Proof-of-concept proving the diagnostics-redaction exit criterion from
docs/architecture/proof-of-concept-plan.md §2:
"Password and identity-secret samples are redacted."
Full coverage of the audit-report test matrix in
docs/security/diagnostic-redaction-audit-report.md §4
(REDACT-TC-001..010), plus two sanity tests.
The spike ships:
- RedactionPolicy: typed catalogue of regex rules
(identity-base64-blob, password-kv, ts3server-url-password,
authorization-bearer, linux/windows/macos user-path) with
optional capture-group narrowing.
- Structured-field redaction keyed on case-insensitive name
substrings (password, secret, token, ...).
- Bundle-level switches: chat and channel tree excluded by
default per audit-report §5.
- KnownSecretRegistry: literal-substring scrub for secrets the
host application has already loaded into memory (defense in
depth that regexes alone cannot guarantee — closes the gap
behind REDACT-TC-002).
- Length cap (MAX_PROTOCOL_STRING_LEN = 256) with truncation
marker for REDACT-TC-009.
- UTF-8 preserved in non-sensitive fields per REDACT-TC-010 /
ADR-008.
Test suite (12/12 PASS on 2026-05-13):
REDACT-TC-001 server password in connection data
REDACT-TC-002 identity secret in storage error (via KnownSecretRegistry)
REDACT-TC-003 server URL with password field
REDACT-TC-004 chat text excluded by default
REDACT-TC-005 channel name with Unicode excluded by default
REDACT-TC-006 nickname with Unicode preserved in safe field
REDACT-TC-007 local file path user segment minimized
REDACT-TC-008 mixed sensitive bundle (whole-bundle JSON scan)
REDACT-TC-009 long hostile protocol string truncated
REDACT-TC-010 multilingual safe text preserved
+ known-secret literal scrub
+ empty registered secret ignored
Out of scope: tracing-subscriber integration, diagnostic export
file format, memory/core dumps, performance, adversarial regex
evasion beyond trivial cases. These belong to chanora_diagnostics.
Authority: PoC plan §2, docs/security/diagnostic-redaction-audit-report.md,
SRS-093, SysRS-152/154/155.
Not product code; not promoted into chanora_diagnostics.
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Verification record — diagnostics-redaction-spike
Result
PASS. The PoC exit criterion (from
docs/architecture/proof-of-concept-plan.md §2: "Password and
identity-secret samples are redacted") is met, with full coverage of
REDACT-TC-001..010 from
docs/security/diagnostic-redaction-audit-report.md §4.
Environment
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Date | 2026-05-13 |
| Host OS | Linux (Arch, kernel 7.0.5-arch1-1, x86_64) |
| Rust toolchain | stable 1.95.0 |
regex |
1 |
serde / serde_json |
1 |
once_cell |
1 |
Reproduction
cargo test
printf 'INFO password=hunter2 path=/home/milkice/x\n' \
| cargo run --bin diagnostics-redaction-cli
Test run
running 12 tests
test known_secret_is_scrubbed_even_when_no_regex_matches ... ok
test redact_tc_005_channel_name_with_unicode_excluded_by_default ... ok
test redact_tc_006_nickname_with_unicode_preserved_in_safe_field ... ok
test redact_tc_002_identity_secret_in_storage_error ... ok
test redact_tc_010_multilingual_safe_text_preserved ... ok
test redact_tc_009_long_hostile_protocol_string_truncated ... ok
test redact_tc_007_local_file_paths_user_segment_minimized ... ok
test empty_registered_secret_is_ignored ... ok
test redact_tc_004_chat_text_excluded_by_default ... ok
test redact_tc_008_diagnostic_bundle_with_mixed_sensitive_fields ... ok
test redact_tc_001_server_password_in_connection_data ... ok
test redact_tc_003_server_url_with_password_field ... ok
test result: ok. 12 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured;
0 filtered out; finished in 0.01s
CLI run
Input:
INFO connect host=cn.teamspeak.app password=hunter2 nickname=Chanora
DEBUG identity=MG0DAgeAAgEgAiAIXJBlj1hQbaH0Eq0DuLlCmH8bl+veTAO2k9EQjEYSgIgNnImcmKo7ls5mExb6skfK2Twu54aeDr0OP1ITsC50CIA8M5nmDBn
ERROR open /home/milkice/.local/share/chanora/db failed
NOTICE CHANORA_LITERAL_DEMO_SECRET seen on bus
Output:
INFO connect host=cn.teamspeak.app password=[REDACTED] nickname=Chanora
DEBUG identity=[REDACTED]
ERROR open /home/[REDACTED]/.local/share/chanora/db failed
NOTICE [REDACTED] seen on bus
- Password: redacted (rule
password-kv). - Base64-ish identity blob: redacted (rule
identity-base64-blob). - Linux home-username segment: redacted (rule
linux-home-path); the rest of the path is preserved. - Pre-registered literal secret: redacted via
KnownSecretRegistry, demonstrating the SS-AUD-003 defence-in-depth. - Non-secret tokens (
host=,nickname=,INFO,ERROR, …) all flow through unchanged.
Audit-matrix coverage
| Audit ID | Test | Result |
|---|---|---|
| REDACT-TC-001 (server password in connection data) | redact_tc_001_server_password_in_connection_data |
PASS |
| REDACT-TC-002 (identity secret in storage error) | redact_tc_002_identity_secret_in_storage_error |
PASS — uses KnownSecretRegistry. |
| REDACT-TC-003 (URL with password field) | redact_tc_003_server_url_with_password_field |
PASS — only the password value is redacted. |
| REDACT-TC-004 (chat text in export) | redact_tc_004_chat_text_excluded_by_default |
PASS — default policy excludes. |
| REDACT-TC-005 (Unicode channel name) | redact_tc_005_channel_name_with_unicode_excluded_by_default |
PASS — default policy excludes. |
| REDACT-TC-006 (Unicode nickname) | redact_tc_006_nickname_with_unicode_preserved_in_safe_field |
PASS — preserved in non-sensitive extras. |
| REDACT-TC-007 (local file path) | redact_tc_007_local_file_paths_user_segment_minimized |
PASS — username segment redacted on Linux/Windows/macOS path shapes. |
| REDACT-TC-008 (mixed sensitive bundle) | redact_tc_008_diagnostic_bundle_with_mixed_sensitive_fields |
PASS — whole-bundle JSON scanned for plaintext. |
| REDACT-TC-009 (long hostile protocol string) | redact_tc_009_long_hostile_protocol_string_truncated |
PASS — MAX_PROTOCOL_STRING_LEN = 256 cap with truncation marker. |
| REDACT-TC-010 (multilingual safe text) | redact_tc_010_multilingual_safe_text_preserved |
PASS — Chinese / Japanese / Korean / Latin-diacritic text preserved verbatim. |
What this spike does NOT validate
- Integration as a
tracinglayer (production code will own this). - Diagnostic export file format (zip / json-lines / archive layout).
- Mobile-platform path shapes (
/data/data/<pkg>/on Android, iOS app-group containers). - Memory / core dumps.
- Performance under sustained high-volume logging.
- Adversarial regex evasion beyond the trivial cases exercised.
- Process-level review of the audit report (SS-AUD-007 style sign-off).