docs(milestone): complete coverage-trust-hardening — v0.8 milestone release

Mark REQ-057..060 Complete in REQUIREMENTS.md, mark v0.8 COMPLETE in ROADMAP.md, advance config.json phase to 4. P0 (v0.7.0): pre-execution — specify/clarify/research/plan/grill. P1 (v0.7.1): coverage round 2 — 9 packages hit tiered floor. P2 (v0.7.2): SSH trust hardening — --host-key-fingerprint + key-reset + v0.6 TOFU ship-defect bugfix + doctor parity. P3 (v0.7.3): requirements-hygiene gate — make verify-reqs + CI hook. P4 (v0.7.4): final review + audit + milestone release (this commit). Review: PASS-WITH-FOLLOWUPS (0 P0, 3 P1+ deferred to v0.9). Audit: PASS (1 P1 stale-branch-hygiene, pre-existing, post-ship cleanup). GRILL: 4/4 binding conditions satisfied. ---ci--- project: orca phase: 4 milestone: v0.8 status: complete requirements: covered: [REQ-057, REQ-058, REQ-059, REQ-060] partial: [] ---/ci---
verify(P03): 4-layer verification PASS — REQ-060
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+# Phase 4 Audit — v0.8 Coverage & Trust Hardening (Final Phase)
+
+**Milestone**: v0.8 — Coverage & Trust Hardening
+**Date**: 2026-08-04
+**Branch**: `phase/04-final-review-ship`
+**Result**: ✅ PASS (with P1 branch-hygiene finding — pre-existing, non-blocking for v0.8)
+
+## Step 1 — Reconstruction Test ✅
+
+- Latest `---ci---` block (HEAD of milestone/v0.8): `project: orca, phase: 3, milestone: v0.8, status: verify, requirements: covered: [REQ-060]` — matches CHECKPOINT.json (`phase: 2, stage: verify` — note: checkpoint is one phase behind because the P03 verify commit didn't update it to phase 3; the git log `---ci---` block is authoritative and correct).
+- config.json `milestone: v0.8` — matches.
+- `make verify-reqs` → `✓ 60 requirements consistent with roadmap` — ROADMAP ↔ REQUIREMENTS consistent.
+- All 35 v0.8 commits have `---ci---` blocks (100% commit discipline).
+
+## Step 2 — .ciagent/ File Discipline ✅
+
+- `config.json`: valid JSON, `milestone: v0.8`, `phase: 0` (stale — should be 3 post-P03; minor, will be corrected at milestone-complete), `milestone_type: nfr`, `active_projects: ["orca"]` — all required fields present.
+- `PROJECT.md`: has v0.8 scope summary + D-043..D-047 + the vision/constraints/decisions sections — complete.
+- `ROADMAP.md`: v0.8 milestone section present with 4 phases (P0-P4), phases P0-P3 marked `[x]` (shipped tags v0.7.0..v0.7.3), P4 pending — matches git branches + tags. v0.8 milestone header NOT yet marked COMPLETE (milestone ship step will add this).
+- `REQUIREMENTS.md`: REQ-057..060 present, status `Pending` (milestone ship step will mark `Complete`). All 56 prior REQs (REQ-001..056) `Complete`. Traceability matrix complete.
+- `ARCHITECTURE.md`: not updated for v0.8 (no new components — verify-reqs is a `cmd/` program, not an architecture component; the trust-surface changes refine existing proxmox/doctor/cli packages). Acceptable — v0.8 is NFR, no architecture changes.
+- `PERSONAS.md`: v0.8 roster at top (lead/backend/data active; frontend/security/cli-engineer deactivated with reasons), v0.7 baseline preserved — complete.
+- `RESEARCH_v0.8.md`, `PLAN_v0.8.md`, `GRILL_v0.8.md`, `REVIEW_v0.8.md`, `PHASE1..3_VERIFICATION_v0.8.md` — all present.
+
+## Step 3 — Branch Hygiene ⚠️ P1 (pre-existing, non-blocking)
+
+**Stale merged local branches** (should have been deleted by prior ship workflows — v0.6 + v0.7 milestones):
+- `milestone/v0.6-node-bootstrap-proxmox` (merged to main via v0.6 ship)
+- `milestone/v0.7-hardening-completion` (merged to main via v0.7 ship)
+- `phase/01-cert-register`, `phase/02-config-parser`, `phase/03-coverage-uplift`, `phase/04-pprof-daemon`, `phase/05-final-review-ship` (all v0.7 phase branches, merged to v0.7 milestone)
+
+**Stale remote branches** (same set + older v0.6-era branches): `origin/milestone/v0.6-*`, `origin/milestone/v0.7-*`, `origin/phase/01-init-bootstrap`, `origin/phase/02-proxmox-join`, `origin/phase/03-doctor-extensions`, `origin/phase/04-final-review-ship`, etc.
+
+**v0.8 branches** (`phase/01-coverage-round2`, `phase/02-ssh-trust-hardening`, `phase/03-requirements-hygiene-gate`, `phase/04-final-review-ship`, `milestone/v0.8-coverage-trust-hardening`) are all active or just-merged — NOT stale.
+
+**Finding**: The ship workflow's branch-cleanup step (audit.md:46-49 "Step 6.5") is not running for prior milestones. This is a P1 process gap (recurring across v0.6 + v0.7) but does NOT block v0.8 ship. **Recommendation**: after v0.8 milestone ship, delete the stale v0.6/v0.7 local + remote branches (tags preserve the history). Defer to post-ship cleanup; do NOT block the milestone release.
+
+## Step 4 — Commit Discipline ✅
+
+- All 35 v0.8 commits have `---ci---` blocks (100%).
+- No stale decisions: D-043..D-047 are all reflected in code (T02.3 flag per D-044, T02.5 callback per D-045, T02.8 local-only per D-046, T01.6 tiered floor per D-047, T02.6 bugfix per D-043 chore classification).
+- No unresolved escalations (the only escalation was P0's `release_pending` from GITEA_TOKEN unset — auto-resolved, local-only fallback, pipeline not halted).
+- All 4 GRILL binding conditions satisfied (verified in REVIEW_v0.8.md).
+
+## Step 5 — Run Audit Checks ✅
+
+- `go build ./...` PASS
+- `go vet ./...` PASS
+- `go test ./...` PASS (16 packages)
+- `make verify-reqs` PASS (60 consistent)
+- `make build` PASS
+- `gofmt -l .` clean
+
+## Overall Verdict
+
+✅ **PASS** — v0.8 is shippable. The P1 branch-hygiene finding (stale v0.6/v0.7 branches) is pre-existing, non-blocking, and recommended for post-ship cleanup. The checkpoint phase-staleness (config.json `phase: 0` vs actual phase 3) is a minor bookkeeping gap corrected at milestone-complete.
+
+## Recommendation
+
+Proceed to milestone ship: mark REQ-057..060 `Complete` in REQUIREMENTS.md, mark v0.8 `COMPLETE` in ROADMAP.md, update config.json `phase: 4`, merge `phase/04-final-review-ship` → `milestone/v0.8` → `main`, tag `v0.7.4` (= milestone release), push, then delete stale v0.6/v0.7 branches as post-ship cleanup.
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
-  "phase": 0,
-  "stage": "grill",
+  "phase": 4,
+  "stage": "complete",
  "milestone": "v0.8",
  "milestone_slug": "coverage-trust-hardening",
-  "phase_role": "pre_execution",
+  "phase_role": "final",
  "attempts": 0,
-  "updated_at": "2026-08-04T00:48:00Z",
-  "milestone_complete": false,
+  "updated_at": "2026-08-04T01:30:00Z",
+  "milestone_complete": true,
  "next_milestone": null
 }
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+# Phase 1 Verification — v0.8 Coverage & Trust Hardening
+
+**Phase**: P01 — Coverage uplift round 2
+**Milestone**: v0.8
+**REQ**: REQ-057
+**Date**: 2026-08-04
+**Result**: ✅ PASS (all 4 layers)
+
+## Layer 1 — Structural ✅
+
+- `go build ./...` PASS (no compile errors)
+- `go vet ./...` PASS (no warnings)
+- No TODOs/FIXMEs/stubs in production code (the 3 pre-existing placeholders in `internal/cli/job.go:78`, `internal/engine/scheduler.go:115`, `internal/security/tls_config.go:90` are unchanged from v0.7 and out of scope for P01)
+- All test files resolve imports correctly
+- The proxmox `sessionRunner` seam (T01.1) is backward compatible — `BootstrapProxmox` callers unchanged
+
+## Layer 2 — Behavioral ✅
+
+- `go test ./...` PASS (all 14 packages)
+- `go test -race ./...` PASS (cli 98s, engine 47s, store 88s, transport 22s, all others fast)
+- Coverage targets met (T01.12):
+  - ≥70% floor: engine 88.9%, proxmox 87.1%, cli 76.2%, transport 93.0%, store 84.7%, jobspec 90.5%
+  - ≥50% floor: audit 100.0%, certpaths 100.0%, cmd/orca 80.0%
+- GRILL condition #3 escape valve NOT needed (cli hit 76.2%, above 70%)
+- T01.2 (conditional `peerDispatcher` seam) NOT added — engine reached 88.9% via httptest + stubs
+- REQ-057 covered: all 9 target packages hit their tiered floor
+
+## Layer 3 — Security ✅
+
+- P01 is a test-only phase (the only production change is T01.1's `sessionRunner` interface extraction + T01.11's `main()→run()` refactor)
+- No new input paths, no new network surfaces, no new crypto
+- The `sessionRunner` seam does not leak test concerns into production (default `sshSessionRunner` wraps the real SSH session; the seam is only injectable via the package-level var pattern matching `sshDialer`)
+- `cmd/orca/main.go` refactor: `run() int` returns exit code; `main()` calls `os.Exit(run())` — no security impact (same behavior, testable)
+- No secrets in test code (all test DBs use `:memory:` or temp dirs; no real credentials)
+
+## Layer 4 — Quality ✅
+
+- Tests follow existing conventions (table-driven, `t.Run` subtests, `t.Helper()` in setup funcs)
+- Reuse of existing helpers: `openTestDB`, `withFastWatch`, `initTestEnv`, `resetRootFlags`, `discardWriter`, `stubDispatcher` pattern
+- No flaky tests detected (all pass on repeated runs with `-race`)
+- Test file naming follows `*_test.go` convention
+- No over-testing: daemon.go excluded from cli coverage (covered by `internal/daemon/server_test.go`)
+- P0 issues: none. P1+ issues: none flagged.
+
+## Requirement Coverage
+
+| REQ | Status | Evidence |
+|-----|--------|----------|
+| REQ-057 | ✅ Complete | All 9 packages hit tiered floor; `go test -cover` confirms; `go test -race` PASS |
+
+## Lessons
+
+- The `sessionRunner` seam pattern (package-level var + default init in entry func) is the canonical way to add testability to orca's SSH-dependent packages. Future SSH-adjacent packages should follow it.
+- `httptest.NewTLSServer` sufficed for engine 70% without needing the conditional `peerDispatcher` seam — the plan's "only if needed" guard worked as intended.
+- The cli package's 84s test time is dominated by `--watch` integration tests with real poll intervals. Future coverage work should consider reducing the `withFastWatch` interval further or extracting the watch logic for unit-level testing.
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+# Phase 2 Verification — v0.8 Coverage & Trust Hardening
+
+**Phase**: P02 — SSH trust hardening
+**Milestone**: v0.8
+**REQs**: REQ-058, REQ-059 (+ latent TOFU bugfix closure)
+**Date**: 2026-08-04
+**Result**: ✅ PASS (all 4 layers)
+
+## Layer 1 — Structural ✅
+
+- `go build ./...` PASS
+- `go vet ./...` PASS
+- No TODOs/stubs in new production code
+- All new exports resolve: `security.SSHFingerprintSHA256`, `security.WriteAtomic`, `proxmox.TOFUHostKeyCallback`, `proxmox.ResetHostKey`, `proxmox.pinnedHostKeyCallback`, `proxmox.Options.HostKeyFingerprint`, `cli.nodeKeyResetCmd`
+- Backward compatible: existing `BootstrapProxmox` callers work (the TOFU fix changed failure→success on first connect, which is the bugfix)
+
+## Layer 2 — Behavioral ✅
+
+- `go test ./internal/proxmox/... ./internal/cli/... ./internal/doctor/... ./internal/security/...` PASS
+- `go test -race ./internal/proxmox/... ./internal/doctor/...` PASS
+- Coverage held post-P02: proxmox 86.5% (was 87.1% in P01 — marginal change from new code paths), cli 76.7% (was 76.2%), doctor 70.4% (unchanged)
+- T02.10: all 7 end-to-end integration cases PASS (pinned correct/wrong, TOFU first/second/mismatch, key-reset+re-pin, pre-populated migration path)
+- T02.11: `--host-key-fingerprint` non-proxmox validation PASS
+
+## Layer 3 — Security ✅
+
+- **REQ-058**: `--host-key-fingerprint` fails closed on mismatch (pinnedHostKeyCallback returns error on any mismatch; bootstrap aborts before any SSH session command runs). SHA256: prefix validated up front. No downgrade to TOFU when pin supplied.
+- **REQ-059**: `orca node key-reset` is local-only (D-046) — only rewrites `~/.orca/known_hosts` via `security.WriteAtomic` (atomic temp+rename, AD-029); does NOT touch remote authorized_keys. Audit-logs `node.key_reset` with actor+node+host.
+- **TOFU bugfix (T02.6, v0.6 ship-defect)**: first-connect now captures + writes the key (was silently failing). Mismatch detection preserved (MITM protection). The `TOFUHostKeyCallback` is shared between bootstrap (T02.6) and doctor (T02.9) — GRILL condition #2 parity satisfied.
+- STRIDE: no new spoofing surface (pin is operator-supplied, fail-closed); no tampering (atomic rewrite); no repudiation (audit log); no info disclosure (fingerprint is a hash, not the key); no DoS (no network change); no elevation (local file ops only).
+- No secrets in test code (fake SSH keys generated in-test).
+
+## Layer 4 — Quality ✅
+
+- Tests follow existing conventions (table-driven, `fakeSSHServer` fixture reused, `sshDialer`/`sessionRunner` seams injected)
+- `TOFUHostKeyCallback` extracted to a shared helper (no duplication between bootstrap + doctor) — clean coupling (proxmox doesn't import doctor)
+- P0 issues: none. P1+ issues: none flagged.
+
+## Requirement Coverage
+
+| REQ | Status | Evidence |
+|-----|--------|----------|
+| REQ-058 | ✅ Complete | `--host-key-fingerprint` flag (T02.3) + `pinnedHostKeyCallback` (T02.5) + `Result.HostKeyFingerprint` (T02.7) + e2e tests (T02.10) + validation (T02.11) |
+| REQ-059 | ✅ Complete | `orca node key-reset <node>` (T02.8) + `proxmox.ResetHostKey` atomic rewrite + audit log + e2e test (T02.10 case 6) |
+| (TOFU bugfix) | ✅ Complete | T02.6 fixes v0.6 ship-defect (first-connect `knownhosts.New` KeyError{Want:[]} treated as dial failure); T02.9 doctor parity |
+
+## GRILL Conditions Check
+
+- **#1 (T02.6 labeled v0.6 ship-defect)**: ✅ commit `8b0cbe1` summary "TOFU capture bug — v0.6 ship-defect first-connect join always failed"
+- **#2 (T02.9 doctor parity)**: ✅ both bootstrap (`8b0cbe1`) and doctor (`2dcb143`) use the shared `proxmox.TOFUHostKeyCallback` wrapper
+
+## Lessons
+
+- The v0.6 TOFU bug was a latent ship-defect: `knownhosts.New` returns `KeyError{Want:[]}` on first connect without writing, and the original code treated this as a dial failure. This means first-connect Proxmox join has been broken since v0.6 shipped — a strong argument for P01's coverage uplift (the 5.1% proxmox coverage hid this). v0.8 P03's `verify-reqs` would not have caught this (it's code-vs-doc drift, not doc-vs-doc) — P04 audit is the backstop.
+- Extracting `TOFUHostKeyCallback` to a shared helper was the right call for GRILL condition #2 — duplicating the wrapper in doctor would have created drift risk.
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+# Phase 3 Verification — v0.8 Coverage & Trust Hardening
+
+**Phase**: P03 — Requirements-hygiene gate
+**Milestone**: v0.8
+**REQ**: REQ-060
+**Date**: 2026-08-04
+**Result**: ✅ PASS (all 4 layers)
+
+## Layer 1 — Structural ✅
+
+- `go build ./...` PASS
+- `go vet ./...` PASS
+- `cmd/verify-reqs/main.go` (~180 LOC, stdlib only) compiles + links
+- All exports resolve: `verify(roadmapPath, reqsPath) (diff []string, count int, err error)`
+- No new dependencies
+
+## Layer 2 — Behavioral ✅
+
+- `go test ./cmd/verify-reqs/...` PASS (7 golden-file tests: clean, multi-drift, default-args, malformed, missing-file, v0.2-substring-tolerant, real-repo regression)
+- `make verify-reqs` → exit 0 on the current repo (`✓ 60 requirements consistent with roadmap`)
+- T03.5 synthetic drift verification: scratch flip of REQ-053 → `make verify-reqs` exit 1 + `REQ-053: status=Pending, expected=Complete (direction=forward)`; revert → exit 0
+- `go test ./...` PASS (all 16 packages)
+- Forward + reverse assertions both exercised (golden test `TestVerify_drift` asserts `direction=reverse` for REQ-003)
+
+## Layer 3 — Security ✅
+
+- verify-reqs is a static doc-consistency checker — no network, no secrets, no input injection (markdown is parsed with `regexp` over local files only)
+- `.coreci.yml` step runs in the existing `golang:1.25` container (no new image, no new permissions)
+- No STRIDE surface added
+
+## Layer 4 — Quality ✅
+
+- Testable core (`verify()` function) + thin `main()` — follows the `cmd/orca/main.go` → `run()` pattern from T01.11
+- Golden-file test fixtures cover the substring-tolerant regex regression (v0.2 header variant)
+- GRILL condition #4 satisfied: substring-tolerant regex + reverse-direction assertion + scope note (doc-vs-doc only)
+- P0 issues: none. P1+ issues: none flagged.
+
+## Requirement Coverage
+
+| REQ | Status | Evidence |
+|-----|--------|----------|
+| REQ-060 | ✅ Complete | `cmd/verify-reqs` (T03.1) + golden tests (T03.2) + `make verify-reqs` (T03.3) + `.coreci.yml` validate hook (T03.4) + synthetic drift verification (T03.5) |
+
+## GRILL Conditions Check
+
+- **#4 (verify-reqs regex + reverse direction)**: ✅ substring-tolerant regex matches v0.2's `**COMPLETE (merged to main via v0.3)**` header (golden test `TestVerify_v0_2_substring_tolerant`); reverse-direction assertion implemented + tested; scope note documented in the commit + the verification report.
+
+## Lessons
+
+- The two-regex parser (one for REQ rows, one for milestone-complete headers) with substring tolerance is the right shape — a single strict regex would have silently exempted v0.2 (the exact drift the GRILL flagged).
+- Refactoring `main()` into a testable `verify()` function made golden-file testing trivial (no subprocess orchestration). This mirrors the T01.11 `main()→run()` pattern and should be the house style for all `cmd/` programs.
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 | ID | Requirement | Priority | Phase | Status |
 |----|-------------|----------|-------|--------|
-| REQ-057 | Test coverage uplift round 2: raise `internal/engine` (8.3%), `internal/proxmox` (5.1%), `internal/cli` (27.6%), `internal/transport` (26.3%), `internal/store` (46.7%), `internal/jobspec` (47.6%) to ≥ 70%; add first tests for `internal/audit`, `internal/certpaths`, `cmd/orca` (currently 0%) to ≥ 50% (D-047 tiered floor) | High | **v0.8 P1** | Pending |
-| REQ-058 | `--host-key-fingerprint <SHA256:base64>` pre-pin flag on `orca node join` (validated when `--type proxmox`): when supplied, join fails fast if the SSH host key's OpenSSH SHA-256 fingerprint does not match; supersedes TOFU (D-035) for pre-pinned deployments (D-044, D-045) | Medium | **v0.8 P2** | Pending |
-| REQ-059 | `orca node key-reset <node>` command: clears the persisted SSH host key entry for the node from `~/.orca/known_hosts` only (local, not remote authorized_keys — D-046); audit-logs `event=node.key_reset`; next `doctor proxmox`/dispatch re-pins via TOFU or `--host-key-fingerprint` | Low | **v0.8 P2** | Pending |
-| REQ-060 | Requirement-status hygiene sweep: REQUIREMENTS.md v0.7 rows were stale ("Pending" after ship); add a verify-stage assertion that every REQ listed as `Complete` in ROADMAP.md has a matching `Complete` row in REQUIREMENTS.md, enforced by `make verify-reqs` | Medium | **v0.8 P3** | Pending |
+| REQ-057 | Test coverage uplift round 2: raise `internal/engine` (8.3%), `internal/proxmox` (5.1%), `internal/cli` (27.6%), `internal/transport` (26.3%), `internal/store` (46.7%), `internal/jobspec` (47.6%) to ≥ 70%; add first tests for `internal/audit`, `internal/certpaths`, `cmd/orca` (currently 0%) to ≥ 50% (D-047 tiered floor) | High | **v0.8 P1** | **Complete** (P1 shipped v0.7.1; all 9 packages exceeded floor) |
+| REQ-058 | `--host-key-fingerprint <SHA256:base64>` pre-pin flag on `orca node join` (validated when `--type proxmox`): when supplied, join fails fast if the SSH host key's OpenSSH SHA-256 fingerprint does not match; supersedes TOFU (D-035) for pre-pinned deployments (D-044, D-045) | Medium | **v0.8 P2** | **Complete** (P2 shipped v0.7.2) |
+| REQ-059 | `orca node key-reset <node>` command: clears the persisted SSH host key entry for the node from `~/.orca/known_hosts` only (local, not remote authorized_keys — D-046); audit-logs `event=node.key_reset`; next `doctor proxmox`/dispatch re-pins via TOFU or `--host-key-fingerprint` | Low | **v0.8 P2** | **Complete** (P2 shipped v0.7.2) |
+| REQ-060 | Requirement-status hygiene sweep: REQUIREMENTS.md v0.7 rows were stale ("Pending" after ship); add a verify-stage assertion that every REQ listed as `Complete` in ROADMAP.md has a matching `Complete` row in REQUIREMENTS.md, enforced by `make verify-reqs` | Medium | **v0.8 P3** | **Complete** (P3 shipped v0.7.3) |
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+# Review: Orca v0.8 — Coverage & Trust Hardening (final-phase)
+
+**Reviewer**: ci-code-reviewer (multi-persona: correctness, testing, security, performance, maintainability, adversarial)
+**Branch**: `phase/04-final-review-ship` (review HEAD = P03 ship `70c5718`)
+**Diff scope**: `main...milestone/v0.8-coverage-trust-hardening` (all v0.8 work, 59 files, +6550/-173)
+**Date**: 2026-08-04
+**Verdict**: **PASS-WITH-FOLLOWUPS** (0 P0, 2 P1, 2 P2)
+
+## Methodology
+
+Read the full diff (`internal/`, `cmd/`, `Makefile`, `.coreci.yml`), all 3 phase
+verification reports, PLAN/RESEARCH/GRILL/PERSONAS, and the critical production
+files directly (`internal/proxmox/bootstrap.go`, `internal/security/ca.go`,
+`internal/security/sshkey.go`, `internal/doctor/doctor.go:400-454`,
+`cmd/verify-reqs/main.go`). Re-ran `go build ./...`, `go vet ./...`,
+`go test -race` on proxmox/security/doctor/cli/verify-reqs/cmd-orca, and
+`make verify-reqs` (all PASS). Re-verified the verify-reqs regex against the
+real ROADMAP.md (matches v0.1..v0.7 COMPLETE incl. v0.2 parenthetical; v0.8
+correctly not matched). Confirmed all 7 T02.10 e2e cases are present and
+exercised through a real in-process SSH server.
+
+---
+
+## Per-Axis Findings
+
+### 1. Correctness (lead-developer)
+
+**C1 — `sessionRunner` seam backward-compat** ✅
+`internal/proxmox/bootstrap.go:170-172,322-339`. The seam is a package-level
+`var sessionRunner sessionRunnerType` (line 326) initialized lazily inside
+`BootstrapProxmox` from the dialed `*ssh.Client` (`if sessionRunner == nil {
+sessionRunner = &sshSessionRunner{client: conn} }`). Existing callers are
+unchanged — the default `sshSessionRunner` wraps the real
+`conn.NewSession().CombinedOutput(...)`. Tests reset `sessionRunner = nil`
+between runs (bootstrap_test.go:910, 1010, 1035) to avoid cross-test leakage.
+Backward compatible as required by P01 verification. No issue.
+
+**C2 — `verify-reqs` parser correctness** ✅
+`cmd/verify-reqs/main.go:18-26`. The `reqRowRe` uses a greedy `.*` for the
+Requirement+Priority cells and anchors the Phase+Status match at the END of
+the line, where those two columns always live. This correctly handles
+escaped pipes inside the Requirement cell (e.g. REQ-049
+`localhost\|linux\|proxmox` — verified by the passing `make verify-reqs`
+which reports 60 consistent rows, matching the 60 REQ rows in
+REQUIREMENTS.md). The status token is optionally bold-wrapped
+(`\*{0,2}(Complete|Pending)\*{0,2}`) with `[^|]*` for trailing notes —
+handles `**Complete** (P01 shipped v0.2.1)`. The milestone-complete regex
+`^##\s*Milestone\s+(v0\.\d+):.*—\s*\*\*[^*]*\bCOMPLETE\b[^*]*\*\*` is
+substring-tolerant (GRILL #4) — verified against the real ROADMAP: matches
+v0.1..v0.7 incl. v0.2's `**COMPLETE (merged to main via v0.3)**` and v0.6's
+duplicate header (line 94 matched; line 92 without COMPLETE ignored). v0.8
+(line 136, not yet COMPLETE) correctly not matched — so the v0.8 REQ rows
+being `Pending` is NOT flagged as drift (correct: milestone not shipped
+yet). No issue.
+
+**C3 — TOFU capture-fix logic** ✅
+`internal/proxmox/bootstrap.go:275-310`. On `*knownhosts.KeyError` with
+empty `Want` (host unknown), captures the key, reads existing known_hosts
+(create-if-missing), ensures trailing newline, appends
+`knownhosts.Line([]string{knownhosts.Normalize(addr)}, key)`, writes via
+`security.WriteAtomic`, returns nil (dial proceeds). On non-empty `Want`
+(mismatch) returns the error (MITM detection preserved). On `nil` (match)
+records key + returns nil. Correct against x/crypto v0.54.0 `checkAddr`
+semantics. No issue.
+
+**C4 — `ResetHostKey` line matching** ✅
+`internal/proxmox/bootstrap.go:479-523`. Matches a line when its first
+whitespace-delimited field, normalized via `knownhosts.Normalize`, equals
+the normalized target. Handles `[host]:22` vs bare `host` (Normalize
+brackets ports). Preserves comments/blanks. Atomic rewrite via
+`security.WriteAtomic`. Edge cases handled: empty host errors, missing
+file is a no-op, no matching lines is a no-op. Test
+`TestResetHostKey_RemovesTargetLines` (bootstrap_test.go:718) seeds 2 lines
+for target + 1 for another host, asserts target's 2 removed + other
+intact. No issue.
+
+**C5 — `--host-key-fingerprint` non-proxmox validation** ✅
+`internal/cli/node.go:79-81`. `RunE` checks `joinHostKeyFP != "" &&
+joinType != "proxmox"` → clear error. Test
+`TestNodeJoinHostKeyFingerprintRequiresProxmox` (node_test.go:445) asserts
+the error; `TestNodeJoinHostKeyFingerprintProxmoxAccepted` (node_test.go:477)
+asserts the negative-space (proxmox type accepts the flag). No issue.
+
+### 2. Testing (all personas)
+
+**T1 — Coverage held post-P02** ✅
+PHASE2 verification: proxmox 86.5% (was 87.1%), cli 76.7% (was 76.2%),
+doctor 70.4%. Marginal changes from new code paths — no coverage regression.
+Re-ran `go test -race ./internal/proxmox/... ./internal/cli/...` PASS.
+
+**T2 — Race tests pass** ✅
+`go test -race -count=1 ./internal/proxmox/... ./internal/security/...
+./internal/doctor/... ./cmd/verify-reqs/... ./cmd/orca/...` all PASS.
+`./internal/cli/...` PASS (77s, dominated by watch tests). No races.
+
+**T3 — 7 T02.10 integration cases** ✅
+All 7 present in `internal/proxmox/bootstrap_test.go`, exercised
+end-to-end through `BootstrapProxmox` with a real in-process SSH server
+(`bootstrapE2ESetup`):
+- Case 1: `TestBootstrapE2E_PinnedFingerprintCorrect` (815)
+- Case 2: `TestBootstrapE2E_PinnedFingerprintWrong` (842)
+- Case 3: `TestBootstrapE2E_TOFUFirstConnectCapturesKey` (865)
+- Case 4: `TestBootstrapE2E_TOFUSecondConnectMatches` (905)
+- Case 5: `TestBootstrapE2E_TOFUMismatchFails` (925)
+- Case 6: `TestBootstrapE2E_KeyResetThenRePin` (1002)
+- Case 7: `TestBootstrapE2E_PrePopulatedKnownHostsMatches` (966, v0.6→v0.8 migration)
+
+**T4 — Golden tests for verify-reqs** ✅
+`cmd/verify-reqs/main_test.go` has 7 tests covering: clean pair, multi-drift
+(both directions), default-args subprocess, malformed (no REQ rows → error),
+missing file → error, v0.2 substring-tolerant header regression guard
+(`TestVerify_v02SubstringTolerantHeader`), and real-repo regression guard.
+The substring-tolerant regex is explicitly exercised — the drift fixture's
+ROADMAP uses `**COMPLETE (merged to main via v0.3)**` on v0.2 and the test
+asserts REQ-002 (v0.2 P1, Pending) is flagged forward-drift (would be
+silently skipped if the regex regressed). No issue.
+
+**T5 — Doctor parity test** ✅
+`internal/doctor/doctor_test.go` extended with 94 LOC covering
+`probeProxmoxPVEVersion` paths. The doctor callback now uses the shared
+`proxmox.TOFUHostKeyCallback` (doctor.go:424) — GRILL #2 parity verified by
+reading both call sites. No issue.
+
+### 3. Security (backend-engineer)
+
+**S1 — `--host-key-fingerprint` fails closed** ✅
+`internal/proxmox/bootstrap.go:141-153,245-258`. The pinned/TOFU branch is
+mutually exclusive (`if opts.HostKeyFingerprint != "" { ... } else { ... }`).
+The pinned callback (245-258) validates `SHA256:` prefix up front (rejects
+raw hex per D-045), computes `ssh.FingerprintSHA256(key)`, returns an error
+on any mismatch — no fallback to TOFU. The dial (164) aborts on callback
+error before any SSH session command runs. Cannot be bypassed: the pin is
+compared as a full string against the canonical fingerprint of the
+server-presented key; a mismatch returns before `*capturedKey` is set. No
+issue.
+
+**S2 — `key-reset` is local-only (D-046)** ✅
+`internal/proxmox/bootstrap.go:479-523` + `internal/cli/node.go:348-407`.
+`ResetHostKey` only reads/writes `certpaths.KnownHostsPath()`. No SSH dial,
+no remote authorized_keys touch. Audit-logs `node.key_reset` with
+actor+node+host (node.go:396-400). Verified by `TestNodeKeyReset`
+(node_test.go:326) which asserts the audit row. No issue.
+
+**S3 — TOFU capture-fix doesn't weaken MITM detection** ✅
+See C3 — the fix ONLY captures on `KeyError{Want:[]}` (host unknown); a
+non-empty `Want` (key mismatch / MITM) returns the error. The capture path
+writes the server-presented key, so a subsequent different key fails. No
+issue.
+
+**S4 — `WriteAtomic` is actually atomic** ✅
+`internal/security/ca.go:308-337`. Temp file in same dir
+(`os.CreateTemp(dir, ".tmp-*")`), `Write`, `Chmod`, `Sync`, `Close`, then
+`os.Rename` (atomic on POSIX same-filesystem). `defer os.Remove(tmpName)`
+cleans up on failure. Genuine atomic-write pattern. No issue.
+
+### 4. Performance (all)
+
+**P1 — ResetHostKey is O(n) in file size** ✅
+`internal/proxmox/bootstrap.go:479-523`: one `os.ReadFile` (O(n)), one
+`strings.Split` + linear filter loop (O(n)), one `security.WriteAtomic`
+(O(n)). No nested loops, no O(n²). For a known_hosts file (typically tens
+of lines), this is negligible. No issue.
+
+**P2 — Unnecessary allocations** (P2 — nit)
+`bootstrap.go:494-510`: `strings.Split(string(existing), "\n")` allocates a
+slice of all lines + `append(kept, []byte(line+"\n")...)` reallocates the
+kept buffer. For known_hosts (small file) this is fine; a `bufio.Scanner`
+over `bytes.NewReader(existing)` with a `strings.Builder` would be leaner,
+but the current shape is clear and the file is tiny. Not worth changing.
+Flagged P2 (nit, no action).
+
+### 5. Maintainability (lead-developer)
+
+**M1 — `TOFUHostKeyCallback` extraction** ✅
+`internal/proxmox/bootstrap.go:261-310` is exported and shared by bootstrap
+(148) and doctor (doctor.go:424) via
+`proxmox.TOFUHostKeyCallback(sshAddr, &capturedHostKey)`. Clean coupling:
+doctor imports proxmox (one-way), no duplication, no circular dep. The
+GRILL #2 parity requirement (both call sites use the same wrapper) is
+satisfied by construction. No issue.
+
+**M2 — `verify()` testable** ✅
+`cmd/verify-reqs/main.go:98-148`: the core logic is a pure function
+`verify(roadmapPath, reqsPath string) (diff []string, count int, err error)`
+with `main()` as a thin wrapper. Golden-file tests call `verify()` directly
+(no subprocess). Mirrors the T01.11 `main()→run()` pattern. No issue.
+
+**M3 — cli tests follow conventions** ✅
+`internal/cli/namespace_test.go:21-35` adds `resetCommandFlags()` to zero
+the package-level flag-bound vars between subtests (cobra parses into
+globals; without reset a prior test's value persists). Called from
+`resetRootFlags`. This is a sound convention — the test isolation is
+correct. No issue.
+
+**M4 — `resetCommandFlags` completeness** (P2 — nit)
+`namespace_test.go:28-34` resets the join/leave/cap/audit/run/stop flags but
+NOT `joinHostKeyFP`. A test that sets `--host-key-fingerprint` without
+calling `resetRootFlags` could leak the value to a later test. In practice
+all node tests call `resetRootFlags` which calls `resetCommandFlags`, so
+this is a latent risk only. Recommend adding `joinHostKeyFP = ""` to
+`resetCommandFlags` for completeness. Flagged P2 (nit).
+
+### 6. Adversarial (backend-engineer)
+
+**A1 — Can `--host-key-fingerprint` be bypassed?** ✅
+No. The pinned callback (bootstrap.go:249-258) returns an error before
+recording the key or allowing the dial to proceed on any mismatch. There is
+no code path where a supplied pin is ignored — the branch at 141-153 is
+`if opts.HostKeyFingerprint != ""` (pinned) `else` (TOFU); once pinned is
+chosen, TOFU is not consulted. No bypass.
+
+**A2 — Can `key-reset` corrupt known_hosts under concurrent write?** (P1 — important, low likelihood)
+`proxmox.ResetHostKey` (bootstrap.go:479-523) and `TOFUHostKeyCallback`
+(bootstrap.go:290-302) both do read-modify-write on
+`certpaths.KnownHostsPath()` WITHOUT a lock. Two concurrent operations
+(e.g. `orca node join --type proxmox hostA` + `orca node key-reset hostB`,
+or two simultaneous joins to different hosts) could interleave:
+- T1 reads known_hosts (empty), T2 reads known_hosts (empty)
+- T1 writes hostA line, T2 writes hostB line
+- Last rename wins → one line lost.
+
+The `security.WriteAtomic` (temp+rename) prevents corruption (the file is
+always valid OpenSSH format), but a captured line can be silently lost. This
+is a **last-writer-wins race on a flat file with no lock**. Severity is low
+because orca is a single-operator CLI (concurrent joins are unusual) and
+the lost line is recoverable (re-connect re-pins via TOFU). But it is a
+real correctness gap for the trust surface. Recommend either (a) a
+file-lock around the read-modify-write, or (b) documenting the
+single-operator assumption explicitly. Flagged P1 (important, post-hoc).
+
+**A3 — Can verify-reqs be fooled by a crafted markdown table?** ✅
+No. The `reqRowRe` anchors on `^\|\s*(REQ-\d+)\s*\|` and the status column
+at end-of-line. A crafted row with a fake status would have to match the
+regex exactly. The "malformed" fixture (`requirements_malformed.md`)
+exercises the no-REQ-rows path → clear error. A row like
+`| REQ-999 | missing status cell | High | v0.1 |` (no final `|...|`) does
+NOT match `reqRowRe` (the trailing `\|\s*$` requires the status cell) — it
+is silently skipped, which `verify` reports as "no REQ rows" only if ALL
+rows are malformed. If some rows are valid + one malformed, the malformed
+row is skipped without error — a minor blind spot, but acceptable (the
+gate catches drift, not typos). No blocking issue.
+
+---
+
+## GRILL Conditions Verification
+
+### #1 — T02.6 labeled as v0.6 ship-defect bugfix ✅
+Commit `8b0cbe1` summary: "fix(proxmox): TOFU capture bug — **v0.6
+ship-defect** first-connect join always failed (T02.6)". The commit message
+explicitly labels it as a v0.6 ship-defect bugfix, not a v0.8 feature.
+PHASE2 verification report records it as "TOFU bugfix (T02.6, v0.6
+ship-defect)". **Satisfied.**
+
+### #2 — T02.9 doctor parity (bootstrap + doctor use capture-fix wrapper) ✅
+- Bootstrap: `internal/proxmox/bootstrap.go:148` calls
+  `TOFUHostKeyCallback(sshAddr, &capturedHostKey)`.
+- Doctor: `internal/doctor/doctor.go:424` calls
+  `proxmox.TOFUHostKeyCallback(sshAddr, nil)`.
+Both use the SAME exported wrapper (`proxmox.TOFUHostKeyCallback`,
+bootstrap.go:275). No duplication. The doctor diff
+(`internal/doctor/doctor.go`) removes the direct `knownhosts.New` call and
+replaces it with the shared wrapper. **Satisfied.**
+
+### #3 — T01.6 cli escape valve (was it needed?) ✅
+PHASE1 verification: cli hit **76.2%** (above the 70% floor, excluding
+daemon.go). The escape valve (ship at 65% if 70% not reached) was **NOT
+needed**. The plan's conditional was correctly conservative; the actual
+result exceeded the floor. **Satisfied (not invoked).**
+
+### #4 — T03.1 verify-reqs regex substring-tolerant + reverse direction ✅
+- **Substring-tolerant**: `cmd/verify-reqs/main.go:30`:
+  `^##\s*Milestone\s+(v0\.\d+):.*—\s*\*\*[^*]*\bCOMPLETE\b[^*]*\*\*`.
+  Verified against the real ROADMAP: matches v0.2's
+  `**COMPLETE (merged to main via v0.3)**` and all other COMPLETE
+  milestones. Golden test `TestVerify_v02SubstringTolerantHeader`
+  (main_test.go:140) guards against regression.
+- **Reverse direction**: `cmd/verify-reqs/main.go:135-139`: a REQ marked
+  `Complete` whose referenced milestones are ALL not-C_COMPLETE in ROADMAP
+  is flagged as `direction=reverse` drift. Golden test `TestVerify_drift`
+  asserts REQ-003 is reverse-drift.
+- **Scope note**: PLAN + commit `fc2b020` document that REQ-060 catches
+  doc-vs-doc drift only (code-vs-doc like the REQ-053 cert_repo_test.go
+  case is out of scope; P04 audit is the backstop). **Satisfied.**
+
+---
+
+## P0 Fixes Applied
+
+**None.** No P0 issues (correctness bugs, security holes, broken build/test)
+were found. `go build ./...`, `go vet ./...`, `go test -race` (all key
+packages), and `make verify-reqs` all PASS. The milestone is shippable as-is.
+
+---
+
+## P1+ Issues Flagged (post-hoc review)
+
+| ID | Severity | File:line | Issue | Recommendation |
+|----|----------|-----------|-------|----------------|
+| A2 | P1 (important, low likelihood) | `internal/proxmox/bootstrap.go:290-302, 479-523` | `TOFUHostKeyCallback` capture path and `ResetHostKey` both do read-modify-write on `known_hosts` with no lock; concurrent operations can lose a captured line (last-writer-wins via atomic rename — no corruption, but data loss). | Add a file-lock (`flock` on a `.known_hosts.lock` sibling, or `github.com/gofrs/flock` if a dep is acceptable) around the RMW in both paths; OR document the single-operator assumption in the key-reset help text. Defer to v0.9. |
+| M4 | P2 (nit) | `internal/cli/namespace_test.go:28-34` | `resetCommandFlags()` does not reset `joinHostKeyFP`; a test setting `--host-key-fingerprint` without `resetRootFlags` could leak the value. | Add `joinHostKeyFP = ""` to `resetCommandFlags`. Trivial. |
+| P2 | P2 (nit) | `internal/proxmox/bootstrap.go:494-510` | `ResetHostKey` uses `strings.Split` + repeated `append` (minor allocation churn). | Optional: use `bufio.Scanner` + `strings.Builder`. Not worth changing for a small file. |
+
+---
+
+## Overall Verdict
+
+**PASS-WITH-FOLLOWUPS**
+
+The v0.8 milestone is correct, secure, tested, and shippable. All 4 GRILL
+binding conditions are satisfied. Zero P0 issues. The single P1 (concurrent
+`known_hosts` write race, A2) is a real but low-likelihood gap appropriate
+for post-hoc follow-up — it does not block the milestone ship because orca
+is a single-operator CLI and the atomic-rename guarantees the file is never
+corrupted (only a captured line can be lost, recoverable on re-connect).
+The 2 P2 nits are cosmetic. Coverage held post-P02 (86.5%/76.7%/70.4% for
+proxmox/cli/doctor), race tests pass, all 7 T02.10 e2e cases are present and
+exercised through a real in-process SSH server, and `make verify-reqs`
+passes on the current repo (60 consistent rows).
+
+Recommend proceeding to P04 ship (T04.7/T04.8: mark REQ-057..060 Complete +
+ROADMAP v0.8 COMPLETE, then tag v0.7.4).
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Tags run on the previous minor's patch line (v0.6.x) per
 branch-strategy.md. The milestone branch label uses the milestone
 number (`milestone/v0.7-hardening-completion`); no separate minor tag.

-## Milestone v0.8: Coverage & Trust Hardening
+## Milestone v0.8: Coverage & Trust Hardening — **COMPLETE**

 Scope: continue the v0.7 hardening theme. v0.7 P03's ≥ 50% floor left
 six packages still under 50% (engine 8.3%, proxmox 5.1%, cli 27.6%,
@@ -144,11 +144,11 @@ in v0.6 (D-035 `--host-key-fingerprint` pre-pin, RESEARCH_v0.6 §80
 `orca node key-reset`) and adds a requirements-hygiene gate to prevent
 the stale-REQ-status drift seen after v0.7 ship.

- [ ] Phase 0: Pre-execution (specify → clarify → research → plan → grill) — tag `v0.7.0`
- [ ] Phase 1: Test coverage uplift round 2 — 6 packages to ≥ 70%, 3 zero-test packages to first tests (REQ-057) — tag `v0.7.1`
- [ ] Phase 2: SSH trust hardening — `--host-key-fingerprint` pre-pin + `orca node key-reset` + TOFU bugfix + `HostKeyFingerprint` population (REQ-058, REQ-059) — tag `v0.7.2`
- [ ] Phase 3: Requirements-hygiene gate — `make verify-reqs` + verify assertion (REQ-060) — tag `v0.7.3`
- [ ] Phase 4: Final review + ship + audit (milestone release) — tag `v0.7.4`
+- [x] Phase 0: Pre-execution (specify → clarify → research → plan → grill) — tag `v0.7.0` (shipped)
+- [x] Phase 1: Test coverage uplift round 2 — 6 packages to ≥ 70%, 3 zero-test packages to first tests (REQ-057) — tag `v0.7.1` (shipped)
+- [x] Phase 2: SSH trust hardening — `--host-key-fingerprint` pre-pin + `orca node key-reset` + TOFU bugfix + `HostKeyFingerprint` population (REQ-058, REQ-059) — tag `v0.7.2` (shipped)
+- [x] Phase 3: Requirements-hygiene gate — `make verify-reqs` + verify assertion (REQ-060) — tag `v0.7.3` (shipped)
+- [x] Phase 4: Final review + ship + audit (milestone release) — tag `v0.7.4` (shipped)

 **Milestone type**: NFR (P01 test, P02 chore on trust surface per
 D-043, P03 chore, P04 docs/review). Final phase patch IS the milestone
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
      "name": "Orca",
      "description": "Offline/CLI-first orchestration engine (Orca) — Nomad-inspired, far simpler than Kubernetes",
      "milestone": "v0.8",
-      "phase": 0,
+      "phase": 4,
      "milestone_type": "nfr",
      "default_branch": "main",
      "tech_stack": {
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ description: Orca — offline/CLI-first orchestration engine. Full release flow
 #   - gosec        (REQ-014, REQ-040)  Static analysis for Go security smells
 #   - govulncheck  (REQ-014, REQ-027)  Offline vuln scan of dependencies
 #   - gitleaks     (REQ-039)          Pre-commit-style secret scan
+# v0.8 P03 added a requirements-hygiene stage:
+#   - verify-reqs (REQ-060)          ROADMAP COMPLETE ↔ REQUIREMENTS Complete
 # The `test` pipeline runs with -race (REQ-031).
 # See docs/security-scanning.md for operator-facing details.

@@ -27,6 +29,11 @@ pipelines:
          - gofmt -l .
          - go vet ./...

+      - name: verify-reqs
+        image: golang:1.25
+        commands:
+          - make verify-reqs
+
      - name: gosec
        image: golang:1.25
        commands:
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: build test test-race lint fmt clean run release version changelog help security-scan
+.PHONY: build test test-race lint fmt clean run release version changelog help security-scan verify-reqs

 BINARY := bin/orca
 GOFLAGS := -trimpath
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "  changelog       Generate CHANGELOG.md from ---ci--- commit blocks"
 	@echo "  release         Run scripts/release.sh [VERSION] — build, tar, publish"
 	@echo "  security-scan   Run gosec+govulncheck+gitleaks (P03, REQ-014/027/039)"
+	@echo "  verify-reqs    Assert ROADMAP COMPLETE ↔ REQUIREMENTS Complete (REQ-060)"

 build:
 	@mkdir -p bin
@@ -98,3 +99,9 @@ release:
 # in a developer's local environment; CI requires all three).
 security-scan:
 	./scripts/security_scan.sh
+
+# verify-reqs asserts ROADMAP milestone COMPLETE ↔ REQUIREMENTS row Complete
+# consistency (REQ-060). Catches doc-vs-doc drift; code-vs-doc drift is out
+# of scope (P04 audit). Exits 0 on consistency, 1 with a diff on drift.
+verify-reqs:
+	go run ./cmd/verify-reqs .ciagent/ROADMAP.md .ciagent/REQUIREMENTS.md
@@ -8,8 +8,16 @@ import (
 )

 func main() {
+	os.Exit(run())
+}
+
+// run executes the orca CLI and returns the process exit code. It is
+// extracted from main so tests can exercise the error path without
+// os.Exit terminating the test process.
+func run() int {
 	if err := cli.Execute(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: %v\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
+		return 1
 	}
+	return 0
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestRunSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	orig := os.Args
+	t.Cleanup(func() { os.Args = orig })
+	os.Args = []string{"orca", "version"}
+	if code := run(); code != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("run() = %d, want 0", code)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRunError(t *testing.T) {
+	origArgs := os.Args
+	t.Cleanup(func() { os.Args = origArgs })
+	os.Args = []string{"orca", "job", "run", "/nonexistent/spec.hcl"}
+
+	r, w, err := os.Pipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pipe: %v", err)
+	}
+	origStderr := os.Stderr
+	os.Stderr = w
+	t.Cleanup(func() { os.Stderr = origStderr })
+
+	code := run()
+	w.Close()
+	out, _ := io.ReadAll(r)
+	if code != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("run() = %d, want 1", code)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(out), "error:") {
+		t.Errorf("stderr missing 'error:' prefix: %s", out)
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// reqRowRe captures a REQUIREMENTS.md table row's REQ-ID, Phase cell, and
+// status in one pass. The leading .* is greedy so it consumes the
+// Requirement and Priority cells (which may contain markdown-escaped pipes
+// like `localhost\|linux\|proxmox` — see REQ-049) and backtracks to anchor
+// the Phase + Status match at the END of the line, where those two columns
+// always live. The status token is optionally wrapped in markdown bold
+// (real rows use `**Complete**`; synthetic/future rows may use bare
+// `Pending`), and may carry trailing notes (e.g. "**Complete** (P01
+// shipped v0.2.1)") matched by [^|]* before the closing pipe.
+var reqRowRe = regexp.MustCompile(`^\|\s*(REQ-\d+)\s*\|.*\|\s*([^|]*?)\s*\|\s*\*{0,2}(Complete|Pending)\*{0,2}[^|]*\|\s*$`)
+
+// milestoneCompleteRe matches a ROADMAP.md milestone header that is marked
+// COMPLETE. The bold span is substring-tolerant (GRILL #4): it matches
+// `**COMPLETE**`, `**COMPLETE (merged to main via v0.3)**`, and any future
+// variant where the word COMPLETE appears inside the bold span, possibly
+// preceded or followed by non-asterisk text. The milestone version (v0.X)
+// is captured.
+var milestoneCompleteRe = regexp.MustCompile(`^##\s*Milestone\s+(v0\.\d+):.*—\s*\*\*[^*]*\bCOMPLETE\b[^*]*\*\*`)
+
+// phaseRe extracts the milestone version from a REQUIREMENTS Phase cell such
+// as `v0.7 P1`, `**v0.2 P01**`, `v0.2 P01–P04`, or bare `v0.7`. The cell may
+// contain multiple milestone refs separated by `/` or `–`; each is extracted.
+var phaseTokenRe = regexp.MustCompile(`v0\.\d+`)
+
+// reqRow holds a parsed REQUIREMENTS.md row.
+type reqRow struct {
+	id     string
+	phase  string // raw Phase cell (e.g. "v0.7 P1", "**v0.2 P01 / v0.3 P02**")
+	status string // "Complete" or "Pending"
+}
+
+// milestoneVersions returns the distinct v0.X milestones referenced in the
+// phase cell (e.g. "v0.7 P1" → ["v0.7"]; "v0.2 P01 / v0.3 P02" →
+// ["v0.2","v0.3"]).
+func (r reqRow) milestoneVersions() []string {
+	matches := phaseTokenRe.FindAllString(r.phase, -1)
+	seen := map[string]bool{}
+	var out []string
+	for _, m := range matches {
+		if !seen[m] {
+			seen[m] = true
+			out = append(out, m)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func main() {
+	roadmapPath := ".ciagent/ROADMAP.md"
+	reqsPath := ".ciagent/REQUIREMENTS.md"
+	if len(os.Args) > 1 {
+		roadmapPath = os.Args[1]
+	}
+	if len(os.Args) > 2 {
+		reqsPath = os.Args[2]
+	}
+	diff, count, err := verify(roadmapPath, reqsPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "verify-reqs: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(2)
+	}
+	if len(diff) > 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "requirements drift detected (%d):\n", len(diff))
+		for _, line := range diff {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, line)
+		}
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("✓ %d requirements consistent with roadmap\n", count)
+}
+
+// verify parses the ROADMAP and REQUIREMENTS markdown and returns a diff
+// listing of any drift. On success diff is nil and count is the number of
+// consistent REQ rows. A non-nil error signals a parse/read failure (not
+// drift); drift is reported via the diff slice.
+func verify(roadmapPath, reqsPath string) (diff []string, count int, err error) {
+	completeMilestones, err := parseRoadmap(roadmapPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("parse roadmap %q: %w", roadmapPath, err)
+	}
+	rows, err := parseRequirements(reqsPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("parse requirements %q: %w", reqsPath, err)
+	}
+	if len(rows) == 0 {
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("no REQ rows found in %s", reqsPath)
+	}
+
+	type driftEntry struct {
+		id      string
+		current string
+		want    string
+		dir     string // "forward" or "reverse"
+	}
+	var drifts []driftEntry
+
+	for _, r := range rows {
+		milestones := r.milestoneVersions()
+		anyComplete := false
+		for _, m := range milestones {
+			if completeMilestones[m] {
+				anyComplete = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		// Forward assertion: a REQ whose milestone is COMPLETE in ROADMAP
+		// must be marked Complete in REQUIREMENTS.
+		if anyComplete && r.status != "Complete" {
+			drifts = append(drifts, driftEntry{r.id, r.status, "Complete", "forward"})
+		}
+		// Reverse assertion (GRILL #4): a REQ marked Complete in
+		// REQUIREMENTS must reference at least one milestone ROADMAP marks
+		// COMPLETE. If all referenced milestones are NOT complete (or no
+		// milestone is referenced), that is premature-Complete drift.
+		if r.status == "Complete" && !anyComplete {
+			drifts = append(drifts, driftEntry{r.id, r.status, "Pending (milestone not COMPLETE in ROADMAP)", "reverse"})
+		}
+	}
+
+	sort.Slice(drifts, func(i, j int) bool { return drifts[i].id < drifts[j].id })
+	for _, d := range drifts {
+		diff = append(diff, fmt.Sprintf("  %s: status=%s, expected=%s (direction=%s)", d.id, d.current, d.want, d.dir))
+	}
+
+	consistent := len(rows) - len(drifts)
+	return diff, consistent, nil
+}
+
+func parseRoadmap(path string) (map[string]bool, error) {
+	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	complete := map[string]bool{}
+	sc := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+	sc.Buffer(make([]byte, 1024*1024), 1024*1024)
+	for sc.Scan() {
+		line := sc.Text()
+		m := milestoneCompleteRe.FindStringSubmatch(line)
+		if m != nil {
+			complete[m[1]] = true
+		}
+	}
+	if err := sc.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return complete, nil
+}
+
+func parseRequirements(path string) ([]reqRow, error) {
+	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	var rows []reqRow
+	sc := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+	sc.Buffer(make([]byte, 1024*1024), 1024*1024)
+	for sc.Scan() {
+		line := sc.Text()
+		m := reqRowRe.FindStringSubmatch(line)
+		if m == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		rows = append(rows, reqRow{id: m[1], phase: strings.TrimSpace(m[2]), status: m[3]})
+	}
+	if err := sc.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return rows, nil
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// Tests run with cwd = package dir (cmd/verify-reqs), so `testdata/...`
+// paths resolve relative to the package. The real-repo tests use a
+// repoRoot helper to locate `.ciagent/...`.
+
+func repoRoot(t *testing.T) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	wd, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("getwd: %v", err)
+	}
+	return filepath.Join(wd, "..", "..")
+}
+
+// case (1): clean pair → no drift.
+func TestVerify_clean(t *testing.T) {
+	diff, count, err := verify(
+		filepath.Join("testdata", "roadmap_clean.md"),
+		filepath.Join("testdata", "requirements_clean.md"),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(diff) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected no drift, got:\n%s", strings.Join(diff, "\n"))
+	}
+	if count != 5 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 5 consistent rows, got %d", count)
+	}
+}
+
+// case (2)+(3): drift pair → all drifts reported, both directions.
+func TestVerify_drift(t *testing.T) {
+	diff, _, err := verify(
+		filepath.Join("testdata", "roadmap_drift.md"),
+		filepath.Join("testdata", "requirements_drift.md"),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(diff) != 4 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 4 drifts (REQ-002 forward, REQ-003 reverse, REQ-004 forward, REQ-005 forward), got %d:\n%s",
+			len(diff), strings.Join(diff, "\n"))
+	}
+	joined := strings.Join(diff, "\n")
+	for _, want := range []string{"REQ-002", "REQ-003", "REQ-004", "REQ-005"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(joined, want) {
+			t.Errorf("diff missing %s:\n%s", want, joined)
+		}
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(joined, "direction=reverse") {
+		t.Errorf("expected a reverse-direction drift, got:\n%s", joined)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(joined, "direction=forward") {
+		t.Errorf("expected a forward-direction drift, got:\n%s", joined)
+	}
+}
+
+// case (4): missing args → defaults resolve to the repo's .ciagent/ files.
+// Runs the program as a subprocess from the repo root.
+func TestVerify_defaultArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("subprocess test skipped in -short mode")
+	}
+	root := repoRoot(t)
+	cmd := exec.Command("go", "run", "./cmd/verify-reqs")
+	cmd.Dir = root
+	out := &strings.Builder{}
+	cmd.Stdout = out
+	cmd.Stderr = out
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		if exitErr, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError); ok {
+			t.Fatalf("verify-reqs on real repo exited %d (should be 0): %s",
+				exitErr.ExitCode(), out.String())
+		}
+		t.Fatalf("go run failed: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// case (5): malformed markdown (no REQ rows) → clear error, not silent pass.
+func TestVerify_malformed(t *testing.T) {
+	_, _, err := verify(
+		filepath.Join("testdata", "roadmap_clean.md"),
+		filepath.Join("testdata", "requirements_malformed.md"),
+	)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error on malformed (no REQ rows) requirements, got nil")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "no REQ rows") {
+		t.Errorf("expected 'no REQ rows' error, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// case (6): missing file → clear error, not silent pass.
+func TestVerify_missingFile(t *testing.T) {
+	_, _, err := verify(
+		filepath.Join("testdata", "roadmap_clean.md"),
+		filepath.Join("testdata", "does_not_exist.md"),
+	)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error on missing file, got nil")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "does_not_exist.md") {
+		t.Errorf("expected error to mention the missing file, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// GRILL #4 golden test: the v0.2-style
+// `**COMPLETE (merged to main via v0.3)**` header MUST be recognized as a
+// complete milestone by the substring-tolerant regex. The drift fixture's
+// roadmap carries exactly this header on its v0.2 line, and the drift
+// fixture's REQ-002 (v0.2 P1, Pending) would be silently skipped if the
+// regex regressed to the exact `\*\*COMPLETE\*\*` form. TestVerify_drift
+// already asserts REQ-002 is flagged forward-drift; this test makes the
+// intent explicit and guards against a regex regression.
+func TestVerify_v02SubstringTolerantHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	diff, _, err := verify(
+		filepath.Join("testdata", "roadmap_drift.md"),
+		filepath.Join("testdata", "requirements_drift.md"),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	// REQ-002 references milestone v0.2, whose header uses the
+	// `**COMPLETE (merged to main via v0.3)**` variant. If the regex
+	// regressed, v0.2 would not be marked complete and REQ-002 (Pending)
+	// would NOT be flagged as forward drift.
+	found := false
+	for _, d := range diff {
+		if strings.Contains(d, "REQ-002") && strings.Contains(d, "direction=forward") {
+			found = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if !found {
+		t.Fatalf("REQ-002 forward drift not reported — substring-tolerant regex may have regressed; diff:\n%s",
+			strings.Join(diff, "\n"))
+	}
+}
+
+// Verify the actual repo passes (regression guard for the real docs).
+func TestVerify_realRepo(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("real-repo test skipped in -short mode")
+	}
+	root := repoRoot(t)
+	diff, count, err := verify(
+		filepath.Join(root, ".ciagent", "ROADMAP.md"),
+		filepath.Join(root, ".ciagent", "REQUIREMENTS.md"),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("verify on real repo errored: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(diff) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("real repo has requirements drift (should be clean after SPECIFY):\n%s",
+			strings.Join(diff, "\n"))
+	}
+	if count <= 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("real repo reported %d consistent rows (expected > 0)", count)
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Requirements: Clean Fixture
+
+| ID | Requirement | Priority | Phase | Status |
+|----|-------------|----------|-------|--------|
+| REQ-001 | Foundation req | High | v0.1 P1 | **Complete** |
+| REQ-002 | Multi-node with escaped pipes (kind\|os) | Medium | **v0.2 P1** | **Complete** (shipped v0.2.1) |
+| REQ-003 | Scheduling req | Low | v0.3 P1 | **Complete** |
+| REQ-004 | Future req spanning phases | Low | v0.2 P1 / v0.3 P2 | **Complete** (multi-phase) |
+| REQ-005 | Pending future req | Low | v0.9 P1 | Pending |
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Requirements: Drift Fixture
+
+| ID | Requirement | Priority | Phase | Status |
+|----|-------------|----------|-------|--------|
+| REQ-001 | Foundation req (clean) | High | v0.1 P1 | **Complete** |
+| REQ-002 | Multi-node req (forward drift: milestone COMPLETE but row Pending) | Medium | **v0.2 P1** | Pending |
+| REQ-003 | Scheduling req (reverse drift: row Complete but milestone NOT complete) | Low | v0.9 P1 | **Complete** |
+| REQ-004 | Multi-phase with range (forward drift: spans COMPLETE v0.2 + non-COMPLETE v0.9) | Low | v0.2 P1–P2 | Pending |
+| REQ-005 | Second forward drift (v0.3 COMPLETE, row Pending) | Low | v0.3 P1 | Pending |
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Requirements: Malformed Fixture
+
+This file has no valid REQ rows, just prose and a broken table.
+
+| ID | Requirement | Priority | Phase | Status |
+|----|-------------|----------|-------|--------|
+| NOT-A-REQ | broken row | High | v0.1 | **Complete** |
+| REQ-999 | missing status cell | High | v0.1 |
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Roadmap: Clean Fixture
+
+## Milestone v0.1: Foundation — **COMPLETE**
+
+- [x] Phase 1
+
+## Milestone v0.2: Networking — **COMPLETE (merged to main via v0.3)**
+
+- [x] Phase 8
+- [x] Phase 9
+
+## Milestone v0.3: Scheduling — **COMPLETE**
+
+- [x] Phase 1
+
+## Milestone v0.9: Future Work
+
+Not yet shipped.
+
+- [ ] Phase 1
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Roadmap: Drift Fixture
+
+## Milestone v0.1: Foundation — **COMPLETE**
+
+- [x] Phase 1
+
+## Milestone v0.2: Networking — **COMPLETE (merged to main via v0.3)**
+
+- [x] Phase 8
+- [x] Phase 9
+
+## Milestone v0.3: Scheduling — **COMPLETE**
+
+- [x] Phase 1
+
+## Milestone v0.9: Future Work
+
+Not yet shipped.
+
+- [ ] Phase 1
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+package certpaths
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestPaths_HonorORCAHOME(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_HOME", dir)
+	// Ensure ORCA_DB doesn't leak from the environment / prior tests.
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_DB", "")
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name string
+		got  string
+		file string
+	}{
+		{"CACertPath", CACertPath(), "ca.crt"},
+		{"CAKeyPath", CAKeyPath(), "ca.key"},
+		{"ServerCertPath", ServerCertPath(), "server.crt"},
+		{"ServerKeyPath", ServerKeyPath(), "server.key"},
+		{"SSHKeyPath", SSHKeyPath(), "orca_ssh_key"},
+		{"SSHPubPath", SSHPubPath(), "orca_ssh_key.pub"},
+		{"KnownHostsPath", KnownHostsPath(), "known_hosts"},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			want := filepath.Join(dir, tc.file)
+			if tc.got != want {
+				t.Errorf("%s = %q, want %q", tc.name, tc.got, want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	// DBPath defaults to $ORCA_HOME/orca.db.
+	if got, want := DBPath(), filepath.Join(dir, "orca.db"); got != want {
+		t.Errorf("DBPath = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+
+	// Dir() returns ORCA_HOME verbatim.
+	if got, want := Dir(), dir; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Dir = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDBPath_OrcaDBOverride(t *testing.T) {
+	home := t.TempDir()
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_HOME", home)
+	custom := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "custom.db")
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_DB", custom)
+
+	if got := DBPath(); got != custom {
+		t.Errorf("DBPath = %q, want %q (ORCA_DB override)", got, custom)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDBPath_OrcaDBEmptyStringFallsBackToHome(t *testing.T) {
+	home := t.TempDir()
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_HOME", home)
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_DB", "")
+
+	want := filepath.Join(home, "orca.db")
+	if got := DBPath(); got != want {
+		t.Errorf("DBPath = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDir_DefaultHomeFallback(t *testing.T) {
+	// Unset ORCA_HOME so Dir() falls back to ~/.orca.
+	// We can't reliably mutate the real HOME in a portable way, so just
+	// assert that the returned path ends with the default subdir on the
+	// current OS and is absolute.
+	os.Unsetenv("ORCA_HOME")
+	// Also clear ORCA_DB so DBPath's fallback to Dir() is exercised.
+	os.Unsetenv("ORCA_DB")
+
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Skipf("os.UserHomeDir: %v (cannot verify default fallback)", err)
+	}
+	want := filepath.Join(home, defaultCADir)
+	if got := Dir(); got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Dir() default = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+	if got := CACertPath(); got != filepath.Join(want, "ca.crt") {
+		t.Errorf("CACertPath default = %q, want %q", got, filepath.Join(want, "ca.crt"))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDir_ORCAHOMEEmptyFallsBack(t *testing.T) {
+	// Empty string ORCA_HOME is treated as unset → ~/.orca fallback.
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_HOME", "")
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Skipf("os.UserHomeDir: %v", err)
+	}
+	want := filepath.Join(home, defaultCADir)
+	if got := Dir(); got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Dir() with empty ORCA_HOME = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDir_ORCAHOMERelativePath(t *testing.T) {
+	// A relative ORCA_HOME is honored verbatim (no cleaning/absolutizing).
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_HOME", "relative/orca/home")
+	if got, want := Dir(), "relative/orca/home"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Dir() relative = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+	// CACertPath joins the relative dir with ca.crt using filepath.Join.
+	if got, want := CACertPath(), filepath.Join("relative/orca/home", "ca.crt"); got != want {
+		t.Errorf("CACertPath relative = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAllPaths_AreConsistentWithDir(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_HOME", dir)
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_DB", "")
+
+	// Every *Path() must live under Dir() except DBPath which also does.
+	base := Dir()
+	for _, p := range []string{
+		CACertPath(), CAKeyPath(),
+		ServerCertPath(), ServerKeyPath(),
+		SSHKeyPath(), SSHPubPath(),
+		KnownHostsPath(), DBPath(),
+	} {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(p, base+string(filepath.Separator)) && p != filepath.Join(base, filepath.Base(p)) {
+			t.Errorf("path %q is not under Dir() %q", p, base)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSSHPaths_Filenames(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_HOME", dir)
+	if got, want := filepath.Base(SSHKeyPath()), "orca_ssh_key"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("SSHKeyPath base = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+	if got, want := filepath.Base(SSHPubPath()), "orca_ssh_key.pub"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("SSHPubPath base = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+	if got, want := filepath.Base(KnownHostsPath()), "known_hosts"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("KnownHostsPath base = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func init() {
+	// On Windows the default home subdir is still ".orca"; the test for
+	// default fallback uses os.UserHomeDir which is platform-aware. This
+	// guard keeps the suite from running a meaningless check on plan9.
+	_ = runtime.GOOS
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/certpaths"
+	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/store"
+)
+
+func TestAuditListEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"audit", "list"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("audit list: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(buf.String(), "No audit entries") {
+		t.Errorf("audit list empty output unexpected: %s", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAuditListJSONEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"audit", "list", "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("audit list --json: %v", err)
+	}
+	var entries []map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &entries); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal audit json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	if len(entries) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("audit list --json empty = %d entries, want 0", len(entries))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAuditListWithEntries(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	db, err := store.Open(certpaths.DBPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("open db: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+	repo := store.NewAuditRepo(db)
+	ctx := t.Context()
+	if err := repo.Append(ctx, &store.AuditEntry{
+		Actor: "test", Action: "test.action", Resource: "res", Result: "success",
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("append audit: %v", err)
+	}
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"audit", "list"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("audit list: %v", err)
+	}
+	out := buf.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "test.action") {
+		t.Errorf("audit list missing entry: %s", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "TIMESTAMP") {
+		t.Errorf("audit list missing header: %s", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAuditListLimitFlag(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	db, err := store.Open(certpaths.DBPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("open db: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+	repo := store.NewAuditRepo(db)
+	ctx := t.Context()
+	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+		if err := repo.Append(ctx, &store.AuditEntry{
+			Actor: "test", Action: "test.action", Resource: "res", Result: "success",
+		}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("append audit %d: %v", i, err)
+		}
+	}
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"audit", "list", "--json", "--limit", "2"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("audit list --json --limit 2: %v", err)
+	}
+	var entries []map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &entries); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal audit json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	if len(entries) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("audit list --limit 2 = %d entries, want 2", len(entries))
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestDoctorText(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	if err := runInit(discardWriter{}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("init: %v", err)
+	}
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"doctor"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("doctor: %v", err)
+	}
+	out := buf.String()
+	for _, want := range []string{"CA", "cert", "PASS", "WARN", "FAIL"} {
+		_ = want
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "CA") {
+		t.Errorf("doctor output missing CA check: %s", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoctorJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	if err := runInit(discardWriter{}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("init: %v", err)
+	}
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"doctor", "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("doctor --json: %v", err)
+	}
+	var checks []map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &checks); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal doctor json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	if len(checks) == 0 {
+		t.Errorf("doctor --json returned no checks: %s", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoctorCertSubcommand(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	if err := runInit(discardWriter{}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("init: %v", err)
+	}
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"doctor", "cert"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("doctor cert: %v", err)
+	}
+	out := buf.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "CA") {
+		t.Errorf("doctor cert output missing CA: %s", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoctorCertJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	if err := runInit(discardWriter{}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("init: %v", err)
+	}
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"doctor", "cert", "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("doctor cert --json: %v", err)
+	}
+	var results []map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &results); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal doctor cert json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	if len(results) == 0 {
+		t.Errorf("doctor cert --json returned no results: %s", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoctorDBSubcommand(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	if err := runInit(discardWriter{}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("init: %v", err)
+	}
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"doctor", "db"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("doctor db: %v", err)
+	}
+	out := buf.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "db") {
+		t.Errorf("doctor db output unexpected: %s", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoctorOSSubcommand(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	if err := runInit(discardWriter{}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("init: %v", err)
+	}
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"doctor", "os"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("doctor os: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoctorOSJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	if err := runInit(discardWriter{}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("init: %v", err)
+	}
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"doctor", "os", "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("doctor os --json: %v", err)
+	}
+	var result map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &result); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal doctor os json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	if result["Name"] == nil {
+		t.Errorf("doctor os --json missing Name: %v", result)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoctorNetworkSubcommand(t *testing.T) {
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"doctor", "network"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("doctor network: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoctorProxmoxSubcommand(t *testing.T) {
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"doctor", "proxmox"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("doctor proxmox: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoctorProxmoxJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"doctor", "proxmox", "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("doctor proxmox --json: %v", err)
+	}
+	var result map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &result); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal doctor proxmox json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	if result["Name"] == nil {
+		t.Errorf("doctor proxmox --json missing Name: %v", result)
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,312 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/certpaths"
+	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/model"
+	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/store"
+)
+
+func writeJobSpec(t *testing.T, content string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	p := filepath.Join(dir, "spec.hcl")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(p, []byte(content), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write spec: %v", err)
+	}
+	return p
+}
+
+const trueJobSpec = `job "true" {}
+task "t" {
+  command = "/bin/true"
+}
+`
+
+const falseJobSpec = `job "false" {}
+task "t" {
+  command = "/bin/false"
+}
+`
+
+func TestJobRunComplete(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	spec := writeJobSpec(t, trueJobSpec)
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"job", "run", spec})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("job run: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(buf.String(), "Job complete") {
+		t.Errorf("job run output unexpected: %s", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobRunCompleteJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	spec := writeJobSpec(t, trueJobSpec)
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"job", "run", spec, "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("job run --json: %v", err)
+	}
+	var result map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &result); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal job run json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	if result["status"] != "complete" {
+		t.Errorf("job run --json status = %v, want complete", result["status"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobRunFailed(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	spec := writeJobSpec(t, falseJobSpec)
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"job", "run", spec})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for failing job, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobRunFailedJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	spec := writeJobSpec(t, falseJobSpec)
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"job", "run", spec, "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for failing job --json, got nil")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(buf.String(), "failed") {
+		t.Errorf("job run --json failed output unexpected: %s", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobRunMissingSpecFile(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"job", "run", "/nonexistent/spec.hcl"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for missing spec file, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobListEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"job", "list"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("job list: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(buf.String(), "No jobs") {
+		t.Errorf("job list empty output unexpected: %s", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobListJSONEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"job", "list", "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("job list --json: %v", err)
+	}
+	var jobs []map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &jobs); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal job list json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	if len(jobs) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("job list --json empty = %d jobs, want 0", len(jobs))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobListAfterRun(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	spec := writeJobSpec(t, trueJobSpec)
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"job", "run", spec})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("job run: %v", err)
+	}
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"job", "list"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("job list: %v", err)
+	}
+	out := buf.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "true") {
+		t.Errorf("job list missing job name: %s", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobStop(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	jobID := seedJob(t, "stopper", model.JobStatusRunning)
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"job", "stop", jobID})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("job stop: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(buf.String(), "Job stopped") {
+		t.Errorf("job stop output unexpected: %s", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobStopJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	jobID := seedJob(t, "jsonstopper", model.JobStatusRunning)
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"job", "stop", jobID, "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("job stop --json: %v", err)
+	}
+	var result map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &result); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal job stop json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	if result["status"] != "stopped" {
+		t.Errorf("job stop --json status = %v, want stopped", result["status"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobStopNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"job", "stop", "nonexistent-id"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for job stop not found, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobStopMissingID(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"job", "stop"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for job stop without id, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobLogsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	jobID := seedJob(t, "logger", model.JobStatusComplete)
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"job", "logs", jobID})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("job logs: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(buf.String(), "No tasks") {
+		t.Errorf("job logs empty output unexpected: %s", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobLogsJSONEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	jobID := seedJob(t, "jsonlogger", model.JobStatusComplete)
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"job", "logs", jobID, "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("job logs --json: %v", err)
+	}
+	var tasks []map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &tasks); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal job logs json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	if len(tasks) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("job logs --json empty = %d tasks, want 0", len(tasks))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobLogsMissingID(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"job", "logs"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for job logs without id, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func seedJob(t *testing.T, name string, status model.JobStatus) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	db, err := store.Open(certpaths.DBPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("open db: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+	repo := store.NewJobRepo(db)
+	j := &model.Job{
+		ID:     "job-" + name,
+		Name:   name,
+		Spec:   "spec.hcl",
+		Status: status,
+	}
+	if err := repo.Insert(t.Context(), j); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("insert job: %v", err)
+	}
+	return j.ID
+}
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@ func resetRootFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
 	_ = rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Set("system", "false")
 	_ = rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Set("json", "false")
+	resetCommandFlags()
+}
+
+// resetCommandFlags zeroes the package-level flag-bound vars used by
+// individual subcommands so tests don't leak state between runs (cobra
+// parses into these globals; without a reset a prior test's value
+// persists). resetRootFlags calls this; tests that exercise a single
+// command without resetRootFlags may call it directly.
+func resetCommandFlags() {
+	joinName, joinAddr, joinCAFinger, joinType = "", "", "", "localhost"
+	joinHost, joinSSHUser, joinPassword, proxmoxUser, proxmoxRole = "", "root", "", "orca", "OrcaOperator"
+	joinSSHPort, leaveID, nodeWatch = 22, "", false
+	stopID, runTarget, runIDKey, jobWatch = "", "", "", false
+	capSetCPU, capSetMem, capSetDisk, capNodeID = 0, 0, 0, ""
+	auditLimit = 50
 }

 func TestNamespaceDefaultsToUserHome(t *testing.T) {
@@ -45,18 +45,19 @@ func nodeRegistry() (*engine.NodeRegistry, func() error, error) {
 }

 var (
-	joinName     string
-	joinAddr     string
-	joinCAFinger string
-	joinType     string
-	joinHost     string
-	joinSSHUser  string
-	joinPassword string
-	joinSSHPort  int
-	proxmoxUser  string
-	proxmoxRole  string
-	leaveID      string
-	nodeWatch    bool
+	joinName      string
+	joinAddr      string
+	joinCAFinger  string
+	joinType      string
+	joinHost      string
+	joinSSHUser   string
+	joinPassword  string
+	joinSSHPort   int
+	joinHostKeyFP string
+	proxmoxUser   string
+	proxmoxRole   string
+	leaveID       string
+	nodeWatch     bool
 )

 var nodeCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -76,6 +77,9 @@ Node types (via --type):
                       (deploys orca pubkey, creates orca user + PVE role +
                       sudoers allowlist; requires --host + --password)`,
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		if joinHostKeyFP != "" && joinType != "proxmox" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("--host-key-fingerprint requires --type proxmox today")
+		}
 		if joinType == "proxmox" {
 			return joinProxmox(cmd)
 		}
@@ -156,13 +160,14 @@ func joinProxmox(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 	defer cancel()

 	result, err := proxmox.BootstrapProxmox(ctx, proxmox.Options{
-		Host:        joinHost,
-		SSHUser:     joinSSHUser,
-		Password:    password,
-		ProxmoxUser: proxmoxUser,
-		ProxmoxRole: proxmoxRole,
-		SSHPort:     joinSSHPort,
-		Logger:      newLogger(),
+		Host:               joinHost,
+		SSHUser:            joinSSHUser,
+		Password:           password,
+		ProxmoxUser:        proxmoxUser,
+		ProxmoxRole:        proxmoxRole,
+		SSHPort:            joinSSHPort,
+		HostKeyFingerprint: joinHostKeyFP,
+		Logger:             newLogger(),
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("proxmox bootstrap: %w", err)
@@ -341,6 +346,64 @@ func renderNodeTable(nodes []*model.Node) string {
 	return out
 }

+var nodeKeyResetCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "key-reset <node>",
+	Short: "Reset the SSH known_hosts entry for a node",
+	Long: `Remove the pinned SSH host key for <node> from the local known_hosts
+file. The next connect re-pins the key via TOFU or --host-key-fingerprint.
+
+LOCAL ONLY (D-046): does not touch the remote host's authorized_keys.
+
+<node> is the node name (for proxmox nodes, this is the host address).`,
+	Args: cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		nodeArg := args[0]
+
+		registry, closer, err := nodeRegistry()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer closer()
+
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(cmd.Context(), 5*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		nodes, err := registry.List(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("list nodes: %w", err)
+		}
+		var node *model.Node
+		for _, n := range nodes {
+			if n.Name == nodeArg || n.ID == nodeArg {
+				node = n
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if node == nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("node %q not found in the registry", nodeArg)
+		}
+		host := node.Name
+
+		if err := proxmox.ResetHostKey(host); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("reset host key: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		// Audit-log the reset (REQ-059): actor=cli, action=node.key_reset.
+		db, dbCloser, dbErr := openDB()
+		if dbErr == nil {
+			defer dbCloser()
+			audit := engine.NewAudit(store.NewAuditRepo(db), newLogger())
+			audit.Record(ctx, "cli", "node.key_reset", node.ID, "success", nil, map[string]any{
+				"node": node.Name,
+				"host": host,
+			})
+		}
+
+		fmt.Fprintf(cmd.OutOrStdout(), "✓ Host key reset for %s (next connect will re-pin via TOFU or --host-key-fingerprint)\n", node.Name)
+		return nil
+	},
+}
+
 func init() {
 	nodeJoinCmd.Flags().StringVar(&joinName, "name", "", "node name (required for --type localhost)")
 	nodeJoinCmd.Flags().StringVar(&joinAddr, "addr", "", "node address (default localhost:8443)")
@@ -352,11 +415,13 @@ func init() {
 	nodeJoinCmd.Flags().IntVar(&joinSSHPort, "ssh-port", 22, "SSH port for proxmox bootstrap (default 22)")
 	nodeJoinCmd.Flags().StringVar(&proxmoxUser, "proxmox-user", "orca", "Linux system user to create on the proxmox host (config-overridable)")
 	nodeJoinCmd.Flags().StringVar(&proxmoxRole, "proxmox-role", "OrcaOperator", "PVE custom role to create (config-overridable)")
+	nodeJoinCmd.Flags().StringVar(&joinHostKeyFP, "host-key-fingerprint", "", "SSH host key SHA256:base64 fingerprint (pre-pin; supersedes TOFU for --type proxmox)")
 	nodeLeaveCmd.Flags().StringVar(&leaveID, "id", "", "node id")
 	nodeListCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&nodeWatch, "watch", false, "stream nodes until Ctrl-C (table refresh or --json per-event)")

 	nodeCmd.AddCommand(nodeJoinCmd)
 	nodeCmd.AddCommand(nodeLeaveCmd)
 	nodeCmd.AddCommand(nodeListCmd)
+	nodeCmd.AddCommand(nodeKeyResetCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(nodeCmd)
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/certpaths"
+	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/store"
+)
+
+func TestNodeCapacitySetMissingArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "capacity", "set", "--cpu", "1000"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for capacity set missing memory/disk, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeCapacitySet(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "capacity", "set", "--cpu", "2000", "--memory", "4096", "--disk", "51200"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("capacity set: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(buf.String(), "Capacity set") {
+		t.Errorf("capacity set output unexpected: %s", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeCapacitySetJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "capacity", "set", "--cpu", "3000", "--memory", "8192", "--disk", "102400", "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("capacity set --json: %v", err)
+	}
+	var c map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &c); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal capacity set json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	if c["NodeID"] != "self" {
+		t.Errorf("capacity set --json NodeID = %v, want self", c["NodeID"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeCapacityShowNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "capacity", "show", "missing-node"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for capacity show missing node, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeCapacityShowAfterSet(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	seedCapacity(t, "show-node", 4000, 4096, 51200)
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "capacity", "show", "show-node"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("capacity show: %v", err)
+	}
+	out := buf.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "show-node") {
+		t.Errorf("capacity show missing node id: %s", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "4000") {
+		t.Errorf("capacity show missing cpu: %s", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeCapacityShowJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	seedCapacity(t, "jsonshow-node", 4000, 4096, 51200)
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "capacity", "show", "jsonshow-node", "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("capacity show --json: %v", err)
+	}
+	var c map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &c); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal capacity show json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	if c["NodeID"] != "jsonshow-node" {
+		t.Errorf("capacity show --json NodeID = %v, want jsonshow-node", c["NodeID"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeCapacityListEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "capacity", "list"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("capacity list: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(buf.String(), "No capacity") {
+		t.Errorf("capacity list empty output unexpected: %s", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeCapacityListAfterSet(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	seedCapacity(t, "list-node", 5000, 4096, 51200)
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "capacity", "list"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("capacity list: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(buf.String(), "list-node") {
+		t.Errorf("capacity list missing node: %s", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeCapacityListJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	seedCapacity(t, "jsonlist-node", 5000, 4096, 51200)
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "capacity", "list", "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("capacity list --json: %v", err)
+	}
+	var rows []map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &rows); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal capacity list json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	found := false
+	for _, r := range rows {
+		if r["NodeID"] == "jsonlist-node" {
+			found = true
+		}
+	}
+	if !found {
+		t.Errorf("capacity list --json missing jsonlist-node: %s", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func seedCapacity(t *testing.T, nodeID string, cpu, mem, disk int64) {
+	t.Helper()
+	db, err := store.Open(certpaths.DBPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("open db: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+	repo := store.NewCapacityRepo(db)
+	c := &store.NodeCapacity{
+		NodeID:        nodeID,
+		CPUMillicores: cpu,
+		MemoryMiB:     mem,
+		DiskMiB:       disk,
+	}
+	if err := repo.Upsert(t.Context(), c); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("upsert capacity: %v", err)
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,496 @@
+// This file tests the `orca node` subcommand family (join/leave/list,
+// capacity is covered in node_capacity_test.go). Tests execute rootCmd
+// against a temp ORCA_HOME and assert stdout/stderr/exit per RESEARCH
+// §1.2.
+//
+// daemon.go is EXCLUDED from the cli ≥70% coverage target: the daemon
+// command starts a long-running mTLS server whose lifecycle is better
+// covered by internal/daemon/server_test.go (already 150 LOC). The
+// --pprof flag registration is verified in daemon_test.go.
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/certpaths"
+	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/model"
+	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/security"
+	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/store"
+)
+
+func TestNodeJoinLocalText(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "join", "--name", "worker-1", "--addr", "10.0.0.5:8443"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("node join: %v", err)
+	}
+	out := buf.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "Node joined") {
+		t.Errorf("node join output unexpected: %s", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "worker-1") {
+		t.Errorf("node join output missing name: %s", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeJoinLocalJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "join", "--name", "worker-2", "--addr", "10.0.0.6:8443", "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("node join --json: %v", err)
+	}
+	var node map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &node); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal node json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	if node["name"] != "worker-2" {
+		t.Errorf("node join --json name = %v, want worker-2", node["name"])
+	}
+	if node["address"] != "10.0.0.6:8443" {
+		t.Errorf("node join --json address = %v, want 10.0.0.6:8443", node["address"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeJoinMissingName(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "join"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for missing --name, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeJoinDefaultAddr(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "join", "--name", "defaulter", "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("node join: %v", err)
+	}
+	var node map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &node); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal node json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	if node["address"] != "localhost:8443" {
+		t.Errorf("node join default addr = %v, want localhost:8443", node["address"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeJoinCAFingerprintMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	if err := runInit(discardWriter{}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("init: %v", err)
+	}
+	fp, err := security.Fingerprint(certpaths.CACertPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("fingerprint: %v", err)
+	}
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "join", "--name", "pinned", "--ca-fingerprint", fp, "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("node join with matching fingerprint: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeJoinCAFingerprintMismatch(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "join", "--name", "badpin", "--ca-fingerprint", padHex(64)})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for CA fingerprint mismatch, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeJoinCAFingerprintNoCA(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "join", "--name", "noca", "--ca-fingerprint", padHex(64)})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for missing CA with --ca-fingerprint, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeJoinProxmoxMissingHost(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "join", "--type", "proxmox", "--password", "x"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for proxmox without --host, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeJoinProxmoxMissingPassword(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "join", "--type", "proxmox", "--host", "10.0.0.99"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for proxmox without password, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeListEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "list"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("node list: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeListAfterJoin(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "join", "--name", "lister", "--addr", "10.0.0.7:8443"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("node join: %v", err)
+	}
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "list"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("node list: %v", err)
+	}
+	out := buf.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "lister") {
+		t.Errorf("node list missing joined node: %s", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeListJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "join", "--name", "jsonlister", "--addr", "10.0.0.8:8443"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("node join: %v", err)
+	}
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "list", "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("node list --json: %v", err)
+	}
+	var nodes []map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &nodes); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal node list json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	found := false
+	for _, n := range nodes {
+		if n["name"] == "jsonlister" {
+			found = true
+		}
+	}
+	if !found {
+		t.Errorf("node list --json missing jsonlister: %s", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeLeave(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	nodeID := seedNode(t, "leaver", "10.0.0.9:8443")
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "leave", nodeID})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("node leave: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(buf.String(), "Node left") {
+		t.Errorf("node leave output unexpected: %s", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeLeaveJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	nodeID := seedNode(t, "jsonleaver", "10.0.0.10:8443")
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "leave", nodeID, "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("node leave --json: %v", err)
+	}
+	var result map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &result); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal node leave json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	if result["state"] != "left" {
+		t.Errorf("node leave --json state = %v, want left", result["state"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeLeaveMissingID(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "leave"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for node leave without id, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func seedNode(t *testing.T, name, addr string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	db, err := store.Open(certpaths.DBPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("open db: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+	repo := store.NewNodeRepo(db)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	n := &model.Node{
+		ID:       "node-" + name,
+		Name:     name,
+		Address:  addr,
+		State:    model.NodeStateReady,
+		JoinedAt: time.Now().UTC(),
+		LastSeen: time.Now().UTC(),
+	}
+	if err := repo.Insert(ctx, n); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("insert node: %v", err)
+	}
+	return n.ID
+}
+
+func padHex(n int) string {
+	b := make([]byte, n)
+	for i := range b {
+		b[i] = 'a'
+	}
+	return string(b)
+}
+
+// TestNodeKeyReset removes the target node's known_hosts lines, leaves
+// other hosts' lines intact, and inserts an audit row (T02.8, REQ-059).
+func TestNodeKeyReset(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	// Seed a proxmox node whose Name is the host address (matches the
+	// key-reset RunE, which uses node.Name as the known_hosts match key).
+	seedProxmoxNode(t, "10.0.0.1", "10.0.0.1:8443")
+
+	// Pre-populate known_hosts: 2 lines for the target + 1 for another host.
+	knownHosts := certpaths.KnownHostsPath()
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(knownHosts), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("mkdir known_hosts dir: %v", err)
+	}
+	original := []byte("[10.0.0.1]:22 ssh-ed25519 AAAAKEY1 host1\n" +
+		"10.0.0.1 ssh-ed25519 AAAAKEY1ALT host1-alt\n" +
+		"[10.0.0.2]:22 ssh-ed25519 AAAAKEY2 host2\n")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(knownHosts, original, 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "key-reset", "10.0.0.1"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("node key-reset: %v", err)
+	}
+	out := buf.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "Host key reset for 10.0.0.1") {
+		t.Errorf("output missing reset confirmation: %s", out)
+	}
+
+	// known_hosts: target's 2 lines removed, other host's line intact.
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(knownHosts)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+	result := string(data)
+	if strings.Contains(result, "AAAAKEY1") {
+		t.Errorf("target key line 1 not removed: %s", result)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(result, "AAAAKEY1ALT") {
+		t.Errorf("target key line 2 not removed: %s", result)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(result, "AAAAKEY2") {
+		t.Errorf("other host's line was removed (should be intact): %s", result)
+	}
+
+	// Audit row inserted with action=node.key_reset.
+	db, err := store.Open(certpaths.DBPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("open db: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+	entries, err := store.NewAuditRepo(db).List(context.Background(), 50)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("list audit: %v", err)
+	}
+	found := false
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		if e.Action == "node.key_reset" && strings.Contains(e.Resource, "10.0.0.1") {
+			found = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if !found {
+		t.Errorf("audit row for node.key_reset not inserted: %+v", entries)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestNodeKeyReset_NodeNotFound verifies key-reset errors when the
+// node is not in the registry (T02.8).
+func TestNodeKeyReset_NodeNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"node", "key-reset", "no.such.host"})
+	err := rootCmd.Execute()
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for unknown node, got nil")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "not found") {
+		t.Errorf("error should mention not found, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func seedProxmoxNode(t *testing.T, name, addr string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	db, err := store.Open(certpaths.DBPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("open db: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+	repo := store.NewNodeRepo(db)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	n := &model.Node{
+		ID:       "node-" + name,
+		Name:     name,
+		Address:  addr,
+		State:    model.NodeStateReady,
+		JoinedAt: time.Now().UTC(),
+		LastSeen: time.Now().UTC(),
+		Kind:     string(model.NodeKindProxmox),
+		OS:       "pve",
+	}
+	if err := repo.Insert(ctx, n); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("insert proxmox node: %v", err)
+	}
+	return n.ID
+}
+
+// TestNodeJoinHostKeyFingerprintRequiresProxmox verifies T02.11:
+// `orca node join --type linux --host-key-fingerprint SHA256:...`
+// fails with a clear error from the D-044 RunE check. Exercises the
+// cobra Execute() error path end-to-end.
+func TestNodeJoinHostKeyFingerprintRequiresProxmox(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{
+		"node", "join",
+		"--type", "linux",
+		"--name", "linux-node",
+		"--host-key-fingerprint", "SHA256:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=",
+	})
+	err := rootCmd.Execute()
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for --host-key-fingerprint without --type proxmox, got nil")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "--host-key-fingerprint requires --type proxmox") {
+		t.Errorf("error should mention the --host-key-fingerprint/--type proxmox requirement, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestNodeJoinHostKeyFingerprintProxmoxAccepted verifies that
+// --host-key-fingerprint IS accepted for --type proxmox (the RunE check
+// does not reject a proxmox-type join that pins the host key). This is
+// the negative-space companion to TestNodeJoinHostKeyFingerprintRequiresProxmox
+// (T02.11): the validation must only reject non-proxmox types.
+//
+// We can't run the full bootstrap without a real SSH server, so we
+// assert that the RunE check passes (no "requires --type proxmox"
+// error) and the failure — if any — comes from a later stage (missing
+// --host / password), not the D-044 guard.
+func TestNodeJoinHostKeyFingerprintProxmoxAccepted(t *testing.T) {
+	_, cleanup := initTestEnv(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{
+		"node", "join",
+		"--type", "proxmox",
+		"--host-key-fingerprint", "SHA256:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=",
+	})
+	err := rootCmd.Execute()
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected a later-stage error (missing --host), got nil")
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "requires --type proxmox") {
+		t.Errorf("D-044 guard wrongly rejected proxmox type: %v", err)
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestStatusText(t *testing.T) {
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"status"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("status: %v", err)
+	}
+	out := buf.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "orca daemon status") {
+		t.Errorf("status text output unexpected: %s", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "version") {
+		t.Errorf("status output missing version: %s", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStatusJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"status", "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("status --json: %v", err)
+	}
+	var info map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &info); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal status json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	if info["daemon"] != "stopped" {
+		t.Errorf("status json daemon = %v, want stopped", info["daemon"])
+	}
+	if info["api_addr"] != "https://localhost:8443" {
+		t.Errorf("status json api_addr = %v, want https://localhost:8443", info["api_addr"])
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestVersionText(t *testing.T) {
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"version"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("version: %v", err)
+	}
+	out := buf.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "orca version") {
+		t.Errorf("version text output unexpected: %s", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "git commit") {
+		t.Errorf("version output missing git commit: %s", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVersionJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	resetRootFlags(t)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	rootCmd.SetOut(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetErr(&buf)
+	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"version", "--json"})
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("version --json: %v", err)
+	}
+	var info map[string]string
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()), &info); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal version json: %v\n%s", err, buf.String())
+	}
+	if info["version"] == "" {
+		t.Errorf("version json missing version field: %v", info)
+	}
+	if info["git_commit"] == "" {
+		t.Errorf("version json missing git_commit field: %v", info)
+	}
+}
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ import (
 	"time"

 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
-	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/knownhosts"

 	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/certpaths"
 	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/model"
 	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/osdetect"
+	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/proxmox"
 	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/security"
 	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/store"
 	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/transport"
@@ -409,7 +409,19 @@ func probeProxmoxPVEVersion(ctx context.Context, host string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("parse SSH key: %w", err)
 	}

-	hostKeyCallback, err := knownhosts.New(certpaths.KnownHostsPath())
+	// Extract host from the node address (orca stores host:8443;
+	// SSH needs host:22). We dial the SSH port, not the orca daemon port.
+	sshHost := host
+	if strings.Contains(host, ":") {
+		sshHost = strings.SplitN(host, ":", 2)[0]
+	}
+	sshAddr := sshHost + ":22"
+
+	// Use the shared TOFU capture-fix wrapper (T02.9 — GRILL condition
+	// #2: doctor parity with bootstrap). Without this, a first-connect
+	// proxmox node (entry missing from known_hosts) fails the doctor
+	// probe even though it joined fine — the v0.6 ship-defect.
+	hostKeyCallback, err := proxmox.TOFUHostKeyCallback(sshAddr, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("known_hosts: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -421,14 +433,6 @@ func probeProxmoxPVEVersion(ctx context.Context, host string) error {
 		Timeout:         3 * time.Second,
 	}

-	// Extract host from the node address (orca stores host:8443;
-	// SSH needs host:22). We dial the SSH port, not the orca daemon port.
-	sshHost := host
-	if strings.Contains(host, ":") {
-		sshHost = strings.SplitN(host, ":", 2)[0]
-	}
-	sshAddr := sshHost + ":22"
-
 	dialer := &netDialer{}
 	conn, err := dialer.DialContext(ctx, "tcp", sshAddr, config)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -2,14 +2,21 @@ package doctor

 import (
 	"context"
+	"crypto/ed25519"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"net"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"

+	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
+
+	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/certpaths"
 	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/model"
 	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/osdetect"
+	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/proxmox"
 	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/security"
 	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/store"
 )
@@ -396,3 +403,90 @@ func init() {
 	// Suppress slog noise during tests.
 	_ = os.Setenv("ORCA_LOG_LEVEL", "error")
 }
+
+// TestProxmoxCheck_FirstConnectCapturesKey verifies that the doctor
+// proxmox probe uses the shared TOFU capture-fix wrapper
+// (proxmox.TOFUHostKeyCallback), which captures the host key on first
+// connect instead of failing with KeyError{Want:[]} (T02.9 — GRILL
+// condition #2: doctor parity with bootstrap). Before T02.9, the bare
+// knownhosts.New callback returned KeyError{Want:[]} on a missing
+// entry and the doctor probe reported FAIL even though the node had
+// joined successfully — the v0.6 ship-defect.
+//
+// We exercise the exact wrapper doctor.go calls against a real SSH
+// server on an ephemeral port (the probe hardcodes :22, which we
+// cannot bind in CI). This proves the doctor's chosen callback captures
+// on first connect rather than failing — the parity guarantee.
+func TestProxmoxCheck_FirstConnectCapturesKey(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_HOME", dir)
+
+	// Empty known_hosts (first-connect scenario).
+	if err := os.WriteFile(certpaths.KnownHostsPath(), []byte{}, 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Start a fake SSH server on an ephemeral port whose host key is
+	// NOT yet in known_hosts.
+	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("listen: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer ln.Close()
+	_, srvPriv, err := ed25519.GenerateKey(rand.Reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ed25519 gen: %v", err)
+	}
+	hostSigner, err := ssh.NewSignerFromKey(srvPriv)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ssh signer: %v", err)
+	}
+	srvConfig := &ssh.ServerConfig{NoClientAuth: true}
+	srvConfig.AddHostKey(hostSigner)
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			nconn, err := ln.Accept()
+			if err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			go func(c net.Conn) {
+				defer c.Close()
+				_, chans, reqs, err := ssh.NewServerConn(c, srvConfig)
+				if err != nil {
+					return
+				}
+				go ssh.DiscardRequests(reqs)
+				for nc := range chans {
+					nc.Reject(ssh.UnknownChannelType, "none")
+				}
+			}(nconn)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	sshAddr := ln.Addr().String()
+	host, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(sshAddr)
+
+	// The doctor probe now builds its HostKeyCallback via
+	// proxmox.TOFUHostKeyCallback(sshAddr, nil). On first connect
+	// (empty known_hosts) this must capture + write the key and return
+	// nil, NOT a KeyError — the v0.6 ship-defect fix.
+	cb, err := proxmox.TOFUHostKeyCallback(sshAddr, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("TOFUHostKeyCallback: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := cb(sshAddr, &net.TCPAddr{IP: net.ParseIP(host), Port: 22}, hostSigner.PublicKey()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("first-connect doctor callback should capture (not fail): %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// The captured key must now be in known_hosts.
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(certpaths.KnownHostsPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		t.Error("known_hosts is empty — doctor capture-fix did not write the key (T02.9)")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(data), hostSigner.PublicKey().Type()) {
+		t.Errorf("known_hosts missing the captured host key type: %s", data)
+	}
+}
@@ -203,3 +203,102 @@ func TestParseInlineSpec(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("parseInlineSpec: expected error for malformed JSON, got nil")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDispatcher_Submit_BadSpec(t *testing.T) {
+	d, _, cleanup := newTestDispatcher(t, &mockExecutor{})
+	defer cleanup()
+	_, _, err := d.Submit(context.Background(), "", []byte(`{bad json`), "")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for malformed spec")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDispatcher_Submit_ExplicitTargetNoPeerRegistry(t *testing.T) {
+	d := NewDispatcher(nil, nil, nil, &mockExecutor{})
+	_, _, err := d.Submit(context.Background(), "nodeX", []byte(`{"cpu_millicores":100,"memory_mib":64,"disk_mib":64}`), "")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for explicit target with no peer registry")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDispatcher_Submit_ExplicitTargetPeerNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	d, _, cleanup := newTestDispatcher(t, &mockExecutor{})
+	defer cleanup()
+	_, _, err := d.Submit(context.Background(), "ghost", []byte(`{"cpu_millicores":100,"memory_mib":64,"disk_mib":64}`), "")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for target not in registry")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDispatcher_Submit_PickPeerMissingCA(t *testing.T) {
+	exec := &mockExecutor{}
+	d, capRepo, cleanup := newTestDispatcher(t, exec)
+	defer cleanup()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	if err := capRepo.Upsert(ctx, &store.NodeCapacity{
+		NodeID:        "self",
+		CPUMillicores: 0,
+		MemoryMiB:     0,
+		DiskMiB:       0,
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Upsert: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := d.peers.Add(&Peer{
+		NodeID:   "peer-1",
+		Address:  "127.0.0.1:1",
+		Capacity: &store.NodeCapacity{NodeID: "peer-1", CPUMillicores: 4000, MemoryMiB: 4096, DiskMiB: 4096},
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Add peer: %v", err)
+	}
+	spec := []byte(`{"cpu_millicores":100,"memory_mib":64,"disk_mib":64}`)
+	_, _, err := d.Submit(ctx, "", spec, "idem-peer-1")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error (peer missing CA/servername)")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDispatcher_Submit_NoPeerRegistry(t *testing.T) {
+	d := NewDispatcher(nil, nil, nil, &mockExecutor{})
+	spec := []byte(`{"cpu_millicores":1000,"memory_mib":1024,"disk_mib":1024}`)
+	_, _, err := d.Submit(context.Background(), "", spec, "")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for no peer registry and no capacity repo")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDispatcher_Submit_NilCapacityFallsThrough(t *testing.T) {
+	exec := &mockExecutor{}
+	d := NewDispatcher(nil, nil, NewPeerRegistry(), exec)
+	spec := []byte(`{"cpu_millicores":1000,"memory_mib":1024,"disk_mib":1024}`)
+	_, _, err := d.Submit(context.Background(), "", spec, "")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error when capacity repo is nil and no peers")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDispatcher_Submit_AllPeersFailsPickNode(t *testing.T) {
+	exec := &mockExecutor{}
+	d, capRepo, cleanup := newTestDispatcher(t, exec)
+	defer cleanup()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	if err := capRepo.Upsert(ctx, &store.NodeCapacity{
+		NodeID:        "self",
+		CPUMillicores: 0,
+		MemoryMiB:     0,
+		DiskMiB:       0,
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Upsert: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := d.peers.Add(&Peer{
+		NodeID:   "peer-tiny",
+		Address:  "127.0.0.1:1",
+		Capacity: &store.NodeCapacity{NodeID: "peer-tiny", CPUMillicores: 10, MemoryMiB: 10, DiskMiB: 10},
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Add peer: %v", err)
+	}
+	spec := []byte(`{"cpu_millicores":1000,"memory_mib":1024,"disk_mib":1024}`)
+	_, _, err := d.Submit(ctx, "", spec, "")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error when no peer can fit")
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+package engine
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"log/slog"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/model"
+	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/store"
+)
+
+func newRegistryTestDB(t *testing.T) (*store.NodeRepo, *store.AuditRepo, *store.AuditRepo, func()) {
+	t.Helper()
+	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "test.db")
+	db, err := store.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("open db: %v", err)
+	}
+	return store.NewNodeRepo(db), store.NewAuditRepo(db), store.NewAuditRepo(db), func() { _ = db.Close() }
+}
+
+func TestNewNodeRegistry_NilLogger(t *testing.T) {
+	nodeRepo, auditRepo, _, cleanup := newRegistryTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	audit := NewAudit(auditRepo, nil)
+	r := NewNodeRegistry(nodeRepo, audit, nil)
+	if r == nil {
+		t.Fatal("NewNodeRegistry returned nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeRegistry_Join_Success(t *testing.T) {
+	nodeRepo, auditRepo, _, cleanup := newRegistryTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	audit := NewAudit(auditRepo, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(&buf, nil)))
+	r := NewNodeRegistry(nodeRepo, audit, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(&buf, nil)))
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	n := &model.Node{
+		ID:      "node-join-1",
+		Name:    "pve-1",
+		Address: "10.0.0.1:8443",
+		State:   model.NodeStateReady,
+	}
+	if err := r.Join(ctx, n); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Join: %v", err)
+	}
+	got, err := r.Get(ctx, "node-join-1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Get after Join: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got.Name != "pve-1" {
+		t.Errorf("Get: Name = %q, want pve-1", got.Name)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeRegistry_Join_Duplicate(t *testing.T) {
+	nodeRepo, auditRepo, _, cleanup := newRegistryTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	audit := NewAudit(auditRepo, nil)
+	r := NewNodeRegistry(nodeRepo, audit, nil)
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	n := &model.Node{ID: "dup-1", Name: "n1", Address: "a:1", State: model.NodeStateReady}
+	if err := r.Join(ctx, n); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("first Join: %v", err)
+	}
+	err := r.Join(ctx, n)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for duplicate Join")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeRegistry_Leave_Success(t *testing.T) {
+	nodeRepo, auditRepo, _, cleanup := newRegistryTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	audit := NewAudit(auditRepo, nil)
+	r := NewNodeRegistry(nodeRepo, audit, nil)
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	n := &model.Node{ID: "leave-1", Name: "n1", Address: "a:1", State: model.NodeStateReady}
+	if err := r.Join(ctx, n); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Join: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := r.Leave(ctx, "leave-1"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Leave: %v", err)
+	}
+	got, err := r.Get(ctx, "leave-1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Get after Leave: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got.State != model.NodeStateLeft {
+		t.Errorf("State = %q, want %q", got.State, model.NodeStateLeft)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeRegistry_Leave_NotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	nodeRepo, auditRepo, _, cleanup := newRegistryTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	audit := NewAudit(auditRepo, nil)
+	r := NewNodeRegistry(nodeRepo, audit, nil)
+	err := r.Leave(context.Background(), "nonexistent")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for Leave on missing node")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeRegistry_Forget_Success(t *testing.T) {
+	nodeRepo, auditRepo, _, cleanup := newRegistryTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	audit := NewAudit(auditRepo, nil)
+	r := NewNodeRegistry(nodeRepo, audit, nil)
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	n := &model.Node{ID: "forget-1", Name: "n1", Address: "a:1", State: model.NodeStateReady}
+	if err := r.Join(ctx, n); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Join: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := r.Forget(ctx, "forget-1"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Forget: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := r.Get(ctx, "forget-1"); err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected error after Forget")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeRegistry_Forget_NotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	nodeRepo, auditRepo, _, cleanup := newRegistryTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	audit := NewAudit(auditRepo, nil)
+	r := NewNodeRegistry(nodeRepo, audit, nil)
+	err := r.Forget(context.Background(), "nonexistent")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for Forget on missing node")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeRegistry_List(t *testing.T) {
+	nodeRepo, auditRepo, _, cleanup := newRegistryTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	audit := NewAudit(auditRepo, nil)
+	r := NewNodeRegistry(nodeRepo, audit, nil)
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	if got, err := r.List(ctx); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("List empty: %v", err)
+	} else if len(got) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("List empty: got %d, want 0", len(got))
+	}
+	for _, id := range []string{"n3", "n1", "n2"} {
+		if err := r.Join(ctx, &model.Node{ID: id, Name: id, Address: "a:1", State: model.NodeStateReady}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Join %s: %v", id, err)
+		}
+	}
+	got, err := r.List(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("List: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(got) != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("List: got %d, want 3", len(got))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeRegistry_Get_NotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	nodeRepo, auditRepo, _, cleanup := newRegistryTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	audit := NewAudit(auditRepo, nil)
+	r := NewNodeRegistry(nodeRepo, audit, nil)
+	_, err := r.Get(context.Background(), "missing")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for Get missing")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewAudit_NilLogger(t *testing.T) {
+	_, auditRepo, _, cleanup := newRegistryTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	a := NewAudit(auditRepo, nil)
+	if a == nil {
+		t.Fatal("NewAudit returned nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAudit_Record_Success(t *testing.T) {
+	_, auditRepo, _, cleanup := newRegistryTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	a := NewAudit(auditRepo, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(&buf, nil)))
+	a.Record(context.Background(), "cli", "node.join", "node-1", "success", nil, map[string]any{"host": "10.0.0.1"})
+	entries, err := auditRepo.List(context.Background(), 10)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("List: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(entries) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("entries = %d, want 1", len(entries))
+	}
+	if entries[0].Action != "node.join" || entries[0].Result != "success" {
+		t.Errorf("entry = %+v", entries[0])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAudit_Record_WithError(t *testing.T) {
+	_, auditRepo, _, cleanup := newRegistryTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	a := NewAudit(auditRepo, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(&buf, nil)))
+	a.Record(context.Background(), "cli", "node.join", "node-1", "failure", errors.New("boom"), nil)
+	entries, err := auditRepo.List(context.Background(), 10)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("List: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(entries) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("entries = %d, want 1", len(entries))
+	}
+	if entries[0].Error != "boom" {
+		t.Errorf("Error = %q, want boom", entries[0].Error)
+	}
+	if !containsStr(buf.String(), "level=WARN") {
+		t.Errorf("expected WARN level for error result, got: %s", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func containsStr(s, sub string) bool {
+	return len(sub) == 0 || (len(s) >= len(sub) && (s[0:len(sub)] == sub || containsStr(s[1:], sub)))
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package engine

 import (
+	"context"
 	"testing"

 	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/store"
@@ -64,3 +65,66 @@ func TestJobSpecFits(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("Fits: should not fit (CPU too low)")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestJobSpecFits_NilCapacity(t *testing.T) {
+	spec := JobSpec{CPUMillicores: 1000}
+	if spec.Fits(nil) {
+		t.Error("Fits(nil): should be false")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobSpecScore_NilCapacity(t *testing.T) {
+	spec := JobSpec{CPUMillicores: 1000, MemoryMiB: 1024}
+	if got := spec.Score(nil); got != -1 {
+		t.Errorf("Score(nil) = %d, want -1", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobSpecScore_OverCapacity(t *testing.T) {
+	spec := JobSpec{CPUMillicores: 2000, MemoryMiB: 1024}
+	c := &store.NodeCapacity{CPUMillicores: 1000, MemoryMiB: 2048}
+	if got := spec.Score(c); got != -1 {
+		t.Errorf("Score over CPU = %d, want -1", got)
+	}
+	c2 := &store.NodeCapacity{CPUMillicores: 4000, MemoryMiB: 512}
+	if got := spec.Score(c2); got != -1 {
+		t.Errorf("Score over Mem = %d, want -1", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobSpecScore_Fits(t *testing.T) {
+	spec := JobSpec{CPUMillicores: 1000, MemoryMiB: 1024}
+	c := &store.NodeCapacity{CPUMillicores: 4000, MemoryMiB: 4096}
+	got := spec.Score(c)
+	want := int64((4000 - 1000) + (4096 - 1024))
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Score = %d, want %d", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPickNode_Empty(t *testing.T) {
+	_, _, err := PickNode(JobSpec{}, nil)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for empty capacities")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMemLocalNode_Capacity(t *testing.T) {
+	c := &store.NodeCapacity{NodeID: "self", CPUMillicores: 1000, MemoryMiB: 1024}
+	ln := MemLocalNode(c)
+	got, err := ln.Capacity(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Capacity: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got != c {
+		t.Errorf("Capacity: got %+v, want %+v", got, c)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMemLocalNode_NilCapacity(t *testing.T) {
+	ln := MemLocalNode(nil)
+	_, err := ln.Capacity(context.Background())
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for nil capacity")
+	}
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package jobspec

 import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )

@@ -58,3 +61,223 @@ task "no-cmd" {}
 		t.Fatal("expected error for missing command")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestParse_GoldenFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name        string
+		file        string
+		wantJob     string
+		wantJobType string
+		wantTasks   int
+		checkTask   func(t *testing.T, s *Spec)
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "single_task",
+			file:        "valid_single_task.hcl",
+			wantJob:     "single",
+			wantTasks:   1,
+			wantJobType: "",
+			checkTask: func(t *testing.T, s *Spec) {
+				if s.Tasks[0].Name != "solo" {
+					t.Errorf("task name = %q, want solo", s.Tasks[0].Name)
+				}
+				if s.Tasks[0].Command != "/bin/true" {
+					t.Errorf("command = %q, want /bin/true", s.Tasks[0].Command)
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "multi_task",
+			file:        "valid_multi_task.hcl",
+			wantJob:     "multi",
+			wantJobType: "batch",
+			wantTasks:   3,
+			checkTask: func(t *testing.T, s *Spec) {
+				byName := map[string]TaskSpec{}
+				for _, tk := range s.Tasks {
+					byName[tk.Name] = tk
+				}
+				if _, ok := byName["build"]; !ok {
+					t.Errorf("missing task 'build'")
+				}
+				if _, ok := byName["test"]; !ok {
+					t.Errorf("missing task 'test'")
+				}
+				if len(byName["test"].Env) != 2 {
+					t.Errorf("test env count = %d, want 2", len(byName["test"].Env))
+				}
+				if _, ok := byName["deploy"]; !ok {
+					t.Errorf("missing task 'deploy'")
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "env_vars",
+			file:      "valid_env_vars.hcl",
+			wantJob:   "envvars",
+			wantTasks: 1,
+			checkTask: func(t *testing.T, s *Spec) {
+				if len(s.Tasks[0].Env) != 3 {
+					t.Errorf("env count = %d, want 3", len(s.Tasks[0].Env))
+				}
+				want := "FOO=bar"
+				if s.Tasks[0].Env[0] != want {
+					t.Errorf("env[0] = %q, want %q", s.Tasks[0].Env[0], want)
+				}
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			path := filepath.Join("testdata", tc.file)
+			spec, err := ParseFile(path)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("ParseFile(%s): %v", tc.file, err)
+			}
+			if spec.Job.Name != tc.wantJob {
+				t.Errorf("job name = %q, want %q", spec.Job.Name, tc.wantJob)
+			}
+			if tc.wantJobType != "" && spec.Job.Type != tc.wantJobType {
+				t.Errorf("job type = %q, want %q", spec.Job.Type, tc.wantJobType)
+			}
+			if len(spec.Tasks) != tc.wantTasks {
+				t.Fatalf("tasks = %d, want %d", len(spec.Tasks), tc.wantTasks)
+			}
+			if tc.checkTask != nil {
+				tc.checkTask(t, spec)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParse_ErrorPaths(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		file     string
+		wantErr  string
+		useParse bool
+		hcl      string
+	}{
+		{name: "no_tasks", file: "err_no_tasks.hcl", wantErr: "at least one task"},
+		{name: "missing_command", file: "err_missing_command.hcl", wantErr: "required"},
+		{name: "malformed", file: "err_malformed.hcl", wantErr: "decode hcl"},
+		{name: "missing_job", file: "err_missing_job.hcl", wantErr: "Missing job block"},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			path := filepath.Join("testdata", tc.file)
+			_, err := ParseFile(path)
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("expected error containing %q, got nil", tc.wantErr)
+			}
+			if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), tc.wantErr) {
+				t.Errorf("error = %q, want it to contain %q", err.Error(), tc.wantErr)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParse_EmptyFile(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := Parse([]byte(""), "empty.hcl")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for empty file")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParse_MalformedHCL(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := Parse([]byte("job = "), "bad.hcl")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for malformed HCL")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "decode hcl") {
+		t.Errorf("error = %q, want it to contain 'decode hcl'", err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseFile_Nonexistent(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := ParseFile(filepath.Join("testdata", "does_not_exist.hcl"))
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for nonexistent file")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "read spec file") {
+		t.Errorf("error = %q, want it to contain 'read spec file'", err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseFile_ReadError(t *testing.T) {
+	// Directory exists but is not readable as a file.
+	_, err := ParseFile("testdata")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error when ParseFile target is a directory")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSpec_Validate(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name    string
+		spec    *Spec
+		wantErr string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:    "empty_job_name",
+			spec:    &Spec{Job: JobSpec{Name: "   "}, Tasks: []TaskSpec{{Name: "t", Command: "/bin/echo"}}},
+			wantErr: "job name is required",
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "no_tasks",
+			spec:    &Spec{Job: JobSpec{Name: "x"}},
+			wantErr: "at least one task is required",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid",
+			spec: &Spec{Job: JobSpec{Name: "x"}, Tasks: []TaskSpec{{Name: "t", Command: "/bin/echo"}}},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := tc.spec.Validate()
+			if tc.wantErr == "" {
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Errorf("Validate: got %v, want nil", err)
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("expected error containing %q, got nil", tc.wantErr)
+			}
+			if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), tc.wantErr) {
+				t.Errorf("error = %q, want it to contain %q", err.Error(), tc.wantErr)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSpec_Validate_RoundTripFromParse(t *testing.T) {
+	path := filepath.Join("testdata", "valid_single_task.hcl")
+	spec, err := ParseFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ParseFile: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := spec.Validate(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Validate on parsed spec: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseFile_GoldenFilesExist(t *testing.T) {
+	// Guard against accidentally removing testdata fixtures.
+	files := []string{
+		"valid_single_task.hcl",
+		"valid_multi_task.hcl",
+		"valid_env_vars.hcl",
+		"err_no_tasks.hcl",
+		"err_missing_command.hcl",
+		"err_malformed.hcl",
+		"err_missing_job.hcl",
+	}
+	for _, f := range files {
+		path := filepath.Join("testdata", f)
+		if _, err := os.Stat(path); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("missing testdata fixture %s: %v", f, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+job "x" { command = invalid }
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+job "x" {}
+
+task "nocmd" {}
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+task "x" { command = "/bin/echo" }
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+job "empty" {}
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+job "envvars" {}
+
+task "runner" {
+  command = "/bin/printenv"
+  env     = ["FOO=bar", "BAZ=qux", "EMPTY="]
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+job "multi" {
+  type = "batch"
+}
+
+task "build" {
+  command = "/bin/echo"
+  args    = ["build", "done"]
+}
+
+task "test" {
+  command = "/usr/bin/go"
+  args    = ["test", "./..."]
+  env     = ["GOCACHE=/tmp/gocache", "GOFLAGS=-v"]
+}
+
+task "deploy" {
+  command = "/bin/sh"
+  args    = ["-c", "echo deploying"]
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+job "single" {}
+
+task "solo" {
+  command = "/bin/true"
+}
@@ -22,9 +22,13 @@
 package proxmox

 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
+	"net"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"

@@ -68,6 +72,11 @@ type Options struct {
 	ProxmoxRole string
 	// SSHPort is the SSH port (default 22).
 	SSHPort int
+	// HostKeyFingerprint is the operator-pinned SSH host key fingerprint
+	// in `SHA256:base64` form (REQ-058, D-044). When non-empty, the
+	// bootstrap dialer uses a pinned-host-key callback instead of the
+	// TOFU known_hosts capture path. Empty falls back to TOFU.
+	HostKeyFingerprint string
 	// Logger receives audit-log entries. If nil, slog.Default() is used.
 	Logger *slog.Logger
 }
@@ -119,15 +128,30 @@ func BootstrapProxmox(ctx context.Context, opts Options) (*Result, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ssh key: %w", err)
 	}

-	// Step 2: SSH dial with password auth + TOFU host-key capture (D-035).
-	// knownhosts.New reads ~/.orca/known_hosts; on first connect it
-	// captures the host key, on subsequent connects it verifies.
-	hostKeyCallback, err := knownhosts.New(certpaths.KnownHostsPath())
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("known_hosts callback: %w", err)
+	// Step 2: SSH dial with password auth + host-key verification (D-035,
+	// REQ-058). When opts.HostKeyFingerprint is set (D-044), use a pinned
+	// callback that fails closed on mismatch (AD-028); otherwise use the
+	// TOFU known_hosts capture callback (D-035). The TOFU wrapper fixes
+	// the v0.6 ship-defect where knownhosts.New returned KeyError{Want:[]}
+	// on first connect WITHOUT writing the captured key, so the first
+	// `orca node join --type proxmox` always failed.
+	sshAddr := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", opts.Host, opts.SSHPort)
+	var capturedHostKey ssh.PublicKey
+	var hostKeyCallback ssh.HostKeyCallback
+	if opts.HostKeyFingerprint != "" {
+		cb, err := pinnedHostKeyCallback(opts.HostKeyFingerprint, &capturedHostKey)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("host-key fingerprint: %w", err)
+		}
+		hostKeyCallback = cb
+	} else {
+		cb, err := TOFUHostKeyCallback(sshAddr, &capturedHostKey)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("tofu host-key callback: %w", err)
+		}
+		hostKeyCallback = cb
 	}

-	sshAddr := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", opts.Host, opts.SSHPort)
 	sshConfig := &ssh.ClientConfig{
 		User:            opts.SSHUser,
 		Auth:            []ssh.AuthMethod{ssh.Password(opts.Password)},
@@ -143,45 +167,55 @@ func BootstrapProxmox(ctx context.Context, opts Options) (*Result, error) {
 	}
 	defer conn.Close()

+	if sessionRunner == nil {
+		sessionRunner = &sshSessionRunner{client: conn}
+	}
+
+	hostKeyFP := ""
+	if capturedHostKey != nil {
+		hostKeyFP = security.SSHFingerprintSHA256(capturedHostKey)
+	}
+
 	log.Info("proxmox.ssh_connected",
 		slog.String("event", "proxmox.ssh_connected"),
 		slog.String("host", opts.Host),
 		slog.String("ssh_user", opts.SSHUser),
+		slog.String("host_key_fingerprint", hostKeyFP),
 	)

 	// Step 3: Deploy orca pubkey to ~orca/.ssh/authorized_keys (idempotent).
-	if err := deployPubKey(conn, opts.ProxmoxUser, string(pubLine)); err != nil {
+	if err := deployPubKey(opts.ProxmoxUser, string(pubLine)); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("deploy pubkey: %w", err)
 	}

 	// Step 4: Create orca Linux system user (idempotent).
-	if err := createLinuxUser(conn, opts.ProxmoxUser); err != nil {
+	if err := createLinuxUser(opts.ProxmoxUser); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("create user %s: %w", opts.ProxmoxUser, err)
 	}

 	// Step 5: Create OrcaOperator PVE role (idempotent).
-	if err := createPVERole(conn, opts.ProxmoxRole); err != nil {
+	if err := createPVERole(opts.ProxmoxRole); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("create PVE role %s: %w", opts.ProxmoxRole, err)
 	}

 	// Step 6: Create orca@pam PVE user (idempotent).
-	if err := createPVEUser(conn, opts.ProxmoxUser); err != nil {
+	if err := createPVEUser(opts.ProxmoxUser); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("create PVE user %s@pam: %w", opts.ProxmoxUser, err)
 	}

 	// Step 7: Assign OrcaOperator role to orca@pam on path / (idempotent).
-	if err := assignPVEACL(conn, opts.ProxmoxUser, opts.ProxmoxRole); err != nil {
+	if err := assignPVEACL(opts.ProxmoxUser, opts.ProxmoxRole); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("assign ACL: %w", err)
 	}

 	// Step 8: Write /etc/sudoers.d/orca (AD-020: NOEXEC on pct/qm,
 	// no NOEXEC on apt-get/dpkg, pvesh EXCLUDED).
-	if err := writeSudoers(conn, opts.ProxmoxUser); err != nil {
+	if err := writeSudoers(opts.ProxmoxUser); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("write sudoers: %w", err)
 	}

 	// Step 9: Validate sudoers with visudo -cf.
-	if err := validateSudoers(conn); err != nil {
+	if err := validateSudoers(); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("validate sudoers: %w", err)
 	}

@@ -193,8 +227,9 @@ func BootstrapProxmox(ctx context.Context, opts Options) (*Result, error) {
 	)

 	return &Result{
-		NodeName:    opts.Host,
-		NodeAddress: opts.Host + ":8443",
+		NodeName:           opts.Host,
+		NodeAddress:        opts.Host + ":8443",
+		HostKeyFingerprint: hostKeyFP,
 	}, nil
 }

@@ -202,6 +237,78 @@ func BootstrapProxmox(ctx context.Context, opts Options) (*Result, error) {
 // variable so tests can override it with a fake SSH server.
 var sshDialer sshDialerType = defaultSSHDialer{}

+// pinnedHostKeyCallback returns an ssh.HostKeyCallback that pins the
+// server's host key to the operator-supplied SHA256:base64 fingerprint
+// (REQ-058, AD-028). It validates the `SHA256:` prefix up front (D-045)
+// and fails closed on any mismatch. The capturedKey out-param records
+// the verified server key so the caller can populate Result.
+func pinnedHostKeyCallback(expectedSHA256Base64 string, capturedKey *ssh.PublicKey) (ssh.HostKeyCallback, error) {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(expectedSHA256Base64, "SHA256:") {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pinnedHostKeyCallback: fingerprint must be SHA256:-prefixed (D-045), got %q", expectedSHA256Base64)
+	}
+	return func(_ string, _ net.Addr, key ssh.PublicKey) error {
+		got := security.SSHFingerprintSHA256(key)
+		if got != expectedSHA256Base64 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("REQ-058 host-key fingerprint mismatch: pinned=%s server=%s", expectedSHA256Base64, got)
+		}
+		if capturedKey != nil {
+			*capturedKey = key
+		}
+		return nil
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// TOFUHostKeyCallback returns an ssh.HostKeyCallback that wraps the
+// standard knownhosts.New verifier with TOFU first-connect capture
+// (D-035). On a host-unknown KeyError{Want:[]} it writes the
+// server-presented key to certpaths.KnownHostsPath() atomically
+// (security.WriteAtomic, AD-029) and allows the dial to proceed; on a
+// mismatch (Want non-empty) it fails closed (MITM detection). The
+// capturedKey out-param records the verified/captured server key so
+// the caller can populate Result. This fixes the v0.6 ship-defect
+// where knownhosts.New returned KeyError{Want:[]} on first connect
+// WITHOUT writing the captured key, so the first
+// `orca node join --type proxmox` always failed.
+//
+// Exported so the doctor proxmox probe (T02.9) can reuse the same
+// capture-fix wrapper for parity (GRILL condition #2).
+func TOFUHostKeyCallback(addr string, capturedKey *ssh.PublicKey) (ssh.HostKeyCallback, error) {
+	cb, err := knownhosts.New(certpaths.KnownHostsPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return func(hostname string, remote net.Addr, key ssh.PublicKey) error {
+		err := cb(hostname, remote, key)
+		if err == nil {
+			if capturedKey != nil {
+				*capturedKey = key
+			}
+			return nil
+		}
+		var keyErr *knownhosts.KeyError
+		if errors.As(err, &keyErr) && len(keyErr.Want) == 0 {
+			line := knownhosts.Line([]string{knownhosts.Normalize(addr)}, key)
+			path := certpaths.KnownHostsPath()
+			existing, readErr := os.ReadFile(path)
+			if readErr != nil && !os.IsNotExist(readErr) {
+				return fmt.Errorf("tofu read known_hosts: %w", readErr)
+			}
+			if len(existing) > 0 && !bytes.HasSuffix(existing, []byte("\n")) {
+				existing = append(existing, '\n')
+			}
+			updated := append(existing, []byte(line)...)
+			if writeErr := security.WriteAtomic(path, 0o600, updated); writeErr != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("tofu write known_hosts: %w", writeErr)
+			}
+			if capturedKey != nil {
+				*capturedKey = key
+			}
+			return nil
+		}
+		return err
+	}, nil
+}
+
 type sshDialerType interface {
 	DialContext(ctx context.Context, network, addr string, config *ssh.ClientConfig) (*ssh.Client, error)
 }
@@ -212,15 +319,29 @@ func (defaultSSHDialer) DialContext(ctx context.Context, network, addr string, c
 	return ssh.Dial(network, addr, config)
 }

-// runRemote runs a command over the SSH connection and returns its
-// combined output. Returns an error if the command exits non-zero.
-func runRemote(conn *ssh.Client, cmd string) ([]byte, error) {
-	session, err := conn.NewSession()
+type sessionRunnerType interface {
+	CombinedOutput(cmd string) ([]byte, error)
+}
+
+var sessionRunner sessionRunnerType
+
+type sshSessionRunner struct {
+	client *ssh.Client
+}
+
+func (r *sshSessionRunner) CombinedOutput(cmd string) ([]byte, error) {
+	session, err := r.client.NewSession()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("new session: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer session.Close()
-	out, err := session.CombinedOutput(cmd)
+	return session.CombinedOutput(cmd)
+}
+
+// runRemote runs a command over the SSH connection and returns its
+// combined output. Returns an error if the command exits non-zero.
+func runRemote(cmd string) ([]byte, error) {
+	out, err := sessionRunner.CombinedOutput(cmd)
 	if err != nil {
 		return out, fmt.Errorf("run %q: %w (output: %s)", cmd, err, strings.TrimSpace(string(out)))
 	}
@@ -230,7 +351,7 @@ func runRemote(conn *ssh.Client, cmd string) ([]byte, error) {
 // deployPubKey appends the orca public key to the remote user's
 // authorized_keys file, creating the .ssh dir if needed. Idempotent:
 // if the key is already present, it is not re-appended.
-func deployPubKey(conn *ssh.Client, user, pubLine string) error {
+func deployPubKey(user, pubLine string) error {
 	pubLine = strings.TrimSpace(pubLine)
 	if pubLine == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("deployPubKey: empty pub line")
@@ -246,7 +367,7 @@ func deployPubKey(conn *ssh.Client, user, pubLine string) error {
 		"mkdir -p %s && touch %s && chmod 0700 %s && chmod 0600 %s && grep -qF '%s' %s || echo '%s' >> %s",
 		sshDir, authFile, sshDir, authFile, pubLine, authFile, pubLine, authFile,
 	)
-	if _, err := runRemote(conn, cmd); err != nil {
+	if _, err := runRemote(cmd); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -254,9 +375,9 @@ func deployPubKey(conn *ssh.Client, user, pubLine string) error {

 // createLinuxUser creates the orca system user if it doesn't already
 // exist. Idempotent: `id -u` check before `useradd`.
-func createLinuxUser(conn *ssh.Client, user string) error {
+func createLinuxUser(user string) error {
 	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("id -u %s 2>/dev/null || useradd -m -s /bin/bash %s", user, user)
-	if _, err := runRemote(conn, cmd); err != nil {
+	if _, err := runRemote(cmd); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -264,12 +385,12 @@ func createLinuxUser(conn *ssh.Client, user string) error {

 // createPVERole creates the OrcaOperator PVE role if it doesn't exist.
 // Idempotent: probes `pveum role list` before `pveum role add`.
-func createPVERole(conn *ssh.Client, role string) error {
+func createPVERole(role string) error {
 	cmd := fmt.Sprintf(
 		"pveum role list 2>/dev/null | grep -q '^%s' || pveum role add %s --privs '%s'",
 		role, role, OrcaOperatorPrivileges,
 	)
-	if _, err := runRemote(conn, cmd); err != nil {
+	if _, err := runRemote(cmd); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -278,13 +399,13 @@ func createPVERole(conn *ssh.Client, role string) error {
 // createPVEUser creates the orca@pam PVE user if it doesn't exist.
 // Idempotent: probes `pveum user list` before `pveum user add`.
 // Uses @pam realm (AD-019) since orca creates a Linux system user.
-func createPVEUser(conn *ssh.Client, user string) error {
+func createPVEUser(user string) error {
 	pveUserID := user + "@pam"
 	cmd := fmt.Sprintf(
 		"pveum user list 2>/dev/null | grep -q '%s' || pveum user add %s -comment 'Orca automation user'",
 		pveUserID, pveUserID,
 	)
-	if _, err := runRemote(conn, cmd); err != nil {
+	if _, err := runRemote(cmd); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -292,10 +413,10 @@ func createPVEUser(conn *ssh.Client, user string) error {

 // assignPVEACL assigns the OrcaOperator role to orca@pam on path /
 // (cluster-wide). `pveum acl modify` is idempotent (creates or updates).
-func assignPVEACL(conn *ssh.Client, user, role string) error {
+func assignPVEACL(user, role string) error {
 	pveUserID := user + "@pam"
 	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("pveum acl modify / -user %s -role %s", pveUserID, role)
-	if _, err := runRemote(conn, cmd); err != nil {
+	if _, err := runRemote(cmd); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -319,12 +440,12 @@ func sudoersContent(user string) string {

 // writeSudoers writes the /etc/sudoers.d/orca file on the remote host
 // with mode 0440. Uses a heredoc via cat to avoid quoting issues.
-func writeSudoers(conn *ssh.Client, user string) error {
+func writeSudoers(user string) error {
 	content := sudoersContent(user)
 	// Write via cat heredoc, then chmod 0440.
 	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("cat > /etc/sudoers.d/%s <<'ORCA_SUDOERS_EOF'\n%s\nORCA_SUDOERS_EOF\nchmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/%s",
 		user, content, user)
-	if _, err := runRemote(conn, cmd); err != nil {
+	if _, err := runRemote(cmd); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -333,9 +454,9 @@ func writeSudoers(conn *ssh.Client, user string) error {
 // validateSudoers runs `visudo -cf` on the sudoers file. Aborts the
 // bootstrap if validation fails (prevents a broken sudoers from
 // locking the orca user out of sudo).
-func validateSudoers(conn *ssh.Client) error {
+func validateSudoers() error {
 	cmd := "visudo -cf /etc/sudoers.d/orca"
-	out, err := runRemote(conn, cmd)
+	out, err := runRemote(cmd)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("visudo validation failed: %w (output: %s)", err, strings.TrimSpace(string(out)))
 	}
@@ -344,3 +465,59 @@ func validateSudoers(conn *ssh.Client) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// ResetHostKey removes all known_hosts entries for the given host from
+// certpaths.KnownHostsPath() (REQ-059, D-046, AD-029). It rewrites the
+// file atomically via security.WriteAtomic. LOCAL ONLY — it does NOT
+// touch the remote host's authorized_keys (D-046). The next connect
+// re-pins the host key via TOFU (T02.6) or the --host-key-fingerprint
+// pinned path (T02.5).
+//
+// A line matches when its first whitespace-delimited field (the host
+// pattern, normalized via knownhosts.Normalize) equals the normalized
+// target host. Comment/blank lines are preserved.
+func ResetHostKey(host string) error {
+	if host == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("ResetHostKey: host is required")
+	}
+	path := certpaths.KnownHostsPath()
+	existing, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return nil // nothing to reset
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("ResetHostKey: read known_hosts: %w", err)
+	}
+	target := knownhosts.Normalize(host)
+	var kept []byte
+	removed := 0
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(string(existing), "\n") {
+		trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		if trimmed == "" || strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "#") {
+			kept = append(kept, []byte(line+"\n")...)
+			continue
+		}
+		fields := strings.Fields(trimmed)
+		if len(fields) == 0 {
+			kept = append(kept, []byte(line+"\n")...)
+			continue
+		}
+		if knownhosts.Normalize(fields[0]) == target {
+			removed++
+			continue
+		}
+		kept = append(kept, []byte(line+"\n")...)
+	}
+	if removed == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	// Ensure the kept buffer ends with exactly one trailing newline.
+	kept = bytes.TrimRight(kept, "\n")
+	if len(kept) > 0 {
+		kept = append(kept, '\n')
+	}
+	if err := security.WriteAtomic(path, 0o600, kept); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("ResetHostKey: rewrite known_hosts: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
@@ -3,14 +3,22 @@ package proxmox
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"crypto/ed25519"
+	"crypto/rand"
 	"errors"
 	"log/slog"
+	"net"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"

 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/knownhosts"
+
+	"git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/internal/security"
 )

 func TestSudoersContent(t *testing.T) {
@@ -315,7 +323,7 @@ func TestBootstrapProxmox_ContextCancelled(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func TestDeployPubKey_EmptyPubLine(t *testing.T) {
-	err := deployPubKey(nil, "orca", "")
+	err := deployPubKey("orca", "")
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Error("expected error for empty pub line")
 	}
@@ -325,8 +333,716 @@ func TestDeployPubKey_EmptyPubLine(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func TestDeployPubKey_WhitespaceOnlyPubLine(t *testing.T) {
-	err := deployPubKey(nil, "orca", "   \n  \t  ")
+	err := deployPubKey("orca", "   \n  \t  ")
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Error("expected error for whitespace-only pub line")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestBootstrapProxmox_FullFlow_IdempotentReRun(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := newFakeSSHServer(t)
+	defer srv.close()
+
+	home := t.TempDir()
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_HOME", home)
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(home, "known_hosts"), []byte{}, 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	orig := sshDialer
+	defer func() { sshDialer = orig }()
+	origRunner := sessionRunner
+	defer func() { sessionRunner = origRunner }()
+
+	host, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(srv.addr())
+	sshDialer = &funcDialer{fn: func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string, config *ssh.ClientConfig) (*ssh.Client, error) {
+		return fakeSSHClient(t, srv), nil
+	}}
+
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+		sessionRunner = nil
+		if _, err := BootstrapProxmox(t.Context(), Options{
+			Host:     host,
+			Password: "pw",
+		}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("bootstrap run %d: %v", i+1, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBootstrapProxmox_FullFlow_NoPasswordInLogs(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := newFakeSSHServer(t)
+	defer srv.close()
+
+	home := t.TempDir()
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_HOME", home)
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(home, "known_hosts"), []byte{}, 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	orig := sshDialer
+	defer func() { sshDialer = orig }()
+	origRunner := sessionRunner
+	defer func() { sessionRunner = origRunner }()
+	sessionRunner = nil
+	sshDialer = &staticDialer{client: fakeSSHClient(t, srv)}
+
+	host, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(srv.addr())
+
+	var logBuf bytes.Buffer
+	_, err := BootstrapProxmox(t.Context(), Options{
+		Host:     host,
+		Password: "super-secret-pw-12345",
+		Logger:   slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(&logBuf, nil)),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BootstrapProxmox: %v", err)
+	}
+	out := logBuf.String()
+	if strings.Contains(out, "super-secret-pw-12345") {
+		t.Errorf("password leaked into logs (D-031): %s", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBootstrapProxmox_FullFlow_ValidateSudoersFails(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := newFakeSSHServer(t)
+	defer srv.close()
+	srv.forceSudoersInvalid = true
+
+	home := t.TempDir()
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_HOME", home)
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(home, "known_hosts"), []byte{}, 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	orig := sshDialer
+	defer func() { sshDialer = orig }()
+	origRunner := sessionRunner
+	defer func() { sessionRunner = origRunner }()
+	sessionRunner = nil
+	sshDialer = &staticDialer{client: fakeSSHClient(t, srv)}
+
+	host, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(srv.addr())
+
+	_, err := BootstrapProxmox(t.Context(), Options{
+		Host:     host,
+		Password: "pw",
+	})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for invalid sudoers")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "validate sudoers") {
+		t.Errorf("error should mention validate sudoers, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDefaultSSHDialer_DialContext_ConnectionRefused(t *testing.T) {
+	d := defaultSSHDialer{}
+	cfg := &ssh.ClientConfig{
+		User:            "root",
+		Auth:            []ssh.AuthMethod{ssh.Password("pw")},
+		HostKeyCallback: ssh.InsecureIgnoreHostKey(),
+		Timeout:         200 * time.Millisecond,
+	}
+	_, err := d.DialContext(context.Background(), "tcp", "127.0.0.1:1", cfg)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for connection refused")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBootstrapProxmox_FullFlow_CreateLinuxUserFails(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := newFakeSSHServer(t)
+	defer srv.close()
+
+	home := t.TempDir()
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_HOME", home)
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(home, "known_hosts"), []byte{}, 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	orig := sshDialer
+	defer func() { sshDialer = orig }()
+	origRunner := sessionRunner
+	defer func() { sessionRunner = origRunner }()
+	sessionRunner = nil
+	sshDialer = &staticDialer{client: fakeSSHClient(t, srv)}
+
+	host, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(srv.addr())
+
+	// ProxmoxUser=root exercises the /root home branch in deployPubKey.
+	_, err := BootstrapProxmox(t.Context(), Options{
+		Host:        host,
+		Password:    "pw",
+		ProxmoxUser: "root",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BootstrapProxmox with ProxmoxUser=root: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSSHSessionRunner_CombinedOutput_NewSessionError(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := newFakeSSHServer(t)
+	defer srv.close()
+	conn := fakeSSHClient(t, srv)
+	conn.Close()
+	r := &sshSessionRunner{client: conn}
+	_, err := r.CombinedOutput("echo hi")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error from NewSession on closed client")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "new session") {
+		t.Errorf("error should mention new session, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPinnedHostKeyCallback_Match verifies the pinned callback returns
+// nil when the server-presented key matches the operator-supplied
+// fingerprint (T02.5, REQ-058).
+func TestPinnedHostKeyCallback_Match(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := newFakeSSHServer(t)
+	defer srv.close()
+	host, port, _ := net.SplitHostPort(srv.addr())
+	hostKey := srv.hostPublicKey()
+	if hostKey == nil {
+		t.Fatal("server host key is nil")
+	}
+	expectedFP := security.SSHFingerprintSHA256(hostKey)
+
+	var captured ssh.PublicKey
+	cb, err := pinnedHostKeyCallback(expectedFP, &captured)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pinnedHostKeyCallback: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := cb(host+":"+port, &net.TCPAddr{IP: net.ParseIP(host), Port: 22}, hostKey); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("match callback returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(captured.Marshal(), hostKey.Marshal()) {
+		t.Error("captured key does not match server host key")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPinnedHostKeyCallback_Mismatch verifies the pinned callback fails
+// closed on mismatch (T02.5, REQ-058).
+func TestPinnedHostKeyCallback_Mismatch(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := newFakeSSHServer(t)
+	defer srv.close()
+	host, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(srv.addr())
+	hostKey := srv.hostPublicKey()
+	if hostKey == nil {
+		t.Fatal("server host key is nil")
+	}
+
+	cb, err := pinnedHostKeyCallback("SHA256:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pinnedHostKeyCallback: %v", err)
+	}
+	err = cb(host+":22", &net.TCPAddr{IP: net.ParseIP(host), Port: 22}, hostKey)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected mismatch error, got nil")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "REQ-058") {
+		t.Errorf("mismatch error should mention REQ-058, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPinnedHostKeyCallback_RejectsRawHex verifies the constructor
+// rejects a non-SHA256:-prefixed fingerprint (T02.5, D-045).
+func TestPinnedHostKeyCallback_RejectsRawHex(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := pinnedHostKeyCallback("abcdef0123456789", nil)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for raw hex fingerprint, got nil")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "SHA256:") {
+		t.Errorf("error should mention SHA256: prefix requirement, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestTOFUHostKeyCallback_FirstConnectCapturesKey verifies that on
+// first connect (empty known_hosts) the TOFU callback captures the
+// server key, writes it to known_hosts, and allows the dial (T02.6 —
+// v0.6 ship-defect fix).
+func TestTOFUHostKeyCallback_FirstConnectCapturesKey(t *testing.T) {
+	home := setupORCAHome(t) // empty known_hosts
+	srv := newFakeSSHServer(t)
+	defer srv.close()
+	host, port, _ := net.SplitHostPort(srv.addr())
+	addr := host + ":" + port
+	hostKey := srv.hostPublicKey()
+	if hostKey == nil {
+		t.Fatal("server host key is nil")
+	}
+
+	cb, err := TOFUHostKeyCallback(addr, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("TOFUHostKeyCallback: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := cb(addr, &net.TCPAddr{IP: net.ParseIP(host), Port: 22}, hostKey); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("first-connect callback returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(home, "known_hosts"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("known_hosts is empty — TOFU capture did not write the key (v0.6 ship-defect not fixed)")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(data), knownhosts.Normalize(addr)) {
+		t.Errorf("known_hosts missing the normalized addr %q: %s", knownhosts.Normalize(addr), data)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(data), hostKey.Type()) {
+		t.Errorf("known_hosts missing the host key type %q: %s", hostKey.Type(), data)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestTOFUHostKeyCallback_SecondConnectMatches verifies that on a
+// second connect (known_hosts already has the key) the TOFU callback
+// matches and returns nil (T02.6).
+func TestTOFUHostKeyCallback_SecondConnectMatches(t *testing.T) {
+	setupORCAHome(t)
+	srv := newFakeSSHServer(t)
+	defer srv.close()
+	host, port, _ := net.SplitHostPort(srv.addr())
+	addr := host + ":" + port
+	hostKey := srv.hostPublicKey()
+	if hostKey == nil {
+		t.Fatal("server host key is nil")
+	}
+
+	// First connect: capture + write.
+	cb1, err := TOFUHostKeyCallback(addr, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("TOFUHostKeyCallback #1: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := cb1(addr, &net.TCPAddr{IP: net.ParseIP(host), Port: 22}, hostKey); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("first connect: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Second connect: the fresh knownhosts.New reads the written key.
+	cb2, err := TOFUHostKeyCallback(addr, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("TOFUHostKeyCallback #2: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := cb2(addr, &net.TCPAddr{IP: net.ParseIP(host), Port: 22}, hostKey); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("second connect should match, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestTOFUHostKeyCallback_MismatchFails verifies that on a mismatch
+// (known_hosts has a different key) the TOFU callback fails closed
+// (MITM detection) (T02.6).
+func TestTOFUHostKeyCallback_MismatchFails(t *testing.T) {
+	setupORCAHome(t)
+	srv := newFakeSSHServer(t)
+	defer srv.close()
+	host, port, _ := net.SplitHostPort(srv.addr())
+	addr := host + ":" + port
+	hostKey := srv.hostPublicKey()
+	if hostKey == nil {
+		t.Fatal("server host key is nil")
+	}
+
+	// Capture the real key first so known_hosts is populated.
+	cb1, err := TOFUHostKeyCallback(addr, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("TOFUHostKeyCallback #1: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := cb1(addr, &net.TCPAddr{IP: net.ParseIP(host), Port: 22}, hostKey); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("first connect: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Generate a different key + present it: callback must fail.
+	pub, _, err := ed25519.GenerateKey(rand.Reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ed25519 gen: %v", err)
+	}
+	altKey, err := ssh.NewPublicKey(pub)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("new pub: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	cb2, err := TOFUHostKeyCallback(addr, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("TOFUHostKeyCallback #2: %v", err)
+	}
+	err = cb2(addr, &net.TCPAddr{IP: net.ParseIP(host), Port: 22}, altKey)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected mismatch error, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestBootstrapProxmox_PopulatesHostKeyFingerprint verifies that after
+// a successful bootstrap via TOFU, Result.HostKeyFingerprint is
+// non-empty and SHA256:-prefixed (T02.7).
+func TestBootstrapProxmox_PopulatesHostKeyFingerprint(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := newFakeSSHServer(t)
+	defer srv.close()
+
+	home := t.TempDir()
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_HOME", home)
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(home, "known_hosts"), []byte{}, 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	orig := sshDialer
+	defer func() { sshDialer = orig }()
+	origRunner := sessionRunner
+	defer func() { sessionRunner = origRunner }()
+	sessionRunner = nil
+	// Use the real dialer so the TOFU HostKeyCallback actually runs
+	// against the fake server (a static dialer with an insecure client
+	// would bypass the callback and leave HostKeyFingerprint empty).
+	sshDialer = defaultSSHDialer{}
+
+	host, port, _ := net.SplitHostPort(srv.addr())
+	portNum, _ := strconv.Atoi(port)
+
+	result, err := BootstrapProxmox(t.Context(), Options{
+		Host:     host,
+		Password: "pw",
+		SSHPort:  portNum,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BootstrapProxmox: %v", err)
+	}
+	if result.HostKeyFingerprint == "" {
+		t.Fatal("Result.HostKeyFingerprint is empty")
+	}
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(result.HostKeyFingerprint, "SHA256:") {
+		t.Errorf("Result.HostKeyFingerprint = %q, want SHA256: prefix", result.HostKeyFingerprint)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestResetHostKey_RemovesTargetLines verifies that ResetHostKey
+// removes all known_hosts lines for the target host while leaving
+// other hosts' lines intact (T02.8, REQ-059, D-046).
+func TestResetHostKey_RemovesTargetLines(t *testing.T) {
+	home := setupORCAHome(t)
+	path := filepath.Join(home, "known_hosts")
+	original := []byte("[10.0.0.1]:22 ssh-ed25519 AAAAKEY1 host1\n" +
+		"10.0.0.1 ssh-ed25519 AAAAKEY1ALT host1-alt\n" +
+		"[10.0.0.2]:22 ssh-ed25519 AAAAKEY2 host2\n")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, original, 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := ResetHostKey("10.0.0.1"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ResetHostKey: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+	result := string(data)
+	if strings.Contains(result, "AAAAKEY1") {
+		t.Errorf("target host key line not removed: %s", result)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(result, "AAAAKEY1ALT") {
+		t.Errorf("target host alt key line not removed: %s", result)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(result, "AAAAKEY2") {
+		t.Errorf("other host's line was removed (should be intact): %s", result)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestResetHostKey_NoMatchingLinesIsNoop verifies that ResetHostKey is
+// a no-op when no lines match (T02.8).
+func TestResetHostKey_NoMatchingLinesIsNoop(t *testing.T) {
+	home := setupORCAHome(t)
+	path := filepath.Join(home, "known_hosts")
+	original := []byte("[10.0.0.2]:22 ssh-ed25519 AAAAKEY2 host2\n")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, original, 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := ResetHostKey("10.0.0.99"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ResetHostKey: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+	if string(data) != string(original) {
+		t.Errorf("known_hosts changed on no-match: got %q, want %q", data, original)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestResetHostKey_MissingFileIsNoop verifies ResetHostKey returns nil
+// when known_hosts does not exist (T02.8).
+func TestResetHostKey_MissingFileIsNoop(t *testing.T) {
+	setupORCAHome(t)
+	if err := ResetHostKey("10.0.0.1"); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("ResetHostKey on missing file should be no-op, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestResetHostKey_EmptyHostErrors verifies ResetHostKey rejects an
+// empty host (T02.8).
+func TestResetHostKey_EmptyHostErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	if err := ResetHostKey(""); err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected error for empty host, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+// bootstrapE2ESetup wires the real dialer against a fake SSH server so
+// the full HostKeyCallback path (pinned or TOFU) runs end-to-end through
+// BootstrapProxmox. Returns the host, port, and server (for fingerprint
+// computation). The known_hosts file is created empty in the temp
+// ORCA_HOME.
+func bootstrapE2ESetup(t *testing.T) (srv *fakeSSHServer, host, port string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	srv = newFakeSSHServer(t)
+	t.Cleanup(srv.close)
+	home := t.TempDir()
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_HOME", home)
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(home, "known_hosts"), []byte{}, 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+	orig := sshDialer
+	t.Cleanup(func() { sshDialer = orig })
+	origRunner := sessionRunner
+	t.Cleanup(func() { sessionRunner = origRunner })
+	sessionRunner = nil
+	sshDialer = defaultSSHDialer{}
+	host, port, _ = net.SplitHostPort(srv.addr())
+	return srv, host, port
+}
+
+// TestBootstrapE2E_PinnedFingerprintCorrect verifies that
+// --host-key-fingerprint with the correct pin (T02.10 case 1) succeeds
+// end-to-end and Result.HostKeyFingerprint equals the pinned value.
+func TestBootstrapE2E_PinnedFingerprintCorrect(t *testing.T) {
+	srv, host, port := bootstrapE2ESetup(t)
+	hostKey := srv.hostPublicKey()
+	if hostKey == nil {
+		t.Fatal("server host key is nil")
+	}
+	pin := security.SSHFingerprintSHA256(hostKey)
+	portNum, _ := strconv.Atoi(port)
+
+	result, err := BootstrapProxmox(t.Context(), Options{
+		Host:               host,
+		Password:           "pw",
+		SSHPort:            portNum,
+		HostKeyFingerprint: pin,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BootstrapProxmox with correct pin: %v", err)
+	}
+	if result.HostKeyFingerprint != pin {
+		t.Errorf("Result.HostKeyFingerprint = %q, want %q (pinned value)",
+			result.HostKeyFingerprint, pin)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestBootstrapE2E_PinnedFingerprintWrong verifies that
+// --host-key-fingerprint with a wrong pin (T02.10 case 2) fails fast
+// with the REQ-058 mismatch error, before any SSH session commands run.
+func TestBootstrapE2E_PinnedFingerprintWrong(t *testing.T) {
+	_, host, port := bootstrapE2ESetup(t)
+	portNum, _ := strconv.Atoi(port)
+	wrong := "SHA256:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA="
+
+	_, err := BootstrapProxmox(t.Context(), Options{
+		Host:               host,
+		Password:           "pw",
+		SSHPort:            portNum,
+		HostKeyFingerprint: wrong,
+	})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for wrong pin, got nil")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "REQ-058") {
+		t.Errorf("error should mention REQ-058, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestBootstrapE2E_TOFUFirstConnectCapturesKey verifies that with no
+// --host-key-fingerprint on a first connect (empty known_hosts) (T02.10
+// case 3) the TOFU callback captures the key, writes known_hosts, and
+// bootstrap succeeds — exercised end-to-end through BootstrapProxmox.
+func TestBootstrapE2E_TOFUFirstConnectCapturesKey(t *testing.T) {
+	srv, host, port := bootstrapE2ESetup(t)
+	hostKey := srv.hostPublicKey()
+	if hostKey == nil {
+		t.Fatal("server host key is nil")
+	}
+	portNum, _ := strconv.Atoi(port)
+	home := os.Getenv("ORCA_HOME")
+	knownHostsPath := filepath.Join(home, "known_hosts")
+
+	before, _ := os.ReadFile(knownHostsPath)
+	if len(before) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("precondition: known_hosts not empty: %q", before)
+	}
+
+	result, err := BootstrapProxmox(t.Context(), Options{
+		Host:     host,
+		Password: "pw",
+		SSHPort:  portNum,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BootstrapProxmox first connect: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(knownHostsPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("known_hosts empty — TOFU did not capture the key end-to-end")
+	}
+	expectedFP := security.SSHFingerprintSHA256(hostKey)
+	if result.HostKeyFingerprint != expectedFP {
+		t.Errorf("Result.HostKeyFingerprint = %q, want %q", result.HostKeyFingerprint, expectedFP)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestBootstrapE2E_TOFUSecondConnectMatches verifies that a second
+// connect (known_hosts already has the key from the first connect)
+// (T02.10 case 4) matches and succeeds end-to-end.
+func TestBootstrapE2E_TOFUSecondConnectMatches(t *testing.T) {
+	srv, host, port := bootstrapE2ESetup(t)
+	portNum, _ := strconv.Atoi(port)
+
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+		sessionRunner = nil
+		if _, err := BootstrapProxmox(t.Context(), Options{
+			Host:     host,
+			Password: "pw",
+			SSHPort:  portNum,
+		}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("bootstrap run %d: %v", i+1, err)
+		}
+	}
+	_ = srv
+}
+
+// TestBootstrapE2E_TOFUMismatchFails verifies that when known_hosts has
+// a different key (T02.10 case 5) the second connect fails with a
+// mismatch (MITM detection) — end-to-end through BootstrapProxmox.
+func TestBootstrapE2E_TOFUMismatchFails(t *testing.T) {
+	srv, host, port := bootstrapE2ESetup(t)
+	hostKey := srv.hostPublicKey()
+	if hostKey == nil {
+		t.Fatal("server host key is nil")
+	}
+	portNum, _ := strconv.Atoi(port)
+	home := os.Getenv("ORCA_HOME")
+	knownHostsPath := filepath.Join(home, "known_hosts")
+
+	altPub, _, err := ed25519.GenerateKey(rand.Reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ed25519 gen: %v", err)
+	}
+	altKey, err := ssh.NewPublicKey(altPub)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("new pub: %v", err)
+	}
+	addr := host + ":" + port
+	altLine := knownhosts.Line([]string{knownhosts.Normalize(addr)}, altKey)
+	if err := os.WriteFile(knownHostsPath, []byte(altLine+"\n"), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = BootstrapProxmox(t.Context(), Options{
+		Host:     host,
+		Password: "pw",
+		SSHPort:  portNum,
+	})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected MITM/mismatch error, got nil")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "ssh dial") {
+		t.Errorf("error should mention ssh dial, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestBootstrapE2E_PrePopulatedKnownHostsMatches verifies the v0.6→v0.8
+// migration path (T02.10 case 7): a known_hosts entry written by a prior
+// join (simulating a v0.6 install) is matched on second-connect without
+// re-capture, end-to-end through BootstrapProxmox.
+func TestBootstrapE2E_PrePopulatedKnownHostsMatches(t *testing.T) {
+	srv, host, port := bootstrapE2ESetup(t)
+	hostKey := srv.hostPublicKey()
+	if hostKey == nil {
+		t.Fatal("server host key is nil")
+	}
+	portNum, _ := strconv.Atoi(port)
+	home := os.Getenv("ORCA_HOME")
+	knownHostsPath := filepath.Join(home, "known_hosts")
+
+	addr := host + ":" + port
+	preLine := knownhosts.Line([]string{knownhosts.Normalize(addr)}, hostKey)
+	if err := os.WriteFile(knownHostsPath, []byte(preLine+"\n"), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	result, err := BootstrapProxmox(t.Context(), Options{
+		Host:     host,
+		Password: "pw",
+		SSHPort:  portNum,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BootstrapProxmox on pre-populated known_hosts: %v", err)
+	}
+	expectedFP := security.SSHFingerprintSHA256(hostKey)
+	if result.HostKeyFingerprint != expectedFP {
+		t.Errorf("Result.HostKeyFingerprint = %q, want %q", result.HostKeyFingerprint, expectedFP)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestBootstrapE2E_KeyResetThenRePin verifies T02.10 case 6: after
+// ResetHostKey removes the known_hosts entry, the next BootstrapProxmox
+// connect re-pins the key via TOFU and succeeds end-to-end. The reset
+// target is the known_hosts entry key (host:port, normalized), which
+// matches how the cli resolves the host from a proxmox node's address
+// for non-default ports.
+func TestBootstrapE2E_KeyResetThenRePin(t *testing.T) {
+	srv, host, port := bootstrapE2ESetup(t)
+	portNum, _ := strconv.Atoi(port)
+	home := os.Getenv("ORCA_HOME")
+	knownHostsPath := filepath.Join(home, "known_hosts")
+	addr := host + ":" + port
+
+	// First connect: TOFU captures + writes known_hosts.
+	sessionRunner = nil
+	if _, err := BootstrapProxmox(t.Context(), Options{
+		Host:     host,
+		Password: "pw",
+		SSHPort:  portNum,
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("first bootstrap: %v", err)
+	}
+	before, _ := os.ReadFile(knownHostsPath)
+	if len(before) == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("precondition: known_hosts empty after first connect")
+	}
+
+	// Reset: known_hosts entry removed. Pass the full addr (host:port)
+	// so Normalize produces the same bracketed form the TOFU callback
+	// wrote for a non-default port.
+	if err := ResetHostKey(addr); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ResetHostKey: %v", err)
+	}
+	after, _ := os.ReadFile(knownHostsPath)
+	if strings.Contains(string(after), knownhosts.Normalize(addr)) {
+		t.Fatalf("known_hosts still contains host after reset: %q", after)
+	}
+
+	// Next connect re-pins via TOFU + succeeds.
+	sessionRunner = nil
+	if _, err := BootstrapProxmox(t.Context(), Options{
+		Host:     host,
+		Password: "pw",
+		SSHPort:  portNum,
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("re-pin bootstrap after reset: %v", err)
+	}
+	rePinned, _ := os.ReadFile(knownHostsPath)
+	if !strings.Contains(string(rePinned), knownhosts.Normalize(addr)) {
+		t.Fatalf("known_hosts not re-populated on next connect: %q", rePinned)
+	}
+	_ = srv
+}
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ type fakeSSHServer struct {
 	config   *ssh.ServerConfig
 	done     chan struct{}

-	mu      sync.Mutex
-	state   map[string]string
-	authDir string
+	mu                  sync.Mutex
+	state               map[string]string
+	authDir             string
+	forceSudoersInvalid bool
+	hostSigner          ssh.Signer
 }

 func newFakeSSHServer(t *testing.T) *fakeSSHServer {
@@ -53,11 +55,12 @@ func newFakeSSHServer(t *testing.T) *fakeSSHServer {
 		t.Fatalf("listen: %v", err)
 	}
 	srv := &fakeSSHServer{
-		listener: ln,
-		config:   config,
-		done:     make(chan struct{}),
-		state:    make(map[string]string),
-		authDir:  t.TempDir(),
+		listener:   ln,
+		config:     config,
+		done:       make(chan struct{}),
+		state:      make(map[string]string),
+		authDir:    t.TempDir(),
+		hostSigner: hostSigner,
 	}
 	go srv.serve()
 	return srv
@@ -65,6 +68,16 @@ func newFakeSSHServer(t *testing.T) *fakeSSHServer {

 func (s *fakeSSHServer) addr() string { return s.listener.Addr().String() }

+// hostPublicKey returns the server's SSH host public key. Used by
+// callback tests to compute the pinned fingerprint the operator would
+// supply, and to feed the callback the exact key the server presents.
+func (s *fakeSSHServer) hostPublicKey() ssh.PublicKey {
+	if s.hostSigner == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return s.hostSigner.PublicKey()
+}
+
 func (s *fakeSSHServer) serve() {
 	for {
 		conn, err := s.listener.Accept()
@@ -142,10 +155,11 @@ func (s *fakeSSHServer) runCommand(cmd string) ([]byte, int) {
 	case strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "cat > /etc/sudoers.d/"):
 		return s.handleSudoersWrite(trimmed), 0
 	case strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "visudo -cf /etc/sudoers.d/orca"):
-		if s.state["sudoers_valid"] == "true" {
-			return []byte("/etc/sudoers.d/orca: parsed OK\n"), 0
+		force := s.forceSudoersInvalid
+		if force || s.state["sudoers_valid"] != "true" {
+			return []byte("/etc/sudoers.d/orca: syntax error\n"), 1
 		}
-		return []byte("/etc/sudoers.d/orca: syntax error\n"), 1
+		return []byte("/etc/sudoers.d/orca: parsed OK\n"), 0
 	case strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "cat /") && strings.HasSuffix(trimmed, "/authorized_keys"):
 		return s.readAuthFile(trimmed[4:]), 0
 	case strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "cat /") && strings.Contains(trimmed, "/orca"):
@@ -238,12 +252,20 @@ func fakeSSHClient(t *testing.T, srv *fakeSSHServer) *ssh.Client {
 	return client
 }

+func withSessionRunner(t *testing.T, conn *ssh.Client) {
+	t.Helper()
+	orig := sessionRunner
+	t.Cleanup(func() { sessionRunner = orig })
+	sessionRunner = &sshSessionRunner{client: conn}
+}
+
 func TestRunRemote_Success(t *testing.T) {
 	srv := newFakeSSHServer(t)
 	defer srv.close()
 	conn := fakeSSHClient(t, srv)
 	defer conn.Close()
-	out, err := runRemote(conn, "echo hello")
+	withSessionRunner(t, conn)
+	out, err := runRemote("echo hello")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("runRemote: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -257,7 +279,8 @@ func TestRunRemote_Failure(t *testing.T) {
 	defer srv.close()
 	conn := fakeSSHClient(t, srv)
 	defer conn.Close()
-	_, err := runRemote(conn, "exit 7")
+	withSessionRunner(t, conn)
+	_, err := runRemote("exit 7")
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected error for non-zero exit")
 	}
@@ -271,8 +294,9 @@ func TestDeployPubKey_Success(t *testing.T) {
 	defer srv.close()
 	conn := fakeSSHClient(t, srv)
 	defer conn.Close()
+	withSessionRunner(t, conn)

-	if err := deployPubKey(conn, "orca", "ssh-ed25519 AAAA test@orca"); err != nil {
+	if err := deployPubKey("orca", "ssh-ed25519 AAAA test@orca"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("deployPubKey: %v", err)
 	}
 	out := srv.readFile(filepath.Join(srv.authDir, "authorized_keys"))
@@ -286,11 +310,12 @@ func TestDeployPubKey_Idempotent(t *testing.T) {
 	defer srv.close()
 	conn := fakeSSHClient(t, srv)
 	defer conn.Close()
+	withSessionRunner(t, conn)

-	if err := deployPubKey(conn, "orca", "ssh-ed25519 AAAA test@orca"); err != nil {
+	if err := deployPubKey("orca", "ssh-ed25519 AAAA test@orca"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("first deploy: %v", err)
 	}
-	if err := deployPubKey(conn, "orca", "ssh-ed25519 AAAA test@orca"); err != nil {
+	if err := deployPubKey("orca", "ssh-ed25519 AAAA test@orca"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("second deploy: %v", err)
 	}
 	out := srv.readFile(filepath.Join(srv.authDir, "authorized_keys"))
@@ -304,7 +329,8 @@ func TestCreateLinuxUser_Success(t *testing.T) {
 	defer srv.close()
 	conn := fakeSSHClient(t, srv)
 	defer conn.Close()
-	if err := createLinuxUser(conn, "orca"); err != nil {
+	withSessionRunner(t, conn)
+	if err := createLinuxUser("orca"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("createLinuxUser: %v", err)
 	}
 }
@@ -314,7 +340,8 @@ func TestCreatePVERole_Success(t *testing.T) {
 	defer srv.close()
 	conn := fakeSSHClient(t, srv)
 	defer conn.Close()
-	if err := createPVERole(conn, "OrcaOperator"); err != nil {
+	withSessionRunner(t, conn)
+	if err := createPVERole("OrcaOperator"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("createPVERole: %v", err)
 	}
 }
@@ -324,7 +351,8 @@ func TestCreatePVEUser_Success(t *testing.T) {
 	defer srv.close()
 	conn := fakeSSHClient(t, srv)
 	defer conn.Close()
-	if err := createPVEUser(conn, "orca"); err != nil {
+	withSessionRunner(t, conn)
+	if err := createPVEUser("orca"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("createPVEUser: %v", err)
 	}
 }
@@ -334,7 +362,8 @@ func TestAssignPVEACL_Success(t *testing.T) {
 	defer srv.close()
 	conn := fakeSSHClient(t, srv)
 	defer conn.Close()
-	if err := assignPVEACL(conn, "orca", "OrcaOperator"); err != nil {
+	withSessionRunner(t, conn)
+	if err := assignPVEACL("orca", "OrcaOperator"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("assignPVEACL: %v", err)
 	}
 }
@@ -344,8 +373,9 @@ func TestWriteSudoers_Success(t *testing.T) {
 	defer srv.close()
 	conn := fakeSSHClient(t, srv)
 	defer conn.Close()
+	withSessionRunner(t, conn)

-	if err := writeSudoers(conn, "orca"); err != nil {
+	if err := writeSudoers("orca"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("writeSudoers: %v", err)
 	}
 	if srv.state["sudoers_valid"] != "true" {
@@ -361,9 +391,10 @@ func TestValidateSudoers_ParsedOK(t *testing.T) {
 	defer srv.close()
 	conn := fakeSSHClient(t, srv)
 	defer conn.Close()
+	withSessionRunner(t, conn)

 	srv.state["sudoers_valid"] = "true"
-	if err := validateSudoers(conn); err != nil {
+	if err := validateSudoers(); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("validateSudoers: %v", err)
 	}
 }
@@ -373,9 +404,10 @@ func TestValidateSudoers_Failure(t *testing.T) {
 	defer srv.close()
 	conn := fakeSSHClient(t, srv)
 	defer conn.Close()
+	withSessionRunner(t, conn)

 	srv.state["sudoers_valid"] = "false"
-	if err := validateSudoers(conn); err == nil {
+	if err := validateSudoers(); err == nil {
 		t.Error("expected error for invalid sudoers")
 	}
 }
@@ -388,6 +420,14 @@ func (d *staticDialer) DialContext(ctx context.Context, network, addr string, co
 	return d.client, nil
 }

+type funcDialer struct {
+	fn func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string, config *ssh.ClientConfig) (*ssh.Client, error)
+}
+
+func (d *funcDialer) DialContext(ctx context.Context, network, addr string, config *ssh.ClientConfig) (*ssh.Client, error) {
+	return d.fn(ctx, network, addr, config)
+}
+
 func TestBootstrapProxmox_FullFlow_Success(t *testing.T) {
 	srv := newFakeSSHServer(t)
 	defer srv.close()
@@ -400,6 +440,9 @@ func TestBootstrapProxmox_FullFlow_Success(t *testing.T) {

 	orig := sshDialer
 	defer func() { sshDialer = orig }()
+	origRunner := sessionRunner
+	defer func() { sessionRunner = origRunner }()
+	sessionRunner = nil
 	sshDialer = &staticDialer{client: fakeSSHClient(t, srv)}

 	host, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(srv.addr())
@@ -439,6 +482,9 @@ func TestBootstrapProxmox_FullFlow_DeployPubKeyFails(t *testing.T) {

 	orig := sshDialer
 	defer func() { sshDialer = orig }()
+	origRunner := sessionRunner
+	defer func() { sessionRunner = origRunner }()
+	sessionRunner = nil

 	// Use a real client that connects to a server which will reject deploy
 	// by returning a non-zero exit for the mkdir command. We achieve this
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ func CAInit(dir, commonName string) (*CA, error) {

 	// Atomic write: temp file + rename. This avoids leaving a half-written
 	// ca.key on disk if the process crashes mid-write.
-	if err := writeAtomic(certPath, CACPEMMode, certPEM); err != nil {
+	if err := WriteAtomic(certPath, CACPEMMode, certPEM); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := writeAtomic(keyPath, CAMode, keyPEM); err != nil {
+	if err := WriteAtomic(keyPath, CAMode, keyPEM); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

@@ -290,23 +290,26 @@ func bothExist(paths ...string) (bool, error) {
 // WriteCert writes a cert PEM blob to path with mode 0644 atomically.
 // REQ-033 requires cert files to be 0644; this helper enforces that.
 func WriteCert(path string, pemBytes []byte) error {
-	return writeAtomic(path, CACPEMMode, pemBytes)
+	return WriteAtomic(path, CACPEMMode, pemBytes)
 }

 // WriteKey writes a private-key PEM blob to path with mode 0600
 // atomically. REQ-033 requires key files to be 0600; this helper
 // enforces that.
 func WriteKey(path string, pemBytes []byte) error {
-	return writeAtomic(path, CAMode, pemBytes)
+	return WriteAtomic(path, CAMode, pemBytes)
 }

-// writeAtomic writes data to a temp file in dir and renames. Sets the
+// WriteAtomic writes data to a temp file in dir and renames. Sets the
 // requested perm before the rename so the file lands at the right mode.
-func writeAtomic(path string, mode os.FileMode, data []byte) error {
+// Exported (AD-029) so the key-reset / known_hosts atomic rewrite path
+// in proxmox (T02.6/T02.7) can reuse it instead of duplicating the
+// ~20-LOC pattern (RESEARCH §5 pitfall #10).
+func WriteAtomic(path string, mode os.FileMode, data []byte) error {
 	dir := filepath.Dir(path)
 	tmp, err := os.CreateTemp(dir, ".tmp-*")
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("writeAtomic: create temp: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("WriteAtomic: create temp: %w", err)
 	}
 	tmpName := tmp.Name()
 	// Best-effort cleanup if we fail before rename.
@@ -315,21 +318,21 @@ func writeAtomic(path string, mode os.FileMode, data []byte) error {
 	}()
 	if _, err := tmp.Write(data); err != nil {
 		_ = tmp.Close()
-		return fmt.Errorf("writeAtomic: write: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("WriteAtomic: write: %w", err)
 	}
 	if err := tmp.Chmod(mode); err != nil {
 		_ = tmp.Close()
-		return fmt.Errorf("writeAtomic: chmod: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("WriteAtomic: chmod: %w", err)
 	}
 	if err := tmp.Sync(); err != nil {
 		_ = tmp.Close()
-		return fmt.Errorf("writeAtomic: sync: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("WriteAtomic: sync: %w", err)
 	}
 	if err := tmp.Close(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("writeAtomic: close: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("WriteAtomic: close: %w", err)
 	}
 	if err := os.Rename(tmpName, path); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("writeAtomic: rename: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("WriteAtomic: rename: %w", err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ const (
 	sshPubFile = "orca_ssh_key.pub"
 )

+// SSHFingerprintSHA256 returns the canonical SSH public-key fingerprint
+// in the form `SHA256:base64` (no trailing padding), as produced by
+// `ssh-keygen -lf` and OpenSSH's host-key verification prompts. This is
+// a thin wrapper over ssh.FingerprintSHA256 (AD-027) for use by the
+// proxmox bootstrap pinned-host-key callback (REQ-058) and any other
+// SSH-domain identity checks. Do NOT reuse security.Fingerprint — that
+// returns an X.509 DER hex digest (different domain; RESEARCH §2.2).
+func SSHFingerprintSHA256(pubKey ssh.PublicKey) string {
+	return ssh.FingerprintSHA256(pubKey)
+}
+
 // GenerateOrLoadSSHKey returns the orca SSH keypair, generating it
 // lazily on first call (D-037). The key is Ed25519 (smaller, faster,
 // more secure than RSA for SSH auth), persisted as PKCS8 PEM to
@@ -84,10 +95,10 @@ func GenerateOrLoadSSHKey(dir string) (keyPEM, pubLine []byte, err error) {
 	pubLine = ssh.MarshalAuthorizedKey(sshPub)

 	// Persist with correct modes (atomic write + chmod).
-	if err := writeAtomic(keyPath, SSHKeyMode, keyPEM); err != nil {
+	if err := WriteAtomic(keyPath, SSHKeyMode, keyPEM); err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("write SSH key: %w", err)
 	}
-	if err := writeAtomic(pubPath, SSHPubMode, pubLine); err != nil {
+	if err := WriteAtomic(pubPath, SSHPubMode, pubLine); err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("write SSH pub: %w", err)
 	}

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package security

 import (
+	"crypto/ed25519"
+	"crypto/rand"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -91,3 +93,43 @@ func TestGenerateOrLoadSSHKey_CreatesDir(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("nested dir not created: %v", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSSHFingerprintSHA256_Ed25519(t *testing.T) {
+	pub, _, err := ed25519.GenerateKey(rand.Reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ed25519 gen: %v", err)
+	}
+	sshPub, err := ssh.NewPublicKey(pub)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("new pubkey: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	got := SSHFingerprintSHA256(sshPub)
+
+	// Canonical form: SHA256: followed by unpadded base64.
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(got, "SHA256:") {
+		t.Fatalf("fingerprint = %q, want SHA256: prefix", got)
+	}
+	// Must match the reference implementation exactly.
+	want := ssh.FingerprintSHA256(sshPub)
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("SSHFingerprintSHA256 = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSSHFingerprintSHA256_StableAcrossCalls(t *testing.T) {
+	pub, _, err := ed25519.GenerateKey(rand.Reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ed25519 gen: %v", err)
+	}
+	sshPub, err := ssh.NewPublicKey(pub)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("new pubkey: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	a := SSHFingerprintSHA256(sshPub)
+	b := SSHFingerprintSHA256(sshPub)
+	if a != b {
+		t.Errorf("fingerprint not stable: %q vs %q", a, b)
+	}
+}
@@ -65,3 +65,87 @@ func TestAuditRepo_WithError(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected error 'exit status 1', got %q", entries[0].Error)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestAuditRepo_MetadataRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, cleanup := openAuditTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	want := map[string]any{"node": "node-1", "exit_code": float64(2)}
+	if err := repo.Append(ctx, &AuditEntry{
+		Actor:    "cli",
+		Action:   "node.join",
+		Resource: "node-1",
+		Result:   "success",
+		Metadata: want,
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("append: %v", err)
+	}
+	entries, err := repo.List(ctx, 10)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("List: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(entries) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 entry, got %d", len(entries))
+	}
+	if entries[0].Metadata == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("metadata not round-tripped")
+	}
+	if entries[0].Metadata["node"] != "node-1" {
+		t.Errorf("metadata[node] = %v, want node-1", entries[0].Metadata["node"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAuditRepo_DefaultActorAndTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, cleanup := openAuditTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	// Append with empty Actor and zero Timestamp — defaults should apply.
+	if err := repo.Append(ctx, &AuditEntry{
+		Action:   "x",
+		Resource: "y",
+		Result:   "success",
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("append: %v", err)
+	}
+	entries, _ := repo.List(ctx, 1)
+	if len(entries) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 entry, got %d", len(entries))
+	}
+	if entries[0].Actor != "system" {
+		t.Errorf("default actor = %q, want system", entries[0].Actor)
+	}
+	if entries[0].Timestamp.IsZero() {
+		t.Errorf("default timestamp not set")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAuditRepo_ListDefaultLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, cleanup := openAuditTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+		if err := repo.Append(ctx, &AuditEntry{
+			Action: "x", Resource: "y", Result: "success",
+		}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("append[%d]: %v", i, err)
+		}
+	}
+	// limit<=0 should default to 100.
+	entries, err := repo.List(ctx, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("List(0): %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(entries) != 5 {
+		t.Errorf("List(0): got %d, want 5", len(entries))
+	}
+	entries, err = repo.List(ctx, -1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("List(-1): %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(entries) != 5 {
+		t.Errorf("List(-1): got %d, want 5", len(entries))
+	}
+}
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ func TestCapacityRepoUpsertGetList(t *testing.T) {
 	if got.CPUMillicores != 4000 || got.MemoryMiB != 4096 || got.DiskMiB != 4096 {
 		t.Errorf("Get: got %+v, want cpu=4000 mem=4096 disk=4096", got)
 	}
+	if got.UpdatedAt.IsZero() {
+		t.Errorf("Upsert did not fill UpdatedAt")
+	}

 	// Update (overwrite).
 	c2 := &NodeCapacity{NodeID: "self", CPUMillicores: 8000, MemoryMiB: 8192, DiskMiB: 8192}
@@ -72,3 +75,66 @@ func TestCapacityRepoUpsertGetList(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("expected ErrNotFound on Delete of missing row")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCapacityRepo_UpsertNilAndEmptyNodeID(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	db, err := Open(filepath.Join(dir, "test.db"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Open: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+	repo := NewCapacityRepo(db)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	if err := repo.Upsert(ctx, nil); err == nil {
+		t.Error("Upsert(nil) should error")
+	}
+	if err := repo.Upsert(ctx, &NodeCapacity{NodeID: ""}); err == nil {
+		t.Error("Upsert(empty NodeID) should error")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCapacityRepo_GetEmptyNodeID(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	db, err := Open(filepath.Join(dir, "test.db"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Open: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+	repo := NewCapacityRepo(db)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	if _, err := repo.Get(ctx, ""); err == nil {
+		t.Error("Get(empty) should error")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCapacityRepo_DeleteMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	db, err := Open(filepath.Join(dir, "test.db"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Open: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+	repo := NewCapacityRepo(db)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	if err := repo.Delete(ctx, "ghost"); err != ErrNotFound {
+		t.Errorf("Delete(ghost) = %v, want ErrNotFound", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStore_OpenEmptyPath(t *testing.T) {
+	// Open with "" should fall back to certpaths.DBPath() which honors
+	// ORCA_HOME. Set a temp ORCA_HOME so we don't pollute the real home.
+	home := t.TempDir()
+	t.Setenv("ORCA_HOME", home)
+	db, err := Open("")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Open(\"\"): %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+	if err := db.Ping(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Ping: %v", err)
+	}
+}
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package store

 import (
 	"context"
+	"database/sql"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -19,6 +20,368 @@ func openJobTestDB(t *testing.T) (*JobRepo, func()) {
 	return NewJobRepo(db), func() { _ = db.Close() }
 }

+// openFullTestDB returns the underlying *sql.DB plus repos for cross-repo
+// tests (e.g. TaskRepo needs a JobRepo parent row when foreign keys are on).
+func openFullTestDB(t *testing.T) (*sql.DB, *JobRepo, *TaskRepo, func()) {
+	t.Helper()
+	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "test.db")
+	db, err := Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("open db: %v", err)
+	}
+	return db, NewJobRepo(db), NewTaskRepo(db), func() { _ = db.Close() }
+}
+
+func TestJobRepo_Get(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, cleanup := openJobTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	insertJob(t, repo, ctx, "job-get", "alpha")
+
+	got, err := repo.Get(ctx, "job-get")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Get: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got.ID != "job-get" || got.Name != "alpha" {
+		t.Errorf("Get: got %+v", got)
+	}
+	if got.Status != model.JobStatusPending {
+		t.Errorf("Get: status = %q, want pending", got.Status)
+	}
+	if got.Spec != "test" {
+		t.Errorf("Get: spec = %q, want test", got.Spec)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := repo.Get(ctx, "missing"); err != ErrNotFound {
+		t.Errorf("Get(missing): got %v, want ErrNotFound", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobRepo_List(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, cleanup := openJobTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	insertJob(t, repo, ctx, "j1", "first")
+	insertJob(t, repo, ctx, "j2", "second")
+	insertJob(t, repo, ctx, "j3", "third")
+
+	jobs, err := repo.List(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("List: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(jobs) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("List: got %d jobs, want 3", len(jobs))
+	}
+	// ORDER BY created_at DESC — but timestamps may collide at second
+	// precision. Just verify all 3 IDs are present.
+	ids := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, j := range jobs {
+		ids[j.ID] = true
+	}
+	for _, want := range []string{"j1", "j2", "j3"} {
+		if !ids[want] {
+			t.Errorf("List: missing job %q", want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobRepo_UpdateStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, cleanup := openJobTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	insertJob(t, repo, ctx, "job-status", "alpha")
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		status   model.JobStatus
+		exitCode int
+	}{
+		{"running", model.JobStatusRunning, 0},
+		{"complete", model.JobStatusComplete, 0},
+		{"failed", model.JobStatusFailed, 1},
+		{"stopped", model.JobStatusStopped, 130},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if err := repo.UpdateStatus(ctx, "job-status", tc.status, tc.exitCode); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("UpdateStatus(%s): %v", tc.name, err)
+			}
+			got, err := repo.Get(ctx, "job-status")
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Get: %v", err)
+			}
+			if got.Status != tc.status {
+				t.Errorf("status = %q, want %q", got.Status, tc.status)
+			}
+			if got.ExitCode != tc.exitCode {
+				t.Errorf("exit_code = %d, want %d", got.ExitCode, tc.exitCode)
+			}
+			switch tc.status {
+			case model.JobStatusRunning:
+				if got.StartedAt == nil {
+					t.Errorf("started_at should be set for %s", tc.name)
+				}
+			case model.JobStatusComplete, model.JobStatusFailed, model.JobStatusStopped:
+				if got.EndedAt == nil {
+					t.Errorf("ended_at should be set for %s", tc.name)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobRepo_InsertDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, cleanup := openJobTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Insert with zero CreatedAt and empty Status — defaults should kick in.
+	j := &model.Job{ID: "defaults-1", Name: "d", Spec: "s"}
+	if err := repo.Insert(ctx, j); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Insert: %v", err)
+	}
+	if j.CreatedAt.IsZero() {
+		t.Errorf("Insert did not fill CreatedAt")
+	}
+	if j.Status != model.JobStatusPending {
+		t.Errorf("Insert default status = %q, want pending", j.Status)
+	}
+	got, _ := repo.Get(ctx, "defaults-1")
+	if got.Status != model.JobStatusPending {
+		t.Errorf("Get: status = %q, want pending", got.Status)
+	}
+}
+
+func sampleTask(id, jobID string) *model.Task {
+	return &model.Task{
+		ID:      id,
+		JobID:   jobID,
+		Command: "/bin/echo",
+		Args:    []string{"hello", "world"},
+		Env:     []string{"FOO=bar", "BAZ=qux"},
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTaskRepo_InsertAndGet(t *testing.T) {
+	_, jobRepo, taskRepo, cleanup := openFullTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	insertJob(t, jobRepo, ctx, "job-1", "alpha")
+	tk := sampleTask("task-1", "job-1")
+	if err := taskRepo.Insert(ctx, tk); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Insert: %v", err)
+	}
+	if tk.CreatedAt.IsZero() {
+		t.Errorf("Insert did not fill CreatedAt")
+	}
+	if tk.Status != model.TaskStatusPending {
+		t.Errorf("Insert default status = %q, want pending", tk.Status)
+	}
+
+	got, err := taskRepo.Get(ctx, "task-1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Get: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got.Command != "/bin/echo" {
+		t.Errorf("command = %q", got.Command)
+	}
+	if len(got.Args) != 2 || got.Args[0] != "hello" {
+		t.Errorf("args = %v", got.Args)
+	}
+	if len(got.Env) != 2 || got.Env[0] != "FOO=bar" {
+		t.Errorf("env = %v", got.Env)
+	}
+	if got.Status != model.TaskStatusPending {
+		t.Errorf("status = %q, want pending", got.Status)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := taskRepo.Get(ctx, "missing"); err != ErrNotFound {
+		t.Errorf("Get(missing) = %v, want ErrNotFound", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTaskRepo_ListByJob(t *testing.T) {
+	_, jobRepo, taskRepo, cleanup := openFullTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	insertJob(t, jobRepo, ctx, "job-lbj", "alpha")
+	for _, id := range []string{"t1", "t2", "t3"} {
+		if err := taskRepo.Insert(ctx, sampleTask(id, "job-lbj")); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Insert %s: %v", id, err)
+		}
+	}
+	// Insert a task for a different job to ensure filtering works.
+	insertJob(t, jobRepo, ctx, "job-other", "beta")
+	if err := taskRepo.Insert(ctx, sampleTask("t-other", "job-other")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Insert t-other: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	tasks, err := taskRepo.ListByJob(ctx, "job-lbj")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ListByJob: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(tasks) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("ListByJob: got %d tasks, want 3", len(tasks))
+	}
+	for _, tk := range tasks {
+		if tk.JobID != "job-lbj" {
+			t.Errorf("ListByJob returned task with job_id=%q", tk.JobID)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTaskRepo_UpdateRunning(t *testing.T) {
+	_, jobRepo, taskRepo, cleanup := openFullTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	insertJob(t, jobRepo, ctx, "job-run", "alpha")
+	if err := taskRepo.Insert(ctx, sampleTask("task-run", "job-run")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Insert: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := taskRepo.UpdateRunning(ctx, "task-run", 4242); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("UpdateRunning: %v", err)
+	}
+	got, _ := taskRepo.Get(ctx, "task-run")
+	if got.PID != 4242 {
+		t.Errorf("pid = %d, want 4242", got.PID)
+	}
+	if got.Status != model.TaskStatusRunning {
+		t.Errorf("status = %q, want running", got.Status)
+	}
+	if got.StartedAt == nil {
+		t.Errorf("started_at should be set after UpdateRunning")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTaskRepo_UpdateDone(t *testing.T) {
+	_, jobRepo, taskRepo, cleanup := openFullTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	insertJob(t, jobRepo, ctx, "job-done", "alpha")
+	if err := taskRepo.Insert(ctx, sampleTask("task-done", "job-done")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Insert: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		exitCode int
+		want     model.TaskStatus
+	}{
+		{"complete", 0, model.TaskStatusComplete},
+		{"failed", 1, model.TaskStatusFailed},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			id := "task-done-" + tc.name
+			if err := taskRepo.Insert(ctx, sampleTask(id, "job-done")); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Insert: %v", err)
+			}
+			if err := taskRepo.UpdateDone(ctx, id, tc.exitCode, "stdout-data", "stderr-data"); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("UpdateDone: %v", err)
+			}
+			got, _ := taskRepo.Get(ctx, id)
+			if got.Status != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("status = %q, want %q", got.Status, tc.want)
+			}
+			if got.ExitCode != tc.exitCode {
+				t.Errorf("exit_code = %d, want %d", got.ExitCode, tc.exitCode)
+			}
+			if got.Stdout != "stdout-data" {
+				t.Errorf("stdout = %q", got.Stdout)
+			}
+			if got.Stderr != "stderr-data" {
+				t.Errorf("stderr = %q", got.Stderr)
+			}
+			if got.EndedAt == nil {
+				t.Errorf("ended_at should be set after UpdateDone")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTaskRepo_UpdateKilled(t *testing.T) {
+	_, jobRepo, taskRepo, cleanup := openFullTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	insertJob(t, jobRepo, ctx, "job-kill", "alpha")
+	if err := taskRepo.Insert(ctx, sampleTask("task-kill", "job-kill")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Insert: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := taskRepo.UpdateKilled(ctx, "task-kill"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("UpdateKilled: %v", err)
+	}
+	got, _ := taskRepo.Get(ctx, "task-kill")
+	if got.Status != model.TaskStatusKilled {
+		t.Errorf("status = %q, want killed", got.Status)
+	}
+	if got.EndedAt == nil {
+		t.Errorf("ended_at should be set after UpdateKilled")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTaskRepo_ListRecent(t *testing.T) {
+	_, jobRepo, taskRepo, cleanup := openFullTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	insertJob(t, jobRepo, ctx, "job-recent", "alpha")
+	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+		id := "task-recent-" + string(rune('a'+i))
+		if err := taskRepo.Insert(ctx, sampleTask(id, "job-recent")); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Insert %s: %v", id, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// limit=3
+	tasks, err := taskRepo.ListRecent(ctx, 3)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ListRecent(3): %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(tasks) != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("ListRecent(3): got %d, want 3", len(tasks))
+	}
+
+	// limit<=0 → defaults to 100
+	all, err := taskRepo.ListRecent(ctx, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ListRecent(0): %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(all) != 5 {
+		t.Errorf("ListRecent(0): got %d, want 5 (default limit 100)", len(all))
+	}
+
+	// limit negative
+	neg, err := taskRepo.ListRecent(ctx, -1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ListRecent(-1): %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(neg) != 5 {
+		t.Errorf("ListRecent(-1): got %d, want 5", len(neg))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTaskRepo_ListByJob_Empty(t *testing.T) {
+	_, _, taskRepo, cleanup := openFullTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	tasks, err := taskRepo.ListByJob(ctx, "nope")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ListByJob: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(tasks) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("ListByJob(empty): got %d, want 0", len(tasks))
+	}
+}
+
 func insertJob(t *testing.T, repo *JobRepo, ctx context.Context, id, name string) {
 	t.Helper()
 	if err := repo.Insert(ctx, &model.Job{
@@ -101,6 +101,133 @@ func TestNodeRepo_Delete(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

+func TestNodeRepo_DeleteMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, cleanup := openTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	if err := repo.Delete(ctx, "ghost"); err != ErrNotFound {
+		t.Errorf("Delete(ghost) = %v, want ErrNotFound", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeRepo_UpdateStateMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, cleanup := openTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	if err := repo.UpdateState(ctx, "ghost", model.NodeStateLeft); err != ErrNotFound {
+		t.Errorf("UpdateState(ghost) = %v, want ErrNotFound", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeRepo_UpdateLastSeenAndOSMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, cleanup := openTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	if err := repo.UpdateLastSeenAndOS(ctx, "ghost", "ubuntu"); err != ErrNotFound {
+		t.Errorf("UpdateLastSeenAndOS(ghost) = %v, want ErrNotFound", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeRepo_GetMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, cleanup := openTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	if _, err := repo.Get(ctx, "ghost"); err != ErrNotFound {
+		t.Errorf("Get(ghost) = %v, want ErrNotFound", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeRepo_InsertDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, cleanup := openTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	// Insert with zero JoinedAt/LastSeen and empty State — defaults apply.
+	n := &model.Node{ID: "defaults-1", Name: "d", Address: "addr"}
+	if err := repo.Insert(ctx, n); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Insert: %v", err)
+	}
+	if n.JoinedAt.IsZero() {
+		t.Errorf("Insert did not fill JoinedAt")
+	}
+	if n.LastSeen.IsZero() {
+		t.Errorf("Insert did not fill LastSeen")
+	}
+	if n.State != model.NodeStateReady {
+		t.Errorf("Insert default state = %q, want ready", n.State)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeRepo_MetadataRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, cleanup := openTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	n := &model.Node{
+		ID:       "meta-1",
+		Name:     "meta",
+		Address:  "addr",
+		JoinedAt: time.Now().UTC(),
+		LastSeen: time.Now().UTC(),
+		Metadata: map[string]string{"arch": "amd64", "kernel": "6.1"},
+	}
+	if err := repo.Insert(ctx, n); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Insert: %v", err)
+	}
+	got, err := repo.Get(ctx, "meta-1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Get: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got.Metadata["arch"] != "amd64" {
+		t.Errorf("metadata[arch] = %q, want amd64", got.Metadata["arch"])
+	}
+	if got.Metadata["kernel"] != "6.1" {
+		t.Errorf("metadata[kernel] = %q, want 6.1", got.Metadata["kernel"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeRepo_ListEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, cleanup := openTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	nodes, err := repo.List(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("List: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(nodes) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("List(empty): got %d, want 0", len(nodes))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeRepo_GetByNameMultiplePicksOldest(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, cleanup := openTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	older := time.Now().UTC().Add(-1 * time.Hour)
+	newer := time.Now().UTC()
+	_ = repo.Insert(ctx, &model.Node{
+		ID: "n-old", Name: "dup", Address: "a",
+		JoinedAt: older, LastSeen: older,
+	})
+	_ = repo.Insert(ctx, &model.Node{
+		ID: "n-new", Name: "dup", Address: "a",
+		JoinedAt: newer, LastSeen: newer,
+	})
+	got, err := repo.GetByName(ctx, "dup")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetByName: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got.ID != "n-old" {
+		t.Errorf("GetByName = %q, want oldest n-old (ORDER BY joined_at ASC)", got.ID)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestNodeRepo_KindOS_RoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 	repo, cleanup := openTestDB(t)
 	defer cleanup()
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ package transport

 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"crypto/x509"
+	"encoding/pem"
 	"errors"
 	"log/slog"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -93,6 +96,34 @@ func TestLogHandshakeFromCert_NilCert(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

+func TestLogHandshakeFromCert_WithCert(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log := newTestLogger(&buf)
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	certPath, _, _ := generateTestCerts(t, dir, "localhost")
+	certPEM, err := os.ReadFile(certPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read cert: %v", err)
+	}
+	block, _ := pem.Decode(certPEM)
+	if block == nil {
+		t.Fatal("pem.Decode: no cert block")
+	}
+	leaf, err := x509.ParseCertificate(block.Bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ParseCertificate: %v", err)
+	}
+	LogHandshakeFromCert(log, "peer-cert", leaf)
+	out := buf.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "result=ok") {
+		t.Errorf("expected result=ok: %s", out)
+	}
+	expectedFP := FingerprintOfCert(leaf)
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "cert_fp="+expectedFP) {
+		t.Errorf("expected cert_fp=%s in: %s", expectedFP, out)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestFingerprintOfCert_Nil(t *testing.T) {
 	if got := FingerprintOfCert(nil); got != "" {
 		t.Errorf("FingerprintOfCert(nil) = %q, want empty", got)
@@ -112,6 +112,43 @@ func TestRetryContextCancel(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

+func TestIdempotencyStoreSweep(t *testing.T) {
+	s := NewIdempotencyStore()
+	s.Put("live-1", "job-1")
+	s.entries["expired"] = dedupeEntry{
+		key:       "expired",
+		jobID:     "old-job",
+		expiresAt: time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Minute),
+	}
+	s.Sweep()
+	if _, ok := s.entries["expired"]; ok {
+		t.Error("Sweep did not remove expired entry")
+	}
+	if _, ok := s.entries["live-1"]; !ok {
+		t.Error("Sweep removed live entry")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIdempotencyStorePutEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	s := NewIdempotencyStore()
+	s.Put("", "job-1")
+	s.Put("k1", "")
+	if _, ok := s.Get("k1"); ok {
+		t.Error("Put with empty jobID should not store")
+	}
+	if _, ok := s.Get(""); ok {
+		t.Error("Get with empty key should return false")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWithIdempotencyKeyEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	got := WithIdempotencyKey(ctx, "")
+	if got != ctx {
+		t.Error("WithIdempotencyKey with empty key should return ctx unchanged")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestIsTransient(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		err  error
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+package transport
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestDefaultRetryPolicy(t *testing.T) {
+	p := DefaultRetryPolicy()
+	if p.Initial != RetryInitial {
+		t.Errorf("Initial = %v, want %v", p.Initial, RetryInitial)
+	}
+	if p.Max != RetryMax {
+		t.Errorf("Max = %v, want %v", p.Max, RetryMax)
+	}
+	if p.MaxAttempts != RetryMaxAttempts {
+		t.Errorf("MaxAttempts = %d, want %d", p.MaxAttempts, RetryMaxAttempts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRetrySucceedsFirstAttempt(t *testing.T) {
+	calls := 0
+	got, err := Do(context.Background(), DefaultRetryPolicy(),
+		func(_ context.Context, attempt int) (string, bool, error) {
+			calls++
+			if attempt != 1 {
+				t.Errorf("attempt = %d, want 1", attempt)
+			}
+			return "ok", true, nil
+		})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Do: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got != "ok" {
+		t.Errorf("got = %q, want ok", got)
+	}
+	if calls != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("calls = %d, want 1", calls)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRetryIdempotentVerbRetries(t *testing.T) {
+	calls := 0
+	_, err := Do(context.Background(), DefaultRetryPolicy(),
+		func(_ context.Context, _ int) (string, bool, error) {
+			calls++
+			return "", true, errors.New("connection refused")
+		})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error after exhausting attempts")
+	}
+	if calls != RetryMaxAttempts {
+		t.Errorf("calls = %d, want %d", calls, RetryMaxAttempts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRetryWithIdempotencyKeyRetries(t *testing.T) {
+	calls := 0
+	ctx := WithIdempotencyKey(context.Background(), "key-1")
+	_, err := Do(ctx, DefaultRetryPolicy(),
+		func(_ context.Context, _ int) (string, bool, error) {
+			calls++
+			return "", false, errors.New("i/o timeout")
+		})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error after exhausting attempts")
+	}
+	if calls != RetryMaxAttempts {
+		t.Errorf("calls = %d, want %d (idempotency key enables retry)", calls, RetryMaxAttempts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRetryMaxAttemptsReached(t *testing.T) {
+	p := RetryPolicy{Initial: time.Millisecond, Max: 5 * time.Millisecond, MaxAttempts: 3}
+	calls := 0
+	_, err := Do(context.Background(), p,
+		func(_ context.Context, _ int) (string, bool, error) {
+			calls++
+			return "", true, errors.New("EOF")
+		})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error")
+	}
+	if !IsTransient(err) {
+		t.Errorf("expected transient error, got %v", err)
+	}
+	if calls != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("calls = %d, want 3", calls)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRetryZeroMaxAttemptsDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+	calls := 0
+	p := RetryPolicy{}
+	_, err := Do(context.Background(), p,
+		func(_ context.Context, _ int) (string, bool, error) {
+			calls++
+			return "ok", true, nil
+		})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Do: %v", err)
+	}
+	if calls != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("calls = %d, want 1", calls)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRetryNonTransientIdempotentRetries(t *testing.T) {
+	calls := 0
+	_, err := Do(context.Background(), DefaultRetryPolicy(),
+		func(_ context.Context, _ int) (string, bool, error) {
+			calls++
+			return "", true, errors.New("invalid spec")
+		})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error")
+	}
+	if calls != RetryMaxAttempts {
+		t.Errorf("calls = %d, want %d (non-transient idempotent still retries)", calls, RetryMaxAttempts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRetryTransientNonIdempotentNoKeyBails(t *testing.T) {
+	calls := 0
+	_, err := Do(context.Background(), DefaultRetryPolicy(),
+		func(_ context.Context, _ int) (string, bool, error) {
+			calls++
+			return "", false, errors.New("connection refused")
+		})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error")
+	}
+	if calls != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("calls = %d, want 1 (transient+non-idempotent+no key = bail)", calls)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRetryContextCancelledMidBackoff(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	p := RetryPolicy{Initial: 100 * time.Millisecond, Max: time.Second, MaxAttempts: 5}
+	calls := 0
+	go func() {
+		time.Sleep(20 * time.Millisecond)
+		cancel()
+	}()
+	_, err := Do(ctx, p,
+		func(_ context.Context, _ int) (string, bool, error) {
+			calls++
+			return "", true, errors.New("connection refused")
+		})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error")
+	}
+	if !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
+		t.Errorf("expected context.Canceled, got %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBackoffGrowsExponentially(t *testing.T) {
+	initial := 10 * time.Millisecond
+	max := 1 * time.Second
+	d1 := backoff(initial, max, 1)
+	d2 := backoff(initial, max, 2)
+	d3 := backoff(initial, max, 3)
+	if d1 < 0 {
+		t.Errorf("backoff(1) = %v, want >= 0", d1)
+	}
+	if d2 < d1 {
+		t.Errorf("backoff(2)=%v < backoff(1)=%v (should grow)", d2, d1)
+	}
+	if d3 < d2 {
+		t.Errorf("backoff(3)=%v < backoff(2)=%v (should grow)", d3, d2)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBackoffCapsAtMax(t *testing.T) {
+	initial := 100 * time.Millisecond
+	max := 200 * time.Millisecond
+	d := backoff(initial, max, 10)
+	if d > max+max/2 {
+		t.Errorf("backoff(10) = %v, want <= ~max=%v", d, max)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestContains(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		s, sub string
+		want   bool
+	}{
+		{"hello world", "world", true},
+		{"hello", "xyz", false},
+		{"hello", "", true},
+		{"", "", true},
+		{"abc", "abcd", false},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		if got := contains(c.s, c.sub); got != c.want {
+			t.Errorf("contains(%q, %q) = %v, want %v", c.s, c.sub, got, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Jon Chery	8b19c9ab68	docs(milestone): complete coverage-trust-hardening — v0.8 milestone release Mark REQ-057..060 Complete in REQUIREMENTS.md, mark v0.8 COMPLETE in ROADMAP.md, advance config.json phase to 4. P0 (v0.7.0): pre-execution — specify/clarify/research/plan/grill. P1 (v0.7.1): coverage round 2 — 9 packages hit tiered floor. P2 (v0.7.2): SSH trust hardening — --host-key-fingerprint + key-reset + v0.6 TOFU ship-defect bugfix + doctor parity. P3 (v0.7.3): requirements-hygiene gate — make verify-reqs + CI hook. P4 (v0.7.4): final review + audit + milestone release (this commit). Review: PASS-WITH-FOLLOWUPS (0 P0, 3 P1+ deferred to v0.9). Audit: PASS (1 P1 stale-branch-hygiene, pre-existing, post-ship cleanup). GRILL: 4/4 binding conditions satisfied. ---ci--- project: orca phase: 4 milestone: v0.8 status: complete requirements: covered: [REQ-057, REQ-058, REQ-059, REQ-060] partial: [] ---/ci---	2026-08-04 12:25:58 +00:00
Jon Chery	70c5718505	verify(P03): 4-layer verification PASS — REQ-060 ---ci--- project: orca phase: 3 milestone: v0.8 status: verify requirements: covered: [REQ-060] partial: [] ---/ci---	2026-08-04 12:18:48 +00:00
Jon Chery	46bd07c792	docs(P03): synthetic drift verification — verify-reqs passes + fails-on-drift (T03.5, REQ-060) T03.5 synthetic drift verification (REQ-060 acceptance criterion): 1. make verify-reqs on current repo → exit 0 (60 requirements consistent) 2. flipped REQ-053 (v0.7 P1) row to Pending → make verify-reqs exit 1 diff: REQ-053: status=Pending, expected=Complete (direction=forward) 3. reverted scratch edit → make verify-reqs exit 0 Gate passes on the real repo and correctly fails on synthetic forward drift (ROADMAP v0.7 COMPLETE but REQUIREMENTS REQ-053 Pending). The reverse-direction assertion is exercised by the golden-file tests (T03.2). REQ-060 acceptance criterion met. ---ci--- project: orca phase: 3 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 12:17:00 +00:00
Jon Chery	b6d514ee21	chore(ci): verify-reqs in validate pipeline (T03.4, REQ-060) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 3 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 12:16:14 +00:00
Jon Chery	7bd8e47241	chore(makefile): verify-reqs target (T03.3, REQ-060) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 3 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 12:15:58 +00:00
Jon Chery	016039d1a3	test(cmd/verify-reqs): golden-file tests (T03.2, REQ-060) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 3 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 12:15:33 +00:00
Jon Chery	fc2b020423	feat(cmd/verify-reqs): requirements-hygiene gate (T03.1, REQ-060) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 3 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 12:11:40 +00:00
Jon Chery	f4192be5d1	verify(P02): 4-layer verification PASS — REQ-058, REQ-059 + TOFU bugfix ---ci--- project: orca phase: 2 milestone: v0.8 status: verify requirements: covered: [REQ-058, REQ-059] partial: [] ---/ci---	2026-08-04 12:07:56 +00:00
Jon Chery	11da458883	test(cli): --host-key-fingerprint non-proxmox validation (T02.11, REQ-058) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 2 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 12:04:28 +00:00
Jon Chery	d66b3b9a0a	test(proxmox,cli): end-to-end trust-surface integration tests (T02.10, REQ-058, REQ-059) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 2 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 12:04:24 +00:00
Jon Chery	2dcb14377a	fix(doctor): TOFU capture-fix parity with bootstrap — v0.6 ship-defect (T02.9) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 2 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 11:56:45 +00:00
Jon Chery	13e6762f0f	feat(cli): orca node key-reset <node> — local known_hosts reset (T02.8, REQ-059) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 2 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 11:51:47 +00:00
Jon Chery	325a5662f4	feat(proxmox): populate Result.HostKeyFingerprint (T02.7, REQ-058) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 2 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 11:48:00 +00:00
Jon Chery	8b0cbe10ae	fix(proxmox): TOFU capture bug — v0.6 ship-defect first-connect join always failed (T02.6) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 2 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 11:46:38 +00:00
Jon Chery	bd17e6e114	feat(proxmox): pinnedHostKeyCallback for --host-key-fingerprint (T02.5, REQ-058) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 2 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 11:45:53 +00:00
Jon Chery	7cb12c52ce	feat(proxmox): HostKeyFingerprint field on Options (T02.4, REQ-058) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 2 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 11:38:39 +00:00
Jon Chery	08481d35ce	feat(cli): --host-key-fingerprint flag on node join (T02.3, REQ-058) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 2 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 11:37:01 +00:00
Jon Chery	00869c6f5b	refactor(security): export WriteAtomic (T02.2, REQ-059) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 2 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 11:36:42 +00:00
Jon Chery	aa3462826b	feat(security): SSHFingerprintSHA256 helper (T02.1, REQ-058) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 2 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 11:35:59 +00:00
Jon Chery	dea358d40b	verify(P01): 4-layer verification PASS — REQ-057 covered ---ci--- project: orca phase: 1 milestone: v0.8 status: verify requirements: covered: [REQ-057] partial: [] ---/ci---	2026-08-04 01:51:26 +00:00
Jon Chery	367a338a72	test(P01): coverage-gate verification — all 9 packages hit tiered floor (T01.12, REQ-057) >=70%: engine 88.9%, proxmox 87.1%, cli 76.2%, transport 93.0%, store 84.7%, jobspec 90.5% >=50%: audit 100.0%, certpaths 100.0%, cmd/orca 80.0% go test -race ./... PASS. GRILL escape valve NOT needed. ---ci--- project: orca phase: 1 milestone: v0.8 status: execute requirements: covered: [REQ-057] partial: [] ---/ci---	2026-08-04 01:49:15 +00:00
Jon Chery	2ce6622055	test(cmd/orca): smoke test ≥50% toe-hold, main→run refactor (T01.11, REQ-057) Refactor main() into run() int (main calls os.Exit(run())) so the test can exercise the CLI directly without os.Exit terminating the test process. Add main_test.go with two cases: run() success path (version command → exit 0) and run() error path (job run with missing spec → exit 1, stderr contains "error:"). Low-effort toe-hold per RESEARCH §1.1/§1.4 — do not over-invest in glue-code coverage. Coverage: go test -cover ./cmd/orca → 80.0% (was 0%, target ≥50%). go test -race PASS. ---ci--- project: orca phase: 1 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 01:43:57 +00:00
Jon Chery	6408342a7f	test(cli): coverage uplift to ≥70% excl daemon.go (T01.6, REQ-057) Add table-driven rootCmd.Execute() tests for the node, job, cert, doctor, audit, status, version, and node-capacity subcommand families. Each test runs against a temp ORCA_HOME and asserts stdout/stderr/exit via the existing initTestEnv/resetRootFlags/discardWriter helpers (RESEARCH §1.2). extend resetRootFlags to also reset the per-command flag-bound globals so tests don't leak state between runs. daemon.go is excluded from the ≥70% target (documented in node_test.go): the daemon command starts a long-running mTLS server whose lifecycle is covered by internal/daemon/server_test.go; only its --pprof flag registration is verified here (daemon_test.go). Coverage: go test -cover ./internal/cli → 76.2% overall (78.7% by -func), which includes daemon.go's untested RunE; the non-daemon files exceed 70% comfortably. go test -race PASS. ---ci--- project: orca phase: 1 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 01:43:38 +00:00
Jon Chery	2d47cd9135	test(audit): first tests, ≥50% toe-hold (T01.9, REQ-057) internal/audit/audit_test.go was added in `d9d0bed` (Wave 1 P03 uplift) and already achieves 100.0% coverage — well above the ≥50% toe-hold target. This empty commit records T01.9 acceptance for the Wave 2 task ledger; no code change was required. ---ci--- project: orca phase: 1 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 01:13:46 +00:00
Jon Chery	9727edf4df	test(certpaths): first tests, ≥50% toe-hold (T01.10, REQ-057) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 1 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 01:13:43 +00:00
Jon Chery	e45232f395	test(jobspec): coverage uplift to ≥70% + golden HCL fixtures (T01.8, REQ-057) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 1 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 01:12:59 +00:00
Jon Chery	82f3bcacfd	test(store): coverage uplift to ≥70% + missing cert_repo_test.go (T01.7, REQ-057) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 1 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 01:12:12 +00:00
Jon Chery	7a834357ec	test(proxmox): coverage uplift to ≥70% (T01.5, REQ-057) Extend bootstrap_test.go with FullFlow_IdempotentReRun (two sequential bootstraps on the same fake SSH server — verifies the idempotent no-op path end-to-end), FullFlow_NoPasswordInLogs (asserts the SSH password never appears in slog output, D-031), FullFlow_ValidateSudoersFails (forceSudoersInvalid flag → wrapped 'validate sudoers' error), FullFlow_CreateLinuxUserFails (ProxmoxUser=root exercises the /root home branch in deployPubKey), DefaultSSHDialer_DialContext_ConnectionRefused (covers the real defaultSSHDialer.DialContext concrete path), and SSHSessionRunner_CombinedOutput_NewSessionError (closed-client → 'new session' error branch). Add forceSudoersInvalid knob + funcDialer helper to ssh_session_test.go. Coverage: 83.2% → 87.1%. go test -race PASS. No production code changed (T01.1 sessionRunner seam already in place). ---ci--- project: orca phase: 1 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 01:05:12 +00:00
Jon Chery	40906a0697	test(engine): coverage uplift to ≥70% (T01.4, REQ-057) Add registry_test.go (NEW) covering NodeRegistry Join/Leave/Forget/ List/Get (success + not-found + duplicate), NewNodeRegistry nil- logger, Audit Record success/error (sqlite-backed via openTestDB pattern) + NewAudit nil-logger. Extend scheduler_test.go with MemLocalNode/Capacity (happy + nil), JobSpecScore nil/over-capacity/ fits, JobSpecFits nil, PickNode empty. Extend dispatcher_test.go with Submit error paths: bad spec, explicit target no-registry, target peer-not-found, peer-pick missing CA, no peer registry, nil capacity fallthrough, all-peers-fail PickNode. Coverage: 65.1% → 88.9%. go test -race PASS. No production code changed; T01.2 peerDispatcher seam NOT needed (error-path tests via stubbed LocalExecutor + PeerRegistry reached 89% without it; httptest.NewTLSServer was not required either since dispatchToPeer CA-missing and PickNode-fail branches cover the remote path). ---ci--- project: orca phase: 1 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 01:05:09 +00:00
Jon Chery	16e4f8a1f2	test(transport): coverage uplift to ≥70% (T01.3, REQ-057) Add retry_test.go (NEW) covering DefaultRetryPolicy, first-attempt success, idempotent-verb retry, idempotency-key retry, MaxAttempts exhaustion, zero-MaxAttempts defaulting, transient+non-idempotent+ no-key bail, ctx-cancel mid-backoff, exponential backoff growth + cap, and contains() substring helper. Extend idempotency_test.go with Sweep, empty-key Put/Get, and empty-key WithIdempotencyKey. Extend handshake_log_test.go with LogHandshakeFromCert happy path (real x509 cert → fingerprint) and FingerprintOfCert round-trip. Coverage: 84.6% → 93.0%. go test -race PASS. No production code changed; no new seams (httptest already covered DispatchClient). ---ci--- project: orca phase: 1 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 01:05:03 +00:00
Jon Chery	2786de166d	refactor(proxmox): extract sessionRunner seam for testability (T01.1, REQ-057) ---ci--- project: orca phase: 1 milestone: v0.8 status: execute ---/ci---	2026-08-04 00:51:15 +00:00