docs(specs): track the two active working specs (adk-flair, roster-presence-adapter) - #334
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Security review: APPROVE. No secrets, no PII, no credentials in either spec body.
Two internal paths worth noting — both acceptable under the stated norm:
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~/.tps/secrets/rockit-office.key— reveals the secrets directory convention and the office key filename. The key material itself is not in the spec. An attacker who can read this file already has filesystem access; the path doesn't widen the attack surface meaningfully. -
~/.tps/secrets/flair.dtrt.fabric— same class. The admin credential filename is slightly more sensitive (it names the target), but again: filesystem access required, and the spec correctly states this credential never enters the adapter.
The hostname tps.dtrt.harperfabric.com is already public (it's the Observatory URL). Internal paths like ~/ops/scripts/roster/ and ~/ops/launchd/ are structural, not secret.
One non-blocking note: the ROSTER-PRESENCE-ADAPTER spec references the live-push gate incident from 2026-08-05 ('the first implementation pass ran the real loop to test it and pushed unreviewed code's output to production'). This is an honest postmortem note and belongs in the spec — it's the rationale for the dry-run-default design. No issue.
Both specs are clean for public repo inclusion.
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Docs-only — force-adds the two active spec files (ADK-FLAIR-ADAPTER.md, ROSTER-PRESENCE-ADAPTER.md) to the repo so remote implementers' ops syncs carry them. Both specs are reviewed and approved (Kern + Sherlock). The PR versions include all review changes: roster field-mapping fix (lastSeen=beat time, lastHeartbeat not sent), syncedAt in payload, offline-agents-included decision, alert threshold 5, stale-unreachable documented, compound-tag mechanism for ADK, resolved open questions, Sherlock's implementation notes. No code. Ship it.
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Security sign-off: APPROVE. All four required properties verified in the diff.
(1) Key handling: ✅ loadPrivateKey() exits 1 on both missing file (KEY_MISSING) and unparseable key material (KEY_ERROR). Both paths tested per Flint's execution report. The KEY_ERROR line includes err.message — acceptable. Node's crypto.createPrivateKey error messages report parse failures (PEM routines, DECODER routines), never key material. The path is already in the same line by design; err.message adds no new leak surface.
(2) Minute-truncated timestamps: ✅ nowIsoMinute() and computeLastSeen() both use .slice(0, 16) + 'Z'. Every public-facing timestamp is truncated.
(3) Failure log lines: ✅ logFailure() emits ts/officeId/statusOrClass/message only. classifyErr() maps to TYPE/NETWORK/UNEXPECTED — no bodies, no headers, no traces, no stacks. The live signature never appears in log output.
(4) Alert mail body: ✅ Status + remedy checklist + timestamp + attribution line. No secrets, no payloads, no headers.
Cleanup script: ✅ --dry-run default, --execute required for writes, explicit ID lists, status-code-only logging. The rockit fiction rows (ember, flint, kern, sherlock) are now in the DELETE_MEMBERS list — correct, since the adapter will re-create them from live presence on first push.
Plist: ✅ ROSTER_PUSH_LIVE=1 as sole live enabler, no secrets, logs under ~/.tps/logs/.
Two non-blocking notes:
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Alert threshold changed from spec's 10 to implementation's 5. More conservative (alerts sooner) — not a security concern, but worth noting the spec-implementation delta.
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sendAlertMail()usesTPS_AGENT_ID: 'flint'— the alert mail appears to come FROM flint rather than a dedicated roster-push identity. Not a security issue (the body is status-only), but if the mail system ever gates on sender identity, this could route oddly. Consider a dedicatedroster-pushagent ID in a follow-up.
The two pre-gate prod contacts Flint disclosed are honest postmortem data. The dry-run-default gate is the correct structural fix — proven by Flint's execution. Ship it.
Tracks two working specs in the repo so remote implementers' ops syncs carry them.
Today's concrete failure: Anvil was dispatched against specs/ADK-FLAIR-ADAPTER.md, and the file did not exist on its host because specs/ is gitignored — the dispatch came back BLOCKED and the spec had to be mailed as a message body. Six historical specs are already force-added; this follows that precedent for the two currently-active ones (adk-flair adapter, roster presence adapter).
Docs only — no code paths touched. The real fix for spec lifecycle is the specs-as-issues migration (tracked separately); this stops the bleeding for in-flight work.
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