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Refs tinyhumansai/openhuman#7830. A builder-generated code node failed every real run with ReferenceError: item is not defined, while each dry run of the flow reported clean. Two causes, both fixed here:

  1. The code contract taught the wrong variable. The catalog example was return { total: item.a + item.b };, and the description never stated the runtime contract. The host runs source as the body of a function that receives one variable, input: the node's input items array, each item { json, binary?, paired_item? }. CodeNode serializes ctx.input and wraps the return value as the json of one output item. The contract (catalog and its tinyflows-bus copy) and the builder prompt now say exactly that, with an input example. They also note that a returned array becomes one item, not one per element.
  2. A dry run hid code failures. The sandbox stubs code nodes (MockCode returns { result: <input> }), so a script that crashes still dry-runs clean. The report now says so, without executing anything:
    • unexecuted_code_nodes: one entry per code node (node_id, message), on both the ok: true and ok: false shapes. When any exist, the note/message starts with a CODE NOT EXECUTED: N code node(s) (ids) were stubbed, not run … line. This is advisory, so ok is unchanged.
    • code_source_errors: a static check that fails the dry run (ok: false) when a code source reads item without binding it. It scans tokens after blanking comments and strings. const item, item =>, (item, i) =>, function (item), def f(item), for item in, lambda item: and assignment all count as bindings, and any binding clears the source. It errs toward missing a bug rather than flagging working code.

API Or Behavior Changes

  • AuthoringReport gains unexecuted_code_nodes and code_source_errors (#[serde(default)]). is_failing() now also counts code_source_errors.
  • The sandbox report JSON gains those two keys, and its note/message gain the leading code line when the graph has code nodes.
  • The code node contract: new description, source field text, example, and one note. The wire shape of NodeKindContract is unchanged.
  • Dry runs still never execute code.

Host divergence, not changed here: caps::host::ProcessCodeRunner (the opt-in host-caps runner, which no host in this repo uses) has a different calling convention. It runs source as a whole script that reads JSON on stdin or from argv[1] and prints its result. The documented function-body/input/return contract is the one the builder's host (OpenHuman's CodeRunner) implements. A host on ProcessCodeRunner would need its own wording, or that runner aligned.

Tests

  • New code_source_tests.rs: free item reads flagged in JS and Python (including the reported txsOf(item, 0)). Bound forms, property access, object keys, comments and strings are not flagged.

  • authoring_report_tests: every code node is reported unexecuted without failing; an undefined item fails with ReferenceError / NameError wording.

  • sandbox_tests: end to end through execute + report. A clean code graph is ok: true with the CODE NOT EXECUTED note; an item script is ok: false with code_source_errors.

  • tinyflows-module catalog_authoring_tests: the pinned contract JSON is updated.

  • cargo fmt --check: rustfmt on the touched files

  • cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings: left to CI

  • cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings: ran once on -p tinyflows -p tinyflows-bus -p tinyflows-copilot -p tinyflows-module. It reported one collapsible_match in code_source.rs, which is fixed (same logic as a boolean condition) but not re-run; CI is the re-check

  • cargo build --all-targets: left to CI

  • cargo build --all-targets --all-features: left to CI

  • cargo test: left to CI (no local test runs)

  • cargo test --all-features: left to CI

Documentation

CHANGELOG.md [Unreleased] entry. The builder prompt (workflow_builder.md) code entry now states the contract and that dry runs never run source.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Dry-run reports identify code nodes that were not executed and include their IDs. These notices are advisory and do not fail the dry run.
    • Dry runs flag code that reads an undefined item variable, with an error identifying the language-specific issue.
  • Documentation
    • Clarified the code-node contract: scripts read input items through input and .json, and return the JSON for one output item. Dry runs stub code execution rather than running scripts.

The code node contract's example read an undefined `item`, so builders
wrote scripts that failed every real run, and the sandbox's code stub let
them dry-run clean. State the runtime contract (a function body receiving
`input`, the items array; the return value is one output item's json) in
the catalog and builder prompt, report every code node as not executed in
the dry-run report, and fail it when a source reads an unbound `item`.

Refs tinyhumansai/openhuman#7830
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Reviewed head: 0136085340ed
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The code-node contract now describes its input, output, and dry-run behavior. Authoring reports detect unbound item reads and identify code nodes that dry runs do not execute. Sandbox responses include these findings.

Changes: Code node dry-run reporting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Code node contract
crates/tinyflows/src/catalog/contracts/group_01.rs, crates/tinyflows-bus/src/node_kinds/group_01.rs, crates/tinyflows-copilot/src/prompts/workflow_builder.md, crates/tinyflows-module/src/catalog_authoring_tests.rs, CHANGELOG.md
The contract and guidance describe source as a synchronous function body that receives input, reads item payloads through .json, and returns the JSON for one output item. They also describe dry-run stubbing.
Source validation and authoring findings
crates/tinyflows/src/code_source.rs, crates/tinyflows/src/authoring_report.rs, crates/tinyflows/src/code_source_tests.rs, crates/tinyflows/src/authoring_report_tests.rs
A token-based check detects unbound item reads. Authoring reports list code nodes as unexecuted and fail when a source error is found. Tests cover supported bindings and report behavior.
Sandbox report integration
crates/tinyflows/src/sandbox.rs, crates/tinyflows/src/sandbox_tests.rs
Sandbox responses include unexecuted-code and source-error findings. They include a summary when code nodes are stubbed. Tests cover successful and failing dry runs.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix

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  participant WorkflowGraph
  participant AuthoringReport
  participant CodeSourceCheck
  participant Sandbox
  WorkflowGraph->>AuthoringReport: Build authoring report
  AuthoringReport->>CodeSourceCheck: Check code source for unbound item
  CodeSourceCheck-->>AuthoringReport: Return source error result
  AuthoringReport-->>Sandbox: Provide code-node findings
  Sandbox-->>WorkflowGraph: Include findings in dry-run response
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 01360

Some valid code nodes using these parameter forms may be rejected by dry runs. This is a localized authoring false positive, so the PR is mergeable with the limitation tracked.

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 01360

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The demonstrated propagation is to workflow-authoring guidance and sandbox results. The base-to-head comparison does not expand CodeNode execution authority, and no newly privileged production consumer was established by the dependency assessment.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Runtime source still crosses the host-injected CodeRunner boundary. The optional process runner explicitly relies on operator trust rather than providing a sandbox, while DeniedCodeRunner refuses execution. Those existing authority choices are unchanged by this PR; the new static checker is not a containment control.
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tinysweeper found nothing blocking, but could not review everything, so this is not an approval: CHANGELOG.md, crates/tinyflows-bus/src/node_kinds/group_01.rs, crates/tinyflows-copilot/src/prompts/workflow_builder.md, crates/tinyflows-module/src/catalog_authoring_tests.rs, crates/tinyflows/src/authoring_report.rs, crates/tinyflows/src/authoring_report_tests.rs, crates/tinyflows/src/catalog/contracts/group_01.rs, crates/tinyflows/src/code_source.rs and 5 more.

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  • 🪄 Fix comments: Fix CodeRabbit comments on this PR
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Review comments at @crates/tinyflows/src/code_source.rs:
- Around line 64-84: Update the parameter detection around the `start` walk-back
and `opener` checks so an `item` immediately following `(` or `,` is recognized
as a parameter when its enclosing unmatched parenthesis is preceded by
`function`, `catch`, or `def`; retain the existing behavior that flags `item`
used as a default-value expression. Add regression cases for the typed Python
parameter and defaulted JavaScript parameter to the relevant
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  • crates/tinyflows-module/src/catalog_authoring_tests.rs
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Comment on lines +64 to +84
// Walk back over a `a, b,` list to whatever introduces it.
let mut start = i;
while start >= 2
&& punct(toks, Some(start - 1)) == Some(',')
&& word(toks, Some(start - 2)).is_some()
{
start -= 2;
}
let before = |n: usize| start.checked_sub(n);
let declares = |n: usize| word(toks, before(n)).is_some_and(|w| DECLARE.contains(&w));
let opener = punct(toks, before(1));
if declares(1)
// `function (item)`, `catch (item)`, `function f(item)`, `def f(item)`.
|| (opener == Some('(')
&& (matches!(word(toks, before(2)), Some("function" | "catch"))
|| matches!(word(toks, before(3)), Some("function" | "def"))))
// `const { item } = …`, `let [item] = …`.
|| (matches!(opener, Some('{' | '[')) && declares(2))
{
return true;
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Fix false positives for item parameters after a typed or defaulted parameter.

The walk-back loop at Lines 66-71 steps back over only one word , pair at a time. A preceding parameter with a type annotation or a default value stops the loop on a : or = token, so opener never reaches the ( of the parameter list. The forward checks also do not match, so binds returns false. The parameter then counts as a read.

Working sources that the check flags:

  • Python: def pick(x: int, item: dict):\n return item['json']\nreturn pick(0, input[0])
  • Python: def pick(x=0, item=None): is safe only because item= matches the forward = check. def pick(x: int, item): is flagged.
  • JavaScript: function pick(a = 0, item) { return item.json; }

Each of these sources defines item correctly. reads_undefined_item still returns true, and AuthoringReport::is_failing then fails the dry run. The report tells the builder that every real run fails with NameError/ReferenceError. The module doc says the check "misses some bugs rather than flagging working code", and this behavior breaks that guarantee.

Fix: if the item token directly follows ( or ,, find the enclosing unmatched ( with depth tracking. Then check for function/catch/def before that (. The ( or , condition keeps def f(x=item) classified as a read, which a_free_item_read_is_flagged expects.

🐛 Proposed fix
     let before = |n: usize| start.checked_sub(n);
     let declares = |n: usize| word(toks, before(n)).is_some_and(|w| DECLARE.contains(&w));
     let opener = punct(toks, before(1));
+    // `def f(x: int, item)`, `function f(a = 0, item)`: `item` sits in a
+    // parameter-name position inside a `def`/`function`/`catch` paren list.
+    let in_param_list = matches!(punct(toks, i.checked_sub(1)), Some('(' | ','))
+        && enclosing_paren(toks, i).is_some_and(|p| {
+            matches!(word(toks, p.checked_sub(1)), Some("function" | "catch"))
+                || matches!(word(toks, p.checked_sub(2)), Some("function" | "def"))
+        });
-    if declares(1)
+    if in_param_list
+        || declares(1)
/// Index of the unmatched `(` that encloses token `i`, if any.
fn enclosing_paren(toks: &[Tok<'_>], i: usize) -> Option<usize> {
    let mut depth = 0usize;
    for j in (0..i).rev() {
        match punct(toks, Some(j)) {
            Some(')' | ']' | '}') => depth += 1,
            Some('(' | '[' | '{') if depth > 0 => depth -= 1,
            Some('(') => return Some(j),
            Some('[' | '{') => return None,
            _ => {}
        }
    }
    None
}

Add "def pick(x: int, item: dict):\n return item['json']\nreturn pick(0, input[0])" to the Python cases in a_bound_item_is_not_flagged. Add "function pick(a = 0, item) { return item.json; }\nreturn pick(0, input[0]);" to the JavaScript cases.

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Review comment at @crates/tinyflows/src/code_source.rs around lines 64 - 84:
Update the parameter detection around the `start` walk-back and `opener` checks
so an `item` immediately following `(` or `,` is recognized as a parameter when
its enclosing unmatched parenthesis is preceded by `function`, `catch`, or
`def`; retain the existing behavior that flags `item` used as a default-value
expression. Add regression cases for the typed Python parameter and defaulted
JavaScript parameter to the relevant `a_bound_item_is_not_flagged` cases.

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tinysweeper found nothing blocking, but could not review everything, so this is not an approval: crates/tinyflows-module/src/catalog_authoring_tests.rs, tinysweeper/description, tinysweeper/tests.

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