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feat(analyzer): TLS ServerHello handshake reassembly across records (STORY-145, closes S2C SNI/JA3S fragmentation gap)#343

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Summary

STORY-145 extends the TLS handshake-message reassembly carry-buffer mechanism (introduced in STORY-144 for ClientHello/ClientToServer) to the ServerToClient direction. A ServerHello fragmented across multiple TLS 0x16 records is now reassembled so JA3S fingerprinting and detection work correctly. This closes the S2C half of the silent SNI/JA3S evasion gap (TLS-CLIENTHELLO-FRAG-001).

The ServerToClient carry-drain arm is a byte-for-byte symmetric mirror of the ClientToServer path delivered in STORY-144:

  • Clear-and-recover on overflow (MAX_BUF=65536, per-record limit 18432)
  • Cursor + single-drain O(carry_len) — DoS-safe (SEC-001)
  • saturating_add aggregates overflows

4 new tests in mod story_145 (2 AC-cited Red-Gate + 2 DoS-guard sibling-coverage per DF-SIBLING-SWEEP-001). Commits will be squash-merged.


Behavioral Contract Traceability

BC ID Version Title AC Coverage
BC-2.07.041 v1.2 Handshake Carry Buffers Are Per-Flow and Per-Direction Isolated AC-145-001, AC-145-002, AC-145-003
BC-2.07.002 v1.6 Parse Complete TLS ServerHello: JA3S Fingerprint Computed AC-145-004, AC-145-005
BC-2.07.038 v2.7 (referenced) Carry buffer overflow, exact-consume, truncation semantics AC-145-001 (symmetric)

Verification Property: VP-039 Sub-E (direction isolation proptest + cross-flow isolation unit test)

flowchart LR
  BC241["BC-2.07.041 v1.2\n(Direction Isolation)"] --> AC1["AC-145-001\nS2C carry drain"]
  BC241 --> AC2["AC-145-002\nDirection selector"]
  BC241 --> AC3["AC-145-003\nCross-flow isolation"]
  BC202["BC-2.07.002 v1.6\n(ServerHello JA3S)"] --> AC4["AC-145-004\nFragmented reassembly"]
  BC202 --> AC5["AC-145-005\nSingle-record regression"]
  AC1 --> TEST1["proptest_vp039_direction_isolation"]
  AC2 --> TEST1
  AC3 --> TEST2["test_BC_2_07_041_cross_flow_isolation"]
  AC4 --> TEST1
  AC5 --> TEST3["test_parse_server_hello\n+ CLI smoke"]
  TEST1 --> IMPL["src/analyzer/tls.rs\nServerToClient arm"]
  TEST2 --> IMPL
  TEST3 --> IMPL
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Story Dependencies

graph LR
  STORY144["STORY-144\nClientToServer carry\n(merged #341)"] --> STORY145["STORY-145\nServerToClient carry\n(this PR)"]
  STORY145 -.->|blocks| STORY146["STORY-146\n(future)"]
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STORY-144 merged as PR #341 (feat(analyzer): TLS handshake-message reassembly across records). This PR depends on STORY-144's struct fields (server_hs_carry, handshake_reassembly_overflows) and the ClientToServer drain loop being in place.


Architecture Changes

graph TD
  subgraph "src/analyzer/tls.rs"
    TR["try_parse_records()"]
    TR -->|"Direction::ClientToServer\n0x16 record"| C2S["client_hs_carry\ndrain loop\n(STORY-144)"]
    TR -->|"Direction::ServerToClient\n0x16 record\nNEW"| S2C["server_hs_carry\ndrain loop\n(STORY-145)"]
    S2C --> SH["handle_server_hello()\nmsg_type==0x02"]
    SH --> SSH["server_hello_seen=true\nja3s_counts populated"]
    S2C --> OVF["Overflow guard:\nclear-and-recover\nMAX_BUF=65536"]
  end
  subgraph "TlsFlowState (per-flow, unchanged)"
    CK["client_hs_carry: Vec<u8>"]
    SK["server_hs_carry: Vec<u8>"]
  end
  subgraph "HashMap<FlowKey, TlsFlowState>"
    HM["Flow isolation\n(per-flow keying)"]
  end
  S2C --> SK
  C2S --> CK
  TR --> HM
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Files changed:

  • src/analyzer/tls.rs — +128/-35 lines (ServerToClient 0x16 carry drain path wired)
  • tests/tls_analyzer_tests.rs — +535 lines (4 new tests in mod story_145)
  • docs/demo-evidence/STORY-145/ — 3 WebM recordings + 3 GIFs + evidence-report.md
  • tests/tls_analyzer_tests.proptest-regressions — 1-byte fragmentation regression seed

Acceptance Criteria → Test → Demo Evidence

AC BC Traces To Test Demo
AC-145-001: S2C carry drain symmetric BC-2.07.041 v1.2 Inv 2; BC-2.07.038 v2.7 PC3b proptest_vp039_direction_isolation AC-001-002-direction-carry-drain.webm
AC-145-002: Direction selector → no cross-dir bleed BC-2.07.041 v1.2 Inv 2; PC 1–2 proptest_vp039_direction_isolation Same as above
AC-145-003: Cross-flow isolation BC-2.07.041 v1.2 Inv 1, 4; PC 1, 4–5 test_BC_2_07_041_cross_flow_isolation AC-003-cross-flow-isolation.webm
AC-145-004: Fragmented S2C → server_hello_seen=true BC-2.07.002 v1.6 PC7, Inv 4 proptest_vp039_direction_isolation (interleaved) Covered by AC-001/002 recording
AC-145-005: Single-record ServerHello regression BC-2.07.002 v1.6 Inv 4; BC-2.07.038 v2.7 EC-007 test_parse_server_hello + CLI smoke AC-005-single-record-regression.webm

Demo Evidence

AC Shows Recording
AC-145-001/002 Fragmented ServerHello reassembled; server_hello_seen=true, ja3s_counts non-empty, parse_errors=0, carries drain to 0 docs/demo-evidence/STORY-145/AC-001-002-direction-carry-drain.webm
AC-145-003 Two concurrent flows, fragmented ServerHellos, sni_counts==2, no cross-flow bleed docs/demo-evidence/STORY-145/AC-003-cross-flow-isolation.webm
AC-145-005 Single-record ServerHello regression-free docs/demo-evidence/STORY-145/AC-005-single-record-regression.webm

AC-145-004 (server overflow/spoof guards) covered by test_vp039_server_carry_overflow_clear_and_recover and test_vp039_server_body_len_spoof unit tests — overflow/error-path tests produce no user-observable CLI output distinguishable from a normal pass.


Test Evidence

Suite Pass Fail Notes
cargo test --test tls_analyzer_tests story_145 4 0 All STORY-145 ACs covered
cargo test --all-targets 140 0 Full suite including STORY-144 regressions
cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings CLEAN 0 Zero warnings
cargo fmt --check CLEAN Formatting gate passes

All tests pass locally on stable Rust (Rust 2024 edition, rust-version = "1.91").


Security Review

Reviewed by vsdd-factory:security-reviewer against PR #343 diff (STORY-145). No CRITICAL or HIGH findings.

ID Severity CWE Finding Disposition
SEC-001 INFO CWE-191 Carry subtraction arithmetic — underflow evaluated Confirmed sound. Loop invariant guarantees consumed <= carry_len at all times.
SEC-002 INFO CWE-125 record_bytes[5..] slice safety Confirmed safe. total_record_len = 5 + payload_len guaranteed by upstream guards.
SEC-003 INFO CWE-190 saturating_add on overflow counter Correct idiom; prevents panic under overflow-checks = true.
SEC-004 INFO CWE-664 Cross-direction isolation Structurally enforced by exhaustive match direction arms; no cross-contamination path exists.
SEC-005 INFO CWE-668 Cross-flow isolation HashMap keying enforces isolation; no global mutable carry state.
SEC-006 LOW CWE-400 Step-1 guard uses strict > — carry can reach exactly MAX_BUF (65,536 bytes) Pre-existing property of the symmetric design inherited from STORY-144 (ClientToServer arm accepted with same condition). Not a regression. Carry is still bounded.
SEC-007 INFO CWE-668 Aggregate counters shared across flows By design; documented. No security exploit path.

DoS guards confirmed sound:

  • Step-1 overflow: clear-and-recover fires when carry_len_before + record_payload.len() > MAX_BUF (65,536). Bounded by per-record cap (MAX_RECORD_PAYLOAD = 18,432).
  • Decision-4 body_len spoof: guard fires when parsed body_len > MAX_BUF; clears carry, increments counter, post-loop drain skipped via decision4_fired flag.
  • Incomplete-message guard: carry_len - consumed < 4 + body_len — arithmetic safe per SEC-001 analysis.

Overall: APPROVE. No CRITICAL/HIGH findings. SEC-006 (LOW) is pre-existing symmetric property, not a regression.


Risk Assessment

Dimension Assessment
Blast radius Narrow: SS-07 (src/analyzer/tls.rs) only. No new struct fields, no new files, no new dependencies.
Regression risk Low: ServerToClient drain path was previously a single-record dispatch; new path is a carry-buffer drain that degrades gracefully to single-record fast path on first invocation. 140 existing tests unaffected.
Performance impact O(carry_len) drain loop is bounded by MAX_BUF=65536. No quadratic growth. saturating_add overflow counter is O(1).
DoS surface Mitigated: Step-1 overflow guard (clear-and-recover at 65536 bytes) prevents unbounded accumulation. Decision-4 body_len spoof guard prevents false-completion on spoofed length field.
Security correctness Positive: closes S2C half of TLS-CLIENTHELLO-FRAG-001 silent evasion gap. Improves detection coverage.

AI Pipeline Metadata

Field Value
Pipeline mode Feature (f-sequence)
Story wave 66
Story phase f3 (TDD implementation)
TDD mode strict
Model claude-sonnet-4-6
Story points 5
Squash merge Yes

Pre-Merge Checklist

  • PR description populated with traceability
  • Demo evidence present (3 WebM recordings, evidence-report.md)
  • All STORY-145 tests pass locally (4/4)
  • Full test suite passes locally (140/0)
  • cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings clean
  • cargo fmt --check passes
  • STORY-144 (depends_on) merged as PR feat(analyzer): TLS handshake-message reassembly across records (STORY-144, closes SNI/JA3 fragmentation evasion) #341
  • Security review complete (APPROVE — no CRITICAL/HIGH; SEC-006 LOW pre-existing)
  • PR review approved (pr-reviewer — APPROVE, 0 blocking, 3 non-blocking nits)
  • CI green — all 11 checks pass (action-pin-gate, audit, clippy, deny, fmt, fuzz-build, green-doc-tense-gate, help-provenance-gate, semantic-PR, test, trust-boundary)

Zious11 added 7 commits June 29, 2026 21:50
Files created: none (tests/tls_analyzer_tests.rs modified)
todo!() functions: 0 (no src changes; stub is structural — ServerToClient carry
path in try_parse_records retains the legacy parse_tls_plaintext body per
AC-144-005 preservation; the server_hs_carry drain loop is NOT added here)

## GREEN-BY-DESIGN
| Function | Justification |
|----------|--------------|
| `make_test_flow_key(seed: u8)` | Pure constructor; IpAddr::from + wrapping_add; zero branching, no I/O, no helpers, 4 lines. |
| `build_server_hello()` | Single delegation to flat-root build_server_hello(0x002f) with slice strip; zero branching, no I/O, 1 line. |
| `build_client_hello_with_sni(sni: &str)` | Single delegation to flat-root build_client_hello; zero branching, no I/O, 1 line. |
| `wrap_as_tls_record(content_type, payload)` | Pure byte-framing constructor; no branching on domain state, no I/O, 4 lines. |

## WIRING-EXEMPT
none

Red Gate: cargo check + clippy -D warnings clean; 136 existing tests GREEN;
2 new story_145 tests FAIL (server_hello_seen not set for fragmented S2C —
ServerToClient carry drain path not yet wired). No real server reassembly logic added.
…ss-flow isolation)

Replace stub shells with non-vacuous proptest_vp039_direction_isolation and
test_BC_2_07_041_cross_flow_isolation per VP-039 Sub-E spec skeletons.

proptest_vp039_direction_isolation: saturating clamp (not prop_assume), three
independent analyzers (interleaved / c2s_only / s2c_only), equivalence assertions
plus explicit truth guards (server_hello_seen==true, ja3s_counts non-empty) to
prevent vacuous pass before STORY-145 wires the S2C carry drain.

test_BC_2_07_041_cross_flow_isolation: renamed from lowercase stub name per
BC-traceability convention; #[allow(non_snake_case)] added; body unchanged.

Red Gate: both tests FAIL (server_hello_seen stays false on fragmented S2C).
136 existing tests GREEN. Clippy -Dwarnings + fmt clean.
…embly (STORY-145, S-145.01)

Replaces the pre-existing parse_tls_plaintext path in the ServerToClient arm
with a direction-parameterized cursor-based carry drain loop symmetric to the
ClientToServer path introduced in STORY-144.

Key changes in src/analyzer/tls.rs:
- Direction::ServerToClient arm: append record_payload to server_hs_carry,
  then drain complete handshake messages via parse_tls_message_handshake.
  msg_type 0x02 (ServerHello) dispatches handle_server_hello and sets
  server_hello_seen; other types consumed silently (BC-2.07.038 Inv-1).
- Same SEC-001 O(carry_len) cursor design, MAX_BUF overflow guard (Step 1),
  Decision-4 body_len-spoof guard, and single post-loop drain as C2S.
- Remove unused imports: parse_tls_plaintext, Err as NomErr.
- Update block-header comment and per-import comment.

Tests: 138 passed / 0 failed (2 previously failing Red Gate tests now green:
  proptest_vp039_direction_isolation, test_BC_2_07_041_cross_flow_isolation).
Clippy: clean. fmt: clean.
…t carry-empty postcond (S-145, F-145-001/002)

Add two missing unit tests inside mod story_145 that cover the
ServerToClient carry-buffer DoS guards introduced by STORY-145:
- test_vp039_server_carry_overflow_clear_and_recover: exercises the
  Step-1 pre-append overflow guard (tls.rs:987-994) by accumulating
  server_hs_carry past MAX_BUF=65536 across multiple valid records,
  then verifies clear-and-recover semantics.
- test_vp039_server_body_len_spoof: exercises the Decision-4 body_len
  spoof guard (tls.rs:1025-1033) by sending a ServerHello header with
  body_len=65537 > MAX_BUF.

Also strengthens proptest_vp039_direction_isolation with two additional
AC-145-001 postcondition assertions: both client_hs_carry and
server_hs_carry must be zero-length after complete fragmented delivery.
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Review Cycle 1 Triage — STORY-145

Reviewer Verdict Blocking Findings Non-Blocking
pr-reviewer APPROVE 0 3 nits (NB-1/NB-2/NB-3)
security-reviewer APPROVE 0 (1 LOW pre-existing) SEC-006 LOW

pr-reviewer findings (all NON-BLOCKING)

ID Severity Finding Disposition
NB-1 NON-BLOCKING (refactor) ~85 lines of structurally identical C2S/S2C carry-drain code — refactor candidate Deferred to follow-up story (duplication intentional and clearly commented per story spec)
NB-2 NON-BLOCKING (style) S2C dispatch: Ok(_) and Err(_) arms could collapse to _ => Deferred — preserving symmetric two-arm structure matches C2S arm
NB-3 NON-BLOCKING (doc polish) C2S arm comment still references "STORY-145 scope (not reachable here)" Can be cleaned up post-merge in a chore commit

security-reviewer findings

ID Severity CWE Finding Disposition
SEC-006 LOW CWE-400 Step-1 guard: carry can reach exactly MAX_BUF bytes (strict > vs >=) Pre-existing property of STORY-144 ClientToServer arm, inherited symmetrically. Not a regression. Carry still bounded by MAX_BUF = 65,536.

All other security checks (SEC-001 through SEC-005, SEC-007): CONFIRMED SOUND.

DoS guards confirmed sound

  • Step-1 overflow (clear-and-recover): sound
  • Decision-4 body_len-spoof guard: sound
  • Incomplete-message arithmetic: no underflow possible (invariant proven)
  • saturating_add on overflow counter: correct

Convergence: 0 blocking findings → proceeding to CI gate.

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… log SEC-006/dup/doc deferrals

STATE.md:
- current_step: STORY-145 MERGED, NEXT: STORY-146
- develop_head: 0986e87→d3d2e1989bc9ca5ecfc7b4eb3d3fa9fd80dccaa2
- stories_delivered: 92→93
- story_index_version: v3.6→v3.7
- story_index_note: STORY-145 MERGED wave 66 PR #343 d3d2e19; STORY-146 pending
- Open worktrees: removed story-145 ACTIVE line (worktree removed)
- EXACT RESUME POINT: rewritten to wave-66 STORY-146 NOT STARTED
- RESUME PROCEDURE: updated to develop d3d2e19, new worktree creation for STORY-146
- Project Metadata table: develop HEAD + stories count updated
- Phase Progress F4 row: STORY-145 MERGED
- Current Phase Steps: added DONE row for STORY-145 TDD delivery; NEXT→STORY-146
- Decisions Log: added D-309 (STORY-145 MERGED PR #343, convergence, CI, human merge)
- Open Items: TLS-CLIENTHELLO-FRAG-001 status updated; added SEC-006/TLS-DRAIN-DUP-001/TLS-STALE-COMMENT-001
- Session Resume Checkpoint: updated to STORY-145 MERGED; STORY-146 next
- Notes footer: updated story-index version, develop HEAD, STORY-145 MERGED

stories/STORY-145.md:
- status: draft→merged (v1.1 doc already in place; input-hash 88e29c9 MATCH)

stories/STORY-INDEX.md:
- version: 3.6→3.7; timestamp updated
- v3.7 changelog entry added
- STORY-144 status: draft→merged (wave 65 PR #341 0986e87)
- STORY-145 status: draft→merged (wave 66 PR #343 d3d2e19)
- Wave 65 delivery row: DELIVERED & CLOSED #341 0986e87 2026-06-29
- Wave 66 delivery row: STORY-145 DELIVERED #343 d3d2e19; STORY-146 pending

Count-propagation sweep: stories_delivered 92→93 updated in STATE.md frontmatter, metadata
table, Notes footer, and STORY-INDEX changelog. Old count (92) remains only in immutable
historical rows (D-307 past decision, 91→92 arrow-notation in step history) — intentional.
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…rops counter (STORY-146) (#344)

# [STORY-146] TLS buffer-saturation telemetry — buffer_saturation_drops
counter

**Epic:** TLS analyzer observability hardening — defense-in-depth for
silent tail-drop (F-EV-001)
**Mode:** feature
**Convergence:** CONVERGED after 3 adversarial passes (fresh-context,
bb29117)

![Tests](https://img.shields.io/badge/tests-148%2F148-brightgreen)
![Coverage](https://img.shields.io/badge/coverage-passing-brightgreen)

![Mutation](https://img.shields.io/badge/mutation-saturating__add%20covered-green)

![Holdout](https://img.shields.io/badge/holdout-N%2FA%20evaluated%20at%20wave%20gate-blue)

Adds a `buffer_saturation_drops: u64` aggregate telemetry counter to
`TlsAnalyzer`. When a
per-direction TCP-segment buffer (`client_buf` or `server_buf`) reaches
`MAX_BUF = 65,536` and
tail-drops incoming bytes, the counter increments once per `on_data`
drop event (both directions
share the same aggregate). The counter is surfaced in `summarize()`
under the key
`"buffer_saturation_drops"` — always present even at 0 (EC-008). This
makes the previously-silent
tail-drop non-silent and constitutes defense-in-depth for F-EV-001.
Byte-drop semantics
(BC-2.07.005) are UNCHANGED — this is a telemetry/observability change
only. Implemented with
`saturating_add(1)` (SEC-003 sibling consistency, avoids theoretical
overflow-check panic under
`overflow-checks = true` in the release profile). The
`fill_buf_for_testing` seam is
`#[doc(hidden)]` and test-only; it is not reachable from production
input paths.

---

## Architecture Changes

```mermaid
graph TD
    TlsAnalyzer["TlsAnalyzer<br/>(src/analyzer/tls.rs)"]
    TlsFlowState["TlsFlowState<br/>(client_buf / server_buf)"]
    StreamHandler["StreamHandler::on_data"]
    summarize["StreamAnalyzer::summarize()"]
    newField["buffer_saturation_drops: u64<br/>(NEW — aggregate on TlsAnalyzer)"]
    newAccessor["buffer_saturation_drop_count()<br/>(NEW — public accessor)"]
    newSeam["fill_buf_for_testing()<br/>(NEW — #[doc(hidden)] test seam)"]
    newKey["'buffer_saturation_drops' key<br/>(NEW — in summarize() detail map)"]

    TlsAnalyzer -->|owns| TlsFlowState
    TlsAnalyzer -->|contains| newField
    StreamHandler -->|reads client_buf/server_buf| TlsFlowState
    StreamHandler -->|increments via saturating_add| newField
    summarize -->|inserts| newKey
    newAccessor -->|reads| newField
    newSeam -->|fills for test| TlsFlowState

    style newField fill:#90EE90
    style newAccessor fill:#90EE90
    style newSeam fill:#90EE90
    style newKey fill:#90EE90
```

<details>
<summary><strong>Architecture Decision Record</strong></summary>

### ADR: Aggregate counter on TlsAnalyzer (not TlsFlowState)

**Context:** The per-direction buffer tail-drop path was previously
silent — no caller could
observe that bytes were dropped, making F-EV-001 (silent drop)
undetectable via telemetry.

**Decision:** Add `buffer_saturation_drops: u64` as an aggregate counter
on `TlsAnalyzer`
(not on `TlsFlowState`), initialized to 0, not reset on `on_flow_close`.
Increment with
`saturating_add(1)` after the `&mut state` borrow block closes
(borrow-constraint mandated by
Rust's aliasing rules). Mirror the existing `truncated_records` /
`handshake_reassembly_overflows`
aggregate counter pattern.

**Rationale:** Aggregate counters on the analyzer struct (vs per-flow
state) are the established
pattern in this codebase. Post-block placement is required by Rust
borrow rules: the mutable
borrow on `self.flows` must be released before accessing
`self.buffer_saturation_drops`. A
`did_drop: bool` flag captures the condition inside the block and is
read after.

**Alternatives Considered:**
1. Per-flow counter on `TlsFlowState` — rejected: inconsistent with
`truncated_records` /
`handshake_reassembly_overflows` pattern; adds complexity without
benefit.
2. `checked_add` with panic — rejected: release profile sets
`overflow-checks = true`;
`saturating_add` is SEC-003 compliant and matches sibling counter
implementations.

**Consequences:**
- Counter is always present in `summarize()` output (even at 0), closing
the F-EV-001 silent-drop gap.
- `fill_buf_for_testing` seam is `#[doc(hidden)]` and gated by
`debug_assert!` on `n <= MAX_BUF`;
  not reachable from production input paths.

</details>

---

## Story Dependencies

```mermaid
graph LR
    S144["STORY-144<br/>✅ MERGED<br/>TLS C2C reassembly"] --> S146["STORY-146<br/>🟡 this PR<br/>buffer saturation telemetry"]
    S145["STORY-145<br/>✅ MERGED<br/>TLS S2C reassembly"] --> S146
    S146 --> future["(no downstream blocker)"]
    style S146 fill:#FFD700
    style S144 fill:#90EE90
    style S145 fill:#90EE90
```

**depends_on:** STORY-144 (merged #341), STORY-145 (merged #343)
**blocks:** none

---

## Spec Traceability

```mermaid
flowchart LR
    BC043["BC-2.07.043 v1.3<br/>buffer_saturation_drops<br/>telemetry"] --> AC001["AC-146-001<br/>fill_buf seam exists"]
    BC043 --> AC002["AC-146-002<br/>counter increments on drop"]
    BC043 --> AC004["AC-146-004<br/>accessor buffer_saturation_drop_count"]
    BC043 --> AC005["AC-146-005<br/>summarize() key always present"]
    BC043 --> AC006["AC-146-006<br/>both directions, same aggregate"]
    BC005["BC-2.07.005 v1.7 (amended)<br/>byte-drop semantics UNCHANGED"] --> AC003["AC-146-003<br/>byte semantics preserved"]

    AC001 --> T1["test_BC_2_07_043_buffer_saturation_observable"]
    AC002 --> T2["test_BC_2_07_043_buffer_saturation_full_drop"]
    AC004 --> T3["test_BC_2_07_043_counter_persists_across_flows"]
    AC005 --> T4["test_BC_2_07_043_summarize_value_equals_drop_count"]
    AC006 --> T5["test_BC_2_07_043_both_directions_increment_same_counter"]

    T1 --> SRC["src/analyzer/tls.rs"]
    T2 --> SRC
    T3 --> SRC
    T4 --> SRC
    T5 --> SRC
```

**VP-040:** buffer_saturation_drops telemetry counter (BC-2.07.043 v1.3
+ amended BC-2.07.005 v1.7)

---

## Test Evidence

### Coverage Summary

| Metric | Value | Threshold | Status |
|--------|-------|-----------|--------|
| Unit tests (tls_analyzer_tests) | 148/148 pass | 100% | PASS |
| New story_146 tests | 8/8 pass | 100% | PASS |
| `overflow-checks = true` (release) | saturating_add verified | N/A |
PASS |
| Regression suite | 0 regressions | 0 | PASS |

### Test Flow

```mermaid
graph LR
    Unit["8 New Unit Tests<br/>(mod story_146)"]
    Suite["148 Total<br/>(tls_analyzer_tests)"]
    Clippy["Clippy -D warnings"]
    Fmt["cargo fmt --check"]

    Unit -->|8/8 pass| Pass1["PASS"]
    Suite -->|148/148 pass| Pass2["PASS"]
    Clippy --> Pass3["PASS"]
    Fmt --> Pass4["PASS"]

    style Pass1 fill:#90EE90
    style Pass2 fill:#90EE90
    style Pass3 fill:#90EE90
    style Pass4 fill:#90EE90
```

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| **New tests** | 8 added (mod story_146), 0 modified |
| **Total suite** | 148 tests PASS (tls_analyzer_tests) |
| **Coverage delta** | positive (new drop path fully covered by 8 tests)
|
| **Mutation kill rate** | EC-C1 / EC-C3 edge cases explicitly pinned
(partial_drop_boundary, full_buffer_empty_data_no_count) |
| **Regressions** | 0 |

<details>
<summary><strong>Detailed Test Results</strong></summary>

### New Tests (mod story_146)

| Test | Result | What It Covers |
|------|--------|---------------|
| `test_BC_2_07_043_buffer_saturation_observable()` | PASS |
AC-146-001/002: fill_buf seam + drop detection |
| `test_BC_2_07_043_buffer_saturation_full_drop()` | PASS | AC-146-002:
full-drop path (remaining==0) |
| `test_BC_2_07_043_no_drop_no_counter()` | PASS | no-drop path stays at
0 |
| `test_BC_2_07_043_counter_persists_across_flows()` | PASS |
AC-146-004: counter not reset on flow close |
| `test_BC_2_07_043_summarize_value_equals_drop_count()` | PASS |
AC-146-005: summarize() key matches accessor |
| `test_BC_2_07_043_both_directions_increment_same_counter()` | PASS |
AC-146-006: both directions aggregate |
| `test_BC_2_07_043_partial_drop_boundary()` | PASS | EC-C1:
partial-drop boundary (remaining>0, data overflows) |
| `test_BC_2_07_043_full_buffer_empty_data_no_count()` | PASS | EC-C3:
empty data on full buffer does not increment |

</details>

---

## Holdout Evaluation

N/A — evaluated at wave gate.

---

## Adversarial Review

| Pass | Context | Findings | Critical | High | Status |
|------|---------|----------|----------|------|--------|
| 1 | Fresh-context on bb29117 | 4 | 0 | 1 (F-146-001: stale RED prose)
| Fixed (b6545fa) |
| 2 | Fresh-context post-fix | 3 | 0 | 1 (F-146-02: saturating_add) |
Fixed (6a57eaa) |
| 3 | Fresh-context post-fix | 2 | 0 | 0 (LOW only: accessor visibility,
test-count header) | Fixed (bb29117) |

**Convergence:** CONVERGED — pass 3 produced 0 blocking findings;
residuals were cosmetic (doc OBS-146-01 corrected in 2f561c3).

<details>
<summary><strong>High-Severity Findings & Resolutions</strong></summary>

### Finding F-146-001: Stale RED/todo prose in comments/docs
- **Location:** `src/analyzer/tls.rs` (multiple comment blocks)
- **Category:** doc-quality
- **Problem:** Comments from the Red Gate stub phase referenced
`todo!()` and incomplete state.
- **Resolution:** Green-tense doc sweep; all stale prose removed (commit
b6545fa).
- **Test added:** N/A — documentation fix.

### Finding F-146-02: Missing saturating_add for overflow safety
- **Location:** `src/analyzer/tls.rs:on_data`
- **Category:** code-correctness / SEC-003
- **Problem:** Initial implementation used `+= 1`; release profile sets
`overflow-checks = true`, theoretical panic at u64::MAX.
- **Resolution:** Changed to `saturating_add(1)` matching sibling
`handshake_reassembly_overflows` pattern (commit 6a57eaa).
- **Test added:** EC-C1 / EC-C3 edge-case tests (commit bb29117).

### Finding F-146-ADV-01: Accessor visibility and test-count header
mismatch
- **Location:** `src/analyzer/tls.rs`, README/docs
- **Category:** spec-fidelity / doc-quality (LOW)
- **Problem:** `buffer_saturation_drop_count` visibility parity with
siblings; test-count header said 6 (should be 8).
- **Resolution:** Accessor confirmed public (sibling parity); header
corrected to 8 (commit bb29117).

</details>

---

## Security Review

```mermaid
graph LR
    Critical["Critical: 0"]
    High["High: 0"]
    Medium["Medium: 0"]
    Low["Low: 0 unresolved"]

    style Critical fill:#90EE90
    style High fill:#90EE90
    style Medium fill:#90EE90
    style Low fill:#87CEEB
```

**Result: CLEAR — 0 CRITICAL, 0 HIGH, 0 MEDIUM, 0 LOW findings.**

Security review completed (STORY-146 is a SECURITY-CORRECTNESS cycle
component — defense-in-depth telemetry for F-EV-001 silent tail-drop).
All 5 assertions confirmed safe:
1. **No new DoS surface (CWE-400, CWE-770):** counter is an 8-byte
scalar; no allocation on drop path; fill_buf_for_testing not callable
from network input. CONFIRMED SAFE.
2. **Overflow safety (CWE-190):** `saturating_add(1)` clamps at u64::MAX
without panic; mirrors sibling `handshake_reassembly_overflows`; correct
for `overflow-checks=true`. CONFIRMED SAFE.
3. **Test seam isolation (CWE-489):** `fill_buf_for_testing` is
`#[doc(hidden)]`, has zero call sites outside test code; binary crate so
external crate usage not a concern. CONFIRMED SAFE.
4. **Byte-drop semantics unchanged (CWE-20):** `did_drop` is read-only
comparison; does not alter `to_copy`, `extend_from_slice`, or
`try_parse_records` invocation. CONFIRMED SAFE.
5. **No injection in summarize() key (CWE-74):** key is a compile-time
literal; value is u64 serialized as JSON number; no shadowing in
BTreeMap. CONFIRMED SAFE.

<details>
<summary><strong>Security Scan Details</strong></summary>

### Dependency Audit
- `cargo audit`: run by CI (`cargo-audit` job); expected CLEAN.
- `cargo deny`: run by CI; expected CLEAN.

### Formal Verification
| Property | Method | Status |
|----------|--------|--------|
| `saturating_add` overflow safety | `overflow-checks = true` in release
profile | VERIFIED by build |
| `fill_buf_for_testing` n <= MAX_BUF | `debug_assert!` | VERIFIED in
test builds |
| Byte-drop semantics unchanged | 148 existing tests green | VERIFIED |

</details>

---

## Risk Assessment & Deployment

### Blast Radius
- **Systems affected:** `src/analyzer/tls.rs` (TlsAnalyzer struct +
on_data + summarize), `tests/tls_analyzer_tests.rs`
- **User impact:** `summarize()` output gains one new key
(`buffer_saturation_drops`); additive, not breaking.
- **Data impact:** No persistent state change; in-memory counter only,
not written to disk.
- **Risk Level:** LOW — telemetry-only, additive output change,
byte-drop semantics unchanged.

### Performance Impact
| Metric | Before | After | Delta | Status |
|--------|--------|-------|-------|--------|
| on_data hot path | baseline | +1 comparison + conditional
saturating_add | negligible | OK |
| Memory (TlsAnalyzer) | baseline | +8 bytes (u64 field) | negligible |
OK |
| summarize() output | N keys | N+1 keys | additive | OK |

<details>
<summary><strong>Rollback Instructions</strong></summary>

**Immediate rollback (< 5 min):**
```bash
git revert b76ac70
git push origin develop
```

**Verification after rollback:**
- `cargo test --all-targets` passes
- `summarize()` output no longer contains `buffer_saturation_drops` key

</details>

### Feature Flags
| Flag | Controls | Default |
|------|----------|---------|
| N/A | No feature flag — always-on telemetry counter | — |

---

## Demo Evidence

| AC | Shows | Recording |
|----|-------|-----------|
| AC-146-005 | `wirerust analyze --tls` summary shows
`buffer_saturation_drops: 0` key present |
`docs/demo-evidence/STORY-146/AC-146-005-summarize-key-present.webm` |
| AC-146-001/002/004/006 | All 8 `story_146` tests pass (partial/full
drop, both directions, persistence, value-equality) |
`docs/demo-evidence/STORY-146/AC-146-001-002-004-006-test-suite.webm` |

---

## Traceability

| Requirement | Story AC | Test | Verification | Status |
|-------------|---------|------|-------------|--------|
| BC-2.07.043 Inv.1 (field exists) | AC-146-001 |
`test_BC_2_07_043_buffer_saturation_observable` | unit test | PASS |
| BC-2.07.043 Inv.2 (observable drop) | AC-146-002 |
`test_BC_2_07_043_buffer_saturation_full_drop` | unit test | PASS |
| BC-2.07.043 Inv.3 (no false-positive) | AC-146-002 |
`test_BC_2_07_043_no_drop_no_counter` | unit test | PASS |
| BC-2.07.043 Inv.4 (persists) | AC-146-004 |
`test_BC_2_07_043_counter_persists_across_flows` | unit test | PASS |
| BC-2.07.043 Post.4 (always in summarize) | AC-146-005 |
`test_BC_2_07_043_summarize_value_equals_drop_count` | unit test | PASS
|
| BC-2.07.043 Post.3 (both dirs aggregate) | AC-146-006 |
`test_BC_2_07_043_both_directions_increment_same_counter` | unit test |
PASS |
| BC-2.07.005 v1.7 (byte semantics unchanged) | AC-146-003 | 148
existing tests green | regression | PASS |
| VP-040 | all ACs above | mod story_146 (8 tests) | adversarial
CONVERGED | PASS |

<details>
<summary><strong>Full VSDD Contract Chain</strong></summary>

```
BC-2.07.043 v1.3 -> VP-040 -> test_BC_2_07_043_buffer_saturation_observable -> src/analyzer/tls.rs:buffer_saturation_drops -> ADV-PASS-3-OK
BC-2.07.043 v1.3 -> VP-040 -> test_BC_2_07_043_buffer_saturation_full_drop -> src/analyzer/tls.rs:on_data(did_drop) -> ADV-PASS-3-OK
BC-2.07.005 v1.7 -> amended -> byte-drop semantics preserved -> 148 tests green -> regression clean
```

</details>

---

## AI Pipeline Metadata

<details>
<summary><strong>Pipeline Details</strong></summary>

```yaml
ai-generated: true
pipeline-mode: feature
factory-version: "1.0.0"
pipeline-stages:
  spec-crystallization: completed
  story-decomposition: completed
  tdd-implementation: completed
  holdout-evaluation: N/A - evaluated at wave gate
  adversarial-review: completed (3 passes, CONVERGED)
  formal-verification: skipped (telemetry-only, LOW risk)
  convergence: achieved
convergence-metrics:
  adversarial-passes: 3
  blocking-findings-at-convergence: 0
models-used:
  builder: claude-sonnet-4-6
  adversary: claude-sonnet-4-6 (fresh-context)
generated-at: "2026-06-30T00:00:00Z"
```

</details>

---

## Pre-Merge Checklist

- [ ] All CI status checks passing
- [x] Coverage delta is positive (8 new tests covering
previously-uncovered drop path)
- [x] No critical/high security findings unresolved (security review
CLEAR; adversarial CONVERGED)
- [x] Rollback procedure validated (git revert + push)
- [x] No feature flag needed (always-on telemetry)
- [ ] Human review / merge authorization (provided by dispatching human
separately)
- [x] Demo evidence committed at docs/demo-evidence/STORY-146/ (2
recordings, all ACs covered)
- [x] Adversarial convergence: 3 passes, 0 blocking findings
Zious11 added a commit that referenced this pull request Jun 30, 2026
…tegration gate PASS; resume→F4 holdout

STORY-146 (TLS buffer-saturation telemetry, PR #344 squash 8b52046) merged. Multi-pass
convergence (doc-tense, saturating_add SEC-003 sibling-parity, EC-C1/EC-C3 coverage,
6→8 test-count header drift, accessor visibility parity, EC-C1 docstring attribution;
3 clean on bb29117). pr-reviewer APPROVE + security-reviewer CLEAR; 11/11 CI green.
stories_delivered 93→94. Wave-66 integration gate PASS (2220/0 on 8b52046).

Pre-F4 input-hash drift scan: MATCH=95 STALE=0 ERROR=3 (pre-existing structural issues:
STORY-001 retired BC path, STORY-091+STORY-121 no inputs block). STORY-145=88e29c9 MATCH,
STORY-146=6d9da65 MATCH.

STATE.md: develop_head→8b52046, stories_delivered=94, story_index_version=v3.8,
current_step→F4 holdout, EXACT RESUME POINT rewritten for holdout entry, D-310 added,
TLS-SILENT-COMMENT-001 + TLS-SUMMARIZE-MAPTYPE-001 added to backlog, session checkpoint
updated (Wave 66 COMPLETE; F4 holdout next).

STORY-146.md: status draft→merged (v1.1 edits already present: saturating_add, 8-test
documentation, BC-2.07.005 title fix, EC-C1 docstring attribution, revision history).

STORY-INDEX.md: v3.7→v3.8; STORY-146 status draft→merged; wave-66 delivery row
DELIVERED & CLOSED (#343, #344; develop head 8b52046).

Count-propagation sweep: stories_delivered=93 remaining only in historical delta notations
(92→93 for STORY-145) and D-309 decision row — intentional immutable audit trail.
develop_head d3d2e19 remaining only in historical context (D-309, STORY-145 delta rows,
v3.7 changelog line) — intentional.
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