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Policy Engine with Proofs (Moat Score 3)

Module

Policy

Status

IMPLEMENTED

Description

Policy engine with gate levels, delta verdict statements, gateway endpoints, and exception approval rules.

Implementation Details

  • PolicyGateEvaluator: src/Policy/StellaOps.Policy.Engine/Gates/PolicyGateEvaluator.cs
    • 5 sequential gates: Evidence Completeness, Lattice State, VEX Trust, Uncertainty Tier, Confidence Threshold
    • Gate results: Pass, PassWithNote, Warn, Block, Skip
    • Short-circuits on first Block; accumulates warnings
    • Lattice states: U (Unknown), SR (Safe-Reachable), SU (Safe-Unknown), RO (Reachable-Open), RU (Reachable-Unknown), CR (Conflicting-Reachable), CU (Conflicting-Unknown), X (Exploitable)
    • Uncertainty tiers: T1 (High), T2 (Medium), T3 (Low), T4 (Negligible)
    • Override support with justification requirements
  • VexTrustGate: src/Policy/StellaOps.Policy.Engine/Gates/VexTrustGate.cs -- per-environment VEX trust thresholds with TrustBreakdown
  • DeterminizationGate: src/Policy/StellaOps.Policy.Engine/Gates/Determinization/DeterminizationGate.cs -- confidence decay verification
  • StabilityDampingGate: src/Policy/StellaOps.Policy.Engine/Gates/StabilityDampingGate.cs -- oscillation prevention
  • DriftGateEvaluator: src/Policy/StellaOps.Policy.Engine/Gates/DriftGateEvaluator.cs -- SBOM drift evaluation
  • WhatIfSimulationService: src/Policy/StellaOps.Policy.Engine/WhatIfSimulation/WhatIfSimulationService.cs -- delta verdict computation
  • ConsoleSimulationDiffService: src/Policy/StellaOps.Policy.Engine/Console/ConsoleSimulationDiffService.cs -- deterministic delta statements
  • ExceptionEvaluator: src/Policy/__Libraries/StellaOps.Policy.Exceptions/Services/ExceptionEvaluator.cs -- exception approval and application
  • ExceptionEffectRegistry: src/Policy/StellaOps.Policy.Engine/Adapters/ExceptionEffectRegistry.cs -- 40 type+reason to effect mappings
  • ExceptionRecheckGate: src/Policy/StellaOps.Policy.Engine/BuildGate/ExceptionRecheckGate.cs -- CI/CD recheck gate
  • VerdictAttestationService: src/Policy/StellaOps.Policy.Engine/Attestation/VerdictAttestationService.cs -- DSSE-signed verdict proofs
  • KnowledgeSnapshotManifest: src/Policy/__Libraries/StellaOps.Policy/Snapshots/KnowledgeSnapshotManifest.cs -- content-addressed evaluation input manifests
  • Gateway endpoints: src/Policy/StellaOps.Policy.Engine/Endpoints/ -- 45+ endpoint files for policy evaluation, simulation, scoring, risk budgets, exceptions, staleness

E2E Test Plan

  • Evaluate artifact through full 5-gate pipeline; verify each gate produces Pass/Warn/Block result
  • Evaluate artifact with reachable vulnerability (RO state); verify Lattice State gate applies correct action
  • Evaluate artifact with conflicting VEX claims (CR state); verify gate handles conflict appropriately
  • Compute delta verdict via WhatIfSimulation; verify before/after decision changes are tracked
  • Apply exception to finding; verify ExceptionEffectRegistry maps to correct effect (Suppress/Defer/Downgrade/RequireControl)
  • Evaluate ExceptionRecheckGate with EPSSAbove condition triggered; verify gate blocks
  • Generate DSSE-signed verdict attestation; verify signature and payload integrity
  • Build KnowledgeSnapshotManifest; verify content-addressed SnapshotId is deterministic
  • Override blocked gate with justification; verify PassWithNote result
  • Verify StabilityDampingGate prevents oscillation between Pass and Block decisions