IP Compliance Assessment: 30 governance gaps identified across architecture, security, and quality

[Copilot]

Comprehensive code governance assessment identifying gaps in architecture, code quality, security, documentation, CI/CD, and legal compliance.

Deliverables

IP_COMPLIANCE_ASSESSMENT.md - Full technical assessment

• 30 gaps categorized by severity (8 high, 15 medium, 7 low)
• Each gap: category, description, violated guideline, remediation approach
• Focus areas: Architecture & Layering (4), Code Quality (6), Security (9), Documentation (5), CI/CD (3), Compliance (3)

COMPLIANCE_SUMMARY.md - Executive reference

• Critical issues requiring immediate action
• 3-phase remediation roadmap
• Key metrics and priority matrix

Critical Findings (High Severity)

Security

• CORS allows all origins (allow_origins=["*"])
• No authentication/authorization on API endpoints
• Secrets patterns in .env.template risk accidental commits
• Hardcoded Docker registry credentials in CI/CD

Code Quality

• Test coverage <10% (no tests for main modules: api_routes, blob_processing, dependencies)
• Missing input validation/sanitization across API endpoints

Architecture

• Governance structure absent: .github/copilot-instructions.md, .github/chatmodes/, .github/commands/
• Duplicate evaluator modules (src/containerapp/evaluators/ and src/evaluators/)

Assessment Approach

Analyzed:

• 30+ Python files across src/containerapp, evaluators, frontend
• Infrastructure (Bicep templates, Docker configs)
• CI/CD workflows (azure-dev.yml, docker-image.yml)
• Documentation (README, API docs, CONTRIBUTING)
• Dependencies (requirements.txt for vulnerabilities)

No code modifications made per requirements - assessment and recommendations only.

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>test compliace</issue_title>
<issue_description>## Role
You are acting as a code governance reviewer.

Context

This repository is a brownfield codebase.
Governance rules and best practices are defined in:

• .github/copilot-instructions.md
• .github/chatmodes/
• .github/commands/

Task

Perform an assessment of the repository and identify gaps.

Focus areas

• Architecture & layering
• Code quality & maintainability
• Security & compliance

Output format

For each gap:

• Category
• Severity (low / medium / high)
• Description
• Violated guideline
• Suggested remediation (high level only)

Do NOT refactor code.
</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>/ipCompliance</agent_instructions>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

@unsafecode /ipCompliance

• Fixes Azure-Samples/ARGUS#29

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