fix(env): one boolean parser, and it refuses what it cannot interpret - #501
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A boolean env var could be spelled true, 1, yes or on -- and which of those
worked depended on which module read it. Six parsers existed across 54
production reads:
env_truthy {1,true,yes,on} 31
{"1","true","yes"} `on` was FALSY 4
{"1","true","yes","y","on"} `y` worked here only 1
("true","yes","1","on") 1
== "1" `=true` did nothing 5
.lower() == "true" `=1` did nothing 12
The concrete casualty: RUN_MIGRATION, documented `options: true | false`, was
read by two of them. config_json_upgrade accepted `1`; run_all_migrations did
not. So RUN_MIGRATION=1 ran the config upgrade and skipped the migrations.
Worse, nothing rejected a typo. env_truthy is `value.lower() in {...}`, so an
unrecognised value returns False -- REFLEXIO_REQUIRE_DATA_DB=ture silently
DISABLED a guard, indistinguishable from a deliberate false.
Adds env_bool(name, *, default): accepts true/false only, case-insensitively;
unset or blank resolves to the default (matching env_str's blank-equals-unset
rule); anything else raises EnvBoolError naming the variable and the value.
Erroring on unrecognised input is the universal convention -- Go's
strconv.ParseBool says "Any other value returns an error", Pydantic raises
bool_parsing -- and it is the half this codebase lacked entirely. The accepted
SET is narrower than either, which both admit 1/0, because .env.template already
documents ~28 vars as `true | false`; and the industry direction is narrowing,
not widening: YAML 1.2 removed yes/no/on/off outright after NO (Norway) parsed
as false.
Two tiers, deliberately:
* vars documented `options: true | false` (MOCK_LLM_RESPONSE, IS_TEST_ENV,
RUN_MIGRATION, MIGRATION_FAILURES_FATAL) move to strict env_bool. Verified
safe: every assignment of these in the tree already spells true/false.
* undocumented dev/CI knobs keep the permissive set -- they are set with `1` in
~38 places including the claude-smart submodule -- but now share the ONE
env_truthy instead of four private copies. REFLEXIO_REQUIRE_DOCKER=1 in
ci-fast.yml keeps working.
env_truthy stays a public export with its historical set, so external callers
are unaffected.
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REFLEXIO_NONINTERACTIVEvalues.The
initcommand exposes its docstring through Typer help, and the two helper docstrings repeat the same incomplete description. ReplaceREFLEXIO_NONINTERACTIVE=1with “a truthy value (1,true,yes, oron)” so users can discover all supported values.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@reflexio/server/api_endpoints/account_api.py`:
- Line 91: Update the REFLEXIO_ALLOW_MY_CONFIG check around env_truthy to accept
only the previous {"1", "true", "yes"} allowlist, excluding "on", and add a
regression test that verifies "on" does not enable the self-host configuration
route.
In `@reflexio/server/services/playbook/components/aggregator.py`:
- Line 2055: Update the fenced rerun mock-mode check near the rerun handling to
use the parsed env_bool result for MOCK_LLM_RESPONSE instead of comparing the
raw environment value to exact "true". Keep mock clustering and generation
behavior consistent for values such as " TRUE " and avoid the empty-centroid
rerun failure.
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In `@reflexio/cli/commands/setup_cmd.py`:
- Line 193: Update the init command docstring and both helper docstrings
associated with REFLEXIO_NONINTERACTIVE to describe a truthy value as “1, true,
yes, or on” instead of documenting only “1”; keep the existing env_truthy
behavior unchanged.
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Two review findings, both real.
1. REFLEXIO_ALLOW_MY_CONFIG guards `my_config` -- the "download my creds"
endpoint, whose only guard on OS/self-host is this variable. Routing it
through the permissive env_truthy WIDENED its allowlist to accept "on".
Fixed by going strict instead of merely reverting: env_bool accepts true or
false and raises otherwise, which is narrower than the {1,true,yes} set that
was there before, and matches the docstring's own `=true`. A security gate
should refuse an ambiguous value rather than guess which way to fail.
Regression test covers "on", "1", "yes" and "y".
2. aggregator.py compared the raw value with `!= "true"` a few hundred lines
above a migrated env_bool call, so MOCK_LLM_RESPONSE=" TRUE " took the two
branches down different paths -- exactly the split this work exists to
remove. playbook/service.py carried the same line.
Both escaped the first pass for the same reason: the scan matched `==` and not
`!=`. Sweeping for the negated form turned up four more (nomic and local
embedding providers, the e2e real-LLM opt-in), now routed through the same
parsers. The guard's regexes are widened to both polarities in the enterprise
half.
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Both findings were real and are fixed — thanks, the second one exposed a hole in the guard itself. 1. Fixed by going stricter than the suggestion rather than reverting: 2. The root cause is that my scan matched Gates after the fixes: 5040 passed, 10 skipped; ruff clean. |
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The problem
A boolean env var could be spelled
true,1,yesoron— and which ofthose actually worked depended on which module read it. Six parsers across 54
production reads:
env_truthy→{1,true,yes,on}{"1","true","yes"}onwas falsy here{"1","true","yes","y","on"}yworked only here("true","yes","1","on")== "1"=truedid nothing.lower() == "true"=1did nothingThe concrete casualty:
RUN_MIGRATION— documentedoptions: true | false—was read by two of them.
config_json_upgradeaccepted1;run_all_migrationsdid not. SoRUN_MIGRATION=1ran the config upgrade andsilently skipped the migrations.
And nothing rejected a typo.
env_truthyisvalue.lower() in {...}, so anunrecognised value returns
False—REFLEXIO_REQUIRE_DATA_DB=turesilentlydisabled a guard, indistinguishable from a deliberate
false.What the industry does (researched, not assumed)
strconv.ParseBool1,t,T,TRUE,true,True/0,f,F,…0,off,f,false,n,no,1,on,t,true,y,yesbool_parsingFalseErroring is universal; it's the half we lacked. And the accepted set has been
narrowing: YAML 1.2 removed
yes/no/on/off/yas booleans outright afterNO(Norway) silently parsed as false.
The fix
env_bool(name, *, default)— acceptstrue/falseonly, case-insensitively;unset or blank resolves to the default (matching
env_str's blank-equals-unsetrule); anything else raises
EnvBoolErrornaming the variable and the value.It sits beside
env_required_literal, which already established theconstrain-and-raise pattern here.
Deliberately narrower than Go/Pydantic on
1/0, because.env.templatealready documents ~28 vars as
true | false— this is the only option that makesthat documentation true.
Two tiers, because a blanket narrowing would have broken things:
true | falsevars (MOCK_LLM_RESPONSE,IS_TEST_ENV,RUN_MIGRATION,MIGRATION_FAILURES_FATAL) → strictenv_bool. Verified safe:every assignment of these in the tree already spells
true/false(
MOCK_LLM_RESPONSE: true×15/false×5;IS_TEST_ENV: true×30/false×3).1in~38 places including the
claude-smartsubmodule — but now share the oneenv_truthyinstead of four private copies.REFLEXIO_REQUIRE_DOCKER=1inci-fast.ymlkeeps working, so no CI change is needed.env_truthyremains a public export with its historical set; external callersare unaffected.
Verification
ruff check/formatclean.env_booltests cover case-insensitivity, blank-equals-unset, refusal ofevery ambiguous spelling (
1/0/yes/no/on/off/y/n), and that a typo (ture)raises with the variable name in the message rather than reading as false.
A companion PR in the enterprise repo carries the
reflexio_extcall sites, ascan guard against a seventh shape appearing, and the gitlink bump.
Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
trueandfalsevalues, with clear errors for invalid entries.Bug Fixes