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Summary
Add the missing NeMo "modified" path so ai_guardrails can mask PII and forward a sanitized chat body instead of only passing or blocking.

GuardResult::Redact and the "redacted" filter-result label already exist; record_verdict currently stubs redact and forwards the original body. This change maps "modified" plus the content field to Redact, rewrites the last user message in the buffered JSON via replace_json_body, and records status "redacted". Core still owns Content-Length framing; the filter does not set that header.

This is the smallest complete change: one provider mapping, one request-body rewrite, and the tests the repo requires. It does not add response-side evaluation, a new config schema, or N sequential /v1/checks calls.

Related issue
Closes #49

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Unit tests
cargo test -p praxis-ai-filters -- guardrails
Integration or functional tests
cargo test -p praxis-ai-integration-tests -- nemo_guardrails
make lint
Manual / backend-backed proof (optional): point examples/configs/nemo-guardrails.yaml at a TrustyAI /v1/checks endpoint, send a chat body with PII, and confirm the upstream receives the masked last user message while filter_results["ai_guardrails"]["status"] is "redacted".

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I reviewed every changed line and can explain the change.
New capabilities include an example config and functional example test.
User-facing behavior and generated documentation are updated.
Performance-sensitive changes include appropriate benchmark or load-test evidence.
Commits are signed and include a Signed-off-by trailer.
Breaking changes
None. Pass and block behavior is unchanged. Operators who want redaction must point the existing provider.endpoint at an endpoint that returns "modified" and content (TrustyAI /v1/checks). Missing content on "modified" fails closed.

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  • New Features

    • Modified user messages are masked before forwarding; other messages remain unchanged. Guardrail checks cover each user message across cumulative conversation slices, up to 32 checks by default.
    • Modified assistant responses are masked before being returned. Response checks target only the first message, and only when it is an assistant message.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Requests that exceed the check limit or cannot be redacted are rejected. If response redaction fails or a provider returns an HTTP error, an error body replaces the response body while preserving its committed status and length.

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[MAJOR][Defect] Response redaction can corrupt JSON
File: filter.rs:466
If masked text expands the response, the serialized JSON is truncated to the committed Content-Length.
A legitimate "x" → "[REDACTED]" rewrite therefore returns malformed JSON with HTTP 200.
Detect growth and emit a valid length-fitting fail-closed response, or remove response rewriting until framing can be repaired.

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@rkaplan-hub iiuc there's additional test files included in this PR that are unrelated to guardrails:

  • tests/utils/src/proxy.rs
  • tests/utils/src/net/backend/simple.rs
  • tests/integration/tests/suite/claude_code.rs + codex_http.rs
  • tests/utils/src/inference_fixture/record.rs
  • xtask/src/inference_fixtures/tests.rs

can you remove these from this PR ?

fn apply_slice_result(
pending_redact: Option<GuardResult>,
result: GuardResult,
message_index: usize,

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i don't quite understand why we need an index in map_nemo_response. it seems like a placeholder to me - the index will always be 0 and we overwrite it in this function apply_slice_result. would it be possible to have map_nemo_response return content / reason instead and resolve the actual index within this function ?

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Done

"ai_guardrails (nemo): overall evaluation deadline exceeded".into()
})?;
let messages = messages
ensure_deadline_remaining(runtime.deadline)?;

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for response-phase redaction, we need to restrict the index in choices[].messages to 0

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Done

Comment thread filters/src/guardrails/filter.rs Outdated
for replacement in replacements {
let Some(message) = choices
.get_mut(replacement.index)
.and_then(|choice| choice.get_mut("message"))

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Please set logprobs to null on every redacted choice. Rewriting only message.content leaves the original text recoverable through logprobs.content[]. Add a test with upstream logprobs and assert the original digits never appear in the client response.

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Done

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let Some(object) = message.as_object_mut() else {
return Err("ai_guardrails: message is not a JSON object".into());
};
object.insert("content".to_owned(), serde_json::Value::String(modified_text));

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Please fail closed when message content is a non-string value. Replacing an array with NeMo’s string drops image/file parts and can send base64 data as text. Add a request test with text plus image_url, and return a clear error instead of rewriting the array.

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let Some(object) = message.as_object_mut() else {
return Err("ai_guardrails: message is not a JSON object".into());
};
object.insert("content".to_owned(), serde_json::Value::String(modified_text));
let Some(object) = message.as_object_mut() else {
return Err("ai_guardrails: message is not a JSON object".into());
};
if object
.get("content")
.is_some_and(|content| !content.is_string() && !content.is_null())
{
return Err("ai_guardrails: cannot redact: message content is not a string".into());
}
object.insert("content".to_owned(), serde_json::Value::String(modified_text));

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Done

Comment thread filters/src/guardrails/tests.rs Outdated
_runtime: &GuardCalloutRuntime<'_>,
) -> Result<GuardResult, praxis_filter::FilterError> {
Ok(GuardResult::Redact {
replacements: Vec::new(),

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Please have the provider return a configured GuardResult so the tests reach both error paths. Add a request case where redact_message(0, ..) fails for a system-only body, plus a multi-thread response test using response_body_mode: StreamBuffer that verifies the body becomes the evaluation_failed error without the original text.

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NeMo modified verdicts now identify indexed message replacements. The filter applies replacements to request user messages and response messages, with length-fitted error bodies when response rewriting fails. The FIPS image verifier retries selected registry transport failures.

Changes

NeMo guardrail redaction

Layer / File(s) Summary
Indexed NeMo redactions
filters/src/guardrails/providers/mod.rs, filters/src/guardrails/providers/nemo.rs, examples/configs/nemo-guardrails.yaml
GuardResult::Redact now contains indexed replacements. NeMo accumulates modifications across message slices, checks deadlines and the configured target limit, and selects response targets. The example documents masking and the default 32-call limit.
Request and response rewriting
filters/src/guardrails/filter.rs, examples/configs/nemo-guardrails-response.yaml
The filter applies replacements to request user messages and response messages. Request rewrite errors propagate. Response rewrites preserve the original body length, clear logprobs, and use length-fitted error documents when rewriting fails. The response example documents provider HTTP-error body replacement after headers are committed.
Redaction validation
filters/src/guardrails/tests.rs, tests/integration/tests/suite/examples/guardrails.rs, tests/integration/tests/suite/examples/guardrails_response.rs
Unit and integration tests cover request and response rewrites, preservation of other messages and fields, body-length constraints, and fail-closed outcomes. Integration tests verify modified user and assistant messages and confirm that NeMo checks each user turn.

FIPS image pull retries

Layer / File(s) Summary
Classify and retry pull failures
xtask/src/fips/verify_image.rs
The verifier retries recognized registry transport failures up to three attempts with five-second delays. Signature and policy errors do not trigger retries. Tests cover transport failure wording and signature-error precedence.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant AiGuardrailsFilter
  participant NemoProvider
  participant UpstreamBackend
  Client->>AiGuardrailsFilter: Send request with messages
  AiGuardrailsFilter->>NemoProvider: Check cumulative message slices
  NemoProvider-->>AiGuardrailsFilter: Return indexed replacements
  AiGuardrailsFilter->>UpstreamBackend: Forward request with masked user messages
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to fefb0

The response example may misdescribe which choice is masked when a completion has multiple choices. Clarify it before merge or accept that bounded documentation risk.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to fefb0

Redaction now replaces sensitive message content, with safeguards against partial rewrites and invalid response framing. However, response checks are narrowed to the first completion while additional completions are still returned, weakening protection for multi-choice replies. Image-pull retries retain signature verification.

Retained concerns

  • High · security · observed: For buffered multi-choice responses with response protection enabled, NeMo now evaluates only the first assistant choice while the filter still forwards additional choices. The base evaluated every assistant choice and could block the complete response when a later choice violated policy. At the head, later choices can bypass that blocking control and remain unchanged during first-choice redaction. Treating choices as alternatives does not prevent those alternatives from reaching the client.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The introduced enforcement gap affects clients receiving buffered multi-choice replies through chains configured for response guardrails. Its demonstrated scope is output-policy enforcement and possible sensitive-content disclosure in later choices; the evidence does not establish credential gain, cross-tenant access, or image-verification authority expansion.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — If an upstream returns a permitted first completion and prohibited content in a later completion, only the first is submitted for evaluation and the complete response can continue to the client. This is a regression for blocking policy: the base selected the later assistant message as well. Exploitability depends on multi-choice backend behavior and the ability to influence generated content; it was not demonstrated with a live backend.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Provider callouts use the filtered-subrequest boundary with isolated parent and child contexts. Destination-bound authentication and authorization remain operator-configured through the outbound chain. The documented request body is untrusted input and can be read before main-chain header security filters execute.
  • observed — Every FIPS pull attempt uses the same explicit signature policy and image reference. The policy rejects remote images by default and requires the bundled Red Hat key for the configured registry. Signature or policy error markers override transport markers and prevent retries.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Image pulls retry eligible transport failures at most three times, with five-second delays. Launch failures and non-retryable failures return errors; subsequent vendor-label validation occurs only after a successful signed pull. No retry branch weakens the verification policy.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Align the response enforcement unit with the content delivered to clients: evaluate each returned assistant choice independently, or enforce a single-choice response restriction before forwarding.





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Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning Issue [#49] covers request-body redaction. The pull request also adds response-phase assistant redaction, response error-body handling, response documentation, and response integration tests. These ch… Remove the response-phase redaction implementation, response-specific documentation, and response-specific tests. Remove the unrelated Podman retry changes and tests in xtask/src/fips/verify_image.rs. Keep the request-phase changes that imp…
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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title identifies the main change: adding NeMo mask/redact behavior to AI guardrails. It is related to the changeset, although spacing and capitalization could be improved.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue [#49] requires modified NeMo content to produce a redaction result, rewrite the request, redact all applicable messages, and record status redacted. The provider now accumulates indexed replacem…
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring coverage is 97.98% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 99 functions across 7 files.




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Issue [#49] covers request-body redaction. The pull request also adds response-phase assistant redaction, response error-body handling, response documentation, and response integration tests. These changes implement behavior that the current PR description excludes. The pull request also changes xtask/src/fips/verify_image.rs to retry Podman registry pulls. That change has no connection to issue [#49].

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Remove the response-phase redaction implementation, response-specific documentation, and response-specific tests. Remove the unrelated Podman retry changes and tests in xtask/src/fips/verify_image.rs. Keep the request-phase changes that implement issue [#49].








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Comment on lines +12 to +14
# modified - last assistant message replaced with masked text, then forwarded
# provider HTTP error - response body replaced with a JSON error payload
# (same as blocked; headers are already committed)

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the description of the modified response behavior.

The response phase checks each assistant choice as its own cumulative slice. The filter rewrites every modified choice, so the change is not limited to the "last assistant message." Line 12 should describe the actual behavior.

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-#     modified - last assistant message replaced with masked text, then forwarded
+#     modified - each modified assistant choice replaced with masked text, then forwarded
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# modified - last assistant message replaced with masked text, then forwarded
# provider HTTP error - response body replaced with a JSON error payload
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# modified - each modified assistant choice replaced with masked text, then forwarded
# provider HTTP error - response body replaced with a JSON error payload
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🟠 Major · Check and redact every assistant choice. · nemo.rs:401-405

filters/src/guardrails/providers/nemo.rs:401-405
🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Check and redact every assistant choice.

The Chat Completions n parameter permits multiple choices. This filter accepts that request and extracts every choices[].message, but the response selector evaluates only messages.first() and returns index 0. Sensitive content in later choices can therefore bypass NeMo and reach the client unchanged. The example’s “last assistant message” description is also incorrect.

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-        GuardPhase::Response => match messages.first() {
-            Some(message) if message_role(message) == Some("assistant") => vec![0],
-            _ => Vec::new(),
-        },
+        GuardPhase::Response => messages
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .filter(|(_, message)| message_role(message) == Some("assistant"))
+            .map(|(index, _)| index)
+            .collect(),

Update the example and test descriptions from “last assistant message” to “each assistant choice”.

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let action = filter.on_request_body(&mut ctx, &mut body, true).await.unwrap();
assert!(matches!(action, praxis_filter::FilterAction::Continue));

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Add a failure message to the continuation assertion.

If this assertion fails, its message should identify the expected request-redaction behavior. Add an explanatory message to assert!. As per path instructions, “Assertions carry an explanatory message rather than a preceding comment.”

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-    assert!(matches!(action, praxis_filter::FilterAction::Continue));
+    assert!(
+        matches!(action, praxis_filter::FilterAction::Continue),
+        "a modified verdict must continue with the redacted request"
+    );
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assert!(matches!(action, praxis_filter::FilterAction::Continue));
assert!(
matches!(action, praxis_filter::FilterAction::Continue),
"a modified verdict must continue with the redacted request"
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Update the continuation assertion for `action` to include an explanatory failure
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let Some(choice) = choice.as_object_mut() else {
return Err("ai_guardrails: choice is not a JSON object".into());
};
if choice.contains_key("logprobs") {

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Nulling logprobs helps, but the original text is still in token_ids when a client sends return_token_ids: true to vLLM, and in message.reasoning on reasoning models. Could we rebuild the redacted choice from an allowlist (index, finish_reason, and a message with just role and the masked content)? That only shrinks the body, so it still fits. I think we need this before merging.

let serialized = serde_json::to_string(&value)
.map_err(|e| -> FilterError { format!("ai_guardrails: failed to serialize redacted body: {e}").into() })?;
let original_len = body.as_ref().map_or(0, Bytes::len);
if serialized.len() > original_len {

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This refuses growth even when the upstream sent no Content-Length (chunked, or H2 without one), where nothing on the wire limits the length. So a Bob to <PERSON> mask on a large Ollama reply still turns into an evaluation_failed error. Could we note in on_response whether a Content-Length was sent, and only apply the no-growth rule and padding when it was?

///
/// Request-phase framing is repaired by core via `mutated_request_body_len`.
/// Response headers are already committed. A rewrite that fits is space-padded
/// to that length. A rewrite that would grow the body is refused: truncating

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The AiGuardrailsFilter rustdoc, and so docs/filters/ai_guardrails.md, still only describes modified for phase.tool_results. Let's add a sentence there for the request and response rewrites, including that a response rewrite that would grow the body comes back as a 200 evaluation_failed error, then regenerate the doc.


/// Whether podman refused the image for a signature or policy reason.
fn signature_rejection(stderr: &str) -> bool {
const MARKERS: &[&str] = &["signature", "signedby", "gpg", "key expired", "policy"];

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The CDN URL podman quotes in that reconnect error is presigned (...&X-Amz-Signature=...), and this matches anywhere in stderr, so the mid-blob EOF the loop exists for gets reported as a signature rejection and never retried. The test only passes because its sample trims the URL. Let's key on podman's Source image rejected: prefix instead:

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const MARKERS: &[&str] = &["signature", "signedby", "gpg", "key expired", "policy"];
const MARKERS: &[&str] = &["source image rejected"];

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Fold the shared upstream-gating predicate onto the chain level so every
filter in the full-flow-agentic managed-responses chain inherits it,
instead of repeating `unless: bound_upstream` on each filter. The
effective gate for a filter becomes chain-condition AND filter-condition.

- examples/configs/openai/responses/full-flow-agentic.yaml: inherit the
  shared condition on the managed-responses chain.
- server/src/pipelines.rs, server/src/dump.rs, tests/utils/src/proxy.rs:
  fold chain-level conditions into each node at all three pipeline
  composition sites.
- xtask flow graph/visualizers: render inherited conditions; add the
  inherited-gate test targeting the managed openai_responses_request.
- docs: refresh generated flow-visualizer docs and project notes.

Depends on praxis core praxis-proxy#1286 (ExpandedFilterChains /
FilterChainConfig.conditions); builds once a praxis release carrying it
is consumed.

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Point the five praxis crates at the praxis main branch (rev 9ef1cb7),
which carries inherited chain conditions (praxis praxis-proxy#1286 /
ExpandedFilterChains / FilterChainConfig.conditions) that are unreleased
as of praxis v0.7.3. This lets PR CI actually build and validate the
inherited-chain-conditions changes.

Temporary: revert to the published crates.io version once a praxis
release carries praxis-proxy#1286.

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