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Summary

Emergency security fixes from the audit (July 2026). 5 changes, all low-effort, high-impact.

Changes

  • Generic error responses - replaced str(exc) with generic messages in all API error returns. Full exceptions logged server-side only.
  • Non-root Docker user - added USER agent to Dockerfile.
  • Request size limits - added max_length to all request schema string fields (message: 65KB, IDs: 128 chars).
  • Default host 127.0.0.1 - changed --host default from 0.0.0.0 to 127.0.0.1 in both servers.
  • Docker Compose - added docker-compose.yml with engine (8090) and manager (8100) services, SQLite volume, health checks.

Files Changed

  • src/agent_engine/api/app.py - Generic error responses + request max_length
  • src/agent_manager/api/routes.py - Generic error responses
  • src/agent_manager/api/schemas.py - Request max_length constraints
  • src/agentctl/main.py - Default host to 127.0.0.1
  • src/agent_manager/config.py - Default host to 127.0.0.1
  • Dockerfile - Non-root USER agent
  • docker-compose.yml - New two-service compose setup
  • docs/SECURITY_SPRINTS.md - New 4-sprint remediation plan
  • tests/e2e/test_sprint0.py - New 22 e2e verification tests

Verification

  • 22/22 e2e tests pass
  • All modified Python files parse cleanly
  • docker-compose.yml structure validated

Related

  • docs/SECURITY_SPRINTS.md - full audit + sprint plan

…quest limits, localhost default

- Replace str(exc) with generic 'internal server error' in all API error responses (agent_engine/api/app.py, agent_manager/api/routes.py)
- Add non-root USER agent to Dockerfile
- Add Pydantic max_length constraints to all request schema string fields
- Default --host to 127.0.0.1 in agentctl serve and agent_manager config
- Add docker-compose.yml with engine (8090) and manager (8100) services, SQLite volume, health checks
- Add tests/e2e/test_sprint0.py — 22 tests verifying all Sprint 0 fixes
- Add docs/SECURITY_SPRINTS.md — remediation plan from security audit
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Asaf-prog self-requested a review July 22, 2026 19:30
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Comment thread src/agent_engine/api/app.py
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Comment thread tests/test_sprint0_static_checks.py
Comment thread src/agent_manager/api/routes.py
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Dockerfile /workspace doesn't exist at chown time (Comment #3633257354)

Good catch fixed. Added RUN mkdir -p /workspace before the chown in commit 48952ce.

app.py exceptions swallowed without logging (Comment #3633310180)

Added logger.exception() before the generic error response in �gent_manager/api/routes.py. Both the sync and streaming error paths now log the full traceback server-side while returning a generic message to the client. �gent_engine/api/app.py already had this it was only missing in
outes.py.

schemas.py message limits should derive from LLM context window (Comment #3633324735)

Agreed. The max_length=65536 here is defense-in-depth at the Pydantic layer, not a substitute for proper context-window-aware limits. This should be wired to context_max_tokens / context_max_chars from Settings. Tagging for Sprint 2.

Tests are static source checks, not e2e (Comment #3633330987)

Renamed to ests/test_sprint0_static_checks.py with a clarifying docstring. These are source-level pattern checks, not integration tests.

Dockerfile did you run locally? Does entrypoint.sh work? (Comment #3633342557)

The dev environment has Python 3.10 cannot build the Docker image locally (requires 3.11). The docker build needs to be tested in CI or on a machine with Docker + Python 3.11. The USER agent directive is standard non-root practice; entrypoint.sh uses chmod +x which runs as root before USER agent is set.

schemas.py Field(max_length) is not a true HTTP body size limit (Comment #3633352075)

Correct. This is defense-in-depth at the Pydantic layer. True HTTP body size limits should be enforced at the ASGI/proxy layer. Tagging for Sprint 2 in docs/SECURITY_SPRINTS.md.

routes.py must log the error (Comment #3633359098)

Fixed. Added logger.exception() before both generic error responses in
outes.py.

docker-compose.yml services unreachable due to 127.0.0.1 (Comment #3633397149)

Reverted the CLI/config defaults back to 0.0.0.0. Compose now explicitly passes --host 0.0.0.0 inside containers. Host-side ports are bound to 127.0.0.1:port:port for local-only access.

main.py reconsider 127.0.0.1 default bind address (Comment #3633414669)

Reverted. Default is back to 0.0.0.0. Network security is controlled by the container platform, not the application bind address.

docker-compose.yml comprehensive review (Comment #3633441163)

All points addressed:

  1. Containers now pass --host 0.0.0.0 explicitly.
  2. Ports bound to 127.0.0.1:port:port.
  3. SQLite volume removed not part of the deployment model.
  4. Health checks updated to use 127.0.0.1 inside containers.

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the manager still defaults to sqlite+aiosqlite:///chat.db and runs migrations on startup. Since /workspace is mounted as read-only, it will attempt to create /workspace/chat.db and fail unless an external database URL is explicitly provided.

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This does not match the current architecture.

Extra does not currently provide an API authentication plugin. The AccessResolver performs authorization after a verified caller identity has already been supplied; it does not validate API keys or JWTs at the HTTP boundary.

This should explain that authentication is handled by the client gateway, host application, or API middleware, and that the verified identity/context is then passed to Extra for access-control decisions.
It can be done by the corporate using the hooks feature.
When the user decides to invoke functionality because of a specific activity (like every request), he can make logic that makes the authentication and change in the YAML the error level (instead of warning)

Comment thread SECURITY.md
| YAML secret scanning | Rejects literal secrets and credential shapes; only variable references are allowed |
| Non-root Docker user | Container runs as `agent` user, not root |
| CORS default deny | Empty allowed origins list by default; must be explicitly configured |
| Request size limits | Pydantic `max_length` on all string fields in request schemas |

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This should be described as request-field length validation, not as a complete HTTP request-size limit.

Pydantic validates the field only after the request body has already been read and parsed. It is also not currently applied to all request string fields, for example ApprovalDecisionRequest.user_id and ApprovalDecisionBody.decision.

Comment thread docs/SECURITY_SPRINTS.md
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# Security Sprints

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Do we need commit this file? if we handle only sprint 0 now, and have more gaps, you can open an issue for other or just create fix PR :)

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# Security Policy

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Remove this file from the commit

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