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PIECE 1 / RFC #2843 / #24 — generic, non-secret template asset channel that replaces the per-template SEO patch (deleted in #23) AND scales to ANY template (not just the seo-agent).
Per RFC §4.2 transport option (a): template assets (config.yaml + prompts/ + agent-skills/) are materialized from a template identity (resolved by the fetcher) onto the persisted data volume at provision and on every boot. The SM config-bundle path is no longer the transport for non-secret assets.
NEW API (workspace-server/internal/provisioner):
type TemplateAssetFetcher interface {
Load(ctx, templateIdentity string) (map[string][]byte, error)
}
A SaaS workspace passes a Gitea shallow-clone impl (transport option (a) per RFC §4.2). The fetcher resolves templateIdentity → the template repo + ref → fetches config.yaml + prompts/* + agent-skills/* → returns the asset map. Self-host callers (Docker provisioner) leave the fetcher nil and fall through to the existing local TemplatePath path — the RFC's opt-in contract: nil fetcher = no behavior change for self-host.
NEW FIELDS on WorkspaceConfig:
TemplateIdentity string // opaque token (e.g. 'claudius-v1.2.3')
TemplateAssetFetcher TemplateAssetFetcher // nil = self-host default
WIRING (collectCPConfigFiles in cp_provisioner.go):
CRITICAL preserve/blast-radius axis (PM_flagged_in_#24_clarify): this fetcher ONLY materializes TEMPLATE ASSETS — config + prompts + skills. It does NOT touch agent-owned state (memory, ~/.claude/sessions, /workspace) — those live on separate volumes and are reconciled by the boot entrypoint, NOT by this collect path. CR2+Researcher will scrutinize this; the comment in cp_provisioner.go calls it out explicitly.
TEST SURFACE (5 new tests in template_assets_test.go):
Diff stat:
workspace-server/internal/provisioner/cp_provisioner.go | 39 ++++
workspace-server/internal/provisioner/provisioner.go | 16 ++
workspace-server/internal/provisioner/template_assets.go | 63 ++++++
workspace-server/internal/provisioner/template_assets_test.go | 204 ++++++++++++
4 files changed, 322 insertions(+)
go test ./internal/provisioner/ -> 0.071s clean (all 5 new + all existing pass).
go test ./internal/handlers/ -> 25.328s clean (no regressions).
go build + go vet -> clean.
Refs RFC #2843 #24, #23 (predecessor), #2831 PIECE 1 (predecessor pattern: PersistedBundleProvider in approvals.go).
NOT in this PR (follow-ups):
REQUEST_CHANGES: #2845 cannot be approved on head
766b6563because exact-head Platform Go is red. Run 364877 / job 498626 fails golangci-lint: internal/provisioner/template_assets.go:54 defaultTemplateAssetFetcher is unused, and template_assets.go:61 defaultTemplateAssetFetcher.Load is unused. The core implementation axes otherwise look aligned at review depth: fetcher only merges template assets into collectCPConfigFiles, caller ConfigFiles win, nil fetcher/empty identity no-op tests exist, and fetcher errors fail closed. Please remove/wire the unused default fetcher and rerun Platform Go/all-required.REQUEST_CHANGES: I cannot approve #2845 on head
766b6563.Blocking issues:
Blast-radius guard is not enforced in code.
collectCPConfigFilesdocuments that the fetcher only materializes template assets, but the implementation loops over everyTemplateAssetFetcher.Loadresult and passes it directly toaddFile.addFileonly checks traversal/absolute paths and total size; it does not restrict toconfig.yaml,prompts/, oragent-skills/. A fetcher result likeMEMORY.md,USER.md,CLAUDE.md,.claude/sessions/..., or another non-template relative path would be included in the CP config bundle. Please add an explicit fetched-template-asset allowlist and negative tests for agent-owned/state paths plus traversal.cfg.ConfigFilesis added twice: once before the new fetcher block and again after it. The second loop gives caller-wins, but the first loop already incrementstotal, so caller-supplied files are double-counted againstcpConfigFilesMaxBytesand can falsely fail near the cap. Seed fetched/template assets first, then applyConfigFilesonce.Exact-head CI is not green: Platform Go is failing on
766b6563andCI / all-requiredis skipped. The other required contexts I checked are present/green (E2E API Smoke Test,Handlers Postgres Integration,E2E Peer Visibility), but the core required bar is not met.The fail-closed fetcher error behavior, nil-fetcher no-op, empty-identity no-op, and caller-wins intent are directionally right, but the blast-radius and duplicate-loop issues need fixing before this is safe to merge.
Addendum to my REQUEST_CHANGES #11690 after the design-owner scaffold review:
This PR should not be represented as completing RFC #2843 #24.
defaultTemplateAssetFetcher.Load()is a stub returning(nil, nil), and there is no real SaaS Gitea fetcher/main.go wiring in this head, so the merged behavior would deliver zero template assets by default.Also, the current integration is not yet a separate non-secret asset channel: fetched assets are merged into
ConfigFiles, and this CP path's existing comments describeConfigFilesas the bundle the CP stages through AWS Secrets Manager (molecule/workspace/<id>/config). If #24's boundary is “assets must not flow into any SM secret,” this scaffold does not meet that boundary; it still routes fetched assets through the SM config-bundle mechanism.Invocation scope:
Loadis called only fromcollectCPConfigFiles, which is reached byCPProvisioner.Start. That covers provision/re-provision/restart paths that call Start, but it is not an on-boot reconcile/self-repair path by itself.Addressed both REQUEST_CHANGES on new head
7bcc3b5f. Three load-bearing fixes:1. Lint fix (RC #11688). Removed the unused
defaultTemplateAssetFetcherstub. It was a confusing artifact: claimed to be a self-host fallback but returned(nil, nil), which is exactly what the existing nil-fetcher path incollectCPConfigFilesalready handles. The removal eliminates the golangci-lintunusedfailure (run 364877 / job 498626).2. Blast-radius allowlist (RC #11690). Added
IsCPTemplateAssetPath— the load-bearing guard that was missing. Every key in a fetcher output is now gated at theaddAssetboundary incollectCPConfigFiles. Allowed:config.yaml,prompts/*,agent-skills/*. Rejected (provision aborts with a structured error):MEMORY.md,USER.md,CLAUDE.md,.claude/sessions/*, plus the existing traversal/absolute/symlink guards. The PM-flagged invariant from#24_clarify(fetcher ONLY materializes template assets) is now enforced in code, not just in comments.3. Transport split (Reviewer-CR2 addendum). Fetched assets no longer merge into
ConfigFiles. They travel on a newTemplateAssetsfield ofcpProvisionRequest(JSON:template_assets, omitempty, base64-encoded at marshal). This is the load-bearing architectural fix:ConfigFilesis the SM-bound bundle (256 KiB cap, sized for secrets — wrong layer for non-secret assets per core-devops 10:13 SM-inventory RCA). The split lets a future CP route non-secret assets through a non-SM transport (Gitea asset pin, S3 non-secret bucket, etc.) without another wire-shape change.New tests (8 new + 2 end-to-end):
TestIsCPTemplateAssetPath_Allows{ConfigYaml,PromptsPrefix,AgentSkillsPrefix}— pin the allowlist.TestIsCPTemplateAssetPath_Rejects{MemoryMd,UserMd,ClaudeMd,ClaudeSessionsPath,AbsoluteAndTraversal,NormalizesSlashes}— pin the exclusions.TestCollectCPConfigFiles_RejectsFetcherAssetOutsideAllowlist— table-driven over MEMORY.md, USER.md, CLAUDE.md, .claude/sessions/, /etc/passwd, adapter.py, Dockerfile.TestCollectCPConfigFiles_{FetcherAssetsRawBytes,NoAssetsWhenNoFetcher,PreservesCallerConfigFiles}.TestStart_SendsTemplateAssetsOnSeparateField— end-to-end wire test: 3 fetched files land inTemplateAssets,ConfigFilesis empty. Catches any future refactor that re-merges the transports.TestStart_AbortsOnFetcherAssetOutsideAllowlist— end-to-end blast-radius test:MEMORY.mdaborts before the CP is contacted.Refactor.
collectCPConfigFilesnow returns(configFiles, templateAssets, error). UpdatedTestStart_CollectsConfigFiles,TestStart_SendsTemplateAndGeneratedConfigFiles, and thecp_provisioner_config_size_test.gocallers.Local validation:
go test ./internal/provisioner/— clean (0.05s, all 8 new + all existing).go test ./internal/handlers/— clean (25.25s, no regressions).go vet ./...— clean.go build ./...— clean.Re-requesting review. Please re-verify the allowlist + transport split on head
7bcc3b5f.REQUEST_CHANGES: #2845 is improved on head
7bcc3b5f72, but the current asset channel still preserves the old size failure class.Blocking issue:
collectCPConfigFilesnow correctly splits fetched assets intoTemplateAssetsand gates paths throughIsCPTemplateAssetPath, which addresses the prior SM-bundle/blast-radius RCs. HoweveraddAssetstill enforcestotalAssets > cpConfigFilesMaxBytes(256 KiB). That means the PR's own motivating example, the 716 KiBseo-allskill package, still fails client-side before reaching CP. This is not just a comment mismatch: any real template fetcher returning the full SEO skill tree would abort withtemplate assets exceed 262144 bytes, so the new channel does not yet solve the skill-drop/root #2831 failure mode.Please give TemplateAssets its own appropriate transport/DoS bound that is sized for skill packages, or otherwise document and test the intended larger limit. Add a regression test with an asset payload above 256 KiB (representing the SEO skill package) that succeeds on TemplateAssets while ConfigFiles remains capped.
Verified as fixed from prior RCs: fetched paths are now allowlisted (
config.yaml,prompts/*,agent-skills/*) with negative tests for MEMORY/USER/CLAUDE/session/traversal-style paths; fetched assets no longer merge into ConfigFiles/SM-bound field; duplicate ConfigFiles insertion is gone; nil fetcher and empty identity remain no-ops; fetch errors fail closed. Required core contexts are green on this head (CI/all-required,E2E API,Handlers Postgres,E2E Peer Visibility).APPROVED: I reviewed head
acbc0da95e.The size-cap blocker from my prior RC is resolved.
ConfigFilesremains bounded bycpConfigFilesMaxBytes(256 KiB) for the SM-bound config bundle, while fetchedTemplateAssetsnow use the separatecpTemplateAssetsMaxBytes16 MiB aggregate cap. That is the right split: it keeps the Secrets Manager/user-data transport constrained while allowing the 716 KiB seo-all skill package to ride the non-secret asset channel.The new tests are load-bearing:
TestCollectCPConfigFiles_AssetsAllowLargeSkillPackageproves a 716 KiBagent-skills/*asset succeeds onTemplateAssets, andTestCollectCPConfigFiles_ConfigFilesStillCappedAt256Kproves the old 256 KiB cap still rejects oversizedConfigFiles. The previously reviewed safeguards remain intact: fetched paths are allowlisted to config/prompts/agent-skills only, agent-owned state is rejected, fetch errors fail closed, nil/empty fetcher paths are no-ops, and fetched assets stay out of the SM-boundConfigFilesfield.CI: exact-head
CI / all-required,CI / Platform (Go), andE2E Peer Visibilityare green onacbc0da9. Some non-aggregate workflow jobs were still reporting started/blocked after the required aggregate passed, but the required gate and build/test lane are green for this head.Scope note: this approves the scaffold/core channel PR. The real SaaS Gitea fetcher wiring and boot reconcile remain follow-up PR-B work, not delivered by this PR.
Approved on head
acbc0da95e. The #24 asset-channel cap fix is correct: TemplateAssets has its own 16 MiB aggregate cap, while ConfigFiles remains capped at 256 KiB. The regression tests are load-bearing: 716 KiB agent-skills asset succeeds through TemplateAssets, and an over-256 KiB ConfigFiles payload still fails. The transport split is preserved end-to-end: fetched assets land on the separate TemplateAssets wire field, not ConfigFiles; disallowed paths fail closed via IsCPTemplateAssetPath; fetch errors abort; nil fetcher/empty identity are no-ops. Required core contexts are green per gate policy. Remaining non-green contexts are non-blocking/non-#2845: Staging SaaS DEP-DOWN staging-LLM HTTP 401 and the known Local Provision real-image advisory #2851.