IFS= read -r line. Confidence: 0.85
- Use arrays for argument lists instead of building command strings. Confidence: 0.85
- Avoid eval, and never pass untrusted input to it. Confidence: 0.95
- Make scripts idempotent so running them twice is safe. Confidence: 0.85
- Add a --dry-run flag to anything that deletes or changes remote state. Confidence: 0.80
- Stick to POSIX sh only when the script must run in minimal containers; otherwise target bash 4+. Confidence: 0.70

# Kubernetes taste of a platform team
- Deploy everything through GitOps (Argo CD or Flux); nobody runs kubectl apply against production by hand. Confidence: 0.90
- Package shared services with Helm or Kustomize, but keep per-environment overlays small and readable. Confidence: 0.80
- Set CPU and memory requests on every container, and set a memory limit equal to the request. Confidence: 0.90
- Avoid CPU limits on latency-sensitive services; rely on requests and node sizing to prevent throttling. Confidence: 0.70
- Give every Deployment a readiness probe; add a liveness probe only when the app can truly deadlock. Confidence: 0.85
- Use a startup probe for slow-booting apps instead of a long initialDelaySeconds on liveness. Confidence: 0.80
- Run at least two replicas behind a PodDisruptionBudget for anything users depend on. Confidence: 0.90
- Spread replicas across zones with topologySpreadConstraints. Confidence: 0.80
- Pin images by digest or an immutable version tag, never latest. Confidence: 0.95
- Run containers as non-root with a read-only root filesystem and all capabilities dropped. Confidence: 0.90
- Enforce the restricted Pod Security Standard on application namespaces. Confidence: 0.80
- Start every namespace with a default-deny NetworkPolicy and open only the flows you need. Confidence: 0.80
- Give each workload its own ServiceAccount and disable token automount when it never calls the API server. Confidence: 0.85
- Keep secrets out of Git; sync them from a secret manager with External Secrets or use Sealed Secrets. Confidence: 0.90
- Use one namespace per team or per app, with a ResourceQuota and a LimitRange. Confidence: 0.80
- Apply the standard app.kubernetes.io labels to every resource. Confidence: 0.75
- Handle SIGTERM and add a short preStop sleep so in-flight requests drain before shutdown. Confidence: 0.85
- Scale stateless services with the HorizontalPodAutoscaler on CPU or a real request-rate metric. Confidence: 0.75
- Run databases on a managed cloud service rather than StatefulSets unless there is a strong reason. Confidence: 0.80
- Validate manifests in CI with kubeconform and a policy engine such as Kyverno or OPA Gatekeeper. Confidence: 0.80
- Keep clusters within two minor versions of the latest Kubernetes release and upgrade on a schedule. Confidence: 0.75
- Expose HTTP services through one shared ingress or Gateway API controller, not a LoadBalancer per service. Confidence: 0.75