TelemetryShield – Static AST Instrumentation Integrity Guard

🔍 ARCHITECTURAL COMPLIANCE SECURED. ENFORCING TELEMETRY INTEGRITY AUDIT BLUEPRINT ONLY.

--- INPUT — live/scan1.py ---
"""Live run 1: tracing span removed during refactor."""
from opentelemetry import trace

tracer = trace.get_tracer(name)

def process(records):
    for record in records:

    # process_record span removed during refactor
    result = transform(record)
    save(result)

--- INPUT — live/scan2.py ---
"""Live run 2: metric renamed and log call removed without authorization."""
import logging

logger = logging.getLogger(name)

def handle(request):
# logger.info("handling request %s", request.id) removed
counter.add(1, {"metric": "items_done"}) # was 'records_processed'
return build_response(request)

--- AUDIT OUTPUT ---

{
  "audit_status": "CRITICAL",
  "findings": [
    {
      "id": "f1",
      "file": "live/scan1.py",
      "line": 9,
      "severity": "HIGH",
      "signature": "OBSERVABILITY_REGRESSION",

  "message": "tracing span 'process_record' was removed from the patched file",
  "snippet": "# process_record span removed during refactor"

    },
    {
      "id": "f2",
      "file": "live/scan2.py",
      "line": 10,
      "severity": "MEDIUM",
      "signature": "TELEMETRY_LAYOUT_MUTATION",

  "message": "metric name changed from 'records_processed' to 'items_done' without authorization",
  "snippet": "counter.add(1, {\"metric\": \"items_done\"})"

    },
    {
      "id": "f3",
      "file": "live/scan2.py",
      "line": 9,
      "severity": "HIGH",
      "signature": "UNAUTHORIZED_INSTRUMENTATION_REMOVAL",

  "message": "removal of logger.info call has no explicit user authorization",
  "snippet": "# logger.info(\"handling request %s\", request.id)  removed"

    }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "version": "1.2.0",
    "timestamp": "2026-10-16T12:00:00Z",
    "files_scanned": 2,
    "calls_found": 3
  }
}

--- VALIDATOR ---
PASS: live/live_run_report.json
Live run: PASS — 2 files evaluated, 3 structural instrumentation defects quarantined.