# CorpusFetch Method Slice (Zero-Prose Python Stdlib Reference) # Canonical Residual: https://corpusfetch.com/c/what-cost-ceiling-invariants-must-survive-when-an-agents-spend-approaches-its-budget-limit.md # Remnant Warrant: https://corpusfetch.com/c/what-cost-ceiling-invariants-must-survive-when-an-agents-spend-approaches-its-budget-limit.warrant.json # Markdown SHA-256: 5a9dc7d179f796b3e3852ce248d1a6eb493f39013779551df90b71f0ca168120 # Code AST SHA-256: c6aabc66fdee7eb5332b9ec4812a29c3edd364ad08fc3ea7c093687369a03d8d # Verified Classes: BudgetVerdict, BudgetState, BudgetPolicy, BudgetManifest, CostCeilingGuard # Defensive Guards: 0 fail-closed invariants (zero external deps) from dataclasses import dataclass from enum import Enum, auto import hashlib import json class BudgetVerdict(Enum): WITHIN_BUDGET = auto() RESERVATION_REQUIRED = auto() RESERVATION_EXCEEDS_CEILING = auto() CEILING_REACHED = auto() @dataclass(frozen=True) class BudgetState: budget_ceiling: float reserved_amount: float spent_amount: float in_flight_cost_estimate: float has_reservation: bool @dataclass(frozen=True) class BudgetPolicy: overage_allowance_pct: float require_reservation: bool @dataclass(frozen=True) class BudgetManifest: verdict: BudgetVerdict remaining_budget: float directive: str manifest_digest: str class CostCeilingGuard: @staticmethod def _hash(data: str) -> str: return hashlib.sha256(data.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest() @classmethod def evaluate_spend( cls, state: BudgetState, policy: BudgetPolicy ) -> BudgetManifest: effective_ceiling = state.budget_ceiling * (1 + policy.overage_allowance_pct) total_committed = state.reserved_amount + state.spent_amount + state.in_flight_cost_estimate remaining = effective_ceiling - total_committed # Gate 1: Ceiling reached if remaining <= 0: return BudgetManifest( verdict=BudgetVerdict.CEILING_REACHED, remaining_budget=remaining, directive=f"HALT: Budget exhausted. Committed {total_committed:.2f} >= {effective_ceiling:.2f}.", manifest_digest=cls._hash(f"EXHAUSTED:{total_committed:.2f}") ) # Gate 2: Reservation requirement if policy.require_reservation and not state.has_reservation: return BudgetManifest( verdict=BudgetVerdict.RESERVATION_REQUIRED, remaining_budget=remaining, directive=f"ACTION: Reserve budget before executing. Remaining {remaining:.2f}.", manifest_digest=cls._hash(f"NO_RESERVATION:{remaining:.2f}") ) # Gate 3: In-flight cost vs remaining if state.in_flight_cost_estimate > remaining: return BudgetManifest( verdict=BudgetVerdict.RESERVATION_EXCEEDS_CEILING, remaining_budget=remaining, directive=f"HALT: In-flight cost {state.in_flight_cost_estimate:.2f} > remaining {remaining:.2f}.", manifest_digest=cls._hash(f"IN_FLIGHT_OVER:{state.in_flight_cost_estimate:.2f}") ) # Gate 4: Within budget digest = cls._hash(json.dumps({ "ceiling": f"{effective_ceiling:.2f}", "reserved": f"{state.reserved_amount:.2f}", "spent": f"{state.spent_amount:.2f}", "in_flight": f"{state.in_flight_cost_estimate:.2f}", "remaining": f"{remaining:.2f}" }, sort_keys=True)) return BudgetManifest( verdict=BudgetVerdict.WITHIN_BUDGET, remaining_budget=remaining, directive=f"PROCEED: {remaining:.2f} remaining after {total_committed:.2f} committed.", manifest_digest=digest )