feat(cli): add trust and revoke custom language policies by HerringtonDarkholme · Pull Request #2972 · ast-grep/ast-grep

HerringtonDarkholme · 2026-09-28T05:08:10Z

Summary

extend --custom-languages with trust and revoke
make trust load custom languages now and remember the canonical config path
make omitted policy load remembered projects while untrusted projects default to ignore
let explicit ignore override remembered trust for one invocation
make revoke remove remembered trust and behave as ignore
use directories::ProjectDirs for the platform-specific config folder and atomically persist the trust store there

This PR is stacked on #2977.

Verification

cargo test -p ast-grep --test custom_language_policy_test
cargo test -p ast-grep --lib
cargo clippy -p ast-grep --all-targets -- -D warnings
cargo fmt --all -- --check

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New Features
- Added trust and revoke options to manage trust for custom-language configurations. Trusting requires confirmation in an interactive terminal, and trust decisions are remembered.
- Added support for attached config paths, such as -cPATH and -c=PATH. Options after -- are treated as arguments, not CLI options.
Bug Fixes
- Symlinked configuration files now resolve to the directory containing their target.
- Trust records can be removed even when the configuration file is missing.

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The CLI adds trust and revoke custom-language policies and stores trust decisions by canonical configuration path. It resolves omitted policies using remembered trust, handles configuration paths after -- and attached -c forms, and reports when trust requires an interactive terminal.

Changes

Custom-language policy

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Parse policies and apply them during project setup `crates/cli/src/custom_language.rs`, `crates/cli/src/lib.rs`, `crates/cli/src/config.rs`	The CLI parses optional `allow`, `ignore`, `trust`, and `revoke` policies. It resolves attached and separated config arguments, stops scanning at `--`, canonicalizes discovered config paths, and passes the resolved action to project setup.
Resolve and persist trusted configuration paths `crates/cli/src/custom_language.rs`, `crates/cli/Cargo.toml`	The resolver confirms trust interactively and records canonical config paths in a locked JSON store. It can use `AST_GREP_TRUST_DIR` or the platform config directory. Revocation supports a deleted config file.
Report and test trust behavior `crates/cli/src/utils/error_context.rs`, `crates/cli/tests/custom_language_policy_test.rs`	The CLI reports when trust requires an interactive terminal. Tests cover trust persistence, explicit policy overrides, revocation, config argument forms, and non-interactive behavior.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant CustomLanguageResolver
  participant Terminal
  participant TrustStore
  participant ProjectConfig
  CLI->>CustomLanguageResolver: Resolve trust for selected configuration
  CustomLanguageResolver->>Terminal: Request trust confirmation
  Terminal-->>CustomLanguageResolver: Return confirmation
  CustomLanguageResolver->>TrustStore: Persist canonical configuration path
  CustomLanguageResolver->>ProjectConfig: Load custom languages

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to bb360

Trust can be remembered even when the command does not complete setup, and a successful revocation may not survive a power failure. Resolve or explicitly accept those risks before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to bb360

Default-deny behavior, explicit overrides, and interactive confirmation limit exposure. However, the approved configuration identity is not preserved through persistence and loading. Someone able to retarget a configuration symlink during those steps could cause a different configuration’s native code to execute with the CLI user’s permissions.

Retained concerns

High · security · inferred: The canonical configuration identity is not carried from approval to use. Confirmation displays one resolved path, persistence resolves the original path again, and project setup resolves it yet again. Remembered-trust lookup similarly returns only Load. Retargeting an attacker-writable symlink between these steps can persist trust for an unconfirmed target or load an untrusted target using another path’s authorization. This bypass is newly relevant because the stacked base required explicit Allow rather than remembered authorization.

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Security Blast Radius

inferred — Successful configuration substitution reaches native code inside the CLI process. Exposure includes files, credentials, and other resources accessible to that process under its existing permissions; no additional privilege elevation is demonstrated. Exploitation requires an attacker-writable configuration alias or path component and a timing window.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

inferred — An attacker can initially point a configuration symlink at approved target A, then retarget it to malicious target B after confirmation or remembered-trust lookup. Persistence or project discovery resolves B independently, and the unbound Load action permits its native registration. The interactive prompt offers a longer substitution window than ordinary trust lookup. This interleaving is source-supported but was not exercised.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

observed — Unremembered configurations are ignored by default. Explicit Ignore and Revoke skip native registration; Trust requires interactive confirmation. Static symlink canonicalization aligns project directory selection with the target configuration, but the target identity is not passed alongside authorization to project setup.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

observed — Exclusive writer locking prevents competing read-modify-write operations from losing committed updates. Authorization reads remain snapshots: revocation does not cancel an invocation that already obtained Load, and a subsequently committed, confirmed Trust can reinsert an entry. These semantics do not alone establish an unauthorized revocation bypass.

Hardening Proposals

proposed — Carry the approved canonical configuration identity through confirmation, persistence, and project setup instead of returning an identity-free Load action. Load from that bound identity and reject target substitution. Add focused alias-retargeting checks while retaining the documented distinction between path authorization and content integrity.

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HerringtonDarkholme · 2026-09-28T05:19:14Z

Simplified in 3ffc22c: removed the bootstrap/project-routing refactor and the extra directory dependency. The PR is now limited to the two policy variants, a compact trust-store helper, and focused lifecycle coverage.

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… v0.50.0 [fix: require opt-in for custom language libraries - #2960](ast-grep/ast-grep#2960) [feat(cli): add trust and revoke custom language policies - #2972](ast-grep/ast-grep#2972)

[fix: require opt-in for custom language libraries - #2960](ast-grep/ast-grep#2960) [feat(cli): add trust and revoke custom language policies - #2972](ast-grep/ast-grep#2972)

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