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Jon Chery 59d837f6e7 fix(P03 W0.5): kyverno-json substrate works with real kj (engine + policies + install script)
The v1.25 kyverno-json engine adapter and policies were authored but never
validated against the real `kj` binary — the test suite
`pytest.skip("kj not installed")` when `kj` was absent, masking the bug.
With `kj` v0.0.3 now installed, the 3 failing-fixture tests
(stack-ir/plan-json/regression) showed 0 fails (all passed falsely). Root
causes (3 substrate bugs) and fixes:

1. ENGINE — bare-list output format. `kj scan --output json` emits a bare
   JSON LIST at the top level (NOT `{"results": [...]}`); each entry has
   `resource` + `results[].rules[]` with `violations[]` (fail) / `error`
   string (eval error) / neither (pass). The v1.25 `_translate` did
   `out.get("results", [])` on a dict → `out` is a list → returned `[]` →
   emitted a single KJ_NO_RESULTS pass PCR. Rewrote `_translate` to parse
   the real v0.0.3 nested shape (policy.metadata.name, rule.name,
   violations[].errors[].field/detail/value). Future-proofs to also accept
   the legacy dict shape. Preserves RESULT_MAP, severity-from-annotation,
   is_configured(), _skipped_not_configured, _error_pcr, the temp-file
   payload write, and the subprocess invocation.

2. ENGINE — `.json` policies not loaded by `kj`. The upstream loader
   (pkg/policy/load.go) uses fileinfo.IsYaml() which only matches
   `.yaml`/`.yml` — `.json` files are silently skipped (0 policies).
   Nova policies are authored as `.json` (TestPolicyFilesExist asserts the
   filenames). Added `_materialize_yaml_policy_dir`: mirrors the source
   tree to a temp dir, copying every `.json` policy to a `.yaml` twin
   (JSON is a valid YAML subset, verified against kj v0.0.3). Source
   `.json` files remain untouched.

3. POLICIES — `validate` wrapper + check syntax. Removed the `validate`
   wrapper from all 16 policies (kj v0.0.3 ignores `validate`-wrapped
   rules — `assert` goes directly under the rule). Fixed the check syntax:
   a check entry is `expression: expected_value` (e.g.
   `(regex_match(..., @)): true`), not `field: (expression)` (which
   compared a bool to nothing → "types not comparable"). For per-resource
   checks over stack-IR/plan-JSON, `~.resources` (descendant anchor) is
   required for per-element iteration; a plain path applies to the whole
   array. For type-scoped rules (s3/ebs encryption, iam/db/kms), the type
   guard is folded into the expression (`type == '...' && !<has-prop>`)
   so non-matching resources short-circuit to false. cap-013 dedup uses
   `max(map(&length(@), values(group_by(adapters, &@)))) == `1`` (no
   `duplicates` JMESPath fn exists). Preserved all policy metadata
   (apiVersion, kind, metadata.name, severity + title annotations) —
   TestPolicyValidity/TestPolicyFilesExist still pass.

INSTALL SCRIPT — the v1.25 `go install .../cmd/kj@latest` failed: the
`cmd/kj` path does not exist in v0.0.3 (upstream produces a binary named
`kyverno-json`). Fixed to `go install github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json@latest`
+ symlink `kyverno-json` → `kj` (GOBIN and /usr/local/bin fallbacks).
Idempotent: short-circuits when `kj` is already on PATH and working.

Verification: `which kj` → /usr/local/bin/kj; `kj version` → v0.0.3.
test_kyverno_json_engine + test_stack_ir_policies + test_plan_json_policies
+ test_meta_policies + test_regression_policies: 36 passed, 0 skips
(_require_kj no longer skips). Full suite (excluding pre-existing hang in
test_verify_regression_mode.py): 776 passed, 6 failed — all 6 failures are
pre-existing (confirmed by stashing this commit's diff and re-running);
the only in-scope-acceptable failure is
test_module_standards.py::test_all_l1_have_required_files (dynamodb
extension drift, data-engineer's later wave).

---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 3
milestone: v1.26
status: execute
wave: W0.5
---
2026-08-18 21:29:12 +00:00

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"""Nova KyvernoJsonEngine (REQ-293, v1.25; fixed v1.26 P3 W0.5).
Implements the ``PolicyEngine`` protocol (``core/policy_engine.py``)
by shelling to the ``kj`` CLI (``kyverno-json``). Translates native
kyverno-json scan output to Nova ``PolicyCheckResult`` dicts
(``schemas/policy_check_result.schema.json``).
Engine enum reuse (D-116): records carry ``engine: "kyverno"`` (no new
enum value). The ``ruleId`` is prefixed ``KJ_<policy_name>`` to
distinguish from the K8s Kyverno adapter's ``KYVERNO_`` prefix.
Severity (RESEARCH §2.6, G-Q10a): kyverno-json does not natively assign
severities. Each Nova policy declares its severity via a
``metadata.annotations["nova.cloudinit.dev/severity"]`` field. The
engine reads this annotation from the loaded policy file (not from the
scan result — the result carries the policy spec but the annotation is
read here from disk) and applies it to every result that policy
produces. Default when absent: ``"info"``.
Graceful degradation (D-120): ``is_configured()`` returns ``False`` when
``which kj`` is absent → ``evaluate()`` returns a single SKIPPED PCR
(``ruleId: KJ_ENGINE_NOT_CONFIGURED``). The platform functions without
the binary.
Defensive parsing: any kyverno-json output that doesn't match the
expected shape produces an ``error`` PCR, never an exception. The
engine is read-only against a local policy dir + a temp payload file.
v1.26 P3 W0.5 fix — three substrate bugs uncovered once ``kj`` was
actually installed (the v1.25 test suite ``pytest.skip``-masked them):
1. **``.json`` policy files are not loaded by ``kj`` v0.0.3.** The
upstream policy loader (``pkg/policy/load.go``) uses
``fileinfo.IsYaml()`` which only matches ``.yaml``/``.yml``
extensions — ``.json`` files are silently skipped, yielding
``evaluating N resources against 0 policies``. Nova policies are
authored as ``.json`` (the ``TestPolicyFilesExist`` tests assert the
``.json`` filenames). Fix: ``evaluate()`` materializes a temp policy
dir that mirrors the source tree with every ``.json`` policy copied
to a ``.yaml`` twin (JSON is a valid YAML subset — verified against
``kj`` v0.0.3). The source ``.json`` files remain untouched.
2. **Bare-list output format.** ``kj scan --output json`` emits a bare
JSON list at the top level (NOT ``{"results": [...]}``). Each entry
has ``resource`` (the evaluated payload) + ``results`` (list of
per-policy result objects, each carrying ``policy.metadata.name``,
``rules[]`` with ``rule.name``, ``violations[]`` (present on fail),
``error`` (string, present on policy-evaluation error)). The v1.25
``_translate`` did ``out.get("results", [])`` on a dict — but
``out`` is a list → returned ``[]`` → emitted a single
``KJ_NO_RESULTS`` pass PCR. **This is why all failing fixtures showed
0 fails.** Fix: ``_translate`` handles list (v0.0.3) and dict
(future-proof) shapes.
3. **``validate`` wrapper + check syntax.** Documented in the policy
files themselves (see the W0.5 policy edits). The engine itself does
not enforce policy shape — it only translates ``kj`` output — so
this fix lives in the policy ``.json`` files.
"""
import datetime
import json
import os
import shutil
import subprocess
import sys
import tempfile
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any, Union
import yaml
Payload = Union[dict, list, str]
SEVERITY_DEFAULT = "info"
SEVERITY_ANNOTATION = "nova.cloudinit.dev/severity"
RESULT_MAP = {
"pass": "pass",
"fail": "fail",
"error": "error",
"skip": "skipped",
"skipped": "skipped",
"warn": "skipped",
"warning": "skipped",
}
def _iso8601_now() -> str:
return datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
def _which_kj() -> str | None:
"""Return the path to ``kj`` if on PATH, else ``None``."""
return shutil.which("kj")
def _load_policy_severities(policy_dir: Path) -> dict[str, str]:
"""Load each ``.json``/``.yaml``/``.yml`` policy in ``policy_dir``
(non-recursive) and return ``{policy_name: severity}``.
kyverno-json policies are Kubernetes-style ``ValidatingPolicy``
resources. The severity is read from
``metadata.annotations["nova.cloudinit.dev/severity"]``. Policies
in subdirectories (e.g. ``contract/``, ``stack-ir/``) are loaded
when the caller passes that subdirectory as ``policy_dir``.
"""
severities: dict[str, str] = {}
if not policy_dir.is_dir():
return severities
for entry in sorted(os.listdir(policy_dir)):
if entry.startswith("_") or entry.startswith("."):
continue
full = policy_dir / entry
if not full.is_file():
continue
if entry.endswith((".json", ".yaml", ".yml")):
try:
with open(full, "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
doc = yaml.safe_load(fh)
if not isinstance(doc, dict):
continue
name = doc.get("metadata", {}).get("name") or entry.rsplit(".", 1)[0]
ann = doc.get("metadata", {}).get("annotations", {}) or {}
sev = ann.get(SEVERITY_ANNOTATION, SEVERITY_DEFAULT)
severities[name] = str(sev).lower()
except Exception:
continue
return severities
def _materialize_yaml_policy_dir(src: Path) -> tuple[Path, bool]:
"""Mirror ``src`` (recursively) into a temp dir, copying every
``.json`` policy to a ``.yaml`` twin and copying ``.yaml``/``.yml``
files verbatim. Returns ``(temp_dir, created)``.
``kj`` v0.0.3's policy loader (``pkg/policy/load.go``) only matches
``.yaml``/``.yml`` extensions — ``.json`` files are silently
skipped. Nova policies are authored as ``.json`` (the
``TestPolicyFilesExist`` tests assert the ``.json`` filenames, so
they cannot be renamed in-place). JSON is a valid YAML subset, so
a byte-for-byte copy with a ``.yaml`` extension loads cleanly.
``created`` is ``False`` when ``src`` contains no policy files at
all (empty dir) — in that case the temp dir is still returned (the
caller invokes ``kj`` against it and gets the no-results path).
"""
tmp = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="nova-kj-pol-"))
any_policy = False
if src.is_dir():
for root, _dirs, files in os.walk(src):
rel = Path(root).relative_to(src)
dest_root = tmp / rel
dest_root.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
for fn in files:
if fn.startswith(".") or fn.startswith("_"):
continue
src_file = Path(root) / fn
if fn.endswith(".json"):
dest_file = dest_root / (fn.rsplit(".", 1)[0] + ".yaml")
shutil.copy2(src_file, dest_file)
any_policy = True
elif fn.endswith((".yaml", ".yml")):
shutil.copy2(src_file, dest_root / fn)
any_policy = True
return tmp, any_policy
def _skipped_not_configured(contract_id: str) -> dict:
return {
"contractId": contract_id,
"evaluatedAt": _iso8601_now(),
"engine": "kyverno",
"ruleId": "KJ_ENGINE_NOT_CONFIGURED",
"severity": "info",
"result": "skipped",
"message": (
"kyverno-json engine not configured — `which kj` returned no path. "
"Install via scripts/install-kyverno-json.sh. The platform proceeds "
"with a neutral SKIPPED policy input (is_configured() guard, D-120)."
),
"evidence": {},
"resourceRef": "",
}
def _error_pcr(contract_id: str, message: str) -> dict:
return {
"contractId": contract_id,
"evaluatedAt": _iso8601_now(),
"engine": "kyverno",
"ruleId": "KJ_ENGINE_ERROR",
"severity": "info",
"result": "error",
"message": message,
"evidence": {},
"resourceRef": "",
}
def _no_results_pass(contract_id: str) -> dict:
"""No result entries — emit a single pass PCR so the confidence
signal's policy input is non-empty (a non-empty list of passes →
score 1.0)."""
return {
"contractId": contract_id,
"evaluatedAt": _iso8601_now(),
"engine": "kyverno",
"ruleId": "KJ_NO_RESULTS",
"severity": "info",
"result": "pass",
"message": "kyverno-json scan produced no result entries (all policies passed or no match).",
"evidence": {},
"resourceRef": "",
}
class KyvernoJsonEngine:
"""``PolicyEngine`` impl that shells to the ``kj`` CLI."""
name = "kyverno-json"
def is_configured(self) -> bool:
return _which_kj() is not None
def evaluate(self, payload: Payload, policy_dir: Path,
contract_id: str) -> list[dict]:
if not self.is_configured():
return [_skipped_not_configured(contract_id)]
kj = _which_kj()
policy_dir = Path(policy_dir)
if not policy_dir.is_dir():
return [_error_pcr(
contract_id,
f"kyverno-json policy dir not found: {policy_dir}",
)]
severities = _load_policy_severities(policy_dir)
# kj v0.0.3 only loads .yaml/.yml policy files. Mirror the tree
# to a temp dir with .json policies copied to .yaml twins.
yaml_dir, _any_policy = _materialize_yaml_policy_dir(policy_dir)
# Write payload to temp file (kj scan --payload expects a file path).
payload_tmp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
mode="w", suffix=".json", delete=False, encoding="utf-8"
)
try:
json.dump(payload, payload_tmp)
payload_tmp.flush()
payload_tmp.close()
cmd = [
kj, "scan",
"--policy", str(yaml_dir),
"--payload", payload_tmp.name,
"--output", "json",
]
try:
proc = subprocess.run(
cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=60,
)
except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
return [_error_pcr(contract_id, "kyverno-json scan timed out (60s)")]
if proc.returncode not in (0, 1):
return [_error_pcr(
contract_id,
f"kyverno-json scan exited {proc.returncode}: {proc.stderr[:200]}",
)]
try:
out = json.loads(proc.stdout) if proc.stdout.strip() else []
except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
return [_error_pcr(
contract_id,
f"kyverno-json output not JSON: {e}",
)]
return self._translate(out, contract_id, severities)
finally:
try:
os.unlink(payload_tmp.name)
except OSError:
pass
shutil.rmtree(yaml_dir, ignore_errors=True)
def _translate(self, out: Any, contract_id: str,
severities: dict[str, str]) -> list[dict]:
# kj v0.0.3 emits a BARE JSON LIST at the top level: each entry
# has `resource` (the evaluated payload) + `results` (list of
# per-policy result objects). Future-proof: also accept the
# legacy {"results": [...]} dict shape.
if isinstance(out, list):
entries = out
elif isinstance(out, dict):
entries = out.get("results", [])
if not isinstance(entries, list):
entries = []
else:
entries = []
pcrs: list[dict] = []
for entry in entries:
if not isinstance(entry, dict):
continue
resource = entry.get("resource", {})
results = entry.get("results", [])
if not isinstance(results, list):
results = []
for pol_result in results:
if not isinstance(pol_result, dict):
continue
policy_obj = pol_result.get("policy", {}) or {}
policy_name = (
policy_obj.get("metadata", {}).get("name") if isinstance(policy_obj, dict)
else None
) or "UNKNOWN"
severity = severities.get(policy_name, SEVERITY_DEFAULT)
rules = pol_result.get("rules", [])
if not isinstance(rules, list):
rules = []
for rule_entry in rules:
if not isinstance(rule_entry, dict):
continue
rule_obj = rule_entry.get("rule", {}) or {}
rule_name = rule_obj.get("name", "") if isinstance(rule_obj, dict) else ""
rule_id = f"KJ_{policy_name}"
if rule_name:
rule_id = f"{rule_id}/{rule_name}"
violations = rule_entry.get("violations")
error_str = rule_entry.get("error")
if isinstance(violations, list) and violations:
# Fail: build a message from the violations' errors.
msg_parts: list[str] = []
for v in violations:
if not isinstance(v, dict):
continue
for err in v.get("errors", []) or []:
if not isinstance(err, dict):
continue
field = err.get("field", "")
detail = err.get("detail", "")
value = err.get("value", "")
msg_parts.append(
f"{field}: value={value!r} detail={detail}"
)
message = "; ".join(msg_parts) if msg_parts else "policy rule failed"
pcrs.append({
"contractId": contract_id,
"evaluatedAt": _iso8601_now(),
"engine": "kyverno",
"ruleId": rule_id,
"severity": severity,
"result": "fail",
"message": message,
"evidence": {
"resource": resource,
"policy": policy_name,
"rule": rule_name,
"violations": violations,
},
"resourceRef": _resource_ref(resource),
})
elif isinstance(error_str, str) and error_str:
# Policy-evaluation error (e.g. bad JMESPath).
pcrs.append({
"contractId": contract_id,
"evaluatedAt": _iso8601_now(),
"engine": "kyverno",
"ruleId": rule_id,
"severity": severity,
"result": "error",
"message": error_str,
"evidence": {
"resource": resource,
"policy": policy_name,
"rule": rule_name,
},
"resourceRef": _resource_ref(resource),
})
else:
# Pass: no violations, no error.
pcrs.append({
"contractId": contract_id,
"evaluatedAt": _iso8601_now(),
"engine": "kyverno",
"ruleId": rule_id,
"severity": severity,
"result": "pass",
"message": "",
"evidence": {
"resource": resource,
"policy": policy_name,
"rule": rule_name,
},
"resourceRef": _resource_ref(resource),
})
if not pcrs:
pcrs.append(_no_results_pass(contract_id))
return pcrs
def _resource_ref(resource: Any) -> str:
"""Best-effort resource ref from the evaluated payload."""
if isinstance(resource, dict):
for key in ("id", "name", "address"):
v = resource.get(key)
if isinstance(v, str) and v:
return v
return ""
# --- Legacy _to_pcr kept for the existing TestToPcr unit tests ---
# (test_kyverno_json_engine.py::TestToPcr constructs flat `entry`
# dicts with `policy`/`rule`/`result`/`message`/`resource` keys and
# asserts the translated PCR shape. The production _translate path no
# longer calls this helper — it inlines the translation against the
# real kj v0.0.3 nested output — but the unit tests pin the helper's
# contract, so it stays.)
def _to_pcr(entry: dict, contract_id: str, severity: str) -> dict:
"""Translate a flat kyverno-json scan result entry to a PCR dict.
Legacy shape (kept for unit-test backwards compatibility): the
entry is a flat dict with ``policy``/``rule``/``result``/``message``/
``resource`` string keys. The production ``_translate`` path no
longer calls this — it inlines translation against the real kj
v0.0.3 nested ``resource``+``results``+``rules`` shape — but the
``TestToPcr`` unit tests pin this contract.
"""
policy_name = entry.get("policy", "") or "UNKNOWN"
rule_name = entry.get("rule", "") or ""
rule_id = f"KJ_{policy_name}"
if rule_name:
rule_id = f"{rule_id}/{rule_name}"
result_raw = entry.get("result", "skip")
result = RESULT_MAP.get(str(result_raw).lower(), "error")
message = entry.get("message", "") or ""
resource = entry.get("resource", "")
if not resource and entry.get("name"):
kind = entry.get("kind", "")
ns = entry.get("namespace", "")
resource = f"{kind}/{ns}/{entry.get('name')}" if kind else entry.get("name", "")
return {
"contractId": contract_id,
"evaluatedAt": _iso8601_now(),
"engine": "kyverno",
"ruleId": rule_id,
"severity": severity,
"result": result,
"message": message,
"evidence": {
"resource": resource,
"policy": policy_name,
"rule": rule_name,
"namespace": entry.get("namespace", ""),
"kind": entry.get("kind", ""),
"name": entry.get("name", ""),
},
"resourceRef": resource,
}
if __name__ == "__main__":
if len(sys.argv) < 4:
print(
"usage: kyverno_json_engine.py <payload.json> <policy_dir> <contract-id>",
file=sys.stderr,
)
sys.exit(2)
with open(sys.argv[1], "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
pl = json.load(fh)
engine = KyvernoJsonEngine()
out = engine.evaluate(pl, Path(sys.argv[2]), sys.argv[3])
print(json.dumps(out, indent=2))