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docs(proof): update PROOF-NEEDS to reflect PA1+PA2 completion
PatternCompleteness.idr (PA1) and ClassificationSoundness.idr (PA2) were already written and in place. PROOF-NEEDS.md now documents their existence, what each proves, and correctly marks priority as MEDIUM (was HIGH). Remaining: PA3 (phantom-dep classification) + PA4 (attestation chain) — both are lower-risk properties now that dispatch completeness is formally proved. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## Current State
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- **src/abi/*.idr**: YES `Types.idr`
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- **src/abi/*.idr**: 3 files `Types.idr`, `PatternCompleteness.idr` (PA1 ✅ 2026-04-11), `ClassificationSoundness.idr` (PA2 ✅ 2026-04-11)
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- **Dangerous patterns**: 0 in own code (3 references are in the analyzer that DETECTS believe_me in other repos); 282 `unwrap()` calls
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- **LOC**: ~31,700 (Rust)
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- **ABI layer**: Minimal Idris2 types
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- **ABI layer**: Idris2 with completeness + soundness proofs
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## What Needs Proving
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## Completed Proofs
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| Proof | File | What it proves |
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| PA1 Pattern detection completeness | `src/abi/PatternCompleteness.idr` | All 47 `Lang` constructors have an analyzer; all 20 `WPCategory` constructors have at least one detector; cross-language checks applied unconditionally to all languages. `completeScanForAll` is the top-level theorem. |
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| PA2 Classification soundness | `src/abi/ClassificationSoundness.idr` | Severity (Low/Medium/High/Critical) is totally ordered (`LTE`); `maxSeverity` is commutative and idempotent; numeric ABI encoding preserves the ordering. |
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## What Still Needs Proving
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| Component | What | Why |
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| Assail analyzer soundness | Pattern detection has no false negatives for critical patterns | Security scanner missing a vulnerability is its worst failure mode |
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| Assail analyzer completeness | No false positives for clean code | False positives erode trust and cause alert fatigue |
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| SARIF report correctness | Generated SARIF is well-formed and semantically correct | Malformed SARIF breaks CI/CD pipeline integration |
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| Bridge classify | CVE classification is correct | Wrong CVE classification leads to wrong mitigation |
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| Bridge reachability | Reachability analysis is sound | Unreachable code marked reachable wastes effort; reachable code missed is a security gap |
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| Bridge reachability soundness | Reachability analysis is sound (no reachable dep wrongly classified as phantom) | Unreachable code marked reachable wastes effort; reachable missed = security gap |
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| Attestation chain unforgeability | Intent/evidence/seal triple is cryptographically bound; tampering detectable | Tampered attestations break trust chain |
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| Kanren taint analysis | Taint propagation tracks all tainted data flows | Missed taint flow means missed vulnerability |
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| Attestation chain | Attestation envelope integrity is unforgeable | Tampered attestations break trust chain |
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| Bridge lockfile parsing | Lockfile parser extracts correct dependency versions | Wrong versions mean wrong vulnerability matching |
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## Recommended Prover
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**Idris2**Extend `src/abi/Types.idr` with analyzer soundness/completeness types. Taint analysis correctness proofs could use **Agda** with relational semantics. The 282 unwrap() calls are a significant debt.
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**Idris2**Already in use. Taint analysis correctness proofs could use **Agda** with relational semantics. The 282 unwrap() calls are a significant debt (but separate from the proof obligations).
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## Priority
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**HIGH** — panic-attacker is the pre-commit security scanner used across all repos. If it has false negatives, vulnerabilities slip through the entire ecosystem. Analyzer soundness is the single most important proof in this repo.
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**MEDIUM** (was HIGH) — PA1 and PA2 completed 2026-04-11. The highest-risk false-negative scenario (analyzer dispatch completeness) is now formally proved. Remaining proofs are deeper semantic properties.

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