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turnstone/tests/test_persona_storage.py
Patrick Buckley dbf389783e refactor(personas): file-backed built-in prompts, explicit source column
Built-in persona base prompts move from inline DB text / base.md into
prompts/personas/<slug>.md — code-owned, PR-reviewable, drift-proof.
base.md / base_coordinator.md become personas/engineer.md / orchestrator.md.

Prompt source is now explicit in storage instead of inferred in app logic:
a new base_prompt_file column plus CHECK (base_prompt IS NOT NULL OR
base_prompt_file IS NOT NULL) — two nullable columns, never both empty.
Resolution is a coalesce (base_prompt else load(base_prompt_file)), frozen
into the workstream stamp at creation. base_prompt_file marks a persona as
built-in (code-only, un-archivable); an operator override on a built-in is
allowed and wins over the file. "Inherit the kind default" is a
workstream-creation act (is_default), not a persona-row state.

Migration 063:
- seeds reference their file (base_prompt NULL); no runtime file reads —
  the backfill's frozen prompt text is inlined as a point-in-time snapshot
  so migration history stays self-contained and reproducible.
- every existing workstream is stamped by kind (creative -> writer, else
  the kind default), set-based (INSERT..SELECT via temp tables) with the
  persona column added after the bulk writes to shorten its lock window.

Storage guards (both backends): operators must supply base_prompt;
built-ins can't be archived or have base_prompt_file set via the API;
clearing an operator persona's only source is rejected.

Follow-ups reviewed alongside (#756): soft-set visibility docstring scoped
to per-process; _apply_persona_snapshot / _current_persona_snapshot own the
stamp round-trip; spawn approval-header args (skill/name/target_node)
flattened+capped like persona; server-side tool injection generalized to
replace-only (client-def gated, incl. the xAI include forwarding). Seed
copy revised (researcher soft; de-costumed prose; engineer de-biased).
New test_schema_parity asserts create_all matches the alembic head.

Closes #683 groundwork; ruff + strict mypy clean, full suite green.
2026-07-03 00:29:26 -07:00

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"""Tests for the personas storage layer.
Runs against whichever backend ``--storage-backend`` selects (the ``backend``
fixture), so the SQLite and PostgreSQL implementations are exercised by the
same assertions. Focus areas: the tri-state ``tool_allowlist`` round-trip
(None vs [] vs [names] — the NULL/empty distinction is load-bearing for the
visibility lever), the one-default-per-kind invariant, and the
default-not-archivable rule.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
from typing import Any
import pytest
import sqlalchemy as sa
def _mk(backend: Any, name: str, **over: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
row = {
"persona_id": f"id-{name}",
"name": name,
"display_name": name.title(),
"description": "",
# Operator personas author inline prose; base_prompt_file is code-only.
"base_prompt": "You are a test persona.",
"applies_to_kinds": ["interactive"],
}
row.update(over)
backend.create_persona(row)
got = backend.get_persona(row["persona_id"])
assert got is not None
return got
class TestPersonaCRUD:
def test_create_and_get_defaults(self, backend: Any) -> None:
# Non-seed slug (the migration seeds a real "scribe"); the display name
# is name.title(), so a hyphenated slug title-cases each segment.
p = _mk(backend, "test-scribe")
assert p["display_name"] == "Test-Scribe"
assert p["base_prompt"] == "You are a test persona."
assert p["base_prompt_file"] is None # operator persona — no file source
assert p["tool_allowlist"] is None
assert p["mcp_enabled"] is True
assert p["memory_enabled"] is True
assert p["applies_to_kinds"] == ["interactive"]
assert p["is_default"] is False
assert p["enabled"] is True
def test_get_missing(self, backend: Any) -> None:
assert backend.get_persona("nope") is None
assert backend.get_persona_by_name("nope") is None
assert backend.get_default_persona("interactive") is None
def test_get_by_name(self, backend: Any) -> None:
_mk(backend, "test-writer", base_prompt="You write.")
p = backend.get_persona_by_name("test-writer")
assert p is not None
assert p["persona_id"] == "id-test-writer"
assert p["base_prompt"] == "You write."
def test_duplicate_name_rejected(self, backend: Any) -> None:
_mk(backend, "test-scribe")
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="already exists"):
backend.create_persona(
{"persona_id": "other", "name": "test-scribe", "base_prompt": "x"}
)
def test_missing_identity_rejected(self, backend: Any) -> None:
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="persona_id and name"):
backend.create_persona({"name": "x"})
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="persona_id and name"):
backend.create_persona({"persona_id": "x"})
def test_tool_allowlist_tristate_roundtrip(self, backend: Any) -> None:
# The three states must survive storage distinctly: None (unrestricted)
# vs [] (hard empty) vs [names] (exact set).
_mk(backend, "unrestricted", tool_allowlist=None)
_mk(backend, "empty", tool_allowlist=[])
_mk(backend, "listed", tool_allowlist=["read_file", "search"])
assert backend.get_persona_by_name("unrestricted")["tool_allowlist"] is None
assert backend.get_persona_by_name("empty")["tool_allowlist"] == []
assert backend.get_persona_by_name("listed")["tool_allowlist"] == ["read_file", "search"]
def test_tool_allowlist_survives_update(self, backend: Any) -> None:
_mk(backend, "p", tool_allowlist=["memory"])
assert backend.update_persona("id-p", tool_allowlist=[])
assert backend.get_persona("id-p")["tool_allowlist"] == []
assert backend.update_persona("id-p", tool_allowlist=None)
assert backend.get_persona("id-p")["tool_allowlist"] is None
def test_invalid_kinds_rejected(self, backend: Any) -> None:
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="applies_to_kinds"):
_mk(backend, "bad", applies_to_kinds=["cron"])
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="applies_to_kinds"):
_mk(backend, "bad2", applies_to_kinds=[])
def test_invalid_allowlist_rejected(self, backend: Any) -> None:
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="tool_allowlist"):
_mk(backend, "bad", tool_allowlist="read_file")
def test_update_mutable_fields(self, backend: Any) -> None:
_mk(backend, "p")
assert backend.update_persona(
"id-p",
display_name="P2",
description="d",
base_prompt="You are P2.",
mcp_enabled=False,
memory_enabled=False,
)
p = backend.get_persona("id-p")
assert p["display_name"] == "P2"
assert p["description"] == "d"
assert p["base_prompt"] == "You are P2."
assert p["mcp_enabled"] is False
assert p["memory_enabled"] is False
def test_update_ignores_immutable_and_unknown(self, backend: Any) -> None:
_mk(backend, "p")
# name is the immutable slug; bogus is unknown — neither persists → no-op.
assert not backend.update_persona("id-p", name="renamed", bogus="x")
assert backend.get_persona("id-p")["name"] == "p"
def test_update_missing_returns_false(self, backend: Any) -> None:
assert not backend.update_persona("nope", display_name="x")
def test_list_filters_disabled(self, backend: Any) -> None:
_mk(backend, "a")
_mk(backend, "b")
assert backend.update_persona("id-b", enabled=False)
assert [p["name"] for p in backend.list_personas()] == ["a"]
assert [p["name"] for p in backend.list_personas(include_disabled=True)] == ["a", "b"]
def test_archive_and_unarchive(self, backend: Any) -> None:
_mk(backend, "p")
assert backend.update_persona("id-p", enabled=False)
assert backend.get_persona("id-p")["enabled"] is False
assert backend.update_persona("id-p", enabled=True)
assert backend.get_persona("id-p")["enabled"] is True
class TestPersonaDefaults:
def test_default_resolution_per_kind(self, backend: Any) -> None:
_mk(backend, "eng", is_default=True)
_mk(backend, "orch", applies_to_kinds=["coordinator"], is_default=True)
assert backend.get_default_persona("interactive")["name"] == "eng"
assert backend.get_default_persona("coordinator")["name"] == "orch"
def test_default_flip_demotes_incumbent(self, backend: Any) -> None:
_mk(backend, "eng", is_default=True)
_mk(backend, "eng2")
assert backend.update_persona("id-eng2", is_default=True)
assert backend.get_default_persona("interactive")["name"] == "eng2"
assert backend.get_persona("id-eng")["is_default"] is False
def test_default_flip_at_create_demotes_incumbent(self, backend: Any) -> None:
_mk(backend, "eng", is_default=True)
_mk(backend, "eng2", is_default=True)
assert backend.get_default_persona("interactive")["name"] == "eng2"
assert backend.get_persona("id-eng")["is_default"] is False
def test_default_flip_leaves_other_kind_alone(self, backend: Any) -> None:
_mk(backend, "eng", is_default=True)
_mk(backend, "orch", applies_to_kinds=["coordinator"], is_default=True)
_mk(backend, "eng2", is_default=True)
assert backend.get_default_persona("coordinator")["name"] == "orch"
def test_default_cannot_be_archived(self, backend: Any) -> None:
_mk(backend, "eng", is_default=True)
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="cannot be archived"):
backend.update_persona("id-eng", enabled=False)
def test_default_cannot_unset_flag_directly(self, backend: Any) -> None:
_mk(backend, "eng", is_default=True)
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="successor"):
backend.update_persona("id-eng", is_default=False)
def test_default_cannot_change_kinds(self, backend: Any) -> None:
_mk(backend, "eng", is_default=True)
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="applies_to_kinds"):
backend.update_persona("id-eng", applies_to_kinds=["coordinator"])
def test_default_must_be_single_kind(self, backend: Any) -> None:
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="exactly one kind"):
_mk(
backend,
"both",
applies_to_kinds=["interactive", "coordinator"],
is_default=True,
)
def test_disabled_persona_cannot_become_default(self, backend: Any) -> None:
_mk(backend, "p", enabled=False)
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="disabled"):
backend.update_persona("id-p", is_default=True)
def test_disabled_default_not_resolved(self, backend: Any) -> None:
# get_default_persona is enabled-gated; a pre-seed DB (or one whose
# default vanished by force) resolves to None, and the create path
# falls back to unstamped legacy creation.
_mk(backend, "p")
assert backend.get_default_persona("interactive") is None
class TestPersonaStorageHardening:
"""Serializer size caps, corrupt-row reads, the serialize-before-invariant
ordering, and the single-default backstop — the storage edge every future
ingress (SDK-direct, admin CLI) inherits, so it rejects rather than
truncates or decodes garbage."""
@pytest.mark.parametrize(
("field", "value"),
[
("display_name", "x" * 129),
("description", "x" * 1025),
("base_prompt", "x" * 32769),
],
)
def test_capped_field_over_limit_raises(self, backend: Any, field: str, value: str) -> None:
# Each operator-authored text field is bounded; one char over its cap is
# a ValueError naming the field, not a silent truncation.
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=field):
_mk(backend, "capped", **{field: value})
def test_allowlist_too_many_entries_raises(self, backend: Any) -> None:
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="tool_allowlist"):
_mk(backend, "big-list", tool_allowlist=[f"t{i}" for i in range(513)])
def test_allowlist_entry_too_long_raises(self, backend: Any) -> None:
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="tool_allowlist"):
_mk(backend, "long-entry", tool_allowlist=["x" * 257])
def test_corrupt_allowlist_read_raises_naming_persona(self, backend: Any) -> None:
# A row whose tool_allowlist JSON parses but is the wrong shape (an
# object where a list-of-strings is required) must fail loudly on read,
# naming the persona — never decode into a garbage envelope that masks a
# broken invariant.
_mk(backend, "corrupt-row")
with backend._engine.begin() as conn:
conn.execute(
sa.text("UPDATE personas SET tool_allowlist = :bad WHERE persona_id = :pid"),
{"bad": '{"not": "a list"}', "pid": "id-corrupt-row"},
)
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="id-corrupt-row"):
backend.get_persona("id-corrupt-row")
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="id-corrupt-row"):
backend.list_personas()
def test_update_none_kinds_raises_value_error_not_type_error(self, backend: Any) -> None:
# applies_to_kinds=None (an explicit JSON null from an
# UpdatePersonaRequest) reaches storage; validating BEFORE the invariant
# checks surfaces the serializer's precise ValueError instead of a
# TypeError escaping the route's 400 mapping as a 500. pytest.raises on
# ValueError alone would let a TypeError propagate and fail the test.
_mk(backend, "upd-none")
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="applies_to_kinds"):
backend.update_persona("id-upd-none", applies_to_kinds=None, is_default=True)
def test_duplicate_name_insert_race_maps_to_value_error(self, backend: Any) -> None:
# TOCTOU: two concurrent creates both pass the name pre-check, then one
# loses the UNIQUE(name) INSERT. The loser's IntegrityError must surface
# as the same "already exists" ValueError the pre-check raises (one 400
# shape), never an opaque 500. Force the race window by blanking the
# pre-check's result for a name that really exists, so the INSERT hits a
# genuine constraint violation.
import contextlib
_mk(backend, "racer") # the winner row is really present now
real_conn = backend._conn
class _NoRow:
def fetchone(self) -> None:
return None
class _PrecheckMiss:
# Delegates to a real connection but blanks the FIRST result
# (create_persona's name pre-check) so the code proceeds to INSERT.
def __init__(self, conn: Any) -> None:
self._conn = conn
self._blanked = False
def execute(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
result = self._conn.execute(*args, **kwargs)
if not self._blanked:
self._blanked = True
return _NoRow()
return result
def __getattr__(self, name: str) -> Any:
return getattr(self._conn, name)
@contextlib.contextmanager
def _racing_conn() -> Any:
with real_conn() as conn:
yield _PrecheckMiss(conn)
backend._conn = _racing_conn
try:
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="already exists"):
backend.create_persona(
{"persona_id": "racer-2", "name": "racer", "base_prompt": "x"}
)
finally:
backend._conn = real_conn
def test_single_default_backstop_rolls_back(
self, backend: Any, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
) -> None:
# Manufacture two enabled interactive defaults directly (bypassing the
# demotion the normal path enforces), then suppress the in-txn demotion
# to model a promotion that slipped past serialization — the exact
# concurrent state the post-promote backstop exists to catch. Its
# ValueError must roll the whole transaction back (the promotion must
# NOT stick).
now = "2026-01-01T00:00:00"
with backend._engine.begin() as conn:
for pid in ("mfg-d1", "mfg-d2"):
conn.execute(
sa.text(
"INSERT INTO personas (persona_id, name, display_name, "
"description, base_prompt, tool_allowlist, mcp_enabled, "
"memory_enabled, applies_to_kinds, is_default, enabled, "
"org_id, created_by, created, updated) VALUES "
"(:pid, :pid, '', '', 'base', NULL, 1, 1, :kinds, 1, 1, "
"'', '', :now, :now)"
),
{"pid": pid, "kinds": '["interactive"]', "now": now},
)
_mk(backend, "promotee") # a third: enabled, interactive, non-default
monkeypatch.setattr(
type(backend).__module__ + "._validate_and_clear_default_persona",
lambda *a, **k: None,
)
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="concurrent default"):
backend.update_persona("id-promotee", is_default=True)
# The backstop rolled the txn back: the promotion did not commit, and the
# manufactured pair still hold their (illegally duplicated) default flag.
assert backend.get_persona("id-promotee")["is_default"] is False
assert backend.get_persona("mfg-d1")["is_default"] is True
assert backend.get_persona("mfg-d2")["is_default"] is True
class TestPromptSource:
"""The explicit prompt-source model: base_prompt (inline) vs
base_prompt_file (built-in, code-only), coalesced, never both-NULL."""
@staticmethod
def _insert_builtin(backend: Any, name: str, **over: Any) -> str:
"""Manufacture a built-in row (base_prompt_file set) directly — the
create_persona API never sets base_prompt_file, so a raw insert models
what the migration seeds."""
pid = f"bi-{name}"
cols = {
"persona_id": pid,
"name": name,
"display_name": name.title(),
"description": "",
"base_prompt": None,
"base_prompt_file": f"{name}.md",
"tool_allowlist": None,
"mcp_enabled": 1,
"memory_enabled": 1,
"applies_to_kinds": '["interactive"]',
"is_default": 0,
"enabled": 1,
"org_id": "",
"created_by": "",
"created": "2026-01-01T00:00:00",
"updated": "2026-01-01T00:00:00",
}
cols.update(over)
with backend._engine.begin() as conn:
conn.execute(
sa.text(
"INSERT INTO personas ("
+ ", ".join(cols)
+ ") VALUES ("
+ ", ".join(f":{c}" for c in cols)
+ ")"
),
cols,
)
return pid
def test_create_operator_without_prompt_rejected(self, backend: Any) -> None:
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="requires a base_prompt"):
backend.create_persona({"persona_id": "np", "name": "no-prompt"})
def test_check_rejects_sourceless_row(self, backend: Any) -> None:
# Both columns NULL is forbidden at the storage edge, not just in app
# logic — a raw insert must trip the CHECK constraint.
with pytest.raises(sa.exc.IntegrityError), backend._engine.begin() as conn:
conn.execute(
sa.text(
"INSERT INTO personas (persona_id, name, display_name, "
"description, base_prompt, base_prompt_file, tool_allowlist, "
"mcp_enabled, memory_enabled, applies_to_kinds, is_default, "
"enabled, org_id, created_by, created, updated) VALUES "
"('x', 'x', '', '', NULL, NULL, NULL, 1, 1, '[\"interactive\"]', "
"0, 1, '', '', :now, :now)"
),
{"now": "2026-01-01T00:00:00"},
)
def test_builtin_cannot_be_archived(self, backend: Any) -> None:
pid = self._insert_builtin(backend, "bi-scribe")
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="cannot archive a built-in"):
backend.update_persona(pid, enabled=False)
assert backend.get_persona(pid)["enabled"] is True
def test_builtin_base_prompt_override_is_editable(self, backend: Any) -> None:
# A built-in's inline override IS settable (it wins over the file); the
# file source and its undeletable identity are what stay fixed.
pid = self._insert_builtin(backend, "bi-eng")
assert backend.update_persona(pid, base_prompt="ORG OVERRIDE") is True
got = backend.get_persona(pid)
assert got["base_prompt"] == "ORG OVERRIDE"
assert got["base_prompt_file"] == "bi-eng.md"
def test_operator_cannot_clear_base_prompt(self, backend: Any) -> None:
_mk(backend, "op-persona") # base_prompt set, no file
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="cannot clear base_prompt"):
backend.update_persona("id-op-persona", base_prompt=" ")
def test_base_prompt_file_is_immutable_via_update(self, backend: Any) -> None:
# base_prompt_file is not in PERSONA_MUTABLE — update silently ignores it.
pid = self._insert_builtin(backend, "bi-immut")
backend.update_persona(pid, base_prompt_file="hijack.md", display_name="X")
assert backend.get_persona(pid)["base_prompt_file"] == "bi-immut.md"
def test_create_with_only_base_prompt_file_reports_missing_base_prompt(
self, backend: Any
) -> None:
# base_prompt_file is code-only: supplying it via the operator create path
# must NOT satisfy the guard (it's dropped before the INSERT), so the
# caller gets the clear 'requires a base_prompt' — never the misleading
# 'name already exists' the raw CHECK violation would surface.
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="requires a base_prompt"):
backend.create_persona(
{"persona_id": "ff", "name": "file-only", "base_prompt_file": "scribe.md"}
)
assert backend.get_persona("ff") is None
def test_builtin_can_clear_base_prompt_override(self, backend: Any) -> None:
# Clearing an operator override on a BUILT-IN reverts to its file — allowed
# (an operator persona, with no fallback source, cannot; tested above).
pid = self._insert_builtin(backend, "bi-clear", base_prompt="ORG OVERRIDE")
assert backend.get_persona(pid)["base_prompt"] == "ORG OVERRIDE"
assert backend.update_persona(pid, base_prompt="") is True
assert backend.get_persona(pid)["base_prompt"] is None # reverted to file