Bound stdlib file filters and define a safe symlink/file-type policy (#648)

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Summary

Bounds the stdlib file-reading filters (contents, linecount, hash, and digest) and defines one coherent symlink/file-type policy for them.

• StdlibConfig gains with_file_max_read_bytes (default 8 MiB, mirroring fetch_max_response_bytes), threaded into the path filters through a FileConfig carrier.
• All four filters open the final path component without following symlinks (O_NOFOLLOW on Unix, a pre-open symlink check on Windows), open non-blocking so a FIFO or device cannot wedge a worker, verify the opened handle is a regular file, and stream against a running byte total.
• linecount counts line terminators incrementally instead of materialising the file in a String.
• hash and digest stop digesting once the budget is exceeded; within-budget results are unchanged.
• Per-call max_bytes narrows the operator ceiling (never raises it) and a named follow_symlinks=true opt-in permits reading through a final symlink.
• Rejections surface localized InvalidOperation diagnostics naming the path and the applicable limit, never file contents; new keys ship in all 35 catalogues with RTL-catalogue translations.
• Tests cover the exact-limit boundary, one byte over, per-call narrowing and clamping, symlink rejection, the opt-in, and a FIFO fixture; docs cover defaults, limits, symlink handling, and the trust model in the users' guide, the Jinja guide, and the security audit.

Closes #648

References

• Issue: Bound stdlib file filters and define a safe symlink/file-type policy #648
• Codex finding: https://chatgpt.com/codex/cloud/security/findings/5f7edd87824c81918fa2e7dffe2957f7
• Lody session: https://lody.ai/leynos/sessions/73de8032-6dc1-4987-b24d-fc7a7d8fb0d0

Summary by Sourcery

Harden stdlib file-reading filters with bounded reads and a consistent regular-file and symlink policy.

New Features:

• Add configurable byte limits and per-call narrowing for the contents, linecount, hash, and digest filters.
• Add explicit opt-in support for following final-component symlinks.

Bug Fixes:

• Prevent unbounded or blocking file reads by rejecting over-limit inputs, symlinks by default, FIFOs, devices, and other non-regular files.
• Ensure line counting and hashing enforce read limits without exposing file contents in diagnostics.

Enhancements:

• Centralize file-reading safety policy and propagate it through stdlib configuration.
• Provide localized diagnostics for file-size and file-type policy violations across supported catalogues.

Build:

• Promote rustix to a regular dependency for file-opening safeguards.

Documentation:

• Document file-read limits, symlink handling, and the associated trust model in the users' and Jinja guides and the security audit.

Tests:

• Add coverage for read-limit boundaries, per-call clamping, symlink opt-in and rejection, and FIFO handling.

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Summary

• Bound contents, linecount, hash, and digest reads with an 8 MiB default limit.
• Support validated configuration and per-call max_bytes narrowing.
• Reject symlinks and non-regular files by default.
• Allow explicit follow_symlinks=true traversal.
• Count lines incrementally and stop hash and digest reads at the byte limit.
• Add localised diagnostics and bounded telemetry without exposing paths or contents.
• Add tests for limits, UTF-8 handling, symlinks, FIFOs, unknown keywords, and platform-specific fixtures.
• Document the policy, configuration, trust model, and migration impact.

Implement the safety requirements in issue #648.

Walkthrough

The standard-library file filters now use bounded, incremental reads. They reject symlinks and non-regular files by default, support explicit per-call limits and symlink following, add platform-specific checks, and document and test the new policy.

Changes

Bounded standard-library file reads

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Configuration and registration src/stdlib/config/*, src/stdlib/register.rs	Adds an 8 MiB default, validated configuration, FileConfig, and propagation of the configured limit into path filters.
Checked and bounded I/O src/stdlib/path/bounded_read.rs, src/stdlib/path/fs_utils.rs, src/stdlib/path/hash_utils.rs	Adds bounded chunk reads, incremental line counting, UTF-8 validation, regular-file checks, symlink controls, and bounded hashing.
Filter options, telemetry, and diagnostics src/stdlib/path/filters.rs, src/stdlib/path/read_telemetry.rs, src/localization/keys.rs, locales/*	Adds max_bytes and follow_symlinks handling, bounded telemetry, and localised diagnostics for invalid limits, oversized files, and non-regular files.
Validation and fixtures tests/std_filter_tests/*, tests/bdd/steps/stdlib/workspace.rs	Adds coverage for byte limits, UTF-8, symlinks, FIFOs, telemetry, platform support, keyword validation, and per-call limit narrowing.
Documentation and project support docs/*, .gitignore, Cargo.toml, tests/documentation_examples_tests.rs	Documents the file-reading boundary and registers examples. It also updates the filesystem dependency and ignores Hypothesis output.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Template
  participant PathFilters
  participant CheckedOpener
  participant BoundedReader
  participant Telemetry
  Template->>PathFilters: call contents, linecount, hash, or digest
  PathFilters->>CheckedOpener: apply max_bytes and follow_symlinks
  CheckedOpener-->>PathFilters: validated regular file
  PathFilters->>BoundedReader: read bounded chunks
  PathFilters->>Telemetry: record filter and outcome
  BoundedReader-->>Template: result or localised error

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Suggested labels: Issue

Priority: ➖ Normal

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 0bedc

Invalid keywords can be hidden by an unsupported encoding error in a narrow template-input case. This is bounded but should be corrected for consistent argument validation.

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❌ Failed checks (1 error, 2 warnings, 1 inconclusive)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Unit Architecture	❌ Error	The new file-reading filters are registered as read-only helpers, but each contents, linecount, hash, and digest query calls read_bounded, which calls read_telemetry::record_file_read. Tha…	Remove metrics and tracing emission from the query filter path. Make read_bounded resolve arguments, perform the fallible read, and return the result without calling record_file_read. If file-read telemetry is required, collect it at an…
Developer Documentation	⚠️ Warning	The pull request updates docs/netsuke-design.md, but the developer's guide does not document all new internal boundaries and build requirements. The change adds and wires `src/stdlib/path/read_telem…	Update docs/developers-guide.md to document the read_telemetry boundary: the counter and event names, closed filter and outcome labels, effective limit and symlink fields, one recording call per filter result, omission of paths and …
Observability	⚠️ Warning	The new file-read metric is not observable in the production binary. The filters emit netsuke_stdlib_file_read_total in read_telemetry.rs, but main.rs installs ConfigMetricsRecorder, whose unc…	Register FILE_READ_TOTAL in the production observability allow-list and admit exactly its closed filter and outcome label values. Add a bounded failure-category vocabulary, such as argument, open, file_type, limit, utf8, and…
Linked Issues check	❓ Inconclusive	Accept the implementation changes for [#648] as meeting the stated file-policy objectives. bounded_read.rs uses a fixed buffer and reads at most the remaining budget plus one sentinel byte. `linecou…	Provide the CI or command results for make check-fmt, make lint, and make test.

✅ Passed checks (11 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately summarises the main change by identifying bounded standard-library file filters and the safe symlink and file-type policy. It includes the referenced issue number (#648).
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the file-read limits, symlink and file-type policy, configuration, diagnostics, tests, telemetry, and documentation changes.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Keep the changes within [#648]. The configuration, dependency, filesystem, bounded-read, hashing, telemetry, localization, tests, fixtures, and documentation changes directly support the file-reading …
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 96.30% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 108 functions across 24 files. (33 skipped:…
Testing (Overall)	✅ Passed	Mark this check PASS. The pull request adds substantive tests for the changed behaviour: exact and over-budget boundaries for all four filters, incremental line counting, bounded consumption, UTF-8 va…
User-Facing Documentation	✅ Passed	Pass the user-facing documentation check. The users' guide documents the four affected filters, the 8 MiB default, StdlibConfig::with_file_max_read_bytes, per-call max_bytes narrowing, `follow_sym…
Module-Level Documentation	✅ Passed	Pass the module-level documentation check. Every changed Rust module file begins with //! documentation. The new bounded_read, read_telemetry, and read-policy test modules explain their purpose,…
Testing (Unit And Behavioural)	✅ Passed	Mark the testing check PASS. The PR adds unit coverage for line-count semantics, exact byte boundaries, incremental consumption, UTF-8 errors, property-based invariants, telemetry labels, and configur…
Testing (Property / Proof)	✅ Passed	The pull request introduces the required property testing for the new bounded-read invariants. src/stdlib/path/bounded_read_tests.rs adds two proptest! properties over arbitrary byte payloads, bud…
Testing (Compile-Time / Ui)	✅ Passed	Pass this check. The changed Rust code adds runtime configuration, filter, file-reading, and telemetry behaviour. It adds no compile-time API constraint, procedural macro, compile-fail diagnostic, or …
Domain Architecture	✅ Passed	Pass the Domain Architecture check. The pull request changes only the stdlib adapter boundary, its configuration carrier, localization, tests, and dependency wiring. fs_utils, bounded_read, `hash_…

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

Accept the implementation changes for [#648] as meeting the stated file-policy objectives. bounded_read.rs uses a fixed buffer and reads at most the remaining budget plus one sentinel byte. linecount counts newline bytes incrementally and no longer builds a full String. hash and digest use the bounded reader. open_file_checked rejects final symlinks by default, applies Unix non-blocking and no-follow flags, and validates the opened object as a regular file. The filters provide max_bytes narrowing, explicit follow_symlinks, localized limit and file-type errors, tests, and documentation. The available evidence does not confirm that make check-fmt, make lint, and make test passed.

Full details: Developer Documentation

Explanation

The pull request updates docs/netsuke-design.md, but the developer's guide does not document all new internal boundaries and build requirements. The change adds and wires src/stdlib/path/read_telemetry.rs and record_file_read into all four filters. The developer's guide section covers file opening, bounded reads, hashing, configuration, and platform flags, but it contains no file-read telemetry contract. The change also promotes rustix from a Unix-only dev-dependency to a regular dependency for production file-opening code, but the developer's guide does not record this requirement. The new design-document section and all 35 locale catalogues are present, and no roadmap or new execplan applies.

Resolution

Update docs/developers-guide.md to document the read_telemetry boundary: the counter and event names, closed filter and outcome labels, effective limit and symlink fields, one recording call per filter result, omission of paths and contents, one-time metric description registration, and the associated tests. Document rustix as the production dependency used for Unix non-blocking and file-status flag handling. Add FileConfig to the configuration propagation description so the internal carrier is explicit.

Full details: Unit Architecture

Explanation

The new file-reading filters are registered as read-only helpers, but each contents, linecount, hash, and digest query calls read_bounded, which calls read_telemetry::record_file_read. That function mutates the metrics recorder with counter!(...).increment(1) and emits a tracing::debug! event. These are externally visible observability side-effects on every file query, including rejected reads. The change introduced this path; the base filters only performed the explicit, fallible file operation and returned its Result.

Resolution

Remove metrics and tracing emission from the query filter path. Make read_bounded resolve arguments, perform the fallible read, and return the result without calling record_file_read. If file-read telemetry is required, collect it at an explicit command or application boundary through an injected observer, and test that boundary separately. Do not use global metrics or tracing directly inside the read query unit.

Full details: Observability

Explanation

The new file-read metric is not observable in the production binary. The filters emit netsuke_stdlib_file_read_total in read_telemetry.rs, but main.rs installs ConfigMetricsRecorder, whose unchanged accepts_name and accepts_counter_registration allow-lists do not include this metric. Its forward method therefore returns Counter::noop, so only local tests record the counter. The new telemetry also misses new argument-validation failures: path_call_limits and kwargs.assert_all_used() return before record_file_read, and read_contents bypasses it for unsupported encodings. Rejected reads expose only outcome="rejected"; they do not expose a bounded error category. The change also adds no duration metric or tracing span for the new filesystem operation, although it changes storage-read latency and resource consumption.

Resolution

Register FILE_READ_TOTAL in the production observability allow-list and admit exactly its closed filter and outcome label values. Add a bounded failure-category vocabulary, such as argument, open, file_type, limit, utf8, and read, and record the category at every new failure boundary without recording paths or contents. Route keyword-resolution failures through the same telemetry boundary. Add a filesystem-read span with the filter, effective limit, symlink policy, outcome, and bounded error category, and record a duration metric if the application observability contract requires latency diagnostics. Extend production-recorder and failure-path tests to prove that these signals survive the real recorder.

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_{Bounded bytes march in a file,
Symlinks wait outside the aisle,
Lines are counted, chunks stay small,
Safe diagnostics cover all,
Tests make every boundary clear,
Localised messages draw near.}

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Reviewer's Guide

The PR adds a configurable, streaming byte budget and safe final-entry policy to the contents, linecount, hash, and digest filters, propagates that policy through stdlib configuration, validates symlink and file types during opens, and backs the behavior with localized diagnostics, documentation, and cross-platform/end-to-end tests.

Sequence diagram for bounded safe file filter reads

sequenceDiagram
    participant Template
    participant Filter as PathFilter
    participant FS as fs_utils
    participant File as FileHandle

    Template->>Filter: contents(raw, encoding, kwargs)
    Filter->>Filter: path_call_limits(kwargs, configured_max_read_bytes)
    Filter->>FS: read_utf8(path, limits)
    FS->>FS: open_file_checked(path, limits)
    FS->>File: open_with(path, O_NOFOLLOW)
    File-->>FS: opened handle
    FS->>File: metadata()
    File-->>FS: regular-file metadata
    loop bounded chunks
        FS->>File: read(buffer)
        File-->>FS: chunk
        FS->>FS: read_bounded_chunk(total, max_bytes)
    end
    FS-->>Filter: contents or localized limit/type error
    Filter-->>Template: rendered value or diagnostic

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File-Level Changes

Change	Details	Files
Introduce a shared bounded file-reading policy for standard-library path filters.	Add an 8 MiB configurable operator ceiling and per-call narrowing via max_bytes. Stream contents, line counts, hashes, and digests while enforcing the running byte budget. Add localized diagnostics for limit violations and non-regular files. Propagate file-read configuration through stdlib registration.	Cargo.toml src/stdlib/config/mod.rs src/stdlib/config_types.rs src/stdlib/register.rs src/stdlib/path/filters.rs src/stdlib/path/fs_utils.rs src/stdlib/path/hash_utils.rs src/localization/keys.rs src/stdlib/config_tests.rs
Enforce an explicit final-path file-type and symlink policy during reads.	Open final entries without following symlinks by default using platform-specific handling. Verify the opened handle is a regular file and avoid blocking on Unix FIFOs or device nodes. Support an explicit follow_symlinks=true opt-in.	src/stdlib/path/fs_utils.rs src/stdlib/path/filters.rs tests/std_filter_tests/read_policy_filters.rs
Expand end-to-end coverage for read limits and unsafe file types.	Test exact-boundary and over-budget behavior across all reading filters. Test per-call clamping, symlink rejection and opt-in following, and Unix FIFO rejection. Add the new documentation examples to the example registry.	tests/std_filter_tests/read_policy_filters.rs tests/std_filter_tests.rs tests/std_filter_tests/support.rs tests/documentation_examples_tests.rs
Document the new file-reading limits, trust model, and configuration API.	Describe defaults, configuration, keyword arguments, and rejected file types. Record the security audit remediation and link the policy to user-facing guidance.	docs/security-network-command-audit.md docs/stdlib-yaml-and-jinja-guide.md docs/users-guide.md
Add localization entries for configuration validation and file-read failures.	Register new localization keys for positive limits, oversized files, and non-regular files. Add translations across supported locale catalogs.	locales/*/messages.ftl src/localization/keys.rs
Move the rustix filesystem dependency to the main dependency set for production Unix file-opening policy support.	Expose filesystem flags and descriptor operations to non-test code. Remove the target-specific development-only declaration.	Cargo.toml

Assessment against linked issues

Issue	Objective	Addressed	Explanation
#493	Ensure tests/env_path_tests.rs uses the injected environment seam and no longer acquires EnvLock or mutates the process environment.	✅
#493	Migrate src/manifest/tests/workspace.rs away from CurrentDirGuard, EnvLock, and in-process CWD mutation by injecting a workspace base or using absolute paths.	✅
#493	Complete the remaining guard-retirement cleanup and satisfy the issue's environment-isolation requirements, including removal of obsolete guard users and preservation of production behavior.	✅

Possibly linked issues

• Migrate the last EnvLock users onto injected seams (env_path_tests + manifest workspace tests) #493: The PR directly completes issue Migrate the last EnvLock users onto injected seams (env_path_tests + manifest workspace tests) #493 by removing the remaining workspace EnvLock user and validating env_path_tests migration.
• Migrate the last EnvLock users onto injected seams (env_path_tests + manifest workspace tests) #493: The PR explicitly closes Migrate the last EnvLock users onto injected seams (env_path_tests + manifest workspace tests) #493 and removes EnvLock/CwdGuard usage through injected workspace-base test seams.

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@coderabbitai Please investigate the cause of the following issue using codegraph exploration and research, identify a fix and provide an AI coding agent prompt for the fix:

                | error: unused import: `OpenOptionsExt`
                |  --> src\stdlib\path\fs_utils.rs:8:39
                |   |
                | 8 |     fs_utf8::{Dir, File, OpenOptions,
  OpenOptionsExt},
                |   |                                       
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                |   |
                |   = note: `-D unused-imports` implied by
  `-D warnings`
                |   = help: to override `-D warnings` add
  `#[allow(unused_imports)]`
                | 
                | error: could not compile `netsuke-build` (lib) due to
  1 previous error
                | warning: build failed, waiting for other jobs to 
  finish...

https://github.com/leynos/netsuke/actions/runs/33702312492/job/100484346530?pr=669

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@coderabbitai Please investigate the cause of the following issue using codegraph exploration and research, identify a fix and provide an AI coding agent prompt for the fix:

                | error: unused import: `OpenOptionsExt`
                |  --> src\stdlib\path\fs_utils.rs:8:39
                |   |
                | 8 |     fs_utf8::{Dir, File, OpenOptions,
  OpenOptionsExt},
                |   |                                       
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                |   |
                |   = note: `-D unused-imports` implied by
  `-D warnings`
                |   = help: to override `-D warnings` add
  `#[allow(unused_imports)]`
                | 
                | error: could not compile `netsuke-build` (lib) due to
  1 previous error
                | warning: build failed, waiting for other jobs to 
  finish...

https://github.com/leynos/netsuke/actions/runs/33702312492/job/100484346530?pr=669

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@coderabbitai Please investigate the cause of the following issue using codegraph exploration and research, identify a fix and provide an AI coding agent prompt for the fix:

        FAIL [   0.206s] (2272/2516) netsuke-build::std_filter_tests read_policy_filters::reading_filters_reject_symlinks_by_default
  stdout ───

    running 1 test
    test read_policy_filters::reading_filters_reject_symlinks_by_default ... FAILED

    failures:

    failures:
        read_policy_filters::reading_filters_reject_symlinks_by_default

    test result: FAILED. 0 passed; 1 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 68 filtered out; finished in 0.09s
    
  stderr ───
    Error: expected contents_symlink to reject a symlink but rendered data

    Stack backtrace:
       0: std::backtrace_rs::backtrace::win64::trace
                 at /rustc/c54751567b19c4ceb08b0412d83529c2568cba8b/library\std\src\..\..\backtrace\src\backtrace\win64.rs:85
       1: std::backtrace_rs::backtrace::trace_unsynchronized
                 at /rustc/c54751567b19c4ceb08b0412d83529c2568cba8b/library\std\src\..\..\backtrace\src\backtrace\mod.rs:66
       2: std::backtrace::Backtrace::create
                 at /rustc/c54751567b19c4ceb08b0412d83529c2568cba8b/library\std\src\backtrace.rs:331
       3: std::backtrace::Backtrace::capture
                 at /rustc/c54751567b19c4ceb08b0412d83529c2568cba8b/library\std\src\backtrace.rs:296
       4: <anyhow::Error>::msg::<alloc::string::String>
       5: anyhow::__private::format_err
       6: <core::mem::alignment::Alignment>::new_unchecked::precondition_check
       7: std_filter_tests::hash_filters::hash_and_digest_filters
       8: std_filter_tests::read_policy_filters::reading_filters_reject_symlinks_by_default::{closure#0}
       9: <std_filter_tests::read_policy_filters::reading_filters_reject_symlinks_by_default::{closure#0} as core::ops::function::FnOnce<()>>::call_once
      10: core::ops::function::FnOnce::call_once
                 at /rustc/c54751567b19c4ceb08b0412d83529c2568cba8b/library\core\src\ops\function.rs:250
      11: test::__rust_begin_short_backtrace<enum2$<core::result::Result<tuple$<>,alloc::string::String> >,enum2$<core::result::Result<tuple$<>,alloc::string::String> > (*)()>
                 at /rustc/c54751567b19c4ceb08b0412d83529c2568cba8b/library\test\src\lib.rs:733
      12: test::run_test_in_process
                 at /rustc/c54751567b19c4ceb08b0412d83529c2568cba8b/library\test\src\lib.rs:756
      13: test::run_test::closure$0
                 at /rustc/c54751567b19c4ceb08b0412d83529c2568cba8b/library\test\src\lib.rs:677
      14: test::run_test::closure$1
                 at /rustc/c54751567b19c4ceb08b0412d83529c2568cba8b/library\test\src\lib.rs:707
      15: std::sys::backtrace::__rust_begin_short_backtrace<test::run_test::closure_env$1,tuple$<> >
                 at /rustc/c54751567b19c4ceb08b0412d83529c2568cba8b/library\std\src\sys\backtrace.rs:166
      16: std::thread::lifecycle::spawn_unchecked::closure$1::closure$0
                 at /rustc/c54751567b19c4ceb08b0412d83529c2568cba8b/library\std\src\thread\lifecycle.rs:70
      17: core::panic::unwind_safe::impl$25::call_once
                 at /rustc/c54751567b19c4ceb08b0412d83529c2568cba8b/library\core\src\panic\unwind_safe.rs:275
      18: std::panicking::catch_unwind::do_call
                 at /rustc/c54751567b19c4ceb08b0412d83529c2568cba8b/library\std\src\panicking.rs:574
      19: std::panicking::catch_unwind
                 at /rustc/c54751567b19c4ceb08b0412d83529c2568cba8b/library\std\src\panicking.rs:542
      20: std::panic::catch_unwind
                 at /rustc/c54751567b19c4ceb08b0412d83529c2568cba8b/library\std\src\panic.rs:359
      21: std::thread::lifecycle::spawn_unchecked::closure$1
                 at /rustc/c54751567b19c4ceb08b0412d83529c2568cba8b/library\std\src\thread\lifecycle.rs:68
      22: core::ops::function::FnOnce::call_once<std::thread::lifecycle::spawn_unchecked::closure_env$1<test::run_test::closure_env$1,tuple$<> >,tuple$<> >
                 at /rustc/c54751567b19c4ceb08b0412d83529c2568cba8b/library\core\src\ops\function.rs:250
      23: std::sys::thread::windows::impl$0::new::thread_start
                 at /rustc/c54751567b19c4ceb08b0412d83529c2568cba8b/library\std\src\sys\thread\windows.rs:58
      24: BaseThreadInitThunk
      25: RtlUserThreadStart

  Cancelling due to test failure: 3 tests still running
        PASS [   0.092s] (2273/2516) netsuke-build::std_filter_tests which_filter_tests::which_filter_all_with_duplicates_respects_canonical_false
        SLOW [>120.000s] (─────────) netsuke-build::command_env_ui_tests cli_configuration_fixture_compiles
        PASS [ 125.733s] (2274/2516) netsuke-build::command_env_ui_tests cli_configuration_fixture_compiles
        SLOW [>120.000s] (─────────) netsuke-build::locale_stub_ui_tests harness_compiles_under_a_split_build_dir
        PASS [ 169.454s] (2275/2516) netsuke-build::locale_stub_ui_tests harness_compiles_under_a_split_build_dir
  stdout ───

    running 1 test
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In `@docs/stdlib-yaml-and-jinja-guide.md`:
- Around line 161-163: Update the read diagnostic description so the over-limit
diagnostic quotes the path and applicable byte limit, while the non-regular-file
diagnostic quotes only the path and not the limit. Keep the surrounding read
budget and file-type behavior unchanged.

In `@src/stdlib/path/fs_utils.rs`:
- Around line 130-131: Update the Unix policy-open flow around
apply_unix_open_flags so O_NONBLOCK is applied for every open, while O_NOFOLLOW
is added only when limits.follow_symlinks is false. After open_with succeeds and
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- Line 363: Replace the read_until call in the line-counting logic with
fixed-size bounded chunk reads so the buffer never grows beyond the byte budget.
Count newline bytes incrementally in each chunk, and add one final line when the
input is non-empty and does not end with a newline; preserve the existing error
handling and budget enforcement behavior.

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Inline comments:
In `@docs/stdlib-yaml-and-jinja-guide.md`:
- Around line 159-164: Update the safety-policy paragraph describing rejected
paths so it distinguishes Unix final symlinks refused during opening from FIFOs,
devices, and other non-regular opened objects, which use the not-regular-file
diagnostic; also account for follow_symlinks=true allowing symlinks to regular
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- Around line 1738-1739: Update the documentation sentence describing the byte
budget near the final path-entry handling to state that the filters process at
most the configured byte budget, replacing the wording that implies they merely
approach or consume most of it.

In `@locales/cs/messages.ftl`:
- Line 212: Translate the new diagnostics, including
stdlib.config.file_read_limit_positive and the two path diagnostics, into their
respective target languages while preserving the message keys and Fluent syntax.
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and 321-322, locales/pt-PT/messages.ftl lines 213 and 322-323,
locales/ro/messages.ftl lines 212 and 321-322, and locales/ru/messages.ftl lines
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- Line 212: Translate the new file-read diagnostics while preserving every
Fluent key and the { $path } and { $limit } placeholders: in
locales/de/messages.ftl lines 212 and 321-322 use German;
locales/el/messages.ftl lines 213 and 322-323 use Greek;
locales/es-419/messages.ftl lines 213 and 322-323 use Latin American Spanish;
locales/tr/messages.ftl lines 212 and 321-322 use Turkish; and
locales/uk/messages.ftl lines 212 and 321-322 use Ukrainian.

In `@locales/es-ES/messages.ftl`:
- Line 212: Translate the new file-read diagnostics while preserving their
Fluent message keys and any placeables: update
stdlib.config.file_read_limit_positive and both path-content diagnostics in
locales/es-ES/messages.ftl lines 212 and 321-322, locales/fi/messages.ftl lines
212 and 321-322, locales/fr/messages.ftl lines 213 and 322-323,
locales/gd/messages.ftl lines 212 and 321-322, and locales/hi/messages.ftl lines
212 and 321-322.

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- Line 212: Translate the nine new file-read policy diagnostics, preserving
their message keys: in locales/hu/messages.ftl lines 212 and 321-322, provide
Hungarian translations; in locales/id/messages.ftl lines 212 and 321-322,
provide Indonesian translations; and in locales/it/messages.ftl lines 213 and
322-323, provide Italian translations for the invalid-limit and both path
diagnostics.

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- Line 212: Translate the new file-reading messages, including
stdlib.config.file_read_limit_positive and the file-size and regular-file
diagnostics, in every affected locale: locales/ja/messages.ftl lines 212 and
321-322; locales/ko/messages.ftl lines 212 and 321-322; locales/nb/messages.ftl
lines 212 and 321-322; locales/nl/messages.ftl lines 212 and 321-322;
locales/pl/messages.ftl lines 212 and 321-322; and locales/pt-BR/messages.ftl
lines 213 and 322-323. Preserve the existing message keys and Fluent formatting.

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- Line 212: Translate the diagnostic values while preserving all Fluent keys and
placeholders: in locales/sv/messages.ftl lines 212 and 321-322, provide Swedish
translations; in locales/th/messages.ftl lines 212 and 321-322, provide Thai
translations. Update the file-read diagnostics at each 321-322 range and
stdlib.config.file_read_limit_positive at each 212 range without changing
message identifiers or formatting.

In `@locales/vi/messages.ftl`:
- Line 212: Translate the new file-read diagnostics while preserving the Fluent
message keys and any placeholders: update stdlib.config.file_read_limit_positive
at locales/vi/messages.ftl lines 212-212, the oversized-file and
non-regular-file messages at locales/vi/messages.ftl lines 321-322,
stdlib.config.file_read_limit_positive at locales/zh-Hans/messages.ftl lines
211-211, the corresponding two diagnostics at locales/zh-Hans/messages.ftl lines
320-321, stdlib.config.file_read_limit_positive at locales/zh-Hant/messages.ftl
lines 211-211, and the corresponding two diagnostics at
locales/zh-Hant/messages.ftl lines 320-321.

In `@src/stdlib/path/bounded_read.rs`:
- Line 27: In read_bounded_chunk, limit each file.read call to the remaining
byte budget plus one sentinel byte, capped by buffer.len(), while preserving the
existing error handling and budget validation. Use saturating arithmetic and
safe usize conversion, then pass the limited buffer slice to read.

In `@tests/std_filter_tests/read_policy_filters/file_type_tests.rs`:
- Around line 28-30: Replace the silent Ok(()) fallback for unavailable symlink
fixtures with an explicit test skip in both the default rejection test at
tests/std_filter_tests/read_policy_filters/file_type_tests.rs lines 28-30 and
the opt-in traversal test at lines 66-68, preserving normal behavior when
file_symlink_fixture succeeds.
- Around line 115-119: Correct the documentation comment above the FIFO read
test to attribute non-blocking FIFO opening under both policies to O_NONBLOCK,
while retaining the explanation that opening without a writer or O_NONBLOCK
would block and that the regular-file check rejects the FIFO.

In `@tests/std_filter_tests/read_policy_filters/mod.rs`:
- Line 10: Gate the anyhow symbol used only by create_fifo behind #[cfg(unix)]
in the test module. Keep Context, Result, bail, and ensure unconditionally
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fn contents_stops_at_the_budget_plus_one_sentinel_byte() -> Result<()> {
    const BUDGET: u64 = 4;
    let consumed = consumed_before_rejection(&[b'x'; 8192], BUDGET, |file| {
        read_utf8_from(file, Utf8Path::new(FIXTURE_NAME), BUDGET).map(drop)
    })?;
    ensure!(
        consumed <= BUDGET + 1,
        "contents consumed {consumed} bytes for a {BUDGET}-byte budget; it must stop at \
         the budget plus one sentinel byte"
    );
    Ok(())
}

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The module contains 2 functions with similar structure: contents_stops_at_the_budget_plus_one_sentinel_byte,linecount_stops_at_the_budget_plus_one_sentinel_byte

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❌ Unit Architecture — disputed

The emissions are neither in the query path nor scattered through the read unit:

• contents, linecount, hash, and digest are registered only by register_filters, which only register_with_config calls. Manifest discovery goes through register_manifest_query (src/stdlib/register.rs:139) → path::register_query_filters (src/stdlib/path/filters.rs:65) → register_lexical_filters, whose entire surface is basename, dirname, with_suffix, and relative_to — all lexical, none touching the filesystem. The pure query surface cannot reach a reading filter at all.
• The emission is already collected at one boundary function, read_telemetry::record_file_read, which returns the filter's result unchanged; each filter closure hands its result to it exactly once, and refusals that never reach a read go through record_unresolved_read.
• Nothing is exported without an explicit admission decision: the process-wide ConfigMetricsRecorder (installed by observability::init_metrics() at the application boundary) drops any series it does not recognise — which is precisely why the registration arm was needed this round, and why an unregistered stdlib counter is a noop rather than a leak.
• src/stdlib/ already emits this way for the same class of helper: which (src/stdlib/which/cache.rs:99,113,160,181), expanduser (src/stdlib/path/path_utils.rs:208), and command (src/stdlib/command/execution.rs:224). Injecting an observer into the read unit would make these four filters the only ones in the module that work differently, for no isolation the module does not already have.

⚠️ Developer Documentation — fixed

• The read_telemetry boundary is now documented in docs/developers-guide.md under "File-read telemetry": the single recording point, the netsuke_stdlib_file_read_total counter and its two closed vocabularies, the stdlib.file_read.read debug event and its fields, the Once-guarded description, the recorder admission, and what is deliberately not recorded.
• rustix is named as a production dependency (1.0.8, fs feature, per Cargo.toml) where the Unix open flags are described.
• FileConfig::max_read_bytes is named in the configuration-propagation paragraph, alongside StdlibConfig::file_max_read_bytes and the plain u64 that path::register_filters receives.
• Also corrected while there: the recorder paragraph no longer claims it retains configuration-load series alone.

⚠️ Observability — fixed in part

Fixed:

• FILE_READ_TOTAL is registered in the production allow-list with exactly its closed filter/outcome label sets. Both vocabularies are pub const in read_telemetry and re-exported through netsuke::stdlib, so the recorder and the filters cannot drift apart.
• Every outcome is routed through the telemetry boundary, including the keyword-resolution failures, which now count as rejected; the unsupported-encoding refusal is judged after the keywords and therefore carries the resolved limit and symlink policy.
• Tests: recorder_retains_bounded_file_read_series (production recorder retains the two bounded series; rejects out-of-vocabulary values and a series missing a label) and a_refused_keyword_is_counted_as_rejected / an_unsupported_encoding_is_counted_as_rejected (one rejected sample each).

Declined, with reasons:

• Failure-category vocabulary (argument/open/file_type/limit/utf8/read). There is no typed category to label: every refusal path builds an InvalidOperation error carrying localized text, so a bounded vocabulary means threading a typed failure through the read path. The category is already the diagnostic the caller sees, and a label derived from that text would grow with the locale space — the outcome this vocabulary exists to prevent. Happy to take a follow-up that does the typed-failure work first, if you want the label.
• Span and duration. No contract asks for per-call latency on template helpers and no sibling stdlib helper records one; adding it here would be the first, and would need a decision on whether a template filter is the right place for it. Follow-up available on request.

Separately worth its own issue: the other stdlib counters (netsuke_stdlib_which_*, netsuke_stdlib_expanduser_home_total, netsuke_stdlib_command_*) are still absent from the recorder allow-list, so they are noop in production today. That is pre-existing and out of scope for this branch.

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