fix(sandbox): keep read-only strictly zero-grant by dropping the write-allowlist SID from list I
A session that materialized its workspace-write grant and then switched to read-only (or crashed and resumed under read-only) kept a writable workspace for the server lifetime: the standing orphan-SID ACE survived the downgrade and list I still carried the orphan, so the write-restricted pass-2 check granted it. List I is now [logon SID, EVERYONE] only — the standing ACE stays inert under read-only while the unrevoked ACE keeps the re-upgrade free (map hit, no re-propagation). Pinned by the runner's real-token mode-downgrade regression (standing ACE denied under read-only, effective again on re-upgrade), the acl-session mode-switch cycle (nothing under read-only, one materialization on upgrade, no revoke on downgrade), and ConstrainedLanguage pins in both modes.
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@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ The runner creates the restricted token, spawns the wrapped argv under it with t
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Modes (the token's restricting-SID list follows the mode):
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- `workspace-write` (list J = logon SID, Everyone, Authenticated Users, orphan): the workspace and the session's PRIVATE temp subdirectory carry the orphan-SID Write grant; every other write is denied by the token intersection. Authenticated Users stays in the list so the CIM path keeps working (`Get-CimInstance`, `Get-ComputerInfo`); the price is the residual Authenticated-Users-writable surface — notably the C:\ drive root, where standing `AU:(AD)` + `AU:(OI)(CI)(IO)(M)` ACEs admit an AU-confined tree-creation escape — see the design note.
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- `read-only` (list I = logon SID, Everyone, orphan): STRICT zero grants — nothing is writable, and the token also DROPS Authenticated Users for a zero ambient-write surface (the C:\-root escape above is closed). The NUL device is a securable object and is NOT granted (unlike Linux's `/dev/null` sink): `Set-Content NUL` and native `> NUL` writes fail with access denied, while PowerShell's `> $null` redirection keeps working (it discards without opening NUL). The cost is CIM unavailability: the WMI namespace security check fails (`0x80041003`), so CIM cmdlets and `Get-ComputerInfo` (which silently returns incomplete results rather than an error) are unavailable — the model-facing surface documents that contract, not a prompt promise.
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- `read-only` (list I = logon SID, Everyone — NO orphan): STRICT zero grants — nothing is writable, and the token also DROPS Authenticated Users for a zero ambient-write surface (the C:\-root escape above is closed). The orphan stays OUT of list I on purpose: a standing grant ACE from an earlier workspace-write period (a `/permission` downgrade, or a crash-resumed session) remains INERT under read-only because the write-restricted pass-2 check grants only what the restricting list carries — while the unrevoked ACE keeps the re-upgrade free of re-propagation. The NUL device is a securable object and is NOT granted (unlike Linux's `/dev/null` sink): `Set-Content NUL` and native `> NUL` writes fail with access denied, while PowerShell's `> $null` redirection keeps working (it discards without opening NUL). The cost is CIM unavailability: the WMI namespace security check fails (`0x80041003`), so CIM cmdlets and `Get-ComputerInfo` (which silently returns incomplete results rather than an error) are unavailable — the model-facing surface documents that contract, not a prompt promise.
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The `AclSandbox` class (`tempDir: null` disables the temp grant) remains the programmatic API for direct spawns; `AclWriteGrant` is the server-side materialization half of the per-session contract.
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@@ -82,3 +82,4 @@ None directly; the denial surface belongs to the tool layer.
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- **Resuming one session concurrently in two server processes grants two SIDs.** The durable record lives in the session log; both processes read or provision it independently, the per-path lock keeps the DACL merges consistent, and the last-written record wins for future resumes — the losing SID's ACEs are revoked by its own process's dispose. Single-writer session usage (the normal deployment) never sees this.
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- **Read-side confinement and network policy are out of scope** — `WRITE_RESTRICTED` intersects write accesses only; pair this backend with a read-side policy for stronger confinement.
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- **Wide-directory and FAT-volume warnings are deferred** — the UI-side warnings for granting unusually wide directories or FAT-class (non-ACL) volumes are not yet implemented; a FAT volume simply fails the grant loudly.
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- **Both confined modes run `pwsh` in ConstrainedLanguage.** The restricted token trips PowerShell's lockdown detection, so under `read-only` AND `workspace-write` the language mode is ConstrainedLanguage: `Add-Type` (C# compile, P/Invoke), non-core .NET static calls (`[System.IO.*]::`, `[math]::`, `[Environment]::`), COM objects, and reflection fail with `Cannot create type` / `Cannot invoke method` ("only core types") errors, and `$ExecutionContext.SessionState.LanguageMode = 'FullLanguage'` is refused. Core cmdlets, core types (`[string]`, `[datetime]`, `[regex]`, `[guid]`), `-f` formatting, and property access keep working. The `pwsh` tool description teaches this contract to the model; `danger-full-access` calls run unconfined at FullLanguage.
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