fix(drift): validate the arguments and the baseline anchor drift never checked

Dogfooding `/config-audit drift` against the machine. Fasit written before the
run; 6/6 predictions plus both F7 arms confirmed, 0 deviations.

M-BUG-21 (both arms):
The arg loop ended in `else if (!arg.startsWith('-')) targetPath = arg` with no
unknown-flag branch, so an unrecognised flag was dropped silently and its VALUE
became the scan target. `--output-file /tmp/x.json` scanned /tmp/x.json — a path
that does not exist — and reported the near-empty scan as drift, forever. The
same silence was destructive for `--save --name` with the value omitted: the
name stayed `default` and an existing baseline was overwritten. And the flag
ux-rules rule 2 requires did not exist at all: commands/drift.md ran the CLI
under `2>/dev/null` while telling the agent to read stdout, but the default
report, the --save confirmation and --list all write to stderr. All three modes
captured nothing.

M-BUG-27 (found during the run, not predicted):
diff-engine never compared the baseline's stored target_path against the current
target. The machine's `default` baseline is anchored to a test fixture, so
`/config-audit drift` diffed two unrelated trees, marked all 20 baseline
findings resolved and all 15 current ones new, and reported trend "improving".
A reassuring, entirely false signal — and the default path.

Root cause is one thing, not three: the CLI validated neither its flags nor its
anchor. Same class as the rollback chunk's "nothing agreed where a backup lives".

Fix: unknown options and value-less --name/--baseline/--output-file exit 3;
--output-file follows the posture.mjs pattern; `_baselineAnchor` rides in the
default-mode payload (stderr alone is invisible under `2>/dev/null`) while
--json/--raw stdout stays v5.0.0-shaped.

Suite 1410/0 (+12). Frozen snapshots untouched; raw/json/default backcompat green.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015RGrL3noVdFSUhohaKTMSN
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Kjell Tore Guttormsen 2026-07-31 18:20:04 +02:00
commit 1182f85767
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@ -5,17 +5,22 @@
* Compare current configuration against a saved baseline.
* Usage:
* node drift-cli.mjs <path> --save [--name my-baseline]
* node drift-cli.mjs <path> [--baseline my-baseline] [--json]
* node drift-cli.mjs <path> [--baseline my-baseline] [--json] [--output-file path]
* node drift-cli.mjs --list
* Unknown options and value-less --name/--baseline/--output-file exit 3.
* Zero external dependencies.
*/
import { resolve } from 'node:path';
import { writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
import { runAllScanners } from './scan-orchestrator.mjs';
import { diffEnvelopes, formatDiffReport } from './lib/diff-engine.mjs';
import { saveBaseline, loadBaseline, listBaselines } from './lib/baseline.mjs';
import { humanizeFindings } from './lib/humanizer.mjs';
const BOOL_FLAGS = ['--save', '--list', '--json', '--raw', '--global'];
const VALUE_FLAGS = ['--name', '--baseline', '--output-file'];
async function main() {
const args = process.argv.slice(2);
let targetPath = '.';
@ -25,24 +30,39 @@ async function main() {
let jsonMode = false;
let rawMode = false;
let includeGlobal = false;
let outputFile = null;
// M-BUG-21: this loop used to end in `else if (!arg.startsWith('-')) targetPath = arg`,
// with no unknown-flag branch. An unrecognised flag was dropped silently and its
// VALUE fell through to targetPath — so `--output-file /tmp/x.json` scanned
// /tmp/x.json, a path that does not exist, yielding a near-empty scan and
// therefore permanent phantom drift. A missing value for --name was equally
// silent and destructive: it left baselineName at 'default' and OVERWROTE the
// default baseline. Both now fail loudly (exit 3) instead.
for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
if (args[i] === '--save') {
save = true;
} else if (args[i] === '--name' && args[i + 1]) {
baselineName = args[++i];
} else if (args[i] === '--baseline' && args[i + 1]) {
baselineName = args[++i];
} else if (args[i] === '--list') {
list = true;
} else if (args[i] === '--json') {
jsonMode = true;
} else if (args[i] === '--raw') {
rawMode = true;
} else if (args[i] === '--global') {
includeGlobal = true;
} else if (!args[i].startsWith('-')) {
targetPath = args[i];
const arg = args[i];
if (BOOL_FLAGS.includes(arg)) {
if (arg === '--save') save = true;
else if (arg === '--list') list = true;
else if (arg === '--json') jsonMode = true;
else if (arg === '--raw') rawMode = true;
else if (arg === '--global') includeGlobal = true;
} else if (VALUE_FLAGS.includes(arg)) {
const value = args[i + 1];
if (value === undefined || value.startsWith('-')) {
throw new Error(`Option ${arg} requires a value.`);
}
if (arg === '--name' || arg === '--baseline') baselineName = value;
else outputFile = value;
i++;
} else if (arg.startsWith('-')) {
throw new Error(
`Unknown option: ${arg}\n` +
`Valid options: ${[...BOOL_FLAGS, ...VALUE_FLAGS].join(' ')}`
);
} else {
targetPath = arg;
}
}
@ -106,6 +126,26 @@ async function main() {
process.exit(1);
}
// M-BUG-27: a baseline carries the path it was saved from, but nothing ever
// compared it against the current target. Diffing a repo against a baseline
// anchored elsewhere produced 100% phantom drift — every baseline finding
// "resolved", every current finding "new" — and reported it as trend
// "improving": a reassuring and entirely false signal, on the DEFAULT
// baseline. The warning goes to stderr in every mode; stdout stays
// byte-identical to the frozen v5.0.0 shape.
const baselineTarget = baseline._baseline?.target_path || '';
const currentTarget = resolve(targetPath);
const anchorMatches = !baselineTarget || baselineTarget === currentTarget;
if (baselineTarget && baselineTarget !== currentTarget) {
process.stderr.write(
`\nWarning: baseline "${baselineName}" was saved from a different target path.\n` +
` baseline: ${baselineTarget}\n` +
` current: ${currentTarget}\n` +
` The two scans cover different trees, so this diff is not a drift signal.\n` +
` Re-anchor with: drift-cli.mjs ${currentTarget} --save --name ${baselineName}\n\n`
);
}
// Run current scan
const current = await runAllScanners(targetPath, {
includeGlobal,
@ -115,22 +155,39 @@ async function main() {
// Diff
const diff = diffEnvelopes(baseline, current);
// Default mode: humanize finding-bearing diff fields before report rendering.
// `_baselineAnchor` rides here and NOT in the raw shape: commands/drift.md runs
// the CLI under `2>/dev/null`, so the stderr warning above never reaches the
// caller that has to act on it. --json/--raw stay v5.0.0-shaped.
const humanizedDiff = {
...diff,
_baselineAnchor: { matches: anchorMatches, baselineTarget, currentTarget },
newFindings: humanizeFindings(diff.newFindings || []),
resolvedFindings: humanizeFindings(diff.resolvedFindings || []),
unchangedFindings: humanizeFindings(diff.unchangedFindings || []),
movedFindings: humanizeFindings(diff.movedFindings || []),
};
if (jsonMode || rawMode) {
// --json and --raw both write the raw v5.0.0-shape diff (byte-identical).
process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(diff, null, 2) + '\n');
} else {
// Default mode: humanize finding-bearing diff fields before report rendering.
const humanizedDiff = {
...diff,
newFindings: humanizeFindings(diff.newFindings || []),
resolvedFindings: humanizeFindings(diff.resolvedFindings || []),
unchangedFindings: humanizeFindings(diff.unchangedFindings || []),
movedFindings: humanizeFindings(diff.movedFindings || []),
};
const report = formatDiffReport(humanizedDiff);
process.stderr.write('\n' + report + '\n');
}
// ux-rules rule 2: every scanner Bash call uses `--output-file <path>` and the
// command reads the file with the Read tool. drift-cli had no such flag, and
// its default-mode report goes to stderr — which commands/drift.md discarded
// via `2>/dev/null` while instructing the agent to "read stdout". The command
// captured nothing. Matches posture.mjs: raw diff in --json/--raw, humanized
// otherwise; stdout is unaffected.
if (outputFile) {
const fileDiff = (jsonMode || rawMode) ? diff : humanizedDiff;
await writeFile(outputFile, JSON.stringify(fileDiff, null, 2), 'utf-8');
process.stderr.write(`\nResults written to ${outputFile}\n`);
}
// Exit code: 0=stable/improving, 1=degrading
if (diff.summary.trend === 'degrading') process.exit(1);
process.exit(0);