Jon Chery
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v1.15-Nova rebrand doc verification (phase/05-final-review-ship) found stale ACDL references where the code/terraform already uses Nova names. Critical drift fixed (doc said old name; code uses new): - README.md: `.acdl/contract.yml` -> `.nova/contract.yml`; `acdl-spike-runner` -> `nova-spike-runner`; ABAC tag keys `acdl:owner|contract` -> `nova:owner|contract`. - docs/environments/index.md: `acdl-contract-ingestor` -> `nova-contract-ingestor`; `aws:PrincipalTag/acdl:owner` -> `nova:owner`; `acdl-contracts` -> `nova-contracts`. - docs/consumer-guide.md: `acdl-change-requests` -> `nova-change-requests`; state bucket example `acdl-qa-state` -> `nova-qa-state`. - docs/presentations/* (4 decks + 2 HTML + talking-points): `acdl:owner|contract| environment|cost-center` -> `nova:*`; `ACDL_LIFECYCLE_MODE` -> `NOVA_LIFECYCLE_MODE`. - pipelines/modules-lifecycle.yml comments: `ACDL_LIFECYCLE_MODE` -> `NOVA_LIFECYCLE_MODE` (workflows already use NOVA_; the contract comments were stale). - docs/NOVA_MIGRATION.md: status banner -> COMPLETE (P5 cutoff passed). - .ciagent/ARCHITECTURE.md: header `ACDL` -> `Nova`; NOVA_LIFECYCLE_MODE rename noted in the live lifecycle-mode section (v1.15 addendum already correct). - .ciagent/ROADMAP.md: v1.15 phase statuses P1-P4 pending -> complete (v1.15.1..v1.15.4); P5 -> in progress (phase/05-final-review-ship). Verification: - grep for `acdl:*` tag keys / `.acdl/contract` / `acdl-contract-ingestor` / `acdl-contracts` / `ACDL_LIFECYCLE_MODE` in README/docs/pipelines -> 0 hits (excluding explicitly-unchanged repo path `acdl/.github/...`, `continuous-intelligence/acdl`, and historical narrative). - core/output_publisher.py uses `/nova`; schemas/tagging-standard.json uses `nova:*`; terraform uses `nova-*` (0 `acdl-` in *.tf) — docs now match. - git tag v1.15.0..v1.15.4 exist. - pytest tests/test_lifecycle_mode_flag.py tests/test_pipeline_contract.py -> 111 passed. ---ci--- project: acdl
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# Nova Migration Guide — What Consumers Must Know
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> **STATUS: COMPLETE (milestone v1.15.4, 2026-07-30).** The Nova rebrand
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> is fully rolled out. The dual-read / parallel-write grace period has
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> ended (P5 cutoff passed). All `ACDL_*` env var fallbacks, `.acdl/`
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> consumer-path fallbacks, `/acdl/` SSM-path fallbacks, `acdl:*` tag-key
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> fallbacks, and `acdl-*` AWS resource names are removed. Consumers must
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> use the `NOVA_*` / `.nova/` / `/nova/` / `nova:*` / `nova-*` names
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> exclusively. If you have not yet migrated, follow the steps below.
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> **Nova** is the new product brand for the platform formerly known as
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> **ACDL** (Agentic Cloud Delivery Platform). This guide documents the
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> breaking changes from the rebrand rollout (Phases P2–P4, cutoff P5)
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> and tells you exactly what to do.
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## What is NOT changing
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- **The Gitea repository name** (`continuous-intelligence/acdl`) is **not**
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changing. Only the product brand is changing. The `uses:` reference
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(`acdl/.github/workflows/deploy.yml@vX.Y`) and the GitHub `acdl/acdl` repo
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path are unchanged for the duration of the rebrand; the workflow
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`uses:` reference will be migrated in a later, separately-announced step.
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- **The platform behavior** is unchanged. Same pipeline stages, same
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contract schema, same confidence model, same evidence stream, same
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modules. Only the brand, the on-disk path, the env var names, the SSM
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path, the AWS tag keys, and the AWS resource names are changing.
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## The 5 breaking changes
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Five things that consumers may reference are being renamed. Each is
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scheduled into a phase, ships with a grace period, and has a cutoff.
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### 1. Consumer contract path — Phase P2
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- **Old:** `.acdl/contract.yml`
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- **New:** `.nova/contract.yml`
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- **Phase:** P2 (env vars + consumer path)
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- **Grace period:** during P2–P4 the deploy workflow reads **both** paths
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(`.nova/contract.yml` first, falling back to `.acdl/contract.yml` if the
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new path is absent). Your existing contracts keep working until P5.
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- **Cutoff:** P5 removes the `.acdl/` fallback. Move your contract file
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before P5.
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- **What you must do:** rename the directory in your consumer repo from
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`.acdl/` to `.nova/` and update any `contract:` workflow input that
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points at the old path. Nothing else changes in the contract content.
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### 2. Environment variables — Phase P2
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- **Old:** `ACDL_*` (e.g. `ACDL_LIFECYCLE_MODE`, `ACDL_AWS_ACCOUNT_ID`,
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`ACDL_BOOTSTRAP_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, …)
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- **New:** `NOVA_*` (e.g. `NOVA_LIFECYCLE_MODE`, `NOVA_AWS_ACCOUNT_ID`,
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`NOVA_BOOTSTRAP_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, …)
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- **Phase:** P2 (env vars + consumer path)
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- **Grace period — dual-read fallback:** during P2–P4 the platform reads
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**`NOVA_*` first, then falls back to `ACDL_*`** if the Nova variable is
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unset. This means your CI secrets, workflow env blocks, and local
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`.env.secrets` keep working unchanged through P4. You do not need to
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rename everything in one shot — rename a variable and the dual-read picks
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it up; leave one old and it still resolves.
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- **Cutoff:** P5 removes the `ACDL_*` fallback. After P5, only `NOVA_*`
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is read.
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- **What you must do:** rename your `ACDL_*` CI secrets, workflow `env:`
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blocks, and any local `.env.secrets` entries to `NOVA_*`. Because of the
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dual-read, you can do this incrementally across P2–P4 — but it must be
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complete before P5.
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### 3. SSM parameter path — Phase P3 (DONE)
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- **Old:** `/acdl/{env}/{contractId}/{output}`
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- **New:** `/nova/{env}/{contractId}/{output}`
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- **Phase:** P3 (SSM paths + tag keys) — **shipped in P3**
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- **Grace period — parallel-write:** during P3–P4 the platform **writes
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every output to both** the `/acdl/…` and `/nova/…` SSM paths, and reads
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from `/nova/…` first (falling back to `/acdl/…`). Any hardcoded SSM path
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reads in your application code keep resolving through P4. The P3
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migration script (`scripts/migrate_ssm_paths.py`) copies existing
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`/acdl/…` parameters to `/nova/…`, verifies the copy, and deletes the
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old ones.
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- **Cutoff:** P5 stops writing to `/acdl/…` and removes the read fallback.
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After P5 only `/nova/…` exists.
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- **What you must do:** if your application code or runbooks read deploy
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outputs from SSM by hardcoded path, update the path prefix from `/acdl/`
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to `/nova/`. If you consume outputs only via the PR-comment / GitHub
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issue surface, you do nothing — the platform republishes under the new
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path automatically.
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### 4. AWS tag keys — Phase P3 (DONE)
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- **Old:** `acdl:owner`, `acdl:environment`, `acdl:contract`,
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`acdl:cost-center`, `acdl:ref`
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- **New:** `nova:owner`, `nova:environment`, `nova:contract`,
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`nova:cost-center`, `nova:ref`
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- **Phase:** P3 (SSM paths + tag keys) — **shipped in P3**
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- **Grace period — parallel-tag period:** during P3–P4 the platform
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**tags every resource with both** the `acdl:*` and `nova:*` keys (same
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values). The ABAC session policy matches on **either** key set, so your
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existing scoped permissions keep working. The default cost-center value
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moves from `acdl-default` to `nova-default` (both written during the
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parallel-tag period). Terraform now emits `nova:*` keys; old `acdl:*`
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tags on pre-P3 live resources are removed by the P4 runbook's
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`scripts/untag_acdl_keys.py` step after the `nova:*` tags are applied
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live.
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- **Cutoff:** P5 stops writing the `acdl:*` keys and the ABAC policy matches
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only on `nova:*`. After P5, resources created before P5 still carry the
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old `acdl:*` tags (tags are not retroactively rewritten) but **new**
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resources are tagged `nova:*` only, and the policy no longer grants
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access via `acdl:*`.
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- **What you must do:** if you have IAM policies, Cost Explorer filters,
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or billing groupings that key off `acdl:*` tag keys, add a parallel
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`nova:*` condition (or migrate to `nova:*`) before P5. The platform
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handles the dual-tagging; you only need to update your own tag-key
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references.
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### 5. AWS resource names — Phase P4
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- **Old:** `acdl-*` (DynamoDB tables `acdl-contracts`,
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`acdl-change-requests`; Lambda `acdl-contract-ingestor`; SNS
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`acdl-sod-halt`; security group `acdl-ecs-sg`; KMS alias
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`alias/acdl-platform`; ECS services, ECR repos, IAM user
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`acdl-spike-runner`, state bucket `acdl-tfstate-*`, ALB `acdl-alb`,
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`acdl-deploy-*`)
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- **New:** `nova-*` (the same resources, prefixed `nova-`)
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- **Phase:** P4 (resource names) — **maintenance window**
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- **Grace period:** P4 is a **planned maintenance window**. AWS resources
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cannot be renamed in place, so P4 provisions the `nova-*` resources,
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migrates data (DynamoDB tables, S3 state), repoints the platform, and
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tears down the `acdl-*` resources. The platform team schedules and
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announces the window; consumers do not provision or rename anything
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themselves.
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- **Cutoff:** the `acdl-*` resources are decommissioned at the end of the
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P4 maintenance window. After P4, only `nova-*` resources exist.
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- **What you must do:** nothing for the resource names themselves — the
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platform owns the rename. If your application code or runbooks reference
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a specific `acdl-*` resource by name (e.g. a hardcoded DynamoDB table
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name or ECR URI), update it to the `nova-*` name during P4. The platform
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publishes the exact old → new name mapping with the P4 announcement.
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## Timeline at a glance
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| Phase | What ships | Grace period | Cutoff |
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| **P1** (this phase) | Brand prose, docs, decks, schema `$id`, release titles | n/a (prose only) | n/a |
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| **P2** | `.nova/` contract path + `NOVA_*` env vars | dual-read: `.nova/`→`.acdl/`, `NOVA_*`→`ACDL_*` | **P5** removes fallback |
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| **P3** | `/nova/` SSM path + `nova:*` tag keys | parallel-write (SSM) + parallel-tag (ABAC matches either) | **P5** removes old path/tags |
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| **P4** | `nova-*` AWS resource names | maintenance window (platform-owned migration) | end of P4 window |
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| **P5** | Fallback removal | — | `ACDL_*` env vars, `.acdl/` path, `/acdl/` SSM, `acdl:*` tags stop working |
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## What consumers must do (checklist)
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1. **Before P5 — contract path:** move `.acdl/contract.yml` →
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`.nova/contract.yml` in your consumer repo; update the `contract:`
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workflow input. *(Can be done any time in P2–P4.)*
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2. **Before P5 — env vars:** rename `ACDL_*` CI secrets / workflow `env:`
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blocks / local `.env.secrets` to `NOVA_*`. *(Incremental during P2–P4;
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dual-read keeps you green.)*
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3. **Before P5 — SSM reads:** if you read deploy outputs from SSM by
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hardcoded `/acdl/…` path, update to `/nova/…`. *(Skip if you consume
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outputs via PR comments only.)*
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4. **Before P5 — tag-key references:** if you have IAM policies, Cost
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Explorer filters, or billing groupings keyed off `acdl:*`, add or
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migrate to `nova:*`. *(Platform handles dual-tagging.)*
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5. **During P4 — resource-name references:** if your code or runbooks
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reference a specific `acdl-*` AWS resource by name, update to the
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`nova-*` name per the P4 mapping announcement. *(Platform owns the
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rename itself.)*
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## Questions
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If anything in this guide is unclear, or you are unsure whether your
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consumer repo references a renamed value, open an issue on the platform
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repo. The platform team will confirm what you need to change and when.
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> **Note:** the real Gitea repository name (`continuous-intelligence/acdl`)
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> is **not** changing — only the product brand. The `uses:` workflow
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> reference and repo path are migrated in a separately-announced later step;
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> until then, keep your `uses: acdl/.github/workflows/deploy.yml@vX.Y`
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> reference as-is. |