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CARD TITLE (intent, not commit subject): SWEEP: privileged paths that take identity from a caller-supplied body field, then use it for ownership

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_resolve_actor built the session-admin actor with identity = body.holder or "@operator",
and _lease_owned_by matched a lease against both the identity and the holder. An admin
session presenting an a2a:-looking holder therefore satisfied the ownership check on the
node-scoped release/renew path (which takes no lease id) and could free a lease it did not hold.

A session admin now acts as the fixed @operator principal and holder is display data only;
ownership is an identity match and nothing else. An operator still frees any lease by EXPLICIT
id, which is the operator path, and the freed holder is still the identity the RELEASE line is
posted under.

Sweep of tinyagentos/routes/: no other handler assigns an identity from a caller-supplied
body/query field on a privileged path and then uses it in an equality/membership check against
a stored owner. Notable near-misses verified already-guarded:

  • a2a_bus.py: admin from= is bus-display only, no stored-owner comparison.
  • projects.py: agent identity is enforced equal to the token; non-agent body actor is
    checked against stored claimed_by in SQL.
  • decisions.py: agent from_agent is always the token's canonical_id; human path checks
    actor.decider_user_id against stored user_id.
  • skill_exec.py: agent identity is forced from the credential, not the body.

Docs-Reviewed: security fix is internal (actor resolution + ownership check); the
docs/agent-coordination.md paragraph on operator release attribution was updated to match.

Tests: 104 in the two suites (1 rewritten: an admin cannot take ownership by holder).

FAILED tests/test_routes_a2a_gpu_lease.py::TestClusterLeaseIntegration::test_release_does_not_free_another_holders_lease - AssertionError: assert 'l_9f7217da1ed7c25212cf1ea67c922d44' is None
PASSED tests/test_routes_a2a_gpu_lease.py::TestClusterLeaseIntegration::test_release_does_not_free_another_holders_lease

Files:
tests/test_routes_a2a_gpu_lease.py | 1013 ++++++++++++++++++++
tinyagentos/auth_middleware.py | 16 +
tinyagentos/cluster/manager.py | 29 +
tinyagentos/cluster/worker_protocol.py | 6 +
tinyagentos/gpu_lease.py | 508 ++++++++++
tinyagentos/routes/init.py | 3 +
tinyagentos/routes/a2a_gpu_lease.py | 907 ++++++++++++++++++
13 files changed, 3137 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added shared GPU coordination through authenticated A2A endpoints for checking availability, claiming, renewing, requesting, and releasing GPU capacity.
    • GPU reservations now support expiration times, ownership validation, admission checks, and rollback when coordination fails.
    • Agent access is scoped by read and write permissions, with identity enforcement for safer reservations.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved lease renewal and release handling to prevent newer renewals from being overwritten and to report the correct released holder.
  • Documentation

    • Added comprehensive documentation for the shared-GPU coordination workflow, permissions, lease behavior, and API responses.

`_resolve_actor` built the session-admin actor with `identity = body.holder or "@operator"`,
and `_lease_owned_by` matched a lease against both the identity and the holder. An admin
session presenting an `a2a:`-looking `holder` therefore satisfied the ownership check on the
node-scoped release/renew path (which takes no lease id) and could free a lease it did not hold.

A session admin now acts as the fixed `@operator` principal and `holder` is display data only;
ownership is an identity match and nothing else. An operator still frees any lease by EXPLICIT
id, which is the operator path, and the freed holder is still the identity the RELEASE line is
posted under.

Sweep of `tinyagentos/routes/`: no other handler assigns an identity from a caller-supplied
body/query field on a privileged path and then uses it in an equality/membership check against
a stored owner. Notable near-misses verified already-guarded:
- `a2a_bus.py`: admin `from=` is bus-display only, no stored-owner comparison.
- `projects.py`: agent identity is enforced equal to the token; non-agent body actor is
  checked against stored `claimed_by` in SQL.
- `decisions.py`: agent `from_agent` is always the token's canonical_id; human path checks
  `actor.decider_user_id` against stored `user_id`.
- `skill_exec.py`: agent identity is forced from the credential, not the body.

Docs-Reviewed: security fix is internal (actor resolution + ownership check); the
`docs/agent-coordination.md` paragraph on operator release attribution was updated to match.

Tests: 104 in the two suites (1 rewritten: an admin cannot take ownership by holder).

```text
FAILED tests/test_routes_a2a_gpu_lease.py::TestClusterLeaseIntegration::test_release_does_not_free_another_holders_lease - AssertionError: assert 'l_9f7217da1ed7c25212cf1ea67c922d44' is None
```

```text
PASSED tests/test_routes_a2a_gpu_lease.py::TestClusterLeaseIntegration::test_release_does_not_free_another_holders_lease
```
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GPU lease coordination

Layer / File(s) Summary
GPU lease protocol and admission
tinyagentos/gpu_lease.py, tests/test_gpu_lease_protocol.py
Adds GPU claim, release, request, and check message handling. Claims support expiry folding, identity matching, VRAM accounting, and admission evaluation.
Cluster lease state and rollback
tinyagentos/cluster/worker_protocol.py, tinyagentos/cluster/manager.py, tests/test_cluster.py
Records the claim channel on cluster leases and adds compare-and-set expiry restoration for failed renewals.
Authenticated GPU lease routes
tinyagentos/auth_middleware.py, tinyagentos/routes/a2a_gpu_lease.py, tinyagentos/routes/__init__.py
Adds authenticated check, claim, release, request, and renew routes with agent-token scopes, identity enforcement, bus coordination, cluster leases, bounded TTLs, and rollback handling.
Route and integration validation
tests/test_routes_a2a_gpu_lease.py
Tests admission, identity attribution, bus failures, lease lifecycle, expiry, renewal, rollback, operator actions, and agent-token scope enforcement.
Documentation and release notes
docs/agent-coordination.md, changelog.d/*
Documents the GPU lease protocol, route authorization, identity rules, expiry handling, and release behavior.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: hognek

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 97f0c

Malformed or rounded VRAM values can disrupt admission checks or allow workloads to exceed reserved GPU memory. These protocol defects should be fixed before merge.

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Description check ✅ Passed The PR description clearly explains the identity-handling fix, ownership behavior, operator override, attribution, route sweep, documentation, and tests.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main security change: privileged paths must not use caller-supplied body identity fields for ownership decisions.
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tests/test_routes_a2a_gpu_lease.py (1)

347-351: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

The "different caller" assertion does not test a different caller.

Both requests use lease_client, so the second request runs as the same @operator identity. The assertion only checks status_code == 200, so it cannot fail if the peer view regresses. Either drive the second CHECK with a second identity and assert admitted is False plus blockers, or remove the comment so it does not claim coverage that does not exist.

♻️ Proposed fix
-        # A different caller sees a claimed node.
-        peer = await lease_client.get(
-            "/api/a2a/gpu/check", params={"node": "local", "vram_mb": 2048, "channel": "gpu"}
-        )
-        assert peer.status_code == 200
+        # A different identity sees a claimed node.
+        _cid, token = await _agent_token(
+            lease_client._app, scopes=("a2a_receive",), handle="`@taos`"
+        )
+        async with _bare(lease_client._app) as bare:
+            peer = await bare.get(
+                "/api/a2a/gpu/check",
+                params={"node": "local", "vram_mb": 2048},
+                headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"},
+            )
+        assert peer.status_code == 200
+        assert peer.json()["admitted"] is False
+        assert peer.json()["blockers"] == ["`@operator`"]
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In `@tests/test_routes_a2a_gpu_lease.py` around lines 347 - 351, Update the GPU
lease test’s second CHECK request to use a distinct caller identity from the
initial request, then assert the response is denied with admitted false and
includes the expected blockers. Anchor the change to the lease_client request in
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/agent-coordination.md`:
- Around line 377-378: Update docs/agent-coordination.md lines 377-378 to
clarify that manual and bus-only claims do not create local cluster reservations
or enforce local admission/leases, while still affecting the bus fold. Update
lines 382-384 to state that bus-only claims can be removed by expires= expiry or
[GPU RELEASE].

In `@tinyagentos/gpu_lease.py`:
- Around line 137-140: Update the size-formatting logic around the MiB-to-GB
conversion so the compact GB representation is used only when parsing its
rounded value reproduces the original mb value exactly; otherwise return the MiB
form. Preserve the existing compact formatting for exact conversions and the
current output prefixes/suffixes.
- Around line 126-130: Update the VRAM parsing logic around the function
containing _VRAM_RE to reject non-finite num values immediately after float
conversion, before unit conversion or rounding. Ensure invalid infinite values
follow the parser’s existing invalid-input behavior instead of allowing
OverflowError to escape claim folding.

---

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In `@tests/test_routes_a2a_gpu_lease.py`:
- Around line 347-351: Update the GPU lease test’s second CHECK request to use a
distinct caller identity from the initial request, then assert the response is
denied with admitted false and includes the expected blockers. Anchor the change
to the lease_client request in the test and preserve the existing claimed-node
setup.

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own lease table) before the line is posted. A line posted by hand is recorded but
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Separate local lease behavior from bus-fold behavior.

The documentation should state that manual and bus-only claims do not create local cluster reservations, but they still affect the bus fold and can expire through expires=.

  • docs/agent-coordination.md#L377-L378: replace “enforces nothing” with wording that limits the statement to local admission and lease enforcement.
  • docs/agent-coordination.md#L382-L384: state that expiry or [GPU RELEASE] can remove a bus-only claim.
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  • docs/agent-coordination.md#L377-L378 (this comment)
  • docs/agent-coordination.md#L382-L384
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In `@docs/agent-coordination.md` around lines 377 - 378, Update
docs/agent-coordination.md lines 377-378 to clarify that manual and bus-only
claims do not create local cluster reservations or enforce local
admission/leases, while still affecting the bus fold. Update lines 382-384 to
state that bus-only claims can be removed by expires= expiry or [GPU RELEASE].

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Comment thread tinyagentos/gpu_lease.py
Comment on lines +126 to +130
num = float(m.group("num"))
unit = (m.group("unit") or "mb").lower()
if unit in ("gib", "gb", "g"):
return int(round(num * 1024))
return int(round(num))

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

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#!/bin/bash
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printf '%s\n' '--- parser and imports ---'
sed -n '1,145p' tinyagentos/gpu_lease.py
printf '%s\n' '--- parse_message and claim folding ---'
sed -n '235,375p' tinyagentos/gpu_lease.py
printf '%s\n' '--- callers and error handling ---'
rg -n -C 4 'parse_message\(|open_claims\(|parse_vram_mb\(' tinyagentos tests/test_gpu_lease_protocol.py

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- GPU lease route around claim folding ---'
sed -n '180,240p' tinyagentos/routes/a2a_gpu_lease.py
printf '%s\n' '--- GPU lease route admission callers ---'
sed -n '300,390p' tinyagentos/routes/a2a_gpu_lease.py
printf '%s\n' '--- all route-level exception handling near GPU lease operations ---'
rg -n -C 6 'claims_for_node|open_claims|evaluate_admission|_resolve_required_mb|try:|except' tinyagentos/routes/a2a_gpu_lease.py

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Denial of Service

Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Reject non-finite VRAM values before rounding.

_VRAM_RE accepts arbitrarily long digit strings, and float() can convert them to infinity. Rounding then raises OverflowError, which escapes claim folding and can fail admission requests from an authenticated bus author.

Proposed fix
     num = float(m.group("num"))
+    if not math.isfinite(num):
+        return None
     unit = (m.group("unit") or "mb").lower()
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num = float(m.group("num"))
unit = (m.group("unit") or "mb").lower()
if unit in ("gib", "gb", "g"):
return int(round(num * 1024))
return int(round(num))
num = float(m.group("num"))
if not math.isfinite(num):
return None
unit = (m.group("unit") or "mb").lower()
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return int(round(num * 1024))
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[warning] 129-129: Value being cast to int is already an integer

Remove unnecessary int call

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In `@tinyagentos/gpu_lease.py` around lines 126 - 130, Update the VRAM parsing
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immediately after float conversion, before unit conversion or rounding. Ensure
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Comment thread tinyagentos/gpu_lease.py
Comment on lines +137 to +140
if mb >= 1024:
gb = f"{mb / 1024:.1f}".rstrip("0").rstrip(".")
return f"~{gb}gb"
return f"{mb}mb"

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve the exact MiB value in the wire format.

One decimal place changes many values during a render-and-parse cycle. For example, 1075 MiB becomes ~1gb, which parses as 1024 MiB.

Peers can undercount the reservation and admit work into VRAM that is already reserved. Use the compact GB form only when it parses back to the original value. Otherwise, emit MiB.

Proposed fix
     if mb >= 1024:
         gb = f"{mb / 1024:.1f}".rstrip("0").rstrip(".")
-        return f"~{gb}gb"
+        compact = f"~{gb}gb"
+        if parse_vram_mb(compact) == mb:
+            return compact
     return f"{mb}mb"
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if mb >= 1024:
gb = f"{mb / 1024:.1f}".rstrip("0").rstrip(".")
return f"~{gb}gb"
return f"{mb}mb"
if mb >= 1024:
gb = f"{mb / 1024:.1f}".rstrip("0").rstrip(".")
compact = f"~{gb}gb"
if parse_vram_mb(compact) == mb:
return compact
return f"{mb}mb"
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In `@tinyagentos/gpu_lease.py` around lines 137 - 140, Update the size-formatting
logic around the MiB-to-GB conversion so the compact GB representation is used
only when parsing its rounded value reproduces the original mb value exactly;
otherwise return the MiB form. Preserve the existing compact formatting for
exact conversions and the current output prefixes/suffixes.

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Closing this PR: it cannot be merged without regressing #2988, and its fix already landed there.

What this branch actually is. exec/tsk-zze3qr was not cut from #2988's branch. Its merge-base with
#2988 is 3a8ce791b, a dev merge commit, and its single commit 97f0c883 adds 3,137 lines including the
whole feature (tinyagentos/gpu_lease.py +508, tinyagentos/routes/a2a_gpu_lease.py +907, both suites).
So this is a private copy of an early #2988 tree with the card's fix applied on top, not a fix-forward onto it.

The fix is already on #2988, and landed first. hognek committed abfe524be
"fix(a2a): stop reading the body's holder as the admin's identity" at 00:31Z — same defect, same remedy
(identity="@operator" fixed, holder demoted to display, _lease_owned_by reduced to a single identity
match). The commit here is 03:58Z. Both trace to the same CodeRabbit finding on #2988.

Merging this would drop 16 commits. #2988 has moved well past the cut point — lease-lock reads on renewal,
re-claim counted once rather than twice, a re-claim held to the lease's original contract, rollback of a failed
repost, release targeting the identified lease's node/channel, and the CodeRabbit fixes. git diff from #2988's
head to this head shows those blocks being removed (e.g. the entire replace_own re-claim path). Squashing
this into dev would therefore land a strictly older version of the same feature and put #2988 into deep conflict.

Card tsk-zze3qr is served by #2988 on every item:

Card item Where it is served on #2988
1. Fix the proven instance abfe524be
3. Guard test that can fail test_an_admin_cannot_take_ownership_of_an_agent_lease_by_holder (passes holder=<agent cid>), plus 35358e63a fixing the different-caller block test
4. Drop the .pem.lock residue 12ade1998; data/*.pem.lock now in .gitignore

Item 2 — the sweep of tinyagentos/routes/ — exists only in this PR's body, so I have copied it verbatim
onto #2988 to keep it with the code it describes.

The Kilo Code Review failure here ("The model output limit was reached") was a symptom, not the problem: the
bot was being asked to review 3,137 lines of already-reviewed feature code. It would have failed on every rerun.

The card stays open and closes when #2988 merges, since items 1/3/4 exist only on that branch today.

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