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| 1 | +# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. |
| 2 | +# Licensed under the MIT License. |
| 3 | +"""Standalone policy conflict resolution implementation. |
| 4 | +
|
| 5 | +This module provides a self-contained implementation that requires no |
| 6 | +packages beyond ``pydantic`` (already a core ``agentmesh`` dependency). |
| 7 | +It is used as a fallback by ``agentmesh.governance.conflict_resolution`` |
| 8 | +when ``agent_os`` is not installed. |
| 9 | +""" |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +from __future__ import annotations |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +import logging |
| 14 | +from enum import Enum |
| 15 | +from typing import Any |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +from pydantic import BaseModel, Field |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +class ConflictResolutionStrategy(str, Enum): |
| 23 | + """Strategy for resolving conflicts between competing policy decisions.""" |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | + DENY_OVERRIDES = "deny_overrides" |
| 26 | + ALLOW_OVERRIDES = "allow_overrides" |
| 27 | + PRIORITY_FIRST_MATCH = "priority_first_match" |
| 28 | + MOST_SPECIFIC_WINS = "most_specific_wins" |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +class PolicyScope(str, Enum): |
| 32 | + """Breadth of a policy's applicability. |
| 33 | +
|
| 34 | + Specificity order (most → least): AGENT > TENANT > GLOBAL. |
| 35 | + """ |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | + GLOBAL = "global" |
| 38 | + TENANT = "tenant" |
| 39 | + AGENT = "agent" |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +# Specificity rank: higher = more specific |
| 43 | +_SCOPE_SPECIFICITY: dict[Any, int] = { |
| 44 | + PolicyScope.GLOBAL: 0, |
| 45 | + PolicyScope.TENANT: 1, |
| 46 | + PolicyScope.AGENT: 2, |
| 47 | +} |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +class CandidateDecision(BaseModel): |
| 51 | + """A single policy decision candidate awaiting conflict resolution.""" |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | + action: str |
| 54 | + priority: int = 0 |
| 55 | + scope: PolicyScope = PolicyScope.GLOBAL |
| 56 | + policy_name: str = "" |
| 57 | + rule_name: str = "" |
| 58 | + reason: str = "" |
| 59 | + approvers: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list) |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | + @property |
| 62 | + def is_deny(self) -> bool: |
| 63 | + return self.action == "deny" |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | + @property |
| 66 | + def is_allow(self) -> bool: |
| 67 | + return self.action == "allow" |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | + @property |
| 70 | + def specificity(self) -> int: |
| 71 | + return _SCOPE_SPECIFICITY.get(self.scope, 0) |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +class ResolutionResult(BaseModel): |
| 75 | + """Outcome of conflict resolution.""" |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | + winning_decision: CandidateDecision |
| 78 | + strategy_used: ConflictResolutionStrategy |
| 79 | + candidates_evaluated: int = 0 |
| 80 | + conflict_detected: bool = False |
| 81 | + resolution_trace: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list) |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +class PolicyConflictResolver: |
| 85 | + """Resolves conflicts between competing policy decisions.""" |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | + def __init__( |
| 88 | + self, |
| 89 | + strategy: ConflictResolutionStrategy = ConflictResolutionStrategy.PRIORITY_FIRST_MATCH, |
| 90 | + ) -> None: |
| 91 | + self.strategy = strategy |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | + def resolve(self, candidates: list[CandidateDecision]) -> ResolutionResult: |
| 94 | + """Resolve a list of candidate decisions into a single winner.""" |
| 95 | + if not candidates: |
| 96 | + raise ValueError("Cannot resolve conflict with zero candidates") |
| 97 | + if len(candidates) == 1: |
| 98 | + return ResolutionResult( |
| 99 | + winning_decision=candidates[0], |
| 100 | + strategy_used=self.strategy, |
| 101 | + candidates_evaluated=1, |
| 102 | + conflict_detected=False, |
| 103 | + resolution_trace=[ |
| 104 | + f"Single candidate: {candidates[0].rule_name} → {candidates[0].action}" |
| 105 | + ], |
| 106 | + ) |
| 107 | + actions = {c.action for c in candidates} |
| 108 | + conflict_detected = "allow" in actions and "deny" in actions |
| 109 | + dispatch = { |
| 110 | + ConflictResolutionStrategy.DENY_OVERRIDES: self._deny_overrides, |
| 111 | + ConflictResolutionStrategy.ALLOW_OVERRIDES: self._allow_overrides, |
| 112 | + ConflictResolutionStrategy.PRIORITY_FIRST_MATCH: self._priority_first_match, |
| 113 | + ConflictResolutionStrategy.MOST_SPECIFIC_WINS: self._most_specific_wins, |
| 114 | + } |
| 115 | + winner, trace = dispatch[self.strategy](candidates) |
| 116 | + return ResolutionResult( |
| 117 | + winning_decision=winner, |
| 118 | + strategy_used=self.strategy, |
| 119 | + candidates_evaluated=len(candidates), |
| 120 | + conflict_detected=conflict_detected, |
| 121 | + resolution_trace=trace, |
| 122 | + ) |
| 123 | + |
| 124 | + def _deny_overrides( |
| 125 | + self, candidates: list[CandidateDecision] |
| 126 | + ) -> tuple[CandidateDecision, list[str]]: |
| 127 | + trace: list[str] = [] |
| 128 | + denies = [c for c in candidates if c.is_deny] |
| 129 | + if denies: |
| 130 | + denies.sort(key=lambda c: c.priority, reverse=True) |
| 131 | + winner = denies[0] |
| 132 | + trace.append(f"DENY_OVERRIDES: {len(denies)} deny rule(s) found") |
| 133 | + trace.append( |
| 134 | + f"Winner: {winner.rule_name} " |
| 135 | + f"(priority={winner.priority}, scope={winner.scope.value})" |
| 136 | + ) |
| 137 | + return winner, trace |
| 138 | + candidates_sorted = sorted(candidates, key=lambda c: c.priority, reverse=True) |
| 139 | + winner = candidates_sorted[0] |
| 140 | + trace.append("DENY_OVERRIDES: no deny rules, selecting highest-priority allow") |
| 141 | + trace.append(f"Winner: {winner.rule_name} (priority={winner.priority})") |
| 142 | + return winner, trace |
| 143 | + |
| 144 | + def _allow_overrides( |
| 145 | + self, candidates: list[CandidateDecision] |
| 146 | + ) -> tuple[CandidateDecision, list[str]]: |
| 147 | + trace: list[str] = [] |
| 148 | + allows = [c for c in candidates if c.is_allow] |
| 149 | + if allows: |
| 150 | + allows.sort(key=lambda c: c.priority, reverse=True) |
| 151 | + winner = allows[0] |
| 152 | + trace.append(f"ALLOW_OVERRIDES: {len(allows)} allow rule(s) found") |
| 153 | + trace.append( |
| 154 | + f"Winner: {winner.rule_name} " |
| 155 | + f"(priority={winner.priority}, scope={winner.scope.value})" |
| 156 | + ) |
| 157 | + return winner, trace |
| 158 | + candidates_sorted = sorted(candidates, key=lambda c: c.priority, reverse=True) |
| 159 | + winner = candidates_sorted[0] |
| 160 | + trace.append("ALLOW_OVERRIDES: no allow rules, selecting highest-priority deny") |
| 161 | + trace.append(f"Winner: {winner.rule_name} (priority={winner.priority})") |
| 162 | + return winner, trace |
| 163 | + |
| 164 | + def _priority_first_match( |
| 165 | + self, candidates: list[CandidateDecision] |
| 166 | + ) -> tuple[CandidateDecision, list[str]]: |
| 167 | + sorted_candidates = sorted(candidates, key=lambda c: c.priority, reverse=True) |
| 168 | + winner = sorted_candidates[0] |
| 169 | + trace = [ |
| 170 | + f"PRIORITY_FIRST_MATCH: {len(candidates)} candidates", |
| 171 | + f"Winner: {winner.rule_name} (priority={winner.priority}, action={winner.action})", |
| 172 | + ] |
| 173 | + return winner, trace |
| 174 | + |
| 175 | + def _most_specific_wins( |
| 176 | + self, candidates: list[CandidateDecision] |
| 177 | + ) -> tuple[CandidateDecision, list[str]]: |
| 178 | + sorted_candidates = sorted( |
| 179 | + candidates, |
| 180 | + key=lambda c: (c.specificity, c.priority), |
| 181 | + reverse=True, |
| 182 | + ) |
| 183 | + winner = sorted_candidates[0] |
| 184 | + trace = [ |
| 185 | + f"MOST_SPECIFIC_WINS: {len(candidates)} candidates", |
| 186 | + f"Specificity ranking: " |
| 187 | + f"{[(c.rule_name, c.scope.value, c.specificity) for c in sorted_candidates]}", |
| 188 | + f"Winner: {winner.rule_name} " |
| 189 | + f"(scope={winner.scope.value}, priority={winner.priority}, action={winner.action})", |
| 190 | + ] |
| 191 | + return winner, trace |
| 192 | + |
| 193 | + |
| 194 | +__all__ = [ |
| 195 | + "ConflictResolutionStrategy", |
| 196 | + "PolicyScope", |
| 197 | + "CandidateDecision", |
| 198 | + "ResolutionResult", |
| 199 | + "PolicyConflictResolver", |
| 200 | +] |
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