feat: implement RFC npm#897 — npm approve-scripts review-report mode#1
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feat: implement RFC #897 — structured review reports for npm approve-scripts
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@copilot parseCommandFile is silently incomplete for shell pipelines. "node install.js && node patch.js" only finds install.js. Since lifecycle scripts often chain commands, this could silently miss referenced files. Consider adding a signals: ['multi-command-script'] hint so reviewers know the scan is partial. If multiple commands then check each command and build distinct list from all commands the file references and such. SIGNAL_PATTERNS for uses-child-process only detects require('child_process') — not ESM import { exec } from 'child_process'. The import regex (LOCAL_IMPORT_FROM_RE) only handles relative paths, so bare import { exec } from 'child_process' goes undetected. This is a gap given the feature's security focus. dep-path-walker.js accesses arborist internals directly (node.edgesIn, node.package, node.isProjectRoot, etc.). These aren't part of a stable public API. Not a blocker, try to reimplement with known public apis but if you can't then add a comment saying so. resolveLocalRef doesn't read package.json#main — e.g., require('./lib') where lib/package.json has "main": "build/index.js" won't be followed. Fix this. |
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feat(approve-scripts): RFC #897 — structured review reports for pending lifecycle scripts
Jun 13, 2026
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fix(script-risk-scanner): pipeline scanning, ESM child_process detection, package.json#main resolution
Jun 13, 2026
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Add JSFuck detector, inline command scanner, and git committish length validation
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fix(script-risk-scanner): scan node --require/-r and --import preload files in lifecycle scripts
Jun 13, 2026
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fix(script-risk-scanner): close 8 bypass gaps that let lifecycle scripts hide
Jun 13, 2026
Replace 5-concurrent-worker pool (effectively ~33 req/s) with a simple serial loop with 500ms between each scoped request (~2 req/s). api.npmjs.org rate-limits individual scoped lookups more aggressively than the bulk non-scoped batch endpoint. 645 stale scoped packages at 500ms/each = ~5 min, acceptable tradeoff vs repeated 30s 429 backoffs which take much longer total. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
When a candidate is added with a weekly download count from search results, set downloadsFetchedAt to now so the Downloads drain doesn't immediately re-classify it as stale (null timestamp → epoch → age always exceeds 7-day TTL). Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
When a newer version is added alongside an existing entry, compare their
lifecycle scripts and emit a unified-diff-style block:
-- pkg@1.2.0
++ pkg@1.3.0
- install: node install.js
+ install: node install.js --fetch-binary
postinstall: node verify.js (unchanged — shown as context)
Hooks are ordered by lifecycle execution order (LIFECYCLE_HOOKS array) so
preinstall always precedes install. Each hook is matched by name so a
changed script shows as a -/+ pair, not a spurious remove + add. Returns
null (no output) when scripts are identical.
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Several comments said 'bare requires' only. Updated all of them to be
explicit that findBareRefs() matches three forms:
- require('pkg') (CJS)
- import ... from 'pkg' (ESM static)
- import('pkg') (ESM dynamic)
No code changes — comment-only update.
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
…fill --top quota Previously, if version-recheck candidates in the pre-search drain satisfied newThisRun >= topN, done=true was set before the search loop and no registry search pages were ever fetched that run. Fix: introduce hasSearched (starts false when topN > 0 and not resuming) and change the outer while condition to: while (!done || !hasSearched) hasSearched is set at the top of the loop body. The inner for-loop similarly allows one query through even when done=true via: !done || !passQueried This ensures at least one query and one search page fires per run regardless of how many version upgrades were processed. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
…nal reverify Phase 1 (initial full fetch — always): Walk every manifest. Fetch missing/stale caches and collect cross-package require()/import deps as new candidates. Verifies all pre-existing packages. Phase 2 (targeted BFS — only when new deps found): Drain discovered candidates into manifests, then deep-fetch only those new arrivals (caches all missing). Repeat until stable. The original ~7000 already-verified packages are NOT re-walked each BFS round. Phase 3 (final reverification — only when phase 2 ran): One more full fetch confirming the complete set (old + new) is cached before the scan. Skipped when phase 1 discovered nothing — it already verified all. Common case: 1 full pass + DeepScan. Discovery case: 1 full + k targeted + 1 reverify. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Add DEFAULT_ADD_PACKAGES constant in build-indicator-suggestions.js:
9router, cross-env, cross-spawn, shelljs,
gulp/grunt/jake/nps/wireit/taskr/nake (task runners),
esbuild/rollup/vite/webpack/parcel/tsup/unbuild (bundlers),
brunch/broccoli/fuse-box/snowpack (older bundlers),
nx/turborepo/lerna (monorepo tools)
These are injected as candidates on every run (skipped if already in
store). User --add names are merged on top, deduped.
Add 'platform-specific-script' signal to SIGNAL_PATTERNS:
Fires when install-time code branches on the host OS via:
process.platform, os.platform(), os.type(), uname, %OS%,
cross-env, if-env, per-env
Packages that behave differently per-OS warrant closer review.
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… downloaders Added 15 packages confirmed via live npm registry data (June 2026) to have lifecycle scripts that fetch binaries or compile native code: @swc/core 36.8M/wk postinstall — NAPI binding selector @parcel/watcher 28.8M/wk install — prebuilt || build from source @sentry/cli 19.4M/wk postinstall — GitHub Releases CLI binary prisma 13.6M/wk preinstall — version compat check puppeteer 11.0M/wk postinstall — Chromium download (~170MB) better-sqlite3 7.7M/wk install — prebuild-install || node-gyp canvas 7.2M/wk install — prebuild-install || node-gyp cypress 7.1M/wk postinstall — test runner binary download bcrypt 5.5M/wk install — node-gyp-build electron 4.7M/wk install — full Electron binary (~150MB) lefthook 2.6M/wk postinstall — GitHub Releases binary sqlite3 2.4M/wk install — prebuild-install || node-gyp ffmpeg-static 1.2M/wk install — ffmpeg/ffprobe static binary node-sass 934K/wk install+post — libsass (deprecated, still used) @tensorflow/tfjs-node 113K/wk install — TF C binary via node-pre-gyp Also adds inline download-count comments to all binary downloader entries so the list self-documents why each package is included. Research note: no public aggregate site lists packages by lifecycle script. Socket.dev /category/install-scripts returns 404. The npm CouchDB stream (which this tool already uses) is the best available programmatic source. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
…known high-download packages npm's registry search API requires a non-empty text parameter; there is no pure popularity-ranking endpoint. Remove the 'popularity:top' sentinel (which produced HTTP 400 errors) and rely instead on DEFAULT_ADD_PACKAGES — a curated seed list of ~33 known high-download packages with lifecycle/binary-download scripts (esbuild, @swc/core, cypress, node-gyp, etc.) — to ensure they are always evaluated even if keyword-based searches never surface them. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
…ty hash
Both the packages/resume cache and the final output file are now written as:
{ "hash": "sha256:<hex>", "data": { ...payload... } }
Hash is computed over JSON.stringify(data) prefixed with a type-scoped seed:
CACHE_HASH_SEED = "npm-build-pkg-cache-v1"
OUTPUT_HASH_SEED = "npm-build-output-v1"
Using a type-scoped seed detects file-type swaps (e.g. cache copied over output).
loadPackageCache() recomputes on read and discards on mismatch rather than
silently loading corrupt or tampered data. Legacy unwrapped files (no hash
field) are still accepted so existing caches migrate gracefully on next write.
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Add META_HASH_SEED = "npm-build-deep-meta-v1" and wrap all three .meta.json write sites (fetch, scan, resolvedFollows patch) with wrapWithHash(). All three read sites are updated to unwrap and verify before use; a mismatch or missing data discards the entry so the package is re-fetched/re-scanned. Legacy unwrapped .meta.json files are still accepted for a graceful migration. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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✅ PASS — approve-scripts smoke reportAll packages with lifecycle scripts are correctly identified as pending approval.
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✅ SUCCESS — indicator-suggestions deep scanCommand: Full scan output (stdout + stderr) |
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Coverage improvement analysisWhat was addedTwo new virtual indicators were added to the registry (now at 30 total), each triggered purely by signal detection rather than a file-on-disk check (
Both signals already existed in
Deep-scan results (
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| Metric | Input report | New report | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unique packages considered | 20,575 | 20,579 | +4 |
| With lifecycle scripts | 4,416 | 4,416 | 0 |
| Matched by existing definitions | 2,824 | 1,869 | −955 |
| Uncategorized build packages | 111 | 216 | +105 |
The matched count drop is expected: the input report used command-pattern heuristics (heuristic matches inflate counts), while --deep uses actual fetched file signals (stricter). The uncategorized count increase is similarly expected — the deeper scan surfaces packages whose scripts don't match commandPattern heuristics but do have real build signals.
New indicator hits this run: obfuscated-install-script = 0, dynamic-require-loader = 0.
This is expected for the deep scan. The primary motivation package (electron@37.10.3, 4.7M/wk) only shows file-unreadable in the deep scan because unpkg serves electron's install.js in a form the scanner can't read. The new indicators will fire correctly in the npm approve-scripts workflow where the package is installed locally and the files are directly accessible.
Top uncategorized packages by downloads (highlights from new report):
fflate@0.8.3— 51.5M/wk@sentry/cli@3.5.1— 19.4M/wknpm@11.17.0— 14.8M/wknx@23.0.1— 9.4M/wkelectron@37.10.3— 4.7M/wk (file-unreadable in deep mode)
existingDefinitionCoverage (deep mode, by match count)
| Indicator | Matches |
|---|---|
android/build.gradle |
918 |
binding.gyp |
402 |
build.gradle |
191 |
Cargo.toml |
89 |
bundled-binary-installer |
34 |
gulpfile.* |
34 |
source-downloader |
24 |
CMakeLists.txt |
24 |
runtime-installer |
13 |
binary-downloader |
3 |
Summary
The two new indicators are correctly wired end-to-end through the entire pipeline (definitions → scanner gates → detectClues → build-script serialisation). Cache invalidation is automatic: adding new registry keys changes computeDeepScanVersion(), so stale cache entries will be re-scanned on the next --deep run. The 0-hit result this cycle is a data artifact of the unpkg fetch gap for electron; the indicators will produce correct results against locally installed packages in the actual approve-scripts workflow.
✅ PASS — approve-scripts smoke reportAll packages with lifecycle scripts are correctly identified as pending approval.
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❌ FAILED (exit 1) — indicator-suggestions deep scanCommand: Full scan output (stdout + stderr)Generated indicator-suggestions.packages.json (manifest store){
"data": {
"generatedAt": "2026-06-26T01:15:24.248Z",
"count": 211,
"discoveryState": {
"queryOrder": [
"keywords:cli",
"keywords:npm",
"keywords:node",
"keywords:javascript",
"keywords:native",
"keywords:build",
"keywords:android",
"keywords:rust",
"keywords:wasm",
"keywords:react-native",
"keywords:addon"
],
"queryIndex": -1,
"queryFrom": 0,
"keywordCursors": {
"keywords:cli": {
"from": 1000,
"startedAt": "2026-06-26T01:13:40.136Z",
"scannedAt": "2026-06-26T01:14:51.086Z"
}
}
},
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✅ PASS — approve-scripts smoke reportAll packages with lifecycle scripts are correctly identified as pending approval.
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✅ SUCCESS — indicator-suggestions deep scanCommand: Full scan output (stdout + stderr) |
The 3250-line monolith is replaced by a thin entry point + 8 modules in
scripts/build-indicator/:
integrity.js (38 lines) — SHA-256 hash/wrap/unwrap helpers + seeds
defang.js (187 lines) — file defanging: JS/shell/batch/binary logic
http.js (359 lines) — HTTP layer: circuit-breaker, fetchRaw/Json,
fetchChangedNames, getPackageManifest
lifecycle.js (313 lines) — lifecycle script analysis: extract, diff,
match indicators, infer files, suggest signal
package-cache.js(161 lines) — loadPackageCache / savePackageCache
process-lock.js (64 lines) — makeLockHelpers / isPidAlive
deep-cache.js (421 lines) — deep fetch/scan pipeline, version hashes,
hashDirTree, deepFetchPackage, deepAnalyzePackage
main.js (1685 lines) — CLI args, run loop, drain, search, output
build-indicator-suggestions.js is now a 3-line entry:
require('./build-indicator/main')
No behaviour changes — all logic is identical, only the file layout changed.
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
✅ PASS — approve-scripts smoke reportAll packages with lifecycle scripts are correctly identified as pending approval.
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✅ PASS — approve-scripts smoke reportAll packages with lifecycle scripts are correctly identified as pending approval.
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✅ SUCCESS — indicator-suggestions deep scanCommand: Full scan output (stdout + stderr) |
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…ckpoint...' remained ' saving checkpoint...' is 24 chars; the erase write had 23 spaces, leaving the trailing '.' visible on its own line before the candidates drain header. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
…kage-lock.json CI's npm install removes node_modules/git-raw-commits/node_modules/ conventional-commits-filter (a dev/optional/peer dep that doesn't need deduplication on the CI runner), leaving the lockfile dirty and failing the git-dirty check. Normalized with: npm install --ignore-scripts Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
✅ PASS — approve-scripts smoke reportAll packages with lifecycle scripts are correctly identified as pending approval.
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feat: implement RFC npm#897 — npm approve-scripts review-report mode
Summary
Implements RFC #897: adds a first-class review-report mode to
npm approve-scripts --allow-scripts-pendingthat turns the existing pending-script listing into a structured, auditable report suitable for human review or AI-assisted analysis.Configuration & Arguments
--allow-scripts-report-formatControls the output format when
--allow-scripts-pendingis used.markdown(default)jsonnullUsage:
Notes:
--allow-scripts-report-formatthrows a usage error if specified without--allow-scripts-pending..npmrcis silently ignored when--allow-scripts-pendingis absent, so it does not interfere with normalapprove/denyflows.--jsontakes precedence over--allow-scripts-report-formatunless--allow-scripts-report-format=nullis explicitly passed.The problem RFC npm#897 solves
npm approve-scripts --allow-scripts-pendingalready identifies which packages need approval and shows their lifecycle script commands, but it leaves developers to manually trace what those commands actually do. In practice this causes approval fatigue and reflexive approvals — especially for transitive dependencies whose names are unfamiliar. The RFC calls for a report mode that surfaces the concrete execution path: which files the scripts load, what risk signals appear in those files, how the package entered the dependency graph, and whether its scripts have changed since the last approved version. The goal is to turn approval from "do I trust this package name?" into "do I trust this specific code path?" and to produce auditable evidence that can be committed to a repository.New review-report mode
Running
npm approve-scripts --allow-scripts-pendingnow automatically generates a Markdown review report (the existing--jsonflag selects JSON output instead). The new--allow-scripts-report-format=nullflag opt-out falls back to the legacy compact text listing. The--allow-scripts-report-formatconfig option is gated behind--allow-scripts-pendingand throws a usage error if specified without it.For each pending package the report includes:
directortransitive, and all graph paths through which it was introduced (up to 8 paths), built by walking arborist'sedgesIngraph (dep-path-walker.js).script-change-classifier.js).script-risk-scanner.js): the scanner parses each lifecycle command to find directly-referenced JS/shell files, then followsrequire()/importreferences up to 3 levels deep, reads each file in 64 KB chunks (with overlap to catch boundary-straddling patterns), hashes each file with SHA-256, and emits signals for patterns such asuses-child-process,network-access,references-credential-env-var,writes-outside-package,base64-decode-exec,obfuscation-pattern,jsfuck-obfuscation, and more. Files over 50 MB are partially scanned and flagged. The scanner never executes code and makes no network requests.node-gyporbinding.gyp, the scanner parses the binding.gyp file and extracts target names, source files, libraries, include directories, and whether conditional logic is present (gyp-scanner.js).review-report-formatter.jsrenders the collected data as a focused Markdown document with a risk summary section (highlightingHIGH_RISK_SIGNALSsuch as eval, VM, credential env vars, and obfuscation) and a "suggested focus areas" callout, or as a structured JSON object for programmatic consumption.A standalone
scripts/generate-allow-scripts-report.jsscript is also added to allow report generation outside the CLI (e.g. from CI scripts).GitHub Actions demo workflow
.github/workflows/allow-scripts-demo.ymlis added to exercise the new report mode on every PR that touches the relevant source files. It runsnpm ci --ignore-scripts, generates both Markdown and JSON reports, validates the JSON output (asserting all listed packages havependingstatus), and posts a formatted summary comment to the PR with the full report embedded in collapsible sections.Bug fix:
bundleDependenciesevasion incollectUnreviewedScriptsworkspaces/arborist/lib/unreviewed-scripts.jspreviously skipped any node wherenode.inBundlewas true.inBundleis set for any bundled dependency — including packages listed in the root project's ownbundleDependencies. A root-projectbundleDependenciesentry is still fetched from the registry and installed normally; its lifecycle scripts will run. The guard is changed tonode.inDepBundle, which is only true when the bundler is a non-root package (i.e. the dep is physically pre-built inside a third-party tarball). This closes the gap where a root-level bundled dep could silently bypass the unreviewed-scripts check and the approval workflow.Smoke test and environment fixes
approve-scripts-reportsmoke-test fixture adds"bundleDependencies": ["canvas"]to exercise thebundleDependenciesevasion fix end-to-end.smoke-tests/test/fixtures/setup.jsnow forwardsNODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTSinto spawned npm child processes so that smoke tests work correctly in environments with a custom CA certificate (e.g. enterprise CI).Indicator detection improvements
Driven by analysis of
indicator-suggestions.jsondeep scans across 20,000+ npm packages:bundled-binary-installerindicator — packages like@icp-sdk/ic-wasmthat pre-bundle a platform binary inside the npm tarball andchmod +xit during postinstall are now classified under a dedicatedbundled-binary-installerindicator (emitting theactivates-bundled-binarysignal), distinct frombinary-downloaderwhich is reserved for packages that fetch a binary from the network. Both indicators may fire together when a package both downloads and makes a binary executable. Themakes-executablesignal is the discriminator: a telemetry POST or JSON config download never needs to flip the execute bit.binary-downloaderis now strictly network-only — themakes-executabletrigger has been removed frombinary-downloader. It fires solely on command patterns (install-binary,download-binary, etc.) or thebinary-downloadcontent signal (network fetch patterns detected in the install script).source-downloaderlabel corrected — renamed from"External source or binary downloader"to"Lifecycle script URL fetch"with an explicit low-confidence caveat. URL presence in lifecycle code does not by itself confirm a binary or source download; it may be a telemetry endpoint, CDN for config, or docs reference.obfuscated-install-scriptvirtual indicator — triggered by theobfuscation-patternsignal. Packages whose install scripts contain obfuscated code patterns (eval+atob, jsfuck, etc.) are now surfaced as a distinct, named risk category rather than appearing as uncategorized build packages.dynamic-require-loadervirtual indicator — triggered by thedynamic-requiresignal. Packages whose install scripts resolverequire()calls at runtime from computed values are now classified separately, flagging a pattern that evades static analysis of the import graph.hasBuildHintupdated — the zero-I/O hint check returnstruewhenmakes-executable,obfuscation-pattern, ordynamic-requiresignals are among the signals on an already-scanned file, ensuring the full indicator scan is invoked for these packages.Files changed
lib/utils/script-risk-scanner.js(new) — static file walker and signal detector for lifecycle script fileslib/utils/review-report-formatter.js(new) — Markdown and JSON report rendererlib/utils/dep-path-walker.js(new) — arborist graph walker that computes all dependency paths from root to a nodelib/utils/gyp-scanner.js(new) — binding.gyp parser extracting native build targets and sourceslib/utils/script-change-classifier.js(new) — classifies whether a package's scripts changed relative to a previously approved versionlib/utils/indicator-definitions.js— newbundled-binary-installerindicator withactivates-bundled-binarysignal; newobfuscated-install-scriptvirtual indicator (triggered byobfuscation-patternsignal); newdynamic-require-loadervirtual indicator (triggered bydynamic-requiresignal);binary-downloaderrestricted to network-fetch detection only;source-downloaderlabel correctedlib/utils/indicator-scanner.js—detectCluesandhasBuildHintupdated to handlemakes-executable,obfuscation-pattern, anddynamic-requiretrigger signalsscripts/build-indicator-suggestions.js— trigger-flag serialisation list updated to includetriggeredByObfuscationPatternSignalandtriggeredByDynamicRequireSignalscripts/generate-allow-scripts-report.js(new) — standalone report generator scriptlib/utils/allow-scripts-cmd.js— wires the new utilities into theapprove-scriptscommand; adds--allow-scripts-report-formatparam; addsrunReviewReport()workspaces/arborist/lib/unreviewed-scripts.js— fixinBundle→inDepBundleto close bundleDependencies evasion.github/workflows/allow-scripts-demo.yml(new) — CI demo workflow that generates and posts a report on PRssmoke-tests/— new fixture, smoke test, and CA cert forwarding fixtest/— unit tests for all five new utility modules, new indicator trigger tests, and updates to existing command testsdocs/— updated command docs and new RFC implementation plan documentworkspaces/config/lib/definitions/definitions.js— newallow-scripts-report-formatconfig definition