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The pipeline logged a caller's agent id, session id and tool name as given, so a value carrying CR or LF could write a second, forged log line. These now pass through log_safe, which turns CR, LF and other control characters into ? and caps the length at 200. log_safe moves to vaara._sanitize, and the MCP proxy's _safe_log now points at it. Tests cover the helper and a pipeline log line built from a crafted agent id and tool name.

Closes CodeQL alerts 131, 132, 133, 134 and 478.

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    • Pipeline and MCP proxy logs now replace line breaks and other non-printable characters in agent IDs, session IDs, and tool names with ?, keeping entries on a single line.
    • Log values are limited to 200 characters, and non-text values are rendered as text before being logged.

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The change adds a shared log sanitizer and uses it for caller-provided agent IDs, session IDs, and tool names in pipeline and MCP proxy logs. Tests cover sanitization, truncation, non-string values, and single-line interception messages.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Sanitize logged identifiers
src/vaara/_sanitize.py, src/vaara/integrations/mcp_proxy.py, src/vaara/pipeline.py, tests/test_sanitize_log_safe.py, CHANGELOG.md
log_safe converts values to text, replaces line breaks and non-printable characters with ?, and truncates output to the configured limit. The MCP proxy and pipeline use it for logged identifiers. Tests cover sanitization and single-line interception messages. The changelog records the changes.

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

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d067f

The new pipeline test leaves audit records in the shared test sandbox. This is a localized test-isolation concern with a straightforward in-memory-trail fix, so the PR is otherwise mergeable.

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- Around line 21-27: Update test_pipeline_log_keeps_one_line to pass an
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  • CHANGELOG.md
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Comment on lines +21 to +27
def test_pipeline_log_keeps_one_line(caplog):
pipeline = InterceptionPipeline()
with caplog.at_level(logging.INFO, logger="vaara.pipeline"):
pipeline.intercept(agent_id="bot\nINFO vaara.pipeline: forged", tool_name="read_file\r\nx",
parameters={})
lines = [r.getMessage() for r in caplog.records if r.getMessage().startswith("Intercepted")]
assert lines and all("\n" not in m and "\r" not in m for m in lines)

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

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git diff --unified=8 7ad91ec6c17a778748d1f506d3e01934df32667c d067f0309a7737e879eafca913498707e4917ffe -- tests/test_sanitize_log_safe.py src/vaara/pipeline.py
rg -n 'def __init__|def intercept|audit|trail|HOME|USERPROFILE|InterceptionPipeline' src/vaara/pipeline.py tests/conftest.py tests

Repository: vaaraio/vaara

Length of output: 45657


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nl -ba tests/conftest.py | sed -n '1,70p'
printf '\n--- pipeline constructor ---\n'
nl -ba src/vaara/pipeline.py | sed -n '313,375p'
printf '\n--- pipeline intercept setup and audit writes ---\n'
nl -ba src/vaara/pipeline.py | sed -n '450,565p'
nl -ba src/vaara/pipeline.py | sed -n '970,1065p'
printf '\n--- pipeline logging ---\n'
nl -ba src/vaara/pipeline.py | sed -n '1095,1125p'
printf '\n--- test ---\n'
nl -ba tests/test_sanitize_log_safe.py | sed -n '1,40p'

Repository: vaaraio/vaara

Length of output: 22556


Use an in-memory trail for this test.

tests/conftest.py already redirects HOME and USERPROFILE to a temporary sandbox. A per-test home override is not needed. However, InterceptionPipeline() still uses a persistent SQLite trail in that process-wide sandbox, and intercept() writes audit records before logging. Use an in-memory trail to avoid shared test state.

Suggested fix
 import logging
 
+from vaara.audit.trail import AuditTrail
 from vaara._sanitize import log_safe
 from vaara.pipeline import InterceptionPipeline
 
 
 def test_pipeline_log_keeps_one_line(caplog):
-    pipeline = InterceptionPipeline()
+    pipeline = InterceptionPipeline(trail=AuditTrail())
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Review comment at @tests/test_sanitize_log_safe.py around lines 21 - 27:
Update test_pipeline_log_keeps_one_line to pass an in-memory AuditTrail to
InterceptionPipeline instead of using its default persistent trail, so the test
avoids shared SQLite state.

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