Scene 6 — DENY: Deploy Outside Business Hours

Policy rule: Time-based (jenkins.deploy only allowed 08:00-18:00 Europe/Oslo) Expected result: DENY (if demo is outside business hours) or explain the rule

Presentation Rule

Language: All AI narration and communication during scenes must be in English.

The AI must narrate every interaction with the gateway in detail. Before calling the gateway, explain what it is about to do, which endpoint it will call, what payload it will send, and what it expects to happen. After receiving the response, explain what the gateway returned, what the decision means, and why it matters. The goal is to make the audience understand exactly what is happening between the AI and the gateway at every step.

Communication Flow

sequenceDiagram
    participant AI as AI Agent
    participant GW as Gateway
    participant PE as Policy Engine
    participant JK as Jenkins Service

    AI->>GW: POST /api/gateway/execute<br/>{tool: jenkins.deploy, action: deploy,<br/>arguments: {env: staging, branch: hotfix/urgent-fix}}
    GW->>GW: Validate JWT + extract scopes
    GW->>PE: Evaluate policy rules
    PE->>PE: Scope check: jenkins.deploy ✓
    PE->>PE: Time window check: current time<br/>outside 08:00–18:00 Europe/Oslo ✗
    PE-->>GW: Decision: DENY
    Note over GW,JK: Request never reaches Jenkins
    GW->>GW: Write audit entry
    GW-->>AI: 200 OK {decision: DENY,<br/>reason: "Deployments only allowed during business hours"}

Demo Script

Presenter says: "Time-based rules prevent actions outside safe windows. No deploys at 2 AM, no migrations during freeze windows."

Action

Example request:

"Deploy branch hotfix/urgent-fix to staging"

Send a gateway request for jenkins.deploy with env=staging and branch=hotfix/urgent-fix.

Expected Response (outside business hours)

{
  "request_id": "req-...",
  "decision": "deny",
  "reason": "Deployments only allowed during business hours",
  "matched_rule": "deny-deploy-outside-hours"
}

If Demo Is During Business Hours

The deploy will be allowed (staging + within hours). In this case, explain the rule verbally and show the policy config:

- name: deny-deploy-outside-hours
  type: time_window
  tool: jenkins.deploy
  window: "$data.business_hours"    # 08:00-18:00 Europe/Oslo
  reason: "Deployments only allowed during business hours"

"If I ran this same command at 2 AM, it would be denied. The server clock decides — not the AI."

What This Proves

Time-based controls are server-side — the AI cannot lie about the time
The context.timestamp is set by the gateway, not by the client request
Prevents: late-night deploys, actions during maintenance windows, freeze-period violations
Same principle as CI/CD deploy windows in production environments

Transition to Next Scene

"Last one. What about data exfiltration? Can the AI create tickets in any Jira project?"

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