feat(privacy): warn when LLM tier sends content to external API
4 files changed, 248 insertions, 0 deletions. 7 new tests (4 unit + 3 integration), all RED-first. Per @milla-jovovich's question to @igorls during PR #1221 review: users running `mempalace init` with an external LLM provider (Anthropic API, OpenAI hosted, etc.) need a clear, explicit warning that their folder content will be sent to the provider, that MemPalace doesn't control how the provider logs/retains/uses that data, and how to opt out. @igorls confirmed this should be a small follow-up PR scoped to the warning itself, before the v3.3.4 tag. This PR adds: - `_endpoint_is_local(url)` helper in `mempalace/llm_client.py` — URL-based heuristic returning True if the hostname is on the user's machine or private network. Covers: localhost, 127.0.0.1, ::1, hostnames ending in .local (mDNS/Bonjour), IPv4 RFC1918 ranges (10/8, 172.16-31/12, 192.168/16), and IPv6 unique-local addresses (fc00::/7). - `is_external_service` property on the `LLMProvider` base class. Subclasses inherit; the URL determines (no provider-specific hardcoding). This means: Ollama on localhost = local. LM Studio on LAN = local. Anthropic with default `https://api.anthropic.com` = external. A user proxying Anthropic through localhost (advanced setup) = local, no false-positive warning. - One-line warning print in `cmd_init` after successful provider acquisition, gated on `is_external_service`: ⚠ {provider_name} is an EXTERNAL API. Your folder content will be sent to the provider during init. MemPalace does not control how the provider logs, retains, or uses your data. Pass --no-llm to keep init fully local. The warning fires AFTER `LLM enabled: ...` so users see both that the LLM is engaged AND the privacy implications of where it lives, before Pass 0 / entity detection actually runs. LOCAL providers (Ollama on localhost, LM Studio on localhost or LAN, llama.cpp on localhost, vLLM on localhost) DO NOT trigger the warning — nothing leaves the user's machine/network in those configurations. TDD: 7 tests added across 2 files. Unit tests in `tests/test_llm_client.py` (4 tests, all RED-first): 1. test_ollama_provider_default_endpoint_is_local — pins that the default `http://localhost:11434` is classified local. 2. test_openai_compat_provider_localhost_endpoint_is_local — covers the LM Studio / llama.cpp / vLLM common case (localhost, 127.0.0.1, and 192.168.x LAN). 3. test_openai_compat_provider_cloud_endpoint_is_external — pins that pointing openai-compat at https://api.openai.com (or any non-local URL) classifies as external. 4. test_anthropic_provider_default_endpoint_is_external — pins that AnthropicProvider's default endpoint is external (the dominant user-facing case for `--llm-provider anthropic`). Integration tests in `tests/test_corpus_origin_integration.py` (3 tests, RED-first; 1 was the critical RED — the other 2 passed by accident since nothing printed "EXTERNAL API" before this PR): 5. test_init_prints_privacy_warning_when_provider_is_external — captures stdout from cmd_init with a mocked external provider, asserts the warning text contains "EXTERNAL API" + "--no-llm" + language about MemPalace not controlling provider behavior. 6. test_init_no_privacy_warning_when_provider_is_local — same flow with a mocked local provider, asserts the warning text does NOT appear. 7. test_init_no_privacy_warning_with_no_llm_flag — pins the --no-llm path: no provider acquisition attempted, no warning fires. Tests: 1382 total mempalace tests pass. 2 pre-existing environmental failures unrelated to this change (chromadb optional dep). Ruff check + format both clean. Backwards compatible: `is_external_service` is a new property; existing callers don't reference it. The warning is a new print statement that fires only when an external endpoint is acquired. The `--no-llm` opt-out existed before this PR and continues to work identically. Out of scope for follow-up (deliberately not in this PR per Igor's "small PR" guidance): Tailscale CGNAT (100.64.0.0/10) treatment, pre-init confirmation prompt, persistent privacy-mode config flag, explicit cloud-provider name detection. Tracked for future iteration.
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@@ -325,3 +325,56 @@ def test_anthropic_no_key_raises_on_classify(monkeypatch):
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p = AnthropicProvider(model="claude-haiku")
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with pytest.raises(LLMError, match="requires ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"):
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p.classify("s", "u")
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# ── is_external_service property (issue #24 — privacy warning support) ──
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#
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# `is_external_service` is True when this provider's endpoint sends data
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# off the user's machine/network. Used by mempalace init to print a
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# privacy warning before first run when an external API will receive
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# folder content. URL-based heuristic: localhost, 127.x, ::1, .local,
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# RFC1918 (10/8, 192.168/16, 172.16-31/12), and IPv6 ULA (fc/fd::) are
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# all treated as local. Everything else is treated as external.
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def test_ollama_provider_default_endpoint_is_local():
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"""OllamaProvider's default endpoint is http://localhost:11434, which
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must be classified as local — no privacy warning fires for the
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typical user running Ollama on their own machine."""
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p = OllamaProvider(model="gemma4:e4b")
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assert p.is_external_service is False, (
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f"Default OllamaProvider endpoint must be local; got "
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f"is_external_service={p.is_external_service} for endpoint={p.endpoint}"
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)
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def test_openai_compat_provider_localhost_endpoint_is_local():
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"""LM Studio / llama.cpp server / vLLM commonly bind to localhost.
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Those setups must NOT trigger the external-API warning."""
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p = OpenAICompatProvider(model="any", endpoint="http://localhost:1234")
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assert p.is_external_service is False
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p_127 = OpenAICompatProvider(model="any", endpoint="http://127.0.0.1:8000")
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assert p_127.is_external_service is False
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p_lan = OpenAICompatProvider(model="any", endpoint="http://192.168.1.50:1234")
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assert p_lan.is_external_service is False, "LAN (RFC1918) endpoints must be local"
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def test_openai_compat_provider_cloud_endpoint_is_external():
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"""A user pointing openai-compat at OpenAI's hosted API or any other
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non-local endpoint MUST trigger the external warning."""
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p = OpenAICompatProvider(model="gpt-4o", endpoint="https://api.openai.com")
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assert p.is_external_service is True, (
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f"https://api.openai.com must be classified external; got "
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f"is_external_service={p.is_external_service}"
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)
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def test_anthropic_provider_default_endpoint_is_external():
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"""AnthropicProvider's default endpoint is https://api.anthropic.com,
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which is always external by definition. The privacy warning MUST
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fire by default for users who pass --llm-provider anthropic."""
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p = AnthropicProvider(model="claude-haiku-4-5", api_key="sk-test")
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assert p.is_external_service is True, (
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f"Default AnthropicProvider endpoint must be external; got "
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f"is_external_service={p.is_external_service} for endpoint={p.endpoint}"
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)
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