@blamejs/core 0.4.29 → 0.5.1

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@ Pre-1.0 the surface is intentionally evolving — every release may
 change something operators depend on. Read each entry before
 upgrading across more than a few patches at a time.
 
+## v0.5.x
+
+- **0.5.0** (2026-04-30) — b.breakGlass: column-policy / row-enforcement step-up auth
+
 ## v0.4.x
 
+- **0.4.29** (2026-04-30) — primitive-drift sweep: second-pass remediation
 - **0.4.28** (2026-04-30) — primitive-drift sweep: inline-require hoisting + safeAsync.sleep + time-math
 - **0.4.27** (2026-04-30) — primitive-drift sweep: regex + escape consolidation, IPv6 completion
 - **0.4.26** (2026-04-30) — primitive-drift sweep: middleware audit context + safeUrl

package/index.js

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ var staticServe = require("./lib/static");
 var forms = require("./lib/forms");
 var app = require("./lib/app");
 var jobs = require("./lib/jobs");
+var breakGlass = require("./lib/break-glass");
 var mail = require("./lib/mail");
 var mailBounce = require("./lib/mail-bounce");
 var websocketChannels = require("./lib/websocket-channels");
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ module.exports = {
   forms:            forms,
   createApp:        app.createApp,
   jobs:             jobs,
+  breakGlass:       breakGlass,
   mail:             mail,
   mailBounce:       mailBounce,
   websocketChannels: websocketChannels,

package/lib/audit.js

@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ var FRAMEWORK_NAMESPACES = [
   // Per-primitive namespaces — keep alphabetical
   "apikey",     // b.apiKey
   "backup",     // b.backup
+  "breakglass", // b.breakGlass — column-policy / row-enforcement step-up auth (audit namespace lowercased per the validator's `namespace.verb` rule, same convention as b.apiKey → apikey.*)
   "cache",      // b.cache
   "dkim",       // b.mail.dkim (DKIM-Signature generation events)
   "mail",       // b.mail (b.mail-bounce uses "system.mail.*")

package/lib/break-glass.js

@@ -0,0 +1,994 @@
+"use strict";
+/**
+ * break-glass — column-policy / row-enforcement step-up auth.
+ *
+ * Operator declares which columns of which tables are GLASS-LOCKED.
+ * Reading the encrypted value on any row of a glass-locked column
+ * requires the calling operator to:
+ *
+ *   1. Prove identity with a second factor (TOTP / passkey).
+ *   2. Provide an operator-supplied REASON the audit chain captures.
+ *   3. Hold a short-lived, scope-bounded GRANT.
+ *
+ * Each row read under a grant emits a per-row audit event. Default
+ * `maxRowsPerGrant: 1` enforces row-by-row auth — each row access is
+ * its own discrete authenticated event, compliance-defensible by
+ * construction. Operators with batch workflows raise the cap per-table.
+ *
+ * Spec: memory/specs/blamejs-break-glass-spec.md
+ *
+ * v0.5.0 ships Model A (policy gate) + TOTP factor + Tier-A validation +
+ * 14 error codes + audit chain integration. Model B (cryptographic
+ * gate via per-row K_row), passkey factor, service-account bypass,
+ * and admin tools land in v0.5.1 / v0.5.2 per the phasing plan.
+ *
+ * Public API:
+ *
+ *   b.breakGlass.init({ now? })             — boot once
+ *   b.breakGlass.policy.set(table, opts)
+ *   b.breakGlass.policy.get(table)          — null if unset
+ *   b.breakGlass.policy.list()
+ *   b.breakGlass.policy.delete(table)
+ *
+ *   b.breakGlass.grant({ req, table, reason, factor, columns? })
+ *   b.breakGlass.unsealRow(grant, table, rowId)
+ *   b.breakGlass.revoke(grantId, { reason })
+ *   b.breakGlass.listActive({ req })
+ *
+ *   b.breakGlass.BreakGlassError
+ */
+var audit = require("./audit");
+var C = require("./constants");
+var clusterStorage = require("./cluster-storage");
+var { generateBytes, generateToken, kdf, sha3Hash, encryptPacked, decryptPacked } = require("./crypto");
+var cryptoField = require("./crypto-field");
+var lazyRequire = require("./lazy-require");
+var observability = require("./observability");
+var requestHelpers = require("./request-helpers");
+var safeAsync = require("./safe-async");
+var safeJson = require("./safe-json");
+var totp = require("./totp");
+var validateOpts = require("./validate-opts");
+var { defineClass } = require("./framework-error");
+
+var vault = lazyRequire(function () { return require("./vault"); });
+
+var lockout = lazyRequire(function () { return require("./auth/lockout"); });
+
+// Errors — all 14 codes documented in the spec. `permanent: true`
+// means caller's input is bad (Tier-A); `permanent: false` means
+// transient (factor failed, rate-limited) — caller may retry.
+var BreakGlassError = defineClass("BreakGlassError", { alwaysPermanent: false });
+
+// ---- Defaults (matched to operator-locked decisions) ----
+
+var DEFAULT_GRANT_TTL_MS    = C.TIME.minutes(15);
+var DEFAULT_MAX_ROWS        = 1;       // operator-locked: row-by-row auth
+var DEFAULT_REASON_MIN_LEN  = 12;
+var DEFAULT_LOCKED_BEHAVIOR = "throw"; // or "redact"
+var DEFAULT_AUDIT_REASON    = "cleartext";
+var ALLOWED_FACTORS         = ["totp"]; // passkey added in v0.5.2
+var ALLOWED_REASON_STORAGE  = ["cleartext", "hmac", "both"];
+
+// In-memory policy cache. Cluster-shared via the policies table; the
+// cache short-circuits the DB roundtrip on the unsealRow hot path.
+// Populated on first access per-table; invalidated on policy.set/delete.
+var policyCache = new Map();    // table -> policy
+var initialized = false;
+
+// Factor lockout — wrap auth.lockout so a hostile actor brute-forcing
+// TOTP codes against break-glass gets shut out after a few failures.
+// Lazy-init on first grant attempt so init() doesn't require the
+// cache primitive to be wired before break-glass loads.
+var _factorLockout = null;
+var _factorLockoutCache = null;
+function _ensureFactorLockout() {
+  if (_factorLockout) return _factorLockout;
+  var cache = require("./cache");
+  _factorLockoutCache = cache.create({
+    namespace: "breakglass.factor",
+    backend:   "memory",
+  });
+  _factorLockout = lockout().create({
+    namespace:   "breakglass.factor",
+    cache:       _factorLockoutCache,
+    maxAttempts: 5,
+    windowMs:    C.TIME.minutes(15),
+    audit:       audit,
+  });
+  return _factorLockout;
+}
+
+// ---- Cryptographic mode (Model B) — per-cell encryption with context binding ----
+//
+// Each policy in cryptographic mode has a per-policy DEK (data
+// encryption key) generated at first use. The DEK is vault-sealed so
+// it survives restarts. At cell encrypt time, the framework derives a
+// per-cell key K_cell = SHAKE256(DEK || table || rowId || column) so
+// every (table, rowId, column) triple gets a unique key. Encryption
+// uses XChaCha20-Poly1305 with AAD = SHA3-512(table || rowId || column)
+// — the AEAD tag itself is bound to the encryption context, so a
+// ciphertext from row A literally cannot be decrypted as row B even
+// with the same DEK.
+//
+// THREAT MODEL HONESTY: this provides defense-in-depth via per-cell
+// keys + encryption-context binding (cross-cell tampering / accidental
+// row-swap fails closed). It does NOT defend against vault-key
+// compromise alone — the DEK is still vault-recoverable. True
+// second-factor cryptographic gating ships in v0.5.2 with passkey
+// integration (the passkey private key lives on the YubiKey, not in
+// the framework, so a vault leak alone can't unwrap).
+
+// In-memory DEK cache. Keyed by table name. Cleared on _resetForTest.
+var dekCache = new Map();
+
+function _aadFor(table, rowId, column) {
+  return sha3Hash(table + "|" + String(rowId) + "|" + column);
+}
+
+function _kCell(dek, table, rowId, column) {
+  return kdf(Buffer.concat([
+    Buffer.isBuffer(dek) ? dek : Buffer.from(dek, "base64"),
+    Buffer.from("breakglass.cell|" + table + "|" + String(rowId) + "|" + column, "utf8"),
+  ]), 32);
+}
+
+async function _ensureDek(table) {
+  if (dekCache.has(table)) return dekCache.get(table);
+  // The DEK lives in the policy row's serviceAccountBypassJson slot
+  // (repurposed in Model A; v0.5.0 explicitly rejected the slot, so
+  // it's unused in Model A rows). For Model B rows, we vault-seal the
+  // DEK and store it there. Pre-v1 schema: clean and simple.
+  var rows = await clusterStorage.executeAll(
+    "SELECT serviceAccountBypassJson FROM _blamejs_break_glass_policies WHERE tableName = ?",
+    [table]
+  );
+  if (!rows || rows.length === 0) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/policy-not-set",
+      "_ensureDek: no policy for table '" + table + "'", true);
+  }
+  var sealed = rows[0].serviceAccountBypassJson;
+  var dek;
+  if (sealed) {
+    dek = Buffer.from(vault().unseal(sealed), "base64");
+  } else {
+    dek = generateBytes(32);
+    var sealedDek = vault().seal(dek.toString("base64"));
+    await clusterStorage.execute(
+      "UPDATE _blamejs_break_glass_policies SET serviceAccountBypassJson = ? WHERE tableName = ?",
+      [sealedDek, table]
+    );
+  }
+  dekCache.set(table, dek);
+  return dek;
+}
+
+// Encrypt a single cell value with encryption context binding. Operators
+// in cryptographic mode use this at write time INSTEAD of letting
+// cryptoField.sealRow seal the column.
+async function encryptCell(plaintext, ctx) {
+  _requireInit();
+  if (!ctx || typeof ctx !== "object" ||
+      typeof ctx.table !== "string" || ctx.table.length === 0 ||
+      ctx.rowId === undefined || ctx.rowId === null ||
+      typeof ctx.column !== "string" || ctx.column.length === 0) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-cell-ctx",
+      "encryptCell: ctx must be { table, rowId, column }");
+  }
+  var policy = await policyGet(ctx.table);
+  if (!policy || !policy.cryptographic) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/policy-not-set",
+      "encryptCell: table '" + ctx.table + "' is not in cryptographic mode " +
+      "(set policy.cryptographic = true to opt in)", true);
+  }
+  if (policy.columns.indexOf(ctx.column) === -1) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/grant-column-mismatch",
+      "encryptCell: column '" + ctx.column + "' is not glass-locked on '" + ctx.table + "'", true);
+  }
+  var dek = await _ensureDek(ctx.table);
+  var kCell = _kCell(dek, ctx.table, ctx.rowId, ctx.column);
+  var aad = _aadFor(ctx.table, ctx.rowId, ctx.column);
+  var pt = Buffer.isBuffer(plaintext) ? plaintext : Buffer.from(String(plaintext), "utf8");
+  var packed = encryptPacked(pt, kCell, aad);
+  return "bgcell:1:" + packed.toString("base64");
+}
+
+// Decrypt a cell value. Caller must hold a valid grant covering the
+// (table, column) — caller passes through unsealRow which gates this.
+// The encryption context (table, rowId, column) is passed both to the
+// key derivation AND the AAD; if the caller passes the wrong rowId
+// trying to "swap" ciphertexts between rows, decryption fails closed.
+async function decryptCell(ciphertext, ctx) {
+  _requireInit();
+  if (typeof ciphertext !== "string" || ciphertext.indexOf("bgcell:1:") !== 0) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-ciphertext",
+      "decryptCell: expected 'bgcell:1:<base64>' format");
+  }
+  if (!ctx || typeof ctx !== "object") {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-cell-ctx",
+      "decryptCell: ctx must be { table, rowId, column }");
+  }
+  var dek = await _ensureDek(ctx.table);
+  var kCell = _kCell(dek, ctx.table, ctx.rowId, ctx.column);
+  var aad = _aadFor(ctx.table, ctx.rowId, ctx.column);
+  var packed = Buffer.from(ciphertext.slice("bgcell:1:".length), "base64");
+  return decryptPacked(packed, kCell, aad).toString("utf8");
+}
+
+// ---- Migration support ----
+//
+// Operator runs `b.breakGlass.migrate(table, opts)` (or the CLI
+// equivalent) to convert existing Model-A-sealed rows into Model B
+// per-cell-encrypted form. Each row's glass-locked columns are
+// unsealed via cryptoField, re-encrypted via encryptCell, and written
+// back. The migration is idempotent — a row already in Model B form
+// (column starts with "bgcell:") is skipped.
+
+async function migrate(table, opts) {
+  _requireInit();
+  opts = opts || {};
+  validateOpts(opts, ["batchSize", "callerOpts"], "breakGlass.migrate");
+  var policy = await policyGet(table);
+  if (!policy) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/policy-not-set",
+      "migrate: no policy for table '" + table + "'", true);
+  }
+  if (!policy.cryptographic) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-policy",
+      "migrate: policy must be cryptographic: true to migrate to Model B", true);
+  }
+  var batchSize = opts.batchSize || 100;
+  var totalRows = 0;
+  var migratedRows = 0;
+  var skippedRows = 0;
+  var lastId = "";
+  // Iterate via _id-keyset paging so we don't load the whole table into memory.
+  while (true) {
+    var rows = await clusterStorage.executeAll(
+      "SELECT * FROM " + table + " WHERE _id > ? ORDER BY _id ASC LIMIT ?",
+      [lastId, batchSize]
+    );
+    if (!rows || rows.length === 0) break;
+    for (var i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      totalRows++;
+      var row = rows[i];
+      var unsealed = cryptoField.unsealRow(table, row);
+      var anyChanged = false;
+      var update = { _id: row._id };
+      for (var c = 0; c < policy.columns.length; c++) {
+        var col = policy.columns[c];
+        var current = unsealed[col];
+        if (current == null) continue;
+        if (typeof current === "string" && current.indexOf("bgcell:") === 0) {
+          continue;  // already migrated
+        }
+        var encrypted = await encryptCell(current, { table: table, rowId: row._id, column: col });
+        update[col] = encrypted;
+        anyChanged = true;
+      }
+      if (anyChanged) {
+        // Write Model B ciphertext directly — bypassing cryptoField so
+        // the cell ciphertext stays as a literal string, not double-sealed.
+        var setCols = Object.keys(update).filter(function (k) { return k !== "_id"; });
+        if (setCols.length > 0) {
+          var setSql = setCols.map(function (k) { return k + " = ?"; }).join(", ");
+          var vals = setCols.map(function (k) { return update[k]; });
+          vals.push(row._id);
+          await clusterStorage.execute(
+            "UPDATE " + table + " SET " + setSql + " WHERE _id = ?",
+            vals
+          );
+          migratedRows++;
+        }
+      } else {
+        skippedRows++;
+      }
+      lastId = row._id;
+    }
+    if (rows.length < batchSize) break;
+  }
+  audit.safeEmit({
+    action:   "breakglass.migrate",
+    outcome:  "success",
+    actor:    requestHelpers.resolveActorWithOverride(opts.callerOpts),
+    metadata: {
+      table:        table,
+      totalRows:    totalRows,
+      migratedRows: migratedRows,
+      skippedRows:  skippedRows,
+    },
+  });
+  return { table: table, totalRows: totalRows, migratedRows: migratedRows, skippedRows: skippedRows };
+}
+
+// ---- init ----
+
+function init(opts) {
+  opts = opts || {};
+  validateOpts(opts, ["now"], "breakGlass.init");
+  initialized = true;
+  policyCache.clear();
+  _factorLockout = null;
+}
+
+function _resetForTest() {
+  initialized = false;
+  policyCache.clear();
+  dekCache.clear();
+  if (_factorLockoutCache && typeof _factorLockoutCache.close === "function") {
+    try { _factorLockoutCache.close(); } catch (_e) { /* best-effort */ }
+  }
+  _factorLockout = null;
+  _factorLockoutCache = null;
+}
+
+function _requireInit() {
+  if (!initialized) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/not-initialized",
+      "b.breakGlass.init() must be called before use");
+  }
+}
+
+// ---- Policy CRUD ----
+
+function _validatePolicySet(table, opts) {
+  if (typeof table !== "string" || table.length === 0) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-policy",
+      "policy.set: table must be a non-empty string");
+  }
+  if (!opts || typeof opts !== "object") {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-policy",
+      "policy.set: opts is required");
+  }
+  validateOpts(opts, [
+    "columns", "factors", "cryptographic", "grantTtl", "maxRowsPerGrant",
+    "reasonRequired", "reasonMinLength", "pinIp", "sessionPin",
+    "onLockedAccess", "requireScope", "serviceAccountBypass",
+    "auditReasonStorage",
+  ], "breakglass.policy.set");
+  if (!Array.isArray(opts.columns) || opts.columns.length === 0) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-policy",
+      "policy.set: columns must be a non-empty array");
+  }
+  for (var i = 0; i < opts.columns.length; i++) {
+    if (typeof opts.columns[i] !== "string" || opts.columns[i].length === 0) {
+      throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-policy",
+        "policy.set: columns[" + i + "] must be a non-empty string");
+    }
+  }
+  if (!Array.isArray(opts.factors) || opts.factors.length === 0) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-policy",
+      "policy.set: factors must be a non-empty array");
+  }
+  for (var j = 0; j < opts.factors.length; j++) {
+    if (ALLOWED_FACTORS.indexOf(opts.factors[j]) === -1) {
+      throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-policy",
+        "policy.set: factors[" + j + "] '" + opts.factors[j] +
+        "' not in v0.5.0 allowed factors [" + ALLOWED_FACTORS.join(",") + "]" +
+        " (passkey lands in v0.5.2)");
+    }
+  }
+  // Model B (cryptographic mode) ships in v0.5.1. When enabled,
+  // glass-locked columns must be encrypted with `b.breakGlass.encryptCell`
+  // at write time (the framework can't auto-encrypt at write because
+  // policy-set may post-date existing data; operators run the migration
+  // CLI to convert existing rows). At unseal time, the row's
+  // glass-locked columns are decrypted via decryptCell with encryption
+  // context binding (table, rowId, column).
+  if (opts.cryptographic !== undefined && typeof opts.cryptographic !== "boolean") {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-policy",
+      "policy.set: cryptographic must be a boolean");
+  }
+  var grantTtl = opts.grantTtl != null ? opts.grantTtl : DEFAULT_GRANT_TTL_MS;
+  if (typeof grantTtl !== "number" || !isFinite(grantTtl) || grantTtl <= 0) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-policy",
+      "policy.set: grantTtl must be a positive number of milliseconds");
+  }
+  var maxRows = opts.maxRowsPerGrant != null ? opts.maxRowsPerGrant : DEFAULT_MAX_ROWS;
+  if (!Number.isInteger(maxRows) || maxRows < 1) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-policy",
+      "policy.set: maxRowsPerGrant must be a positive integer (default 1 — row-by-row auth)");
+  }
+  if (opts.onLockedAccess != null &&
+      opts.onLockedAccess !== "throw" && opts.onLockedAccess !== "redact") {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-policy",
+      "policy.set: onLockedAccess must be 'throw' or 'redact'");
+  }
+  if (opts.auditReasonStorage != null &&
+      ALLOWED_REASON_STORAGE.indexOf(opts.auditReasonStorage) === -1) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-policy",
+      "policy.set: auditReasonStorage must be one of " + ALLOWED_REASON_STORAGE.join("/"));
+  }
+  if (opts.serviceAccountBypass != null && opts.serviceAccountBypass !== false) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-policy",
+      "policy.set: serviceAccountBypass ships in v0.5.2 — leave unset for v0.5.0");
+  }
+  return {
+    cryptographic:   opts.cryptographic === true,
+    grantTtl:        grantTtl,
+    maxRowsPerGrant: maxRows,
+    reasonRequired:  opts.reasonRequired !== false,
+    reasonMinLength: opts.reasonMinLength != null ? opts.reasonMinLength : DEFAULT_REASON_MIN_LEN,
+    pinIp:           opts.pinIp !== false,
+    sessionPin:      opts.sessionPin !== false,
+    onLockedAccess:  opts.onLockedAccess || DEFAULT_LOCKED_BEHAVIOR,
+    requireScope:    opts.requireScope != null ? opts.requireScope : null,
+    auditReasonStorage: opts.auditReasonStorage || DEFAULT_AUDIT_REASON,
+  };
+}
+
+async function policySet(table, opts, callerOpts) {
+  _requireInit();
+  var validated = _validatePolicySet(table, opts);
+  var policyRow = {
+    tableName:                table,
+    columnsJson:              JSON.stringify(opts.columns),
+    factorsJson:              JSON.stringify(opts.factors),
+    cryptographic:            validated.cryptographic ? 1 : 0,
+    grantTtlMs:               validated.grantTtl,
+    maxRowsPerGrant:          validated.maxRowsPerGrant,
+    reasonRequired:           validated.reasonRequired ? 1 : 0,
+    reasonMinLength:          validated.reasonMinLength,
+    pinIp:                    validated.pinIp ? 1 : 0,
+    sessionPin:               validated.sessionPin ? 1 : 0,
+    onLockedAccess:           validated.onLockedAccess,
+    requireScope:             validated.requireScope,
+    serviceAccountBypassJson: null,
+    auditReasonStorage:       validated.auditReasonStorage,
+    updatedAt:                Date.now(),
+  };
+  var sealed = cryptoField.sealRow("_blamejs_break_glass_policies", policyRow);
+  // UPSERT — both Postgres and SQLite support ON CONFLICT.
+  var keys   = Object.keys(sealed);
+  var cols   = keys.join(", ");
+  var qs     = keys.map(function () { return "?"; }).join(", ");
+  var setSql = keys.filter(function (k) { return k !== "tableName"; })
+    .map(function (k) { return k + " = excluded." + k; }).join(", ");
+  var sql = "INSERT INTO _blamejs_break_glass_policies (" + cols + ") " +
+            "VALUES (" + qs + ") " +
+            "ON CONFLICT (tableName) DO UPDATE SET " + setSql;
+  await clusterStorage.execute(sql, keys.map(function (k) { return sealed[k]; }));
+  policyCache.delete(table);
+
+  audit.safeEmit({
+    action:   "breakglass.policy.set",
+    outcome:  "success",
+    actor:    requestHelpers.resolveActorWithOverride(callerOpts),
+    metadata: {
+      table:           table,
+      columnCount:     opts.columns.length,
+      factors:         opts.factors,
+      grantTtlMs:      validated.grantTtl,
+      maxRowsPerGrant: validated.maxRowsPerGrant,
+    },
+  });
+  observability.event("breakglass.policy.set", { table: table });
+  return { applied: true, table: table };
+}
+
+async function policyGet(table) {
+  _requireInit();
+  if (typeof table !== "string" || table.length === 0) return null;
+  if (policyCache.has(table)) return policyCache.get(table);
+  var rows = await clusterStorage.executeAll(
+    "SELECT * FROM _blamejs_break_glass_policies WHERE tableName = ?",
+    [table]
+  );
+  if (!rows || rows.length === 0) {
+    policyCache.set(table, null);
+    return null;
+  }
+  var unsealed = cryptoField.unsealRow("_blamejs_break_glass_policies", rows[0]);
+  var policy = {
+    table:              unsealed.tableName,
+    columns:            safeJson.parse(unsealed.columnsJson, { maxBytes: C.BYTES.kib(64) }),
+    factors:            safeJson.parse(unsealed.factorsJson, { maxBytes: C.BYTES.kib(8) }),
+    cryptographic:      unsealed.cryptographic === 1,
+    grantTtl:           Number(unsealed.grantTtlMs),
+    maxRowsPerGrant:    Number(unsealed.maxRowsPerGrant),
+    reasonRequired:     unsealed.reasonRequired === 1,
+    reasonMinLength:    Number(unsealed.reasonMinLength),
+    pinIp:              unsealed.pinIp === 1,
+    sessionPin:         unsealed.sessionPin === 1,
+    onLockedAccess:     unsealed.onLockedAccess,
+    requireScope:       unsealed.requireScope,
+    auditReasonStorage: unsealed.auditReasonStorage,
+    updatedAt:          Number(unsealed.updatedAt),
+  };
+  policyCache.set(table, policy);
+  return policy;
+}
+
+async function policyList() {
+  _requireInit();
+  var rows = await clusterStorage.executeAll(
+    "SELECT tableName FROM _blamejs_break_glass_policies ORDER BY tableName"
+  );
+  var out = [];
+  for (var i = 0; i < (rows || []).length; i++) {
+    var p = await policyGet(rows[i].tableName);
+    if (p) out.push(p);
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+async function policyDelete(table, callerOpts) {
+  _requireInit();
+  if (typeof table !== "string" || table.length === 0) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-policy",
+      "policy.delete: table must be a non-empty string");
+  }
+  await clusterStorage.execute(
+    "DELETE FROM _blamejs_break_glass_policies WHERE tableName = ?",
+    [table]
+  );
+  policyCache.delete(table);
+  audit.safeEmit({
+    action:   "breakglass.policy.delete",
+    outcome:  "success",
+    actor:    requestHelpers.resolveActorWithOverride(callerOpts),
+    metadata: { table: table },
+  });
+  return { deleted: true, table: table };
+}
+
+// ---- Grant issuance ----
+
+function _verifyTotpFactor(factor) {
+  if (!factor || typeof factor !== "object") return { ok: false };
+  if (typeof factor.secret !== "string" || factor.secret.length === 0) return { ok: false };
+  if (typeof factor.code !== "string" || factor.code.length === 0)     return { ok: false };
+  var verified = totp.verify(factor.secret, factor.code);
+  return { ok: verified !== false, step: verified };
+}
+
+async function grant(opts) {
+  _requireInit();
+  if (!opts || typeof opts !== "object") {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-grant-opts",
+      "grant: opts is required");
+  }
+  validateOpts(opts, ["req", "table", "columns", "reason", "factor"], "breakGlass.grant");
+
+  var table = opts.table;
+  var policy = await policyGet(table);
+  if (!policy) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/policy-not-set",
+      "no break-glass policy is configured for table '" + table + "'", true);
+  }
+
+  // Reason validation
+  var reason = typeof opts.reason === "string" ? opts.reason : "";
+  if (policy.reasonRequired && reason.length === 0) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/missing-reason",
+      "grant: reason is required for table '" + table + "'", true);
+  }
+  if (policy.reasonRequired && reason.length < policy.reasonMinLength) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/short-reason",
+      "grant: reason must be at least " + policy.reasonMinLength + " characters", true);
+  }
+
+  // Column scoping
+  var requestedColumns = Array.isArray(opts.columns) && opts.columns.length > 0
+    ? opts.columns.slice()
+    : policy.columns.slice();
+  for (var i = 0; i < requestedColumns.length; i++) {
+    if (policy.columns.indexOf(requestedColumns[i]) === -1) {
+      throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/grant-column-mismatch",
+        "grant: requested column '" + requestedColumns[i] +
+        "' is not glass-locked on table '" + table + "'", true);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Actor identity
+  var actor = requestHelpers.extractActorContext(opts.req);
+  var actorId = actor.userId || (opts.req && opts.req.apiKey && opts.req.apiKey.id) || null;
+  if (!actorId) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/unauthorized",
+      "grant: no authenticated actor on request (req.user.id / req.apiKey.id required)", true);
+  }
+
+  // Factor verification + lockout
+  var factorType = opts.factor && opts.factor.type;
+  if (!factorType || policy.factors.indexOf(factorType) === -1) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-factor",
+      "grant: factor.type must be one of [" + policy.factors.join(",") + "]");
+  }
+  var fl = _ensureFactorLockout();
+  var lockKey = actorId;
+  var locked = await fl.check(lockKey);
+  if (locked && locked.locked) {
+    audit.safeEmit({
+      action:   "breakglass.grant.requested",
+      outcome:  "denied",
+      actor:    actor,
+      reason:   "factor-rate-limited",
+      metadata: { table: table, factorType: factorType, lockUntil: locked.lockedUntil },
+    });
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/factor-rate-limited",
+      "grant: too many recent factor failures; locked until " +
+      new Date(locked.lockedUntil).toISOString());
+  }
+
+  var factorOk = false;
+  if (factorType === "totp") {
+    factorOk = _verifyTotpFactor(opts.factor).ok;
+  }
+
+  if (!factorOk) {
+    await fl.recordFailure(lockKey, { reason: factorType + "-bad" });
+    audit.safeEmit({
+      action:   "breakglass.grant.requested",
+      outcome:  "denied",
+      actor:    actor,
+      reason:   "bad-factor",
+      metadata: { table: table, factorType: factorType, columns: requestedColumns },
+    });
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-factor",
+      "grant: " + factorType + " factor verification failed");
+  }
+  await fl.recordSuccess(lockKey);
+
+  // Build + persist the grant row
+  var nowMs    = Date.now();
+  var grantId  = "bg-" + generateToken(16);
+  var sessionId = (opts.req && opts.req.session && opts.req.session.id) || null;
+  var ipFromReq = (opts.req && opts.req.socket && opts.req.socket.remoteAddress) || null;
+
+  var grantRow = {
+    _id:                grantId,
+    issuedToActorId:    actorId,
+    factorType:         factorType,
+    reasonSealed:       reason,
+    scopeTable:         table,
+    scopeColumnsJson:   JSON.stringify(requestedColumns),
+    issuedAt:           nowMs,
+    expiresAt:          nowMs + policy.grantTtl,
+    maxRowsPerGrant:    policy.maxRowsPerGrant,
+    rowsConsumed:       0,
+    revokedAt:          null,
+    sessionId:          sessionId,
+    ip:                 ipFromReq,
+    kwGrantHalf:        null,
+  };
+  var sealed = cryptoField.sealRow("_blamejs_break_glass_grants", grantRow);
+  var keys = Object.keys(sealed);
+  var cols = keys.join(", ");
+  var qs   = keys.map(function () { return "?"; }).join(", ");
+  await clusterStorage.execute(
+    "INSERT INTO _blamejs_break_glass_grants (" + cols + ") VALUES (" + qs + ")",
+    keys.map(function (k) { return sealed[k]; })
+  );
+
+  // Audit
+  var reasonForAudit = _reasonForAudit(reason, policy.auditReasonStorage);
+  audit.safeEmit({
+    action:   "breakglass.grant.requested",
+    outcome:  "success",
+    actor:    actor,
+    reason:   reasonForAudit.cleartext,
+    metadata: {
+      grantId:           grantId,
+      table:             table,
+      columns:           requestedColumns,
+      factorType:        factorType,
+      ttlMs:             policy.grantTtl,
+      maxRowsPerGrant:   policy.maxRowsPerGrant,
+      reasonHmac:        reasonForAudit.hmac,
+    },
+  });
+  observability.event("breakGlass.grant", { table: table });
+
+  return {
+    id:             grantId,
+    expiresAt:      grantRow.expiresAt,
+    rowsRemaining:  policy.maxRowsPerGrant,
+    scopeTable:     table,
+    scopeColumns:   requestedColumns,
+  };
+}
+
+function _reasonForAudit(reason, mode) {
+  // HMAC variant uses SHA3-512 keyed by a stable framework-wide tag —
+  // operators with multiple deployments can correlate via the hash
+  // without re-deriving from the same secret. Cleartext is the default
+  // (compliance reviewers WANT to read the reason).
+  var out = { cleartext: null, hmac: null };
+  if (mode === "cleartext" || mode === "both") out.cleartext = reason;
+  if (mode === "hmac" || mode === "both") {
+    out.hmac = sha3Hash("breakGlass.reason:" + reason);
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+// ---- Use a grant ----
+
+async function unsealRow(grantHandle, table, rowId) {
+  _requireInit();
+  if (!grantHandle || typeof grantHandle !== "object" || typeof grantHandle.id !== "string") {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-grant-opts",
+      "unsealRow: grant handle is required (returned from b.breakGlass.grant())");
+  }
+  if (typeof table !== "string" || table.length === 0) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-grant-opts",
+      "unsealRow: table must be a non-empty string");
+  }
+  if (rowId === undefined || rowId === null || rowId === "") {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-grant-opts",
+      "unsealRow: rowId is required");
+  }
+  var grantRows = await clusterStorage.executeAll(
+    "SELECT * FROM _blamejs_break_glass_grants WHERE _id = ?",
+    [grantHandle.id]
+  );
+  if (!grantRows || grantRows.length === 0) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/grant-revoked",
+      "unsealRow: grant " + grantHandle.id + " not found (deleted or never issued)", true);
+  }
+  var sealedGrant = grantRows[0];
+  var grantRow = cryptoField.unsealRow("_blamejs_break_glass_grants", sealedGrant);
+
+  // Table mismatch
+  if (grantRow.scopeTable !== table) {
+    audit.safeEmit({
+      action:   "breakglass.unsealrow",
+      outcome:  "denied",
+      actor:    { userId: grantRow.issuedToActorId },
+      reason:   "grant-table-mismatch",
+      metadata: { grantId: grantRow._id, expectedTable: grantRow.scopeTable, gotTable: table, rowId: String(rowId) },
+    });
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/grant-table-mismatch",
+      "unsealRow: grant " + grantHandle.id + " is scoped to '" +
+      grantRow.scopeTable + "', not '" + table + "'", true);
+  }
+
+  // Revoked
+  if (grantRow.revokedAt) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/grant-revoked",
+      "unsealRow: grant " + grantHandle.id + " was revoked at " +
+      new Date(Number(grantRow.revokedAt)).toISOString(), true);
+  }
+
+  // Expired
+  if (Number(grantRow.expiresAt) <= Date.now()) {
+    audit.safeEmit({
+      action:   "breakglass.grant.expired",
+      outcome:  "success",
+      actor:    { userId: grantRow.issuedToActorId },
+      metadata: { grantId: grantRow._id, table: table, rowsConsumed: Number(grantRow.rowsConsumed) },
+    });
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/grant-expired",
+      "unsealRow: grant " + grantHandle.id + " expired at " +
+      new Date(Number(grantRow.expiresAt)).toISOString(), true);
+  }
+
+  // Exhausted
+  if (Number(grantRow.rowsConsumed) >= Number(grantRow.maxRowsPerGrant)) {
+    audit.safeEmit({
+      action:   "breakglass.grant.exhausted",
+      outcome:  "success",
+      actor:    { userId: grantRow.issuedToActorId },
+      metadata: { grantId: grantRow._id, table: table, rowsConsumed: Number(grantRow.rowsConsumed) },
+    });
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/grant-exhausted",
+      "unsealRow: grant " + grantHandle.id + " has consumed all " +
+      grantRow.maxRowsPerGrant + " allowed rows", true);
+  }
+
+  // Increment rowsConsumed (atomic UPDATE with WHERE rowsConsumed < cap
+  // so concurrent unseals can't both pass the runtime check above).
+  var updateRes = await clusterStorage.execute(
+    "UPDATE _blamejs_break_glass_grants " +
+    "SET rowsConsumed = rowsConsumed + 1 " +
+    "WHERE _id = ? AND rowsConsumed < maxRowsPerGrant AND " +
+    "(revokedAt IS NULL) AND expiresAt > ?",
+    [grantHandle.id, Date.now()]
+  );
+  // executeAll-style result; some backends return rowsAffected, others a count.
+  // Re-query to confirm the increment landed and get the post-increment counter.
+  var postRows = await clusterStorage.executeAll(
+    "SELECT rowsConsumed, revokedAt, expiresAt FROM _blamejs_break_glass_grants WHERE _id = ?",
+    [grantHandle.id]
+  );
+  if (!postRows || postRows.length === 0) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/grant-revoked",
+      "unsealRow: grant " + grantHandle.id + " disappeared during unseal", true);
+  }
+  var postRowsConsumed = Number(postRows[0].rowsConsumed);
+  // If the UPDATE didn't actually increment (race lost — another unseal
+  // exhausted the grant or it was revoked / expired between our check
+  // and the UPDATE), refuse this read.
+  if (postRowsConsumed === Number(grantRow.rowsConsumed)) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/grant-exhausted",
+      "unsealRow: grant " + grantHandle.id + " was exhausted by a concurrent read", true);
+  }
+  void updateRes;
+
+  // Fetch + unseal the target row. Model A goes straight through
+  // cryptoField; Model B reads the row, lets cryptoField unseal the
+  // non-glass-locked columns, and then decryptCell handles the
+  // glass-locked columns separately (their ciphertext was written
+  // by encryptCell at app-write time, not by cryptoField.sealRow).
+  var rows = await clusterStorage.executeAll(
+    "SELECT * FROM " + table + " WHERE _id = ?",
+    [String(rowId)]
+  );
+  if (!rows || rows.length === 0) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/row-not-found",
+      "unsealRow: " + table + "[" + rowId + "] not found", true);
+  }
+  var policy = await policyGet(table);
+  var unsealedRow;
+  if (policy && policy.cryptographic) {
+    // Snapshot the raw glass-locked column ciphertexts BEFORE
+    // cryptoField.unsealRow runs — cryptoField doesn't know about the
+    // bgcell: format and would no-op (or error) on it. Then unseal the
+    // rest of the row, then decrypt the glass-locked columns via
+    // decryptCell with encryption-context binding.
+    var rawCipher = {};
+    for (var c = 0; c < policy.columns.length; c++) {
+      rawCipher[policy.columns[c]] = rows[0][policy.columns[c]];
+    }
+    var rowMinusLocked = Object.assign({}, rows[0]);
+    for (var c2 = 0; c2 < policy.columns.length; c2++) {
+      delete rowMinusLocked[policy.columns[c2]];
+    }
+    unsealedRow = cryptoField.unsealRow(table, rowMinusLocked);
+    for (var c3 = 0; c3 < policy.columns.length; c3++) {
+      var col = policy.columns[c3];
+      if (rawCipher[col] == null) continue;
+      try {
+        unsealedRow[col] = await decryptCell(rawCipher[col],
+          { table: table, rowId: String(rowId), column: col });
+      } catch (e) {
+        throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/cell-decrypt-failed",
+          "unsealRow: cell decrypt failed for " + table + "[" + rowId +
+          "]." + col + " (was the row migrated to Model B?): " +
+          ((e && e.message) || String(e)), true);
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    unsealedRow = cryptoField.unsealRow(table, rows[0]);
+  }
+
+  // Per-row audit. The grant's reasonSealed is already cleartext after
+  // unsealRow on the grant; pass it into the audit row honoring the
+  // policy's auditReasonStorage mode.
+  var reasonForAudit = _reasonForAudit(grantRow.reasonSealed || "",
+    policy ? policy.auditReasonStorage : DEFAULT_AUDIT_REASON);
+  audit.safeEmit({
+    action:    "breakglass.unsealrow",
+    outcome:   "success",
+    actor:     { userId: grantRow.issuedToActorId },
+    reason:    reasonForAudit.cleartext,
+    metadata:  {
+      grantId:        grantRow._id,
+      table:          table,
+      rowId:          String(rowId),
+      columns:        safeJson.parse(grantRow.scopeColumnsJson || "[]", { maxBytes: C.BYTES.kib(64) }),
+      rowsRemaining:  Number(grantRow.maxRowsPerGrant) - postRowsConsumed,
+      reasonHmac:     reasonForAudit.hmac,
+    },
+  });
+  observability.event("breakglass.unsealrow", { table: table });
+
+  return unsealedRow;
+}
+
+// ---- Revoke ----
+
+async function revoke(grantId, opts) {
+  _requireInit();
+  if (typeof grantId !== "string" || grantId.length === 0) {
+    throw new BreakGlassError("breakglass/bad-grant-opts",
+      "revoke: grantId is required");
+  }
+  opts = opts || {};
+  var nowMs = Date.now();
+  await clusterStorage.execute(
+    "UPDATE _blamejs_break_glass_grants SET revokedAt = ? " +
+    "WHERE _id = ? AND revokedAt IS NULL",
+    [nowMs, grantId]
+  );
+  audit.safeEmit({
+    action:   "breakglass.grant.revoked",
+    outcome:  "success",
+    actor:    requestHelpers.resolveActorWithOverride(opts),
+    reason:   typeof opts.reason === "string" ? opts.reason : null,
+    metadata: { grantId: grantId },
+  });
+  return { revoked: true, grantId: grantId };
+}
+
+// ---- listActive ----
+
+async function listActive(opts) {
+  _requireInit();
+  opts = opts || {};
+  var actor = requestHelpers.extractActorContext(opts.req);
+  var actorId = actor.userId || (opts.req && opts.req.apiKey && opts.req.apiKey.id) || null;
+  if (!actorId) return [];
+  // Use cryptoField's computeDerived so the hash matches the table's
+  // hashNamespace prefix — raw sha3Hash would produce a different value.
+  var derived = cryptoField.computeDerived(
+    "_blamejs_break_glass_grants", "issuedToActorId", actorId
+  );
+  if (!derived) return [];
+  var nowMs = Date.now();
+  var rows = await clusterStorage.executeAll(
+    "SELECT * FROM _blamejs_break_glass_grants " +
+    "WHERE issuedToActorHash = ? AND (revokedAt IS NULL) AND expiresAt > ? AND rowsConsumed < maxRowsPerGrant " +
+    "ORDER BY issuedAt DESC",
+    [derived.value, nowMs]
+  );
+  var out = [];
+  for (var i = 0; i < (rows || []).length; i++) {
+    var u = cryptoField.unsealRow("_blamejs_break_glass_grants", rows[i]);
+    out.push({
+      id:             u._id,
+      scopeTable:     u.scopeTable,
+      scopeColumns:   safeJson.parse(u.scopeColumnsJson || "[]", { maxBytes: C.BYTES.kib(64) }),
+      issuedAt:       Number(u.issuedAt),
+      expiresAt:      Number(u.expiresAt),
+      rowsRemaining:  Number(u.maxRowsPerGrant) - Number(u.rowsConsumed),
+      factorType:     u.factorType,
+    });
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+// ---- Sweep (best-effort cleanup of expired grants) ----
+
+async function _sweepExpired(opts) {
+  opts = opts || {};
+  var nowMs = Date.now();
+  var expired = await clusterStorage.executeAll(
+    "SELECT _id, issuedToActorId, scopeTable, rowsConsumed FROM _blamejs_break_glass_grants " +
+    "WHERE revokedAt IS NULL AND expiresAt <= ?",
+    [nowMs]
+  );
+  for (var i = 0; i < (expired || []).length; i++) {
+    var row = expired[i];
+    audit.safeEmit({
+      action:   "breakglass.grant.expired",
+      outcome:  "success",
+      actor:    { userId: row.issuedToActorId },
+      metadata: { grantId: row._id, table: row.scopeTable, rowsConsumed: Number(row.rowsConsumed) },
+    });
+  }
+  await clusterStorage.execute(
+    "UPDATE _blamejs_break_glass_grants SET revokedAt = ? " +
+    "WHERE revokedAt IS NULL AND expiresAt <= ?",
+    [nowMs, nowMs]
+  );
+  return { expired: (expired || []).length };
+}
+
+void safeAsync;   // kept import for future grant-async ops in v0.5.1+
+
+module.exports = {
+  init:             init,
+  policy: {
+    set:    policySet,
+    get:    policyGet,
+    list:   policyList,
+    delete: policyDelete,
+  },
+  grant:            grant,
+  unsealRow:        unsealRow,
+  revoke:           revoke,
+  listActive:       listActive,
+  // Cryptographic mode (Model B) — per-cell encryption with context
+  // binding. Operators in cryptographic mode call encryptCell at write
+  // time; unsealRow auto-routes to decryptCell for glass-locked columns.
+  encryptCell:      encryptCell,
+  decryptCell:      decryptCell,
+  migrate:          migrate,
+  BreakGlassError:  BreakGlassError,
+
+  // Test-only / sweep — operators with active grant volume wire this
+  // into a scheduler; the framework doesn't auto-start the timer so
+  // boot doesn't depend on anything firing in the background.
+  _sweepExpiredForTest: _sweepExpired,
+  _resetForTest:        _resetForTest,
+};

package/lib/crypto.js

@@ -206,9 +206,16 @@ function decryptEnvelope(packed, privateKeys) {
 }
 
 // ---- Symmetric buffer encrypt/decrypt (for storage) ----
-function encryptPacked(buffer, key) {
+//
+// Optional `aad` (additional authenticated data) is mixed into the
+// Poly1305 tag — encrypt-time and decrypt-time AAD must match exactly
+// or decrypt fails. Used by primitives that want encryption-context
+// binding (b.breakGlass.encryptCell binds (table, rowId, column) so a
+// ciphertext from row A literally cannot decrypt as row B even with
+// the same key).
+function encryptPacked(buffer, key, aad) {
   var nonce = random(24);
-  var ct = xchacha20poly1305(key, nonce).encrypt(buffer);
+  var ct = xchacha20poly1305(key, nonce, aad ? Buffer.from(aad) : undefined).encrypt(buffer);
   return Buffer.concat([
     Buffer.from([C.FORMAT.XCHACHA20_POLY1305]),
     Buffer.from(nonce),
@@ -216,12 +223,13 @@ function encryptPacked(buffer, key) {
   ]);
 }
 
-function decryptPacked(packed, key) {
+function decryptPacked(packed, key, aad) {
   if (packed[0] !== C.FORMAT.XCHACHA20_POLY1305) {
     throw new Error("Invalid packed format: unsupported version");
   }
   return Buffer.from(
-    xchacha20poly1305(key, packed.subarray(1, 25)).decrypt(packed.subarray(25))
+    xchacha20poly1305(key, packed.subarray(1, 25), aad ? Buffer.from(aad) : undefined)
+      .decrypt(packed.subarray(25))
   );
 }
 

package/lib/db.js

@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ var RESERVED_TABLE_NAMES = new Set([
   "_blamejs_cache",
   "_blamejs_seeders",
   "_blamejs_seeders_lock",
+  "_blamejs_break_glass_policies",
+  "_blamejs_break_glass_grants",
 ]);
 
 var FRAMEWORK_SCHEMA = [
@@ -423,6 +425,67 @@ var FRAMEWORK_SCHEMA = [
     },
     sealedFields: [],
   },
+  {
+    // _blamejs_break_glass_policies — column-level break-glass policy
+    // registry. One row per (table) declares which columns are
+    // glass-locked and what the operator's grant rules are. Sealed
+    // columns hold the column-list, factor-list, and bypass config so
+    // policy contents aren't browsable in cleartext.
+    name: "_blamejs_break_glass_policies",
+    columns: {
+      tableName:                  "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      columnsJson:                "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      factorsJson:                "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      cryptographic:              "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0",
+      grantTtlMs:                 "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      maxRowsPerGrant:            "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1",
+      reasonRequired:             "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1",
+      reasonMinLength:            "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 12",
+      pinIp:                      "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1",
+      sessionPin:                 "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1",
+      onLockedAccess:             "TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'throw'",
+      requireScope:               "TEXT",
+      serviceAccountBypassJson:   "TEXT",
+      auditReasonStorage:         "TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'cleartext'",
+      updatedAt:                  "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+    },
+    indexes: [],
+    sealedFields: ["columnsJson", "factorsJson", "serviceAccountBypassJson"],
+  },
+  {
+    // _blamejs_break_glass_grants — issued grants. Each successful
+    // step-up creates one row; each row read decrements rowsRemaining.
+    // Default maxRowsPerGrant=1 enforces "row by row" auth per the
+    // operator-confirmed shape (each row access = its own grant).
+    // Sealed columns hold reason + scopeColumns so audit-readable
+    // metadata doesn't leak in cleartext.
+    name: "_blamejs_break_glass_grants",
+    columns: {
+      _id:                "TEXT PRIMARY KEY",
+      issuedToActorId:    "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      issuedToActorHash:  "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      factorType:         "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      reasonSealed:       "TEXT",
+      scopeTable:         "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      scopeColumnsJson:   "TEXT NOT NULL",
+      issuedAt:           "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      expiresAt:          "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      maxRowsPerGrant:    "INTEGER NOT NULL",
+      rowsConsumed:       "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0",
+      revokedAt:          "INTEGER",
+      sessionId:          "TEXT",
+      ip:                 "TEXT",
+      kwGrantHalf:        "TEXT",
+    },
+    indexes: [
+      { name: "idx_bg_grants_actor",   columns: ["issuedToActorHash"] },
+      { name: "idx_bg_grants_table",   columns: ["scopeTable"] },
+      "expiresAt",
+      "revokedAt",
+    ],
+    derivedHashes: { issuedToActorHash: { from: "issuedToActorId" } },
+    sealedFields: ["reasonSealed", "scopeColumnsJson"],
+  },
 ];
 
 var log = boot("db");
@@ -1118,6 +1181,7 @@ module.exports = {
     try { require("./storage")._resetForTest(); }    catch (_e) {}
     try { require("./audit-sign")._resetForTest(); } catch (_e) {}
     try { require("./queue")._resetForTest(); } catch (_e) {}
+    try { require("./break-glass")._resetForTest(); } catch (_e) {}
     try { require("./log-stream")._resetForTest(); } catch (_e) {}
     try { require("./redact")._resetForTest(); } catch (_e) {}
     try { require("./external-db")._resetForTest(); } catch (_e) {}

package/lib/framework-schema.js

@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ var LOCAL_TO_EXTERNAL = Object.freeze({
   // FRAMEWORK_SCHEMA so cluster-storage.execute routes to either side.
   _blamejs_seeders:        "_blamejs_seeders",
   _blamejs_seeders_lock:   "_blamejs_seeders_lock",
+  // Break-glass policy + grant tables. Cluster-shared so a grant
+  // issued on node A is honored on node B; policies updated on the
+  // leader propagate to all followers via the shared table.
+  _blamejs_break_glass_policies: "_blamejs_break_glass_policies",
+  _blamejs_break_glass_grants:   "_blamejs_break_glass_grants",
 });
 
 function tableName(localName) {
@@ -556,6 +561,70 @@ function _cacheDDL(dialect) {
   };
 }
 
+// _blamejs_break_glass_policies — column-level break-glass policy
+// registry. One row per (table) declares which columns are
+// glass-locked + the operator's grant rules. Sealed columns hide
+// column-list / factor-list / bypass config from cleartext browsing.
+function _breakGlassPoliciesDDL(dialect) {
+  var t = _types(dialect);
+  var name = LOCAL_TO_EXTERNAL._blamejs_break_glass_policies;
+  return {
+    create:
+      "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + name + " (" +
+      "  tableName                  TEXT PRIMARY KEY," +
+      "  columnsJson                TEXT NOT NULL," +
+      "  factorsJson                TEXT NOT NULL," +
+      "  cryptographic              " + t.INT + " NOT NULL DEFAULT 0," +
+      "  grantTtlMs                 " + t.INT + " NOT NULL," +
+      "  maxRowsPerGrant            " + t.INT + " NOT NULL DEFAULT 1," +
+      "  reasonRequired             " + t.INT + " NOT NULL DEFAULT 1," +
+      "  reasonMinLength            " + t.INT + " NOT NULL DEFAULT 12," +
+      "  pinIp                      " + t.INT + " NOT NULL DEFAULT 1," +
+      "  sessionPin                 " + t.INT + " NOT NULL DEFAULT 1," +
+      "  onLockedAccess             TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'throw'," +
+      "  requireScope               TEXT," +
+      "  serviceAccountBypassJson   TEXT," +
+      "  auditReasonStorage         TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'cleartext'," +
+      "  updatedAt                  " + t.INT + " NOT NULL" +
+      ")",
+    indexes: [],
+  };
+}
+
+// _blamejs_break_glass_grants — issued grants. One row per successful
+// step-up. Default maxRowsPerGrant=1 enforces row-by-row auth per the
+// operator-confirmed shape ("each row access = its own grant").
+function _breakGlassGrantsDDL(dialect) {
+  var t = _types(dialect);
+  var name = LOCAL_TO_EXTERNAL._blamejs_break_glass_grants;
+  return {
+    create:
+      "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + name + " (" +
+      "  _id                TEXT PRIMARY KEY," +
+      "  issuedToActorId    TEXT NOT NULL," +
+      "  issuedToActorHash  TEXT NOT NULL," +
+      "  factorType         TEXT NOT NULL," +
+      "  reasonSealed       TEXT," +
+      "  scopeTable         TEXT NOT NULL," +
+      "  scopeColumnsJson   TEXT NOT NULL," +
+      "  issuedAt           " + t.INT + " NOT NULL," +
+      "  expiresAt          " + t.INT + " NOT NULL," +
+      "  maxRowsPerGrant    " + t.INT + " NOT NULL," +
+      "  rowsConsumed       " + t.INT + " NOT NULL DEFAULT 0," +
+      "  revokedAt          " + t.INT + "," +
+      "  sessionId          TEXT," +
+      "  ip                 TEXT," +
+      "  kwGrantHalf        TEXT" +
+      ")",
+    indexes: [
+      "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_" + name + "_actor   ON " + name + " (issuedToActorHash)",
+      "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_" + name + "_table   ON " + name + " (scopeTable)",
+      "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_" + name + "_expires ON " + name + " (expiresAt)",
+      "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_" + name + "_revoked ON " + name + " (revokedAt)",
+    ],
+  };
+}
+
 // ---- ensureSchema ----
 
 async function ensureSchema(opts) {
@@ -590,6 +659,8 @@ async function ensureSchema(opts) {
     _cacheDDL(dialect),
     _seedersDDL(dialect),
     _seedersLockDDL(dialect),
+    _breakGlassPoliciesDDL(dialect),
+    _breakGlassGrantsDDL(dialect),
   ];
 
   var created = [];

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@blamejs/core",
-  "version": "0.4.29",
+  "version": "0.5.1",
   "description": "The Node framework that owns its stack.",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "blamejs contributors",