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[GH-ISSUE #4304] [Feature] Inspect privacy manifests and cross-check required-reason API imports per bundle #1708
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Originally created by @coygeek on GitHub (Oct 16, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/morluto/rea/issues/4304
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Native analysis or decompilation
Current limitation
Add an execution-free Apple operation that finds every
PrivacyInfo.xcprivacyin an app by bundle location, validates it against Apple's closed value sets and validity rules, and cross-checks each Mach-O's imported required-reason API symbols against the manifest of the bundle that contains it, reporting matches, missing declarations, and unknowns, qualified by platform.An analyst examining an iOS or macOS app wants to know what each component declares about tracking, collected data, and required-reason APIs, whether those declarations are valid, and whether each bundle's code imports covered APIs its manifest does not declare. REA cannot answer any part of this.
At release
rea-agents-6.5.0(commit3b79af28e80785afce9f5998d8f03289402a1847),git grep -iforxcprivacy,NSPrivacy,PrivacyInfo, andprivacy manifestfinds nothing, and currentmainadds nothing. The reachable pieces do not interpret the file:inspect_plistparses a manifest when the caller passes its path, but it returns the decoded value verbatim and only projects fiveCFBundle*keys (NativeMacOSProvider.ts#L819-L834, plist.ts#L252-L266)..xcprivacyfile as a genericresource(ArtifactGraphConstruction.ts#L463-L466), or asframeworkwhen its path lies inside a.framework/directory (L456-L457), and the Apple application graph states that it "reports only exact paths and hashes" (appleApplication.ts#L449).inspect_macholists imports, markedexhaustive: false(NativeMachoInspection.ts#L279-L281), but nothing relates them to a manifest.Observed on macOS 27.0.1 (26A434) arm64, Xcode 27.0 (27A266a),
npx -y rea-agents@6.5.0(--versionprints6.5.0): a self-built iOS-family./fixture/Fixture.appwhose executable imports_stat,_statfs, and_mach_absolute_timehas a root manifest withNSPrivacyTrackingtrueand emptyNSPrivacyTrackingDomains, the data typeNSPrivacyCollectedDataTypePhotosOrVideos(Apple spells itPhotosorVideos), and the DiskSpace reason85F4.1underNSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryFileTimestamp.rea inspect-plist ./fixture/Fixture.app --relative-path PrivacyInfo.xcprivacyreturned the dictionary unchanged with"limitations":[]and no verdict on any of the three invalid values;rea inspect-macho ./fixture/Fixture.applisted the imports with no sign that_statfs(DiskSpace) is undeclared.Use cases
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Desired outcome and success criteria
A new operation or a mode of an existing Apple tool (maintainers' choice), on CLI and MCP, accepts an app directory or IPA and returns one Evidence record with coverage, limitations, and provenance:
Contents/Resources/for macOS apps,Versions/<current>/Resources/for macOS frameworks), and whether a manifest is there (path, SHA-256) or absent. APrivacyInfo.xcprivacyanywhere else is listed as unattributed.NSPrivacyTrackingandNSPrivacyTrackingDomainsconsistency; domain shape; accessed-API dictionaries with exactly two keys, a known category, and a non-empty reasons array valid for that category; collected-data dictionaries with exactly four keys, a known data type, BooleanLinkedandTracking, and known purposes. Matching is exact and case-sensitive (NSPrivacyCollectedDataTypePhotosorVideosis valid;PhotosOrVideosis not). Because Apple updates its lists, an unknown value is reported as "not in the documented value set" with the table's source and date. A file that does not decode as a property list is an invalid property list with no per-key verdicts.$INODE64suffix, observed with Xcode 27 clang) and compare them with the manifest of the containing bundle; a loose dylib is covered by the bundle that contains it. Each hit isdeclared,missing,category_ambiguous, ornot_established.getattrlist,fgetattrlist, andgetattrlistatbelong to both FileTimestamp and DiskSpace, so a hit lists both:missingwhen neither is declared,category_ambiguouswhen only one is. A declared category with no matching import is "declared, no import observed", not an error.UserDefaults,creationDate,systemUptime,activeInputModes, volume-capacity URL keys) cannot be established from imports. They arenot_established; an indicative reference may appear as a hint, never asdeclaredormissing.requiredfor iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS;not_requiredfor macOS, with a limitation quoting Apple's platform list;unknownfor absent or conflicting build metadata and for Mac Catalyst, which Apple's list does not name. Validity and collected-data results apply on every platform.dlsymlookups, inline system calls, or stripped metadata), and statically linked SDK code merges into its containing executable, so a hit cannot be attributed to the SDK.Acceptance criteria
Fixture, built with stock Xcode tools (
dyld_info -importsconfirms each import):./fixture/Fixture.app, the app's manifest is found at the root andLib.framework's is absent. Moving the app's manifest toFixture.app/Resources/makes it absent and lists the moved file as unattributed.truewith empty domains (TN3181),NSPrivacyCollectedDataTypePhotosOrVideosoutside the documented set, and85F4.1invalid for FileTimestamp. Changing the data type toNSPrivacyCollectedDataTypePhotosorVideosclears only that finding.NSPrivacyCollectedDataTypeTracking, and an empty reasons array each produce one finding citing TN3183, TN3184, or TN3181 respectively.Fixture,_mach_absolute_timeisdeclared(SystemBootTime),_statisdeclared(FileTimestamp, with that entry's invalid-reason finding linked), and_statfsismissing(DiskSpace). ForLib,_getattrlistismissingwith candidates FileTimestamp and DiskSpace. After a root manifest declaring only FileTimestampC617.1is added toLib.framework,_getattrlistbecomescategory_ambiguous.NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryUserDefaultswithCA92.1yields "declared, no import observed" with anot_establishedlimitation and no error../fixture/Mac.app, the same imports are reported with applicabilitynot_requiredand a limitation naming the iOS-family platforms; a manifest atContents/Resources/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacyis found and validated.Macwith-target x86_64-apple-macos11(imports_stat$INODE64and_statfs$INODE64) yields the same category mapping as the arm64 build.Expected interaction with targets
Read existing files or captured data
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Apple static analysis on the MCP and CLI surfaces: Mach-O import and build-metadata reading, nested-bundle discovery, and a new typed privacy-manifest Evidence result. Validation and the import cross-check stay one issue because both rest on the same per-bundle manifest attribution and Evidence record, and the cross-check links each
declaredhit to that entry's validation findings.Non-goals
Info.plistkeys, includingNS*UsageDescriptionprivacy strings.Verification available so far
I can suggest a sample or manual check
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inspect_pliston each manifest path andinspect_machoon each Mach-O, then compare by hand. The analyst must apply Apple's location table, value sets, and reason codes per bundle, and nothing records the result as Evidence.Possible direction
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PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy"is the required file name for bundled privacy manifests"; collected data types are required "on all platforms" and required reasons APIs "on iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS".Contents/Resources/, macOS frameworks inVersions/A/Resources/; "All privacy manifest files in your app must be valid, containing only the expected keys and values."Contents/Resources/,Versions/A/Resources/, and/for macOS, macOS framework, and iOS-family bundles.getattrlist,getattrlistbulk,fgetattrlist,getattrlistat,stat,fstat,fstatat,lstat; DiskSpace coversstatfs,statvfs,fstatfs,fstatvfs,getattrlist,fgetattrlist,getattrlistat; SystemBootTime coverssystemUptimeandmach_absolute_time().NSPrivacyCollectedDataTypePhotosorVideos, and six purposes.xcprivacy, or required-reason APIs.