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feat: add pre_seed phase — S3 zip download before pre_boot#1189

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Summary

Implements #1188 — adds a [pre_seed] config section that downloads and extracts zip archives from S3 before the pre_boot hook runs. This seeds the agent environment (configs, tools, memory files) without requiring AWS CLI in the container image.

Changes

  • crates/openab-core/src/config.rsPreSeedConfig struct (sources, target, timeout, on_failure)
  • crates/openab-core/src/pre_seed.rs — new module: S3 download + zip extraction with layer semantics
  • crates/openab-core/src/lib.rs — export pre_seed (gated by pre-seed feature)
  • crates/openab-core/Cargo.toml — add zip dep + pre-seed feature
  • Cargo.toml — forward pre-seed feature to openab-core
  • src/main.rs — call pre_seed::run() before pre_boot hook
  • config.toml.example — add commented [pre_seed] example
  • docs/hooks.md — lifecycle diagram + pre_seed docs
  • docs/config-reference.md[pre_seed] field table

Key Design Decisions

  1. Layer model — up to 5 S3 sources, extracted in order (later overwrites earlier)
  2. Feature-gatedpre-seed feature (default-on), compiles away when unused
  3. Standard AWS credential chain — IRSA, ECS task role, env vars
  4. Timeout per source — default 300s, configurable
  5. on_failure = abort|warn — same semantics as hooks

Lifecycle

pre_seed → pre_boot → (running) → pre_shutdown

Testing

  • Unit tests inline: parse_s3_uri, extract_zip, run_empty, run_too_many
  • cargo verify-project
  • cargo metadata resolves ✅

Closes #1188

Adds a new [pre_seed] config section that runs before pre_boot hooks.
Downloads up to 5 zip archives from S3 and extracts them in order to
$HOME (or a custom target), implementing a layer system where later
archives overwrite earlier ones.

Closes #1188
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- Move pre_seed under [hooks.pre_seed] (consistent lifecycle grouping)
- Add SHA-256 integrity verification (sha256s field)
- Add max_bytes size cap (default 100 MiB) to prevent OOM
- Extract to temp dir first, then move into target (atomic, fixes
  spawn_blocking timeout race condition)
- Remove bytes.to_vec() — pass Bytes slice directly
- Add region/endpoint_url override (LocalStack/VPC support)
- Use shared parse_s3_uri from config.rs (dedup)
- Move pre-seed to opt-in feature (not in default)
- Manual Default impl (timeout_seconds=300, max_bytes=100MiB)
- Update docs and config example
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超渡法師 added 4 commits June 24, 2026 21:46
- Replace tokio::time::timeout with cooperative Instant deadline
  passed into the blocking task
- Check deadline before each file extraction and each move operation
- If deadline expires mid-extraction, bail immediately (temp dir
  auto-cleans via Drop) — target never gets partial writes
- Add extracted bytes budget (500 MiB) and file count limit (10k)
  to prevent zip-bomb disk/CPU exhaustion
- Add tests for expired deadline, move deadline enforcement
Bytes is Arc-backed; clone is a ref-count bump, not a memcpy.
This eliminates the last unnecessary memory copy.
- Add test for file count limit (DEFAULT_MAX_FILE_COUNT + 1 entries)
- Add test verifying normal zips pass budget checks
- Update docs/hooks.md: clarify move phase is per-file, not atomic
  (partial apply possible with on_failure=warn)
- extract_rejects_exceeding_extracted_bytes: uses extract_zip_budgeted
  with max_bytes=20, zip has 30 bytes → fails as expected
- extract_rejects_exceeding_file_count: uses extract_zip_budgeted
  with max_file_count=3, zip has 5 files → fails as expected
- Refactored extract_zip_with_limits to delegate to extract_zip_budgeted
  with configurable limits for testability
@pahud pahud changed the title feat: add pre_seed phase — S3 zip download before preboot feat: add pre_seed phase — S3 zip download before pre_boot Jun 24, 2026
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- Request ChecksumMode::Enabled in GetObject call
- If S3 object has x-amz-checksum-sha256 (uploaded with
  --checksum-algorithm SHA256), verify automatically
- User-provided sha256s still works as additional layer
- Add docs recommending 'aws s3 cp --checksum-algorithm SHA256'
- No config change needed for S3-native verification
S3 supports native SHA-256 checksums (x-amz-checksum-sha256) when
objects are uploaded with --checksum-algorithm SHA256. OpenAB now
automatically verifies this on download — no user config needed.

Removed the sha256s field to reduce maintenance burden (users had
to update hashes on every zip change). Trust model:
- Object has S3 checksum → auto-verified
- Object has no checksum → trust IAM + bucket policy (same as config-s3)

Users just need: aws s3 cp file.zip s3://bucket/ --checksum-algorithm SHA256
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LGTM ✅ — Well-structured pre_seed implementation with proper safety boundaries and clean integration.

What This PR Does

Adds a [hooks.pre_seed] lifecycle phase that downloads and extracts zip archives from S3 before pre_boot runs, seeding the agent environment (configs, tools, memory) without requiring AWS CLI in the container image.

How It Works

New pre_seed module (feature-gated behind pre-seed) uses the standard AWS credential chain to download up to 5 S3 zip sources sequentially. Each is extracted to a temp directory first, then moved into the target (layer semantics — later overwrites earlier). Cooperative deadline checks prevent runaway operations. S3-native SHA-256 checksums are auto-verified when present.

Findings

# Severity Finding Location
1 🟢 Excellent safety: zip-slip prevention via enclosed_name(), extracted-size budget, file-count limit, cooperative deadline checks pre_seed.rs:167-210
2 🟢 Good test coverage: deadline expiry, budget enforcement, layer overwrite, empty/overflow source count pre_seed.rs:260-493
3 🟢 Clean feature gating — compiles away completely when unused, reuses existing deps (hex, sha2, base64) Cargo.toml, lib.rs
4 🟢 Thorough documentation with lifecycle diagram, IAM policy example, and S3 checksum upload instructions docs/hooks.md
Finding Details

🟢 F1: Comprehensive zip extraction safety

Multiple layers of protection: enclosed_name() for zip-slip, DEFAULT_MAX_EXTRACTED_BYTES (500 MiB) and DEFAULT_MAX_FILE_COUNT (10,000) budgets, plus cooperative deadline checks every 100 entries. The temp-dir-then-move pattern prevents target corruption on failure.

🟢 F2: Good test coverage

Tests cover the important edge cases: expired deadlines, size budget overflow, file count limits, layer overwrite semantics, and the empty/overflow source count validation. All tests are synchronous where possible (faster CI).

🟢 F3: Clean dependency management

Reuses existing workspace deps (hex, sha2, base64). The zip crate is added with default-features = false + only deflate, keeping the dependency tree minimal.

🟢 F4: Documentation quality

The docs include lifecycle ordering, field reference tables, IAM policy examples, and S3 checksum upload instructions. The config.toml.example is well-commented for discoverability.

Baseline Check
  • PR opened: 2026-06-24
  • Main already has: parse_s3_uri helper, config-s3 feature, hook lifecycle (pre_boot/pre_shutdown)
  • Net-new value: entire pre_seed module + phase — no prior S3 zip extraction capability existed on main
Minor Notes (non-blocking)
  • docs/hooks.md mentions a sha256s config field for user-provided checksums, but the PreSeedConfig struct does not implement this field. The doc should either remove the reference or mark it as a future enhancement. Since S3-native checksum auto-verification is already implemented and sufficient, this is informational only.
  • PR description states "default-on" but the feature is correctly opt-in in the code. Description-only inconsistency, no code impact.
What's Good (🟢)
  • Layer model with clear overwrite semantics matches container mental model
  • Feature-gated to avoid binary size impact when unused
  • Atomic extraction pattern (temp dir → move) prevents target corruption
  • Cooperative deadline enforcement in blocking tasks avoids thread starvation
  • S3-native checksum auto-verification is zero-config for users who upload with --checksum-algorithm SHA256
  • All CI checks passing (smoke tests across all Dockerfile variants)

@thepagent thepagent merged commit c07d620 into main Jun 24, 2026
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