test(cli): pin sandbox policy golden temp roots

[FabioLeitao]

Summary

Makes TestRunSandboxPolicyJSONGoldenIncludesManagerBaselineFields hermetic by pinning the temp variables the policy snapshot reads, and adds a nested-temp case for the shape described in #1121. Test-only. The golden normalizer is unchanged.

Linked issue

Closes #1121

The parent issue has the issue-approved label.

Problem

TestRunSandboxPolicyJSONGoldenIncludesManagerBaselineFields (internal/cli/sandbox_test.go) compares zero sandbox policy --json to a fixed golden after stripping temp roots. It fails when the process temp directory is nested inside an earlier candidate.

Repro from the issue:

TMPDIR=/some/nondefault/path go test ./internal/cli/... -run TestRunSandboxPolicyJSONGoldenIncludesManagerBaselineFields -v

The failing shape is narrower than "any non-default TMPDIR". On Unix it is TMPDIR inside /tmp (for example TMPDIR=/tmp/user/<uid>/...). On Windows it is TMP inside TEMP.

Cause

The normalizer already removes every temp root that sandbox.NewScope(workspace, nil).Roots() reports beyond the workspace. NewScope drops a candidate that sits inside an earlier one. The policy JSON is built with a nil scope and still lists that inner root, so the normalizer leaves it in readRoots and writeRoots and the golden mismatches.

That is the case the maintainer reproduced on the issue: /tmp followed by a TMPDIR under /tmp. The Windows equivalent is TEMP set to a directory and TMP set to a folder inside it: NewScope reports only the outer directory and the inner one survives. Reversing that order keeps both, and the test passes.

The production behavior (including the extra temp root in the policy) is correct. This is a test hermeticity bug.

Fix

Test-only, in internal/cli/sandbox_test.go. The normalizer is not taught about nesting.

• pinSandboxPolicyGoldenTempEnv runs before any t.TempDir that could leak into the snapshot. On Unix it sets TMPDIR to empty with t.Setenv, so the only candidate is the hard-coded /tmp. On Windows it sets TEMP and TMP to the same t.TempDir() directory, so neither is nested in the other. XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not a temp write-root candidate and is left alone.
• TestRunSandboxPolicyJSONGoldenNestedTempDir stages the issue's shape first, then applies the same pin. On Unix the staged path is a directory from t.TempDir() that resolves inside /tmp, exported as TMPDIR. On Windows it is TMP inside TEMP, both from t.TempDir(). After the pin, the golden matches and the staged path must not appear in the normalized JSON.
• If that nested shape cannot be built (for example the resolved temp dir is not inside /tmp, or /tmp is not a directory), the nested test skips. Directories come from t.TempDir(), not from the package working directory.

Before / after

Before: an ambient TMPDIR inside /tmp, or TMP inside TEMP, survives normalization and the golden fails.

After: the golden pins those variables for the duration of the test. The nested case stages the leaking shape, then pins over it, and asserts the inner path is gone from the normalized policy. A temp layout that cannot reproduce the nested shape skips that case.

Tests

• Existing golden, now pinned: TestRunSandboxPolicyJSONGoldenIncludesManagerBaselineFields.
• New nested case: TestRunSandboxPolicyJSONGoldenNestedTempDir.

Locally, on this branch: gofmt on the file, go vet of internal/cli, and go test ./internal/cli/ -run Golden -race. The full go test ./... suite is not claimed here. internal/cli with -race is long; that package run already passed in an earlier local round.

The same change, on the fork, went through CI on FabioLeitao/zero#13 (merged as aa14f17e), including the Linux unit/race jobs and the smoke jobs on Ubuntu, macOS, and Windows. Windows was not run locally.

Risk

No production code changes. A Unix environment whose temp dir is not inside /tmp skips the nested case; the pinned golden still runs. The pin uses t.Setenv, so it does not leak into other tests.

How to verify

gofmt -l internal/cli/sandbox_test.go
go vet ./internal/cli/
go test ./internal/cli/ -run 'TestRunSandboxPolicyJSONGolden' -race -count=1

Unset TMPDIR, set it to /tmp, and set it to a directory inside /tmp. The pinned golden should pass in each case. The nested test skips when its temp dir cannot be placed inside /tmp.

Scope

Only internal/cli/sandbox_test.go.

AI disclosure

This patch was prepared with AI assistance and checked against issue #1121 and the maintainer's comment on the NewScope nesting behavior. The commits and this description were reviewed before opening the pull request.

Checklist

• The linked issue already has the issue-approved label.
• go build ./..., go vet ./..., and go test ./... pass locally.
• gofmt clean.
• Tests added/updated for the change (and run under -race where relevant).
• UI changes include screenshots or a short recording where possible.

go vet was run for internal/cli only. go test ./... was not re-run for this pull request. There are no UI changes.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Tests
  • Expanded automated checks for Windows sandbox policy output, including cases involving nested temporary directories.
  • Improved validation of normalized policy output to ensure temporary paths are handled consistently.

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Walkthrough

The sandbox policy golden tests now pin temp-directory environment variables. A nested-temp-directory case checks that normalized policy JSON does not retain the nested path. The shared assertion helper checks required raw output and returns normalized JSON.

Changes

Sandbox policy golden tests

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Hermetic golden assertions internal/cli/sandbox_test.go	The shared helper accepts a required-list value, checks it against raw policy output, and returns normalized JSON. The golden test pins temp-directory environment variables. A nested-temp test sets platform-specific temp paths and checks that normalized JSON omits the nested path.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Other · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested reviewers: gnanam1990

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 790f3

The golden tests have no identified merge-blocking issue; the unused helper parameter can be cleaned up separately.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 42.86% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 7 functions across 1 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: pinning sandbox policy golden-test temporary-directory roots.
Linked Issues check		Issue #1121 requires the policy golden test to avoid ambient nested temporary roots. TestRunSandboxPolicyJSONGoldenIncludesManagerBaselineFields pins TMPDIR on Unix and TEMP/TMP on Windows bef…
Out of Scope Changes check		The whole diff changes only internal/cli/sandbox_test.go. The helper refactor supports the golden assertion, and the new nested-layout test directly covers issue #1121. No unrelated production, UI, …

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🧹 Nitpick comments: 1

internal/cli/sandbox_test.go: 1

622-624: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Remove the unused mustList parameter.

Both reachable callers pass an empty string, so the required-output branch is unreachable. Passing nested from the nested test would be invalid because the test pins the temp environment before generating the policy.

Suggested cleanup

-	assertSandboxPolicyJSONGolden(t, "")
+	assertSandboxPolicyJSONGolden(t)

-	normalized := assertSandboxPolicyJSONGolden(t, "")
+	normalized := assertSandboxPolicyJSONGolden(t)

-func assertSandboxPolicyJSONGolden(t *testing.T, mustList string) string {
+func assertSandboxPolicyJSONGolden(t *testing.T) string {
...
-	if mustList != "" && !strings.Contains(raw, mustList) {
-		t.Fatalf("policy JSON did not list pinned temp root %q\n%s", mustList, raw)
-	}

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Review comment at @internal/cli/sandbox_test.go around lines 622 - 624:
Remove the unused mustList parameter and its conditional assertion from
assertSandboxPolicyJSONGolden, since all callers pass an empty value. Update
each call to the helper to omit the argument; do not pass nested or add a
replacement assertion.

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Review comments at @internal/cli/sandbox_test.go:
- Around line 622-624: Remove the unused mustList parameter and its conditional
assertion from assertSandboxPolicyJSONGolden, since all callers pass an empty
value. Update each call to the helper to omit the argument; do not pass nested
or add a replacement assertion.

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[FabioLeitao]

Thank you for taking a look. A note on CI so it does not get in the way of review.

The only red job is Smoke (macos-latest), in internal/providers/providerio: TestScanSSEDataWithContextContentResetsOnData (providerio_test.go:312, err = idle timeout (upstream stopped sending data), want nil). That is the only FAIL in the log.

This PR only touches internal/cli/sandbox_test.go, and internal/providers is identical to main at 846d30f5, where Smoke (macos-latest) passed (run). It looks like a timing flake rather than this change, so I filed it separately as #1140 with the log. The other checks, including Smoke (windows-latest), pass.

Could a maintainer re-run the failed job when convenient? I am not pushing an empty commit to re-trigger it.