From ae1d057771899f0c10619cf0e634d64c4a01e21e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mdheller <21163552+mdheller@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 15:09:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] Replay helper receipt pass fixture on current main

---
 .../helper-receipts/preview_local_only_pass.json   | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/preview_local_only_pass.json

diff --git a/tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/preview_local_only_pass.json b/tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/preview_local_only_pass.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..865cbd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/preview_local_only_pass.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "schema": "sourceos.helper_causal_receipt.v0.1",
+  "event_type": "capability.request",
+  "event_id": "evt_fixture_preview_pass",
+  "timestamp": "2026-05-06T00:00:00Z",
+  "root_intent_id": "intent.preview.file.fixture",
+  "policy_profile": "preview.local_only.v1",
+  "requestor": "sourceos-pdf-renderer",
+  "capability": "network.egress",
+  "requested_service": "network",
+  "decision": "deny",
+  "classification": "expected_denial",
+  "data_accessed": false
+}

From 2f49c41cb5ff90fa55e2619d3081b2ac98c49987 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mdheller <21163552+mdheller@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 15:11:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/7] Replay helper receipt local-only negative fixture on
 current main

---
 ...preview_local_only_fail_pasteboard_allowed.json | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/preview_local_only_fail_pasteboard_allowed.json

diff --git a/tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/preview_local_only_fail_pasteboard_allowed.json b/tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/preview_local_only_fail_pasteboard_allowed.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4701778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/preview_local_only_fail_pasteboard_allowed.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "schema": "sourceos.helper_causal_receipt.v0.1",
+  "event_type": "capability.request",
+  "event_id": "evt_fixture_preview_fail",
+  "timestamp": "2026-05-06T00:00:01Z",
+  "root_intent_id": "intent.preview.file.fixture",
+  "policy_profile": "preview.local_only.v1",
+  "requestor": "sourceos-pdf-renderer",
+  "capability": "pasteboard.read",
+  "requested_service": "clipboard",
+  "decision": "allow",
+  "classification": "policy_regression",
+  "data_accessed": true
+}

From 11e5d83ac4b9f136ebd525adb495d4e46c7be0cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mdheller <21163552+mdheller@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 16:01:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] Replay helper receipt web thumbnail fixture on current
 main

---
 .../web_thumbnail_pass_clipboard_denied.json       | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/web_thumbnail_pass_clipboard_denied.json

diff --git a/tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/web_thumbnail_pass_clipboard_denied.json b/tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/web_thumbnail_pass_clipboard_denied.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97c0f14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/web_thumbnail_pass_clipboard_denied.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "schema": "sourceos.helper_causal_receipt.v0.1",
+  "event_type": "capability.request",
+  "event_id": "evt_fixture_webthumb_pass",
+  "timestamp": "2026-05-06T00:00:02Z",
+  "root_intent_id": "intent.preview.web.fixture",
+  "policy_profile": "preview.web_thumbnail.local_only.v1",
+  "requestor": "sourceos-web-thumbnailer",
+  "capability": "pasteboard.read",
+  "requested_service": "pasteboard",
+  "decision": "deny",
+  "classification": "expected_denial",
+  "data_accessed": false
+}

From 06ea42aaf6bcba552a6c275fddc692a8b939590e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mdheller <21163552+mdheller@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 16:05:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 4/7] Replay helper receipt missing intent fixture on current
 main

---
 .../helper_spawn_missing_root_intent_fail.json      | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/helper_spawn_missing_root_intent_fail.json

diff --git a/tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/helper_spawn_missing_root_intent_fail.json b/tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/helper_spawn_missing_root_intent_fail.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2723c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/helper_spawn_missing_root_intent_fail.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "schema": "sourceos.helper_causal_receipt.v0.1",
+  "event_type": "helper.spawn",
+  "event_id": "evt_fixture_spawn_fail",
+  "timestamp": "2026-05-06T00:00:03Z",
+  "root_intent_id": "BROKEN",
+  "parent_event_id": null,
+  "parent_process": "sourceos-shell",
+  "child_process": "sourceos-helper",
+  "trigger": "ipc",
+  "spawn_reason": "fixture",
+  "policy_profile": "preview.local_only.v1"
+}

From 4883a936ebcc3fa7dd0877e4d65eb3503df949be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mdheller <21163552+mdheller@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 16:15:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] Replay helper receipt validator on current main

---
 tools/check_helper_receipts.py | 102 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 102 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/check_helper_receipts.py

diff --git a/tools/check_helper_receipts.py b/tools/check_helper_receipts.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca23b15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/check_helper_receipts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Minimal CI policy gate for SourceOS Helper Causal Receipts.
+
+This intentionally checks high-value invariants first:
+- every event has a root intent
+- helper spawns declare parent/process/trigger/reason/policy
+- capability requests declare decision/classification/data_accessed
+- local-only profiles do not allow network, DNS, analytics, pasteboard, or account lookup
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+import argparse
+import json
+import sys
+from typing import Iterable
+
+LOCAL_ONLY_PROFILES = {
+    "preview.local_only.v1",
+    "preview.web_thumbnail.local_only.v1",
+    "terminal.preview.local_only.v1",
+    "cache_cleanup.local_only.v1",
+    "file_picker.native_ui.v1",
+}
+
+DENY_IN_LOCAL_ONLY = {
+    "network.egress",
+    "dns.lookup",
+    "analytics.emit",
+    "pasteboard.read",
+    "pasteboard.write",
+    "account.lookup",
+    "credentials.keychain.lookup",
+}
+
+
+def iter_events(path: Path) -> Iterable[dict]:
+    if path.suffix == ".jsonl":
+        for line in path.read_text(errors="replace").splitlines():
+            if line.strip():
+                yield json.loads(line)
+    else:
+        data = json.loads(path.read_text(errors="replace"))
+        if isinstance(data, list):
+            yield from data
+        else:
+            yield data
+
+
+def check_event(ev: dict) -> list[str]:
+    errors: list[str] = []
+
+    if not str(ev.get("root_intent_id", "")).startswith("intent."):
+        errors.append("root_intent_id must start with 'intent.'.")
+
+    event_type = ev.get("event_type")
+
+    if event_type == "helper.spawn":
+        for field in ["parent_process", "child_process", "trigger", "spawn_reason", "policy_profile"]:
+            if field not in ev or ev.get(field) in (None, ""):
+                errors.append(f"helper.spawn missing {field}")
+
+    if event_type == "capability.request":
+        for field in ["requestor", "capability", "requested_service", "decision", "classification", "data_accessed"]:
+            if field not in ev:
+                errors.append(f"capability.request missing {field}")
+
+        if ev.get("policy_profile") in LOCAL_ONLY_PROFILES:
+            if ev.get("capability") in DENY_IN_LOCAL_ONLY and ev.get("decision") == "allow":
+                errors.append(
+                    f"local-only policy {ev.get('policy_profile')} allowed forbidden capability {ev.get('capability')}"
+                )
+
+    if event_type == "helper.exit":
+        for field in ["process", "exit_status", "duration_ms", "receipt_complete"]:
+            if field not in ev:
+                errors.append(f"helper.exit missing {field}")
+
+    return errors
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("paths", nargs="+", type=Path)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    failures: list[dict] = []
+    checked = 0
+
+    for path in args.paths:
+        for index, event in enumerate(iter_events(path)):
+            checked += 1
+            for error in check_event(event):
+                failures.append({"path": str(path), "index": index, "error": error})
+
+    print(json.dumps({"checked": checked, "errors": failures}, indent=2, sort_keys=True))
+    return 1 if failures else 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())

From bfd902ca5b33cb659baadb88c90db7b8a61a7d88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mdheller <21163552+mdheller@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 16:19:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] Replay helper causal receipt schema on current main

---
 schemas/helper-causal-receipts.schema.json | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 94 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 schemas/helper-causal-receipts.schema.json

diff --git a/schemas/helper-causal-receipts.schema.json b/schemas/helper-causal-receipts.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f82106b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schemas/helper-causal-receipts.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "$id": "https://sourceos.local/schemas/helper-causal-receipts.schema.json",
+  "title": "Helper Causal Receipts v0.1",
+  "type": "object",
+  "required": ["schema", "event_type", "event_id", "timestamp", "root_intent_id"],
+  "properties": {
+    "schema": { "const": "sourceos.helper_causal_receipt.v0.1" },
+    "event_type": {
+      "enum": [
+        "root_intent.created",
+        "helper.spawn",
+        "capability.request",
+        "helper.exit",
+        "teardown.normalized",
+        "policy.decision",
+        "data.touch"
+      ]
+    },
+    "event_id": { "type": "string", "minLength": 8 },
+    "parent_event_id": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "root_intent_id": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^intent\\." },
+    "timestamp": { "type": "string" },
+    "surface": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "actor": { "type": ["object", "null"], "additionalProperties": true },
+    "declared_purpose": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "data_scope": { "type": ["object", "array", "null"] },
+    "default_policy": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "receipt_required": { "type": ["boolean", "null"] },
+    "parent_process": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "child_process": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "process": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "pid": { "type": ["integer", "null"] },
+    "trigger": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "spawn_reason": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "policy_profile": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "expected_lifetime_ms": { "type": ["integer", "null"], "minimum": 0 },
+    "capability_budget": { "type": ["object", "null"] },
+    "requestor": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "capability": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "requested_service": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "decision": { "enum": ["allow", "deny", "degrade", "missing", "unknown", null] },
+    "classification": {
+      "enum": [
+        "expected_denial",
+        "unexpected_denial",
+        "compatibility_probe",
+        "policy_regression",
+        "malicious_probe_candidate",
+        "missing_service",
+        "teardown_race",
+        "duplicate_activation_coalesced",
+        "supervisor_worker_lifecycle_kill",
+        "unknown",
+        null
+      ]
+    },
+    "policy_rule": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "data_accessed": { "type": ["boolean", "null"] },
+    "exit_status": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "duration_ms": { "type": ["integer", "null"], "minimum": 0 },
+    "children_cleaned": { "type": ["boolean", "null"] },
+    "unexpected_denials": { "type": ["integer", "null"], "minimum": 0 },
+    "network_used": { "type": ["boolean", "null"] },
+    "receipt_complete": { "type": ["boolean", "null"] },
+    "raw_message": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "normalized_class": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "severity": { "enum": ["trace", "info", "notice", "warning", "error", "critical", null] },
+    "meaning": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "policy_impact": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "service_key": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "service_uuid": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "service_family_role": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "phase": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "line_no": { "type": ["integer", "null"] },
+    "tags": { "type": ["array", "null"], "items": { "type": "string" } },
+    "inference_confidence": { "enum": ["high", "medium", "low", "unknown", null] }
+  },
+  "allOf": [
+    {
+      "if": { "properties": { "event_type": { "const": "helper.spawn" } } },
+      "then": { "required": ["parent_process", "child_process", "trigger", "spawn_reason", "policy_profile"] }
+    },
+    {
+      "if": { "properties": { "event_type": { "const": "capability.request" } } },
+      "then": { "required": ["requestor", "capability", "requested_service", "decision", "classification", "data_accessed"] }
+    },
+    {
+      "if": { "properties": { "event_type": { "const": "helper.exit" } } },
+      "then": { "required": ["process", "exit_status", "duration_ms", "receipt_complete"] }
+    }
+  ],
+  "additionalProperties": true
+}

From 39ccb3d4d76050ac4167e6cf7cf5189c6e5e676f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mdheller <21163552+mdheller@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 16:23:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] Add helper causal receipts validation workflow on current
 main

---
 .github/workflows/helper-causal-receipts.yml | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/helper-causal-receipts.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/helper-causal-receipts.yml b/.github/workflows/helper-causal-receipts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e298569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/helper-causal-receipts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Helper Causal Receipts
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'schemas/helper-causal-receipts.schema.json'
+      - 'tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/**'
+      - 'tools/check_helper_receipts.py'
+      - '.github/workflows/helper-causal-receipts.yml'
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - 'schemas/helper-causal-receipts.schema.json'
+      - 'tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/**'
+      - 'tools/check_helper_receipts.py'
+      - '.github/workflows/helper-causal-receipts.yml'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Validate passing fixtures
+        run: |
+          python3 tools/check_helper_receipts.py \
+            tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/preview_local_only_pass.json \
+            tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/web_thumbnail_pass_clipboard_denied.json
+      - name: Validate local-only negative fixture fails
+        run: |
+          if python3 tools/check_helper_receipts.py tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/preview_local_only_fail_pasteboard_allowed.json; then
+            echo 'negative fixture unexpectedly passed'
+            exit 1
+          fi
+      - name: Validate missing-intent negative fixture fails
+        run: |
+          if python3 tools/check_helper_receipts.py tests/fixtures/helper-receipts/helper_spawn_missing_root_intent_fail.json; then
+            echo 'missing-intent fixture unexpectedly passed'
+            exit 1
+          fi