fix: update error message from notation-go

dir/path.go

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func LocalKeyPath(name string) (keyPath, certPath string) {
 //
 // items includes named-store and cert-file names.
 // the directory follows the pattern of
-// {NOTATION_CONFIG}/truststore/x509/{named-store}/{cert-file}
+// {NOTATION_CONFIG}/truststore/x509/{store-type}/{named-store}/{cert-file}
 func X509TrustStoreDir(items ...string) string {
 	pathItems := []string{TrustStoreDir, "x509"}
 	pathItems = append(pathItems, items...)

notation.go

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ type ValidationResult struct {
 	Error error
 }
 
-// VerificationOutcome encapsulates a signature blob's descriptor, its content,
+// VerificationOutcome encapsulates a signature envelope blob, its content,
 // the verification level and results for each verification type that was
 // performed.
 type VerificationOutcome struct {
@@ -347,12 +347,12 @@ func Verify(ctx context.Context, verifier Verifier, repo registry.Repository, ve
 		return ocispec.Descriptor{}, nil, ErrorSignatureRetrievalFailed{Msg: fmt.Sprintf("user input digest %s does not match the resolved digest %s", ref.Reference, artifactDescriptor.Digest.String())}
 	}
 
+	var verificationSucceeded bool
 	var verificationOutcomes []*VerificationOutcome
+	var verificationFailedErr error = ErrorVerificationFailed{}
 	errExceededMaxVerificationLimit := ErrorVerificationFailed{Msg: fmt.Sprintf("signature evaluation stopped. The configured limit of %d signatures to verify per artifact exceeded", verifyOpts.MaxSignatureAttempts)}
 	numOfSignatureProcessed := 0
 
-	var verificationFailedErr error = ErrorVerificationFailed{}
-
 	// get signature manifests
 	logger.Debug("Fetching signature manifests")
 	err = repo.ListSignatures(ctx, artifactDescriptor, func(signatureManifests []ocispec.Descriptor) error {
@@ -380,16 +380,15 @@ func Verify(ctx context.Context, verifier Verifier, repo registry.Repository, ve
 					logger.Error("Got nil outcome. Expecting non-nil outcome on verification failure")
 					return err
 				}
-
-				if _, ok := outcome.Error.(ErrorUserMetadataVerificationFailed); ok {
-					verificationFailedErr = outcome.Error
-				}
-
+				outcome.Error = fmt.Errorf("failed to verify signature with digest %v, %w", sigManifestDesc.Digest, outcome.Error)
+				verificationOutcomes = append(verificationOutcomes, outcome)
 				continue
 			}
-			// at this point, the signature is verified successfully. Add
-			// it to the verificationOutcomes.
-			verificationOutcomes = append(verificationOutcomes, outcome)
+			// at this point, the signature is verified successfully
+			verificationSucceeded = true
+			// on success, verificationOutcomes only contains the
+			// succeeded outcome
+			verificationOutcomes = []*VerificationOutcome{outcome}
 			logger.Debugf("Signature verification succeeded for artifact %v with signature digest %v", artifactDescriptor.Digest, sigManifestDesc.Digest)
 
 			// early break on success
@@ -416,7 +415,7 @@ func Verify(ctx context.Context, verifier Verifier, repo registry.Repository, ve
 	}
 
 	// Verification Failed
-	if len(verificationOutcomes) == 0 {
+	if !verificationSucceeded {
 		logger.Debugf("Signature verification failed for all the signatures associated with artifact %v", artifactDescriptor.Digest)
 		return ocispec.Descriptor{}, verificationOutcomes, verificationFailedErr
 	}

verifier/helpers.go

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func loadX509TrustStores(ctx context.Context, scheme signature.SigningScheme, po
 	case signature.SigningSchemeX509SigningAuthority:
 		typeToLoad = truststore.TypeSigningAuthority
 	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unrecognized signing scheme %q", scheme)
+		return nil, truststore.ErrorTrustStore{Msg: fmt.Sprintf("error while loading the trust store, unrecognized signing scheme %q", scheme)}
 	}
 
 	processedStoreSet := set.New[string]()
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func loadX509TrustStores(ctx context.Context, scheme signature.SigningScheme, po
 
 		storeType, name, found := strings.Cut(trustStore, ":")
 		if !found {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("trust policy statement %q is missing separator in trust store value %q. The required format is <TrustStoreType>:<TrustStoreName>", policy.Name, trustStore)
+			return nil, truststore.ErrorTrustStore{Msg: fmt.Sprintf("error while loading the trust store, trust policy statement %q is missing separator in trust store value %q. The required format is <TrustStoreType>:<TrustStoreName>", policy.Name, trustStore)}
 		}
 		if typeToLoad != truststore.Type(storeType) {
 			continue

verifier/truststore/errors.go

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Copyright The Notary Project Authors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package truststore
+
+// ErrorTrustStore is used when accessing specified trust store failed
+type ErrorTrustStore struct {
+	Msg        string
+	InnerError error
+}
+
+func (e ErrorTrustStore) Error() string {
+	if e.Msg != "" {
+		return e.Msg
+	}
+	if e.InnerError != nil {
+		return e.InnerError.Error()
+	}
+	return "unable to access the trust store"
+}
+
+func (e ErrorTrustStore) Unwrap() error {
+	return e.InnerError
+}
+
+// ErrorCertificate is used when reading a certificate failed
+type ErrorCertificate struct {
+	Msg        string
+	InnerError error
+}
+
+func (e ErrorCertificate) Error() string {
+	if e.Msg != "" {
+		return e.Msg
+	}
+	if e.InnerError != nil {
+		return e.InnerError.Error()
+	}
+	return "unable to read the certificate"
+}
+
+func (e ErrorCertificate) Unwrap() error {
+	return e.InnerError
+}

verifier/truststore/truststore.go

@@ -64,49 +64,49 @@ type x509TrustStore struct {
 // GetCertificates returns certificates under storeType/namedStore
 func (trustStore *x509TrustStore) GetCertificates(ctx context.Context, storeType Type, namedStore string) ([]*x509.Certificate, error) {
 	if !isValidStoreType(storeType) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported store type: %s", storeType)
+		return nil, ErrorTrustStore{Msg: fmt.Sprintf("unsupported trust store type: %s", storeType)}
 	}
 	if !file.IsValidFileName(namedStore) {
-		return nil, errors.New("named store name needs to follow [a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+ format")
+		return nil, ErrorTrustStore{Msg: fmt.Sprintf("named store name needs to follow [a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+ format: %s is invalid", namedStore)}
 	}
 	path, err := trustStore.trustStorefs.SysPath(dir.X509TrustStoreDir(string(storeType), namedStore))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, ErrorTrustStore{InnerError: fmt.Errorf("failed to get path of trust store %s with type %s: %w", namedStore, storeType, err)}
 	}
 	// throw error if path is not a directory or is a symlink or does not exist.
 	fileInfo, err := os.Lstat(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%q does not exist", path)
+			return nil, ErrorTrustStore{InnerError: fs.ErrNotExist, Msg: fmt.Sprintf("the trust store %q of type %q doesn't exist", namedStore, storeType)}
 		}
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, ErrorTrustStore{InnerError: fmt.Errorf("failed to access the trust store %q: %w", path, err)}
 	}
 	mode := fileInfo.Mode()
 	if !mode.IsDir() || mode&fs.ModeSymlink != 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%q is not a regular directory (symlinks are not supported)", path)
+		return nil, ErrorTrustStore{Msg: fmt.Sprintf("trust store %q is not a regular directory (symlinks are not supported)", path)}
 	}
 	files, err := os.ReadDir(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, ErrorTrustStore{InnerError: fmt.Errorf("failed to access the trust store %q: %w", path, err)}
 	}
 
 	var certificates []*x509.Certificate
 	for _, file := range files {
 		joinedPath := filepath.Join(path, file.Name())
 		if file.IsDir() || file.Type()&fs.ModeSymlink != 0 {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%q is not a regular file (directories or symlinks are not supported)", joinedPath)
+			return nil, ErrorCertificate{Msg: fmt.Sprintf("trusted certificate %q is not a regular file (directories or symlinks are not supported)", joinedPath)}
 		}
 		certs, err := corex509.ReadCertificateFile(joinedPath)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error while reading certificates from %q: %w", joinedPath, err)
+			return nil, ErrorCertificate{InnerError: fmt.Errorf("failed to read the trusted certificate %q: %w", joinedPath, err)}
 		}
 		if err := ValidateCertificates(certs); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error while validating certificates from %q: %w", joinedPath, err)
+			return nil, ErrorCertificate{InnerError: fmt.Errorf("failed to validate the trusted certificate %q: %w", joinedPath, err)}
 		}
 		certificates = append(certificates, certs...)
 	}
 	if len(certificates) < 1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("trust store %q has no x509 certificates", path)
+		return nil, ErrorCertificate{InnerError: fs.ErrNotExist, Msg: fmt.Sprintf("no x509 certificates were found in trust store %q of type %q", namedStore, storeType)}
 	}
 	return certificates, nil
 }

verifier/truststore/truststore_test.go

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestLoadValidTrustStoreWithSelfSignedSigningCertificate(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestLoadTrustStoreWithInvalidCerts(t *testing.T) {
 	failurePath := filepath.FromSlash("../testdata/truststore/x509/ca/trust-store-with-invalid-certs/invalid")
-	expectedErr := fmt.Errorf("error while reading certificates from %q: x509: malformed certificate", failurePath)
+	expectedErr := fmt.Errorf("failed to read the trusted certificate %q: x509: malformed certificate", failurePath)
 	_, err := trustStore.GetCertificates(context.Background(), "ca", "trust-store-with-invalid-certs")
 	if err == nil || err.Error() != expectedErr.Error() {
 		t.Fatalf("invalid certs should return error: %q", expectedErr)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func TestLoadTrustStoreWithInvalidCerts(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestLoadTrustStoreWithLeafCerts(t *testing.T) {
 	failurePath := filepath.FromSlash("../testdata/truststore/x509/ca/trust-store-with-leaf-certs/non-ca.crt")
-	expectedErrMsg := fmt.Sprintf("error while validating certificates from %q: certificate with subject \"CN=wabbit-networks.io,O=Notary,L=Seattle,ST=WA,C=US\" is not a CA certificate or self-signed signing certificate", failurePath)
+	expectedErrMsg := fmt.Sprintf("failed to validate the trusted certificate %q: certificate with subject \"CN=wabbit-networks.io,O=Notary,L=Seattle,ST=WA,C=US\" is not a CA certificate or self-signed signing certificate", failurePath)
 	_, err := trustStore.GetCertificates(context.Background(), "ca", "trust-store-with-leaf-certs")
 	if err == nil || err.Error() != expectedErrMsg {
 		t.Fatalf("leaf cert in a trust store should return error: %s, got: %v", expectedErrMsg, err)
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestLoadTrustStoreWithLeafCerts(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestLoadTrustStoreWithLeafCertsInSingleFile(t *testing.T) {
 	failurePath := filepath.FromSlash("../testdata/truststore/x509/ca/trust-store-with-leaf-certs-in-single-file/RootAndLeafCerts.crt")
-	expectedErrMsg := fmt.Sprintf("error while validating certificates from %q: certificate with subject \"CN=wabbit-networks.io,O=Notary,L=Seattle,ST=WA,C=US\" is not a CA certificate or self-signed signing certificate", failurePath)
+	expectedErrMsg := fmt.Sprintf("failed to validate the trusted certificate %q: certificate with subject \"CN=wabbit-networks.io,O=Notary,L=Seattle,ST=WA,C=US\" is not a CA certificate or self-signed signing certificate", failurePath)
 	_, err := trustStore.GetCertificates(context.Background(), "ca", "trust-store-with-leaf-certs-in-single-file")
 	if err == nil || err.Error() != expectedErrMsg {
 		t.Fatalf("leaf cert in a trust store should return error: %s, got: %v", expectedErrMsg, err)
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func TestValidateCerts(t *testing.T) {
 	joinedPath := filepath.FromSlash("../testdata/truststore/x509/ca/valid-trust-store/GlobalSign.der")
 	certs, err := corex509.ReadCertificateFile(joinedPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("error while reading certificates from %q: %q", joinedPath, err)
+		t.Fatalf("failed to read the trusted certificate %q: %q", joinedPath, err)
 	}
 	err = ValidateCertificates(certs)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func TestValidateCertsWithLeafCert(t *testing.T) {
 	failurePath := filepath.FromSlash("../testdata/truststore/x509/ca/trust-store-with-leaf-certs/non-ca.crt")
 	certs, err := corex509.ReadCertificateFile(failurePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("error while reading certificates from %q: %q", failurePath, err)
+		t.Fatalf("failed to read the trusted certificate %q: %q", failurePath, err)
 	}
 	expectedErr := errors.New("certificate with subject \"CN=wabbit-networks.io,O=Notary,L=Seattle,ST=WA,C=US\" is not a CA certificate or self-signed signing certificate")
 	err = ValidateCertificates(certs)

verifier/verifier.go

@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ func verifyAuthenticity(ctx context.Context, trustPolicy *trustpolicy.TrustPolic
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return &notation.ValidationResult{
-			Error:  notation.ErrorVerificationInconclusive{Msg: fmt.Sprintf("error while loading the trust store, %v", err)},
+			Error:  err,
 			Type:   trustpolicy.TypeAuthenticity,
 			Action: outcome.VerificationLevel.Enforcement[trustpolicy.TypeAuthenticity],
 		}