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Fixes #69

Routes the find-error needle/haystack dump through ImageLogger
(new dump_find_error(), active at the default ERROR level) and
deprecates GlobalConfig.save_needle_on_error, which now emits a
DeprecationWarning. Adds a test for dump_find_error().

Open questions:

  1. The dumped file names change (they now follow the ImageLogger
    naming instead of last_finderror_*.png).
  2. At step 1, ImageLogger deletes the whole imglog directory (rmtree).
    Since find errors are now dumped through it, an earlier find-error
    dump gets removed when a new run starts. Is that acceptable?

Note: save_needle_on_error no longer has any effect. If you prefer
it to keep working temporarily as an alias for the image logger,
I can change that.

Notes from automated review:

  • dump_find_error() does not advance ImageLogger.step, so repeated
    find errors may reuse file names (and at step 1 the directory is
    recreated). Should the step be advanced after a find-error dump?
  • Since save_needle_on_error = False no longer prevents dumping,
    users who opted out to avoid saving screen contents will now get
    find-error dumps at the default ERROR level. Should the old opt-out
    be honored?

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Failed searches with no matches can save the target image and captured screen when the configured image logging level permits error-level logging.
    • Matched-image logging now supports a configurable maximum logging level, defaulting to warnings.
  • Deprecations

    • Accessing or changing save_needle_on_error now emits a warning recommending image_logging_level. Its existing get, set, and invalid-value behavior remains unchanged.

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Calls to save_needle_on_error now emit a deprecation warning that points to image_logging_level. ImageLogger supports a maximum logging level and provides a find-error dump method. Region.find_all uses that method when a timed-out search has no matches and allow_zero is false.

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Find-error image logging

Layer / File(s) Summary
Deprecate the legacy error-image property
guibot/config.py, tests/test_config.py
Calls to save_needle_on_error emit a DeprecationWarning that points to image_logging_level. The test checks warnings and setter behavior.
Add thresholded find-error image dumps
guibot/imagelogger.py, tests/test_imagelogger.py
dump_matched_images accepts a maximum logging level. dump_find_error calls it with logging.ERROR. The test checks the expected step-numbered image paths.
Route timed-out searches through ImageLogger
guibot/region.py, tests/test_region_expect.py
When a timed-out search has no matches and allow_zero is false, find_all sends the target and captured screen to dump_find_error. The test checks that the method is called with the target.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Region as Region.find_all
  participant ImageLogger
  participant Filesystem
  Region->>ImageLogger: Pass target and captured screen to dump_find_error
  ImageLogger->>ImageLogger: Call dump_matched_images with logging.ERROR
  ImageLogger->>Filesystem: Save needle and haystack images
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 1b085

Find failures may expose filesystem errors instead of FindError when diagnostic logging cannot save its images.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 1b085

Users who explicitly disabled find-error image saving will now have captured screen contents written to disk unless they change their logging configuration. Failed searches also inherit directory-wide cleanup behavior that can remove earlier diagnostics. Exposure depends on screen contents, directory configuration and filesystem access; remote access or privilege escalation was not established.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · security · observed: The retained save_needle_on_error=False setting no longer prevents find-error dumps. At the default ERROR level, an eligible timeout now persists the target and captured screen despite that explicit opt-out, weakening an existing privacy control.
  • Medium · reliability · observed: Find-error dumping now inherits recursive deletion of the configured logging directory when the shared step is 1, including at default ERROR. Unlike the previous timeout path, it can remove earlier diagnostics or other contents of a shared destination. Cleanup has no run-ownership check, and cleanup failure can escape before FindError, expanding the diagnostic path's destructive authority and failure coupling.
Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The supported exposure is captured region contents and the configured logging directory within the application's filesystem authority. Global logger state couples logger instances. Tenant separation, directory readers, process concurrency and production sharing are unknown, so wider service or environment exposure cannot be established.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — An actor able to cause an eligible search timeout through target or screen influence can trigger local image persistence even where the application retained the legacy false opt-out. Disclosure additionally requires sensitive captured content and access to the resulting files; neither remote invocation nor such file access was established.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The screen-to-filesystem persistence decision now depends on the image logging level rather than the legacy boolean. Levels above ERROR and allow_zero still prevent this diagnostic path. Directory cleanup uses only the configured destination and shared step, without a run-ownership check in the inspected implementation.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — The new caller broadens exposure to existing unsynchronized directory and counter operations. Concurrent use could race on cleanup or filenames, and diagnostic failures can replace the expected search exception. Concurrency is an unresolved runtime condition, not a demonstrated incident; save failures already affected opted-in callers before this PR.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Preserve an explicit no-image policy during deprecation, separate directory cleanup from an individual failed search using run-owned destinations, and contain diagnostic I/O failures so they do not replace the search failure contract.
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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title accurately describes the main change: the legacy find-error image functionality is deprecated and routed through ImageLogger.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue [#69]. Region.find_all routes failed searches to ImageLogger.dump_find_error(). dump_find_error() dumps the needle and haystack at the ERROR level. The deprecated `save…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes stay within issue [#69]. The configuration deprecation, ImageLogger integration, find-error routing, and supporting tests implement the replacement of last_needle behavior. No unrelated …
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring coverage is 91.67% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 12 functions across 6 files.
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@pevogam this is ready for review. CI is green. I left a few open questions in the description (file names, rmtree at step 1, the step not advancing, and the old opt-out). Happy to adjust the design depending on your preference.

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guibot/region.py (1)

498-501: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a caller-level assertion for find-error image logging.

When find_all reaches the timeout/no-match branch, it must pass the current target and final screen_capture to ImageLogger before raising FindError. test_find_error checks only the exception, and test_find_error_dumping calls the helper directly. Add a caller-level mock assertion so a skipped call or swapped value fails.

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 import unittest
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
@@
     def test_find_error(self) -> None:
         try:
             self.region.find(Image('shape_blue_circle.png'), 0)
             self.fail('exception was not thrown')
         except FindError as e:
             pass
 
         try:
             self.region.find_all(Image('shape_blue_circle.png'), 0)
             self.fail('exception was not thrown')
         except FindError as e:
             pass
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(os.environ.get('DISABLE_OPENCV', "0") == "1",
+                     "Disabled OpenCV")
+    def test_find_error_logs_target_and_capture(self) -> None:
+        target = Image('shape_blue_circle.png')
+        screen_capture = object()
+        self.region.dc_backend.capture_screen = MagicMock(
+            return_value=screen_capture
+        )
+        self.region.cv_backend.find = MagicMock(return_value=[])
+
+        with patch("guibot.region.ImageLogger") as logger_type:
+            with self.assertRaises(FindError):
+                self.region.find_all(target, 0)
+
+        logger = logger_type.return_value
+        self.assertIs(logger.needle, target)
+        self.assertIs(logger.haystack, screen_capture)
+        logger.dump_find_error.assert_called_once_with()
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Add a caller-level test for the timeout/no-match path in Region.find_all that
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Hi @lormafe34, a quick review then maybe we can do a face to face review together: The current deprecation approach is careful enough and this is great but in the case of this functionality we want to drop it entirely. This means not need of deprecation warnings and simply replace the functionality entirely by the current image logging.

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@pevogam : Thanks! Understood, I'll remove it entirely and replace it with ImageLogger. Let me know when you're available for a face-to-face review.

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