[FIX] load_and_validate fail-open on steps-less YAML recipes#4075
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Restructure load_and_validate so validity is derived unconditionally from the validation pipeline output (matching the fail-closed pattern used by validate_from_path). Previously, valid was initialized to True and the validation pipeline was gated behind a "steps" in data check, causing steps-less YAML recipes to bypass all validation and be served as valid. Changes: - _api.py: change valid = True to valid = False (fail-closed default) - _api.py: remove the "steps" in data guard so the validation pipeline runs unconditionally on any successfully-parsed dict - _api.py: remove the dead else branch (now unreachable) - io.py: add type guard in _parse_recipe for non-dict steps values (converts AttributeError into clean ValueError) - tools_kitchen.py: get_recipe MCP resource returns error JSON for invalid recipes instead of raw content - tools_recipe.py: load_recipe tool includes validation_failed flag when the recipe fails validation - tests: add 9 regression tests covering steps-less YAML, cached results, sentinel-based structural guarantee, empty steps, non-dict root, non-dict steps value, campaign recipes, and downstream server-side guards Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add exist_ok=True to _setup_project_recipe for multi-recipe tests - Use RecipeInfo directly for non-dict root/steps tests (undiscoverable YAMLs) - Fix campaign dispatch YAML (gate conflicts with recipe) - Refocus campaign test on structural step errors, not semantic validity - Update schema version allowlist for shifted json.dumps line numbers - Bump tools_kitchen.py line limit to 1160 for validity guard addition - Update get_recipe test to accept validation errors (recipe still found) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ject_dir The assertion 'assert "\"error\"" not in result' was removed in 05bda5b without replacement. The new test_recipe_resource_returns_error_for_invalid_recipe covers the error path via mock but not the happy-path real-recipe assertion. Restore the error-free check to prevent regressions where get_recipe returns both the recipe name and an error key simultaneously. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The test recipe's stop message 'done' triggers the error-severity all-dispatchable-stops-have-sentinel rule, causing get_recipe to return an error instead of valid content. Update the stop message to include 'sentinel' so the recipe passes validation and the restored error-free assertion holds. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
load_and_validateinsrc/autoskillit/recipe/_api.pyinitializesvalid = True(line 315) before a conditional block that gates the entire validation pipeline behind"steps" in data(line 333). When a recipe YAML parses to a dict without astepskey, the validation pipeline is completely bypassed and the recipe is served asvalid=Truewith empty errors and suggestions. All downstream consumers (open_kitchen, fleet dispatch,load_recipetool,get_reciperesource) trust this result and serve the unvalidated recipe.The architectural fix restructures
load_and_validateso that validity is derived unconditionally from the validation pipeline output (matching the fail-closed pattern already used byvalidate_from_pathin_api_listing.py), and adds a structural test that makes it impossible for any code path throughload_and_validateto returnvalid=Truewithoutcompute_recipe_validityhaving been called.Requirements
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/home/talon/projects/autoskillit-runs/remediation-20260611-131720-458826/.autoskillit/temp/rectify/rectify_load_and_validate_fail_open_2026-06-11_131720.mdCloses #4063
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