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+# BACKLOG — Phase 1c
+
+Single-writer rule (§6.1): Builder edits `## Build backlog`; Adversary edits `## Adversary findings`.
+
+## Build backlog
+
+Method W1–W6 from the phase plan §5. Each milestone ends with an Adversary gate.
+
+- [ ] **W2 — Secrets repo + cert into git.**
+  - [ ] Create private repo `recipe-maintainers/cc-ci-secrets` (bot is admin).
+  - [ ] Move `secrets/secrets.yaml` contents + add wildcard cert+key (from `/var/lib/ci-certs/live`)
+        as sops secrets into `cc-ci-secrets/secrets/secrets.yaml`; copy `.sops.yaml`.
+  - [ ] Wire base flake to consume `cc-ci-secrets` (linkage: see DECISIONS — flake input vs submodule).
+  - [ ] secrets.nix: add `wildcard_cert`/`wildcard_key` secrets with `path =` → `/var/lib/ci-certs/live/*`.
+  - [ ] proxy.nix: cert now sops-decrypted (keep the read, drop "operator precondition" framing).
+  - [ ] Verify: `nixos-rebuild build --flake .#cc-ci` byte-identical to `/run/current-system`.
+  - [ ] Verify: `nixos-rebuild switch` on cc-nix-test clean; TLS still served from the git-sourced cert.
+  - [ ] **Gate W2 CLAIMED** → Adversary verifies byte-identical + TLS-from-git-cert.
+- [ ] **W1 — Headroom (just before W3).** Resize `cc-nix-test` 6 GB→4 GB (stop→set→start). Accept:
+      b1 has room; cc-nix-test healthy at 4 GB.
+- [ ] **W3 — Throwaway VM.** Create blank NixOS VM in `terraform-ci` (incus-base), 4 GB; provision
+      ONLY the bootstrap age key by the documented mechanism. Accept: VM reachable.
+- [ ] **W4 — Reproducible live rebuild.** On throwaway VM: clone base+secrets, `nixos-rebuild switch`,
+      watch oneshots converge, secrets+cert decrypt. Accept: fully up, no step outside docs/install.md;
+      capture evidence. **Gate W4 CLAIMED.**
+- [ ] **W5 — Adversary cold proof + honest D8.** Adversary repeats W4 independently; rewrites D8
+      evidence (static+live), removes "infeasible by design". Accept: Adversary D8 live-rebuild PASS
+      (or narrow signed-off limitation per C5).
+- [ ] **W6 — Cleanup + docs + final sizing.** Destroy throwaway VM; update docs (C7); decide+apply
+      final cc-nix-test sizing. Accept: no leftover; docs match; flip STATUS-1c → `## DONE`.
+
+## Adversary findings
+
+(none yet — Adversary owns this section)
diff --git a/DECISIONS.md b/DECISIONS.md
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@@ -186,3 +186,28 @@ Architecture decisions and dead-ends. One line of rationale each. (§0, §8)
 
 ## Dead-ends
 - (none yet)
+
+## Phase 1c (full reproducibility + genuine D8 live rebuild) — 2026-05-27
+
+- **Secrets linkage = git SUBMODULE (deviates from plan §7 flake-input default).** `cc-ci-secrets`
+  is mounted as a submodule at `cc-ci/secrets/` rather than a flake `inputs.secrets`. Rationale: a
+  private flake input must be re-fetched at **every nix eval**, requiring the bot token persistently
+  in nix config/netrc on cc-ci AND the throwaway VM (a token in the store/config = a 2nd out-of-band
+  secret, which 1c forbids). A submodule makes `secrets/secrets.yaml` a plain path in the working
+  tree → `defaultSopsFile = ../secrets/secrets.yaml` is unchanged (minimal diff, trivially
+  byte-identical), and the only credential use is the one `git clone --recursive` at provisioning
+  ("the two repos are *given*", Mission §1). Build invocation becomes
+  `nixos-rebuild switch --flake 'git+file:///root/cc-ci?submodules=1#cc-ci'` so the submodule tree is
+  included. (Revisit if `?submodules=1` proves unreliable on cc-ci's nix version.)
+- **Bootstrap key for the throwaway VM = the existing RECOVERY (master) age key, via
+  `sops.age.keyFile`.** The recovery key (`age1cmk26…`, private at `/srv/cc-ci/.sops/master-age.txt`)
+  is already a sops recipient, so a fresh host with a *different* ssh host key still decrypts every
+  secret with no re-keying — this is exactly the §0 argument that defeats "host-key binding".
+  Provisioned to the VM at a fixed path (the ONE out-of-band secret). cc-ci itself keeps decrypting
+  via its host key (`age.sshKeyPaths`); secrets.nix will offer both identity sources. (Per-host
+  re-encrypt is cleaner for a *permanent* new instance — documented as the alternative, not used for
+  the throwaway test.)
+- **Cert into git:** wildcard cert+key become sops secrets in `cc-ci-secrets`, decrypted at
+  activation back to `/var/lib/ci-certs/live/{fullchain.pem,privkey.pem}` via
+  `sops.secrets.<name>.path`; proxy.nix keeps reading that path (now sops-sourced, not operator-drop).
+- **cc-nix-test final sizing:** TBD in W6 (keep 4 GB / restore 6 GB / promote rebuilt VM).
diff --git a/JOURNAL-1c.md b/JOURNAL-1c.md
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+# JOURNAL — Phase 1c (Builder)
+
+Append-only. Each entry: what I did + verifying command/output + next.
+
+## 2026-05-27 — Phase 1c kickoff / orientation
+
+**Context:** Phase 1 closed DONE (1c10fa5; all D1–D10 Adversary-PASS, no VETO; Adversary loop
+terminated for Phase 1). Starting Phase 1c per `plan-phase1c-full-reproducibility.md`.
+
+**Did:**
+- Read the phase plan in full + plan.md §6.1/§7/§9. Verified access & surveyed current state.
+- `ssh cc-ci 'hostname && nixos-version && systemctl is-system-running'`
+  → `nixos` / `24.11.20250630.50ab793 (Vicuna)` / `running`. Healthy.
+- Surveyed secrets layout:
+  - `secrets/secrets.yaml` holds 6 infra secrets: test_secret, drone_rpc_secret,
+    drone_gitea_client_secret, bridge_drone_token, bridge_gitea_token, bridge_webhook_hmac.
+  - `.sops.yaml`: recipients = `&host` (ssh-to-age of cc-ci ed25519 host key) + `&master`
+    (off-box recovery, private at `/srv/cc-ci/.sops/master-age.txt`, sandbox-only).
+  - `modules/secrets.nix`: `defaultSopsFile = ../secrets/secrets.yaml`,
+    `age.sshKeyPaths = ["/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key"]`.
+  - Wildcard cert OUT-OF-BAND at `cc-ci:/var/lib/ci-certs/live/{fullchain.pem,privkey.pem}`
+    (fullchain 2909 B, privkey 227 B → privkey looks like an EC key). `modules/proxy.nix` reconcile
+    reads it from there and inserts as traefik `ssl_cert`/`ssl_key` swarm secrets; treats a missing
+    cert as FATAL (operator precondition).
+  - `flake.nix`: nixpkgs pinned `50ab793`, sops-nix pinned; single local `nixosConfigurations.cc-ci`.
+- Tooling note: sandbox host has NO sops/nix/age/ssh-to-age (`which` → only git). sops/age work
+  must run on cc-ci (has nix + host age key) or via a sops binary fetched there with the master key.
+- Bootstrapped Phase-1c state: STATUS-1c.md, BACKLOG-1c.md, JOURNAL-1c.md (this file). REVIEW-1c.md
+  left for the Adversary (its file per §6.1). Appended Phase-1c decisions to DECISIONS.md.
+
+**Decisions recorded (DECISIONS.md):** secrets linkage = **git submodule** (deviates from the
+flake-input default — rationale: no private-repo fetch credential needed at nix-eval on every
+rebuild, keeps `defaultSopsFile` a local path = minimal change + trivially byte-identical);
+bootstrap key for throwaway = **recovery age key via `sops.age.keyFile`**.
+
+**Next (W2):** create private `recipe-maintainers/cc-ci-secrets`; move secrets + wildcard cert into
+sops there as a submodule of the base; wire secrets.nix (cert→`/var/lib/ci-certs/live` via `path=`);
+prove byte-identical build + clean switch with TLS from the git cert. Then claim Gate W2.
diff --git a/STATUS-1c.md b/STATUS-1c.md
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+# STATUS — Phase 1c (full git reproducibility + genuine D8 live rebuild)
+
+**Phase plan (SSOT):** `/srv/cc-ci/cc-ci-plan/plan-phase1c-full-reproducibility.md`
+**Loop state for THIS phase:** STATUS-1c / BACKLOG-1c / REVIEW-1c / JOURNAL-1c (DECISIONS.md shared).
+The repo's STATUS.md / BACKLOG.md / REVIEW.md are Phase-1 HISTORY — not this phase's state.
+
+## Phase
+**1c kickoff** — Phase 1 is DONE & Adversary-signed-off (1c10fa5; all D1–D10 PASS, no VETO).
+Now: make the VM fully reproducible from git (secrets+cert in a private `cc-ci-secrets` repo) and
+perform a genuine throwaway-VM live rebuild to close D8 honestly.
+
+## In flight
+- **W2 (next):** create private `cc-ci-secrets` repo; move all secrets + the wildcard cert into sops
+  there; wire the base flake to consume it. (W1 resize deferred until just before W3 — its only
+  purpose is RAM headroom for the throwaway VM, and it briefly stops the live server.)
+
+## Definition of Done (C1–C7 — see phase plan §3)
+- [ ] C1 — Secrets-repo split (private `cc-ci-secrets`, base stays one parameterized repo, byte-identical build)
+- [ ] C2 — Cert in git (wildcard cert+key as sops secrets, decrypted at activation; no operator cert-drop step)
+- [ ] C3 — All secrets in git, one exception = bootstrap age key (documented)
+- [ ] C4 — Genuine throwaway-VM live rebuild (Incus terraform-ci, only age key provisioned)
+- [ ] C5 — Honest D8 (static byte-identical + live rebuild; "infeasible by design" removed)
+- [ ] C6 — Resource fit + cleanup (cc-nix-test 6→4 GB, throwaway 4 GB, destroyed after; final sizing decided)
+- [ ] C7 — Docs (install.md/secrets.md/architecture.md + main plan refs updated to new model)
+
+## Gate
+None claimed yet. (Milestone gates W2/W4/W5 will be CLAIMED here per §6.1.)
+
+## Blocked
+(none)
+
+## Notes
+- Current secret layout: `secrets/secrets.yaml` (6 infra secrets), recipients = host age key
+  (ssh-to-age of cc-ci's ed25519 host key) + off-box master recovery key
+  (`/srv/cc-ci/.sops/master-age.txt`, sandbox-only). `.sops.yaml` at repo root.
+- Wildcard cert currently out-of-band at `/var/lib/ci-certs/live/{fullchain.pem,privkey.pem}`
+  (operator-provided, LE, next renewal ~2026-08-24); proxy.nix reads it from there. 1c moves it
+  into sops-in-git, decrypted back to that path at activation.
+- Sandbox host has NO sops/nix/age — sops ops run on cc-ci (has nix + host age key) or via the master
+  key with a sops binary fetched on cc-ci.
+- cc-nix-test == the live cc-ci server (100.90.116.4); resizing it (W1) briefly stops it.