ClawAudit verdict
api-failover
Design guidance and configuration patterns for building LLM API failover routing; explicitly limits scope and does not claim autonomous takeover — local proxy deployment pattern with user-controlled config.
⚠ Flagged for review — coarse, uncorroborated signal, not a confirmed exploit. Review the config yourself before installing.
Automated static analysis — not a human review. ClawAudit flags capabilities, not confirmed intent, and can produce false positives. Disagree with this verdict? Use Dispute below.
Findings (4)
HTTP request to bare IP address — common in malicious payloads
references/activation-checklist.md · code · http://127.0.0.1
subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python
scripts/activate_secondary.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(
Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable
scripts/discover_env.py · prose · downgraded · os.environ.get(
Python urllib.request — network access
scripts/failover_proxy.py · prose · downgraded · urllib.request
Why the tier is capped
Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class D). Final tier capped at Caution — cannot be lifted by any downgrade, example-payload opt-in, or allowlist.
Permissions & capabilities
No declared permissions — minimal attack surface.
Is this flag fair?
Thanks — recorded.