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Outcome

Hermes GPU creation retains NemoClaw policy authority when OpenShell applies the reviewed GPU baseline enrichment or changes the policy during the same verified create transaction. Completed sandboxes, external policy mutations, and arbitrary filesystem additions remain unable to refresh a receipt.

Reason

The fallback and compatibility-only Hermes GPU jobs reached the exact sandbox, then rejected policy ownership. The compatibility route did not recognize the reviewed GPU enrichment. A later product-owned container transition could also advance the policy identity after the first receipt was recorded.

The broader seven-job report contains three distinct root causes. This PR claims only the product-owned GPU receipt-transition cause. PR #10398 owns a different fallback cleanup failure. PRs #10116 and #10119 own external-policy preservation.

Related issues

Part of #9833.
Relates to #10155.

Changes

  • Recognize the reviewed native and compatibility GPU enrichment shapes while preserving route-specific /proc requirements.
  • Refresh a managed receipt only through the in-progress verified create transaction after exact identity and stable policy verification pass again.
  • Update the durable pending checkpoint with compare-and-set against the prior checkpoint before later effects continue.
  • Reject receipt refresh for completed sandbox mutations, routes without GPU injection, and arbitrary added filesystem paths.
  • Preserve the Hermes portable native-policy verifier on the renamed shared enrichment predicate.

Verification

  • npx vitest run --project cli src/lib/onboard/sandbox-create/policy-creation-receipt.test.ts — 29 tests passed.
  • Focused CLI suites for receipt verification, orchestration, GPU identity gates, GPU create, policy mutation authority, and registry transitions — 9 files and 288 tests passed.
  • tsc -p tsconfig.cli.json — passed.
  • tsx scripts/checks/run.mts — repository checks passed.
  • File-local formatting, Oxlint, whitespace, and ignored-file hooks — passed.
  • git diff --check — passed.
  • The diff contains no secrets, API keys, or credentials.

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E2E root cause: sandbox create / GPU policy receipt verification / reviewed compatibility enrichment and verified create transition rejected

Source run: https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/33111985611 (run 33111985611, attempt 1)

Failed jobs:

Signatures:

  • The live base policy does not match the policy supplied by the create transaction.
  • The creation receipt no longer matches the live sandbox policy before the runtime patch.

Scope: one root cause.

Security boundary: refresh requires the active verified create boundary, exact sandbox lifecycle identity, stable sandbox-scoped policy, an allowlisted GPU enrichment, and checkpoint compare-and-set. External mutations and completed-sandbox policy drift remain denied. Independent sensitive-path review remains required.


Signed-off-by: Aaron Erickson aerickson@nvidia.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved GPU policy validation across native and compatibility routes, including supported proxy-only access.
    • Strengthened post-creation checks for sandbox identity, reservations, checkpoints, and policy consistency.
    • Prevented unexpected policy registration changes during active sandbox creation.
    • Ensured mismatched managed policy registrations are rejected with clearer error handling.
  • Tests

    • Expanded coverage for GPU enrichment, proxy-only access, and policy registration revalidation.
    • Added coverage confirming mismatched managed registrations are rejected rather than refreshed.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Erickson <aerickson@nvidia.com>
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The change adds route-aware GPU baseline enrichment validation. Managed receipt mismatches now fail instead of refreshing registrations. Sandbox creation uses shared active-boundary revalidation and CAS persistence before final checkpoint and identity checks.

Changes

GPU policy and receipt flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Route-aware GPU enrichment validation
src/lib/onboard/sandbox-gpu-route-policy.ts, src/lib/onboard/sandbox-create/policy-creation-receipt.ts, src/lib/onboard/experimental/hermes-portable-policy-authority.ts, src/lib/onboard/sandbox-create/policy-creation-receipt.test.ts
The validator distinguishes native and compatibility routes. Native proxy-only enrichment permits only the documented /proc read grant. GPU enrichment permits the configured GPU and /proc paths. Receipt tests cover accepted and rejected enrichments.
Managed policy receipt revalidation
src/lib/onboard/sandbox-create/policy-creation-receipt.ts, src/lib/onboard/sandbox-create/policy-creation-receipt.test.ts
Shared revalidation rejects managed receipt mismatches and preserves the original validation error. The managed receipt refresh API and refresh test path were removed.
Verified create revalidation
src/lib/onboard/sandbox-create/orchestration.ts
Sandbox creation checks the active boundary, validates the reserved create and live identity, refreshes registration according to authority and route, CAS-persists changes, and performs final verification.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 4b2c4

The change narrows GPU policy receipt refresh to verified create-time transitions and preserves existing rejection boundaries; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Possibly related PRs

  • NVIDIA/NemoClaw#10123: Introduced the native-GPU enrichment validation extended and renamed by this change.

Suggested labels: integration: hermes, area: policy, area: sandbox, bug-fix, security

Suggested reviewers: apurvvkumaria

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant SandboxCreateOrchestration
  participant PolicyReceipt
  participant PolicyAuthority
  participant PendingCreateCheckpoint
  SandboxCreateOrchestration->>PolicyReceipt: revalidate policy registration
  PolicyReceipt->>PolicyAuthority: verify policy registration
  PolicyAuthority-->>PolicyReceipt: return registration or mismatch error
  SandboxCreateOrchestration->>PendingCreateCheckpoint: CAS-persist changed registration
  SandboxCreateOrchestration->>SandboxCreateOrchestration: recheck checkpoint and identity
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Updated August 28, 2026 00:43 UTC

Signed-off-by: Aaron Erickson <aerickson@nvidia.com>
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Actionable comments posted: 2

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Inline comments:
In `@src/lib/onboard/sandbox-create/orchestration.ts`:
- Around line 2358-2397: The verified-create resume flow must use the
refresh-and-checkpoint path before stale registration validation can reject it.
Update the resume logic around revalidateCreatedSandboxPolicyRegistration and
the shown refreshVerifiedCreatePolicyRegistration block so the trusted boundary
is refreshed, compared against the active registration, and persisted with
compare-and-set before accepting the resumed transaction; preserve the existing
boundary and identity checks.

In `@src/lib/onboard/sandbox-create/policy-creation-receipt.ts`:
- Around line 453-458: The refreshVerifiedCreatePolicyRegistration path must
only accept an active verified GPU-create transaction: reject route "none",
require valid reservation and pending-checkpoint proof before replacing the
receipt, and reject completed-sandbox callers. Update
revalidateCreatedSandboxPolicyRegistrationInternal and its validation flow while
preserving exact stable live-policy rebinding for valid verified transactions.
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Route interrupted verified creates through the reserved checkpoint refresh path, and keep generic registration revalidation fail-closed.\n\nSigned-off-by: Aaron Erickson <aerickson@nvidia.com>

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src/lib/onboard/sandbox-create/policy-creation-receipt.ts (1)

429-434: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Inline the internal helper now that the refresh entrypoint is gone.

revalidateCreatedSandboxPolicyRegistrationInternal existed to serve two entrypoints: this wrapper and refreshVerifiedCreatePolicyRegistration. This PR removes the refresh entrypoint. The wrapper now forwards its exact arguments to a single-use helper, so the split adds no value.

Rename the internal function to revalidateCreatedSandboxPolicyRegistration, export it, and delete the wrapper.

As per path instructions, "Require in-scope callers to use one authoritative path and delete the superseded runtime path, forwarding glue, support helpers, and tests in the same PR".

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In `@src/lib/onboard/sandbox-create/policy-creation-receipt.ts` around lines 429 -
434, Replace the forwarding wrapper and internal helper with a single exported
revalidateCreatedSandboxPolicyRegistration function that contains the helper’s
implementation and accepts the same input and dependency arguments. Update any
in-scope callers to use this authoritative function, then remove the obsolete
internal helper, wrapper, and related superseded runtime-path tests.

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src/lib/onboard/sandbox-create/policy-creation-receipt.test.ts (1)

513-532: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the removed refresh export, not only the refusal.

The test name states that the API does not expose receipt refresh. The assertion proves only that revalidation throws when the live policy identity changed. It does not prove that the superseded refresh entrypoint is gone.

Add an assertion on the module surface, for example that the imported module namespace has no refreshVerifiedCreatePolicyRegistration key. Then the test matches its stated claim.

As per path instructions, "Migration tests must prove the superseded path is unreachable or removed, not merely prove that the new path also works."

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In `@src/lib/onboard/sandbox-create/policy-creation-receipt.test.ts` around lines
513 - 532, Add a module-surface assertion to the test named “does not expose
receipt refresh through the registration revalidation API (`#9833`)” that verifies
the imported module namespace does not contain
refreshVerifiedCreatePolicyRegistration, while retaining the existing
revalidation refusal assertion.

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In `@src/lib/onboard/sandbox-create/orchestration.ts`:
- Around line 2324-2347: Update the verifyCreatedSandboxPolicyRegistration call
in the registration flow to pass deps containing { sleep: sleepSeconds },
matching the revalidateCreatedSandboxPolicyRegistration call. Ensure
waitForCreatedSandboxPolicyReadiness can retry transient readiness states
instead of failing when deps.sleep is absent.

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In `@src/lib/onboard/sandbox-create/policy-creation-receipt.test.ts`:
- Around line 513-532: Add a module-surface assertion to the test named “does
not expose receipt refresh through the registration revalidation API (`#9833`)”
that verifies the imported module namespace does not contain
refreshVerifiedCreatePolicyRegistration, while retaining the existing
revalidation refusal assertion.

In `@src/lib/onboard/sandbox-create/policy-creation-receipt.ts`:
- Around line 429-434: Replace the forwarding wrapper and internal helper with a
single exported revalidateCreatedSandboxPolicyRegistration function that
contains the helper’s implementation and accepts the same input and dependency
arguments. Update any in-scope callers to use this authoritative function, then
remove the obsolete internal helper, wrapper, and related superseded
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Comment thread src/lib/onboard/sandbox-create/orchestration.ts
Pass the bounded onboarding sleep callback while refreshing a verified GPU create receipt.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Erickson <aerickson@nvidia.com>
Accept OpenShell proxy-only /proc enrichment when a native GPU request reaches Ready without injected devices, so the verified GPU proof can own the authorized compatibility fallback.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Erickson <aerickson@nvidia.com>

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Reviewed latest PR commit 4b2c44ba89823ef2cc38a7ade1c03b1116ff1979 against base SHA 7409b8fcef5749fda938fcd09072bd50ba90fe73. I found no blocking defect. The GPU policy comparison accepts only the documented proxy-only /proc read grant or the bounded GPU enrichment. Other policy changes remain denied. Focused receipt and Hermes policy tests pass locally: 57 tests.

This approval is contingent on every required check passing for this same latest PR commit.

Non-blocking: add a focused Hermes Portable proxy-only policy test in a follow-up PR. This test would protect the shared predicate through the Hermes policy-authority boundary.

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