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cayce 0d24309433 audit-D16: operator key must never be an agent identity
ci / lint-test-leaks (pull_request) Canceled after 0s
Background: CAYCE_OPS_OPERATOR_PUBKEY was set to Cayce nostr pubkey —
Cayce was approving itself. Signature was technically valid but semantically
null: human approval signed by the agent is not human approval.

- signing.py: validate_no_self_approval() rejects the operator pubkey when
  it matches (a) the pubkey derived from any private key in the config,
  or (b) any pubkey in CAYCE_OPS_FORBIDDEN_OPERATOR_PUBKEYS deny-list.
- executor/maild/publisher _signing() now calls the validation, so every
  daemon and every CLI approve-* path refuses to operate (D16).
- tests: 6 new (agent-key refusal, human key passes, empty passes,
  explicit denylist, end-to-end daemon refusal, derivation roundtrip).
- docs/DECISIONS.md: D16.

The operator signature is now produced OUTSIDE the VPS. CAYCE_OPS_OPERATOR_PUBKEY
must stay empty until the external signer exists — daemons refuse, which is
correct. The Cayce nsec itself is NOT touched (still the agent identity for
publishing and anchoring).
2026-10-28 19:51:04 +00:00
cayce 40453aadb4 audit-1 (critical 1): mandatory operator signatures bound to content+deployment
- signing module: canonical content hashes + approval_message
  sha256(cayce-ops:<type>:<deployment_id>:<id>:<content_hash>)
- approve/approve-draft/publisher-approve REQUIRE signature; without
  CAYCE_OPS_OPERATOR_PUBKEY+DEPLOYMENT_ID the daemons refuse to
  execute/send/publish (no degraded mode)
- run-time re-verification at execute/send/publish: unsigned rows (raw SQL
  approval) or edited content revert to pre-approval state, audited as error
- FULL signatures stored on rows (operator_signature, migration 0003) and
  in audit detail — never truncated
- signature failures audited from CLI wrappers too (1f)
- AUTONOMOUS_MODE approval path removed (D13): no non-human approvals

tests: SQL-approved row refused at execute/send/publish; to_addr change
blocks send; foreign deployment/content signatures refused; full-signature
persistence. 65 tests green.
2026-10-20 02:20:09 +00:00