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Fixes #93

What

probe() now loads the real seccomp filter in a throwaway child process, rather than only checking that pyseccomp imports, and caches the answer. The load step is split out of install() into _load_filter(). That way the child does not call probe() again and recurse, since install() starts by probing.

Why

On a kernel built without seccomp filter support (Synology DSM 4.4.302+ on a DS920+), pyseccomp imports fine but every seccomp_load fails with ECANCELED. probe() reported that as available. Hosts therefore trusted a sandbox that could not exist, and every plugin was refused at run time with SandboxRefused. In ROMarr the result was empty plugin searches with "sandboxed": true and no visible reason, and its unconfined fallback never triggered. Details and evidence are in #93.

Behaviour

Host	Before	After
Kernel with seccomp	available, confined	unchanged: available, install() still blocks socket()/execve()
Kernel without seccomp	reported available, every plugin refused	(False, "seccomp filter cannot be loaded here: … [Errno 125] Operation canceled"), so the host can make an explicit, logged choice

The probe costs one short-lived child process, once per process, because the result is cached.

Tested

• pytest tests: 3334 passed, 5 skipped
• Kernel with seccomp: probe() → available; socket() raises PermissionError after install()
• Simulated failing load (ECANCELED): probe() → unavailable, with the reason
• On the affected DS920+, with this sandbox.py bind-mounted into the ROMarr 1.6.0 / 1.7.0 image: /api/v1/hub/status reports "sandboxed": false with the real reason, ROMarr takes its logged unconfined fallback, and plugin search and fetch work end to end

Follow-up for ROMarr

ROMarr pins rom-hub 8e46348 in its Dockerfiles, so it needs a pin bump to pick this up.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Sandbox availability checks now confirm that the security filter can load, rather than relying only on whether the required package is present.
  • When the sandbox is unavailable, the reported reason can include details from the failed check.

• Behavior Changes

  • Installing the sandbox now checks that the system is running Linux.

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Walkthrough

The seccomp probe now test-loads the filter in a throwaway subprocess and caches the result. Filter loading is shared with install(), which checks for Linux and loads the filter directly.

Changes: Seccomp capability check

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Filter loading and installation src/rom_hub/sandbox.py	install() checks for Linux and calls _load_filter(). The helper imports pyseccomp and loads the filter.
Cached child-process probe src/rom_hub/sandbox.py	probe() caches its result and test-loads the filter in a subprocess. Process-launch errors and nonzero exit statuses produce an unavailable result with failure details.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

• The ROMarr issue about Synology seccomp support describes a probe that reports availability without loading the filter. This change adds the test-load check and returns the failure reason.

Merge Risk: Low · up to a8514

The change is mergeable with a follow-up test for failed filter loading. Without it, a future regression could cause the CLI to misstate sandbox availability.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 75.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surv…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title names the main change: probe() now test-loads the seccomp filter instead of only importing pyseccomp. The raw summary and objectives confirm this matches the changeset, which caches the prob…
Linked Issues check		The change meets the coding requirements in [#93]. probe() delegates to an lru_cache result, imports pyseccomp, and test-loads the filter in a separate Python child. _load_filter() contains th…
Out of Scope Changes check		The reviewed change is limited to src/rom_hub/sandbox.py and supports [#93]. It changes probe caching and filter loading only. It does not add the separate ROMarr pin bump, operator opt-in, or ROMar…

Full details: Title check

Explanation

The title names the main change: probe() now test-loads the seccomp filter instead of only importing pyseccomp. The raw summary and objectives confirm this matches the changeset, which caches the probe result and runs _load_filter() in a throwaway subprocess.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

The change meets the coding requirements in [#93]. probe() delegates to an lru_cache result, imports pyseccomp, and test-loads the filter in a separate Python child. _load_filter() contains the irreversible load operation and does not call probe(). install() calls _load_filter() directly and preserves the Linux guard and confined filter behavior. Child failures return False with stderr or exit-status detail, which exposes the failure reason to the existing host fallback. Existing sandbox tests cover probe results, Linux installation, socket blocking, and post-filter imports.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The reviewed change is limited to src/rom_hub/sandbox.py and supports [#93]. It changes probe caching and filter loading only. It does not add the separate ROMarr pin bump, operator opt-in, or ROMarr UI work identified as follow-up scope.

Full details: Docstring Coverage

Explanation

Docstring coverage is 75.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 4 functions across 1 files.

Resolution

Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Nitpick comments: 1

src/rom_hub/sandbox.py: 1

70-81: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Scope the coverage gap to the probe() contract, not to SDK fallback.

The untested branch is _probe_cached's nonzero-child return at src/rom_hub/sandbox.py:70-81. No current test drives it. A regression that reports a failed filter load as available would pass the suite.

In this repository, the consumers of that result differ:

• src/rom_hub/cli.py:681 calls probe() and prints available and reason in the operator approval note. This is the in-repo consumer of the probe's unavailable reason.
• The SDK runner does not use probe(). src/rom_hub_sdk/runner.py:62-63 calls install_sandbox(), bound to rom_hub.sandbox.install, and catches SandboxUnavailable. The runner's fallback state comes from install()'s exception.

The suggested test needs no new import. tests/test_sandbox.py already imports subprocess at module top, and it already imports probe. The test imports sandbox inside the function, which is consistent with the file's style.

Suggested coverage, scoped to the probe contract:

Suggested fix

+@linux_only
+def test_probe_reports_unavailable_when_filter_load_fails(monkeypatch):
+    from rom_hub import sandbox
+
+    def failing_child(args, **kwargs):
+        return subprocess.CompletedProcess(
+            args, 1, stdout="", stderr="Traceback (...)\nOSError: ECANCELED\n"
+        )
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sandbox.subprocess, "run", failing_child)
+    sandbox._probe_cached.cache_clear()
+    try:
+        available, reason = probe()
+    finally:
+        sandbox._probe_cached.cache_clear()
+    assert available is False
+    assert "ECANCELED" in reason

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Review comment at @src/rom_hub/sandbox.py around lines 70 - 81:
Add a test for the nonzero-child branch in `_probe_cached` that mocks
`subprocess.run` to return a failed child process, then verifies `probe()`
reports unavailable and includes the child’s error detail in its reason. Clear
`_probe_cached`’s cache before and after the test so the result is isolated.

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Review comments at @src/rom_hub/sandbox.py:
- Around line 70-81: Add a test for the nonzero-child branch in `_probe_cached`
that mocks `subprocess.run` to return a failed child process, then verifies
`probe()` reports unavailable and includes the child’s error detail in its
reason. Clear `_probe_cached`’s cache before and after the test so the result is
isolated.

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