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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 ba3fe09954 fix(evals): name why a private evidence transfer refused, without its text (#19908)
## Thinking Path

- Paid chat evals retain their evidence through a trusted transfer
(`tests/runner-e2e/manual-private-transfer.ts`) that runs from master,
separate from the target checkout.
- When the transfer refuses an attempt, it prints one fixed line,
"Restricted manual evidence operation failed; no public fallback", and
keeps nothing. The closed diagnostic on the target side cannot see this
step either.
- So a refused attempt leaves no evidence and no reason.
`runs-adapters.inspect-failed-run` lost three attempts in a row this
way, and `goals.create-goal-tree` lost one; nobody could tell which
check refused.
- This change keeps the privacy rule (no message text in public logs)
but names the refusal with a closed code.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened**

A paid chat-eval attempt whose private evidence the trusted transfer
refused printed only "Restricted manual evidence operation failed; no
public fallback". The receipt showed `attemptedSourceBytes: 0` and
`transfer.status: failed_or_unknown`, and no evidence was kept, so the
reason was unknowable. `runs-adapters.inspect-failed-run` lost three
consecutive attempts this way.

**Expected behavior**

A refused transfer still keeps message text private, but names which
check refused it with a closed code, so the attempt can be diagnosed.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Dispatch `runner-full-stack-e2e.yml` manually for a chat cell whose
private evidence fails transfer validation.
2. Open the "Retain complete approved manual originals" step log: it
shows the single fixed failure line with no reason.

## What Changed

- New `tests/runner-e2e/private-refusal-code.ts`:
`privateRefusalCode(error)` returns a slug of the message only when it
is a fixed literal `new Error("...")` in the trusted evidence modules
(transfer, handoff, retention, report assets, history, framework report,
history budget, evidence, redaction). Otherwise it returns `fs-<code>`
for Node error codes, `error-type-<Name>` for typed errors,
`non-error-thrown`, or `dynamic`. Message text is never returned.
- `manual-private-transfer.ts`: the failure line now includes `(refusal:
<code>)`.
- Tests: fixed literals are named; dynamic, filesystem, typed and
non-error throws never leak their text.

## Verification

- `pnpm exec vitest run --config tests/runner-e2e/vitest.config.ts
tests/runner-e2e/private-refusal-code.test.ts
tests/runner-e2e/manual-private-transfer.test.ts`: 15 passed.
- `npx tsc --noEmit -p tests/runner-e2e`: clean.
- The three files the transfer requires to match between trusted and
target checkouts (`manual-private-handoff.ts`,
`manual-private-retention.ts`, `manual-private-report-assets.ts`) are
unchanged.

## Risks

- The public log line gains a code. Codes are either fixed literal
messages (already public in this repository's source), Node error codes,
or error type names. Dynamic messages, which can contain paths, are
reported only as `dynamic`.
- Reading the module sources once at failure time adds a small file read
on the error path only.

## Model Used

Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), via Claude Code, with
tool use (shell, file editing).

## Checklist

- [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context
to this change
- [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability
details)
- [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate
planned core work
- [x] I have searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and linked
them above
- [x] I have either (a) linked existing issues with `Fixes: #` / `Closes
#` / `Refs #` OR (b) described the issue in-PR following the relevant
issue template
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links (only public GitHub `#NNN` / `github.com/paperclipai/paperclip`
URLs)
- [x] My branch name describes the change (e.g. `docs/...`, `fix/...`)
and contains no internal Paperclip ticket id or instance-derived details
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [ ] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [ ] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-07 16:28:03 -06:00

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import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
import { expect, it } from "vitest";
import { fixedRefusalMessages, privateRefusalCode, PRIVATE_REFUSAL_MODULES } from "./private-refusal-code.js";
it("names only fixed literal refusals from the trusted evidence modules", () => {
const fixed = fixedRefusalMessages();
expect(fixed.has("Contaminated private evidence cannot be uploaded")).toBe(true);
expect(fixed.has("Original evidence byte accounting changed")).toBe(true);
expect(privateRefusalCode(new Error("Contaminated private evidence cannot be uploaded"))).toBe("contaminated-private-evidence-cannot-be-uploaded");
});
it("never returns the text of a dynamic or system message", () => {
const leaked = "/home/runner/_work/private/secret-token-abc";
expect(privateRefusalCode(new Error(`Secret leak in ${leaked}`))).toBe("dynamic");
expect(privateRefusalCode(Object.assign(new Error(`ENOENT: no such file, open '${leaked}'`), { code: "ENOENT" }))).toBe("fs-ENOENT");
expect(privateRefusalCode(new TypeError(`bad ${leaked}`))).toBe("error-type-TypeError");
expect(privateRefusalCode(leaked)).toBe("non-error-thrown");
for (const value of [new Error(`x ${leaked}`), new TypeError(leaked), leaked]) expect(privateRefusalCode(value)).not.toContain("secret");
});
it("names refusals from the dispatch-authority and admission modules the transfer calls", () => {
const fixed = fixedRefusalMessages();
for (const file of ["manual-dispatch-authority.ts", "testops-chat-admission.ts"]) {
const literals = [...readFileSync(new URL(`./${file}`, import.meta.url), "utf8").matchAll(/new Error\("([^"$`\\]+)"\)/g)].map(match => match[1]!);
expect(literals.length, file).toBeGreaterThan(0);
for (const message of literals) expect(privateRefusalCode(new Error(message), fixed), message).not.toBe("dynamic");
}
});
it("covers every local module the trusted transfer imports that has fixed refusals", () => {
const transfer = readFileSync(new URL("./manual-private-transfer.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
const imported = [...transfer.matchAll(/from "\.\/([a-z0-9-]+)\.js"/g)].map(match => `${match[1]}.ts`);
for (const file of imported.filter(name => name !== "private-refusal-code.ts")) {
const source = readFileSync(new URL(`./${file}`, import.meta.url), "utf8");
if (/new Error\("[^"$`\\]+"\)/.test(source)) expect(PRIVATE_REFUSAL_MODULES as readonly string[], file).toContain(file);
}
});
it("never throws while naming a refusal", () => {
const broken = new Proxy(new Set<string>(), { get() { throw new Error("read failed /private/path"); } });
expect(privateRefusalCode(new Error("x"), broken)).toBe("unnamed");
});