deer-flow/backend/tests/test_read_before_write_middleware.py
Nan Gao b81334ccfe
feat(middlewares): deterministic read-before-write version gate for file tools (#3911) (#3912)
* docs(specs): read-before-write gate design for issue #3857 output layer

* docs(plans): read-before-write gate implementation plan (#3857)

* refactor(sandbox): extract read_current_file_content helper (#3857)

* feat(middlewares): read-before-write version gate for file tools (#3857)

* test(middlewares): pin async read-before-write gate paths (#3857)

* feat(config): wire ReadBeforeWriteMiddleware into runtime chain, default on (#3857)

* docs(sandbox): document read-before-write gate in tool docstrings and AGENTS.md (#3857)

* docs(plans): align plan doc with landed config_version (17) and drop machine-specific paths

Addresses Copilot review comments on #3912.

* fix(middlewares): read-before-write gate — error-string sandboxes fail open; serialize gate+execution per path (#3912 review)

- AIO/E2B read_file reports failures (incl. missing files) as 'Error: ...'
  strings instead of raising; the gate treated that string as existing file
  content and blocked first-write creation. Error-string reads now count as
  uninspectable: gate fails open, no mark is stamped.
- LangGraph runs one AIMessage's tool calls concurrently, so two same-turn
  writes could both pass on one stale mark before either mutation landed
  (and a read mark could hash a version the model never saw). Gate check +
  tool execution (and read + mark stamping) now share a per-(thread, path)
  critical section, separate from the tool-internal file_operation_lock.
2026-07-03 17:21:04 +08:00

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"""Tests for the read-before-write gate (issue #3857, output layer)."""
import hashlib
import posixpath
from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
import pytest
from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage, HumanMessage, ToolMessage
from langgraph.prebuilt.tool_node import ToolCallRequest
def _sha(text: str) -> str:
return hashlib.sha256(text.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
def _make_request(name, args, messages=()):
runtime = MagicMock()
runtime.context = {"thread_id": "t-test"}
return ToolCallRequest(
tool_call={"name": name, "args": args, "id": "call-1"},
tool=None,
state={"messages": list(messages)},
runtime=runtime,
)
def _read_marked_message(path, content, tool_call_id="r1"):
msg = ToolMessage(content=content[:20], tool_call_id=tool_call_id, name="read_file")
msg.additional_kwargs["deerflow_read_mark"] = {"path": path, "hash": _sha(content)}
return msg
def _middleware(files: dict[str, str]):
from deerflow.agents.middlewares.read_before_write_middleware import ReadBeforeWriteMiddleware
def reader(_runtime, path):
normalized = posixpath.normpath(path)
if normalized not in files:
raise FileNotFoundError(path)
value = files[normalized]
if isinstance(value, Exception):
raise value
return value
return ReadBeforeWriteMiddleware(content_reader=reader)
class TestReadCurrentFileContent:
def test_reads_via_sandbox_with_resolution(self):
from deerflow.sandbox import tools as sandbox_tools
sandbox = MagicMock()
sandbox.read_file.return_value = "hello"
runtime = MagicMock()
with (
patch.object(sandbox_tools, "ensure_sandbox_initialized", return_value=sandbox),
patch.object(sandbox_tools, "ensure_thread_directories_exist"),
patch.object(sandbox_tools, "is_local_sandbox", return_value=False),
):
assert sandbox_tools.read_current_file_content(runtime, "/mnt/user-data/outputs/report.md") == "hello"
sandbox.read_file.assert_called_once_with("/mnt/user-data/outputs/report.md")
def test_propagates_file_not_found(self):
from deerflow.sandbox import tools as sandbox_tools
sandbox = MagicMock()
sandbox.read_file.side_effect = FileNotFoundError()
with (
patch.object(sandbox_tools, "ensure_sandbox_initialized", return_value=sandbox),
patch.object(sandbox_tools, "ensure_thread_directories_exist"),
patch.object(sandbox_tools, "is_local_sandbox", return_value=False),
):
with pytest.raises(FileNotFoundError):
sandbox_tools.read_current_file_content(MagicMock(), "/mnt/user-data/outputs/missing.md")
class TestReadMarkStamping:
def test_read_file_success_stamps_mark(self):
mw = _middleware({"/mnt/user-data/outputs/report.md": "v1"})
request = _make_request("read_file", {"description": "d", "path": "/mnt/user-data/outputs/report.md"})
handler = MagicMock(return_value=ToolMessage(content="v1", tool_call_id="call-1", name="read_file"))
result = mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler)
mark = result.additional_kwargs["deerflow_read_mark"]
assert mark == {"path": "/mnt/user-data/outputs/report.md", "hash": _sha("v1")}
def test_ranged_read_stamps_full_file_hash(self):
mw = _middleware({"/mnt/user-data/outputs/report.md": "line1\nline2\nline3"})
request = _make_request(
"read_file",
{"description": "d", "path": "/mnt/user-data/outputs/report.md", "start_line": 3, "end_line": 3},
)
handler = MagicMock(return_value=ToolMessage(content="line3", tool_call_id="call-1", name="read_file"))
result = mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler)
assert result.additional_kwargs["deerflow_read_mark"]["hash"] == _sha("line1\nline2\nline3")
def test_error_tool_message_gets_no_mark(self):
mw = _middleware({"/mnt/user-data/outputs/report.md": "v1"})
request = _make_request("read_file", {"description": "d", "path": "/mnt/user-data/outputs/report.md"})
handler = MagicMock(return_value=ToolMessage(content="boom", tool_call_id="call-1", name="read_file", status="error"))
result = mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler)
assert "deerflow_read_mark" not in result.additional_kwargs
def test_reader_failure_means_no_mark(self):
mw = _middleware({"/mnt/user-data/outputs/report.md": RuntimeError("sandbox down")})
request = _make_request("read_file", {"description": "d", "path": "/mnt/user-data/outputs/report.md"})
handler = MagicMock(return_value=ToolMessage(content="v1", tool_call_id="call-1", name="read_file"))
result = mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler)
assert "deerflow_read_mark" not in result.additional_kwargs
def test_non_file_tools_untouched(self):
mw = _middleware({})
request = _make_request("bash", {"description": "d", "command": "ls"})
sentinel = ToolMessage(content="ok", tool_call_id="call-1", name="bash")
handler = MagicMock(return_value=sentinel)
assert mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler) is sentinel
class TestWriteGate:
PATH = "/mnt/user-data/outputs/report.md"
def test_new_file_write_allowed(self):
mw = _middleware({}) # file does not exist
request = _make_request("write_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH, "content": "v1"})
handler = MagicMock(return_value=ToolMessage(content="OK", tool_call_id="call-1", name="write_file"))
result = mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler)
handler.assert_called_once()
assert result.status != "error"
def test_overwrite_existing_without_read_blocked(self):
mw = _middleware({self.PATH: "v1"})
request = _make_request("write_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH, "content": "v2"})
handler = MagicMock()
result = mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler)
handler.assert_not_called()
assert isinstance(result, ToolMessage)
assert result.status == "error"
assert result.tool_call_id == "call-1"
assert "read" in result.content.lower()
def test_append_without_read_blocked(self):
mw = _middleware({self.PATH: "v1"})
request = _make_request("write_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH, "content": "more", "append": True})
handler = MagicMock()
result = mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler)
handler.assert_not_called()
assert result.status == "error"
def test_str_replace_without_read_blocked(self):
mw = _middleware({self.PATH: "v1"})
request = _make_request("str_replace", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH, "old_str": "v1", "new_str": "v2"})
handler = MagicMock()
result = mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler)
handler.assert_not_called()
assert result.status == "error"
def test_str_replace_missing_file_passes_through(self):
mw = _middleware({})
request = _make_request("str_replace", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH, "old_str": "a", "new_str": "b"})
native_error = ToolMessage(content="Error: File not found", tool_call_id="call-1", name="str_replace", status="error")
handler = MagicMock(return_value=native_error)
assert mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler) is native_error
def test_fresh_mark_allows_write(self):
mw = _middleware({self.PATH: "v1"})
messages = [HumanMessage("hi"), AIMessage(""), _read_marked_message(self.PATH, "v1")]
request = _make_request("write_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH, "content": "v2"}, messages)
handler = MagicMock(return_value=ToolMessage(content="OK", tool_call_id="call-1", name="write_file"))
result = mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler)
handler.assert_called_once()
assert result.status != "error"
def test_stale_mark_after_modification_blocked(self):
mw = _middleware({self.PATH: "v2"}) # file changed since the read of v1
messages = [_read_marked_message(self.PATH, "v1")]
request = _make_request("write_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH, "content": "v3", "append": True}, messages)
handler = MagicMock()
result = mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler)
handler.assert_not_called()
assert result.status == "error"
def test_newest_mark_wins(self):
mw = _middleware({self.PATH: "v2"})
messages = [_read_marked_message(self.PATH, "v1", "r1"), _read_marked_message(self.PATH, "v2", "r2")]
request = _make_request("write_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH, "content": "v3"}, messages)
handler = MagicMock(return_value=ToolMessage(content="OK", tool_call_id="call-1", name="write_file"))
result = mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler)
handler.assert_called_once()
assert result.status != "error"
def test_mark_removed_by_summarization_blocks(self):
mw = _middleware({self.PATH: "v1"})
messages = [HumanMessage("Here is a summary of the conversation to date: ...", name="summary")]
request = _make_request("write_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH, "content": "v2"}, messages)
handler = MagicMock()
result = mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler)
handler.assert_not_called()
assert result.status == "error"
def test_gate_read_failure_fails_open(self):
mw = _middleware({self.PATH: RuntimeError("sandbox hiccup")})
request = _make_request("write_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH, "content": "v2"})
handler = MagicMock(return_value=ToolMessage(content="OK", tool_call_id="call-1", name="write_file"))
result = mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler)
handler.assert_called_once()
assert result.status != "error"
def test_normalized_path_matching(self):
mw = _middleware({self.PATH: "v1"})
messages = [_read_marked_message(self.PATH, "v1")]
request = _make_request("write_file", {"description": "d", "path": "/mnt/user-data/outputs/../outputs/report.md", "content": "v2"}, messages)
handler = MagicMock(return_value=ToolMessage(content="OK", tool_call_id="call-1", name="write_file"))
result = mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler)
handler.assert_called_once()
assert result.status != "error"
class TestAsyncPaths:
PATH = "/mnt/user-data/outputs/report.md"
def test_async_block(self):
import asyncio
mw = _middleware({self.PATH: "v1"})
request = _make_request("write_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH, "content": "v2"})
async def handler(_request):
raise AssertionError("handler must not run when blocked")
result = asyncio.run(mw.awrap_tool_call(request, handler))
assert result.status == "error"
def test_async_read_stamps_mark(self):
import asyncio
mw = _middleware({self.PATH: "v1"})
request = _make_request("read_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH})
async def handler(_request):
return ToolMessage(content="v1", tool_call_id="call-1", name="read_file")
result = asyncio.run(mw.awrap_tool_call(request, handler))
assert result.additional_kwargs["deerflow_read_mark"]["hash"] == _sha("v1")
def test_async_allowed_write_calls_handler(self):
import asyncio
mw = _middleware({self.PATH: "v1"})
messages = [_read_marked_message(self.PATH, "v1")]
request = _make_request("write_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH, "content": "v2"}, messages)
async def handler(_request):
return ToolMessage(content="OK", tool_call_id="call-1", name="write_file")
result = asyncio.run(mw.awrap_tool_call(request, handler))
assert result.status != "error"
def _wiring_app_config(**overrides):
from deerflow.config.app_config import AppConfig
from deerflow.config.sandbox_config import SandboxConfig
return AppConfig(sandbox=SandboxConfig(use="test"), **overrides)
class TestChainWiring:
def test_enabled_by_default_in_runtime_chain(self):
from deerflow.agents.middlewares.read_before_write_middleware import ReadBeforeWriteMiddleware
from deerflow.agents.middlewares.sandbox_audit_middleware import SandboxAuditMiddleware
from deerflow.agents.middlewares.tool_error_handling_middleware import ToolErrorHandlingMiddleware, build_lead_runtime_middlewares
middlewares = build_lead_runtime_middlewares(app_config=_wiring_app_config())
types = [type(m) for m in middlewares]
assert ReadBeforeWriteMiddleware in types
assert types.index(SandboxAuditMiddleware) < types.index(ReadBeforeWriteMiddleware) < types.index(ToolErrorHandlingMiddleware)
def test_disabled_removes_middleware(self):
from deerflow.agents.middlewares.read_before_write_middleware import ReadBeforeWriteMiddleware
from deerflow.agents.middlewares.tool_error_handling_middleware import build_lead_runtime_middlewares
from deerflow.config.read_before_write_config import ReadBeforeWriteConfig
app_config = _wiring_app_config(read_before_write=ReadBeforeWriteConfig(enabled=False))
middlewares = build_lead_runtime_middlewares(app_config=app_config)
assert ReadBeforeWriteMiddleware not in [type(m) for m in middlewares]
def test_subagents_get_the_gate_too(self):
from deerflow.agents.middlewares.read_before_write_middleware import ReadBeforeWriteMiddleware
from deerflow.agents.middlewares.tool_error_handling_middleware import build_subagent_runtime_middlewares
middlewares = build_subagent_runtime_middlewares(app_config=_wiring_app_config())
assert ReadBeforeWriteMiddleware in [type(m) for m in middlewares]
class TestErrorStringSandboxes:
"""AIO/E2B sandboxes report read failures as "Error: ..." strings, not exceptions."""
PATH = "/mnt/user-data/outputs/report.md"
def _error_string_middleware(self, files):
from deerflow.agents.middlewares.read_before_write_middleware import ReadBeforeWriteMiddleware
def reader(_runtime, path):
normalized = posixpath.normpath(path)
if normalized not in files:
return f"Error: can't read file {path}: file not found"
return files[normalized]
return ReadBeforeWriteMiddleware(content_reader=reader)
def test_new_file_creation_not_blocked(self):
mw = self._error_string_middleware({})
request = _make_request("write_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH, "content": "v1"})
handler = MagicMock(return_value=ToolMessage(content="OK", tool_call_id="call-1", name="write_file"))
result = mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler)
handler.assert_called_once()
assert result.status != "error"
def test_no_mark_when_reread_returns_error_string(self):
mw = self._error_string_middleware({})
request = _make_request("read_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH})
handler = MagicMock(return_value=ToolMessage(content="v1", tool_call_id="call-1", name="read_file"))
result = mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler)
assert "deerflow_read_mark" not in result.additional_kwargs
def test_existing_file_still_gated(self):
mw = self._error_string_middleware({self.PATH: "v1"})
request = _make_request("write_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH, "content": "v2"})
handler = MagicMock()
result = mw.wrap_tool_call(request, handler)
handler.assert_not_called()
assert result.status == "error"
def test_existing_file_read_still_marked_and_write_allowed(self):
mw = self._error_string_middleware({self.PATH: "v1"})
read_request = _make_request("read_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH})
read_handler = MagicMock(return_value=ToolMessage(content="v1", tool_call_id="r1", name="read_file"))
read_result = mw.wrap_tool_call(read_request, read_handler)
assert read_result.additional_kwargs["deerflow_read_mark"]["hash"] == _sha("v1")
write_request = _make_request("write_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH, "content": "v2"}, [read_result])
write_handler = MagicMock(return_value=ToolMessage(content="OK", tool_call_id="call-1", name="write_file"))
result = mw.wrap_tool_call(write_request, write_handler)
write_handler.assert_called_once()
assert result.status != "error"
class TestSamePathSerialization:
"""LangGraph runs one AIMessage's tool calls concurrently; the gate must not
let two same-turn writes pass on one stale mark (issue #3912 review)."""
PATH = "/mnt/user-data/outputs/report.md"
def test_parallel_appends_exactly_one_lands(self):
import asyncio
files = {self.PATH: "v1"}
mw = _middleware(files)
messages = [_read_marked_message(self.PATH, "v1")]
def make_handler(suffix):
async def handler(_request):
await asyncio.sleep(0.02)
files[self.PATH] = files[self.PATH] + suffix
return ToolMessage(content="OK", tool_call_id="call-1", name="write_file")
return handler
async def run():
return await asyncio.gather(
mw.awrap_tool_call(
_make_request("write_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH, "content": "A", "append": True}, messages),
make_handler("A"),
),
mw.awrap_tool_call(
_make_request("write_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH, "content": "B", "append": True}, messages),
make_handler("B"),
),
)
results = asyncio.run(run())
assert sorted(r.status for r in results) == ["error", "success"]
assert files[self.PATH] in ("v1A", "v1B")
def test_read_mark_matches_content_shown_to_model(self):
import asyncio
files = {self.PATH: "v1"}
mw = _middleware(files)
write_messages = [_read_marked_message(self.PATH, "v1")]
async def read_handler(_request):
snapshot = files[self.PATH]
await asyncio.sleep(0.03)
return ToolMessage(content=snapshot, tool_call_id="r-call", name="read_file")
async def write_handler(_request):
files[self.PATH] = "v2"
return ToolMessage(content="OK", tool_call_id="w-call", name="write_file")
async def run():
read_task = asyncio.create_task(mw.awrap_tool_call(_make_request("read_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH}), read_handler))
await asyncio.sleep(0.01)
write_task = asyncio.create_task(
mw.awrap_tool_call(
_make_request("write_file", {"description": "d", "path": self.PATH, "content": "v2"}, write_messages),
write_handler,
)
)
return await asyncio.gather(read_task, write_task)
read_result, _write_result = asyncio.run(run())
mark = read_result.additional_kwargs.get("deerflow_read_mark")
assert mark is not None
assert mark["hash"] == _sha(read_result.content)