MINOR fixes:
- docs/DESIGN-57-yaml-persona.md: fix Error Cases table entry to reflect
custom AST walk (checkYAMLDepth) instead of stale library-level reference
- review/persona.go: add EOF check after JSON decode to reject trailing
garbage after a valid JSON object (prevents silent acceptance of malformed
input like '{"name":"x"}garbage')
- review/persona_test.go: add TestJSONTrailingContentRejected test
NIT fixes:
- review/persona.go: add default case to checkYAMLDepth switch with
explanatory comment about scalar leaf nodes
- review/persona.go: document AnchorNode depth+1 conservative asymmetry
- review/persona.go: simplify redundant if-guard in ListBuiltinPersonas
- Move nodeCount increment after cycle detection to avoid over-counting
cyclic references (sonnet #2)
- Use underscores in test case names used as filenames (sonnet #3)
- Fix function comment: 'prevent silent data loss' → 'prevent confusing
behavior where additional documents are silently ignored' (sonnet #4)
- Mark design doc pseudocode as historical since implementation uses
goccy/go-yaml ast.Node, not gopkg.in/yaml.v3 yaml.Node (sonnet #5)
The global 'seen' set allowed anchored subtrees validated at a shallow
depth to be skipped when later referenced via alias at a greater depth.
This could let effective nesting exceed MaxYAMLDepth, enabling DoS.
Fix: replace the single 'seen' set with two tracking maps:
- validated (node -> min depth): only short-circuits when current depth
<= previously validated depth; re-checks at deeper contexts.
- visiting (node -> bool): per-path recursion stack for true cycle
detection (breaks alias loops without suppressing depth checks).
Add TestYAMLAliasDepthBypass that constructs a document with an
anchored 15-level subtree referenced via alias under 6 levels of
nesting, verifying the combined effective depth (22) is rejected.
Addresses security-review-bot findings on review #2774.
Fixes#87.
PR #58 incorrectly added gopkg.in/yaml.v3 (abandoned library) instead of
github.com/goccy/go-yaml as required by issue #57.
Changes:
- Replace gopkg.in/yaml.v3 with github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.19.2
- Update review/persona.go to use goccy/go-yaml API:
- parser.ParseBytes for AST-based depth/node count checking
- yaml.Strict() decoder option instead of KnownFields(true)
- ast.Node types instead of yaml.Node for tree walking
- Update review/persona_test.go to use ast types for cycle tests
- Remove gopkg.in/yaml.v3 from go.mod and go.sum
All existing YAML tests pass with the new library.
Implements #60.
- Add ParsePersonaBytes() for parsing personas from byte data
- Add LoadRepoPersonas() to fetch personas from repo via Gitea API
- Add MergePersonas() to combine built-in and repo personas
- Add GetBuiltinPersonasMap() helper
- Update main.go to load repo personas first, fall back to built-in
- Add giteaClientAdapter to bridge gitea.Client to review.GiteaClient
When --persona is specified, the bot now:
1. Attempts to fetch personas from .review-bot/personas/*.yaml
2. If the named persona exists in the repo, uses it
3. Otherwise falls back to built-in personas
This allows repos to define domain-specific personas (e.g., trading
experts for gargoyle, crypto experts for kms-lite) without modifying
the review-bot codebase.
1. Remove dead JSON fallback in LoadBuiltinPersona
- The embed directive only includes *.yaml files
- JSON fallback code could never succeed
- Simplified function to only try YAML
2. JSON parsing now rejects unknown fields
- Switched from json.Unmarshal to json.Decoder
- DisallowUnknownFields() matches YAML's KnownFields(true)
- Added test coverage for JSON unknown field rejection
3. Documented symlink support in LoadPersona
- os.Stat follows symlinks, so symlinks to regular files work
- Added doc comment explaining the behavior
- Added test for symlink support
Address security review findings:
MAJOR: Add cycle detection to checkYAMLDepth using a visited set
(seen map[*yaml.Node]struct{}) to prevent infinite recursion from
crafted YAML with self-referential aliases.
MINOR fixes:
- Add MaxYAMLNodes (1000) limit as defense-in-depth against
wide-but-shallow structures that bypass depth limits
- Increment depth when following alias targets (was incorrectly
passing same depth, allowing alias chains to bypass depth limit)
- Reject multi-document YAML files instead of silently ignoring
additional documents (prevents confusing silent data loss)
Tests added:
- TestYAMLAliasCycleDetection: Direct test of cycle detection logic
- TestYAMLMultiDocumentRejection: Verifies multi-doc files rejected
- TestYAMLNodeCountLimit: Verifies wide structures are rejected
- TestCheckYAMLDepthCycleDetectionDirect: Unit test with artificial cycle
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
MAJOR fixes:
- Remove false security claim about gopkg.in/yaml.v3 having built-in depth protection
- Add explicit YAML depth limiting via yaml.Node API (MaxYAMLDepth=20)
- Add file size limit for persona files (MaxPersonaFileSize=64KB)
- Add test for deeply nested YAML rejection
MINOR fixes:
- Add sort.Strings to ListBuiltinPersonas for deterministic ordering
- Update design doc to reflect actual library used (gopkg.in/yaml.v3)
- Update README: 'Zero dependencies' → 'Minimal dependencies'
- Add test for file size limit
- Add test for sorted persona list
- Add gopkg.in/yaml.v3 dependency (approved in CONVENTIONS.md)
- Update parsePersona to detect format by file extension
- Support both .yaml and .yml extensions (case-insensitive)
- Convert built-in personas to YAML format
- Add comprehensive tests for YAML parsing
- Update README with YAML examples and documentation
YAML provides cleaner multi-line strings via literal block scalars
and supports comments, making persona definitions more readable.
JSON remains supported for backwards compatibility.
Closes#57
MAJOR fixes:
- Remove external YAML dependency (github.com/goccy/go-yaml)
Per project convention: Go standard library only, zero dependencies.
Convert all persona files from YAML to JSON format.
- Fix TestValidateWorkspacePath error expectation
Go 1.21+ filepath.Join normalizes absolute paths differently.
MINOR fixes:
- Remove custom contains helper in persona_test.go (use strings.Contains)
- Add Unicode-safe CapitalizeFirst function for header titles
- ListBuiltinPersonas returns empty slice instead of nil on error
- Fix test comment about filepath.Join behavior
Documentation:
- Update README to reflect JSON-only persona format
- Update design doc with note about JSON decision
- Fix action.yml description for persona-file input
Add persona system for specialized review roles. Each persona defines:
- A specific review focus (security, architecture, documentation)
- Custom system prompt additions
- Personality/tone adjustments
Built-in personas: security, architect, docs
Custom personas: load from JSON via persona-file flag
Includes workspace validation to prevent path traversal attacks.
Closes#51
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Rodin
Rodin
Aaron Weiker