docs(P00): research findings — threat model round 3 (~60 gaps, F26-F101)

Three deep codebase sweeps (security, reliability, feature/doc):
- Critical: job run runs locally (scheduler dead code), jobspec parser
  drops schedule/timeout, verify-reqs bypassed, logs --job RCE, pprof
  bypass, tar-slip, WebAuthn unauthenticated registration
- High: 8 injection vectors, Go 1.25.0 (24 stdlib vulns), audit chain
  race, concurrent secrets data loss, no busy_timeout, cache stale reads,
  acl.Check zero calls, mTLS claim false, docs missing 25 subcommands
- Medium: key zeroing, cache DB mode, writeAtomic consolidation, WebAuthn
  session mutex, IPv6, SSH timeouts, DB retention, logs unbounded

R-022 (scheduler wiring) and R-023 (zero-trust enforcement) adopted as
load-bearing architectural changes. ARCHITECTURE.md updated with deltas.
PERSONAS.md updated (security-engineer added, uat-engineer phase-specific).

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project: orca
phase: 0
milestone: v0.13
status: research
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GRILL_v0.12.md). C-32 (GITEA_TOKEN rotation human-gate) is the only
deferred gate — shipped as a documented escalation; all other gates
cleared. The load-bearing rule is R-021 (no Orca password/token paths).
---
## v0.13 Architecture Deltas — Production Hardening Round 2
### R-022: Scheduler/Deployment Wiring
`orca job run` now deploys to remote nodes via the pipeline:
```
scheduler.Schedule(spec, nodes) → emitter.Render(unit) → sshpush.Deploy(target, unit)
```
- The local `exec.CommandContext` path in `internal/engine/executor.go`
is removed for the dispatch path. Local execution is the fallback
when no remote nodes are registered (single-node dev mode).
- `internal/scheduler.Schedule()` evaluates CEL constraints, capacity
fit, and affinity scoring against registered nodes.
- `internal/emitter/systemd.go` renders the unit; `systemd-analyze
verify` validates before deploy.
- `internal/sshpush` pushes the unit + env file to the target node.
- `--target <node>` overrides scheduler selection (manual pinning).
- Without `--target`, the scheduler bin-packs across all `ready` nodes.
### R-023: Zero-Trust Enforcement Wiring
`acl.Check` is invoked on every request path:
- **Daemon handlers** (`dispatch`/`jobs`/`nodes`/`tasks`/`health`):
extract OIDC `sub`/SPIFFE SVID from mTLS peer cert → `acl.Check(acl,
identity, namespace, verb)` → deny-by-default.
- **SSH-push applier** (`internal/sshpush/`): validate `ORCA_OIDC_TOKEN`
bearer against JWKS before applying any txn.
- **Txn apply** (`internal/txn/`): same bearer validation.
- Audit `actor` field carries the OIDC `sub` or SPIFFE SVID (not
"cli"/"daemon").
- `acl.json` mode is 0600 (not 0644).
- WebAuthn registration (`/orca/webauthn/register`) requires an
existing authenticated session or admin bootstrap token.
### New Components
- `internal/linux/bootstrap.go` — Ubuntu/Debian SSH-join (mirrors
`internal/proxmox/bootstrap.go` without PVE role/sudoers). Deploys
orca pubkey, creates `orca` system user, creates drift-events dir.
Key-auth only (R-021). Invoked via `orca node join --type linux`.
- `internal/cli/cluster_seal.go` — `orca cluster seal`/`unseal` CLI
(wraps `internal/seal/` library; OIDC token exchange → unwrap master
key → zeroed on shutdown; Shamir 3-of-5 shards at seal time).
- `internal/cli/doctor_audit.go` — `orca doctor audit` (wraps
`AuditRepo.VerifyChain`).
- `internal/cli/doctor_modes.go` — `orca doctor modes` (wraps
`EnforceFileModes` across ORCA_HOME).
### New Artifacts
- `docs/uat.md` — UAT plan (3-host topology, step-by-step, claim matrix)
- `scripts/uat-signoff.sh` — v1.0 gate signoff script (~35 assertions,
idempotent, read-only)
- `scripts/uat-smoke.sh` — CI-tested pure-CLI subset of signoff
- `docs/metrics.md` — expanded Prometheus metric set reference
### jobspec Parser Fixes
- `schedule:` and `timeout:` now parsed at top level (previously
silently dropped by the markdown parser's default case).
- DaemonSet: parser no longer defaults `Count` to 1 (validator rejects
`Count != 0` for DaemonSet).
- `restart:` policy translated to systemd `Restart=`/`StartLimitBurst`
in the emitter.
- `job lint` emits honest "not enforced in this version" warnings for
advisory-only fields (cron, health, update, affinity).
### Concurrency Safety
- All SQLite DSNs set `busy_timeout(5000)` + `SetMaxOpenConns(1)`.
- Secrets file flock prevents concurrent-write data loss.
- Upgrade/backup lock files prevent concurrent cutover/clobber.
- Cache invalidated by write commands (read-after-write consistency).
- Audit `Append` uses `BEGIN IMMEDIATE` transaction (chain race fixed).
- WebAuthn session stores guarded with `sync.Mutex`.
### Transport Safety
- Typed sentinels replace substring matching in both `transport` and
`sshpush` packages.
- `rotateSSHKeys` 2-phase atomic swap (stage → swap → verify → cleanup).
- IPv6 `net.JoinHostPort` in all SSH dial paths.
- Explicit timeouts on all SSH commands.
- Root SIGINT/SIGTERM handler for clean exit on non-watch commands.
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{
"phase": 0,
"stage": "clarify",
"stage": "research",
"milestone": "v0.13",
"milestone_slug": "production-hardening-2",
"phase_role": "pre_execution",
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- backend-engineer
- data-engineer
- security-engineer
- network-engineer
- devops-engineer
deactivated:
- cli-engineer
- frontend-engineer
phase_specific: []
reason: |
Orca v0.9 is the first DIRECTION-CHANGE milestone in the project's
history. It supersedes the shipped v0.1v0.8 architecture per the adopted
PRD (.ciagent/PRD_v0.9.md). The re-architecture deprecates the daemon/
transport/internal-CA/HCL/single-namespace stack and builds a CLI-only/
SSH-push/step-ca/Markdown-frontmatter/multi-namespace stack plus 8
net-new subsystems. The user overrode the grill's Re-architecture
Justification REPLAN with a six-part evidence basis (see PROJECT.md
Supersession Table). The ci-griller's 19 binding conditions (C-01..C-19)
and 10 phase challenges (PC-01..PC-10) are adopted as execution gates
(see GRILL_v0.9.md).
Roster changes vs v0.8 (implements grill C-05):
- lead-developer: RETAINED — owns the CLI subcommand tree, deprecation
sweep (P00), path resolver (P0a1), parser dispatch (P0b), emitter
interface (P0c), and milestone coordination.
- backend-engineer: RETAINED — owns SSH-push transport (P01), runtime
abstraction (P07a/b/c), transaction bundle (P10 design), step-ca
integration, secrets crypto. Frameworks updated: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh
(existing), golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/knownhosts (existing); pending
deps: bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go (C-01 gate), smallstep/cli (I-B-004).
- data-engineer: RETAINED — owns per-namespace DB schema split (P0a1,
REQ-071), CLI cache DB (R-008), namespace inheritance resolver state
(P0a2). Frameworks: modernc/sqlite.
- security-engineer: REACTIVATED — owns step-ca provisioning (REQ-076),
master.key + AES-256-GCM crypto (REQ-080, C-19 threat model), SPIFFE
SVID minting (C-08 spike), SSH-push blast-radius review, Traefik edge,
.env.secrets threat model. The re-architecture reverses AD-010
(step-ca rejection) and the SPIFFE rejection at PROJECT.md:94; both
reversals are justified in the Supersession Table.
- network-engineer: REACTIVATED — owns socket-based service exposure
(R-007, P08), Syncthing P2P ports (P09), Traefik routing + dynamic
config atomicity (P02, C-10). The transport layer moves from mTLS
HTTP daemon-to-daemon to SSH CLI-to-server; network-engineer reviews
the new trust surface.
- devops-engineer: REACTIVATED — owns bash scripts (scripts/orca-*.sh,
C-15..C-18: bats/shellcheck/shfmt gate, render-format contract,
slog-syslog), systemd timers (orca-pull/drift/aggregate, C-09 failure
contract, C-11 watchdog), hermetic test infra (P00 bootstrap, P08
expand, REQ-087).
- cli-engineer: remains DEACTIVATED — CLI surface growth is owned by
lead-developer (cobra subcommands) + backend-engineer (transport);
reactivation optional if CLI subcommand surface exceeds lead-developer
bandwidth.
- frontend-engineer: remains DEACTIVATED — no web UI (unchanged from
v0.1 onward; R-014 makes Markdown canonical, not a web UI).
---
# Personas: Orca
## v0.9 persona assessment (supersedes v0.8)
The v0.9 re-architecture introduces 5 new external apt dependencies (step-ca,
Traefik, Syncthing, wasmtime, podman), 8 net-new subsystems, and deprecates
~10k lines of shipped daemon/transport/CA/HCL code. The active roster grows
from 3 to 6 to cover the new attack surfaces and deployment model. Territory
enforcement remains in `warn` mode per config.json.
### lead-developer
- **Domain**: coordination
- **Frameworks**: `cobra`, `net/http/httptest`, `testing`
- **Constraints**: `boundary-enforcement`, `offline-first`, `no-redundant-implementations`, `coverage-floor-70`
- **Territory**: `cmd/**`, `internal/cli/**`, `cmd/verify-reqs/**`, `Makefile`, `.coreci.yml`, `.ciagent/**`
- **Active**: true
- **Reason**: Owns P01 coverage for `cmd/orca` (smoke test of `main()`/`cli.Execute()`), `internal/cli` coverage for the non-node, non-daemon subcommands (`cert *`, `doctor *`, `audit list`, `status`, `version`), and the P03 `cmd/verify-reqs/main.go` Go program + `make verify-reqs` Makefile target + `.coreci.yml` validate-pipeline hook. Added `coverage-floor-70` constraint (D-047 tiered floor: 70% for the 6 under-50% packages, 50% for the 3 zero-test packages). Added `testing` + `net/http/httptest` to frameworks (test-only phase).
### backend-engineer
- **Domain**: backend
- **Frameworks**: `cobra`, `net/http`, `net/http/httptest`, `golang.org/x/crypto/ssh`, `golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/knownhosts`, `testing`
- **Constraints**: `API-first`, `error-handling`, `minimal-dependencies`, `security-first`, `tofu-host-key-pinning`, `pinned-host-key-fail-closed`, `atomic-file-rewrite`, `coverage-floor-70`
- **Territory**: `internal/transport/**`, `internal/engine/**`, `internal/proxmox/**`, `internal/cli/node.go`, `internal/daemon/**` (tests only)
- **Active**: true
- **Reason**: Owns P01 coverage for `internal/transport` (httptest.NewTLSServer for mTLS + stubDispatcher for DispatchClient) and `internal/engine` (LocalExecutor stubs + PeerRegistry in-memory tests). Owns P02 SSH trust hardening: `--host-key-fingerprint` pinned callback in `internal/proxmox/bootstrap.go` (D-045 OpenSSH SHA256:base64 format, AD-027/AD-028), the TOFU capture-fix (knownhosts.New returns KeyError{Want:[]} on first connect — must capture-and-persist via knownhosts.Line, AD-029 atomic rewrite), the `sessionRunner` seam refactor (P01 enabler for proxmox coverage), and `internal/cli/node.go` `--host-key-fingerprint` flag + `key-reset` subcommand (D-046 local known_hosts only). Frameworks updated: `connectrpc` REMOVED (not in go.mod per AD-014 — config.json still lists it but it's a stale entry), `golang.org/x/crypto/ssh` + `knownhosts` ADDED (direct dep since v0.6 D-030). Added `pinned-host-key-fail-closed` + `atomic-file-rewrite` + `coverage-floor-70` constraints.
### data-engineer
- **Domain**: data
- **Frameworks**: `modernc/sqlite`, `iter`, `hashicorp/hcl/v2`, `testing`
- **Constraints**: `schema-first`, `migration-safe`, `local-storage-only`, `no-goroutine-leak`, `nullable-column-handling`, `coverage-floor-70`
- **Territory**: `internal/store/**`, `internal/audit/**`, `internal/certpaths/**`, `internal/jobspec/**`, `internal/model/**`, `internal/store/migrations/**`
- **Active**: true
- **Reason**: Owns P01 coverage for `internal/store` (including the missing `cert_repo_test.go` — a v0.7 P01 leftover; Insert/Get/List/ListByNode/LatestForKind/PruneOlderThan/Delete + N=3 rotation history per REQ-025), `internal/audit` (sqlite-backed audit_log row asserts via `engine.Audit` + `store.AuditRepo`, slog capture via test handler), `internal/certpaths` (path-join asserts with temp dir + ORCA_HOME/ORCA_DB env), and `internal/jobspec` (golden-file HCL fixtures in a new `testdata/` dir + error-path table for Parse/Validate/ParseFile). Frameworks updated: `iter` + `hashicorp/hcl/v2` added (matches actual go.mod — jobspec uses hclsimple; store Watch uses iter.Seq). Added `coverage-floor-70` constraint.
### cli-engineer
- **Active**: false (v0.8)
- **Reason**: Deactivated — merged into lead-developer. The cli coverage work is test-only; `--host-key-fingerprint` and `key-reset` are a 1-flag and 1-subcommand addition to the existing `internal/cli/node.go`, not a new CLI subsystem.
### security-engineer
- **Active**: false (v0.8)
- **Reason**: Deactivated — v0.8 refines the existing proxmox SSH trust surface (pinned host-key callback, key-reset known_hosts rewrite) but does NOT add new security architecture (no new CA, no new X.509, no new crypto). The trust work is backend-engineer territory (SSH dialer + known_hosts file manipulation). The `internal/security/sshkey.go` is unchanged in v0.8. Was active in v0.6 (SSH keygen + sudoers), deactivated in v0.7, remains deactivated in v0.8.
### devops-engineer
- **Active**: false (v0.8)
- **Reason**: Deactivated — `verify-reqs` is a Go program (`cmd/verify-reqs/main.go`), not a CI/packaging change. The `.coreci.yml` edit is a 3-line validate-pipeline hook (lead-developer territory). No install.sh, Dockerfile, or release-pipeline surface in v0.8.
### network-engineer
- **Active**: false (v0.8)
- **Reason**: Deactivated — no transport/mTLS surface change. `internal/transport` coverage is test-only on the existing mTLS layer (httptest.NewTLSServer, no new TLS config). The SSH trust work is point-to-point bootstrap, not the mTLS mesh network-engineer owns.
### frontend-engineer
- **Active**: false (v0.8)
- **Reason**: No web UI in Orca (unchanged from v0.1 onward).
## Territory Enforcement
- **Mode**: `warn` (per `config.json`)
- **Behavior**: Out-of-territory file changes log a warning but do not block.
- **Key overlaps in v0.8** (lead-developer adjudicates):
- `internal/cli/node.go` — backend-engineer (`--host-key-fingerprint` flag + `key-reset` subcommand + proxmox pass-through) vs lead-developer (cli coverage tests). Boundary: backend owns the command implementation; lead owns the test files (`node_test.go`).
- `internal/proxmox/bootstrap.go` — backend-engineer (pinned callback, TOFU fix, sessionRunner seam) vs data-engineer (no overlap — proxmox has no store/audit code). Clean boundary.
- `cmd/verify-reqs/main.go` — lead-developer (Go program + Makefile + .coreci.yml) vs data-engineer (no overlap — verify-reqs parses markdown, not DB). Clean boundary.
- `internal/store/cert_repo_test.go` — data-engineer (test file) vs backend-engineer (no overlap — cert_repo is data territory). Clean boundary.
## v0.8 vs v0.7 Persona Diff
| Change | Rationale |
|--------|-----------|
| `lead-developer` retained | Owns cmd/orca smoke test, internal/cli coverage (non-node subcommands), cmd/verify-reqs Go program. |
| `backend-engineer` retained | Owns internal/transport + internal/engine tests + SSH trust-surface in proxmox + cli/node. Frameworks corrected: connectrpc removed (not in go.mod), x/crypto/ssh added. |
| `data-engineer` retained | Owns internal/store (cert_repo gap) + internal/audit + internal/certpaths + internal/jobspec tests. Frameworks corrected: iter + hcl/v2 added. |
| `security-engineer` remains deactivated | v0.8 refines existing SSH trust surface, no new security architecture. |
| `cli-engineer` remains deactivated | Merged into lead-developer (test-only + 1 flag + 1 subcommand). |
| `devops-engineer` remains deactivated | verify-reqs is a Go program, not CI/packaging. |
| `network-engineer` remains deactivated | No transport/mTLS surface change (test-only). |
| `frontend-engineer` remains deactivated | No web UI. |
---
## v0.10 Docs & Install Milestone — Persona Configuration
```yaml
---
active:
- lead-developer
- backend-engineer
- docs-engineer
deactivated:
- data-engineer
- security-engineer
- network-engineer
- devops-engineer
- cli-engineer
- frontend-engineer
phase_specific:
- docs-engineer
- uat-engineer (P12 only)
reason: |
v0.10 is a documentation + install-hardening milestone. It touches two
territories: scripts/ (release.sh, install.sh — bash, backend-engineer)
and docs/ + examples/ + README.md (markdown, lead-developer +
docs-engineer). No Go orchestration code changes, no schema/migration
changes, no UI, no security/crypto surface, no transport/network
surface. The data-engineer, security-engineer, network-engineer, and
devops-engineer personas are deactivated for this milestone.
---
```
Orca v0.13 is a production-hardening milestone. The active roster is
trimmed to the four personas that own the hardening work:
- lead-developer: coordinates phase decomposition, owns scheduler
wiring (R-022) and jobspec parser fixes (P03)
- backend-engineer: owns ACL enforcement wiring (R-023), injection
hardening (P02), transport/SSH safety (P08), concurrency (P07)
- data-engineer: owns SQLite busy_timeout, audit chain race fix,
migration safety, DB retention (P05, P07, P09)
- security-engineer: owns toolchain vulns (P01), seal/audit CLI
(P05), auth init-idp (P06), key zeroing, WebAuthn reg auth (P04)
network-engineer and devops-engineer are deactivated — their territory
(nft ruleset, collector scripts) is covered by backend-engineer in
this milestone. cli-engineer and frontend-engineer remain deactivated
(no CLI framework or UI work).
uat-engineer is phase-specific for P12 (UAT plan + signoff script).
Territory enforcement is warn mode (config.json
personas.territory_enforcement=warn). Cross-territory fixes (e.g. a
fix that touches both daemon handlers and SQLite) are allowed with a
warning.
### lead-developer (v0.10)
- **Active**: true
- **Territory**: `docs/**/*.md`, `examples/**`, `README.md`,
`.ciagent/**/*.md` (coordination + cross-cutting docs)
- **Frameworks**: markdown, cobra (for CLI reference accuracy)
- **Reason**: Owns the CLI reference doc, jobspec reference, ingress
guide, examples directory, README refresh, and namespace.md update.
Coordinates factual accuracy against the live codebase.
Framework alignment (from go.mod):
- lead-developer: cobra
- backend-engineer: cobra, connectrpc
- data-engineer: modernc/sqlite
- security-engineer: go-webauthn, go-jose, x/crypto
- uat-engineer: bash, bats
### backend-engineer (v0.10)
- **Active**: true
- **Territory**: `scripts/release.sh`, `scripts/install.sh`,
`scripts/tests/*.bash`
- **Frameworks**: bash, curl, tea CLI, Gitea API
- **Reason**: Owns the release/install pipeline fix (cross-build amd64,
asset verification, fallback walk). The scripts are API-adjacent
tooling that interacts with the Gitea releases API.
### docs-engineer (v0.10 — phase-specific)
- **Active**: true (phase-specific: P2, P3, P4)
- **Territory**: `docs/cli.md`, `docs/jobspec.md`, `docs/ingress.md`,
`examples/full-stack/**`
- **Frameworks**: markdown, GitHub-flavored markdown
- **Constraints**: factual-accuracy-against-codebase,
cross-link-resolution, deprecation-callouts
- **Reason**: Custom persona for the markdown authoring work. Ensures
every factual claim in the docs is grounded in the live codebase
(struct fields, flag definitions, paths) and every cross-link
resolves. Removed after P4.
### Deactivated personas (v0.10)
- **data-engineer**: no schema/migration work this milestone.
- **security-engineer**: no crypto/threat-model work this milestone.
- **network-engineer**: no transport/socket work this milestone.
- **devops-engineer**: no packaging/distribution work beyond the
release.sh fix (owned by backend-engineer).
- **cli-engineer**: no new CLI commands this milestone.
- **frontend-engineer**: no web UI (unchanged from v0.1).
| Change | Rationale |
|--------|-----------|
| `data-engineer` reactivated | Owns migration 0006 + NodeRepo schema extension (kind/os columns). |
| `security-engineer` reactivated | Owns SSH keygen, TOFU host-key, sudoers, PVE role — first-class security surface. |
| `devops-engineer` deactivated | v0.6 has no packaging/distribution surface. |
| `network-engineer` remains deactivated | No transport/mTLS surface. |
| `frontend-engineer` remains deactivated | No web UI. |
## v0.11 Update (Production Hardening)
The v0.9 persona roster carries forward to v0.11 with these additions:
### Roster changes
- **lead-developer**: RETAINED — owns `orca cluster rotate-lead` (P14b),
`orca upgrade` (P14a), README framing (P15, Q5=A Nomad-inspired),
milestone coordination.
- **backend-engineer**: RETAINED — owns `internal/drift/` (P10, ~500 LoC
greenfield), `internal/emitter/nft.go` (P15.5, ~200 LoC greenfield),
`orca drift` CLI tree (P10), `orca nft` CLI (P15.5), `orca job migrate`
(P05), `orca logs --all-nodes` (P06), `orca doctor mTLS`/`orca doctor nft`
(P15.5), `scripts/orca-drift-notify.sh` + `orca-remediate.sh` (P10).
Frameworks: cobra, `iter.Seq2` (D-017 extension), `signal.NotifyContext`
(D-023), golang.org/x/crypto/ssh (existing).
- **data-engineer**: REACTIVATED for P14a — owns v0.8→v1.0 data migration
(REQ-066), schema migration for `orca upgrade` binding cutover. Was
deactivated in v0.10 (docs-only milestone); reactivated for the
migration phase.
- **security-engineer**: RETAINED — owns threat model (P15.5, C-19),
secrets subsystem (P03), `orca doctor mTLS` (P15.5), ingress-hybrid
trust-boundary review (R-017), drift-detection threat model (R-020
deadlock, secret exclusion D-234).
- **network-engineer**: RETAINED — owns nftables emitter (P15.5, R-017),
Traefik binding cutover (P14a/P15.5), cross-node cluster mesh (D-219,
unchanged private IP), drift-detection network paths (NFS detection
D-233, SSH fanout for aggregator).
- **devops-engineer**: RETAINED — owns `scripts/orca-aggregate.sh`
extension (P09, D-237), `scripts/orca-drift-notify.sh` (P10),
`scripts/orca-remediate.sh` (P10), systemd Path unit emitter (P10),
drift-detection integration tests (P08: auto-remediation, NFS fallback,
cooldown, secret exclusion), `orca` system user setup (P10, REQ-111).
- **docs-engineer**: PHASE-SPECIFIC (P15) — owns README refresh (Q5=A
Nomad-inspired framing, honest-trade-offs table from research doc 3).
Created for P15; removed after phase completes.
- **cli-engineer**: remains DEACTIVATED — CLI surface growth is owned by
lead-developer + backend-engineer.
- **frontend-engineer**: remains DEACTIVATED — no web UI.
### Phase-specific personas
- `docs-engineer`: active for P15 only (README refresh). Removed after
phase completes.
Constraint alignment:
- All personas: offline-first, no-redundant-implementations
- backend-engineer: API-first, error-handling, security-first
- data-engineer: schema-first, migration-safe, local-storage-only
- security-engineer: deny-by-default, zero-trust, no-passwords (R-021)
- uat-engineer: idempotent, read-only, claim-coverage
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# RESEARCH v0.13: Production Hardening Round 2 — Threat Model & Gap Analysis
**Status**: complete (2026-08-07). Three deep codebase sweeps (security,
reliability, feature/doc claims) performed via parallel sub-agents.
~60 gaps surfaced beyond v0.12. Findings drive the 15 new requirements
(REQ-149..REQ-163) and 14-phase plan.
## Methodology
Three parallel `explore` agents investigated the codebase:
1. **Security sweep** — input validation, injection, SSH, crypto, TLS,
race conditions, SQL, secrets, backup, pprof, rate limiting, memory,
dependencies, toolchain vulns.
2. **Reliability sweep** — idempotency, concurrency, SQLite, partial
failure, SSH fanout, timeouts, systemd, journald, cache, watch
streams, scheduler, capacity, namespace isolation, DB growth, time,
signals, temp files, flock.
3. **Feature/doc sweep** — README claims, docs/*, examples/*, Makefile,
.coreci.yml, CHANGELOG, REQUIREMENTS/ROADMAP consistency, help text,
deprecation warnings, WASM claim.
Each agent produced a structured report with file:line evidence. This
document synthesizes the findings into the v0.13 plan.
## Threat Model Round 3 — Findings
### Critical (must fix in v0.13)
| ID | Finding | file:line | REQ |
|----|---------|-----------|-----|
| F26 | `orca job run` runs locally via `exec.CommandContext` — scheduler/emitter/SSH-push are dead code; documented deployment model non-functional | `internal/cli/job.go:352-372`, `internal/engine/executor.go:150-180` | REQ-151 |
| F27 | jobspec `schedule:` and `timeout:` silently dropped by markdown parser — DaemonSet fundamentally broken | `internal/jobspec/markdown.go:480-573` | REQ-152 |
| F28 | `verify-reqs` gate bypassed for v0.12 (bold-format regex mismatch) | `cmd/verify-reqs/main.go:29` | REQ-160 |
| F29 | Command injection in `orca logs --job` via `%q`+backtick (RCE via SSH fanout) | `internal/cli/logs.go:283,289` | REQ-150 |
| F30 | pprof loopback bypass via `:6060` (empty host = bind-all) | `internal/daemon/pprof.go:21-29` | REQ-150 |
| F31 | Tar-slip in backup restore (`a/../../etc/passwd` bypasses `HasPrefix(name,"..")`) | `internal/backup/backup.go:302-304` | REQ-150 |
| F32 | Unauthenticated WebAuthn registration (account takeover) | `internal/webauthn/connector.go:85,120` | REQ-153 |
| F33 | ROADMAP marks v0.12 COMPLETE but seal/unseal/init-idp/auth-register don't exist | `.ciagent/ROADMAP.md:403` | REQ-154,155 |
### High (must fix in v0.13)
| ID | Finding | file:line | REQ |
|----|---------|-----------|-----|
| F34 | nft ruleset injection via unvalidated `TrustedProbes` IPs | `internal/emitter/nft.go:101-107` | REQ-150 |
| F35 | sudoers/shell injection via `--proxmox-user`/`--proxmox-role` | `internal/proxmox/bootstrap.go:445-452` | REQ-150 |
| F36 | `validateSudoers` checks wrong filename when `ProxmoxUser != "orca"` | `internal/proxmox/bootstrap.go:474` | REQ-150 |
| F37 | `orca txn rollback` shell injection via unvalidated txn ID | `internal/cli/txn.go:240-241` | REQ-150 |
| F38 | `orca nft diff --against` path traversal | `internal/cli/nft.go:225` | REQ-150 |
| F39 | `drain stopAlloc` stored injection from compromised peer | `internal/cli/drain.go:132` | REQ-150 |
| F40 | `cluster_compat` stored injection from peer | `internal/cli/cluster_compat.go:399` | REQ-150 |
| F41 | podman `image` `%q` backtick injection | `internal/runtime/podman.go:67` | REQ-150 |
| F42 | Go toolchain 1.25.0 — 24 stdlib vulns (tar, tls, x509, http, pem...) | `go.mod:3` | REQ-149 |
| F43 | No SQLite `busy_timeout` — "database is locked" under concurrency | `internal/store/store.go:21` | REQ-156 |
| F44 | Audit hash-chain race — concurrent appends corrupt tamper-evidence | `internal/store/audit_repo.go:908-919` | REQ-154 |
| F45 | Concurrent `secrets set` silently loses data (no flock) | `internal/cli/secrets.go:135-148` | REQ-156 |
| F46 | Concurrent `orca upgrade` races on Traefik cutover + binary install | `internal/cli/upgrade.go:111` | REQ-156 |
| F47 | Cache never invalidated by writes — stale reads after join/create/run | `internal/cli/cache.go:763-770` | REQ-156 |
| F48 | `acl.Check` called zero times — v0.12 zero-trust not wired | `internal/daemon/`, `internal/sshpush/` | REQ-153 |
| F49 | `acl.json` mode 0644 (should be 0600 per REQ-145) | `internal/cli/acl.go:152` | REQ-153 |
| F50 | README "mTLS by default" is false — SSH-push is canonical, mTLS deprecated | `README.md`, `internal/cli/node.go:93-98` | REQ-160 |
| F51 | `docs/cli.md` missing ~25 subcommands; CHANGELOG stale at v0.1 | `docs/cli.md:4`, `CHANGELOG.md:9-32` | REQ-160 |
| F52 | `docs/security-runbook.md` documents seal/unseal/doctor audit that don't exist | `docs/security-runbook.md:5-11,23` | REQ-160 |
| F53 | `docs/webauthn.md` documents `orca auth register` that doesn't exist | `docs/webauthn.md:13` | REQ-155,160 |
| F54 | `auth init-idp` is a stub — v0.12 R-021 load-bearing change has no working IdP | `internal/cli/auth.go:151-155` | REQ-155 |
| F55 | `secrets rotate-master` writes raw key, doesn't re-seal to OIDC | `internal/cli/secrets.go:358` | REQ-154 |
| F56 | `orca cluster seal`/`unseal` documented but not implemented | `docs/security-runbook.md:3-9` | REQ-154 |
| F57 | `orca doctor audit` documented but not implemented | `docs/security-runbook.md:18` | REQ-154 |
| F58 | `orca doctor modes` not implemented (REQ-130) | `internal/security/ca.go:236` | REQ-154 |
| F59 | Audit actor field is "cli"/"daemon" not OIDC sub/SVID | `internal/cli/drain.go`, `internal/daemon/server.go` | REQ-153 |
| F60 | `Executor.Run` holds mutex for whole job duration | `internal/engine/executor.go:101-103` | REQ-156 |
| F61 | `splitHostPort` in drain.go breaks IPv6 addresses | `internal/cli/drain.go:68-74` | REQ-157 |
| F62 | `transport.IsTransient` + `sshpush.isTransient` both use substring matching | `internal/transport/retry.go:44`, `internal/sshpush/transport.go:395-414` | REQ-157 |
| F63 | `rotateSSHKeys` partial-result window (old key overwritten before all peers updated) | `internal/cli/rotate_lead.go:132` | REQ-157 |
| F64 | `known_hosts` flock field stored but not read by `dial()` | `internal/sshpush/transport.go:60-63` | REQ-157 |
| F65 | `verifyCutover` uses default http.Client against orca CA (will fail TLS verification) | `internal/cli/upgrade.go:313-314` | REQ-157 |
| F66 | v0.8→v0.11 migration torn-write window (crash after rename, before schema fixup) | `internal/migration/migrate.go:135-140` | REQ-158 |
| F67 | `job stop` is soft-stop only (doesn't signal process) | `internal/cli/job.go:266` | REQ-158 |
| F68 | `upgrade.go` cutover uses direct `sed -i` (no backup file) | `internal/cli/upgrade.go:performCutover` | REQ-158 |
| F69 | `nft country block add` validates length but not content; uses `%q` | `internal/cli/nft.go:136,259` | REQ-150 |
| F70 | `--type linux` reserved but unimplemented | `internal/model/node.go:29` | REQ-161 |
| F71 | No UAT/E2E test doc exists | repo-wide | REQ-162,163 |
### Medium (fix in v0.13)
| ID | Finding | file:line | REQ |
|----|---------|-----------|-----|
| F72 | Master/SVID keys never zeroed from memory after use | throughout `internal/secrets/`, `internal/seal/` | REQ-154 |
| F73 | Cache DB mode 0644 (not 0600) | `internal/cache/cache.go:61-64` | REQ-158 |
| F74 | `writeAtomic0600`/collector: predictable tmp, no cleanup, leaks | `internal/identity/oidc.go:134`, `internal/cli/collector.go:179` | REQ-156 |
| F75 | `cli/acl.go writeAtomicFile` no fsync (durability gap) | `internal/cli/acl.go:161-181` | REQ-156 |
| F76 | WebAuthn session stores unsynchronized global maps (data race) | `internal/webauthn/connector.go:67,171` | REQ-156 |
| F77 | `loadOIDCConfig` TODO for config-file loading | `internal/cli/auth.go:168` | REQ-155 |
| F78 | No retention/compaction for jobs/tasks/audit_log tables | `internal/store/` | REQ-158 |
| F79 | `orca logs` no `--lines` cap, `--since` unbounded (OOM risk) | `internal/cli/logs.go:173-185` | REQ-158 |
| F80 | `ns create` non-atomic (partial dir creation on mid-failure) | `internal/cli/ns.go:906-918` | REQ-156 |
| F81 | `writeCurrentLead` non-atomic `os.WriteFile` | `internal/cli/rotate_lead.go:315-322` | REQ-156 |
| F82 | `secrets set` doesn't validate namespace exists (creates phantom ns) | `internal/cli/secrets.go:130` | REQ-156 |
| F83 | `backup` has no lock; concurrent backups may clobber | `internal/cli/backup.go:42-68` | REQ-156 |
| F84 | Root command has no SIGINT/SIGTERM handler for non-watch commands | `cmd/orca/main.go:17-22` | REQ-157 |
| F85 | SSH commands without explicit timeouts (peer-setup, drift, txn rollback, job restart) | various | REQ-157 |
| F86 | Rendered systemd units never validated (`systemd-analyze verify`) before deploy | `internal/emitter/systemd.go:80-98` | REQ-151 |
| F87 | OIDC callback HTTP server has no timeouts (slowloris) | `internal/identity/oidc.go:244` | REQ-157 |
| F88 | No security headers on daemon TLS surface | `internal/daemon/health.go:93` | REQ-159 |
| F89 | `orca status` returns hardcoded v0.1 stub, not deprecated | `internal/cli/status.go:22` | REQ-160 |
| F90 | `job run` help text says "HCL spec file" but HCL is deprecated | `internal/cli/job.go:47-48` | REQ-160 |
| F91 | README subcommand table omits `auth`, `nft`, `peer-setup` | `README.md` | REQ-160 |
| F92 | `docs/namespace.md` omits `inherit`/`set-constraint` | `docs/namespace.md:114-134` | REQ-160 |
| F93 | README "latest tag: v0.10.19" is stale (actual: v0.11.29) | `README.md:30,39` | REQ-160 |
| F94 | `docs/install.md`+`docker.md` reference stale v0.4.x and deprecated daemon | `docs/install.md:42,62`, `docs/docker.md:21,43` | REQ-160 |
| F95 | IPv6 host not bracketed in proxmox SSH dial | `internal/proxmox/bootstrap.go:140` | REQ-157 |
### Low (fix in v0.13 where cheap, document otherwise)
| ID | Finding | file:line | REQ |
|----|---------|-----------|-----|
| F96 | `--pprof-allow-public` documented but never implemented | `internal/daemon/pprof.go:37,42,43` | REQ-150 |
| F97 | `nft country block add` weak code validation | `internal/cli/nft.go:136` | REQ-150 |
| F98 | `cert show`/`fingerprint` don't emit deprecation warnings | `internal/cli/cert.go` | REQ-160 |
| F99 | `docs/namespace.md` references `orca doctor --legacy-paths` that doesn't exist | `docs/namespace.md:165` | REQ-160 |
| F100 | `release.sh` only builds linux-amd64; install.sh advertises arm64 | `scripts/release.sh:94-102` | accepted (D-193) |
| F101 | `docs/cli.md` version example shows "v0.9.1" but default is "0.1.0-dev" | `docs/cli.md:253` | REQ-160 |
## CLEAN categories (verified, no new findings)
- **SQL injection in `internal/store/`** — all queries use `?` placeholders
- **TLS version/cipher policy** — TLS 1.3 only, AEAD cipher allowlist
- **SSH key generation** — Ed25519, `crypto/rand`, PKCS8, 0600
- **TOFU host-key pinning** — fail-closed on mismatch, constant-time comparison
- **Self-signed cert generation** — RSA 3072, 128-bit serial, correct KeyUsage
- **Nonce reuse in secrets** — fresh 12-byte nonce per line from `crypto/rand`
- **Gitleaks / secrets in git history** — only test fixtures
- **Secrets logged in errors** — only keys/namespaces logged, never values
- **CSRF on HTTP surfaces** — daemon is GET-only, no state-changing GETs
- **Watch streams (iter.Seq)** — pull-based, defer cleanup, no goroutine leak
- **DNS resolution** — bounded by `net.Dialer{Timeout: 15s}`
- **Multi-namespace DB isolation** — per-ns file layout
## Accepted residual risks (documented, not fixed)
1. OIDC tokens plaintext at rest (0600) — sealing on every CLI invocation conflicts with "no orca binary on servers" model
2. HSTS on daemon — mTLS-only API, no browser-facing surface
3. DNS resolution timeout — bounded by `net.Dialer{Timeout: 15s}`
4. Temp file cleanup on SIGKILL — orphaned temp files, operator-visible
5. Flock timeout on NFS — stuck holder is rare; `tryFlockEx` exists
6. "WASM-first" pillar aspirational — document as "WASM runtime available, process is default"
7. arm64/armv7 release — D-193 deferred; install.sh detection is forward-looking
8. OIDC callback slowloris — loopback, short-lived, single CLI invocation
9. `--pprof-allow-public` flag — remove references, make loopback-only a hard invariant
## Architecture updates (for ARCHITECTURE.md)
- **R-022**: `orca job run` deploys via scheduler → emitter → SSH-push (local exec path removed)
- **R-023**: Zero-trust enforcement wired (`acl.Check` on every request path)
- New component: `internal/linux/bootstrap.go` (Ubuntu/Debian SSH-join, mirrors Proxmox pattern)
- New artifact: `docs/uat.md` + `scripts/uat-signoff.sh` (v1.0 gate)
- New artifact: `docs/metrics.md` (expanded Prometheus metric set)
## Conclusion
Three deep sweeps found ~60 gaps. v0.13 closes all critical/high/medium
(REQ-149..REQ-163, 14 phases). 9 low-severity residual risks are
documented and accepted. This is the last hardening round. v1.0.0 is
gated on the UAT signoff script delivered by P12.