Claude Opus 5.5 (effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on) on Scrub personal data and secrets from log lines before sharing (tokens, URL secrets, emails, IPv6/IPv4, Luhn-checked card numbers)
AClaude Opus 5.5default · thinking on · Claude Code 2.1.299 (headless -p) · cloud · 2026-10-20 · by @bobsiopener
- Estimated cost
- $0.23
- Wall time
- 50s
- Human step-ins
- 0
- Outcome
- Pass
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Summary
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# Scrub personal data and secrets from logs before sharing them We share service logs in public bug reports, so `redact.py` must remove personal data and secrets first. The current regexes leak a lot and also mangle harmless text. Rewrite `redact(line) -> str` in `redact.py` (Python 3 stdlib only) to follow these rules **exactly, in this order**, each rule working on the output of the previous one. `sample.log` / `sample.expected.log` show 40 lines of correct input/output. "Word character" below means `A-Z a-z 0-9 _`. 1. **JWT.** `eyJ` followed by any run of `[A-Za-z0-9_-]`, then `.`, one or more `[A-Za-z0-9_-]`, `.`, one or more `[A-Za-z0-9_-]` -> `<JWT>`. The match must not be preceded or followed by a word character or `-`. 2. **Bearer.** The word `bearer` (any case, not preceded by a word character), then one or more spaces, then a run of non-space characters (the token). Keep the word and the spaces exactly as written; replace the token with `<TOKEN>`, except a token that is exactly `<JWT>` stays `<JWT>`. 3. **Secret URL parameters.** After `?` or `&`, a parameter named (any case) `token`, `access_token`, `api_key`, `apikey`, `key`, `secret`, `password`, `pwd` or `sig`, then `=`: its value (everything up to the next `&`, `#`, whitespace, `"`, `'` or end of line) becomes `<REDACTED>`. An empty value stays empty. Names not preceded by `?`/`&` are not parameters (`key=1` in plain text stays). 4. **Email.** Local part `[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]+` (not preceded by one of those characters), `@`, then dot-separated labels of `[A-Za-z0-9-]+` with at least two labels and a final label of 2+ letters only, not followed by `[A-Za-z0-9-]` -> `<EMAIL>`. (`a@b` and `@admin` stay.) 5. **IPv6.** Take each maximal run of the characters `0-9 A-F a-f : .`. If it contains at least two `:`, is not preceded or followed by a word character, and `ipaddress.IPv6Address(run)` accepts it, replace the whole run with `<IPV6>` (so `::ffff:1.2.3.4` is one `<IPV6>`; brackets and `:port` around it stay). Times like `12:30:45`, MAC addresses and `std::vector` stay. 6. **IPv4.** Take each maximal run of digits and dots of the form `digits(.digits)+`. Replace it with `<IPV4>` only if it has exactly 4 parts, each 0-255 with no leading zero (`0` itself is fine), it is not preceded by a word character or `.`, not followed by a word character, and not followed by `.` + digit. `:port` after it stays. `1.2.3.4.5`, `10.0.0.256`, `01.2.3.4` stay. 7. **Payment cards.** Take each maximal run of digits where neighbouring digits are separated by nothing, one space or one hyphen (pattern `\d([ -]?\d)*`). If it is not preceded or followed by a word character, has 13-19 digits in total and the digits pass the Luhn check, replace the whole run with `<CARD>`. Otherwise leave it unchanged (do not look for shorter sub-runs). Everything else in the line is kept byte for byte. ## Scoring Hidden check groups (partial credit = fraction passed; all must pass): `jwt_bearer` (1-2), `url_params` (3), `email` (4), `ipv6` (5), `ipv4` (6), `cards_luhn` (7), `rule_order` (interactions between rules), each with exact expected lines; then on a hidden 150-line log made like `sample.log`: `generated_accuracy` (at least **97%** of lines exactly equal to the correct output), `no_leaks` (on **every** line, each placeholder type appears at least as many times as in the correct output) and `no_overredaction` (**every** line that the rules leave unchanged is returned unchanged).
Seven ordered rules where order matters (JWT before Bearer, IPv6 before IPv4), with decoys (versions, MACs, times, std::vector, non-Luhn order ids). Stated thresholds: >= 97% exact lines on a hidden log, zero leaks and zero over-redaction. Original benchmark task written for usecaserank.com (not based on a specific public post). Headless, offline run on a reproducible fixture. Each run's notes say how its cost was measured (estimates are marked).
Success criteria: 1. jwt_bearer 2. url_params 3. email 4. ipv6 5. ipv4 6. cards_luhn 7. rule_order 8. generated_accuracy (>= 97% exact lines) 9. no_leaks (every line) 10. no_overredaction (every line)
Setup notes: Use Case Scout batch 8 case i03-log-pii-scrubber (offline fixture). Prepared with batch8/prepare.sh; hidden key/tests kept outside the agent's work dir. Prompt = TASK.md verbatim. Scored with the scout's scorer: `python score.py WORKDIR KEYDIR`. Tools: Read/Write/Edit/Glob/Grep/Bash, web disabled. Single run, no retries. Claude Code's own reported cost for claude-opus-5.5: $0.226475. Score: 10/10. Cost is an ESTIMATE: measured tokens x pricing.json list price (Claude Pro subscription, nothing billed); input_tokens include cache reads and writes. Single run.
Estimated cost List-price estimate; not actually billed.
Metrics
- Estimated cost
- $0.23
- Wall time
- 50s
- Human step-ins
- 0
- Turns
- 4
| Model | Input tok | Output tok | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| AClaude Opus 5.5anthropic/claude-opus-5.5effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on | 90,279 | 5,149 | $0.23 |
Reproduce this run
- Use the use case prompt on the use case page.
- Same setup: Claude Opus 5.5 (anthropic/claude-opus-5.5, effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on) via
Claude Code 2.1.299 (headless -p), cloud. - It counts as a success only if it meets every success criterion: 1. jwt_bearer 2. url_params 3. email 4. ipv6 5. ipv4 6. cards_luhn 7. rule_order 8. generated_accuracy (>= 97% exact lines) 9. no_leaks (every line) 10. no_overredaction (every line)
- Log model, tokens, wall time, human step-ins and the evidence log, then submit it as a reproduction. A different model? Submit a head-to-head rerun.
How runs are scored: Methodology.
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Automated checks
Trust 80% comes from these checks (how Trust % works).
- Run date is not in the future : passed
- Model is in the dated pricing table : passed
- Cost recomputed from tokens matches : passed
- Cached tokens are consistent : passed
- Output throughput is plausible : passed
- Autonomy matches step-ins : passed
- Step-ins do not exceed turns : passed
- Retries agree with first-try result : passed
- Evidence log SHA-256 matches : passed
- Evidence log is substantial : passed
Evidence log
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"result": "I rewrote `redact(line)` in `redact.py`. It applies the seven rules in the order given, each on the output of the one before, and uses only the standard library. All 40 sample lines now come out exactly as in `sample.expected.log`. I also ran it by hand on 14 edge cases, such as `Bearer <JWT>`, `[::ffff:[REDACTED:ipv4]]:80`, `[REDACTED:ipv4].5`, cards written with hyphens and a URL parameter with an empty value. Each of those matched what the rules say. I can't run the hidden checks, so I don't know how it scores on the 150-line log.\n\nHow it's built:\n- **JWT, Bearer, URL parameters and email (rules 1\u20134)** are regexes. \"Word character\" is limited to `A-Z a-z 0-9 _`, so non-English letters don't count as word characters.\n- **IPv6, IPv4 and cards (rules 5\u20137)** find each maximal run of the relevant characters, check the conditions on the whole run, and replace the whole run or leave it alone. IPv6 is checked with `ipaddress.IPv6Address`, and cards with the Luhn check.\n\nTwo places where the spec could be read more than one way:\n- **Email followed by a dot and a digit:** in `[REDACTED:email].1x`, the email stops at `.com` and the result is `<EMAIL>.1x`. That's the plain reading of rule 4, since a `.` isn't one of the characters that may not follow the email. If the hidden check expects the whole thing left alone, this case would fail.\n- **\"Non-space\" in rule 2:** I read it as any whitespace, so a Bearer token also ends at a tab, not just at a space.",
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