Add network egress allowlist guard for the HTTP client

README.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 ## Table of Contents
 
+- [What's new (2026-06-19) — Network Egress Allowlist Guard](#whats-new-2026-06-19--network-egress-allowlist-guard)
 - [What's new (2026-06-19) — Just-In-Time Credential Leases](#whats-new-2026-06-19--just-in-time-credential-leases)
 - [What's new (2026-06-19) — Maker-Checker Approval Gate](#whats-new-2026-06-19--maker-checker-approval-gate)
 - [What's new (2026-06-19) — Plugin SDK](#whats-new-2026-06-19--plugin-sdk)
@@ -86,6 +87,12 @@
 
 ---
 
+## What's new (2026-06-19) — Network Egress Allowlist Guard
+
+Pin which hosts automation may reach. Full reference: [`docs/source/Eng/doc/new_features/v34_features_doc.rst`](docs/source/Eng/doc/new_features/v34_features_doc.rst).
+
+- **`EgressPolicy` / `set_egress_policy`** (`AC_egress_allow` / `AC_egress_check` / `AC_egress_reset`, `ac_*`): an allow list (default-deny) and/or deny list of `fnmatch` host globs (`*.example.com`) consulted by **every** `http_request` (so `AC_http` and all features built on it are covered at once). Blocked hosts raise `EgressBlocked` *before* a socket opens. Starts in allow-all mode — no behavior change until an operator locks egress down. Closes the exfiltration surface for unattended automation.
+
 ## What's new (2026-06-19) — Just-In-Time Credential Leases
 
 Zero standing privilege for secrets. Full reference: [`docs/source/Eng/doc/new_features/v33_features_doc.rst`](docs/source/Eng/doc/new_features/v33_features_doc.rst).

README/README_zh-CN.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 ## 目录
 
+- [本次更新 (2026-06-19) — 网络出口允许清单守卫](#本次更新-2026-06-19--网络出口允许清单守卫)
 - [本次更新 (2026-06-19) — 即时凭证租约](#本次更新-2026-06-19--即时凭证租约)
 - [本次更新 (2026-06-19) — Maker-Checker 审批闸门](#本次更新-2026-06-19--maker-checker-审批闸门)
 - [本次更新 (2026-06-19) — Plugin SDK](#本次更新-2026-06-19--plugin-sdk)
@@ -85,6 +86,12 @@
 
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+## 本次更新 (2026-06-19) — 网络出口允许清单守卫
+
+钉选自动化可连线的主机。完整参考:[`docs/source/Zh/doc/new_features/v34_features_doc.rst`](../docs/source/Zh/doc/new_features/v34_features_doc.rst)。
+
+- **`EgressPolicy` / `set_egress_policy`**(`AC_egress_allow` / `AC_egress_check` / `AC_egress_reset`、`ac_*`):允许清单(默认拒绝)与/或拒绝清单,使用 `fnmatch` 主机通配符(`*.example.com`),由**每一次** `http_request` 咨询(因此 `AC_http` 与所有以其为基础的功能一次涵盖)。被封锁的主机会在 socket 打开**之前**抛出 `EgressBlocked`。以 allow-all 模式启动 —— 操作者锁定前不改变任何行为。封闭无人值守自动化的数据外泄面。
+
 ## 本次更新 (2026-06-19) — 即时凭证租约
 
 密钥的零常驻权限。完整参考:[`docs/source/Zh/doc/new_features/v33_features_doc.rst`](../docs/source/Zh/doc/new_features/v33_features_doc.rst)。

README/README_zh-TW.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 ## 目錄
 
+- [本次更新 (2026-06-19) — 網路出口允許清單守衛](#本次更新-2026-06-19--網路出口允許清單守衛)
 - [本次更新 (2026-06-19) — 即時憑證租約](#本次更新-2026-06-19--即時憑證租約)
 - [本次更新 (2026-06-19) — Maker-Checker 審批閘門](#本次更新-2026-06-19--maker-checker-審批閘門)
 - [本次更新 (2026-06-19) — Plugin SDK](#本次更新-2026-06-19--plugin-sdk)
@@ -85,6 +86,12 @@
 
 ---
 
+## 本次更新 (2026-06-19) — 網路出口允許清單守衛
+
+釘選自動化可連線的主機。完整參考:[`docs/source/Zh/doc/new_features/v34_features_doc.rst`](../docs/source/Zh/doc/new_features/v34_features_doc.rst)。
+
+- **`EgressPolicy` / `set_egress_policy`**(`AC_egress_allow` / `AC_egress_check` / `AC_egress_reset`、`ac_*`):允許清單(預設拒絕)與/或拒絕清單,使用 `fnmatch` 主機萬用字元(`*.example.com`),由**每一次** `http_request` 諮詢(因此 `AC_http` 與所有以其為基礎的功能一次涵蓋)。被封鎖的主機會在 socket 開啟**之前**拋出 `EgressBlocked`。以 allow-all 模式啟動 —— 操作者鎖定前不改變任何行為。封閉無人值守自動化的資料外洩面。
+
 ## 本次更新 (2026-06-19) — 即時憑證租約
 
 密鑰的零常駐權限。完整參考:[`docs/source/Zh/doc/new_features/v33_features_doc.rst`](../docs/source/Zh/doc/new_features/v33_features_doc.rst)。

docs/source/Eng/doc/new_features/v34_features_doc.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+Network Egress Allowlist Guard
+==============================
+
+Unattended automation that can reach arbitrary hosts is an exfiltration risk.
+``EgressPolicy`` lets an operator pin which hosts the headless HTTP client may
+talk to. It is consulted by every
+:func:`~je_auto_control.utils.http_client.http_client.http_request` call (and
+therefore by ``AC_http`` and every feature built on it), so locking egress down
+covers the whole framework at once.
+
+The policy supports an **allow** list (default-deny — only matching hosts pass)
+and/or a **deny** list (block these even when otherwise allowed). Patterns are
+case-insensitive :mod:`fnmatch` globs over the URL hostname, e.g.
+``*.example.com`` or ``localhost``. The module-level policy starts in
+*allow-all* mode, so there is **no behavior change** until an operator locks it
+down. Pure standard library; imports no ``PySide6``.
+
+Headless API
+------------
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from je_auto_control import set_egress_policy, EgressBlocked, http_request
+
+    set_egress_policy(allow=["*.internal.corp", "api.example.com"])
+
+    http_request("https://api.example.com/v1")     # ok
+    try:
+        http_request("https://evil.test/")          # raises before connecting
+    except EgressBlocked:
+        ...
+
+    set_egress_policy(None, None)                    # back to allow-all
+
+Modes: ``allow=None`` is allow-all; ``allow=[]`` denies everything;
+``deny=[...]`` alone blocks just those hosts. ``allow`` / ``deny`` each accept a
+list or a single comma-separated string. ``get_egress_policy().is_allowed(url)``
+checks a URL without raising; ``EgressPolicy(allow=..., deny=...)`` builds an
+independent policy object.
+
+Executor commands
+-----------------
+
+================================ ===================================================
+Command                          Effect
+================================ ===================================================
+``AC_egress_allow``              Lock the HTTP client to ``allow`` / ``deny`` lists.
+``AC_egress_check``              Report ``{allowed}`` for a URL (does not raise).
+``AC_egress_reset``              Clear the policy back to allow-all.
+================================ ===================================================
+
+The same operations are exposed as MCP tools (``ac_egress_allow`` /
+``ac_egress_check`` / ``ac_egress_reset``) and as Script Builder commands under
+**Tools**.

docs/source/Eng/eng_index.rst

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Comprehensive guides for all AutoControl features.
    doc/new_features/v31_features_doc
    doc/new_features/v32_features_doc
    doc/new_features/v33_features_doc
+   doc/new_features/v34_features_doc
    doc/ocr_backends/ocr_backends_doc
    doc/observability/observability_doc
    doc/operations_layer/operations_layer_doc

docs/source/Zh/doc/new_features/v34_features_doc.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+網路出口允許清單守衛
+====================
+
+能連到任意主機的無人值守自動化是一種資料外洩風險。``EgressPolicy`` 讓操作者釘選無頭
+HTTP 用戶端可連線的主機。它會被每一次
+:func:`~je_auto_control.utils.http_client.http_client.http_request` 呼叫(因而也包含
+``AC_http`` 與所有以其為基礎的功能)所諮詢,因此鎖定出口即可一次涵蓋整個框架。
+
+此策略支援**允許(allow)**清單(預設拒絕 —— 僅符合的主機可通過)與/或**拒絕
+(deny)**清單(即使其他情況允許也封鎖)。樣式為對 URL 主機名稱進行不分大小寫的
+:mod:`fnmatch` 萬用比對,例如 ``*.example.com`` 或 ``localhost``。模組層級的策略以
+*allow-all* 模式啟動,因此在操作者鎖定前**不會改變任何行為**。純標準函式庫,不匯入
+``PySide6``。
+
+無頭 API
+--------
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from je_auto_control import set_egress_policy, EgressBlocked, http_request
+
+    set_egress_policy(allow=["*.internal.corp", "api.example.com"])
+
+    http_request("https://api.example.com/v1")     # 通過
+    try:
+        http_request("https://evil.test/")          # 連線前即拋出
+    except EgressBlocked:
+        ...
+
+    set_egress_policy(None, None)                    # 回到 allow-all
+
+模式:``allow=None`` 為 allow-all;``allow=[]`` 拒絕一切;單獨給 ``deny=[...]`` 僅封鎖
+那些主機。``allow`` / ``deny`` 皆可接受清單或單一逗號分隔字串。
+``get_egress_policy().is_allowed(url)`` 可在不拋出例外的情況下檢查 URL;
+``EgressPolicy(allow=..., deny=...)`` 則建立獨立的策略物件。
+
+執行器指令
+----------
+
+================================ ===================================================
+指令                             效果
+================================ ===================================================
+``AC_egress_allow``              將 HTTP 用戶端鎖定到 ``allow`` / ``deny`` 清單。
+``AC_egress_check``              回報 URL 的 ``{allowed}``(不拋出例外)。
+``AC_egress_reset``              將策略清回 allow-all。
+================================ ===================================================
+
+相同操作亦提供為 MCP 工具(``ac_egress_allow`` / ``ac_egress_check`` /
+``ac_egress_reset``),以及 Script Builder 中 **Tools** 分類下的指令。

docs/source/Zh/zh_index.rst

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ AutoControl 所有功能的完整使用指南。
    doc/new_features/v31_features_doc
    doc/new_features/v32_features_doc
    doc/new_features/v33_features_doc
+   doc/new_features/v34_features_doc
    doc/ocr_backends/ocr_backends_doc
    doc/observability/observability_doc
    doc/operations_layer/operations_layer_doc

je_auto_control/__init__.py

@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@
     ApprovalGate, CredentialBroker, CredentialBrokerError, default_broker,
     set_secret_resolver,
 )
+# Network egress allowlist guard for the headless HTTP client
+from je_auto_control.utils.egress import (
+    EgressBlocked, EgressPolicy, get_egress_policy, set_egress_policy,
+)
 # Background popup/interrupt watchdog (unattended automation)
 from je_auto_control.utils.watchdog import (
     PopupWatchdog, WatchdogRule, default_popup_watchdog,
@@ -645,6 +649,7 @@ def start_autocontrol_gui(*args, **kwargs):
     "COMMANDS_GROUP", "discover_plugins", "load_plugins",
     "ApprovalGate", "CredentialBroker", "CredentialBrokerError",
     "default_broker", "set_secret_resolver",
+    "EgressBlocked", "EgressPolicy", "get_egress_policy", "set_egress_policy",
     # MCP server
     "AuditLogger", "HttpMCPServer", "MCPContent", "MCPPrompt",
     "MCPPromptArgument", "MCPResource", "MCPServer", "MCPTool",

je_auto_control/gui/script_builder/command_schema.py

@@ -751,6 +751,27 @@ def _add_misc_specs(specs: List[CommandSpec]) -> None:
         fields=(),
         description="List active leases (token, name, ttl_remaining).",
     ))
+    specs.append(CommandSpec(
+        "AC_egress_allow", "Tools", "Egress: Set Allowlist",
+        fields=(
+            FieldSpec("allow", FieldType.STRING, optional=True,
+                      placeholder="*.example.com, api.foo.com"),
+            FieldSpec("deny", FieldType.STRING, optional=True,
+                      placeholder="bad.example.com"),
+        ),
+        description="Lock the HTTP client to an egress allow/deny policy.",
+    ))
+    specs.append(CommandSpec(
+        "AC_egress_check", "Tools", "Egress: Check URL",
+        fields=(FieldSpec("url", FieldType.STRING,
+                          placeholder="https://api.example.com"),),
+        description="Report whether a URL is permitted by the egress policy.",
+    ))
+    specs.append(CommandSpec(
+        "AC_egress_reset", "Tools", "Egress: Reset (allow-all)",
+        fields=(),
+        description="Clear the egress policy back to allow-all.",
+    ))
     specs.append(CommandSpec(
         "AC_generate_sop", "Report", "Generate SOP Document",
         fields=(

je_auto_control/utils/egress/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"""Network egress allowlist guard for the headless HTTP client."""
+from je_auto_control.utils.egress.egress_policy import (
+    EgressBlocked, EgressPolicy, get_egress_policy, set_egress_policy,
+)
+
+__all__ = [
+    "EgressBlocked", "EgressPolicy", "get_egress_policy", "set_egress_policy",
+]

je_auto_control/utils/egress/egress_policy.py

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+"""Network egress allowlist guard.
+
+Unattended automation that can reach arbitrary hosts is an exfiltration risk.
+``EgressPolicy`` lets an operator pin which hosts the headless HTTP client may
+talk to: an **allow** list (default-deny — only matching hosts pass) and/or a
+**deny** list (block these even if otherwise allowed). Patterns are case-
+insensitive :mod:`fnmatch` globs over the URL hostname, e.g. ``*.example.com``
+or ``localhost``.
+
+A module-level :data:`default_policy` is consulted by
+:func:`je_auto_control.utils.http_client.http_client.http_request`. It starts
+in *allow-all* mode, so there is no behavior change until an operator calls
+:func:`set_egress_policy`; once an allow list is set, egress is locked down.
+
+Pure standard library; imports no ``PySide6``.
+"""
+import fnmatch
+from typing import List, Optional, Sequence, Union
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+Patterns = Optional[Union[str, Sequence[str]]]
+
+
+def _as_patterns(value: Patterns) -> Optional[List[str]]:
+    """Normalise ``None`` / a comma-string / an iterable to a lowercase list."""
+    if value is None:
+        return None
+    items = value.split(",") if isinstance(value, str) else list(value)
+    return [str(item).strip().lower() for item in items if str(item).strip()]
+
+
+class EgressBlocked(ValueError):
+    """Raised when a URL's host is not permitted by the egress policy."""
+
+
+def _host_of(url: str) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Return the lowercase hostname of ``url``, or ``None`` if absent."""
+    host = urlparse(url).hostname
+    return host.lower() if host else None
+
+
+class EgressPolicy:
+    """An allow/deny policy over outbound HTTP(S) hostnames."""
+
+    def __init__(self, allow: Patterns = None, deny: Patterns = None) -> None:
+        """``allow=None`` means allow-all; ``allow=[]`` means deny everything."""
+        self._allow: Optional[List[str]] = None
+        self._deny: List[str] = []
+        self.configure(allow, deny)
+
+    def configure(self, allow: Patterns = None, deny: Patterns = None) -> None:
+        """Reset the allow/deny patterns in place (``allow=None`` is allow-all).
+
+        Each list accepts a sequence of patterns or a single comma-separated
+        string, so visual-builder and JSON-action inputs both work.
+        """
+        self._allow = _as_patterns(allow)
+        self._deny = _as_patterns(deny) or []
+
+    @property
+    def allow(self) -> Optional[List[str]]:
+        """The allow patterns (``None`` when unset / allow-all)."""
+        return list(self._allow) if self._allow is not None else None
+
+    @property
+    def deny(self) -> List[str]:
+        """The deny patterns."""
+        return list(self._deny)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _matches(host: str, patterns: List[str]) -> bool:
+        return any(fnmatch.fnmatch(host, pattern) for pattern in patterns)
+
+    def is_allowed(self, url: str) -> bool:
+        """Return whether ``url``'s host is permitted by this policy."""
+        if self._allow is None and not self._deny:
+            return True  # allow-all: no policy configured
+        host = _host_of(url)
+        if host is None:
+            return False
+        if self._matches(host, self._deny):
+            return False
+        if self._allow is None:
+            return True  # deny-list-only mode
+        return self._matches(host, self._allow)
+
+    def check(self, url: str) -> None:
+        """Raise :class:`EgressBlocked` if ``url``'s host is not permitted."""
+        if not self.is_allowed(url):
+            raise EgressBlocked(
+                f"egress to {_host_of(url)!r} is blocked by the egress policy")
+
+
+default_policy = EgressPolicy()
+
+
+def get_egress_policy() -> EgressPolicy:
+    """Return the module-level policy consulted by the HTTP client."""
+    return default_policy
+
+
+def set_egress_policy(allow: Patterns = None,
+                      deny: Patterns = None) -> EgressPolicy:
+    """Reconfigure the module-level policy; ``allow=None, deny=None`` is allow-all."""
+    default_policy.configure(allow, deny)
+    return default_policy

je_auto_control/utils/executor/action_executor.py

@@ -2946,6 +2946,27 @@ def _lease_active() -> Dict[str, Any]:
     return {"leases": default_broker.active()}
 
 
+def _egress_allow(allow: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+                  deny: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """Adapter: lock the HTTP client to an egress allow/deny policy."""
+    from je_auto_control.utils.egress import set_egress_policy
+    policy = set_egress_policy(allow, deny)
+    return {"allow": policy.allow, "deny": policy.deny}
+
+
+def _egress_check(url: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """Adapter: report whether ``url`` is permitted by the egress policy."""
+    from je_auto_control.utils.egress import get_egress_policy
+    return {"allowed": get_egress_policy().is_allowed(url)}
+
+
+def _egress_reset() -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """Adapter: clear the egress policy back to allow-all."""
+    from je_auto_control.utils.egress import set_egress_policy
+    set_egress_policy(None, None)
+    return {"allow": None, "deny": []}
+
+
 class Executor:
     """
     Executor
@@ -3185,6 +3206,9 @@ def __init__(self):
             "AC_lease_valid": _lease_valid,
             "AC_revoke_lease": _revoke_lease,
             "AC_lease_active": _lease_active,
+            "AC_egress_allow": _egress_allow,
+            "AC_egress_check": _egress_check,
+            "AC_egress_reset": _egress_reset,
             "AC_a11y_record_start": _a11y_record_start,
             "AC_a11y_record_stop": _a11y_record_stop,
             "AC_a11y_record_events": _a11y_record_events,

je_auto_control/utils/http_client/http_client.py

@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ def http_request(url: str, method: str = "GET",
     can assert on status codes.
     """
     _validate_url(url)
+    from je_auto_control.utils.egress.egress_policy import get_egress_policy
+    get_egress_policy().check(url)  # allow-all unless an operator locked it down
     request = urllib.request.Request(
         url, data=_encode_body(json_body, data), method=str(method).upper(),
         headers=_build_headers(headers, json_body, auth))