RESEARCH stage. Verified the technical assumptions behind the 13-phase
v1.11 restart plan against the live codebase (branched off v1.10.2).
Findings:
- Adapter monolith audit: adapters/terraform/adapter.py is 918 lines
with 3 constant tables (TYPE_MAP/INPUT_MAP/OUTPUT_MAP) that duplicate
what interface.json already declares, plus 39 type-specific branches
across 18 stack types carrying nested HCL blocks + hardcoded defaults
(CIDR, assume_role_policy JSON, ECR/logs inline policy, Fargate
requires_compatibilities, assign_public_ip, listener/target ports,
security group emission). STANDARDS.md §8 blessed this drift as the
intended design — the standards doc itself must be rewritten (P56a).
- State-key root cause of the 4-VPC bug: adapter.py:664,676 emits
spike/{stack_name}/terraform.tfstate where stack_name = contract.id;
all 5 microservice contracts share id 'msvc' but differ in
environment (dev/qa/prod/dr); the state key does NOT include the
environment, so all 4 env contracts collide on spike/msvc/terraform.tfstate.
Combined with verify_deploy_microservice.py running terraform init
-reconfigure in a fresh temp dir each time, each run created a fresh
VPC. Two root causes: (1) per-contract state keys with no VPC sharing,
(2) non-deterministic state keys across environments. D-105 + D-106 +
D-101 correct all three.
- Per-module terraform module design: documented the
versions/variables/locals/main/outputs.tf layout for s3, vpc, ecs-service
and how the stateless adapter assembles them via registry.json →
terraform_dir → module-instantiation blocks + ref wiring.
- Existing pipeline architecture: run_platform.sh line 287 runs terraform
plan only (never apply/destroy); the --apply/--destroy lifecycle modes
must be ADDED (P57). Byte-identical Gitea+GitHub convention documented.
PERSONAS.md updated for v1.11:
- Deactivated lambda-engineer, platform-engineer, security-engineer,
frontend-engineer (no per-module Python this milestone).
- Reactivated data-engineer (owns terraform/ + per-module terraform
subdirs — the heaviest v1.11 work).
- Kept backend-engineer (adapter/resolver), general (pipelines/workflows).
- Territory enforcement: warn (co-authoring expected on adapter +
run_platform.sh boundary).
- Domain priority: data → backend → general.
6 assumptions logged (A-1.1..A-5.1), all >= 0.6 confidence, none
escalated.
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 0
milestone: v1.11
status: research
---/ci---
9 requirements implemented across presentation decks and project docs:
1. DX closing slide: added 'Infrastructure as a utility, not a craft' bullet
to convey the full vision (infrastructure consumed, not maintained;
platform compounds value over time).
2. PW Problem slide: 'moving a merged change' → 'promoting a change'.
3. PW Problem slide: added 'Red tape' and 'Scalability without increasing
headcount' bullets (4 frictions, not 2).
4. PW Roadmap slide: redesigned with side-by-side HTML table layout
(Testing | Planned), 16px font, no overflow.
5. PW deck: added new slide 'What This Platform Is — and Isn't' after North
Star (sovereign boundary, infrastructure as utility, 4 anti-goals).
PW deck now 16 slides (was 15).
6. Maturity nomenclature: 'Available today'/'shipped' → 'Testing' across
both decks + source markdown. New .testing badge (blue/teal #DBEAFE).
Roadmap title: 'Testing vs. Planned'. The platform has 0 consumer
adoption — 'shipped' was inaccurate.
7. Global: 'substrate' → 'engine' across entire project (88 matches, 30+
files including .ciagent/, docs/, modules/, adapters/, schemas/, code).
8. Presentation files only: 'forge' → 'VCS' / 'version control system'
(6 occurrences in 4 files). 'forge' retained in all technical docs and
code as the industry-standard term.
9. New .agentic badge (purple/violet #EDE9FE) appended to agentic features
in both decks: confidence signal, autonomous dev, pattern recognition,
dynamic module creation, citizen developer surface, auto-promotion.
Also: Change Request ID format changed from 'CR-2026-001' to 'CHG0678912'
across presentation files, consumer guide, and test fixtures.
HTML re-rendered. PPTX rendered for release upload.
---ci---
phase: 48
milestone: v1.9
status: complete
requirements:
covered: []
partial: []
---/ci---
---ci---
project: acdl
phase: 0
milestone: v1.1
status: research
research_targets: 10
top_finding:
- TARGET 1 (conf 0.95): Gitea Actions does NOT support id-token: write / OIDC.
Real OIDC deferred to v1.2 (blocked on go-gitea/gitea#36988).
Spike adopts D-039: per-run-rotated long-lived key waiver.
decisions_adopted: [D-039, D-040, D-041, D-042, D-043, D-044, D-045, D-046]
risks:
- R-1 (highest): OIDC gap -> key-rotation waiver (mitigated by D-039)
- R-2: Checkov terraform_plan edge cases (mitigated by ACDL_TAG_NAMING skipped record)
- R-3: 6 confidence inputs are a recommendation (D-040 adopted in PROJECT.md)
---/ci---
RESEARCH.md (1330 lines) authored by ci-researcher. Key findings:
- TARGET 1: Gitea Actions does NOT support emitting an OIDC id-token
(Gitea docs list id-token as unsupported; go-gitea/gitea#33681 open;
draft PR #36988 unmerged; Gitea's own CI still uses long-lived keys
per #37980). Real-AWS OIDC is unachievable in this environment for v1.1.
- TARGETS 2-10: Terraform/Checkov install steps, IR prior art, Checkov
adapter, DynamoDB outbox, 6-input confidence signal, tiered ledger
(Object Lock deferred), HITL/SoD, contract schema, archive strategy
— all resolved with concrete sketches in RESEARCH.md.
Adopted D-039..D-046 in PROJECT.md. Re-scoped Phase 08 (ROADMAP) and
REQ-23 (REQUIREMENTS) to reflect the OIDC blocker: the spike uses a
per-run-rotated long-lived key (D-039) instead of OIDC; real OIDC is a
v1.2 deliverable. ARCHITECTURE.md Gitea API surface table updated with
the OIDC verdict.
Jon Chery