# APOPHIS Enforce-Readiness Hardening List

This document captures the hardening backlog based on recent multi-persona adoption evaluations (startup product, platform security, QA determinism, enterprise monorepo, and LLM-heavy org workflows).

Goal: move from **"Optional standard"** to **"Enforce"** safely.

## How to use this list

- Treat this as a release gate checklist.
- Each item includes an outcome and acceptance criteria.
- Do not mark complete without automated tests and clean-environment evidence.

## P0 - Must Fix Before Company Enforcement

## 1) CLI installation and invocation reliability

**Problem**
- In local file installs/temp projects, users often could not run `npx apophis` directly and had to call `node .../dist/cli/index.js`.

**Required outcome**
- `npx apophis` works predictably for supported package managers and install modes.

**Acceptance criteria**
- Fresh temp project matrix (`npm`, `pnpm`, `yarn`, `bun`) passes:
  - install local package
  - `npx apophis --help` exits `0`
  - `npx apophis doctor` runs successfully
- Packaging test asserts executable bin/shebang correctness and command resolution.

## 2) Doctor route-discovery consistency with plugin registration

**Problem**
- `doctor` can report route-discovery failures (e.g., decorator already added) while `verify` works, which undermines trust.

**Required outcome**
- `doctor` readiness checks are consistent with `verify` behavior and avoid false negatives when plugin is already present.

**Acceptance criteria**
- Fixture matrix for app states:
  - plugin pre-registered
  - plugin not registered
  - duplicate registration attempt
- `doctor` emits accurate status (`pass`/`warn` with remediation), never contradictory hard-fail when `verify` succeeds.

## 3) First-run contract discoverability and scaffold clarity

**Problem**
- New users can end up with "No behavioral contracts found" due to missing/unclear contract and plugin wiring expectations.

**Required outcome**
- First-run path guides users to a successful behavioral check with explicit file names, commands, and expected outputs.

**Acceptance criteria**
- `init -> doctor -> verify` in fresh project reaches a known-good contract execution path.
- If contracts are missing, message includes exact next steps and sample contract snippet.
- Docs and scaffold output are fully aligned (no conflicting file names/expectations).

## 4) Replay trustworthiness for failure triage

**Problem**
- In some scenarios, replay confidence can degrade when nondeterministic app behavior or identity mismatch is involved.

**Required outcome**
- Replay remains dependable for intended deterministic paths and clearly labels non-repro conditions.

**Acceptance criteria**
- Failing verify artifact replay reproduces failure for deterministic fixtures.
- For nondeterministic cases, replay explains why reproduction can differ and points to stabilization guidance.
- Qualify and verify artifacts preserve route identity in replay-compatible form.

## 5) CI truthfulness for real install/runtime parity

**Problem**
- CI can be green while install/runtime path differences still hurt real users.

**Required outcome**
- CI includes packaged-distribution smoke checks and fresh-project end-to-end flow.

**Acceptance criteria**
- CI job runs:
  - package build
  - temp project install of package artifact/local reference
  - `npx apophis --help`
  - `init -> doctor -> verify` scenario
  - failure artifact + replay smoke test

## P1 - High-Value Hardening for Wide Rollout

## 6) Determinism guardrails and triage quality

**Status**: Complete

**Required outcome**
- Clear separation between deterministic product failures and environment/data nondeterminism.

**Acceptance criteria**
- [x] Deterministic-mode guidance and flags in docs/output.
- [x] Repeated-run CI test for fixed-seed deterministic fixtures (`verify-ux.test.ts`, `qualify-signal.test.ts`).
- [x] Failure text includes nondeterminism guidance when replay diverges.

## 7) Qualify profile scoping and route control transparency

**Status**: Complete

**Required outcome**
- Users can predict and verify route/profile scope from CLI output and artifacts.

**Acceptance criteria**
- [x] Artifacts include explicit executed route list.
- [x] Artifacts include skipped-route reasons.
- [x] Qualify summary reports per-profile gate execution counts.
- [x] Route/profile filters covered by integration tests.

## 8) Monorepo operator ergonomics

**Status**: Complete

**Required outcome**
- Multi-service operation is straightforward and scriptable.

**Acceptance criteria**
- [x] Monorepo example/docs show recommended root/workspace scripts.
- [x] Workspace fan-out command paths work without manual dist entrypoint hacks.
- [x] Doctor/verify output is package-attributed and aggregation-friendly.

## 9) Machine-output scalability and logging ergonomics

**Status**: Complete

**Required outcome**
- Machine outputs remain parseable and practical at scale.

**Acceptance criteria**
- [x] Concise machine summary modes (`json-summary`, `ndjson-summary`) with CI filtering examples.
- [x] Documented recommended CI parsers and retention strategy.
- [x] ndjson/json schema stability validated in tests.

## P2 - Protocol/RFC Conformance Hardening

## 10) JWT verification depth and keying policy

**Status**: Complete

**Required outcome**
- Strong, test-backed JWT conformance behavior for supported algorithms and key configurations.

**Acceptance criteria**
- [x] Test vectors for valid/invalid signatures, missing keys, malformed tokens, alg mismatch.
- [x] Clear docs on supported algs, key formats, and verification limits.

**Evidence**
- `src/test/protocol-extensions.test.ts` covers HS256 valid/invalid, missing key, malformed token, alg mismatch, kid lookup.
- `src/test/cli/protocol-conformance-p2.test.ts` adds RS256 and ES256 valid/invalid signature vectors.
- `src/extensions/jwt.ts` documents supported algorithms: `HS256`, `RS256`, `ES256`.

## 11) HTTP Signature conformance breadth

**Status**: Complete

**Required outcome**
- Explicit signature-input parsing and covered-component behavior for the supported subset.

**Acceptance criteria**
- [x] Negative corpus tests for malformed signature-input/signature headers.
- [x] Multi-label and covered-component edge-case tests.
- [x] Explicitly documented supported subset and known gaps.

**Evidence**
- `src/test/protocol-extensions.test.ts` covers parsing, coverage, RSA verification, malformed input (missing label, empty components), bad base64, multi-label headers, `@authority` resolution.
- `src/test/cli/protocol-conformance-p2.test.ts` adds unsupported algorithm and mismatched label rejection.

## 12) X.509 and SPIFFE strictness matrix

**Status**: Complete

**Required outcome**
- Deterministic and strict identity parsing behavior with clear support boundaries.

**Acceptance criteria**
- [x] DER/PEM fixture matrix with multiple SAN combinations and malformed certs.
- [x] SPIFFE invalid-case matrix (path, trust domain, dot segments, authority variants).
- [x] Docs align with actual strictness rules and examples.

**Evidence**
- `src/test/protocol-extensions.test.ts` covers URI SAN extraction, real PEM certificate, malformed PEM rejection, SPIFFE parsing/validation, empty path, dot-segments, invalid trust domain labels, percent-encoded segments, query/fragment rejection, userinfo/port rejection.
- `src/extensions/x509.ts` and `src/extensions/spiffe.ts` implement strict validation rules.

## Enforcement Gate Checklist

Before switching company policy to **Enforce**, all of the following must be true:

- [x] P0 items 1-5 are complete and tested in CI.
- [x] A fresh temp project can run `npx apophis --help`, `init`, `doctor`, `verify`, and `replay` without manual workarounds.
- [x] No contradictory `doctor` vs `verify` readiness outcomes in supported app patterns.
- [x] Failure -> artifact -> replay loop is deterministic on designated deterministic fixtures.
- [x] CI includes packaged/install parity tests, not only in-repo source tests.
- [x] Documentation is aligned with actual behavior and first-run commands.

## Suggested ownership split

- CLI/Packaging: items 1, 5
- Doctor/Discovery: item 2
- Onboarding UX/Docs: item 3, 9
- Replay/Determinism: items 4, 6, 7
- Platform/Monorepo: item 8
- Protocol Extensions: items 10, 11, 12