fix(agent): reject AI/session attribution in commits and PRs - #672
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Adds a fail-closed attribution guard: check-commit-attribution.mjs (shared pattern module + CLI), a commit-msg hook, a pre-push scan of outgoing commits, and a Verified-Signatures CI step that checks the commit range and PR title/body (event JSON parsed in Node, never shell-interpolated). Codifies the rule in AGENTS.md.
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Reviewer's GuideThis PR implements layered attribution enforcement: a shared pattern checker feeds commit-msg and pre-push hooks, while CI independently scans introduced commits and PR title/body text; documentation and tests codify the policy and validate both rejected attribution forms and allowed technical prose. Sequence diagram for commit attribution checks before pushsequenceDiagram
participant Developer
participant Git
participant PrePush as pre-push hook
participant Verify as verify-attribution.mjs
participant Core as signing-core.mjs
participant Checker as checkAttributionText()
Developer->>Git: git push
Git->>PrePush: pre-push updates
PrePush->>Verify: run with evidence file
Verify->>Core: checkAttributionForOutgoingUpdates()
Core->>Core: introducedCommits()
loop each outgoing commit
Core->>Core: checkCommitAttribution(sha)
Core->>Checker: checkAttributionText(message)
end
alt forbidden pattern found
Checker-->>Verify: ok false, matches
Verify-->>Git: reject push
else all commits clean
Checker-->>Verify: ok true
Verify-->>Git: continue push checks
end
Sequence diagram for CI commit and PR text attribution checkssequenceDiagram
participant GitHub
participant CI as Verified Signatures job
participant CommitChecker as check-commit-attribution.mjs
participant PRChecker as check-pr-text-attribution.mjs
participant Event as GITHUB_EVENT_PATH
participant Checker as checkAttributionText()
GitHub->>CI: trigger workflow
CI->>CommitChecker: check base..head range
CommitChecker->>Checker: checkAttributionText(commit message)
alt pull_request event
CI->>PRChecker: check PR text
PRChecker->>Event: readFileSync(event path)
Event-->>PRChecker: title and body JSON
PRChecker->>Checker: checkAttributionText(title/body)
end
alt forbidden pattern found
Checker-->>CI: failure with matching patterns
CI-->>GitHub: fail verification job
else text is clean
Checker-->>CI: ok
CI-->>GitHub: pass verification job
end
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds shared attribution checks for commit messages, tags, pre-push updates, pull request text, and CI. It adds local hooks, fail-closed Git checks, separate pull request text validation, policy documentation, and updated test metrics. ChangesAttribution enforcement
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The attribution enforcement is not ready to merge because a pushed tag can substitute the validators intended to inspect it, and nested annotated tags can still evade complete inspection. This could allow prohibited attribution or invalid signatures through the new tag gate. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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participant AttributionChecker
Developer->>CommitMsgHook: create commit
CommitMsgHook->>AttributionChecker: check commit message
Developer->>PrePushHook: push updates
PrePushHook->>SigningCore: check outgoing commits or tags
SigningCore->>AttributionChecker: check attribution
CI->>AttributionChecker: check commits, tags, or pull request text
AttributionChecker-->>CommitMsgHook: allow or reject
AttributionChecker-->>PrePushHook: allow or reject
AttributionChecker-->>CI: pass or fail
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Review Summary
This PR introduces comprehensive AI/session attribution rejection for commits and PRs. The implementation is mechanically sound with multi-layered enforcement (commit-msg hook, pre-push, and CI), but contains 6 critical defects that must be fixed before merge.
Critical Issues Requiring Fix
Security & Logic Errors:
- Command injection vulnerability in
checkRange()- SHA from git output used without validation - Missing argument validation in
--fileand--messagemodes causing incorrect behavior - Missing error handling for file reads in 3 locations causing crashes instead of proper error reporting
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The pattern-based detection approach is solid with proper anchoring to avoid false positives. Test coverage is comprehensive with both positive and negative cases. CI integration correctly enforces policy at multiple checkpoints.
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In @.github/workflows/ci.yml:
- Around line 265-267: Update the base-SHA validation branch in the workflow so
an empty, all-zero, or nonexistent BASE does not exit successfully; instead fail
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before continuing. Preserve normal diff processing when BASE is valid.
In `@AGENTS.md`:
- Around line 85-89: Update the attribution policy documentation to distinguish
manual maintainer-authored review-comment requirements from automated
enforcement: specify that automated checks cover commit messages and PR
titles/bodies only, while PR comments and review replies are outside automated
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In `@scripts/check-commit-attribution.mjs`:
- Around line 57-59: Validate that both --message and --file have a following
argument before passing it to checkAttributionText or readFileSync. When either
option lacks a value, print the existing usage error and exit with status 2;
otherwise preserve the current attribution-checking behavior.
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- Line 730: Update the tag-handling branch in the push validation flow around
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annotated tag contents for prohibited attribution and validate any newly
introduced target commits not reachable from existing remote refs before
allowing the push.
- Line 710: Update the commit-message retrieval in checkAttributionText to use
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empty gitOutput result as clean; preserve the caller’s existing error handling
so the attribution check rejects the update.
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Fail closed on an unreadable commit/tag instead of treating gitOutput's empty-string failure as clean; validate tag annotations too, not just branch commits; flatten main()'s nesting; validate --file/--message have a following value; wrap readFileSync in try/catch; fix the claude.com regex to also match a direct /session_ segment; fail the CI step closed when no usable base SHA exists instead of skipping; and clarify in AGENTS.md that PR comments/replies are a manual policy, not covered by the automated checker.
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Run the base-ref copy of the checker on PRs (a PR can no longer weaken the check that grades it, matching check-pr-size.mjs's precedent); split PR title/body checking into a separate, cheap workflow that also runs on title/body edits, without re-triggering the full CI pipeline; match the generated-by footer without requiring the emoji prefix; flatten main()'s remaining nested dispatch; and update the three docs that still instructed the now-forbidden GitHub-Copilot-with-Claude trailer.
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The push-event base fallback treated every new tag's all-zero 'before' SHA as an error, which would have made every future release-tag push fail the required signatures job. Add a --tag mode that checks the tag object's own annotation AND peels to its target commit (a clean annotation could otherwise hide an attributed commit); route tag pushes to it in both the CI step and the pre-push checkTagAttribution path. Also include commit-msg in the installed-hooks diagnostic so 'pnpm run signing:doctor' stops reporting hooks as complete while the new commit-time guard is missing.
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In `@scripts/check-commit-attribution.mjs`:
- Around line 22-24: Update the forbidden attribution patterns in the commit
attribution checker to match Anthropic as well as Claude for both co-author
lines and generated-footer text. Add direct-text and CLI regression cases
covering Anthropic attribution, while preserving existing Claude detection
behavior.
- Around line 51-52: Update the tag-checking flow around checkTagAndTarget to
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- Line 723: Update the tag validation flow around the tag target-type check so
annotated tags targeting other tags are recursively validated through every
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Resolve the actual tag object SHA via git rev-parse instead of passing the dereferenced commit SHA from github.sha — the tag annotation itself was never being checked on a normal release-tag push. Use $GITHUB_REF instead of interpolating the github.ref expression directly into a Bash test (template-injection pattern flagged by SAST). Extend the co-author and generated-by patterns to also match Anthropic, per AGENTS.md's own Claude/Anthropic wording.
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…nstruction The bare noreply@anthropic.com match rejected legitimate prose that merely discussed the address (e.g. documenting this guard); anchor it to a Co-Authored-By/Signed-off-by trailer line instead. KIMI-INSTRUCT.md still actively instructed appending a Kimi co-author trailer, an active contradiction of the same class already fixed for the GitHub-Copilot-with-Claude instruction.
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Prose discussing or quoting the rejected footer text (e.g. this PR's own commit messages) was matched as if it were the footer itself. Require the line to end shortly after the product name (plain or as a markdown link) instead of allowing arbitrary trailing text.
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Purpose
Enforce, mechanically, that no commit message, PR title/body, or tag introduces AI/model/tool
attribution (
Co-Authored-By: Claude,Claude-Session:trailers, session URLs, "Generated withClaude Code" footers). This repo's established convention is clean, purely technical commit/PR
text — see AGENTS.md.
Scope
scripts/check-commit-attribution.mjs— shared pattern list +checkAttributionText(), plus aCLI (
--file,--message, or<base> <head>range mode).scripts/hooks/commit-msg.mjs+simple-git-hookswiring — rejects a bad commit before it'screated.
scripts/signing/verify-attribution.mjs(+ two new exports insigning-core.mjs) — scansevery outgoing commit during
pre-push, independent of whether the commit-msg hook isinstalled.
.github/workflows/ci.yml(🔏 Verified Signaturesjob) — CI-side backstop: checks the PR'scommit range plus its title/body (event JSON parsed in Node — never shell-interpolated).
AGENTS.md— one concise rule in the commit/PR section.tests/unit/tooling/checkCommitAttribution.test.ts— 9 cases: clean commit, bothCo-Authored-Bycasings,Claude-Session, the generated-by footer, the GitHub-Copilot-with-Claude form, and two legitimate-prose negatives ("Claude provider", "Anthropic API").
Non-goals
mainis left asimmutable residue).
behavioral rule (never append these footers), since a commit-msg hook can't reach that surface.
Validation
pnpm exec vitest run tests/unit/tooling/checkCommitAttribution.test.ts tests/unit/signing.test.ts— 77/77 pass, no regressions in the existing signing suite.pnpm run ci:prepush— clean.Summary by Sourcery
Enforce clean, attribution-free commit, tag, and pull request text through local hooks, pre-push validation, and CI checks.
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Enforces the repo rule that commits, tags, and PR titles/bodies never carry AI/model/session attribution (e.g.,
Co-Authored-By: ClaudeorClaude-Session:trailers) via acommit-msghook, a pre-push scan, and CI.scripts/check-commit-attribution.mjsused by hook, pre-push, and CI; patterns cover Anthropic as well as Claude, and thenoreply@anthropic.comand generated-by matches are anchored so prose merely discussing them passes.git rev-parseso the annotation itself is actually checked.$GITHUB_REFinstead of interpolating expressions into Bash.commit-msgis added to thesigning:doctorhooks diagnostic; historical commits onmainare not rewritten, and review comments stay manual policy.Written for commit 066cfb6. Summary will update on new commits.
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