fix(policy): expose standard denial reason contract

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Buyer/API gap

Protected main's public DenialReason is returned by Decision::Deny, but it did not participate in Rust's standard Display / std::error::Error ecosystem. Downstream policy adapters therefore had to special-case a foundational fail-closed surface rather than retaining typed denial context through ordinary integration error boundaries.

Current exact state

Protected main is exact 0841d2ab3d8b5e60a03c0a8e818cf438e2716829; current contributor head is exact 248d86cce3c8ad4b58a117abdc12423367731035. The head is ahead 7 / behind 0, its merge base is exactly current protected main, and the current semantic diff remains only three files: CHANGELOG.md, crates/originweave-policy/src/lib.rs, and crates/originweave-policy/tests/denial_reason_error_contract.rs.

TDD and review lineage

Exact test-only head a4bc89cecef374940a7b07f4de3945e4ac218ceb required deterministic credential-free text for every current DenialReason variant and required Error::source() to remain empty before production support existed. The minimal production change adds exhaustive Display plus source-free std::error::Error.

CodeRabbit requested source-backed APA 7th attribution for the standard Rust contracts. The corresponding thread is now resolved and outdated; the branch records the Rust 1.97.1 Display and Error API references without changing policy behavior.

Implemented contract

• deterministic operator-safe text for all current denial variants;
• MissingCapability remains typed without serializing potentially sensitive policy context into display text;
• no fabricated nested source;
• no denial ordering or policy-semantics change; and
• standard-error contract plus primary official references are recorded in CHANGELOG.md.

Exact-current verification

On unchanged head 248d86cce3c8ad4b58a117abdc12423367731035:

• CI run 31973617452: success;
• SAST Semgrep run 31973617447: success;
• Security Scan run 31973617450: success;
• the only returned CodeRabbit inline thread is resolved and outdated; and
• no predecessor-head, stale-base, queued, skipped, synthetic, status-only, or model-only result is promoted to current proof.

Passing automation is not a qualifying independent approval. Live organization rules still require one qualifying approval, latest-push approval, and resolved review threads; protected-main AGENTS.md forbids this scheduled writer from merging, self-approving, altering workflows, adding secrets, weakening checks, tagging, or publishing.

Scope boundary

This changes no policy ordering, capability, origin authority, approval, robots, secret, browser, network, persistence, workflow, or release behavior.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

DenialReason에 결정적인 Display 메시지와 std::error::Error 구현을 추가했다. 모든 변형의 메시지와 source() 부재를 검증하는 테스트와 변경 로그를 추가했다.

Changes

정책 거부 사유 오류 계약

Layer / File(s)	Summary
DenialReason 오류 계약 구현 및 검증 crates/originweave-policy/src/lib.rs, crates/originweave-policy/tests/denial_reason_error_contract.rs, CHANGELOG.md	모든 DenialReason 변형에 고정된 영문 Display 메시지를 추가했다. std::error::Error를 구현하고 중첩된 오류 원인을 제공하지 않는다. 테스트는 메시지와 source() 부재를 검증한다. 변경 로그에 계약을 기록했다.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 52031

The PR makes a localized Rust error-display contract change; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review. A minor changelog citation follow-up remains.

Possibly related PRs

• ContextualWisdomLab/OriginWeave#163: 다른 오류 타입에 동일한 결정적 Display 및 std::error::Error 계약을 추가한다.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	제목은 DenialReason의 표준 오류 계약 공개라는 주요 변경 사항을 정확하고 간결하게 설명합니다.

✨ Finishing Touches

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Inline comments:
In `@CHANGELOG.md`:
- Line 21: Update the changelog entry describing the Display and
std::error::Error contracts to include an in-text citation to the official Rust
API documentation and add a corresponding APA 7th reference entry, without
changing the documented behavior.

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• CHANGELOG.md
• crates/originweave-policy/src/lib.rs
• crates/originweave-policy/tests/denial_reason_error_contract.rs

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