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feat(ops): a post-deploy canary gives agents named after guard keywords a real turn - #3295
After a deploy, agents whose names complete one of the injection guard's always-block keywords each get one real turn on production. If the guard stops a turn, the release fails.
On 2026-11-01 a hosted agent whose name began with "Dan" was blocked on every turn. Its system prompt opened "You are Dan…", and you are DAN is an always-block keyword. #3284 and #3285 fixed that case. Nothing on the release path would have caught it, though. Staging has no model key, so no release-path turn ever passed through the guard, and no test agent had a name close to a keyword.
scripts/guard-keywords-dump.py runs in the litellm container and prints the always_block_keywords that the serving guard loads, from its own config and package.
scripts/guard-name-canary.js runs in ops-runner. For each keyword that starts with a persona lead ("you are", "act as", …), it derives a name that completes the keyword: Dan Canary, Now Canary, and later keywords automatically. It always includes "Dan", caps the list at 8, and skips any name that itself contains a whole keyword.
For each name, it installs one hosted agent and one native agent through the product's own routes, in a fresh invite-only pod. It asks each a plain question and judges the AgentRun rows and the reply.
Before judging, it waits for /health/readiness. A check that didn't pass gets one retry, and it counts as blocked only if both attempts were blocked. That way an upstream moderation error, which the runtime also records as guardrail_blocked, can't fail a release.
Every agent is uninstalled afterwards, and the pod is deleted together with its messages.
Exit codes: 0 pass, 3 blocked, 2 inconclusive. 1 means kubectl failed or node crashed, and is treated like 2. Blocked is 3 because kubectl and an uncaught node error both exit 1.
docs/runbooks/guard-name-canary.md covers running it by hand and the proposed Deploy Dev step, which SRE owns and will wire after this lands. That step goes after "Verify the new backend serves chat"; only exit 3 fails the job and triggers the rollback.
Review checklist
The second change in this PR is rule 60 in docs/development/review-checklist.md: an entitlement or cost decision reads the field the system acts on, never a label the caller wrote. It was earned by #3287, where isCloudRuntime read host before the runtime type. It took 11 reverse-check arms to pin the fix, because five suites mocked the classifier with a copy (rule 59). scripts/verify-numbered-rules.js passes with 60 rules.
Tests
backend/__tests__/unit/scripts/guardNameCanary.test.js: 20/20. It covers keyword parsing, name derivation (floor, new keywords, cap, skips), the question carrying no keyword, classifyCheck, planChecks, combineAttempts and exitCodeFor.
Verified on production (2026-11-02)
Pass:Dan Canary and Now Canary, hosted and native. 4/4 passed in about 30s with exit 0, and no install or pod was left behind.
Reverse check: a copy whose question carried "you are Dan Canary", with the question self-check disabled, was blocked on both attempts for every check and exited 3. The pod was deleted.
YAML handling: run under bash -e with set -uo pipefail for exits 0/1/2/3. Only 3 fails the step; 1 and 2 warn.
Review
One round (D218), with two subagent reviewers because the script mints sessions and installs agents:
Security: HOLD, then PASS at d0b65a2. Its findings were an open pod that anyone could join to force a rollback, and a run query that wasn't scoped to the pod; both are fixed. The should-fixes are also in: a name cap, a length cap, and sanitized error output.
Correctness: HOLD, then PASS at d0b65a2. Its findings: under bash -e the step never read the exit code, a kubectl failure shared the blocked exit code, and a reused pod carried one run's messages into the next run's hosted turns. All three are fixed, along with the retry, the question self-check and per-request tokens.
The head after that adds only a runbook wording fix.
…ds a real turn
Staging has no model key, so nothing on the release path ran an agent turn
through LiteLLM's injection guard, and no test agent's name came near a
keyword. An agent whose name began with "Dan" was then blocked on every turn
("You are Dan…" contains "you are dan").
scripts/guard-name-canary.js runs in ops-runner after a deploy. It reads the
serving guard's always-block keywords (scripts/guard-keywords-dump.py, run in
the litellm container), derives a name for each persona keyword (Dan Canary,
Now Canary), installs a hosted and a native agent under each name through the
product's routes, asks each a plain question, and fails on any guard-blocked
run. Exit 0 pass, 1 blocked, 2 inconclusive. It waits for LiteLLM readiness and
retries an inconclusive check once. Agents are uninstalled after every check.
Also review-checklist rule 60: an entitlement or cost decision reads the field
the system acts on, never a label the caller wrote (#3287).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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…oped to that pod
Security review: the canary's pod was created open, so anyone could join it
and @-mention a canary agent with a keyword to fail a release; and the run
lookup matched any pod, so an install elsewhere under the same name could do
the same. The pod is now created invite-only, and the canary refuses to judge
(exit 2) when the pod is open or holds another person. Runs are matched on the
canary's pod. Names are capped at eight and sixty characters, and the final
error line prints the error's name and code only.
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… step reads the code
Correctness review:
- A hosted turn reads the last pod messages as user text, which the guard
scans, so a reused pod carried one run's words into the next. Each run now
creates an invite-only pod and deletes it with its messages at the end;
pods a crashed run left are swept first.
- kubectl and a node crash exit 1, the old "blocked" code. Blocked is now 3.
- The runbook's step ran under bash -e and never read the exit code; it now
uses `|| CODE=$?`, so 2 warns and only 3 fails the deploy.
- An upstream moderation error is filed as guardrail_blocked too, so a check
that didn't pass runs once more and blocked needs both attempts blocked
(combineAttempts).
- A question that would itself contain a keyword is never posted
(planChecks), and each request is signed with its own short-lived session.
Prod: pass 4/4 in 30s, exit 0; reverse copy (keyword question, skip disabled)
blocked twice on every check, exit 3. 20/20 unit tests.
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This is one review round (D218) with two subagent reviewers, security and correctness. Each one held at a092784, and each passed at d0b65a2 once its must-fixes were in. The head after that changes only one sentence in the runbook.
Security: the pod is invite-only and created fresh on every run. The run query is scoped to that pod. Names are capped and error output is sanitized. The sweep can delete only pods the canary account created.
Correctness: the step reads the exit code under bash -e. Blocked exits with 3, which nothing else uses. Blocked also has to happen twice, and the question never contains a keyword.
Prod, after the fixes: the pass run exited 0 (4/4 checks). The reverse copy exited 3, blocked on both attempts.
20/20 unit tests pass and verify-numbered-rules reports 60.
The changes add a deploy-time guard-name canary that reads configured guard keywords, checks hosted and native agents, and reports verdicts. They also add unit tests, operational documentation, and a review-checklist rule about entitlement and cost decisions.
Changes: Guard-name canary
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Keyword and check contracts scripts/guard-name-canary.js, backend/__tests__/unit/scripts/guardNameCanary.test.js
The canary parses and matches keywords, derives bounded names, plans checks, and classifies results. Unit tests cover helper behavior and exit-code selection.
Canary inputs and resources scripts/guard-keywords-dump.py, scripts/guard-name-canary.js, docs/runbooks/guard-name-canary.md
The keyword dump reads guard configuration from the installed LiteLLM package. The canary sets up account and pod resources and checks readiness. The runbook describes inputs, setup, and manual execution.
Checks, retries, and verdicts scripts/guard-name-canary.js, docs/runbooks/guard-name-canary.md, docs/runbooks/litellm-guardrails.md
The canary runs hosted and native checks, retries non-passing results, and selects an exit code. The runbooks describe verdicts, proposed workflow wiring, coverage limits, and reported verification.
The checklist adds rule 60, which directs reviewers to check the field the system acts on. It describes the isCloudRuntime ordering change and associated tests.
sequenceDiagram
participant Canary as guard-name-canary.js
participant API as Authenticated API
participant LiteLLM
Canary->>API: Create canary resources and install agent
Canary->>API: Submit question and poll runs and messages
API->>LiteLLM: Process agent turn
LiteLLM-->>API: Return run result
API-->>Canary: Return run and message data
Canary->>API: Uninstall agent and retire pod
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Possibly related issues
Team-Commonly/commonly issue 541: The canary checks whether injection-guard keywords block persona names. This overlaps with the issue’s guardrail context, but the change does not implement platform-key scoping, Presidio, or detector work.
Merge Risk: Low · up to 733b0
This PR adds a deploy-time guard-name canary with docs and tests. One runbook sentence overstates when the canary exits 3, which could mislead readers about when a rollback fires. It is a small wording fix and does not block merging.
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docs/runbooks/litellm-guardrails.md: 1
125-127: Minor · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win
State that the release gate is proposed and not yet wired.
This paragraph says the canary runs "after each deploy" and "fails the release". docs/runbooks/guard-name-canary.md ("Wiring into Deploy Dev") says the step is only proposed. SRE owns .github/workflows/deploy-dev.yml, and the PR does not change it. Until SRE adds the step, no deploy runs the canary and nothing fails a release.
Reword the paragraph to say the canary is run by hand, and that the Deploy Dev gate is pending SRE wiring. Use the same wording in the intro of guard-name-canary.md.
📝 Proposed wording
-After each deploy, the [guard-name canary](guard-name-canary.md) gives agents-named after the guard's own persona keywords one real turn each, hosted and-native, and fails the release if the guard stops one.+The [guard-name canary](guard-name-canary.md) gives agents named after the+guard's own persona keywords one real turn each, hosted and native. It exits 3+if the guard stops one. Run it by hand after a deploy. The Deploy Dev step that+fails the release on exit 3 is proposed and not yet wired.
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Update the guard-name canary description to say it is run by hand after a deploy
and that the Deploy Dev release gate is proposed but not yet wired; use
consistent wording in the canary introduction and the runbook description.
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docs/runbooks/guard-name-canary.md: 1
146-148: Minor · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win
Qualify the native guardrail scope.
values-dev.yaml overrides NATIVE_RUNTIME_GUARDRAILS to injection-guard, but the service default also includes openai-moderation-enforce. Identify the deployment-specific override and state that other deployments may require a separate guardrail dump.
Suggested fix
-- **Other guardrails.** Only `injection-guard` is on for native turns- (`NATIVE_RUNTIME_GUARDRAILS`). If another guardrail is enabled, give it its own- dump.+- **Other guardrails.** The `values-dev.yaml` deployment sets+ `NATIVE_RUNTIME_GUARDRAILS` to `injection-guard`. The service default also+ includes `openai-moderation-enforce`; give any enabled additional guardrail+ its own dump.
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Review comment at @docs/runbooks/guard-name-canary.md around lines 146 - 148:
Update the “Other guardrails” guidance to identify that the values-dev.yaml
deployment overrides NATIVE_RUNTIME_GUARDRAILS to injection-guard, while the
service default also includes openai-moderation-enforce. State that other
deployments may need a separate dump for each additional enabled guardrail.
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260-260: Minor · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win
Preserve the codex BYO exception in rule 60.
isCloudRuntime uses host for codex, so “not the host” is too broad. Clarify that host must not override runtime types that Commonly dispatches, while preserving host: 'byo' for runtime types with a BYO variant.
Suggested wording
-For "does this install run on Commonly, at Commonly's cost", that field is the runtime type dispatch reads, not the `host` the install carries.+For "does this install run on Commonly, at Commonly's cost", use the runtime type dispatch reads for types Commonly runs; preserve `host: 'byo'` when the runtime type supports a BYO variant.
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Review comment at @docs/development/review-checklist.md at line 260:
Clarify rule 60 to distinguish runtime types Commonly dispatches from types that
support a BYO variant: for Commonly-run types, determine entitlement and cost
from the dispatched runtime type rather than the caller-supplied host, while
preserving host: 'byo' behavior for BYO-capable types such as codex.
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Review comments at @docs/development/review-checklist.md:
- Line 260: Clarify rule 60 to distinguish runtime types Commonly dispatches
from types that support a BYO variant: for Commonly-run types, determine
entitlement and cost from the dispatched runtime type rather than the
caller-supplied host, while preserving host: 'byo' behavior for BYO-capable
types such as codex.
Review comments at @docs/runbooks/guard-name-canary.md:
- Around line 146-148: Update the “Other guardrails” guidance to identify that
the values-dev.yaml deployment overrides NATIVE_RUNTIME_GUARDRAILS to
injection-guard, while the service default also includes
openai-moderation-enforce. State that other deployments may need a separate dump
for each additional enabled guardrail.
Review comments at @docs/runbooks/litellm-guardrails.md:
- Around line 125-127: Update the guard-name canary description to say it is run
by hand after a deploy and that the Deploy Dev release gate is proposed but not
yet wired; use consistent wording in the canary introduction and the runbook
description.
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guard-name-canary.md 146–148: confirmed. nativeRuntimeService.ts:125 defaults to openai-moderation-enforce,injection-guard, and production overrides that with backend.env.nativeRuntimeGuardrails, which serves injection-guard. The line now says both.
review-checklist.md rule 60: confirmed. Under isCloudRuntime, host: 'byo' still decides for codex, a runtime type with a bring-your-own variant. The rule now says host decides only for such a type, never for a type only Commonly runs.
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Document the two-attempt requirement.
The canary returns exit 3 only when both attempts are blocked. A single blocked attempt becomes inconclusive and exits 2. Replace “if the guard stops one” with “if the guard stops both attempts.” (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Update the runbook description of the guard-name canary to say it exits 3 only
if the guard stops both attempts; preserve the existing details about the hosted
and native turns and the rollback behavior.
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- Around line 125-128: Update the runbook description of the guard-name canary
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This replies to the point in CodeRabbit's review body at 733b09f (litellm-guardrails.md 125–128). The point is correct: combineAttempts returns blocked only when both attempts were blocked, and a single stop is inconclusive (exit 2).
The PR was already in the merge queue at 733b09f, so the fix can't land here. It will come in a follow-up docs PR, with the sentence reading "exits 3 if the guard stops a turn on both attempts (one stop alone is inconclusive)".
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After a deploy, agents whose names complete one of the injection guard's always-block keywords each get one real turn on production. If the guard stops a turn, the release fails.
On 2026-11-01 a hosted agent whose name began with "Dan" was blocked on every turn. Its system prompt opened "You are Dan…", and
you are DANis an always-block keyword. #3284 and #3285 fixed that case. Nothing on the release path would have caught it, though. Staging has no model key, so no release-path turn ever passed through the guard, and no test agent had a name close to a keyword.scripts/guard-keywords-dump.pyruns in the litellm container and prints thealways_block_keywordsthat the serving guard loads, from its own config and package.scripts/guard-name-canary.jsruns in ops-runner. For each keyword that starts with a persona lead ("you are", "act as", …), it derives a name that completes the keyword:Dan Canary,Now Canary, and later keywords automatically. It always includes "Dan", caps the list at 8, and skips any name that itself contains a whole keyword./health/readiness. A check that didn't pass gets one retry, and it counts as blocked only if both attempts were blocked. That way an upstream moderation error, which the runtime also records asguardrail_blocked, can't fail a release.Exit codes: 0 pass, 3 blocked, 2 inconclusive. 1 means kubectl failed or node crashed, and is treated like 2. Blocked is 3 because kubectl and an uncaught node error both exit 1.
docs/runbooks/guard-name-canary.mdcovers running it by hand and the proposed Deploy Dev step, which SRE owns and will wire after this lands. That step goes after "Verify the new backend serves chat"; only exit 3 fails the job and triggers the rollback.Review checklist
The second change in this PR is rule 60 in
docs/development/review-checklist.md: an entitlement or cost decision reads the field the system acts on, never a label the caller wrote. It was earned by #3287, whereisCloudRuntimereadhostbefore the runtime type. It took 11 reverse-check arms to pin the fix, because five suites mocked the classifier with a copy (rule 59).scripts/verify-numbered-rules.jspasses with 60 rules.Tests
backend/__tests__/unit/scripts/guardNameCanary.test.js: 20/20. It covers keyword parsing, name derivation (floor, new keywords, cap, skips), the question carrying no keyword,classifyCheck,planChecks,combineAttemptsandexitCodeFor.Verified on production (2026-11-02)
Dan CanaryandNow Canary, hosted and native. 4/4 passed in about 30s with exit 0, and no install or pod was left behind.bash -ewithset -uo pipefailfor exits 0/1/2/3. Only 3 fails the step; 1 and 2 warn.Review
One round (D218), with two subagent reviewers because the script mints sessions and installs agents:
bash -ethe step never read the exit code, a kubectl failure shared the blocked exit code, and a reused pod carried one run's messages into the next run's hosted turns. All three are fixed, along with the retry, the question self-check and per-request tokens.The head after that adds only a runbook wording fix.
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