yaml: enable strict field checking to catch typos
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Addresses PR #58 MINOR finding: YAML decoder now rejects unknown fields.

- Enable KnownFields(true) on YAML decoder to catch typos like
  'focuss' or 'identiy' in persona files
- Since yaml.Node.Decode() doesn't support KnownFields, we now
  do a two-pass decode: first pass checks depth limits, second
  pass decodes with strict field checking
- Add tests for unknown field rejection at top-level and nested levels
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Rodin
2026-05-10 16:50:07 -07:00
parent 6035afeea7
commit 4fed59ac85
2 changed files with 65 additions and 3 deletions
+12 -3
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@@ -150,12 +150,15 @@ func parsePersona(data []byte, source string) (*Persona, error) {
return &p, nil
}
// unmarshalYAMLWithDepthLimit unmarshals YAML data with explicit depth limiting.
// This protects against stack exhaustion from deeply nested structures.
// unmarshalYAMLWithDepthLimit unmarshals YAML data with explicit depth limiting
// and strict field checking. This protects against stack exhaustion from deeply
// nested structures and catches typos in field names.
// Note: Multi-document YAML files are accepted but only the first document is
// parsed; additional documents are silently ignored. This is acceptable for
// persona files where multi-document support is not a use case.
func unmarshalYAMLWithDepthLimit(data []byte, out any, maxDepth int) error {
// First pass: decode into a yaml.Node to check depth limits.
// This prevents stack exhaustion before we attempt to decode into structs.
var node yaml.Node
dec := yaml.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(data))
if err := dec.Decode(&node); err != nil {
@@ -166,7 +169,13 @@ func unmarshalYAMLWithDepthLimit(data []byte, out any, maxDepth int) error {
return err
}
return node.Decode(out)
// Second pass: decode with strict field checking enabled.
// KnownFields(true) rejects unknown keys, catching typos like "focuss" or "identiy".
// We must re-decode from the original data because yaml.Node.Decode() doesn't
// support the KnownFields option.
strictDec := yaml.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(data))
strictDec.KnownFields(true)
return strictDec.Decode(out)
}
// checkYAMLDepth recursively checks that YAML nodes don't exceed the depth limit.
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@@ -512,3 +512,56 @@ func TestListBuiltinPersonasSortedOrder(t *testing.T) {
}
}
}
func TestYAMLUnknownFieldsRejected(t *testing.T) {
tests := []struct {
name string
content string
wantErr string
}{
{
name: "unknown top-level field",
content: `name: test
identity: test identity
unknown_field: should fail
`,
wantErr: "unknown_field",
},
{
name: "typo in field name",
content: `name: test
identiy: typo should fail
`,
wantErr: "identiy",
},
{
name: "unknown field in severity",
content: `name: test
identity: test
severity:
major: Major
minro: typo
`,
wantErr: "minro",
},
}
for _, tt := range tests {
t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
dir := t.TempDir()
path := filepath.Join(dir, "unknown.yaml")
if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(tt.content), 0644); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("failed to write test file: %v", err)
}
_, err := LoadPersona(path)
if err == nil {
t.Errorf("expected error for unknown field %q, got nil", tt.wantErr)
return
}
if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), tt.wantErr) {
t.Errorf("error = %q, want containing %q", err.Error(), tt.wantErr)
}
})
}
}