portfolio-optimiser/src/portfolio_optimiser/validator.py
Kjell Tore Guttormsen 126807aee7 feat(validator): anchor the deterministic gate to the project's real cost baseline (S4.0)
Every stage of validate_proposal reasoned only about numbers the proposal itself
supplied, so an internally-consistent hallucination cleared the whole gate (F3).
A new stage 0 reconciles each affected_item against the project's CostBaseline
before the CBC solve: an unknown cost code is rejected, and a real code carrying
a quantity/unit_cost outside the configured tolerance (5% default, relative to
the baseline value) is rejected. Validation, never repair.

The baseline argument is OPTIONAL (None = pre-S4.0 behaviour), but both run
paths set it: the road path projects project.cost_items, the bundle path loads
cost-baseline.json when the bundle ships one. Bundles written before the
amendment stay un-anchored, so the commons-owned goldens run byte-identically;
a baseline that exists but is malformed still raises on both loaders.

F8: the method-specific cap now comes from the METHOD_CAPS registry (measure
type -> fraction, injectable) instead of an energy_efficiency string comparison.

The baseline format and tolerance semantics were decided locally — the commons
amendment (D-A pt. 2) never arrived, exactly as in S3.2. D7 mirroring stays open.

Three portfolio fixtures quoted cost codes belonging to OTHER projects; the new
gate caught them. They now quote each project's own lines, and the two copied
REPLIES tables import the single source instead of drifting from it.

Load-bearing measured (tests/test_s40_cost_baseline_loadbearing.py), six
mutations all red: detach the reconciliation stage; detach the magnitude
tolerance; detach the road wiring; detach the bundle wiring; ignore the injected
cap registry; make the optional loader tolerant of malformed content. Control:
with the road wiring detached the repaired portfolio fixtures still pass, so
they are not masking the seam. 597 -> 612 tests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01JdwK7bQ4BZkWH4t8MRDKb4
2026-08-03 17:19:31 +02:00

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"""Deterministic, blocking hybrid validator (B1) — the obligatory, non-optional gate.
Pure module: **NO** ``agent_framework`` import (D7-portable core). Three stages over the
typed IR (``ir.py``):
1. **Pydantic IR** invariants already ran at construction (``ir.SavingsProposal``).
2. **PuLP solver-in-the-loop** — a real CBC solve bounds the maximum feasible saving (R2).
CBC ships in PuLP's wheel; if it is genuinely absent the step **escalates**
(``CbcUnavailable``) — no silent LP-relaxation fallback.
3. **Monte Carlo** — stdlib ``random`` (seeded ``_MC_SEED``) + ``statistics.quantiles`` over
uncertain unit-costs give P10/P50/P90 of the feasible saving.
The structural block (stage 4) returns a ``Rejection`` that is a *different type* from
``ValidatedProposal`` and carries no percentiles, so it can never be consumed as validated.
Promoted verbatim from ``spikes/c_validator.py``. The one deliberate change vs the spike:
``self_repair`` no longer borrows the harness ``Budget`` (that pulls ``agent_framework`` via
``spikes/_harness``) — it loops directly on ``max_attempts``; the token-budget bound is
layered on by the Step 10 generate loop, keeping THIS module pure.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import random
import statistics
import warnings
from collections.abc import Callable, Mapping
from contextlib import contextmanager
from dataclasses import dataclass
import pulp
from portfolio_optimiser.ir import AffectedItem, CostBaseline, CostBaselineLine, SavingsProposal
from portfolio_optimiser.reference_domain import Project
MAX_SAVING_FRACTION = 0.30
"""Policy cap: at most 30% of an affected item's cost is realistically recoverable as a
saving. The LP bounds the feasible saving by this fraction."""
_ENERGY_METHOD_MEASURE = "energy_efficiency"
_ENERGY_METHOD_MAX_FRACTION = 0.15
"""Step 9 (SC7-B): the IPMVP Option A method-specific cap. Option A measures only the KEY parameter
and STIPULATES the rest (operating hours), so the defensibly-verifiable saving is more conservative
than the generic policy cap — deliberately STRICTER than ``MAX_SAVING_FRACTION`` so this rule is an
INDEPENDENT gate: it can reject a proposal the generic P90 stage passes (not redundant). The concrete
fraction is calibrated against the reference domain; the CONDITION (a method-scoped stricter cap) is
the encoded rule. Returns the same ``Rejection`` type — a validator stage, not a new gate."""
METHOD_CAPS: dict[str, float] = {_ENERGY_METHOD_MEASURE: _ENERGY_METHOD_MAX_FRACTION}
"""S4.0 (F8): the method-cap REGISTRY — measure type -> method-scoped max saving fraction. The
rule used to be an ``if proposal.measure == "energy_efficiency"`` branch, so encoding a second
assessment method meant editing the validator. It is now data: a caller passes its own registry
(``validate_proposal(..., method_caps=...)``), keyed by the measure type a dimension admits
(``dimension.allowed_measure_types``), and the built-in entry stays the default so the Step-9
behaviour is unchanged. Deliberately NOT a config file yet — the deliverable is the key-by-config
seam (90%-prinsippet), not a settings format."""
BASELINE_TOLERANCE_DEFAULT = 0.05
"""S4.0: the relative deviation a reconciled ``AffectedItem`` may show against its cost-baseline
line (5%). A tolerance is needed at all because a proposer restates magnitudes in prose-derived,
rounded form; it is small because its whole purpose is to leave no room for a FABRICATED magnitude.
Config, not policy: every caller can tighten or loosen it per run (``tolerance=``)."""
_MC_SAMPLES = 512
_MC_SEED = 20260624
class CbcUnavailable(RuntimeError):
"""PuLP's bundled CBC solver is not available — escalate (no silent fallback)."""
@contextmanager
def _quiet_pulp():
"""Silence PuLP 3.x's ``PULP_CBC_CMD`` DeprecationWarning. The bundled CBC is only
reachable via ``PULP_CBC_CMD``; PuLP 4.0 will require ``pip install pulp[cbc]`` +
COIN_CMD (a migration note). The warning is cosmetic here."""
with warnings.catch_warnings():
warnings.simplefilter("ignore", DeprecationWarning)
yield
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class ValidatedProposal:
"""A proposal that passed every stage. Carries the Monte Carlo percentiles."""
proposal: SavingsProposal
p10: float
p50: float
p90: float
nominal_feasible: float
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class Rejection:
"""A structurally-blocked proposal. Distinct type, no percentiles — it can never be
consumed as a ``ValidatedProposal``."""
proposal: SavingsProposal
reason: str
def _solve_max_feasible(items: list[AffectedItem], fraction: float) -> float:
"""Real CBC solve: maximize total saving subject to a per-item upper bound and a
global fraction cap. Raises ``CbcUnavailable`` if CBC is genuinely missing."""
with _quiet_pulp():
solver = pulp.PULP_CBC_CMD(msg=False)
if not solver.available():
raise CbcUnavailable("PuLP's bundled CBC solver is not available on this platform")
prob = pulp.LpProblem("max_feasible_saving", pulp.LpMaximize)
xs = [pulp.LpVariable(f"x_{i}", lowBound=0, upBound=it.total) for i, it in enumerate(items)]
prob += pulp.lpSum(xs)
prob += pulp.lpSum(xs) <= fraction * sum(it.total for it in items)
status = prob.solve(solver)
if pulp.LpStatus[status] != "Optimal":
raise CbcUnavailable(
f"CBC did not reach an optimal solution (status={pulp.LpStatus[status]})"
)
return float(pulp.value(prob.objective))
def _monte_carlo(
proposal: SavingsProposal, *, fraction: float = MAX_SAVING_FRACTION
) -> tuple[float, float, float]:
"""Vary uncertain unit-costs (seeded) and return (P10, P50, P90) of the feasible
saving. Uses the LP's closed-form optimum (= fraction x sum of sampled totals), which
is exact here, so we do NOT spawn a CBC subprocess per sample (D6)."""
rng = random.Random(_MC_SEED)
feasibles: list[float] = []
for _ in range(_MC_SAMPLES):
total = 0.0
for item in proposal.affected_items:
rng_range = proposal.assumptions.get(item.code)
unit_cost = rng.uniform(*rng_range) if rng_range else item.unit_cost
total += item.quantity * unit_cost
feasibles.append(fraction * total)
deciles = statistics.quantiles(feasibles, n=10, method="inclusive")
return deciles[0], deciles[4], deciles[8] # P10, P50, P90
def baseline_from_project(project: Project) -> CostBaseline:
"""Project a road reference-domain ``Project``'s ``cost_items`` into the ``CostBaseline``
contract — the road-path counterpart of ``okf.load_cost_baseline`` (S4.0). The road path always
HAS its baseline (the estimate is the project), so this projection is total: no optional
variant, and a run on this path is always anchored."""
return CostBaseline(
project_id=project.id,
items={
ci.code: CostBaselineLine(quantity=ci.quantity, unit_cost=ci.unit_cost)
for ci in project.cost_items
},
)
def _reconcile_against_baseline(
proposal: SavingsProposal, baseline: CostBaseline, tolerance: float
) -> Rejection | None:
"""S4.0 (F3): every affected item must correspond to a REAL line of the project's cost baseline.
Two independent failures, both fail-closed:
* the cost code is absent from the baseline — a fabricated line;
* the code is real but its ``quantity``/``unit_cost`` deviates from the baseline line by more
than ``tolerance`` (relative to the BASELINE value, which is the ground truth) — a real code
carrying a fabricated magnitude.
Returns the first ``Rejection`` (validator's own type — never a new gate), or ``None`` when the
proposal reconciles. Items are checked in their stated order so the reason is deterministic.
A validation, never a repair: the proposal is rejected, not silently corrected to the baseline."""
for item in proposal.affected_items:
line = baseline.items.get(item.code)
if line is None:
return Rejection(
proposal=proposal,
reason=(
f"unknown cost code {item.code!r}: not in project {baseline.project_id}'s "
f"cost baseline ({len(baseline.items)} known codes)"
),
)
for field, claimed, actual in (
("quantity", item.quantity, line.quantity),
("unit_cost", item.unit_cost, line.unit_cost),
):
if abs(claimed - actual) > tolerance * actual:
return Rejection(
proposal=proposal,
reason=(
f"{field} {claimed:g} for cost code {item.code!r} is outside the "
f"{tolerance:.1%} tolerance around the baseline {field} {actual:g}"
),
)
return None
def validate_proposal(
proposal: SavingsProposal,
*,
baseline: CostBaseline | None = None,
tolerance: float = BASELINE_TOLERANCE_DEFAULT,
method_caps: Mapping[str, float] | None = None,
) -> ValidatedProposal | Rejection:
"""Deterministic blocking validation. Returns a ``ValidatedProposal`` only when the
claim is feasible; otherwise a ``Rejection`` that cannot be consumed as validated.
``baseline`` (S4.0, F3) anchors the gate to the project's ACTUAL cost lines: without it every
stage reasons only about numbers the proposal supplied itself, so an internally-consistent
hallucination clears the gate. It is OPTIONAL — ``None`` is exactly the pre-S4.0 behaviour, so a
caller with no baseline (a bundle authored before the amendment) is unchanged — but both run
paths SET it. ``tolerance`` is the reconciliation's config knob; ``method_caps`` overrides the
built-in method-cap registry (F8)."""
# Stage 0 (S4.0): reconcile against the cost baseline BEFORE the solver. It is the cheapest
# stage and the only one that can tell a fabricated line from a real one — spending a CBC solve
# on numbers that do not belong to the project is work on a claim that cannot be validated.
if baseline is not None:
blocked = _reconcile_against_baseline(proposal, baseline, tolerance)
if blocked is not None:
return blocked
# Stage 1 (Pydantic) already ran at construction. Stage 2: real CBC solve.
nominal = _solve_max_feasible(proposal.affected_items, MAX_SAVING_FRACTION)
# Stage 3: Monte Carlo percentiles of the feasible saving.
p10, p50, p90 = _monte_carlo(proposal)
# Stage 4: structural block — a claim above the optimistic feasible (P90) is out of range.
if proposal.claimed_saving_nok > p90:
return Rejection(
proposal=proposal,
reason=f"claimed saving {proposal.claimed_saving_nok:.0f} exceeds P90 feasible {p90:.0f}",
)
# Stage 4b (S2.7): the validator enforces its OWN stage-2 boundary. The CBC solve already
# established the nominal feasible saving at the items' stated unit-costs; a claim above it
# is out of range no matter how the uncertainty bands fall. This is an INDEPENDENT gate, not
# a restatement of the P90 stage: an upward-skewed band lifts P90 ABOVE nominal (so P90 alone
# would pass a claim the deterministic bound rejects), while a downward-skewed one pushes P90
# below it. Neither stage dominates, so both are kept.
if proposal.claimed_saving_nok > nominal:
return Rejection(
proposal=proposal,
reason=(
f"claimed saving {proposal.claimed_saving_nok:.0f} exceeds the nominal feasible "
f"{nominal:.0f} at the items' stated unit-costs"
),
)
# Stage 5 (Step 9, SC7-B): a method-specific rule STRICTER than the generic cap. A proposal in
# the energy method (IPMVP Option A) must clear a lower, method-scoped feasible — an INDEPENDENT
# gate that can reject a proposal the P90 stage passed. Same ``Rejection`` type, not a new gate.
# F8 (S4.0): the cap is looked up in a REGISTRY keyed by measure type (config), not compared
# against the ``energy_efficiency`` literal — a second assessment method is now data, not an
# edit to this function. The built-in registry keeps the Step-9 behaviour identical.
caps = METHOD_CAPS if method_caps is None else method_caps
method_fraction = caps.get(proposal.measure)
if method_fraction is not None:
method_feasible = method_fraction * sum(it.total for it in proposal.affected_items)
if proposal.claimed_saving_nok > method_feasible:
return Rejection(
proposal=proposal,
reason=(
f"claimed {proposal.claimed_saving_nok:.0f} exceeds the {proposal.measure} "
f"method cap {method_feasible:.0f} (stricter than the generic P90)"
),
)
return ValidatedProposal(proposal=proposal, p10=p10, p50=p50, p90=p90, nominal_feasible=nominal)
def self_repair(
generate: Callable[[int], SavingsProposal],
*,
max_attempts: int = 3,
) -> ValidatedProposal | Rejection:
"""Call ``generate(attempt)`` and validate; retry on rejection up to ``max_attempts``,
then hard-stop and return the last rejection. Attempts-bounded — never loops forever
(B4). The token-budget bound is layered on by the Step 10 generate loop, not here (this
module stays pure: no ``agent_framework`` import)."""
if max_attempts <= 0:
raise ValueError(f"max_attempts must be positive, got {max_attempts}")
last: Rejection | None = None
for attempt in range(1, max_attempts + 1):
result = validate_proposal(generate(attempt))
if isinstance(result, ValidatedProposal):
return result
last = result
assert last is not None
return last
def proposal_for(
project: Project,
codes: list[str],
*,
claimed_saving_nok: float,
measure: str = "Reduce scope on selected cost codes",
assumptions: dict[str, tuple[float, float]] | None = None,
) -> SavingsProposal:
"""Build a ``SavingsProposal`` from a real reference project's cost items (helper)."""
items = [
AffectedItem(code=ci.code, quantity=ci.quantity, unit_cost=ci.unit_cost)
for ci in project.cost_items
if ci.code in codes
]
return SavingsProposal(
project_id=project.id,
measure=measure,
affected_items=items,
claimed_saving_nok=claimed_saving_nok,
assumptions=assumptions or {},
)