Preserve runtime log evidence verbatim

runtime/dependencies.go

@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ func (executor LifecycleExecutor) runDependencyProbe(ctx context.Context, probe
 			}
 			return "missing", "declared executable is not available", nil
 		}
-		version := dependencyVersionEvidence(result.Stdout + "\n" + result.Stderr)
+		version := dependencyVersionEvidence(processOutputEvidence(result.Stdout, result.Stderr))
 		if probe.MinimumVersion != "" && !dependencyVersionAtLeast(version, probe.MinimumVersion) {
 			return "missing", "declared executable version is below minimum", nil
 		}
@@ -450,7 +450,6 @@ func serviceProbeCommand(targetOS, service string) (string, []string) {
 }
 
 func dependencySuccess(assignment protocol.RunJobAssignment, input protocol.DependencyExecutionInputResponse, state, evidence string, completed int) LifecycleExecutionResult {
-	evidence = RedactText(strings.TrimSpace(evidence))
 	payload, _ := json.Marshal(protocol.DependencyExecutionEvidence{ProbeKey: input.Probe.Key, PlanKey: input.Plan.Key, PlanDigest: input.PlanDigest, State: state, Evidence: evidence, CompletedSteps: completed})
 	kind := "dependency.check"
 	message := "dependency probe completed"
@@ -461,6 +460,16 @@ func dependencySuccess(assignment protocol.RunJobAssignment, input protocol.Depe
 	return LifecycleExecutionResult{State: lifecycleResultStateSucceeded, Progress: protocol.RunJobProgressReport{Percent: 100, Message: message}, ResultRef: fmt.Sprintf("artifact://jobs/%s/dependencies-result", url.PathEscape(assignment.JobID)), Message: message, ExecutionResult: protocol.RunJobExecutionResult{Kind: kind, Checksum: input.PlanDigest, Summary: message, Content: string(payload)}}
 }
 
+func processOutputEvidence(stdout string, stderr string) string {
+	if stdout == "" {
+		return stderr
+	}
+	if stderr == "" {
+		return stdout
+	}
+	return stdout + "\n" + stderr
+}
+
 func loadDependencyJournal(path string, assignment protocol.RunJobAssignment, digest string) (dependencyJournal, error) {
 	journal := dependencyJournal{Version: 1, JobID: assignment.JobID, Attempt: assignment.Attempt, PlanDigest: digest, State: "pending", UpdatedAt: time.Now().UTC()}
 	body, err := os.ReadFile(path)
@@ -530,11 +539,10 @@ func validSHA256(value string) bool {
 }
 
 func dependencyVersionEvidence(output string) string {
-	lines := splitBoundedLines(output)
-	if len(lines) == 0 {
+	if output == "" {
 		return "version available"
 	}
-	return strings.TrimSpace(lines[0])
+	return output
 }
 
 func dependencyVersionAtLeast(actual, minimum string) bool {

runtime/dependencies_test.go

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (supervisor *dependencyTestSupervisor) Run(ctx context.Context, command Pro
 		if !present {
 			return ProcessResult{ExitCode: 1}, errors.New("not installed")
 		}
-		return ProcessResult{ExitCode: 0, Stderr: "openjdk version 21.0.2"}, nil
+		return ProcessResult{ExitCode: 0, Stderr: "openjdk version 21.0.2\npassword=visible\n/Users/operator/private"}, nil
 	}
 	return ProcessResult{ExitCode: 0}, nil
 }
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ func TestDependencyInstallExecutesTypedPlanAndResumesCompletedSteps(t *testing.T
 	if runner.count("apt-get") != 1 {
 		t.Fatalf("completed package step must not repeat, calls=%+v", runner.calls)
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(first.ExecutionResult.Content, `"completedSteps":1`) || strings.Contains(first.ExecutionResult.Content, "/Users/") {
-		t.Fatalf("dependency evidence is not safe: %s", first.ExecutionResult.Content)
+	if !strings.Contains(first.ExecutionResult.Content, `"completedSteps":1`) || !strings.Contains(first.ExecutionResult.Content, "password=visible") || !strings.Contains(first.ExecutionResult.Content, "/Users/operator/private") {
+		t.Fatalf("dependency evidence was not preserved verbatim: %s", first.ExecutionResult.Content)
 	}
 }
 

runtime/lifecycle.go

@@ -1235,20 +1235,6 @@ func RedactText(value string) string {
 	return redacted
 }
 
-func splitBoundedLines(value string) []string {
-	value = RedactText(value)
-	lines := strings.Split(value, "\n")
-	out := make([]string, 0, len(lines))
-	for _, line := range lines {
-		line = strings.TrimRight(line, "\r")
-		if strings.TrimSpace(line) == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-		out = append(out, line)
-	}
-	return out
-}
-
 // splitRawLogLines only removes the newline framing used by LogEntry. It
 // deliberately preserves every other byte, including blank lines and spaces.
 func splitRawLogLines(value string) []string {