Sync Boatstack from Intelligence Flow Labs @ 9a3cafb4f504

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Contributing
 
-Boatstack is a generated content distribution. Propose changes to workflow semantics, templates, evidence rules, or generated presentation in [Intelligence Flow](https://github.com/operatorstack/intelligence-flow/tree/3c770b5db125ad5f28515380c59c4d1718e3a020/labs/12-product-engineering-loop).
+Boatstack is a generated content distribution. Propose changes to workflow semantics, templates, evidence rules, or generated presentation in [Intelligence Flow](https://github.com/operatorstack/intelligence-flow/tree/9a3cafb4f5040ed787390607b7cd6ced843588ea/labs/12-product-engineering-loop).
 
 The Boatstack repository receives product/runtime changes through a generated pull request. Review the PR's `UPSTREAM.json`, tests, adapter diff, and context-size change; do not hand-edit generated output on `main`. `.github/workflows` is the exception: it is Boatstack's executable control plane, excluded from scheduled projection and changed only through a separate manually reviewed Boatstack PR.
 

UPSTREAM.json

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
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     "release-notes/2026-07-26-workspace-reap.md": "e691d6a1c232cf218157880655413005fcb2c4f3113ededffdb80899a5054bb8",
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@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@
   "generator": "operatorstack/intelligence-flow:boatstack-distribution",
   "schema_version": 1,
   "source": {
-    "commit": "3c770b5db125ad5f28515380c59c4d1718e3a020",
+    "commit": "9a3cafb4f5040ed787390607b7cd6ced843588ea",
     "path": "labs/12-product-engineering-loop",
     "repository": "operatorstack/intelligence-flow"
   }

boatstack/safety.go

@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@ func malformedHookInput(code string) error {
 // still banned in isPureReadOnlyCommand, so no filter can be turned into a writer.
 var readOnlyStage = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^\s*(?:env\s+[^ ]+\s+)*(?:rg|grep|git\s+(?:grep|diff|status|show|log)|cat|sed|head|tail|less|wc|awk|sort|uniq|cut|tr|jq|column|nl|comm|rev|fold|find\s+[^\n]*-(?:print|ls)|psql\s+[^\n]*\s-c\s+["']?\s*select\b|(?:[^\s]*/)?boatstack-helper(?:[_.-][a-z0-9._-]+)?\s+(?:recovery-status|mutation-status|operation-status|delivery-status|next-status|workspace-status|repair-status|check-plan|check-source-plan|check-safety|diagnose-hook|doctor|version)\b)`)
 
+// Constitutional/Optimization split. These destruction rules are CONSTITUTIONAL:
+// they define the real boundary (destroying a live resource) and are never traded
+// for convenience — no project config knob disables them; config may only ADD
+// scope (HighRiskPaths). The executor-gating around them (the scanSQL argument to
+// classifySafetyText; the executed-vs-data file distinction; the artifact exemption
+// on committed diffs) is the OPTIMIZATION surface: it narrows WHEN a rule is
+// observed to cut false positives, but it may never disable the boundary — when the
+// executor is live, a constitutional rule must still fire. That floor is enforced by
+// TestExecutorGatingNeverDisablesTheBoundary.
+//
 // irreversiblePatterns classify destruction by text. Rules whose regex names its
 // own EXECUTOR (rm, git, terraform, supabase db reset, …) are self-executing:
 // matching the text is sound because the text IS the command. Rules marked

boatstack/safety_test.go

@@ -198,6 +198,43 @@ func TestReadOnlyInspectionPipelinesAllowed(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Constitutional/Optimization split: the executor-gating optimization narrows WHEN
+// a destruction rule is observed (to cut false positives) but must NEVER disable the
+// boundary. When the executor is live the constitutional rule still fires; the
+// optimization's benefit (data operations pass) does not become a leak; and no
+// project config can trade the boundary away.
+func TestExecutorGatingNeverDisablesTheBoundary(t *testing.T) {
+	repo := safetyTestRepo(t)
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(repo, "migrate.sql"), []byte("DROP TABLE accounts;\n"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// Optimization FLOOR: a live executor still blocks (the gating did not disable it).
+	mustBlock := []string{
+		`psql -c "DROP TABLE accounts"`,   // executor-gated SQL, live client
+		`psql -f migrate.sql`,             // live client runs a DDL file it executes
+		`rm -rf /`,                        // self-executing constitutional
+		`terraform destroy -auto-approve`, // self-executing constitutional
+		`supabase db reset`,               // self-executing constitutional
+		`git push --force origin main`,    // self-executing constitutional
+	}
+	for _, command := range mustBlock {
+		if findings := ClassifyCommand(repo, command); len(findings) == 0 {
+			t.Errorf("optimization disabled the boundary — live destruction allowed: %q", command)
+		}
+	}
+	// Optimization BENEFIT (not a leak): the same DDL as inert data passes, because
+	// no live executor observes it.
+	mustPass := []string{
+		"git add migrate.sql",
+		`git commit -m "add migration with DROP TABLE accounts"`,
+	}
+	for _, command := range mustPass {
+		if findings := ClassifyCommand(repo, command); len(findings) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("data operation wrongly blocked: %q -> %#v", command, findings)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSafeDiagnosticsAndFixForwardCommandsRemainAllowed(t *testing.T) {
 	repo := safetyTestRepo(t)
 	safeScript := filepath.Join(repo, "scripts", "apply_schema.py")

docs/evidence-engineered-coding.md

@@ -146,6 +146,6 @@ Delivery and system improvement also remain separate. A failed task may suggest
 
 ## What is evidence-backed
 
-The current moves were derived from the Intelligence Flow benchmark corpus and product-repository studies. The generated source commit is [`3c770b5db125ad5f28515380c59c4d1718e3a020`](https://github.com/operatorstack/intelligence-flow/tree/3c770b5db125ad5f28515380c59c4d1718e3a020/labs/12-product-engineering-loop).
+The current moves were derived from the Intelligence Flow benchmark corpus and product-repository studies. The generated source commit is [`9a3cafb4f5040ed787390607b7cd6ced843588ea`](https://github.com/operatorstack/intelligence-flow/tree/9a3cafb4f5040ed787390607b7cd6ced843588ea/labs/12-product-engineering-loop).
 
 The evidence supports specific failure mechanisms and guardrails. It does not establish that Boatstack is optimal, that control-theory notation proves software quality, or that one workflow dominates every team. Those are evaluation questions, so the distribution preserves measurements, provenance, gaps, and negative results.

docs/public-claims.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "schema_version": 1,
-  "source_commit": "3c770b5db125ad5f28515380c59c4d1718e3a020",
+  "source_commit": "9a3cafb4f5040ed787390607b7cd6ced843588ea",
   "statuses": ["verified", "observed", "still_being_evaluated"],
   "claims": [
     {
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       "readable_evidence": "why-these-steps.md#portable-workflow-and-state",
       "implementation": ["../boatstack/export.go", "../boatstack/references/artifacts.md", "../boatstack/references/workflow.md"],
       "verification": ["../boatstack/export_test.go"],
-      "last_verified_version": "source:3c770b5db125ad5f28515380c59c4d1718e3a020"
+      "last_verified_version": "source:9a3cafb4f5040ed787390607b7cd6ced843588ea"
     },
     {
       "id": "human-decisions",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
       "readable_evidence": "why-these-steps.md#human-decisions",
       "implementation": ["../boatstack/references/workflow.md", "../boatstack/plan.go"],
       "verification": ["../boatstack/plan_test.go", "../boatstack/planning_test.go"],
-      "last_verified_version": "source:3c770b5db125ad5f28515380c59c4d1718e3a020"
+      "last_verified_version": "source:9a3cafb4f5040ed787390607b7cd6ced843588ea"
     },
     {
       "id": "validation-provenance",
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       "readable_evidence": "why-these-steps.md#validation-provenance",
       "implementation": ["validation-and-evidence.md", "../boatstack/plan.go"],
       "verification": ["../boatstack/plan_test.go"],
-      "last_verified_version": "source:3c770b5db125ad5f28515380c59c4d1718e3a020"
+      "last_verified_version": "source:9a3cafb4f5040ed787390607b7cd6ced843588ea"
     },
     {
       "id": "irreversible-operations",
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
       "readable_evidence": "why-these-steps.md#irreversible-operations",
       "implementation": ["safety.md", "../boatstack/safety.go", "../boatstack/hooks.go"],
       "verification": ["../boatstack/safety_test.go", "../boatstack/hooks_test.go"],
-      "last_verified_version": "source:3c770b5db125ad5f28515380c59c4d1718e3a020"
+      "last_verified_version": "source:9a3cafb4f5040ed787390607b7cd6ced843588ea"
     },
     {
       "id": "reviewer-ready-pr",
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
       "readable_evidence": "why-these-steps.md#reviewer-ready-pr",
       "implementation": ["../boatstack/pr.go", "getting-started.md"],
       "verification": ["../boatstack/pr_test.go"],
-      "last_verified_version": "source:3c770b5db125ad5f28515380c59c4d1718e3a020"
+      "last_verified_version": "source:9a3cafb4f5040ed787390607b7cd6ced843588ea"
     },
     {
       "id": "phase-scoped-delivery",
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
       "readable_evidence": "why-these-steps.md#phase-scoped-delivery",
       "implementation": ["../boatstack/delivery.go", "../boatstack/safety.go", "../boatstack/hooks.go", "../boatstack/references/workflow.md"],
       "verification": ["../boatstack/delivery_test.go", "../boatstack/pr_test.go"],
-      "last_verified_version": "source:3c770b5db125ad5f28515380c59c4d1718e3a020"
+      "last_verified_version": "source:9a3cafb4f5040ed787390607b7cd6ced843588ea"
     },
     {
       "id": "model-neutral-contract",
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
       "readable_evidence": "why-these-steps.md#model-choice-and-budget",
       "implementation": ["research-and-design.md", "../boatstack/references/workflow.md"],
       "verification": ["../boatstack/export_test.go", "../boatstack/planning_test.go"],
-      "last_verified_version": "source:3c770b5db125ad5f28515380c59c4d1718e3a020"
+      "last_verified_version": "source:9a3cafb4f5040ed787390607b7cd6ced843588ea"
     },
     {
       "id": "cross-model-failures",
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
       "readable_evidence": "why-these-steps.md#model-choice-and-budget",
       "implementation": ["research-and-design.md"],
       "verification": ["benchmark-corpus-audit.md", "benchmark-submission-audit.md"],
-      "last_verified_version": "source:3c770b5db125ad5f28515380c59c4d1718e3a020"
+      "last_verified_version": "source:9a3cafb4f5040ed787390607b7cd6ced843588ea"
     },
     {
       "id": "lower-cost-outcomes",
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
       "readable_evidence": "why-these-steps.md#model-choice-and-budget",
       "implementation": ["research-and-design.md"],
       "verification": ["benchmark-corpus-audit.md", "benchmark-submission-audit.md"],
-      "last_verified_version": "source:3c770b5db125ad5f28515380c59c4d1718e3a020"
+      "last_verified_version": "source:9a3cafb4f5040ed787390607b7cd6ced843588ea"
     },
     {
       "id": "git-worktree-activation",
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
       "readable_evidence": "why-these-steps.md#git-worktree-activation",
       "implementation": ["../boatstack/runtime_cache.go", "../boatstack/hooks.go"],
       "verification": ["../boatstack/runtime_cache_test.go", "../boatstack/hooks_test.go"],
-      "last_verified_version": "source:3c770b5db125ad5f28515380c59c4d1718e3a020"
+      "last_verified_version": "source:9a3cafb4f5040ed787390607b7cd6ced843588ea"
     },
     {
       "id": "visible-updates",
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
       "readable_evidence": "why-these-steps.md#visible-updates",
       "implementation": ["../boatstack/update.go", "../boatstack/init.go"],
       "verification": ["../boatstack/update_test.go", "../boatstack/init_test.go", "../boatstack/export_test.go"],
-      "last_verified_version": "source:3c770b5db125ad5f28515380c59c4d1718e3a020"
+      "last_verified_version": "source:9a3cafb4f5040ed787390607b7cd6ced843588ea"
     }
   ]
 }

labs/diagram-json/plan.lock.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "plan_path": "labs/diagram-json/plan.md",
   "plan_sha256": "3cc4f533b8d69386deff16b3a594a3ba09d4c0c3db636cccd8c4380084ce6a51",
   "schema_version": 1,
-  "source_commit": "3c770b5db125ad5f28515380c59c4d1718e3a020",
+  "source_commit": "9a3cafb4f5040ed787390607b7cd6ced843588ea",
   "source_plan_path": "labs/diagram-json/source-plan.md",
   "source_plan_sha256": "e10593ddaa7522ab80cc991d0a09399257139799e37f737794cd49d68a39985b",
   "spec_path": "labs/diagram-json/spec.md",

release-notes/2026-07-27-constitutional-boundary-floor.md

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+### The destruction boundary is guaranteed to survive its own optimization
+
+The guard now decides destruction by effect: it asks which executor runs a command, not whether a file
+or a message spells a keyword. That change removed false positives — committing a migration, staging a
+schema file, editing a note. This release records and enforces the limit of that optimization.
+
+The rule that decides destruction is constitutional. It defines the real boundary — destroying a live
+resource — and is never traded for convenience. No project setting disables it; a setting can only add
+scope. The executor check that narrows when the rule is observed is an optimization: it exists to cut
+false positives, and it may never let a live destructive command through. When the executor is live, the
+rule still fires.
+
+A conformance test now holds this floor. A live database client running a drop, a client running a
+migration file, a recursive delete, an infrastructure destroy, a database reset, and a force push are
+all still denied, while the same SQL sitting inert in a staged or committed file passes. The benefit of
+the optimization does not become a leak, and the boundary cannot be optimized away.