correctness.metadata_var_undeclared

A deny rule, scope workflow. A read of metadata.vars.<name> that the config given with -c does not declare.

Synopsis

$ orion-server clippy ./definitions
deny[correctness.metadata_var_undeclared] a read of `metadata.vars.<name>` that the config given with -c does not declare

Description

With -c: a metadata.vars.<name> read that the config’s [vars] does not declare. vars is stamped at ingress and cannot be caller-supplied, so the read is always null.

Caveats

Skipped, with a note, without -c.

Related

• Advisory checks: every rule, the levels, and where certainty comes from.
• orion-server clippy: the command, its flags and exit codes.
• Test workflows offline: running the rules against a set.
• Workflows: the step grammar the rule reads.

Last verified 14 September 2026