A bare model name without a provider prefix routes through the SDK's
default OpenAI provider, so configuring STRIX_LLM=deepseek-v4-pro with
LLM_API_KEY=<deepseek key> sends that key to api.openai.com and
surfaces a confusing "Incorrect API key" error pointing at the OpenAI
dashboard.
When warm-up fails with an OpenAI-shaped error AND the configured
model is still unprefixed after normalize_model_name, append a hint
that points the user at the '<provider>/<model>' form with concrete
examples.
Five rounds of sweep across the tree. Net ~544 lines removed.
Removed:
- Section-divider banners and one-line section labels (# Display
utilities, # ----- list_requests -----, # CVSS breakdown, etc.).
- Module-level prose docstrings on internal modules. Kept one-line
summaries; trimmed multi-paragraph narration about SDK/Strix
responsibility splits, cache strategies, three-source precedence.
- Internal-helper docstrings that just restate the function name —
caido_api helpers (caido_url, get_client, view_request, etc.),
settings-class one-liners (LLMSettings, RuntimeSettings, ...),
UI helper docstrings.
- Args/Returns blocks on non-LLM-facing internal helpers
(build_strix_agent, render_system_prompt, create_or_reuse,
bootstrap_caido) — kept only the genuinely non-obvious params.
- Internal-history phrasing — "Mirrors main-branch shape",
"pre-SDK harness", "previous lookup matched no attribute".
- Narrative comments inside function bodies that explained what the
next line does, design rationale obvious from the surrounding code,
or "we used to..." asides.
- Trailing periods on every error-string literal across the tool tree.
- Duplicated roundtripTime quirk comment (kept the LLM-facing copy in
tools/proxy/tools.py).
Kept (every one names an upstream bug, vendored-code provenance, or
non-obvious data quirk):
- core/runner.py: SDK replay-with-empty-initial-input + on_agent_end
lifecycle gap.
- runtime/docker_client.py: VERBATIM COPY block of the upstream
_create_container body, pinned to SDK v0.14.6.
- runtime/session_manager.py: NO_PROXY for agent-browser CDP loopback.
- tools/proxy/caido_api.py: generated-pydantic Request.raw quirk,
replay double-history pitfall.
- tools/proxy/tools.py: Caido roundtripTime=0 quirk for proxy
captures.
Both backends share session/version/first-run helpers in
strix/telemetry/_common.py and fire from the same four call sites in
strix/interface/main.py and strix/report/state.py. STRIX_TELEMETRY is
the single toggle for both.
Three critical correctness fixes + six TUI/audit/UX fixes from the
parallel-agent audit. All changes verified by an end-to-end smoke
that builds, persists, and re-hydrates state across two simulated
process boundaries.
Critical (resume integrity):
1. ``bus.cancel_descendants_graceful`` now calls ``_maybe_snapshot``
after mutating the ``stopping`` set. Previously, a process crash
between user-initiated graceful-stop and the next finalize lost
the stop signal — respawned agents would run forever instead of
exiting. ``_respawn_subagents`` also gains a guard that skips
agents in ``stopping`` so a previously-cancelled agent is not
resurrected on resume.
2. ``Tracer.hydrate_from_run_dir`` now **raises** on corrupt
``vulnerabilities.json`` instead of swallowing the exception. The
prior behaviour silently reset ``vulnerability_reports`` to empty,
so the next ``add_vulnerability_report`` would allocate ``vuln-0001``
and overwrite the prior MD on disk — silent data loss.
3. ``--instruction`` passed on resume now reaches the model. The CLI
captures whether the user explicitly passed an instruction
(``args.user_explicit_instruction``) before ``_load_resume_state``
loads the persisted one. ``run_strix_scan`` reads
``scan_config["resume_instruction"]`` and, on resume, sends the
new instruction to root's bus inbox before calling
``run_with_continuation`` (which uses ``initial_input=[]`` for SDK
replay). The inject filter surfaces it on the next turn.
4. ``--resume X`` errors loudly when ``scan_state.json`` exists but
``bus.json`` doesn't. Previously this silently fresh-started in
the same dir, confusing the user who explicitly asked to resume.
TUI / audit / UX:
5. ``Tracer.hydrate_from_run_dir`` now reads ``bus.json`` too and
pre-populates ``tracer.agents`` from the snapshot's ``statuses`` /
``names`` / ``parent_of``. Before this, the TUI tree on resume
showed only currently-running agents; completed/crashed children
from the prior run were invisible.
6. ``Tracer.hydrate_from_run_dir`` also seeds ``self._llm_stats`` from
``bus.stats_live + bus.stats_completed`` so the resume's footer
shows cumulative tokens / requests across the prior run plus the
resume segment, instead of resetting to zero.
7. ``Tracer.save_run_data`` now also writes ``run_metadata.json``
(start_time, run_id, run_name, targets, status), and
``hydrate_from_run_dir`` restores ``start_time`` from it. Prior
behaviour reset start_time to ``now()`` on every Tracer init,
breaking the final report's duration calc on resumed scans.
8. Per-agent todos persist to ``{run_dir}/todos.json`` (atomic write
on every CRUD). ``hydrate_todos_from_disk`` (called from
``run_strix_scan``) reloads them so respawned subagents find
their lists intact. Previously, the module-level
``_todos_storage`` was lost on every process restart.
9. ``_load_resume_state`` validates each ``cloned_repo_path`` from
the persisted ``scan_state.json`` still exists on disk. Previously
a deleted clone dir would let the resume proceed with an empty
source tree, with agents silently scanning nothing.
Bonus: ``bus.finalize`` no longer pops ``parent_of`` and ``names``
for finalized agents. Routing protection (don't accept ``send`` to
finalized agents) comes from the ``statuses[id]`` terminal-state
check in ``send`` itself, so dropping those keys was overzealous and
made completed children invisible in ``view_agent_graph`` and the
TUI tree.
Adds an explicit ``--resume RUN_NAME`` flag that loads the prior
run's persisted scan state from ``strix_runs/<run_name>/scan_state.json``
and replays it (targets, scan_mode, instruction, local_sources,
diff_scope, scope_mode, diff_base) so the user never has to retype
their original args.
The exit panel now suggests ``strix --resume <run_name>`` instead of
``--run-name``. Same single-line, same dim-label / coloured-value
styling as ``Target`` / ``Output`` rows, gated on
``not scan_completed``.
CLI contract:
* ``--resume X`` cannot be combined with ``--target`` (parser error).
* ``--resume X`` errors with a clear message if
``strix_runs/X/scan_state.json`` is missing.
* Fresh runs persist scan_state.json once at the end of setup —
after target normalization, repo cloning, local-source
collection, diff-scope resolution, and final instruction
composition. So whatever the agent saw on first run is exactly
what the resumed run sees.
Internally the resume path stays implicit (presence of bus.json
triggers it inside ``run_strix_scan``); ``--resume`` is a UX layer
that:
1. Sets ``args.run_name = args.resume``.
2. Pre-populates ``args.targets_info`` and friends from disk.
3. Skips the fresh-only steps (target re-parse, repo clone,
diff-scope re-resolution) — the persisted values were already
finalized on the first run.
HARNESS_WIKI.md: drop the "delete the run dir to force fresh"
instruction.
When a scan ends without calling ``finish_scan`` (Ctrl+C, TUI quit,
crash), ``display_completion_message`` now appends one extra line
inside the existing completion panel:
Resume strix --run-name <run_name>
Same ``dim``-label / coloured-value styling as the panel's ``Target``
and ``Output`` rows. Only rendered when ``scan_completed`` is False —
a finished scan doesn't need a resume nudge.
Triggers ``orchestration/scan.py``'s implicit-resume path on the next
invocation (presence of ``{run_dir}/bus.json`` is the trigger), so
the user gets back exactly where they left off — root + every
non-terminal subagent's full LLM history, bus topology, prior
findings.
Covers both ``run_cli`` and ``run_tui`` paths since
``display_completion_message`` is called from ``main()`` regardless
of which front-end ran.
Five gaps from the post-implementation audit, closed:
1. **SDK logger captured.** The openai-agents SDK uses
``logging.getLogger("openai.agents")`` for its own lifecycle events
(Runner.run starts, tool dispatch, model retries, exceptions).
Previous setup only attached handlers to the ``strix`` root, so
SDK-internal events were dropped. Tracked-roots tuple now covers
both, with the same FileHandler/StreamHandler/Filter chain.
2. **Proxy tool exception tracebacks.** Every ``@function_tool`` in
``strix/tools/proxy/tools.py`` returns a JSON error to the LLM via
the ``_err(name, exc)`` helper. The tracebacks were silently
formatted away — the LLM saw the message, the human reading the
log saw nothing. ``_err`` now emits ``logger.exception(...)``
covering all five tools at once.
3. **CLI bootstrap.** ``strix/interface/main.py`` had its module
``logger`` removed by the previous commit and was emitting nothing.
Restored, plus log lines for env validation, docker check, LLM
warm-up, and image pull (debug for already-present, info for
pull, exception for failures).
4. **Docker client.** ``strix/runtime/docker_client.py`` had no
logger. Container creation now logs caps + exposed ports at DEBUG
and the resulting container id at INFO.
5. **PostHog telemetry.** ``strix/telemetry/posthog.py`` had no
logger. Now logs send success/failure at DEBUG, version-detection
failures at DEBUG, and disabled-skip at DEBUG (so the log shows
when telemetry is off, instead of being silent about it).
Every scan now writes a complete log file at ``{run_dir}/strix.log``
captured from the moment ``run_dir`` is resolved through teardown.
Stdlib ``logging`` only — no parallel framework.
New ``strix/telemetry/logging.py``:
* ``setup_scan_logging(run_dir, debug=)`` attaches a ``FileHandler``
(DEBUG, all ``strix.*``) plus a ``StreamHandler`` (ERROR by
default; DEBUG via ``STRIX_DEBUG=1``).
* ``ContextVar``-backed ``scan_id`` and ``agent_id`` injected by a
``Filter`` so every line is auto-tagged across asyncio tasks
without callers passing them explicitly.
* Third-party noise (``httpx``, ``litellm``, ``openai``,
``anthropic``, ``urllib3``, ``httpcore``) capped at WARNING.
* Returns a teardown handle for ``finally`` cleanup.
Wiring:
* ``orchestration/scan.py`` calls ``setup_scan_logging`` once per
scan after ``run_dir`` resolves; sets scan_id; tears down in
``finally``. Adds INFO logs for sandbox bring-up + scan
start/end.
* ``orchestration/hooks.py`` sets/clears ``agent_id`` ContextVar in
``on_agent_start`` / ``on_agent_end`` and emits INFO for agent
lifecycle, DEBUG for every tool start/end and LLM call.
* ``interface/main.py`` drops the ``setLevel(ERROR)`` silencer.
Coverage expanded across ~20 files (orchestration, agents, runtime,
llm, tools, interface, config, skills) with INFO for lifecycle and
DEBUG for verbose detail. Per the system instructions in
``logger.warning(f"…{e}")`` were converted to module logger calls.
Replaces 200+ lines of bespoke env-loader / persist / change-detection
machinery with ``pydantic_settings.BaseSettings`` (already a transitive
of ``openai-agents → mcp``, no new direct dep).
What was wrong with ``Config``:
- 14 knobs flat in one namespace, weak grouping by comment-block.
- ``Config._applied_from_default`` and ``Config._config_file_override``
were externally mutated from ``interface/main.py:532-534``. Private
members were part of the public contract.
- Stringly-typed values: every caller had to coerce
(``int(Config.get("llm_timeout") or "300")``,
``... not in {"0", "false", "no", "off"}``).
- Dead knob: ``strix_llm_max_retries`` declared, persisted, listed in
``_LLM_CANONICAL_NAMES`` — zero readers (``DEFAULT_RETRY``
hardcodes ``max_retries=5``). Dropped.
- ``_LLM_CANONICAL_NAMES`` tuple maintained alongside class vars —
duplicate source of truth.
- ``_tracked_names()`` introspected ``vars(cls).items()`` filtered on
``(v is None or isinstance(v, str))`` — fragile.
- Awkward path: ``strix/config/config.py`` inside ``strix/config/``
with ``__init__.py`` just re-exporting.
- Dual access for the same fact: ``web_search`` read
``os.getenv("PERPLEXITY_API_KEY")`` while ``main.py`` read
``Config.get("perplexity_api_key")``.
New shape:
- ``strix/config/settings.py`` — typed dataclass tree:
``Settings.{llm,runtime,telemetry,integrations}``. Each sub-model is
its own ``BaseSettings`` so it reads env independently. Field-level
``alias=`` and ``validation_alias=AliasChoices(...)`` mirror the
existing flat env-var names — user-facing env contract is unchanged.
Bool fields auto-parse ``"0"``/``"false"``/``"no"``/``"off"``;
int fields auto-coerce.
- ``strix/config/loader.py`` — thin ``load_settings()``,
``apply_config_override(path)``, ``persist_current()`` with module
cache. JSON file reader walks aliases to populate sub-models, dropping
entries already covered by env (so env still wins).
- 13 callsites migrated from ``Config.get("...")`` to
``load_settings().<group>.<field>``.
- ``posthog._is_enabled()`` collapses to one line.
- ``--config <path>`` flow simplified: one
``apply_config_override(...)`` call replaces three lines of
class-private mutation.
Drive-by — drop ``is_whitebox`` from ``scan_config`` dict:
- It was being derived as ``bool(args.local_sources)`` in three places
(``cli.py``, ``tui.py``, ``main.py``) and stuffed into the dict for
``entry.py`` to read back. The fact is fully derivable from
``scan_config["targets"]`` — any target with ``type == "local_code"``.
- New helper ``is_whitebox_scan(targets)`` in ``interface/utils.py``
alongside the other target-classification utilities.
- ``entry.py`` computes once; ``main.py``'s posthog start uses the same
helper. Triplicate derivation gone.
Verified: ruff at baseline (3), mypy at baseline (69). Six smoke tests
pass — defaults / JSON-only / env-wins-over-JSON / alias-chain
fallback / bool parsing / ``is_whitebox_scan``.
The Strix proxy / ``strix/`` model namespace is gone. Users now pass
real provider aliases directly (``anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6``,
``openai/gpt-5.4``, ``gemini/...``, ``openrouter/...``).
Deleted:
- ``STRIX_API_BASE`` constant in ``strix/config/config.py`` (and the
auto-set api_base branch for ``strix/`` models in ``resolve_llm_config``).
- ``STRIX_MODEL_MAP`` and the ``StrixModelProvider`` /
``LitellmAnthropicProvider`` classes from
``strix/llm/multi_provider_setup.py``.
- ``is_anthropic_override`` flag on ``AnthropicCachingLitellmModel``
(only existed because ``strix/<alias>`` resolved to ``openai/<base>``
on the wire while staying Anthropic underneath; with no proxy, the
model-name substring check is enough).
- ``startswith("strix/")`` branches in ``cli.py`` / ``main.py`` /
``dedupe.py`` and the ``uses_strix_models`` env-validation flag.
The new ``build_multi_provider`` registers a single ``anthropic/``
route that wraps litellm in :class:`AnthropicCachingLitellmModel`
(prompt caching). Every other prefix falls through to the SDK's
built-in routing.
Defaults flipped from ``strix/claude-sonnet-4.6`` →
``anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6`` in run_config_factory and
agents_graph/tools.py + corresponding tests.
Tests updated:
- ``test_anthropic_cache_wrapper.py``: drop the override-flag tests.
- ``test_multi_provider_setup.py``: rewrite around the new single
``_AnthropicCachingProvider`` route.
- ``test_tool_registration_modes.py::test_load_skill_import_...``:
load_skill no longer fails when there's no live agent instance — it
echoes the requested skills back with ``success=True``.
Tests: 281/281 passing.
The SDK harness is the only path now; legacy host-side code is gone.
File names no longer carry the ``sdk_`` distinction.
Deleted legacy host-side modules:
- strix/agents/StrixAgent/ (template moved to strix/agents/prompts/)
- strix/agents/base_agent.py, state.py
- strix/llm/llm.py, config.py
- strix/runtime/docker_runtime.py, runtime.py
- strix/tools/executor.py, agents_graph/agents_graph_actions.py
- strix/interface/sdk_dispatch.py + the env-flag dispatch in cli.py
Renamed (drop ``sdk_`` prefix):
- strix/sdk_entry.py → strix/entry.py
- strix/agents/sdk_factory.py → strix/agents/factory.py
- strix/agents/sdk_prompt.py → strix/agents/prompt.py
- strix/tools/<x>/<x>_sdk_tool[s].py → strix/tools/<x>/tool[s].py
- strix/tools/_legacy_adapter.py → strix/tools/_state_adapter.py
- ``_legacy`` aliases inside the wrappers → ``_impl``
CLI + TUI now call ``run_strix_scan`` directly — they build the
sandbox image / sources_path locally and rely on
``session_manager.cleanup`` (called inside ``run_strix_scan``'s finally)
for teardown. Three TUI handlers that reached into legacy multi-agent
globals (``_agent_instances``, ``send_user_message_to_agent``,
``stop_agent``) are now no-ops with a TODO; reconnecting them to the
``AgentMessageBus`` is a follow-up.
Tracer.get_total_llm_stats no longer reaches into the deleted
``agents_graph_actions`` globals — the orchestration hooks now feed the
tracer via ``Tracer.record_llm_usage`` (live + completed buckets).
finish_scan's ``_check_active_agents`` and load_skill's runtime
``_agent_instances`` reach-in are no-op stubs; the
``AgentMessageBus`` is the source of truth post-migration.
llm/utils.py rewritten to keep only the streaming-parser helpers
(``normalize_tool_format``, ``parse_tool_invocations``,
``fix_incomplete_tool_call``, ``format_tool_call``, ``clean_content``).
``STRIX_MODEL_MAP`` moved to ``llm/multi_provider_setup.py`` (its only
remaining caller).
Per-file ruff ignores added for legacy interface modules (TUI / main /
CLI / utils / streaming_parser / tool_components) and tracer.py —
pre-existing PLC0415/BLE001/PLR0915 patterns are out of scope.
Tests: 287/287 passing. Renamed test files to drop ``sdk_`` prefix.
``test_tracer.py::test_get_total_llm_stats_aggregates_live_and_completed``
rewritten to feed ``Tracer.record_llm_usage`` instead of legacy globals.
Test file annotations added so pre-commit's strict mypy passes.
Adds the env-var gate that lets users opt into the SDK harness without
disturbing the legacy default. Per PLAYBOOK §7.1, this is the cutover
mechanism: STRIX_USE_SDK_HARNESS=1 routes scans through run_strix_scan
(the Phase 5 entry point); anything else continues to use
StrixAgent.execute_scan.
- strix/interface/sdk_dispatch.py:
- should_use_sdk_harness(): truthy-string parse of the env var.
- _resolve_sandbox_image(): reads strix_image from Config; falls
back to "strix-sandbox:latest" with a warning if unset.
- _resolve_sources_path(): when --local-sources is given, mounts
its parent so the agent walks down to the source tree; otherwise
creates a per-run scratch dir under XDG_CACHE_HOME/strix/sources/.
Phase 6 will replace this with the legacy clone-into-container
flow once we port that.
- run_scan_via_sdk(): the adapter — translates the legacy CLI
(scan_config dict + argparse Namespace + Tracer) into the keyword
arguments run_strix_scan expects. Returns the SDK RunResult; lets
failures bubble up.
- strix/interface/cli.py: adds the dispatch branch inside the existing
Live/status loop. Legacy default unchanged; SDK path is reached only
when STRIX_USE_SDK_HARNESS is truthy. Two pre-existing lazy imports
hoisted to module level (cleanup_runtime + sdk_dispatch helpers) so
ruff is happy.
Pre-existing legacy lint/type issues surfaced when pre-commit checked
the edited cli.py and chased imports — fixed or ignored in passing:
- utils.py:1052 duplicate ``metadata`` annotation removed.
- utils.py:1251 unused ``# type: ignore[import-not-found]`` for yarl.
- main.py:456 ``panel_parts`` inferred type rejected later string
entries — explicit ``list[Text | str]`` annotation.
- utils.py:resolve_diff_scope_context PLR0912 (16 branches) per-file
ignore — branches map 1:1 to scope-mode × target-type combinations.
Tests: 18 new tests in tests/interface/test_sdk_dispatch.py — env
flag parsing parametrized over truthy/falsy variants, image lookup
with config hit + miss-with-warning, sources path resolution for
local_sources / alternative key names / scratch-dir creation, and
the adapter's kwarg handoff verified against a patched
run_strix_scan (run_name from args + run_name from scan_config
fallback + failure propagation).
Refs: PLAYBOOK.md §7.1 (cutover), §7.2 (rollback).
* fix: --config flag now fully overrides ~/.strix/cli-config.json (fixes#377)
Previously, env vars applied from the default config at module import time
were not cleared when --config was later processed, causing settings from
~/.strix/cli-config.json to leak into runs that specified a custom config.
Track which vars were applied by the initial default-config load in
Config._applied_from_default. In apply_config_override, clear those vars
before applying the custom config so only the custom file's settings take effect.
* Add config override regression test
* Make config override test setup explicit
---------
Co-authored-by: octo-patch <octo-patch@github.com>
Co-authored-by: bearsyankees <bearsyankees@gmail.com>
- Change default model from gpt-5 to gpt-5.4 across docs, tests, and examples
- Remove Strix Router references from docs, quickstart, overview, and README
- Delete models.mdx (Strix Router page) and its nav entry
- Simplify install script to suggest openai/ prefix directly
- Keep strix/ model routing support intact in code
Users can now access the Caido web UI from their browser to inspect traffic,
replay requests, and perform manual testing alongside the automated scan.
- Map Caido port (48080) to a random host port in DockerRuntime
- Add caido_port to SandboxInfo and track across container lifecycle
- Display Caido URL in TUI sidebar stats panel with selectable text
- Bind Caido to 0.0.0.0 in entrypoint (requires image rebuild)
- Bump sandbox image to 0.1.12
- Restore discord link in exit screen
* feat: add to readme new keys
* feat: shoutout strix models, docs
* fix: mypy error
* fix: base api
* docs: update quickstart and models
* fixes: changes to docs
uniform api_key variable naming
* test: git commit hook
* nevermind it was nothing
* docs: Update default model to claude-sonnet-4.6 and improve Strix Router docs
- Replace gpt-5 and opus-4.6 defaults with claude-sonnet-4.6 across all docs and code
- Rewrite Strix Router (models.mdx) page with clearer structure and messaging
- Add Strix Router as recommended option in overview.mdx and quickstart prerequisites
- Update stale Claude 4.5 references to 4.6 in anthropic.mdx, openrouter.mdx, bug_report.md
- Fix install.sh links to point to models.strix.ai and correct docs URLs
- Update error message examples in main.py to use claude-sonnet-4-6
---------
Co-authored-by: 0xallam <ahmed39652003@gmail.com>
- Reuse apply_saved() instead of custom override logic
- Add force parameter to override existing env vars
- Move validation to utils.py
- Prevent saving when using custom config (one-time override)
- Fix: don't modify ~/.strix/cli-config.json when --config is used
Co-Authored-By: FeedClogger <feedclogger@users.noreply.github.com>
- Add Config class with all env var defaults in one place
- Auto-load saved config on startup (env vars take precedence)
- Auto-save config after successful LLM warm-up
- Replace scattered os.getenv() calls with Config.get()
- Add configurable reasoning effort via environment variable
- Default to "high", but use "medium" for quick scan mode
- Document in README and interface error panel
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Rewrite localhost/127.x.x.x/0.0.0.0 target URLs to use host.docker.internal,
allowing the container to reach services running on the host machine.
- Add extra_hosts mapping for host.docker.internal on Linux
- Add HOST_GATEWAY env var to container
- Add rewrite_localhost_targets() to transform localhost URLs
- Support full 127.0.0.0/8 loopback range and IPv6 ::1
- Add PyInstaller spec file and build script for creating standalone executables
- Add install.sh for curl | sh installation from GitHub releases
- Add GitHub Actions workflow for multi-platform builds (macOS, Linux, Windows)
- Move sandbox-only deps (playwright, ipython, libtmux, etc.) to optional extras
- Make google-cloud-aiplatform optional ([vertex] extra) to reduce binary size
- Use lazy imports in tool actions to avoid loading sandbox deps at startup
- Add -v/--version flag to CLI
- Add website and Discord links to completion message
- Binary size: ~97MB (down from ~120MB with all deps)
Introduces scan mode selection to control testing depth and methodology:
- quick: optimized for CI/CD, focuses on recent changes and high-impact vulns
- standard: balanced coverage with systematic methodology
- deep: exhaustive testing with hierarchical agent swarm (now default)
Each mode has dedicated prompt modules with detailed pentesting guidelines
covering reconnaissance, mapping, business logic analysis, exploitation,
and vulnerability chaining strategies.
Closes#152