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Summary

Adds failure_cases as a third audit coverage method, following the capability coverage behavior from #1570 while sharing their composite evidence engine. A failure case is covered only when all declared evidence is satisfied and no prohibited tool appears in the trace; subjective checks remain explicit, trace-bound skill judgments.

Changes

  • Add failure-case measurement and --failure-case-judgments support.
  • Share evidence evaluation, judgment targeting, missing-reason handling, and tool-gate mechanics between capability and failure-case measurement.
  • Keep the public judgment/details schemas separate while strengthening failure-details invariants so covered results cannot contain violated gates.
  • Document the KISS boundary: prohibited_tools is the only failure-specific deterministic gate, and trigger prose must be represented in evidence_required to affect coverage.
  • Add contract coverage for stale judgments, missing tool-call evidence, prohibited tools, trace binding, schema validation, batching, and aggregation.

Type of Change

  • Code change (feature, bug fix, or refactor)
  • Code change with documentation updates
  • Documentation only
  • Contributor tooling or automation
  • CI, build, or test infrastructure

Quality Gates

  • Tests added or updated for changed behavior
  • Existing tests cover changed behavior — justification:
  • Tests not applicable — justification:
  • Documentation updated for user-visible behavior
  • Documentation not applicable — justification:

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  • Pull request title follows the repository's Conventional Commit format
  • Every commit includes an appropriate Signed-off-by: trailer
  • uv run pre-commit run -a passes, or any blocked checks are identified below
  • Targeted tests pass, or tests are marked not applicable above
  • No secrets, API keys, or credentials are included

Targeted validation:

  • uv run --frozen pytest plugins/nemo-eval-author/tests/test_skill_contract.py -q — 169 passed.
  • uv run ruff check plugins/nemo-eval-author/skills/eval-author-audit/scripts/audit_spec/measure.py plugins/nemo-eval-author/skills/eval-author-audit/scripts/audit_spec/measurements plugins/nemo-eval-author/tests/test_skill_contract.py — passed.
  • uv run ruff format --check plugins/nemo-eval-author/skills/eval-author-audit/scripts/audit_spec/measure.py plugins/nemo-eval-author/skills/eval-author-audit/scripts/audit_spec/measurements plugins/nemo-eval-author/tests/test_skill_contract.py — passed.
  • uvx uv@0.9.14 run pre-commit run -a — all hooks passed using the repository-pinned uv version.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added failure-case measurement for audit workflows.
    • Supports judgment sidecars for evaluating non-tool evidence.
    • Checks prohibited tools and deterministic tool requirements from traces.
    • Reports coverage, evidence outcomes, missing reasons, and reproducibility metadata.
  • Documentation

    • Expanded guidance for authoring, measuring, and aggregating failure cases.
    • Added examples for unverified-identity account recovery scenarios.
  • Validation

    • Added schemas and checks for judgment files, trace matching, evidence requirements, stale data, and invalid judgments.

Signed-off-by: mstaats <mstaats@nvidia.com>
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Capability and failure-case measurements now share a composite engine. Failure-case measurement adds trace-derived tool gates, validated judgment sidecars, schemas, documentation, examples, and contract tests.

Changes

Composite audit measurement

Layer / File(s) Summary
Measurement contracts and authoring
plugins/nemo-eval-author/README.md, plugins/nemo-eval-author/skills/eval-author-audit/...
Added failure-case authoring rules, judgment and measurement schemas, examples, templates, and coverage guidance.
Shared composite measurement engine
plugins/nemo-eval-author/skills/eval-author-audit/scripts/audit_spec/measurements/...
Added shared evaluation for tool gates, deterministic evidence, judged evidence, missing reasons, judgment validation, and reproducibility metadata. Capability and failure-case modules now use this engine.
Measurement wiring and contract validation
plugins/nemo-eval-author/skills/eval-author-audit/scripts/audit_spec/measure.py, plugins/nemo-eval-author/tests/test_skill_contract.py
Registered failure-case measurement and judgment inputs. Added trace-digest validation and tests for prohibited-tool invariants, missing deterministic evidence, and stale judgment descriptions.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant AuditCLI
  participant MeasurementDispatcher
  participant CompositeMeasurement
  participant ATIFTrace
  participant JudgmentSidecar
  AuditCLI->>MeasurementDispatcher: select measurement method
  MeasurementDispatcher->>ATIFTrace: provide parsed trajectory
  MeasurementDispatcher->>JudgmentSidecar: validate schema and trace digest
  MeasurementDispatcher->>CompositeMeasurement: evaluate configured specification
  CompositeMeasurement->>ATIFTrace: inspect tool calls and deterministic evidence
  CompositeMeasurement->>JudgmentSidecar: apply non-tool judgments
  CompositeMeasurement-->>AuditCLI: return coverage and details
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The audit template may incorrectly report coverage when an unsafe reset action occurs because that action is not deterministically prohibited. This should be corrected or explicitly accepted before merge.

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79-79: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🛡️ Analyzed with Security Review | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Security Misconfiguration (CWE-693)

Reachability: External · Exploitability: Moderate

Declare password.reset as prohibited.

Failure-case coverage rejects a trace only when a listed prohibited tool appears. Set prohibited_tools to [password.reset] so an unsafe reset call cannot satisfy coverage.

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In `@plugins/nemo-eval-author/skills/eval-author-audit/templates/audit.md` at line
79, Update the audit template’s prohibited_tools configuration to include
password.reset, ensuring failure-case coverage rejects traces containing that
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`@plugins/nemo-eval-author/skills/eval-author-audit/schemas/audit_failure_cases_details.schema.json`:
- Around line 270-281: Update the audit details schema around the failure-case
result definitions to encode conditional status and match-cardinality
invariants: require covered results to contain only satisfied nested checks,
enforce consistent match arrays, and ensure deterministic tool_call results
include a tool and matching calls. Use the existing status, matches, and
toolCall schema symbols, preserving valid uncovered/violated result behavior.

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In `@plugins/nemo-eval-author/skills/eval-author-audit/templates/audit.md`:
- Line 79: Update the audit template’s prohibited_tools configuration to include
password.reset, ensuring failure-case coverage rejects traces containing that
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Suite Lines Covered Line Rate Branch Rate
Unit Tests 39057/49729 78.5% 62.6%
Integration Tests 23660/46966 50.4% 23.0%

Signed-off-by: mstaats <mstaats@nvidia.com>
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