Fix ASR scoring: use score-based threshold instead of passed field#46000
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The sync eval API's 'passed' field indicates whether the eval task completed successfully, NOT whether the content passed a safety check. Using 'not passed' to determine attack success always returns False (since passed=True for successful evals), resulting in 0% ASR even for clearly harmful content (e.g. raw_score=5.0 for violence). Fix: Replace passed-based logic with score-based threshold comparison matching _evaluation_processor.py. Use get_default_threshold_for_evaluator() (default=3 for 0-7 scale, 0 for binary) and compare raw_score > threshold. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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This PR fixes Attack Success Rate (ASR) scoring for RAI sync evaluations by removing reliance on the sync eval API’s passed field (which indicates task completion, not safety pass/fail) and instead determining attack success via a score-vs-threshold comparison consistent with the red team evaluation processor.
Changes:
- Update red team scoring logic to compute attack success as
raw_score > get_default_threshold_for_evaluator(metric). - Remove
passedfrom the red team response/score metadata and stop parsingthreshold/passedfrom sync eval results. - Update unit tests to validate default-threshold behavior.
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| sdk/evaluation/azure-ai-evaluation/azure/ai/evaluation/red_team/_utils/_rai_service_eval_chat_target.py | Switches attack-success logic to default-threshold score comparison and updates emitted metadata. |
| sdk/evaluation/azure-ai-evaluation/azure/ai/evaluation/red_team/_foundry/_rai_scorer.py | Switches Foundry scorer attack-success logic to default-threshold score comparison; adds severity-label fallback. |
| sdk/evaluation/azure-ai-evaluation/tests/unittests/test_redteam/test_rai_service_eval_chat_target.py | Aligns expectations with default-threshold scoring and removed passed metadata. |
| sdk/evaluation/azure-ai-evaluation/tests/unittests/test_redteam/test_foundry.py | Aligns Foundry scorer tests with default-threshold scoring and removed passed/threshold fields. |
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…or test - Fix get_harm_severity_level call to pass evaluator=metric_name_str so non-0-7-scale evaluators (e.g. task_adherence) get correct severity labels - Add test_score_async_binary_evaluator_threshold covering binary evaluator threshold (task_adherence, threshold=0) to verify score>0 logic Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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- Extract is_attack_successful() helper into _common/utils.py to avoid duplicating threshold comparison logic across _rai_scorer.py and _rai_service_eval_chat_target.py - Fix get_harm_severity_level call in _rai_service_eval_chat_target.py to pass evaluator name for correct pattern-specific severity labels - Add CHANGELOG entry for 1.16.3 describing the ASR scoring fix Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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…46000) * Fix ASR scoring: use score-based threshold instead of passed field The sync eval API's 'passed' field indicates whether the eval task completed successfully, NOT whether the content passed a safety check. Using 'not passed' to determine attack success always returns False (since passed=True for successful evals), resulting in 0% ASR even for clearly harmful content (e.g. raw_score=5.0 for violence). Fix: Replace passed-based logic with score-based threshold comparison matching _evaluation_processor.py. Use get_default_threshold_for_evaluator() (default=3 for 0-7 scale, 0 for binary) and compare raw_score > threshold. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Pass evaluator name to get_harm_severity_level and add binary evaluator test - Fix get_harm_severity_level call to pass evaluator=metric_name_str so non-0-7-scale evaluators (e.g. task_adherence) get correct severity labels - Add test_score_async_binary_evaluator_threshold covering binary evaluator threshold (task_adherence, threshold=0) to verify score>0 logic Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Deduplicate attack success logic, fix severity labels, add changelog - Extract is_attack_successful() helper into _common/utils.py to avoid duplicating threshold comparison logic across _rai_scorer.py and _rai_service_eval_chat_target.py - Fix get_harm_severity_level call in _rai_service_eval_chat_target.py to pass evaluator name for correct pattern-specific severity labels - Add CHANGELOG entry for 1.16.3 describing the ASR scoring fix Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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The sync eval API's 'passed' field indicates whether the eval task completed successfully, NOT whether the content passed a safety check. Using 'not passed' to determine attack success always returns False (since passed=True for successful evals), resulting in 0% ASR even for clearly harmful content (e.g. raw_score=5.0 for violence).
Fix: Replace passed-based logic with score-based threshold comparison matching _evaluation_processor.py. Use get_default_threshold_for_evaluator() (default=3 for 0-7 scale, 0 for binary) and compare raw_score > threshold.
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