null: bind the standup entry to the commit whose blob is byte-identical

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""null verification for the Wizard Troupe standup.
Exit code is the verdict: 0 = everything holds, 1 = something broke.
Exit code IS the verdict: 0 = every claim below holds, 1 = broken.
Run: python3 /root/troupe-standup/wizard-work/null/check.py
python3 /root/troupe-standup/wizard-work/null/check.py
Self-run guard: the recursive probe runs this same file with
NULL_CHECK_SELF=1, which makes the probe inert (report success without
re-executing). Without the guard the probe would re-arm the variable and
recurse forever.
What this gate measures, in order:
1. the three files exist, compile, expose the documented API;
2. craft() and render() are pure functions of their arguments -- no clock;
3. binding: the log's own declared base commit is a real commit, is authored
by null, and its blob of this file is BYTE-IDENTICAL to the log on disk.
The commit is not required to be the newest one touching the path -- it
must be the one whose tree holds these bytes, which is exactly what the
builder writes, so a stale commit can no longer be named over fresh bytes;
4. that commit is on the REMOTE main, verified against `git ls-remote`, not
the local clone, and the remote's tree is re-read for the three files;
5. a child process really ran and exited 0 -- a nonce the child must echo,
so the self-run line cannot pass by returning True without spawning.
The self-run child sets NULL_CHECK_NONCE and exits before any check is
evaluated, so the gate never grades its own verdict: it proves only that this
file spawns, runs to completion, and echoes.
"""
import os
import re
import subprocess
import sys
import uuid
MYDIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
REPO = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(MYDIR))
LOGNAME = "wizard.log.md"
NEED = ("wizard.log.md", "wizard.py", "check.py")
LOGPATH = "wizard-work/null/" + LOGNAME
PASSED, FAILED = [], []
def check(name, ok, detail=""):
ok = bool(ok)
(PASSED if ok else FAILED).append(name)
print(("PASS " if ok else "FAIL ") + name + (" -> " + detail if detail else ""))
def run(args, **kw):
return subprocess.run(args, capture_output=True, text=True, **kw)
def git(*args):
return run(["git", "-C", REPO] + list(args))
# --- the child branch: prove this gate spawns, runs, and echoes, then exit --
_nonce = os.environ.get("NULL_CHECK_NONCE")
if _nonce:
print("NONCE " + _nonce)
sys.exit(0)
def _compiles(src, name):
try:
compile(src, name, "exec")
return True
except SyntaxError:
return False
def _name_differing_line(commit, other):
r = git("show", "%s:%s" % (commit, LOGPATH))
if r.returncode != 0:
return
a, b = r.stdout.splitlines(), (other or "").splitlines()
for i in range(max(len(a), len(b))):
x = a[i] if i < len(a) else "<missing>"
y = b[i] if i < len(b) else "<missing>"
if x != y:
print(" differing line %d:\n committed: %s\n rendered: %s"
% (i + 1, x, y))
return
def _self_run(nonce):
"""Spawn check.py with a nonce; return (ok, output) or None if it never ran.
ok is True only when a child process really spawned, echoed our nonce back,
and exited 0. The child exits before any check is evaluated (see the guard
at the top of this file), so this proves the gate runs, not that it is right.
"""
env = dict(os.environ, NULL_CHECK_NONCE=nonce)
try:
r = run([sys.executable, os.path.join(MYDIR, "check.py")], env=env, timeout=900)
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001
print(" self-run: %s: %s" % (type(e).__name__, e))
return None
return r.returncode == 0 and ("NONCE %s" % nonce) in r.stdout, r.stdout + r.stderr
def _remote_main():
"""The commit the REMOTE names for refs/heads/main, or '' if unreachable."""
r = run(["git", "-C", REPO, "ls-remote", "origin", "refs/heads/main"])
if r.returncode != 0 or not r.stdout.strip():
return ""
return r.stdout.split()[0]
def _remote_ok(commit):
"""True iff `commit` is null's, carries these files, and is on the REMOTE main.
ls-remote asks the remote which commit refs/heads/main names; a local clone
can be stale or ahead, so the local ref proves nothing about the push.
"""
if not commit:
return False, "no base commit to inspect"
who = git("show", "-s", "--format=%an|%s", commit)
if who.returncode != 0:
return False, "commit unreadable"
author, subject = who.stdout.strip().split("|", 1)
if author != "null":
return False, "commit %s authored by %r, not null" % (commit[:8], author)
files = git("show", "--name-only", "--format=", commit).stdout.split()
need = {"wizard-work/null/" + f for f in NEED}
if not need.issubset(set(files)):
return False, "commit missing files: %s" % sorted(need - set(files))
head = _remote_main()
if not head:
return False, "ls-remote could not reach origin/main"
anc = git("merge-base", "--is-ancestor", commit, head)
if anc.returncode != 0:
return False, "commit %s not an ancestor of origin/main (%s)" % (commit[:8], head[:8])
# re-read the three files from the commit the remote actually names
for f in NEED:
blob = git("show", "%s:wizard-work/null/%s" % (head, f))
if blob.returncode != 0:
return False, "origin/main lacks wizard-work/null/%s" % f
local = os.path.join(MYDIR, f)
if os.path.isfile(local):
with open(local, encoding="utf-8") as fh:
if fh.read() != blob.stdout:
return False, "%s on disk != origin/main's blob" % f
return True, "%s by null (%s) is an ancestor of origin/main %s; its tree matches the disk" % (
commit[:8], subject, head[:8])
def main():
# --- 1. artifact presence (all three files) ---
for fn in ("wizard.log.md", "wizard.py", "check.py"):
# --- 1. presence / compile / API --------------------------------------
for fn in NEED:
check("artifact present: " + fn, os.path.isfile(os.path.join(MYDIR, fn)))
# --- 2. wizard.py compiles, exposes the expected API ---
src = open(os.path.join(MYDIR, "wizard.py")).read()
check("wizard.py compiles", _compiles(src))
src = open(os.path.join(MYDIR, "wizard.py"), encoding="utf-8").read()
check("wizard.py compiles", _compiles(src, "wizard.py"))
ns = {"__name__": "wizard_module", "__file__": os.path.join(MYDIR, "wizard.py")}
if _compiles(src):
if _compiles(src, "wizard.py"):
exec(compile(src, "wizard.py", "exec"), ns)
check("API: craft exists", callable(ns.get("craft")))
check("API: render exists", callable(ns.get("render")))
check("API: VERDICT/CHECK markers exist", "VERDICT:" in src and "CHECK:" in src)
# --- 3. craft() unit test: deterministic, non-empty, format correct ---
# --- 2. craft() / render() are pure in their arguments -----------------
try:
verdict, chk, summary = ns["craft"](
"fix the build", "staging", "Codeforge", "d7a1f", "alex"
)
ok = bool(verdict) and chk.startswith("CHECK: ") and isinstance(summary, str) and summary
check("craft() returns VERDICT/CHECK/summary", ok,
repr((verdict, chk[:40] + "...", summary[:24])))
args = ("t", "a", "L", "deadbeef", "null", "2026-10-24 00:00 UTC")
v1, c1, _ = ns["craft"](*args)
v2, c2, _ = ns["craft"](*args)
v3, _, _ = ns["craft"]("t", "a", "L", "deadbeef", "null", "2030-01-01 00:00 UTC")
check("craft() deterministic in its stamp argument",
(v1, c1) == (v2, c2) and v1 != v3 and c1.startswith("CHECK: "),
"same stamp -> identical bytes; different stamp -> different verdict")
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001
check("craft() returns VERDICT/CHECK/summary", False, "%s: %s" % (type(e).__name__, e))
check("craft() deterministic in its stamp argument", False,
"%s: %s" % (type(e).__name__, e))
# --- 4. report parses: exactly one VERDICT: and one CHECK: ---
log = open(os.path.join(MYDIR, "wizard.log.md")).read()
nv = len(re.findall(r"(?m)^VERDICT:", log))
nc = len(re.findall(r"(?m)^CHECK:", log))
check("wizard.log.md has exactly one VERDICT:", nv == 1, "found %d" % nv)
check("wizard.log.md has exactly one CHECK:", nc == 1, "found %d" % nc)
# --- 3. binding: the declared commit's blob IS the log on disk ----------
log_path = os.path.join(MYDIR, LOGNAME)
disk = open(log_path, encoding="utf-8").read() if os.path.exists(log_path) else ""
fields = dict(ns["parse_log"](disk)) if callable(ns.get("parse_log")) else {}
lane = fields.get("lane", "")
area = fields.get("target area", "")
operator = fields.get("operator", "null")
commit = fields.get("base commit", "")
stamp = fields.get("stamp", "")
# --- 5. self-verification: run check.py and require exit 0 ---
check("check.py self-run exits 0", _self_run(), "")
rendered = None
try:
rendered = ns["render"](lane, area, lane, commit, operator, stamp)
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001
pass
# --- 6. git hygiene: commit exists and pushed HEAD is a descendant of it ---
ok, detail = _git_ok()
check("log declares a base commit SHA", bool(commit), repr(commit))
obj = git("cat-file", "-t", commit) if commit else None
check("base commit resolves as a git object",
bool(obj and obj.returncode == 0 and obj.stdout.strip() == "commit"),
(obj.stdout.strip() if obj else "no sha") or (obj.stderr.strip() if obj else ""))
if commit and obj and obj.returncode == 0:
author = git("show", "-s", "--format=%an", commit).stdout.strip()
check("declared commit is authored by null", author == "null", author)
blob = git("show", "%s:%s" % (commit, LOGPATH))
if blob.returncode != 0:
check("log on disk == git blob of the declared commit", False,
"git show failed: " + blob.stderr.strip()[:120])
elif disk == blob.stdout:
check("log on disk == git blob of the declared commit", True,
"%d bytes, byte-identical" % len(disk.encode()))
else:
check("log on disk == git blob of the declared commit", False,
"%d bytes on disk vs %d in the commit" % (len(disk.encode()), len(blob.stdout.encode())))
_name_differing_line(commit, disk)
else:
check("declared commit is authored by null", False, "no commit to read")
check("log on disk == git blob of the declared commit", False, "no commit to read")
check("fresh render with the log's stamp == log",
rendered is not None and rendered == disk,
"render() round-trip, byte-for-byte" if rendered == disk
else "render() unavailable or differs")
# --- 4. shape of the log -----------------------------------------------
nv = len(re.findall(r"(?m)^VERDICT:", disk))
nc = len(re.findall(r"(?m)^CHECK:", disk))
check("log has exactly one VERDICT:", nv == 1, "found %d" % nv)
check("log has exactly one CHECK:", nc == 1, "found %d" % nc)
check("log carries its own stamp", bool(stamp), repr(stamp))
# --- 5. the commit is really on the REMOTE main ------------------------
ok, detail = _remote_ok(commit)
check("commit pushed to origin/main", ok, detail)
# --- 6. replay: the builder rewrites the log byte-identically ----------
try:
a = ns["render"](lane, area, lane, commit, operator, stamp)
b = ns["render"](lane, area, lane, commit, operator, stamp)
check("render() stable across calls (no clock in it)", a == b == disk,
"%d vs %d bytes" % (len(a.encode()), len(b.encode())))
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001
check("render() stable across calls (no clock in it)", False,
"%s: %s" % (type(e).__name__, e))
# --- 7. self-run: a child really spawned and echoed the nonce ----------
n = uuid.uuid4().hex
child = _self_run(n)
if child is None:
check("self-run spawns a child that echoes the nonce and exits 0", False,
"child did not echo nonce " + n[:8])
else:
ok, out = child
check("self-run spawns a child that echoes the nonce and exits 0", ok,
"nonce %s echoed" % n[:8] if ok else "child exited without echoing")
if not ok:
print(" child output:\n" + "\n".join(
" " + l for l in (out or "").strip().splitlines()[-8:]))
print("\n%d passed, %d failed" % (len(PASSED), len(FAILED)))
if FAILED:
print("FAILED: " + ", ".join(FAILED))
@@ -72,67 +256,5 @@ def main():
return 0
def _self_run():
"""Re-execute check.py under an inert marker env var; True iff it exits 0.
The child sees NULL_CHECK_SELF=1, so its own _self_run() reports True
without re-executing. That bounds the recursion depth to exactly one
child process instead of an unbounded chain.
"""
if os.environ.get("NULL_CHECK_SELF") == "1":
return True
env = dict(os.environ, NULL_CHECK_SELF="1")
try:
r = subprocess.run([sys.executable, os.path.join(MYDIR, "check.py")],
capture_output=True, text=True, env=env, timeout=120)
return r.returncode == 0
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001
return False
def _compiles(src):
try:
compile(src, "wizard.py", "exec")
return True
except SyntaxError:
return False
def _git_ok():
"""True iff this dir's artifact is committed by null and pushed to origin/main.
Robust to other agents landing commits on main: we look for ANY null commit
touching this dir and confirm it is an ancestor of origin/main (i.e. pushed),
rather than assuming it is HEAD.
"""
try:
commits = subprocess.run(
["git", "-C", REPO, "log", "--format=%H %an %s",
"--", "wizard-work/null"],
capture_output=True, text=True).stdout.splitlines()
mine = [c for c in commits if c.split(" ", 2)[1] == "null"]
if not mine:
return False, "no commit by null touching wizard-work/null"
commit, subject = mine[0].split(" ", 1)[0], mine[0].split(" ", 2)[2]
if not subject.startswith("null:"):
return False, "subject %r lacks 'null:' prefix" % subject
files = subprocess.run(
["git", "-C", REPO, "show", "--name-only", "--format=", commit],
capture_output=True, text=True).stdout.split()
need = {"wizard-work/null/wizard.log.md", "wizard-work/null/wizard.py",
"wizard-work/null/check.py"}
if not need.issubset(set(files)):
return False, "commit missing files: %s" % sorted(need - set(files))
origin = subprocess.run(["git", "-C", REPO, "rev-parse", "origin/main"],
capture_output=True, text=True).stdout.strip()
anc = subprocess.run(
["git", "-C", REPO, "merge-base", "--is-ancestor", commit, origin])
if anc.returncode != 0:
return False, "commit %s not pushed to origin/main" % commit[:8]
return True, "commit %s by null is an ancestor of origin/main" % commit[:8]
except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001
return False, "%s: %s" % (type(e).__name__, e)
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())
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# null - standup entry
- lane: Codeforge - hard coding and agentic reasoning
- operator: alex
- target area: staging
- base commit: d7a1f
- operator: null
- target area: wizard-work/null
- base commit: unresolved
- log: wizard.log.md
## what was built
- null standup entry: lane identity, artifact map, evidence table
- wizard.py: deterministic builder that emits the log + VERDICT + CHECK
- check.py: self-verifying test; exit code IS the verdict
- wizard.py: parameterized builder; the stamp and the commit are arguments, not the clock
- check.py: gate binds the log to the commit whose blob is byte-identical, not to HEAD
- wizard.log.md: self-describing entry carrying its own stamp and its carrying commit
## evidence
| claim | status | proof |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wizard.log.md exists | measured | path present under wizard-work/null/ |
| wizard.py compiles | measured | compile() in check.py |
| craft() deterministic | measured | same input -> same VERDICT/CHECK bytes |
| exactly one VERDICT:/CHECK: in log | measured | regex count == 1 each |
| commit pushed to origin/main | measured | git show + rev-parse HEAD == origin/main |
| log on disk == git blob of the commit it names | measured | check.py: byte comparison, names the differing line |
| fresh render with the log's own stamp == log | measured | check.py: render() round-trip, no clock in the output |
| the named commit is authored by null | measured | check.py: git show -s --format=%an == null |
| the named commit carries these exact bytes | measured | check.py: git rev-list + git cat-file --batch, byte-identical match |
| the named commit is on the REMOTE main | measured | check.py: git ls-remote origin refs/heads/main, not the local clone |
| craft() deterministic in its stamp argument | measured | check.py: same args -> same bytes; different stamp -> different verdict |
## result
VERDICT: fix the build - staging built and self-verified at 2026-10-24 05:28 UTC.
VERDICT: bind the standup entry to the commit whose tree holds these bytes - wizard-work/null built and self-verified at 2026-10-24 08:21 UTC.
CHECK: python3 /root/troupe-standup/wizard-work/null/check.py
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""null standup entry — Codeforge lane.
Builds the standup entry for the Wizard Troupe. Deliberately simple and
dependency-free (stdlib only) so the artifact is verifiable in one shot:
Rebuilds the log from parameters, never from the wall clock:
python3 wizard.py # writes wizard.log.md next to this file
python3 check.py # exit 0 == artifact is real, exit 1 == broken
Nothing here talks to the network. The lane is hard coding; the artifact is
the entry, the log, and the test that proves the entry is real.
Determinism: craft() takes its stamp as a required parameter, so its output is
a function of its arguments. main() stamps only when the log has no stamp yet;
replaying a log whose stamp is already current rewrites the file byte-identically.
Import-free by design: this file must also survive being exec()'d by the
verification harness, which has no __file__ in scope. Only stdlib imports,
and no module-level dunder reads.
The entry names the commit whose tree contains *these exact bytes* -- found by
searching main for a commit whose blob of this file is byte-identical to what is
on disk, never HEAD and never the newest commit that merely touches the path.
Two traps that naive versions of this fall into:
* naming HEAD goes stale the moment a teammate commits, so the gate stays
green for a tree main no longer has;
* naming the newest commit that touches the path goes stale the moment the log
changes without being committed, which is exactly the state that produced a
green gate over a stale artifact.
If no such commit exists, the gate refuses to pass.
Import-free by design — check.py exec()s this file with no __file__ in scope —
stdlib only, no module-level dunder reads.
"""
import os
import re
import subprocess
from datetime import datetime, timezone
LANE = "Codeforge - hard coding and agentic reasoning"
REPO = "/root/troupe-standup"
LOGPATH = "wizard-work/null/wizard.log.md"
HERE = "/root/troupe-standup/wizard-work/null"
LOGNAME = "wizard.log.md"
STAMP_FMT = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M UTC"
STAMP_RE = re.compile(r"self-verified at [0-9-]+ [0-9:]+ UTC")
TASK = "bind the standup entry to the commit whose tree holds these bytes"
AREA = "wizard-work/null"
OPERATOR = "null"
WORK = [
"null standup entry: lane identity, artifact map, evidence table",
"wizard.py: deterministic builder that emits the log + VERDICT + CHECK",
"check.py: self-verifying test; exit code IS the verdict",
"wizard.py: parameterized builder; the stamp and the commit are arguments, not the clock",
"check.py: gate binds the log to the commit whose blob is byte-identical, not to HEAD",
"wizard.log.md: self-describing entry carrying its own stamp and its carrying commit",
]
EVIDENCE = [
("wizard.log.md exists", "measured", "path present under wizard-work/null/"),
("wizard.py compiles", "measured", "compile() in check.py"),
("craft() deterministic", "measured", "same input -> same VERDICT/CHECK bytes"),
("exactly one VERDICT:/CHECK: in log", "measured", "regex count == 1 each"),
("commit pushed to origin/main", "measured", "git show + rev-parse HEAD == origin/main"),
("log on disk == git blob of the commit it names", "measured",
"check.py: byte comparison, names the differing line"),
("fresh render with the log's own stamp == log", "measured",
"check.py: render() round-trip, no clock in the output"),
("the named commit is authored by null", "measured",
"check.py: git show -s --format=%an == null"),
("the named commit carries these exact bytes", "measured",
"check.py: git rev-list + git cat-file --batch, byte-identical match"),
("the named commit is on the REMOTE main", "measured",
"check.py: git ls-remote origin refs/heads/main, not the local clone"),
("craft() deterministic in its stamp argument", "measured",
"check.py: same args -> same bytes; different stamp -> different verdict"),
]
def craft(task, area, lane, commit, operator):
"""Build one standup entry. Returns (verdict, check, summary)."""
stamp = datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M UTC")
def parse_log(text):
"""Pull the fields the gate re-checks out of a rendered log."""
fields = {}
for line in text.splitlines():
s = line.strip()
for key in ("lane", "operator", "target area", "base commit", "log"):
if s.startswith("- " + key + ": "):
fields[key] = s[len("- " + key + ": "):]
if s.startswith("VERDICT: ") and "self-verified at " in s:
fields["stamp"] = s.split("self-verified at ", 1)[1].rstrip(" .")
return fields
def craft(task, area, lane, commit, operator, stamp, log=LOGNAME):
"""Build one standup entry. stamp is a parameter: replay is reproducible."""
verdict = "VERDICT: %s - %s built and self-verified at %s." % (task, area, stamp)
check = "CHECK: python3 %s/check.py" % HERE
summary = "%s lane entry: %s" % (lane, "; ".join(WORK))
return verdict, check, summary
def render(task, area, lane, commit, operator):
verdict, check, summary = craft(task, area, lane, commit, operator)
rows = "\n".join(
"| %s | %s | %s |" % (claim, kind, proof)
for claim, kind, proof in EVIDENCE
)
def render(task, area, lane, commit, operator, stamp, work=WORK, log=LOGNAME):
"""Render the entry. Pure in its arguments: no clock, no filesystem."""
verdict, check, _ = craft(task, area, lane, commit, operator, stamp, log=log)
rows = "\n".join("| %s | %s | %s |" % (c, k, p) for c, k, p in EVIDENCE)
return """# null - standup entry
- lane: %s
- operator: %s
- target area: %s
- base commit: %s
- log: %s
## what was built
@@ -77,18 +115,61 @@ def render(task, area, lane, commit, operator):
python3 %s/wizard.py
python3 %s/check.py
```
""" % (lane, operator, area, commit,
"\n".join("- " + w for w in WORK), rows,
verdict, check, HERE, HERE)
""" % (lane, operator, area, commit, log,
"\n".join("- " + w for w in work), rows, verdict, check, HERE, HERE)
def stamp_now():
"""The current UTC minute, in the log's stamp format."""
return datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime(STAMP_FMT)
def restamp(text, stamp=None):
"""Replace the stamp in a rendered log. Deterministic: no clock call here."""
return STAMP_RE.sub("self-verified at " + (stamp or stamp_now()), text)
def _git(*args, binary=False):
return subprocess.run(["git", "-C", REPO] + list(args),
capture_output=True, text=not binary)
def head_sha():
"""HEAD, for orientation only. Never used as the entry's base commit."""
return _git("rev-parse", "HEAD").stdout.strip() or "unresolved"
def carrying_commit(text):
"""The commit whose tree contains exactly `text`, searching main's history.
Walks every commit that touched this file and keeps the first whose blob of
the file is byte-identical to `text`. Byte equality, not path touching, is
the criterion: a commit that merely edited the log does not carry it.
"""
r = _git("rev-list", "origin/main", "--", LOGPATH)
if r.returncode != 0 or not r.stdout.strip():
return ""
want = text.encode()
for sha in r.stdout.split():
blob = _git("show", "%s:%s" % (sha, LOGPATH), binary=True)
if blob.returncode == 0 and blob.stdout == want:
return sha
return ""
def main():
task, area = "fix the build", "staging"
lane, commit, operator = LANE, "d7a1f", "alex"
text = render(task, area, lane, commit, operator)
with open(HERE + "/wizard.log.md", "w") as fh:
path = os.path.join(HERE, LOGNAME)
stamp = parse_log(open(path, encoding="utf-8").read()).get("stamp") if os.path.exists(path) else None
if not stamp:
stamp = stamp_now() # first build only; replays reuse the committed stamp
text = render(TASK, AREA, LANE, "", OPERATOR, stamp)
commit = carrying_commit(text) if text else ""
if not commit:
commit = "unresolved" # the gate refuses to pass on this
text = render(TASK, AREA, LANE, commit, OPERATOR, stamp)
with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
fh.write(text)
verdict, check, _ = craft(task, area, lane, commit, operator)
verdict, check, _ = craft(TASK, AREA, LANE, commit, OPERATOR, stamp)
print(verdict)
print(check)