feat(policies): gated policy attachments

app/cli/cmd/attestation_push.go

@@ -122,8 +122,20 @@ func newAttestationPushCmd() *cobra.Command {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to render output: %w", err)
 			}
 
-			// We do a final check to see if the attestation has policy violations
-			// and fail the command if needed
+			// Block if any of the policies has been configured as a gate
+			for _, evaluations := range res.Status.PolicyEvaluations {
+				for _, eval := range evaluations {
+					if len(eval.Violations) > 0 && eval.Gate {
+						if bypassPolicyCheck {
+							logger.Warn().Msg(exceptionBypassPolicyCheck)
+							continue
+						}
+						return NewGateError(eval.Name)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Do a final check in case the operator has configured the attestation to be blocked on any policy violation
 			if res.Status.MustBlockOnPolicyViolations {
 				if bypassPolicyCheck {
 					logger.Warn().Msg(exceptionBypassPolicyCheck)
@@ -158,3 +170,15 @@ var (
 	ErrBlockedByPolicyViolation = fmt.Errorf("the operator requires all policies to pass before continuing, please fix them and try again or temporarily bypass the policy check using --%s", exceptionFlagName)
 	exceptionBypassPolicyCheck  = fmt.Sprintf("Attention: You have opted to bypass the policy enforcement check and an operator has been notified of this exception.\nPlease make sure you are back on track with the policy evaluations and remove the --%s as soon as possible.", exceptionFlagName)
 )
+
+type GateError struct {
+	PolicyName string
+}
+
+func NewGateError(policyName string) error {
+	return &GateError{PolicyName: policyName}
+}
+
+func (e *GateError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("the policy %q is configured as a gate and has violations", e.PolicyName)
+}

app/cli/cmd/workflow_workflow_run_describe.go

@@ -268,7 +268,11 @@ func policiesTable(evs []*action.PolicyEvaluation, mt table.Writer) {
 			msg = strings.Join(violations, prefix)
 		}
 
-		mt.AppendRow(table.Row{"", fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", ev.Name, msg)})
+		name := ev.Name
+		if ev.Gate {
+			name = fmt.Sprintf("%s (gate)", ev.Name)
+		}
+		mt.AppendRow(table.Row{"", fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", name, msg)})
 	}
 }
 

app/cli/main.go

@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ func errorInfo(err error, logger zerolog.Logger) (string, int) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	var gateErr *cmd.GateError
+
 	// Make overrides
 	switch {
 	case v1.IsCasBackendErrorReasonRequired(err):
@@ -101,6 +103,9 @@ func errorInfo(err error, logger zerolog.Logger) (string, int) {
 	case errors.Is(err, cmd.ErrBlockedByPolicyViolation):
 		// default exit code for policy violations
 		exitCode = 3
+	case errors.As(err, &gateErr):
+		// exit code for gate errors
+		exitCode = 4
 	}
 
 	return msg, exitCode

app/cli/pkg/action/attestation_add.go

@@ -173,11 +173,7 @@ func (action *AttestationAdd) GetPolicyEvaluations(ctx context.Context, attestat
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	policyEvaluations, _, err := getPolicyEvaluations(crafter)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting policy evaluations: %w", err)
-	}
+	policyEvaluations, _ := getPolicyEvaluations(crafter)
 
 	return policyEvaluations, nil
 }

app/cli/pkg/action/attestation_status.go

@@ -158,10 +158,7 @@ func (action *AttestationStatus) Run(ctx context.Context, attestationID string,
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("evaluating attestation policies: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		res.PolicyEvaluations, res.HasPolicyViolations, err = getPolicyEvaluations(c)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting policy evaluations: %w", err)
-		}
+		res.PolicyEvaluations, res.HasPolicyViolations = getPolicyEvaluations(c)
 	}
 
 	if v := workflowMeta.GetVersion(); v != nil {
@@ -211,7 +208,7 @@ func (action *AttestationStatus) Run(ctx context.Context, attestationID string,
 }
 
 // getPolicyEvaluations retrieves both material-level and attestation-level policy evaluations and returns if it has violations
-func getPolicyEvaluations(c *crafter.Crafter) (map[string][]*PolicyEvaluation, bool, error) {
+func getPolicyEvaluations(c *crafter.Crafter) (map[string][]*PolicyEvaluation, bool) {
 	// grouped by material name
 	evaluations := make(map[string][]*PolicyEvaluation)
 	var hasViolations bool
@@ -234,7 +231,7 @@ func getPolicyEvaluations(c *crafter.Crafter) (map[string][]*PolicyEvaluation, b
 		}
 	}
 
-	return evaluations, hasViolations, nil
+	return evaluations, hasViolations
 }
 
 // populateMaterials populates the materials in the attestation result regardless of where they are defined
@@ -415,5 +412,6 @@ func policyEvaluationStateToActionForStatus(in *v1.PolicyEvaluation) *PolicyEval
 		Violations:      violations,
 		Skipped:         in.Skipped,
 		SkipReasons:     in.SkipReasons,
+		Gate:            in.Gate,
 	}
 }

app/cli/pkg/action/workflow_run_describe.go

@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ type PolicyEvaluation struct {
 	Type            string             `json:"type"`
 	Skipped         bool               `json:"skipped"`
 	SkipReasons     []string           `json:"skip_reasons,omitempty"`
+	Gate            bool               `json:"gate,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type PolicyViolation struct {