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fix(hooks): keep judged tool arguments out of hooks-server logs - #2556
nemoguardrails hooks-server wrote a tool safety check's judge prompt, and with it the tool call's raw arguments, to its log at the default level.
The command set the root logger to INFO; that was added in #2473 so that the per-check line would show. nemoguardrails.llm.call logs every LLM call's prompt and completion at INFO, and a tool safety check renders the call's arguments into its judge's prompt.
So a judged Bash call logged Arguments: {"command": "echo <secret>"}, followed by Completion :: safe.
An unsafe: <reason> completion can quote the arguments too.
This happened on all three agent paths, whatever the content capture setting: content capture governs span content, not the text log.
The per-check verdict line itself already left out the tool's input.
This PR fixes the command's logging setup. hooks-server now sets the root logger to WARNING, explicitly in case an import raised it, and raises only two logger families to INFO:
nemoguardrails.server: the per-check verdict line, the error handlers, and the metrics exporter's start and stop lines.
nemoguardrails.guardrails: IORails' check and timing lines, engine registration, and the model engine's HTTP POST <url> model=... line. These loggers keep message content at DEBUG.
The judge still receives the arguments. WARNING and above from every logger, and Uvicorn's own startup and access lines, are unchanged.
At the default level the server no longer logs nemoguardrails.llm.call's Prompt/Completion lines, the regex and CEL rails' pattern matched lines (which print the configured pattern; the verdict line still names the rail), or third-party INFO lines.
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nemoguardrails/cli/__init__.py
hooks-server sets the root logger to WARNING and _HOOKS_SERVER_INFO_LOGGERS (nemoguardrails.server, nemoguardrails.guardrails) to INFO, where it set the root logger to INFO.
tests/cli/test_cli_main.py
New test: a judged check runs through the command, for both an allow and a deny verdict, with the judge mocked at the aiohttp transport (aioresponses). The judge receives the arguments; the verdict, HTTP POST and check completed lines are logged; the arguments are not. I rewrote the root-at-INFO test to require WARNING whatever the root level was before. A fixture restores the levels and root handlers the command changes.
The Logs section names the loggers the command runs at INFO, and states that a tool safety check's arguments and judge prompt are not logged.
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The allowlist: whether nemoguardrails.server and nemoguardrails.guardrails are the right families to keep at INFO.
The DEBUG convention: the fix relies on these families keeping message content at DEBUG. The model engine logs the judge's request body at DEBUG (model_engine.py:994), and the INFO threshold filters it out. A future INFO line with content under either family would reach the log. The new test would catch that on the judged path, because it mocks only the transport, so ModelEngine.call's own lines run inside the leak check.
The test harness:pytest.ini sets log_level = WARNING, so the test lowers only caplog's handler, with caplog.set_level(INFO, logger=<hooks app>). A bare caplog.set_level(INFO) would raise the root logger, which is the level under test.
Not in this PR
Other entry points still log the prompt. The fix is scoped to the command, so nemoguardrails/llm/call.py still logs prompts and completions at INFO wherever the root logger is at INFO: the main server's IORails /v1/checks, an application that embeds the library, or create_hooks_app served outside the CLI. Moving those records to DEBUG, following IORails' metadata-at-INFO, content-at-DEBUG convention, is a follow-up.
The main server ignores --verbose for prompts. It prints LLM prompts whether or not the flag is set, because server/api.py:530 builds LLMRails(verbose=True).
Regression tests: the new and rewritten tests failed first on develop's root-at-INFO behavior. caplog captured Prompt :: ... secret-7f3a and Completion :: unsafe: echoes secret-7f3a. They pass with the fix.
Unit tests:make test, 12132 passed and 220 skipped.
Manual end-to-end check: I ran nemoguardrails hooks-server with a stub OpenAI-compatible judge and sent the QA probe (echo SECRET_CC_MARKER_6X as a Claude Code Bash call). On develop, the server log contains Arguments: {"command": "echo SECRET_CC_MARKER_6X"}. On this branch it doesn't, while the judge still receives the marker, and the verdict, check completed and HTTP POST lines are still logged.
pre-commit: passes on every file in this PR.
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real Claude Code or Codex sessions against a live judge, which is what the QA case covers;
make docs-fern; the docs change is one paragraph whose only link already appears on the page.
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The hooks-server command keeps the root logger at WARNING and sets the server and guardrails loggers to INFO. Tests cover safe and unsafe judged tool checks and verify that tool arguments are sent to the judge but are not logged. Documentation describes these logging behaviors.
The command sets the root logger to WARNING and the hooks-server and guardrails loggers to INFO. Tests verify the configured levels and restore logging state.
Verify judged checks and log contents tests/cli/test_cli_main.py, docs/run-rails/using-hooks-server/run-hooks-server.mdx
Parameterized tests check safe and unsafe judge verdicts, confirm that tool arguments reach the judge, and verify that arguments are absent from captured logs. The documentation describes the logger levels and states that the arguments and judge prompt are not logged.
NVIDIA-NeMo/Guardrails#2482: Introduces the hooks-server tool policy and IORails-based tool-call evaluation covered by these tests.
NVIDIA-NeMo/Guardrails#2493: Keeps tool arguments out of logs in the Relay client; this change covers hooks-server logs.
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Operators are not told that model request URLs and names appear in logs. The change is mergeable with a documentation follow-up.
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- Line 306: Update the INFO-log description in the hooks-server documentation to
include the `nemoguardrails.guardrails.model_engine` logger’s HTTP POST line,
which records the request URL and model name, alongside the timing and outcome
lines; retain the existing descriptions of the hooks server, `IORails`, and
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nemoguardrails hooks-serverwrote a tool safety check's judge prompt, and with it the tool call's raw arguments, to its log at the default level.The command set the root logger to
INFO; that was added in #2473 so that the per-check line would show.nemoguardrails.llm.calllogs every LLM call's prompt and completion atINFO, and a tool safety check renders the call's arguments into its judge's prompt.So a judged
Bashcall loggedArguments: {"command": "echo <secret>"}, followed byCompletion :: safe.An
unsafe: <reason>completion can quote the arguments too.This happened on all three agent paths, whatever the content capture setting: content capture governs span content, not the text log.
The per-check verdict line itself already left out the tool's input.
This PR fixes the command's logging setup.
hooks-servernow sets the root logger toWARNING, explicitly in case an import raised it, and raises only two logger families toINFO:nemoguardrails.server: the per-check verdict line, the error handlers, and the metrics exporter's start and stop lines.nemoguardrails.guardrails: IORails' check and timing lines, engine registration, and the model engine'sHTTP POST <url> model=...line. These loggers keep message content atDEBUG.The judge still receives the arguments.
WARNINGand above from every logger, and Uvicorn's own startup and access lines, are unchanged.At the default level the server no longer logs
nemoguardrails.llm.call'sPrompt/Completionlines, the regex and CEL rails'pattern matchedlines (which print the configured pattern; the verdict line still names the rail), or third-partyINFOlines.Changes
nemoguardrails/cli/__init__.pyhooks-serversets the root logger toWARNINGand_HOOKS_SERVER_INFO_LOGGERS(nemoguardrails.server,nemoguardrails.guardrails) toINFO, where it set the root logger toINFO.tests/cli/test_cli_main.pyaioresponses). The judge receives the arguments; the verdict,HTTP POSTandcheck completedlines are logged; the arguments are not. I rewrote the root-at-INFOtest to requireWARNINGwhatever the root level was before. A fixture restores the levels and root handlers the command changes.docs/run-rails/using-hooks-server/run-hooks-server.mdxINFO, and states that a tool safety check's arguments and judge prompt are not logged.Review focus
nemoguardrails.serverandnemoguardrails.guardrailsare the right families to keep atINFO.DEBUGconvention: the fix relies on these families keeping message content atDEBUG. The model engine logs the judge's request body atDEBUG(model_engine.py:994), and theINFOthreshold filters it out. A futureINFOline with content under either family would reach the log. The new test would catch that on the judged path, because it mocks only the transport, soModelEngine.call's own lines run inside the leak check.pytest.inisetslog_level = WARNING, so the test lowers only caplog's handler, withcaplog.set_level(INFO, logger=<hooks app>). A barecaplog.set_level(INFO)would raise the root logger, which is the level under test.Not in this PR
nemoguardrails/llm/call.pystill logs prompts and completions atINFOwherever the root logger is atINFO: the main server's IORails/v1/checks, an application that embeds the library, orcreate_hooks_appserved outside the CLI. Moving those records toDEBUG, following IORails' metadata-at-INFO, content-at-DEBUGconvention, is a follow-up.--verbosefor prompts. It prints LLM prompts whether or not the flag is set, becauseserver/api.py:530buildsLLMRails(verbose=True).Related Issue(s)
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develop's root-at-INFObehavior. caplog capturedPrompt :: ... secret-7f3aandCompletion :: unsafe: echoes secret-7f3a. They pass with the fix.make test, 12132 passed and 220 skipped.nemoguardrails hooks-serverwith a stub OpenAI-compatible judge and sent the QA probe (echo SECRET_CC_MARKER_6Xas a Claude CodeBashcall). Ondevelop, the server log containsArguments: {"command": "echo SECRET_CC_MARKER_6X"}. On this branch it doesn't, while the judge still receives the marker, and the verdict,check completedandHTTP POSTlines are still logged.make docs-fern; the docs change is one paragraph whose only link already appears on the page.AI Assistance
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