Ship Loop Sanity

ship-loop-sanity — security/quality gate child loop

Activation

• Standalone: /loop ship-loop-sanity
• Orchestrated: invoked by ship-loop-master every 60 min OR when sanity.state !== 'green'

Process

Step 1: Run four sanity gates in order

cd D:/Synthex

# Gate A: auth ratchet — already-built jest test, baseline VIOLATION_BASELINE = 0
npx jest --config jest.worktree.cjs tests/auth/route-coverage.test.ts

# Gate B: npm audit (production deps only)
npm audit --omit=dev --json > /tmp/sanity-audit.json
# Parse for HIGH severity count

# Gate C: parallel CLI auth-coverage script (catches mismatches with ratchet test)
npx tsx scripts/check-auth-coverage.ts

# Gate D: secret leak diff-scan (uncommitted + ahead-of-origin diff)
git diff origin/main...HEAD | grep -nE "(sk-[a-zA-Z0-9]{20,}|sk_live_[a-zA-Z0-9]{20,}|SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY=[a-zA-Z0-9]|STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=[a-zA-Z0-9]|ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=[a-zA-Z0-9])" || echo "secret_scan_clean"

Step 2: Update state

Atomic update to layers.sanity:

{
  "state": "green" | "red",
  "last_run": "<iso>",
  "retries": <int>,
  "details": {
    "auth_ratchet": { "pass": true|false, "violations": <int>, "baseline": <int> },
    "npm_audit": { "pass": true|false, "high": <int>, "moderate": <int> },
    "auth_script": { "pass": true|false, "violations": <int> },
    "secret_scan": { "pass": true|false, "leaks": ["<file:line>", ...] }
  }
}

state === 'green' IFF all four gates pass. Note for npm_audit: pass = (high === 0) only — moderates are noted but don't block.

Step 3: Recovery sub-loop on red

For each failing gate:

Gate A failed (auth ratchet)

• Recipe #7: parse stderr for "New unprotected routes detected" list
• For each: read the route, classify (admin / public / inline-supabase / other auth pattern)
• If clear pattern: wrap with withAuth from @/lib/auth/with-auth OR add prefix to EXEMPT_PREFIXES with comment
• If ambiguous: escalate to escalations.md with the route path and three options for human

Gate B failed (HIGH npm vuln introduced)

• Recipe #8: npm audit fix (non---force)
• Re-run gate; if still HIGH, escalate (likely needs --force which is a CEO-only call)

Gate C failed (script mismatch with ratchet test)

• Indicates AUTH_IMPORT_PATTERNS or EXEMPT_PREFIXES diverged between tests/auth/route-coverage.test.ts and scripts/check-auth-coverage.ts
• Diff the two files; suggest sync edit; escalate (don't auto-edit — CEO needs to confirm intent)

Gate D failed (secret leak)

• HALT IMMEDIATELY — do not retry, do not auto-fix
• Append to escalations.md as ## P0 — Secret leak detected
• The P0 will block the master loop from advancing until human clears it (per master's hard-stop logic)
• Do NOT log the matched secret value into the events file (that would defeat the purpose)

Recipe priorities for this loop

• #7 auth ratchet (Gate A) — high priority match
• #8 npm audit (Gate B) — high priority match
• Custom secret-leak P0 (Gate D) — never recipe; always escalate

Verification

• Add an unprotected route to app/api/test-route/route.ts and re-run; expect Gate A red, recipe #7 attempts wrap, escalates if pattern unclear
• Stage a fake API key string in a tracked file and re-run; expect Gate D red, P0 escalation, master halts on next tick
• Add a low-severity vuln (none should be auto-detected as HIGH but verify gate handles 0 HIGH correctly)

Out of scope

• Snyk / Trivy deeper scans (those run in CI, not the loop — noisy and slow)
• License compliance scanning (separate concern)
• Dependency update suggestions (out of scope — Renovate/Dependabot domain)