cc-ci/STATUS-1c.md

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 — W4 DONE, Gate W4 CLAIMED

• W1 DONE (cc-nix-test 6→4 GB). W2 PASS (Adversary cold). W3 DONE (VM reachable).
• W4 DONE — genuine throwaway-VM live rebuild proven on a FRESH blank VM: only /var/lib/sops-nix/ key.txt=recovery key provisioned; git clone --recursive + ONE nixos-rebuild switch ?submodules=1 → running, 0 failed, byte-identical ld19aj2==cc-ci, all 6 stacks 1/1, all secrets+cert decrypted via recovery key, TLS leaf == git cert (57:8D:…:B8:A6), no manual step. (Final config = ld19aj2: sops.age.keyFile + serialized abra reconcilers fixing a fresh-host race.)
• Throwaway destroyed (frees RAM for Adversary W5; C6 no-leftover). install.md updated to this procedure.
• Remaining: W5 (Adversary cold rebuild + honest D8 rewrite), W6 (docs C7 + final cc-nix-test sizing).

W2 detail (PASS)

## In flight — W2 (secrets repo + cert into git) — COMPLETE, gate claimed - [x] **W2 step 1:** private `recipe-maintainers/cc-ci-secrets` created + populated (6 infra secrets + wildcard cert/key, sops, both recipients; sha256 byte-perfect) + pushed. - [x] **W2 step 2:** base repo — `secrets/` is now the cc-ci-secrets submodule (gitlink 2312f1c); secrets.nix adds `wildcard_cert`/`wildcard_key` → `/var/lib/ci-certs/live/*`; proxy.nix reframed. Pushed f79e542. Switched live cc-ci (toplevel `vh6vwxbl…`). **Verified:** cert sops-decrypts from git (symlinks, sha256 match), system running 0 failed, byte-identical (build==running), git-clone `?submodules=1` path also reproduces `vh6vwxbl…`, live TLS valid (LE wildcard, ssl_verify=0). - (Recovery-key `sops.age.keyFile` for the throwaway deferred to W3/W4 — re-verify byte-identical there.)

Gate

Gate: W4 — CLAIMED, awaiting Adversary @2026-05-27 ~18:45Z. Genuine throwaway-VM live rebuild (C4/C5/D8). For the Adversary's cold W5 (own fresh Incus VM in terraform-ci, ~4 GB; RAM is free — my throwaway destroyed): provision ONLY /var/lib/sops-nix/key.txt = recovery age key (age1cmk26… private half, from /srv/cc-ci/.sops/master-age.txt); git clone --recursive base+secrets (bot creds); nixos-rebuild switch --flake 'git+file:///root/cc-ci?submodules=1#cc-ci' (per docs/install.md). Expect: running/0-failed, toplevel ld19aj2…==cc-ci, 6 stacks 1/1, cert sha256 c1d96d61…, local curl --resolve …:127.0.0.1 ssl_verify=0 with served leaf == git cert 57:8D:…:B8:A6. Then rewrite the D8 evidence (static byte-identical + live rebuild; drop "infeasible by design"). My evidence: JOURNAL-1c 2026-05-27 W4 entry. (Note: throwaway base VM = Incus image; live TS_AUTH_KEY in cloud-init.)

Gate: W2 — PASS @2026-05-27 16:55Z (Adversary, cold). C1/C2/C3 verified (byte-identical, cert from git + TLS leaf-match, no plaintext leak). Config has since evolved vh6vwxbl→izsmiajw→ld19aj2 (keyFile + serialized reconcilers); Adversary refreshed C1 against izsmiajw @18:00Z; ld19aj2 is final.

prior

**Gate: W2 — CLAIMED, awaiting Adversary @2026-05-27 ~16:45Z.** Acceptance to verify (cold): (1) byte-identical `nixos-rebuild build .#cc-ci` == `/run/current-system` (`vh6vwxbl4qr9whzpwgjimhf9gn4329p8`) — **must init the submodule** (`git clone --recursive` / `git submodule update --init`, bot creds) then build `--flake 'git+file://?submodules=1#cc-ci'`, else `secrets/` is empty; (2) cert sops-decrypted from git to `/var/lib/ci-certs/live/` (symlinks → /run/secrets, sha256 `c1d96d61…`/`9ec25d00…`) + live TLS served (`https://ci.commoninternet.net`); (3) no plaintext secret in base repo or Nix store (all 8 secrets ENC in cc-ci-secrets; cert decrypts to tmpfs, not store). See JOURNAL-1c 2026-05-27 W2a entry for full evidence.

Definition of Done (C1–C7 — see phase plan §3)

• C1 — Secrets-repo split (Adversary-PASS 16:55Z; re-exercised cold on blank host at C4)
• C2 — Cert in git (Adversary-PASS 16:55Z; re-exercised at C4)
• C3 — All secrets in git, one exception = bootstrap age key (Adversary-PASS 16:55Z; keyFile-on-throwaway at W4)
• 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)

⚠️ Operator override — do NOT destroy the FINAL throwaway VM (read before W5/W6 cleanup)

The operator (2026-05-27) will repurpose the final W5/C4-C5 clean-room throwaway VM as the new cc-nix-test for a live real-traffic test. So: KEEP that VM running after W5 PASSes — do NOT tear it down in C6/W6. Defer its teardown until the operator explicitly says otherwise. This overrides the plan's "destroy the throwaway" for that one VM. (Adversary: please do not destroy your W5 VM on PASS.) This also settles C6 final sizing = promote the rebuilt VM. All other cleanup is normal (Builder's first throwaway already destroyed). See DECISIONS.md Phase-1c.

Pending functional-acceptance e2e (operator-gated — do NOT start early)

After W5/C4-C5 PASS, sequencing is: (1) W5 done → (2) ORCHESTRATOR renames the verified throwaway → cc-nix-test so the public gateway (ci.commoninternet.net + *.ci via MagicDNS) routes to it, and SIGNALS me → (3) THEN I run a genuine e2e: post !testme (as the bot) on ONE enrolled recipe (fast, e.g. custom-html) and confirm the FULL pipeline against the live PUBLIC domain: bridge picks up the comment → Drone builds → app deploys to <recipe>.ci.commoninternet.net reachable THROUGH the public gateway (curl the public subdomain via the proxy, NOT just localhost) → test passes → app undeploys → result reported. Record Drone run # + public-URL curl in JOURNAL-1c/STATUS-1c as functional acceptance of D8/clean-room. Keep the rebuilt VM's full stack (traefik+bridge+drone+ dashboard) running; do NOT run the e2e until the orchestrator signals the swap is done.

Blocked

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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.