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  • Some inputs cannot be expressed as a file in the workspace: a region, a feature toggle, an endpoint the case is about. Without a way to declare them, the only way to run such a case was --environment inherited, which trades one missing input for the whole isolation guarantee.
  • Names are confined to EVAL_* so this stays an addition to the environment rather than an edit of it. PATH decides which binary the harness is, HOME decides where it finds its config, and a credential variable decides whose account pays. A case that could name those would be rewriting the policy the operator just chose, and would do it invisibly, because nothing downstream tells a value a case set apart from one the allowlist admitted.
  • The refusal happens while the suite is read. By the time a harness has been handed a rewritten environment, the policy has already been edited out from under the operator.
  • The variables reach the run under every policy. Under inherited nothing is cleared, so there is no assembled environment to fold them into, and a case declaring them would otherwise get them only when the operator happened not to be inheriting.
  • The reference was also missing attempts and model from the case field table, and still described --attempts as defaulting at the CLI, which is no longer how a case pins its own count.

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  • New Features

    • Evaluation cases can now define custom EVAL_* environment variables.
    • Case-specific environment settings work across supported environment policies, with protected variables preserved and secret values redacted from recorded results.
    • Cases can specify their own model and attempt count, overriding command-line defaults where applicable.
  • Documentation

    • Updated evaluation guidance explains model overrides, attempt fallback behavior, per-case settings, and environment variable restrictions.

Signed-off-by: Yordis Prieto <yordis.prieto@gmail.com>
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Changes eval run subprocess environment assembly under all isolation policies; risk is mitigated by strict EVAL_* naming and reject-at-parse for privileged variable names.

Overview
Eval cases can now declare per-run inputs as an env map (names must match EVAL_[A-Z0-9_]+), so scenarios like region or feature flags do not require --environment inherited. A new case_env module validates keys/values at suite load, JSON Schema stays aligned with the parser, and RunEnvironment merges case variables into every policy—including inherited, where they are applied explicitly on the child process.

Reference docs are updated for case attempts, model, and env, plus --attempts (unset default vs per-case override) and --runner-model (case model wins).

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Eval cases now support validated EVAL_* environment variables. The runner passes these variables through workspace preparation and applies them under inherited, scrubbed, and isolated policies without recording secret-like values.

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Per-case evaluation environment

Layer / File(s) Summary
Case environment contract
crates/trg/src/agentskills/case_env.rs, crates/trg/src/agentskills/evals.rs, crates/trg/src/agentskills/mod.rs, crates/trg/schemas/evals.json.schema.json, crates/trg/docs/reference/ai-skills-eval.md
Adds validated CaseEnv and CaseEnvKey types. Adds the optional EvalCase.env field and matching schema definition. Documents case environment variables and related evaluation options.
Environment preparation and runner wiring
crates/trg/src/agentskills/runner/environment.rs, crates/trg/src/agentskills/runner/mod.rs
Passes case variables into RunEnvironment. Applies them under all environment policies, preserves policy variables, and excludes secret-like values from recorded variables. Updates and adds coverage for the new call paths.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant EvalCase
  participant prepare_workspace
  participant RunEnvironment
  participant ChildCommand
  EvalCase->>prepare_workspace: provide optional env
  prepare_workspace->>RunEnvironment: call prepare with case env
  RunEnvironment->>RunEnvironment: validate and merge case_vars by policy
  RunEnvironment->>ChildCommand: apply case variables
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Some invalid manifests can pass schema validation but fail at execution, and certain case-provided credential values may be recorded in run artifacts. These are bounded issues but should be addressed before relying on the new environment configuration broadly.

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In `@crates/trg/src/agentskills/case_env.rs`:
- Line 140: The additionalProperties value schema must reject NUL characters to
match CaseEnv::parse and deserialization behavior. Update the schema near
CaseEnv and extend the_schema_refuses_every_map_deserialize_refuses with an
escaped-NUL value case, preserving acceptance of other string values.

In `@crates/trg/src/agentskills/runner/environment.rs`:
- Line 389: Update is_secret_env_key to classify EVAL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
EVAL_SSH_AUTH_SOCK, and EVAL_DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG as secret environment keys
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"description": "Variables this case adds to its own run's environment. Names are confined to EVAL_* so a case cannot rewrite the environment the policy promised.",
"type": "object",
"propertyNames": { "pattern": "^EVAL_[A-Z0-9_]+$" },
"additionalProperties": { "type": "string" }

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Keep the schema as strict as CaseEnv::parse.

CaseEnv::parse rejects values containing \0, and CaseEnv deserialization calls that parser. The additionalProperties schema accepts any JSON string, including an escaped NUL. Strict verification can therefore accept a manifest that eval run rejects before execution. Exclude NUL from the value schema and add the escaped-NUL case to the_schema_refuses_every_map_deserialize_refuses.

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In `@crates/trg/src/agentskills/case_env.rs` at line 140, The additionalProperties
value schema must reject NUL characters to match CaseEnv::parse and
deserialization behavior. Update the schema near CaseEnv and extend
the_schema_refuses_every_map_deserialize_refuses with an escaped-NUL value case,
preserving acceptance of other string values.

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host_config_home_record(runner, host, basis)?
};

vars.extend(case_vars.clone());

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🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -eu
file="crates/trg/src/agentskills/runner/environment.rs"
printf '%s\n' '--- matcher references ---'
rg -n -C 12 'is_secret_env_key|EVAL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID|EVAL_SSH_AUTH_SOCK|EVAL_DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG|recorded_vars|env\.json' "$file"
printf '%s\n' '--- nearby test/module outline ---'
ast-grep outline "$file" | tail -n 80

Repository: TrogonStack/rusty-monorepo

Length of output: 10302


🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -eu
file="crates/trg/src/agentskills/redact.rs"
printf '%s\n' '--- matcher definition and tests ---'
rg -n -C 20 'pub fn is_secret_env_key|fn is_secret_env_key|EVAL_|AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID|SSH_AUTH_SOCK|DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG' "$file"

Repository: TrogonStack/rusty-monorepo

Length of output: 1410


Sensitive Data Exposure

Reachability: Internal
CWE: CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Redact credential-related EVAL_ names before writing env.json. CaseEnv values enter recorded_vars for every environment policy. Extend is_secret_env_key to cover EVAL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, EVAL_SSH_AUTH_SOCK, and EVAL_DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG, and add regression coverage for all three names.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@crates/trg/src/agentskills/runner/environment.rs` at line 389, Update
is_secret_env_key to classify EVAL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, EVAL_SSH_AUTH_SOCK, and
EVAL_DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG as secret environment keys before recorded_vars are
written to env.json, and add regression coverage verifying all three are
redacted.

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