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The layering story (box#81 ↔ rig#31)

Closes #81 — the box half of the split that closed #69. A box template stops being where tenant content lives: box mints, rig converges. Everything the claude/codex/grok cloud-init YAMLs installed — the agent CLIs, docker, node, zsh, the three hand-maintained agent-context heredocs — moves to rig's bootstrap roles (heavy-duty/rig#31, implemented in heavy-duty/rig#37), where it is convergent, idempotent, and driven end to end by rig's harness instead of being parse-and-grep-testable cloud-init. What remains per template is a thin, creds-free seed: base image, the tenant user, tmux (#65), rig preinstalled — and nothing that joins a tailnet or admits credentials.

The #80 agent-context guard ("never run box setup-host, box teardown-host or the drill inside a box") now lives once, in the context file rig's roles render — never copy-pasted per template again, and the suite's absence greps make sure none of it grows back.

What moved where

was (cloud-init, per template)	is now
agent CLI installs (claude.ai / x.ai installers, `@openai/codex` npm + node 22)	`rig bootstrap claude` / `codex` / `grok` (rig#37)
docker + usermod, zsh/oh-my-zsh, the toolbelt packages	the rig tenant roles
agent-context heredoc ×3 (drifting copies)	one shared template in rig's `lib/tenant-config.sh`, carrying the #80 guard
— (#69's staging template was closed unmerged)	`templates/staging`: thin server-class seed; posture via `rig bootstrap staging`
stays in box	the seed (user, tmux, rig), `BOX_REQUIRE_VM`/`BOX_AUTOSTART` (#82), the box-net placement contract, the dynamic template suite

The mechanics

BOX_BOOTSTRAP_ROLE — a new allowlisted box.env key naming the creds-free rig tenant role. After cloud-init settles, cmd_new auto-runs it inside the guest (incus exec … rig bootstrap <role> — root, non-interactive, exactly the contract rig#31 gives the tenant roles). The value is a role name by allowlist: anything shell-shaped dies in load_template, on the host. A failed role leaves the box up and names the re-run (box shell <name> → sudo rig bootstrap <role>) — the roles converge, so the re-run is the fix.
The auto-run decision (the issue's "box may auto-run creds-free roles"): implemented, for all four tenant templates. The creds-holding step — staging's tailnet workload join — is printed as a next step and never exec'd; one suite grep pins that absence, another refuses any template naming workload/host/custom, and blank stays roleless (nothing auto-runs in it).
The rig pin point: RIG_REPO / RIG_REF — the seeds preinstall rig, inverting the rig→box install edge (rig#28). The seed carries @RIG_REPO@/@RIG_REF@ tokens; render_userdata (the templates' ONE substitution — the YAML is otherwise verbatim) resolves them at mint from the environment, default heavy-duty/rig @ main, covering both the installer fetched and the tree it installs — which is exactly how this PR's e2e ran the rig branch under review. Values are whole-string-validated (bash =~ — a newline-smuggled value cannot sneak one clean line past it the way a line-oriented grep would allow) before touching the YAML. The unpinned default is documented with the same honesty rig#29 gave box's own install, until rig#32/#83 land releases.
templates/staging — the re-cut of #69's layering: user ops, BOX_REQUIRE_VM=1, BOX_AUTOSTART=1 (#82's keys, now set in-tree), role staging. Docker and sshd hardening come from the role; the join stays yours.
One integration scar, fixed and documented in the seed: cloud-init runs runcmd as root with no $HOME, and rig's installer (set -u) reads $HOME for its DEST — the first live mint died with HOME: unbound variable. The seed line pins HOME=/root.

Ordering: land AFTER rig#37

The seed's default is RIG_REF=main, and rig bootstrap <tenant role> only exists on rig's feat/bootstrap-roles branch (rig#37). Until rig#37 merges, a default mint degrades loudly, not silently: the seed still installs rig@main fine, cloud-init succeeds, but the auto-run fails with rig's own unknown-role error — box prints the re-run advice, exits 1, and leaves the box up for inspection. A pinned mint (RIG_REPO=dan-claude-bot/rig RIG_REF=feat/bootstrap-roles box new …) works today; that is how the e2e below ran. So: merge rig#37 first, then this.

Verification

Harness + lint (CI's exact invocations):

bash test/cli.sh — 283 passed, 0 failed (main: 213). The new coverage: render_userdata extracted and driven (default pin on both the URL and the installer's env; mint-time override; shell-shaped / spaced / newline-smuggled values dying on the host), BOX_BOOTSTRAP_ROLE round-trip + shell-shaped die through the real parser, per-template seed asserts (BOX_USER matches the user the YAML actually creates; the rig install carries BOTH pin tokens), fail-closed absence greps over effective cloud-init lines — no agent CLI, no docker, no tailscale/authkey/ssh, no write_files heredocs, in ANY template — plus cmd_new line-order guards (user-data reaches Incus through render_userdata; the auto-run orders after the cloud-init wait and sits under the role guard; the workload join is printed, never exec'd) and staging's boot demands pinned to the file.
shellcheck -x (globstar, bin/* **/*.sh) — clean.

End-to-end — a real box new on a live Incus (nested stack, container mode), from the thinned claude template, pinned to the rig branch under review:

$ sudo env RIG_REPO=dan-claude-bot/rig RIG_REF=feat/bootstrap-roles \
    bin/box new --name box81-claude --template claude --container
Launching box81-claude
box: waiting for phase-1 (cloud-init)...
    # in the guest's cloud-init log:
    rig-install: installing rig (dan-claude-bot/rig@feat/bootstrap-roles)
    rig-install: installing into /root/.local/share/rig
    rig-install: done — try: rig --help
.....................status: done
box: converging the tenant — rig bootstrap claude (rig's own narration follows)...
rig-bootstrap: role marker written: role=claude tenant=yes host=no
rig-bootstrap: done — tenant claude, user claude
box: ready — 'box shell box81-claude'. Log into Claude inside: run 'claude' then /login.
EXIT=0

Then the converged state, the #80 guard, the marker, idempotence, and the box verbs, asserted live:

== the seed ==
ok: tenant user exists (the seed created it)          evidence: claude
ok: tmux present (#65)
ok: rig present on the system PATH                    evidence: usage: rig <command> [args]
ok: rig installed from the PINNED repo/ref            evidence: rig-install: installing rig (dan-claude-bot/rig@feat/bootstrap-roles)
== the auto-run converged the tenant ==
ok: role marker: role=claude tenant=yes host=no       evidence: role=claude tenant=yes host=no
ok: claude CLI on the system PATH, answers as the tenant user
ok: docker answers (daemon up)                        evidence: Server: Docker Engine - Community
ok: node >= 22                                        evidence: v22.23.1
ok: context file carries the #80 guard                evidence: - **Not a host you own.** Never run `box setup-host`, `box teardown-host`,
ok: context file names the box#80 hazard              evidence:   (heavy-duty/box#80). Working ON the box repo from in here is fine …
== creds-free: nothing joined, nothing admitted ==
ok: no tailscale in the guest
ok: no ssh server admitted
== re-run converges (idempotent) ==
ok: second rig bootstrap claude exits 0
rig-bootstrap: docker already installed
rig-bootstrap: claude CLI already installed
rig-bootstrap: agent-context file already current
rig-bootstrap: role marker already current            (8 'already' lines, exit 0)
== the box verbs still hold ==
ok: box exec lands as the tenant user                 evidence: claude
19 checks, all green (one harness assertion was re-run corrected: it counted the 'already' lines instead of printing them)

$ sudo bin/box new --name box81-degrade --template claude --container   # DEFAULT pin (heavy-duty/rig@main, pre-rig#37)
......................status: done
box: converging the tenant — rig bootstrap claude (rig's own narration follows)...
rig-bootstrap: ERROR: unknown role: claude (want control-plane|workload|runner|staging|dev|workstation|custom)
box: rig bootstrap claude FAILED in box81-degrade.
box: the box is up and the seed is intact — the role converges, so re-run it:
  box shell box81-degrade    # then: sudo rig bootstrap claude
box: the tenant role did not converge — the box is incomplete, so refusing to call it ready
EXIT=1        ← the documented pre-rig#37 degrade: loud, box left up, seed intact

Instances were deleted afterwards and the host stack left untouched (the run needed the shipped profiles/box-net.yaml installed into a stack that lacked it; it was removed after).

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## The layering story (box#81 ↔ rig#31) Closes #81 — the box half of the split that closed #69. A box template stops being where tenant content lives: **box mints, rig converges.** Everything the `claude`/`codex`/`grok` cloud-init YAMLs installed — the agent CLIs, docker, node, zsh, the three hand-maintained agent-context heredocs — moves to rig's bootstrap roles (heavy-duty/rig#31, implemented in heavy-duty/rig#37), where it is convergent, idempotent, and driven end to end by rig's harness instead of being parse-and-grep-testable cloud-init. What remains per template is a **thin, creds-free seed**: base image, the tenant user, tmux (#65), rig preinstalled — and nothing that joins a tailnet or admits credentials. The #80 agent-context guard ("never run `box setup-host`, `box teardown-host` or the drill inside a box") now lives **once**, in the context file rig's roles render — never copy-pasted per template again, and the suite's absence greps make sure none of it grows back. ## What moved where | was (cloud-init, per template) | is now | |---|---| | agent CLI installs (claude.ai / x.ai installers, `@openai/codex` npm + node 22) | `rig bootstrap claude` / `codex` / `grok` (rig#37) | | docker + usermod, zsh/oh-my-zsh, the toolbelt packages | the rig tenant roles | | agent-context heredoc ×3 (drifting copies) | one shared template in rig's `lib/tenant-config.sh`, carrying the #80 guard | | — (#69's staging template was closed unmerged) | `templates/staging`: thin server-class seed; posture via `rig bootstrap staging` | | stays in box | the seed (user, tmux, rig), `BOX_REQUIRE_VM`/`BOX_AUTOSTART` (#82), the box-net placement contract, the dynamic template suite | ## The mechanics - **`BOX_BOOTSTRAP_ROLE`** — a new allowlisted `box.env` key naming the **creds-free** rig tenant role. After cloud-init settles, `cmd_new` auto-runs it inside the guest (`incus exec … rig bootstrap <role>` — root, non-interactive, exactly the contract rig#31 gives the tenant roles). The value is a role *name* by allowlist: anything shell-shaped dies in `load_template`, on the host. A failed role leaves the box up and names the re-run (`box shell <name>` → `sudo rig bootstrap <role>`) — the roles converge, so the re-run *is* the fix. - **The auto-run decision** (the issue's "box may auto-run creds-free roles"): **implemented**, for all four tenant templates. The creds-*holding* step — staging's tailnet workload join — is printed as a next step and **never exec'd**; one suite grep pins that absence, another refuses any template naming `workload`/`host`/`custom`, and `blank` stays roleless (nothing auto-runs in it). - **The rig pin point: `RIG_REPO` / `RIG_REF`** — the seeds preinstall rig, inverting the rig→box install edge (rig#28). The seed carries `@RIG_REPO@`/`@RIG_REF@` tokens; `render_userdata` (the templates' ONE substitution — the YAML is otherwise verbatim) resolves them at mint from the environment, default `heavy-duty/rig` @ `main`, covering both the installer fetched *and* the tree it installs — which is exactly how this PR's e2e ran the rig branch under review. Values are whole-string-validated (bash `=~` — a newline-smuggled value cannot sneak one clean line past it the way a line-oriented grep would allow) before touching the YAML. The unpinned default is documented with the same honesty rig#29 gave box's own install, until rig#32/#83 land releases. - **`templates/staging`** — the re-cut of #69's layering: user `ops`, `BOX_REQUIRE_VM=1`, `BOX_AUTOSTART=1` (#82's keys, now set in-tree), role `staging`. Docker and sshd hardening come from the role; the join stays yours. - **One integration scar, fixed and documented in the seed**: cloud-init runs `runcmd` as root with **no `$HOME`**, and rig's installer (`set -u`) reads `$HOME` for its DEST — the first live mint died with `HOME: unbound variable`. The seed line pins `HOME=/root`. ## Ordering: land AFTER rig#37 The seed's default is `RIG_REF=main`, and `rig bootstrap <tenant role>` only exists on rig's `feat/bootstrap-roles` branch (rig#37). Until rig#37 merges, a default mint **degrades loudly, not silently**: the seed still installs rig@main fine, cloud-init succeeds, but the auto-run fails with rig's own unknown-role error — box prints the re-run advice, exits 1, and leaves the box up for inspection. A pinned mint (`RIG_REPO=dan-claude-bot/rig RIG_REF=feat/bootstrap-roles box new …`) works today; that is how the e2e below ran. So: merge rig#37 first, then this. ## Verification **Harness + lint** (CI's exact invocations): - `bash test/cli.sh` — **283 passed, 0 failed** (main: 213). The new coverage: `render_userdata` extracted and *driven* (default pin on both the URL and the installer's env; mint-time override; shell-shaped / spaced / newline-smuggled values dying on the host), `BOX_BOOTSTRAP_ROLE` round-trip + shell-shaped die through the real parser, per-template seed asserts (BOX_USER matches the user the YAML actually creates; the rig install carries BOTH pin tokens), fail-closed **absence greps over effective cloud-init lines** — no agent CLI, no docker, no tailscale/authkey/ssh, no `write_files` heredocs, in ANY template — plus `cmd_new` line-order guards (user-data reaches Incus through `render_userdata`; the auto-run orders after the cloud-init wait and sits under the role guard; the workload join is printed, never exec'd) and staging's boot demands pinned to the file. - `shellcheck -x` (globstar, `bin/* **/*.sh`) — clean. **End-to-end** — a real `box new` on a live Incus (nested stack, container mode), from the thinned claude template, pinned to the rig branch under review: ``` $ sudo env RIG_REPO=dan-claude-bot/rig RIG_REF=feat/bootstrap-roles \ bin/box new --name box81-claude --template claude --container Launching box81-claude box: waiting for phase-1 (cloud-init)... # in the guest's cloud-init log: rig-install: installing rig (dan-claude-bot/rig@feat/bootstrap-roles) rig-install: installing into /root/.local/share/rig rig-install: done — try: rig --help .....................status: done box: converging the tenant — rig bootstrap claude (rig's own narration follows)... rig-bootstrap: role marker written: role=claude tenant=yes host=no rig-bootstrap: done — tenant claude, user claude box: ready — 'box shell box81-claude'. Log into Claude inside: run 'claude' then /login. EXIT=0 ``` Then the converged state, the #80 guard, the marker, idempotence, and the box verbs, asserted live: ``` == the seed == ok: tenant user exists (the seed created it) evidence: claude ok: tmux present (#65) ok: rig present on the system PATH evidence: usage: rig <command> [args] ok: rig installed from the PINNED repo/ref evidence: rig-install: installing rig (dan-claude-bot/rig@feat/bootstrap-roles) == the auto-run converged the tenant == ok: role marker: role=claude tenant=yes host=no evidence: role=claude tenant=yes host=no ok: claude CLI on the system PATH, answers as the tenant user ok: docker answers (daemon up) evidence: Server: Docker Engine - Community ok: node >= 22 evidence: v22.23.1 ok: context file carries the #80 guard evidence: - **Not a host you own.** Never run `box setup-host`, `box teardown-host`, ok: context file names the box#80 hazard evidence: (heavy-duty/box#80). Working ON the box repo from in here is fine … == creds-free: nothing joined, nothing admitted == ok: no tailscale in the guest ok: no ssh server admitted == re-run converges (idempotent) == ok: second rig bootstrap claude exits 0 rig-bootstrap: docker already installed rig-bootstrap: claude CLI already installed rig-bootstrap: agent-context file already current rig-bootstrap: role marker already current (8 'already' lines, exit 0) == the box verbs still hold == ok: box exec lands as the tenant user evidence: claude 19 checks, all green (one harness assertion was re-run corrected: it counted the 'already' lines instead of printing them) $ sudo bin/box new --name box81-degrade --template claude --container # DEFAULT pin (heavy-duty/rig@main, pre-rig#37) ......................status: done box: converging the tenant — rig bootstrap claude (rig's own narration follows)... rig-bootstrap: ERROR: unknown role: claude (want control-plane|workload|runner|staging|dev|workstation|custom) box: rig bootstrap claude FAILED in box81-degrade. box: the box is up and the seed is intact — the role converges, so re-run it: box shell box81-degrade # then: sudo rig bootstrap claude box: the tenant role did not converge — the box is incomplete, so refusing to call it ready EXIT=1 ← the documented pre-rig#37 degrade: loud, box left up, seed intact ``` Instances were deleted afterwards and the host stack left untouched (the run needed the shipped `profiles/box-net.yaml` installed into a stack that lacked it; it was removed after). 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

danmt (Migrated from github.com) reviewed 2026-07-18 20:24:17 +00:00

codex-bot-andresmgsl (Migrated from github.com) reviewed 2026-07-18 20:29:46 +00:00

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Verdict: I have feedback.

The implementation and static diff review look good, but the required rehearsal check is still in progress. I am withholding approval until it completes successfully; please re-request review after it is green.

Verdict: I have feedback. The implementation and static diff review look good, but the required `rehearsal` check is still in progress. I am withholding approval until it completes successfully; please re-request review after it is green.

grok-bot-andresmgsl (Migrated from github.com) approved these changes 2026-07-18 20:30:44 +00:00

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Verdict: Approve

Closes the box half of #81 cleanly: templates shrink to creds-free seeds (user + tmux + rig), tenant content moves to rig roles, and cmd_new auto-runs only the named creds-free role after cloud-init. Matches the issue and dovetails with rig#37.

What the layering gets right

Removed from cloud-init (claude/codex/grok): agent CLI installs, docker, node/npm, zsh/oh-my-zsh, toolbelt packages, and the three drifting agent-context write_files heredocs — including the #80 guard, which now lives once in rig.
Kept in the seed: tenant user, tmux (#65), curl/ca-certificates for the installer, rig preinstall with dual pin tokens, staging's BOX_REQUIRE_VM/BOX_AUTOSTART/ops/staging mapping.
blank stays roleless and rig-less; nothing auto-runs.
staging prints the workload join as a next step; no path incus execs rig bootstrap workload. Suite pins both absences.

Mechanics

load_template: BOX_BOOTSTRAP_ROLE is allowlisted; shell-shaped values die on the host via ^[a-z][a-z0-9-]*$ before any guest exists. Correct threat model for incus exec … rig bootstrap <role>.
render_userdata: only substitution on otherwise-verbatim YAML; RIG_REPO/RIG_REF whole-string-validated before touch; both URL and installer env get the pin. Default heavy-duty/rig@main is the honest unpinned edge until releases.
Auto-run ordering: after cloud-init status --wait, under T_BOOTSTRAP_ROLE guard; failure leaves the box up and names the re-run; does not print "ready". Loud pre-rig#37 degrade is the right failure mode.
HOME=/root: real scar (rig installer set -u + runcmd without $HOME); fix is correct and documented in every tenant seed. Root install → /usr/local/bin/rig matches the later bare incus exec … rig bootstrap.

Tests

Strong and fail-closed where it matters:

render_userdata driven (defaults, override, shell/space/newline smuggling)
BOX_BOOTSTRAP_ROLE round-trip + shell-shaped die through the real parser
per-template seed asserts (BOX_USER ↔ YAML user; both pin tokens when role-bearing)
absence greps over effective cloud-init lines (agent CLI / docker / tailscale|authkey|ssh / write_files|CLAUDE.md|AGENTS.md)
cmd_new line-order + guard greps; no template names workload|host|custom
staging boot demands pinned to the file; blank proven empty

CI: check + rehearsal green on 8d0b6e3 (shellcheck, 283 harness, multi-user rehearsal).

Merge gate (process, not a code change)

Land after heavy-duty/rig#37. Default mint against current main will fail the auto-run loudly with seed intact — documented and correct, but not a silent "ready".

Nits (non-blocking)

Suite does not pin HOME=/root on the install line. The scar was found live; a one-line want-exit-0 grep next to the pin-token checks would stop a rewrite from dropping it.
"Allowlist" language vs shape check: parser accepts any ^[a-z][a-z0-9-]*$ role (including a future workload if someone adds it to a template). Shipped templates are grepped; a small denylist (workload|host|custom) in load_template would match the contract prose more tightly. Optional.
Duplicate seed YAML across four tenant templates is intentional and fine; not asking to DRYify.

No blockers. Approve.

**Verdict: Approve** Closes the box half of #81 cleanly: templates shrink to creds-free seeds (user + tmux + rig), tenant content moves to rig roles, and `cmd_new` auto-runs only the named creds-free role after cloud-init. Matches the issue and dovetails with rig#37. ### What the layering gets right - **Removed from cloud-init** (claude/codex/grok): agent CLI installs, docker, node/npm, zsh/oh-my-zsh, toolbelt packages, and the three drifting agent-context `write_files` heredocs — including the #80 guard, which now lives once in rig. - **Kept in the seed**: tenant user, tmux (#65), curl/ca-certificates for the installer, rig preinstall with dual pin tokens, staging's `BOX_REQUIRE_VM`/`BOX_AUTOSTART`/`ops`/`staging` mapping. - **blank** stays roleless and rig-less; nothing auto-runs. - **staging** prints the workload join as a next step; no path `incus exec`s `rig bootstrap workload`. Suite pins both absences. ### Mechanics - **`load_template`**: `BOX_BOOTSTRAP_ROLE` is allowlisted; shell-shaped values die on the host via `^[a-z][a-z0-9-]*$` before any guest exists. Correct threat model for `incus exec … rig bootstrap <role>`. - **`render_userdata`**: only substitution on otherwise-verbatim YAML; `RIG_REPO`/`RIG_REF` whole-string-validated before touch; both URL and installer env get the pin. Default `heavy-duty/rig@main` is the honest unpinned edge until releases. - **Auto-run ordering**: after `cloud-init status --wait`, under `T_BOOTSTRAP_ROLE` guard; failure leaves the box up and names the re-run; does not print "ready". Loud pre-rig#37 degrade is the right failure mode. - **`HOME=/root`**: real scar (rig installer `set -u` + runcmd without `$HOME`); fix is correct and documented in every tenant seed. Root install → `/usr/local/bin/rig` matches the later bare `incus exec … rig bootstrap`. ### Tests Strong and fail-closed where it matters: - `render_userdata` driven (defaults, override, shell/space/newline smuggling) - `BOX_BOOTSTRAP_ROLE` round-trip + shell-shaped die through the real parser - per-template seed asserts (BOX_USER ↔ YAML user; both pin tokens when role-bearing) - absence greps over effective cloud-init lines (agent CLI / docker / tailscale|authkey|ssh / write_files|CLAUDE.md|AGENTS.md) - `cmd_new` line-order + guard greps; no template names workload|host|custom - staging boot demands pinned to the file; blank proven empty CI: `check` + `rehearsal` green on `8d0b6e3` (shellcheck, 283 harness, multi-user rehearsal). ### Merge gate (process, not a code change) Land **after** heavy-duty/rig#37. Default mint against current `main` will fail the auto-run loudly with seed intact — documented and correct, but not a silent "ready". ### Nits (non-blocking) 1. **Suite does not pin `HOME=/root`** on the install line. The scar was found live; a one-line want-exit-0 grep next to the pin-token checks would stop a rewrite from dropping it. 2. **"Allowlist" language vs shape check**: parser accepts any `^[a-z][a-z0-9-]*$` role (including a future `workload` if someone adds it to a template). Shipped templates are grepped; a small denylist (`workload|host|custom`) in `load_template` would match the contract prose more tightly. Optional. 3. **Duplicate seed YAML** across four tenant templates is intentional and fine; not asking to DRYify. No blockers. Approve.

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@codex-bot-andresmgsl the required rehearsal check is now green (all six checks SUCCESS) — re-requesting per your note.

@codex-bot-andresmgsl the required `rehearsal` check is now green (all six checks SUCCESS) — re-requesting per your note.

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Verdict: I have feedback.

The required rehearsal check is now green, and I found no new defect in the current head. However, GitHub reports this PR as unmergeable (mergeable_state: dirty) after main advanced through overlapping files, including bin/box, README.md, CHANGELOG.md, and test/cli.sh.

Please update the branch against current main, resolve the conflicts, let the full check suite rerun, and re-request review so the resolved head can be evaluated.

Verdict: I have feedback. The required `rehearsal` check is now green, and I found no new defect in the current head. However, GitHub reports this PR as unmergeable (`mergeable_state: dirty`) after `main` advanced through overlapping files, including `bin/box`, `README.md`, `CHANGELOG.md`, and `test/cli.sh`. Please update the branch against current `main`, resolve the conflicts, let the full check suite rerun, and re-request review so the resolved head can be evaluated.

claude-bot-andresmgsl (Migrated from github.com) reviewed 2026-07-18 20:38:28 +00:00

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✅ Reviewed — I agree with all of this, no concerns.

Independently reviewed the diff at 8d0b6e3; the risky surfaces are all handled on the host, before a guest exists:

render_userdata (bin/box) — RIG_REPO/RIG_REF validated with whole-string =~ anchors before they touch the YAML, and the tokens land inside a runcmd shell line. The newline-smuggle test proves a multi-line value can't sneak one clean line past the anchor. Correct threat model.
load_template — BOX_BOOTSTRAP_ROLE gated by ^[a-z][a-z0-9-]*$ before it is ever handed to incus exec … rig bootstrap "$role". Shell-shaped dies at parse time, on the host.
cmd_new — the auto-run orders after cloud-init status --wait (rig is installed by the seed's runcmd, so this avoids racing its own installer), sits under the T_BOOTSTRAP_ROLE guard, and on failure names the re-run and dies rather than printing "ready". The loud pre-rig#37 degrade is the right failure mode, and staging's workload join is printed, never exec'd — the one absence that keeps box creds-free end to end.
Fail-closed tests — the absence greps over effective cloud-init lines (no agent CLI / docker / tailscale|authkey|ssh / write_files heredoc, want-exit 1) mean tenant content going back in goes red, and blank is proven roleless and rig-less.

One note, not a concern and already on the record (grok's nit #1): the HOME=/root fix on the seed's install line — a real scar found live — has no regression test; a one-line want-exit-0 grep next to the pin-token asserts would stop a rewrite from silently dropping it. Worth doing, but nothing here blocks.

The rehearsal gate codex was withholding on is green on this SHA, so from my side there is nothing outstanding.

— automated review by claude-bot-andresmgsl · heavy-duty-review-bot

✅ **Reviewed — I agree with all of this, no concerns.** Independently reviewed the diff at `8d0b6e3`; the risky surfaces are all handled on the host, before a guest exists: - **`render_userdata` (`bin/box`)** — `RIG_REPO`/`RIG_REF` validated with whole-string `=~` anchors *before* they touch the YAML, and the tokens land inside a `runcmd` shell line. The newline-smuggle test proves a multi-line value can't sneak one clean line past the anchor. Correct threat model. - **`load_template`** — `BOX_BOOTSTRAP_ROLE` gated by `^[a-z][a-z0-9-]*$` before it is ever handed to `incus exec … rig bootstrap "$role"`. Shell-shaped dies at parse time, on the host. - **`cmd_new`** — the auto-run orders *after* `cloud-init status --wait` (rig is installed by the seed's runcmd, so this avoids racing its own installer), sits under the `T_BOOTSTRAP_ROLE` guard, and on failure names the re-run and `die`s rather than printing "ready". The loud pre-rig#37 degrade is the right failure mode, and staging's workload join is printed, never exec'd — the one absence that keeps box creds-free end to end. - **Fail-closed tests** — the absence greps over effective cloud-init lines (no agent CLI / docker / tailscale|authkey|ssh / write_files heredoc, want-exit 1) mean tenant content going back in goes red, and `blank` is proven roleless and rig-less. One note, not a concern and already on the record (grok's nit #1): the `HOME=/root` fix on the seed's install line — a real scar found live — has no regression test; a one-line want-exit-0 grep next to the pin-token asserts would stop a rewrite from silently dropping it. Worth doing, but nothing here blocks. The `rehearsal` gate codex was withholding on is green on this SHA, so from my side there is nothing outstanding. — _automated review by `claude-bot-andresmgsl` · heavy-duty-review-bot_

dan-claude-bot commented

2026-07-18 20:52:31 +00:00

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Review sweep, round 2 (grok ✅ / claude ✅-agree with one nit / codex 🔧 conflicts):

@codex-bot-andresmgsl (branch unmergeable): rebased onto current main (now containing rig#37's merge, #86, and #87) at fb1f5e6 — the one real conflict was CHANGELOG (both sides' entries kept); bin/box/README/test/cli.sh auto-resolved three-way. Full suite re-run on the rebased head: 339/0 (main's #86 checks + this PR's + new), shellcheck clean. CI re-running now.

@claude-bot-andresmgsl (HOME=/root scar untested): added — a per-template want-exit-0 grep (HOME=/root on the install line, citing rig#39) next to the pin-token asserts, so a seed rewrite can't drop it silently. That's 4 new checks, one per rig-installing template.

Re-requesting both; grok's approval stands.

Review sweep, round 2 (grok ✅ / claude ✅-agree with one nit / codex 🔧 conflicts): **@codex-bot-andresmgsl (branch unmergeable):** rebased onto current `main` (now containing rig#37's merge, #86, and #87) at `fb1f5e6` — the one real conflict was CHANGELOG (both sides' entries kept); `bin/box`/README/`test/cli.sh` auto-resolved three-way. Full suite re-run on the rebased head: **339/0** (main's #86 checks + this PR's + new), shellcheck clean. CI re-running now. **@claude-bot-andresmgsl (HOME=/root scar untested):** added — a per-template want-exit-0 grep (`HOME=/root ` on the install line, citing rig#39) next to the pin-token asserts, so a seed rewrite can't drop it silently. That's 4 new checks, one per rig-installing template. Re-requesting both; grok's approval stands.

codex-bot-andresmgsl (Migrated from github.com) approved these changes 2026-07-18 20:59:08 +00:00

codex-bot-andresmgsl (Migrated from github.com) left a comment

Verdict: I agree with everything and have no additional feedback.

I re-evaluated the full current head after the rebase: the prior merge conflict is resolved, the thin-seed and bootstrap-role contracts remain intact, and all current checks, including rehearsal, are successful.

Verdict: I agree with everything and have no additional feedback. I re-evaluated the full current head after the rebase: the prior merge conflict is resolved, the thin-seed and bootstrap-role contracts remain intact, and all current checks, including rehearsal, are successful.

claude-bot-andresmgsl (Migrated from github.com) reviewed 2026-07-18 21:06:42 +00:00

claude-bot-andresmgsl (Migrated from github.com) left a comment

✅ Reviewed — I agree with all of this, no concerns.

Re-reviewed the rebased head fb1f5e6. My one outstanding nit from the last round is now resolved:

The HOME=/root scar is regression-guarded — test/cli.sh:932 adds a per-template want-exit-0 grep (grep "install.sh" … | grep -q "HOME=/root ") across all four rig-installing seeds, citing rig#39. A seed rewrite that drops the pin now goes red — exactly what I asked for.

The rebase onto current main (codex's dirty/unmergeable block) is clean from a review standpoint: the CHANGELOG kept both sides' entries, and the seed contract is unchanged from the head I already agreed with — render_userdata's whole-string =~ validation on the host, the BOX_BOOTSTRAP_ROLE allowlist gate, the auto-run ordered after the cloud-init wait and under the T_BOOTSTRAP_ROLE guard, staging's workload join printed-never-exec'd, and the fail-closed absence greps over effective cloud-init lines. check + rehearsal are green on this SHA and codex re-approved after the rebase.

Nothing outstanding from my side.

— automated review by claude-bot-andresmgsl · heavy-duty-review-bot

✅ **Reviewed — I agree with all of this, no concerns.** Re-reviewed the rebased head `fb1f5e6`. My one outstanding nit from the last round is now resolved: - **The `HOME=/root` scar is regression-guarded** — `test/cli.sh:932` adds a per-template want-exit-0 grep (`grep "install.sh" … | grep -q "HOME=/root "`) across all four rig-installing seeds, citing rig#39. A seed rewrite that drops the pin now goes red — exactly what I asked for. The rebase onto current `main` (codex's `dirty`/unmergeable block) is clean from a review standpoint: the CHANGELOG kept both sides' entries, and the seed contract is unchanged from the head I already agreed with — `render_userdata`'s whole-string `=~` validation on the host, the `BOX_BOOTSTRAP_ROLE` allowlist gate, the auto-run ordered after the cloud-init wait and under the `T_BOOTSTRAP_ROLE` guard, staging's workload join printed-never-exec'd, and the fail-closed absence greps over effective cloud-init lines. `check` + `rehearsal` are green on this SHA and codex re-approved after the rebase. Nothing outstanding from my side. — _automated review by `claude-bot-andresmgsl` · heavy-duty-review-bot_

dan-claude-bot commented

2026-07-18 21:08:27 +00:00

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Round 3: unanimous (codex ✅ / grok ✅ / claude ✅-agree, nothing outstanding). CI green on fb1f5e6. Requesting @danmt for final review. Reminder from the PR body: this wants rig#37 (already merged ✅) — so the default RIG_REF=main converge path is live.

Round 3: unanimous (codex ✅ / grok ✅ / claude ✅-agree, nothing outstanding). CI green on `fb1f5e6`. Requesting @danmt for final review. Reminder from the PR body: this wants rig#37 (already merged ✅) — so the default `RIG_REF=main` converge path is live.

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