felhom.eu/REPORT.md

REPORT — ISO train v1.25.0 + hub v0.73.0 (2026-07-23)

Task: the four-ruling ISO train (F9 belt-everywhere, apt no-subscription, R-63 console ő/ű, R-71 golden-lift mitigation) + Part 6 root-vault rider + Part 7 hub offsite_stale fix. scripts: host-install 1.17.0→1.18.0, build-felhom-iso 1.24.0→1.25.0, felhom-bootstrap R-63; hub v0.72.0→v0.73.0. Commits: b620435 (scripts code), hub 0.73.0 train, docs follow.

Status by part

Part	State
7 — hub offsite_stale newborn anchor	✅ SHIPPED + deployed (hub v0.73.0, Synced/Healthy); red-proofed; live: demo-hp/demo-felhom silent
1 — OOB belt (F9)	✅ code (default appliance leg) + LIVE on BOTH boxes + login PROVEN on felhom-pve
2 — apt no-subscription	✅ code + LIVE aligned on both boxes (apt-get update clean)
3 — R-63 console font	✅ code (Lat2 font, verified font names) — nested-render proof pending the drill
4 — R-71 build-gate + rule	✅ code + red-proofed + LIVE-demonstrated blocking the real gap; standing rule 5 added
4 — golden republish	✅ built + published + vouched — golden 0.161.0 (sha 77624408…), floor stays 0.156.0; the LIVE gap is CLOSED
5 — ISO v1.25.0 build	✅ built (…v1.25.0-nested-vm-generic-mkimage.iso, sha 99b38420…); gate passed live; rootpw+R-63 present
5 — nested drill	⚠️ ABORTED on N100 (install pathologically slow, contended by live guest 9201); R-63 code-verified, live visual → HP drill
6 — felhom-pve root vault	✅ rotated + vaulted + verified authenticating over :22

CRITICAL FINDING — the R-71 gap was LIVE, now CLOSED

RESOLVED 2026-07-23: golden republished at controller 0.161.0 (built on felhom-pve via build-golden.sh, published to Gitea 618 MB, sha 77624408bd86ec21f3de25eb57f0d9c30d9c374f6e2c19bfcea0816ccb347188, Gitea-served copy sha-verified), operator-vouched in the manifest (golden 0.153.0 → 0.161.0; floor unchanged at 0.156.0; agent 0.93.0). The gate now passes live and the v1.25.0 ISO built. The gap below is the finding as discovered; it no longer exists.

The hub's current artifacts were golden 0.153.0 < managed floor 0.156.0. Every fresh install today boots a controller BELOW the floor, so the day-0 managed update fires within minutes — the exact update-vs-bridge race that burned demo-hp's offsite credential (DIAG-f10 / R-71). The new build-gate correctly refuses to build a v1.25.0 ISO in this state (demonstrated live: R-71 BUILD GATE FAILED: golden 0.153.0 < managed floor 0.156.0). The fix is Part 4's golden republish at controller 0.161.0 + vouch — until then no valid pairing ISO can be built, by design. The vouch (handleSetArtifacts) is operator-password-gated (no admin API), so it needs the operator.

Part detail

Part 1 (belt). host-install: appliance mode installs the H1 belt by default (--no-oob opts out; byo still refuses --enable-oob — deliberate exclusion, flagged not changed), and the config writer now sets oob.enabled=true so the agent activates the belt instead of leaving the units inert (the pre-v1.25.0 state that left it unusable — F9). Lockout-safe with no operator peer (empty sets + no key, :22 untouched). Live: belt installed on felhom-pve + demo-hp (both 8822, sets filled {10.77.0.250}/{8822}, felhom-op key installed, :22 pid unchanged). Login PROVEN on felhom-pve end-to-end (felhom-op@demo-felhom) — see the operator-identity note below.

Operator identity re-established (latent gap fixed). The registered oob_operator_ssh_pubkey was ORPHANED — it matched no key the operator held (an OOB credential the operator can't reproduce is no better than the lockout it prevents). Re-anchored to the operator's real machine: registered its WireGuard pubkey as the operator peer 10.77.0.250 + its felhom-op-1 SSH key, built the operator wg-felhom tunnel config (ep0.felhom.eu:443), added + persisted ep0's forward rules (10.77.0.250 → 10.77.0.2/.3 in /etc/nftables.conf). Along the way: a corp-network UDP/443 block was diagnosed (ep0 tcpdump — packets arriving on 51820 but not 443) and the login completed from a home network on 443. All secrets file→file, shredded.

Part 2 (apt). align_apt_repos (appliance-only, idempotent, pre-apt): disable enterprise deb822 .sources (Enabled: no) / legacy .list, add pve-no-subscription.sources (suite+keyring derived), apt-get update clean. Live: both boxes were on enterprise (401 on update); aligned → enterprise+ceph disabled, no-subscription added, apt-get update exit 0 on both.

Part 3 (R-63). felhom-bootstrap loads a Latin-2 console font (Lat2-Terminus16 → Lat2-Fixed16 → Lat2-Terminus14) once before the first paint (idempotent, best-effort, never blocks boot). Font names verified present in the trixie console-setup package. Renders ő/ű in the R-59 network screen (élő/telepítő/ellenőrizze) + pairing banner (képernyő/teendő). Nested-console capture pending drill.

Part 4 (build-gate + rule). assert_golden_ge_floor + ver_ge in build-felhom-iso; runs before workspace/mint; dies with both versions on golden < floor; FELHOM_ASSERT_GOLDEN/FLOOR inputs; unset warns loudly. Red-proofed both directions (floor>golden → exit 1; golden≥floor → OK; equal → OK; unset → WARN). Standing rule 5 in publish-train-rules.md. Live-demonstrated against the real production gap (see above).

Part 6 (root vault). On felhom-pve, generated a fresh strong root password (never printed), chpasswd, vaulted via PUT /api/v1/hosts/demo-felhom-8363b5/recovery-credential (HTTP 200, the same day-0 step_break_glass mechanism, host api_key). Verified: retrieved via the operator endpoint (global key) and it AUTHENTICATED root over :22 (VAULT-AUTH-OK: demo-felhom); copy shredded. felhom-pve now has G1 vault parity with demo-hp. (Note: the vault's set_at reflects the original day-0 stamp — not bumped on rotation; cosmetic, the SECRET is the rotated one, proven by the auth test.)

Nested drill — attempted, ABORTED, deferred to an HP-based run

Golden republish + vouch + the v1.25.0 ISO build are DONE. The nested drill was attempted on the N100 (felhom-pve): 1.7 GB ISO transferred + sha-verified, VM 9313 created (OVMF SB-off for the mkimage loader, disk-first boot), auto-install started. It ran KVM-accelerated (confirmed: /usr/bin/kvm, cpu host,+kvm_pv_eoi…, q35+pve0 — not TCG, not memory-starved) but crawled pathologically — ~40+ min pegged at 100% of one core, stuck in the kernel/grub/initramfs configure at ~87% — because the N100 was simultaneously running the live customer guest 9201 plus the golden build scratch. Aborted to protect the live guest (a runaway install must not starve a production customer workload); VM 9313 + the golden scratch (9100 + local vzdump) + the drill ISO were destroyed/removed, 9201 untouched, 70 GB freed.

Operator steer (2026-07-23): future drills/builds move to the HP (demo-hp) — more RAM, faster CPU, and it carries no live customer guest, so a nested install there will be far quicker.

What the drill would have added, and its current standing:

• R-63 console ő/ű capture — the one leg genuinely PENDING a live boot. The font code is verified (Lat2-Terminus16/Fixed16/Terminus14 confirmed present in the trixie console-setup package; set_console_font correct + embedded in the built ISO's bootstrap payload). The visual screendump rides the next HP-based drill.
• belt installed+active + apt=no-subscription (fresh-install path) — the legs themselves are already proven live on both real boxes this session; the ISO-driven path additionally needs an operator bind (password-gated, like the v1.24.0 rehearsal's drill customer).
• golden 0.161.0 boots with NO managed-update firing — now structurally guaranteed (golden 0.161.0 ≥ floor 0.156.0 after the vouch; the update only fires below the floor); a live boot would merely confirm it.
• .rootpw.txt opens the console — R-61 regression; rides the HP drill.
• build-gate red-proof in the nest — already demonstrated live on DooPlex against the real gap (golden 0.153 < floor 0.156 → build refused).

Observed / not acted on

• The live golden(0.153)<floor(0.156) gap predates this train (an old golden bake vs a later floor lift) — the new gate surfaces it; the golden republish fixes it.
• ep0 root is reachable from DooPlex (used for the operator-tunnel + forward-rule work); the forward rules are persisted to survive reboot.