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proof(SafeCORS): qualify defaultPolicy to fix 4 broken Refl proofs (#92) - #94

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Summary

Discharges 4 default-policy Refl proofs in src/Proven/SafeCORS/Proofs.idr that previously failed to type-check under Idris2 0.8.0:

  • defaultPolicyDeniesAll
  • defaultPolicyIsSafe
  • defaultPolicyNoErrors
  • defaultPolicyNoHeaders

Root cause (per #92)

Idris2 0.8.0 implicitly binds a bare lowercase identifier in a type
signature as a fresh implicit variable when no upper-case rule fires
first, even when a top-level name with the same identifier exists in
scope. The elaborator emits a shadowing the associated global definitions warning. The Refl on the RHS then cannot reduce
because the type-level defaultPolicy is the opaque implicit, not
the concrete record value.

Fix

Option 1 from the issue body — qualify every defaultPolicy
occurrence in the 4 signatures to Proven.SafeCORS.defaultPolicy.
Mechanical, minimal, no believe_me / assert_total / postulate.
A NOTE comment in the file captures the trap so a future reader
doesn't strip the qualifier on a "tidy-up" pass.

CI gap closed

Proven.SafeCORS.Proofs was not in proven.ipkg, so the Idris 2 CI workflow never type-checked it — exactly how the bug landed
silently in the first place. PR adds it to the modules list.

Sibling audit (per #92 acceptance)

File Status Notes
Proven.SafeArgs.Proofs ✓ clean already in ipkg; CI catches it
Proven.SafeAPIKey.Proofs ✗ 2 failures of a different class filed as follow-up — emptyKeyRejected needs with-block reduction, fullMaskFormat needs String ++ FFI reduction. Neither is the qualified-projection bug.

SafeAPIKey.Proofs is not added to ipkg in this PR (would regress
CI). Once the follow-up lands, fold it in.

Acceptance criteria

  • All four defaultPolicy* Refl proofs type-check
  • Proven.SafeCORS.Proofs added to proven.ipkg
  • Sibling audit completed for SafeAPIKey.Proofs + SafeArgs.Proofs
  • CI green on idris2-ci.yml (will verify on push)

Test plan

  • CI Idris 2 CI workflow green
  • idris2 --build proven.ipkg builds clean locally (verified with IDRIS2_PREFIX workaround)
  • Spot-check: idris2 --check src/Proven/SafeCORS/Proofs.idr reports no errors

Closes #92 (partial — SafeAPIKey portion intentionally deferred per audit above)
Refs metadatastician/standards#124

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… partial)

Idris2 0.8.0 implicitly binds bare lowercase `defaultPolicy` in type
signatures as a fresh variable, shadowing `Proven.SafeCORS.defaultPolicy`
(elaborator emits the shadowing warning). The `Refl` on the RHS then
cannot reduce because the type-level `defaultPolicy` is the opaque
implicit, not the concrete `MkCORSPolicy AllowNone [] [] [] Nothing False`.

Qualifying the name as `Proven.SafeCORS.defaultPolicy` resolves the
shadowing — all 4 default-policy proofs (`defaultPolicyDeniesAll`,
`defaultPolicyIsSafe`, `defaultPolicyNoErrors`, `defaultPolicyNoHeaders`)
now type-check, no `believe_me` / `assert_total` / `postulate`.

CI-coverage gap fixed: adds `Proven.SafeCORS.Proofs` to `proven.ipkg`
modules list so this file is type-checked by the `Idris 2 CI`
workflow on every push.

Acceptance criteria from #92:
- [x] 4 defaultPolicy* Refl proofs type-check
- [x] Proven.SafeCORS.Proofs added to proven.ipkg
- [x] Sibling audit: SafeArgs.Proofs ✓ clean; SafeAPIKey.Proofs has
      2 errors of a **different class** (with-block + String FFI
      reduction, not the shadowing pattern) — captured in follow-up
- [ ] CI green — pending push

The SafeAPIKey.Proofs failures (`emptyKeyRejected`, `fullMaskFormat`)
are not the qualified-projection bug; they need a separate fix and a
separate issue. Adding only SafeCORS.Proofs to the ipkg until those
are repaired, per "don't regress CI" discipline.

Refs #92
Refs metadatastician/standards#124

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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 #95) (#96)

## Summary

Closes #95 — the two SafeAPIKey \`Proofs.idr\` Refl proofs that were
broken under Idris2 0.8.0 (a DIFFERENT bug class from #92's shadowing)
now both type-check.

## Root causes

Both proofs failed because Idris2 0.8.0 does not reduce string FFI
primitives at type-check time.

### \`emptyKeyRejected : mkAPIKey \"\" = Nothing\`

Pre-fix \`mkAPIKey\` definition:
\`\`\`idris
mkAPIKey s with (choose (length s >= MinKeyLength))
  mkAPIKey s | Left prf  = Just (MkAPIKey s ...)
  mkAPIKey s | Right _   = Nothing
\`\`\`

For \`mkAPIKey \"\"\`, the type-checker needed \`length \"\"\` to reduce
to a concrete \`Nat\`, then \`0 >= 16\` to \`False\`, then \`choose
False\` to \`Right Oh\`. The \`prim__strLength\`/\`>=\` FFI chain
doesn't reduce.

### \`fullMaskFormat : (key : APIKey) -> isPrefixOf \"[REDACTED:\"
(fullMask key) = True\`

\`fullMask key\` is \`\"[REDACTED:\" ++ show (length key.raw) ++ \"
chars]\"\`. \`isPrefixOf\` goes via \`unpack\` + list-prefix-by — over a
universally-quantified \`key\`, these don't reduce.

## Fixes

### \`emptyKeyRejected\` — fast-path equation

Added an explicit \`mkAPIKey \"\" = Nothing\` equation BEFORE the
\`with\`-block in \`SafeAPIKey.idr\`:

\`\`\`idris
mkAPIKey \"\"  = Nothing
mkAPIKey s with (choose (length s >= MinKeyLength))
  ...
\`\`\`

Identical runtime behaviour (empty rejected either way), proof
discharges by \`Refl\` directly via the first equation match.

### \`fullMaskFormat\` -> \`fullMaskStructure\` — reshape

Replaced with the structurally-true variant:

\`\`\`idris
fullMaskStructure : (key : APIKey) ->
fullMask key = \"[REDACTED:\" ++ show (length key.raw) ++ \" chars]\"
fullMaskStructure _ = Refl
\`\`\`

Same safety guarantee, mechanically: the masked output is a fixed-prefix
template containing only the redacted length count, no key material. A
consumer that needs \`isPrefixOf\` form can derive it locally from
\`fullMaskStructure\` + a small list-prefix lemma without hitting the
FFI wall.

## CI gap closed

\`Proven.SafeAPIKey.Proofs\` added to \`proven.ipkg\` modules list — was
excluded by #94 (sibling-audit) pending the present fix.

## Acceptance criteria

- [x] \`emptyKeyRejected\` type-checks (via \`mkAPIKey\` fast-path)
- [x] \`fullMaskFormat\` type-checks (reshaped as \`fullMaskStructure\`)
- [x] \`Proven.SafeAPIKey.Proofs\` added to \`proven.ipkg\`
- [ ] CI \`Idris 2 CI\` green (will verify on push)

## Test plan

- [x] \`idris2 --check src/Proven/SafeAPIKey/Proofs.idr\` clean (Idris2
0.8.0, zero \`believe_me\` / \`assert_total\` / \`postulate\`)
- [ ] CI build green

## Refs

- Closes #95
- Refs #92 (sibling-audit surfaced this — DIFFERENT bug class from #92's
shadowing)
- Refs #94 (which excluded \`SafeAPIKey.Proofs\` from ipkg pending the
present fix)

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