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phase, verified, status, score, re_verification
| phase | verified | status | score | re_verification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-power-user-features | 2026-03-26T00:00:00Z | passed | 10/10 must-haves verified | false |
Phase 4: Power User Features Verification Report
Phase Goal: Users can scope capture with BPF expressions and sonify historical pcap files Verified: 2026-03-26 Status: passed Re-verification: No — initial verification
Goal Achievement
Observable Truths
| # | Truth | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BPF filter expressions can be validated without a live socket | VERIFIED | capture/bpf.go exports ValidateBPFFilter; uses go-pcap/filter without opening a handle; TestValidateBPFFilter and TestValidateBPFFilterInvalid both pass |
| 2 | A valid pcap file can be read and packets emitted on a channel | VERIFIED | capture/pcap_reader.go exports ReadPcapFile; uses pcapgo.NewReader; TestReadPcapFile verifies 3 packets emitted and channel closed |
| 3 | Invalid/missing pcap files produce clear error messages | VERIFIED | Error strings "cannot open" and "not a valid pcap file" confirmed in source; TestReadPcapFileNotFound and TestReadPcapFileInvalid pass |
| 4 | Pcap packets are aggregated into time windows using packet timestamps, not wall clock | VERIFIED | aggregate/window.go AggregatePcap uses ev.Timestamp.Sub(minTS).Milliseconds()/windowMs; TestAggregatePcapBasic, TestAggregatePcapMultipleWindows pass |
| 5 | Gap windows (no packets) produce empty snapshots preserving silence | VERIFIED | AggregatePcap initialises all windows with make(map) at creation time; TestAggregatePcapGaps passes |
| 6 | BPF filter can be applied to live capture handles | VERIFIED | capture/capture.go OpenCapture and StartCapture accept filter string; handle.SetBPFFilter(filter) called when non-empty |
| 7 | Software BPF filtering works for pcap file packets | VERIFIED | ReadPcapFile compiles software BPF VM via CompileSoftwareBPF and runs vm.Run(pkt.Data()); TestReadPcapFileWithFilter (tcp only, 2 of 3 packets) passes |
| 8 | User can run netsynth -i eth0 --filter "port 53" and only matching traffic is captured |
VERIFIED | --filter flag registered; ValidateBPFFilter called in run() before capture; bpfFilter passed to StartCapture; TestInvalidBPFFilter and TestFilterFlagRegistered pass |
| 9 | User can run netsynth --read capture.pcap -o out.mp3 and receive a valid MP3 |
VERIFIED | --read flag registered; runPcapMode wired to ReadPcapFile -> classify -> AggregatePcap -> encode.RunSynthesis; TestReadFlagRegistered pass; full build clean |
| 10 | An invalid BPF filter expression produces a clear error before any capture begins | VERIFIED | run() calls capture.ValidateBPFFilter(bpfFilter) before branching to runLiveMode/runPcapMode; TestInvalidBPFFilter confirms error contains "invalid" without capture attempt |
Score: 10/10 truths verified
Required Artifacts
| Artifact | Expected | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
capture/bpf.go |
BPF validation and software filter compilation | VERIFIED | Exports ValidateBPFFilter and CompileSoftwareBPF; 41 lines, substantive implementation |
capture/pcap_reader.go |
Pcap file reading into packet channel | VERIFIED | Exports ReadPcapFile; uses pcapgo.NewReader, software BPF VM, goroutine emitting to channel; 58 lines |
aggregate/window.go |
Timestamp-based aggregation for pcap mode | VERIFIED | Exports AggregatePcap; 71 lines of substantive implementation alongside existing Aggregate |
classify/types.go |
Timestamp field on ClassifiedPacket | VERIFIED | Timestamp time.Time present at line 42 with doc comment |
cmd/netsynth/main.go |
CLI wiring for --filter and --read flags | VERIFIED | Both flags registered, run() branches, runPcapMode and runLiveMode fully wired |
Key Link Verification
| From | To | Via | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
capture/pcap_reader.go |
gopacket/pcapgo |
pcapgo.NewReader |
WIRED | Line 22: r, err := pcapgo.NewReader(f) |
capture/bpf.go |
packetcap/go-pcap/filter |
filter.NewExpression |
WIRED | Line 18: e := gpcapfilter.NewExpression(expr) |
aggregate/window.go |
classify/types.go |
ClassifiedPacket.Timestamp |
WIRED | Lines 29-34, 51: ev.Timestamp.Before/After/Sub |
cmd/netsynth/main.go |
capture/bpf.go |
capture.ValidateBPFFilter |
WIRED | Line 77: if err := capture.ValidateBPFFilter(bpfFilter); err != nil |
cmd/netsynth/main.go |
capture/pcap_reader.go |
capture.ReadPcapFile |
WIRED | Line 169: packets, err := capture.ReadPcapFile(readPath, bpfFilter) |
cmd/netsynth/main.go |
aggregate/window.go |
aggregate.AggregatePcap |
WIRED | Line 196: collectedSnapshots := aggregate.AggregatePcap(classified, ...) |
cmd/netsynth/main.go |
capture/capture.go |
capture.StartCapture with filter |
WIRED | Line 105: capture.StartCapture(ctx, ifaceName, bpfFilter) |
Data-Flow Trace (Level 4)
| Artifact | Data Variable | Source | Produces Real Data | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
cmd/netsynth/main.go runPcapMode |
collectedSnapshots |
aggregate.AggregatePcap(classified, ...) where classified is fed from ReadPcapFile |
Yes — channel drained from pcap file packets with timestamps | FLOWING |
cmd/netsynth/main.go runLiveMode |
collectedSnapshots |
aggregate.Aggregate(ctx.Done(), classified, ...) where classified is fed from StartCapture |
Yes — live packet channel; filter applied at kernel level | FLOWING |
aggregate/window.go AggregatePcap |
snapshots |
Drains events channel, assigns by ev.Timestamp.Sub(minTS) |
Yes — populated from actual packet data | FLOWING |
Behavioral Spot-Checks
| Behavior | Command | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| All tests pass | go test ./... -count=1 |
6 packages: ok | PASS |
| Binary builds clean | go build ./... |
No output (clean) | PASS |
| AggregatePcap gap test | go test ./aggregate/... -run TestAggregatePcapGaps -v |
PASS | PASS |
| BPF invalid filter returns error | go test ./capture/... -run TestValidateBPFFilterInvalid -v |
PASS | PASS |
| Mutual exclusion error | go test ./cmd/netsynth/... -run TestFlagMutualExclusion -v |
PASS | PASS |
| deriveOutputPath derivation | go test ./cmd/netsynth/... -run TestDeriveOutputPath -v |
PASS (5 cases) | PASS |
Requirements Coverage
| Requirement | Source Plan | Description | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPT-05 | 04-01, 04-02 | User can filter captured traffic using BPF syntax via --filter flag |
SATISFIED | ValidateBPFFilter validates before capture; SetBPFFilter applied to live handle; software BPF applied to pcap reads; --filter flag registered in CLI |
| CAPT-06 | 04-01, 04-02 | User can sonify a pcap file instead of live traffic via --read flag |
SATISFIED | ReadPcapFile reads pcap; AggregatePcap does timestamp windowing; runPcapMode end-to-end path to encode.RunSynthesis; --read flag registered in CLI |
No orphaned requirements: REQUIREMENTS.md lists only CAPT-05 and CAPT-06 for Phase 4, and both are claimed by the plans.
Anti-Patterns Found
| File | Line | Pattern | Severity | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | — | — | — | — |
Scan result: No TODO/FIXME/placeholder comments found in phase-modified files. No empty return stubs. No hardcoded empty data flowing to output. NoCopy = false correctly set in pcap_reader.go (not a stub — it is a deliberate safety measure per Pitfall 3).
Human Verification Required
1. Live BPF filter on a real interface
Test: Run sudo netsynth -i eth0 --filter "port 53" on a host with DNS traffic (e.g., run dig google.com in another terminal).
Expected: Only DNS packets are captured; the protocol summary shows DNS counts but no HTTPS/HTTP/other traffic.
Why human: Requires root/CAP_NET_RAW privileges and a live network interface; cannot be run in the test harness.
2. End-to-end pcap-to-MP3 round trip
Test: Run netsynth --read <real-capture.pcap> -o out.mp3 against a non-trivial pcap file (e.g., a Wireshark sample). Verify out.mp3 plays back with audible audio.
Expected: MP3 file is created with non-zero audio content; file size is proportional to pcap duration; bookend messages appear on stderr.
Why human: Requires a real pcap file and subjective audio verification; the test suite only validates the pipeline compiles and wires correctly.
3. --verbose output in pcap mode
Test: Run netsynth --read capture.pcap --verbose with a multi-second pcap file.
Expected: Per-window protocol activity lines printed to stderr as windows are processed before the final summary.
Why human: onSnapshot callback path in runPcapMode is wired correctly in code but the visual output format needs human inspection.
Gaps Summary
No gaps. All 10 observable truths are verified. All five required artifacts exist with substantive implementations. All seven key links are wired. Both CAPT-05 and CAPT-06 are satisfied. The full test suite (6 packages, 27+ tests) passes. go build ./... is clean. The four documented commits (52c6010, d13844f, 09e78bf, 4adb3c4) all exist in git log.
Verified: 2026-03-26 Verifier: Claude (gsd-verifier)