# Review by Staff Security Engineer (Round 2)

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## Security Review Complete — Round 2

**VERDICT: request-changes**

### Key Findings

| Severity | Issue | Impact |
|----------|-------|--------|
| **HIGH** | Budget/time caps not enforced in `_run_auto_in_tui` | Uncapped API spend via TUI auto loop — the CLI path checks `max_budget`/`max_hours` between iterations, but the TUI path has zero budget gates |
| **MEDIUM** | `.colonyos/logs/` not in `.gitignore` | Transcript logs (containing code, tool output, partial secrets) could be accidentally committed to public repos |
| **LOW** | Transcript export (`Ctrl+S`) uses default file permissions | Exported files world-readable instead of `0o600` like the log writer |
| **LOW** | Custom `ceo_profiles` from config never wired to TUI auto loop + config parser skips sanitization | User-defined personas both don't work and wouldn't be sanitized if they did |

### What's Good

- `auto_approve` guard correctly preserved — auto requires explicit opt-in
- Log files use `0o600` via `os.open()` — solid implementation
- `SECRET_PATTERNS` redaction applied before log writes
- `sanitize_display_text` exists for CEO profiles (just not wired through consistently)
- Two-tier Ctrl+C cancellation design is correct
- All 52 tests pass

### Must-Fix Before Merge

1. **Port budget/time cap enforcement** from `auto_command` into `_run_auto_in_tui` — parse `--max-budget`/`--max-hours` and check between iterations
2. **Add `.colonyos/logs/`** to the `entries_needed` gitignore list in `init.py`

Review saved to `cOS_reviews/reviews/staff_security_engineer/20260327_171407_round2_add_support_for_auto_inside_the_tui_the_tui_should_be_the_default_colonyos_exper.md`.
