backup: RESTORE.md runbook + E2E restore test evidence (Tanda B, point 3)

RESTORE.md documents the exact from-zero recovery on a fresh VPS:
download+verify (sha256 over encrypted artifacts, no private key needed
on the pull side), decrypt on the operator Mac, Postgres pg_restore,
Gitea unzip+migrate, Caddy/systemd/.env config restore, repo re-clone,
backup pipeline reinstall with the SAME age recipient, and a
post-restore checklist.

E2E test executed on the VPS (no production touched — cayce-ops has no
production DB; a probe DB was created and dropped):
- manifest.sha256: 3/3 artifacts OK (verified WITHOUT any private key)
- age decrypt roundtrip with a throwaway keypair (destroyed afterwards)
- pg_restore TOC valid; full restore into a scratch DB: 5000/5000 rows
- gitea zip valid, config tar valid (34 entries)
- all test material removed: probe DB dropped, throwaway key deleted,
  recipient file removed, test backup deleted (was encrypted to the
  destroyed throwaway key)

README.md

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 # Cayce Ops
 
-Cayce Ops is the autonomous operations stack of **Cayce** — an autonomous entity
-operating under the Próspera ZEDE agentic-companies jurisdiction pilot. Cayce runs
-[bitcoinhotels.org](https://bitcoinhotels.org) (Bitcoin-native travel guides) and
-[hardcap.news](https://hardcap.news) (Bitcoin security intelligence). The
-experiment is managed by Cayce itself.
+CayceOps es el stack de operaciones de Cayce, un experimento de operaciones
+agénticas de Cayce Co. Toda acción con efectos externos requiere aprobación
+humana firmada criptográficamente, con una clave que nunca reside en la
+infraestructura de Cayce.
+
+Cayce operates [bitcoinhotels.org](https://bitcoinhotels.org)
+(Bitcoin-native travel guides) and [hardcap.news](https://hardcap.news)
+(Bitcoin security intelligence).
 
 Five decoupled components share one Postgres database. Each is a CLI command,
 driven by cron/systemd timers. Nothing runs without an audit trail.

alembic/versions/0004_audit_append_only.py

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+"""audit_log append-only: reject UPDATE and DELETE (round-2 hardening)
+
+Revision ID: 0004
+Revises: 0003
+Create Date: 2026-10-28
+
+An audit trail that can be edited is not an audit trail. This migration
+installs, on every engine:
+
+- SQLite: BEFORE UPDATE/DELETE triggers that RAISE(ABORT).
+- Postgres: BEFORE UPDATE/DELETE triggers that RAISE EXCEPTION.
+
+The writer roles never had UPDATE/DELETE grants in roles.sql; this closes
+the hole for the table owner and for direct SQL connections.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from alembic import op
+
+revision = "0004"
+down_revision = "0003"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+SQLITE_TRIGGERS = [
+    """
+    CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS audit_log_no_update
+    BEFORE UPDATE ON audit_log
+    BEGIN
+      SELECT RAISE(ABORT, 'cayce-ops: audit_log is append-only (UPDATE rejected)');
+    END;
+    """,
+    """
+    CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS audit_log_no_delete
+    BEFORE DELETE ON audit_log
+    BEGIN
+      SELECT RAISE(ABORT, 'cayce-ops: audit_log is append-only (DELETE rejected)');
+    END;
+    """,
+]
+
+PG_TRIGGERS = """
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION cayce_ops_audit_append_only() RETURNS trigger AS $$
+BEGIN
+  RAISE EXCEPTION 'cayce-ops: audit_log is append-only (% rejected)', TG_OP;
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+"""
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    bind = op.get_bind()
+    if bind.dialect.name == "postgresql":
+        op.execute(PG_TRIGGERS)
+        op.execute(
+            "DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS audit_log_no_update ON audit_log;"
+        )
+        op.execute(
+            "CREATE TRIGGER audit_log_no_update BEFORE UPDATE ON audit_log "
+            "FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE FUNCTION cayce_ops_audit_append_only();"
+        )
+        op.execute(
+            "DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS audit_log_no_delete ON audit_log;"
+        )
+        op.execute(
+            "CREATE TRIGGER audit_log_no_delete BEFORE DELETE ON audit_log "
+            "FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE FUNCTION cayce_ops_audit_append_only();"
+        )
+    else:
+        for ddl in SQLITE_TRIGGERS:
+            bind.execute(sa_text(ddl))
+
+
+def sa_text(sql: str):
+    import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+    return sa.text(sql)
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    bind = op.get_bind()
+    if bind.dialect.name == "postgresql":
+        op.execute("DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS audit_log_no_update ON audit_log;")
+        op.execute("DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS audit_log_no_delete ON audit_log;")
+        op.execute("DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS cayce_ops_audit_append_only();")
+    else:
+        bind.execute(sa_text("DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS audit_log_no_update;"))
+        bind.execute(sa_text("DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS audit_log_no_delete;"))

cayceops/components/maild/classify.py

@@ -19,10 +19,17 @@ from cayceops.models import MailClassification
 
 _APPROVAL_WORDS = re.compile(r"\b(approv|accept|welcome)", re.I)
 
-# any of these tokens anywhere in the mail vetoes an `approval` result
+# any of these tokens anywhere in the mail vetoes an `approval` result.
+# English and Spanish (merchants write in both; mixed mails are common).
 _NEGATIONS = re.compile(
     r"\b(not|no|never|cannot|can'?t|won'?t|hasn'?t|isn'?t|"
-    r"no\s+longer|unable|decline\w*|regret\w*|unfortunately)\b",
+    r"no\s+longer|unable|decline\w*|regret\w*|unfortunately|"
+    # spanish: standalone negation words
+    r"nunca|jam[aá]s|tampoco|ning[uú]n(?:a|o)?|nadie|nada|"
+    # spanish: multi-word negations and rejection stems
+    r"no\s+podemos|no\s+es\s+posible|no\s+acept(?:amos|ar[aá])|"
+    r"rechaz\w*|lamentablemente|descartad\w*|"
+    r"no\s+ha\s+sido\s+aprobad\w*|no\s+procede)\b",
     re.I,
 )
 
@@ -34,11 +41,24 @@ _RULES: list[tuple[MailClassification, re.Pattern[str], float]] = [
         re.compile(r"\b(declin|reject|not able to|unable to|we regret|won.t be able)\w*", re.I),  # noqa: E501
         0.9,
     ),
+    (
+        MailClassification.REJECTION,
+        # spanish rejections (strong stems, not just negation words)
+        re.compile(r"\b(rechaz\w*|no\s+vamos\s+a\s+pod(?:er|emos)|su\s+solicitud\s+ha\s+sido\s+denegada|no\s+cumple\s+los\s+requisitos)\b", re.I),  # noqa: E501
+        0.9,
+    ),
     (
         MailClassification.APPROVAL,
         re.compile(r"\b(approv|accept|welcome to the|you.re (in|approved)|live|activated|glad to)\w*", re.I),  # noqa: E501
         0.85,
     ),
+    (
+        MailClassification.APPROVAL,
+        # spanish approvals (standalone positive stems; the veto still
+        # downgrades if ANY negation appears elsewhere in the mail)
+        re.compile(r"\b(aprob\w*|aceptad\w*|bienvenid\w*|ha\s+sido\s+aceptada|encantados?\s+de\s+(trabajar|colaborar))\b", re.I),  # noqa: E501
+        0.85,
+    ),
     (
         MailClassification.QUESTION,
         re.compile(r"\b(could you|can you|please (provide|clarify|confirm)|what (is|are)|how (do|does|can)|need more (info|details))\b", re.I),  # noqa: E501

cayceops/components/monitor/monitor.py

@@ -251,3 +251,120 @@ def build(cfg: Config | None = None) -> int:
         return 0
     finally:
         engine().dispose()
+
+
+def _latest_chain_hash(sess) -> str | None:
+    """Last non-NULL entry_hash in the audit chain (None if chain empty)."""
+    from cayceops.models import AuditEntry
+
+    last = (
+        sess.query(AuditEntry)
+        .filter(AuditEntry.entry_hash.isnot(None))
+        .order_by(AuditEntry.id.desc())
+        .first()
+    )
+    return last.entry_hash if last else None
+
+
+def _published_anchors(sess) -> list[dict]:
+    """Anchor audit entries recorded locally, oldest first."""
+    from cayceops.models import AuditEntry
+
+    rows = (
+        sess.query(AuditEntry)
+        .filter(AuditEntry.action == "anchor")
+        .order_by(AuditEntry.id.asc())
+        .all()
+    )
+    return [
+        {
+            "event_id": (r.detail or {}).get("event_id"),
+            "last_hash": (r.detail or {}).get("last_hash"),
+            "last_entry": (r.detail or {}).get("last_entry"),
+            "ts": r.ts.isoformat(),
+        }
+        for r in rows
+    ]
+
+
+def verify_chain_against_anchors(
+    sess,
+    relay_fetcher=None,
+) -> dict:
+    """Compare the local chain tail with the anchors published to Nostr.
+
+    relay_fetcher(deployment) -> list of note contents (strings) found on
+    the relays for this deployment's anchor tag. When None, only local
+    coherence is checked and the result says so.
+
+    Returns a report dict:
+      status: "no_anchors" | "local_only" | "ok" | "mismatch"
+      detail: human-readable explanation
+      local_last_hash, local_anchors, relay_notes (when fetched)
+    """
+    local_hash = _latest_chain_hash(sess)
+    anchors = _published_anchors(sess)
+
+    report: dict = {
+        "local_last_hash": local_hash,
+        "local_anchors": anchors,
+        "relay_notes": None,
+    }
+
+    if not anchors:
+        report["status"] = "no_anchors"
+        report["detail"] = (
+            "the chain has never been anchored to Nostr — no external "
+            "attestation exists yet (anchor once with `monitor anchor`)"
+        )
+        return report
+
+    last_anchor = anchors[-1]
+    if relay_fetcher is None:
+        report["status"] = "local_only"
+        report["detail"] = (
+            "compared only against the LOCAL record of past anchors "
+            "(no relay fetch configured); last anchored hash "
+            f"{last_anchor['last_hash']}"
+        )
+        return report
+
+    from cayceops.config import load as _load
+
+    deployment = _load().deployment_id
+    notes = relay_fetcher(deployment) or []
+    report["relay_notes"] = notes
+
+    if not notes:
+        report["status"] = "no_anchors"
+        report["detail"] = (
+            "local anchor records exist but no anchor notes were found on "
+            "the relays — the external attestation is missing or was deleted"
+        )
+        return report
+
+    # the freshest relay note must attest the current chain tail
+    expected_fragment = f"last_hash={local_hash}"
+    latest_note = notes[-1]
+    if expected_fragment in latest_note:
+        report["status"] = "ok"
+        report["detail"] = "latest relay anchor matches the current chain tail"
+        return report
+
+    # maybe the chain advanced after the last anchor — that's fine ONLY if
+    # the note matches the hash recorded in the last local anchor entry
+    if last_anchor["last_hash"] and last_anchor["last_hash"] in latest_note:
+        report["status"] = "ok"
+        report["detail"] = (
+            "relay anchor matches the last local anchor; the chain has "
+            "advanced since (anchor again to attest the new tail)"
+        )
+        return report
+
+    report["status"] = "mismatch"
+    report["detail"] = (
+        f"relay anchor does not attest chain tail {local_hash} nor the last "
+        f"local anchor {last_anchor['last_hash']} — the published anchor "
+        "does not correspond to this database"
+    )
+    return report

cayceops/models.py

@@ -209,14 +209,21 @@ def _build_entry(
 def verify_audit_chain(sess) -> tuple[bool, int | None]:
     """Re-walk the chain. Returns (ok, first_broken_entry_id or None).
 
-    Legacy rows (entry_hash IS NULL, written before migration 0002) are
-    skipped and documented: the chain begins GENESIS at the first hashed row,
-    so a migrated database verifies clean without any tampering.
+    Rows with entry_hash IS NULL are ONLY tolerated BEFORE the first hashed
+    row (the documented legacy prefix from before migration 0002). A NULL
+    hash AFTER the chain has started is tampering — an attacker erasing the
+    hash of an intermediate row to hide an edit — and fails verification at
+    that row's id.
     """
     prev_hash: str | None = None  # None = still in legacy prefix
+    chain_started = False
     for entry in sess.query(AuditEntry).order_by(AuditEntry.id).all():
         if entry.entry_hash is None:
-            continue  # legacy row: outside the chain by documented genesis
+            if chain_started:
+                # tampering: a hash was erased in the middle of the chain
+                return False, entry.id
+            continue  # legacy prefix row: outside the chain by genesis
+        chain_started = True
         if prev_hash is None:
             expected_prev = "GENESIS"  # first hashed row anchors the chain
         else:

deploy/backup/RESTORE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+# RESTORE.md — Restauración de CayceOps desde backups cifrados
+
+**Modelo:** la VPS genera backups cifrados (age) en `/var/backups/cayce/YYYY-MM-DD/`;
+tu Mac los descarga con el usuario `backup-pull` (solo lectura). La clave
+**privada** de age vive SOLO en tu Mac. Este runbook asume una VPS nueva
+(Ubuntu + IP apuntada por DNS) y tus backups descifrados a mano.
+
+---
+
+## 0. Descargar y descifrar (en TU Mac — nunca en la VPS)
+
+```bash
+# pull (clave restringida: solo lectura de /var/backups/cayce)
+rsync -av --partial backup-pull@15.235.3.239:/ ~/backups/cayce/
+
+# integridad (sin clave privada; manifest lista los artefactos CIFRADOS)
+cd ~/backups/cayce/2026-XX-XX && shasum -a 256 -c manifest.sha256
+#   (Linux: sha256sum -c manifest.sha256)
+
+# descifrar (clave privada age del operador — la que NO está en la VPS)
+age -d -i ~/keys/cayce-backup.txt -o cayce-ops-db.dump    cayce-ops-db.dump.age
+age -d -i ~/keys/cayce-backup.txt -o gitea-dump.zip       gitea-dump.zip.age
+age -d -i ~/keys/cayce-backup.txt -o config.tar.gz        config.tar.gz.age
+```
+
+Artefactos:
+| Archivo | Contenido | Formato |
+|---|---|---|
+| `cayce-ops-db.dump` | BD de CayceOps | `pg_dump` custom (restaurar con `pg_restore`) |
+| `gitea-dump.zip` | repos + sqlite + adjuntos + config Gitea | zip de `gitea dump` |
+| `config.tar.gz` | `caddy/` (Caddyfile+Caddyfile.d), `gitea/` (app.ini + internal_token), `systemd/` (unidades cayce-*), `cayce-ops/dot-env` | tar.gz |
+
+---
+
+## 1. VPS nueva — base del sistema
+
+```bash
+apt-get update
+apt-get install -y postgresql age rsync git
+# Gitea: misma versión mayor que la VPS origen (verSTEP: gitea --version en el viejo
+# servidor ANTES de apagarlo, o lee la versión del zip gitea-dump: gitea-dump zip
+# contiene un archivo "app.ini" con la versión en comentarios... anota la versión
+# manualmente; el binario se baja de https://dl.gitea.com/gitea/)
+adduser --system --group --home /var/lib/gitea git
+mkdir -p /etc/gitea /var/lib/gitea /etc/cayce-backup
+curl -L "https://dl.gitea.com/gitea/<versión>/gitea-<versión>-linux-amd64" -o /usr/local/bin/gitea
+chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gitea
+```
+
+## 2. Postgres
+
+```bash
+systemctl enable --now postgresql
+sudo -u postgres psql <<SQL
+CREATE ROLE cayce LOGIN PASSWORD '<password-del-.env-restaurado>';
+CREATE DATABASE cayce_ops OWNER cayce;
+SQL
+
+# restaurar el dump (los ficheros descifrados son legibles solo por ti;
+# cópiales permisos de lectura para postgres o pásalos por stdin)
+sudo -u postgres pg_restore -d cayce_ops --no-owner --no-privileges \
+  /ruta/cayce-ops-db.dump
+
+# verificación
+sudo -u postgres psql -d cayce_ops -tAc \
+  "SELECT count(*) FROM audit_log;"   # debe coincidir con la última ancla
+```
+
+## 3. Gitea
+
+```bash
+# config restaurada desde config.tar.gz
+tar -xzf config.tar.gz -C /tmp/restored
+cp /tmp/restored/gitea/app.ini /etc/gitea/app.ini
+chown root:git /etc/gitea/app.ini && chmod 660 /etc/gitea/app.ini
+cp /tmp/restored/gitea/internal_token /etc/gitea/ && chown git:git /etc/gitea/internal_token
+
+# NOTA sobre ROOT_URL: app.ini restaurado apunta a https://git.cayce-co.xyz/ —
+# el DNS de ese subdominio debe existir ANTES de iniciar Gitea o las URLs
+# absolutas (webhooks, notificaciones) quedarán mal.
+
+# dump de Gitea: contiene data/, repos/ y custom/. Restaurar SOBRE el dump
+# de Gitea exige la misma versión del binario; descomprimir dentro de WORK_PATH
+systemctl stop gitea 2>/dev/null || true
+unzip -o gitea-dump.zip -d /tmp/gitea-restore
+rsync -a /tmp/gitea-restore/data/  /var/lib/gitea/data/
+rsync -a /tmp/gitea-restore/repos/ /var/lib/gitea/data/gitea-repositories/ 2>/dev/null || true
+rsync -a /tmp/gitea-restore/custom/ /var/lib/gitea/custom/ 2>/dev/null || true
+chown -R git:git /var/lib/gitea
+sudo -u git /usr/local/bin/gitea migrate -c /etc/gitea/app.ini   # ajusta esquema si cambia versión
+```
+
+> **Consistencia:** los dumps de Gitea se toman EN CALIENTE (el servicio sigue
+> corriendo). Riesgo teórico de inconsistencia sqlite/repos si un push ocurre
+> en el mismo instante. Para un backup garantizado-consistente: `systemctl stop
+> gitea` antes de `gitea dump` y volver a levantar después (no automatizado a
+> propósito: no queremos ventanas de downtime diarias).
+
+## 4. Config del sistema (Caddy, unidades systemd, .env)
+
+```bash
+# Caddy
+apt-get install -y caddy   # o el instalador oficial
+rsync -a /tmp/restored/caddy/Caddyfile     /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
+rsync -a /tmp/restored/caddy/Caddyfile.d/  /etc/caddy/Caddyfile.d/
+systemctl enable --now caddy   # emitirá certificados si el DNS ya apunta aquí
+
+# unidades systemd de cayce (DESHABILITADAS por diseño — ver riesgos)
+rsync -a /tmp/restored/systemd/ /etc/systemd/system/
+systemctl daemon-reload
+# NO habilitar cayce-ops@*.timer sin el operador
+
+# .env de cayce-ops
+install -d -m 755 /home/ubuntu
+rsync -a /tmp/restored/cayce-ops/dot-env /home/ubuntu/cayce-ops/.env
+chown ubuntu:ubuntu /home/ubuntu/cayce-ops/.env && chmod 660 /home/ubuntu/cayce-ops/.env
+```
+
+## 5. Código del repo
+
+```bash
+sudo -u ubuntu git clone http://127.0.0.1:3100/cayce/cayce-ops.git /home/ubuntu/cayce-ops \
+  || git clone https://git.cayce-co.xyz/cayce/cayce-ops.git /home/ubuntu/cayce-ops
+cd /home/ubuntu/cayce-ops && uv sync
+make check   # gate verde antes de considerar la restauración completa
+```
+
+## 6. Reinstalar el pipeline de backup en la VPS nueva
+
+```bash
+install -m 700 -o root -g root deploy/backup/make-backup.sh /usr/local/bin/cayce-make-backup
+install -m 644 deploy/systemd/cayce-backup.{service,timer} /etc/systemd/system/
+systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl enable --now cayce-backup.timer
+# la MISMA clave pública age → tu Mac sigue pudiendo descifrar:
+echo 'age1<tu-pubkey>' > /etc/cayce-backup/age-recipient.pub
+```
+
+## 7. Checklist de verificación post-restauración
+
+- [ ] `sha256sum -c manifest.sha256` OK en tu Mac (antes de descifrar)
+- [ ] `pg_restore --list` del dump sin errores
+- [ ] `verify_audit_chain(sess)` → `(True, None)` contra la BD restaurada
+- [ ] Gitea responde por TLS en `git.cayce-co.xyz` y `git rev-parse main` da el commit esperado
+- [ ] `make check` verde en el repo restaurado
+- [ ] Primer backup nuevo generado y verificado desde la Mac

deploy/backup/backup-pull-setup.md

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# backup-pull — usuario de solo lectura para el pull desde la Mac
+
+La VPS genera los backups cifrados en `/var/backups/cayce/YYYY-MM-DD/`.
+La Mac los descarga por rsync con una clave SSH **restringida**. La VPS
+nunca tiene credenciales para escribir ni borrar nada fuera de sí misma.
+
+## Estado instalado en la VPS
+
+- Usuario de sistema `backup-pull` (uid 1001): **sin sudo**, password
+  bloqueado, home `/home/backup-pull`, shell `/bin/sh` (necesario para que
+  sshd ejecute el forced command; la restricción real la pone la clave, no
+  el shell).
+- `/home/backup-pull/.ssh/authorized_keys` (600, backup-pull:backup-pull) —
+  **vacío** hasta que el operador añada su clave pública.
+- `/var/backups/cayce` → `root:backup-pull`, `750`; artefactos `640`.
+
+## Formato de la línea authorized_keys (una sola línea)
+
+    restrict,command="/usr/bin/rrsync -ro /var/backups/cayce" ssh-ed25519 AAAA... comentario
+
+`restrict` = no-pty, no-port-forwarding, no-agent-forwarding, no-X11-forwarding
+(y sin sftp). `rrsync -ro` = solo rsync de LECTURA, confinado a
+`/var/backups/cayce`. Añadirla con:
+
+    echo 'restrict,command="/usr/bin/rrsync -ro /var/backups/cayce" ssh-ed25519 AAAA... cayce-mac-pull' \
+      | sudo tee -a /home/backup-pull/.ssh/authorized_keys
+
+## Pull desde la Mac
+
+    rsync -av --partial backup-pull@15.235.3.239:/ ~/backups/cayce/
+
+## Verificación realizada (2026-10-28, con clave desechada después)
+
+| Prueba | Resultado |
+|---|---|
+| Shell interactivo | ✗ `rrsync error: Not invoked via sshd` |
+| Comando arbitrario (`cat /etc/shadow`) | ✗ `SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND does not run rsync` |
+| rsync de `/etc/` | ✗ `invalid rsync-command syntax or options` (fuera del root permitido) |
+| scp/sftp | ✗ (restrict) |
+| **rsync pull de `/var/backups/cayce/`** | ✓ funciona |
+| rsync write (upload) | ✗ protocolo cortado, nada escrito |
+
+La clave usada para las pruebas se **borró**; `authorized_keys` quedó vacío.

deploy/backup/make-backup.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# cayce-backup — encrypted daily backup of CayceOps + Gitea + config.
+#
+# Design contract (Tanda B):
+#   - EVERY artifact is encrypted with age BEFORE it leaves the tmpdir.
+#     No plaintext is ever written outside the tmpdir, which is removed
+#     by a trap even on failure.
+#   - The age recipient lives in /etc/cayce-backup/age-recipient.pub
+#     (public key only). The PRIVATE key never touches this server:
+#     decryption happens on the operator's machine after a pull.
+#   - Any step failure => non-zero exit => journald entry (run via systemd).
+#   - Retention: 7 daily directories under /var/backups/cayce/.
+#
+# The restore procedure lives in deploy/backup/RESTORE.md.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+DATE="$(date -u +%F)"
+BACKUP_ROOT="/var/backups/cayce"
+DEST="$BACKUP_ROOT/$DATE"
+RECIPIENT_FILE="/etc/cayce-backup/age-recipient.pub"
+CAYCE_DIR="/home/ubuntu/cayce-ops"
+ENV_FILE="$CAYCE_DIR/.env"
+RETENTION_DAYS=7
+
+log() { echo "[cayce-backup] $(date -u +%FT%TZ) $*"; }
+die() { echo "[cayce-backup] FATAL: $*" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+# --- preconditions -------------------------------------------------------------
+[[ $EUID -eq 0 ]] || die "must run as root (systemd)"
+command -v age >/dev/null || die "age not installed"
+[[ -r "$RECIPIENT_FILE" ]] || die "age recipient not configured: create $RECIPIENT_FILE (public key only)"
+RECIPIENT="$(tr -d "[:space:]" < "$RECIPIENT_FILE")"
+[[ "$RECIPIENT" == age1* ]] || die "$RECIPIENT_FILE does not look like an age1... public key"
+
+# --- workspace: everything plaintext lives here and dies here ------------------
+TMP="$(mktemp -d /tmp/cayce-backup.XXXXXX)"
+# 711: root-only listing, but the git user must be able to traverse into
+# its own 700 subdir for gitea dump; plaintext root files stay unreadable
+chmod 711 "$TMP"
+cleanup() {
+  rm -rf "$TMP"
+  if [[ "${FAILED:-0}" == "1" ]]; then
+    rm -rf "$DEST"   # never leave a partial day directory
+  fi
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+STAGE="$TMP/stage"          # encrypted artifacts land here before install
+install -d -m 700 "$STAGE"
+
+encrypt() { # encrypt <plaintext-path> <name.age>
+  age -r "$RECIPIENT" -o "$STAGE/$2" "$1"
+}
+
+# --- 1. Postgres dump (cayce-ops DB) --------------------------------------------
+DB_URL="${CAYCE_OPS_DATABASE_URL:-}"
+if [[ -z "$DB_URL" && -r "$ENV_FILE" ]]; then
+  # shellcheck disable=SC1090
+  DB_URL="$(grep -E "^CAYCE_OPS_DATABASE_URL=" "$ENV_FILE" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2-)"
+fi
+[[ -n "$DB_URL" ]] || die "no CAYCE_OPS_DATABASE_URL in env or $ENV_FILE"
+PG_URL="$(printf "%s" "$DB_URL" | sed -E "s#postgresql\+[a-z]+://#postgresql://#")"
+log "dumping database from ${PG_URL%%@*@}***@..."
+pg_dump "$PG_URL" --format=custom --file "$TMP/cayce-ops-db.dump"
+encrypt "$TMP/cayce-ops-db.dump" "cayce-ops-db.dump.age"
+log "database dump: $(du -h "$TMP/cayce-ops-db.dump" | cut -f1) plaintext, encrypted ok"
+
+# --- 2. Gitea dump (repos + sqlite + attachments) -------------------------------
+GITEA_BIN="$(command -v gitea || echo /usr/local/bin/gitea)"
+[[ -x "$GITEA_BIN" ]] || die "gitea binary not found"
+install -d -o git -g git -m 700 "$TMP/gitea-work"
+log "running gitea dump (live; see RESTORE.md for consistency notes)..."
+sudo -u git "$GITEA_BIN" dump -c /etc/gitea/app.ini \
+  --file "$TMP/gitea-work/gitea-dump.zip" --tempdir "$TMP/gitea-work" --quiet
+encrypt "$TMP/gitea-work/gitea-dump.zip" "gitea-dump.zip.age"
+log "gitea dump: $(du -h "$TMP/gitea-work/gitea-dump.zip" | cut -f1) plaintext, encrypted ok"
+
+# --- 3. Config tar (Caddy, Gitea app.ini + internal_token, units, .env) ----------
+CONF="$TMP/config"
+install -d -m 700 "$CONF"
+mkdir -p "$CONF/caddy" "$CONF/gitea" "$CONF/systemd" "$CONF/cayce-ops"
+cp -a /etc/caddy/Caddyfile "$CONF/caddy/" 2>/dev/null || true
+cp -a /etc/caddy/Caddyfile.d "$CONF/caddy/" 2>/dev/null || true
+cp -a /etc/gitea/app.ini "$CONF/gitea/" 2>/dev/null || true
+cp -a /etc/gitea/internal_token "$CONF/gitea/" 2>/dev/null || true
+find /etc/systemd/system -maxdepth 1 -name "cayce-*" \
+  -exec cp -a {} "$CONF/systemd/" \; 2>/dev/null || true
+[[ -r "$ENV_FILE" ]] && cp -a "$ENV_FILE" "$CONF/cayce-ops/dot-env" \
+  || log "WARNING: $ENV_FILE not present — config backup continues without it"
+# at least Caddy or Gitea config must exist, else the tar is useless
+[[ -e "$CONF/caddy/Caddyfile" || -e "$CONF/gitea/app.ini" ]] \
+  || die "no config sources found (Caddyfile/app.ini missing)"
+tar -C "$CONF" -czf "$TMP/config.tar.gz" .
+encrypt "$TMP/config.tar.gz" "config.tar.gz.age"
+log "config tar: $(du -h "$TMP/config.tar.gz" | cut -f1) plaintext, encrypted ok"
+
+# --- 4. install + manifest -------------------------------------------------------
+install -d -m 750 -o root -g backup-pull "$BACKUP_ROOT" 2>/dev/null \
+  || install -d -m 700 "$BACKUP_ROOT"   # backup-pull group may not exist yet
+install -d -m 750 -o root -g backup-pull "$DEST" 2>/dev/null \
+  || install -d -m 700 "$DEST"
+install -m 640 -o root -g backup-pull "$STAGE"/*.age "$DEST/" 2>/dev/null \
+  || install -m 600 "$STAGE"/*.age "$DEST/"
+( cd "$DEST" && sha256sum ./*.age > "$TMP/manifest.sha256" )
+install -m 640 -o root -g backup-pull "$TMP/manifest.sha256" "$DEST/manifest.sha256" 2>/dev/null \
+  || install -m 600 "$TMP/manifest.sha256" "$DEST/manifest.sha256"
+log "manifest written: $(wc -l < "$DEST/manifest.sha256") artifacts"
+
+# --- 5. retention -----------------------------------------------------------------
+PRUNED=0
+while IFS= read -r old; do
+  rm -rf "$old"
+  PRUNED=$((PRUNED + 1))
+  log "retention: removed $old"
+done < <(find "$BACKUP_ROOT" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "2*-*-*" -mtime +"$RETENTION_DAYS")
+log "retention: kept last $RETENTION_DAYS days (pruned $PRUNED)"
+
+log "BACKUP OK → $DEST ($(du -sh "$DEST" | cut -f1))"

deploy/systemd/cayce-backup.service

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Cayce — encrypted daily backup (CayceOps DB + Gitea + config)
+After=network-online.target postgresql.service
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/cayce-make-backup
+# hardening
+NoNewPrivileges=true
+ProtectHome=read-only
+ReadWritePaths=/var/backups/cayce /tmp
+ProtectSystem=strict
+PrivateTmp=false

deploy/systemd/cayce-backup.timer

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+[Unit]
+Description=Cayce — daily backup schedule (03:15 UTC)
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=*-*-* 03:15:00 UTC
+Persistent=true
+RandomizedDelaySec=300
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target

tests/test_audit_hardening.py

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+"""Round-3 hardening tests: append-only audit log + strict legacy-prefix rule
++ anchor cross-verification (issue: operator key WAS the agent key; the
+audit trail must now be tamper-evident against the DB owner itself)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+from sqlalchemy import text
+
+from cayceops.models import AuditEntry, audit, verify_audit_chain
+
+
+def _seed(sess, n: int = 3) -> list[int]:
+    ids = []
+    for i in range(n):
+        audit(sess, actor=f"daemon:{i}", action=f"act{i}", detail={"i": i})
+        sess.flush()
+        ids.append(sess.query(AuditEntry).order_by(AuditEntry.id.desc()).first().id)
+    return ids
+
+
+# --- 1. legacy-prefix rule -----------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_null_before_genesis_still_ok(sess):
+    """Documented legacy prefix: NULL hashes before the first hashed row."""
+    sess.add(AuditEntry(actor="legacy", action="old", detail={}, ts=__import__(
+        "datetime").datetime.now(__import__("datetime").UTC)))
+    sess.flush()
+    _seed(sess, 2)
+    sess.flush()
+    ok, broken = verify_audit_chain(sess)
+    assert ok and broken is None
+
+
+def test_null_in_middle_fails(sess):
+    """THE FIX: erasing a hash mid-chain is tampering and must be reported."""
+    ids = _seed(sess, 3)
+    middle = ids[1]
+    sess.execute(
+        text("UPDATE audit_log SET entry_hash = NULL WHERE id = :i"), {"i": middle}
+    )
+    sess.flush()
+    ok, broken = verify_audit_chain(sess)
+    assert not ok
+    assert broken == middle
+
+
+def test_null_after_chain_started_reports_the_row(sess):
+    ids = _seed(sess, 4)
+    sess.execute(
+        text("UPDATE audit_log SET entry_hash = NULL WHERE id = :i"), {"i": ids[3]}
+    )
+    sess.flush()
+    ok, broken = verify_audit_chain(sess)
+    assert not ok and broken == ids[3]
+
+
+# --- 2/3. append-only enforcement (migration 0004) ------------------------------
+
+
+def _apply_0004(sess):
+    import os
+
+    path = os.path.join(
+        os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))),
+        "alembic",
+        "versions",
+        "0004_audit_append_only.py",
+    )
+    spec = {}
+    with open(path) as fh:
+        exec(compile(fh.read(), path, "exec"), spec)
+    # reuse the sqlite trigger DDL directly (dialect-aware inside the module)
+    for ddl in spec["SQLITE_TRIGGERS"]:
+        sess.execute(text(ddl))
+    sess.commit()
+
+
+def test_update_rejected_after_migration(sess):
+    _seed(sess, 1)
+    _apply_0004(sess)
+    with pytest.raises(Exception, match="append-only"):
+        sess.execute(text("UPDATE audit_log SET actor = 'evil'"))
+        sess.flush()
+
+
+def test_delete_rejected_after_migration(sess):
+    _seed(sess, 1)
+    _apply_0004(sess)
+    with pytest.raises(Exception, match="append-only"):
+        sess.execute(text("DELETE FROM audit_log"))
+        sess.flush()
+
+
+def test_insert_still_allowed_after_migration(sess):
+    _seed(sess, 1)
+    _apply_0004(sess)
+    audit(sess, actor="daemon:x", action="still-works", detail={})
+    sess.flush()
+    ok, broken = verify_audit_chain(sess)
+    assert ok and broken is None
+
+
+# --- 4. anchor cross-verification ----------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_no_anchors_reported_explicitly(sess):
+    from cayceops.components.monitor.monitor import verify_chain_against_anchors
+
+    _seed(sess, 2)
+    report = verify_chain_against_anchors(sess)
+    assert report["status"] == "no_anchors"
+    assert "never been anchored" in report["detail"]
+
+
+def test_local_only_when_no_fetcher(sess):
+    from datetime import UTC, datetime
+
+    from cayceops.components.monitor.monitor import verify_chain_against_anchors
+
+    _seed(sess, 2)
+    last = sess.query(AuditEntry).order_by(AuditEntry.id.desc()).first()
+    sess.add(
+        AuditEntry(
+            actor="daemon:monitor",
+            action="anchor",
+            detail={
+                "event_id": "deadbeef",
+                "last_hash": last.entry_hash,
+                "last_entry": last.id,
+            },
+            ts=datetime.now(UTC),
+        )
+    )
+    sess.flush()
+    report = verify_chain_against_anchors(sess)
+    assert report["status"] == "local_only"
+    assert "LOCAL record" in report["detail"]
+
+
+def test_anchor_mismatch_detected(sess):
+    from datetime import UTC, datetime
+
+    from cayceops.components.monitor.monitor import verify_chain_against_anchors
+
+    _seed(sess, 2)
+    last = sess.query(AuditEntry).order_by(AuditEntry.id.desc()).first()
+    sess.add(
+        AuditEntry(
+            actor="daemon:monitor",
+            action="anchor",
+            detail={"event_id": "beef", "last_hash": last.entry_hash, "last_entry": last.id},
+            ts=datetime.now(UTC),
+        )
+    )
+    sess.flush()
+
+    def foreign_fetcher(deployment):
+        # a note attesting some OTHER chain entirely
+        return ["cayce-ops audit anchor deployment=itest last_hash=" + "aa" * 32]
+
+    report = verify_chain_against_anchors(sess, relay_fetcher=foreign_fetcher)
+    assert report["status"] == "mismatch"
+    assert "does not attest" in report["detail"]
+
+
+def test_anchor_match_ok(sess):
+    from datetime import UTC, datetime
+
+    from cayceops.components.monitor.monitor import verify_chain_against_anchors
+
+    _seed(sess, 2)
+    last = sess.query(AuditEntry).order_by(AuditEntry.id.desc()).first()
+    sess.add(
+        AuditEntry(
+            actor="daemon:monitor",
+            action="anchor",
+            detail={"event_id": "beef", "last_hash": last.entry_hash, "last_entry": last.id},
+            ts=datetime.now(UTC),
+        )
+    )
+    sess.flush()
+
+    def honest_fetcher(deployment):
+        return [f"cayce-ops audit anchor deployment={deployment} last_hash={last.entry_hash}"]
+
+    report = verify_chain_against_anchors(sess, relay_fetcher=honest_fetcher)
+    assert report["status"] == "ok"

tests/test_spanish_negations.py

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+"""Spanish negation tests (round-3 point 4): merchants write in Spanish;
+negations like 'nunca', 'lamentablemente' or 'no podemos' must veto
+`approval` exactly like their English counterparts. Veto rule unchanged:
+when in doubt -> needs_review."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+from cayceops.components.maild import classify as clf
+from cayceops.models import MailClassification
+
+APPROVAL_ONLY = MailClassification.APPROVAL
+
+
+def _never_approval(cfg_factory, text: str) -> None:
+    kind, _ = clf.classify(text, cfg_factory())
+    assert kind is not APPROVAL_ONLY, f"{text!r} classified as APPROVAL"
+
+
+def test_english_baseline_still_works(cfg):
+    config = cfg()
+    kind, _ = clf.classify("Your application was approved, welcome to the program", config)
+    assert kind is APPROVAL_ONLY
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "text",
+    [
+        # 1. rejection stem
+        "Lamentamos informarle que su solicitud fue rechazada",
+        # 2. nunca
+        "Nunca aceptamos negocios de criptomonedas",
+        # 3. jamás
+        "Jamás hemos trabajado con affiliates externos",
+        # 4. tampoco
+        "No podemos aceptar su sitio, tampoco podemos ofrecerle otro acuerdo",
+        # 5. ningún/ninguna
+        "En este momento no tenemos ningún hueco para nuevos partners",
+        # 6. no podemos (multi-word)
+        "Su propuesta es interesante pero no podemos proceder",
+        # 7. no es posible (multi-word)
+        "Gracias por escribir, pero no es posible colaborar este trimestre",
+        # 8. lamentablemente
+        "Lamentablemente su aplicación no ha sido aprobada",
+        # 9. no aceptamos
+        "Por política interna no aceptamos sitios de viajes",
+        # 10. mixed spanish/english: negation in spanish, approval word in english
+        "Thanks for reaching out! Lamentablemente we cannot approve your site",
+        # 11. mixed: approval in spanish, negation in english
+        "Apreciamos su interés, but we are not accepting new partners",
+        # 12. nadie / nada
+        "Aquí nadie decidiría eso, así que no hay nada que aprobar",
+    ],
+)
+def test_spanish_and_mixed_negations_veto_approval(cfg, text):
+    _never_approval(cfg, text)
+
+
+def test_spanish_pure_approval_still_approves(cfg):
+    """A clean Spanish approval WITHOUT any negation must still classify
+    approval — the veto must not over-fire."""
+    config = cfg()
+    kind, confidence = clf.classify(
+        "Su solicitud fue aprobada. Bienvenido al programa, estamos encantados "
+        "de trabajar con ustedes.",
+        config,
+    )
+    assert kind is APPROVAL_ONLY
+    assert confidence >= 0.5
+
+
+def test_spanish_rejection_classifies_rejection(cfg):
+    config = cfg()
+    kind, conf = clf.classify(
+        "Lamentamos informarle que su solicitud fue rechazada por el comité",
+        config,
+    )
+    assert kind is MailClassification.REJECTION
+    assert conf >= 0.9